The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlH,—The prompt and cordial co-operation of the
press was never more imperatively demanded than
at the present crisis. Whilst hundreds of oar felloaa
subjects are daily swept away by the prevailing
epidemic, nothing of a tangible character has yet been
adopted by the Government authorities in stemming
this torrent of extermination. True that a Sanitary
and Sewers Commission has been appointed, but their
daily labours display more individual cupidity for
notoriety and self-aggrandisement than for the in-
vestigation of scientific sources of relief.
The suggested plan of " flushing the sewers" will
not destroy the evaporating contamination—the
emptying of drains and cesspools only gives addi-
tional surface of putrid deposit, and increased floating
corruption to the river. The plan for covering the
low level districts of Essex with the sewage waters
is only augmenting the evil by spreading the noxious
exhalations, and thereby wafting (during the process
of drying) its baneful influence into surrounding
localities. The dilution of the London waters with
that from Windsor needs little comment to prove its
futility. If, therefore, the malaria arises from the
pollution of the drainage waters—if from the accu-
mulation of pestilential filth—if from open ditches, or
stagnant pools, it becomes, I think, wholly a matter of
CHEMICAL TREATMENT, and hence the effluvia, from
whatever source, should, I suggest, be first rendered
innoxious, and whether this desideratum be obtained
by the "deodoriser" of one gentleman, or the depu-
trefying powders of another, no plan yet proposed
appears to me so practicable, cheap, and simple in
meeting the evil as the process of Mr. Dover, which
not only speedily neutralises all poisonous exhalations,
but leaves a residuum, so valuable for agricultural
and other purposes as to be a source of; immediate
revenue to the Government—" more than sufficient,"
in the words of the inventor, " to sewer and water
London, without tax, rate, or charge." Trusting that
my humble suggestion may be carried out_by some
more able correspondent, I beg to subscribe myself,
Sir, yours, respectfully,
Walwcrth, Sept. 4, 1849. G. W.

THE PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The general tenor of your able strictures in
your paper for Tuesday last, is unquestionably in
unison with the opinions of reflecting men, on the
views propounded by the assemblage recently congre-
gated in the French capital. It is a baseless, visionary
scheme to realise results by " resolves "—to anticipate
effects, instead of leaving them to flow spontaneously
from natural causes, namely, enlightened principles
and advanced civilisation.
The sum of the resolutions is this—" That it is
expedient that international disputes should be settled
by arbitration."
After this, who may despair of the Millenium ?
From the fatal morn of Eve's mishap in tasting the
forbidden fruit, what has kept the world so incessantly
in uproar? Why all the fuss and fluster, fencing and
fighting, crouching and conquering, mischief and
misery, robbery and wrong, that to this hour have
prevailed ? Only " resolve," and all ought to vanish.
The reporters are all at fault, I observe, in repre-
senting the proceedings. They have omitted the
following resolution that was put and seconded, but
lost on a division :
Resolution proposed—" That it is expedient that
the wolf shall lie down with the lamb; and the young
lion and the kid together; and that there should be
nought but peace throughout the universe."
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
August 31, 1849. C. C.

SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT.

(raw' OUR REPORTER.)
Nonwicrr, SEPT. 4. This afternoon Mr. Charles
Green made his 432 d ascent, accompanied by a
gentleman named Rush, of Elsenham-hall, Essex,
who was desirous of testing the merits of a new
barometer, named the " Aneroid Barometer," the
invention of this Mr. Rush, made by Mr. William Jones,
of Charing. cross, London. It is in the form of a chrono-
meter, not much larger, and if it is as accurate when at
an altitude of from one to two-and-a-half miles as on
the earth, will prove a most valuable invention. At
a quarter-past five the balloon ascended from the barrack
enclosure, Norwich, in the car were Mr. Rush and Mr.
Green only—who ascended to the clouds in the Most beau-
tiful manner, taking nearly a westward direction, thetero-
nauts expecting to descend either at S waff ham or near
to Lynn. Great crowds of people were in and around to
witness the ascent. The balloon was the " Royal
Victoria," which was filled from the Norwich Gas
Works, containing about thirty thousand cubic feet of
gsa. A finer day could not possibly be; in a few minutes
the machine passed through a cloud, and was not seen
again until it had become like a speck in the distant
atmosphere. At the moment of ascent the different in-
struments taken by Mr. Rush stood as follows:—Ther-
mometer at 74, barometer at 30 22, new Aneroid :19.74.
Mr. Rush intended noting the differeace in ezch instrument,
both in ascending and descending, of which we shall be
favoured with the particulars.

AN ESCAPE FROM THE WFST PRISON OF ABER-
DEEN.—One of the convicts eff,cted his escape in a very
remarkable manner from the West Prison on Monday
night or Tuesday morning. Ile had behaved very vio-
lently towards the keepers on Sunday, and received some
wounds on the head, which so far affected his health that
it was considered desirable to locate him, for the sake of
the free air, in one of the upper cells, lighted from the
roof. The skylight appeared perfectly secure, so much
so that, independently of the apparent impossibility of
passing from the roof over a strong cheraux de (rise, and
descending from the height of five storeys to the ground,
the idea of his effecting his escape, especially in his ap-
parent condition, was never dreamed of. In the morning,
however, his cell was found empty ; and it appeared that
ha had forced himself through the narrow aperture by
which it was lighted, and, passing over the iron spikes,
by means of his bed clothes had swung himself down till
lie reached an iron funnel that passes up the wall on the
west side, and by that perilous passage descended to the
ground. The outer wall is high, but, after surmounting
impediments of such a character as those he had en-
countered in his descent, it was scarcely to be thought
that it would have stood much in his way. The con-
vict's name is APOullum. Ile is a young man of 18 or
20 years of age. On his escape being observed, whichs
it was early in the morning, several officers werefoudni
patched in pursuit of him, and we understand d
some traces of him on Deeside. We have not, however,.
as yet heard of his being captured.
JENNY LIND AT Ems.—Jenny Lind
Sa-
turday, the 25th ult.,
the waters, a concert
—filonirgoleveßoetnuew.
time past been residing .
taking
ghere she has for some
high (viz., two thalers for the
for Germany, unusually
tending place in the gallery);
for the benefit of the poor. The price of the tickets was,
saal, and one for a aatndEtmaksi
pnleavceer,tv,h,ealstbeCurs:al, where the performance took
crowded; the audience showed every sign of
This w o believe. to have been the
' n on which she has sung in public since she
only occasion
left London in the spring. She has been for a consider-
able time past seriously out of health, and, though some-
whatunbounded delight.
better, it was generally understood at Ems that
the concert was given against the advice of her medical
attendant. She sang very charmingly, and created a
perfect furore, but her voice, probably from the impaired
state of her general health, scarcely
seemed so fres and
rich as we have heard it on former occasions. The Duke
and Duchess of Bordeaux, with a large party, were pre-
sent; and at the close of the performance Jenny Lind
was, at the Duke's requtst,publiely presented to him.
WILFUL MURDER AT KINGSTON.—KINGSTON,
TUESDAY.—Ystiaday morning, Mr. W. Carter, one of
the Coroners for Surrey, concluded an inquiry at the
Ram Inn, in this town, concerning the death of a la-
bourer named Thomas Phillips, aged 21, who died from
the effects of a blow on the head, inflicted with an iron
pin by a drayman of the name of William Trigg. Mr.
Walter, solicitor, attended for the accused. The Coroner
o
having summed up, the jury returned
, a verdict f
" Wiltul murder against William who, since the
unfortunate event, 114 s been in custody of the police.
The accused was examined before the magistrates on
Saturday, and remanded till the result of the coroner's
inquiry was known.
An Irishman and a negro were fighting a few days
iu and w bile grappling with each other
agothe aetx u
exclaimed, " Y(u black vagabond, hallo,
enough! fight till I die!" ‘• So will I," sung out
th© negro, " I always does."