The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1850.

out completely putting an end to the collection and
delivery of letters, and Wier Post•ofice packets on
Sundays, we recommend the adoption of the following
arrangement:— _ _ .

With regard to the London Post-office, we think that
the system which was in force at the time specified,
and which has not been affected by the recent order,
should be continued.

With regard to the provincial post-cffices, we recom-
mend that a delivery of letters on the Sunday should be
resumed, subject to the following restrictions, many cf
which have been sanctioned by the previous practice of
the department:—

1. That there be only one delivery and one collection.
2. That the delivery be made at such a time as shall
not interfere with the hours of Divine service, especially
of morning service.

3. That this delivery be made either by letter-carriers
or at the window of the post-office, according to the
plan previously pursued on Sundays in each place. In
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and most other towns of Scot-
land, it has been the practice to deliver letters only at
the window on Sunday. The inhabitants of these
towns have become habituated to the arrangement,
and we do not theref.)re advise its discontinuance; but
we do not propose its extension to other towns, where
such a usage has never been introduced, because it affords
less convenience and security to the public, while it pro-
duces no diminution of Sunday labour.
4. That, as far as possible, every post-office he closed
on a Sunday at 10 A.M. fur the remainder of the day,
with the necessary exceptions arising from the late ar-
rival of mails which have heretofore existed.

5. That no money payment for inland letters be re-
ceived at a post-office on a Sunday; and that no such
letters be received except such as are stamped or unpaid.
6. That whenever the letters, which were delivered
on the Sunday morning, reach their destination by
eight o'clock ou Saturday night (which is the case in
some of the more remote parts of the kingdom), the de-
livery be made the same night instead of on the Sunday
morning.
7. That were the duties are such as to prevent the
rural letter-carrier from attending Divine service an ar-
rangement be made for providing a substitute at least on
the alternate Sundays. We apprehend that the addi-
tional cost incurred by this arrangement would be jus-
tified by the importance pf its object.
8. That in retaining a Sunday delivery of letters in a
rural district the Postmaster-General be guided by the
prevalent feeling of the locality;
and that where the
prevalent feeling of the district is opposed to such deli-
very, the Postmaster-General, after satisfying himself of
the tact, take the requisite steps for suspending it. The
principle has already been acted on to a considerable
extent by the department. The Postmaster-General, in
the years 1848 and 1849, withdrew no less than 404
Sunday rural posts, 320 wholly. and 84 partially. In
some instances, however, the inhabitants, finding the
withdrawal more inconvenient than they anticipated,
subsequently requested that the post might be restored,
which was accordingly done.
9. That an option be afforded to every householder to
suspend the Sunday delivery of letters at his house, on
his written application to the local post-office. It would
be necessary that this permission should be guarded by
proper regulations of the department, in order to pre-
vent the inconveniences which would arise from frequent
changes.
10. That the arrangements already made by the Post-
master-General for the withdrawal on the Sunday of
comparatively useless mails be continued upon the same
principles which have been already adopted, and that
they be rendered as complete as possible.
We would also recommend to the attention of the
Postmaster-General the suggestions made by the sur-
veyors, with a view to his considering tiereafter how far
may be practicable to carry any of them into effect.
(Signed) CLANRICARDE.
H.LABOUCHERE.
G. CORNEWALL LEWIS.

Aug. 10, 1850.

REVENUE, &c., IRELAND.

A return has just been presented to the House of Com-
mons, containing accounts of the revenue and expendi-
ture, excise and customs duties, imports and exports,
with amount of stamp duties and postage collected in
Ireland for the year 1850 (in continuation of Parliamen-
tary Paper, No. 520, of session 1849). From this it ap-
pears that the net produce of the revenue of Ireland
paid into the Exchequer in the year ending the sth
January, 1850, amounted to 4,332,4604 ; and that the
items comprising this sum were-Customs, 1,941,1221 ;
Excise, 1,231,5481. ; Stamps, 502,073/. ; Post-office,
26,000/. ; miscellaneous, including repayment of
advances, 631,7171. There was of money re-
maining in the Exchequer at the commencement of
the year, 815,3714 13s. ; et the end of
the year, 1,026,9901. Bs. 101 d. The total expendi-
ture during the year was 4,071,6631. 6s. Id., and in-
cluded-dividends, intere,t, and management of public
funded debt, payable in Ireland, 1,386,1011. Is. 2d.; army,
626,0001.; miscellaneous grants of Parliament, 565,9031.
lie. 7d.; money advanced out of the Consolidated Fund
for public objects, 554,336/. 14s. 6d., &c. The sums re
mitted through the Excise in Ireland to the Exchequer in
England, amounted to 49,177/. 145. 10d. which, added to
the above-named total expenditure, mid substracted with
it from the entire net income of 5,147,831/. 9s. 9i(1., leaves
the balance in the Exchequer, 1,026,9901. Bs. hid. This
account, however, shows only the payments made from
the Exchequer of Ireland, and not the whole expen-
diture by the United Kingdom on account of Ire-
land ; but, on the other hand, the receipts from
the Crown lands in Ireland are brought into the ge-
neral account of the Commission( re of Woods, &c., and
do not appear as part of the income of Ireland. The
amount received from rents, and other sources of land
revenue in Ireland in 1849, was 61,531/. 3s. 10d. Au
account of the Excise collections in each ravenuß district
of Ireland for the year ending January 5, 1850, bhows
a total of 1,407,803/. 13s. Of this sum the Dub-
lin district contributes 325,7331. 19s. 3d. ; Cork,
204,2861. 14s. 10d. ; Belfast, 192 6441. 19s. 2d. ;
Drogheda, 164,6181. Is. 9d., &c. The gloss produce
of Customs duties taken at the ports of Ireland (ex-
cluding casual and miscellaneous receipts for the same
year) is 2,165,9061. There was taken at Dublin
924,5331.; at Belfast, 346,2024; at Cork, 254,6694; Wa-
terford, 119,2691., &c. The duties at strangford
amounted only to 91. According to another statement
included in this return there have been retained for home
consumption in Ireland* during this period 7,228,809
gallons of spirits, of which 255,476 were foreign.
The quantity of wine of all sorts retained there was
524,662 gallons; of tea, 6,383,6161b8.; and of coffee,
1,013,3991b5. The exports to foreign ports of Irish
spirits were 58,680
gallons; of butter 22,636 cwt.; of
linen manufactures, entered by the yard, 342,620 yards;
of cotton ditto, 596,082 yards; and of linen yarn
11,5571b5. There were also imported to Great Britain
201,811 oxen, bulls, and cows; 9,831 calves, 241,061
sheep, and 68,053 swine--but these exportations of live
stock are stated on the credit of non-official documents.
and the return of them is, therefore, of necessity, de-
fective. There were, however, according to official
record, 249,489 quarters of wheat and wheat flour;
41,077,364 qrs. of oats and oatmeal exported from Ire-
land to Great Britain, in the year ending January 5,
1850. The total amount of stamp duties collected in the
same year in Ireland was 143,96 e/. 7e. 61d.; of which.
the Cork district contributed 28,312/. 13i. 10d., and An-
trim 26,524/. 1 ls. 20. The return of the amount of
postage collected in each county shows-Dublin,
50,767/. Os. 411.; Cork, 14,2991. 3e. 7d.; Antrim, 10,4381.
17s. 2d., &c.

THE I'UNERAL of THE
ENGLAND.—The last mournful obsequies to t
the late Sir Launcelot Shadwell'
w*Verie"eCrfuorAmS
villages
performed
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Church yesterday morning, in
endeared from a long residence
hi
benevolence.Putney , and
assetnblange of the inhabitatiotfhneeparrelysetnwceenotfy
years, and
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continued unostentatious exhibition Mortlake, to whom the Vice -Chancellor had become greatly
nf Barnes,
of
the principal shops in the ages alluded to were closed,
and along the whole line of roadi which the mournful caval-
cade had to pass from Barn-E park to the church, every
gentleman's residence showed outward signs of mourning.
It was the last and earnest wish of the late Vice-Chancellor
that he,should be buried in a brick grave in Barnes-church-
yard, in which one of his daughters
had been laid, and;more
recently his lamented SOD, Mr. Louis Shadwell, whose
about sudden death by drowning, a twelvemonth since, had
left an impression upon Iris bereaved parent which was
never removed. He also requested that his fureral should
be unattended with any pee l;
()and that none should follow
him but the members of his family and one or two
very old and intimate friends. The carriages of the local
nobility and gentry were also dispensed with, and these in-
structions were strictly carried out by Mr. Aviss, of Putney,
the undertaker. The body was inclosed in a shell, leaden
coffin, and outer coffin, covered with black cloth, which bore
the following inscription :—" Right Hon. Sir Launcelot Shad-
well, Knt., Vice-Chancellor of England, blrn May 3, 1779,
and died August 10, 1850." At eleven o'clock precisely the
melancholy procession left Barn Elms, consisting of the
hearse and four mourning coaches, containing the following
members of the family : —Mr. Shadwell, the eldest surviving
son, Mr. Alfred Shadwell, Mr. Jahn Shadwell, Mr. Arthur
Shadwell, and Mr. Augustus Shadwell, the Rev. Air. Wood,
a son-in-law, and Mrs.. Wood, dedeased's eldest daughter,
Miss Shadwell, and Miss Sarah Shadwell, the Vice-Chancel-
lor's eldest brother, Mr. W. Montague Short, and Dr. Willis,
his medical attendant. The funeral service was performed
by the Rev. R. E. Copleston, the vicar of Barnes.
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THE CONFLAGRATION AT GRAVRSEND.—Yester-
day a meeting, convened by public advertisement, was held
at the house of Mr. James Ward, the Weavers' Arms, Crown-
street, Finsbury-square, for the purpose of originating a sub-
scription for the relief of the uninsured and poorer class of
sufferers by the recent calamitous fire at Gravesend. The
chair was taken shortly after eight, o'clock by Mr. William
Self, and several respectable tradesmen of the neighbour-
hood were present. A letter from Mt. W. Sqnire Plane, the
Mayor of Gravesend, was communicated to the meeting, and
informed them that the poorer of the sufferers having had
sufficient time, to remove the bulk of their property before
the fire reached their dwellings, a small sum, probably about
101. or 121., would cover their loss. Resolutions in further-
ance of the objects of the meeting, were submitted and
agreed to, and a committee nominated for the collection of
subscriptions, Mr. Ward consenting to act as treasurer. The
proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, and to Mr. Ward, for the use of hit room.
TORQuAT REGATTA.—The meeting of the com-
mittee was held at Hearder's Family Hotel on Wednesday
evening, in order to make final arrangements for the 23d
inst. His Imperial Highness the Prince of Oldenburgh has
subscribed liberally to the regatta fund, and has coreented to
act as one of the blewayll6-.Trumines flying toe,