The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-10 00:00:00

STATE OF THE PRISONS.

Amongst the reports of the state of the City pri-
sons, which were anted to be free from infectious or
epidemic diseases, was the following relative to the
Debtors' Prison :

" The Governor respectfully reports that the num-
bers for the past quarter show an increase of sixty-
one over the commitments of the preceding quarter,
which is to be accounted for by the increased number
of commitments from the Palace Court ; and although
the authority of that Court to issue writs on the let of
August last, and its power of commitment will cease
finally on the 31st of December, yet, as by the opera-
tion of the Small Debts Amendment Act, the whole
of the county courts of Middlesex, besides the city
of London, will commit to the Debtors' Prison, the
numbers committed by county court process must
be considerably increased. The Governor further
reports, that during the past quarter the whole of
the gaol has been whitewashed and cleansed
according to the Act, and that his efforts to promote
cleanliness have been most promptly met by all the
prisoners, to which circumstances, aided by the atten-
tion of the surgeon, and the free use of the oxide of
iron in the drains and closets, may, under Providence,
be attributed the preservation of this prison from a
single case of chobra."
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE.
The report of the General Purposes Committee
upon the petition of the importers of foreign cattle and
wharfingers for permission to drive cattle from thu
wharfs to Smithfield_market upon the arrival of the
vessels at their several destinations for Monday's
market, was brought up. It stated that the com-
mittee saw no reason for making any alteration in the
existing regulations, and was agreed to by the Court.
Several reports upon subjects of no public import-
ance were brought up and agreed to.

THE NEW CORPORATION ACT.

The court was closed—upon the discussion of Mr.
Alderman Sidney's motion. "To draw the attention
of the Court to certain clauses of an Act passed during
the last session of Parliament, for regulating elec-
tions in the city of London, and to obtain the
opinion of the law officers of the corporation upon
the construction to be placed upon the wording of the
same." We understand that the court was finally
counted out.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUAV
Sut,—l,see in this day's Times a letter from the
Earl of IN inchilsea, deprecating certain postal alte-
rations, and closing with a prayer to God to support
Lord John Russell in his arduous duties.
Is not this the same Nobleman who went into
Battersea-fields some time since to blow out the
brains of the Duke of Wellington ? He is wonder-
fully tender on the matter of the fourth command-
ment—did he ever read the sixth ?

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ANTI-HUMBUG.

October 4, 1849.

TROTTING. EIGHT MILE MATCLI IN THIRTY
MINUTES FOR 25 BOYS. ASIDE.—Mt. George Jenks un-
dertook to cover four miles of turnpike-road, out and in,
within half an hour's fair trotting, according to Ameri-
can rules. The wager was decided yesterday at Houns-
low, Mr. Tarling, the backer of time, choosing ends for
start and finish. These were from the 14th mile stone,
on the Western-road, to the 10th (near the Red Lion, at
Hounslow), and returning over the same ground to
finish at the 14th. Tom Spring, with a watcher, as
check, was timekeeper. At starting 2 to 1 was freely
offered on the horse, but the backers of time were shy.
The old black one, who has been driven three years on
London stones in a hack cab, went away beautifully,
and, without a single break, completed the distance
in 27 minutes 9 seconds, having 2 minutes and 51
seconds in hand.