The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-22 00:00:00

WOMAN: A POEM.

Colburn, London, 1841.
A republication of a spirited poem on the n.,est
welcome of all subjects, by the late Eaton Stn"
nard Barrett. The poem, which
is penned .
Pope's favourite heroic measure, is remarkable
for its ease and mellifluous versification. The
author, however, succeeded better in prose than
in poetry ; and his " Heroine"—a quiz upon fir
'e
mantic novels—is by far his best production. AY e„
have many such poems as " Woman," but w'
have very few such amusing prose satires as the
" Heroine," the republication of which would,
we should conceive, be an experiment
enough to be successful. likely

MATINS AND VESPERS.
Green, London, 1841.
In this volume we have a collection of ilyinns
and " occasional devotional pieces," from the per,:
of Doctor Bowring, whose "Dutch Anthology
—as may be surmised from its title—was a very
airy and mercurial production. We consider We
work before us to be by many degrees the be't
that the Doctor has yet penned; and the poes):
—though in places it reminds us somewhat °`
Sternhold and Hopkins—is generally speaking.'
chaste and spirited in its character. The hyti.
in particular,, entitled " Friday IVlorning " 13 t
charming canticle, and might be sung with grey
effect to the tune of the Hundredth Psalm.

TOPOGRAPHICAL ,HISTORY OF SURREY.
Part 8. —de, Dorking, 1841.
The present Part of this useful and unpretellaci
ing publication contains three cleverly execute
engravings, and much curious information re
specting the Abbot's Hospital at Guildford.

IMPORT DUTIES, .Sec. By Thomas Smith.
William Hoperaft, London..
One of the objects of this pamphlet is to suPPl'ff
the deficiency in the Appendix to the Report °
the Select Committee on Import Thaties,
quoting the prices, and estimating the rates Pe?:
cent. which the duty bears to the cost of the al"
tide. The table in which the rate per cent.
each article is given is an important docunie"
and is entitled "A copy of a Return to au order
of the House of Commons, for the Select Coln;
mittee, completed with the price of the articles
bond on the average of 1839, and the rate per
cent. which the Customs' duty bears on the first
cost, or bonded price of each article." This tabie
gives the quantity of each article imported, et.';
ported, and left for home consumption, with
rate of duty, the price in bond, the rate per "Ill.;
which the duty bears to the cost, and
yearly nett receipt ; for instance, the Vail:
tity of coffee imported from British Plantation-1
is 2f2,506,3041b5. at a duty of Is. ld. per Lb. 311(
at the rate of 46k per cent., producing a ndtt r.e"
ceipt of 564,1761.; Foreign Spirits, 3,408,529 Pi.'
lons, at 642 per cent.; tum, 4,643,01 ga:l-I°ll
at 200 per cwt. ; Sugar (British plants' don!
4,555,560 cwt. at 64 per cent., while tha ,t
foreign amounts to a prohibitiou. "ft-d)
40,413,7141b5. at 104 per cwt., and , tot 11
30,135,7581b5. at 436 per cwt., giving trhe
cash the nett receipts. Another object of
writer is to impress on the Government, vi.‘l-
they revise the duties, the importance o! Prc,
serving the system of fixed duties, both
convenience to the Government officers and tile
merchants or d.ealers. On this point he give' ti
good authority, who urges reasons that are Qui° •
unanswerable. He say—
In reference to the objections to ad valorem duties. an,a
to show the advantage of fixed duties, we adduce 'tit'?
opinion of John Travers, Esq., and we know of no oue ,
af higher standieg as a trader of the City of London;
from a letter, in which be successfully combated th •
Ministers on this matter, ' we take the following ex,
tract :—" Of an ad valorem duty I need say little. L'"uto
liable,er
any other system than monopoly it is equally
Objection with a scale a duties, for a shigle unpotlbe,
44.11 j-, apart from all combination, might ea: sly by P",,,t;
olad depress the market with a supply beyond
:ivati wanted itt the moment, so as to fix a low (11-0,:,.
Ithe 're°.
rlnd then by employing somebody to
_.,1„
thus offered for sale, re-sell them most advi ntageou're',
I for himself, but of course to the great injury - of the
veil e. A fixed duty is therefore inevitable, one (i
be
updn tea of every desecption, I believe howl ;tly to jt
time only safeguard to all 'lasses of the comminit„)". to
will shut the door upon fraud ; it will not offal;% gl"
c t
every body good tea at a Itnyer price than was: ever 1;13
iv knon, but also augment tilt consumption artd jolt' 0 0.1;
,the morals of the people ; it will at once place the Iv'
trailer upon a firm footing, and through him -.'urnis:•og
the Gove.mment a sure, an tibundant, and an i nercal
.revenue."

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STOKE-UPON-TRENT.— Requisitions „
,--
rou.ly signed by the inhabitants of Longton, Fenton, St°-e.:
Hanley and Shelton, Tun9tatl, and Burslem, have been pbrieje
sented to the Chief Bailiffs of these d grids, to call a Pu
meetin.; to petition Parliament fur a repeal' of Corn-130`co
and fur a reformation of the Import Duties; and in punsu_iati itt
of the requisitions a meeting has been appointed to be he'
the.lNlarlet-place, Hanley, on Monday, the 2 4th in3t. Lev
Minist.ers have decided on the right course, t,,utbli,
will not resign, but are determined to bring the repeal 0,, 35
Corn-laws before the House, and if beaten on th;:st
they assuredly will be, dissolve Parliament. With the I,,er7d.
then it will rest to declare whether they will have cheap. i'„vo
or *llea r monopoly or free trade. The game will be tht;ay
ioto their own hands, if the; vla.y it properly the naticin „(44
ived, if th-ev betra their trust, a dreadful py°,:ithe
opens before us. Let the universal cry be—liown
Bread Tax. hurrah for Cheap F00d... {!'alts by.foPen 6