The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-03 00:00:00

TENANT RIGHT

DINNER TO VM. S. CRAWFORD, ESQ., M.P.
A dinner was given to William Sharman Craw-
ford, Esq.,on Wednesday evening, in Corpo-
ration Hall, Londonderry, by the members of the
Tant Right Association, and other admirers of that
gentleman, for his advocacy of the principle of
tenant right. Alexander Lindsay, Esq., the Mayor,
presided.
The PRESIDENT, after the usual loyal toasts, pro-
posed, " William Sharman Crawford, Esq."
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.P., rose to respond,
and was greeted with loud acclamation. He pro-
ceeded to say that he thought he could not do better,
in commencing his address to them on that occasion,
than to take as his text the answer recently delivered
by his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to an address
which had been forwarded to him from the General
Assembly, and, in doing so, he could nut refrain
from saying that the General Assembly had
placed them under a debt, by bringing for-
ward the subject of tenant right so prominently
in the address which they had sent forward to the
Lord Lieutenant, and being the means of drawing
from his Excellency the sentiments to which, in his
reply, he had given utterance.—(Hear, and cheers )
In analysing the answer of the Lord-Lieutenant,
to which he had referred, it would be found that
his Lordship first acknowledged that many of
the evils of Ireland are to be traced to the rela-
tions at present existing between landlord and
tenant; that, by the insecurity thereby occasioned, the
investment of capital and the progress of industry was
checked ; that this state of things endangers the tran-
quillity and prevents the advancement of the country ;
that a remedy should be applied ; that the subject is
under the consideration of Government; he added
that the subject is one of difficulty, and should be
treated with caution ; and his Excellency at last states
that the sacred rights of property must be strictly
guarded.—(Hear, hear.) New, in every word of
this answer, in every sentiment here put forth, he
(Mr. Crawford) most cordially concurred ; and he did
say, that coming from a party so high in authority,
such an admission, as that " many of the evils of Ire-
land arose from the state of the existing relations
between landlord ant tenant" was one which could not
be regarded as other than one of the very highest im-
portance. If they stood in need of any justification
for bringing this great question before the public, that
admission of his Excellency, in the answer to which
he referred, was ample apology—(Hear.) His Ex-
cellency says, in the conclusion of his reply, that
the sacred rights of property must be strictly
guarded. It would almost seem that he had some
apprehension that by the question of tenant-right
rights of property would be in some way endangered.
—(Hear.) His (Mr. Crawford's) object was to show,
by what he was about to say, that tenant-right would
not endanger the rights of property ; on the contrary,
that it was the only means by which the rights of
property could be effectually and substantially se
cured. The sacred rights of property! He would
put it to them whether the rights of property could
be regarded as sacred, if the rights of labour were not
looked upon as sacred to ? What had been the origin
of all property except labour ? What, except labour,
created property of every description ? And how, he
would ask, could they talk of the sacred rights of pro-
perty, if they refused to secure what were the foun-
dation of all property, namely, the rights of labour ?
He would put it to them whether the trust under
which the land had been originally conferred had not
been violated—e hethcr it had not been grossly
violated throughout the whole of Ireland, with some
few exceptions ? There was not, in the first place,
sufficient food throughout a great portion of the
country for the people, there was, moreover, no em-
ployment for the people, and in the south of Ireland in
many places they were in immediate danger of star-
vation. The lands in these very places were lying
waste and uncultivated, and in other places it could
only be called partially productive. He would now
draw their attention briefly to a short statement of the
capabilities of Ireland. Ireland contained 14,000,000
of arable acres, and 4,000,000 of acres of waste lands;
supposing a five years rotation of cropping, two-fifths
of the 14,000,000 of arable acres should be annu-
ally in corn, which would be an area of 5,600,000
acres ; it would be a reasonable calculation to say
that the produce of this would be 17 cwt. to every
statute acre, which would amount to 4,700,000 tons,
and taking the population at 8,000,000, it would
allow 12 cwt. to every man, woman, and child in
Ireland, which, allowing five to each family, would
be three tons to every family in the kingdom. This
calculation showed that of corn alone there could be
nearly double the quantity required for the support
of the people raised from the land ; and when they
came to consider that this was exclusive of the re-
maining three-fifths, which would be employed in
raising other productions, either for the support of
man or of cattle, they would see that the capabilities
of the country were very great, and they could com-
pare the state of things which might be with the
state of things which actually exists—starvation for
want of food, from stinted production.—(Hear, hear.)
There was another point of view, however,—namely,
that of the employment of the people, which might
be given, provided a proper stimulus were given for
the increased productions of food. Such a stimulus,
they contended, this measure of tenant-right would
prove. Suppose that, by any stimulus, they could
induce every occupier of land in Ireland to spend 11.
on each acre of his farm, there would be 14,000,000/.
at once put into circulation for the employment of
the people; and this sum would afford wages, at the
rate of thirteen-pence a day, to 772,000 persons, each
of whom representing a family of si, would make it
the furnishing means of support to upwards of four
millions of persons.—(Hear.) This statement might
give the company some idea how the country were
suffering from the absence of such security for the
investment of capital as tenant-right would afford.
It was his opinion that if, through the means of a fair
and proper measure of tenant-right, the security of
the rights of labour were recognised, an impetus
would be given to improvement, such as would meet
all the requirements of the country, and there seemed
to be no other way to do it. It did appear to him to
lay the foundation for a fair and final definition of the
tenant-right.—(Hear, hear). It prayed for " a law
to secure an equitable tenant-right in the convertible
value created in, and superadded to, the soil, by the
industry, skill, and labour of the tenant, and which
shall give a legal right to full compensation for the
whole value, and all improvements made by the
tenant, whose landlord will not, on reasonable terms,
renew his tenure; and which will enable every
tenant, who may wish to relinquish his occupancy, to
sell the same to the highest and most eligible pur-
chaser." In all and every part of this definition of
the tenant-right he most cordially concurred.—
(Hear, he- r). Ile contended that the return of the
money laid out as expenditure on land was not com-
pensation to the tenant obliged to relinquish his
holding.. In any ordinary mercantile 'peculation, it
would be regarded as very hard indeed, unless the
speculator was able to increase his stock by a trans-
action—(hear, hear)—and he thought it right
to be the same in land, and that the te-
nant should not he deprived of the benefit of it.
Instead, however, of the full amount of profit arising
out of his t xpenditure, the tenant is denied any por-
tion of it, and he maintained that this was not honest.
The amount of increased value of the land should be
taken, since the tenant came into possession, and that
he should be allowed his share of the profit in the
shape of a number of years' purchase of the land, for
the increase of its permanent value. These were his
general views of the subject. It was not for him now
to go into particulars; he was not dealing with de-
tails, but with general principles, lie did not mean
to contend that this system of tenant-right alone
would bring about such a change as they could desire
to see. The people would require to be instructed in
proper methods and systems of agriculture, model
schools woul l have to be established, and other means
taken to enlighten the people ; but properly regulated
tenant-right would give a stimulus to improvement
hitherto unknown. There were other means wanting
to push forward the prosperity of the country. The
landlords of Ireland had been always too much fa-
voured by the Parliament ; this had the effect of in-
creasing their extravagance, and the fact was, that
they now were incapable of doing what they ought,
evenif they were so inclined. It would be necessary
r Government to take a bold step in this matter,
end facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Ire-
land.—(lleee, hear.) He had no dependence in life
save in the proprietorship of land, and it would be a
strange thing if he
would seek to promote a measure
that he thought would
have the effect of deteriorating
the value of his
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.

At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October,
1847, present the Queen's most excellent Majesty in
Council; this day the Right Honourable James Stephen
was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's
most honourable Privy Council, and ,took his place at
the Board accordingly.
[The following Order is substituted for the Order pub-
lished in the Gazette of the 26th instant.]
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of September, 1847; present, the Queen's Most
Excellent Majesty in Council. Wheareas her Majesty
doth deem it expedient to appoint the town and port
of Portland, in the district of Port Phillip, New
South Wales, to be a free warehousing port for the
purposes of an Act, passed in the session of Parliament
holden in the eighth and ninth years of her reign, in-
tituled " An Act to regulate the trade of the British
possessions abroad:" now, therefore, her Majesty,
by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and
in pursuance of the authority committed to her
by the said Act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered,
that the said town and port of Portland shall, from and
after the first day of January one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-eight, be a free warehousing port for the
purposes of the said Act : and the Right Honourable
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
and the Right Honourable Earl Grey, one of her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the
necessary directions herein as to them respectively may
appertain. WM. L. BATHURST.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—William
Cruiksbank, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lyell, resigned,
Oct. It.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Joseph Clarkson, retailer of beer, Woolwich.
BANKRUPTS.
George Sandeman, ironmonger, York-street, South-
wark, to surrender Nov. 11, at two, and Dec. 17, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptey. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Fitch, Union-street, South-
wark.
William Chappelow, jun., wholesale saddler, Jermyn-
street, St. James's, Nov. 10, at half-past one, and Dec.
18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, offi-
cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Lawrence and
Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry.
Thomas Lands, boot maker, Edgeware-road, Nov. 9,
at half-past twelve, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand;official assignee, Old Jewry
Chambers ; Lambert, Gray's Inn.
Arthur Joseph Head, attorney, Hammersmith, Nov. 8,
at two, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street,
London ; Long, Old Broad-street, City.
Joseph Henry Page, auctioneer, Pancras-lane, Lon-
don, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man street; Holt, Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
James Adams, surgeon, Finsbury-square, Nov. 12, at
half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street,
City; Mackrell, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
William Wilkins and John Everett Evans, woollen
drapers, Trowbridge, Wilts, Nov. 19, at eleven, and Dec.
15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi-
cial assignee, Basinghall street ; Teague, Crown-court,
City.
George Bennett, wine-merchant, Southampton, Nov.
12, at one, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings,
London; Wheelock, Chancery-lane, London.
Rowland Turner, tailor, Old Cavendish-street, Mary-
lebone, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 15, at one,
at the ;Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
Morgan Lewis, linen-draper, Oxford-street, Nov. 10
and Dec. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street.
William Newson, merchant, St. Mary Axe, Nov. 10,
at eleven, and Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Lawrence and Co., Old Jewry-chambers.
George Heath and George Dunn, drapers, Canterbury,
Nov. 10, at two, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, :official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside.
John Henry Spicer, paper maker, Wandsworth, Nov.
10, at one, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Tucker and Co., Sun chambers, Threadneedle-street.
John Terry, ironmonger, Bath, Nov. 19, at halt-past
eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Physick,
Bath ; Frankham and Co., Basinghall-street, London.
Edward Cowcher, apothecary, Bath, Nov. 12 and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Neate, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Joseph William Gardener, teazle-merchant, Wotton-
under-Edge, Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Dristol ;
Jones and Co., Crosby-square, London ; Timbrill and
Merrick, Wilts.
Charles Lowe Swainson and John Birchwood, manu-
factarers, Manchester, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at eleven,
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester ; Worthington, Erle. and Berry,
Manchester ; Fox, Finsbury-circus, London.
John Wright, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire, Nov. 15
and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Walker. Southamp-
ton-street, Bloomsbury; Whitworths, Manchester.
William Walker Cooke, hat manufacturer, Denton,
Lancashire, Nov. 12 and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincolns' Inn-
fields, London; Brooks, Ashton-under-Lyne.
John Robinson, worsted spinner, Bradford, Nov. 25
and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Netbersole, New Inn,
London; Forster, Bradford; Messrs. Harle and Clarke,
Leeds.

Henry Wilders, brewers, Uttoxeter, Nov. 13, al
twelve, and Dec. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Welby, Uttoxeter; James, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
G. Wood, New Compton street, Soho, musical instru-
ment maker, Nov. 25, at half-past eleven—W. Westrup
and T. M. Cocksedge, New Crane, Shadwell, and
Northfleet, millers and ship biscuit bakers, Nov. 25, at
half-past two—F. 11. Christin, J. C. Clarke, and C.
Bowen, College-hill, merchants, Nov. 25, at one—R.
Wills, Tottenham-court New-road, statuary and mason,
Nov. 18, at half-past one—W. Pearce, Southborough,
Kent, Nov. 23, at one—R. Cogan, Leicester-square,
glass, lead, and colour merchant, Nov. 27, at halt-past
eleven—B. Wade, Strand, tailor and draper, Nov. 27, at
half-past twelve. 1

In the Country.
E. Brown, Birmingham, merchant, Nov. 30, at eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham—A. G. Robinson, Rothlev,
Leicestershire, woolstapler, Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham—R. W. Gardiner, Hereford, horse
dealer, Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—
W. Langmead, Teignrnouth, banker, Dec. I, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—J. Jones, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
chemist and druggist, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court
Liverpool—P. Leicester, Longsight, Lancashire, slate
merchant, Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
J. M. Stark, Gainsborongh, Lincolnshire, bookseller,
stock and share broker, Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court,
Kingston• upon-Hull.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Massey, Etruria, Staffordshire, gas fitter and
engineer, first dividend, 35.; second dividend, lid., any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
VaTpy.

Dunington, Nottingham, glove manufacturer, first
dividend, Is. 9d.; second dividend, 6id.; any Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
J. Tyler, Worcester, hop merchant, 45., any Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
J. B. Morris, Kingston-upon-Hull, boot and shoe
maker, 2s. 6d., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld,
A. Wise, Woolborough, N. Baker, Newton, Bushel,
and W. S. Bentall, Totnes, Devonshire, bankers, a
Newton Abbot, ls , any Tuesday after 23d of Nov., be.
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtael Exeter,
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. Young, Basinghall-street, and Peter-street,
Hackney-read, woollen warehouseman, Nov. 24, at two
—W. Rawlinson, George-street, Minories, draper, Nor,
24, at twelve—J. Morgan, Southampton-row, Russell-
square, tailor, Nov. 24, at one--S. Slater, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly, tailor, Nov. 24, at half-past one.
In the Country.
L. Normington, Bradford, Yorksh ire, worsted spinner,
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Court Leeds—W. Williams,
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, timber merchant, Nov. 30,
at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Tiley, Dursley,
Gloucestershire, veterinary surgeon, Nov. 29, at eleven,
at the Court, Bristol—J. C. Player, Dursley, Glouces
tershire, draper, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—J. S. Dunn, Coventry, draper, Nov. 25, at
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Evans, Odlington,
Worcestershire, corn dealer, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—B. Robinson, Huddersfield, fancy
cloth manufacturer, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Coin t,
Leeds—M. Richardson, Harrogate and Knaresborough,
attorney, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
W. Lovett, Leicester, tailor, Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham—J. Hatfield, jun., Southwell, Not-
tinghamshire, victualler, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham.;

lightermen—M. Sheen and T. Paul, Cotton's Wharf,
Tooley-street, potato salesmen—E. Hopton and S.
Selman, jun., Newport, Monmouthshire, linen and
woollen drapers—T, P. Badnall and 0. A. Locke,
Liverpool, commission merchants—J. Wakinshaw and
G. Burdis, Monkwearmouth, Durham, iron manufactu-
rers— W. F. Mathews and F. Askin, Townshend, Wor-
cestershire, schoolmasters—T. Harrison, J. Shaw, and
J. Shaw, Church Gresley, Derbyshire, earthenware
manufacturers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Cox, Hawnes, Bedfordshire, wheelwright.
James Garrett, Cheltenham, retailer of beer.
George Daniels, Cheltenham, innkeeper.
Henry Popplewell, :lleckmondwike, Yorkshire, railway
time• keeper.
Benjamin Scott, Horbury, near Wakefield, stonemason.
Benjamin Sunderland, Leeds, general dealer.
William Suttle, Gyptonwood, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
Jonathan Wainwright Taylor, Leeds, clerk and ac-
countant.
Seth Berge, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, baker.
Thomas Wilson, Liverpool, grocer.
Thomas Podger, Langport, Somersetshire, master
saddler.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. 1114Donakl, Kirkintilloch, baker, to meet within
the Black Bull Inn, Kirkintilloch, Nov. 4 and 25, at two.
T. Semple, Dalquhurn, near Dumbarton, carter and
contractor, to meet within the writing-office of Colqu-
houn and Mitchell, writers, Dumbarton, Nov. 6 and 30,
at twelve.

J. Dunlop, Glasgow, broker and commission mer-
chant, to meet within the writing-chambers of blessrs.
Steele and Douie, Glasgow, Nov. 4 and 25, at two.
A. Kilgour and W. Leith, Glasgow, merchants and
ship and insurance brokers, to meet within the chambers
of Messrs. Steele and Douie, writers, Glasgow, Nor. 5
and 26, at twc.

J. Morton, Glasgow, wood merchant, to meet within
the writing chambers of IL Walker, Glasgow, Nov. 5
and 26, at one.

A. Thomson, Glasgow, stair railer and cabinet maker,
to meet within the writing-chambers of J. Kerr, Glas-
gow, Nov. 5 and 26, at one.
J. Anderson, Glasgow, civil engineer and architect,
to meet within Garrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, Nov. 6
and 27, at twelve.

A. Graham, Glasgow, baker and grain merchant, to
meet within the writing-chambers of J. Clark, writer,
Glasgow, Nov. 8 and 29, at twelve.

THE IRON TUNNEL OYER THE CONWAY.---One Of
these " wonders of the age," the Whitler bridge, is so
far advanced towards completion, that its erection across
the wide channel of the River Conway is expected in
the course of the ensuing month. The site of the
bridge is on the south side of Telford's " suspension
bridge," close to the wall of the Conway Castle-bridge
(also by Telford). It will be precisely of the same de-
scription as the one to be thrown across the Menai
Straits, the Conway-bridge consisting of two tubes or
tunnels (one for the up, and the other for the down line
of rail), each 400 feet in length, while the quantity of
tubing required for the Menai-bridge is upwards of
3,000 feet. It is rectangular in form, consisting entirely
of sheet iron, one inch in thickness. The inside, through
which the trains are to pass, is 24 feet high and 15 wide.
The outside height is much greater, being about 30 feet.
The top is of two thicknesses of metal, in the corru-
gated shape, forming a series of circular tubes of about
three feet in diameter. This form is considered to
offer the greatest resistence to compression. The
sides are of sheet iron of one thickness ; the
bottom has a double thickness, three feet apart, con-
nected by intermediate longitudinal ribs, so as to give
the necessary stiffness for the carriages to pass over.
The whole mass, weighing upwards of 1,000 tons, will be
placed on the abutments at once. The place where it is
being constructed is on a huge timber platform, in a
curve of the Conway a few hundred yards from the in-
tended site of the bridge. The important process of
testing the machine will be carried forth on the spot
where it now lies. Immediately the tube is completed,
with the aid of a flood tide and pontoons it will be raised
so as to admit of the platform on which it is erected
being carried away. The result is looked forward to
with much interest. It was inspected last week by Mr.
Stephenson, Mr. Ross, Captain finish, Mr. King (the
secretary of the Chester and Holyhead Company), and
many of the directors of the company; oa that day the
Chester and Holyhead line was opened to the extent of
40 miles.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
ALLEGED RODZERY.—On Friday a gentleman, in
going through the booking-office of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, at the head of Queen-street, took out
his purse, containing a large suns of money, for the pur-
pose of paying his fare to Edinburgh. In the hurry of
doing so, his statement is that he left the purse lying on
the pay-counter in the railway-office, and pushed on for
the train then about to start ; but missing his purse and
its contents, he hastened back to where he imagined be
left it, but no trace of the property could be found.
Intimation was immediately forwarded to the central
police-station, and an inquiry set on foot, but s:ill the
missing money (stated variously at from 1401. to 2001.),
was nowhere to be found. The gentleman, we under-
stand, proceeded on his journey to Edinburgh, whence
he was expected in the evening, but no word of him
had reached the police-office at ten o'clock last night.—
Glasgow Citizen.
SUICIDE IN THE SURREY COUNTY LUNATIC ASY-
LUM.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Carter,
coroner for East Surrey, at the County Lunatic Asylum,
to inquire into the death of Randall Woods, aged 27, a
patient in the institution. It appeared from the evidence
of Edward Rouse, an attendant, that he left the deceased
on Thursday last in the day room, with upwards of 40
patients, and desired one of them, named Glover, to
watch him, he being considered a suicidal patient, and
one who would destroy himself if au opportunity offered.
He returns(' in a few minutes, and missing the deceased,
went into the bath room,: where he found him lying on
his side with a razor in his hand,i and with a wide and
deep gash in his throat. He expired in a few minutes.
The razor belonged to No. 3 ward, and was usually kept
in the private drawer of the senior attendant. The wit-
ness could not account for the manner in which the de-
ceased obtained it. Mr. J. Holland, the resident medical
officer, said the gullet and the right carotid artery were
completely divided by the wound. After some further
evidence, the jury retired for nearly an hour, and, on
their return, brought in a verdict that the deceased de-
stroyed himself, being of unsound mind; and that they
regretted that razors should have been placed in the
cupboard of the room appropriated to lunatic patients.
Mr. Kemble, the chairman of the visiting magistrates,
assured the coroner and jury that their suggestion with
respect to the place for keeping razors should be at-
tended to.
THE WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.--MUNIFICENT BE-
QUESTS.—Yesterday the usual meeting of this charity
was held in the board-room of the institution, in the
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster Abbey. The report
stated that, during the past quarter, 2,474 out-patients
had been placed on the books, and 489 in-patients had
been admitted. During the past year there had been
1,646 in and 10,095 out-patients, making together
11,741, and since its establishment upwards of 340,000.
Four wards, capable of containing sixty beds, remain
untenanted for want of sufficient annual income. During
the past year the expenditure exceeded the income by
1,097/, 18s. 9d. Amongst the recent legacies, was the
bequest of 2,000/. Three per Cent. Consols, under the
will of the late Miss Ann Collier, and another of 500/.
The Liverpool Roman Catholic Orphan House and
St. Peter's Chapel Schools, in Seel-street, have each had
a bequest of 100/. 1, ft to them, under the will of Miss
Elizabeth Milner, of that town, who died lately. She
was possessed of considerable property, and has left an
annuity to her brother James, and also to her nieces,
and the residue, real and personal, equally among her
nephews and nieces. The acting executors are Alex-
ander Walker, J. 11. Parsons, and T. Ashcroft, all of
Liverpool. Besides the property administered to by
them in the Court at Chester, duty has also been paid
on 12,000/, personal property within the province of
Canterbury.

DESECRATION OF TIIE DEAD.--YARAIOUTII,-.-We
really think it high time that attention should be directed
to the state of our parish churchyard, which has for
years been known to be in an overcrowded condition.
The other day, in passing the western side of the yard,
we observed, within a few feet of the wall, a grave which
had just been dug, and, by the side of the chasm, there
were lying the remnants of what once, and by the appear-
ance not many years since, formed the habitation of a
human soul. In contemplating what may possibly be our
own fate, one is almost tempted to vent upon the ruthless
hand of the grave-digger the anathema, " Cursed be he
who moves my bones." Surely such disgusting exhibi-
tions ought to be provided against, and when it happens
that the displacement of bones is unavoidable, let them
not be left in sight of the passing crowd, but decently
removed to a proper receptacle. We hope this hint will
receive the attention of the proper authorities.—Norfolh
News.

STOPPAGE or MINES.—The pressure felt in the
money mat ket is having an influence in a portion of the
mining districts. At Beeralston, the East Tamar, Purse-
hill, and Whitson mines, managed by Mr. J. Ilitchens,
have been stopped ; but it is said that Mr. Johnson is
endeavouring to make arrangements to enable the work
again to proceed. The stopping has been occasioned by
the failure of some firths in London, who were extensive
holders in these undertakings. In the Tavistock dis•
trict a number of miners have been thrown out of work
by the suspension of Ilingston Down Consols and Clids-
worthy mines. The former was likely to prove a good
speculation; but the order to stop the works arrived on
the day that the steam-engine was to commence stamp.
ing for the first time.— West Briton.
SEPARATION OF CONVICTS FROM FREE LABOURERS.
—We are happy in being able to state that the above im-
portant object, to which we have more than once called
the attention of the authorities, hall at length been
effected ; arrangements having been made during the
past week for the separation of the convicts employed in
the Dockyard from the labourers in the same establish-
ment, in accordance with the plan of Colonel Jebb, Sur-
veyor-General of Prisons. In future they will not be
suffered to come in contact with the artizans and others
therein employed, an evil of serious magnitude, which
has too long been suffered to exist.—Hampshire Tele-
aph.
ABOLITION OF FEES IN COUNTY COURTS.---The
Gazette of la:4 night announces that, after the expiration
of one calendar month from the date of the publication
of this notice, her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy
Council, will take into consideration the propriety of
making an order for paying the judges, clerks, bailiffs,
and officers of the county courts by salaries instead of
fees, or in such other manner as may be deemed ex-
pedient.
POTATO TRADE.—This new traffic, which sprung
IT during lid-16, is progressing at a greater rate than last
year; large quantitiu4 of potatoes, grown in Norfolk and
stations on the Norfolk Railway,
uti.olk, are being constantly brought to the different
at
—Norfolh Chronicle.