The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-17 00:00:00

BAIL WAY IA TALL 1 GENCE.

RAILWAY AND OTHERyo r
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of the following
Bognor Raaway.
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Yesterday the
Bognor. At an
ated cost of 26,0 0/.
Railway to o°
egitftrenth Valley Railway.—For a line from the Dart-
ford station of the North Kent and the South Eastern to
Farningham. Proposed capital 60,000 e„ and power to
borrow.
Dublin Iron Road or Tramway.—To make an iron road
or tramway from Dublin to Rathmine and Handtown;
proposed capital 15,0_0/. Abandoned.
Leitrim Railway and Lough Allen Pier.—To construct
railway and pier at a cost of 21,k.00/.
West End of London and Clapham and Norwood June-
tion Railway.— -To abandon the line rendered unneoessary
by the Weatminster Terminus Railway Extension from
Clapham to Norwood.
Severn Valley Railway.—Abandonment and extension
of time.
Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway.—For
construction.
Electrio Telegraph Company.—To consolidate powers.
Merthyr Junction Railway and Tail Vale Railway.—
There was no appearance of the parties in these two cases.
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway and Ulverbtone and
Lancaster Railway.—Standing orders complied with.

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every kii,d who.h epeeared it, the Geoid.) -Elpe 4
ain't the Boulevards seemed almost endless. So fine
a day for this procession has not been witnessed for
many years, and fortunatel y,he handsome man-
ner in which the cortege was ornamented and
dre-sed out responded to the general expecte-Fore
The costume=, imitating those of the 13th renittry,
were entirely new, and the mixture of brill ant
colours present a tery pleasing coup For-
merlyit was the custom to conduct the silent hero of
the day on foot to the different points at which the _
cortege-would halt, lint the fatigue was so excessive to
the ianimal, joined to the consideration that -tho
meat Suffered from the fever ishcondition of theblood
caused by the unusual exertion, the more hu- •
mane, system of using a car for conveyance was sub-
stituted. Yesterday two huge oxen, bearing respec-
tivtly the euphonious appellatims of Sarlabot and
Turlututa, were promenaded in, separate cars. The
cortege was opened by a detachment of gardes-de-
Paris, to clear the way ' then came mounted h• ral is
at arms with rich,tabards ; next, leaky musicians in
uniforms of various colours ; two other heralds ;Alm
prevot des marchands ; two barons in rich
crimson dresses embroidered with gold ; King
Charles VII., crown on bead, with a blue velvet •
mantle, lined with ermine ; two pages -in white
and gold ; the Duke of Burgundy, partly in ar-
mour ; several court dignitaries, paees, trumpet-
ers ; various standard b.otrers ; and a crowd of
hesem n, typifying the principal nations of the
tv, rid ; and then two liege trucks on shich stool
the oxen decked out with wreaths of foliage and
ribt,,ons, with crimson-body clothes, feathers on
heir heeds, i n I tl,eir horns gilde I—that is to say
one of the animals, as Scarlabot is of the bre( d
ee!ese foieheed s-eds forth no defence. After the
two trucks, ach of which was drawn by four
ll sks, came a body of knights and btron, escorting
the' grand allegorical ear and aix, with Mercury us
postilion, and Old Father Time as driver. A female
figure on the front in a green mantle sprinkled with
bees represented France, and another by her side,
in .a blue covering, England ; behind were other
goqldesses, intended to figure forth Prussia,
Raissia, Auitria, and Turkey; whilst in the
ceetre --of the vehicle, *mid above the rest, re.* .
Venus and Cupid with Mars in fronts and .'
Peace and Abundance at the sides. These allegori-
-1 persooa..es were richly at dreil, and produced a
tr kieg cdfect. Other horsemen in rich dresses
fdlowed, and the whole was cl.)sed by a body of
the gardes de Paris to keep off the crowd. The
whole procession went at a foot pace through the
line of streets mentioned in the published pro-
gramme, stopping a short time at the residences
of the Princess Mathilde, Prince Murat, Duke
Malakoff, President of the Legislative Body, the
various Ministers on the left bank of the Seine, the
palace of the President of the Senate, and then
owned towards home. On its recrossing the river, a
stopped for some time in the Rue tioutesquieu at
the shop of M. Duval, the butcher who had pur-
chased the animals. Everywhere the procession
was followed by crowds, particularly on the boule-
vards. This day the following will be the line of
truirch :—Leaving the Abattoir du Roule, the pro-
cession will follow the Feilberg St. Honore, the
Rue Royale, the Boulevards, the Rue de la Pain,
Place Vendome, the Rue Castiglione, the Pallas
Royal, the Rue de Rivoli, Place du Louvre, Ave-
nue, Victoria, Hotel de Ville, Boulevard St. Do-
nis, Rue Bergere, Place de la Bours e Rue Neuve
St. Augustin, and Rue Miromesnil, to return
eiheuce it started.—To-morrow the itinerary will
be as follows : Rue du Havre, Rue Tronchet, Rue
rte l' Arcade, Rue Castiglione, Place du Caarousal,
Rue Richelieu, Rue Croix des Petits Champs,
Rue Rambiateau, the New Central Hanes, Bou-
levard St. Martin, Boulevard Poissonniere, Bou-
levard Montmartre, Boulevarde des Italiens, Rue
dela Chaussea d'Antin, Boulevard des Capucines,
Rue Tronchet, and ue de la Pepiniere to: the
A' at toir.

M•PORTANT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE
COMMON LODGING-ROUSE ACT.

(From Punch,)
➢ir. John Bull, keeper of a common lodging-house,
touch frequented by foreigners, was charged with various
;,ffeoces under the Common Lodging-house Act, and gene•
ally with keeping a disorderly house, and harbouring no-

toriously bad characters,
The prinApal witness against him was a Frenchman,
formerly a lodger in the house, who gave his name Charles
Louis Napoleon. The witness stated that Mr. Bull, the
landlord of the house, systematically violated the previ-
sions of the act, which required him to open the winslows

f his rooms for a certain number of hours daily, to turn
down the bed-clothes, and generally to keep up a close
~urveillance over the inmates of his house, and ventilate
everything iu the apartments occupied by his lodgers. He
further stated that whereas the act bound the landlord to
give notice to the police of all dangerous cases of con-
t ,giDns or epidemic disorders, and of all attacks arising
' from such disorders that might occur on the premises,
with a view at once to the removal to safe custody of those
in whom they might break ont, and the preservation of
those they might attack, Mr. Bull had been in the habit
of allowing suth cases to get to a height without inform-
ing the police, and of permitting his lodgers to associate
indiscrivainately with persona suffering from the most
dangerous and contagious disorders, particularly what was
called in France " La Fievre Rouge."
The Magistrates wished to know if this was the same as
scarlet fever, and begged the witness to be a little more pre-
die in his statements, and to express himself in English,
as he seemed to know the language well.

The witness said he did, having long resided in England,
in Mr. Bull's house. He had been a special constable here
in 1844, shortly after which he left England, seeing an
opening for an active young man in France, where he had
sane held various responsible situations, and was now
earning very high wages. La f ievre rouge was an epidemic
which had made great ravages in France, and was much
worse than the worst kind of scarlet fever known in Eng-
land. It was a highly inflammatory disease of the most con-
tagious character, and attended with delirium.
The Magistrate inquired what part of the body it at-
tacked ?
The witness said it generally attacked the uppor extre-
mities, beginning with tho crown.
The Magist.ate inquired if the witness was a medical
practitioner ?
The witness said he had practised in Franco for the last
nine years, live of them on his own account, and hadparti-
cularly devoted himself to the treatment of this very dis-
order. He believed his treatment was considered highly
successful. It consisted in letting blood freely, followed by
lowering and suppressive treatment, and the strictest seps•
ration and close confinement of the sufferers. Change of air
ho had found useful, particularly removal to hot climates
like Algeria. He considered Cayenne almost a specific, and
had administered it in large doses, especially during the
severe outbreak of the disorder in 1854. All movement was
dangerous,cases
swerethose anodsae which
llmentaLea gin
xeorrtlion..ted amongHeconside Mr. Bullredtheworlts
lodgers, who often brought the disease into• France. Con-
sidered Mr. Bull guilty under the act, for not bringing
these cases to the knowledge of the police.
The witness was closely cross-examined by the defen-
dant.

Admitted ho had several times been a lodger in the de-
fendant's houso ; declined to state what his means of sub-
sistence wore while in this country. Might have bean
charge I with attempts at burglary at Boulogne and Straw-
bon] g. Would not say he had been tried for a murder
arising out of the former charge. Would not swear he had
not been imprisoned on that charge. Might have expressed
strong opinions to Mr. Bull on the subject of this act during
the time ho lodged with him. Would not say he had not
told him the police had no business on his premises. The
windows of his room were generally kept shut. Never
complained then. Was not in good circumstances at that
time. Might have borrowed money of Mr.-Bull. Would
not swear ho had not left in his debt. Might have had
La Fieere Rouge himself; had associated freely with per-
sons suffering from it. Might have told Mr. Bull it was
not dangerous; knew bett'-r now. Did -not see what that
had to do with the present charge. Declined to state
whether he had made any communication to the police.
muchtakeng interested
Had friends in the police now, and considered it, an honour.
Thought Mr. Bull's house ought to be shut- up, and his
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for society at large. Considered he had saved society at
large. Was not aware if that opinion was
the highest positions ill France.
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including an old charac-
ter
Mr. Bull under the nams of Smith,
namePolhefs,ila:drh°ll whose
members
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Mr. Bull complied strictly with the tr'Hivrsuinongff.
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complaint evidence.
Inopf 1 theali appeared:t"a
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Frenchmen, who that
complaint to make of the house. Several
on cross-examination that the informer
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had for- several
and had endeavoured to induce the polio •
to enter the premises in disguise. He had.had the sot en-
pLlioed to him, and had always boon told that any charge
of violation of any of its provisions would be strictly looked
into. There might be a grudge on the informtr's part
against Mr. Bull.
The Magistrate, after careful consideration of the act, said
it did not appear to him that the charges were made out.
There was no proof thatthedefendant I.new of ih 3 existence
of the alleged cases of the very serious disorder deposed to by
the principal witnesr. Mr. Bull was not bound to inform
the police of suspected cases. He had no power to detain
his lodgers, or to prevent their leaving his house. All powers
of an inquisitorial character required to be exercised cau-
tiously in this country. Ho thought it ill became witness,
who, by his own account, seemed to be under considerable
obligations to Mr. Bull, to bring such a charge as the present
on smh loose and unreliable foundation. Mr. Bull would
leave this court without any stain on his character. The
magistrate saw no grounds whatever for taking away the
license of the house. On the contrary, it seemed to hi'.l32
to be very well conducted, and it was a great blessing 1!
r
many distressed foreigners that they had such a Ow
resort to. was warmly
cheered, decision of the worthy magistrate wag r.armly,
cheered, and Mr. Bull on leaving the oou"
was allowed to leave the court by t,!!,: Pdrt,position among
greeted by his numerous lodgers. The witran tonniNtarall: in
a cab, as there seemed a conartZliwoj to handle bin
the crowd assembled in the g
rcughly. -

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