The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

LINES FOR

SUNG AT THE: SHEFFIELD ATHENEUM, NOVEMBER 6TH,
1849, ON TUE OCCASION OF OPENING WHE MECHANICS'
INSTITUTE.
The s Neetest lays that man can raiistl
Should greet the spreading light izri Reason,
As bee and bird are ever heard
The loudest in the bright spring- eoason;
And let us gladly hail the day
That sees us here with goodly
That shads another helping ray
To make Truth's sunshine wider still.
God speed the cause, and let the lt MIA
Of Peace and Knowledge rule oi tr land;
God guard the walls whose temple b alls
Are filled by Wisdom's Christi= baud,
No blood-stained spear—no orphiv tear
Is blending with our simple glory;
If laurels grace this favour'd
They will not tell a carnage stwir.
But higher far the mortal fame
That wo would bravely seek to win;
Man gains his noblest hero- name
By quelling Ignorance and Sin.
God speed the cause, and let the I awe
Of Peace and Knowledge rule our land;
God
Are
eufiairld the
filled by
walls
Wisdom's , c templehris tir .halls
band.
—Weekly Dispatch. Emal COOL.

SPORTING IN TELLIIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTEaI—TuEsIay.

METROPOLITAN STEEPLLCHASE.--ft to 1 agst Sir
Arthur (t), 4 to 1 agst British Yew trtn (t), 5 to 1 agst
Vain Hope, 8 to 1 agst Maria Day (t)..
CHESTER CIIP.-50 to 1 agst Peep-4-day Boy (t),
50 to 1 agst Melody, 1,000 to 15 agst any other.
DERIIV.-25 to 1 agst The Nigger (:t).

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His Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave
Osborne at an early hour on Th rsdav next, and
proceed by railway to Slough, w hsre he will be
joined by the Duke of Cambridge al oirrince George,
who will accompany the procession et the late Queen
Dowager's remains to St. George sc Chapel. His
Royal Highness will return to Osb( ne immediately
after the melancholy ceremony.

OPENING OF THE MARYLEBO Pi: BATHS AND
WASH-HOUSES.—Yesterday the inter. sat-ing ceremony of
opening the public Baths and Wash-1 so uses erected for
the great and opulent parish of Mary if ibone, on the site
of the late Tea•ebardens' attached •io the Yorkshire
Stingo, New -road, took place iu t b e presence of the
Churchwardens, Vestry, Baths and Iffash-house Com-
missioners, and a vast assemblage of ladies and gentle-
men. This institution, which is the !larg.est of its kind
in the metropolis, and which from the:-vast improvements
which have been effected in every d, ipurtment under the
superintendence of Mr. Christopher ;ales, the architect,
may be ranked as the model eats Islishment, has been '
erected under the superintendence o f a Beth and Wash•
house Commission, appointed by the vestry of St. Mary-
lebone, who adopted the Baths and Wash-houses Act
soon after it came into operation in 11.4;47. The cost of
the entire building, which is a very r teat structure of red
brick with Bath facing, will amo tent to very nearly
20,0001. The establishment contai t:.3 107 bathe, with
shower and vapour baths in add pion, for first and
second-class cuetomere. There are also two capacious
swimming baths surrounded by dre- Ising boxes, and the
washing department col:tains eight f four pairs of tubs,
with separate drying closet for each, and' a large ironing
room—each class having separate entrances. The
whole of the baths aro so constru et ed that whilst tke
greatest privacy is preserved they it eve also the advan-
tage of the open area of the whole bi Aiding, at the top,
fur the purposes of ventilation.
THE WHEAL CONCORD MINING4' COMFANY.—Yes-
torday a meeting of parties interes tt d in the winding-
up of this enterprise was held at.; the Cornwall and
Devon Mining cliices, in King-stn re t, Cheepside. Mr.
Morrison was called to the chair;,, ar.d from the pro-
ceedings, which extended over at at Ay three hours, it
appeared that a petition to wind up- the affairs had been
served on Mr. G. W. Snell, of Call it estop, the purser of
the mine, which had turn: d out ate unproductive specu-
lation, and that it stood for adjutii cation before Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce on the li 4th instant. As the
expense of the proceedings before t ho Master in Chan-
cery would be heavy, and fall on all the shareholders,
the purse; now appealed to them k, come forward with
an equitable contribution to defr: ly outstanding liabili-
ties, and so avoid the expense of tin inquiry and pro-
ceeding in Chancery. As there cep pealed to be no ob-
jection on the part of the meeting • to this, provided the
purser would give a clear account. concerning the spe-
cific appropri.ition of a sum of 51:81., resolutions, after
seine lengthy observations from Messrs. Bridgeman,
Pocock, Heddle, Croft, and othei 'a, were passed, calling
upon the purser to make out afu 11 statement of receipt
and expenditure from the comics Lc ement of the under-
taking, and instructing the coma ti ttee of liquidation to
endeavour to induce the parties„ on payment of their
costs, which was estimated would. amount to about 201.,
to postpone the prosecution of tl he petition before the
Vice-Chancellor, until the accou•at , was ready.
UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF Da. JOHNSON.--The
following letter, written by Dr Johnson nine weeks
before his death, is published pif h a fac-simile of his
hand writing, . in the Literary- Gazette :—" To Mr.
Ryland, merchant; in London.----: Dear Sir,—l am glad
that so many could yet meet at th a club. where I do not
yet despair of some cheerful lis nrs. Your account of
poor dear Payne makes me u wiasy ; if his distemper
were only the the true sea scut ry, it is incurred easily,
and I believe infallibly curable. But lam afraid it is
worse, not a vitiation of partici tls r humours, but a de-
bilitation of the whole frame, a) i 'effect not of casuality
but of time. I wish his reco• ret y, and hope that he
wishes and prays for mine. I hi tve for some days, to
speak in the lightest end softes‘r; language, made no ad-
vances towards health. My br path is much obstructed,
and my limbs are wells of w ste r. However, I have
little cause to complain. My mind, however, is calm: r
han in the beginning of the yi aa, and I comfort myself
with hopes of every kind, nett ketir despairing of ease in
this world, nor happiness in a to her. I shall, I think,
not return to town worse than 114:ft it, and unless I gain
ground egain, not much bath Ir. But God, I humbly
hope, will have trerey on me-- I tun, dear Sir, your
most humble servant, Sam. Jo. 44 on, Lichfield, October
6, 1784.