On the 25th August 1822, on the feast of Saint-Louis, the prefect Mr de Vanssay laid the first stone of the establishement. From that time the works were carried on with activity. Already in July 1825, fifty seven patients had been admitted. This asylum contains at this time, 390 boarders and 150 poors at the charge of the departement. It occupies a superficies of nine or ten hectares. The inmates are taken care of by the sisters of Saint-Joseph of Cluny. The admirable order which reigns in the establishment, the internal management to which the insane are subjected, have already attracted the attention of foreign medical men, who are charged with the treatement of the same malady in the hospitals of their own countries. It may be said that this asylum has, for several years served as a model to all the others. PRISONS. There are two principal prisons in Rouen: the _house of correction_, and the _maison de justice_, in the court of the Palais-de-Justice. The first, commonly called _Bicêtre_, contains the debtors, prisoners accused but not tried, and those sentenced to imprisonment under twelve months; in the second those already convicted for crimes are confined. Those sentenced to more than twelve months are sent to the central depôt at Gaillon, ten leagues distant from Rouen. According to a statement made by Mr Vingtrinier, the principal physician of the prisons, the average of the population of the house of correction is about three hundred; that of the _maison de justice_ about ninety; the mortality about one in fifty nine, in the first, and one in sixty eight, in the second. SOLDIERS BARRACKS. There are three different barracks in Rouen: the first is situated near the _quai aux Meules_ at Saint-Sever, and contains about one thousand men. The second on the Champ-de-Mars, and contains about seven hundred and fifty men. The third is the _caserne Bonne-Nouvelle_, situated in the suburb of Saint-Sever. Most people pass the ancient priory of _Bonne-Nouvelle_ (so named by Queen Matilda, on receiving the news of the victory of Hastings), and see only a barrack. To the monks who formerly inhabited this ancient priory, cuirassiers, dragoons and foot soldiers have succeeded. The barracks of _Bonne-Nouvelle_ will contain about three hundred cavalry or about six hundred infantry. REMARKABLE EDIFICES. HÔTEL DU BOURGTHEROULDE, _Place de la Pucelle._