The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUVSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1844.

to pass through any part of the line after nine o'clock
in the morning ; while, to prevent a rush by the
people, barricades are to be placed in different parts,
through which no one will be allowed to pass except
upon business. The 600 additional constables have
been selected, who are to receive ss. each for the
day's duty.
GUARD OF HONOUR TO THE QUEEN.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor received from
Sir James Graham, her Majesty's Secretary of State
for the Home Department, the following letter, com-
plimentary to the Royal Artillery Company :
" Whitehall, Oct. 18, 1844.
" My Lord,— I have the honour to inform your Lord-
ship that a communication has been made to his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, Captain-General and Colonel
Commanding the Honourable Artillery Company, in-
forming his Royal Highness that her Majesty has been
graciously pleased to signify her pleasure that the corps
above named should attend as a Guard of Honour at the
Exchange on the occasion of her Majesty honouring the
Corporation of London by being present at the opening
that building on the 28th inst.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's very obedient servant,
" J. R. G. GRAHAM."

IRELAND.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
DunLiN, Oct. 20.—Yesterday evening, Mr. John
Walsh, of Dominick-street, barrister, lost his life under
the following melancholy circumstances :—About four
o'clock he proceeded to Pinglass, about two miles from
town, for the purpose of swimming his dogs at a place
called Quarry-hole. Having thrown a piece of stick
into the water, which one of the animals refused to fol-
low, Mr. Walsh in stretching out his cano to draw the
stick closer to the edge, lost his balance, and was pre-
cipitated into the water, and sank, after a few struggles,
to rise no more, before any assistance arrived. The
body was not found for two hours after the accident, and
was conveyed to his residence late last night. An in-
quest was held, which after the examination of one wit-
ness was adjourned till to-morrow evening. A gold
watch and a sum of 161. was found on his person. About
14 years ago the ill-fated gentleman held a rather pro-
minent position in the field of Irish politics. At that
time Mr. Walsh, who then followed the laborious occu-
pation of a schoolmaster, was the leading member of the
Trades' Political Union—a body through whose in-
fluence Mr. O'Connell was mainly, if not wholly, in-
debted for his first return as Member, in conjunction
with the late Mr. Ruthven, for the city of Dublin. Ile
was subsequently, together with two other members of
the Trades' Union, prosecuted by the Crown for the
delivery of seditious eeches, found guilty, and sen-
tenced to six months imprisonment. On his release
from imprisonment, Mr. Walsh applied himself to the
study of the law, and having met some ineffectual resis-
tance on the part of the benchers, he was called to the
bar, and after the usual probation attained considerable
eminence in the criminal and inferior courts. During
the last two or three years he rose rapidly in his profes-
sion, and succeeded in obtaining a fair share of business
on the Leinster circuit.
LAUGHABLE OCCURRENCE.
The neighbourhood of Northumberland-avenue, King-
ston, was yesterday thrown into a state of the utmost
excitement, it having transpired that a lady had made
an assignment with a gentleman who had advertised for
a wife. Accordingly at the hour mentioned, three
o'clock, the expectant inhabitants of the avenue were
highly amused on beholding, as Burns would say, " a
fine fat fagel wight " make his appearance, wiping his
fat face with a white handkerchief, the lady having re-
quested that he would occasionally place a white hand-
kerchief to his face, as the means of recognition, and
further stating that she would drive in from the country
at the hour specified. Nearly half an hour after his ar-
rival, a lady drove up in a pony phaeton, in a great
shower of rain, with a servant on the rumble, protecting
her with an umbrella. On seeing her the unfortunate
man fancied that the object of his search was at length
before him, and after a few convulsive applications of
the handkerchief started forward, and with a spring re-
markable for a man of his size, fairly jumped into the
phaeton ; and before the astonished lady could recover
from the fright his sudden appearance occasioned, he
had encircled her in his arms, calling her by every en-
dearing appellation ; and it was not until the lady had
uttered scream after scream, and his shoulders were well
belaboured with the umbrella by the servant, that he
appeared to think he had got into the wrong box ; so
making his escape as expeditiously as possible, he has-
tened off to the train without staying to make further in-
quiries for his inamorata ; and it is earnestly hoped that
the lesson he has received will perform a radical cure for
his love.

PENTONVILLE MODEL PRISON.
The last number of the Illuminated Magazine con
tains a very interesting account of the above esta-
blishment, in which the important experiment is being
tried, how far it is possible, by the adoption of a cer-
tain discipline, to reclaim social beings from the lowest
state of degradation and crime. The principal means
resorted to, we need not say, are silence and separa-
tion—an utter denial of communication by speech or
look between the prisoners themselves, or with any
other persons except the divine, the schoolmaster, and
the prison authorities. The effect of such a change
as this, from the mode of life to which the prisoners
had been previously accustomed, was looked for with
some anxiety, in the dread that, in seeking to restore
the moral being of the prisoner, his mental faculties
might be destroyed, and this, it must be allowed, was
not a groundless apprehension ; and if such a system
of discipline were exercised without care, its inevita-
ble result would be, to change the criminal into an
idiot; but, with proper precautions, this fearful result
is avoided, and the good part of the system left to
operate with full effect.

The chief means employed are—good and sufficient
diet, constant occupation, and ample exercise, by which
the body is kept healthy, and the mind free from that
depressing and wearying influence which would other-
wise prey upon it.

THE THEATRES.

LYCEUM.

The Writer of the account we refer to, Dr. Luke
Roden, says—
" On entering an unoccupied cell, the inmate being
at work in a distant part of the prison, I was sur-
prised at the number of its accommodations. A
hammock hung up at the side, with hair mattress,
pillow, two sheets, two blankets, and a rug ; a wash-
hand-stand and basin fixed ; two cocks for the supply
of water, of which each prisoner is allowed six
gallons daily; a table, stool, pint mug, plate, knife,
spoon, soap, towel, and duster; there is, also, a large
carpenter's bench at the side; a gas light burning till
nine o'clock ; school books and slate, Bible, prayer-
book, hymn-book, one religious book, and one
secular. I noticed the Penny Magazine, Satur-
day Magazine, and Chambers's Journal. The
ventilation is entirely artificial, and is most perfect.
The air enters over the door, through a perforated
plate, and passes out on a level with the floor under
the window, into, a flue connected with a central
chimney, where a fire secures a constant current.
What I have enumerated is the furniture of every
cell, with only the variation of loom, or table, for
the carpenter's work-bench, according to the kind of
trade the prisoner is acquiring—tailor, weaver, mat
or rug maker, &c.

Ever since the appearance of " Les Mysteres de
Paris," the name of Eugene Sue has been a tower of
strength to publisher and manager. The manage-
ment of the Lyceum,' therefore, has exhibited its
usual tact in producing at the present moment, under
the title of The Seven Castles of the Passions, his
drama Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, at the perform-
ance of which all Paris is (to use a French idiom)
nightly assisting. This drama is described in the
bill as a " Romantic, Diabolical, Celestial, Terres-
trial, Legendary tale of Enchantment," and this de-
scription is true to the letter. We have two pairs of
lovers—Raymond (Mr. Craven) and Azele (Miss
Fertescue), and Canuche (Mr. Keeley) and Re-
gaillette (Mrs. Keeley), on a pilgrimage to the shrine
of our Lady of Grace. Satan (Mr. Diddear) endea-
vours to get them into his power by subjecting them
to the temptations of Envy, Pride, Idleness, Rage,
Avarice, Love, and Luxury—while their guardian
angel, Sathaniel (a somewhat anomalous designa-
tion for an angel of light), invariably interferes just
as they are about to succumb to the evil influences,
and conducts them in safety to the end of their pil-
grimage. As a spectacle this piece is beyond all
praise. Nothing can exceed the magnificence of the
castles of the respective passions. We are not de-
tained too long in any of them, and whenever the
serious sayings and doings of the sentimental pair of
lovers " darken to sublimity," the Keeleys begin the
fun, and afford a most agreeable relief. It is by far
the most agreeable allegorical drama we have ever
seen, and which will be just the thing for the ju-
veniles during the holidays. The acting was excel-
lent. Miss Fairbrother as Sathaniel was the most
fascinating of guardian angels ; and the pilgrims cer-
tainly showed excellent taste in submitting themselves
to such delightful control. His Darkness was per-
sonated with becoming majesty by that excellent
actor, Diddear. In the Castle of Love, an incidental
divertissement was introduced, in which Miss James,
as Cupid, danced in the prettiest and most graceful
style imaginable. There were several admirable
scenic effects—all of which told admirably. The care
and expense bestowed in getting up the piece must
have been immense. At the fall of the curtain it was
announced by Keeley for repetition every evening
amidst loud applause.

" Os when the prisoner is locked into his cell, it is
just possible that he might be seized with illness,
suddenly, and require immediate assistance, it was
necessary to provide some means of giving a signal
to the attendants—although the constant inspection,
the regularity of food and exercise, and the extreme
vigilance of the medical officers make such an event
barely possible ; but, in case of accident, the prisoner
turns a handle which immediately strikes the central
bell of the gallery, and at the same moment, and by
the same act, there starts out from the side of the
door of his cell the iron plate with his number, which
lay flat against the wall, so that the officer, at the
point where all these galleries meet, sees instantly in
which cell his aid is required. The invention is per-
fect. When he has attended to the cell he pushes
back the iron plate again flat into its place. The only
use, however, to which this very ingenious con-
trivance has yet been placed is to signify to the
teacher-officers that the inmate of the cell requires
more cloth, thread, or whatever be the nature of his
occupation, or that he wishes for instruction in some
difficulty. It is scarcely possible that the signal
should ever be wanted for sudden sickness, because
the whole of the inmates are miraculously healthy,
and are subjected to none of those causes which are
liable to interfere with the tranquil performance of all
the bodily functions."
He was present at their dinner. "It was a curi-
ous sight, the streams of human beings, all dressed
alike, with the vizors of their caps down over their
faces, so as to be utterly irrecognizable by strangers,
or by each other, marching regularly, steadily, and in
perfect silence, with a space of twelve or fourteen
feet between each of them, so as to make any com-
munication impossible. Each passed into his cell,
and the echoes of the gallery announced the closing
of every door in succession.
" While this was going on, up rose slowly through
the floor, sliding on the bright upright bars which
reached to the ceiling, the immense series of loaded
trays ; as they stopped at each floor in succession,
the attendants took out the cases of trays, and placed
them on a sort of waggon reaching from one gallery
to its opposite side, and moving on wheels along the
edge of iron railing, which thus forms a sort of rail-
way. An attendant at each end of this travelling
apparatus, pushes it on till opposite the doors of two
cells, when he, with wonderful rapidity, un-
locks a little port-hole in the upper part of the
door, which falls down outwards and forms a shelf on
which he places the dinner ; it is instantly seized by
the prisoner, when the attendant pushes up the little
shutter, locks it, and passes on to the next. In this
manner they proceed with a quiet regularity, activity,
and precision, which would seem absolutely impracti-
cable to those who have not seen it in action, and thus
upwards of five hundred individuals are served with
their dinners in separate rooms, perfectly hot, in less
than a quarter of an hour—it can be done, and has
indeed been accomplished, in twelve minutes and a
half. The evolutions of a brigade of soldiers on a
field day are not a more admirable exemplification of
the power of system and order.
" The dinner which I saw distributed consisted of
a pint of good soup—as good as is found at the table
of a tradesman—five ounces of bread, one pound of
potatoes, and four ounces of meat, weighed after
being cooked, and divested of bone, making it nearly
equivalent to half a pound of undressed meat
with the average quantity of bone—an allowance '
considered sufficient in the domestic economy of large
families—an excellent dinner, and vastly better than
can be enjoyed every day by the family of the la-
bouring man. Breakfast consists of three-quarters of
a pint of cocoa, made with three-quarters of en ounce
of the solid flake, two ounces of milk (real milk) and
six drachms of treacle—a very grateful beverage ;
with this he is allowed ten ounces of bread. As the
soup contains a good deal of barley, it forms an im-
portant portion of the nourishment, which would be
a very abundant allowance for a labouring man out
of prison, and master of his own time. There is no
fermented fluid whatever allowed to the prisoners;
their drink is perhaps the purest and best water to be
found in the world; it is drawn by an artesian well
from a depth of three hundred and seventy feet, and is
forced up to the top of the prison by pumps worked
by prisoners; from thence it is conveyed by pipes
into every cell."
" For this generous but unstimulating diet (says
Dr. Roden) the prisoners are indebted to the sound
judgment and humanity of the medical officer, Dr.
Owen Rees. No man better knows that to keep the
brain in a state fit to receive instruction, it must be
well nourished ; that when you call on the intellec-
tual organ for the highest efforts of which it is capa-
ble (self-restraint), you must supply it with whole-
some and invigorating blood; that it is in vain to ex-
pect attention to moral instruction while the stomach
is unsatisfied, and the faintness of insufficient
nourishment renders the mind listless or savage;
and that if the object is to be attained of real refor-
mation, it must be by the exercise of a healthy brain."
We recommend these latter remarks to the notice
of those gentlemen who expect religion and morality
to flourish among a half-starving population. When
will the physiological truth set forth above, that
mental and material well-being must go together, be
applied to the case of the great body of our working
population ?

DARING ROBBERY AT ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH,
SOUTHWARK.—On Sunday last the ancient church of
St. Thomas's, Southwark, was the scene of unusual bus-
tle and confusion, in consequence of the loss of the
whole of the communion plate, consisting of several
pieces of silver, which had been in possession of the
parish authorities for the last 200 years. It appears
that the plate had been deposited in its usual place of
safety at the commencement of the present month, and
on opening the safe on Sunday, the contents were found
to have been removed. Information having been for-
warded to the police-station in the Southwark-bridge-
road, a diligent search was made by several officers, but
no clue could be discovered. A small crowbar was found,
used by housebreakers, near the entrance of the church,
in St. Thomas's-street, and on making a more minute
enamination, there was no doubt that the thieves had
effected an entrance through a window which had been
left insecure at the front part of the building. The
police are making every exertion to trace out the stolen
property.
ALLEGED EXCESSSIVB FLOGGING,—At the Ux-
bridge Petty Sessions, yesterday, Mr. Hodder, school-
master of the union workhouse, attended to answer the
complaint of a Mrs. Church, as to his having ill-treated
her to o boys. They declared ho had given them eight
stripes, so severe that the blood flowed. On the other
hand, Mr. Whatley, the master of the union, deposed
that the board of guardians had ordered six stripes to
be inflicted, that only that number had been given, and
that they had not been unnecessarily severe, nor had he
seen any blood. The bench (most of whom were also
ex Vicio members of the board) dismissed the complaint.
COSTLINESS OF CARMARTHENSHIRE JUSTICE.—The
punitive part of our administrative system of law here,
it will be thought, is rather costly, when it is stated
that the amount of property for the stealing of which the
prisoners at the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions, held
yesterday and to-day, is only about forty shillings, while
the cost of prosecution falls but little short of three hun-
dred pounds.— Welshman of Friday.
SOUTH WALES TURNPIKE TRUST COMMISSION..— .
The Commissioners have gone through most of the prm-
i c aEta Everywhere
we
havethse ro ef
the different trusts, them,
not
but also as respects the social con-
dition of the various districts which formerly evinced
iLe
been
an most
townsmade
candid
to connected
disclosures
andas
regards
communications
trusts.mu n
the
their dissatisfaction at their administration in no gentle
mood.—Cambrian.

THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK
FESTIVAL.

The preparations for this great and important local
and national event, which takes place next Wednesday,
are upon the most gigantic scale. Rich and poor are to
be provided with the means of substantial and social en-
joyment, and the blame will not rest with the promoters
of the Birkenhead Docks, if, upon that auspicious oeca-
sion,:one throb other than of unalloyed; delight fills
the breast of any of the inhabitants of the township
which their measures are calculated so materially and
permanently to improve and benefit. The morning will
be ushered in by the firing of cannon and ringing of
bells ; the steam-boats crossing the ferry will be deco-
rated in the gayest manner, and flags will be hoisted
from all the public and many of the private buildings in
the town. The procession will start from the Town-
hall at eleven o'clock. The Odd Fellows, Foresters,
Druids, Temperance, and other societies, are expected
to join it. The route will be round Hamilton-square,
through Church-street, round the church, up Conway-
strcet, through the new park, down Cavendish-street
and Corporation-road to Wood-side, where the ceremony
of laying the foundation stone will be performed. At
five o'clock in the afternoon, the grand public banquet
will be held at the Railway Station, Grange-lane, which
will be tastefully and appropriately decorated for the
occasion. The following gentlemen have already
signified their acceptance of the invitation of
the Committee :—Lord Bateman, Sir William Massey
Stanley, Bart., of Hooton, Sir John Stanley, of
llooton, and party ; Honourable Lord Kenyon,
Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Thos.
.Thornelya Esq.,
M.P., W.R. Collett, Esq., M.P., Townsend Mainwaring,
Esq., M.P., Wm. Entwisle, Esq., M.P., Sir Philip Eger-
ton, M.P., Tatton Egerton, Esq., UP., J. J. Tollemache,
Esq., M.P., Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P., Joseph Bro-
therton, Esq., M.l'., Sir Edward Cust, Bart., Cornwall
Lee, Esq., M.P., J. Brierley, jun., Esq., M,P., Thomas
Grimsditch, Esq., M.P., &c., together with a great num-
ber of the county magistrates. Several officers of the
sth Dragoons, now stationed at Manchester, and officers
belonging to the 6th Regiment, at Chester, will be pre-
sent, as will also several naval officers. For out-door
amusement a grand display of fireworks will take place
shortly after nightfall, and every eminence in the neigh-
bourhood will resound with the the discharge of cannon,
or gleam with signal fires, indicative of general rejoicing.
Extra steam-boats will cross the river all night, and, in
fact, every accommodation will be offered to visitors.
The fund at the disposal of the festival committee, at
present reaches the handsome sum of 2,000/.—Liverpool
Mercury.

ETIQUETTE ON THE Sc AFFOLD.—A letter from
Presburg, of Sept. 23, in the Gazette des Tribunaux, says,
" The murderers of M. de Kezmet, one of the Deputies
of the Diet of Hungary, have just been tried and exe-
cuted. One of them was Conrad Tornyi, the servant of
the deceased, and the other a shoemaker named Kowaez,
who not only aided in the crime, but afterwards robbed
his accomplice of all the articles of value which were
in M. de Kezmet's apartment at Presburg. Tornyi
avowed his guilt, and acknowledged that he had cut
up the body in pieces. The sentence of the court was,
that Tornyi should be quartered, his body burnt, and
the ashes thrown to the wind ; and that Kowaez
should be decapitated. The prisoners appealed, but
the King confirmed the sentence of death, changing
Tornyi's punishment into simple beheading. This
sentence was carried into execution two days back,
in the market-place, and a strange incident added
to the terrible interest of the scene. The judgment
ordered Kowaez to be first executed ; but this 'Tornyi
protested against in the strongest terms, declaring that
as he was of noble blood he was entitled to die first. His
claim being rejected, he fell on Kowaez, and endeavoured
to pull him from the block. Kowaez sent him back
with a violent blow on the chest ; and Tornyi was on
the point of giving blow for blow, when the executioner's
man seized him, and bound him so tightly as to prevent
him making any exertion. They were both executed in
a few minutes after. This singular ambition of Tornyi
to have his claim of birth attended to in such circum-
stances, calls to mind an execution at Copenhagen in
1816, where, when some men were sentenced to death
for exciting their fellow-prisoners to revolt, three of the
number had been beheaded, but the fourth refused to
place his head on the block, on the ground that the per-
son before him had been a Jew, and that he, being a
Christian, could object to having his blood mingled with
that of a Jew. After some parley the magistrate granted
his objection, and the man having gleaned the block of
the blood as well as he could, placed his head down
tranquilly, and underwent the sentence."
THE BATTLE or TRAFALGAR.—Yesterday being
the 39th anniversary of this ever memorable victory, a
number of naval officers who had been in the engage-
ment dined together at the Naval Club-house, St.
James's-square. At Greenwich Hospital the tars were
regaled with an excellent dinner, a pint of porter, and a
shilling being also given to each man. At Portsmouth
the usual annual dinner was given to the officers serving
in the action, and others, on board the Victory, the ship
in which the noble and lamented Admiral was killed.
INCAUTION IN THE USE OF KNlVES.—Yesterday
the foreman of Mr. Budge, a butcher, in the New-cut,
Lambeth, was engaged cutting down the skin of a calf's
head, when the knife slipped, and entered with great
violence his abdomen, cutting the intestines to a conside-
rable extent. Immediate surgical assistance was pro-
cured, but from the extent of the injuries sustained it was
recommended that the unfortunate patient should be re-
moved with all possible speed to St. Thomas's Hospital,
where he lies v,ithout hope of recovery.
SINGULAR HABITS OF A HORSE, AND EXTRA-
, ORDINARY ESCAPE.—AII the world knows that the artil-
lery brigade of the Worcestershire Queen's Own are ex-
pert to a degree in the art and mystery of a cannoneer,
but it may not be so generally known that the very
horses of the brigade are something far beyond a mere
common quadruped, not simply as to shape and other
physical requisi,es, but in matters which so much ap-
proach the vaunted reason of their biped masters, that
no one has as yet very clearly pointed out the distinc-
tion. For example, the leader of one of the guns is
named" the Gentleman," and so proud is ho of his post
and title, that though gentle as a lamb at exercise, sub-
mitting to be harnessed as quietly as a donkey, and
standing fire as resolutely as the Pyramids, he will net
allow himself to be employed in any other species of
labour. Then, he can open gates and shut them, and he
has a way of hunting out the places in his walk where
workmen leave their victual bags, on which he will
pounce, carry them to a place of security, and swallow
the contents. He eats anything that comes in his way,
like a Christian; and one of his foraging excursions was
attended by so remarkable a coincidence that its history
is worth telling. He was roaming one day lately over
the domain of Howell. when he fell in with the prevent
of ono of the artillerymen who was at work in an arch-
way on the grounds. He scampered off to enjoy the
spoil, but Mr. Gentleman had been observed, and notice
of the robbery having been given to the owner of the
prey, he left the drain and gave chase to the marauder.
Having overtaken the thievish steed and recovered his
prop, the man returned to his work, when lo! in his ab-
sence, the arch had fallen in, and so but for the fortunate
circumstance of Gentleman stealing his dinner, and his
consequent pursuit, it must have fallen upon him, and
then, beyond a doubt, he would have met an untimely
death.— Worcester Herald.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, as a lady
residing in the Lower Deptford-road was in the act of
diverting her little boy, she took up a large piece of
pho, phorus for the purpose of writing her name in a
dark corner of the room, and accidentally striking it
against the wall her hands became enveloped in one mass
of burning flame. The injury she has sustained is of
the most painful character, and it is feared that ampu-
tation will be necessary, so that she will lose one, if not
both, of her hands. What renders the accident more
remarkable is, that she had previously given instructions
to those of her household not to touch the phosphorus,
and shortly afterwards fell a victim herself to its most
dat%we ou s effects.
DESTRUCTIVENESS OF GAlll.—At the last meeting
of the Bedford county magistracy, Mr. T. A. Green,
of Parcenham, alluded to the injury done to the crops
by game, and the great expense cast upon the county in
the prosecution of poachers. The magistrates of the
county should petition Parliament for a repeal of the
game -laws; any suggestion emanating from such a body
would not fail to have due influence. Mr. T. C. Iliggins
expressed his readiness to sign any petition properly
drawn up. There could be no doubt but that the game-
laws worked inconveniently, but it so happened that
those intrusted with the administration of the law were
those most interested in its maintenance. Ile had very
great doubt whether a petition would be of any use, as
it was impossible for Parliament to say that persons of
property should not preserve game. Lord C. Russell,
freely admitted that the preservation of game was
an evil, inasmuch as it was a species of property claimed
by private individuals, and for the protection of which
the public ought not to be taxed. He did not anticipate
any good result from legislation, because a repeal or re-
laxation of the law would only give an additional impulse
to poaching. He thought that there was less mischief
in having a great deal of game properly preserved than
was likely to result from a little unwatched. It was
said that the game-laws had a demoralising effect
upon the lower classes ; to some extent that was true,
but there was a great deal of exaggeration on that point.
His principal ground of objection to the game-laws was,
that they injured the agricultural labourers, as the
farmers were deterred from the cultivation of roots
and green crops, which were destroyed by game. The
best course to adopt would be, that gentlemen should
have no more game than they could take care of pro.
perly, for as soon as the game went on another
man's ground it was a very strong temptation. Mr. T.
A. Green apprehended that there would be no neces-
sity for game-laws provided the laws against trespass
' were made more stringent. He knew that the subject
would be brought before Parliament next session, and
it occurred to him that it was far better the proposition
should emanate from a body such as he was addressing,
h
than that it should come from persons hostile to ea_
game-laws. Mr. T. llarvey doubted wheatlheekeat reof the game-laws would have all.ntli e
thatera it would not put
antici-
pated ; at least it was very ciertari,
down the regular poachers. I ma,bistrates had a summary
that might do away
jurisdiction in cases of tresp,as.
with the necessity for the lanie-laws7 but that might
bo considered as interfering with the liberty of the sub-
ject. After some further discussion, and no substantive
motion having been proposed, the consideration of the
subject was postponed.
The late Mr. Thomas 13rueton, of Bilston, after
leaving numerous legacies to his relatives, 5001. to the
Wesleyan Chapel at Bilston, and considerable sums to
various chapels belonging to the " Primitive Methodists,"
has directed that the residue of his property, which it is
supposed will amount to upwards of 20,000/., shall be
equally divided between the British and Foreign Bible
Society, the Wesleyan Missionary Society the London
Missionary Society, the Wolverhampton Dispensary, the
Birmingham General Hospital, the Queen's Hospital,
Birmingham, and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at
Edgbaston,—Essex Herald,