The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

THE QUARTERLIES
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. CHI

Conspicuous, both by its psition r.al its ability
among all the contributions to the current number of
the Westminster is the article dedicated to the subji et
of " Epidemics." All who are solicitous as to tiie
possible return of the cholera with the next summer,
or who are interested in the advancement of sanitary
improvement, will derive much satisfactory intelli-
gence from this able and laborious article. We com-
mend its perusal to all reader:, however, without dis•
tinction. Another paper, which appeals to the
sympathies of every individual capable of reflection is
the one on " Religious Faith and Modern Scepticism"
—a subject evidently suggested to the reviewer IT
the remarkable dissertation on " Reason and Faith
published three months ago in the pvges of the
Edinburgh, from the pen of Henry Rogers.
Among the most prominent criticisms in
the present instalment of the Westminster is
the nne devoted jointly to the consbieration of the
merits of the two last productions of Corner Bell and

Bulwer Lytton, the " CaxtOns an.l-;
Every lady in the land will be interested to read a
right excellent essay, the second in the Lumber, en-
titled " Woman's Mission," in which the duties ni d
responsibilities of the sex are ingeniously and ten-
derly discussed. Few of the active members of ti is
mercantile and speculative community will feel indif-
ferent to the remarks of an eminent periodical like
the Westminster upon the law of bankruptcy —re-
marks evidently written by one intimately versed in
his subject. The article en " Railway Progress,"
again, is one such as must commend the attention f
the majority ; and its rapid and comprehensive retro-
spect will be found of no inconsiderable value. A
clever synopsis cf the doings of the Parliamentary
Session of 1849 is brought to a close by a more de-
tailed reference to the " .Metropolitan Commissioners
of Sewers." Besides a contribution relating to the
" African Coast Blockade," there is an Obituary
notice of Ebenezer Elliott, from which we have a
melancholy satisfaction in transcribing the sub-
joined :
, "Ho was a man that all men should have seen, should
have known, and they would have been sorry tr have
missed the pleasure, had the gods been willing, of
shaking hands with so great-hearted and simple a being.
There was virtue in such grasp. There was the know.
ledge conveyed to the Solitary, unknown and unloved,
that the earth was not all a desert, but that truth, justice,
and beauty were loved far beyond their aspirations.
They left him humble, strong, hopefal, aye rejoicing, for
the deep sa eet hungering for fellow sympathy had been
met. And how gladly would they play the sceptic now,
would they refuse belief in his departure from amongst
us. How difficult is it to conceive that a hearth, but
lately so rich and hallowed, is now desolate; and how
impossible to say one word that shall be indeed comfort
to any who knew and loved him. In the heavy sorrow
of its love, the heart stops-
-46 Words weaker than your grief would make
Grief more. 'There better I should cease--...'"
Besides a batch of reviews on Foreign Literature,
there are the usual number of notices, critical and
miscellaneous.

THE SMYRNA STEAM FLOUR•

MILLS AT GREENWICH.

On Saturday afternoon, by the courtesy of the
Messrs. Joyce, the eminent engineers and iron-
founders at reenwich, we were favoured with a
private view of two magnificent steam-engines, cone
structed by them, and now about to be sent out to
Turkey, to be employed in the grinding of flour e'.;
Smyrna, under the auspices of a company of enter-
piising Englishmen, the Sultan of Turkey being also
a shareholder. The general reader is doubtless aware
that Turkey is eminently a corn-growing country,
growing not only sufficient grain for the use of its
own population, but exporting large quantities to the
countries of Western Europe. It may not, however,
be so generally known that there is this anomalous
state of things in the East, that whilst Turkey grows
her own corn and exports it to other countries, she hr's
hitherto been driven to a great extent to import the
flour necessary for the subsistence of her people,
which she does chiefly from America. Windmills
have been in use in the country for some time, but
these afford so inadequate and precarious a supply of
flonr, that the people have been principally de[ endent
upon other countries for the necessary quantity. The
English company, now about to sale from our shores!
to which reference has been made, have it in view ta.
remedy this national inconvenience by introducing
steam-flower-mills into Turkey, so that henceforward
the Turks will be able to grind their own flour in-
stead of being dependent upon foreign countries for
it, and America in particular will thus lose one of
her best customers. The engines which Messrs. Joyce
have constructed for the purposes of this enterprise
deserve a passing notice and eulogium. Any thing
more beautifully simple in design, elegant in con-
struction, or effective in operation, we have seldcnt
witnessed. The engines in question are consti acted
on the principle first discovered by Mr. Arthur
Woo'f, by which steam of considerable pressure was
first male to act upon a comparatively small piston,
and subsequently allowed to expand into a larger
cylinder, where, having done its duty at a re3uced
pressure, it was exhausted into the condenser and
added to the effective force by vacuum. A manifest
improvement on this principle has been invented by
Messrs. Joyce, and made the subject of a patent.
They have succeeded in giving a direct action to what
Woolf and his followers gave indirectly, by which,
amongst other beneficial results, the consumption of fuel
is less than 31b5. per horse power per hour, it being
about 121bs. under the old system. These result
have been mainly achieved by the introduction of a
system of inverted and oscillating cylinders, which
cause the force of the piston rods to act directly upon
the crank-pin, without the interposition of any in-
termediate machinery, so that the friction of the whole
engine is reduced to its minimum, while its simplicity
proportionably reduces the chances cf accident. The
improved engines of Messrs. Joyce are well calculated
to introduce economy and safety into our manufac.
turing operations, and reflect the highest credit upon
their mechanical skill. Mehemet Effend;, the Turk-
ish Ambassador, would have been present at the ex-
hibition of the engines on Saturday, but by a mistake
the letter of invitation was addressed to Prince Celli-
machi, whom he has just succeeded in the Embassy.

THE WEATHER.—The frost, which set in above
a fortnight ago, has continued ever since with Elmo t
unremitted intensity. The thermometer et nine in the
morning, even in a sheltered situation in town, has
ranged from 20 to 30 degrees ; all the ponds and other
sheets of water in the neighbourhood have been ha^(l.
frozen ; and skaters and curlers have been everywhera
enjoying their respective sports to the utmost. 0.1.
Monday morning there was a considerable fill of snow.
also occasional showers throughout the day, while oil
Monday night it came OR more heavily, and en Tuesday
morning the streets were everywhere covered to the
depth of several inches. This coating has remained ois
them, and its original whiteness has been occasionally
renewed by other showers. Last night, however, this
keenness of the frost had somewhat! abated, and then'
seemed to be a slight tendency to a thaw.—Scotsman of
Saturday.
EXHUMATION OF THE REMAINS OF ONE OF TRH
I JUDGES OF CHARLES I.—lt is well known that three
of the persons who presided at the trial of King
Charles 1., and signed the warrant for the exece-
tion of the unfortunate monarch, succes.fully avoided
the hot pursuit of the Royalists bfter the Res-
toration, by flying to New England, where the y
sought and found an asylum at Newhaven, in Cot .•
necticnt, then a small town, which had been founded but
50 years. Their names were Edward Whalley, William
Goffe, and John Dixwell ; the former had held the
rank of . Major-General, and the last named 4 f
Colonel in Cromwell's army. These men, though
branded in the mother country as the murderers
of a martyr King, were regarded by the New
Englanders as patriots who had nobly performed a
most painful and stern but necessary duty; and the
most respectable inhabitants of Newhaven vied will
each other in offering protection and concealment to
the fugitives. A deep recess in the rocks crowning
the hill behind the new, extensive, and beautiful city
of Newhaven—the Oxford of the United States
—is still known as the " Judges' Cave;" having.
athcceonradtninagsttos,locwhnael tradition, cam cee
I?! if
search of them. The three exiled judges died a natural
the emissaries
froma Erg
j hidlainngd
death in America. Col. Dixwell, under the assumed name
g the
of Davis, lived many years in Newhaven unsuspected,
in a contented'
retirement, esteemed by many, though his
1688, at the age of 82. His descendants,
real name and condition were known but to few ;
he died in
a wealthy. and highly respectable family at Boston,
are erecting a fine monument to his memory
in that city ; and on the 24th cf November
the grave at Newhaven was opened under their
iunn found
comm t pl er an bnl yn a
ke ne
nt iffir en, . till.
To unguhs ,i,
,t,
nhuardAbmesers.
direction, and the skeleton of the exiled Judge ufter 160
correspondentedaosnlfyo observes, " the ashes of the hunted
years,er
inncalno s
patriot were removed with the unfeigned sympathy and
respect of our people, and will be deposited in their final
resting place at Boston, beneath a monument recording
the public virtues and unflinching patriotism of the man
who in old England will be execrated as a regicide.--
Literary Gazette.
At Prince's-place, Inverness, died on the Bth inst..
aged 34, James M'Cosh, Esq., proprietor and ed,tor cf
the Inverness Advertiser. Mr. M'Cosh was a native of
Dundee, and for six years conducted the Northern
Warder newspaper in that town. He was clerwards
connected with the management of Lowe's Magazine-1i
monthly periodical carried on for a short time in Edin•
burgh. He removed to Inverness and established the
Advertiser in June, 1849. From his generally delicate
state of health, Mr. M'Cosh was but little personally
known here; but he was an independent, conscientious
journalist, of decidedly Liberal views and unflagging
zeal. During the illness r f the decemel, the Advertiser
was conducted by Mr. Mulock—a friend no less able
than devoted and disinterested.—lnverness Courier.
FIRE IN ST. JAMES'S.—Yesterday afternoon,
shortly after one o'clock, a fire broke oat in the premise*
of Mr. T. Grant, a furniture dealer, No. 36, Princess..
street, St. James's. The flames were confined to the
destruction of the lower part of.the building. The origins
of the fire could not be ascertained.