The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

MONDAY, NOVEIII3F,It 8, 1819.

the owner the high chimney of the great manufac-
tory near the Asylum, vwl kith what advantage,
both to himself and to the public, the very me-
ritorious engineer, the ovuer of them, had con-
structed his %%nks. But how could it be expected,
that itueli an expense should be incurred, since the
public did not rcquire it ? and all that was wanted.
in this instance, was a common blast furnace, whose
smcke, when it reached the top of the wurks was of
no father concern to the owner.

Common sense on„,,ht to have instructed us, that
an individual who makes a fortune by his works,
ought to take care, that it should be done at the
least inconvenience to his neighbours But, in the
case of the great works in and about London, this
principle is almost entirely neglected. A man, firr
example, erects a brewhome upon a small scale:
hi, businers extends, and with it all his works gra-
dually iacrease, so that what was at first scarcely
felt now becomes a nuisance to a great extent, and a
volume of smoke is emitted, which is felt in mag,ni..
limit houses, at a very considerable distance from
his brewery.
It will be caul, how can this be •remedied?
To this may be replied, let a man on Blackfriars-
bridge look around him, and observe the state of
the different manufactories He will see from
one a large column of smoke, driving before the
wind, scarcely impaired, to a great distance ; and
from another a much smaller column, much sootier
dissipated, and yet perhaps the coals consumed in the
latter are tea times as flinch as in the former.
Whence, then, is this difference? It is in the
height of the chimneys ; and common sense, there-
•fore, points out, that the height of the chimneys
should bear some proportion to the quantity of coia,
consumed in the furnaces beneath them.

;-- lt is possible to contrive it eo, that the column
of smoke proceeding from the greatest vomitory in
the metropolis, shall not exceed that from a common
kitchen chimney. To do this, it is necessary only
to have a proportionate length of chimney. Sup-
pose a Urewhouse to be constructed in a square, the
sides being 100 feet in length, and the height of
the building 70 fiat. Let the furnace be near one
of the sides, communicating its smoke to a chimney
inclosed at top, 12 feet square at the bottom, and
dee' easing in dimensions to half the height of the
building. At half the height of this chimney let
there be two apertures, one on each cid; and a
flue from each to run round the buikling -till •it
comes to the top. Supposing each to make a com-
plete turn, i s smoke must pass through above 400
feet, and let thee puss through the vent ut the top,
SO feet high.
Thus the column, which now bursts forth in
such a torrent, will be diminished more than one
halt' at the lower aperture -of the flues, and each
separate column thus ,tormed will be diminished
in a very great proportion by the quantit., of space
it has to
,go over. This quantity will be greatly
diminished by chambers being formed at each: cor-
ner of the building. similar to that of the chim-
ney first erected ; and, besides, instead of coming
out at the top at one hole, the upper chimney may
be so contrived, that there shall be several aper-
tures, and the smoke at lust will be speedily di-
luted with the common air.

This it will be said is all very good in theory. but it
will not do in practice. I went over, a few years. ago,
the works of some celebrated mines in the North.
They give support to aconsiderable population in the
neighbouring village The populatim has been
subjected to much disease frotn the effluvia of the
had in its processes of smelting. The proprietors
made an alteration in their works. Their vast fur-
naces were now so constructed, that the smoke from
them was conveyed to a common chimney, and this
chimney was constructed under ground in the rising
hill, the vent being at a considerable distance from
the works. The consequence was, that a vast quan-
tity of deleterious matter was retained in the chint-
ney, and afforded an annual rent to the proprietors:
and what came out at last was at such a distance
from the workmen, that it could not produce any in-
jurious effects to their le.alth. •Fhe vilhge now
pet flint's its dizily task with alacrity ; and I believe
that that which used formerly to he so dangerous an
occupation, is now more innocent than a vast variety
of employments in the metropolis.
I lay it down, then, as a position, that the smoke,
emitted by the vomitories, may grcat:y ri:daced

[PRICE 9id.

•

If it is desirable that the ,trial should be made,
the first thing seems to be, to enquire into the pre •
sent state of the building employing furnaces, com-
paring eat h with the other, according to the quantity
of coal consumed; to examine into the expense that
would be incurred by conducting the smoke in the
manner above recommended, or botnething similar to
it, according to the nature of the works; to-ascertain,
whether the proprietors of old works should be put
wholly to this expense, or be indemnified in part by
the public; and lastly, to prevent any new worse,
nalcss on regulations adopted on the principle, that:
a furnace shmld not be permitted to emit more
smoke than a common chimney. If the last princi-
ple is adopted, the erection of a very extensive ma-
nufactory still not produce a -boodredth part of the
smoke that would be occasioned by ordinary houses,
built on the same extent of ground."
in quantity ; that the expense of doing it is trifling
m comparison of•the profits of the works; and that
the Legislature will nut be ill employed in taking
such measures as shall secure the public from its
present nuisance.

The outrages against the Jews have extende2t
themselves to Dantsic, where the garrison was
compelled to remain during three whole days under
arms.

The foreign exchanges were on Friday a trifling
degree higher than un Thursday. The improve-
ment was very smell indeed, but the circumstance
is important new, as the ()pinions of many mercan-
tile men, very freely expressed, had led to the
expectation of a continued depression. The influ-
ence of the exchanges on the price of bullion, causes
their variations et this mumout to be watched with
us much anxiety as those in the Unals. The Bank
and Seek Exchange were bolt shut on Friday :
few private bargains iu Consols were traesacted on
the Royal Exchange, at 67
The long-expected meeting of Radicals too'; place
on Monday at Finsbury-market. It was attended
by Messrs. Waddingtue, Thistlewood, ‘latson, :ec
The Doctor presided, and the proceedings were as
contemptible as might be expected.
The beneficial effects of Mr. Broughani's Bill, for
" Inquiring into the Abuses of Public Charities,"
arc developing themselves pretty generally through..
out the country. Three Commissioners, acting
under the authority of this Act, have lately visited
Ripon ; and these Gentlemen have, we understand,
collected such information regarding the misapplica-
tion of certain charitable ftauls at -eft place, as will
be highly advantageous both to the poor and to the
public.
On the plates of the new ban' notes to prevent
forgery, is a very small miniature portrait of his
Royal Ilighnies the Prince Regent, most admirably
executed in the chalk manner; and from the plates
being of the newly discovered prepared steel, least
two hundred thousand impressions eau be worked oft'
with scarcely any injury to the engteving.
Tuesday the .examination of 1,000 children
the Whitechapel School Society, who receive the
benefit of education and divine worship on Sundays,
took place in the presence of the Lord Bishop of
London, and several other eminent Gentlemen, at
their school in NV ltiteehapel-road. A numerous anti
respectable company atteaded, and they afterward/
dined at the London Tavern, William Mellish, Esq.
M. I'. in the Chair.

Nothit g scuts to operate as a warning to prevent the
very da:iecrous practice Of locking chiidren ti.to as
apa.rinictit tire i kept. At Glasi4ow, nit IVeu-
nrsuay
n , I, a li,le Earl, ;noon live years was V)
shocktogif burnt Iff tier clothes eatchioir, lire, that she
only surf iced the acchleitt about h.O 110111 q. ‘Viie,i the
1114.1111011tS Upell tile t...mr, they lomat 311i,111:t
lilt of tile Sallie calmly, but who had beet
Itt Wl;11 the above gill, clinging to the roof of a
tied to .tvoid the flames fruit h companinn.
'l'lte transaction took pyre tan v
at %Velbsigbvine,h, ut Not!oamptolibitre
pturiwynien blinfinakf IS 111 tlYllt town, for smite (ran;
.othutee, %flitch a buy thbe.tfl (:hattilierk.m, lett,: corn-
wined, set tip 3 1110ek the pitr:.ose of trvim4
Mtn. One of them 0..15 UppOillted j,lt liLe, and after the
alocktr‘ of trial had been Rune datillt,ll, lie proceeded
n,.t.s sentence oil the poor bin—" That he shout() be
tic.ul-foremost into a back, and kept there half an
iiillar.”—Ptoceeding to put tiw seenetwe into exeention,
;hey dashed the boy's against the gtound, and cat 111/13
dreadfully. Eofortunately tic sack contained a Citat:l
litV vt. bran, which caused suttucation.