The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

TREASURY WARRANT.

(From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday
Whereas by a w4rvant, under the hands of thr. e of
,he Commissioners of her Nlnj sty's i reasury, da•ed the
16. h December, 1846, after noticing that, in consequence
of a communication opened with the Post-office of Pruisia,
it was considered expedient to alter the rates of postage
payable on hqtera and newspapers, and other printed
papers, conveyed between that country and the United
Kingdom via Ha•nburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium,
certain rates of postage were thereby made rayable on
letters convey( d between Prussia and the United
Kingdom, vid liamburgh, the Netheriands, or Bel
gium, according to the weight thereof, and a scale of
weight therein mentioned or referred to ; and it was
thereby further directed, that British newspai,ers, and
such British publications as were allowed to pass by the
post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, sent from
the United Kingdom to Prussia or to foreign countries,
the correspondence of which was or should be trans-
mitted through Prussia, might be sent by the post at a
rate of one halfpenny each :
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Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the
power or authority to us for such purpose reserved or
given in and by the said warrant, wholly repeal the said
rate of one halfpenny on the transmission by the post
of all such British newspapers, and British publications
allowed to pass by the post as newspapers in the United
Kingdom, as are mentioned in the said warrant ;
and do hereby, in exercise of the power or authority in us
for such purpose vested in and by an Act of Parliament,
male and passed in the third and fourth years of the reign
of her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the regu-
lation of the duties of Postage," and of all other powers
and authorities enabling us in this behalf, order and
direct that British newspapers, and such British pub-
licatiens as are allowed to pass by the post as newspapers
in the United Kingdom, sent by the pest from the United
Kingdom via Hamhurgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium,
to Prussia or to foreign countries, the correspondence of
which is or shall be tratismitted through Prussia (the
conveyance from the United Kingdom to Hamburgb,
the Netherlands, or Belkium, being by packet
boat or private sYp), shall and may be sent free of
British postage ; provided always that no British news-
papers, and British publications, allowed to pass by the
post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, shall be con-
veyed by the post under the regulatiOns of this present
warrant, unless the same be sent without a cover, or in
a cover open at the sides, nor unless there be no ward or
communication printed on the pap• r after its publication,
or upon the cover thereof, and no writing or manual mark
be upon it, or upon the cover of it, except the name and
address of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or
thing inclosed in or with the same ; and every such news
paper, or British publication allowed to pas, by the post as
a newsaaper in the United Kingdom, shall be forwarded
under and subj.-ct to such other conditions, regulations,
restrictions, and penalties, as by the said A..t ut Parlia-
ment of the thirei and fourth years of the reign of her
present Majesty are directt.d in respect of newspapers
and printed papers sent by post.
And whereas by the said warrant it was further di
rected that printed pamphlets an.l periodical publica-
tions (not being strictly newspapers, and not bearing
British newspaper stamps), printed and posted withinahe
United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and printed pam-
phlets and periodical publications (not being entitled to
pass as newspapers), printed and posted in Prussia, ad-
diessed to any pl .ee in the United Kingdom, might
be sent by the post via Hainburgh, tie Netherlands, or
Belgium, by packet boat or private ship, according to
the regulations and rates thereinafter mentioned ; and
that the Postmaster-Genersl might cause the postage on
the same (if posted in the United Kingdom) to be paid
on the same being put into the post-office ; and that in
case the same should pass through a foreign country,
any foreign postage payable thereon should be charged
and paid in addition to the British postage ; and that
no such pamphlet or publication should be conveyed
by the post, except under the conditions, regulations,
restrictions, and penalties therein mentioned or re-
ferred to :

Now we, the undersigned, in exercise of all powers and
anthorities enabling us in this behalf, do hereby wholly
repeal all the rates of postage by the said recited war-
rant charged upon, and all the conditions, regulations,
restrictions, and penalties in and by the said war
rant expressed and contained or re:erred to in re-
spect of printed pamphlet sent by the post (not be-
ing strictly a newspaper, and not bearing a British
newspaper stamp), printed and posted in the United
Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and upon and in
respect to any printed pamphlet (riot being entitled to
pass as a newspaper), printer and posted in Prussia, ad-
dressed to any place in the United Kingdom, sent by the
post via Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, by
packet boat or private ship.
And we do hereby direct that in lieu of all rates of post..
age imposed by the said warrant on any such printed
pamphlets there shall be charge d and taken on every
printed pamphlet (not being strictly a newspaper, and
not bearing a British newspaper stamp), printed and
posted within the United Kingdom, addressed to
Prussia, and on every printed pamphlet (not being en
titled to pass as a newspaper) printed and posted in
Prussia, addressed to any place in the United Kingdom,
senq.by the post via Hamburgh, the Netherlands,
or Belgium, by packet boat or private ship, and not ex-
ceeding half an ounce in weight, an uniform rate of
British postage of sixpence.
And we further direct, that on every such
printed pamphlet, transmitted as is mentioned
in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in weight,
there shall be charged and taken progressive and
additional rates of . postage, according to the scale
of weight and number of rates in the said Act of the
third and fourth years of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty, contained as to letters, estimating and charging
each additional rate at the sum which any such printed
pamphlet would be charged with under this warrant, if
not exceeding half an ounce in weight.
And we direct, that as to any such printed pamphlets
as hereinbefore mentioned (pamphlet; registered as let
ters only excepted, in respect of which all rates of
postage payable thereon, whether foreign or British, are
to be prepaid), posted in the United Kingdom, addressed
to Prussia, and forwarded by packet boat from the
United Kingdom via Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or
Belgium, and as to any such printed pamphlets :;s herein-
before is mentioned, posted in the United King.4om
(except pamphlets registered as letters as aforesaid),
addressed and to be forwarded to any foreign country
through Prussia, by packet boat or private ship, from
the United Kingdom to Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or
Belgium, the Postmaster. General may, in his dis-
cretion, allow the whole of the postage thereof,
British or foreign, as the case may be, to be
charged to the receiver of the pamphlet, or he may
require the whole of such postage to be paid
on the same being put into the Post-office, but in no ease
shall the sender have the option of paying the British
rite and of leaving the foreign postage to be paid in
Prussia.

Aud we further direct, that as to any such pamphlets
as hereinbefore mentioned, posted in the. United King-
dom, addressed to Prussia, and to be forwarded from
the United Kirgdons to Hacaburgh, the Netherlands, or
Belgium, by private ship, the Postmaster-General may
cause the whole of the postage (British an.l foreign) to
be paid on the same being put into the post-office.
And we further direct, that nothing. herein contained
.shall be deemtd or construed to extend to any print'::
periodical publicati: ns (not being - trictly newspapers, and
not bearing newspaper stwops), printed ar_d po-ted
within the United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and
printed periodical publications (not being entitled to
pass as newspaper), printed and posted in Prussia,
addressed to any place in the United Kingdom, and
sent by the post between the United Kingdom and
Prussia vid Haraburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium,
which are to be charged with the same rates of postage
as the same are-uloa. chargeable with under or by virtue
of the said recited warrant.

And we further direct, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be deemed or construed to extend to
any newspapers or pamphlets passivg by the post be-
tween the United Kingdom and Prussia vid France,
which are to be charged with the same rates of postage
as if the said recited warrant and this present warrant
had not been signed.

And we further direct, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be deemed or construed to annul.
prejudice, ur affect any of the exemptions and
privileges granted by the said Act of the third and
fourth years of the reign of her present Majesty, .or by
an Act, made and passed in the first year of the reign
of her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Ma-
nagement of the Post office," and 111,4 all such exemp-
tions and privileges shall remain in full twee.
And we furtte r direct, that the terms and expressions
used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like
meaning, in all respects, as they would have had if in-
serted in the said Act of the third and fourth years of
the reign of her present Majesty.
And we further direct, that this warrant shall come
into operation on the first day of March, 1847.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the
time being of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of
them, by warrant under their hands, at any time here-
after to alter or repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or
the regulations hereby made, and to make and esta-
blish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu there-
of, and from time to time to appoint at what time the
rates that may be payable are to be paid.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 22d day of
February, 1847.

O'CONOR DON.
W. GIBSON CRAIG
EBRINGTON.

• TWEED SALMON FISITING.—SaImon fishing in the
Tweed commences on Monday, and from the large quantities
of 'fish seen in the bay, hopes are entertained that the
"take," at least at the commencement, will be more than an
average one.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
A Polish journal gives some details relative to the
number of Poles who have emigrated to foreign countries.
In 1846 it amounted to 8,180, of whom 4,739 were in France.
and 3,449 in England, Belgium, Switzerland, Algeria, &c.
Of those in France, 3,770 received aid from the Government,
the average allowance being about 301. a month. There are
494 decorated with the military cross of Poland, and 36 with
that of the Legion of Honour. The Lumber of emigrants
deceased since the commencement of the exile is 755 me!.
and 28 women. There are 11 Polish officers in the foreign
legion of Algeria, and 17 in the Belgian army, of whom two
are generals. The number of persons whose property has
been confiscated by the Russian Government amounts to
5,362, and the value of the whole may be calculated at
100,000,000 E
IMPORTANCE OF SPACE IN WORKSHOPS.—
"Among 104 men (letter-press printers) having less than
500 cubic feet of air to breathe, there were 13 who had spit
blood, 13 who were subject to habitual catarrh, and 18 to other
diseases, making a total of 44 invalids; of 103 men. who_ had
from 500 to 600 cubic feet of air to reathe, had soft blood,
4 were subject to colds, and 23 to other diseases, making to
all 32 invalids; while out of 100 men having m.,re thou 600
smplit
making
ocfubbilcoofdi7t2ofrf aoimr tcoa
tharreraht,h ea,nd4 olBnl
a total of 24 invalids." .
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IRELAND.
Dunetts, Fen. 22 —Fsailies p stience are sweep-
;fig off th.- ss.p ttisn in ssv, sal of the western and
ssuthere Th., rosy, received this, day are
still more horrible than any that have yet appeared.
In
the extent of mortality Sligo now appears to• surpass
any other aunty, and it is asserted that the police,
finding the deaths from starvation so numerous, ret'eso
to send for the coroners, probably b.-cause it would be
physically impossible for those functionaries to hold in-
quests in so many esses and in different lovalities. Ana
vet, in this very county et filiso, that local journal, the'
Sligo Champion, makes a most startling exposure of an
iidatoons system of jobbing on the public works by land-
d for the employment, it is alleged, of their relations
and dependents at high salaries, to the exclusion of the
destitute and famishing labourers.
The reports from the county of Cork describe the
destitution as daily becoming more desolating, extend-
ing t . the better class of farmers, who, it is stated, after
paying their rents, are now consuming the grsin they
had reserved for seed, whilst the peasantry, all though
that.eitensive county, are dying by hundreds.
The police throughout the country have received in-
structions to furnish returns of the deaths from starva-
tion and disease. The number reported, up to the close
of the last week, at the Constabulary-office in Pub"'
was FIFTY THOUSAND. But there are many deaths tiona
want and disease of which the police in the country
could have had no knowledge. The actual number of
deaths from starvation is probably much larger than the
amount reported by the police.
INFAMOUS JOBBING ON PUBLIC WORKS.
The Sligo Champion contains the following
cannot in decency, in conscience, refrain any longer
from denouncing the gross and infamous system of job-
bing going on in this county, with reference to the roan'
ner in which the public works have been conducted and
managed. We have been silent too long. In the midst
of the calamity which has fallen upon us, we find the
I ndlords trieling upon the miseries of the people. rh.
Board of Works is humbugged, the government cheated,
the poor defrauded. We must speak out; a gigantic
swindle is now carried on in the county of Sligo. The
poor are not relieved by the vast grants of money kirnis
by a liberal ministry, but the sons of MagiStrateSi "
grand jurors, of parsons, rich farmers well to do in Oa
world, comfortable tradesmen, all these are quartered
upon the public. We saw, for instance, two men over-
seeing seven labourers ; we have inspectors, paymasteras
overseers—officials of all ranks and grades in every
locality: not selected for their ability, but because they
have interest—because they can command the voices Of
the landlords of the county. The jobbing that hereto..
fore existed was but a juke, a mere trifle to .what iS
now carried on. It exceeds all bounds and all limits.
It is monstrous ; we proclaim the tact to the world. We
proclaim that here in Sligo—th- very focus of misery--
where famine is the daily guest at the peasant's table--.
where pestilence and dea h hold their ghostly revels--
we eroclaim, openly and publicly, that in this doomed
locality. a set of men, removed from want themselves,.
possessed of means and resources beyond the reach Of
cheerless penury—are enjoying, and have been from the
commencement enjoying, the fat of the spoil. They
get, and have been getting for mouths, the lion's share-
The poor are neglected, plundered, robbed. In roof
instances their miserable stipend of Bd. a day is so Wag
withheld tha'; they sink down exhausted by the wayside
it'd die government creditors, while the sons of grand
jurors and oi parsons with gosd livings, are drawing
this tWo or three pounds a week."
REPRESENTATION OF NEW Ross.—The orzjori
Jade pendent gives au authorised contradiction to the re'
port that the Hon. Captain Gore is about to resign the
representation of New Ross.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the assocuitien was held tu'r
day. Mr. J. H. l)unne in the chair. Mr. Steele el'
gmulated the association that the rumours regardil
the state of Mr. O'Conneli's health were extremely e><
aggerated. It was true Mr. O'Connell was slightly W
disposed, and he (Mr. Steele) regretted to be obliged-10
say that his illness was in a great degree increased hi
the awful state to which the country was reduced. :„SS
The rent for the week was announced to be 43/..25.aw

RUSSIA.
•
THE. GRECO-RUSSIAN CHURCH.--" The EmperorEmperorOf
Russia has recently issued a decree, the object of 4/bllw.
is to prevent proselytism in favour of any other religiunt
than the Greco-Russian. The first article declares, IP,*
any person abjuring the Greco Russian religion shall
placed at the disposal of the ecclesiastical autborittft
shall be disinherited by such ef his- relations as Pr°l°.
that religion, shall have all his fortune placed undcrecT:
trul, alai shall not be allowed to reside in the district
h:
which his property is situated. If he returns. witltiAt
boSom of the Established Church, these penalties are to
cease; but if he does not return within the time fiXecl 'Jo
the ecclesiastical authorities; he is to be cited beforeo
criminal tribunal, which cannot inflict a penalty less 11!s
that of perpetual detention in a convent, with uneenslo
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acts of' penitence and contrition. The fourth article K b
vides that whoever shall deliver discourses, or -Punjabis
,a`,o,
writings calculated to cause persons who belong t°
Greco-Russian Church to abandon their faith, shall'a
the prerogatives of his rack,, and be. condemn -0
to from one to two years' imprisonment. If the Salt
offence be committed twice, the delinquent is to be 07.
destined to the loss of civil rights, and to hard labour;
a tertress tor from four to six years;_ if a third tin2e,
is to be exiled in Siberia, and, in addition to all this, he
is to receive the knout if he belongs to the classes;
ject to corporal punishment. Article 5 declares that
lathers
Sand Mothers belonging to the Greco-1105,4r
Church, who shalt cause their children to be baptis `ll
another form of faith, shall be punished with two year"'
imprisonment, and shall have their children taken fret°,
them, and educated by other members of their family 0'
the Greco-Russian religion ; and in case there be r
relations of that creed, then by persons nominated 'Y..
the Government. Any-person preventing member o
another religion from embracing the Greco-Russian'
to be imprisoned for several months.—Gatignani.
TEN PERSONS DROWNED IN AN
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OMNIBUS.
BRIDPORT, FRIDAY EVENING.—A.Most Inelanebollt
occurrence took place in this town on-
,Tuesday
Jae—
(a brief account of which appeared in• The Sun, few
days since). On Tuesday evening last Bowden 's enici
nibus. which plies bet Ween Bidefori and Torrington's%
designated the ''Safety," drew up opposite the tleeiL6,,./0
at six o'clock started for the latter town. The vel"a
was full of passengers, eleven persons being inside, an,
one on the roof. It had not gone many yards before °lt
of the horses became restive, and after making toe °Ls
three plunges the pole and splinter broke asunder fr°
the carriage, which instantly went down the decliviti:,
the quay, end Kith the whole of its passengers was Pr a
eipitated over into the river. The night was dark, an
there was upwards of 20 teet of water, the tide being uPii
There was a terrific shriek from the passengets, but 4
was only Momentary. A woman, who was on the 00
fortunately got ashore, and Mr. Michael ChapPle'bui
st
glove maker, of Torrington, by a desperate effort, 'ed
open the door of the omnibus and swam ashore, assi se
by a soldier, who bravely jumped in to his rescue*
was the only one of the inside passengers who escar,,7,:
the remainder all perished. Grappling" irons were lwe
me,fia.tely procured, and every eff'ort made to save so„°,l,
01 them, but 10. in vain; it was nearly two hours bete:„
the omnibus wits brought ashore. When raised on
row
thy: quay the sight w.is trtily horrifying ; the suffere
were lying in a mass at the iurtherost end froce,tm
ni
entrance. It was evident they had struggled earneStjf,
to escape. The inquest on the bodies took place y,,es,tepre
day, before Mr. tidbit), the borough coroner. •-r„-A.
names were Liven out as follriws:—Mrs. Fanny Frie'(6
a tip, aged 40 (left five children) ; Ann Nortnsia A 5,
widow), aged 65 ; Mrs. Elizibeth Friendship, age': f
(lett six children); Mary Ann Friendship (daugbi,e`,)t
°.
the lag deceased), aged 11 ; Mrs. Ann Page, age" j
Mr. John Chapple, aged 60 (brother of the gentleol
who escaped); John Passrnore, aged ~
30; Miss Eliza
Griffey, aged 60 ; and two other females, names ,1,"';
known. The burden of the evidence went to prove r
the melancholy affair arose from accident alone,
although the driver was charged with using drunk, nijaa
incapable of taking charge of his horses, the whole
proved unfounded. After a lengthened inquiry, lenice(l
lasted several hours, the jury returned the eubjoinl,
verdict:—" Accidental death, and the jury stivable
recommended an indictment being laid against, to
authotities of the town for allies ing the quay Siue'
remain in the dangerous state it was."

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A GRVAT IMPOSTOR.—On Thtiriday last, a of
looking young lad, who rejoices in the imposing title Or.
James Henry Christopher Hunter, was brought beforLd,
Sheriff Douglas at Cupar, on a charge of falsehood, L-ros
and wilful imposition—lst,.By having taken loduings"isle
lady in Kirkaldy, which he occupied fur some days on weaving
pretence that he was a commission agent. 2d, With btri
imposed on the managers of the Assembly-rooms of git the
by engaging and taking possession of these rooms otril
false pretence that hP was going to exhibit Gewrot
Tom Thumb, the Ethiopian Serenaders of Virginia:, fit.the Indian chief, Tongo Mongoro. 3d, By impOsini °.%
Birrell, printer, Kirkaldy, and inducing him to pr/O„,'L i
tos
hand-hill, and five hundred admission cards. 4th,e'rebi
fishing this bill through the town of Kirkaldy, il
inducing the lieges to purchase tickets. And
the Assembly-rooms were lighted up, and I,he Pets's/0'
partly assembled, by running off in a gig for Burn
and failing to pay any of the parties above mention.e°_, bed'
was caught at Edinburgh by the very dicer wbo 11,' );,„r st
engaged by him to take charge of the receipts of theto
Kirkaldy. Re pleaded guilty, and was sentenced t°
days' imprisonment.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

BIRTHS. '
On the 15th inst., at the Highway, Enfield, the wife of Dr' PO
Jameson, of a &tughter. (Dr. All''t t,
On the lath inst., at Boulogne-SW.3ler, the lady 0 ....,-
of a son. w.,,,ad the ISF
On the 22d inst., at Andover Lodge, New Finehler.—'
of Barclay Greenhill, Esq., of a son. f the Bel' •If
On the 23d inst., at Hillfield, Hampstead, the wife o
Dar
On in Fox, Rector of Delamere, of a on.
the 24th inst., in Hereford-street,s Park-lane, the wife a 7
e‘el
Dawson, Esq., of a son.
On the 24th inst., in Westbourne-street, Hyde-park-gartle°°' the
wife of J. Baker, Esq., of a daughter. f 11,11aneS
On the 24th inst., in Upper Grosvenor-street, the lady 0- S •
Weir Hogg, Bart., .M.P., of twni sons. a s 011•
On the 24th inst., at Bornser, Mrs. F. Robertson, of

MAHRIEDrdo,
On the 23d inst., at the Old Church,. Brighton, Waiter „w
pf
Esq., late 7th Hussars, to Cath,rine Cecilia, younger daugu.
Charles John Craven, Esq., of Kemp-town, Brighton.

lED. -. Grace,
On the 19th inst., Elizabeth, D
widow of the late Thom -
Esq., ot Prince's Risborough, Bucks na a 53.,
0:: the 21't inst., in Oxford-terrac'e,John Rawlins, EF(I., ---ermegS.
a On the 22d inst., at Barford-bridge, near Dorking, Eliza, Y.--
aughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael, aged 15.
rah.
On the 22d inst., in Albion-road, Stoke Ne%.ingten, Mail 'MT oto
011 the 23d inst., S. Brown Esq., of
On the 22d hist . In Charterhouse-square, the Rev. Iletcher i e
Smith, aged 29. aged 81.
On the `2*.d titm, Mr. Hulbert. ofl,,aig-aere aged fiG.
'.... of Greed-
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