The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-27 00:00:00

DECEMBEti, 27, 1848.

dition, were disposed or. One salesman alone sold
weekly, for a considerable period, upwards of 100 sheep,
consigned to him from abroad, which were efflicted with
th small-pox. The sick animals are divided into three
classes—" Choppers, Rough-utis, and Wet-uas." The
best are driven into the low slanhter-houses in Cow-
Cross-street and Sharp's-alley—are there cleaned, cur-
iied, and furbished up —and ere then disposed of alive to
the inferior class of butchers, reseline; in pear and
densely popteated neighbotehm de Those iu a more
advanced state of di.ease arc elaughtered and sold
on the spot, to tee conepili re of German stile eget',
s, saveleys, and black pa-Whigs, and to the
vendors of a-la-n.o!e beef, meat pies, and
cheap soup*. It may he interesting to epicures to learn
that the red tint, obset vable iu Louden German sausegee
is derived ft orn a judicious admixture of horse-fle
glandered horses, cows which die in calving, and
still-born calves, are alt considered as fair grist to the
sausage mills, which are to be heard drive, in sus-
pici tus proximity to the knacker.' yards. The men em-
pleyed in this foul work often (lie, from amid, malty ino-
culeting themselves Stith tho virus contained in the mor-
bid meat which they prepare for public food. Tyl T's-
market is especially infamous for the measly quality of
its pork, which is never outraged by the censorious eye
of an inspector. These evils exist in the very heart of
London. Nobody deities them. They come home to
every man's door—nay, to every man's dining table.
All that we have here stated, and more, and worse, is to
be witnessed twice a week in the City. It is to be found
in the reports of the Committees of 1828 and 1847, both
of which have in vain condemned Smithfield as anuisance
which ought to be at once abolished; and we may also
refer those interested in the matter to an able pam-
phlet on the subject, lately published by Mr. Ridg-
way, of Piccadilly, written in an excellent spirit, by no
less a personage than Mr. John Bull. We trust that the
enemies of over-legislation, who maintain that matters
like these ought to be left to find their own level, will
not be too hard upon us, if we implore the powers that
to exile,
to b asat
oncewi wise, in
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1848,
for
ever, every
a s our ancestors
cattle-market,
tetri were
_loan
alr3kBeot:
slaughter-house, and knacker's-yard, far away from the
heart of Loudon; to place them under the strictest super-
vison; and, further, to take such stops as they in their
wisdom shall deem advisable, for removing the uncom-
fortable imputations, which the little work, to which we
have alluded, has been the means of casting—we fear
with much justice—upon the sanitary qualities of the
German sausages, polenies, saveloys, black puddings,
meat pies, and a-la- mode beef of the British metropolis.
Until the Legislature interferes, it will be impossible for
any thoughtful man, who has read Mr. John Bull's work,
to partake, in future, of those cockney dainties with any
feeliegs save those of nausea and distrust.

when the premises were locked up at a late hour on Sa-
turday night.
BURNING OF FLAX MlLLS.—Morgan Flax Mills, si-
tuated on the Caledon-road, a mile from Armagh, were
burned to the ground on Friday night.
INCREASE or CHOLERA IN BELFAST.—This fatal
sc.rurge is increasing in Belfast. On Saturday three
mrw cases occurred, and on Sunday one, of which two
terminated 'atally. Two dispensary stations ere open
night and day, and a doctor end apothecary constantly
in attendance. Thu board of health are adopting the
most energetic measures to mect tre calamity. The
following is the official return Coe the week ending on
Sunday night, the 24th:—Remaining at date of last re-
port, 4; since attacked, 15; died, 13; reccvmed, non( ;
remaining under treatment, 6.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 25 —Her Mujest)'s steam. sloop
Driver, from Portsm)uth, came in yesterday, at 1 p.m.,
and left again in the evening fa• a Channel cruis-.
The ten-;hip Joseph Bushby, of Liverpool, 600 tons
register, Captain Bushby, five months from Csnton,
bound to London, put into the Sound on Sunday after-
noon. She has been up Channel as far es the 1111 of
Portland, and on Saturday morning put back, having
shipped therefrom a Weymouth pilot and several fresh
hands, the scurvy having attacked the ship's crew, six of
whom were landed here this afternoon.
Arrived yesterday, the brig Wannan, Captain Corne-
lius, from Havannah, with sugar, bound to Plymouth for
orders, maintoprnast fished, sails, spars, and rigging
damaged, gone up Catwater to repair • the Albion, Cap-
tain Ball, from Hamburgh, fur Bristol ; and the Hano-
verian schooner Pegasus, Captain Murfeldt, from Smyrna,
for Amsterdam.

On Saturday night it blew a strong gale from S.E. to
S.S E., with cold weather, and so continued until
Sunday afternoon, when the wind veered more to the
southward, blowing strong, with rain all Sunday night.
Christmas morning opened with a stiff bretze from
S.S.\V., the wind going more westerly, and the weather
becoming warmer as the day advanced.
WooLwica, DEC. 26.—The Tenzer steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Selweyn, passed through the
Downs on Saturday during a heavy storm at sea, and
proved an excellent sea boat, making a speed of eight
and a half to nine knots in severe weather, when no less
than eight vessels were driven on the sands, one of
which was entirely left on the Goodwin, the crew having
been fortunately enabled at the last moment to save
their lives in the boat when none of the Deal boatmen
could approach to render any assistance. One vessel
went ashore on the Girdler sands, another on the
Pansand, and five on the Biaplan sand.
The Arrogant steam frigate, 46 guns, was taken out
of the basin to-day, and will be ready shortly for trial
down the river.

Commodore Henry Eden assumed the duties of Super-
intendent of Woolwich Dockyard to-day ; and his Com-
modore's broad pendant was hoisted on board the
. .

Fisgard flsg-ship at 9 o'clock A.M.
The Niger steam-vessel had her steam up on Saturday,
and will be tried down the river, with the Basilisk steam-
vessel on the 4th of January.

THE BURNING OF THE OCEAN

MONARCH.

Marc:

May.

It will be remembered that, when the Ocean
Monarch was destroyed by fire in August last, off the
coast of Wales, a sailor named Frederick Jerome,
belonging to the New York packet ship New World,
obtained great credit for the extraordinary exer-
tions he was represented to have made for the
rescue of the passengers, and that very liberal
rewards were bestowed upon him by individuals,
as well as by public bodies. Captain Knight,
of the New World, has made a deposition be-
fore Mr. H. C. Chapman, receiver of Admiralty
Droits at Liverpool, from which it would appear that
the conduct of Jerome on the occasion in question
was not so creditable to him as the public had been
led to suppose. Captain Knight, after detailing the
endeavours made by his cew to render assistance
to the sufferers on the burning wreck, states,
that at six o'clock r.se. the tide and wind slackened,
and the Ocean Monarch, which it had before
been dangerous to approach, from the plunging of
the ship, began to ride more easily. He then says,
that the New World's life boat now dashed under
the bowsprit ; the boatswain ordered the men to catch
hold of any of the ropes which hung to the water.
That they (lid so, and one of them (Frederick Jerome),
having hold of the topmast stay, was ordered to shin
up and lower the people down. He did so, and when
finished, came down as he went up (dropping into the
Ocean Monarch's boat, which had come to assist), and
all were'safely put on board the steamer. That the
moment his (Captain Knight's) boats were hoisted,
while the ship was yet in stays, and before he had
hauled his head yards, Jerome walked up to him
saying, I'm a gen'l'm now, sir. I've got plenty of
money now. I don't want to work any mord. I'd
go in the cabin now.' That 'he instantly had him
put out of the way, until the ship was round and sail
made, and then had the officers and men who had
been in the boats mustered aft, and taking them one
at a time into his state room gave each a thorough
ani separate examination. That all the statements
(except two) perfectly coincided with each other,
and with what he himself saw. That while all of
them, in every respect, behaved most gallantly, it was
not even suspected, by either officers or men, that any
one of them had distinguished himself above his fel-
lows. That it appeared that Jerome went on to the
bowsprit simply because he was ordered to do so.
That while there the only danger feared was the
falling of the bowsprit, in which case those upon it
would have been much safer than those under it in
the boats. That it appeared Jerome who bad de-
scended from the bowsprit into the Ocean Monarch's
boat went on board the Affonso, where he spent some
half hour or more, and told his own story in his
own way, while the feelings of all the distinguished
guests who heard him were in the highest state of
excitement; be was believed, honoured, rewarded,
and his extravagant tale published to the world as
a fact, though perfectly untrue, and in itself per-
fectly impossible. That the New World's boats saved
between 60 and 70 souls, and that their great success
was entirely owing to the judgment of the officers in
charge and the perfect obedience of the men. That
though frequently offered liquor, not one of them
tasted anything but water, or for a moment left the
boats (except Jerome) during the seven hours they
were absent ; and that it appeared that Jerome
lowered himself into the Ocean Monarch's boat
by the merest accident, without any particular
motive, but that while on board the Affonso, finding
how he was received, be took advantage of his good
luck. We may add that the copy of a resolution
agreed to by the Committee of the Liverpool Ship-
wreck and Humane Society, expressing in warm
terms their sense of the efforts made by Captain
Knight, his officers, and seamen, to rescue the un-
fortunate sufferers from the Ocean Monarch, was
transmitted to that gentleman on his recent ar-
rival in Liverpool, and was suitably acknow-
ledged by him. The committee, desirous of
marking the high estimation in which they held
the able and judicious conduct of Captain Knight,
tendered to him the gold medal of the society—
the highest honorary testimonial they could award;
but this compliment Captain Knight respectfully but
firmly declined, as he had previously done in America,
when offered a similar testimonial by the Massa-
chusetts Humane Society, on the ground of con-
scientious objections to the reception of any testi-
monial involving the outlay of funds of a charitable
institution. The committee, however, voted their
silver medal to Mr. W. E. Baahlam, late third officer
of the New World ; and presented 51. to Thomas
Forbes, the boatswain ; and 31. to each of the seven
seamen by whom the boats were manned.

ST. MARTIN-IN-TRS-FI=LLS BATHS AND LAUN
nnms.—PruvaTs INSPECTION.—Yesterday the Rev. Sir
Henry Dukintield, the late vicar of St. Martia-in-the
Fields, the overseers, guardians, and vestrymen of that
parish, walked in procession from the vestry. room, to in-
spect the new baths and laundries erected in Orange.
street, Leicester-square, on a plan of which the rer. ex-
vicar was the promoter, preparatory to their being thrown
open for public use on the Ist of January. The arrange-
ments, though not on an extensive scale, gave great sa-
tisfaction, and if the expectations of the commissioners
be realised, the present will be the commencement of an
establishment of much greater magnitude. There are 68
baths, which are thus divided:-10 first-class male baths,
39 second-class ditto; 5 first, and 14 second-class female
baths, the charge for the use of which, giving the bather
Or option of either hot or cold water, will be first-class,
2d., second, Id. After the baths and laundries had been
inspected, Sir Henry Dukinfield delivered an address to
those who accompanied him, in the large ironing-room,
complimenting the parishioners on the spirit they had
evinced in carrying into effect the project he had sub-
mitted to them, by which, he said, they had set a worthy
example to other parochial bodies. He dwelt upon the
benefit which, both morally and physically, would accrue
to those for whose use and advantage public baths and
laundries were established, and he hoped that similar
provision might soon be 'made in every populous district
throughout the country.. The procession afterwards re-
turned to the vestry-room, where a luncheon was par-
taken of.
MoNE v MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.35. it follows that gold is 0.20 per
cent. dearer is Paris than in London. By advices from
ilambur,gh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at
the Engftish Mint price of 31. 17s. 10.1. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.111,
it follow s that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in London
i than in, Hamburgh.