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

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1844.

HAMBURGII MAIL.

COULENTZ, AUG. 19.—0 n the afternoon of the 16th
there was a fall of snow in the vicinity of Rhense, on
the Rhine.

CARLSRUHE.—The Journal Vorwarts, published at
Paris, is prohibited at Carlsruhe. •
DANTIIC, AUG. 24.—Quarter to Nine, P.M. :—His
Majesty the King has this moment arrived here. The
city is brilliantly illuminated; all the bells are ring-
ing ; and the enthusiasm of the people is boundless.
BRUNSWICK, AUG. 27.—An ordinance, dated the
22d instant, announces that the Duke has assumed
the title of Highness (Hobert), instead of that of
Serene Highness (Durchlancht), which he has
hitherto borne. _

BERLIN AUGUST 26.—During the visit of the King
to one of the Silesian Spa 3, a circumstance is said, on
good authority, to have taken place, which, to prevent
misrepresentation, requires further communication.
Among the number of persons who flocked from all
quarters, and who testified the most sincere loyalty
and attachment to his Majesty, there appeared, it is
said, a man in female attire, who attracted general
attention *by his gigantic stature, and took advan
tage of an opportunity to mix some shameful and
disrespectful words with the general acclamations.
He was arrested on the spot, and proved to be a cri-
minal from the House of Correction.

On the 22d the documente respecting the treason-
able attempt of Tschech were laid before the tribunal
to pass sentence. His counsel, M. Valentin, repre-
sents his client as insane, and on that account re-
quires his entire acquittal.

HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, At* 30.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1630
Anglo-Russian Loan 113% 113
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 1047i 104%
Inscription, let series — 105
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
U
Series 9B
98
Ditto in Certificates 99 4 98
New 4 per Cent. (1840) 904
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .........
Ditto 5 per Cent. —
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 8 % 65%
Cents.
5 h Spanis, New per
16% 16%

_
Polish Bonds —
New Tickets .6—
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bsaur, Auti,29.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch.,r3% per cent.
Prussian English Bonds, 1630, I per cent.
Exchange on London
Prussian State Gazette. Aug 3O.
AUS'I KIAN 1.0 IrDs.,—VIUNNA, Auo. 24.
Five par Cents. Metalliques .. 110%
Four par Cents. lOO
Three per Cents
Bank Shares —. .. ............... ... • l6OO
Allgerneine Zeitung, Aug. 27.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEts, Am. 30.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lO2
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent
~.... Three per Cent...........
----Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
.1.•••..1•••••.1
--- 1844 ........ .. ....... ......"...., 103%
Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent 102%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ..............»...:» 61%
Issue of 1841 —
—.Brussels Papers, Aug. 3 L

MESMERISM.

Last evening, the Marquise St. Simon Tecman
gave another grand soiree mesmerique, at her resi-
dence in Baker-street. The company was very nu-
merous, and the experiments varied and striking. A
paralytic patient (a lady) being apparently thrown
into the condition called the mesmeric trance, by the
manipulations of Madam Tecman, and being ascer-
tained to be insensible to every sign and sound, and
to every object around or in contact with her, at a
motion of the Marquise's hand from the opposide side
of the room, rose from her chair without assistance
and walked steadily towards the Marqui e, and then
followed her about the room, although the patient was
manifestly in a state of sleep or unconsciousness more
profound than ordinary somnambulism. On being
restored to the ordinary state, the lady stated that she
was progressively recovering the use of the para-
lysed side. The Marquise herself was, in the
course of the evening, subjected to the mesmeric
influence, in which state she possesses, or is
supposed to possess, the mysterious specialite called
" clairvoyance ;" and, indeed, the revelations which
she made to those who, last night, consulted her were
surprising, and wholly inexplicable by any ascer-
tained laws of nature. To some she described mi-
nutely the condition of their own health, and the seat,
extent, and duration of disease, if any. To others
she described the appearance, stature, age, health, and
character of friends at a distance, respecting whom
they put questions to her; and to one gentleman, of
whose occupations and connections, friends or ene-
mies, she could not by possibility know anything,
the Marquise (all the time in a profound sleep) de-
tailed occurrences which happened to him in a distant
country years ago, named the country, and accurately
explained a train of painful sensations to which he is
subject ; and, to crown the whole, described to him
the persons, at a distance, who at the moment occu-
pied his thoughts. To account for these things, and
much more that were witnessed on this occasion, is
impossible, but they seemed to be beyond the suspi-
cion of collusion or deception.

NEW ASSOCIATION OF
SOLICITORS.

Yesterday a meeting was holden at the Grav's-Inn
Coffee-house, which had been-called by the Solicitorsin London, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the inroads that had been made upon the pro-
fession by recent legislative enactments, and to form
an association for mutual protection.
D. WIRE, Esq., took the Chair. The meeting was
not very fully attended.
The CHAIRMAN explained the object of calling
together the members of the profession, which he did
by reading a rather voluminous advertisement, and
animadverting upon the different topics which it
contained. The meeting, it appeared, had been the
result of a private meeting which had been convened
at the chambers of Mr. Clarke, solicitor. The Chair-
man said there already existed a Law Association—
but besides that being liable to be considered as chiefly
limited to the aristocracy of the profession, and that
consequently young practitioners had not a proper
standing, there was another reason for instituting
another association—there was reason to believe that the
Law Association had been rather remiss in guarding
the interests of the profession. He said it might be
thought by the public that the object of this meeting
was selfish on the part of the profession, and he would
at once admit such was the case; and he contended
that they had certain privileges conferred upon them
by the Legislature, to quality them for that which they
had to undergo—severe examinations to be passed be-
sides the large price of stamps for articles, fees of ad-
mission, and annual licenses, by which they so largely
contributed towards the revenue, and on these
grounds he contended they had a right to protect
their privileges. He was one of those who would always
be a law reformer, and he was sure that every respecta-
ble member of the profession would go with him in
that, and had the profession been consulted, that they
would have given their support and advice in the
promulgation of useful reform in the law ; but that
which had been recently introduced, and which was
called law reform, had not improved the profession,
but, on the contrary, had detracted from it, by intro-
ducing men to practice who were without character.
He thought it, therefore, right that they should watch
the Acts in future brought in by men who were not
practical lawyers themselves, and who never were
qualified to be legislators. He drew a contrast be-
tween the Acts that were passed in former times,
which could all be easily understood, and when a
practitioner might have carried with him the number
passed in one session in his pocket, with the present
time, when the result of each session would nearly
load a cart, and each Act realised the saying that " a
coach and six might be driven through it." He
alluded to the conduct of Lord Brougham, who, like
many more, turned round upon the members of that
branch of the profession by whose means he had at-
tained his elevated position, and who now wanted to
bolster his fallen state by creating a reputation that he
was the poor man's friend. But it ought to go forth that
there were poor creditors, as well as poor debtors, that
wanted protection at the hands of the law. He had
known instances of oppression by imprisonment, but
be had known many instances of men who had been
kept in prison because they would not do justice to
their creditors. Ile was desired, before he sat down,
to state that the public had not yet made up their
minds that Lord Brougham was right in his last Act
of Parliament. He held in his hand 200 petitions for
the repeal of that Act, abolishing imprisonment for
debt for sums under 201., from towns, if not including
the very part where Lord Brougham was domiciled—
Kendal, Carlisle, and other towns. The petitions had
been hurriedly got up, yet they enrolled 15,000 sig-
natures._

Mr. GODDARD moved the first resolution, which
was in purport that steps should be taken to prevent
any one from practising not duly qualified. He
thought the profession had a right to that protection.
At present there were practising, in England and
Wales, 15,000 attorneys. They had contributed, in
stamps for their articles, to the revenue, 1,500,000/ ;
for their certificates, 100,0001. more, besides their
annual licenses.

Mr. LEWIS LINCOLN seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously carried.
Resolutions were then iv and carried unanimously,
forming an interim
of the Association, and a number present enrolled
themselves as members, the annual subscription being
one guinea. Committee to carry out the objects

g, about
but serious accident . QUEEN'S
ACCIDENT IN Tut
six o'clock, the following singular
PaisoN.—On Satur-
dayunfortunate gentleman, Jackson, an inmate
evening,
of occurred to a gentleman named
with another debtor, when, the Queen's Bench Prison. The
, who is a fine young man, about
twenty-four years was playing a game at rackets
re-
turned, falling three yards behind him, and near
having raised the ball, it
opponentnereen'
stood. The latter then struck it,
when he immediately,
round, the ball came in violent contact with his face,
awnhde where histh e
aamtwe
moment Mr. Jackson turning himself
ne.overing it with his hands and
eyes t,ly
out
—my
Tehxe-
running about apparently
claimed "Oh my
ttnd the person with whom he
lookers-on of the
was playing, perceiving
to blood oozing through his fingers,
left
eye was lying their horror discovered that his
cheek. He was immediatelycompletely out of its socket on his
where he was attended
Hunter, a surgeon in thebythe medical officer, and Mr.
replaced the eye, after a carefulneighbourhood, who, having
the sight to be irreparably examination, pronounced
was paid to the sufferer, destroyed. Every attention
yesterday continued tore, who throughout the night and
pain. A somewhat
similar
the most excruciating
occurred in the same prison about accident is said to have
about October last.
The galvanic telegraph on
Rail-
way, between Paddington and
dtshle Great Western
oughre-
quisition yesterday, to communicate , was in great
the Paddington terminus, of several the departure, from
dis-
tinguished visitors, and to order carriages of her Majesty's
the Royal Hotel at Slough, to he and four, from
arrival at that station. those Amongst
tinreadiness upon their
availed themselves of this mode of personages who
losing not a moment's time on theireimmunication (thus
were the Earl of Liverpool, the Ee reaching Slough)
warr, Sir Robert Peel, Baron r and Countess Dela-
Count Neselrocle, 80- The Duke Anthony Rothschild,
pro-
ceeded to the Castle from Slough on
of Wellington
horseback.
On Friday afternoon last, as ivil
Robert Turnbull,
merchant, Scalloway, Mr. Standen,l". Oxford, and two
men, were returning to Scalloway °f
sailing boat, and while about mid Y from Reanic, in a
islands of Hoy and Hevra, the channel,ho between the
at took in so much
water as to fill and go down, when Mr. Turnbull and
the two men were drowned. Immediately on the boat
being filled, Mr. Standen, seeing that
the danger was
imminent, sprang from the boat, and swam off a little
distance. He then turned to look f•or his unfortunate
companions, who were clinging to one another, and
uttering terrific cries of despair, but
heavy aid from him was
hopeless,as, being encumbered withcoat arid boots,
and feeling the weight of them seri
exertions to save himself, he was, therefore impeded his
ore, compelled to
strike out for the nearest land, which
Was about a mile
distant. To himself, however, the possibility of swim-
ming so far, encumbered as he was, together with the
coldness of the water, the wind being strong from the
north, appeared impracticable; but theat
moment when
hope almost fled, to his inexpressible
.1•
seen making towards him, and in a few minutes
a vessel was
minutes more a
boat from her arrived, and took him in, landing him
shortly thereafter at Scalloway, much exhausted.—
Perth Journal.
THE FIFTH FUSILIERS.—The sergeants of this
corps, previous to leaving Dublin garrison, presented a
splendid silver cup, with a suitable inscription, to Colour-
sergeant G. Miller, on his leaving that regiment, in tes-
timony of the high estimation in which e was held by
them, for a period of twenty-two years and upwards.—
Northern Whig.
An inhabitant of St. Denis, who
a was evidently
insane, lately committed suicide instrange manner.
He had for some time employed himself in endeavouring
Re
to imitate an egg in pasteboard. took this egg,
filled it with gunpowder, placed it in his mouth, and
then with a match which he had got from his wife, as if
to light a cigar, touched the powder, and with the explo-
sion blew his brains out.

STATE OF THE ENGLISH NAVY.
(FROM A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT.)
DEVONPORT, AUG. 31.—A short time since we
paid off our Mediterranean squadron, except one sail
of the line, and reduced our navy in commission below
that of France. We now see the inconvenience of
this measure, and the dilemma in which it has placed
us, for, while the two fleets remain as they are, we
must only trust to French moderation ; and if we
adopt effectual measures to restore equality between
them, those measures will create alarm, and possibly
provoke hostile feeling. This may account for the
apparent apathy of Ministers on so important a point ;
but still the interests and dignity of England require
her to resume the maritime preponderance essential
to her positions, and which should never have been
abandoned. The following is a correct statement of
our whole disposable force (line of battle ships only)
in Europe :
At Portsmouth there is no ship of the line full
manned (unless we reckon Sir G. Seymour's flag-
ship, under orders for the Pacific) ; the Queen, 110,
is slowly manning, and may be complete in a few
months. At Plymouth there is no ship of the line
except the Portsmouth flag-ship (St. Vincent, 120),
sent there for the nonce, the Plymouth flag-ship being
at Lisbon ; nor is there any other ship of war, except
one steamer. At Sheerness and Chatham there is one
line of battle ship ; I know not if she is full manned.
Of course, I do not count ordinary ships, as the Vic-
tory and San Joseph, which are not seaworthy.
Also we have the Formidable and Albion at Gib-
raltar, the Caledonia at Lisbon, and that is all. We
are attempting to raise men for " general service,"
but the whole would not man a frigate. If we com-
mission four or five line of battle ships, there is no
reason to think they would be less than eight months
in manning. What an attitude for a country seek-
ing redress for an outrage ! This is not demand-
ing satisfaction, it is suing for it in formes pauperis.

SOUTH WALES COMMISSION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,---In the catalogue of grievances collected by Mr.
Frankland Lewis and his brother Commissioners, 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 is 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 end should be put 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 handed over to the treasurer,
and it is a duty incumbent on them to exercise judicious
economy in county financial matters*.—l am, Sir, &c.,
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 Duncombe. At a time when opposition
seems almost to hare 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 Duncombe, by his
gallant and independent bearing, his indefati-
gable exposure of abuses, and decided avowal of
great principles, has not only atoned for the short.
comings of those with whom he is sometimes com-
pelled 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' Bill, 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 ‘‘' hig, 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 popular 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
comprehensive political franchises, equality and jus-
tice to Ireland—have brought such qudtions to the
test of Parliamentary discussion, Mr. Thomas Dun-
combe has invariably supported them by his vote, and
not unfrequently by his manly and straightforward
eloquence.
With this estimate, therefore, 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 his 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. We repeat, then, that we have
no sympathy with the spurious delicacy which would
reject an acknowledgment as honourable to those who
offer 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 ROCIIFORD.— Some
excitement was created in the usually quiet town of Roch-
ford, in this county, on Thursday last, by the apprehen-
sion of 'William Lacell, late the contractor of her
Majesty's mail in that place, and James (commonly
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 nut made any other capture. Lacell and
Bishop we are informed 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 Herald.
VERDICT OF ALkNSLAUGIITER.—An inquest was
held last evening at the Grange Inn, Carey-street, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, before Mr: Riggs, 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 Cownt-garden market, when, upon
reaching the middle of Great Queen-street, he was in
the act of passing another cart, driven by Charles Dille,
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 the 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 .
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 "Manslaughter against Charles Dille," who
was removed in the custody of the police, and the wit-
nesses were bound over to prosecute.
Noßwicit AND BRAN DON 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.---Nor foil; Chronicle.

PAUPER LUNACY IN THE
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.

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-
vidinp•for the complete and efficient accommodation
of such lunatics," has just been printed fur 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 Hanwell 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 022 in
workhouses, notwithstanding the 45th section of the
Poor-law Amendment Act, which enacts, 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 deemed 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 asylums
open for 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 -for 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 building, 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, th© 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 reascn 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.—MT. 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. He said he had known 1001. canal
shares sold for 3,0001., whereas the highest price for
railway shares of the same amount had been about 2501.
—Railway Record.
FRENCH EXPEDITION TO TUNIS.—The French
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 Beyrout, in
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 RAILWAYS EXTENSIONS.—The Directors
of the Midland Railway Company 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.—Rallicag
SUNDAY RAILWAY EXCURSION.--The cdheapBB
of to Brighton and back on Sunday
consisted
last week,
car-
riages. The arrangements were the same
h
asassen9ers as
the Company sending off portions of
tt p
Record.
train
yentinutesbefore
fast as they could be seated.,
of an hour later, 24 more reached the d ,
nine o'clock, 20 carriages arriveAdtattwßearigthetrominausq.uaratnedr
two other lots of 23 and 21 carriages tt.rriv!,after the
af sgiornairltaerritnotetrzols,,clotchke.whole being in Brighten
lapsebefore o
SNOW IN THE DOG DAYS.—COBLENTZ, AUG. 19.
—On the afternoon of the 16th there was a fall of snow
in the vicinity of Rhense, on the Rhine. It is almost in-
credible that snow should fall in the dog days, on the
banks of the Rhine.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE KEEPER or EXETER
HALL, WHILE BATHING.—On Saturday morning, about
half-past eight o'clock, as Mr. William Gordon, keeper
of Exeter Hall who, had been lodging at Mr. Kirkham's,
in Edward-street, Brighton, for a change of air, was
bathing in the sea, he was suddenly taken with a fit and
fell in the water. He was immediately assisted into the
machine from which he had been bathing, and was at-
tended by an assistant of Mr. Cord Burrows, surgeon,
An
but life was extinct. inquest Zits held before Mr.
F. H. Gell, coroner for East Sussex, on Saturday even-
ing. Verdict, " Died of apoplexy." Deceased's wife
was waiting on the beach when be was taken with the
fit which ended in his death.
THE FIRST EXCURSION TRAIN FROM 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 holyday
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.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.
The neighbourhood of llenham-park, the country seat
' of the Earl of Stradbroke, was thrown into a state of
great excitement on Saturday morning last, August 31,
by the rumour being spread that his Lordship's head-
keeper, whose name was Easey, had destroyed himself.
This report, on inquiry, was found to be but too true._
About eleven o'clock on the morning of that day are
unfortunate man, it appeared, whose character for
quietness and general worth was high, left -his cottage,
which is situate on the llenhatu-park estate, taking a
double-barrelled gun with him. He proceeded to a spot
at the back of his house, where grow a quantity of bull-
rushes; and of these he .managed in an ingenious 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 found, it would seem
that he had fixed some -of the rushes across the
two triggers of .his piece, and placed his foot upon
the end of those rushes in such a manner as to enable
him, having put the end of the barrels in his mouth, to
fire off the gun! The effect of this most extraordinary
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 more resolute and horrible mode of
self-slaughter can scarcely ever, if ever, have occurred.
As may be imagined, the circumstance has created great
excitement in the immediate vicinity of the park, and
indeed around that part of the country; and the various
circumstances attending the melancholy net are such as
to be well calculated to increase the peculiar and painful
interest of the case. From the situation held by the de-
ceased he necessarily had the chief care and direction of
the Earl of Stradbroke's game preserves; and as the
Noble Lord was expected to arrive on Saturday at
Henham Park with his family, Easey was anxious to
have all duly prepared for his reception and sporting ,
amusement on Monday. However, for some time past
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 caused 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 soon, and
the fear excited that the Noble Earl would impute blame
to him for negligence of his duties in permitting the
continuance of such robberies of his preserves. W he- .
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 at-Ibrd a very probable and likely cause 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 magiss
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
vi as expected that the inquest would be held yesterday
(Monday).

CAPTAIN WARNER AND THE GOVERNMENT.—On
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, and the last on the 9th of November, 1-843.
It appears that Captain Warner, who in 1841
complained that he had suffered ten years' delay, sus-
pensP, and disappointment, demanded 200,0001. for his
invisible shell, and 200,0001. for his " long range," and
in graphic terms speaks of their destructive powers on
sea and land ; at: the same time he states, that the dis-
appointments he has endured have 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 Hon. 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 Ingestre, that 300,0001. would be no obstable from •
a foreign Power to secure the inventions. It would seem
that in Octoberlast it was arranged that the " long range"
invention should be tested. Captain Warner offered to
procure 1,5001., and the Government consented to pay
5001. The former 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 in the
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 Witley Court,'
the seat of Lord Ward, which the Queen Dowager rents,
but no precise period 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 Antwerpen steam-packet,
on a tour through Germany and Switzerland, and intend
passing the winter in Italy.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We are glad to
learn that this Company have at last so far complied with
the wants of the public as to intimate that they are
about to make arrangements for putting second-clais
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. Whittingham, printer, Took's-court, Chan-
cery-lane. It was wrapped in a dirty coarse black apron,
and appeared to have been born alive. The 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 few
patches on poor ground and mountain fields, has fallea
beneath the side. The farmers on every side, from hero
to Bandon, have been for the last fortnight cutting down,
and the yield of wheat and oats, though not abundant,
has been found to give a fair average crop. The vi heat,
generally, is good, clean and free from smut, &c., though
the head is rather light, and the straw short. 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 been
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 Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Rosscarbery,
Skibbereen, &c., the same state of things appears to
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 subjected
or is in course of subjection to it. The farmers, too,
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 improved
form to certain portions of their ground reclaimable by
no other method. The late potato crop promises 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 t
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 march,
and spread its all-conquering power over the land, so did
Barley, like a beaten and retreating foe, cower before
the victor, and ultimately loft him in undisputed posses-
sion.— Cork Southern Reporter.
ETON COLLEGE, AUG. 30.—Ifer Majesty having
graciously expressed a desire that a week's holyday
should be granted to the Eton boys, in commemoration
of the 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 occurred in Upper
years of age, was engaged in carrying coals to the house
John-street, noxton. The deceased, a manof aboutblood fiftyboth
strength left to
of Mr. 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
n andse q ntoml ofcuueetedhsit, a
immediately
hadt robepsi
jhdhuoesrfltledoa.wi•
t workhouse,
appearsby
gain the door, when he fell down and instantly expired.
whore It
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ist.aasateccmoonerEt2eo'ertssome fellow-workmen (who were un-
froni unable,
his
able to give his name), that he had just recovered. from
innocsoe
a severe illness, and his widow is now confined to her
bed with an attack of rheumatism, without any means
of support.A N
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FAlR.—This fair, which is considerably
the largest for cattle throughout England, takes place on
Wednesday next. The face of the whole of the
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been the case for the last two years past, and the kit*,
on a general scale, appear extremely healthy and is 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 traffics
to the north of England being thrown into a different
channel, are now taking their annual benefit in good
earnest, upon which they chiefly depend. It may be as
well, by the way, to caution sellers of stock to secure the
proceeds of the same against the dexterity of the light-
fingered fraternity, who at Barnet fair are 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 selected for his diabolical
purpose au outbuilding near the dwelling-house; but for-
tunately the extent of damage .was very limitod. - A
liberal reward has been offered for the detection of the
offender.—Essex Herald.

OFFICE OF THE CHAMBERLAIN
OF THE CITY OF LOND'JN.

Yesterday a numeroui 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.
lleygate, took place at the City of London Tavern.
There were amongst the laige 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. LAURIB, as the seni.,r 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 Lordship had intended.
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-
gistxate had been most laborious and ener-
getic in his exertions for the success of their re-
spected fiend Alderman Brown.—(Loud cheers.)
He found in the paper of arrangements for the day
SO many influential names of gentlemen wh) 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 resolution. He had had an
aequaintance with Alderman Brown of twenty-two
years standing. The resolution stated that Alderman
Brown, by his long and faithful services as a magis-
trate, by tike 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 reeently 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. II A?'4 KEY seconded the resolution, and
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.

Mr. R. JOHNSON seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously adopted.
Mr. D. S. Ilnwsost proposed the next resolution.
It was to the effect of appointing a Committee to
conduct the election.
Mr. Bousrmn 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 be 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 jist
entering into life, but he was the son and grandson
of those who had maintained an unblemished reputa-
tion in thesimmediate 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 pf 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. lie
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. lie had accepted the office with the feel-
ing that the discharge of duties of the office would
be met with an indulgence which, he could say, hail
been more than realised.2-(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
differences 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. ICING moved the thanks of the meeting to Sir
Peter Laurie for his conduct in the chair.
Mr. Catritua seconded the motion, which was una-
nimously carried, and the meeting adjourned.

EMANUEL HOSPITAL.
Some days ago we mentioned, under the head of
"The Committee of Aldermen," that some essential
alterstions 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 sufficierrtly large to give daily education to all
the poor children of Bransburton, iii Yorkshire,
where some of them lie. On the first endowment,
by Lady llacre, 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 2,000/. 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 ITacre 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,
wind to enable the neighbourhood to enjoy to the
fullest extent the advantages of a cheap and good
eduction. Hence it becomes necessary to elevate the
position in a ratio with its funds to give it somewhat
f now
character ; and there is for this pur-
poseow under the consideration of the Court, a pro-
position that the master should be converted into rt
resident principal'
s subordinate to whom shall be a
number of master rd assistants, in the various de-
partments of scholastica education, that at least sixty
the
children may be on
urll
iation enjoying board,
'Aging, and clothing, as I‘.e
as
‘learning, and who
are to be selected from amongst
clergymen, and other professional the children of
na men and tradesmen,
in reduced circumstances. There is also a proposi-
tion that 400 persons of like classes not in the founda-
tion, shall receive daily education similar to that
given to the upper and junior departments of the
Kimg's College, upon payment of a small amount,
to enable the Court to provide and secure a supply of
learned and able tutors and masters.
Thus it is contemplated to establish in Westminster
another groat institution in a dense population, for the
education of the growing classes of the community.
hitherto the Emanuel liospital 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.

TIIa NAVIGATION oY TIIB RIVER TIEAMES.--A Pa-
ragreph has appeared in some of the newspapers to the
effect 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 th• Court of Alder-
men, and be confirmed by the approval of a judge. It is
stated that the Star steamer had 1,2.50 passengers on i
board on T. esday last.