The Sun. — 1857-08-03 (London, England)

THE MAIN DRAINAGE OF LONDON.  The following are the " Conclusions" at which the gentlemen to whom was referred the consideration" of the plena propoeed by the Metropolitan Board of Works have arrived : " CoNcLuszoNs. "I.  "1. That the influence of the sewage on the river is perniciuus._ _ _  2. That this sewage is derived partly from the population of the metropolitan district, and partly from the population of other districts, occupying the same part of the main valley of the Thames, or of valleys subsidiary to that main valley ; and that the quantity of sewage for the metropolitan district alone, which flows daily into the ThatneVat the preseut time, is 15,249,7 bie feet. "3. That in order to puritrihe tidal portion of the Thames from sewage it will be necessary to exclude from it not only the sewage of the metropolitan district, but the sewage from these other adjacent districts:  "4. That the plan of the Metropolitan Board of Works does not prqvide for the rennval of a sufficient quantity of sewage from the metropolitan districts ; that the amount of rainfall which it is contemplated by this plan to intercept from the river should be increased ; and that the plan does not make adequate provision for removing from districts adjacent to the metropolis the sewage which flows into the river witbin•the limits of the metropolitan district. " 5. That the prospective population of the metropolitan district, for which provision should be made, is 3,578,089, as compared with 2,362,236 in 1851 ; the population of the subsidiary districts being 401,000 as compared with 154,068 in 1851; the total prospective population being 3,979,089. That the only mode of estimating approximately the probable amount of sewage from the district is to assume a certain quantity per head of the population. That 7 cubic feet per head is the amount for which provision should be made; that it appears from our experiments that half this quantity passes off in eight hours ; and that no sewage should be permitted to flow into the Thames in or near the metropolis until it shall have been diluted with five additional volumes of rain water in the suburban districts, and that in the eight hours of the maximum flow of the sewage provision should be made for removing two fifths inches of rainfall in the urban I districts.  I fear the 2d Oude Cavalry have mutinied and murdered their officers. Such is the report, but first rumours are always worse than the reality. The mutineers have moved out and established  themselves with 12 guns and about 3,000 men half way between this and. Delhi. They say they mean to attack us, which is not very likely, though they may possibly play at long bowls with our pickets. If theywould only come out in good force we might be saved much trouble at Delhi. Major Yule has arrived in camp from Cashmere, and taken the command of the 9th Lancers. Lieutenant Greathed, of the Engineers, has also come into camp from Agra via Meerut. An order was sent just now to the European regiments that weakly and footsore men were to remain behind with the treasure, in case we have to move out to attack. In the 15th and let Fusileers not one weakly man could be found, and hardly any in the '2d Fusileers, after their long marches.  " 6. That the large population of the portion of the main valley of the Thames, occupied by the metropolitan district, has so diverted the natural springs, and so saturated the ground with sewage, that with the exception of the water from the Wandle, the Baveley Brook, the Ravenshourne, and the Lea, it is impracticable to preserve, to any useful extent, pure water from these streams to flow into the Thames.