The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-20 00:00:00

CLERICAL IN TELLIGENCE.

PREFERDIENTA AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. William
Walter Tireman, M.A., to the Rectory of bowers
Gifford, void by the cession of the Rr.v. J. Block.
The Rev. R. Allen, Rector of Barcome, Sussex, has
been instituted to the Prebend of Exceit, on the presenta-
tion of her Maje.ty.
The Rev. Joseph Ashby Morris, M.A., has been insti-
tuted by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, to the vicarage of
Hampton in-Arden, in the county of Warwick, vacant by
the.death of 11. T. Woodingtoa, Clerk, on the presenta-
tion of the Master and Brethren of the Keil of Lciceiter's
Hospital, in Warwick.
The Rev. Aaron Rogers, M. A., to the Perpetual Cu-
racy of the church of the district parish of the Holy
Trinity, Bristol, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Thomas
Fr3er Jennngs.
The Lord Bishop of Killaloe has nominated the Rev.
T. Townsend, Curate of Doonar, to the Rectory of Kil-
ruzne, near Nenagh, vacant by the death of the Rev.
Thomas Hawkcsworth.

OBITUARY —At Harrow-on-the Hill, in the 633 year of
his age, tie Rev. Henry Drury, lower roaster of Harrow
School, and Rector 6f Fingest, Bucks.
At Tunbridge Was, on ti,e 7th inst., the Rev. Robert
Mayne, aged 63, fir 343 cars Rector of Li tnisfield, Surrey.
Aged 76, the Rev. William Cockin, 35 years Rector of
MinchinharnFton.eum- Rodborough and Chessington, Glou-
cestershit e.

Aged 67, the Rev. L. Walton, Perpetual Curate of
Wending, Nerfolk, and many years Master of the Free
G. ammar School at S:arning.
A6c 1 53, the Rev. Thomas Oldfield Bartlett, eldest son
of the late Thomas Bartlett, Esq., of Wareham, 25 years
cltr uf Swanage, Dorsetshire.
The Rev. Warner H. Haunagan, late Curate of
Houghton-lc-Spring, in the 33d year of his age.
Aged 42, the Rcv. John Morris' Edwards, vicar of
Towyn, Me. ionotbshire.
After a short illness, the Rev. Jetea.iah Watson, of
Arnwood, Hants., aged 63.

THE GOVERFOR FENNER.—This unfortu-
nate vessel, it wculd stem, has gone to pieces on the coast
of Wale,. The mate, we understand, has Leen down to
Criccieth and Aberffraw, and recovered a trunk belonging
to himself, and another the property of his wife, which bad
been thrown up in that neighbourhood. The beach for
sixty inks along the coast was thickly strewed with per ions
of the wreck. At Aberff aw, a chest belonging to Wm.
Thorns, one of the passengers from Cheltenham, we be-
Lev and containing wearing apparel, books, and sixty
pounds in money had been fcund, and at Criccieth, a
'rank, full if female dresses, belonging to a couple lately
married a,. Chester, but whose names are, nit in cur pos-
session, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk of
Mr. Thorns a le.ter was found, mitten by Mr. Dugan, of
Watt riot-toad, re commending the bearer to his relatives
in Americo. Him they made acquainted with the affair,
and he immediately wrote to Mr. Thorns on the subject ;
and, yesterday moa:ing, Mr. Dugan and the widow re-
tarried from Wales, bringing with them the contents of
the trunk, conriAiirg of clothes, 13 sovereigns, two Ame-
rican eagles, and 250 dollars, which she sold to Messrs.
Durandu and Luff, money brokers. It is stated, that
several other boxes have come on shore at different parts
of the coast, and the hull of the Governor Wenner was
seen only a few days since. It is to be hoped the vessel
may be recovered, as there is little doubt there are many
valuaLLs still remeieieg in her.:--Liverpool Mercury.
DRURY.LANE THEATRE.—Spohr's Jessonda
was l eiformed at this theatre on Thursday. It is unneces-
sary to describe the merits of a composition so well-known
and that stands so high in the opiaion of all good judges.
Madame It inefetter's representation t f the character of
Jessonda was beautiful, and drew forth much applause.
Ilaitzinger's personation of the young Brasxin, Nadori,
was full of poetry as well as of music. Herr Mel inger
(who appeared for the tirst time in England) aequitted
himself ably in the character of Tristan d'Autinha, the Por-
tugue3e commander ; and the sweet part of Amazili was
sweetly played by Madame Schumann. The orchestra
and chorus were superb, and all the arrangements excel-
lent in every respect.
POSSESSION OF SPUMOUS COI/C.—A MAN
FINED 2,4421 AT THE LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT I—A
remarkable cave was, on Thursday, brought before Mr.
Rushton, at the Police Court, Liverpool. A man, named
John Jennings, keeper of a beer-house, was placed at the
bar, on a charge of basing had in his possession a quantity
of base coin, in breach of a strirgent statute of George
111. It appeared, from the esiuerice, that the prisoner
had become pos.essed of a great number of coins, made of
a white metal, in imitation of Spanish and American dol-
lar,. They were produced in Court, and were fastened
two and two together with a single oblong li ik, inserted
through a stalk soldered to each, like old-fashione I
sleeve buttons, but larger, as if intended to In used for
keeping together a tight coat or cloak.—Mr. Ow, a
master butcher, said, that the :prisoner had brought the
large quantity of coins produced to his house for safety,
and that he had stated that they were worth from 200/. to
3001. He had, accordingly, put them under lock and key.
They Wire callel for by the police, who, on searching the
prisoner's house, were told by hiin where they were. - The
prisoner had also sold six of them, linked together, to a
man for half a crown, and refused to return the money
as hen the man repented of his bargain. —Mr. Owen, who
apps ared for the defence, ca'led Joseph Lawrence, a
brewer's clerk, whose employer ser ed the prisoner with
ale, who stated that he had frequently seen the coins
lying about the prisoner's house ; that he made no secret
of them, and never passed them off for, or sal they were,
silver. He (the prisoner) stated, that he had bought them,
in exchange fur cloth, from a man who Lai bought them
at an aucion room some months ago, and was not aware
that it was illegal to have them. Margaret Eaton, the
prisoner's housekeeper, also stater', that she had seen
them le ing about the house,. that the children were
allowed to play with them ; that the prisoner never re-
pre e ted them, or sold any of them, as silver; and that
he seemed to put no value upon them. He had given
some of them to orange girls and others, in exchange for
oranges and other trifling articles.—Mr. Rushton said, the
statemeat, that the prisoner considered them of no value,
did not agree with his representation to Mr. Ortt, that
they were worth from 2001 to 3001. He should convict the
prisoner under the istetirie fir having them in his posse:-
sion. He must pay a fine of 40;, on each piece found above
the number of five, or be imprisoned for three mouths. The
number of coins found was 1,226. Deducting five from
this, left 1,221, which, at 40e. each, made the amount
of the fine 2,4421. sterling l Had the full fine of 51. on
each been requited, in pla.e of the minimum amount fixed
by she Act, toe amount would have been 6,105/. The
prisoner, of course, was, in default, sent to gao!.-111..
Rushtun remarked that it was well that the coin had been
discovered ; for it would, no doubt, hoe e been disposed of
to poor emigrants, who had no perfect knowledge of Ame-
rican money, and might have been deceived by it. He
gave orders that Lieutenant Harvey, of the Emigration.
office, should be informed of the case, so that emigratitz
might be put upon the r guard, lest any of it should
already hay. gone abroad. The whole of the " button"
will be sect to the Mint, where it will, doubtless, be de_
trued.

BOTTOMLESS LAKE.--The following is the
first notice we have ever met with of a very remarkable
pun ?, in Saratoga county, New York. If the account,
which is taken from the Troy Mail, be true, it discloses a
curious natural phenomenon :—" White Laike is situated
about one mile west of the Paulius Kill, in the town of
Stillwater. It is ne•rly circular. It has no visible inlet,
but its owlet is a never-failing stream of consideraLle wag.
nitude. Ihe name is derived from its apps arance. Viewed
from a little distance it seems of milky whiteness, except a
few rods in the centre, which, by the contrast, appear
perfectly black. Ile appearance itself is singular
enough, but the cause itselt is still more remarkable:
From the centre or dark portion of the lake,
at stated seasons, innumerable quantiees of shells are
thrown up of various sizes and forms, but all perftc!ly
white. These float to the shore, and are thrown upon
the beach, or sink iota shallow water. Hundreds of
bushels rnigl t be gathered from the shore after one
of these periodic 1 upsprings ; ar.d the whole soil
far soer:,l rods on every side of the lake is composed of
those shell-, broken or decomposed by the action of the
weather. In tie centre of the lake, bottom has
never been found, although it has been sounded to the
depth of several hundred test. Where, then, is the grand
deposit from which has Lecn swelling up since the memory
(.f man these countless myriads of untenanted shells ?
Is it possible, thzt, though far rernote at an elevation of
scveral hundred feet abote them, this bottomless well may,
by some subterranean communication, be connected with

tie graud shell marl eeposit in the eastern part cf the
State?"—lllcntreal Courier. —Query. Can this story be
depended upon, or it a apecinien of American penny-a-
lining ?—Edit. Mercury.
CONSUMPTION OF COFFEE.—The culture of
coffee, which about fifty years egl was nearly unknown
throughout the whole continent of SJuth Americr, now
produces, in Brazil alone, the enormous quantity of
135,000,0001b5., or something more lien one, half of what
annually finds its way from all quarters into the European
markets; our own West Indian colonies contributing but
a twelfth pat to the three hundred millions of pounds at
which the yearly consumption of this commodity has been
rated.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.p.,
intends presenting Ihe members cf the ceasing rooms about
to be formed at Tamworth with a valutible collection of
works, both mot al and scientific.

The Antwerp steam-sfiip Princess Victoria,
Capt. Jackson, arrived here on Thursday morning, after a
passage of only 20 ho)atti.

MORNING EDITION.

FORMER STATE of LANCASHIB'

44,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—ln the leading article of yesterday's PaPer'
you asked, what would Lancashire be withoutthe
cotton manufacture ? and replied to your own T 24"
by observing that, before its introduction, Lanessbira
was the poorest, or lowest, county in the kingtion'
Now, Sir, just allow me to correct the mistake 3"
have made. I have known Lancashire many yearn
and can state with truth, that it was much happier
and wealthier before the introduction of thel cot-
ton manufacture than it has ever been sill"
at least, if the wealth and happiness of n
$
county, is to be estimated by tl.e prosperous cencliti
of the people generally, railer than by the aceurnult.
tion of enormous riches in the hands of a few
duals. There is no country to which nature boa bee!
more bountiful. It bad once noble mountains 31N,
lovely valleys, happy, meandering streams and verds7
meadows ; whilst the healthiness of the clirnsee,*e.
the fruitfulness of the soil, were apparent in the robes`
frames of the people. The people themselves were dir
tinguisl.ed above those of most other count:es for theird
honesty, industry, anti independence ; crime of any kill
was very rate, and robbery and burglary were in retif,
parts quite unknown ; whilst the smiling well-cared.'e
cottages marked tl.e provident character of their
mates. Alit I. this agreeable state of things has pass,
away ; and what has the cotton manufacture given u:
in its steal ? It has destroyed the level of dome t'c
happiness and industry, and created in lieu thereof toe
violent extremes ; the one, exhibiting the most apelliti!
wretchedness ; the other, the utmost profusion of 10,erie
and riches. The fair face of the country, every weer/
disfigured with large temples to Moloch, and rows (.3
• wretched dwellings, void of every trace of domestic
economy, and filled with squalid emaciated belegs'
sunken and degenerate in body and mind, aliens freeo
.
every country, the victims of incessant toil, witho'
reaping any teward for their labour that can avl,k; ch°
the ties of nature and affection for the country in„ vce,•
they Eve, and spreading with fat,l surety the vices g-;
paral le from the habits of such a condition ; havit4,
the seine time, the melancholy consciousness that tbe.:,
for whose interest this misery is endured, and into wiles"
hands the fruit of their labour passes, the lordly capita'
lists of the manufacturing districts, will abandon tb
on the first appearance of adversity to t. e geeetc;s
benevdonce of the Poor-law Commissioners. ILA
Sir, as far as Lancashire is concerned, the cotton mail; ";
facture has debased and impoverished the labeuer.„°:t
classes of the country. And with Tweet to its e'-t,,
upon the nation, it furnished the means to a prefilti;
and extravagant Minister for carrying on an unjust wat;
against the liberties of another people, enaLLd bitg„he
contract an enormous debt, has since supported 'b.
extravagance of every Government, and will prove the
ruin of our country. What virtues have sprung crciii,
it ? Was Hampden a cctton manufacturer ? was e
ton ? was Algernon Sidney ? What name is the.id
de.ir to England as associated with its rights :co
liberties that can be connected with this h"gr,
upon our country? I could wish, in your polttiew„ais,
titles, that you would assume a higher tone of tne'" -of
and teach something more promotive of the welfareto
mankind, than that it is the duty of the Legislatercol
encourage the accumulation of riches in the fenrco
the puriSsliment of poverty in the many. But 1;
of
my scstiments are so little in accordance with t
h n 9
the party for whom you write, that I do not expect
letter will be admitted into your: columns, which ar
served for such bombastic productions us, abotio't"r
in vague generalities, are meant ‘‘ but to °•',:i.o
the ear and to deceive the heart." I a11i,05;,1'
you must often write in opposition to your goo' e.l-
-
logs ; for you must be sensible of the truism, that w.lieg
a nation is poor it is virtuous and victorious, but riOi!,
bring with them corruption and decay. Even the' roe
roads, which you mention arose out of the bentfils (3 et
catton manufacture, may be adduced an one of the
striking instances of its pernicious effects upon s°ete
0,
for men are now doomed by it to such PerPthe
tual labour that they cannot even afford'
llt r
time requisite for a journey, unless conveyed 51f,:51
than the wind. My only inducement to aduri t
you has been the vindication of my native countY'l
which I still entertain the greatest regard, and whist
have been compelled to leave with feelings of the great
regret.—l remain, Sir,

Your obediznt bumble servant, A pi.
A LANCASHIRE MA

Bath, March 13.
[Our Correspondent is quite mistaken in atlPP°,shitler
that we have any reluctance to publish his letter, fet'it-t.O
than at this period the demands on our space
so great, that see cannot find room for all the col
lo
cations sent to us. At the same time, we cannot al
our Correspondent to suppose that we adroit au gi
statements to be unanswerable. He must be the
old man to remember any thing of Lancashire hefure
cotton manufacture was introduced there, which v tit
prior to the year 1770, and, therefore, we Place lean
little reliance on his complaints,twhich are based °rind,
facts. What it might have been without the cottoonToo
facture, may be conjectured from the present eel °o•
of Wilts, Sussex, and other exclusively agricultural , la
ties, in which the proportion of paupers to the %%le
population is 14 and 13 per cent., while, in Lnecas;.:l:
much as the people arc now distressed, is only
Our
.Correspondent's head is fuller of histor: thllon,
sent facts. The age demands no Hampden: DO P: 00t
no Algernon Sydney, and they are according'''. tg.
found either in our manufacturing or our rural distrtea
The agricultural counties are as guiltless of prodecce,
such men, as the most crowded pa.t of La"lisahvie-r-
What the worli wants is a means of feeding the:L-0 a
growing population, and th..t has been supPlic".;bel,
great ext nt by the ingenuity of men who have burl-air
if they were not born, in the cotton manufacturingi
tricts : Watt and Arkw right, in a great measure lefer,
to them. The late Sir Robert Peel was a cottoa-ru'-tha
faeturer, and whatever honour the son reflact3 on the
English nation, must, in part, be reflected back °pats
means by which his father obtained his fortune. „ill.
lighting,that universal bericfi, ori,inat^d in a cottlinit
ey
ai
But tl.e great merit of our co7ton-dls IF, that bait
base clothed cheaply, cleanlily, and cornfortablYt, the
the world, and made Great Britain to that estei"tbii
benefactress of nations. Compared to this gre`li'd el
vast blessing, all that Hampden' Milton, and
ever did for the human race sinks into cOmperat„iv;kd
significance. Nor are the secrets of science dare bas
to the manufacturers of cotton. Their practic.noge
brought more knowledge to light than all the %keep,
experiments of Wollaston and Davy. Amongst I rest
let us add, to show that we depreciate not thou fibers
men, Dalton, one of the grca:est chemical
that ever lived, has found a home and an nl3l3rt°„,Pr.l to
sphere for the exercise of his ingenuity. We 87--altturei
philosoP.ate
our Correspondent that Vie same cotton toneu'a-
which has conferred such blessing; on foreigners If
net been equally advantageous to our own Pe°Ple. nod
he seeks the reason, he will find it in our Coto
es,
(Aber scoundrel laws, and in many of our institutior' the
pressly framed to Plunder end oppress the rnanY 'oid. the
benefit of the few. The decp.seated poverty' rr.o00
miss of degrad...Con which he and we alike 1„e, ly
over, are not caused by the cotton manufactur, 3 jaw',
v
the lays which have prevented the thousand 100. 0,
eontriances connected with that from bearing their
propriate fruit..—En. Sun.]