The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-19 00:00:00

THE'IbICOME-TAX.

NEW INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE MODE OF CLAIMING
EXEMPTION.
In consequence of the great number of doubts and
difficulties that have presented themselves as to the
proper interpretation and meaning of the clauses of
exemption in this Act, the followingadditional instruc-
tions have been drawn up by her Majesty s Commis-
sioners, and will be delivered to the assessors of every
district. The following is an official copy :
" 1. Every person claiming to be entitled to exemp-
tion must, within the time limited for delivering in
the lists (or within such further time as the Commis-
sioners for general purposes in the district shall allow)
deliver to the assessor a notice of his claim for exemp-
tion, together with a declaration setting forth therein
all the particular sources whence the income of such
claimant shall arise, with the amount from each source,
and also every sum of annual interest, or other annual
payment reserved or charged thereon, whereby the
income may be diminished, and also every sum charged
against every other person on aceount of the duty, or
which he may have deducted or retained under the
authority of the Act out of any payment to which he
may be or become liable.
" 2. Every person chargeable by assessment, or by
deduction from any rent, annuity, or other annual
payment, who shall prove that the annual amount of
his income is less than 1501., is entitled to exemption
from duties, and to repayment of all deductions on
account thereof, except so much of such duties as he
may be entitled to charge against any other persons,
or to deduct out of any payment to which he may be
liable. Thus, if a person owns land of 1501. annual
value, and receives that sum in rent, and his tenant is
assessed on that sum on his behalf, then his income is
150/. ; but if he allows land-tax out of that sum
amounting to 201., then is his income 1301., on which
sum his tenant would be assessed on his behalf. The
same may be said of any other deduction allowed by
the Act. But if such person has paid out of his rent
201. for repairs, which is not allowed as a deduction
under the Act, his income still remains 1501. So, if
a person pays an annuity, interest of money, or other
annual payment out of his rent, then is his income re-
duced by that sum. If he pays annual interest to the
amount of 201., his income is 130/. ; and if he pays
the land-tax of 2W., then his income would be 1101.
But his income will not be reduced by the payment
of any suns from which he is not entitled to deduct
the duty.
" 3. The annual value of lands'or tenements is to be
estimated according to the rules contained in schedules
A and B. The income arising from ownership is to
be understood to be the rent at which the same are
let at rack-rent, if fixed, by agreement, within seven
years preceding the year of assessment; but if not let
at rack-rent, then at the rack-rent at which the same
are worth to be let by the year, subject to the deduc- 1
tions to be authorised by the Act.
"4. Every person separately assessed, or having a
separate interest in the profits assessed, may claim an
exemption. 1
"5. So co-partners, joint-trustees, or tenants in
common of the profits of any property whatever, hav-
ing declared their respective shares, in order to a se-
parate
assessment.
"6. So joint-tenants, or tenants of land in partner-
ship, being in the actual and joint occupation thereof,
and entitled to the profits in shares, and personally
labouring therein, or managing the same.
" 7. So partners carrying on trade, or exercising
any profession together, and entitled to the profits
thereon in shares, and personally acting therein, in
such cases of separate assessments only.
" 8. So a guardian, trustee, or agent on account of
others, may claim on behalf of such others, either
where satisfactory proof is given that such others can-
not attend in person, or in cases where they may be
assessed for others, as acting in the character of guar-
dian, &c., to a person under incapacity.
" 9. Every claim is to be made to the Commissioners
of the district where the claimant shall reside, except
where the whole of his income shall arise from any
employment, the duties whereon are cognizable by
the Commissioners of a department of office, or from
a pension, in which case he may claim to the Commis-
sioners of the department.
" 10. Every person entitled to claim exemption
must sign the notice to that effect contained in the
forms left him by the assessor. If the income of the
claimant should arise from any other source than
those described in the forms left him, he should signify
the same to the assessor, specifying from what sources
his income is derived.
" 11. Schedule for exemption (particulars of income
from whatever source derived). •
" 12. In all cases claims for exemption are to be
examined by the surveyor of the district, and if he
shall not object thereto within 40 days after the same
have been transmitted to the Commissioners, or within
such further time as they, on just cause, shall allow
him to make such objection, the Commissioners are
authorised to allow such objection.
" 13. If the surveyor is satisfied that a party is
wholly exempt he will sign a certificate to that effect,
and lay the claim before the Commissioners at their
next meeting, upon which the Commissioners will
discharge the assessment, and if it shall appear that
any property is assessed in any other district the
Commissioners will certify to the Commissioners of
Stamps and Taxes, at the head office, the allowance of
the exemption, upon which the last-mentioned Com-
missioners will direct the assessment in such other
district to be discharged.
" 14. In case the surveyor shall see cause to object
to any claim for exemption, he is to certify such ob-
jection and the grounds thereof to the Commissioners
of the district, when the merits of the claims are to be
heard and determined upon appeal by the party before
them, under and subject to the rules, regulations, and
penalties under the Act.
" 15. Upon proof that any person whose claim for
exemption has been allowed has been charged to, and
has paid, the duties by way of deduction from any
rent, annuity, or other annual payment from which a
deduction is authorised to be made, or that such per-
son has been assessed and has paid the duty in respect
of any annuity, &c., payable out of the public revenue,
the Commissioners will certify what shall have been
so proved to the Commissioners, at the head office for
Stamps and Taxes; whereupon the last-mentioned
Commissioners will issue the necessary order for re-
payment.

_
" The order for repayment will be directed to the
officer for receipt, or the collector of the duties, or to
a distributor or sub-distributor of stamps of the dis-
trict or parish in which the claimant shall reside ; and
a notification thereof will at the same time be for-
warded to the party from the head-office, in order
that he may know when and where to apply for such
repayment."

AMERICAN LAW COURTS AND LAWYERS.—TO an
Englishman, accustomed to the paraphernalia of
Westminster Hall, an American court of law is as
odd a sight as, I suppose an English court of law
would be to an American. Except in the Supreme
Court at Washington (where the judges wear a plain
black robe), there is no such thing as a wig or gown
connected with the administration of justice. The
gentlemen of the bar being barristers and attorneys
too (for there is no division of those functions, as in
England), are no more removed from their clients
than attorneys in our Court for the Relief of
Insolvent Debtors are from theirs. The jury are
quite at home, and make themselves as comfortable
as circumstances will permit. The witness is so
little elevated above, or put aloof from, the crowd
in the court, that a stranger entering during a
pause in the proceedings would find it difficult to pick
him out from the rest. And if it chanced to be a
criminal trial, his eyes, in nine cases out of ten,
would wander to the dock in search of the prisoner in
vain ; for that gentleman would most likely be loung-
ing among the most distinguished ornaments of the
egal profession, whispering suggestions in his counsel's
ear, or making a toothpick out of an old quill with
his pen-knife. I could not but notice these differ-
ences, when I visited the Courts at Boston. I was
much surprised at first, too, to observe that the counsel
who interrogated the witness under examination at the
time did so sitting. But seeing that he was also occu-
pied in writing down the answers, and remembering
that he was alone and had no junior,' I quickly consoled
myself with the reflection that law was not quite
so expensive an article here as at home ; and that the
absence of sundry formalities which we regard as in-
dispensable, had doubtless a very favourable influence
upon the bill of cost. In every Court, ample and
commodious provision is made for the accommodation
of the citizens. This is the case all through America.
In every public institution, the right of the people to
attend, and to have an interest in the proceedings, is
most fully and distinctly recognised. There are no
grim door-keepers to dole out their tardy civility by
the sixpenny-worth ; nor is there, I sincerely believe,
any insolence of office of any kind. Nothing national
is exhibited for money, and no public officer is a show-
man. We have begun of late years to imitate this
good example. I hope we shall continue to do so ;
and that in the fulness of time even deans and chap-
ters may be converted. —Dickens' Notes on America.
TILE GUADALOUPE IRON WAR.STEAMER.-...MaDy
of our readers will remember this beautiful iron war-
steamer, built by Mr. John Laird, of North Birken-
head, for the Mexican Government. She was manned
by an English crew and engineers, and commanded
by Lieutenant Charlewood, R.N. On arriving at
Vera Cruz she with the old City of Dublin steamer,
formed the leading vessels in an expedition consisting
of 0) 000 men against Yucatan, which had thrown oil*
--
the Mexican yoke, and set up as a Republic on its
own account. The expedition,
commainly owing to
fthe
ul.
efficiency of the steamers, was p letel y
Yucatan was deprived of her navy, and the whole
coast placed under the command of
,Mexico. Iron
steam-vessels of war are thus playing as conspicuous a
part in the naval wars of the western as they are in
those of the eastern osis"—Liverpool Albion.

PICTURE-DEALING AT ROME.
(From a French Paper.)
The Rota, supreme court of the Pontifical States
for both civil and ecclesiastical affairs, has just pro-
nounced a sentence by which it consecrates a strange
principle as to the selling of pictures. It has caused
a great sensation among the picture-dealers of Rome.
On the 15th of November, 1836, Prince Simi-
rium made a public sale of several pictures, then
in the gallery of the Odescalchi Palace. Among
others, there was one of them in such a
state of dilapidation that the subject could scarcely
be distinguished. This picture was bought for fifteen
Roman crowns by M. Vallatti, a picture-dealer,
living at Rome. The same day he made known to the
public that he had just acquired a picture, represent-
ing the Magdalen, by Correggio, which surpassed in
beauty that of the same master in the Dresden Mu-
seum, and which was bought for the sum of 15,000
sequins. He stuck up bills also, announcing that this
masterpiece might be seen the following day at his
house, as lie was then occupied in cleaning and putting
a new frame to it.

On the 18th of September, just as M. Vallatti's
house was full of admirers, contemplating this picture,
and which connoisseurs thought a real Correggio, two
cursori (bailiffs) entered and seized the picture, at the
request of Prince Simirium, alleging for motive that
this picture had been bought at a vile price by M.
Vallatti, although he knew it to be a Correggio of
considerable value.
The Tribunal of Commerce, where this affair was
judged, AI. Vallatti being a merchant, declared the
sale of the picture good, condemning the prosecutor to
pay all expenses. This judgment was confirmed in
the Court of Segratura, by appeal, with the exception
of the payment of the expenses.
Prince Simirium appealed against this decision to
the Roman Rota, which has pronounced the following
sentence :

" If a precious painting is discovered underneath a
painting, which covered the former so as to conceal
it entirely, it is to remain the property of the pur-
chaser, particularly if he has gone to the trouble to
clean it. If, on the contrary, in spite of the bad state
of a picture, it reveals its great value, it must remain
the property of him who sold it. The latter is the
present case."

INTOXICATION.—On Thursday last an iron-lifter
at Dundyvan, of the name of John Black, undertook,
for a trifling wager, to swallow a mutchkin of whisky
without taking it from his head. A previous allow.
ance had quickened his appetite for the undertaking,
and, all things being ready, John swallowed the
mortal dose, and one glass more! when he hied his
way home from Coatbridge to Dundyvan in a state of
utter stupefaction; and, though one of the most hardy
and powerful men at the work, the poisonous potation
wrought so rapidly on his constitution that in less
than four hours from swallowing the draught he was
found a lifeless corpse, leaving a hapless wife and
numerous family to lament his intemperate and mur-
derous folly.—Glasgow Chronicle.
MR.' WOOLLEY AND MISS BRYERS.—Mr. Woolley
and Miss Bryers, whose case has recently excited so
much notoriety, are both natives of the city of Ches-
ter. Mr. Woolley was brought up at the Bluecoat
School, and was afterwards apprenticed to Mr. Ber-
rington, a cabinet-maker, in Chester. The father of
Miss Bryers was a watchmaker, and kept a shop in
Eastgate-row, where he carried on a very good busi-
ness for many years.—Liverpool Standard.
PRINTERS' ALMSHOUSES FUND.—We understand
that as soon as the Committee for carrying into effect
the building of a number of almshouses for the recep-
tion of infirm and decayed letter-press printers, shall
have raised the sum of 2,0001., the Worshipful:Com-
pany of Stationers have kindly promised to give them
a site of ground for the above praiseworthy object.
THE PAUPER TENANTRY.—The plan of
,remitting
rents appears to be in progress. Exempli gratia :
" The Right Hon. Lord Prudhoe has directed, with
his characteristic generosity, that 10 per cent. should
be returned to his Prudhoe tenants on their half-years'
rents, being the same reduction as was allowed to the
Stanwick tenants on the event of his Lordship's mar-
riage." The poor tenants cannot pay what they haye
contracted to pay under the landlord's law, which
cheats them out of their independence, and so the land-
lords generously remit a portion, and so kee i them in
slavish dependence. They are thus rem nded, too, of
this part of their duty to themselves and their ;lass by
the Morning Post :—" We regret very much to learn
from our Ballinasloe correspondent, that while the oc-
cupiers of land in the province of Connaught are
thrown into the utmost embarrassment by the fall in
the price of cattle, the lords and gentlemen who own
the land are pressing with great rigour upon the occu-
piers for the full amount of their stipulated rent.
Such conduct as this we could not justly describe
without using the very strongest terms of indignation."
It will be wrong, therefore, for landlords to exact the
rent which the tenant has covenanted to pay. Now,
let the reader see the reason assigned for this, and
ask himself whether the argument applied to legisla-
tion making things cheap by law, does not apply, pro
tanto, to their making them dear, and expecting pros-
perity. " IVhat ! (says the Post) shall Noblemen and
gentlemen sit in the Legislature, and consent to mea-
sures for the reduction of price—and shall they then
turn round upon the victims of thatcheapness and en-
deavour to exact from them the uttermost farthing ?
Persons who can do this deserve to be degraded from
their position of noblemen and gentlemen. We trust
that we will hear of nothing of this kind in England.
The landowners of England know that they stand in
the position of co-partners with the occupiers. If
they have chosen to consent to.cheapening measures
in the Legislature, they will be equally ready to con-
sent to cheapening the rent of land. They will not
expect that whatever the occupier may receive they
shall still receive the same. They will not take away
the source of rent, or a part of it, and yet expect the
same return as before. If Irish landlords have been
guilty of such conduct, we trust they will be left alone
in their infamy." It is decreed, therefore, that rents
must be remitted, and the tenantry kept in an in-
debted and degraded condition.
AMERICAN COTTON CROPS.—We subjoin a few re-
marks upon the aspect of the American cotton crop at
the last dates : they are taken from the letter of a
gentleman at New Orleans, dated the 13th of Sep-
tember, and received by the Acadia steamer. Not be-
ing a holder of cotton in England, he may be sup-
posed to give an impartial report :—" Since my last
date to you, there has been very considerable damage
to the growing crop from worms, rust, and rains. It
is sufficient to take off a large amount of the excess
which was anticipatedover and above an average crop,
yet not sufficient to cause any apprehension of a fall
beneath one. Both the worms and rust have done
very serious injury where they occurred, yet their
operations are too partial to do any general damage.
the rains have done more extensive injury and,
as they continue much more frequent than is desir-
able, may lay the foundation of a very extensive in-
jury at our first frost. Much yet depends upon the
condition of the growing cotton at that date ; when
well matured the damage is but partial, but when
found in full vigour and the frost a heavy one, the
injury done may be very great. The market has
opened very early with us, and the demand is very
good for the French and our eastern market. Prices
ranged from from 71 to 9i cents."—Liverpool Albion.
A WEALTHY BEGGAR.—Friday last, at the Guild-
hall, Bath, a miserable-looking object, named Thomas
Burt, was charged with being found begging in the
Upper Borough Walls. On his being searched at
the station-house, about 771. were discovered, in sove-
reigns and silver, concealed in a girdle that he wore
round his waist. He was committed for fourteen
days' hard labour to the House of Correction, and the
expenses of his maintenance in prison were ordered
to be defrayed out of his " private purse." It was
mentioned that this man has money in the Shaftes-
bury bank to the amount of 1,2001., besides an income
of Bs. per week. If this fellow be a fair specimen of
cadgering, it must be a profitable profession.
THE POLITICAL VICTIMS.—A public meeting of
the middle and working classes was held last evening
at the Hall of Science, Blackfriars-road, to take into
consideration the best means of defending and sup-
porting the political victims. The Chair was taken
by Mr. Dron. Messrs. Blockmore, Ranleigh, and
Puffy Ridley, addressed the meeting in support
of its object, after which Mr. G. F. Pardon
rose to address the meeting. He (Mr. Pardon)
would not say that which was likely to hurt
the feelings of any body of men ; but the meeting
`would would excuse him in accusing the Tories,_ of
English
others, as the most cruel persecutors of the
the time
working-classes. He need not tell them that lti
was come when they should shake off those enemiescom-
mon all that was conducive to the prosperity of their
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Tip; SwrismiNG BANKS.— The farmers have
been stuck 50,000 dollars in the shinplasters of
the Lyons Bank, IVayne.county. What will be the
next shave ? What bank will next turn out a cheat
Do, ye banks, come one by one, and you can cheat far
more quietly and successfully. There is no room for
the financiers in the State Prison.
certainly becoming a gentleman, and The devil is
an honest man
in these latter of days.e isa nad manhe will property—atnot t a the
leastinfireandbrimstone,
benefit of the Act.—New York Herald of Oct. 1.
THE INCOME-Tax ON HOPS.--We have very sin-
cere satisfaction in informing our readers that the an-
ticipation we sometime since indulged in, that the
extra charge on hop lands, where a farm contains more
than ten acres in the hundred, would not be insisted
on, has been realised, and • n
orders to the proper that Government have give
officers to that effect,—Maicktone
Journal.

SIX HOSTILE TARIFFS WITHIN
TEN MONTHS.
(From the Leeds Mercury.)
At no period of our history, except during the
ascendancy of Napoleon, has such an alarming
succession of blows been struck by foreign Go-
vernments at the commercial prosperity of Eng-
land as since the entrance of Sir Robert Peel
upon office. We do not say that it has been
owing to the inattention of our own Government,
though in another article we show that Ministers
are very ill supplied with commercial intern-
' gence by their agents, but we state the simple
fact, that within the ast ten months no less than
Six Hostile Tariffs have been published by other
countries: and it is possible that the year may
not conclude without adding a seventh. We
state these facts for no party purpose whatever,
but with a view of calling the serious attention of
Government, of Parliament, and of the country
to the events themselves, and to the considera-
tions they suggest as to the future commercial
policy of England.
First, we shall enumerate the hostile tariffs
that have been passed, with their respective
dates, and add the briefest possible explanation
of their bearing on English commerce.
1. The Russian Thrift; issued in November,lB4l ;
by which the duty on worsted or woollen goods,
and mixed worsted and cotton, was raised from
one silver rouble per lb. to one silver rouble and
75 copecks (that is, from 3s. Gd. to Gs. 2d. per lb.
English) : the new duty is from 200 to 300 per
cent. ad valorem; printed goods are prohibited.
The King of Prussia, during his late visit to St.
Petersburgh, induced the Emperor to issue a more
favourable ukase for the products of Prussia.
2. The Portuguese Tariff; bearing date:the 12th
December, 1841 ; by which the duties on Eng-
lish woollens were raised from 300 reis per lb. to
600 reis per lb. The latter is equal to an ad
valorem duty of 45 per cent. on the average quali-
ties of cloth sent to Portugal. Before 1837, (in
which year the tariff was raised), the duties were
only about 10 per cent ad valorem (though nomi-
nally 15 per cent. A favourable tariff is now in
course of negotiation.
3. The French Tariff; bearing date the 26th
June, 1842 ; by which the duties on English linen
yarns and lineos were doubled, and made almost
entirely prohibitory—this being by far our largest
branch of export to France.
4. The Belgian Tart, issued in July, 1842;
by which the duty on English linens and linen
yarns was raised to the same prohibitory rate as
the French duty, in obedience to the dictation of
France, and with a view of preventing the smug-
gling of English linens and yarns into that
country through Belgium.
5. The United States Turf", bearing date
August, 1842; by which the duty on woollens
was raised from 29 to 40 per cent. ad valorem, on
worsted goods from 20 to 30 per cent., and on
cotton goods the duty was made nominally 30
per cent., but on some kinds of goods it is in
reality from 100 to 200 per cent. ad valorem, and
on many kinds of cottons, woollens, and other
goods the duty will be prohibitory.
6. The German League Tarr, passed Sep-
tember, 1842; by which the duty on one of the
largest branches of our exports, namely worsted
goods, figured or printed, is raised from 30 dollars
tu 50 dollars per cwt., so as to be in many cases
prohibitory ; and by which the duty on quin-
caillerie, or hardware, is increased probably 50
dollars per cwt.
And it is not impossible that next month the
Brazilian Tariff may be raised very greatly—
the Brazilian Government having given notice to
that effect; but we hope this severe blow will be
averted by the concessions which Mr. Ellis, the
special minister lately sent out to Brazil, is em-
powered to make on the sugar duties.
Thus within a few months a great part of the
civilized world has declared commercial *war
against us !—Russia, Portugal, France, Belgium,
the United States, and the Great German League,
including Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtem-
burg, and several smaller States ! And it is not
certain that Brazil may not soon be added to the
number.

Such an unpara lelel succession of untoward
events is indeed n ena, ing to our manufactures
and foreign comn erce and demands the anxious
attention of the ( ove:urnent.

It is proper to obse :ve on this remarkable series
of hostile tariffs, uiat they bear no evidence of
confederacy against us. The only exception is,
in regard to France and Belgium, where the
feebler power obeys the orders of the stronger.
Russia, France, Belgium, the United States,
Germany, and even in some degree Portugal,
have been influenced by a desire to protect their
own manufactures. The United States and
Portugal have been additionally moved by the
hope of relieving their financial embarrassments,
though the plan has certainly not succeeded in
Portugal, and is not likely to succeed in America.
Brazil acts in a spirit of retaliation for the pro-
hibitory duties imposed in this country on her
sugars.

RATHER UNCOMMON.—Two females have been
committed to the Ruthin gaol daring the present week
on charges somewhat unusual, at least against the
softer sex, viz., Amelia House, charged on the oath
of John Roberts with feloniously firing a pistol at
him, at Wrexham, with intent to do him some griev-
ous bodily harm ; also, Jane Williams, committed on
the oath of Roben Owen, for having stolen a mare in
the.parish of Lantisilio, on the 7th instant, the pro-
perty of the said Robert Owen.—Carnarvon Herald.
THE FINE ARTS.—We have this week been much
gratified with the sight and examination of a number
of beautiful drawings made at Drummond Castle,
during the visit of her Majesty and her illustrious
consort, Prince Albert, by Mr. Jacob Thompson, of
Lowther, an artist of high standing. Although the
newspapers have described in vivid colours the mag-
nificent gardens and grounds of this " princely domain,"
yet we find great difficulty in finding language ade-
quately to convey a correct idea of the terraces,
statues, and classical character of this fairy land.
Among the most picturesque and beautiful of the
sketches are three from which pictures will be painted
for the Duchess of Buccleuch. One of the views
which will be painted for her Grace, we believe, was
selected by Lord Aberdeen, a nobleman of the most
refined taste. Another, embracing extensive views
of the Castle and grounds is for Lord Carrington ; but
the gem of the collection is the old court yard, with
the Queen reviewing the Highlanders, from which a
picture will be painted for Lord Willoughby D'Eresbv.
Among other things brought from Scotland by Mr.
Thompson, are the head and antlers of the red deer
shot by Prince Albert in the forest of Glenartnev, and
this stag, we believe, was the only one shot by his
Royal Highness. We feel confident that Mr. Thomp-
son will ably execute the important tasks committed
to his charge, for he is an artist who, of late, has risen
to an exalted position in his profession. We wish him
every. success.—Scotch Paper.
ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.—GRAND ORGAN
PERFORMANCE.—Last night a very numerous audi-
tory attended thel above church to hear the perform-
ance of Mrs. W. H. Cope on the lately re-erected and
enlarged organ, presented by Messrs. Barclay, Perkins,
and Co., to the parish. The selection on the occasion,flect
from the best ancient and modern composeters,ofrethe
faeird
the highest credit on the judgment an
consequently,
not vocal, and,
adop-
tion of a few pieces essential
performer; though we might find faultd
the organ—
not well fitted to the peculiar powers of ,_
instrument. taste
the
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that grand and complex The celebrated
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chromaticised to relish the simple grandeur ancient
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E flat major, played
with was
Cope. Bach's fugue, in
precision that could pos-
sibly be expected from a female performer. The grand
harmony • nevertheless, it was well given by Mrs.
with all the force and
by our countryman, Sl. Wesley, had
chorus and fugue,
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ample justice done to its various complexities and
thevariousb
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simple beauties ; as had also the diapason movement of
Mendelsohn. The performance appropriately closed
his
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great satisfaction, and the thanks of the
populous
parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, are eminently due
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to Messrs. Barclay and CO. fortheir munificence.
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ficence.
ARRIVAL or LORD AND LADY
PRUDHOE AT ALN•
WICK.—A meeting of the inhabitantsof Al '' IL,
nwic
Mr. L. Hindmarsh, ch • airman was held on Wednes-
day night in the Town- all h '
, when a congratulatory
address was drawn up to he presented to Lord and
Percy
Lady Prudhoe, The Pe
tenantry, to the number
of nearly POO. met
othem at Hampath-bank, near
Newton-on-the-iAI
oor, and escorted them to the Castle,
where they arrived at half-past twelve on Thursday.
—Tyne Mercury.
An official communication was received at Dublin
Castle on Thursday, intimating to his Excellency the
Earl de Grey, that the Order of the Garter, vacant by
the demise of the Marquis Wellesley, had been gra-
ciously conferred upon his Excellency by her Majesty,
as a distinguished mark of her Majesty s approval of
the Noble Earl's Government of Ireland.
THE SEASON.—As a proof of the extreme mildness
of the present season, a bunch of out-door grapes was
' forwarded to us yesterday from Hailsham, being the
second crop produced from the same vine. In this
town also there are several vines exhibiting second
bloom in the open air. The lilacs, in some situations
in our neighbourhood, have also put forth second
blossoms.—Sussex Advertiser.
The absence of sleep cannot be long sustained.
Damien slept on the rack ; Luke in his iron crown;
and a battalion of infantry have been known to slum-
ber during a march ! Muleteers frequently sleep on-
their mules, post-boys on their horses, and "WHIP'
" on the high and giddy mast."
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