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

MISCELLANEOUS.

Especially attractive in this month of September is
the Sporting Magazine—the first embellishment to
which, " The Approaching Footstep," is calculated
to whet the appetite of the grouse-shooter. " Killing
no Murder" is the best paper among the current con-
tributions. As the second illustration, is a clever
engraving called " The Ferret Laid." In the Belle
Assemblee the frontispiece is a drawing of
"Rebecca," the most splendidly coloured of all the
marvellous heroines of Sir Walter. Bssides this,
there is a woodcut of Crowland Abbey in Lincoln-
shire, and the usual monthly fashions. With con-
tributions from Mrs. Crosland, Elizabeth Youatt,
Calder Campbell, Mrs. Abdy, and others, the
miscellany is rich in story, verse, and anec-
dote. Le Follet is scarcely so graceful in its
embellishments as heretofore ; neither is the Journal
of Design so felicitous as usual in its illustrations.
The sketch of the bust of the Queen, from the cele-
brated original by Chantrey, although ingenious,
I is by no means sightly in execution. Sharpe's
i.2trea:
gazine, on the contrary, is charmingly embewliingl,o7.
with two elegant engravings—one from a
Glendalough, Creswick, another frome aociari'llttienrl44:
Lake Chandiere, by Bartlett. l'•_T
contents less worthy of commendation, some some of them,
of superior
such as " A Contrast inßiogl.riitopdicaisbeing
relating to the
excellence. Among
thewe must particularise as de-
progress of science,
serving of encouragement the Patent Journal, and
also a kindred publication, well known as Newton's
Repertory.
Our readers are possibly long since fa-
Initiar with the fact that there is no lack whatever of
organs dedicated to the cause of religion, of all shades
and peculiarities of opinion. First amongst the
monthly journals of this nature we must mention
the Church of England Magazine, the illustration to
which is the same as the wood-cut already noticed as
appearing in the Belle Assemblee, namely, Crowland
Abbey. Of the missionary organs two are lying
before us, the Colonial Church Chronicle, in which
will be found an interesting paper on the present
aspect of Jerusalem,. and the Evangelical Magazine,
embellished with an engraved portrait. At this par-
• ticular time, for reasons which it is unnecessary to

enumerate, the Journal of Public Health will he
found of peculiar interest in regard to sanitary mat-
tars in general and to cholera in particular. To the
agriculturists we commend the Farmer's Magazine,
a periodical whose energies are always directed to
matters of practical importance, of immediate interest,
and of professional utility. This magazine, we are
rejoiced to see, augurs well for the harvest already
commenced.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Passing, on an omnibus, the Islington chapel
of ease, in the Holloway-road, last evening, as the
clock was striking ten, I saw two men skulking
into the burying ground with a plain uncovered
coffin on their shoulders, evidently containing a
corpse. "Oh ! that's very common now," re-
marked the conductor, " they put them in here at all
hours, these cholera times. I frequently see them even
latter than this."

I saw (for a vivid flash of lightning at the mo-
ment illumined the place) no clergyman at
that unseasonable hour at this consecrated
Christian churchyard, waiting to commit
those remains of " the dear departed brother"
(or sister), with our beautifully impressive funeral
service, to their last (query) resting-place. But
perhaps they were the remains of a burglar, of a
suicide, or (more likely for such things are common
now,") of a PAUPER.
I merely mention the fact, and leave it for those
who have the power to order it otherwise to enjoy, if
they can, the reflections that such a circumstance
must give rise to in all well-regulated minds.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES JAMES THICKE,
Honorary Secretary to the National Society
for the Abolition of Burial in Towns.
New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Sept. 4.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The prompt and cordial en-operation of the
press was never more imperatively demanded than
at the present crisis. Whilst hundreds of,our fellow•
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 effluvta, 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,
Walworth, 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 ar.d 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 st con& d, but
lost on a divi&ion

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 bu
nought but peace throughout the universe."
I am, Sir, your obedient bervant,
August 31, 1849. C. C.

SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT.
(FRon OUR REPORTER
NORWICH, SEPT. 4. This afternoon Mr. Charles
Green made his 4321 ascent, accompanied by a
gentleman named Rush, of Elsenham•hall, Essex,
who was desirous of testing the merits of a new
barometer, named the "Aueroid 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, the aero-
nauts expecting to descend either at Swaff 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
vs. 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 Aueroid 29.74.
Mr. Rush intended noting the difference in each instrument,
both in ascending and descending, of which we shall be
favoured with the particulars.

AN ESCAPE FROM THE WEST PRISON OF ABER-
DEEN.—One of the convicts off cted his escape in a very
remarkable manner from the West Prison on Monday
night or Tuesday morning. lie 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 chevaux 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
he had forced himself through the narrow aperture by
which it was lighted, and, passing over the iron spikes,
by means of his bed clothes bad swung himself down till
he 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 M'Cullum. He is a young man of 18 or
20 years of age. On his escape being observed, which
it was early in the morning, several officers were dis-
patched in pursuit of him, and we understand found
some traces of him on Deeside. We have not, however,
as yet heard of his being captured.—Montrose Review.
JENNY LIND AT Ems.—Jenny Lind gave on Sa-
turday, the 25th ult., at Ems, where she has for some
for the benefit of the poor. The pricet
time past been residing and taking the waters, aote:st,leakectosnwcearst,
thalers for the
for Germany, unusually high in the gallery);
sant, and one for a standing
nevertheless the Cursaal, where
.(vpitiba"ceewperformance took
delight. This we believe to have been the
unbounded hich she has sung in public since she
place, was crowded; the audience showed every sign of
spring. She has been for a consider-
only occasion on w
sl out of health, and, though some-
was generally understood at Ems that
able time
left Lendopnasi
past tehr e
ty
concert was given against the advice of her medical
the
attendant. She sang vary charmingly, and created a
what better, it
perfect furore, but her voice, probably front the impaired
state of her general health, scarcely seemed so fresh and
rich as we have heard it on former occasions. The Duke
and Duchess of Bordeaux, with a large party, were pre-
sent; end at the cline of the performance Jenny Lind
was, at the Duke's request,publicly presented to him.
WILFUL MURDER AT KINGSTON.—KINGSTON,
TUESDAY.—Yesterday 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 dropper) of the name of William Trigg. Mr.
Walter, solicitor, attended for the accused. The Coroner
having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of
" Witiul murder against William Trigg," who, since the
unfortunate event, has 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
ago in Paramata, and while grappling with each other
the Irishman exclaimed, " You black vagabond, hallo,
enough! I'll fight till I die!" `• So will I," sung out
the negro, " I always does."