The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-13 00:00:00

ON CHAMPION HILL.

One of the PILLARS of that ADMIRED VICINITY to the
GREAT METROPOLIS, with EXTENSIVE LAWN,
PLEASURE GROUND, and PADDOCKS, extending to near
FIFTEEN ACRES, all in a RING FENCE, and in most per-
.. ' feet bider.
141 R. GEORGE ROBINS has the pleasure to
• 1. announce that he is directed by
CHARLES BARRON, Esq.,
the respected Proprietor (who is retiring to his Demesne in llert,),
to offer to PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on TfiraS.
05%, Blst July, at Twelve o'clock, in One Lot, an'
ESTATE OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE,
and one that may be assimilated to a FREEHOLD TENURE,
inasmuch as it is entirely
• EXEMPT FROM ANY GROUND RENT,
save only for the accommodation meadows. It consists of
ONE OF THE ADMIRED SUBURBAN VILLAS
ON CHAMPION HILL PRIVATE ROAD,:
a remove of three short miles from the Royal Exchange, stir.
rounded by a little host of Bankers and rich Merchants, who have
In little clusters selected the spot as the most delightful, and, at the
same time, convenient in respect to their daily labours. It is no
longer a matter of doubt that it stands conspicuous for its superic.
rity to any other easy remove from London. Society can be se-
cured to any extent, or avoided without difficulty. It may be ob-
served the outward form of -••
THIS ELEGANT ITALIAN VILLA
does not give promise of the consequence that a closer investiga.
tion will,render manifest. It is almost too modest and unpre.
tending Oar the delight and cotnfort that prevails within. It is
*site equal in-every respect to accommodate most perfectly the
~ • family of a merchant of high standing—indeed, in going over it.
the composer of this sketch tried Mar, ,by ingenuity, it could be
rendered more conducive to comfort, but he essayed in vain; and
the officee, from beginning to end, are in thorough keeping with the
whole. This delightful abode does sot belong to the class of modern
buildings, for beside everything the most fastidious mind can suggest,
there is a solidity that has recently been too much out of fashion.
The view from the extended lawn is quite a picture. The gal-
leries and balcony are not- of common place; they are, Indeed,
alike, useful and ornamental, partaking of views that are not
merely of considerable extent, but Include a landscape, that is one
of incomparable beauty. One of the great delights that Champion
Hill especially claims as its own, is that although within
half an hour's drive of the seat' of daily profit, them is a
quietude--a sort of repose, throughout the grounds, that seems to
estrange London from this locality. The grounds are of consi-
derable extent and loveliness, in which everything that can heighten
their natural claims has been supported. American plartts are in
.every corner, the:cedars of Lebanon feathering to the grow nd, and
the Portugal laurels, some of them eighty feet around, Use arbor
vitae, and a little army of Rhododenclurns, seem all to aspire to aid
in this scene of delight and with
AN ORANGE GROVE AND
BEAUTIFUL CONSERVATORY,
seem to leave nothing for the most fastidious to desire. There
are two Kitchen Gardens.; and at the extremity of the firs t Pad-
dock is a second Lawu of great beauty, with an almost sup erabund-
anCe of shrubs and flowers, with ornamental Summer 'Houses ;
then the strawberry and vegetable gardens, with fruit trees well
_selected; at the termination of the whole is the Gardneir's abode.
,sinrounded by all sorts of useful offices; in short, every appendage
lo a little Farm ;
and there are SIX RICH PADDOCKS,
OF A PARK.LIKE CHARACTER.
to complete all that human invention could have desired.
In front'tf the Villa is an Orchard and Kitchen Garden,, which
.lumbers amongst other advantages the certainty that
NO BUILDING OPERATION CAN INTERPOSE

its unwelcome appearance here. In the Court-yard is a double
Coach-house, 5 Stalls, i' loose boxes and men servants'-room; in
short, there is everything that a reasonable mind can thirst of or
enjoy. The term Is near fifty years, and no ground-rent. The
Paddocks are subject only to six guineas an acre.
Particulars may be had 28 days prior to the sale on tbse pre-
noises, but the Villa cannot be seen without a card; also at the
Auction Mart, and at Covent-garden.

GENUINE FORFEITED PROPERTY.
MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORK will
SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, King-rstreet,
C oven t- gar den , on FRIDAY, June 17, at Eleven,
Superior GOLD, SILVER, and GILT WATCHES,
brilliant rings, pins, and brooches, fine gold chains. elegant
jewellery, plate and plated goods, 'double and single gents and
pistols, linen and woollen drapery, hosiery, silk mercery, a
profusion of ladies' and gentlemen's apparel, feather beds,
Brussels and Kidderminster carpets, household furniture,. chini-
.ney, pier, and dressing-glasses, and other effects, pledged in
nuontlas prior to July, 1841, with the following pawnbsrekers,
viz. : —Archb utt, Bridge-read, Lambeth; Dicker, the late John,
lof buck -terrace, Dover-road ; Dunnell, Commercial.-r oad ;
King, High Holborn ; Linwood, St. John-street, Clerken-
well ; Need, Bridge-road, Lambeth , Muncaster and Warre,
Skinner-street, Snow-hill ; Smith 'f. and E., South-vtreet,
laiichester-square ; Page, Gloacester-terrace, Vauxhall-
~cidge• road.
May be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Rooms.

STEAM-BOAT EXCURSION to the .NOliE
AND SHEERNESS.
The Committee of the METROPOLITAN BEER-
SELLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY have the pleasure
to inform their Subscribers and the Trade, that they have en-
g ged the favourite and commodious steam-vessel the ROYAL
ALNEREIGN, Captain W. J. SPICER, for the Benefit of
the Peision Fund of the NEW BEER-TRADE PROTEC-
• VION SOCIETY, for their Seventh Annual Excursion, which
ill eake place on WEDNZSDAY, June 15, 1842, on which day
the vessel will leave NICHOLSON'S WHARF, Lower
Thames-street, near London-bridge, at Eight o'clock precisely;
and procoed down the River Thames to the NORE anti
SHEERNESS, and ronnd her Majesty's Fleet in the River
~\t. dway, with special permission to go on board and, view the
Flag Ship, the CANIPERDOWN, 120 guns. The vessel will
call at GRAVESEND going and returning, to give those who
wi!h to pass the day there, an opportunity of so doing. Those
who land at Gravesend will be allowed to view the Kent Zoom°.
gical and Botanical Gardens, at Resherville, for Sixpence each
pur on. The vessel will, on its return, call at the Town Pier,
,
Gray, send, at Si o'clock precisely, for the company left there;
and return in time to reach London-bridge by Nine o'clock in
the evening.
To render the Excursion as pleasant as possible, a professional
gentleman will conduct the arrangements for a Ball, aided by
Ln efficient Band engagoLd for the occasion. Refreshments of
tt o'be.4 quality may be had of the Steward on board. Break-
f st, Is. ; hot dinner, 2s. each ; tea, Is. each. A separate cabin
-ter ladies, with female attendants.
The vessel will take up company on its way down the river,
calling at Blackwall Pier, at a Quarter past Nine o'clock in
the morning.
Tickets, 4s. each ; children under 14 years of age, 2s. each ;
tnav be bad of the Stewards ; Mr. Bland, Adam-street West,
.Ala:rylebone; Mr. Church, Gun-street,. Union-street, Bishops-
gate-street ; Mr. Glass, Little Guildford-street, Russell
lucre; Sir. Hawkins, 4, King-street, Borough ; Mr. Hazle
wiod, Bancroft-place, Mile-end; Mr. Harris, Cambridge.
road, Mile-end; Mr. Kynnersly, Jamaica-level, Bermondsey
11r. La vhorn, opposite Queenhithe, Upper Thames-street
Robonon, Great Quebec-street, New-road, Marylebone
Mr, Snelon, Curtain-road, Shoreditch ; Mr. Stallvvood,
White Hart-street, Kennington ; Mr. Wingfield, Globe-road,
Miles-end; of the Sh,cretary, Mr. Bishop, Cleveland-street,
Nile-end ;. of any memb,sr of the Committee ;or of the col-
' lectoi s.
One of the iron steam boats will leave the Old Swan Pier,
Chelsea, at seven o'clock in the miscuing of tbeexcursion, calling
at Niue Elms, Lambeth, Westminster-bridge, Hungerford, and
Waterloo-bridge, in its way to Nicholson's Wharf, and will be
at Nicholson's Wharf to await the return of the Royal Sore-
zeign at nine o'clock each night. Fares, 6d, each person each
Nerdy.

'jams QUEBN'S Liarrza.—The Philharmonic Society,
of whose exalted character in the profusion it is needless to
speak, have determined upon giving „festival in aid of the bene-
volent object contemplated by the Queen's Letter. The ar-
rangements were made with the Trustees of Exeter Hall for
the use of their room ; and as the programme consisted of
• sacred music alone, and all the minor points were satisfactorily
:settled, no obstruction appeared in the way of a triumphant
!termination to the efforts of the Committee, and it only re-
, 'ned for the Sacred Harmonic Society to grant the use of
*organ and orchestral fittings. The Committee, feeling
assuthat
"/
cludet.l their arrangements ; but upon application, their reason_
able
reqs.vgs was peremptorily refused.—Dramatic and Masi-
cal Rensse:s

LONDON!
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1842.

Lord ASHLEY'S Bill is now printed. From a month
after the Bill receives the royal assent, it will be unlawful
to employ, or permit to be employed any female, in any
mine or colliery, other than such as were employed in it
at, or before the passing of the Act; from three calendar
months after the passing of the Act, it will be unlaw-
ful to employ any female, under 18 years of age, in any
mine or colliery, and at that period it cancels and de-
clares void all indentures binding such persons to work
n any colliery. At three months, then, from the passing
of the Act, it will remove out of the collieries and mines
all females under 18 years of age. At six months after the
Bill has become law, it will be unlawful to employ any
leznales whatsoever in the mines, and it removes, therefore,
out of the mines and collieries, at the end of six months
from the date of it passing, all the females now employed I
in them.

The Bill prohibits, at the end of one month, the further
employment of all boys in mines under the age of 13, not
now employed therein, and at the exiiration of three
calendar months after the passing of the Act, it
prohibits the employment of any youth under 13 pars
of age, and consequently at that period removes out of
the mines and collieries all boys under that age.
The third provision of the Bill is to put an end to all
apprenticeship whatever in the mines. The fourth pro.
vision is to make it unlawful to place the engi9e or wind-
lass, which raises and lowers the colliers, under the charge
of any person except between the ages of 21 and 50.
These provisions are enforced by penalties of 51., 10/.,
and 50/. for every person employed contrary to these
provisions.

The striking feature of the Bill is,,that in six months

from the time of passing it, one-third at I
least of the labour, and of the labourers •
now employed in mines and collieries, will be
peremptorily removed from them. In many cases, toe,
we are afraid that the total removal of boys and females
will put a stop to the working of the colliery; for it is
given in evidence, that without their assistance, as far as
is- at present known, the expense of working the col-
liery would be too great. If no other invention can be •
substituted fOr the little trappers, men or boys beyond
the age of 13 must take their places, and either be paid
like them, or if paid more, must increase the expense of
working the colliery. Letting that pass, however, the
proposition to remove six months hence one-third of the
' present labour and labourers from the collieriet, in the
present condition of the labour market, seems to us a
very bold act of legislation.
Is the supply of coals to be diminished to that extent?
Is the amount of wages now paid to the collier popula-
to be diminished ? Or must the coal-owners pay the
same amount of wages for one-third less produce ? Is
the supply of coals not to be diminished ? The amount
of wages not to be lowered, and the remaining two-thirds
of the collier population to work one-third more ? How
is this Bill, should it ever become a law, expected practi-
cally to operate ? In either of these cases, a consider.
able alteration will be effected in the relations of the col-
lier population, if not injury done to one class or the
other, and those who make the law will be expected to
ascertain these points clearly beforehand, and be pre-
pared to show how their measure is to affect the co-
Hers and the owners of mines.

We see that the Weekly Chronicle, in some courte-
ously-made remarks on The Sun, settles the whole ques-
tion at once, in the following manner, also adopted by
Lord ASHLEY, who, as we have already mentioned, con-
templates punishing the male colliers for their idleness
and drunkenness, while he gallantly proposes to relieve
at their expense their wives and children.
Now, if The Sun (says the Weekly Chronicle) will take the
pains to study the fads, and to ascertain the practice, of the
best regulated coal districts, it will find that in nine cases out
of ten, the earnings of a collier are the same, whether he com-
pel his wife and daughters to submit to the humiliation of shar-
ing in his labour, or not. The difference is precisely this—
that wherever the males alone do the work, they work ten
days, or even eleven, out of the fourteen. Where female la-
bour is permitted, the same wages are earned in eight or nine
days, and the other six passed in drunkenness and debauchery.
Why? Because the man has no home, and seeks refuge in the
beer-house against the filth, and discomfort, of his own neg-
lected abode.

That implies that the men are to do all the additional
work, and be at once converted, by Lord ASHLEY'S Bill,
into patterns of labourers and domestic attachment. Is
not that somewhat of a Quixotic scheme ? Is it not a
most unfounded expectation ? Is it anything but a
poor delusion, which all history contradicts ? Yet the
Weekly Chronicle says, " The Sun labours under ad, -
lusion in imagining anything , doubtful, anything disw'-
vantageous in such a regulation as this." Our contem-
porary, which is perhaps natural, has a much greater
confidence than we have in an Act of Parliament; and
seems to think it is only necessary for the gentlemen at
Westminster to pass a decree, to attain at once the object
of their wishes. " The disease," he says, "is un-
doubted ; the remedy certain and safe. Its complete
extirpation, by Act of Parliament, is the first step to-
wards the introduction of those humanizing influences,
to which we must look for amelioration of any kind."
Alter the whole manners and lives of the colliers a t
once by. Act of Parliament ! Is not that a delusion ?
The foundation of the mistake seems to lie in transfer-
ring to the collier population the idea that they are
slaves to some other persons, and that in passing this
Act they will be liberated. The fact is, that this slavery
of the females and of the children is the consequence
of the morals and manners of the people, and we be-
lieve that Lord ASHLEY'is much more likely to produce
an insurrection by his humanity, than reform the col-
lier population by his law. It begins by insulting them,
because they sometimes drink, and go to cock fights, and
do not work enough ; and he carries his own yearnings
into effect, by depriving them of one-third of the wages
of their families. Since we have seen Lord ASHLEY'S
Bill, and read the remarks of the Weekly Chronicle, we
tremble for the consequences, in the present state of the
labour market, of withdrawing one third of the labour
from the collieries, and depriving the colliers of one-
third of their wages.

THE QUEEN'S LETTER.—Sir Robert Peel's last hope
either has been, or will be, a failure. The opulent
classes cannot give, and they will not give, sufficient to
palliate, much less relieve, the public distress. Why,
say many of them, should we subscribe to buy food for
the people on which the landlords levy a tax ? Our
money may relieve some distress, but it will also go to
keep up the landlords' rents ; and we will not subscribe.
There is no heart in the cause, and Sir R. Peel will get
but little money. If Sir Robert would pledge himself
that all the money subscribed should be laid out in r
imported, o-
reign corn, and be duty free, he would promote
trade, lower prices, and probably have an increased
amount subscribed.

COURT MYSTERIES.—Some surprise has been ex-
pressed that the Premier did not accompany her Ma-
jesty to Ascot Heath on Thursday last. We, however,
see nothing remarkable in that circumstance, and it may
be that he was not invited. The Right Hon. Gentleman
came down with Lady Peel by the train on Tuesday
evening, and had to wait for some time at the Slough
station before his carriage could be got ready.. There
were none of the Royal carriages in waiting for him. He
had in his hand an evening paper of that day, and the
Standard will be shocked to learn that the " public in-
structor" which the Premier was so carefully taking to
Windscr Castle was one of extreme Radical opinions.--
Observer.--[Why is our courtly Contemporary afraid to
mention The Sun, and anxious to impute to us princi-
ples, which, in the general sense of the word, we neither
profess nor advocate ? Is he afraid that the Radical
" public instructor" should be preferred at Court to those
time-servin€, papers which are guided only by selfish in•
terests, and which would become Tory, Conservative,
Whig, Radical, or "extreme Radical," if they could better
their condition.]

ORIGINAL POETRY.
We have receivod the following lines from a cor-
respondent, who signs himself " C.W." or " T.W.," for
the first letter is very indistinct. At first we suspected
they were from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, as the
initials might signify either Coroner Wakley or Thomas
Wakley, but on reading them carefully we find
they want that polish and that sympathy for " locked-
up wives" which distinguish the verses of the learned
gentlemen. They are, however, a fair specimen of the
poetry which we are compelled so frequently to reject,
and we therefore willingly publish then, in order to
leave our readers to judge whether we exercise a wise
discretion :

MIDSUMMER'S MORNING.
The dawning light of Sol is come,
'Ere the nocturnal chills are gone ;
Which murkey night dilfuses o'er
Ibis arched bounds, while he's obscure,
Then of a sably azure hue,
Restoring them to pristine blue ;
Then in tints of crimson red,
Sol leaves his antipodial bed,
Dissolving these by golden rays
In which he's clad—his form displays
Subtiles the cool to Zephyr air—
Smiles on the scene and makes it clear;
Then on his course gay speeds his way,
Melting his beams to purest day.

O'CONNELL AND THE ENGLISH
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
Mr. O'Connell has addressed the following letter pro-
mising the assistance of, the people of Ireland to the
agitation now becoming so rife in this country, for the
suffrage :
"Sir,—lt is my wish to become a member of the
' Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association.' and
for that purpose I send my annual subscription of 11., and
beg to have my name and address enrolled in the books
of the Association.
" I can assure the gentlemen who form this Associa-
tion, that they will have the hearty concurrence and co-
operation of the people of Ireland. The Irish people
want only the opportunity to show their fervent zeal in
the cause of peaceful reform of all the corruptions in our
Institution.
Will you give them that opportunity ? Reckon on
their assistance if you do.
To be of use to the cause of Reform, it is necessary to
be combined and to be active. You must not slumber
at your posts in the face of an active and interested
enemy.
Pardon me for venturing on these suggestions
which certainly are not intended to imply reproach,
but justify my own presumption in now offering
to take an active and continuous part in working
any practical plan of obtaining our legitimate object,
Let me add, for your consideration, that it would be of
great importance to have an active Committee formed to
report the " True History" of each borough at the
election in which bribery prevailed. I believe this
would include nearly all. It is by this time
known in each such locality, by public but au-
thentic report, under what circumstances and by
what agency each seat was obtained. A Report,
founded on local enquiries approaching the truth
as nearly as may be attainable, would influence the pub-
lic mind, perhaps, to a considerable degree, and may alto
excite a salutary indignation against the present class-
legislators, and cause them to be convicted of the turpi-
tude of bt ing a " gang of bribers."
If one only borough was expluded by such a Committee
as I suggest, then there would value even in that ex-
posure--a value which would accumulate in proportion
to the number exposed. I have the honour to be,
Your faithful servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
J. Roberts Black, Esq., Secretary.

The state of the 'manufacturing operatives seems
getting worse and worse, and the numbers which this fine
weather induces to' perambulate the country, as beggars, is
absolutely deplorable. In Kendal, we learn that in several
branches more is doing, while in the fine trade, and in foreign
goods, things were never worse. Wools are stationary. The
fine fleece wools are selling at v very low price, and with the
present demand for worsted, there seems no prospect of an ad-
vance. The fell wools are not yet clipped ; but, in the York-
shire moor fleeces, which are earlier off than in this country,
very low prices are ranging.—. Kendal Mercury.

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