The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-28 00:00:00

AUGUST 28, 1852.

• MAJESTY'S JOURNEY to SCOTLAND,
GLOUCESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.-1 he necessary hr-
rangements for her Majesty's reception at Gloucester, on
Monday ntx., on the occasion of her passing through
this place on her journey to Balmoral, are now nearly
completed. Iler Majesty, who will leave Os'oordo early
in th morning, will reach Gloucester by the Great
Western railway, et absut a quarter past three o'clock
in the afternoon, The town council of Gloucester have
held three meetings within the week on the subject of
her
Veal Majesty's reception. At the third meeting held this
afternoon, a correspondence was read between the mayor
and Mr. Wa
pole, from which it appears that the Qheen
has expressed her willingness to receive an address- from
the corporation. On the arrival of her Majesty at
the Gloucester platform therefore, Lord Malmesbery,
who will be in attendance on the Queen, will present. Mr.
Clutterbuck, the mayor of the City, to her Majesty, end
his worship will then present the loyal and dutiful ad-
dress of the corporation and citizens.
i
It s arranged (in
consequence of the coarse behaviour
of the assinb led multitude on the occasion of her
r
Majesty pas=ing through Gloucester in 18,19), that the
platform shell lin cntiroly clta ;
but ace:lnmorla-
tion for ttie.pubhc is to he provided at the r;:trenaity of
the plaiforro7 en both the •` arrival" and " departure"
ide. Admission to these points will ho ohtaiw,d by
tickets only, issued by the officiah... A number efrull-
placed on the line, near the station,
way trucks are to be
in which the children of the city public schools will be
placed—an arrangement not at all likely to contribute
to their safety, and whereit will he utterly impossible
for the juveniles to See more than the outsides of the
carriages as the royal train flits by them, Her Ma-
jesty, on alighting at Gicteester, Will walk across the
Midland platform, and step into the narrow guage
train, which will be in waiting for the reception of the
Royal party.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
This is the second and last week of the engagement of
Madame Celeste and idr. Webster. It. is not a few
years since the former obtained special favour here, and
her reputation attends her still—and deservedly so,
when we bear in mind that melodramas open a field for
celebrity almost equal with that of tragedy and comedy.
Wo rank Mr. Webster, too, very high in the profession,
and in one of the pieces played to Tuesday—Flying
Colours—nothing
his performance. Considering the celebrity the former
could have surpassed the excellence of
has acquired in the Green Bushes it was natural that it
should form a leading feature in the repertoire, and in it
Madame Celeste opened with her wonted touching and
truthful delineation of Miami. The 'French Spy fol-
lowoa, turd ao at has boon, familiar to all for twenty
years, we need say no more than that its freshness was
preserved by the superior acting of the company. On
Friday Mind Your Own Business was produced for the
benefit of Mr. Webster, and very successfully. It is to
be repeated to-morrow. Last night Belphegor was re-
vived. The attendance was good, as in fact, with but
a few exceptions, it has been for a considerable time.—
Liverpool Standard of Tuesday.

the
TTHimEes EDITORo
f yesterday e
Sir,—ln FTnlchceTrole is
an
mmEs:ton the
excellent
THE INCOME-TAX.
i
article on; the evidence before the
Income and Property-tax, and it will not
be
oare nr
easyf
matter for any person to dispute the figures,
the conclusions they lead to. I trust, by public discus-
sion, that the real advantages of a property-tax, as re-
commended by me, will be fairly shown; and although
it may be said to be impossible to propose any scheme
of taxation that will be free from all objections, yet I
venture to state that the direct property tax that should
be payable by all persons and estates, in proportion to
the amount of property in their possession during the
year, for the protection given to them by the Govern-
ment (for whose use the proceeds of the property-tax
are to be applied), will be found more consistent with
justice, and with promoting the industry of this country,
than the present system of finance, by which 56 or 57
millions sterling are annually raised from the people of
this country. My object in now addressing you is to
inform you that no part of my report has received the
approbation of the Committee, nor has it come under
their deliberation; and you will, therefore, be pleased to
consider me as alone responsible for the whole of that
report, with the assurance, on my part, that I consider
myself able to support the several principles and points
therein advanced; and I feel confident that by discussion
in your columns, and in the other public, journals of the
country, Parliament will be able to find out a better
system for raising the supplies of the year than the
present one.

I remain your obedient servant,
Burnsly-hall, Aug. 26. JOSEPH HUME.

RAILWAY RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
1852.
...---- BRITISH. ----
72 Aberdeen .......„.... • ••••• £1,733 Li. 861
713 727
37% Belfast and Ballymena ••••-• • • • '' " 291 290
17 Belfast and County Down •••••• • • • • • • 1 854
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire • - 2,017
809 ~50
26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • •
85% Bristol and Exeter
189 Ca1ed0nian............ •
94% Chester and Holyhead.• .. 5,060 .1,329
6;4 Cork, Blaekrock, and Passage ••• • • • 200 246
20 Cork and Bandon . . 35 iO2
56 Dublin and Ballast Junction ••..• • .• 1. 615910 1,091
1,,i03
63 Dublin end Drogheda••• 964 1, 68
6 Dublin and Kingstown . .....
Soil st,s
169,E Dundee and Arbroath •• .. ......
743 779
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,4
204
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen. • .. • • • • • • • • 7u5
68 East Ang1ian........ •••••••• • • • • •• • • 4736
79 East Lancashire .. ... ....... .. ••• • • • ' 14,79 a - 5,249
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • ..... 2,320 15'722
95 •..• 24'410750
89% Edinburgh and Glasgow •••••• " • " • 2,532 2'813
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee •.....
82 ' 'll4
6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • • • '• " " • • 425 ; 80
19 Furness Railway •• • ••••"• • '' " • • 4,923 4 100
171% Glasgow, and South-Western.• ••• • • . 14,753 14,073
285 Great Northern and E. L. • '
!8,8,, Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 21',W2 159:56963;
.11 Great Western • • ........ '' •••' • • • • 155 185
2nsn Irish South Eastern •• • • "*"• •
-•• • • 6.515 6,006
"" Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • • 19,128 21,136
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.•- .... •• '• 1,236 1,702
70 Leeds Northam .. ••• • ••
186
. Liverpool, Crosby, and So 61,176 52,990
'2?)41,, London and North Western ••
, „Ps„ London and Blackwall• ......... •' • • 14,149 12,747
' ' "A, London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 18,053 14,556
244% London and South We-,s,lern',..„ "••
••
• • 179 278
24% Londonderry and Enniskillen ••'' •Rw.• ••
249 203
11% Manchester, Buxton, andxa"-'‘.,_-• 8,048 8,020
167% Manchester, Sheffield, end 1411"theim e 5" 731
3% Manchester and South Junction.. ••.• 720 738
28 Maryport and Carlisle ..•• • ......... 23,651 24,069
498% Midland .. ... -....••• • • • • • •,' -'' • • 2,064 3,048
126 Midland Great Western'(... "• •• •• 855 784
37 Monklands .• •••••••••• • '• " • • " " 2•57 2.654
60 Newcastle and Carlisle- •• ••
149
232 • • • •••• • •
North British ••
308 1.• • • • • • • •.• • • •• • • •
.. • • •••• 41,r3 4,50935 5:0 1172
North 7
47 North-Western •• .•••••••'' • • • • • • • • 2,346 2,7,38
. •
••••-•
••
45 Scottish Central •••• • • • ..... . 812 b 36
•
29%32 Scottish Midland ••
•• • • ....... • ' 647 855
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••" • • 1,789 1P27
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ........... 617 650
29 Shropshire Union .. • • ..... •• • '
.• 2,170 3,229
.5.8 South Devon ••••- .• . •• ••• '• 20,084 18,887
4°814 Scut. Eastern• •.. ....... •••'•• • • "• 1,570 2,500
100% South Wales .. •••• • • • and • • •• 1,288 1P93
Goole ••
77 South York., Doncaster,2,l36 te,732
40 Taff Vale •••••••• • • • • '• ' ....... ••
••
892 956
• ••••••••••
36 ulster. • • ••• 322 610
50 Waterford and Limerick • • • • • • • • " - 344 443
16% West Cornwall .• ••••'••••• • • • • • • • • 202 228
12 Whitehaven Junction •.•••••- • • ' • • • 16,080 16,146
304% York and Newcastle, and Berwick •• • 11,004 11,651
279 York and North Midland. •• •• • • • • "
18:2248621036404
221 200
FOREIGN. 1,583 1,998
57% Dutch Rhenish .. •••• • • • • ..... "• •
512:90810909752243
21% Maria Antonia ••••.• • • •• ........ ••
63 Montereau and Troyes ....... " • '• "
271:2071
63 Namur and Liege .................:
193:0t5721
1150,429140
442% Northern of France ••••••• • " • "• '
493% Orleans and Central.....• •• •••• • • • •
240 Paris and Lyons .... ••.•••• • • • • • •••
84 Paris and Rouen. •• • • • • • • • • •
305 Paris and Strasburgh • • •••• •:• •- :•
59 Rouen and Havre .... ..... • 3,794 4,11 3
69 Western of France .. ••••• • • • • • • • 5,6.53 5,889

T the claims
CoarrilE MONARCH
neExltßmEustArttle LIFE
EquesAtitoShnS whether
athnedploronpgriseetravryiceosf tolifis mr. companyioni eHomer,
willb y reecleocgtninisge
hini
to the
office of director, which he is so eminently calculated to fill,
or whether they will be induced to set aside an influential
anti practically qualified gentleman for one whose only
merits are that a reputed majority of the directors support
him, and that he is a small brewer. For our part, we do not
for a moment doubt that Mr.
oluiromsuerrpwri!lel
expressingaadvertisement, converted a division
abt et
the
elected,
conductb but
thereby probably caught one or two un-
hci
nai
tsnorniouvtna rlaeni fair:hi
unanimity,
yvf
,rh
aoagnin,
din
thinking shareholders. Mr. Homer's success would be _ pro-
ductive of the greatest benefits to the proprietary at large,
bulk of the trade. nd he, we are happy to say, has the support of the great

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES or TEE
CHEST, Bcomt-rox.—Thursday afternoon a general /231 r;
of the governors and. subscribers to this valuable cl.2_groard,,
which was instituted in May, 1841, was held in u_.,
tbreeceiving
room of the hospital, Brompton, for the purpose of the E.ast
the report of the committee of manienmentj. veThine II"'
quarter, and upon other business; the management
_e°iotis courts
liam Percy in the chair. The minutes of Soo reed the
having been read, the secretary, Mr. O.
the• liovit 1 during
report, which stated that the progresssatst?ectr• 11(?niCluding
the past quarter had been highlvai f,
~mofot-wasl2o7, of which
of patients admitted since the
.271,.
the number in the .house at,
_trn_e'd 701, died 16,Th eanndurmebmearinoi
number there had been disearesa :nt tittle 9t.
e period was 884.
ing in the hospital at the. p
the late Miss Abigail
Two legacies, ono of 3uu4
new out-patiecls treated afrooratingtheth&tsea Colonel Hemming,
f 200 L fr°lbneen left to the hospital
one o ~„d
--t, after alluding to the opfrßatrtoemteotfonE, anustodeene.k.squavr:
artebaindenant ahlyotuiseea-lsucrhgeemonis,st
comme❑dation of
ed,
should be amp
re-
during the
• - litaised from 100/. to 125/, per annum, con-
salary should b
higrintbat the committee had paid to the Borne-
eluded bY stating (the progress of which is very satisfac-
mouth Sana„,,",;( 2301. The secretary stated to the meeting
) th 6.517 box in front of the hospital had that day been
Pa"
lithe and that ni-tlaciatrttretohtrhe
that heartl-d found to contain the sum of It. 7s. sd. After
~,e
transaction of some routine business, a vote of thanks
r the
,s,d fo the Honourable Chairman, and the meeting
wag P7„.t- The new wing is being rapidly proceeded with,
being
cited the roofing-in stage, and the committee ex-
baying tea
press an earnest hope that the public will come forward and
enable them to fully complete it in the course of next sear.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The
season at this favorite resort is rapidly drawing to a close,
and we would impress that fact on the public mind, for we
can only say those who omit to pay it a visit will lose a treat.
The vocal and instrumental music far surpasses any pre-
vious season. The madrigal and glee party equal anything
of the kind we have ever yet heard; and what shall we say
for the renowned Southby ? Simply ,he has outshone himself.
Mr. Martinson, of Hull, has sold Nancy for 1,000
guineas. This mare's running was objected to for the
Ebor Handicap at York, last week, on the ground that Mr.
9 an extraordinary re-
verse,
wasit in
will a r rbeea
cr
ofno
sr i
ds tearke
de s,
alterd tbheetsiarge
amounts
won
upon
her last year.