The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN,

important difference of climate, more than an ordi-
nary routine of proof could do, and those are epide-
mical diseases. During the rage of cholera in the
years 1831 and 1849, Cheltenham had not a single
case, although it must be borne in mind, towns
within eight miles were suffering from the malady ;
mark, this was unifirmly the case, under two distinct
visitations of the disease in England. Are there not,
I would ask,
cogent reasons to conclude that Chelten-
ham may attribute its immunity from cholera to the
saline evaporations of those substances before alluded
to, which the inhabitants were continually ab-
sorbing; indeed, the opinion of Dr. Edwards,
a medical correspondent of the Times, re-
siding in London, whose experience of cholera
in India corroborates the inference of all I have
deduced, when stating " that the blood of
cholera patients (as an admitted fact in prac-
doe) was defective of those saline properties essential
to life and health." Clearly then, from these ad-
mitted facts, saline virtues are essential to health, and
from the tests above enumerated, the climate, depend
upon it, demands greater attention than it has hitherto
received, as the cardinal index to nature's restorative,
by an investigation of these neglected facts and pro-
perties; many localities in England are in ignorance
of the medicinal virtues inherent to the soil they in-
habit. The chemical action of the great globe itself
is not considered with respect to climate, as though
substances were generated and further process ceased,
without vent or discharge ; the law of evaporation not
respected because not seen ; the rationale of these
conclusions I submit cannot be disputed ; the earth
and its atmosphere form an intimate connexion, and it
is hoped will ultimately receive the attention it merits.
Years past I called the attention of the public to the
above considerations, which I trust will not be in
vain. G. T. F. SMITH.

ST. JAMES'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS, CURTAIN-

ROAD.
The opening festival of the National Schools in the
Curtain-road, held on Thursday (by an assembly of
nearly 500 ladies and gentlemen), was a most gratifying
sight, and, as well from the excellence of th,, arrange-
ments as from the efforts of the Rev. J. W. Markwell,
NI.A., the incumbent, appointed a year since by the
Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev. 11. Davis, M.A.,
and the committee of ladies and gentlemen connected
with them. The collection amounted to 801. (a sum
of 1,200 L having been collected by the untiring exer-
tions of the Rev. J. W. Markland and the committee of
philanthrophists). We understand that the committee
have become responsible to a serious amount for this
spirited undertaking; andit is to be hoped, considering
the educational destitution of the surrounding neigh-
bourhood, and the wants supplied by these schools, that
the wealthy and generous who take an interest in
Church education will come forward to relieve the com-
mittee from a portion at least of the heavy respon-
sibility.

The edifice ia about 115 feet long aid 63 feet wide,
exclusive of the out-buildings and yards. The building
contains a school-room, 46 feet by 40, suitable for 300
boys; another, 40 feet by 30, suitable for 200 girls; and
an infants' school, 30 feet by 25, suitable for 120 children.