The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

THE ANSWER.

Windsor Castle, Jan. 14, 1846.
Sir,—l am commanded by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert to acknowledge the receipt of the meinoidal which
you have forwarded to me from the parish officers of Wind-
sor, and in reply to state that when a claim was preferred for
the payment of-rates by the Prince, on account of the Flemish
Farm, and when the legel liability of the Prince was insisted
upon by the vestry, his Royal Highness felt himself precluded
from admitting such a claim without previous consultation
with the highest legal authorities.
His Royal Highness submitted the whole facts of the case
to the Attorney and Solicitor-General of her Majesty, and
subsequently to Sir Thomas Wilde. Their opinion was, that
his Royal Highness was not liable, in point of law, to the
payment of rates, and that the admission by him of such
liability might constitute a dangerous precedent affecting
the prerogatives of the Crown. In the letter which I ad-
dressed to you on the 15th of December, I informed you
" that his Royal Highness had no disposition to resist any
claim that could in fairness be made upon him, whatever
might lac the legal obligations." I have now to inform yon,
on the part of his Royal Highness, that if the parochial au-
thorities had continued to insist upon the payment of the
demand made as a matter of legal right, his Royal High-
ness would have felt himself compelled by a sense of the
duty which he owes to her Majesty to resist the claim.
You have informed his Royal Highness that the vestry
of Windsor has passed resolutions, of which the following are
copies :
"That this vestry extremely regrets that the resolutions
in reference to the rating of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, passed at the vestry meeting held on the 18th of
September last, should have been so carried, inasmuch as this
meeting is now fully aware that his Royal Highness is not in
any way liable to be rated for Flemish Farm, and that this
vestry deprecates the garbled statements set forth in the
public journals on the subject."
Again—
" That inasmuch as the maintenance of the poor presses
heavily on the parishioners, a respectful memorial be now
presented to his Royal Highness, prayin6 him to take the
state of the parish into his gracious consideration, and that
such memorial be prepared, and presented by the parish
officers."

His Royal Highness infers from these resolutions, that the
vestry distinctly admits that his Royal Highness is not in
any way liable to be rated for the Flemish Farm ; and his
Royal Highness therefore feels himself at liberty to take the
course which is most satisfactory to his own feelings, and to
pay, as a voluntary contribution, a sum equal to the rate,
which would have been annually due had the legal liability
of his Royal Highness been established.
It is also his Royal Highness's intention that the payment
of the sum referred to should commence from the year 1841.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful and obedient
servant, G. E. ANSON.
Henry Darvil, Esq.

STORMING of CIUDAD RODRIGO

TO THE EDITOR OF TDB TIMES.
Sir,—However reluctant to obtrude upon your valuable
time and space, and in regard to a subject which a recent
melancholy event has rendered one of peculiar delicacy, I
appeal to your sense of justice to be allowed to correct an
erroneous expression in the letter from the brother of the
late Colonel Gurwood, which appeared in your paper of
the 6th instant.
In this the writer states that the wound, under the effects
of which his late relative had unfortunately continued to
labour, was received at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo,
" where," he adds, " it is known he volunteered the forlorn
hope."
This would leave your readers to infer that there was but
one breach effected, and only one forlorn hope, or that the
one led by Colonel Gurwood was the principal attack.
Allow me then to state, as is well known to all who were
present at the assault, that the party led by Colonel Gurwood
was against the lesser breach. The main breach, to the
defence of which, as a matter of course, t e may conclude the
atte:tion and force of the besieged were chiefly directed, it is
equally well known, was stormed by the party led on suc-
cessfully by my late brother, Major Mackie, of the 88th
Regiment, who volunteered on the occasion, although, as
being senior lieutenant of his regiment, he was the first for
regular pr:,motion at the time.
I beg herewith to transmit two documents—one of which
is from Colonel Russell Manners, who commanded the whole
of the party which stormed the main breach, and who fol-
lowed the advance led on by in, brother. The other is from
Lieutenant-General Sir James Kempt ; and these sic selected
fro o a number of others equally confirmative of the state-
ment I have r....ade.
Under the circumstances, I am justified in asserting that,
if the term "the forlorn hope at the storming of Ciudad
Rodrigo" is to be restricted and applied to one of the two, it
must, by preference, belong to the one which Major Mackie
I volunteered.
Having given the advantage of your wide circulation to
what, however unintentionally, is undoubtedly an injustice
' to the memory of my late brother, I appeal with confidence
to your known impartiality to give equal publicity to this
explanation.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, •
C. MACKIE.
Qaarley Rectory, llants, Jan. 12, 1846.
" I certify that Captain William Mackie, then Lieutenant
of the 88th Regiment, volunteered and led the advance of
the storming party at the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, in
Spain, under my command. " RUSSELL MANNERS.
Lieut.-Colonel and Major of 74th Regiment.
" Whetstone, Middlesex, Feb. 11, 1816."
the BSth Regiment,
The original of the above certificate was transmitted to the
Horse Guards in June, 1816.
command in the campaign of
"I certify tbat Captain 3fackie, of
81e8n12-e,danind tphaertbicriuglaadrleyudnisdteinr distinguished himself by the great zeal,
activity, and intelligence which he displayed in the I
also certify that, upon perform-
..
ance a his various duties.
m
immediately after the captureoyf jcelundinagd the 3d d iLiesui ot
.r.,
General Sir Tllopmtaaisn Piston
Mackie
then commanding the division,
pointed out
Captain totemaain stheoffi
breachc werlvihcoh led the
forlorn hope in the assault of the
division carried,
and that he particularly distinguished him-
self on that occasion.

" Lond " JAMES KEMPT, Major-General.
on, March 26, 1820."

STATE OF TRADE.

AIANCITES.7EIT, Tuesday last the increasing
pressure for money iu the metropolis appears to have exer-
cised an unfavourable influence o❑ the market for manufac-
tured goods, and the demand has been limited, though with-
out any sensible change in prices. For yarn, however, the
demand continues tolerably good, and a fair amount of bluff-
ness has been done at the full rates of last week.

ROCHDALE, JAN. 12.—This is what is called the first, or
new market. There has been a decided improvement in the
demand for goods, which has induced manufacturers to ask
higher prices, but they have not succeeded in obtaining them.
Another manufacturer has stopped payment, whose liabilities
are stated to amount to 15,0001. Others are talked of, but
rot yet made public. Wool is rather stiffer to-day, and
somewhat better prices have been realised.
LEEDS, JAN. 13.—Our markets in the new year do not
present an 3 new features. Light goods, such as tweeds, re-
main in pretty good demand ; but the heavier descriptions of
woollens, owing to the continued unusual mildness of the
season, do not sell so briskly as they should do at this period
of the year. Upon the whole, however, a lather better feel-
ing may be said to exist, from the fact that more has been
doing in foreign wools these last fourteen days than for some
months past ; and there is no doubt that this feeling would
be ranch strengthened by the setting in of more winterl,y
weather.
IlunDF.rtFIELp, JAN. 13.—Our market this daypartly
maintains the improved character of that of last
Cloth Hall,
week,_ a fair
amount of goods having changed bands in theCth
i 0
roLgui
The business in the warehouses is rather lmitelimited,ttnl;h
there are buyers in town from some of the i
most
t
houses in London end Glaigoir,—Afa e" ischixt Goordtan.

Woomvicn, JAN. 14.—This fine frigate was ordered to be
built on the 16th of May, 1828, and to be named the Ambus-
cade, but from some well-grounded objection to that )vatne.
it was altered to Amphion, by an Admiralty order of the 31st
of March, 1831. The building of the vessel commenced on
the 15th of April, 1830, and was carried on on the same lines'
as the Castor frigate, but she has since been lengthened six-
teen feet by the bow, and fitted in the stern for a screw pro-
peller as an auxiliary, every other part and filling being the
same as a proper sailing frigate. She appears to be a sightly
vessel, and sits well upon the water. Her figure-head is a
bust of the late gallant Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart.,
and her stern is of a neat square form externally, but round
internally, for fighting her guns, and to all appearance will
be a fast sailer, and a good ship of war.
The following are her dimensions :

. Feet. Inches.
Length of the lower deck 177 ... 0
Length of the keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded
Burthen in tons, old measure, 1,473 66-94
Do. do. new
Miss Psyche Hoste, daughter of the late Captain Sir
William Hoste, was to have named the Amphion, but in
consequence of that young lady's indisposition, the interest-
ing ceremony was performed by Miss Hawkins, niece of
Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Bart., G.C.8., Ad-
miral of the Fleet.

At a quarter before three o'clock, P.M., Miss Hawkins, ac-
companied, by the Gallant Admiral, and escorted by Coin-
modore Sir Francis A. Collier, C.B. and K.C.11., Captain-
Superintendent of the dockyard, entered the enclosed space
surrounding the ship, and the master shipwright having pre-
sented Miss Hawkins with a glass of wine, she drank to the
success of the Amphion, and the bottle, with the remainder
of the wine, having been attached to the bows of the ship,
was broken upon them. The men then suspended their la-
bours in knocking out the dog shores, as the tide had not
risen sufficiently high, and it was twenty minutes past three
o'clock before the vessel was allowed to glide into the water,
which she did in beautiful style amidst the cheers of the as-
sembled spectators, the band of the Royal Marines playing
the national anthem. The company present was very nu-
merous, and the day particularly fine, and every person
seemed gratified, as, owing to the hour of the launch being
later than announced, none were disappointed of witnessing
the interesting scene.
The Amphion is to be taken on Monday next to the East
India Docks, to be fitted with engines of, 300-horse power, by
Messrs. Miller and Ravensforth, and will be the first con-
structed for the steam navy of this country with the whole of
her machinery considerably under the water line, and conse-
quently not liable to be deranged by shot during warfare.
The screw will be fifteen feet in diameter, on Ericson's prin-
ciple, attached to engines on the direct-action principle, in-
vented by Count de Rosen, with four feet stroke, performing
4S revolutions per minute. The boilers will also be under
the water-line, and the vessel is expected to be a superior
ship of war by the aid of these appliances.
The Danish Ambassador, Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas,
C. 8.; Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Major Elgee, Royal Ar-
tillery; Colonel Nichols, Major Bright, Royal Marines;
Commander Smith, Royal Navy; and the authorities of the
Dock-yard, with a number of naval and military officers,
were present, and the scene was exceedingly interesting.

THE FARMERS' FRIENDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir;,—l read with much interest the observations made
by you, a few days back, on a letter published by Sir Charles
15'alsley. The case put by Sir Charles illustrates the posi-
tions in which the landowner and the land occupier are rela-
tively placed with respect to each other. Tiiis valourous
prototype of the protectionists refers to the sale by his
nephew, and the purchase by Earl Talbot, of the Tixall (Tick
is all ?) estate. In this instance he states that the purchase
money was 240,0001., and the rental 6,0001. a year, being, as
Sir Charles states, barely 3 per cent. upon the investment.
This transaction is put forward to prove the extreme modera-
tion of the landed proprietors, who, as the farmers' friendr,
claim protection and the maintenance of the corn-laws. It
is, no doubt, put forward with a view to induce the public to
believe, that these men are so devoid of all avaricious and
grasping propensities, that out of pure and disinterested
benevolence they are content to sacrifice private interest, and
so prove themselves by deeds, as well as by words, the.
farmers' friends. They claim credit for philanthropy in in-
vesting capital in "dirty acres," which will barely yield
them 3 per cent. ; whilst naughty Messrs. Cobden, Bright,
and Co. are making " the deuce knows how much" per cent.
upon the capital which they employ in trade and
manufactures. If capital, when employed in trade,
commerce, and manufactures, be capable of produc-
ing so much better interest than when invested in the
purchase of land, how noble and generous must be the feel-
ings that prompted Earl Talbot to make such a sacrifice as to
invest 240,000/. so very disadvantageously as in the purchase
of the Tixall estate ! There is no law, that lam aware of.
which could prevent Earl Talbot, Sir Charles Walsley, and
his nephew, from laying out their capital in purchasing cot-
ton, establishing a manufactory, and setting up a calico shop
in opposition to Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Co., and so
make "the deuce knows how much " per cent. upon the in-
vestment. The only doubt that could be well entertained
as to the ultimate success of such a speculation in the hands of
a firm so composed would be that brains, as well as brass,
are required profitably to employ money in trade, commerce,
and manufatures ; whereas, any golden calf, with just brains
enough to keep him out of a lunatic asylum, and a modicum
of sense just sufficient to retain an attorney, and to employ
a land-valuer, may become the proprietor of a whole
district of country, and assume aristocratic airs, pre-
serve game, whip beggars, pound donkeys, represent
an agricultural constituency, and, in futuretimes, become
talked of by " the fifth transmitter of his foolish face,"
as the chivalrous and the pure-blooded founder of the ho-
nourable family of the Dillydoodles. The same observations ap-
ply with equal force to the cases of those who are land occupiers
as to those who are employed in trade, commerce, and manufac-
tures. Any member of the Dillydoodle family may lay out
240,0001. in the purchase of land, and claim great credit as
the farmers' friend for asking only 3 percent., or 6,000/. a year,
as a return upon the investment, but where is that 3 per
cent. to be found? From what source is the 6,0001. a
year to be derived? It requires brains as well as brass—it will
take skill as well as capital annually to produce that amount.
In this case the farmer and his labourers are the manufac-
turers. Supposing the Tixall estate to be 6,000, and sup-
posing it all to be in Mr. Cobden's occupation as an agricul-
turist—the capital required to stock and to cultivate it would,
at the rate of 51. per acre, amount to 80,000/. Mr. Cobden,
as the provider of that capital, would have to make, at the
very lowest estimate, 15 per cent. before he could keep him-
self from actual loss.—(See Bayldon's "Art of Valuing Rents
and Tillages," p. 478.)
In addition to this 15 per cent., the farmer must manage
by his skill, and with his comparatively limited capital of
30,0001. to pay, in the shape of rent, to Squire Dillydoodle,
3 per cent. upon 240,0001. Thus the farmer must make, to
keep himself from actual loss, 35 per cent. upon his capital.
Of this amount 20 per cent., or 6,0004, which is one-fifth of
the capital employed, is paid over annually to some farmers'
friend, the preserver of game, the whipper of beggars, the
pounder of donkeys, and the representative of an agricul-
tural constituency, as a compensation for anxious thoughts
endured, and sle,pless nights passed, in devising the best
means to be adopted for keepieg at home a few sheep-skins
that had manifested a disposition to follow the fashion of
their fellows, by creeping up the spout as most others in the
neighbourhood had already done.
A 'FRIEND TO FREE TRADE.
Menai Bridge, Jan. 12th, 1846.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. •
TIII EVENING
Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in thtee acts, called MARITANA.
Char es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cxsar De Miami, Mr. W
Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss
Romer; I.azarillo, Miss Poole.
Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Professor
RIALEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classics r
and Popular Exercises.
To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic rantomine, called
HARLEQUIN GULLIVEII ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and
extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture
and Music by Mr. R. Hughes; the Tricks, TranstOrmations, and
Decorations Mr. Illamire ; the Machinery by Mr. 11. Sloman ; the
Dresses by Mr. liOvey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The
whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West.
Scene 1. bereitioa OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day.
1845--lictween the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City
Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and
Mr. H. Horneastle ; Ge eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a
great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale.
" Who'll kill the Giants?
I. says Tom Thumb,
As soon as I come,
I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale.
The Genies of Pintomine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny
Club"), Miss A. Pa; na,—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a
peg or two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire
and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision la a
Manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes,
pit, and gallery.
Scene 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OE LlLLlPUT.—Discovered A.D.
1699. " Afier a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion
for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gul-
liver (having a passion for her hulaand, in the same predicament),
Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places.
Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock
to the tulle of " Here we go up, up. up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to
the tune of " Here w e go down, down, sloven." The tide having
ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto-
nish the Lilliputians! Peasants (the real "small natives"), Messrs.
and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small,
Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian
Police, Mr. Stumpy; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the-
way, Push-a-long, Walk-on, Ste.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr.
Hot-birth. Ilow Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over
to keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a
pull altogether," he is carried away to the court of the Emperor Lll-
- And wasn't he a dainty dish
To set before the King ?"
Old MSS. in the British Museum.
Scene 3. HALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE Klee OF LA-
-I,7TA.—lii3 Majesty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome-
try—vide, flappers at his elbow's), Mr. T. Matthews; Lord High
Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain -Equilateral
(fond of " Figures," especially Humber " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr.
Joheeon. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages,
&c. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;"
and how. having lost her G—, the Flying Island is placed at her
disposal to recover the same.
Scene 1. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.—Hie
" High" Mightiness Golbas to Momaren Mully Ully Gue, Emperor
of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em-
press of lalliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high-
est" families In the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least
2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions,
&c. &c.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not
only pockets the affront, but two policemen in the bargain. How he
kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the
Lilliputiaa Imperial Guard. Ilow Gulliver swallows his dinner, and
s only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert,
by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re-
gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on
fire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves
the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, winch he does by
taking a hop, step, and a jeep into
Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDlGNAG.—Longostretcho (a sub-
stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri-
cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs.
Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss H. '
Payne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine family)
3frs. Redbreast ; I'rize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdignag
Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and
gets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to
the " grent-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart.
Scene 6. BRORDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NURSERY.—Brobdlgnag
" Gemini" (Anglice twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag
Kitten, Mr. Puseey. For further particulars of this scene apply
personally to the principal performers, who can be seen in it every
evening till further notice.
Scene 7. COAST OF 'rue ISLAND OF LILLIPUT (as Scene 2), and
re-appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes
a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our
old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance,
Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters.
Harlequin .......Mr. Wieland. Clown ......Mr. T. Matthews.
Pantaloon ......Mr. Howell. Columbines ..Miss Hicks and
Miss Lonsdale.
Scene 8. END OF COVENTRY-STREET, PICCADILLY.—Writing in
Eight Lessons. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom-
paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Wenharn Lake
Ice. Sliding made easy. A great Fall in Provisions—viz. fish, fruit
Sad vegetables.
Scene 9. CLOWN'S LODGINGS.—Bed and Window change sides, and
Clown " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan-
ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation
"Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down
" heads."
Scene 10. EXTERIOR OF GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE 3lER-
cii ANTS' Snors.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask
of West Inaia Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum,
Putting up the shutters—the wrolig shop. Try again. Ditto re-
peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removing."
Scene I I. lII‘HGATE-lIILL, with extensive view of the neighbour-
hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand
Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines
from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off
they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a "dis-
solution of partnership."
Scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING TUE REPAIRS. with Glass Shop,
Tinman's, and Railway Printing•office. Railway Prospectus and
Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any
asneinit punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great
Seatie of stags ; "they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The
shortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among
the crockery.
Scene 13. EXTERIOR OF THE BOA.RD or TRADE, and Probable Ge-
neral ilailway Terminus.
Scene 11. WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOKSELLERS' SHOPL—Teaching
the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose. A " pinch
of curry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to
Germany, and all eyes directed to
Scene 15. THE CITY OF COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's
arrival.
owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be
Ira 'a to JOHN PaltaONS, Box Book-keeper.