The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

STREET.

WILKINSON'S ANTI-CORROSION PAINT.
1110. ENJOYED from 63, Upper Thames-street, to
64, WATLING-STREET, near Queen-street,
Cheapside.—J. R. W. particularly recommends his Paint to
the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, wbe wish to paint their
houses of Roman cement, stucco, or brick walls, as a prevee.-
tive to damp or sea spray in exposed situations; it will not
blister or peel off as common paint. On tiling, to represent
slating, iron hurdles, roofs, conservatories, hot-houses, fences.
farm, or any out-buildings, it will last four times as long as
common paint. It is so simple in its use, that any labourer
can lay it on. To ship-owners for their decks, bottoms of vet..
eels, &c., it will be shown, as well as to the public, to be supe-
rior to any paint in use, by testimonials of its lasting fourteen
years on wood and houses, twenty years on iron (see the South-
wark-bridge). The public are particularly, guarded in giving
their orders for Wilkinson's Anti-Corrosion Paint, that no
ether colour may be imposed upon them for his. A liberal
allowance to the trade.

GETTING DRUK," BUT NOT AT

THE EXPENSE OF THE PARISH.

" Here's a sample, ma'am, and t'others is all alike."
The Apple-woman. '
In a certain parish exists a number of patriots, who
are pre-eminently distinguished for the attention the)
pay to the comforts of the poor, and all things relating
thereto. Is an article of pros or grog, or clothing to
be supplied ? who so busy as they ? " I will never
permit an aged, helpless, or unfortunate creature to be
fed upcn offal because he's poor. I'll look after the
butcher, and see that they're well fed," says one.
see that the bread is not short weight," observes a se-
cond, " and that their small beer has some strength in
it," says a third. Honest good fellows ! But, there
was, not a century ago, a certain quantity of wine re-
quired for the workhouse, over the concerns of which
those said good honest patriots presided. One
of the disinterested and worthy creatures, anxious,
most anxious, that the wino should be of a superla-
tive quality, as it was to be admiaistered to the sick and
infirm, had set his mind upon having it supplied by
it certain wine-merchant, whose wines he was well
aware " needed no bush." He " beat his brains"
about for some time, in order to accomplish his benevo-
lent purpose, and at last hit upon the expedient of
marking the (irks of the samples sent in by the gentle-
man who sold such excellent wines. Unfortunately the
humane design got wind, and one of the guardians
was hard•hearted enough to have the corks cl:t off
close to the necks of the whole of the samples--viz, 25
bottles of good port and sherry. The 'result. may be
easily anticipated ; the kind and considerate guardians
of the poor failed to introduce the " splendid wines" of
his friend into the workhouse. But the whole of the
samples were excellent, so excellent indeed that after
, various " tastes," the whole board of guardians de-
Iclared they were quite sorry to reject wines of such a
• capital vintage. "In truth," says one, "I am almost
ashamed to think of returning the samples?, "It
would he an insult in my mind," observed a second.
" Downright rascality, and agin all workhouse rules,"
hiccuped a third. "So I says," chimed in a fourth,
" and I proposes as we don't stir from this here
blessed place not till sich times as we have drink:hi
the whole lot." " Hear, hear," shouted half a. dozen
voices. " Put it to the rvote. Mr. Chairman." Put it
was, and every one of the 25 bottles did the patriots
guzzle to the very lees !

In allusion to Mr. Sharman Crawford's letter,
the Dublin Evening Post says that Ulster ought to send him,
• one of the truest and best men in the Notth, to represent a
county or an independent borough in that quarter of the king-
dom ;;* adding., " we entertain sanguine hopes of seeing Mt.
Crawford in Parliament—.-for Ulster is likely once m re to take
a prominent leading part in prounting the freedom of the
country."