The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-29 00:00:00

EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.

A numerous meeting of the rate-payers of St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, was held yesterday afternoon, at the vestry-
room, to take into consideration and devise the best means
to employ the able-bodied and unemployed poor of the pa-
rish, during the ensuing winter ; and, if necessary, to me-
-0,-lalise his Majesty's' Commioners of the Poor Laws for
their co-opt:ttion, and also to take such other measures as
may be deemed exp,:dient to carry the above object into
effect. Mr. George Wart, churchwarden, in the chair.
Mr. SKEGG, one of the requis;ti,;:lists, proceeded to ad-
dress the meeting upon the project of ct;:°l)erating with the
Poor Law Commissioners for the employment :of the poor
during the ensuing winter. It might be said that tLP Poor
Law Commissioners had the power to relieve, but not
employ the poot. Ho would, however, contend that, by
the 15th and 21st clauses of the Bill, the Commissioners
had the power to employ the poor. Mr. Skegg then moved
a resolution similar to the one in the placard convening the
meeting.
Mr. PEARCE was against calling in the assistance of the
Commissioners, as altogether unnecessary. By resorting
to the stone-breaking for the paupers, the parish had been
greatly relieved ; in fact, that measure had reduced the
paupers from the number of seventy to three or four. The
least they interfered with the Commissioners, in his opinion,
the better. If the Commissioners should, however, inter-
fere in the affairs of this parish, to the injury of the rate-
payers, it would then be well for them to come together.—
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Pearce then moved, as an amendment,
" That the means adopted by the Trustees of the parish
to employ the able-bodied poor, is attended with the best
results."
This being seconded, Mr. GOUGH, at some length,
pointed out the causes of the depressed state of the labour-
ing classes, when the amendment was put, and carried by a
large majority.

In most things, the manner is as important as the
matter. If you speak the sense of an angel, in bad words, and
with a disagreeable utterance, nobody will hear you twice who
can help it. If you write epistles as well as Cicero, but in a
very bad hand, and very ill spelled, whoever receives will
laugh at them ; and if you had the figure of an Adonis, with
an awkward air and an ungraceful moeion, it will disgust, in-
stead of pleasing.— Chesterfield.
The Soho steam vessel, which arrived at this port
on Saturday morning, left Lisbon on Sunday afternoon. It
appears that Admiral Napier has resigned his command, but
his flag is yet flying, as of necessity some time must elapse in
winding up his affairs with the Portuguese Government. His
resignation was much regretted by all well-wishers to the go-
vernment of Donna Maria It is the wish of the ytmg Queen
that this gallant and able officer's name should always appear
at the head of her naval service. Admiral Sartorius was at
Lisbon. The services he rendered to the country, in the early
period of her late struggle, were still felt in all the best classes
of society. A board of claims, which had been sitting some
time, has at length agreed upon the compensations to be made
to the British officers in the Portuguese service. To those in
Lisbon the awards had already been satisfactorily made, and
several have returned home. Some delay had arisen with re-
gard to those in distant garrisons ; many claims for wounds
having been made, which have protracted the final arrange-
ment.—Hampshire Telegraph.