The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-24 00:00:00

LITERARY UNION.

Various mis-statements having been circulated respecting
this club, it is important that the correct account of its
circumstances should be known ; for what with the frauds of
some clubs, the building debts of others, and the negligent ma.
nagement of most of them, the club system in London may
suffer serious injury, if not an extinction. This would be un-
fortunate, for whatever objections may have been urged to
clubs, they unquestionably produce excellent effects in detach-
ing persons from the gaming table, and from the excesses of
coffee-houses ; and they afford to young men, whose families
are not in London, a resort, partaking more than any other of
the character of domestic life. The Literary Union corn.
menced with an entrance fee of only two guineas,
and a subscription of two guineas a year. The
first has been gradually raised to fifteen guineas and the
latter to five guineas a year, and the climax to this mismanage.
ment is the failure of the banker, who, as one of the committee
of the club, lodges its funds in his own insolvent and tottering
house. It was alleged that bankers would not takr the ac-
counts of clubs, (a strange assertion), and that the balance was
left in the hands of Messrs. Duckett, as a remuneration for their
kindness and trouble. Sir G. Duckett was placed in a double
capacity of banker and one of the committee of the club, pay-
ing with one hand, and receiving with the other. Without
violating the general principles of bankers, or trespassing upon
the interests of his clients, he advised the committee of the
Literary Union, to invest their money in Exchequer Bills, a
hint which they were too lax to take. No managing member of
a club ought to be its banker, wine supplier, or to have any
personal interest in the expenditure of its funds. In order to
avoid all invidious distinctions, perhaps it would be better for
all clubs to bank at the Bank of England. The Secretary of a
club ought to receive its subscriptions, and to pay them daily
into the Bank when they amount to the minimum which the
Bank will receive. The failure of the Crown Club, with the
debts of many others, ought to have made the Literary Union
more cautious and vigilant. This club has done much to pre.
judice Sir George Duckett's affairs ; for, by calling upon its
members for a new subscription, it betrays its want of confi-
dence in the settlement which the bankrupts have held out to
their creditors.

George Pearce and John Moore were on
Tuesday executed at Fisherton Anger, in pursuance of their
sentence. They were convicted of viiipation.—Peci.,,c. Uazeite.

HAY MA RKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATEST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 4
Llover Hay 4 0 5 5
Oat Straw .£1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw... 118 2 0
A moderate supply, but trade dull ; prices stationary.
SMITHFI ELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay ........... ..... 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... 315 4 4
clover Hay (extra fine)....£6 o...Oenerally
Oat Straw I 14 to .£1 161 Wheat Straw 1 16 1 18
A good supply, and a steady trade ; and prices as last quoted.

The Gazette of last night contains various
Orders it► Council, in reference to the Cholera. In the event
of any person dying, or being affected with symptoms of cholera
on board of any vessel or boat of any description, sailing from
any port of the United Kingdom, the master or other person in
charge of the vessel shall cause a yellow flag " to be kept hoist-
ed," and shall not himself, nor permit any of his crew to leave the
vessel, or hove any communication with any other vessel, or
filth the shore in any part of the United Kingdom, until his
vessel shall have been examined, and regularly released by the
proper officers, A second order empowers the Board of
Health for the parish of Lambeth to enforce the payment of
.00/. out of the poor rates of that parish, for the expenses in-
curred by the said Board ; and that this order is issued because
the Vestry of the said parish had declined to provide for the
same. And a third order directs that the Board of Health
for the city, of Norwich shall convene a General Court of the
Guardians of the Poor, and submit to the said Court proposals,
accounts, and estimates, and apply to it for money to defray the
reasonable expenses of the said Board of Health.
_ _

The High Sheriff, A. Donovan, Esq., during
one of the trials on Tuesday, in the Crown Court, to which
he had listened with much apparent attention, actuated by the
impulse of the moment, with great energy put a question to
one of the witnesses, as if acting in his Magisterial capacity,
and that, too, while the Judge himself was in the act of ques-
tioning the witness. The abruptness of this interruption
caused the Learned Judge to smile, and he gently put his hand
towards the Sheriff; who seemed much confuse d, The Coun.
sel laughed heartily.—BrdeateN Gawk.,

Just published in Sen., price 2s. 6d.
THE PREROGATIVE of CREATING
PEERS.

• • But on another and critically important question, the
powers of this pamphlet are bestowed with great effect in esta-
blishing the necessity of an immediate recourse to that preroga-
tive, with a view to the salvation of the country. The language
employed for this purpose is so emphatic and convincing that we
shall not weaken it by a paraphrase or translation of the
Author's words.—Times, March 22.
• • • Highly distinguished for the extent of constitutional
learning and soundness of argument.—Chronicle.

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