The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

MUSICAL WORLD.

A pleasant weekly miscellany, containing se-
veral musical criticisms and original papers con-
nected with that attractive science.

THE LYRE.

We have here the four first Numbers of a new
musical and theatrical register, which is pub-
lished weekly, and from the skill and attention
to details with which it is conducted, bids fair to
become a favourite. The original communica-
tions are, in general, tersely and neatly written;
one, in particular, on the' Scenery of the Olden
Theatre," is full of curious and minute iufbrivation.

THE MIRROR. No. 247.
Hugh Cunningham, London.

The monthly Part of this lively little melange
appears with four wood engravings; the first of
which is from Louis David's painting of the
" Death of Socrates," exhibited in the Louvre in
1787, accompanied by explanatory letter-press.
The remain►ng three are engraved from the jo-
cund scenes of Wilkie's "Village Festival." The
articles are, as usual, sprightly and pleasing.

POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. No. 25.
Wellington-street, Strand.

The "Moral Treatment of Disease" is a medi-
cal paper, which endeavoUrs to show the. great
instrumentality which the mindpossesses towards
the cure of bodily disease. This the author
styles the " Metaphysics of Medicine," and Kant
has himself shown how powerfully the effort of
the will can rule and conquer physical disease.
To the secientific, hut to them alone, will the
achievements of " Kieseritzkiz, the Livonian
chess. player at the Paris clubs'," be acceptable.
The articles of " La Trappe," and " Latin and
Italian Litelltnre in the Fourteenth Century,"
lead the. rs#deqack into the dusky past, when
all be engaged in pushing on
intol the'ls
A, subsequent paper on
the, INT
soin:w-h-tai.tunbn_o,th Iron. Steamer," squares some-
Bain's El ectro-Ai
etter with the wre and " Mr.
,
agnetic Printing Telegraph"
better still.

• FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT of WILLIAM FAWCETT:
Johnson, -London, 1841.
This is a full-length-portrait, engraved by
Lupton, from
111 Original Painting by George
Patten.
mre cannot undertake to say ♦,/hetlier
it b
or not, a. work of art it is
creditable a likenessitabletotlie engraver's judgment.

A NEW PROCESS FOR PURIFYING THE WATERS
Sup-
plied to the metropolis, as described by its author, T.
Clark, professor of Chemistry in the University of Aber-
deen, consists mainly in adding quick lime to the water,
which separates the chalk from it, and chalk, in One
shape or another, is the principal substance which con-
taminates the water. By Mr. Clark's process the water
is rendered much softer, and a considerable quantity of
soap may be saved. It prevents the water from furring the
vessels in
_which it is boiled, which, as all housewives
a know, is great injury to kettles, boilers, and cocks, a
perpetual source of expense,
and is sometimes the cause
of boilers bursting. The fur stops up the feeding pipe,
and the boiler bursts in consequence. Mr. Clark's pro-
cess; for which he has a patent, is specious, and if it
answers, it will be equally advantageous to himself and
the public.
GERMAN RAII.ROADS.—A letter from Baden
states that the railway on the left bank of the Rhine is
procecding with activity. At Carlsruhe they have com-
menced the works on the place where the station is
to be fixed, outside thei Ettlingen gate. On the 16th
inst., a contract for furnishing 80,000 quintals of
rails was adjudged to Messrs. Ilmsch brothers,
at Duren, between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle,
at 17f. sc. the 50 kilogrammes, to be delivered at
Manheim. The number of offers were considerable, from
Germany, Belgium, England, and even from Sweden.
The rails for the line from Manheim to Heidelberg cost
22f. 30c. the kilogramme, the difference in the price
causing a saving to the Baden Government of more than
400,0001. The section from Kehl to Appenwighe is ad-
vancing rapidly ..that'from Heidelberg to Carlsruhe; it is
&tight, will be the evi of 1848. - •