The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-29 00:00:00

BAND STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.
TAE ADELAIDE, 1850 Tons, and 450 Horse-
power, G. W. Jackson, Commander, will be in the East
India Docks on Monday, and ready for inspection by intending
Passengers on Wednesday, the let December. To be viewed by
order only.
This fine steam-ship will leave London on the 9th, and Plymouth
on the 14th December, and is confidently expected to make the pas-
sage out in not exceeding 65 days.
As most of the second-class berths are engaged, and a large num-
ber of the first also, early application is recommended to the under-
signed, of whom all farther particulars as to freight and passage,
and orders to view, may be obtained.
CHARLES WALTON, Jan., 17, Gracechurch-street,
Agent to the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company.

tanism in the observance of every seventh . day,
that FRANcis BACON, the great Lord VEB,ULAM,
a man who had more wisdom, as the saying is, in
his little finger than could be found in all their
learned brains massed together, had written, as
far back as 1597, in his " Essays," that golden
truth—.

into curses, to render the atmosphere insalubrious,
the water impure ; to pollute the former to the
utmost possible extent, surcharging it with offen-
sive smells, arising from the decomposition of
animal and vegetable substances, and the foetid
odours from filthy houses and streets—to con-
taminate the latter by the addition of dead
organic matter and living animals—destructive
to the health and vitality of those compelled
to use the deteriorated fluid for the every-day
purposes of existence. If the real waste of health
and money—aye, of life itself—occasioned by this
disastrous and suicidal policy could be clearly
exhibited to our view, we should stand aghast at
the fearful destruction occasioned by our insane
proceedings, we should discover that the neglect
of the most simple and obvious precautions occa-
sioned greater loss of life and property than ever
occurred from the most destructive wars—that
typhus and other epidemics are engendered, bring-
ing with them misery and destitution to entire
families, cutting off parents and providers, and
consigning the helpless survivors to the tender mer-
cies of the union workhouses in the several districts.
The reduced " expectation of life" among the
inhabitants of the larger towns is too painfully no-
torious. It may at once be ascertained from the
reports of any of the insurance companies, that the
average of life is shortened by at least 20 per cent.,
and the approach of death thus fearfully accelerated;
' and all these deplorable evils result from defective
sewerage and drainage, and from the scanty and
intermittent supply of impure and unwholesome
water. Putting all higher considerations out of
the question, it would be far cheaper to correct
these lamentable errors. The mere pecuniary sav-
ing effected in a single year, would, if judiciously
applied, provide adequate and permanent reme-
dies. But -we are still blind to our own interests—
we forget that many of these evils mainly arise,
as stated in the Sanitary Report of 1842, " from
the presence of the richest materials of produc-
tion," the complete absence of which would, in a
great merisure, restore health, avert the recur-
rence of disease ; and, if properly applied, would
promote Lbundance of cheaper food, and increase
the demon d for beneficial labour ; and we use
the water of the Thames not only for general do-
mestie purposes, but for allaying thirst,—for the
general drink of the inhabitants of the metro-
polis ! !
We have recently, in our impression of the 6th
instant, pointed out the causes of the pollution of
" the silver-winding Thames," and proved the
utter impossibility of rendering its water benefi-
cially avai/table for household use, or the support
of human life ; and our opinions have received
strong corroboration from a Report to the Direc-
tors of the Watford Water Company, by Dr.
LANKESTE3 F.R.S., and Dr. REDFERN, F.R.C.S.L.,
and giving' " the results of microscopical exami-
nation of the organic matters and solid contents of
waters supplied from the Thames and other
sources," t o which we would earnestly invite the
public attention.
In the introduction, after alluding to the fact
that the lade Parliament had authorised the future
supply of water to London from the THAMES, at
a point above Teddington Loch, and, after five
years, from a point still nearer to the metropolis,
it thus proceeds:—" Although this is a great im-
provement upon a supply between the London and
Vauxhall Bridges it will be seen" (i. e., from
tables refered to in the Report) " that the Thames
above Teddington Lock yields, under all circum-
stances, a water much contaminated with organic
matters, and is there at least one of the last sources
to which the metropolis should look for a supply of
pure wateir."

" GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden I"
They should have borne in recollection the fact
that that illustrious philosopher—who had said,
when speaking of Atheism, " I had rather believe
all the fables of the legend, and the Talmud, and
the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is
without a mind"—who had exclaimed, " They
that deny a GOD destroy a man's nobility, for cer-
tainly man is of kin to the beast by his body, and
if he be not of kin to GOD by his spirit, he is a
base and ignoble creature"—they should have
been reminded that it was this renowned sage who
declared that a garden is " the purest of human
pleasures." For surely this magnificent scheme
now bringing faery-land within easy distance of
our metropolis—as we ourselves explained, not
long since, by the aid of a somewhat minute de-
scription—might reasonably have brought back
to the memory of such well-read per-
sons
as the ecclesiastics are supposed to be,
the views entertained upon a kindred subject by
one of the most remarkable intellects ever created
by the DIVINITY. We say this advisedly. We
speak thus because the Crystal Palace Company
are scarcely so much directing their energies to
the building up of a superb edifice, as to the plant-
ing of a noble garden—as one of our younger
poets calls it, " home out of doors," or as one of
our elder poets daintily terms it, a verdant
" pleasaunce." At any rate, it is of the Garden
and not of the Palace that we have to think in
reference to this question of the Sundays, seeing
that the Garden only is proposed to be opened,
while the Palace is to be closed on those days
against the possibility of exhibition. While we
are commenting upon this particular feature of the
enterprise, we would respectfully and very ear-
nestly submit to the consideration of the exquisite
taste and experienced judgment of Sir JOSEPH
PAXTON, a suggestion—to our thinking a most
delicious suggestion—thrown out upon this mat-
ter by the founder of inductive philosophy : " I
do hold it," saith Lord BACON, " I do hold it in
the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be
gardens for all the months in the year, in which,
severally, things of beauty may be then in season."
Thereupon the most suggestive of essayists enters
upon a charming amplification of his idea, or at
least upon a delicate and fascinating enumeration.
He says that for December and January, and the
latter part of November, " you must take such
things as are green all winter—holly, ivy, bays,
juniper, cypress-trees, yew, pine-apple-trees, fir-
trees, rosemary, lavender, periwinkle, the
white, the purple, and the blue ; germander,
flag, orange-trees, lemon-trees, and myrtle-
trees, if they be stoved, and sweet mar-
joram, warm set." He continues that there fol-
low, in the latter part of January and February,
" the mezereon-tree, which then blossoms ; crocus
vernus, both the yellow and the grey ; primroses,
anemones, the early tulip, the hyacinthus orien-
talis, chamairis fritellaria." He reminds us that
for March " there come--violets, especially the
single blue, which are the earliest ; the yellow
daffodil, the daisy, the almond-tree in blossom,
the peach-tree in blossom, the cornelian-tree, in
blOssom, sweet-brier." He then gives a lovely
catalogue of the floral graces of April thus :
" The double white violet, the wallflower, the
stock-gilliflower, the cowslip, flower-de-lutes, and
lilies of all natures; rosemary-flowers, the tulip,
the double peony, the pale daffodil, the French
honeysuckle, the cherry-tree in blossom, the
demascene and plum-trees in blossom, the white
thorn in leaf, the lilac-tree." He recounts, with
an evident fondness the delights of May and
June, the " flowered" and the " leafy" months,
when come, saith he, " pinks of all kinds, espe-
cially the blush pink ; roses of all kinds, except
the musk, which comes later ; honeysuckles,
strawberries, bugloss, columbine, the French
marigold, flos Africanus, cherry-tree in fruit,
ribes, figs in fruit, rasps, vine-flowers, lavender
in flowers, the sweet satyrian, with white flower ;
herba muscaria, lilium convallium, the apple-tree
in blossom." Pursuing the list, in July, he says,
come, " gilliflowers of all varieties, musk-roses, the
lime-tree in blossom, early pears and plums in fruit,
genitings, codlins :" in August come "plums of
all sorts in fruit, pears, apricots, barberries, fil-
berts, musk-melons, monk's-hoods of all colours :"
in September come " grapes, apples, poppies of
all colours, peaches, melocotones, nectarines,
cornelians, wardens, quinces :" while in October
and the beginning of November, he concludes,
come " services, medlars, bullaces, roses, cut or
removed to come late, holyoaks, and such like."
We submit the foregoing, as we have already re-
marked, to the thought of Sir JOSEPH PAXTON.
As if to apply the hint directly by a sort of pre-
science to this project of the Crystal Palace and
Garden, Lord BACON winds up the catalogue by
observing—" these particulars are for the climate
of London"—for London read, of course, Syden-
ham. And so, saith he, "my meaning is per-
ceived, that you may have perpetual spring, as the
place affords"—ver perpetuum. How exquisitely
the philosopher touches, too, upon the perfume of
these flowers—the express appeal to another of
our senses by this " ?west of human pleasures."
He recommends us not to forget, in the ordering
of our gardens, that roses, both red and damask,
" are fast flowers of their smell," insomuch "that
you may walk by a whole row of them, and find
nothing of their sweetness ; yea, though it be in
a morning's dew.," But then he bids us remem-
ber, on the other hand, that that which of all others
yields the sweetest smell in the air is the
violet, particularly the white double violet, coming
to us twice a year, namely, about the middle of
April, and about the tide of St. Bartholomew.
Delicious is the fervour of his declaration, that
"next to that is the musk rose ;" and then, says
he, " the strawberry leaves dying, with a most ex-
cellent cordial smell ;" and then the flower of the
vines, which he describes as "a little dust like
the dust of a bent, which grows upon the cluster in
the first coming forth ;" and the sweet briar and
the wall-flowers "which are very delightful to be
set under a parlour or lower chamber window"—
commending, too, the matted pink, and the clove-
gilliflower, and the honeysuckles, "so they be some-
what afar off"—with an especial word of praise
to the laying out in alleys of Burnet, wild-thyme,
and water-mints, so as to " perfume the air most
delightfully, not passed by as the rest, but being
trodden upon and crushed." It is in this tender

THE GREAT 'WESTERN AND CITY
JUNCTION RAILWAY COWART.
Provisionally Registered.
Capital. 275,0004 in 13,750 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. per

Share.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Lord De Manley, St. James's-place Chairman.
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens.
The Hon. Frederick cadogan, 42, Hertford-street, May Fair.
Captain Thomas Bulkeley, Windsor, Directors of the Great Wester n
Thomas Williams, Esq., London, s Railway.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER.
L B. Brunel, Esq., 19, Duke-street, Westminster.
SOLICITORS.
Mom Davies. Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick-street,
Regent-street.
Ms sru. BANKERS.
Uasterman, Peters,
.and Co., Nicholas-ISW,
SECRETARY.
Alfred Barrett, Esq. '
BROKERS.
Mears. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friars.
Mr. J. C. liorice, 1, Warnford-court.

Tho Plana, Section., and Book of Reference of the Line are corn-
11leted, and will be deposited in pursuance of the Standing Orders on
or before the 30th November. In the event of the Act of Parlia-
ment not being obtained, the amount of the deposit will be returned
lees expenses.
_Applications for Shares may be made, in the annexed form, at the
Otlice of the Solicitors, Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand,
17, Warwl;k-street, Regent-street; and to Messrs. Taunton and
Bush, 50, Austin-friars, and Mr. J. C. Modes, I, Wamford-court,the
Brokers of the Company.
November, 1352. '

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors of the Great Western and City Junction Railway,
. _

t3tuilemen,—l request that you will allow me Shares is this
undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or such less number as
you may allot me ; and I undertake to pay the deposit thereon, and
to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement
wawa required so to do.
Datea Lhty 1852.

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GREAT WESTERN and CITY RAILWAY.
NA NOTICE IS HEREBY GWEN, That no farther Applica-
Vous for Shares will be received after FRIDAY, the 3d day of
December.—Dated the 29th December, 1852.

By order of the Board:
ALFRED EMMETT, Secretary,

OYSTERS.—The Real Burnham River Native
V Oysters, six years' old, four hours from the beds, per E. C. Rail-
way, are to be had only of JOHN SWATING, Fish, Oyster, and Ice
Merchant, 139, Cheapside, in barrels, 65., Bs. 6d., 10s. 6d. ; in bags,
for clubs, Icc., 129. 6d. Very superior Oyster-rooms, Steed's Pale Ale,
and Reid's Steut ; a good dish of fish for ten, 55.—Depot for the Real
Wenham Lake Ice and Refrigerators.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed the popular historical Comedy of RICHELIEU
IR LOVE, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Par-
selle ; Mrs. Buckingham, Miss A. Vining, and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, the new and original Comedy of MASKS AIM
FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain.
To oondade with the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
'Blida the Management of Madame Vatic
THIS EVENING, Nov. 29,
Will be performed TAKING BY STORM.
After which, a new Farce, in two acts, entitled THOSE DEAR
BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, Suter,
Butler, and Miss Wyndham.
To be followed by USED UP.
To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters,
by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby.
Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Open for the Season.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
For the First Time, an entirely new Drama, in three acts, called
SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan
(his first appearance), Emery, 0. Smith, Callenford, Madame Ce-
leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Lasra Honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, the Extravaganza of MEPHISTOPHELES ; or, an
Ambassador from Below.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
TIIIS EVENING
WM be revived Shakspere's historical Play of HENRY IV. (Part
I.) Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Bartley, W. Lacy,
Harley► Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Graham, and Saker ;
Misses Murray and Daly, and Mrs. Daly.
After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cath •
cue; Misses Murray, Leciercq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly.

The surface drainage of the most richly ma-
nured country in the world, and the sewers and
drains of a. hundred villages and towns are emp-
tied into die Thanes above Teddington Lock.
The learned gentlemen then proceed to point
out the means of ascertaining the purity of waters,
and the advantages derived from chemical ana-
lyses and the microscope in the investigation.
The one discovers the saline or inorganic contents,
whilst the other exhibits the organic beings which
are nourished and live in water. The elements
are then explained, and the effect of the atmo-
sphere on water generally expatiated on with
great clearness, and reference is made to the sul-
phuretted and phosphoretted gases, and other
important impurities too frequently found in
water, and especially in that of the Thames.
" Throughout," say these distinguished chemists,
"the whole extent of the Thames, from which the
present Water Companies obtain their supplies
(including the Lambeth Company at Thames Dit-
ton), banks of a black deposit exist, which consists
principally of animal and vegetable debris in a
state of decomposition, and which abounds with
animal and vegetable life." This statement, be it
remembered, is made after the Lambeth Company
had actually commenced to supply the Surrey dis-
trict with "pure water " (! ! 0 from Thames
Ditton. The great purity of which may be judged
from the variety of animalculaa found therein,
whose very names are as hard to pronounce as the
creatures themselves are odious to look at. We
hear with wonder and astonishment of clicelonotus,
brochionus inceolaris, of entomostraca, rotifers,
tondegracla, or little water bears, and polygastrica,
animals with many stomachs, of which fifteen
species were found.
There could be no doubt that the water thus
tested, was fairly and impartially chosen.
Specimens of water were collected on the 27th of
March, and on the Ist, 6th, 15th,, 22d, and 29th
of May last, by Mr. JAMS FRY, from the supply
pipes of the Lambeth Water Company, before en-
tering any house cistern, butt, or other receptacle;
and What do we find recorded thereof ? " The
Thames Ditton water showed numerous patches
of organic matter in suspension, along with ani-
malcules in some specimens, and presented a dark
living
xis'in:gilnytghacneionimnali,
~
brownish deposit cohering in clots." And again
oissm,edwesho
fi
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ea
were
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gaanm
organisms
d. was
mo sf
" which are easily seen as a de-
posit with the naked eye, and recognisable as to
their nature with the microscope." It is further
stated, that "in the case of water procured from
the Lambeth Company's supply, which had stood
for a few days, exposed to the air of a room, the
bottom of the vessel was observed to be green,
and on examination this colour was found to de-
pend on an immense quantity of hemdernius qua-
dircandatus or Desanidice."
Under such circumstances, it is by no means
surprising that these learned professors should
emphatically declare that " no other conclusion
can be drawn from these facts, than that these
waters are unfit for the supply of a great city."
Has not the same conclusion been arrived at by
every disinterested and unprejudiced person, who
andhas
do not all m
examined the
e—sunbojt merelyeetfo those
rnaany Yoef scientific
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past ?
attainments—but all of ordinary understanding,
having the real happiness of their fellow-creatures
at heart, loudly respond to the conclusion ?
Think of imbibing the eggs of the hair-worm, the
uch creatures, which sub-
tape-worm, and other s
occasion illness, disease,
sequently hatched, may
tmg sensations.
and the most horrible and disgus

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Debut of M. and Mdlle. Lalande, from Franconi's Cirque Na-
tional, Paris, having been unavoidably postponed, they will posi-
tively appear on MONDAY EVENING, November 29, when, and
daring the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly
successful Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, in two
acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written
expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all those stirring inci-
dents and situations so graphically described in Mrs. Stowe's
popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources
of this Establishment.
To be followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and
Gymnastic Achievements in the Arena.
To conclude with a popular FARCE.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-put Six
o'clock; Box-oillce open daily from Eleven to to Four.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tine DAY —Morning II min. after 3 f Evening 28 min.aft. 3
To-Moß.Rov—Norning 45 min. after 3 1 Evening 3 min.aft. 4

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

MONDAY, Nov. 29, 1852.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
LIMER/01C—W., gentle breeze—hail showers.
AftiLLINGAR--S. strong breeze—cloudless.
HASTINGS—N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—W., strong breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE--W., light breeze—cloudless.
TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
13ASINGSTOICII—W., calm—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SWINDON— S.W., breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
YARMOUTH—W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
LANCASTER—W. calm—partially cloudy.
DARLINGTON—W.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SHAP—S., calm—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock :
PooLz—S.E., hard wind—heavy rain.
HASTINGS—S.W., strong breeze--scud.
SOUTHAMPTON—g., strong breeze—rain.
TUNBRIDGE—S., hard wind--scud—rain.
BASINGSTOKE—N.B., hard wind—scud—rain,
GREENWICH—S., hard wind—rain.
STRooD--S.W., hard wind—rain.
SWINDON--S.W. strong breeze—scud—rain.
LEIGHTON—S.V., strong breeze—rain.
COLCHESTER—S.W., hard wind—rain.
CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudy.
YARMOUTH— S.E. heavy gale—rain.
HOLYHEAD—S.S.iV., hard wind—overcast—rain.
WErrßr—S., strong breeze—rain.
DARLINGTON—S., storm—overcast—rain.
SHAD=-S., strong breeze—rain.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 28.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
M.—highest since noon on Saturday.
37 lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night.
47—yesterday at noon.

BAROMETER, 22.60--Rainy.

NOVEMBER 29.
E.? 47—highest since noon yesterday.
33—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'60.
WIND, S.W.—Fair and frosty.

THE WELLINGTON SUN.

ON THURSDAY THE 18TH, AN
SXTRAORDINTA 1-IY:DDI rION OF THE SUN

WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING
A SPLENDID PORTRAIT

and delicate strain of appreciation—appreciation
through all the senses--that the garden is spoken
of by one of the greatest of this earth's philoso-
phers, he who had written that a garden was first
planted by GOD ALMIGHTY And it is to close
this pleasaunce of the DIVINITY against the humbler
clastses of their fellow creatures, that certain
religionists have latterly vociferated with
so much noise —on the plea, forsooth,
that the strolling of the toilers of London upon
Sundays thrdugh the flower-beds, and fountains,
and statuary, near the Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham, would be a dereliction of duty, an evasion
of morality, a desecration of the sabbath, a pro-
fanation of religion ! Happily their endeavour
has proved in every respect futile, for has not the
Earl of DERBY asserted that, so far from these
evils being likely to result from the intended
enterprise, according to his deliberate and con-
scientious conviction, it will, on the contrary, be
productive of very great advantages ? Yes, the
matter may now be looked upon as virtually set-
tled by that explicit assurance from the First
Minister of the CROWN, and settled, moreover,
directly counter to the narrow views of the
Sabbatarians.

But it may be asserted that these are inevitable
evils, and that so long as we draw our supplies
from sewers, that we must submit to the necessary
concomitants the presence of these frightful
organisms. But not so. There are many towns sup-
plied with river water that does not contain a
large amount of dead putrescible organic matters
or living animals ; and the promoters of " The
Wandle Water and Sewerage Company" prove
that they can afford, at very low prices, and
much cheaper than the present rates charged for
Thames water, abounding in the abominations
above referred to, "an unlimited and constant
supply, at high pressure, of a pure, transparent,
sparkling water, filtered, cold, and at an equal
temperature at all seasons, to the inhabitants
within the circuit of Richmond on the west,
Deptford on the east, the Thames on the north,
and Merton, Mitcham, Streatham, and Norwood,
on the south ; and to afford this supply to the
topmost floors of the highest buildings within the
district, while at the same time they will improve,
by a complete and independent system of deep,
impermeable sewerage, the sanitary condition of

Pure water and pure air are at the same
time the cheapest and the most valuable gifts
bestowed by the DEITY on his creatures. The
greatest conducives to health and longevity, more
precious than gold or costly gems, they are free to
all, to the humble and lowly as to the wealthy and
powerful. But these bounties of PROVIDENCE have
been grievously,
might add " sinfully,"
abused. Men have acted as if their sole object
had been to convert these inestimable blessings

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 185 2.

the inhabitants of Croydon, Carshalton, Morden,
Mitcham, Marton, Wimbledon, Tooting, Streathani,
Wandsworth, and other places through or near
which the river Wandle flows, thereby affording
the means for the perfect drainage of the dis-
trict.*

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 Ame-
rican were taken on speculation. The market
closed heavily, with less evenness in prices. The
sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and
Maranham at 6d. to 'ad., 250 Bahia at 61d. to
61d., 100 Egyptian at 61d. to Sid., and 800 Surat
at 2-0. to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were firm,
and prices had an upward tendency.
The Corn Trade is firmer to-day, Wheat being
up is. to 2s. per qr.
The Railway Meetings announced are the follow-
ing :—Belfast and Ballymena, Nov. 29, Belfast ;
Killarney Junction, Nov. 30, Dublin ; Leeds
Northern, Dec. 1, Leeds.
The following is a new rule of the Stock Ex-
change concerning the share settlements for new
companies :
" The committee will fix a settling-day for the shares of
a new railway or other industrial company, and (if they
see no reason to the contrary) order its quotation in the
official list, on being satisfied of the bond-fides of the
concern, and on the fulfilment of the following condi-
tions That the application (which must be previously
laid before the secretary of the railway department of the
Stock Exchange, and be certified by him,) be accompa-
nied by a certificate from the secretary of the company,
stating that the subscription list is full, with the excep-
tion of such reasonable amount of shares (if any) as may
be reserved for special purposes ; that the deposit on not
less than two-thirds of the Shares has been paid
(which must also be certified specifically by
the bankers of the company), that the Scrip, or
Shares, are ready for delivery, and that no im-
pediment exists to the settlement of the Account.
The member making the application to attend the com-
mittee on the day fixed for taking it into consideration.
The committee will, notwithstanding, when they deem
it expedient, fix a settling day for any new company,
when the- foregoing conditions have not been complied
with, provided the scrip or shares, be ready for delivery,
and that no impediment exists to the settlement of the
account ; it being expressly understood that, when, a
Settling-day is fixed under these circumstances, the
Shares of such Company shall not be quoted in the
Official Lire."
The Secretary, in announcing to the Stock-Exchange
a settling-day of a new company, will state in his notice'
whether it be fixed with, or without, the authority for
its insertion in the official list."
A very important communication from Earl
Malmesbury has been received by the Chairman of
the Committee of Turkish Bondholders, and been
read by that gentleman (Mr. Camel), in the
Stock Exchange. The document itself, not having
been yet laid before the committee, which is to
meet on Wednesday next, we can merely give the
substance. It appears that our Foreign Secre-
tary recites inrgeneral terms the known prin-
ciple upon which former Governments have
acted, viz., to avoid active interference in the
matter of loans made by British subjects to States
abroad. Earl Malmesbury goes further, however,
for he expresses the opinion that the contractors
did not use sufficient caution, and that they
ought not to have been satisfied merely with
Prince Kallimachi's assurances, for that he
tand M. Couturier exceeded their powers. At
the same time, it would seem that Earl
Malmesbury does not decline to use his good
offices, and doubts not that the Ottoman Govern-
ment will repay the Loan with a fair interest.
This is highly consolatory to those who purchased.
at 10 and 11 premium on the faith of an Ambassa-
dor's signature, and it remains to be seen whether
Louis Napoleon's Cabinet will take the matter as
coolly. The Turkish Government having used the
money and being unable, even up to this moment,
to refund, makes the case one of the strongest for
adequate compensation that can be possibly con-
ceived, and the Committee must not be dis-
heartened or relax in their exertions to obtain
justice. The matter may require to be yet further
sifted, but compensation from some quarter the
holders must insist on.
The Nestor has arrived from Sydney with dates
of August 2. She is said to have on board 12,295
ounces of gold.
The Stata brings only June dates from Melbourne,
and the amount of gold is not yet known.
The Belgian Government has issued a circular,
stating the proposed method of converting the 5
into 4. per cents.
At Amsterdam, on the 27th instant, business in
Dutch Stocks was limited, but prices were rather
firmer. Foreign Securities were quiet. Belgian
in demand.

These aro, indeed, objects of national importance,
objects that ought to be advanced at almost any
cost, and though the outlay should prove
wholly unremunerative. But when we find that,
as a merely commercial undertaking, it affords
the most auspicious prospects to the shareholders,
holding out a promise of the speedy attainment
of the maxinium dividend now sanctioned by the
Legislature, considering these things, we feel
astonished that a project so simple, so remunera-
tive, and in every respect so favourable, should
have been so long neglected,—that the reports of
Mr. TELFORD, Dr. BosTocx, and of many other
eminent scientific men, as to the superior purity
of the water of the river Wandle to any other
south of the Thames, should have been so long in
hand without having hitherto led to practical re-
sults, such as we anticipate from the operations of
" The Wandle Water and Sewerage Company."

The Funds have been made rather lower upon
the announcement that the navy is to be increased,
and probably the attention paid to the share settle-
ment has had some influence. Consols have been
No?, to for transfer and account. The New 31
per Cents. have realised 1031 to 104 ; and the
3 per Cents. 100 k to t. Exchequer Bills of March
are quoted 70s. to 735. ; and India Bonds 81s. to
83s. premium. East India Stock is firm at 275.
More business is doing in Foreign Securities, but
mostly in connection with the settlement, and
prices, therefore, are in one or two cases not quite
so good. Spanish Three per Cents, have been
marked 51i- to 52, and the Deferred 24i to 25.
The Certificate is at 3k. The Turkish Scrip has
been at to n premium. The Swedish Loan is
1g- discount. Portuguese Fo.ur per Cents, are 38
to 38/. Mexican have improved to 24/ and 25k.
Grenada Deferred Bonds are 11k, and Brazilian
1021. Equador Stock is at 5. Dutch Four per
Cents, are 97i.
The Railway Share Market is very brisk, this
being " name' day prior to the settlement to-
morrow. Aberdeen have risen Ito 1i- ; Cale-
donian, ; Great Northern, ; Great Western,
1 to 1.1 ; Midland, / to 11 ; Scottish Central, 2 to
'
3 • North-Western, 1 to 1i • South-Western, 2,
and others in proportion generally. French shares
are quite neglected.
The gold mines are higher, and very brisk.
Colonial, Ave Maria, and Port Philip are in de-
mand.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

Business done
3 per Cent. Reduced 'Annuities.......... ..... looa fi
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lOll
Now 31 per Cent. Annuitie5...............•... 1034 4 3 4
India Stock
277
India Bonds, £lOOO
80 3
Ditto, under £1000.......... 80 3
Consols for Account
..... .
Exchequer Bills lid. March.
£1000.............. ........................ 70 3
£5OO
Small

June.
70 2

_ .......................................
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Scrip, 5 per Ceut 9
Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent..,....
Equador Bonds.
Danish 5 per Cent. ........."•""""'•"'••• 106 i
.......
Grenada Bonds, 1i per ....
Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon..
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent...... . .......
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent...
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
38
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... .......
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 52
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun p c
Swedish Loan
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 1 p
Ditto for the Account 1 p
Belgian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 993
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97

Consols
Ditto Account, Dec. 9

11k 11,
........
,

THREE o'CLOCK.
1011
1011 1

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Nov. 29.
The November adjourned General Session, for the
county of Middlesex, commenced this morning at the
Sessions-house, Westminster, before Mr. Sergeant
Adams, Assistant-Judge, Mr. Witham, and a full bench
of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of
52 prisoners for trial, four of which are misdemeanants.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—George Goold, pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging him with attempting to
commit a felony. The Assistant-Judge stated that this
was a most serious charge, he having been found striking
a light, and having a large number of house-breaking
implements in his possession, and therefore he should
sentence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
in the House of Correction for 12 calendar months.
Two boys, who gave the names of Watson and
Williams, were found guilty of picking pockets last
session, and were this morning brought up for judgment,
when the officer of the House of Correction stated that
Watson had been committed eight times, and Williams
five or six times.
The learned Judge sentenced Watson to twelve and
Williams to six calendar months' imprisonment, with
hard labour, in the House of Correction, addinc, that
the next time Williams was brought there he wouldb be
transported.
W. Dennis, who was, remanded from last session, and
whose case has already appeared, was sentenced to six
calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in
the House of Correction.

THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—The body of late Earl of Shrewsbury is every day expected to r the
each
England. On its arrival it will be taken to St. George's
Roman Catholic Cathedral, the east window of which
church is one of the many instances of the princely
munificence of the deceased nobleman. It will, we under-
stand, be left at St. George's for one or two nights ; and
a requiem will be sung in that cathelral on Monday
mornoning Towers, where body will then be taken privately to
Alt it will remain in seclusion until the
preparations for the solemn funeral are completed. It is
reported that the body will lie in state in the domestic
chapel of jAlton Towers for two days, and that on as
early a day as possible the funeral will be there cele-
brated. The late earl will rest in the hospital of St.
John, at Alton. The day of the funeral is not, we be-
lieve, as yet determined.