The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-27 00:00:00

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STSMWM.T. AND L A MBTOX. '
TO THE EANTOR OP THE STATESMAN.
Sta,—A reconciliation bat, it seems, taken plaee
between the leading' IVAig of the county of Durham.
J. G. ',scabies), Esq., and the leadina• Tarp Lord
Stewart. The Editor of a Newcastle Newspaper has
veatured to call this reconciliation '• disgraceful to
both parties." which remark Mr. Lunhton has noticed
in an angry letter, which has appeared in the Old
Times, and the editor of his own paper, the Dilatant
Citionicle, has employed all his wit in defence of his
patron.
Now at first right this dispel, appears of very little
consequence. The quarrels or kindness of these men,
notoithstasnling their riches and their connexions,
cannot effect the approaching crisis of the baronets
system. Yet within the immediate circle of their in-
fluence this coalition has produced most important
consequences, and bar phang-A the populoea town of
Sunderland into a state of enpeeredented distress.
The proprietors of the coa4 mines npon she Tyne•
have, as is well known, been lone permitted to COM-
BINE for the impose of fixing the price of coals.
These privileged gentry lately agreed to dissolve ;heir
combination, and the consequence was that the price
of coals upon the Tyne immediately fell. Sash, how-
ever, has not been the case upon the There
most of the coal mines belong to Lord Stewart and
Mr. Lambtion. The former positively refuses to lower
the price of his coals in revenge, it is said, upon the
inhabitants of Sunderland, who always receive Isis
Lordships smiles and eottifescestions very. ungra-
ciously: and the latter gentleman is too Immoveable-
and polite to take precedence of his new friend in al-
tering the price of his coals. The Sunderland coal
vessels, therefore, now sail past their port, and pro-
ceed to Shields, where a cargo, I underitsud, can be
procured at' a ieductioo of six shillings per chaidron.
The port of Sunderland seems to be absolutely in a
state of blockade, and all trade is completely at a
stood. •

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This conduct of the great leading men in the North
is very 'and might be amusing if it did not pro-
duce such serloos eonseqnsu'ies, for they will be cooa•
great as they are, to yield to circumstance.,
and to fellow the example of their neighbours.
wish that -Mr. Lambton would explain this bn.iness.
I have-stated it as every body in Sunderland, with
whom I have conversed, stated it to me. Hit popula-
rity, 1 can assure him,. is lowering rapidly; for the
people of Suiderit nal %Mak themselves not.otree !teeto-
tally repaid for all their rbeers and rej.iicinga when-
ever their political idol appeared. This is enrOja,
subject more worthy of his attention than the hx,stily
rep d opinion of a (cartel -Newspaper Bditot,
is remarkable only as being " neither find norllesA.".
• • • ..Ant Osssavam.
,
Noweastlo-upoo-Tyne, May • •
Calcutta 'pipers to the 16th of December; have sr.
rived, which contain advice. from the settlement of
Sincapore, to the 4th of November, denoting_ the i
state of 10.4r0d0 iu that goal ter. Mr. • Mortals, a
tuerclmat Inf•Sineapore, bad recently Ireturuei• from a
voyage to Siam, and brought very favosrable account
if the disposition of the Klieg of Siam,' itinardi ilie
ienlement. It was feared, however, that the co.aV
alercial inteitmarse with that country would' not, for
that season, be on a large scale, in consequence both
of the failure to a certain degree of the crops, and
from the ravages of the cholera mor6ea among the
lower orders. 'f he trade with the island of Borneo
bad experienced a very great increase, scarcely - any
of the vessels from thence having passed overto-11a-
larca, or to Penang, but giving the preference waiver-
sally to Sineapors.

gamin from the Madras Goverment Gazette,' dated
the 18:b of December, 1891 :—" It is our painful
duty to record the death of another of his Majesty's
Judges in India. The lion. Sir W.D. Beans, Re-
corder of Bombay, died on the sth instant, after a
very abort illness. Thus the Bench at the Sister Pre-
sidency has again lost its only Judge."
CONSUMPTION or Bczn.—Mr. Crisp Brown, a public.
spirited minter, of Norwich, has thus addressed the
farmer's in the vicinity of that city, who are laboarieg
ander disadvantiges from the want of a sufficiest con-
sumption of their barley, and those benevolent landlords
who wish to see a general consumption of Beer amongst
their labourers:—" f have now manufactured as much
malt as I shall want this season for my regular connec-
tions. Bat If you wish to supply your labourers with
malt at a cheap rate, 1 will continue to work my hones:
and as ) can manufacture as much in one week as will
supply six thousand labourers for a month, at one bushel
each, the additional consumption of your barley will
not be ibconsiderable. The present ready money price
of malt is 6s. 1 propose to let you have it at si. per
bushel (reedy money) for the use of your labourers
at the rate of one bushel per mouth for each up to M'i
chaelmas, provided yon charge them only 4s. per bushel,
and give me orders on or before Saturday the Ist of
June, for the quantity you may require. This plan will
enable the labourer to obtain good ale at a cheaper rate
than he paid for it in 1792, and with only the small se-
crifice of three pence per week, or one halfpenny per
day on your part ; and which will, I trust, be amply re-
paid by the additional labour you will obtain from him
by this stimulus."
We feel an anxious wish to call the attention of our
readers to an Advertisement in a preceding column,
respecting a Theatrical Benefit which takes place on
Wednesday next, at Covent Garde. Theatre. The oh-
ject is one which is singularly calculated to gratify the
feelings of
1 aid of the Funds of the WESTIMIN PHILANTHROPIC
INSTITUTION, which is a Charity of great merit and
utility. It owes its origin to the benevolent stifles-
tion of au individual. This person, and his first
coadjutors, were respectable tradesmen, and they
were not more than twenty in number. But so
active was their zeal in the cause they espoused,
the relief of Me necessitous and deserviag Poor, that
it was not long before the Society attracted the notice
of persons of high rank, who are now Members of it.
We are sincerely sorry our limits do not permit us to
give some of the many interesting eases (which are
now before us) of relief afforded by this Institution.
They are all of a nature to warrant the warm praise
we are willing to bestow upon it. The rules of this
Society provide most carefully for the proper appli-
cation of its funds, insomuch that we believe It is no.
practicable for fraud to obtain any share of them.
This is a feature of incalculable importance ; for, per-
haps, hal the fonds of charitable institutions are
'wasted on unworthy objects.