The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-11 00:00:00

LUNATIC INSTITUTIONS.

SIR, London, 4th January, 1830.
I am directed by the Lord Chancellor to request
that you at your earliest convenience, furnish
his Lordship with the following returns :-
Ist. Of the number of persons considerecito be
labouring under insanity or imbecility of mind, ad-
mitted into the Establishment under your care for
the last ten years; distinguishing sucli as are. pau._
pers; specifying the number admitted in each year;
and separating them into the two classes denomi-
nated by Medical Practitioners " Curable and In-
curable," according to the class each person was.
considered to belong to at the period of admission
into the Establishment; and—

2d. Of the number 'of the persons so admitted
who have quitted the Establishment, as being suffi-
ciently relieved to be restored to their liberty, sepa-
rated into the two classes before mentioned ; and
setting forth, as in the first Return, and with
ference thereto, such as ate paupers, and the dura-
tion of the complaint.
If the Establishment under your care has not been
in-existence for ten years, you will please to com-
mence your Returns from the opening thereof.
The Lord Chancellor desires .me to inform you,
that he does not request these Returns with re-
ference to any matter connected with the Establish-
ment under your care, but to enable his Lordship to
obtain a general estimate of the average number of
persons labouring under the affliction of Insanity,
who obtain relief in the present state of Medical
Science.---I have the honour to be, Sir, your most
obedient servant,

L. A. LOWDHAM,
Secretary of Lunatics to the Lord Chancellor.
P.S. You will please to address your letter by
post to the Lord Chancellor.

Summonses were issued on Saturday morning
for the assembling of a Cabinet Council yesterday after-
noon, at three o'clock, at the Foreign-office. The Minis-
ters assembled accordingly about that time. There were
present the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke cf WELLING-
TON. Earls ROSSLYN and ABERDEEN, Vi'count MELVILLE,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE
MunnAir, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr.
);TERRIES. The ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERALS
were in attendance at the office during the sitting of the
Cabinet, and were introduced into the Council Chamber
for some time during the meeting. The Ministers remained
in deliberation for three hours.

Despatches were sent off by a King's Mes-
senger, on Saturday evening, from the Foreign-office, for
the Continent.
Mr. Secretary PEEL entertained a select party
to dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Privy Gardens.
The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke of
WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Treasury.
The French Ambassador had a long' confe-
rence on Saturday afternoon with the Duke of WELLING-
TON and the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Foreign-office.
The Colombian Minister, and the Brazilian
Charg4 d'Affairca, had intet views with the Earl of ABER-
DEEN on Saturday, at the office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.

Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening
from the Colonial-office to the Earl of BELMORE, the Go-
vernor of Jamaica, and the different Governors of the West
India Islands.

The Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL,
and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, had interviews
with the Duke Of \YELLIN GroN on Saturday, at the Treasury.
The Earl Of ABERDEEN visited Sir GEORGE
Munisar on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.

Mr. COLQUIIQUN, the I-hose Town Minister,
transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
ANGELO'S REMINISCENCES.—The Second
and Concluding Volume of this amusing work, which
will shortly be published, promises to equal in attraction
almost any volume of a similar nature that has hitherto
appeared. Among other Royal and Noble Persons, of
whom anecdotes and particulars will be given, we under-
stand are the following :—His present MAJESTY—The
Duke of SUSSEX—The Duke of KENT—The Duke of
BEDFORD—The Duke of MANCHESTER—The Duke of
SAINT AI.BANS—The Margravine of ANSPACH—Lord
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON—Lady HAMILTON—Lord HT-
HON—Lord BARRYMORE—Lord GUILDFORD—Duchess
of DEVONSHIRE—Marquis of SLlGO—Duchess of GOR-
DON—Marquis of ANGLESZA—Duchess of ANCASTER—
Hon. KEPPEL CRAVEN—Hon. Mr. ANSTRUTHER.

ST. PETERSBURGII.---We observe that a
second edition of Dr. GRANVILLE'S Travels to St. Peters-
burgh through Flanders, along the banks of the Rhine,
through Prussia, Russia, Poland, Saxony, Silesia, Blavaria
and France, has lately been published, with considerable
improvements, and comprising no less than 70 illustra-
tions, including plans and views of the principal towns
on the route, so as to form a complete guide for travellers
to that interesting capital, a journey which, in consequence
of the facilities afforded by this publication, will no doubt
hereafter be frequently resorted to as a summer excurs:on.
Petersburgh has correctly been styled the city of palaces
—a city which, to use the words of Dr. James, the
present Bishop of Calcutta, "is replete with every
fancied ornament that taste and wealth could bestow,
uniting in the same view all the elegant symmetries of
Grecian and Roman art, with the gorgeous pride of the
East." " The Quarterly Review," in a recent article,
acknowledges that " Dr. GRANVILLE'S picture of St.
Petersburgh contain! the most copious and detailed de-
scription of the gigantic edifices of this extraordinary
city which has hitherto been laid before the public."
The fact is, that as the friend and companion of Count
WORONZOW, the author enjoyed opportunities of seeing
more than any other writer upon that city, and has had
the taste and talent to give the public a work which, as
was justly observed by the " Atlas," " deserves a place in
every drawing-room in England."

COUNTY LIM ERICK ELECTION.---Consider-
able surprise was excited here on reading Mr. O'CONNELL'S
Address to the Limerick Electors in favour of Colonel
O'GRADY, particularly as the gallant Colonel's father, the
CHIEF BARON, and the Liberator, were known not to be
overburdened with any great love for each other. It is
now understood the Learned Gentleman has received a re-
taining fee of 2001. ; and if the contest goes on it is to be
doubled. Several thousand copies of his address have been
distributed through the county ; and the Homan Catholic
Clergy have taken up the cause of Colonel O'GRADY with
a view to try their influence on the newly-created consti-
tuency. The battle, therefore, will be between the Priest-
hood and the leading Aristocrats of the county.
A change has been made in the caps of the
Foot Guards: the new ones have been given to the men.
They are two inches lower in the crown, which is some-
thing larger in circumference than the old ones. Instead
of the small star which adorned the fronts, there is now a
larger star, and a crown above it, which together cover
the front of the cap. A plait of white cotton cord,
looped up on either side, to the lower part of the front,
and on the right aide falls over the shoulder, and ends with
tassels. There is no further change to take place at pre-
sent, but next year it is contemplated that the whole dress
will undergo revision. The jackets are then to be faced
down the front with blue (their perfect facings), and an
epaulette of white or red cotton to be worn. This change,
it is said, suggested itself from the reports of the regi-
mental surgeons, who Lind that the constant use of pipe-
clay for cleaning the white lace now on the front of the
coats is seriously injurious to the men.--Observer.

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WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.—On Friday
the half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held at the
Dock-house, Billiter-square, when the usual dividend was
declared. The la ee ti g was specially called for the pur-
pose of electing a Director to sit in the Common Council
of London, in the room of the late Mr. GRZICNAWAT.