The Express. — London, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

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Leaden. mu be ~bleed enew montous ft= V 11/1 Aileen awl Medieda• FURNITURE Boor :4.—A friend of ours who pos sessed a magnificent library—not • poetically minded man, 'by any mane—u ad ever to grow logbently voluble when this theme wee touched. An old ted Moromo bieerg, richly tooled, wee to him aa precious as • lisle' or a Van Eyck to other men. Amiable enthueiast bow we have wen his. smell to the leather like • lover to the mete given he by his mistreat! How tenderly would he stroke it— tenderly ea Voltaire need to carve the first peach of the sea son, in memory of the downy aunotheees of Medarie du Cbi 'ele'e cheek ! How he would dilate on this carves and fellation. of the tooling with the el.inenee beyond the which Hoskin begone on the pattern of the bilk dean in Verosere's picture, which he tel us he spent oil weeks at Turin in copying. But it wan not fe extrh details that the full strength of hie soul was expended. The ..womblt of his library war alone worthy to kindle all his lire. How tint Mendel with tint. the rich brown calf with the ream liere of tlic s. Ilum back, the eeverity of tir doe k Dania with the aliened warmth of the red M0r, , , , c0, tr., golden gleams of the lettering and tooling. the undefinable " like • steam of rich diatillei perfumes," rift pervedes • library wails in Russia bindings,— these wen the topic. on which be &K. ,ur,ied with an energy, if not an eloquence akin to that of Irtuakin*.. pee. gyrle of Turser's " Came Pier." or his "Wreck on Yar mouth Ikeda!" To welch the dicker of a good lire ageing, hie well-ordered *helves was to him • &lige beyond the re of • Crete, ur the enblituilies of Moot blase. raw t7r the thought of the contents of his handsomely dared volumes mingled with Ins satistection, we never could make out. That it had Dome shore in Lie en toynient may be presumed, for he was • well-read mto , hut the mete pictorial pleasure was to him so intone and eo predominant, that any other sunk before it into utter iseguitleaece.— Item*. Alagenine. for Jamey. CH %RACIER OF THE J .‘PANE-4E.—Oor day's ob- PIPT•ai.VDS led to • conclusion which every near I. Jere confirmed—that the people inhabiting it an a very remark able race, and destined, by Go I's help, to play an important ride m the MEM history of this remote quieter of the globe. It we. !spirals hot to recognise in their colour, feature, islieseseme, the Sloitle stock whener they must tee ; bine dery . ffered mach, phyeirelly and mentally, = "11 th at race. Full of bran Itfe and energy, enema to sere and compete with European civilisation, reedy to acknowledge its superiority, end &senile of adapting it to their social and public wants. how etre'', • confer to the stolid Chinamen, who elle n s et sm./ marvel of waren skill or science, and calmly renew you that their muutryme " flab got all the sine that Pekin side'." The Dutch gavel and general Instructora bore the highest testi mony to the istelligeeee and mental capacity of their pupil.; that their apatite for every breach of kclowlidge, and their avidity for segue.' haematite were eq'onlly remerkeble. Matematkr, algebra, end geography they acquired rt. a ?pore, teed the foribiy of computation by means if the European *rest of arithmetic, astoni.ed and delighted them exceed ingly. Thee was sot • trade, or meteor.i tre, or inv tion common to &trope me the Ucitel Sntee hat they did rant expect to have expiated to them, in order that they might nemakistely peered to imitate it. and icgoirice upon these 'whim's mead some from the goverment. the noble, sad the people rewslly„ Like very iciprative children, Ythey ewe surly pseud their insauctore.—atrio errs esites. ter lessery. THE AUSTRIAN CONCORDAT.—Signrd three years sod • half ye, pert of the provaione of the emu:cede have eve t ow been scarcely cornea into effect ; for the minieters of Vessel+ lesepti, alarmed at muceseioes which had been made rent their knnieledee. and Penny the tutus peril of the stale, oledned from the Emperor print...tie to retard the full execution of the treaty until the ornate laws of the em pire could he brought him harmony with it (Austria is not in the «sparsest of even one fundanontal law; all the dc at of the gove rnmeet begin "The Erupetor orders re viesally"), • task which in yet fee from bang concluded ; and we ern that the German biahope are dent en,. for the completion of arrangements toot will enable them to exercises their sew right.. Till thin la done we cannot expect to es all the mergence o f the ennenrdat develops themselves.— Ifes,mirisfer Rainy. for January. Several individuals who were shut up in a room In the prima at Remboaillet (Seine.et-thee) vet fire to the straw of their beds two agree back, sad before assetanue arrived two were saileastiel. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1859. by Mr. Bingham, without apparent join, of the famous Bemicyele" (170), by Paul Delaroche, in the Patois des Beane Arts at Paris ; and the same photographer has pre. meted us with fsc•siastGi (tempt in colour) of several other of the too-little-known productions of the great French staster. The documentary value of photography will also be Uhetrated in the catalogue about to be formed by Mr. anagram of all the crown picture', and which will contain photographs of each painting. Four tg such copies, by Mr. Johnson, which will furnish infallible means of identification, ere to the present exhibition. We were disappointed to End no copim from original drawings of importance by old =dm ; but the four reproductions of engravings, in No• let, by ILLBast, it would be impcesible to distinguish from the originals. There is a peculiarly striking view of a sculptor's studio in Florence, by moonlight (214), by Mesas. Miami - It p ntmiture, by borrowing the artistic principle of centreliaing the interest, Mr. Williams end Mr. Hering still obtain the same pleasing effects in their riotous'. " Recol lections of ' Ou Club'" (348), by Dr. Diamond, will Uttered* the large circle of friends of the habstwis one of whore, poor Jerrold, la, ale l no more. A gentlem en of "Odom," by name Chloponino, sends some note-worthy portraits. One tom is devoted almost entirely to coloured photograpblo =te l l which these exhibited by Mr. Claudet, and sad Whitfield, ere of conspicuous merit ; but a vigastes, ealciend HerWg, le decidedly theauot legi timate end Miele slam We would recommend the gentle " =itt w AltalreMeieura the iratrrinebiOterly I room reti n et e rt a We auinot conclude this ankle without taking the oppor tunity of coogratulating our photographic raiders upon the establishment of our ably conducted contemporary, the No b:graphic Nom FINE AR73. EXHIBITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Year by year some improvement is made in Pho tography ; some advance achieved in—es 'kolas:x.omm in his addoms to the British Associstka termed this moot -- subtle application and combination in photicity, electricity, ebanistry, and magnetism." Shortly before the last exhibi tion of the Photographic Society, M. Palmyra's production of plates in relief, for the purpose of engraving by the sedan of light alone, wee cited ea the latast marvel in phdlogrephi. But far more important, as "big with promise," were the startling expwiments of M. Niel= de St. Victor, which almost indicated the universality of photographic plimarmons. We have had this year few dimoveriss of this rotes alto 'tract nature, but some Important facts have bon noted in what is call ad actino-oheuslatry—fads from which it is considered barely possible that the phenomena of chemistry, if ever so destined, may be reduced under the dominion of mathematical analysis. But the most im portant advances of this year have been withered in the applications of photography. First, we had the photogyapldit primitive in carbon by M. Fretsch ; then, the arond geed direovery by lir. Fox Talbot, photographic engraving, or the set of trarehring a photographic pintas, end robing it es steel or orger-pletes, kcal which impririess may be taken in the ordinary way ; and quite recently we bear of a me thod baying been discevred of obtaining a phoneme*. sr pieratetion en the black of the itood-engeweee, elen iMporv7 sad* the drigrier, and requiring only the label, of the tiwalietry eeppaver. The applications of photography for ob toinleg Awe of the moon, of the planets, of scientific end ether pireemens, era Sae clever veins WeeMerled yesterday a private view of the Exbillitka of Sr Photographic Society for the present year, and it will be erns" to the public on Monday. The locality—the GANT of the Society of British Artists, in Suffolk-street—is far mew atereible then that chosen for the exhibition of last per, white au readers will remember was a building &t -imbal hi the Mane= at South Kensington. After careful enninleellea we were rather disappointed to find that sorted the mere mewl triumphs of the set were not illustrated in the preen. ealdbleien. There are, however, several speci mens of the photagekehography ci M. Fretsch. which, sans( a certain heaviness, are truly admirable. We may instance as well-known subjects the " Mask " and the figure of "Don Quixote," which are reproduced with surprising fidelity. There are but few other more strictly scientific novelties or even curiosities And some of theta ar, for example, the ratantansous photographs of breaking waves and erode by Mews Cundall and Downes, have been re ewe, rani in our corms. There seems to have been no assured advance during the year towards securing the permanency of the actual photo sorts Notwithstanding, also, the reports from tires to time, no successful effort has been made to clear the Winds which nature, we believe, has immutably Imposed in respect to esker, and the photographer has still to contend against bat trepproschable extent of light and shade, and also the perplexing effects of the different degrees of photographic power In the variously-coloured rays. Undoubtedly, the most artistioeily valuable application of photography op to the present tiros is the noble series of photographs by Masser Caldest and Monteochi, from the Certecias of Raphael et Hampton Court. Times we care hdly reviewed in a recent number of this journal. Since our action however, several fall-sine studies of heeds, of the most extraordinary power and massivenem of effect, have boa Wad. Another series from the tacos Carton., of my as large dimensions and of almost equal merit, bays be.. undertaken for the government by Mr. Thurske Thompson. We think it of easeetial consequence to remark that these inveciable works, which together form by far the most important feature of the present exhibition, are sees under the greatest possible disadvantage. The Them naturally follows the order of the catalogue, and by the time be arrives at them, the eye is rendered en fastidious by the dainty deliamies of detail upon which it has been feasting, that the muel traces of time and W wage on the old cartoons (so faithfully reproduced in the photographs) and—compered to the "pencil of light"—the comparative coarseness of the Meek of Raphael and hie scholars become most painfully impost ; it is like being suddenly placed close to a pealing organ after listening to a solo on the violin. (The visitoe, who would see what the imperfect lighting of the original cartoons at Hampton Court would never permit him to discover, should go to these photographs before he has lost the "fresh aye," and before him vision has been rendered incapable of thoroughly appreciating their innumerable beautiee. As a single feat in photography nothing, however, amperes "The Crystal Palace, Syclenham" (169), by Mr. Delasnotte. This photograph, measuring by the eye, must be nearly four feet by about one foot nine inches, and is in only three pieces ; yet there is scarcely any evi dence of perspective distortion or focal difference of tone, and all the thousand objects of art, retried forms of vegetation, and stricture details of the length and breadth of the Cry.- tsl Palace are given with the utmoet delicacy, and without the lent " muzziness." The " Panorama of Cairo," by Mr. Frith, which we reviewed in our notice of the Architectural Photographic Exhibition, and of which there is an " impres sion" here, is longer, but the defects incidental to them per formances are more apparent. Now that the camera has been, comparatively speaking, transferred from the hands of the chemist to the artist, the &Bowies works, which more especially evince feeling for pictorial composition, might perhaps have justly claimed primary police. The present exhibition is not, however, rich as what we may call " high art " arta. Mr. Rej lender'scoabitedions (Nos. 2, 20) display taste in posing the figure. " (IS4), an old pedagogue listening impatiently to the imperfectly learned lemon of two blies-coat boys, is also fell of humour ; and " The Scripture Reader " (163) has all thesis:wens of a picture ; but Mr.Rejlander exhibits nothing nearly so ambitious as his elaborate " Two Ways of Life" of Ise year. The mother is too short and the child too old in the otherwise meritorious " Little Red Riding Hood" (13, 18) of Messrs. Traefitt, brothers. " The Queen of the May" (23) is • small and picturesque campoeition by the o rue gentlemen. " Fading away" (18), by Mr. Robinson— a consumptive girl surrounded by nennnifully solicitous 1 fiends—de, considering the inherent difficulties of the sub- ism, • socceesful effort, although the grief of the sister Is evidently simulated, end the taste of the whole questionable. I Mr. Roger Fenton boa been trying his band upon some Oriental figure subjects: of them, one or two are as impor tant and felicitous es any of the landscape ettbjects with which Mr, Fenton appears in such force. In "The Reverie" (..10), for example, we have more than all the detail of a water colour drawing by John Lewis, end at the same time a low tone of 'angular breadth and sweetness. Ail artists, sod most photographers, will agree with ns that there is nothing better in srrangewent or conception in the whole exhibition than the email end exquisite pho tographs " Preparing for Market" and " The Dead Died" (73). The photographers, Messrs. Delferier and Beer, were also extremely fortunate he their intelligent and pretty subjects. The old smuggler with his " Forty Wink*" and "One Wink" (83), by the rams gentlemen, is almost equally excellent. The better choice of points of view, and the preference shows for pictoreeque ruins, prove that landscape photographers are making progress in their artistic education. The colour greets still however presents the great difficulty, especially in the treatment of foreground foliage. It always tends to black from the photographic power of the component yellow ray, and this contrast, with the inevitable exaggeration of the minute lights on the leaves end the hard outlines of the foliage against the sky, the delicate gradations of which cannot be ' , Wind without sacrificing the foreground. We have already alluded to the eihnirable works by Mr. Fenton. We marked for ~special commendation • large series of lovely views of Tintern Abbey, the rugged cleavage of "Cheddar Cliffs" (56), and "Chatsworth Castle in the Water" (69), • photograph • 11 strike as a Cayp. Mr. Bedford's landscape contributions are almost as numerous as those by Mr. Fentoe, end include besides views in and neer Gotha; "The Lobes," Raglan Castle, Tintern, and many other of our own favourite scenes. These, however, together with the Egyptian and Syrien subjects by Mr. Frith, and the delicate bletre.toned views in Rotten by Mr. Howlett, are already too well known to require further comment; they have, beeides, been foe the moot pert reviewed in our notice of the I Architectural Photographic Exhibition. Bat it would not be just to omit the following names of landscape exhi bitors, Mg., Messre.Morgan, Crittenden, Blame, and Rosins. , Asa copyist of works of set we have already seen (is , the instance of the cartoons) that the reins of the camera anent be or-estimated. We have ban, also, a photograph MEETING ON THE BALLOT AT SHEFFIELD. On Thursday evening apublic meeting was held fa the Temperance-WI, Sheffield, to consider •'the Import sem of mating the ballot a part of the new Reform ball." Alderman Hoot.' presided, and introduced the subject to the a rr i lLiter Mom thee said be had been requested to come and state the way in which the ballot operated in Ame n:a. He was sure that the line of argument adopted by some of the opponents of the ballot wee unjust, because it was not awarding to fact. and could not be proved. In Americo they were of opinion that all power emanated from, sad in tact belonged to, the people. Thattwas so in England, whether it was the popular opinion or not. Some people had the audacity to say that they could not see the meaning of the ballot, about which there was so much noise, and that they could not me ot what use it was. The reply was, that it wee to protect the voter in his inalienable rights, and at the thine time se • matter of convenienos. The people were not scomnuthia to anybody for the use of their power, end ought therefore robe allowed to vote la • way which did not My them open to the interference of others. (Hear.) She people were applied to for the Paths and for all the power that was enured • and that being so, why should they nth I have • vote in th e election of those who made the taxes, sod hadthe power ot entering into wan? It had bola add to I opposition to the ballot, that io New York, where the ballot was in use, there had been disorderly elections. That, no doubt, was so • but had they not disorderly elections here (Applause.) In England, about one man in every six was an erector • but in New York nine out ot every ten voted. (Hear, he ar.) In New York they laboured under greater oitlicniuse then in England, beelines more than two-fifths of the population et New York were persons of foreign birth, and were, therefore, Ifal eontrollsble. Open bribery warn certainly not common in America. Purchaaing votes wan not common, for a good ream), and that wee that there was too large • crowd to buy. And that wee not all, bemuse purchasing votes wee • very mmertaln spe culetioo, as they might By away. (" Hear, " and applause.) Votes for the different 'candidates could be b ad by . those who voted, and if a ruffles asked, Who ere you going to vote for the vote for the ruffian's friend might be shown to him, and another one used. That showed the importance of the ballot in • slight sense, because it could not be MOW - tainted after for whom he voted. Those who were in favour of a reform bill, and were opposed to the ballot, might he understood to be saying, " We will give the people nominally a certain amount of power, but in reality we will let these have none, so that we can mill have them under our thumb." (Applause.) There could be no objection to the ballot, ex cept that intimidation might to carried on as tumid. As some ruffians had on some «Timken called for a sight of the votes before they were given, the legislature dropped upon them by ordering that votes should be enclosed an a secret envelope before being dropped into the ballot box. The persons who wanted the opinion of the people as they thought them would give them the ballot, but those who did not want them said, "You must have open voting." (Ap plause.) Mr. WHITEHVItar having addressed the meeting, Councilloe Bourn moved "That this meeting desires to express its °pigeon that the adoption of the ballot is Incluipen mete to as honest representation, and that no measure fur the amendment of the representation of the people in the Com mons Howe of Parliament will be satisfactory which does not contain • provision that the vote' he hash by way of the ballot." The Rev. H. O. RHODES seconded the proposition. The enAtilltAN wen proposed " That this meeting, Bhilst it sincerer y rejoices in the convalescence of John right, Esq., MP., desires at the same time to convey to him it. hearty thanks for his untiring and unflinching exer tions to obtain fur the working classes of this country a Lair and full there of the elective franchise, and that franchise re tailed by the bellot." Mr. Mixes, in seconding the etiolation, said that in the United States, where he had spent most of his life, the opinions oftenee quitted, respected most, looked up to most, were those of three or (cur individuate. The King or Queen of England never made speeches, xcept short ones from the throne, but there were three or four parsons in the British parliament whose opinions were quoted and respected in America. The first person he should DIMS was the late Joiepla Hume, and the others were John Bright, Richard Cobden. and that untbaching patriot whom they all knew, John Arthur Roebuck. (Loud cheers.) Toe resolution was carried uminiaitocaly. Alter the thanks ot the meeting had been voted to the chetroon. Mr. Whitehuret, and Mr. Miles, the proceedings terminated. METROPOLITAN BORED OF WORKS. Yesterday a general meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Winks oar held in the Council Chamber, Guild hall. Mr. J. THWAITM in the chair. TM financial etateureist showed a balance on the deposit account of 26,9881. 14s. id.; Corset-garden approach, 188,0911. ls. 10.1.; Southwark end Westminster Communi cation, 14,1361. 10a. ltd.; Victoria-path approach, 42,0021. Ils. 10d.; lumbury-park, 31. 18a. 11d.; sinking fund for repayment of =reignite debts, 11,3981.2a-9d.; =slung a grams wud of 382,6101. 18a. ed. THE PURCHASE 07 sairAtirt-tiotsz. A deputation trout a number of entries attended the board to preeent a memorial again.' the removal of the offices of this boned hum Greek-street to Berkeley-house, Spring-garden., the steps in reference to which, the memos.' stated, had been takees ie opposition to almost the whole of the vostriee. The prepared removal was a notions and unnetreemary expendi ture of the ratepayer.' money, as the hosed already poreessed premier which wore their own freehold. Mr. Baume moved that the memorial bereoeived and en tared on the =outer. This proposition led to a stormy discussion, one member remarking that it the board were to be threatened, it would be fur them to consider wnether the "courtesy" aikared to deputations to address the board, should nut be withdrown altogether. Several members of the deputation protested eatatnet appearing there by courteay a it was a matter ut right. Eventually the memorial wee re ceived, and ordered to lie watered on the minutes, by a majority of 26 to 12. A deputation was then introduced try Mr. SNOW, from the vestry of Mile-end-town to patient a similar memorial. Mr. NEWTON addreeend the board in support of the memo rial, and in the waste of Machos, vationaclurged the board with a disregard of the voice of the ratepayers, said that local in terata were neglected, and that the attention of parliament would be called to them with a view of re-modelling the Laird, unless more attention was paid to the representation. of there ounstittienta, who furniehed the Seance.. Mr. SNOW moved that the memorial be received end en tered an the mantes, wlitch wee put and agreed to. _ _ _ rlKeacOT ►akß. A deputation from the parish of Clerkenwell, introduced by Mr. Savage, emended to present a memorial relative to the formation of Finsbury Park. Mr. Chase sddremed the board, urging that en as set of parliament bad been passed for 17 mouths tor the formation of this perk, the ground for that purpose should be pur chased without farther delay. OFIICIS or TOO BOARD.—BERILELET 00005. A report from the worka and genera purposes oumenlttee having been mad, Mr. 0711'01 moved that the plaits fur the serangements for rooms, &o, recommended op the committee, be approved by thla &sad. Mr. liorsox seconded the motion, which, after some die cue.ion, sae carried. The hoard adjourned shortly before sin o'clock. The anniversary of the foundation of the Library and biome= at Sal tley, near Birmingham, took picas on Thurs day eveains, and was attended by the - Right Ron. C. B. Adderbiy, M.P., ice-Preeldent of the Committee of Connell on Education, its founder, who, in compliance with • pre vious request that he would deliver • lectors to tbe teem fav,ared them with en address, embrdyliig some of lab views oh asthma education. (Stamped id. Additional) [ l' %% OPENCE. RAFUBAL TO LICBRB3 4 PRIVATS ASYLUM. At the Elise: Quarter Sessions, at Chelmsfozd, on Tamtay, C. 0. Round, Esq., in the chair, application for • license for Me,. Allen's private lunatic asylum at High Beach, which had been refused at the previous session, was renewed, in the shape of • long memorial, which described the hones and the situation as well adapted for the purpose, and stated that there were now fourteen patients, with an establishment of seven persona. It then quoted favourable extract& relating to improvements that had been made in the institution, several of which have appeared in our paper ; and added, Mrs. Allen had nothing on which to support herself and four children but what she derived from this establishment, therefore the withholding of the license would be the ruin of her. Since the report as to the suspect 'ion of the license had appeared in the county papers she had received letters from the friends of various patients, retracts from which were given, all expressing satisfaction with the treatment and regret at the prospect of the asylum being closed. The Chairman called attention to • letter from the Secretary of the Commissioners of Lunacy, and also to • report front Dr. Campbell, ono of the commissioners, on the subject of this asylum. The letter stated that Mr. Whiteman had at tended them on the subject, and it amend ft was a matter that required some notice at their bands. He requested the chairmen to state to the court that ell the comeniestonere had agreed with the statement of Dr. Campbell at the close of his report. Mr. Whiteman explained that what be asked of the com mission.* was that as all these patients would in November have been tamed adrift in the winter seems, they should Irithenstios at ins law .bill,that seam wee beengin baktre this court. The statement of Dr. Campbell was teed. It consisted of extracts from the reports of the virile from 1848, and pre sented a very unfavourable picture of the asylum, winding up with this observation—" It is to be feared that no coral dams cm be placed in the promises of Mrs. Allen, and that ebb is not a proper person to be licemed for the oars of Manse patients." The Rev. Mr. Cockerell said ha was not present at the last session, or he should have given a statement of his own with respect to this asylum, which be had visited for fourteen years. Re called upon t hem to dismiss from their minds the damaging reports previous to 1855, when the license was re newed, Mrs. Allen promising improvement, and it had been improved, for the report. since that period ware not so damaging. If the tout would consider this matter they would see that these inturnedi de houses were very desirable, for be did not think the court wished to pauperise a whole class of persons by insisting that they should go into the county asylum. The lettere (extracts from which were read) be had there, and could vouch that they were all genuine, and he also had othees which be could produce. He noticed some of the cases referred to by Dr. Campbell, and said the state in which these partite ware found was owing to their peculiar Mats of monomania. He had made it his particular boausess to look to the state of this house, and though be did not knew whether the coat would think itself bound to abide by the decision of the oommiesioners in London, he thought something was due to those visitors whom they themselves appointed. lie had a report from their own emdkal men, appointed and paid by that court, which he hoped they world allow to be read ; he had also a letter from Dr. Rowe, who spoke highly of this house, and said he was prepared to play another patient there. Dr. Align, In fact, who established it, was one of those who hatrodeeed the system of not subj ecting the patients to restraint ; end no complaints of cruelty had been made. They had of late paid great attention to the ventilation, and the place was much improved. As to the poor patients themselves, some had pulsed 34, 33, or 32 years in the establishment, and to take them away from all the associations they had formed there would be hard indeed upon them. There had been no establishment More fros from the diseases which prevailed in the neighbourhood. As to Mrs. Allen, of course the mart would not consider her interests in opposition to the interests of theta pone individuals ; but the bad laid out something like 600 f in improvements since the Hoene. was renewed in 1855 ; and he would call attention to the fact that amongst the charges against Mrs. Allen there was not one of unkindness to the patients. The rev. gentleman reed several letters, speaking in high terms of the cars and treat ment of the patients, and concluded by moving that the UMW be granted. A letter was read from Mr. MoNab, the surgeon appointed by the court, stating that there ware thirty rooms allowed for the occupation of the establishment, which had, in his opinion, greatly improved in ventilation and drainage ; the linen was clean and comfortable ; and, with the exception et two old and incurable cases, the inmates were all as com fortable and happy as It was possible to make them, consis tent with their safety. Mr. Ileathcote seconded the motion. He bad been over the house with care and diligence, and found it in the state just described. The Rev. J. Lewis said, as a matter of public duty, he felt bound to oppose this license, and he thought after the report of the commissioners of lunacy it would be impossible for this court to renew it. They had these complaints not only in 1856, but in 1867 and 1868; and, therefore, the house was now just what it was when they refused the license four years ago. Mrs. Allen that, undertook that there should be a great reform in various matter! ' bat not one of them conditions hod been complied with. He knew that cleanliness, good furniture, books, and &MOSSO:MO were the best possible things for cure in an establishment of this kind ; and after what he had heard he could nut vote for this license. It wee said it would be hard foe the patients to be removed, but it was not for them or even for their relations, but fur this court to decide—the respon sibility rested with them, and they must exert their power. There wee one other observation he would make, which was this—that he thought no woman, under any circum stances, ought to be at the head of an establishment of this kind ; and in the report of the Irieh commission made by two English commiraionene this opinion was expressly laid down. The Rev. T. Knox said they had a condemnatory report from the commissioners of lunacy, and favourable letters from gentlemen who were sprinted by this court ; this placed them In a difficulty ; but be felt bound to pay great deference to the repot of the co.mmiseioners, and when be found that in 1848 the house was St times visited and 16 times con demned, and reed the report in subsequent years, wound up by paying that the promises of Mrs. Alien were not to be re lied on, he could not resist so demnatory • statement asthma, ' Mr. Gurney Fry repeated what be said loft session as to the mate of the house. Sixteen pttients, who formerly occu pied two honeee, were crowded into one, and several of the bedrooms were no better than citeets, and very badly venti lated. The furniture was bad, the place touch out of order, and there was an air of poverty about it which impressed him with the opinion that it was not in the condition it ought to be to receive patients. It might be that Mrs. Allen's family depen4ed upon it, but they bad a higher duty to perform to the 16 patients, and after the report of the oommiesionere he did not think it possible that the limas could be renewed. Mr. Whiteman argued etrongly, from all the circurnstusees cif the case, in favour of the motion, regretting that through his absence from the county he was not present last session, because be had visited the house every three mouths, sod he thought his teeth:nosy might have prevented the lioense being withheld. They bad heard of crowding, but there were only 14 patients in 30 rooms, and as to the ventilation, it was now equal to their own asylum. Fairoread was now the only home, but some of the reports that had been read referred to other homes. Nearly all these people had paned that period when hope of cure was gone. It was stated there must be a resident medical man, but that was impossible. (Hear, hear.) With the charge that these cismes could pay, the thing wee impassible. lie contended that the report of their own medical adviser vastly outweighed that of the commie- Moneys of lunacy. The court renewed the license in 1815; therefore all that had passed previcesaly was condoned, and they were not petrified in withholding this bonne on the grounds that had been urged. Ilia knowledge of what mated last session wis derived from the county paper, which so fairly reported all their proceedings there, and he found the grounds there stated were, that there was an air of dut and poverty about the building, but no one was accused of the grave offence of creelty ; there was no want of food, want of recreation, or anything of that kind ; and therefore he thought the court would do wisely not to pay attention to the gentleman who had rent his written report from London bet rely on their own medical officer, whose report they heti just heard read. Captain Lased said It was from the statement of the local visitors that the license was Mopped, and thinking there bed been strong proof dusted of tMee patients, he opposed its renewal. Mr. Tower believed he wee best dolnr his duty by grant ing the license. After what had passed he dare say this asylum would be as well managed as any in the kingdom. If not he should say smash it again another year. Mr. }Lebow thought the court would stultify itself, if, after that condemnatory report, they were to grant tha license. Mr. Whiteman—Who are the oommiseloners Mr. Rebow said—Why, gentlemen who were appointed by the nation, end paid by the nation, and certainly gentlemen who had no local interest,. in the nos. This seemed to be almost en eleemosynary application, for it woe said the have was the only mien. Mrs. Allen had to support herself sod four children, end he could only put it in the light of Vote for Bumble for beadle, because hohas a wife and 12 children." Mr. Marsh denied that the question wee put to the court seen sppeal for the interests of Mrs. Mien, though it was I true her husband expended most of his money In eetablish- I lug this asylum ; but they said there were thirteen or four teen persons, who were attsched to the place, end they would be outraged in their feelings if the court scattered them, because this place was not equal to the palate built by the county money. (No, no.) There were three pleases of these unfortunate persona to be provided for— th. nob, who ware disposed of in privets please, and they beard nothing of them ; there wen the poor, who wage taken into the public asylum ; but there wee another class, such as those belonging to ruined tamales and others who could not pay beyond a certain mum, and what were they to do with them ? Were they to go into the county asylum ? That was not the place they wished to go to. The society wee not the society they expected. For them they must have these middle claw asylums ; and they must be of an inferior description no doubt to that of the greet asylum ; but be believed Mrs. Allen would take this as a warning, and that are would be taken for the proper management of the house in future. Even Mr. Davis mid he thought the license ought to be re newed for 10 patients. Mr. Davis—With a resident medical officer. Mr. Marsh said they could not have that. He supported the granting of the limn for the aka of the path ate rather thin that of Mrs. Allen. The Chairman alluded to wthit pored at the lent seasion, and asked if scything bad occurred nom to alter the case? They bed • report from sin individual who had sot a tittle of interest to the matter ' and he said, "It to to be feared that no emitter's) can be placed in the promises of Mrs. Allen, and she is not • person who can properly be say trusted with • limnse for a place for the reception of Wens persona." The letter of the secretary lb the commissioners went on to say that this yes the opinion of the whole hoard. If after that the wart could go the length of reminding It. own deed, be humbly submitted it would do • very weak act. (Hear.) It was proposed that the question as to renewing the Howse for ten should be put, but Mr. Davis said his sug gestion was made on condition that there should be • resident medical man. The chairman, therefore, conceived the matter stood as span the application of Mrs. Allen, and he put the question PI to the granting of the Ithense, when there op pared—For granting it, 1; against it, 18 majority against dr moral el do bar" 7. EOBBERY N 7 I7H VIOLENCE BY CAB DRIVER& At the Stockport County Constabulary Office, on Wednesday, two cab driven., named George Grabble and John WO= Wyatt, were charged with wanking William Parker, of Cheadle, and robbing him of a silver watch, • gold Albert key, sad a sovereign and a half. Oa Sunday afternoon the prosecutor was staying at the Red Lisa Inc Stockport, and he then saw the prisoner Dribble, and told him that he should want a cab at six o'clock to take bun home to Cheadle, to which Grabble answered that it was hie day off, brit that he would find • cab for him. About six o'clock Dribble called on the prosecutor, at the Red Lion, and told him that the cab wee ready. They then went to the door, where the other prisoner, Wyatt, was waiting with a Hansom cab. The prosecutor end Drabble entered the cab, and Wyatt drove off. Alter stop gat adrenal public-haves on the road they at length reac. the Queen, at the entrance of Cheadle; here they had more drink, sad the prinoners tried to Induce the prosecutor to return to Stockport. Title, however, he refused ; but, on the cab driving on again, baked of going in the dinettes of the prosecutor's house, Wyatt drove down a lane trading towards Manchester. Finding this, the prosecutor celled vas to him to mop, when Wyatt threatened to knock his brains out, and at the mine time Drabble, who wee inside the rub, made a match at the promcutor's watch-guard. A struggle then ensued, when both tell to the bottom of the cab. W alt stopped the cab, and went to the stisietsuce of hie and then both commenced beating the prosecutor, note/ilk 'trading his cries of murder, and entreaties to them to desist. Befog unable to get the prosecutor out of the vehicle, Drabble got into tae cab again, and it was driven oIL On arriving near • hones at the road side, occupied by • pima named Senders, to whom the prosecutor was known, the letter by some means managed to get hold of the horse's reins, end before the prisoners were aware of what he was about, he turned the horse to Mr. Sanders gate, sad drove up to the house. He then called for assistance, when both prisoners again assailed and tried to throttle him. At that moment Mr. Sanders came to the door, and seeing the position of affairs, he seized Drabble, the other person making his escape ; he was, however, pursued and brought beck. When roomed from the prisoners the prosecutor was completely exhausted, his outer clothes end shirt ware torn to rags, and his watch guard was found broken about his neck ; the watch, Albert Key, and his money were, however, gone. Subsequently the watch was found outmoded beneath the driving box of the cab. The prisoners were committed to take their trial. DESTRUCTION OP CROPS AND FENCES ON LINES OF RAILWAY. A cue of considerable interest to agriculturists was brad bet weak at the County Court of Tamworth, before amTeased, Beq., the judge, and a jury summoned fee pere, Mr. Hoary Lowe of Combleford, near Tam worth, farmer, was the plaintiff, and the London and North- Western Railway Company the defendants. Mr. Mousiest, et the Oxford circuit, instructed by Mr. Willington, of Tam worth, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Chattier, from the ethos of Mr. Carter, of London, for the defendants. From the statement of the plaintiff's conned, which was after wards borne out by the evidence, it appeared that on the 10th of August last an engine belonging to the defendants, and attached to one of the passenger down trains, passing the plaintiff's farm at Comberford, on the Trent Valley Line, ejected a quantity of red-hot coal or coke, which est fire to the herbage growing on the slope* of the railway, which being unusually dry, in a very few minutes onamannkated itself to a quitheet hedge of the plaintiff's, end baying burnt 246 yards of it, destroyed shout three acres of barley which had just been cut, mid the clovereeeda which had been 'Own with the barley for • crop in the ensuing year. The Bir mingham Fire-office paid the plaintiff a 'um of 64;., the amount of damage sustained by the loss ef the barley. but the ineuranee not extending to growing crops, the Ellice, though it was stated the directors acted most liberally on the occasion, were not liable for the damage done to the hedge and clovereeeds, and for this, amounting to 481. Bk., the proceedings were taken. Mr. Motteram stated that the action was brought against the defendants for negligence • so managing their engine that it destroyed the pialatifFe property. He said that the defendants were bound to adopt tuck' precautions as might be reasonably expected to prevent damage to the property of thew prisons through wnthe lands their railway parsed. He contended that the tire itself was a sufficient prima loci* case of negligence to call upon the defendant. to show that proper means to prevent such occurrence, had been applied by them. The evidence he intended to lay before the jury would be sufficient to show that the injury of which the plaintiff complained was caused by the eta:aloe of sparks, or particles ail ignited coke, from the defeadents engine. At the conclusion of Mr. Motteram 's statement, it was arranged that the only point to be contested should bo the amount of the claim, and this wee chiefly confined to the principle on which the value of the clovereeede bad been wheeled. For the plaintiff, Mr. Ingle, the surveyor, wee called, who said that he eou.ideted the proper mode of estimating the plain tiff's ices was the probable value of the crop when it would be ripe, and this be valued titt SI, en acre. The witness was subjected to a rigid cream-examination by Mr. Claather, in t.rder to show that the value of the seed and labour was the true measure of the lose. The plaintiff was then celled, and supported Mr. lngle'a view of the cue, and said on cress examination that he had, as an experiment, town the land again with rye grim, but, being sown out of season, in all probability it would be a feithre ; yet at any rate be thought that any benefit which might be aerived from it titter paying for the seed and labour would be counterbalanced by the defi ciency in the yield of next yeet's wheat, by ransom of the loss of the clover root, so valuable as a manure for the wheat crop. Mr. Clealter addressed the jury on behalf of the defendants, and contended that the true measure of damage wee what an Incoming tenant would have to pay to Mr. Lowe, provided his tenancy had expired on the day the fire occurred. That to look forward to whet the crop. would be in the ensuing simmer was importing into the eatimateADLlernent of too un certain a character to be relied upon. The directors were un willing at once to pay any et 'flaunt claim parties might make against them, as they were trustees for the shareholders. The claim for the destruction of the fence he did not object to, and ea it was; from principle the company revived this claim, he hoped the jury would give the ce-v that considers , lion which, as men familiar with egrieultorel purenita, they would be especially qualified to do. Mr. Motteram urged that I the mode suggested by the defendants wee ftillaCIOUP, as Mr. Lowe'm tenancy could not be considered in the way suggested. If he were nearly an off-going tenant, be would have no rent and payments to make in respect to the land given up, which in this ease with the seed and labour was shown to he within a trifle (taking even the defendants view as correct) of the amount claimed. The mode suggested for estimating the claim wee ingenious but uneound ; it put the plaintiff in the position of an offeroing tenant with • liability to a twelve month,' rent and payments for the land, whilst it put the defendants in the petition of an In coming tenant, with pewee ion of the land, with no rent or W yments to make in respect of it for the next twelve months. The defendants celled no witnerwra, end his Honour maenad up the case very carefully to the jury, intimating that he did not agree in the mode of cal.:Welton stiegested by the de fendants' but leg the whole matter in the hands of the jury, who (he said) were peculiarly well qualified to deal with a CASs of that deseription. The jury, Ater retiring to consider the casts, returned a verdict for the plaintiff fur 48!. 160., the amount claimed; the foreman intimating t hut the jury onn eidered the claim to be a moderate one.—Modlood Cosmetics Resold. PRINTERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITCTIONS.—Mr. F. Ullow, late of Alderthete-etteet, City, has just bequeathed • legacy of 1001., to be equally divided between the Printers' Pestles Society and the Printers' Almehouve Society, An similes of the tlret named society will take place in March, when eight additional pensioner. will be pieced on the fan& A new pensio•, it is expected, will alon be then created, to be called the Canton Pension, in honourable remembrance of the dirt Entlith printer, which will entitle the holder to • pension of 261. per annum for life. The highest male candi date on the poll who has swathed vizty years of age, and enbecribed fur twenty-fire years, will be the recipient.