The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-27 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

At Congleton trade was never known in a more de-
pressed state than at the present period ; the majority of
the working classes are unemployed, and suffering the se-
verest privations.—Staffoidshire Advertiser.
The commercial distress prevailing so fearfully in the
north has extended to Taunton. Our principal branch
of manufacture, the silk trade, is in a sad state. Some
factories are working only two days a week ; others are
discharging a great number of hands ; and some have
proposed to close altogether for two or three weeks, until
the over-glutted markets are a little relieved.—Sonlerset
Gazette.

The manufacturers of Kendal are not exempt from the
present stagnation of trade. Our weavers are about three
parts unemployed, or are nearly all at work about three-part
time.—Westmoreland Gazette. _ _ _

Never, we believe, in the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant was distress more universal among the ribbon weavers
of this city than it is at the present time ; we believe that
we do not exaggerate when we say-that full three-fourths
of the thousands engaged in the ribbon trade are out of
employ at the present moment.—Coventi y Standard.
A considerable portion of the hand-loom weavers in the
neighbourhood are out of employ. Indeed some of the
manufacturers here have given up making, preferring this
to accumulating a stock which there is not the least proba-
bility of their selling, except at a loss. Mechanics, ma•
sons, bricklayers, &c., are all out of work.—Preston
The town of Stockport largely participates in the em-
barrasment and distress with which commerce and manu-
factures arc now afflicted. Many factories are working
only eight hours per day, with a prospect of still further
abridgment. The consequence is, that the operative
classes experience considerable distress, On Thursday a
failure was announced of an 'establishment of great mag-
nitude, and one of the oldest in the town, which will
add to the difficulties of the town and neighbourhood.—
Slockport Paper._

John Runner waS'senteneed in Livingston last week
to three years imprisonment in the State Prison, for I.garey.
The prisoner confessed to four wives now living.
We regret to state, the influenza has again made its
appearance in tI is city. Several persons have been severely
attacked, though we have not heard of any fatal cases.—Lin-
coln Gazette.

On Monday morning an inquest was held at the Black
rlorsle public-house, in liieh street, Poplar, before Mr. Baker,
coroner, on the body of William Robins, a policeman of the
K division, who committed suicide by swallowing a quantity
of nux vomica and arsenic. It appeared in evidence that the
deceased, a tall athletic young man, who was much respected
in the district for his uniform civility and his vigilance as an
officer, had been for some titne past much affected in his mind
by the abandoned conduct of his wife, to whom he was greatly
attached. She had committed several desperate assaults upon
him, and she left him a few weeks ago with three children to
provide for. -He had been since much depressed, and had been
heard to declare that he-would make away with himself, and
that he would part with the last bit of bread he had if his wife
would return to him. On Saturday morning he purchased an
ounce of nux vomica of a chemist in Poplar, who is in the
habit of selling it to agriculturists, and in the afternoon he
mixed the powder in a pot; :ind after drinking some arsenic,
which he had dissolved, he swallowed a portion of the nux ye-
mica. His frien-is, observing him drinking something out of
the pot, suspected his intentions, and endeavoured to keep
him in his mother's house, until a surgeon could be sent for.
He got away from them, and ran across a field ; but being
pursued, was brought back. Mr. Baillic, a surgeon, and his
assistant, were called in, who found him labouring under the
effects of poison, and he admitted he had taken nux vomica
and arsenic. He lingered until Next morning, when he ex-
pired. The deceased received an excellent character from
the superintendent and his inspector. Verdict—°t Temporary
insanity."
TILE WEATHER.—Since our last, we have expe-
rienced in no small degree the rigours of winter and the ge-
nial mildness of spring. On the evening of Saturday last, a
severe frost set in, and during the following day several
showers of snow fell, which almost instantly disappeared.
Unfortunately, however, this was not the case in the upland
districts of the country to the south, along the range of the
Cheviots, where the snow accumulated to the depth of nearly
a foot. The distress hitherto experienced by the highland
stock for the want of pasture has been in consequence consi-
derably augmented ; and it is to be feared that the mortality
which was anticipated among the lambs will be greatly in-
creased. Since Tuesday the weather has been more mild and
genial, and a considerable extent of land has been sown in this
neighbourhood with barley and oats under favourable circurn-
qances.—Kelso Chronicle.

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STATE OF TRADE.—We are sorry to say that the
commercial distress prevailing so fearfully in the North has
extended to this town. Our principal branch of manufacture,
the silk trade, is in a sad state. Some factories are working
only two days a week, others are discharging a great number
of hands, and some have proposed'to close altogether for two
or three weeks until the over-glutted markets arc a little re-
lieved. The effect of such a diminution of labour, at a mo-
ment when the prices of provisions are unusually high, is of
course to produce the greatest suffering among the poor, many
of whom are almost starving. It is at such a sea,on of want
as this that private charity is most usefully employed, and we
hope that by calling the attention of the benevolent to the des-
titution of so many poor families, consequent upon the distress
of the times, we shall induce active and immediate exertions
for their relief.—Taunton Courier.

The following curious and severe conviction under
the Game-laws took place before the Bury Commissioners of
Taxes on Thursday, against John Challis, at the instance of
John Double, of the Sword-in-hand Public-house. Challis
met the accuser, having with him a greyhound, which he had
borrowed, to whom he said, " I have been trying to find a
hare, that has been doing mischief on my grounds, but could
not do it." On the strength of this conversation the informa-
tion was laid against him for going out in pursuit of game, he
not being- duly qualified and licensed. Challis admitted the
conversation, and said that he did not either kill or hunt any
game. The Commissioners regretted the hardness of the
case : but, as the Act of Parliament was imperative upon
them, they must convict him in the penalty of 71. The Com-
missioners gave Challis part of the money to pay the fine.—
Bury Herald.
DARING BURGLARY BY ONE OF THE CHIP-
STEAD 13c:run-ans.—On Sunday morning, shortly after mid-
night, the family of' Mr. William Walker, a gentleman resi-
ding at Cobham, in Surrey, were thrown into a state of the
most dreadful alarm by finding that some villians had broken
into the lower part of the house, and they could distinctly
hear the voices of several men, and also that they were ran-
sacking the premises. The inmates of the house were about
to come down stairs, when a man named Charles Bedser, who
was in custody before for being concerned in the burglary at
Chipstead when one of the robbers was shot, swore that if.
they came down stairs or in any manner interrupted their pro-
ceedings by giving an alarm, that they would murder them.
Alarmed at these threats the family were induced to remain
up stairs, while the ruffians packed up and removed everything
that was portable down stairs. They then broke into the lar-
der, from which they took a quantity of cold meat and bread,
and opened three bottles of wine, and regaled themselves in
the house for upwards of an hour, the frightened inmates not
daring to give an alarm for fear the ruffians should carry their
brutal threats into execution. Shortly after two o'clock in the
morning they decamped carrying with them a quantity of
plate and other valuable property. Information of this occur-
rence was shortly afterwards given to Mr. Partridge, the con-
stable of Cobham, and he immediately felt satibtied that Bed-
ser was one of the men concerned in the burglary, from the
description given by the family of the persons of the villians,
and his knowledge of his daring and desperate character. Sus-
pecting that he might be in company with a gang of gypseys
who had recently come into the neighbourhood, and were
encamped on the heath, about a mile and a half from the town,
he considered it would be advisable to go to their encampment to
search. Ile accordingly proceeded thither on Sunday after-
noon, about two o'clock, and on the constable entering one of
the tents he found Bedser lying fast asleep upon the ground,
enveloped in two large great coats. He immediately awoke
him and told him lie was his prisoner. Bedser appeared quite
resigned to go with him, and said that he supposed he would
let him take off the coats. The constable consented, and
wle❑ he had done so he was about to place a pair of handcuffs
on him, when Bedser suddenly rushed upon him and threw
him down and sprung out of the tent, and before the constable
c,,uld recover himself, he had succeeded in effectually making
his escape. No clue has yet been obtained likely to lead to
the apprehension of Bedser, although a reward, has I?eerj
offered for that Purpose.