The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

INCURABLES.

Remaining in the hospital on the Ist of January, 1843—
Men
Women 5O 88

Admitt:d in 1843—Man
Woman

1Z
1 i 2

Discharged, cured—Man 1 1
Do.requestof friends—Men - 2 2
Died Men
Woman
Remaining on the 31st of December, 1843
In the Hospital... Men
Women 5O )

CRIMINALS.

Remaining in the Hospital on the Ist of January, 1843

ken
85
Women 2l
Admitted in 1543—Men
Women.

Discharged, cured—Women 2 2
Died Men
Remaining in the Hospital on the 31st of Dec., 1843
Men
90
Women 2O

Remaining in the Hospital on the Ist of January,
including those out on leave—
Curables l9B
Incurables

5
Criminals B.

...... -
Admitted in 1843—Curables ' 284
Incurables 2 296
Criminals ....... . lO
667

Discharged in various ways in 184_3! as specifi3ol
ed—
Curablqs c
Incurablis ,.. 6 312
Criminals , .... .. 5
L 4
emaining in th,, Hospital. 3llst Dec., 1843, in-
cluding those out ocn
ul eraatil e -
181 s
Incurables
....::-.4lo*'` Criminals
--..,i,
,-.. 667
The Governors inform the public, that a Committee
meets every Friday at Bethlein Hospital, to admit
and discharge the insane from all parts of the United
Kingdom, without expense to their relations or friends.
The Hospital fur lunatics, on an improved plain,
newly erocted in St. George's-fields, unites the ad-
vantages of air. exercise and out-door occupation for
the patients. To extend the means of relief, however, .
it must be obvious, that nothing short of liberal col-
.j
trlbutions on the part of the public at large can suffice, i
which the Governors most earnestly solicit, and are
fully convinced they shall not solicit in vain.

. SHORT TIME AT LEEDS.—The agreement of the
merchants,' manufacturers, and woolstaplers of Lee • . T,,. se
their places of business at four o'clock in th. : 771/,;:,;,,„
every Saturday, and to allow their servants .
:: • 7
,e,..,
day as shortly afierwards as the iinavoidable'4,
business will permit, in
.the expectation that, a --‘, ' -. to
the representation made to them, the leisure, thus afthrded will
be devoted to benefteit' ..i.' s, has r -•' e the signatures'
of the principalsprSt4i: irow .- 4: 'and upwards of
sixty other h90•3z,),,,, 'i : n ray ,-•ritaiar the number of
thirteen fire Arave'aigtod an agyieetile ' withdraw their
titi,wherries the. streets at theicam -- , four o'clock ; and
the Sort OW Company, itotimpliance with the same
agreements, have decided to close their gates at the goods
station at half-past four ever" Saturday afternoon, which
latter arrangement came into effect on Saturday last.

- The following are .the principal conditioth of the
Bills for establishing railroads from Paris to the Balm
gian frontier, Al ith a branch' line to the coast oppcsite
England ; and for executing another from Orleans' tea
Vierzon. The English lines are to run by cu h:;,„
Dunkirk, and Boulogne. Those to Calais and Dun-
are to join the Belgian line between Douai and
passing in the former case by Hazebrouk anti.
St. Omer ; and, in the other, by liazebrouk ar.d The,
west of Cassel. The' branch line to Boulogne wiA
quit. thermain line at Amiens, and run by Abl'evile
and Etaples. A sum of 15,000,000 f. is wanted fat
the balais and Dunkirk lines., 2,000,000 f. of which is
to be paid from the estimates of 1844, and 1,00,0001^
from those of 1845. The Minister of Public W. rkst
is to grant a lease not exceeding twenty-eight ytara
for the Belgian , lines, and the branch lines by-
Calais and Dunkirk, and a lease . not exceed-
ing thirty-five years for the Orleans and V;eia..ua
line. Should the companies, accepted by the'Mints-
ter, fail to comply with the conditions and elaests
'of the Bill within the space of two months, he is au-
thorised to get the lines executed himself at the cast
of the State, 44,000,000 f. being allowed for such wor.t.s.,
of which' 10,000,000 f. are to be paid out ofthe estates o:
1844, and 20,000,000 f. out of those of 1845. In ease the
lines are made by companies, the Minister is aut h: it i-e I
to lease out the working of the lines for a period no;
posse twelvessi
oyhe a
ors?
tthhee
SI i
tnaetse
atl fangithe ger an
dt
pfriitrceoiodedingt.h.eof t:rat
'An article stipulates, that after taking 4.4 Ta
per cent. interest, and two and a-half per cent. ti:r the)
'sinking fund; the profits are to be divided equally t-e-
-tween the' companies and the State. There are 70
three classes Qf carriages on the Belgian line—the h nt
at 10 cents , the second at 7 cents. 0.0005, an 1 the
third,: which are to be covered and curtained, 5 cent-.
0.05 per kilometre, or quarter of A league. The .St toe
is to haVe the power of redeeming the lease of ty.elve
years, the purchase to be made according to the con-
ditions stipulated for the Orleans Railroad, with this
difference, that the premiums which are to be &Wel
to the net dividend, declared to compose the unntutv,
which, in such cases, are to be paid to the comp,, y,
are to be reduced to a half.

The whole of the late Marquis of_ Ilastingli valoreat
pack of fox-hounds •have been brought to the hann- it ,
and no arrangements, it is understood, have been pit
made for hunting the Donniagton country dur.nA t:;:t
ensuing suason. _

ACCIDENT TO Sin AUGUSTUS CLIFFCRD. We atro
happy to hear that Sir Augustus Clifford is V. cover rg
rapidly from the accident .he met with the other day in
the Plrk, while out riding with Miss Clifford.
It is intended to open the railway from Darli7littei
to Newcastle on Tut-slaw; the 18th of June, after whielt
there will be an uninterrupted railway intercourse L...-
tween Neweestle-upon Tyne and London.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT DOWLAS.—FIVE COLLI gas
KILLED. --We regret to learn that a melancholy
dent, attended with lose of life, took place this week et
these works. It app•airs that as the laq coal train 1,I1;.3
leaving the Cytnbargced pits, consisting of seven a: •
riages of coal, .an engine and water tank, upon Is hi, it
were upwards of f;:rty eollers, hauliers, &e., who we e
leaving their work, the engine and tender slipp.d ufi t
rails, when, melancholy to relate, four colliers r o e
kille i upon the scot, and one (Ater died shortly afte-•!
being taken home. There are also a great many sever. ly
wounded.

Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., who is now at'llis
seat in G.rnwall, returns to town on Monday nest.
The two vacant Lord Lieutenancies of :Vesttnore-
land and Cumberland have both been co. rerred on Liira
14011sdale.

The Holderness Hunt Ball will be held in the
Iledon Town-hall, on Friday, the 196 inst., after e
Burton Constable race:,, undifr the patronage of
Clifford Constable: A brilliant attendance is expected.
The Earl of Carlisle continues slowly to improve
in health at Castle Howard, where Lord Niorpeth has
joined the family circle from town.
The alliance between the Earl of Ab:-Nne and Mi-4
Pegus, (laughter of the Countess of Lindsey, at.d half
sister to the present Earl, is fixed to take place 1,-
day (Tueslay). The ceremony will be perfoiniA
at St. Martin's Church, after which a c'ejune will he
given by Lady. Charlotte Guest, in Spring-gardens, to a
select etrcle of friends and reiatives.

Lord Alvan!ey is shortly expected to arrive from at
Continental tour.

Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, Viscount emi
Viscountess Adare, Lady Charles Somerset, Mr. and
Lady Blanche Balfour, Viscount Strangford, Lord 144
Lisle, Right lion. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord Jotos
Manners, and a large party of fashionables have left town
to visit Lord and Lady Beresford, at Bedgebury
during the Easter recess.
COSMORAMA, 2C9, REGENT-STREET.—TbiS exh:1•:-
tion was opened to the public for the season on Sotorday
last, with right new views—viz., the Plains of Theb.
.Lipper Egypt, with the colossal statues of Memnon ;
-Pantheon at Romp by moonlight ; the exterior of St,
Peter's, at Rome, and-the interior of the same ; a vallpe
Savoy, with a representation of a part of Moat Blanc era
the Glakiers of the Alps; NI, unt Vesuvius by night; a -
ley in the Canton of Berne,Switzerland ; •and the Hipps-
. drome at Constantinople, all of which evince corsuiel-.
able talent en the part of the artist, sod in some of theo „
cspe&ally 69 interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and tt e
night view of Vesuvius during an irruption, the
is so complete that it ts. difficult for the spectator to b--
have that he is looking at a me7e flat surface (birth t..i
canvass. Altogether the exhibition well de-erves a plcollt
amongst the various others of its class in the nietrorol's,
and we recommend it to the attention of our holidu) -
making readers.
Signor Emiliani, after a successful proVincial tour,
has-returned to town for the season.
_ _

THE MEMORIAL TO THE POSTMASTER-GENER.!..4,.. •
In our number of Saturday las:. we stated that a risme -
rial, on the want of accommodation in reference to 7.4rp
Yorkshire and South mails, which was signed in hair
days by upwards of 500 respectable mercantile and ma-
nufacturing firms and individuals in Manchester, ha.l
been forwarded by Thursday evening's wail to Colonel
Maberley, for presentation to the, Earl of Lonsdale, the.
~Postmaster. We understand that the memorialists, en
the head of whom was Mr. Woollam, the buroughre, ye,
have fared nu better than the Corporation, the Chamber
of Commerce, and other public bodies, in former menu,-
' rials to the same quarter. The gentlemen have, iett,tteui.
received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their Ire-
nutria! ; but ono altogether unworthy of the Govern-
ment functionary who may be presumed to have direct, d
its dispatch. It is one of the ordinary- prink- Al forms:,
with which we can now say, from a pretty long and ex-
tensive experience, the Post-office authorities are wont in
get rid of any petition or memorial emanating from this
great mercantile community ; and as, if nothing.shoui.t
be wanting to mark the reply as at once curt, uncone-
teous, and even disrespectful, this stereotyped document
is not signed by the Postmaster-General ; it is not even
signed by Colonel Mabcrly, to whom the letter was ad •
dressed which accompanied the memorial ; but by some
subordinate functionary or clerk in the establish:neer.
These things require no comment. We understand ti, t
the memorialists have determined on sending up a tle; e-
tation; consisting of John Woollam, Esq., boroughreel
Messrs. Richard Birley, J. B. Wanklyn, and other gen-
tlemen, and that it is probable the deputation will pro-
ceed to London on Monday next—Mancleester Guardian.
LARGE Gus.—On Tuesday, the 12th instant, a
stanchion, or punt gun, belonging to H. W. White, Esq .
Monar, was tried fur the first time at the Longrintn. fa
was loaded with two ounces of fine powder and taw
pound of shot, which, when fired, showed great shootit
at sheets of paper, and On the snow, from 80 to 15qyaress
& a
distant. The dimensions Of this powerful gun as 1;4-
low :—Weight 100 lbs..; length of barrel, 7 feet ; bore,
11 inches. The lock is on the percussion tube princip.e.
and the band is fitted on Colonel Hawker's ingenicus
plan, consisting of a strong spiral spring for easinel,-Ithe
recoil. The gun was rtrid by our townsman, A,.r. P ay-
fair. Mr. White his built a gunning punt, with all the
necessary gear, for enjoying the fay.2ur!teffeiFt'ofw
here
fowl shooting on the Moray w'd. 1-se"-V Friths,
-_
eballr,dst,akfreomreifhuegemcsiiterisndi
thousands%ild si‘an
tool allth e kinds
restless o f
hateaquatic
stormy weather. The exciting spot t of winter shiiotiusrter
n (urge scale, was .first introduced in the. q ;,)
nK
(S'iraSt. George Gore..-ttp.rt., who sent down his ecaltplete
constructed hiler the most approved mei hod..,
%load. Captain Floodera-
-2 apparatus,
used
o
trbarked often last wititt rr the corietpf,iy:Etaltd had several stter:esEfu! bat-
tues on the water: Mf. White. and Mr. Rose made a
trip on Thursday to try the merits both of.boats and.
guns ; the former gliding noiselessly through the M eld-
ing element, which contrasted strangely with the boom-
ieg sounds as the guns gave out their discharge;.--
I Inverness Courier.

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FALSE ECONOMY OF THE PRESENT INCOME TAX_
—The income-tax produces 5,356,887/., which shove,
says the Morning Chronicle, that the whole Of the in-
comes of 150/. and upwards, the limit of the tax, anuAlatt
to something more than 200,000,0001. a year. What a
prodigious met-s of wealth !" To say nothing, too, of
evasions. lt,should always be remembered that there are
two points in the manner of imposing this tax, one un-
just, the other delusive. The income of 150/. is too tigla
a limit for total exemption, wasting a vast field of ass l-
able resource for the tax, and, as everybody saw et the
time of laying on, operating with a curious iejustickei
for while the man of 149/. a year pays nothing, the matb,
of 1501.-pays 4/. 7s. 6d tax. Represented in the LaS
the difference .between their incomes should be-worth.
; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer treats diette
as if the difference in theiiincomes were worth 41 75.,6e.;
now as 41. 7s. 6a repreeents an income of 15(.'/, rho-. ere:
asse&sed as if that were the actual amount of the d fff-
rence between their ineemeg, although in round 1111Whers
both may be considered as possessing that same ineow.
-Of 150/...the difference belle., only 1/. lbe other pent
is, the delusion of the title, although officially ca,le:l,
apropeity-!ax, it is really a mere
,income-tax, propeity-
being exempt, and. only exempt in some cases as
index of income. The man with an income of 151 Q
earned by labour, and the fundholder enjoyingthib.t
t;.-
come, and possessing property besides t,f tti,3 )tt
value are taxed alike. the 5,356.000/. thercfilr ,
raised in a manner at once unjust and partial, tl.e
zreater number of incl)MOS, and th,general mass of peo.
per .
ty being exempt. In considering the merits, of g
income and property-tax, it is well to bear in Mind three
points in the present form of assessment, etspec.ially
we find the tax so productive that, Objectionable, anal
limited as it is in these respects, every penny farthing
in the p;.und produces a million sterling of revenue,—
Spectator.
Since the penny postagtakas introduced, tilt. lry-
numly•r of letters has increased froM 1 586.0 CA) to.
4,219,000. For every 100 letters written under, the Vrely
system, there are 270 under the new.