The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-01 00:00:00

and sailors, and meeltaelou public servants, but by contract-
ing the teaddegains of rich capitalists.
ADVERTISER.—The Budget. of Ihe fiaseeselhar gif eba
Exchequer, so eagerly looked forward to !be some time past,
was last night brought before the House. Though it will,
on several accounts, excite dissatisfaction, there are featured
in it which merit commendation. The principle which per-
vades it is good, but the application of that principle is net
so judicious as it might have .been. The Budget dt,P4
homage to the free-trade principle, and, so far, therefore, it is
satisfactory. But it is to be regretted that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer should have contented himself with a few
peddling reduCtions of duty on articles which, with the ex-
ception of coffee, are not in general use. What benefit, we
should like to know, can the community derive from reduc-
ing the duty on flint-glass, or on vinegar, or on currants
The better course would have been to apply the principle et
reduction to some one or more of those articles which aees
of general consumption. In referring to the reductiore
which he proposes to make on the-ditty on marine assurances
—a reduction of foar-fifths in some cases, and of more than
one-half in all cases-the Chancellor of the Exchequer
stated, that when Lord Althorp made a similar reduction, itt
1834, he found that in two years afterwards, owing to the
great increase in the amount of business, the revenue derive{t
from this source was as great' as befote. And such is his
faith in the financial wisdom of the reduction which he him-
self propeses to make, thathefdllY expects that in two yeara
the amount of revenue for marine insurances will be as great
as His at the existing high rate of duty. But the most de-
cided and most important recognition of free-trade principles,
is made in that part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech
in which he entirely abolishes'the duty on wool, and conse-
quently opens our ports to the admission of that article from,
all pates of the .world. Now, if the duty be thus immo -
diately and totally: repealed on _wool, why not agree to the
imniediate and total repeal of the duty on corn? The prin-
ciple *tech justifies the reduction in the'ferraer case requires;
the reduction in the latter. Ifi referring to this intended repeat
of the duty,on wee], the Chancellor of the Exchequer thug
expressed duty.
I have 'thought it better to remit
eboth-the- duty on export and import of woe], and to leave the;
trade open. - That duty produced last year, altogether, about;
the sum of 10,0601., and we must 'take that amount as the
loss which evill-be sustained on'that partied/a; article by the;
arrangement which I shall recommend to :the House. ''
But
I cannot but.feel-ehat, although we shall on-the article itseil
sustain a loss, .yet we shall give an additional stimulus to the
industry of the community engaged in that branch of our
manufattures 'likely to be 'benefited by this arrangement,
which I believe will more theft compensate for the loss we
shall sustain.'" This is exactly the ground which the advo-•
cates of freeetrade .have all along taken. The pasisege lea
have quoted stone more like an extract from a speech of Mr.
Cobden, in Covent-garden Theatre, than of a Tory Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons. All that be
wanted is, that the Right Hon. Gentleman abould be con-
sistent. Let him but follow out his own prineiplet, and the
country asks no more. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
cannot long stop where he is; he must continue in his on-
ward course until he has fairly landed on the ehores of Free•
trade.

THE THRONE OF SWEDEN.
The Hamburgh papers of the 26th ultimo, contain the
following communication, dated Munich, April 20 :
." Though it might have been pretty confidently expectedt
that the Prince of Wasa would take some -steps, on occasiort
of the change in Sweden by the death of the late King, for
assert his claims, yet the manner in which he has done this
excited here, at least, no little surprise. The news of this
declaration (which, though not in words, yet in spirit, is
equivalent to a protest against the accession of King Oscar,
'which the Prince has addressed to the Courts of London.
Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh), arrived here az
the same time as Count Stedingk, who has brought to our
Court the official notification of the accession of the reigning
King and Queen of. Sweden. Besides the unpleasant feel-
ings which are connected with any claim of a pretender to it
throne, it may easily-be conceived that considering the inti-
mate ties of -relationship between our Court and that
Sweden, this affair is looked on in a more serious light thala
elsewhere, and perhaps than it really deserves, under ths
present state of the political world. It is affirmed that this
declaration of the Prince of Wasa is so drawn up that it,
requires no reply from the Courts to which it is addressed.
This declaration of his Royal -Highness, so far as it is tanta-
mount to a protest against the exclusion of the house of
Wasa from the succession to the Swedish ihrOne,_ is one of
"the most interesting documents of the kind of ourtime, an 4
C therefore deserves a public examination."

ATTORNEYS.—One hundred"and thirty-six gentle.
men have given notice of their intention to apply, on the last
day of the present term, to be admitted to .practise as attor.
neys in her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. There ace
also twenty-five notices of application for ajeuewal of eel. i-
ficates to practise, and five to be 'admitted by Judges' ordeis,
making a tofal of 166.
WINDSOR TROTTING "Mvicn.—On Saturday last
Mr. Thomas, the Secretary of the Royal Soeiety- for the Pro.
vention of Cruelty to Animals, applied to R-Blunt, Esq., the
Mayor of Windsor, for summonses against William Mostly
and Henry Bond, for having wantonly and brutally iil-
treated their homes in the trotting-match, which took place
on the 22d ult., when one of the horses died.: ,
DOVER AND BouLoGNE.—A deputation from the
inhabitants of Dover, consisting of the Mayor of Dover, Mr.
Latham, Mr. J. W. Ledger, and Mr. Birmingham, lately
waited upon the General Steam Navigation. Coinpa,ny, tw
request the Directors of that Company to run a steam-boat
between Dover, and Boulogne. The Directors have compl:e4
With the request, and have appointed to run
_theiifigician.
which is to be placed on the station on Saturdav morning
next. This decision on the part of the General Steam Na-ri-
gation Company has been received with delight by the In-
habitants of Dover, the Magician being admirably adapted
for the serv)ce, and for. beauty and speed perhaps unequaled
by any steam-packet of her class. • -
THE WATERMAN STEAM-130AT (NO. 10.)--All
fortunate accident occurred to this gallant little craft whim
off :Hastings :on Saturday afternoon. • It appears that she
arrived at Dover from Ostend early in the morning of Satin.*
day, and left that port about noon on a • pleasure trip te
liastings„ having on board a party_of the Directors of thill
Company, Mr. Penn, the engineer, and several other gentlaw
men. She arrived at Hastings about half-past two, and
passing the town unfortunately too near in shore struck oat,
dangerous reef off the Priory, known as the Castle.RoAtelb
which she passed over, and injured her 'bottom. It beat
found that the water was flowing fast into her, she wave pl.
about and run On the sand off the Parade, where she fillekt
the tide flowed, and at high water the hull was covered.
quantity of empty casks were flung round her thstiag b
evening, by means of whichshe was got further in, awl MI
Sunday she was pumped out and had her leaks stopped. Skit
has since floated off, and been removed oppdsite the Prier,
stade for the purpose of undergoing repairs. The re et
which the vessel• struck is stated to be extremely dan:woe
even to the most experienced pilots.
THE SHERIFFS' FUND.—Monciay the halPTearlip
meeting of the supporters of this fund was hebt as ti.
London Coffee-house, Ludgate -hill, Mr. Sheriff )loon in, the
chair. Mr. John Cooper, secretary, read the report, which,
'After s detailing the many schemes planned for ensnaring
vice youthful prisoners of both sexes discharged from gaoli,
stated that the receipts for the years 1842 aid 1843, in--
eluding a balance from 1841, amounted to 6611. Ids. 10d.
1621. 19s. was subscribed by the present Sheriffs and their
friends. Of this sum 1901. was distributed last year as cob.
lows :-541. amongst 181 prisoners discharged from Newgates
241. 7s. 6d. amongst 69 discharged from Whitecross-streets
and 121.95. 6d. amongst those discharged from the Comptes,
The sum of 5001. was funded. The report, in conclusien, gtafed
that the grand object of the fund was the establislunent ofam
asylum for the reception of women discharged from prison,
which would be ultimately erected. Upon the motion
Mr. Under-Sheriff Anderton, seconded by Sir M. Montefiors,
the report was adopted. After very strong appeals by
Anderton, the Rev. Mr. Weeks, Alderman Johnson, and
other members, on behalf of the charity, it was resolved t•
have a public dinner to defray the expenses of building as
asylum. Thanks were then voted to Alderman Johnson, the
treasurer, Mr. Cooper, the secretary, and the Chairman:
LYCEUM THEATRE.—On Monday an extremely
lively piece, under the denomination of PoUtamania, was pr r*.
duced at this theatre. Its chief humour consists in the'pl
er
sant satirical view taken of the prevailing fashions Red follies
of the day. A young fortune-hunter, Adolphus Mertom
(Mr. A. Wigan), pursues his inamorata, Laura Doreingtote
(Miss Woolgar)' to a sequestered village, and introducirg
himself to her father, a matter-of-fact gentleman of the OA
school, as a medical practitioner, engages to cure her of loar
spirits by the application of a newly-discovered specific called
the " Polka." The old gentleman, though at first a flute
startled at the slang phraseology of his visitor, at length 'coa-
sents to entrust her to his treatment, and when the dance xis
begun its fascination is such that all the household,' includivg
the old-fashioned gentleman himself, are constrained to join
in it. In this part of the piece much amusement was affordcell
by the comic actions of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, who pertorme t
the parts of a male and female domestic in their awkward at•
tempts to imitate the graceful movements of MissDorriagtol
and her lover. The piece was highly successful.
SURREY THEATRE.--A tragedy, called Oreauni
Bragaldi ; or, The Confession—new to the London boards-4
was produced here on Monday, in which the fair authoress,
Miss Charlotte Barnes, from the .New 'York and otheiyAme.
rican theatres, made her debut in this metropolis ,as fha
heroine. Such portion of the
powerful and exciting inter9ste. The deb
interest,
which
debutantes though ap.
play
Y tahse generalwe saw pos.sesstell
"good act.
ing of the piece well sustained.
parently young, is manifestly. well accustomed to the higher
acquitted herself most satisfactoril
duties of the stage, and
At the cloe of the tragedy, in obedience to a unanimous
s
call, she was led before the curtain to receive the plaudits
the house, which was a tolerably crowded one. In the Buis
one-act
rheDi Scapegrace of Paris, and the drama
founded Mrs. uin
ebdin s popular ballad of the Last Shit.
oeflde t
fing, H. Honner evinced a more than orftry buy.
o talent. o trifleth
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF DRIVING Wit% Mt-.
Mrof. Bthaettiny'estrocopm:ians.
BArry's STUD.—The Westminster-road, in the neighlyie,
hood of Astley's Amphitheatre, was crowded yesterday
by persons anxious to witness the ex:traordinary feat which
NAthi:le oku‘clandtscl:
t3ihrro.uEgmhbturYhe'c'roa wnidemedbetartreefts
taken to perform, viz., to drive four-said-twenty in hind
Mr. Embury left Mr. Batty's stables in a four-wheeled rehicleo
drawn by twelve pair of horses, the whole of •
hand, and which AA had re
apparently completely under command, -Mr. Batt," was on the box with him, and in the vehicle were the mem-
bers of the orchestra of the establishment. Mr. Emburr
drove down the York-road in gallant style, at the rate oi
about six miles an hour, 'and proceeded on his journey amidst)
the cheers of the multitude. He exhibited great clevernessi
in turning the corners, and in the generakmanagement of his
team, and altogether, this may be considered the most extra-
ordinary feat in driving ever recorded.
THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-7.;rliF. Justice Coltman
and Mr. Baron Rolfe, on their return from the Norther.'
Circuit, which commenced on the 17th of February, avid. di
not terminate until the 13th of April, immediately inform('
the Secretary for the Home Department that it was impossi bite
for any human exertions to do justice to her Majeety's 'sub-
jects on such an extensive circuit; and that, although they'
had sat early and rose up late, they had been obliged to ;esive
causes untried at Durham, at York, and at .Liverpool.. T4s
remedy this great evil, we understand that the Governneen;
propose to have recourse to the injudicious expedient of add..
'
mg the county of York to the Midland Ciremt—a measunt
more manifestly unjust it is impossible to imagine. 4tba,,
of the Northern Circuit have a claim in' the nature of is
vested interest in the district through which their labour
have extended; and the fairest way to them, :and the tturrt
satisfactory to the public, :would be (as the barristers, si
and stuff, are sufficiently numerous) to make a division tt
the present circuit
between them into two circuits. Thtei2
would then be an average of 150 causes oil each cirxek,
which to the bars thus formed on the new circuits, woulLt
bring a profit nearly equal in amount tullmt which` eac4.
barrister in business now receives ; and 1.. n general 3 ekeh
the circuits would have a greater numbei. of sadism than falls
to the lot of any other circuit.—Tire;
THE INDIA MAILS.--The next mails for Gibralta
Malta, Greece, the lonian Island p,,
Egypt,' India, Home-
Kong, and China, will be made up this morning, the
Ist of May, to be forwarded by the Oriental steamer, r;•.•
Southampton. By the overland closed mail to India. a
Marseilles, on Saturday evening, the 4th of May, if •-alat ex •
tained till the 6th. 'For Vigo Oporto, Lisbon, Ca 'z,
Gibraltar, on Thursday morn g, the 2d inlay, by 014 LiVer•
pool atomizer, via 'Southampton. •
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