The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-13 00:00:00

2 miles.

Mr. Meiklam's Modesty (Templeman) 1
Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, (fell) - 2
Free Handicap of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Mile heats.
Lord Eglinton's Potentate, aged . 2 1 1
Mr. Sandiland's Nubian, 5 yrs,
The sa. plate was soon by Mr. Wilkin's Clem o' the
Cleugh, and the Tradesmen's Cup by Mr. Kerr's Prin-
cess ; the last heats of the latter were run on Saturday.

DEATH OF COLONEL ELLts.--The death of
Colonel Ellis, 60th, is thus recorded in a Kingston (Ja-
maica) paper:—" It is our painful duty to announce the
demise of the Hbri. Angustus P. Ellis, Colonel of the 2d
battalion of the 60th Rifles, and son of Lord Seaford, a
large proprietor of estates in this island. Colonel Ellis
fell a sacrifice to his extreme anxiety and exertions for
the brave men who were under his command, and for
whom he entertained a feeling of almost parental regard.
Our readers have heard of the dreadful mortality which
has visited this noble corps since its arrival here. On
the sensitive mind of Colonel Ellis it had a powerful
effect. He saw his men falling daily before him, and
death making awful havoc among those in whose wel-
fare he felt a deep interest. Anxiety, added to the ener-
vating influence of an exceedingly warm and unhealthy
season, predisposed him for the disease, which proved
fatal." The 60th Rifles have lost three Lieutenant-
Colonels by death within the list few months.—Limerick
Chronicle.. •

TREATMENT OF DRESS MAKERS' ASSIST-
ANTS.—And how do these 15,000 young females live ?
and how are they treated ? A plain unvarnished narra-
tive shall answer the question. The usual hour at
which dress-makers' assistants commence their labours
is seven in the morning, and that at which they clOse for
the day, is eleven at night. One half hour more elapses
before they can retire to rest, and in order to be ready to
resume their needle at seven in the morning, they must
at least got up by half-past six. The average amount of
time, therefore, which is allotted them for rest dues not
exceed seven hours. This would be obviously too little
for delicate female frames—especially at the critical
time of life at which by far the largest portion of
these girls are apprenticed—even were their labours light
and of short duration during the day. But the very
reverse is the painful fact; they ply the needle without
a moment's intermission, save the twenty or thirty mi-
nutes allowed them for eating their meals, from the time
they enter the work-room, until they have quitted it fur
the night. Now, surely it needs no medical genius to
tell us, that to poor young delicate creatures thus worn
out day after day for a succession of months, with four-
teen or fifteen hours' unremitting toil, seven hours'
repose is not only inadequate to meet the requirements
of nature, but must be attended with the greatest perils.
to the constitution. Nor ought Ito omit the mention of
the fact, that the little repose allowed them, is
,deprived
of its beneficial effects by the circumstance of from ten
to twelve of their number being compelled to sleep in
one small confined bedroom.—Lights and Shadows of
London Life, by the Author of " The Great Metropolis."
Last Tuesday having been the quarterly general
meeting of the Governors of the Greville-street Uoyal
Free Hospital fur the destitute sick, a report of the pro-
, ceedings for the last three months was, as usual, sub-
mitted for the information of the Governors of the
Charity, whence it appeared that during that period
119 persons have been received into the wards, and
' 2 764 relieved as out-patients. Notwithstanding the im-
' inensity of good which has been thus afforded to a
class of beings the most wretched in existence, we
were sorry to learn, that the Committee have been and
are still obliged, fro prudential motives, to keep a great
many beds unoccupied, although the applications for ad-
mission are most numerous and most urgent.
In reference to a statement made by Mr. Wakley
in the House o.
f Commons, on Wednesday last, of an
alleged case of abuse, by the improper confinement of a
gentleman in a Lunatic Asylum in the neighbourhood of
this city, we are requested, by some of the parties im-
plicated, to state, that all the facts of the case, so far as
known, will be furnished to the Lord Advocate with the
least possible delay, which, it is hoped, will not only
satisfy his Lordship of the ill-judged nature of these
charges, but enable him at the earliest opportunity to
disabuse the House and the public in relation to them.
—Glasgow Herald.