The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1840.

It is generally admitted that the principal cause
of the distress amongst the hand-loom weavers, to
which we have once or twice adverted, is the ap-
plication of steam power to weaving. " There is
no possibility," says the Carlisle Patriot, " of the
trade of the hand-loom weaver ever being better
than it is now. It would be as vain for one man
to try his strength against that of a hundred horses,
as for the hand-loom weavers to contend against
the power-looms. We agree with Air. .APCUL-
LOCH, that ' their only resource is to abandon their
business.' The weavers will never be able to earn
as much as would keep a pig decently ; much less
what is sufficient to maintain an English labourer."
They are driven out of employment, and, as it
were, out of existence, by the progress of society ;
which is no doubt ordained, and which is on the
whole eminently beneficial. We do not quote this
case so much to excite the compassion of the
public, as to rouse it to a sense of its duty. It
profits by such inventions as the power-loom, but
it ought not to profit at the expense of the hand-
loom weavers.
We have, however, a still higher object in view.
The Legislature undertakes to protect society
against evil—hence its vast and multiplied legisla-
tion, its immense penal apparatus, its organized
police, its restrictions on amusement, and its un-
ceasing interference in all the transactions of life.
On that principle, it is bound to provide against
the evil, which incessantly falls on different classes
of society, from changes in the direction of labour,
from novel inventions, and from improvements in
the arts and sciences. It is bound to legislate for
actual existences, not for abstract theories. Year
after year, however, and age after age, different
classes of labourers are thrown out of employment,
like the hand-loom weavers ; and the Legislature,
which pretends, with a fatherly care, to regulate
and provide for every part of society, has never,
we believe, foreseen any such change, or taken care
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of the individuals who have been sacrificed for the
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Gualdo Fawkes was produced. The Lord CharalaneT public good.
errn
s' to have been trouAng his innocent heart aboart:' The Legislature cannot, it is said, provide
and he has cut it down into harmlessness with a vengeance.
I: is of no use to talk of its plot, inasmuch as no interest against such changes and such calamities; we
is excited and sustained. There was some moderately know it ; but when its power is so small,
good sceiery, accompanied by melodramatic eff:ct, such
ns the illustration of Chat Moss, the tableaux of pro- when such a large portion of the community lies
phecy which indicated the future destiny of Guy Fawkes, beyond its reach, it should moderate its ambition,
an I the denouement of blue light, gunpowder, and ex- and not give the hand-loom weavers and other per-
plosion, which btongdit the affrir to a finale, Mrs.
Broug-hain inspired herself to death with considerable sons in a similar condition, a title to call on it for
by its perpetual meddling.
emotion as a prophetess; Mr. Robert Romer w.,s a tap- aid,
said as it cannot reg
stem's man of no small degree ; FJr:escue was the As we have before
Vivian:: Radcliff; and Mr. Maynard was Guido ,regulate employment and wages,
hawk s himself. The latter vtitleman did everything cannot decree the course of improvement and in-
vention, how dare it stint the supply of food ?
easily, and performed all sorti of romantic achievemznts,
principally because other people let him. This was the
author'., fault, who micrlit as well have given him some-
Railway leads to a similar remark. The Legisla-
The recent accident on the Eastern Counties
Cling that he could have done by himself. fie was, bow.
ever, called for at 'the termination of the blue fire, and
as considera' Ircheered is announcing the piece for repe-
tare has undertaken an inspection of the Rail-
tition every evening until further notice. ways ; it
BANKhas
them,
protect the public front
days TEg-POeND OF ENGLAND NOTE.—
W Mr. oodgate, of the Bell Inn Blackfriars-road, a few to afterook
days since, remitted in a letter
mi,s wa tden.pound Bank note,, injury. In its extensive care we are quite sure
directel,to his clauc,hter,
it has never thought, till now at least, of ensuring
o.
. 2, Albion-place, Margate, residing ati
which failed to reach its nesti-
. nation. Several inquiries
e, and the havearswe beeni since made at the competent persons as engine-drivers. It has left
(3,!crs,l Pest-office,
,aardias always been, "It I L
was not paid as a money-letter, we. k. now nothing
interesttnat most important. point to chance, or the self.
ab .4.;t it.'' The letter wa=, put into a r(ceivinr,box in the
1317ouzh. and was marked " money letter,"
are but only the of the Directors. In this case, as in the
penny paid. The Post-office authoritiesnot liable i other, because it has interfered, the public have a
r the loss.

Messrs. Pearson and Corbould, jun., still lay at their
respective inns in a very precarious condition, and are
constantiy attended by Drs. Butler and Richardson.
'rile other suff,!rers are going on well, and receive unre-
mitting attention on the part of Mr. Hall, the Manager,
and the Urectors of the railway. The remains of the
re-or man Eastman were buried yesterday afternoon in
Battersea church-yard, where they were conveyed by
the desire of his friends. Those of Mr. Ebsworth
were interred on Monday at the expense of the Com-
pany. The -llireators of the Company hell a meeting
yesterday, at which, it is understood, the sad affair was
rg:dly investigated.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

tosni_nl, Arc 26.—Wind, this day at noon—Light
Westerly airs and calms, with hazy weather.
AUG. 25.—Wind S. W.—Arriv4d the James
Hamilton, from Singapore ; and'lntrepid, Stewart,
lierbico. Sailed the Andrew Wilson, for Magadore.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25 —Wind W. S. W., moderate.—

Arrived the Susanna r Collins, White, from Lima—sailed
the sth May ; Demerara, Miller, Demerara ; Kent, Elder,
i%lobile ; and Mary and Jane, Varney, Virginia. Sail ed
the Shakspeare, Henderson, for Bombay ; James Hunt,
Stewart, Beirbice ; Superb, Gatchell, Baltimore ; Chat-
ham, Richardson, Boston; St. Lewis, Power, Philadel-
phia ; and'• Patalina, Strong, Labrador. Of port the
Charles Hamerton, from Trinidad. The Susannah,:Col-
lings, arrived here from Lima—sailed sth May, and re-
ports that the A iis, for this port, was to sail about erne 20th
May, and the Daniel Grant, for the south coast of Peru,
about the 15th. The Narcissus was at Truxillo, and
would sail from Liroa about the 20th May, for London.
The Hermes and Hudson were shortly expected at Lima,
on their way to England.
GuEiAisav, Aco. 22.—The Fancy, Brett, from this port
to Brixham, struck on a rock this afternoon, to the
northward of lhe island, and immediately sunk, Crew
saved.

RANtSGA rE, AUG. 25.—. A quantity of flax has been
landed here to-day fr3m the Grctry, on shore under the
North Foreland.
SHIELDS, ACO. 3,14. —The Diana, Hutton, from Riga
' to this port, on shore at Briar Barr, has discharged bet
cargo, and is expected to be got off.
lit:LL, AUG. 25.—The Amazon, Brodrikk, from Que-
bec to this port, on shore on the Stove Binks, 'oust be
further discharged before she floats.

right to look to it for protection on every point,