The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-16 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

During the first eleven days of the month we have
had very favourable weather for the farmer, very little
rain having laden. Tile happy consequence of this will
be that the seed wheat will in most places be'well got
into the ground, though the superabundance of mois-
ture last month will, we fear, have prevented many
lands from being sown till tie spring. We had a wet
night on Thursday, with showers to-day (Friday). The
quantity of rain which fell in this neighbourhood in
October (as registered by Mr. Atkinson at Harraby)
was rather more than 5i inches, being morn than the
average by 2 inchei,:and more thin has fallen in any
October on record. except- in,the year 1804, when 5}
fella In the corresptiOdint( moth 44 me we had only
11 inch. In 00.6ber,-113,19, rather-snore that 5 inches
fell ; and in the same month of I.Bo4:voarly 4i inches
1,11. la each of these yearcwas:.cas follows, viz., in
1804, 28 ; 1819, 16 ; 1833, '22 ;),eLta,,,lB ; 1841, 28.
The movements of the barometer-daring October last
have been very remarkable for their frequency and ex-
tent. The highest point which the mercury in the
barometer retched was 30.107, the lowest was 28.709.
The maximum of the thermometer was 60 degrees, the
minimum was 24-degroz.;—Cartiste Fatriot.

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With reg ft to ektspproikehing winter the weithek,..
wise people, *lio cart See threugh,a mill-stone 'as far as
other persons, say that itk'Wd. be a season of gre.t seve-
rity. It is to be fc,lared, that it souse of
fa'ie
the country, be ertrtat sufferitie.Y -The:Carly ar-
rival, and in large flambe-8 too, of several descriptions
of winter birds may, it is true, be Cotisidered a sufficient
indication that the weather. .in—the north of Europe
is already severe. But this circumstance is no positive
proof that unusual severity will be experienced here..
GJuerally speaking, however, the movement of the
brumal visitors may be considered a pretty correct in-
dication of the st..te of the we-ether in certain parts,
not in all. They attempt to escape the severity by
moving to milder regions in search of food ; but these
movements only go to show that severe weather has
compelled them to seek milder regions. The proof
that this cha•acter of weather will follow them is some-
what problematical.--Doncaster Gazette.

TWO MISERS.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
An old man, tall and meagie, wearing a long white
beard and a smell cap, known as a vendor of jour-
nals and programmes, in the morning in the yards of
the various diligence offices, and in the evenings at
the theatres, and who, among his associates bore the
cognomen of Father Prograinnie, died a few days ago,
the victim of parsimony. He never indulged himself
in inert of any kind, but sub isted entirely upon bread
arid water, had no dwelling-phee. of his own, pass-
ing his days in the open air, and at night sleeping on a
wretched bed in the corner of a garret, in the Passage
Brody, where ti.ere were ten or twelve other lodgers,
and for which ha paid 4 sous a night. Mug unable to
get up ono morning from Tries:, his associates in,
tnifory called in the Doctor from the Bureau de Bien-
faisance of the quarter, who recommended the imme-
diate application of twenty leches. On being
told that tics would cost hint 4 sous a piece,
making an outlay of 4 francs, the avaricious
old man firmly refus.A.l to expend so large a
sum, declaring he would prefer death itself ; and die he
did on the following morning. Whea uncovered
for the purpose of performing the last offiets there was
found, right bound round his wait a girdle, which on
be:ng opened contained no less than B,ooof. in bank
notes and a few pieces of gold. The corpse was in-
terred by the authorities of the arrondissement, and the
' money taken possession by the authorities, in whose
hands it is likely to remain, as the real name of its late
possessor is tot lily unknown. Another instance of
avarice was about the same time displayed by a person
in a much higher sphere of life. The widow of a Deputy,
though enjoying an annual revenue' of .7;000 or 8,000 f.,
had the spirit of economy to strong, that she dismissed
her servants, and determined to mske her,Own market-
jogs. Felling the want of a fire, she went, a few days
since, to a distance from her home. and made a pur-
chase to the amount of.,l2;ssetts, vsislaißg,tha, dealer to,
carry the wood borne gratis,: refused, and
she resolved to be her ova,. porter, .concealing her
:
fuel under her garments. She was so intent on hiding
Petli3e was sent
this act of.rneanne.ss: froth-, ottirvotiou.'thist,--on coming
across the Ito, Iles
.IMonAntiti sket' .did not hear the
warning of a coachman-dri!ingli3OWll the descent,' wild
for,was and
dn ouvpoer.n
inquiry` ascertained
that the tiCeident
arose entirely froM her own fault, and discharged -the'
coachman. Though much hurt and requiring the-aid
of a surgeon, she declined having one, as his fees under
the decision of the Commissary, must come out of her
Own pocket ; and she binned home, there possibly to
meet with the Me of Father Programme.

LORD MONBODDO AND JAMES MONTGO*
31F.ItY THE PoET.--The follewiug curious anecdote wus
narrated by Mr. Montgomery at a recent meeting in
Scotland :—" The parents of the poet had gone abroad,
and their little boy was left with the brethren at Ful-
neck, a Moravian settlement in the sister kingdom. He
eivihwiip_,On the floor,
was one of their youngest scholars at a, time when Lord
the
I,itsistatticitlo;ribynugsstitiltari.nsp
Monbuddo, still so well known- for his great talents and
acquirements, and his scarce less Marked eccentricies,
visited the settlement,' and Was shown, alum,— ,
leather. 6 odes,
things, their little school.: Ills Lorgdes.h.ipipolsiituogodLoarmdoinng.
and engaged as if- in counting the nail .heads •in the
plaid coat was
ghtof; li)irlosadveers3t'disk, and his vo-
luminous The little fellows -were all exceedingly cit-
rions ; no. ne of them had ever' seen tyteal liVe LOrd be-
forefieed, . andiie INlNlootrieboadlcla(r),,we
g surmounted
studded huget. d 'i
wide brass
looking la
buttonsn
luminous inexpressibles were ofAnd there he
stood, with his grave absent face bent downwards.
drawing and re-drawing his 'whip along the floor, as the
Moravian, his guide, pointed out to his-notice boy after
boy. " And this," said- the Morahan, coming
at length
to young Montgomery, " is a countryman of
your Lord-
ship's." His Lordship raised himself up, looked hard
at the little fellow,' and then shaking his huge whip over
his head, " Ah," he exclaimed, " I hope his country
will have no reason to be ashamed of him." " The cir-
cumstance," said the poet, ,‘ made a deep impression on
my mind, and I determined--I trust the resolution was
nut made in Vain-;-I duterminc'd in that moment that toy
country should'Uot hate . reason to be Ashamed_of m,' g.

ARMY AND NAVY PROMOTIONS.

The anxious hope of the nation basing been crowned
with success, the Navy and Army now look forward
with confident expectation for a liberal Army Brevet
and Naval Promotion. Various are the reports in
circulation on this subject.
As regards the Army, we must refer our readers to
the Naval and Military Gazelle of the 30th ult. on
this subject, in which are the following remarks :
That there will be a Brevet on the happy occasion
of her Majesty's approaching eccouchement, we enter-
tain not the least doubt, because, we lately stated,
the services consider Sir
.Henry Hardinge pledged to
this very necessary measure. This Brevet will, we be-
lieve, include-the Lieutenant-Generals of 1823 and
1830, the Maior-Generals- of .1830, the remaining
Colonels of 1830, together with the very few who
received that rank in the following years (1831
to 1836), terminating with that gallant soldier and
truly excellent man, Colonel Aitchison, of the Scots
silier .thrirds. Also the Lieutenant-Colonels,
:Majors, and Captains, down to 1830 inclusive.
should only deceive our friends of the Army, did
we hold out any hope that the next Brevet would ex-
tend beyond the year 1830 but we have every reason
to assured that it Will:not stop short of that year,
for the very sufficient reason that the Lieutenant-
Colonels and Majors of 1826; 27, 28, and 29, are all,
with very few exceptions, purchase men ; whereas the
Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors of 1830 are all veteran
officers, and have obtained their present rank by sheer
length of service. We should be truly happy to find
that, in addition to the above, some few officers of long
and distinguished service, but whose commissions are
dated subsequently to 1830, are selected for a step of
promotion by Brevet.
Wo cannot conclude without acquainting the autho-
rities that the Officers of the Army and Navy confi-
dently look forward to a very extensive promotion in and
appointment to the Order of the Bath. This will cost
the country nothing ! At the same time it is. hoped
that some better claim for that honour will be substan-
tiated than the fact of having happened to marry a
Duchess !—and that the claims of Officers of long and
gallant services will not be again passed by. Tude is
one class of Officers, however, who should not ba
over-
looked, happen what will : we allude to thole :/;:irifi*tv
Officers now in command of regiments whole fortunes
they have followed from their first entering the Service.

In respect to the Navy it is stated by many persons
who assume to be well informed, that the promotion of
Flags will take in Sir Charles Napier ; whilst others
say that it will not go below the end of 1807, thus in
eluding Sir Thomas Troubridge, and ending with Capt.
Charles Gordon.

With regard to the junior classes, of course there will
be a proportionate advancement in each rank ; and
being most desirous for the welfare of the Navy, we sin-
cerely hope that it will include all the mates that arc
serving, down to the year 1836 at least, which will be
about one hundred and fifty only, and all of whom mutt
have bees, in the Navy pill twelve years.
We should be glad, indeed, could we learn that it
was intended to include another year, which would ex-
tend the number to about 230 altogether ; and whilst
we hear of the great difficulty that now exists in getting
active and efficient Lieutenants to serve in our ships, we
do trust that the First Lord of the Admiralty may see
fit to carry the expected promotion out to this satisfac-
tory extent.

Possibly on the present joyous occasion the promotion
may km extended to some of the old Commanders,
Lieutenants, rand Mates, whose claims appear to merit
such favour. This was the ancient practice on a gene-
ral promotion, and, if revived, would give much sails-
faction.

Of this we arc fully assured, that ALL and EVERY-
TILING that can be done for the service will be recom-
mended by the distinguished officer who now holds the
senior seat at the Board under the First Lord.
We have ascertained that up to the present moment
nothing has been definitively settled. Several commu-
nications, hots ever, from the Naval and Military De-
partments, with regard to the expenses of the Brevet,
have been made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
during the week.—Naval and Military Gazette.