The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-06 00:00:00

QUARTER et

April 5, July 5,
1839 1g39

Oct. 10,
IS It

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April 5,
1810

July 5,
1811

Oct.lU, Jai,. 5,
1610 ISO

Jan.
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3,497,822 I 3,825,871 4,484,-. 5-.! 3,805,719 - 3,4199,329 3,935,993 4,56.4048
.. 3,644,292 -
493,3231 I
1,015,462 i - - - 340,135 1,151,936 - - -
-v .; 0,423 - 1,'?9:?,.254 ! 973,586 - 732,1591 . - 1,1011,9`29, 736,614 -
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4,.411,50 4,47433.3 5,27..;11, 6 4,710,305 19,940,213 4, ..72,6i 3 :',137,934 5,(4112,-77 4,°80,406 19,7.24,340
1,541,111 2,570,311 4,1 :2,110 3.42 ; ,271 !1,952,., 2. I ~1-.1.1,996 2,711,951 3,916,‘2.49 4,0 I f ,31-,O 12,1, 4,11i2
1,610,253 1,647,4:13 I,‘:. 9,124 I ,`,,r7,0; 1 6,574,461 1,659, 'SS 1,7!29,6r.1 1,751,417 1,5!.6,616 6,731,002
176,410 1,6'9,3?_' :;11,28 i ; I,'S ,1;!I I 3,i11,794 1.9,0:14 I,f 47,50 S 3:12,507 1,1'8I:,-, I 3,414(1,144
3(2,(00 369,000 407,1 x), • 1 .111,0 ti 1,11,1,01.1 11:0,001 10.1,000 1:3,000 1 '3,001.i 441,001
40.000 411,00 "(1,001) , 40,, .. 0 160;410 4i y ,011 42,500 41;1!0 444,4'9(4 167,330
3),145 14,61 I 17,631 1 18,900 96,010 3', ISO 4,117 24,380 10,437 '78,116
V,537,318 11,152,050 12,'461,8.6 i 11,788,136 43,814,330 8,531,045 11,373,061 11,855,7.-.2 11,131,1.6 4',1247,8414
31 853 301,02.5 41,426 ! 41,992 419,996 31,913 297,980 62,999 33,546 445,338
125,756 204162 234,4'.45 i 176,890 730,191 110,7..6 195,995 172,409 1:3,918 603, R,S
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8,691,957 111,(256,)371 12,0 W 97 1 10,0 -7,018 145,10'1,40:1 1 8,679,714 11,867,836 12,111,..30 19,067,62.0 144,746,40
6,009,031 8,102,924 9,' 0 ',FA.4 8,772,340 30,778,759 7,483,139 6,898,530 8,680,179 0,937,023 1:- 2,000,771
4:1,677 172,410 23 ;7(11 09,64 2 9123,530 • 279,850 111,0'20 .70,030 30,000 490,0(10,
:4'264,249 4,880,913 3,194',1172 :1,1:35,c 83 1',895,12(1 916,825 4,958,256 3,351,051 13,120,507 112,254,720
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. No. 11.-_Tncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1840, and the sth January, 1841.
Quarters ended Jan. 5. I
Quarters ended Jan. 5.
INCOME. 1840 1841 I CHARGE. , ,
1810 1811
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ustoms.—Consolidated Duties 3,30 ,71i 3,614,292 Permanent Debt.
8,172,563 8,177,2:A
Terminable Annuities -
Sugar applicable to the ;i7,72/ 679,460
Consolidated Fund ... •.. Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund
Fund
10,1:29 11,910
Sinking ——
Total Customs 3,805,719 3,614,2i:r2 The Civil List
96,Q38 97,012
Other charges on the Ciirlsolidated Fund
Excise
Sta nips
Taxes
9,, 01,775 9,437,1)65
Post(Mice
1,503,094 1,t,34,371
Crown Lands 44-1,10 0 40,000
Miscellaneous -
18,ts(X) 1:2,437
•
linprest and other Monies 41,092 32,546 11,104,869 11,372,536
Repayment of Advance,.
The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1810,
---
11,051,369 11,372,133 , and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended January ti, 1841
5,02.1,140
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended January 5, 1811, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli-
dated Fund for Supply Services
To Cash brought to this Account 3,15.01,97
to be applied to pay off Deficiency • The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended January 5, 18-11
1,9 '4,371 1,186,.221
Bills LOA() ~ •.
------ The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
11,104,869 11,372,336 January 5, Ist!
6,210,361
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THE COT ON MANUFACTU.RE.

The last Number of the Anti-Corn-law Circa-
lar contained a letter from Saxony, the following
extract from which we think deserving public at-
tention. It shows, and therefore we quote it, that

the manufacture of cotton is just as susceptible of
those graceful embellishments which constitute the
poetty of life, as the gathering in of the harvest.
The ancients, wiser than the moderns in this re-
spect, placed Minerva, the goddess of art, at least
on a level with the beneficent Ceres :

Chemnitz, Saxony.

A few days ago I dined with Mr. C., who alter
wards took me in his carriage to visit his brother, a cot-
ton-spinner, whose mill is situated about five miles from
the town. It happened to be the anniversary of a holi-
day which he gave once a year to the hands employed
in the establishment ; and I was le'd to expect that on
the present occasion the festivities would be more than
usually interesting, in consequence of the promised pre-
sence of the King and Queen of Saxony. As we passed
along the road, we saw numerous parties waiting to see
their Majesties ; the poles of the turnpike gates were
all hung with garlands ; and we passed beneath several
triumphal arches of flowers and branches. On entering
the grounds belonging to Mr. C.'s factory, we met sonic
hundreds of work people walking in procession towards
us, bearing an immense wreath, formed of oak and other
branches. After them followed others carrying baskets
filled with bundles of yarn. On reaching the gate Ica&

ing to the high road, they ranged thetnselves-in double
line on one side, for the reception of the King. In the
frcnt ranks were the females, dressed generally in white,
and standing at a few feet distance from each other,
and holding in their hands the wreath of oak leaves,
which was allowed to drop in festoons between them ;
the hanks of cotton yarn were then wound round the
wreath, giving it the effect of tasteful drapery. Behind
the young women, at a slight distance, on a rising
ground, stood the men, hearing oak branches.
Shortly afterwards the Royal party arrived, and
drew' up opposite -to this very pretty demonstration.
They were in a plain carriage, drawn by post horses,
with traces made of ropes, and the only attendants
were a couple of outriders. One of the latter dis-
mounted, and received from the wife of Mr. C. a
large chaplet of flowers for the Queen, which she
re ceived with affability and kindness, entering at once
into conversation with Mrs. C. in a very unaffected
manner. Mr. C., at tlic head of his men, next ad-
dressed the King, welcoming him in his own name, and
that of his work-people, and expressing their gratitnde
for the interest which he had always taken in the pros--
perity of the cotton trade. His Majesty, a sombre and
somewhat melancholy, but ;till an amiable looking man,
replied in a short speech ; after which, to my surprise,
the band in attendance, belonging to the factory, struck
up our own national anthem of " God save the King."
After the interchange of a few more compliments, the
Royal party took their departure amidst the cheers of
those present. I was much struck with . the tone of
frankness and sincerity evinced by all parties during
this pleasing scene. There was a kindliness of manner
truly German, and an entire absence of anything like
hauteur on the one hand, or servility on the other.

the priesthood, which degrades the cotton-manu-
facture, and—every other manufacture, into a mere
hateful toil, unclreei"cd by one ray of social glad-

less.

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN-

The wreath of branches and cotton yarn, measur-
ing some scores of yards in length, was now. carried
back to a spot in an adjoining meadow, marked out
for the scene of the festivities. Here commenced the
evening's amusements. Waltzes, quadrilles, &c., were
danced by the work.people, in a style that would have
done no discredit to Almack's itself ; and I was struck
with the unrestrained but respectful confidence of their
manner towards their employers. Mrs. C., an elegant
and accomplished lady, led off the dance with a partner
wearing a long dragging great coat, and a pair of huge
thick boots, yet there did not seem to he the least feel-
ing in the mind of either aboUt the disparity in their
appearance. One man went through a quadrille with
tolerable grace, carrying all the while the common Gor-
man pipe in his mouth. The men, though thoroughly
well-conducted, and at home in the dance, seemed to
have devoted little attention to their toilet. Not so,
however, their wives, daughters, and sweethearts, who
generally wore smart shoes witk sandal ribbons, white
stockings and dresses, and it struck me that their hair
bore evidence of having been dressed with peculiar care.
In the course of the evening, the Polonais was danced
with great spirit by about 150 persons ; and towards
the close, a novel circular movement was performtd by
the whole company bearing the long wreath. which at
the end was wound round the national colours, which
were planted in the centre of the ring. When the dusk
of the evening had considerably advanced, a spokesman
came forward and proposed, after a short introductory
speech, three cheers for the master and mistress, and
prosperity to their business, which was duly acknow.
lodged. Mr. C. then called for three cheers for the
men ; after which his personal friends and visitors ad-
journed with him to a summer house close at hand,
where we partook of refreshments proviougto returning
again to Chcmnitz.

MENT.

We cannot conceive, however, any objects, short
of the works of God, more justly calculated to excite
man's respect, and almost his reverence, than the
mighty engines which in all our manufactories con-
tribute to lighten his labour and spare his exer-
tions. It is the just pride of a fat mer to deck his
team with gay ribands, and sometimes with flowers.
I-Ia loves and he adorns those useful helps and
companions of his toils. But how feeble is the aid
of a horse, compared to the prodigious power of a
steam-engine ? It is more gentle, too, than the
most delicate pony for a lady's use. A child can
guide its more than giant strength. It is, also, at
all times almost the same, or all its little errors and
vacillations may be know n and guarded against by
the skill which makes it, while there are seasons
when animals cannot be safely trusted, and whin
the passions and powers they are endowed with
submit not to convenient control. Why, then,
should not our steam-engines be adorned like
horses, and be as much or more endeared to the
affection of the stoker or the spinner, than the team
is endeared to a kindly waggoner? Surely there
is the soul of poetry in the swift or slow revolting
wheels—in- the bright and ceaseless-moving pis-
tons—in the enormous beams and fly-wheels—
in the countless pirns that are kept continually in
motion—in the deep and ever descending and rising
pumps, drawing, as it were, an artificial, and yet a
ieul river out of the bowels of the earth—in the
blasts, like a tempest, that arc directed on the stone
and coal to turn them into a mass of molten metal—
in the great frames moving backwards and forwards,
and spinning mile-lengths of cotton with fineness
and firmness beyond the power of the finger, while
they complete in a minute what the scarcely aided
hand could not accomplish in a year,—surely there
lies a soul of genuine poetry in all the mighty
wonders of our manufactures, which kindliness may
evoke, and which, but for the accursed spirit of sor-
(VI-less, would adorn all these wonders with its
own ornaments and its own loveliness, and connect
them, not with the little accidental pain and misery
%% inch they sometimes inflict on those who han-
dle theta improperly, not merely with dirt and
drudgery, which they really spare, but with the
best and most ennobling affections of the human
heart. To a small extent that is done in Saxony ;
the bundles of yarn mingled :with wreaths, the
united parties of masters and men, the lady dancing
with one of the weavers, are faint indications of
what the English might do to render their manufac-
turing system as thoroughly delightful as it is use-
ful. If a steam-engine could have been the pro-
duct of the civilization of Greeee, it would have
been honoured, reverenced, almost worshipped,
and JAMES WATT would have been deified,
the rational man glorifying in him the spirit of
useful invention.
To evoke the spirit of kindliness would now much
better beseem our public writers titan their non-
sensical tirades against the progress of manufac-
tures—the progress of art and skill which are
almost divine—or their impious proposals to burn
down the seats of our traffic because the human
wind submits no longer to the priesthood, and is
called infidel on account of preferring the voice of
reason and of nature to the dictates of their selfish
cupidity. Manufactures come naturally after agri-
culture in the progress of society, as agriculturesu-
perseded pasturage or roving for prey. They clothe
and feed the manufacturers by an easy task, and to
talk of checking or suppressing them, instead of
embellishing them and associating their toils, like
time toils of agriculture, with festivity and enjoy-
ment, is the extreme of surly, selfish folly. Men are
doomed to be manufacturers as well as agriculturists.
Their want of clothing and of convenient instru-
ments is the work of nature, like their want of food.
Even those who most praise rural toils do neverthe-
less covet warm and comfortable clothing, handsome
drinking cups and glasses, embossed trays and sal-
vers, with all the produce of the furnace, the loom,
and the lathe. Manufactures, then, being a natu-
ral result of the progress of society, their products
being indispensible to man's comfort, and they com-
prising sonic of the most splendid and almost god-
like work of man's hand, it is the part of wisdom
to cherish them, to endear, if possible, all the ne-
cessary processes to our affections, and to spread
over and spread through this great branch of so-
ciety all the endearments with which the Fine Arts
—unworthy of their name if they effect nothing for
the millions—may be able to invest human labour.

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Can any man assign a reason why the cotton
manufacture in England ought not be embellished
and endeared to every man, and woman, and child
engaged in it as in Saxony ? We know why at

present it is not, and cannot be ; but the hinderance
grows not from the nature of the manufacture itself,
but from the sordidness and overbearing propensities
of the ruling classes in England. Their struggle is to
get rich themselves, and seeking riches, more as a
mark of superiority than a means of enjoyment, their
accumulation gives no pleasure unless others are
poorer than themselves. Our land is cursed wi:h a
needy and rapacious aristocracy, which has continu •
ally in its corporate capacity, whatever individuals
may do, trampled under foot all the dimities of life,
in order to preserve a factitious superiority over
other men. Our land is still further cursed by a
priesthood, vying with the aristocracy in rapacity
and surpassing them in need. Like the aristocracy,
the heads of the priesthood use the law to ensure
their superiority and add to their wealth, but, worse
than the aristocracy, they, in addition, prostitute the
ho
urpose. Unhappily, too, our
numerous middle class have had for the great
object of their silly
ambition to imitate the rapacious
sought to obtain that wealth and
ttl samename
the y e s
aristocracy
theyra cy
have and
that
the grasping priesthood, except
power by means of trade which the others have used
the law to secure. These three great classes, all
striving to gain or preserve
Power by means of
wealth, generate amongst us a general spirt of
mere sordidness and overbearingness which shuts
out all the graces that in other countries adorn useful
labour. The overreaching system is the parent of hos.'
tility between the classes. It makes man the enemy of
man, and utterly extinguishes that cordiality be-
tween the employer and employed—that loving
spirit, which is of more value than wealth, for it
casts its own rosy hues over the privations and
wants which wealth too often augments and em-
bitters. It is the general sordidness of our people,
growing from the rapacity of the aristocracy and

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Under the above head
a paragraph appeared in The Sun, which stated that a
few evenings ago Mr. Baldwin, a farmer, on his way from
Winkficld to London, whither ho was going to pay his
rent, had been stopped between Falling-lane and Hayes, at
a late hour at night, and robbed of a large sum of money.
Since that time a strict investigation has taken place by
the police, and the result is that it almost amounts to a cer-
tainty that no such robbery ever took place. We believe
that the police are satisfied that any further investigation
into the matter is quite unnecessary, and we allude to it
merely to allay the public apprehension as to the safety of
the district.

HALIFAX AND BOSTON MAIL.—The fine
steam-ship Columbia, Captain Judkins, will sail to-morrow
for Halifax and Boston. This is the first trip of the Co_
lumbia across the Atlantic. She is the fourth and last of
the fine vessels now running on this station. Captain
Judkins is favourably known from the success which has
marked his management of the Britannia. A steamer Kill
►eave Egremout slip at three o'clock to convey the pas-
sengers to the Columbia. She is likely to take on' as
many passengers as can be accommodated.—Liverpool
Albion.

The anniversary of her Majesty's marriage is, as
we stated some days ago, selected as the day for christen-
ing the Princess Royal. The ceremony is to be performed
at Buckingham Palace. It is understood that whatever
can impart effect to the interesting scene will be combined
for the purpose, and that the assemblage of royal and il-
:ustrious personages who will be present on the occasion
will be considerable. We hear that no creations or pro-
motions will take place on occasion of the christening of
the Priucess

Sln,-I regret to be obliged to trouble you
sooner than I intended, for the purpose of request-
ing that you will correct a typographical error, in
your obliging publication of my letter of December
25. " Ist 11. C. 1." should be " 1 H, 5. c. 1."
In my recent observations on the Civil Consti-
tution of England, I contrasted the rights and pri-
vileges of the people at the first establishment of
the Government with the alterations which have
been introduced by the Legislature from time to
time, my object being to show that, in a moral
sense, the obligation every member of the State is
under to pay obedience to its institutions depends
upon the laws or the kingdom, which are not re-
pugnant to the principles of the law of nature.
In my former letter I stated the notorious fact,
that during the existence of the British Constitu
lion, as originally constituted, every freeman was
entitled to take his scat as a member of the Legis-
lature. In those times freeman and freeholder
were synonymous terms. A distinction existed be-
tween the freemen, who were all proprietors of land,
however minute the quantity held by some, and the
freedmen who were of foreign extraction, and ma-
numitted by their masters ; but these were expressly
excluded from the high privilege enjoyed by the
freemen, of having a share in the administration of
the commonwealth, unless they became proprietors
of land.

But there was another right which I have not
noticed, and which was inseparable from the right
to sit in Parliament—namely, that by the funda-
mental principles of the Constitution, every free-
man had a right to elect his own procurator, or at-
torney, to represent him in Parliament ; and that
system was in full operation, till it was subverted
by the foregoing Act of Ist Henry V. c. 1, which
disfranchised all but residents ; and this disfran-
chisement was extended to all but 4.05. freeholders,
by the Bth Henry VI. c. 7, as before explained in
my former letter.

The facility to obtain the franchise was thus
originally impeded. Those statutes deprived the
people of their most valued and essential right,
without which all their other liberties were a spe-
Cies of bondage ; and it was in this way that all
persons who were not resident 40s. freemen, were
reduced to the same condition with the freedmen,
and even with the foreign slaves, and the mere
hewers of wood.

It is upon this vexatious principle of impeding
the franchise, that Lord Stanley's Bill was founded.
But my present object is not to animadvert upon
lug Lordship's unstatesinan-like intellect, but to
demonstrate that the American writer, quoted by
his Lordship's able eulogist, the limes newspaper,
is quite at sea, when he asserts that " representa-
tion is a discovery of modern times."—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,

VALENTINE BLAKE.

GALE OF WIND.—The wind, since it changed
from east to west, has occasionally, blown with great vio-
lence. On Saturday night, however, it increased to n
hurricaue. It was at its height from twelve to two o'clock,
and alarmed the inhabitants of houses in exposed situations,
many of whom arose from their beds, and sought safety in
lower apartments. A heavy shower of hail fell at the lat-
ter hour, which lulled the storm. The wind rose again
towards morning, and blew violently all yesterday and last
night.—Liverpool
The Rhenish Universal Gazette quotes a report
that one of the first Catholic Princes of Germany—mean-
ing, it was understood, the King of Bavaria, intended to
imitate the example of Charles V., and pass the remainder
of his days in a monastery.
CURLING IN ENGLAND.—Sir Charles Lamb
has introduced Curling at Hastings. Several games have
been played ; and a grand match took place on Thursday,
six aside. Sir Charles Lamb and five friends on one side,
and Lord Antrim and rive friends on the other After a
great deal of fine play, Sir Charles Lamb's party came off
victorious. The whole then retired to Sir Charles's man-
sion, to refresh themselves with the good things with
which the house abounds.

MEDICAL It EFonNts.—The College of Physi•
cians have determined upon the abolition of the class of
Extra Licontiates, and have agreed to liberalise the me-
thod by which the President and Council are henceforth
to be elected. The College of Surgeons have deter-
mined upon creating a new class, to be styled Fellows.
This class to be composed of the lecturers and recognised
teachers of anatomy, physiology, and surgery ; and of sur-
geons and assistant-surgeons to hospitals; and further,
that this new class shall enjoy henceforth the privilege of
electing one-half of their members of the Council of the
College.—Medical Times.
FORGERY.—WC regret to announce that two
respectable merchants of this city were last week appre-
hended upon the serious charges of forgery and fraud.
So far as we have been able to ascertain the pax Ocular.
they are these:—The two gentlemen in question are
charged with having procured several blank acceptances
of a young man, a mercantile clerk in London, filled them
up from time to time, as suited themselves, and discounted
the bills at the City of Glasgow and other banks, repre-
senting the acceptor as an extensive wine therenant
in London, and as residing at a place in London where
he never resided, but where a gentleman of the same
name lived. Inquiry being wade as to the cir-
cumstances of the gentleman at the address given, the
banks were satisfied, and consequently induced, it is said,
to cash the bills, and the drawers, taking care to remit
fulds to London to retire the bills as they became due,
the system was carried on for a considerable time. One
or two of the bills, however, being returned dishonoured,
inquiry was set on foot, and the result has been that the
gentlemen have been taken up on a charge of forgery and
fraud. By consent of the Lord Advocate, they have since
been admitted to bail under a penalty of 3001. The gen-
tlemen, we believe, deny that they gave a false represen-
tation of the acceptor to the banks—Glasgow Herald.
Loss OF TIIE SCHOONER LADY MIDDLETON.
_We have to record the loss of the schooner " Lady
Middleton," of this port, on the Cross Sand, off Yarmouth,
on Wednesday night. It appears that the Lady Middleton
was homeward bound from Newcastle with coals, and that
in a thick shower of snow she ran upon the sands, whe'c
she became a total wreck. A letter has been received from
S. Ford, the mate,iwhich states that he and another of the
crew, named Flick, launched the boat to leeward sometime
after the vessel had struck, jumped into her, and
threw the two
endea-
voured to get the master, Capt. W. Martin, aandstwuondbeturiileasnniind,
also; but they failed, and a heavy sea striking
broke the oars, half filled the boat with water, and drove
j us t schooner.driven
thembrig, from
which t hhade
men a rope, by which means their lives wersaved. Six
men in a boat belonging to a 13rix iam. schooner, which
Purpoovnidterietiosailnyd,
but on board the brig at the same
was likewise lost,
time. The brig at length cleared the sands, pro-
ceeded to the Downs, and landed the shipwrecked mari•
nary at Deal on Thursday night. Nothing has since
been heard of Captain Marlin and the two boys who were
left on board the Lady Middleton, and it is feared they
have
all met watery graves. The Lady Middleton was of
130 tons burthen, and was the property of Captain London,
and held
Johu tAhlracyc, fE.° suqr h s of her,
rtaß. li
in extent shelexa wasnd er,
insured. E sq.
We find by the mates letter that several other vessels be-
longing to different ports were wrecked on the same occa-
sion.—lpsteich Express.'
The most splendid Royal christening upon re-
cord is that of Henry the Sixth's only son, Edward. It
took place in Weitrninstcr Abbey, and the mantle in which
the babe was received after its immersion cost a sum equal
to 6,0001. of modern money, being embroidered with
pearls and precious atones.