The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-27 00:00:00

THE NEW POOR-LAW.

We should think that no idle schoolboy, no over-
worked factory girl, ever watched the clock ready to
strike the hour of liberation with such intense desire as
the three Commissioners now long for the speedy arrival
of two o'clock next Friday. Parliament once fairly
prorogued, they, will, the first time for this twelvemonth,
be able to breathe freely. Day after day brings a new
enemy upon them. Yesterday Mr. Hume, indefatigable
and relentless, devoted himself to their immolation. A
firm believer in the New Poor-law, he burns with just
indignation against the officers whose laxity has brought
it into discredit. One or other, the law or the officers,
all parties agree, must be sacrificed. Mr. Hume is only
hindered by the close of the session from choosing the
living victim, happy if by this means he could clear the
law. We respect his consistency and zeal, but beg
to suggest one little practical difficulty which even
Mr. Hume will appreciate. When we have vic-
timised the Commissioners, whom shall we get
to carry on the law in their place? Who know so
much about it? Who can suddenly acquire the ne-
cessary accumulation of official experience? Who can
take up a thousand pending questions, or renew commu-
nication with a thousand boards of guardians? Had we
three mortal enemies, we should desire nothing better for
them than the seats vacated by these three unfortunate
gentlemen. Suppose them qualified in knowledge and
talents, how will they get that particular combination
of moral qualities necessary to make their administra-
tion of the law mild and considerate, yet sufficiently
riororous and exact? There exists not the man of such
balanced affections. No. The post is certain ruin. A
seat in the Poor-law Commission is like that chair of
torture, which looked comfortable and dignified enough,
but which immediately closed upon its unwary occupant,
bleeding to death in its murderous gripe. Who will
brave the sword of Damocles hanging over the throne of
Somerset House? Rash must be the man who shall
think to escape the fatality of the office. Will Mr.
Hume himself reconcile that impossibility, a mild and
considerate administration of the poor-law which shall
yet be true to its spirit? If he succeeds, he wilt then be
qualified to pronounce his censure on the Commissioners.
—Times.

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THE BALLOON RACE.--The" Albion" and " Corona-
tion" balloons, which ascended on Monday night, with Mr.
C. Green, the veteran aeronaut, and hie brother, Mr. 11.
Green, made their safe descents—the former at Thames
Ditton, and tho latter at Kingston—the former having, there-
fore, gone the greater distance. Mr. C. Green was ably as-
sisted by the inhabitants, and subsequently was most hos-
pitably entertained by Mr. Walker, a farmer of the neigh-
bourhood. Mr. B. Green, unfortunately, met with a dif-
ferent reception, as his machine was very roughly, handled
by the townspeople of Kingston, and suffered very serious
damage. Mr. C. Green arrived at the Gardens, on his re-
turn, about eleven o'clock, and he was soon after followed by
his brother.

CHESS MATCH.—A match which excites considerable
interest among chess amateurs, is now being played by Mr.
Staunton, who hitherto in even games has not met with his
equal, and M. Harwitz, the eminent player from Breslau, who
distinguished himself in the recent blindfold match. The
match is for 25/. a-side, and consists of 21 games : the winner
or 11, orcourse' to be the victor. Mr. Staunton gives his
opponent such odds as his friends think will be fatal to him.
In 7 games he gives him pawn and one move, and in 7 others
pawn and two moves; the remaining 7 to be played even.
rwo games have been played, one at ttie London Chess Club,
and the other at the St. George's Club. One of these
games, which was even, was won by Mr. Staunton, but the
second, in which he gave pawn anti one move, was won by
M. Harwitz.
EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF WHEAT —Mr. William
Noon, of Great Bardfield, in this county, plumber and
glazier, we are informed, has about twelve acres of land,
which he has cultivated by spade labour, performed with his
own hands; he sowed it this year with winter wheat, which,
on its appearance, was considered by all who saw it so thin
a plant that many of the farmers in the neighbourhcod
strongly advised him to plough it up. He at one time re-
solved to take that course, but being subsequenely advised
to abstain from doing so by one or two tradesmen in Bard-
field, who have paid great attention to agriculture under the
new and improved system. and who were d,cidedly of opinion
that the ; ' nt was 110 0 calculated to nrokkee a go ti and
abundant Mr. Noon fortunat•:iy adopted the r,corn-
mendatio.: i the latter friend*, and h.ving reaped his crop,
finds that it has produced eight quarters and two bushels
per acre, and the wheat is a very superior sample.-4ase.7;