The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-04 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN

MR. EDITOR-- In this time of gPnPral itnproyi•-•
merit, I beg leave to suggest, through the medium of.
.your
widely circulated Paper, two matters, which consitkr of r.l,e
first importanee, not only to the beauty, but to the \u'ostanti l.
accommodation of this great metropolis. One of them respec,s
the completion of that tine building, So:NrrltezT fiorLsE.
eo
third or one-fourth. of which has- been left i. un urtinisht.4
for several years. and i 4 now become an object uf rnwe gez;:iat
observation, On account of the great access to the town by Wa-
terloo Bridge, Which presents this unfinished worn to More IN-

nerel view, to the infinite tlfserace of a Oovernment, Maid

seeltiiT for the accommodation of different ofiics, for which
there is not now suflicien; local, is cortipil,yd to guild or rent
them in different parts of the town at a greater expense than
would complete this greet national work, and render it an ob-
ject of general admiration. - Aftet certain parts.-of it had been
built and left in this unfinished 'state, 25,f t 11.4.. per annum had
been allowed for its completion, but the AN preisea. L-ey
the expenc. of an extensive warfare,' tlitruht it • advisable to
dock this modicum, and to leave one of the fines: buildings in
the metropolis in its present incomplete state. tly other sue.
-gestion applies to the consumption of ike in the furna,,,a
from which it issues, an extremely practicable measure, as has
been found by experiment, and to which nothing is wari:ing

but either a severe and minute application of Statutes now in
existence, or the enactment of a new one, supplying their de-
ficienciis cn ti:e 'subject. Every steam-engine, and every fire
applicable to the purposes of trade, suet as those of breweries,
founderies, &c. &c. should have its smoke-COW Ming :11parata:,
annexed, kept constantly ,in use, and the neglect of measures
for that purpose be visited by the severest penalties for these
strictly applied would immediately clear this fine city ?fat leeet
nine-tenths oi'its smoke, and tend to render its annoaphere
little, if at all, inferior to that of Paris, or of any other city in
Europe. In the reign of Queen Anne or George 1., an Act
was drawn up, but I believe never brought under the consi.
deration of Parliament; for removing. all the faliginens manu-
factories to a distance from the capital, and, to the best of my
recollection, (ireenwich was suggested as the most proper part
of. the country to which 'they might be removed, bat that,
conclude, would hive been attended with so much immediate
.expense and -inconvenience, as in fact to prove net merely' in-
eliet:hle, but in a great measure impracticable. At that time,
however, the consumptioi of the fuliginous matter by the very
fires that emitted it was unknown, or at least rethought of, a
measure which now appears not only practicable, but ,of facile
execution. After the great advantages of the measure had been
rendered-perfectly apparent when applied to fuliginous trades,
it might possibly be generally introduced into private houses,
end certain advantages:•Je attached to such as adopted it: Could
that be affected the atmosphere would be at once cleared' of all
its dingy, and, I may say, pernicious appendages, arising from
the general use of coal, equalizing it with the -consumption of
wood, and rendering now the gloomiest though finest city :n
Europe one of the clearest and most resplendent. All itshean-
ties and all its magnificence would then appear in their full
splendour to the astonished eye of the stranger, all of which
are now obscured, and in a great measure absolutely hidden,
by an envelope of sulphureous vapour, alike obnoxious to the
eye,• • the cleanliness d the health of its inhabitants. It is
and
really wonderful that when a matter of this importance has
been once agitated, and even a Statute enacted for carrying it
into practical effect, and fraught with such evident advantages,
it should be neglected, and the mischief be almost dells, in-
creased by the erection of new steam-engines and the multipli-
cation of fuliginous trades, all tending to bury this noble city
in one undistinguished mass of smoke and misery. J. S. •

MIi.MA RTI N AN t) THE SMITHFIELD DROVERS.
Saturday. morning Thomas Wilson, one of the drovers of
Smithfield Market, was charged by RicurAitp:MArt TIN, Esq.
M.P. with wantonly heating and setting.a.dog at an ox oa
;%lontlay last, while lying down, it being at the same time tied
to a rail. I%lr. Martin stated, that he felt it his duty io.bring
the defendant before the Magistrate, that he, as well as the
other drovers, might know that they had no right to beat an ox
so situated, or to set a dog at it. .At the same time,-4re had
great pleasure in stating, that the drovers generally were so
much reformed, that he should beg of the Ilagistrate (Alder..
• v.antnowDrat) to dismiss the defendant with a reprimand,
.which was accordingly done.