The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-27 00:00:00

COURP OF ALDERMEN.

A court was held for the despatch of public business.
The TOWN CLERK read a letter, of which the following
is a copy : _ _

DR. PEITHMAN.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. OTWAY asked the Secretary of State for the
Rome Department, by what authority Dr. Peithinan
was imprisoned in a cell in the Ring-street Police-sta-
tion,
and detained in it from Sunday the 9thinstant
g
until the afternoon of the following Wednesday, nesday,with-
out having been brought before any
justice of the peace,
or the charge on which he was detained made known t
him ; and to call the attention of the house to o
some
judicial proceedings, in the private room of the trate at Bow-street, with reference to this caslnagTihse.
e
honourable member entered into a detail of the .
circum-
stances of the case as they had transpired at the Bow.
street Police-court ; and having visited the unfortunate
doctor in one of the cells of the court, the hon. member
said he could support the complaint as to the bad condi-
tion of those cells. They were alike a disgrace to the
magistrate who, as it were, presided over them, and the
public,
blic who paid for them. The proceedings at the police
court in reference to this case wereof a most arbitrary and
unconstitutional character, for they were conducted in
s upon secret, and the unfortunate doctor was committed to Han-
ellthe certificate of two Government officials, with
out any
w chance of obtaining his liberation. Had these pro-
ceedings taken place in Naples, the press would have
plainttsheabsuoub
jteicti, ahnedhsaidncea tribgehtcasthe
de-
mandinteemed with com
volved the liberty of .
for frittering
some explanation of the matter. The lunacy law
nstitution, and he hoped'next
and lunatic asylums were made a vehicle
into the whole
away the principles of thee°
searching inquiry .
THE CITY SEAL.
Some conversation took i
raandcoCnifteyreenCuertrselative to the mayoralty
subject.
mtboenScecoounndcaiefog p ace upon the resolution of
laboured
determination to rtehfue
bad for some years
Lord PALMERSTON said there was no doubt that !
Committee cf the Corn-
secetoerhtolodf
this unfortunate gentleman
seal.a It concluded in a
nference upon that subject, upon the ground that it
under fits of insanity. his
and for the purpose
particular_ delusion was that ,
he had largo claims upon the Mate,
he
had perseveringly . conference
, .
involved one of the essential privileges
• of enforcing his supposed claims,
. - endeavoured to intrude himself , d Aldermen.
lie was confined Alderman Wilson and Sir Peter Laurie urged upon
/3"ere;gli- Under theKcircumstances
into the presence of the
the' court the necessity of m tintaAning without violation
in a lunatic asrglam ; but supposing he had recovered full
possession of his faculties, the Home Office consented to
the. privileges of the court at a period when there ap-
his liberation ; but no sooner did he regain his liberty
peered to be in most important quarters a stron dispo-
than he resortedtrying to indeed to destroy them
sition to abridge, and i yaltogether.
to his former proceeding of
force himself into Buckingham Palace. He was accord-
EXTRA CONSTABLES WITHIN THE CITY.
f
ingly given into custody and conveyed to Bow-street 130- The Recorder stated his opinion relative to the admix-
lice station, where he underwent an examination, and
sign
of extra constables within the city of London, and:
eventually, upon proper evidence, he was sent to Han-
fled the whole proceedings; and contended that it was such constables, lest by error in the mode of admission
necessary for the good of the State and the safety of the stoni
they
might be placed in serious diffi
culty-
Sovereign that they should be taken in all these cases,
At the same time, if a sufficient security in some way under
atnhde
responsibility,cu
" mild be given that the miscondtict should not he re- CRYSTAL PALACE, WEDNESDAY.—SHILLING DAY..--
ez T- - - eated,, he should be happy. to orchr,
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thelho liberationtztg
tiat of Admission at the doors, 12,219; achnjuica.by gem
this uzforttnatO oi
pereoD, rit4 ;fe:4
tickets, BZ2. Totair 13,041.

"Charity Commission, 20, Duke-street,
Westminster, July 14, 1854.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Charity Commissioners for
England and Wales to request that you will favour them
with a copy of the minutes of proceedings taken on or
about the mouth of February, 1852, before the Lord Chief
Baron, on the matter of cha, ities relating to poor pri-
soners in the city of London, and which appears to have
been printed by Arthur Taylor, the printer to the Cur-
poration.
" An inquiry is now in progress before one of the in-
spectors into the City charities, and it is conceived that
the evidence taken before the Chief Baron will afford
him much assistance.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
"H. W. VANE, Secretary.
"To the Town Clerk of the City of London."
Referred to a committee.

Alde THE THAMES STEAM-BOATS.
_
rinao LAWRENCE said the crowding of steam-
boats bad become a matter of great anxiety within the
last few,days. The Commissioner of the City of Police had
withdrawn from the service of looking after the steam-
vessels which received and landed their passengers the
two officers who had for two years-performed very im-
portant duties to the public in the situations within the
City district. It was to be regretted that those officers
had been withdrawn from a service so beneficial to the
community ; but the Commissioners had, upon being
written to on the subject, replied that he could spare two
men from his force to apply themselves to that sort cf
labour.