The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

1.41VE NAN ITLOIN
UNION OF ALL liEr
•TO THE EDITOR 01 T
Sra,—As you were pleased to copy '- 4:\
my let ter to the :lfoe niag CowieL., a
lake the iibertv of addressing you 00 th klifigb
deem it to be of the utmost importance -al tisi* e.
I would earnestly call the etteetion of atefo[mers '
threuehout the kingdom to this one consideration—
namely, that it requires their united strut-Till to carry
any cue of the great measures how in agitation.
Leeds, for instance, is determined to make " Reform in
Parliament" the grand object of their pursuit—G'aseow,
the Ballot—Manchester, the Repeal of toe Corn-laws
—and so on with the other towns—ell will labour in
vain ; whereas, were all to unite in struggling to obtain
one single measure, they must be successful. The ques-
tion is—e bat shall be the first grand meesure on which
to unite? Oa this we an have our hobbies, but I put
it to any considerate man whether then.. is the slightest
chance of uniting, at present, on the Leeds plan of
reform ? However good it may be, it a ili 0 quire
much time to be made known and appreciated through-
out the country ; already SOMe of the sturdiest hie-
fo begin to doubt. the soundness of its principle,
and it must be fairly and fully exemined in all its hear-
ings ; all this can be going on, and the public mind
ripening npon it, without making it the first grand mea-
sure to be obtained. The Bina, however popular and
steadily making its way, is still far from exciting that
enthusiasm necessary to its success at present. Now
only lock at the repeal of the Corn-laws, and see how
many things conspire to render this the very first object
at which to ; and if it can be shown (as I maintain
it can) that Reformers are more united on this than no
either of the .other questions—that it has already ob-
tained a larger measure of support, both in and out of
the Ilouse—and that its delay inflicts a greater amount
of suffering—then is it the bounden duty of each to
sink his own peculiar view, for the time, and do his u;--
most to remove this intolerable anti oppressive burden,
Consider : The petitioners last Session were a million
and a half! More than for all other oljects put to-
gether. The agitation has been kept up with unceasing
activity by the League ever since, and great progress
rea he among the people. The pressing urgency of the
case is shown from the fact, that the American, Pt us-
sian, and Brazilian Tariffs are all just expiring, and on
our obtaining the repeal of our Corn-laws will depend
how far they will continue to admit our goods. We
may never have such another opportunity—it may
too late ! This, I conceive, is a strong point, for as-
yet it can hardly be applied with equal force to
the other questions to which I have alludeti.
Next, as to the 'Ministry. Until we are united how can
we expect them to bring forward either of these mea-
sures ? Oa the repeal, or at least the mod,fication of
the Corn-laws, they arc nearly all agreed—Lord Mel-
bourne and Mr. Shiel are, I think, the only two who
have opposed inquiry, and the (osier evidently kayos
himself at liberty to agree to an alteration whenever be
may see it to be necessary. Who carried the Penny
Postage ? Hear the Ministerial Globe of this day, re-
ferring to ih Committee on the Import Duties ;id se y,,
The bet'. friend of the Government must be most de-
sirous that subjects of this kind should be forced on
them by the utmost possible pressure front without.'
The Penny Postage was in this manner pressed upon
official adoption. No Government could well have beet,
expected to effect such a change without the previous
sanction of a strongly pronounced public opinion." Can
language be plainer than this ? It seems to say, "If
you want us to adopt any great measure, agree among
yourselves, and enable us to carry it by giving us that
support which alone can render our efforts successful t
while you are divided we are powerless." Such I ap.
prebend to be the case in the present evenly-balanced
state of parties. Public opinion must .be concontratod
on one thing at a time, in order to accomplish any
thing. You, Mr. Editor, are entitled to the warmest
thanks of every honest man for the manner in which yoo
have exerted your indaence on this subject, and 1 do
hope you will continue to strive for the accomplishment
of that concentration of effort amongst Reformers which
I think I have shown is indispensable to sueews, and
which, if brouglt to bear on the repeal of the Corn-laws,
might even this Session sweep them from the statute-
bock —I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE,
Jan. 1;), 1810.

THE LATE ROBERT FARTHING

BEAUCHAMP, ESQ.

Loci: —The late Mr. Beauchamp was one of the
children of a poor farmer, named Farthing, at Kingston,
near Taunton, renting a small estate of the late E. Jef-
flies, Esq., of Cothelstone, who, compassionating the
extent of his tenant's family, undertook to provide one
of the sons with a situation. For this purpose he re-
quested his son-in-law, Mr. Esdaile, then a banker of
this town, to use his influence with his friend Sir Ben-
jamin Hammett, Bart., to get his protege appointed, on
the first opportunity, to a clerkship in the London
bank, of which Sir Benjamin was one of the partners.
A vacancy soon occurring, Sir Benjamin sent a let-
ter to 'l'. Woodforde, Esq., partner in the bank
1 of Heminett and Co„ in this town, requesting him
! to pay the hearer (young Farthing) 10/., and to equip
him with suitable habiliments for his destined ci-
,l tuation This was done, and the youth dismissed
with an additional gratuity of half-a-crown, accom-
' pained by friendly admonitions appropriate to the.
situation he was about to fill. In his station in the
banking firm of Messrs. Eidaile and Co., the young
clerk acquitted himself of his duties in so satisfactory
a manner, that he was advanced at every opportunity,
and after remaining with his employers about twenty
years, he engaged himself to Mr. Morland, of the
banking house of Ransom and Co., to fill a responsible
post in that establishment. Here Mr. Farthing was
so well entitled to the respect and confidence of his
employers, and so particularly endeared himself to
Mr. Morland, at whose table he was a frequent.
guest, and whose children he was accustomed to take
charge of when they went to the opera or other places of
public amusement, that the earliest opportunity was
sought to appoint hint chief actuary of the firm. Froquont
correspondence and occasional interviews with Mr. Roths.
child, the millionaire, enabled him, by the share of a ma.
tional loan, to realiza 1,500/. ; and soon after, the pur-
chase of opera boxes brought him a clear gain of
2,0001, (Mier judicious speculations also prosperously
revealed themselves. Amongst the most bountiful fa-
vours of fortune, however, was that derived front Ilia
assiduities to an elderly lady, who, keeping a large ac-
count at Ransom's bank, was in the habit of employing
Mr. Farthing to receive her dividends arid otherwise to
manage her finances. On her death, his useful office*
[ were rewarded by her bequeathing the whole of her pre
; perty (amounting to about 70,000/.) to Mr. Farthing.
This lady, whose maiden name was Beauchamp, was
• the widow of Mr. Hudson, an opulent brickmaker in
or near London. The will was disputed by her relatives,
but its validity was established by the decision of the
Court in which it was impeached, and Mr. Farthing,
having taken the name of Beauchamp in addition to Ina
own, retired from London, and a few years ago pur-
chased the house and grounds at \Valford, where he re-
sided till his death, which happened last week, in the
, sixty-fourth year of his age.

Mr. Beauchamp has kit no children, and after pro-
viding for his wife, and relatives who reside in humble
life at Kingston, and giving many handsome legacies,
has devisi:d the whole of his landed property, estimated
at 60,0001., to his friend and neighbour, Riehard King
Meade K;tig,, li,q., of North Petherton, who, with J.
Squire, Esq., jun., whose father was formerly of this
town, are executors of his will. To AI r. King also
the testator has bequeathed the house and all his plate

and furniture after the death of his widow, upon whom
he has settled :3,0001. per annum, and has appointed
Mr. King and Mr. Squire his residuary legatees. The
aggregate value of the property of which Mr. Beau-
champ died possessed, is estimated at 190,000 t,
Taunton Courier.

ACCIDENT AT THE itOYAL —XCII
On Thursday morning at four
on the site of the
late Royal Exchange, an immense mass of earth and
"
brickwork fell in from the effects of the frost, and I
rost, t estrov-
ing with it a rest
deal of the scaffolding erections for
laying down the concreg
te and f c foundations. The noise
was very great, •
anti alarmed many of the neighbouring in-
ho considered it arose from the house noW
in-
habitants bitandts
few, v'
di, adjacent to St. Bartholomew's church.v:r
workmen are now employed on the foundatioa
for the new Exchange, .
which was last week a scene of
great
bustle and activity. Threadneedle-street and Bar.
tholomew-lane present the most serious obstacles to traffic.
on Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered in
the residence of John Bourne, Esq., Dalby-hall, near
Spilsby. It is supposed to have had its origin in the
chimney of one of the chambers, where a fire had been
lighted early in the day, and which is believed to have
ignited a jackdaw's nest in the upper part, where a ehink
eomrc4uLleated with an adjoining closet. Every effort
was made to arrest the progress of the flames ; but Risk
was the fury of too devouring element, that in a short time
the roof felt in, and soon the whole house was a mass of
burning ruins. Through the praiseworthy efforts of the
labourers of the adjoining villages, nearly all the furniture
was saved. The Spilsby engine was soon on the spot._.
Lincoln Gn,:ette.
TIIE NIARTINET OF THE ELEvF.N TH.—There
is an on dit afloat in Windsor that the object of the Earl of
Cardigan's visit to the Castle a few days since was to con.
salt his Royal Highness Prince Albert respecting his resig-
nation of the command of the 11th Hussars. That the
strictures of the Press on his Lordship's conduct have made
his 'ittlu
but a comfortable one, may be ga-
thereat.'l3a an
from atiltillgiinng incident which occurred while he was
waiting for the train at the Slough Station. Ono of the
Morning Papers
t hastily threw on the table, which his
tookLord-
_
threw down again, muttering,
l up, bu
these Papers, I'm sick of them. It appears that
the paragraph relating to his Lordship's last embroilment
was the first thing which arrested his attention.—Times,
THE HOOTON FOXHOUNDS.—We understand
that Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart., does not intend giving up,
the above crack pack of hounds. They have discontinued.
hunting for a short time, on account of the worthle
Baronet's indisposition.