The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

WHAT THEY DO IN GLASGOW.

The Scotch manufacturing towns are more diversi-
fied in their vocations than the English. Dundee and
the Forfershire towns are, indeed, given over to fl Ix
and linens ; and we have our devotees amongst urban
communities to woollens; but on the whole, Scotch
towns entertain, like Aberdeen, many different trades.
Glasgow and the neighbourhood, and its dependencies,
drive all the trades that we have mentioned ; and do them
to great advantage ? It would be no credit to say that
many things were done here, if few or none of them
were done welt ; but Glasgow combines avowedly the
rare merit of doing everything, and performing many
things to more advantage than any other locality.
The marine engines, steam and sailing vessels of the
Clyde, stand, or rather sail fast in all waters. The
iron manufactories of Lanarkshire and Ayrshire have
sprung into an enlarged existence more rapidly than
any branch of business in any other part of tbe
country. We have a fair share in the general pro-
duction of cotton goods, especially those of the .finer
descriptions. The cotton printing works of the city
and its vicinity transact a large business, and must
have acquired a fair position, both in colours and de-
signs. Tne largest chemical works in the world are situ-
ated within the city. Soine of the finest flax spinning
in the country is done within the municipality. - The
most extensive brewery in Scotland, sending its pro-
duce to the most distant quarters, belongs to Glas-
gow. And in works of a smaller class, there is an
astonishing degree of ingenuity displayed, and many
wonderful processes accomplished, in the production
of their manufactures, with which the public, genee'
rally, have little acquaintance., The various applications
of steam ,in its practical nativity, form alone a source
of deep interest to those who have not formed a general
acquaintance with our public works. Then• Glasgow
comprehends, in some measure, the Clyde, and is in-
timately and inseparably connected with the trade of
Greenock, the ship-building of Dumbarton, the busi-
ness of Port Glaigow, the shawls of Paisley, the car-
pets of Kilmarnock, the woollens of Hawick and
Stirling, and the linens of Dunfermline. The employ-
ment emanating from Glasgow extends over a wider
range of country than that arising from any other manu-
facturing town. Wehave met it far beyond Perth, nearly
a hundred miles to the north and east; and again so
far beyond Belfast as,tii make two hundred miles to
the south and, west. A business of this character,
affecting the condition of the inhabitants over a wide
and populous range of country, must be a matter of
very general interest. As we are to have soon
an exbibitition of the industry of all nations,
we probably could not occupy part of our
columns better than, before it occurs, drawing
up a sketch, not-1n a scientific but a general
form, of our own home industry. The conquests
achieved over matter, the changes effected in its cha-
racter and qualities, the complicated nature of the
operations involved in these changes, the interlacing of
the interests of all nations by the intermixture of the
products of all countries exhibited in our fabrics, the
beauty or utility of the results, the vast capital in-
volved in their accomplishment, and the wages paid for
effecting them, are all objects of great, and in their
various combinations—to us of extreme interest.—
Daily Mail.

REMOVAL OF PAUPERS.—According to a return to
Parliament (yesterday issued) the number of paupers re-
moved by order of justices in England and Wales in the five
years ending 1819 was 51,941, of whom 29,079 were Irish
and 1,4+34 Scotch paupers. Last year the number of paupers
removed under the order of justices was 13,867. At Liver.
pool, in the five yean., no fewer than 27,147, principally
Irish, paupers were removed.
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VIENNA, SEPT. 27.—A terrible accident occurred
on Saturday night last in a small village called Weiss, not
far from Grez, whereby a great number of lives were lost.
The village in question, which is also called " Our Saviour
on the Meadow," is a 1-vourite piece of pilgrimage at th s
time of the year, and was more than ordinarily full on the
day in question. The weary pilgrims had all retired to rest,
and were sound asleep, when suddenly a fire broke out
beneath a hay-loft, in which were a couple of hundred
persons at the time. More than half of them are said
to have perished in the liamees, which speedily communi-
cated with the adjoining houses, and a high wind blowing
at the time half the village was burnt down, and many more
persons perished. The exact number is not yet known.

POLIC' TELLIGENCE.
M HOUSE.ANSION-

Isaac Williams was brought before A!derman Finn's,
charged upon suspicion of having been concerned
with Denham, who was examined on 'Wednesday
last, i❑ the desperate assault and robbery committed
upon Mr. Cannon, of Aldersgate-street, on the 20th
of September. There was a second charge against
the prisoner.

George Trew, of the City police, said—Yesterday
afternoon, at four o'clock, in consequence of informa-
tion which I received, I went, accompanied by
Haydon, to the house of the prisoner, in a street in
Horton Old•town, and saw the prisoner there. I
told him I came to apprehend him on suspicion of
being concerned, with two other persons, in attacking
and robbing Mr. Cureton, of Aldersgate-street, on
Friday, the 20th of September. He said, " I know
nothing about it. 1 was at the Britannia Theatre
that evening with my wife." I have since seen Mr.
Cureton and several others who have seen the pri-
,soner since his apprehension, and they know nothing
of him. I have a further charge against the prisoner
of having in his possession several articles of which he
was not able to give a satisfactory account. I
searched the place, and found a plated silver teapot, two
gold mourning rings, one of which had engraved on
the inside the name, " Robert Smith, 21st February,
182.5," and on the outside, in gold letters, the words,
"In memory of." A watch, having no name but the
number 5,580, two pairs of earrings, a gold Albert
chain, a gold key, half • a dczen of wnitehandled
knives and forks, and chisels, gimblets, and other
things. Behind a chest of drawers in one of the rooms
I found a sort of life-preserver.

The witness here produced an instrument, which
was loaded at the top, and elastic from the top piece
to the bottom.

The prisoner—That is a stick which I bought at a
public sale. I carry it to walk with.
Trew—The, prisoner is known to a mettopolitan
sergeant, who is here.

Sergeuut Pubost, of the N division of the metro-
politan force, said on the 12th of December, 1843,
the prisoner was in my custody upon the charge of
stealing eight farthings from a till in a shop, and was
transported for seven years. He was at that time 21
years of age.
The prisoner—That's right. I don't deny it. I
was, when a very young man, unfortunately, convicted
of the offence. I was misled then ; but I have since
that time acted in a very different manner, and I was,
in consequence of my good conduct, sent to the coast
of Spain instead of the usual place, and was dis-
charged at,the end of six years. In Spain I fell in
with a woman who had some property, and I returned
home determined to lead a proper life. I have done
so, I assure your Lordship ; and I have been living
industriously since my return. I bought all those
things, as I can prove, from the parties of whom I
purchased them.
Trew said the prisoner stated, upon being appre-
hended, that he had bought the teapot in Petticoat-
lane.
Alderman' FINNIS—It can be of no prejudice to
you to be remanded for a few days, so that you may
be able to satisfy me that you became possessed of
these things in au honest way.
The prisoner—l can send to the parties in the
country from whom I made several of the purchases,
and show that they were all honestly paid for. I
have'never done wrong since I returned to my native
country.
Alderman Penis then discharged the prisoner as
to the accusation of having been concerned in the
attack upon, and robbery of Mr. Cureton, but re-
manded him upon the statement of the officer, that
there was a
brought forward with respect to the goods found on
possibility that evidence could be speedily
his premises.

GUILDHALL.
George Edwins, alias Sheffield Beater, compositor,
Anne Ectivins, his wife, and James Clarke, were
placed at the bar before Alderman Challis, charged
with loitering about St. Paul's churchyard and Cheap-
side, with intent to commit felony.
Police-constable, 21., stated that he was on duty in
Cheapside about a quarter to ten o'clock on Thursday
night, when he saw the prisoners near Bow-church,
loitering about in a very suspicious manner. Know-
ing two of the prisoners as the associates of thieve!,
he continued watching their movements. Shortly
after he saw the female prisoner stop a gentleman at
the corner of Bow-churchyard, and take him with her
to the back of the church. H', however, repulsed all
attempts at familiarity on her part, and left her very
abruptly. She stopped several parties afterwards, but
invariably selected old and apparently infirm gentle-
men as being more likely to full an easy prey to her
dishonest intentions. During the intervals between
the stopping of the various gentlemen, both the male
prisoners communicated with the female prisoner.
Being aware that a great many robberies bad been
committed lately under very similar circumstances,