The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have read with great pleasure, in your last
night'', publication, the elaborate criticism of Mr. Ten-
nyson's work. Ido nor, however, quite understand the
title " In Memoriam," anglice " In Memory."
Surely Mr. Tennyson, r.s a scholar, is aware that the
Latin preposition " In," except in very raro instances,
governs the ablative else, and the title of his book;hsre-
tore should have been " In Memorid."

Pray oblige me, by calling the attention of the public
;hrough your columns to this error.—l am, Sir, &c.,

Birkenhead, Aug. 30, 130.

L. C. G.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Permit me to caution your readers sod the
public'against being duped by some of the Hackney om-
nibus conductors. Yesterday, in company with a friend,
e got into an omnibus (belonging to John Barber,
Church-street, Hackney, No. 7,217) below Sun-street,
Bishopsgate. street, and rode to Boston- street, Hackney-
road, a distance less than Fleet-street and the Stroud,
and leis than hal way to Paddington from Hunger-
ford-market, or from the Bank to Charing-cross; for
which we were charged sixpence each, whereas, if we had
adopted the precaution of Luling the fire at the time of
catering it is probable we ehould have saved threepence
each. The public will therefore do well so to act
towards the conductor of 7,217 Hackney °ratans.
I am, Sir, &c., A DUPED.
lutist 30, 1850.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,-11aving read is your paper et ye:t,rday
cle Panama, July 6 h) that there was a great opening
for the employment of a steamer at Cbagres, which
could, as acting without peddle or screw, or anyexter-
nal apparatus, pass tha "Saags" and " Branches,"
without interruption, I firmly believe that my patent
invention will answer this cud. lf, therefore, you will
be so obliging as to put me into communication with the
parties, you will be doing a been. fit to the public, and
which every individual eventually concerned in the
affair will not fail duly to appreciate.—l am, Sir, &c.,
GEORGE ALEXANDER THOMPSON.
13, Manchester-street. Aug. 30.

lIAYNAU IN ENGLAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The • Ko!rer Zeitung cf the 26th announces
the arrival in that city of General Ilaynau, on his way
to London! Sorely there must be some mistake in this
paragraph. It cannot be irgsible that this man should
Le pre:4lmin to come into a cuui which was lately
ringing with horror at his crimes, and where his very
name is synonymous with everything that is brutal and
butcherly ; is nevi'. uttered (save by the writers in the
Times) without execration. It would stain the soil of
this free country should this man be allowed to set his
foot on it, and it would be trying its patience too far if
he should venture to do so.—l am, Sir, &c.,
AN ENGLISHMAN.

THE HEALTU OF OUR HOMES.—A contemporary
states—" As this is the season for painting our houses, it
would be well to remind the owners that the noxious white-
lead paint, and other arsenic pigments, are not a matter of
course, this means of so. called purification having
.bees hap-
pily superseded by a new white-zinc paint, of disinfecting
roperties, and perfectly innocent to the artizan and inha-
bitant. Our continental neighbours, alihough not a 'do-
mestic nation,' are more alive to these thing,,and are rapidly
banishing the barbarous use of these deadly compounds, while
their Government have adopted this zinc paint for all the
public works. Perhaps, however, as rn England the exten-
sive house of Hubbuck and Son, opposit ethe London Decks,
have taken up the patent, it will work its useful course in
this country, as elsewhere; we cannot see why it should not,
cheapness being added to its other recommendations.
MACKEREL I-ISM/W.—This fishing commenced in
Saltcoats-bay this season about the latter end of June or be-
ginning of July. There has been a good supply of them,
, they
n.
go
but ery consideratly short of last yetti'a extraordinary
catch. The take in a day of each beat (a large number of
weatb
er permitting),
would,
,avrfarogme,
16 to upwards of 20 dozen, and lately as high as 50 dozen.
bewh fromiehgo 7 our,
t o i dozen.
When they first came in, we scarcely thought them so good
in
quality;
but, cra the "hole, they have been excellent in
quality and large is size. The amount of mackerel prociired
by each of the boats oat in Irvine and Ardrossan baysw,uld,
we believe, be about the same as at Salteoats.— Glasgow
Chronicle.