The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-25 00:00:00

JUNE 25, 1846.

Bristol—G. M. Wilson and J. Moore, painters, Liverpool—
R. Wood and C. Simpson, colonar brokers, Mincing- lane,
CityL--W. • Sinith •D. Pam ett,• grocers, -High-street,
ShOreditch--3., and A. It Homershatn„ woolstaplers, Ber-
movoPey—R. Birkett and D. Crennell. builder., Liverpool—
B.'Nutmati and R. Smith, engineers, New-cut, Lambeth.
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SCOTCH Saii.JESTEA Floss.-
.
William Smellie or Smillie, cattl t defier, Stonehonse,
Lanarkshire,-June 29, and July 16, at twelve, at Thomson's
.floqert Harvey, tavern
Sun Inn, Strathavit -
Mau:ow, June 26, and
July 17, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Hucheson, Gl4,gow.
Thomas Porteous, ..sitoemaker, Ghsgow, June 26 and
keeper,
July
John Mill, wine merchant, Edinburg+. June 29 and
July 11.77,4%att
July 16, at one, at Stevecson's Sale-rooms, E iitiburgh.
one,
atnt tith,e,s,c,haiitint:enrselimf:ldra.-ISee. , vice, GlAsguw.
Kenneth SutlnTland, • ffili•eurer, Helmsdale; June 27 and
Jamea Inglis. iron merchant, GlasgmV," June 30 and
July 21.-at twelve, at the office of M
r.Monteath, Glasgow.
James Wotherspoon
Smith, AnArie, June 30 at d July 21
a twelve, at the counting-house of Mr. Wo,(l,,ide, Glasgow'

DREADFUL DEPRP,CIATION OF

LANDED FROPERTy.
The following very clever article on Land and Lord
Craven we copy from the Suvser Ailvo tiser and Surrey
Gazette, a paper quite after our. own heart:—
A few weeks ago we took occasion to comment upon a
remark: made by Mr: George Rubins, riat both • the
landedinterest and the agricultural cotnmultity had beet
more frightened than hurt!" Mr. lt.ibin, s as,ercion
has been . fully borne out by the result of a sale which
took plice last week un ler his own ati:Tices, as we
karn from a paragraph in the Times, which runs as

"The great Willenhall estate., :n Warwickshire, with
a rental' of 1,5501. a year, was sold by M'. Ito,,ins, at
the Auction Mart, on Tuesday, for 48,100 guinees.
Lord Craven is the purchdser. Mr. Junes Lo)d and
Mr. Mellor (one of the tenants) wt re the highest of the
unsuccessful competitors. This sum, it will be seen, is
33-i years purchase, and upon a rick rental. So much
for the supposed decrease in the value of land thruugh
Sir Robert-Prel's corn measures."
_

The noble purchaser of the Willenhall estate has re-
c. ntly been giving uttet ante to some vehement protec-
tionist auguries, in which the "setting of the sun of
England's glory," •the annihilation of rents and the de-
struction of tenant-farmers were duly prominent. The
Country will rejoice to perceive that his Lordship has
recovered from his alarm, and that, although a Craven
by name, he has proved far otherwise in his biddaigs ai
the Aucti n Mart last week. There could have ex-
isted rio doubt in his Lordship's mind as to the passing
of the Corn 8.11 on Tin•sday last ; and we can, therefore.
only conclude that the destruction of the landed interest
—the conversion of fertile fields into barren wastes—the
pauperisation of the entire race of labourers, and such
like results, are not matters causing any real alarm in
Lord Craven's maid, but are simply dreaded in " a
Parliamentary sense." It is oy no means an uncommon,
though not very successful practice, ror persons who are
anxious to be buyers at an auction, to endeavour to " run
down" the value of the property. to be sold. Pethaps
Lord Craven may have had a hankering for the Wil-
lenftall domain tor s me erne past, and upon that
assumption, it is not impossible that his Lordship
may have deemed it good policy to magnify the evil
effects of free trade upon landed property, with an e 3 e
to getting a cheap bargain on the present occa;ion. Be
that as it may, hi; Lordship's purchase entirely knocks
on the head his Loniship's prophecies. His purse and
his predictions run dir-ctly cou•►ter to each other. The
.ormer should needs be full, but the latter are i-vicently
empty enough. What with Lord George Bentinck
seeking to dig land out of the ocean, and Lord Craven buy-
ing an estate at 33} years' purchase, the Pr teetionists
who are sincere, in their- apprehensions of free-trade
must feel themselves sorely puzzlk.d. To clear their
mind, we would suggest a regular " course" of George
Robins. Three days a week at the Auction Mart, with
Doctor R.-bins as physician, and we have no doubt that
the " nervousness, tremulousness, lowness of spirits,"
with those " other distressi g symptoms" recently ob-
servable in Protectionist patients will be sp'tdily dis-
sipated. ' The scenes now enacted in George Robins's
auction room remind us of the old song yclept the Bay
of Biscay—not on account of the evidences of " wreck"
therein exhibited, but because, in the room, as in
the song, the moment a sale in sight -appears,"
it is " hailed " if not " with three cheers," at last
with alacrity equal to that of the uolortunate tars,
whose tears of " a watery pillow " imbued them with
such a natural longing for " land." We earnestly trust
that the future course of the Protectionis;s may be as
cheering as the final career of the mariners we have
mentioned, and that
" Now we shall sail

With afresh gale"
from the bay of Protection, which has so well nigh
proved fatal to the crew of the good ship Agriculture.

DISCOVERY 'IN LIVERPOOL OF

WOMEN IN SAILORS' ATTIRE.

On Mundy ry considerable curiosity and interest
were excited-in the neighbourh-Jod of Fenwick-street, in
consequence of two female servants from Hull having
been found dressed in sailors' attire, and having their
sex discovere i just as they were about to undergo an
examination by a medical gentleman, prepara-ory to their
going on board a man-of-war. The females who had in
this instance taken it into their heads to ship as
seamen in her Majesty's servim, and who,
but - for their own confession, obtained from
them undi r the circumstances mentioned, would
have carried their intention into effect, are two
very fine young women, the one seventeen and-
the other eighteen years of age. Both are extremely
well-looking, intelligent, and about the middle stature.
They can read and write well, aid upon the subject of
their freak they were exceedingly communicative, but
apparently very sorry that they had been prevented
from doing maritime service. They are both the daugh-
ters of small farmers, and their parents are still living.
The name of the girl aged eighteen is Harriet Palmer.
She was born at a place called Barton, in Lin-
co!nahire, and is the eldest of six ch.ldren. She haS
1 itterly been cook at the Blue Bell Inn, situated in the
markt t-placeof that town, and at the inn, a'situation she
only held about a month, she first assumed the male attire.
The name of the other girl is Caroline Sarah Abbey.
She was born in Yorkshire, and has 13 brothers and sisters.
She went to service at an early age, and, after being
in a v..riety of places, went to Hull, and was im-
medbitely engaged as barmaid at the Blue Bell in that
town. We have now brought the parties together at the
Blue Bell Inn, where, though previously strangers to each
other, they speedily formed a strong attachment for
each other, as they concocted their plans in a fortnight
after meeting together. Caroline seemed to have first
suggested to Harriet that it would be a capital
hit upon their parts if they left their places, dressed
themselves in sailors clothes, went off to Liver-
pool, and shipped as apprentices or seamen ; they
cared not in what capacity, in what vessel, or to
what part of the world they might be bound. Harriet
listened to the tale, and concurred heartily in the
plot. Their sweethearts were sailors, and had sent home
glorious accounts from distant lands of the scenes they
kai witnessed ; and the girls, inspired with a love ut
Mowing their career, s.emed V) have some idea floating
in their minds, that by going to sea, they would so..ner
or later fall in with their friends abroad. On reaching
Manchester, their funds became so low that they were
compelled to walk to Liverpool. On Thursday night
they slept at Warrington, and at 11 o'clock on Friday
'morning they arrived in Liverpool. The) have ever since
then been constantly in the company of sailors, rating and
. drinking and slit eping in the same room with them. They
applied at several shipping offices for situations, and the
captain of one of the merchant vessels in the Prince's
Dock offered to take Caroline on board at once. but

she refused to go, as she would be separated from
Harriet. They visited the Sailors' Home several time=,
and at length a oung man, whom they accidentally met,
advised them to enter themselves as apprestces on board
aman-of-war. They repaired with that view to the Naval
Office, in Water-street yesterday morning, and the captain
immediately accepted them, subject to the approval of the
examining surgeon, Mr. Craig. The captain said they
were strapping lads, and that they would answer ad-
mirably. On being taken to Mr. Craig's surgery they
took off their coats, vests, caps, and shoes, and then an-
nounced, to the surgeon's infinite astonishment, that
they were not what they seemed to be—boys. They
urged him strongly, however, to pass over that insu-
perable obstacle, and to let them serve her Majesty, but
of course he was unable to comply with their_ request.
From the surgeon's they were taken to Mr. Dowling's
office, and subsequently to the parish office, where they
received the kindest treatment from Mr. Gray and Mr.
Rowladds, the overseers. They were lodged last night
at a respectable house, and this morning they will be
clothed once more in female attire, and will then be sent
back to Hull.—Licerpool Times.

AFFRAY IN THE LI VER
UNDERWRITERS' ROOM.
afternoon
Between three and four o'clock on Saturday
altogether
an affray of a very unpleasant nature,
ainrdmoenrecan tile com -
POOL
aotimosphere of the
unparalleled amongst the members oft
naunity, disturbed the te,ually quie
As
and w.e were not pre-
circumstances of
detailed 13 t. •outof d
~ par les
the fracas are variously,
to .7
twowha te
xatt et 17-
perfvct accuracy, but, ac•
usenidtterowurrsiteirves,roaonind asin ththeisotrtiiinn.
we cannot pledge ourselvesries.
oaccnudrrleldr.sonm..e
cording to one set of p
drkte. Rit.
the following manner..
conversatin
shipowners, were in R b , . together, and, in
sive ' his remarks, Mr. R. t. served that Mr. 88. by
course of
reason of
his being a member of the Classification
Com-
mittee, had been
fortunate
enough to obtain a good classi-
fication for his vessels. Mr. 8., as the story goes, gave
the assertion a flat denial, in language very plain and ex •
ceedingly pointed and offensive, whereupon Mr. R. in-
flicted summary punishment upon his friend with his right
foot. Mr. B. struck Mr. R. in return with his fist ; and
then a mutual friend, Mr. L., interfered, separated the
belligerents, and put an end to any further hostilities.
Another set of parties deny that any kick was given or
any blow struck, but state that Mr. R.'s observation was
considered so very offensive by Mr. 8., that the.latter
raised his hand in a threatening manner, and would, in
all prob tbility, have struck, but for the prompt. inter-
ference of other gentlemen in the room. In which. %er
way the affray was conducted, ono thing feeptars pretty
certain, that it excited the attention and alai in of e%ery
one present, and that it was deemed most adTisable