Star.
London, England, 1827-04-14 00:00:00

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTBRBURTS BILL
•In the the Bill brought in by the ilrclibi.hop of CAR-
wawa (in t tinaelitenee of the deti.inn of the Ho se
of Lords in the appeal Lord Sondes v. Fletcher);
the relief of certain Spir.tu ii Person.. and PArotit of
Eccie.iastical Preferments, /tom certain penalties, and
tendering valid certain Bonds, env:manta. dr tither
Assuraices for the resignation of Ecclesiastical Prefer.
went.," dire Are clatases to enact—
shall
!, rot no presentation to a benefice, made before 1827,
b• end on account of any agreement to resign when another per d
4" or one or two person% specially named, shall become qualifie
is take rbe unto.
Ike persons nuking ahy such agreement, sot to be saint
~,,,r
at on account thereof.
4. 11 at agreements made before 1827, he valid and an.
nain bor.
4, a proviso for agreements not made with the intent that
, person specialty ranted should be presented.
5. That if th- person so specially named be not pretsented to
sacti benefice within six months, the
innresation shall be void.
6.
be
cos? that nothing this Act contained shall
render be construed to extend to the ease of any promise,
ow, rant, bond, co or other assurance, upon or ware:-
open to nitwit any actin*, suit, bill, plaint, inp„madoi bath
been brought, sued out, or commenced and prosecuted.

MEETING OF THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.
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Thursday, a numerous Meeting of the Magistrates of
Middlesex took place at the Sessions House, Clet ken-
well Green: upwards of fifty of them were present.
N. Come, Esq. in the Chair.
Lord R. Seimima stated that the necessity which
existed for a County Lunatic Asylum was already suffi-
ciently well known. The arguments in favour of an
establishment of this kind had been long before the
public. The questions had, however, met with great
impediments amongst the Gentlemen in the Commis-
sion, and it was necessary to persevere, in order to con-
gar the prejudices which existed ; but which, he was
happy to say, were gradually disappearing. His Lord-
ship then moved, that the Magistrates would, on the
next Court-day, take into consideration the expedieaci
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of erecting a Lunatic Asylum.
The Hon. Mr. Houma& seconded the ameba.
The Very Reverend Dean of Cnausta rose to pre-
ant a memorial relative to the proposition first made.
It was from the parish of St. George's, and in favour of
the erection of a Lunatic Asylum. The facts it stated
were of the most revolting nature. A deputation from,
the parish of St. George's had visited Warburton's
Asylum, where the pauper lunatics are kept, and they
ascertained that some of the unfortunate lunatics were
manacled at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and
remained in that condition until fvfonclfy morning.
They also learned that the treatment of the poor crea-
tures, in other respects, was correspondent with the
torture thus inflicted. Mr. Warburton had been goes.
tioned upon the truth of those representations, but he
declared that he was not at all aware of the existence of
such practices in his establishment. The Superintendent,
(Mr. Jennings) however, upon being confronted with
the lunatics, admitted that there was foundation for the
report. It would be difficult to describe the effect of
this statement upon the majority of the Gentlemen in
the assembly.
Sir G. FARRANT moved, that as a memorial Bad been
presented from the Parish of at. George, the various
memorials which had been presented from other parishes
in the comity, relative to this question, should be read.
Sir PETER. LAURig objected to th;s proposition. The
=modal: alluded to had been presented under the
mistaken impression, that the expense likely to be in-
curred by the erection of the Asylum, would amount to
from 100,0001. to 400,0001. whereas, the estimate given
in, stated the expense at 95,0001. inclusive of the fixtures.
Mr. Jessor sepported Sic G. Farrant's proposition.
Sir Ott ROE FAIIRANT said that the worthy Alder-
man (Sir Peter Laurie) had the advantage of coming
from the E 4st. He has no doubt an intuitive knowledge,
a sort of intelligence possessed by the Collegians of
London alone hich enabled him to judge of the merits
of what he had never seen—(L sughter).
A Magistrate observed, that a late visit to Oxford by
a worthy Civic Brother, proyed the truth of the com-
pliment—(Much laughter).
It was then agreed to that the former memorials
should not be read.
Lord Raster SEYMOUR'S motion was then agreed to
unanimously. •