The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES COMMISSION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
the catalogue of grievances collected by Mr.
Frankland Lewis and his brother Commission( rs, and
published in their report, the following do not appear:—
The multiplication of appeals as to the settlement of
paupers, which are generally got up by interested attor-
neys and a few leading litigious persons in each parish.
The amount of poor-rates squandered in this discredit-
able species of litigation has been enormous, and it is
high time that an (rid should be pat to the system.
The bad expenditure and misapplication of the Church,
road, and other rates. It frequently happens that the
parish officers and surveyors are allowed to continue in
office for several years together, without any accounts
being called for or rendered, the collection of the dif-
ferent rates going► on all the time.
The difficulties which are experienced by prosecutors
and witnesses in obtaining from the parties concerned in
prosecutions, what has been allowed and received for
them from the county treasurer for expenses, a portion
being frequently withheld, and sometimes the whole, and
legal redress is difficult to be obtained. The committing
justices and the officers of the different courts should,
before allowing such expenses, see that what is charged
in the prosecution bills has actually been paid to the
parties entitled to the same.
The magistrates in quarter-sessions should ascertain
that all assault and other fines payable in aid of the
county rate, are actually banded over to the treasurer,
and it is a duty incumbent on them to exercise judicious
economy in county financial matters.—l am, Sir, &e.,
Aug. 31, 1844. SILURIUS.

THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL.
Perhaps there is not a single Member of Parliament
who, in his place in St. Stephens's, has rendered more
important services to the country, than Mr. Thomas
Slingsby buncombe. At a time when opposition
seems almost to have been absorbed by bland Minis-
terial influences, and when, at the close of a session
remarkable for shabby legislation and broken pro-
mises, we find Lord John Russell complimenting
the Tory Premier, Mr. Thomas buncombe, by his
gallant and in.lependent bearing, his indefati-
gable exposure of abuses, and decided avowal of
great principles, has not only atoned fur the short-
comings of those with whom he is sometimes com-
Pe •
lled to act, but has given an impulse to public
opinion which cannot fail hereafter, when apathy and
indifference have died away, to have the best results.
In the session just past he has defeated the Masters'
and Servants' WI, which would have made a breach
of contract by an English labourer a worse offence
than picking a pocket ; and exposed the fraud,
forgery, and espionage of the Post-office--an act
alone entitling him to the lasting gratitude of his
countrymen. Nor can we forget how ably, in 1842,
he resisted the abominable doctrine of the Home Se-
cretary that a constable was a proper judge of sedi-
tion—a doctrine which, had it prevailed, would have
placed public meetings for the expression of opinion
at the mercy of the police, as effectually as if direct
powers were given to them to prevent altogether the
exercise of one of our chief Constitutional privileges.
And, concurrent with these efforts by which the Hon.
Member has so signally distinguished himself, he has
done more even than the press itself, to bring down
upon Sir James Graham, the apostate Whig, and
most insolent and heartless of Ministers, that public
odium which his every act has so richly merited, and
which must eventually, if there be any force in a
universal popu'ar feeling, drive him from the power
he has disgraced and abused. These are the obliga-
tions which we owe to Mr. Duncombe, and to him
alone And whenever those who have identified them-
selves...with great principles—freedom of trade, more
cotnty*nsive political franchises, equality and jus-
tice to Ireland—hare brought such questions to the
test of Parliamentary discussion, Mr. Thomas bun-
combe has invariably supported hem by his vote, and
not unfrequently by his manly and straightforward
eloquence.
With this estimate, theretbre, of Mr. Duncombe's
public career, when we heard that it was the inten-
tion of his constituents to offer to him some public
testimonial of their gratitude, we felt that it was our
duty to co-operate. We have never sympathised
with the mock delicacy which would prevent a pub-
lic servant accepting from the public an adequate
recompense for h's services. Chatham, Fox, Grat-
tan, and O'Connell—names as eminent and patriotic
as our history can record—never hesitated thus to
derive additional powers of public usefulness from
those whom they served ; and, to specify a humbler,
yet a memorable instance, Harriet Martineau, who so
nobly refused a pension from the Government, did not
scruple to accept the voluntary tribute of her ad-
mirers and friends. 'ilre repeat, then, that we have
no sympathy with the spurious delicacy which would
reject an acknowledgment as honourable to those who
e'er it as to him to whom it is offered. What the
exact nature of Mr. Duncombe's testimonial may
be, must depend, we presume, upon the amount
of subscriptions collected. We observe that a
highly respectable committee of gentlemen of the
borough of Finsbury have already commenced
operations. But as Mr. Duncombe's services have
not been local, neither should the exertions to re-
quite them be local. We trust that in every city,
town, and borough throughout the country, a similar
committee will be formed, and that the central com-
mittee, in the metropolis, will put itself in communi-
cation with the provincial branches. There can be
no doubt of the result, if the machinery be but com-
plete; and this is the end to which Mr. Duncombe's
friends should direct immediate attention. The sub
scription to the testimonial has already begun, and
from what we have learned, is progressing most fa-
vourably in all quarters. We have given this pub-
licity to it in our columns in order that here and
elsewhere, such measures may be adopted as to make
the Duncombe testimonial a worthy exhibition of na-
tional feeling.—Liverpool Journal.

EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING AT ROCIIPORD.—Some
excitement was created in the usually quiet town of Roch-
tea in this county, on Thursday last, by the apprehen-
sion of William Lacell, late the contractor of her
Ma esty's mail in that lace, and James (cojnmonly
known by the name of Cad) Bishop, carrier, under
warrants from the Commissioners of Customs, for
having been concerned in the smuggling of a large
quantity of tobacco, which was landed in the Broom
Hills river, near that town, some time since, and con-
veyed by them to London. The detective officers from
the Customs visited Rochford again on Friday, having
warrants against several other individuals charged with
being Concerned in the same transaction, but at present
they have not made any other capture. Lacell and
Bishop we axe infbrmed have rendered themselves liable
to penalties to the amount of 10,000/, and as it is not
likely they will be bailed out, they will await their trial
in confinement. We understand that one of the parties
has impeached, and that several respectable houses in
London being implicated, proceedings have been taken
against the proprietors.—Essex Hr,ald.
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was
held last evening at the Grange Inn, Carey-street, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of James
Brookes' aged 45, who expired on Saturday in King's
College Hospital, from the effects of injuries received
under the following circumstances:—lt appeared that on
Saturday morning deceased was driving a cart laden
with potatoes to Covent-garden market, when, upon
reaching the middle of Great Queen-street, he was in
the act of passing another cart, driven by Charles Dilla,
a carman in the employ of Mr. Thompson, farmer, of
Tottenham. Dilla crossed the road with his team, forc-
ing the horses in Brookes' cart upon the pavement. A
collision taking place, deceased was crushed between the
two wheels of carts. He was conveyed to King's
College Hospital, where, in spite of all that could be
done for him, he died. W. Watts, another carman in
the employ of Mr. Thompson, and who was in company
witk Dilla at the time of the accident, stated that de-
ceased endeavoured to pass them in Queen- street, when
Dilla pulled his horses on one side, and a collision took
place. He heard deceased call out, but could not say
whether he was run over, or jammed between the wheels
of the carts. Police-constable 150 F gave similar evi-
dence. The jury, after a long consultation, delivered a
verdict of " Mans'aughter against Charles Dille," who
was removed iu the custody of the police, and the wit-
nesses were bound over to prosecute.
NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY.—The ter-
minus for this line is now in course of erection, and the
permanent rails have been laid as far as Carrow• road-
bridge.—Norfoih Chronicle.

PAUPER LUNACY IN THE
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.

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The following " Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the state of Pauper Lunatics
in the county of Middlesex, and to report to the
Court of Quarter Sessions the best means of pro-
viding for the complete and efficient accommodation
of such lunatics," has just been printed for circulation
amongst the county magistracy, &c. :
" In obedience to the directions of the Court, your
Committee have investigated the state of pauper
lunatics in this county, and beg leave to state, that
notwithstanding there were in September last in the
asylum at Ilan well 858 patients belonging to parishes
in the county, and 127 county patients, the existing
accommodation was by no means equal to the num-
bers requiring admission, as at that period there
were no less than 444 persons whom it was found
impossible to receive ; of whom 204 were
in licensed houses, fourteen residing with their
friends, four boarded out in lodgings, and 222 in
workhouses, notwithstanding the 45th section of the
Poor-law Amendment Act, which e:iacts, that No-
thing in this Act contained shall authorise the deten-
tion in any workhouse of any dangerous lunatic, in-
sane person, or idiot, for any longer period than four-
teen days ; and every person wilfully detaining in any
workhouse any such lunatic, insane person, or idiot for
more than fourteen days, shall be cleaned guilty of a
misdemeanour.' Your Committee find that at the date of
these returns such was the want of accommodation
in the county for the insane poor, that some parishes
were under the necessity of sending patients to an asy-
lum at Peckham; the county, and all private asyluies
open fur the reception of the insane poor in Middle-
sex, being full. From the Ist of January to the end
of March in the present year 40 cases were refused ad-
mission at the asylum, so that there is in reality little
chance of recent cases gaining admission at Hanwell;
and hence, not only is the cure of a patient much pro
tracted, but his ultimate recovery rendered more
doubtful ; the patient thus frequently becomes a per-
manent, instead of a casual charge upon the parish.
This, indeed, the records of the Hanwell Asylum
abundantly testify; where timely assistance has been
afforded, a speedy cure has been frequently effected ;
while, without such prompt attention, not only the
patient, but his whole family, remain chargeable.
" In making the above statements as to the want
of existing accommodation, your Committee by no
means wish to convey the impression that the afflict-
ing malady is increasing beyond the relative increase
of population ; they only desire to impress upon the
Court the fact that some hundreds of the insane poor
are at this time deprived of the comfort and means of
cure which the benevolence and liberality of the.
county afford in the establishment at Hanwell.
" Your Committee forbear enlarging on this branch
of their inquiry, and would conclude by stating it as
their deliberate opinion, that additional accommoda-
tion for the pauper lunatics of the county is abso-
lutely necessary, and should forthwith be provided.
" In order to ascertain the best means of effecting
this desirable object, your Committee requested the
opinion of the visiting justices of the Hanwell Asylum,
and beg to subjoin their reply, to the main features of
which your Committee desire to express their cordial
agreement. They therefore, in conclusion, trust that
authority will at once be given by the Court to se-
cure land fur the intended building, in order that
measures may be taken early in the ensuing year to
provide for the complete and efficient accommodation
of all the pauper lunatics of the county.
" HENRY POWNALL, Chairman."
REPLY OF THE VISITING JUSTICES OF THE HANWELL
ASYLUM REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
" The question having been referred to the visiting
justices as to how far it was practicable to afford ac-
commodation in the Asylum at Hanwell for all the
pauper lunatics of the county, they beg to report that
the present building contains very nearly a thousand
patients, and that for the pnrpose of admitting this
number the basement story was fitted up, which was
not originally intended for patients, and in which it was
not desirable that patients should have been placed, if
it could have been avoided, without being subject to
the far greater evils of remaining in workhouses and
private asylums. In applying the basement to its
present purpose, the visiting justices felt that they
were meeting an exigency in the best way that
they were able, without incurring any very great
expense by additions to the present building.
But experience has since taught that the appli-
cation of the basement story to sleeping apart-
ments for an increased number of patients presents
some inconveniences, and that the desire to econo-
mise, and to afford pauper patients the benefit of
superior comforts, and a more humane treatment, the
whole establishment has become inconveniently large,
so as to interfere with the proper subdivision and
classification of the patients. So far, therefore, from
there being accommodation for the remaining paupers
of the county, it would be more desirable rather to
relieve the present building from a portion of its
numbers.
"On consulting with the medical officers of the
establishment, the visiting justices find that it would
be unadvisable to add to the present Imilding, either
by an additional story, or by additional wings. They
think, and the visiting justices concur with them in
opinion, that for the purpose of classification and pro-
per ventilation, another building should be erected in
the immediate vicinity of the present, calculated to hold
at least 500 patients. This would properly accommo-
date all the patients of the county, would enable the
officers to separate the incurable and violent from the
curable and convalescent, and to secure that perfect
ventilation which is so necessary to bodily health.
By a more complete separation of the peaceable and
the convalescent, many advantages of medical impor-
tance would be gained ; and, besides this, if the
two establishments were in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of one another, there would be the eco-
nomical advantages of being supplied with gas from
the same works, of having a dock common to
both, and an abundance of excellent water from the
same springs ; and though it would be necessary to
have additional medical and other officers and attend-
ants, they might be conveniently placed under the
control of the governor, and subject to the direction
of one visiting physician.
"The visiting justices think that this plan would be
preferable to building another asylum at a distance from
the present. For laying out of consideration the above-
mentioned advantages, which would be gained by having
two asylums near one another, the inconveniences
would be great if they were at any considerable dis-
tance. It would seriously interfere with the proper
classification of the patients, nor could the different
parishes ascertain, without considerable trouble and
expense, to which asylum a patient might require to
be sent. Endless difficulties and mistakes might
arise, all of which would be obviated by having two
asylums in the immediate neighbourhood of one
another.
" The visiting justices beg to state in addition
that they have reason to believe that a sufficient
quantity of lands immediately adjoining the grounds
of the asylum might be purchased at a fair price,
well adapted to secure the advantages which the
visiting justices have pointed out.
" CHARLES AUGUSTUS TULK."

RAILWAYS AND CANALS.—Mr. Laing, of the Board
of Trade, stated in his evidence before the Select Com-
miltee, his opinion that as yet the average profit on rail-
ways has not been higher than that on canals. In a
subsequent part of his evidence, Mr. Laing said he did
not think it probable that railway property would ever
attain the same height of prosperity as some canals,
unless Parliament should grant the former an immunity
from competition. lle said be had known 1001. canal
shares sold for 3,000 L, whereas the highest price for
railway shares of the same amount bad been about 230/.
—Railway Record.
FRENCH EXPEDITION TO TUNIS.—The Fretich
fleet which sailed for the coast of Tunis, to resist the
Turkish fleet, had its labour for its pains, the Turkish fleet
having never come nearer Tunis than Beyroat, its
Syria, which is 600 or 700 miles distant. The Turkish
fleet consists of one ship of 120 guns, three of 100, three
of 74, a frigate of 60 guns, two of 44, and a brig of 20;
total, seven line-of-battle ships, three frigates, and a
brig, carrying 810 guns.
MIDLAND RAI LWATS- EXTENSION se—The Directors
of the MidlandßailwayCompany have issued a statement
relative to the proposed extensions into Lincolnshire. A
special meeting is to be held early in October, to take
the subject into consideration.---Railway Record. •
SUNDAY RAILWAY EXCURSION.—The oheap train
to Brighton and back on Sunday consisted of 88 car-
riages. The arrangements were the same as last week,
the Company sending off portions of the passengers as
fast as they could be seated. At twenty minutes before
nine o'clock 20 carriages arrived at Brighton; a quarter
of an hour later, 24 more reached the terminus ; and
two other lots of 23 and 21 carriages arrivedaf after the
lapse of similar intervals, the whole being in Brighton
before a qnarter to ten o'clock.
Show IN THE DOG DAYS.--CODLENTZ,. AUG. 19.
—On the afternoon of the 16th
the tilitherineen. It il .asas aalllmofesstnionw
in the vicinity of Rhense, on .
credible that snow should fall in the dog days, on the
banks of the Rhine.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE KEEPER OF EXETER
HALL, WHILE BATHING.—On
1. Saturday
Gordon, keeper
morning, about
of
half-past Exeter o'clock, as
Ibeen ' Williamlodging at Mr. Kirkhani's,
oxe reii
ahltl
in Edward-street, Brighton, for a change of air, was
bathing in the sea, be was suddenly taken with a fit and
fell in the water. lie was immediately assisted into the
machine from which lie had been bathing., and was at-
tended by an assistant of Mr. Cordy Burrows, surgeon,
but life was extinct. An inquest was held before Mr.
F. H. Gell, coroner for Efrst Sussex, on Saturday even-
ing. Verdict, " Died of apoplexy." Deceased's wife
was waiting on the beach when he was taken with the
fit which ended in his death.
THE FIRST EXCURSION TRAIN FR OM LONDON TO
ExETER.—The Great Western Railway's first excursion
train from London to Bath, Bristol, Taunton, and Exeter,
left Paddington yesterday morning at seven o'clock,
with nearly 500 passengers ; the fares, for the holvday
travellers, having been reduced one-half. At Slough,
Reading, and the several stations along the line, the
numbers were considerably increased, amounting in the
aggregate to nearly 1,000 passengers.

I EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.
c The neighbourhood of Henhain-psi k, the country scat
of the Earl of Stradbroke, was thrown into a state of,
1 great excitement on Saturday morning last, Au7uiii3l,
by the rumour being spread that his Lordship's -Lama:
keeper, whose name was Easey, had destroyed himself.
'Phis. report, on inquiry, was found to be but AOO true.
About eleven o'clock on the morning of that:day the
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unfortunate man, it appeared, whose chant ter for
quietness and general worth was high, left his sittage, ,
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which is situate on the Henharn-park estate, taking a 1 /ea' s k/
double-barrelled gun with him. He proceeded so riapot---; ‘
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at the back of his house, where grow a quantity of lined' • '
rushes; and of these he managed in an ingeaious and
most original manner to form the means of his death
and fearful mutilation. From the relative positions in
which the body and gun were fund, it would seem
that he had fixed some of the rushes acro,'S the
two triggers of his piece, and placed his lust upon
the end of those rushes in such a manner as to triable
him, having put the end of the barrels in his mouth, to
fire off the gun! The effect of this most extraerdinary
and determined act of suicide was, of course, the imme-
diate death of the unhappy man. The whole of the
head was shattered in a frightful manner, particularly the
left side, which was blown completely away. The brain
was found in a tolerably perfect condition, at a distance
from the corpse. A inure resolute and horrible mode of
sell-slaughter can scarcely ever, if ever, have recurred.
As may be imagined, the circumstance has created greet
excitement in the immcdia'e vicinity of the park, and
indeed around that part of the country; and the varieus
circumstances attending the melancholy act are sup h as
to be well calculated to increase the pecular and painful
interett of the ease. From the situation held by the de-
ceased he necessarily had the chief care and dirfetien of
the Esrl of Stradhroke's game preserve s; and as the
Noble Lord was expected to arrive on Saturday at
Henham Park with his family, Eafey was anxious to
have all duly prepared for his reception and
.sporting
amusement on Monday. However, for some toe last
the poachers have been active on the estate, and great
quantities of the game have been destroyed and taken
by them, including several of his Lordship's favourite
breeding birds among numbers of pheasants that have
fallen before these illegal sportsmen. The vexation and
annoyance causcd to the deceased by these predatory
acts have been very great.. Persons who had seen and
conversed with him during the past week all remarked
how unusually dull and depressed his manner was. It
is imagined by his wife and those most intimate with
him that this has been the cause of that state of mind
which led to the commissien of the fatal deed, combined
with the expectation of meeting his master so semi, and
the fear excited that the Noble Earl would impute blame
to hint for negligence of his duties in permitting
,the
continuance of such robberies of his preserves. %ne-
ther such were really the origin of the suicide or not it
is, of course, quite impossible now to decide ; but it
would seem to afford a very probable and likely cease for
the melancholy circumstance in the absence of any do-
mestic and private motive for the act. It is also stated
that he was to have been a witness at the examination of
some poachers, who will be brought before the magis-
trates on Wednesday. These men he saw leave with
game in their possession, he being afraid to attack them,
they being four or five in number. This may have
added to the troubled state of mind under which the un •
fortunate man had evidently for some days laboured. It
was expected that the inquest would be held yesterday
(Monday).

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CAPTAIN WARNER AND TILE GOVERNMENT.---011
Saturday the correspondence which has taken place be-
tween Captain Warner and the Government, respecting
his inventions, was printed by order of the House of
Commons. The first letter was dated the sth of Octo-
ber, 1841, awl the last on the 9th of November, 1843.
It appears that Captain Warner, who in 1841
complained that he had suffered ten years' delay, sus-
pense, and disappointment, demanded 200,0001 for his
invisible shell, and 200,0001. for his " long range," and
in graphic terms speaks of their destructive powdre on
sea and land ; at the same time he states, that the dis-
appointments he has endured hare involved him in pecu-
niary embarrassments, alluding to the commands of the
late King, that he should not leave the country, and the
expectations he had formed that his inventions would
have been accepted. In the first letter from Sir Robert
Peel to Sir George Murray, the Right llon. Baronet re-
quests that great caution should be used in the negotia •
tions, and declares the sum to be " exorbitant, at least
large in amount," and refers to a letter shown him by
Lord Ingestie, that 300,0001 would be no obstable from
a foreign Power to secure the inventions. It would seem
that in October last it was arranged that the " long range"
invention should be tested. Captain Warner offered to
procure 1,5004 and the Government consented to pay
5001. The farmer was, however, unable to raise his
portion, and the negotiations were abruptly closed at the
end of the month. The public are aware of the recent
experiment, and the discussion which has occurred bathe
House of Commons, which discussion is likely to be con-
tinued in consequence of the information which is now
afforded by the Parliamentary document of the corre-
spondence, which contains a great many letters, and ex-
tends to seventy printed pages.
Preparations have commenced at W'itley Court,
the rent of Lord Ward, which the Queen Dowager rents,
but nu precise Feriod has yet been named for the ar-
rival of her Majesty and suite from Bushy.
Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, family, and suite,
left London yesterday, by the Antwerp( n steam-packet,
on a tour through Germany and Switzerland, and intend
passing the winter in Italy.
GRAND JUNCTION Pt AILWAT.--We are glad to
learn that this Company have at last to far complied with
the wants of the public as to intimate that they are
about to make arrangements for putting second-class
carriages on the line, so as to meet those of the Birming-
ham and London at Birmingham. This is an important
alteration that ought long ago to have been enforced.
Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock,
the body of a full-grown male child was found down the
area of Mr. IVhittingham printer, Took's court, Chan-
cery-lane. It was wrapped in a dirty coarse black apron,
and appeared to have bean born alive. '1 he body was
conveyed to the workhouse, where it awaits an inquest.
THE HARVEST IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.—
Every species of grain crop, through the whole western
district of this county, with the exception of a row
patches on poor ground and mountain fields, has fallen
b. neath the sick. The farmers on every side, from here
to Bandon, have been for the last fortnight cutting down,
and the yield of wheat and oats, though net atundant,
has been found to give a fair average crop. The wheat,
generally, is good, clean and free from smut, &c., though
the head is rather light, and the straw shot t. The oat
crop has not been found so productive, and in many places,
patches of that grain in the field have been left standing,
while other parts have been cut down ; this may have beer.
owing to bad tillage; but what with the quantityin this state,
and the portion that has been laid by adverse wind and
rain, the crop does not appear to be one that will repay
the farmer. There are, of course, many exceptions,
particularly on the farms of extensive landowners.
From Bandon to Clonaleilty, Dunmanway, Rosscarbery,
Skibbereen, &c., the same state of things appears ti
exist, varying only with regard to certain localities, and
modes of culture. But one remarkable feature that
strikes the observer in passing through the west is, that
that most useful process, draining, appears to have been
adopted, for not a bit of ground, however small,
stony or ill-conditioned, that has not been anbjectel
or is in course of subjection to it. The farmers, ton,
appear to understand it now, and those who tried it last
year speak in high praise of its value, and regret their
inability to apply it in its most perfect and imPros(ei
form to certain portions of their ground reclaimable by
no other method. The late potato crop promiies an
abundant yield, and the-glorious sunshine that has con-
tinued for the last ten or twelve days is hailed as a happy
harbinger, after the late rains, bringing promise of a
bountiful supply of " the poor men's crop." Barley ap-
pears to have taken its final leave of the west, and to be
as little known or cared for as intemperance ; indeed, it
would appear that in proportion as the blessings and
benign influence of teetotalism forced its onward marsh.
and spread its all-conquering power over the land, so did
Barley, like a beaten and retreating foe, cower before
the victor, and ultimately left him in undisputed possee-
sion.—Cork Southern Reporter.
ETON COLLEGE, AUG. 30.—Her Majesty having
graciously expressed a desire that a week's holyday
should be granted to the Eton boys, in commemoration
of (lie birth of the infant Prince, the Provost has given
this week, in addition to the present holydays. The
school, therefore, will open for the collegers and lower
oppidans on Saturday, the 21st of. September.
SUDDEN DEATH.--Yesterday, about one o'clock,
an awful instance of sudden death occarred in Upper
John-street, Hoxton. The deceased, a man about -fifty
years of age, was engaged in carrying coals to the house
of lir. Smith (No. 14), when, after emptying a sack
into the coal-cellar, Mrs. Smith observed to him that his
nose was bleeding. He endeavoured to reply, but was
rkeoe,
where was a
conveyedconeus
unable, in consequence of the rapid flow of blood both
will to
from his nose and mouth, and had just strength left to
gain the door,' when he fell down and instantly expired.
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immediatelyinques
he be held. It appears by
the statement of some fellow-workmen (who were un-
able h‘ Sand( just) eoitc
recovered
workhouse,
h from
a severe Illness, nagnmdethatt
his widow is now confined to her
bed with
to givewitha his
an attack of rheumatism, without any means
ror
of
BlslBllgrt.
rr FAlR.—This fair, which is considerably
the largest for cattle throughout England, takes place on
pbl
beasts
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brought mottled withup tbis black
year
eacattle.
is
Wednesday next. The face of the whole of the pasture
grounds for a mile and more around the town is com-
orTehenunmnmerobeusr otfhaWnehlsash
been the case for the lust two years past, and the kine,
on a general scale, appear extremely healthy and in good
order. The Welsh drovers affirm that they have been
very lucky this season, compared with what they were
two years ago, their beasts having been more free from
the fatal effects of the epidemic which carried off such
numbers of them at that period. The number of buyers
already arrived is pretty numerous, and there is a fair
prospect of some business being done upon the occasion.
Barnet, which, since the completion of the Birmingham
line, has been almost deserted, is just now assuming a
bustling appearance, and the various innkeepers, who
have suffered so severely in consequence of the traffic
to the north of England being thrown into a different
channel, are now taking their annual benefit in good
arrest, upon which they chiefly depend. It may be as
well, by the way, to caution sellers of stock to secure
these curl!,thhte
xt(l 's of the same against the dexterity o pre e
tirgered fraternity, who at Barnet fair arc always busy
•
in:pursuing their furtive avocations.
We regret to learn that an attempt was made on
Tuesday morning last, about four o'clock, to set fire to
an outhouse upon Woodland's Farm, Woodham Walter,
in this county. The miscreant selectei for his diabolical
purpose an outbuilding near the dwelting-house, but for-
tunately the extent of damage was very limited.
liberal reward has been offered for the detection of the
offender.—Essex Herald.

OFFICE OF THE CHAMBERLAIN
OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

Yesterday a numerous meeting of the friends of
Alderman Brown, one of the candidates for the office of
Chamberlain of the City, vacant by the death of Sir W.
Heygate, took place at the City of London Tavern.
There were amongst the large assemblage the follow-
ing gentlemen:—Aldermen Sir Peter Laurie and
John Johnson, Rev. J. A. Hankey, Mr. Curling,
Mr. Bousfield, Mr. Baggally, Mr. Johnson, the
member for Coleman-street Ward, &c.
Sir P. LAURIE, as the senior Alderman present, was
called to the chair by acclamation. He stated that
he certainly felt highly honoured by being called in
so emphatic a manner to the chair. He would have
felt more gratification if the chair had been occupied
by the Lord Mayor, as his Lordihip had intended.
The various duties of the office had, however, been
an obstacle to his Lordship's intention ; but the
meeting might be assured that the Chief Ma-
gistrate had been most laborious and ener-
getic in his exertions for the success of their re-
spected friend Alderman Brown.—(Loud cheers.)
lie found in the paper of arrangements for the day
so many influential names of gentlemen who were
to take part in the proceedings, that he should
not trespass upon the attention of the meeting, but he
would not be doing justice to his own feelings, and to
the high character of the candidate he supported, if
he did not at once declare his conviction that in the
metropolis there could not be found any individual so
well adapted as their excellent friend, Alderman
Brown, for the important office of Treasurer of the
ancient City of London. Alderman Brown's reputa-
tion was unblemished and unassailable; and he had
never uttered a falsehood.—(Cheers.) As to the re-
sult, there could, he was convinced, be no doubt. In-
deed, he did not expect to hear of the other candi-
dates on Thursday, the day of nomination ; for upon
finding, upon their canvass, that they stood not the
slightest chance of success, they would, it was rea-
sonable to suppose, retire from the contest previously.
—(Cheers.) He would add nothing more than that
Alderman Brown had through life shown that his
word was his bond, and that he was in debt to no
man.—(Cheers.)
Alderman JOHN JOHNSON felt the highest gratifi-
cation in moving the first re3olution. He had had an
acquaintance with Alderman Brown of twenty-two
yearn' standing. The resolution stated that Alderman
Brown, by his long and faithful services as a magis-
trate, by the industry, ability, integrity, and punc-
tuality, with which he had discharged his magis-
terial duties, and by his zealous vindication of the
rights of the liverymen, when recently assailed in the
Court of Common Council, had justly entitled himself
to the esteem and regard of his fellow-citizens ; and
the fact of his being, next to Sir C. S. Hunter, senior
Alderman, furnished an addidional claim to the Livery
of London.—(Cheers.)
Mr. T. A. lIANKEY seconded the re3olution, an i
bore testimony to the high character maintained by
Alderman Brown during a public life of some con-
siderable length. It was not in the power of any
man to allege against the worthy Alderman the
slightest act of an objectionable nature in his public
or private career; and in the whole of the civic com-
munity no man could be found who was better quali-
fied for the high office.
The resolution was adopted amid great cheering.
Mr. R. BAGGALLY proposed a resolution, pledging
the meeting, collectively and individually, to use
every exertion to secure the election of Alderman
Brown.

lir. R. JOHNSON seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously adopted.
Mr. D. S. HEREON proposed the next resolution.
It was to the effect of appointing a Committee to
conduct the election.

Mr. BOUSFIELD seconded the resolution. The list
of those who volunteered to serve upon the Committee
included the names of the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, Sir John Pirie, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir Geo
Carroll, Aldermen Challis, Farncombe, and Gibbs,
Mr. John Masterman, M.P., Mr. T. A. Hankey, and
above 200 other names, which it was determined
should be published in the newspapers.
Alderman BROWN rose amidst cheers. It was, he
said, now forty years since he had been called upon,
amidst those with whom he had first drawn breath,
and amongst whom he had received his professional
education, to become a member of the City of London.
At that time he had supposed there existed no merits
of his own which could have induced his friends to
think so favourably of him. He was then but just
entering into life, but he was the son and grandson
of those who had maintained an unblemished reputa-
tion in the immediate neighbourhood in which he had
been born and bred.—(Cheers.) On that spontaneous
suggestion of his friends he had consented to accede
to their wishes. In so consenting he felt that he had
the character of two questions to support, and he had
also felt that he had to vindicate, by the proper dis-
charge of his duties, as a member of the Common
Council, the judgment of those who, by electing,
had placed such unbounded confidence in him.
Twenty-seven years afterwards the alderman of
the ward resigned his gown, and then the honourable
appointment to the magistracy was offered to him. He
had at first refused to be a candidate, but upon con-
sultation with his friends he had felt it to be his duty
to accept it. He had accepted the office with the feel-
ing that the discharge of the duties of the office would
be met with an indulgence which, he could say, had
been more than realised.—(Cheers.) He declared that
he could not lay claim to all which the resolution just
passed attributed to him. To the fearless and con-
scientious discharge of the duties of his office as a ma-
gistrate he, however, certainly would lay claim, and
he believed he had never been insensible to the esti-
mation of wise and good men.—(Cheers.) On po-
litical questions he had always maintained that course
which, in his conscience, he believed to be right, and at
the same time he had given credit to others who dif-
fered from him from the same conscientious feeling.
He had always been convinced that in this land of li-
berty there must, and there ought to be, differences of
opinion, and that it was by the discussion of these
difti3rences of opinion truth was elicited.—(Cheers.) In
many of these discussions he had taken part, but he
was sure that he had never intentionally uttered a
syllable calculated to give offence to any man. Sup-
ported as he had been he could not entertain a doubt
as to the- result of the election, but still he instructed
his friends not to relax in their exertions, and not to
forget that no election was secure until the return
was actually made. He further had a most anxious
desire that the contest should be conducted through-
out as a contest between gentlemen, and that every-
thing which had the appearance of calumny and mis-
representation should be abstained from altogether.
Mr. KING moved the thanks of the meeting to Sir
Peter Laurie for bid conduct in the chair.
Mr. CURLING seconded the motion, which was una-
nimously cat-ried, and the meeting adjourned.

EMANUEL HOSPITAL.
Some days ago we mentioned, under the head of
"The Committee of Aldermen," that some essential
alterations were about to be proposed. The proposi-
tions for enlarging Emanuel Hospital are directed,
we are given to understand, to educational purposes.
The present establishment consists of about twenty
boys, twenty girls, twenty residents in alms-houses,
and ten out-pensioners. The Court of Aldermen have
recently increased the number of children to forty,
and have established on the estates of the hospital a
school sufficiently large to give daily education to all
the poor children of Bransburton, in Yorkshire,
where some of them lie. On the first endowment,
by Lady Deere, the rents of the estate did not exceed
1001. per annum, but, by the falling in of the leases,
and judicious management of the estates, the rents
now produce between 2,0001. and 3,0001. per annum,
which sum, by the express direction of the founder,
is to be expended in education and alms at Emanuel
Hospital in Westminster, on a site contracted for by
Lady Mere herself, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
and purchased for that purpose, pursuant to her
directions, by the executors.
The Court of Aldermen, therefore, have determined
to give the utmost latitude to the founder's intention,
and to enable the neighbourhood to enjoy to the
fullest extent the advantages of a cheap and good
education. Hence it becomes necessary to elevate the '
position in a ratio with its funds to give it somewhat
of a collegiate character ; and there is for this pur-
pose now under the consideration of the Court, a pro-
position that the master should be converted into a
resident principal,mtter subordinate to whom shall be a
number of
of scholsa,:ltniel assistants,
in the various de-
partmentsedfucation, that at least sixty
children may be on the
well as
enjoying board,
lodging, and clothing, as
are to be selected from
cthilddren of
amongst the
and who
clergymen, and other professional men andaleao
ara tradesmen,
in reduced circumstances. There
tion that 400 persons of like classes not in thePfro°uPn7-
tion, shall receive daily education similar to that
Keven to the upper and junior departments of the
ing's College, upon payment of a small amount,
to enable the Court to provide and secure a supply of
learned and able tutors and roasters.
Thus it is contemplated to establish in Westminster
another great institution in a dense population, for the
education of the growing classes of the community.
Hitherto the Emanuel Hospital has been unknown.
There is now a prospect of its being made one of
equal utility with many of the great institutions of
the kingdom.

THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER THAMES..---A pa-
rphlias appeared in some of the newspapers to the
ert that the new regulations, which the Committee of
Aldermen have been discussing are now in operation.
There is no truth in it. The further consideration of the
regulations is postponed. Before any new regulations
can be in operation, they must pass the Court of Alder-
men, and be confirmed by the approval of a judge. It is
stated tiaat the Star steamer had 1,250 passengers on
board on Tuesday last.