The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-21
LONDON LETTER.
Mr. Fairfax Tells More About what
HeHears and Sees in Enxi"nd.
LONDON, July 9th, 1877.
,,ors o,tbe X, gister.

Editors OF the Res ister. ... it,.
There has been a great OF talk here re-
Gently OF two books, one called "Ihe
Priest in Association" and the othe other
"The Fruits of Philosophy The first
has been circulated amongst clergymen
of the church of England, members OF
the society of the Holy Cross, and Is IN
tended To assist them In bearing comics
sions and giving absolution; = practice
which they claim is increasing largely,
but their opponents charge that 1t Is II
work, which goes too far into the lowest
feelings OF MANKIND, the questions In
tended for children, being entirely too
suggestive of evil, to say nothing OF the
objections to the practice, OF confession IN
itself The House of Lords first took
the matter up, and now the Church,
through its two Houses Of Coavocation
have condemned 1t.
This matter is one of the many arr
sing of late that tends to promote the
separation of Church from State.
The other work, also said TO be equally
a, immoral, is from an opposite source,
and written by Charles Brsdlsugh and
Mrs. Ann Besant 1t has been the sub
iect ola criminal prosecution which has
ended in a fine OF 81 900 and six months
Imprisonment, being imposed on
each OF the joint authors; severe sen
tsnce, but which would not have been
gwen, had they promised to withdraw
tae work from circulation. The book
aims that owing to the enormous IN
ease OF population. large amount OF
crime and misery ensues; and they sdvo-
lte, what they call, proper means to re
dIce the II crease, ana thus keep within
limited number. An appeal has been
granted, and it remains to be seen, If the
defendants will get of, which ia doubtful.
But few who have lived in thickly peo-
pied, countries. and seen some OF the re-
suits of overcrowding, will suppose that
lis prosecution will end the discussion
OF the subject; indeed the Lord Chief
Justice, who passed sentence, showed IN
dications of leaning towards the doctrine
o, Nautilus.
Some of the papers here are asking Mr..
Garrett to tell them something about the
Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad, and saying
branch lines, and extensions, have been
drawing the resources of the main line;
tlSt its warfare with New York Central
hiss not improved its position, ana that
unless things are found better than they
appear he need not come hear as a Dor
rover again.
Of course you have seen by the dis
patches that the signs of war on the part
OF England ana Austria, are increasing
bat YOU may not know that an undercur.
rant of preparation of the public mind to
tlat end seems to be going on also.
Trade is lightly improving, but they
we're complaining greatly at Birming-
ham the other day while | was there.
Many of your readers will remember the
the tne display OF Messrs. ELLINGTON at
Philadelphia, last year, and they can ina,
CINE how interesting it would be to in
suect their show rooms and works. The
metal used for the base OF their electro
plating is German silver, and it is
stamped into The forms engraved upon
steel les, by falling weight; handles
&c, belng made OF two halves, rights
and let's, and afterwards sOldered to-
gether. The better kinds of ware, ana
the SOllu SILVER "tEh, VI COuTsc W
through NOR skI.l'ul hands, and process
es than the plslner but even upon the
latter u great deal Ot engraving OF excel
lant quality and design Is done, before
immersion in the baths tor plating. The
chasing, which adds so much 10 the rich
of effect, is done by filling or backing
the article ia pitch, aud after tracing and
engraving the deslga upon the work 1t
is brought on. into richly rounded re.Iet
by hsmmering the low parts with small
puncha., then dulling or Furnishing the
raised portions, after which the pitch is
melted out 1t is then silver plated all
over, which takes about five hours; the
silver being suspended in sheets in the
bath, aud the batteries driven by smal!
steam engine, and as the silver is dIssOlI-
Ell by electricity, II Is attracted by the
German silver and deposited upon It's sur
faces 30 thick, in that time, that it stands
twenty-five years wear. Should any
part require gold plating, or gliding rs
the term Is, all the other portions are
covered with n blue varnish, which re-
iects metal, and it liz immersed in the
gold bath, the varnish being taken of
apparently unknown.
Another world known Birmingham
firm is Gillots pen factory, and a cleaner
establishment | never saw, dust being
taken of after which an acid.
Almost all the operatives here are wO-
men. the processes requiring nimbleness
of fingers, rather than strength. TEey
get their sheets of steel from Sheffield,
but re.roll them to their own thicknesses
which varies according TO the style OF
pen, This operation Is like that of roll.
in our nail plate', except 1t Is done
c)ld. The sheets after being softened
by passing through the annealing ovens,
are taken to the punching presses and
with dies, the shape OF the pen when fiat
tened out, the steel is punched As closely
as possible to avoid waste, and the blanks
taken TO other presses-sll OF which are
worked by hand or ioot-to have the
holes punched through; to be split In the
centre; some side -shtted for elasticity;
named and mum bered then rounded; heat
ed and hardened IN oil; then tempered in
water; secured with sawdust, emery and
oil, in revolving boxes; treated TO u coat
of vsrnlsh TO prevent furnishing, and
then packed IN those pretty little boxes
we all know, and not me least inter sting
part was the making OF those boxes The
pen passes through fifteen processes, and
then there is holder to make, but |
had better stop or you will think mine is
too long and the pen too easy.
Messrs. Laughlin, PAUL List and
Woods, are hard at work, doing some OF
the best sights, in the Metropolis, sitter
pleasant trip through Scotland.
Yours, j. 5. r.
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