The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-18 00:00:00

A _NIGHT IN THE SHINING CLIFF.

On the return of the trip from Scarborough, on
Monday night last, there arrived per special train at
Ambergate, a party of travellers. Having to walk a
distance of four or five miles, they held a deliberation
as to whether it would be advisable to take a short cut
through the woods, or keep the main road; the deci-
sion was given in favour of the former, on two of the
party declaring they knew the road perfectly well.
One of them, to prove his qualification as a guide,
said he could find the road with his eyes shut. On
passing the Forge, which lay between them and the
wood, they proceeded at a rapid pace. After walking
about a mile they found to their mortification they
had taken a wrong turn, and, as was afterwards
discovered, just in the opposite direction to the
one they should have taken; but as a re-
trograde movement was anything but inspi-
riting, they still determined to advance.
Shortly afterwards they came to a cross-road, when,
thinking it might possibly lead in the right direction,
they passed it. The vexatious disappointment of the
party is more easily to be conceived than described,
when they found that it led ,to en old barn. After
searching about some time, a footpath was discovered;
the party of disconsolates followed it, but alas ! all
traces of it disappeared in a short time. Grown
reckless, the poor unfortunates rushed on, unmindful
of bog, fern, or bramble ; several of them cams to a
sticking point—in the mud—and it was only by the
exertions of their companions that they were extri-
cated. Again they came across a road, and it was
proved to the joy of all by the aid of a match, the
night being too dark to see without one, that convey-
ances of some description did occasionally pass that
way. This eventually led them to an opening.about
400 yards from the place where they had first started,
making a circumambulation of six or seven miles.—
Derby Reporter.

THE NEW COUNTY LUNATIC

ASYLUM AT COLNEY HATCH.

This very extensive and beautifully designed edifice,
which has been in the course of erection since the
spring of 1849, is so nearly completed as to leave no
doubt that in a few days it will be fit for the recep-
tion of inmates. The grand inauguration will, how-
ever, it is understood, be delayed till the ensuing
spring, at which his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
who laid the foundation• stone in May, 1849, is ex-
pected to officiate.
The site of the structure is on an elevated and sa-
lubrious spot, to the eastward of Highgate, and, being
surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills, presents a
most beautifully picturesque appearance. It is in the
Italian style of architecture, with stone coigns
and dressings, from a design by Mr. J. Daukes,
and from its vast extent, being in length 1,881
feet 8 inches, and depth 670 feet 6 inches (33
feet longer and 260 feet deeper than the building
for 1851, in Hyde-park), the whole, with
the attached, grounds, occupying 118 acres, sur-
rounded by a substantial wall, it has the semblance
of a new town, this effect being heightened by the
numerous and various campanile towers with which
it is adorned. Nearly 1,400 men have been constantly
engaged in the erection of the building, which has
been rendered perfectly fire-proof. The total num-
ber of rooms, including the chapel, infirmaries, and
other offices, is no less than 987. The corridors and
other portions are paved with Orsi and Armani's
patent metallic lava, the centre colonnade with the
same material, ornamented like mosaic pavement, and
in some places, to relieve the monotony usually pro-
duced by the ordinary brown asphalte, a pure white
kind has been introduced. The roofing of the ter-
races and flats is also covered with metallic lava, which
is perfectly impervious to moisture.
For the supply of water an Artesian well has been
sunk to the depth of 350 feet, and arrangements are
making for the manufacturing of gas on the premises
for the supply of this building and the neighbouring
(the Great Northern) railroad.
The builder is Mr. Myers, who is at this time
erecting similar asylums at Lincoln, and at Brent-
wood, in Essex.

Among the principal apartments may be mentioned
an elegant board-room, 30 feet by 20 feet, which, like
the Hotel de Ville, in Paris, the palaces of the Queen
of Spain, Versailles, &c., has the walls covered with
modern Venetian stucco, manufactured by Orsi and
Armani, most beautifully polished and coloured, to
represent panels of Sienna marble, enclosed in borders
of Carara, and decorated with medallions of the vent-
de.mer antique marbles, the whole preserting a chaste
and elegant appearance.

The largest room, 112 feet long and 58 feet 6
inches wide, is fitted with orchestra, and is to be al -
propriatied for balls, concerts, and other amusemems
for the unfortunate inmates, and will bear the name
of the " entertainment-room."
Mr. B. Rotch (chairman of the committee) and
several other county magistrates have paid frequent
visits to the works, and have expressed unqualified
approval of the mode in which they have been con-
ducted.

A DISAPPOINTIviIiii T.
A vessel has arrived in the Gloucester Docks, from
St. Melo, during the last few days, with a cargo of
fine apples and pears, purchased in France by a
dealer of Birmingham, for the benefit of the lieges of
that town. An amusing incident is connected with
the _voyage of the ship. TLe Customs authorities, it
appears,
Whilst the vessel was
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accowhich she had shipped ;
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tide-surveyor and hid. men, and practically taken pos-
sessionuthgeglmera.steTr The
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give him a passage to Gloucester. The request was rea-
dily granted, and the stranger lent a hand in the work
of the ship, all of which not only tended to confirm the
Custom-house officers in their idea that they had got a
prize, but led them to suspect that the stranger was
the owner of the tobacco. The master, on being
asked who he was, could not tell, or, as the officers
thought, would not; and, coupled with his vanishing,
made cocksure that they had got into a good thing,
and probably, in imagination, had touched the
three thousand pounds odd which they would
bs entitled to if they were not disappointed. The
bulk was promptly broken by the merchant,
the officers kept a sharp look out on the
cargo as it was sent on store, and at night they
wheeled a wooden house down to the side of the
vessel to watch lest any attempt, should be made to
carry away the golden apples during the night. The
affair created much noise at the docks, and the gra-
dual shrinking of the cargo was eagerly watched. At
length, after much "hope deferred, ' the workmen
reached the keel of the vessel, and founci—nothing.......
Gloucester Journal.

„
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.—The noyat Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Hast, with the West India
mails, 120 passengers, a small amount of specie, and full gene-
ral cargo, left this day. The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the Pe-
ninsular mails, also left this afternoon. Sir Hamilton Sey-
mour and suite were passengers by her. The next home-
ward West India mail steam-ship is the Thames; she may
be looked for in the course of to morrow or Saturday. The
Ripon, for Alexandria, will leave on the 20th, taking out a
very large number of passengers. The Washington, for
New York, will leave on Sunday afternoon. The new
steam-ship Franklin, from New York to Havre, is expected
off Cowes in the course of the day, having left the former
place on the 6th instant.
MUNIFICENT CHARITABLE BEQUESTS,—The will of
William John Frudsham, Esq., late of Stoke Newington, and
formerly of 'Change-alley, chronometer-maker, who (Fed last
June, has just been sworn 10, and his property proved to be
80,0001. Amongst his legacies are the following charitable
bequests :—To the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers,
1,000/. ; to the Charity School of Langbourn Ward, London,
2501. ; to the Infant Orphan School, Wanstead, Essex, 250/. :
to the British Orphan School, 2501.; to the London Orphan
Asylum, 2501.; to St. Ann's Society, Brixton, 2501.; to the
Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, Buklersbury, 2001. ; to St.
Paul's Parochial School, Ball's Pond, 254. ; to the Fever
Hospital, 2001. ; to King's College Hospital, 2001. ; and to the
Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged Necessitous
Workman of good character in the several branches of the
watch And clock trade, 2501.