The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

EVENING SUN CONDITION OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. I visited their cottages, and obtained specific accounts their furniture, dietaries, wages, and other circum tances that affect their comfort. I will first describe the cottage and mode of living of a Sussex labourer, whose family is such as to make him one of the most distressed of his clans. He ha; a wife and s.ven chil dren, the eldest of whom is a girl aged twelve, and all the rest happen to be girls, except one boy five -years old. On entering, the cottage displays a room about 20 feet long by 15, paved with brick, and nearly divided into two by a partition ; the fire-place is here, and it fOrms the sitting-room of the family. The furniture consists .of one common-looking deal table, a rather elegant round oak one, with moveable flaps, a maho gany cupboard, and six chairs ; there are curtains to the windows. Adjoining is a pantry, which seems .111 ed with all sorts of cooking utensils, and a bake house, where the family bake once a week, as it is the ecitom in these parts, bakers bein; rarely employed. 1:p stairs there are two bed-rooms, in one of .which the :1: n, his wife, 'and the baby sleep, and in the other, which er.litains three beds, the rest of the children. They pur ,..l-..ase six gallons of flour weekly, which is made into -read or cakes with potatoes. They drink tea made ,vith burnt crusts, China tea being too expensive now. Since the price of sugar has risen, they have been obliged to ~.:re up its use ; but a quarter of a pound is bought weekly sweeten the pap for the baby. They have no meat ex -I.Ppt on a Sunday, when a meat pudding is made ; and P.one of the family ever tastes beer, except, perhaps, the I.9an gets some now and then from his master. The man is in constant work at Its. a-week, but sometimes he gets piece -work, and then earns 15s. weekly. The cot %ige, which is rented at 2s. weekly, is clean and well drained ; its literary furniture consists of two Bibles and ti - ew Testament : there is no Prayer-book, as the in mates are Dissenters. The distress of the family arises from the unusual circumstance that the children are ,early all girls, and hence can earn nothing. Were the iciest or the second a boy, he would probably add 2s. to a-week to the general income by assisting his father. The actual weekly expenditure is as follows : s. d. 6 gallons of flour at 16d. 8 0 lb, soap 0 3. lb. candles 0 4. 1 lb. butter 1 0 4 lb. sugar 0 21 11 lb. meat 0 9 Teas t Starch, pepper, and salt 0 2 1 lb. cheese 0 6 'Worsted, cotton, tape, &c 0 3 Total 11 91 Here, and subsequently in the accounts of the veekly expenditure of labourers, I shall not insert the ' , .;lt or clothing, as I find that these are generally not .liil for weekly, but are reserved to be paid off at liar . rit, or at odd times, when more than the usual wages , ; :11 . :1 earned. here is another wooden cottage, in bad repair, con ainu'ig four rooms, which cost 301. to build, and is - , -, . , ntea , ,at 2s. 6d. a- week. It is tenanted by a man, his tNlfe, aria lour children-7two boys, a girl, and an infant. lney sleep in the two uppr * rooms ; the two boys in a 'Jed in one room, and the man, Ns wife, and the baby, in one bed in the other, a contrivance being made upon the floor for the girl to sleep. The sitting room is ten feet m.qaare, and contains two plain deal tables, and a very -*mall stained one, a neat corner cupboard, three shelves pith earthenware ; a few small ornaments are on the ei:imney-piece, and above it hang some small prints in biliek frames. There is a calico window-curtain, two bits of carpet on the floor, a cradle, four chairs, a an arm-chair. Some swinging-book-shelves, with r:..ligious hooks. Altogether this cottage has a neat, cleanly, and orderly appearance. The man's earnings 13s. a week, but he is occasionally out of work : the wife, from ill-health, earns but little. The family consume weekly 53- gallons of flour, 3 gallons of pota tog, 1 lb. of cheese, -4 oz. of tea, 2 oz. of coffee, lb. (?f sugar fur the infant, 33d. worth of milk, -ph. of soap, I lb. of candles, 1 cwt. of coals. I have at former times frequently collected informa tion as to the precise method in which a labourer spends his wages ; anti, as the point seems to me very important towards understanding the condition and economy of the -loot-, I will give several of their dietaries. In 1837, an aged man and his wife expended their Teekly earnings of 6s. in the following way : s. d. Bread, 2 gallons Bacon, Ilb Butter Ilb 'fea, 2 oz. Sugar, Ilb Coals, 1 cwt Total It would he quite impossible for the old couple to live well at at present, in consequence of the increased , rice of provisions ; but the tea, the sugar, and the bacon, 071, disappear from the board, and the money so saved rocs to pay the additional cost of the bread. At the same period, a man, his wife, and seven children, in Sussex, spent their wages thus : s. d. 7 0 1 5 1 ,- 2 6 0 O 9 0 3} 0 3 6 gallons of bread 2 lbs. of bacon 2f lbs. of butter 14, oz. of tea 11 lb. of sugar lb. of candles... lb. of soap Total l2 9 The following i 3 the expenditure of a labouring man, with a wife and six children, at present. The contrast between these two cases is not so perfect as ;1 - might be ; as, in the preceding case, the labourer purchased bread ; in the following flour. The expense, herefore, of making the bread and baking it should lie added to the account ; and this will more than make -11 p the 6d. difference in the whole sum. Though there is one less in family than in the last case, it will be obvious how much the increased price of provisions has deteriorated the condition of the family : S. (1. 8 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 6 6 gallons of flour Yeast 1 lb. of meat and of suet 1 lb. of butter 1 lb. of cheese lb. of candles - lb. of soap 0 3 1 Potatoes Worsted, starch, cotton, and tape 0 3 No sugar. Total 12 3 I might insert numerous other examples of labour ers' dietaries ; but I trust the above will be sufficient to show, in some degree, how their wages arc expended. They, however, are insufficient, as they do not. show he quality of the articles procured. For instance, since the price of corn has risen, many of the labourers have been compelled to resort to an inferior sort of flour, termed " sharps," in order to obtain a sufficiency of coqd. Tea, were it not an article so subject to adultera tion, ought to have materially risen in price, as the i►n portation in 1840, compared with that of 1836, shows a diminution of 17,571,7621b5. I believe, however, the reason it has not, is; that its place has been supplied. by a deleterious mixture, of which some of the medical :nen make great complaints. It is noon, too usuallgt drunk without sugar, as the great rise in price in the atter article has causes! it nearly to disappear from the ,";,l ourer's Tuffners Report on the Economy of me Labouring Classes i►i Surrey and Kent. PRESBYTERY OF ARBROATH. During the two lust weeks the Presbyt e ry of Arbroath have had two several meetin g s. In the first of these, Mr. Lumsden , b y wa y of reference, bro ught before the Presbytery a case from the Kirk-Session of Barry, of contumacy. The Kirk-Session had summoned before (item a farm-servant, for the guilt of Sabbath profana tion, because he had the funeral of his child on that day before public worship. The individual attended with a l'rieml; but would not follow the Session into a Pr i vate louse, and therefore was held by them guilty of eon- Tho Presbytery enjoined the individual to h a ,;enunoned, with certification ; from which judgment Alr. Muir dissented, because the proceeding was unne ,•Assarily harsh and irregular. Mr. l)ymock came also with a verbal reference con etsrn;ng a similar charge. Some of the elderswere a verse to give Church privileges to two pv.sons one for pumping water for the railway engine on Sab bath, and the other for assorting l e tters on that day. The Presbytery refused to receive a verbal refer (4l.2e ; but some of the members hinted that he should be cautious of meddling with people of influence. The Presbytery then proceeded to deal with Mr. Car ruthers, who gave in a written statement explaining some ,of the facts libelled. We understand that gr eat cow- D i. , , ints were made by some members that he did not ma k,' a full confession. After a long and senseless filtereat.ong motions were made by Mr. Lumsden, Mr. Weir, anti Mr. Crichton—some of which were very departed from, on account of one Mr. Muir : That the case should be postponed to another day, when Mr. Cai:uthers should be again called in." At the second meeting, Messrs. Laird and Lumsden com plained bitterly of the - very unsatisfactory degree of con cession made. Motions were then made by the Non-in trasionist, and carried ; from which the agent of the venerable clergyman appealed. It is not to be overlooked that in this case the more experienced ministers and elders, and the whole parish, .vithout an exception, are on the side of the accused ; and that all the youthful Non-intrasioaists are on that of severity. The grey hairs, the amiable, the honest, and pious character of the accused, render him an object of regard to the whole conntq. He was never known to ch a mean action, to frequent improper company, or seek vicious indulgence. He was hospitable to the extent of his means, even to these whose means are now employed to, olest him. One of the severe members told him, in defence of the unlimited period of suspension, that he -would not consent to repone him. till Mr, Carruthers' mind was changed. What (lid this mean ? This agent very properly told this member that he could judge only of the mind by the actions. The parish to a man con • time. to adhere to their minister, while some of his quondam popular Non-intrusion neighbours are fast de clining, just because they intrude every where but where they ought to be found.—Duadee Chronicle. NEWCASTLE.--POLITICAL PERSECUTION. — 'We arc informed that a leading Tory in this town, an extensive hat manufacturer, is slily and gradually, but xevertheless decidedly dismissing such of his workmen as voted for Mr. Harris at the late election. We hope this may not prove true : for, if it be true, we shall assuredly devote ourselves to the unpleasant task of making several , :wkard exp osures concerning the itfasonie individual re '.:erred to.—Staffordshire .Examiner. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY GLOBE.—The difficulty Sir Robert Peel will expe rience in satisfying his howling pack of place-Bunters, becomes every day more obvious, and the Times of this morning is employed in smacking the whip pretty smartly in the ears of the hungry crew, just to give them the hint that the game is not for, them, though they hare had all the fatigue of pursuing it. The. article in the Times is an amusing compound ' of soft words and threatening at titudes—of honey on the lip, and tomahawk in the and. " I'm quite sure you will be very complacent. You are such a distinguished phalanx of constitutional gentle men," says the Thunderer in morals, while his acts are to brandish a bludgeon over the heads of those to whom he is addressing the most complimentary epithets. If Sir Robert Peel really could do without the persons al luded to it would be all very well, but as they happen to know how important will be their aid to the ex pectant Premier, it is not likely they will be content to be flattered into forbearance or dragooned into dis interestedness. A crowd of schoolboys that have been long hungering after a promised cake, cannot be more eager to get a slice than are the Tories to get a finger in the pie saf office ; and it is absurd to suppose that any but the very softest of the party will be put off by the old schoolboy trick of " Those who ask shan't have any, and those who don't ask don't want any." But what . is Peel to do.? He cannot satisfy all, and yet all will insist on being satisfied. He cannot emu late " the soldier who lived on his pay, and spent half-a crown out of sixpence a-day." He cannot come to a composition, for he will not have a penny in the pound to offer to his rapacious Conservative creditors. The Tory list of Want Places is as formidable as that in the co lumns of the Times, and the applications are out of all proportion beyond the vacancies. To mention one instance. What is to be done with the three expectant Chancellors, with only one Woolsack to offer them ? The Great Seal makes too great an impression on an ambitious mind to allow of an easy resignation of the prospect of posses sing it. The Tory Joint Stock Company turns out, like many others, to hare been designed only for the profit of the immediate Directors, and the duty , of answering calls seems all that is to devolve on the main body of ad venturers. When the clamour for a dividend meets, as it must, with no satisfactory reply, disappointment will lead to disgust, the bubble will have burst, and the backing out will become general. The Post, which is by turns senti mental and severe—now sending forth paragraphs replete with pathos, and now thundering out impotent anathemas —has this morning gently and almoft affectingly reproved us, for throwing in the teeth of the Tories the unwelcome fact, that it is not a " bed of roses" they are about to lie upon. With all our disposition to pity the unfortunate, we eannot carry our sympathy for Sir Robert Peel so far as to in any way help him out of the mess in which he has voluntarily placed himself. We respect a dignified and defeated foe ; but when we see an enemy doing all he can to cause the ground to give way beneath our feet, and then marching deliberately into the mud he has him self thrown, we must be permitted to enjoy a little merri ment at his sticking there, before we charitably come for ward to help him out of it. COURIER.—The Chronicle has a long and lugubrious article this morning in exaltation of the miraculous me rits of free trade principles, and their efficacity wherever and whenever hitherto applied, with the inferential intent of attributing the present depressed condition of various important branches of trade and manufactures to the sole prevalence of a too rigorously protective system. Our Contemporary draws liberally of course. in support of his views upon the late Mr. Huskisson, for whose authority we ourselves profess to entertain no mean consideration, and to the quotation of whose senti ments, as we find them cited to suit the particular case, we are far from desiring to urge any objection. For example an isolated passage is given from his speeches, showing that, " there are occasions on which it is the duty of a vigilant Government to watch the signs of the times, and to accommodate their policy to those changes in the world, under the continued operation of which a blind adherence to our former system would no longer be either safe or expedient." It may, with equal truth, be said that it is the duty of a vigilant Government so to time and adapt such changes as may be found advisable in the fiscal and economical system, as that they shall work the least possible detriment, or none at all, to inte rests existing, long established, and created even, by the errors if you will, of former legislation. However humble in extent and importance may be the interest which contemplated changes may affect, it is entitled to a fair hearing, and may not be rashly dealt with and sacri ficed upon some special assumption of general benefit. A wise statesman will net be led astray with a false but flashy theory about the " greatest happiness of the greatest number," because the sacred obligation he contracts to wards the country at large, whose affairs he is called upon to administer, is impartially to study the good of every class and the prosperity of every interest alike, that is, the greatest happiness, not of a majority alone, but of the minority also—the good of all. Unquestion ably all such protections and prohibitions as are inopera tive to the end proposed should be mitigated or abolished. If they are burdensome to the consumer without adequate benefit to the home producer the case contemplated by Mr. Huskisson would have arrived, when speaking of "the removal of useless and inconvenient restrictions, the doing away of prohibitions, and the lowering of duties so excessive, as to be in fact, prohibitory on the productions of other countries—restrictions, prohibi tions, and duties, which, without benefit, nay highly in jurious to ourselves, have produced all the evil effects, and given rise in other parts of the world to the retalia tory &Marts of foreign Governments to put down the commerce of the country." It remains to prove the special cases in point which the Chronicle, restricting it self within vague generalities, does not adventure upon, although we shall not affect ignorance of the particular, however Indirect, bearing of its logic upon corn, sugar, and timber-laws. Waiving for the present however the reference to those important subjects, we shall content ourselves with indieating the exaggerating spirit in which he is disposed to regard the practical consequences of former modifica tions of our protective system. Without exactly de siring to impugn the motives of expediency, or of policy, which dictated the relaxation of our navigation laws, and the modification of the prohibitions against foreign silk manufactures, we may observe that the beneficial results of each have been grossly overrated. The immediate elfect• of the changes in the silk trade was, as is well known, the ruin of Maccleiflehl and Spitalfields—in the case of the latter irretrievable ruin. Doubtless that ruin might have been accomplished some years later by the active concurrence in the silk manufacture on which the enterprising and intelligent capitalists "and traders of Manchester had entered, with all the appliances of superior machinery, resources, and energy. But in the meantime, the machinery,, and Macclesfield people would have been " let down," to use ahomely phrase, more gently and by degrees, so as with the difference of time to have gradually accommodated themselves to the revo lution in trade, so far as the change in its localities, which was iii course of operation. The Manchester traders had been actively extending the silk manufacture in that town for several years before Mr. Huskisson's fiscal reforms were agitated or announced, and if their first steps were naturally slow and cautious, their progress was not the less sure. The railway locomotive does not start " at score" at once, but is gradually accelerated in speed after the steam power first painfully puts the train in motion, and then carries it along at an increasing rate until the maximum of velocity is attained for which the power is calculated. - We do not entertain the least question ourselves but that the silk manufac ture would have been equally flourishing by this time in Manchester and its neighbourhood without, as with, Mr. Huskisson's measures, and there are few men who have any knowledge of the subject who will gainsay the opirion. The only real gain by any change yet operated in respect of the silk trade consists in the removal of those impediments, and that quasi prohibition, to the export of raw silk conceded of late years by the French Government. STANDARP.--The emeute at Toulouse appears to be at an end, and there is reason to think that the ac tual defiance of the law has been exaggerated, as hap pens tvniversally in cases of this kind ; the cause of dis content—the deficiency of revenue, and the painful pressure upon the people—scarcely admit of ex aggeration. Nevertheless, France continues the for tification of her capital and the augmentation of her navy, no human being threatening to molest or in sult her—still prosecutes the wasteful and barren war in Africa. This, which can scarcely be called by any more respectful name than fatuity, is not to be laid to the charge of the King. He, a man of strong sense and benevolent dispositions, well knows that peace, con ducive to the happiness of all*States, is indispensable to the existence of order in France, and he will preserve Peace as long as he can. Neither are the mass of the peopl e t o he blamed—they are kindly and well-disposed. It is the eleventh plague—the swarm of empty and hungry • bite r"leuss, creatures as ravenous as the beasts of the de- Bert,pd an de"dlled with just " as much reason its Heaven gives an ape ." It is this pestilent swarm of the wants,ap propriation the Roebucks, &c., of France, which Borders the country as they would disorder this coun trrayr,e i i f i N, r h an a a ce n ) tin k c e T p o t f h s e e m nse in an e d rd l e e r a . rni N n v g e ( c c .a h a ts a s e c t s t w o? ) our way to the end of it, but we can now easily enough forgive -Napoleon's treatment of the ideologists as noxious vermin. G ER MAN ACTolis.— c: NiCe sere fortunate in m i , ) . erformers of Ger seeing one of the great dramatic performers , one _of the many,'Emile Devrient. The ascertained Prin cess Amelia's ; a tale of domestic sorr " ow, sc as en l . effect, no by my interpreters. There wiallensoeene was not e once fa dramatic contrivance to aid it. shifted during the play. Devrient seemed t v o as m as I could judge merely from his action, expressiOnasancl voice, to deserve the applause showered on him. 'The playing was all natural and the voices of the wome n marvellously sweet. Have I never yet remarked to you the sweet, low tone of the German woman's y o k e ? From the cultivated actress to your chambermaid, it is a musical pleasure to hear them speak. Is it an atmos pheric effect, or the breath of a placid temper ? The latter, I thought, when, a moment since, my inkstand was overset, and the girl summoned to repair the mis chief held up her hands, smiled, and uttered, in a Bute like tone, a prolonged g—u—t ! (good !)"—Miss Seck wick. Yesterday having been set apart by the General Assembly as a day of fasting, humiliation, and thanks giving, was observed with (Went ou tward solemnity in this , town, nearly all the shops being eJosed during the whole day. In all the Established Churches but one, divine service was celebrated, and the attendance was respectable. By a number, however, the day was kept as a holiday, and the steamboats and railway met with great encouragement, the fineness of the weather inducin_g Dissenters_, and not a few of the more lax Churchmen, tg) take a trip to the country. The down trains in the ettrly_part a the day, and the u p - . trains in the afternoon were long and well tilled, At balf past six 22 carriages, and at half-past seven 14, were de. spatched up, while at the departure of the ]attend crowd of many hundreds was waiting in the streets for the next train.—Greenoch "Martian TB SUN, LONDON. TITESDAYULy 27. IS4I. PARSONS AND ELECTIONS. All over the country, the parsons have taken an active• part against the people during . the late elections. The: have arrayed themselves on the side of the " withholder of corn;" and we are told that " he who withholdea corn, the people shall curse him." We profess we did not anticipate that the parsons would ever take part with the people in the battle fin " daily bread." NO ! AS they defended the slave track and slavery, and opposed the amelioration of the crimi nal code, and have uniformly 'clung to persecution in all its forms, so do we now expect them to make common cause with the withholders of corn, and the oppressors of the poor. But as the slave trade was abolished in spite of the parsons, and the criminal code was amelio rated in spite of the parsons, and the Reform Bill was carried in spite of the parsons, so also, may we with per fect safety predict, will the Corn -laws be abolished, in spite of all the priests, rectors, deans, and bishops in the empire. . . . The parsons cannot fail to provoke most serious in vestigations into the real uses of a Church Establishment. when they are thus foulid so pertinaciously resisting all measures proposed for the amelioration of the condition of the people. Their uniform support of all harsh and oppressive laws, and their persevering opposition to all attempts made to educate, to enfranchise, or to emancipate their fellow-men, must necessarily provoke discussion of their claims to assume the character of teachers of a religion of truth, charity, and mercy. Men who turn up the whites of their eyes and talk about trea sures in heaven, are liable. to severe scrutiny, when we find them directing their whole attention to hoarding up treasures upon earth, in the shape of tithes, pluralities, fat livings, and benefices. And when we find them pray ing God for " daily bread" to the poor one day, and going to the poll the next to uphold the starvation laws of the landlords, surely they then lay themselves open to the charge of the grossest hypocrisy and deceit. As professed teachers of the Christian religion, we would naturally expect the parsons to be the very first in every good word and work ; but instead of this we find them to be perpetual clogs upon every scheme of national amelioration and improvement. But they do not even teach the religion for which they are so greatly overpaid. They keep the people grossly ig norant : they support bad laws : they administer bad justice : they make common cause with the persecutor and oppressor. " They are ready to fight," says John Milton, " and if it lay in their power to massacre all good Christians under the names of horrible schismatics; for only finding fault with their temporal dignities, their unconscionable wealth and revenues, their cruel authority over their brethren that labour in the word, while they snore in their luxurious excess : openly proclaiming themselves now in the sight of all men to be those which for a while they sought to cover under sheep's clothing, ravenous and savage wolves, threatening inroads and bloody incursions upon the flock, which they took upon them to feed, but now claim to devour as their lawful prey." The clergy should beware in time. They have hitherto been far too ready on every occasion to show their hos tility to the rights and privileges of the people. The consequence has been, that the great mass of the people now regard the Church with feelings of indifference and contempt. It is already thoroughly sapped and under mined in the opinions of men ; and the clergy may de pend upon it that their present conduct is only hasten ing on the day when it will be openly attacked in the laws of the country. , And, as with an aristocracy, a Church that has once lost the affections of the people, is like a tree dead at the root, which is only the more easily torn up by the winds the higher its branches have spread.—Leeds Times. RICHARD SAVAGII LEAVES „ SCHOOL. I had seen four years under the tutelage of Bur ridge, when one day Ludlow made his appearance before him, with a mournful seriousness of aspect. I was called into the room. " Come hither, Dick," said Burridge, beckoning me towards them. '‘‘ Here's your friend—friend? ah, well! no matter —here's Ludlow come to take you away from me." " At Lady Mason's- command," interposed Ludlow, " but much against my will,—had I a right to express it." " Humph!' granted. Burridge. " Why, Sir, I haven't half done with him yet. I want to introduce him to a few Greek gentlemen of my acquaintance, very reserved people, who require much respect and attention before one can become intimate with them. I don't think I'll let him go. Look you, Ludlow: I designed him for Cambridge, by way of compensation for a certain block head they were troubled with some five and twenty years since. I'll tell you what ; I'll lend him—mark, I'll lend him to Lady Mason for one month ; if, at the expiration of that period, he be not forthcoming, look to it ; or rather, look for me ; to London up come I, trundling ; wliip him under my arm, and away with him, to be heard of once apin"—here Burridge nodded his head signifi cantly—" when his father appears to claim him." Ludlow was greatly distressed. "I am sure, Lady Mason," stammering—" the friendly interest you take in Richard's welfare—the uncommon—a—a—the— but I must obey my orders." This last he brought out hastily, but with an effort. " Ah well!" returned Burridge, " must—ugly word ; I never liked it. Can't' and ' must' are the two devils that claw out the eyes of " " Servants are not free agents," returned Ludlow. " They are not, Mr. Burridge," he repeated, almost ve hemently. observing that the ether shook his head. "Ah ! well—a pity !" said Burridge. " Let me entreat," cried Ludlow, " as well for the sake of Lady Mason as of Richard, that you will take no steps at present to discover what it is so necessary should remain concealed. Why do I ask this? not for myself, but for his sake, first ; for Lady Mason's, second ; for my own, last." Glibly spoken," remarked Burridge. " What say you, Richard—Freeman?" I answered that I had the fullest confidence in Lud low ; that I was assured he meant all for the best ; and I suggested that very likely Lady Mason had recalled me so abruptly for the purpose of disclosing all she knew of my birth. This speech had a sensible effect upon Ludlow. He was embarrassed. "It is but for a time," he said. "I, at least, design that all shall one day be explained." " Enough of this perversion of the gift of speech,—a. truce to this mysterious mouth-work!" exclaimed Bur ridge. " This boy will prove an (Edipus for your Sphinx, I doubt not. Should you require my assistance, Dick, you know where to find me. I leave you to him, Sir, for the present," turning to Ludlow, " and indeed it is no business—although I make it a concern—of mine. Go, and take leave of your friends, and of your enemies —for I suspect you have acquired both in this our micro cosm." " Here, Dick!" exclaimed Burridge, as I re-entered his study t, " Ludlow and luggage are waiting for you. Let me see ; you are now upon fifteen years of age ; four years have you and I been very , good friends. Four times forty—one hundred and sixty. Surely I can spare you two out of one hundred and sixty guineas. Buy a Horace, Dick, with one of them.. Horace! so easily construed—so difficult to translate I And, mark'; , don't listen to what the fools tell you about Sallust ; his style is a fine one. And never believe that Virgil was so much grsater than Ovid. Nosey had as much poetry in him as the Mantuan. And always think for yourself —and do think, and think of ine sometimes. And— There, go!" I kissed the good man's hand reverently, and grate fully expressed my obligations for his care, his kindness, and his affection. " fish !" said he, looking up at the ceiling. " Away with him, Ludlow. Dick, you take with you the last corner of my heart. You have a right to it, you dog ! You found it when I thought I had none left. I shall see you when I come to London during the holidays." He shook Ludlow warmly by the hand. "My honest friend, let this boy be fairly treated—fairly—openly. What the deuce ! Who is his coxcomb of a father ?" " He will be treated well, Sir," said Ludlow. Burridge pointed to his heart. " Upon my honour, all will be done for the best—all is for the best!' "There I believe you," returned Berridge.--" Richard Savage," in Bentley s Miscellany for July. AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER.—" You may know him by the quantity and variety of his luggage, by every ingenious contrivance for comfort (alas ! com fort implies 'fixture), impregnable English trunks, tra velling bags, dressing-eases, eased provisions for all the possible wants that civilisation generates, and all in travelling armour. There is no flexibility about an Englishman, no adaptation to circumstances and exigen cies. Ho must stand forth, wherever he goes, the im personation of his island-home. I said his lu g gage be trayed him ; I run sure his face and deme anour do. muscles are in a state of tension, his nerves seem to bo on the outside of his coat, his eyebrows are in motion ; he looks, as'my friend says she felt when she first came to such a place as this, • as' if all the people about her were rats his voice is quick and harsh, and his word s none of the sweetest, so' that you do not wonder the Continental people have fastened on him the descriptive sobriquet of ' Monsieur God d--n,' "—Miss Bedwieh'a Letters front Abroad. It is understood that the Queen was so pressed upon and crowded on Sunday week, as she _passed from the orangery on to the private terr ace at Windsor, by the throngs that were in the gardens, that her Majesty came to the determination not to promenade amongst the public as heretofore. It must be admitted that her Ma jesty is frequently subjected to annoyances of this de scription, from the unruly portion of the strangers who visit the gardens and new terrace on Sundays. 7 Couricr. In the different lists of the Tory appointments which are handed about we do not find the RAMO of Mr. Bradshaw in the hlonsehold, nor that of Mr. Roby. Nor do we hear that the Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole is to he one of the Court Chaplains. How are these extraordi nary omissions to be accounted for ? Can such services be forgotten in the hour of success ?—Examiner. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BA.INES.—The public breakfast to Mr. Baines, at the Bell Hotel, on Friday, was numerously and respectably attended, the Rev. E. INiall in the chair. About two hundred, among whom was a large sprink ling of ladies, sat down on the occasion. The meeting was ad dressed by the Revd!. G. Legge, J. E. Giles (of Leeds), .1, P. Martell, J. Webb (of Arnesby), Toiler (of Harborough), and Mr. Child s ( o f Bungay ), &c. &e. A splendidly bound Bible was presented to Mr. Baines by the chairman, who re turned thanks for the testimonial of respect thus shown to him in an appropriate speech. The meeting broke up about two o'clock. —Leiceste r Chronicle. The Floating Island in Derwent Lake, Keswick mineralogist. shect°f 'The last appearance water, was on the 19th i ns t. di scovered a b ove the p l ac id sur cfaecleeborfattelid"gtirdp a rli n T of this phenomenon, we believe, was in the months of J u ly an d August, 1837, by Mr. Wright , the THE LATE ELECTIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have lately returned from a tour in the north, and in my course having visited several families when the principals have, been actively engaged in the business if the late elections. I have become more than ever con vinced of the impossibility of ascertaining the real sense of the country on questions submitted to its judgment, till the voter shall be protected by the great measure of the Ballot. In repeated instances which have come to :ny knowledge men have been literally carried to the poll in such a state of intoxication that they could not walk without support, and were scarcely able to utter the names of the candidates they had been prevailed on to vote for. An argument I have been constantly met with in my advocacy of the necessity of secret voting has been, that if it were in force this class of men could never be induced to take the trouble of going to the poll, as no candidate would pay for the mere pro nise, when it would be impossible for the voter to prove its fulfilment, and that thus the constituency would be much diminished. Surely nothing stronger can be urged in favour of any system than that it would ex clude those who have no opinion to express, from ex pressing an opinion on the most vital of all subjects, the government of tho country. In many of the, recent con tests in the cities and boroughs, where the elections have been carried by such trifling majorities, it is this very class who, without any other reason than that they have been paid for it, have decided the fate of the candi dates, and virtually returned the Members. When we connect with this fact another, no less indisputable, namely, that numbers of electors abstain altogether from voting, knowing that they will sustain injury from the conscientious exercise of their privilege, I think no mind unbiassed by party prejudices can come to any other conclusion than that, under the present system, it is im possible the honest opinion of the constituency can be expressed. Your steady and patriotic support of the popular cause has induced me to hope you. might not judge the above remarks unworthy a corner in your invaluable paper. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, July 26. J. S. P. MI,I,LERS, BAKERS, AND LORD STANLEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-I feel grateful, as every one of our fraternity must feel, for your able strictures in defending the poor millers and bakers from the unjust assaults of my Lord Stanley, who, if he had known the ruinous losses to which we are unavoidably subject in our trade with the bakers in the rural districts, in consequence of their supplying the agricultural labourers with bread and flour to keep them from starvation, would have paused before he brought into public odium a respectable class of trades men to serve a political triumph. Yes, my Lord Stanley, the millers are the very people who, without any " pro tection," enable the farmer to pay his rent, which he could not do with all his protection if we did not stand in the gap between him and the consumer My Lord should have known true nobility of charac ter consists in the support of a manly dignity on all oc casions, and if he could not have spoken a word in favour of the helpless and unprotected, it would have been more generous of him to have lost his election than to have won it at the expence of truth. If these virtues are lightly esteemed by the privileged orders who force themselves forward to be legislators, how can they expect the plebeians can have that;confidence in them which their station should command ? The bare idea of the monopolists taking office with their large " pinehbelly" majority has already produced a lucky change in the wheat market. The very demon of selfishness could not have wished it more effective to his heart's content.* What we are to expect when these wiseacres realize power is not for us to divine ; their darling object, the sliding scale, the climax of their legis lative wisdom, is at the present moment in splendid ope ration. Here we are on the very borders of a famine in wheat, the vital support of life ; and we could well afford at the present time to pay Bs., 10s., or even 12s. per quar ter duty on foreign wheat to keep us on until harvest, and thus replenish the Exchequer. But " No," say the monopolists, " you shall have it before the time you do not want it ;" that is, when the duty is nominal, and the produce of our own new harvest comes to hand, you shall have an overwhelming quantity to fill our own pockets. Then follows a recurrence of a derangement 3f the currency ; the little farmer almost ruined, for he must sell early ; the agricultural and commercial inte rest of the nation shook to its very centre. All this may serve as sport for the monopolists, but it must eventually end in death to the country. Their blindness is equal to Egyptian darkness, whose hearts are hardened, that they will not let go the freedom of trade from cruel bond age, until the plagues of Egypt come upon them. Yours, &c. A LARGE SOUTH COUNTRY MILLER. July 24, 1841. it . The price of wheat has advanced in our markets 10s. to 141. per quarter since the result of the elections has been known LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 26. HARMAN AND OTHERS V. JONES AND OTHERS, This case came before the Court upon motion, for .he discharge of an order made by the Vice-Chancellor, f.;rantin, an injunction restraining the defendants, who Are the Commissioners of Sewers for the metropolitan districts, from issuing a precept for summoning a Jury to assess the value of certain land between Bartholomew lane and Threadneedle-street, on part of which it is in tended to build the new premises for the Sun Fire-office. The arguments were not concluded when the Court rose. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, July 25. ELDERTON v. PETERS. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and concluded to-day. The only question in the case was, whether a gentleman named Bebb should pay the costs of a suit instituted by him in the name of a person called Julian Peters, that individual, having no existence in fact. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, at the close of the arguments, gave judgment, directing that Mr. l3ebb should not pay the costs of the suit, the Court acquitting him of all blame, believing that the suit was instituted by him in consequence of misrepresentations. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, July 26. BAIL CASES. Three town and seven country bail cases were on the list, in the trial of which no features of public interest appeared. IN RE GEORGE CONWAY MONTAGUE, ESQ. Mr. Woodroffe opposed the discharge of the insolvent on the part of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rudd. It appeared that his liabilities amounted to upwards of 23,000/., and, although possessed of large property, the assets available to his creditors were unequal to pay even a penny in the pound. In the year 1827 he was first arrested, and re mained in prison until the present time, this being his first application to be discharged. He was subjected to a long examination, in which he stated that he had lost considerable sums of money " at play" with various per sons—to one person named Russell, who was a fellow prisoner with him in the Queen's Bench, he lost upwards of 1,0001. He also stated that he had received consider able sums of money from a person named Flight, and had by means of wine warrants, taken in consideration of acceptances, raised upwards of 6,0001. The insolvent supported his application in person. During the examination the following curious dialogue took place : Mi. Woodroffe—Lookino• b at your schedule, Mr. Mon tagu, I should suppose that you imagine yourself a victim of imprisonment for debt ? Insolvent—l do, indeed, Sir. Woodroffe—Have you not received, since you have been in prison, the sum of 26,500/. ? Insolvent— No, Sir, not so much. Mr. Woodroffe—Look to your special balance-sheet. Insolvent—l paid 4,8001. law costs in a Chancery suit. My estates involved property to the amount of 200,0001. and odd. Mr. Woodroffe—l see from your schedule that you have won at "play," from 1827 to 1841, the sum of 1,5001. Insolvent—l lost 1,000/. by play in prison. Mr. Woodroffe—Then you found some clever fellows in prison, eh ? The insolvent looked at the Learned Counsel, and then at the Learned Commissioner, and made protesta tions as to his motives. Mr. Woodroffe—What did you lose by cards ? In solvent-3,5001. A long examination then took place as to the disposal of 6,000 he had recovered in one sum whilst in prison. He was questioned whether he had not received it consi derable sum with his first wife, to which he answered in the negative, for she had only one gown, &c. ; and as to the little boy that was before marriage.—(Roars of laugh ter.) She was only a carpenter's 'daughter. He had married, since, a Miss Campbell. Mr. Robins, solicitor, stated that the insolvent's pro perty had been valued at 210,000/., which property wqs situate in Wiltshire. His life interest had been valued by Mr. Morgan;lhe actuary, at 30,000/. He stated that Mr. Flight got 18,000/., by raising annuities, and the insolvent nothing, as the charges swallowed up all. Mr. Robins denied he was a debtor to the insolvent's estate. Mr. George Padmore opposed in person, and proved a debt of 5001. He (the creditor) was formerly a draper in Bond-street, but was now himself a prisoner for debt. The insolvent said he did not owe the debt, and denied that he had lost with Russell, the celebrated gambler, a few years since, so much as 1,8001. in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Woodroffe, in aggravation of the duration of re mand, suggested to the Court that this was one of those cases calling most strongly for its reprobation. The in solvent had property, but chose to remain in prison, and thus defraud his creditors, to the injury not only of their interest but likewise of his own. When he first went to prison his property was such that he could have easily met his liabilities with more than 40s. in the pound ; and, under all the circumstances of the case, he trusted that the Court, by its decision, would mark its reprobation of the insolvents conduct. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he was sorry to be compelled to remand a person of the insolvent's ex treme age—[he seemed upwards of 70 years of age]-- for a period so much longer than what was usual with the ordinary run of cases occurring in the Court, but he felt that a sense of public justice demanded it. Since the first time he occupied the Commissioner's seat, so tla,grant a case as that now before him had never come under h.s cognizance ; and, notwithstanding the length of tinge which the insolvent had been previously confined, he felt himself bound to order a further term of imprisonment for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. ' THE ALLEGED ORIGINAL PROJECTOR OF THE RAIL ROAD SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.—Mr. Hobler, junior, who was accompanied by Mr Rangeley, the engineer, Mr. James, and several other gentlemen, stated to the Lord Mayor that he appeared before his Lordship ou the part of the family of the late Mr. James, Of Bodmin, land agtnt ,and, civil engineer, . to whose ex ertions as the original projector and surveyor of the Manchester and Liverpool, Central Union, Lon don and Brighton, and many other railroads, the public were principally indebted for the establishment of the present system of railroad conveyance in this and other countries. The late Mr. James (several years having intervened before the Bills passed both Houses of Parliament, for the three first-mentioned railroads), pro ceeded with the surveys of many of the principal lines now in existence, on some of which he published his re ports. He was enthusiastic in the cause of this grand scheme of national communication by locomotive engines, and in its early stages was the mainstay and agitator of the-system, under the painful opposition and prejudick then existing in the public mind; and his ample fortune, together with the settlements made on his sons and daughters, were severally given up, and expended in public improvements, in patents,texperiments, and sur veys for the promotion of the great work, whereby his family had been left without patrimony. His claims had long since been acknowledged, but he did not think Of remuneration, as the importance of the railway system was but imperfectly understood. Now, however, that it was universally adopted and appreciated, it Was sub mitted that these claims should be acknowledged by a liberal testimonial to his family. In consequence of the report that the friends of Mr. James's family were deter mined to exert themselves on the occasion, some indi viduals were going round the country with applications for contributions for a national testimonial, and had already obtained a considerable sum of money without the sanction of the family, who considered that on such an occasion the best course they could pursue was to represent the circumstances to the Lord Mayor, and to request his aid in preventing the . continuance of such a scheme of raising money. The LORD MAYOR said he was convinced the moot effectual mode of prevention would be by publication Of the circumstance as extensively as possible Mr. Hobler, jun., said that the conduct. of thOse who were receiving the money under false pretences,' might be considered a sort of nominal imposition. Mr. Rangeley said the high merits and claims of the late Mr. James were well known to the scientific men 'of this country ; and that it would be desirable if those who had subscribed would publish the names of the parties to whom they had handed their contributions, Or hand them in to the Committee ab ou t t o b e orga nized tbr carrying the views of the friends of the family of the late railroad projector into effect. _ The gentlemen then thanked the Lord Mayor and re tired. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—The Lord Mayor stated that he had received a letter on the subject of the treatment of animals in Smithfield, deserving, in his opinion, the immediate consideration of those who had the manage ment of business in that market. He thought as the new regulations of Smithfield were under the considera tion of the Common Council at the present time, the subject could not be more appropriately introduced. The letter was as follows " Aly Lord,—Myself, hi conjunction with a very nu merous circle of female acquaintances, do most earnestly implore you to use the very great interest and power you possess in behalf of the poor suffering beasts taken to Smithfield Market, and where I am creditably in formed they are kept from twelve to eighteen hours without one drop of water to moisten their parched throats ; nor even in going to and fro do their merciless drovers allow them to drink a few drops of kennel water, but goad them on their way, their tri fling wants unheeded. SUrely, my Lord, you have, on some occasions, felt that most dreadful torture aris ing from intense thirst. Consider, then, what must be the agony those poor innocent and helpless beasts en dure ; and not only the cruelty, but the exceeding mis chief that result from it, the poor bullock frequently be coming infuriated, and the sheep falling down, as if dead, from utter exhaustion ; both of which, in most in stances, might be avoided by a supply of water in the market. It seems the superintendant of the market says it is quite unnecessary. Probably this gentleman has never felt the effect of scorching fever, and certainly not from too much humanity to the brute creation, other wise this crying evil would have been remedied years since. lie may, perhaps, object on the score of expense, but this might easily be rectified by the very simple method of buyer and seller each paying one halfpenny or, at the most, one penny per head, on all cattle taken to the market. Allow me, my Lord, to hope that yon have as much inclination as power, and that you will exert both in adv a n c i ng thi s most essential object, and by the doing of which your name must for ever stand high on the records of mercy and humanity. In the fervent prayer that you will patiently consider the im portant subject of our petition, we beg to subscribe our selves your Lordship's most obedient servants." " The remark as to the payment by the buyer and seller was judiciously mentioned in a most humane paragraph, addressed to the editor of the Mammy Herald a few days back, and which I have very great reason to sus pect was written by one of the most able statesmen and philanthropists of the present day." This letter, which was in a female's hand-writing, expresses feelingly what • has ' been written to every Lord Mayor who has sat in the chair for the last ten years at least, and the 'subject has been noticed in the press as often. It is to be hoped - that the suggestion . his Lordship's correspondtnt will be attended to in the next Court of COMmon Council, when the new rules are to be brought forward. GREAT MEN. 1530;—1n this year, a man named William Sutherland, died in Scotland, said to have been of the height of nine feet five inches. 1701—Hugh Oge Maclean, a native of Itasharkin, died in that parish, who was nine feet seven inches high. Within memory, in making some alterations on the wall of the churchyard of Ra.sharkin, some of his bones were dug up, the great size of which confirmed the relations of tradition regarding his great height. The skull is reported to lave been upwards of an inch in thickness. 1750.—Died, at Malden, in Essex, Edward Bright, who weighed 46st. 101 b. 1754.—Died, at Stebbing, Essex, Jacob Powell, who weighed 40st. 1763.—Bonjamin Bowen, died at Holt, Dorsetshire. He weighed 34st. 41b. 1766.—Died at Worcester, Mr. Baker. His weight is not exactly known, but he is said to have been some thing larger than Bright. 1775.—Mr. Spooner, of Shuttington, Warwickshire, died, who weighed 40st. 91b. . _ _ 1778.—1 n July, a young woman was shown in Belfast, seven feet six inches in height. 1780.—About this time, fwo brothers, of the name of Knight, natives of Moneymore, were exhibited in seve ral towns in the north of Ireland, as a show. They were each seven feet six inches in height. In Money more was also born Charles Burns, who measured eight feet six inches in height : he also travelled as a show. 1781.—Died at Ballynahinch,William Forgie, aged .50 years, who weighed 42st. 31b. His coffin was six feet two- inches across. 1782.—Died in William-street, Dublin, Mr. Goff, sup posed, at the time of his death, to be the largest man in the British dominions. His coffin was six feet eight in length, and ono, yard and a quarter over the breast. It took twelve men to carry his coffin to the grave. 1784.—Died, at Brookhill, near Lisburn, Lovelace Love, who weighed upwards of 40st. • 1787.—A man named Barry died at Cork, of nearly an equal size as Mr. Goff. 1793.-Died, in November; at • Beaumaris, William Lewis, who weighed 40st. 1796.—Died, in September, at Cork, James Fitzge rald, supposed the fattest man in the kingdom. His waistcoat had frequently been buttoned round three men. 1798.—Died, in April, at Lambeth-road, St. George's fields, Joseph Leekey, measuring, - when living, six feet six inches in girth, and six feet in height. 1798.—Died, at Nottingham, aged 49, George Mad dock. The breadth of his coffin wawthree feet four inches, and the depth two &et three inches. 1802.—Died, Samuel M`Donald, alias Rig Sam. Ile was Well proportioned, and was six feet ten inches in height. 1806.—Died, at the Hotwells, Bristol, Patrick Cotter, who travelled under the name of O'Brien. He was a native of Kinsale, and was commonly called the Irish Giant, being eight feet one inch in height. In his bills it was always given out that he was nine feet. 1809.—Died suddenly, at Leicester, Daniel Lambert, aged 39 years. He weighed 52st. 111 b. He measured three feet one inch round the leg, and nine feet four round the body. 1822.—A young Frenchman was exhibited in London of the height of seven feet four inches. 1829.—Died, in August, at Bolton, aged 34 years, Charles Hamilton, a native of the county Down, seven feet six inches in height. lie was exhibited in Belfast, some years before his death, along with a Mrs. Cooke, an English lady, of nearly equal height. 1829.—Died, at Swansea, Joseph Sewell ; he was seven feet four inches high, and weighed 5181 b. _ 1840.—May, a Yoillig man, enlisted into the 79th re giment in Limerick, six feet seven inches high. 1840.—November, at Llanlinan, near Alnwick, hublan skeleton was found in a kind of stone coffin, in a high state of preservation, seven feet six inches in length. HERRING FISHING. ADF.RDEEN.—The herring fishery has been interrupted here this week by the unseasonable weather, but on the nights that the boats got to sea, they all caught herrings. The fishery along the coast has now fairly commenced, and bids well to be successful. PETERHEA.A, JULY 22.—Our boats, including Bod dam and Burnhaven, are 408. Last night and to-night the boats have not got to sea, in consequence of the rough weather. Our average will not be above three or four trans per boat, but the fishing has been pretty general. _ . LOSSIEMOUTH.—On Friday week only three boats went to sea, and returned next morning with from three to five crans each. On Tuesday and Wednesday they averaged two and. three crans each. In consequence of the state of the weather on Wednesday night, none of the boats went to sea. _ IlorEmAN.--The herring fishing commenced here on Monday th e 12 t h i nstant, an d t h e t a k e f or the fi rs t week was pretty fair. This week. they have been much better, and good hopes arc entertained of a successful fishing. On Wednesday the boats averaged about six crans There are 26 boats' belonging to this thriving port en 'gaged in the fishing. BANFF, JULY 22,—The 'fishing, though not heavy, has been pretty 'regular and . general for the last few days. On the 17th, the average was about 5 crans ; 20th and 21st, about 3 trans. Nothing this morning, the strong north winds having prevented the boats getting to sea last night. The demand for cured fish is very languid ; some few more sales have been made at 215., and at Wick at 20s. per barrel, but we believe the buyers will not come freely into the market till the prices are lower. STONEHAVEN.--The rough weather has prevented the boats from going to sea for some nights past. It is rumoured that Lord Melbourne, at no very distant period, contemplates a visit to the Continent, it hav ing been stated that his Lordship's servants have received instructions to hold themselves in readiness to quit Lon don at the shortest possible notice. BOW-STREET. Thomas Moore, William Bodily, and Thomas Moore the younger, helpers in the employ of Messrs. Horne, coach proprietors, Golden Cross, Charing Cross, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with being found on their master's premises for the purpose of committing felony. Mr. Horne said, for several weeks past he had been missing corn to the amount of several quarters from his stores, in consequence of which he gave information to the police, that he suspected some of his men were provided with false keys to steal corn from the granary, to which none but the foreman and under-foreman had access. Constable 10 A division, stated that he went yesterday at 12 o'clock to the prosecutor's premises in plain clothes, when he saw the two first-named prisonQrs enter the granary, and after a short delay he entered, and ob served Moor© putting a sack of corn on his shoulder, with the assistance of his companion ; as he was going up the step ladder, the third prisoner gave them a signal and attempted to obstruct him, when he took the others into custody. The Inspector said, that on searching Moore's lodging, the sack produced with the prosecutor's name upon it was found. Mr. Horne said the elder Moore had been in his ser vice for the last 18 years, but he never was employed in portioning out the corn. The under-foreman identified the key produced, which was found in the door, as a false one, and not belonging to his employers. The prisoners denied they had any intention of com mitting a robbery. Mr. HALL told the younger prisoner he would leave him to his master to dispose of him, but the others should be sent for three months to hard labour in the House of Correction. Emma Watson, aged nineteen years, was brought be fore Mr. HALL, by Read, 94 A, charged with being found in King-street, Westminster, at one o'clock yesterday morning in a state of destitution. The 'Constable said that after conveying her to the sta tion-house he was directed to take her to the workhouse of St. Margaret's parish, in Dean-street, to be lodged for the night, until it should be time to have the charge preferred against her at this Court, but the master of the workhouse refused 10 admit her, saying he would have nothing to do with her, or any other person similarly circumstanced, and she was locked up for the night with out any refreshment. She was very quiet, and had com mitted no offence whatever. Mr. HALL expressed his astonishment at such conduct on the part of the parish authorities, and inquired what account the poor girl had given of herself ? Inspector Partridge said she had, until within the last fortnight, lived as servant in the frmily of Col. Daniels, at Kentish-town, and had been seen for some nights past wandering about St. James's Park, and the neigh bouring streets, apparently without a place to shelter herself. lle begged to add that on all occasions of a similar nature relief had been refused at the same work house, althoug►h the persons brought there by the police were evidently reduced to the utmost destitution, as would appear by the minutes entered on the books at the station-house. Mr. HALL said it was a most infamous proceeding, and after ordering the poor girl to be provided with refresh ments, directed the constable to accompany her to the workhouse to be admitted as a person who had been brought before him for being found destitute, but who had been guilty of no offence. Shortly after the officer returned with the girl to ac quaint the Magistrate that he had delivered the message, but the person who had answered him seemed to doubt the correctness of his statement, as he bad not brought letter, and the girl being refused admittance he conveyed her back to the Court, for he was told ho might have trumped up the story. Mr. HALL said such a system should not be suffered, and he should see some person to explain such unwar rantable conduct. A person, who said he came from the overseers, stepped forward, requesting to know if the policeman had been sent from the Court, for it was usual to send a letter in cases of destitution to direct proper attention to them. Mr. HALL said he had sent the policeman, and wished to know by what authority the overseers or master of the workhouse refused shelter and other relief to persons found destitute in the streets. The messenger said he understood the board to have made such regulations that persons were never admitted without due inquiry being made, and Mr. Elliot, the master of the workhouse, never admitted them. Mr. HALL—Then I can tell you the board has acted illegally in refusing casual relief, and the master of the workhouse must be a heartless fellow to shut the door of an establishment expressly intended for paupers against such as are most in want of relief. I must see some per son in authority before I have done with this case, in or der to put a stop' to such a system of oppression and in justice, and the girl in the meantime must remain within the precincts of the Court. An overseer stated that had the girl applied to him during the daytime she would in all probability have re ceived relief. Mr. HALL—We must not now cavil about tho time, for the girl intuit be totally ignorant when she should apply, being a native of Herefordshire ; but I want to know, is she to be told in the middle of the night that nothing would be done for her ? Overseer—The porter was quite right to refuse her ; but if the application had been made to me in the day time she might have been admitted. Mr. HALL—Am I to be told that the poor are to die in the streets, when they are refused relief at the only place they are entitled to receive it ? Overseer.—There is no provision made for such cases as the present at the workhouse. Mr. lIALL.—Then you maintain that the poor are to be told there is no relief for them ? Overseer.—ln this case I should have afforded relief, but the inspector was decidedly in error in not coming to my house, for then I should have asked her where she slept the night previous. Mr. lI.A.LL—The rule acted upon by other parishes is to take the destitute poor into the house for the night and remove them to their proper parish in the morning. The Strand Union has always acted admirably in such cases, as also did the parishes of St. Martin. s and St. Giles's. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk—Such is the substance of the orders issued by the Poor-law Commissioners. Overseer—The porter had no power to admit any pauper, except in cases of illness, and the inspector must have known it. Mr. HALL—Why the parish authorities of St. Marga ret's should show no humanity to the poor I am at a loss to know, although I am quite aware the officers are occa sionally liable to be imposed upon. Overseer—l think you will agree with me that the po lice inspector was to blame in this case. Mr. HALL—He could not suppose you would get out of your bed at one o'clock in the morning to attend to this poor creature's case, and he knew where the work house was. I know that several poor persons would have perished in' the : streets during the winter mouths had it not been for immediate assistance. The overseer then' consented to take the defendant to the workhouse: In answer to further questions, the poor girl said she had no mother; and, her father was in the East Indies, but none of her friends were in England. She was then removed. TRADE IN PAISLEY. In our last we referred to the continued depressed . state of trade in this quarter, and in this publication we regret.to state, the prospects are not only a great deal worse, but they are really without parallel in the history of this .enterprising manufacturing community. About two weeks ago, several of our manufacturers met with serious losses by the bankruptcy of some Glasgow and 3lancliester houses ; last week, and on the early part of this, some heavy failures followed in town, but the parties having for the most part been young men of short standing in trade, comparatively little weight was attached to the circumstance except by those who were immedi ately connected. By the middle of the week, however our commercial affairs assumed a more serious aspect, in consequence (if report speaks truly) of the paper of one of the most extensive shawl merchants in the country having been refused by the banks, and that too, as we are informed, while the house in question was under stood to be more than solvent, and had up to that bout' possessed the most unbounded credit. The immediate effect of this unlooked for occurrence has been the stop page of houses of long standing, and the indispensable suspension of payments by a number of others. Amongst the houses which stopped this week or suspended pay ments, we regret to number some of the most exten sive, ingenious, and enterprising in the trade ; and whatever may be the ultimate issue, the immediate effect must be a great accession to the number of the unem ployed work people. We are quite certain of being within the mark, when we state that the discharge of from one to two thousand people of one description and another, must be the consequence ere another week passes over. The trade of Paisley has been in a languishing and unhealthy , state ever since the embarrassments caused by the American stoppages in 1837. At that time, and at various periods since, an extensive and wholesome trade could have been carried on with the United States, had our traders been but permitted to take corn or flour in exchange for the productions of our looms. This the cruel laws which we live has denied them, and the con sequent, the indisputable result, therefore, is, a sweeping, ruinous bankruptcy, the rendering of people of wealth pennyless, and the idleset and starvation of the working population in thousands at a time.--Glasgow Post. {ADVERTISEMENT PERSONAL ORNAMENT.—A highly-interest ing work might be composed on the various and dissimilar modes of personal embellishment practised among different na tions, and the chapter devoted to the teeth could not but prove one of the most attractive in the volume. Among many , ava ii. e nations the practice is well known to prevail of dying the teeth black, which is esteemed a high degree of ornament ; while, on the contrary, our British fair, relying on nature for their at tractions, seek only to preserve the charms which she has so richly bestowed on them, and endeavour simply to preserve the white and pearly character of the teeth. Among the various means suggested for this object, we wouldselect the celebrated ' Odonto, prepared by Messrs. Rowland, of Hatton-garden, as the most admirable and perfect dentifrice }et submitted to the public. ANOTHER MONSTER.—The entire skeleton of a large animal has been dug up at the Big Bone Lick, which measures sixty feet long, twenty feet hi g h, an d twelve feet brad at the hips l—New York Paper. EVENING SUN. SHIPrING INTELLIGENC 7I3 ., -(LLOYDS.) . Vi-›;;;;Ls svoKEN ship France, Ilth lat. 44, kin. 40 ; barque Princess Royal, 20111 inst., lat. 49, ion. 13 ; "'lFt. inst., lat. 49, lon. Rookery, arrived in the Downs. Lour i .On, Sythwy, Nfw South Wales, to Sinqapore, Feb. 24 ; in the Straits of Banca ; Delhi, Sydney to Singapore, w hich had spoken the barques Blair and Bencoolen ;• Penang, of and from Liverpool, under jury -masts, having encountered a gale off Madagascar ; Chevalier, Batavia to Sin g apore Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales, to Singapore, in February. at the entrance of the China sea, by the Hebo, arrived off Dovei. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals-The Clifton, Cox, from Bengal, off D art. mouth, sailed Feb. 24, Mauritius, April 18, Cape. May 20, St. Helena, June 1 ; Hebe, Hampton, f ro m Manilla, in the Downs, sailed Feb. 24, St. Helena, May 13 Rookery, Bourne, from Port Philip, in the Downs, sailed March 5, Bahia, June 1 • Louisa Campbell, Da rb y , from New South Wales, off ' Torquay, sailed from SydneY. March 30 ; Nautilus, Thomas, from the Mauritius, ott Portsmouth, sailed April 13, St. Helena, May 2 9 ; therine, Brown, from the Mauritius, off Swanage, sailed April 9, Cape, May 10, St. Helena, May 31 ; Augustu! Purchase, from the Mauritius, off Torquay, sa iled April 15, put back on the 18th, and sailed againon the 28111. Arrivals at Mauritius-The Hope, Banett , April 7: from Calcutta ; Soobrow, Conngr, from Bombay anua, Cochin ; Louisiana, Fornean, 10th, from Havre; All' we Hesse, 10th, and Rapid, Tbonias, 11th, from the Cal ) : Fenelon, 13th, from Bourbon ; Lerwick, Currie, 14 t n ' from Penang ; William Bayley, Cooper, 14th, from IPu don-; Susan Crisp, Cobden, 17th, from Simons BaY..! Gratitude, Harvey, 18th, from Algoa Bay ; Gale, 19th, from Calcutta ; Rahbany, 21st ; Janetßod, 22d, from Calcutta ;Tiger, 23d, from Angontey ; SOO` Baker, Wild, 23d, from Calcutta ; Leocadie, 24th, fr °ll/ Marseilles ; Aumundchunder, 25th, from Moulmein- Manchester, Departures from Mauritius-The Tartar, April 6, for Madagascar ; Atlas, for Bourbon ; Swall 6w ' Bth, for Java ; Porcupine, 10th, for Madagascar ; TaPeY' 11th, and Reliance, Scott, 14th, for Calcutta ; T enas Z, scum, 17th, for Madras ; Amwell, 13th, for Ciao"' Reflector, 19th, for Calcutta. Ships loading-The John King, Southampton ; Palmer, Caroline, and Thomas Blyth, for London. 31 . and Thetis, Criss, June 1, from Calcutta Rosaliu,q, M~ tre y Arrivals at St. Helena-The Rachel, Scott, sailed 2d for London ; Duchess orKen e%YbY julle ' 1, from Moulmein for London. Departures from St. Helena-Th e . Boreshsoc , ,,,k , k 3sY 31, to Havre ; Perseverance, May 31, and '..„„o"°-ffia4 l j Snook, June 1, for London ; Ripley, 2d, for Lill e ! Arrivals at Port Philip-The Neptune, F e rris, r frf iit London ; Indus, from Calcutta ; John Cooper , Adelaide. Arrival at Sydney, New South Wales-Her Mkie s - ship Britomart, March 11, from New Zealand. d oi , Departures from Sydney-The Palestine. for to Collingwood, March 25 to Java ; Mary Bannati ne. 4,B, Calcutta ; Minerva, Wainwright, 26 ; and Manilan e r ' or for London ; Amelia, 27, to India; Augustus,Philip. t° • • THE MARKETS. PRE F BREAD. The highest riit e of Itr lC e ta L. O the Nktropllis is 9)4c1 f Loaf. Gott' Bread may be had at 734 d. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. Per Quarter ... 5 ...I Sew English Rea C10ver...56s 843 1 5 t. Fein ... . ....9 ..... —t Old Litt' Ditto .... ..... —s —a —s Rye Grass.... .............. "*"::. -.4.- - '. 5 . New Foreign Ditto 1 56s 90s Pacey Grass.. ....v.... 5 5 0, 5 1 ' Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover 4 — O s s be s s 6 - 3s s L I/ l il ' t seci o, lo i r fo so r win ed g ii . l o g o.:: .": "; 5 41 5, Old Ditto Ditto —s 42s 46siDltto, for crushing ..--- 4.2 s o• Nov Tre'oil --a Dls 4ls'Hem., ... ..... .... ..- 4 9 0 1 100 —a 19s 36s Old Ditto Canary ... ................ • -.4 Tro folium - s 48s 7081 "Per Bushel. is s Or o Od English Carraway —s 50s 51s White Mustard...." ad tO,ll°. 11 ' a Foreign Ditto — a 44s 50s Brown Ditto ......... 115 ILI.- Coriander —s —a —6s CAI ".s,Tares PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 112 11) . 1 16 a Town Tallow - 4 • ...t2 9 6 Melting Stuff ........... .. I Yellow Russia White to 0 0 Graves .... ................. . ... ~ 5 u Soap Ditto 0 0 II Good Dregs ....... .. ..... : ... u PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of elbo• lak 0 4 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melton)... ........... I'ltloE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton.-- Ditto, refined Linseed Oil .Lins:ed Oil Cake at the Mil /tape Cake, per ton COAL 81 Ships arrived since a. sl. Adair's Ituddle's West Hartley lt 6 Illayilon Main IA 'V Cares Hartley i7 0 I.lolywell Man lB 0 Nelson's West Hartley New Garesfield l4 6 New Tan field M oar l5 0 Old 'rat - 111M M00r... l5 0 Ord's Redhugh I'ontop Windsor l5 Ravensworth's W. Hartley 17 6 Tanfield Moor 20 0 West Wylain ....... 16 West Hartley ...... 18 6 Wvlam Widls End Clennell Walls End Elosforth Walls End Heaton lB 8 Walls End:Hedley ...... 17 6 Walls End Hotspur l7 1 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch l7 8 Walls End Perkins l6 8 Walls End ltiddell'i W. E. Braddyll's Hatton —l9l 6 Walls End Belmont ..... 19 9 414 I° 451 0 30 11 (per logo) ........... 13 :' ,•••• •• 0000000 0000000000000 •• IA ItKET. last market day, 113 S. • 6 Walls End East Helton •••. f a :Walls .lind Haswell . ......... Walls End Helton ........ 9 Walls End Lambton .......... lti Walls End North Durhgloo, Walls End Russell's Helm. 3l 0 Walls End Stewart's ..... ••• . 1 9 6 %Valls End Whites • , 2 0 9 Walls End Carsdoe.... ...... " 6 Walls End Cassop ........... Walls End Hattlepo ol • ..... 0 W W a a i ll is s lit E r v o e w n c ood , Walls End Kelloe .... 19 9 End Tenz , ant's Hartlepoo l . ..",. .20 0 Walls End Adelaide ...... 18 6 Walls End South :.;13 End Seymour Toes... 6 Walls End Tees ........... 11 Walls End Tees Helton 0 Blythe ................. o ....... 1 • C"Pen ....................... 1 Hartley ........................ 16 Howard's Netherton With. is 0 Standrig ............... •••• e" . 17 Holywtll Trader .............. . 0 6 Killingworth Trader ......... P u er 1 1 . 73_ 041:11 MARKETS. AIN. I 's t° ili I/4 Barley, Mecklentmrgb • ~ t o -- Magdeburgh , 15 ~, FS , ---.b."-- Holstein ....„ 05 "" 01 -- Summer lls to 96 Oats, Eider .o it i-- Mecklenbu rg ; --- Holstein lO 00 10 i t •A 1 - East Friesland sto . ?„ 0 Pease, Mecklenburg I Beans -`- to lw 1 8 - 6I Buck Whe5t....;....-••"• 000 OW Rapeseed, Hanover ••• oi t.. , . na Malt ....................w Jo to i'w Tares . ............. .••••••• TON. lyi g I9-P1 , M Wham arrnha ........•......... 5% ,thi Madras ................4.4 *.:a Surats... . . Domingo ..... ....... FEE. (it Domingoura .....". ............ ......: .. .. .. ...... Havannah ......'"" ' Discount.) Bahia, White ............... I°sl Brown .............. 5 Pernambuco, White rown ...2% B 2% to HAMBUR G Wheat, MUM, 402 to 44., - Magdeburg WA) to 4-14; - Anhalt, white 405 to 444 ------- red „„ 366 to 444 - Brunswick 403 to 441 - Mecklenburg 390 to 4631 -- Polish 405 to 486 HOliteill 'AS to 406 Rye, Mecklenburg 210 to 246 Dantzic ...... 222 to 249 -- Elbing and Ko nigsburg 193 to 213 - Upland ---- Riga con Carolina and Tennessee 7 t4to 9% Georgia, Ist sort 7% 74 23 3d andAtb 6►,4 COl Mocha 13 to 13% Batavia 5% Sumatra Rio 4 5% Bahia 4 5 (Will Havannati, White 3 to 4 Brown 3 tIN Rio, White 27fi 4 Brown . '2 .26 Manilla. Brow, [ADVERTISEMENT.] H POLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND - I v L e iot, - James Little, a blacksmith, res idi ng a t Cuekhold's opte May last, was going to 'Guy's Hospital to undergo the?pore tation of his leg, which had been bad for seven yeall',..doonr was upwards of twenty ulcers on it, and mortification u'T ie isso menced just under the knee. In this alarming Ate rest N" recommended to send for Mr. Holloway, who, to tbeg t he og° tonishment of all, cured it in less than three weeks bY se a tr alone of his wonderful ointment and pi:ls. If they are, v tit . ° gether, the most dangerous ulcers or wounds are cute" - t : means. To be had at the Proprietor's Establisholen;esble_ Strand, where advice may be had gratis ; or at any re51;;;110 Chemist's throughout the kingdom, in pots and boxes at 2s. 9d., (id., lls., 225., and 335. each. v alogS A NEW PH RA any one wallt,s_,;roalie grog now, they go up to the bar, and ' cry out the evidence.' r —American Paper, -.4 - - - SILVER PLATE.—Now published an -A s iv oi pti o s sent post free, if applied for by a p a id letter; L p fl os of T. COX SAVORY'S Prices of Silver r-Dr - silver Forks, Tea and Coffee Servi c e s , PresentationPli„a te, See, edged Plated Ware, the new Plated on White Menviitefr"' and Forks, Ladies' and Gentle men ' s G o ld an d Silver Clocks, Jewellery, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Ch singi ttert i The Pamphlet is furnish e d w ith D raw i ngs of the P i t ite rl, The ground floor, first, second, and third floors, are for the exhibition of an extensive stock. T. COX SAVORY, ha lie Goldsmith, 47, Cornhi ll (Seven doors from ‘'llicee street), London. m MSS TO FAMILIES FURNISHING.—.- - SAVING.—RIPPON and BURTON'S lie ° • C m, LOGUE, to be had gratis (post free), contains the pri e ; so f to engravings, of every IRONMONGERY article o r u ce ri der se the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 per cent. 0 es' other old established house. They subjoin a few l' ic i7front i ,. ‘ ample :—Niekle silver (so like silver as only to be t" 1 .1 1 . P e ; by the stamp, and as durable) table spoons and forks, dozen ; dessert ditto, lOs : tea spoons, 5s ; cruet frasbe:jaocer candlesticks from 10s; warranted ivory table knives , to 54.; 16,. per dozen ; dessert ditto, 135.; carvers, Pe r . ...P a t ios 6 % 4 bronzed fenders, from 9s; fi re irons, from 4s; any,'" changed that is not aproved of. d 1 82°. No. 12, Wells-str p eet, Oxford-street. Establis hed On the 22d inst., at MA R RIR D. Crefeld. Mr. Turner Townseell OOP °f s zser James Townsend, Esq., of London, to Mari' Ch itheil isli youngest daughter of J. T. Schulz, Esq., of Crefeld, Prussia. 11/ ri• On the 22d inst., at Madron, Cornwall, by the Rev Peters, Samu e l H ammon d K e ttl ewe ll, EA . . eldest so n , H ar riet Kettlewell, of Harnmondville, county of Waterford , ' 0 E01 " of Emily, eldest daughter of Randolph Blankenhagen,' Penzance On the . 24th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-Wal te r of John Atkinson, of Old Bond-street, to Mary, only dau b the late John Brockley, Esq., of Islington. v r ett On the 24th inst., at Charles Church, Plymouth. Joh" m t, to May, Esq., of Albemarle Villas, Stoke, near De.,"" - sher' Mary, third daughter of James Newman Tanners r'sq" well House, Plymouth. DIED 16:e( O on)n n ntlee- t itsin h hta e reen: 2 2ta : g t dp h edoi i :n n s,: s at. t., at Camberwell, Mr. William P" . ' _ E,bli O za n b t e h th e , 23d inst., Christopher Shew, Esq., at UPP er Marl' . n , d- a p t lac o e r , o a v ged e 6 d o. ()ad, St. john . g .wot 4 wife of Thomas Fitzg erald, enr Esq., Waterford. _ On the 23d inst., at Biddenden, the Rev. Edwar Na D.D., Rector of that parish for upwards of 42 years, r, r d. gins Professor of Modern History in the University of -./ )- al On the 23d inst., at Torquay, Mary, wife of 31ajoc-G el ' er . Dunbar. 00 On the 24th inst., at Torquay, Mary, the wife 'of Tho Harris, Esq., of Coventry. Gor ge On the 25th inst., at Brixton, George, the sr,l2 of Faith, Esq., aged 7. On the 26th inst., at Fort-street, Spital-square Mrs . lliall of Ballinapar.ar Fowler, relict of the late Mr. John Fowler, of rtotherbithe• er of On the 24th inst., Elizabeth Martha, second daught Edward Tribe, Esq., of Great Russell-street. 1 ..1 oh London: Printed and Published by MITRDO No. 112, Strand, at The S un Offi ce, No. 112, Stns' county of Middlesex, Tuesday , July 27, 1841. _,.....?' BIRTHS. u r On the 23d inst., iu Hinde-stre e t, the lady of AL •• • ° Esq., of a daughter. 1-13 "tli eh On the 25th inst., at Th row l ey , th e w if e of Captai n Royal Artillery, of a son. On the 26th inst., in Great Coram-street, Brunsviie—* °- the wife of Charles Henry Weston, Esq., barrister-3017' a son. Li s ~ ter LI Up I), hu vi el; Ile on S' bil re, ch