The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-04 00:00:00

bring themselves to an examination of the purr''.
and effects of the Bill, and ask themselves what 1t
really is, and what it proposes to do. The Bill is
nothing more than an embodiment of a scheme which
has become very fashionable of late years—that 0(
centralisation—aggravated by the worst features of
spoliation. It takes from the poor to give to the
rich, whilst it throws over the fraud which it sur
Bests the pretext of consent on the part of those who'll
it pillages; and it crowns the mischiefs which it Ile'
cessitates by creation of a new board of assistant'
commissioners, secretaries, and a large staff of mom"
cenaries, who will doubtless be just as likely to regal"'
the prayers or the remonstrances of the poor cool*
moners, as that other great central board—the Poor:
law Commission —is habitually moved by the snist)ll.
cations of parochial paupers. There is one dug
to be said in favour of this Bill —that c'l3
the face of it it shows less humbug the
might be expected. It of course has a goo,"
deal about appeals to Parliament, awards, and arbr
trations, and so forth ; just as if when the plunder
once began, one did not know who must get it; but
on,the whole it does not profess much in behalf of the
poor, as its supporters in and out of Parliament do;"
it puts them quietly on one side, tells them that its
of no use in the world making any noise about the
matter, and coolly transfers their property—often the
smallest portion of the commonable land in a parish
—according to the will and pleasure of the one or
two gentlemen who may happen to possess an late'
rest in two-thirds of it—i.e., of the great landowner
or landowners in the neighbourhood. There is, At
all events, something bold and straighforward in this"
which distinguishes Lord Worsley's tone from that
taken by many of his party, who professed to be i 1
pelled by an overwhelming solicitude for the good
the poorer classes. And on this ground alone'
that it despoils the poor cottager of all that he 1
call:his own in the way of property—on this grout..
alone, if on no other, we would strongly roil'
this measure. But when, in addition to tr
one noxious and hateful principle, it involves It
creation of a central board, with Heaven. 0V
knows what powers and what salary, and the dis
pensation of no little patronage, we think that I
,
we are discharging a most important duty 1.11
denouncing a despotism which will be no less proib'
gate than oppressive—no less costly to the public tb
inimical to the welfare of the poorest classes. Ifi_tbe
poor are to be not only injured in their property, bUt.. OP
also wounded in that generous pride with which
consciousness of hereditary privileges was wont
inspire the very humblest individual, do not insult
those whom you rob by the mushroom superstruetnir
of a well-paid Commission. If you must erect a lle,g
aoard, and if you are grasping for more patronage, Pj
any rate look out for some subjects more powerful '111„,
less sensitive than the rural cottagers to operatenP°,-
Look abroad upon the wide field of foreign and ui?,
mestic politics ; and in the wide ocean of finance, r,
litical economy, and European alliances, you will 110
some green spot whereon a Commission may fatted
to your heart's content. You are fond of talking ab°-
the happiness, the comfort, the manly independel
and the honest cheerfulness of the rural popufation 0 '
not talk thus, whilst you are destroying the bash °0(
which your panegyric rests. Do not deprive him
that petty remnant which political economy or I.D"e,
vidual covetousness yet allows him to retain, of 0%0
rest in the soil which gave him birth. Deprive hi
of this, and you extinguish in his bosom the 11-t0
spark of ingenuous pride, and you convert him. „111.
a sullen, reckless, thriftless, and serf-like hire
You speak kindly and sympathetically of his nutilifi
sports when it aids your purpose; you pass at
pt
through Parliament, not, of course, as at first 9410,
would appear, to ward off certain legal penaltiesk°of
yourselves, but to encourage the manly sports 01
your poorer countrymen; do not let this enactinco
—philanthropic and disinterested as you would
it considered—be the limit of your well-doing V.,/
right-voting. Resist a Bill which would take 9
from the alleged object of your genial sympathies, 1314'
only the few acres which pastured his small st"
but also the green-sward where—
" All the village train, from labour free,
Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree;
While many a pastime circled in the shade,

The young contending as the old survey'd,
And many a gambol frolick'd on the ground, ,
And sleights of art and feats of strength went rewind.
If you are bent on preserving the healthy antreini
ing sports of the English peasant—sports which ro
beguile him from the beer-shop, and allure him
Chartism—depend upon it that you will do more.„,
wards realising this purpose by resisting Lora Oro
ley's Bill, than by a thousand enactments direct)/
indirectly in favour of horse-racing.

MYSTERIOUS PRIZE. .ef
On Wednesday last, as a young man was enjelli
the agreeable pastime of popping at small birrof
some fields near Sedgley, an intended victim °ld
deadly sport perched itself on something, the eeof
nature of which was not very discernable, in °lle
the pits of water with which the fields in that neliit
bourhood abound. Our sportsman took his aim,
the feathered one, too cunning to remain in leif
dangerous company, wisely took wing and
e Pret
away. Disappointed for the moment the wan° ,
resolved upon a scrutinizing examination of the
traordinary looking affair from which the birta_frol,
just departed. It looked like the head of a In, el
dimly seen through a kind of mist of long-stirgrel
slime and weed. But what business had a,"
there ? Determined to solve this myste'ol
appearance, and a hedge being neared
hero of our adventure judiciously 'mid,
himself with a tolerably lengthy hedge :og
and took many a cautious poke at the tantel'or
object before him. The weeds and aqueous illefe
tations at length gave way, and a portion of a
bly portly kind of kilderkin stood revealed to 'ff
It was heavy, and literally stuck in the Thud' ft#
get it out unaided was impossible, and assistanceo.ot
speedily gathered. A stout rope and a hearty
two soon brought the curiosity to the shore.
evidently well charged with something—but
id
could it be ? It was broached, and forthwith &Si,
poured a rich stream of ruddy mellow old P 0" 0,0
port such as might have warmed the heart of tiot
old Bacchus himself! The cheerful news of ty
wonderful vintage soon spread around ; ever,
most unseemly vessel was the precious 1; uor cage
quaffed, and those " drank port v‘;'no qne'er iieref
port before." Nor did the luck of the party end. fed
for one of them sagaciously enough conjee')
that, as the surface of the pit presented suell..voet
things, its inner depths might not be less sates
; 01,
torily stored, and forthwith an active exploratie
all its muddy reoesses commenced, and the skniwir
enterprise of the party beheld its reward in the 01
landing, amidst cheers and eager expectationot tt
another rotund prize, of similar size and asPt.o4
the one already secured ! This, on tapping, t:iefl'
out to be a cask of peppermint ! As the news of'. elf
ing these good things derelict became more exteeslo
known, it was resolved that means should be takeobl6
discover, if possible, ,
_ unto whom these recoarj,fie,
waits legitimately belonged. The wine eesPolif,
found to be marked " Prince and Co., Tarnvie.
and three " Ws" were impressed on that contain 0
ato
the peppermint. A communication was forwarl po'
Tamworth ; but, strange enough, the firm knew e°
thing of the commodities—nor is any trace of
,p
to be found in the books, though referred to for J
back.— Wokerhampton Chronicle.

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BIRTHS.
of"
On the 4th inst., at Park Village West, Reg
s,
Mrs. Wyld, of a son.
On the 29th ult., at Bilsthorpe Rectory, Nottingwow
:000
the lady of the Rev. Charles Ramsay Flint, of a dg!0
:111°
On the 31st ult., at Woolwich, the lady of Caption
J. i,
5.99'
Bingham, Royal Artillery, of a daughter.
31 ' `-
On the 31st ult., at Terling's-park, the lady of g
Turvin, Esq., of a daughter. Ole .°
On the Ist inst., in Orchard- street, Chiphester,
of R. Henty, Esq., of a daughter. f Ptilsi
On the lst inst., in Nottingham-place, the lady 0
Hay, Esq., of a daughter. of Or
On the Ist inst., at the Limes, Cstrshalton, the lady 00%4
tain E. M. Daniell, Hon. Company's Service, of a da°sol'
On the Ist inst., at Ebury-street, the wife of George e 0 f
3. . Joni
On of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Wandsworth-commos, Mrs 4 of
of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., in Gloucester-road, Hyde-park-g°l
Mrs, 0, J. Venables, of a son, still-born.

MARRIED. ro, PE 6 ,
On the 10th of January, at Calcutta, William Fil;ia9°"'
of Burdwan, to Georgiana, eldest daughter of S.
_,,./
Esq., of Islington.
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DIED. i oil,
On the 4th inst., at the Glasgow Letter FoundrNie
New-street, Alexander ',McAdam, for 51 years tl'Ae ' dservant of the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sour,. ocel
On the 22d ult., at Pisa, of consumption, George'
son of William Peek, Esq., London, ad 19. • P
gisli°
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At Bremen, Germany, Commander Henry W1L"'""
00°
R.N. aged 60. 010
On the 30th ult., Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr.
___,,
Eastland, S. Michael's, St. Alban's, aged 84. „,,. ic,11,0
On the 31st ult., at Farnham, Surrey, Samuel (2,,'r cot
Oa the 26th ult., at Chailey, near Lewes,
reir
lict
Forster Gorin, Bart., aged 76. Fly'
On the 26th alt., in Down. street, Piccadilly,
of the late Admiral Sir Hyde Parker.

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