The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

tive Government may be inferred frjrn the reluctance
with which, after much badgering and menaces often
repeated, a weak and unprincipled Administration con-
sented to this c x !reise of the Royal prerogative of
mercy. Tait section of the supporters of the squeez-
able Administration which had squeezed it into the per-
petration of the above act of conscious misgovern-
ment, did not fail to manifest their sense of the
triumph they had achieved by every kind of celebra-
tion. The arrival in London of the returned convicts
was signalized by a public procession, a public dinner,
and a public subscription. The cause of Radicalism
and of unlawful oaths had gained a splendid victory
over social order and Lord John Russell, on this first
and only occasion of even an apparent alliance be-
tween the two latter ; and the joy of the Radicals
knew no bounds. That it made many of them sub-
scribe to the fund for the Dorchester labourers would
be an inadequate attestation of its power : it carried
some to the extraordinary length, as our subsequent
narratis e will partly show, of paying the amount of
their subscriptions. Some short time after the creation
of the fund a gentleman, who acted as the trustee or
manager of an estate in Essex, was solicited by one of
the tenants to grant him permission to sublet his
farm, as he (the tenant) had received a most advan-
tageous offer. Not only was he to have a considerable
premium, but he was to be paid according to his own
valuation for his stock, Ploughings, &c. The repre-
sentative of the landlord was a little surprised by
this communication, as he considered the actual rent
quite as much as the farm was worth. He acceded,
however, to the application, requiring, of course, satis•
factory security for the future payment of the rent and
the fulfilment of the other conditions of the lease. The
arrangements were speedily completed, and a person of
the name of George Loveless entered into the occupa-
tion of the farm, which Is situated in the parish, up to
this time a very tranquil one, of Grinstead, near On-
gar. George Loveless was accompanied by two men,
who assisted him in the labour of the farm. The names
of the latter are Joseph Lovelass and James Bruce.

~ what
" reader will naturally exclaim, "
can all this have to do with Chartism or its propa-
cation, with the Dorchester labourers whom Lord
John Russell brought back from New South Wales,
or the subscription which Lord John's Radical
suppc.rters and squeezers raised for their benefit ?"
\Ve proceed, therefore, to supply the necessary
link of connection. The names we have just mentioned,
as those of the men who bought out the Essex farmer,
are the names of three of the Dorchester labourers,
and the check by which the outgoing farmer was paid
on account of premium and stock, bore the signature of
Sir William Molesworth. It was soon afterwards dis-
covered that two others of the Dorchester labourers had
also been planted in a farm in another parish (High
Laver) in the same county. And what was the effect
of this Ministerial counter-colonization from Botany
Bay to the rural parishes of Essex ? The new
settlers at Grinstead and High Laver had not
been long established among the hitherto quiet and
well-conducted population of these parishes before
they began to agitate, and to agitate in a manner
and with a degree of success which showed but too
plainly that their mission of mischief had not been en-
trusted to unpractised or unskilful hands. Chartist
newspapers were quickly seen in active circulation. The
beer-shops in which they were to be found became more
frequented and more noisy than heretofore. A Chartist
Association was formed at Grinstead, and, by the com-
bined or alternate influence of persuasion and of terror,
nearly the whole of the agricultural labourers in that and
the adjoining parishes were induced to join it. A
weekly subscription was exacted from each of them,
and they were told that when their fund amounted to
a certain sum it would be increased by the Committee
in London. Frequent meetings were held—the time
selected for this purpose being generally on Sunday
morning, during the hours of Divine Service. The
meetings became progressively more and more nume-
rous. At first the farmhouse occupied by the new
settlers was large enough to contain them, but ere long
the farmyard was found insufficient, and the assemblies
were held in an adjoining field. Delegates attended
the meetings from Waltham Abbey, Epping, Harlow,
Broadoak, Hatfield, &c. &c. Delegates and orators
from Landon, sometimes to the number of forty, were
also occasionally present. The project of a general
rising of the Chartists on or about the 12th of August
was discussed and entertained. The effect of these pro-
ceedings was to diffuse a generalsense of insecuritythrough-
out that part of the country, and so far to disturb the ha-
bitual relation between the farmers and labourers, that
the former thought it necessary to adopt a system of
hiring for the last harvest different from their pre-
vious practice, and to engage their labourers on such
terms that, in case of desertion from their work, they
might be liable to summary punishment. It is gratifying
to us to be enabled to add, that, since the discomfiture
of the Chartists at Newport, the Essex disciples of the
Dorchester labourers have dwindled, or seemed to
dwindle, alike in numbers and in courage. It hnppened

by a remarkable, but no doubt quite an accidental co-
incidence that very soon after the establishment of the
Dorchester labourers in Essex, and the commencement
of their liberal exertions, Lord John Russell endea-
voured to disband the West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry,
the only efficient protection then or since in existence
for the extensive gunpowder magazines of Government
in that part of the country, and that his Lordship made
this attempt, which the corps happily defeated, by their
patriotic determination to bear their own expenses, not
only without consultation with the officers of the Board
of Ordnance, but in direct opposition to their well-
known opinions. We fear that only one inference c4R
be drawn from this narrative, viz., that the Chartiit
organization is very extensively diffused throughout the
country. What spot, it will naturally be asked, can he
supposed free from this foul infection, when it is seen to
have pervaded even the quiet and secluded hamlets of
the county of Essex ? And what is to be thought of
the Administration whose Home Secretary, during the
progress of this organization, was dismissing loyal corps
of yeomanry, with every possible manifestation of con-
tempt ; and whose Attorney-General only waited till
it had arrived at its utmost maturity to boast that Char-
tism had been utterly put down by the indulgent for-
bearance of the Executive Government ?

A public meeting, called by the Mayor and the
Boroughreeve and Constables, and, by the latter autho-
rities appointed to be held in the Townhall, is to take
place on Thursday next, and we have no doubt its pro-
ceedings Kill be regarded with great interest throughout
the kingdom.—Manchesler Times.

Mr. Tufncll has left town on a visit to Devon-
port, for which borough his prospects of being returned
to Parliament are most favourable. We wish him every
success, and trust that he will meet with that support
from Naval Officers which he so well merits from his
uniform kind conduct in furthering their claims whilst
Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty.—
Naval and Military Gazette.
SUNDAY TRADING IN COVENT-GARDEN
MARKET.—Some time since, on account of a requisi-
tion from the inhabitants of St. Paul's, Covent-garden,
to the late Duke of Bedford, his Grace issued orders
that none of the shops in the market should be opened
on Sunday. This has been strictly adhered to, and
there has been an entire cessation of business on the
whole of that day. The shopkeepers and others in the
market have, however, memorialised the present Duke,
who has given permission for the shops to be open
till nine o'clock on Sunday morning, as before the late
arrangement. The business will be resumed next
Sunday.

LIBERAL LP NDLORD.—We are gratified to
notice the seasonable liberality of J. B. Story, Esq., of
Lockington Hail, who has during the past week distri-
buted to every one of his numerous cottage tenantry
resident on the Lockington estate a ton of coals to cheer
the winter's hearth, so that whilst the storm howls harm-
less without, each heart shall thrill with grateful emo-
tion to the generous giver.—Derbyshire Chronicle.—
e too are gratified to notice " liberality ;'' to do the
country gentlemen justice they are no niggards in be-
stowing bounty—but we prefer justice to generosity, and
would rather that the heart of the hushandmen should
thrill with the consciousness of hating earned his coals,
than feel that he is dependent for them upon alms. Let
the landlords give up their monopoly, and there will then
be less need of " seasonable liberality."]
EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY.—A plot of
the most extraordinary nature has been recently disco-
vered at the factory of Messrs. Bourne and Hartley,
the eoach proprietors,
the timely discovery of wl.ich
has, in all probability, preserved the extensive concerns
of those coach proprietors from destruction. It appears
that an apprentice in the factory conceived the atro-
cious project of setting fire to the premises, and en-
gaged the co-operation of a young lad employed there
to effect his purpose. By providential means their in-
tentions became known, and they were both appre-
hended, and after undergoing a private examination,
were committed to stand their trial. What renders the
whole affair the more unaccountable is the circumstance
that the father and family of this apprentice are under
great obligations to the firm in whose employment they
are. Thu father is a confidential porter at the coach-
office in Dawson-street. The boy himself, his family
assert, must be labouring' under insanity ; he is quite
deaf, The names of the two persons implicated are
Bolt and Storey.—Dublin Allonitor.
A L A RoBSPECIMATION--The Alessrs. Gregg
have lately purchased the very large spinning establish-
ment at Ringley, six miles from Manchester and four
from Bolton, from Mr. W. Crompton of that place. Its
original cost is said to have exceeded 60,000/. There
are 140 cottages attached to the works, and they form
part of the purchase. When this mill is in full operation,
the Messrs. Gregg will be the largest consumers of cot-
ton in the world.—Bolton Free Press.

HINT TO FARMERS.—As it becomes necessary
to save every grain of wheat after two such unproduc-
tive harvests, it may be worth the notice of farmers to
know that ricks may be protected from the depredations
of birds, by sticking
into them spars smeared with coal-
tar ; and hay-bands smeared with it over the sides and
tops of the stacks. The experiment has this year been
tried with perfect success.—Wilts Herald.