The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-26 00:00:00

PUBLIC WAITING ROOMS.

The Council of the Society of Arts, on the 11th of
May, requested the followimr noblemen and /entlemen to
act as a committee for catablishiag forthwith a certain
number of model water-closets and urinals in public
thorougidares, with the objec: of proving that these public
conveniences, so much wanted, may be made tn.:lf-supporting
—The Earl of Carlisle, the Earl t;raasille, Henry Cole,
En., 8. M. Peto, Eui., M.P., and C. Wentworth Duke,
Last.
The committee consider that the following regulations
should be adopted in commencing this experiment :
1. That these conveniences Ise cdahli•hed on a moderato
wale, in connexion with shops, in some public thorough-
farm' nod he called " Public Waiting Rooms."
2. Tli it the public waitinu.rou:ns for men and women
be established so distinct shops, on opposite sides of the
street.

a. Thnt
in each shop there he a waiting•room, having
two elarews of water-ch..-•. and urinals, for the use of which
a penny and twopence •sirett.l be char,ted.
4. That each set of waitinq•rounte be provided with a
I ivatory fur washing hands, clothes brushes, &c., at a charge
of twopence and threepence.
.1. that each set of waiting rooms have a superintendent
and two attendants.

6. That the chuNes for the use of the lavatories, water-
closets. and urinals should include all attendance, and be
publicly affixed in the shop.
7. That the police should he requested to cause these
establishments to be visited from time to time.
The committee recommend that the council should under-
take to lease several ground floors in the Strand, Holborn,
and Cheapdik.
Mr. Minton having o&•red to present 21 earthenware
urinals and a nutuber of encaustic tiles fur labels, and 3lr.
J. Ridgeway having also offered to pre,mt some of In, new
tbuntain washltandradands, the committee recommend that
their liberal offers be accepted with thank•.
The committee TVCO:IIIIIVIld that it be suggested to manu-
facturers of lavatoritra, water-closets, and urinals uto it-
sire to bring their invention, bef.,re the public, itumetli-
tely to pet Atilt samples Mr th- object iu question.
The committee recomiumil that no time should be lost in
inviting respectable ',tyrants holding shops in ',oldie
thoroughf are., who may Iw• desirous of cu .cling the pro-
posed public waiting-rooms witn thou, Sil inform the secre-
tory, Mr. G. Grove, of the accommodation which their pr.:-
rinses offer hut the purpose. The shops which appear to It:
most suitable for waiting-rim:tat Mr ladies are stasnetkene,
bonnettnakers', matinee., &c. most suitable furgen-
deism's waltlu4oooms are hairdre,sers', tailors', hattere,
taverns, &c•

All c;l:ninunielitioni .Could fM aildro,%Nl to (ho. Grove,
Esq., secretory of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
PiIIIVEUMIENTek.

Rev. J. S. Barrow to lloly Triuity Curacy, Rytle, Isle of
Itev. J. Ilayltlon to Coleford Perpetual Curacy, Clone...
tershire, value 1401. awl re4.l.lsec ; patron Bishop of 61141&-
cetter and Bristol.

Iles. L. A. Beck, to St. James's Pernetusl Corner, Clan-
ton. Middlesex, value 341)/. ; nstrun, the Rector of Brackwy.
Itev. Sebastian James Oanibier to be chaplaiu to toe
Earl of (;ainshorough.
Ike. IL Lowndes to Shirehrook l'ernetual Currey, Dn.
byshire, value 301. ; patron, th.• 11,etor of l'iensley.
Ikv. W. I). Mortice to Westbury Curacy, Wilt,
Bev. W. Sanders to loarrinedon Curacy, Ikrks.
Rev. T. Whitehead to Kidlinutou ('unary, Oxfordshire.
Rev. 11. Wood (vicar of Stratton, CURIII 41), to be a Sur-
rogate, diocese Exeter.
ter. 11. Martin, to St. 3lartia's Curacy, Birmingham.
Rev. G. Robert', to third Lectureship of St. Audr,w's,
llolborn; patrons, the parishioners.

TA( NT.

Rr.CTunr.—Peldon, Essex, diocese Rucheder, value
504 J/. and residence ; Rev. J. Palmer, deceased.

DINNER .kT SOUTHAMPTON TO THE OFFICERS OF
TILE AMERICAN AND TUldatsll FittnATEs.—The banquet
to whieh the Mayor and Corporation of Southampton in-
vited the officers of the Feiza Ilaari and the St. Lawrence
took plate on Friday at the Guildhall, Southampton, which
was tastefully fitted up for the occasion with banners end
Nags of different nation., flowers, evergreens, fie. At had-
past six o'clock the m tyur entered the hall and took the
presidential chair, supported on the right by Captain 5311114,
Lieutenants Avery, Parrott, fie. Of the St. Lawnatce fri-
gate), J. R. Croskey, Esd.. 1. tilted States Consul at
Southampton, B. Olivera, Esq &e. ; and on his lilt
by his Excellency Con 44ittine Itissetrus, the Turkish
Ambassador, Count Thontar (ex-prime minister of
Portugal), M. Zobrist) (the 'Turkish Consul-General),
Licut.-Oeneral Djensaleddin P.e,lia, Admiral Moiritafa
Pasha, Captains Shemah Bey and /Linnet MA, of the
Turkish frigates lying at and Portsmouth.
The cloth having been removed, the iusrur govt the usual
loyal toa.t., and immediately afterwards the health+ of the
Sulam and President of the Unites! States. The Mayor, iii
a few complimentary remarks, exprsaesivc of the pleasure he
felt at having that opportunity of off -ring a cordial wel-
come to the representatives of the Turkish nation, and the
hope that the day woo not far distant when they vrould be
migitet,,l in still closer commercial relations with that
vaunt:se, proposed the health, of " His Excellency the
Torkila Ambassador, his Excellency lljemaleddin
and Admiral Mustafa Pasha." The toast having been
warmly received, his Excellency the Turki-h Ambassador re-
turned thank• in French, and sent how highly he felthonottrd
by the compliment pail to himself and his friends, and 1,/s•
deeply he regrett,il that be could nut express in Eugli•lt
the pleaeure hc felt in heinu present on so auspicious an
oc-
c lviun, to declare how highly he felt the honour of nisseting
the mayor of Soothampton. the American officere, and the
Count rhumar, to show to the great English nation how
deeply lie appreciated the ocnision that called them to-
gether. The motive that hut brought them here—the
Great Exhibition of Industry—was worthy of the Queen of a
great people, and of her illst•trious Consort Prince Albert;
and a better port than that of S euthana.t.on there was not
in the world for the entrance Of ship. of all kind,. II .
thanked the comixeny also for having FO kindly given th.•
health of the father of hispeiple, the Sultan of Turkey; and
in return he begged to thank, on behalf of hintself and hi.
friends, the mayor and aldermen of the ancient town of
Southampton fur the high honour they hail paid them.
The Mayor next proposed the health. of" Captain Sands
and the Officers of the St. Lawrence," which also met with
a very enthusiastic reception, and was responded to by
Captain Sands.—The Rev. Mr. Shapeott proposed the
health of the Count de: Thinuar.—The Count de Th.onar re•
sponged iu French, and said that he heartily thanked the
Mayor and Aldermen of Southampton for having propmed
his health. 'There was, he said, as had been observed by
the gentleman who proposed Ilk health, an ancient union of
friendship between Gnat Britain and Portugal, and he
hoped that the two nations woold continue to pmgreee in
amity, freedom, and prosperity. (Cheers.) His Excel-
lency concluded by wishing health and happiness,' to the
Mayor and Corporation of the ancient town of Southansp-
ton, and sat down amid loud cheer., which no doubt aro.e
from the peculiar position of the hon. gentleman.—Several
other toasts were given and dilly honoured, and the festi-
vities were prolonged to a late hour.
PORTSMOUTH &MIMS' Haul:.—Tll the brief period
that this excellent instititsion has been opened 200 casual
residents have availed themselves of the advantages it offers.
On Saturday 30 men Joliet off from the Asia joined it,
placing all their spare cash, amounting in the whole to 4001.,
in the hands of the superintendent, Captain Johnston, for
safe custody. This i. the hrst ship that has been paid off at
Portsmouth since the establishment of the Sailors' Home at
that port, and it is therefore gratifying to find that the tot n
in her Majesty's navy appreciate its excellence.. Several of
the men who joined it on Saturday have belonged to other
Sedan' Homes at different times, and it consequently ap-
pears that they are glad to avail therwelres of the comfort
and security fur their money which these institutions
hold out.

NEw INFANTRY It.-stißr.—The authorities have
ordered 30,000 of the improved muskets, which carry a
conical shaped ball, to be prepared for the army.
llonnEittEs OF ItEGISTERED LETTERS FllOll TOE
LIVERPOOL POST.OFFIVE.—A fortnight ago, Richard
Bomber, office boy to Mr. Coupland, merchant, Fenwirk-
court, was placed iu the dock of the police-court, charged
with stealing from the I'ost-office a registered letter, con-
taining 6801,, sent by Mr. Knowles, cotton spinner, Man-
chester, on the 28th March, to Messrs. W. and B. C. Park-
ill•Ots, cotton brokers, Liverpool. Ilamber had been eau.e
of the number of the Parkinson's box at the Post-
office ; fur it appears from the evidence produced that he
had seen a red card in their box, indienting a registered
letter for the firm. This card he procured, awl presented
to the clerk of the registered letter department, who gave
the prisoner the letter, tiir receipt of which he wrote the
signature Charles Boughton," in the book kept for the
purpose. The investigation of this case rive rise to suspi-
cions, and led to au inquiry as to the disappearance of seve-
ral registered letters front the Liverpool Post-ottiee. The
result has been that, ou Friday, Richard Bomber, the youth
above referred to, was charged with having committed `CIT.
ral additional robberies of registered letters from the Post-
offiee,which were obtained in the same manner as the one con-
taining the 6301. The signatures entered in the I'o.d-office
book, as an acknowledgment of the receipt of the letters,
were various. In the third case the prisoner wrote his own
name. The registering and posting of the letters were
proved by the different parties engaged in the matter. The
receipt of the letters at the Post-otfice in Liverpool, and
their delivery to the person signing for their receipt, were
proved by clerks of the registered letter department in the
Post-office, who produced the book bearing the signatures.
The parties employed by the Liverpool firms to whom the
letters were addressed proved the non-receipt of any regis-
tered lief, on the days the robberies took place. Mr.
Edward Stallard, claw!: to Mr. Coupland, in whose service
the prisoner was at the time the robberies were committed,
swore to the signatures in the Post-office book and on re-
ceipts the Post-office send to London being in the hand-
writing of the prisoner. The prisoner was then committed
fur trial at the assises.—Liverpool Chronicle.
F.tT.ILITIE.4. —About 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
as one of the Iron Steamboat Company's boat. soar on its
way up the liver, awl when Off the pier laver Westrniuster,
a man of gentlemanly appearance, who was on board,
threw himself head foremost into the river. Every exer-
tion was made by the captain of the vessel to save the life
of the unfortunate man, but unsucceasfully ; and it is sup-
ruldthat in consequence of his having thrown himself
ediatelv before the paddle-wheel that he must have
been street: by it, as he did nit aise to the surface. In the
course of the same day, a gentleoldm named George Charles ;
Chappelow, was thrown front his horse fit St. Paul's
Churchyard, and sustained such severe injuries that he;
died soon after in St. Bartholomew's Hospital.