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My wife had for more than fifteen years, during most of iffered excruciating pain, and for many months to walk across the room, much less to attend , terns. She was, in the course of her affliction, e care and attendance of a number of able and ians and Surgeons, from some of whom she mporary relief for ten days or a fortnight ; but rally returned with double violence, so that we staining a cure, till, by mere accident, we were gentleman of York, who himself had received a liens. I procured two small bottles from Mts. •nt in that City, which my wife took, and after e, which she also took before the complaint : we were then almost ready to despond and licine; but being urged still to persevere, she Ling a few more bottles, I am happy to infirm a complete cure, and now enjoys good health— her domestic concerns as well as she was before nn. It is now ten months since she recovered, rarance of the complaint since. satisfy any inquiries on the subject. If by let st be paid. •men, with esteem and gratitude, our obedient bumble servant, THOMAS RUTLEDGE. um and Son, 'chest cr. sold in moulded square bottles at 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d. ihn Lignum and Son, Surgeons, &c. 63, Bridge ; Butlers, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. , Prince's -street, Edinburgh ; and 54, Sackville ns, 42, Long-lane, West Smithfield ; Sutton and rd ; Barclay and Sons, 95, Fleet-market ; E.E4- 's Churchyard ; F. Newbery and Sons, 4S, St. I ; F. Newbery and Sons, Agents to the Sun me-street, Dublin ; Scott and Orr, 100, South 's.street, Edinburgh; R. Nelson, Glasgow; Medicine Venders. ay be had, Mr. Lignum's Improved VEGE r, for all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 4s. 9d. duty :'URVY OINTMENT may now be bad of ricr Is. 9d. each rot, duty included. I ) ~J 11 li taL 1 N°. 13,508. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1830. PRICE 7D. LUNACY COMMISSION. Copy of the Report from the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lu nacy, made to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, his Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated Ist July, 1829. Sir,—The important nature of the duties which under the pro- visions of the Act of last Session have been imposed upon us as Commissioners for the Licensing and Inspecting Lunatic Asylums in London and its vicinity, induces us to report to you the general state of the houses under our inspection, and briefly to communi cate an outline of our proceedings. We cannot indeed but review our labours with some degree of pleasure, when, having completed three regular visitations, and having made several casual visits, we are enabled to state that our inspections have been, with few exceptions ' very satisfactory. The establishments licensed by us have been 38, and the patients who were confined in them, on the first of August, 1828, amounted to 2,047 • and on the Ist of May last, to 2,038. In so large a number of houses it is impossible but that a great difference in their salubrity and in their genetal convenience, aris ing from local circumstances as well as from their management, must esdar. But we have usually found a most ready attention on the part of the proprietors to such suggestions as we have thought it right to make ; and in many instances the improvements which have been effecte spontaneously by the proprietors and managers of these asylums, have evinced an anxious desire on their part to place them on a better system, and have justly merited our ap probation. But although the asylums, with regard to the comfort of the patients, are generally as good as we could expect, we regret to say, that in those establishments which arc more especially destined fur the reception of poor and of parish patients, very little attention is given to any curative process. The number of patients either cured or materially relieved is so small compared with the total number of those under confinement, as to strengthen our own observations of the imperfection of the pre sent system, so far as it is connected with restoration to reason of those who may be justly considered capable of recovery. It must not, however, be supposed, that the managers are as negligent on this point as the returns would imply; the permanence of the dis ease may be accounted for by the tardiness of the parishes and of the relations of poor persons in sending them to these establishments, where they can in no way contribute to their own support, and where they arc necessarily maintained, at a greater cost than they would be either in a parish workhouse or in their houses; the malady is thus allowed to become inveterate before it is subjected to regular treatment. It is also but just to observe, that no inconsiderable number of the patients in these private asylums have been received into them when discharged as incurable from public institutions for the cure of madness. In establishments for a more wealthy class of patients their cure is more attended to. The results are, nevertheless, less satisfactory than might be hoped. For, as considerations of economy may be supposed to cause delay in the other class, so in this, the indisposi. tion to cast the imputation of insanity on a near relation, and the natural feelings of reluctance at being separated from the objects of their affection, are not unfrequently the cause of recourse to these establishments being deferred until the disease of the unfortunate patient has become so formidable and permanent in its rfature as to be with difficulty, if at all subdued. The want of occupation for the superior description :of patients, and more especially for the male sex, is a defect not very easily re. medied ; and although the poorer classes are in many instances use fully employed in domestic services, it is not practicable to extend that mode of occupation to any great proportion of the patients, nor indeed is there always a willingness on their past to w0rk,.... Some of those who are in a state of mind capable of exertion, are represented to us as frequently considering employment a hard. ship unjustly imposed upon them : coercion fur the purpose of effecting this object would, for the most obvious reasons, lead to the greatest abuses; we have not thought it cxrdient therefore to urge it so strongly as we should otherwise have felt inclined to have done, although we have taken every occasion to express our appro bation when we have seen the patients employed apparently to their own satisfaction, and with cheerfulness and goodwill. The sepa ration of parents of the same class of life, but labouring under dif ferent degrees and descriptions of insanity, has not escaped our at. tention ; great difficulties occur in carrying this into very complete effect. In the large establishments classification to a certain extent is attended to, but it is not universally conceded by those who have the management of these Asylums that the entire separation of the patients who are dejected from those who are excited is be neficial to either class. Classification, however, in our opinion, is an object never to be lost sight of, and more particularly in that rank of life where previous education and habit make the :distinc. lion of manners, of appearance, and of conduct,'more perceptible to the patients; the strictest attention should be paid to keep those individuals who, from the peculiar tendency of their malady, are me...warily objects of disgust, apart from those who, labouring under aberration of intellect, arc nevertheless fully capable of feeling most sensibly the misery of living with such associates. In the large establishments, the strictest attention is paid to the entire separation of the two sexes ; in some of the smaller, the na. ture of the premises and of the building prevent so complete a distinction of the apartments and of the airing grounds as we could desire, thus leaving to the vigilante . of the attendants that which we should muct► prefer to rest, in addition to their constant attcn. tion, on the construction and allotment of the asylum. We are well aware that there are reasons for the union of establishments for male and female patients, but the preponderance of good appears to us so decisively in favour of the separation, that we hare taken every opportunity of urging it, and we have received as•urances from several of the proprietors, that they would do every thing in their power to effectuate this desirable object. To attempt it pre. cipitately would occasion such serious sacrifices of property, and so much inconvenience, that we have not thought it just to urge an immediate attention to it, more especially as we have not the slightest reason to suspect any abuse under the present system. From our Visitation Reports it will appear that we have made the prescribed inquiries respecting the religious consolation afforded to patients. Some attempt is made in most of the establishments to attend to this point. The opinions of its utility to the patients are, nevertheless, various. It it, obvious that to a large class of them it cannot be useful, and to those who are insane on religious points it Is stated to us to be not unfrequently prejudicial ; indeed, we are of opinion that even with regard to those patients who are capable of behaving with decency during the celebration of divine service, very few, if any, derive real benefit from it. We are, nevertheless, most anxious that whenever they can attend with decorum, religious ser vice should be regularly performed ; and we feel this the more de sirable, ns we cannot but contemplate the probability of such a prat tike being most advantageous in its effects on the keepers, and on other persons concerned in the care of the patients. We have had occasion to exercise the powers confided to us, of releasing patients whose state of mind appeared to justify our inter ference, and to have caused, either by our own authority or by com munication with the friends of the patients, the release from con finement of nine individuals; of these, unfortunately, it has been necessary to replace three in confinement, but we cannot regret that even in these cases of failure the experiment was tried. When we caused their release, we were aware of the possibility of the recur. rence of their malady, but we felt ourselves called upon, in the dis charge of our duty, not to permit persons to continue in confine ment whose sanity at that moment we did not doubt, and who were also stated to us to have shown no symptoms of aberration of intel lect for a length of time antecedent to their release. This power ought always to be exercised after the greatest consideration, and with due caution ' • it is one, however, of so much value, as well in preventing the improperco nfinement of persons, as in remedying the negligence of friends, who, though reluctant to consign their rela tions to these asylums, are not unfrequently equally reluctant to re move them, that the Commissioners would be violating a most im portant ?art of their duty, if they hesitated to incur the responsibi. lily arising out of its exercise. It is right to observe, that in many of the above cases, as well as In others, in which, upon examination, the conditiou of mind of the individuals did not appear such as to justify our interference, the possible sanity of their patients has been suggested by the propel. etors and managers of the asylums ; and in no instance have we found any indisposition on their part to state all the circumstances which might citable us to form just conelusioes on the soundness of the minds of the persona whose cases were under our consideration. Indeed, with regard to pauper patient., we think much more exer. tion is required to induce parishes to send their lunatic poor to these asylums, than to prevent their Confining them there impmperly, of retaining them there beyond the period of their recovery. This observation, nevertheless, must not be extended to distant parishes, where the expense of removal operates disadvantageously, not merely on account of a reluctance to send the poor to these Ass , ' lums as soon as desirable, but also by their disinclination to incur additional charges by the removal of the persona whose recovery may not prove permanent. We have found it necessary to obtain your sanction to the revoca tion of one license, and the discontinuance of another. In neither of these cases did we proceed to this extremity without giving se rious and repeated warnings to the parties interested. We strongly intimated the necessity of correcting great irregu larities in the management, and of improving the accommodation of the patients. Had our suggestions been attended to, and the improprieties of which we had reason to complain been amended, we should not have called. for your sanction to so severe a measure. The continued perseverance in arrangements which called fur our decided reprobation, and a very insufficient attempt at any alteration of the buildings, left us no alternative but to exercise a power which, although affecting severely the property of individuals, U never ' theless indispcasable for controlling persons who consider profit their only object in keeping these asylums, and who will not he deterred from negligence or malpractices, unless their pecuniary interests force them to regard the comfort of those unfortunate beings who are confided to their cue. The exercise of this power, which is vested in us, under the con. trol of the Secretary of State, appeared to us important, not merely in correcting cases of flagrant abuse, but also in preventing less ob jectionable irregularities, and in impressing on the minds of pro. prietors and managers oilunatic asylums, that we were resolved, if more lenient measures and strong admonition did not produce due attention to the care and comfort of their patients, that their power of deriving profit from their negligence or their misconduct should no longer exist. Indeed we have good grounds for believing that these instances of severity have excited sufficient attention to justify our opinion of their importarvx, in creating in all those connected' with or interested in these establishments the greatest desire to con duct them in the best manner, and to follow, as far as they are able, the suggestions which, in the discharge of our duty, we have felt ourselves called upon to make. In saying this, we do not wish to impute to coercion that care and attention which we doubt not, in very many instances, proceed from much better motives. Still, how. ever, where so much depends on the constant and unwearied exertion of the superintendents, and so much misery may be inflicted by casual neglect or habitual inattention to what may be esteemed minor or trivial points of management, every stimulus should be added that inspection, remonstrance, and positive though temperate authority, can produce. In this, the first year of the provisions of the recent statute coming into action, every fair allowance should be made for irregn. larities and imperfections ; and from the general disposition which we have found to make improvements, and to mend those parts of the management to which we have objected, we cannot but hope, that few instances will hereafter occur in which it may be neces. sary to exercise this just severity, although a more rigorous attention to various minute points, and an improvement in the manner of conducting some of the establishments, ought to be most strictly en forced in future. We cannot conclude our observations without adverting to the practice of placing criminal lunatics in private asylums. At our suggestion you have milled some of them to be removed to other places of confinement, and in one of these instances we were ob to call for your interference, by the necessity which existed of us more constant coercion than should ever be generally adopted wi i respect to patients so slightly affected by aberration of intellect, as I was the case with this individual. We are aware that a certain part of Bethlem is appropriated to the reception of criminal lunatics, but its extent is so inadequate to the confinement of all those who are guilty of serious offences, but who are acquitted on the ground of insanity, that we cannot forbear from remarking how very desirable it is, on every account, that some establishment should be set apart for the confinement of this class of Insane persons. It is indeed a subject well worthy of serious con sideration, whether the moral effect on insane persons, either in or out of confinement, would not be considerable, if those who had committed offences were confined in 'a prison expressly adapted for their reception. Many are the individuals, who labouring under mental malady, are nevertheless fully capable of judging how far their being guilty of crime is likely to conduce to their future dis comfort, and of appreciating the difference of an establishment set apart for the confinement of criminal lunatics alone, and of those asylums which receive within their walls those only whose insanity has never lcd them to acts punishable by the law. We are aware of the difficulties and expense attending the forma. tion of public establishments of this nature, but we esteem it an object of so much importance*, to justify our calling your serious attention to it ; nor should we have felt that we discharged our duty to the public, without stating our opinion of the necessity of effect. ing some alteration in the present system of confining criminal lunatics. We have thus brought to a close the observations which our li mited experience of the establishments placed under our inspection and control have enabled us to suggest. We trust that the experiment which the legislature is making by establishing a new system of inspection of lunatic asylums, not merely in the metropolitan district, but throughout England, is likely to be attended with success. There are fcw subjects on which legislation is more necessary, and none attended with greater difficuity ; so as at once to ensure the comfort of the patients, and not unnecessarily to annoy the feel ings of relatives by useless publicity. Whether the present provisions of the law have held a just me dium between these two points is a matter worthy of further and of serious consideration. We only hope, that the exertions which we have made, and which we shall continue to make so long as we have these duties confided to us, will have the tendency of mitigating the severity of one of the greatest ills to which humanity Is subject ; and trust that this great object may be obtained without improper interference with is. wily feelings, and without allowing our commisseration of the un happy objects under our protection unfairly to warp our judgments, or cause us intemperately to disregard any one of the complicated interests which may be affected by our decisions 0. C. H. SOMERSET 0. H. ROSE FRANCIS BARING 0. F. HA Al PSON H. H. SOUTHEY J. BRIGHT J. R. HI.ThIE O. BYNO CHARLES ROSS THOMAS TURNER ASHLEY C. W. WILLIAMS WYNN. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jun* 23. COLIMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES—THE LITFORD PEERAGE. Some evidence having been given in this case on a former day, the Earl of Harrowby and Viscount Lorton were this day exii. mined. Their Lordships stated that they had known the late Lord Lifford for thirty years, and that the claimant was his eldest son. The committee resolved that Lord Lifford had made out bis claim to vote at the election of representive peers for Ireland. THE POYNE PEERAGE. Some further evidence having been given in this case by the Es 1 of Charleville and others, The committee resolved that the claimant had established his right to vote at the election of representive peers for Ireland. THE ILOO34IRLD PEERAGE. Evidence having been given respecting this claim before a com mittee of privileges in 1826, when the further consideration of it was adjourned until this day. Sir Wm. Betham appeared at the bar to prove the identity of'Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, u it was on the grounds of the absence of such proof that the case had been on the former occasion ad. joumcd. The LOAD CHANCELLOR observed, that it WAS unnecessary to prove the identity on this occasion. The patent set forth that the title had been conferred on Sir Benjamin Bloomfield : when be came to exercise any act in his right as a peer, then was his time to show that he was Sir Benjamin Bloomfield. The real cause of the case having been adjourned was this. By the Act of the union with Ireland, it is competent foe the Crown to create an Irish peer for every three that are extinct, and a peerage is to be considered extinct for that purpose, if not claimed by any perms within 12 months after the decease of the person last in the enjoy. ment of the dignity, and the creation of a new peerage until twelve months after three become extinct is to be considered mall and void. At the period of the creation of the Bloomfield there bad been three extinct, and 12 mont h s h a d ex pired alisT the Lath of the ..- fti --- .1.- Qd tr. r N., : - Crp '.....i,..!il DIC Ari 0 v OBE zo l% _ , ar s. ~.-____ frt asees . -.c :*7l*e .7 .o l 'r : , A. :• * k!" - , - last of them, which was the Earl of Roscommon, but Ilflsi 1(. • 0. claim for that peerage under the consideration of the Louie at the time of the creation tst the Bloomfield peerage, and that claim had been since estabßefied. Now it was a matter of doubt, whether the creation ofthe title of Bloomfield was legal or not. As it was the fiat time that such a case had come under the consideration of the house, he (the Lord Chancellor) tMuOtthat it should be submitted for the opinions of the Attorneys and Sackers General for England and Ireland, and that the further consideration of the case should be adjourned for that purpose. The limber consideration was accordingly adjourned. Some evidence was then given in the Netterville peerage, and tl:e further consideration of it adjourned until Wednesday next. lIAIRET'S DIVORCE BILL. The following are the circumstances of this case :—Major Haft y, the petitioner, married a Miss Rickets, at Madras, in 1823. ; parties lived happily together in that country until 1827, when thy came to England ; and having resided for sorce time in London, they set out on a tour to the continent, and became acquainted with the Rev. Edward Gardiner, at Geneva, who, it appeared, becatmi the seducer of Mrs. Bailey. From Geneva the parties went to Paris, where, on account of a disagreement which arose beilifell/ Major and Mrs. Bailey, they separated,— the Major having come to England, and Mrs. Bailey having taken up her quarters with her mother at Paris. About this time Mr. Gardiner also came to Part., and having renewed his acquaintance with Mrs. Bailey, a criminal intercourse between them was detected, and communicated to Major Bailey, who shortly after commenced legal proceedings against Mr. Gardiner, and got 1001. damages. After the verdict had been given against Mr. Gardiner, Mrs. Bailey, imagining thst such a verdict amounted to a divorce. married a dr. Smith, with whom she now lives. Evidence of the marriage at Madras, and of the affec tionate terms on which the parties had lived up to 1828, baring been given on a former occasion. Ann Matheson examined—Hail been a servant to Mrs. Ricketts. and accompanied her to Havre along with Mrs. Bailey. She knew Mr. Gardiner at Paris : he followed them to Havre, and took up his abode in the same hotel with them. In consequence of something which witness had heard, she and Charlotte Remondez(Mn. Bailey's maid) watched Mrs. Bailey and blr. Gardiner; they saw Mrs. Balky going into Mr. Gardiner's room one evening, and after having stopped with Mr. Gardiner there about a quarter of an hour, come out again. Witness saw Mrs. Bailey come out of Mr. Clardiner's room on an. other occasion. Charlotte Remondea examined, through an interpreter, corrobo rated the testimony of the last witness, and gave evidence of much intercourse of a suspicious nature between Mrs. Bailey and Mr. Gardiner. Major Bailey's solicitor proved the payment of the damages and costs by Mr. Gardiner. Mr. ADAM submitted that lie bud sufficiently established the art of adultery, to entitle Major Bailey to the dispensation which he sought for. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the evidence was v confused, that it was better to get it printed, that their lordships might clearly understand it. The further consideration was then adjourned until the eviderm should be printed. EAST INDIA HOUSE. • A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held yesterday, as we briefly noticed. On the motion of the Chairman (W. Astell, Esq.) a dividend of 51 per cent. was declared on the company's capital stock for the half year commencing on the sth of January last, and ending on the :Ith of July next. Thirteen gentlemen, who were on the by-laws committee last year, were re-elected. Rir J. R. Reid, and A. B. Roberts, Esq. were elected in the room of the hon. D. Kinnaird, deceased, and Mr. Mallet, who has resigned. MADRAi REGISTRAR . / BILL. The Cumairaw laid before the Court a draught of a bill ler the relief of the representatives of persons who have died intestate in the presidency of Madras. [Our readers will recollect that this bill was introduced by Sit James Mackintosh, for the purpose of indemnifying certain int!i. viduals who had sustained losses by the malversation of Mr. Gil. bert Ricketts, formerly regisrar of the Supreme Court at Madras.) Mr. JACKSON criticised the bill at some length. He contended that the Company had no right to make good losses which were ' sustained by individuals in consequence of the misconduct of A.l officer whops' appointed, not by the Company, hut by the King's judges. Of this he was quite sure, that whatever power might force the bill through Parliament, no earthly power could shake the jut. lice of the Company's cause. The learned gentleman concluded by moving a resolution, expressive of the approval, by the proprietors, of the steps taken by the Court of Directors with respect to tWs bill, and requesting them to watch, with care and vigilance, its future progress. Mr. Emit expressed his disapprobation of the measure, which he considered extremely unjust. Ile cordially seconded the motion. After some further observations front Mr. 'fwtxtrio, who op. posed the bill, and Mr. Tnax.r. who supported it, on the ground that the persons injured ought to be relieved, and that there was no fund from which that relief could be obtained except that which was indicated by the act of Parliament, the motion was agreed to. - - SUGAR DUTIES. The CHAIRMAN then adverted to the recent proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for an alteration as to the amount of duty on sugar, and expressed his opinion, that so far from being a benefit, the proposed alteration would be an intolerable tax on Last India sugar. Mr. Thaws expressed his regret that there was not not exhibited amongst the members of that court • more lively sense of the im portance of this subject. He was decidedly in favour of the pro. position made in the House of Commons by Mr. C. Grant, and should give it every support in his power. Mr. WILDING eulogised the course pursued on this occasion by those directors who were members of the House of Commons, and proceeded to contend that the East Indies, which bad poured their riches into the lap of Great Britain, without putting her to any ex pense, deserved at Icist as much consideration as the West Indies, the support of which was a drawback and drain upon this country. Mr. S. DIxON rose to order, observing, that on this occasion the allusion to the West Indian interest was ill-timed and unmeetwary. Mr. Wgzsurrw defended the course he had adopted. He was not particularly interested in this matter, but he had spoken on a principle. The hon. gentleman then moved the thanks of general principle. to the Court of Directors, for the attention they had paid to the question of the sugar duties now before Parliament, and requesting them to proceed as they had hitherto done. After some observations from Mr. Emir, AIL FERCUSION, Mr. WILDING, Mr. POYNDER, Mr. TLANT, MGR. JACKSON, and the Chairman, who stated that the Company were anxious that all interests, West Indian as well as East Indian, should be pro tected, the motion, in a modified form, was agreed to. IDOLATRY IX INDIA. Mr. POYNDER gave notice that he would at the next quarterly general court move, " That this Court, taking into consideration the direct encouragement afforded to idolatry, and also to the licentious. ness and bloodshed connected with idolatrous observances, by the collection of tribute from the worshippers and pilgrims at the temples of Juggernaut, nye, Allahabad, and elsewhere, both for the repair of those temples, and the maintenance of their priests and attendants, recommends to the Honourable Court of Directors to take such measures as may have the effect of immediately directing the attention of the Indian Government to this subject, and of even. tually removing such a reproach from a Christian empire." The Court then adjourned. REGATTA ON THE OUSE. On Tuesday a boat-race took place on the river Ouse, from Na. burn Lock to the Welhouse on the New Walk. The match was between the Officers of the 3d Light s, and a party of Gestlemen of York. Previous to starti l : r g a rwhole party partook of an elegant collation at Nahum Hall, the residence of Thomas Barstow, Esq. and at two o'clock the boats started. The York Gentlemen's boat took the lead, but was soon passed by that of the Oaken, who won the race by two minutes and a half. The day was extremely unfavourable, the rain falling heavily the whole time. SMITHFIR :LD. Justs 24. CATTLI AT IMANATT : Beasts.. 463 , Calves .. Sheep and Lambs 14,370. Pigs Beef 34 8d to 4s 4d 1 Veal ....... .4s Od to Ss Od Mutton 3s 10d 4s !di Pork 31 4d 4s 6d Lamb Hay (per load), £2 10s. to £4 Straw, £2 Os. to £2 141. ISt. Clover, 45 Os. to t 5 Cs. NEWOATE AND LEA DENHALL, Jona 24. By the I arease.—Per stone of albs. Beef, Si. 44. to N. ed. Mutton, 2..6d. to Si, Id. Veal, Ss. Od! to 4a. W. Pork, 24.1141. to Is. 44. Lamb, 4s. 04. to 51.0 d. PARRiNGDON MARKET, Jona 44. Prices per it. to the consumer. Bur—Finest Roasting, 71d. and 6d. Do. Bolling. 4W. and sd. Equal quantity of each, 51d. and 6d. Rump Steaks. 'IND-- Beef Steaks, 6d. Ramp of Beef, 7gd. Wentsa hi g yrog—L eg . 71d. Haunch, Gid. and 7d. Saddle. 6d. and fled. Neck, 441. Brent, 41d. Shoulder, 64. and 60. Vraa—Leg, 7d. Fillet, and 9W. Loin, 7d. Breast, 7d. Neck. bid. and 7d. Shoulder, 5441. and GL Peat. Ad. to 70. Lassa. 7d. to !AI S'S HAY-MARKRT, hats 24. Coarse flew; Lowland Meadow Hay, alts it. to 22 15s. Useful ditto, A 2 ISt. to 43 15s. Floe Uj iand Meadow and Ry e G r i ts Hay, 44 01; to IS ss. Clover ay. £3 10s. to Al ss. N w Hay, C.— Os. to £3. Oat Straw, £2 6s. to 22 10s. Wheat draw, £lllOl. to Al 12s. peg load et 36 cruses,