The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-02 00:00:00

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that character for superiority of workmanship which has dis-
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'the COMPENSATED DUPLEX WATCH, upon the
principle of their Chronometers, to which Government awarded
the prizes three years in succession, combines the most per-
fect accuracy w►ta the utmost elegance, and is not surpassed
by the Packet Chronometer.

Webster's newly-introduced Centre Seconds, for the medical
profession, elegant and novel in appearance.
Also, their Patent Detached Lever and small Flat Horizon-
tal, for Ladies, all equally reduced in price, and warranted.
Old Watches taken in exchange. A selection of fine Se-
cond-hand Repeating, Duplex, Lever, and Horizontal Watches,
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Admiralty, 3, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London.

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~.t SlLVERandinjuriSouUs PmE,taßlsScEalpedENDi,ckaeilldantdhoGse corrosive
ver
supplanted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN)
1 and 42, Barbican, aided by a person of science in the amal-
gation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the
most beautiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich-
ness of Silver in appearance—with its durability and hardness
—with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a
ehern'eal process, by which all that is:naseous in mixedmetals is
entirely extracted—resist"ng all acids, may be cleaned as gilver,
and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side-
board.

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Table Spoons and Forks,
per doz l6 6
Desert de., per doz , 12 6
Fish Knives 5 6
Soup Ladles 6 6
Sauce ladles ......

Mustard Spoon ...... 0 6
Tea Spoons, per doz 5 6
Gravy Spoons 3 6
Salt do.
Sugar Tongs .. ...... .. 1 9

C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal
is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from
Gold, than his metal is from all others ; en its intrinsic merits
alone he wishes it to be tested. And from the daily increasing
eulogiums he receives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent
its becoming an article of universal wear.
Foreign Orders promptly executed.
41 and 42, BARBICAN.

CORN.I.AWS AN!) THE TARIFF.
Mr. Ilandley has published the following address to
the farmers of South Lincolnshire :
" My late connection with you will, I trust, plead my
apology for this address.
" The cry of protection to agriculture gulled the far-
mers of England at the late elections into the belief that
their prop,rty was only safe under the guidance of Sir
Robert Peel. The result of that misplaced confidence
has been the introduction of a Corn Bill which" has redu-
ced the protection on wheat one half, and on Spring
corn to a point which has alarmed even the most confi-
ding. Emboldened by your apathy and the subservi-
ency of the representatives of agricultural constituences,
• Sir Robert Peel has dared to propose the imposition of
an income tax—so odious and inquisitorial in its
nature that the country would not endure it in
1816, although the deficiencies of the public in- •
come were nearly twenty-fold what they are now.
This tax it is proposed to levy upon trade and manu-
factures, to the extent of three per cent. ; but by taxing
both landlord and tenant, to impose upon land 4-4 per
cent.! And as if the blow were not sufficiently heavy
to mark his gratitude towards these who have raised
him to power, he proposes to fill the measure of his in-
justice to your class, by applying. the principles of free
trade to almost every article of your produce,: as is ex-
emplified in his tariff.
"At length the farmers of the North Division are -
roused to action, and a meeting of this '()Teat county is
to be called by the High Sheriff for Monday next, at
Lincoln. Your representatives wi,l doubtless attend .;
and it is for you to afford them the opportunity of con-
veying to the House of Commons, on the following day,
a contradiction to the bola statements of Sir Robert
Peel and Sir Edward Knatchbull that you are satisfied
with the proposed measures.
" I well know the reluctance with which you leave
your homes and occupations, and I duly appreciate the
inconvenience of so long a journey to many of you ; but
your existence as men of property is at stake ; your pro-
visions for your familia; are end ungered ; the proceeds
of your hard-earned industry are about to be plundered
in silence
" Rouse yourselves for this one exertion—perhaps the
last it will be worth your while to make ; and, sinking
all minor inconveniences, rally in the Castle-yard, to re-
monstrate in terms of determination that shall even
make Sir Robert Peel pause in his career of ruinous in-
justice. " HENRY HANDLEY.
" Culverthorpe, March 30, 1842."

RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPOR-
TATION OF FOOD.

_ .
i, memberr of the Court of Com-
A requisition, of which the following is a copy, has
keTwreCe,etlivleedubnydetrlsl e
g the i‘ayoi.:—
o frestrictionswill
convene
a
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mon Council, request your Lordship
Court of Common Council at an early date for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of
addressing
the Queen on the distressed state of the people, and
praying her Majesty to adopt all constitutional means for
alleviating such distress by the removal
the importation of food."
The requisition
was signed by 80 of the most re-
spectable and influential members of the Court, and his
Lordship fixed Tuesday next for the discussion, which
is to be commenced by Mr. Taylor, the new member for
Farringdon Without. It is said that the whole subject
of the condition of the country, and the proposition of
the Minister to meet the difficulties by an income tax,
will be introduced.

MASONIC NAVAL AND MILITARY COMMANDERs.—
The M. W. G. M. of Scotland, Lord Frederick Fitkela-
rence, has been appointed Commander of the Forces in
North Britain, vice Lord Greenock, also
a Freemason.
What would the recent military authorities in Ireland
have said, to behold the Head of the Staff in Scotlandg,
also acting as the Head of the Craft, presiding over its
Lodges, and anxious to promote its prosperity ? Among
the distinguished military men who are members of the
Masonic Fraternity, is Sir Thomas Graharn—Lord Lyne
dock, the hero of many a hard-fought tight This gal-
lant veteran, now in his 93d year, was initiated, when a
young man, in the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge of
ile
Edinburgh.present
lii
,
Admiralie iso probablynn alleyt.h‘le, a oldestslikewise
initiated in
the same Lodge; as was also Sir 1). L. Gilmour, K.C.B member alive:
T
an officer who distinguished himself in the Spanish cam-
paign. In truth, most of the chief Commanders who
served under the illustrious Brother, the Duke of
Wellington, were comrades of the Craft ; videlicit, the
late General the Earl of Dalhousie, the present 11 farquis
of Tweedale, Lord Combermere, Lord- Lynedocli, &c.
Sir John Moore was also a Scottish Mason. The im
mortal Nelson a member of the English Craft.---4'ree-
masons' Quarterly Review for April.
At Malmesbury Easter Fair, on Monday, about
1,000 head of cattle, 1,060 sheep, 280 pigs, and 20 horses
were offered for sale, and the general opinion seemed to
be that the sale was heavy and the buyers few.