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

THE; DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.

We still hear of interments in positions they
should not be permitted, and find indiv• luals even
now obstinately denying the evil of pill ig up dies
bodies in the midst of the living. Many Londe
grave-yards have been closed, and the rest moat
follow ; it will never do to continue burying
bodies on a single Sunday in one grave-yard, as
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 Par's
of the suburbs. This has led to considerable
changes in the cost and manner of funerals, which
press rather hardly on the poor, particularly wh.e
old fashioned plans are persisted in. When an le,
dividual iu the midst of two or three millions
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 these
we have so much loved? The parishes, in sevelam•
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 accent'
modation is very great, particularly when thde
receiving houses for the dead are well placed, an t.
yet it is not much used by the great numbers°
the London poor who so much require it. An
some instances, too, the London undertakers have
made provision on their own premises for the re-
ception of the dead until the time fixed for the
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funeral. This is not always good, for many 01
these places are in close neighbourhoods, where
numbers of persons are living around--indeed, i indeed, n
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 WI.
the arrangements were complete.—The Bui4der•

[&DVERTISEMENT.J #

To the Editor of the Sun.
SlR,—There is no real cause for the present depressicli
of Consols, and there must be a great reaction in a fell
days, for the following reasons :-
Ist. The last million of the last loan will have been
paid on Thursday, which will cause an increase of one
million of notes in reserve at the Bank.

2d. There are no foreign loans in the market.
3d. The American Question has been amicably settled,
and we are at peace with all the world.
4th. The corn crop is larger than any ever grown
`before.

sth. Gold keeps continually pouring in in large quo'
tities from America, from the East Indies, and from
Australia.
6th.—Money in discount transactions is decideall
easier, and dividends to the amount of five
will come in for reinvestment after the 10th of October.
Consols were 96 in July, just after the dividend bsd
been paid. They are now run down to 93k, a Oar:
ter's dividend being due on them, which in reality wake'
the present price under 92i, whilst Exchequer Bills Are
at a high premium, This must have been the result 5'
mere speculative sales.—l am, sir, your obedient set'
Sant, A. C.
Morley's Hotel, Sept. 16, 1856. millioue

The King of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess de
Brabant, and the Princess Charlotte visited on Saturds9
the Economic Exhibition in the Jardin Botanique
Brussels, and spent some time in examining it.
In the general business of the port of London during
the past week there has been little change. The now'
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 ves;ield cleared outward was 151, including
17 in ballast, showing an increase of seven.

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