The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-08 00:00:00

OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION COMMITTEE ROOM,
TRAFALGAR HOTEL, SPRING GARDENS,
ry Sth, 1853.
DEAR SIR,—TFIE LONJanuaDON and OXFORD
COMMITTEE for conducting Mr. PERCEVAL'S Election
are anxious to assure their friends that the result of the Fourth
Day's Poll is far from discouraging sanguine expectations of success.
The small majority of 56 obtained yesterday in Mr. Gladstone's
favour, was the result of a great and desparing effort. With an
antagonist occupying so prominent a position as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, supported by a powerful Government, and, in spite of
misrepresentations most industriously and unscrupulously circulated
by irritated antagonists, a private gentleman, because known to be a
Were and sound Protestant Churchman, an able and consistent
ician, will, if the unpolled Members of Convocation are but true,
to themselves, achieve a triumphant and permanent success for true
Church of England and Constitutional principles.
The poll, which commences at 10 a.m., and closes at 5 p.m., will
be kept open every day next week until, the evening of Wednesday,
the 12th, in oriltr to afford every elector an opportunity of recording
his vote.
Members of Convocation are earnestly urged to record their votes
early on Monday.
The London Committee sit here daily; and the Oxford Committee
in Magdalen Hall.

I the imperative necessity of maintaining the national
credit, the evil was submitted to, not with a very
good grace, but still submitted to, as the least
objectionable portion of the alternative. It was
only when Sir CHARLES WOOD endeavoured to in-
crease the tax from 7d. to Is. in the pound, or
from 2/. 18s. 4d. to 5/. per cent., that expression
was given to the popular feeling on the subject.
Then, indeed, the iniquities of the system were
expatiated on, until that singularly. unfortunate
and blundering financier shrunk from the storm
he had evoked, and was contented to accept a re-
newal at the existing rate.
I We pointed out at the time, and have since re-
peatedly urged, that the objections so strongly
and generally urged were not to the contemplated
increase but to the great inequality and unfairness
of the tax. Sir CHARTFS WOOD, however, re-
mained obstinate, and it was to that strange per-
versity, that the weakness and subsequent fall of
the RussELL-Ministry might chiefly be ascribed ;
For Mr. DISRAELI was reserved the honour of
at length recognising the distinction. He did
not ga_far enough in the details ; but still, he
broke the ground, and is, therefore, entitled to
the credit of the change.

BR"OK W. BRIDGES, Chairman.

Trains leaving Paddington at 7.40, 9.45,10.15, 11.15, 12.40, 2.0,wi1l
nable members to vote on the same day; a similar advantage Tray
be obtained by trains leaving Euston-square at 6.30 and 10.0 ; and
those Members who have not received Circulars are requested to
attribute this apparent neglect to the difficulty in obtaining their
accurate addresses on such short notice.

The special train from Didcot to Oxford, on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, at 2.40, is for the exclasive use of Mr. Perceval's sup-
porters, leaving London at 12.42, or travelling from other places.

FIFTH DAY'S POLL.-12 o'clock.
Mr. Perceval .. .. .. .. ,
Mr. Gladstone .. .. .. .. ,

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OXFORD ELECTION.-MR. PERCEVAL'S
LONDON COW SUTTEE are anxious to inform their friends
that the correspondence printed in the " Times" and " Chronicle"
of Friday relates to a subject with which they were not connected,
and was a matter wuhin the knowledge only of those who had been
concerned in the wiminatioiot Lord Chandos.
The communication from Oxford reached the Trafalgar hotel at
6 30 p.m. on Wednesday, and was soon afterwards transmitted to
one of the gentlemen of the commi. tee which had acted for Lord
Chandos.

That simple act of equity was partly the cause
of the destruction of the DERBY Government.
As the Peelites were driven from office on account
of the wise and salutary measure for the
repeal of the Corn Laws, so the quondam
Protectionists lost their places, for the
soundest and best of their propositions--we say
" lost their places," for that was the portion of
the financial scheme to which GLADSTONE and
GOULBURN and the majority of the PEEL party
offered the strongest objection, and to which their
opposition, which turned the scale in the contest,
was mainly attributable. Though it injured the
party, however, it will be highly beneficial to the
community. The proposition of nisi?, AvTa opened
the eyes of RUSSELL, and enabled him to see that
a " greater approximation to justice" was possible,
and it is for the people to say whether that " ap-
proximation" shall be bona fide or merely colour-
able. This is the golden opportunity, and we
trust that it may not be wasted or misapplied.

On inquiry yesterday, Mr. Perceval's Committee are assured that
it being impossible on Wednesday night to bring together the gentle-
men whose opinions had to be taken on the question, they, never-
theless, met on Thursday, at noon, and that a reply was forwarded
by that evening's post to Oxford.
Mr. Perceval's Committee hope that the unfair attempt to preju-
dice their cause by the i üblication of a partial correspondence be-
fore time was afforded for a reply, will be treated as such proceed-
ings deserve by all impartial persons.
(Signed) HENRY BOSANQUET, M.A.,
Deputy-Chairman.
Trafalgar Hotel, Jan. 8.

QUI_LL-FIBRE VACUUM —FLAME of
LIFE.—The Philosophic " Veil" Antidote to Oxford, c.
Rai:way Shock disorganization.
*4* winged nature and ttie steam-engine, work on a Vacuum com-
pression hollow, for piston-elasticity. Hence, by analogy to the
bird's quill for its buoyancy creation : it was on the 29th nit., merle
manifest to the authorities in the case Of A XPORD the Engineer,
after five days—hopelessly laid on' by the sh ck catastrophy at
the CLEVELAND and BRISTOL station,—that by this Antidote, the
inward woning of the lungs act on the Air Vase Cylinder of the chest
by elastic-side beat, for one's lever power within, as the Nasal-vein
steam-engine (if the air vase is not shaken out of "its" cylindric-
form),—this inside action belrg for the cushion-inflate snstentation-
buoyancy that surrounds the bony fabrick of wan, betwixt his flesh
and his bones, for keeping-up the Airy Isolation of the skeleton-
frame, as its life-coating shield. This 11. Genesis-idea to Nineveh'n
marbles, in v. 7, by Captaine Ackcrlev on v. 12, Hebrews vi- 18,
19, is atta'ned by sub•narine reseiration by the nostrils over the pur-
est wax flame-spirit, as liquifyina through the ganglien-tubes, the
shock chilled " coagulated juices Inc re.lecomotion and sleep at md.11."
a, Swalow-street, London.

" The lightest work of fiction, if written with
a pure aim, tends to universal exaltation ; and
this admitted, who shall affect to speak slightingly
of that genial mind and the mingled wit and
wisdom exhibited in those writings, which have
secured for their author a fame not confined to
this kingdom, nor yet circumscribed by the lan-
guage of its people ?" So spoke the good men of
Birmingham, when, on Thursday last, in the
name of his many admirers, they presented a
testimonial to CHARLES Diefimrs—a testimonial
which must have been peculiarly and inexpressibly
gratifying to the recipient, because it was given
not so much as a homage to his genius, but
as a recognition of the noble purpose to
which that genius has been devoted. " You
have striven," says the address of the men
of Birmingham, " to instruct the social mind of the
country, to establish a kindly sympathy between
all classes, to reconcile men to the discipline of
calamity and the harsh treatment of fortune, and
to maintain in its integrity that great law of GOD
which teaches us to feel that all mankind are
brothers." Yes, this indeed has been the purpose
to which the author of " the Christmas Carol"
has devoted the energies of his intellect and the
sympathies of his heart, and it must be in truth
a proud moment in his career when he feels that the
noblest characteristic of his labours is thus ad-
mitted and appreciated by his fellow-men. In
another column will be found the particulars of
the very interesting assembly held at Birmingham,
and the discourses of the various speakers, men, for
the most part, celebrated in literature and art, will
be read with pleasure by the majority ; for a nation
of shopkeepers though we are called, there is no
want of love of literature, and admiration of lite-
rary men among the great body of the people of
this country. It is to the People, as Mr. DICKENS
happily reminded his audience on Thursday, that
literature now looks for patronage. The days of
" the purchased dedication," and the " dependent
state of sufferance at my Lord Duke's table
to-day, and the sponging house to-morrow,"
are over ; and, addressing itself to " the
great, compact phalanx of the people," literature
has there found "at once its highest purpose, its
natural range• of action, and its best reward ;"
and, added Mr. DICKE.NS, "my creed in the exer-
cise of that profession is, that literature cannot be
too faithful to the people in return." We com-
mend our readers to turn to the speech in which
these remarks occur, for they are worthy of atten-
tion, coming from such a source—from one who,
himself a man of the people, has fulfilled in his
own career the advice which he lays down, and
has found in popular appreciation his high re-
ward. Literary men have hitherto been re-
proached with the faults of mutual jealousy and
with a shame of their- profession—faults with
which " the order" can no longer be stigmatised
assuredly, when we contrast with these assertions
the conduct of two of the chief authors of the
present day—Sir BITLWER LYTTON and CHARLES
DICKENS. The former has in one of his recent
works spoken of himself as " proud of his order,"
and in the promotion of the Guild of Literature
and Art, alluded to by Lord LYTTLETON at the
meeting on Thursday, he has entitled himself to
the gratitude of his brother authors, It is a
source of gratification to the true admirers of
genius to see the privileged few, to whom the
" ten talents" have been confided, duly mindful
of the solemn responsibility which accompanies that
trust. We rejoice to see them, like the examples
above cited, emulous to exalt the dignity of their
calling, by honouring the order, even in its hum-
blest members ; and we rejoice to hear them, like
CHARLES DICKE-NS at Birmingham, recognising the
duty of literary men to devote their energies to
the People, and to advocate it cannot be too
ardently " the cause of their advancement, hap-
piness, and prosperity."

THEA fRE ROYAL, HA Y MARKET.
Farewell Seasor. of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager

TrIIS EVENING

Will be performed the impular and highly sneeessful Comedy of
MASKS A.)4, FACE• 4; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Mersrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselie:
117 s. StillMr, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Rosa Bennett, and Miss
Fanny Maskell.

After which, the gory
TERRIBLE.
To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED end
SETTLED.

:xtravaganza, er4titlel LEO TILE

ROYAL LYCEUM THE
Uricler the If ana.Tement of Madarnf, vesdris.

TIITA EVENING, Jan. 8, will be rerfonr.ed the Comic Drama
called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK -PROIM, Characters by
I.llesrs. lUttliews, lrat,',hews, and Liorncastle ; 1%/i,s F. Baker
and :MRS C. Mitchell.

AI er which (12th time). a new and original Fairy Fxtravaganza,
(witted Tilt: GOOD WOMAN IN VIE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. 31-,tthtws, Suter, llorucastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris.
Miss Juila St. Gcorge, Miss Robertson (her 12th appearance at 1 his
Th.?atre), Miss Martnidal., Miss Ellis, Mies Wyndham, /01,s Eglin-
ton (her 12th appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Rosina Wright
will appear.

To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Sole- Ageut tor the Private Boxes, 11r. V. Alleroft, 15, New
&rid-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIH.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVErING, Jan. 8, the already popular Drama of SLAVE
LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen-
ford. 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss
Collins, an.l Mrs. Keeley.
Atter which, the gloriously succe sful Comic Pantomime, called
NELL GiarY.I,TNE ; or, Harle‘uin Merrie Monarch. Principal
Danscuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Fleamore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S 'THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Shakspere's Comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT.
Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Addison, Meadows, J.
Vining, Ryder, Everett, and Cathcart ; Misses Murray and Mar-
shall, and Mrs. C. Kean.

To conclude with the new anl criginal Grand Comic Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled ItARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIL:
STAR; or, The Green Dial, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Milne (12th
appearance here); Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Co:umbine, Miss Car-
lotta Leclercq.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE..
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.

THIS EVENING win be presented Iluckstone's Drama of
TSAR e.r.LE ; or, Woman's Lire. Supported by In essrs. Parten,
jun., floskins, Compton, and Shahlers ; Mtss H. Gordon and :Mrs. A.
After which, the glorious new Comic Pantomime, entitled
ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen blab -and the
World of Dreams. Harlegu;n. Mr. Forest; Columbine, Miss Marie
Charles ; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson ; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner ;
clown, Ur. Edwin Edwardes, who will introduce his wonder-
fully-trained dogs, Amy, Tasse, and the monster dog, Snarleyou.
Boa-ulllce open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Open every Evening with the immensely succeaqul Drama of
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, followed by Novel an,d Extraordinary
Seer:es in the Circle.
To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO
AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven
Gifted Men.
On THURSDAY, January 13, a Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, on
which occasion there wi 1 he an Entire Change In the Amusements ;
commencing with the inimitable Comic Pantomime.
After which, a Novel Arrangement of the Sceoes in the Arena,
supported by the Juvenile Artistes, entitled THE INFANT EQUES-
TRIAN MARIONETTES.
Con:lading with UNCLE TOM.
boors open at Hall-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven.
Anx-ollice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

THE WEATHER.—Strzr OFFICE, JAN. 8.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49 highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
43—this day, at noon.

.- BAROMETER, 29.51—rising.
WIND, S.S.W.—fine, sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1853.

It only requires an energetic and combined
exertion on the part of the industrious classes, to
ensure a just and equitable modification of the
Income and Property Tax. The gross and pal-
pable injustice of the present system is at length
beginning to be perceptible in high quarters. Mr.
DISRAELI'S recognition of the distinction between
permanent and precarious income had an almost
It is utterly impossible to account for some of
magical effect. Every former CHANCELLOR of the
the eccentricities occasionally exhibited in that
FTCHEQUER had evaded the consideration of the
which, by a pleasing fiction, is termed the " Ad-
question. The stereotyped answer to every ob-
ministration of Justice." Sometimes we find per-
jection was, that " injustice was inherent in an
sons sentenced for comparatively trifling offences
Income Tax." Because, forsooth, it was supposed
t
that the matter could not be brought into such a to very stringent punishments, while, at others,
miscreants who have committed atrocities that
state of mathematical precision, that every person
would warrant their summary expulsion from
would be compelled to contribute neither more society, and almost justify " Lynch Law," are
nor less than his exact proportion to the national suffered to escape with comparative impunity.
exigencies ; no attempt was to be made to If a pauper, goaded on by the most grievous
remedy the flagrant grievance under which provocation, y turns on his oppressor and is guilt
thousands and tens of thousands had been of an act of insubordination, that is a high crime
suffering. _. In truth, the successive financiers
and misdemeanour that must be expiated by a
who 'dealt with the question all belonged to
protracted imprisonment, coupled with hard la-
the "propertied" classes—to the landocracy or
bour and solitary confinement. If a pauper
inoneyeeracy. Mr. PITT, brother to the Earl of nurse coolly and deliberately place a " RED-HOT
CHATHAM—the Marquis of LANSDOWNE—MT. COAL" in the hand of an unfortunate infant, and,
SPENCER PERCEVAL, brother to the Earl of with a refinement of cruelty, close the hand of
EGMONT and Lord ARDEN, both leading members
the "miserable victim on the ignited mass until the
of the territorial aristocracy—Mr. VANSITTART, flesh and sinews are shrivelled up, the use of the
afterwards Lord BEXLEY—Mr. ROBINSON, now
hand permanently lost, and the wretched sufferer
Earl of RIPON—Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. GOITLBTJEN, maimed for life, that is an injudicious excess of
Sir FRANCIS BARING, and Sir CHARLES WOOD,
authority amply atoned for by 10 days imprison-
all belonged to the privileged few, and had a
ment in Newgate ! which would not prove in anyde-
direct personal interest in preventing due discrimi-
gree more irksome than a residence for the same
nation from being exercised. We do not wish to time in the union workhouse. If a mariner resist
be understood as imputing improper motives to
the most ridiculous andpurely vexatiousconduct of
these statesmen. Far from it : all that we mean a
tyrannge,al master—although his life would be en-
i
to assert is, that they viewed the subject through
dan
ered by submission—he is a mutineer who
parti-coloured glasses, and that their decision was
must be subjected to the pains and penalties of
in some degree influenced by the not unnatural the law in its most stringent form—while,
desire of sticking by their order,
Another circumstance also must be taken into on the other hand, if a drunken Captain
An equitable, or even comparatively abuse and maltreat his crew, and finally smash the
account.
arm of an unoffensive foreigner, seven days' in-
equitable arrangement, would occasion much la-
prisonment nominally, but really about 36 hours,
bour and responsibility to the head of the fiaan- is a suitable penalty according to the judgment of
cial department for the time being. It would ne-
Mr. Common Sergeant BULLOCK (! ! !).
eessarily produce considerable discussion, which it The vagaries of the Police Magistrates are no
'would of course be desirable to avoid ; and Sc)'
long as the exigency was pressing, and the impost less extraordinary. At one time persons are sub-
, jected to all the expense and annoyance of a public
Iva' sulVesed. to be of a temporary character, the , excuses for procrastination were readily accepted, trial, where there is not the possibility of a conviction;
and the '
iat another, the most horrible and fiend-like
matter suffered to remain on its original ! outrages are passed over, as if Justice were as
footing. It as,umed,
however, a totally different
blind as Fortune is represented, and that it was
s.g,t, aspect when it
was regardedpermanent source
as a for the benefit of society to connive at such abomi-
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gradually be extended, nations. The revolting and shocking atrocity re-
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A d substituted for the indirect imposts which ttd at the Horse Guards created
sclg ,i,.."..T. tin
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ssed with destructive force, cently perpe ,ra e .
, -eree, and almost
para- a deep sensation throughout the country. A
fir.. • 'd`loigicil the springs s tat,a of industry, When the fin infant—only four years of age—was
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finances helpless female
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~ v. e country were deranged, a
an'. every one felt stabbed from under an area railing wader cir-
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