The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A Company of the Royal Artillery arrived at
Malta on 25th March, on board the Lord Suffield
transport, to relieve a Detachment of the same
orps.

The 63d, or West Suffolk Regiment of Foot,
Jlas h'-'en ordered from Dover to Chatham.
betachments of the 2Sth, or North Gloucester
Itegitnent of Foot, and the 51st, or Second York
(Test Riding) Regiment of Light Infantry, arrived
"t Corfu on the 20th March last, on board the
°.ra transport, to join the Service Companies of
t)lose Corps.
Three Companies of the sth (Northumberland)
Itegitnent of Foot, arrived at Athlone, from Dublin,
on the 20th instant.

A. Detachment of the 6,5 th, of Second York
,North,, Riding) Regiment of Foot, marched from
4740:r-ford for Dungarvon on the 20th instant.

SMALL NOTE CURRENCY.

0-ItOM A CORRESPONDENT.)

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SUNDERLAND, MAY 21.
whatever his Majesty's Ministers may think of
the matter, it is quite evident that the commercial
interest in the northern part of England anticipate
tothing but embarrassment and inconvenience from
the projected measure of extinguishing the Small
Note circulation.
The Coal Owners on the Wear, an influential
hody of men, have drawn up a petition to the House
of Commons, in which they protest, in the strongest
14ftnner, against the withdrawal of a circulation
Which has been found so beneficial to trade during
the last 30 years ; and they submit a now fact in
hrour of the Small Note system :—They say," that
during the circulation of small local Bank Notes,
Ilighway'robbery has been a crime of very rare oc-
tNn'ence in the North of England, in consequence
of the difficulty of disposing of such Notes. But
)'eur petitioners fear that a return to a metallic cur-
rency would hold out such a great temptation, that
}lihway robbery would frequently take place, parti-
cularly as it is well known in the neighbourhood
that your petitioners are obliged to send 3,0001. or
4)0015/, for each pay, from their bankers residing
!t a distance of eight or ten miles, by a man on
norseback, to their respective collieries." We cer-
!'aibly agree with the Wear Coq Owners, that this
I„'4nothing less than a very formidable argument in
. 'lvour of the existing Small Note Currency.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE PETITION
THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS IN PAR.
LIAMENT ASSEMBLED:
2.4 E PETITION OF THE PROPRIETORS AND LESSEES OF
CtOAL MINES, ADJOINING THE RIVER, WEAR AND TORT
°P SUNDERLAND, IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM,
Sheweth,—" That your petitioners are possessed of very
4tensive coal mines, in this county; that they employ se-
' °it'll thousand men in and about their collieries, to whom
Yonr petitioners pay upwards of ten thousand pounds a-
meek in wages, each individual receiving from one pound
two pounds at a time ; that in effecting the payment of
4rge an amount in such small sums, your petitioners
141'e derived the most essential facilities from the small
:eel Bank Notes, which have for upwards of thirty years
• ~..'4lned the circulating medium of the North of England,
been highly advantageous to all the commercial transac-
' "'III thereof.
`` That your petitioners look forward with apprehension
?pd alarm to the period when, by an Act passed by the
4-egislatnre, the circulation of the Bank Notes under the
value of five pounds is to be suppressed ; that the conse-
-1,414pre of such suppression cannot fail to be highly inju-
-'olts to your petitioners, as well as to the ship-owners,
rltehants, manufacturers, and traders of every description
Ilse North.
• "That your petitioners will sustain great inconvenience,
'rem being deprived of the advantages afforded to them by
circulation of one and two pound Bank Notes, when it
• sot intended to extend the suppression of them to their
,beithbours in Scotland, where there are extensive coal
-`l4, which will thus enjoy privileges that your petition-
-6 have for several years enjoyed in common with them,
"t from which they are soon to be excluded.
t° That That your petitioners cannot expect the local Bankers
54uPPly them with gold to make their colliery pays, nor
;5441 Your petitioners, residing 270 miles from London,
~°l3 down gold for that purpose themselves, without con..
s
getable inconvenience, expence, and risk.
That your petitioners submit, that during the
of small small Local Rank Notes, highway robbery has been
eritne of very rare occurrence in the North of England,
14°°sequence of the difficulty of disposing of such notes.
, ',
Your petitioners fear that a return to a metallic_ cur-
tleY would hold out such a great temptation, that high-.
Nbbery would frequently take place; particalarly, as
4 Well known in the neighbourhood, that your petitioners
QZ,°bliged to send 3,000/. or 4,0001. for each pay, from
L'r bankers residing at a distance of eight or ten miles,
'4' Man on horseback, to their respective collieries.
ot 'hat your petitioner. are also of opinion, that in the
11:4 of their not being able to pay their wages in Small
tt", but are compelled to give one Five Pound Note
o Net several workmen, those individuals will be liable
ttlyeat itnposition in obtaining change from the publicans
"hopkeepers, who may take advantage of their situa-
-4t nt and compel them to take liquor or goods for a part,
trt exorbitant rate, to the great injury of their families.
fat your petitioners trust your Honourable House
,k'tY be induced to re-consider the matter, and repeal the
Tilt for the suppression of the One Pound and Two Pound
erltr% which was passed soon after the general panic,
~hfti the country was in a state of great excitement, and
't:L4 an unmerited stigma was thrown upon country
1/4 "re generally. And your petitioners will ever pray,
fcc.
_

4, • e understand that Sir E. CODRINGTON IS
; urging to this country, and has called for a court-martial
i'rlvestigate his conduct in fighting the battle of Navarin.
tQI. J. Goan or Sir P. MALCOLNI are mentioned as likely
'i.lleeeed him in the command of the Mediterranean.
vEtV MODE OF PROJECTING SHOT FOR
4,4tv,AL Wanpaitr.—A lecture was given, on Friday
4111Ing, by Mr. BitocxEnoN, at the Royal Institution,
luarle-street, on a new method of projecting shot, in_
11th by Mr. SIEVIER, the sculptor. It was stated by
-41ocx5tiorr that he was present at some of the ex_
tctueuta, and that one ounce of gunpowder, projected to
'tatice of 175 yards (point blank), a ball of fourteen
N. 248 weight, and it afterwards penetrated the earth
feet. In another experiment it fired a shot of 18
tit'lrls, with the same quantity of powder, and destroyed
tg:Kt tree. The most extraordinary part of this inyen-
-4 *us that the shot is fired withont a cannon, and it
entionesi by the lecturer that the great saying in the
Itil,ir'Lts Particularly in ship carriage, would be very con-
flt,ra°le, as to fire a shot of twelve pounds in the ordinary
ti,i,erould require a cannon of 22 hundred weight, and a
'N,.'ege of about 10 ditto; whereas Mr. Sirvirit's invention
*tizo!Nuired a stock or bar of iron of about one hundred
tl'tZ,' This mode of gunnery is not confined to any
6.41 ei therefore any sized or shaped shot may be projected
the same stock. The lecturer also stated that he
'ittl,/ikepared, in a rough manner, a small model to show
t.trti4„"Petirnents upon, but upon trial found that two
th ow; of gun wder drove a one ounce and a half shot
II thin real planks, and afterwards bounded about
):',4d :°„t", so as to be dangerous; he thought it therefore
t7lt‘;` to desist from the experiment in a crowded place. lie
4,41 stds gave his opinion of the cause produced by this
!viiitiquaatity of gunpowder, which was, that the recoil
hiNtlt'•t4kos place in ordinary gunnery is by Mr. SIEVIER'S
'akttlt:°ll given to the shot; he entered learnedly into the
„,,"'st 4 f recoil, and elucidated ;t by many facts, and proved
t4l recoil took place till the shot had left the muzzle
gtol. The lecture was very interesting, and we
1441tY'lipth Mr. BROCKEDON that Mr. Sin-lea's inven-
t ti Prove one of the most destructive engines of war.
t'entio 114 stated that Sir WILLIAM CONGREVE has an in-
Pourd: Flog
similar, which lays at Woolwich, the
euatini'ejn/,' confined mandril ;in Mr. SIEVIER's it
444 to°4 in the shot itself. Sir WILLIAM'S was not
the
hauls %newer.
itave b
sof fine mackerel along the coast
elow 3,4. great. The price has not, however, been much
4144. " Per dozen, except on the spots where they were
'tirinspa L°bststra this year are scarce ; but prawns and
It 1.1t5 brrnwall Gazette.
and co,r been estimated by geological writers
the beam 'ielvers, that at the present rate of consumption,
burhar: of Coal now worked in the Northumberland and
Oltictil,,; "al basin, will not be expended, at the lowest
i "Up) %tilill 500 yew. .• Carlivk Joirnat,