The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-26 00:00:00

A CLOD HOPPER'S FALLACIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--I wish to put a query to the Cockney Anti-
Corn-law Gentry.
Say, corn, that is wheat, is at 7s. per bushel.
Say, an average crop is 20 bushels.
Say, 255. per acre is an average rent per annuls
and that corn drop. is. per bushel, a farmer loses, of
course, 20s. on every acre ; that is four-fifths of his
rent! Well, Sir, but this dropping of Is. per bushel
would not s ttisfy, perhaps, the Anti-Corn-law
gentry,
and that wheat must drop 2s. per bushel, so as to bring
corn down to ss. per bushel ; then the farmer loses
40s. per acre, and only paying in rent 255., in short he
lost.s 15s. more than his rent ! Now, then, Sir, comes
the " quxre," what is the owner of the land to do, 41
rder to exonerate his tenant from loss ? Why, this ;
and I will answer the " qutere." He, the landowner,
must give to his tenant 15s. for every acre the farmer
will do him the honour of oecupying.—Your's, &c.
CLODHOPPER.
[Our acute Clodhopper wishes to make himself merry
with the Cookneys. He only shows his own silliness.
He supposes throughout that the expense of cultivating
the land, and of feeding and clothing the farmer•
would be the same when wheat was at ss. the busbel
as when it was at 7s. the bushel. But when it, fell
2s. the cost of bringing it to market would fall 170 givei probably
Is. Gd., so that instead of the landlord having
him 15s. per acre to cultivate the :and, he might pay
his landlord 1.55. per acre, give 6d. per bushel more to
h s labourers, and pocket himself 3s. 9d. per acre.]

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The Marchioness of Westminster will leave Gros-
venor House on Saturday, to join the Noble Marquis a
Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
Lord and Lady Wynford have arrived at Brigh-
ton from Leeson's, Foot's Cray, with the intention of st ay-
ing only a few days.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have au-
rived at Milan, and intend to make a tour of. Austrian 1t ,Jy,
and return home in January next. The Grove, near V fat•
• ford L undergoing many improvements during theiralem
The Marquis and Marchiones of Douro will
not leave the seat of the Marquis of Tweeddale, Hester
House, for the South, until after Christmas.
Married, on Tuesday morning, at St. Gearignet.be'si
Hanover-square, Samuel Appleton, Esq., of Boston,
United States, to Julia, only daughter of the Hon. anias
Webster, of the American Senate. The occasit)"
lion Lad tired
and by
Mr.the
Rush;presence
the of
Belgian t h Americamihi,t ne r
A and Van de Weyer, Sir Henry Halford, Bart., and a large
number of ladies and gentlemen, English and Arneriet'n•
Sir Thomas Wirinington, Bart., M.P., died a'
his seat, Stanford Court, near Worcester, on Tuesday last,
in his 67th year. Sir Thomas was of Liberal principles.
1820 to 1830 he sat for Worcestershire, subsee,uentV
for Bewdley, and in the last Parliament again for. Droit-
wich. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his only son
By the usual official return published by the
liois?tdeardine
large
Customs, the exportation of the precious metals teem the
port of London to foreign and colonial ports for the week
ending the 19th of September, is as under as.
Gold Coin, St. Peterburgh
Gold Bars, St. Petcraburgh • 96
Gold Pa-a, Hamburg
Silver a r Hamburg
A new Opera called Zuccarina, the words by
M. Scribe, and music by M. IMarliani, is shortly to be
brought out at the Grind Opera of Paris.
THE CRAWFURD PEERAGE.—Another claim-
ant to the peerage and estates of Crawfurd and Lindsay,
has arisen in the person of Mr. Walter R. Lindsay, re-
siding at Plovermuir, near Kirri muir, who claims to be
descended from David Li adsey. Earl of Crawford.
' The Right Hon. the F.::arl of Moray, Lord
Lieutenant of Morayshire, arrived at the ancient Castle of
Darnaway on Thursday afternoon, after an absence of
fifteen years. Great preparations had been made by his
numerous tenantry to celebrate his Lordship's arrival.
Bonfires blazed on the eminences of Knock, Braemoray,
Darna.vay, Cluny, Tarras, &c. ; aead the tenantry of
Darnaway and Torras had a splendid ball and supper on
the occasion.—Ethnburgh Courant.
It. is with sincere concern that: we have to inform
our readers that William Hutt, Esq., M.P., was taken
extremely ill at Gibside on Thursday last. He was somo-
e hat easier yesterday ( Monday) mctrning, but we under" '‘
stand the indisposition is still considered serious.—Tyne
Mercury.
Baron Geramb, now the Itev. Father Geramb,
Procurator-General of the Trappist Convents, has late)!
addressed a letter from the Frasca ti Hermitage to a 14"9
paper, recommending a subscription in favour of the Ca-
tholic
Church in Africa.

Prince Metternich has received an honour from
the Emperor and ',lmpress, Which must be particu-
larly agreeable to him in his old days. When the conv% '
lescent statesman was lately walking in the garden of his
summer palace, their Imperial Majesties surprised but'
with a visit, and expressed their sympathy in the recovery
of their highly esteemed Minister. The Prince was
deeply affected and shed tears. It must be observed that
the Austrian Court, however plain and unaffected in Pr!" !:
vate life, adhere to the strictest principles of Imperial .
queue, and that the visits of the Emperor and Empress
aro bestowed only on Sovereigns of equal rank.
tha
t
a AT KILSYTIL—We understand tt
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a considerable number of persons by longing to this c:11
have gone to Kilsyth, in order to be present at the acri'
nistration of the Sacrament at. Kilsyth on Saida Y.--.
Scotsman. '
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—On
EARL OF LAuDERDALE•
old
family
vault
m v
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from
amtdhdTei
nhrgi ertinoeinsatiaAnnsbobe the
ya
:„l
Castle,
Lauder,ah rel ocf,
rLp gatowod,it:hrai
e
arfir)o,msTirhAirnkt‘shtoarniye bmvahi
dale(e en co owm.
t pb wereaen
crEtd-
, on. J. .Aaniey, Sectrilseatnsoodrn,ys
law, the H V
by John \Varrender, Esq., and by the Marquis of Tweed"
dale, and Sir J. Gibson Craig. Ai Bokon the procession
was joined by the Honourable General Maitland, the )
brother of the deceased Earl, by some members of the
family of Mr. Balfour of Whittinghame, his son-in-law,'
ando Lt
his di
s:r s oai -au
i Treasury,
yi
by the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of pa'
housie, Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn, Sir David Bair":
and a great number of other gentlemen. On arriving at
the Abbey the procession consisted of four men on herse-
back, the hearse with six horses, Lord Lauderdale's car
riage with four horses, three mourning coaches of tour
horses each, Lady Lauderdale's carriage with four
horses, Mr. Stanley's carriage with four horses, IT.'
Balfour's carriage, &c. &c. At Haddington tire.
crowd was so great that it was with difficulty the proeeli7:•
tion was able to move to the vault, but the utmost order
.
and decorum prevailed ; indeed, the universal fedl*.
deemed to be, regret for the loss of ome who had endeared
himself to all ranks by his many acts of kindness.--Cale-
donian Mercury.
GLASGOW BRIDEWELL.--STRANGE B-
TRUE —We always understood that the inmates of G 1.9-
flow Bridewell were anxious
excellent
eollert
escape,tiis from :;tf,intsotfawmirlels
standing the humane and
governor, Mr. Brebner. Not so the u'umb creation, for: /
it is a fact that a large covey of pheasan is have taken 'AP
thiir abode within its walls, and may be een running about_
the grou.icLz, and actually feeding uliclo,! the ausOc'es of
Mr. Bri:•brier Sloreover, a jackdaw haa ',his week
joined them, and the whole fraternize to gether in the mot
Mercury.
47.7tatijaleg end' ninaedry.— C
wentiedth'oit'%i7 tMo
eYrcour,. k (0y railway the
other day, and could scarcely believe her el ~ es when she
found herself ,o suddenly tr:riszported 'bleier the walla :
the nncieLt city. Wb, n asked chat she. hat I seen on bee
o‘' Ail :hat I bad time to see was a
Iriauyt:.;,be a.s
ack flyingnwe
lir d,'as!"—llull Paper.

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