The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-27 00:00:00

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EVENING SUN.
ENCOURAGEMENT OT ---11‘
here a e hundreds of able seamen p ser-
vice in the Navy who are still very ca
in active employment, and perfectly w )‘ AO- V.;;Yr
thing rather than remain idle on shore. t •
•se-ngs4_,:
the majority are superior sailors—well
practice, to the duties of a man-of-war is
se dap
fitted to hold certain stations on board §,
none but tried, skilled, and careful men arAltolbi trust W; :.1
We are pleased to find, therefore, that the Government
has determined to enter such seamen as part of the ad-
ditional strength required for the Navy ; allowing them
to draw their pension money in addition to the pay
which they will become entitled •to by their re-engage-
ment • for the men, having already performed that sti-
pulated task, are entitled to the consideration.--the pen-
sion ; and by their being permitted to re--enter, the
Navy will receive from amongst them some very valuable
volunteers.

The statement issued from the Admiralty Office,
Sheerness, relating to the advantages offered to those
who enter the Navy, which we published yesterday, is
calculated to produce all that can be expected from it:
none of the adVantages will be overlooked. The Navy
regulation as to allotments' of pay, those respecting
provisions, prize money, and the Greenwich school, will
all be regarded favourably. We trust, however, that the
Government—when they have succeeded in obtaining all
the hands at present required—will not dismiss the
subject; nor imagine that they have accomplished all
that can be attained, or that it is necessary to strive to
achieve, for the • country and the Marine. Circum-
stances may one day demand the outfit of a much
larger naval force than we have occasion now to
assemble. It would be patrotie to provide for such
an event, by organizing the Marine. To do- this,
we should begin with some measure which would
regulate the officers of the merchant navy, and give them
a recognized standing—a step which,- as we have re-
peatedly shown, would be conducive of order and im-
provement in our whole maritime community. Again—
we should take care that the most equitable and fullest
distribution be made of all the fundi which are col-
lected by ship dues and by abstractions from sailors'
wages. The seamen should be permitted to protect
themselves against pecuniary lees by shipwreck ; and,
lastly, the enactment should be made to govern the order
of every seaman's service in the navy, and to fixx, a fair
and equal time for its duration ; such an enactment is
the more pressing, because the old means of manning
the Royal nary—by force and violence—should never
again be contemplated ; nor should the nation be placed
in such a predicament as would compel an attempt to
have recourse to it.—Shipping Gazette.

THE ADELAIDE GALLERY.
THE INFANT HARPIST.
This truly wonderful child, Fanny Gregoric!, whom
performance upon her native instrument, the Irish harp,
has lately elicited Vie most enthusiastic praise from the
Dublin newspapers, made last evening her debut before
an English. audience, at the Adelaide Gallery. She
seems to be about four years of age, but brings tones
from the difficult instrument upon which she performs,
as full and equal as could be drawn forth by the hand of
a master. In every part of the extensive galleries and
in all the corridors every note was heard. She played
with equal vivacity, freedom, and expression, a variety
of Italian, Scotch, and Irish airs, each of which was
rapturously applauded, by a very numerous company.
The genius of Carolan breathed over the wires as they
were traversed by her tiny hands, and imparted to them
a melody which mechanical music does not possess, and
angels only can inspire. The announcement of her in-
tended re-appearance on Thursday next was received
with reiterated applause.

ENGLAND AND THE UNITED
STATES
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR—There appeared in the Times, a short time since,
a plan for carrying on a war with America by ate sepa-
ration of the Southern States from the Northern and
Middle, without restating the many objections to this
plan already laid before the public. I would merely
state that the farmer of the south, with the exception
of a field of Indian corn, a water-melon patch, or an in-
significant vegetable garden, cultivates nn land save for
Me production of cotton. I would, therefore, ask the
Editor or Corresponthnt of the Times, who concocted
this wise plan, one simple question—has he provided a
planfor victualling the south ? The plan is as foolish as
it is wicked. A Correspondent of the Morning Post
states that he &wows it to be matter-of-fact, that the
manufacturers of America are the main cause of the
differences between this country and the United States,
being exasperated by the spinners and weavers of
Stockport and Manchester, who undersell them. Frora
this fact he finds an argument in favour of the Corn-
laws—finds matter of great accusation against our
factories—condemns and miscalls the American factories
--talks about all manner of irrelevant matter, and signs
himself " Taurus." Without stopping to remark upon
the singular and heterogeneous mass of positive asser-
tion, I beg leuve to state, that having been, like this
" Taurus," in a foreign land, and in America too, that
he (" Taurus") knows as much about what he writes
as the paper he writes upon. The spinners of America
are a small part of one of the thirteen States--a mere
feather weighed against the universal mercantile interest
of America—a feati.er against the cotton States—a
feather against the grain growing part of America. So
much for travellers who, after " eleven years of Libe-
ralism," can see no " berefit to their country." Tory
blieds are nut easy teen through. He states that the
nullifying question arose out of an tttempt of the spin-
ners to put a prohibitory tax on English manufactures.
No such tariff was ever likely to pass an American Se-
nate, and, therefore, could not have been nullified. In
fact, Mr. Editor, this " Taurus" is an ass ; he has not
sense enough to be thmight even a fox.—Your obedient
servant, JEREMIAH ALLSORTS.

[The other letter sent by this Correspondent has not
been preserved.]

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IMPRO V EMENT IN CLOCK-
MAKING.
To the man of science and the philosopher, the cor-
rect mea3urement of time bas always been an object of
the highest importance, and yet how very few of the
clocks, in ordinary use, are calculated to measure
time correctly.

To get correct time keeping from a clock, it becomes
imperative that, in the latitude of London, the pendu-
lum should not be shorter than 29.126 inches ; and, in
order to get this required length, and sufficient fall for
the weights, clocks have hitherto been made with
cases varying in height from six to eight feet. Thus
they are often very unsightly and always inconvenient
pieces of furniture, as, from their height, they can sel-
dom be placed where it is most desirable to have them,
and they are thereby exposed to be knocked against by
chairs, &c., the vibrations of the pendulum being dis-
turbed, and the consequence an error in time. These
considerations have induced many to buy French clocks,
from their being more convenient and ornamental,
though so frequently useless as instruments for the mea-
surement of time. The English table and bucket
clocks, though less expensive to keep in repair th'aesahe
French, are liable to similar objections, owing to the
shortness and lightness of their pendulums.
We have lately seen a clock, constructed by an in-
genious and scientific artist, Mr. Craigmyle, of 90,
Park-street, Grosvenor-square, chronometer and watch-
maker, in which all the former objections seem to be
obv'ated, mil at the same time the clock has the merit
of being ornamental. Its length is 4G inches, its
depth from back to front 6 inches, it is of proportionate
width, and having a pendulum to beat royal seconds,
and going eight days with only
once winding up. It
can be fixed against a wall (on which it would occupy
but a small space) at any convenient height, out of the
way of all other furniture. The case may be made to
correspond in pattern with the furniture in the apart-
ment, for which one of these clocks may be ordered.
It comprises also in its general arrangement two ther-
mometers and a barometer (censtructei on the most
approved principles), adjuncts of considerable import-
ance to the scientific observer.
These clocks are cheaper, equally ornamental, and
certainly more useful, than those of late years imported
ertl
into this country; and we have no doubt but
twat
patronage ingenious improvement will meet with
patronage which may be expected from a discernin,
public, in an intelligent and seientifie'age.

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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENC-
LAND.—IIis Grace the Duke of Richmond and the Bris-
tol Committee having, on their recent visit to tha city,
selected sites for the exhibitions and meetings of the Sty..
ciety, the Council have issued their official aprion, co,
ment, with the list of premiums to be competed fo-,., and
'embers in
the regulations to be observed by the eve al convietitors.
It is intended to hold the smaller meeting in the', Victoria
about
Rooms, and for the accommodation
_of
otlfiery
general a spacious pavilion, Capable of Aning
tend the total
2,500 persons, will be erected oilildlia
,spi__, r of ground ad-
joining the northern side of
_Ti• .
tlhel: .k. There are
several new premiums in.ctudec in
amount will be more considerable than, ttati o ored at the
meeting at Liverpool. ail T•he Prems
dat tlieir are
open to all
England, and will be pat , - option of the winner,
either in plate or money.
r
VERY OMINOUS.-011 Monday last a very
considerable gang of power-loom weavers—the numbe
could not be exactly aseertrAned—left Manchester for the
United States. The wives and families of the
left behind, Lobe suppor'.ed, of course, out of these InEll
are
do not pretend to knov.,- what extreme of distress it
be necessary for the bread-taxing aria may
and to witness, to Eriove their compassion h
to create
opinion that their leader, Sir R. Peel c.
parting one
n, hut we are of
held the heart-rinding scene (the could he have bc-
not have withstood so pathetic a
will thus have to support the wives a. ), could
aaepdpfeaaml.ilies of these
expatriated, The town
seaenk. as every day is adding
men thus forcibly
are thus
to the number who
country which in their own ing that existence in a
they
not to expect that competition fromey are denied, it is vain
by such cases as this, grow every day other countries must,
formidable. For what are thesevery day more fierce and
but to pursue that calling to which
men to do when landed
brought up ? The error w.linch alone they have been
when too late.—Leeds Merci •no doubt be discovered.
rain fell o ury.
More n Sunda last
Somerset and Dorset than yl in the counties of
two months. The storm or! any of the previous
caused the lands near Lan continued e , en hours ; this
that for many miles the gport to under water, so
of,a vast lake • in some cou
of thefieldsntry had the- appearance
gates are completely Co the hedges and
Journal. covered with the flood.—Piymout/ t