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

HAYMAIIKE7.

yeos,
it)ENo VAG AnoNß.—JohnlSeotf, a boy of twelve
testis sentenced to eighteen months in the Pent-
kor et Perth, and liberated a few weeks ago, on the
lii, e v
°f bad health, after having undergone the half of
at tlB,enknee, was yesterday sentenced to imprisonmen
t
"e Police-court for being " drunk and disorderly.
esokin;
Tal- .. .
beei6 totit is en route to Paris from Italy, hanNu-ining.
hero oPgaged at the Academie Royal for a limited.
ex-
peo ',llights ; after which the celebrated danseuEe is .
„en to visit London.
int Is
een,id, JAEvENTA.-Some time ago we stated that a
tag‘e- table falling off would be found in the assessed
Tien ..ePertment, in comparison with 1842, in cot!
ce lif the • The revenue returns, just Publish-„ income-tax.
pared ~.,7:'t show a deficiency last year of 73,064/. corn-
here , 1,"6 the previous year. This loss does not'i eand.
tides' Y the closing of windows, and reductions in
ta,,, of establishment (to balance against the incomerd
„,-) tradespeople have sustained serious injury.
~ ia _
t.tsrte
eint.,ea.sures r
(1,, 'a. the late Government not been obof
bat' "-,' _and those Ministers continued at the. helm t
, alonai artairs, we should not have had this loss. o.
post,e. , the inquisitorial and oppressive incomef
offinn,Zr a depressed trade. We predict a further falling
w .e assessed taxes this year.
llon,?„°2) PAvEmescr.—(From a Correspondent.)—
tees an_
cr
tun the exertions of the various paten-
oe end the willingness of the public to patronise wooden
tapir nit, it is in vain to deny. the fact that I.,evii.
tie K lNing ground, while it daily becomes more .
; dent tat .
in th it is unsuitable as a mode of paving, and wanting
4 rete'essentials of safety, durability, or economy. By
of tbure furnished by Mr. Harvey, the Commissioner
the;'4 City Police, it appears that in the leading
viomeghfares in the City there are 1,237 yards of
than .Pavement, and that in a given period no fewer
~
chile; .7 accidents occurred from horses falling,.,e
pal. daring the same days upon 4,122 yards of stone
lliseir6.ent only 51 horses fell. The Life Guards, during
hit'as,t winter, shower] that discre.tion ss.-as the better
toilet valour, and, avoiding P.egent-street, went down to
Ivhet, gna-cl by Bond-street and St. James's-street,.
Jar: 'Roby's," where the roadway " dishes " into St.
hor,es's-street, has become a receiving-house for the
oon,ee who slip and are picked up at the
keritl%
;The durability of the wood-pavement is chi-
timee
eitl if it is quite smooth it certainly lasts som_ _
It 's'a' nn traffic can go over it to wear it out ;. but. if
all•nb;`,(3oved for safety, the edges m ear down directly,
%ell, itlegent•street and the block is pared away, and
tille-sii'le street is stopped for reparation. But it is the
tvoo,tuTlTof exeense which will put an extinguisher upon
scinar,, at .
is impossible to lay it down under 2e. per
kis :" Yard per annum, while Bond-street is Mae-
toattrat zed
ii„ and watered at 7d. per square yard, and the
60 eranite pavement, like London-bridge, may be laid
sttsWpnri a much smaller annual charge. .It is
,mt)st
slistikreg that the inhabitants of the leading
till- Prefer the quietness of wood pavement; hut whenf
thestnitt that this quiet is increased by the avoidance o
Am I,streets by horsemen and carriages ; when they.
eseLefir trade leaving them, and their paving-rates in
1;4,7 five-fold, they will do as Messrs. Swan and
done`r and many leading houses in Regent-street, haveoe_s
and i.sign a memorial to the Commissioners of W d
or when
they
hclrests against any more being laid do
tlis ; 6,l'e the power in their own bands, thweniwill do as
Gs„%eufthitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St.t
, -qp,
ilvet4 the Martyr, did a short time since—turn ou
Aa.vttile -clle paving Commissioners e ho voted for wooden
eh t.erit, and thereby increased the rates greatly, and
1/,c-z",,,lventY-one gentlemen pledged against it.
Royal. High -
laces I, Or PRINCE ALBERT.—HIS 4: '+Lnnee Albert will return to this country on Thurs-
oe" "te 11th instant, and arrive at Buckingham Palace
4 the evening of the same day. Arrangements have
tendr!ade to enable his Royal Highness to embark at
st„, at about 10 o'clock, A.m., in the Princess Alice tilese:r;rie;sinei Commander L. Smithett, and as this vessel
makes the passage from Ostend to Dover in
‘..,.
eours, his Royal Highness may be expected to land
,„,..t" ti.elatter port at about three o'clock, P.m., when a
Cs! I train will be in readiness to convey the illustrious
en
learnt of he_r Most Gracious Majesty to London. .
raein way tirt" s IxN.----Last night great excite-
• created in the neighbourhood of Holborn, in
Acmes issuing
of a fire breaking out in Gray's Inn.
setipie:d
by
xi:.
glciatt of the windows of the chambers oc-
South-square, ecianle• law-stationer, and situate No. 12,
Made. An ill, --"eu the unwelcome discovery t o be
the firm mediate alarm was raised, but owing to
Utterly holdirapnssibithe flames had attained it was. found.
ta3hesisfi4reice eto get them extinguished without the
of the engines. In the course of half an hour
14.04tUrge entirely extinguished.
Alittton, whose opera, Pascal Bruno, has been
Ike 4.. iu"'. °Y biro with such marked success at Vienna,
probable arrived in London, from the Continent. It is
%geuie_that the piece will shortly be performed here.
ip felt much gratified by the neyric passed
Pea wettenry Pottinger by Sir Robert Peels and by Lord
at on, and responded to by the cheers of both sides
41)4 Heeses This, added to the eulogium from Lord
feats a
end the Opposition in the House of Lords, pre-
fieupinti a rare instance of great merit overcoming all party
idlii, gs• We ask is this, however, to be the sole reward for
Ca
national services of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in
tie /it ? Iler Majesty conferred the title of Baronet on
httlia,enrY Pottinger for his great diplomatic services in
l'Ottio' '04.'14, when her Majesty again called for. Sir. Henry,
entalA''' ' ability, zeal, firmness, and discretion," to
°l)eyed. afrairS in China, those commands were cheerfully
Isirer The issue of Sir Henry's mission is known
lien the the British flag waves. We now ask is Sir
suhsi:la q 4; 'Linger to retire from public life without some
not itll%l4lMark of her Majesty's favour? Sir Henry is
trustf 'ale man—but he is a proud one. A Peerage, we
I*: nlaY be the reward of his national services—ser-
lossy. pecequalled within our times.—Araval and illili-
k`r ett
.xA. e•
'of It TUTICS or INSOLVENCY.—During the month
432 ilt.,rell, there appeared in the Gazette 97 bankrupts;
vrhiocaotents, who have received vesting. orders, by
and 42'eir persons are protected against their creditors;
eases o,,t,l%ignroents to trustees, making a total of 571.
solve 4 ' ulaolveney. There is a gradual increase of in-
aGg"-Y- In March, 1843, there were 98 bankrupts,
'44'j:sting orders granted, and 28 assignments —a total
4.:se ix, It .may be assumed that not more than one
aieg fortr gazetted ; this would make the insolven-
`',,f era, I„arch, 1844, 5,710, and if there be a deficiency
A'l42 j'"4°°4 ill each, the monthly loss would be
laubie
v 3 was
etis. it- On these assumed data the loss during the
of' the nat.
4sst the
Poors'-rate
12,000,0001., 'or considerably more than
, an three-sevenths of the inte-
, A ... tonal. debt,
.
10 the7:::lost atccident occurred on Thursday afternoon,
who,
Ziheis bird-4,007Y Russell, of Montpellier House,
k
amPton, was shielt ul the neighbourhood of Lee -
of the gun,
of a et in the leg by the accidental discharge
'llecin_panied, and°ung schoolfellow, by whom he was
‘wsrtee time that the Who had approached so near him at
/ia,r'l°(-Iged in the fie fire contents of the fowling-piece
Of 3 "eveyed home ieg, just above the knee. Mr. Russell
!elan4ie wnsnuargnehnunrsd, le, and, on the inspection
d thit°tunthciebbYoth instantly called in, it was
43utatizr.1
___ ne had been so severely shattered that
,indispensable. This operation, conse-.
40.0. toy' add that performed
as
yesterday, and we are glad to be
tel"g
as well the young gentleman was last evening
as, under the painful circumstances of the
f„' was to
s..,HiN be expected.-_ Cheltenham Looker-on.
tht to
GRATITUDE.—An none of c DE.—An English merchant, of
2.7.aetto, where _
sudden
oysided many years at Canton and
thinea age
0,6 reverse of fortune reduced him
44,,,aermi;sr.e , anmence to the greatest necessity. A
merchant, named Chinqua, to whom he had for-
ulte,4;_, endered service, ratefull; offered him an im-
Icc3t7ll,eaaendof ten tho.usagnddollars., which the gentleman
..1)11,e,m i,,,.._e immediately
his bond for the amount g;; this the
eon, it , 4.72, !tiately threw into the fire, saying " When
deY 4 to,;•t'entl, first came to China, I was a poor man,
iereurs,eZehy the
.hand, and assisting my honest en-
's see .-le me ri. Our destiny is now reversed ;
se
Yon °,or, whiled aniblessed with affluence." The
taLmnarns,
saeandsibsni atched the bond from the flames ; the
F.;
.-,..titte7b, friendeehetaueeitinkail3t,o
Pi-, es y affected by such generosity, pressed
dtealsstreothe security, which he did,
d it. The disciple of Con-
aid he vs,, 1 g the increased distress it occasioned,
lea
..__ _ 11 dof
of his watch, or any little valuable,
ln....e`uernorial of their friendship. The gentleman im-
-sSil''-natei-
- 1.,_ Y Presented his watch, and Chinqua, in return,
e. Ilt.ln an old iron seal, saying, " Take this seal, it is
Itli, "aye lona.
"'You at: us.ed, and possesses no intrinsic value,
8,4,44(1ieg coneerfis°lnto India to look after your out-
-414,11_0_ _ 9 should fortune further persecute you,
104 .P n ma fur any further sum of money you may
witliinti,ll:eed of, sign it with your own hand,- and sei!l.
eaarnangeses.
6-ientaTirs signet, and I will pay the money."—Forbes 's
V i
Il:l‘thile of Llanrian, Pembrokeshire, vacant
0; a resignation of the Rev. Josiah Ress, has been
'velt to the R
Diftrish. e or. Jacob Hughes, formerly curate of the
PriSd°, great was the influx of visitors at Brighton on
lit:4l4of
fonfurthteiiTe
sevt Y oft that all the hotels were crowded, and at
,cparticularly the Old Ship), from the
igh.t, parties were eagerly waiting in
theiwtsrcern to seize on the dinner-tables the instant
v 6 vatated by others.
bl k-174AT To l'AvisTo w
i.,"ure3 are bein CK.— e understand that
_."13 a raik,,,a__ , g adopted for the purpose of construct-
to raise the
!neetings ha.); i tom Plymouth to Tavistock. Preliminary
e taken place in Tavistock. It is proposed
!), ~,
~,,,,. required capital in shares of 25/. eaels,
, t nqs_

Planch6, the indefatigable, has provided the Easter
piece for this theatre, in the shape of a new original, oc-
casional, and local extravaganza, entitled, The Drama at
Home; or, an Evening with Puff. This, like all Planches
burlesques, is repicte with wit, full of excellent bits at
the follies of the day, and abounding with puns that
might make Hood himself jealous. In the ficst scene
we find the Drama (Mrs. Glover) in extrunis. The scene
represents the ancient temple of the Drama, with a
miserable prospect and a dissolving view of the company.
Puff (Mr. C. Mathews) appears in a critical moment,
and straightway proposes various plans for the re-
storation of Drama to her former supremacy.
It was a dangerous experiment to reproduce
Puff on the stage, but it was completely successful.
PlancbCs Puff is the lineal descendant of Sheridan's
Puff, and he is worthy of his lineage. Some of his
schemes are admirable. He proposes to turn Covent-
Garden into a grand National Hydropathic Establish-
ment—cold water for the million—and to reproduce the
farce of Animal Magnetism, under its new name Mes-
merism, by mesmerising the whole of the audience, and
making them applaud in the proper places, so as to
ensure the success of any piece that may be produced.
The Drama is thrown into a mesmeric state, and Drury-
lane and Covent-garden Theatres appear before her in
a vision. The latter is under a cloud, to wit, behind one
of Jullien's immense bills. The actors, too, have
left the temples of the drama. Ariel (iliss P. Horton)
is engaged to lecture at the Adelaide Gallery and the
Polytechnic ; Othello is boarded by Warren, and is a
walking advertisement for jet-blacking ; while Macbeth,
who is up to snuff, takes up his position as the High-
lander at the shop-door of a tobacconist. The Drama,
driven from the patent theatre, takes refuge in the Hay-
market, which, fur the first time, appears on its own
stage (by the kind permission of Benjamin Webster,
Esq., lessee). Having thus found a refuge, Mr. Puff
presents the Minor Theatres on the occasion of their late
emancipation, and the piece concludes with a grand ano-
malous procession of the London exhibitions, including
the Ojibbeway Indians and Tom Thumb. The piece
was admirably got up, and was completely successful. At
the conclusion, Mrs. Glover, Mr. C. Mathews, Miss P.
Horton, and Mr. J. Bland, who acted Punch, were called
for and received wRh loud applause. The extraordi-
nary and classical performance of Professor Risley and
7 his son followed, to the great delight and amusement of
a crowded house.