The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-12 00:00:00

PENSION (CIVIL OFFICERS) BILL.

In the bill which has been brouglit in by Sir Jame
Grahani for the future' regulation of superannuation allow
ances, there is a provision which, if enacted, will be a hard.
ship on those persons who have served thirty years and up.
wards.

By the existing Act (3 George IV., cap. 113), the fol-
lowing allowances are provided for persons superannuated,
viz. :

For those who have served from ten to fifteen years, an
allowance not exceeding 4-12ths of their salary and emo-
luments, &c. &c.
Under the words not exceeding, as above used, it mad
b 3 that any portion, however small, of this or that number
of twelfths ma`• be fixed as the amount of allowance twin
granted on retirement.
But at the completion of thirty years, and at every subse-
quent period specified in the scale of superannuation al-
lowances, the words not exceeding are left out, and cense
quently the quantum of allowance to be granted is fixed ir
a precise and definite manner, thereby placing those officia,
persons who have served thirty years and upwards upon a
certain footing as to the amount of their superannuation al-
lowance.

Sir James Graham's bill, however, applies the words
not exceeding indiscriminately to all persons without re.
gard to their length of service, and would thus take away
from many individuals a title which they have already
acquired by practice and confirmed by law.

Her Majesty has expressed her intention of
honouring the German opera with her presence.

His Majesty will visit Woolwich at the
latter part of next month, for the purpose of inspecting
the royal arsenal and repository. Orders have been
received by the heads of the departments there to have
every thing in readiness for the occasion.—Greenwich
Gazette.

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—No improvement
appears to be more overlooked by our good citizens
than the splendid Mall shaded by trees, and brilliantly
lighted at night with gas, which will be formed on the
south side of the London and Greenwich railway, or
bridge of 1,000 arches, each arch forming a shop or
warehouse, fronting the walk. One penny or two-
pence, we are informed, will be paid to the company
by each person using this path, saving nearly two miles
out of the present distance of 51- miles to Greenwich,
and render the park of that place as accessible as the
parks at the west end of the town.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER.—
Church-passage, St. James's, which is Crown land, is
to undergo an important improvement at the termina-
tion of the leases of the houses, which will shortly ex-
pire. They are in general ancient tenements, com-
posed chiefly of wood, and when taken down a range
of itandsome houses is to be erected on their sites, and
the old shabby court contiguous is no longer to re-
main. The new street will be a great improvement,
and will forhi a most respectable communication `be-
tween Jermyn-street and Piccadilly, instead of the
present mean passage parallel with the *east end of
St. James's Church.

KENSINGTON GARDENS.—The extensive
improvements in Kensington-gardens having been
finished, the persons employed in putting them in or-
der have received notice that they will be no longer
wanted after to-morrow. The mound of earth which
so long intercepted the prospectrund remained as a
monulnent of bad taste, is entirely removed ; the aper-
tures that remained after extracting the roots of the
large trees from the earth are filled up, and the spa-
cious gravel-walks have all been repaired, and the de-
lightful promenades are now open to the public with
more than their former attractions.

We deeply regret to have to record the death
of the Countess Walewski, youngest daughter of the
Countess of Sandwich. This event took place in Paris
the middle of last week, where her brother, the Earl
of Sandwich, arrived only a few hours before his sister's
decease. Her ladyship was in her 25th year, and her
remains are on their passage to England, for interment
in the family vault at Barnwell, near Oundle.—Cam-
bridge Chronicle. The above lamented lady survived
her marriage only two years attralhlf. By:her pre-
mature death the Earls of Saudivich and Behnore, and
Lady Harriet Baring, are placed.in mourning.

LAY DECLARATION.—The declaration o f
attachment to the established church, signed by
3,446 lay members residing in Ripon, Knaresborough,
and their neighbourhoods, has this week been for-
warded to the Central Committee in London. The
conscientious members of our venerable church are
called upon, as they value the purity of the doctrines,
the excellency of the liturgy, and the apostolic consti-
tution of the establishment, to stand forward in her
defence, declare their attachment to her gospel ritual,
and their determination to support in full efficiency
her rights and privileges.—Leeds Atelligencer.

Lord Althorp's Poor Laws' Amendment Bill
continues to be received with the most unmitigated
feeling of hostility in every quarter. The parishes of
St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey ; St. Giles in the
Fields, Limehouse, St. Clements, and Mile-end Old
Town, have all met, and recorded their decided oppo-
sition to the measure. At St. Clements Danes one
of the speakers, Mr. Jones, said that he would advise
a kind of procession, in every parish, of the church..
wardens and overseers, attended by the beadles ; the
bill should then be laid at the vestry hall door, and
kicked beyond the boundaries of the parish !

MR. FLEETWOOD'S NEW SUNDAY BILL.
—l. It repeals several old statutes relating to the ob-
servance of the Sabbath, and proceeds to consolidate
and simplify the laws on that subject. 2. It permits
all sorts of travelling, the conveyance of goods by
land and water, the keeping open of coffee-shops, pas-
try-cooks, fruit-sellers, and cook shops, except during
the hours of divine service. 3. It prohibits the keep-
ing open of gin-shops, tobacconists, and what is called
Sunday 'trading generally ; but it permits the licensed
victuallers to remain open, except during the hours of
divine service. 4. It interferes with no amusement
heretofore lawful on Sunday ; and, in fact, recognizes
and sanctions everything in accordance with the habits
'of the people. 5. It directs that the shops of news-
venders shall be closed at ten o'clock, but permits the
sale and hire of papers at 'the houses of their custom-
ers throughout the day, except during the hours of
'divine service. 6. It prohibits the pursuit'of ordinary
labour, " of the nature of handicraft, manufacture, or
trade;" but, by all ring all the usual amusements of
the Sunday, it permits the labour necessary thereto.
7. It does not interfere with baking, at least so far
as the cookery of the humbler classes is concerned
Observer.
IMPORTANT A LTERATION IN HIS MA-
JESTY'S ESTABLISHMENT OF TILE YEOMEN OF THE
GUARD.—The following important change in the
establishment of the Yeomen of the Guard commences
from the present period, by the command of his
Majesty, and all vacancies will for the future bo filled
up in the following manner. (The situations were
originally obtained by purchase, and the salary derived
from it formed a respectable independence.) His Majesty
has been pleased to recommend that at the demise of
all persons who now belong to the guard these situa-
tions should be filled by persons who have served in
the army or navy, and have small pensions, and of those
only persons who have borno an irreproachable
character in either of the services; the future places
are to be gicen from the crown without purchase.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Governor and
High Constable of the Tower, has the power invested
in him for the future appointment of persons in the
situation of Yeomen of the Guard. We undexcitara
the purchase-money to have been from COP!, to 7-oa,
which by the new regulations arc vAirciy done away
with. The salary and Ilercluisites to persons filling
the situation Nvi,ll still continue.

, ~.. , c ta -is z
.1 r: r :5. 2 LI • g
From Whence. f":. r 7 F: :' E 3 ....
F'. -..:
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. ticks.
Aldbormigh Bl7 1106 10
:oston
/artinottth
Colchester 2Ol 17 EV,II 134 fi'l'l
'27 1 11rtv ic h
Leigh
485 28 140
' C Nlaldon 1783 3i7 310 95 176 54 350
; xeter — BC,
;I imsby — 70
lastings 23. _ 34)
hull — —
Ipswich... 73 64 10,9 46 11 527
(.1,1
I.o,testoft ___ 281 I 100
yJo 242 338 I 8111 493 39 l2
Newhaven — 409
',lmport — • F•O
Plymouth ......
i. .1.• _ _ _ 1 :.
Rye ll9
~.tm...tplu. 20 : .c.SS
4.,utliwold 205 43 595 —i
*aiding - 1--
.4tockton .775 _ _ 170
'.1,,51,,ach 378 _ 861)
Woodbridge 356 81 275
Ya•mouth 1073 1921 10 150;
A crdeers ...
Bmfl
rwick
Dun, lee — •80 150
14Ath — 10
1,790 i 2592 ((443 9161 1423 j 71 00f,9
1 sisii.
Galway 1583 SCO 461:0 ( 3
Kilrush — 1025 —l,inet ick 1
Londonderry
iligo — 17410
Westport — 924 _
Voligliall • 2c,0 375 —.
FOREIGN.
Rostock
1..
Total 11576 3092 6463 21174 142.1 71 ,GO 2
ACGILEGATIC QUANTITY 01. OTIIIItt kINI)S OF iill.Nt
Rye, 0--Tares, SC--Linseed, 69--Rapeseed, f --Brank, 0.--
Mustard, "--Seeds, :69.

SMITHFIEL]
This day's supply of Beasts, St
good;' of Calresand Porkers, ii
t the following prices :

D MARKET.
heep, and Lambs, was moderately
limited ; and the trade was dull,

PRICES PER STONE OF Sf.SS. TO SINK THE oil, a. hs.
s. d. to s. d. .. cl, e. 4.
Inferior Beasts 9. 0 2 2 Large Lamb 5......... 0 0 O• 0
Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Prime small (hew... 4 8 6 0
Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 6 Large coarse Calve, 2 6 310
Prime Scots, &c..„ 3 8 310 Prime small ditto... 4 6 5 0
Inferior Sheep. 2 0 2 4 Large 110 i,~
Second quality ditto 3 '2 3 6 Snii.ll Porker, 1 8 4 0
Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 61 Suckli ag Calve, 12.. ti.3o each.
Southtlswn Wethers 311 4 0 ; Quarter old Pies I2s. to 18r.eacli
SUPPLY, AS PER
.CT.RRK's STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheep and Lambs. . Calves. I
rt".--
fr'
72,534 -17,620 ' I Its 3 0
Anoiit 51 of the heats came up the St. Alhan's road; about
31 tip the other-northern roads • ~inout SO (inclding Irish)
row the western a d midland districts; about ,2000 trorn Is es_
sulk, •Stlftilk, Essex, and Canibrittgeshae ; about WO from li (IA
au 1 Sm.sex , and most of the remainder from the marshes, Re
in the neighbourhood of London.

, 10,1, ii Al h iiNi; I..zetainNllALL 51Attntia
At per stone, by the Carcass.
5. 4. tow. 'l.
iSzel, inferior 2 0 2 2 Hutton, inferior...
middling 2 4 2 8 middling..
I
---prime large... 3 n 3 2 prime
-- • i•rime small... 8 2 3 4 P.,rk, large .. ......
Veal ........ ••••••• •• - 2 8 4 8 —sm. 0 --........”
Lamb —.....-- 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.

24 2 8
30 3 4
3 4 310
22 3 0
8 3

NEWCASTLE URNMARKET—May 10.
The present .favourable weather, with the late dull ac-
counts from London, had their usual effect upon our
Wheit market to-day, and the sale of all qualities was
dull, 'at a decline of Is. per quarter. For Oats there
was a good demand, and the whole sold freely, at
an advance of 6d. to Is. per quarter. Little more will
now be done in malting Barley this season. For Malt we
continue to have a steady demand. Rye, limited sale.
No Peas or Beans offering. Fresh Flour, if well dressed,
goes off readily.

New. Cid,
4Vhflt, Northumber'and 404. 48 - -.,.1
- Norfolk and auttolk • 424. 43, -4 A. -4.
Berwick and scotch 12,. 44.4 -s -B.
.....„ 1
---- Foreigr
Rye, Norfolk aunt ..)4,o4iik 344 ra,
--- Fortign
Barley. Malting, Norfolk and Suffelk...i 6 30A
Grinding aaid Feeding 2, 244...... -s -__,
.U 311., Norfolk and 811111)1k 50, SS. - .4 •
44.....0,
Scans, Small 104 3
- • ..... . -s. -s.
Tick 4 u. Vs 314.....,;„
-s
'ease, White •31s 365, .." .., -8. -...c
—t.; ray ...
>eta. Northumberland, ruiatoe ...... -17- 194. ICs. `42os.
..........-- Feed lits 18s
-- i oreign
Flour, Fine crier sack) ..---s. ---4 325.:355,
-

LIVERPOOL MARKETS, MAY 9.
PuovissoN.-About 2,500 firkins of new Waterfcird
Butter have arrived this week. The sales •Kere not brisk,
and Prices 6s. to Bs. lower since our last ,-offering to-day
at 84s. to 90s. No new Cork pickled, yet arrived. Beef
and Pork stationary. Bacon and tiaras meet a free sale.
Lard is scarce, and in very good demand. We quote old
Butter this. to 745. ; new Watertbril Butter, 84s. to 90s. ;
Pickled seconds, 71s. to ';2,s, ; Beef, 955. to I Iss. per
tierce ; Pork, 483. to 51S, ; Bacon, 30s. to 335. per cwt. ;
Hams, 40s. to 465, ; Firkin Lard, 465. to 445. ; auldered,
465. to 475. per CIVt,
II COTTONs-Notwithstancling the heavy import of Cotton
this week, we have experienced afood.demand, and prices
of all kinds have been fully supported. Sea Islands of the
lower qualities are at I.d. per lb. higher, and the Surat.
at auction sold briskly,i at very full rates. Speculators
have taken .590 American, and exporters 1,100 American,
600 Surat, 650 Maranham, and 50 Pernams. The ins--
port this week is 77,r32.S bags, and the sales are •21,0 M
bags, viz. :-350 Sea Islands, 14d. to 174. ; 10 Stained
ditto., 104, to 12d. ; 5,400 Boweds, 73/4d. to 9t/ed. ; 5,900
New Orleans, 734 d. to 9344. ; 2,350 Alabama, &e., 73rd..
to 8344. ; 1,550 Pernams, 10%4. in 1114 d. ; 1,100 Bahia,
9.1. to 93/4d. ; 1,600 111aranInm, 9d, to 11d. ; 180 Com-
mon West India, 9d. to 9:144.. ; 350 Egyptian, 13d. ; 810
Surat, 570. to 7d. ; I,t)' auction, 1,400 Surat, to
7144. per lb.
to-day the sales are 6,000 bags, at very kill prices.
CORN. -The demand for Wheat and, Oats has continued
Maw. 111,--We have had a very
limited since Tuesday. At to-da brisk market for Cottony's,
y's. market there was little
done in anything. Oats werelv.:l4 with more firmness than
Wheat, most of the recent. imports being 2s. Bd. per
bushel. The inquiry for llosir is less than the same pe-
riod last year, and tll l article continues dull at the decline
of Tuesday. Fresh, new Meal is steady, at 235. to 235. 6d.
per load. Ilarlev is scarce, and held for 3s. 6d. to as. Bd.
per bikshel for. Irish grinding.
MAX 10..-There is a fair supply of Farmers' Wheat
brought into-day, and the trade is dull, at ratherdeclining
rates, except for very superior qualities.
MANCHESTER AtAttKET, Mar 10.

,
CORN...--,We have not any improvement to remark in
'the state of the corn trade during the week, there being
great reluctance to purchase any article over the actual
necessity, whilst the warm weather has had the effect of
causing some holders of Flour to press sales at a reduction
upon last week's rates. The supplies of W'eat and Flour
roe heavy 1. of Oats and Oatmeal moderate.
There it a thin attendance at Ns day's market ; the
amount of business done is on a very moderate scale.
English Wheat is held at V,,?: week's prices ; but Irish sam-
ples are sold 2d- Per ';Whs• cheaper, Flour is dull sale.
Oats are in re.r.est, without change in value. Oatmeal is
in limited *laud ; • but there is, no gixing way in price s.
INl,zl,i; remains stationary. Reaus slack, but • cannot be
quoted lower......ilftitiche4er Courier.

AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE FRAUDS TO
WHICH PARISHES ARE EXPOSED BY GIVING 0,1:-DOOR
RELIEF.—Jane Davis received money relief from the
parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. It was disco-
vered that she also received money relief, in the name
of " Jane Harris," from the.parish of St. Giles-in-the-
Fields that she also received weekly money relief
from the parish of St. James, Westminster, in the
name of " Jane Stevens ;" that she a!so received
money relief, in the name of " Jane Davis," from the
parish of St. George, Hanover-square ; that she also
received money relief, from the parish of St. Mr..iga-
ret, Westminster, in the name of " Mari 'Sthith."
The parish of St. Botolph, Bishcpsgate, preferred AI Try..llx COMMUTATION BILL.--In conse-
charge against this tvctuan for, fraud, and slWay quanee of a requisition numerously `
,tared by owters
committed by, Ei\e Lord 'Mayor, under sne yi,grant and occupiers of land in the eastern division of Kent,
Act, for three_ month', to the Ht.ilse of Correction, the High Sheriff has appoin!o
noneqf • the above F.at:Oes had t,hii Whh h
utn a legal start, for a meeting to d Monday, the 19i.L, n-
'c lAelti on Barham Downs. to
seftlement:; own was, and Is now, an acknow- take into eonsideratk a. wn petition to Parliamea, (it
wcigeti patisbiouer of St. Clement's Danes, and re- the subject of Ivor& Altliorp's Bill for the Corrnutt...
oeiving relief as such,
tiou of jitheg.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The letter of " An Old Bachelor" deserves perhaps
a more lengthened and more serious notice than we
can now afford time to give it. It appears, from his
statement, that ladies congregate at certain fashion-
able houses, in certain fine squares, admitting few of
the other sex, but certain exquisites of the preaching
or " expounding" tribe, to furnish forth the evening's
" entertainment." We have heard of things called
" love feasts," held, if not in conventicles, at obscure
and unobtrusive haunts of vulgar devotion, and they
have been described to us as not in the highest degree
promotive of sound morality, or of pure and active
faith. But the practice now presented to us differs
from the other only in this—that there belongs to it less
of genuine enthusiasm, and less of grave and earnest
sentiment ; that it is a sort of Almack's Christianity,
a modish, gossiping, scandal-loving-levity, ~adulterated
by a small admixture of make-believe, but (if we are
well informed) not very edifying, nor by any means
orthodox, instruction. This diluting of religious cul-
ture with tea and sherbet is not a thing to be coun-
tenanced by those who wish to propagate the whole-
some fruits of Christianity. This canting in coteries,
where the principle of admission is one utterly un-
connected with either modes of faith, or progress in
knowledge, or purity of character, but mere parity of
fashion, is a nuisance better worth the Bishop of Lon-
don's pastoral and confidential notice than the recrea-
tions of the poor or the open assemblage of the more
exalted of society to enjoy the performance of sacred
music in cathedrals. It is frivolity and hypocrisy
mixed up in a single dose, and a nauseous dose we
think it.— Times. _ _ _