The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-18 00:00:00

THE POOR LA"'°.

(Circular.) Pollee, thee; Imi•hetii-s:reet, Noy. 14.
GENTLEMEN,—A t borough roorietioi,, from hers,,
experience, of the irnpolicy, cindhy, and
tendency of the Poor Laws, and art -earnest desire,
by a strict administration, to facilitate their aboli-
tion, induce me to suggest to you the expediency of
taking measures •to ensure such reitsondble trtelid-
ance at your woi khouse, as may remove any pretext
for paupers applying at the private residence of the
overseers. You are well aware that, besides the
continual annoyance to the overseers, the present
practice greatly tends to encourage idleness and im-
position, and, consequently, to increase pauperism.
On being satisfied of the adoption of such an ar-
rangement as above, I shall always refuse to listen
to any paupers who knowingly shall not attend to
it; or, after being informed, shall persevere in their
application, and the course I pursue I shall recom-
mend to my colleagues. I also wish to impress
upon you the expediency of clearing your workhouse
of all able-bodied persons of both sexes, with as
little delay as a just discretion will permit; being
persuaded, that to allow such persons to be inmates
is ruinous to the best interests of the individuals
themselves, is an evil example to others of the same
class, and is unjustly burdensome to the contribu-
tors to the rates. I have further to recommend to
you on no account to afford relief, however slight, to
any applicants, merely for the purpose of getting
quit of them, but in all cases, except in those of
actual necessity, wholly and peremptorily to refuse;
and I have no doubt that a rigid observance of this
rule will be the means of turning very many indivi-
duals from a debasing dependence on the parish to
a wholesome reliance on their own exertions. To
practical men, like you, it is unnecessary to go into
these topics more at length.

I am, Gentlemen,

Your sincere well-wisher and faithful servant,
THOMAS WALKER.
To the Guardians of the Poor of the Parish
of St. Anne, Liniehouse.

The late Pope was hated most cordially—the
present one is as much loved. DELLA GENOA disliked
the English, and was soured with the world. In his old
age he became as ascetic as the generality of debauchees,
and forbade his presence those to whose fascinations in
early life he had fallen a victim. Though generally misaa-
thropical, however, there was one family to whom he was
particularly kind. This was the family, or rather the
reputed family, of PEzzorri, a small farmer of Sasso-
Ferrato, within a abort distance of Della-Genga, a town
from which the Pope's ancestors had taken their name.—
PEZZOTTI, the husband, was a small, ungainly, and ill-
favoured personage, while his wife displayed one of the
finest order of fair forms. At the period of their marriage
DELLA-GENOA was Curate of Sasso-Ferrato, and the
chosen Confessor of La Signora PEZZOTTI. The Priest
was a frequent guest at the farmer's, and as the family in-
creased all the world remarked the more than ordinary
conformity of visage between the children and DELLA-
GENOA. Three fine boys were the fruit of this union,
and they were all born before the future Pope quitted his
small curacy to enter on more important labours. Years
rolled on, and the three children grew apace. Soon they
were the tallest and finest-looking fellows within their dis-
trict. Each of them measured more than six feet, and
their commanding stature was not a little set off by the
finest black eyes, and a profusion of long, dark, glossy hair.
As they passed through the village of a morning, the
neighbours would cry ou', with a knowing shrug, " What
a fine family has little PEzzorrz gotten I" Meantime
PIZZOTTI died in indigent circumstances, and in a year
after DELLA-GENOA, the little Curate of Sasso-Ferrato,
was elected Pope. The three brothers were forthwith
ordered to Rome. The eldest was presented with a large
house at Civita Castellana; money sufficient to furnish it as
an inn, and also the "right, title, and inheritance" to
farm the post. The second obtained a tract of land suffi-
cient to graze and breed horses ; while the third was
made a postillion between Borghetto and Civita Castellana.
I had seen DELLA-GENOA often, and was always struck
by something particularly commanding, though not un-
pleasing, in his countenance. On stopping a few nights
ago at the inn (la Posta) at Civita Castellana, I could not
divest myself of the idea that the old Pope was again be-
fore me in the person of the landlord, though grown some
twenty years younger. On mentioning this to one of the
waiters, I learned from him the account which I havejust
written ; " and there," said he, pointing to a man in the
court-yard, " is the second brother, while the large pos-
tillion who drove you in from Borghetto was the third."—
Still, notwithstanding the great resemblance, I was in-
credulous; but when I reached Rome I found the whole
matter was as notorious as the sun at noon-day. The
present Pope (Plus VIII.), I should observe, has taken
the farming of the post out of the bands of the elder PEz-
ZOTTI, who is certainly the "living image," as the Irish
say, of his predecessor on the throne of St. PETER. Is it
fitting that such a system should be? Better a thousand
times to have the iron hoof and black eagle of Austria with
all their horrors.

MORALITY OF THE SACRED COLLEGE OF
CAnnrxAts.—There is an odd story going round the cir-
cles here (Rome), and of the truth of which I am not
permitted to doubt, for I have had it from the hero of the
tale. Cardinal ***** is the most pious and worthy of
men. His devotions are quite exemplary, and often ecstatic.
There is no one genuflects himself with more oneiion, and
he chants the Miserere with a grace almost divine. Those
who see beyond the surface of things, however, can dis-
cern a certain " laughing devil" in the eye of his Emi-
nence, which often says more than words can speak. But
enough by way of preface. My ft iend A_, who is an
Hibernian, had been particularly struck with the Signora
F— —, who lives not a hundred miles from the Via Con-
dotti. A— is not one of those persons who stands on
the "pour parler" system, and being, by the divine will,
bold, and by force of birth impudent, he proposed to sup
with the Signora on the evening of Sunday, the 25th
October. His proposal was assented to ; but the covers
were hardly removed when he of the red stockings--the
Cardinal-Saint of the morning, but the man at night—ar-
rived. Instant confusion was the consequence; but finally
arms were obliged to yield to stockings, and his Eminence
triumphed. A., however, was in an " enzbarras." Exit
there was none, excepting at the door by which his Emi-
nence was to enter ; and A. was therefore obliged to re-
main in a position ill at sorts with his dignity, till sleep
had weighed down the lids of the Cardinal, and " steeped
his senses in forgetfulness." On Monday his Eminence
and Excellence said his Mass with " good emphasis," and
as discreetly as though he had " lived cleanly" the night
before, as all Cardinals ought to do.

A Doctor of Divinity and a Justice of the
Peace met upon the road, the former well mounted and
the latter on foot ; " Doctor," says the pedestrian, " your
great Master had the humility to ride upon an ass, and one
would think that an ass might have served your turn."
Alas, alas ! Sir," says the Doctor, " the asses, they say,
are all made Justices, and there are none to be gotten."
A very lamentable circumstance occurred on
Saturday last on board the Kent, Gravesend steam-
packet, by which a most resl•ectable family have been
thrown into the most poignant grief. Amongst the pas-
sengers on board the packet on leaving Gravesend for
London, on Saturday afternoon, was Mr. GIBBON, the
professional singer, many years attached to Drury-lane
establishment ; and; upon that gentleman going into the
cabin, midway between Gravesend and Erith, he observed
a gentleman amongst the company who appeared to en-
deavour to avoid recognition by shifting himself about and
pulling his hat over his eyes. His singular conduct ex-
cited some suspicion in Mr. GIBBON'S mind, and he men-
tioned this circumstance to Captain HALL; but still a
thought was never entertained that the gentleman intended
laying violent hands on himself. At his request some
paper, pen, and ink, were brought, and he wrote a letter.
Upon the vessel reaching Erith, the same individual went
upon deck, and proceeded into the water-closet, and,
almost immediately after, the passengers were alarmed at
hearing a heavy splash in the water, and, upon looking
over the side, they perceived the unfortunate man strug-
gling in the current, which was running very strong at
the time. The vessel was immediately stopped, and the
boat put out to his asssistance; but all attempts to save
him were useless, and he sunk to rise no more. Upon
reaching the water-closet, the coat, waistcoat, and hat,
of the unhappy man were found ; also a razor, and a
letter directed to Mr. Gssaow, of whom he had some
knowledge, enclosing one to his wife, atrributing the rash
act to pecuniary embarassment, which he in his letter re-
quested Mr. GIBBON to deliver to her. The unfortunate
man turned out to be Mr. Titosras Marruxivs, the
poulterer, who has for many years kept the house at the
corner of Leg-alley, in Long-acre ; and when the melan-
choly intelligence reached the ear of Mrs. M. nothing
could exceed her grief, and the shock produced such an
effect upon her mind that she has kept her bed ever since
The unhappy man has left three children'to deplore his
loss. The body has nut yet been found.

REpR-'-.-N:TATION OF LANCASHIRE.

It will I,e -advertisement in. another
pa 2c, that Mr. who has represented thi=
county in the 11: it-e of Commons during the long
period of fooy. five ytar=, announced his intention
of withdrawing f,orn 'et vice of his constituents
at the next do.olti' ion of liatnent. Who is likely
to sneeeed the lion,q;ral.le Gent). man in the repre-
sentation of this great Will ,pident county. will give
rise to considerable speculation. We have heard-
that Sir Thomas D. Ilesketh, Bart., has long enter-
tained an intention of offering himself as a candidate,
whenever a vacancy should occur. Whether the
worthy Baronet will now come publicly forward, and
solicit the honour at the hands of the freeholders,
will be known in a few days. It will be remem-
bered, that, at a dinner given, a few months ago, in
the Town-hall, by the late Mayor, to Mr. Huskisson
and other gentlemen, the Hon. E. 0. Stanley an-
nounced, in the course of a speech which he deli-
vered on that occasion, that his highest ambition was
to represent his native county in Parliament, and that
it was his intention to offer himself as a candidate
on the first fitting opportunity. Mr. Stanley is, un-
doubtedly, one of the most promising young states-
men of the day, and bids fair to act a prominent part
in public affairs. We question, however, whether the
freeholders would be willing to see the representa-
tion of the county monopolized by two members of
the House of Derby. Lord Stanley, the member for
Preston's father, has for several years enjoyed the
high honour to which his son Row aspires; and we
are pretty certain, powerful as the Derby interest is
iu this county, that father and son would not be per-
mitted to engross the whole representation in their
own hands. Of the two candidates whose names
we have mentioned, we are inclined to think that Sir
Thomas Hesketh will have the best chance of suc-
cess when the period of election shall arrive. It is
probable, however, that Mr. Nowell or LW. Hulton
may compete with the worthy Baronet for the post
of honour, and that a contest for the representation of
the county may take place at the next general election.
On whomsoever the choice of the freeholders may
ultimately fall, it is evident, that the commercial and
the manufacturing classes ought to support the can-
didate who, by talent, bv experience, and commercial
knowledge, is best qualified to represent the most
important manufacturing and mercantile county in
the kingdom. A mere country gentleman is not fit
to fill so responsible a situation in the present en-
lightened age. One of the representatives of Lan-
cashire should belong either to the manufacturing or
to the commercial interest, especially as Manchester,
the greatest manufacturing town in the world, does
not, by one of those strange anomalies in our anoma-
lous representative system, enjoy the privilege of
having a representative of her own. We trust,
therefore, that the merchants of Liverpool and the
manufacturers of Manchester will not lose any time
before they fix their eyes on a candidate whose zeal,
business, habits, and commercial and economical
knowledge may qualify him to discharge the duties
of the high station to which they have the power of
elevating him with honour to himself and satisfaction
to his constituents.—Liverpool