The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-18 00:00:00

SOUTHAMPTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Sir John Milbank, who was taken into custody on Wed—
nesday last for stabbing Mr. Pocock, solicitor, the previous
night, at the Odd Fellows' ball, in this town, and remanded
tiil Friday, and again till Monday, was, on the latter day,
fully committed to Winchester gaol, to take his trial at the
March Assizes fur the County. Sir John .Millbank was
Master of the Ceremonie,z, and had arranged a country dance_
Mr. Pocock wanted a ctuadrille, and clapped his hands to the
band to commence one ; words and a scuffle ensued, and Sir
John stabbed Mr. P. in the neck with a dagger. The latter
was very averse to any proceedings being taken against Sir
John, but others thought proper to take the matter up, and it
has assumed a very serious appearance. Mr. P. is not in any
clinger from the wound.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
The mutineers of the Braganza sailed this day in the.
Shepherdess, American ship, for New Yolk. They think
they shall escape capital punishment, and say the arbitrary
and violent conduct of the Captain and Chief Mate was the
sole occasion of the mutiny; that it was not premeditated, but
the work of a moment, and the Mate's fault, for striking ones
of the men ‘vith a handspike, which he returned with an axe
the Captain ran to the Mate's assistance with his sword, cut
another of the men, when he and the Mate were overpowered,
the former killed and thrown overboard, the latter died of his
wounds. That the Captain was a very tyrannical fellow there
can be no doubt, but the conduct of the men can in na way
be justified. The only Englishman amongst them, a lad of
about 19, has turned approver, who, though he condemns
the Captain for his harshness, says one of the men, a Belgian,
always had a hatchet concealed, and that he also had a
bottle of poison in his chest. Is it Lot surprising that Cap-
tains, who engage men of all sorts and all countries, should
go to sea without arms ? An old sword and an old gun
without a cap, or a charge of powder, was the sole provision
made in this large brig with a valuable cargo, for her protec-
tion on a foreign voyage !! I with a crew, none of whom the
Captain had seen till about three days before he sailed—be,
the owner, and the two ladies, being the only Americans ea
board.

Wind N. by W., light, bit.. 30. 200. fine and frosty, for the
first time this winter.--Sailed the Shepherdess, Francis, fo
New York ; Potomac, Smith, ditto ; Clio, Oberg, Rio Ja-
neiro; Wilhelmina Lucia, Spain, Batavia ; Anna Catherina,
Popkin, Bayonne; Peri, Fennings, Smyrna; Hermes° Ha-
bana°, Sibeira, Havannah : Triton, Peterson, Paraiba; Mary
Ann, Marshall, Van Diemen's Land.

The Balticom, Johannsen, for Bahia, with sugar and coffee,
came into harbour for the winter.
Loss OF ANOTHER OF THE COWES PILOT VESSELS.--There
seems no longer to be even a hope held out of the Thetis
return. It is supposed she foundered in the gale, and that
all hands perished !

BRUSSELS, JAN. 13.—A frightful accident has
occurred on the iron railroad. Mr. Levi, of English origin
inhabiting the suburb of Schaerbeck, just as the train began
to move this morning, dropped a bank note, and involuntarily
making a movement to catch it, he slipped, and fell under the
wheels of the waggon. Both legs were so dreadfully frac-
tured that amputation was absolutely necessary. One of th
doctors, M. Lebeau, happily inspired by a feeling of huma-
nity, suggested the idea of amputating both the limbs at once.
Messrs. Lebeau and Limange, assisted by three other sur-
geons, divided themselves into two groups, and in less than
one minute both the limbs were simultaneously taken off.
Nothing can yet be said of the state of the patient, except that
it is as satisfactory as can be expected in so terrible a crisis.
The courage and resignation of Mr. Levi during the operation,
were admirable. He carried the sublimity of his conduct
(that is the proper word), in the midst of his sufferings, so far
as to confess his own imprudence, and to declare that no blame
whatever could be laid on the officers of the rail-road for
the terrible accident which had befallen him. M. Levi is
nearly fifty years of age, and the father of 11 children.

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THE CARGOES OF THE WRECKED VESSELS.—
People have been busy, since the subsidence of the storm, in
saving goods from the vessels stranded during the tempest.
Bootle Bay has, for several days, been crowded with revenue
officers, porters, and carters, with their lorries, unloading the
Oxford and other vessels wrecked there. Flats and other
craft have proceeded to the wrecks on the banks, for the pur-
pose of bringing up as much of their cargoes as can be saved.
The cargo of the St. Andrew will, we believe, be landed in
better condition than could reasonably have been expected.
The woollen goods will be quite spoiled, but those of silk an
cotton, though damaged, will be in tolerable condition. A
the hull of the Pennsylvania has, from the first, been under
water at flood tide, her cargo is, of course, very seriously da-
maged, whilst no small quantity of it has been plundered by
the wreckers, who selected this fine ship as their especial prey.
We are assured that the value of the cargoes on board the St.
Andrew and the Pennsylvania was not less than 400,0001., an
might reach 500,000/. The Crusader's cargo is valued at
from 60,0001. to 70,000/. ; and other of the stranded vessel
bad valuable cargoes on board.--. Liverpool Courier.

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MEETING OF MIDDLESEX
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MAGISTRATES.

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Mr. HALL, as Chairman of the Committee of Accounts,
said that bills had been sent from two private lunatic establish-
ments, in one of which were four, and in the other eight luna-
tic paupers.
A MAGISTRATE asked ahy that was permitted?
The CHAIRMAN said the Magistrates had no power of
sending lunatic paupers to a private asylum while there was
one for the county, and that, therefore, those of them who
sent pauper lunatics to such establishments must themselves
pay for them.

- Another lengthened discussion arose upon this matter, iT4 the
course of which,

Mr. POWNAL gave notice: of a motion for the next county
day, that the county would not pay private establishments for
the maintenance of pauper lunatics after the 21st of Feb. neat.
THE SILENT AND SEPARATE SYSTEMS.
Mr. WILES gave notice that on the next Court day he would
move that a memorial be presented to her Majesty's Govern-
ment in support of an application which had been made from
the countieq of Essex and Sussex for the erection of a model
prison, in order to test the separate and silent systems of pri-
son discipline.

THE COUNTY RATE.
The report of the county Treasurer's accounts was brought
up, and a rate for the current quarter of five farthings in the
pound, making a gross amount of 29,5131. 17s. 9d. was
agreed to.

—The CHAIRMAN here observed that the mandamus which had
been moved for by the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square,
had been dismissed, but the mode of rating established by the
Court of Queen's Bench bad been adopted in the rate now
made.

THE HOUSE OP CORRECTION.
The report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Correc-
tion (4 Geo. IV., cap. 64, sec. 23) was brought up and read.
h stated the prison to contain 1,154 inmates, of whom 867 are
males, 287 females, and 14 children, all healthy and orderly in
their conduct, and regularly attending divine worship. The
report was agreed to.

THE NEW PRISON.
The report of the New Prison was also brought up and read.
The prison contains 127 persons, all well behaved and atten-
tive to their religious duties. The report was received and
agreed to.

The quarterly certificate of the Governor of the House of
Correction was brought up ; it stated the prison regulations, as
stated in 4 G eo. IV. had been complied with, that the ex-
pense of maintaining it for the last year was 16,450/. 19s. 4d.;
it was received and agreed to.

Yesterday being county-day, and several motions of public
importance being on the paper, the attendance of Magistrates
was exceedingly numerous, tbere being at one time of the day
nearly 80 present.
The minutes of the last day's proceedings were read and
confirmed.

THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Report of the Visiting Justices was brought up. It
stated that 325 patients bad been admitted, that 33 were cured,
and it was expected that 38 more would be in a fit state to'
kayo the Asylum in the course of the present year. The
charge for each lunatic was raised from ss. 3d. to Os. sd. per
week.

The Hon. Mr. BYNG wished to know the cause of that in-
crease?

The CHAIRMAN answered, that it arose from the higher
prices of provisions, and the outlay of 7201. for clothing.
Mr. BYNG—The dieThrence in the 'eke of provisions could
not justify such an increase; and the fact was that the Visiting
Justices, being an irresponsible body, did exactly as they
pleased. He did not make this complaint merely as au indi-
vidual, but on behalf of three of the largest parishes in this
metropolis. He also perceived en item in the report of 1,300/
laid out for coals for this asylum within the year, and he would
ask was nut that an enormous expenditure? He well knew
the expense of keeping up a hundred fires, and he was satis-
fied they did not cost above 3301 a-year. Mr Cubitt had some
time since erected a warming apparatus in the asylum, at the
expense of 2,000/., but the fanciful Justices had it soon after
pulled down, and put up something else in place of it. 1 his
led him to say that gross mimnanagement hod hitherto pre-
vailed at Hanwell, while its late physician was permitted the
exercise of almost arbitrary power. The truth, however, ap-
peared to be, that all these public gaols and hospitals were
built at an expense far above the original estimate, and were
subsequently maintained at an extravagant outlay of the rate-
payers' money. And he stated that the original estimate far
the Lunatic Asylum for 600 patients was 123,0001., while the
actual expenditure upon that place for 300, or half the number
of patients, was 122,000/.
Colonel Woon denied the extravagance imputed by the
Hon. Magistrate to the Visiting Justices of the Asylum, who
had devoted their time to its welfare with unceasing energy
and zeal. When it was first intended to erect the Asylum,
several years ago, it was only preposed to be so constructed
as to receive three hundred inmates, but that plan had bocci
altered for one by which six hundred were to be accommo-
dated at an expense of 123,000/. The former charge for a
lunatic pauper's maintenance was from eleven to twelve shil-
lings a week ; whereas it was now little more than half that
sum, and the comforts of the unhappy inmates were increased
at least tenfold.
Sir JANIRS WILLIAMS admitted that the rate-payers of the
county ought to be protected, and all necessary economy be
practised ; but so ought the comforts and cure of the pauper
lunatics to he particularly attended to.—( Hear:) He was
also of opinion that all public officers would be the better for
being looked after, and perhaps it would not be too much to
add that too much had been left to the management of Sir
Wm. Ellis. But the public and the rate-payers would be
"happy to hear diet a thorough investigation had been insti
toted into every branch of the establishment at the Asylum,
and that their lahoers had been productive of the greatest
becefit.
Mr. POWNAL bad no objection to a safe and wise economy,
hut mere pounds, shillings, and pence should not alone be re-
garded in an establishment which had for its object the ccrpo-
rel and mental cure and improvement of this most unfortunate
class of our fellow creatures. A complaint had been made
by an BM. Magistrate that the sum of 1,300/. had been laid
out foe coals in the year; but did he know anything of the in-
ternal management of the asylum ? Did he know that they
made their own gas—that they brewed, baked, and washed for
the whole establishment—and that above all things warmth
was essential not only to the comfort of its inmates, but to
their cure.—(Hear )
Mr. BYNG asked what was the average weekly charge of
each lunatic pauper for the last seven or eight years?
Col. CLITHERO replied, about 7s. 3d.
Mr. GIBSON thought that attention to economy would be
best consulted by doing justice to the ratepayers, as well as
consulting the comfort of the lunatics.
Mr. M'Wlealast complained of the irresponsible power
which was placed in the hands of the Visiting Justices, and
added that the cost of each lunatic pauper (including the esti-
mate for the building) was not 6s. 5d., but 14s. 91. ; and of
this he saes quite satisfied, that the ratepayers and the public
could never have any confidence in the Visiting Justices until
they rendered a proper statement of their accounts.
Mr. Wieiss said the Act of Parliament which authorised
the building of the Asylum, also provided lie the full investi-
gation of the accounts, and it must be satisfactory to knot
that every Magistrate has the full right to investigate the ac-
counts, which are directed to be delivered at every Michael-
mas annual Quarter Sessions.
A very long discussion ensued upon the increase of the ex-
pense of maintaining the pauper lunatics, in which part was
taken by Sir John Gibbon, the Dean of Carlisle, Mr. Laurie,
and other Magistrates, who warmly defended the conduct of
the Visiting Justices, the Report was ultimately received, or-
dered to be printed, and circulated with that of the physicians
to the establishments.