The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAxEretook the Chair at Twelve o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to, — East Lothian Central Railway (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company) Bill. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (for Branches to the River Dee; Agreement for Joint Station at Shrews bury; Power to subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway) Bill. Torquay Market Bill. THIRD READING. The Louth Markets and Improvements Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Mr. TIIORNELY presented a petition from the officers of a poor-law union: in favour of the establishment of a superannuation fund. Lord HILL presented a petition in favour of the Pro tection to Women Bill. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from ti e spirit dealers of Dublin, praying for al ilterAion in tt e Excise laws. Mr. WADDINGTON presented a petition in favour of the Protection to Women Bill. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Live:- pool against the increase of beer shops. DROPPED ORDERS. The dropped notices and orders of the day were post poned till after the other orders. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE moved that the order for the Committee on the Municipal Corporations (Ire land) Bill be discharged; and that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, consisting of Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. Christy, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Hans Hamilton, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, and Mr. Bellew—Agreed to. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for considering the Bill as amended, Mr. NAPIER moved the insertion of the following clause:—" And be it enacted, that when any rate for the relief of the poor shall be made after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful to commence any proceeding for the recovery of any arrear thereof against any per son not primarily liable to pay the same, unless within the period of two years next after the making and pub- lishing of the said rate." Sir G. GREY said Government had no objection to its introduction. It was accordingly passed through its various stages, and ordered to be added to the Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the insertion u of the follow ing clause : —" Wher e as an Act . waspatssedinthn Act e7t c h t year of her present Majesty's rez e n t' in for the more effec tiied_ , A for the further amendment of a an il h tual Relief of the destitute Poor ltPoohriny of Ireland,' provision was made or the immediate inlvhieh Act lessors f for the whole ratesin place of the occupiers in certain cases of the value of rateable property; be it enacted, that so much of the said recited Act as provides, that whenever the net annual value of the whole of the rate able hereditaments in eny union occupied by any person or persons shall not exceed four pounds, the rate in re spect of such property shall be made on the immediate lessor, be repealed, except as to anything heretofore done or now pending under thia Act." No man who was a pauper ought to contribute to the rate. A poor law should be considered in the light of a friendly so ciety, to which everybody who could must contribute; and the House having determined to continue the quarter•acre clause, it was only just and fair to couple it with the provision he now proposed. No tenement ought to be expr, asly exempted from the payment of the rates, but they should rather leave it to the board of guardians to decide upon the necessity of each application for individual exemption. Sir L. O'BRIEN seconded the clause. Mr. W. FAGAN opposed the clause on the ground that it would le a d to much mischief. Sir J. YOUNG also opposed the clause. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH thought it highly desirable that all classes of landholders should have an interest in the economical working of the poor-law, or else they might have persons claiming relief who were in a state of comparative prosperity. Now, the only lia bl way e to give th em that rate was to make them to contribute to the rates, and, der those circumstances, he should support the clauseun . Mr. J. HA MILTON suggested that it would be better to reduce the amount of holding to which the clause should apply. Mr. P. SCROPE observed that if they threw the rate on the landlord it induced him to evict; while, if it were imposed on the small holder it could not be collected. In dealing, th ere f ore, w i th the clause they ought to act with more caution. Sir G. GREY said a large proportion of the rates new collected were contributed by the landlord, and in Pasting a clause like this they ought to be c are f u l t h at t hey did no t sacrifice that amount of rate.—(H ear , " e ar.) He was not prepared to say the Govern ment would altogether object to any modification of this clause, but they certainly could not consent to go the length proposed by the Hon. Member for Rochdale. Sir 1). NORREYS calculated that 9,000 lessors at present paid rates, and it would be a serious thing it they passed a clause which should get rid of that amount of liability. It was another thing whether they should give the boards of guardians some discretion in cases demanding exemption, but he certainly could not support this clause. Mr. SADLEIR would oppose the clause if be could bring himself to think with the Right Honourable Baronet th e S ecretary for the Home Department that lessors of these small holdi He, however, knew that the the rates want of some efficacious mea means d o i f ridg simply r sn e o c t o p v a e id ri ng the vi e rvra the and as the existing law seemed to encourage wholesale . evictions, he could not do otherwise than give his support to a motion f,,r its partial repeal. Colonel THOAP SON said it appeared to him that the evil on one side was more immediate than on the other, and he should oppose the proposal. The diffi culty of repealing the clause would be far greater than that of preserving it. Mr. AIONSELL gave it as his opinion that, if they passed the clause, it would have the effect of utterly ex tinguishing the poor-law in the western unions of Ire land. After a few words from Mr. HARRIS, Mr. SCULLY said he certainly would support the motion, unless it were accompanied by some plan for compromising the payment of the rates between the landlord and ten , nt. Mr. O'FLABERTY said that he should vote fcr thi, clause, for the very some reason that induced the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken to oppose it. Colonel DUNNE had been surprised to hear the Honourable Member for Limerick say that h© pre. ferred the collecting of the rates to the inte rest of the poor. This clause had been debated upon in Committee, and, as far as ho could see, that Committee had b een o f little use, as very few of the recommenda tions had been attended to here. The valuation of Ire land was 13,000,0001., and, according to calculations which had been made, 10,000,000/. of this were not paid; The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to a letter in yesterday's Times which had confirmed all the state ments made by him in that llouse. There was also another letter, he meant the manifesto published by the L ord - Lieutenant of Ireland, and which he could not de precate in too strong terms. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN proposed that all tenements valued under 11, and not containing more than a quarter of an acr., should be exempt f;om poor -rate. Lord J. RUSSELL said this was a question of great d.ffieulty. Ile thought that two great evils :would arise from the repeal of the clause which exist( d in the Act of Parliament, one of which would be that a much loss sum would be collected for the relief of the Poor, and another that there would be a greater risk of collision in collecting the rates. After a few words from Mr. J. O'CONNELL, Mr. S. CRAWFORD replied. The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared-- For the clause ••• Against it ... "' Majority (LEFT SITTING.) ... 25 ... 55 - 30 .ER MAJESTY'S TIIEATR E .—I Iis Royal High ness th e P r i nce Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), attended by the Chevalier Colonna, honoured the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with his presence. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Earl and Countess of Desart, the Earl Caw t or, Lord and they Lad Lascelles, Mrs. Campbell, andpar party. Amongst visitors were —his Grace the Duke Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland end Lady Augusta Paulet, his Excellency the Russian 0- Minister, the Princess Scherbuttoff, Madame de Chrap _ witky the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Ileadfort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies th e Mar q uis the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Done gal, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excel lency the Danish Minister, the Countess Reventlow and the Countesses Hilda an d Malvina de Reventlow, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Colloredo, his Excellency the Neapolitan Ambassador, lkinscExcellency the Minister of Costa Rica, his PrinceExcel -I,y the Minister from the Argentine Republic, the rok and Mdlle. de Zafavoileska, the Earl of Pem b e, the Earl of Bective, the Earl B the Earl of Munster, the Earl of L,onsdale General rescoff, the Viscount Exmouth, the t S ei litz the r t e' Prince d'Ab- Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Ca Baronessterbur he Visco' unt Emlyn, the Viscount Cantilueeinthe Viscount Anson, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount S merton the Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Templeton, Lord°Ward, ' Lord Sandys, Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Paget, Lord George Gordon bennox, Lord Saltoun Mr. and Lady Jane Repton, Lady Flower, Lady Fremantle, Lady Lesford, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Count do Berke, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Wood ford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, i s R i c Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., Sir Thos. Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady Howard and Miss Howard, Sir Philip Arland, Bart, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir H. Willoughby, Bart., Sir Seymour Sadler, Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, Baron de Cazes, Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bart T. the Cheva lier Drouett, Lady Thynne, the lion. T. Baring, the Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Sir F. Gage, Lady Moleswortb, the Baron Guerlach ,e M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Mr. J. Sadleir, M.P., Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Ilt Conway Seymour, Mr. Bnjamin Hawes, M.P., and hire. Hawes, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. H. Broadley M.P , Lieutena n t -C o l onel Ellis, kr. W. D e l a fi eld Xt., Mr. and 111:s. Tudo r , M ajor But k'ey, li '44/11rY Singlet9U and Dues Singleton._, TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. We are rejoiced to find the contributions to this in teresting Testimonial—this tribute of sympathy and admiration from England to Hungary—beginning in earnest to flow in more freely from all quarters. To those who have already advanced to aid the cause of the Magyars through the medium of the heroic refugees in this country, we do here again and again renew, on their part, our cordial expres sions of gratitude. Though the Government be silent, let the people of England speak for them selves through the Hungarian Testimonial. Let each one with a heart that beats with the love of freedom, proffer at least some mite by way of evidencing his sincerity. Let every man who abhors tyranny, whether as exercised over himself or over bis neighbour, blend his voice, through the medium of the subscription list, with those generous persons who have already eagerly pressed forward into the van of this benevolent movement. Among the numerous letters which we have received upon this subject from all directions (only one or two of which letters we have been enabled to find room for in our co lumns), there is not one in which we do not re cognize a sympathy which it is hardly ne cessary to say that we, as journalists, most fully and deeply reciprocate. Some, however, there are which have singularly touched us, and these (without depreciating the munificence of other contributors) have, in several instances, been amongst the smallest amounts forwarded for acceptance—the copper and silver scraped together by the honest hands of toil, and offered, as the Irish would say, " with a heart and a half !" We thank them, all and each, and trust that their thrice-laudable, because early, efforts may act as incitements and as objects of emulation to those who in heart are not one jot less generous. Let the progress of the Testimonial be only proportioned to its com mencement, and we shall find no reason for anxiety. Let us all labour in the common cause, the cause of Liberty, and let us labour (to employ a fine old sea phrase) with a will! and the result will in some de gree be commensurate with our aspirations. At the urgent request of many of our readers and subscribers we shall reprint—if possible in to-morrow evening's Sun—the leading article which appeared in The Sun of Tuesday, in which we first made the suggestion of the Hungarian Testimonial. Those who were prevented by circumstances from perusing that article on the evening of its publication will by that means be enabled to see in what the proposition originated. One correspondent signing himself " C. D. J.," of Kingsland•road, has opened a penny subscription in that neighbourhood, the sum of which is intended to swell the aggregate of the Testimonial. His plan is not unworthy of imitation. As to the inquiry put to us by this correspondent, he will find an answer to it in the subjoined sentence _ _ All further contributions should be transmitted as heretofore to The Sun Office, under cover, to " The Editor." ..4X5 0 ... 1 0 Subscriptions already received : Lord Nugent ... -- A Friend, by Lord Nugent ... Edward Hill ... 1 0 Philo-Magyar 0 2 From a Few Chartists 0 5 From a Few Carpet-makers, Borough-road ... 0 3 Joseph Collins ... 0 2 Cantabrigiensis... 1 0 W. D., a Labourer ... 0 2 F. R. B. (from a Few Friends of Freedom)... 1 0 Edward Clayton J. 8., Deansgate, Manchester 2 0 Dsleth, Cheltenham ... 0 10 Randolph Oxley Mr. Sandman and a few other of Mr. Oxley's friends D. Bertollini 1 1 A Democrat 0 5 A Templar ... 0 2 S. W., a Working Upholsterer ... 0 1 11. V., ditto ... o o Captain Young James Stetyer, Hyde, Isle of Wight 1 5 Philo-Magyar the Second ... 010 A Clerk John Wilson ... 1 10 A Republican 0 2 Baritono A Few Lovers of Freedom ... 0 ,3 By Lord Nugent, from Francis Mowatt, Esq., M.P. ... ... A Hater of Tyranny ... J. H. ... J. S. ... An Old Soldier ... Some Friends of Hungary ... Friends of Hungary ... 5 0 0 ... 0 5 0 .• ... 1 0 0 .. 5 0 0 .•• ••• ••• ..• . ... 1 0 0 ... 3 12 4 ... ... ... 0 16 0 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Sympathising deeply with the cause of the Hungarians, and not willing to believe that the Times represents the feelings of any considerable number of Englishmen, however it may succeed in misleading their judgment, I beg to offer you my hearty thanks for suggesting a subscription for the Hungarians at Folk stone, and enclose 51. as my contribution. Hoping that the subscriptions may become general enough to show that the moral sense of England is not asleep,—l remain, Sir, &c., J. S. London, July 6. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Hungarian Ia responding Hussars whoyour h eloquent appeal a d p u p p e o a n l o o n u rb coast ehal f of S th i e ß loversalf Austria,o of theallow heroic m e f t o r o e m x p t r h e e s sr,aonnk beh e o f ß a u f s e s w i a n fr i v e a n s d a a s. ] and noble Hungarian nation, our sympathy with theta and their cause, and may the day soon come when they shall have won with their own right hands the freedom of their fatherland. That they are the champions of ci vilization none will deny ; that they have proved them selves worthy of the high honour to which they aspire none will dispute. Justice and truth are with them, and may they soon succeed in repelling the foreigner who is attempting to enslave them. Their only crime is the most exalted of all virtues—the desire of becoming a nation of freemen—and, having unfurled the flag of liberty and progress, they are subjected to hordes of barbarian serfs, under the sanction and control of that curse of knowledge, truth, and civilization, Nicholas, the representative of slavery, absolutism, feudal darkness, and misery. May the cause of Hungary be felt by every lover of freedom in this land to be his cause, and look upon the Hungarians as brothers, and may we be actuated by an active sympathy on behalf of the noble men who have landed upon our coast, and may they soon return to their native land, bearing with them proofs of our love and sympathy; and may they soon join the armies of their countrymen, and descend to the battle field armed with the knowledge that the sym pathies and best wishes of England and of Englishmen are with them in their struggles. May their arms never tire, nor their bodies faint whilst a - single invader is left in the land of their birth, or the body of a foe curses (by his presence) their fair valleys, or pollutes the pure air of their mountain homes. I enclose you the sum of 41. 125., collected from a few friends, for the Hungarian Hussars at Folkstone, and trust that every town in England will show their sym pathy, and through them for their country, and of a consequence, a hatred of Russian despotism and Austrian servility in calling for the aid and assistance of the great monster of the north, the representative of all that is degrading to the image of God —man, his creature. I am, Sir, yours most obediently, EDWARD CLAYTON. 50, West Parade, Huddersfield, July 5, 1849. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg to enclose five shillings for the " glorious men" at Folkstone, which I wish were as many hundreds. I most sincerely thank you for your notico of them, and am sure thousands who have neither time nor oppor tunity to write have as grateful f ee li ngs as myself. Wi s hi ng them speedily in th e i r own country to aid ga llant Kossuth and Bern against the" execrable Cur," I am, respectfully, July 4, 1849. A DEMOCRAT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your frequent appeals in behalf o f f ree d om, justice, and humanity, are alike honourabl e to your talent, your principles, and your feelings. I am not rich, and can ill afford to bestow gifts, except t o t h e poor around me; and my religious principles are against my taking any part in political contests or worldly wars. But every mite given to a suffering Hungarian is a voice in favour of civil and religious liberty; and, as my Lord and Master denounced spiritual wickedness in high places, and predicted the final overthrow of all earthly domination and oppression, I feel justified in lifting my humble voice against despotism, intolerance, and devil ism, whether it be found on our own bench of Bishops, or in the grasping ambition and cruelties of Continental despots. Accept, therefore, for the poor Hungarians the enclosed half-sovereign.—Yours, &c., Cheltenham, July 5. DALETH. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—The quarterly statement of the Revenue published last night may possibly alarm the hasty or uninformed reader. The chief figures, as compared with the corresponding quarter last year, exhibit a consider able falling off, which, however, admits of a satisfactory explanation. On the Customs of the quarter there is a decrease of 319,0551., more than accounted for by the reduction of duties on sugar and on corn. On the Ex cise of the quarter thtre is a decrease of 453,2011., owing to various causes well known to the public. The post ponement of the hop duty accounts for 180,0001. The inferior quality of the last barley crop for brewing pur poses, and the conseqvent falling off in malt duties, may be set down at 200,0001. To this must be added, that, in consequence of the warehousing system, spirits now only pay duty when they enter into consumption. This may be put at 20,0001. The six minor branches of the ordinary revenue exhibit an increase on the quarter ; stamps, 62,0571., denoting a greater amount of mercan tile transactions; taxes, 20,5971.; property-tax, 44,8391.; Post-office, 60,0001.; Crown lands, 30,0001. ; miscella neous, 60,9131. Two of these items call for remark. The apparent increase in the Post-office is chiefly ex plained by the circumstance that the quarter ending July 5, 1848, was charged with the payment of some ex traordinary arrears. The property-tax, too, of that quar ter was affected by the numerous bankruptcies and other disasters of 1847. We have spoken only of the quarterly comparison and the ordinary revenue. On running over the figures in comparison, and deducting from the two items of decrease the six minor items of increase, the net decrease on the quarter is found to be 493,8501. Of this decrease we will once more observe that it is far less than what might justly have been expected from our late sweeping remissions, and from the postponements of duty we have referred to. Passing on from the quarterly to the yearly comparison, it is obvious that a review of the last eight quarters can present no features of novelty to the reader. He is already aware that during the year ending Lady-day, 1849, as much as 950,0001. was raised upon the imports of corn, against a nominal duty in the previous year. He is also aware that the same year ex hibited a very large decrease in the stamp duties, owing to the timely but disastrous collapse of speculation. Both these facts aro prominently denoted in the table before us. Under their counteracting influences the ordinary revenue of the year just past exhibits an increase of 668,551/. For the additional results obtained by taking into account such extraordinary items as China money, Imprest and other moneys, and Repayment of Advances, we must refer our readers to the table itself. They happen this year to balance one another with unusual exactness, leaving the increase on the year, as well as the decrease on the quarter, very much the same as they find it. Half a million of revenue minus on the quarter, though ex plained ever so much to the public satisfaction, is a fact which demands something more than explanation. We have sacrificed it deliberately and wisely; but how does the nation propose to meet the sacrifice? This intro duces us to the great financial question which it devolved upon Government to settle in February, 1848, and which has been once more obtruded on their notice this year. Last year Ministers proposed to cover increased ex penses, new loans, and free trade, with an additional income-tax. Beaten out of this, they undertook a re duction of expenditure. In virtue of the Parliamentary understandings entered into last year, a diminished revenue ought now to be balanced by a diminished ex penditure. We are happy to say that it is so in fact. The expenditure of the year has been less than that of the preceding by 766,4601., consisting chiefly of the reductions efft cted in the two last quarters; and as new economical arrangements are coming into operation, there is no reasonable doubt that, though we are surrendering the resources of the Exchequer for the public relief, we are not doing this at the expense of posterity. To remit taxes and retain the expenditure would indeed be " burning the candle at both ends." We are not doing this, nor is there any reason why we should, unless we are provoked or en trapped into war, when we should probably think some hundreds of millions a cheap price for national honour. From the last returns of the Board of Trade, of which we yesterday gave an analysis in our "City Intelligence," our exports and imports show a steady and equal im provement; and although that improvement is by com parison with a period of unexampled depression, yet even the present circumstances of this country and of an in Europe are lcB n r4 o e t :e o, so t favourable as we hope they will soon exportsbo.hT thathe exports of the month ending last June 5 exhi bitedatahecoammpoaurnetdofw6isthmth43eLcorrAesspiotnidsibnyg month of sa we purchase imports, and as soon or late there must be a balance between the two, it is unneces sary to say th a t, i n t h e present healthy and r te i i form state of commerce, imports are a l so i ncreas i ng. turns of corn -and flour, provisions, th e raw mate rialsreof manufacture, comforts and luxuries, indicate an increased demand, a revival of trade, and a rising exchequer. Re cent experience has given us just reason to suspect any sudden excess either of imports or of exports as apt to eni in bankruptcy here or elsewhere. We are now going on safely enough, and we see no reason to doubt the Chancellor of the Exchequer's hope of a progressive re venue sufficient to fill up the temporary chasms made by our recent legislation. CHRONICLE.—We this morning lay before our readers the official abstract of the Revenue Returns for the year and quarter ending the sth instant ; and we proceed to offer a brief summary of the leading results afforded by the usual tabular comparison between the year and quarter just expired and those which termi nated on the sth July, 1848. The Return of the past year's revenue exhibits, as compared with that of the preceding one, an increase of 726,4831.—the whole of which, with the exception of somewhat less than 60,0001., has accrued, it will be seen, independeatly of extraordinary sources of income, such as China money and repayments of advances. This aggregate increase of 726,483/. being 668,5511. on the '1 otal Ordinary Revenue of the year—is made up of the following items: —On the one hand, there is an increase in the Customs (notwithstanding the expiration of the corn duties on the 31st of January), of 921,7861.; in the Taxes, of 32,7971.; in the Post-office, of 62,0001.; and under the heads, " Crown Lands" and " Miscellaneous," of 59,0001. and 54,1581. respectively. On the other hand, the year's Excise shows a de crease of 66,3201. while the Stamps have fallen off to the amount of 345,7001., and the Property tax has declined 49,1701. The quarterly comparison yields a less satisfactory result. For the quarter ending the sth instant, as compared with that ending the sth July, 1848, we find an aggregate decrease of 468,5461. —which, if we lay out of view an accidental increase of about 25,0001. arising from extraordinary sources, swell to a loss, for the three months, on the Total Or dinary Revenue, of no less than 493,850/. The follow ing are the particular items of this portion of the return before us. Under the head of Customs we find a decline of 319,0551.—whi1e the Excise has diminished to the extent of 453,2011. It will, however, be recollected that, as regards the first of these important branches of reve nue, the expiration of the corn duties completely falsifies any discouraging inference that may be drawn from a superficial comparison between the two quarters; and with respect to the Excise, the postponement of the collection of the hop duties will alone account for a large part of the apparent diminution. To set against these two heads of decrease, we have an increase for the quarter in every branch of the Ordinary Revenue. The particulars of this increase are as follow :—Stamps, 62,0571.; Taxes, 20,5971 ; Property -tax, 44,8391. ; Post-office, 60,0001.; Crown Lands, 30,0001.; and Miscellaneous, 60,913/. We need scarcely remark that two at least of the preceding items —viz., Stamps and Post-office—are only inferior to im portance to the Customs and Excise, as indicative of the activity of trade and the general condition of the people. We may take a future occasion for endeavour lug to elucidate more fully the practical import of the above facts and figures. For the present we leave them to be pondered over by the reader —merely remarking that, while the less agreeable portions of the preceding, disclosures are o b v i ous l y re f era bl e , in the main, to spe cial or temporary causes, the leading items on the " in crease, ' side of the account will admit of no such expla nation, but evidently indicate permanent and normal tendencies t owar d s a progress i ve d eve l opmen t of our industrial energies and financial resources. HERALD.—The Quarterly Abstract of the Public Revenue has scarcely ever been a pleasing or satisfactory document since the introduction of free-trade principles. In the present instance, while the large sums received as duty on corn, in the last six months of 1848, make the whole year wear a prosperous aspect—the appareu in- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUJ.Y. SIR,—I trust that your generous correspondent "Can tabrigiensis" will consult more trustworthy authorities than some of the German papers; I am sure, if he does so, he will cease to identity the Hungarian with the " Red Republican" cause. I enclose my mite for the gallant Hungarians, and Wish them success in their glorious struggle—alas against fearful odds.—Yours, obediently, July 5. A TEMPLAR. By checking the flight of expectation, we cheat disappointment of its pain. —Eliza Cook's Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1849, THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JULY 5, 1849. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of July, 1848, and sth of July, 1849,, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 . QUARTERS ENDED YEAR i i Year ended July 5. 'Quarter ended July 5. ended I ,-----_______,, , ended ,--, ,-.---„A-----, ---- Oct. 10, ' Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, :July 5, 1847 1848 1848 1848 1848 1848 1849 1849 1849 1849 Increase. Decrease. Increase. /Decrease. - - £ £ £1 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Customs .... .. ........ 4,936,644 4,111,862 4,392,650 4,447,832 . 17,888,9.'S 5,406,413 4,682,395 4,593,119 4,128,777 18,810,774 Customs .•• •• 921,786 •• • • •• • • 319,055 Excise --.....• .. • . • . 3,539,946 3,246,883 2,002,601 3,473,803 12,263,233 4, i 02,574 3,253,162 1,820,575 3,020,602 12,196,913 Excise Stamps ... .... .••• • • • . 1,707,945 1,564,855 1,618,668 1,557,640 6,449,108 1,461,942 1,472,598 1,549,171 1,619,697 6,103,408 Stamps .•••• • • • • • .... 345,700 62,057 •• .. Taxes ................ 213,885 1,914,783 143,902 2,034,133 4,306,703 215,656 1,921,013 148,101 2,054,730 4,339,500 1 Taxes .•.•••. . . • • • • 32,797 •• • • 20,597 •• .. Property Tax 1,918,645 4 4 12,567 2,041,640 984,401 5,411,253 1,892,890 424,434 2,011,519 1,033,240 5,362, , 83 Property Tax- •• .. •. • • 49,170 44,839 .... Post-office -. ...... .... 222,000 208,000 221,000 136,000 787,000 221,000 198,000 234,000 196,000 849,000 Post-ofllce .-•• • • • • 62,000 •• • • 60,000 .... Crown Lands ••••• • • • • . .. 40,000 21,000 10,010 71,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 40,000 130,000 Crown Lands -- • • 59,000 .. • • 30,000 .... Miscellaneous •••• • • • . 73,126 11,746 56,307 9,227 150,496 13,923 21,709 98,792 70,140 204,564 Miscellaneous • ... . • 54,158 •• .. 60,913 .. .. --- - Total Ordinary Revenue 12,612,191 11,560,696 10,497,765 12,657,036 47,327,691 13,334,468 12,003,311 10,495,277 12,163,186 47,996,242 Total .. .. .• • • 1,129,741 461,190 278,406 772,256 China Money •• • • .. . • • • .. 455,021 .. 455,021 .. 84,284 .. 84,284 , China Money ...... 370,737 .. .. .... .... Imprest Moneys, &c. • • 43,537 30,614 24,452 168,600 267,203 108,437 123,895 204,361 109,875 606,568 Imprest Moneys, &c. 339,365 •• • • •• • . 58,724 ----- 1 8 . 3 . 0 - ,980 Repayments otAdvances 187,486 74,048 74,138 86,813 422,485 112,605 140,695 87,648 170,841 511,789 Repay T m ot t ai sof . - . 1 . (1: - . n . c . s.. 1 , 55 8 8 9 :4 30 10 4 r 1 DeductB3 I . ,9 . 2 . 7 i 3D6 81,028 8 4 t Total Income - 12,843,214 11,665,358 11,051,379 12,912,449 48,472,400 '13,615,510 12,352,185 10,787,286 12,443,9021 I -, Amount applied to Con- 1 1 - solidated Fund* -..- ! 8,236,066 7,010,559 5,950,232 6,818,019 28,020, 8 76 7,230,426 8,974,147 5,897,300 7,220,278 29,322,151362,434 8 31,927 / Decrease Increase Ditto, as Advances .....1 398,084 340,830 149,059 231,111 1,119,084 428,746 184,380 185,554 393,077 1,191,757 Ditto, as Ways & Means 5 . Increase Decrease i of the Year ••• • • • ••.. , 5,126,232 4,859,744 4,946,008 i 5,863,319 20,825,383 5,956,338 3,193,658 ' 4,70 4 , 432 4,830,517 18,684,975 726,483 on on the 468,546 - - - 1 the Year. Quarter. Total. •• . • 13,760,332 12,241,133 11,051,379 1 12,912,449 I 49,965,343 113,615,510 12,352,185 10,787, 286 12,443,90.-, 49,198,883 • Exclasive of Advances and iuclusive of Loan. 13,615,510 Exclasiye 12,352,185 of Adyance! 10,787,286 s and iuclusi INCOME. Customs .• ......... Excise • ... Stamps . Property Tax . ... Post-office ........... ..... .......... Crown Lands..... Miscellaneous••••• ........ ......... Imprest and other Moneys • • •• • •.... Produce of the sale of Old Stores .. Repayments of AslntliCee.•• No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1848, and the sth July, 1819. Quarters ended July 5. CHARGE. Permanent Debt 04 •• of ea e• ••• •• .• r• Terminable Annuities ............................................. .. ................. Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .•................... Sinking Fund ..... ....... . . - ..... •••••••••• ...... •••• . The Civil List •• ••••••................... Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund •• •••• •• •• ••••••• • • • ' • • ........ '• • • .. •.. •• •• •• • •• •• •• •• • ....... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• For Advances ........ • ....... • ..... ....... • • • • "• •• • • '• • "• " ' • •• '' " • • '• • • '• '• ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • Total Charge •••• •• • • • .• The iurplus • • • • • . . • ...• .• • ... The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the Charge on the Consol 5, 1849, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the c The Amount issued in the Quarter ended July 5, 1849, In part of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1849 ..... The probable Amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the Charge o ended July 5, 1849 .. .• • . • ••• • • ..... •••••••• • • • • • • • • ... lidated Fund, for the Quarter ended April itarter ended July 6, 1849. ...... • • • .. Sums granted by Parliament out of the al the Consolidated Fund fur the Quarter crease being 726,4831.—the darker side of the picture appears the moment we look at the quarter's account— on which there is a decrease of 468,5461. But compari sons with the last year, we are continually reminded, are unfair and delusive, inasmuch as the state of the conti nent during 1848 very greatly injured trade. Let us the❑ avoid this, and rather compare the quarter just closed with the same quarter of 1847, in which period none of the continenal troubles had broken out. The comparison between the two quarters--that ending on July 5, 1847, and that just closed, will exhibit the fol lowing results:— Customs Excise ... Stamps ... 1847. £4,519,119 3,291,052 1,869,464 2,075,801 1,036,517 215,000 1849. £4,128,777 3,020,602 1,619,697 Taxe; :... ... Property-tax ... Post Office ... Crown Lands ... 2,054,730 1,033,240 196,000 40,000 Miscellaneous ... 7,461 70,140 The result, then, is, that after the complete establish ment of the free- trade principle, which, it was pro tested to us, would throw all branches of trade into the greatest activity, we now find that taking the amount of 1847, and comparing it with that of the last quarter, there is a plain and considerable falling off. On the Customs we perceive a reduction on the quarter, of nearly 100,0001. On the Excise, of 270,000/. On Stamps there is a falling off also of 270,0001. On Pro perty Tax, Crown Lands, &c., the reduction is scarcely perceptible. POST.—By the official statement of the Revenue, for the quarter that terminated yesterday, we regret to find that, compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, there is a decrease of 468,5461. The main decrease occurs in the receipts of the Customs and the Excise— the one being generally considered as indicative of a falling off in our foreign trade, and the other of dimi nished consumption at home. A Ministerial evening Contemporary attributes the deficit in the Customs to the loss of the corn duties, and no doubt that circum stance has had its effect. Without the advantage of official inspiration we have ventured for some time past to; foretel this result, and we did not do so without pointing out the remedy for the evil. No matter by what name you may call it, Protection must be re enacted. If it be necessary for tender consciences, de scribe it as for the purposes of revenue merely; but a duty on the importation of corn is inevitable. Nor do we see the difficulty in which her Majesty's present Mi nisters would be involved by such a course. They have on various occasions admitted the principle. Lord John Russell in his place in Parliament, and Lord Pal merston to the electors of Tiverton, expressed their approval of an eight-shilling duty ; Lord Grey, though differing slightly from his colleagues to the amount, equally recognised the principle of an import duty. The state of the revenue and the interests of native industry alike point to this course, and we confess we cannot account for the apparent hesitation in recurring to it. A measure required by the combined necessities of the State and of individuals, and sanctioned in com mon by the two great political parties in the country, is surely one which any Government might feel justified in adopting. And that it will be adopted we have r.o doubt; but there is no time to be lost. The case is one of urgency. That, on the year ending on the sth inst., there should have been, according to the tables now pub lished, an increase, compared with the previous year, of 726,4831., is a fact that in itself shows the advantage accruing to the revenue from an almost nominal duty on corn imported. An eight shilling duty would not only swell the Customs return, but by its salutary effect un the circumstances of individuals it could not fail also to remove the deficiency that is now apparent in the income arising from Excise. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. 5 to 4 on Cranberry. GOODWOOD CUP. 9 to 4 agat Canezou I 4to 1 agst The Hero GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Maid of Masham 16 to 1 agst Remembrance .5 to I agst Firo•eater 20 to 1 agat Collingwood .6 to 1 agst Giselle (taken) DEBBY. 14 to 1 agst Pitsford (t) 30 to 1 apt Blarney 25 to 1 agst Penang 30 to 1 agst Sweetheart 25 to 1 agst Cyprus (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 30 to 1 agstJuhno'Groat(t) (taken) _ DERBY, 1851. 10,000 to 100 each laid agst Ariosto, Ipsus, and Glen. hawk. The Earl of Glasgow is the new steward, in the room of the Earl of Eglinton, whose term expires this meeting. TUURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. To start at the starting-post of 8.M., and run to the end of New T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Sultana, s yrs, Est 131 b (E. Sharp) I Lord Clifden's The Widow, aged, 7st 81b ...(Pearl) 2 Mr. Barnes's Little Charley, 3 yrs, sst 71b (G. Mann) 3 Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Flatman) 4 Mr. W. Arnull's The Lustrum, 7st 41b (Chapple) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Taffrail, 2to 1 agst Little Charley, and 7 to 2 agst The Widow. The Widow made the run ning to the cords, followed by Sultana, Little Charley, and Taffrail; it was then taken up by Sultana, who won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 rain. 19 sec. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Last half of B.M. (29 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry (Templeman) 1 Colonel Peel's Sisyphus (Flatman) 2 Lord Exeter's Cora (Bartholomew) 3 . _ Lord Clifden'a Le Beau ... (Robinson) 0 Mr. Ramsbottom's role Mr. Tilbury's cby Charles 111. out of Cowslip (Sly) 0 Betting-7 to 4 on Cranberry. Cora took the lead, and with Sisyphus, Cranberry, the Cowslip colt, and lola in her track, made strong running to the hill; here she was joined by Sisyphus and Cranberry, and the trio raced home together, the favourite winning, by game ness, by a short head; a head between second and third; Le Beau a bad fourth. Run in 53 aces. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three-yr-old colts, Bst 91b; and fillies, Bst 61b. B.M. The winner to be sold for 3001., if demanded; if entered to be sold for 200 L, allowed 71b; if for 1001., 151 b. ( 5 Subs.) ( 51 1 (c L 7at 71b)(Flatmae) 2 ), 7st 51b (Rodney) 1 Col. Mr. Peel'sDri k a Q I d u ' i s n i S n u e s ( a i n o o L i. 7 7 e s l I t Lord Exeter's Cond4 (1000, 7st Sib Capt. Lowtber's Piccola (1001.), 7st 51b (Cbapple ) 4 Sir S. Spry's Bastilion (1004 7st 81b (Pearl) 5 Betting-6 to son Quinine. The race was entirely between the favourite and Susan Lovell, the latter, who made all the running, winning by a neck. Run in 1 min. 41 secs. _ _ Match, 300, 100 ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. Sandford's Hum phrey, Bst 71b, agst Lord Strathmore's Hood, Bst 21b, off by consent. Match, 100, h ft, New T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Newport, 9st 21b; received forfeit from Mr. Gerard Sturt's Humphrey, 7st 91b. LATEST BETTING ON THE GOODWOOD CUP. 9 to 4 agst Canezou I 9 to 2 agst Tadmor—tkn 4 to 1 agst Hero —taken I 806,028 4,830,546 5,171,616 341,070 464,955 THE PUBLIC AND LIFE ASSU RANCE-EVILS AND REMEDIES. The growth of life assurance from year to year is a matter which your true lover of his country must witness with the utmost gratification. Through its instrumen tality, it is hardly necessary to say, an immense amount of good is accomplished. Whole families, when the heads of them are laid low, are snatched from perdition by the timely stretching forth of its saving hand. Indeed it has become an axiom, that the man who assures his life does his country a service. But unless the assured are satisfied,-beyond the shadow of a doubt, that their policies will be paid to the uttermost farthing when they have passed away —unless the parties with whom they enter into so serious a compact as to provide for their families when their help is withdrawn, whenever that event may occur, are honest and solvent—the con tract is a " mockery, a delusion, and a snare," in the widest acceptation of the term. We will go further and say, if an assurance company, of an excellent plan, and even with good intentions, but badly or extra vagantly managed, deficient in those securities which are absolutely necessary for the proper and honourable carrying on of an assurance business (ready and undoubted means of meeting a maximum of claims), induces parties to assure with it, it commits an offence against society which cannot be too severely reprehended. Tho majority of assurance companies, more especially the ancient ones, would express the ntmost horror if it was proposed to let in the light of day upon their transactions and their profits—their capital and their dividends. Why is this? When a man prates about his great success in business, as these offices do, he is not backward in displaying its nature and amount, his outlay and his profits. Scarcely any of these companies will allow a reporter to attend their meetings; though, in the pursuit of his vocation, he must report to the world the success which the dovetailed statements they issue so loudly proclaim. Suspicion and distrust are ever the natural and inherent consequences of exclusion. We therefore distrust these offices, and conclude that there is something behind the scenes that cannot bear an honest face to look upon it. It is said, and there is some force in the statement, that the proprietors, or members of these corporations, are the only parties interested, and that none, save them, should be present. Why deny your shareholders in the country or abroad the satisfaction of perusing an inde pendent report of the proceedings of a concern in which they have an interest ? But have the general public no interest in the matter? Before a man assures his lire he is bound to know the condition of the parties with whom he may be desirous to make a contract. The question then arises, whether it does not, in such a state of things, become the duty of the State to act paternally over the property of the people committed to its care. And where so much of their money is locked up in assurance companies, has not the State a right to look and see that all is fair ? The supervision of the State extends to concerns rot half so important as assurance companies—companies in which simply the living have an interest; surely the same principle should in justice be applied to those con cerns in which the survivors of the dead—weak, per haps, and inexperienced in the ways of the world— have an interest? Writing rather to the public, and pointing out the great benefits of life assurance, and how much it is the duty of every man to assure his life, than for the edification of the gentlemen connected with assurance companies—not being ambitious to become a petty chatterer of life assurance office gossip, and not being skilled in the use of the common instruments of vituperation, it would be foreign to our present purpose to go into the minute details in our possession, which led us in our last number to lay down the following query for solution in this:—" Is it not probable that the pub lie will look with distrust upon life assurance, in consequence of the gross mismanagement of certain offices, which bring discredit upon others which are reputable in every respect and worthy of the most un bounded confidence?" Indeed it will be sufficient to say that having ample means of becoming acquainted with the doings of certain companies, and knowing that the public were getting acquainted with them, and distrust ful—nay more, that companies of the higher class were likely to be injured by the mismanagement of others, we have felt called upon, for the honour of Life Assu rance, and for the common benefit of all, to demand, in the name of the public, that all assurance companies shall be placed under Government supervision, as much as Joint-Stock or other Banks; that they shall be com pelled to publish quarterly statements of their condition, duly certified; for instance, the number and amount of their shares, the amount that has been paid upon them, the number and gross amount of their policies, how much has been paid upon them, the amount of their loans, and the nature of their securities, surplus, and re serve funds, the claims paid during the quarter, and the amount of dividend. This may appear offensive to many of the companies, and we do not imagine that it would be very palatable, but the majority of them we know would not object to it. It may be urged with llogberry, that " comparisons aro odious;" that com panies with a small but good business would be thereby injured, because they would stand in contrast with larger offices not perhaps realising a very much greater profit in proportion to their business. The joint-stock com panies urged the same argument; but it is obvious that they have not been injured by the publicity which they aro compelled to give to their operations. Publicity of this nature will redound to the credit of your bona fide offices, whilst, on the other hand, it will crumble into dust those of an opposite character—your mere " hand to mouth" societies: we think the cause of providence, economy, thought, and forecast will be served by their extinction. Again, supervision is necessary in order to detect and expose companies started by mere adventurers. Any a ab si l u yn r m n t e a e y soas: start tol informed f p o assurancerromo e f d againstup company,ont h e deceit. lrjanncd S i pultcehhse people are things n lpi g if ee s have occurred, and West Middlesex schemes may be set on foot again, and life assurance thereby receive a blow under which it will stagger, and which existing companies, for their credit's sake, should not be slow to avoid.— The Reporter for July. SOUTLI SEA COMPANY.—A general Court was held yesterday at the South Sea House, Threadneedle-street, for the purpose of hearing the usual half-yearly account of the company's affairs. Charles Franks, Esq., sub governor, took the chair; and, after a few introductory remarks, the secretary : read a statement, from which it appeared that the assets of the company amounted to 818,6771. 12s. Bd., while their liabilities were 791,2941. 2s. 7d., showing a balance in the company's favour of 27,3834 10s. Id. A further " account of the clear revenue and profits of the South Sea Company for the half-year ending the sth of July, 1849, after current payments for interest and other outgoings, charges, and expenses are first allowed and deducted (made out pur suant to Act 6 Geo. II.), showed that the income amounted to 156,4291. 7s. 5d., while the outgoings were 91,5111. 9s. 7d., leaving a balance of 64,9171. 17s. 10d. The half-yeer'sdividend on 3,622,784/. Bs. 6d. South Sea Stock at 14 per cent. would amount to 64,098/. 14s. 6d., which, deducted from the above, would leave a surplus of 8191. 3s. 4d. The Chairman next proposed a resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted, that a dividend of 14 per cent. should be paid to the proprietors for the half-year ending July 5, 1849, and (there being no more business to transact) the court broke up. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The performance last night was for the benefit of Signor Mario, upon which occasion the Huguenots was performed in lieu of La Donna del Lago, in consequence of the sudden indisposi tion of Mr. Sims Reeves, who was advertised to repre sent the part of Roderick Dhu. The Huguenots went off with its accustomed effect, and the encores were as numerous and rapturous as on former occasions. Mario and Grisi were in fine voice, and were called before the curtain amidst the cheers of the house. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. —Yesterday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, Miss Amelia Janson, daughter of Sherstono Janson, Esq., of t he Grarge, Hackney-road, was crossing Bishopsgate-street, opposite the end of Threadneedle-street, hastening to get out of the way of the passing vehicles; the pavement, which is of wood, having been recently watered, was very slippery, and unfortunately the you n g lad y fell, sustaining a compound fracture of the right thigh, her right hand being severely crushed by the wheel of a coal waggon. She was re moved to her parents residence she is not expected to sur v ive the 4,447,832 3,485,229 1,557,640 2,034,133 988,401 136,000 10,000 9,227 88,805 79,795 86,813 12,923,t75 4,128,717 3,031,301 1,619,697 2,054,730 1,033,240 196,000 40,600 70,140 28,657 81,218 170,841 12,454,601 TO ROME. Rome! Rome! thou art once more what thou bast been; Thine eagle glance recals the days of old— Mazzini ! Garibaldi ! ye shall win Laurels that never die! This age of gold need of manly virtue like to thine To give us hope in battling for good, And prove humanity is yet divine. Rome! glorious in thy weakness, thou bast stood Th' assault of treachery, of force, of guile, Wooing the traitor's arm to crush thy hope, And wearing still the ally's peaceful smile. Earth's curses on the Gaul, who for a Pope, Or worse—for selfish ends of private gain— Would trample out the fire of patriot love, And aid the serfs of Austria and Spain. Rome! in thy moral power thou stand'st above Thy puny foe ; his name will sink unknown, Or known—accursed —while history's fair page Will pourtray forth thy sighs, thy every groan, As precious; in a freer, better age Mankind will do thee justice—yet a while, Oh! tyrants ye prevail, but God's dread glave Is loosening from its scabbard; ye who smile List to the sounds that boom across the wave! Liverpool, July u. F. M. Quarters ended July 5. 5,768,888 580,628 1,461 98,467 415,585 231,111 7,09G,140 5,827,735 12,923,875 5,806,336 555,474 191 98,667 429,240 393,077 7,282,985 5,171,616 12,451,601 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A new ballet, one of the most exciting, pleesing, and original that was ever witness , d, was produced here lust evening, under the title of Les I'laisirs d'Hiver. The scene of the ballet is laid in Poland, and the first tablea u represents the celebration of a Polish marriage, amidst flowers in a Jardin d'Hiver—one of those new luxuries, by means of which the richer noblemen of the North console th emse l ves f or th e r i gour o f their cli mate. In this tableau Rosati and the other chief dancers of the troupe display their grace and spiriting in novel and piquant steps. There is a "grand Pus de Deux, a la Horigroie," by Mdlle. Rosati and M. Charles. In this tableau likewise occurs the " Introduction a la Fete," by Mdlles. Marra, Thomassini, Julien, Aussan don, Lamoreux, and Pascales. Having dis ported themselves withit, the gay votaries join the country people w ith ou t i n ano th er pastime of their own. This occurs in the second tableau. You behold the Danube, crowds of skaters throng the frozen waters, attended by venders of every species of ornament as well as of refreshment. On one side are seen ladies driven along in their fur dresses on sledges; in another direction the men are enjoying the Montagne Busse. Presently, room is made for the dances of the skaters. First comes the "Pus des Frileux." The laughing, but shivering crowd, by the execution of a peculiar Hungarian step, dance them selves into warmth. Then comes "Le pas ala Hus sarde," a curious, lively, and varied step, pet formed by Madlle. C. Rosati and M. P. Taglioni, Mesdames Petit, Marra, Thomassini, Aussandon, Julien, and Lamoreux. This is followed by the most remarkable and character istic step of all, the grand quadrille "Des Patineurs." Of this prolonged, varied, and marvellous intricate pas every detail is executed by skaters with the most re markable effect. Betwixt each figure there are solos of mimic action—spirited episodes of the life of the North, represented by M. Charles. But new the hour is come when the feast within must follow the sports without ; the sun's setting marks the hour of retiring to the hospitable fire-aide ; and the curtain descends amidst the fall of snow. Such is the account given of the two scenes in the official programme, and certainly we never saw anything to equal the exc i tement of the last scene. The sports begin at daybr ea k, an d we have the rising of the sun, his meridian spl en d our and his setting all admirably imitated by the electrical light. The Pas des Patineurs is a most elegant piece of terpsichorean comedy, and M. Charles is one of the most active, graceful, and amusing of dancers. Carolina Rosati danced her two pas exquisitely, and the Pas de Frileux is one of the most amusing pieces of eccentricity ever introduced into a ballet. The following is the history of the ballet : " This ballet was first performed at the Court Theatre of ßerlin in 1848, under the title of Liebeslicendel. It is composed by Paul Taglioni, the maitre ballet of the King of Prussia. It was long reserved by its author . for the Court of his Royal Master, but the scenario was ulti mately lent to the old marshal, Prince Paskew itch, the greatest amateur of ballets in Europe, who at Warsaw, at the Imperial Theatre, possesses a corps de ballet the envy of all the Sovereign Princes of the north. Last year this ballet was imitated all over Germany, and everywhere with remarkable success. Meyerbeer, the great composer, in the same royal service, and employed mostly in the same theatre at Berlin, asked bis choregraphic colleague, P. Taglioni, on his way to London, to furnish the plans, models, and suggestions to the Academie de Musique, necessary to introduce the principal features of this ballet in the Prophete. This P. Taglioni did readily and gra tuitously to oblige bleyerbeer, and the success of the Pas de Patineurs has been immense in Paris." The music, by Pugni, is excellent, and a more complete success we never witnessed than that of this most de lightful of ballets. P. Taglioni, Madlle. Rosati, and M. Charles, were called on, and then P. Taglioni was honoured with a second call, as the author, a compliment which he richly merited. ADELPHI THEATRE. A❑ adaptation of the well-known L'Alnzanach des 25,000 Adresses was brought out at this theatre last night, under the title of Webster's Royal Red Book. The version is nearer to the original than that which was a year or two ago produced at the Lyceum, by Mr. Angus Reach, the three acts being retained, and the progress of the incidents being nearly identical with those of the French piece ; but the coleur locale is, of course, of a totally different hue, while the sketch of the hero is filled up by Mr. Wright, who avails himself of his usual licence, and indulges in that broad vein of humour which Adelphi audiences know and lore so well. There is no plot of any moment, for Wright is simply the victim of a party of roystering medical students, who mystify him as to the address of one " Briggs," and drive him into a variety of comic dilemmas in consequence. Wright made the most of the oppor tunity that was afforded him, and from the first moment when he comes in in a state of red-hot indigna tion at the extortionate charges of a street•porter, down to the catastrophe, when he is smothered with flour and half roasted over a stove, kept the house in a continued roar of merriment. His extravagance in the third act, when, loaded with pistols, blunderbuses, and cutlasses— which bristle about him like a porcupine—he meditates the assassination of the mischievous authors of his diffi culties, was grotesque in the extreme, and the folks aloft never laughed louder in their lives. Paul Bedford had a prominent hand in the fun, as the peccant gentleman of Bloomsbury, who goes to Vauxhall unknown to his wife; but the more stolid humours of this weighty per sonage were comparatively ineffective by the side of the audacious vivacities of his comrade. There was no mis take as to the question of success. A " tag" was spoken by Wright, who held a❑ extempore colloquy with some delighted gods in the gallery; and finally his coadjutor announced the repetition of the piece for "every evening until further notice." The house was crowded iu every part. LYCEUM -THEATRE. The opera of Guy Manner/7:g was revived at t his theatre last evening, for the benefit of Miss Kathleen Fitz within's, who made her first appearance in the character of Lucy Bertram, and achieved a complete success, earning for herself a well merited encore in the ever delightful ballad "Oh! slumber my darling." The piece was very strongly cast, Miss Cushman appearing as Meg Mortifies, Mr. Donald King (who introduced the beautiful ballad of " John Andersom my Joe," and sang it exquisitely) as Barry Bertram, and Har ley as Dominie Sampson. The great at traction of the performance was of, course, the Meg Merrilies of Miss Cushman, and, frequently as we have been delighted by the performances of this lady, never have we seen any of her creations so mar vellous as is this of Meg Merrilies. Her Bianca, terrific from its energy, stamped her at once as an artiste of genius; her Lady Macbeth proved her to be far and away the greatest Shaksperian actress on the boards on either side of the Atlantic; her Rosalind proved the versatility of her genius, aiid was as wonderful for its playfulness, its humour, and its thorough high and ladylike feeling, as her Bianca was for its intensity, and her Lady Mac beth for its power. Then came that most wonderful of all her performances save one, her Romeo— she, and she alone, of all who have ever trodden the stage in our days, has thoroughly entered into the spirit of the vehement Italian boy, whom love, by its magic, in one hour transforms into a man, a man in thought, a man io:aims and aspirations, but still a boy in impassioned feelings. We remember the Romeo of Charles Kemble, a gentlemanly, well-studied, careful performance, but too full of care, too manly, too old for Romeo. It was left for Miss Cushman to show us the Romeo that Shakspero intended. Untramelled: by traditional' stage conventionalities, she, in fact created the part. 'We have spoken of her Romeo as the most wonderful of all her performances save one, and that one is Meg Merrilies. In Romeo she had but to follow Shakspere's teaching, and never had Sbakespere pupil more apt, but in Meg Merrilies she had to do that which the author ought to have done for her, to compose the part, to discover the key to the t cha racter, to develop in action and manner that !Lie,: aids and set down for her in words , and wi th b e and hints which she might w h gather h Walterefrom dramatisthad made Scott to clothe the mere skel eton of the part with real flesh and blood, to ani mate it with feeling and passion, and to raise that which her predecessors had made a mere melo dramatic exaggeration into a character of the very highest order of tragedy, and this Miss Cushman has done, and by doing has shown how true genius com municates a portion of its own power to everything it touches. The first thing that strikes us in the Meg Merrilies of Miss Cushman is the utter abnegation of self; this is apparent even from her make-up of the part — there is no attempt to avoid the :squalor and the rags of the old gipsy, no little under current of female vanity apparent in the shape of a particularly neat apron or coquettishly disposed bit of ribbon, as we have seen frequently the case with other actresses who have to appear in squalor and rags, but there she stands the very identical gipsy that appeared to Henry Bertram and Dandie Dinmont on the moor. Until we saw Miss Cushman we were inclined to consider the character of Meg Merrilies as an unnatural character. In her hands, however, Meg is anything but unnatural. That fiery eye, that intent and earnest gaze, that hollow voice, those grand and queen-like gestures, made more sublime from the strong contrast they form with the attire' and station of her who uses them, all proclaim that she has faith in her own mission, and not a barren faith, but one calculated to create a like faith in all that come near her; awe-struck at her own powers, whicheeilno believes to be supernatural; she creates a like awe d a w w 'e are all those with whom she comes in contact, a prayer, when he finds himselfu bout the memor ablenot at all astonished at Dandie Dinmont's re memberidneasdiraentgoerofhaving an interview with her. Thro Miss Cush:nen was subl i me ;it was forest, the acting of d .1 her the very highest order; scene with Dandie and flenrygßerbtrram, n the was t her appearance on the rock, when grand r a a n g d e d, majestic a nd t t r o a o g e when she ;commands her gipsy subjects back, and for bids them to harm Henry Bertram. She stood indeed in rags, but in her rags queen-like —ay ! more queen like than, in her royal robes, Semiramide. The last act was a perfect triumph, ending in the climax of her martyrdom, for martyrdom indeed it was when she sealed her testimony by her blood; and then her dying scene—it was beautiful, tender, pa thetic, such as words cannot describe, albeit the heart throbs and the throat choke's, and the eyes become suffused even with the recollection of it. It was a thing to be seen, not described, and once seen never to be forgotten. As we stated on a former oc casion, we believe Miss Cushman is about soon to quit our shores, we trust not for ever. We hope she will re turn to us after having paid her native land a visit ; indeed we claim her as ours, for genius is of language, not of country. Shakspere is American as much as English, and Miss Cushman is English as much as American. We have been so led away by our enthusiasm that we have only left our- selves space to Eay that the other characters were ably supported, and that the house was well attended. We hope that before Miss Cushman leaves us she will be induced to play a round of her principal characters• A farewell engagement, if she could be induced to accept one, could not but prove a most profitable opectl• lation to any manager. .ARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Sin,—The Bill for altering the Law of Marriage which has existed in Scotland since the Reformation is to be read a third time to-morrow night. As it is of the utmost moment to the morality of Scotland, and as Scottish affairs seldom obtrude themselves upon your notice, I trust that you will make room for these remarks. And first, it is a Bill against the stomach of the Scottish people, as the almost unanimous petitioning against it shows. It is a Bill upon the policy of which we have the evidence of only three English lawyers, the Committee by a majority refusing to examine a Scottish lawyer at all. It is a Bill on the policy of which we have the evidence of no one peculiarly able to estimate its moral effect, the Committee having refused to examine any clergy man, or indeed any other than the three English lawyers; and Lord Brougham, when asked the moral effect of the law as at present existing, answering candidly (p. 18), " I really profess to have no competent opinion upon that subject." Yet that is the whole point in issue. It is a Bill which is on the face of it a mistake, for it is forced to provide for the very great inconveniences it produces a remedy of the most ludicrous kind—to create a registrar at Edinburgh, with papal power of dispensation, upon the payment of the sum of three pounds, a scheme of legal indulgences, placed in the uncontrolled and unguided discretion of nobody knows who he may be. It is a Bill carried through Parliament upon the faith of cases which bad no peculiar existence under the Scot tish law: the Lord Advocate not knowing, as it would seem, that bigamy exists elsewhere than in Scotland, end no less frequently; and Lord Brougham not knowing that there were cases as painful in English law u that stated in his ninth answer; Mr. with subtle irony, asking if it was a Scotch case. It is a Bill changing, in Scotland, marriage into se duction. Dr. Lushingtoe, speaking of England, says in the 78th answer:—"l am satisfied that in this country a great many of the calamitous instances which we have of seduction arise from the promise cum copula. It is very true that that cannot constitute marriage by our law, but the promise produces the same effect, for the woman relies upon it as if it were an actual marriage." This is a marriage by the law of nature; it is at present a marriage by the law of Scotland; you now create it a seduction. It is a Bill making the judgments of the law clear and easy by negativing whatever does not come up to a certain standard, and thus working a wrong for the convenience of the lawyer, instead of shaping the law to enforce every contract. It is a Bill in this way creating bastards by refusing to acknowledge what is a marriage by the law of nature a marriage by the law of Scotland. It is a Bill which sacrifices the innocent offspring in protecting a seducer from the consequent inconveniences, giving him a chance of slaking his passion without fe ar of " a rash disposition of th largest estates and the highest honours." It is a Bill which, in place of bringing the law as close as possible to good morality, which is the law of nature, carries it away as far as possible from it. Adul tery is a crime by the law of nature. Seduction is none. Look at the Decalogue; is seduction there? — it is not, because by the law of nature seduction is mar. riage. Seduction is a creature of the civil law, fund especially aggrandized by this Bill. Look at the vexatious clause, compelling a constant residence in one parish for a fortnight before marriage. Look at the requiring a certificate from the the registrar, who may have no personal knowledge of that fact. Look at the fact of the registration being conclusive evidence, which, if it means anything, means evidence that can never be rebutted—and then say whether our successors will revere the wisdom of their ancestors. I am, Sir, &c., Temple, July 5, 1849. JAMES BROWN. THE CITY ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . SlR,—The triumphant and glorious termination of the City election, in the return of Baron Rothchild, has given the livliest demonstration of admiration to my Christian brethren in this locality, who hail it 'as the death. blow to the bigots of the 19th century, and adds another laurel to the imperishable wreath of the citizens of London, and will convince mankind they are not de generated, but are still, and ever will be, die champions of Civil and Religious Liberty, as well as the defenders of their Queon Constitution, and country ; an d rema i n Sir, your obedient servant. A BRITISH BORN JEW. Cardiff, July 4, 1849. TAKING THE STARCH OUT OE 'EM—A COLD WATER SKETCH. A knot of idlers stood upon the end of a pier which ran out into the Hudson River, in one of the small towns near Albany, a few days ago, amusing themselves with hurling stones into the broad stream, eac h Tieing with his neighbour in the endeavour to pitch a missile to the farthest distance from the shore, when a tell, rugged- built Vermonter, direct from the Green Hills, suddenly made his appearance in their midst, and fur a while remained a quiet observer of their movements. He was a very brawny, strong-looking Yankee, and was very decently clad. The efforts of the - - little party had been exhibited over and over again, when the stranger pick , d up half a brick which lay near him, and giving it a jerk, it tell in the water a long way beyond the line which had as yet been reached by the foremost of the crowd. At the conclusion of this feat a loud "bravo!" went up from half a dozen voices around him. It was a cold, clear day in October, and the men, d e t erm i ne d not to be outdone, r enewe d their attempts; but the Ver monter, without saying a syllable to any one, continued to pitch the pebbles far out into the stream, which seemed to annoy one of them in a green jacket, the ap parent leader of the gang, who declared he would'nt be beat( n by a " fellow right and straight out of the woods, any how;" and sliding up to the stranger, he determined to make his acquaintance. " Where do you come from neighbour?" inquired the other. "Me? `'Val, I hails from Vermount, jes now, friend." " Mint been in these parts long, I reckon?" "Wal—no. Not edzactly yere—but up and daown, sorter." " Yis, so I 'sposed." " )(ass," continued the green 'un, carelessly, and seizing a big billet of wood, he twirled it over his head, and it landed several rods from the shore in the water. " You've a little strength in your arms, neighbor." " Some pumpkins—is them flippers, stranger, up in our taown, more'n a month ago, I driv them are knuckles rite strait thur a board more'n a ninch 'naff thick." " Haw, haw," shouted the hearers, the man in the green jacket laughing loudest. " May be you don't believe it." " Not much," answered the crowd. " We aint very green down here in York—we aint," said the fellow in the green jacket; " we've been about, you see." " Wal, jes you look yere, friend," continued the Vermonter, in the most plausible manner, " up in aour county, we've a purty big river, considerin'—lnvun River, it's called, and may be you've hearn on it. Wal, I hove a man clean across that river t'other day, and he camp down fair and square on t'other side." "lls, ha, ha," yelled his audi tors. " Wal, naow, you may laff, but I can deu it agin." "Do what?" said the green-jacket quickly. "I kin take and hove you across that river just like open and shot." "Bet you 10 dollars of it." "Done." said the Yankee, and drawing forth (upon a broken Down-East bank) he covered the shinplaster. "Kin yeu swim, fel and dd the ee seatkn knowing woif his pants, ng Yorker ler?" "Like a duc k, " said g reen- j acket; and without further par s t o utly by t j er ked him from his foothold, and wi t h an almost super human effort, dashed him heels over head from the e n d o f the dock, some ten yards out into the H u d son Ri ver parley the h nape te oe V ermonter the n rat n e nec k seized A terrific shout rang through the crowd as he floundered into the water, and amidst the jeers and screams of his companions, the duck loafer put back on the shore, and scratched up the bank half frozen by this sudden and involuntary cold bath. " I'll take that ton spots, if you please," said he, shivering rapidly to the stakeholder. "You took us for green-horns, eh ? We'll show you how we do things here in York," and the feller claimed the twenty dollars. " Wal, I reckon you won't take no ten-spots jest yet, cap'n." "Why ? You've lost the bet." " Not edzactly. I didn't kalki late on deuing it the fust time; but I tell yeu I kin deu it" —and again, in spite of the loafer's utmost efforts to escape him, ho seized him by the neck and the seat of his over-ails, and pitched him three yards farther into the river than upon the first trial ! Again Green jacket returned, amid the shouts of his mates, who enjoyed the sport immensely. " Third time never fails," said the Yankee, stripping off his coat ; " I kin deu it, " " I give will den it —ef I try tell to-mobrert " take the money. " Hold on!" said the almost petroiwfieeedninvhirienstii:mt.e.eite: Awnhydiec.hl it up!" shouted the sufferer,d badger's — " the stakes, an. Rs k e W©~ aint much acquainted The now Vermonteratte chattered l ik ve e o, a . he turned away, rema rk e d, hers 'n York, but w with you smart folks out f 'em up som e - 0 our war__ times take th© starch and p'raps , t t r y it on strangers agin. I reek n you wunt," you won't try and putting o n he continue d, a board grin of good humour , he left the co m p any 7a°ddlbpa to their reflectional—Flat of our Union. CHATHAM, JULY 4.—Private James Brown, of the 17th Company of th e R oya l M arines, who was tried last week by a general court-martial for disobeying the lawful orders given by Colour-sergeant Michael Rogers, his superior officer, and found guilty, received corporal punishment of fifty lashes in the presence of the batta lion, and the prisoner is further to undergo imprison ment with hard labour for 168 days in the military pri son, Fort Clarence. TILE LONGITUDE.—It being considered interesting and important to the commercial marine of the United States and of the United Kingdom to ascertain with correctness the difference of longitude between the Ob servatory at Cambridge, Boston, and that at Liverpool, it is proposed by the United States' Government to ac complish this object by means of marine chronometers to be transported across the Atlantic to and from Boston in the British and North American royal mail steamers; and, for this to be effected, arrangements will be made with the authorities in this country that when the chro nometers arrive at Livcapool on their returu from Bos ton, they may be transmitted with all possible care and dispatch to the Liverpool Observatory. CHESTER AND lIOLYIIEAD RAMA AY.—Traffic for the week ending June 30 , 1849 :—Coaching traffic, 1,662/. 13s. 10d.; parcels, 291. 12s. 4d.; goods and cattle, 145/. 13s. od. ; s team-boats, 1661. 6s. 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