The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-06 00:00:00

The Luxuries of a Turkish Bath,

"A Tartar," said Mr. Urquhart, in his lecture
before .he Society of Arts, "having an hour to rest,
prefers a bath to sleep. He enters as if drugged
with opium, and leaves it, his senses cleared and his
strength restored, as much as if he had slept for
several hours. This is not to be attributed to the
heat or moisture alone, but to the shampooing, which
is of an extraordinary nature. The Tartar sits down
and tumbles himself up ; the shampooer (and he
selects the most powerful man) then springs with his
feet on his shoulders, cracking his vertebr se; with all
his force and weight he pummels the whole back and
then turning him on his back and face, aided by a
second shampooer, tramples on his body and limbs ;
the Tartar then lays himself down for half an hour,
and perhaps, though it is not necessary, sleeps.
Well can I recall the hamam doors which I have
entered, scarcely able to drag one limb after the
other, and from which I have sprung into my
saddle again, elastic as a sinew and light as a
feather." And now this exquisite luxury of a
furkish bath may any day be enjoyed by any one
who lists, at the most trifling cost, at the Hammam,
in Jermyn•street, St. James's.

PURIFICATION OF THE SERPENTINE.—A coloured
hograph has to-day been published by Mr. Stan-
brd, of Charing-cross, from which any one at a
glance can see how it is Captain Grant purposes to
purify the abominably stagnant water of that
pretty little sylvan stream—not very sinuous in
its form, it is true, but still for all that called the
Serpentine. Captain Grant's plan is simply in so
many words, one for effecting this long-wished for
purification, by making the stagnant water flow
from the bottom of ponds or reservoirs and retaining
the fresh supply of surface water, whilst all im-
purities which collect upon the surface are carried
off as they arise by checking the flow of water in
the overflow pipes and causing it to run from the
surface in the usual manner.
MR. LAYARD AND THE PRINCESS OF SERVIA..—
The Princess of Servia was in the ladies' gallery during the
late debate on Servia, and she became very excited and
energetic while Mr. Layard was speaking. She clasped the
bars in front of her with great energy, as though she would
have liked to have darted down into the house and have
seized Mr. Layard by the throat, and I am sure same of her
exclamations must have been heard down in the house. She
was very irate at Mr. Layard's statements about the royal
house of Servia.-2he Queen.
HONESTY OF THE TIIREE.—Mr. Layard (says
The Queen) has evidently a very exalted notion of
the general character of the Turk, and considers
him in many respects superior to some of the de•
nizens of those Christian countries that surround
him. In illustration of the honesty of the Turk, he
said, the other evening in the House of Commons, that he
had frequently slept in a small tent in a field, with his
portmanteau open and exposed, but he had never on any
occasion lost the moat trifling article. Mr. Layard asked it
that could be done in any part of England where there was
a rural population.
THE SYRIAN TELEGRAPH.—We lately announced,
says the Noniteur, the opening, between Diarbekir and
Aleppo, of a telegraphic communication connecting the lat-
ter town on the one hand with Constantinople and with
Bagdad on the other. The Latakia line being also com-
plete, direct communication is now established between
Aleppo and the towns of Beyrout and Damascus.
THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.—The list of the divi-
sion upon Mr. Whalley's motion for a repeal of the
grant to the College of Maynooth discloses some curious
particulars. The grant was supported by the "trusted
leaders," as well as by many of the rank and file of the
Conservative party. Messrs. Disraeli and Walpole, Sirs
John Pakington and Roundel! Palmer, Lords Robert Cecil
and John Manners, went out into the same lobby with
Messrs. Gladstone and all the ministers, except Lord
Palmerston. The Premier and Mr. Whiteside entered no
appearance. We have the same to say of three others of
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REPRESENTATION OF NEW Ross.—The nomina-
tion took place on Thursday. The proceedings
passed off quietly, Mr. Baden, J.P., proposed, and Mr.
Michae Power, J.P., seconded the nomination of Mr,
M'Kenna. Mr. M'Cormick proposed, and Mr. Thomas
Tobin seconded, the nomination of Lieut.-Colonel Totten-
ham. The show of hands being in t avour of Mr. M'Kenna,
a poll was demanded for Colonel Tottenham.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Geographical, at 84
Tuesday—Syro-Egyptian, at 7f, "Dates of Pentateuch,"
Mr. Sharpe—Royal Institution, at 3, 'a Sound," Professor
Tyndall—Zoological, at 9. Wednesday—Horticultural,

uncovering of the Memorial of tho Exhibition of 1851—
Microscopial, at B—Society of Literature, at Bf, "

cian Inscription, ;Sardinia," Mr. Dentsch—" Ancients'

Knowledge of Sources of the Nile," Mr. Vaux—Archs3olo-
gical Association, at SI, " Leaden Objects found in London"
—"Seals of the Bishops of Man," Mr. Coming—" Jewry
Wall, Leicester," Mr. Wright—" Rowan Discoveries, Wes
Coker, Somerset," Mr. Moore, Thursday—Antiquaries,
at 81, "Human Sacrifices among the 'Winans," Dean of
Christ Church--" Unpublished Antiquarius of Bononius
of Treviso," Mr. Black--Royal, at 81, Croonian lecture,
"liCeoaotviiielgfuoilrantii:o:l9fr:ce_eluf.eiii" Professor Lister—• Royal Insti-
tution, at 3, "Geology," Professor Austed. Friday—
Astronomical, at B—Royal Institution, at 8, " Researches
cu Radiant Heat," Professor Tyndall. Saturday—Horti-
Telegt:Prienade—Royal Institution, at 3, "Electric
mu. ply," Professor Thomson.—Athenceunt.
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