The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-16 00:00:00

the Society of Friends, assembled at their yearly
meeting, numerously signed, praying for the total
abolition of tithes.

Mr. C ALLENDER presented a petition from a
parish in Argyll, and the presbytery of Mull, for the
better observance of the Sabbath.
Mr. A. JOHNSTONE presented several petitions
from Dunbar and various places in Scotland, for the
abolition of the corn laws, for the better observance of
the Sabbath, and against drunkenness and church
patronage.
Petitions were also presented by the Lord Advo-
cate from the general assembly of the Kirk of
Scotland, praying for the establishment of one extra
school in each parish, as the present means of educa-
tion were not sufficient to meet the demands of
the increased population ; also, from the school-
masters of several different presbyteries, for an
increase of salary, and one from the Presbytery of
Aberdeen, for a further duty on ardent spirits ; by Mr.
Leigh Leigh, from the Dissenters of Sornersetshire,
in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath ; by
Capt. Wemyss, from the parish of Luchar Fife ), against
church patronage ; by Mr. Duncombe, from Warwick,
'agreed to at a public meeting in support of the church ;
by Sir Edward Codrington, from Mr. James Surry,
of York-house, Battersea, praying that foreign corn
should be ground in ports, by mills established on
the principle of bonded warehouses ; by Mr. Foster,
from the Reverend John Bayley, a clergyman
of the established church, complaining of un-
equal remuneration ; by Major Beauclerk, from a
poulterer, in the county of Surrey, complaining of
being overcharged for his game license by the magis-
trate's clerk ; from the Thames Tunnel Company, for
a bill to authorise the Exchequer to advance one-hun-
dred and eighty thousand pounds to complete the un-
dertaking ; by Colonel Seal, from the fishermen of
Torbay, against the importation of foreign fish ;
by, Mr. Dick, from Maldon, against the separation of
Church and State ; by Colonel Leith Hay, from seve-
ral places in Scotland, for increase of salary to school-
masters, for the better observance of the Sabbath, and
against church patronage ; by Sir R. Nagle from several
parishes in Westmeath and King's County, for the abo-
lition of tithes ; by Mr. Bell, from Thetford, in sup-
port of the church ; by Sir E. Knatchbull, from parishes
in Kent, in favour of the Beer Law Amendment Bill,
and in support of the church ; by Sir R. Fergusson,
from the city of Londonderry, praying that the Irish
Society might be compelled to account for certain
lands in its possession ; by Mr. Fazerkeley from a
parish in Devon, in support of the Church; by Colo-
Arbuthnot, from Kirkaldy, against the Poor Laws'
Amendment Bill; by Lord Ossulton, from Tweed-
mouth, against the Church Rate Bill.
It being three o'clock, the SPEAKER left the chair.

EXAMINATION OF AN ENGLISH

TRAVELLER'S GOODS.

First, the contents of the portmanteau were ex-
hibited. It principally contained Osmond's clothes.
In succession were displayed, waistcoats, neckcloths,
shirts, drawers, and stockings, which drew forth the
astonishment of all present, for they wondered what
one man could possibly want with so many things,
the uses of most of which were to them incompre-
hensible. They admired the glittering beauties of
a splendid uniform jacket, which its owner carried
about to wear on appearing at courts and in the pre-
sence of exalted personages ; but when they came
to inspect a pair of leather pantaloons, the ingenuity
of the most learned amongst them could not devise
for what purpose they could possibly be used ; for,
let it be known, that Turk's trousers, when ex-
tended, look like the largest of sacks used by
millers, with a hole at each corner for the in-
sertion of the legs, and when drawn together
and tied in front, generally extend from the hips to
the ancles. Will it then be thought extraordinary
that the comprehension of the present company was
at fault as to the pantaloons ? They were turned
about in all directions, inside and out, before and
behind. The Mufti submitted that they might per-
haps be an article of dress, and he called upon a
bearded chockbadar, who stood by, wrapt in doubt
and astonishment, to try them on. The view which
the Mufti took of them was, that they were to be
worn as a head-dress, and accordingly, that part
which the tailors call the seat was fitted over the
turban of the chokhadar, whilst the legs fell in ser-
pent-like folds down the grave man's back and
shoulders, making him look like Hercules with the
lion's skin thrown over his head. " Barikallah !"
" Praise be to Allah !" said the Mufti, " I have
found it ; perhaps this is the dress of an English
Pacha of two tails !"—" Afeein !"—" Well done !"
cried all the adherents of the law. But the Pacha
was of another opinion ; he viewed the pantaloons
in a totally different light, inspecting them with the
eye of one who thought upon the good things of
which he was fond. " For what else can this be
used," exclaimed the chief, his dull eye brightening
up as he spoke, " what else but for wine ? This is
perhaps the skin of some European animal. Franks
drink wine, and they carry their wine about in skins,
as our own infidels do. Is it not so ?" said he, ad-
dressing himself to Bogos, the Armenian. "So it
is," answered the dyer ; " it is even as your high-
ness has commanded."—" Well, then, the skin has
contained wine," continued the Pacha, pleased with
the discovery, " and, by the blessing of Allah ! it
shall serve us again."—" Here," said he, to one of
his servants, " here, take this ; let the saka sew up
the holes, and let it he well filled ; instead of wine,
it shall hold water." And, true enough, in a few
days afterwards, the pantaloons were seen parading
the town on a water-carrier's back, doing the duty
of mesheks. But it was secretly reported that, not
long after, they were converted to the use for which
the Pacha intended them, and actually were ap-
pointed for the conveyance of his highness's favourite
wine. The various contents of the dressing-case
were next brought under consideration. Every one
was on the look-out for something agreeable to the
palate. One tasted eau-de-Cologne, another laven-
dar-water, both which they thought might or might
not be Frank luxuries in the way of cordials. Whilst
this was taking place, the Imam of the mosque,
whose mortified looks belied his love of good things,
quietly abstracted from the case a silver-mounted
bpaosxt,e-wlihk
which he thought
whas u bhsatvanncge ,
therein the end of his forefinger, and scooping out
otpheensemd,ellheofther? discovered a
straightway opened wide
as much as it could carry,
was too inviting to resist ; he therefore inserted
mouth, and received it with a smack. Soon was
delighted "to have
he visited by repentance. He would have roared
with nausea, had he not been afraid of exposing
himself. He sputtered—he spat. " What has
hseae r ?"ppenreodared
thea Pasha,skedone wwhiothwaas gri Bak l—
found a fellow-sufferer—" Bak !—see ! the Imam is
sick?' The reader need not be informed that he
had swallowed a dose of Naples soap.

Meetings for the establishment of Temperance
Societies are about to be called in many, and, it is
to be hoped, in all the parishes of the metropolis
and throughout the kingdom. We would suggest
that the contributors to Savings Banks might be
made useful auxiliaries to the good work under the
auspices of the Directors of these excellent institutions.
GIN-DRINKING.--This offence, for so it
may be termed, is on the increase in the metropolis
to an alarming and astonishing degree. Will it be
believed at some future day that to supply one " gin
palace" in the New-cut, Lambeth, nine horses, draw-
ing three large waggons, loaded with the baneful
liquor, are seen every quarter of the year progressing
in a sort of procession, and that it is boasted, that on
a Saturday night " a guinea a minute has been taken
across the bar." Private stills, too, for the manu-
facture of ardent spirits, also increase, notwithstanding
the heavy penalties inflicted by the Excise. Several
convictions took place last Saturday before the Com-
missioners.

Some one asking the late Mr. Curran why a
countryman of his walked about London with his
tongue out of his mouth, said that he " supposed he
did so in hopes to catch the English accent."—Mirror.
HARVEST.—There is at present at Holly-
park, in the county of Limerick. a barley field in full
ear ; it is the most luxuriant crop seen for many years
in that part of the country. It is considerneditvbe fit to reap in three weeks, and was sow_nuirist
Decem-
ber last by Robert Weir, a Scotch
experimental pursuits while in Ireland h
sitceessful.— Waterford Mail• agriculturist,
been very