The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

A fine race.

The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 30 added, once
round and a distance, were won in three heats by
Mr. Monk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs (Esling), beating
Mr. Prescott's Bosphorus, aged (won second heat),
Mr. Belchin's Crocus, 4 yrs, Mr. Hardy's Fairplay,
aged, Mr. Wilson's Dart; 5 yrs, Mr. S. S. Smith's
Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs, after a very fine race.
MONMOUTH RACES—TUESDAY.

The Monmouthshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and
3 only if declared, with 40 added, twice round and
a distance.
Mr. Gough's Faust; 6 yrs ....(Dodgson) 1 2 1
_ _ _ _

Mr. Parr's Nora Creina, 6 yrs 2 1 2
Mr. Raworth's Clinker, aged
The Clytha Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25

added. Heats.
Mr. Powell's Cracksman, aged ...(Owner) 5 1 1
Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 5 yrs.. .. 1 5 2
Mr. Ball's Freedom, aged
Mr. Raworth's Clinker, aged 2 2 4
Mr. Williams' Sam Weller, 6 yrs ... 3 3 5
The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 1.5 added,
twice round and a dis, were won in three heats by
Captain Pearce's Fickle, 5 yrs (owner), beating Am-
bition and Waterloo.

WEDNESDAY.

The Chippenham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25

added. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 3 yrs.. (Parr) 3 5 1 1
Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs 2 1 5 2
Mr. Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs
Mr. Hewitt's Maud, 4 yrs 5 2 3 dr
Mr. Gough's Aimwell, aged
The Monmouthshire Hunt Hurdle Stakes, two
miles, were won by Mr. Jones's Novice, beating Mr.
Rolls's Dwarf, and three others, in a canter.
The Beaten Stakes were won by Mr. Parr's Nora
Creina, beating Aimwell and Ambition.

LATEST DERBY BETTING AT DONCASTER,
9to 2 agst John Day's lot 35 to 1 agst Twig
sto 1 agst Scott's lot 40 to 1 agst Connaught
14 to 1 agst Alarm Ranger
17 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 40 to 1 agst Fitzallen

....
to 1 agst Kedger 50 to 1 agst Collier—taken
to 1 agst Broth. to E. 0. 1 50 to 1 agst Myrrha c.—t,

COURT OF SEWERS.

A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of
Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex, was
held yesterday at the Sewers'-office, Greek-street,
Soho-square, for the transaction of general business,
T. L. Donaldson, Esq., in the chair.
The orders of Court of the 6th and 13th of Sep-
tember having been read, the Court received petitions
and memorials, and considered the cases of parties
-summoned to answer for irregular drainage, &c.
A smart discussion arose upon the hearing of one
of these as to the power of the Commissioners in
ordering the construction of a new sewer where re-
quired, and amercing the parties benefited in the
cost of the same. _ _ .

Mr. SMITH, the Solicitor to the Court, said that the
majority of professional men were of opinion that the
Court could not legally exercise such power, but the opi7
nion of the present Attorney-General (SirW.Follett),
decidedly one of the highest authorities in his pro-
fession, was, that the Commissioners had full autho •
rity under the statute to order such construction
where required. His (Mr. Smith's) own humble opi-
nion was, that the Court was possessed of such power.
Mr. SALE saw no necessity for legal opinion upon
the subject. The Act did decidedly give to the Com-
missioners the power of constructing any new sewer.
A desultory conversation followed, in which Mr.
Leslie, Col. Gaunt, Mr. Baldwin, and the Chairman,
took part.
Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought the discussion quite
irregular. The Court must, in that case, act as it
had heretofore done in cases of irregular drainage,
and that was, by cutting off the drain. If they were
satisfied by the opinions of Sir William Follett as to
the powers of that Commission, why, then let them
name a future day for the proper discussion of the
question, but let them not then waste the time of the
public, and their own, by entering upon any irrelevant
matter.

Mr. LE BRETON moved, in the case in question,
that the parties who had built the drains some sixteen
years ago, and whose right to use them had been till
now unquestioned, should be still allowed to retain
them.

Colonel GAUNT, after a few remarks upon the
hardship of the case, said it would be unfair if the
parties; after already incurring the expense of building
such drains, should be obliged to discontinue them.
Mr. BALDWIN moved an amendment that they be
cut off.

Mr. CRICE begged the Court not to admit the
motion upon their books that they could for a moment,
tolerate a nuisance, which was the worse, because of
sixteen years' standing. He would second the amend-
ment with a great deal of pleasure.
The original motion and amendment were put,
when the latter was carried by a majority of three.
The next notice upon the paper, to consider if any,
and what steps, should be immediately taken to re-
store the dilapidated parts of the main line of the
Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-road, Paddington,. was
deferred to a future day, the reports of surveyors
upon the subject not yet being ready.
The Court then took into consideration a letter
received from the Holborn and Finsbury Commission,
to the effect that they could not apply the funds of
that district to the deepening of the line of sewer, in
connexion with the proposed new street from St.
Giles's to Long Acre. The Westminster Court had
also ordered that their solicitor (Mr. Smith) should
take counsel's opinion upon the legality of their (the
Westminster Court of Sewers) expending the sum
required for the purposes of the Holborn and Fins-
bury district.
Mr. SMITH said that he had communicated with
Mr. Barlow, who had given it as his opinion that the
Westminster Court of Sewers could not legally incur
expenses for the works of the Holborn and Finsbury
division.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr.WILLOUGBBT said, that the Holborn and Fins-
bury Commission had already told them that they
could not lay out money out of their district, al-
though for their own purposes ; and yet they expected
that Court to expend funds from which they themselves
derived no benefit. He wished to be as liberal as possi-
ble to any other Commission, but surely it did not re-
quire legal opinion as to the justice of spending the
money of that division for the benefit of another Com-
mission. Let them have the use, if they would, of
the depth required by that Court, but not an inch
more, unless they were prepared to pay for the extra
digging.
Mr. LESLIE could not understand why the Holborn
and Finsbury Commission should have sent such a
letter. They paid 1501. a year to the City of Lon-
don Commission for permission to go through their
sewers. Surely, then, when every facility was given
to them of an outlet to the Thames, by only paying
the extra expenses of digging, that Commission could
not be branded as narrow or illiberal. It could not
be conceded for a moment that it would be legal for
the rate-payers of that district to pay for works from
which they derived no benefit. The only use, then,
of the legal opinion quoted by Mr. smith was, that it
enabled them to give the Holborn and Finsbury Com-
mission a very short answer. He must add, that the
971. of additional expense for gullies ought also to be
added to the original sum required from them for the
extra digging.
Colonel GAUNT said that he would trouble the
Court with but a few words on the subject under
discussion. In reference to the rent paid by the
Holborn and Finsbury district to the City of London,
he would remind them that the latter, by its great
influence, got a clause inserted in their Act, by which
the already mentioned suns was allowed them. But
the question was, ought that Commission, in a line
calculated to be of general and lasting benefit, to act
so very stringently Y Supposing that the three Com-
missions were acting as under the law of Henry the
Eighth, when the country, now so densely peopled,
was quite open, and when the waters of the higher
lands were obliged to reach the Thames by their
natural channels would it be contended, at that
period, that this Commission could attempt to stop
the ancient water-courses ? The Court of Queen's
Bench would very soon settle the question, by order-
ing them to be opened. Let them look at the case
now. He thought that this Commission was quite
bound to keep open the outlets for the benefit
of the upper lands. He thought that the higher
courts would decide now as they would have decided
then.—(Hear.) Why, if this Commission stopped
their outlets, if the City of London, if the Tower
Hamlets, also, did the same, then the Holborn and
Finsbury, to all intents and purposes, would cease to
act as a Commission altogether. Under these cir-
; cumstances, he thought it was not such a monstrous
expectation that the Holborn and Finsbury division
should 190 k to them to deepeu the line to such a