The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-01 00:00:00

MA Y 1, 1846.

PRICE SD.

THE OPERA, WITH ESPECIAL
REFERENCE TO GOLD CURTAINS.
(From the New .Monthly Magazine.)
Trust not to the words of vain rumour—close your ears to
the voice of empty prediction—as Ulysses rendered his auri-
cular organs impervious to the song of the Syrens. You
will, perchance, hear that the curtains that decorate the
opera boxes are going to be dyed; but expect nothing of the
kind. Even as gold—actual gold—the gold whereof, say
our spelling-books, " guineas and half-guineas are made "
asserts its superiority over all other metals, so shall the
seeming gold of the curtains proudly triumph over every re-
bellious hue that would interfere with its dominion. Red,
deeply blushing at its own presumption, shall slink from
the -field ; green, though it surveys the gold with jealous
eyes, shall avoid the contest ; white shall remain pallid in the
back ground ; blue, looking at itself—that is, looking blue—
shall not attempt to dispute the supremacy; black of course
would never think of raising a question about the matter ;
and as for all the hybrid shades that arise from the intermar-
riage of the rebellious colours, they shall retire with their re-
spective parents.
For, indeed, why should the gold curtains be displaced ?
To gold, as we have hinted, belongs the supremacy of
natural
right. If you want an' impartial judge catch an
alchemist (poor Bellermann is dead) and ask him. Pindar
sang :

'Aptcrrov µev iiBcup, 6 Se xpvcrOs atticp.evov trvp
are dcan-pira vurcri ILEAcivopos iToxa wAourou•
Whereby he signified that (soda) water was an excellent
thing in the height of the opera season—particularly if the
day had been preceded by a champagne supper—and that
an opera box, with gold curtains, wasconspicuous among
other indications of a large income, asthe erla chandelier
when it is lighted up at night. The house, newlye r e or
er a ed, is the most splendid theatre in the world, and,
consistently adorned with the most lordly colour in the world
—a —a colour, which, at the same time, delicately symbolises
the ready cash, that has been expended in the improvement.
But, say some, will not the gold curtains counteract the
effect which the ladies ought to produce, by the joint efforts
of their loveliness and their dressmakers? We are not sure
that we ought to condescend to answer this objection, seeing
that we set forth in our very last number that the gold
curtains were to be considered as So many frames, inclosing
a number of beautiful pictures. Nevertheless, we will not
content ourselves with a reference to the April New
Monthly, but will bring forward a new strong authority, no
other than the goddess Aurora herself. Homer tells us—

'Hies—scpwctirefflios iKavaro racrav aiav,
that Eos (Aurora), clad in saffron-coloured peplos, was dif-
fused on all the earth, and do our readers suppose that the
said Aurora, at whose bidding all flowers resume their hue,
who is the first to make the earth wear a variegated gar-
ment, was such a wretched judge of colours that she picked
out the most unbecoming of them all ? Did she wish to
look especially faded in the eyes of that Tithonus, whom she
had begged Zeus to immortalise ? No; if she had, Tithonus,
in his cricket-form would not now be singing to her praises
on the winter's hearth. As to any objection that saffron-
colour may not be precisely the same as bouton d'or we dis-
miss it as hair-splitting and frivolous. Again, when the
troop of satyrs were all made slaves to Polyphemus, and
mourned after their lawful: sovereign, Bacchus, the very
first peculiarity in that beloved deity that occurred to their
minds was his "yellow hair." Thus, according to Euri-
pides, did they sing:—

sbiAos, u 95(:)1/4e BaKxcie,
v.& oloroAits,
faveav xai,rav cretow ;
Which is admirably rendered by Shelley—
" Bacchus, oh beloved ! where,
Shaking wide thy yellow hair,
Wand'rest thou alone, afar ?"
S.ow Bacchus, as we all know, was the early conqueror of
India, a kind of foreshadowing of the East India Company ;
and do we suppose that in the very land of dyes, where blue
and black divinities are in fashion, and where the people
think it marvellous proper to stain their hands and feet with
henna, he would have allowed his hair to retain its pristine
yellowness, had he not been convinced that no other hue
was so becoming to his complexion ? Therefore, oh ! in-
habitants of the boxes, cease to dread the effect of the
bouton d'or curtains. Let Guido's picture over the stage
remind you of Aurora, and Lucile Grahn's pas de Bacchante
(if she, dances it) remind you of Bacchus—to say nothing
of authorities in the shape of amber-coloured boudoirs, &c.
Supposing the case, that to certain dull habiliments, the
curtains are unfavourable—is it necessary that the sombre
attire should remain in fashion for an entire season? Berlin
guardsmen had portraits of Fanny Elssler painted on their
pipes ; French ladies of the revolutionary period wore
chapeaux a la guillotine • a certain sort of fans, used in the
days of Mazurier, the famous Jocko, recorded his triumphs
by exhibiting the various colours of the ape. What has not
set a fashion ? And now it would surely be worth while
for dressmakers to set their heads together, and escogitate,
colours that may stand in relief against the gold curtains.
There is as old proverb about Mahomet going to the moun-
tain when the mountain would not come to AI &hornet.

Turn we to the physical world. Whence did experimen-
talists derive their first knowledge of the electric fluid ?
Why, they found that amber, when warm, had a power of
attracting light substances. This was the first revelation ;
and from the Greek word ;ixEKTpov, is the word " electri-
city " derived. Here is a whole department of science
founded on the attractive powers of amber. And shall the
amber curtains that so vividly represent the hue of the
mineral, prove repulsive to the hearts of the habitues—which
being hearts free from care, are light substances par excel-
lence. After a while, to be sure, the bits of feather, &c.,
being fully electrified, were found to start back from the
amber. But these curtains are new, friends, these curtains
are new, and the period of satiety cannot yet have approached.
At present, therefore, they must attract, or a physical ab-
surdity will be symbolised.
Moreover, what colour could be substituted? An ancient
metaphysician proved that anything that is not something,
must be something else, and hence the curtains if they be
not gold colour, must be of some colour which is net like
gold. Hang up your boxes with red, and make the whole
interior of the Opera-house look like Judge Jeffrey's court
during the " Red Assize," and nothing will be more heavy.
Blue will be cold and cheerless. Green will be as unpleasant
to the eyes, as its superabundance in the pictures of an
unskilful landscape painter. Run over the list of colours,
and you will find you must return to the theory of the
paintings in the gilt frames, and allow the bouton d'or to
maintain its place.
Therefore, to go back to the point whence we started—
heed no rumours about chromatic transformations, but resist
them as an obstinate player on the horn proverbially resists
the conductor of an orchestra. The bouton d'or is firmly fixed,
and neither Atlas, who carried the world on his shoulders, nor
the monkey Hanuman, who carried a rock on the tip of his
tail, can remove it from its place.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY, NIGHT.
In the course of the evening The Baron and Wolf-dog were
matched for 500 each, 200 ft, to run B. C. in the Houghton
Meeting, The Baron giving slbs. Oakley and Wolf-dog were
also matched for the same Meeting at Bst 71b each, D.M.,
200, h ft.
The following Matches have also been made in the course
of the week :
SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1846 :—Brainless agst the filly
by Stockport, out of Ganymede, the latter receiving 101bs.
Half a mile.
SECOND Ocromn, 1846 :—Alarm and Oakley, Bst 71b
each, 500, T.Y.C., and Alarm and the Bishop of Romford's
Cob, the latter receiving 61bs. T.Y.C. 300, h ft.
Several others have been made for 1847.
THURSDAY'S RACES.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b,
fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 150 soya, if de-
manded, &c. T.Y.C.
Lord W. Powlett's f by The Saddler, oat of Fanchon 1
Duke of Rutland's Alexa 2
Mr. Bowes's Forget-me-not 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Sir J.
Hawley's Fugitive, Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook, and Mr.
Batson's Malvoisie.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Fugitive, 9to 2 agst Fanchon filly,
and 4to 1 agst Alexa. Fugitive and Alexa made the run-
ning, the others lying well up with them to the cords ; the Fan-
chon filly then went in front, and won cleverly by a length,
Alexa beating Forget-me-not by a head. The winner was
claimed. Run in 1 minute and 18 seconds.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, and only 5 ft if de-
clared, &c., for three yrs olds and upwards, T.Y.C. 5 Subs.
o
Duke of Rutland's Paulton, 4yrs, Bst 91b
Mr. Lowther's Lyons, 4 yrs, Tat 91b
Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b
1 agst Beaumont. Paultons made strong running,
Betting-11 to 8 agst Lyons, 7to 4 agst .Paultons, andL 2ontos
Paultons, second, and Beaumont wellwuttph;
rthaeui
dip, where Lyons closed . and
dis othrdeeyr tr oayn the
a
splendid race home, finishing with a dead heat. Run in 1
min. 20 sec. Lyons afterwards walked over, and the Duke of
Rutland and Mr. Lowther divided the stakes.
The 1,000 Guineas Stakes, of 100 BOWL each, h ft, for three yrs
old fillies, Bst 71b D.M.
Mr. Gully's Mendicant
Mr. Bowes's Mowerina - -
Lord Orford's Prussic Acid . 2

(Day)

following also
Acid 3
also started, but were not placed ..—Dnks ofTkeiaw
Bedford's Taunus, Lord G. Bentinck's Ennui, Mr. Osbaldes-
ton's Giselle, Mr. Wreford, jun.'s Wilderness.
Betting—Even on Mendicant, sto 1 agst Mowerina, 6to 1
agst Prussic Acid, 7 to 1 agstra Tnnauriinna,a 7 to 1 agst Ennui.
ce,idlimenaddiecansttrong
lying
up
with followed by Mowerina
Prussic
GsiisceAllthe latter, and Wilder-
, ness bringing up the rear. The kept their positions to the
new ground, where Giselle retreated,
chal-
lenged Prussic Acid, ran with her to hane cords, and defeated
her. Mowerina half way up
her. Mendicant then came,
a length. Prussic Acid a bad third.
and defeated her by
Rswuneeipnstal
Sweepstakes
of 10
.
48see.SOVS. each, for twl?/ears old colts, Bst 6st ;
Mr. Stephenson's bfillif why' Bstht
e3lbD. . .C.
octor, out of Sister to
Dromedary (Nat) 1
Lord Lonsdale's Redshank
Mr. R. Clifton's Brown Bess
Mr. Ford's The Precocious Youth 4
Betting.:4 to 4 agst Balance, 7 to 4 agst Dromedary filly,
and 4to 1 agst Brown Bess. Won very cleverly by a length.
Brown Bess a bad third, and The Precocious Youth beaten
off. Run in 1 min. 23 sec
Match, 300, h ft, Bst 71b each, last half of Ab. M.—Mr.
Crockford's Kite beat Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle.
sto 2 agst Kite. Won in a canter. Run in 55 seconds.
The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. ; for four yrs old, 3st 81b; five,
lOst 711); six and aged, lwOst 121over,Rdividing the
b. .C.
Mr. G. A. Moore's Wolf Dog alked
Plate with Mr. Shelly's Maynooth.
BETTING AFTER THE RACES.
DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Wall's The Crown Prince
OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower
e_
10 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat—tax n
12 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron
14 to 1 agst Lord George Bentinck's Clumsy—taken
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ,
NEWMARICET, THURSDAY Nloyar, TEN 0 CLOCK.
Byrs, st 81b—Blac
ENTRIES FoN FRID4AY.
yt i
yrs,
rs , kle,
esa :
sat—Tit-bit,
yrs, Bits-tbliti
,b—Leaconfield,
3 yHlananddsaiicactaLAD:FFM..e_t.asan—hcPo3ilint:
3 yrs, 7st 101b—Ennui, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Belli Krankie, 3 yrs,
7st Ilb—Breastga , S
:6001sItdrc,111b.
3y78, eat 31b,
gild!,

Match—King Charles, BstBlb, agst Prospect, Tat 91b. D.M.
100 h ft.
Newmarket Stakes.—The following were left in at ten
o'clock,:—Galata colt, Polecat, lago, Pyrrhus the First, Mar-
quis of Cunningham, Sister to Flambeau, Hereof, and the
Little Vulgar Boy.

LATEST BETTING.
V NEWMARKET STAKES.-6 to son lago.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Best Bower 20 to 1 apt Hope
10 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 20 to 1
agst The Magnet
12 to 1 agst Clumsy—taken 20 to 1 agst Corranna
12 to I agst The Baron 22 to 1 agst Inheritress
14 to 1 agst Pedometer--t. 25 to 1 agst Vitula—taken
18 to 1 agst Polish 50 to 1 agst Weatherbit
The death of Mr. A. W. Eill, the owner of Sweetmeat,
has been reported this evening, on apparently good authority.
DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Sting—t. 33 to 1 agst Crown Prince-
-13 to 2 agst Sir Tatton Sykes taken freely
12 to I agst Tom Tullock 35 to 1 agst Malcolm
33 to 1 agst lage—t 40 to 1 agst Peri colt—t.

8 to 1 agst M

:endicant—t.

THE ADMIRALTY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Whenever the interests of the navy are concerned,
it has always called forth from your pen a love of justice, and
the warmest concern for the welfare of that service ; these
circumstances induce me to make a few remarks on the late
appointment of Commodore Sir F. Collier to the command of
the Experimental Squadron, in the hope that your talented
and independent paper may remark upon it.
The Admiralty have certainly manifested wisdom and dis-
cernment in the appointment of that officer, but at the same
time they have proclaimed to the world, that out of two
hundred admirals they cannot find one capable of taking
charge of a squadron ; how these admirals will endure the
insult and partiality displayed is another question. Be this
as it may, it proves beyond doubt that the system of patron-
age which predominates at the Admiralty is bad and dis-
gusting. Need you proof ? Turn to Haltour's new Navy
List. Look at the columns of the periods of promotion, of
the different grades, and also the services of the different
officers; couple this with the millions spent in altering and
building ships. If anything will come home to the under-
standings of the public, surely this will. There is only one
consolation for this, insulted public, and the majority of officers
composing the navy--that public bodies, however corrupt,
quail under the influence of the press and public opinion.--
1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Cheltenham, May 1, 1846.

A LOVER OF JUSTICE.

Letters haute
tee— - -
LOSS OF THE FALCO.
PLUNDERlNGMAlLnreceOivFednicoEntainin BAGS, Scc-
ok the total We& of the! brig g the announcement
Zealand, and an attack made .onallte unfortunate coast
of
'Nevi
F .crew and
plundering the cargo by the natives. The
sailed from Boston in the early partofappears,
last year, on a trading
voyage to the islands of the Pacifis, having on board the new
American Consul for New Zealand. She touched on her
way at Swan River, King George's Sound, and Adelaide,
and then proceeded, after a prosperous voyage, to New
Zealand. She arrived at Port Nicholson in the month of
June, and sailed hence with the Government mails on board.
for Auckland via Table Cape, on the 27th of the following
month. The vessel reached the Cape, and she was brought
to an anchor at a place called Wangawai, where, in the
course of a few hours afterwards, it came on a violent
storm. During the succeeding night she rode with both
anchors down, until about two o'clock, when the wind-
lass broke in two, by the excessive pressure on
it. Immediately she was carried by the furious waves
through the breakers, over a reef a mile in extent, and.
struck on a shelf of rocks and stands on a steep shore; the
masts were cut away in crossing the reef. For a time the
situation of those belonging to her was perilous in the ex-
treme—every sea making a complete breach over the decks
and nearly washing them off; as the tide receded, however,
the wreck was left high and dry, enabling the crew to walk
ashore. Finding the vessel not much injured, they returned,
and were about preparing to get her again afloat, when a
large number of natives, in concert with the Europeans
living on the island, rushed on board and committed the
most disgraceful outrages. Having hemmed in the captain
and officers on the quarter-deck, and threatened them with
violence if they offered any resistance, they broke open the
hatches, and, getting into the hold, commenced plundering
everything that was valuable. They opened the mail-bags
and boxes, and scattering their contents in the hold, ob-
tained all the Government dispatches, which they tore up and
otherwise destroyed. One European was seen opening what
seemed to be a private letter, and robbing it of its contents,
which appeared to be money and bank notes, and several
others imitated his example. They afterwards began to
strip the vessel, tearing off the copper, cutting thesheathing,
stancheons, bulwarks, and destroying the hull in every part with pole-axes. It was quite evident to all the respectable
Europeans in the neighbourhood, that the whole work of
destruction and piracy was a preconcerted plot between the
whites and the natives, and that unquestionably the chief
blame was to be attributed to the former, who seemed to vie
with each other in their outrages. The American consul
contrived, at the onset, to escape, with a large amount of
specie and papers of great value, which he had charge of, and
obtain secarity in a gentleman's house, some distance along
the beach. Some few days afterwards an attack was threat-
ened by the natives to possess themselves of the treasure, but
their nefarious plans were frustrated by a number of armed
gentlemen, who, with about two hundred, guarded the place
night and day, until the arrival of a vessel to take the consul
and the officers and crew of the Falco to their destination.
The wreck was subsequently burnt.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—Last evening
this Society held its eighth soiree for the season. The Earl of Devon,
its distinguished President, who returned yesterday from Ireland,
was present, surrounded by a very numerous and fashionable com-
pany of the members and their families. The musical visitors were
more than usually numerous, and included Madame Dulcken, Made-
moiselle Schloss, Miss 1, ainforth, Miss Dolby, Miss Messent, Miss
Richards, Mr. and Madame Macfarren, Mr. Charles Selman, Mr,
Vinceat Wallace, Mr. Riallmack, Mr. Sloper, Mr. Parish Alvaro,
Mr. Grattan Cooke, Mr. Calkin, Mr. todda, Mons. Deloffne, Mons.
Pilet, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Jarratt, Mr. (3 oodlaw, Mr. Case, and many
others. Among the instrumental pieces performed during the evening,
the most striking:were a grand quintett of Sphor's, written for accom-
paniments of wind instruments, and admirably sustained by the flute,
clarionet, horn, and bassoon, and a splendid trio of Beethoven's, for
piano, violin, and violoncello, both of which were lareinited in a most
effective manner, as well as a concerto on the oboe, and a theme,
with variations, on the concertina. These 'were agreeably inter-
spersed with single songs, duets, and concerted Pieces, which were
charmingly sung, and prolonged the evening's entertainment to a
late hour, to tho great gratification of a very numerous and brilliant
audience.

ONE HUNDRED VoLUMES.—The celebrated Standard
Novels, published by Mr. Bentley, hate reached one hundred volumes,.
by the publication of " Aycsha," Morier's popular Oriental romance.
In no language can such a body of fiction be found—it is altogether
unrivalled. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton and Godwin, Marryat and Cooper,
Theodore Hook and Mrs. Gore, Miss Austen and Mrs. Brunton, Max-
well and Galt—in fact, all the best modern novelists combine to give
the " Standard Novels " a variety and richness which belong to them
alone. Such a collection of the best modern works of fiction is truly
indispensable to every library, and without it not any can be called
complete.
_ _

NIGHTINGALES NEAR LONDON.—Last season a pair or
these delightful songsters took up their abode in the Surrey Zoological
Gardens, 'where they built their nest and hatched their young. On
Wednesday last they re-appeared in their old quarters close by the
New.street entrance, where they are occasionally fed by the person
in attendance, and warble forth their delicious melody early and late.
Hocussirm.--Suppose one of these characters wants
to barrow ten pounds of you. Were he to ask point blank fbr the
loan, he knows you would peremptorily refuse it. He therefore tries
a little hocussing, administering the medicine according as be esti-
mates your disposition. If he suppose you to be a vain man, he will
open the conversation by praising your pictures, your wine, your
wife, your eldest boy, or your last new book. At length, by insidious
and delicately-introduced flattery, he awakens your self-esteem in
so high a degree, that it completely overwhelms your caution. When
he has deadened your acquisitive faculties, and completely fuddled
your powers of calculating the chances of ever seeing the money
again, he puts the momentous question; in the midst of one of his
most superlative bursts of admiration—at which he perceives your
eye to kindle with delight, he asks in a tone of well-dissembled in-
difference, "By the by, could you oblige me with the loan of tea
pounds?" If you have been effectually hocussed—with praise in-
stead of laudanum—you ring for your check-book, and without delay.
sign a draught for the amount in fall.—Our Own Times.
AFFECTING INClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, while
the schooner John Bromley was passing out of the St. Katharine's
Dock, through the lock, into the river, the wife of one of the seamen
on board, who was standing on the quay, being anxious to take ano-
ther farewell of her husband, from whom she had parted about two
hours previous, made a sudden leap from the pier-head to the deck
of the schooner. She fell with great violence on the main hatchway.
and was stunned by the fall. Her husband, oho was aloft doing
duty in the maintop, and who saw the accident, immediately de-
scended to the' deck and assisted in conveying his devoted but unfor-
tunate wife to the Bull's Head public-house, where she was attended
by a surgeon. Her head and face were cut in a dreadful manner.
sahnedhsuheobnlledy profusely
married y from the
fortnight,th e wounds.
hadweKb here rbe conveyed n
didv husband,
sote d
t.
reach
herato whool it
until
she belowa then returned to his ship,
24 hours'ers
THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.
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TIMISDAY.—The steam-ship Great Britain re-entered
tnt esseodf
duration in the Irish Channel. Her arrival by a large
capabinilittitTof the ship,
number of spectators, and the spectacle of this magnificent vessel
Waspathmo, re-
markable.th
About noon to-day, after a most eatisfactorywastriwil
• yon the flood past the crowded pier,
sweeping rapidly
Opposite the Prince's-parade, a river fiat crossing the
fisnheorsetelairing directly
7Gstir!tais:tahnnatotvrletlainafb7"Lsatainntothdte,abilhLueyartadfoo7e'rUrSethtr°hireyeCledn.wardS through the mass SS
She escaped by merely fewp,
lying off the George's plerhead, and happily no mischancetclioccurredfevGe aytitgdshutatobtlheetodirtheecuWoOnnodf
the facilityheim. wThiteh
nwewhichscrethwe
yards. This obstruction then rendered it n for
flil
Great
immense
eisn se entirely
fabric
has answered every expectation, so far
raises but little commotion astern
of as it has yet been tested. It
the
ship,
She sails hence for
New York on the 9th of May neat.
The British Museum yesterday afternoon until
Friday, the Bth inst,
closed
ESCAPE OF POLISH POLITICAL PRISONERS.—A letter
fromposen, of the 21st ult., states that
the student Nigolewski, Lieut.
Magdezinski of the Landwher,
,the non-commissioned officer Kon-
kiewicz, and the master locksmith
Lipinski, four of the principal
ipolitical prisoners confined in Fort Wingari, have effected their escape.
THE ASSASSIN LECOMTE.—" The cell in which
Lecomte is confined, at the prison of the Luxembourg," says the
Prase, " being on the ground-floor, and consequently damp, he
made en application on the subject to the President of the Chamber
of Peers, who has just had him removed to a higher story. Every
precaution has been taken to prevent his being seen in his new place
of confinement. The windows, which were beforeafiLarteahneohtide
blinds fixed, so that only the necessary lightt
He takes his food
room. Lecomte is treated with much kindness.,,
for his meals. .
regularly, and gives his own orders
returns, just pub-,
PENNY POSTAGE.—The annual
fished, show that the progress of penny postage, dining the year
1845, has been much greater than at any former period. The number
of letters delivered in the United Kingdom was 271)6 millions, being
.
the 1844. The gross
nearly thirty millions on year
an increase of
revenue for the year was 1,9045801., being an increase of nearly
200,000/. on 1844, and nearly four-fifths of the amount under the old
system. The net revenue, notwithstanding that more than 100,0001.
was p
aid to the railway companies, for work done in former years.
the
was 775,9861., being an increase of 56,0001. en 1844,
while
such an
London district (old twopenny) post letters have increased to
_. that.
extent, that the revenue derived fro m them must far exceed
c-
which was obtained from the same class of letters, ,
number of
before the re du
d
the
tion of the rates. In January of the present 3..rrate of 303 mi
letters delivered in the United Kingdom
ho
was at the
tines
lions per annum ; or, excluding
t 11-an
ks, four
since 1839, ha the number
ve increased
under the old system. The mosey-orders,
about thirty fold.
GAIN.—At the Mount
MR. AND 3.ERS. GEARA_it D
r. and
Mrs.
Gerrard had upwards
Bellew petty sessions,
anotherot'rids, AI
gentleman's estate summoned for
of thirty tenants on
' It appears from the witness that the cattle
"Malicious tresPass.', d into a bottornfield (mardh) belonging to the
of these tenants stray
~,
ti and for this they claimed the penalties, not
above celebrated p
trespass law, but the pains and penalties imposed
under the ordinary
trespass."
The defendant proved that Mr. Gerrard
had no mering, an,
for "malicious
li:hat he requested him to join them in making
e. A highly respectable ..gentleMlUl Swore "that he frequently
drove his gig and horse over the stream and boundary, and that it
was quite insufficient to keep out any beast." The magistrate (the
lion. M. French, n.m.), dismissed the complaints with no small
degree of Indignation.—Roscomwm journal.
CnsToms.—The office of Receiver-General of the
Customs, vacant by the death of Sir W. Boothby, has not yet been
tilled up. In the mean time an official printed notice has been fin,
nished to the.
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ANo. of the several departments and the collectors
and comptrollers of all the outports throughout the kingdom, direct-
ing them to make all accounts to the credit of the Customs revenue
payable to " Mr. John Catman, as the Acting Receiver-General for
the time being." It would aear from this that the appointment is
pp
in abeyance for the present, until the matter be considered by the
Government, and arrangements made en the subject.
MADAME LAFFARGE.—The Commerce states that
several pardons are to be granted on the approaching anniversary of
be comm _
_sins
Lattirg is
to
the King.uted to im Amongsprieomrsent othe, t
for the sentence of
to hlaci
ears,be computed frome the
period of imams'.

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