The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-14 00:00:00

teration are the introduction into the country of poison
instead of tea, and the sale of tea itself at an advanced
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price ; and yet, with all this staring- them in the face,
Ministers are obstinately pressing Mr. Charles Grant
upon the Directors as Governor-General, an office to
which, in the eyes of that body, Mr. Grant has very
peculiar claims for having taken away their trade, and
threatened them with a mandamus from the Court of
King's Bench. 'We believe the resolution of the
Directors upon this point is not to be shaken.—Morn-
infr Post.
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We insert elsewhere, and with much satisfaction, a
letter from a " Chelsea Committee-man," detailing the
beneficial operation of the recommendations made in
the Report of the Poor Law Commissioners, upon the
pauper charges in that district. It appears that the
rate, under the good old system, had grown up to the
goodly sum of 4s. in the pound eterlinz upon a rack
rental, and realized no less than 21,0001. per annum.
The tables, however, are now turned—the Report of
the Poor Law Commissioners, even without the aid of
the Poor Law Act, has .done its duty, in consequence
of the vigilance and exertions of a certain portion of
the inhabitants-2s. 10d. is now the rate levied, and
the annual tax about 14,0001. instead of 21,0001. I
This is a noble tribute to the Poor Law Commission
Inquiry, and ought to silence the pitiful carpings of a
certain portion of the press at the Act, .-hose spirit
has been productive of such a beneficial change ; but
it is not. the only one, though it is one of the best.
Testimonials continue to pour in upon us from all
quarters, tending to shew the beneficial operation of the
Poor Laws Amendment Act ; and we doubt not that
when it has fairly come into operation, it will prove
a most useful and salutary check upon the worst
evils of pauperism. That it has not hitherto been
productive of all the satisfaction that was anticipated by
some sanguine friends of pauper reform, is to be attri-
buted to three causes :—the first, that there has not as
yet been time to bring the Act fairly into operation ;
the second, the misrepresentations of its meaning and
its objects ; and the third, that the parties who are the
instruments of carrying them new law into eKet, seem
to be utterly ignorant of its provisions, or rather of the
powers with which they are invested. A proof of the
latter fact will be found in the circular of the Poor
Law Commissioners which we give elsewhere, and
from which it will be seen that the general idea that
the new act deprives all Magistrates of all power to
order relief in cases of emergency, is utterly unfounded,
and that they are still in the enjoyment of-all their
previous powers, except in particular cases, where it is
evident that their interference could only be productive
of mischief. We despair, however, of convincing the
wilfully blind of the utility of the new law, though we
doubt not, that before this day" twelvemonth, every
parish in England will have felt and appreciated it.—
Morning Advertiser.
" TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE 1:10I;NING ADVERTISER.

" Sir,—Lest those whose eyes arc darkened by petty pick-
ings in parish offices, who seem to dread nothing so much as
that their darling system of favouritism and-jobbing should
receive its death-blow from the new Poor Law Bill, should
deny a statement which has appeared in many of the papers,
that 14d. in the pound had been sa.ved in cur parish since the
Poor Law Act came into operation, I beg to state that we are
now in our second year of regeneration, and that the immense
reduction in our rates has arisen from a few spirited indivi-
duals, who had the temerity to think that, however carefully
the self-styled Guardians or Protectives' guarded and pro-
tected their own pockets, that but little attention was
paid to the incessant clrainings from the labours of the
industrious rate-payer. Under the baneful administration
of these persons, have our rates teen regularly and
steadily progressing for the last eleven years, until they
amounted to 4s. in the pound on a rack rental, and a sum
little short of 21,0001. was wrung from our pockets, and spent
in the support of the poor, and providing tea and toast for the
Guardian Committee.' In short, Mr. Editor, in proportion
as our rates increased so did our houses become vacated, and
before the present Reforming Committee' came into power,
the walls were chalked with Chelsea Parish to let.' We
came into office at Easter, 1833, and now, in the second year
of power, what tale have we to tell his Majesty's Poor Law
Commissioners? That acting upon the spirit and recommen-
dation as published in their report to Parliament, we are now
paying upwards of 901. less weekly than last year to our out-
door poor, and our parish, instead of being to let,' has already
filled in 30,0001. of empty houses, with a prospect soon of hav-
ing no houses to let. Instead of being the highest rated parish
near the metropolis, we are become almost the lowest. In-
stead of calling for 4s. in the pound, we are satisfied with
2s. 10d. !! which sum will pay all our debts, and leave a ba-
lance at Easter, to commence a new year. Instead of having
rates in collection for this year of upwards of 20,0001., we have
14,200/. ! ! and this from acting up to the spirit and recom-
mendation of the Poor Law report.
" The maudling sycophants have now left off their brawling
over the parish the hardship of offering an asylum to the aged
and helpless, and the horrible cruelty of starving the poor'
on a diet which no common working man with a family can by
any possibility procure, and the parish jobber has almost ceased
to rant against the accursed Poor Law Bill. For ourselves,
Sir, we accepted office on public grounds—for the ratepayers'
protection—and we hail with satisfaction the adoption of a
measure which will relieve us from a weighty responsibility ;
and we thank you, Sir, for your noble efforts in resisting a
senseless cry, raised by the leading journals of Europe,' from
some cause not germane to the subject, against a Bill—the
great practical benefits of which we are now reaping by antici-
pation.
" As a statement which appeared in one of your leading
articles has been broadly denied, I send this for your satisfac-
tion ; and any name, if reasonably required,
" I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
" A CHELSEA COMMITTEE-MAN.
" Chelsea, Oct. 13, 1834."

COURT OF REQUESTS, OCT. 13.

TRAGEDY IN TRIBULATION.

Mrs. Margery Watkins, a short, squab figure, with face
and arms as blue as bilberries, waddled up to the Bench to
make good her claim to 17s. 9d. for the hebdominal ablu-
tion of the body-linen of Mister Kemble Macready Walde-
grave, a six foot aspirant to histrionic honours, and a well-
known " star" at one of the amateur minor theatres.

The appearance of the defendant created some merri-
ment, his nether limbs displaying the theatrical " sock and
buskin," which strangely contrasted with a blue body-coat,
buttoned close up to the chin. He had evidently been cap-
tured just as he was preparing to " cork" for a dress re-
hearsal of Othello.
The complainant set forth the mode in which the defen-
dant had contrived to get into her debt. She declared she
had undertaken to keep him in clean linen for ninepence a
week, but having, from repeated washings, reduced his en-
tire stock to one shirt and a couple of tails, she presented
her bill, and was faithfully promised the full payment out
of the first money to be received at a forthcoming " benefit."
The benefit, however, proved unproductive, and no cash
consequently being forthcoming, the complainant summoned
him for the debt.

COMMISSIONER.—Do you refuSe to pay this woman her
demand? Defendant—" The very head and front of my
offending hath this extent, no more"—this woman hath de-
spoiled me of my best linen shirt and one silk handkerchief.
Complainant—Oh ! goodness gracious ; your best shirt ?
Why, my Lord, he never had more than one good one,
which he's got on ; and Mr. Jones has told me he always
lent him one of his dickeys while it went to the wash.
Defendant—" He told a lie, a damned lie ; upon my
soul a wicked lie."

Complainant—l'll be on my oath it's true, your Lordship.
His other shirt is in such a state that if it goes into the
copper again it must be put into a cabbage net, or I shan't
get out all the pieces I'm sure. Here, Betty (calling to an
old woman not unlike one of Macbeth's witches), show the
shirt to the gentlefolks.
Betty advanced with a bundle.
Delendant—" How now, ye secret, black, and midnight
hags, what is't ye do ?"
Betty disengaged the shirt, spread it out, and held it up,
amid the laughter of the Court.
It presented just such an appearance as might be sup-
posed to have been produced had it received a point blank
discharge from a grape and canister loaded eight-and-forty
pounder.
Complainant—There, that's his shirt ; and only see, my
Lord, how it's darned, which I never charged him nothing
for. Did I, Betty ?
Defendant—" Rumble your belly full, spit fire, crack
your cheeks ; I tax ye not with unkindness ; I never gave
ye kingdoms."
Betty—You give us kingdoms! Why, you shabby scrub,
you never stood the price of a quartern all the time we've
washed for you. _ _

Defendant—" Aroint thee, ronyon, for a rump-fed witch."
Complainant—Only listen, your Lordship ; it's quite awful
to hear the heaps of wickedness that comes from his mouth.
Defendant—But where's the handkerchief? " To loset or
give't away were such perdition as nothing else could match."
Complainant—lt hasn't been sent to.lhe wash these three
weeks, you nasty feller.
Defendant—The " handkerchief."
Complainant—l haven't set eyes on it, nor has BeiTi7.-
Defendant—" The handkerchief."
Complainant—Don't bullock me ; it wasn't sent, I say.
Defendant—" Away !"
The COMMISSIONER here interfered, and begged the
theatrical hero would condescend to give a direct answer to.
the Court, namely, whether he could find means to satisfy
the complainant before extremities were resorted to.

The defendant threw himself into an " imfosing al