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LAUNUESTON
EXAM IN ER
T'HIURSDAY, MAY 11, 1871.
Wa hlaveo long maintained that pauperismn
was the most flourishing feature in the
government of Tasmania. -It moeets us
wherever we turn, and ingenuity appears to
be taxed how best to encourage it. One
would imagine that our governors were of
opinion that thore should only be two
classes in the population, those who are
maintained by Government, in or out of lihos
pitals, asylums, deopts, or what not, and
those who are being qualified for pauperism
by being taxed to maintain it until they have
no resource but to accept it in tun I But we
were not prepared for the undisguised asser.
tion of the prineiplo that our 6lomosynary
institutions, and those who presided in them,
were good only in 'proportion to the
encouragement they gave to people to go to
them instead of doing the best they could for
themselves. We find, however, that such is
the case. The more paupers in an asylum,
the more credit to the same; the more
patients coming for gratuitous medical care
and treatment, so much the better I To
crowd institutions with the needy and the
suffering, to have their wants supplied by the
taxation of the country instead of the
industry of the individuals or their provi
dence against a day of sickness,--thh is the
height of excellence I Not contest with
meeting the calls of humanity, we nust go a
step further, and encourage an emulation.to
get people to cure, clothe, and feedl We
take the following from a Southern contem.
porary:-" On Friday last the Mayor, as
chairman of the Hospital Board, aid ' he
would take the opportunity of congrttulating
the Board on Dr. Turnley's resunption of
office; and he was sure the honorary medical
officers could, if necessary, confirm vhat he
said, that things were going on very diflrontly
to what they did in his absence.' Very dif
ferently indeed. So differently tlat the
allusion to it was unjust to his preecessor,
and injudicious towards Dr. Turnley We
need not refer to the circumstances a:tending
his resumption of office. He has nos sent in
twelve monthly returns of the state of :he hos
pital. We have analysed these from tie Ga.
zettes, in which they were published, and we
havo done the same to the twelve preceding
returns of Dr. Turnley's predecesscr. In
both cases we take the number of :nmates,
and of patients treated outside the Iospital,
at the figures given at the dates of the re
spective returns. The highest number treated
in the Hospital during the year fron June,
1809, to May, 1870, by Dr. Stololl was
108; the lowest 90. The highest number
treated in the Hospital during the ysar from
June, 1870, to May, 1871, by Dr. Turnloy
was DD-the first return he made; the lowest
63. The highest number treated by Dr.
Stokell out of doors was 729; the lowest
429. The highest number treated by Dr.
Turnley 502-the first return he made; the
lowest 174. Taking the figures at the dates
of the reports, bluoe average number of patients
in the Hospital treated during the year
by Dr. Stokell was 96, by Dr. Turiloey 78;
the average of Dr. Stokoll's out-door patients,
496; of Dr. Turnley's, 310. If we strike off
the first return of out-door patients made by
Dr. Turnley, the highest number attended by
him in any month was 440.-just eleven more
than Dr. Stokell's lowest number. If the
state of the public health account for this, the
publio health has dealt unkindly .with the
present resident medical officer of the Hospital.
But the figures point to only one conclusion.
Either public confidence has been lost in the
Hospital, or some means have been found for
deterring people from seeking its advantages,
Perhaps both."
About the merits of the rival doc
tore we know nothing, unless, indeed, that
Dr, Turnley satisfied the Hospital Board and
the people of Launceston when attached to
our Hospital. We are concerned only about
what we are coming to in this colony, when,
the test of merit is the. degree of encourage.
ment given to pauperism in any of our public
institutions.
The man Michael O'Brien who has been
committed for trial on the charge of unlaw
fully and maliciously breaking the sashes and
glass in several of the windows of Dr
Miller's residence on Tuesday last, is un
doubtedly one of those individuals , who
ought not to be suffered to be at
large. His insanely violent and riotous con
duct for a series of years, as exemplified in
the destruction of property, in misbehaving
himself even in the law courts where he was
only a spectator, and also whilst undergoing
sentences in the gaol; and his attempt to
drown himself some months since at Sydney
Place, after first cutting a number
of capers about the streets in a
state of nudity, are facts well
known to the police; as well as the fact that
he has on several occasions been an inmate of
the asylum at New Norfolk. Under these
circumstances we cannot forbear from ex
pressing surprise that the man was not
remanded by the Police Magistrate for
medical examination, and then if certified to
be insane, packed off to the Lunatic Asylum.
As it is, he will probably be tried at
the next sittings of the Recorder's Court,
where he will be sentenced to
a short term of imprisonment, at the
expiration of which he will again be turned
loose upon society (as he was on Monday
last) free to repeat his mad pranks. Indeed,
his lunacy may assume another and more
serious form than that of damaging property.
Lose of life may be the consequence of
allowing him to roam about uncontrolled.
Up to the present time there may have been
some "method in his madness," for many of
his antics are traceable to a spirit of
revenge to some real or imaginary grievance,
but of one thing there can be no doubt,
namely, that he is a dangerous character, and
utterly unfit to be entrusted with his liberty.
Mere imprisonment and hard labor in the gaol
have anything but salutary effect upon the
unfortunate fellow. We therefore repeat
that he should be placed under the constraint
of the Lunatic Asylum, both for his own sake,
and the sake of his fellow creatures.
Trn ee cess wlich lhas attended the expori
moet o' 'edming the postal charges in the
nolglhboy g colony of Victoria has,
it; app re, caused the Government
to :res vo ' on still further redun.
tions. n the Governor's speech at the
opening f Parliament it was stated that a
bll woeI be submitted " for amending tlhe
Poital "t, with a view of affording to the
people i reseed facilities at a reduced cost."
Amongs the private members' also there is a
decided cling in favor of further reductiohs;
and -air dy ca notice 'of motion has been
given' or - the introduction 'of one
penny 1 steards (similar to those issued in
Englancd(at one halfpenny), having theo tid
dress anil stamp on one side, and the' other
side being lift blank for writing on; of the
establishment of a uniformcrato of one penny,
instead' of twopenco perl half ounce, on all
letters posted and delivered within Mel;
bourne and suburbs; and for the abolition of
the stamp on newspapers. We hear it is not
improbable that after this matter has been
settled, a further reduction in 'the' electric
telegraph charges will be mooted. The Vio.
torians seem to be fully alive to the advan
tages which accrue from a cheap post and a
cheap tolegraph. • :
IN, many parts of Otago, Now Zealand,
timber is very scarce, and mining and other
industrial opeintions are seriously embarasscd
and retarded by the want of it. The Provincial
Government are, however, endeavouring to
grapple with the difficulty by encouraging the
planting of forest trees. They have invited
applications from persons desirous of taking
up land for the purpose of planting such trees
thereoo. Each applicant will be allowed to
select a block not exceeding two hundred
ancd fifty acres in any part of the province,
and, at the expiration of five years, will rd
ceive a Crown grant free of cost upon the fol
lowing conditions :-He must fence in the
whole of the area during the first year, and
plant one-fifth of it with approved forest
trees during each of the succeeding four
years; the residue being available for cultiva
tion at his option. No doubt the liberal
offer now heold out will induce many persons
to engage in sylviculture, and thus provide
an abundant supply of timber in years to
come."'
M~irHANeCs ' INsTITuTn.-According to an
nouncement, the first lecture of the season
was delivered on Tuesday evening by the Rev.
O. Price, President of the. Institute. The atl
tendance was very limited not more than 62
persons being present. There being no Vice
president in the room, the Rev. J. H-Iarcourt
by request occupied the elhair. After a per
formance on the piano by Miss Price, the leo
turer announced his subject as " The Groeat
Works of Modern Times," observing that the
small attendance clearly proved that in Laun
ceston the groat works oft' modern times were
highly appreciated. Reference was made to
the great works accomplieshed by the ancients,
proving their engineering to be very different
to that of the present time. Exhibition
buildings were among the most remarkable of
recent structures, and . the good . resulting
from tinternational exhibitions was seen in
the formation of- schools, of design, &' .
Steam power, in a variety of ways, was:now
employed for accomplishing great works that
a few years ago would have been regarded as
the dream of a visionary. The lecturer drew
attention to the Mont Conie tunnel, and by
means of drawings on -a bnlace-board
illustrated the nature of 'the undertaking,
described the appliances by which it was
effooted, and stated the objects that would be
attained by its cotnplotion. '. A plan of the
Suez Canal, which was regarded, as one of
the greatest achievementsrof .the 'age, was
also shown on the black-bdard. ;The 'great
railway between New York and' California,
and the rapidity with which it was constrnoted,
were commented on, and a 'comparison madd
with Tasmania's first railway and the difficul
ties attending its accomplishment,- with a
view of illustrating .how . far. behind -Tas
mania was in the great, workes:of.our. time.
The cable from England .to America ! was
referred to as a startling faot, and soonsimilar
communication between the mother .country
and Tasemania wrcld be reoordod'. as :anong
the great works of the present age.. The Wool
wich infant gun, weighing 385 tons,-r capable
of firing a.700b - shot through an:. ironclad at
800',yards distanico-the progress of- steam
printing, 2le Timies being able to print seven
tons of paper in one day-the rapid strides
id chemistry and chemical analyeis-racent
impiovomenets: in astromical instruments,
comparing -Galileo's first telescope with thie
late Lord Iosse's great reflector-the wonder
fol. astromical discovery of ,the planet
Neptuno-geology-tbo'British and Foreign
IlDblo Society, translating the scriptures
into 200 languages-Australian preserved
m?atheingsupphled to European markets-were
eoih in turn onlarged upon by the lecturer.
Heo had recently paid a visit to the Geolong
Woollen and Cloth Manofactory, and froin his
observations ofthb'requiroments of sach estab
lihlments, he concluded that Tasmania was
tle place of all others for such manufectures,
where facilities' existed that few countries
could command.- Tie lecturer conolodad by'
s'atiing that during the ensoing' session aid
was required by tie Instituto for the Building
B'Pd and Organ.Fund, by means -of lectures,
radirge,' 'concerts bdeinetifio' oonversaeziones,
frm all who weorb; willing' edd able to place
their services at the disposal, of theo com
a~itte?. After another performance on the
piano by:Miss Price the assembly.retired. A
jSeecile entertainment eis' to be given next
SiTTY RomizERIe.-Thesa 800se -to he oc
the increase, despite the efforts of the police
td discoover thebo perpetrators. On Monday
evening some thief or tbhieves attempted to
cariry off a hose frocl the back of the premises
occupied by Mr hBrand, grocer, Brisbane.
saroot, but being disturbed in their operations
tbhey dropped it in the adjoining lane, and
made of. On Tuesday evening Mr Josepb
Cobon's8old.tannery near the Gas Works was
entered, and a . number of postage stamps,
together rwith some valuolees papers were
taiken away. We' alsp' hear of various small
artiles stolen from honses iii 'di?erent parts of
1l4otows:? ' ' , ..
WINDow Sa~tAunNa.--At the Polea (Court
on Tuoedy" a evoll-kndw "'aiid Idangerous
vagrant' known nse Mlokeyi O'Brlon, was rq
mandoed on a hanrge of b eoakln windows to
the valno of £5 in'the re ld.neq ofl. L. Mll.
lor, Esq., .F.FIP.S,, :odrner.JSt. Johi and
Frederiok.sreets.".. Iti .would .appoar ' thai
O'Brien had been released from gaol aon Mon
day, where he had boon incarcerated for a
period of two months' days~for committing, a
similar offoneo at Wetbury. Boaring in in ? d
that Dr. Miller, in his capacity as visiting
magistrate of the gaol, had sentenced him to
14 days' solitary confinement for window
smashing in that esotablishmnt, O'Brien seoms,
on his release, to have made stralht for Dr.
Miller's bouse, and, having armed himself
with a stoat stink, to have commenced a furious
attack on the wipdows, breaking glass and
smashing ieashes to the valuoof £5 in a minuto
or two. O'Brien was finally maetorod by Dr.
Milloer, who happened to be at home, and
handed over to the policeman'on duty inbthe
Square. For mayy. yeers pmit this:nan has
spont a considerable pbrtion oft hie time In
confinement on vailous charges of, vagranoy,
diasorderlindes, and iviidow-emasliing, andt' is
more fit to be ani iniati of Beillam .haii 'hit
possession o$bhis liberty. O'Brien ans yotler.'
day broght ?p agein and fdilly'comeilttod for
TELsonAvi' ExcTaNeoN.-The posts for
the support. oft the.,telegraph wire between,
Launceston and Doloraine .are nowereoted
from the latter place-as for as an- mile beyond
the Oaks slation, and thet wiie.is stretohed to
Weetbaty. Posts are laid and hboles 'dug for
their reception as far as Longford. ,.It is ex
pected that in, three weeks at the furthest the
line will be in working order.
' P5NouIN Szivca MIb.ES.-Wo learn from
Mr English, thu. manager' of the Penguin
Silver Minea Company, that things there org
progressing favorably. Some delay was
inoorred through tbo non-arrival of the fan
nel, but its that is now on the way dovin
Whatremains to boa'dono will, be completed
expeditiously. A moiting of directors has
been hold, at which MeI English urged the Use
of a rook-borer in working the mine. No
decision has yet been asrived at, but the sub
jeot will be again b'oaght up 'at another
meeting, to be held to-borrow. Mr English
continues to' express eimself in confident
terms of the prospects o! the mine.
Smi Gaono? BowcEN.-His Excellency Sir
George Bowen, K.G.d;, S.S.M. and' G.,
Governor of New Zealahnd, is at present on a
tour through tihe county of Westland. " In
the course of his tour his Excellency. visited
the Brunner coal mine, accompanied by'Calob
Whitofoord, Esq., R.M., a son of the Recor
der here ; and we observe from a report in the
WIeekly Argu of the 21st ult., that one of
the gentlemen who accdmpanied til party
stated that the mine, with one exception, was
larger in extent than any coal mine in Eng
laId. After inspecting the mine in all direc
tions his Excellency and party assoilbled to
partake of lunch provided by Mr Whitefoord,
and served in a gallery or chamber within
the mine in the lower workings, and several
hundred yards from any outlet;
PUomao Sonool.s.-The Governor-in-Council,
upon the recommendation of the Board of
Education, has sanctioned the following rates
of school lees chargeablo in "half time"
sbbools:-For one child, 3d per week ; for
two children, each, 4d; for three or more
ditto, each, 3d. Local Sohool Boards are
granted the power to reduce the higher rates
to 3d, if the circumstances of the parents
requiro'it.' ' ' . ' '
ST. LEONARDs.-We understand that the
Rev. Mr Galer, of Richmond, will be
appointed. to the cnre of St. Leonards,
recently vacated by the Rev. Francis Brown
rigg. ' .
Tnf THAMEse GotD FlaLDS, NEW ZEALAND.
-A late paper states that the yield of gold
from the Thames daring the month of Marcb
was the highest ever produced by the field
during any, similar period,, being 45,200oz.
lldwt. 3gr.-Thies quantity of gold has beoon
taken from 8,790: tone. quartz, showing an'
average on the whole quantity crushed during
the month of March of ,doz, 2dwt. 20gr. to
the ton. The yield of gold, for Febreary was
30,7490s., therefore, during March there has
bebn an.inoresse of 14,4500..
CooCERT AT TnE TowcNHA?rt;-The'thirty.
sRouid concert in aid of the Town Hall Organ
Fdund was' given at' the , Town Hall,
H barb . Town, eon ' Tueeday ' "even
"g in i the 'presence of 'a : fashionable
audionce, including:his'Erealleney the Gover
nor and:his Worship the Mayor.. :.
lHono, Roo e TRuvq.--4r H. J. Emu?ett
his 'been igain "rc-elehbtd Chairman and
Treasurer of the Horton Road Trust.~ -
'BnLRs SocETY.---A meetiag'in connection,
with the Cornwall Auxiliary .Bible Society
was held in the -St. Leonard's Institute last
Thursday evening, the chair being occupied by
W. 1. Westbrook, Esq.: A deputation from
Launceston consisting 'of 'the Rove. 0. Price'
and J.' Harcourt' attended the meeting, and
addresses were also delivered by the Reve. W.
Law and J. FLindiay. ; The attendance' 'was
nqt large, bti the interest vwas well 't'stained,
add all wero much pleased with the proceed
ings, A colle9tion at the opnolusion 'realised
£4 17s 9d.:-PA" ' .... '' . .
FonD's PATENTE ROcRI BOoINr ,o MAoain.
\We ihave been shown by Mr. English, :Matisger
Pengula Silver'Mise 'ComDpany, photographs and
descriptiol Oltterllrs ca'df one of_ Ford's patent
rock-bqrersa, Its slimploity and easy adeptablility
for any decrplptlon of swrk' 'can be seeo at a
elapce; It consists of a, oylipdor, 24 inlchs long
ad 5 tinches ilt diameter, with a steady .bar run.
nipg: parallel to At, tor steadying it ,againsti the
rock.; on one end oLit is a.brass ball, fittinglnoto
a) celip': cap ;attaohed io a .'moveable' clasp
seopsred" in h D potlo en the ': prop: .by
menika of' ? ''. acr&i', '"o' ' that
it may be moved up and downaid rornm thel
prop, thus f?minig an universal jolat. By this
meanso the machine can be made to bore in any
directoio , ,Tho drill ordinary hind,
eietpt that th hehid istoe to h a'ped soas io.fit
into the plsetdn roll of th:imaichline, where illis
fsted by meanas or a socrew. It has a stroke of
from 4'to '5 inches,; and- by :a peeliir arrani;e
maent turn, to the right b'odly thod2let' ipart of a
revolution at each stroke, so that the Imole. made
by it is irfenctly Ciiculr.' 'From' five 'tdset
bondred blows are given pernilnate, the rapldity
of which, aided by a small jet of water keeps the
h0ole perfectly clear. By menst, of a stop-roek
in bh.air hole, close to who e'iet is :attached' to:
the' roflilno, the lorce of the bli6wcan be rogulhted'
from'itteslighteo? tap to. 0101kbs : The 'drill ia
self rsdvtclog ountolith'as bored 17 inchire, (whibb
Is the inaexlimam of its power,) ,whcan,ar,loager
diill i i?pt 'on ,'nd tWorked, uotil it,htas bored
soobhery? inches , and so pn until' the reqsired
dtpcisitaqd;. Whilst, tbebdrig proceeds a
prpose of learling it' and?kcelui e td]I: ? lbd d l."
Tin lIlNOOLISI MAIL.-At 11 O'lock last
nflghtthol' wais no sign of the English natt.
oil Adolaide, although the branch steam?r
was then 24 hours' overdue, '.lhe '.M.Bs8
Goelon is dioe In Hobson's Bay to.day, and
tils quite possible.that thb Adolaido steamer
haying met wilth omo lgishap, our first intl.
mation of the arrival of the mail will be from
Melbourne.
L. &o W. RAILWAY.-Tho frast cattle car.
ried on the Launneston and Western Railway
came into town on Tuesday. They coi.
siated of five head, consigned by Mr Bonney,
of Doloraino, to Mr Powell, Launcestoo, an
arrived id prime condition.
HonArT';TOWN WonrINo - MEN's CMID.
The halfi-yei?rly niecting of .members of the
Working Men's 0Club was hold in the reading.
room' of that institute 'on-Mondan ; about
thirty-fiveo members :being ;in: attendanooe,
From a report of the proceedinigs' In the'
HL o Mercury, we observe that the hon. ,W.'
R. Giblin, President of. the .Club, ocepied
the chair, and, in opening the meeting re.
marked that the Olubhoad not experienced
thiat real prosperity which it might have met!'
withand'he attributed the want.of sacoess to
tbe.absence on the partof.. members; of that
re4linterest which they; should fefoel in'the,
inotitstion.; The report,. as read by the
Secretary. showed, thatthen elmber of members
on theo books,;185, is a few less than at the end. -
ofl thel l~at'.year, and, the anibant of sub.
soriptione for the seven months in Otlober:
to!April,ti£54,;very nearly' the same as for the
coirespoiding period last year. ,The visitors
wore503 iinnunmber, a slight deorease. In
the library Mr. Lowe reports having' issued
1,$74 books, an average of 02 pern week as
compared with 08 last year. The library now
nnmbdreh 1,086 voles.: ;;The balaneeoaheet
showed the :receipts for the seven! months
from the 1st October, 1870, to the 80th
April,'1871,.to be'-112 7s,6d; which, with
a previous balance of £14 is 9d, made a total
£120 Os 3d. The expenditure during that
period amounted to £123 17e 2d.
TASseinrArN TRtPInuANCo ALLIANC.- On
Tuesday o?vening the' fifteenth annual meooeting
of members of the Temperance Alliance took
place at the Alliance Rooms, Macquarie-street,
Iobart Town: The chair was taken by Mr T.
J.Ciouch. From the report it appeared,
amongst other things that 40 meetings had been
hold in the rooms, and numerous persons had
signed, the. pledge. Tibe People's Friend
had, been doubled in, ize, and, the
issue had been increased, 'but the
publishing committee were desirous of in.
croasiing the number. to 2000 monthly.
Thu Treaeurer's account showed the receipts
on the general fund to have booeen £51 12s,
and the.expondituro that sum, less £2 is Gd,
balance in hand. The receipts, trustee account,
including last year's balance, amounted to
£62 14s 10d, which' loft in the Treasurer's
hands £8 tO lid. The publishing account
for The People's .Iriend amounted to £50 Os
Od, which had been expended, less £12 6s 4t1,
available to pay the next printer's bill. Copies
of the Bishop's leooture , on "Intemperance
and its legislative remedies" were laid on the
table, and distributed.-H.. T. Mercury.
Manaer AND D.ELOAINE TmAMWAY.-Mr
Andrews, the contractor for the construction
of the Mersey and Deloraine Tramway, will
have completed his work next week, the line
being boxed up as far as the' Coils Creek, to
which point the engine runs. The next etepi, we
presume, will be for Commissioners on behalf
of the Government and . the Company to in
epeot the line and report upon it. The roll
ing-stock, which is being put together at the
workshops, Latrobo, will also shortly be ready
for use. It will be remembered that some
weeks ago tenders were called for the ereotion
of Station-buildings along the line. Toon teno
doers, we understand, were sent in,.none of
which were accepted ; and if the report speaks
truth there seems to be considerable
manoouvoring on the part of some of the direo
tore to work the job into the hands of Hobart
Town tradesmen.
FREe CItURCI PRasnrYTEr Y oF TASMANIA.
-A meeting of the Presbytery of.the , Free
' Chrebo of Scotland was held ofat Chalmers' Church,
I Hobart Town, on Tuesday. Preseot--Reva'Dr.
Nlioleon (Moderator); J. Lindsay. (Clerk), and
L. Campbell, and Messrs. Murray and J. Wilson.
Ihe Clerk said the business demanding attention
looluded the distribution of foods available for
the half year, the consideration of a petition from
the ofioe-bearers of Chalmers' Church, Hobart
Town ; deliberation on the best means of ex-r
tending ,religious privileges' to outlying dis
tricts, and other subjects, which would arise.
Mr, Muorray. handed in, numerous dooouments
from thieoftlco-bearers of Chalmers', Church,.in
elei.g'a i aiemorial to the effect that the ofilmhe
bearerseof Chalmers' Church, resolved with the
ooncorrence 'of Dr. Nicolson, to apply to the
Probbytery.at that meeting for its sanction:to
the appointment of a colleague and successor 'to a
Dr. Nicholson, and at the same time to propoer
Lr the followiog arrangement-That Dr. Nicolson
should co?tinue to possess the manse, and to re
ceive a'etipend of 4360a year t that the collesgue
should be paid a stipend,of £250 a year, whlch
wbuld be made up of the sum of £150 to be re.
linqulshed by:Dr. Nlcolsoo, a portion' to be
paid from the, amountlreceived byi the obuach:
from State aid, and such portion from the church
fond as might oe necessary, iho arrangement to
take' effect from the time 'when the colleague
was inducted in his olco.. - Aftdr some delibera-*
tlioni it was decided that thile Presbytery; having-:
cordially agreed to tile appolotmentof a colleague e
and succos-er to Lr. Nicolson, will ttke.ioto con
sideration at-the time the-colleague Is inducted
what provision e(0 be made from the State-aid
towar?as tIlj saiport. The mentinpg thenadjoarned.
-Abridged faom HIi. P Miecurer.
i TIco HonART Town B]ATrINo AssooarlATION.
-.Tie preparatory wark ftor the 'construction of
the baths for this Association, near MhGregor's
s?hp.yards at the Domalus, are progressing In a
sa?tlisfactory manner. A suabstantilal stone watt
has been erected along tie water's edge. , At
both ends of this wall broad stonework piers have
been run oot into the river a distance betaween
80 sand 40 feoot, and a narrow pier also of slone.-,
work has been rmu out from the wall, dividiog it
into seeationa ofT10 feats and 84 feetfresi~etively,
so as to efioetually separate the ladles' aeteo
from that to be qppropriatedl.to' getetiemen. At
both the end piora double rows of piles, renning
outlabout another forty'feet into the 'river; have i
been driven ny the cootrastor, Mr. Thomss F.
Rigby, who has also driven 'a thick set row of'
plies from tboh Inoner pier, iniddbaa completed 't10e"'
enclosure of the bathing apaces by soanother row of
piles running parallel to the front. wall. T he
average depth ofwater in these eoclosnres raege'n .J
from'two feet Oit the shore to twelve feet'atthe'.
onter fence. ':The building will be conslrscted of
weoit'orboard, and the right sand left wiogs- ill
eahohbave an elevation, above the level of tbOh:
piers, of redn feet. Tile cenctre building will have
an elevatioe of twenty eot thb's rooms oni 'each
side' of t no elevation of twelve feet, asdothe
otire frontage 'measures 120. feet."' The; ladiles'?
octlon contains rooms for a. shower bath, two 'I
plunge baths, and eight dressing rooms, with other a,
necessary acco amodstiue. The gentlemen's see;
,ioos, ill be 'sImilarly fitted up, but will have
thirteen dressing rooms. Quarters for the koperis
are provided In the acetre buiding, and arrange
meats are made for the suppy of hot witer when
required for the plinge and shower bathl.-.r'.
'AeVnr'y.
$