The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-07 00:00:00

habitants who rejoiced in the gift of life, and how
instructive is their history. The discoveries of
science reveal to us the types and semblances of
existence which, as MACAULAY has expressed it,
belong to the twilight of fable, " the many succes-
sive races of plants and animals in seas
now dried on sandbanks, now raised into mountains
or continents, now sunk beneath the waters." Af-
ter analysing the several gradations through which
this science takes us, the Professor concluded
this portion of his address by referring to the
comparative shortness of the date of all European
antiquities, and those which belong to the remote
antiquity of the world's history. Yet tried by the
monuments of natural events of the age of man,
" the human family is old enough in Western
Europe to have been sheltered by caverns in the
rocks, while herds of reindeer roamed in Southern
France, and bears and hynas were denizens of the
south of England. More than that, the remains of
the rudest human art ever seen are found buried
with races who lived contemporaneously with the
mammoth and rhinoceros, and experienced the cold
of a Gallic or British winter, from which the woolly
covering of the wild animals was a fitting pro-
tection.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY.

GREAT FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 6.

A great fire broke out last evening in Stamboul,
which has already destroyed 2,500 houses, mosques,
and public buildings, and is still raging.

SEPT. 5.

The medical commissioners officially report that
the cholera has nearly disappeared. The total num-
ber of deaths to-day was nine only.

The conversion of the internal debt is progres-
sing. The total amount of all classes of stock con-
verted up till yesterday is £3,500,000.

Geography and hydrography formed interesting
subjects for discourse in the Professor's address, and
he declared that in reply to the query what share
the British Association had in the discoveries and
inventions of the last thirty years, they would
boldly answer "We had a part in all." In some
they took the foremost place, and in others they
devoted their strength to support the Royal Society,
and other institutions in accomplishing objects they
had at heart. It is worthy of notice that many
valuable discoveries have been made in
consequence of the reports which have appeared
in the early volumes of the 'Transactions
of the Association. By this means addi-
tional knowledge was acquired of the probable
depth of the channels of the sea. The great system
of magnetic observations has been established by the
untiring zeal and the unflagging efforts of the
Association, acting in concert with the Royal
Society. These efforts have not been fruitless, as
has been proved in many an undertaking which has
resulted in the advancement of science and the
spread of knowledge ; and whether the agents ex-
plore the devastations of earthquakes, dredge the
sea, catalogue the stars, or experiment in
countless directions, they are working out one
end and tending to one gaol, the advancement
and improvement of science to benefit the
great family of mankind. The. general purport of
the labours of this Association was ably described
by the Professor at the conclusion of his admirable
address. A higher object could not be placed to
incite strenuous exertions, and a nobler goal be set
for enterprise and energy to reach.

Wherever and by whatever means sound learning
and useful knowledge are advanced these to us are
friends. Whoever is privileged to step beyond his
fellows on the road of scientific discovery will re-
ceive all applause, and if need be all help. Wel-
coming and joining in the labour of all, we shall
keep our place among those who clear the road, and
remove the obstacles from the path of science ; and
whatever be our own success in the rich fields which
lie before us, however little we may know now, we
shall prove that in this our day we know at least the
value of knowledge, and join hearts and hands
in the endeavour to promote it.

The Cattle Disease.

THE SUB, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIAG, SEPTEMBER 7, 1865.

Death of a Well-known Hindoo.

The Hon. Juggonath Sunkersett, the recognised
representative of the Hindoo community of Bombay
for the last thirty years, died on the 31st of July,
and long notices of his character and career appear
in the local journals. Seventeen months ago a
public meeting of the inhabitants of Bombay was
held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of voting
him a statue. He showed considerable capacity for
public business. He took an active interest in
municipal affairs ; and his services in the Legisla-
tive Council have been valuable to Government.
Ile was almost invariably selected as president of
public meetings of his countrymen, and memorably
of the great meeting which voted the Victoria and
Albert Museum as a memorial of the transfer of
India to the Crown, and of the loyalty of the people
of Bombay to the person and Government of her
Majesty. He was president of the committee
elected to carry out the resolution of that meeting,
and president also of the Agri-Horticultural Society,
the Bombay Association, and of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Elphinstone funds. He was one of the
first members of the Board of Education ; and as
one of the founders of the Elphinstone College, and
for his labours in promoting education generally in
Western India, he will be especially remembered.
When he found death was approaching, he ex-
pressed the desire that matters connected with
that event should be conducted according to the
Hindoo religion, to which he was personally
attached. The Bhagavad Gita was read in his hear-
ing before he was carried to the lower room, on the
earthen floor of which it was desired that he should
expire; several cows were presented to him by Brah-
mins in a ceremonial form, and the wish was ex-
pressed by him that this donum should be expended
on his account to the number of 108. In the last
chamber to which he was taken the Gajendra Moksha
(a well known passage of the Bhagavata Purana)
was read, and a thousand names of Vishnoo were
pronouced before him, while he rested on the bosom
of the earth. When the time of his departure ar-
rived water from Timbak, Benares, and Punderpoor
was poured upon his body. The deepest grief was
expressed by his family and friends when, about
noon, it was seen that he had breathed his last.
Among the parties who came early to express their
condolence on the occasion was Sir Jamsetjee Je-
jeebhoy, who, in succession to his father, has been
long one of his most attached and faithful friends.
The funeral procession left the garden-house of
the deceased somewhat after 3 o'clock in the after-
noon. The only son of Mr. Juggonath, with head
and feet uncovered, and the spare garments used
by the Hindoos when disposing of their dead,w alked
in front of the body, carrying the fire employed in
commencing the cremation. About 500 members
of the Sonar caste, to which the deceased belonged,
several officiating Brahmins, and a few Banyans
walked behind ; while on the whole road to the
burning ground at Sonapore multitudes of specta-
tors were congregated together, and showing not
merely curiosity in the case but deep-felt emotion.
Among the poor on the road about 50Ors. were dis-
tributed in small silver pieces. After the usual cere-
monies the funeral pile was ignited by the chief
mourner at half-past 4 p.m. The wood forming
the pyre was of sandalwood, the favourite " tulasi"
(seen before so many doors of the natives), and
the " bilva" (Oratwva religiosa) consecrated to
Shiva, Mr. Sunkersetes favourite god. At half-past
8 o'clock the glowing embers of the exhausted pile
were quenched with milk, and the procession re-
turned to the house of mourning. The party forming
it then went sorrowfully to their houses, after the
chief mourner had, in the Hindoo form, performed
his first ceremonial ablutions.
The funeral rites will be continued for 10 to 12
days, according to Indian custom.
The Bombay Saturday Review says of the deceased:
"It is the general sentiment on the death of the Hon.
Juggonath Sunkersett that we did not fully know his
worth until we lost him, while his loss as a represen-
tative native is felt equally by thoughtful Europeans
and Hindoos. A Hindoo of the Hindoos, and yet
sagacious enough loyally to accept accomplished
facts, thoroughly independent and yet conciliatory,
and possessed of a greater influence than any native
of Bombay ever has, or is ever likely to have again,
and yet using his power with remarkable unselfish-
ness, he at once gained the confidence of the Govern-
ment as a valuable adviser, and the sincere gratitude
of his fellow-countrymen. He owed nothing to caste,
nothing to wealth, and everything to the native
force of character ; in a word, he was a Mahratta,
a type of the race of Nana Furnavees and Rajah
Dinker Rao. Bombay will never again find so re-
markable a representative. Even in the accidental
accessories of his unique position he was perfect.
His complexion was fair as a high caste Brahmin's ;
that is, it was as fair as an Englisman's or German's,
only its secondary hue was as of burnt sienna, and
not Indian red, as in Teutonic complexions. It is the
sign of higher nobility than Hindoo caste, or English
rank can give—the nobility of wholesome, unmixed
blood. His eye was large and brilliant, indicating
mental power, and lighting up a strongly chiseled
face full of character, and which in youth must
have been strikingly handsome. He was tall and
commanding ih appearance, and his manners those
of the dignified and thoroughly well-bred Hindoo
gentleman.. Wherever you met him there was none
goodlier than he to look upon, and from his shoulders
and upwards he was higher than any of his people."