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TII,E NEW LUNACY BILL.

The following orders were yesterday issued iby the
Lord Chancellor : " Oct. 27, 1842.
" 1. That from and after the first day of Michaelmas
r Term next, the office of Clerk of the Custodies of
Idiots and Lunatics, do cease and determine.
"2. That all the inquiries and matters connected
with the persons and estates of lunatics, heretofore
usually referred to the Masters in Ordinary of the
High Court of Chancery (except inquiries under or
by virtue of an Act made and passed in the Ist year
of the reign of his Majesty King IV., en-
titled, 'An Act for- Amending the Law respecting
Conveyances and Transfer of Estates and Funds
vested in Trustees and Mortgagees, and for enabling
Courts of Equity to give effect to their Decrees and
Orders in certain cases,' and also except where the
Lord Chancellor shall from time to time otherwise
specially direct), be hereafter referred to the Commis-
sioners in Lunacy for the time being. -
"3. That all inquiries in lunacy now pending be-
fore any of the said Masters (except any inquiries
under or by virtue of the said Act of Parliament in
the last order mentioned, and except where otherwise
hereafter specially directed) be transferred to the
Commissioners in Lunacy.
"4. That all deeds, wills, securities, papers, and
documents, in any lunacy, now left or deposited in
the offices of the said Masters respectively, be deli-
vered to the Commissioners in Lunacy, os= to some
person by them authorised to receive the same.
"5. That until further order, the clerks to. the
Commissioners take and receive for business done in
the Commissioners'-office the like fees to those for the
time being receivable by the clerks to the said Mas-
ters for the like business, sueh fees to be accounted
for as hereinafter mentioned.

THE CLEVELAND ESTATE.
[Mr. Acland, the Anti-Corn-law Lecturer, makes
the following observations on the Cleveland estate, in
a letter to the " League" at Manchester. Mr. A. has
been delivering lectures against the Corn-laws to the
tenantry of the Duke of Cleveland ; and his corres-
pondence with his Grace will not have been forgotten.]
Among the Cleveland agriculturists the system of
bondage very generally obtains—as in the adjoining
county of Northumberland. The single men and wo-
men are " done for" in the farm-house, whilst the
married men have a house assigned to them, with an
allowance of potatoes, and a weekly stipend of some
10s., conditionally that he holds his wife or some
other woman at command of the farmer, for field work,
the year round at Bd, per day ; and it often happens
that, when the wife is ill, or, having a family, cannot
leave home, the man has to hire another woman for
the farm-work at a price exceeding the contract wages
he receives.
In the desolate region of mines and moors, there
are no farm labourers. The tenant; of the herbage
are only hay farmers, and beast breeders. They
make hay in the summer, and their beasts eat it in
the winter. The frame work of the animals is thus
grown by the mere breeder, and then they are sold
and driven south, that they may be rendered fleshy
and marketable. These poor tenants and their sons
work by turns in the mines, and on their small and
miserable holdings.
Almost the entire of the Cleveland estate requires
to be well drained. This was neglected by the late
Duke, because his hereditary successor had no por-
tion of parental good-will entailed with the estate;
and because the present Duke is not yet rich enough
to put his tenants on a par, in this respect, with those
of his spirited neighbour of Streatham Castle. To
drain the Baby territory, would require an outlay of
from 150,0001. to 200,000/. ; and in the anticipated
event of the repeal of the Corn-laws, it must be
drained by the Duke, or suffered to go out of arable
cultivation for grain production. Here, then, we
have the secret of the Duke's hostility to free trade,
and his abuse of the League.
Another observable point is tenure of the land,
which is year by year. Hence, and under the Chan.-
dos clause of the Reform Bill, the Duke of Cleveland
is a political landowner.
At the last election the Cleveland tenantry voted,
to a man, in the Liberal interest, whilst at the next
election they will assuredly vote with no less unani-
mity for the party of which their lord, for the time
being, is so brilliant and courteous an ornament.
It will thus be seen that the tenantry can only
hope to retain possession of their farms by yielding
up every particle of independence, at the bidding of
their political chief. Holding their farms as tenants
at will, they dare not invest-their capital (if they have
any left) in so bad a security as the yearly tenure of
the undrained soil of an anti-agricultural landowner.
But even the tenants of the Duke of Cleveland
think ; and the League has enabled me to opan to
their inquiring minds a vein of rich ore, which you
may be sure they will work to its exhaustion and their
own enrichment.

"G. That until further order, all acts, deeds, mat-
ters, and things heretofore accustomed to be done in
the execution of the office of Clerk of the Custodies,
as to the several matters following, be done by the
Commissioners in Lunacy, that is to say—
" Bonds and recognizances of committees and their
sureties, and the vacating and delivering up the same.
"The bill for the grant of the custody, and for the.
revocation thereof.
" Summoning committees and sureties to account.
" Filing and copying committees' accounts, and
certifying the same.
" 7. That until further order, the clerks of the
Commissioners take and receive for the business so
done, under the foregoing order, the like fees to those
heretofore received in the office of Clerk of the Cus •
todies for the like business, such fees to be accounted
for as hereinafter mentioned.
" 8. That until further order, all other acts, deeds,
inatter3, and things, heretofore accustomed to be done
in the execution of the office of Clerk of the Custodies.
be (so far as according to the practice for the time
being in lunacy the same shall be necessary to be per-
' formed) done by the Secretary of Lunatics ; and the
Secretary of Lunatics is to take and receive for the
business so done the like fees to these heretofore re-
ceived in the office of Clerk of the Custodies for the
like business, such fees to be accounted for as herein.
after mentioned.
" 9. That the matter of each lunacy be, for the pur-
pose of the inquiries hereby authorised, considered as
referred to the Commissioners of Lunacy froM the
date of the inquisition.
"10. That where any person has been or may be
found lunatic under any commission, the Commis-
sioner do, from time to time, and without any special
order in such matter, inquire and report who is or
are the heir or heirs-at-law and next of kin of the
lunatic, and the person or persons who would be en-
titled to his estate or to shares thereof under the. sta-
tutes for the distribution of intestates' estates, in case
he were, at the date of such inquiry, dead intestate,

to whom due notice of attending the Commissioner
is to be given ; And also inquire and report what is
the situation of the lunatic and the nature of the
lunacy, and who is or are the mo:it fit and proper
person or persons to be appointed the committee or
committees of the person and estate of the lunatic,
and of what the fortune of the lunatic did, at the
time from which he shall have been found lunatic,
consist, and of what it consists at the time of such
inquiry, and what is the amount of income arising
therefrom, and in what manner and at what expense,
and by whom and where, the lunatic has been main-
tained, and Whether anything, and what, is due, and
to whom, in respect of such past maintenance, and to
whom, and out of what fund, the same ought to be
paid, and what is fit and proper to be allowed for the
maintenance and support of the lunatic for the time
past and to come, regard being had to the circum-
stances and estate of the lunatic, and from what time
such allowance should commence.
" 11. That the Commissioner be at liberty imme-
diately after inquisition, and without any special order
in the matter, to make inquiry,
and to report, when-
ever it shall seem necessary, upon the provisional care
and management of the lunatic, and his property, and
as to maintenance, until committees or a committee
be appointed.

THE LANCET of OCT. 29, Edited by Mr.
WAKLEY, M.P., contains:-
1. Mr. Erasmus Wilson's New Synopsis of Skin Diseases-
2. Dr. Todd's Clinical Illustrations of the Proper Diagnosis
of Disease-3. Dr. Laycock on the Obvious Data for Predict-
ing Events in Life and Disease-4. Dr. Hare on Milk as a
Source of Disease in the Lungs-5. Dr. Golding Bird on
Death from Glandular Pressure on the Bronchus-6. Dr.
Martin Barry on the Creation of Muscle at its First Moment
(with Engravings of the Process)-7. Dr. Turnbull on his
New Treatment of the Eye and Deafness-8. Dr. R. Lee on
the Newly-discovered Nerves of the Uterus-9. Dr. F. Dun-
can on the Treatment of Measles in Workhouses-10. Experi-
ments on the Cure of Sore Nipples-11. The best Process
for Removing Superfluous Hair—Twins, born in England,
like the Siamese (with Engravings,-13. Mr. Guthrie's Ac-
count of Himself to his unfortunate Pupils-14. Mr. Cooper's
Key to the Army Herbarium at Chatham-15. The Use of
Debating Societies to Students-16. Editorial Remarks on
the Total Absence of Rewards for Merit in the Medical Pro-
fession-17. And on Mr. Payne, the Coroner-18. And on
the Quackery at Dudley-19. Medical News, &c.
J. Churchill, Lancet-office, 46, Princes.street, Leicester-
square, London.
The LANCET may be obtained regularly every Saturday,
by order given to any bookseller or Newsman.

6612. That the Commissioner be at liberty, by
certificate under his hand, and without any special
order for that purpose, to enlarge from time to time
the period within which any person approved of as
committee of the estate of any lunatic ought to com-
plete his security.
4413. That the Commissioner be at liberty, without
special order, to receive any proposal or conduct any
inquiry as to the managing, setting, or letting the
estate, or otherwise respecting the person or property
of any lunatic, and may report thereOn as he shall
deem fit ; but such report shall be submitted for con-
firmation, as is now done with respect to such reports
when made upon special reference.
" 14. That it shall not be necessary for the com-
mittee, or the legal personal representatives of the
committee, to obtain a special order in the'matter for
the taking and passing from time to time his accounts,
but such committee, or his legal personal reprenta-
tives, as the 'case may be, do from time to time, with-
out any special order in the lunacy for that purpose,
attend. before the Commissioner, and have an account
of his recepts and payments for and on account of the
lunatic and his estate taken and passed ; and that in
taking and passing such accounts, the Commissioner
make unto the committee, or his legal personal re-
presentatives, as the case may be, all just allowances,
including an allowance of his and their reasonable and
proper costs, charges, and expenses, and those of the
nest of
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ao h
tf
the
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Commissioner lunatic,
passing
may, su such
from
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to
time, determine whether all, or how many, and which
of the next of kin, or of the heirs of the lunatic shall,
unless at their own cost, attend before him on any
proceedings in the lunacy, and that no other of such
parties shall be allowed costs out of the estate, unless
by special order for that purpose.
66 16. That the Commissioner be at liberty from
time to time, and at the request of any party or other-
wise, to make separate reports, or a separate report,
awl to state any circumstances as to the subject-mat-
ter of the report, especially, as lie shz,ll think fit.
" 17. That for the purpose of avoiding, as much as
may be, expense and delay in drawing orders in lu-
nacy, no part of the statements in the petition be re-
cited in any order, but only the prayer ; and that no
part of the Commissioner's report be stated in any
order except the Commissioner's finding or opinion;
and that before any order be passed the original peti-
tition or petitions be filed with the Secretary of
Lunatics.
" 18. That until further order, tgshiebnefeheesuhoefrethineaffeteesr
taken and re-
emeei
vnettilonb3e,dt
the
er
St he
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yte rost. fLo
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now taken and received by him for such matters re-
spectively, viz.—For every order, 2/. 10s. For every
duplicate of an order, requiring to be drawn up in
Chancery, 10s. For filing every petition, 10s. Such
fees to be accounted for as hereinafter mentioned.
" 19. That all fees taken and received by the clerks
to the Commissioners, and by the Secretary of Luna-
tics, be once in every month paid into the Bank of
England to the credit of the Accountant-General of
the Court cf Chancery, to the account entitled The
Suitors' Fee .fund Account ; the amount thereof to
be

We have done, and are doing great good in this
district. The many thousands of tracts of all sorts
which you have forwarded me have been industriously
circulated among all classes of people, from Darling-
ton, in the east of Durham, to the very borders of
Cumberland, on its western extremity.
Rents, on the Raby estate, are nominally and
comparatively low, because the political serfdom of
the tenant is a portion of the consideration given by
him for the privilege of holding a farm, year by
year; under a political landlord. And to which cir-
cumstance the fact that much bad land (worth less
than ss. the acre) is held with land of a superior
quality, that the farm is rented by the aggregate
acreage, and that but a very small portion of the
very best description is in as good condition as it
might readily be brought to by the process of draining.
Low as may be the nominal or money rent paid by
the Cleveland tenantry, it is far too high for the
quality of the land and the nature of the tenure upon
which it is held. I have been credibly informed by a
gentleman of middle age that there are not six of the
tenants who have occupied their farms beyond his
recollection ; and that none of them have been
enabled to realise an independence, and retire from
the cares and anxieties of life on the accumulations of
their industry. On the other hand, many are the
instances of farmers who have been sold up and have
died paupers, whilst there is scarcely one case to be
adduced of a farmer on the Raby estate who has been
able to settle his children without having recourse to
professions, trades, and callings in connexion with
the commercial interest, and dependent upon the
prosperity of that interest for the hope of advancement
in the world.

The following may appear to some an extraordinary
specimen of the practical working of Corn-law pro-
tection, whereas it were by no means difficult to cite
many similar instances (mutatis mutandis) of agicul-
tural pauperism in connexion with low rents, un-
drained land, yearly tenantcy, Corn-law protection,
and ducal prosperity :
Charles Laybourn occupied a farm of some 200
acres in LangleY Dale, as did his brother John a farm
of abalt 150 acres.

John was unmarried ; Charles had a family of four
sons and two daughters.
Of these four sons, two were brought up as farmers,
and succeeded their father and uncle in their farms on
the promise to pay, the one 8001., and the other 4001.,
for stock, &c. Under Corn-law protection, and not-
withstanding what are called low rents, the young
farmers were sold up, some four years since, by their
landlord, who took all there was, and the old people
became paupers and died paupers. One of the agri-
cultural sons became a publican at Staindrop, the
other is a labourer in the docks at Sunderland. A

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

A most alarming accident occurred on Monday
evening on the Brandling Junction Railway. The
particulars of this occurrence are briefly these. The
seven o'clock train from Sunderland to Newcastle
started as usual, and proceeded to near where the
railway crosses the Cleadon-lane, where the engineer
felt some slight interruption, and immediately turned
off the steam. The train was then moviug at the rate
of about fifteen miles an hour. The sensation was
but momentary, but the direction of the engine was
suddenly changed, it having left the line, and was
approaching diagonally the edge of a fearful precipice,
formed by the embankment of the railway, about
eight or nine feet in height. The engineer and his
assistant maintained their positions on the engine with
the greatest composure, which, in the end, proved
most fortunate, for had they leaped off they
would, in all probability, have lost their lives. On the
finally: thebr o
u bot-
tomgh
t
engine went, followed by its tender, over the
embankment, i u
otheadjoining
through
ialegl d, quickset
caknsd wa
e t hedge,s
to a stand-still several yards from the railway. The
engine maintained its erect position the whole time,
and sustained no injury, with the exception of the
pipe which carries the water from the tender to the
boiler, and which was broken asunder. The engine
man instantly opened the safety valve, to allow the
escapement of steam, and then descended from his
perilous position. There were five carriages, two of
them being first class and three second class, attached
to the engine. Fortunately, the connecting-rod be-
tween the tender and the first carriage broke, and
thus separated the engine from the train. The first
carriage remained upon the line ; the next, being dis-
severed from its companions, was thrown over the
embankment; the next, a first class carriage, was
crushed against the following one, and all the others
were partially overturned, some of them having been
thrown over the embankment, against which they
rested obliquely at the bottom. On proceeding a few
yards down the line, the cause of the accident was
soon discerned. There lay the mutilated remains of
a krse, which had evidently strayed upon the line
from one of the adjoining fields. It was cut completely
in pieces.

third son is a draper at Hartlepool, and the fourth is
also connected with trade.

FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
THREE LIVES LOST.
Between three and four o'clock on Wednesday after-
noon last, the inhabitants of West Collingwood were
thrown into great consternation by a loud explosion,
the shock of which was sensibly felt by many. It
was quickly ascertained that the explosion had occurred
at the residence of a man named Pinner, a manufac-
turer of fireworks, and the first object that presented
itself to the persons who ran to the spot, was the life•
less body of Pinner, lying upon the open space in
front of his house, amidst a quantity of bricks, shat-
tered pieces of wood, &c., whilst the entire of the
upper story of the house was completely carried away.
The body of an old man, an assistant of Pinner, was
likewise found shockingly disfigured lying in the gar-
den at the back of the premises. No signs of life
were perceivable in Pinner or the old man, and the
remains of both presented a horrid spectacle. On
proceeding up the stairs of the house, the lower part
extending to the floor of the second story of which
was left standing uninjured, it was discovered that
every vestige of the roof, walls, and the va-
rious articles which had been in the upper room,
had entirely disappeared. Jammed against the lower
part o the wall of the first story, and near the
top of the stairs was the body of a lad, aged 14, with
the features so dreadfully disfigured and the body
blackened and mutilated, that but for the circumstance
of its being known that the remains were those of a
boy employed by Pinner, considerable difficulty, must
have ensued respecting the identification of the body.
' The house, which is a detached one, consisted of two
stories, the upper one having been appropriated to the
purpose of manufacturing fireworks. From the
statement of an elderly woman who was engaged by
Pinner to superintend his domestic affairs, it appears
that a large quantity of gunpowder had lately been
placed in the upper room for the purpose of making
fireworks for the .sth of November, but in what
manner 'the explosion was .caused remains a mystery.
The woman alluded t?..:ho in the root: on
"the ground floor when tfie eiplosion took place, ticf
a narrow escape. She had been up to the workroom
only a short time previously, for the purpose of taking
a half pint of beer to Pinner, who, with the old man
and the boy, were. then employed in filling squibs.
She had barely returned down stairs when the shock-
ing catastrophe occurred. There were no lights in the
room when she was there, as it had net become dark.
Several windows in the neighbouring houses were
smashed in, and a number of chimney-pots thrown
down by the explosion.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following aro the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Oct. 22, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Average
/838-940-1

Captain Taylor, M.P., has become the purchaser of
the estates of the Earl of Courtown, in the baronies
of Castleknock and Balrothery, in the county of
Dublin—thus giving him an additional claim on the
representation of the metropolitan county.—Dublin
Mail.

Of the daughters, one is married to a cabinet
maker, and the other keeps a charity school at Stain-
drop, and honourably supports her widowed mother
under the walls of Raby Park, and within gun-shot
of the Castle of Corn-law protection.
Another instance may be shortly stated. A yeoman
named Hawden rented a farm on the Raby estate of
about 300 acres at Wackerfield. He had four sons and
three daughters. Three sons were brought up to be
farmers ; but two of them have emigrated to Aus-
tralia, the third remaining at home with his father,
and the fourth brother being an attorney. Two of the
daughters are married to attorneys, and the other to a
medical gentleman.
These cases, and others at pleasure, may be ap-
pended by way of postcript to the printed inquiry,
How, under Corn-law protection, the families of
farmers are to be provided for ?—Anti-Bread-tax
Circular.

Total.
Four Four
Autumns (Years
Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 157 190 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 136 140 149
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ...
.o;seases of the Heat and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Organs of Diestion ..
Diseases of the kidneys, &c
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c lO 10 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 9 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat l3O 106 104
o'.d Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem-

perance
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes .
Average Weekly Deaths 912 912
Population, Average Death
con- Weekly in
merated Deaths the
Imi. 1833-9-4 U-l. Week.
r--"-----i
Four Four
Ye rs.l Autumns.

REASONS FOR LEARNING TO SING.—The celebrated

DIS RIOTS.

West—Kensington, St. George
( Hanover-square), Westmin-
ster,St. Martin in the Fields,

131 136

St. James 300,705 135
North—St. Mary-le•bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 161 167
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon.

don, West London, City of
L0nd0n...... ...... —.373,806 188 185 165
East—Shoreditch,Whitechape ,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392097) 206 207 200
South—St Saviour, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ),Ber-
mond.ev, Newington, Lam-
beth, amberw.ll, Rother-
hithe, Greenwich .... ...438,060 221 223 198

William Byrd, the author of Non nobis Domine, gage
the following very forcible reasons for learning to
sing, in a scarce work published in 1598, entitled,
" Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs of Sadness and Pietie :
First, It is a knowledge easilie taught and quickly
learned, when there is a good master and an apt
scholar. Secondly, The exercise of singing is de-
lightful to nature, and good to preserve the health
of man. Thirdly, It doth strengthen all parts
of the heart, and doth open the pipes. Fourthly,
It is a singular good remedie for a stuttering and
stammering in the speech. Fifthly, It is the best
means to preserve a perfect pronunciation, and to
make a good orator. Sixthly, It is the only way to
know when Nature bath bestowed a good voice;
which gift is so rare that there is not one amongst a
thousand that -bath it ; and in many that excellent
gift is lost because they want an art to express na-
ture. Seventhly, Thereis not any mu3ic of instru-
ments whatsoever comparable to that which is mad,
of men's voices, when the voices are good, and the
same well sorted and
ordered. Eighthly, The better
the voice is, the meeter it is to honour and serve God
therewith ; and the voice of man is chiefly to be em-
ployed to that end Omnis.spiritu.s laudet.Dominum."
—Musical Times.

Total 1,870,727 912 912 866
It is slated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster. the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. M.srylehone, St. Pancras. Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890 and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
'2OB, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.

D EAT II OF MR. COMMISSIONER BOWEN.—Mr.
Commissioner Bowen, of the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, breathed his last on Thursday evening at his re-
sidence, No. 19, Portman-street, Portman-square.' As
a Commissioner he will be remembered by all who
knew him for his kindness of disposition, and in pri-
vate life his numerous acts of beneficence not only en-
deared him to his own circle, but to many public in-
stitutions to which he was a subscriber. He had been
a Commissioner of the Court upwards of twenty
years, as also a Bencher of the Inner Temple, as well as
a Director of the Chelsea Water-works. Mr. Cooke,
the barrister, has holden Courts in Kent for the
Learned Commissioner, under the authority obtained
from the Home-office ; and as the Court will resume
its sittings on Tuesday next, it is probable that until
a new appointment is made, a pro. tern. Commissioner
will be named to relieve one of the other Commis-
sioners, in order that the cases in town may be heard.
Mr. Commissioner Bowen was 74 years of age.
RACING IN FRANCE.—Notwithstanding the death
of the Duke of Orleans, it seems to be determined

NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.—WOOLWICH, OCT. 26.
--At twelve o'clock to-day an imposing ceremony
took place at the laying the foundation-stone of a
new Catholic Church, on ground liberally granted
for that purpose by the Board of Ordnance. The
new church is dedicated to St. Peter, and imme-
diately on the arrival of the Right Reverend Dr.
Griffiths, service commenced. An appropriate ser-
mon was then preached by the Right Reverend Dr.
Morris, and afterwards the Bishops and Priests all
joined in performing the Litany of the Saints!
The foundation-stone having been sprinkled with
the holy water, and blessed, was struck three times
with a silver trowel, by Bishop Griffiths, and on
being placed in its proper position, such as chose to
present offerings laid their money on the stone, and
others who could not get near, owing to the crowd,
gave their donations to the priests to aid the building
of the church. The Bishop, preceded by the proces-
sion, cross, and the following clergymen—the Right
Rev. Dr. Morris, the Rev. Messrs. Lee, 'Walsh, Foley,
North, Moore, Stasiewicz, Sisk, Robson, Edmund
Morris, Applegarth, Kelly, Conway, Sidden, O'Neal,
Beaumont, Dr. Cox, and the Rev. Mr. Coles, Ca-
tholic clergyman a ',Woolwich, walked round the
whole of the foundation of the future building,

the Bishop sprinkling every part with holy-water,
and repeating that part of the Catholic service appro-
priated to that ceremony. The whole of the services
of the day were concluded by the Right Rev. Dr.
Griffiths delivering the pontifical benediction. The
Bishop was dressed in his cope and mitre, and had his
crozier with him. The Right Rev. Dr. Morris was
dressed in rochett and moxetta, and the clergymen
in their surplices, and the scene altogether appeared
to interest a great number of the spectators who were
present in addition. to. the members of the Catholich
Church, and the military of that religion, for
accommodation it is intended to be built, ,thep‘rveseonset
chapel being very limited in its accommodation.
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 5.—A tatar
is.m. st im-
portant, from Bagdad. Private lettersh ra.eicrelviveedd lastby
Britishwh
General
e army had
phoimrtagnit7
iurs
tarupeteeviozf„inttielalltigtehnece
Pollock
hadreached
proposed C a ub u
conditions
t ion s
to beleagueredtbe it.
inhabitants, and had
were. not instantly
threatened to storm the city if they
granted. I give the report as I got it, and shall only
add that, though the channel through
it is respectable, I can in no ay vouchNN'iliCfohre
ceive
it its
cor-
rectness. On one or two former occasions we have
received by indirect routes details which turned out
to be exact, and I should be happy to learn that this
is equally well. founded. Our prisoners would. then
be safe ; for the
are true Asiatics,Aaffgdharis, though fierce when victors,
that b ;. "--Correspondent of theYjiletidontioin; it lii powerscewid

that everything shall be done to keep up with spirit
the amusement of horse racing in France, and, in
consequence, to encourge the breed of horses The
King has given his patronage to racing; the Go-
vernment supports it by liberal donations : the aristo-
cracy, in imitation of the King, favour it with their
patronage ; and the mass of the people follow the gene-
ral example. At Chantilly the races went off with
spirit, but the attendance of fashionables was not
largeowing, however, to the very unfavourable state
of the weather. On Sunday last the Paris races took
place on the Champ-de-Mars, and, the day being
beautifully fine, there was a good attendance of al,
classes of people, from the aristocracy down to the
small tradesman. The racing was exceedingly good!
and excited the highest interest, and altogether
the a'air went off to the great admiration of the
gay and ungodly Parisians. One of the races was
for 1501., and was won by M. Lupin's Angora,
ridden by Hardy, an English jockey ; and another
race for 1201. was won by Muse, belonging to the
Baron de Rothschild. At the Chantilly races one of
the Baron de Rothschild's own horses won the splendid
silver plate which the Baron de Rothschild presented
—a piece of luck which the donor 3 of racing-cups
rarely meet with, especially as, in addition to the
plate, the Baron came off the winner of the amount of
the entries.

TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Oct. 13. Oct. 22.
6O' 58'3
46 33
52 47
7,1812.

Highest ...

Lowest

verified by affidavit.
" 20. That the foregoing orders take effect on the
first day of Michaelmas Term next.
LYNDHURST, C."

Daily Mean ..
General Register Office, Oct. "J

The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel,
:he Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived . off the Custom-
house on Thursday, with the Dutch mail.

LEIPZICFAIR.--(FROM A GERMAN JOURNAL.)--
The fair of Lcipzic is drawing to a close ; there were
on sale 140,000 pieces of cloth, two-thirds of. which
have been sold at good prices. The sale of buckskins
has been considerable. The produce of the Low
Countries still carried on successful opposition to that
of France. The sale of English merchandise has
been of little importance, that of silks middling.
Leather sold rapidly, and at higher prices. llardware
was quickly exhausted, especially for ...Moldavia and
Wallachia Jewellery sold well. Cotton stuffs, of
German manufacture, especially from the Zoll-verein,
were taken at an advantageous price. Woollens have
had little success, and furs but middling. The mar-
ket was full of Russian produce, but it has not sold
well The retail merchants have sold very little.