The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-12 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

William Foster, a servant in the employ of Mr.
Searle, timber merchant, of Somerset-street, White-
chapel, was charged with robbing his master. On the pre-
vious night a policeman stopped the prisoner with a
quantity of tirry.er in a truck, and on ascertaining where
he came from he gave information to Mr. Searle, who,
on searching the prisoner's premises found 500/. worth
of his property there. Mr. Searle said he had been
robbed to an immense extent, and the prisoner was re-
manded for a further examination.

PROVISION FOR THE POOR IN

SCOTLAND.

A discussion took place in the Presbytery of Glasgow'
not long ago, respecting an assertion publicly made by
a gentleman who advocates a reform of the Poor-laws
of Scotland, that an old woman in one of the lanes of
Glasgow had supported nature for several days on a
few leaves of cabbage. One or two of the clergymen
sought to demonstrate that the story could not be true ;
but no attempt was made to prove that it was not true,
or even that it was materially exaggerated. This hor-
rible story is in strict keeping with the revelations re-
garding the condition of the poor in Edinburgh, and
the facts elicited by Mr. Bailey's Committee on Emigra-
tion illustrative of the state of the poor in the Hebrides.
It is characteristic of Scotch coolness, that notwithstand-
ing the extent of suffering proved to exist North of the
Tweed in consequence of the inefficacy of the Poor-
laws, no serious effort has yet been made to bring the
subject fairly before the Legislature. For several Ses-
sions the discussion of the English Poor-law has en-
grossed a large proportion of the business hours of both
Houses of Parliament. The insufficient allowance
made to English paupers has excited intense sympathy ;
the no allowance of Scotch pau:)ers is passed over in
silence. The English Poor-law was altered because
paupers got too much—that was an abuse which called
for immediate reform ; in Scotland they get nothing--:-
that is an abuse that can be amended at leisure,—
Spectator.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

MATCH;

The following are the name
been ultimately agreed upon I
on Wednesday :
CAMBRIDGE.
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Messrs. Cox,m strokeKp
Messrs. Vials, stroke
Renman Menal
Penrose Lee
Cobbold Hodgson
Ridley Royd
Ritchie Mountain°
Denman Richards
Croker Bethel
J. Croker, coxswain Woollaston, coxswain
This will be the fourth contest between the Cambridge
and Oxford gentlemen on the London river, as the distance
chosen is termed, and the University of Cambridge has
on each former occasion carried off the laurels, a circum-
stance which may account for their being slightly the fa-
vourites from the very moment the match was made, and
indeed before the gentlemen had come to town. Their
daily training has been narrowly watched by the cognos-
centi, and the result is that large sums are being laid out
at even, and in some instances a to 4 has been given on
Cambridge. Two new boats have been built for the occa-
sion by Messrs. Searle, of Stangate, as much alike as
possible, with one exception, that the Cambridge cutter is
of the lapped ordinary build of boats, and that of the Ox-
ford what is termed carve]. The length of each is fifty-
two feet seven inches, and their construction thoroughly
masterly. In point of appearance the gentlemen corre-
spond as nearly as the boats. They are fine young men,
as nearly as possible, Ist. 41b. or list. sib.,
and, aguiiing'
der these circumstances, a very beautiful struggle
may be reasonably expected.

s of the gentlemen who have
to form the contending crews

ALLEGED DESTITUTION OF AN AGED No-
BLEMAN.—We ar© surprised to learn from a friend
that Augustus Carl Frederick, Count Van Ranzau, at
present residing in Colombo, and fast approaching his
90th year, is so illiberally provided for—this unfortunate
Nobleman, related to the Royal Family of England,
formerly was the friend and companion in Ceylon of Go-
vernors, Generals, Admirals, &c., and possessed of abund-
ant means, which he liberally diipensed, it is said, both
in public and private charities; hut unforeseen misfor-
tunes and the villany of others (it is reported) reduced
him to extreme poverty, when he was obliged to retire
from his splendidly furnished mansion, the seat of hospi-
tality, and retire to a humble cottage, under the humiliat-
ing circumstances of being forced to accept a paltry pen-
sion from the British Government for the support of him-
self and family ; this being gradually reduced under one
plea or another until it dwindled into barely sufficient to
support existence, yet the pride of this venerable indi-
vidual induces Lim unrepiningly to submit to his destiny.—
' Ceylon Herald, Dec. 24.
ANCIENT TEMPERATURE OF CIIINA.—M.
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tcurle.of the 35th degree. By ascertaining the plants usually
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