The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX

MA GISTRATES.
A meeting of Justices of AliAlesex to :k place yoterdlYt`
at. the S, ss'ons-house' Cle kenwell greeti, foe the trat.sact!Ol
of county business • Mr. P,Art:all in the chair.
The minutes of the last C,.urt wete read and ccnfirmed.
THE iiANWEI.L LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The report of the visiting justices of the County Lunatitc
Asylum was read. The only point of m novelty
Was in conjunction with the efforts of the visiting justice
alleviate the condition of the patients. It appeared that ad'
ing upon a suggestion of ,),!e of the physicians, a printh?g
press had been introduce 1, to alliird occupation to some of the
untliftunate inmates of the asylum who were printers, s;''e,
that these individuals were employed beneficially to
county. It had further had the etrect of stimulating the T:
tellectual energies of other patients, which had le•d to le'
composition of some literary pieces of by no means a cow
tempt ible character. a
Mr. Tut.g, chairman to the visiting justiceS, Tee",
specimen, a poetic effusion, entitled, " Farewell to Wli;
Erin," which excited a warm feeling of sympathy and aci
mii ation, abundantly expressed by the numerous body
justices present.
Mr. LAURIE. in remarking upon this extension of tit Pl°ve'.):
ment of an intellectual kind, observed that new-Fp-qv s e:
were printed in some of these establishments for the in-
a9:
in France, Scotland, and America. He also desired some ;
formation upon the cessation of the clinical lectures upon 10.,,
insane, adverting to the importance of diffusing sound 10.°
ledge respecting the varied phases of this dreadful maladyited
Mr. TuLle, in reply, said that the visiting justices regrs_l„,,
deeply the dscontinuance of the lectures by Dr. ConollYM:ter
he believed, want of time. But it was an important tniar',,
to the public, and the visiting justices would have the'
0,1_%
tention directed to measures with a view to their continua c°
—(Hear, hear.) The report was received.
THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION rare'
The report of the, visiting justices of the House Of the
tion was read. The number of prisoners was 806, and
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report was universally satisfactory, except in relation to,ter;
conduct of the visiting justices, in reference to certain warathe
and sub -warders of the gaol, who, in disobedience to
orders of the governor, had misappropriated, or rather
and
propriated to their own use some surplus cocoa, ,
soup,theit
gruel, which remained after the prisoners had received road.
allowance, and which was ordinarily thrown down the he
mon sewer. These officers had been censured and Pll':'#l,
Certain of the justices made a motion for their dis l"
which, after a long debate, was negatived.
Colonel WOOD, M.P., in the course of the discussion,
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pressed his surprise at the disposal of the surplus food' ate.
was sure the public would be much shocked at the
itri,
Would it not be better, if it was not allowed to be tdit it
buted amongst the officers or inmates of the prison, t'l9 the
should be given to the numerous deserving poor al,
Metropolis, many of whom would be thankful for a real,
The visiting justices should be directed to give the s"
some consideration. et
In explanation it was stated that the surplus Wasro.
much. It was formerly divided among the prisoners
tation, but that had been discontinued under the Reif rrg,
lations.—The report was received: a it
The report of the Westminster Bridewell was read, 310,11
was stated that amidst the difficulties created by the 110
of the establishment of the New Prison now being
down) within its walls, the best arrangement possible 0; ac•
the circumstances had been made. A warm tribute °
knowledgment was given to the Governor, Mr. Dag.'
The report was received.
The other business was not of public interest.

THE DEATH-BEL) OF PRICE
TA LLEYRAND. o the
The Archbishop of Paris bas addressed a circular the
clergy of his diocese, in which he states that, althongritteo
letters, as follows, recently published as having been so'
by Prince Talleyrand, may be, as he believes they 14,-,g'o
thentic, he had read them for the first time a few doYs,e-bel
the newspapers. The Archbishop says they may l'a`
originally in the secretariate of the Episcopal Palace; tgript:
so, they were removed many years ago. In a Pus s 110
however, the Archbishop states that the original lette
'r_ vie
been since presented to him, with the certificate of In
decessor. slitVi
The Amide la Religion published on, Thursday theing documents, for the authenticity of which it pleal4%.;pf
and adds, that " they may be compared with the
whictris deposited in the archives of the library of ttiete,
bishop of Paris, or with the copy cent to Rome, aced
every legal guarantee of its being authentic :" :
More than ever induced by grave considers e; eI
brought to consider dispassionately the consequeot.c.tt,T,
revolution which has carried everything along Ly!"*ol,9
has lasted for fifty years, I have arrived at a pelle:l,l,r/
vanced age, and (after such long experience) to of,i
excesses of the epoch to whicla have belonged, and t')
condemn the grave errors which in this long coueq 1
have troubled and afflicted the Catholic, Ano,t°Ol,'"
Roman Church, and in which errors I have had the
tune to participate. e fo'
"If it should please the esteemed friend of 04;ni0(!),,,'
his Grace the Archbishop of Paris, who has wished n",.0 '0
me of the benevolent feelings of the Sovereign des 're, tir
garding me, to assure the Holy Father, as I uetite Otte
homage of my respectful gratitude, as well as my etiti, to
mission to the doctrine and discipline of the Church eccil
decisions and judgment of the Holy See on Fren.cit reel
siastical matters, I dare hope that his Holiness
them with kindness. sit
Pies gilt
" Dispensed at a later period by the venerable -e soo
from the exercise of ecclesiastical functions, I has et, jet
every opportunity in my long political career toitotehter.
religion, and to many honourable and distinguisbe" poo
of the Catholic clergy all the cervices that were in 01.70111,1,4 i
Never have I ceased to consider myself other thaniefu
of the church. I again deplore those acts of my"tt for
have grieved it, and my last vows will be for her an
supreme chief. '
" CHARLES MAURICE, Prince de Taleyrsr)
" Signed at Paris, on the 17th of March, 11838•
" Written on the 10th of March, 1838. 01' ar
Letter of the Prince to his Holiness GregorY
" Very Holy Father—The young and pious child, tig
rounds my old age with the tenderest and most afro xres;
tention, has just made known to me the benevolent„,,t
sions which your Holiness has deigned recently tonleolvel
cerning me, in announcing to me with what joy sAllaeigt,lot
for the consecrated articles that your Holiness ba',cleilee,ti
to destine for her. I am penetrated with the benes..etteisl"
his Holiness, as on the day when his Grace the -A' eg
of Paris made me acquainted with it for the first tiine.ttsce
" Before being reduced by the malady that has !‘„ ge'lo
me, I desire, very Holy Father, to express to you "I:opeti,olit
tude, and at the same time my feelings. I linte ee
not only your Holiness will receive them favouhr citelle4
will also deign to appreciate in your justice all turf, ealle,Pht
stances that have guided my actions. The merne!)-0, Oro
for some time past, but which, after my instructl(ll co I
not to appear until thirty years after my death, instruct
to posterity my conduct during the revolutions* the heti
will confine myself to-day, in order not to fatiga%ifereee
Father, to calling his attention to the general i u not
the age I have belonged to. • th d°6sl°
`. The respect I owe to those who gave me bit. oath
prohibit me also from saying that my whole l_cg tO• 4
directed towards a profession I was not born to bel,"eleY,Pil
For the rest, I cannot do better than by throv,i',' ;to
on this point, as on every other, upon the /o'l° .001
equity of the Church and of its venerable chie f
f. sour
"I am, with respect, very Holy Father, o. t,
the ver humble and very obedient son and serlevtsO
y
`• CEJARLES MAURICE, Prince de . •
"Signed at Paris May 17, 1838. Citb
"Written 'lO 1838."
The .Ami de la March
4eligion accompanies these doentliell'sool6
the following reflations:— „estW' tb
"Numerous witnesses, and of the most unq joYe ore
authority, are ready to depose that the Prince
Signed Kotler'
liberty of his reason; firm and clear, when he shl),ed spit
tractation and letter to the Pope. The malady wlliel'aersgsslife Oof
mined the body had in no way attacked the Un ~f
-He who was soon to render up an account to Gut .0-to`
troubled and full of incidents, was still in full 01
his reason. earl",
he
" Its
would be mor4 strange that, afterretino rt,
much praised the quickness of his Pei.'" aoolLlct
the . promptitude of his glance in hunianstioo tb
should be refused all judgment in a (lube set' le:
was above all others. Nevertheless, it may criLnt
these acts, signed a few hours before the ins 1,;?0110
written by his own hand three months before' ,01',/
be attempted also to allege that some foreign, pe:
dictated these acts, for none influenced them. '1;0005 le,
have approached the Prince know well that Ids.? no
inflexible soul governed itself only, and
tt
quired an ascendancy over it if he did not agtc
or el
solutions. l`lig• hg
" This retractation is, therefore, the Prl d toe ee
slowly deliberated it, he weighed every
on•the day and hour be himself had fixed
_hi; toneire
sooner nor later, without any influence being eteig
word bo.e,
the moment which his relations told friends siveiteol.etloo
sired. He repeated in his illness what he lieu dos t.4oa,
than once uttered—' I do not know bow U' have
quickly; I have never hurried myself, and .1
arrivedi n time.' "
am • A, 1e for
WINDSOR ELLCr, jowl -too 10
Sir„
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The friends of rre_eeLt.
voir, finding that there was no chance
Windsor in opposition to the powerful int r_;., j
pd
bear in favour of Colonel Reid and Mr. W3jaild t° .14,°
ciously advised the Hon. Baronet to retire?i,,tee.
battle to be fought by the other two can kill P
whose adieu to the electors, for the present: c,
to-morrow, proceeded to London this afteire°oole trev, cob
The two committees, accompanied by tnve Kett'
dates now in the field, and their resPee',' I3° eed
menced their first open canvass this morin°l7ceess: 0/),
speak of having experienced considerable
ufei3
are equally sanguine as to the result• f forty
Colonel Reid gave a supper to upwaras °
„
porters, last night, at the Castle HoteL
(PO;
CoPt. titi° f 6,
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WIGAN ELECTION.— '
On Thursday, wojo, et
the Conservative candidate was returned bYnutober'
over his opponent, Mr. Thicknesse. Tbec,i 1,
___,T)s-,4t,e'
o'clock were—Lindsay, 273; Thicknesses
eispeV
ELY, OCT. I6.—DEPLORABLE Acel'lcth-t 1"0 tee
jott
OF Mn. G. BASEVI, TILE ARCHITECT. --A tibetep,.ee IP oe,
accident occurred in the cathedral to-daY, his hie., g
eleven o'clock, by which Mr. Basevi lost
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ascended part of the western tower, act „f r. Sto_sectl'oh
Dean (with whom be was on a visit) anct
cards,worlcs clop/
the minor canons, and was inspecting see ffe_ eiso oce,
near the belfry, when, on moving backwenough or_ dt.t__
a hole in the belfry floor, scarcely large ‘,l'-'Fieer,o"o Eigiresti!l
to pass through, to the floor of the clotshibited oool'
of forty feet. On being taken up, he deettcygii sok,
life, and. he was immediately taken to the
before Wibri4l';
inquest has since been held on his boa at co% per"..tb
Esq., Coroner; The Fitzwilliam Muse': n'
re, And t°-iasn'ifeele
justly admired for its elegance of stria
~n<, as `,,3eseci_eto
taste displayed, was erected from his 14. r, etioy,oo#
Conservative Club-house in Pall- nwalt•do; odrree,co•oo
about 45 years of age, and has left a
family, some of whom are very young. •F:fru' ACI.4V'Cr 5,,e5ti;
ERRATUM.—SOVEREIGN LIFE
Cnital:RniellgS•ll°:ll-n" v:500":5t
PANY.—III an advertisement which appllee-leudeiiirl,e b1e.1i:675,t/to
day's paper, E
etqh.,e Secretary'sn.tG
°e
DEATH IN A FIT PRODUCEP v(' h. tl3
M P., be" ye 00
Yesterday, at noon, Mr Wakley,
Comers: '
ect tobc'
Freemasons' Anne, Siiffolk-street, et
of William Serle, aged 53, a smith, rc_Tlve's 5t!'110 itt#4,
above street It appeared that decea-ec: wouiettil'e e!,1,1;801'1,
brought on by drinking ale to excess. A d
ovate- ,bp nejrll e,
received at the battle of Waterloo agg L tele
dinatiogxeideaitaiittellixhueirs,weatnddd m
die in ed
fit- drunk oii nnda~cf ical elljef
vice, and on Sunday evening lnieigghott and on ,
o n iir` iOl
He had several fits during the:
noon his daughter, a little girl, seeing aa funnel tts,vo,,ity f
father's pass by, called him in, and tle_lsed to
.1_041:0...r,
dead in bed. The propensity 0t th he read °5l o ct'O'
self with ale had been augmented by' tluv had r_ stet°
wife, and the loss of a favourite son, ""
sea. Verdict, "Found dead after aO.
tbiication." • whilst i° 4 ~`