The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-07 00:00:00

TAI T'S.

TaiCs opens with a very interesting article,
" Notes of a Traveller." occasioned by Mr. Laing's
" Observations on the Social and Political State of the
European People, in 1848 and 1849." The principal
subject of this article is the somewhat complicated
question of the law of primogeniture, versus territo-
rial division. The ill effects of peasant proprietor-
ship, and the minute division of land, when carried
to an extreme, are contrasted with the gooi results
of the system, in a prima facie view. From a table
of figures, given in the course of these observations,
it is shown that in England forty per cent. of the
revenue is raised by Customs duties ; in Prussia,
twenty per cent.; and in France, twelve. Equally
worthy of consideration is the concluding article
of Tait's, " Colds and Cold Water." In a smart
and lively strain the writer laments the depressing
influence of cold, bewailing the many great works
and noble actions prevented or marred by the evil
agency of "a cold ;" as the best preservative against
which " cold water" is commended, a simple, in-
expensive, and easily attainable remedy. An interest-
ing story, " Sinners and Sufferers," commences in
this number.

THE CATHOLIC.
After an interesting chapter on the " Religion er.

Byron," in which the justice of Sir Walter Scott's
remark about the great poet—" I thought he would
end by becoming a Catholic"—is argued by the con-
tributor, we have a continuation of •' Martha Baliol's
Diary," and the completion of the " Recollections of
Bishop Baines." In the last-mentioned article we
find the subjoined statement, one which will be read
with curiosity by the almost numberless admirers of
the author of the "Irish Melodies :"-
-" One assurance which Dr. Baines gives me at this
time must be interesting to very many. We were speak-
ing of Tom Moore, the poet, whotn all the world may
not know to have been born and bred a Catholic; but
some of whose publications all the world unfortunately
does know to be inconsistent with the dictates of religion:
Oh, he is a good boy now; exclaimed the Bishop
in reply to some observation of mine; he is a good boy
now: I have been with him, and he is all right'—giving
me to understand that he bad fulfilled his religious du-
ties by confession and holy communion. This assurance
may be a comfort to many who lament over his present
sad bereavement and inability to atone for the past."
The " Verses for the Month" are taken from a vo-
lume of Church hymns, rendered into English by
Mr. Beste. The foreign correspondence in this num-
ber of the Catholic Magazine and Register will be
found more than usually attractive, containing a great
variety of documents relating to the late appointment
of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.

THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
The People's Journal abounds in agreeable tales
and interesting sketches. In the present number are
two criticisms by Parson Frank on George Prince
Regent James and William Makepeace Tbackeray.
The latter is an able and earnest eutogium ; but we
cannot quite coincide with the opening remarks of
the former article, where, among other things, we
find one of the greatest writers of our day spoken
of as " the Pelham Baronet." One of the most inter-
esting contributions to this number consists of two
chapters of " 'Wanderings and Ponderings," bearing
the initials "E.L. B. They record a " Flight
through the Factories of Manchester," and are filled
with useful pieces of information, enlivened with
amusing remarks. A visit to an umbrella factory
affords a happy specimen of these two characteristics:
—" Everybody has heard and many know from ex-
perience that at Manchester it is always raining ; but
few perhaps are aware that the balance of compen-
sation is tolerably well preserved by Manchester
making umbrellas for the rest of the world. We paid
a visit to one of these factories, where upwards
of five hundred bands are constantly employed making
umbrellas for other hands to hold. From this esta-
blishment an umbrella has been turned gut complete
every minute for the last ten years." On considering
this fact, and remembering that there are several
other factories in Manchester alone, no wonder the
writer adds—" We may begin to associate another
marvel with the celebrated problem of the pins, and
wonder what becomes of all the old umbrellas." We
are also informed that "a periodical fluctuation go-
verns the statistics of the umbrella market to an ex-
tent that would puzzle a political economist to ac-
count for. For one series of years the rage is for
the round knobs, and then fur the next the hook han-
dles are alone considered saleable. The regular re-
currence of these two periods and their unvarying
duration form, of course, the most singular part of the
subject, as there is no palpable reason for,this alterna-
tion of choice." The observant traveller wag grati-

fled with the apparent comfort of the operatives em-
ployed in this manufacture. On hearing that many
of them bad savings in the bank—an unusual cir-
cumstance among people of their class—he remarks
that " possibly the suggestive nature of tbeir employ-
ment may have thus advantageously led them to pro-
vide. against' a rainy day.'"

A MAN BuuNED io DEATH.--011 Thursday last
Mr. Ilerford, borough coroner, held an inquest at the Royal
Infirmary on the body of a.man named Samuel Siddall, 22
years of age, a warp-sizer, living at Blac.kley. It appeared
that about a mouth ago the deceased's
noes.ister was stitching
bandages on his knees. and having asors to cut the
thread with, she put a lighted candle to it to burn it. This
set the bandages, which bad been steeped in turpentine, on
fire, and the deceased was soon enveloped in flames. He
jumped out of bed, and ran into another room, where the
names were extinguished by his father. He was much
burned about the legs and was taken to the Infirmary, where
he died yesterday week from the effects of the injuries. The
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental deatb."—litanchester
Guardian..

F AN CE.

The Repablican journals, whose opinions as disin-
terested spectators of the game now playing between
the Presi lent and Changarnier are perhaps more
worthy of trust than those either of Imperialists or
Bourb-mists, all consider that Changarnier has
triumphed over the President. The National says—
" The triumph of General Changarnier is complete.
He replies to an affront by a provocation and a
bravado; and he has the immense, the inappre-
ciable advantage of having right on his side. But
the whole matter is risible. We have so often
caused Europe to tremble, that it is not
out of the way that we also give it a hearty
laugh or two—such at least appears to be the
opinion of the Tuileries and of the Elysee !"
The Pays one of the organs of the Elyse() puts
the following "simple questions" :—" Is it true that
N. Changarnier did not punish any officer or soldier
for having uttered unconstitutional cries in the re-
views of Satory ? Is it true that he did not make any
report on the aubject to the Minister of War, his
chief? If these questions be answered in the affir-
mative, can we consider as serious the attitude of
those who, gratuitously compromising M. Changar-
nier, desire to show in his name that the Government
has committed a crime in a toleration, the respon-
sibility of which can only fall on the general
in chief, who did not consider the cries called
either for a report or a punishment? Is it
true that General Changarnier said on several oc-
casions to the chiefs of regiments in garrison at Paris
is 1849, and especially in a grand review in the
Champ de Mars, in the month of April,—' Gentle-
men, we must conquer demagogy by moral force as
well as by the force of arms. Cry all of you, and
make your men cry, Vive Napoleon ! Not a word
for the Republic. Let ony one cry be uttered in the
ranks of the army—Vive Napoleon ! I invite you to
do this, and, if necessary, I order you!' "
Then alluding to the order of the day just pub-
lished it adds—" It is difficult to us to conciliate this
order of the day with the invitations so pressing and
so contrary, addressed in 1849, as we have just said,
by the same General Changarnier to the chiefs of
corps of the army of Paris."
The Astrolabe frigate has arrived at Toulon from
Buenos Ayres, having on beard the officer who is the
bearer of the treaty concluded between Admiral Le-
predour and the Government of General Rosas.

GERMAN Y.

Advices from Cassel are of the 3d inst.

Large masses of Prussian troops hava passed the
city' of Cassel on their road to Fulda, where the
Bavarian troops had not yet arrived.

Almost all the Bavarian and Austrian forces take
the direction of tlanau. Tile most contradictory
rumours are afloat as to the conduct of the
Elector and his asf,eciates ; but all these rumours
tally in that one respect, that neither the Elector nor
Haz.senFflug know what is next to be done, and that
they see, although too late, the consequences of their
proceedings. It is quoted as ominous that the Ba-
varians and Austrians entered the Electorate on the
Ist November, the very day on which, 44 years ago,
Marshal Mortier invaded the Electorate and expelled
the Elector, Frederick William I. It is stated that
all the arms and accoutrements of the Hessian soldiers
are being sold at Wilhelmshad by the Elector and his
associates, who have altogether disbanded the army,
by giving the soldiers leave of absence en masse, so
that five men only remain of each company.

. A Vienna letter of the 31st ult., in the Kolner
Zeitung, states that the Emperor of Austria is thirst-
ing fur great deeds of war and conquest. The Aus-
trian officers tell with a good deal of enthusiasm that
when Prince Charles of Prussia welcomed the Em-
peror on the occasion of his touching the Prussian
territories at Cosel, and on the Prince's saying " I am
happy to welcome your Majesty on Prussian
ground !" the 111,operor was silent, but on leaving the
Prince. he turned to his wij wants, and said, " Pru,4sian
ground, indeed 1 This Prince forgets that 110 years
agn one of his ancestors did homage to the German
Emperor of llapJlurg at this very place." And it is
further stated that the ET,peror added—" Never
mind !—the time may c-.mie again !" It, is certain
that the Austrian Generals think of re-conquering

The same correspondent states that the armament
of the Austrians is in wretched cotriition. Their
army wants clothing and horses. Of the cavalry re-
gim'nts only one in four men is =tinted.
The Blvarians at Harlan, in Electoral Hess; caused
it to be notified by sound of drum, in the morning
of the 2d, that the inhnbitants were to give up their
arms within twelve hours; but, as this produced no
effect, it was intimated in the afternoan that a delay
to the next day was granted ; and at the same time
it was stated that th,7)sc pe7sons who should not obey
would he sent before a court-martial. No measures
had been adopted with respect to prohibited meet-
:ngs. An officer of the Bavarian staff had taken the
ommand of the town.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MAi‘.iCEJESTER, TUESDAY.—The yarn market has
somewhat disappointed the expectations which had
been generally formed from previous indication 3.
The accounts of trade and the quotations of current
prices in some of the continental markets, were indu•
cing as increase of operations, to which a check
has been given today, principally by the
continued lifelessness at the Liverpool cotton
market, but partly, too, by the intelligence of
the actual entrance of Austrian and Bavarian
troops into Hesse Cassel. The German buyers have,
in fact, contented themselves with purchasing in a
very sparing manner, where they could do so to most'
advantage; and the home consumers have acted on
the ',erne principle. Under these circumstances, the
sellers of warps, cops, and bundles have not uni-
formly maintained their ground at the extreme
quotations of Lot week ; though, generally speak-
irq, the prices required are without change. Spin-
nings adapted for India are decidedly firm. The
improvement in goods at Calcutta has led to conside-
able transactions in shirtings, jacconets, and some
other articles, for that quarter. The shirtings in re-
quelt are principally light fabrics, but partly also
medium qualities. In these various cloths, therefore,
there is a tdecided firmness as to prices ; indeed, a ten-
dency to harden in some of them. On theother hand,.
printing cloths are dull—the lower makes extremely,
so—with some further appearance of weakness in re-
gard to value. The Brazilian merchants have'edvices
dated the list week in September, from' which' they
learn that adwices from Manchester of Jiily 3 had -occa-
sioned considerable improvement in 'shirtings,7mada-
poilettnQ, and domestics ; though prices• werFr%still
relatively behind those current with us. It is added
that, if supplies continued nioderate' - a profitable
trade might be confidently reckoned upon. The
supplies, however, have been -very-large. Still, the
increased value of 'Brazilian produce, with the abun-
dance nfthe crops,is greatly in favour of an enlarged
demand for; our staples: Letters from Buenos Ayres
of the 14th August anticipate a good trade in our
manufactures 'with the return of their summer.
RoCLIDALE, MONDAY.—There bas been a tolerably
fair-demand for' flannels to-day, at prices much the
smile as _those of last week. We have bad much in-
quiry for wools of a low quality—say those varying
from Bd. to is. per lb., which are rather scarce at
the present time. Former prices have been fully
maintained.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no new fea-
ture to -note in respect to the trade here. The manu-
facturers are still complaining, whilst a great many
weavers continue out of employment, and are to be
seen about the streets. In fact, it now appears that
the wholesale silk mercers, in London and else-
where, are determined to keep bare of stock. The
throwing mills are still in full work, although
the prices of raw and thrown silk are now very
nearly assimilated. This state of things cannot,
of course, long continue, and must end either in the
manufacturers beginning to buy thrown silk more
freely, and setting the weavers to work again, or in
the mills being stopped or put upon short time; for
although there has been a t'air demand for some de-
scriptions of thrown for the continent, this will not
be sufficient to keep the mills going at fell time,
unless more is doing in our own market. The raw
silk market remains very firm.
ficDDE,,sriELD, TUESDAY.—In the market of to-
day, business has not been so brisk as of late. The
few purchasers who attended have not been very
liberal with their orders, either with regard to quan-
tity or variety. The business done has been chiefly
in low plaid?, and large clacks and stripes: and there
has been little 'or nothing doing in the wool market.
''t'v!'.• RX.thiMAXSATURDAY.—The principal inquiry in
‘:,—egtrivtlTV7l‘ll to-day has been for fancy goods of low
~.• ~-. ...qpati,y.. 1,0 descriptions of worsted are not much
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EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE spinners continuing, and the trade being, on that ac-
COMPAN Y. count, in a partially paralysed condition. Scarcely so
A special general meeting of the shareholders of much wool is changing hands, and the staplers are
firm holders at old rates.
this company was held yesterday afternoon, at the LEEDS, TCESDAY.—We have had good markets at
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, agreeably to a the Cloth Halls since our last report, and the demand
resolution of the court of directors, and conformably for mohair and heavy goods is at present very brisk ;
with the deed of settlement. There was a respectable and; in donsequence, prices have considerably ad-
attendance of shareholders ; and resolutions deter-
`vanced. There is a good average business doing in
mining the annual sum to be paid to.the.clirac.
the warehouses ; 'and stocks, both 'with merchants and
tors for their respective services, :agreeably manufacturers, continue light.
the 39th clause cf the deed, and :authorizing
the payment of the per centage contemplated
by the 51st and 52d clauses for the preliminary ex-
penses of the company, and the ;special remuneration
to ba paid under the 53d.clause out of the net profits
to the original registerecl.prouloters of the company,
were proposed seriatim, and ,agreed to without a
dissentient. The .proceedings were of short dura-
tion, and the utmost unanimity characterised the
meeting.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.
(Published by authority of the jlegistrar-General.)
The return for the week ending last Saturday ex-
hibits a considerable increase in the mortality of pre-
vious weeks. In the first three returns of October
the deaths registered were successively 839,860, and
845 ; in the last week they rose to 945. In the ten
corresponding weeks of 1840-9 they fluctuated be-
tween 813 and 1,115, and were on the average 959.
But this average, if allowance be made for supposed
increase of population, becomes 1,046; on which the
present return shows a decrea3e of 101. The increase
of fever has been already remarked, and the observa-
tion is still borne out by the number .of fatal cases
under this head ; the deaths from fever, which in the
two previous bills were 54 and 49, rose last week to
65. Scarlatina also appears to make some progress;
it was fatal in 41 cases, and seems to prevail in some
parts of Walworth and Camberwell. Last week
small-pox carried off 7 children and 2 adults ;
measles 21 children, hooping cough 20, and croup 8.
Erysipelas numbers 7 fatal cases ; and of 10 women,
who died after childbearing, 7 sunk under puerperal
fever. The further decline of diarrhcea and dysentery
is shown by the deaths from these complaints in the
last three weeks, in which the numbers have been
successively 37, 30, and 22, which last is about the
average of ten corresponding weeks. Last week 3
deaths from cholera were returned, but none of the
cases had assumed the malignant form of the disease.
They were as follows :
_

In Kensington, at 9, Earl's•street, on 24th of
October, the wife of a hawker, aged 57 years, died of
" choleraic diarrhoea (3 days), typhoid fever (6 days)."
In All Souls, Marylebone, at 60, Berners-street, on
23d October, the wife of an upholsterer, aged 40
years, " English cholera, internal haemorrhage (3
days)."
In Peckham, at 2, New-road, Commercial-road, on
25th October, the daughter of a lath-render, aged 4
years, " English cholera with convulsions (30 hours)."
Mr. Clark, the registrar, adds, that " the situation is
open and airy ; the child was strong and in perfect
health on the previous day, and the disease cannot be
in any way accounted for."

Diseases of the respiratory organs discover a small
increase of mortality, a fact which may be viewed in
connexion with a fall of the weekly mean temperature
from about 50 deg. in the earlier part of October to
42 deg. towards the end of the month. The increase
is observed in pneumonia (or inflammation of the
lungs) amongst children, and also in bronchitis
amongst aged people.
It appears from the return for the eastern sub•
district of Greenwich, that 9 old pensioners died in
the Royal Hospital, between the 24th and 29th of
October, and that their ages, the lowest of which was
61 years, and the greatest 90, averaged rather more
than 74 years; 71 deaths were registered during the
week in metropolitan workhouses, and 83 in hospitals
and other public asylums.
A girl 5 weeks old died from " an over dose of
syrup of poppies ;" and the wife of a labourer, aged
56, died on the 231 October, in St. Luke's Hospital,
from " melancholia, and refusal of food."
The births of 770 boys, and 749 girls, in all 1,519
children, were registered in the week. The average
of five corresponding weeks in the years 1845-9,
was 1,361.