The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-12 00:00:00

PATENTS LATELY GRANTED.

W. CHURCH, of Threadneedle-street, -fez an improved, ap-
paratus for printing—July 3, 1821.
J. SIIVIPSON, of-the Strand, foran improvement in the Manu-
facture of snuffers-441y 3, 1821.
W. Coe.as, of Ncii-street-sctuare, London, for braces or
instruments for the relief of hernia or rtipture.—July-5, 1821.
R. Di c 4 INF oN, of:Great Queen-street, for improvement in
the construction ci vcasels.ofevery description, whereby they nigy.
be rendered more dukable than those beretoi-ore constructed :o;
the purposes of navigation.—July 14, 1321.
S. COOPER and W. MILLER, of Margate, for improvements
on printing machines.-JULY 17, 1821. ..
}RED-ERICK illranEELs VA1,7.1-Iz-vrilliTSEN, Of Chan.:
cery-lane, for a new method 0f.,;:,,-.opeliiog sirtr.ll vessels or boats
thwrigh water, and earriagt's ovei iand...--July 23, 1,121:
D. BAncr.AY., of Broad-street, for a spiral lcvcr.or rotary:
standard press. Communicated to him by a foreigner residing.
abroad.--July 26, 1821.
.T. BAR E 4, of Oldham, Lancashire; and JoHN:Riw
sox Harms, of Winchester-Place, Southwark, for certain im-
provements in the method cif clearing furs and wools, used in
the manufacture of hats, from kenips -and hairs.—. July 28, 11321.
J. 11. BARRY, of the Alinories, for certain improvements on,
and additions to, wheel:et carriages.—July 26,1821.
S. -:BAOSIIAW, of ,Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, for a
method of Forming and manufacturing vases, urns, basins, and
other ornamental articles, which have been heretofore' usually
made of stone or marble, from a combination of materials never
,heretofore Made. use of in* manufacturing of such articles.
-July 26, 1321.
J. MANTON, of Dover-street, for an • improvement in the
construction Of locks of all kinds of fowling-pieces and fire-arms.
--.:Jttly 30, 1821:
BENNET, jun., of Bewdley,for certain improvements in
steam-engines, or steam apparatus.—Aug. 4, 1821.
J. SLATER, of Birmingham, for improvements in making a
kitchen-range and apparatus. for cooking, and other purposes.
45_1821: • • .

W.—H.'lligman, of Bath, for certain improvements in the
construdion• of harness, which will afford great relief.to horses
in drawing carriages of various clescriptions.—Aug: 14, 1021.

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CHOPPED. StRAW• AS MANURE.—Sir IL Davy'
says, ‘C Dry straw of wheat, oats, barley, beans;
and peas, and spoiled hay, or any other Miniliar
kind of dry vegetable matter, is-in all cases use=
ful manure. In general, such substances are
made to ferment before they are employed,
though it may be doubted whether the practice
should be indiscriminately adopted. The're can
be no doubt that the straw of different crops, im-
mediately ploughed into the ground, affords
nourishment to plants; but there is an objection
to this method of using straw,' from the difficulty
of burying . long straw, and from its rendering
the husbandry foul. When straw is made to fer-
ment, it becomes a more manageable manure;
but there is likewise, on the whole, a great toss
of nutritive matter. More manure is, perhaps,
supplied for a single crop; hut the 'wad is less
improved than it would be, supposing the whole
of the vegetable matter could be finely divided
and mixed with -the soil. It is usual to carry
straw that can be employed for no other pur,
pose, to the dunghill to ferment' and decom-
pose; but it is worth experiment, whether it
may not be more economically applied when
chopped small by a proper machine, and kept
dry till it is ploughed in for the use of a crop..
In this case, though 'it would decompose much
more slowly, and produce less effect at first, yet
its influence would be much more lasting. 7

SOOT MANURE.—This manure is to be met
with in all the towns of the kingdom, at a stated
price, usually rising from 6d. -to is. a bushel. It
is as powerful in its operations as any other body
to be met with, owing to its consisting of parti-
cles very finely divided, and to its being full of
oleaginous and volatile alkaline materials. By
far the most beneficial-use of it is that of sowing
over wheat in the spring. When the-young 'cro'p
turns yellow, or is otherwise sickly and backward,
forty or fifty bushels an acre of soot will seldom
fail of changing,it to a healthy green colour. It
is also beneficial on meadows, ou which it has
been compared with pigeon's dung, and found to
exceed it: most so on soils which are tolerably
stored with the food of plants. The most advan-
tageous use to which either can be applied, is as
a top-dressing to wheat in the 'spring. Forty or
fifty bushels are a common quantity, but sixty or
seventy would be better.; and where it can be had
at 4d. a bushel, eighty will not be too expensive
a dressing.

ST. SAVIOUR'S AND ST. THOMAS'S BIRLE ASSOT
•CIATION.Th6 Ninth Anniversary Meeting of'
the above Association was held yesterday 'even
.ing in the. Spiritual Court House of St. Saviours:
Church, Borough, the
,11:ev.11r. MANN in the
Chair, supported by a number of Clergymen and
a numerous-and-respectable assemblage of both
sexes% The,Report of the last year's proceed-
ings was highly gratifying-, and detailed many
instances of the utility of the Institution. Se-
veral Gentlemen addressed the Meeting in the
course of .the evening, and thanks having. been
voted to the Chairman, the assemblage adjourned.
. 'On Tuesday last a Meeting was, held in the
Court llcase, Warwick, for the pUrpose of esta-
blishing an- Auxiliary Bible Society for the
County. FRANCIS LAwLEv,Essi. M. P. presided,
and opened the business of the day. He was
followed by Mr. DUDLEY, the Rev. Mr. GRIM-
SHAW, and the Rev. EDWARD BURN, by whom
the objects. and nature of the Parent. Institution
were explained. A set of resolutions were then
agreed to, and a Ladies' Association was also sub-
secinently. formed. --

.The. Middlesex Sittings in the Court of Com-
mon Pleas have been adjourned to Thursday., the
Ist of Move/ fiber, at:ten o'clock.
InVirginia:, a Jury that cannot agree on O ver-
dict is called a hung Jury; thus, -when the Jury
is hung,. the criminal escapes.

Few characters have merited in a higher de--
-gree the warm- regards or their country, than the
late Lord LoNnoNnEntur. His conduct as a
Senator was _without. blemish.. In thc,,several
Parliaments- in which he sat as a representative
of the people,: his vote was, without exception,
directed by strict integrity, and that scrupu-
lous sense of duty, by which it was the habit of
his life to weigh even, his minutest actions. Of
the past generation, we cannot, perhaps, • name
three closer parallels, than Sir George Saville,
Mr. Brow.nlow, and Mr. Stewart. In purity of
principle, they were models in their respective
situations.--:-As: a country gentleman, Lord Lon-
donderry' both before.and after his elevation to
the Peerage, fixed his residence in his own coun-
try, in the bosom of his tenantry. There—in
times of public distress, his judicious and.muni-
ficent-plans for relieving the necessities, and mo-
derating the difficulties of his tenants—brought
upon him the blessings of. thousands; and
displayed the importance of a resident landlord,
in the .brightest colours.—ln domestic life, he
benefited. society by. an example of pure morals,
and- a zealous- discharge 'of - religious duties.
In an age when such virtues do not predominate,
the exact performance of, them throughout a long
life. must necessarily, from his elevated. sta-
tion, have had themost beneficial influence. It
were difficult, to "select"-an instance of a Noble-
man on whom the. means of happiness-flawed
in a fuller tide. No man appeared more justly'
to appreciate the blesSings lie enjoyed, or to be
more grr,,teful for them to the author of his being.
—Among the greatest of these., was that :perfect
family concord which embellished the domestic
circle ; and withoutwhich.every thing else. would
have been of little avail. . No:human. being ever
beheld his offspring with greater delight, or was
held. by theni in high& veneration. Iris:-Lord-
ship's last moments were a comment on his life.
He sheaved, in -the most attractive light, " how
Ll:Christian can die." In calm resignation he
awaited the event, expressing every sentiment
suited to the occasion ; and ordering whatever
concerned it with a degree of: decision and .pro-
priety, of which few are at that trying period
found capable. A clear perception of the vanity
of .all temporary concerns, detertnined•him, to di.
sect the most simple and private interment ; and
that in place of the expense usually devoted to
funeral pomp, the Wants of the poor should de-
rive relief even from -his death. SuCh was 'the
matt who liVed and died our
,neighbourhood
—whose actions lay almost under our eye--and
who, like his Royal master, the late King, be-
came more and more an 'Object of veneration as
his life approaehed its "end..
BelfAst, Oct. 4,1821.

In illustration' of the preceding faint outline,
the following circumstances .preSent themselVes
—llk Lordship's character-as-a kind, considerate
and liberal landlord, was proverbial in the land,
and could not be placed on a broader basis than
the-follow-ing.: AS his tenants' firms in the Ards,
abr'ut the years 1818 'and 1819, dropt out of
leaSe, they were. valued by .an upright and intel-
ligent resident farmer, and renewals cheerfully
taken • at. the valuations declared. Not long
after, his Lordship, prompted by. the benevolent
impulses .of his own.mindrordered" these leases
.to be- cancelled, and .newones substituted, at
greatly reduced . rents ; to the diminution of
rent-roll, in a part of his-estates in the. Ards, to
the yearly amount of nine hundred pounds.—
Ilis
Lordship, in a
~time of
,scarcity, ordered
provisions to be imported from the cheapest.
marts, and delivered at very reduced -Prices', and
,in small quantities, in. Newtownards.-_ He:thus
counteracted in his own, quarter that, famine
which involved surrounding districts, and met the
emergency in the most judicious and effectual
manner. The :produce of his Lordship's, own•
mills were brought forward .on the same occasion.
V,ven in ordinary times his• Lordship's various
charities were very 'considerable. To the weekly
collections alone,' in the ChUrch and Presbyterian
'Meeting-house (of which latter he was a- conttant
attender) his contributions were considei-ed: to
amount to between 2001. and 2501. yearly. Judg-
ing by such exemplary regard to the wants of
the lowest orders of Isociety, we-mayfairly :con-
clude that the entire range of his charities, and.
acts of benevolence, must have been extensive
indeed. In order to give work to the labouring
classes, an 'extra number-Were regularly employ-
ed in his grounds. It .was .feared that they, as
well as the paupers on the estate, would have
suffered deeply by the decease of the late Mar-
quis, and the removal of the family to another
country. The person. who writes. this 'article has
been well assured :that these consequences will '
be in a great degree 'prevented, by his noble
successor's keeping up the external establish-
ment, at Mount Stewart, very nearly, -as in the
life,titne of
°his revered parent, and by the
appropriation of a considerable sum .to the.
alms Collected in the places of worShip.—
It is proper -here to., mention the alacrity with
which time late Lord, even to the 80th year of
his age, continued to attend at the ,collections
made Or the Poor House, llouse'.of Inthistry,
&c. of Belfast, though at a distance of several
miles from his Own 'residence, and the liberality
with which , he ,c,o-h4tantly contributed. In. the
preceding view no notice. has been taken of, his
Lordship's munificence. in. all-matters of 'charity,
in a remote district-L-the county of Londonderry :
where, on, his joint property with a worthy Ba-
ronet, in the neighbourhood . of this town, their
attentions to- the calls humanity,;and to the

general, condition of their tenantries, were ex-
* rcised in a manner honourable to, them both.-
The writer closes this tribute to_departed worth,
by adding a trait of character, whiCh 'reflected.
the highest credit on his Lordship, and is by no
means as common in persons of rank as the into
rests of the•community require. He alludes to
that disCrithination and impartiality with-which
he bestowed every office, which either patronage
or personal influence placed in his pOwet---.-go-
verned solely by the 'qualifications and moral
condtict of the candidates, without wfferini either
political or interested considerations-to sway
.hint
in the choice.

HOWARD AND GIBBS' COMMISSION.

Yesterday the Commissioners . held another
meeting for the purpose of proceeding further in
the investigation of Mr. Carrol's claim,. previous
to which they took into consideration the .case
of the Star Life Insurance Company, whoSe Se-
cretary, Mr. Mitchell, claimed to prove on a- bill
.for 1,111., drawn by himself, and accepted by
Howard and Gibbs, for premiums on polities of
insurance effected by them in that ollice.-.-7-11,1r.
TRESLOVE objected to this proof. The 'Star
Company, as they called
.themselves, were,:he
contended., an illegal body, inasmuch they
were not incorporated by Act of Parliiiinent.
They had, in fact, no power to appoint
Direc-
tors or Secretary, but were 'themselves liable to
bt.indicted' for an illegal -association,' under th'p
Bubble Act.' This doctriliez,was fully adopted
in the case of the King v. Dodd, and being:them-
selves ail illegal association., no act or appoint-
ment of them could. give legal rights.—MrIMON-
TAGUE supported the rights of the Company,'and
contended that -there was no foundation,:wbat-
ever for his Learned Friend's law.. His Learned
Friend had talked about 'the Bubble Nct,';and
indictments, as strenuously and earnestly as i 1 he
believed what himself was stating ; lie.vas,con-
vinced, 'however, it would be sullicient.foribim
to say, in reply, that his Letrned Frivra.d's speech
Was a bubble speech.—The Commtssions'.bbid
that Mr. Mitchell had a right to pro've;"
proved accordingly; : r