The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-07 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Turrasp a7.—Comniander H. E. Beau-
champ (1846)
is appointed to commission the Hecla
steam sloop of 240 horse power, at Devonport.
Her Majesty's dispatch-boat Elfin, Master-Commander
Balliston, is ordered a figure-head and cutwater to ma-
prove her appearance.
The Ere Queen and Myrtle steam-tenders, Masters-
Commanding Allen and Braddon, are ordered to be paid
off and placed in ordinary, and the Sprightly steamer is
to be commissioned by Mr. Allen for port service.
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON.
Extract of a letter:—" Be,' Majesty's ship Driver,
Commander Johnson, arrived at Valparaiso on the 11th
of June. She left Monte Video on the morning of the
28th of April, but in cor sequence of the succession of
south-west gales which she met, and as she made it a
sailing voyage to prevent expense of fuel, she did not
reach the entrance to the Straits of Magellan until the
afternoon of the 14th of May. In the Straits she met
with very strong westerly winds; steam was needed, of
course, as she could not do anything with canvass, and
being obliged to anchor as night came on, she did not
average more than sixty miles each day, not having
more than seven hours' daylight. Large herds of
guanacees were seen by her in the vicinity of Gre.
gory Bay; she intended weeding at Port Famine,
but found the landing so bad that she moved on to
Bougainville-bay, where a most convenient cove affords
great facility in that way. A party was sent on shore,
and in three days procured upwards of eighty tons of
wood for the use of steam. From personal observation I
can state (says our correspondent) that the small Chilian
colony at Port Famine is a wretched place, and in
wretched condition. No ground is cultivated except a
small patch by an old Italian priest, of the Dominican
order. We expected to be able to replenish stock there,
but found the people more in want themselves than in a
condition to supply us. There are about 200 persons in
all. The present site is anything but a favourable one
for the colony, and it is proposed to mew.) it to Sandy
point, a place about twenty-three pries to the sooth-
e ard, in the vicinity of which coa!-mines have been
found, and I am told preparations will shortly be made
to export the coal to Valparaiso; it is of good quality,
and can be got with ease. The number of vessels that
have pzsed since the Ist of January this year through
the straits has been greater than known at any previous
year; • twenty-nine vessels, principally American, bound
for California, have gone through. On the morning of
the 25th of May the Driver cleared the Straits of Magel-
lan, and found a very heavy sea running outside, and
blowing strot-g from N.W. The vessel was very much
,trained, and by the excellent navigation of her experienced
master, she managed to reach the entrance to Lord Nelson
Strait on the morning of the 26th of May. She soon got
into smooth water again, and steamed between the laby
rinth of islands up to the gulf of Penes in lat. 47 deg.
46 sec. south. This passage was a great task, as the
charts are anything but clear to guide the navigator
through a channel formed by so many and so imperfectly
!aid down islands of all shapes and sizes. Leaving the
Gulf of Penas she met with comparatively moderate
weather, and on the 11th of June, at noon, she reached
Valparaiso, having been 44 dqs from Monte Video,
and, considering the many stoppages in the straits, is
considered not a bad passage.
"Rear-Admiral Hornby's flag is flying on board the
Gorgon steam-sloop in the bay, together with the Daphne,
Driver, Cockatrice, and Nereus.
" The Asia, 84, Captain Stopford, sailed for Coquimbo
and Callao on the 6th of June, to remain at the latter
place until September.
" The Champion, 14, is at Callao, with the Naiad
depot ship.
" The Inconstant, 36, is at San Francisco, Upper Ca-
lifornia.

" The Constance, 50, is en route from Mazatlan to
Valparaiso, with freight.
" The Amphitrite. 25, is at the Sandwich Islands.
" The Daphne will leave Valparaiso in a few days for
the Fegoe Islands, thence to the Sandwich Islands, &c.
"Lieutenant E. D. Ashe, First-Lieutenant of the
Daphne, was invalided on the 28th of June, in conse-
quence of his being in a weak state from having his leg
broken whilst that ship was at Madeira, by the cable
surging ; he remains at Valparaiso to go home in the
Constance."

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—The Admiralty steamer Black
Eagle. with Admiral Dundas and family on board, came
in from Portsmouth on Tuesday; she had a defect in
her boilers, and having coaled will sail for Pembroke
to-day.

Tie Spartan, 22, was taken, on Tuesday, into No. 5
dock, to have her bottom examined.

The Hecla steamer is to be brought forward imme-
diately for commission.
The Niobe, 28, building in No. 1 slip, will be launched
on Tuesday the 18th inst.
The Bombay, 84, was on Monday towed alongside the
sheer hulk ; her masts were unshipped, and taken on
the sth inst. into the yard for examination.
On Monday next, the 10th inst., a general survey of
all the stores in the dockyard will be commenced.
The sloop Ringdove, used as a hulk in the river
Yealm during the prevalence of cholera at Noes, was,
in consequence of its abltement, withdrawn on the 4th
inst., and taken by Mr. Walker, harbour-master, to her
moorings in Hamoase.
The ship Herefordshire, of London, Captain Richard-
son, laden with cotton, from Bombay, was off this port
yesterday, and landed passengers—Mr. A. IL H. Mercer,
of the GOth Regiment Royal Rifles, and lady, Dr.
M'Beeth, and Mrs. Protheroo and two children; Mr.
Protheroe died the second day after leaving Bombay,
and was buried at sea. The Herefordshire has on board
about 120 military invalids from the 24th, 29th, and
78th Regiments. She has had fine weather during the
passage, and on the 29th ult., off the Western Islands,
spoke her Majesty's brig Scout, outward bound.
The ship Artemise, Captain Mahommed Ben Hamees,
belonging to his Highness the Imaum of Muscat, left this
port on the 3d instant for her destination, Zumbar. She
burdens about 500 tons, has a crew of 45 men, and took
on board in the Ttsams a general cargo of British mer-
chandise, includitur, looking-glasses aid chanceliers to
the value of 20.0001., for the private use of his Higher ss
the Irnautn. While in the rivk, r four of her crew deserted,
and not knowing that the Artfrnise had put in here
applied to their Consul, in London, for conveyance to
Arabia, when their application was met by the promise
T'ht°„ck i' leighbours at length
of a passage in their own ship, to which they were sent
per steamer last Saturday. About t, heroe,,nda bysseinrceemoatiieneodf
the men, in a state of nudity, swam ashore and took
sheltermah y
hoursin a
copse ne'froo 1d3.13ma
without
fed him and gave him clothes, and believing his state.
usent, that he would be liable to rough usage from his
comrades, they resisted the attempt of a Plymouth
policeman to convey him on board. Be is now occupying
a cave in a rock at Hooe Lake, and teems perfectly at
home.

roa
and colonial mails will be made
E PRESENT MONTII.
followingTh?uG Gforeign
MAILS
up at the General Post-office during the current month
ot
—Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira via Lisbon, Cadiz, and
Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th (this morning),
17 h, and 27th inst., by steam - packets from Sou.h-
ampton; British North _America and the United States on
the evening of the 7th (this el/filing), by
steam packets
via Liverpool, Halifax, and New York; on the evening
of the 14th to Boston; on the evening of the 21st to New
York, and the evening of the 28th iust. to Boston. The
Mediterranean, Malta, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India,
Hong Kong, and China, on the evenings of the 7th (this
evening), and 24th inst. by the fortnightly overland
closed mails via Marseilles, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece,
the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius,
India, &c., on the morning of the 20th inst, by the steam
packet from Southampton. British and foreign colonies
in the West Indier, (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda,
New Orleans, Havannah, and Mexico), Venezuela
Jacmel, Madeira, grey-town (San Juan de Nicaragua),
New Granada, Chili, and Peril, on the morning of the
17th inst. by steam-packet via Southampton, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australis, Van Diemen's Land, and
New Zealand, by ship letter-bags as vessels may sail
from London, Liverpool, &c. (newspapers 'must be paid
Id. each). France, 84.7., daily, morning and evening
(Sundays excepted), by steam-packets via Dover and
Calais, Belgium, daily, every evening (except Sun-
day), via Dover and Ostend; Hamburgh, &c., Tuesday
and Friday evenings; Holland, &c., Wednesday and
Saturday morning;, by the General Steam Navigation
Company's packets via the Thames.
WORCESTER, SEPT. s.—The warm weather for the
last ten days, coupled with the late soaking rains, has
done wonders for the hops, and the improvement in the
plantations has both astonished and pleased the growers,
who, with half a crop, will na doubt gain more by extra
price than they did by their
last year's produce; though
fortune has been very partial in her favours, for in some
parishes the produce will (qua' that of last year, while
in others the crop will be scarcely worth gathering.
The duty both for the district and tho kingdom has
rapidly advanced, the former from 7,0001. to 9,0001., the
latter irom 65,0001. to 100,000/., at which they are freely
backed. The market is almost at a stand, although
hop; are offered much lower.— Worcester Journal.
The Marquis of Anglesey, the Lord-Lieutenant of
this county, has arrived at Beaudesert in perfect health,
and has enjoyed good sport in grouse shooting.— Wolver-
hampton Chronicle.

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY SOUTH OF DONCASTER.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LINE.
Proceeding from the temporary station at Don-
caster the line, at 270 yards from that paint, crosses
tee Hexthorpe road on the level. This road—as, in.
deed, all the immediate locality—has been so com-
pletely metamorphosed by the operations of the
railway company that it would scarcely be recognised
by any one who has not seen it for two years. All
the land opposite to the Union-house, including
several large fields and a considerable portion of
Crimpsall, has been re-levelled for the site of the plant.
This work has occupied a very long time, as in some
places the surface has been excavated six or seven feet,
whilst in others the ground has been raised 10 or 12
feet. A little distance from the Hexthorpe-road, and
just opposite to the Union house, the junction with
the South Yorkshire main line is formed. The Great
Northern line next crosses the line called Cherry
Grove-lane on the level, and then enters into the
cutting which commences on this side of Littlemoor-
lane, and passes through the hill to the Carr on the
south side of the Balby-road. A temporary bridge at
present accommodates the traffic on Littlemoor-lane,
but the road is to be diverted over the tunnel bridge
just beyond, and workmen are at the pre-
terit time engaged in making the deviation.
The depth of the cutting at Littlemoor-lane is
30 feet, through a hard and solid rock of red sand.
about 160 yards from this point the
-line is joined by
a small branch from the South Yorkshire Railway,
which branch commences about a quarter of a mile
from the main junction with the Great Northern,
and which is intended to facilitate the traffic of the
coal trains to the south, obviating the necessity of
their stopping at the Doncaster station. The line
then passes under a well-designed and well-con-
structed brick bridge, which, from its unusual dimen-
sions, is called a tunnel bridge. As the line of rail-
way at this point intercepts at an acute angle the road
to
.Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., and as the trustees
would not permit of any alteration or deviation of
their road, the length of the arch is 200 feet; the
width between the parapets being 197 feet in the
clear, and it has the appearance of a tunnel; the span
is 51 feet, and the height 17 feet. The bridge was
built by Mr. Morton, whose contract (under Messrs.
Peto and Betts) extended from Doncaster to the
.'l other drain on the Carr; the plate laying, however
being executed by Mr. Price. Emerging from under
the bridge the line enters the deepest and heaviest
part of the cutting, and then passing Pease's mill pro-
ceeds by a curve of 70 chains radius to the I'otteric
Carr, a large tract of land which, not many years ago,
was one huge swamp, but se hiah has since been
reclaimed by the operations of certain commissioners
appointed for the purpose. The soil is of a black,
peaty, boggy character, and it was thought that there
would be some difficulty in finding a sufficiently firm
foundation for the embankment which now stretches
across it. Whatever may have been the obstacles in
this respect they have been surmounted, and the
traffic of the Great Northern Railway is about to be
carried over this once extensive marsh. The em-
bankment across the Carr is mostly on a level, and is
about four feet high. The route across the Carr
presents but few features worthy of notice. The
point best known in it is the Decoy—a thick belt of
wood which was formerly used by the worshipful
mayor and corporation of Doncaster, for the purposes
which its name imports. At this point the line
crosses two private occupation roads, one of which
leads to Loversall, &c., the other to some lands im-
mediately adjacent, and also presents a view of the
villages of Bessacar, High Ellers and Low Ellers,
Top Hall Farm, the property of G. J. Jarratt, Esq.
The line then crosses the main or mother drain, con
nected with the system of drainage which carries
off the superfluous waters of the Carr. A
deviation of the drain has been made for
the purposes of the railway. At this point
the contract of Mr. Morrell commences and
extends to within three miles of Bawtry. From
the same point also to the cutting at Piper-wood
there is a rising gradient of 1 in 198, or 27 feet in
the mile, and from Piper-wood to Scrooby there is a
descending gradient in the same ratio. The next line
passes over the small river Torne, which has been the
subject of so much litigation between J.W.Childers,
Esq., and the participants of the level of Hatfield
Chase. It then strikes through a small plantation
called Park-wood, after passing which it brings us in
sight of the village of Rossington, which, together
with a large surrounding estate, commencing at
Mother-drain and terminating at Piper-wood, is the
property of James Brown, Esq., of Harehill, Leeds,
who purchased it of the Doncaster corporation about
12 years ago for the sum of 95,0001. The line passes
Rossington close to the west end of the village, and
shortly afterwards passes under the Rossington- bridge,
which is built on the skew at an angle of 38 degrees,
end which is really an admirable piece of workman.
ship. The span is 26 feet, and the width between
the parapets is 25 feet. The appearance of the bridge
on approaching to it is very singular, and it is well
worth examination. The line then proceeds through a
cutting 16 feet deep, passing under two flying arches
which are thrown over the line at short intervals,
and which are intended for the accommodation of oc-
cupiers of land in the locality. The first is called
Brown's Flying Arch ; the next Shooter's Hill
Bridge. The singularity of these erections is that the
arches spring from layers of brickwork placed on the
banks of either side, and not from regular abutments.
We understand it is the intention of Mr. Brown to
plant laurel and other hardy evergreens on the side
of the embankment at Shooter's Hill, which will, we
doubt not, produce a very picturesque effect. The
line then proceeds to Piper Wood, the property of
the Duke of Newcastle, and which is situated in Not-
tinghamshire, the boundary line between that county
and Yorkshire, being drawn just on the north side of
the wood. There is a cutting at this point varying
from a dead level to 17 feet, and, as we have already
stated, a descending gradient of 1 in 198, or 27 feet
in the mile, here commences and extends to Scrooby,
just beyond Bawtry. A flying arch for the accomo-
dation of the occupiers of land at Martin, &c., is
thrown over the cutting at Piper Wood. At this
point also the contract of Mr. Morton (under Messrs.
Peto and Betts) begins, the works, being of a rather
heavy character as far as Bawtry. Shortly after pass ug
Piper Wood the line enters a cutting through the hell
at king's Wood, which is 27 feet deep. It is remark-
able that from Doncaster to Bawtry the cuttings on
the line are all made through a continuous stratum of
hard, heavy, red sand, which has had to be blasted.
At this last mentioned cutting the line intersects the
Great North-road, so famed in days of yore for the
almost incessant traffic of coaches and other vehicles,
which the modern inventions of steam locomotives and
railways are fast superseding. The Great North-road
bridge crosses the line at this point, and it is a
istruc-
ture of excellent design and workmanship. It s com-
posed of a series of arches built on the skew, at an
angle of 33 degrees, from square abutments. It has
the appearance of great strength and durability, and
is, we understand, less costly than the bridges con-
structed on the usual plan. The span of the arch is
52 feet 8 inches; the width of the bridge between the
parapets is 35 feet 3 in.; and the height from the level
of the line 24 feet. Between 400,000 and 500,000
bricks have been used in constructing it. It has been
built by Mr. Morton, under the superintendence of
Mr. Butler, sub-engineer of the works from Askern
to Retford, and is considered by competent judges
to be a splendid piece of work. At this bridge the
estate of Mr. Milnes, of Bawtry, commences and ex-
tends to Scrooby. Beyond the bridge the depth of
the cutting increases to 27 feet. This cutting ex-
tends with varying depth nearly to the station at
Bawtry, or rather the outside of Bawtry, the object
of erecting it so far from the centre of the town being
apparently one of an economical character, as by
building it at the point where it now stands the
heavy expense of raising the ground to the level of
the embankment and viaduct which extends over the
valley of the river Idle and the low land adjacent for
nearly the whole length of the town of Bawtry, is
obviated. The station at Bawtry is a very neat and
commodious edifice, and may be regarded as the
principal of the four stations between Doncaster and
East Retford, namely, at Rossington, at Bawtry, at
Scrooby, and at Ranskill. They have been designed
with a view of affording ample accommodation for
the respective districts in which they are situated,
and, at the same time, a comfortable residence for the
parties in charge. They are built of white bricks,
with dressings of stone, and covered with Welsh
slate. The Bawtry station has recessed windows, with
semi-circular heads, and a bold projecting cornice to
the eaves. The gate-lodges at the several crossings
upon the line are well adapted for the purpose, and in
the construction of both stations and lodges the
utmost regard has been paid to economy.
The cost of the Ranskill and Rossington stations is
Agriculturalw a was built by-
about 4001. each, and that of Bawtry about 7001.
l
The stations and lodges were designed by 11. Goddard,
Esq, architect, of Lincoln, from. whose designs a'so
Goddard lately
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struction of labourers' cottages.. The stations were
built by Mr. C. Ward, of Lincoln. They are all
provided with signal posts at a distance of about 500
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yards from each of the stations. Passing the station
at Bawtry the line crosses a deviation of the Bawtry

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of wood, and is 1,200 feet long. It is slightly curved,
and consists of a timber platform, supported on a
great number of piles 4) to 45 feet long,
.bound by
cross timbers, the whole being coated with tar, to
succeeded
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preserve it from the injurious action of the weather.
This viaduct was built on account of the bad
foundation—peat and hog—at this part of the
line. It is a very substantial and costly
than a viaduct of other materials would
have been.
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Bawtry, crossing the river Ryton and the mill-
stream
road called Ings Bank-road. At Scrooby
of the neighbourhood. _The line then pro-
ceeds through several fields, chiefly pasture, be-
longing respectively to Earl Spencer, R. P. Milnes,
Esq., Viscount Galway, Mr. John Haynes,
and others, to the towship of Ranskill. Be-
fore reaching Ranskill, the line passes under
the Mattersey road, which is carried over by a sub-
stantial brick bridge of 50 feet span. The station at
Ranskill is in character with those at Bawtry and
Scrooby ; indeed, throughout the line, economy and
convenience appear to have been more studied than
elaborate ornament or architectural display. Leaving
the village of Ranskill to the right, the line skirts
on the left the plantation of Mr. Francis Chester, and
after passing through several fields of arable land,
enters the township of Torworth, crossing the road
leading from that village to Daneshill on the level.
The line then traverses a considerable part of the
estate of Viscount Galway, and intersects the town-
ship of Barnby Moor for a distance of a furlong and
a half, and then enters the township of Sutton-cum-
Lound, skirting the boundary line of Barnby Moor
for above a mile. After leaving Sutton-cum-Lound,
the lice crosses the Great North-road, at an angle of
61degrees, about two miles and a half from East Retford,
passing into the parish of Babworth, and principally
through the estate of the Hon. John Bridgman
Simpson, whose residence it leaves to the right. The
line then enters the parish of 'West Retford, in a field
belonging to the trustees of the Trinity Hospital, at
West Retford, whose property the line principally
traverses in this parish. About a mile and a furlong
from the junction with the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway, the Great Northern line passes
over the Chesterfield Canal by a bridge constructed
of tubular girders, similar to the bridge over the Don
at Doncaster. The width of the bridge between the
buttresses is 25 feet, and it crosses the river at an
angle of 32 degrees. About three miles beyond this
point the line crosses the Worksop and Retford road
at an angle of 33 degrees, and then, about a furlong
lurther, enters the parish of Ordsall, intersecting the
high road from Ordsall to East Retford, and also
cutting through a small plantation, the property of
Mr. P. H. B. Dickenson. It then proceeds through
arable and pasture lands belonging to the trustees of
the Holy Trinity Hospital of West Retford, for about
half a mile, and then joins the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway, where, for the present, the
works of the Great Northern Company stop.—Don-
caster Chronicle.
HON

T. TO MAKE AN UNHEALTHY
BED-ROOM.
(From the Journal of Public Health.)
If you want to have a thoroughly unhealthy bed-
room, these are the precautions you should take :
Fasten a chimney-board against the fire-place, so as
to prevent foul air from escaping in the night ; and of
course in the night season never have a door or
window open. Use no perforated zinc in panelling;
especially avoid it in small bed-rooms. So you will
get a room full of bad air. But in the same room
there is a bad, . worse, and worst; your object is to
have the worst air possible. Suffocating machines are
made by every upholsterer ; attach one to your bed ;
it is an apparatus of poles, rings, and curtains. By
drawing your curtains around you before you sleep,
you insure to yourself a condensed body of foul air
over your person. This poison vapour bath you will
find to be most efficient when it is made of any thick
material. There being transpiration through the skin,
it would not be a bad idea to see whether this cannot
be in some way hindered. The popular method will do
very well ; smother the flesh as much as possible in
feathers. A wandering princess, in somefairy tale, came
to a king's house. The king's wife, with the curiosity
and acuteness proper to her sex, wished to ascertain
whether theirguest was truly born a princess, and at the
same time found out how to solve the question. She
put three peas on the young lady's palliasse, and over
them a large feather-bed, and then another, then
another--in fact, fifteen feather beds. Next morning
the princess looked pale, and in answer to inquiries
how she had passed the night, said that she had been
unable to sleep at all, because the bed had lumps in
it. The kings wife knew, then, that their guest
showed her good breeding. Take this highborn lady
for a model. The feathers retain all heat about your
body, and stifle the skin so far effectually that you
awake in the morning pervaded by a sense of languor,
which much must be very agreeable to a person who
has it in his mind to be unhealthy. In order to keep
a check upon exhalation about your head (which
otherwise might have too much the way of nature),
put on a stout, closely-woven nightcap. People who
are at the height of cleverness in this respect sleep
with their beads under the bedclothes. Take no rest
on a hair mattrass ; it is elastic and pleasant, certainly,
but it does not encase the body, and, therefore, you
ryuonu risk of
go
to
bed,
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are
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anybody,
bwohdeyn,
and, therefore, there is no use in washing.
In the morning wet no more skin than you absolutely
must—that is to say no more than your neighbours
will see during the day—the face and hands. So
partm theu c much
unwashed.tyhoe ur may
part dou
surface of the body more
covered and
I more impelled in the full discharge of its
functions, which has rather the more need of ablution.
It is therefore fortunate that you can leave that other
of the
tolerably good will, since it is
Five minutes of sponging and rub-
bing over the whole body in the morning would tend
to invigorate the system, and would send you with a
cheerful glow to the day's business or pleasure.
Avoid it by all means, if you desire to be unhealthy.
Do not forget that although you must unfortunately
apply water to your face, you can find warrant in
custom to excuse you from annoying it with soap ;
and for the water again you are at liberty to take
vengeance by obtaining compensation damages out
of that part of the head which the hair covers.
Never wash it ; soil it; clog it with oil or lard,—
either of which will answer your purpose, as either
will keep out air as well as water, and promote the
growth of a thick morion of scurf. Lard in the
bed-room is called bear's grease. In connexion
with its virtues in promoting growth of hair, there is
a tale which I believe to be no fiction ; not the old and
profane jest of the man who rubbed a deal b3x with
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bear's grease for sale, appended to the laudation of
its efficacy a nota bene, that gentlemen after apply-
ing it should wash the palms of their hands, other-
wise the hair would sprout thence also. I admire
that speculator, grimly satiric at the expense both of
himself and of his customers. He jested as h_its_ hen
pretensions, and declared, by an oblique
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children, when you require to blanch them, and
render them delicate, but you must take care not to
carry this too far, otherwise you will render them
pasty, pot-bellied, and deformed. It was this practice
which was so succesful at Tooting in thinning the
population. By all means let a baby have foul air,
not only by the use of suffocating apparatus, but by
causing it to sleep where there - are four or five
others in a well-closed room. So much is due to
the maintenance of our orthodox rate of infant
mortality.

" Mr. Edwin Chadwick—l think the tanks might
frequently be covered. It would depend upon the dis-
tance from habitations. All my experience, and all
my information, go to vindicate the integrity of the
nose ; that if you did not smell it at any place there
would be no injury from it, and if you did, there
would be.

".Lord Robert Grosvenor—Supposing they were
covered, do you think any danger need be appre-
hended?

"Mr. Edwin Chadwick—lf you did not smell it
there would be no danger.
"Lord Robert Grosvenor--Do you think you
would smell it, considering the extremely diluted
state of it?

"Mr. Edwin Chadwick—l think you would, unless
it were in covered tanks. The truth is, a great por-
tion of the London sewerage; I have been in the Lon-
don sewers with the other commissioners, and smelt
it, and I believe everybody who did go down had
their health affected.
"Lord Robert Gresvenor—Are they (the tanks of
Edinburgh) near to any habitation ?
"Mr. Edwin Chadwick—They were so near that
the alluvia from them was offensive to the inhabit-
ants, and being offensive to the smell, it was injurious
to the health ; that was one of the great objections ;
and it was in consequence made matter of conflict
between the municipal authorities and the proprietors
of those meadows.
"The First Report of the Metropolitan Sanitary,
Commissioners of 19th November, 1847," was, I be-
lieve, compiled principally, if not entirely, by the
said Mr. Edwin Chadwick. In this report, regard-
ing the cholera, it is stated, "In its progress
through England, in whatever places it attacked, it
generally first appeared in the neighbourhood of
rivers or marshes, and principally raged in low and
damp localities, particularly where these were also
the outlets of filth."—" In our Lancashire towns
cholera manifested itself, more than elsewhere, along
the water-courses (including districts occasionally
flooded, &c.), and with peculiar virulence near the
outlets of drains. The progress of the disease in
Manchester, from first to last, furnishes a comment
on this remark."—" In Back Irk-street, in which a
number of cases occurred, the only houses igsited by
the disease were close to the main se a er, which there
burst into day and ran above ground !"—" The whole
of the evidence, however, appears to lead to the con-
clu‘ion that it is the combination of impurity with
humidity of the air which so powerfully predisposes
to cholera!"—" In our opinion there is but one safe-
guard against this malady. That safeguard consists
in sanitary arrangements; and sanitary arrange-
ments, to be efficient, must be such as will secure the
purity of the atmosphere! particularly by the imme-
diate and complete removal of all filth and refuse !"
Again, "If the external atmosphere is not maintained
in a state of purity, it may be the very means of pro-
ducing and aggravating disease !"—" But it is now
universally admitted that a tar more powerful predis-
ponent is the habitual respiration of an impure
atmosphere!"

Upwards of a year and a half after giving the
" evidence " quoted, the said Mr. Edwin Chadwick
delivered to me the prospectus, form of application for
shares, &c., in his company, at Gwydyr House. In
these papers the said Mr. Chadwick's name is to be
found three several times pertinaciously advocating
this swamping system. But the foregoing extracts
manifest, I think, that said advocacy cannot be with
sanitary purposes or on sanitary principles.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
RICHARD DOVER.
28, New-street, Spring-gardens, Sept. 6.

KOSSUTH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sut,-1 beg leave to transcribe for you a sonnet
addressed a few weeks back to the immortal Kossuth,
at a time when my heart beat high with hope for the
success of the Hungarian cause.

"TO innovictrs KossuTH.
"In her security fond England sleeps;
Yet, sleeping, on a precipice doth stand,
With vacant gaze on the eternal deeps;
While in the twin-soul'd, lion-hearted land
Of Europe's dawning, doth the Magyars hand
Wave sternly tow'rd the danger's rocky steeps,
Undaunted, unappall'd. 0, man of men!
At sight of whom the heart of freedom leaps;
Thy trumpet-clang must wake that cord again
In England's breast, that ever spell-like wrought;
The age's and thy country's Cromwell! thoa
Dost teach the lesion that of old she taught
A teachless race; and let us cherish now
The man, the noble dead, the lofty thought."
Now, under its sad reverse, I do not know that I
need retract a single expression, save one; for if the
course of the Hungarians has been less open to the
suspicion of impure motives than has been the lot of
the great Englith leader, nevertheless it must be ad-
mitted that if the former, like the latter, had been also
a sot tier, we should, in all probability, have seen a
dlfferent termination to the war than that which we
now deplore.

Allow me to ask what is now doing for the cause?
One thousand pounds is something ; but it will not
go a great way. Within the recollection of us all,
the English nation raised a quarter of a million to
carry an object in which its own selt-interest was
concerned, including, however, a testimonial—a
grateful testimonial to the chief promoter of that mea-
sure. Mr. Cobden and the English nation have ex-
pressed, in a glowing manner, their sympathy with
the Hungarians. What will they do now? For, as
Lord Nugent well said, what is the value of lofty
words unless they are backed by lofty deeds ? If it
be too late to appeal to the

" GreaV corrector of enormous:times,
Shalv-r of o'errank states, the grand decider
Of dusty and old titles,"
let us not forget that those whom we have abandoned
to their fate have still in their adversity to be sup-
ported. Shame enough is ours for what has passed ;
let us thank God that we can still retrieve so much
honour as will arise from our making a handsome
provision for those who have deserved so well. As
one of Lord Dudley Stuart's constituents, I call upon
him to renew this agitation. All that is past is
done with ; its object has failed. Let him therefore
renew it on the ground of the necessity of supporting
Kossuth and his coadjutors. Let resolutions be
passed at public meetings calling upon the Govern-
ment of this country to give adequate pensions to
these noble men—pensions such as have been too
readily granted to princes exiled through their own
misconduct. Yet, not depending upon this, let a system
of collecting subscriptions be organized by which a
sum not less than a hundred thousand pounds shall be
raised fur such purpose, in the case of need. It could
easily be done if only set about with earnestness;
but it must be done quickly, before the public en-
thusiasm is allowed to cool. And now for the m most
important point of all. Resolutions are passedto protesta
public meetings urging Lord Palmerston
in favour of the integrity of Hungarian institutions,
while it is forgotten that in the meantime
world,"
may The foremost man of all the sorl d,
may be shot or hanged, and at all events is in danger
of being so without its being
step on his behalf and that of his colleagues is taken
either by the Government or the people of England.
Let this be amended. The English Government
should be called upon to speak plainly in this matter,
and should be reminded that an insult might form a
carts belli. The English people are not afraid of
war in a just and honourable quarrel; and their minds
are not better affected to the views of the Peace Society
from the reflection that had the Dictator of Hungary
been a soldier his country would now in all probability
have been free.

I remain, Sir, yours, &c., H., AN ELECTOR OF INTARYLEBONE.

Miss Bremer, in one of her delightful novels,
mentions a circumstance trivial in itself, but which be-
came deeply impressed en her memory. She was at the
barrier outside Stockholm one winter's evening, awaiting
the compulsory visit of the Custom-house officer, who at
length approached with his lantern. Ho had a red
nose, and appeared unhappy." She entered into con-
versation with him, and found that he was married, and
was the father of four children; be seemed sad, and
sight(' as he told the number of his family. Her heart
softened towards the man, employed in his troublesome
duty of ransacking tra,ellers' luegage, to see they car-
ried nothing contraband. Sbe felt for a piece of money,
and thought of some gingerbread and a cheese for the
four children's supper; but, v,hile thus feeling and
thinking, the gate man opened the bar, and the carriage
passed quickly through the gateway. Witt,
2R oppressed
heart, and uncomfortable feelings, the traveller proce. &el
through the city, and saw in the white snow flakes
before her, as in a transparency, the frczcn red nose and
sad face of the Custom-house ofiie,!r. Everywhere it
-rose up before her, and she regretted, that through
irresolution, she had not placed in his hands some small
testimonial of her kindlintss.—(" Glimpses," from Eliza
Cook's Journal.)