The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-15 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED,

J. Hedges, sem , and J. Hekei, jun., boot makers, New
Pond-street, St. George's, Hanover-square—J. and D. Sims,
barge owners, Framhooe, Gloucestershire—T. Burgess and J.
Wheater, common brewers, Salford, Lancashire—E. B. Jack-
sou J. Leese, warehousemen, Manchester—H. Morgan
.and E. Pyrke, stationers, Notting-bill—B. Pratt and C. D.
..Leigh, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry, and B. Pratt, C. D.
Leigh, and F. Leigh, silk mercers, Manchester, if any such
partnership as the latter ever existed—C. and J. Beadle, con-
leetioners, Worcester—J. Smith, S. Smith, and G. N. Shore,
-woollen warehousemen, King-street, Chcapside (so far as re-
• garde G. N. Shore)— R. and J. Orchard, cabinet makers,
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—J. Newton, M. Newton, and J. Brooks,
roller makers, Oldham, Manchester—R. and J. Pryce, flannel
manufacturers, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire—E. Powell and
'G. Haines, booksellers, Milford-lane, Strand—J. Chorley and
3. Hadfield, woollen drapers, Manchester—R. Wake, W.
Officer, and W. H. Officer, glue manufacturer!, Kingston-
'upon-Hull--W. Thompson and G. Hayt:in, whitesmiths, Ken-
dal, Westmorland.
SCOCTH SEQUESTRATIONS.
_ _ .

WILLIAM NICHOL, lithographer, Edinburgh, Sept. 18
,and Oct. 6, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin-
burgh.
ALEXANDER GRANT, Esq., Carnousie, Banffbire,
i Sefit6lllEaßnir Oct.ll ll'ill,tt;jlg.),atsDpiurintcardie'saiHeroteldnanbffur.o.
iSept. 20 and Oct. 13, at one, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal
Exchange, Edinburgh.

THOIAS COABION, draper, Langholm, Sept. 22 and
Oct. 13, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Langholut.
JOHN AI'GREGOR and CO., calico printers, Patrick
Bank, near Paisley, Sept. 18 and Oct. 9, at two, at the Sara-
cen's Head Inn, Paisley.
ALEXANDER ORROCK, wine merchant. Edinburgh,
Sept. 21 and Oct. 12, at two, at the Writing Chambers of J.
F. Wilkie, Edinburgh.

EMIGRATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN.
SlR—Upon many occasions I have admired your advo-
Cacy of the poor man's rights ; I therefore beg you will
have no objection to inform the public, that to this mo-
ment some of the Australian emigrant agents are, by
advertisements, informing the public, that a free passage
i. to be obtsined, on application,- by any mechanic of
" good character and abilities'." As one who flatters
laltim2s6e,lEf abwilto:iendfiescription, I called
mmed, there were
'-tio ships PrOceeding thither until next March ; and t his
in the face of an advertisement in Saturday's paper,
stating that a vessel started monthly, without
Having travelled some miles, I deem it right that the
same practice should not be continned,i6,o4Application
ut another Emigrant's office for a passage, they
rc-
quired 201.
Now, Sir, it is a well known fact, that many a man
travels many a mile to visit these agents ; and it is a
shame, I think, that a poor man should be brought
twenty or thirty miles, when, on arrival, yott are very
uncivilly treated, to say the least.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, •
A POOR MECHANIC.

Hounslow, Sept. 14, 1841.
[Persons in the condition of our Correspondent would
do well to communicate, by letter, with the advertising
agents before coming to London. Postage now is next
to nothing. Every information could be had for a penny;
and, if the agent gave a false account, he could be made
answerable for the consequences.—En. Sun.]

THE POOR-LAW ACT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—The Quack Doctor, after, with considerable tact
and reasoning, he has succeeded in displacing the NV: .
and securing " pay, pickings, and plunder," for his own
hungry faction, is now, it appears, about to adopt, at
least for a considerable period, one of the principal mea-
sures of the Whig Government.
We are now cooly told, and that, too, in the Tory
prints, which but lately were so furious and abusive on
this very point, that the vapid, cold-blooded emperic is
about to propo.,:e the renewal of the Poor-law Bill for
a twelvemonth. Feelings of honour may restrain many
on the Opposition benches, who have given more or less
support to this odious, and to use Tory phraseology,
un-English measure, from offering any decided nega-
tive to this extraordinary proposition front the head of a
party who have stunned the country with denunciations
of " the iniquities and the abominations" of the infamous
Whig Bastile Bill. But there are others differently
situated—amongst them Captain Pechell and the Hon.
Members for J?insbury, Messrs. Wakley and Duncombe—
who have all along consistently opposed this Bill ; and
if Ido not greatly mistake, they are not the sort of men
likely to allow this Poor-law Bill to be continued with-
out giving those Tory Members, who must be most
anxious to set themselves right with their constituents,
an • opportunity of recording their sentiments. If the
notice already given by Mr. Roebuck is not deemed
judicious, may not the Quack Doctor be met by an
amendment, limiting the duration of the present Bill to
six months, front the Ist of November next. This, allow-
ing Parliament to meet towards the end of January.
will allow the Tamworth-feed Quack abundance of time
to re-construct the Bill to which he is so greatly indebted
for getting his quarter's salary.

AN ENEMY OF QUACKS•

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—In the course of
quarrying operations in sinking a well in Arnott's park,
to the east of Cupar, for the use of the New County 1,3`!:
about to be built there, an accident of a melancholye
nature took place on Saturday afternoon, under
had
d been
fol-
lowing circumstances:—Two of the workers l
busy boring and clearing in the well (whaie nal:. ae is now
about fifty feet deep), during the day,
off work,
afternoon, preparatory to their leavinaffebt
but un-
they charged a bore, and lighted a
tnor
panied by a
the work, the two again descende.d,,
away
fortunately it missed fire: Anxiousannoil
the after-
young weaver, who had been idlin,,
to reprime
noon. Accordingly they were proceedingh.
ad burned. down, and
the bore, the straw in which
le in the bore for that
oxoceecl with
name is Nathan Duncan,
one of
Muir,t. h em
Nlalisy optliintrgti
putting
purpose, and the other, whose
o-
the top of the rod, when
was applying the hammer
and
off the shot went, it accidentally struc e nsseapllinedd Jackson, residing in
and in so dreadful a manner
and his body was otherwise
Duncan got several of the fingers
considerably bruised. Duncan atilli e
bruised, the middle one of
of his left hand severely
taken otf. The boy Arthur Lees,
shat-
teringt
llt it poor
rb
Jackson'se.li
which has
lookingsincebe
on, immediately that the explo-
sion had been
turned round his face to the earth, and
bruised ankle, and a cut on the head.
about eight feet square, and it is
The excavation is only
miracle that any of them were got up alive.—
Fifeindeed a
Herald.
Da. DILLoN.—Our readers may remember
escapedsion too kwiptilak.cea, .
this gentleman, whose name has since made a
our review of the famous Lord Mayor's voyage up the
river, by
great noise in literary and ecclesiastical circles. Ou
Wednesday he attended in the Consistcry Court to
answer the allegations of Mrs. Dillon, in the suit insti-
tuted by him. His answer, given upon oath, was a most
direct denial of all that had been imputed to him in re-
gard to suborning a witness, and having overlooked the
alleged misconduct of his lady. We . hear that the cir-
cumstances which led to the discovery are very remark-
able ; and some surprise has been expressed at the omis-
sion of all mention of the Rev. Gentleman's answer in
the Journals which gave circulation to the charge pre-
ferred against him.—Literary Gazette.
BANK OF ISSUE.—The second Report of the
Committee on Banks of Issue has been published by
order of the House of Commons, which states in sub-
stance that it is impossible for them to give that conside-
ration to the many points suggested in the evidence al-
ready before them which would enable them to report
any well-grounded opinion to the House. They are
aware that this may cause disappointment, but on
questions of so much importance they prefer caution
to satisfying the demand for a Report. They refer to
the House to decide on the propriety of prosoeut,,th;,,,
inquiry in the subsequent Session.