The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-14 00:00:00

TOWN WAGES.

Bookbinders, according to competency, per week, from
2/. 103. to 41.
Printing work, per week, 3/. to 31. Gs. •
Compositors on the " stab," 41.
He,ald, morning paper-Long primer, briever, and
nonpareil-equali,ed to is Gd. per 1000, and ls. 7d. per
hour overtime. The Empire's rates are about the same.
At these rates men can earn, according to competency,
per week, from 41. 10s. to 71.
Painters, per day, 104. to 11s.
Plumbers, per day, 123. to 15s.
Carpenters, per day, 10s. to 13j.
Coopers, per day, 123. to 14s.
Joiners, per day, 11s, to 11s.
Plasterers, per day, 13s.
Plasterers' labourers, per day, 9s.
Bricklayers, per day, 12s. to lie.
Bricklayers' labourers, per day, 10s. to 13s.
Mas-)ns, per day, 14s. to 15s.
Masons' labourers, per day, 9s. to IGs.
Quarrymen, per day, 14s. to 15s.
Blacksmiths, per day, Ss to 13s.
Carters, per d Ss. to 10s.
Male servants, per annum, 301. to 401.
Cooks, 401. to 501. per annum, and found.
Grooms, 401. to 50/. per annum, and found.
Gardeners, 351. to 451. pen-annum, and found.
Geneial female servants, 201. to 261. per annum, and
found.
Cooks, 261. t., Al. per annum, and found.
Laundresses, 261 to :301. per annum, and found.
Housemaids, 211. to 23 . per annum, and found.
Nursemaids, 201. to 25/ per annum, and found.
COUNTRY WAGES.

The rations are—Flour 815 s. to l2lbs. ; meat, 101bs. to
141bs. ; sugar, 2lbs. ; tea, ilb. weekly.
F,lrra labourers, 301. to 401. per annum, with rations.
Ditto, married couples, 451. to 601. per annum, with ra-
tions.
Hutkeepers. 201. to 251. per annum, with rations.
Shepherds, 23/. to 301. per annum, with rations.
Stockmen, 401. to 501. per annum, with rations.
Bullock drivers, 401. to 501. per annum, with rations.
(If without board, V. per week more.)
SEAMEN'S WAGES.

Coasting, 5/. per month.
England, 51. 53. per month.
Great Britain, by way of India and China, 51. per
month.
New Zealand, Si. per month.
India and China and back, 4/. 15s. per month.
Valparaiso and back, 4/. 15s. per month.
Steamers' seamen, 6/. per month.
Ditto firemen, 121. per month.
Ditto trimmers, 9/. per month.
Whalers, A.S., 120th lay.
Ditto, 0.5., 140th to 160th lay.

Farm servants continue in active demand, and engage-
ments have been freely entered into with those willing
to accept reasonable wages. There have been no arrivals
of immigrants during the week ; and wages may there-
fore be quoted as follows :

COUNTRY WAGES (WITH RATIONS.)
Farm labourers, 301. to 401.
German ditto, 301. to 35/,
Bullock drivers, 351. to 451.
English shepherds, 23/. to 301.
Italian and German shepherds, 271. to 291.
Stockmen, 301. to 401.
llutkeepers, 201. to 251.
Married couples, 401. to 501.
Gorman ditto, 401. to 451.
Milkmen, 301. to 401.

Garden labourers, per week, found, 15s. to 183.
Rough carpenters, per annum, SCI. to 701.
Butchers, per week, 1/. 10s. to 21.
Blacksmiths, per week, not found, 21. 10s. to 41.
Sawyers, per 100, not found, 14s. to 16s.
Brickmakers. per 1,000 ditto, V. 15s. to 21.
Survey ors' men, 30/. to 351.
TOWN RATES (LIVING IN THE HOUSE.)
Female cooks, 251. to 301.
Laundresses, 251. to 301.
Useful general femala servants, 23. to 241.
Housemaids, 201. to 241.
Nursemaids, 201. to 221.
Labourers (in town) per day, 6s. to Os,
Wale servants (town) per annum, 301. to 401. •

THE NAPE LORD WYCOMBE.

The Etrl of Shelburne, whose summons to the House
of L,,rde in his father's barony of Wycombe, of Chipping
Wycombe, we recorded on Saturday, is the only surviv•
ing son of the present Marquis of Lansdowne, and
grandson of the first Marqui-, whose name is so inti•
inately connected with the early history of the reign of
George 111., as having succeeded to the leadership of
the great coalition after the death of 'the Marquis of
Rockingham, in 1782. His lordship, who became heir
presumptive to the Lansdowne title en the death of his
elder br ether, the late Earl of Kerry, in 1836, was re-
turned for the family borough of Calve in 1837, and has
continued to represent it since that time. He held the
post of a Lord of the Treasury from 1847 to 1848, and
has never taken any active part in the debates in
the Howe of Commons. His wife, a daughter of the
Count de Flahault, by the Baroness Keith and Nairne,
is a near relative of the Emperor of the French.
With the exceptioe of Lord Enfield, the Earl of Shel-
burne is at present the only eldest son of a peer who
has been summoned to the Upper House in his
father's lifetime. Among those who have thus
anticipated their peerages within the last few sears are
the present Dukes of Bedford and Leeds, the late Duke
el Norfolk, the present Marquises of Ailesbury, Donegal,
and Anglesey, the Earls of Lonsdale and Derby, and
the late Earl of Bessborough. In almost every case,
however, except that of Lord Anglesey, the tenure of
the eldest son thus "summoned" from the Lower to the
Upper House has been but brief, the parties having sue
ceeded to the higher title in the majority of instances
within four or five years of their elevation. The plan,
however, operates usefully, as recraiting the House
of
Lords with working men by a species of "life peerage,
without making any permanent addition to its numbers.

THE AMERICAN MAIM—LIVERPOOL, July 12.—The
British and North American mail steam-ship Persia,
Julkins commander, failed hence far New York this
afternoon, with a full cargo and 205 passengers, nearly
all adults, besides the usual mails.
CRYSTAL PALACE. —SEVEN SHILLING AND SIXPENNY
DAY, Saturday, July 12.—Admissions on payment,
3,523 ; ditto, by season tickets, 7,201 ; total visitors,