The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S.

Don Giovanni re appeared here last night. Grisi, in
the difficult part of Donna Anna, was all impassioned feel-
ing and pathos. The passage, " Ah, vendicar, s'l puoi,
qui7a quel sangue ognor," produced, by the prolonging of
of the last note, an impressive effect we had never heard
before. Persiani was tres gentile as Zerlina. There was
engaging play fulness in her " Batti, batti," and great
delicacy and truth in the "La ci darem." The music,
however, does not appear so perfectly to suit her as that
of the Sonnambula, from not being written so high. The
" Batti, batti," we believe, was transposed higher on
this account. Tamburini was perfection as the hero.
We feel certain the amorous and profligate Don
could have been no other in appearance and manner
than he was presented by this accomplished artist ; n9r
could Mozart have desired any other singer than just such
a cue as Tamburini for this part. He was made for it and
it for him. The great Lablache, agile as a jockey of eight
stone, threw all the force of his rich humour into the part
of Leporello. He is mirth and drollery personified, yet
never oversteps the bounds of good taste. His " Madamina
it catologo c questo," caused, as usual, great amusement.
Rubini, who appeared as Ottayio, has only one aria, to call
forth his powers, namely, " Il mia tesoro," which he gave
with his well-known tenderness and sweetness. This and all
the other popular melodies of the opera were loudly encored,
as also the delicious tri ), the gem of the concerted pieces,
" Protegga it giusto cielo." Indulgence was claimed for
Mademoiselle Monnani, as Elvira, on the score of illness.
She was also evidently much agitated. Under such cir-
cumstances we wonder Ernesta Grisi was not entrusted
with the part. The opera on this occasion was cut into
four acts, the second act being an amplification of the
fina7e of he first, and consisting of the entire masquerade
scene, Apollo in his powdered wig and all, from Une nuit
de Bal. Strauss never expected that one of his pretty
trifles would be set in Mozart gold. The two pas de dour
and the Duvernay dance of four were much applauded ;
but the quadrille and gallop figures excited unequivocal
symptoms of impatience, and were unquestionably de trop.

PRICE sd,

A BILL FOR REGULATING THE
POLICE IN THE CITY OF LONDON.

The following is an abstract of the Preliminary Bill intended
to be brought in by Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Pattison, di-
vested of its technicalities:—

" And whereas, a more efficient system of police has been
established within the said City and the liberties thereof, by day
and night : and whereas the Police Force of 500 men appointed
for the City and Liberties have been sworn in as Constables :
Be it further enacted that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
mons, in Common Council assembled, are hereby authorised and
required to appoint a fit person as Commissioner of the Police
Force of the City and Liberties together, with such other du-
ties as shall be hereinafter specified,' or 'as Shall be from time to
time directed by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons. for the
more efficient administration of the City Police, with such
amount of salary as they shall think proper, and they •may re-
move the said Commissioner if they see occasion so to do for
neglect, misconduct, or other reasonable cause, and may, upon
any vacancy in the office by death, removal, or otherwise, ap-
point another fit person as Commissioner.
And be it further enacted, that the said Commissioner may
from time to time, subject to the approbation of the Lora
Mayor, Aldermen, &c., flame such orders and regulations as
he shall deem expedient, relative to the general government
of the police force, the places of their residence, the classifica-
tion, particularrank, and particular service of the several members, their
distribution and inspection, the description of arms, accoutre-
ments, and other necessaries to be furnished to them for the
performance of their duty, and all such other orders and regu-
lations relative to the police force as the Commissioner shall
deem expedient for preventing neglect or abuse, and for ren-
dering the force efficient in the discharge of all its duties ; and
the Commissioner may at any time suspend or dismiss from his
employment any man belonging to the police force whom he
shall think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty, or
otherwise unfit, reporting the same to the Lord Mayor ; and
when any man shall be so dismissed, or cease to belong to the
police force, all powers vested in him as a constable by virtue of
this Act shall immediately cease, and he shall forthwith return
to the Commissioner the' clothes, arms, and other necessaries
with which he shall have been provided, and if any man shall
neglect or refuse so to do, he shall be committed to the House
of Correction for any term not exceeding three months.
And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any
man, belonging to the police force, during the time he is on
duty, to apprehend all loose, idle, and disorderly persons tt horn
he shall hnd disturbing the public peace, or whom he shall have
just cause to suspect of having committed, or intending to com-
mit, any felony, misdemeanour, or breach of the peace ; and all
persons whom he shall find between sunset and the hour of
eight in the forenoon, lying in any highway, yard, or other
place, or loitering therein, and not giving a satisfactory account
of themselves, and to deliver any person so apprehended into
the custody of the constable who shall be in attendance at the
nearest station-house, in order that such person may be se-
cured until he can be brought before any Justice in the City,
to be dealt with according to law, or shall give sufficient bail,
except in cases of felony or grievous misdemeanour, for his ap-
pearance before any Justice of the City, if the constable shall
deem it prudent to take bail.
The next clause affixes the penalty for assaulting a police-
man, in the execution of his duty, at a sum not exceeding 5/. ;
and the clause which immediately follows states that constables
attending at the station-houses may take bail by recognizances,
from persons brought before them for petty misdemeanours,
1. such recognizance to be conditioned for the appearance of the
party before a justice, and in default of appearance the recog-
nisance to be forfeited.
And be it further enacted, that every man belonging to the
said police force shall, not only within the City of London and
the liberties thereof, but also in the district called the Metro-
politan Police District, and in the other parts of the counties
of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and within
the liberties therein, shall have all power, authority, privileges,
and advantages, and be liable to all such duties, and responsi-
bilities, as any constable duly appointed now has, or hereafter
may have, within his constablewick, by virtue of the common
law of the realm, or of any statutes made or to be made; and also
that every man belonging to the police force appointed, or
hereafter to be appointed, by virtue of an Act passed in the
tenth year of the reign of King George IV., intituled " An
Act for improving the police in and near the metropolis," shall,
within the said City of London and the liberties thereof, have
all such power, authority, privileges, and advantages, and he
liable to all such duties and responsibilities, as any constable duly
appointed by virtue of this Act : Provided always, that no man
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that no man belonging to the said Metropolitan Police Force
shall act within the limits of the City of London and the li-
berties thereof without the order of the Justices appointed by
virtue of the said Act of the 10th year of the reign of King
George the Fourth ; and that in all cases when any of the said
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in all cases where any of the Metropolitan Police Force
shall act within the City of London and liberties thereof they
shall be under the orders of the said Commissioner, and subject
and liable in all respects to the rules and regulations of the
of the Police Force for the City of London and the liberties
thereof.

And be it further enacted that every warrant, summons, or
other proceeding issued by a Justice of the said City of London
shall be sufficient authority to all the persons to whom the
same shall be directed or given, to execute or serve sitch war-
rant. summons, or other proceeding, in any liberty, town,
or place within the said Metropolitan Police district, and
within the said counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford,
Essex, and Kent, or the liberties thereof, in like
manner, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had
been indorsed by a police inspector of the forces in and for the
County, Riding, 1 hvision, City, Liberty, Town: or Place
where the same shall be executed, and that every warrant,
summons, or other proceeding issued by every Justice ap-
pointed, or to be appointed by virtue of the said Act of the 10th
year of King George the Fourth, or by any other Justice of the
Peace of the said Counties, shall be a sufficient authority to all
the persons to whom such warrant, summons, or other pro-
cceding shall be directed, or given to execute, or serve the same
in any liberty or place within the said City of London, or li-
berties thereof, in like manner to all intents and purposes as if
the same had been indorsed by a Justice of the said City.
And be it further enacted, that the Mayor and Commonalty,
and Citizens of the said City of London shall, and they are
hereby required to pay and apply in every year from and out
of their revenue and possessions one equal fourth part of the
expenses of the said Police. Force.
Anti be it further enacted, that in order to raise money for
defraying the remaining three equal fourth parts of the said ex-
penses, such just and equal pound rate as the said Mayor.
Aldermen, and Commoners in Common Council as-
sembled shall think fit to order and direct by writ-
ing under the hand of the Town Clerk of the said city,
shall be made, laid, and assessed in the several wards of the said
city, within fourteen days after the order of the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons, in Common Council assembled, by
the Alderman or his deputy; and the major part of the Common
Councilmen of each ward, upon every person who shall inhabit,
hold, occupy, possess, or enjoy houses within the said several
wards, and also by the laws now in being, shall be liable to be
assessed to the relief of the plor, in the parish where
he shall live or reside, for raising such competent
means and sums of money as the said Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons, in Common Council assembled, shall from time to
time judge needful, and direct so as such rate do not in any one
year exceed in the whole the sum of eightpence in the pound on
the full and fair valuation of all property rateable to the rebel
of the poor, within the said city and liberties, including in such
valuation theentire of all messuages, lands, tenements and hcredi-
taments, in any precinct, or place parochial, or extra-
parochial (if any) which may not be rated or
not be deemed rateable to the relief of the poor ;
and in case it shall be considered by the said Mayor, Al-
dermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled, or the
said Committee, that a fair and just assessment has not been
made in any of the wards of the said City, or in any premises
or place, parochial or extra-parochial (if any ), it shall be law-
ful for he said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Common
Council assembled, to direct an Assessor or Assessors, to make a
fair and just assessment on the full and fair annual value, the
expense, whereof shall be paid out of the monies to be raised
by virtue of this Act.
The above are the principal clauses of the Bill. The other
clauses refer to the powers of levying the rates and carrying
the law into effect.

ORTHOPHRENIC LECTURE Al.
THE MARYLEBONE LITERARY AND
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.

Dr. Felix Voisin, one of the Physicians of the Hospital
of La Salpetriere of Paris, Director of the Medical Service
of Epileptic, Hydrocephalic, Imbecile and Idiotic Children,
and founder of the model establishment of Vanvres, near
Paris, for the treatment of the insane, delivered a gratui-
tous Lecture, explanatory of the principles of his system
of treatment, in the French language at the above institu-
tion, yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, to a numerous
and highly respectable auditory, among whom were
several ladies. The Lecturer commenced by expressing
his regret at his inability to address his audience in the
English language, a language peculiarly adapted for philo-
sophical disquisitions. The power of education had been
known from the greatest antiquity, and continued to attract
attention up to the present hour. He would take this
opportunity of expressing his admiration of the ideas of
Mr. Simpson on this subject. But philosophers had
devoted their attention solely to the education of the great
mass of the human race, who were fitted for every thing,
without having a particular genius for anything, wl os were
good and evil, according to the influences to which they
were subjected—men, like unto their fellow-men. But
there was another class which had been totally disre-
garded by philosophers, these were persons who were
under the ban, as it were of nature, whose organization was
vicious. But these were still human beings, and if they
were treated as such upon philosophical principles, they
would be found capable of improving by the effarts made
for their education. Ile had had twenty years' experience
in these anomalous cases, and bad divided them into four
classes. In the first class he placed those children who
might be called the poor in mind, whose intellectual deve-
lopments were stunted in consequence of their intellectual
organization being incomplete. He met with upwards of
one hundred cases of this description, and although educa-
tion could not do much for their improvement yet still it
could do something. There were very few idiots so tho.
roughly stunted as to be incapable of deriving any benefit
from education, but education for them must be conducted
on different principles from those on which it was con.
ducted for the generality of mankind. It should be borne
in mind that they could not raise themselves to our intel-
lectual level, and that therefore we should accommodate
our principles of education to the level of their intellects ;
in this manner the most happy effects would be obtained.
He had endeavoured to discover the cause of the deficiency
of intellectual organization in this unfortunate class, and
had frequently found that they were children of
drunken, debauched, or vitiated parents. The second
class comprised those who, endowed by nsture
with the usual intellectual organization, had been
vitiated in their early youth by an ill directed education,
who had been brought up either with too much indulgence,
or too great severity, and were consequently the victims
of the faults of those by whom they were brought up—
these children when grown up form the bulk of those
who are expelled from Collegts, or who arc confined in

Houses of Correction, at the instance c /'e'
• '
relations.
Society had not done its duty to this unf 6f
individuals—lead they had their bodies the
,%-dtsred. •
would have been received into an hose'
Now, what they stood in need of was a ' 'S,II ;
and they so where found one except in N a
lam, or Botany Bay. They were cast out veteglet.e
Boned by society as pests—but he adopted and took
. them under his peculiar protection—they could not
- properly be said to be accountable, and their condition
ought to excite immense interest. Great hopes might:be
_ entertained of benefiting this class by education, bectaise
there were not in this as in the precedir g class, any
defects of rorganiaation to combat with. The individuals
composing this class, were the disciples of those by whom
they were surrounded ; evil had in them produced evil,
why should not the experiment be tried, if good would
not produce good, by surrounding them with none but
good examples.—( Cheers.) 'The third class was composed
of those to whom Nature had been lavish of her gifts, and
who became great men or great criminals, according to the
circumstances in which they were placed. and the manner
of their education. Bacon, Napoleon, Cat touche, Crom-
well, and Gall, were all men of this clans. The different
circumstances in which they were placed determined their
future destiny, and according to those circumstances they
directed their burning energies either against society or in
its defence. The education adapted to the common run of
mankind was ill suited to this class, and must be aban-
doned. What a misfortune was it for a youth of this dee
• scription to fall into the hands of an instructor who did not
understand hie genius, and was unable properly to regu-
late his intellectual activity.—(Cheers.) The fourth
class was composed of the children of insane parents, and
who had an hereditary predisposition to this malady.- He
could state as the result of twenty years' experience, that
out of every hundred cases of insanity which bad come
under his notice, seventy were cases in which the disesse
was hereditary; and the experience of his predecessors at
La Salpetriere corroborated this statement. The tempe-
rament of such children was in general warm and excite-
able, and the intellectual development precocious,
givint, rise to the most brilliant hopes as to
iheircfuture destiny. This precocity was in general
festered by the parents who, to gratify their va-
nity, too frequently subjected their children to exciteflaent,
which feequently ended in producing decline, and liisanity.
He had succeeded in ,rescuing several of this tisisporttnt-
class from the fatality which awaited them by 'l%-ktrng
them in their studies, by endeavouring to lessen the acti-
vity of that portion of the intellectual organization which
was too intensely developed, and by developicg such portions
of it as were dormant, in short, by endeavouring by every
means in his power to counteract the vices of organize.
tion. He followed the old maxims of health with this class
of persona, and kept their feet warm and their heads cold.
He thought that he had now established his proposition,
that there existed certain classes of intellects for whom as yet
science and humanity had devised no proper means of edu-
cation. In behalf of these classes he appealed to the public,
and if an institution should be formed for this purpose, he
should be happy to render any service in his power.
( A gentleman here stepped forward and said that if the
company approved of the principles laid down, the lecture
should be translated into English, and delivered in that
language. He could bear testimony to the success of Dr.
Voisin's practice, and he know the Doctor well, who was •
a man of fortune, and who was solely actuated by his
zeal for the interests of humanity. This announce..
ment was received with loud applause, and the
learned Doctor proceeded.) He would now con-
clude by bringing under the notice of' the
auditory some general considerations as to the physiology
of the brain. The time, he believed, was now arrived
when that should be done for the organization of the brain
Which had long since been done for different external
senses. Men had long since acknowledged that the eye
was the scat of the sense of sight and the ear of hearing,
and were respectively subject to the laws of optics and
of acoustics. The organization of the brain should be
treated in the same philosophical manner. Man was
moral and an intellectual being—he could never lose his
individuality—he was himself alone ; the circle of his cxese
tions was traced out and he could not escape from it. There
was nothing transcendental or speculative in his philosophy.
He was a disciple of Bacon. Whatever he stated was she
result of observation, and he was convinced that everything
could be referred to physical organization. The seat
of the organs of perception was the lower -pert, cf
frontal regions. The seat of love, affection, and the in-
stinct of preservation, was also in the brain. The latter
and posterior part of the brain was the seat of the pas-
sions, and the moral sentiments occupied the upper vaulted
part of the head. The intellectual faculties occupied the
upper portion of the frontal region. There was nothing
metaphysical in this—everything was palpable, everything
was true, everything was the result of the activity of the
brain and bone—evidence to the goodness of God. Pinel
suspected that the deficiency of frontal development might
have something to do with idiotcy, but he bad no idea that
the other parts of the brain were the seats of different
faculties. The criminal returns demonstrated that the
majority of criminals had been educated, and this showed
that the systems of education were defective. The col-
leges cultivated the intellectual faculties, and imagined
the superior parts of the brain, the moral faculties, could
derelope themselves. This was the capital error which
condemned the highest faculties to non-development, and
prevented man from becoming what nature intended him
to be. All the misery of mankind came from them-
selves : let man study himself, devote ' himielt to
the development of his higher faculties, ' and life
would be a state of happiness. This was the
science he wished them to study together. Animals
certainly moved in alesser sphere, but in that sphere they
were more complete, the more because their faculties were
more fully developed. Let man study his own organiza-
tion, devote himself to the development of his higher
faculties, axed endeavour to fulfil the intentions of Nature
by making himself as complete within his sphere, as ani-
mals were in theirs, and happiness would be the conse-
quence.

The Lecturer having thanked the audience for their at-
tention. concluded amidst loud applause.
A Gentleman proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Voisin,
which-was passed by .acelamatioe, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
BANK OF ENGLAND.

MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
An Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of this
Company was held to-day, upon business connected with sum e
iceent proceedings in the Directory of the Company.
A Ing and angry discussion to.)k place, but it possessed no
public interest. At the conclusion,
Mr. BROOKE, of Huddersfield, moved—That it is the opinion
of the meeting, that it would be for the interest of the Share-
holders that a plan and scheme of future proceedings should
be formed with as little delay as possible, upon principles that
would be creditable to the Bank and to the town of Manches-
ter. That a Committee be appointed for the purpose of carry-
ing into effect the objects above enumerated, and any alteration
in the deed of settlement which those objects, and the past ex-
perience and present condition of the Bank might render expe-
dient ; and that the Directors be requested to afford the Com-
mittee the use of an appropriate office in the Bank for the pro-
secution of the above objects.
An amendment was moved, but not persevered in, and the
resolutions were finally agreed to, and the Committee appointed.