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attributed by many intelligent witnesses to the same cause . At Chusan , the mortality of 1841 was attributed to the bad quality of the water , but persons on the spot were of opinion that it was much aggravated , if not entirely occasioned , by local circumstances connected with the burial of the dead . The Chinese method of interment is extremely inefficient , in a sanitary point of view . The coffin is merely placed on the ground , and over it is constructed a slender tomb , composed of bamboos and
matting . On the right of the town of Chusan there is a hill , which the Chinese used as a burial-ground . It was considered necessary to fortify this hill in 1841 , and the dead bodies removed from the grave-yards were burned . The stench from the upturning of the bodies and the burning was most intolerable , and the mortality , which I contend may rationally be attributed to this palpable cause , was so great that the intention of fortifying the place was abandoned . —From Mr . G . A . Walker ' s Fourth Lecture on the Metropolitan Grave-yards .
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —The sixth anniversary dinner of this institution took place at the London Tavern on the 25 th April , the Earl of Harrowby in the chair . This society has hitherto , up to December last , relieved six hundred and seventy cases of temporary distress , by the disbursement of 3 , 000 / . It gives annuities to thirty-two ladies above fifty years of age . About three thousand governesses have availed themselves of the registration office , half of whom at least have
been provided with situations . The sum of 43 , 586 / . has been invested by four hundred and eighty-six ladies , in a provident fund for their own benefit . About two hundred and fifty ladies have availed themselves of the temporary " home " fitted up for those in the intervals of their engagements . The asylum for the aged is to be opened in June next It was announced that Jenny Lind had given 200 / . to the institution ; and an anonymous lady 300 / . The total annual subscriptions were 2 , 518 / . as stated by the Rev . D . Laing , the treasurer .
BRITISH ART . —In the catalogue of recent works of British Art , novi exhibiting at the Saloon of the Society of Arts , 19 , John Street , Adel phi , Nos . 626 , 627 , and 628 , Specimens of Needlework , obtained the Society ' s Silver Medal , and are thus noticed in " The Critic and Journal of Decorative Art , " of March 15 , 1849 . — "One of the most attractive objects in the room , is a large group of flowers from nature , sewn in wool , upon a black ground , and as perfect as a fine picture by a great artist : the mechanical dexterity is no less surprising than the pictorial skill with
which the hues and forms of the flower garden—so various , so blended , and so bright—are represented by worsted . Until you approach closely to it , you never suspect that it is other than a very beautiful production of oils or water colours . It is the work of Miss Kingsbury , of Taunton , whom we are pleased thus to welcome to metropolitan fame . " Miss K . is the sister of Bro . Kingsbury , W . M . of the Taunton Lodge , and niece of Bro . Eales White .
TAUNTON . —An Archaeological Society has been formed in this town ; Somerset is rich in " materials " for the expounding and illustration of this interesting study , and much anxiety is evinced for the first general meeting of the members . Lord Portman is the Patron . Among the early members we find the names of Bros . Standert , Crotch , Badeoek , Warre , Eales White , and Stradling , who have had the honour of being admitted without ballot . VOL . VII . z
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Chit Chat.
attributed by many intelligent witnesses to the same cause . At Chusan , the mortality of 1841 was attributed to the bad quality of the water , but persons on the spot were of opinion that it was much aggravated , if not entirely occasioned , by local circumstances connected with the burial of the dead . The Chinese method of interment is extremely inefficient , in a sanitary point of view . The coffin is merely placed on the ground , and over it is constructed a slender tomb , composed of bamboos and
matting . On the right of the town of Chusan there is a hill , which the Chinese used as a burial-ground . It was considered necessary to fortify this hill in 1841 , and the dead bodies removed from the grave-yards were burned . The stench from the upturning of the bodies and the burning was most intolerable , and the mortality , which I contend may rationally be attributed to this palpable cause , was so great that the intention of fortifying the place was abandoned . —From Mr . G . A . Walker ' s Fourth Lecture on the Metropolitan Grave-yards .
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . —The sixth anniversary dinner of this institution took place at the London Tavern on the 25 th April , the Earl of Harrowby in the chair . This society has hitherto , up to December last , relieved six hundred and seventy cases of temporary distress , by the disbursement of 3 , 000 / . It gives annuities to thirty-two ladies above fifty years of age . About three thousand governesses have availed themselves of the registration office , half of whom at least have
been provided with situations . The sum of 43 , 586 / . has been invested by four hundred and eighty-six ladies , in a provident fund for their own benefit . About two hundred and fifty ladies have availed themselves of the temporary " home " fitted up for those in the intervals of their engagements . The asylum for the aged is to be opened in June next It was announced that Jenny Lind had given 200 / . to the institution ; and an anonymous lady 300 / . The total annual subscriptions were 2 , 518 / . as stated by the Rev . D . Laing , the treasurer .
BRITISH ART . —In the catalogue of recent works of British Art , novi exhibiting at the Saloon of the Society of Arts , 19 , John Street , Adel phi , Nos . 626 , 627 , and 628 , Specimens of Needlework , obtained the Society ' s Silver Medal , and are thus noticed in " The Critic and Journal of Decorative Art , " of March 15 , 1849 . — "One of the most attractive objects in the room , is a large group of flowers from nature , sewn in wool , upon a black ground , and as perfect as a fine picture by a great artist : the mechanical dexterity is no less surprising than the pictorial skill with
which the hues and forms of the flower garden—so various , so blended , and so bright—are represented by worsted . Until you approach closely to it , you never suspect that it is other than a very beautiful production of oils or water colours . It is the work of Miss Kingsbury , of Taunton , whom we are pleased thus to welcome to metropolitan fame . " Miss K . is the sister of Bro . Kingsbury , W . M . of the Taunton Lodge , and niece of Bro . Eales White .
TAUNTON . —An Archaeological Society has been formed in this town ; Somerset is rich in " materials " for the expounding and illustration of this interesting study , and much anxiety is evinced for the first general meeting of the members . Lord Portman is the Patron . Among the early members we find the names of Bros . Standert , Crotch , Badeoek , Warre , Eales White , and Stradling , who have had the honour of being admitted without ballot . VOL . VII . z