The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-02 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PORT. GEASGOW, Nov.- 27.—The Thorntoni;
F►SHER, which arrived here on the 27th inst. fell
in with the wreck 'of the American brig Sarah,
Owelq, of and from. Bath to the Wear Indies,
with both masts gone, and full of water ; the
crew, seven in number, had been 14 days on the
wreck, and have arrived here in the Thorntons.
DEAL, DEC. I.—Arrived, and sailed for the
River, the Vallinia, Causs, from Oporto. Catue
down.from the River the Albion, for ilavannah.

LIVERPoOL, Nov., 30.—Sailed the Richard,
APCLANE, for Calcutta.

PROVIDENT BANK FOR SAVINGS.

Yesterday a Meeting was held at Mr. ROE-Dv's
Auction Room, in Covent-Garden, which WAS very
respectably attended, to consider of the propriety
of altering the Regulations of the Provident B•ink,
in conformity with the new Act made in favour
of Banks for Savings. .

Mr. BARBER BEAUbSONT, the Chsirman,
.in an
able address, described the progress of the Provi-
dent Bank, from its foundation about two years
since, to the present time. He said that i! had
fully answered, and even exceeded, the expecta-
tions of its promoters;. that it had idol ded mutual
satisfaction to the Managers and the Depositors ;
no complaints, no discontents had arisen, but all
had gone on in usefulness and harmony.
, This he attributed to the freedom and simplicity
of the plan. The depositors left their money just
as they could spare it, and took it away just as
they pleased. The Managers had rejected large
sums, which bad been offered them, and confined
their Bank to the receipt of small savings, their
object having been to husband the small sums,
which otherwise might be wasted, and when a
round inn' was accumulated, to make the Deposi-
tor an independent Stockholder, by investing the
stock in his own name in the Public Fionls. Up-
wards of foot hundred Depositors bad bwen be-
nefited by the Institution. They had paid in
small sums- upwards of three thousand pounds.
Part of this had been invested for them in-thuir
own names in the Bank ; another part had been
drawn out, and 21501. remained in the hands of
the Treasurers. The whole expense of conduct-
ing the Bank for nearly two years, including that
of opening it, was tinder-3U He described se=
veral interesting cases which had arisen under the
eye of the Managers of the Bank, exemplifying
the good effects of the Institution upon the ma,
rats and happiness of the lower orders. Some
persons heated with liquor, who were brought to
the Bank by their more sober companions, and
induced to deposit a shilling or so almost as a jest,
afterwards abandoned drinking and extravagance,
and became regular depositors. They found as
much Loom for emulation anti rivalry in trying who
could skew are best Bank account, as before they
had felt in sliming who could spend, the most
money in drinking and dress. Happy (he ex-
claimed) are those sons of industry whom any cir-
cumstances withdrew from the atmosphere of a
dram shop to that of a Saving - Bank ; the former
only raises the feverish pleasures of a maniac atthe
moment, while it poisons the spring of life for
, the other raises a genuine cheerfulness
immediately, and lays an excellent foundation for
perManent independence and happiness. In illus-
tration of the effect of the Bank in raising men's
minds, as well as Means, above a dependence on
parish aid, he instanced the conduct of the indus-
trious poor of the parish during the last winter.
A large subscription bad been raised to assist the
poor inht.bitants who had not claimed parish re-
lief. Among the'claimants on this subscription,
amounting to some hundreds, not one had ever
been a depositor in the Bank, although many had
made•betwien two and t b reeguineas a week during
the springand. summer. Among those who had
been depositors were many poor artisans, who.
were compelled to draw out for their support in
the winter what they had previously saved. Not
one of these would uccept of any thing front the
subscription, although it was offered to them.
• Mr. BEAUMONT afterwards pointed out, in a
very clear manner, the'advaotages given by the
new Act passed in aid of Provident Institutions,
or Banks for Savings, and recommended that the
Rules of the Institution should be altered in con-
formity therewith.

Mr. FEW, in proposing such an alteration in
the Rules as to render them accordant with the
provisions of- the new Act, wished it to be clearly
understood, that such alterations were not sug-
gested to supply any deficiency that was felt under
the existing regulations. They answered all the
very useful objects which they had in view,- and
had• left nithini.; to desire. The Legislature,
however, had, in its wisdom and bounty, passed
an Act, offering advantages to Banks for Savings,
upon the condition of their complying with cer-
tain provisions. It was to enable the depositors
to receive the full bznefit of these that the altera-
tions were proposed.
Me. CROUGHTOI.I., in proposing thanks. to the
Chairtnao, passed a handsome eulogium on
talents and perseverance in rendering Banks for
Savings extensively useful, which was adopted
unanimously.

One of the French Papers mentions a case be-
fore the Tribunal of Municipal Police, arising out
of a complaint made by Colonel O'Kelly against
Mr. George Stackpoole, for defamhtion. The
latter, it is stated,•having quitted Erbgland with a
large sum of money, respecling which there was
a dispute with a relation, lett a house in Grosvenor•
place, and Some other properly, in the care of Co-
lonel O'Kelly. The Colonel was unable to pre-
.vent the relative. in-question from obtaining pos.
session„Of:. the house and effects thus left in his
chargend Mr. Stackpoole was alleged to have
in different societies, accused the Colonel in con-
sequence of, betraying the trust reposed in him.
The Colonel went,to Paris on hearing of these im-
putations, and tailing in obtaining a disavowal, he
instituted this suit. Mr. Stackpoole, in his de-
fence, urged that his expressions of discontent,
used in consequence of the statements of his cor-
respondents in London, were not calumnioris im-
inflations cognizable by the penal code of France,
'The Tribunal, af'er hearing the Advocates. of the
parties, and the King's Procureur, dismissed the'
complaint, and adjudged Colonel O'Kelly to pay
the expeuces of the suit.—(tllornine, Chronicle.)

vages. A mete increase in the quantity of food
consumed by the Poor will not stop the pesti-
„le!,ce jo its march, nor oill it replace those (hat
%trueele with Ole evil of the day, even in that
condi!ion of endurable poverty in which they
were before the se.reity had withered every him—
ginable co:tit-mt. The ratio of declension among
the poor is considerable, in consequence of the.
two terrible visitations which have fallen upon
the country ; and to render the ratio of recovery
equal to it, something more must be done, than
leaving so vast a proportion of human creatures,
in want, and destitution, and deprivation, to shift
for 'themselves, and to re-acquire thc' means of life
as well as tiny can. We are quite sure, that, at
Ile) distant time, the case of the Poor will press
itself upon the attention of the State with a for-
midable importance, which cannot be overlooked
or evaded—but, at present, there are so twiny of
the bumbler, orders dissolving into absolute po-
verty, that, out of policy, .out of views of mere
interest, if our breasts were
,adamant, sowetiting
must be done, and that eict raordin.:l ily and prompt-
ly, to save the better part of society front the
!Hint and mildew of thc t-“nk, by
which they are surromoled. There can be no
(Hanle opulence, no loug-lived prosperity in a
country, if a populace be suffered to late_orish under
double s, °urges, such as have lacerated our-
selves ; and a peasantry be-permitted to melt off
under privation and disease-L--no other remedies
being adopted, under such. circumstances, save
what the ordinary system of common times may
atTord, suppotted by, the alma and donations of
individual benevolence. Something of a system
must he devised„ to cheek, at all, points, the pro-
gre.sS of a, calamity of such a nature—and not
only to check it, hot to repait by remedy, and
not only that, but from remedy to proceed to po-
sitiVe atnelioration. The people doubtless can do
much for themselves—but, after long suffering
and severe privation, languid and destitute, they
r( quire. certain cordial stimulants to rouse within
them energy and hope, to raise them above the
sphere of their depression, and to give to re-
ct viL.ed spirits fresh impulses.
Feeling the truth of those principles, we are
pleased to p,rceive, that the gantry of some' of
the southern district% have assembled to take the
case of, the• poor into consideration. We hope
they may, in contemplating this most intetesting
subject, look at it with the eyes of Christians and
friends to the liftman lace, tinctured only with.
that circumscribed attachment, which the love of
country always inspires—and not with the eyes of
politicians. We hope they may take up and pro-
secute the noble object which they profess, in a
clean and pure spirit ; and if they do, they may
expect an honotuable place among the benefactors
of their coun•ry. It is in their power to lesSen
211 e fonds of misery, and to limit the sufferings of
po vet ty, by employing the poor—L-by employing
tile;o in pursoits that must always add to time
common stock, in some respect or the other ; by
facilitating the acquirement of all the clementarr
necessaries for maintaining life.and comfort; by,
raising an emulation in cleanliness ; by fnspecting
the progress of rural reforms ; "by being precep-
tors and guardians to those who need advice, and
Who stand in want of protection. The system
adopted in every particular district for dispensing

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employment; instruction, and comfort, must re-
volve upon its awn binges. It must embrace ma-

nufactures in one place—agriculture in another—
both, in inlet-rid proportions, in another—and so
on, according- to local circumstances. 'But every
where the 'same end most be in contemplation—
to place the:poor, generally, upon a better per-

dr, in other Words, by eaii—talc-
. tog the United Kingdom in its 'proper.sense,
a whole as 'one kingdotta good' 'internal
traffic The exchange optinthe cu;.t end!, het wet.rn
Ireland • anti the other 'great dema:cations oft he
Urated'Kingdom, is in farour Of tie former--;:in is
the most incontestible of all others, 'bf an advan-
t igcous-coutmercial intercourse, ot!, as tie would
rather eXpress it, 'internal traffic, with lite other
parts of the United Kingdom. All the Manufac-
tures of. this country, not only .the linens. 'frir ex-
port,, but the coarse tvoolletts for home eflnsuiYlo-
- are upon the advance ; and, in short, there
is no demonstration .wanting, that the country is
diet gaging iiself 'rapidly of its difficulties. hut
the, immense body of our poor are,, as it wire, mit of
the Rale Of Commercial operation—they.catutot be
touched by the immediate influences of regnlar and
systematic industry--it is upon this account that
they require incitements of another sort, home-
bred and indigenous. And when their- situation
'entries td interest generally, as tve anxiously hope
it iltay, it is greatly to be wished, that no sciolists
in national economy may meddle too deeply with
the' design ; for if they do, they cannot refrain
from attempting to regulate the mast mysterious
energies by which Society is affected, to give all
th,:: impulses from, their own system, and to .leave
nothing 'to 'human motives., incentives, 'or ap-
petites..

1 . ,
&Niers in Such a case, to :Iteep, time'lirotts 'of the
seat cn as a teenwpence for his trouble.
'The Loa.) MAYoR sAjd it was itnpossible' that
such couduci, upon/the part of the 'officer, cduld
hare been authoriZed or countenanced 14 the pe-
SOl alluded to,- ivloo, instead of .advising so nefa-
rious a practice, had itniforMly acted With the
greatest humanity'.
That! Sheriff desired to be informed by the offi-
cer, whether his openses had not been defrayed
by the Court aS soon aS the plo'seention ended ?
This- wit's instantly admitted.
,
Ilnw, then, said th 1.2 e 0.R6 MAYP. O, could you
think of consmitting a 'robbery
,upon a poor
wretch, who,, criminal aS 'she Was',, wOuldreceiv'e
s ufficient 'punishment from the law ? Did you sup-
pose her so'vicitMS that in addition to her trans.:
portatiou she shouldr be stripped naked.
The officer again stated that he had acted upon
authority.
The foci) SiAvoit.—,Eveil if you had acted ac-
cording to directions-, you acted without autho-
rity, for no man, however exalted his sithation
may be, can authorize such an act of barbarity.
I shall write to the person you have named, and
my future proceeding against youshall,iu a great
' measure, be influenced by his answer, which, 1
assure you, 1 can Very well anticipate; for, what- '
ever ditrerevce of opinion may exist between him
and the upon other subjects, out that of humanity
we perfectly agree. 1 now suspend '1,1), ii lill
shall communicate the circumstances to the Court
of Aldermen.
The officer expressed Mi—, regret at having
done any thing improper.- It arose, he said, front
error ; and he hoped it wonldbe forgiven.
The only answer the Lord Mayor gave was one
expresshe of indignation,.
'l lie Sheriff returned thariks to his Lordship for
the readiness with which he had investigated .the ,
ease, and said he was now coat-timed in the °pi-.
Ilion which he
,entertained of the necessity of
inquiry. '
The Lord Mayor said the inquiry would produce
the very best consequences. The credit of time city
bad suffered Materially from the conduct of the

Red Clover (Foreign)
Ditto English
Whiteditto - 75s 95s to -1-265
Rye-Grass ... —s tOs to 51s
,ftr yr.
Turnip, White ..•..
lied and Green .. - ' Ms Od to 16s 0;1
‘i bite Mustard Seed 6s Os to lOs Od
Brown ditto l2s od to 18s Utl
Carrawety Seeds (new)
Cinque foin l6s Od to 16s thi per qr.
Coriander du
Trefoil
Rittgrass ... PpO6 50s to 72s
Canary (new) ... . ---s 45s to 60s Od per' qr.
Ditto (old) - . , Bos —s to 90s
Linseed Oil Cake at the Alill, —l.—s, to, 151'. 15s. per thou-
ianu—Rape Cake sr. 10s. to 101. Os. per tun.

. - - UXI3I-IIDGE. •
Corn-Inspector's Retort.—Thursday, Not', 27.
Wheat per I. I 7;. 10s. 2bl. 133.. ! Om*
N.Wheat per I. .'--1 04to —I Os-1 Ileans ; . 44, Od to 563 44
Barley, pertir. 303 Oft to 5030,1 ..Pease 47s 04.1 to bOs 04
nye, 443.9t1. to —s Od.
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