The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

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MEETIN3 0.: IVII..ODL.ESEN
rIAGISTIZATE.S•
ace yesterdift
A meeting of Jusices of Aliddlesex took ph
at the Sessions-houss Cle..l,enwell green , for the transactioa
of county business; Nr. l'evenall in the chair.
The minutes of tie last Court were real and coarmed.
THE fANWELL LUNATIC ASVLIMI.
The report of the visiting justices of the County Lunittiao
Asylum was read. The only point of any ;novelty alluded _
was in conjunction with the efforts of the vieiting justices ~v.
alleviate the condition of the patients. It appeared tbataicot„
ing upon a suggestion of one of the physicians, a Pr.att:
press had been introduced, to afford occupation to :LID' of I
unfortunate inmates of the aslum who were pririters, 1113'a.
that these individuals were employed the in,
be
county. It had further had the effect ee stimulating tbe;ilbe
tellectual energies of other patients which bad led °-
sou
cooposition of some literary pies of by no meals &
temp;.ible character. as 11
Mr. Te-tat, chairman to the visiting justices, seta, , ..
specimen, a poetic effieion, entitled, " Farewell to ta:
Erin," which excited a warm feeling of sympathy dad.
,‘,f
mit ation, abitiClanoy expressed by the numerous beet
justices present. )lor
Mr. LAVE:, in remarking upon this extension of curl „0
ment of v. intellectua2 kind, observed that newspape ra 0%
were efinted in some of these establishments for the WO!
in France, Scotland, and America. He also desired some I,_
fOrmation upon the cessation ,-)f the clinical lectures u.poni3.7.
insane, adverting to the import•tnce of diffilsingsoun(ll Ic- °
ledge re,pecting the varied phases Of this d.readful ma lad)e.
,ed
Mr. nut, in reply, said that tlae visiting justices atc,r,,uir,
, deeply the discontinuance of the lee tures by Dr. ConotlY_ae.atter
he believed, want of time. But it \vas an importatst ma t.
to the public, and the visiting justices, would have their ace
tention directed to measures with a view to their ccrittine°
—(II, :ti, hear.) The report was receiv el
THE HOUSE OF COREECIIO:g. 4' COrreC'
The report of the visiting justices of tire Howe
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lion was read. The number a prisoners 'was 89"' ---c s
th
report was universally satisfactory, except s- relation to., re
cominet of the visiting justices, in referencet:o certain a'",ehe
and sub warders of the gaol, who, in di, ;obedience to
a'__
orders of the governor, had misappropriatod, or rathe
avra
propriated to their own use some am plus tiocoa, nouldteis
gruel, which remained after the prison ers 1101 receive
cod'
allowance, and which was ordinarily throve down the.ileii.
mon sewer. These officers had been celasured and Pura!seej,
Certain of the justices made a motion. for their disaa
which, after a long debate, was negativek i• • n a'
Colonel WOOD, M.P., in the course of the discussio ,
..nd
pressed his surprise at the disposal of the surplus food•lisl'e.
was sure the public would be much shoe at the'. tri
h de
Would it not be better, if it was not allossed to eethet it
buted
amongst
the officers or inmates of 'the prison, --e tbe
should be given to the numerous deserving poor e• ~i,
metropolis, many of whom would be thankf • tore a le: t
"'
The visiting •
b
justices should be directed to give t subJec
some consideration.
In explanation it was stated that the surpit's 7,-; to-
much. It was formerly dividod among the pristine:l.:rebel
tation, but that had been discontinued under the no
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lations.—The report was received. „,1 01 it
The report of the Westminster ~13ridewell was re..--,_,Org
was stated that amidst the difficultis 9 created by the, ''Teites
of the establishment of the New P.rison (now bell ig der
down) within its walls, the best arrangement possil )Ie ruder
down)
circumstances had been made. .A, warm tributA °
knowledgment was given to the Governor, Mr. Tre.cf•
The report was received.
The other business was not of public interest.

T VCD
THE DEATH-BED OF PILL—
TALLEYRAND. to t'
The Archbishop of Paris has addressed a dr clll,3figh t4°
clergy of his diocese, in which he states th.gr, with vrittell
letters, as follows, recently published as having !IF'
by Prince Talleyrand, may be, as he believes th--,eY sE,eo
thentic, he had read them for the first time a few "tl,e
the newspapers. The Archbishop says they ctinlY 'l3,* but, ,
originally in the secretariate of the Episcopal Pe-lacco'stscriq
so, they were removed many years ago. Ia ,P tors 11,11
however, the Archbishop states that the original
been since presented to him, with the certificate a'
dccessor.
The .Arni de la Religion published on Thursday tires
is
ing documents, for the authenticity of which it pleee,origic
and adds, that " they may be compared with qr. e .4rf4
which is deposited in the archives of the library ar
d Syr
bishop of Paris, or with the copy sent to Mole, an od
every legal guarantee of its being authentic 4.41:44/
" More than ever induced by grave consitier3',',,cei
brought to consider dispassionately the conse it:
revolution which has carried everything along w!,,doi its
has lasted for fifty years, I have- arrived at a Pe-101'411
ranted age, and (after such long experience) to toinos
oaten es of the epoch to which have belonged, and ti ).,a
condemn the grave errors which in this long coursb,`,liet
have troubled and afflicted the Catholic, Aron''" rePs-
Roman Church, and in which errors I have had tive
tune to participate. o°'il 1'
"If it should please the esteemed friend sf MID inf°t
his Grace the Archbishop of Paris, who has wished, 011'1;
me of the benevolent feelings of the Sovereign id °ire, Ib,
garding me, to assure the Holy Father, as I 'lti're 61100
homage of my respectful gratitude, as well as mY el,b, to ie.
mission to the doctrine and discipline of the 01°1:4, ecc.,e
decisions and judgment of the Holy See on Fret' 41 reel'
siastical matters, I dare hope that his Holiness
811'
them with kindness. blc Pius 149
" Dispensed at a later period by the vienera so uBO
from the exercise of ecclesiastical function s, I I",` render rs
every opportunity in my long political crtiver rod toebrer.
religion, and to many honourable and distinglllll:,enie po`°of
of the Catholic clergy all the cervices that wet ei"'„ a•cho.ol
Never have I ceased to consider myself other t"3-life
of the church. I again deplore those acts of 'o7_4 for 1
have grieved it, and my last vows will be for her
supreme chief. , erral Yrs'ici"
CHARLES MAURICE, Prince de
" Signed at Paris, on the 17th of March, i 1838:.
" Written on the 10th of March, 1838."

Letter of the Prince to his Holiness Gregory -;',./110'-
" Very Holy Father—The young and pious chii a' tie Av,
.
rounds my old age with the tenderest and most atilia qres'
tention, has just made known to me the beneyolen't eer
sions which your Holiness has deigned recently to Litt joked
cerning me, in announcing to me with what joY sh
for the consecrated articles that your Holiness had woe ye
to destine for her. I am penetrated witty the beoof
his Holiness, as on the day when his Grace the Art nev. P;Du h
of Paris made me acquainted with it for the first
" Before being reduced by the malady that has
me, I desire, very Holy Father, to express to you 07 vtleit
tude, and at the same time my feelings. I darehtill bet
not only your Holiness will receive them favourapC;.colir
will also deign to appreciate in your justice all the Slooliefi
stances that have guided my actions. The memoirs,. Poglig
for some time past, but which, after my instructi?r,toliali
not to appear until thirty years after my death, veluiarre. ,
to posterity my conduct during the revolutionary the
will confine myself to-day, in order not to fatigu?e:,„eeos
Father, to calling his attention to the general indul'•
00t
the ae I have belond o.
The respect I owge e
tot those who gave me birth th
prohibit me also from saying that my whole Yeedoe fras
,
direated towards a profession I was not born to belorgoysepi
..For the rest, cannot do better than by throwinffo orto
on this point, as on every other, upon the indulg'
equity of the Church and of its venerable chief. OW°
"I am, with respect, very Holy Father, of yourt
the very humble and very obedient son and sers,a,
CHARLES MAURICE, Prince de TalleYt
"Signed at Paris, May 17, 1838. itts
"Written March 10 1838."
The Aini de la Religion accompanies these docureente
able
the following reflections:— ,iestiee thl
"Numerous witnesses, anti of the most uPel--„1, „
authority, are ready to depose that the Prince curl 1115 r-:
liberty of his reason, firm and clear, when he sighed•
tractation and letter te the Pope. The malady id' i",,f,-,1061P-o
mined the body had in way attacked the 111";.: g. life sof
He who was soon to rende. up an account to God.ol not
troubled and full of incidents, was still in full O
his reason. boirie
"It would be most strange that, efler„l 1
."00, s
much praised the quickness of his Pen"-fliiirs .113
the promptitude of his glance in human 3 0.,
should be refused all judgment in
was above all others. Nevertheless, it mks' be 1.1, `sere
t acts, signed a few hours before the last Let
iths
a questione ;11;
written by his own hand three months before.
suggy.l'o"l3o
be attempted also to allege that some foreign,' these .0(1
dictated these acts, for none influenced them. food
have approached the Prince know well that his Pr° one e,4!
inflexible soul governed itself only, and that DO
its
quired an ascendancy over it if ho did not agree
he
solutions. wet..; it
" This retractation is, therefore, the Prince's ore' er
slowly deliberated •it, hi. weighed every word, be neithett
on the day and hour he himself had fixed P.3/4)°13;0 hstde.
sooner nor later, without any influence being obierdeutli Oro
the moment which his relations and friends se 3;oo'miag
sired. He repeated in his illness what he had do e
than once uttered—' Ido not know how to ire ale's,
quickly; I have never hurried myself, and I L'3
arrived i n time.' "

WINDSOR EL t CT1014:„ de 13e3:0;
Wixnsoa, THURSDAY.—The friends of Sir Joy-returnjto-
voir, finding that there was no chance of Pu broulni.
Windsor, in opposition to the powerful interestn .%, IP the
bear in favour of Colonel Reid and Mr. Walter, to to,
ciouay advised the Hon. Baronet to retire, and ° tiir, ,I,J.°
battle to be fought by the other two candiclaW• pubes
whose adieu to the electors, for the present, will li•
be P
to-morrow, proceeded to London this afternoon., two l
can'ir
The two committees, accompanied by the on*: 45Pad.,
co
-9!
dates now in the field, and their respective frgo d
litil 1
menced their first open canvass this morning. oti bu
e,
speak of having experienced considerable succe
ti• s 13"
are equally sanguine as to the result.
Colonel Reid gave a supper to upwards of forty' of bl 3
porters, last night, at the Castle Hotel.

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WIGAN ELECTION.—On Thursday CaPt.
othleerC_onservative candidate was returned by a Inai°-1.1
~tilitastiofforl2:
o'ClEochLkirisw, ooepre—cpoTn.Lelinn6ta:33,lD,r,.2T73hi.cknesse. DOI°
OF MR. G. BASEVI, THE ARCIIITECT.—A most nielie; tall
accident occurred in the cathedral to-day, between *lle 11$a
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.! rrboky
Thicknesse, 211.
eleven o'clock, by which Mr. Basevi lost his lie. „ 31r.
ialehaerlethienbtehl
ascended_ part of the western tower, accompanied :-7000 of
the minor canons, and was inspecting some Dean (with whom he was on a visit) and Mr. Sttisri„euting
he fell t,„T7odi
enough for bdlisstoce
to pass through, to the floor of the clock chnibar,s evil ef
of forty feet. , 0
~ On being taken up, he exhibited n 0 s) a
Me, and he was immediately taken to the dean
inquest has since been held on his body, before W. 'ridge, s`l
Esq., Coroner. The Fitzwilliam Museum, at Carob
..rity of
justly admired for its elegance of structure, and the 13,10 the
taste displayed, was erected from his design` r, ~,csselvi vao
Conservative Club-house in Pall-mall. r- -",otereto
efl3lllw4e nti,, ,oenr ms
cito Ir-ei l'".eryblaacrkg'Tec ahenlenso,ntille numbers
_O4
about 45 years of age, and has left a widow acll6l„l'sP°L sdent.
family, some of whom are very young.—Frons a -or COTO
ERRATUM.—SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSIJNO" ThurS"
PANL—In an advertisement which appeared in our George
dcauyna'srepinagp,erE,etqb.,e
nStetcraetoarrgye'scnalitinniengs.houl.rdshave been
Tcs l'a9s.
DEATU IN A FIT PRODUCED BV .IJRVDT.--s_, 0010
Thursday, 'at noon, Mr. Virakley, 1V1.P., held an anon the bog
Freemasons' Arms, Suffolk-street, Somerg.town, on 11 iii tito
of William Serle, aged 53, a smith, residing at towns
t to litl
above street. It appeared that deceased WAS SUbjeCthe heti,
brought on by drinking ale to excess. A wound din effects ol
received at the battle of 'Waterloo aggravated tbet if be hi-
intoxicating liquors, and medical men told him that their sel:
dulged in them he would die in a fit. deemlete"it le'
vice, and on Sunday evening he got on oat .c tom"
He had several fits during the: night, and on Monok
_, her
neon his daughter, a little girl, seeing an acquaintalle!e°o'esea
f hoe; pass by, called him. in, and be found tho ?%. biar
self wig' ,de had beeu augmeAied by the recemt deuzni. I_ :or to
uit' e, ~,i . the loss of a favourite son, who had r st;ei4 ~aY.to
d•-u~? i, .:•~i. The propensity of the deceased to stutP,l,q_f his
sea. Vtrdicti "Found dead after a fit Whillt ill a stil
toxication."

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