The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
and Princess of Leiningen, arrived in town at twenty minutes
before six o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and
f air, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Claremont. Colonels
IVemyss and Wylde, and Dr. Preetoriug, followed in another
open carriage and four. H'er Royal Highness the Princess
Royal and her attendants occupied another carriage, and in the
la t carriav and four were Lady Portman, Baroness Lehzen,
Baroness Spa.ith, and Lord Poltimore.
Her Majesty and the Prince were received at Buckingham
Palace by the Lord Sitward, the Vice-Chamberlain, the
Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Earl of Aboyne, Lord
in Waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, and Major the
Hon. George Keppel, Groom in Waiting.
The Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen last evening,
and afterwards acconstilthied her Majesty and Prince Albert to
the Italian Opera. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen
also accompanied het Majesty and his Royal Highness. The
Royal Suite consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, Lady
Anne Maria Dawson, Hon. Miss Murray, Earl of Aboyne,
Major the • Hoe. George Keppel, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel
Wylde, and Captain Francis Seymour.
i'he Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal High-
neWs Prince George of Cambridge also paid a visit to her
Majesty yesterday.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent
yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Ely with
his company at dinner, last evening, at his residence in Bel-
grave-square.
Tice Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia
Matilda, visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cam-
etge House.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses
Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing yesterday
afternoon in an open carriage.
Mr. J. Parker and Air. Ward had an interview with
Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing. street, on the sub-
ject of the Sheffield Address to her Majesty.
Mr Gillespie had an interview with Lord John Russell yes-
terday at he Colonial-nffice.
Despaichei frost the Governor of the Honduras were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday.
Mr. Baron Parke gave judgment in "Dalzell v. Burrodaile, '
Commissioners of Compensation.
The Sui:eisor-General was heard in the Appeal relative to
the will of the late Mr. James Wood, of Gloucester, and con-
cluded his address soon after four o'clock. The Court
then lose.

Commodore Sir Charles Napier visited the Panorama of
Acre and Damascui yesterday, and was highly gratified at the
correetn933 of the views.

PRICE OF CORN, AND WAGES•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIA,—As regards the corn duties the chief objection
seems to be that the proposed alteration would lower the
price of labour, -and surely, if it would have a tendency:
to lower wages much below the present point, it would be.
a matter of very grave consideration ; but I believe it
would rather have a contrary effect, as the price of la •
hour, like every other article, is regulated by the de-
mand, and not by the price of food.

Now, I think Vou have it in your power to procure
very valua!)ie information on this subject. The Corn-
laws have had a fair and long trial, and if, on inquiry, it
is found that wages have not only kept to their former
rate, but have gone on increasing, I should then say let
things remain as they are. What I wish is that you would
be so kind as to call on your Correspondents in the fol-
lowing places to give you the average wages of a good.
workman each year for the last ten years, in order that
we may see what increase has taken place. The places,
I think, would give a fair. estimate. I will now name
Norwich, Tiverton? Macclesfield, Manchester, Sheffield,
Stroud, Birmingham,: Shepton Mallet, Nottingham,
Tewkesbury, Witney; and Kidderminister.
F-thicti a return of those places would give a fair view
of the case as it regards manufacturers, and personS:
sending them to you would confer a great favour on the
working ince in London. It would also be desirable to.
have a return from many agricultUral places of the
weekly wages of the labourers ; say from Warminster,
Bedford, Burford, Tamworth, Dorchester (Dorset), &c.,
the more the better. I think, Mr. Editor, with such in-
formation, we (I mean the working men of London).
would know how to act.

I am, Mr. Editor, your constant reader,
A POOR WEAVER.

Bethnal-green, May 24, 1841.
[We shall be happy to attend to the request of this
Correspondent, if any of our readers in the places men-
tioned would favour us with returns. Let them state,
for instance, what was the rate of wages at Birming-
ham, Manchester, B.cc., for the staple manufacture of each,
commencing with the year 1831, and giving the rate for
every year, as far as can be ascertained, up to 1841, and
the same as regards a few of the agricultural 4:<•*--:-.-I.]

ELOPEMENT.—A great sensation has been ex-
cited at Camberwell by the elopement of a widow lady
named Milian, of Cottage-green, with a Mr. Abraham
Horne, of the Foxley-road. The paramour of the lady
has deserted a wife and four young children in the most
heartless manner, besides having absconded from his
creditors to a large amount. The. guilty parties were
traced to Montreuil, on the road to Paris, where they were
ea-rested under a false passport, the man having assumed
the name of Alfred Hallan (the lady's name). It is sup-
posed they intend to proceed to America.
Colonel Thompson has announced himself at
Hull as the candidate of the working classes ; and says,
" While we have life and health and strength (and it is
not very likely we shall all break down together), let us go
on hore.and every where to the promotion of our object,
which is the attainment of a fair share of political influ-
ence for the Industrious and the unrepresented." This
announcement was received with loud cheering.
Tag MONOPOLY QUESTION.—The cause of
monopoly is deemed strong by its friends because they hear no
clamorous outburst of feeling throughout the country against
it. They descry no danger in the stern silence for the mo-
ment preserved by the people on this subject. They esteem all
is safe because the whispered notes of alarm reach not their
ea 8. But lot them not be deceived : the people are silent be-
cause t'tey are determined—they make no outcry because they
are resolved to wait for the time when they can attain their
object. They know the opportunity will be afforded them,
and they clamour not about what they will do, because
already in their minds the thing is done. But
though silent, the people are not inactive: theirs is
the stillness which precedes the storm. In what do
the monnpo:ists put their strength ? In the counties
is all tin it cry, and it is a fallacy. The counties
cannot save them if the cities, towns, and boroughs be
against them. The 53 counties of England and Wales, with
the Isle of Wight and the two Universities, return 103 mem-
bers; and there are 201 cities, towns, and boroughs, which re-
torts 337 : thus the latter send more than double the number
of Members to Parl ament. Neither in Scotland nor Ireland
is there hope for the monopolists. It depends then on the
towns and cities of England to free the country from the into-
lerable oppressions of a fettered commerce and overwhelming
taxation. The question iv, will the majority allow themselves
to he swamped by the minority ? Will the country consent
that a few should be enriched, while an universal misery
crushes the remainder ? Cambridge Advertiser.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST SUSSEX.—It
seems now to be pretty well understood that two members in
the Tory interest will be returned for this division of the
eternity at the next election. This is by no means an encoura-
ging fact; but the course taken of late by Mr. Cavendish goes
a great way towards reconciling Reformers to that which appears
to be an almost inevitable consequence. In the vain hope of
conciliating the Tory Aristocracy, the lion. Member aban-
doned his Whig friends on the great and popular principles re-
cently announced by thi-m. By so thing, he has thrown off the
support of the towns, without, we believe, winning over a single
opponent from the Tory camp.—Brighton Guardian.
REPRESENTATION OP LivEßPooL.—We are
happy to say that the fiends of Free Trade in this town are
full et activity and confidence, and are determined to contest the
representation on Free Trade principles. Arrangements are
in RI ogress which it is hoped will enable them to take the field
in a day or two with candidates in every respect qualified to fight
the battle with success, and to do honour to the borough of Li-
verpool.—Liverpool Times.

..ELEcTiox MOVEMENTS.—It is pretty gene-
rally btliered in Warrington, that William Stubs, Esq., has
declined coming forward on the Liberal interest in the event of
a general election. Mr. J. B. Smith, chairman of the Man-
chester Chamber of Commerce, and the late candidate for Wal-
sall, has (so goes the report) since been applied to.—Liverpool

Times.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Mr.
Rou-
shanv, an old and meritorious public servant, at this Theatre,
has announced his benefit for Friday, the 28th instant, when
a favorite Comedy will be performed, followed by other novel
entertainments. The uniform civility and attention of the ser-
vant; at this house, and of Mr. Routham, in particular, call for
a in,arty remunerating expression of the public thanks. We
wish Mr. Ronaham every success.
OLYMPIC THEATRE.—We are glad to perceive
that this establishment is gradually making progress in popular
opinion, aad that the audiences are nightly improving in num-
bers and fsshion, under the able direction of Mr. G. Wild, with
sirs Beker as his a:age-manager. Last night an amateur
cf private celebrity, but whose name has not been publicly
promulgated, appeared in the
Fickle, in the farce of the character of 1 ristram
Irentkereock, and we have
.mseen a performance evince more promise. Messrs.
Brookes arid Tumour supported their respective parts with
great success. To-morrow evening ‘ll5ll be revived Mark
Lemon's drama of Gwynneth Vaughan, with nearly all the
origina • I cast of characters, when T. Matthews, the celebrated
clown, will make his appearance.
Ati It T CONSOLATION..--I remember when
I w,:aa young student of divinity at the University of Glasgow,
that an old man, by his confession and by general reputation a
great sinner, tatted upon me and begged me to explain the
seripterre doctt ine as to future punishments. His anxiety was
to ascertain whether they were to commence immediately after
death, or only after the day of judgment. I told him that I
was but a raw student of theology, but I conceived it to be the
general opinion of divines that no punishments would com-
mence tilt after the day of judgment, or the general destruc-
tion of the world. " And how long will it be," he asked,
" till that period comes?" " Why, I cannot positively tell
you," said 1, " but I believe astronomers conjecture that our
globe will be safe for 1,000,000 years." " Oh, come then,"
said the old sinner, " I shall have 1,000,000 years to rest in
any pray, —and there is no saying what may happen in that
.time."— Campbell a Life of Petrarch.
1-1 Eurri NG "1. n A D E.-- Our accounts from Thurso
state that the herring fishing has commenced at that place,
and to the we-tw Ira of it. Fora Etot trial, the few boats out
have pruned tudy as succi ssful as :.oel.l have te,r, looked for
at so early a per.od cf the sica,on. At Sa-dside a trial has
also been made, and attended with some succesv. Mr. Me-
thuen, fir:-curer, Leith, always the first in the field, has had
21 i) al res brought to Wick, and despatched by a boat to be
shipped by steamer at lnvergordon er Cromarty fur Leith,
and thence forwarded for the Hamburgh marker, where we
hope 1:e wi I find a demand and price equal to what he merits
for his greet elation% in prcsecuting Ute early fishing. Ap-
pearances of ash on the west coast are said to be very good, but
%t will be a few weeks before the boats aro all equipped and
".47. With us at Wick, preparations are now going on
with florae degree of briskness. The rope works are all very
"41Y* Panel making and boat building are in active progress.
Bark is getting into demand, at 10s. per cwt. for birch, and
!2s. for oak bark. Staves cell at 4/. per thousand, and head..
lug at 'ILAs.POr ditto.—John o' Groat's Journal.
A broker, living in the neighbourhood of the
Seven Dials,
that he has forhassate some
a Placard in exhibited his window, stating
articles of furniture which belonged
to E iza Grimianod, the unfortunate
furniture,
woman who was
murdered in the Waterloo.yoad.
ten woineas for an old piece ofbroker modestly asks
the original cost of
which could not have exceeded 12s.