The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-08 00:00:00

Directors are of three classes :-Ist, the Pawn-
.
brokers; 2d, those traf6cers in Shares, who only
bought to sell again, and who lost by the de-
preciation ; ,and, 3d, those who have purchased
Shares at the lowest price, in the hope of ban-
tering, coaxing, or threatening the Directors into•
a partial or a total return of .the depOsits ; neither
of these are entitled to consideration or courtesy; and
had a profit been made,not a.man amongst them would
have enquired bow it had been obtained ; dividends or
premiums are received carelessly and thanklessly, but
either an absolute loss, or the disappointment of gain,
is the signal for branding men of character and
rank as dishonest in the very face of their im-
mense sacrifices of time, labour, and money, in
anxious but unavailing exertions. We differ in
political principle with many of the Directors of
the Equitable Loan Bank Company, but we be-
lieve that individually and collectively they are as

free from the motives imputed to them as their accusers
are destitute, of candour, and the odium heaped upon
the promoters of the undertaking will be duly appre-
ciated, when it is remembered that •it proceeds from
men doubly irritated by the exposure of their nefarious
transactions, and the consequent reduction of their
profits. We know that amongst the Pawnbrokers there
are 'many worthy men, many, who relying on the
integrity of their dealings, fear no Company, and
dread no competition ; to such our observations
cannot apply, but for the rest, they will feel the
justice of our remarks. Their influence amongst the
lowest class must be extensive, but fortunately it
cannot reach the higher ranks of society. Thus
they would be excellent electioneering friends in
Westminster, where every Chimney-sweeper who
pays "Scot and lot" has a vote. But we have
to apprise Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, (we hope he
will bear the shock with Christian fortitude) that
the pawnbrokers are 'determined not only to oppose his
election because he was a Director in the obnoxious
Company, but to support Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN.
This will lead to a dissolution of the compact be-
tween John Bull, WAITHMAN, and the GRIPES ;
for John Bull has an insuperable objection to shop-
keepers sitting in Parliament ; and indeed there is not
Much danger of such an event. JOE MILLER, or
some one of his disciples, once explained the Pawn-
brokers' sign of the Three Balls, by saying that it
meant " two to one that a pledge does not come out."
The modern explanation is, " two to one that their
Champion WAITHMAN does not get in."

In our leader of Thursday last, we observed that a
sum of not less than 200,0001. would be brought into
the Exchequer by the dealers in bonded Corn, and
that this amount had not been calculated upon by Mr.
ROBINSON ; and we added, " Let not the nation at
large profit by this unexpected result, but let the sum
so arising be appropriated to the relief of the manu-
focturing districts.. This would be a national con-
tribution worthy of the Country, and tffectual in its
,objects:: The John Bull of yesterday contains, in a
letitilg article, the following' sentence :---" We are
rare
' that it is much easier to condemn measures
44a,n,t0 originate them,, we will just thercp ire remark,
that if. Ministers were induced 4o ,take the measure
of ofiening the stored Corn as a remedy, they ought
at the'Same time to have placed the amount of duties
upon it,—said to be 200,0001., to the account of the
suffcring manufacturers: 4—We, have no objection
to lending John Bull any thing he may wish to bor-
row, but there is some inconsistency in thus plunder-
ingivholesale, and, in the same papehr,, quarrelling with
a Siriali periodical, called ?'he Ass, for publishing a
joke on Mr. Huron, which joke, says, this ma-
rauder, originally appeared in one of the leaders of
Bug, three weeks or a month since.

-By our accounts from Manchester, dated yesterday
morning, nothing has transpired to disturb the public
tranquillity, and the reports from the surrounding dis-
tricts are all of a peaceable nature up to that date.
—lt appears that Jonas Bairstow, who had
been wounded in the attack on Messrs. Horsfall and
Co.'s mill, has since died. An inquest has been held
upon the body, and the Jury, after hearing evidence,
returned the following verdict—" Shot by some per-
son, to the Jurors unknown, in the mill of Messrs.
Horsfall and Co. in the preservation of the lives of the
persons and property therein."