The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-31 00:00:00

" GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS,

The Estimates of the year have been prepared
with every desire to meet the exigencies of the
public service in the spirit of a wise economy. His Ma-
jesty has directed them to be laid before you with-
out delay. The increase of the Revenue has hitherto
more than justified the expectations created by the
receipts of former years. His Majesty recommends an
early renewal of your inquiries into the operation of the
Act permitting the establishment of Joint Stock Banks.
The best security against mismanagement of Banking
affairs must ever be found in the capacity and integrity of
those who are entrusted with the administration of them,
and, inj the caution and prudence of the public ; but no
legislative regulation should be omitted which can increase
and insure.the stability of Establishments upon which Com-
mercial credit so much depends.
Y LOADS AND GENTLEMEN,
" His Majesty has more especially commanded us to
bring under your notice the state of Ireland, and the wisdom of
adopting all such measures as may improve the condition of
that part of the United Kingdom. His Majesty recommends
to your early consideration the present constitution of the
Municipal Corporations of that country, the Collec-
tion of Tithes, and the difficult, but pressing ques-
tion, of establishing some Legal Provision for the
Poor, guarded by prudent regulations, and by such
precautions against abuse, as your experience and
knowledge of the subject enable you to sug-
gest. His Majesty commits these great interests in-
to your hands, in the confidence that you will
be able to frame laws in accordance with the wishes
of his Majesty and the expectations of his people.
His Majesty is persuaded that should this hope be
fulfilled, you will not only contribute to the welfare of
Ireland, but strengthen the law and Constitution of these
realms, by securing their benefits to all classes of his Ma-
jesty's subjects.

Tlf E OPERA T 1 VES OF GLASGOW.—A very
large number of the operatives of Glasgow held a public
meeting, in the Bazar, and passed resolutions repudiating all
connection with such members of their body as signed the
add ess to Sir Robert Peel. They also adopted an address
of a strongly Radical character to the Reformers of Great
Britain anti Ireland. The following are the resolutions :
" 1. That, to rescue our character from utter contempt and
reproach, and to lay before the public what our real prin-
ciple s are, we, the operatives of Glasgow, hereby disclaim
all connection with the contemptible party who have got up
the address to Sir Robert Peel ; also the sentiments con-
tained in that document ; and, further, that we hold in
utter execration the policy both of Sir Robert and the
party with whom he is allied, as being inimical to our rights
and liberties. 2. That to show what our real principles
are, and consequently that we cannot approve of the policy
o Sir Robert Peel, who considers that the Reform Bill
should be the extent of our desires, we hereby declare that
no limits should be set to the principles of Reform, till every
man of sound mind, not disqualified by crime, be eligible to
the full possession of all the immunities of the State."
EARL GREY.—The Opposition, however diminished
in numbers the party might be, received at this tirrie (1787)
a most valuable accession of talents in the person of Mr.
Grey, now Earl Grey. He had been elected Member for
the county of Northumberland, late in the last Session,
when, on the decease of the Duke of that name, Lord Al-
gernon Percy succeeded to the Peerage as Lord Louvaine.
Grey sprung from a very noble and ancient stock. His father,
a general officer of merit, decorated with the Order of
the Bath, was the youngest brother and presumptive heir
of Sir Henry Grey, a Baronet of George the Second's
creation. Mr. Grey, when he first took his seat in the
House of Commons, had not long accomplished his two-and-
twentieth year. His figure, tall and elegantly formed, pre-
possessed in his.favonr. The smiles of the Duchess of De-
vonshire, and her blandishments, which few persons at any
period of life could resist, were believed to have operated
very powerfully in attaching him to the party that she es-
pouscd—for he seemed irresolute, at his outset in Parlia-
ment, which side he should take ; professed a reluctance to
oppose Government, as well as respect for Administration,
and disclaimed all party feelings. But ho insensibly threw
aside these restraints. During the progress of the French
commercial treaty, Grey rose, and resisted the measure
with great force, yet without any mixture of indecorous
acrimony or violence. His enunciation was clear, sonorous,
and distinct. His language correct, nervous, and flowing ;
free from affectation or study. His sentiments natural,
and delivered with dignity as well as grace. With the
single exception of Pitt, I hive not witnessed any indivi-
dual in my time who, on his first attempt, has excited such
expectations of future eminence as did Grey.—W faxall's
Memoi, s.

As might have been anticipated, in consequence of
the almost incessant rain which has fallen within the last
few days, the waters have ovorflowed the banks of the river
and the country adjacentin the neighbourhood of Doncaster.
The waters have again overflowed the banks of the Trent,
owing to the late thaw and continued rain ; dnring the
whole of Thursday, the waters were rising rapidly, and ex-
tending with every appearaco of a very high flood.—Shcf-
field Mercury of Saturday.
The 1101 Advertiser has been requested to state,
that William Britton, the seaman who was tried at Cron-
stadt by the Russian authorities, was treated in confor-
mity with the laws of that country, and that the Consul
found on inquiry that he had not been dealt with accord-
ing to law, he would have written to the Ambassador at
St. Potersburgh, which he did not feel himself justified in
doing. The account of the case was inserted in this jour-
nal six weeks ago, under the head of " Infamous Treat-
ment of a British Subject."
A locomotive steam-engine on a new plan, for com-
mon roads, has just been built at Brussels, whence it
will be immediately brought to Paris. It is said to be
exempt from the usual inconveniences of steam-carriages.
The carriages drawn by it are constructed in such a man-
ner that the jolting produced by the unevenness of the
,roads is but slightly felt by the passengers.
SILK SToCKINGs.—Henry 11. of France, at the
marriage of the DucheSs of Savoy, wore the first silk stock-
ings that were made in France. It is somewhat remarkable
that Elizabeth was the first person in England who wore
silk stockings ; in the third year of her reign she received,
in a present from a Mrs. Montagu, a pair of black silk knit
stockings ; and henceforth, says Dr. Howell, she never
wore cloth hose any more. The art of knitting silk stock-
ings by wires or needles' was first practised in Spain ; and
28 years after it had been imported into England, Mr.
Lee, of Cambridge, invented the engine or steel room, called
the stocking frame, by means of which, England was
enabled to export great quantities of silk stoekings to Italy
and other parts,