The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-29 00:00:00

A SOCIAL STRIKE.

A convention of women is reported to have taken
place in the state of Ohio, which lasted two days,
and resulted in the following declaration of inde-
pendence :

" They wish to participate in making the laws by
which they are to be governed.
"They wish the same rights, laws, and protection
for one sex as for the other.

" They state that the servile submission of the
women of this country to the unequal and oppressive
laws by which they are governed is the fruit of de-
gradation and ignorance.
" They resolve, that their own welfare and the
highest good of the sex demand that they should se-
cure to themselves the elective franchise.

" They resolve that the laws in favour of man, to
control the persons and property of women, are
merely a modified code of the slave plantation, and
that is the reason why women sympathise with the
suffering slave.

" They declare that, as human beings, women are
entitled to all the rights that belong by nature to any
member of the human family.
" They protest that all distinctions between men
and women, social, literary, pecuniary, religious, or
political, based on distinction of sex, Sze., ought to be
abolished at once.

" They also say that the practice of holding women
to a different standard of morality and propriety is
unnatural and highly detrimental to domestic fun and
happiness.

"They are perfectly satisfied that a republican
government is just as much down upon the women as
any hereditary despotism.
" They say that ' all things work in a circle ;'
woman must put forth her hands courageously, dis-
regard public sentiment on many matters, and grasp
them in disregard of the usages which have hitherto
withheld them from her.

" They regard such women as step forth into the
world, in the face of sneers and scoffs of the public, to
fill large spheres of labour, as the truest preachers of
woman's rights."
And, last of all, they have passed unanimously the
following " whereas" with the " resolutions :"
" Whereas one class of s •ciety dooms woman to a life
of drudgery, and another to one of dependence and fri-
volity; and whereas the education she generally receives is
calculated to cultivate vanity and dependence, therefore—
" Resolved—That the prevalent ideas of female edu-
cation are in perfect harmony with the position allotted
her by the laws and usages of society.
" Resolved—That as woman is not permitted to hold
office, nor have any voice in the government, she should
not be compelled to pay taxes out of her scanty wages to
support men who get eight dollars a day, for taking the
right to themselves to enact laws for her. '

HERRING TRADE.—WICK, MAT 15.—A few her-
rings have been caught this week, at Sarclet, on the hooks.
No trial will be made here with nets for a few weeks yet.
Offers have been made within the past few days at Wick of
Bs. per barrel, for full crown-brands, of last season's take,
but refused, and 10s. demanded, which bad not been ob-
tained. No accounts, so far as we can hear, have been
received from either home or continental markets show-
ing any revival in the trade. Very little stir is being
created by the preparations for the coming season, and en-
gagements are only entered into upon " general terms,'
where
rusede h
ato s be
this firsty toyear
r cone
hebeen
n
to
which is believed will be 7s. per emu at Wick. Ou the
Banffwith
the fishermen,
coast,
nothing done, and several of their number are going out of
the trade. It is believed that many boats' crews will be
little orsrm
forced to stay on shore this season, for want of engage-
ments. Last week a few herrings were caught in nets at
Sandside, and along this coast. From Stornoway we learn
that, owing to the severity of the weather very little has as
yet been done in the herring fishing there. The boats were
out two nights last week and were partially successful.
Several small parcels of herrings have been during this and
last week brought from the Lewis to this place, and re-ship-
ped per steam to Leith, destined, no doubt, for the con-
tinental market. About sixty barrels arrived, and were dis-
patched by sail smack.—John 0' Groat Journal.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Yesterday (Tues-
day) afternoon a quarterly general court ii)ifeldhervtelfenohrs and
friends of King's College Hospital waslnn-fields T G. board_
room • Sam_
room in Portugal-street, Lincoln's
brooke, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the former
hairmcourt
having received
the signature of the c an, the secre-
tary read the report for the past quarter, which showed that,
at the commencement 104
of the year, patients were in the
1 ad --day 289 additional
house. From that period to . 3 pa-
making a total of 393. Of this number
tients were received,
260 were discharged, cured, or _ relieved, six were found in-
curable, and three disorderly. 24 died, and 100 remained in
the house. The out-patients for the quarter numbered 5,011,
exclusive of 128 poor married
women,who
t were attended
during
their confinement at their own homes. Since the
charity 12 036 in- •
opening of the , patients and 143,459 out-
patients have been received, making a total of about 155,500.
upon the motion of Mr. Partridge, seconded by Mr. Samuel
H. Sterry, the report was ordered to be entered upon the mi-
nutes, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the
proceedings terminated.

exhibited at Liskeard,HaolryorqTuahl tiu
takenrbwi ica ks
(bulenaptera Loops, ',glacial niuscul:s)r ,sdwahyi:
A RARITY.-011 w h
et;:aeodr
b9retaehsno,
the previous day by Thomas Outling, whilst engaged in
fishing, by entangling itself in the net. As soon as it was
discovered what the " catch" was the men prevented his die-
engaging himself, and by keeping him still soon drowned the
" monster." It was caught 18 or 20 miles out, and brought
into Polperro. It was supposed to be about twelve months
of age. It was 11 feet in length, 7 feet 8 inches in girth
and about a ton in weight. The mouth when caugnt was
capacious enough to contain two men. Individuals of this
' species of whale, of the largest size (80 or 100 feet), are
sometimes seen on the Cornish coast, but they are very
rarely caught; and, consequently, the occurrence of this
specimen offered an opportunity for examination that is not
with, and which was embraced by great numbers,
restored the 11. paid for the loan of the fish for the
owfht eon
smooent
purpose of exhibition.—Devonshire Chronicle.
THE CITY or LONDON SCHOOL.—Amongst the
gentlemen who have obtained distinguished honours in
classics at the University of Oxford is Mr. 11. S. Fagan, who
was educated at the City of London School, and who en-
joyed Mr. Alderman Salomon's exhibition of 501. per annum
for the last four years. Mr. Fagan obtained a scholarship of
201. It year at korabr9k9 G9llego Pp= A public GOZPOtiti9U•