The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-02 00:00:00

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A meeting a,gaiust the income tax was held at New
Brentford on Thursday night; and the resolutions passed
against it were ordered to be embodied in a memorial to
the Queen and a petition to the Lords.
The eminent firms of Acramans, Morgan, and Co.,
and of D. E. and A. Acraman, •of Bristol, have deter-
mined to call their creditors together. An excessive
outlay of capital beyond the means of the parties, more
particularly in machinery and ship building, is said to
have been the immediate cause of the stoppage. At their
own request, an examination into the state of their affairs
has been going on for some days past, which is said to
report very favourably of the final issue.
NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The foundation-stone of the New Military Church at
Windsor will be laid on Monday next, the 4th inst., at
eleven o'clock, by Prince Albert. It is to be named the
church cif the Holy Trinity, and will contain 1,400
.people. The galleries will accommodate between 400
and 500 soldiers.
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LAW AND POLICE.
At Kingston on ThurAlay an action was brought against
Sir John Milley Doyle by Mrs. Pelham, who kept a
boarding-house in Manchester square in 1838, to recover
221. Is. for seven weeks board and lodging ; and the
Jury returned a verdict for the full amount.
At the same Assizes a female of the name of Wraight
obtained a verdict of 75/. damages against the proprietors
of thu Surrey Theatre, for severe injuries received by a
fall in the pit, caused by the negligence of the defend-
ants or their servants.

Henry Ward was convicted it Liverpool on Wedoes--
day of cutting and maiming his wife in a shocking
manner while in a state of intoxication, and sentenced
to be transported for life.
VINr. ARTS.
The custom of inlaying ancient gothic tiles for the
floors of Churches is about being revived, and many are
now being manufactured for this purpose at the iactory
of Mr. Minton, of Stoke-upon-Trent. The finest ex-
amples known at present are at Great Malvern Church ;
the Chapter-house, Westminster ; Winchester and York
Cathedrals ; and the Prior Chapel, Ely.
X.XTERAXY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The number of students frequenting the 18 German
Universities, during last winter, was 11,054.
lodine, which a few years since was obtained exclu-
sively from the Continent, is now manufactured in large
quantities at Glasgow.
THEATRICAL.

The Princess's Theatre, Oxford-street, has been pur-
chased by a gentleman of the name or Montague, for
14,500/. It cost in building 47,000/.

C 0 UR 11-r.eiszir o NABL E •

The DukemiDuchess of Buckingham are passing
the holidays near Stowe.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset will shortly arrive
at Stover, Devonshire.

The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have gone to
Strathfieldsaye.
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The Earl and Countess f)f -Wilton leave Melton Mow-
bray next week for town.
Earl and Countess Grey are expected to leave Howiek
Kull the week after next for town..

.149 rd and Lady Seymour are expected from Italy this
week.

The Ma3squis and Marchioness of Exeter leave Bur-
leigh House on Tuesday next fur town.
• The Marquis of Waterford has quite recovered the
effects of his full at Dublin.
The Dowager Countess of Essex left Paris on Wed-
nesday for Belgrave-square.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The name of the present month is derived from the
Latin word Aprilis, or aperiu, to open : because the earth
now begins to open her bosom for the production of buds
and plants. The custom of fool-day is ancient and ge-
neral in France, the. persons imposed upon are called
" Poissons d'Avril," or April Fish. In Lisbon the fool is
made by pouring. water on every person who passes, or
throwing powder in his face.

DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS.

TU THE t OF THE SUN.

- -
SIR; Allory me to add my thanks to those which you
have already received, for having determined to exclude
from your valuable paper a certain class of advertise-
ments. I trust that the sacrifice you have made in
favour of morality will be duly appreciated by the
public, and that your example will be considered worthy
of general imitation.
I wish you would commence a crusade against another
kind of advertisements, of which the provincial papers
are allude to the puffs of quack medicines, which
although not absolutely indecent, arc abominably false,
and destructive, in iny opinion, to the health of the
euninttnity. Thousands of pounds are annually ex-
tracted front the pockets of the poor by these vile puffs.
And to this practice the proprietors of papers calling
themselves respectable. lend their aid, and share in the
unhallowed gains.
Again
thanking
a kilngl , y1)811-12f:r your spirited conduct, I re-
main. Sir, yours lunch obliged,
A MEMBER OF THE MECHANICS' I;'
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Pyaela.srl°?:f was not culti-
the reign of
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gthealse•dceolitia
liin
Edward VI., 1458. It is said to be an excellent remedy
to preserve sheep from the rot, provided they are fed
twice a week, for two or three hours each time, with
this herb. Parlov, when 'rubbed:against a glass tumbler,-
will break it ; but the cause of. this phenOmenun is not
known.