The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

SOAP AND WATER.

(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
To the slang cry of " How are you off for soap," a
practical answer has been given by the Committee for
promoting the Establishment of Baths and Washhouses
for the Labouring Classes. And really the answer
proves to be most satisfactory. We do not wish to dis-
parage any of the numerous efforts made in so many
different quarters to wash the Ethiop white; but certainly
we do feel a much more lively and practical interest in
the philanthropic action of the above admirable associa-
tion on the social and domestic habits of our own people.
Soap and water may indeed seem to many a very unin-
teresting affair—a thing difficult to get up a display of
stump oratory about, except of the most soporiferous
kind. It is so disagreeable to get up an agitation about
dirt, and to wage war against foul living. There aro
no drums beat and trumpets blown at the head of such a
movement, and as for banners, what could you hold up
as a fitting emblem on such an occasion except a foul
shirt? But, really, there is much more in this move-
ment than appears at first sight. For, see what grows
out of cleanly habits:— First, health and comfort ;
second, decency and self-respect; third, morality and
virtue; fourth, religion. •No mean authority , has pro-
nounced cleanliness to be " next to godliness. ' It is a
too notorious fact, that the dirty classes are the dan-
gerous classes; that vice is invariably found to be most
prolific in the foulest and worst cleansed habitations.
The moral man is generally bat a correct index of the
physical man; for the moral grows out of the physical.
Clean a man's skin, and you do something towards
cleansing his mind. You may not thus educate his in-
telligence, but you prepare him for the reception of true
refinement and wisdom. The report of the committee
above referred to shows that the number of baths taken
at the Whitechapel Model Bath-house during the year
ending Christmas last, was 156,310; at St. Martin's in
the Fields, 213,485; and at Marylebone, 173,157. The
number of washers at the first place, during the samee
period, was 43,462; at the second, 50,200; and at the
third, 24,718. The total receipts of these three sessare
lishments for the year were 9,1551. 3s. id. There_ .
also the Westminster Baths and Washhouses, opeesed,_!ra
May last, and the Greenwich, opened in SePhtenw" ;
where the results are equally satisfactory. ST
he
the
number of baths taken in these five plepesr
of washers
total
last year has been 647,242, and the numb
those at
132,251. Similar institutions have bee!' eetablished in
nut
Liverpool country, the most important of which are . .
Liverpool (two), Hull, Bristol, Preston, and three have
ham. Of these six country
___t_
been opened durilig the year. earrahbe income is satisfac.
asonable interest on the
tory, and sufficient to issue
juustonfotthaebleexipeeal
money expended; but thpestruecruennuitartyhe
riment, though important. have been improved,
lure. The habits of thebsvpeeople
been increased, and self-
their domestic comforts have
yet beern-
we must not disguise from our-
respect respect encouraged•
on y ,
add wasanoases are erected and
.13
l a beginning has aa
seves the fact, that
must yet
made. The baths
without. The
maintained by help
take them up and from
extend them in all districts.people
not the
Bat the
cultivation oar natural habit of cleanliness t;
what these public
growth of a y. It requires to.be.carefu y encouraged,
helped, and loitered; and this is
baths and washhouses are now doing,
The committee
say, in their report,
thas:ssitis accommodation
satisfactorily proved
that baths and wabhhouse , with
adapted
to different districts, according to the population, can be
erected at a cost of 2,0001., 4,0001., or 8,0001., exclusive
of the charge for land,"--a suggestion which we trust
will have its effect upon philanthropic men throughout
the country, and set them to work. It is to be hoped
that the Legislature will contribute their mite towards
the same cause, by taking off the tax on soap during the
--•rcoent 60.£81011.

Mr. Samuel Wall Jone
ge94 at the QM COMO. 13 appointed colonial our

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.

HARWICH.

On Saturday Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Solicitor-.
General, was elected without opposition to the seat
for this borough, succesively filled and vacated (from
various causeo, during the short space of 13 months,
by Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Thohy Prineep, and Mr.
Wigram Crawford. Nor is the present Learned
Member's connexion with the borough likely to be
of a more enduring character. At best he would only
have held on till the end of the session; but while in
the act of procuring his return for Harwich the fatal
termination of Lord Rendlesham's illness has created
a vacancy for the eastern division of Suffolk ; and
although in the negotiations which were pending
with a view to the next Parliament, Sir Fitzroy's
overtures for that seat were not very graciously
received, the leaders of the Conservative party have
in this sudden emergency found him the only man to
their hand, and the form of a requisition, and his
consent to offer himself as a candidate for East
Suffolk, had all been gone through before even the
Hon. Gentleman appeared on the Harwich hustings ;
so that that borough wilt brohably see another—a
fifth—election even during the remainder of the pre-
sent Parliament.

Of the proceedings of the day, in which there was
very little demonstration of feeling, a brief' record
will suffice.

Mr. FRANCIS HALES, auctioneer, and Mr. W.
PRESHFIELD, surgeon, respectively proposed and se-
conded Sir. Fitzroy Kelly, as a tit and proper person
to represent the borough in Parliament; and the
Mayor (after asking it there was any other candidate
to be proposed) declared the Learned Gentleman to
be duly elected.

Sir FITZROY KELLY, amidst the cheering of his
political partisans, then stood forward and addressed
the assembly, chiefly expatiating upon the capacity of
Harwich Harbour for becoming the great emporium
of commerce in this greatest of ccmmercial countries
—commending the local efforts (in the steps taken for
carrying out the. new Pier Bill) to contribute to that
result, and promising all the aid which, as a public
man or as an individual, he could afford to it. Passing
from local to political subjects, the Hon. Member said
he would glance for a very few moments at one or two
of those great questions which were at this moment
agitating the public mind. The country was no longer
divided into the two great parties of Whig and Tory,
but into two other parties, viz., the advocates of free
trade, and those who opposed the further progress of
that system. He should probably be told that it
was premature at the present moment to enter
upon that question, and that it was for the next
Parliament to determine whether that system
which bad already advanced so far shall be
not only continued, but extended, or whether some
attempt should not be made, so to improve, regu-
late, and modify the financial system of this country,
as it affected both commerce and agriculture, tas to
do something like equal justice to all classes of her
Majesty's subjects.—(Hear.) But as the time must
come, and that before they were many months older,
when they would have again to select Members to re-
present them in Parliament, it behoved them to give
this question, in ;Opts relative bearings, their best con-
sideration. He wished not to be understood as set-

ting himself against the general principles of the sys-
tem which a deceased statesman introduced into this
country. He believed that that system was right and
just in principle—it was that of equalising, in a fair
ratio, not only the import duties, but taxation gene-
rally, as diffused among all classes of the population,
whether agricultural, manufacturing, or
ht commercial.
—(Hear.) But when that which ought obe equal
and well proportioned was carried
ffoug too far,
_ hey
ought to consider whether it so. far from
being beneficial, will not become destructive to the
very interests it was intended
its effects
He knew
he should be told to consider
asanadec s other.
respects, as regarded commerce
w navigationt
they were favourable. This matter of
which those he was addressing were qualified to
judge, and he asked them if those measures—the ex-
cess of them he meant—not the original measures
conducted through Parliament in 1842, 1843, and
1844; but others which had followed, such as the na-
vigation laws, had tended to advance the trade and
prosperity of the harbour, or the success of its ship-
building ?—(Hear, hear, No, no, and a voice—,, It
ha'nt done it no hurt.") As to the perhaps more im-
portant question of the corn-laws, they were told that
because 3
..000,000 quarters more wheat had been im-
ported in 1650 than in 1846, that the people of this
country bad of necessity eaten that quantity more
bread than in the first-named year—but statistical
returns showed on the other band that the decrease
in the growth of corn in this country had been more
.than to the extent of 3,000,000 quarters, so that in-
stead of that quantity being produced and sold by the
farmers of this country, it had had to be purchased
with British gold, and foreign growers had reaped
the benefit.—(Hear, hear.) This was a matter upon
which they would do well to bear in mind at the
general election, together with a due regard as to
what men were most likely to be able to advance
their local interests; and for himself, brief as his con-
nexion with the borough would probably be, as long
as he should be able, or in a position to serve it, in a
national point of view, he should feel himself bound,
by every tie of gratitude, to do so.—(Cheers.)
The proceedings closed with the usual rounds of
cheers for the new Member, the Mayor, and other
popular favourites ; and about an hour afterwards the
Hon. Member started for the Manningtree station, on
his return to town.

BRISTOL.—We still remain without a Tory csndi
date, Mr. Hubbard, the deputy governor of the Bank
of England, who was so confidently spoken of last
week, being now out of the field. Various reasons
are assigned for the withdrawal of the gentleman, but
the explanation given by the leading Tories is that.he
was found to be a Puseyite, which circumstance
would place entirely out of the question any support
from the Evangelical section of the Church of Eng-
land. There is now a talk of getting up a requisi-
tion to the present Conservative Member, Mr. P. W.
S. Miles, requesting him, in the difficulty into which
the party has been thrown, to forego his intention of
resigning. The Liberal candidates, Mr. Berkeley
and Mr. Langton, are certain of success.
BODMIN.—In addition to the four candidates already
in the field (Mr. Wyld, Mr. Lacy, the Hon. Captain
Vivian, and Mr. Henderson), two other gentlemen
have " come out"—Mr. Capel Whitehurst end Mr. J.
Sidney Smitb, the latter being a Protectionist.
CHATHAM.—On Thursday evening a meeting of
the electors of Chatham was held at the Chest Arms
Tavern, to receive a communication from the Liberal
candidate, Mr. Romaine, relative to his intention of
retiring from the contest. Dr. Ely was called to the
chair, and the large room was densely crowded on the
occasion. Mr. Romaine, after thanking his friends
for their kindness and the support which had been
offered him, said, from the experience he had bad in
the course of his canvass, he felt it to be to their _
in-
terest that he should make way for a gentleman
.net
more weight than himself; and, after explaining e n
reasons which had led him to this conclusion,
Admiralh
in-
troduced to the meeting, of First
Sir James Sterling, who had filled the office
Administra- I
Lord of the Admiralty under the
dre asivg
as his successor, ohr d been
the electors,
tion. Admiral Stirling,
oafexfrteeensitornadoef. thHeefrwanas-
u a avowed himself an advocatei tc..dsy,
not, he said, a free-trader es
the last twelve
prop_le, and would
. support
for years.
e of protecting the voter
ofrc -rates, he
tHheeowreateicaalleley
faanvdeuprraacbtlie'catlely
the Church,
cthheis ballot,e, the
hoefr
.re relieve the dissenter
tinhboerdegard to church-rates, la
could be devised. f the propertyr
income-tax,
otmost to
As to the that, he
cbountshideerwedoutlhdemdeasifWiars itAut
from their operation.
a dead letter, but if it be re-imposed
he should be
said, had become
i desirous thatt should fall on real pro-
perty on the incomes ofthe • rather . trading
on to
classes. in ousi . the Jewish disabilities, the
admiral said he would extend the gallant a same the Jews
pri-
vileges to as were enjoyed by the other
classes of the community, considering them, as he did,
to be equally trustworthy. Having thanked his friend
Mr. Romaine for introducing him to the electors, Sir
(Times announced to them his
intention of com-
mencing his canvass iorthwith.--Lord Mulgrave,
who had been instrumental in introducing Mr.
Romaine to the electors, expressed regret at
that gentleman's
in retirement, but said he felt con-
vinced that Sir James Stirling an efficient re-
presentative would be found. Thanks were then
voted to the chairman, and after giving three hearty
cheers
severally for Admiral Stirling, Mr. Romaine,
and Lord Mulgrave, the meeting separated.
CARDIGAN DISTRICT OF BOROUGHS. Mr. Pryse
Loveden has completed the canvass of these boroughs,
which consist of Cardigan, Aberystwitb, Adper, and
Lampeter, with every probability of success, although
a contest is not unlikely, as John Inglis Jones, Esq.,
of Derry Ormond, has, in compliance with a requisi-
tion from some of the electors, come forward as a
candidate on the Conservative interest, and has com-
menced a canvass, but from the preponderating in-
fluence of the families of Pryse and Powell in this
district, which they have always exerted in favour
of the Liberal side, there is but a very small chance of
Mr: Jones's ultimate success, even if he should go to
the poll, which is doubtful.
EAST CUMBERLAND.—The Carlisle Journal states,
that an attempt is to be made by the Tories to get up,
at the suggestion-of Lord Lonsdale, a requisition to
Mr. G. H. Head, soliciting him to come forward for
East Cumberland. The present Members, Messrs.
Howard and Marshall, it is generally supposed, hove-

ever, are secure of re-electiom.
EVESHAM.—The electors here are determined that
there shall be a contest, considering an uncontested
election, for reasons well known to th onelves, a
A rumour
breach of their constitutional privileges-
incoln is
is current that Mr. Hobhouse, DIP, f
to be a candidate on free trade and 7.4ibeor
principles.l
,

Sir Henry Willoughby is expected to visit Evesham
in a few days.

GREENWICH.—The requisition to Mr. Chambers,
to allow himself to be again nominated as a candidate
for the representation of the borough of Greenwich,
has been signed by nearly 1,300 electors, who pledge
themselves to use every endeavour to secure his elec-
tion. Of this number, we understand, above 500
persons voted on the last occasion for Admiral
Stewart, when Mr. Chambers obtained 1,244 votes;
and although the whole of the electors who voted for
Mr. Chambers at the late election have not signed the
requisition, there is not one instance where any objec-
tion has been made to again vote for Mr. Chambers.
His cause is gaining strength daily, and his supporters
are working in his favour with zeal, activity, and
efficiency. The leading Reformers of the borough,
who stood aloof from taking any active part in the
last election, are one after another giving their adhe-
sion to his party.—Kentish Mercury.
GREENOCK —At a meeting of the electors of
Greenock on Thursday, resolutions were passed de-
claring confidence in Lord Melgund. His Lordship
was present, and a committee was appointed for con-
ducting his canvass.
LAMBETH.—The following address has been exten-
sively circulated :—" We, the undersigned electors of
the borough of Lambeth, feeling convinced that any
attempt to re-impose a tax on the food of the people
will meet with the firm and uncompromising opposi-
tion of our present Members, the Right Hon. Charles
Tennyson D'Eynenurf-, and W. Williams, Esq., and
assured also that their continued efforts will be used
to amend our representative system, promote financial
reform, and adopt measures for the advancement of
civil and religious liberty, do earnestly invite the co-
operation of the electors and non-electors at large to
secure the return of those gentlemen as our represen-
tatives in the ensuing Parliament." The Lambeth
people, sinking all minor differences, have determined
, to return their present Members; and to the above
address there are already the signatures of upwards
of a thousand of the most influential men in the
borough.
NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The Nottingham
Journal says that Lord Robert Clinton is prosecuting
his canvass with so much success that his return for
the division is almost certain. _

NOTTllieliAMTLiii;now three candidates for
this borough, Mr. Walter, Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Gis-
borne. From their addresses, says the Nottingham
Journal, it might be difficult to choose amongst them,
for all are Free-traders, and all are Reform.irE,, the dif-
ference in the latter respect being only in degree, and
in the former none at all.

NORTH DEVON.—The Devon and Exeter Protec-
tion Society have threatened the constituency of this
division of the county with a second Protectionist
candidate in the person of Mr. George Stuckley
Buck, son of the present Member (L. W. Buck,
Esq.), in opposition to Sir Thomas Acland, who has
confessed himself staunch to free-trade principles.
After a great.deal of exertions on the part of theiPro-
tection Society to get up such a requisition as would
induce Mr. Buck to stand, the affair has ended
in a total failure—the candidate is with-
drawn, and the Protectionists are looking abroad
for somebody else. Sir Thomas Acland will be sure
to be re-elected it is said. If the Protectionists had
not withdrawn their man, the Liberal party, which is
very strong in the north of Devon, would have pro-
bably brought forward James Wentworth Buller,
Esq., of Downe. (chairman of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway) ; and it is asserted that be would have
been returned in conjunction with Sir T. Acland.
The Protectionists are now under great apprehension
lest the Hon. Gentleman should be introduced.
PAISLEY.-0a Wednesday evening a meeting of the
electors and non-electors of Paisley was held in the
United Presbyterian Church, St. James's-street, for
the purpose of hearing Mr. Hely, who has come forward
in opposition to Mr. A. Hastie. Bailie Telford occupied
the chair. Mr. Hely avowed himself in favour of
free trade, household suffrage, vote by ballot, and
' triennial Parliaments. He was opposed to the en-
dowment of Maynooth, and would, if elected, vote for
its repeal. The sentiments of Mr. Haly appeared to
meet with a favourable reception ; and a motion that
he was a fit and proper person to represent Paisley in
Parliament was passed unanimously. Mr. Haly, who
practises at the English bar, is known as a clever
political writer in some of our leading reviews and
daily journals.—North British Mail.
PRESTON.—Various communications have passed
between Henry Raikes, Esq., of Chester, and the
committee of the Preston Conservative Association
and Registration Society, with a view to his introduc-
tion to the electors of this borough as a Conservative
candidate. Mr. Raikes is son of the venerable Chan-
cellor Raikes, of Chester, and is himself registrar of
that diocese. He was an unsuccessful candidate for
the representation of Derby at the last general elec-
tion.—Preston Chronicle.
SOUTH HANTS.—The Conservatives have resolved
to send a requisition to Lord Henry Cholmondeley,
to come forward as candidate for South Hants, and
there is every reason to believe his Lordship will
comply with such a requisition, and stand as a col
league with Mr. Compton in contesting the county.
As the requisitionists to Lord Henry will be the prin-
cipal persons who brought forward Lord Charles
Wellesley, it is presumed that the latter will shortly
cease to be connecter with South Hants. Sir John
Barker Mill, Bart., and the principal of the Liberals
of South Hants, will hold a meeting at Matcharn's
Hotel, in Southampton, on Wednesday next, to adopt
preliminary measures to secure the election of Sir
George Staunton, Bart., for the southern division of
Hampshire.
SHREWSBURT.-Mr. Slaney, who has so long re-
presented this borough in Parliament, has, this day
(Friday), published a valedictory address to his con-
stituents, in which be intimates his intention, at the
close of the present session, to retire into private
life. Mr. Tomline, who represented the borough
from 1841 till the general election in 1847, when he
was defeated by a small majority. has, during the last
three days, been canvassing the electors upon free-
trade
principles with the most complete success. His
election
be looked on as certain. Mr. Baldock,
eiyp
one of the present Members for the borough, and
Mr. Heathcote are also actively canvassing upon the
most ultra-Tory principles; party spirit runs very
high. The choice of the electorse in all probabi-
lity, fall on Messrs. Tomlin (Whig) and Baldock
(Tory). A second Whig candidate was expected,
but he has not yet made his appearance.
ocandidate coming for ward
Sotmasirrox.--There appears no probability at
presentas
colleague of a C
Cochrane. It is intended
to call a public meeting of the constituency of this
borough at the latter end of this week, at which Mr.
and of mnssrrvßataiivileje
VVillcoa
d S Sir Alexauder. Cockburn, the present
Liberal Members, will be present.

OF THE STEAMER PORTO,

AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
rhaenenedc
teohnirnloyw then t
h lossis c iot
yf
OPoaTo, MARCH 30.—A most lamentable occur-
in st tea mgerre
great
eosrtt o
e(ePhoe rt
et ur
ng ue
tei
es en),
all her passengers (36 in number) having perished,
seven of her crew saved. That unfortunate
vessel sailed from this on Sunday morning for Lis-
bon, and from some cause or another bore up again
after being as far south as Figueira, and on taking
the bar last evening about six o'clock she struck on
some rocks called the " Forgados," inside the bar,
when the anchor was let go, but somehow or other
she drifted, and, not answering her helm, she got em-
bedded in a reel of rocks, where no aid could be
in
sent
to her ; and, night coming on, she wentto piecese
Joseph
a few hours. Among the sufferers are Mr.
Allen, of this place, and two daughters
Ander-
son, from London, shipowner, who wast Mh
err. ac-
counteAonnder
Destrees, French Consul at
,this
port;
da Silveira
of the Harriet, bound to Australia; Mons.
Ander-
son'slllons nephew; Senhor Jose
Pinto,Lison n; esphenewhoorftb
ekeneown.uSe.nhor Albano, of
Placido Braga; Sen-
hor
mercial Bank.
Francisco Vieira de Sousa Oliveira, of the Com•
Antonioe wellj
As yet no bodies have been picked up.

Some of the leading Australian Gold Mining Com.
but,- a s not
has
beingswug gea ellt la::: actually
1 ls engaged
learned,
.
panies have already applied for Royal Charters of Inoorpo.
tion and we believe that others are about to follow the ex-
ample. As the responsibility of the shareholders will be
thereby limited to the amount for which they have sub-
scribed, we have no doubt that the charter, when obtained.
will lead to an increased demand for shares in the compa-
nies, which have adopted so prudent and judicious a course.
CONDEMNED MDEDERERS.—W. Rollinson, who wall
left for execution at Bury St. Edmund's on Thursday isati_
has had an application made on his behalf at the las.t In::
merit. His life will be spared in consideration of ho
retched
treme old age (83 years), and the remainder of 148,Zeits, Of
existence will be spent in close confinement- .1"'
near Guild-
John Keene, for the murder of his wife's child
execution is
ford, is not yet actually decided, althougrhe Trefes,
Justice
IT ns°timlethiiesiqeusirhieasq.
fixed for Tuesday next. After several
Coleridge, who tried the case,
convicted, with her
which are now in progress of being mad aa be come to, al-
toisreprieve has yet been
al-
be concluded, no satisfactory decisTa„, been started, it is
tow's' probably be respitelad
likely though,t
h af from ohmi s
lifethe
maydiffi cbuel tsipe
as
rtseihrhdeah.
transmitted for Eliza Dowetree
the murder of their illegitimate
paramour, Abel Ovens, for
the commission o
tion, Friday next.
I before the day of execu
,y
child at 11.on.moutfht;he
LOAD DUNSAis
DEATH Or
he death of this estimable nobleman. He
had for a long tuna the cause which, we
believe, was at length of his death. He expired
on.
capti., his. titles,
P.N.
auns,,,y Castle on the night of the ith instant. He is
succeeded Plunkett PNT In
carle,tates by his only brother, the
Lord Dunsany the peerage
has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the country one
of her warmest and most patriotic defenders. He was the
uniform and consistent supporter of the monarchy, and the
unflinching advocate of Protestant and Conservative princi.
havePles . cause But
it
to
his many private virtues had endeared him, who will chiefly
isnahoi:mnumeroousss.relations and friends, to whom
sth of his loss. Lord Dunsany was born, the
48th September 1804, and was consequently, only in the
year of his gßv his death a vacancy is created ii
tile rept , •- ag
e. - puiplin Nvening 4(44
eaeluatlye poorage 9f Ireladt—

•
BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a monthly return of the situation of
the Bank of France up to April 8

capital
...
... . .
... ... f. 91,250,000 0
Reserve fund ..• ••• ... ... 12,980,750 14
Reserve-immobiliero ... ••. ... 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ••• ... 501,299,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks •.. ... 133,805,025 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) ..• ••• 5,970,449 19
Bills payable at sight ••• ••• ... 16,418,404 0
Account-current with Treasury creditor 73,203,062 87
Various accounts current ..• ... 173,159,061 30
Ditto in branches ••• ... 26,093,746 0
Dividends payable ... • ' 370,622 25
Discounts, interest, and expenses
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 2,234,270 69
• • 4
08,81 0
•
Interest on protested bills ... ... 508,0819 67
404
Miscellaneous ••• ... ... ... 552, 0
_____-----

E 1,042,253,696 11

Cash in hand ... „.
Ditto in branch banks

f• .482,947,508 49
• 115,490,570 0
1283464 94