The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-05 00:00:00

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- Fou' GOOD HABITS. There were four good
habits which a wise and good man earnestly recommended
in his counsels and by his own example, and which he con-
sidered essentially necessary for the happy management of
temporal concerns—these are punctuality, accuracy, steadi-
ness, and dispatch. Without the first time is wasted, those
who rely on us are irritated and disappointed, and nothing
is done in its proper time and place. Without the second,
mistakes the most hurtful to our own credit and interest, and
that of others, may be committed. Without the third, no-
thing can be well done; and, without the fourth, opportuni-
ties of advantage are lost which it is impossible to recal.
Excise SEIZURE.—On Saturday morning Messrs.
Elmy, and a party of Excise officers, effected an entrance to
the house No. 30, Maidstone-place, Bethnal-green, and found
an upper room fitted up as a distillery, with a still then in
full operation, and in the place about thirty gallons of mo-
lasses wash, quantities of spirits, and all the appurtenances
for illicit distillation on a rather extensive scale, the whole
of which the officers, of course, seized, and subsequently
conveyed to the Excise cellars. A man named John Henry
Wilson, who was attending to the still, was taken before
the magistrate at Worship-street, and committed to the
House of Correction for three months, in default of payment
of the 301. penalty. It was the third conviction of the kind
that had taken place at the same police-court in the course
of the week.

Lusus NATuIt2E.—A person residing a short dis-
• ance from Troedyhiwgoch-gate, near Llandillo-fawr, in this
county, has now in his possession a living calf which has two
heads and four eyes, but is in every other respect like the
rest of the species. The animal takes food with both mouths,
but he has only one gullet, through which it of course passes
into the stomach. It is apparently perfectly healthy, and
likely to live a long time, but is at present only a fortnight
old this day.— Welshman.
SUB•MAEINE TELEGRAPH.—A company has been
formed for the purpose of organizing a regular communica-
tion by sub-marine telegraph between England and France.
It will be recollected that last autumn an experiment was
made which, as far as it tested the practicability of the un-
dertaking, was quite satisfactory ; owing, however, to the
slenderness of the line, the wire with the gutta percha cover-
ing not being more than half an inch in diameter, it was
found to be badly calculated for a certain permanent com-
munication, and the new company proposes to remedy this
by encasing the wire in a covering capable of resisting the
action of the anchors of the largest ships. Mr. Jacob Brett,
• who laid the line down from Dover to Cape Grinea last au-
tumn, has obtained from the French Government the exclu-
sive right to carry on submarine communications between
England and France for ten years ; and all his rights are to
be vested in the company. The success of the company is
not merely a question of national but European interest, and
we all look forward with interest to the day when, by its
means, a conversation can be carried on between London
and Paris, or with the difference of a second or two between
Liverpool and Trieste.
REDUCTION IN EARL FITZWILLIAM'S RENTS.—The
following is a copy of a circular which has been delivered to
Earl Fitzwilliam's tenants on the Wentworth estate :—" The
re-adjustment of the rents on the Wentworth estate having
now been completed, Lord Fitzwilliam has directed that, at
the approaching May rent-days, they should be received upon
the new scale. He has also directed that an allowance of the
excise paid in November last should be made to each tenant
whose then payment exceeded the sum which would have
been due by him upon the new scale. He makes this allow-
ance because it was his view that the re-adjustment should
have been made half-a-year earlier, but circumstances did
not afford opportunity of entering upon the necessary inves-
tigation. Lord Fitzwilliam thinks it possible that the change
may be considered insufficient by some of the tenants, who
may have been led to entertain
ve extravag ant expecta-
tions ; he has confidence, however,ry. that his tenants will
bear in mind that while the reduced value of some agricul-
tural produce tends to a reducthetion of rent, that effect is in
some degree counteracted by reduction of the prices of
most articles consumed or paid for by the farmer or his fa-
mily. Lord Fitzwilliam's intention has been to be just to
his tenants, and at the same time to himself." The scale of
reduction, it is understood, is about 121. per cent. per annum.
The basis upon which his Lordship's previous rents were cal-
culated was 6s. Bd. per bushel for wheat, but the basis on
which the re-adjustment has been calculated appears to be
ss. 10d. per bushel. Stamford Mercury.
CHARITABLE PURCHASE DEEDS.--.A. Bill has been
brought into the House of Commons, by Mr. Mullings, Mr.
Coles, and Mr. Heald, " for further remedying a defect in the
titles of lands purchased for charitable purposes, and for ob-
viating difficulties as to copyhold or customary lands con-
veyed for such purposes." The principal clauses of the Bill
are to the effect, that purchase deeds of lands for charitable
purposes should be valid, although formalities of the Mort-
rosin Act should not have been complied with ; that bona
,fide purchases for charitable uses should not be void merely
by reason of reservations, &c., to the grantor; but other
formalities and requisitions will not be dispensed with, and
the Act will not dispense with formalities in future deeds. In
the case of copyholds or customary hereditaments being made
over to charitable purposes, it will be sufficient that such
charitable uses be declared by some deed forming part of the
transaction, and properly attested and enrolled. The Act
will not extend to deeds avoided by suits.
:MERCHANT SEAMEN.—The accounts of the corpo-
ration for the relief of mercant seamen and their widows and
children for the year 1850 have been published. The
amount of duty from London vessels amounted to 10,5801.,
and that from vessels of other ports to 6,3714 The total gross
receipts were 18,9051., and the amount produced from the
Old South Sea Annuities, 2,8651. The pensions paid
amounted to 18,878/., and the temporary relief to 1,859/.
The cost of management was 2,4481.
THE ARREST or ABSCONDING DEBTORS.—Yester-
day some amendments to the Bill to arrest absconding
debtors were printed by order of the House of Lords. The
object of this Bill is to enable creditors to arrest their debtors
Alen there is reason to believe that they are about to
abscond. For the want of soma such power property is
made away with before the parties can be captured. The
Bill is to lie further considered in the House of Lords on
Friday.