The Express. — London, England, 1861-09-10 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER 4 _ri' I .IW r _(-11::fre .0113rt45. ' ' i . /e • / • • / C. 7 No. 4,705.1 are. a NivTll'E. Stesnase rsavrivierra Iq tbe stranildaip 1* N I:VV YORE, asthma lo morrow. airt 11, *lll be at ....wt. lisaivor. C 7 7.. ....b. WEEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION to ‘EW voilaK larevt.—The LIVERIVI.O.. NEW Yoßk and till LlOEl.l'll Lk /:ANI SKIN VOW P.IN V Intend despateitlng tll► p.o• ntearn.abliay. ilium at queenstowu go e inl n irk v an.l .14-11111ChNI. no:10.1. I! k 1.1 ►Roll Id VERIVOL YOU NEW YORK. • IIL NEW VoLK. Tto-111.411,• valiteinber I!. isl \ I I RIM. Wv.1e......143. flepte•i•ber 111 N Wevlneolak. , epterober etvry bll4 . CeViing 17, and - ..1 rainioad, ao,...niiag to the woe, E..roar•l pansale. itninesv. Inelinllnn all prinriavms P.u.cle.cers btr C.u..Ja and the Western Stales booked anoth .x 1 vet, witantainvais WM, —Y•or louttivr particulars 164.1.41.W1 I 11%%1 N k'l. 1L Water greet Liverpool ;or to 11% KS and LV 61. King William iandat. City. RI►YAL NATII►SAL LIFEBOAT !ESTI- Ti nits. lk, thi. Institution earrirdly ATTEAL to the put*, for 111 I. 1• to aol ttont to meet the pn•M•ut heavy expenses ea AMIN /WM 111% 1... t .tati••us shich haw ja4 Irrn comploted. heart) :••, 11%. •I. o r 1.-en Now.' from various a meks by the life -11. .Melon the pnaent year. Contriltions are Nvvn•d A ) .11 th, I.lalkors in London sod tlinanthout the United Bar Oar. 46.4, Il.• rvtAry. at th.: ottlav of the Institution. John .tn% t. t••••Iptil. London. `v HEAT NI )IiTIIERN LONDON MOTE `T Tun% at rolney Hatch, within seven miles of Immlon, .emil.e Ly rails ay in I:. minutes, as well as by road. at.,, t harm. in OW rafra ground. and interments con ducted with sok amity and economy, under regalatinus approved by the Seers tary ..t state. Coninem tat. ruents \.. CO 13 6 Railway. Ditto ditto %.1.. Y 1 0 0 koarteysisee of Coen, Dltto. with priming.• of itie-rlb• t 66 t sten Ing 11•014, all stone pro :sled • j Unarm-ri, la. GLI lIS 0 by the I 441110Mtly each. firound for vault toe Omaha 67 7 0 usually charted 115 13 Yec .-ach intt rattle. lb. rein Y 5 0 .11 t t. , ..tt.. b Tariff .tn , l the railway tickets. to visit the Celan ese,. may he ofotahard at the Mame. M. VIA 11011 . 071 . W.e. THR ST. PANCRAS IRON WORK WMPANY, nut UT. PANCILAIIIttIAD, N.W., Sole Pa1....te...nr0l Manufacturers d Patent Wr..44.A1 Iron Stable Fatima, PAtent r.euaornlc Ilay Rack, Vann-Its Mktg flairwro. Patent Collar Hu Iron Hurdles. ()aC., rononvralndee., All Iron Work. ILLrATILATED CATALOOMI COALS by Screw Stamen and Railway.— aIi;IIIWRV an.' KINCALAND emu Lizrur , gErliE1Alt1101 : Dor AilENTil Vi1r1.. , 11 ED. LEA a.. 1 Co.'s prier b,r notice sad Laslitoo nd : die bed hews ruler, dircrt trees tie collieries by screw it, users, Is Alb pee too. Hartlepool. M.: beet soak lis. 11,1. ind—by lkilnaa, Us. sad ; Clay Crook 21s. sod 19s. lenerhy. 117 s dd.—not reek MET 'rid, screened, lo nay pert el Looker. 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G A NOVIII,AQCARI OW who Is bob eoeneeterl with say poses initatibi sad wirer tabs lo Ids rm. IIfrABLOBILID DNA 111/WART. WWI. CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE T EL B E VIT," his Irmo mil* of 'Warr mM Ifalawas far Wafts, Lam Ttaindlie& badiiii" bun Ma a„ .. ressamfaaal laarlala aid licankalills. sad rbe ks =l sal, af B. MOM alba SON; WIADY.WADI mai 11101POILITAI Was, ItATTQII HMI ZIA falLiPl2l6 rownimunis. mg OEN VIAL 0 TTEILI. Nauir sZ7.I Aldigata etireldred. terser of HarLaireel. Conie d Tottoshoweourt•roat tam -road. GOMM 1111? SLUM X Urril : MAW. W Iltyieerd. Vortstifre. A. Immo•• • ansiiamit et ter all arm owl all 0f... r stre ...end above wlWd brofoolkos of oar boolowoo SPECTACLES, impnwerl by HARRIS and Ora. will rest certolcily prewrre the right. Dealer anot be mode steel. with tryatAls ur pebblas. 15s. : steel, with to ise Gold aml ' , liver Spectacles and Drelalasses t= Di 1 4. variety : at ...pally low Nicola Barrie, Prospect Wese Sil._post free. lIA !MN NM /4 1 N. Upticains to the Ural Tamely : opposite the British 'fasciae Oster", London tkilabalehed Pudica—No travelhen empl.yetl. HAIR RESTORID, Preserve and Beautified by the ire of ROW LANDS MACH.. AR OlL—This ele. SIM and frstrant oil west nts hair from falling off or turistnz pay sarealithins wash ban, Seams It Drum scarf and dandrlff, amd makes It beautifully soft, pliable. and gamy. In the d Wbisiers, the heard. sad Moiastarbica, It Is unfailing rlr h alinialaraireoperellsu. Toe &Odra. It Is iscWly mein as landau the bases of a bewailed baud of hair, 1115 ▪ Istruilaution taes the nursery of royalty, and the nautereua IslUmelala constantly received of Its em my, anent the hest Wad mai proofs of It. nerila.—Priee as. 75., 10a ad. Maid to filar small,. and :its.. par bottle. Caution —Ask be • Rowboat, Macassar OIL" Sala at yd, Ilatton.gartlen, and by aboaabis sad perfussers. IiEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING Pt AV DER. —Poultry, doom and plants are effectually Reel Irma fleas and all other vermin with which they are is- Imeal, by the above powder, which is quite harmless to althea, rte. Tbe fanner, tile gardener, or tbe s will therefore Mlt laraltiable. Rugs, cock:readies, beetles. moths In fors eml every other species of in.ect are also lostantly destroyed. Moil la pecker, Is, tan 6.1 , and N. ed. each. or pont free for It er trehle for rid posUre stamps. by THOM AS R KATI NO. Obetraist, fir, St s rbarrhysrd. Loudon —Take notice each emmise packet been the above lame and address. THR BM REMEDY for DIARRH(EA, New Complaints. , JERI:IMM iimilirred ailk aiVr i t and A NTUlPAtillOptc, Prow sir msg. Varlet Dart -- It au saved my Ms war than nom." Apo. Illresrptieseed lasinion.—' Its Miecille and ehararteristie power Mug, La certainty be risttal woe." *Rawl Tiensey.—•• It advsnisires at Jemmies fleattive over other preperstkas M the kind coati be more generally known many • sullsrer fres pain would salmi It as highly an I do "—Prepared ally by RA VI LEY'and M 4 MULL 10. liondstreet nape -amt. Sidgrerta and 220, regent street. Landau. hold In " the bevel and ingenionn lelttl,es which rico bite sal cheek the dame" • Linnet. adlglyd Ay Senor, and Maws, and approval by the medical DR. RICORD'S ESSENCE of LIFE restores manhood So the mad shattered coustStatlems In flose work& Failure is taspoestble. Ite elfeeta are permanent . No consultatlem seamaary —arria In ranee, Pith full Instructions, ol tls., er four hasalitisa far fah. sent anywhere, carefully rhalon roolpi al roolUomos or pooLoilc• nrder —rhsle scent tia. I' VT, NR, Strand. lateral at Stationers Hell DikBUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. virvcr RUll.Ul-COATIED PILL... for psiityink the blood, rogishillor the bowels. and rsinoring vitiated humours. Mimic and liner complaint,. rheumatism. gout, weriantic affeetinos, mintlyenem. fir. PM work their way to the very roots of each climate. e teaming in their merge. and removing every un healthy accumulation, till the blood In riirlflegt, the whole system ✓eiNlVldeti, and all lite fiinetaiiim act according to nature. whilst the Millet of life become • plesithre where before they heal been .ad and weary burdens. IM not hesitate—do not delay • clean stomach must make a clean lttly. A clean body will contain pare blond, when the stomach, body, and blood are tare (nail regulating sod cleansing the bowels health is cer tain Pectin at the ItrAnning, waste no Woe . strike at the root of your ailment. Auxin,look to your stomach. Is trial of them Pill. will time coneletkcn 1.41 hi bottles. at la I Id, I.E.S. is. 61., and 11. Sold by BUCHAN and Co.. P 2, New. Mangreet, ()Mori! 'tenet, London. W.. and to be had of all ebonite la town and country, or forwarded on receipt of stamps DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.—Tbe Phos phorsed NERVINR TONIC.—The sew chemical Coinhi. nation of rhosphatie salts, quinine, Iron, .tr., adapted foe both sines. containing all the essential constituents of the blood, twain. and nerve substage* —Great phiheophiesd and chemical foments hes led to the discovery of this lava liable remedy In Ida MPfffeet state, agreeableagreeableto the palate. and Moment In it. Miff preserving It. wonderful properties, affording leuentlste relief sod permanently raring all who suffer from grading and withetlng of the nervous and nineenlar donee aterinatorrhos, diseases of the kidneys. Madder, all military .le. Palle, and every other reheated," derangement of the system. Iss/sllng all the Important .soots of the human (rant, moll 11l per bottle, or four Ha bottle. in one. SU, and In Wei costalt.ing three 30a bottles, £3, saving YI Ib Parcels Incolssil packed, I'm from observation, sent to any part of the twwll en receipt of posleilleo order.—Prepared sad said only at the Laboratory. 411. t. Maddox street. Reilmtet=r= Ohs side el Nt. George's Choreic, Lemiss IR D. member of the Royal Re._of the Royal Col C l ili gtsklie nTlP Mre.. : Re._ lathe* of Nervous Rs Its came sod care t with My an Nyermstbseply, Assisi marmillses esslsentive 11 tie of the Rewiy.ll.4iffland old doloisrld tossoff. trews _____"•lllft as dr Aphreilder. "As pile phone rate ef """we i......, Mdelete the deetrees, se the sohreded dere Nerves thee era deerrei osegertite Pere It. /MOW shrktpd eddies. Is=trez ere besi m 4 l a of the ram (14 *sal oeseell& dm II le & the the OM of dr .. 6 "t dreer. le 'Yoh be hie ter • leekliaa Paiedds - eseirlee eltadles. rrilE I;LADBTONE CLARET, 1 2 '. per d o z en 1 quarts, 7a M. per Jaen pints. a pure Yreneh with ; fine St. inlien Claret, Itsa yuarla, lOR (NI. pints : genuine Port and Sherry, is. per dimes usually sold at :we. . old erteited Port. (non :An. to bib.. arrklini ritall3l..kurne. 341 a. ten year s old r l -ti and Scotch W !la. per gallon. seven year. old. French Brandy. from Iss to Ma. per pilau, brat London We, P.. to 15 . prr tallboy Terms cads. —JAIIO P. lICCLLAN, liloase,strvet. STZVE.WM soil SON, Wine anti Spirit Merchants. FRENCH and RH ENlttrt WINO, attitable lir the 'miner neev..n, at Kiel, Itth,r.litet the fullest advent:tuts of the recent re duetion ..f duty. 1:11) . 'Wet, tin ordinalre. 20a.. 2re., 30s . per .h.sto lionuilluti and at. Ge..r.re ; hurvlntly. a.ry per dozen. WHITE hantcrne. . Hoek. 31.0... ll,relk. 304.. I:entaeasvfl Graves, 255. UAW* thempagne. 3.4., 42,.. , ditto. In pints, VA., '24a. per .414.11 AU the e coo be Mr... 1121, recommended. Delivered free within.. five miM , Tenn* cAsh. Kish...mate-street Vfltbia. This day Is publl,bed, Ins v..1a., post dm, trice 31a. ed., THE SILVER CORD. By NI titUtT B101011)1, Author of '' The Gonlian Knot," - Aspen Court," Ike. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Itouverie.Atre,t, tleetntrott, i'. Hut free, thz Stamps. HINTS on NERVOUS and GENERAL DEBILITY. Lassitude, Lurni,sof spirit:, lama of Mentor!. A.. arising from Sufferer. from hereditary unhealthful reAiterwc, occiapathiti, tropical climates. or any other vitiating ItlnUellree, tan ulitain instructions as to the meant by • hick complete cure and restoration can in relic,, on With certaiuty.—Address, 1 c. licnery, s 4, Dunet at., London, W. Seventh Edition. Just yuirlished, prim f hy poet 213 gimps. DEPILITY raid IItRITABILITY (Mental and hiehatti, In.lUct.l by rtyeresennehres; the Symptom, Effects, and Rations! Treatment by T. B. Teonsn, M.D. Physidaa to the n.nentt PesteeSee lotter-Carrome ITorhkut lestatatina, *e. Alan, poet free, for sh stamp., The ENIILIsif 11A LA DV—IN ENT Off and fi N tandem hy put oult, from the Aethur, YS, Lloyd-square, W.C. GIVIIN AWAY to NERVOUS SUFFERERS. Dr. SMITH fuss )nut published a fuss EDITION of Ms valuable wrk, the PRIVATE MEDICAL YRIF-‘ll , 116 pages , as the Seltawe at Nervous Debility, Lose of Memory, Dioint-.4 of might, Lamitudo, ho.. post-lree oo receipt of a dire,tol esnrekiso suelealuE ton Peeing staispe.—Addrtss, Dr bMITIJ, f. Wirtoo-areasest. Tavhdeek-equare. Loudn. W.C. THE BRITISH AN.V.VIATII)N FOR THE ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE. (FROM OUR Owl worms.) MANCHESTER, Sen. 9. The variuus sections resumed their sittings this morning. SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. Thi'. section met under the presidency of Mr. Newman'', and was well attended throughout the day. Mr. NMI/MICH, the president, made some observations on the extent to which sound principles of taxation are em bodied in the legislation of the United Kingdom. He said, as regarded the taxation of a free country they might safely lay down two fundamental moos, one of those canons being that there should be a willingness to pay whatever taxes were rendered necessary for the safety of the state ; and, secondly, that there should be boldness to devise the best methods of taxation. Theis were three other canons that in devising any system of taxation they must bear in mind —rust, the amount, large or small, of yearly revenue to be raimd ; and, in the second place, the extent .of population, large or small, from whom you are to raise that revenue ; and in the third place the nature and variety of the employment and resources of t h e population from whom the revenue is to be raised. There was of necessity a great difference between a country where the great man of the population was dependent on trade, and a country like France, where the great mar of the popu lation are dependent on the cultivation of bend which Imo mainly their own property, as in France. Three leading theories hail been put forward at varn sus times on this sub ject. It had been contended, fur instance, that all taxes should he arranged and levied on the principle that every person should pay in proportion to the amount of protection to person and property, that be receives from the state. A second opinion was that all taxes should be paid and levied on the principle of taloa the largest proportion of payment from those persons who had the largest income, and that therefore the tax on incomes should be progressive; a man, for instance, whose income was 100 f. a year paying 1 per cent. tax, while • man with an income of I,oooi. paid 5 per cent. A third principle put forward was that taxation should not be placed uu labour and skill, but should be placed as • burden on realised property. He disagreed with each of those theories. The fundamental canons of taxation laid down by Adam Smith were—first, that persons should contribute in proportion to their re spective abilities; secouilly, that the assessments should be certain in amount, and the liabilities thereto clearly de fined ; thirdly, that all taxes should be levied at the time and in the manner most convenient to the payer; fourthly, and that the taxes levied should take out and keep out of the pocket of the payer the smallest possible sum. He believed he should be able to show that we had in this country succeeded to an extent of nearly GO per cent. in reducing these classical canons of taxation into practice. The gross imperial revenue in 1860 wee 71,000,0001., and of this amount 37,500,0001. was raised below the line of interference with in dustry and skill. Fire, there were taxes on spirits, to bacco, and wine, which yielded more than nine millions ; taxes wholly immense's, viz.—The nutonm duty on corn, the railway duty, and the Pont-office revenue realised nearly five =dhotis ; then, the taxes on the transfer of property, the succession duty, the legacy duty, and fire insurance (half) yielded eight millions and • half. Then the taxes, more or less interfering with industry, en terprise, or skill, yielded 33,000,0001., or 47 per cent, of the total revenue. The conclusions to which he arrived were that, as regards tkis country, a very large part of the im perial revenue —a part exceeding one-half—was raised by taxes not open to serious objection on any ground, abstract or practical; thel, that in our old country, in which 911,000,000/. of total revenue, including local taxation, has to be raised from 30 millions of peop le, the greet man of whom subsist on wages, indire ct taxation to • large extent is inevitable, and may be so ad justed as to avoid almost entirely the evils of rijustice and oppressiveness ' • 3rd, that, combin ing the imperial and local taxation at present raised the direct virtual assessments on income already amount to 8 per cent. per annum, and that practica ll y this mode of levy does not admit of more than trifling extension • 4th, that to supersede any part of the present i ndirect taxes is the farm of moderate customs duties on articles of general consumption would render necessary a heavy poll tax and a direct assessment on some capitalised value of wages and small licenses ; both of them forms of taxation in • high degree impossible in this country ; sth, that as • general result it may be affirmed with no small confidence that the present system of taxation of the United Kingdom is not fairly open to the sweeping censures, and certainly is not susceptible of the extreme and subversive changes, which in some quarters have been lately recommended. (Applause.) Professor J. E. I. R , m.IEFIN, M.A., then read a paper co the definition and inciibnce of taxation, in which be stigma tised • tax on accumidatious as spoliation, and contended that a permanent tax on the income of funded, property I was in the highe,t degree nejast. Mr. Jr./YRl'm read a paper by Mr. M'Queen, on the prin ciple* of taxation, in which he advocated the views of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, those views being generally in favour of direct as against indirect taxation. Dr. CLARICE read a paper recommending • revision of ' taxation, in which he proposed to retaiu all taxes on wines, spirits, and emit. A discussion followed, in which the speakers were limited to five minutes. FENTIVAL OP THE THREE CIIOIRA HEREFORD, MONDAY. Today the Int meeting of the three choirs of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, may be said to have virtually commenced, the morning having been folly occupied by rehearsals at the cathedral. To thee. re hearsals the public are admitted by guinea tickets, but very few avail themselves of the privilege, preferring to hear the oratorios in their entirety rather than disjointed and Mean view, ea of rune they are at the rehearsals. The number of steward. who o&iate on the present occasion is 26, vis., Lord William Graham, M.P., Hon. J. F. W. Rennes, lion. C. S. 11. Hanbury, M.P., Sir W. Curtis, Batt. ; J. King . King, Esq., M.l'., H. Mildmity, Esq., 11. P., Colonel Clifford, bI.P., B. Botflekl, Req., M.P., the Ya►cr of Hereford (Mr. Cain), Alloway, Req., J. H. Arkwright, Esq., Rev. G. Arkwright, Roy. T. H. Bird, Rev. J. Bul lock, T. Dew, req., W. It. Evans, Eau., Rev. E. Hampden, Rev. E. B. Hawkahaw. T. Hill, Eq., Rev. H. C. Key, A. R. Boughton Knight, Req., Rev. Prebendary Lee, Rev. W. B. Mynors, Rev. Prebendary Poole, R. Webb, FAR., and Rev. H. 0. Wilson. Th. Festival opeasto-morrow morning with full chord service at half peat eight o'clock, with &sermon by the Rev. Canon Musgrave. There will be daily morning alnico at the mime hour. These services will he given in the choir of the cathedral, which is now open for public worship, having been closed for a considerable time for improvements and restoration. The oratono (as at Birmingham) will be Men delsaolia's Vi i efi, which will be given to-morrow morning with so important improvement in the " cast" at the last named place. The Met of the evening concerts (to-morrow eveniog) consists of an admirable selection, and we must may of these fragmentary concerts, that the selections at Hereford show consummate judgment. The prosper tsof the mooting are very favourable, all tte three guinea tickets for the whole of the musical perform. antes have been dispoeed of, and more than the usual pro portion of ordleary ticketr. The promise ef seesaw iv in a great degree attributable to the energy of the talented con ductor and secretary, Mr. Tom:ahead Smith. ANOTHKR COMET. Mr. GEORGE. HOLLAND challenged the concloaions of the president, which he submitted were illogical, and Le advo cated a contiouance of the policy which had been adopted of late yam of taking otf the duties on articles of con- Mr.sumpt WIL.,OX suggested that if they were to have licenses for trades they ought to bare licenses for all trades. He did not aro why • stationer should not pay for • license as well,. a grocer. Mr. L H 846011111 would not say that the present income tax was altogether just, but it WWI infinitely better than the customs duties, which crippled their trade. Dr. W&Yrs submitted that, to do justice in taxation. they must tax in proportion to the protection afforded ; and as the man with property bad the most protection, there ought to be a progressive duty on incomes, but there ought to be ►modification, so that the man whose income was derived from a trade or profession, should not be taxed to the same amount as • man who derived a permanent in come from land or realised property. COlOO4ll SY•xa observed that in Fnualifort there was a progressive duty on incomes, so that a man who bad an 11:1COme of 100/. a year paid —say ooe-half, or Ills. percent. ; waffle a man who had an income of matt. paid lg or 10 per cent. He thought th.it was just. time ago be suggested in the House of Commons • tax of Id. o n the receipts given for all sums paid in purchases over 11. He thought that would yield • large sum. M. Vag Ds W MYER, President of the Brussels Free Trade Association, condemned customs duties altogether, and mid it was intended to bold a congress in Brussels, which be hoped would take place in Nepteniber, 862, with a view to stop all customs duties. Mr. HAFER took the teetotal view of the question, and made some observations with a view of showing that the people who used intoxicating liquors taxed themselves to an enormous amount. . . . . Mr. NEWMARCH then replied in detail on the various points that had been raised 112 the discussion, and concluded by saying that, as regurded the propceitions of the Liver. pool Financial Reform Association, be said it deliberately, their propositions sinned in the most emphatic timelier against those chemical canons of taxation which had been sanctioned by all the authorities on this subject during the lastlol.lyears ; that they were propositions which involved an amount of injury and injustice which. if they could Le car. del out, would go far to subvert the founditioes of so ciety in this country ; and he said, further, that they were propositions which in all their pada, from first to last, were so wide and imperfect, so inapplicable to the present date of things, that he believed the world must be two or three thousand years older before they could he applied. On the motion of Dr. 'KAM a •Gt• of thanks was given to the president for his paper. The Rey. Canoe R/CHAON reed a paper on the income tax, in which he reviewed the decision of the committee of last ••••iOll on the subject, sod which he characterised as being salad and utterly unworthy of all respect. He limed in favour of an equitable revision of the principle on which the duty was lemed. Mr. FAWCCIT (the late candidate for Southwark) com batted the Mein of Canon Ricbson, and contended that the pretant trim was sot unjust. Mr. Aldermen Names thought the last speaker bad little experience of the evil of the present system. They retr i that the income tax was evaded to a vary great ex test, and that the conscientious man suffered. He would not mind paying double the amount in the pound under schedule it, provided it were levied on a fair and just prin• eiple. The present system led to a great amount of de. moralisation. comes Dr. FA's p submitted plan for levying the tax on in caalised. Mr. D. CHADWICK considered that the capitalisation of incomes was the correct principle, arid be proposed to carry oat tbe i rineilg• reournieed is Mr. Pitt's first income tax, sad r. Jamas Witma's salaam by *meth* the tel 00 =sated sada, as follows :-1. To make the tax at one nee ea tbe eapitalised 'aloe el all Mamma 2. To classify the verbal amen rid Meame aeceedies to their (moral average WINK isles. & To ream the tax by • rate so such capibilimmi Yaks, Weal et tie rem. mode LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1861. of assessiegit on the annual income. 4. To ap as far as pesetiftwo, the principle of the goverunihnt legac y duty tabies to all fixed incom es . 5. Th a t th e t ax ( on the repeal of the excise and customs duties) should be applied to all incomes idiom 50/. a year, and stopped by the employers out of the wages and salaries of all persons in their service. 6. That in lieu of the present income tax commissioners there shall be in every surveyor', district, or union of dis tricts, a paid board of throe massors, two elected by the inhabitants (in the first instance, by those on the list of parliamentary electors, end eubsequently •by those paying the mom* taxi, and one by the government, with power of appeal to the judges, in like manner aa the present appeals on amassed taxes. He estimated that by levying the tax on this plan a tax of one halfpenny in the pound would yield 20,000,000/. The PRIOSIDENT summed up the discussion, and in the course of his observations said be appeared before the com mittee in support of Mr. Hubbard's proposition. The gist of the matter lay in this :—That incomes from precarious sources should be taxed at a lees rate than locomen from per. manent sources He trusted that after the question had been more discussed that proposal would be adopted. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE. Mr. 1). CMADWICK read a paper by Mr. R. Valpy, of the Board of Trade. on the connuemial relation'. between Eng. land and France. Mr. BAZLEY, M.l'., after paying a tribute of gratitude to Mr. Cobden, whose 'Lout, was received with great favour by the audience, said we had received the products of France to the amount of 19s. per head, while Franco had received our products only to the amount of :le. per bead. From 1786 to 1794, dunug the time that the former commercial treaty was In operation, our trade with France was very extensive. He anticipated that after the Ist October next, when the treaty would mime into full extent, our trade witkllreviee would be very great, and he looked forward with peat dellett to the strife that rip nett% dew between the populations of the two countries—a strife of industry for the benefit of mankind. Mn.Futolt read a paper on Senitur Improvements. SECTION E-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. la this section the President, JOIN CRAWFURDI FAq., read a paper "On the Antiquity of M a n, from the Evidence of Language." /dEETINO OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a meeting of the general committee was held in the Mayor's parlour, Town-ball; Mr. FAIRIJA I/18, the prcaident, in the chair. . - The first business woe the resoling of the minutes of the last meeting, which were continued. The next business wu to receive any invitations that had been sent for meetings of the association in other towns, sod resolutions were handed in from Carols-Mg., from the Senate, from the Philosophical Society, and from the town council. This was the fourth invitation from Cambridge. From Newcastle an invitation (the fourth) was next read, with • statement of the accommodation the public rooms would afford there. From Birmingham an invitation (the third) was read. From Bath nn invitation was read. From Nottingham there was also au invitation. The document., (including resolutions of public bodies and others) with which the deputations had been furnished, were read over by Professor Philips. Dr. lionmsom moved that the next meeting of the association he held in Cambridge. Ile reminded them that the university towns were not so numerous as the manufac. taring towns, and they had a claim to be visited rather more frequently. T A I ayor MANCHEATER supported the motion, which was ied. _ _ Preform SZDOWICK proposed that Pr.ofeisor Willis should be requested to accept the office of president. Professor BADIENOTON seconded the motion, which was carried. The Data of Ely, Dr. Whewell, Professor Sedgwick, Pro- fessor Aim, Professor Adams, sod Professor Stokes were requested to accept the often of rice-presideate. THE AMERICAN PRESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES. The following is a list of the newspaper offices in the Northern States which have been attacked by mobs, or against which the Federal government ham taken mea sures of suppression, between the Bth and 24th August : August B. —Democratic Standard., Concord, N. H., destroyed by mob ; contests' of office burned in the street. August 12.—Dcniocrar, Bangor, Maine, mobbed and con tents of office destroyed. August 16. —Journal of Commove, Dai'y News, Day Book, and Freeman's Journal of New York, and the Eagle, of Brooklyn, presented by the grand jury of the United Slake Circuit Onart. Sostisesi, Beaten, Pennsylvania, de. stroyed by mob. The editor of the Easton dryus warned. August 19.—Donocrat, Haverhill, hbesachusette. The editor, Ambrose L. Kimball, tarred and featberedand ridden upon a rail, afterwards recanted, promising to publish no more articles in favour of Secession. Jeffersonian, West cheater, Pennsylvania, destroyed by mob. August 2='. —Stark County Donocrat, Canton, Ohio, de stroyed by mob. August 21.—Christina Observer, Philadelphia, Penn sylvania, suppressed by the United States Marshal. August 22.—Order from the Post-office department for bidding mail transportation of Near York Journal of CUM, 'puree, Daily News, Day Book, and Freeman's Journal, and Brooklyn Boyle. August V.—Parser, Bridgeport, Connecticut, destroyed by mob. August 24. —True American, Trenton, New Jersey, sus pends publication " until such time (should it ever occur) when we can, under the guarantees of the constitution and the law, publish it without the fear of mob law or of go vernmental dictation." The Ereaing Port of August 27 says:—" Meagre. Murray and Kennedy yesterday morning visited the oMee of the Daily Nora, and caused an impression to be taken from the forms, to ascertain whether the Monday edition ors• leaned treasonable matter. Having satisfied their curiosity in this respect, 5,000 copies of the edition were seized, as stated in the Erenirty Poet of yesterday." The Postmaster in New York has received instructions from Washington not to permit the transmission through the Post-o Moe of the following newspapers published in New York :—The Daily News, the ',karma, of Commerre, the Day Book, and the Freeman's Journal. A reserve force of police is kept at the MSc* of the Daily News at New York, fears being entertained of an attack by a mob on the office. The proprietor of an American newspaper, hav ing exhausted everything in the shape of presents to his subscribers, such as snaps, pints, &c., advertises his lutes tins to pre-eat each subscriber with a lithographed (ate of character gratis. This certificate will testify that the holder of it is a person possessing profound and varied intelligence, a wise discrimination is the selection of an organ capable of Worthen intellectual instruction and amusement, orthodox political sentiments, and a disposi tion to honourably discharge pecuniary obligations. The latter clause will be omitted in the certificates of those ire debted to the proprietor. Instead of being signed, the certificate will bear a miniature photograph likeness of the proprietor, dressed in his best clothes. The certificates Willie transferable. THE PA Ire SI/MGM IN Vxxeru —A letter from Venice, of the 2nd, in the Trirate Gazette., ea ye :—"The ',seaport regulations which subsist in the rest of the Ana trian Empire were yesterday again extended to this pro vince. This more liberal system, which was BM hatroduord by the Ismael decree of 9th February, 1857, was suspen ded during the war and even after the peaoe of Villafraoca. But henceforth, no visa will be required except at the fron tiers and travellers are no longer to he subjected to in spection at the railway stations, and will have nothing to do with the police." SHKEY BREEDING IN IRILLAND.—The ready market which &shied affords fur Irish otock, and the greit numbers bought by Englishmen at the principal fain., is rapidly in creasing an important and lucrative trade between the two countries. As a natural emisequence stock breeding is becom ing Mee popular, and Wipe prices are daily obtained for good produce. Agl be at this sales of the present week will prove this to be the OM. At BeltUptrt. county Meath, as Meth as 101. each was obtained on Moeda' , for rams by G. W. Lambert, an extensive breeder, at his annual wale. At the annual sale of Mr. Broughton's Shropshire. ee Wedneeelar. at Ch t, amity Meath, which is under the management of Mr. Preece, of Shrewsburyy, the average price for rams was 9/. 14s. Sid., being an &dna°, of IL tis Gad. over the average of lest year's sale. The highest priced ram sold het year at Cherry rat was 201. ; so that the top rain th is year has exceeded that of hat year by lb& 14s. The avenge for ewes was 91.2 x. last year's avenge was 31. Is. 71(1. ,• but the ewes were thinner in con dition than last year, which is so much in favour of buyers, as they , are sure to improve with their new owners, and pay them better than fatter sheep would do. Altogether, the result of the Cherrymount sale yartives the incrwasiag favour in which Shropshiree are held in Ireland. Tax BUILDERS , STRllEL—Upwards of 100 ad ditional men were reported yesterday to the remold ooze. mitten as ha le ft th e oeuetry jobs of the London em ployers, and the dalegwfes who have been sent report that the whole of the Met throughout the country will have left by Thursday next. Mr. White. a Ism, em of brick layers at Haekney.wiek, and Mr. Coney, of Portland-new town, en extensive minteactor for masonry, yesterday se ceded to the terms at the compromise. TO T/16 EDITOR Or TIM Mill& - 1 -- 1)u - I;n;itted to call attention, through the *Alumna of your jourani, to another comet, now approo,clung the sun, and perceptible to the naked eye? It may be seen after dark, say about aio o'clock, on • clear night, between the constellations of (..kasiopeis and Andromeda, forming nearly • astral pmt between the mars Almar-h, and Minsk. Even when viewed through the tekiscops, it, saliva, eakibits no tail, simply • hag , luminous rams, with • Welk nucleus, from which I am inclined to thiuk it is still vary distaut, as it was long ere the ieveding comet, still seen through the telescope, lost in• caudal appendage, of which . , wev , r. it is sow shorn.- 1 alb, am., JAMES R. TURNBULL. 1, Rutland-villas, Pinner, Sept 8. BRILLIANT lOLTBOR. TO TIM TOMO or Tax MMUS. Sts,—On Saturday night, about half-past 10 dela*, whilst rising ►ame with a friend, my attention was livened by • epleedid object that met my gaze in the sky, sad which I at Mt took to be a very fine rocket, but which I loos dimoverisd to be a meteor of extraordinary site and brilliancy. It was a bright yellow colour, and as it floated along left • Wiliam% rid tail to its course. It was certaittly the lanced and most brilliant I had ever seem Its position was nearly due south, at ►u elevation of about 30 degrees. Thinking that the above may nut be uninteresting to some of your readers, I am, &c., F. B. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SocterT.—An ordinary gement roestiog of this society, for the election of fellows, was held yesterilay afternoon in the council-room at the Darden, South Kensington, C. Wentworth Wks, Esq., rice-president, in the chair. A oonsiderable utilities was nude to the list of fellows. The following amongst others were balloted for awl duly elected, viz. :—The Earl of Car. narroa, Major Wm. Jams, Right Hon. James MoocrsilT, Major Richard Phibbs, Lieut.. Colonel Wield, Sir George Crest Softie, Bart, Ilion. Dudley Ward, Colonel itr gram, As. ritiurs K rimscrrow Mcrezuat.—During the week ending Sept. 7, 1861, the visitors ion been as follow.: ' On Holiday, Tsewlay, sod Saturday, free days, 5,734 1 on Monday and Tuesday, free evenings, 4,316. On the three students' days fadmierios to the public 6d.), 1,3351 one students' evening, Wideseilay„ 159 ; total, 11,541. From the opening of the museum, 2,229.414. MEMO MAT BRCOME A NRORO NATION.—The Mexican Extmortlinirre of Jess 27 has the following article setting forth this possibility :—"A certain class of people is Mexico look with satisfaction upon the civil war now raging in the neighbotidag republic to the North. They regard it as the certain humbling of a power that threatened the nationality of Mexico, and therefore as on omen of the secure future of this country. Let us look at this matter as it is. Let us stare facta in the face. The coo tinuance of the civil war naturally will result in the eman cipation of most of the necmes of the Slave Staten If the war go os, the spirit of liberty will get abroad amongst the slaves, but as they are not capable of offering& bohl front to the superior talent of their marten, they will seek liberty by re volts sod alight. Their natural asylum will be Mexico, on account of its convenience sod tLe consideration and sym pathy here enjoyed by the °Ogre race. Besides, the climate and soil are hoth favourable. Hen the wipe can hope to have a future, whilst at the North he is certain to remain the senile, as both the climate end institution. of the noethers people place a barrier to his raising mush above the mil station he irejoyn is the slave States. if the civil war at the North continue, Mexico will as suredly be overrun by the slaves from the Southern States. Let mi reflect upon the consequences of ao inundation of refugee slaves from the Ceded States. The slave popula tion of the South is four millions something sear the actual population of the republic of Mexico at the pre. sent day. Should those millions of slaves come to Mexico, they will naturally fall upon the low lands of Tamauli pas. Vera erns, Nam Tehuantepec, Nuevo Leon, sod Coahuila. Meeting with a cordial reception, as they are pretty certain to find, they will very soon amalgamate with the Mexican population and at no distant day become im bued with the revolutionary and diesesteated spirit of the eseetry. They will control the districts they at ant settle le, sad tarry their &anemias, Upon others that stioimp4, to wieres,theso, sod it is not unpanabbitthey may succeed in erectiag • segro dynasty iu Mexico. We hay. not sees this view of the results of the Americas civil year ae yet &deemed by any contemporary ; bet, am we see the qualm, we believe it wren and quite certain to be verlied if the Wet is the United Staten be continued. Them who peke black meters to white friends may oestinse to glary Is the free poets of • destruction of slavery to the United Mein ; but we Shedd advise such to think well of winkle am patio& sad the natural consequences. (Stamped, ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE TI/!;' INJURED AERONAUTS AT BUXTON. Mr. Coxwell. the diatitTguished aeronaut, and the Messrs. Pearson, jun., of Lawton-ball, near Congleton, are now progressing, we are happy to say, towards complete re. covery. It will be remembered that on August 10th, a descent took place during a violent wind, on the stone walled and rooky locality near Brierlow toll-gate, about twoend.a.half 'idiot from Buxton. A valley, favourable for alighting had been missed, owing to the force of the wind, and the car not being over-stocked with ballad, the voyageurs (wand themselves skimming over the " back bone of England," the wild rugged surface of which is in every way objectionable for a balloon. Mr. Coxwell seeing no I possible mode of evading a rough landing, prepared for the wont, and placed his passengers in the safest possible po sition, viz, at the bottom of either side of the basket, where hand ropes are placed by which to hold in emergencies like this. As the grapnel (a large powerful instrument, tabs.), trailed along the ground, it glided over the soil and tore down stone walls, as if there were no holding ground or material for it to take effect in. The consequence was that the car was brought down in contact with the walla, and the only remedy was to exhaust the gas as quickly as passible, end lessen the number of concussions. It was here mani festly that the experienced aeronaut was equal to the occa sion, as he peremptorily kept his companions well down in the basket, and told them that if they attempted to move or get out they would be killed on the sprit. Fortunately, the Messrs. Pearson are remarkably endowed with what is styled pluck, and they stuck to the ship and obeyed Mr. Cox - I well's orders to the letter. It was sow the critical moment — two or three severe bumps were inevitable, the wind blow ing is angry gusts, and the car dashed through one wall of about eighteen inches in thickness, making a clear l i breach, and hurling the stones forward as if they had been pounded by the largest Armstrong missile at present in Ines Mr. Caswell was full strain on the upper valve, which is Stf lecher% dhseenter,•behelllebe Imes here on: ward, and a second clean breach was repeated in the next wan. Away again with renewed vigour, and down for the third time, and once again through another wall, and now the cry was raised by astounded lookers-on that two fields further lay the deep dale or gorge, which would surely prove fatal. Happily the fourth wall having been dashed down, and a considerable quantity of gas lost, the balloon itself caught some of the stones, and tore from bottom to top. Several countrymen, especially the sons of the toll-bar keeper, now rushed to the rescue. Mr. Cox well and Messrs. T. and A. Pearson were at the bottom of the car covered with stones. All three voyageurs presented • sorry aspect, their faces were covered with blood . but the aero naut himself retained his senses, and dinette( that they might be taken out of the basket and placed on the gra ss, and furnished with water. 'This done Mr. Coxwell inquired if there was any house near, and finding that the toll-bar was close at band, directions were given for them to be car ried there. Mr. Coxwell then despatched a messenger for a conveyance to take them to the Royal Hotel, at Buxton, where they arrived in due time sod received the best medi cal attention that could be procured. The injuries sus tabled were—Mr. T. Pearson, fracture of the skull ; Mr. A. Pearson, injury to the head and broken fore-arm ; and Mr. Coxwell, bruised and cut from head to foot, with • bad con tused wound on the right thigh. The injuries Mr. Coxwell had niet with were not considered, at tint, dangerous ; but those sustained by the other gentlemen extremely so. Dr. Bennett, of Button, in conjunction with Dr. Bullock, au eminent practitioner, of Congleton, took the cases is hand, and have succeeded in retaining the arm of Mr. A. Pearson, and in reducing the skill fracture of the brother. Mr. Coxwell's case presented symptoms which showed deeper injuries than were suspected to exist ; the thigh was so bruised and lacerated by an immense stone, that the medical gentlemen could scarcely comprehend how the bone escaped fracture ; erysipelas set in, and the case assumed dangerous appearances, but Dr. Bennett skilfully made a long deep inci sion, which had the desired effect, and the healing process is now rapidly progressicg, and all the su ff erers are doing well and leave their beds. This, we believe, is the first personal accident that has ever befallen Mr. Coxwell out of nearly 400 ascensions ; had it occurred to a novice some outcry might be raised as to the perils of ballooning, but since this mishap we have had two terrific railway smashes, three or four dreadful fires, and an omnibus sod dent near Whaley-bridge; all these things considered we can only fairly and reasonably coins to the conclusion that ballooas are like ships, coaches, railway trains, and other vehicles, liable to accident and subject to occasional wreck. It is only an act of justice, supported by the concurrent testimony of the iuvalids, to speak of the naremitting atten tion of Mr. sad Mrs. Bates, jun., to the balloon parte ever since they came to the Royal Hotel. It is gratifying also to observe the iieneral interest taken in behalf of the Messrs. Pearson and Mr. Uoxwell, and of the widely extended sym. pathy which has been felt for the unfortunate occurrence. —Burton Advertiser. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY Emirs°. The 'teenier Armenian, with the West Coast of Africa mail, has arrived here. She brings 34 pas sengers, and 3,400 ounces of gold dust. Her dates are—Benin, August 7 ; Fernando Po and Cameroon, Ist ; Old Calabar, July 30 ; Brass River, August 6 ; Nun, July 24 ; Bonny, August 6th ; Agos, August 10 ; Accra, 12th ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th • Cape Palmas, 16th ; Si erra Leon e , 21st ; Bathu rst, 26th ; Tenerife, 31st ; and Ma deira, Sept 2. The territory of Lagos was ceded to the British crown on the 6th of August, the King signing a treaty to that effect. _ A Commercial treaty, favourable to British and French interests, had been negotiated with the King of Botlaboo. Fever was prevalent at Bathurst. Trade on the Gold Coast was rather clulL The Armenian took tie - 17ag;"bas, and the greater part of the cargo had to be thrown over board to get her off. H.M.S. Prometheus also took the bar, but got off, much strained. THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST. The past week has been slightly broken in point of weather. Showers have fallen partially,but only sufficient to impart to such few fermata as had not completely finished harvest a timely hint to bring their operations to a close without further delay. Practically speaking. harvest is now completed in this district, and the result, so far as yet as certained, appears entirely to bear out the views so generally expressed of late that the wheat, though presenting many unusually and remarkably fine samples in point of sire and quality, will not amount to a full average crop. The yield on the well-farmed and good lands, however satisfactory, will be " pulled down" by the prevalence of thin plant on other soils. One great and du,tiuctive feature of the present crop is its early ma turity in point of fitness for market and the miller. It is rare to find corn so early ready for grinding as is the case this year. Our farmers have in this respect an advantage; and it is fortunate that it is so, fur they have far so lona thus dragged along without being able to take any produce to market, that the ability to turn their wheat into money at a ,fair price will prove an important accom modation. Barley and cats are in the majority of instances • gond crop, and both have been got up in fint-rate con dition. Oata aro remarkably tine this year, and few farmers bare clause to find fault, either with quality or quantity. Beans and peas have varied a good deal, but on the whole have turned out vastly liott , r than was anticipated at one period. Taking the harvest altogether, the result is highly satisfactory. A finer time for it, it would be impossible to wish for, for the heat has not been overpowering, but I agreeably tempered by iefreahiug breezes, and harvest work Las been carried on from first to last almost without break or interruption.—Ssmse.c Adrcetiar. THE BRAEDIAJI GATHEEINO.—Thin, the moot im of the so-adlsd Highland gatherings, took place in rro s t i a: g of Braemar Castle on Thursday last. For • num ber of years back a great attraction to the gathering has been the presence of her Majesty, Balmoral Castle being within an easy drive of the place of meeting. Tourists also "doing Scotland" generally contrive to make their route include Braemar during the week of the pines, ready and pleasant aid towards this cud beiug afforded by a run for a greeter portion of the journey from Aberdeen by one of the most beautiful lines of rade ay in the kingdom—the Dee side. This year, however, the numerous spectate,s had to regret the absence of the Queen and Prince Consort, but the Princess Alice, along with Prince Alfred, Prince Leopold. and Prince Arthur were present, as were also, from Bal moral, Prince Louis of Hesse. 'General Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Charles and Miss Phipps, Lad Churchill, tic. The noble party seemed much interested In the strength of arm and lightness of foot displayed by the stalwart highlooders who contested for superiority in tossing the caber putting the stone, throwing the hammer, racing, and dancing—though. singularly enough, • comparatively small, but firmly-knit lowlander, lloaald Ginnie of Aboyne, holds the champion med al of Useable. Donald is quite a model athlete, being a. like Moodie in build as it is possible to conceive. Ou the terrace, beside the royal visitors, were distinguished parties from Mar Lodge and In vercauld House, including the Fort and Countess of Fife, Lord Maoduff, Lord and Lady Braybrooke, Lord Powers. croft, Lord Huntiogfield, Lady fitanielleld, Mr. and Mrs. Farqubarsoo, Colonel Farquharson, Earl and Countess of Qimperdown, Lord and Lady Tredecar Sit Thomas and Lady Gladstone, &c. The day was favo u rable for the meet ing,and everything pealed off welL THE IMPONITION ON SOMZDAZT FARMER!.—Par ticulars have already bees given of a gross case of fraud practises' by 'lolllllm cattk dealer on Somer.etshire farmers, he having purchased stock of them to the value of 1,200/.. paying by cheques, which have since been dishonoured, and selling the stock in Islington Market, and pocketing the proceeds. On Saturday he was brought up at the Taunton Police-court, having horn apprehended on the day previous in Exeer. Sweetly any money was found upon him ; but it has been ascertained that the whole of the proceeds of the sale of the sheep has found its way into a bank at Exeter. Ha gave the name of John Windsat, cattle dealer, York-terrace, New eattle•market, Holloway, London. Some preliminary evidence having been given, be was remanded for a week, in order to complete the numerous charges against him, and to procure the attendance of witnesses from a distauce. V1CA.E101.73 PUNIRHMENT.—A man named Le grain, a mushroom grower, was, sorer time since eon.demeed to ,two cloys imprisonment for some trifling offence, and as he bad to undergo his punishment at • moment when his mushroom crop required particular attention, he offered a man named Bourdon 251 r. to go to prison in his stead. Beurdon consented, and passed two days in St. Pelagie, but after his liberation, be talked of what he had done, and the fact came to the care of the police, and as Bolrden had signed a priper in Leashes loma t both of them were indicted as principal and accom plice in forging a public document. At the trial, which took plain on Saturday, before the Court of Aube' of the Seine, both the accused protested that they had meant so harm, sod did not know that their °Deduct was illegal. The jury seemed to admit this defence, for they acquitted them both. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 9. APPOINTMENTS.—Cap tain G. J. Napier, to the 3f Llama. Paymaster H. W. A rlidge, to the Cadmus. Surgeons W. Tatter, to the Malacca; F. Toms, to than 11splis i and L O. liamm, Mr the Panama Aasistaat-Surgeons A. C. Johnston, to the Pelican ; J. T. B. Torrance, to the Malacca ; and E. Waller, to the Tra falgar. Acting Assisting-Surgeon E. Oliver, to the Orestes. Naval Cadet (nominated), P. Musgrove. Chief Engineers 0. Rock (additional), to the Seriugsr- Waal, at the Cape, for service of dock and victualhng rds ; E. West, to the Malacca, commissioned ; and L. Heckler, to the Asia, as supernumerary. Engineer H. Leslie, to the Malacca. First-Class Assistant•Eogineer J. Peane, to the Malacca. Second-Class Assistant-Engineer, W. J. Hawkins, to the Arrogant, for the Handy, vice !tackler. Acting Second-Class Assistant-Engineers J. Stocks, to the Malacca ; W. Hair, to the Hawke (additional), for the Mag pie, vice Hawkins ; T. Smith, to the Asia, as supernu merary. THE CHANNEL SQUA LEON. CARRICKFERGUS, SUNDAT. The fleet which came to an anchor in the roads off Carrickfergus Castle yesterday morning, at 11, and was visited by several steamers full of excursionistefrom but who were not allowed on board the various hue-o(- battle-ships Revenge and Trafalgar excepted—owing to Paturday being a cleaning day, is now lying in two divisions. The starboard division consists of tits flagship Revenge. 89, Capt. Fellows', bearing the flag of the senior admiral, Rear-Admiral Smart, K. H. ; the Centurion, 80, Captain Rogers, C.B. ; the Conqueror, 99, Captain Sotheby, B and the Aboukir, 90, Captain Shadwell, C.B. The port division consist, of the flagship Edgar, 89, Captain Mends, bearing the flag of Rear-Admi ral &skims ; the Hem, 89, Captain Ryder ; the Tra falgar, 86, Captain Dickson ; and the Donegal, 99, Captain Oen, C.B. The tender to the Revenge is the gunboat Porpoise, Lieut.-Commander Crerigh. Each ship has a band, and carries three or four Armstrong gun. consisting of 40 and 100 pounders. The best bands are those on board the Hero and Conqueror. This latter and the Donegal are enter ships, and the largest in the squadron ; but of the two the Donegal has the preference. The popular ship with excur sionista is the Conqueror, arising chiefly from the name it beam, sod the fact that its oommaoder served in the naval belpde in India. Apia, its band is good, and visitors are led to Wine that it as the largest in the squadron, and the officers have the reputation of being extremely polite to ladies. Owing to the absence of the Mayor, Sir Edward Coey, in England, nothing definite has been determined upon regarding Belfast festivities to welcome the unex pected snivel of the fleet, but it is remained that to-mor row the acting mayor and town council will officially visit the admiral, and ask the fleet to a luncheon on Tuesday, to be followed by • dinner at the barracks, given by Lieut.- Coloael Hobbs and his officers. The members of the Ulster Club and others alw propose to get up a ball at the Music hall on Wednesday. All the officers of the fleet weak in high praise of the civility shown them at Glasgow and Greenock. Owing to the local banks, the rail way ellicials have been is the habit of charging for light goa This custom gave great offence to many of the sailors proceeding from Carrickfergus to Belfast. on leave for 24 hours, yesterday, as the railway clerk deducted Cal. from the change of each sovereign, and 4d. from a half sove reign—in abort almost the whole third-class fare. This cus tom has to day been temporarily suspended for sailors of the fleet—who say that at Greenock the officials were generous enough to offer to carry them about for nothing, as also did the officials of the excursion steamers. To-morrow, if the weather holds flue, to judge from the advertised and an nounced arrangeniente, thousands from Belfast and neigh bourhood will visit the fleet, and all the ships will be open to visitors to within as hour of sunset. The fleet will mail on Thursday for Lough Foyle. FLOGGING AT THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY. Yesterday (Monday) the Guildhall was crowded with per sons anxious to beer investigation of a charge against the Rev. John Mitchinson, M.A. (head muter of the King's School), for assaulting Edward Ayeret Delman.; on Sabo day last. Mr. Alderman Wilkinson appeared for the com plainant and Mr. Russell (instructed by Mr. A. Fielding) for the defendant. Many of the clergy connected with Abe cathedral were present, including - the Revs. Canons Russell and Robertson, and the Revs. J. Stratton and P. A. Smith. Several of the leading citizens were also present, and on the heath were the Mayor ' Aldermen Musters and Wightwick, and W. Plummer, H. Auden, John Smut, G. Hume, and Peter Martin, Sane. The complainant staked that he is 16 years old. Having on Saturday to say a long Greek lesson be went into the library, when Mr. Mitchinson, after hearing him, bade him bold out his band, and complainant replied .1 can't, sir." The master insisted, but the pupil again refused, his alleged reason being that lie bad seen boys unable to writs after being struck on the hand with the cane. Mr. Mitchin son then struck him 'cross the breast with the cane, and also across the shoulders several times, and also on his legs; striking him altogether between twenty and twenty-five Unica, without saying a word during the time. The blows had left marks of discoloration, which were testified to by Mr. Thomas Andrews, surgeon, who bad been called in to see the complainant. The defence was that the boy had been caned for idleness, and that the master, Milked of using severity, had exercised great forbearance. The bench, after carefully going through the evidence, retired to consult, and eventually dismissed the charge as one that. ought not to have been brought before therm—South Baxtern Cazeite. FATAL AN D LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE. —For 'some weeks past several of the Watson the Onnd .1 unction Canal have been propelled by steam, instead of being drawn by hones ; and with proper sulaptAtions of the tunnel, Sc.. there is no doubt, that the difficulties hitherto experienced in navigating canals by steamlxate are in • fair way of being overcome. There are several tunnels on the canal, one of them being under Pentoeville, and another, the one in which the melancholy occurrence which wears about to de tail, being close to the Bloworth station on the London and North-Western Railway. The canal tunnels are made of brick, and are little, if at all, larger than a sewer. The tunnels are so constructed that horse-power is of no use, previous to the introduction of steam the boats being pro. polled by • proems called " legging." The process is this : —A board is planed out on either ads of the boat and on each boat lies a man who places his feet against the wall of the tunnel, and thus pushes the boat along. Thi+ system still prevails on boats to which the steam-engine has not yet been applied, and as the labour of thus " legging" the bunt *keg is both anluous and dbogreeeble the steam engine is welcomed as a very agreeable substitute. The engine, however, is not without its disadvantages, for as the tunnels are long, and, as we have said, nu larger than sewer, the boatmen are half stifled lay the volumes of carbon that are emitted from the low funnel ' • coal being burnt instead of coke. On Friday night two steamboat& entered the tunnel, :lid b,fore they AFAili emerged from it the people in them were ren dered insensible by the fumes from the engines, two of the men being quite dead, and one of them fearfully burnt by falling, while insensible, on the engine. The tuuuel is a mile or more In length, and has but one shaft in it ; that one shaft, we are informed, being covered over. THESLNOULAK AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN Ns inrui.g sutler, &mum—Yesterday afternoon Mr. H. J. Payee, the coroner for the duchy of Lancaster, held en inquiry et the Howard Arms, Arundel-street, Strand, into the cir cumstances atten ding the death of the young woman, Mary Ann Kiog, aged 22 year , • domestic servant at Dr. Culverwell's Belle Vue Hotel, Norfolk...tree", and who lost her life, under the melancholy circumstances reported in our yesterday's impression. A verdict of " tel death," wee returned. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. Yesterday a special general meeting of shareholders was tGeld o . at authorise o t V l ic Of t".6 i,oool. t ror t' th7grpoe tjui t c r if the general undertaking under the powers of the company's act of 1861, and to authorise the borrowing of 56,00 U /, for the purpose of the western extension under the powers of ri he se c° th m e ra b n oto s w offi ing c" of , the said act. Lord Harris having taken the chair, resolu tions to the above effect were unanimously agreed to, an d the meeting adjourned. !