The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

THE SOUTHAMPTON PORTION OF THE INDIAN
MAIL.—The Oriental Steam Company's stoats-packet Sultan,
Capt. Oeo. Brookes, arrived at Southampton yesterday, and
landed her mails, under the charge of Lieut. Langton,
Admiralty agent. The lonian packet had not arrived, to
Rive any further news of the insurrection at Patna.

MR. LAYARD'S ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES.
The following extracts from a recent article in the
Journal des Walt show the estimation in which the Pari-
sians hold the antiquities lately discovered among the ruins
of Nineveh by our countryman, Mr. Layard, a small portion
of which have already arrived, and have been placed in the
British Museum. The testimony is the more valuable from
the circumstance of the attention which has been attracted
by the recent exhibition at Paris of the Assyrian remains,
discovered by M. Botta, at Khorsabad. Mr. lAyard's
drawings, referred to in the extracts, were, on Saturday last,
explained by him to a meeting of the trustees of the British
Museum, numerously attended, by the Duke of Cambridge,
the Marquis of Northampton, dos.
" Mr. A. li. Layard, an attache of the British embassy at
Constantinople, arrived at Paris last week. lie stayed but
• few days being impatient to revisit his country and family
after an absence of eleven years spent in traversing different
parts of Western Asia • the fame of his important discoveries
among the ruins of Nineveh in 184 G and 1847 has already
spread throughout the whole of Europe. We feel confident
that we shall be rendering acceptable service to our readers
by übmitting to their perusal the followin notice, which
M.s Felix Lajard, member of the Institute, red on the sub-
ject of these discoveries at the weekly sitting of the Acadi my
of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres on the 21th inst. ; ' The
academy at its last sitting was enabled to judge from the
drawings laid before them by Mr. Layard how
greatly the discoveries of that zealous traveller ex-
ceed the expectations raised by all the private cor-
respondence and newspaper articles on the subject. And
yet the drawings exhibited by Mr. Layard do not constitute
one-fourth part of those so ably executed by him on the site
of the ancient Assyrian empire. During his very short stay
in Paris he kindly consented to gratify my curiosity on the
subject, and allowed me to examine, one by one, the 270
drawings which, exclusive of the impressions of inscription,
are contained in his portfolio. Many of our members, on
being itiformed of this fact, expressed to me their desire to
know the impression created in my mind by the sight of these
archeological riches.'
" After a long disquisition on some of the religious symbols
found upon the monuments discovered by Mr. Layard, M.
Litiard proceeds to say —*As long ago as the year 1825
I stated to the Academy Ora 1 felt justified in connecting
with the mysteries of Mithra certain bas-reliefs of Persepolis,
which, at one time, were supposed to represent Ormuzd,
contending with the evil Beni Ahriman metamorphosed into
a lion, a bull, or a griffin ; and at another, the King of
Persia, as the conqueror of a hostile nation, represented
under the form of the same animals. My opinion meets
with • full confirmation in the Nemroud bas-reliefs (and
what is well-worthy of remark), more especially in those bas-
reliefs which Mr. Layard, from their style and antiquity,
thinks to be 405 centuries older than the sculptures
of Khorsabad. Indeed, at Nemroud, not only do the kings
appear surrounded by symbols and scenes which incon-
testibly belong to the mysteries of the national religion;
but the stole or robe alas of one of the kings is covered with
embroidery or painting, representing scenes of initiation
analogous to those of Persepolis, and in addition to this a
multitude of other scenes and symbols, which I also find on
the cones and cylinders, and which, in my opinion, belong
to the mysteries of Mylitta, Astarte, or Mithra. The King
of Assyria is here dressed in a costume which leaves no
doubt that the intention was to consecrate the remembrance
et his initiation into the mysteries of Mylitta; and this cos-
tame, found in no other Asiatic monument, reveals the
Assyrian origin of the celebrated Olympic stole, with
which Apuleius, in his ' Metamorphoses,' tells us it
was customary to clothe the initiated. Considered as a
i whole, and in connexion with the numerous cuneiform
inscriptions, of which Mr. Layard has brought over copies,
the drawings of this traveller combine all the materials neces-
aary in order to present an almost complete picture of the re-
ligious, civil, and warlike life of the Assyrian kings, and, at
the same time, to make us acquainted with the deeds, ex-1
Wits, and conquests of the Assyrian monarchs, the richness
and beautiful workmanship of their stuffs, embroidery, and
tissues, their piculiar mode of arranging the hair, their
earrings, necklaces, bracelets, arms, thrones, furniture,vases,
and the c irrisges which were in use at the court of Nineveh.
The drawings of the English traveller confirm, in this re-
spect, all that ancient authors tell us el the luxury indulged
-In by the most magnificent of the Asiatic sovereigns, and if
we already knew by the testimony of Lucian that • number
of wild beasts were kept in the Assyrian temples, we now
learn from Mr. Layard that the great King furnished his
menagerie with rare animals from differeut c itintries, either
for utility or curiosity, such as the elephant, the rhinoceros,
the camel with two humps from Bactriana, the large kind of
monkey called the sylvan, &c. Ou other bas-reliefs are sees
many different kinds of trees, which ornamented the gardens
of the palace, and which will attract the attention of natu-
raliats, besides a lake, in which were kept different kinds of
aquatic animals. Considered wills reference to the history
of art, the ruins of Nemroud are not his interesting, for
they belong to a period which, according to Mr. Layard,
would embrace the six or seven last centuries of the exist-
ence of the Assyrian empire. It would, therefore, extend
as far back as the eleventh or twelfth century before the
birth of Jesus Christ—that is to say, to a period about 100
or 200 years after the siege of Troy. And even if this date
should appear too rem ite, it must still be admitted that the
sculptures of the four palaces of Nemroud are anterior to the
conquest of the Assyrian empire by Cyrus, and that they
show how much Greek has borrowed from Assyrian arts.
The bas-reliefs of the most ancient of the four palaces are the
most perfect specimens of the latter as yet bequeathed to us,
and leave far behind the sculptures of the palace at Khorsa-
bad, which so recently were the objects of our wonder and
admiration. At Nemroud we find more dignity, more ac-
tion, more variety in the attitudes of the figures, and,
above all, more elevation of style and fidelity of imita-
tion, in the animals in the hunting scenes, &c. The
lions and horses are remarkable for beauty ; the
horses faithfully exhibit the admirable type of the
purest Arabian breed, and may, with advantage, be com-
pared with the most beautiful model left by Greek antiquity,
without excepting even the horses of the Parthenon. When
I add that Mr. Layard found among the ruins of Nemroud
small figures in terracotta vases of the same material, or of
marble, ornamented with figures, bricks covered with cunei-
form inscriptions, numerous cylinders, divers works in metal
and ivory ; when I say that he has discovered in other places
has-reliefs, entirely coloured, and a small obelisk, covered
with 20 bas-reliefs and 300 lines of cuneiform characters;
when I say that during a stay of two years is Susiana he
has described and partly sketched many monuments which
no European before him had ever visited, particularly a bas- I
relief containing more than 400 figures cut in a rock, forming
the two inner walls of a defile—when I say, finally, that all
the drawings brought from Nemroud by Mr. Layard are
executed with a true and profound feeling for Assyrian arts,
and that he has sent to the British Museum the original of a
great number of monuments selected from amongst those
our acquaintance with which we owe to him—l shall still but
very imperfectly have stated the service rendered by Mn.
Layard to archeology, to geography, and to history.
" Need I add that, for very many years, no traveller has
made any discoveries which can be compared with those di
which I have just given so imperfect a 'ketch ? But ought
I not here to declare, as 1 have declared elsewhere, that the
most important of these discoveries, that of the four palaces
of Nemroud, is, in reality, due to M. Botta had it not
been for his intelligence, perseverance, and seal, the palace
of Khorsabad would to this day have remained buried under
the tumulus, the summit of which had already been invaded
by a modern village, and, but for the exhumation of the
ruins of that building, Mr. Layard would not have been led
to explore the tumulus at Nemroud which covered the ruins
of three palaces of more ancient and • fourth of recent date,
in perfect preservation."
of

efts court.
Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of
joining the royal dinner click, at Claremont, on Tuesday
evening.
Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting, yester-
day, at Claremont. His Royal Highness was attended by the
Earl of Morton and Mr. 0. E. Anson.
The Marquis of Ormonde has left Claremont.
A cabinet council was held at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. 'the ministers present were
Lord J. Russell, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auck-
land, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and
the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The council sat three
hours.
The Right Hon. IL Labouchere arrived in town,
yesterday morning, from Brighton,
Mr. M'Chlery, chairman, and Mr. Naghten, one of
the directors of the Demerara Railway, had an interview with
Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A deputation from the London, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway Company, including Islr. Kilgour,
solicitor, and Mr. Hood, engineer; and a deputation from
the Grand Surrey Canal Company, consis'ing of Mr. Hall,
solicitor, and Mr. Jennings, surveyor, transacted business,
yesterday, at the office of tile Commissioners of Railways, in
the Board of Trade, relative to the plan for the formation
. of an opening bridge to be made by the Brighton Railway
Company over the Grand Surrey Canal.

OXFORD AND HAMPDEN.-Bir,—Nothing i 8 more
absurd, nothing a greater obstacle to success, nothing more
unworthy of a man of spirit, than to consider whether any
act which it suita him to perform is warranted by law or
justice. Great genius despises such shackles. The late great
Mr. Nash, the architect of George IV., drove a principal
sewer down Regcnt-street, through the property of a
hundred persona, without any permission from the owners,
and without any act of parliament to authorise it, yet be
rests in his grave without any action ever having been
brought against him. In like manner, a band of great men
issuing from Corpus Christi College common-room in
1836, drove through the Oxford House of Convo-
cation, without any pretence of jurisdiction, without
trial, law, justice, or authority whatever, but solely
by force of their perfect disembarrass:meat, a decree of cen-
sure against Dr. Hampden, affecting thereby to deprive the
Regius Professor of Divinity of certain important functions
pertaining to his office ; and though the censure was acted
on to Dr. Hampden's injury, yet to this hour they have
never been sued for the damage. The parallel, however, is
not quite complete, for the physical sewer will long continue
to roll sordid and offensive matter to the Thames, while,
though the corpus succeeded so far as to drag the luckless
members of convocation through the mire of their moral
cloaca, the foul stains wherewith they endeavoured to be-
spatter Dr. Hampden disappear under the disinfecting pro-
em of examination and reason.—T.

SOCIETY* FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND.
KENT OF THE LAW.

This society held its, monthly meeting y
evening, Mr. Commissioner Pane in the chair.
A paper by Wrn. Sharpe, Esq., a member, ooa es.
subject of Courts fur the Recovery of Smell Doha.
laid before the society, and discussed. The writer eem"ll
that the popularity of the measure was already so amk...
the wane, that, unless radical improvements were ram"'
it, its courts would soon cease to be resorted to.. Hs
however, that the general tendency being to moors, wham •
all possible, to the higher and more competent connect%
country, for which courts a greater respect is Co
it was the duty of the legislature, while it afforded
tamable opportunities of resorting to local judge', to
your to hung the superior tribunals within the rese.h
rather that by prohibitory enactments to compel
general 'carat to inferior, and therefore unsati,feeta474:
bonals. Alter dwelling upon the practical inadequacy d
the existing measure to the requirements of the poorer she
of creditors, the writer proceeded to contend that, ree.
taro improvements, the superior courts might be vaderift
readily available for the cheap recovery of debts; q
events, of thir, above 51., observing, as to those tinder
that amount : " A sufficiently. naive nal system might ewe
be obtained by extending the jurisdiction which mairistre4,
now have its cases of wages, malicious trespass, talus, p
sory notes of 51., ejectment of small tenements, and othe
matters purely of a civil nature, to all cases of debt net as
needing R." The paper proceeded : With a view toms*,
taro the proportion in the superior courts between the estaa
commenced and those in which a trial takes place, a
number of actions for debts not exceeding 201. (broaipa
various London agents) were recently investigated,
wagfound that of '2,326 of such actions, 364 were dups./id
by Judgment for want of • plea; and of the remaioder,akee
1,927 were settled by interlocutory procceding,, arfa/
I arrangements, without taking either party, er their
Or witnesses, from their homes ; and that only 36e1:114
2,325 actions proceeded to trial ; whereas, it is undeabildb
clear, and is proved most conclusively by the returashela
parliament from courts of request, that bad no pleadings*
interlocutory judgment been allowed, s sery Isratlrma
tion of the 2.321 actions must have proeeeth-t
least the plaintiff must have attended with hi, vitamin*
the court at tho time appointed, prepared to wove hie
' and have incurred all the expense of a trial.. undir,6l
present system of the courts of Westminster, es authorised
by the statute of 3 & 4 Wm. IV., c. 42, debts ant eteredieg
201. may he sued for by process originating and conducted is
those courts at a very small expense, the trial of the caves is
all such cases being had (by a writ of trial) before the shed
or other judicial authority in the county where the pentes
live, or the dispute arose ; and a ready appeal hes by mema
for new trial to the court above. Under such present spec,
the whole expense of an action for debt under2ol.,
there is no plea, rarely exceeds 51. 10.., and wises him 7.
needs to trial does not (independent of the payments adq.
p; nets of witnesses, and of attending the court Ita trial, au*
expenses must be the same under any syst.m) exceed
These mete include a proportionate part of the tax um
levied by government on the common law suitors of OA
country, which tax amounts to a large unnual tam. If the
tax so levied were repealed, this system miest, with*
material alteration, be so improved, principally by aegis.
rising the use of a process which shall embrace both writer'
11 declaration, that the expense of the action for a mad
amount, where judgment goes by default, could he reboil
, to 31. 35., and the c ars of the action when it proceeds to !dal
might be reduced to 71."
Mr. Curiae, in controverting the statement that the
county court .system was becoming unpopular. onetime(
the fact that the number of cases brought b,-fore the ChM-
enwell County Court, with which he we., connected, hid
bberoueng, ninemhtbefore thoenvithess,t.noinsfteerwecrouthrtaninltlh,2el.9 .;
estmihilitcatheeehm
numbered nearly 13,000. The total number of orders lanai
in his court had been 7,463, the fees paid to th • oilmen of
the court on which had averaged not more than 71. 6d. pm
case, the average amount recovered having been 3!. L. as
a proof that these courts were not less resortei to than her,.
tofore, he stated that he had that day entered no fewer thin
65 suits, the average number having been eti.
Mr. Sit/tarn vindicated his views at considerable length,
Mr. Sruwent, after claiming for the new system the far
trial which ho dee med it well entitled to, and reading
extracts from various authoritative communications, Mam-
r.
five of the beneficial working and popularity of the county
while courts, proposed a resolution to the effect that the meetirg
approving
sidoefrtehdethilet the principle :i thenti Co
womyhia
Courts
might most beneficially be introduced into it, attd, at tits
ere ed
tame time, that much might be done lathe way of facilitating
access to the superior courts.
The resolution, atter a short discussion, was adopted, and
the meeting separated.

COLLEGE OP PRECEPTORS' ANNUAL .lEETING
avn Hier nu.—The annual meeting of the score society
was hell yesterday at the Freemasons' Hall, Mr. H. S. Ta-
re:, president of the council, in the chair. From the repel
which was read by Mr. Parker, the secretary, it append
that the institution, although merely in its infancy, was yet
in a most promising condition. The number of member
had increased from 600, the number announced at theist
meeting, to 1,000, the present number enrolled. The annul
income amounted to 1,0001., and the balance in hand, after
discharging all liabilities, was 3501.—Dr. R. id in .ved, sad
Mr. Walter seconded, the adoption of the report, which Ins
unanimously agreed to.—Auditors for the ensuing year were
then elected, atter which, on the motion of Dr. Willem,
seconded by Kr. Walker, it was agreed to urea
the benefits of the society, by establishing a brie
volent fund and life assurance. After the tranactioa
of some routine business the morning meeting terminated. .
—ln the evening about seventy of the members of the ed.
lege assembled at dinner, Thomas Wyse, Esq., in the theta
On the removal of the cloth, the customary loyal toasts wen
given, after which, letters of apology for non-attendance wen
' read from Serjeant Talfourd, M.P., Mr. Ewa'', M.P., Yr.
M. D. Hill, Mr. Scholefleld, M.P. and Mr. Moodily, M.P.
All regretted their unavoidable drence, but expressed the
' fullest approbation of the ohjecta of the society.—The Chair-
man then proceeded to give the tout of the evening, " Sat-
een to the College of Preceptors." We regret to say that
the hon. gentleman's observations were but indistinctly
heard at our end of the room. He said that the society had
now existed for two years, a fact which in itself formed some
test of its usefulness; and, seeing that it appealed to
the public as only one among • thousaud claims
upon its notice, it was really • matter of con-
gratulation not only to the esciety, but to all the '
friends of education. Obstacles they had met rich, sat
would meet with, hut every man who advocated intellectul
reform must expect them. The object was a glorious one,
and well worth contending for. The progress of any gnat
question, befors it reached ultimate success, gverally cm.
'tined of four stages. First it was an idea starting up in the .;
brain of some thoughtful individual, when it was too-
temptuously called a crotchet. When he had matured it,
and attempted to imbue his neighbours with his idea, he wr
feted a bore, and the question became his hobby. He per-
severed, however, and the hobby soon became a horse, sad
at last assumed the importance of a great national
question. The step, then, from general acceptance to
legislative enactment was but a short one. Pablk
opinion thundering throughout the length and breadth d
this great community was omnipotent, and the "crotchet" at
length was amalgamated with the established laws of the
land. Ile said this, to show that no man who hoped to
achieve public good need expect to enjoy much private
leisure. If not willing to undertake the drudgery of tbs
matter he need never expect that his hobby would Ws the
success to which he ;Mr. Wyse) bad already alluded. Pre
liminary efforts for educational reform had been made, bet
yet much remained to be d; ne. He rememlo red the time
when the question actually wee, whether nation education
would not be a positive evil? He had heard the late Rt.
Cobbett express an opinion in the affirmative. Now the Is
qairy was, how education could best be promoted, sad ia
' discussing that question it would be impossible to outlook
the educator. The blue books of the House of Common told
a sad tale of how much reform was needed in that quart
One schoolmaster examined by the commissioners of edam-
then could not tell the meaning of the word " hemispheu;"
and another, an Irishman he was sorry to say, was met in the
act of giving. his pupils a moral lesson by rushing out of the
school at their head "to look at a fight." (A laugh.) TM
mistress of a dame-school, on being asked whether she he
strutted the little boys in morals, replied, "No, indeed;
morale were only fit for girls." (Laughter.) Then on berg
asked how many pupils she had, she replied she did not
know. The comminioners expressed 'uprise, and asked
had she never counted them ?—to which h. r indignant war
ewer was, " No, indeed ; she had read her Bible, and knew
what David had suffered for counting his people." (Great
laughter.) Such was the state of public education in
England ; and in many
parts of the continent it wss
no better. The hon. chairman k a rapid glance a the
state of education on the continentoot, and proceeded tot
al,
that if the educators of this country only showed theinselvel
worthy, there was every disposition on the part of the public
and the government to assist them. They must I,+.k forme&
not back, for the coming generation would he in a poitillt
different from any that had gone before. They were now
living I. the age of steam and of electricity, two agents
which would shortly do away with the divisions of prone"
and even of kingdoms, and at last make Europe itself one
vast intellectual republic. The hon. member concluded,
amid loud cheers, by proposing " Success to the College
of Preceptors." The tout was drunk with three times three
and loud applause.—Mr. Gunter briefly returned thanks,
saying that the eociety, now so flourishing, owed its existence
toe suggestion made by Mr. Parker, of Brighton.—The tier
toast wee " The President and Vice-President."—Mr. Kirby
returned thanks.—" The President and Council."—Mr.
Turret and Dr. Reid severally returned thanks.—The other
toasts on the chairman's list were then disposed of, and the
company separated.
SANITARY ItEFORNL—A meeting of the parishes of
St. Ones and St. George, Bloomsbury, to consider the neces-
sity of sanitary reform, and the expediency of memorishei%
the government for a repeal of the window duties, was hen
yesterday evening, at the Angel Tavern, High-street.Bloo*
bury. Dr. Simpson, on being called to the chair, read a keg
extract from his evidence before the sanitary commissioner%
thawing from hie own experience that much of the offal thee
ought to be carried
i away by sewers never found its Way
thereto, but was retained in cesspools, &c., and theaee Ole
of in noxious effluvia, producing. fevers and other diessee
Great, however, ea was the necessity for sanitary refresh,
believed that it would be comparatively useless if not MM•
puttied by a removal of the window tax.—Dr. Epps morsel
the first resolution, viz.:-
1 That the vast amount of disease arising from pr
nom
mates
which prevails in every part of the empire, entailing enormous petit'
rdary lose, end a deplorable ilee_of moral degraitinon, renders
.11,
carimr4tiouveuthat sanitary legWaum be speedily and comprehensirell
Having described the chemical effect upon the human bodf
of an impure atmosphere, and deplored the many existing

canoes of impure air in
to say that medical sou
move that very proem,
the equally important
exclusion of which fro,
persons necessarily ren,
most unhealthy, by rive
gas, one of the moat n
which was breathed ire
otaired a constant sup it
'an having secondes. t
Dunhill, who: read a e
amongst other facts, •
in 1,000 it was 58 in A'
in Surrey 45 and en. •
entirely attrihutahl,
sewerage, bad ventil it
Paris then moved, en. I
resolution :
That the window dut.
In their operation, the c
the wealth of the nal, II
disease, thereby impair..fy
the improvement of thc
be immediately repeat
A third resolution, it a
with these resolution..., I
moot, having been e. 4
sepaed.
SANratIT.tRY PRE'
day held in the ve•ii
for the purpose of
of London's pastors(
committee of inhabi"
vance of sanitary pr
and tenants of unwl..
The clergymen, char
poor, and levered n4l
111 r. P. G. Dodd t al
business had been
meeting to the c
=diluter who lut,l
asserted by I
by tome neglect or, tl
duty it was to atteto.
cussion took place •01
death, in the course ol
statements of the c
others, that the M. cb
parte statement the se
chiefly based) was to
woman, who, in hei
ter, was very likely ti 3
expressions towards
from the statement tt
evidence of Mr. Bt.. a
the greatest care ai.l
fortunate patient, ion
death was attributable
many instances has el
demic. Under these
occupied two hours'
that " In the opiniol
every attention re
the union to the en e
for blame existed it of
girl, in not having se
symptoms of the lir ill
ensued u to the if Jul
City rf London
ninety. ne or n le\
four medical or zer
opinior of the v isle
officers iv., regain 1 i
to do j• tam to tLi pu
to corn:cur Late tY s
the London union.
the similar; concat
framed for the por
operations w ci e pi 0
sons—comprisiiig hey
rochial officers, wa Lir
the trust, es us

Tot the ennu.
ATTIS AND \
meeting of the ,um
establbllment, found
classes in the north.,
at the ins:natio. in
Southampton in .he
subscribe', on the en
general progress Cthl
establishment on ;d A
The directors of t•,e
manner gave the •oci
the base ofthe reser
the first fourteen ino
supply of water, sad t

offe;i'd to contiiiu • It

their grant of him t,4
There lITC. 49 gni" .0

vapour and two +rim'
Lion is required, as o
bathe daily, and AO ,
Mon from wan: ol
August, 1646, the
15,206 females. Ti
dried, ironed.... ms
lies were 45,124 ,not,
tides washed we, mho
during the past live
aponding period lent
11,960 ; and the
The charge to the:
a warm one, includic
washing depart. ent
the drying closet, i
pence. the bs'unc
aerations to Reno
bathers, washer',
Expenses of the till
161., which leav s a
liabilities. Whet
In g completed, i, •
self-extending. Th.
the meeting were g'
sidency and the ea
meat given the goci
THE PRINCE f
PAWL —Yrstrr, ay
road into Hyde- par'
opened to the p bib
and equestrians. an
THE biglkt
baying had and r t
of their warehte

begs of sugar at thd
white elaved, but *
duty of lbs. 41. pa
having appear d
mainly attribut bb
official landing- we
up, and their ir in
the view of pre :en
lowing new rep da'
Of the landing ; 'co
registering °tilt r,
for the landin • 4
warehouse reps :'44
pages for the w ig
the entry, the t Lie
head of each p.... 0
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• count a spv.i. 4a,
for the wog. t
is contained, a: a
strewimm wit],the
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the gross, and lot
pitulation of t Le
the differ( nt rp all
each entry. I. ns
detained for lx .at
the board's sat
the totals of t:t
scribed to the
written again .t I
corded at the ad

porting able. lu
abstract, unle,s,
be necessary to
agreeably to ...hr
Orders hare'
adopted, and --hr
landing nt
be recorded tic
regulations re.)
greater corr. .
merchants L to
MORT.U. Tl
return it ap ..su
mean Jan 8
eorrespondh S 1
bistacy, hoacrl
by 235 than rho
deaths last e;
from typhi.
gut district ,:f
of " =bun lel
years.
TLIE F 1 F.
" As a lone el
defences.
Brighton, i
be surprise .
papers, a''
rained, 111.

themselves .1.1,
that marri
dren come
boarded b.'
children b t
thing of 0.3
dear Gerict.ll
a glass—a .d!
to pay tax I.
when, at ar
meat by the
have said, is
there was a
known to
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nonsense f
have let my
now, I'm 'us
no doubt t'
house, sir.
known CO .11
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o n ‘ move manse
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thattu
that
fala tn;
medical
• g
important airrin'
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harpe, Esq., a member, ooa ~..
exclusion of which Iva
Ps rsons necessarily ran
most unhealthy, by v -
gas, one of the most
which was breathed :.
coired a constant sup .1
riequaucitr.mmen.,
legislature, while it afforded
1 'ball having seconder.
if resorting to local judges, to --
uintetnotwthrnel:.•%ll "a d '
riot tribunals within the reach el . in Surrey 45 and en...
: Druln,:ooog.illi,iowtthhwols:refecoladis:i
iwthreY entirely attrihntabl,
sewerage, bad ventil . i
iur, and therefore unsatisfactory Paris then moved, at. 1
ag upon the practical inad '
er proceeded to contend t6.:Tryduilr,.
,e superior courts might be that,
the wealth of the not, a
the cheap recovery of debts ; at disease, thereby impair:•
61., observing, as to those lea,
41 the improvement of On
ficientlyuuiv. vial system might meoe be immediately repeat
r e 1 °I
n That
tioholes en resolution:-
'•
toe i :
ing the jurisdiction which magistrate', • A third resolution, 6 •
ages,malicious trespass, talus, p ment,hese resolutior.s,
ment of small tenemenu, and
not
having been a •
al nature, to all cases of debt not 10,,, separated.
sir proceeded : " With a view to mew- SANITARY PRE'
the superior courts between the e....- day held in the ye-
in which a trial takplace,-"" for the purpose of
st I
• debts not exceeding 20/. (blue* of London's pastors'
a), were recently investigated, iii committee of inhabi•
26 of such actions, 364 were dammed vance of sanitary yr.
of a plea; and of the remaiuder,akee and ten
char
ants of unwi. .
r interlocutory proceeding,, or oget The clergymen, c o
•
t taking either party, or their poor, and nd
mit homes ; and that only 36:114 Mr. Y. G. Dodd t
ed to trial ; whereas., it is un business had been .
neat conclusively byrthe retudr:irgill4lngee - meeting to the c •
aof request, that lied no plailigin ' mtaioner who hal
at been allowed, a sery large - ametted by •
duty it was to anew
cinema took place
b, 1
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irtaen.t:::pho
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expense,
or
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death,
.0i roam,i n rtethe g lees
course
statements of the c e
others, that the mu .
parte statement the •
chiefly based) was 1.
woman, who, in het e
Tad (by a writ of trial) before the sheriff
thorny in the county where the puttee ter, was very likely to
expressions towards
rose ; and a needy appeal lies by mope from the etatement i
Port above. Under such preeent mem evidence of Mr. BA •
an action for debt under2o/., engig.
sly exceeds 51. 10s. and what se-"-: the greatest care ai 1
en,
fortunate patient, en.
of (independent of the peymenteadei. death was attributabl
.ndofattending the court tar Mel, siblee many instances has c .
A seine under any syat. in) tined 10i, demic. Under these •
a proportionate part of the tax um occupied two boars'
it on the common law suitors of the that " In the opin'on
',mounts to a large annual sum. If the every attention re ua
repealed, this system mievt, with i the union to the CS e -
be so improved, principally by nib r for blame existed it o
.ocess which shall umbrae,: both writ ell at girl, in not having
e expense of the action for a end symptoms of then it
merit goes by default, could be recta* . ensued as to the it su
set of the action when it reefed' to odd *. City of London
71." ninety. ne or n e .
controverting the statement that th four medical oft :c
i was becoming nopopul Cr, inattioni ' opinioe- of the s -at
sober of cues brought b,:fora the lick- officer. 'v., requir, 1 i
rt, with which he we., connected, hae, it to do j• tare to Oa p
hi, no fewer than 11919 ; elide this ( to comitur into tt s
Vestminster Courtin the name pericdhei . the London union.
;,000. The total number of orders ear i the sanitary cone. di,
en 7,463, the fees paid to oh. officers el Teamed for the par! •
tad averaged not more than 71. 6d. per operations wcie le a
count recovered having been 3/. L. As t sons-scomprieiog !II
setts were not less resortet to than here S rochial otherre, we 1_
at he bad that day entered no fewer that the trust, es of ..1 s -
e number having been 45. par poses of the cam ••
heated his views at considerable length SATIIS AND 1 ..t. •
Fier chanting for the new system the fair meeting of the ,:ow
amid it well entitled to, and readiag establishment, found
is authoritative communications, indica classes in the north.,
I working and popularity of the county at the instituti.••• in
evolution to the effect that the meetieg Southamptoo in .he
f the general principle of the ConMy subscribers on the e
erect that there were amendm•iits whirls general progress , I th
Tally be introduced into it, arid, at the , establishment on id
ch might be done in the way of facilitating The directors of t..e ,
or courts. manner gave the soci
'ter a short discussion, was adopted, and the hue of the reser
led, the first fourteen in.
supply of water, and i
- ___ ___ _._. _. offered to minim/ •it
PRECEPTORS' ANNUAL .lEETING their grant of NM lb
Pe annual meeting of the eove society There art 49 'intro
at the Freemasons' Hall, Mr. H. S. Tux. vapour and two sal •
e council, in the chair. From the repel tion is required, as t
Mr. Parker, the secretary, it append bathe daily, and 400
, although merely in its infancy, was yet eon from won: •
g condition. The number of meshes August,
fe males 1844, the
i 600, the number announced at theist ,200 .
dried, ironed..., „
the present number enrolled. The annul
o 1,0001., and the balance in hand, alto lies were 45,124 raids
wished we, a •
bilitiee, was 3501.-Dr. 11• id m .ved, aril tides
ed, the adoption of the report, which ins .'
...duritndg thingpLpast liveiodb‘t
d to.-Auditors for the ensuing year was -e -
11,960 ; and the
which, on the motion of Dr. Wilms, The charge to the ,
Walker, it was agreed to extend a warm one, includ'.
the society, by establishing a ben • washing depart. ant
l life assurance. After the tranaltalfil the drying closet, i •
urines' the morning meeting terabits/ neeptions to anon
bs'unc
about seventy of the members of the alb • Pe • :
dinner, Thomas Wyse, Esq., in the cher. acri
bathers, washers,
the cloth, the customary loyal toasts was Expenses of the tin'
letters of apology for nonattendance wen 161., which leave a
t Talfourd, M.P., Mr. Ewan, M.P., Hr. , „,.,_ Whet ,
choletield, M.P. and Mr. Moonily, M.P. '""`°: • •
ri . completed, r
r unavoidable absence, but expressed the
o of the ohjects of the society.-The Clint.
ed to give the toast of the evening, " Sea
of Preceptors." We regret to say that '.., , setheidefe.nuiecyx.etetaniiidndgmg'
th..eciilib.,
• ment given the qici
can's observations were but indininctly THE PRINCE i
of the room. He said that the aleiety hid
ro years, a fact which in itself formed some PARS. -Yestra.
road into Hyde- ay
Ones"; and, seeing that it appealed to p
only one among a thousand clan opened to the p b •
and equestrians. •
, it was really a matter of con•
only to the society, but to all the THE 15C0,,,t
ion. Obstacles they 'had met with, sad having had and r
but every man who advocated intellectail of their wareho, it
ect them. The object was a glorious au, bags of sugar at th.
ontending for. The progress of any gnat white clayed, bet
it reached ultimate success, pei.crally cur duty of 16s. 41. ..
res. Fiest it was an idea starting up is the having appear. d
thoughtful individual, when it was cox mainly nap ear. b
•el a crotchet. When be had matured it, official landing •
imbue his neighbours with his idea, hens up, and their le
. the question became his hobby. He per. the view of pre .• • •
, and the hobby soon became a horse, sad lowing new rep a
I the importance of a great national of the landing ;
step, then, from general acceptance to registering Mile r,
for the landiti •
was .
tment but a short one. Palk
ng throughout the length and breadth ri warehouse eeps. i
catty was omnipotent, and the "crotchet" at
I gamated with the established laws of the
hie, to show that no man who hoped to Paghtheade"eno f trfneryac,thtie p., ~e
w 1.••
That the lanui• g
good need expect to enjoy much private
willing to undertake the drudgery of the count a sped: •
for the weig..t
never expect that his hobby would have the
he (Mr. Wyse) bad already alluded. Pa
for educational reform had been made, hat istst cooewipintailtiknihed:,747
et,
tied to be d; ne. He rememln red the MU the grow., and •io
on actually was, whether nation -.1 Murano pitulation of t-ae
i positive evil? He had heard the late Mt the different arts ali
an opinion in the affirmative. Now the la
each entry. h n
education could best be promoted, and in detained for be al-.
question it would be impossible to outlook the board's sal ct
he blue books of the House of Commons tea the totals oft .e
w much reform was needed in that suorter. scribed to the ••
er examined by the commissioners of idea- written agtir..t
ell the meaning of the word "hemisphere; corded at the • •
Irishman he was sorry to say, was met in this • porting ship. •
A pupils a moral lesson by rushing out of tlie e. iibstract,unk,,,,
head "to look at a fight." (A laugh.) The be necessary •
ime.school, on being asked whether she it agreeably to Is
ttle boys in morals, replied, "No, indeed; Orders have' -A
ly fit for girls." (Laughter.) Then on beieg adopted, and - •
to pupils she had, she replied she did not
mmmieeioners expressed riarprise, and asked
u,iiinndtedeedth;esinhe?-hiitod
rwehahichherh.Br 1a
ye
recordedregulationsn nn
. r enn •
d suffered for counting greater CAM, . •
merchants b to
och was the state of public education in
MORTAL T
in many parts of the continent it wee
return it ap ..
rte hon. chairman took a rapid glance at the
aiding Jan 8
ion on the continent, and proceeded to sq.
illernespondii r
.cators of this country only showed thenuelvel
his
mibipnliedz:agn..ndin(Gknt raw
was every disposition on the part of the pair frietery, how cv
by 236 than •
intent to assist them. They must I,+.k (ornate deaths last. , e .
the coming generation would be in a paid*
from typht s
, any that had gone before. They were SOW 111111 t district of
age of steam and of electricity, two agents
of " carbon
hortly do away with the divisions of promo"ingdoms,
years.
ingdoms, and at last make Europe itself one
THE Pl. •
al republic. The hon. member concluded,
" As a lone w
*en, by proposing a' Success to the College
defences. ;
The toast was drunk with three times three
Brighton, i
lave.-Mr. Gunter briefly returned thanks,
urprise
e society, now so tiourishine, owed its existence
open, af, -e
i made by Mr. Parker, of Brighton.-The out
rained, Mc
Le President and Vice-President."-Mr. Kirby themselves .1.
nks.-" The President and Council."-Mr•
that mare! I
'. Reid severally returned thanks.-The other
demi come lo
&airman's list were then disposed of, end the
boarded b .
rated. ' children b
• ItEFoass.—A meeting of the parishes of , thing of tl.i
St. George, Bloomsbury, to consider the near dear Gark•.
y reform, and the expediency of memonallej a glass-a d
nt for a repeal of the window duties, was to pay tax s.
aing,at the Angel Tavern, high-street,Blool' • when, at .
mpson, on being called to the chair, read a keg meat by Lisa
his evidence before the sanitary commissioner% have said, at
hie own experience that much of the offal that there was a
carried away, by sewers never found its way known to
vas retained in cesspools, &a, and thesee girls coarse. ..ks. .
s effluvia, producing fevers and other dlessela nonsense , f
er, ea was the necessity for acing refer%Y have let my
it would be comparatively useless if not atone now, I's'
removal of the window tax.-Dr. Epos moved no doubt ti
ution, viz.:- house, sir.
it amount of disease arising from preventiblecatur known to •
in every part of the empire, entaihns en° nom pit. be bound I •
the plate .
the dark,
shall take ,
n
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