The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.
(EXTRACT OF A LETTER) • 02 bad
We have had rather a coarse cruise of it, having
a series of fresh and strong gales during the six Wee_i
we have been out. In all the heavy weather trials 7
hare had, the Symonites have been completely beaten 5
the Canopus and Rodney ; even the Vanguard, of ssitoP
ing notoriety, with a new copper bottom. is neribilist
compete with the Canopus (a French model of the
century) in a fresh gale and a head sea. .400
The Superb, after all the trouble that has been „,
with her, is little or nothing improved. The 10(211;isi'
notwithstanding her lightness, is as weatherly in bee„ a
weather as ever. As to the Albion, she gets worse f,
worse ; last on all occasions, foul weather or fine. ()-00
wind or before it. As a " foremost Jack," serval:4o
board this ship, with an experience of twenty-fife )011
in the merchant service and Royal Navy together, is As
be bold to state the sea-going qualities of this together, le
ship in a very few words.
" On a wind " she forereaches tolerably fast, but -4
a very bad wind. " Going free," considering 11)
her ..f
of canvass, she is good for nothing. She is slack low.;
steers bad, pitches easy, but rolls tremendously- „ of
This is the naked truth with respect to the qua''tl
this much-talked-of ship—the Albion. r lots
Of the five two-deckers that have been out on nu-doe
cruise, the Canopus is undoubtedly the best ship, an
Rodney is very little inferior to her.

(EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LNTTER.) I re,
The Superb has beat everything, both by ambit
by
upon all occasions, not as heretofore by fathoms. ""„-e of
miles, and she is the easiest, and, I have no doubt. tbe
the very best ships the Surveyor ever built, sli,clvilog,
hands of Captain Corry must, and there is no u,'lsd ol
the question, arrive at perfection, upon the threw°
which she is already.

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IMPORTANT TO DISSEI-„ITO
MINISTERS.—INCOME TAX AND ll`j
TARY CONTRIBUTIONS. beeri
The following important correspondence M 15..
published in the Christian Witness for this month'
(Copy letter to the office of Stamps and Taser,
Somerset-house, London.)
_, .411 fee
" The Rev. Charles Fox Vardy, ~"-;„, ite'
obliged by Charles Pressly, Esq., informing Pr; tbe
ther, his income being derived exclusively from t°
voluntary contributions of his hearers, be 15 der
return the same for the purpose of assessment no
Property Tax Act.
"91, Gloucester-place, Kentish- town,
October 27, 1845."
(Copy reply.)
" Stamps and Tale.* 1645'
" Somerset-house, Nov.
"Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 27th 01t;pole1
to acquaint you, that if your income be derii aired,
from voluntary contributions, you are not op
make a return of the same for assessment ljnosot
Property Tax Act.—l am, Sir, your obedient,,seso,
(Signed) " CHARLES PRPs
" The Rev. C. F. Vardy."

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INCOME-TAX COLLECTED Op
TO STH APRIL, 1843, IN ENGLItI. 4
Schedule (A), .I Or
Land—England and Wa1e5...... £32,655,137 .---
Houses, factories, and ware-
-1,1.21'1103
houses, wharfs, docks, ship-
yards; •••• &c.
(B) Tenant farmers
(C) Funds
(D) Profits in trade 50,296,645 0 z
(E) Public officers. 8,936,831 0 ~401
---. 9
Total.
Scotland in all Schedules .........
-- 9,284,383 " 440
—• o- ,„,
Total £190,606,585 0 toorio;s
Parliamentary Paper, 235, dated May, 1842, It:ore1114,!,
value of land separated from houses, factori, kodk,
wharfs, docks, ship-yards, railways, canals, public:;
Land in England and Wales.... £34,655,137 t' i 0
Land in Scotland
Tenant farmers on half bsll
205,458866,650276 "
0 ..<II9'AP
Total income-tax paid by land ... ..........
Income-tax paid by houses, factories, docks, W „air
houses, wharfs, ship-yards, canals, raillfs)
..
public fund.,, profits in trade ......................
. (3'i3Oii
Total income-tax paid in 1843 ......... .• thettooli
Total amount of manufactures exported flops 01
Kingdom in 1843, 52,279,709/., being many all
_no.
more than the landed rental.
ff-ill

A correspondent states, that se
„,;„e
Boston, of Haggerston London, was proeeetVeAr WO
home from Romford a few evenings since, abne,.", be sAend
he was stopped in his cart and pulled out el ," v" or
who rifled his pockets of upwards of 401. in ge„,.";,, ,
was committed at a short distance from the eill
Stratford.—Essen Herald. A ~qeloirtilof
LOVE EXTRAORDINARY.—A young r
on Nancekuke-common, attempted suicide f
since by poisoning herself, se
but a medical men
called in time to counteract the effects of the
coole'
declared she was impelled to attempt self.destrasoissy r
sequence of her ardent affection for two young 0014
neighbourhood, neither of whom, it appears%
duced to reciprocate her love.—Plymouth Timf'ciaello:ol4
FORBIDDING BANNS.—A singular indo
curred in the parish church, Preston, on Sled, ice 4
week. When the banns of marriage were pubbs si•
rose, and in a loud voice forbade the Inarriptgreste;siAl
whose names had just been read over by the 1"„
vestry, after the service, she alleged that tetirest°,"'ioA
Manchester, although he was described as evlritil ttereert
further objection was this—she pleaded,
eyes, that he had paid his addresses to her for
&nor';
and had now deserted her to marry another /001: "
latter plea, of course, could not be entertained ; AO°
one, on inquiry, was found to be incorrect, thd I,ot
declared to be invalid.—Westmoreland
DEATH BY DRINKING OF A REL APSED tit 111,:f
—Last evening Mr. Payne held an inques'io 10:40
Tuns, Bridgwater-gardens, Barbican, on /3iesler;o.
Price, aged forty-six, a widow, residing at
street, Cripplegate. The deceased was gl yr
addition to which she carried on a kind o_,,,iteti oct:
tpe
brokering by lending money on goods d,,evi;ece elisot ,r
neighbours. For the last four years she ha' she `„s did
dieted to drinking, but a short time sie_dee 1°,,,,e00*
pledge and became a teetotaller. On Tllll. "'—ifarel,ooef
berg ,was committed at a glass and chinii, doing nroPeme
London-wall, when, from her known mode ("of tberte, "01
her place was searched, and a small Portia° sedsoisid
was found there. She was taken before i.
discharged on giving up the articles. Trsfoee 11,s1
seemed to affect her very much, and she 1"—/ Fri ost °As
and was very intoxicated during the whole •°,,htsbebooffrec
Saturday. At eleven o'clock on Saturday 11,,1:500.0,
a pint of rum, which she drank, and at t's of gl
019
Sunday morning she drank three quarterterie
landlord finding her lying on the bed, locked4r 110,1 be ore
and on going to see her soon after found het
Mr. Poynder, surgeon, said death had been cverdl
plexy, brought on by excessive drinking. t
cordance with the medical evidence. To eloe 11/5 ced 1
A CURE FOR BURNS AND SCALDSV-7 th,ej 11,00
ber of the Medical Times there is an articil -sserw-ordoorit
the yeast of beer for the cure of burns. vr' tire, A
is stated, used it frequently in his private prgethed:,4o,
it out as the most simple and efficacious
.„la, co"
by medicine to counteract the effect of In1"1.1015.6•PP,
applying it is to spread a rather thick layer jeclire
sufficient to cover the whole of the burnt str„.a 0%001
tion to be renewed as soon as it becomes "rJefecaelesce
that the action of this medicine is much inere..oteer . it c.`,o
sorted to immediately after the accident. lieb", sio_,,,ccit4l•o
remedy is noticed in that journal some Inea,.' lint ti‘ePt
sists in the application of a single layer a' „Id be tr
solution of carbonate of soda. The lint 5110- 011
del
and the pain will be quickly relieved. ~,,pl*°' td,
Mr. Peto is preparing plans for the ;11ritclif
Lowestoft harbour, to be submitted to Gave
EFFECTS OF SUDDEN FRIGHT.-Cavea ele,``
aged sixteen, residing in Wigmore-street, fer °
ifbrfe:i
was attacked with most violent convulsive tee ore'ollo'
of two hours, by the return home of a raeieg,410,,,,1.
had believed dead for the last three Year!' of
letter to that effect from Port Philip, 'a novel
oftr
On recovery from her fit she had lost the r"
If
---11 e tion, and is seemingly idiotic. ifeif
THE KENNINGTON MURDER.,,,
pa by for the bereaved widow and nulall'io bea.g.rortief,
unfortunate Daniel Fitzgerald, is likeli,,o coll:otemefe,
aroused by the gentlemen frequenting t'ingtee bellfor,
Mr. Foulsham, the Clayton Arms, S-enlif,;r tile pe11,111;
having commenced a liberal subscription pt °
, ee 00 j
this poor and afflicted family which "- odr
, 1
week or ten days ; and we doubt not tinioie. ,
laudable and humane will be promptly '1'409 AV
other respectable houses, when so facile Sl ,41$
of relieving such poignant distress.
„.r TO 1150,3 7
SENDING AN INFANT IN A BAS"..- si% Aro. ferl]
ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Between the hours efbif
o'clock on Friday evening last, two resPeata in tO '4lel
met a lad of the name of James BurreTtadle_Arii
street, and, handing him a basket with main,P IIfVO
him to take it to the Female Orphan2opbep:ifoollie.n
They said that, as it contained glass, u_,„.e o,ol,dele prk,
careful not to break it or knock up again-the fro
streets through which he passed; and for they v
to have in conveying it to its destination t, „„a ood,
piece of money, which he put in his rekeforl, iaji 0,01:
said was 6d. The lad proceeded on his er' open.
~,Pljter,oti,s'
admitted to the institution, the basket was 0, 1,..-brive
derneath a pile of children's caps, petticoa • opii
and cocks, there was found a very ells r.yobdof.k.,
female infant, fast asleep. By its side W 001,00'4'
. „ •
lo
filled with milk, and a paper, written 111," vote P'4olloo,
of which the following is a copy :—" ilsea„na Icort,j'
take care of this dear little orphan. "" tit OIV
in a few days." The inmates of the big 00110 i)!
aps, Ortyoo
course, much surprised; the lad, pee! . tee .c , 9,
than any body else. He could only gieiced tstegkie;
which we have already given, that her e' go 9 at
women, and was told that it was glase, • resideldpee:lol
the statement proved correct, that the „
Back Berry-street, the street in Nvhie' mea fir 10",
handed to him ; and that one of thew .„4:000,c1,
be old and the other young. The elderlf A bls
was dressed in a black cloak, light goat poor° ,01,440
bonnet; and the younger one, who
mother of the infant, in a black man they Ole ottoltft
bonnet. He did not omit to mention that 1/00t,IV,
him a piece of money for his trouble PtitoneabiliV
hand in his pocket and drawing it forth,. oy, #oo,,etraf
be a sixpence merely, as they informed 111111" the 71 to,
sovereign, All subsequent search to diseeveerd OTOO°l4ll
proved unavailing; but the child, wen 01)101,4
having been once received within the hen) woke t 1
thell eeP
institution in question, is sure, even 6
discovered, to have all its wants auePlie•_„d be tal .°0
contained the sleeping innocent was new,Co7iposedt 9 Int
been bought for the purpose. It was,, sheLa rcgtri
substance, something like matting, and since cottieto
length, and 9 inches in breadth, It Ints 0,00-tir
the Commissioner's office, together with the
_Aceri
petticoats, &c„ in order to enable the police ow of
to trace the women.—LiverpoolAlbion. 9 00 aoOPOI
PERTH POTATO TRADE.--After for 1!)12
becomeitlllof amfoorr
etnbigrihskt,
,tvhaehisnbitphmeseentfeowf pdoat;tto:sanracie roieefolovoi
best samples now reach 10s. 3d., and '`; 0.1 ob efti
wets e
higher. There are at present eight v for tell
tb
for the south, and one with diseased roorires,if
The Belgium trade in that article apeeara:;rter.
as we hear of no more cargoes for thatc
country we hear that the disease is st 11.41:4 tg^
diminisl ed speed, which gives a hope that
ertiOrt
will wholly disappear.—Pantie %aciv