The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-22 00:00:00

CORPORATION REFORM ACT.

The following is a copy of a case submitted to the
Attorney-General by the overseers of the several parishes
in Newcastle, with his opinion thereon :
" In the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne there are
many merchants, manufacturers, and traders, who occupy
warehouses, counting-houses, manufactories, and shops
within the borough, of considerable annual value, and in
respect of which they are rated to the relief of the poor of
the several parishes within which the same are respectively
situate, but such persons do not rent or reside in an entire
house, but, as lodgers, only reside in furnished apartments,
hired or rented by the week, month, or year, as tho case
may be, but in respect of which they are not rated, and
some of such persons reside with, and are inmates of, the
family of their respective parents.
For the guidance of the overseers of the several
parishes in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, your opinion is requested—
" Ist. Whether such persons who, as lodgers, reside in
hired furnished apartments, but who are, with respect to
rating, as to their warehouses, &c., and length of residence,
duly qualified, are to be considered as inhabitant house-
holders, and, as such, entitled to he enrolled in the burgess
roll of the borough ?'
" 2d. Whether such persons, who are only inmates in
their parents' family, but who are otherwise qualified as
aforesaid, arc entitled to be so enrolled ? _ _

" I am clearly of opinion that neither the lodgers nor
the inmates are entitled to be enrolled. _ _

" Temple, Oct. 10."
—Tyne _Mercury.

" J. CAMPBELL.

MARCH OF INTELLECT IN EGYPT.—It is not
generally known that Ali Pacha has attached regular bands
of military music to each of his regiments, with European
instructors, who teach the Arab musicians, according to
European notes of music, to play on European instruments
the popular marches and airs of England, France, and Ger-
many. A short distance from Cairo he has established a
permanent military hospital, and placed it under European
surgeons, and the same rules are adopted in it as prevail in
the best regulated hospitals in Europe ; he has also formed,
in connection with it, a school of medicine and anatomy, in
which not only botany, mineralogy, and chemistry are
taught, but human bodies are publicly dissected by those
who profess the. Mahomedan religion, and who are publicly
rewarded in the heart of a great Mahommedan city, for the
skill and knowledge they display in dissections. Carriage
roads are being constructed between Alexandria and Cairo,
and also between Alexandria and Rosetta, and Damietta,
and stage-coaches to be used on these roads are being built
according to a model of one sent to Egypt by a coach-
maker of this country. There are at present steam-boats,
which are constantly navigating the Nile. The Pacha has
also patronised the employment by Mr. Briggs of two en-
gineers sent out from this country, for the purpose of boring
for water in different parts of the desert between Cairo
and Suez. They have already by their skill succeeded in
discovering water in several parts of the desert on this line.
He has also patronised the publication of a weekly news-
paper at Cairo, in the Arabic and Ttirlii4 languages, for
theinstruction of his people.