The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-28 00:00:00

111 A RKET.—Aug. 23.
Train ; little alteration in prices.
Oats, per 2641 b. a. u. s. d.
Irish li 0 to 22 0
British 2l (I 23 0
Beans, per 2tiOlb.
English
Scottish
Pease, Scottish 19 0 20 0
Oatmeal, per 1401 b l7 0 20 0
Flour, per 28111) 42 0 47 0

Oats,

S. d. to s. c
0 10 0
—0 9 6
—0 8 6
—0 8 6
0 7 II
—0 0 0
70 8 9
—0 9 0

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Launceston
Camelford
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CTION

The result of the late election, and the noble conduct of
the electors of East Cumberland, are the theme of exulta-
tion and of praise in every part of the kingdom ; and have
afforded to almost every newspaper in the empire a fruitful
subject for comment and commendation. It was a struggle
of no ordinary importance ; for it turned entirely upon prin-
ciples of government and morality ; and the intense anxiety
with which its progress appears to have been watched by
men of all parties, proves how vast must be the influence its
result will have upon the future.
On the side of the Liberals the battle was fought under
many disadvantages. Sir James Graham had long been a
favourite in the county ; he had bearded the power of the
Lowther faction in times of difficulty ; as a magistrate he
had aided materially in reducing the county expenditure
and checking the presumption and extravagance of offi-
cials, and he had been of material service in throwing
open the " private" business to public inspection. These
were services which ought not to be, and were not forgot-
ten ; and it was nothing but the strong feeling of indignation
excited by his political tergiversation, the barefaced breach
of the promises he had made upon the hustings in 1835, that
could have moved the yeomen to stir a step against him.
Then he had all the Tories to aid him : the whole power
of the house of Lowther, openly or covertly was exercised ;
and following in its train were the small Aristocracy, the
Musgraves, the Hassells, and all the other parasitical plants
which feed and flourish under the genial influence of Low-
ther Castle, (and by whom, strange to say, he was but a
few years before most zealously opposed)—he had all these
unscrupulously exercising whatever power they possess—
threatening, intimidating, and worrying their tenants to ac-
quiesce in their views. He had the great bulk of the
clergy on his side, with the Bishop at their head, who,
though a Peer of Parliament, was not over fastidious in the
exercise of his power.
Besides these advantages, there was another of no small
moment. It was not a mere contest of Blue and Yellow—
of Whig and Tory, under the ancient and acknowledged
leaders of the respective parties. Sir James had certainly
all the Yellows, that is, all the Tories, but in addition to
these he had all his own tenantry and personal friends—to
the amount of at least 500, who had always hitherto been
blues, and who were still Liberals—supporting him merely
as their landlord. In a contest with mere Tories, Sir
James Graham out of the question, these men would one
and all been on the Liberal side ; and thus taking the num-
bers as they stood on the poll, it appears that the Tory
strength in East Cumberland is about 1,100 ; the Liberal
strength about 2,800.
Sir James Graham complained at the outset of the con-
test that he was taken by surprise and without warning.
This is a somewhat singular complaint from one who so far
back as April, 1836, sent retainers to every attorney in the
division who would accept them, offering terms which
showed how high a price he set upon the seat, and how de-
termined he was to be ready against all comers.
To make up for their recent loss, we find the party are
about to commence a campaign of agitation, under that dis-
tinguished commander, Major Wilde, of the famous West
Suffolk militia. There was a mustering of the forces on
Wednesday last, at Carlisle, summoned by an elegsntly in-
dited " private" circular, signed by General Wilde. The
circular is too good to be lost, and as it elucidates the
movements of the party, we here present a copy :
[Private] " Carlisle, Aug. 14, 1837.
" DEAR SIR,-A meeting of the friends to the Conser-
vative cause in Cumberland and Eskdale wards, will be
held at the Bush Inn, Carlise, on Wednesday, the 16th in-
stant, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of taking
measures to promote its future success, which you are par-
ticularly requested to attend.
" As local information relative to the circumstances of
the voters on the register, and to those of friends to the
cause, not on the register, is particularly required, it is
deemed of the first importance, that you, and others who
possess this information should attend, in order to afford the
necessary materials for making the register as complete as
possible ; and unless some particular cause should happen
to prevent your attendance, it is earnestly hoped you will
not fail to meet us on Wednesday.
" The favour of your answer is requested, which may be
directed to me at the Bush Inn.—l remain, dear Sir,
" Your obliged and faithful servant,
W. WILDE."
" N.B.—lf you can procure a copy of the Overseers'
List of Electors for the present year, in your parish, be so
good as bring it with you on Wednesday."
This circular produced a considerable " gathering of the
clans," and there was much speechification from the Rev.
William Graham, the brother of Sir James, and we under-
stand the party talked very loudly of what they would do
next time. All we shall say is, " let them try." Never
did men speak more confidently, or boast more lustily of the
certainty of success than did the same persons up to the
last hour of the late contest ; and if the result of that con-
test is to be taken as a criterion of the value to be placed
upon their words—few indeed will be found to give car to
them.
Of one thing, however, this circular warns us. Sir James
Graham has now thrown himself wholly and entirely into
the arms of the Tories—" Conservatives," as they wish to
designate themselves ; and the county is to be kept in agita-
tion until he can again be reseated. Those who have
voted against him are to be struck from the Register if
possible—if money or trickery can accomplish it ; and their
place is to be supplied by men of more pliable metal ;
such being the English of the gallant Major's epistle when
duly translated. Be it so. The Liberals can have no ob-
jections to meet them on this ground ; and we now call
upon our friends in every part of the Division to be active
and vigilant—to watch the Registry narrowly, and give us
notice of the enemy's movements. The yeomanry of Cum-
berland have attained a position from which they cannot be
dislodged ; and from whieh they will not be beaten by un-
fair practices.—Carlisle Journal.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.--.A letter from Ma- I
drid of the 16th instant has the following :—" For a year
past we have had here a German painter named John Baes.
He had come commissioned by the Duke of Brunswick to
make a copy of the splendid Raphael which adorns our
Museum. On finishing his picture, which connoisseurs
pronouuced to be not without merit, he deemed it so
different from the original painting that, in a fit of despair,
he has destroyed himself. The occurrence has made a
considerable impression here even amidst our political agi-
tation."

It is a remarkable circumstance that the unfortu
nate gentleman, the only life that was lost by the burning
of the 21fedway steamer, was lately assured in the Argus
Assurance Office for 1,0001., by a party who had an interest
in his life. The circumstance, if it were needed, must con-
vince every person of the advantages of life assurance to
an intelligent and enterprising community ; whether it be
in a man snaking a provision for his wife and family against
pecuniary distress by premature death, or in a creditor se-
curing the payment of a debt, dependent upon the perso-
nal exertions and character of the debtor. In the present
instance, here is a gentleman in the prime of life, 39 years
of age, and in excellent health, by one of those occurrences
which no human being can foresee or prevent, now repos-
ing in the silent tomb. Much to the credit of the office
where the assurance was effected, on the result of the
coroner's inquest being made known, the amount assured
was immediately paid.
EARWIG3.—At Burford, Oxfordshire, the fields
and even houses are swarming with earwigs, whilst other
insects are comparatively scarce. The former are more
numerous this season than ever remembered, and have
for some time been devouring the leaves of the Swedish
turnips, especially near the wall fences, in which they shel-
ter themselves. The earwigs have also been troublesome
in the gardens this year, destroying the wall fruit, particu-
larly apricots. The following plan has been successfully
adopted for their extirpation :—Cut lengths of hollow reeds
from dried hemlock, easily obtained in the hedges, in
pieces about seven or eight inches long, and slanting at
each end, so that the reed may be placed under a small
branch of the fruit-tree against the wall, and afford every
facility to the earwigs to enter ; early in the morning with
a-
mine the trees, and blow through each reed into a jug
a few inches of hot water in the bottom, which will force
the earwigs into the water ; replace the reeds, and repeat
the visit every morning till the insects are exterminated.
A NEGRO SERMON.--I attended one of t 1
chapels, open every evening, and found the audience, prin.
cipally black women, sitting on bnches
acket and, and listenblacing k
atvest,
ten-
tively to a stout negro in a white j
who delivered with considerable animation a discourse on
faith. His enunciation was very thick ; and I could make
out little else than this. " Suppose you hab massa, and he
give you cow to keep, and you let eat up all guinea grass,
you go sleep. Night time come, you go ask wanes, and
massa say, you get no wages, you get fioggee. So Lord
Almighty give you bible, and tell you believe in Jesus
Christ, and you go for bad : how go heaven after that?
You go see hell fire. Yes, my dear broder and sister, the
devil come and lookee for you."--Alexander's Colonies of
kratcrx Africa,