The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-30 00:00:00

SALT TAX,

consequence of Salt being duty free, will in six
years create a balance of trade of 500,0001. a
year in our favour. The wealth of a country
depends on this ; for if the balances of trade be
in our favour, the exchanges will be so also. The
aggregate balances in the year 1791 or 1792, in
our favour, of all the commerce of Great Britain,
was a trifle less than 1,503,000/. a year, and the
balance of trade in our favour will be a third of
this sum by abolishing the Salt Tax. For the
sake of this two shillings a bushel tax on Salt,
which tax is only to produce the sum of
200,0001. a year, a sum of 400,0001. a year
is to he paid for *pearl-ash, pot-ash, ba-
rilla, and saltpetre ; therefore any tax on
Salt acts as a bounty to foreigners, checks
our own industry, awl is the same as if 600,0001.
a year had been levied on the public, instead of
200,0001., the produce of this tax. What an
advantage it will be to our fisheries to abolish
the Salt Tax entirely, except on exportation to
foreign ports, which tax ought to be heavy, as
every grain of Salt in the United Kingdom will
be wanted for our own manufactories and
fisheries.

" An alkali can be obtained from Salt, which will render the
importation of the above named articles unnecessary.

CHINA.—It is, we understand, stated in some
of the recent letters from China, that the only
mode by which the Chinese Government was
likely to be influenced was by an intimation that
the Company's Officers were not warranted in
giving up voluntarily the individuals claimed by
them, as having obeyed the command of their
Superior Officer in firing on the Natives on shore,
and therefore that they must refer to the Autho-
rities in India and in England ; but the general
feeling was that the Chinese would never be
brought to a proper understanding of the reci-
procal rights of independent countries until a
BRITISH ARMY presented itself on the Chinese
Frontier, and then, and not until then, will they
spew a proper respect to the subjects of those
countries which are disposed to trade with them.
On Sunday Mr. FINESSY, Extra Messenger,
arrived in town with dispatches from Vienna.
Yesterday morning,at ten o'clock, his MAJESTY
left town in his travelling carriage for Kew,
where his MAJESTY spent the day.
The Bill for the admission of Roman Catholic
Peers into the Upper House of Parliament, which
was to have come on to-morrow evening, will, it
is understood, be put off, on account of the do-
mestic calamity of Earl GREY, by whom it should
have been moved. It is generally calculated
that a majority, amounting some say to 30, others
to 50, will defeat the Bill. At the head of these,
it is understood, is his Royal Highness the Duke
of YORK. The KING himself is said to be fa-
vourable to the measure.—(Morning Paper.)
The British sloop of war Carnation is stated
to have recently arrived at Port-au-Prince, St.
Domingo, from Jamaica, with dispatches for
President Bo YER, which were immediately for-
warded to him at the Cape, under a❑ escort of
dragoons.

Sir THOMAS BRISBANE and family arrived on
the 7th of November at Sydney, New South
• Wales. Governor MACQUARRIE had taken his
passage for Europe in another vessel, which was
to sail early in January.
The Deputation from the London Missionary
Society to the South Sea Islands, with additional
missionaries, sent out in the Tuscan in May last,
arrived at Otaheite on the 27th of September,
after a fine voyage of four months and nine days.
The letter alluded to in the Morning Chronicle
from Bruges, respecting the noted Mr. FLETCHER,
must have been misquoted. The name of the in-
dividual intended to have been referred to must
have been Mr. ECUs, NOT Mr. Er.LicE ; but we
agree with an Evening Paper of yesterday, that
Mr. ELLICE IS not going to India with Mr. CAN-
NING, however well qualified and calculated Mr.
ELLIS may be for that office. Allusions have
often been made on this subject, as to Mr. CAN-
NING'S acquaintance with individuals connected
with Mr. FLETCHER, but WE do NOT give any
credit whatever to any of them:
KING CHARLES THE SECOND.--'Yesterday being
the anniversary of this Sovereign's Restoration, the occasion
was observed with all the customary ceremonies. The military
wore oak leaves in their hats ; and at one o'clock the Park and
Tower guns were fired.

EDWARD JERNINGHAM, Eso.—We lament to
announce the death of EDWARD JEIININGHAM, Esq brother
of Sir GEORGE JERNINGIIAM, Bart. many years Secretary
to the English Catholic Board. He was a most excellent
and amiable gentleman, beloved and esteemed by all who knew
him. He attended the House of Commons on the. second
reading of Mr. CANNING'S Roman Catholic Peers' Bill, on
Friday fortnight. Ile was then in good health and spirits, but
was taken ill on the following day, being attacked with crysi_
pelas. The melancholy event took place yesterday at an early
hour, at his house in Bolton-row.
• We understand that on Saturday, Mr. STUART
was served with an indictment to stand trial before the High
Court of Justiciary, on Monday the 10th of June, for being a
principal in the duel in whichSiTALEXANDEIt BOSWELL was
shot.—( Edinburgh Courant, May 27.)

The diminishing the Salt Tax to two shillings
a bushel is a great relief to the poor, &c., but
there is no reason, because other nations have a
Salt Tax, that we should have one also ; for at
present barilla, pot-ash, pearl-ash, and saltpetre
are imported at a great expellee; but if the Salt
Tax were totally abolished, those articies would
soon cease to be imparted, and the sum saved
from this, together with increased exportation, in

FOR THE SUN.

IRISH DRESS BALI,

A DISINTERESTED FRIEND to the IRISH.
Millet's Hotel, May 29, 1822.

LAWYERS IN PARLIAMENT.

It is no uncommon thing'to hear it asserted in conversation
that there are too many Lawyers in the British House of Com-
mons, and some of the thorough-bred croakers do not scruple to
mention this circumstance as one of the indications of a bad
system. That there is a superabundance of " men of the law"
• in our national assembly is assumed, not proved, by these
pessimists. But without entering into this question, let us see
how republican America is situated in this respsct. We find
from the thllowing statement that more than half the Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives are Lawyers :
[From the National Intelligenoer.]
CONGRESS.—Sorne time ago a wish was expressed by a
brother editor to know in what proportion 'Congress was ,com-.
posed of the different professions of life. By the politeness of
a friend in Congress, we have been furnished with the follow-
ing statement, which is presumed to be accurate:—
In the House of Representatives of the United States, there
are, it is stated_
Lawyers - - - 97 Physicians - -
Farmers and Planters - :39 Manufacturers
Merchants - - - 13 Clergyman
fra............ ......_
G- I-

ItAMPUS IosPITAL SHIP.—A few days ago
Viscount ExMount-, accompanied by some other
distinguished characters, went on board the
Grampus Hospital SSip, lately established by
voluntary subscription, for the reception of sick
and diseased Seamen in the Port of London.
Previous to leaving the vessel, his Lordship
entered the following Memorandum in the
Journal :
In the course of my nautical life, I have been no where
" more gratified than by my visit to this Floating Hospital,
" flowing from individual liberality. The comforts afforded,
" and the cleanliness of all the ship, have given nia great and
" solid satisfaction."

Great regret is felt by the Shipping Interest,
'or the indisposition of Mr. SYKES, M. P. for
lull, which prevents his attendance at the House
of Commons this evening on the debate of Mr.
WALLAcc's Bills for the repeal of the Naviga-
tion Laws. The Ship-owners, aware of the
talents of Mr. SYKES, and his correct view of
this subject, relied on his opposition to this im-
politic measure, and lament that they are de-
prived of his support on this important occasion;
for the more they reflect on all Mr. WALLACE'S
Bills, except that part of them which simplifies
and renders more simple and intelligible the
law on this subject—the more they are con-
vinced that the practical result of these INNO-
VATIONS in our MAllyrimE Institutions will
prove ruinous to the Country, and depress its
Naval Power.
THE THEAT/tE.—The profits of the perform-
ances at Covent-garden Theatre were last night
liberally appropriated by the Proprietors for the
benefit of THE WESTERN PHILANTHROPIC IN-
STITUTION. The play was Rob Rog, and the
afterpiece Cherry and Fair Star. The house
was well attended , the audience seemed to en-
joy pleasure animated by benevolence, and the
Performers appeared to derive more gratification
from their own feelings in support of so laudable
a purpose, than from any applause which their
talents could excite.
HENRY HARitts, EsQ.—All alarm respecting
this Gentleman is at an end. It appears that
the very extraordinary advetisements and placards
that were issued were the unfortunate result of
a family difference.

It is always with regret that we notice the ru-
mours of the day which in any degree may affect
the characters of individuals,—but so much has
been said respecting an arrangement which is sup-
posed to have taken place between an eminent
Jeweller and a recently distinguished Baronet,
that we think it proper to say that we .do not
believe there is any truth in it whatever.
WINDSOR, MAY 30.—The feelings of benevo-
lence in favour of the Irish Peasantry operate
as strongly in this loyal town as in any other
part of the Utiited Kingdom. On Saturday next
our Theatre is to be opened for their relief, with
the tragedy of The Earl of Warwick, which is
to he followed with Monsieur Tonson, and to con-
clude with the farce of High Life below Stairs.
Mr. BETTY, who in his early days was celebrated
for remarkable precosity of genius, and whose
matured powers are well calculated to gratify an
audience, comes forward on this laudable occa-
sion as the hero of the tragedy, and several gen-
tlemen amateurs, who are animated by the
same benevolent spirit, are to assume the other
characters in the play and the succeeding en-
tertainments. It is gratifying to know that
amusement on this occasion will be subservient to
benevolence, and the same meritorious impulse
prevails over this town and neighbourhood, in-
somuch as to promise
,a more productive result on
this classic and loyal ground than may perhaps
be expected in any other place of a similar
extent.

The invidious allusion to " the profound an-
" thor of the article Jurisprudence, in the Sup-
" plement. to the Encyclopedia Britannica," is
not very creditable to the liberal views of one of
our Evening Cotemporaries. We think this at-
tack on that learned individual was altogether
uncalled for, and that the observations in a Morn-
ing Paper, on the recent judgment of the New
Common Serjeant, do not justify the allusion we
have mentioned.

On Saturday last a dividend was struck at
3s. 4d. in the pound on the estate of Messrs.
STEPHEN arid JAMES ROCHE, late Bankers of
Cork. The holders of the notes of WARREN
and Co., late Bankers of Cork, will be paid a
year and a half's interest in the present month.—
( Waterford Mirror.)

MR. EDITOR—I have no doubt but that you
and your readers will feel as indignant as I do at
the conduct of some individuals, who, by some
inadvertence or improper influence, have ob-
tained tickets of admission to the Ball at the
King's Theatre to-morrow night, in aid of the
fund for the relief of our distressed countrymen
in Ireland. These tickets were this day offered
for sale at a price considerably beyond twelve
guineas a ticket—l hope there is not any truth
in this report, but as it passes current at this end
of the town, I rely on your impartiality to insert
this communication in your Paper.