The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.

Mr. Sidney Smith, in denouncing the present system of
emigration, observed, in a lecture on Wednesday, that this
scheme transported not the drones of the hive, and rub-
bish of the building, but the good square ashlar and
sound stone. The men who emigrated were those who
worked fourteen or fifteen hours a day, while those kept
at home never did more than brush their nails, or pick
their teeth after dinner.

A number of furnaces were blown out at Wolver-
hampton last Friday, but none of the workmen on the
larger establishments in the neighbourhood have yet been
discharged. A meeting of the ironruasters was to take
place at Dudley yesterday, to take into consideration the
state of the trade.
COMMERCIAL REFORM.

At a meeting of the Anti• Corn-law Association for
St. Mary, Newington, held on Wednesday, Mr. Wickham
said there were now upwards of sixty well-organised
branch societies in London, and closely connected with
the parent society.

At a public meeting held on Wednesday at Paddington,
the scheme of the Manchester National Anti-Corn-law
Bazaar, was strongly recommended by the chairman to the
notice of the various branch associations. Its chief im-
portance was, that it would tend very materially to in-
terest in this question, in a way peculiarly fitted for
them, the female part of the community.

Pura.= IMPROVEMENTS.
The day appointed for laying the foundation-stone of
the new Royal Exchange, has been fixed by the Gresham
Committee for Monday, the 17th of January. The
silver-gilt trowel to be used by the Prince is to be manu-
factured by Deputy Brook, of the Poultry. The amphi-
theatre to be constructed for viewing the ceremony will
contain seats for 1,200 visitors, forming an enormous
covered tent.

LAW AND POLICE,
On Wednesday-, at Bow-street, Richard Horton, late a
letter-carrier in the General Post-office, charged with
stealing a letter containing a sovereign, was fully com-
mitted.

Inspector Musgrove summoned the landlady of the
Angel Inn, St. Clement's, for having her house open for
business on Sunday the 19th, before one o'clock in the
afternoon. The charge was dismissed on the ground that
sho had only supplied refreshment to travellers. Another
of these meddling inspectors summoned Mr. Day, land-
lord of the Blue Posts, Southampton-buildings, for re-
fusing to admit the police. This charge was also dis-
missed.

Charles Smith, a waiter, 16 years of age, at the Shak-
speare Head, Drury-lane, was charged at Guildhall with
attempting to drown himself at Blackfriars-bridge, at
noon on Tuesday. A waterman saved him just as he
was about being drawn under the barges, but received
no thanks for his pains. The prisoner was remanded
till to-day, in order that a surgeon might be consulted
respecting the state of his mind.
At Thames-street a woman of the name of Upjohn,
who had been charged on Monday with cutting and dan-
gerously wounding Edward Allen, a rigger, with whom
she cohabited, was again brought up for examination.
Allen swore that the woman did not cut him, and the
wounds were accidental, but from the evidence of a Silt•
geon and another witness the Magistrate considered him-
self justified in committing the prisoner.