The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-09 00:00:00

EVEN G SUN

RESEN TAT 10 N OF PLATE.
(PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
rCa Friday last the clerks and work people employed
i mbridge-street Works, Birmingham, presented
. R. W. Winfield with a handsome service of silver
Plate, IN • h.
tt, eig mg 205 oz. 17 dwts., manufactured by
whllelts• G. 11. Colles and Co., in their best style, on
„„I was engraved the following inscription :
dishes s testimonial, consisting of a salver and two
Winfield d covers, was presented to Robert Walter
14...,i;•, Esq., proprietor of Cambridge-street Works,
of ,111'.aghem, by his Clerks and Workpeople, as a token
ere." high respect and attachment towards him, in-
t.,,a.,!ed by his enterprising conduct in so largely ex-
-4‘ll 1. .
lire tog his business, and in admiration of his general de-
to promote their welfare and happiness.
1, 1841."
Win-
del
intimation Laving been conveyed to Mr. Win-
%toll of the intention of his workpeokle, he very band-
it eIY invited them to dine with him in the new build-
.et at tie top of Great Charles-street. Two hundred
tillibel,..sixty individuals sat down to an excellent dinner,
I%,":°tos being tastefully decorated for the occasion.
''
4°4 infield presided, and was supported by his son
the •
Aster principal clerks belonging to his establishment.
to 4 the usual loyal toasts had been drank, an address
kii,e
..1.; 'Winfield was read by the Senior Clerk, expres-
thti "L the feelings which actuated the parties in
makingl,
hetkirmer°Pleyer so handsome a present. Mr. Winfield 's
..evot ''''s l with long life and prosperity, was afterwards
l ,
tteitt,' and drank most heartily. The compliment was
Pro "tv'edged by that gentleman in a feeling and ap-
tietti3krieite sPeech. Several other toasts were afterwards
l'era -Ileeluding Mrs. Winfield and the respective mem-
liti, °f the family. The Band of the Fifth Local Mi-
iiitiole're Present, and played many favourite airs, in ad-
Nye t° which many songs were given in good style.
Pre4l:ll,balloons ascended and fire works were displayed.
tag then other refreshments n ere liberally supplied dur-
ntitil4 leavening, and the enjoyments were prolonged
leete hour with dancing. Nor did the festive
Wotittne n here ; on the following day the wives of the
etioit,
~msembled and enjoyed themselves with
nitheo" .-Lea was provided for a large number, and
41(1..41 ening the party were entertained by Mr. Win-
lltophi:7 who gave a lecture, and several amusing phi-
whioh all ill aaPeriments on electricity, &e., Sm., with
' Tit1imPre5e„.„„..................„,.................nt were much gratified.
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thee wee, TRADE.--We E.--We have again to report
tlifii aw riiate...l dull trade, and though the supplies of
111
ori,g, price "al have for some days past been very
niy 1 3 Continue to give way. Flax on the spot
ehiefi 34.11b1e insmall 1 t and the price is regulated
sorts Y bY the character ilots.' the buyer. Yarns of all
liptitrlle
argonarelethrafnir demand, but at prices so low as to leave
1 ,.. g to the spinner beyond the actual cost of
ii red de"-,stnns e Were in the early part of last week in
then ecount'l4nd, owing to some large buyers for E.ng-
steLth 'l4vlng made their appearance, but since
the-.4eretlena haw, fallen away. 'By the Britannia
• fro
vv.
A . .
110..4.1.4%n...di
t..i.,‘,1N
etnerlca, with letters from New York of
are informed that the Tariff Bill was
par hilen , that the proposed duty of 20 per cant. on
11)1to Prod 3 nad already been exacted, which cannot fail
4- fairillanns_eff_erc.tceon our trade, which can only he met
Ile'etving boin'rasP,l of the raw material,
.the cost of
id'ss-bonde .21 w as could either be desired or ex-
he ,-., e Paper.
fr.. . _nancellor of the Exchequer is suffering
t
Pruelly'enintditPOSitiOß, which, although not so severe as o
iltior? f
pilubraliefrbounisinatetstsn, dwinigli,at.hi
dionetivilg. the Lord office for the transac:-
it is feared, prevent his
'Mayor with his company at the
"Vs g.? be given to-day to the members of her Ma-
vovernment.

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THE LATE TOR!) SYDENT-TAM. Ihe Right I ton. LP, Pe,ilett Them.cri, Baron
Sydenhamand Toronto, and; Governor-General of all
her Majest,y's Provinces on the Continent of America,
whose demise took place on the 19th ult., at his residence,
Alwington-house, near Kingston was the eldest son of
Mr. J. Poulett Thomson, of Roehampton and Austin
Friars, and brother of Mr. George Poulett Scrope,
M.P. for Stroud, who, on his marriage in 1821,
assumed the arms and name of Scrope by sign
manual. Until his accession to office in 18?.0, the late
Governor-General was connected with the well-known
mercantile firm of Thomson and Co., in the City of
London.
The early years of Mr. Poulett Thomson afford
nothing remarkable, as far as we are acquainted with
his public history, till the year 1826, when he was
elected for Dover in the House of Commons, and which
he continued to represent till 1830, in which latter year,
bring returned both for that borough and Manchester,
he took his seat in Parliament as Member for the latter
place.
At the period that Mr. Poulett Thomson was Member
for Manchester, an 4 President of the Board of Trade, he
was chiefly distinguished fur his free-trade opinions,
and his intimate acquaintance with commercial subjects;
on most political questions he showed himself a man of
considerable talents.
The most remarkable speech by Mr. Poulett Thomson
Was delivered in the House of Commons on the 26th of
March, 1830, on moving the appointment of a Select
' COmmittee to inquire into the taxation of the United
Kingdom. This speech, published by Ridgway,
of Piccadilly, immediately after its delivery, con-
tained an able exposition of every tax
&then
laid upon the people ; and the reformertory
measures which Mr. Poulett Thomson proposed were
such as gained him great approbation from both politi-
cal parties, from its temperate and excellent tone. It,
moreover, exhibited great reading and research. The
following remarkable sentence is confirmed by the
late discussions on this important question :—" Whe-
ther we look to the petitioni on the table, or
consult the opinions of public writers, or consider the
debates in the House, we shall find a diversity of opinion
upon all subjects but one. Some consider a greater re-
duction of expenditure necessary ; some deem further
retrenchment necessary ; some believe that relief might
be afforded by a depreciation of the standard, by an issue
of paper money; others condemn it as the most injurious
that could be adopted. Some look to a Parlia-
mentary reform as a remedy for our distress ; many
attribute the sufferings of the people to the
system called free trade ; the more enlightened and
reasoning part of society reject such an idea as absurd.
In short, upon all these subjects difference of opinion
exists. Upon one only, whether you read the voice of
the people expressed at county meetings, or their prayers
brought up to the table of the House, on one subject only
is an opinion common to all—and that point is, that the
system of taxation requires revision, that our imports
press too heavily upon the productive industry of the
country."
Mr. Thomson's manner of delivery greatly hurt his
speeches, since he usually spoke in a lengthened lugu-
brious tone. His enunciation was nevertheless very dis-
tinct, sufficient to render him audible in all parts of the
house. His gesture was but small, and consisted chiefly
of moving his right arm to and fro, turning his face to
the Members of that side of the House he addressed.
His replies were often happy, and then his utterance was
rapid, and apparently more easy.
In December, 1830, Mr. Poulett Thomson was ap-
pointed by 'Earl Grey, to the Vice-Presidency of the
Board of Trade, when he was made a Member of the
Privy Council. He continued in that office until he was
selected by the late Government to succeed Sir John
Colborne (now Lord Seaton) in Canada. Mr. Thomson,
succeeded to the immediate administration of this pro-
vince, and arrived at Quebec on the 16th of October,
1839. On the 19th, he assumed the reins of govern-
ment ; and soon afterwards visited Toronto, and
other parts of the country, holding sessions of the then
existing Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. On
the Will of August, 1840, her Majesty was pleased to
raise Mr. Thomsom to the Peerage of the United
kingdom, by the titles to which we have already alluded
at the head of our memoir, as a mark of approbation,
nO doubt, of the manner in which he conducted the im-
portant Government intrusted to his care. On May 20th
tlast, his Lordship, while still in delicate health, left Quebec
h@ingston, for the purpose of opening the first Session of
tufted Legislature of Canada, but which from the
alarming character his indisposition had assumed, he was
Only destined to close by deputation. It wasintended that
this ceremony should take place in his Excellency's
apartments a few days after, but his Lordship was un-
able to undergo the fatigue, and in accordance with the
Trcvisions of the Act or Union, a Commission was issued,
appointing Major-General Clitherow to be Deputy-Go-
vernor for the purposes therein mentioned, which, we
believe, were confined to the giving the Royal sanction
to some of the Bills passed during the Session, referring
others for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure, and
proroguing the Provincial Parliament.
Lord Sydenham's seat was at Roehampton, in the
.11 County of Surrey, England, which latter is a pleasant
o/ hamlet, at the western extremity of Putney Heath. At
the time of Henry VII., this little village had but 14
houses, they have now increased to about fifty or sixty,
of which Lord Sydenham's was a neat and elegant build-
ing. The Earl of Portland formerly resided here, in
162f3, who was Lord High Treasurer to Charles 1., and
a great favourite of that King. In the neighbourhood
Was a chapel, ornamented with a painting of the last
--supper, by Zucchero, but this was pulled down in 1777,
and gave place to the present edifice, in which the above
iileationed picture still remains.
Short duration. On the 7th ult., while riding for
exercise in the neighbourhood of Kingston, his horse
stumbled and fell with him, by which his right leg was
fractured near the ankle, and also received a severe con-
tusion above the knee. The accident was unfortunate in
evelly respect, and still more so in its fatal consequences;
but it
-- was exce not of a character to excite alarm,
pt in connection with its anticipated influence
upon the gout, to which his Lordship was, we believe,
subject from early life, to which he had been a martyr
alluost ever since his arrival in Canada, and from a severe
attack of which he had scarcely recovered when the la-
mented accident took place. The fears anticipated were
but too fatally realised. The gout returned, as we are
informed, with redoubled violence, and a painful illness
or
Put a few days, which his Lordship bore with fortitude,
ah end tohis mortal existence.
The administration of the Government now devolves
(14 his Excellency Sir Richard Jackson, Commander of
,
Forces in the province, until further instructions
all have been received from home.
kiddln person Lord Sydenhain was rather above the
ie size'
and of somewhat slender make. He was
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kl dark complexion, and his hair black. His dress was
~,v4 3.8 plain.
Lordship was nephew of Lady Taylor, wife of
Astebarley William Taylor, Bart., ant cousin of Lord
gharn and Mr. W. Brougham, Master in Chancery.
title
his
deceased Lord Sydenham was unmarried, the
In I‘,ls th 47 comes extinctyear. Lord Sydenham was, we believe,
Ia