The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-07 00:00:00

RATES FOR HIGHWAV'

—cep
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Srl2lll. coo
SlR,—Surveyors of highways produce their oe, Ott
to the various vestries of their parishes next we"' dir
have uneontrellahll power to levy rates. In ,tbneecs_,ls•
.ursernent there is usually much jobbing and rj-, the
tine. The parishioners have the powerj to retne'tJ totf
evil by insistng upon a legal account, which the s'allirei
(the Act 5 and 6 Win. IV., cap. 50, sec. 40) rel°ol,
to be kept week by week, uder a P en ItYje
pounds for each weekly default. The
der:idr
tt
so
the Act, No. 5, gives the form. The 118th tbfts
o
rects that it shall be used, and the 44th seetine
shall be presented to the vestry balanced, eild ro
thence to the Sessions for the allowance.b
No other form of book or
account la - shoo e3ll
knowlelged by the Vestry, but the ore made 'cc:
g°
and open to the inspection of the ratellYbeor-oltisifir
required from time to time to be kept ;
which shall be entered a just and true and
account of all money which shall have Otne tt°
and
hands as surveyor, for the purposes of this I.c :fork,
to whom, and on what occasion, and for what--.oia
a "
and in what place, and on what day he small 'Or
or applied the same." They will then have ne (71;40
tunity of detecting any imposition ; but if theY„l/4 gr
a new, made-up book expressly for the Ves-,:i'pti4
merely the productions of tradesmen's bills and rehcio-tiers
and a bAince-sheet, as the account, the part,..o-$0
may expect a cor,fnuance of heavy rates and bau •
Yours, &c., MO'
April 2, 1841. A REFOIt--
- r,VIS
TO COMMERCIAL THATATE-LA--

TO THE EDITOR OF THE S,VISLre°
SlR—Believing that many of my brother-travexie— ircar
aware of the following facts (arising from recent cts in
stances), I beg to acquaint them that " things of gil° stsblei
public inn" cannot be distrained for rent ; but " 'off $1
are not exempt." Therefore their horses and gigs st-001bies,
livery may be distrained for the rents of the liverY
The insertion of the above in your Journal,
Will much oblige, Sir, your's truly ,LLEIL
A COIIIIIERCIAL TRAV.D
London, April 5, 1841.
THE PRESIDENT STEAMER.
ight, and PreSident fn
to Naotlhaitneg
hour
rt
lastver %Ili been beard of the -5 now
araiety westeTO
rle..slep:cfotirngcoahleor; mayrepairs, as
voya g c from A mer:e Liverpool Tinier of yester—'
as
thhaev have greati done
e rLiverpool
tdoi
dt boen
at.eyr, 10/

PORTUGAL•

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130

Liseow, MARCH 30.—Since the sudden adjourve-ls
the Cortes, on the 22d, we have had nothing but quarri%,.
intrigues, which bid fair to break up the new Special a ,',ene
Committee, and to defeat the objects for which theo.lboi
ment was effected. The financial state of the country beg
obvious to all, and the necessity of sacrifices from au_ co,
equally apparent, it was considered that, by selectinog'.'idnoi
mitt.ee from all sides, whatever Tans were agreed to vr,
with greater authority before the Chambers and the ph
Notwithstanding, however, that the difficulties in, !we pU#
country is situated might have been expected to
,n',` not of
stop for a moment to the virulent spirit of party, it 11;,.0uot
out so. Several of the members refused to serve. vise
etvalbe
da Bandeira, Baron Chancelleiros (M. A. de C._
an
and Senhor Sousa e Azevedo, at once reslo bbut
the Duke of Palmella, owing to a quarrel aseahot
personal question, also threatened to retire, trod
1, wer
Soure, Avila, Falcao, and Viscount Ponto ito
also stated by the Septembrista paperi to have de
on various grounds. The Committee met, however,3.r
the
gate
and though things are still far from being in a satisfaet:o•s
thear this morning that the Duke has not resigoed,r
senator
three respectable persons, Senhor Tavares, Pr.e."-CaChamber
uuesterlta/
and Senhors Pinto Magalhaes, President of the
arolute`
r
Deputies, and Pestana, the Vice-President, 10 be 1
„, egg
in place of thoie members who have retired.
the next object will be to decide upon what nel!etgrasa-p-Ple.„j
be borne with least difficulty, a subject that must be see,le!il
with, if the country is ever to be really regenerated,a_t e
fallen credit restored. The late Finance Minister reeet
various projects by which he calculated that he Ve better
o,Gol-
an addition of 720 contos, besides 200 more by t artial r"has
lection of the decima of these projects; one, the Pio, and hat
ration of the seignorial duties is highly unp.fwAnotber, t
been formally withdrawn by the Government. •"'",itb the pry ,
of taxing raw produce, is strangely at valeanee " sts here %
tection sought to be given to manufacturing
high duties on foreign goods; and the third is t° inters
le at 11;0
tos by a graduated personal tax, which, in Prit'elPtbese
appears unobjectionable. By whatever rroar''iti, the t
jutereise eon,t,
contos can be raised, they would suffice to btrheepayteienb
come and expenditure on a level, allowing
of only one-half of the dividends on the foreign to see ,
for debt, "lithe
state of things, however, no minister that des
his e' for
credit of Portugal restored could take as the basis aossihte„ch-
lations. I am convinced that it is by no uses
retie ally
Portugal to pay all its debts by a proper syste° could assts
ment, &c., under a strong Government, that „
enforce the collection of the decima and other t I1,4"-
first daeinla
at present, though estimated year after year, the eh,
then at 2,000, then at 1,600, and last; at 1,40(?, o ont ,
has , never brought in above 1,200 Ciento, ktfe; of sac
which is mainly to be attributed to the wea ;lection' hicb
cessive Governments, and the faulty system Grande,c° st,:csev,
There was a review on Sunday at Campo and tu`' oot
the garrison of this capital, the Municipal Guard,tops ydrerith
national battalions were present. 'I he regular ,60,,10.- pot ;
were—the 2d and 30th Caqadores ; 10th. 12th' " and dor.
Infantry, naval battalion ; Municipal Guard, h°,‘„l'ea ,itegeatto,
d
Lancers, two batteries of artillery, ;ke., about 3, an s s
, awe
The national battalions mustered between and 2. I At'
being the Ist and 2d commercial bat tailors, Ist plat_riolietial,
volunteer's, Ist and 2d National Cagadores alitsbon L'ato the
tillery. Count Farrono, as Colonel of the ijoriontr /ton,
with a squadron of the same, acted as Guard ° 00 5
,e they
Queen. The troops marched from their harro vrheacere in-
and were first drawn up at Campo Phltriejre'thej Count
marthed at 2 P.M. to Can-,po Grande, "'b of %vat' ad the
Aortas,r
and a numtlrous staff.
spected by the King, attended by the lklih'lstee Queen ael'''
Th
alog these left
the young Prince rode in 'an open carriae e
A vilez
and were very well received. An irtnnee+sbere.' I stable
Lisbon to see the show, ~ half Lisbon was „cry resPe, -1. the
a talk of the national battalions, who made a furlough
figure at the review, beinis sent away en °Pert°
present.bY the Duca*
•
The Spanish Minister, Senor Aguilar, arrivedA v to the M. re-
steamer on Friday, and was presented yeaterekne EsPea'sear.
The Trineulo left yesterday for Gibraltar- dish brig
mains here, with the French corvette, and Stye 'ublican r",
There have been sorts of rumours about reP
Cadizmenus in the south of Spain, and this morning a Cadiz raf,',o..
Cadiz was reported to have taken place. Thsoe_e of the
anal
say merely that at Xeres, some days since,
a7,,anquet,
en-
tonal Guards drank a toast to the republic at t
,niority
some disturbance tool place, but that the gra.
tirely disapproved their proceedings es al'
ter leaves ne4
'The Leeds steamer, which takes this let ,from Engl.%
mu!tit %ere
is
behind time. She only arrived on NiTeduesday
he returl
but left the same evening for Gibraltar, whence .
to.dgy.
this morning, and takes the mail at two r. 1%
ALBA

leztlaop,raits , by
THE DUKE -----
AND DUCHESS OF ST. - .1,
holy.
PICTURES.—We are requested to state, that the finewu
' ,s th se of the lately Alhan's by Knelle ,
which have be and uc ess o • •,. 11,
en cleaned and restored by :Ali. GW 01111 ,
of Tichbor Sir P. Lelv, from Stanmorc park, incl ,
days longer prior to their removal from town.—Morning Pare
, ne-street, Piccadilly, will remain for inspection &to!.
THE ROBBERY AT VVINDSOR CASTLE,—""
Yesterday afternoon Loveffrove, who is supposed to bergpli-
cated in the robbery, was examined. No reporters
milted. It is understood that from the examination of def.
witneses, nothing fixing guilt on Lovegrove was elicited. 'A'
the conclusion of the evidence he was remanded, and will b
brought up again for examination next Monday.hristina, ar•
The ex-Regent of Spain, Maria C
rived at Milan on the 24th ult.
Aristocratical emigration is at ibis present time
going on rapidly. The letters of credit granted to Englirl!
continental travellers by the two principal banking houses s'
the west end of London, exceed this year, both in number aod..
value, by more than a half those of any pi eeeding year, as {BP .
peen
as the number of months have gone by.
We understand that arrangements have been
made to carry pasiengwa from London to Liverpool by
the fast trainr, very shortly, in six hours and a quatter.---
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