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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1863.

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and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
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panted by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.

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to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
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Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
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DEATH, BY SLOW POISON'D GRIEF—
For State riddance of the Carib Red Indian dm claims
under 'Consorted equality for' the Eye of the Law.
Peter Basquet, with white colleague, on his knees, prays
—Ye I to consider this State position—not of his own
creation—as the elect of England's Income-tax succession,
by Badge medallion as his uncle, Indian Joseph Brant, of
Stamp Act 1775 mark—under the Zoliverein Coven tion
Treaty of 24 March, 1841, by order of Palmerston, By Lo,
and Labouchere, for America's criminal law, as extended
north and south, and attested by the late King of Prussia
at Windsor Castle, as the white and red law ' Prince Con-
sort'ment, on the day of (N. South) WALES' equatorial
Christen'ng, 21 years past, accompanied by police superin-
tendent Carter till Lord Ashhurton association on board
the Warspi`e, with the flag union of England's Tower issue
Jan 31, 1842, under the ' Commission of Array.'

On this occasion Lord Stanley, now DERBY, said, "Tie
well you came over to England, as this is the headquarters
of all Indian rights and claims.' In 1851 the Earl Grey's
official November letter on report of felony says, "Justice
shall be done to your report of marine stores on premises
without license." His successor, Pakington's, letter says,
"No money in this office for your constables' mileage
money and maintenance." Yet, furnished from Police Act
of 10 Geo. 4, cap. 44, to Carter in 1842, under extraordi-
nary expenses in the execution of orders, and to Mr. Police-
man Dowling, of Liverpool, in 1851; whence, on this refu-
sal, XI ajor Cartwright's successor to the Crown and Colonial
Superintendent of the Indian Tribes on VO per year since
1820 in Governor's Lt.-deputy C. H. Ackerley, R N,,
By virtuti officii under antipodean anomaly named in the
4th Geo. 4, chap. 98, sec. 4, 28-for perpetual tax, XL., as
extended across the earth, by 1823 Act for duty by naval
lieutenants either on full or half-pay for the criminal court
jurisprudence of the Crown colony of Newfoundland under
colleague, as Deputy Commissioner Chief Justice F.
Forbes, as extended to New South Wales by sec, 50, who,
in consequence, has spent, in this case, all his bachelor's
savings, £1,700, to aid and support his Indian colleague
(all parties being dead) and he (the lieutenant) being made
to carry the State word of faith bearer, in 1820-25-Brazils,
and '2B in Egypt for the liberties of Greece as conjoint with
the )ndian claim promised by Derby and Grey. In
Almighty protest-compromise against breach of juggling
by fiends, as MACBETH says—
" That palters with us in a double sense,
That keeps the word of promise to the ear
And breaks it to our hope."
PETER BASQUE; ne' Nwl'warr de Brant.
At, 5, Swallow-sireet, London, March 15, 1863.

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

REJOICINGS IN COPENHAGEN.

COPENHAGEN, March 10.—This city, in spite of an over-
cast sky and a cold temperature, has throughout the day
presented a scene of unusual brilliance and splendour. At
an early hour not only the royal palaces and Government
and other public buildings, which here so greatly abound,
but almost all the dwelling houses, were gaily decorated
with Danish, English, Swedish, and other flags, while the
places of public resort, the squares, the streets, the quays,
and even theneighbonringeountry roads, have been crowded
with people in holiday garb, whose whole demeanour and
appearance testified to their happiness, who were evidently
bent on doing honour to their favourite princess on the oc-
casion of what is regarded by all as her most auspicious
marriage. In the beautiful gardens and grounds of the
Itosenborg Palace the scene was particularly animated ;
and, as the town is in many places intersected with " ha-
vens" and canals, the gay appearance which the shipping
in them presented NI as both appropriate and striking,
while the effect produced by the strains of music
from the military and other bands in the squares
and on the ramparts was most enlivening. The
public gardens of Tivoli and the Alhambra have
been frequented by crowds all the morning ; and as the pre-
parations making at both for the evening promise that the
displays there will then be more attractive than ever, those
who cannot obtain admittance to the grand ball at the
Casino will not be without their means of enjoyment also,
although the illuminations are likely to be so attractive
that many will doubtless be content with the gratification
which these will assuredly afford.

The arrangements which had been made for giving a
good and substantial repast to the poor have been carried
out with remarkable success, not only here but at Roeskilde,
Gjentofte, and other towns and villages, so that all that
could be thought of has been done to make the day one of
festivity and enjoym nt. The more ample accounts of the
splendid anti affectionate reception which was given to the
dear Princess Alexandra on her arrival in England have
tended, perhaps, to increase the universal joy; and as to
these has just b _en wide t the announcement by telegraph
of the actual solemnisation of the marriage at Windsor,
nothing seems to be awanting to secure that happiness
which is so ardently desired for the Prince and Princess of
Wales, alike by the people of England and of Denmark.

Fatal Accidents at the Illuminations in

the City.

An inquest w,,s held yesterday at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital by Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy coro-
ner for the City, to inquire into the circumstances
which led to the deaths of four persons who were
killed during the pressure of the crowd on the night
of Tuesday last. The persons who thus lost their
lives were named Anne Harding, Elizabeth Grove,
Ellen Giles, and Caroline Mitchell.
Thomas Graham, 195, Goswell-road, coachmaker,
said that about ten o'clock on the evening of Tues-
day he was coming from St. Paul's down to Lud-
gate-hill on the right hand side of the way. He
had been previously on the other side of the way.
One side was kept for those going towards the
City and the other for those coming westwards.
There were great numbers of persons going
.both
ways and passing each other. There were vehicles
in the carriage way. He was between the Old
Bailey and Farringdou street, and when he got to
the Belle Sauvage gateway his attention was called
to a young woman struggling in the crowd. She
was the sister of Caroline Mitchell. He assisted in
getting her out of the crowd, and she implored him
to go in search of her sister. He went about fifty
yards up Belle Sauvage-yard, where there were
great numbers of persons, and on the ground he
found Caroline Mitchell, whom he recognised by the
description her sister had given him of her. There
were no persona then trampling on her, but he
learned that there had been, and that she had been
carried through the crowd. Her dress was dis-
',rdered, and her bonnet was off and crumpled from
having been trampled on. He lifted her up and
found she was warm, but apparently dead. He
called the police, who brought a young medical
man. The latter, on feeling her pulse, pronounced
her dead. There was no particular illumination
or attraction about that place; there was rather
less. The police were very numerous about there,
and were most attentive. After some minutes wit-
ness was able to get the deceased into a public-
' house, and she was conveyed to the hospital.
Joseph Nottage, of Friar's-mount, general dealer,
said that he was proceeding along at the time in
question towards St. Paul's up Ludgate-hill. He
was about three-quarters of an hour coming along
from Temple-bar. When opposite the gateway
(Belle Sauvage-yard) he saw about a dozen persons
lying on the top of one another in the carriage-way.
There were two lines of carriages, as far as he could
see. Some persons were beating back the crowd,
which was sw. ying about. It was not through
larking, but to prevent the persons on the ground
being trampled on. Just at that spot there was no
Carriage. He assisted in getting up the woman
Harding. Her bonnet was crushed beside her. A
gentleman examined her and said " She is gone."
There were some persons larking among themselves,
but not at the place where the people fell, that he
could see.

A man named Goddard, a general dealer, eon-
firmk d the last witness's e7idence, and added that
there was only one line of carriages on Ludgate-
hill at that time. He saw several people knocked
down, but not by vehicles. They were knocked
down by the force of the crowd.
The evidence in all the other cases was of a
similar character. The deceased persons being in-
extricably mixed up with the crowd, and, being
tveak, were soon exhausted and fell. None of the
witnesses could account for the extraordinary
pressure of the crowd at the Plane where the deaths
occurred. It also appeared that there were no
special attractions in the way of ilium:nations on
the spot.

Verdicts of accidental death Were returned in all
c3ses.

A inquest was also held on Thursday on the body
of an infant, two months old, the son of a poor
woman named Brady, living at Oak-lane, Lime-
house. The mother stated that while in King
William-street en Tuesday, looking at the illumi-
nations, there was a great crowd and crush, but
she did not notice that the child was particularly
pressed against. She, however, observed that the
child was black in the face, and was gasping ; and
on making her way cut of the crowd she found
that the child was dead. Medical evidence proved
that the child's death was caused by suffocation.
The verdiq of the jury was_, That the deceased,
being an infant of tender age, Was suffocated in its
mother's arms by the pressure of the crowd in the
public streets on the night of Tuesday, the 10th of
Al"

THE CASE OF PROFESSOR JONVETT.—It is be-
lieved in Oxford circles that the promoters of the case against
Professor Jowett will not carry out tke appeal, of which
notice was given by Mr. Latimer, but that they will abide
by the decision of the learned Assessor of the Vice-Chan-
cellor's Court,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Pon.—Rear-Admiral Robinson, the Controller
of the Navy, observes that—" The iron ship of to-
day, for which so large a price has been paid,
may not be the weapon we require to-morrow. It
may therefore prove wiser and more economical to
supply the want of the moment by a cheaper and
less curable structure, which at least is of the same
quality as those with which we contend." In this
suggestion we fully egree ; for if it to be admitted
that the larger class of iron vessels is unsuited to
chasing fast wooden vessels upon the high seas, or
through intricate channels in distant latitudes,
then it becomes a question whether for other pur
poses the larger iron vessel is the more desirable
form to adopt. It has yet to be proved that for de•
f.nsive purposes, the small iron vessel on the turret
principle will be the less effective. For if these
smaller vessels can be made invulnerable in the tur-
ret, the oviy part expose•, then it is evident that
they will possess very considerable advantagesover
the larger vessels, as they will be able to manoeuvre
with greater ease and in shallower water, and can
be built much more rapidly and for very much less
money. But we now come to another part of the
question which is of the utmost importance. We
are not starting with unlimited time, money, and
material at our disposal for the creation of an en-
tirely new navy ; it therefore becomes our business
to consider the best course we can adopt under the
peculiar circumstances of our present position. We
possess a large number of wooden line-of-battle
ships ; the question is, what is to become of these
vessels—are they to be laid by as useless, broken
up, or sold ; cannot they be converted into floating
batteries that will afford protection to our harbours,
and answer the purpose of a good defence for our
shores ? We think there should be no two opinions
regarding the course which ought to be pursued
with respect to these vessels. Every one must re-
member the sensation caused by the appearance of
the Merrimac, and the extraordinary achievements
of that vessel. For some unaccountable reason very
little attention has been directed towards the science
and skill which wa displayed in the design and
construction of that vessel, which was a wooden
vessel converted into a most formidable engine of
war. It has been the fashion to speak of her as a
mere hastily constructed iron-clad. Now let us
fairly consider this matter for a moment. If this
hastily constructed iron-clad was able to sink a fine
American frigate like the Cumberland by a single
blow, and defy all the ships and batteries of the
Federal fleet, and fight an action next day, which
ended in a drawn battle, with a new and formida-
ble antagonist like the iron-clad Monitor, we think
we must have rather underrated the value of a vessel
of this description. Gen. M'Clellan reckoned the
possession of the Merrimac as equivalent to an army
of fifty thousand men. Now, if this was the true
value of that vessel, of what value then would be our
whole fleet of wooden line-of-battle ships if converted
into iron-clads upon the plan of the Merrimac, with
such improvements as we should derive from our
greater leisure and superior means ? Such a form
of vessel would answer admirably for defensive
purposes in our harbours if fitted with a double
screw, which would give them the necessary power
of manoeuvring rapidly in a confined space, an ad-
vantage which, if the Merrimac had possessed in
her combat with the Monitor, would probably have
changed a drawn battle into a decided victory. A
certain number of our line-of-battle ships might be
sent in their present form to distant stations, and
there converted into armour-plated vessels upon
this simple but most effective principle. There can
be no doubt but that they would be quite formida-
ble enough to deal with any vessel that would be
likely to oppose them in those distant regions. As
it would be too long here to examine into all the
arguments brought forward in the paper presented
to the Admiralty by Admiral Robinson, we shall
confine ourselves to merely remarking that the evi-
dence appears conclusive upon the little dependence
that is to be placed upon the quality of work and
material supplied by the firms that have contracted
for the building of our iron ships. We arrive,
therefore, at this conclusion—that if it were even
desirable to build many more large ships en-
tirely of iron, it would be advisable to build them
in the royal dockyards, where only we can rely
with confidence on securing sound material and
good workmanship, without which combination
the vessels would be worthless,

TIMES.—How are the railways to get into the
metropolis ? Are they to capture it, like a foe,
with sapping and mining? Are they to light, like
winged Mercury, on the tops of the houses ? Are
they to walk in like citizens ? Must they occupy
the open square, or clear away the crowded courts
and lanes? Are they to be trusted right in the
heart of the city, or must they be restricted to a
fauhourg, as the Danes were once inside of Temple-
bar? One thing is certain—they cannot come in
without being a nui-ance, of one sort or another, to
somebody. Perhaps the people who would be the
best content to let them abide by their present ter-
mini are the shareholders themselves. The Great
Eastern proprietors, as Lord Shaftesbury tells us,
have been a long time making up their minds to
borrowing at 5 per cent. in order to get into Fins-
bury-circus and make a station there, when they
have just divided 11 per cent. for half a year. No
doubt, if the travelling public would only be so good
as to think the cab journey to Shoreditch an amuse-
ment, and so ingenious as to do it from any part of
the metropolis in a quarter of an hour, the company
would be glad to see their dividends rising without
further outlay. But other companies are stepping in
before them, and ready to grasp the prize their own
modesty denies them. There are many hundreds of
young married couples discussing at this moment
the interesting question whether they shall make
their start —say, at Sy denham, or Blackheath,
or Stamford.hill, or Tottenham, or towards
Epping Forest. Foremost among the pros
and cons is the distance from the city to
the station, and London-bridge is a good
deal nearer than Shoreditch. Then the West-end
people can go through the Borough to London-
bridge, and what is more they can get to any part
of the South-Eastern Counties from Victoria Sta-
tion, and will soon be able to do so from Charing-cross.
They have no strong prejudice in favour ot' the East-
ern Counties, and they feel the last mile from the
city to Shoreditch as an aggravation of their civic
progress. So,on the whole, the shareholders of the
Great Eastern, as the company now calls itself, con-
clude they must throw more good money after bad,
and centralise their metropolitan terminus. But
when they have slowly made up their minds, the
merchants and professionals who have taken posses-
sion of Finsburpeircus claim a voice in the matter.
A strong opposition has been organised, and the
rights of ventilation and circulation warmly main-
tained in behalf of children, nurserymaids, young
ladies, invalids, and the proprietors of the London
Institution. The rights of the former are before the
world and appeal to all. The last mentioned have
not had full justice done to them. How is a man
to study the Greek Plays, topography, ana inter-
national law, in which that library is so rich, if a
train is to rumble, hiss, shriek, and whistle over
his head every five minutes, and if there is a
never ending stream of cabs coming and going
under his feet? Two other remonstrances have
now been pat in, no doubt encouraged by the
favourable hearing given to Lord Derby. The
Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital is close to the
proposed extension. It is a hard case when a hos-
pital is only near a line, without being touched, and
has therefore all the nuisance without redress.
Even if the hospital could move away into the
country, it must be considered that we still want
dispensaries which ought to be accessible, and, if
possible, united with hospitals. We fear, however,
that it has long since been ruled that a hospital shall
not stop a railway. As for the poor journeymen
tailors who have placed themselves under Lord
Shaftesbury's benevolent protection, and who don't
want to be driven further from their employers,
whom they have to visit seven times a day, we can
only suggest that their employers had better find
workshops for them, or follow them into the coun-
try. We cannot regard a little thinning of the East
London population as an evil so great that the
House of Lords must step in to avert it. There
never was a question which brought out more
strongly the want of some Board or other authority
charged with a representatation of the public in-
terest upon every railway project. It appears that
the students of the London Institution, the nursery
maids, the ophthalmic patients, the journeymen
tailors, and other equally interesting or important
classes have hardly a locus standi in the Committee
'on this bill. Finsbury-circus and square are the
only habitable places of the fashion which London
loves within half a mile of the Bank. The Circus
is a decidedly pretty place, and is remarkable for
the number of institutions, public edifices, and
chapels of all nations and creeds in it and about it.
Whoever has walked round it will grudge its
threatened appropriation. Of course, a fine gen-
tleman will smile at the idea of anybody having a
sentimental attachment to a circular row of smoke-
stained houses, with a few lilacs and plane trees, in
the thick of the City. But it is not everybody who
can walk or sleep even three miles out of town,