The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Commander—W. N. Tonge to be retired captain.
Lieutenants—F. R. Coglan, to the rank of commander ;
J. White (b). E. Rowan, C. Tilley. G. Welch (a), and
J. Nicholls, to be retired commanders.
APPOINTMENTS.
Rear-Admiral—Sir G. F. Seymour, to the Coflirt-
wood, to command on the South American station. 1
Commanders—F. B. Montressor, F. Canon, and P. p.
Stewart, to study steam or board the Sulphur, at WoOl-
wich.
Lieutenants—E. C. Miller to command the Vulath,
vice Featherstone, promoted; T. C. Downes, to the Fire-
fly; W. Macfarlane to be agent for mails; J. Imrie to be
agent on board the Java transport.
Surgeons—J. Watson, of the Imaum, appointed sur-
geon and medical storekeeper at Jamaica hospital, vice
Middleton, appointed to Haulbowline Hospital, Cove; F.
W. Le Grand, to the Fox; T. E. Ring, M.D., to be sur-
geon superintendent in Angelina convict ship.
Mates—P. W. Coventry, of the Queen, who came
home acting-lieutenant of the Vernon, is to rejoin his
ship; H. D. Blanchley, of the Caledonia, to Flamer.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Is it possible that our landed aristocracy can
read the distressing cases (which are continually appear-
ing in your columns) of the death of shirtmakers and
others by starvation? When we reflect that by our
corn-laws their few miserable pence, gained by the
severest exertions, are still further reduced for the main-
taining in splendour those who ought, and were in-
tended by Providence to be, their natural protectors, we
see, alas! that, instead of he rich feeding and clothing
the hungry and naked, the; poor, in all their heart-
rending poverty, compelled to contribute to those who
are running over with the good things of this life.
Continue, Sir, your exertions for the wiping away
from our country so foul a stain, and I feel convinced
that, ere long, the nation will arise in its strength, and
demand, with a voice not to be resisted, the repeal of a
starving and unjust corn-law.—Yours, respectfully,
A READER OF "THE SUN.'
Yarmouth, A pril 24, 1844.
•

THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—Thet pwreesheanytesheattd-
son has hitherto been one of the finest
wt
for several years for promoting the
_ll.og. tthheof: those crops
farmers to
which are already sown, andh 131
prepare the land for those which remain to be sown. In
England, between Liverpool and"
all the counties of Engla
Southampton, as well
as
in Normandy and the other
•
northern provinces of France, in Belgium, in Rhenish
Prussia
as far as Frankfort, the
wheat c' and in Germany
crops this year are most promising. We do
not remember to have seen above half-a-dozen bad fields
of wheat in a journey of one thousand or twelve
hundred miles. In general the plant is very thick,
the colour good, and the promise of the crop excel-
lent. • The same observation applies to the oat, the
rye, the clover, and rape crops on the Continent, and
to the grass crops in England. In the limestone
districts of Normandy and ,n _Flanders, as well as in the
rich district of Mayriuce and Frankfort, the
e clovers are
unusually fine this year, mid it is a remarkable proof of
what may be effected by rich cultiva;ion, that the Colza,
or rape plant, was at least a yard high, and in full bloom,
in Easter week, between Mailines and Antwerp, at a time
when it was not even in bud in districts of France a
couple of degrees further south. Owing to the heavy
rains of March, and the general warmth of the first fort-
night in April, this and most other crops were as forward
as they were ever known to be at this season all the way
from Havre to the Rhine. In this neighbourhood, and
throughout England generally, they look as well as could
be wished. 'rho cleaning and preparing the land for
spring crops has now made great progress ; and, in this
county, which is famed above all others for its potato cul-
tivation, the planting of potatoes has become general.
There has never been a finer season for getting them
into the ground, and the showers of the last few days
will cause them to germinaie rapidly, and thus save them
from the diseases to which they are subject in dry
springs.—Liverpool Times.
GRASS PARKS.—The grass parks belonging to the
• Earl of Lauderdale, ar,,und Dunbar House, were let for
the season, at the high rate of five to tiji pounds per acre,
...-Scotch Paper.