The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

UNION OF ALL REFORMERS,

PO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—As you were pleaicd to copy and approve of
my letter to the Morning Chronicle a few days since, 1
take the liberty of addressing you on the subject, as I
deem it tel he of the utmost importance at this crisis.
I would earnestly eali the attention of Reformers
throughout the kingdonf to this one consideration—
namely, that it requires their Wilted strength to carry
any one of the great measures now in agitation. If
Leeds, for instance, is determined to make " Reform in
Parliament" the grand object of their pursuit—Glasgow,
the Ballet—Manchester, the Repeal of the Corn-laws
—and so on with the other towns—all will labour in
vain ; whereas, were all to unite in struggling to obtain
one single measure, they must be successful. The ques-
tion is—what shall be the first. grand measure on which
to unite? On this we al! have our hobbies, but I put
it to any considerate man whether there is the slightest '
chance of uniting, at present, on the Leeds plan of
reform ? Eloesever good it may be, it will require
myth time to he made known and appreciated through-
out the country ; already some of the sturdiest Re-
fteeners begin to doubt the soundness of its principle,
and it must be fairly and fully examined in all its bear-
ings ; all this can be going en. and the public mind
ripening upon it, without making it the first grand mea-
sure to be obtained. The B allot; flowerer popuLir lad
steadily making its way, is still far from exciting that
enthusiasm necessary to its success at present. Now
only look at. the repeal of the Corn-laws, and see how
many things conspire to render this the very first object
at which to aim ; and if it can be shown (as I maintain
it can) that Reformers are more united on this than on
either of the other questions—that it has already ob-
tained a larger measure of support, both in and out of
the House—and that its delay inflicts a greater amount
of suffering—then is it the bounden duty of each to
sink his own peculiar views, for the time, and do his u:-
most to remove this intolerable and oppressive burden.
Consider : The petitioners last Session were a million
and a half! More than for all other objects put to-
gether. The agitation has been kept up with unceasing
activity by the League ever since, and great progress
male among the people. The pressing urgency of the
case is shown from the fact, that the American, Prus-
sian, and Brazilian Tariffs are all just expiring, and on
I our obtaining the repeal of our Corn-laws will depend
I how f4r they will continue to admit our goods. We
may never have such another opportunity—it may be
too /ate! This, -I conceive, is a strong point, for as
yet it can hardly be applied with equal force to
the other questions to which I have alluded.
Next, as to the Ministry. Until we are united how can
we expect them to bring forward either of these mea-
sures ? On the repeal, or at least the modification of
the Corn-laws, they are nearly all agreed—Lord Mel-
bourne and Mr. Shiel are, I think, the only two who
have opposed inquiry, and the former evidently leaves
himself at liberty to agree to an alteration whenever he
may see it to be necessary. Who carried the Penny
Postage ? Hear the Ministerial Globe of this day, re-
!erring to the Committee on the Import Duties ; it says,
" The hest friend of the Government must be most de-
sirous that subjects of this kind should be fareed on
them by the utmost possible pressure fronn without.'
The Penny Postage was in this manner pressed upon
official adoption. No Government could well have been
expected to effect such a change without the previous
sanction of a strongly pronounced public opinion." Can
language be plainer than this ? Et seems to say, "If
you want us to adopt any great measure, agree among
yourselves, and enable us to carry it by giving us that
support which alone can render our efforts successful :
while you are divided we are powerless." Such I apt
prehend to be the case in the present evenly-balanced
state of parties. Public opinion must be concentrated
on one thing at a time, in order to accomplish any
thing. You, Mr. Editor, are entitled to the warmest
thanks of every honest man for the manner in which you
have exerted your influence on this subject, and I do
hope you will continue to strive for the accomplishment
of that concentration of effort amongst Reformers which
I think I have shown is indispensable to success, and
which, if brought to bear on the repeal of the Corn-laws,
might even this Session sweep them from the stet ute-
book —I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.
Jan. 13, 1840.

THE LATE ROBERT FARTHING
13EAUCIIA3IP, ESQ.

Luck.—The late Mr. Beauchamp was one of the
children of a poor farmer, named Farthing, at Kingston,
near Taunton, renting a small estate of the late E. Jef-
!tits, Esq., of Cothelstone, who, eompassionating the
extent of his tenant's family, undertook to provide one
of the sons with a situation. For this purpose he re-
quested his eon-in-law, Mr. Esdaile, then a banker of
this town, to use his influence with his friend Sir Ben-
jamin Hammett, Bart., to get his protege appointed, on
the first opportunity, to a clerkship in the London
bank, of which Sir Benjamin was one of the partners.
A vacancy soon occurring, Sir Benjamin sent a let-
ter to T. Woodforde, Esq., partner in tho bank
cf Hemmett and Co., in this town, requesting him
to pay the hearer (young Farthing) 107:,1 to equip
him v ith suiLablo habiliments - -laic-
for de;iltlsotir-
tuation. This was done, awl the youth dismissed
• will. wu edditiossal erestuity of half-est:seep, accom-
penied by friendly admonitions appropriate to the
situation he was about to fill. In his station in the
banking firm of Messrs. Eidaile and Co., the young
clerk acquittA himself of his duties in so satisfactory
a manner, that he was advanced at every opportunity,
anti after remaining with his employers about twenty
„years, he engaged himself to Mr. Morland, of the
banking-house of Ransom and Co., to fill a responsible
post in that establishment. Here Mr. Farthing wag
so well entitled to the respect and confidence of his
employers, and so particularly endeared himself to
Mr. Morland, at whose table he was a frequent
guest, and whose children he was accustomed to take
charge of when they w,•nt to the opera or other places of
public amusement, that the earliest opportunity was
soneht to appoint him chief actuary of the firen. Frequent
correspondence and occasional interviews with Mr. Roth-
schild, the millionaire, enabled him, by the share of a na-
tional loan, to realize 1,5001. ; and soon after, the pur-
chase of opera boxes brought him a clear gain of
2,0001, Other judicious speculations also prosperously
revealed themselves. Amongst the most bountiful fa-
vours of fortune, however, was that derived from his
assiduities to an elderly lady, who, keeping a large ac-
count at Ransom's bank, was in the habit of employing
Mr. Farthing to receive her dividends acid otherwise to
manage her finances. On her death, his useful ofilees
were rewarded by her bequeathing the whole of her pro
perty (amounting to about 70,0001.) to Mr. Farthing.
This lady, whose maiden name was Beauchamp, was
the widow of Mr. Hudson, an opulent brickmaker in
or near London. The will was disputed by her relatives,
but its validity was established by the decision of the
Court in which it was impeached, and Mr. Farthing,
having taken the name of Beauchamp in addition to his
own, retired from London, and a few years ago pur-
chased the house and grounds at Walford, where he re-
sided till his death, which happened last week, in the
sixty-fourth year of his age.
Mr. Beauchamp has left no children, and after pro-
viding for his wife, and relatives who reside in humble
life at Kingston, and giving many handsome legacies,
has devised the whole of his landed property, estimated
at 60,0001., to Iris friend and neighbour, Richard King
Meade King, Esq., of North Pethcrton, who, with J.
Squire, Esq., jun.,whose father was formerly of this
town, are executors of his will. To Mr. King also
the testator has bequeathed the house and all his plate
and furniture after the death of his widow, upon whom
he has settled 3,0001. per annum, and has appointed
Mr. King and Mr. Squire his residuary legatses. The
aggregate value of the property of which Mr. Beau-
champ died possessed, is estimated at 190,0001.
Taunton Courier.

ACCIDENT AT TIIE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—
On Thursday morning at four o'clock, notwithstanding all
the precautions taken at the excavations on the site of the
late Royal Exchange, an immense mass of earth and
briervork fell in from the effects of the frost, and destroy-
ing with It a groat deal of the scaffolding erections for
laying down the concrete and foundations. The noise
was very great, and alarmed many of the neighbouring in-
habitants, who considered it arose from the house now
being dismantled adjacent to St. Bartholomew's church.
Very few workmen are now employed on the foundation
for the new Exchange, which was last week a scene of
great bustle and activity. Threadneedle-street and Bar-
tholomew-lane present the moat serious obstacles to traffic,
On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered in
the residence of John Bourne, Esq., Dalby-hall, near
Spilsby. It is supposed to have had its origin in the
chimney of one of the chambers, where a fire had been
lighted early in the day, and which is believed to hare
ignited a jackdaies nest in the upper part, where a chink
communicated
such
ink
ort
communicated with an adjoining closet. E
s verhYut
was made to arrest the progress ;
was the fury of the devouring demerit, that in a short time
the roof fell in, and soon the vvhole house was a mass of
of the flame
burning ruins. Through the
l tho fu
srn'n
praiseworthyi enrts of the
labourers of the adjoining villegos, near y alon
t. re
was saved. The Spilsby engne was sow he poti .i.__
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oßfoytahleticigemiilmielaindPorir the 11th Hussars That the
strictures of the Press on his Lordship's conduct have made
his situation anything but a comfortable one, may be ga-
thered from a trifling incident which occurred while he was
papers was lying on the table, which his Lord-
waiting for the train at the Slough Station. One of the
n a a' :11p took dow
11i°rnin g
up, but hastily threw g in, muttering,
D—n these Papers, I'm sick of them. It appears that
the paragraph relatirg to his Lordship's last embroilment
was the first thing which
arrested hisattention
.—Tioes.

The City of Dublin Steam Company have sub-
scribed one hundred pounds towards the funds in progress
of collection for the survivors of the unfortunate persons
belonging to the crew of that ill-fated vessel the Thames,
who perished on the 4th inst.