The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-11 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Ost Deutsche Post has advices of the 25th May 1
from Constantinople, according to which Scutari, in
Albania, is to become a free port. Should this prove
to br. a fact, it will be of immense importance to
England in a mercantile point of view, as it will
open a direct communication with the interior of
European Turkey. This probably accounts for the
two .English vessels having taken the soundings off
the Albanian coast. The measure in question is
considered as the re'ult of Sir Stratford Canning's
diplomacy. Count Sturmer, who left Constantinople
on the 24th May, is now at Athens; from whence he
proceeds to Florence, where he will for the future. re-
side. Before his departure splendid dinners were
given in his honour by the representatives of the dif-
fcrent Courts.

By a telegraphic dispatch of the 28th May from Zara
we learn that 18,000 Turkish troops are expected in
Travnik from Rumelia. The Vizier Tahir Pacha is
dead, and it is currently reported that he was poi-
soned. The delinquents are said to to be Fasli
Pacha Serifovich and Mustai Pacha Babich. Omar
Pacha, Rho has the title of Seraskier Paths, reached
Salonica on his way to Bosnia on the 20th of May.
His suite is composed of 80 persons, several of whom
are. Hungarians.

MODEL DWELLINGS FOR THE
LABOURING CLASSES.
It will be remembered that during the prevalence
of the cholera in the metropolis it was suggested by
his Lordsbip the Bishop of London that public cha-
• rity should be directed to the improvement of the
dwellings of the poor, as a measure best calcuted
to aid in the removal of the disease. In his pas-
toral letter, recommending a day of thanks..
giving fur the removal of the scourge, particular at-
tention was directed to this point, and the col-
lections made were for the most part for this object.
The liberal contributions received in answer to this
appeal have enabled the committee to purchase a
freehold site in Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-road (one
of the most miserable districts in the metropolis), on
which is to be erected a model dwelling for 20 fami-
lies and 128 single women, while an existing building
is to be converted into a washhouse for the use of the
neighbourhood, as well as the tenants of the build •
ing. In the cellar under the washhouse will be pro-
vided a range of inclosed repositories for perishable
goods—such as fruit and vegetables sold in the streets
by eostermongers ; and in addition to the security
from decay or theft thus afforded, the cellars will be
closed from Saturday evening to Monday morning,
thus causing an abstinence from Sunday traffic.
The accommodation for the 20 families will consist
of two distinct buildings four stories in height, one
building having three tenements with three rooms on
twoeac
each floor, and the other having two tenements with
rooms on each floor, a scullery and other requi-
site conveninces being provided for each family,
whilst to both houses there be an open stircase,
and to the larger
one
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thus sCuring complete a
tilwomen, of whom thegreater part are expected to
be poor
needle women,
iv id will occupy 64 rooms on a building of
fr stories divided by a central staircase, with a
corridor on each side forming a lobby to eight bed-1
rooms, each 12 feet 6 inches long by 9 feet 6 inches!
wide, and large enough for two persons.
The charge
is to be IS. each person, or two shillings per room '
horfsor
washing trough
weekly. The washhouse is to be Co feet long b 20
feet broad, and will contain a
twenty-four persons, ironing tables for twelve per-
sons, a wringing apparatus, and twele drying
Each of these processes willes
heated with hot water.
of fireproof
be kept distinct. With tlie exception of the wash_
house roof the buildings will be wholly
- • construction, and the cost of construction, including
the purchase of the site, will be from 9,0001.t010,0001.,
while the actual sum received does not exceed 5,3001.,
and the committee are naturally anxious for the assist-
ance of the public in order to avoid borrowing on mort-
gage, as they have been forced to do in all their other
- model houses. These houses, besides being in this
instance peculiarly appropriate as an application of
the funds collected on the day of thanksgiving, are
by no means an unprofitable investment, and even
were no dividend returned on the outlay, the safety
which they afford against the spread of epidemics and
contagious diseases—leaving out of the question the
high moral influence which comfort, habits of order,
cleanliness, and regularity exercise over the lower
classes of the population—would render it the duty
of all who caa assist in their construction to do so in
earnest.

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BERTHON'S PATENT ---ITE
N T UAL LOG,
OR SPEED AND LEE-WAY IN
In this instrument perfect indicationsD of speed are
obtained by a volume of fluid raised by the force of
resistance, and, therefore, varying in height as the
squares of the velocity ; and the lee-way, or true .hoe
of motion, is shown by an index. needle, which moves
over a graduated segment of a circle.
The well-known principle of a column rail 1
'by resistance has often been practised before, bein thiat
of ritOt't tube, by which, with certain cone tions
for knelt of water, list, &c., aPPXozimate incliclitions
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