The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

COUNCIL.

The following is a correct return of the gentlemen
elected to represent the soveral wards in the "Civic Pat-
liament : "

ALDGATE A.lll3.—Alderman Humphery, M.P., has
returned eight, s, iz., Messrs. Lake (deputy), Freeman,
Whiteside, Fisher, Massey, Clifton, Jerrura, and Salter.
ALDERSGATE WARD.—Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman,
has returned the following eight gentlemen :—Messr-•.
J. Marken (deputy), J. T. Norris, S. Maw, J. Woods, G.
Stacey,'H. de Jersey, J. Sherwood, and E. Godson.
13ASSISUANY WARD.—S. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman,
has returned four gentlemen, viz , T. Britton (deputy),
W. B. James, W. Lister, and J. Wilson, the latter gen-
tleman having been elected during the past year in the
room of Mr. W. Frisby, late deputy.
BILLINGSGATE WARD.--T. Sidney, Esq., Alderman,
has returned the following eight gentlemen :—Curling
(deputy), W. Williams, Bower, linifl, Roberts, Phillips,
Old, and Barnes,' the lister gentleman in the room of
Mr. Johnston.

BREAD STREET WARD.—W. ITughes Hughes, Esq.,
Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen:
—J. S. Bridge (deputy), D. Lawrie, J. Duncan, J.
Dignum, W. Hawterey, W. Lawrence, N. Maugham,
and Mr. J. P. Snell,* in the room of Mr. Poland.
BRIDGE WARD WITHIN.-Sir C. Marshall, Alder-
man, has returned Mr. F. Pewtress (deputy), Mr. W.
Knott, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. J. G. Cope, Mr. H. Matthews,
Mr. Charles Wetham, Mr. W. Chadwick, and Mr. W.
Lowe.

BISHOPSGATE WARD.—W. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P.,
Alderman, has returned the following fourteen gentle-
men:—Messrs. Stevens and Peacock (deputies), J. R.
Carr, W. Johnson, R. Ashley, H. Patten, Pilcher,*
Owden, Hall, Bennett, Thomas, W. Tozer, Jones, and
Sharland.

BROAD STREET WARD.—Samuel Musgrove, Esq., Al-
derman, has returned Messrs. T. Corney (deputy), C.
Warton, T. W. Foster, R. W. Jupp, James White,
H. F. Gadsden, H. Marriott, and S. Baker.
CANDLEWICK WARD.—Sir George Carroll, Alderman,
has returned Messrs. J. Evans (deputy), Bond, Blades,
Towse, Daikin, and T. R. Kemp.
CASTLE-BAYNARD WARD.—Samuel Wilson, Esq., Al-
derman, has returned Messrs. R. Hicks (deputy), W.
Collingwood, F. Farrar, H. Muggeridge, James
J. Rownson, J. Hoppe, and A. Adlard.
CHEAP WARD.—W. Thompson, Esq., M.P., Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. R. Brooke (deputy), R. G.
Pead, E. Phillips, R. Hardwick, E. Hickson, E. Fan-
ning, G. Oliver, and E. Watson.

CORNHILL WARD.—Sir J. Pixie, Alderman, has re
turned Messrs. E. Harrison (deputy), John Carter, R
Deber, James Waterton, Richard Randal, and J. Hun
ter, as representatives.

CORDNiAINERS WARD.—T. Wood, Esq., Alderman,
has returned Mr. W. Muddell (deputy), Mr. T. Lott,
Mr. W. Croucher, Mr. J. Julliffe, Mr. H. L. Taylor, and
Mr. Joyce.

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD. -T. Challis, Esq.,
Alderman, has returned Messrs. H. Smith (deputy),
Brass, Hoole, W. Cash, Last, Brown, Bennock, and D.
Dewar.*

CRIPPLECATE IVlTtrouT.—The same Alderman has
returned Messrs. R. Dixon (deputy), R. L. Jones, S. T.
Read, T. Saddler, Eldrid, Meadway, Johnson, and T.
M. Gilbert.

COLEMANSTREET WARD.—W. Hunter, Esq., Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. Allen (deputy), W. S. Haile.
Hall, G. Bracher, Perkins, Davies, Johnson and Phillips.
DOWGATE WARD.—J. Johnson, Esq., Alderman, has
returned Messrs. J. Brown (deputy), J. C. Prior, T.
Prior, 11. Kebble, R. T. Cousens, and G. Harker.
FARRINGDON WARD WITHOUT.—Sir James Duke,
NI.P., Alderman, has returned the following 16 gentle-
men :—C. Obbard (deputy), Bedford (deputy), Ander-
ton, Dr. Lynch, J. Isherwood, M. Prendergast, W.
Harding, R. Taylor, W. Buckmaster, Williams, Burn,
Edkins, Barnard, J. Walter,* H. J.:.Lias,* and T. Tur-
ner;* the three last gentlemen in the room of Messrs.
Charles Stokes and Hodgson.
FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.—J. Kelly, Esq., Al-
terman, has returned the following gentle men :—Messrs.
Hap, ard and E igleton (deputies), Rutter, Holt, Ridley,
Hartley, Virtue, M'Lauchlan, Bonsor, W. H. Ashurst,
tilake, Morris,* Phillips,* and Humphrey's;* the three
fast in the place of Messrs. Westwood and Ptiehard,
,had, and Wheetton, resigned./
LANGBOURNE WARD.—Sir J. Key, Alderman, has re-
turned Messrs. S. Unwin (deputy). J. Dixon, Sniffing*,
E. Howard, E. Shawe, J. C. Gibson, W. J. Frodsharn,
and W. 11. Miller;* the latter gentleman in the room of
Mr. Collinson, resigned.
LIME STREET WARD.—C. Farebrother, Esq., Alder.
man, has returned Messrs. D. Cork, T. B. Simpson, T.
Symonds.* and W. Turner;* the last two in room of
:Messrs. Mitchell (deputy) and Corse, resigned.
PORTSCKEN WARD.—F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman,
has returned Messrs. Wright (deputy), Killby, Christie,
Jutsum, Danford, Thomson, Hayward, and Barker.
QUEENHITHE WARD.--J. K. Hooper, Esq , Alder-
man, has returned Messrs. Goss (deputy), Acocks,
Sykes, Curtis, Tyler, and Rathbone.
TOWER WARD.- -M. P. Lucas, Esq., Alderman, has
returned bless's. G. Finnes (deputy), G. Selson. T.
Brigg's, T. Young, G. Aitcheson, 'E.'. Turnbull, H. Capel,
and L. Redhead.

VINTRY WARD.—Sir W. Magnay, Alderman, has re-
turned Messrs. T. Sporague, J. Lepard, D. White, J.
King, Marsden, and J. Welsh,* in the room of Mr. De-
puty Elmes.
WALBROOK WARD.—M. Gibbs, Esq., Alderman, has
returned Messrs. Watkins (deputy), D. W. Wire, J. T.
Rowley, Dawson, Condor, and Hale.
Those marked thus * are new members.

CASE OF MRS. SHUTTLE WORTH.
TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The judgment of Lord Denman in the case of
Mrs. Shuttleworth has been discussed in so ample and
in so masterly a manner in your journal, that it may
appear to be presumptuous on the part of any of our
correspondents to attempt to add to what you have
written. As, however, I am acquainted with a few facts
which may throw a little light upon the subject, I ven-
ture to address the following observations to you. Ido
not think it impossible that Lord Denman may have
misinterpreted, as other judges have often done in other
matters, the law on this subject, and I think his Lord
ship has been surprised into a wrong judgment on this
occasion, by Mr. Parry, the counsel for Dr. Quail,
having, as I have been informed by members of the
Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, who attended to
watch tha proceedings, unfortunately argued as if he
admitted Mrs. Suttleworth's insanity, and not
only her insanity, but that she was
a proper person for confinement; for our law
very properly distinguishes between these two states of
mind, as there are many persons, who are imbecile or
subject to harmless delusions, who are not on that ac-
count dangerous persons, or incapable of taking care of
their own persons and property.
The whole tenor of Lord Denman's judgment was,
therefore, that it was most proper for the safety of the
supposed lunatic, and for the safety of society, that she
should, and that society should be protected. He seems
entirely to have lost sight of the necessity of protecting
the liberty of the subject, for which the law is also de-
signed, and of another important point, the injustice
which has been done to Dr. Quail in depriving him of a
patient and of his character, which I know is exposed to
these infamous aspersions, without his having an oppor-
tunity of defending himself, which he would have had,
had the law, as I still believe it does, required that she
should not have been incarcerated without previously
being brought before a magistrate.
Those who have held the worst opinion of the present law
have been surprised at the hideous deformity of it, which
Lord Denman's judgment has given to it, and which I
still think is a caricature of that law. We knew that
the relations and friends of any person might prove his
unjust confinement with facility, but we never supposed
that it was in the power of perfect strangers to take
such a step without bringing the person before a magis-
trate ; and though the Act of Parliament states that the
individual signing the order for a person's seizure
should state his degree of relationship (if any) with the
alleged patient, still, from the nature of the informa-
tion which the law directs that such order should con-
tain, we supposed, and I still suppose, that the law pre-
sumed that he should have acquaintance with the
patient.
With regard to what the Learned Judge stated, and
Dr. Millingen writes respecting the clause which requires
the fact or facts to be stated upon which an alleged luna
tic is certified to be insane, and a proper person to be con-
fined which latter words prove the necessity of
the facts being accurately stated—l do not know
what in legal language constitutes a directory clause;
but this I know, that that clause is not to be found in
the Bill introduced into Parliament by Lord Ashley and
the Commissioners in Lunacy, that it was introduced
into the Act by Mr. Thomas S. Duncombe, the Member
for Finsbury, and that it wog introduced by him at the
request of the members of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend
Society, with the express view that it should be compul-
sory on these three grounds:—
First, that the visiting authorities of any asylum
might at once be able to examine a person appealing to
them on the nature of the charges made against him,
and release him if they found the facts brought against
him were untrue, or that he could satisfactorily explain
them, without the cruel delay of at least six weeks, and
perhaps as many months inquiry, by writing or otherwise.
Secondly, to prevent the alleged lunatic being kept
in agonising suspense, as to the nature of the charges
made against him, which in a person whose mind was at
all shaken, or who was prone to delusions, aught lead
to his ascribing his confinement to some fanciful cause
—which to any person is most unjust, and which pre-
vents, or tends to prevent, any person unjustly confined
from proving malicious motives, and from having his
remedy in law against any party far a libellous con-
spiracy.
Thirdly, to prevent as far as possible collusion both be•
tween the medical men, who are compelled to visit the
person they certify separately, and between them and
the individual signing the order.
It may be more delicate towards a person who is de-
cidedly insane, that a certificate should not be shown to
him, or registered against him, which is founded on facts
of an indelicate nature; but it is both indelicate and cruel
to confine any person on a general charge of indecency,
without giving him an opportunity of proving the false-
ness of the charge, and the injustice of his detention.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your much indebted and
obedient humble servant,

JOHN PERCEVAL.
Hon. Secretary of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society.

It is said that Miss Susan Cushman, the celebrated
Juliet to her sister's Romeo, has found a real Romeo,
in the person of a young gentleman of this town, to whom
she will be shortly united.—Liverpool Times.
" A lot of railway scrip shares," says the Limerick
Chronicle, " bought in this city last week, were sent off
to London for sale at the Stock Exchange, whence they
were returned, marked • forgeries.' "