The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Risorgimento of Turin has the following from
Florence, 20th inst., concerning the prohibition of
the funeral ceremony in memory of Charles Albert:—
" A subscription had been opened here for a funeral
ceremony to be celebrated to the memory of
the late Charles Albert, and permission had
been applied for to Government fur the purpose.
The permission was delayed some time, but was granted
at last, and the ceremony was to take place in
the Church of Santa Croce. Half the inhabitants of
Florence intended to be present, notwithstanding the
ceremony was to be restricted withing the limits of the
greatest simplicity. There was to be a simple in-
scription over the door as follows:—' To Charles Albert
the Magnanimous,' then the arms of Savoy over the
cenotaph, nothing else. General d'Aspre even published
an order of the day to his troops inviting the
Austrh.n officers to assist at the ceremony. It so hap-
pened, however, that the Sardinian Ambassador, Villa-
marina, neglected an invitation to a grand festival
given by General d,Aspre in honour of the anniver-
sary of the Emperor of Austria's accession to the
throne. General d'Aspre took offence at this, hastened
to the Ministers, and insistedion the funeral ceremony for
Charles Albert being suspended, which was accordingly
done at the eleventh hour. Villamarins, it is said, in-
censed at such an insult, has written to his Government
for authorisation to celebrate a funeral ceremony in the
name of the Sardinian Embassy. The Tuscan Govern-
ment has extended its prohibition to Pisa, Lucca, and al
other principal towns."
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sented a Bill on several reforms to be introduced in
different articles of the Civil Code, in order to make
them harmonise with the Constitution. The Minister
of Finance also presented a report on the situation of
the public treasury, and the ways and means to meet
the present financial difficulties.
The Milan Gazette of the 23d gives an official
account of the disturbances that took place at Milan
on the 18th on the occasion of the Emperor's birthday.
It further states that 20 of the persons arrested have
been condemned to the bastinado, and 14 to several
months' imprisonment.

THE COMMON SENSE OF THE
HUNGARIAN QUESTION.
It is a gallant and noble thing to trample upon a
fallen nation. We may expect that the reverses of
the Hungarian arms will be followed up by attacks
upon the Hungarian character. Already this has been
begun by the writer of an article in Thursday's
Times, headed as above. The writer professes to have
resided on various occasions in Hungary, and to have
carefully studied Hungarian history and political
geography. If this is the case, he has done so to
little purpose.
He says, " the ultra Magyars wished to drive the
Croats and Tschechs by force into a foreign na-
tionality ;" and proceeds to assert, that "the unjusti
fiably violent methods used by them are indisputable.
The flogging of peasantry that refused the change of
language in public worship; the innumerable cases
of forcible interference between parent and child, in
the matter of education ; the refusal of the Magyar
censors to allow the Tschechs any newspaper what-
ever, in their mother tongue ; are all too incontest-
able to be effaced from the page of history."
Now it happens that there are no Tschechs in Hun-
gary. The writer, doubtless, means the Slovacks,
who belong to the same great Slavic branch as the
Tschechs of Bohemia. But letting this pass, we may
ask why, instead of vague charges, he does not pro-
duce at least one single fact bearing upon these
charges. Such similar accusations as have been made
in German papers have been invariably refuted. As
for Magyar censorship, the notion of such a thing is
most ridiculous. The censorship in Hungary was in
the hands of the Government, and consequently anti-
Magyar ; and it was always the policy of that Govern-
ment to fan the jealousies which existed in Hungary,
as they do everywhere else, betwedn races speaking a
different language.
It is false to date the occupation of the greater par
of Hungary by the Turks from the battle of Mohacs
After that battle, Solyman withdrew without occupy-
ing a single village of the realm. Whatever he and
his successors acquired was gained from Sovereigns of
the House of Hapsburg. After Austria had been
saved by Sobieski, the Austrian arms made progress
in Hungary, and gradually the Hungarian kingdom
was re-extended to its present limits ; but Hungary
could never, according to any maxim of national law,
have been considered a conquered province by the
House of Hapsburg. The election of each Hapsburg
Sovereign was accompanied by a solemn oath on his
part to respect the liberties and independence of the
realm ; and when, in 1687, the crown was rendered
hereditary in that family (consequently after the time
from which the writer of the letter dates the com-
mencement of the Constitution in Hungary), an
equally solemn oath was taken to the same effect by
the heir Joseph 1., who was crowned in the lifetime
of his father Leopold ; and has been repeated by
every one of the hereditary Sovereigns since that time,
with the exception of Joseph ll.—who is therefore
always counted an.usurper.
But it seems that Austria " rendered Hungary e
jure an independent kingdom, but de facto married to
Austria, by the imperial and royal armies forming ore
corps under the War-office of Vienna." This the
writer of the article asserts ; and does not perceive
that by so doing he shows, in its strongest colours,
the perfidy of the House of Hapsburg. For 165
years, according to this calculation, the House of
Hapsburg admitted by solemn oaths the de jure inde-
pendence of Hungary, while she was doing all in her
power de facto to render that independence a nullity.
Of course, as long as the House of Hapsburg could
send Hungarian regiments to Italy, and garrison
Hungary with Bohemian and Italian troops, her inde-
pendence was in a most precarious condition. The
Hungarians were fully justified in demanding a sepa-
rate Ministry of War, without which there could be
no permanent security for their liberties. Such was
the opinion of that great man, Count Szechenyi,
whose name has been pressed into the service of ab-
solutism in a way that he would be the first to repu-
diate if Providence should be pleased to restore his
faculties, and who himself took office, by the side of
Kossuth, in a Constitutional Ministry formed upon
those principles.
The curious ascending scale of civilisation in rural
Hungary, according to this writer's views, is one
that will hardly bear the test of inquiry. It must he
indeed a very strange taste that would prefer
the condition of the military frontier to that
of any part of civil Hungary. In most parts of
the Banat there are local advantages which will ac-
count for its flourishing condition, without seeking
any such cause as that of its having been longest
under imperial civil admininistration. But vil-
lages, could be pointed out in the Banat as wretched
as any that are to be found in any other part of
Hungary ; and villages could also be named in other
parts of Hungary that would do credit to the Banat.
With regard to passable roads and bridges, smiling
villages and neat cottages, the best-informed travellers
have been able to discover them in Hungary without
ascending the Save, Drave, or Danube, into Styria,
Austria, and the Tyrol.
If the Hungarian Reform Bills were passed only
at the eleventh hour, it was solely because since 1832
they have met with a most determined resistance on
the part of the Austrian Government. The present
war in Hungary cannot be said, according to any
known and familiar application of language, to have
begun in preventing a repeal of the union : for no
union ever existed except according to this newly-
fangled, far-fetched de facto interpretation. But a
union did exist, and had existed for eight centuries,
between Hungary and Croatia; which the House of
Hapsburg attempted by the most perfidious means to
dissolve.
As for the supposition that Austria will introduce
any system but that of absolutism, it is too childish
to be worth answering. The essence of the Austrian
system of government is to govern by a complicated
mechanism of salaried officials. The charter of Count
Stadion makes no provision for any real self-govern •
ment, and can only be forced upon the various peoples
that inhabit the Austrian territories at the point of
the bayonet.
The fruits of the great crime of the annihilation of
Hungarian Independence will be reaped by Russia.
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STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The Cambria's reports
of injury to the growing cotton from excessive rain,
followed by the anomaly of a quiet market in Liver-

LONDON,.

pool, have added not a little to day to the perplexi-
ties of our market. The commonness of such
reports at this period of the year, in every kind
of season, causes them to be now received
with much suspicion ; and yet it is felt that
statements made by all parties engaged in the busi-
ness, even the most cautious and trustworthy, cannot
be without some foundation. Still, the favourable
fact is looked at, that the rains had ceased, and finer
weather commenced, just before the dates of these
advices. The effect of all this has been a good deal
of irregularity in yarns. Many sppinners of such
numbers and qualities as are suitable fur home manu-
facture, have either raised their quotations or shown
an indisposition to enter into fresh engagements;
while there are others who have been a little
more inclined to accept orders; and on the part of
consumers, again, conflicting views and courses have
been observable, with a preponderance, however,
on the side of resistance to a further advance.
The India merchants may be said to be out
of the market—they are waiting for the mail,
which may be looked for towards the end of the
week. The buyers for the continent and markets
of the Mediterranean have operated with much
wariness and hesitation, and altogether on a very
restricted scale. The limited business now doing on
foreign account, is the direct consequence of a lower
range of prices in almost every other market than in
our own. In order that prices may rise to our level,
additional supplies must, for a time, be sparingly sent
out. After all, however, we have to report considerable
steadiness in the prices of spinnings for exportation. In
goods, the makes suitable for the east have continued
as dull as they were last week; indeed, almost all
fabrics have been neglected, except printing cloths,
which, in some widths and qualities, have been in
good demand, at full rates. The Greeks are pur-
chasing rather more freely, than of late, in conse-
quenCe of somewhat improved advices from Constan-
tinople and from Persia, particularly in regard to
printed calicoes.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The market has been un-
commonly brisk again to-day, especially for low-
wakes week, there but, on account of the past, being the
ere was a more limited number of
priced flannels •
pieces,
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slack
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pression or improvement as other staple trades. A
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few bales of silk, of tedious winding, require a month
or two ere they can be passed through the machinery,
and hence we have to report a continued steadiness
of employment in this department. Probably
the steady employment of the hands in this
department may in some measure be accounted
for by the higher rates at which thrown silk is now
selling (prices having advanced considerably) and also
by the manufacturers in Manchester and elsewhere,
having been large buyers of raw silk, which they are
giving out to throwsters here and in Congleton, to work
for hire. We are surprised to hear of the continued
slackness in the manufacturing department, as we un-
derstand the dyers are well employed, which is generally
considered a fair criterion of the state of trade.
This must be owing to the very large quantities of
weaving sent from here to the, rural districts of
Cheshire and Lancashire, in consequence of the lo w
prices at which weaving is done there. The import
of foreign silk goods appears to go on increasing;
but this may probably be accounted for by the
large quantities re-exported to America and other
markets.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The goods at all
adapted for the season exhibited in the Cloth-hall, met
with purchasers as early as ten o'clock this morning.
In the warehouses there is still considerable activity.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—No large amount of goods
has changed hands in our Piece Hall to day, but there
is a good deal doing to order, and in the warehouses.
In prices there is no variation. Yarns continue to be
in good demand at former quotations, and there_ is a
moderate inquiry for wool, at late rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Not much doing today at the
halls, but there have been considerable deliveries of
goods made to order direct from the clothiers. Prices
are steady and stocks lower than usual. A very brisk
business is doing in the warehouses, both for home
and foreign trade.

TAW VALE RAILWAY AND DOCK.

The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this company was held yesterday at the
London Tavern, Mr. John Sharland, chairman of the
board of directors, in the chair.
The following was the report :
" Your directors have forwarded the financial state-
ment for the past half-year to each proprietor, and have
confined their operations since the last meeting to en-
forcing calls and paying off various claims on the com-
pany; having suspended the construction of works in
March last, with the exception of such as they were
compelled top roceed with.
"Your directors regret the decision of the Commis-
sioners of Railways, in opposition to the all but unani-
mous prayer of the shareholders, and of almost every
landowner and occupier on the lice, as to the gauge, has
operated so ruinously on the shareholders, that many
have transferred their interests, and others cannot be
induced to pay the calls; your directors, however, are
not without hope that Parliament may yet relieve them,
by sanctioning a change of gauge at no very distant
period, particularly as the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, who, before the Commissioners of Railways,
and the Parliamentary Committee, expressed their
readiness to take the line, have now declined to do so
on any terms.
" Your directors are under the painful necessity of
submitting for your confirmation the forfeiture of 4,640
shares, upon which calls are in arrest., the required
notices of the forfeiture of which have been given to the
respective proprietors; a resolution for such purpose
will be submitted to you.
" The directors submit to the consideration of the
shareholders, the following plan for re-issuing these
forfeited shares; also a statement, showing the present
position, and future prospects of the company ; these,
with other matters, they intend to submit, with the ap-
proval of this meeting, for confirmation, to the share-
holders, at an extraordinary meeting to be convened for
the purpose.
" Ist. That the forfeited shares be re-issued, as 201.
scrip preference shares, with credit for 41. as a deposit
paid thereon, bearing interest or preference dividend et
the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, in perpetuity, and
shall be issued to the proprietors of Taw Vale Railway
and Dock shares, rateably to the number of shares held
by each proprietor, who stands registered in the com-
pany's books on the day fixed for such extraordinary
meeting, and who shall on or before that day have paid
81. on each share.
" 2d. That the holders of these 201. scrip preference
shares shall have the privilege of paying all or any por-
tion of the calls in advance, receiving interest thereon
from the Ist of the month next following the day of pay-
ment of such advance; and, until the 30th December,
1852, shall have the option of claiming to be registered
as either proprietors of Taw Vale Railway and Dock
shares, or stock; or, as proprietors of 5 per cent. per-
petual preference shares.
"That the following be the conditions on which the
preference shares shall be issued, viz.—lst. That a call of
3/., making 71. per share paid, be paid within one month
after the issue; and unless paid by the date named, the
letter of allotment to become cancelled, and the scrip
shares represeated thereby be immediately otherwise
disposed of at the discretion of the directors. That a
second call of 3/. per share be made payable three
months after the first call. A third call of a per share
be made payable three months after the second call. A
fourth call of 31. per share be made payable three
months after the third 'call. A fifth call of SI. per
share be made payable three months after the fourth call;
and a sixth and final call of 11. per share be made payable
three months after the fifth call. The interest to com-
mence on the whole amount of 201., the Ist of the next
month after the third call is paid.
" 2d. That if any one of the last five calls be not
paid on or before the day specified, all interest from that
day shall cease; and it unpaid for one month with in-
terest, the scrip shares and all previous payments
thereon shall, without further notice, become absolutely
forfeited.

" 3d. That the said preference scrip shares issued in
lieu of the said forfeited shares, together with such
additional preference scrip shares as may be issued in
lieu of 201. shares hereafter forfeited, shall be the only
shares having a primary preference dividend.
" 4th. The directors propose that only 21. per share
more shall be called on the existing 201. shares, making
in all 101. paid, until the money to be raised by the pre..
ferenco scrip shares and the borrowing powers of the
company shall be tested.
" sth. The directors propose that the existing 201.
shares, on which Si. has been paid or may be paid on or
before the said extraordinary meeting, shall continue to
receive interest from the day of such meeting, until the
lino is opened from Crediton to Barnstaple, after which
they shall take all surplus income, after payment of the
preference shareholders.

•° Your directors annex to this report a statement of
the position of your affairs, and submit also for your
consideration a statement showing, that by a deviation
of your present Parliamentary line, by which you will
avoid 1,400 yards of tunnelling, your line from Crediton
to Barnstaple can be finished by the means proposed,
for 100,0001. less than the Parliamentary estimate, viz.
for 447,8211., instead of 548,0001., and have a surplus of
40,5791. to meet interest and contingencies."
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to questions put by a
proprietor, said he had much difficulty in addressing
the meeting on the subject of the report, as the do-
cument had been altered since it had been agreed to
and printed. The report in the hands of the proprie-
tors had been aggceed to on that day week by a very
small board ; but to day the board had been more

numerously attended, and it was thought by a inajo-
rity of the directors present that they had better not
put that report forward; but that it would tend to
advance the interests of the company to leave out the

portions alluded to and insert the additional paragraph
just read. There were, the Chairman said, gentle-
men present who would no doubt explain why the
document had been altered. He certainly felt himself

in rather a difficult position, as he had taken a prin.
cipal part in drawing up the original report, because
he thought the propositions set forth would promote
the interests of the company; but the majority of the

directors were of a different opinion. He felt
convinced the Taw Vale Railway would be a
paying concern, and he would state his reasons
for thus thinking. In the session of 1844
the North Devon line was brought forward.
It was thirty-two miles in length, and was to go
through the very same district of country that would
be traversed by the Taw Vale. The capital to he
raised for it was 400,0001. Proper parties were em-
ployed to take the traffic, and they proved before a
Committee of the House of Commons that the gross
receipts for passengers and merchandise would amount
to 44,0001. per annum.
A PROPRIETOR said he believed that fact was never
proved.
The CHAIRMAN said he was not saying that it was,
he was referring to the evidence given before a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons. Taking the work-
ing expenses at 40 par cent., namely 17,6004, the net-
profit on the traffic would be 26,400/ When they
went for their extension they made it 31 miles long
—that was a mile shorter than the other, and they
did this by a projected tunnel. It was now thought
right that the tunnel should be avoided, and the
intention was to Take it of the original extent-32
miles. Mr. Pare s estimate of the traffic of the line
was 42,4801. Now, taking the working expenses at
40 per cent., namely, 16,992/., the net profit would
be 25,490/. They were at that time contemplating
an arrangement with the Bristol and Exeter Company,
between whom and themselves, if the arrangement had
been effected, the surplus of 3,570/. would have been
divided. He had recently been over the district
through which this line would pass, and with every
inch of which he (the Chairman) was intimately
acquainted. He eras accompanied by a gentleman,
also acquainted with the neighbourhood, who was
also satisfied that the calculations which he (the
Chairman) was about to give of the estimated taffic
of the line was perfectly correct. They made out
passengers, goods, and mineral traffic would
produce 40,405/. per annum, and the rents of the
that the
sheds and the dock dues would produce a further
sum of 1,000/. per annum, giving a gross revenue of
41,405/. Allowing forty-two per cent. for working
expenses on 17,1991., and paying the interest on the
182,600/, borrowed capital, the preference shares and
the sum required to open the line, there would be a
surplus of 1,4361. The estimated traffic of 22/. per
mile per week was a very moderate estimate. He
found from the railway returns that the Bristol and
Exeter cost 32,000/. per mile and earned 56/. per
mile per week; the Eastern Counties cost 39,0001.
per mile and earned 551. per mile per week ; and the
Great Northern, 126 miles of which were open, had
cost 33,0004, and took 201. per mile per week, but the
Great Northern had not yet the advantage of the
through traffic. The Great Western had cost 47,000/.
per mile, and its receipts were 82/. per mile per week.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire had cost 45,000/., and
its receipts were 981. per mile per week. The Hon.
Gentleman.gave the cost per mile and the receipt per
mile per week of the following railways as follows :

Colt Receipt
per mile. per mile.
London and North Western £42,000 .. £ll2
London and Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern .... 50,000 ... 72
South Devon .... 35,000 .. 39
York and Newcastle
York and North Midland .. 17,000 .. 43
And the Taff Vale Railway, which most nearly
resembled this railway in the character of its length,
had cost 20,5001., and the traffic produced 411. par
mile per week. Now, the cost of the Taw Vale
would be, for the 35 miles which they proposed to
open, 12,7951 per mile, including docks, &c. The
town population along the Taff Vale Railway, was
55,000, and its length 38 miles. The receipts
per mile per week were 411., or 41,9201. per
annum. The company paid four per cent,
on . some portion of their preference capital,
and five per cent upon another part ; yet they divided
Si. 7s. 6d. percent. on the original share.. Now, the
Taw Vale town population was 91,000 ; the traffic in
coal, lime, and calm, &c., was estimated to be con.
siderable, and he firmly believed there was no line
in the kingdom that would show a lower cost per
mile, or pay a better dividend. The Hon. Gentle.
man then proceeded to move the adoption of the re-
port as altered.
Mr. J. WILKINSON (solicitor) inquired the names
of the directors who were present when the original
report was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said himself, Colonel Henderson.
Mr. Wilton, Mr. Tite, and Mr.
Mr. J. WiraiiNsoN wished also to know the names
of the directors present when it was altered.
The CHAIRMAN said himself, Mr. Chaplin, Mr.
Townsend, Mr. Wilton, Mr. Woolmer, the Hon. Mr.
Scott, and Colonel Henderson.

Eventually, after much noisy discussion, the mo-
tion, for the adoption of the report, was adjourned
fur further consideration, and thanks having been
voted to the Chairman, the meeting terminated.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Thomas Povey, 36, labourer, was indicted for
stealing a quantity of silk tabaret, valued at 131., the
property of the Eastern Counties Railway; and Sa-
muel Jones, 49, Joseph Lucas, 43, and James Thomp•
son, 39 —the three last-mentioned persons surrender-
ing to take their trial—were indicted for feloniously
receiving the property in question, knowing it to have
been stolen.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Cockerell conducted the
prosecution ; Mr. BPMahon appeared for Povey ; and
Messrs. Prendergast, Payne and Metcalfe defended
the receivers.
It appeared in evidence that on the 2d of June a
parcel of goods, among which was the piece of ta-
baret in question, was dispatched by the Eastern
Counties Railway from Braintree, addressed to
'Messrs. Warlter and Co., Wilson-street, Finsbury
The train arrived in due course at the Shoreditch
station on Sunday morning, the 3d of June, and it
was moved off the main line and remained there until
the following morning, when, upon the train being
unloaded, it was discovered that Messrs. Warlter's
parcel had been opened, and the piece of tabaret
stolen therefrom. The prisoner Povey was employed
upon the railway, and therefore had an opportunity of
taking the property, but there was no distinct evidence
when or how it was removed. In consequence of
inquiries, however, that were made by Inspector
Shackell, who is engaged now in the service of the
company, the whole of the prisoners were apprehended,
and by his subsequent exertions the circumstances
connected with the robbery were discovered.
Sergeant TEAKLe, deposed that on the 29th of June
he went, with Mr. Shackell, to toe shop of Messrs.
Hampton and Co , in Leicester-square, and inquired
of the shopman what was the price of the piece of
tabaret which he saw in the window. The shopman
replied that it was 3s. 9d. per yard, and he added that
it was " very cheap" at that price. He saw a gentle-
man in the shop, and informed him that the tabaret
had been stolen, and he then inquired how they be-
came possessed of it, and he was informed that they
had purchased it of a person named Jones. Upon
receiving this information he took the prisoner Jones
into custody, and inquired of him if he had sold any
tabaret lately in Leicester-square, and he replied that
he had, but said he had forgotten the price he received
for it. He then told him that the article had been
stolen, and asked him where he got it from, and he
referred him to Lucas, whom he accordingly took into
custody, and upon his questioning him regarding the
stolen property, he said he had got it from Thompson,
the fourth prisoner, and on his being taken into cus-
tody he said that Povey had brought the article to his
house to sell, and that knowing nothing of the value
of such things he had applied to Lucas and Jones.
Povey was then taken into custody, and on his being
informed that he was charged with stealing the tabaret
he admitted that he had taken it to Thompson to sell,
but said that it had been given to him by a man
named Bolton, who was also employed upon the
railway.
Shackell confirmed the evidence given by Teakle,
and also produced a bill of parcels given by Messrs.
Hampton and Co., to Jones, by which it appeared
that they had given ls. 3d. a yard for the article,
which was valued by the manufacturer at ss. per
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Mr. W. Hampton was next called—He deposed
that he carried on business as an upholsterer in
Leicester-square, and that he purchased the article
produced of the prisoner Jones. The number of
yards appeared by the bill of parcels to be 38k, but
the actual quantity was 40 yards.
The RECORDER asked why the exact quantity
was not stated ? Mr. Hampton replied, that a por-
tion of the tabaret was stained, and that was not in-
cluded. _ .

The RECORDER inquired what price he gave for it ?
Mr. Hampton said 15d. per yard.
The RECORDER—Then was it " very cheap" at
33. 9d. F—The witness said he was not in the way
when that price was a,!lted. He should have sold it
much cheaper.
The REcoanEn—What was your price ? Witness
—We did not agree to sell it. _

The REcoaDEn-LThenWhat did you put it in the
window for ? Witness—We put all our goods in the
window.

Mr. BALLAcTINE—And I suppose the shopmen
have instructions to say that everything is cheap ?
The RECORDER—At the rate this article was
bought, this ought to be the cheapest shop in London.
Mr. Hampton said, he would not give a farthing
more than he did for such an article.

The RECORDER—What did you give ? Mr. Hamp-
ton—l gave 21. Bs.
Mr. BALLAETIRB—Not quite is. Did you not