The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-22 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

(From the West Briton.)
We regret to have to state that symptoms of discontent
have been manifested by the miners in different parts of
the county, in consequence of the shipment of corn for
the eastern ports. The last harvest in Cornwall was in many
parts abundant, and on the whole was a fair average crop;
it was also saved in general in excellent condition. That
this was not the case in some parts of the kingdom there is
too much reason to believe, and the superior quality and
abundance acorn here have naturally attracted the attention
of the corn-factors, who have bee❑ purchasing and ship-
ping grain at the different ports. The consequence has been
that the farmers finding that they could readily dispose of
their corn in large quantities to the factors, have done so ;
the markets are no longer so fully supplied as before, and
the difficulty of obtaining small quantities of grain
has become a source of complaint to persons, who,
disliking to purchase flour of the importers, conceive they
see in the shipment of grain the cause of the inconvenience
they experience ; not considering that in a commercial
country, like this, it is impossible a scarcity should be ex-
perienced in one part, whilst another enjoyed abundance ;
or that prices in different districts can, on the whole, vary
much beyond the expense of conveyance and a fair profit
to the dealer. From the causes just stated, a body of
stream-tinners, from Luxullian, Roche, and the adjoining
parishes, collected on Friday last, and proceeded to Wade-
bi idge and Padstow, where shipments of corn were being
male for Plymouth and other parts of the kingdom. The
poor men conducted themselves in a more orderly manner
than could have been expected ; they were met by the
Magistrates and some gentlemen of the neighbourhood,
who mildly but firmly remonstrated with them on the
folly and dangerous consequences of their conduct, and
succeeded in inducing them to return without offering any
violence to those engaged in shipping the corn. We ab-
stain from saying more on the subject at present.
On Tuesday last, about 300 miners of St. Just entered
Penzance in a body, and proceeded to the quay there, for
the purpose of preventing the exportation of a quantity of
barley then in the course of shipment by Messrs. Bran-
well and sons. The two resident Magistrates of the
town, Robert Richards and Edward Collins Giddy, Esqrs.
with several of the inhabitants, repaired to the quay, when
they found that the shippers had promised they would not
export the corn, which was accordingly taken hack to the
warehouses, This measure completely satisfied the miners,
and they returned at once to their homes.

The Rev. AUGUSTUS FITZCLARENCE, Of
Mapledurharn, Berks, unsolicited by his parishioners, has
reduced his tithes 10 per cent. The charities of this be-
nevolent gentleman to the poor throughout the winter
love been most extensive.

We understand that the Duke of NEWCASTLE,
as Lord Lieutenant of the county, has resolved not to add
the names of any Clergymen to the new Commission of the
Peace. We must express our approbation of his Grace's
disinclination to Clerical Justices.—Nottingham Review.
MINERAL FAT.—Last week, in a piece of
iron mine at Merthyr, called " Blackpin," some men dis-
covered a species of fat substance, resembling candle grease,
which has caused great speculation among the miners in
that neighbourhood. When thrown into the fire it melts
and flames, like any other oily matter. We are not suffi-
ciently skilled in mineralogy to say whether this be an en-
tirely new discovery or net. The oldest and most expe-
rienced miners at Merthyr have never before met with any
thing of the kind.--Monmouthshire Merlin.
A BAD OPINION OF ONESELF.—_A boy
who had been brought up in a log-house in Ohio, which
of course was not much encumbered with useless furni-
ture, was one day sent on an errand to a neighbour's
house, where several articles of more fashionable furniture
had just been received from the Eastward, and among
other things a looking-glass, which was suspended oppo-
site the door. The boy had never before seen his own face,
and when on entering the house, the first object which
presented itself was a dirty-looking face, surrounded by
long, yellow, shaggy hair, &c. he was so affrighted that,
without ceremony, he ran home as fast as his legs could
carry him, exclaiming—" Daddy, daddy,-1 ve seen the
devil !"—American Paper.