The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1836.

which has the rare merit of being founded on fact, me
unequalled by anything of the sort in the present day.
Nor must we omit to notice the striking incident of the
old Clergy:nan, who, when informed by the peasants
who are grouped around him on the summit of tht

rock, that all human hope is vain, reads the burial
service over the body of him who is at that moment
breathing his last in the inundated cavern below. We
have already observed that Mr. Downes is a superior
landscape painter ; but his sketches have this addi-
tional recommendation, that they are remarkable for
their strict accuracy, as in more than one instance, wc
ourselves can testify. His allusions too, are rigidly'
lo.m1; and he hits off the Welch peasant, and small
farmer, as none can do but he who is thoroughly conver-
sant with their peculiarities. The great defect in his
" Decameron" is, that the tales are most clumsily and
inartificially introduced ; and that there are too fre-
quent attempts at humour in the prefatory part.

THE NAKED TRUTH.
London : Cowie and Co., 1836.

The title page of this little work reminds us of the
good old times when authors, in telling us the name it
delighted them to give their literary offspring, told us
as much about the amusement or information we might
expect from the perusal thereof, as their successors of
modern times are enabled to do in a preface of some
ten or twenty pages, eked out by a sprawling introduc-

tion extending over a couple of sheets. Does the
reader stare—seeing that we only prefix " The Naked
Truth" to this notice ? We seek not to puzzle him.
The book has an alias if the above title be deemed
objectionable—an alias too, which, with its accompani-
ments, we need only give to prove that our author is a
match for old Rhymer himself in the art of writing
title-pages. This work then is described as " The
Naked Truth, or One Day's Advice to Landlords,
Tenants, and Operatives, and to all who think. Being
an impartial and unbiased exposition of those causes
which have produced the present state of our agricul-
tural
and general interests, our heavy poors'-rates, and
that spirit of disunion in society which is by too many
symptoms manifested. Showing also, the urgent neces-
sity of applying the only practical remedies." Then
follows a quotation from Tacitus, to show how very
happy the author is in the privilege of thinking
what he pleases, and of talking what he thinks ;
though it by no means follows that such a privi-
lege is in every instance of much advantage to the
community. Nor is the work unworthy of the title-
page ; for, although the monitory portion of it may be
perused very carefully in half a day, and, therefore, so
far the book is most properly designated " One Day's
Advice," we confess there are portions of it which
some wise heads would not fully comprehend in a year,
and which wiser still may pronounce incomprehensible.
Of course, it would be unfair to blame an author for
the ignorance or stupidity of his readers ; and we
merely state the fact with a view to remind the " read-
ing public" that here the person who reads to under-
stand is not to think of running at the same time. The
author sets out with assuring us that he is neither a
theorist nor a party-man; and to prove the former, he
lays down twenty-one propositions, which form, or
should form, the basis of all social, moral, and political
government ! Each of these propositions is a sort of
Procrustes bed, by which he regulates and measures all
that contributes to human happiness as he proceeds.
But enough of Truth in a state of nudity. We pre-
sume the author is some very amiable and philanthro-
pic enthusiast—harmless at all times, and, if possible,
still more so when concocting systems for the welfare
of mankind.

The

DECLINE OF TORYISM INDICATED
BY THE NEWSPAPER RETURNS.

( From the Spectator.)

The state of the Newspaper circulation—the rise or fall in
the sale of journals of opposite politics—is supposed, and with
reason, to be an index of the state of public feeling. Thv
last return of the Stamps issued to the London Press was ap-
pealed to by both parties as proof of the popularity of their
politics. With the aid of the renegade Times, the Tories
were enabled to exhibit the largest sale of Daily papers for
the half-year, ending June 30th, 1835, to which date the re-
turns extended. But it was proved on the other side, that
this was a decreasing majority, whilst the Reforming papers
were extending their circulation. It also appeared that the
Reforming Weekly journals had a very large majority over
t'iose which advocated Tory opinions. Another return has
just appeared, which supplies the number of Stamps issued
month by month to the London and Country Newspapers
from the 30th of June to the 30th of April last inclusive. This
document enables us to compare the sales of 1835 with those
of 1834, besides furnishing four months' data for estimating
the numbers which may be disposed of in 1836. We suspect
that the results will not be very satisfactory to those who boast
of the re-action in favour of Toryism during the last sixteen
months.
We find that the sale of
The Times and Evening Mail, in 1834, was
In 1835,

Decrease 720,505

Morning Herald and English Chronicle, in 1834 2,612,007
In 1835 2,249,005

Decrease 363,002

Morning Post in 1834
In 1835

Decrease

Decrease in the Times
Morning Herald
Morning Post . 39,000

Total Decrease ... 1,122,507
The Albion and Star (now discontinued) sold
in 1834
In 1835

Increase .....

60,000

The Standard, St. James's Chronicle, and two
other papers, in 1834 were
In 1835 1,689,500

Increase

Decrease on Tory papers 1,122,507
Increase on Tory papers 292,132

Net Decrease 830,375
So the Tory Daily Press is decidedly on the decline, in the
comparison of 1834 with 1835.
But it may be said that these journals are regaining their lost
ground, in consequence of the public indignation against
O'Connell and the popular furore in favour of the assailed
Church of Ireland. Let us see how far this notion is borne
out by the returns for the first four mcnths of the present
year ; remembering that the sale of Daily newspapers is fully
as great during that period (Parliament being sitting) as in
any other section of the year.
The number of stamps issued to the Times, in Ja-
nuary, February, March, and April, was ......

Multiply this number by 3, in order to get at the
year's consumption of stamps, supposing that the
first four months afford a fair average ; aid we
have 2,s29,ooo—instead of 2,644,994, the sale
of last year—or a diminution of
The sale of the Morning Herald during the first
four months, was 697,000 ; which, multiplied
by 3, gives 2,091,000, or a diminution of
The sale of the Morning Post during the same
period, was 223,000; which, multiplied by 3,
gives 669,000, or a diminution of

843,000

115,994

158,000

Estimated decrease on Times, Herald, and Post,

in 1836
The Standard again comes in to the relief of the
Tory journals; but this time is not of much
service. In 1835, the sale of the Standard was
1,689,500 ; in the first four months of 1836,
578,000 ; which multiplied by 3, gives 1,734,000
or a trifling increase of

19,000

292,994

44,500

248,494

So that supposing the sale for the whole year to be fairly
calculated on that of the four first months, the Tory journals
will present a further decline in 1836, as compared with 1835,
of 248,494.

Now let us turn to the other side, and mark the progress or
decline of the Liberal newspapers.
The sale of the Morning Chronicle for the first
half-year of 1834, is not distinguished from that
of the Observer, and other journals published at
the same office ; but in the last half-year of
1834, it was 324,500 ; if we double this num-
ber for the whole year, we shall get for the sale
of the Morning Chronicle, in 1834
In 1835, the sale of the Chronicle was

Increase

The Morning Advertiser, in 1834
In 1835

Increase

The Sun,
linn
11883354

580,000
768,800

Increase

ncrease on the Chronicle
1,309,000
Advertiser
Sun
188,800

Total increase on the Liberal papers in 1835 over

834

1,654,000

There has been a decline on the Globe of .
Courier .

True Sun..

100,500
97,500
179,000

Total Increase
Total Decrease

377,000

Net Increase

1,654,000
377,000

1,277,000

It thus appears, that while 830,000 fewer Tory daily papers
have been sold, in 1835 than in 1834, the number of Liberal
papers has been augmented 1,277,000—m0re than a million
and a quarter ; and this in spite of the ratting of the mighty
Times to the opposite side.
Calculating the sale for the year 1836 on the data furnished
by the first four months, the result is not so favourable to the
Liberal journals :
There would be a gain on the Morning Chronicle of 40,000
Morning Advertiser 90,000

• 130,000
But on the Evening papers there would be a loss of 168,000

Leaving a balance of loss

But here again, we must remember, that in this
view of the matter, the Tory loss would be no
less than
From which deduct the Liberal loss

248,494
38,000

And their still remains an Anti-Tory balance of ... 210,494
So much for the Daily. There is nothing very striking one
way or the other as regards the Weekly newspapers ; but the
advantage is on the Liberal side.

In 1834. In 1835.
stamps issued to the Age were 585,750 ... 510,500
Bell's Weekly Messenger . 612,000 ... 636,000
John Bull
Old England
Record

1,832,382 1,838,090
1,832,382

Tory gain in 1835..

5,708

Atlas
Bell's New Weekly Messenger 257,975 ... 273,000
Christian Advocate 77,914 ... 89,300
County Chronicle
Examiner
News
Patriot
Sunday Times
Spectator*
Satirist
Weekly Dispatch

3,210,944 ... 3,348,300
3,210,944

Liberal gain on the Weekly Press 137,356
Deduct Tory gain 5,708

Net Liberal gain
The Observer is not put down in the above list, because in
the first half of 1834 the stamps used by that paper were mixed
up with those put down to the Chronicle.
There is yet another mode of looking at this account. By
reference to the foregoing statements it will be seen, that the
number of stamps issued to the
Tory Daily Press in 1836, Was 7,331,499
Add Public Ledger, which was only commenced
in 1835
Tory Weekly Press .

134,500
1,838,090

9,304,089

* Our readers will perhaps be well pleased to see that the
increase in the Spectator's circulation exceeds that of any other
a per in this list wept the Dispatch. ;,

Liberal Morning Papers
Liberal Evening__
Globe 915,000
Sun 768,800
Courier
True Sun

2..557,300

5,835,300
Literal Weekly Press, at by the fore•

going statement , 4,4 3,348,300
Add Observer and Bell's Life in Low.
don, omitted in the previous estimate
because the sale of 1834, was mixed
with that of the Chronicle

10,107,225

Surplus of the Liberal Press of London ... 803,136
It should also be mentioned as a set-off against the majority
of daily papers sold by the Tories, that each subscriber takes
six copies; which would reduce the number of primary
readers to 1,244,333 ; but this rule does not of course apply
to the weekly papers, in which the Liberals have a majority
of 4,271,925 to 1,838,090. The secondary circulation of a
weekly paper is at least equal to that of a daily paper, and we
suspect greater.
Thus, in whatever way we look at this newspaper muster,
the result is unfavourable to the assertion that Tory prin-
ciples are becoming more popular; the reverse appears, from
the sale of the metropolitan journals. We may perhaps take
an opportunity of analyzing the account of the provincial
newspaper circulation : but in the meanwhile we must remark,
that perfect accuracy will not be attainable in that account,
!my more than in the one which we have been just examining ;
in consequence of the practice of charging stamps used for
different papers at the same office under ono head,* but
more especially in consequence of the frauds practised by cer-
tain London newspaper proprietors, who, in order to make a
great display of the extent of,dpir circulation at the head of
their journals, purchase stamps for country papers, and add
the stamps so procured to those which they actually consume.
The country returns prove this very distinctly. For instance
—the Liverpool Mercury, an old established paper of large
circulation, appears to have an extremely limited sale. What
London newspaper proprietor or agent takes out stamps for
the Liverpool Mercury? There is only one mode of pre-
venting such frauds as these—the mode advocated by the
Morning Chronicle: let each paper have its " name" on the
stamps which are purchased for it : only cheats can object to
this regulation.
* For instance, who can tell the real circulation of the
Standard from the returns ? If the St. James's Chronicle
—.a long established paper, and a great favourite in the coun-
try, especially among the parsons—and which is published
three times a week, sells 12,000 weekly, and the
.other two
papers published at the same office 3,000 weekly, the num-
bers affixed to the Standard should be 909,500, instead of
1,689,500.

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM

The Queen held a Drawing Room yesterday afternoon at
St. James's Palace. -

The King's Guard, with their band, were on duty in the
Colour-court, and a guard of honour of the Life Guards were
stationed in the principal court.
His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
were stationed at the doors in the state rooms reserved for
the Royal Family, and also in the Portrait Gallery and in the
Presence Chamber.

The officers of the Yeoman Guard present were—Sir Ed-
win Pearson, the Lieutenant ; Captain Houlton, the Ensign ;
Mr. Charles Hancock, the Exon in Waiting; and Mr. Eller-
thorpe, Clerk of the Cheque.
The Duchess of Kent came in state to the Drawing Room,
escorted by a party of Life Guards. Her Royal Highness
was attended by Lady Flora Hastings, Sir John Conroy, and
the Hon. General Upton. Her Royal Highness entered the
Palace by the Colour-court, and was received with the usual
honours by the King's Guard.
The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Prince of
Orange, the Hereditary Prince and Prince Alexander of the
Netherlands, the Landgravc of Hesse Homberg, the Duke of
Oldenbourg, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, and Prince
Charles :of Salms Braunfels also arrived, and attended the
Drawing Room.
Their Majesties having entered the Throne Room, the
entree company were first admitted, and afterwards the general
company. There were present of the Queen's Household the
Duchess Dowager of Leeds, Mistress of the Robes ; the
Countess Brownlow, in Waiting ; the Marchioness of Ely,
and the Countess of Sheffield, Ladies of the Bedchamber;
Miss Mitchell (in Waiting), Miss Eden, Miss Hudson, Miss
Bagot, and Miss Hope Johnstone, Maids of Honour; Lady
Bedingfield and Mrs. Berkeley Paget, Bedchamber Women ;
Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain ; Earl of Denbigh, Master of
the Horse ; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain ; Captain
Pechell, R. N., Equerry ; Sir George Hoste, Captain Vin-
cent, R.N., Hon. J. Strangways, Hon. Captain Curzon,
R. N., Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Mellish, Gentlemen Ushers ; and
Master de Salis, Page of Honour.
The King was attended by the Great Officers of State and
the officers of his Household. Lord Lilford was the Lord in
Waiting, and Sir Joseph Whatley the Groom in Waiting.
At the entree the Princess Galitzin and her sister were pre-
sented to the Queen by the Countess Brownlow.
The Princess de Bretzenheim was presented by the Coun-
tess Brownlow.

Mademoiselle Rapp, (daughter of the General), was pre-
sented by Countess Sebastiani, the French Ambassadress.
The Prince de Bretzenheitn was presented by M. Humme-
lauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires.
Count Wedel Jarlsbcrg was presented to the Queen by
Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister.
Prince Galitzin was presented by Count Pozzo di Borgo,
the Russian Ambassador.

Mr. J. W. May, Consul-General of the Netherlands, was
presented to the Queen, by M. Dedel, the Netherlands
Minister.

Colonel de Buelberg, Aide-de- Camp of the Emperor of
Russia, and M. Maltzoff, Aide-de-Camp of his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Oldenbourg, were presented by Count
Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador.
Mr. Thomas Newley Reeve was presented on being ap-
pointed Standard Bearer to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms, by Lord Foley.
Mr. Charles Dance was presented to the Queen on his ap-
pointment as one of his Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms, by Lord Foley.
Lord Polworth was presented on coming to his title, by the
Earl of Denbigh.
Sir Arthur Blackwood was presented on his appointment of
Groom of the -Privy Chamber to his Majesty.
The Drawing-rooth was attended by the Russian Ambas-
sador, the French Ambassador,. and Countess Sebastiani ;
the Neapolitan Minister, and Countess Ludolf ; the Prussian,
Sardinian, Swedish, Wurtemberg, Hanoverian, Danish,
and Portuguese Ministers; the Grecian Minister and Madame
Tricoupi, NOory . Effendi, Ottoman Minister, accompanied
by Mr. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; the Ba-
varian Minister, and Baroness Cetto, the Netherlands Minis-
ter ; M. de Hummelaur, Austrian, and Mr. Vail, United
States Charges d'Affaires; Baron do Maltitz, Councillor to
the Hanoverian Legation; Count de Grammont, Secretary
to the French Embassy ; Count Plessen, Secretary to the
Danish Legation ; Chevalier de Ribciro, Secretary to the
Portuguese Legation ; the Chevalier C. de Trenta, Prefet of
the Palace and Chamberlain of his Royal Highness the Duke
of Lucca, Infant of Spain ; Baron Lebzeltern, Attache to
the Embassy of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty;
Baron Von Randen ( Captain in the Netherlands service) ;
Baron d' Ompteda, Aide- de- Camp to the Duke of Cambridge;
Baron d'Ompteda, of the Jager Guards, and Baroness d'Omp-
teda (nal de Strabe), the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Comman-
der of the Forces, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount
Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Deputy Great
Chamberlain, Sir E. C. Diabrowe, his Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the
Netherlands; the Paymaster of the Forces, the Treasurer of
the Household; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of
the Robes, Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Deputy Clerk of the Closet;
Hon. Captain Poulett, Naval Aide-de-Camp; Lord Saltoun
and Valletort, Colonel Lord Dufferin, Sir George Seovell,
Colonels Sir AdolpTais Dalrymple, Sir C. Thornton, Sir R.
H. Dick, and Elphinstone, Aides-de-Camp to the King; Sir
Patrick Walker, Usher of the White Rod ; Sir David Wilkie,
A., Principal Painter in Ordinary to the King ; the Clerk
Marshal, Sir H. Seymour, Colonels Bowater and Cavendish-,
Equerries to the King ; Rev. Dr. Kuper, Chaplain to the
-Queen ; Lord Kilmarnock, Page of Honour ; Captain Cour-
tenay Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Lieute-
nant Colonel Sir Frederick Smith and Captain Green, Gen-
tlemen Ushers to the King in Waiting; Major Hyde, Assistant
Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Lieutenant Colonel
Reed, Silver Stick.
The following ladies were presented to the Queen :
The Countess of Aboyne, on coming to the title, by the
Countess of Errol.
Lady Beresford, on her marriage, by Viseougtess Beresford.
Lady Graves Sawle, by Lady Trelawny.
Lady Louisa Forbes, by the Countess of Wemyss.
Mrs. Hill, on her marriage, by Lady Vivian.
Mrs. Winthorp M. Pitied, by Lady Granville Somerset.
Lady Frances Gordon, by the Duchess of Hamilton.
Lady Polwarth, on succeeding to her title, by the Countess of
Romney.
The Hon. Mrs. Milnes, by the Countess of Mexborough.
Miss Mathew, by Mrs. George Mathew.
Miss Emma Buck, by Mrs. Buck.
Lady Anna Maria Courtenay, by Lady E. Courtenay.
Lady Louisa Hughian, on her marriage, by Lady Denman.
Mrs. Henry Darby Griffith, by her sister, Lady Campbell.
Mrs. Hodgson Cadogan, by the Duchess of Northumberland.
Mrs. Ross Farquharson, of Invercauld, by the Countess of

Wemyss.
Mrs. Colonel Rolt, by her sister Mrs. John Round.
Mrs. John 141ibbert, by the Countess of Caledon.
Mrs. James Mills, on her marriage, by Lady Young.
Mrs. R. Harrington, on her marriage, by the Duchess of
Hamilton.
Miss Brigstock, by her mother Mrs. 13rigstock.
Mrs. Fred. Barnsley, by her mother Lady Honeywood.
Mrs. Macnamara, by Lady Hamilton.
Mrs. Adolphus Shelley, on her marriage, by Lady Shelley.
Mrs. Millett, by Lady Mary Long.
lion. Mrs. 1-1. Arundel', on her marriage, by Viscountess
Ashbrook.
Mrs. General Bowes, by Lady Augusta K. Erskine.
The Right Hon. Lady John Campbell, by Lady C. Bury.
Lady John Scott, by the Duchess of Buceleuch. _
Lady Mary Christopher, by the Duchess of Buff.leach
Lady Rouse Boughton, by Lady St. John.