The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

SICKNESS IN THE CRIMEA, 1839.

[Extracted froM'the Times newspaper, of Sept. 25, 1839.]
" Accounts from Constantinople state that the Rus-
siaa troop in Sebastopol and its neighbourhood were
sadly suffering from illness, particularly from the
ophthalmia; which presented all the appearance of the
Egyptian disease.
" Upwards of 7,000 sick were lying in the hospitals."

An accident of a serious nature occurred to Lord Stan,
hope, son of the Earl of Chesterfield, yesterday morning.
His lordship, a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards,
was mounted on a spirited charger ; when in St. Paul's-
churchyard, opposite Mr. Fred. Goodyear's,' his horse
slipped on the site, and fell on its rider, breaking his
leg. Lord Stanhope was immediately carried into Mr.
Goodyear's house, where, the greatest attention was
promptly paid. Mr. Sueith, surgeon, of Bow-lane, was
at once summoned to his assistanceoand set the fracture.
After remaining about t'.vo hours his lordship was con-
yeyerl to his I.r cracks at Reg«.nt's-park.
EAST INDIA COMP INY'S CIVIL SERVICE.—The prospec-
tm which has been issued of the preliminary exittuitia-
tion (to take plaCe in July, theneh the list of candidates
will be closed on the Ist of Ma.) comprises only such
,inbieets as those with which any graduate of the usii-
veri,ltios may tiOey be suppose 4 to i.e , er•fooor.”.ut.
T,e duties that devolve upon a civil servant of the East
India Company comprise a most ext,nsive sphere of
action -the administration of the laws, the financial dis-
posutioa and r egulation of the revenues. and the itu7
privement of the moral and phy' ical condition of the
people. Much has besn said of late in favour. of the dis-
tributim of appointments by merit, as tested by exami-
nations, over the orilirtary course of patronage. These
important pests have hitherto been in the exclusive pa-
tronage of the Court of Directors.
THE CHINA PEA.—Experiment are a'7out to he made
in several departments of France t a'i,e a species
of pea pecu.iar to China, which yiehlA bath oil and flour.
The oil scarcely differs from that of co!za or rapeseed,
and the Chinese use it largely in their culinary prepaia-
tions. The flour is male into a paste, which, after hav-
ing been left to ferment, is seasoned with oil. pepper,
salt, or other ingredients. It becomes, in a fee, days, of
-a browni-h colour, awl posses,es excAlent diveoive qua-
lities. So prepnred, it is rather dear, hut the poorer
',lasses merel7 fry the paste in oil, and it is sold to them
in sli--es in the markets The preparation; of the oil a d
paste ef the pea in question is a branch of indtistry in
several provinces ; but it is at Nang-Po, capital of C'rte-
Kiang, that it is chiefle carried on. Every year, in ftes.,
thonsan's of jiinks, freialltiA with the piste and nil,
leave Nine-po for the different po:ts of the Celestial Eta-
t ire. —Galignan i.
FOLKESTONE IMPROVEMENT BILL —Yesterday a Par-
liament,ry paper was printed coutta!ning a copy of the
.admiralty report on the Folkestone Improvement Bill.
It appears that the objects of the bill are to extend the
limits of the borough, to enable the corporation to con-
struct a market-house. to make new streets, and other
improvements. The Lords of the Admiralty call the
attention of Parliament to clauses in the hill to levy coal
dues, and, in failure of payment, the vessel, tackle, &c.,
to be detained. "Their lordship' are of opinion that
duties so collected would operate as a tax on shipping
for the benefit of the town improvements, and that the
collector of customs, or other officer in her Majesty's
service, should not be employed in such a service ; that
no duties on coal or merchandise whatever should be col-
lected at Folkestone until the same have been landed,
and that municipal dues, which the cemmisioeers may
thing proper to 'demand, shall only be payable by
the importers or purchasers, and that no detention of
vessels, or interference with them, be sanctioned on ac-
count of town revenue."
SOUTHAMPTON, April 19.—The new shears which have
for some mouths past been in the course of erection to
supply those which were destroyed by the accident
last year are now nearly completed, arid will be tested
in the course of a few days. Their proof strength is
50 tons. They consist of three immense sticks of yel-
low pine, the two front legs being 88 feet long and
32 inches in diameter, strengthened by iron hoops
placed at a distance of nine feet from each other.
The back leg measures 102 feet in length, and 33
inches in diameter, and is strengthened at the top by
what are called " fishing pieces," so as to make it uni-
form throughout. Each of the sticks or legs is the pro-
duction of a single tree. The plan of these shears differs
materially from that usually adopted, inasmuch as a
weight can be lifted from a vessel 30 feet from the dock
wall arid deposited on the quay', whereas ordinary
shears are only capable of lifting great weights with-
out, being able to carry them them ashore. This addi-
tional facility is afforded by the third leg, which forming
a triangle, is made to traverse in and out from the
dock quay; The machinery connected can be worked
either by hand or steam, a small steam-engine and
house having been erected adjacent to the position of
the shears. This great addition to the port was designed
and executed by the firm of Seaward and Capel, the
timberwork being intrusted to Messrs. Ferguson, of
Millwall, and the whole placed under the superintend-
ence of Mi. A. Giles, the Dock Company's engineer.
This is another proof that the Southampton Dock Com-
pany do not spare either trouble or expense in making
their appliances for the use 'of the marine world as per-
fect as possible.
THE MARINE SOCIETY'S DINNER.--The -annual
festival of the Marine Society was celebrated on Wed-
nesday evening at the London Tavern. Sir Charles
Wood, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, was to have
presided, but the right hon. gentleman's detention at
Windsor rendered it impossible for litrn to do so. The
chair was accordingly taken by Admiral Thornton,
supported by Captain J. Shepherd, Deputy-Master
of the Trinity-house ; Captain Richaols, Captain
H. T. Austin, Captain T. P. Clamke, Mr. Sykes
Thornton, Mr. Astell, Mr. R. Grant, &c. •In
proposing the toast of the evening the gallant
'chairman stated that 99 years haul elapsed since the in-
stitution of the Marine Society, with a view of rescuine
from misery and reclaiming as many as possible of tin-
class of neglected youths fr om idleness and infamy ;
and
that during that period 90,000 persona had been rescue. I,
through the medium of the society, from destitution,
leg radeion and crime. The annual report shows that
already on board the
in addition to thoselN 4
se 91 were sent to the Roya avy, 0
rilt7trailngoftsh9eoy, year 1854 460 boys were received, making a
society's ship. Of the. m
The toast " Prosperity to
t.
aerimneereti
Society"an t se v
wi c
way
drunk with all the honours. an
course of the evening
to the Indian Navy., and 394
ti.d'hnsetuobi‘tsliterip
to the amount of about 250/. In the tons were raised
cheering.
gave their accustomed salvo of hearty c
the directfon of Mr.
musical arrangements were under ,,,e
ropriate to ta
the boys were introduced with their drums and fifes,Tanhde
G. Genge,-whose 'selection was..very app t
occasion; On account of its nautical -character:
Genge was assisted by Mr. Perrin, Mr. Shoubride!
The
Smythson, and-Masters Williams awl Stnythson.
toastmaster was Mr.