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      Ji ^ ve received , and from one or two letters wliich have appeared in your columns ; that considerable interest is taken in the project to endeavour to improve the present condition of the Town-hall of Birmingham , as rpgards its ventilation , perhaps you will allow space to explain tho reason cf my advoeating a trial , of . the system Van Hec 7 ce , and to state some of the facts and results connected therewith , which during recent inquiries have come to my knowledge . I do not propose this merely in reference to the desired improvements in the Town-hall ; but in hope that possibly some useful information on the subject of ventilation ( so important , and so little understood ) , may be acquired from the experience of our neighbours on the other side of the Channel . Having been long convinced of the necessity of eorae improvements in the condition of the Town-hall , especially in winter , and fully aware of the difficulties attending the subject , I couaidered it needful not . merely to call particular attention to the evil , but to be prepared , if possible , with some practical suggestion fora remedy ; and with this view commenced inquiries which resulted in raj hearing in November last of the syatein of I ) r . Van Ifeoko , I was informed that this . System of ventilation had been iii'roduced with perfect success , into various public buildings on the Continent . Among them , the Chamber of itopreeentatives at th . e . Hague ; a club-house , IJeyden : and various hospitals , in Paris . I then made inquiries of a friend at MaestriclifVwho iintil lately was member of . the Dutch Chamber of Representatives , and received from him a very favourable report , as to the ventilation and temperature of the building in question . " Dash-ing further to see tl . io system in operation , I obtained , by the kind assistance of a friend in Pari 3 , permission to visit and inspect the llospifals Ivectei' and Beaujon , in that city , and in which the ' , -system of Tan Ilecke isiin full operation . . < : A printed report , entitled Memoires sur les appareils de Ventilation et de Chauifage etablia a THopitai JN ^ scker , d ' aprus le Sjstetne du Docteur Van lleckc , ' oil . the operation of Van Hepke ' s system ,. in tlio lipspifcai JtSTecker ,. is ; so lengthy ( forty images ) , that I cannot , do more than give , the statements of the conclusions arrived ar , as follows : — " irirstlj : Tlie app n . rfttus for healing and ventilating , established by Mr Van If iicke , at thb Hospital Keeker , is less expensive thpi any Other in existence in the hospitals of Paris , both as regards ¦ first ' cost arid expense of wpi-ljing . ; v '; - !'¦ ¦¦ •; . " . : ' . ¦;¦¦ ' ¦ . / . /¦ ¦¦ . : ' ;¦ ¦¦ ' . . ' : ' . ' .. ' ¦ v' ^ Siieondly . | - -Th ; plicatiri . g ' aii-d vpnlilation produced . by tlxis apparatus cost no more than this heating alone of the large hospitals of Piris which . are riot ventilated ; it procures consequently , without any exjieiisej the ; complete purification of the ail * in the rooms of the patibnts . " Thisreport , drawn up by Dr . 1 J [ ax . Veriioi 3 ( cpnsulting physician to the JJuiperpr ) . and Dr . Grratti , may bo considered as " OTtxiGX ^ h ;' . ' . ¦ •; desiring , however , the latest and most direct information , I took the liberty ( in April last ) of addressing a ; letter tp the ' Dn-ecteur General do l'itssistance Pubiiqup' of Fraiice , and received -isu answer , a , very elabprato and ca , refiily-consider < id reply , filling manypages , and coniiiiriing-full details as to l hiscomparative ^ yorking of the . three systems of Teiitilation in ppei'ation inthe Parishospitals , together with the statistical results , as to thcir ofliciehcy and economy . If there be any circumlocution office in tho l ^ penclv G-overiimeiit , it certainly \ rdoe 3 not eeem to be conhected with the Pporrlaw- ; indeed , I haye every reason to ackno w ledge the courtesy and . prp . rript attention of the head of that department , in thus complying with a request for informatioii from an entire strapge ^ . - Subjoined ar o extracts , briof . biifc important , froan the : „ . reply ; ¦ : * - *•¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦' ¦¦ ' : ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . '" ¦ . : ' ' . ¦¦ ¦¦¦' . ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ : ¦ ' . . '¦ ' ; ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦< '¦' ; . .. * ' Ther Gom'uissjoivs-appointed for ^^ examination ,, by thpjvuiterestiiig ; labours ; have proved that , ' . meajianical' ventilation i 3 : preierablo , to yenfcilatipn-by ^ dUForences of tempcj ^ ature . . " ¦ ¦ Tho ''' 'V fi ntilii ' tip ' ii . of . Di . . Tun . Hooici ? , much nipvo , simple than that of TliQaiaS anql Lnufons , required ; for cqu ^ il reauit a -. jntifcli snialloi * ijibiiiye poivyev . '• . ' . ..- . ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ .., "• ' ' ¦ . .. •¦' . ¦' .. " ..: ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ';' ; ' :. ' "¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . '¦ •• Qtiaptity : qfulti' rafiiovbil per 7 i'our cind 2 >^' ' persp i ' i—rHygitptxt Davoir , ¦ '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' .. ' -3 Q , hiutj' (? s cuboV ( lO 5 p . oiibiq feet ) ^ . 'XTipmasiand I / auren 3 , ; i ) 0 metres ¦ : cabo ;\ ' ( 3 l ^ O 9 u bi 6 ' foe' 0 i- / y «| ln . lJ ; p < 3 lio , ' 07 metpps cube ( 3305 cub'io , : febi ) . " ' ' • ' > :. ' . ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦•" . ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ' "¦ . ¦ . ''¦ ¦¦ '; :- ¦; ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦' ' • ' ¦ .. , i jt&cpejitie : of the' , first ovtitty per Z ^ - ^ System Dnroiiv 480 fvanps j 1 ; . 4 'h 6 . inn s " ap ( l :: Xiftiiireng ,: ; 80 Q , ft ai . i ( fs . : Vtm nwclco , SSGA'arics , . 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      Nov . 24 , 186 " 0 ] l ^ he Saturday Aiialysi and Leader . 959

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      • ^ f ' iJ . "^ PATRICK ; tyEATTHEW ; of rioui'dio-hill , KitoI , ^ otj « nfl , '' jLfJL i wrjitqa t thtit . our tirtjcle in lust Avfeelc'H JNumbpy ,.. e » iWtlo 4 . 'I rjpiiui ^ wttation , oF Snowies * '' i « « tiiu'cei , y . f « , u » in tt \ h $ m $ , ' tp Mi ' , ^' X ^ vrm os thb puvent of tlio origin oTspocies , ; Boowiff . "^)^^ Mr . : i'lilAjwjiis ^ iv ,- 'whofeio ilbttev > yo' cmoto vevhatim ^ " thtvt I j [)\ ibli « Uc ( . V the | cvvhojci ^» it . ^ Ii ^ PA ^ wKN ' ftt ^ intp ^ -to iU'ovo moreiitliimv ^ n ^ nino * Httv , ti > i $ Qi iw iny < ( W iwks * 3 S avul Tiiawfer aucl : Avbpvioul ] bm ^^" . J ^ ow ftWo wevo n : o 1 > i »» veotijjntiiie ^ 't \» o . ; t » tl 0 'to tl »« -A k ^ Y& ^ iiifii ^ t ^ yrr ^ ik ( ptlfev > vor 4 « 'tl'iafr . wivy in-wl ^ olx / iiAij ^ 1 ic . ( l ... nnf ^«^ viplo ^ iAM ^ \ Jinaioi > i ; o « t mv the ; i ) lu' ^(? . i tva » yini < tfnfcion' fixjd ^ umiabiH ^;^ j fti ] peflji ? rt , / jurttii ] p « l ''( 3 ole 6 tioni ' m * Our mifciolo mm ft notice ; of jvi po . ojk , , VyiufctoM / byi " Q ) no , '« utUov , ttM ( Vimn ) 6 vtwit ¥ to , bo ; tv ; vtf ^ tftiiiou : of ^ ott ^ iv . b / wJs iKMtidiutbv i ' ftftptWVi wv j ¦¦ > We' # w 4 f » 4 tp t ^ ft . . c ^' fltiMtt . ^ o wtwjigd iincflte , ;« D ^ KWJtNlie bbolc , l ;»^ , ^ o ^ ¦ o ^ iw '^ Hto ^ w ^^ v ^^ . Wpj ^ i ^^ mfii ' we ^ in : preai { , ; 0 r ;;< l ^ 9 v « # V ^ 99 <> . v&wer * vm ® W ¦ Wfl ^^ % nk-

      ¦ ing , for the authorship of thing ' s of « which ho was not really tha author . We were not coiacerned with the orig-inal disepveiy ofthe law in question , at all . It must not bo supposed that what is called a " theory " of this sort is ah-invention , or creation , as a character i in a play or a novel of original conception is . The point is , who j was the first to see and enounce the law in question ? And not j only who was the first to see and enounce it , but who has seen and I understood it most completely , and published the fullest ; , most in-; telligible , and most perfect statement of it ? There is a very j ancient doctrine thai the primary element ' s of which the universe is composed always existed with their peculiar properties , and that tho action , and reaction of these elements , their infinitely diversified play and combination , in endless time and boundless space has produced everything 1 we behold ; that , in short . , the universe in its state existent at any given time , is simply one ofthe possible combinations of the primeval elements . Now , in this ancient theory , we find the g-erm of JDjllton's definite I proportions , though how vague and imperfect the conception of it i necessarily was at . a time when the primary elements of thing's were supposed to be less than half a dozen instead of more than half a 1 hundred , we may readily conceive . Nay , perhaps Daltost's title to the present form , of the theory which goes by his name might not prove entirely beyond dispute . But that he stated this form of the theory with greater fullness of illustration and detail ,, and that it came from his hands in a greater state of completeness than it had ever been made to assume before , is indisputable . That glimpses have , from time to time ,. perhaps from time immemorial , been caught of this great natural law which Mr . jPaewin has investig-ated with such signal success ,, ancl . ' . stated and explained with such cogency of reasoning-, and such fertility of beautiful illustration , rendering his work one of the few grand intellectual achievements , which , like " Kewtoii ' s Gravitation , " or 'Maplaipe ' s eosmical Development , " ' mai'k ^ importaBt ; eras :. ' ; the ; -prog ' ress : of' the human mincl ; that various sides or phases of ^ this great law . have been described by various writers is- hig hly probable ; lbut . that . would not in the least detract fi-om the Value of Mr . DfRWiK ' s-labb ^ hisestrabrdiriary book : It wbald not detract frpm'them had been' acquainted with every \ votd that had beeii previously r written on the subject . But it is very possible that two minds may thiiiic out the same priginai conQlusioii for themselves without any communication hetweea them . If all that Daxton hias written on . definite proj ) bj : tionsi had been previously published ^ still if he had thought it . out ^ for ; hiniselfj . vyithout knowing of the previous ; dis- . coveiy , lie would tinquestionahiy . be . entitled to the . prais , e . of originality . And this hrings us ^ to the fbUpwin ^ . eitraet . irotn the Gardencfs CkronieXe of the 21 st of last April , to which Mf . Matthew lias called , attention , and wjiich we print verbatim i—r " Natural Selevtipii : —rL have been naueh interested by Mr . Paitriclc Matthew ' s communieatipn in , the Number of your . Paper ,,, dated April 7 th . T freely acknowiedge that . ; Mr . Matthew has anticipated by inany years the explanation whicii j ^^ have pJft > Tcd of the ^^ origin of specie ^ , under the name of natural selection . . I ; thiitik that no-OUQ . Svillfeei surpi-jsed that-neithe ) : I , nor any other naturalist ; had lieaVd Of Mr ... itatthew-s Views , coiisidering- how briefly ; they are ; . given , and tba * * hejf appeared iii the appendix to ay work on UST ^ val Timber ¦ tin'd ' Avbo > ieult ' uroi 1 ijan do inpinore than offer iny apologies to Mi : ; , Matthe \ v fojviny entire ignorance , of his ptiWjication ; If another edition of , roj \ york . " fa \ c £ \ Ue ^ for , I \ yiil inserfc q / notice to the foreg 6 ih ^ effect ; Charles < I )«} Wn , JDoi 0 ! -,: J 3 roml 0 ?{ , J { cnt ? ¦ 'Wwe ^ Wg ' . pai . ^ iwIaT'b-e ' e ^ upe ^ iili is just that every man ' si casp , regarding his title to his own views , should be cai'ejtnlly put ; on his own statem ^ a ^ aiVtliut he lj | ixi $ Qlf cr ^ vi a ; dyance ; , In our ,. ibwner ^ ot ^ ^ we have stvid ,. tho question Of discovery , in connexion with . this . . theory , : w ? isiiiot aiscuascd . Had it boi * n > the write ' i ; himself . might hayp . ; put in Jiochuni On / lus o \ vn account ; Itchris been ssiid , that Mr . BiMWiN ' s statonient of -the law in ciu 6 stibn is !•¦ t ? h ' e fullest ana , most complete thai'J ) ins'been ^ iyen . ; The : wnt ^^^ claivn in that airectio'r i j ) kit ho . xnig-hfc have claimed , to have been thoiwsi tt > sep- " thivG thw iasyi . gf' ^ ione-0 rth ( S OBsp 8 ^ 6 ^ ffc muctt \ m <^ R-eneval law . , ; Kfe . yo ^ s > igo , ; th ? writer irnnied a , gQnorah atwn , eoinwehonding , ainops 9 ^ iwataijcesj the iuets ; wdicated . in the torVits ritWimil solocliiojvaiid vaviabuhty , of Species . . Th ; e : oiiWin , e , ; of ibis Wvt : feth / publishod ' -in t ; hoy 6 ( ir 1850 , , Aftov enumo ^ mg vjivioiiftlrtws btf nature , ; as ; ill « stratiro p ^ sos cinbi ^ efm ^ generftliKation olludqd to , ' ho proeoededy . to ^ powiy- Other casesj / . * ¦ * th ^ evolvttjon , elabbTatioi ^ bchietjon , of "tho lowest types oiviwms of ortrunic / oUt of inbrganio bping ; tinclof theh ^ lier . types of organic existences out of tho next lower or woxb resembling , type ; Rnd .-xu some cases , tho , clGgractotion , dogon ^ vapyv doprossWrv : , < # l ^ ticulw tyijos lroiii th « next JughevXn tt ^ bftlo . It wffl bo sew % }\ Ht natural soloctiowjuid vai'iabiHty < Jfapo ^ es arohOroptatoUiJVQtUortw'JifJs ; and iii other ' pttbHwitions ho ht \ d furthor explained his views--on tho himuo point ¦ sliowing . wliiit thp ^ tondoncy ' inanlmals . w , whwhv i » - * hp atronQv in ipvoduqing ; clovolopmpiit arid variety . » t lorm ; nncl aaySrtintj ' . to ssociotftvi ^ Ui WWMW cpsm ^ al . and pi ; f «;« . «»» This woti tlirco ydum bpl ' oi'o , tlvq WPQai'iuwo of Mr X ) An . wi ^ s booK So ? Mr . Kv ' rT ^ i w'b' ^ orK hij . rittviir henvfl »» nta ^ ho . prosont vJS c ^ And . hm ' m fdnbr ^ : Mr , MA ^ rir ^ v ' B . lottov , jt > vould Soav « jfti ' ihhtf- " tt 6 iltlorii « iTi thought out " ( J theory without . ve-JSoSSor t oluol 5 ho rj s th ^^ Wgj iretlwhisV&q wove they w ^/' o ^ tt l 3 tp ( V wtU ^ :. vrw * wg » 'O * .. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ : vrtfyfivfa' * ¦ ' ( ' ¦ ' >¦ ' *»¦¦ ¦ ¦ '> . ¦' ; ! " ¦ / .. ¦ :. ¦; : > - ; - ,. •;' ¦ ' : •' . 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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 959, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2375/page/7/