The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-23 00:00:00

FART. 11.

Leader, Mr. Willy ; Conductor, Mr. G. P. Harris.
OvertUre.-.(Romeo and .Juliet)—G. A. Macfarren.
Song—Miss M. B. Hawes, ".From the ruin's topmost
tower," (Der Vampyr)—,-Marselmer.—
Air—Mr. Manvers, " Total eclipsef (Sampson)—
liudol,
New worq—Allas Dolby, " Estelle;" (first time of
performance)—Henry Smart.
Solo, Violin—Mr. W. Cramer.
song—Miss Rainforth, "Rose softly blooming ". (A zor
and Zemira)—Spohr,
Song—Mr. Machin, " The British Anchor "—E. J.
Lacier.
Preghiera—Miss Birch, Miss Rainforth, Miss Fanny
'Russell, Miss Dolby, Miss M. B. Hawes, Mr. Man-
vers, Mr. Pearsall, and Mr. Machin, • " Dal tuo
stellato soglio," (Mosein Egitto)—Rossini.
Qv erture .-,-.(Figaro)—Mozart.
Mozart's delightful sestetto was beautifully given,
and was loudly and deservedly applauded. Phillip's •
fine clear tones told admirably in it, and he gang with
great effect. entering thoroughly into the spirit of his
author, Tie beautiful Irish melody " Savournah
deelish" was beautifully given by Miss Fanny Rus-
sell. The gem of the first part, however, was J. P.
Knight's ballad of the "Dream," sung by Miss Birch.
We never heard Miss Birch in better voice, and she
never displayed gloater taste than she did in the exe-
cution of this beautiful ballad. The audience listened
with silent delight until its conclusion, when the
room re-echoed with plaudits,- and there was
a loud and unanimous call for its repetition, .
with which Miss Birch gracefully complied. Dr.
Callcott's beautiful glee, " With sighs, sweet rose,'
was also honoured with an encore. Herr Muhlenfeldt
elicited considerable applause by his performance of
Beethoven's grand concerto, in which he displayed
great taste and considerable musical knowledge, al-
though he seems scarcely to have sufficient firmness
of touch to do full justice to the master pieces of
Beethoven. Mr. Henry Smart's new song, "Estelle,"
should rather be called a scena than a song. It is a
delightful composition, and will, no doubt, be
soon found on the pianoforte of every young
lady who possesses power of [voice sufficient
for its execution. Miss Dolby sang it with
great power and pathos, and was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. It will doubtless henceforth be one of
Dolby's favourite songs. The violin solo of Mr. W.
Cramer, was a wonderful performance. Exquisitely
sweet was the music, which the violin discoursed
under his management. His bowing was truly asto-
nishing, and unlike the generality of pieces composed
for the purpose of enabling*, a solo performer to display
his powers of execution, it was not caviare to the
vulgar. The most uncultivated ear could not but
have been delighted with the exquisite flow of melody,
" the delightful concord of sweet sounds," of the
violin solo of Mr. W. Cramer. Want of space pre-
vents us from 'noticing the other performances of the
evening, the whole of which were given with great
taste and judgment. We were delighted to see that
the rooms were crowded, and we trust these delightful
concerts will continue to receive that pUblic supper
which they so richly deserve.

SITTINGS OF THE INCOME-TAX

COMMISSIONERS.

The Commissioners appointed for the City of Lon-
don under the Property and Income-tax Act, com-
menced their sittings on Monday, for the purpose of
hearing the appeals against the assessments on ac-
count of the tax. The chambers where the Commis-
sioners sit are at 36, Basinghall-street, and both Mon-
day and yesterday were crowded during the whole of
the day by persons anxious to be heard against the
assessment, and amongst whom loud complaints were
raised• about the complication of the papers submitted
to them; the excessive amount.to which they had been
assessed, notwiths6nding the returns they had made,
and the great inconvenience and trouble they had
been put to in dancing attendance from day to day,
iii order to get their claims of reduction allowed, or
the assessment altogether set aside. The plan adopted
by the Commissioners, notwithstanding the outcries
against them, seem's to have been chosen with due re•
gard to the 'convenience of the public. The City hav-
ing been divided into districts, notices of the day of
hearing was forwarded, with the papers to be filled up,
to all persons assessed in each of the said districts ; and
on appearing at the chambers, a number is appended
to each notice paper presented, and they are then heard
in rotation, so that those who make the earliest appli-
cation on the appointed day are the soonest heard. On
Monday the district comprising the wards of Aldgate,
Bassishaw, Billingsgate, Bridge, and Bishopsgate were
taken, when upwards of 200 appeals were heard, out
of which nearly two-thirds of the claims for exemption
or reduction were admitted, and produced pretty ge-
neral satisfaction. Yesterday, 392 numbers were is-
sued
for the district comprising Bread-street, Candle-. 1
wick, Cheap, Coleman-street, Cornhill, and Dowgate
wards, the results of which appeared to be far less sa-
tisfactory than the preceding day. Friday next is
appointed as an adjourned day for hearing those cases
for the above wards that could not come before the
Commissioners on either of the first days. It is ex-
pected that the appeals from theiCity alone will occupy
till Christmas.

The French Cabinet, it is said, has resolved upon
making the faithful execution of the treaties of 1831
and 1833,
,a Ministerial question. M. Guizot is de-
termined to declare so frankly to the Chamber, and
if defeated, to leave to other hands the responsibi-
lity of a rupture of diplomatic relations with Great
Britain.

MORE JOBBING.—Three awkward questions for the
Home Secretary :-1. Did any on. e ever see Mr.
Sir Bond (the young barrister whom J. Graham has
appointed the new Magistrate at Qt u.eenlsquare, with
in we
a salary of 1,0001. a-year) s inmster-ball with a
brief in his hand ?-2. Is he not the 'son of Dr. Bond
of Dorchester, of electioneering notoriety ?-3. Did
not the rejected of Cumberland find refuge in Dor-
chester P—A Barrister.
DEAL, MONDAY.—This being the birthday of the
Princess Royal, the Thunderer and the other war
vessels in the Downs hoisted their gayest colours, and
fired a royal salute. The Deal and Walmer band,
about ten, at the head of a large number of the
inhabitants and visitors, walked up to the front of
Walmer Castle, where they drew up, and the
band played the national and favourite airs.
The Deal boats, in honour of the occasion,
to the number of twenty-six sail, were manned.
and brought up to the offing under the walls, the wind
being northerly. They then sailed out to the south-
west about two or three miles, turned in and lay to
under the Castle walls, giving three cheers, which the
Queen and Prince Albert most graciously acknow-
ledged by repeatedly bowing from the ramparts. The
fleet of boats then stood out, and having rounded the
Thunderer, stretched away inwards, and landed at
Deal, after an absence of about two hours.
The question of introducing the cultivation of flax
is beginning to be discussed by the agriculturists at
their market tables and their various annual gather-
ings, and we have no doubt, from the energy and the
sprit of inquiry which distinguish the farmers of the
present day in the affairs of their calling, that the
matter will be thoroughly investigated, and the advan-
tage or disadvantage of the system ascertained by
practical experiment.—Esser Herald.
TESTIMONIAL TO MISS FANNY TERNAN.--The ad-
mirers of this fascinating little artiste, anxious to tes-
tify their high opinion of her inimitable performances,
have entered into a subscription to present her with
some memorial in commemoration of her early con-
nexion with the drama at Doncaster. The amount
raised is already very handsome ; and we have no
doubt something will be realized worthy the high
opinion Miss Fanny has gained with the Doncaster
audience.—Doncaster Chronicle,

LONDON :
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2; 1842.

Some writers seek in the vices of the demo-
cracy for a foil to the vices of the aristocracy,
and make these out to be comparatively white,
because those are very black. Admitting the
facts, the apologists of the aristocracy forget that
the democracy are not the. legislators of the aris-
tocracy, but the aristocracy make laws for the
democracy, and are responsible for the vices of
the others as well as their own. The dark hues
of the democracy, therefore, far from serving as
a foil to the aristocracy, only give intensity to
their own natural colours. Their example and
their rule are equally pernicious, and both tend
to corrupt and degrade the nation.
It is generally asserted, though we cannot be-
lieve, that any person capable of thinking has
really adopted the conclusion, that a large leisure
class, such as our aristocracy, is favourable to the
T
cultivation of letters. They may, for want of a
useful occupation,,,iiat,d so amuse
do theysethnz promoteeseh,
themselves, but
u th
e
general thet e
question
is, to v
general instruction of the bulk of the commu-
nity ? For some centuries the aristocracy of
Italy and France were renowned for their culti-
vation of literature, and their patronage of the
fine arts; and till the first French Revolution,

the • French and the Italians were remark-
ablefor their gross ignorance of
.everything that
is worth knowing. The English aristocracy have
plumed , themselves for many years on similar
tastes, and they are. supported by an aristocratic
Church; but it is notorious that, till WESLEY ex-
cited a taste for a certain kind of book know-
ledge by religious enthusiasm, the people were
,sunk in extreme and gross ignorance. It was
not till the establishment of Mechanics' Insti-
tutes, which were, in the first instance, scarcely
promoted by any member of the aristocracy,
that any considerable progress was made in diffus-
ing secular knowledge amongst the multitude.
Of religious knowledge they are yet destitute.
Since 1825, the acquisitions-of each class derived
from practice, have been in a manner freely dif-
fused over all, and have become a COIIIIIIOII pro-
perty. A great progress has been made. The
people are learning, if they have not yet fully
learned, how to think; they apply their minds to
politics as well as mechanics, and for this great
improvement they are indebted neither to the
example of the CITESTERPIELDS, HUNTING-
TOWERS, and HERTFORDS, nor to their laws.
They have acquired knowledge in spite of the
aristocracy.

In Scotland, where the Church is a
republic,
the people have been much better educated than
in England, and, much more information is dif-
fused amongst the people. Similar facts are

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