The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-12 00:00:00

Vie Committee of the Stock Exchange, in their endea
Your to obtain justice for the Bondholders."
The resolutions were carried new. ch..;.
A vote of thanks was
who briefly acknowledged, to the Chairman,
(Ile honour, and the meet.
'rig: adjourned, -

It'QYAL ASYLUM for DESTITUTE
EMALES, MANOR HOUSE, CHELSEA.
The following is the Eighteenth Report of this ad-
'mirable Institution, of which the Queen is the Pa-
troness :
`` The public attention has long been called to
the consideration of prison discipline. The gradual
,ad Progressive improvements which have taken place
in the diseosition of the building, by providing for
the separation, the cleanliness, and health of the prise-
tiers, and the extension of these improvements to the
moral advance and reformation of the offender, are
Well •known facts. The chief object of imprisonment
seems now to be completely understood, and to be
systematically pursued—that is, " the reform of the,
VTentler, and the prevention of future criminality.'
0 far, then, our criminal and vagrant population is
ueaught under a happy influence ; and a good hope
ulaY be entertained, that the means now offered by
Judicious discipline and diligent instruction, operate
in very many cases towards the moral good of the
prisoner. But however great the change may be
Which has been effected in this place of punishment,
that place must necessarily be one of degradation still;
and if, on quitting it, the discharged female is desti-
heof a home, which is too frequently the case,
Where can she seek protection? Not from the employer
"he Prosecuted her ; nor can she elsewhere plead a claim
_or respectable employment. She must therefore be
that led to her fall. The open door offers no freedom
t,l,pne those forlorn individuals ; often, on the contrary, do
Y desire to be retained in the prison, that they may
be saved from the dreadful alternative that awaits them
in the fearful world without; hence it is seen how im -
Portant and law necessary an appendage to a House
t 1 Correction is a House of Refuge, where time is al-
lowed, for ripening in sheltering security any seeds
(4 good which may have been implanted.
till" The objects embraced by the Royal Asylum are cal.-
(esated. to bring a remedy to the many bad evils which
Pecially in large cities) produce delinquency, The
7iengiriected and often forsaken child of bad parents, the
rane,'„eeat_,ed and destitute orphan, who from her igno-
sh-,141u i,oefficieney is instantly turned adrift after
Povv,e°,,- 4,11C1 impatient trial has been made of her
tirer, --„f°'frlsefulness ; thus exposed, those needy chil-
smiction must either starve or find resources
ptr,„„ `c)° often place them on the criminal list. Young
disb„--s who have been committed for the first act of
the -riestY, but who are not otherwise depraved, form
Th first class of the inmates of the Royal Asylum.
bane al eeond class may be styled an intermediate tri-
tha , this is composed of those who have been dis-
d
unrged from service for dishonesty, but who have not
bot !gone the ordeal of the gaol. A third class, and
vo:_ttle least
important and interesting, is one for
no shelter no place of instruction, is provided
ar'Y of the existing charities in London. In this
ass the ignorant and destitute young female, who is
Pable of gaining her livelihood, but who has
icver b-
. crime become amenable to the law,
r`ce'reci, protected, and instructed. These several
2_,sses are placed under the care of a principal matron
't?
dud others who are constantly with their ap-
ed ed charge. Although the time for detaining the
Pt tes must depend upon circumstances, they are,
It%'flatilecess, arY, allowed two Tears for probation and
_rution, during which time they are taught and
„„tlvelY employed in needle-work, washing, baking,
E.l Cooking for the establishment, and every kind of
-12sehol work. The most scrupulous attention is
27 to the religious and moral improvement of the
danuttes• They attend Park Chapel twice every Sun-
; and every evening, after the active duties of the
,47.3; are over, those who cannot read are instructed,
:Ist the more advanced prepare Scripture lessons
_thein by the Ladies' Committee, who take classes,
ifct at three times a week for the purpose. It
In stated in the last year's Report that an agreement
rhQ •been entered into with the Committee of the
'lffs' Fund Society, by which the Sheriffs of
innution and Middlesex had the privilege of retaining
Tthe Asylum twenty females, who had been tried, or
3eharged without trial, upon the payment of the
4140nal sum of 3001. This agreement, which was
41.141,,e as an experiment, ceased in December, 1841.
to kxentletnen's Committee also, which had be en
weed to manage the financial affairs of the Society,
given up their trust ; but at the time of their so
Z4f3, there win -ere five young women in theinstitution
-elved on their recommendation, they agreed to pay le shilling a day for the maintenance of each, so
tra4t they found it necessary to retain them. Of
When number only two now remain; and
the'-' this additional source of income ceases,
certain(:)eletY will fall back into its original state of un-.
tionSP°rt, depending upon voluntary subscrip-
mer% e
nasuUP ~1 donations, and the produce of tha.
ever preoevq le orli and washing, which resources have
amount ofeci insufficient, on account of the small
the Corporajnnual subscriptions. The liberality of
ciety With 200 a London, which presented this So-
and that °f thguineas (as stated in our last Report)
dinner in coin he gentlemen who attended the public
the Patroness memoration of her Majesty becoming
d uf the Institution, who then gave dona-
e_ n subscripti
!eared a he, ons amounting to 3501., which
up to the .11,}' debt which had long affected it, and
hcoartiveebettainansepreedseenacthtime the receipts and expenditure
other ; but unless the stated in-
addition ~be Permanently increased, by a considerable
tablv 04 annual subscribers, difficulties must inevi-
. arise.aoneit Earnestly therefore,do the Committee
.yensthis boon from the benevolent, from those per-
, of which the
Joice in • • number
raisin th nliser and theigr is great in these days, who
S poor and the afflicted from their
Poverty, and also endeavour to sub-
41inticituctIhthetgentle influence of Christian instruction
rtsstitution i.an relief for criminal prosecution. If in-
Plied 4h s szmilar to the Royal Asylum were multi-
and-through the land, our gaols would be thinned ;
wn rever their influence extended, industry and
happiness would be substituted for pauperism and vice.
toil3ince the commencement of the Institution, 492
(th:ls Women have been received into the Asylum
thoseutrerbeingfor some years. very limited).... Of
a„ do majority have been provided witn situations
in,„ „ estic servants; 84 have been traced as conduct-
thteynetnselves creditably ; 25 have been received by
auiLritiarents or friends ; others who were not found
for'.")* characters for Manor Hall, have been provided
to ether charitable "ca•
institutions ; some have been
nett their parishes, however distant ; and during
servi7esear only, 10 have been placed in respectable

CRANCERY OFFICES ACT.
I, SERVICES OF NOTICES.
into Act, the sth and 6th Vict. C. 103, will come
th effect on the 28th instant. We are not aware
rat there is any intention to exercise the
iivcc'er of suspending its operation. Practitioners
hancery should be prepared accordingly ; and,
Ipntopt other things we would particularly call their
ion to the effect of the abolition of the Six
Jerks, Office in regard to the service of notices, war-
ratts
and other proceedings. These, instead of being
lei at the Six Clerks' Office, must, in all probability,
th served at the offices of the respective solicitors to
eTti parties.
" ere
may be, at first, some inconvenience in this
bege, but we believe it will ultimately be found
oeticial. In Common Law causes, the summonses
and notices are always served on the opposite attorney,
theit will soon become familiar and easy to pursue
the
I,a roe practice in Chancery.
not was lately intended to permit the transmission of
*e" biri the post, but it may be questionable.
ether t is course will be expedient or safe in ad-
veNe
• !Wei. •
eases' and the subject requires much con-
ation before it is adopted.
pos. s e hope soon to be enabled to put our readers in
tVession of the intended New Orders for carrying
e details of the Act into effect.—Legal Observer.
Amer Majesty, on the morning of her departure
rummond Castle, presented Lady Willoughby
.410,;50Y with a bracelet, richly set with diamonds, f
',,,eXCI.W.Site vvorkmanThip—its design the emblem
iof fvraity.—Edinburgh Witness.
th --(„r• Edmund Burdekin, late Managing Director of
Ojr: 'lank of Manchester, in consequence of various
lilarities in connection with the Bank, which
447. Ye Just come to light, has absconded ; we under-
cil7::‘, in fact, he has gone off to America.—Man-
Guardian.„(er
144e'ne following extract from an advertisement in a
1 York paper would tempt the aristocrats of the
fa_L. er country to attach some value to the prestige of
descent, seeing that even Jonathan, who can
Itb„reelY trace his pedigree higher than three degrees,
which it is lost in the Old Bailey records, be-
y,liS to prick up his ears and talk of heraldry
farlt° its of Heraldry.—Coats of arms found and
ed for stained glass, windows, or carriages, and
two ,4rded to any part of the United States. Price
withmollars and upwards. Books of heraldry kept
-Air4lawards of 100,000 names:'
most ' Ileory Betty has been perlorniing some of his
Past wsueeessful characters at Margate during the
Past
07eek• In Romeo and Macbeth his fame has al-
-Iread, and people are now aware of the excel -
813e1r. , his Performance in these and other of Shah.c.-
s ,
debut • Plays. This talented actor has now made is
Lott .lo two fresh characters—that of Claude Mel-
Cai,e,,n the Lady of Lyons, and Thoas in the Athenian
feefre• Both of these he sustained with intense
oured
ng and great effect. His performance was
piaewith the presence of the elite of the
.teate The celebrated and talented author; Mr. Ser-
it Talfourd, came down purposely to witness Mr.
tiAsegrct.Y'S representation of Thoas, which appeared to
e perfectly with his conception, as he joined con-
_l4lltls
the-aPPIUUSe which resounded on all sides.