The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-27 00:00:00

MR: DUNN'S CHINESE COL- PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
richThisLECTION. On Wednesday evening, a Lecture was delivered
the and unparalleled Chinese collection, illustrative of to a full audience, by Jonathan Duncan, Esq., at the
wesstf:ll, manufactures, and ornaments of the " flowery and Noah's Ark, Deptford, upon the subject of Parlia-
race:' is. now open to public view at Hyde Park-
corner.-mentary Reform, in connexion with the present
The Visit of her Majesty, the Duke of Cambridge
444 other
1,111,
,members of
.the Royal house, had led us to expect' movement for an extension of the suffrage. He com-
menced by explaining that the agitation for Reform
eioi,„:_ns-Jusuitual of display ; and inspection caused our an-
toarns, to be altogether surpassed, by a spectacle no less was no novelty—that it had been an undying princi-
Aniticent than novel. plc with Englishmen since the foundation of the mo-
roLlcept the collection at the Hague, which cannot be put in narchy. He presented himself as connected with the
t',arm% with the present, and the scanty Chinese speci-
ag at the India House, neither England nor the Continent Parliamentary Reform Association—a body which
tt"..3 anything equal to this superb miniature museum; with its had taken up and advocated points, which had been
ruted, of objects, gathered from every quarter of China. laid down in 1780, by an association of which the
year ;Ton, the proprietor, a gentleman of fortune, about the Duke of Richmond was the head. The points, so
444728 commenced this collection, and during a period of
the
_..c years , continued with pat ient research, industry, and adopted 62 years ago, were-
-1 Annual Parliaments
toeJui.l.ey of large sums, to accumulate the gorgeous speci-
-2 Universal Suffrage
101:_wa.ich compose it. He was assisted in his commendable
3 Voting by Ballot
Phil by Houqua, Tingqua, and other Hong merchants of
ported tP
Phildeirlattle note, and after exhibiting his noble collection at 4 Equal Polling Districts
ut. where it was visited by thousands, he has trans- 5 No money qualification of Members
tad
scientific a England at the suggestion of the most influential 6 Fayment of Members for their attendance.
~,,e men of the day. A great number of noblemen supported these
atc'hi,
textutrerior of the building at Hyde Park is Chinese in its points—amongst them were, the Duke of Richmond,
tolip.st!_
_al style, having verandah-shaped roofs resting upon the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of
reside Of
a red ochre colour, and modelled after a summer- l."ence existing in China. The magnificent apartment in Surrey, the Earl of Selkirk, Viscount Mountmorres,
;gallitbudi the collection is displayed to view forms a noble saloon and Lord Kinnaird. All this proved that the question
ire%ery 225 feet in length, by 50 in width, with lofty cell- of the suffrage was no " novelty ;" that the bugbear
d supported by numerous pillars. The sides of this room cry of ~ innovation" should not be allowed to haunt
boi.ael.l sub-divided into fourteen compartments, which again, the mind even of the most timid in a question of such
tie, ;fil.irrer and upper sections, contain most of the curiosi-
s, l'e I treasures of the exhibition ; ranging down the room great importance.. Indeed the struggle for freedom
Lovelo merous stands of cases filled with specimens of Chinese had been going on from the earliest periods, and had
i t:3', art, handicraft, and manufacture ; pendent from the been as regularly progressing, as may be shown by
the J.,re scores of those splendid lanterns, of which, during This would expose the
to be al so called, not less than 200,000,000 are computed
reference to our history.
sources of our degradation, would show that it arose,
th„, met blazing throughout the empire ; while at each end of
and still exists, in consequence of the transmission of
ea; aPartment are two rich fabrics, the one at the upper end or
loarrear et consisting of a superb Chinese screen, carved, co- hereditary power. Upon the subject of the land -tax,
the otl;erand gilded, with all the lavish glory of eastern art, and the lecturer dilated at considerable length, and went
menu, adorne
dte lower end, representing a nobleman's apart- into an argument, supported by calculations for the
caning e externally with trellis-work of the richest purpose of exposing oue of the greatest frauds ever
se
~rlg, and whieb, through an oval widow, lets in a landscape •
. h'neereallY soft as can be imagined. committed upon a people. By a fiction of law all the
io,
~.isPlendour of the whole, as we beheld it yesterday even- lands in the kindom were said to be held of the
I),Ze,n_illuminated with gas, was brilliant in the extreme. King, upon various tenures. These tenures were, in
the !h. "lind, the great gods of gold—San, Paou, and Fuh— many cases, very vexatious, and the aristocracy,
tireil re*teat Budhas—figures 11 feet in height, and fac- therefore, in 1692, made a stipulation to pay 4s. in
tetopj: et. di in the celebrated Ronan Joss-house or
thei ..„"at in their still and colossal grandeur. Mandarin; in the pound as land-tax, in lieu of all feudal
5t114,-"" r°bes, and black satin "Pow-kvvas," appeared on the services due from the landed proprietors to the Crown.
their. Priests in their full canonicals, common soldiers in The rental in Queen Anne's day, when this law
"the red tunics and coarse blue nankeens, Tartar archers of passed, was ten millions ; the land-tax, therefore, was
Nat ...gland, army," and the common street-beggars of the two millions ; but since that time the rental has in-
lite„...'ltY, barbers, cobblers, and boatwomon—all the size of
Nee ',se here assembled, and put in miraculous contrast. Some creased enormously ; but the tax paid is even less. than
NI, • Containing groups of living Chinese beauties—ladies of when the rental was only one-seventh of what it now
loatii.in full costume—exhibit the exquisite texture of the China is. It becomes a mere question of figures to prove
titesselPthwe to fine effect ; the satins in which they are that since 1692 the aristocracy have plundered the
I!er th:!, as stout as boards, and glossy with richness, where-
we had suof embroidery permits the original fabric to be seen. public out of more than the whole amount of the na-
cielttir no conception that the vaunted " Serica Vestis," an- tional debt;. and as. that debt was incurred. to support
roans, "n 1 and so greatly admired by the Persians and Ito- the privileges of aristocracy, and cripple human free-
apteiLwas actually so gorgeous in its fabric and tissue, as the dom, the people are entitled to say to the landel gentry,
~,e ~ens here collected show it. " You owe the national debt." They may not plead
batedt attempt
jo the _. specification of the innumerable articles distri- prescription or law, because they had a Parliament of
iut, ;th "v sixty cases about the apartment, would be utterly
their own... If the people had been represented all
4eant., e curious eye, however vrilldetectan infinitude of choiee,
cittarit'ul, and often itique specimens in each and all. Part i- this spoliation would not have been committed. The
tooth3:l4 would point attention to the carvings in ivory. The calculation was as follows
Ilbevett-'oAsaiatic elephant was never more delicately traced, In 1692 the landed rental was 10,000,0001. ; land-tax,
'educed r "'aped, than in multitudes of beautiful specimens, 2,000,0001.
the moss
by the skill of the native artists of China. They are In 1770 the landed rental, on authority of Arthur
Tlis • t exquisite and elaborate pieces of art we ever beheld. i,
cost Jars, basins,flower-stands . a ming, was 60,000,000/.
htlr krably ower-stands, and vases of porcelain are in-
In 1842 the landed rental, on authority of Sir Robert
II ut into ,_oe, and in the delicacy of the forms and figures
Peel, was 70,000,000/.
1 lish, .pttnem, put Dresden Sevres and our Potteries to the .
L'2o ,t, ",e paintings also, 'by native'
artists, of which about From 1692 to 1842 gives a term of 150 years, and
ehielil stisPended -about the walls, exhibit well the point at this the lecturer broke down into two periods : the
~either
at art has arrived in China which, if it nevertheless first from 1692 to 1770; the second from 1770 to
geithereTaPete with that of civilised,nations, satisfies one that 1842. To determine the average of land-tax due
?,he eieverness nor skill are wanting
lisit„.cale, numbered 43, will, no doubt greatly delight lady from 1692 to 1770, he took the two extreme sums of
viiiit;'' it contains " Shoes for ladies having large feet," of ten millions as legislatively settled in 1692, and sixty
41,0, get).'nough to set up a small shoemaker is exhibited. millions, as estimated by Arthur Young in 1770.
ticstlpelially
phoete.st for ladies having small feet.'.' These latter are Adding these two sums together gives 70 millions,
eg to 6 z e and beautiful; the feet which these were des-
bee, a
_, t and dividing that amount by two, gives the average
are called b the Chinese, on account of their small- and En" beauty 6, Kurth loon," r. Golden WtIT ' annual land rental for 78 years, included between
to're "stools • .or Water-lilies," les, a
1692 and 1770. This yields 35 millions. Four
red wilh upon which these "golden lilies rest, are . . .
Zrting to th embroidered silk. We cannot avoid again ad- shillings in the pound being the same as one-fifth of a
;fewded over earvings, which are generally in camphor wood, pound, one-fifth of 35 millions becomes the amount
birds —et pith cirved network, and figures reresentative
4/1 ' &Ayersof land-tax due in each year on the average of the
Istioenq the E! and fruits ; even the rich English. specimens
whole period between 1692 and 1770. This yields
„ r elan Eighth's and our Queen Elizabeth's time will no
.tr ""tt par ,seven millions per annum, which for the 78 years be-
4. L paragon by these.
ipnese ton :ngdon, a gentleman well acquainted le
with tl comes 546 millions. Taking the next period, from
ko the c„...g,11 , customs, and manners of this remarkable people 1770 to 1842, and proceeding in the same manner,
ka Nee, i"clor ol ' the collection. It is open from 10 in the Go millions, the estimate of Arthur Young, must be
, i h.phie the
,same hour at night ; and, whether regarded
144 ig"'Y 'Neel. fashionable I delightful •i 11 added to the 70 millions estimate of Sir R. Peel. This
ts,„_esooree ,
.. lounge or, in e ec-
"nt to 4 'Jur. Dunn's exhibition must be pronounced para- gives 130 millions, which, divided by two, gives 65
ny of the season. millions as the average landed rental for this term,
one-fifth of which yields 13 millions, the amount of
land-tax which ought to have been levied ; and this
multiplied by 72 gives the aggregate land-tax for the
last period of 936 millions. The account, therefore,
would stand :
Land-tax due from 1692 to 1770 ..
Ditto 1770 to 1842 .

, MARY LEBONE BANK.
IN RE DAVID HANNAY.
,pie 41,6 IP" fixed for the adjourned final examination of
itose tlPt, in the Court of Bankruptcy, the proceedings in
toteNsls,e have been reported by us as they occurred.
rf4_ creditors were present to-day, with Mr. Roy as so-
-1,14 te, Me assignees, and Mr. Robins for the bankrupt,
~,eert,Yl!ed Counsel (whose name we did not hear) attended
L4ll, I_4l of the creditors.
411011,;74. ited COUNSEL addressed the Court at considerable
1,14!€1 -stated in substance that he appeared for certain
gitli °Cd ora who were copartners in the Marylebone Bank,
s..irbeen for a few years carried on with every apparent
l',!7;; but ultimately ended in proving to be " a bubble."
in pp 4t itipt was the manaker of that bank—the prime mover
!qe ~octor of the concern, which commenced in the year
ititeleilttcontinued until 1841, when it " broke up." His
Nis Olett was to apply for an
.adjournment of the bank.-
st lull -IXanatnation upon a variety of grounds, but parti-
thr, gse voluminous arid complicated accounts upon
oZla 441.11,41k,rupt now sought to pass had not reached his
4/7 thx-ci,j,h! day before yesterday, and it could not be sup-
'otthirornary minds could investigate them without time
atasetltvaotZ:4lnnination. The accounts as furnished showed
vriti,4l%„ .7t,l*.t state of things. He found one item in the
14,3737.eilseekin", that in the balance of the banking account
rtipt eo .4;414. t, there was a sum due by the latter of
Sir 651(11,tiate'L'ons1 he now required to know how the bank..
the w viten indebted in so large a sum to the bank?
hose Lentt.Ltalla—ln no way but by misconduct.
tthe'Lknil3Pounsxr. proceeded—ln the statement of ex-
hat down that the bankrupt had paid on account
.714t,14.147..."_,9541. 18s. 6d., "less half to his account."
0- went "'ruling of such a statement? But the ac-
'4 to thas to. discounts and commission, which were
tern.
Itbank.
1,171. iLLIAms—I thought that the bank were his
4'441 te4rued
1,46„, or ou/int.—There was a " lumping " sum put
4141-1,1 ToVits, of 1,0001., and for interest no less than
414 hetreltoide "13111 were these loans made ? The creditors
th:141,-"co the ra had, up to this time, no means of knowing,
se of. thl riqUested time for further inquiry? In the
thet:,,aeet.i.. Previous investigation it became necessary to
kcp4 theta,, tin previous
of the directors and shareholders, and a re-
-Ist, Ilts the tirdant was called in, and while on the face of
kizsurii found two such conflicting items as the follow-
-1114 Le 41%21, * 1,057/. Os. 9d and deficit (amended) 10,3721.
et Makel nt be, deemed unreasonable in the
ektZithe this application for further time to exa-
b I,l,.°ttiek ruPt's accounts, and also for delaying the last
I,Nit Ilor i •
litOlo'th,-%ood with the shareholders of the Marylebone
btisALePPlication for the further adjournment of the
examination
thithtti 4"ruP •
be 20%Y Y hik Cohere begged permission to read a letter ad-
ds oof 4.. h Directors of the Marylebone Bank, dated
thero 'gust, 1841, in which he expressed his readiness
,o,cooeto, !very information in his power With reference to
het °tit they never since gave him the opportunity to
174 wY to 401 in their reply to his letter they expressed an
,ploy repot flir statement which he might have to make.
,pkiT._revet,,,t.th the bank was made up by Mr. Quitter, a
ZlN'tlyt) boric professional accountant, and as far as he (the
jotthe
o3t."edits accuracy could not be questioned. Con-
ittk it the blatration had taken place in the statements of his
e:)37alllP to one saying it was 17,0001., and another swel-
etsih lg. ,tv,ooo/. ; but the fact was that it was only
4 lilt from which was to be deducted 4,000/. for
Z;ink beside himself and his friends having paid into
qi0,111) (c 71., and thus he did not now consider himself to
relic that the g) them one single sixpence. He was only
hlre
"Ould notPOblic should know the real truth, and there-
it
ittrtheeoject to a short adournment.
heating was then adjourned to the 21st of. July

546,000,000
936,000,000,

Land-tax which ought to have been paid 1,482,000,000
The amount actually paid

Amount of National Debt

1,162,000,000
860,000,000

302,000,000
Thus showing, that had the* land-tax been paid,
there would have been no national debt, and there
would be 302,000,000 in the National Treasury, to
say nothing of the immense amount which has been
paid for interest upon that debt.
The lecturer disavowed all desire to break faith
with the public creditor. lie left such spoliating doc-
trines to Sir James Graham, who wrote a pamphlet,
in which he recommended the application of the
sponge to the national debt. All that is requisite is
simple justice, and the payment of the debt by those
who owe it. The interest of the debt—the yearly
30,000,000/. cripples the industry of the country, and,
what is worse, monoply in all shapes has been called
in to amass a capital to be expended in bribery. The
4,000,000/. yearly wrung from the people by the
sugar monopoly is spent in corrupting constituencies,
thus rivetting upon the people chains wrought by
their own hands.

Mr. Duncan then entered into the details of pro-
jected reforms, dilating upon the six points of Uni-
verral Suffrage, Short Parliaments, Ballot, Equal
Electoral Districts, No Property Qualification, 4nd
Payment of Members, contending that an extension
of the suffrage, to give a real representation to the
people, was the only means of relieving existing bur-
dens, or securing future prosperity.
At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks
was, upon the motion of Mr. Wade, given to Mr.
Duncan for his interesting discourse.

DISTRESSAJTLEtDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR.—Herewith you will receive a copy of a requisi-
tion to the Mayor, already signed by about 200 of the
most respectable shopkeepers and other tradesm-Aa in
Leeds, nearly one-half of whom are Conservatives.
All parties have united to make known the alarming
state of trade, and the unparalleled distress that pre-
vails in the borough, but it is not the intention of the
requisitors to discuss, or recommend any particular re-
medy ; they will merely content themselves by stating
facts, and making known the real state of their trade,
in the hope that something will be done immediately,
for this state of things cannot continue much longer ;
something must be done.

The meeting will be convened by circular, on Wed-
nesday or Thursday next.
The Magistrates have a incei.ing this day to consider
what can be done relative to the distress that prevails
in the borough, and the subject will be brought under
the notice of the Town Council some day next week.
Not less than 4,040 heads of families in the township
of Leeds are receiving parochial relief at the present
time, and, calculating five to a family, we have upwards
of 20,000 persons receiving parochial relief, being about
one-fourth of the population in the township ; and the
other townships in the borough are in no better condition.
I remain, your's respectfully,
WILLIAM WIIITEIIEAD.
175, Briggate, Leeds, June 24, 1842.
[The requisition to the Mayor has been received.]

IvH """"""""------------------------
P,lk4,°.tet,i, °P INTELLIGENCE.
444tt,i'lli at!'' sin tqz 24.—The accounts from the Hop
'4(l 4 with e„geherally very bad, the plants being still much ttlltdrains w h and vermin, which, since the cool night.
tlitl 6,004 have had, are on the increase. The duty is
'ille kh°4l. to 9,0001. Market good for all fine hops.
.t)tt,r`!tts o'f. ",„.tYl'ot 24.—The accounts this morning from
Iletiiii 'nice ,1 nent and Sussex report the Hop plantations
~'et 'n whi ',Lie rains, the cold nights appearing to favour the
1,17:',1Zi110;se,"0004 very strong in some grounds. The duty ranges
'et s 1 h and 110,000/., but many persons nk it
'll4 it ..j trade is good for fine and choice Hops, and
Thn he advanced quotations.
p, - -1.• .„, ""-...............--,.....,,,,—..........
'4141 hroti" else 40,000 letters and 40 hags of news-
kki' 4t, gilt by t,!l ti .
R kel'rt:e,,;kr thisecit nwi caosrn3,o3noohedrollea.st
Ttrhiips.
was theeoasrtgageset
,N4t 'ettei, -i7-'4l in thisycountry. —Jamaica Despatch.
tp.* 'tti carrelt' t°011 l Nuremberg
toepi tn, w olc Place there on the preceding Sunday be-
t;kt it'l'. frorn°r,k,nen and the police, which became at length
o,llt s teas i.l ttnt number of persons who joined the rioters
it Ilsi`cle,t,",essary to call out the regular troops. An at-
4,,towillg tb,,,t4e streets by a charge with bayonets, but with-
lii'tl se4;,,g_ stn m, Navin failed, says the letter, and the populace
lit. h tii 8.1 Persons.L the troops, the latter were ordered to fire,
'thet 'Persed are said to have been killed. The mob
lie , tetering cries of ‘• Long live liberty ! Long
!Ittil tit Ilinblie of ,u . , „
io, IA remberg
1 ij'tlin hi;—()UIS Or WiTERFORD.—This young
414 fo,be f; afforded an example to the Irish landlords, which,
/t't °llskiar!ti, too man of them will be slow to imitate.
et4,srna, bg is copied from the IVaterford Chronicle
Iketit:t,th.,ten informed by a gentleman of unquestionable
1:It i Alt. 6`t the Marquis of Waterford has intimated to his
tl tk:tlienit,re,,°!ge Aleara, his intention of giving the whole of
,!!tieetifice,37 tenantry one entire years' rent. This generons
ItNst 'itely ail" Was determined on by the Noble Marquis
t 414 andt_ ter his nuptials There is not a better or a
,tr,NY he urd in this country than the Marquis of Waterford.
Ity)tt:hst t.'11(1,- he can afford to be generous—to be sine he
otit IZ'kp then
? Are there not hundreds in Ireland—many
it,dt, tigl,ectgtibourhood, who can afford to be good and gene-
t c. 1111,01 4: ibut who are the very opposite—the veriest
obi,iit, r Tido...!
afternoon
21nfortunate tenantry ?"
. b,_te,,i,„.l the steam-ship Perth, Captain.
4 i II s ,f
salmon ore's wharf, \Yapping, from Dundee, with
k'te ,sixty-seven live oxen; thirty.eight lambs,
t4o,,'Ai. Ttantity of
tksCti th ----A,,cord. merchandise.
114, 3,are qqantit ..I.lig to a return laid before P.arlia-
‘,,ltrin,,,,,lYtool. !oak) made in Great Britain (luring Ihe
lt,ol vi,,jetkti x,,,,,169,nnb, 142 lbs., and of that le ,480,000
42, I,,,`."ltiit o,l'l 'll'd to foreign par.
ti;,'t,l.l,';lt'llt „er",t‘trer-storm, accompanied by rain and
1(4'1 tie; abut - ont!squieu- Volvestre ( Haute-Garonne .on
11,4',,..(!n, it
Passed n the evening, and continued raging
i 1,1,114,5411,1-1, ratan,
streets
from south to north, and, after the first
,tP,
_,lit %it,: t)Zets and roads were transformed into iaipe-
lON l'krtrile,,,, gutters of the houses overflowed, and the
11',r,.'1!ar the town weee filled with water. The Rise, a little
s,',,s,''
.its banks, swelled to a height of 12 feet, and, over-
kiesl ,-Inse to t,'_, did considerable damage. In a country
ed _%tn.,
and le town, the furniture was floating in the
NI i:n4 0.4 ne electric fluid, entering the out-houses,
'44,2 No other life was lost hut the amount of da-
# wiLliderible. '