The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-04 00:00:00

STRATEGIC WAR POINTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Mr. James Wyld has now given us his map of
the places which every reader of newspapers needs
to know about. It contains first, a map of the
country round Washington; secondly, of Charleston
Harbour; thirdly, of the country round the Bay of
Chesapeake, and up the Potomac as far as Wash-
ington ; fourthly, of the City of Washington and
the District of Columbia; and fifthly, of Pensacola
Bay and its fortifications. The reader has thus the
whole country from Harper's Ferry on the West to
the entrance of the Chesapeake on the East before
him, with enlarged views of each of the principal
scenes of military action. It will be a highly ac-
ceptable aid to all of us at the present moment.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the
Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by
the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, took a drive in an open car-
riage-and-four yesterday afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A.
N. Hood was in attendance on horseback,
THE BARON DE BODE CASE.—This case is this
evening to be brought before the House of Commons by
Mr. Denman.

TIIE WESTERN FISIIEItIES.--About 54 boats at
the port of St. Ives (Cornwall) have been engaged lately in
mackerel fishing. Some of them have been taking from
400 to 3,000 per boat, which have sold at from 15s. to 225.
per 100. At Mevagissey the shoals have been small, vary-
ing from 200 to 800 each. A quantity of mackerel has been
taken on some parts of Devonshire coast during the last
few days.

GLASGOW, June I.—Cotton.--We have had a
quiet cotton market this week. Where sales have been
effected, however, it has been at the rates current last week,
as holders, in view of the present aspect of American affairs,
will not submit to a decline. Goods and Yarns—There is
a fair demand for yarns, and for some counts a slight ad-
vance has been obtained. Goods, on the other hand, are in
very depressed state, and prices are maintained with diffi-
culty. Iron—The pig iron market has exhibited a hardening
tendency throughout the week, apparently attributable to
the stoppage of the Eglinton Works, on account of a diffi-
culty with the colliers in Ayrshire. Another small work in
the Lanarkshire district has stopped from a different cause.

DANGEROUS COSMETICS,—At a rectnt sitting of
the Academy of Medicine here, Dr. Reveil read a paper on
the necessity of preventing perfumers from selling poison-
ous or dangerous articles, which should be exclusively left
to the responsibility of regular chemists, and not sold with-
out a physician's prescription. "To show the danger there
is in allowing the unchecked sale of certain compounds,"
he said, "I need but state that arsenic, the acid nitrate of
mercury, tartar emetic, cantharides, colchicum, and potassa
caustica form part of their ingredients. The kind of soap
called lettuce soap which is sold with the announcement
that it has been acknowledged by the Academy, does not
contain the slightest trace of lettuce. This and other soaps
are all coloured green by the sesqui-oxide of chromium, or
of a rose colour by the bi-sulphuret of mercury known as
vermillion. Some which are cheaper contain 30 per cent.
of insoluble matter, such as lime or plaster, while others
contain animal nitrogenous matter which, having escaped
the process of saponification, emits a bad smell when its
solution is left exposed to the air. The various toilet
vinegars are so far noxious that, being applied to the skin
still impregnated with soap and water, they give rise to a
decomposition, in consequence of which the fatty acids
of soaps, being insoluble in water, are not retrieved by
washing, become rancid, and cause a chronic in-
flammation of the skin. Tho preparations employed
for hair-dye under the pompous names of `African
Water,' Florida Water,' &c,, all contain nitrate of
silver, sulphur, oxide, and acetate of lead, sulphate of
copper, and other noxious substances. All cosmetics
for removing hairs or freckles are dangerous; the lait
antephelique, for instance, contains corrosive sublimate
and oxide of lead. Were a chemist to deliver such a remedy
to a customer without a regular prescription, he would be
liable to a fine of 6,000 f." Dr. Reveil concluded by express-
ing his regret that certain physicians should so far forget
their own dignity as to lend the support of their names to
such noxious inventions.—Galignani's _Messenger.
IRON-PLATED SHIPS.—At one time it was sup-
posed that the Lords of the .I(l.airalty would wait to see
the performances of the Warrior at sea before ordering any
further iron ships to be built ; but it would seem that either
the slowness with which this pattern ship is progressing in
her equipment, or the rapidity of the movements of our Im:
perial ally on the other side of the water, has induced their
lordships to change their minds upon the subject, for we
have reason to believe that at least six additional iron-
plated ships will be constructed in private yards as soon as
the drawings can be prepared. These ships w'll be of the
most formidable character, and we have no doubt will be
built on designs which will combine great speed with vast
powers of resistance. The Iron Plate Commission, which,
under the presidency of Captain Sir John Dalrymple Hay,
R.N., has been for some time past sitting in Victoria-street,
Westminster, has, for the furtherance of the important ob-
ject for which it was originally formed, called into its sup-
port a consultative committee of gentlemen whose occupa-
tions would natutally lead them to an acquirement of con-
siderable knowledge in reference to the structure of iron
pletes best adapted for the covering of ships' sides, and the
public will learn with satisfaction that Messrs. Laird,
Samuda, Scott Russell, Fairbairn, and Palmer are among
those who will be applied to for advice. Sir J. Pakington, in
his evidence before the Admiralty Committee, stated that
he had not only the sanction of the Government of which
he was a member, but that of her Majesty the Queen, to re-
tire compulsorily all flag-officers whose age and infirmities
would prevent them from serving. A rumour is now cur•
rent that the Duke of •‘'omerset is prepared with a a scheme
embodying the views of Sir John upon this subject ; and it
is further affirmed that, if only a gentle amount of pressure
is brought to bear upon the Government, the plan will be
developed.--Army and .Navy Gazette.
GOOD OUT OF EVlL.—With difficulty we find our
way to Barnsley-street, a place of evil repute, which was
one of the possessions of the miserly Mrs. Emsley, who
supplied the poor with tenements which the people say
were "not fit for dogs," and met with a terrible death. It
is a feature of this neighbourhood that many of the streets
have no names attached to them, or these are so indistinct
as to be almost illegible. This has caused the difficulty in
finding Barnsley. street. We have at last reached it, and
see that great improvements are in progress, for the pro-
perty has come into fresh hands. The houses, so far as the
walls are concerned, are substantial ; but when in Mrs.
Emsley's care the interiors were allowed to go completely
to ruin ; every room was let to a separate family, and the
revenue she must have derived by this means must have
been very great, Considering it was not good for the people
themselves, many of whom were of very bad character, to
live in this way, the present owners had certain of the
houses cleared of their tenants. The buildings were put
into repair, painted, and papered, and into these some of
the most respectableol the inhabitants were glad to remove,
taking care not to overcrowd. The other houses are under-
going the same process ; and as soon as one is finished it is
immediately let. The registrar of deaths will be able, ore
long, to report on the results of this change.—Builder.
TILE EXPLOSION ut WALTHAM ABBEY.—On
1 Saturday afternoon Mr. Longmore, the deputy coroner for
Hertfordshire, held an inquest at the White Hart, Waltha et-
I cross, on the body of Samson Woodham, aged 35, who died
from the effects of an explosion which occurred at the Go •
vernment gunpowder works. on the morning of Monday
last. On the conclusion of the evidence the coroner summed
up, and the jury returned the following verdict :--,, We
find that the deceased met with hie death from an explosion
of gunpowder at the w( Iles at Waltham-abbe„ caused by
not using the hide lemhers provided in removing the run•
ners ; and the jury:would recommend that the foreman be
instructed to see that the leathers are used by the men, and
any other precautionary measure be adopted that the autho-
rities deem fit," Colonel Askurth, superintendent of the
factory, assured the jury that every possible precaution was
adopted for carrying on the manufacture of powder at Wal-
tham7 with safety; but it could dot be foreseen that four
wen would be so foolhardy as to remove sin runners with-
out lei,,Thera) or using the ordinary precautions. Ho would
see that leathel-.
wc‘r? provided ,for every runner in tilt)
estdlisbnient.