The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-05 00:00:00

THE COR';-LAWS AND

lONIAN L'I.A.NI;S.
TO 7llli EDITOR OF THE SIT: V. the
e
Sits,—The present excitement on the subject of ,0
cr
Corn-law.; throughout -Great Britain app l
ea:s to ta
afford a favourable opportunity of bringing under on
attention the subject of the tax recently re-inwe'e
all grain imported into the lonian Islands, end the enzl
cAisequences which are likely to result from that
tax to
tl:e commercial prosperity of the lonian States.
The abolition of this duty seven years since, augale%t4a
the shipping of Cephalonia 40,000 tons in 200 l'e''''-
blonging to lonian owners, which have been solely e°113.0
ployed in carrying wheat from the Russian ports to the
_Black Sea to the lonian Islands, but t
Cephalonia, which numbers a mercantile marine of ab°
400 vessels trading under the lonian flag. an
This island has, in consequence, gradually become
entrepot for wheat. Here large granaries and wo.!e:
houses have been erected, and hither have resort(4l shr
of all nations (England included) for cargoes of wile
The destruction of this carryingtrade, b
trade, and the a(
It's'- -e
capital invested in warehouses, &c., will be the inevitarl,
result of this new import duty ; while the lonian me.
chants will be compelled to invest their connerr%
capital in other countries, and carry on their trade ,111
other ports under other fia7s. That the revenue
net be augmented is plain, the calculations
having been based on the amount of corn importe.di,
an amount which this import duty has instantlY
nished. The revenue also having decrctued by the Cliltu.nit,
Lon of exports in oil, and other lonian products, for whice.‘
now that the interchange with the Adriatic, Asia
and the Black Sea for wheat is cut off, there is no.alol',eet
The dissatisfaction which the enforcing of this e
will cause amongst the islands is most apparent froal%
outbreak of popular indignation which accompantolol
of inere.a:
announcement. The houses of the Deputies wit° o.e'
for it having been attacked by tumultuous asseuth'3,„
of the people, who foresee in the renewal of this ti".
iemrrence of the horrors of those famines to which thebY:
were subject under the same system formerly, as the aply
sence of corn in bond will render the necessary suP
uncertain.
For the reasons particularly applying to the I°-cue,
Islands, and many other special reasons foxing rderrt.
to commercial policy (which I know it to be unnecessad)
to enforce on the readers of your enlightened CO
Jam induced earnestly to request the immediate att",ll.`ec" t,
of the Secretary of the Colonies to this important suq the
lest by this most grievous and most impolitic intllttheit
commerce of the lonian Islands be destroyed and
resources imoverishd. blO
I have the honour,e to be, Sir, your obedient by°
servant,
AN
Colonial Club, London, May 26, 1841.

FASH lONS FOR JUNE.
(From the " London and Paris Ladies Maga:
Fashion.") a se°
Foulards are very fashionable this season, are
quite to replace the mousselines de laine ; tbeY.eful
chines, &c. ; the taffetas de Chine is also a most asovj
material, and is made in stripes and various pattertelio,
shades of every colour ; watered silks are also very fish lets
able; Muslins and organdy are ornamented with
and embroidery en tablier or echelle. Redingottebto
muslin are also much ornamented by inlets. Withoist'
dresses the sleeves are of moderate fulness with deep ire
bands ; the make of sleeves depends on the material , 401
are three styles principally used ; if of silk or thick it,"`tiolia
they are tight, the top variously ornamented forere
or light material ; the demi gigots and the modibo
used. The redingote form of body, and the tight
high corsage are very fashionable for morning we° ;illy
the evening dress the corsage grand' mere, corsage, jog,
Niobe and la Vierge. Flounces, tucks, birds, tri
ruches, gimp trimming, also vary with the materia..o
For walking dresses, scarfs of taffetas places eon"
colours have three folds on the shoulders, and We' or
fined by bands of gimp. Muslin scarfs are triti:foo
broideries a jours, or with inlets. Black lace se"
fashionable, as also those of filet. rae alf
Fichus and cannezous are very much worn; se— sillc
with short sleeves, and form a pretty finish to
.„" toe
dress. Summer manta of pink or blue le'nt
glace, with white and lined with white ta:Has;,,Of
trimmed all round with pink and white gimp, and fri% sfg
the same colour. Mantelets of embroidered niusllioc
lined with pink and trimmed with lace, and those °id
poult de soie are lined with white, and embroldere
white silk, with cordelieres of white and lilac.
recitlfr
In bonnets all the lighter materials are now la.
sition, crapes, tulles, lace, organdy, tissue de s°le, I,lof
&c. •, paille, pink, blue, and white are the favourite e°oo,o
and feathers in various styles, with flowers, are the f"vi, bat
trimmings. The (note form is still very genlttier°
the fronts are not quite so round as they hare 'll-
le worn ; they partake more of an oval form.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT for It Jeri
In directing the attention of our agriculturr,.l
to the state of the grain crop and the preseAt ,10
of farming, it is highly gratifying to observe tll,sdeoC
o have the phnits, aided by the most resPle, jar
weather, progressed with a rapidity almost unkno'lvliortb;
ing the past month, but that the prospect of a goe'vte"
coming harvest is favourable almost beyond rece',, ori
precedent. These observations, it must be state", bat
not confined to any particular portion of the cotoltr:bile
refer to the whole of our corn-producing distriets; ll the
it affords us great pleasure to intimate that almost °bile
farmers with whom we have conversed, or whcrf the
transmitted to us communications on the subject °.r
probable productive qualities of their farms, arl'e! 1p
be well satisfied with their condition in this respeci,'
some parts of the lowland districts in Lincoinshiloa
well as in Suffolk and Norfolk, considerable destrtrof
Appears to have been caused by the wire-worm, gioff
sequence of which many agriculturists have caused, et'J
tracts of land to be re-ploughed, in order to seettr-10'
tensive yields. Such having been the case, we ;50
suggest that the most efficacious mode of destro.,ldier'
iasect would be to roll the land with a clue-11; got
which will be found not only to pulverise the scd IP:
also to assist in destroying the worm in questio°l'O °" fib",
tour we lately took from Boston to Hull, over 5; O'
finest ground in the kingdom, we looked minotet:Ygooli
95 acres of wheat, and found only 30 of them t° "e4e
30 middling, and 35 very bad. Now it is to be °h-is jet
that over the last mentioned 65 acres a roller of t
scription had never passed, while it had been indostilari",,
male use of on the former 30, the whole of whicil',l
the years 1838 and 1839, were much infested wt.tict ttf"
wire-worm. Hence it will be perceived that $ fl
tention to the preparation of the land is one 0' the P
'nary objects of the cultivator.
Notwithstanding the so-much-complained-of ePitieb
has abated much of its virulence, complaints have lip
oor
us of some severe losses having- been e:zperienee' she'l
grazing districts, yet we would fain hope that in
time it will begot rid of. gra '-ve;
From all quarters we learn that farm labours veto
in their place ; that the new clip of wool has ,11:03
productive one, and that the young hop bine'
few exceptions, is looking remarkably gl.°./Ihue
healthy, while a few bets have been made in `—
at 150,000/. sl4'
re!P„i4

Throughout Scotland the crops are lookit.r. 1101,',
ably strong and healthy, while farming •operat''i.,ith
.t;4
gone on briskly. The whole land is ringing ''cro;-;
sound of rustic toil ; the lengthened day, the
g tb~a
warmth of the air, the gentle showers producl
flowing sweetness which everywhere abound'' cif
feelings of gratitude and pleasure, and the wilt'e fre7,
tion has assumed an aspect of beauty and deli
spot enlivens the traveller's eye with its Pi",Liefii
Otf
dente of life and vigour ; every prospect glitt'd
Fle
husbandman's heart with the happy prospecthas ITOO
and prosper Ly. The prices of all kinds of graill „boo.'
rather depressed, but it is not the general aPPr-,...10
that wheat will be much lower.—Funncr's .2gag6" A
Iv
it° At
THE FRUIT CROPS.—Apples appeare:dera
well after a fine bloom, but the maggot has since °bat "rti
havoc, in many places not only devouring the apPles',oseb°o4
the leaves.. Under the hil!s' in some places the g';,al7o,of
bushes may be seen completely stripped of both flair' 3,4 rift
by this destructive insect. Pears are variable, a-,pfte
have also in some places suffered much from blight'AO,°, 19
ward cherries will I robably be very " platty" or Univ. 11.
the prospect of the backward cherries it is too ea
form a correct judgment.
~of
Po.o
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