The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-26 00:00:00

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PUBLIC WAITING-ROOMS.
The Council tit the Society of Arts on the 14th of
May requested the following noblemen and gentlemen to
act as a committee for establishing forthwith a certsin
number of model warer-cloiets and urinals in public
thoroughfares, with the object of proving that these
public conveniences. so iccueh wanted. may DO made self-
supporting:—The Esrl or Carlisle, Esrl Granville, Mr.
Henry Cole, Mr. S. M. Pew, .11. P., and Mr. C. Went-
worth Dilke.
The Committee consider that the following regulations
sbould be adopted in commencing this experiment:—
`' 1. That these conveniences bs established on a mo-
derate scale, in connexion with shops, in some public
thoroughfares, and be called Public Waiting-rooms.'
2. That the public waiting-rooms for men and wo-
men be established in distinct shops, on opposite sides of
the street.

"3. That in each shop there ku, a waiting-room, having
two classes of wat37-cloY.,,ts and urinals. for the use of
which a penny and two•pmc. e should be charged.
" 4. Tdat each set of wa.tiog-rootas be provided with
a lavatory for washing hands, clothes' brushes, &c., at a
charge of twopence and threepence.
" 5. That each set of waning-rooms have a enperintea.
dent and two attendants.

"6. That the charges for the use of the lavatories,
water-closets, and urinals should include all attendance,
and be publicly affixed in the shop.
" 7. That the police should be requested to cause thee*
establishments to be visited from time to time.

The committee recommend that the Council should 1111+
dertake to lease several ground floors in the Strand„Moi.
born, and Cheapside.
Mr. Minton having cffned to present 24 earthenware
urinals and a number of encaustic tiles for labels, and
Mr. Ridgeway having also offered to present some of his
new fountain washhand-stands, the committee recom-
mend that their liberal offers be accepted with thanks.
The committee recommend that it be suggested to
manufacturers of lavatories, water-closets, and uri-
nals, who desire to bring their inventions before the
public, immediately to present samples for the object in
question.
The committee recommend that no time should be lost
in inviting respectable persons holding shops in public
thoroughfares, who may be desirous of connecting the
proposed public waiting-rooms with them, to inform the
secretary, Mr. G. Grove, of the accommodation which
their premises offer for the purpose. The shops which
appear to be most suitable for waiting-rooms for ladies
are stayinalzers', bonnet makers', milliners', &e. Those
most suitable for
gentlfmta s waiting-rooms are hair-
dressers', tailors', hatters', taverns,

All communications should ha addressed to Mr. George
Grove, secretary of the Society of Arts, John-street,

CITY PETITION in FAVOUR of the JEWS.
Mr. Anderton has given notice of his intention to
move that the following petition in favour of the admis-
sion of Jews into Parliament be adopted by the Court
of Common Council:—

" To the Honourable the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as-
sembled,

" The humble petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Commons of the City of London in Common Coun-
cil assembled,

" Sheweth, that your petitioners are anxiously desirous
that all her Majesty's subjects shall have secured to them
the rights of civil and religious liberty, without which
no man can be free.

" That whilst her Majesty's subjects professing the
Jewish religion are by law capable, being elected to serve
as Members of the House of Commons, are yet rendered
incapable of taking their seats, by reason of the manner
in which they are required to confirm the oath of abju-
ration—an oath which, in the opinion of your peti-
tioners, may be altogether dispensed with by reason of
the total extinction of the Stuart family, to whom it has
reference, and the known attachment of all classes and
sects of British subjects to the family and person of our
beloved Sovereign.
" That it is with satisfaction your petitioners have
heard of the introduction into your Honourable House
of a Bill to regulate the mode of administering the oath
of abjuration to persons professing the Jewish religion,
and thereby justly to place them upon an equality with
their fellow British subjects.
"That such a measure is in strict conformity with the
constitution under which we live, and is not in violation
thereof, and may, as your petitioners believe, be safely
granted without any danger to the best interests of the
Christian religion and nation.
" Your petitioners humbly entreat your Honourable
House to pass the Bill for regulating the mode of mired-
nist?ring the oath of abjuration to persona professing the
Jewish religion into a law; and that they, and ull British
born subjects, may be hereafter eligible to be appointed
to, and be qualified to hold, any place or office in her
Majesty's dominions without being required to take any
oath as a test of their religious opinions; and your peti-
tioners will ever pray. _

INTERVIEW OF INDIANS WITH THE
GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO.
The New York Herald publishes the following corre-
spondence, dated Santa Fk":, March 31, 1851.
" The most interesting piece of news I have to com-
municate is that a delegation of six chiefs of the Jeca-
rilla and Moscalero tribes of Apaches arrived in this
city on Saturday last, in company with Mr. J. B. Lets,
for the purpose of making a standing treaty of peace,
and obtaining a donation of public lands for cultivation.
The conversation which took place on Saturday after-
noon between them and Governor Calhoun, at the Pa-
lace, is worth desribing. On being introduced and in-
terrogated, the spokesman of the party said—
" We aro Apaches of the Jecarillas and Moscaleros.
Our chiefs are rulers, as our father is. All our people
are south of the Rio Pecos. We come to see our
father, to know if he is pleased with us.'
" The Governor replied that he was glad to see
them; told them not to fear, but speak boldly, and he
would send them back safe to their lodges.
" We come to talk to our father,' was the reply;
have no fear.'
" Being interrogated as to the events at Point of
Rocks, Waggon Mound, &c., they answered,' We do
not know who killed our father's children, or ran
of
the mules.' (The Jecarillas were at that time in
the
White Mountains.)
them,° nthbeeinrgepalyskwedasr
,ttohothme nexumicaboereohfieetatoieVaeoeitragOtntige
interpreter) knows what captives
father; we tell one
no Americans. We do not lie to our
we have—no Mexicana,
story.'
to make a chain of
"' We want peace. We come
TheV h dialogue
." t epna ewheens comen ast
of follows:--
sl onwos:w

peace.
manyhav l
have the Apaches?
" Have aches?
thechiefs here power to treat for the tribes?
We
have power to speak for the Apaches, not fer
TheHw T manye aT i warriors
have
other nations.
... What will the chiefs do? Will they baild lodges,
sow the ground, and live in fixed limits?
It ttw rest of the tribes will make puiblos, we will
be glad. We will go and talk with our old men and
chiefs.
," The chiefs have power. Will titsy make s treaty
now? Will they sign a paper?'
.6 After this question there was a silence among the
deputation for 20 minutes, they a protracted jabbering
among themselves. Finally, they said—
., We will speak with our nation, then come to you
with many chiefs. We wanted to make peace as Vegas,
but the people made war. We now come to our father;
We come to know what he wants. It he says wc„telli
be killed, we die. If ho tells us kill for him;-
do it. We will sign the paper for the Apaches' was in-
" The interview, thus prosperously going on, Albuquerque,
terrupted by the arrival of an express from Ad
chief, had
bringing information that ' Chacon,'
been brought to that place by Lieutthshennshneotard:risidoatthl
2d Dragoons, and was there waiting
will be up by
commanding officer, Colonel Munroe.
the will
next mail I-
the 2d or 3d of next month, and 13.Tye_.,,
inform you of the result of the inter

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DIABOLICAL ATTEMPTS AT MURDBR.—On
that about one o'clock on the
information was received by the commissioners of the
mFardide atoY
metro-
politan police of the following desperate attempti
assassinate Mr. Samuel Brown, of Somerahaw I,
of his servants, a =en, and one
From the
particulars afforded it appearedil
morning of the 11th instant earn, hearing a number f
in his master's rookery, went out,
when,
a loaded qua
contents ot. winch entered variotepwaritths without
trhe 4-
stealing the birds.
ceiving any discharged
other provocation, they
at him, the He immediate
poor man's body.h. . ly became in •
the villains, no doubt t inking they
had k' sensible, when
to Mr. Brown's bed-room, and having b led him, proceeded
tired a gun loaded with a bullet and shots broken a pane of glass.
tention
•of murdering him. Fortunatelyota at him with the ia-
their aim on firing at Mr. Brown, the wretches misted.
to be most severely wounded, , but his servant was found
recover. 1001. reward has been and it is feared that he cannot
will give such information offered to any person who
and conviction of the nas shall lead to the apprehension
and any accomplice,person or persons who fired the allots,
the guns, who will, not being the person who actually fired
the above reward, give such information will be entitled to
free pardon f and an endeavour will be made to obtain a
the or such accomplice. 0 •
wing to the early hour of
morning and the great confusion which prevailed at the
time, a full description of the men could not be obtained.
FROM AMERICA.—There is a man in Indiana so
thin that when the sheriff is after him he crawls into his
title, and watches his adversary through the touch-hole.
ANOTBER.—The editor of a down-east paper, a
bachelor, says the reason why. the women don't cut them-
selves in two by tight lacing, is because they lace around eta
heart, and that is so hard they cannot affect it.
PEaiwisiKLEs.—There were yesterday upwards of
25 tons of these little shell-fish in bags lying on the quay
lat Glasgow awaiting shipment for London. The Cockneys
and their visitors are deeply indebted to the induations in-
habitants of Rerara, near ()ban, for a plenteous treat of this
rather vulgar luxurY; and the Kerarans are no lees obliged •
to the Londoners for a never-failing market for what now
appears to be their staple article et export.—North Britith
Nail.

b.cuus at the Krightsbrii,ze barracks go direct 10
Carrie T-street, or Cbu•at-lane, or Kennedy-courts St.
Giles's, end he will. leas► In instructive lesson from the
conitast thus presented to him. He will be moved with
compassion at the spectacle of sueh squalid misery, and
with gratitude that et the Great Exhibition of the
world's industry the hard lot of those who toil in the
lowest grades of labour is not forgotten. At present
the model houses are only accessible by order, but we
trust soon to see them unreservedly thrown open to all
comers. It is only in that way that those whose com-
fort they chiefly provide for can see them properly, and
until the humbler classes themselves enter into the
schemes and plans for their social improvement enter-
tained by those above them in station little coal progress
can be made.— Times.