The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1838

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

THIS DAY.

BONDED CORN.—DISTRESS.
A 2,peci:ll Court of Common Council was :ummoned fur
to
j i: n order to take into consideration the press nt alarming
rise in the prise of the prime article of human food, viz., corn.
The Court unexpectedly met at eleven o'clock.
We undetstood that the Deputy PEACOCK moved that the
Court Of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, in
order to obviate the pest and alarming distress, and to ensure
that the poor should be supplied with bread at a rea-
sonal,le price, should petition both Houses of Parliament
to allow the corn now in bond to come into the market
free of duty. He did not intend to interfere at all with, or
discuss, the question of the Corn Lassa upon that occasion; his
only object was to disappoint the speculators, who would grind
the faces of the poor, in order to fill their own pockets and af-
ford the poor a cheap loaf until our own harvest was safely
got in.

Mr. WILSON seconded the motion.
Mr. L. JONES was very sorry that the question had been
brought forward at all, as he considered that it was calculated
to create much unnecessary alarm. He hoped the Court would
give a negative to the motion which had been introduced by the
worthy Member, he ( Mr. J.) fully believed with the best
intentions, but lie considered that it was too much to call upon
the Court to agree to such an alarming resolution without any
inquiry, and upon such short notice as must preclude any on the
part of the Members. Ile had beard, on the one hand, that
there was going to be a very deficient crop, but, on the other
hand, he had been informed that the crops generally looked
healthy throughout the country—( Hear)—and that there
was every prospect that there would be far beyond an average
harvest. He thought it would be unwise in the Court to
interfere, and therefore he hoped they would agree to some.
thing like a resolution which he had hastily drawn up.__
(Cries of " No, no; the previous question.") As it was the
general wish of the Court he moved—that they pass to
the previous question.
Sir P. LAURIE much regretted the short notice which had
been given for the consideration of so important a
subject. He only received his notice on Saturday
night, and they bad met early on Monday for the con-
sideration of one of the most important and compli-
cated questions that could come before the Court. At that
moment he did not wish to give any opinion upon the question,
and therefore he supported the previous question. He had
arrived from Oxfordshire where he had been visiting the
estates belonging to the hospital only on Saturday night, and
lie Could assure the Court that the crops were luxuriant,
and in fine condition—so much so that the deputation
called
the tenantry together and pointing out the good-
-1111.1 of the crops, and the expectation of a fine harvest,
ey asked them whether they could not now afford to
`llro to the rental which they paid previous to the reduction
,7 1834, and they at once cheerfully complied. He hoped
"ue Court would not then enter into the considerution of the
question, for he could assure them that the present rise in
Prices was only the result of speculation, and must be tempo-
rary. He had in his trip been through Northamptonshire and
-Buckinghamshire, and much of the wheat was already cut
ti„,°wll, and was heavy. Another week of fine weather, and
`"ell all would be safe. He could assure them that the farmers
throughout the country were delighted, and it would be im-
Proper in them to make statements to Parliament, when there
was no time for contradiction—it would only creat alarm.
Deputy COItNEY had been informed since he came into
They had it upon good authority, thas the crops were good
~44 in a forward state, and he could assure the Court, that
thatPeorotapto crop never was so promising, and the operation of
upone
tit the Corn market, was greater than many were
tal:cire of. Hought the Parliament was a little wiser than
eCourtcf Common Council—( Alaugh)—and that the question
Ought,, to be left to them. He thought it would be better
_,.aat the question should be withdrawn altogether, so that
;tie public should not think then a parcel of meddlesome
.14° Ilies.—( Loud laughte.)
Mr. STEVENS was obliged to withhold his support from
the resolution which had been moved by his Hon. Friend,
but,, -he did so upon very different grounds from many in the
Court, He for one could never consent that the agricultural
interest
.should be upheld at the expence of the manufacturing
ennununitv• He was oosed to the motion, because if it
Was carried' it would appear as if the Court was satisfied to
ProVide for th.l moment, at the expense of sacrificing the broad
Principle of justlce. The time must soon come for a revision
cif the iniquitous Corn Laws—the people generally cried for it,
hand it would soon be forced upon their consideration. Do
ot, then let them fritter away the question by such peddling
Motions.
Mr. PEWTRFSS a reed in all that had fallen from the last
striker. The timegwas indeezi not far distant when the Corn
ws must be ameliorated, if not repealed. He was anxious
• Say that there was no ground for stern—he also had lately
been in the country, and he could assure the Court that the
It:, °Ps were abundant, and heavily filled, and in a very forward
;sate. The present rise in prices must be temporary, from the
erY cause of it ; and riots', with such fine weather as appeared
'0 have set in, in a week the harvest would be secured.
TopLis briefly supported the previous question.
tr„."`4 Hosr. MEMBER, whose name we did not learn, could not
'7„e,e, With those who thought the introduction of the question
ln,',7eious. The opinion which had been so unanimously ex-
Nessed by the Court was of itself of some importance.—
.ew Hear,) He
He
agrieutlturhoped no gentleman present was inclined to
uestion in a political light. The labouring and
could Lea classes were entitled to all the protection which
distress . afforded them when suffering under the pressure of
Price ,Ho believed, however, that the extraordinarily high
tiea w th• ee grain at present bore was owing to speculation.—
to takr' and
cries
of " No.") It was the duty of that Court
not
he
care that the humbler classes of the metropolis should
" reduced to starvation and want, in order that a few
,r
hi• grown speculators might enormously increase their profits.
4, understood that it was the intention of the Government to
2assv bonded wheat to pass at ls. duty ; and, if that were the
p"ti,e it would obviate much of the inconvenience to which the
tio4 nlte was likely to be exposed. He was surprised at the observe-
natat of some gentlemen that they ought not to interfere in the
er. Why, it was their duty to take care of the interests
vthe inhai,itants of that great metropolis, and no one would
~Ytbe necessity of doing so at a time when the quartern loaf
, trusted S. Although he should vote for the previous question,
bO d the important subject brought before them would
AT:ll eonsidered by the Court.
Oth•JONES said it bad been stated by one Hon. Gentleman
%IA e other side ti:at the stock of grain in hand was short
(tietact
!hat the crop was deficient.—(" No, no.") He believed
as, that there never was a more abundant harvest—
'hear)—and he hoped the present prosperons appear-
tli, might continue, He would ask that Court whether
Alief Bad been required to meet on the present occasion by
tyry iconstituents? Had any complcints been addressed to
NO by the labouring or industrious classes of the metropolis ?
taitii and as allusion had been made to the pressure from
ttets:,tlt, he hoped that in the absence of that pressure—in
tens;tt4l absence of any intimation to that effect from their
:solorilents—the Court would pause before it passed the re-
ah„„".," now before it. Under these impressions, although he
lie i".ii`t be at all times ready to come forward when it appeared
I,oi um that the interests of the community required it,
rt,,e'ing that the present proposition was premature and
quey°Per. he should vote for the previous question.—( Hear.)
er.' Wtsrwooo doubted very much whether the present
on had anything to do with the Corn Laws. He be-
-I:'•ed the present high arose from the extensive specu-
tic," • e, prices
vi certain " rogues in grain "—( A laugh)—who
tend " upon the necessities of their fellow-men. He con-
ed that there must be some pressure from without, other-
101:leti:rehepoaorris.tocracy would never be induced to do anything
,„ al • Ps:aeocx. replied. It had been asserted that he had
e"..,tne there as the rppresentative of persons connected with the
6.1 n trade. He denied that such was the fact.—( Hear, hear. )
the contrary, one gentlemn who was large
aly connected
'WI the trade had advised mathi o let the matter lone, and he
wa,
.the
Interference or assistance of that Court. There was a great
'quantity of corn lying in the warehouses, and it appeared to him
advisable that it should be taken out and brought to market.
If tho Court decided otherwise, he would be quite satisfied
With their decision. He had done his duty in bringing the
question before them, and let them now decide as they thought
best, for the interests of the public at large.
The resolution was then put by the Lotto Mayon, and ne-
t atived by a large majority of the members present.
The Court then adjourned.

TIIE QUANTITY OF FOREIGN CORN IN BOND
(k JULY 5r11, According to a return just published by the House of
klinuns, was 894,800 qrs. ; and of Meal and Flour 120,937 cwt. Of
this there are 578,123 qrs. of Wheat, and 110,803 cwt. of Wheat,
24eaT. and Flour.
, lio.t, INTELLIGENCE—Worcester, August 10.—
heheav: storms we had the latter end of last week and the beginning
of this have much washed the bine, and given a freshness to the plant,
blou arid the less blighted grounds are now pretty generally coming into
' a 'and the burr in some of the early
yards appears more healthy than
..ro
,AV
41 she loni bad state of the weather we could have supposed. We
'
e a (Mal of the plantation that is put down as nothing, though
the
attempt to titrow out fresh shoots is more or less visible, yet we fear
„„e'eason is too far gone for their recovery, but as the harvest is full
"tertnight later than general, we may look forward to a fine September,
t'i,4lYet get a smart sprinkling " out of the poles," as it is said they some
u‘atrs come. We had a trifling further advance ir. 1837's on Saturday,
the buty fur the kingdom still keeping up, and fine Sussex Hops
bein '
‘.
~ g°O much under our quotations, prevents much demand fur Wor-
It-hter's at the advanced prices. The duty, by some persons, is now put
aimfrern 7 to 8,000/., but unless a very suitable and early change to
weather occurs, it must fall short of that estimate. Present prices
!DorB'; cwt.:—Bon qualities, from 635. to 705.; fine, 755. to 865.; choice,
Yearlings, from 50s. to 655.
BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, AUG. 10.—Our
',.ultar-Inarket has been exceedingly dull this week. Some few lots have
',tint
taken by the refiners, less by the grocers, and the total is very in.
considerable ; yet, notwithstanding this unequivocal indication, it would
Lien
difficult to purchase to any extent on terms to enter into free cc mpe.
zon with London sugars, on neutral ground.—Bristel Gazette.
:', A military correspondent tells us that some differ-
" towmilitary etiquette has arisen between Lord Durham and the
,no quartered in Canada. It appears that the Guards refuse to
u.Prese,,t arms" to his Excellency, chiming it as one of their privileges
"" Present arras to none but members of the Royal
,:t Family, the Lord
entenant of Ireland, and their own field officers. 'The guards only
• carry arms', to Lord Durham, while all the other troops deemed ( of
course their inferiors by the guards) do honour to her Maje-
'ettative by presenting arms to him—Observer, deemed
repr
4 A gunsmith of the little town of Gontand, in the
eDarttnent of Lot.et.Garonne last week murdered his wife and her son,
with whom he had lately been reconciled, after:. lengthened separation,
fc4lion
Aed by his suspicions of his partner's infidelity, After cutting
'ethroats of his victims with a razor, and separating their heads from
,lieu'
bodies, the wretched man retired to a workshop contiguous to the
e of his butchery, and blew out his own brains with a musket.

THE CROPS.

YORKSHIRE. —We have no hesitation in stating that, with
respect to wheat, there will be decidedly more than ap average
crop, admitting, at the same time, that the harvest will be
late,—later, perhaps, by two weeks than any preceding years.
Nevertheless, the hopes are abundant; the prospect encourag.
ing : and a bountiful harvest may he confidently expected.
Still, the prospect is by no means cheering, looking at all cir-
cumstances and all the operations cf this important question.
In this district beans are suffering from an attick of the fly ;
and the probable injury likely to be sustained, has given oven_
Sion to very extensive speculations on that score. Barley
promises more than an average crop. Butundoubtedly a pre-
mature and unproductive change hase!aten place in the thinner
soils. Upon the state of the weather, as we have before re-
marked, everything now depends, whether as regards the extent
of speculations, and the produce of the approaching harvest.
At the time we are writing (Thursday night) the state of the
weather is cold, cloudy, and cheerless.—Doncaster Gazette.
CARLISI.E.-The weather continues extremely unfavourable
for the crops. Much hay yet remains unhoused, and grain
looks most unpromising. Wheat rose considerably in our mar-
ket on Saturday last ; and there is every prospect of a still
farther advance..Jourim/.
DrvoNsmaE.—Harvest has commenced in the vicinity of
Christow ; several acres of wheat have been cut in the parishes
of Bovey and ilennock, and oats have been cut in many places
in the same neighbourhood. The weather this morning has
set in warm and sultry—more like the season than any day we
have yet had. If it continues fine till Monday, a great deal
wheat will be cut.-IVestern Times.
SIIREWSBITRY.—Oats and barley are cut in this neighbour.
hood.

LIVERPOOL —The harvest in this part of the country will
be very late, the Corn being at present quite green. There
is still a large quantity of hay in the fields. The early potato
crops are very poor, especially on heavy,lands, both in quan-
tity and quality, and we fear the late ones will not be much
better, unless we have an immediate change of weather. The
accounts of the wheat crops are very contradictory, but the
steady rise of the Corn Market shows that there is little ex-
pectatioh of a full crop amongst. those most interested.
Whatever the ultimate productiveness of the harvest may be,
there can be no doubt that it will be one of the latest ever
known. There is less fruit this year than we ever remember
to have seen. There is reason to believe that the ravages of
the grub or fly, in this neighbourhood, will be very extensive,
unless we have soon a week or two of hot dry weather to
harden the grain, and so to prevent the further progress of
the mischief.—Mercury.
WORCESTER.—A sample of winter chevalier barley in the
ear, sown in the first week of November, 1837, and cut on the
3d instant, was shown in our market on Saturday. The corn
crops generally speaking are good.
Sussex.—Wheat has continued to improve, but not to ripen
so fast as was anticipated ; even where its aspect is good and
in no wise beaten down by the storms, heavy rains, or strong
winds, still promises a very fair crop of corn and straw in this
neighbourhood, proportionate with the thinness of the plant on
the land, the ears being generally of a good size and weight
and as yet free from blight. Oats, barley, peas, and beans
have been greatly improved by a succession of genial
showers, and are free of their accustomed enemy, the dol-
phin. The clover hay (what little there was) has been well
housed, the second crop promising to be much heavier.
SAelsere v.—We regret to hear that the red-gum prevails
to so great an extent amongst the wheat in some parts of this
neighbourhood, that a gentleman at Chilmark, on examining
an ear of corn, found 26 out of 32 grains deficient from this
cause in a single ear ! and that the large proportion of 11 out
of 13 ears examined were similarly injured. The fine waving
fields of grain which gladdened the eye a few days back,
around this city, have been laid to a very large extent by the
heavy rains which have prevailed. In many cases entire fields
of wheat and barley (particularly the latter) are prostrate. It
affords us pleasure to add, however, on the authority of expe-
rienced agriculturists, that no injury to the grain is antici-
pated, provided the next fortnight affords warm dry weather.
The turnip crop is described, on all hands, to give promise of
a most abundant and excellent yield.—Salisbury and Wilts
Herald.

BIRMINGHAM. —The following is an extract from the
monthly circular of Messrs. Sturge, the eminent corn dealers
of Birmingham :—" Birmingham, Bth month, Bth, 1838.
Since the commencement of last month, wheat has advanced
here from 6s. to Bs. per quarter, though we have not had a
very short supply. There are very general complaints of ex-
tensive injury to the crop on the ground, from a small yellow
maggot in the car, which is so serious in its ravages, that in
many ears the produce must be materially reduced. It is a
disease which appears to have been nearly unknown before to
the oldest of our farmers, and extends, more or less, to the
whole of the south-western counties. We hear of it so far
north as Lancashire, and also in some parts of Ireland. Se-
veral of the eastern counties appear to have escaped ;
and should the weather prove tolerably fine the next
month, we expect the crop in that part of the king-
dom will prove fully an average one. In Scotland
and the North of England the wheat is not in a suffi-
cient state of forwardness for any accurate opinion of the pro-
bable produce, and much will depend upon the weather. It
is now universally admitted, that the stocks of free wheat have
not heel' so nearly exhausted for many years; as, although
there is no certain means of ascertaining what remains in the
hands of the farmers—the present high prices, and the cer-
tainty that in a few weeks all the foreign under lock will be
liberated at a low duty, creates a general disposition to sell all
they have before the new comes to market. The prices of
wheat in most of the Baltic ports have risen with equal rapidity
to our own; but those in the Mediterranean and Black Sea,
by the late advises, will afford a considerable margin for profit.
We think the breadth of land under wheat in this part of the
country is much greater than usual ; but how far this will com-
pensate fur the deficiency in the produce, per acre, we are un-
anle to form an opinion. The barley crop is spoken of very
favourably ; and, if the weather admits, a portion will be cut
in our early districts in the course of next week."
MANCHESTER.—We have received the reports of the Liver-
pcol and Wakefield msrkets of yesterday, both of which ex-
hibit a considerable advance in the price of wheat, as corn-
Pared with the rates of the previous market days, and thus
show the opinions of the dealers as to the prospects for the
comingr fairGiulltreld dhlYL
WALES.—The at Coubridge on Tuesday last was
: hsa.r_veTs th.
a
most capital one—the best that the farmers have witnessed
for a great many yeas. Stock sold at least 30 per cent.
higher than was expected. The weather has been very un-
favourable for the hay harvest, and we are concerned to find

that sevtral farmers have been obliged to open their moos, in
consequence of carrying too hastily.—Cambrian.
VALE OF LUNE.—A summer of singular wetness still "drags
its slow length along." A great deal of rain has fallen every
day since our last, and the hay harvest has been entirely at a
stand still. Large quantities yet remain to be housed, with
no prospect at present of line weather. Much will be lost, or
considerably damaged and discoloured. The grain crops are
backward, owing to the abundance of rain. We have heard

that the potatoe crop is a failure in Cumberland, where the
weather has not been quite so unfavourable as here.—Lan.
caster Guardian.

KIRKBY LONSDALE.—The hay season in this neighbourhood
progresses very slowly, continued rains having fallen for the
last three weeks. Never, in the memory of the oldest inha-
bitant, was there so little hay housed at this time. The grain
crops begin to look very ill. Great breadths of oats on high
situations will be mown for feed for the cattle, it being certain
that they will never make any grain this season, not having
shot into ear yet.— Guardian.
KENDAL.--The weather for the last fortnight or three weeks
has been such as almost to prevent the housing of any hay ;
and vast quantities are now 13 out in a spoiled or rapidly
spoiling condition. Fears are now also beginning to possess
the farmers for the safety of the grain crops, and dealers have
this week advt.need the prices of flour and meal, the former 3d.
and the latter 4d. per stone, making flou: 3s. Bd. and oatmeal
2s. (A.—Mercury.
Scort.AND.—We regret to state that the weather still con-
tinues very unfavourable fir the prospects of the farmer. It
has rained, more or less, every day this week ; and some of
the showers being unusually heavy, we are afraid that the corn
in many places must be greatly kid. Even if the weather
should speedily improve, as we fervently hope it may,- all kind
of crops will be unusually late; and it seems to be generally
feared that the harvest will be rather under average. The
crops continue to look well ; and the only fear that seems to
be entertained is, that, from the harvest being a little later than
usual, which it is now generally admitted will be the case,
some accidents may occur to prevent its being gathered in
safety.—Edinburgh Courant.

IRELAND..--The reports of the appearance of the crops in
the West of Ireland are much more satisfactory than could
have been expected, considering the lateness of the spring, and
the partial failure of the potato crop. The wheat and oats,
if not injned by the present heavy rains, will be a full emp—
tily straw of the latter rather short. The potatoes, notwith-
standing the blight, which was principally confined to the
middle sowing, the early and late ones having escaped, will
yield more than an average return. flay and flax, however,
will be a short crop; the former, on the high grounds, is very
poor,
while on the low lands it has been in many districts in-
jured by the floods, and is still uncut ; the latter has not been
sown in the usual quantities, and, generally speaking, is look-
ing very badly. Should the present rainy weather be suc-
ceeded by a few weeks of sunshine, an abundant harvest may
be calculated on.

RISE IN THE PRICE OF CORN.
( From the Scotsman.)

The constantly dripping weather, and the prospect of a late
harvest, render the state of the corn market a subject of serious
interest. It will have been observed that within the last two
months there has been a. considerable rise in the price of
wheat. The average which regulates importation was 535. 3d.
in the end of December last ; and is apw 87s. Bd., a rise of
nearly 30 per cent. When the average rises to 73a. the duty
sinks to Is., and at intermediate prices the duty is as tbllows --
6Ss. and under 69a., 16s. Bd. duty: 695. and under 703.,
13s. Bd. ; 70s. and under 715., 10s. Bd. ; 71s. and under 725.,
63. Bd. ; 723. and under 735., 2s. Bd. ; 735., is.
The price is still rising ; for while the last six weeks' ave.
rage was 675. Bd., the weekly average was 695. Id. The stock
of foreign grain in the country will be seen from the following
return, just published
Quantities remaining in warehouse in tkp Pnited Kingdoin on

July 5, 1838:
Wheat, 578,123 quarters; Colonial, 5,114; Barley, 26,083 ;
Oats, 238,635.; Rye, 5,322 ; Pease, 20,844 ; BeaEs, 17,714 ;
Indian Corn, 1,987 ; Colonial, 805 ; Buckwheat, 173.—
Total of Grain, 894,800. Wheat-meal and Flour, 110,803
cwt. ; Colonial, 9,713; Oatria4l, gf).—Total of Meal and
Flour, 120,936 cwt.
According to Mr. M'Culloch's computation, the atock of
foreign wheat in the warehouse should 13..: equal to
than two weeks' consumption. But a se trcity of one kind of

grain creates an increased demand for the others, and the
effect on the price of wheat may perhaps be more correctly
estimated from the stock of all kinds of grain on hand. This,
including meal and flour, is about 920,000 quarters, which,
according to the same authority, is equal only to about six
days' consumption. This is but a small provision aga7nst a
scarcity, and the case is still worse if the scarcity is acco:npa-
nied by a late harvest.

On 'barley and oats, however, the change is not great. The
six weeks' average for barley at the end of December was
29. i. 81., and is now 3 ls. 7d. Far oats it was 20s. 10d. at
the former period, and is now 225. !Xi. But on the 27th of
July last year the six weeks' average for oats was 2/s. 7d,
for barley 28s. sd. ,
If the, dripping weather centinues it is probable that wheat
all soon reach 735., and then the whole stock in bond will
come into the market. In the course of three or four weeks
the result of the continental harvest will be known; if it is'
favourable prices will fall, and importation will go on briskly.

TO THE EDITORof THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sir—The Lord Mayor has this day intimated that he will
summon a Court of Common Council to consider the pro-
priety of petitioning Parliament to release, free of duty, the
bonded wheat.

You are aware that, unlike the old law, the present consti-
tutes the ports at all times open, on payment of a fluctuating
duty ;at present the duty is Ifs. Bd. per quarter, and will
doubtless, in four or five weeks, fall to the nominal point of Is.
per quarter.

- -
AL the present moment the stocks of free wheat are much
reduced : on an average there are about three millions of quar-
ters; now they are estimated at not mere than one million,
which, with about 600,000 quarters in bond, and 400,000
quarters on the way from the Continent, will be doubtless
ample until the growing crop be available.
The country is undoubtedly in a most critical position at
this moment. With favourable weather the growing crop, -
already partially injured, could not exceed a moderate
average; it may, therefore, be considered as certain, that in
this, the best case, we may next July, after having consumed
the above-stated 1,000,000 quarters foreign wheat, have no
more free wheat in the country than at present, and, from the
most deplorable condition of the wheat crops in Prussia and
Poland, much less wheat from abroad. This prospect is some-
what discouraging ; but let us suppose the weather is to render
the crops very defective, why then inevitably, unless economy
be timously employed, this country will be reduced to a condi-
tion of extreme want.

The object of this letter is to inculcate " economy." High
prices alone can produce " economy." I submit, therefore, to
the Court of Common Council my opinion that prices-should
be allowed to rise in their natural course. I feel perfectly
certain that low prices just now, by encouraging consumption,
might reduce Britain in 1839 to a condition of extreme want.
I am, Sir, respectfully,
City, Saturday, Aug. 18. PHILOS.

COMPARISON OF FOREIGN GRAIN WITH THE

ENGLISH MARKET.

The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at
Hamburgh is 160 rixdollars current the last,. which answers
to 495. 2d. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red wheat
of the first quality is 150 rixdollars current the last, which
answers to 455. Id. the quarter, and therefore the mean price
at Hamburgh of white and red wheat together is 475. 2d. the
quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat of the first
quality in London is 78s. the quarter, and the highest quota-
tion of red wheat of the first quality is 745. the quarter, and
therefore the mean price in London of white and red wheat
together is 765. the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat
is 61+ per cent. dearer in London than at Hamburgh, and that
with the sum of 3/. 16s. a man may buy 12i bushels of wheat
at Hamburgh, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8
bushels in London.

The highest quotation of Zealand white wheat of the first
quality at Amsterdam is 310 florins the last, which equals 50s.
the quarter, and the mean price of wheat in London being
765. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 52 per cent. dearer
in London than at Amsterdam.

The highest quotation of white wheat of the first quality at
Berlin is 2 rixdollars 24 groschen the sheffel, which equals
455. 10d. the quarter, and the highest quotation of white
wheat of the first quality in London being 78s. the quarter,
the difference is 704 per cent. that wheat is dearer in London
than in Berlin. ,

The highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality at
Antwerp is i 1 florins current the hectolitre, which is equiva-
lent to 483. 10d. the quarter, and the highest quotations of red
wheat in London being'74s. the quarter, it follows that wheat
is per cent, dearer in London than at Antwerp.
The highest quotation of red wheat of the first quality at
Stettin is 65 dollars the wispel of 24 scheffels, whi...h answers
to 445. 3d. the quarter, and the highest quotation of red
wheat of the first quality in London being 745. the quarter, it
follows that wheat is 671 per cent. dearer in London that at
Stettin, and that with the sum of 31. 149. a man may buy
lag bushels of wheat at Stettin, whereas with the same sum
he can buy only 8 bushels in London.

The mean average of the prices of wheat of the first quality
at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, Berlin, Antwerp and Stettin, ►s
475. 3d. the quarter, and the mean price of wheat of the first
quality in London being 745. the quarter, the difference is 60i
per cent, that the mean price of London exceeds the mean price
of the five above-mentioned places.

The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into
England is 169. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to the fol-
lowing rates :—To a rate of 35/. 6s. 9d. per cent on the
prime cost of wheat at Hamhurgh ; to a rate of 331. 6s. Bd.
per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a
rate of 361. 7s. 3d. per cent on the prime cost of wheat at
Berlin ; to a rate of 341. 2s. 7d. per cent on the prime cost
of wheat at Antwerp; to a rate of 371. I3s. 4d. per cent. on
the prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 351. ss. 6d.
per cent. on the mean price of the five above-mentioned places.

THE STARVATION SYSTEM.—The average price
of wheat at the commencement of the year 1836 was thirty.six shil-
lings a quarter. The average price of wheat in the present month of
August, 1838, is seventy-two-shillings a quarter. Thus the price of
bread has doubled in the last two years-and-a-hall: These are facts
—official facts, about which there can be no dispute. In the mean
time, during this same two years-and.a.hall, from one cause or other,
trade in some of its most important branches has occasionally been
brought to a stand-still; wages have been lowered, thousands of the
people have been reduced to a state bordering on starvation; and from
the Queen upon the Throne to the keeper of the chandler's shop,
subscriptions have been drawn, to provide wherewith to supply the
absolutely destitute portion of the population with a morselof bread.
While things have been thus diverging from their natural position,
Lord John Russell, the Liberal Secretary of State, has declared that
the landed interest ought to predominate in the House of Commons,
and the Tory Marquis of Chandos says that the same landed interest
is now enjoying repose (which means doing very well), and ought not
to be disturbed even by the sound of a mill grinding foreign corn.
Coventry Herald.

TIIE WEATHER.—We regret to state that there
have been heavy rains almost every day since our last publication, and
that the farmers begin to dread the consequences of such a tract of wet
weather, unaccompanied by drying winds. The nights are generally
wet, and the days close and sultry, with frequent showers. The river
Ness is at present higher than we ever saw it at the same period of the
year, owing to the constant rains in the western districts above Loch
Ness.—lnverness Courier.

The Journal de Cherbourg mentions the death of
a young man in that town, who stood seven feet two inches and three
quarters high.
JOHN BAGSHAW, ESQ.—On Monday last, the
30th ult., nearly one hundred of the friends and supporters of John
Bagshaw, Esq., late representative and candidate for the borough of
Sudbury, dined at the Swan Inn; Colonel Thomas Fenn Addison, of
Chilton Lodge, in the chair. •

A MAD MINISTERIALIST.—A person named
M`Donald was last week charged at Queen-square Police-office with
having created a disturbance near the House of Lords. He soon con.
vinced the Magistrate, from the incoherent manner in which he spoke,
that he was decidedly insane, and was, therefore, consigned to the Han.
well Lunatic Asylum. Among other delusions he stated that it was
through his interest that the present Ministry got into office, al.
though he did not like them so well now, because they were becoming
too Radical

FORESTALLING.-On Friday last, several retailers
of vegetables in Truro Market were brought before the Mayor and
Captain Kempe on the charge of forestalling, a practice which has re.
cently been carried on so systematically as very seriously to increase the
price of commodities, and was therefore loudly complained of by the in.
habitants of the town. The Mayor, in order to caution persons a*inst
thus transgressing the law, had caused hand bills to be posted about the
town describing the nature of the offence and the consequent penalties,
and had given the necessary orders to the police to be on the alert to
detect such as were suspected.

ABSCONDED.—We stated some time ago that a
manufacturer in Paisley had absconded, leaving behind him some unad-
justed and irregular bills. It appearyliat he had shipped in the Sirius
for New York, and after remaining a fortnight there had returned by
same vessel to Europe, with an intention of conveying some members of
his family to America. Having landed at Cork he was conveyed, with
other passengers, to Dublin, and took a passage thence in the Arab for
the Clyde He landed at Renfrew, but, as fate would have it, he seas in
the course of a few hours thereafter apprehended, and at the same
time learned that the members of his family whom he had come to tae
out had left Paisley for New York two or three days before. After
being some time in custody, he by some means or other, obtained his
liberty, and it was sometime supposed that he was once more on his way
across the Atlantic. Some fatality, however, attended all his steps.
Next time he was heard of was as a passenger in female attire, on his
way to Edinburgh, in the night-boat of Friday week. His disguise was
discovered, and he was on the following morning apprehended. Some
old documents in his possession afforded a clue to the discovery of his
identity; and the authorities in Paisley having been written to, a
7Siohlelorwitli:sgoaffireievrow,ays4dhishpiatpelriiedsonfeorr, bun
hon. %bVeeednnepsudtayi,ntaondcoonn:the erfideanyt
until the circumstances which lea bim to pbscopel arp
Ayr Observer.

An ostrich died lately in the Zoological Gar-
dens, at Manchester, in consequence of some foolish pproll 'laving
given It a halfpeuny to test its fabulous powers pf digestiiin.
On Friday morning, about ten o'clock, Mr. M
Brookery, fishmonger, of Lumber-court, Seven Dials, in walking along
Long-acre, was suddenly observed to stagger, and, before any
could afford him assistance, he fell. A considerable quantity of WO
issupq from his mouth and nose. He was conveyed tq
spFgean's in
the neighbourtiooil, IV4II it was aspectiiiner.l that he had t)relreir a blood.
vessel, and front thence to his residence, where lie at present roams in
a very precarious state,
person
The Bath Society for the Encouragement of the
Fine Arts has opened a school of design and life academy at their rooms
in Quick-street. —Bath Gazelle.
The number of works, in all languages, that have
Issued from the French press during the first seven months of the present
year, is :3,763.
PO E:4, one the f
cramped-up cabs, the proprietor,iwith the view of preventing people de-
stroying the cushions, has affixed the following notice
Pray stretch your feet •
•
Under the seat.'
THE TWELFTH.--From all that we can learn, the
grouse en the southern moors of Scotland, are more plentiful and in a
fprv,-,-tr4 state than could have been anticipated, (rpm the character
of the season.— Glasgow 41igus.

THE << SOULT 'AND WELLINGTON

" SUN."

The spirited proprietor of this Journal has achieved an
exploit which confers lustre on the Newspaper Press, in the
publication of two magnificent profile likenesses of the
Duke of Wellington and Marshal Soult. The execution
of these, when the means by which they are produced is
taken into consideration (being printed in the ordinary
manner, in the columns of a newspaper), is little short of
wonderful. They arc, indeed, so, immeasurably 'beyond the
usual style of newspaper illustrations, that we consider
them no leis worthy of preservation for their intrinsiernerit,
than as marking the extraordinary progress of the noble art
of printing at the present day.—Salisbury and Wills Herald.

CHEAP ENGRAVINGS, AND THEIR

EFFECTS,

(y.off. the Phmouth Journal, )

We feel much pleasure in calling the attention of our
readers, to the great advance which has lately been made in
the art of engraving, by which pictures of sterling merit are
being placed within the reach of every class of the people,
and as we look forward to the results of the highest conse-
quence to the commercial interests, and to the intellectual
and moral improvement of our country, we shall point out
some of the most strikinr, features of the present state of
the art. We should guard at the outset against any inference,
that we think the best works of modern gravers superior in
excellence to those of their predecessors. Raffael, Morghen,
and Woollet have never been surpassed in the higher schools,
and some of the old etchings are worth all our Annual
engravings as works of art. It is to the mere extended

the aristocracy of ait (if we may be allowed the expres-
sion)apilicatiCin of the burin that we now allude, by which
has been broken down, and the people at large
provided with a boundless supply from her richest trea-
sures, ancient and modern. It is but a very few years since
good engravings were to be met with only in the portfolios of
the wealthy, and the study of the artist ; those which came
within the reach of the people, and especially those provided
for the use of children, were (almost without exception) the
merest trash, and when we reflect upon the immense influence
which this must necessarily exercise upon a manufacturing
people having to contend with foreigners eminently skilful in
design, we shall perceive the deep interest which attaches to
the effarts at present being made so successfully to disseminate
the means of forming and cultivating a higher and purer taste
among our artizans and manufacturers. One of the most power..
ful of childish impulses is that of imitation, and as almost
every child has more or less an inclination to draw (witness
the rude attempts upon the schoolboy's copy book and slate,
and the scrawls upon every village wall in the kingdom), the
earliest subjects can be placed within his reach, which
shall embrace correct design and good execution, the greater
the probability tl.at if his employments in life call for
the exercise of this art, he will exhibit the practical advantage
which this early acquaintance with good drawing cannot fail to
bestow. The children of the presentday, age, and the people,
too, hake advantages in this respect to which our forefathers
were utter strangers. The illustrations of even the cheapest,
publications noes, would have been considered gems of art, and
twenty times the price would they have given for one of them.
Look at the Penny Magazine, and other periodicals of the
same class pouring out a continual stream of engravings, well
and boldly executed, from designs of the highest excellence,
and embracing every variety of subject, natural history, archi-
tecture, natural philosophy, mechanics, and even copies of the
best and most elaborate pictures, the designs of Raffael and
Michael Angelo, and many of the finest pieces of sculpture.
These are executed from wood engravings, that is they
are printed from metal plates, which are cast from en-
gravings on wood, end it is this combinhtion of wood
and metal which enables the printer, assisted by his
gigantic steam power, to throw off limitless impres-
, by their excellency and vast number, find
tdtfiwaa•icellmieelanliail:tane,sadd:t.fiomialeitneelhdndhe;hhaaa people,ss
b,been
mons, which
their way alike to the mansion of the wealthy and the cot-
toohipi.sei
nilgiemrdeeafito,
sreeltisialeenlg.pveircolefii attasobbml
cot-
tage of the labourer. We need hardly to say that to art, as
en
ceea employment n)1, po l highlyfoyo mu rebmne tno cos it
tvhaesitnicmreparsoevdemsutpiiptlyinhaspupbrolideucteadsteantionoc.reasTeod
illustrate even a child's book now, the publisher finds it expe-
dient to employ real talent—a good or bad frontispiece has
now an important influence on the sale of a book—and many
of the woodcuts in our present nursery books are really ex-
quisite bits of engraving, and as a child who has an inclination
to draw, will copy anything that comes within his reach, he may
now have copies worthy of any student, even in his school
books—seethe new edition of " Spelling Book." The
engravings so frequently issued by our newspapers now, is ano-
ther sign of the times, showing how strongly public favour is
attracted by pictor;al illustration; an extraordinary instance of
this was shown the other day by The Sun London Evening
Paper, which on the Occasion of the Coronation printed one
side of their paper in gold letters, and gave also a beautifully
executed medallion of the Queen, engraved in the new medallic
style, which is one of the most curious of modern inventions—
(many of our readers must .be familiar with Collas's splendid
" Tresor Numismatique," which by the mere effect of light
and shade in the engraving, gives an exact representation of
a raised figure). The demand for this number of The Sun,
both in town and country, has been immense ; the. crowd round
the office on publication days being so great as to render it dan-
gerous to attempt an entrance ; we understand that 20,000
copies were sent to America a few days ago, in the Royal IVil-
liarn steamer. A great deal has been said about the engravings
which illustrate our Annuals, as an indisputable proof of the
superiority of English engravers ; we have; a word or two on
this h, ad of exception as well as praise, beautiful they un-
doubtedly are, but whether they have promoted correct and
elevated taste for art, it is a matter which we think worse
than doubtful ; they have too much of the arawing-room and
ton little of the studio about them, and latterly they have
degenerated into very questionable
things. So long as they
r
really pictures they were
of good
were elaborate miniatures
ornaments, but when we see them descending to
very pretty..
mere exhibitions of the female form, beautiful indeed, but too
often presen
tie, a very meretricious kind of beauty, we feel
„
that good taste and sound morals are alike violated by this
garish and delusive
application of art. Annuals have had
succeeded b •
of
hope to see themy something
their day; we
more solid excellence.

LORD DURHAM AND THE CANADA,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

The late debates in the House of Lords on Lord Brougham's
Canada Declaratory Bill, has induced me to solicit the inser-
tion of a few remarks on the administration of Lord Durham,
as Governor-in-Chief of the Canadas, and as I have been a resi-
dent in that colony for the last twenty-four years(during which
period I never connectvd myself with any political party), I
hope the presenz statement may not be altogether unaccept-
able. For a series om years past every successive Governor of
Canada has approoched his arduous dutieswitheat fears for
the success of his undertaking, which has generally
in his own mortification and disappointment. The
heterminated
task re-
cently assigned to the Earl of Durham, was considered, at the
time he undertook it, so peculiarly difficult, that larger discre-
tionary power was sanctioned by the British Legislature than
previous Governors had been clothed with, the critical
position
of affairs in the colony requiring a departure from
no ordinaryli-
mitations, without, which Lord Durham would,doubt, not
have accepted the appointment. What was the state of Canada
on his Lordship's arrival in the country ? Two
p
ties of the most, apparently, irreconcilable hatred towards 4,4erh-
other—the Loyalists (exulting in having put do
soured by the losses sustained fulrimpteltliforinunew:snitththhee;
but
several avocations, and the privations And ?gin- Q'oct or their
Colony
rthaedileuign:
that the severest
dergone in defending their hones
to Great Britain) expected nothing
is discontented,
ind,
penalties would be inflicted on those wbu had been
open acts of treason and rebellion ; whilst the
temselves from
h
mortified at being frustrated in their attempts
to accomplish
their long projected scheme of separating
British dominion (for which proceeding thereexisted no just
cause), manifested an malevolentetqueafillrystatcithis Lordship feelingds to the British
gi
residents. What was h
rival in Canada, to issue a Proclamation, in which he
his ar-
he stated
the expediency of appointing for his Council in the Government,
Persons who not could
—in any way be supposed to ho governed
by party feeling, the entire responsibility of whose acts he
would assume. What followed
this proceeding? An ord.
nanco, by which the • ' persons in prison for open b ll• I.
re e ion and
high treason, and those implicated in
had fled the PrQvinee, and who the same offences who
to the laws which they had gconsidered their lives forfeited
banished, and an o er.ded, have been temporarily
who should give amnestysecurity
declared to all the other offenders
Who are the partiesity for. their future good conduct.
resorted to by 1
.tora Durhameipaii..
y interested in the measures
lity to the Colony ? for restoring order and tranquil-
Durham succeeded in Assuredly the Colonists, How has L or,'
gaining ti •
submit an extract from this object? ln reply, I bob -‘
g to
the letter of a highly sole,--
libe-
ral
and impartial resptcr. cotrespondent.
6' We have been in Mbhireal, July 8, 1838.
a gro-i
to the arrival of E 1 - ' bustle for a few days past, owing
I refer you tcl t.4_ . ar Durham and his family among us.
doing, and am Papers for particulars of what he has been
with the most happy to say that he was much pleased
004 enthusiasticvl4cier reception he met with. From this fortu-
natecountry, and am &tending, I augur incalculable benefit to the
by the English,
convinced that seeing himself well supported
hQ will ::eas he undoubtedly will be in every useful mea-
sure,rt himself zealously for the real welfare of the
eountry. youpledge will see his reply to our Address, which is a
of the
s
upport of the good cause, and I trust that we
are now on the
holds a Le, eve of happier days ! To-morrow the Earl
vvbiob I shaVel which will be numerously attended, and at
Make a point of attending. 1 was at the present-
ment of the
Lordship. Address,v which is the only time I have seen his
Nelson, Bouchette and others who, by a salu-
tary ordinance 'of the Governor, have been banished to Ber-
muda, are, lhea-, in good spirits at the act of mercy extended
towards
,them, as well they ineau Dr. R. NeT
may be. Pap , .-
son, Cote and others, who fled to the United States are not to
be permitted to return—indeed, I do not think the three first
could in safety to themselves appear again in Canada—those
of the Loyalists who have suffered most by the rebellion would
have wished
them more severely dealt with, but what has been
done seems to I
Oly. Hi, T 4
-" lave Illet With the sanotion of the public gene-
" • ctrdshiP proceeds immediaiely after the Levee to
Upper Canada but , returns again to Montreal, where I liope
he will remain some time."
How will these hopes be dashed when Lord Brougham's
Declaratory Bill, and the names of its supporters are known
and
in Canada, what will be the natural result? The Loyalists
will be disgusted, and Ole Revolutionists (who, before Lord
authaws
arrival, openly declared that the British Government
s afraid to •'
puntslt the prisoners for treason) take fresh coo-

rage to begin again—which, although Lord Brougham hag
promised, on the occurrence of such an event, to take the re-
sponsibility, will be of little avail, as the Loyalists will not in
such ease attempt again to defend the country, and this valua-
ble Colony will ha lost to Great Britain for ever. I can take
upon myself to state that the Loyal Canadians now in Eng-
land tremble for the con,equences of this Declaratory Bill
when know❑ in Canada, and hope that i►. may not pass into a
law, which there is still tints to prevent, and those who sin-
cerely wish the Can tdas to remain a put of the British Em-
pire, will not suffer party prejudices to the Government, or the
Governor whom they have selected, to frustrate measures so
eminently calculated to accomplish the end lot which Lord
Durham was appointed.
A BRITISH CANADIAN SETTLER.
London, August, 1838.

BUXTON.-FRIDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN' CORILEsPONDENT.

" Our physical well-being, our moral worth, our social hap.
piness, our political tranquillity, all depend on that controul of
all our appetites and passions which the ancients designed by
the cardinal virtue of Temperance."—BUßKß.
The rules and regulations, not leas than the natural supplies,
of this ancient and celebrated resort of the feeble and the
fashionable, remind one who has just left the scenes of politi-
cal strife of sentiments just quoted; and if there were not
something in the culinary preparations of the Great Hotel ap-
parently at variance with the simple fare of temperance, I
might be disposed to tarry here, and descant upon a combina-
tion of constitutional agents, physical and moral. Omitting,
however, such a train of ideas, I shall hasten to inform you
that Buxton seems to hold out for this season its usual at-
tractions. Already are the hotels and lodging.houses tolerably
well filled with inmates, notwithstanding the unfavourable state
of the weather, which, for the time of year, is less dry, warm, and
genial than the frequenters of this place havebefore experienced.
Still the concourse of persons already arrived, or daily expected,
is little less than during these bright sunny days of August,
which were wont to ripen an abundant harvest, and fill the
pockets of the Buxtonians. Amongst those who for the last
week have been enjoying the far-famed waters, with " breath
of Heaven fresh blowing, pure, and sweet," are the Duke of
Grafton, Lords Beresford, Rivers, Valletort, the Irish Chief
Baron, with Mrs. and Miss Woulfe, Mr., Mrs.. and Miss
Trench, Mr. Tooke, ex- Member for Truro and family, Sir
Charles Scudamore, and a numerous list of other gentry at the
chief hotels, and comfortable mobility throughout the town,
too numerous and undistinguished for a niche in the columns
of The Sun. They are from all parts of the empire, English,
Irish, and Scotch, embracing very many respectable and
In-
telligent persons, who, besides

" Good health, and its associate to the most
Good temper,"--
seek for a share in_ those pleasures which the place affords.
Nor can they be disappoireed ; for assuredly when they meet
together either at the "promenade,"• or in the public rooms
of their respective hotels, they exchange much agreeable and
useful information. Many of them have visited various other
watering-places and scenes of pleasure, both at home and on
the Continent, for health or improvement, and, on suitable
occasions, are not slow in communicating the result of their
observations. They enter into conversation in small coteries,
too, on domestic matters and passing events with less of pas-
sion, and more judgment and discrimination, than belong to
those engaged in the more active business of life.
Here, for example, an anxious mother watching the health
of a delicate child, will at the tea-table talk of the condition
of the poor in her neighbourhood. Such an amiable and un-
sophisticated informant, regardless of Whig and Tory poli-
tics, told me last evening, that in Derbyshire the Guar-
dians and Magistrates say the new system has been pro-
ductive of much good, though an outcry was raised
on its first introduCtion. An Irish landholder joins in the
conversation ; says be is greatly interested about Poor-laws ;
was prejudiced against such an institution in Ireland ; but that
having read the Bill, now a law, within the last ten days, he
finds it to contain so much of that principle working well in
England that he will abandon his prejudices and give it a fair
trial. He looks to many other advantages from it to his
country, besides relief to the destitute. If the Government,
says he, act honestly in the appointment of fit persons for its
administration, it may become a system of discipline and sur-
veillance over the habits of the humbler classes, more bene-
ficial to their temporal welfare, than any existing religion or
law. He expected similar benefits from the Corporation and
Tithe Bills, and hopes•the latter, though not very satisfactory
to any party, may not be postponed this Session like the
former. Both measures were well intended, and their defects
might be remedied at a future period. This gentleman's
connexions and interests are mixed up with the Establishment
in Ireland. Yet he admits the policy of making Protestants
alone and the Church lands support that Establishment;
and he thinks any tax imposed on his estate for that
purpose would be repaid him by the general peace and
tranquillity of the country. An English gentleman, from an
adjacent shire, who has had a sprain of his ancle cured by the
Buxton Baths, told me he had not much confidence in the
present G Jvernment—he had never been in Ireland, though
very often desirous of going there on a shooting or fishing ex-
cursion ; but from all lie had heard, the affairs of that country
required new modelling, and, therefore, he was not as jealous
nor as apprehensive of the results of the O'Connell policy, as
he called it, as some of those with whom he agreed upon
other points. He concluded some fair and Englishman-like ob-
servations on public matters, by saying. " he knew abundance
of capital, agricultural and commercial, that would flow into
Ireland if a guarantee could be had that it would not be all
lost." Another gentleman just arrived, whose equipage, not
less than his manners and education, indicate him as a man of
station and influence, talked freely at break fast of the Continent
and ale Coronation. He subsequently retired with me to a
window, looking out upon the dark and misty hills surrounding
us, and after deploring the prospects of another gloomy wet day,
entered into a review of our nations polities for the last ten years.
He had been an emancipator, but would now exclude Catho- '
lies from Parliament, because they seem to forget their pro-
mises before Emancipation, respecting the stability of the Es-
tablished Church. He avows himself a decided Conserva-
tive—says the present Government can never be trusted by
the people of England, because they compromised the princi-
ple of Appropriation, which called them into office. Still he
would grant equally to all her Majesty's subjects. He thinks
public men cannot with impunity trifle with the broad principle
of consistency, however pressed by expediency ; and that if
the Whigs had resigned office sooner than abandon, as he says
they have done, the Appropriation doctrine, they might, in the
balanced state of parties, acquire more of the confidence of
Englishmen. This gentleman repudiates the idea of doing
as he pleases with his *own—his tenantry are at liberty to
vote as they like. My conclusion from this, and such other in-
formation as I gather from enlightened and independent men,
is, that Reform, on the grounds of " Measures not Men'," is.
advancing, and that the policy of Ministers should be that
contained in the Sybil's advice, to cut through the whetstone
boldly.

Thus have I, happening to be here, "en passaig,' dur;:
two of Buxton's most dark and darksome dup. e°""#ed
ng
partial opinions on matters which are still prow
angry
discussion at St. Stephen's, and detaining s' from those
s'-ig
more delightful places where they min'
dulci," and learn more of truth
eat mix the " utile et
than is to be found in their different public matters,
mittees. I regret tb stormy debates or costly Co-
venie, t7e from D' : rnstate of the weather is such as to pre-
ilo • exploring and describing for you " Poole's
ac"
in neighbourhood. I have visited it with a young
,;aintanee, but the entrance was so filled iNith water from
the constant rains, that we were unable to ascertain the truth
of an old woman's story respecting this grotto. She lives
near its mouth, was the only Cicerone that appeared, and told
us that the interior was very lofty and spacious, extending
nearly 600 feet under the hill, and that besides many other
curious petrifactions, there was one called Poole's Saddle
(the name of the robber•who discovered and resided there)
from its resemblance to that commodity-.a tortoise with its
head lately broken and carric.d away ; and a pillar called
" Queen of Scots' Pillar." It is in history that the unfortu-
nate :Mary sojourned for sometime here, and hence, no doubt,
the origin of the pillar.
I hare only to add, for the benefit of the inhabitants of this
really salubrious and interesting spot, that it would be their
interest to supply the library and promenade with a greater
number of newspapers and periodicals than they have at pre-
sent. Several visitors for the last week were, like myself, brought
here more by curiosity than any necessity; and it would be
an additional inducement to their return, or to their recom-
mendation of the.waters to their friends, if the ennui of the
many wet days that occur could be relieved by a greater
variety of literary novelties.