The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

•
SlR,—Noticing a leading article in this evening's
Sun upon " Intramural Burials," would you allow
me to state that my shops overlook the burial-
ground of St. Martin's parish, situated in Drury-
lane, and that we are daily witnesses of the dis-
graceful and disgusting way the graves are dug,
and sufferers from the offensive smell arising from
the dampness of the ground ; so much so, that
some of my men have been ill, and it has obliged
me to have my lower floor taken up and lime
thrown in. There were two funerals on Sun-
day, and one yesterday, and every foot of
the ground has to be probed before a depth of
three feet can be found to dig the hole. I
have applied to Ate Board of Health to
see if they had any power to compel its being
closed after the last Act of Parliament, and have
received an official reply that they have not, and
that my only remedy (if any) was in applying to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
I have done so ; but, after your article of to-day,
am afraid it is hopeless. The top of the graveyard
is upwards of six feet above the level of the kerb-
stone, which I think will fairly prove whatever
could be said of it.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

ALFRED TARRANT.
4, Little Russell-street, Covent-garden,
January 25, 1853.

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to the degree of Banisters-at-Law by the Hon. Society
of the Middle Temple, and they were sworn in the Mid-
dle Temple Hall before dinner :—Edward Godman Kirk-
patrick,
John's Esq., 8.A., Tiinity College, Cambridge ; Wil-
frid Huddlestone Simpson Esq., 8.A., St. John's
College, Cambridge ; Charles Smith, Esq., 8.A., St.
College, Cambridge ; Stephen Martin Leake,
Esq., B.A.' St. John's College, Cambridge; William
Talfourd Salter, Esq. ; Albany Fonblanque, Esq. ;
Owen Saunders Wilson, Esq. ; James Henry Patteson,
Esq., 13. A., Baliol College, Oxford ; James Maurice,
Esq. ; John Thornley, Esq., 8.A., University of Lon-
don ; John William Grigg, Esq. ; Edmund Macrory,
Esq., 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; Thomas M'En-
teer, Esq. ;
Robert Orridge, Esq. • John Price, Esq. ;
Edward William Hornby, Esq. ' • Henry Stephen Hans-
sler, Esq. ; Boswell Hensman, Esq., Gray's Inn Prize-
man ; Roger Gadsden, Esq. ; and George Pringle, Esq.
LINCOLN'S-INN, JAN. 26, 1853.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of banis-
ter-at-law, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. :
Henry Bonham Carte; Esq., George Norman Maule,
Esq., and Elphinstone Barchard, Esq.
Gnei's-INN, JAN. 26.—At a Pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Leonard Hill,
Gent,. Esq., was called to the degree of barrister-at-law.
The United States Mail steamer Atlantic, West, com-
mander, sailed from Liverpool yesterday morning, with
55 passengers, and a full cargo on board.
BULLION.—The next published bank account of bul-
lion will show an increase.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JANUARY, 1853.—Informa-
tion having been received that, in consequence of a con-
vention which exists between the Government of the
United States and that of the Sandwich Islands, mails
for the latter place can be forwarded with facility from
San Francisco, in future all letters and newspapers ad-
dressed to the Sandwich Islands, unless the address shall
specify that they are to be forwarded by any other route,
will be sent from this country vid Panama, in the closed
mails for San Francisco made up on each dispatch of the
West India mail. Letters for the Sandwich Islands
will be liable to a postage for the conveyance as far as
San Francisco of 2s. 4d., when not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, and so on according to the scale for
charging inland letters ; and newspapers will be liable to
a postage of 2d. each. The postage upon both letters
and newspapers must be paid in advance.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE,
JANUARY, 1853.—Minor Money Order-ofri es will be
opened at Ballincline, County Mayo, served irom Tuam,
and at Pettigo, County Donegal, served from Enniskillen,
on the let February.
GAPE MAIL STRAIERRS.—The General Screw Com-
pany's mail steamer, Hydaspes, left Southampton Docks
yesterday at 2, p.m., for the Cape of Good Hope and
India. She took out a large number of passengers,
and a considerable cargo. Amongst the latter were
about 500 bottles of quicksilver, and specie to the
value of 20,00/. She also took out a number of
fine specimens of sheep, which are intended for the
Cape of Good Hope for breeding purposes. The Hy-
daspes will call at Plymouth for her mails. She is the
first of the General Screw Company's steamers which
has taken her departure from Southampton, and excited
a great deal of interest. Southampton dock has been like
a fair for the last two days, in consequence of the bustle
arising from the loading of the emigrant ships and the
Hydaspes and the arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, another
of the General Screw Company's steamers, from India
and the Cape of Good Hope. The Lady Jocelyn brought
home as part of her crew a number of Lass:Ars and
African sailors. The latter have never been seen at the
port of Southampton before, and have excited some
curiosity. They are picked up it appears at Calcutta,
where they are nick-named Leedees. They come from
the north-eastern coast of Africa, and look like a cross
between the Arab and the Negro. Several of them were
seen elevated with drink yesterday, and dancing gro-
tesquely in the streets. Their chief or quarter-master is
a fine tall fellow. They live on rice and fish like the
Lascars, but they are not quite so particular as to their
diet as the latter. They are stronger than the Lascars,
but not so docile.
IRREGULARITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Great
complaints are made by the merchants in the city at the
constant delays in the transmission of the mails to Aus-
tralia, Victoria, Sydney, New South Wales, Van
Diemen's Land, the Cape of Good Hope, India, the
Western Coast of Africa, &c., by the new system of
mail steam-packets, as not an instance has yet occurred
but they have been detained at Plymouth, in conse-
quence of the derangement of the machinery, or some
accident, which has not only been a delay in the trans-
mission of the letters, but a great inconvenience and
annoyance to the passengers, who expected they would
sail punctually, as announced, instead of being detained
two or three weeks, and more, in fact. Representations
have been made on the subject to the Right Honourable
Viscount Canning, the new Postmaster-General.
UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The ordi-
nary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in this company
was held yesterday at their offices, 5, Finsbury-circus ;
Mr. M'Kellop presiding. From the report, which was
read by the secretary, it appeared that since the last
half-yearly meeting the company had received a consign-
ment of 20,000 dollars, which, with the other proceeds
of the mines, enabled the directors to declare a dividend
of 4s. per share, leaving about 5,0001. as a rest to meet
contingencies. They had received the most encouraging
reports of the Jesu Maria and Trinidad mines from their
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local commissioner, Captain Farrel, and there was every
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of its debt 13,099 dole., and there still remained due
223,883 dole. The Aldanha mine was still unlet, and
owed a debt of 101,656 dole. Quicksilver was
rising in price, and one of the company's Haciendas
had recently been let at a rent of 1,000 dole. By the
financial statement it appeared that the assets, Exchequer
Bills, &c., amounted to 14,5141. lie. 4d., being a surplus
of 9,1191. 18s. 10d., to which must be added the 4,0001.
received by the last packet. The dividend would absorb
8,6001., and the balance would constitute the usual rest.
—The Chairman, in answer to one or two questions,
stated that the part of Mexico in which their mines
were situated was peculiarly tranquil, and that an ini-
quitous claim which had been set up against them was
likely to be compromised on easy terms. The resolution
declaring the dividend, and one of thanks to the chair-
man and directors, were unanimously passed, and the
proceedings terminated.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The first experiment of per-
forming the pantomime in the afternoon, for the advan-
tage of the juvenile portion of the population, proved so
successful that another performance took place yesterday.
The grandchildren of the late King Louis Philippe were
among the audience, and occupied the Royal box. So
numerous were the spectators on this occasion, that
there is every reason to look forward to a third enter-
tainment of the sort.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The standing
orders have been declared complied with in the case of
this company's bill. It appeared from the proceedings
before the examiners that the sum of 400,0001. had been
subscribed for the purchase of the estate at Sydenha.M.
0f.350 acres, on which was being erected the Great Ex-
hibition building of 1851, with parks, conservatories,
museums for illustration of the arts, sciences, manufa6-
tures, and recreation of the people. The present roads
were inconvenient, the estate being intersected by one a
bridle-way, called Thicket's-lane, in bad repair and little

used, the other being part of a public carriage-way
called Penge-road, leading from Penge to Dulwich,
steep and inconvenient, and both roads interfering mate-
rially with the designs for the pleasure grounds and gar-
dens. The company propose, at their own expense, to
substitute better and more commodious roads, to widen

the Norwood and Sydenham-road, and purchase Dulwich
Wood with the consent of the " Master Wardens, Fel-
lows, Brethren, Sisters, and Scholars of the College of
God's Gift in Dulwich." The cost of diverting ThiCket's-
lane and • Penge-road, and widening the Norwood and
SYdenham-roja7d, including purchase of property 'and
contingencies, is 17,3201.