The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-Our worthy representative, E. B. Clive, Esq., M.P.,
presented to Parliament on the 2d instant a petition from the
city of Hereford, praying for the removal of those unwise and
unjust laws which deny the right of the people to exchange
the produce of their labour for the productions of other coun-
tries, and which sanction tiie iniquitous monopolies in corn,
sugar, and other food ; and that those measures introduced by
her Majesty's Ministers may nut be obstructed, &c.
The petition was signed by persons professing every shade of
politics, Whigs, Turves, Radicals, and Chartists, the whole
number amounting to 1,007, obtained in three days • among
them the Mayor and Magistrates, the Aldermen and Town
Council, several of the resident clergy of the Establishment,
al the Dissenting ministers except the Wesleyan minister, with
the names of the oldest and most influential tradesmen of the
city.
Now, Sir, as your paper is more read in this rity than any
other, 1 wis railer so prised that it was not repiirtut when the
petition was presented. I trust 4,11 win take an Opp: rtn„,,y
itt doing so. I am, Sir, )uurs resiwettuil,,
IleletUrtt, June 9, l'd4l. 1. W. H.

[ We do no,. see any notice of the poitioti in the other papers,
and p:obably Mr. Clive was not heard. Our Correspondent
would not complain if he knew the difficulty reporters have
sometimes in catching the names of Members and ulaces.]

DESTIYUTIoN AMONG THE HAND Lt oNI
WEAVERS. —We are deeply grieved to learn that this body of
operatives are at present e.aduring much privation, in conse-
quence of the want of work. 'the effect of even one day's
idleness among this inebrtueate class is to bring upon their to..
milies alt the horrors of want, end the drea,ifur con,equence of
a suspension of labour for any lengthened period may there-
fore be easily conceived. Driven almost to desperation by
the circumstances in which they were placed, a meeting of
hand-loom weavers, amounting to some hundreds, was, on
Friday afternoon la,t, held in the Public Green, to consider
what steps they ought to take for procuring immediate relief.
It was resolved, after some deliberation, that the best
course to follow was to send a deputation to the Lord
Provost, with a plain statement of their case. This was ac-
cordingly done, and, in the course of the afternoon, lour of
their number waited upon his Lordship, who received them
with his usual kindness and urbanity. 't'-ho effeot of the inter-
view was a meeting of the Relief Committee on Saturday,
called by direction of his Lordship, when it was at once de-
termined to give immediate relief to the more destitute person
of the idle weavers, and afterwards to enter upon consideration
of the best means of giving them some description of out-door
labour. A quantity of meal was perchased, and a supply served
out to about 160 families, sufficient to sustain them for a tew
days, till the future arrangements for providing work could be
entered into. The Committee have not yet deeded what kind
of work the weavers are to be employed upon, but the breaking
of stones has been spoken of.— Glasgow Argus.
EXTENSIVE FORGERIES IN GLASGOW.—
On Friday last a respectable mercantile cotton house in this
town discovered that one of their clerks had absconded, having
committed forgeries on the firm and two banks in town, to the
amount of 8,6201. The forgeries were executed with great
skill. Having this amount in his possession, he asked permis-
sion to visit some friends in the Highlands for a few days, and
the favour being granted, and he unsuspected, the forgeries
were not discovered till Friday last, giving him eight days'
start. The key of the safe in which the bank book was kept
also disappeared at the time he went off, which, it is presumed,
he has taken with him, in the expectation that the bank busi-
ness might be delayed by the opening of the safe, and so affo:d
him time in case of a sudden cuscovery. He is about twenty-
three, regarded as sober and honest, and has teen many years
in the service of the Company.—Glasgow Chronicle.
BELFA S T.—Our accounts from Belfast this
morning are most cheering. The letters speak with perfect
confidence of the success of Lord Belast and Mr. Ross, whose
admirable speech, at the Ulster A socia!ion, published in this
journal on Saturday, has won him many friends from the Tory
ranks. Emerson T (-intent yesterday issued a piece of delusion
in the shape of an Address, and commeneed his canvas, but
already he must feel that his cluom is sealed.—Dublin Evening
Post.

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BRUSSELS, JUNE 7.—This year there will
be only one period for the exorcise of the troops, at the camp
of Beverloo, which will commence on the 25th of this month.
The troops in the camp will consht of four regiments of in-
fantry, two of cavalry, and several batteries of artillery. For
some days past the temperature affords a remarkable instance
of those sudden transitions which are frequent in our country.
Ld
The centigrade thermometer, which, for several days, was not
below 28 degrees, and rise as high as 30 degrees, fell yester-
day evening to 9degrees. 'I his morning, we have bad an icey
'rain alternative with a most di.,agreeable north wind.
In Leland, we have not only no apprehensions
as to the result of our elections, but we are thoroughlytatii.ti
that we shall add, and not inconsiderably either, to 0, . -
ar num,
' bffs.---Dublin Eveniny Post.