The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-10 00:00:00

SIR BROOK BRIDGES AND THE

EASTRY UNION.

(From the Rent Herald.)
Our readers will peruse with surprise and indignation
the following letter from Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., of
Goodnestone, in this county, addressed to the editor of a
local Contemporary:—
Sir,—Observing in your paper of this day a state-
ment that the inmates of the Canterbury Workhouse
were regaled on Christmas-day with " roast beef
and plum pudding," and that the inmates
of " other unions ' in the county received
the like treat, I hasten to correct the impression
which the public might derive from such a statement
with regard to the Eastry Union, as the guardians of
that union thought proper to refuse permission to the
supply of a provision of the above-mentioned fare, ten-
dered by one of the guardians at a board meeting on behalf
of some charitable individuals, who had put it in his
power to guarantee the requisite funds.

If you Will insert this letter in your next number, you
will much oblige, Sir, your obedient servant,
BROOK W. BRIDGES.

Bowling, December 30th, 1845.

From this it appears that the benevolent intention of
the worthy Baronet and his friends to supply the inmates
of the union house with one good dinner in the year, with
some old English fare on Christmas-day, was frustrated
by the guardians, who absolutely prohibited i!s reception I
This appears almost incredible—a piece of wanton bar-
barity almost beyond comprehension. There surely
must be some mistake in the matter. We wait to hear
the guardians' explanation.
If the fact be uncontradicted, if there be no mistake,
if the cruel prohibition really took place, can the guar-
dians, can the supporters of that new poor-law which
gives such power or creates such a tendency, wonder at
the feeling of alienation which exists between the la-
bourer and his employer, between the poor and the richer
classes ? Deep and deadly must be the feeling of ani-
mosity which such treatment of the aged and th 2 unfor-
tunate will necessarily excite.

LONDON AND WINDSOR RAILWAY COMPANY.—It
is with much pleasure we notice the statement which
appears in our advertising columns, of the position and
prospects of this Company—not with any knowledge of
the feasibility of the scheme, for of this we know no-
thing—but on account of the open, candid, and honest
manner the Directors meet the subscribers. The system
of economy adopted, the explanation which accompanies
the financial statement, and the means used to check
any other than legitimate speculation, combine to pro-
duce an impression of security and good faith on our
minds, which, in too many schemes of this nature, if
we may judge from the recklessness of expenditure by
the officials, has been glaringly deficient. —Bridgewater
Times, Jan. 8.
POPULAR NEW NOVELS AND ROMANCES. The
last few weeks have been remarkably productive in
works of fiction. Among the most interesting are The
Citizen of 'Prague, by Mrs. Howitt—The Attractive
Man, by Mrs. Trollope—The Queen of Denmark, by
Mrs. Gore—Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebel-
lion, by Mr. Hewlett—Pomfret, by Mr. Chorley—The
Master Passion and the Gambling House at Brussels,
by Mr. Grattan—and The White Slave, by the author
of " Revelations of Russia."

TUB UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.—Every
packet-ship leaving this port for Liverpool is filled with our
agricultural products, and it is highly interesting and grati-
ying to see the great and rapidly-increasing variety of our
shipments. The packet-ship Fidelia sailed yesterday for
Liverpool with the following cargo :—Outward cargo of
the ship Fidelia for Liverpool-441 bales of cotton,
f 1,250 barrels of naval stores, 1,000 barrels of flour, 775
barrels of apples, 50 barrels of provisions, 325 tierces of
provisions, 1,050 boxes of cheese, 25 casks of oil,
126 barrels of lard, 11 hogsheads of lard, 300 barrels of
iron ore, 114 bales of wool, 310 kegs of lard, 9,000 hogs-
heads of staves, 327 salt d hides, 30 bundles of leather,
16 barrels of jewellers' sweeps, 308 bags of beans, 38
crates of onions, and 14 cases of merchandise. Cotton ap-
pears to be a small item among this variety. In conse-
quence of the quantity of flour, provisions, &c., offering for
shipment, freights rule very high. A few years since our
packet-ships were compelled to load with cotton on their
outward voyages or go out in ballast ; now, notwithstanding
the increase in the number of packet and transient ships in
this trade, they all sail with full cargoes, The most extraor-
dinary shipment in the Fidelia is the 300 barrels of iron ore.
Onions, beans, and leather are very unusual exports from
this country to England, but we have no doubt in a few
years they will be staple shipments. There is a very large
trade growing up between this country and Great Britain in
provisions, and our agricultural exports alone must soon ex-
ceed in value the aggregate cost of our imports.—New York
Paper.
Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re-
gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate,
forming, as it now does, not only the sine qua 71091 of the
railway traveller, but is Nullity so adapted for any gentleman
taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark
the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly
called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending
and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling se much at ease.
Certainly as au over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also
a general public favourite, beings() peculiarly English, and
avoiding all foreign extravagance of style. It must be ac-
knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat,
associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa-
tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very clumsiness,
defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering
with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues
are black, blue, brown, and olive • also the clerical mixture
called Oxford, and can be had of the patentees, or only of
the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter
paletot is three guineas, and is stampted in the lining with
the words, " Registered 6 and 7 Vie., cap. 65. 11. J. and D
Nicoll, 114, Regent-street, London.
SUICIDE OF A WRITER TO THE SIGNET,-.-The
inquest on this melancholy case, the particulars of which
have already appeared, was on Thursday resumed before Mr.
Bedford. A verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned
by the jury.