The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-10 00:00:00

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
It seems strange that among the innumerable institu-
: tions for the benefit of the poorer classes in this country,
none should, until lately, have been projected for the
promotion of cleanliness ; and in this respect the metro-
polis is more backward than other towns in the king-
( om. A letter from a clergyman at Liverpool, inserted
in our paper on Tuesday, stated that an establishment
of baths and wash-houses, principally intended for
the labouring classes, is in active operation in that
town with the greatest success, whilst in London not one
establishment of the kind is as yet completed. Several
are, however, projected, and in the course of erection,
and the one in the Hampstead .road, for the north-western
district of London is so nearly completed, that if the
requisite funds are obtained, it may be in full operation
at the beginning of next month. This establishment
has been singularly favoured in obtaining its site, round
the base of the New River Company's reservoir, at a
nominal rent, and also in having among its leading
Committee-men gentlemen of practical knowledge and
indefatigable industry. It consists of forty private baths
of ditTerents kinds, besides two plunging baths, and of sixty washing-tubs, divided from each other, with every
possible accommodation for drying, mangling, and iron-
ing the clothes. Each washing compartment consists of
two tubs, which will be supplied with hot and cold water
from pipes and taps, and a steam-pipe descends to the
bottom of one of the two tubs, for the purpose of
boiling the clothes after they have been washed. The
drying department consists of a rotatory apparatus for
expelling the water from the heavier articles by centri-
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currents of hot air. In the ironing department there is
a hot stove for heating the irons ; there are mangles,
and every other convenience for finishing the work.
'When in operation the charge for the use of these con-
veniences, for three hours, will be only one penny, and
that time it is supposed would be ample to allow of the
completion of the ordinary week's washing of a small
family, as there would be no time lost in waiting for hot
water, nor for the drying of the clothes.
The private baths are fitted up with every conveni-
ence for hot or for cold bathing, and some of the rooms
are sufficiency large for a woman and several small
children to bathe at the same time, for which no addi-
tional charge we made. The price of an ordinary
cold b, with illuse of a towel, will be one penny ;
for those provided with rather superior accommodation,
twopence ; and there are a few to be fitted up in a
still better manner, for which the charge will he six-
pence. When a hot or tepid bath is required, these
prices will be doubled. There are also, in a separate
compartment of the building, five vapour and shower
baths, which will be fitted up with every regard to com-
fort, the charge for which will be one shilling, As the
chief object of the Institution, however, is to benefit the
poorer classes, vapour and shower baths will be provided
for them at a much lower cost.

The building is arl;:nged with great convenience,
around the base of the reservoir in the Hampstead-road,
the entrance to the baths being in George-street, in the
New- road. It forms nearly three sides of a square, and
is 900 feet in length, the greater proportion being occu
pied by the washing department, which is kept distinct
from the baths ; and the baths for the men and those
for the women are also in separate divisions of the build-
ing. Nothing, in fact, could be better arranged for the
various purposes of the establishment; and, if we are cor-
rectly informed, the whole has been done at an outlay of
not more than 4,0001. The plunging baths are not yet
completed, but they are expected to be finished before the
end of next week. They will be roofed over, and provided
with separate dressing boxes. One of these baths
will be 60 feet long and 20 wide; the other 38 feet by 18,
and the charges will be 2d. for one and 6d for the other.
The hot water and steam for the washing tubs and baths
will be supplied from large boilers, which, with the fur-
naces, are quite completed. At the end of next, week all
the fittings of the pipes, it is expected, will be finished,
so that the water may be let on, and the effect of the, apparatus tried. The establishment will then be opened
in working order far inspection for a fortnight, and if the
contributions from the visitors be sufficiently ample to
justify the committee in commencing operations, the
baths and wash-houses of the north-western district of
London will be opened in the first week in July.

EXPORT OF INDIAN CORN FROM ST. MICHAELS.—
Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at
St. Michaels, dated May 18, 1846 :—" On the 17th inst., an
order was published limiting the exportation of Indian Corn
from this island to 1,360 mois, say 4.000 qnarters ; and, if
necessary, should the exportation continue, to lessen it to that
quantity. The price here is 30s. to 31s. per quarter, on board
the Arrow, Dusty Miller, and Jack O'Lantern.
FETE HISTORIQUE DE SAINT OmEn..—Great pre-
parations, we understand, are being made to celebrate the
above fete on the 15th and 16th instant. M. le Comte de
Flandre will enter St. Omer, seated on a superb car, and will
afterwards occupy the throne of judgment, at the splendid
tournament about to take place. Magnificent combats on
horseback will ensue, the parties being dressed in the cos-
tume of the time, when the different events which they will
represent, happened. The Comte de Flandre will have by
his side la dame tie beanie', personated by the elegant
Comtesse de Guine, whose pleasing duty it will be to present
to the various victorious knights the gorgeous insignia of
conquest. This Fete Historique will be the grandest affair,
it is reported, that has occurred in St. Omer for years past.
The principal towns in the north of France, and a large
portion of Belgium, contribute their aid to render the scene
magnificent, and worthy the occasion.
COMBINED ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—
The extensive alterations which are now going on hi Spring-
field convict gaol offer, it would appear, an irresistible tempt.
ation to those prisoners who are waiting to be tried at the
assizes, and expect to be transported, to attempt to make
their escape, and they last week determined on a desperate
effort to gain their liberty. They fixed upon a time when
the numerous workmen would be absent, and it was arranged
I that about thirty persons should attack the officers on Sun-
day, going to or quittink the chapel. They proposed to kill
the governor and the officers who resisted them, and arming
themselves with such weapons as they could
nd amongst
the materials with which the prison at this time abounds,
were thus to fight their way out. Some of the prisoners who
were averse to the attempt, informed the governor, who im-
mediately communicated with the visiting magistrates, and
such precautions were adopted as would effectually frustrate
any similar designs.
FATAL AFFRAY AT LIMEIIOUSE PIER.—On Saturday
afternoon, about four o'clock, threeshoemakers, named John
Morley, Henry Brown, and George Palmer, who all lived in
one house, at No. 28, Church-lane, Bloomsbury, came to the
Limehotise-hole Pier, for the purpose of embarking on board
a waterman's steamer for London. They were all the worse
for liquor, but Brown appeared more intoxicated than his
companions, and began " skylarking" with Palmer on the
outer barge of the pier. They were advised by Mr. Landers,
the pier-master, to desist, and were warned of their danger,
but they paid no attention to him whatever, and began talk-
ing in a half jocular, half angry manner about their cheque
tickets which Morley had received of the money-taker in the
middle of the pier. Soon after this Palmer ran to the head
of the pier on to the shore, and on his return jumped over
the rails, and seemed mischievously inclined. Brown, who
remained on the outer barge was in the same humour, and,
after some altercation between them, during which Mr. Lan-
ders said he would not allow them to embark, Palmer made
a snatch at something in Brown's hand. Brown said, if he
did that again he would throw him overboard; the other
dared him to do it, and repeated the act, on which Brown
seised Palmer by the shoulders, run him to the gunwale of
the barge, and-forced him headlong into the river. Brown
appeared stupified, and stared wildly, when he saw his con-
panion in the water, while Mr. Landers immediately put out
a boat-hook and attempted to save Palmer. but could not
reach him, and he sunk almost immediately. Several
watermen and others put out ropes, drags, and boat-hooks,
and used their utmost efforts to save Palmer, but nearly half
an hour elapsed before his body was found. Brown was
making off in the confusion, when a waterman, named Haw.
kins, attached to the pier, went after him, and brought him
back. He was delivered over to the custody of the police.
CEURCH PREFERMENTS.-..The Countess Of .Listowe/
has presented the Rev. Anthony Thomas Hudson,
the rectory at Winterton, Norfolk, to which
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Norwich. The Bishopß FoofilLoiwncoaolnd
Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the rectory of Ingolsby, near Grantham.
Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. N. C. Lane, on
the nomination of the masters and fellows of Christ's Host
pital. has
AN IMITATOR OF THE BOY JONES.---On Saturday
was going his rounds in the gardens of Buck.
morning, about twelve o'clock, a constable of the A division
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Inquiries were made, and it was found that he was truly a
deserter from the vessel in question, and he was then sent
down to Portsmouth, to be punished, according to law, on
board. Great surprise was therefore expressed when he was
again discovered, and it was supposed that he must have
some sinister motive in going to the garden a second time.
A ine3sage was dispatched almost immediately to Bow-
street for Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate, to attend at the
Home-office, in order that a private examination might take
place. The prisoner was remanded, in order that
tifurtheri
inquiries might be made, and he is now an inmate of T
fields Prison.
SLEEPING AT HIS POST.--A good deal of alarm was
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created in Lord••street, Stockport,
a parties clock on Monday
evening, from the following circumstance es were
removing t 6 o
to a house which had r_,pFentl • been empty, before
doing which they
took the precaution of having the chimneys
swept. For this purposepurpo a Junior member o f the sooty pro-
fession was
engaged, who mounted up aloft, and was of
course expected down again after the completion of his work.
Time, however, went on, and still he did not appear, until it
occurred to the parties that he had been up the chimney an
unusually long time, and as all was quiet, the worst appre-
hensions began to be entertained. The inference was that
he was " fast in the chimney," and as a rumour to that effect
became circulated, the alarm spread on all hands. We be-
lieve theboy was up the chimney from half an hour to three-
quarters, during which time many persons shouted up it at
the top of their voices, but without receiving an answer. At
last the boy's master was fetched, who ascended the chimney,
and there found the boy comfortably ensconced in a croft
flue, " fast asleep." Of course the alarm at once subsided,
and laughter and astonishment at the boy's temerity took
the place of the previous consternation.—Manchester
Ex-
aminer.

MADAME THILLON'S DEBUT AT THE HAYMARKET.—
This fascinating actress and delightful cantatriee, will positively make
her (kiwi this evening at the Haymarket Theatre, in Aubat's
delightful opera Le Domino iVoir. The libretto has been translated
by Mr. Webster, and the rehearsals are completed. The orchestra
has been augmented in order that full justice may be done to this one
of the most delightful of the comic operas of Auber. The scenery is
new, and the costumes are suberb. The Domino Noir will make as
great a hit at the Haymarket as it did on its first production at the
Opera Comique.
Mr. Lumley entertained on Monday at dinner, at his
Excellency at Fulham, the Duke of Leinster, the Duke of Cleveland. hia
Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Marquis of Sligo, the Earl of Westmoreland, General Sir Andrewrea
Barnard, Dwarkanauth Tagore, Sir F. Trench, M.P.,
Henlfyis Excel:
wood, M.P., J. Stewart, M.P., Mr. C. B. Baldwin, If
Excel-
lency
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at the top of
WARLIKE PREPARATIoNs.—The grub
and others of a larger
el'Astorg,
the keep at the Castle are to be dismounted,
calibre mounted in their place;
and the line of coast are to be placed in the be
foce.—kner Owed" and the fortifisetapetioonsisbircostradteDofevde.er