The Sun.
London, England, 1832-02-20 00:00:00

THE TITHE PIG.

The following hoax, lately played on a reve-
rend gentleman residing in a neighbouring
county, better known for his love of the good
things of this world than for his " longing after
immortality," has excited considerable mirth,
and is told as a fact, with great glee, by the
lovers of fun. Mr. 8., a regular church-going
farmer, anxious to secure the good-will of his
reverend pastor, selected the best roaster his stye
afforded, and sent it to him by a man well known
in the neighbourhood by the significant appella-
tion of " Foolish Jack." Jack, highly deFghted
with his task, put the young pig into a bag, and
set out with his burthen with a glad heart, in an-
ticipation of the welcome he should have at the
rectory. He was no churl, and could not confine
within his own breast the pleasure he felt,but hastily
communicated the purport of his mission to every
friend he met. Passing by the house of a be-
nefactor, Mr. G. who was standing at the door,
Jack could not resist the gratification of telling
him that he had a tithe-pig in his bag for the
parson. Mr. G. had no sooner heard Jack's
tale, than the wicked thought of hoaxing the
Rev. Gentleman entered his head, and he accord-

inglv invited Jack into his house to take a cup
of beer. Jack accepted the invitation, and plac-
ing his bag containing the pig in the porch,
went into the house, While Jack was regaling
himself in the kitchen, Mr. G. speedily accom-
plished his waggish purpose by taking the roaster
out of Jack's bag, and putting into its place a
young dog. Jack soon returned to his charge,
and hastily shouldering his load, made the best
of his way to the rectory, where he soon
arrived ; aid knocking at the jolly priest's
door, gained admittance. The nature of Jack's
mission was no sooner made known than the
worthy Rector stood before him, anxious to
behold the prize. Jack, equally anxious to gra-
tify his desire, quickly untied his bag and tum-
bled out—to the chagrin of the Parson and the
terror and confusion of poor Jack—a young dog.
Jack was breathless with amazement ; and the
Rector raged, and threatened the immediate pu-
nishment of poor Jack, and vowed vengeance to-
wards the farmer. In vain Jack declared it was

implacable, and to avoid chastisement Jack had
a pig when he put it into the bag; the Rector was
to depart from the rectory in haste. The trans-
formation was too much for poor Jack. He was
nearly overcome, and could scarcely sustain his
load when he returned to Mr. G.'s, to whom he
told his astounding tale with a woeful counte-
nance, who again invited him to cool his parched
lips with some beer. Placing his bag, as be-
fore, m the porch, Jack entered the house, and
revived his drooping spirits with a cup of ale.
Meanwhile Mr. G. took his young dog out of
the bag and replaced the pig therein. A little
refreshed, Jack then shouldered his bag and re-
turned to the farmer's quite chopfallen, and en-
tered the house almost lifeless. He told his hor-
rible tale of the pig being turned into a dog
when he reached the parson's, and, to confirm, as
he supposed, the truth of his narrative, he again
emptied the contents of the bag, when, lo
to the still greater horror of poor Jack, the pig
came out. The farmer was more enraged than
the Rector—Jack's protestations of its being a
dog at the Parson's were in vain. The firmer
vowed he should instantly take it back, and he
would
flog him besides ; and was about to put
his threat into execution, when the Rector's
man arrived with a note from his master, de-,
manding the immediate attendance of the
farmer at the rectory, to make an apology for
the insult given to him,
in sending him a dog
instead of a pig. The farmer and his family
were now more confounded and terrified than
poor Jack. They were all amazed, and looked
upon the transformation as a
miracle. The
story Was buzzed about, and pronounced by the
credulous as a judgment upon the Rector for
his inordinate loveof tithe-pigs.—Liverpool
Chronicle.

Letters from Manchester state that the trade
of that tow❑ has materially improved within the last few
works,--Slireeld Courant.

HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL:
SIR,-In the consideration of the measures necessary
for the security of the general health of the metropolis, ii
appears to this Board that few things can be more opposed
to that desirable end than the existence in the interior of
its most populous parishes of burial grounds, where the
accumulation of the remains of the dead is such as to
Preclude the possibility of corpses recently interred be-
ing sufficiently covered with earth, or, where leaden
coffins are used, secured by other means to prevent noxious
exhalation proceeding from them, an evil of serious con-
sideration in itself, but more especially so when the ap-
proach of an infectious disease like the spasmodic cholera
is to be apprehended.
In anticipation of such a possible calamity, the Board
lately instructed the Medical Officers acting under their
controul, while pursuing inquiries they had directed them
to make into the state of the metropolitan burial grounds,
to direct their attention to suitable plans for the interment
of the dead, as well under the view of relieving the
existing parish burial grounds as to provide against any
suddenly increased mortality.
The report of the Medical Gentleman employed in this
service, with its accompanying documents, the Board here-
with beg to transmit, which will sufficiently illustrate
what is above stated. The Board have also learnt from
other respectable sources that such is the general aversion
on the part of landed proprietors to dispose of any part of
their property for the purpose of a burial ground, that no
land could be obtained for this use sufficiently near the
metropolis, especially on its northern, eastern, and southern
limits, except at most exorbitant pr;cee, which difficulty
would of course be increased were it known to the proprie-
tor that the ground sought was for the interment of per-
sons dying of the cholera. One exception to the above
alone occurs on the western side, in the establishment of the
General Cemetery Company, who have lately purchased a
tract of ground comprising about fifty acres, situated on
the road to Harrow, about three miles from Cumberland-
gate, which it is proposed to appropriate for general inter-
ments, similar to that of the Pere la- Chaise at Paris, a
measure which appears to merit the countenance of Go.
vernment. This Company have proposed to the Central
Board to let or sell to Government a lot of the above tract,
comprising about seven acres, to be used for interments of
the dead from cholera, an arrangement which appears
highly desirable, as the remains of only the wealthier classes
will find admission to the Cemetery Establishment, from
the considerable fees which must be demanded to remune-
rate the proprietors.
Viewing all the difficulties of the matter, both under
the ordinary circumstances of the public health, as well as
under the contingency of the cholera, the Board feel them-
selves called upon earnestly to recommend to the consi-
deration of his Majesty's Government the compulsory but
equitable appropriation, under legislative authority, el
open spaces of ground on the outskirts of the metropolis,
for general interment in connection with the respective
parishes.
The remaining reports on the state of the burial grounds
will be forwarded as soon as received ; but the Board con-
ceiving that the evidence of the fact of the highly dan-
gerous state of the burial grounds in the ne-tropolie, as af-
fecting health, to be amply established by these docu-
ments, and considering the case urgent, forward them,
though incomplete, for the information of the Government.
I have, therefore, to request, in the name of the Board,
You will be pleased to lay the same before the Lords of his
Majesty's Must Honourable Privy Council.
(Signed) G. STEWART, Chairman.
C. C. Greville, Esq., Jan. 23, 1832.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

('From the Prirtsmouth Herald of Sunday.)

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Ilis Majesty's st;im -vessel
Confiance, 2, Lieut. H. F. Belson, returned from Rye
on Sunday, having conveyed thither volunteer seamen
from his Majesty's ship Prince Recent, for the Coast
Guard Service, and proceeded on Wednesday for Woolwich.
Majt-sty's ship Athol], 28, Commander E. Webb,
was towed into harbour on Monday, by the Confiance
steam-vessel, under orders to be paid off into ordinary,
which will take place on Thursday.
His Majesty's cutter Sylvia, I, Lieut. Thomas Spaik,
having been refitted, sailed on Tuesday for Jersey, to
sup rint.nd the protection of the English oyster fishery,
in conjunction, with the Cracker cutter.

His Majesty's ship Britannia, 120,Capt. P.Rainer,C.B.
r. fitting at this pair, (rumour says) will proceed on an ex-
perimental cruise in the early part of April, for the pur-
pose of practically ascertaining the merits of several altera-
tions and improvements which she has undergone, at the
snugestion of that talented officer Vice-Admiral Sir P.
Malcolm, K.C.B. who, we hear, will proceed in her.
Ifs Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Hillyar, C.R.
remains ready for sea in Plymouth Saund, and conjecture
is very busy to ascertain the cause of these two large ships
being kept in commission, the expense of which would,
no doubt, be saved, were there not some specifac reason to
expect that their services may be required.
The Ceylon, troop ship, having been found unfi• fo r
service, the Salita ury, 50, at this port, will supply her place.
The Lady Harewood, and not the Catherine Stewart
Forbes, as stated by us last week, will take convicts from
this port to New South Wales. The lat er ship will take
convicts from Woolwich, Sheerness, and Chatham.
His Majesty's ship Pearl, 20, Com. R. Gordon, refit,
ting for the North American station, will proceed for
that destination, via Teneriffe. in about ten days, taking
out as passenger, Bartlett, Esq. appointed his Majesty's
Consul at the latter plat-.
His :Majesty's schooner Viper, 6, Lieut. H. James, will
proceed to the river this day, with volunteer seamen from
the Prince R-gent, for his Majesty's ship Ocean, 98, flag
ship at Sheerness.

His Alay,ty's ship Prince Regent, 120, C tpt. J. W. D.
Dundas, will be paid off into Ordinary on l'ile,day, and,
as stated in a former Paper, will be fumigated.
The Amphitrite, transport, Lieut. Cooley, Agent, will
sail in the course of the present week, for Chatham, with
Government stores.

At Spithead—meraid (cruising.)
In Harbour— Victry, Britannia, Prince Regent, Royal
George, Pearl, Viper, Athol!, and Pantaloon tender.
APPOINTMENTS, Poomortosis, &c.—Admiral the Right
Hon. James Lord De Saumarez is appointed General of
the Royal Marines, vice Admiral Sir R. H. Bickerton,
K.C.B. deceased. The appointment has been conferred
on Lord de Samara, in con'equence of a series of glo-
rious victories obtained in the service of his country._The
Right Hon. Edward Viscount Exmouth, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most lion. Military Order of the Bath, and
Admiral of the Red Squadron of his Majesty's fleet, is ap-
pointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great
Britaia and lrelazd, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty
thereof, and also Lieutenant of the navies and seas of the
slid United Kingdom, vice Admiral the flight Janet
Lord De Saumarez.—Lieutenant Howard Lewis Parry of
the Coast Guard, (Camber station) on the coast of Sussex:
is promoted to the rank ot Commander tor his recent
praiseworthy and gallant conduct in a conflict with a party
of smugglers on his st ition.

ROYAL
ARINES.-Second Lienkoarit J. P. F. Clap_
perton, from Supernumerary at this Division, is appointed
to Chatham Division, vice Morley, resigned.—Second
Lieutenant T. F aser, Supernum,raty of this Division, is
appointed to Woolwich Division, vice Clendon, promoted.
—Mr. Andrew Russell ha. been appointed Supernumerary
Assis,ant-Surgeon at this Division.
Second Li,ut Lamont, Of this Division of Royal Ma-
rines, ked on board his Majesty's ship, Victory,
fig ship at this port, vice Parker, joined head-quarters.
First Lieut. T 11017131 Fyinnore arrived here on Monday
last wit') a detachment of Royal marines lately belonging
to his Majesty's sloop Disp,tcti, paid off at Chatham on
the 6th instant.

T..e marines on board his Majesty's ship Victory (guard
ship at this port) tieing found instafficient to perform the
duties ri quired of them, her complement has been en-
creased, by Admiral y under, from a fifth to a tourth rate,
and Cast D. C.mptiell, with nine- privates, embarked yes-
terday to complete the new establishment.
It is said, that the v .canny of Chaplain to the Ordituiry
at Plymouth w:11 not be filled up.
By a new arrangement at the Admiralty, a Mate will
in future be appointed to each of the packet,i.
In consegu-nce of the death of Mr. Richard Stokes,
Second Class Clerk at Plymouth, Alr. John Hancock,

his Majesty's sloop Nautilus, 10, Corn. Right Hon.
Lord George Paulet, left Castletown Bereh,tven on the
6th inst. and arrived at the Cove of Cork on the Bth, and
after completing provisions and water, sailed on tin' fol-
lowing day fur Oporto, for the protection of British in-
terists at that place. His Majesty's ship Stig, 46, Capt.
Herringhian, was at Cove when the Nautilus sailed.
The instrument for ascertainine, by the celestial com-
pass, latitude and local attraction, invented by
Colonel Graydon, of the Royal Engineers, having been
satisfactorii) put to the test a few months since on board
his Majesty's ship Revenge, 76, is now about to He again
tried, on board his Majesty's brig Pantaloon, during the,
ensuing week.

The Corporation of the Trinity-house have issued a no-
tice, dated on the 11th instant, that a Heating light i• in-
! tended to be placed at the South Sand head of the Go:A-
win Sanda,
A brigade order has been issued from the Royal Marine
Office, London, dated 15th inst., intimating that, in moose-
' (pence of the cholera morhus having appeared at Rother-
hithe and other parts of London, the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have appointed an additional medical
I officer to each division of R yal Marines, whose duty it
shall be to visit and inspect the women and children being
in barracks, who shall be paraded every morning in the
oarraek yard, and examined, and their state of health re-
ported. The barrack roasters are also to cause the whole
of the barrack rooms and passages to be whitegasheci.
The barracks are also to be inspected twice a week by the
Field Officer of the day, and particular attention to be paid
io the bedding. The apartments of the outliers are also
to be visited every day by the medical officer appointed for
that purpose, who is to report to the Commanding Officer
on the slightest appearance of disease. In conformity with
.his order, Mr. William A. Russell has been appointed
Isupernumerary asssistant surgeon at this division to fulfil
the dutii a pointed out in the above brigade order. Strict
order- have been also issued to prevent wet or damp clothes
front being hung up in the barrack rooms.
By accounts from the coast of Africa, dated December
6th, we learn that his Majesty's sloop Favourite, 20, Com.
J. Harrison, was at Sierra Leone, about to proceed to the
river Congo. The Plumper, gun brig, Lieut. Adams,
and Seaflower cutter, (tender to the Dryad, 46.) were in
the river Gambia, affording protection to the British set-
tlement of Bathurst against the incursions of the natives
on the opposite sic, of the river, who had come down in
great numbers, with every hostile demonstration. Rear-
Admiral Warren, C.B. with the Isis, 50, Brisk 10,
Charybdis, 10, and Pluto, steam vessel, were daily looked
for there, and it was expected would immediarely land
tt eir Marines to reinforce the garrisons for the purpose of
completely subduing the further lea ile aggressioris of the
natives, who have latterly evinced much treachery, and
broken through existing treaties.

(Frern the Deronport Telegraph, Feb. 18.)
The o.estes transport, Li.-ut. Garrett, age,iit, art ived
yesterday from the Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St.
Helena, and Aseensit,n. She left the Cape nn the 23.1
November, St. Helena the 6th December, and A,c• nsion
the 16th December, at which places every thing was quo t,
and the squadron and cependencies generally more healthy.
The Orestes bas brought home Government stores and de-
tachments of the 72d, 75th, and 82d reciln. n's, in charge
of Dr. Ballantine, R. N. The folio t irg have :th.o arriv.d
in the Orestes ; Lieut. Lord Clarence Paget; C •pt. Paget;
Capt. Lathan', 82.1 regitu• nt ; Paystiaster Holdswoteh,
Mrs. Hold worth, and family ; L'.-tat. Casticau, 82,1;
and Lieut. Webster, late of the 99th regiment. The
Warspite, 76, Capt. C. Talbot, lett the Cape on the Nth
Oct. for Rio de Janeiro. The /Maidstone, Capt. C. M.
Schomberg, was in St. SIMI.TI'B Bay, expecting to he r.•.
beved by the Undaunted, 46, Capt. Harvey, from the 'Mau-
i itius, when he would return to Etiglat.d. touching a, Rio
for specie. The population at Ascension is now 32 sou::;.
Colonel Sir Edward Miles. C.B. and VIC., arrive'', at
this pl .ce on Wednesday last, and resumed the command
of the 89th Regiment.
The Firebrand, one of the large new steam-vessels, :9
expeced here from Woolwich, on her way to Falmouth,
to take out the next INlediterranean mail.

Ti. Aurora, 46 Luna, is brought alongside the Jetty to
be fitted as a depot for coals, to be stationed at F4l-
- to supply the steam -vessels.

The Yori!: Sur, aod Hyacinth, arrived at Port-au-
Prince, 2 tat December.

The Philutuel. arrived at Cadiz faun Gibraltar, 22d
Janu rt.

Th:Herines, sailed from Gibraltar for Malta and Corfu,
17th January.

H s 31aje,ty's ship Nintilu., 10, Com. Lord George
Paulet, sailed from Cork for Oporto on Saturday last.
Remaining in Hamosze, San Josef, Harrier, Savage,
7.iirnrod, Pike, Echo, steam vessel.
A. the Island—Leveret

la the Sound—Caledonia, Orestes transport.
Lieutenant W. P. Green, Commander of ins Mak,sty's
pa.ket Frolic, has invented a new cmstruciionnf a p
wheel fur steam boats, which admits of tha wheels being
unshipped with the greatest factlity, and the whole vpa-
ratus being removed from the sides :aid oeck of the ,essel
and stowed in the hold, when, the wind bein,: fair, it may
be desirable to save the fuel—an improvrinent which
enable steam-boats to undertake long voyages with a

smaller qu mtity of coal. Lieut. Green also plies the flame
wheels I.y power gained from a sec of revolvina sails at the

stern of the ship on the principle of the wind mill, thus
wholly dispen-iog with steam.

report that the Astrea frigate, at Falmouth, is to
be paid off into ordinary is understood not to be C,lll err.
We bear that the duties of Counais,ittner of the Vic-
tualling and Hospital Departtnent at Pottanionth are to be
performed ity Captain Tobin, of oue of the Royal yaelitti.

I STATE OF TRADE.—The woollen cloth trade
which generally begins to improve in February, is still
very flat in Yorkshire, and many of the manufaeturera
are woe king short time, and diminishing the number of
their work-people. The home trade is dull, and the foreign
orders scanty. Well-informed people, however, AT of
opinion, that the restoration of public cotifidene • which
would certainly arise from the passing of the Rennin B 11,
could not fail to secure the revival of trade, if the inann-
factoring districts rem on free from the cholera. The
blanket trade was scarcely ever so dull as at present. This
to ,y be partly owing to the mildness of the wintcr Ere
season having always a considerable influence upon ti:e
demand for that article. In the stuff tr de there is not
much cause fur complaint.; a great ti-al is doing, but the
prices are scarcely remunerating. A failure of some c•inse.
quence in Brad'ord in the course of the present w ek has
ha I a depressing influence on that ma, ket. Flannels
are vet), little iu demand ; the American t;,r ff h,s rot up
t ,e trade dreadful y, and the • ffect continue.. to be seri hs'y
felt in Rochdale, and the whole of that inanufaciming
Bookings (baize,) which used to keep a crest
number of the operatives in employment, are n tiztie in
demand, owing to the unsettled state of the, markets in
South America, to which the manufacturers do iiot choose
to venture their goods except upon order. Toe price
wool, both of home and foreign growth, contititue,:rf:rw:
stesdy, and is considered fairly tenni:orating v.
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DISEASE: AND DEATH INDUCED BY IN

FAST LABOUR.

In addition to otl er medical evidence before published,
Mr. C. Turner Thakrah (a surgeon practising in the
midst of the fac.ory system) said at the late Lseds meeting
---" I would protest against children labouring at all, if
the necessity could be obviated. The term of physieal
aTowth ought not to be the term of physical exertion. The
present system is, in my opinion, destructive alike to the
health and comfort of the present, and the hopes of future
generations. I admit that the effects of labour on chil-
dren are not always immediately apparent. But it has
been said, can you bring one instance of its immediate
effects ? Yes, I replied. Lately a lad was brought to
me with scrofulous sores on his legs. He had been en-
gaged in a mill from tive in the morning to half-past eight
at night, and he lived at a distance of a mile and a half
or two miles from the place; so that he must have been
up soon after four o'clock in the morning, and not have
got to bed much before ten at night—thus having little
more than six hours for rest, relaxation, and improvement.
'so wonder that in such cases the body was shrunk and
feeble, the digestive organs impaired, and serious disease
produced. Though this is by no means a solitary in-
stance, yet I will allow that cases of urgent disease ale not
so numerous as most persons would expect; children are
not often incapacitated for work. The vital principle in
children is much stronger than in adults. It longer re-
sists the baneful effects of circumstance' and the various
asents of disease. Hence children in flax and shoddy
mills bear the dust much better than adults. But the vital
itself suffers . the strength of the constitution is gra-
dually exhausted. Hence adults, who have been
worked, when children, to an excessive degree,
are, from the feebleness of their constitutions, particularly
liable to he cut off by acute disease. Fever and epidemics
are well known to attack much more frequently the weak
than the strong, and to be much more frequently fatal. For
one of the upper class of society attacked with typhus,
there will be twenty of the lower. lam not referring to
the debauched, the dirty, and the starved, hut to indus-
trious and respectable working people—persons who are
earning fair wages, but who have been brought sp from
children in nulls or factories. Another point I would re-
mark, that when these people are not cut off by fever and
inflammation, their constitutions are so reduced that they
are strangers to health They live, it is true, hut this life
is not hill life. With many it is but a state of lingering
disease. Ask, indeed, the people in the mills the sate of
their health, and they will seldom make much complaint ;
they generally say they are " pretty well," but the medical
eye detects in their countenances and appearance a state
very different from full health. They have at length dis-
ease slowly established ; their strength is eradually worn
out, and they die before the natural term of human life.
To me, then, it appears that the wot king of children oc-
casionally produces direct disease ; in more cases it so
weakens the constitution, that persons are afterwards par-
ticularly liable to he cut off by acute disease ; and in most
cases it produces chronic disorders, and a state of debility.
which is often worse than fever or inflammation. In a
word, the system tends to produce a weak, stunted, and
short-lived race. The proposed measure of limiting the
hours of labour is therefore recommended alike by patri-
otiam, justice, and humanity. I think ten hours an
enough, and too much."' Mr. Sadler's Bill to limit actual
labour to this extent, which, including meals, implies
twelve hours' attendance in the mill, is expected to be dis
cussed on the 27th instant.

CHOLERA.—It is stated by Sir WILLIAm
CaicHros, that among the most miserable peasants in the
neighbourhood of St. Petersburgh, a considerable numbe,
of what appeared to he the very worst cases recovered
without any medical assistance ;—a common practice
among them was drinking freely of warm milk.— Glasgctv
Herald.

We have regret in sating that typhus is very
prevalent in the workhouse at Rotherham,—a son of the
gevernor of that institution has fallen a victim to it, aro,
two other members of his family are seriously affected with
the disease.—Sheffield Courant.
There have been now sixteen cases of cholera
in this city and attached suburbs, whereof eight have died.
There have been no cures ; none of the cases, as far as we
aware, having been submitted to medical treatment in the
early stages of the disease.—Glasgow Herald.
NATIONAL PARTIALITIES OF CHOLERA.
—At Smyrna the cholera made the round of the town,
proceeding in a manner by nations. First, the Jews, who
form the poorest, most timorous, worst fed, clothed, anti
lodged class, :were attacked, and amonLst these it was
chiefly the females who perished. May not this be attri-
buted to the circumstance of their walking with their
throats, mad part of their chests uncovered, while the men
wear a large girdle, and a long waistcoat buttoned up to
the chin ? The number of Jews that died was nut less
than from SOO to 1,000, out of a (population remaining
in the town) of about 12,000 persons. The disease then
passed to the Greeks, of whom 2 000 out of 30 000 died.
It then extended itself to the Turks and Armenians, who
lost 2,500 or 3,000 out of 45,000 or 50,000. At length
it reached the Franks, and although in a population of
9,000 to 10.000 souls, there are of course many persons
very badly if in every way, still only 60 died, and of more
than 700 or SOO individuals belonging to the families of
merchants and persons in easy circumstances among these
Europeans only four died !—two tht m in consequence of
not having called in a physician until twelve hours after
the commencement of the attack, and these were, besides,
aged persons; a third, also an old man, in consequence of
having neglected a diarrhea brought on by fright ; and
the fourth, a lady in the family way, who had indulged
her apuetite too much, from an idea that nothing was
hurtful to one in her situation.—Belgian Consul's Let-
ter in the Medical Gazette.
TRADE of GLASGOW AND THE CHOLERA.
—Now that this di-ease is among us, though hitherto in
a far more moderate degree than could have been expected,
we feel it to he our duty to prepare all around us for what
roust he its effects on our trade. Various foreign ports are
already shut against us—more will undoubtedly be cloned
—and it cannot be expected that merchants are to ship or
purchase goods, or that manufacturers are to prepare
them, while there is no quarter of the globe open for their
reception. The consequence must be, that many opera-
eves wilt be thrown out of employment, and that the ra-
tges of disease will be aggravated by the evil& of poverty
and idleness. In such circumstances, the first duty of all
clasaae, hut more especial of those who occupy the position
of creditors, is, FORBEARANCE. Kindly aid must he
given, and most extensively, too, to all who are thrown
out of employment—but there will be many sufferers be-
yond the operatives, many even of pretty high standing
in the community, whose resources are wholly absorbed
by their bu.iness—and to them, forbearance !lust be
shown, otherwise general calamity will overtake us.—
We are unwilling to dwell on this theme—it is painful,
far more painful to us than the contemplation of the disease
itself—out strongly impressed as we are with the im-
portance of what we now rec.ommend, we earnestly and
solemnly adjure every merchant, manufacturer, dealer, in
one word, every man whom our voice can reach, to exer-
cise towards his neighboui all the forbearance which his
own means may enable him to show. The many
thousands of operatives in and around Glasgow dependent
upon our trade for their support, who must be thrown
out of their employment, will require the sympathies and
the aid of every one whose exertions Providence has
blessed—and we trust they will obtain both—but the evils
we are doomed to suffer will be incalculably increased, if
sympathy and forbearance be not shown to their employers
as well as themselves In fact, universal bankruptcy and
universal want would invariably follow any other line of
conduct than we recommend, and therefore we eirn-stly
'nape that it will be universally adopted,—Glasgow Scots
Times.
LABOURERS' FRIEND SOClETY.—Saturday
a meeting of the members and friends of this society was
held in Exeter Hall, Lord MORPETH in the chair. His
Lordship stated the object of the society to be to provide
plots of eround for labourers, which they might cultiva,e
for themselves after their hours of labour. Mr. BRISCOE,
M.P., rearl the report, which stated that the total receipts
of the society were 2941., and the balance in hand 12/
The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in moving that the re-
port he adopted, said, wherever the plan had been adopted
hard. taken the poor man out of the poor-rate. From
tour tolds he but allotted to the poor 275 families were
now completely subsisted. Lord KENYON said he had
pursued the same plan for a great number of years, and
found that it was eminently advantageous. Lord NUGENT
in proposing a resolution recommending the letting of land
to labourers at a moderate rent, said he believed that the
majority of our agricultural population was the most
wretched in the world. Mr. WYSE proposed ;the third
resolution, calling on the landed proprietors throughout
the kingdom to support the views of the society. The
Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY seconded the resolu-
tion. Sir T. VARINC, Mr. MacKINIvoN, Mr. M. Butt-
GOYNE, Mr. 1). W. HARVEY, the Etrl of CHICHEST?.R,
and Mr. Roaissom sever ,lly addressed the meeting in sup-
port of the objects of the society. When the resolutions
were all carried Mr. Owex addressed the meeting in ex-
planation of the beneficial tendency of the co-operative sys-
tem. Some money was subscribed on plates placed to re.
seive it-

PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION,

A LIST of the PLACES contained in SCHEDULES (C.) and
(D.) of the REFORM BILL; specifying
,
(1.) The Parishes, Townships, or Hamlets, of which the whole
or any part is recommended in the Reports of the Com.
missioners as the appropriate Limits of each Place con-
tained in Schedules ',C.) and (D.)
(‘..) ) The Population, Number of Houses, Number of Qualifying
Tenements, and Amount of Assessed Taxes, within such
Limits, as nearly as can be ascertained.

SCHEDULE (C.)
BIRMINGHAM.

1. Proposed Limits—Parish of Birmingham, parish of Edg-
baston, township of Bordesley, township of Deritend, township
of Duddeston with Neachelsi—containing the town of Birming-
ham and its immediate neighbourhood.
2. Population 142,000 I Qualifying Tenements 7,000
Houses