The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

PATENT- LEVER WATCHES
This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which
a watch can be made) is now offered at the folkwing prices,
with the latest improvements e. the detached escapement,
jewelled in four hole;, hand to mark the seconds, and main
taining power to continue going chile winding up,

SILVER CASES.
With double-bottom cases, capped £6 6 0
With hunting cases, capped 6 16 6
GOLD CASES.
Size for Ladies, with elegant gold dial 12 12 0
Ditto in double-backed eases l4 14 0
Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dial
Ditto extra full size, capped l7 17 0
A Pamphlet, containing observations respecting the various
constructions on which watches are made, with the prices both
in gold and silver cases, and a variety of sketches of new de-
signs, which have just been completed in gold Chains, will be
sent, gratis and postage free, on application by letter to A. B.
SAVORY and SONS. Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, Lon-
don, opposite the Bank of England.

SIR WILLIAM BURNETT'S PATENT fur
the PRESERVATION OF TIMBER, CANVAS,
CORDAGE, COTTON, WOOLLEN, &c., from DRY ROT,
MILDEW, MOTH, and PREMATURE DECAY.
The Two Testimonials at foot, selected from an immense
number, will afford evidence of the efficacy of this Patent.
(COPY.)
SIR,—I have sent by the Admiralty Boat, a small ease,
containing the piece of board which has been on the bottom of
the Rigger's Launch since March, 1837. It has been (with
very short intervals) in the water ever since that time. It
has never been scraped or cleaned; not any vegetable or other
substance appear to have adhered to it. I should consider this
very satisfactory as to your preparation tending to keep boats'
or vessels' bottoms clean, without praying, in river water.
Should you desire this testimony in any other form, I shall be
most happy to give it.
I have the honour to be, Sir, yrour obedient servant,
JOHN COW, Foreman of the Yard.
Sir Wm. Burnett, K. C. H.
N.B. This Plank may be seen at the Office, Castle-court.
Tullamore, King's County, Ireland, Jan. 17, 1842.
Sllt,—ln reply to your note, I beg to say th It from my
experience of Sir William Burnett's Process of preparing Tim-
ber, it has succeeded perfectly, and has enabled me to effect a
very considerable saving in. my establishment, by substituting
domestic timber where, heretofore, I used the best foreign.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully; THOMAS BERRY.
To the Secretary of Burnett's Patent.
It is cheap and simple in its application. Timber, Deals,
sx., &c., Canvas, Sail'', and Ropes %ill be prepared at the
Company's Station at Linlehouse, at a small expense ; or the
preparation may be purchased for use, under license or other-
wise, at a rate that will give persons, who are disposed to enter
into it as a branch of trade, ample profits. Application to be
made to the Secretary, No. 4, Castle-court, Birchin-lane,
Cornhill.

CORN INSPECTORS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Any alterations of the laws are attendel with
a partial evil to some class or other, which can only be
justified by the greater good which those alterations
ire about to accomplish. If it is just that the parties
injured by one change ought to be reimbursed for
such injury, I cannot see why another should not be ;
but much less can I see the justice of compensation in
a case where parties have been exorbitantly paid by
die Government for almost a nominal duty. I allude,
Sir, to the compensation about to be granted to late
Inspectors of Corn Returns, and beg to state a case.
It is generally acknowledged here that the duties
devolving upon the Inspector of Corn Returns is a
mere farce, for I do not believe one man connected
with the trade will conscienciously say it is his opi-
nion that anything near a correct statement of sales
are ever given in. I know myself one individual,
who told me himself, that although he turns over
several thousand pounds per year in corn, he never
made a single return for a whole year, but inde-
pendent of the utility of the officer, I wish to know
his claim to compensation, or rather as it regards
the places, which is to be the man compensated.
When the late Tory Inspector ran away, of course
there were several candidates for the snug bertb,
among which were two parties having equal claims
upon the party having the lift. What was the result ?
The two gentlemen came to this arrangement. Neither
of us being capable of making out the returns, B shall
be the acknowledged inspector, E. receiving 201. per
year out of the salary, and 101. to be given to E.'s son-
in-law, for doing all the work, except signing B.'s
name and hanging up the box in the Corn Market.
Now, Sir, I confess, it is my opinion, that inspectors
are no more deserving compensation, " having been
much overpaid for their duties," than the dancing and
other masters of her Majesty were entitled to pensions
from the country for their otherwise well-paid ser-
vices. It is such profligacy of the public funds for
party purposes which entail such miseries on thou-
sands of her Majesty's subjects and cause necessity for
"ncreased taxation. Yours, 13.

March 26, 1842.

HIGHLAND SPORTS IN LONDON.—" Putting the
stone" and 4. throwing the hammer," those manly and
healthful sports which ware erst so much practised
in the northern parts of Scotland, and which tended in
no small degree to render the youth of Scotland un-
rivalled for fetes of strength, have not, we are happy to
say, yet quite relinquished the station which they occu-
pied amongst the sports and pastimes of that nation ; and
it is with feelings of national pride and pleasure
we report that last week several gentlemen,
members of the Society of True Highlanders,
assembled on Copenhagen-fields, for the purpose of
enjoying, as of old, when unrestrained as their
native plains, a game at their favourite exercise. A
fitting spot having been selected, the game of " putting
the stone" commenced, and was kept up for a consider-
rable time with great vigour and animation. The stone,
which weighed 26 lb., was " put" a distance of 32 feet,
by Mr. Donald M‘lienzie, who wai declared the victor.
The gentlemen then partook of an excellent and sub-
stantial dinner, at Copenhagen House, where the re-
mainder of the evening was spent with great hilarity,
under the united presidence of Messrs. M'Lean and
M‘Kinnell.

ARTIFICIAL LAKES IN, CEYLON.—The Candelay
Lake is situate within thirty miles Of Trincomalee, in
an extensive and broad valley, around which the ground
gradually ascends towards the distant hills that envelop
it. In the centre of the valley, a long causeway, prin-
cipally made of masses of rock, has been constructed to
retain the waters that from every side pour into the
space enclosed within the circumjacent hills and the arti-
ficial dam thus formed. During the rainy season, when
the lake attains its greatest elevation, the area of ground
over which the inundation extends, may be computed at
fifteen square miles. This work of tat, and others of
nearly equally gigantic proportions in the island, suffi-
ciently indicate that at some remote period Ceylon was
a densely-populated country, and under a Government
sufficiently enlightened to appreciate, and firm to enforce
the execution of an undertaking which, to men ignorant
of mechanical powers, must have been an Herculean
operation ; for, such is the capricious nature of the
mountain-streams in this tropical island, where heavy
rain frequently falls without intermission for many suc-
cessive days, that_ no common barrier would suffice to
resist the great and sudden pressure that must be sus-
tained on such occasions. Aware of this peculiarity in
the -character of their rivers, the Cingalese built the re-
taining-wall that supports the waters of the lake of Can-
delay with such solidity and massiveness as to defy the
utmost fury of the mountain-torrents. Nearly the whole
of its extent is formed with vast hewn masses of rock, to
move; which by sheer physical force must have required
the united labour of thousands.

CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES.—We la-
ment to learn that at this present period there is a degree
of distress prevailing amongst the working clastes in this
town from want of employment, hardly equalled, and
never exceeded, even in the dqth of winter. We have
been informed that from one extensive establishment
alone, in between five anti
that by many
thersix e
mencoii r sheaovfe. tbheeelast
sfomr
id,
t and,
other houses in the same line, fur some time past, Hone
but apprentices have been employed. We believe that
mechanics and labourers of almost every class are suffer-
ing more or less from the same scarcity, or absolute
dearth of employment, consequent on the stagnation of
trade and commerce ; and the worst of it is, that there
is no immediate prospect of relief, excepting in the con-
tributions of the benevolent. The demands upon the
Strangers' Friend Society, the Provident District So-
ciety, and other charitable institutions, were never
heavier ; but their funds are exhausted, or nearly so,
and without prompt and effectual resistance from the
public, the existing distress must, I've fear, be fearfully
aggravated. It comes not within our present purpose to
allude to the causes which have led to the present disas-
trous state of affairs in a country abounding in wealth,
and in almost exhaustless means of procuring more, it'
fair scope were afforded to the skill and industry of its
inhabitants. The evil is at our doors ; its consequences
are disease and death ; and relief, to be effectual, must
be immediate.—Lirerpod Mercury.
APPOINTMENT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PILINCE
ALBERT AS LORD WARM:N.—WC have great satisfaction
in announcing that his Royal Highness Prince Albert
will forthwith be appointed by her M„i„st_,
Lord War-
den of the Staunaries of Cornwall, vacant by th 6 de-
cease of the Marquis of Hertford. From what we liave
heard, we have no hesitation in congratulating the
county on this appointment of his Royal Highness, who,
we believe, will apply himself vigorously to the reforma-
tion of the business at the .Duchy-office, and direct that
the appeals now pending from the Vice-Warden's Court
here shall be immediately disposed of. This announce-
ment will, we feel assured, be received with pleasure by
the suitors and the county at large.—Falmouth Packet.
A young physician of Rome, says a letter from that
city, has succeeded in discovering the means of petrify-
ing all substances of organic formation, without their
being changed materially in colour. A few days are Suf-
fi&ent to operate this transformation. Ile has already
xhibited flowers, birds, fishes, and even human liete?s,
cautifully petrified.