The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-29 00:00:00

JOHN I' THE GATE.

The last number of the Carlisle Journal contains the fol-
lowing epistle to Mr. Rockliffe, by our northern friend :
" Tom, what thinks t'ou lad ? That top chiel, Jemmy
Steel, has sent me a Lunnon paper ca'd the Khronical, an'
there I fin' John i' the Gate's gotten a' the way to the big.
town. Faith ! Tom, Jemmy's a lad that 'ill hide the
bannock wi' naebody.' If ye be gude he'll tell fock, an' if
,ye be bad let ye be kent. There's nae white feather
echis tail, like that 1' Jemmy Greame's. But I hae clean
losti:the-puir Knight, an' though I luik owre a' the
Crowner:a4lnquests, I canna fin' him. He canna be gaen
to'-flanover, to tell what the fock o' East Cumberland hae
duin till him. Nay nay ! he'll no do that. He'll jus hae
turned his coat intil an inveesible green, like Jack the Giant
Killer's, an' sure as a. gun, that's the way I've rniskent
him. But, slang wi' Sir Jeams, a' his backers hat disap-
peared! When ye gang to Carel ye see the Reformers sae
hearty, shakin' han's, crackin' and laughin', while the tither
set, that afore the Election was sae noisy about the Con-
stitution, an' the Kirk, an' the Papishes, an' the Puir laws
—if ye fin' them ava', they'll just be i' neuks an' corners,
whisperin' intil ane anither's lugs, an' glowrin' an' squintin'
out at the en' o' their e'e, for fear somebody should be lis-
tenin' their daft jabber. Puir things! I could g'o the his-
tory o' half o' them, but that wad be cruel—for, atween ye
an' me, they're mair to be pitied than blamed.
" But, man, Tommy ! I'm sorry to see Reform sae re-
tarded i' its progress by a new set o' vagabones. Tharty
years syne, i' Frank Jollie's time, when I used to read the,
Journal, we had nocht but Whigs an' Tories, but noo we
hae bodies ca'd Consarvits. I dinna ken thee ereeters. I
think it's a name they've ta'en to cheat simple fock like me ;
for when I luik through amang them I fin' them for the
waist part made up o' the auld, tyrannical, plundering set :
they're just the real auld Tories, Tommy, ye may tak' my
word on't—an' when I luik at their tricks, what famous
han's they were at baith reivin' an' grippin', I canna help
thinkin' that Turpin Tam, Jock Nevison, an' Davie Hag-
gart, had their necks been spared, wad hat made as guid
Consarvits as the best o' them. But, alack for puir Jemmy
Steel! They tell me the Patriot, no' willin' to dee a fair
strae death, is to be smoor'd wi' brumstane reek, an' oot o'
the ass-heap a new Phenick's to spring, ca'd the Green
Guse, or the Lowther an' Netherbie Dilly. Alack for puir
Jemmy ! he's clean dune noo. Gee my compliments to
John and Willie the first opportunity, an' tell them I hope
they'll lang be spared wi' life an' guid health to encounter
mony sic glorious strougles as the ant sac nobly gained i'
East Cumberland.

" I rennin, your maist obedient,
"JOHN 1' THE GATE.
" Roans Trees, August 18th, 1837."

IMPROVEMENTS IN SMITHFIELD

MARKET.

We have delayed the following report until our reporter
had taken an opportunity of viewing the alterations now
being made in the avenues of Smithfield Market. From
an intimate knowledge of the inconveniences for many years
felt by the public in consequence of the want of an unob-
structed footway north and south, it is in our power to state
that a most important improvement has been effected by the
City authorities in the formation of a footway, more spa-
cious, we believe, than any in the most crowded thorough-
fares of the City.
The regulations alluded to in the latter part of the re-
port will also greatly increase the public accommodation,
and the improvement in the carriage pavement will consi-
derably promote the humane treatment of cattle, and effec-
tually prevent the numerous accidents which happen, re-
sulting from the falling of horses on the pavement formed,
as that pavement was on so many inclined planes.
Deputy Hicks, the Chairman of the Market Committee,
waited upon the Police Committee of Aldermen at the
Guildhall, on the 13th inst., and stated that both the
Market Committee and the Commissioners of Sewers and
Pavement for the City of London had unanimously agreed
that it would be a great accommodation if arrangealents
could be made by which an uninterrupted foo;vay could be
secured to the public from Giltspur-street towards St.
John-street, on the west side of Smithfield ; and that in
order to carry such desirable improvement into effect, or-
ders were issued to make a complete change in the foot-
way,
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upon which a range of cattle had always been hitherto
tied, or sheep penned for sale, and between which and the
houses a very inconvenient, and frequently a very dirty,
footpath was formed. The change comprehended an ample
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same into effect. There could be no doubt that the change
would greatly promote the convenience of all parties. It
was well known that the horse market attracted together
a vast number of idle and dissolute persons, who caused ob-
struction in this principal thoroughfare, and the inhabitants
hid muds frequent complaints of the conduct and language
of parties connected with horsedealing. In order to meet
the increase of that very objectionable inconvenience, he
suggested that a resolution should be carried into effect,
that no horses should be exposed for sale, or tied to the rail
next to the footpath, on the west side of the market, nor
within a distance of 28 feet of the said rail, at which dis-
tance rails should be fixed for the accommodation of the
persons interested in the horse market, the removal of which
would, he thought, completely abate the nuisance so much
and so reasonably complained of. There was, the deputy
said, another improvement which he considered would be
beneficial. The Market Committee had resolved that
during Bartholomew Fair, no stalls should be allowed to'
project beyond the line of rail in question, so that many of
the evils arising from the crowded state of the thoroughfares
during the fair in that locality would be obviated by the
formation of a clear way, ten feet wide, for passing and re-
passing, and he trusted that the magistrates would direct
the police most rigidly to carry these regulations into effect.
The Aldermen stated that they considered that the al-
terations suggested by the Deputy would greatly promote
the public convenience ; and gave the necessary instruc-
tions to the police.—Morniag Post.

The cholera has made its appearance in Frosinone,
a province of the Papal States, on the confines of the Nea-
politan dominions. From the official returns of its results,
that at Ponte Corvo and in the villages of Sant Olivo,
Monte San Giovanni, and Cepruno, between the 12th of
June and the Ist of August, the number of cases was 342,
of which 152 were fatal. We have received, on the other
hand, a notification of the Apostolic Delegate in the city
and province of Civita Vecchia, Monsignor Lorenzo Grech
Delicate, dated the 2d instant, declaring that the hoard of
Health at Rome had announced that the most perfect health
was enjoyed in that city the day previous.
BOULOGNE, AUG. 26.—The crops of grain
throughout France, and in this department especially,
have been most abundant—in fact the harvest may be pro-
nounced to be the finest which has been known for many
years. The vineyards in the South promise a fruitful crop,
and vegetation, generally, is in a high state of perfection.
In consequence of the cold and gloomy spring, and the long
protracted summer (which in France equalled that of
England), the field crops, in the Pas-de-Calais, have been
much later than usual; though, in comparison with former
years, far more abundant. The following is the price of
flour and bread at Boulogne :—Flour, fiest quality, 31f.
50c. per 100 killogrammes ; second quality, 28f. 50c. per
100 killogrammes ; third quality, 27f. per 100 killo-
grammes. Bread, finest quality, 14 sous per 41b. loaf ;
second quality, 15 sous per 51b. loaf ; brown quality, 16
sous per 61b. loaf. During this week the number of pas-
sengers landed at Boulogne from the London and Dover
steam-packets amounted to 1,107.

The Tories are very fond of charging coercion on
the Whigs. It is in vain we call for cases, none are forth-
coming. We give them many on the Tory side, not one of
which they can rebut. Mr. A. Smith has recently improved
on his agents' acts, and personally out-Heroded even them.
A few days since he asked a builder employed to build a
house on his property at Felin-heli, whom he voted for in
the Borough election ; and on beihg informed that he was
a Paget, he took the job from him ; and concluded a most
gentlemanly harangue by very truly anticipating that he
should be put in the Herald. This is most unblushing ty-
rannical coercion, or we dont know what is ; yet this
man's nominee can prate about the " free and independent
electors !" " Go to a nunnery," indeed ! A bastile is fitter
for such men.—Carnarvon Herald.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN WINDERMERE.—
We are sorry to record a melancholy and fatal accident
which occurred on this lake last week. Two gentlemen
were crossing to Boness in a boat, rowed by themselves,
when one of them lost his oar in the water, which carried
it away. Being an expert swimmer he resolved to go after
it, but, melancholy to relate, immediately upon his jumping
in, he disappeared and was not seen again. His name has
not reached us.—Kendal Mercury.