The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

SUlsr, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1847.2

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APR i L 5, 1847.

No. I.—An Abstract of the N,t Produce of the Revenue of Greateasc Britain in the Yearseac and Quartersd
thereo ended sth of April, 1846, and sth of April, 1847, showing the
Incr or Decrease on h heaf.

YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 11 Year ended Aprils. 'Quarter ended Apr
d 5.
QUARTERS ENDED
, ended ,-----.A----------, ended ..,,, -A-
c________ _-_, r. --I
' July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5 April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, jan, 5, April 5, April 6, ! I
1845 1845 1846 1846 1846 1846 1846 1847 1847 1847 Increase. Decrease. Increase. I Decrease.
- ----- - ------
I £ £ £ X £ £ £ 1 1 £ :. £ £ £ £
..,•.. .. .. 4,490,548 4,848,353 4,354,789 3,961,918 17,664,518 4,523,391 5,310,835 4,514,721 4,447,673 18,796,620 Customs .••.... .. • • 1,132,002 .• • • 485,755 -
CE(.lcticansse„ ....... ..... ..... 2,965,684 1,955,106 3,338,937 1,626,458 11,486,085 3,104,711 4,181,926 3,608,155 1,652,865 12,347,657 Excise •. • • ........ 661,572 _ „ 26,407 -
.. .......... .. 1,837,076 1,780,175 1,792,102 1,685,868 7,095,521 1,730,495 1,1/1,364 1,740,647 1,817,282 7,062,824 ' Stamps. •.• . . .... 32,693 131,414
••• • -
TlS:OaTte_soPs...,• ....... ...... .... 2,000,567 201,279 1,876,951 146,142 4,224,039 2,006,427 209,940 1,909,899 130,892 4,257,158 Taxes
-18,001 177,9104 33,119 •• • • •• • • 15,250
Property Tax •••••• • • • • ; 909,991 1,823,843 346,985 1,963,882 5,084,741 1,009,162 1,972,128 450,219 2,033,072 5,464,581 Property Tax • ..... 379,840 .• • • 69,190
free ..........: 155,000 209,000 1,9,000 215,000 768,000
30,0.00 181,000 217,000 203,000 219,000 820,000 . Post-office 52,000 •• • • 4,000 -
30,000 25,000 45,000 130,000 n 1
1 aLuaerol dugs :::.• : : 129,273 .. . . 1,071
• • • . 18,000 • • • - 8,000
Miscellaneous ••.• • • • • 13,652 . 15,102 68,612 91,522 188,888 Tr.
/ -
- - -----
5000
29,65730000 3927:50,030
318,161112000 ; Crown
,
eTor°LvlrOlLrialituldasry.- 1.1.-e.v.e.n.u.e. '12,411,518 12,862,908 12,031,576 9,735,790 47,041,892 j 12,573,187 13,889,103 12,486,338 10,410,377 49,379,6)5 . Total .. .. •• . . 2,387.4,6 50,693 717,837 23,250
China Money. •• • .. „ .
.. 450,000 300,859 .. 750,839 440,000 227,644 , .. . 667,644 , China Money •• • • 81,215 .• . • -
Imprest Moneys, &c. •• ••1 29,269. '24,591 64,034 52,909 170,846 73,939 33,815 31,884 53,859 193,497 Imprest Moneys, &c. 22,651 .• • . 950 -
RepaymentsolAdvances 182,354 473,881 404,179 456,473 1,516,547 i 111,607 199,882'1 302,449 164,568 778,506 ReptunntsofAdynes. .... 738,381 .• .. 291,095
-- - - ___.-
Tot il Income* .. 12,623,134 13,811,350 12,800,798 10_245,1726 49,480,484 13,198,733 14,330,444 12,820,671 10,618,804 51,018,652 • 1 Total •.•• • • • ... 2,410,457 872,289 718,787 315,155
-- - -_____
i
Amount applied to Con- , Deduct Deduct
solidate•l Fund ...• •• 8,255,562 8,869,973 7,859,997 5,468,355 30,453,897 8,476,134 7,617,435 8,615,804 3,207,608 27,917,073 : 872,249 i
Decrease 315,155 [I Decrease.
Ditto, as Advances .•• • • 101,501 950,009 615,077 140,000 1,406,578 91,501 472,300 ' 83- -• 029 '0 000 4,311,501 ;
i ,:),.r , . . , I
Ditto, as Ways & Means i
- . c , Increase I Increase
of the Year ••••• • • • • • 4,266,071 4,391,407 4,325,724 4,636,817 17,620,019 1 4,631,098 6,260,509 3,367,273 5,451,196 19,720,0 i 6 1 1,538,1 GS -1 ,
. on 403,632 11 on the
~__----- --__ --'1 C. ! the Year. i Quarter.
- - __--
Total ... .. 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 1 49,490,484 t 13,198,733 114,330,444 12,820,671 11,608,804 1 51,978,652 It 1 1
... .... . • • AC, (111(11 • - ........,.......1 .... T -...-. -e o nrtn ',raw as stated below.

10,245,172 49,450,454
• Exclusive of c.

13,198,733
1,0001. recel

14,330,144 12,820,671 11,608,804
rad on Laan of 8,000,0001., as steel

below,

No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1846, and the sth April, 1847.
Quarters ended April 5.
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INCOME. 1646 1 1841 I CHARGE.
.Z. X. 1
Customs ••••.•.••••••• • .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,961,918 4,417,673 I Permanent Debt ——...... . .. ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. .. . .... • .... • . . ...
Excise •• .. ...... .....• .•• • • ........ 1,641,800 1,665,478 1 Terminable Annuities.. . ...... ........... ••••• • • • •
Stamps . ........ ...
Taxes ..
Property Tax 1,963,883 2,033,072 , The Civil List ... ........... .......... ....... ..... •
Post-office ••• • •
Crown Lands •• . ....
Miscellaneous • •
Imprest and other Moneys ••••• • • • ; ; 52,909 53,859 ; Total
Repayments of Advances .••••• • • • • • • 456,473 164,568 .
10,260,514 10,661,417 1.
To Cash brought to this Account, be-
kg the First Instalment of Loan of The Surplus of Revenue on the sth January7lBB4B:l,rianfteir.p.r.o.v.i.ding.f.o.r.t.he Ch. a. r.::s o"f.t.h.a.t. .................... ..........:.
8,000,0001. ..
• • •
10,260,514 11,621,417 The Amount Issued in the Quarter ended Aprils, 1847, of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Col
...Tht....,, rnilii_ for glinniv Semi,. ..•• •• •• •

Quarters ended April 5.
~.------,
CHARGE. 1846 1847
X. X.
Permanent Debt .... • ..... ..... , , ............... ..... . . .... . . ... 5,631,691 5,594,667
Terminable Annuities ..... ...... ........... •••• • • • • 1,314,235 1,310,291
Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .
Sinking Fund
.. ..... ...... ............
The Civil List ... ........... ......., „ ....... ..... • • 98,085 98,255
Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund •••• • • • • .... 338,785 337,846
140,000 2,940,000
For Advance/1, ttlelttding 2,800,0001. in the present quarter to Ireland, per .'. et 9 and 10 Vie. cap. 17 ..
Total Charge •
The Surplui
1,783,303 628,781
10,260,514 11,621,417
The Surplus of Revenue on the 3th January, 1847, after providing for the Charges of that Quarter, was ..... ... .... 1,363,455
To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, as above stated on the present Quarter •. . ..... .... 628,781
—_—__
The Amount Issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1847, of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Con- - .... 1,994,236
soildated Fund, for Supply Services ••••• • • • • •
The probable Amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
.. ............ ..... .................. .... 3,466,960
_ .. _ . . •

which had been left with Fabio (Mr. Allen), his
pupil, by his brother, Count de Fiesque, who had
intended them for Clelia (Miss E. Honner), daughter
of the Marquis. The Duke discovers the verses in
the apartments of his wife, and threatens death to the
writer. The Marquis and his instrument, Caffarini,
are alarmed, and seek to inculpate the Count and
Fabio ; but matters are, in the end, cleared up, to the
satisfaction of all parties, and two marriages furnish a
very pleasing termination to the serio-comic intrigues
which, throughout, forms the staple of the Opera.
The barcarole, which we give, is in the first act—
" Oh thou, whose lustrous beauty
Doth all mankind enchain ;
Without or crown or sceptre,
Thou o'er each heart dost reign.
In silence I adore thee ;
But if thou hear'st a sigh
When lovers round thee gather—
'Tis I !—'tis I I—'tis
"Each gallant high-born courtier
Doth seek thy heart to mote,
They try all means to win thee,
I, nought can do but love.
Yes, in silence I adore thee,
But if thou hear'st a cry,
That of love some one is dying,
'Tis I !—'tis I !—'tis I ! '

Miss Addison is a favourite with the public, and her
powers—such are their promises—deserve the pa-
tronage; at the same time , if she would mouth less
her declamations, if she would recede further from
that extreme of inane boarding-school recitation, if she
would approach nearer the expression of the very
passion as it would spring in actual life, from the
circumstances around her, always making allowance
for the exaggeration required by the stage, we feel
certain of her immediate triumph in her profession.
Considering the doleful, dismal character of the
piece, for an Easter Monday, it passed off
well, nay, we are certain it passed off very much to
the satisfaction of the gods, et superi et inferni, who
were but too glad to welcome the happy humour .of
the Rival Sergeants, the rollicking frolicking Irish
fun of Leary O'Lynn (Mr. H. Mellon), the rival of
his brother sergeant (Mr. Scharf), in their suit to
Margaretta (Miss Julia Wallach). The incidents of
this tiny interlude chiefly arise out of the wit of the
Irish sergeant, which, however, proves too sharp fur
its owner in the end; the green unsophisticated
honesty of Sergeant Charles wins upon the heart of
the happy, merry object of his affections, and they
were, in the terms of Miss Wallack's spirited
epilogue, " dismissed with flying colours, that
they may stand guard to-morrow night." The
well-known amusing farce of The Bengal Tiger,
followed with an excellent cast of characters. Mr.
A. Younge played Sir Paul Pagoda with effect ; Mr.
Morton meritoriously supported the character of the
Young Merchant (Edward Henderson), but espe-
cially Scharf, in the character of the Servant David,
earned for himself the universal applause of the audi-
tory. On the whole, the high character of this
house, by bating the indiscretion which governed the
selection of the pieces, was worthily sustained.

upon the English stage; delighted, because there is
about it a union of the poetic and the imaginative,
which embodies in a remarkable degree one of Byron's
finest conceptions ; and improved, because there is a
representation of costume, of manners, and of deport-
ment, which, notwithstanding the exaggeration of
stage effect, is admirably true to the customs of the
country in which the scene is laid. And if we speak
thus of the plot and conception, we have great reason
to speak strongly of the way in which the manager
has brought out this piece. It is everything that the
frequenters of Astley's could desire, full of incident,
rich in costume, and fertile in effect, just
such a thing as play-goers would like to see.
To add to the effect of the piece, the docile horses,
the elephant, and the camels were introduced, and did
their part well in doing nothing—or that which is the
same thing, in being led on to the stage and off again.
They were docile and effective, and that was sufficient
for the manager. In addition to this, we may say
that the corps de ballet were a most admirable addition
to the piece, for the business assigned to them was
well performed, and such as was likely to bring a
large assemblage to the theatre. The Bride of Abydos
was succeeded by a variety of equestrian performances,
in which the elite of the company were called into
request, and performed some of those feats which
nobody would believe to be possible if they did not
see them. Mrs. Batty, Mr. Bell, Miss Isabelle, and
Mr. Powell were the principal agents. These
was succeeded by a laughable farce called the Married
Bachelor, and we only wish that we may always
have the same source of enjoyment. Truly, Batty
has commenced his season with an admirable view to
the enjoyment of the people. Among the chief of
these we may notice the performance of Mr. Powell,
by whom the attiring of a life-guardsman was most
admirably depicted. During his ride he took the
accoutrements of a number of the cavalry corps, and
exhibited all the phases of a guardsman's life, both in
coming into and going out of battle, and they were
given to the life as well as a number of other novel-
ties, by which Mr. Batty seems determined to catch
the public.

This piece was thrice encored; the scene in the
same act between Caffarini and Fabio, where the
former rushes in to the latter's attic to remonstrate
against his eternal " practisings," was ludicrous in the
extreme, as was that wherein Caffarini seated at
the piano-forte in hopeless helplessness, waiting
for some bright thought to carry out his
patron's idea, pounces upon the air which Fabio is
humming in the adjoining closet, and transfers it
and its accompanying words to his own collection.
But we cannot, w►thout quoting columns, give any-
thing like a correct idea of the opera, which, to
be understood, must be heard and seen. The artistes
were in excellent voice ; were throughout highly
applauded ; and at the conclusion of the piece were
called before the curtain. Mr. Allen appeared lead-
ing on Miss Anne Romer, Mr. Bodda, Miss Honner,
and Mr. Leffler followed. The opera was announced
by Mr. Walton for repetition. That most
beautiful of Shakspere's fairy creations,
A Midsummer Night's Dream, followed,
and was deservedly applauded. Mr. Henry
Hughes personated Theseus, and Miss Winstanley
(whose first appearance it was in London) enacted
kiypollita. The burthen of the drama rested, of
course, on the two twin friends, Hermia and Helena
(Mrs. Stirling and Mrs. Hughes). The acting of
thes3 ladies is so well known, and so justly admired,
that comment would be an impertinence. Mr. Comp.
ton, as the worthy Bottom, kept the audience in
roar, while Miss Marshall and her fair friends ex-
hibited the fairy world in its most attractive aspect
The admirable airs which are interspersed throughout
were admirably sung by Miss Georgians Smithson,
Miss Sara Flower, and Miss Anne Romer. The
evening's entertainments appeared to give the utmost
satisfaction to a crowded and most respectable house.

piece was certainly the most interesting of the three
which had been presented for the evening's entertain-
ments, and at the fall of the curtain was greeted with
strong marks of approbation. The theatre wa3 much
crowded, though the noise sometim-s rendered it a
matter of difficulty to hear what was goin forward
on the stage ; on the whole, the gall g ery go:Is
were more quiet than their Easter amusements usually
permit them to be. The performances were announced
for repetition amidst loud applause.

STRAND.
Henry Russell, an old and established friend of the
public, re-opened this theatre yesterday evening,
for the Easter season. The attendance was not alone
numerous, but select. In the course of the enter-
tainment Mr. Russell introduced several new songs,
one of which, the "Demon Ship," the composition
of the lamented Hood, met with marked and deserved
applause. Few persons who have ever heard Mr.
Russell do not desire to hear him again and again.
His style is simple, not in the least ornate, n
.fiori!ltre
being never attempted; yet he has a magic power over
his hearers, he understands the secret of establishing a
communication between himself and his audience,
which renders his success certain. To this end he
has chosen subjects calculated strongly to arouse
the passions, and awaken the tenderer emotions of
the soul, and clothing them in simple yet beautiful
language, he gives them utterance with a fervour
and pathos which completely wins the sympathies of
his audience. The " Gambler's Wife," the" Maniac,"
and the " Ship on Fire," are striking illustrations of
this talent. Although most of his songs come under
this standard, yet there are many which are excep-
tions to the rule, and which owe their whole popu-
larity to his power of voice as a singer, and his
accompaniment as a musician. To this class belong
"A life on the Ocean 'Wave," " I'm Afloat," " And a
life in the West." As a comic singer, Mr. Russell
possesses no mean powers ; he is the composer as well
as the author of most of the negro melodies, which
are so popular, and he sings them with a great deal
of effect. It would be an injustice should we close
this brief notice, if we omitted to advert to his sin-
gular skill as a pianist, his style and execution on the
pianoforte is most brilliant, many prefer him to
Thalberg, but his chief merit consists in the sweet-
ness, and withal, the clearness of his notes.

LOYAL POLYTECHNIC lIVSTITUTION.
The visitors to the institution yesterday were
exceedingly numerous. Every part of its spacious
area—the Great Hall, galleries, and theatres—was
crowded ; and we suppose that not less than 3,000
persons enjoyed the treasures of science and art which
are presented to the curious of every class, the old
and the young, the learned and the untaught, in its
varied lectures and its replete and matchless collection
of mechanical, artistic, and natural wonders. The
principal novelties of the season now commenced are
—a splendid pair of the Gymnotus Eiectricus, or
Electrical Eel, and a most interesting course of
lectures upon " Animal Mechanism," by T. Rymer
Jones, Esq., F.R.S., the eminent Professor of Natural
History to King's College. To these we may add a
new series of very beautiful dissolving views, the
interest of which is greatly heightened by the intro-
duction of new and appropriate music, which does
the highest credit to the very able musical director
of the institution, Dr. Wallis, whose compositions and
performances have repeatedly been the subject of high
commendation in the columns of The Sun, as well as of
the other metropolitan journals, and on no occasion more
deservedly than on the present. Dr. Bachoffner's
lectures on Armstrong's Hydro-electric Machine
continue to form one of the most attractive features
of the day's entertainment; but we cannot help re-
peating our regret that this learned and eloquent pro-
fessor does not continue the whole year round his
charming lectures on astronomy, which, illustrated
by his admirable dissolving orrery, are by far the most
instructive and popular we ever heard upon the sub-
ject. The value of his discourses is enhanced as much
by the simplicity of his manner as by the clearness
and unstudied elegance of his diction. Our good-
humoured friend, who submits his classical, and, at
the same time, extremely merry countenance, to ex-
hibition in the Physioscope, adds very much, by the
rich and varied play of his expressive features, to. the
amusement afforded by this curious invention of the
ingenious Secretary, Mr. Longbottom. Space will
not allow us to go into further detail of the match-
less variety of combined entertainment and instruc-
tion to be enjoyed in a day's promenade through the
wonders of the " Polytechnic ;" but the public are
already so much influenced by their attractiveness,
that all who have a zest for the choicest possible
combination of the useful with the delightful, will
crowd to the Institution, without any need of our
exhortation to that purpose.

SURREY.
Instead of the usual pantomime the entertainments
at this theatre yesterday evening consisted of three
new pieces, together with the performances of the
Bedouin Arabs. We think this judicious, for this age
does not possess the pantomimic skill which is
asserted to have existed in the days of Cicero,
when jesture was a more efficient exponent
of thought and feeling than language. Tne
performances commenced with a drama, in two
acts, entitled The Discarded Daughter, the plot of
which is as follows :—Count Carlsdarf (Mr. 'F. Fre-
derick,) believes that Julia (Mrs. Ware), who has
passed for his daughter, is in reality the offspring of
a criminal connexion between a quondam friend
(Count Itavensburg) and his wife, and treats her
accordingly. Albert (Mr. Tindell) the nephew of
the Count Carlsdorf, loves Julia, who returns his
passion, and a denouement takes place, by which it
appears that the Count Carlsdorf has been deceived,
.ind that his wife has not been faithless. The lovers
are then, of course, made happy. There was little of
incident in the piece, the interest of which
iepended entirely upon the expression of
deep feeling on the part of the father
and daughter—the former struggling with the
sense of degradation to which the supposed infidelity-
of his wife would naturally give rise, and a strong
affection for his daughter whom he loves, notwith
standing the supposed criminality of the mother, and
'A yearning for paternal affection on the part of the
latter who is ignorant of the cause of her father's
conduct for paternal affection. The piece is by no
means destitute of merit, and derived considerable
assistance from the able acting of Mr. Fredericks and
Nlrs.Ware (a recent acquisition to the London stage),
who depicted their respective characters with great
fidelity. Messrs. Tindell and J. T. Johnson, and Miss
E. Terry, also contributed by their admirable acting
to the success of the piece, which was warmly ap-
plauded throughout. "An Oriental Festival" fol-
lowed, in which the twelve Bedouin Arabs performed
their almost incredible feats of activity. It would be
impossible to do justice to the performances of these
extraordinary artists, who appear to have an anatomy
quite different from that of ordinary mortals, for their
saltations, contortions, &c., appear to belong to more
flexible muscles, and a physical configuration, altogther
opposed to the genus homo. In illustration of what
we stated, we need only mention that they perform
somersets without any assistance from their hands,
whether in the space that the proscenium affords,
or within the circumference of some twelve feet of
a cheveaux de freise of bayonets. To appreciate
the performances of these agile beings they must be
seen. A new farce, entitled Kissing goes by Favour,
by Mr. Stirling, succeeded. This, as well as the
other productions of the same author, abounded
with the ris comica, and was greeted with hearty
applause. The entertainments concluded with a new
drama, in three acts, entitled The Two Brothers of
Pisa. The plot of this piece is simply this :—Pietro
(Mr. T. Johnson), and Lorenzo (Mrs. Ware), the
brothers of Pisa, actuated by a desire to rescue
their mother from the severe privations which she is
enduring through the persecutions of a Count Mont-
mero who has just been murdered, agree, the one to plead
guilty to the murder, and the other to inform upon
him, with the view of obtaining a large reward that
.bas been offered for the detection of the murderer.
They accordingly repair to the Count de Outien, the go-
vernor of the district in which they reside, and Pietro
makes a statement which leads to the apprehension of
the brother, and hastens to the abode of his mother;
but stung with remorse, and the feelings that would
naturally affect one in his situation, he leaves the
house. A very affecting scene ensues. The mother
Theodora Bemanati (Mrs. H. Vining) is arrested, at
the suit of the executors of the Count de Montemorin,
but is rescued by the Count de Outien, who is re-
presented as an amiable functionary, and whose feel-
ings have been deeply interested in the fate of the
two brothers. It turns out that a prisoner, named
Tristram, is the real culprit, and the Count de
Outien adopts the two brothers. This is a piece of
by no means ordinary merit, and the favourable
manner in which it was received, shows that a drama
which appeals to feelings other than those connected
with " the universal passion," while, in skilful
hands, will always be successful, for the heart has
many strings. Mrs. H. Vining performed the part
of Theodora Bemanati as she always does her charac-
ters, most creditably, and the minor characters were
admirably sustained. Too much pra'se cannot be
accorded to the spirited proprietress of this popular
place of amusement for her indefatigable, and, we
are happy to learn,' successful efforts to cater to the
lublic taste.

VICTORIA.
The Easter Monday entertainments commenced at
this theatre with an entirely new spectacular roman-
tic drama, in three acts, entitled The Forger's Vow;
or, Sidi Barossa the Bedouin Chief of Jarra. The'
plot of the piece itself, though possessed of some in-
terest, was necessarily sacrificed in a great measure
to its spectacular character, in which it certainly ex-
celled. The various accessaries of dresses, scenery,
&c. &c., were certainly en a most extensive scale,
while the performance itself was maintained with ta-
lent and spirit. The curtain fell amidst
loud applause. This piece was succeeded by
a drama, adopted from the French, entitled
Donzella, or the Monk and the Assassins. It was
tolerably well calculated to keep up the interest which
had been excited by the first piece, until the com-
mencement of the third, which was entitled the
Reefers Wrongs; or, the Wreck of the Aurora. This