The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

iESTITUTION IN SHETLAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--I have this morning read, in The Sun of yesterday,
a letter addressed by a Mr. Barclay to the Rev. Dr. Crom-
bie, animadverting with some degree of severity, and, as it
appears to me, with some degree of justice, on his conduct,
as Secretary to the Committee for " the Relief of the Desti-
tution in the Highlands of Scotland." The identity of sur-
name, and of the general designation, may lead some persons
to conclude, as has been oftener than once the case, that the
author of the letter to which Mr. Barclay refers, and the
author of this communication, are one and the same individual.
I feel it necessary, therefore, to say, that neither have I the
honour of being Secretary to that Committee, nor am I the
author of the letter to which Mr. Barclay alludes. To the
alienation of the fund, or any part of it, I am decidedly op-
posed ; and have therefore directed that my subscriptions, or
such part of them a 3 may yet be unappropriated, be withdrawn
From the controul of the London Committee.
ALEX. CROMBIE, LL.D.

Cheltenham, Aug. 29.

CORN AND CURRENCY.—The power to run up
the averages, which has now been proved, will tell very much
against the landowners in calculating the sum they will have
to give as rent-charge under the Commutation of Tithe Act.
Let them look to this. The commutation for tithes will be
settled by the annual average prices of corn in the market
through the whole year; but it is well known that that ave-
rage annual price does not represent what the farmers receive.
The price always rises most after the corn has left their hands
and has got into those of the speculators. The average is
always, therefore, considerably above what the farmers receive.
The money juggle operates also to give low prices to the
farmers, and high prices to the speculators; so that the rate
of tithe commutation will be determined, not by what the
farmers actually sell their corn for, but by that sum heightened
by what it is sold for by speculators, and the consequence will
be that the commutation will be always fixed at a considerably
higher rate than the agriculturist will actually get for his crops.
He, poor man, is doomed to be plundered by the idle tithe-
owner and speculator, and therefore remains poor.—Brighton
Guardian.
At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Saviour's,
Southwark, held yesterday evening, on the subject of a
Church-rate (the further consideration of which was post-
poned for a week), it was stated that a few years ago some of
the parishioners had thought proper to object to the payment
of 2001. per annum for the services of a clergyman connected
with the parish, contending that 100/. was an ample remune-
ration. The immediate consequence was an application to
Parliament on the subject, and the ultimate result that, in
addition to 1,000/. expences, the sum to be paid was settled at
300/, the recusants having a very narrow escape from a bur-
then of 4001.
THE STORM ON THURSDAY.—Thursday after-
noon a severe storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by
torrents of rain, passed over this town. It was felt more par-
ticularly at Danbury, which it passed over in a direction from
north to south, extending several miles in width, and was
a considerable.vev
of
the
abovefe w
i s ofh ,
werebarley,
from
brought
accompanied by a terrific hail-storm. The damage done to
fitheeld
a
to our office on Friday, exhibiting the destructive effects
of the hail stones, which were as large as beans. A
correspondent at Woodham Ferris, who is a sufferer
from the storm, thus addresses us on the subject :—" I had
at the time about twenty-five acres of wheat uncut, which
cropsbe belonging very
r yto a fm
is beaten
yi oyn. udt
oats t
the
h et
nh . ee
restv
ee x
cutt c n
in, t
some ofth
of r o
swarth
a themetrht rh e ; t
gto
ha
et f
yho ue
are
er bushelsed
ready
thrashed pfoevr
appearance, being cut in numberless pieces.
acre.
carting, a
out very much. My cabbage and mangel leaves have
aTlmieosotatsraogngaend adjoining farm, lam informed, are more than
half beaten out, and the barley is much injured. At Danbury,
Hazeleigh, and Purleigh the storm has done great damage, the
which continued a quarter of an hour, was at-
standing barley at the former place being nearly thrashed out.
tTehndeed itstw9rml; heavy peals of thunder and a brisk wind, causing
wheatDkhuyr
iitihg the
ttlhai
genhdstitonoigrni
storm,
n: atthhfiveee field,
1, ebeet
sheavesrloi
electric
g fluidi
beingn g
totallyta fiiVrler . t
0G:0:14101:o,
the hail stones to fall much heavier." At North Fambridge
cottages,
'Waßunautn con-
sumed. Crave
Vsnd
!et aurcfd
Anson ; fortunately the families the property of Viscount Maynard,ilie situate at at, Brick-
end, Hall, occupied by two labourers, named
but the cottages were totally consumed.—Essswe.er rHerald.omlioille,
aNpEpS,S,EinSteAdT
iTnnEseCptEeNL.ReArLlaCstrutmores
FEES To COUNSEL AND EcXIENSE_S. OF WIT-
NESSES
in their report al ni,u.uethhu.sils.nottoic notice thee
()foe
COURT.—.The COITITIIIttO2
xAaLmine into the accounts of
the City Chamberlain,
seisd
opraeidd
at
to
tCounsel,
Court of Common Council
expenditure of the City ncl
. ~ In our examinatiot
accounts, we find that considerable Acts
of are paid annually
under the authority of various
of Parliament ; for fees payable to Counsel, and expenses
of witnesses attending Central Criminal
for a t the
oval
prosecuting felons of Scotch
expenses in the rem
rod Irish pau •
paupers, and of inquests held by the coroner,
which charges are directed to be aid out of the county-
rate made from the city or borough, in respect of which such
expenses are incurred ; but inasmuch as the corporation have
not resorted to such mode of reimbursement, and the said ex-
penses have greatly increased and are still increasing, we
think it inequitable 'should be
that the whole of such expenses
paid out of the funds of e hcitizens in relief of the tinha-
bitants of the city of London very considerable
generally ; a
portion of whom are
who refuse to become free, or
persons
to share in the personal duties or services of citizens, although
occupying as wholesale dealers, &c., a considerable part of
the most valuable Property of the City ; but are content to
avail themselves of such relief at the expence of the property
of the citizens. \VO, therefore, e
-0, therefore, beg to suggest that it should
he recommended to the Court of Common Council to consider
the propriety of ascertaining whether any, and what means
should be adopted, either b
opted, to levy a rate upon such persons, .
.y
an assessment in the nature of a county rate, or otherwise, in
reimbursement, not only of their fair proportion of the ex-
penses before referred to but also in aid of such other expenses
of this City,
which, by the law of the land,
county rate."

Ni less than 83 vessels laden with grain passed out
of the Baltic in the week ending August the 7th. Of these
cargoes 74 were
of wheat destined to British ports.
The slumber of persons that viewed the State apart-
ments at Windsor Castle on Sunday last, was upwards of GOO,
and the Sunday previous considerably above that number.
Reading Mc,.
Cur!

1 Total

Portsmouth
Sheerness ..
Plymouth

In a state of ordinary commission
Ready for Launching

Total
Making a grand total 01
IN CONIMI
Guns.

16 I 20 I
77 sail of the line.

sSION.

16
18
19

Howe
frigate's crew on board.
Britannia l2O Flagship at Portsmouth.
Royal Adelaide
Princess Charlotte 104 Flagship, Mediterranean.
Asia B4
Bellerophon
Vanguard
Rodney
Cornwallis
Donegal
Edinburgh
Hastings .. 74
Hercules
Malabar
Minden ...
Pembroke
Russell 74 Gibraltar.
Talavera 74 Mediterranean.
t East Indies, only 50 guns mounted,
•• '' and a frigate's crew.
~ 1 Cape of Good Hope, 50 guns, and
a frigate's crew.

Wellesley

Melville

READY FOR LAUNCHING.
Guns. Station.
92

92
,
80 ... (nearly) Pembroke