The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SITLY 1844.

WAR-OFFICE, Jut 23.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
and Adjutant P. Sherwen to have the rank of Lieutenant,
July 22 ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. C. Maude to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir F. Sykes, who retires;
W. Neville, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Maude, July 23.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—F. H. Sykes, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Duncombe, promoted, July 23.
12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon R.
Harthill, from the 9th Foot; to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Hunter, promoted on the Staff, July 23.
4th Regiment of Foot—A. V. D. Harris, Gent., to be En.
sign, by purchase, vice Colville, appointed to the Rifle Brigade,
July 23 ; Sergeant-Major C. J. Perry to be. Quartermaster,
vice Sexton, deceased, July 23.
7th Foot—Lieutenant P. J. Young, from 88th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Forman, who exchanges, July 23.
9th Foot—D. Anderson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Harthill, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, July 23.
17th Foot—Captain E. J. Grant, from the 30th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Manleverer, who exchanges, July 23.
18th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant G. Peel to be Quarter-
master, vice J. Carroll, who retires upon half-pay, July 23.
22d Foot—Ensign F. N. W. G. Colleton, from the 77th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice W. D. Hilton,
cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-Martial, July 23.
28th Foot—Corporal A. Cowan, from the Royal Regiment.
of Horse Guards, to be Quarter-master, vice William Kerr,
who retires upon half-pay. July 23.
30th Foot--Captain J. T. Mauleverer, from the 17th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Grant, who exchanges, July 23.
31st Feot—Lieut. J. L. Wilton to be Adjutant. vice
Lugard, promoted, Dec. 30,1843 ; Ensign J. S. Gould to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, July 23.
35th Foot.—Assistant-Surgeon W. H. Fairbairn, M.D ,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gordon, ap-
pointed to the 53d Foot, July 23.
41st Foot.—Ensign W. S. Greatheed, from the 61st Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Armstrong, who exchanges, July 23.
53d Foot.—Assistant-Surgeon E. M. Macpherson, from
40th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leigh, appointed to
the staff, July 23,
61st Foot—Ensign A. Armstrong, from 41st Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Greatheed, who exchanges ; Ensign D. R.
Croasdaile from 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peat, who ex-
changes, July 23.
62d Foot—Ensign W. J. J. A. Sinclair to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Egar, deceased, April 24.
63d Foot—Lieutenant C. Higginbotham to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Codd, deceased ; Ensign G. A. , Banns-
tyne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Higginbotham,
June 30.
68th Foot—Captain J. D. de Cataret, from half-pay 96th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Dalgety, appointed Captain of Gen-
tlemen Cadets at the Royal Military College • Lieutenant H.
Blount to be Captain, by purchase; vice de &floret, who re-
tires; Ensign W. H. H. Carmichael to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Blount; J. E. L. Gower, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Carmichael, July 23.
77th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant P. M'Carthy to have the
rank of Lieutenant, July 22 ; Lieutenant F. N. W. (3. Colic-
ton, from 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lee, promoted,
July 24.
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84th Foot—Lieut. M. Cassan to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Coxe, deceaSed ; Ensign H. F. Hutchinson to' be
Lieutenant, vice Cassan, March 13.
88th Foot—Lieut. E. R. Forman, from 7th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Young, who exchanges, July 23.
92d Foot—Capt. P. Clark, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Paymaster, vice J. H. J. Meiklejohn, who retires upon hali-
pay, July 23. .
97th Foot—Ensign F. H. Peat, from 61 st Foot, to be En-
sign, vice Croasdaile, who exchanges, July 23.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign E. Sullivan to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Croad, who resigns, July 23.
2d West India Regiment—Major H. C. Cobbe to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Nicholls, deceased;
Captain H. Mends to be Major, vice Cobbe ; Lieutenant A.
P. Keyon to be Captain, vice Mends; Ensign A. Hint to be
Lieutenant, vice Kenyon, May 26.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign F. J. Cox to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Reynolds, deceased, May 18.
BREVET.—Captain J. D. de Carteret, of the 68th Foot, to
be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
HOsrrrAL STAFF. —Assistant-Surgeon T. Hunter, M.D.,
from 12th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice Stewart, appointed to the 26th Foot ; Assistant-
Surgeon J. de Verd Leigh; M.D., from 53,1 Foot, to be it',
sistant.Surgeon to the Forces, vice Fairbairn, appointed to the
35th Foot, July 23.
MEmoitati DU M.—The commission of Captain H. E. Long-
den, of 10th Foot, has been antedated to the 26th March,
1843. The commission of Lieutenant M. V. Bull, of 10th
Foot, has been antedated to the 16th December, 1542. The
name of the gentleman appointed Assistant-Surgeon, in the
60th Foot, is Thomas Tardrew and not Fardrew, as stated in
the Gazette of the 12th July, 1844.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, Palatine

of Lancashire.
J. Clarke, jun., Esq.' to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 27.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Radnorshire.
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The Hon. R. E. Plunkett to be Deputy Lieutenant, May3o
WHITEHALL, JULY 22.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed J. B. Byers, of Pem-
broke, in the County of Pembrokeshire, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

67s 6d to 68s for strong yellow Dobah, and tamp and washed
67s per cwt. Of Ceylon Sugar 68 casks 7 cases were offered
and disposed of at 52s for low brown, 545. to 55s for good, and
56s to 56s Gd for middling dingy yellow. 153 baskets Java
were sold at the full value; tine strong grey at 21s to 22e,
good white 23s to 23s 6d, fine brown 17s Gd to 18s, damp grey
and white 20s Gd to 21e, brown ditto lfis Gd to 17s Gd per cwt.
FOREIGN. .—Yellow Havannali . has been in excellent re-
quest, and the rates paid are rather above those of Tuesday
last. This afternobb4here: was no-public sale 'of Foreign
Sugar ; by privatetreaty some parcels, of yellow:Havanuali
and brown larazil.sold at very full prices. L •
moLAsziEs.,-,Prices are maintained for West India, and a
good demand has existed; the private operations are 250
puns, Antigua. at 24s to 265, and Trinidad 23s ; -at auction,
however, 250 puns were taken in above the value, Antigua
at 245, Barbadoes• 265, St. Kitt's 245, and Montserrat 23s ;
the arrivals are still large, but prices- rule IoW. In Bengal
Syrup sales made at 14s to 16s per cwt. •Of West India Ta-
inariuds 17 half-barrels at auction fetched 50s, and sjugs
Jamaica Honey 50s to 5.8 s per cwt.
COCOA.—By private contract several parcels of West India
have been •lispbsed of,, but holders are compelled -to submit
to rather lower prices.; at auction Trinidad at 38s Gd to 40s
for low to mid red, and 38s to 38s 6d for fair grey ; 10 brls
of St. Vincent's were bought in at 31s to 32s per cwt for fair
quality ; the stock is still a large one. Foreign Cocoa is little
wanted, and 200 bags Pant at auction were withdrawn.
TEA.--The transactions have been upon a small scale in
black and green Tea by private contract, but. the offers made
at lower rates have been rejected by importers, although
large parcels are announced for public. competition- __AL
the auctions held on Friday, consisting of 10,000 pkgs, the
bidding • were very 1 ingnid, and - the small proportion
of only 2,800 pkgs found purchasers, but with the excep-
tion of fine Hyson, which went -.rather wider late rates,
other sorts of Tea sustained the previous currency ; Congon,
but mid ra str and fresh-fetched is lid to Is -2d, but mid-
blksh If is 2d; very superior Pekoe fla 2s 2d to 2s aid
TWankay, but mid Is sd. Tyson fla 2s 1-4 d to 2s lid ; Gun-
powder 3s 6d to 4ssid, and Imperial2s 10-id per lb. Pouchong
was all taken in and withdrawn. • •
CoFFEE.7-The market has presented a quiet appearance
for all descriptions of West India Coffee since this day week.
This' afternoon the demand was brisk for Ceylon Coffee, and
1,168 bags, at public sale, were all disposed of is above former
rates—ordinary ragged pale went at 525,-. good ordinary pale
52s to 52s Gd, good ordinary greenish 53. s Gd to 545, tine
ordi-
nary.greenish 55s to 55s Gd, se: damaged first class .52s Gd,
-second ditto 50$, third ditto 48s Gd. Irivately there was a
good deal doing, and Jamaica was more in-demand, at former
rates. 'Of Mocha some parcels sold at 70s to 75s for middling
and good yellow. .
SrKa-;:s.—Jarnaica Ginger at 4/10s tri 10110 s. per cwt for
low to good bold white; East India has sustained the-former
valtie; Bengal at 22s for bold wormy, being above the value.
Black Pepper has been taken sparingly,. but holders are not
inclineu to further give way in price, and none -has been
offered at•auctlon ;• Sumatra in small parcels sold at 21d to
2id, Penang 2id to 3d, and Malabar aid to 3,14 per lb. Cassia
Lignea, ord 54s to 555, good ord 56s to 58s, low middling
59s to 60s, middling. Gls to 635, and better- qualities 64s to
70s per cwt;
.for auction on Wednesday 1,400 chests are de-
clared, and- the stock is not above half of what it was last
season at this period: The market is quiet for Pimento.
Nutmegs are not much -wanted, and prices drooping, 24 casks
Batavia -at pUblic.sale were sold at 2s 3d to 2s-4d per lb for
bold limed.

RUM, BIZANDr„tNI) ITOLLANDS.—Prices are still main-
tained fo.r the tillest.qualities •of Jamaica Rum, the supply
being small, but at present few purchasers are to be met with ;
for all other sorts a reduction on former rates of 2cl per,
gallon' has"bein submitted to. To-day some parcels of
Jamaica Rum were . disposed of, but not at bett( r
prices ; 2B to . 30 per cent over proof fetched
-2a I Id. to 3s 3d; 32' to :36 over 3s 4d to 3s 8d; favourite
marks 3s 10(1 to 4s 3d and 4s 6d. I.eewards are much
wanted, but the supply has become scanty, and proof cannot
generally be purchased under 2s 3d per gallon. .Demerara in
small parcels 34 to 35 per cent. over .proof fetched 3s 1.1 to
tO3i 3d. "The deinand fur Calcutta Rum is good at, 13 111 d
proof; indeed, in_ some cases 2s per gallon. paid. Brandy was
taken sparingly, and in some cases easier rates accepted.
RICE.-,Bengal has met with ready purchasers, and the
rates given are rather above those of. 'Tuesday last. To-day
Madras Rice' met with attention, and 4,000 bags at -public
sale were readily disposed of at rather higher rates; good
bold
,yellow fetched 8s Gd to 9s, sea damaged first class Bs,
second and third ditto Gs 6d to 7s 6d. Bengal continues in
request, and 400 bags at. auction went at .12$ 6d for fine bold
bright white (cleaned by machinery at Calcutta), Ils 6rl to
12s for good ditto, and 113 for good yellowish white ditto.
1"1°1).--The Quarterly Sale of East India Indigo is still
progressing under favourable auspices, and the attendance of
the trade from all
,parts has been numerous since Tuesday
last. To-day there was an excellent demand for East India
Indigo from shippers and the home trade at the Quarterly
Saie : 878 chests passed the sale.
SALTPETUE.—Of tough several parcels have beendisposed
of by contract,. and holders sncceeded in obtaining, the ad
vance they required on Tuesday last of 6d to is per cwt.
To-day rough was in excellent request. •
TALLow.—In the value of Russian Tallow on the spot Sib'
variation has taken place, but buyers have purchased •
sparingly, paying 41s to 41s 6cl per,cwt for P. Y. Candle.
Orrs In Linseed Oil a good deal has been done at 25s 9(1
to 26s per cwt, at which prices are firm. Rape Oil at 3786(1
to 38s, and brown 3tis Gd to 37s per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil 27s
to 30s per cwt. Pains 28$ to 29s per cwt. Olive Oil is again
cheaper. Sperm Oil : tine British at 84/ 108 to 851, and
American 821 to 831 per tun. Southern Oil at 321 to 331.11 r
good to fine, and 291 to 301 for low and middling. In the
value of .other sorts of common Fish Oils there is little
variation. .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
A message troal the House of Commons brought up
the Land-tax Commissioners' Names Bill, and other
Bills, which were severally read a first time.
The County Coroners Bill passed through Committee,
and was reported.
The Soap Allowance Bill passed through Committee,
was reported, and ordered to- be read a third time on
Thursday.
The. Western Australian Bill, the Parish Constables
Bill, and the Colonial Postage Bill passed through
Committee, and were reported. -
UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND).
On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the House
time on Thursday.
Boriltied,whaniedhoilrd7redgPritoe
Aaeßtlhaise c-IBUILDINGS BURNING BILL.
went into - Committee upon
waontshirsep
btheroreuag(l,,lll
On- the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the House
went- into Committe on this Bill.
Lord WHA7RNCLIFFE said that in the late convic-
tions' for arson, it v% as found that in some cases the
crime was committed by children, or very young per-.
sons. Iu order to_ check so dangerous and deplorable a
practice, he proposed to insert a clause to the effect that
persons under the age of 13 years, convicted of arson
under this Bill, should be whipped.
. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill passed through
Committee.
SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Lord RI?,DESDALE said that iii consequence of the
lateness of the session it was 'difficult to procure the
number of Peers (five) required to form each of the
Committees, and he should - therefore on Friday move
the suspensiOn of the Standing Order,. which required
the attendance of live Peers, and ask leave that the Com 7
mittees might sit with three Peers on each.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
.1-

- HOUSE* OF COMMONS.
(Continued from our Afteinoon Edition.)
'I he HoUse resumed at Five o'clock.
LUNACY. • ----- -- -
Lord ASHLEY rose
.j
to move an Address to the.
Crowe, praying her Majpst.. to take into her considera-
tion the Report Of the Metropolitan Commissioners of
Lunacy t., the Lord Chancellor. and presented to the
House by command of her Majesty. In rising to bring
fthe said that the report had been so
l
and its details were so extensive, that it
had been found impossible to bring it under the consi-
olie;maridnu thistil , motion,
deration of the House at an earlier period of the-session.
The act upin which the commission of lunacy was
founded would expire-next year ; and it was, therefore,
neces'ary that it should be renewed during
Parliament. Lunatic asylums
might three distinct heads—
thieo present be etit sce:snsiiidmereodf
The first class of asylums were what was called single
houses ; of the patients in these single houses they had
no return made. They were precluded by the Statute
from any interference
-with establishments of that de-
scription. lie thought this a most unfortunate restric-
tion. It was giving secret porter and irresponsibility
to the relatives of lunatics, and exposing them to
temptations almost greater than human nature
ought to be "subjected to. There were many
patients in three single houses for whom were paid not
less than 5001 per annum. This was a temptation to
keep such a patient in perpetual confiuement, because
a ith the returning health of the sufferer the allowance
would be discontinued. So strong was his opinion of
the bad effect of this, that if Providence should afflict
any near relative of his with insanity, he would consign
to an asylum in which there were other patients,
•
and which Was subjected to official visitation. The
only control they had over the single houses WAS this—
that it' a patient resided in one more than a
twelvemonth the owner of the house was compelled to
communicate the name of that patient to the clerk of the
whatevercomthission.' But fur the most part no notice whatever
was taken of this law, and it was frequently evaded by re-
ti.oving the patient, after a residence of eleven months, to
some other lodging. Ile knew the delicacy of the subject,
but it was one a ith which the Legislature ought to inter-
fere. The second class of houses were the county asylums.
It appeared, from the returns, that the number
,of
lunatics chargeable to parishes in England and Wales,
amounted to 16,821, while the existing asylums only
protided accommodation to 4,125. There were 9,339
lunatics distributed over the country in workhouses and
other places. The condition of these asylums was very
unequal. Some c.ritained every advantage of science
and medical treatment, others were wholly deficient in
these points. Ad of them however, had the advantage
of not giving anv profit to the superintendents. The
roport stated that a large proportion of those
asylums were well conducted, but some were
quite unfit for their purpose. In England and Wales
there were twcitty-one counties without any asylums
whatever, public or private. The cost of the patients in
les, the cost per head per annum
p
+hese asylums varied considerably. In the Wakefield
Asylum, which was established and conducted on- the
most economical rinci
was 1111. In Gloucester Asylum the cost was 3591
In Bedford, the cost per head was 1301. The asylum in
Kent cost 64,0001, and that of Hanwell cost 160,0001.
Now, looking to the mion-houses, it appeared that the
best union-]louses had been constructed for 40,0001.,
while lunatic asylums were much more expensive, But
those asylums svire much too large. The Kent asylum
asylums
was built to accommodate 300 persons ; others had been
constructed to accommodate a larger number of persons.
. Dr. Conolly
stated that not more than 100 person
It was impossible that such a number could he accom
modated with advantage in those
-
scould be mar aged
with eonveilienee in those asylums. It would appear
otllsiaut
Ist wr;emod
oheierazattde
esoi
nitl bal3s):3llattitin4sggl'od
with
u be b
g reta- better
ease:
ThP third elg4 wag. that of private asylums, Ivbieh re-

eeived persons who paid their own expenses. In tho.sl
asylums a great number of persons were received w he'
paid only 7s. and Bs. a week.- It appeared that the
licensed houses were dirty and damp, and that the bedding
was disgusting from the running of sores. The Nob e
Lord instanced several houses which were in this state.
In the House of Industry in Kingsland, near Troubridge,
the same slate of things existed. In the union of Red-
- ruth, in Cornwall, there were forty-one insane persons,
and in the union at Birmingham there were no less
than seventy-one lunatici, and yet the same syst. in
was continued. To correct these evils there was
no remedy hitt the multiplication Of -county asylums:
They should also enact that all patients should be sent
into the asylum within a given time. Unless they did
that, other provisions would be useless, as all the repot is
showed that the benefits arose from attending to the
disease medicinally before it became confirmed. It. was
the general opinion of all the medical men that paup e
-lunatics were sent into the asylums at so late a period of
the disease as to 'prevent, or, ut all events, greatly to im-
pede, a cure. The registers of the Retreat at York, and of
several other asylums proved this fact.. From the re.
lister of one of the asylums in Dorsetshire, it'appeared
taut of six patients that had been admitted at an
early period of the disease, in 1837, five had
been cured and dismissed within four months
and the sixth, although an old woman of 75 was cot.-
valescent. At St. Luke's they did not admit patients
•Wiiii-litid.been afflicted more than twelve months, and in
1842 the cures averaged 70 per cent., and
in 1843.
~they were as six to one. • He -had'
written to the younger Dr. Sutherland on
,the
subject, and the reply was, that the cures via re
all permanent ; for if a patient- relapsed within three
Months after his dismissal, he' was re-admitted. not
as • a new patient, but as a rel'aPsed one. He
verily believed if they went to the-expense of estab-
lishing asylums throughout the country fir pauper,
"lunatics_,-.; although the outlay at- the beginning
must be considerable, that' the number of cures
that would be 'effected in ten years would more
thoie compensate for the expenditure. The report of
the Commissioners contemplated the erection of, a suffi-
cient number of lunatic asylums throughout Vie
country, and they proposed that until -those
asylums should be erected certain portions of
workhouses should be licensed for the edmissisn
of pauper lunatics. Ile would now call the attention of
the House to the' state of Wales with respect -to
lunatics. In .1843 the number of Welsh pauper lunatics
was 1,176. Of these 36 were in English county asylums, 41
in licensed houses'in England,9o in union workhouses, and
1,010 living with their friends. Many of. these were in a
wretched condition. The Noble Lord here read several ex-
tracts from various documents to show the wretched state
in which many of the pauperluna tics in Wales were placed.
It miginhtcboenssesociiitillettnhheaeet there were good asylums-at Bristol
and other places, to which the lunatics might be re-
moved. But in these asylums a cure was almost impo.ssi-
Eofngtihieshigiannorgaunaegee.amßotnag
wmheorsetv irf
impossi-
ble,
patients
the asylum might be, the whole course of their expe-
perience established the necessity of instituting and
maintaining a frequent visitation. By this, they
were able to' bring on them the influence of public
opinion, and by notoriety exposing parties to praise or
censure. Within the metropolitan districts this vigil-
ance had sgenerrlly been exercised ; but he _could
not say the same of !the provincial districts, tinless
an exceptionhuroughasylutn7ult be
genernraadltehisindutsyomhaed fewheen
sielfamthee.
fully neglected. It would he needless for him to detain
the Howe by enumerating facts that spoke for' them-
selves ; for .if the parties to whom the . duty
of visitation had been entrusted had discharged
their office with but common vigilance, the Commis-
sioners would never have been able to have collected such
materials for the re-port that had been laid on the table.
He-illustrat(d the good effects of frequent irritation by
adduciug the asylum of Dr. Warburton, at Bethnal-green,.
which was one of the main subjects of the inquiry of the
Committee of 1826. There was an original sin in nil
private asylums, because they must ail be -Made
to yield a profit -to the keeper. But Dr. -
Wur-
burton had done everything in his power to effest
2imooproofvetinleiepnatstieinnithesas
were frequently
In 1828 no
restrainedhless than
chains
ar d leglocks; but now out of 582 patients, only five were
under restraint, and that of the most moderate and ne-
cessary description.