The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

by the chemist has been a positive increase in the
noxiousness of the vapours emitted. This being
the case, the question arises—What is to be done ?
Is the skill of the chemist to be pub once more in
requisition, and relays on relays of the police to
be placed hors de combat, until the contemplated end
is attained ? or must the company be compelled
to remove their works at the expiration of a rea-
sonable notice ?

Whatever may be our sympathies with the
police—aud sympathise with them we must do
under so intolerable an infliction—their suffering
is by no means the only ncr the chief point to be
considered. If they whose official duties extend
over but a portion of the twenty-four hours,
and this spent in the open air, be thus
affected by the effluvia, from the work, what must
be the fate of the inhabitants of the locality who
have constantly to breathe the same atmosphere,
if in a varied degree, of intensity ? and how
many thousands of the population in the neigh-
bourhood must, if in a minor degree, be inju-
riously affected by it ? In the garden of the Temple
the greatest difficulty, we are told, is experienced
in rearing tender trees and plants ; and there can
be no doubt that within a considerable area the
health of human beings is, to a greater or less
extent, being undermined. It may seem hard
to the shareholders of the company to be threat-
ened with an expenditure which, for a time, may
seriously diminish the annual dividends, more
especially when the desire to do what can be done
to render the works innocuous has been so signally
manifested. But the health of thousands cannot
be permitted to be trifled with to ensure good
dividends for a few years to a few score of share-
holders. The obviousness of this truth is so
glaring that we should be ashamed to insist on it ;
and, moreover, being satisfied that under no circum-
stances can such works be properly conducted in
a crowded locality, we unhesitatingly answer the
second question in the affirmative. The City
Gas Works must no longer be permitted to poison
the city atmosphere, as well as that of the locality
with their noxious exhalations, but must be
transferred to a distance from the metropolis,
from whence there can be no difficulty in supply-
ing the wants of consumers. The adjective, let
us add, by which the police describe the quality
of the above nuisance may with great propriety
be applied to the slow progress of the City in the
race of improvement—it is " terrible." The
veriest Cockney ought to be ashamed of it !

COURT CIRJULAR.

BALMORAL, SErr. 25.

The Queen and the Prince Consort walked and drove
in the neighbourhood of the castle yesterday, the incle-
mency of the weather preventing► any distant excursion.
The royal dinner party included the Duchess of Kent,
the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst, Lady
Augusta Bruce, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir James
Clark.

Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governor of Canada.

The Bishop of Oxford, on Wednesday last, preached
at the cathedral the annual sermon in aid of the funds
of the Lincolnshire County Hospital. The Stamford
Mercury says the collection amounted to 1021., the largest
that has ever yet been obtained.
The Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Stanhope, the Earl of
Southampton, and Captain Oliver, are enjoying excel-
lent shooting at Bingham, in Nottinghamshire.
The Marquis of Lothian has left town for Bliekling
Hall, Norfolk. His lordship has just returned from the
Continent.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have returned to
Woburn. Abbey, Bedfordshire, from visiting the Duke
and Duchess of Leinster, at Carton House, Maynooth.
The Duke of Cleveland has arrived at Raby Castle,
Durham, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Rich-
mond, at Gordon Castle, near Fochabers, N.B. The
Duchess and Lady Augusta Poulett have also arrived
at the castle, from town, for the winter.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury will receive
coniloany at Hatfield House, Hefts, about the middle of
the ensuing month.
The Earl Fitzhardinge left Berkeley House, Spring-
gardens, on Thursday, for Berkeley Castle, Gloucester-
shire, for the hunting season.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on
Thursday for Broadlands.
Lady Marian Alford has joined the Marquis of Nor-
thampton and family circle at Castle Ashby, Northamp-
tonshire, from visiting the Countess Browulow and the
Ladies .Cust at Belton Lodge, Torquay.
The Nottingham Review says the Right Hon. Lord
Forester, whose nuptials we lately recorded with the
Lady Beauvale, widow of the brother of the late Lord
Melbourne, is about to take up his residence with his
bride at Knipton, in this county.
The ex-Queen of the French, Queen Amelie, accompa-
nied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Nemours, the Count d'Leu, Duke d'Alengan,
and the Princess Marguerite and suite, will visit Oxford
on Sunday next—apartments having been secured for the
distinguished party at the Angel Hotel. The apartments
engaged are the same which the late Queen Dowager
Adelaide occupied when she visited Oxford, and held a
levee for the first time on record at an hotel. We
understand that the ex-Queen and party will remain in
Oxford till Tuesday next.
The new library of the Dean and Chapter of Durham
has been opened to the public on the same conditions as
the old one. Considerable sums have been expended on
its restoration.
We understand that on Tuesday, the 30th inst , the
Bishop of Durham will resign his see, pursuant to a late
act of Parliament. After that day he must be addressed
as Bishop Maltby, in like manner as the Bishop of
London will, after his resignation, be Bishop Blorafield.
—Durham, Advertiser.
Major-General Sir Richard J. D acres, K.C.B , is
appointed Major General on the Staff in Ireland, to
command RON al Artillery. This is a new appointment,
and is a tribute to the services rendered to British arms
by Sir Richard while in command of the Royal Artillery
in the Crimea.
An Itchen Ferry fisherman, named Harris, was
drowned in Southampton water last Tuesday, when it
blew so hard. Such an accident has not happened for
many years. Harris was about 30 years of age, and
was lame. Hts fishing boat was found bottom upwards,
with the crutch with which he walked in the boat. His
father and brother have been all the week groping for -
the body.

Rossini, the composer, arrived at Strasburg, two days
ago on his return fr )m Baden. In the evening he went
to the theatre, where an ovation had been prepared
for him. He stopped at Strasburg one day, and then
left for Paris.

The county gaol of Lancashire is now almost self. sup-
porting. A very large number of articles are manufac-
tured there from cocoa nut fibre, by the prisoners. These
articles are exported larg€ly to America.
It is understood that a:rout 40,0001. was taken from
the Bank yesterday in gold bars for exportation.
THE PARIS CONFERENCES.—The Nord learns that

the conferences of the second plenipotentlariWWthe
Paris Congress—those ministers of the powers repre-
sented therein who reside in the French capital—will
shortly be convoke:), to regulate the questions left un-
settled last April.
THE COURT AT BALMORAL.-The royal parly have en-
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joyed their usual healthful sports and pleasure drives
during the week. Notwithstanding that the weather
has become cold and variable, with occasional showers,
the Prince Consort has been almost daily in the
forest stalkirg for deer. On Friday his Royal Highness
had the best sport of the season. He killed four stags,
and one of the number wore a royal head. Indeed, it
is evident that, at a range of 600 yards, the quarry has
little chance when his Royal Highness is armed with
his Mink': or any other well-to-do gun. His Royal
Highness, we believe, the other day brought down a roe-
deer from the carriage in which be was driving on the
moor of Inver, a little to the westward of the Invercauld
Arms. On Monday her Majesty gave a grand ball at the
castle, to which a numerous party of the royal visitors
and nobility and gentry of the district had the honour
f receiving invitations, by her Majesty's command.
The entertainment was on a splendid scale.—Aberdeen
Journal.
OUR PRINCESS ROYAL'S INTENDED.—An anecdote
touching Prince Frederick William and his future
illustrious consort is current at Berlin amongst the
highest circles, which reflect great credit on the perfect
,ense aid judgment of the former, and upon the high
intellectual and sterlirg qualities of the latter. On re-
turning from England, Prince Frederick William is said
have been asked by the Prince, his father, what he
thought of his future Royal bride. "In my position,
and with soy future destinies," rejoined the sor, "my
special duty is to consider the mind, character, and
tendencies of my future consort infinitely more than all
external appearances. The latter won my heart—the
former my admiration and, profound respect. They are
-ucb as are fully worthy of her Royal mother, and such
as aro best qualified t, ensure my domestic happiness,
and to win for my wife and me the love and esteem of
the Prussian nation."