The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

CLERKEIV WELL.

Yesterday an elderly gentleman, of gigantic frame
and stature, named Joshua Wilson, who &scribed
himself as a captain in the Royal Navy, was charged
with assaulting and threatening to murder Mr.
Richard White, a pianoforte-manufacturer, residing
in Woburn-buildings, Woburn-square.
The complainant deposed that the defendant had
been lodging in his house for some years, but latterly
becoming very turbulent, and getting into arrears of

rent, Mrs. White did not send him up the kettle of
boiling water for breakfast on Sunday morning.
When witness returned home from church, hearing
this had not been done, he at once sent the servant up
stairs with it ; but the captain, after abusing the ser-
vant in unmeasured language, ordered her to take it
down stairs instantly. Witness then went up and
said, " Well, Captain, what a strange sort of man
you are ; out of compassion, I sent up the kettle to
you." The captain immediately started up, and rub-
bing his forehead very hard with his hand, exclaimed,
" You will make me do something very terrible."
Witness replied that he ought not to be going on so ;
upon which the prisoner seized him in a violent manner
by the shoulders. Witness ran between his legs. The cap-
tain's spectacles dropped off, whereupon he commanded
witnessto take them up ; being a good deal alarmed, he
did so, and placed 'them on the drawers. Some other
sctrffies ensued between the parties, and the captain
finally expelled the pianoforte-maker.
After some conversation between the magistrate
and the captain, he was ordered to pay 10s.
The captain—l have not got a farthing in my pocket.
Mr. Comma again asked him if he would leave the
premises on that day, but still persisting in refusal,
the magistrate said he must commit him for a week.
Captain Wilson, on his way to the cell, exclaimed,
" And is this the way a veteran officer, who has
served his country for sixty years, is to be treated ?"
lle was, however, liberated in a few hours after, the
fine and costs having been paid by one of his friends.
UNIOAT•HALL.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR THE VICTORIA
THEATRE.—Two powerful-looking young fellows,
named Charles Byford and George Williams, alias
Luxton, were brought before Mr. Traill, charged with
robbing Mr. Charles Powerie, a grocer and cheese-
monger, of Camberwell, of a knife and comb.
Prosecutor stated that about 11 o'clock last night
he was passing the Victoria Theatre, in the Water-
loo-road, and when near the Victoria Tavern he was
accosted by Byford, who asked him whether his
name was Jones. He replied in the affirmative,
thinking that it was merely a lark, when, to his
surprise, Byford seized his hands, while Wil-
liams put his hand in his left-hand pocket, which
fortunately contained only his comb and knife.
They then wanted him to enter the public-
house and partake of a pot of beer, which
he declined. They then attempted to have
a dip in his other pockets, when he broke away from
them and went in search of a policeman. He met 140
L in Webber-street, to whom he related the circum-
stances ; they then returned to the public-house,
when he gave the prisoners into custody. He in-
formed the magistrates that if they had succeeded in
emptying his right:hand pocket, they would have
had a good haul, as he had twenty sovereigns depo-
sited there.
By ford denied ever seeing the prosecutor before.
Williams said that he was in the public-house, wait-
ing for a gentleman, when the policeman entered and
took him into custody.
Mr. Powerie said that the latter prisoner was the
man that put his hand in his pocket, and Byford held
his hands. He was quite certain they were the men.
Mr. TRAIL asked whether the prisoners were known!?
—Coombs, 94 L, said that Byford was convicted at
this court on the 21st of August last, for picking
pockets at Camberwell fair. Williams, whose real
name was Boatwright, he knew to be an associate
with thieves of the worst description.
Mr. TRAILL inquired whether there was any per-
son who saw the prisoners surround the prosecutor ?
Mr. Powerie said that two lads witnessed the whole
of the transaction. They promised to attend the
court this morning.;
Mr. TRAILL said that he believed Williams had
been convicted before for a similar affair. He re-
quested the officer to institute inquiries respecting
him. For that purpose, and the production of wit-
nesses, he should remand the prisoners until to-
morrow (this day).—They were accordingly remanded

in a very proper and respectable manner since Mr.
Preece kept it. He had witnessed the performances,
and never saw anything improper.
Cross-examined—There was dancing and music
going on when he went to the house. The dancing
was upon a stage, which, upon examination, he found
to be a sort of large table, about four feet high.
There were some young women performing dressed
in boys' clothes, and boys dressed as girls. There
was no band, and the only music was a pianoforte.
Witness went to the house by order of the Commis-
sioners of Police, in consequence of some complaints
that had been formerly made, but there had been no
complaints within the last twelve months. Witness
was present when Mr. Preece applied for his spirit
license, and he heard Mr. Puckle, one of the magis-
trates, recommend that the stage and the performances
should be done away with.
Mr. SCRIVEN—And after this, the stage was taken
away, and the "table," as you call it, was put in its
place ? Witness—Yes.
Cross-examination continued—Did not think the
performers dressed themselves under the table.—
(Laughter.) The ladies dressed on one side, and the
gentlemen on the other. He had never seen any im-
proper characters present at the performances. Wit-
ness was aware that Mr. Preece only had a spirit
license, but it was not the duty of the police to inter-
fere with the performances in the house unless they
had orders to do so.

.Mr. CORNER, at the conclusion of the evidence, ad-
dressed the Court in support of the application, and
said that there was no intention to deny that there
had been music and dancing carried on in the house,
but he submitted that this ought not in any way to
affect the application, and that as it was proved the
house had been conducted in a creditable and re-
spectable manner, the license prayed for ought to be
granted.
Mr. SCRIVEN then addressed the Court in opposi-
tion to the application, and said that the bench had
refused the license last year, and the only new fact
now brought forward was, that since that period the
applicant had, in defiance of the magistrates, persisted
in carrying on the performances. It did not appear
that the applicant wanted any license, for he had been
doing all that the license would have empowered him
to do, and the only object of the present proceeding
appeared to be to get a bill of indemnity from the
magistrates for having infringed the law. The
Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to
' comment upon the facts that had been adduced in
support of the application, and concluded by express-
ing his opinion that the magistrates would not, under
such circumstances, think of granting a license to the
applicant.
Colonel CRALLONER said, he thought the fact of the
license having been refused last year ought not to
weigh at all with the Court, but they should merely
be guided by the merits of the case as it appeared he
fore them. He was extremely favourable to the
granting of licenses of this description, because he
felt convinced that amusements of this description
tended to increase morality among the lower orders,
and induced habits of sobriety. He thought they
were bound to pay attention to a petition signed by
286 respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who
might very reasonably be supposed to be better ac-
quainted with its wants than they were ; and when
they recollected that the petition was also signed by
a great number of guardians of the poor, and that an
officer of police had borne testimony to the fact of the
house being conducted in a respectable manner, he
considered they were bound to grant the licnese, and
he begged to propose, therefore, that it should be
granted.
Mr. Hawn, in seconding the motion, said it would
not be denied that Mr. Preece had acted wrongly in
continuing the performances in his house without a
license after the caution he had received, but still he
did not think thieought to influence the Court in their
decision. They should only look to the public in-
terest ; and when they saw so many respectable
persons sign the application for the license, he thought
they were bound to grant it. There was, he believed,
a very great improvement in the moral condition of
the labouring classes, and also a strong movement in
favour of temperance among them; and it was their
duty to provide the poorer classes with recreation and
amusement, to enable them to occupy their minds
innocently, in lieu of going to public-houses, and in-
juring their health and character by drinking to excess.
Mr. Puoimis opposed the grant of the license for
music and dancing, on the ground that, if it were
legally sanctioned in such a neighbourhood, it would
be productive of great mischief. It had been said
that there was nothing more improper done at this
house than at the Opera. He (Mr. Puckle) did not
know much about the Opera, but this he must say,
that if a little public-house in St. George's-fields was
permitted to imitate the Opera, he did not think it
likely to advance the cause of morality. Mr. Puckle
then remarked upon the fact of the applicant having
continued his performances for the last twelve months
in defiance of the magistrates, and he said he thought
this was an additional reason why the license should
be refused. If he di-,continued those performances at
once, and his house was conducted in a proper
manner, and next year he applied for a music license
only, it was probable that he (Mr. Puckle) should
not oppose the application.
After a few words from Mr. Best and the Chair-
man, the question was put, when the Court, by a
majority of two, refused the license.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1844,

RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A very
full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife
Railway Company was held in the Company's
chambers, Queen-street, Edinburgh, on Wednesday
last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melville
in the chair. The statements submitted were of the
most encouraging character, and everything seems
now in a satisfactory train for obtaining the Par•
liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early
period of the ensuing session, the preparations for
which are now actively going forward. Applica-
tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus
have been received to such an extent as fully to
warrant the Committee in the decided and active
course they are now pursuing. Though the whole
amount of shares have not yet baen allocated, the list
of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo-
rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will
remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be
in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia-
ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full
extent of its capital. We observe the shares already
quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin-
burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share.
On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the
Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com-
mittee. The meeting to be held in Culler, we un-
derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.—
Fife Herald.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between
the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland
and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat-
bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week
to a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the
formal deeds of agreement among the contracting
parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar-
rangements were completed some time ago with the
Wishaw and Coltness Company. According to these
agreements, the three existing Companies have be-
come bound to widen the guages of their respective
lines, so as to correspond with the gunge of the Cale-
donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve
their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the
Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company
have made advantageous terms with the promoters of
the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their
line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian.
This completes the connexion with the south side of
the city, and With the harbour of Glasgow and the
Paisley and Greenock Railways.—Glasgow National.
RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—We are
glad to understand that satisfactory progress is
making with the preliminaries of this most important
undertaking. The requisite means are taken in
getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying
the outlay attendant on the survey and other inves-
tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public
spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our
northern community, of the vast advantages of such
a great work, responding duly to the call upon them,
Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to lose the
season, has two parties actively employed in the
survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag-
ing. The eutting, as far as the survey has ad-
vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and
that through grounds of a loose gravelly forma-
tion, and easily removable.
.Mr. Mitchell finds that,
from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the
Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin-
dorbh, fronting Dave, and passing through the open-
ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it
will approach within three miles, thus connecting
Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the
upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and
north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two-
hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the
Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in-
deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at
present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie
Rock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along
the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and be-
yond, and just high enough .to be out of reach of
floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of
Kingussie.—lnverness Courier.

HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest
and most influential meetings ever remembered here
was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into
consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon-
don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, Esq.,
M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re-
solutions were passed, pledging the persons present to
support the proposed line, and calling on the Members
for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem-
bers for the Rape of Bramber and borough of Hor-
sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A
deputation from the Company of another projected
line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly
and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of
the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged
themselves to bring a branch from the Brighton line
to Horsham; but the meeting unani:nously rejected
their overtures, the speakers observing that they had
promised the same thing for the last five years, with-
out any performance, and that the town had no faith
in them. A local Cotninittee was appointed to con-
fer with the Directors of the proposed line.—Brighton
Guardian.

The propo3ed Tavistock Railway has merged into
;he South Devon line, and will now forma branch of
he ratter undertaking.—Devoizport Independent.

SALE OE THE LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.—
The sale by auction of the furniture and other effects of
the late Dalton took place; at the house in which he
resided for some years before his death, No. 27, Faulkner-
street, on Thursday and Friday-last. The first day's
sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular
notice. The books generally fetched good prices, and
there was considerable competition for some of the more
valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton
Hodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary
and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and
Mr. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that
the Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical
Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase
books for that society to the extent of 501. ; but his pur-
chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon-
don, from 1822 to 1838 (with nine parts to 1843, and
numbers), which sold for 6s. a volume ; Thompson's
Annals of Philosophy, 28 volumes ; Nicholson's Na-
tural Philosophy, 36 volumes in 18 ; Thompson's Che-
mistry, 5 volumes ; Horseley's Newton, 5 volumes 4t0.;
Traite de Chimie, 4 volumes ; Biot's Precis Elmentaire
de Physique, 2 volumes ; La Place's System du Monde,
4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ-
ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien-
tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting of
twelve parts 4t0., filled with botanical specimens, many
of them gathered by himself, was sold to Mr. Valentine
Heywood, for 6s. a part. A small piece of wood, part
of the keel of a vessel, perforated in all directions by
some testaceous animal, apparently much larger than
the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo-
rological and other philosophical instruments were not
offered for sale, it being understood that they are all to
be presented to Dr. Charles Henry.
DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the
farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting
in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded
pea-stalk, which had grown among the standing
corn. When the boy who made the bands stooped
down to lift the pea-pods, the other in sport gave
him a gentle push, from the effects of which he fell a
little way forward. As the scytheman employed had
drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc-
curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy,
and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right
under the haunch bone. As the effects were most
stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into
the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for
from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a
respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had
occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the
spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor
had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this fit he re-
covered a little, but he gradually became weaker • a
second swoon supervened, which we deeply grieve to add,
consigned him to the sleep of death. Next day, when
the wound was examined, it was found that the artery
leading to the thigh having been cut, a profuse hemor-
rhage followed, which no external application could
arrest.—Scotsman.
CLoss IMITATION.--It will be observed that the
Established Synod of Glasgow and Ayr met, according
to immemorial usage, in this city (Glasgow) on Tues-
day last. The " free " and easy were, it seems, deter •
mined not to be behind hand with them. So they held
what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas-
gow and Ayr" meeting on the same day—thus showing.
how fain they are to imitate the sederunts of the old
calumniated Residuary! Then the old established Synod
agreed to an overture for the appointment of a day of
thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, and the
second Sunday of November was fixed to be set apart
for that purpose. As if to be upsides with them in this
respect, the " Free" also appointed a day of thanksgiv-
ing for their harvest. Good. We notice this to show
how emulous the free-and-easy are beginning to be of
the movements of their old Established friends. They
lately stigmatised them as being everything that was
wicked, abandoned, and bad. Now we see them closely
imitating their outward examples, and we wish they
could enjoy their inward peace.—Scotch Reformers
Gazette.

REMARKABLE SCARCITY OP WATER.—Water was
never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this
time, and it has been so all along the summer. Every
well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time
dry, and the water in most instances is carted from the
river,Lugg to Broad-street. The Well-house took its
name from the beautiful and pure spring of water that
the spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad-
street, Church-street, and all the parts adjacent; when a
kettle of the purest water was required, the well at
the Well-house was " sure ,to furnish the party
wanting. No town in -the kingdom can boast of purer
water than the town of Presteign, but now the
well referred to is dry and covered up. The•erection of
the county shire-hall, and the draining of the founda-
tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a
break out of the spring took pace , nearly forty yards
below, which has in a great measure supplied those most
wanting the article. Formerly the water only ran into
the gutter, to the great inconvenience of the poor people
in this part of the town. That inconvenience, however,
has been removed within the last feiv weeks by Mr.
Robert Lewis, who has, at his own expense, sunk an
efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the
above aite.—Hereford Journal.

BATHS AND WASH-DOUSES FOR
THE LABOURING CLASSES.

A numerous and most respectable meeting was held
yesterday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of
forming an institution for the establishment of baths
and washing-houses for the use of the working classes
and the labouring poor. A great number of ladies
were present, and on the platform we observed the
Bishop of London, Archdeacons Wilberforce and
Ihle, Mr. Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, Lord D. C.
Stuart, and several other noblemen, Members of Par-
liament, and dignitaries of the Church. The chair
was taken at two o'clock, by
-The LORD MAYOR, who said that he had received
a.requisition calling upon him to sanction a meeting
in that hall, for :the object mentioned in the adver-
tisement. He would not enlarge upon the advan-
tages of establishing baths and wash-houses for the
poorer classes, as many gentlemen were present who
had devoted their attention to the subject, and would,
he had no doubt, prove the utility of the proposed in-
stitution.—(Applause.)
The Bishop of 401,1D0N, amidst much applause,
came forward to move the-first resolution, which was
to the effect that "great advantage would be conferred
upon the working-classes and the labouring poor by
the establishment of baths and wash-houses, of which
they could have the use at a stall expense." As the
resolution simply stated a matter of fact, it
would not be necessary for, him •to occupy
the meeting with many, observations. But he ,would
briefly state the reasons which had induced several
benevolent individuals to propose raising subscriptions
for the object, which had been circulated and made
extensively known by advertisements. The object
might seem, upon a first view, to be of atrifling kind;
but viewing as to its probablee--he would say, certain
results—he would not hesitate to describe it as one
of the very first importance,s-(Hear, hear.) The
crowds who thronged the streets of this great and
rich metropolis, and who were surrounded at every
step by the evidences of its wealth and grandeur,
were not aware of the wretchedness which was occa-
sioned by that splendour.—(Hear, hear.) ' They were
little aware of the misery which surrounded those-
magnificent shops, filled with the riches of the world.
The merchant princes of the City were not themselves
aware of it. No one was aware of it, except those
who were brought into hourly contact .with it, by
the duties of their professions—the medical men, and
the ministers of religion. A great part of that misery
arose from the crowded habitations of the poor, which
precluded them from those habits of decency and
cleanliness which were necessary to health and mo-
rality.—(Hear.) Upon that ground it was impos-
sible not to see the necessity of mitigating, if not of
altogether removing, the misery which existed in
the metropolis and all large towns.—(Hear.) Indeed,
he thought that the mind of the public was now
pretty well made up upon the subject. A great deal
had been effected by the inquiries instituted by the
Government as to the sanatory condition of the great
towns, the result of which showed the misery, squalid
wretchedness, and compulsory barbarism, in which a
large number of our fellow-creatures were placed in
the midst of redundant wealth.—(Hear, hear.) Great
credit was due to the Government, and those who
assisted -them in their painful investigation, as to the
extent and causes of the physical and moral degrada-
tion of so important and deserving a portion of the
people.—(Applause.) It was not necessary for him
to trouble the meeting with any observations of his
own, but he would read the observations of a benevo-
lent gentleman who had devoted much time and
professional skill to the investigation of the subject—he
meant Dr. Southwood Smith.—(Applause.) The
Right Rev. Prelate then real an extract from Dr.
Smith's work, to the effect, that "a clean and orderly
house has a moral effect upon the inhabitants, and
tended to form habits of propriety and order in
themselves, and of respect to each other, which no
laws could produce; whereas, in squalid and filthy
houses, the decencies of life could not be observed."—
(Hear, hear.) He then read an extract from the
report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Edinburgh,
which recommended the establishment of baths
and wash-houses in all large towns.. In two
ways sickness and squalidness, induced crime
—by enfeebling the man, and forcing him to seek a
living by the easiest means, and' by cutting short the
lives of virtuous parents.—(Hear, hear.) He had
seen lately some laudable efforts made to ameliorate
the condition of the poor, by improving their habita-
, tions ; and, in proportion as that was effected, those
who visited them fur their moral and religious inte-
rests found it more easy to impress them with a sense
of their duties. He feared, however, that it would
be a long time before those efforts could be attended,
he would not say with complete success, but with any
great extent of success. But were they to be de-
terred in the meantime from doing something to alle-
viate the condition of the poor in their present habita-
tions ?—(Hear, hear.) Two modes of doing so were
proposed by the resolution which he held in his hand
—the establishment of public baths and of public
wash-houses. He would not enlarge upon the value
of the frequent use of baths. They were found to be
Of great benefit to the rich—they would be much
more so to the poor.—(Hear.) There was no fact in
pathology better • established, than that nothing was
more conducive to health than frequent ablution ; and
he need not say that whatever promoted the health
and comfort of the labouring classes, increased their
usefulness in society.—(Hear.) The Righi Rev.
Prelate then went into details respecting the public
baths and wash-houses at Liverpool, .in which it ap-
peared, that although the baths were on a con-
tracted scale, 220 labourers bathed in one day.
One man told him, after he had a bath on a Saturday,
that he felt himself able to do another week's work.—
(llear, and a laugh.) Surely if he felt so much re..
freshed, he would be more able and more disposed
to,attend to his soul's health on the Lord's day.—(Hear,
hear.) The clergy around him would bear him out,
that there was no greater cause of the neglect of Di-
vine service on that day by the labouring classes,
than the compulsory filthiness in which they lived.—
(Hear, hear.) It had been objected to the proposed
institution that there were already baths in the me-
tropolis which "the poor could use at a small ex-
pense. But it was not the object of the society to
make large public baths, but such as each man could
use by himself, and in private, with an unlimited sup-
ply of hot and cold water—(Hear, hear)—as was the
case in Liverpool.—( Rear.) This was not to be re-
garded in the light of a luxury, but of a necessary
refreshment, which could not be dispensed with.—
(Hear.) The next object was the formation of public
wash-houses. In reference to this part of the subject,
he would observe that the crowded and unwholesome
state of the dwellings of the poor was admitted. Now
he would remind those who possessed property in this
great City, and who were engaged in the honourable
and lucrative pursuit of commerce, that every im-
provement in the streets increased the wretchedness of
the poor.— (Hear, hear.) In St. Giles's many thou-
sands had been displaced by the recent improvements,
and these were driven to increase the overcrowded
population of the poorer districts—(Hear, hear)—
therefore those who took pride in the improvement of
the external appearance of the metropolis, were
bound to do something towards alleviating the
evils which those improvements brought upon
the poor.—(Hear, hear.) A few years ago, a
benevolent nobleman, Lord Sandon, employed per-
sons to visit the wealthy parish of St. t4-eorge's,
Hanover-square, and it was found that there were in
that seat of opulence 929 families living in one room
for each family; and he himself knew of 64 indi-
viduals of 16 families, occupying one house of 16
rooms, in the City.—(Hear.) In Whitechapel and
Bethnal-green the case was worse. Not only was it
impossible, under such circumstances, that the mother
of a family could properly attend to the washing of
the clothing, but whatever washing was done in the
crowded room must be attended with injury to the
health of the poor inmates, by the damp which it
occasioned. Besides, he had the testimony of medical
gentlemen, that the difficulty of obtaining water was
such, that the clothes were washed in filthy water,
and with substitutes for
.soap which could not be
mentioned in that meeting. Would it net be an incal-
culable benefit to those people to provide them with
the means of well washing and drying their clothes
at a small expense ?—(Hear.) It was said the
women would do mishief to one another when they
met at the public wash-house. But the experience
at Liverpool proved that they were too much occu-
pied to do so ; and even if they did talk over their
grievances, he, for one, could see no harm in that.—
(Cheers and laughter.) After some further observe.

aons of the same tendency, the Right Rev. Prelate
concluded, amidst much applause, by moving the
resolution.

Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, who was greeted
with repeated cheers, seconded the resolution. He

said, that a few weeks ago, when he was absent from
town, he received a letter, signed " W. C.," and from
the good sense and good feeling with which the letter
appealed to him, he ventured to take upon himself

toseni the answer to the Governor of the Bank of

England, and to tell him how happy he should be to

join in the many good works o'f this noble City—
(Cheers)—which he had always looked upon as the
first in the world. Therefore he determined to appear
there that day, not thinking that he was to have the
happiness of seconding the resolution. This was .a
blessed City, and it was promoted by the Almighty
above all other cities, who favoured men and institu-
tions according to their good works.—(Hear, hear.)
Having, for a greater number of years than any
other person, had the honour of representing the
county of Middlesex, which included London, he
owed a large debt to the City, and he hoped the
vernor of the Bank would allow him "to subscribe in
the amount to which his fifty-four years' Parlia-
mentary connexion entitled him.—(Cheers.)
Mr.'GREoG begged leave to state, before the reso-
lution was passed, that he had erected baths .for the
use of the poor in St. Luke's parish, at an expense
of 1,000/.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution was carried untsnimously.