The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

JULY 1859.
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SUN -OFFH2E, Scivn d Clock.

LIVERPO6L RACES.
(THIS DAY.)

(B Y ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH).
(Co•_binurd froni our Third Edidon.)
The Mers4 Stakes:
Siaer M., Amtain Dekr
Charming AV'orsan
Nerve

Won by'two lengths.
Th'e Lancashire Oaks.

Butterfly
Plot

Illay-blos oni

Won by a neck.
CUP
5 td 2 ag,st Poodle—take to a largeanaount.

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3

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CRYSTAL PALACE SEA WATER
BATHING.
Water is so essential both to .the animal and vegetable
crfsatifm, either for aliment or other purposes, that its
importance, probably, surpanes every other substance
amongst the great exuberanCe bestowed by the Author
of nature.
The. health, comfort, and enjoyment of mankind
constantly require n„ plentiful supply, and, therefore, if
utility be .a just. criterion of value, the jave .tinny and
operations to furnish It readily and abundantly in a
s dubrions state,- would seem to be entitled to 'peculiar
attention;

Pr •
a-eminent as our nation may be for magnificent
and useful
domesticenter and
enterprises as well as for contrivance, con-
ducing tosocial convenience, nevertheless
the paucity of our structures for the salutary and plea-
surable exercise
of
ie remarkable. The bathing(l and other useful purposes
evic?s
of ether nations and ages
Ent. these purposes exhibit much vari©d ingenuity; those
Rome,bannt,d.Alarubra in Spain, excite wonder
End admiration
modern times, the public and
private baths abeandlinn
g
Russia, and Egypt, in France, Italy, Hungary,
should rouse us to emulation, and
that to promote healthm and comfort by all the available
means at our command. It was Agrippa who first
taught the Romans the luxury of baths; and euccsed-
jog Emperors increased the provision made in Rome for
public. bathing. It is said, that in the time of Augustus,
e .poor man might bathe for a farthing, and little boys
were for nothisg. The baths ere adorned with works of
art;. and it was here that poets, orators, and musicians
resorted to rehearse their works, or pronounce opinions
upon those of others; these
were the clubs of Rome.
Recently, the, necessity for the establishment of baths in
England has been felt.Te
purity
the body is one step
towards purifying thaerfifyoreover, we ought to
strive to find healthy mnatienrad. Al
The habitual use of the bath was found so beneficial
is by.the Greeks and Romans, andnow in such constant
use in France and when-neighbouri
a climate similar to. our own, that it is egcounnies, enjoyingrising that
so few English, of whatever grade of surp
society, have re-
course to bathing, except some, perhaps, for a few weeks
of the year at the sea-side. The
practicele3 of bathing
is not only to. be advocated on the of cleanliness,
and facilitating the removal of secretionl3nervous
from the body
but has a direct sedative . influence on the '
system • it seems to absorb that morbid
mind
irritability
arising from an undue development of the e "
and repose, not consciousness
of being clean• at the
expense of the body, and leave a feeling of math
wholly attributable to the
The bath should be used at least
every
week by those who are at the change of life, and more
frequently by.those who suffer much from profuse per-
spiration. Swiotaicg, also, in other countries is made
a branch of every man's education ; andwhy -
this
country, with its naval and commercial importance, the
inhabitants also of which excel all other countrymen in
other athletic sports, should be so far behind them in the
art of natation we are equally at a loss to conceive.
Bence a design is now before the directors of the
Crystal Palace Company, for laying down incorrodible
pipes from the sea at Brighton, for the purpose of con-
veying pure sea water along the gradients d 1 of
an :lopes
that railway, to a lerge marine reservoi r atSydenbam,
where capacious Plunging and swimm• b will
ing atbs be
established in connexion with the Crystal Palace
new biro, df ,rdieg t,, Vioitin•s, ladies gently on its
e
trades-
men, and invalids of all classes, residing in eln t,
London and
its environs, the means of obtaining ttta cheap
J rate the
with
salubrious recreation of sea bathing, ut entailing
upon them the loss of time or the expense of retiring to
the see cease ea- Numerous, indeed, •we ni imagine,
would be the attendaece upon such an
establishment,
united as it will be wHI our popular Crystal Palace.
Persons who have now no alternative but fresh water
nothing, which is universally acknowledged
to be
inferior to that of sea water,
pleasant ride
would eagerly seizety upon the
opportunity of a short and railway
from London, to obtain, at a cheap rate, an i,
ivigorating
luxury, hitherto only Placed within the reach of the
more opulent portion of the communier; and b
ya simple
extension of the plan, the water once at s
could be distributed throughont the principal ) d eaham'
residences,
1 palaces. hospitals, hotels, and public baths of our great
metropolis; and employed, not alone for the sanatory pur-
poses of bathing, but also for supplying the ornamental
waters of the Crystal Palace, which, try
the
important
acquisition of sea water, will surpass thehitherto un-
equalled jets d'eau of Versailles, or the noble
from cascades
of St. Cloud. It has been ascertained,careful
calculation by the prod: ctor, that the metropolis could be
supplied at the rate of 3d. per 100 gallons
good bath for a penny. lass water thus usefully ter one
ornamentally employed, will contribute much tothe and
and amusements of the public; and will be a health
eking well worthy the age we live in; and
then under.
justly
celebrated mechanical and scientific pre-eminence of the
British nation. As regards the prospect of a large influx
of visitors, it is stated that 6,000,000 person? went to
the Great Exhibition in five months. We ,
there-
fore, confidently assume, that au average of I 000 y. ,000 per-
sons will go to the New Crystal Palace
in twelve months
to see an exhibition that will be for instruction, refined'
recreation, and amusement, matchless in the world;
hence there can be no doubt, that out of thie vast
concourse of persons who will annually visit the
Crystal Palace at Sydenham
will
avail
themselves
of
the sea bathing establishment.
And we can with
equal reason assume, that a large ad-
ditional number of the
working classes, invalids, &c.,
will go solely to the baths, consequently the number of
bathers may be confidently taken at 800,000 annually,
comprising 200,000 of the first class at 6d. each, and
600,000 bathers of the second class at 3d. each, which
together
gives the annual income of 12,500/.
It is, therefore
the cost of evident,
froel
the
following
estimate of
construction and annual working expenditure,
tbat on a
. Crystalcapital of 75 000/
in the Pal , .it will leave the shareholders
upwards of 10 per
Sea Water Company a dividend of
This project,
thecenref t.
ore, which is proposed to be carried
out in connexion with the Crystal Palace Company,
commends itself
lanthropist. The alike to the capitalist and the phi
the reat, and the opulent continually ac-
knowledgeefficacyto of sea bathing, whose healing
properties cannot be otisuch extolled for often allevi-
ating, if not eradicating
the body. And if, With disease,al and restoring health to
the surrounding comforts of
life, maladies baffi c the earliest and most judicious exer-
ions of medical skill, how wretched must be the condition
of the poor, under the pressure of
disease,without the
prevent e of obtaining the only remedy
for their stiffer-
;ega• From these considerations,it '
is evident that the
Crystal Palace Sea Bathing
liberal Establishment merits
attention,
on principles of sound
well as humanity; policy as
because, as a s ii.
tend a itory measure, it willmater!ally to promote the health of the public, while
.et the same time it still prove an important acquisition,
and, moreover, a perpetually recurring attraction and in-
° ucemcnt for the public to frequent the Crystal Palace, and
large extent
to a
thereby
i alone the of bathing,
increasing the number and
frequency of visitors,
by which mewls the permanent interests of the Crystal
Palace and that .
ot' the railway company will be mate.
and not only so, but the establishment
Crystal
capacious sea-water baths, in connexion with the
terystal Palace, is already highly appreciated by the
public arid meets with unanimous approval.

COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
A pair of 50 horse engines
Engine-house, &c., &c.
Pumps, gear, &e., &e. •-•
10 or 12-inch mains fur 50 miles
Iteserroir and laying down, &c..,
Contingencies ...

••• ••• ... £3,000
••• ... ... 500
••• ••• 500

... . . 55,000

... ... 10,000
•.• •.• ... 6,000

Total cost of construction ...
ANNUAL MWEXING EXPENSES.
2i tons of coals per day, at 123. per too,
delivered at Brighton ...
Engineman
1 Fireman
2 Coalmen

... £75,000

£1 10 0
O 6 0
O 4 0
O 6 0

Materials for repairs, oil, tallow, waste,
stores, Sce. 1 0 0

•• • • •• •••

£3 6 0

Total for twelve months... £1,204 0 0
Working expenses at Brighton, per annum,
as ahove ...X1,204 0 0
Superintendence of ditto, and mains, &c. 500 0 0
Materials in repairs of pipes, &c.... ' '5OO 0 0
Workmen in repairs and maintenance ... 1,000 0 0
Rent of railway accommodation to the
Brighton, Railway. Company for pipes,
&c,, 50 miles at 201. per mile 1,000 0 0

Total annual working expenses—£-1,204 0 0

Total annnal working expenses;.. 44.204 0 0
Allowing also 10 per cent. per annum, tor
shareholders' dividend on a capital of
75,0001....

••• 7,500 0 0

Together ... 11,704 0 0

Annual income from 800,000 bathers ... 12,500 0 0
Total annual expenses, inciuditig the di-
dividend to shareholders of 10 per
cent. per annum ...

...11,704 0 0

Margin in favour of dividend £796 0 0
It is proposed to raise the above capita!, either as an
independent company or in connexion with that of the
Crystal Palace, as may be deemed most expedient, and
according to the emount of support which may ulti-
mately be obtained from the Crystal Palace Company
and the London and Brighton Railway Company.

THE LATE MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.-OH Monday'..o
evening the coroner's jury, after a protracted invirx
eu_.".,
the circumstances attending the death of Margaret 13,1,12 16;,;1
married woman in an advanced state of pregnancy,, °
quietly
been killed by a blow from a policeman's stick
standing in her own apartment, returned a verdwichtiof
ful Murder" against John Slaney.
On several " Wl-
RIVER STEAM FIRE ENGINES.—•-•- .4. Fleming'-
occa-
sions, and more particularly during. the tirfil7tily was el-
and Alderman Humphery's wharfs, grest 41 rric
men. to work the
perienced in obtaining the assistanc,e
totbe remedied, the
floating engines. Toms evil is about
ordered a :team
directed
London Fire Engine havingEstablishmenthena fire takes place a
apparatus to be prepared, so thatogines will be
power equal to six or eight laud
against the flame&