The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-05 00:00:00

COURT OF SEWERS.

A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of
Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex,
was yesterday held at the Sewers-office, 1, Greek-
street, Soho-square.
The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Thomas
Leverton Donaldson, Esq.
The only matter of any general interest in the day's
proceedings, namely, the consideration of the steps to
be immediately taken to restore the dilapidated parts
of the main line of the Ranelagh sewer, in Glouces-
ter-road, Paddington, was deferred till next Friday,
in order to have the report of Messrs. Tite and Ren-
nie upon the subject. These gentlemen were to have
reported upon the causes of the failure at this meeting,
but a letter was read, stating that in consequence of
the difficulties involved, they should not be ready to
lay their opinion before the Court until the 7th of the
month.

After some routine business, such as reading sur-
veyors' reports, inspecting book of informations and
of bad materials, examining bills, &c., the Court
adjourned.

MONUMENT TO SIR SIDNEY
SMITH AT PARIS.
A monumental pillar of beautiful marble has just
been erected in Pere-la-Chaise to the memory of this
celebrated warrior, by his surviving friends, resident
at Paris. The pillar, which is 15 feet in height, is
square at the base, slightly declining in the ascent.
Surmounting the inscription are the coat of arms of
the deceased, with the motto " Forward." The fol-
lowing is a copy of the words of the inscription :
" Peace to the Hero who undaunted stood
Where Acre's sheets were red with Turkish blood ;
In warlike France, where great Napoleon rose,
The man who cbeek'd his conquests finds repose.
England, who claims his triumphs as her own,
has raised for him her monumental stone.
This tomb, which marks his grave, is now supplied
By friends with whom he lived, with whom he died—
A tribute to his memory. Here beneath
Lies a bold heart of England—Sidney Smith."

ANALYSIS OF PULMONARY
TUBERCLE.
Six grammes of firm tuberculous matter were found
to afford the following principles, and in the following
proportions :

Grms. Decigrs.
Albumen ......

Gelatine
2
---- -

Fibrine
Water (or loss). .
One hundred parts of crude pulmonary tubercle were
found to consist of—
Animal matter ......
Chloride of sodium ....
Phosphate of lime.. 1 85
Carbonate of lime.

Oxide of iron a trace..

From the above it would seem that tubercle consists
principally of albumen and fibrine, constituents of
healthy blood ; but it is probable that these, with a
small proportion of gelatine, are integrated, and pro-
bably aggregated in, in some peculiar manner, to
admit of their being separated and deposited upon
certain tissues—the serous and mucous, for instance
—as tubercular matter. We cannot admit tubercle
to originate in a morbid action of the secerning ves-
sels of the tuberculated organs, because the tubercles
have been observed gradually separating from the
blood, and forming into masses.
Admitting the correctness of these views, evidently
the first indication in the cure of phthisis is to correct
the morbid condition of the blood, by which the sepa-
ration and localisation of tubercular deposit will be
arrested, and ultimately wholly prevented. The
morbid conditions of the fluids, and more particularly
of the blood, are best corrected by medicines, which,
from the peculiarity of their action, were at one time
named " alteratives."— Venables on Xrated Medi-
cines in the Treatment of Inveterate Diseases : Art.,
Phthisis.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY'S STUD.—Yesterday
afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, the Dundee, Perth,
and London Shipping Company's splendid steam-ship
Dundee, Captain James Kidd, arrived at Hore's steam-
packet wharf, Wapping, from Dundee. She brought
nearly a full complement of first and second cabin pas-
sengers, not a few of whom required the kindly aid of
Mr. Robertson, the steward, during the passage. The
stewardess was not less attentive. The tempestuous
weather on Wednesday night and Thursday morning,
caused many sojourners in the Perthshire Highlands for
the past three weeks, and who were passengers south-
ward by the Dundee, to disgorge everything their
stomachs contained of Scottish hospitality. For a time,
royalty, as well as loyalty to the sovereign, was altoge-
ther forgotten; but "Athol brose," along with other
effective medicine, administered by Mr. Robertson, the
steward, speedily effected a cure. The demand- for soda
water, by a privileged few to the kindlier considerations
of the landlord of the inn of Blame Athol, was unprece-
dented, at least, we have so been informed by one of the
passengers. The Dundee brought, and landed in safety,
at Ilore's commodious steam-packet wharf, her Majesty's
stud, consisting of sixteen carriage and sadtrinheoer
along with her favourite mountain pony, and
Al-
bert's two shooting Highlandponoiefs.
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commander of the Dundee
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and attention during the passage.
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merous and highly respectable passengers, for his ur-
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interesting will be found France and Morocco—Notices
from Kaflirland—MilitaryPrisons—Brevet• Major Smith's
Sketch of General Pollock's Campaign in Affghanistan—
The Naval Chaplain's Note-book—Duelling in our Indian
Army—The Memorial of the Mandarin Shu in relation
to the War with England and the State of China—The
Late War in the Indian Ocean, &c. _

REGISTER OF BAPTISM AND BIRTH SETTLEMENT.
—The Rev. 11. Ely, of Broomfield Vicarage, near Chelms-
ford, having inquired of the Poor-law Commissioners
whether the register of the baptism at the parish church
was in itself of sufficient evidence to prove the settle-
ment of the parties baptised, the Commissioners reply :
" The register of baptism is not of itself sufficient evi-
dence to prove the place of birth of any person, with a
view to ascertaining his settlement, although it may be
adduced as one of the circumstances tending to prove it
(R. v. North Petherton, 5 B and C, 508 ; R. v. Lubben-
, ham, 5 B and Ad. 968)."—Chelmsford Chronicle.