The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-22 00:00:00

SMOKE PREVENTION.

(From the 'Liverpcol Mercury of yesterday.) eYs
Considering, as we do, that the state of the furnace chitin] 1
this town, and on board the steam-vessels trading to this Purt,„„ce
plying on the river, is not such as it ought to be, now that ee'l-4-0,
has at length established the means of preventing or consuw,
smoke, we make no apology for once more calling the public atten.r;
to the subject. Whoever observes the huge clouds of smoke roM_l'vei
over our house tops, and darkening, nay, entering cur windows, v
the tall chimneys dotted all over the town, and the like masee? ef,
uncousumed carbon floating from our steamers, obscuring the tiro,
defiling the atmosphere, where it ought to be pure, begrimingoop•
faces and dresses, and damaging the lungs of the people, must be Ai;
vinced that the present state of things is actually deplorable ; 011,7,0
is surely high time for individuals and for our legislators to endea,,uto
to put an end to it, to secure for us the blessings of pure air, aPeugp.
trust for their reward for so doing to the certainty of the Publii,
probation, and the equal certainty that no ultimate loss, but a iof
dye gain, is to be the result of the change to all the proprieMP
the ftirnaces which shall adopt it.
lotalued
Our readers are aware that much controversy has been xn—
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between parties on the merits of different inventions for smote Loll
vention or consumption. Into these we shall not enter ; but 40
state some facts which ought, we think, to have considerable Nl' „"
in inducing parties to adopt one unquestionable improvement.
neighbourhood of Devonshire-place, Everton, has recently eui_v.;ey
this advantage connected with the subject : there is a tall cbil'to
there belonging to the Bootle Water-works Company ; previowe's of
any improvement being effected in the furnace, massy volume
smoke were continually invading the atmosphere and the dWel. o(
around, and offending the senses of the inhabitants. Some !),
an
jed
preventing this evil by the cold air process, as it is termed, w",naux
by the Company ; but from some cause it failed, and the aPP' by
was removed. The hot-air plan, that which is adapted to furnai›
Mr. Jos. Williams of this town, was subsequently tried, Mr. W
sodait
having offered to prepare and fix the patent apparatus, to
a fair trial, and, if not approved, to remove it, and leave all thiuoga
statu quo, entirely at his own expense. This spirited proPoeli.noo
by Mr. Joseph Williams, we believe, in all similar cases. The of
was satisfactory ; the Company approved of the invention, Allj
due experience of its value, they paid Mr. Williams his expens""
his fee.
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These facts being stated In a circular, signed by the highly tv'bee,
able Chairman of the Committee of the Water-works, Thorn:lea ite
Esq., and having ourselves observed that the air surround,,,l rue
chimney had become entirely free from smoke, except at th`'''
re
ments when, as we supposed, the flonace door was open for Me
jod
Hewing of the fire, we thought it right to visit the place, a ref:, ere
ago, which we did, accompanied by Mr. Williams, who, l';ith
man, exhibited and explained all that was requisite to aright
derstanding of the theory of the invention, as well as the tidyoy
randi, in the particular instance before us. On a substelneutoah
model of a furnace and boiler, with the patent apparatus Olt,
was left at our office, and we were favoured with a call h 3" •cijigeo
zakerley, the superintendent of the works, who, in a very tut
ew
manner, replied to all the questions we put to him, no other. Li, "I
being present to bias the very unreserved communication, viTi`c
were desirous of obtaining, with the view of eliciting, for the PLut.
formation on which entire reliance might be placed. Jie noaePe
firmed the statement of the fireman, as to the value of 3.lr*, tir,,
Williams's hot-air plan. It required, of course, care in adius o'
any particular furnace, trifling modifications to the size and sotto',
the boiler, Sec., being Important. lie himself had lowered I.lll'oo
of the furnace a little, so as to increase its capacity, and forts cyj
he termed a clinker damper—a reservoir for cinders—at the 'foroel
of it, so that the clearing of the bars was more readily' Pet (IA
than when all the cinders had to be brought forward to filet iod
and at the same time the reservoir of hot cinders aided the II), „el Olt
effect, an arrangement anywhere practicable, but he
the hot-air apparatus had completely answered its PurP`_,„,.io
engine worked probably three strokes per minute more, ow'"fisise'
perfect combustion of coal, and the better distribution of the too'
and there was also a saving of about one-fifth in the averagea
sumption of fuel.
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Stich are the facts of the case we have taken the trouble tot.to
gate, and in which we have no interest whatever more
every inhabitant of Liverpool—that of an earnest desire to brf., 0o
purer atmosphere in the town, and gaze upon brighter TO"; till
the river. The present intolerable annoyances ought not to C'',oo
audit in any manufacture, such as in soap making, a necessargir 't, 14,1'
tire is incompatible with certain excise regulations, the lat`e fl,""
to be altered, in order that science may no longer be preV_Vl,o
improving one of the concomitants of town life. To isdivi" neik
eir
cerned we would suggest the consideration of doing to +hlvtoi
hours as they would be done unto, especially as their pectni.—be
rest lies in the same direction ; and if motives thence arielicK
sufficient, we must join with our townsmen in seeking such Do
tion on the subject as will compel attention to that whica'
viously right and practicable.

NEW PROJECTED RAILW.--
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:,
Snt,—l have no desire to intrude upon your space, whir; !polls
period of the year is doubly valuable, but there are one on to
in the letter of your correspondent " Spectator," in referen'7o,
projected railways to the north, which I think deserve attenr`otiovot
In the main I entirely concur with the spirit of his 01*,,,v 1.10,,0t
and I agree with him as to the impolicy of constructing a if
railway, such as the London and York, to the manifest Ouo
destruction, of existing lines. I think the railway
world 01,
indebted to him for Lis clear and business-like statententi 0,1
subject. 9t •
But even a good cause is injured if it is supported by eto .4
such I think your correspondent has advanced in referen'coopt',
11.
question now at issue between the Cambridge an I Lincoln ht of
..`,7;
and its York rival. It appears to me that he entirely loses 0t,,,0
fact, that by the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and the
ml by the Midland Company, there will be no sail of
Will
taste whatever over the lines now in operation. NowritlcirrO
stand the Cambridge and Lincoln to claim support foigiticio
on the ground that a new and shorter line to York is a°„,110,1.1•
by the public ; and if this be so, the line by Cambridge
is not, as assumed by your correspondent, a line offering `01,5.
vantages with the London and York. If it does not, then
ciple laid down by the Board of Trade will not come 1;1 stAbi're
Cambridge and Lincoln—viz., that it is right to give to 01,u etrict,,Poi
lines the right of constructing new ones within their tntwitl3,'
vided their schemes are equally adapted to the public wants
put forward by new comauies. ire l'ahid
If, however, instead oft he Midland lines, the Canww(—sosif. Lot
coin would support the direct line north of Lincoln by boor or
Selby, this objection seems to me to vanish. Then a %teat
than those now existing is secured, without the same fodoatart, 109
jury to existing lines, and the whole distance between
York would only be about twelve miles further than bY Ole
between those places. Instead of six millions and a h'if Ll°44
would probably be about three and a half, and the counts net
would have the full benefit of the quickest communication, otiott
with London and the North, but with the Eastern Countnotss,,
I had intended to have made a remark or two upon h'' but
of the comparative expense, which also seems erroneous, for soOtli
not ask you to bear with me longer. I must leave that
time. —I am your constant reader and subscriber,
scorAl
United University Club, Feb. 20.

THE WESLEY ANS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE 804"-,001f.
SIR,—I am not one of those who object to an)...,f0,,,,ti
to
mode or form of religion ; but I have a very great obr.,
inconsistency, and especially religious inconsisteo,..„.7,*oo,"ll
Wesleyans appear to me to be the very essence 01;01",t
tency. They are not of the Church and yet ari
Church, and how this is to be reconciled with reason
say. They make a practice, too, of attending churn ttri,i
rent Dissenting places of worship, and are secret-04re
surer for each and all those sects of religionists. " ant
this to be reconciled ? To me it looks like "cam "ia
religion, alias pounds, shillings, and pence worsts'
obedient servant,
A LOVER OF eONSIS-
February 18, 1845.
A statement was some days ago inserted 1 t .e
ty
two of the daily journals relative to the CO
crowd assembled in the neighbourhood .of a en' clifr"
dad
Brick-lane, in which the Lord Mayor Wen ,be tit
service on Sunday last. It was represented in
graph that a stone had been thrown through tP„:"ord•
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into the church, and that it fell close to his 0,911`0
feet. We have ascertained that there is net °P-troet I'4
truth in the statement. A pane of glass, it Js„roes
broken, but the accident was caused by the ear ;),
some little boys, crowds of whom were aseette, 1,1• 1 to
vicinity of the church to see the Chief 31100" on isidtlso
few of whom climbed up on the window-ellis_. or 6
gratify their curiosity. No stone was threw'
to fall.
CUSTOMS INSPECTION.—Mr. Frederics.,
..appeive to
son of the Chancellor cf the Exchequer, the neWlirst tit/1 /t 9,
Commissioner of Customs, paid a visit for the 0, al 1,,c4
the St. Katherine Docks on Thursday afters° 001?sitei
pang with the Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, anotbert_
(f spl
the Board, and after inspecting the official boo" coraPAtiP
the several departments of the establishment, *Jo rev'ioct
by the landing-surveyors and other officers o_if to tbeerebf
The visits of the members of the Customs Boar"
t jete,
establishments have become very frequent 0.
__postaiteio'
evincing an intention, in compliance with the l'adagtroje,
tion of the late Revenue Inquiry Commission, of of the
selves acquainted with the practical working for
and regulations of the department. -offing 110 r
A correspondent informs us, that in brie
theaci.s,4:3l
ward the budet of 1838, Mr. Spring Rice, thefAprilt. ,171$
of the Exchequer, stated that between the sth 0 tool"
and the sth of pril, 1846, there would ex,„,_Pil.'e toc
annuities for years amounting to 207,699/. 1 01.8„,etil
not to be lost sight of when the question of VI a
d e teary
ation is so much under consideration, all the 0 I
are endeavouring to form a just estimate of t°,,eoi.
of the national resources. By the paYtnual •
cb7t/
South Sea Guarantee Fund of 222,210/., an alo nary
above 8,000/. will cease from the sth of Jan ...01
Times. co)%e,
The office of Lord Warden of the New votiv
vacant by the death of the Right Hon. V. 14).a1,a10
has been conferred by her Majesty upon his .5tOP
the Duke of Cambridge. f 13" 8'
A large body of the clergy of the citYth°,
and its neighbourhood have sent an address t°o-..netii/-tir
R. Faulkner, expressive of their affectionatebepall'oe
wards him under the late severe contest, and t caar
lations on the issue of the trial respecting the_roe-hurclit
stone altar and credence table from the Round
Li"
00/3#
bridge. dai
yester oter vy fr
EXPLOSION AT WANDSWORTH.—
ts of the 1011 t
Dig, between nine and ten o'clock, the inhabitue.. _awe $ „NO
Wandsworth, were thrown into a state of consul by
sudden noise, loud as a clap of thunder, accomPeew; oldPulf7i
bration, which threatened the destruction of some °Os' ion haloe,
that locality .It was soon ascertained that an exP' „wad J;00r 103
upon the premises in the occupation of a carpente,t;_c fot $1
situate in Apothecary's-row. The windows of thortion Dicitarif,
blown completely out into the street, and some To trponer
and sashes was
being made it was fonduie that three of jones's children' toge
use
Fba 40` 001,
Dol,
the child of a next door neighbour, were alone th
but
They had by some means obtained some guniu4i's, playing Tool
tity or where from is not at present known. IN coe9„eted
powder the entire, quantity, which must have enet.; Qv
ignited and exploded. The children miraculously
cloth roots
rig" 01,
even dangerously injured, but their persons
,aw, the 7"
siderablyburnt. The little furniture that nd
d """ drel),
destroyed, and as we stated before, the win
out. Mr. Grove, the parish surgeon,
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ministered such remedies as are usuallY,APP'• urrift+• - gee-
attended.. W.
Several of the French provincial pfroin tl,eurro
accounts of persons found dead on the as The
--Ter& • ay- ,
of the severe cold, and of the ravages ofrowaolvea•
de la Draw states that near Fay-le-FlN:nu...7i bad falic.o
crushed by the weight of the snow whic
them, and whole families killed, and that a rup• ivcatftr
two children had been devoured by
st.Bonnet'wolves.
trophe is said to have occurred nearFridtty Weei,
ootro,
The Plymouth theatre was letof o
tnhe
#
SwanSeA
public auction, to Mr. Newcombe, the
4.0 0- 10,
for seven years, at 1301. per year. „ the inmate 82,
During this week, four of
Windsor Union have died, of the reePec_t,irssages9 yeartiallt,
86, and 88
_years ; making, in the agrrikopday_meoq
NINE SAILORS DROWNED.-1•43 vewastlet.w 001.
the collier brig Martin, of Dundee,
shore on the Gaa Sand while entering
of her crew, nine in number, were drowned.
fr°tinheiay, sad
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BIRTHS' lady of Phil too'
At Brighton, on the 18th inst., the
vpper CI6IP
Es q., of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Buccleuch-terrace'
Mrs. Alfred Lewis, of a daughter. john Robert
On the 20th inst., the lady a
of of the Ktv
vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, son.
of
Rieltiraf
On the 20th inst. at Elden, Clhaarlceisi,el, theiriade:
ate Put'diagigrhsto
Henry Cox, Esq., to Elizabeth
William Newton, Esq., and widow of the
Wood, Bart.
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DIED. _ isfif•
In Jermyn-etreet, Co.,ged 76. pierAZ-dis
and a
on the 10th inst., Robert
of the firm of Scott, Garnett,
On the 21st inst., at his house in G,r6aftl
Guy Lenox Prendergast, E_sq. filed f surety
Company's Civil Service, t. mington•
former y Chief 5,
"or Ly
of Council at Bombay, andM.P.. °antesotfrteht Easy'
Suddenly, on the 20th inst., William Reach'
Sloane-terrace, Chelsea, aged 61.

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