The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-17 00:00:00

No. 16,882.

LONDON

A GRAND FULL AND FANCY
R E S S B.AL L,
Under the Patronage of .
His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE,
To be given on • . .
WEDNESDAY, the 26th of FEBRUARY, 1845;
AT THE • LONDON TAVERN,
IN AID of the SOCIETY for the PROTECTION and EMPLOY•

M ENT of

DISTRESSED NEEDLE WOMEN.
PATRONESS.--HER MAJESTY the QUEEN DOWAGER.
VICE-PATRON.—The Right Hon. LORD ASHLEY, M.P.
PRESIDENT.—Mr. ALDERMAN: FAREBROTHER.
PATRONESSES.
Her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk.
Her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch.
ller Grace the Duchess of Sutherland.
Marchioness of A bercern. Lady Olivia Sparrow.
3larchioness of Clanricarde. Viscountess Joycelyn.
Countess of Sefton. Lady Mary Stanley.
Countess of Kenmare. • Lady Emily Pusey.
Countess of Gainshorough. Lady Mary Vyner.
Lady Frances Egerton. Lady Aylmer,
Lady Frances Sandon. Lady Wenlock.
Viscountess Sydney. Lady Macdonald.
Viscountess Canning. Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson.
Lady Ashley. Dowager Lady Grey.
Lady Hume Campbell.

PATRONS and COMMITTEE for conducting the BALL, under the
I'atronage of
11. R. H. the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE,
The Earl of St. Jennyn, M.P. 1 B. B. Cabbell, Esq.
Rt. Hon., Lord Robert Grosvenor) J. Alexander, Esq.
M.P. G. Bland, Esq.
Lord Dudley Stuart. - F. Clarke, Esq.
Sir R. P. Glynn, Bart. R. S. Cox, Esq.
Sr' George Larpent, Bart. T. Croudace, Esq.
Sir I. L. Goldsmitl, Bart., F.R.S. John Carter, Esq.
John Masterman, Esq., M.l'. C. S. Ellis, Esq.
George Lyall, Esq., M.P. William Itykyn,, Esq.
J.Pattison, Esq., M.P. Thomas Eykyn, Esq.
J. W. Denison, Esq., M.P. T. C. Gibson, Esq.
Benjamin WOod, Esq., M.P. , A. H. Higgins, Esq.
T. Sheppard, Esq., M.P. Thomas Harper, Esq.
Joseph Smiles, Esq., M.P. Henry Hoppe, Esq.
T. Wakley, Esq., M.P. Henry Heald, Esq.
Sir Moses Monteflo:•e, F.R.S. James Banner, Esq.
Alderman Farebrother. G. E. Hodgskinsou, Esq.
Sir C. Marshall, Alderman. John King, Esq.
Alderman Johnson. J. G. Gaunt Lye, Esq.
Alderman Hooper. John Macutchin, Esq.
Alderman Farncombe. Henry Marriott, Esq.
Alderman Moon. C. F. Moxhay, Esq.
The Hon. the Recorder of Lou- Robert Meggy, Esq.
don, M.P. W. S. Potter, Esq.
Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. G. T. Roper, Esq.
Mr. Sergeant Merryweather. William Thornborrow, Esq.
A. W. Roberts, Esq. Thornton Boyce, Esq.
J. P. Kennard, Esq. I Joseph Underwood, Esq.
D. ttalomons, Esq. I W. Wilkinson, Esq.
P. Salomon, Esq. I D. W. Wire, Esq.
Richard Thornton, Esq. B. B. Williams, Esq.
Masks not allowed.—The Ball to commence at Eight o'clock.
N.B.—The Committee sit daily at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, where Donations and Subscriptions will be most grate-
fully received ; as also by John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Treasurer.
Single Ticket, 12s, ; Double Ticket, for Lady and Gentleman, 205.;
to be had at the London Tavern, at the principal Music Shops, of the
Committee, and at the Office of the Society, 37, Rathbone-place.
Refreshments included.
WILLIAM THORNBORROW, Hon. Secretary.

A'FIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
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IATTLE OF WATERLOO.New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid
Charge ii the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Cavalry
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The division of profit' is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of 'he present year.

This instidtion offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessitc•. Assurances
thr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CA3TROUX, See.

PRESERVER FIRE, LIFE, AND FAMILY
ENDOWMENT OFFICE,
BOND-COURT HOUSE, WALBROOK.
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As an Indemnity to the Assured, a Deed of Settlement has been
executed, whereby Property, producing upwards of Five Thou-
sond Pounds per Annum has been secured to Trustees for the
fulfilment of all engagements entered into at this Office.
The peculiar advantages offered over those of similar Institutions
are, amongst others—

TO ASSURE FROM LOSS BY FIRE EVERY DESCRIPTION
OF HOUSE, CHARITABLE, and CHURCH PROPERTY, Farm-
ing Stock, Goods, &c., at a considerable reduction from the charges
usually made.
TO ASSURE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES
the payment of the principal sum to be made EITHER ON THE
DEATH OF THE ASSURED, OR ON A FIXED DAY, IF HE
BE THEN LIVING.

ADVANCES OF MONEY FOR LIMITED PERIODS on the
deposit of Title Deeds, without the expense of Mortgage Securities.

LOANS TO NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN of established
position, in conjunction With Life Assurances, upon their personal
responsibility alone.

The ASSURED MAY PASS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO AN.
OTHER without forfeiting their Policies, and MEDICAL EXAM I.
NATIONS are dispensed with.

*,* Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with the greatest pre.
cision, may be had at the Office.

JOHN WIDOWSON, Secretary

ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.
Patronised by her Majesty " THE QUFEN,” H. R. H.
PRINCE ALBERT, the !loyal Family, and the set era! Sovereigns
ad Courts of Europe.
This Elegan., Fragrant, and Transparent Oil, in its pretervative,
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it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. Facts abundantly proved by innu-
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prietors. It preserves its virtues unimpaired by the change of cli-
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the assemblies of St. Petersburgh to those of Calcutta and the
remote Fast.

To Children, it is especially recommended as forming the basis o.
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Price fis. 6d , 74., Family BAtles (equll to four small 10s. Ga., and
double that size 21s.

t-AUTION.—Each genuine bottle has the RO WLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL engraved in two lines on th W.appti• ; and on
the back of the Wradper nearly 1,5 0 times, containing 29,181etters.
Sold by the Proprietors A. ROWL AND and SON, 30, Hatton-
garden, London. and by Chemists and Perfumes.
All others are Fraudulent Counterfeits'. !

RELIEF FOR INFANTS IN CUTTING THEIR TEETH.
Ayr RS.JOHN SON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP. This efficacious Remedy has been in general use
for upwards of Thirty Years, and has preserved numerous Children
whrn suff*rng from Convulsions arising from painful Denti• ion. As
soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved,
the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as
efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease ; and so pleasant,
that no Child w,ll refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents
should he very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S A MEIICAN
SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and
Sons, 95, Farringdon-strect, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold
the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to ach Bottle. Price 2s. 9d. per
Bottle.

FRAINIPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH.
The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the
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with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick.
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holder it, the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the
following is respectfully submitted :
" a o MR THOMAS PROUT, 229. STRAND, LONDON.
" 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1842.
" Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the
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I am, therefore, warranted le declaring that they supply to me a
means Jong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, schools.
and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a
mo t valuable re ource in an oc c,D,,1 medicine. And I shall take
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esti
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and instead of .i.tlessness, heat, pdns, and jaundiced appearance,
strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
will be the result of taking this medicine, aecording to the directions
accompanying each box.
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per box , also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
Kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the
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EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Open froth Eleven Morning to Nine Er,ning.
Admission—One Shilling.
"One may read hutetins, and dispatches, and histories for a month
without obtaining the clear Idea of these movements which a glance
at the Model will convey."—Bell's Weekly Messenger.

CANDLE NOTORIETY.;--W. S. HALE'S
Superb COMPOSITE, lad, per lb., requiring no snuffing,
on comparison and trial are allowed to surpass all others of the
present day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent
Composite. Candles, neither will those called Patent Candles burn
so long a time by hours as the flue waxed-wick tallow moulds, or Is
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the light equal.

Sold for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, Si
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

rrEA. -WHOLESALE PRICES. - CASH.-
9. d. s. d. s.'d. s: d. s. d. s. el. s, d.
81ack.... 2 8 .. 3 0 .. 3 4 .. 3 8 .. 4 0 .. 4 4 and 5 0
Green—. 3 4 38.• 4 0.. 5 0..60 .. 7 0
Cotke.• 0 9 010.. 1 0.. 1 2.. 1 4.. 1 6 and 1 8
One pound free to any part of town; six pounds and upwards free
to any part of England. •

OPENING of the ITALIAN OPERA.
The season of 1845 is fast approaching. The first
indications of its approach were the commencement of
the French Plays —the second, the opening of Parlia-
ment ; but the London season can never be said to
have fairly set in until the opening of her Majesty's
Theatre. This event is announced for Saturday, the
Lt of March. Under former managements the
Italian Opera before Easter dragged on a sort of
doubtful existence, supported by mere mediocrities,
who were tolerated, and barely tolerated, by the sub-
scribers, in the hope that the post-Paschal seasons
would make amends for the short-comings of the
ante-Paschal season. To the credit of Mr. Lumley
be it spoken, he was the first .to, breaPtrough this
rule, " more honoured in the breach-ilEan in the ob-
servance," and since the management has devoliect
upon him he has made no distinction of " Times,"
but has at evemperiod of the season secured for his
subscribers tWservices of the very first talent
in every depart hat it was in his power to pro-
cure. The theat • iens on Saturday, the Ist of
March, with Verdi *w opera of Ernani, supported
by Moriani, Fornasarj, Botelli, and Madame Rita
Borio; and with a new ballet by Perrot, entitled La
Filk de la Dryade, in which the fascinating Lucile
Grahn, and Toussaint, and Perrot, will appear, sup-
portedi isysthe thirty-six dansensrs Viennoises, those
wonderful children whose performances at the Acade-
mie Royale have turned the heads of all Paris. 'We
anticipate great things from the opera of Ernani.
Verdi is a young ,composer, whose works are, com-
paratively speaking, unknown in this country, but
who has been hailed in Italy as, par excellence, the
maestro—the legitimate successor of the lost Bellini,
and the all but lost Rossini. His greatest work will
be produced before an English audience, supported in
such a manner as the maestro himself would have
wished. It were a work of supererogation to dilate on
the merits of Moriani and Fornasari, and Madame
Rita Borio, although unheard, is not altogether un-
known in this country. The number of the dilettanti
is but few who have not heard of the prima donna of
the Theatre Royal, Madrid. Great efforts were
made by the management of the Spanish Opera to
deprive us of Moriani, and the dilettanti of England
are under great obligations to Mr. Lumley, for
having secured to us the services of the primo tenore
of the world. In addition to these accomplished
artistes, we are to have. Grisi, Brambilla—Madame
Castellan, who created such an immense sensation, last
season, as a concert singer—Mademoiselle Rosetti
and Madame Rosi Caccia, from the Theatre at Lis-
bon. Signor Barroilhet, from the Academie at Paris,
is engaged, as well as Lablache (father and son) and
Mario ; and though last, not least, that rising and
improving artiste —that first of second tenors, who will
ere long take rank among the very first—Signior
Corelli, is also engaged. In the ballet department,
the enterprising impresario is equally strong. Carlotta
Grisi, Lucile Grahn, and Cerito—St. Leon, Perrot, and
Toussaint are engaged. The Diesse of the season, how-
ever, is Taglioni, who is engaged to appear for her fare-
well nights' season. We hail her approach with delight
—we hear the announcement that this is to be her last
season, with sorrow. Let us, however, hope that the
choerographic poetess, for such she really is, wilt be
induced to review her decision, and to give us a few
more farewell seasons before finally leaving the stage.
The orchestra is to be on the same scale as last year,
and Costa re-assumes the baton of conductor; Tol-
becque leads the orchestra ; Perrot is the Maitre de
Ballet ; Pugni is composer of ballet music, and Mar-
shall is principal scene-painter. Can arrangements
be more complete ? Mr. Lumley ought, and no doubt
will, command success ; according to the dictum of
Addison, he does more, he deserves it.

WEAT L EAGUE MEETING
IN COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
The AGGREGATE MEETING of the LEAGUE, in the
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN, will be held on
WEDNESDAY EVENINO NEXT, the 19th inst.
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven
o'clock precisely.
The Meeting will be addressed by James Wilson, Esq.,
George Thompson, Esq. ; and;John Bright, Esq., M.P.
Tickets of admission to all pasts of the House may be had, as
usual, at 67, Fleet-street.
Seats will in future be reserved for all Faimers who may make
application at the °tikes of the League,:up to the hour of meeting,
and their attendance, whether favourable or opposed to Free Trade,
is especially requested.

. .
WI L S ON'S - SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS.
At the MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, DEDFORD-SQUARE,
THIS EVENING, February 17,. iq Eight o'clock, •
Mr. WILSON will give for the first Ulna his New Entertainment of
WANDERING WI WE'S WALLET.
, SONGS.
PART I.—The Minstrel-4ley the bonny breastoinotsThe Cove-
nanter's Lament—Hame. came our gudeman, at e'en—Bessie Bell and
Mary Gray—The Bonny' House o' Airlie—O Bothwell Bank thou
blowiest fair—John Grwril[e.
PART IL—nail to the.chief who in triumph advances—Why left I
my name ?-31`Leod of Dunvegan, a Curse lies upon thee—l gaed a
waefte gate yestreen—Hersel be Highland Shentleman—Watty cam'
out on a moonshlny night—Gude night and joy be with you a'.
Piano-forte-7-3Ln LAND.
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. Gd. Private Boxes for Six, Iss. ;
for Eight persons, I/. '

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.- INSTITUTION.
A New - Scatted in CHEMISTRY of universal interest—
PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated by
Dr.. Ryan in his daily Lectures, and on the Evenings of
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS. DURING LENT
a Series of LECTURES on ASTRONOMY will be delivered by Pro-
fessor Bachhoffner, on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays. accompanied by Dr. Wallis on BRADY'S
CALOTONE,—KITE'S PATENT SMOKE-CURING and VENTI-
LATING ROOF, COWLS, LAMP, and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING
APPARATUS, and TAYLOR'S improved domestic FIRE ESCAPE,
arc interesting Novelties. Two beautiful Pictures of the SHRINE of
the NATIVITY are just added to the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS.
CHILD'S CHROMATROPE. THE PROTEOSCOPE. The
PHYRIOSCOPE. EXPERIMENTS by meansof the DIVING BELL
and DIVER.

The Music is conducted by T. Wallis, Mus. Doc,
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

AT MIDDLETON, OXFORDSHIRE.
TO BE LET, and entered on, 25th day of March
next, a CAPITAL RESIDENCE for a GENTEEL FAMILY,
late in the occupation of John Sawnders, Esq., containing breakfast,
dining, and drawing-rooms, kitchen, brewhouse, larders, laundry,
wine and ale cellars, and other domestic offices ; six bed-rooms on
the first floor, and three sleeping-rooms on the upper floor; large
pleasure and kitchen gardens, with green-house, coach-house and
stabling for four horses, groom's cottage, farm-yard, poultry-houses,
and piggery. Adjoining is a Field of Pasture Land, containing
10s. Oa. 24p. The whole premises, including the Plantation, contain
14s. Ix. 28p.

For further particulars, apply to Messrs. Adam Murray, and Son.
Surveyors and Land Agents, 47, Parliament-street.

BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES,
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.
JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the
public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following
cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but
without .ame or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such
great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good In all
climates.

Just published, Bvo., with nearly 1,000 Woodcuts, 50s. cloth,
AN ENCYCLOPIEDIA of DOMESTIC
ECONOMY. By THOMAS WEBSTER, F.G.S., &c. ; as-
sisted by the late Mrs. PARKES. Uniform with Messrs. Longman
and Co.'s Series of " One-volume Encycloptedias and Dictionaries."
" This work contains much useful and valuable information on an
Infinity of subjects connected with domestic economy."—From Miss
Acton's " Modern Cookery" (just published).
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

ONLY COMPLETE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.
Published this day, New Edition, fcp. Bvo. 10s. cloth, or 12s. bound

in roan, with gilt edges, • ---
MAUNDER'S BIOGRAPHICAL TREA-
SURY, Fifth Edition, revised throughout, and containing a
copious Supplement from the accession of Queen Victoria to the end
of December, 1844.
By the same Author, New Editions of
The TREASURY of HISTORY. 10s. cloth ; 12e. bound.
The TREASURY of KNOWLEDGE. Bs. Gd. cloth ; 10. Gd. bound.
The SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY TREASURY. 101. ;
12s. hound.
" These works are indeed locomotives on the railroad of the mind,
to bring with speed and profit the eager traveller to the terminus he
must long seek in vain by any other course."—Atlas.
Also, by Mr. Maunder, just published, Second Edition,
The UNIVERSAL CLASS-BOOK. 12mo. ss. bound.
London : Longman, Brcwn, Green, and Longmans.

Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London,
The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse.

Q ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
1,3 and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless
ALBATA PLATE.

C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by
a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in
bringing to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ;
possessing all the richness of Silver in aypearance, with all its dura-
bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as
it does, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed
Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as
silver, and is mannfactetred into every Article for the Table and
Sideboard:—

Just published, price 65., No. IV. of the
NORTH BRITISH REVIEW,
TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.

Fiddle.
Table Spoons and Forks, 16s. 6d. doz.
Desert Ditto ...• • • 12s. 6d.

Threaded,
30s.
251.

King's.
355.
28s.

REATY BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND CHINA.

CONTENTS:-

I. Dana's Min:sralogy.
11. Thornton's British India.
111. The Scottish Monks.
IV. Fitchett's King Alfred.
V. Life and Writings of Dr. Arnold.
VI. Baron Hugel's Travels in Kashmir and the Punjab.
VII. Report on the Poor..law.s in Scotland.
VIII. Palestine.
IX. Essays on Christian Union.
X. The Jesuits in France.
Edinburgh W. P. Kennedy. London : Hamilton, Adams, and CO.
Dublin : W. Curry, jun., and Co.

Tea 5p00n5............ ss. 6d. 12ST6d. f 13s. 6d.
Sugar Tongs •••••• • • • • Is. 3d. I 3s. I 3s. 6d.
C. WATSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal Is
peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold
than Isis metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he
wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he re-
ceives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an
article of universal wear.

PRICE sd.

Chinese to Amerisans, or from Americans to Chinese,
through the tribunals of the respective countries.
Art. 17. Provides for the residence of citizens of the
United States ; the construction by them of dwellings,
store-houses, churches, cemeteries, and hospitals, and re-
gule.tes the limits of residence, -- and trade permitted
to citizens of the United States at the five ports and the
- appertaining thereto.
Art. 18. Empowers citizens of the United States freely
to employ teachers and other literary assistants, and to
purchase books in China.
Art. 19. Provides for the means of assuring the per-
sonal security of the citizens of the United States in
China.
Art. 20. Provides that citizens of the United States,
having paid duties on goods at either of the said ports,
may at pleasure export the same to any other of the five
ports, without paying duty on the same a second time.
Art 21. Provides that subjects of China and citizens
of the United States in China, charged with crimes, shall
be subject only to the exclusive jurisdiction, each, of the
laws and officers of their respective Governments.
Art. 22. Provides that the merchant vessels may freely
carry between the five ports and any country with which
China may happen to be at war.
Art. 23. Provides for reports to be made by consuls
of the United States of the commerce of their country in
China.

Art. 24. Provides for the mode in which complaints
4or petitions n-.ay- be made by citizens of the 'United
States to the Chinese Government, and by subjects of
China to the officers of the United States, and contro-
versies between them adjusted.
Art. 25. Provides that all questions in regard to
rights, whether of person or of property, arising between
citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject
to the jurisdiction and regulated by the authorities of
their own Government.
Art. 26. Provides for the police and security of mer-
chant vessels of the United States in the waters of
China, and the pursuit and punishment of piracies on
the same by subjects of China.
Art. 27. Provides for the safety and protection of ves-
sels of citizens of the United States wrecked on the
coast, or driven by stress of weather, or otherwise, into
any of the ports of Chins.
Art. 28. Provides that citizens of the United States,
their vessels and property, shall not be subject to any
embargo, detention, or other molestation in China.
Art. 29. Provides for the apprehension in China of
mutineers or deserters from the vessels of the United
States ; the delivering up of Chinese criminals taking
refuge in the houses or vessels of the Americans ; and
the mutual prevention of acts of disorder and violence ;
and that the merchants, seamen, and other citizens of the
United States in China, shall be under the superintendence
of the appropriate officers of their own Government.
Art. 30. Prescribes the mode and style of correspond-
ence between the officers and private individuals respec•
tively of the two nations.

Aft. 31. Provides for the transmission of communisa-
tions from the Government of the United States to the
Imperial Court.

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Art. 32. Provides that ships of war of the United
States, and the. officers of the same, shall be hospitably
received and entertained at each of the five ports.
Art. 33. Provides that citiuns of the United States,
engaged in contraband trade, or trading clandestinely
with such of the ports of China as are not open to foreign
commerce, shall not be countenanced or protected by
their Government.

Art. 34. Provides that the treaty shall be in force for
twelve years or longer, at the option of the two Govern-
ments, and that the ratification shall be exchanged
within eighteen months from the date of the signatures
thereof.

The treaty purports to be signed and sealed by the
respective plenipotentiaries at Wang Hiya, the 3d of
July, 1844, and is signed

The Washington Nt.tional Atelligencer, of the 24th
ult., contains the following message from the American
President, communicating the treaty between America
and China, and wl,i4 has since been ratified.
" WASHINGTON, JAN. 22, 1845.
" To THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES,
" I communicate herewith an abstract of the treaty
between the United States of America and the
Chinese Empire, concludi'd at Whang Hiya on the
3d of July last, and ratified by the Senate
on the 10th inst., and which having also been ratified by
the Emperor of China, now awaits only the exchange of
ratifications in China, from which it will be seen that
the special mission authorised by Congress for this
purpose has fully succeeded in the accomplishment, so
far, of the great objects for which it was appointed, and
in placing our relations with China on a new footing
eminently favourable to the commerce and other interests
of the United States.
"In view of the magnitude and importance of our
national concerns, actual and prospective, in China, I
submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency
of providing for the preservation and cultivation
of the subsisting relations of amity between the
United States and the Chinese Government, other than
by means of a permanent minister, or commissioner
with diplomatic functions, as in the case of cer-
tain of the Mahometan States. It appears, by one
of the extracts annexed, that the establishment
of the British Government in China consists both
of a Plenipotentiary and also of paid Consuls for all the
five ports, one of whom has the title and exercises the
functions of Consul-General ; and France has also a sa-
laried Consul-General, and the interests of the United
States seem, in like manner, to call for some representa-
tive in China of a higher class than an ordinary eom
m2rcial consulate.
" I also submit to the consideration of Congress the
expediency of making some special provision by law for
the security of the independent and h,mourable position
which the treaty of Wang Hiya confers on citizens
of the United States residing or doing business in China.
By the 21st and 25th articles of the treaty (copies
of which are subjoined in ettenso), citizens of the United
States in China are wholly exempted, as well in criminal
as in civil matters, from the local juridiction of the
Chinese Government, and made amenable to the laws
and subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate autho-
rities of the United States alone. Some action on the
part of Congress seems desirable, in order to give full
effect to these important concessions of the Chinese Go-
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ABSTRACT OF THE TREATY.
The annexed is an abstract of the treaty, which, with
other documents, accompanied the above message:—
The preamble sets forth that the United States of
America and the Ta Tsing Empire, desiring to establish
firm, lasting, and sincere friexdship between the two
nations, have resolved to fix, in a manner clear and posi-
tive, by means of a treaty or general convention of
peace, amity, and commerce, the rules which shall in
future be mutually observed in the intercourse of their
respective countries. For which desirable object, the
President of the United States has conferred full powers
on their commissioner, Caleb Cushing, envoy extraor-
dinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States
to China, and the august Sovereign of the Ta Tsing
Empire on his minister and commissioner extraordi-
nary, Tsiyeng, of the Imperial house, a vice guardian
of the heir apparent, governor general of the Two
Kwangs, and superintendent general of the trade and
foreign intercourse of the five ports.
Art. 1. Provides that there shall be a perfect and uni-
versal peace and a sincere and cordial amity between the
United States of America and the Ta Tsing Empire.
Art. 2. Provides that citizens of the United States ,
resorting to China for the purposes of commerce will
pay the duties of import and export prescribed in the
tariff annexed to the treaty, and no other duties or
charges whatever; and that the United States shall par-
ticipate in any future concession granted to other nations
by China.
Art. 3. Provides for the admission of citizens of the
United States at the five ports of Kwan-chow, Hiya-
men, Fa-chow, Ning-po, a-1d Shang-hai.
Art. 4. Provides for citizens of the United States to
import and soli, or buy and export, all manner of mer-
chandize at the five ports.
Art. 6. Limits the tonnage duty on American ships
to five mace per ton, if over 150 tons registered burden,
and one mace per ton if of 150 tons or less. Also pro-
vides that such vessel having paid tonnage at one of the
five ports shall not be subject to pay a second tonnage
duty at any other of the said five ports.
Art. 7. Boats for t:)e conveyance of passengers, &c.,
exempted, &c., from the payment of tonnage duty.
Art. 8. Provides for authorising citizens of the United
States in China to employ pilots, servants, linguists,
labourers, seamen, and packers for whatever necessary
service.

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Art. 9. Provides for the employment and duties of
custom-house guards for merchant vessels of the United
States in China.

Art. 10. Provides that securities of vessels shall de-
posit their ships' papers with the consul, and make a
report, &c., within forty-eight hours after their arrival
in port ; forbids the discharge of goods without a
permit ; and authorises the vessel to discharge the
whole or a part only of the cargo, at discretion, or to
depart without breaking bulk.
Art. 11. Preser.bes the mode of examining goods in
order to the estimation of the duty chargeable thereon.
Art. 12. Provides for regularity and unifomity of
weights and measures at the five p.orts•
the time and mode of paying
Art. 13. Proyidps for
tinties ; tonnage duties being payable on the admittance
of the vessel to entry ; and
14.
to vessel in pes
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and restrictions on trade in China.
Art. 16. Provides for the collection of debts due from

ON TAXATION.
Political economists of every hue are puzzling their
brains to discover a remedy for the ills of the body-
politic, and politicians are speculating on the coming
changes. One party recommends the half-fed la-
bourer to take a change of air, and are preparing
parks and pleasure-grounds for his recreation ; an-
other thinks the unwasLed should indulge in the
luxuries of warm baths and clean linen ; whilst the
members of the League are labouring in their voca-
tion for a free trade, and promises to fill the bellies of
the lieges with foreign corn ; but all these are only
so many tubs thrown to the whale, to divert his
attention from the discovery of what is every hour
becoming more and more apparent, that the present
system of taxation is the source and the root from
whence all the misery and suffering of the lower
classes do proceed.
Instead, therefore, of joining in the outcry against
the property and income-tax, as proposed by Sir
Robert Peel, I should wish to hail it as the first step
to a better state of things, to a more sound consi-
deration of the important matter of national taxation ;
but the honesty of statesmen has progressed so little
in this direction, that without a considerable increase
in the pressure from without, I am afraid the present
is not the generation that is likely to realise so impor-
tant an improvement on the perversion of past times.
It is a little remarkable, that in all the agitation
that has sprung up of late years, no advocate of the
working classes should have made direct, instead of
indirect, taxation the burden of his song.
By a similar perversion of all that is just, but
from motives easy to be accounted for, nearly all
Ministers and statesmen have preferred indirect to
direct taxation. The reasons are obvious—the one
places the tax-payer under the control of the Minis-
ter, the other places the Minister under the control
of the tax-payer. In the first case, the bread that
we eat, tiv? beer, tea, coffee, sugar, and everything
else that we either eat or drink, the hat which covers
the head, the shoes that enclose the feet, and the rai-
ment wherewith we are clothed, may be all taxed to
the highest possible extent, and yet the Minister, nor
his representative, the tax-collector, be at all visible
in the matter; but let the tax-collector only knock at
the door and make demand of a few shillings,
and the why and the wherefore is instantly in requi-
sition. It comes home to the pockets and feelings of
the multitude, who accordingly scrutinise closely
every act of the Minister and his colleagues ; and,
even with our present limited system of representa-
tion, such a check on the conduct of any Ministry
would be direct and effective.

Lord Brougham, with his peculiar felicity, has
enumerated the items of taxation which have thus in-
directly been made to contribute to the necessities of
the State. It embraces all things within the com-
pass of our wants and wishes, from our entrance into
the world to our final exit from it, and even then our
very virtues, if chronicled at all, must be handed
down to posterity on taxed marble, and we may then,
but not till then, be said to be gathered to our
fathers, to be taxed no more.

Such are the facilities, such the practical effect
and operation of the two systems, and I contend
that to indirect taxation may be traced a large
proportion of the evils that afflict society. With
its assistance a Minister may he extravagant and
lavish. Unjust wars may be provoked or persevered
in until a nation is either exhausted or prostrate. A
court may be luxurious, profligate, and corrupt, poi-
soning- by its example the very springs of life and
virtue in society—and even the legislatioti of a country
may be indifferent, insensible, or blind to its opera-
tion, until the hand of the Government is perceptible
in every man's dish—until its form and pressure is
distinct and visible—and then comes the day of retri-
bution, and a few months or years, such as France
passed through in the I..st revolution, makes atone-
ment for the wickedness of centuries.
The system and its abettors are swept away at one
fell swoop, and leaves to history the righteous task of
informing posterity that the manifold oppressions of
the poor and needy have at last found as ilvenger.
Expediency, but not justice, is all that can be
pleaded in extenuation of the principle of indirect
taxation, and the pernicious and dangerous results
which flow from it will enable us to estimate this ex-
pediency at its proper value.
Before I proceed farther in the, inquiry I will now
set forth the several items which form the taxation of
take a more
the country, which will enable u
comprehensive view of the subject,s andto
to ascertain
the exact amount or proportionwhich property and
consumption respectively contribute to it.
Consuini,tion contributes in respect of—
The Customs' Duties . ..... 20,378,672
Excise

£32,538,783
Property contributes in respect of
The Stamp Duties ............... 6,611,390
Land and AssEssed T axes ...... 4,216,488
Income and Property ............5,1J1,196
Poor Rate:4, 6,000,000/. ;
Chnrcb, 550,000/. ; and 7,250,000
County, 700,000/
Tb

n 3,269,074
_le Post-office, and some others of a trifling
amount, which make up the sum of our annual taxa-
ton, arc equall-: borne by both parties, and are,
therefore, excluded from the argument; but from
these figures it would appear (considering that a por-
tion of the stamp duties and assessed taxes is paid by
consumption) that consumption pays nearly twice as
much as property, and, at the same time, more than one-
half of the whole, or twenty-eight millions per annum,

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goes to pay
for ihnneat
for little else.
I am well aware that many of our public writers
on this subject have contended that a property or
income-tax ought only to be resorted to when all
other sources of revenue are exhausted,—in other
words, that when the nation is in extreinis,—then, but
not till then, ought the property or income of indi-
viduals to be taxed; and hence the popular delusion,
that an income-tax is a war-tax. In my opinion, it
is the only tax that ought to exist in a time of peace.
Such political economists have no objection to take
a slice of every man's daily bread—they have no
objection to ask for a portion of all that is necessary
to support and renew Es strength from hour to hour
—his meat, his drink, his clothing, must all contri-
bute----nay all that minister to the gratification of his
senses must pay an enormous Government toll before
it can reach the individual who has nothing but his
abour to sustain him, be it only a pipe of tobacco or
a pinch of snuff; but the property which a man may
inherit or acquire must, forsooth, pay only in the
proportion of one-half, until the sweat of every man's
brow has been exhausted, and refuses to yield a fur-
ther supply.
The system that will permit an individual to ac-
quire or possess property must be a good one for that
individual, however grinding and oppressive to others,
and in the event of any national calamity placing the
interests of the whole in jeopardy, the possessions of
the rich would require and absorb all the means of
protection and defence in the power of the nation to
give. Where, then, is the justice of the principle
which governs indirect taxation
Feeling, therefore, the manifest injustice of the
present system, not only in principle, but in its de-
teriorating operation on the working classes, in coun-
terac!ing the just results of their labour, I would pro-
pose as a remedy that we retrace our steps.
That the present land and assessed taxes be con-
tinued and increased if necessary. That a tax ou
property and income be made a permanent one, and
that it be gradually increased from year to year, until
it shall have absorbed in the first instance all the ex-
cise duties, and also all the customs' duties, except
such as are necessary to protect our own interests or to
countervail and regulate our intercourse with other
countries, but that all such as are now raised for re-
venue should be transferred to the land, assessed
taxes, property and income.
That the principle of the tax on property and in-
come should he the same as that which now governs
the city of Frankfort, which is a sliding scale, com-
mencing at a half per cent. on all incomes of 150
florins per annum, and ending at two per cent. on
those of 8,500 florins, and all above that sum. The
greater degree of wealth in this country, and the vast
accumulations in the hands of, more especially, the
higher ranks, would justify the application of a scale
commencing at one per cent., and ending at ten
per cent.
The dukes, marquisses, and noble lords, with rent
rolls of 300,000/., 200,000/., and 100,000/. per annum,
and the merchant princes with incomes of 100,0004
and 50,0001. a-year, might object to pay a per
centage in the proportion of their wealth, but the time
is not far distant when this only just and equitable
principle .sill be enforced upon them by a stern and
overpowering necessity.
By adopting this course, I believe, a saving of three
millions might be effected out of the present annual
charge of four-and-a-quarter millions for collecting
the revanue, and the increased consumption of the
working-classes would give to every kind of property
an increase of value far beyond the taxes it would
thus be called on to pay. A certain portion of it
would therefore re-act, and still be borne by the
labour of the country, but much that now escapes
would be brought to bear its fair share of the national
burdens.
Our present system saps the foundation of all na-
tional prosperity, because it places the burdens of th
State on the weakest instead of the strongest;membert
—on the producing instead of the non-producing
classes, thus adding oppression to injustice. It also
most fearfully aggravates the causes of all national
distress, because the labour of individuals can no
longer compete with that of countries, where such a
degree of taxation is unknown—whereas, were it
placed on the property and income, instead of the
labour of the country-, from the great magnitude of
our wealth as compared with that of other countries,
it would be scarcely felt, and the national industry of
our people, freed from the incubus which now op.
presses it, would successfully compete with every na-
tion of the earth and carry all before it.
The possessors of property may lay the flattering unc-
tion to their souls, that the representation of the country
is in their hands, but without the further deterioration
of the working classes is stayed by the adoption cf the
equitable principle for which I am contending, the
greatness of England will be almost as evanescent as
was the gourd of Jonah, and the canker-worm of in-
justice and oppression will destroy the fairest politi-
cal fabric which ever guaranteed the liberties of a
great and powerful people.
In times of piping prosperity like the present, our
rulers may evade the application of this lesson of self-
denial, but I will venture to foretel that, on the next
recurrence of evil days, "to this complexion must
they come." W. F. S.
Tollington Park, Feb. 1, 1845.

DEATH of the EARL of EFFINGHAM.
We regret to have to announce the demise of this gallant
nobleman, who expired on Thursday last, at Brighton.
The deceased, Kenneth Alexander Howard, Earl of EAU' w-
ham, and Baron Howard of Effingham, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom, was only son of Mr. Henry Howard, of
Arundel, and the Hon. Maria Mackenzie, second daughter of
Kenneth Viscount Fortrose, eldest son of the Earl t,f Sea-
forth. He was born November 29, 1767, and married May
27, 1800, Lady Charlotte Primrose, eldest daughter of the
late and sister of the present Earl of Rosebery, by whom he
leaves issue three sons and two daughters—namely, Lord
Howard, the Hon. Charles Howard, the Hon. and Rev.
William Howard, and the Ladies Charlotte and Arabella
Howard.
The Noble Earl succeeded to the Barony on the death of
his kinsman, Richard, last Earl of Effingham, as Lord Howard_
of Effingham, but in 1837 the Earldom was created anew in
favour of the deceased.
His Lordship, who had been in the army nearly sixty
years, had eminently distinguished himself in that branch of
the service. He entered the army as Ensign on the 21st of
April, 1786. From February, 1793, to May, 1795, his Lord-
ship served with the Guards on the Continent, and was present
at the affair of St. Amand, where he was wounded; at the
siege and capture of Valenciennes, the action of Lincelles, and
siege of Dunkirk. During the rebellion in 1798 he served
Major of Brigade in Ireland. lie went in the Caine capacity
with the expedition to Holland in 1799, and was present en
all the actions of that campaign. In January, 1811, he
joined the army in the Peninsula under the Duke of Welling..
ton. Ile was appointed to the command of a brigade of the
Ist division, and was present with that body at the action of
Fuentes d'Onor ; was transferred with his brigade to the 2d
division, the command of which he held as senior officer from
July, 1811, to August, 1812. At the action of Arroyo de
Molinos he particularly attracted the favourable notice of his
commanding officer (lord Hill) by his determined gallantry.
He commanded on that occasion the right column, princi-
pally composed of infantry from the 50th, 71st, and 92d
Regiments, and a company of the 60th. In his dispatch to
the Duke (then Viscount) of Wellington, Lord Hill recom-
mends to his notice the bravery of the then Major-General
Howard in the highest terms. -In November, 1812, he was
appointed to the command of the Ist Brigade of Guards in
the first division ; and in June in the following year he suc-
ceeded to the entire command of that division of the artr_q,
which he maintained to the end of the war, in 1814. He
was at the battle of Vittoria, the attack on Tolosa, at the
passage of the Bidassoa, and at Rivelle. He also rendered
great service at the Nive, and subsequently at Adour. The
Noble Earl was at the investment of Bayonne, and repulse
of the sortie, besides various affairs of minor importance. For
his services at Vittoria and the Nive he received a medal and
one clasp.
The Noble Earl was for some years Colonel of the 70th
Foot, but on a vacancy occuring in the 3d (Buffs) in January,
1832 'his Lordship was appointed to that regiment, which he
has held ever since. His commissions dated as fellows :
Ensign April 21, 1786 ; Captain, April 25, 1793 ; Lieu-
tenant!Colonel, Decembr 30, 1797 ; Colonel, January 1p
1805 ; Major-General, July 25, 1810 ; Lieutenant-Genera
August 12, 1819 ; and General, January 10, 1837. The
de-
ceased Earl was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
Bath, and a Knight Commander of the Tower and Sword of
Portugal.
ThaebtoitNlee- rniloewntii loenveodh:esTohneLporresed Howard,
iivaEradr,i tNle,a3rarblo'sniel.3ldest,he
l August,
50n,23 of August 1806, and married the 18thof 8
l Sir Gortlota
only daughter ofG.oeuntleirfaull
Miss Eliza Drummond,
hhaasvinag been born in family, his
epldruesnHis Lordship, during the Parliaments of 1830
tinisoonnd;
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ill•ohwonairdh,e
Fe-
bruary, 1837.
and 1831, sat in the House of Commons as Member for New-
Shoreham.
The families of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Lord
and Lady Dahneny, and several personages of distinction,
are placed in mourning by the death of this respected No-
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period of his life takencs a lig, but he has at no
any active part in political affairs.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.—The Mayor
of Lincoln has got himself into a scrape by refusing or
neglecting to answer some application from this Con-
pa►ny, addressed to him in his official capacity. The
agents of the Railway Company in question wrote to the
Mayor twice, :statinc, that as their line would pass over
lands belonging to the freemen of Lincoln, they were de-
sirous of having, a meeting of the said freemen called, se
that some gentlemen on behalf of the Company might
attend and give the necessary explanations to the body.
His worsl4 has never made the request known to the
frceinc n, nor has he ever acknowledged the receipt of the
ters.—Littcolnshire Advertiser.
IZUYAL lIU,IIANE SOCIETY.—On Sunday mornirig,
a sermon in aid of the funds of this Institution, was
preached at St. Matthews' Chapel, Spring•gardens, by
the Rev. James Proctor, A. M., Vicar of Garthope, &c.
The sum collected amounted to 21/. Os. Bd.
MR. GROGAN'S BENEFIT.—The benefit of hfisr..
Grogan, the box book-keeper of the Lyeeuna
fixed for Tuesday. The bill of fare is most
the
best
of
In addition to the Trip to Kisscngcn,. one of theatre,at
tra
e y
e.
iltlh abet beas tOOO
of bur-
modern farces, A Model of a,
jthueD.Seruienhs,a tbhille
lesques, Vilentine anfl Orson, there
supported by
ts:drst.aßetn•nthsacrnf ,
of
fare would atone be sufficient to secure a crowded house
bajr; dththee
but even were tho entertainments less attractive thrial
they really are, the uniform civility and attention of Ar.
Grogan ought to secure him a bumper.