The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-21 00:00:00

j..ITERATtIRE.

The L 0 o,lllated the LUG GER. A TALE.
•Miss Martineau's seventeenth illustration of
Political Economy bears the above title. Its
object .is to show that a high duty on foreign
manufactures, instead of protecting the home
manufacturer, is in many ways hurtful to him,
occasions him -to fall behind in the march of
improvement, anti throws the import trade into
the hands .of smugglers. The story in which
these principles are developed is of very slight
texture, but, nevertheless, is exceedingly pleasing.
The following examination by a visiter of a
school on the Sussex Downs is full of character :
" The ladies are come ! the ladies ! and nobody at
bonze but I and the dame,' cried Rebecca; and her news
seemed to be received with nearly as much vexation by
her father as it was related with agony by herself.
" They will dodge the brats, and put them nut,' he
growled in his deepest tone ; ' after all the pains I meant
to take to-day, the little things will be out in their Bib',es, es,
though they can 6.y it all with me. The Fee. 'rid
Draper will not be there, however ; only the sot•
of children.'
"He was mistaken. The gipsey pupils • erer saort
e present
av'th the r, at, and formed a part of the el,
tilda had collected around her, and whr ..6:erwhich Ma-
engaged in examining. An she was now
" They had got far enough to see
dren bad (in their own phrase. . that though the chit-,
the understanding, whether
they bad not (to use their mast ' got into the Bible,
er's) 'got through it' with
tongue. The children Me or not tbey had with the
all between ten and fif" .tilda was conversing with were
capab'e of giving intell' een years of age, and therefore
tale they had been r' ,gent answers about the patriarchal
whatever. ading, if about any part of the Bible
" What did
t.
mining where
hey do next?' she asked, ' after deter-
/
'" i, The
Th y reyshould settle.'
"Do yov ched their tent before it grew dal k.' " how is ,
know a tent pitched . "
tfriah r
dy ' • it is daubed all over with tar.'
mistake ri Faa, well informed on this matter, set the
a a wF ht.
What it en they saluted each other, what did they do?
at a ,7 it to salute?'
a ihey scolded each other right well.'
woo If they had wished to scold one another, there
30 d hardly have been such handsome presents given ;
iany sheep and oxen, and asses and camels. What is
mel e
" A sow.'
" But they had been angry with one another,' ob-
Sir ved a child.
" Yes; but they were now going to be friends,
th 3ugh they thought each other in fault. Should we be
" rry or angry when others are in fault?'

"' Angry.'
44 Why?'
"'Because they have no business to do wrong.'

Arid if others are angry with us, what should we
do?'

46 Give them as good as they bring.'
" Matilda began now to despair of the much vaunted
morals of Mr. Pim's pupils ; but, to give them a fair
trial, she turned to the New Testament, and questioned
. them about a story that their master allowed they knew
perfectly well.
" When the Apostle had neither silver nor gold, what
di d lie give to the lame man?'
" Halfpence.'
" The explanation on the subject of halfpence led to a
CCM imentary on the story of the poor widow, and her gif:
he treasury.
to ;t Now, little boy,' said Matilda to one of the youngest,
who had been. playing stealthily with the end of her fur
tin' , what was the widow's mite? What is a mite?
Ste A flea.'..
(4 He knows most about the Old Testament,' obs rved
ma •ter, anxious to shift Lis ground again.
his
4, , 'es,' replied Matilda, ' he told me about Esau and
nd the, mess of pottage. What is a mess, children ?'
-- she*,'r.. Dirt,'—' Rubbish,' cried they.
id what is pottage?'
" 4 She ep's tend and taters.'
" Matit da thought she would try them with the Coin-
. Is it right to covet 2'
mandmenu
64 yolk.
" 'Why

it makes us comfortable to have thing..'

" g Because aperiment, she turned back to the first page
"As a last e. i found they could tell that the world was
of the Bible, ; upon hearing which Mr.' Pim began to
made in six days
rally hie spirits. he two great lights which were made to
" What were t
rule the day and tht .night ?'
the North Foreland.'
" Dungeness arm 1 the schoolmaster put the class to
"Matilda rose, an 4
Right in a trice."

K OF ECONOMY.
THE NEW BO& LONDON.

GRIFFITHS, . longer on our table
This little Work has been
veectroumstmetnhdat
itthtoe
than we like to confess ; but
cordiality with which we beg to
ke up for our
the notice of our readers, will ma.
tardiness. The author's' design is to inatruet
the possessors of incomes, varying frt. 'm 300 L
to 3,0001. per annum, in what mann, lr they
may lay out their money to the best advantage.
The first heads are devoted to the necessaries of
life ; the next to its comforts, and the last to its
luxuries. We shall make a few extracts from
each head. After speaking of the purchase of
coals, the author thus discourseth on their con-

Jumption
With respect to the consumption of coals, a kitchen
grace will require two bushels and a half per weak, but
abets ought only to be allowed one and a half or two on
an average of the year. The cook should be instructed
that when water is once made to boil, it requires the
smallest possible addition of fuel to keep it boilng. t
bas been proved that one hundred pounds of beef A
myi be
kept boiling hot for three hours by means of two and a
half pounds of real in a confined place, so prepared as to
prevent the radiating of the heat except in the required
,direction. U you cook by steam, the saving will be very
great."
The following account of the doings of silver-
smiths, will be new tottie greater part of our

readers :
" With respect to plate, one would be inclined. :o think,
from its intrinsic value being uniform and fixed by jaw,
that its price, especially in plain articles, in which faAey
can have little concern, would also be nearly equal at dif-
ferent goldsmiths and silversmiths. Such, however, is
now very far from being the case. Formerly, on account
of the limited number of buyers of this article, the profits
upon it were enormous, and were kept up at nearly the
same level all over London. Lately, however, several gold-
smiths in the city have had the sagacity to see that We'er,
iing the price of their commodity would pay them better
than keeping it up, and have accordingly considerably
reduced it. The intrinsic value of silver is something less
than ss. per ounce. When manufactured, a duty of ls.6d.
per ounce is imposed upon it, making the actual cost to the
goldsmith somewhere about 6s. 6d. ; all above that
charged in the price of a silver article is put upon the make,
or fashion as it is called in the trade. If you go to buy
plate at Rundell and Bridge's, or any other house, which
keeps up the old prices, the addition to the price on this
account, even on the plainest articles, will nut be less than
ls. 6d. per ounce. Worn I say the plainest articles, I
mean spoons and forks of the fiddle pattern, which wwild
not be charged to you at less than Bs. per ounce, awl et
some places would be run up to 9,. and los. The other
city silversmiths, of whom I have before spoken, will give
you the very same article of any weight you' please at
17s. 2.1. per ounce. This difference is considerable; but
when you come to articles of more elaborate worktvanship
it is even more so, the charge on account of fashion made
by the old silversmiths being commonly double the intrinsic
value of the silver. If you have articles highly wrought
or chased, there are no bounds to the charge for fashion,
any more than there is to the price of a picture. Should
you, however, confine yourself to the ordinary patterns,
you will effect a saving of 50 or 100 per cent., and on
some articles more, by not going to a house with a fashion..
able name."
Many other secrets" equally useful and enter-
taining," as the auctioneers have it, are to be
found in " The New Book of Economy," for
one shilling.

Lord GRANVILLE and family arrived in
rani., from London, on Monday laat.