The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

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St. Leger.
Sept. 24, at 5.30 p.m. Klarinska and Farewell, out of Four-
year-old Triennial, Newmarket First October Meeting.
Sept. 24, at 5.30 p.m. War and Hobo, out of Grand Duke
Michael stakes.

Sept. 24, after 6 p.m. Lifo Guardsman, out of Newmar•
ket October handicap.

Sept. 24, at 6.55 p.m. All Mr. Cartwright's horses, out
of Newmarket First October engagements.
Sept. 25, at 9 a.m. Corporal, Tynedale, Mendicant, Rail-
lery colt, and Gentle Gale, out of Sportsmen's Nursery, at
Edinburgh.

Sept. 25, at 10.45 a.m. Rod Earl, out of all engagements
except Liverpool cup.

Sept. 25, at 0.10 p.m. Neroli and Flatcatcher, out of Bed-
fordshire stakes.

Sept. 25, at 1.15 p.m. Morris Dancer, out of Caledonian,
Roxburgh, and Border handicaps at Kelso.

The Water of the East of London.

A public meeting was held last evening in the
Town-hall, Bethual-green, the Rev. S. Hansard,
Ithe rector of the parish. in the chair, for the purpose
of considering the subject of the impure and defi-
cient water supply to the east of London, and de-
vising means to obtain a pure and sufficient supply
to that and the surrounding districts. The chair-
man, in opening the proceedings, said the special
object of the meeting was to encourage agitation
and inquiry on the subject for the consideration of
which they had assembled. Ile believed it was now
in contestibly proved that the localities in which there
was an impure supply of water were first visited by
cholera and every species of contagion. They were
all aware that the cholera which broke out at the
east end of the town recently, and with such dread-
ful results, was traced by the Registrar-General,
Dr. Franklin, and other scientific men, to the im-
pure water supplied by the East London Water-
works, and that that water came from the river
Lea, which is nothing more than a large sewer.
The public were told they should boil water before
using it, but such an advice was as absurd as if they
were told to roast the air before inhaling it. Dr.
Burgess, one of the medical officers of health for
Bethnal-green, proposed the first resolution :
"That it having been proved by indisputable evi-
dence that the water supplied to the east of London
is both deficient in quantity and so impure in qua-
, lity that it has been one of the chief C3.II%CtS, if .nob
the only cause, of the recent outbreak of cholera in
that part of the metropolis, this meeting resolves
that steps be immediately taken to obtain a pure and
more constant supply of water." The speaker said
that during the hot weather of the past summer,
and at the time of the expected approach of cholera,
the people of his neighbourhood were not supplied
with water from noon on Saturday till the same
time on the following Monday, and that when the
water company were applied to to supply water on
Saturday evenings in order to give sufficient to the
poorpeople until Monday, they refused to do so. Dr.
Sarvis seconded the resolution, Which was put and
unanimously adopted. Dr. Liddle, medical officer of
health for Whitechapel, proposed--" That an asso-
ciation be formed to be called the East London Water
Supply Association, to carry out the foregoing reso-
lution, and with this view to put themselves in com-
munication with the Metropolitan Water Supply
Association, to collect evidence as to the deficiency
and bad quality of the water at present supplied,
and to use every endeavour to induce vestries to
take action in the matter, and if necessary to refer
the subject to the Secretary of State, according to
the provisions of the Sanitary Act of 1866." He
said if housekeepers were not supplied with a suffi-
cient quantity of water, the fault lay with them-
selves, inasmuch as there was a.clausein the act of
parliament by which the water companies were com-
pelled to supply sufficient water, if a requisition
signed by four-fifths of the consumers were sent to
them.—Mr. Gladding, of Whitechapel, who seconded
the resolution, related an instance in which the pipes
of a water closet at Wapping emptied themselves
into the water tank of the adjoining house during
the existence of the cholera.—Mr. Parker, the se-
cretary of the
Metropolitan Water Supply Associa-
tion, entered into an explanation of the objects of
the association, which he said was founded for the
purpose of compelling water companies to afford a
constant instead of an intermittent supply of water,
and a purer supply of that commodity by means of
improv€d filtration.—Mr. Thos. Murray, of Step-
ney, in giving an account of the water supply to his
locality, stated that he saw some of his neighbours
without water during three days, and others during
36 hours, the houses which were thus deprived of
water having nearly 30 inhabitants
.ieach. The re-
solution was then carried unanimously, and the pro-
ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

TIIE BENEFIT OF GOING BAREFOOT.—A letter
has been addressed to the Committee of tho Ladies' Sani-
tat Association, 8, Pont-street, S.W., by the Countess
do Noai]les, on the benefit of going barefoot. There is a
great deal to be said in favour of this plan, whethar we
regard development, temperature, or cleanliness. Look at
the magnificent gait of a barefoot Highland girl, and the
elastic play of every muscle, and compare her foet with
those of girls who have been tortured in boots, too
short, or too narrow at the toes, the object of which
seems to be to compress the foot into one unshapoly
and inelastic mass, like a bootmakees " last." As to
warmth, it is pretty certain that boots, as they are, quito as
often make the feet as cold as warm. If people 4ve good
stout boots to walk out in, and change them when they
come in and sit still, it is vory well. But as for the poor
thin, leaky, half-worn boots of poor women and children,
they aro but a sham; they do not keep out cold and wet,
and it is needless to say that people who have no boots at
all cannot " catch their death" by sitting indoors in wet
boots. As for cleanliness, the thing speaks for itself. Feet
freely exposed to the air aro not offensive, and if soiled by
a walk would be washed or wiped as a matter of course.
" The smell in a close school-room," says Madame (I 0
Noaillos, "of so ninny unwashed feet, carefully enclosed in
still dirtier stockings and shoes, is very unwholesome,"
whereas " no oue ever felt disgusted at the little bare brown
feet of the Italian peasant children." no thine
v'oskn't
rational that it only needs be sot going, and the
s=tariz:n
authoress suggests to her aristocratic
fi!ic.oline of their
wrirlably a simple
that they should set au example by
own children to o barefoot in the. park.aik
of the muscles,
would allow of free aerationdlnd_ fro? play
' ht b
and would necessitate cleanliness; it o elegantly
sole, worn as a sandal, would obviate some difficulties. it
antique, and it would insure the sole of
fitted on, after the
the foot from injury and from contact with disgusting dirt
—Medical TiTingesa
CARRIED OVER TIIE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
—On the 12th inst. two men were carried over the Niagara:
Gazette.
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A BOAT
Falls. They attempted to cross the river above the Rapids'
in a small boat, but being struck by a squall wore forced.'
into the Rapids and carried over. No traces of them or
their boat have been discovered in the river below.

AIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms
of the past twenty months the National Lifeboat
filtution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to
the savinz of 1,250 persons from different wrecks on our
coasts. The Institution also expended .042,420 in the same
perl.d on its lifeboat eatablishments, hi addition to granting
£3,302 as iewarde.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 172 lifeboat
establishments.
Contributions are reeeived by the London and country
bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
TSole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertou
T FTIA EV ENING w ll be performed Shakspere's Tragedy
of KING JOHN. Mr. l'helt.s, Mr. Barry Su;liva, Messrs.
T. Sw•nbourne, T. ead. Ma-ter t'ercy Roselle ; M,snames
Berman Vezin. H. Yandenhoil", G. Hodson, F. Bea.ett, A.
Goiter, &c.
To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb.
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manag-er, Mr. Bucks one.
Will OPEN for the Season
youon 51.L1NDAtYA
fo_t 1. when will
be r ed the Comedy H 1114.1 I - -LAW, written
yb Geor,..--e Coleman (t.he younger , and first pro.;ttc• d at the
Haymarket Theatre, July 15, 1797., Lord Duberly, Mr. Chip-
pendale ; Dick Dowlas. Mr. W. arren ; Doctor Pantdoss,
Mr Compton Zakiel Homespun, Mr. Buckstone; Steadfast,
Arr. lioc,ers ; ii,nriek. Mr. Braid; Lsdy Duberly, Mr'. Chip-
Miss C. Hill ; Cicely Homespun,
pendales; Caroline Dormer,
Afiss Nell), Moore.
After which a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, intro-
duciny the .•.,isters Christine and Agnes llealy, from the
ICing's Theatre, Copenhagen, their first appearance in
London.
To be followed by the NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Concluding with the revived Farce, in Two Acts, entitled
HIS FIRS CAMPAGNE. Mr. Compton and Mr. W.
Farren.
On Tuesday and Wednesday only, The Heir-at-Law, the
Sisters Healy, and His First Campagne.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathews will make their first appearance since their return
from the Continent, when will be performed. for three nights
only, USED UP. Sir Charles Co datream, Mr. C. Mathews,
performed by him in Paris in the French language, and with
triumphant success ; with the Farce of MY MOT LIER'S
SIAID. in which Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews will appear.
Mr. Sothern will return at Christmas.
The Box-office will he opened cn Saturday, septembrr 29.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, and during the week.—Mr. and Mrs
DION IiOUCICAULT in the new Drama, "THE LONG
.STRIKE."
Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CIIV_KWEED.
Messrs. IL Widdicomb, Moreland. D. Evans, and Miss K.
J3laudtord.
At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE
LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New
Scenery by sir. 'l'. Greive and assistants. Memel. S. Emery,
IL Widkiicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson,
Isewbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds,
and J. C. Cowper.
To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD.
Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.

THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM
TREAT UK,— Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D.
Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci-
cault. At 7 o'clock,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
Doors open at Half-past Seven, performances commence
At Eight o'clock precisely.
THIS EVENING, a New and Original Drama, in Three
Acts, by Watts Phillips. Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT
'CAPTAIN. Principal characters by Mrs. Stir.ing, Miss
Neilson, Miss Augusta Thomson ; Mr. Geor_ e Honey and slr.
Vining. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flig.;eo-
ief, Clodoche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. /New
scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds.

IIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster,
Will RE-OPEN cn MONDAY, Oct. 1. The Company to
meet in the Green Room on MONDAY, Sept. 2+, a One
o'clock. Miss KATE TERRY will make her k'irst Appear-
ance at the Theatre Royal Adelphi on Monday, Oct. 1.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. bwanborough.
THIS NVENING, THE MARRIED BACHELOR.
Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and likhes.
To be followed by WAITING FOR THE UNDER-
GROUND.

Alter which, will be produced the Latest Edition of
KENILWORTH. Mem& lhorne, James, Fenton, and
Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborougb, Raynham, John-
ptone, and dolt
To conclude with JACK'S DELIGHT.

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