The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, , LONDON, WIIDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1842

TOE irtSLEVAN MISSIONARY

SOCIETY.

A bazaar has for the last few days been held at the
Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate-street; for the benefit of
the Wesleyan Missionary Seicitiyi
In addition }ti display of fancy articles
usually exhibited tin these occasions, the bazaar was
furnished with supplies of useful clothing, arranged in
small lots, fur easy distribation amongst the poor at this
season, of general distieSsi 'fhb Wall of one of the
rooms is col erect with rare skins and furs, and sundry
Curious articles, sent over for the purpose by the Mis-
sionaries in connexion with the Wesleyan community
in every quarter of the globe:
Several costly presents froth the king of Ashantee,
anti tiiirioFities from the Celestial empire, and
elegant hijouteries manufactured at the mission stations
in France, adorn the counters of the fair show-women,
who are not deficient in the fascinating arts by which
the attendants at fashionable bazaars succeed in putting
off their wales: ho bazaar is considerably enriched by
several rare and curious collections of entomological and
mineralogical specimens collected by missionaries in
distant c,untries, and scientifically classified and
arranged. Amongst the articles that excited the greatest
interesti Wert several manuscript sermons and autograph
paraphrases of texts of Scripture, by the Rev. John
Wesley and his brother Charles. An exquisite minia-
ture, painted and presented to the charity, by Miss Dut-
ton, was sold for ten guineas at Mrs. Bunting's stall. It
is a faithful and highly finished copy of a likeness of
Mrs. Susannah Wesley, the mother of John Wesley. She
was the daughter of 1)r. Annesly, one of the most
eminent of the Non-Conformist ministers ejected from
the Church. Mrs. Wesley was a woman of remarkably
powerful intellect, and it is largely to be ascribed to the
vigour of character displayed by her in the early disci •
pline of her numerous family, under the most adverse
eiretunstinces, that the founders of Methodism were
enabled to fulfil with such zeal and earnestness their
important mission ; and that they, with the other
branches of the family, attained a high reputation as
distinguished scholars.
The sale has been numerously and fashionably at-
tended, and the articles appeared to find ready pur-
chasers at good prices; but such was the abundance of
the supply, that the managers have resolved to keep it
open till Thursday.

RIGHTS OF THE ORPHANS OF A
FREEMAN DYJNG INTESTATE.
The following certificate, signed by all the members of
the Court of Aldermen, upon the subject of the rights of
the orphans of a freeman who died intestate, was
handed into the Vice-Chancellor's Court a few days r go,
by the Recorder of the City of London. The question
answered in the certificate was argued upon for two days
by two gentlemen of the bar on each side :
TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR LAUNCELOT SHADWELL, VICE-

CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.
In obedience to an order of his Honour the Vice-Chan-
cellor of England, bearing date the 9th day of February,
1842, in a cause depending before his Honour, between
George Bruce and Sarah his wife, plaintiffs ; and
George Knott and Ann his wife, defendants,
whereby it was ordered that the Lord Mayor
and Court of Aldermen of the City of London,
by their Recorder, or otherwise, as is usual
in such cases, certify to this Court " whether, when
there are several orphan children of a freeman who
dies intestate, the share which any one may take by
reason of surviving a child that dies an infant, does
itself survive among the other children in case of the
death of the party to whom it has come, under the age
of 21 years; and whether, if there be an accumulation
of interest upon an orphanage share, the accumulation
survives in the same manner as the orphanage share ;"
we, the Lotd Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
London, do humbly certify to your Honour, by the mouth
of the Hon. Charles Ewan Law, one of her Majesty's
Counsel, learned in the law, and Recorder of the said city,
that by the custom of the said city, when there are several
orphan children of a freeman who dies intestate, the
share which any one may take by reason of surviving a
child that dies an infant, survives among the other child-
ren, in case of the death of the party by whom it has
come, under the age of twenty-one years, and that if there
be an accumulation of interest upon the orphanage share,
the accumulation survives in the same manner as the
orphanage share. All which we humbly submit to your
Honour.
(Signed) JOHN PIRIE. MATTHEW WOOD.
P. LAURIE. C. FAREBROTHER.
T. COPELAND. JOHN COWAN.
W. GIBBS. J. FARNCOMB.
T. WOOD. J. HUMPHERY.
G. CARROLL. W. K. HOOPER.

LLOYDS' SHIPPING

LONDON, AUGUST 2.--Wind this day at noon S. to S.E
DEAL, AUGUST 1.-Wind N.N.E., moderate. No arrivals
or sailings.
FALMOUTH, JULY 31.-Wind N. to N.N. E., strong breezes.
-Arrd. North Esk, Allan, Rio ; Lady Mary Wood, steamer,
for Vigo. The Sarah, from Liverpool to Portsmouth, which
was stranded on the Stag Rocks, near the Lizard Point, has
been got off, andis nowon her way to this port ; twenty barrels
of flour and some stores have been landed, all the salt has
washed out.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 1.-Wind E.-Sld. Thomas Sparks,
Cape and New Zealand; Agincourt, Calcutta; Wellington,
New York.
STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 1-Arrd. Atalanta, Mogadore.
OFF HASTINGS, AUG. 1.-Idare, Adair, Launceston;
Cuba, Newcombe, Valparaiso; short of provisions.
OFF DUNGENESS, JULY 31-Malay, Smith, Antigua.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 1.-Sld. Isis (steamer), West Indies ;
Liverpool (steamer), Alexandria.
Orr DARTMOUTH, JULY 31.-Hermann, Nessen, Bahia
for Hamburgh.
SWANSEA, JULY 31.-Arrd. Douglas, Kelly, Valparaiso.
Orr SALCOMBE, JULY 31.-Africanus Gambia.
LIVERPOOL, Au°. 1.-Sid. Frisk, 31.-Africanus,
Video; Grace
Darling, Santa Martha.
CowEs, AUG. 1.-Arrd. Amelia, Visin, Bahia.
Ha awicsr, Auo. 1.- The Dorset, Tewkesbury, from Wey-
mouth to Dantzic, has put in here, having been struck by a heavy
sea, 301,h inst.:, which split her plankshear, carried away bul-
warks, stanchions, &c.
CAPE OF GOon HOPE, MAY 15.-The Wanderer, Owen,
from Singapore to Halifax, Nova Scotia, which came into the
Bay 7th inst., after being ashore, has been discharged and hove
down, but from the damage received is expected to be condemned.
The Earl Grey, Mollison, from China, is supposed to have
arrived in the Channel.
CAUTION TO MARINERS.
SUNKEN ROCK OFF THE CAPE DE VERDS.
Boa Vesta, Cape Verds, 4th July, 1842.
Sir,-1 have the honour to report, for the information of the
Underwriters at Lloyd's, that the steamer Phcenix, Emmanuel
Harrington, master, bound from Ereinoh to the Cape of Good
Hope, put into Puta Prara, St. Jago, in great distress, having
touched upon a shoal at the north-east point of this Island, on
the 24th ult., at half-past ten at night; supposed distance
from land 22 or 23 miles, and lat. 16 19 North, and lon. 32 26
West. It is also supposed to be the Sunbeam shoal, upon
which the Charlotte was lost in April last year. The Phcenix
at the time of the accident was under sail, without steam, and
drew 11 feet forward and 12% feet aft, and the place injured
is at the after part of the keel, and there being but little or no
swell of the sea, these facts demonstrate that the shoal in ques-
tion has more than 11 feet water over it.
The Phcenix came here from St. Jage, for further repairs
and a supply of coals, which has been obtained, and now pro-
ceeds to England to make good the damages sustained. Had
the Phcenix not been a steamer, she must inevitably have been
lost, as the water, before the steam was got up, nearly reached
the furnaces. Some fuel, however, being thrown into the fires
quickened the action of the steam, and the pumps soon kept
the vessel free. As the existence of this shoal appears to be
doubted, I beg to mention that this island is surrounded
by coral reefs, more or less, and therefore, although a
reef could not be found five or six years since, it
it can be no reason for doubting the existence of the one in
question, as it is well known that coral, in some places, is very
rapid in its growth. As far as lam able to judge and to learn,
I have no doubt in the existence of a sunken reef, some consi-
derable distance from the north-east end of this island ; and as
it lies in the tract of vessels bound south, I cannot but believe
it to be a subject deserving the immediate attention of the
Committee of Lloyd's.
1 have the honour to be, &e.
Signed by Lloyd's Agent.
To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.
Mem.-The Phoenix has since arrived at Cowes.
GOODS SAVED FROM THE SIAM, LOST IN 1839.
From a letter from Lloyd's Agent at Batavia, under date the
26th February last, it appears that a quantity of cotton goods,
part of the cargo of this vessel (Siam) had been saved and sold,
realising about 4001.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-Nancy and Mary, Liver-
pool to Calcutta, June 6, lat. 6 N., lon. 25 W. ; Guil-
lielmo Louis, Santander to Havannah, 21st, lat. 20,
lon. 42 ; British Queen, Africa to London, 26th, let.
28, lon. 47, and supplied with provisions ; Glasgow,
Bombay to Liverpool, 7th ult., lat. 35, lon. 20 ; Aigle,
Martinique for Havre, 15th, by the Globe, arrived at
Bordeaux ; Palestine, Liverpool to Boston, June 21, lat.
23, long. 35, by the Samuel Bunker, arrived at New
York. Undaunted, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, May
30, lat. 18 S.. lon. 38 ; barque Patriot, 14th ult., lat. 29,
lon. 19 ; 11. M. steamer Prometheus, 20th, lat 34, lon. 16,
by the Phcenix steamer, put back to Cowes. Gazelle,
Leith to Mauritius, 14th, lat. 41, lon. 14, by the
Catherine, arrived off Portland. Sovereign, Liverpool to
Newfouadland, 22d ult., lat. 50, lon. 15, by the Cuba,
arrd. off Dungeness. Loan (ship), May 11, lat. 35 S., lon.
21 E. ; Emerald, Liverpool to Ceylon, June 5. lat. 3 N.,
lon. 19 W. ; Planter, for Santa Martha, 21st ult., lat 47,
lon. 15 ; Tamerlane, Liverpool to Miscasset, 24th,
lat. 49, len. 12, by the Louisa Baillie, arrived in the
Downs. Maraboo, of and from London, June 30, lat.
46,23
1,107..
1480, b
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thha: Richard erythnolidi:s,kfo, raQrruievbedec,alt9lth,auhnlto.,ultaht..
William Preston, Clyde, to West Indies, 23d ult., lat.
46, lon. 16, by the Anne Sophia, arrived at Falmouth.
WHALERS-Caroline, Hunter, in Novwember, with 120
barrels ; Tamar, Butcher, in October, ith 250 barrels,
out thirteen months. Onyx, Brown, of London, from
Sydney in November, with 100 barrels, by the Avon,
arrived at Sydney.

In the first 3
m0nth5...1842...268 do.

LEAMINGTON, AUGUST I.—This place is thin of com-
pany. The assizes commence to-morrow ; Lord Wil-
loughby de Broke will be Chairman of the Grand Jury.
The few fashionables here are the two youngest
daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, who
remain at the Clarendon Hotel ; Lady Jane Hamilton,
and her grand-daughter, Mademoiselle de Coigny,
daughter of the Duke ; Dowager Countess of Farnham
and Lady Ann Ramsay, Sir Robert and Lady Fitz-
wyrgam, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Powis, and
Lady Thomas llay. Stoneleigh Abbey is the resort of
much company after the wedding.
EDUCATION AND CRlME.—Taking the whole of the
prisoners tried at the late West Riding Midsummer Ses-
sions, it appears that out of 163 prisoners the degrees of
education Were as follows :—Three could only read and
write well, forty-two could read, fifty-five could read im-
perfectly, and sixty-three could neither read nor write.
Acid to these sixty-eight prisoners tried at the Sessions
for the borough of Leeds, Doncaster, and Pontefract,
and liberty of Cawood, Wislow, and Otley, Icon ake to-
gether 231. Out of this number, four d read
and write well, fifteen could read, eighty-eight could
read imperfectly, and seventy-eight could neither read
uor write,—.l4Zds

_EMIGRATION to UPPEtt CANADA.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM b: iiALY TO THE
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CANADA toMPARt, DATED
STRATFORD, HURON TRACT, APRIL 25, 1E142,
Were I to go to Guelph, Etamoia, Nichol, Wool-
wich, and Puslinch, or Wilmot, I could cite hundreds
equally successful with my own settlers. I will men-
tion one mane in Wilmot, John Ford; he came into
Canada in 1831 with a large family of small children;
he worked about amongst the farmers until 1833,
when he came to me to know if I could allow him to
go upon a lot of land in Wilmot without paying an
instalment, as the Company required one-fifth upon
all lands sold in Wilmot, without exception. I, of
course, refused him, but observing his anxiety to get
upon land, advised him to come into the Huron
Tract, and that he would have a lot; he replied that
in Wilmot his little girls could get some employment,
for which they would be paid in provisions, which
would keep him on his farm, and in this new settle-
ment he could not expect it. Satisfied of its correct-
ness, I asked him how much he could pay, and ar-
ranged it so that he got the lot he applied for. In
1836, about two years and a few months after, I
called at a tavern newly opened, and that by the same

John Ford. I sat down and had some conversation
with him and his wife on the subject of their migra-
tion' &c. The following I had from their own lips :
"We left Aynhoe-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire,
in 1831, and we have reason to bless the gentleman
who sent us out at his own expense, viz., W. R. Cart-
wright, Esq., M.P. We sincerely wish our friends
had the same kindness shown them ; we had nothing
at home, and could not have existed but for the as-
sistance we got from the parish ; we, both of us, la-
boured much harder than we have ever done here,
upon very scanty food ; we have often lamented we
had children when they were crying for bread, and
none to give them ; but we have now reason to be
thankful we have them • otherwise we might have re-
mained in England, and in our old age be a burden
to the parish. We have only been in Canada five
years ; we have a deed for 100 acres of land, a good
clearance, oxen, sheep, and cattle ; implements of hus-
bandry, a good house to live in, and suitable offices ;
plenty of food for ourselves and cattle, and to spare ;
our home well furnished, and ourselves and children
well clothed ; and we have means to open an inn for
the accommodation of travellers ; and what still adds
to our happiness is, that each of our children will be
comfortably settled without diminishing our own
comforts ' • and all this we have obtained by sheer in-
dustry. We do not stand alone, for William and
Benjamin Ekerten, Thomas House, John Rye, John
Hall, William Buckler, and James Terry, who came
out with us under the same auspices, are equally pros-
perous."
I was so much gratified with their history, that I
made a minute of what I have related, and having
read it over to them, I asked had they any objection
to my making it known to those who were unac-
quainted with Canada. They said, " No, we wish
Mr. Cartwright knew it all, and especially our poor
friends and neighbours in Aynhoe-on-the-Hill and all
Nottinghamshire."

REMITTANCES FROM SETTLERS IN CANADA TO THEM
FRIENDS AT HOME.
Inquiries having been recently instituted by the
Commissioners of the Canada Company regarding the
amount remitted home by emigrants to their friends
in this country, and statements having been obligingly
furnished by the Bank of Upper Canada at Toront.),
the Bank of British North America at Toronto, the
Commercial Bank of the Midland District at King-
ston, and the Gore Bank at Hamilton ; it appears
from them that the following remittances have been
made home by settlers through the agency of the
Banks above named:—
In the year 1834...154 remittances, amounting to .£1;298
It 1835...206 do. f f 1,708
„ 1836...245 do. 91 2,008
f 0 1837...173 do. ff 1,470
„ 1838...203 do. ft 1,822
„ 1839...252 do. ft 2,132
?. 1840...365 do. if 3,007
„ 1841. .589 do. 9 I 4,744

f f 2,284

2,455 £20,473
And that in the last eight years no less than 2,455
settlers have been able to send home money to friends,
amounting to the large sum of 20,4731., through
these four banks alone, in sums of less than 81. 10s.
each upon an average, proving that this numerous
body of settlers have not only been enabled to sup-
port themselves and their families in Canada, but that
they have been so satisfied of the advantage it will be
to their friends to join them (for which purpose these
remittances have been made), that they have such-
ceeded in sending over this considerable sum for their
assistance.

These statements also show the growing prosperity
of Canada, as such remittances have been steadily in-
creasing in amount ; and so much so of late, that in
the year 1841, 580 remittances were made, amount-
ing to 4,744/. ; and in the first quarter of the year
1842, 268; amounting to 2,2841.
,It has often been stated by persons acquainted with
the advantages offered by Canada, that emigrants as-
sisted to settle in that country could repay any sums
advanced by their friends or the public for that pur-
po:•:e ; a stronger proof of the truth of this statement
could hardly be afforded than the information now
produced.

PAUPERISM IN THE POTTERIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

DEAR Six,--In consequence of the depressed state
of trade in the Potteries, added to the recent turn-out
of the colliers, the two unions of the Potteries have
literally been besieged with applicants for parochial
relief. Some of the scenes that have taken place
baffle description. The Stoke Union has 1,200 out-
door paupers on the books, and they are rapidly in-
creasing. The Burslem Union has 2,000 out-door
paupers ; the cooking apparatus not being sufficiently
extensive, they feed them 150 at a time ; and last
Friday evening the last 150 were taking supper at
quarter-past eleven. Yesterday the Burslem out-
door paupers resolved to have a procession through
the Potteries ; they consequently assembled at ten
o'clock, marched to llanley, from thence to Stoke,
and on to Longton, and returned to Stoke. They
then sat down to partake of their Sunday's dinner, in
some cases consisting of a very small portion of dry
bread ; in others with the addition of a little cheese.
The scene was such a one as the oldest inhabitants of
this populous district never saw. Tears were stream-
ing from almost all eyes to see the state to which
thousands of industrious, intelligent, and sober work-
men are reduced ; the people in the neighbourhood,
almost as destitute as themselves, supplied them with
bread and cheese and water. One shopkeeper, a
Chartist, named Thomas Starkey, gave them a quan-
tity of bread, and 2s. ; another, named Sandhach,
shopkeeper in the market-place, gave them half a
cheese (I should say 101bs.) and a quantity of to-
bacco. This was their first meal, at three o'clock.
After walking in procession ten miles, Bs. 4d. was
given in money, and expended in bread and cheese.
They then marched to Hanley, and held a. meeting
on the Crown-bank. Two spirit-stirring speeches
were made by Messrs. Hamlet Booth and Wm. Ellis,
of Burslem. A motion was submitted to the meeting
that there be a public meeting of the inhabitants next
week, to take into consideration the cause that pro-
duces the present intolerable and aggravated distress,
and to invite all parties to come forward—Whig,
Tory, Radical, Chartist, and Socialist, Corn-law Re-
pealers, High-Churchmen, and humble Ranters.
Yours, respectfully,
THOMAS
Tunstal, Staffordstire Potteries, Aug. 1, 1842.

THE CIIINESE CANNON—Four pieces of brass
ordnance, captured from the Chinese, and landed at the
gun-wharf, from her Majesty's ship Wellesley, on Thurs-
day last, have attracted numerous visitors, among whom
the most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey, Admiral Sir
David and Captain Milne, &c. The Noble Marquis was
accompanied round the gun-wharf by R. Eaton, Esq.,
Ordnance storekeeper, and Captain Burnaby, R.A. Two
of the cannon are 12 feet in length, 10 in.-4-10 bore,
2 feet 6 inches diameter. One 11 feet 2 inches long,
8 in.-8-10 bore, 1 foot 8 inches diameter—all dated in
the year 1627. The inscription on each is as follows:
" Dacitate Donome Dedeos da China ;" maker, " Carol
F." The small piece is an English made 6-pounder,
9 feet long, dated 1601 ; os it, 4, Richard Phillips made
this piece." We understand he was an armourer in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth.—Devonport Independent.

GLASGOW DISTRESS.—We regret to state that the
distress in and around Glasgow continues to increase ; and
that the approaching harvest as yet has only lessened in part
an overwhelming number of applicants for relief. This week,
up to last night, the soup kitchen has issued 19,146 rations of
soup, giving a daily average of 2,735. There are in all em-
ployed on the relief fund about 1,800 able bodied men; and
there are at this moment, besides that number, about 1,300 ap-
plicants for relief. Of these applicants, not fewer than 600
are females, comprising spinsters, deserted wives, and aged
females. The dependents on these 1,300 applicants number
2,600 human beings, forming in all an aggregate of unprovided
wretchedness and destitution, which harrows one's soul to con-
template. Surely nothing more than this simple statement of
facts is required to make our wealthy and benevolent citizens,
and every comfortably situated person, however humble in
station, largely contribute to lessen this huge amount of misery.
1\ °thing but this will save life, and preserve the consciences of
those possessing the comforts of life from the canker-worm of
self-reproach.—Reformers' Gazette.
THE GRAVE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—As several
paragraphs on this subject have recently gone the round of the
newspapers, it may be proper to state, that the iron railing
which surrounds the tomb at Dryburgh was put up by Sir Wal-
ter Scott's family after the interment, and, by Sir Francis
Chantrey's advice, a huge mass of granite was intended to be
put over the grave, for which he was to furnish a design ; but
a variety of pressing engagements, delicate health, and, finally,
his sudden death, combined to deprive the sanctuary at Dry_
burgh of what might have been expected from the genius of
the most eminent of our sculptors. It has not yet been de-
cided whose assistance shall be asked to carry out the plan, and
it must be obvious that the absence of the present Sir Walter
Scott in India has of itself occasioned delay.--Edinburgh
Courant,