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

TO THE EDITOR 07 THE SUN.

Sts,—At the Exhibition of 1851 I exhibited a method
of smelting metals upon the following plan :—The iron
to be melted in s blast furnace, the same as is done at
the present time,,with the fovea, &c., and when ready
to be poured into pigs treated in the manner as follow-
ing :—At a convenient place make an aperture in the
furnace, which is connected with a tube with a chamber
containing heated charcoal, this again is connected with
a gas blow pipe, supplied by a gasometer at a certain
distance ; when the metal is ready to be poured, I set
my gas blow-pipe to work, the most intense heat is ge-
nerated, the iron boils and is much agitated, the impuri-
ties are driven off, and the metal conies forth in a mal-
leable state. This plan was submittted to Government
in 1851, but received no encouragement, since which I
have done nothing farther in it. I do not wish i❑ any
way to detract from Mr. Bessemer's great invention,
but have no doubt that the Government in rejecting his
application without going into detail, imagines it was
upon the same principle as mine.
Apologising for intruding upon your valuable space,
I have the honour to be, &c.,
W. HARNELT.
12, Panton-square, Coventry-street, Sept. 8.

LAMENTATIONS IN LAMMAS (1856),

"Racsia evieently intends to set aside the Treaty o:
Paris, and the condition of Italy is very disquieting."—
Daily Papers.
Come to my arms, and together let's weep,
Sweet PoUptician! our Peace is betray'd ;
Willing to settle or slumber in sleep,
Europe can't lie on the bed she has male.

Like the troublesome fly of these dog-day hours
Russia will sting : how comes it to pass ?
Lapped on a bed of such flattery and flowers,
Who could imagine "a snake in the grass ! "*

But, restless Europe, of rising beware ;
Or, if into war disappointed you burst,
Warned by the past, of the future take care ;
Don't get out of bed with, your wrong leg first.

* The Serpents Islauds.

SCREWED BOOTS.-11i-Lo•Tschoo, the Chinese, was
boots at the Pig-tail Hotel in Quang-ping, chalked the
soles for travellers on the road to Tartary, and commonly
passed for a steady boots ; but, sometimes of an evening,
something, stronger than Souchong or P-koe, would
cause him to swerve from the chalked line of rectitude,
and people would say, " Why, Hi-Lo, you are screwed
this evening." "Nay," would say Hi-Lo, "I am not
screwed, but my boots are." Thus did Hi•Lo-Tschoo
account for his not walking so straight as he might.
ENORMOUS PIKE.—Mr. Farlow, of Crooked-lane,
London-bridge, while fishing for trout in the river Da-
rent, near Sevenoaks, caught a huge pike, which, when
landed, was found to weigh 291 b. I.loz. This circum-
stance is the more remarkable as the Darent has been
generally supposed to contain few fish of this species.
Mr. Farlow was accompanied by Messrs. Rigley and
Gregory. wlioFe bags of trout amounted respectively to
441 b. and 321 b.
ENCOUNTER WITH A Butt.—An encounter with a
ferocious bull occurred on Frida3 last. Mr. Webster,
of Bank-hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, was driving a bull down
a field. The bull began to show signs of ferocity, of
which Mr. Webster, a stout, athletic young man, did
not take much notice. At last the infuriated animal ran
madly at him, and, on his retiring backwards, pinned
him against the wall, and began to gore and butt him in
the most frightful and savage manner. The servant man
ran to his assistance, but their united efforts were for a
time unavailing to drive him off. When further assis-
tance had arrived and the ferocious animal was driven
away, Mr. Webster was found to have sustained most
serious injury. One eye was completely gored out, the
back part of his bead was dreadfully mangled; and he
was otherwise sadly mutilated, and had lost an immense
quantity of blood. He was conveyed home, and his
medical attendant instantly summoned. His life was
for a time despaired of, and he now lies in a very dan-
prone state.