The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The French and Russian Ambassadors had a conference
with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS has left town for the Hague.
After staying a few months on the Continent, Sir HOWARD,
it is expected, will embark for New Brunswick, to resume
his official duties as Governor of that Colony.
The Earl of ABERDEEN and Mr. llEnnuts had inter-
views with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury.
Despatches from Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yester-
day at the Colonial-office.
The Paymaster of the Forces transacted business yester-
day at the Treasury.

THE TRAVELLER BURCKIIARDT.--The
concluding volume of the Travels of the celebrated
BURCKIIANDT, will be published in a few days, under the
authority of the African Association, by Messrs. COL-
BURN and BENTLEY. It is entitled "Memoirs of the
Bedouin Arabs, with Anecdotes and Particulars of the
History of the Wahabees." This work is the further
result of BURCEHANDT'S residence in Arabia, where he
acquired a most intimate knowledge of the language,
manners, and customs of the extraordinary inhabitants of
that country.

THE MANNERS OF THE DAY.—lndepen-
dently of the wealthy hero of forty, and the gay and
beautiful country-bred heroine of fifteen, and the numerous
other characters dispersed throughout these lively and
piquant volumes, are Florence Dudley, who will probably
bear the palm of interest from all her competitors. and
Lady Isabella Vivian, a gay, spirited, light-hearted and
light-headed woman of fashion. As a contrast to these
among the females, we have an admirable sketch of a
fashionable intriguante—Lady Danvers, who is drawn
with a fine knowledge of human nature. A pendant to
this beautiful piece of female mischief, will be found in
Colonel Seymour, a character drawn with much force
and truth. Altogether this work may well be designated
as a moving panorama of the Manners of the Day, which
cannot fail to be contemplated with the highest gratification.

We have lately had an opportunity of exa-
mining an excellent work, just published, for the use of
FarMers, and indeed for all who take a delight in the
tillage of land, and breeding of cattle. With such a
work as this by him, the Agriculturist has an opportunity
of knowing the practice of the different districts of Eng-
land and Scotland, and thus getting useful hints on all
subjects most interesting to him, particularly on the pre-
paration and application of manures, irrigation of meadows,
drainage of land, instructions for buying, breeding, rearing,
and fattening of cattle ;—the stable management of horses,
directions for the best breeds of live stock, treatment of
their diseases, &c. ;—manatt,ement of cows and ewes during
the critical times of calving and yenning ;—general eco-
nomy of a grass farm, culture and relative value of arti-
ficial grasses, the best plants for fodder, preparation of food
in severe winters, management of the dairy, of pigs, &c.
The work is called " The Complete Grazier, or Farmer
and Cattle Breeder, and Dealer's Assistant." It appears
to us to be also extremely useful to landlords in affording
them the information most desirable in transactions with
their stewards and tenantry. Numerous engravings of
cattle, sheep, pigs, farming implements, &e., are scattered
through the book.

HAY MARKETS.—( A t per Load of 30 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 8 to £2 18
Slew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditt0............ .........
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 5
Clover Flay 3 13 5 10
Oat Straw £2 4to £2 IS 1 Wheat Straw... 2 10 2 14
Best Clover Hay ss. per load higher than last quoted ; prices
otherwise stationaay. A great supply, and a very dull trade.

SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .C 9 5 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 5 8 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0
Clover Hay (extra fine)...,£s, 10...Generall v
Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 I Wheat Straw 2 8 2 10
A good supply, and a dull trade ; prices as last quoted.

CLERICAL HUMBUGS, No. I.
THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slll,—ln a recent volume of Sermons (though Sermons
they are not, for they are far too droll and diverting for so
serious a title) on, as the author phrases it, " The
Dangers and Duties of a Christian," a temperate but
thorough exposure is made of that Clerical Humbug, the
Church Building Society.

A greater nuisance never existed! From beginning,
to end it is a job. If you possess interest in the Com-
mittee--cau get some titled Commissioner or Right Rev,
Prelate to speak with authority for you—the claims of
your case will,then be entered into, and answered at once;
if not, you may for years be a suitor, though the urgency
your request is " admitted, and its " justice" acknowledged
in every letter from the Secretary.
I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. For five years I have
been entreating the Society to aid my view, in a parish of
seven thousand, where we have accommodation in the
Church for four hundred and sixty ; and though no
contradiction to my statements has been attempted, and
the necessity of their interference has been " admitted,"
not a single step has been taken towards aiding me in my
wish of supplying the deficiency. And why ? Because
lam a mere country Clergyman rarely come to town—
and possess no interest.

Now, this state of things ought not, and cannot be per-
mitted to exist. The Church Building Society as at pre-
sent constituted and regulated, is an insult to the common
sense of the British nation. It is neither more nor less
than a pious fraud : and, though Mr. Neale seems
afraid to speak out, I thank him, for what he has
done, and only wish he had gone further. There are
others who, less biassed than himself by High Church
principles, and used to bolder language, will feel little re-
morse in exposing the rottenness of the whole transaction.
A list of rejected cases, which I have been for some time
employed in collecting, with comments on each individual
case, and an explanation of the CAUSE of its rejection, is
now passing through the press, and will be laid shortly
before the public.

Failing, by these means, to remedy the abuse complained
of, I shall take measures to bring the matter before
the House of Lords. A fit and fertile subject for the
energy of Lord King, or the acuteness of Lord Holland, it
will assuredly prove.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A YORKSHIRE INCUMBENT,
Of a poor but very populous Parish.

ROBBERY AT THE BETTING-ROOMS,