The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1840.

proof or that they referred to the disregard of the interests
and pleasures of the people in all cases, and contrasted that
disregard with the indulgence extended to the aristocratic
classes. Why did riot the Hon. Gentleman interfere with the
taverns of the richer sort, in which the wealthy
indulged in wine and late hours to the injury of
their health and fortunes: —( Cries of " hear, hear," and
a laugh.) Why ?-13teause he was one of the class.—
( Hear, and a laugh.) When the Hon. Gentleman said
that his object in limiting the number of houses in some
districts was, tha! there were now too many for all to make
a living, why did he not apply that to other trades ?
to the bakers and butchers, for instance ? If he carried
out his principle, whenever a butcher or a baker said
there were too many of the same trade in the neighbour-
hood, he ought to enact that there should be no more than
a certain number in that district, and shut up the shops of
all the others.—( Hear, hear, hear, and laughter.) The
secret had came out—that the Honourable Member
was friendly to the monopoly which ex'sted before
the Beer Bill, and wished to restore it.—(Hear, hear.)
This Bill was to create a property qualification to sell beer,
—this was carrying the property qualification to a great
extent,—why should not a butcher or a baker have a simi-
lar one ? Why should a grocer have the impudence to sell
without this property qualification ? This measure would
never restrain crime. Why did they not educate the people?
that would be going to the root of the evil. Believing the
Bill to be unjust and productive of evil, instead of good, he
should give it every opposition in his power.—( Hear.)
Sir THOS. FREMANTLE explained.
Mr. RICE thought some regulation was necessary, and
that they should rather promote the comfort of the poorer
classes by this measure than otherwise. In giving his vote
for the second reading he did not pledge himself to
the details, but be would observe that a more efficient
system of police would more effectually secure the object
they had in view. He hoped the vote they would that
night give would counteract that of the House of Lords,
and induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take the
Bill into his own hands.
Mr. PROTHEROE said he rose to retract an opi-
nion he had formerly held on this subject. He had adopted
the advice given him by a witty friend of his some years
ago, "to put off Saxony, and put on corduroy." He bad
done so, and had gone into the beer-houses and drank
their beer, and never was a legislator more disappointed.—
(Laughter.) He thought they had failed to give the poor
a good and wholesome beverage. He should, therefore,
support the Bill.
Mr. MUNTZ could not allow this Bill to go to a se-
cond reading without stating his objections to what he
considered a most unjust and unnecessary measure.
He had yet to learn why beer was not to be
sold as other articles. His experience on the subject
was very considerable, and, so far as that went,
he had never seen a great increase of crime occasioned
by the beer-houses. One circumstance Gentlemen had
forgot, or rather, perhaps, never knew, when they
said that if the beer-houses were shut up, publicans would
not take in the same men. They were much mistaken.
All publicans had two classes of customers—one higher
and one lower, and took low company as well as the beer-
houses. He believed there had been a great increase of
crime, and particularly within the last twelve months, but
to what was it to be attributed? Not to the beer-houses,
but to the pressure on the working classes, which always
increased crime ; but if he could agree to the general
principle of the Bill, there was one provision in it he could
never vote for, which was the disfranchisement of those
parties who now held licenses under a certain amount,
which he considered would be most unjust—as unjust to
the beer-house keepers as the establishment of beer-houses
was to the Licensed Victuallers.

Sir CHARLES BURRELL supported the Bill. He
thought the late Act had done great injury to the people,
because it gave them bad beer where they ought to get
good, and he approved of the present measure because it
changed the system.
Lord G. SOMERSET would support the Bill, think-
ing that in many districts the beer-houses had had a most
unfortunate effect upon the morals of the people. Although
he could not concur with all the provisions of the Bill, be
did not think that was a ground for preventing its being
read a second time.

Mr. B. WOOD would vote against the second reading
of the Bill, because he saw no probability of a measure so
full of defects ever becoming the law of the land. If he
had wanted anything to convince him of the impolicy of a
measure like the present coming from any source but the
Government he had it in the speech of the Right Honour-
able Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
To his knowledge ten millions of property was taken
from the licensed victuallers by the passing of the Beer
Act, and a new property was created which it was now
sought to confiscate.—(Hear, hear.) This mode of le-
gislation was trifling, and the Government ought to take
the burden upon themselves of legislating on this subject.
He should on these grounds, as an act of justice, both to
the licensed victualler and the beer-seller, oppose this Bill.
Mr. PAKINGTON, in reply, complained of the con-
duct of the Hon. Member for Bridport, in moving an ob-
solete standing order on a former occasion, for the purpose
of preventing the further progress of this measure. Pe-
titions complaining of the existing state of the Beer-laws
had been presented, signed by the most respectable and
wealthy persons in the country.—( Hear, bear.) The
petitions on the other side came almost exclusively
from brewers, maltsters, and beer-sellers ; and therefore
were not entitled to the same attention as the others.
It was most amusing to hear how completely the seconder
of the amendment differed from the mover of it—the one
calling it a measure of confiscation, and the other opposing
it because it was petty legislation. The measure which
he proposed had the approval of the Committee of 1834.
If he could get no other remedy he would try to repeal
the law, but he should prefer a moderate remedy like the
present. It was unfair to charge him with a desire of
restoring the monopoly of the Magistrates, he had no
such wish. He thought the rating clauses had better be
discussed in Committee, and if they were found unfair he
would alter them—he had no intention or wish to
destroy all the beer-houses. It had been said these houses
were supplied by brewers; now the great object of the Act
had been to do away with the monopoly of brewers. He
did net believe that the increase in the barley trade was
attributable to the Beer Act. The licensed
victuallers were under the power of the Magistrates,
who could withhold the licenses, but the beer-shops
were under no such control. Property, he had admitted,
could not always be taken as a test of respectability; but,
at all events, it was so to a certain extent, and was a test
of responsibility. He had never asserted that Chartism
was the fruit of the beer-houses. What he had said was,
that beer-houses were much used by that class of persons,
because of their low character. He thought it was the
duty of the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer
either to take up his Bill, or give him his support to legis-
late upon the subject. He utterly denied that he
was influenced in his conduct by any wish to
conciliate the body of licensed victuallers. He took up
the question upon public grounds, and public grounds alone.
He thought it was far better to prevent crime by regulating
these houses in a proper manner than to punish it after-
wards by a police force. The Hun. Gentleman read se-
veral extracts from the evidence given before the Hand-
loom Weavers Commission as to the evils of the beer-
house system, and implored the House, as it valued the
morals of the lower classes, to give a second reading to
his 13111.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided, when the nurnberi were—
For the Bill
Against it
Majority
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The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
he House adjourned at Eleven o' Clock.

THE MEMOIRS OF THE PRINCESS DASCH-
xaw.—These long-expected Memoirs, the announcement of
which created so much interest, have at length appeared. They
are comprised in two large volume:, illustrated with portraits
and autographs. Among the many distinguished women that
the last century produced, perhaps not one could be named who
played a more extraordinary part than the Russian Princess
I)aschkaw, who, at the age of seventeen, not merely plotted, but
literally carried into effect, by the aid of her astonishing saga-
city, personal courage, and presence of mind, that great revolu-
tion which placed Catherine 11. on the throne of Russia, and
thus laid the foundation of all the subsequent greatness of that
now wondrous empire. But this was only one of the many ex-
traordinary incidents in the career of this truly singular woman.
She was for several years President of the Academy of Arts
and Sciences of St. Petersburg ; and during an unusually pro-
longed life she maintained a character arnr.ntluence that no
ether woman ever enjoyed. The publication of the autobio-
graphy of such a person as this, coming from a source which
leaves its authenticity beyond the reach of doubt or cavil, can-
not fail to excite a more intense interest than has attached to
any work of the kind for many years.

From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-waters,
Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. • Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly :—Gentlemen,—Having been deaf for many years, I
was induced from recommendation to try your Invisible Voice
Conductors, nod I have great pleasure telling you that they
enable me to hear persons in company and at a place of worship
most distinctly; and in conseuence of the great advantage
which I have derived, I have recommended many persons to
von, and their report is similar to mine, most favourable. The
'Spectacles and hand-glass which you have sent me are very
excellent, and suit my sight precisely, and surpass anything of
the kind I have ever tried ; the transparency of which is so
brilliant that, although I have passed my 86th year, the 22d of
May last, yet they enable me to • read, &c., by candle-light
with the greatest ease and comfort to myself. Gentlemen, I
return you my best thanks, and' remain your most obedient
servants, HENRY COWPER.-272t1 of June, 1839."
Mrs. N. M..RoOrsehild, widow of the late emi-
nent Hebrew capitalist, has given to the Jewish Free School,
for some years past, the truly beneficent annual donation of
5001., besides expending at least, very nearly the same amount
yearly in clothing 450 children, male and female, educated
there. The same lady subscribed 4001. in support of the family
of Mr. Aaron, the melancholy suicide of whose daughter ex-
cited so much sympathy in the city last week.

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ANOTHER ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.-0:1
Saturday morning a sweep named Ridley, who had been sent
for to sweep the kitchen chimney of Lord Colchester, con-
trived to get into the study and drawing-rooms, where he
bagged a gold pencil-case, a silver inkstand, and several other
valuable articles. The robbery was discovered soon after he
left, but although pursued he has as yet ecared the vigilance of
the police. A reward of 2.51. has been offered by Lord Col_
chester for his apprehension.

TROPHIES TAKEN AT ADEN.—Saturday tilt"
brass guns were landed from the Jupiter at Woolwich ; they
were Ldely captured at Aden, in the East. Indies. On th(, tw)
largest arc inscriptions in the Hmdostanee language. Their
great length makes them appear singular when compared with
our British guns. The following are the dimensions, weight,
&C.:—Length of the largest, 18 feet 2 inches ; weight 6 tons
16 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. ; diameter of the muzzle, 1 foot 3 inches ;
carries iron shot 102 lbs. weight. Length of the second, 17
feet 1 inches ; weight 6 tons 4 cwt. 15 lbs. ; diameter (..f
breast ring-, 2 feet ; diameter of muzzle, 1 foot 2 inches ;
diameter of bore, 8 inches ; carries iron shot of 86Ibs. weight.
Length of the third,
15 feet ; weight 4 tons 14 cwt. I qr. 9 lbs.;
diameter of breast ring, 1 foot 3 inches; diameter of muzzle,
I foot 1 inch ; diameter of bore, 8 inches ; carries iron shot of
72 lbs. weight..
Mrs. Wyndham gave her first assembly for tl!e
season on 116mlay, at Egrrmont House, Grosvenor.-place,
when the superb saloons nbieh have been re-embellished since
the death of the late Lord Egrernont, were thrown open ard
illuminated with great taste. It was a brilliant party, soil
graced by three hundred distinguished fashionables.

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACK W 0 OD' S MAGAZINE.
From an unusual press of Parliamentary, and other
matters, we are compelled to be brief in our Magazine
notices this month. Blackwood gives us an excellent
Number, and leads off with " Ten Thousand a Year,
which would be much more effective as a story, if it
were not quite so diffuse. Though a clever and prac-
tised hand at description, the author is far too lavish of
it, and never knows when to stop. Yet still we read
on, for his tale—leosely put together as it is—teems
with exciting incidents, which are wrought up with
unflagging vigour and animation. In particular, the
scene between Mr. Aubre3 and his wife, where he
gently hints to her the great probability that there is of
his losing all his fine fortune of ten thousand pounds per
annum—the rightful heir having been just discovered—
betrays an accurate knowledge of the deep and subtle
workings of the human heart. So far as it has yet pro-
ceeded, the most striking features of the story, arc first,
;ts breadth of manner, and secondly, the adroit con-
trasts of character, and groupes of character, that it ex-
hibits, as shown in the family of the aristocratic Au-
breys, and the friends and dependants of the plebeian
Titmouse. " Another Passage of Autobiography" is
chiefly taken up with reminiscences—some of them
amusing enough—of the author's boyhood. Here and
there we meet with some piquant scraps of criticism,
which, generally speaking, are judicious enough ; though
we must beg to enter our protest against the author's
estimate of the tEneid. In the notice of Horne Tooke's
well known " Diversions of Purley," we arc assured that
this work is " one of the most consummate compounds
of ignorance and presumption that ever practised with
success upon human credulity." How this may be we
know not, for we never read the work in question, hav-
ing no great respect or relish for etymological studies.
" Khiva, central Asia, and Cabul," argues on the hypo-
thesis that throughout the east, British influence has for
some time been sapped and supplanted by Russian ma-
chinations, and praises the Cabul expedition as a spirited
stroke of policy. " Shaw on Salmon Fry" is a lively
notice of a work lately published on this, not very attrac-
tive subject. In the diatribe headed " Anti-National
Faction," the writer of course speaks vehemently against
the opponents of the grinding Corn-law monopoly ; but
his logic is very loose and sophistical, as was to be ex-
pected from the side he has thought fit to advocate.
The " Veto" is a sprightly poetical squib. We quote
the subjoined stanzas from the commencement of a poem
entitled " Aboukir
WHAT see I on this barren strand?—
A burning sky, a burning sand,
A shipless sea, a lifeless land !
Yet Time ! thou old destroyer, Time,
Thou'lt seen it earth's most glorious clime,
All throne and temple—all sublime.
Of earth's wild drama wildest stage;
Of mind's first flight, war's darkest rage,
The Soldier, and the Archimage
Then sank its sun in midnight gloom :
Its life was treasured in the tomb.
Egypt was all—the Catacomb !
Yet on that strand was Europe freed I
The world beheld that battle bleed ;
And mighty England did the deed.
'Twas eve ; and on the horizon pale,
Like cloud on cloud, uprose the sail ;
And warrior-echoes fill'd the gale.
There, squadron'd on the sunset tide,
With day's last gold and amber dyed,
Came Britain's sea-kings in their pride.
Splendid the thronging pomp swept on,
To cannon.fire and trumpet tone ;
Each war-ship like a floating throne.
Who led them on ? A deathless name,
That through their bosoms shot like flame—
Nelsen ! the noblest son of fame I
Startled, yet stern, the Frenchman's line
Saw in the sun the red-cross shine,
And felt it Ruin's judgment-sign.

" Charles Lamb was very fond of a rubber of whist..
lie sat down one night at the house of a friend, to which
Elliston had also been invited. Elliston arrived late, had
evidently taken too much wine, and was, as usual on such an
occasion, extremely grand. It chanced, in cutting, that
Lamb and Elliston became partners. Elliston's PlaY was,
under the circumstances, of course, very bad, which,
joined to his affected hauteur, raised the ire of Lamb, who
rt the end of a game suddedly exclaimed, in his stuttering
manner, If dirt was trumps, what fine hands you would
have, Mr. Elliston.' "
"OrENINO OF A 111E1.0-DRAMA.

" GASPER.—The morn is breaking.
" NICHGLAS.-.-Let it break and be d—d ! It owes me
nothing."
" On the English translation of the card of a French inn,
between Boulogne and Abbeville, these words are printed :
' The wines are qf that quality, they will leave you nothing
to hope for.'"
" Miss B— (the Danseuse and Columbine) was mar-
ried to a Mr. S—. My friend Barnaby inquired the
profession of Mr. S—, and was informed that he was an
eminent butcher. ' That accounts for it,' said Barnaby;
' Ile fell in love with her calf.' "