The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

THE DISPOSAL OF TOE DEAD.

We still hear of interments in positions they
should not be permitted, and find individuals eve'',
now obstinately denying the evil of piling up dean
bodies in the midst of the living. Many London
grave-yards have been closed, and the rest must
follow ; it will never do to continue burying 10"
bodies on a single Sunday in one grave-yard, s'
we are told is the case at present in Bethnal-green.
Instead of the thickly packed metropolitan grounds,
burying-places have been provided in various parts
of the suburbs. This has led to considerable
changes iu the cost and manner of funerals, which
press rather hardly on the poor, particularly when
old fashioned plans are persisted in. When an in:
dividual in the midst of two or three millions et
people dies, the body ought to be removed with'
out loss of time ; but then, survivors say, how can
we part so suddenly with what remains of those
we have so much loved! The parishes, in several
instances, have provided places for the reception
of bodies until the friends of the deceased can ar-
range for the funeral. The value of this accom-
modation is very great, particularly when the
receiving houses for the dead are well placed, and
yet it is not much used by the groat numbers of
the London poor who so much require it. In
some instances, too, the London undertakers have
made provision on their cwn premises for the re-
ceptiondes notadu always
until the time
e for the
good, fixed
forxed many of
these places are in close neighbourhoods, where
funeral.
Thiste i
numbers of persons are living around—indeed, in
some cases, in the same house. Prejudices have to
be overcome, and all may aid in doing this. There
are often difficulties in the way of early burial,
and in such cases the body should be removed to a
proper reception-house, where it could remain till
the arrangements were coniplete.—The Builder.

'I [ADVERTISEMENT.] 1 1
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To the Editor of the Sun.
SlR,—Thero is no real cause for thapresent depressing
of Consols, and .there must be a great rettotUni in a few
days, for the following reasons :-
Ist. The last million of the last loan will have been
paid on Thursday, %,,hich will cause an increase of one
million of notes in raserve at the Bank.
2d. There are no foreign loans in the market.
31 The American Question has been amicably settled,
and we are at peace ith all the world.
4th. The cJrn crap is larger than any ever grown
before.

sth. Gold keeps continually pouring in in large quan-
tities from America, from the East Indies, and from
Australia.

6 ch.—Money i❑ discount transnctioes is decidedly
easier, and dividends to the amount of five millions
will come in for reinvestment after the 10th of October.
Consols were 96 iu Juiy, ju.t after the dividend had
been paid. They are now run down to 931, a quar-
ter's dividend being due on them, which in reality makes
the present price under 92i, whilst Exchequer Bills are
at a high premium, This must have bee,. the result of
mere speculative sales.—l am, sir, your obedient set.
van t, A. C.
Morley's Hotel, Sept. 16, 1856.

The King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess de
Brabant, and the Princess Charlotte visited on Saturday
the Economic Exhibition in the Jardin Botanique st
Brussels, and Tent ROM, time in examining it.
In the 4 eneral business of the port of London during
the past week there has been little change. The nem'
bar of ships reported inward was 164, being 24 less than
in the previous week. Thirty-seven cargoes of corn and
flour have been reported, nearly all from Russia. The
number of vessels cleared outward was 151, including
17 in ballast, showing an increase of seven.

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