The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

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No 1,261

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1841.

1140YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITu-
A REGENT-STREET.
FIRST EXHIBITION of, and LECTURE ON, RAIN'S
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PRINTING TELEGRAPH, by
means of which a Banker in London can write a Letter in the
Office of a Correspondent in Edinburgh ; the Letter, with its
answer, can be conveyed the 800 miles in a very few minutes.
SIXTY PATENIEI) ELECTRIC CLOCKS, by HAll-
WISE and BAIN ; LIOINAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS;
CARY'S ORRERY, and the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,
to which a magnificent Fire Scene has been a:lded.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, nearly Two Thou-
sand Works which display eminent art, science, aid ingenuity.
The Microscope, Diver and. Diving Bell, Popular Lectures,
and beautiful Experiments.
CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORAMIC VIEWS,
are added to the Evening Exhibition.
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven
o'clock in the Evening.
Admission, One Shilling.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
-1- I GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Auc. 4,1841.

BEER-SELLERS' ANNIVERSARY

DINNER.

(.'•n and after the 10th instant, the Branch Offices at Char.
ng Cross, Old Cavendish Street, and the Borough, will re-
ceive INLAND LETTERS, the postage on which is paid by
Stamps affixed to them ; also, FOREIGN, COLONIAL,
and SI-11P LETTERS, on which the postage is to be -paid,
until 6-!5 P.M., instead of the present hour of 6-45, P.M.
At Lombard-street these classes of Letters will be received till
6.30 P.m., instead of 6 P.m., the present hour, and at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's•le-Grand, till 7 P. at.
All these classes of Letters will be chargeable with a FEE
of One Penny to entitle them to the benefit of this regulation,
which FEE on Inland Stamped Letters must be paid by a
Stamp affixed to the Letter, but which in case of Foreign, Co-
lonial, or Ship Letters, may be paid either by a Stamp or in
Money. At the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
however, the FEE on Island Letters, whether Paid, or
Stamped, may be taken in Money, as at present.
By command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary.

The Seventh Anniversary Dinner of th 3 Metropoli-
tan Beer-sellers' Protection Society took 'place yester-
day at White Conduit House. Upwards of 1,000 persons
sat down to a most excellent dinner to celebrate the
event, and the utmost harmony prevailed throughout the
evening.
Mr. Strong, of the firm of Richmond,- Larcham, and
Strong, was unanimously call upon to preside.
After the cloth was withdrawn and " Non Nobis De-
ntine " sung by the professional gentlemen present,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of her Majesty
and Prince Albert, which was drank most enthusias-
cally. Solo and chorus-,-" God save the ;Queen."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health cf the Duke
of Sussex, and all the Royal Family resident in Eng-
land, which was • also drank with the 'greatest en-
thusiasm. Glee—" Life's a bumper." •
The -CI" AIRMAN then rose to propose tht :Metropoli-
tand Beers-sellers' Protection Society. A d in doing
so he regretted extremely that its, proposal* had not fal-
len into hands that were far more. capable than himself
to do' it justice. '(.;lee—" Willie brew'd a peck o' niaut."
Mr. Bts'Hor, the Secretary to the Society, on respond-
ing to the toast, observed that it had fallen to his pro-
vince to say a few words upon the toast that had just
been proposed of " Success to the Metropolitan Beer-
sellers' Protection Society." He -was quite sure, from
the manner in which all present had responded to that •
toast, that they felt, like- him Self, a real wish that suc-
cess might attend the Society, and that the same bond of
unity which had hitherto -existed might still be.conti-
nued.—(Cheers.) They had met that day to celebrate
the seventh, anniversary of the. institution
,of the
Beiir-sellers'• Socitlty.—(Che6 When they met to'
celebrate the firstanniversary they were few in numbers,
and, their efforts Were • then comparatively small ; but
since that time their energies • . had. been called
forth, and he. thought that. he need hardly tell
•
them that 'such' success. had -crowned -their, exer-
tions to ‘make them . really wish for ,• the
success •• the Society.
.It- was but a short time
since .they had: struggled hards•for their existence as
tradesmen, but he was happy to 'say that they were ad-
mitted Into.the pale of privikge.-*(cheers.) 'They were
no longer (the proscribed class they had hitherto been.
—(Cheers:) They might now accommodate a neigh-
bour when they required it, and all they had to do was
to show that thwey were deserving of the privileges they
had, that they were entitled to those that were withheld
from thern---(Cheers)—and would ;not rest satisfied till
they had obthined them._(Cheers.) It must be norne in
mind by every member 'of the SoCiety that, although
they were in possession of these privileges at the present
moment, they might be again, assailed, and, if they were,
he would venture to say this, that there could not be a
wiser mode to render those assaults harmless than by
having their whole body so united as to set them at. de-
fiance. This was one of the main ends of the Society ;
but that was not all, there was another object they had
in view, and that was to establish on a firm foundation

T.ONDON & BLACK WALL RAILWAY.
.41 OPENING of the- NEW TERMINUS in FEN-
CHURCH- ST R EET. —Tt e Public are iespeetfully informed
thai the TR kINS now run to and from the NiNf TER-
MINUS in Fenchurch•stiect to Blackvrall, and the interme-
diate Stations of Shadwell, Stepney, Limehouse, West India
Docks, and Poplar • and carriages also run between the Station
in the Minories anclßlackvrall, as heretofore.
N.B.—The Trains run every quarter of an hour, from half-
put Eight o'clock in the morning, to 4 Quarter before Ten
o'clock at night.

Faies—First Clais, 6J. ; Second Class, 4d.

Steam-boats, in communication with the Railway, run froei
the Brunswick Pier, 1-;11ckwall, to Greenwich, Woolwich;
Gravesend, Margate, and Herne Bay.
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PRICE 5d

BENEFITS OF A FIXED DUTY
ON CORN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

First,—lt will prevent the Revenue being defrauded
by fictitious sales, evading the law, and smuggling
(surely no trifle in the eye of a Prime Minister).
Second,—lt will destroy the necessity of keeping corn
in bond for months and months, to watch the lowest
scale of duty, whereby thousands of quarters have beet
spoilt and thrown away.
Third,—lt will open the corn market to at least five
thousand merchants of the moderate capital of 20,000/.
each, forming an active capital of 100 millions of
pounds, instead of keeping the trade in the hands of
two hundred capitalists, of 100,000/. each, forming only
a capital of 20 millions of pounds.
Fourth,—lt will give a fixed basis for the merchant-
manufacturer to calculate upon, and enable him to barter
his manufactures in all markets for corn, whereas a
sliding duty (apart from its being a perfect gambling
transaction) is quite a prohibition to the merchants, who
otherwise could bring home corn instead of a cash re-
mittance, when he is certain of being able to sell on
arrival, at a fixed duty, and encash his funds promptly.
Fifth,—This would prevent the constant drain of gold
from the bank, in the same proportion as iaanufactutes
are bartered. _ _ _

Sixth,—This would prevent the continual restrictions
of the bank that now so often occur, and the distresses
of the country would be lessened.
Seventh,—lt would destroy the Jealousy existing be-
tween the landed and manufacturing interests, because
the daily and monthly operations of the merchant
throughout the year, upon his manufacturing profit,
would amply repay him, and -enable-him:not., to he-
grtitlge the landholders even a- lOs. protecting duty; his
operations being very different to the great capitalist
(moving only once a year) with enormous profit, when
the people are at the extreme point of need arid starva-
tion, for the manufacturing merchant's frequent repeti-
tion of a small• profit would 'more than equalise the one
yearly great profit of the capitalist ; he would not be
watching the season ii, but the consumption, of his
manufactures.,