The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-01 00:00:00

BREAD AND CORN-LAWS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—To prove the important consequence of the
Corn-laws, take the following result, which will show
that the advocates for the continuance of those laws have
a strong intention to maintain them. Taking
the population at twenty-seven millions, and
each individual to consume one pound of bread
per day—an advance of one halfpenny per lb.
in the price of bread is equal to 20,475,0001. ? Yet Lord
Ashburton denied that the effect of the present Corn-
laws is to levy
ernore than the public taxes; when it is
obvious that Lid. rise in a pound of bread is equal to the
enormous sum of 61,425,0001.—Y0ur'5, A. F.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
(LLOYD'S).

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LONDON, JUNE 30.--Wind this day at noon, W.
STANDOATE CREEK, JUNE 25.—Arrived the Moslem, Constan.
tinople; Blucher, Clerke, Cadiz.
OFF MARGATE, JUNE 29,—The Jabez, Abram, from Berbice.
DEAL, JUNE 29.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrived the
Cornwall, Butcher, from Bahia ; Ralph, Bernal, Jamaica ; Brilliant,
Westward. Arrived from the River, the Mauritius, for St. Lucia ;
Lady Ann, Cape Coast Castle; Mungo Park and Catherine, Cape
de Verd Islands; Fnx, Constantinople; Ann, Cair, Ancona; Re-
galia, Quebec. Sailed, Intar, Carnatic ; Earl Hardwicke, China.
OFF DOVER, JUNE 27.—Jefferson, Cape, Virginia, Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 29.—Wind N. W. light.—Arrived the Radii'
(steamer) from Boston, sailed 16th, and Halifax qth ; St. Mark,
Alexander, Savannah ; George Canning, New York, Compton,
Quebec; Havannah Packet Davidson, Barney, sailed sth April ;
Comercao, St. Michael's. Sailed the Sarah, Mills, for Hobart
Town Medora, Calcutta; Higbinson, Bombay; Alice, Mauri-
tius ; Charles Humberston, Demerara ; Tarquin, Boston ; Susan,
Dalhousie ; Law, Ogilby, Constantinople; Shepherdess, Naples ;
Waterville, Malta. Arrived off, the Brigand, from Antigua.
OFF RAMSGATE, JUNE 29.—The Arethusa, from Madeira.
OFF DUNGENESS, JUNE 29.—The Osmond, Hensing, Bahia for
Hamburgh ; Cimbria, Wiprell, New York.
FAEmotErmd_UNE 2S.—Wind S.S.W. to W., fresh.—Sailed the
Duke of CaniffrairaeaMer; foiYigo, ge.—Atrifecrottlhe-Mattbias,
Rio Janeiro.
SWANSEA, JUNE 29.—Arrived the Tom Jones, Fielding, Cuba.
CLYDE, JUNE 28.—Arrived the Scotia, from -Newfoundland;
Romulus, Halifax ; Arethusa, Sierra Leone. Sailed the Mersey
for Palermo. _ _

DUBLIN, JUNE 26.—Sailed the Wanderer, for St. Lucia.
CORK, JUNE 27. Arrived the Princess, from Newfoundland.
Sailed the Luna, for Miramichi.
SHIELDS, JUNE 28.—Sailed the Gateshead Park, for Calcutta.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 29.—The Edina or Diana, from Cuba to Que.
bee, was totally lost near Torbay, N.S., 29th ult. ; crew saved.
Ten French frigates and three schooners were passed the 25th,
50 miles W. of Scilly, by the Bieram, arrived at this port.

THE WEATHER.—NooN, JUNE 30.
ROYAL GALLERY OF• SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 62 I Highest 65 f Lowest .. 4B
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

Patronized by their Majesties the King and
Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses
Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy,
the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess
of Bedford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, and Manchester. In addition to the
above distinguished patronage to the newly-invented Spectacle
Lenses and Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, the Messrs. S.
and B. Solomons, opticians and aurists, 39, Albemarle street, Pic.
catlilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England, feel great
pleasure to state that their valuable inventions have also gained the
sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the
principal members of the medical profession ; as also of numerous
individuals of high distinction, who have been greatly benefited by
their use. Immediately these improved Spectacle Wises are
placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brougnt back to
its natural and original state, every object becomes clear arid dis.
tinct, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or candle-
light, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by
which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not
the least perceptible, not more uncomfortable, than having a pielce
of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public wsembty
is heard with exact distinctness.-33, Albemarle-street, opposite
the York Hotel, and 76. King William-street, Bank.—No con.
nexion with persons of the same name.
All the instrumentsairmerly employed for re-
lieving deafness are now far superseded by the Voice Conductors,
invented by R. Solomons and Co., No. 36, Old Bond-street, and
No. I, Old Jewry, City. From their ingenious and minute con-
struction (being only a quarter of an inch in diameter) they cannot
be perceived by the nearest bystander ; and while they enable deaf
persons to distinguish mixed and confused sounds, or the voice of
a distant speaker, they afford the most effectual relief to subjects
complaining of singing noises in the ear, and are altogether pro-
ductive of the most desirable results. Their Patent Spectacles
extend great relief to the visual organs, and from a combination of
properties which they possess, are vastly superior to those hitherto
employed. To such persons who closely apply their sight to read-
ing or any minute employment, but particularly by candle or lamp
light, they will be found of incalculable advantage. The highest
testimony to their superior merit is conveyed in the fact, that the
principal medical authorities in Europe use them, and strongly re.
commend their adoption to all persons who may require optical aid.
—N.B. In consequence of the various attempts to impose base
imitations on the public, and the Patentees being entirely uncon-
nected with persons advertising under the same name, their sub.
joined address should be cautiously noted, No. 36, Old Bond.
street, and No. I, Old Jewry.
MATHEWS AT THE JARDIN DES PLANTES.
—I took Mr. and Mrs. Mathews to the Jardin des
Plantes to-day, and was much amused by an incident
that occurred there. A pretty child, with her bonne,
were seated on a bench near to which we placed our-
selves. She was asking questions relative to the ani •
mals she had seen, and Mr. Mathews having turned his
head away from her, gave some admirable imitations of
the sounds peculiar to the beasts of which she was
speaking, and also of the voice and speeches of the per-
son who had exhibited them. Never did he exert him-
self more to please a crowded and admiring audience
than to amuse this child, who, maintaining an im-
movable gravity during the imitations, quietly observed
to her nurse, " Ma bonne' ce Monsieur est been drole."
The mortification of Mr. Mathews on this occasion was
very diverting. " How !" exclaimed he, "is it possible
that all my efforts to amuse that child have so wholly
failed ? She never moved a muscle !"—Lady Blessington's
Idler in France.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT FROM OMNIBUS
RAClNG.—Between six and seven on Tuesday evening, as a
man, named John Davis, was crossing Bishopsgate-street-
without, two Hackney omnibuses, proceeding along in the di-
rection of the City, the drivers racing each other at the time,
the horses of one of them knocked the poor man down, and
the wheels passed over him, by which his skull was fractured
and his right thigh completely shattered. He was taken to the
London Hospital.. Police-constable 661, City Police, took
one of the drivers into custody.
A meeting in connection with the Societies for
the Suppression of Intemperance was held on Tuesday, at Ex-
eter Hall, at which B. Rotch, Esq., presided, to call the atten-
tion of the public to the evils of the drinking practices usually
prevalent at elections, and of making an appeal to the electors
of Great Britain and Ireland generally to discountenance sueh
practices at the ensuing elections. ::•everal eloquent speeches
were delivered in support of resolutions expressive of the demo-
ralizing effect of the drinking customs at elections, and calling
upon every lover of kis country to assist in removing the evil.
The meeting was numerously attended.
REDUCED PRICE OF ADMISSION TO WEST-
MINSTER ABBEY.—The Dean and Chapter of Westminster,
in fulfilment of intentions long since entertained, have made
such alterations in the terms of admission to Westminster Ab-
bey as will enable visitors to see the whole of the interior for
6d., or the nave and transcept only 3d. They have placed the
regulations under the superintendence of the High-Constable
of Westminster, who will be in constant attendance at the ap-
pointed hours, and to whom immediate reference of any com-
! plaint is to be made.