The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

I distant from the target. A number of rockets were
fired from the same range, from Lieutenant Boxer's
tubes, and afterwards at 1,200 yards range, and the
practice was very good. The ricochet and other
batteries were manned, but, in consequence of the
number of vessels passing on the river, the ricochet
and battery practice was dispensed with, and his Royal
Highness, after waiting some time, witnessed one round
fired from General Millar's gun of ten-inch bore, and at
a distance from the target of 1,250 yards, one round
from one of Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas's sixty-eight
pounder, or eight-inch guns, at the same range. The
rocket practice was under the command of Lieutenant
IVilan.

The Duke de Montpensier, wiih the brilliant staff of
officers, then mounted their horses, and proceeded to the
garrison, paying a short visit on their way to the grand
depot, over which his Royal Highness was conducted by
Mr. William Young, chief commissary. On arriving in
the garrison, the Duke dc Montpensier was conducted to
the anti-room of the officers' mess-room of the Royal
Artillery, where his Royal Highness partook of an
elegant dueuner. The band of the Royal Artillery,
under their able leader, Mr. Mackenzie, were in at-
tendance..

About two o'clock, the Duke de Montpensier mounted
his horse, and was accompanied by the staff of officers
to Woolwich Common, where the Royal Horse Artillery
had assembled in review order, under the command of
Colonel Dyneley, C.B. On arriving opposite the troops,
his Royal Highness was received with the usual salute,
the brass band playing the National Anthem. The
evolutions were gone through with great spirit, although
a heavy rain had begun to fall, and the whole was con-
cluded aoout half past three o'clock, when a royal
salute from the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery
announced his Royal Highness's departure, on his return
to Windsor Castle.

POOR-LAWS-WEST LONDON
UNION.

A parochial meeting of the rate-payers of St. Dun-
' stan's-in-the-West, convened by the churchwardens,
upon a requisition numerously signed, was held yes-
terday in the inquest-room adjoining the church, to
take into consideration the propriety of having a re-
silent medical officer in the West London Union
Workhouse. The chair was taken by Mr. Church-
warden Benning.
Mr. HAIMING, who addressed the meeting at con-
siderable length, stated that as he had been the prin •
cipal means of calling the rate-payers together, in
accordance with the pledge he gave at the last vestry,
he was bound to state the grounds on which he would
call upon the meeting to express, in a resolution, their
disapprobation of the project contemplated by a ma-
jority of the guardians for creating the new situation
of a resident medical officer in the union workhouse.
—(Heer, hear.) The mere objection to an increase
of the rates would not weigh with him, if such in-
crease were necessary, and would be attended
with a proportionate augmentation of the comforts of
the poor. But he was convinced that in the proposed
case it would not be so.—(Hear, hear.) There was
no necessity for the change from the present system,
and it would not be attended with any advantages.—
(Hear, hear.) He had examined into the subject,
and he found that the poor were carefully attended
by the present medical officers, and that they were
satisfied with the attention and kindness of those gen-
tlemen. And surely it was to be expected that they
would have more confidence in the respectable
physicians, who had been long established in their
neighbourhood, and were well known to them, than
in a stranger from the country, however well recom-
men ied that gentleman might be to the guardians.—
(Hear, hear.) He repeated that the objection to in-
creased expense was not of so great importance in his
view as the protection of the poor themselves, who, for
obvious reasons, would be more likely to have
justice done them by the visiting physician than
by a resident officer.—(Hear, hear.) The present
system had worked well for the last seven years, hav-
ing had two medical officers, with competent assistants,
who were admitted by all to possess the confidence of
the poor.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. H. dwelt with much
severity upon the pamphlet put forth by the ten guar-
dians, which he said cantained unfounded insinuations
against the medical gentlemen. He (amidst loud ex-
pressions of approbation) concluded by moving a re-
solution, to the effect that " It was the opinion of the
meeting that the resolutions passed by the Board of
Guardians of the West London. Union respecting the
appointment of a resident medical officer, was uncalled
for and inexpedient."—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CHARLES, in seconding the resolution, said that
whilst he agreed in all things that had fallen from the
last speaker, he must add that the introduction of a
resident medical officer with his family into the
present workhouse, would, in the first instance, en-
croach upon the inadequate accommodation for the
poor inmates, and give occasion to a great outlay, at
no long distance of time, to provide a residence for the
officer. He had visited the house on Sunday last, and
he found in it about 400 of the settled paupers ; and
he must admit that he observed great order, cleanli-
ness, and attention. But there were, besides, about
forty or fifty casual paupers waiting to be passed to
their parishes, and he found them in a most wretched
condition.—(Hear, hear.) To set off apartments suit-
able for the family of a gentleman such as the board
of guardians had selected, would be impossible with-
out making an expensive addition to the building.—
(Hear' hear.) After what he (Mr. Charles) had ob-
served in the workhouse he could not but lament the
appearance of the pamphlet signed by the " Ten
Guardians," in which it was insinuated that the
medical officers prescribed beer and wine, &c., to the
sick poor, to save themselves the expense of tonic
drugs. Now, what was the real state of the case,?
He asked a poor old woman, eighty-four
years of age, whether the doctors attended
her well and regularly ; and her answer was, that
Dr. Lynch attended her very kindly, but she wanted
no physic. She wanted half a pint of beer a day.—
(Hear, hear.) He received similar answers from
other old women—one of whom was ninety-five years
of age.—(Shame, shame.) The amount of rates in
that parish was felt very heavily by all the rate-pavers
present ; hut surely they would not begrudge ,three
farthings' worth of beer daily to a few poor
old women who did not want drugs-?—(Hear,
hear.) In the men's ward he received similar
answers. He found there a once respectable
tradesman, Mr. Hopkins, formerly of Red Lion-court.
—(Hear, hear.) He believed that he also was de-
nied the half pint of beer, but he was not quite certain
of that; as he did not recollect all the answers. But
he would ask the meeting, was it likely that such a
person would receive as kind attention frotnA skftnge
resident as from the visiting physician,. who had
known him in the district for many years, in a better
position ?—(Hear, hear.) But this remark applied
with proportionate force to all the inmates.—(Hear,
hear.) Mr. Charles complained also of the hardship
of refusing stimulants to the women in the laundry,
and the cruelty of accusing the physician of giving
wine and brandy to the sick ' • and he concluded an
effective speech by seconding the resolution.
Mr. WATSON was in favour of the resolution, and
agreed with the preceding speakers, that the poor'
would be better protected, and more efficiently at-
tended, by the continuance of the present system.
But he objected altogether to the use of alcoholic
drinks, which were only mischievous. It would he
his wish to give plenty of beef-tea and mutton-chops to
the weakly.—(Cheers.) In the course of a long speech,
or rather lecture upon teetotalism, which sometimes
elicited considerable laughter, Mr. W. gave way
to repeated cries of " Question," by declaring that
he was a cripple from the effects of rheumatism until
about seven years ago, when he became a teetotaller,
and had not suffered from rheumatism since.

Mr. RAMSHAW (Common Councilman) supported
the resolution, which was carried unanimously.
A resolution was also carried, calling upon the ten
guardians, in the majority of one, to resign, according
to the pledge given by them in their pamphlet.
There was a third resolution that the minutes of
this meeting should be forwarded to the guardians
and the Poor-law Commissioners, which was also
passed unanimously ; and after a vote of thanks to
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

DEVONPOIIT, OCT. 11.—A Court-martial assembled
on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, in Hamoaze, on
Wednesday, to try John Barnes, carpenter's mate of her
Majesty's ship Resistance, on the charge of lifting an axe
against Mr. John Lee, boatswain of the same ship, and
threatening to kill him, on the 3d of September last.
The charge was clearly proved, but it appeared
that the prisoner had been knocked down pre-
viously by the prosecutor and subjected to great
provocation. The Judge Advocate delivered the
following as the opinion of the Court :—" That the
charges have been proved, and the sentence of the Court
is, that the prisoner be hanged at the yard-arm of such
ship, and at such time and place as the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct, and the
prisoneris hereby sentenced to be hanged at the yard-
arm accordingly." The President, however, added that
he would represent the case to the Admiralty, and he
hoped they would deal mercifully with it.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Duke of Wel-
lington has left Windsor Castle for Strathfieldsaye, and
is expected to return to Wralmer Castle on 'Wednesday,
accompanied by the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, for
the autumn. Sir Robert Peel came to town yesterday
from Windsor Castle, and to-day will join Lady Peel
and family at Brighton. The Duke of Buccleuch pur-
poses to stay in town two days, and then leaves Mon-
tague House for Scotland, to meet the Duchess, whose
accouchement is anticipated early in the ensuing month.
CARMARTHEN.—The South Wales Turnpike Trusts
Commissioners concluded their sittings here on Tues-
day. On Wednesday they visited Llanfihangcl-yeroth
for the purpose of receiving the claims of the creditors
of the Carmarthen and Tivyside District Trust. They
dined with J. Ll. Davies, Esq., and returned to Car-
marthen the same evening. On the following morning
they took their departure for Llandillo.—Welshman.
The good olden times of the year 1800 are again
revived at Eye. • Our bakers are now selling four hot
rolls for a penny,- one Sufficient for a 'reasonable man's
breakfast. —Suffolk Chronicle.
SPORTING PARSONS.—On looking over the Game
Lists published last week we find that no fewer than
sixty of the Yorkshire parsons have taken out shooting
licenses for the gesent season.—Leeds Times.