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Share. . 41.0 2•2i . ra• 400 2041 s . 4114/ SO 14 pm . 40 24 . 42 II 2as . - % - ,•1/11AIICS C• 1111•1111111, Alliance PrittA arta Foreign Protector Fine . 101) le 4 pia ... 20 I i dui .AS 41•11 T MOO COSS C ..... ISO. 14 IS G dla United 6e•e*d• lODIC LLLLLL OVII, 100 r, IN Pm MoiraUm Vrtoo. I)RURY-LANE THEATRE. Ifumorrow Evening, THVIISDA Y. Mwreb 16, will W performed a Dew Operatic Play, called BENVOWuKT ; Or, THE lAILEs OF X AMSCHATICA. The Millen,' Chantrters by ?dew.. Bennett, Wallach, Horn, Fliewll- Nam, Tenley. liedbrd, W. Bennett, Browne, and Harley. Mimes Foote, Cabin, and line). To conclude with the Farce of MONSIEL'a TONMON. - - COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. To-morrow Even!on, TIll'itSIMY, March 16, will be performed the Comedy of TIIE GOOD-NATVRED MAN. Mr. lioneywood, Mr. Warde s Croaker, Mr. W. Farren ; Lofty. Mr. Jane.;; Slt Wlt!hon Haneywood, Mr. Barsky; Leontiee. Mt. Cm per Janis. Str. Planehard. 311ss Richland, Mn. Ebaßerlei Mi.. A. Jesse; Mn. Croaker. Mn. Glover. After which the new Operatic Piece of 'TWAM The principal Character. by Nero". Portrait, Keeley, From, and Darnell Mimi Jones. Madame VerAtil, and lire. Davenport. To conclude milk THE SCAPE-GOAT. COVEN'CoARHEN THEATRE. cusp PERFORMANCE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC, 11011 710 NANA sin This F.rening, WEDNESDAY, Much I. Paw I.—A %election from Der Itrel+ittuts, ender the direction of the Conipmer, Carl Maria Vun Weber ;being Ms third public appearance ia this ronntry;• Pall? 11.—A Orand Selection from Gramm, Bishop, Mozart, Perry, Bar nett, and Model. PART 111.—A Grand 3fl"cellenerrul Act, eoneistiror of Selection+ from Mrs. Me% 11,yerbeer. Ekhop, Moran, and Haydn. Principal Vara! Perfonnere—Meagre. Brahai and Phi Madame Traria and Illas Paton. TO-NIORT. KING'S THEATRE. OPERA CONCERT-ROOM, HAYMARKET. EITIOCRANION. Mr. D. V. t LEER'S AMTRONOMIC 4,L lA:en:Br on lids original TEANSPAFFN r CtitHERV, which he hag refitted and enlarger!, will take place thr. t.re.rtit WEDNESDAY EVENING, at Half-past 8-even. The varlets. Phenomena of Day, Night, Twilight, the Seasons, Phases, Eclipse% the S ilar and Sidereal `Systems, will he splendidly illitutrated and the Earth... True Figure (that of an Oblate Spheroid., and the 1.7.1 e of the Ceicetial Ghlte end the Longitude ut Sea, demonstrated. Bogey ge. ; Pit 2.. • Gallery its. Piece. and particular. at Mr. Ebert's, OTd nnctd-utreet • and at the Ma-nice °fate Theatre, dallY • Thelided4 I,c:gterenrylle Don. Tavern, Kennington, on Friday Even ing N. mg Chandlery. LAST NIGHT ONE IN LENT. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. Thf• Evening, WEDNESDAY, March is, LitmanON ASTRONOMIC AND THE PHENOMENA OP TAN HEAVEN% AND OP THE EARTH, TO HE DELIVERED RY DIR. BARTLEY. B eg in ! n r veven—Coneludev at Ten. The BRUME Paw Commenced publi.hltur yesterday seraligt at • quarter part seven o'clock. LON: DON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13,1891. The French Papers contain a Ito - yal Ordonnance for the regulation of the Normal Schools, and a Proclamation of the Emperor NICHOLAS for the convocation of the Polish Diet. A number of commercial failures continue to be announced in these Papers. We have no room for ex tractg. It will be seen by the Parliamentary proceedings of last night, that Lard Liv ERPOO L gave notice of his intention to move for a Committee to inquire into the state of Banking in Scotland and Ireland. The elnquent and impressive speech of the CHANCE . - Loa of the EXCIIEQU ER, in bringing in the Budget, was well calculated to quiet the apprehensions which so much pains bad been previously taken to excite as to the financial condition of the country. 11 is clear and candid statement con tained all that was necessary to satisfy the public, and to jus tify the immense majority, both within and without the walls of Parliament, devoted to the principles of his administra tion. The firm and dignified tone in which he repelled the taunt of Mr. Hem e, so frequently thrown out against himself and his colleagues, of retaining expensive and useless offi2es on account of the patronage annexed to dean, was highly honourable to him as a Minister and as a man. His disinterested desire to have every public office ably and effectively filled is well known ; no man cares to have the beet attributes of his character wrested from him, and to he held up to the reproach of the country, where he is moat conscious of deserving its confidence and its praise; it was therefore with a proper feeling of self esteem that he challenged the public approbation, for not suffering the loss of patronage to act as an impediment to a wise and honest measure, or to stand in the way of any retrenchment which the efficient service of the country de manded. The Rt. Hon. Genes statement on Monday night caused, we believe, no small surprise to many, who ima gined that the late confusion and embarrassments of trade would be found to have extended to the finances of the 41 country. He prefaced the etails of his statement, by an ex pan of his financial m sores since he first accepted office, su ffi cient to soften t rigour of those even who were most stubbornly disposed . o sinister anticipations. The relief to the country from a considerable weight of taxa tion ; the reduction of duties, in order to extend our coin merce ; and the fulfilment of his predictions with respect to the result of those measures, together with numerous proofs of the national prosperity which ensued, were all oppor tunely recapitulated: in touching on the late revursions, he estimated the loss to the revenue which might arise from them at about 1,300,0001. We confess that whether we con sider the origin or extent of those difficulties, they appear to us to present a momentary impediment to our progress,—a shock arising front the sudden extinction of a quantity of fictitious capital, which had existed too short a time to become intimately connected with the industry of the coun try ; one of these natural fluctuations in the commercial for tuneof the nation, which no human prudence could avert. With respect to the dead weight annuities, he stated dis tinctly that he did not think that the arrangement made with the Bank was quite unobjectionable, but at the same time he could not understand the force of all the argu ments used against it. Now, it appears to us, that, viewed merely as a financial measure, that arrangement is liable to very little objection, if to any at all ; and this shall con tinue to he our opinion until, at least, it be shown us how an equal sum might have been raised on terms more ad vantageous to the public; but as far as the Bank was colt- cerned in it, and induced to advance money on inconver tible security, we think it wholly unjustifiable. This transaction indeed may be viewed in another way, which seems hitherto to have wholly escaped attention ; we may able them, with what intentions or motives did Government sell a long annuity, terminating in 1860, to a body whose charter expires in 1833? Was there any understanding between the parties as to the renewal of that charter ? or are we to believe that the Bank took upon themselves all the hazard of bringing so great a property to market before the arrival of that period? - - No reduction is to take place, except of the duty on tobacco ; this we doubt not will call forth loud compleints from certain quarters, but we beg leave to remind those• gentlemen who earn a frail popularity by complaining of the public burdens, that the nation has no alternative between increased debt and taxation : with respect to the increased amount of taxation (we beg pardon for having unwarily slipped into the sophistical expressions of certain gentlemen of the opposition benches), we mean the increased amount of revenue, it is gratifying to rind that it proceeds front an increased productiveness (.50 per cent.) of the former taxes. Mr. Hume, however, still insists that more money is taken from the pockets of the people now than formerly, and that taxation diminishes the comforts of the people. Can he not see, that; while the taxes are the same, the increase of revenue cannot be a new encroachment on the comforts of the people—that if more money be collected, it must be from the pockets of a greater or more opulent po pulation—that, in short, the increase of revenue, under those circumstances, is a proof that the people are not weighed down by the weight of taxation ? It would be well, indeed, if nations had never contracted debts • but these are the consequences of war, and are therefore to be reckoned among the inevitable ills attend ant on the infirmities of mankind. But when once those burdens have been created, we wish to know by what !locus ppm (a familiar phrase with the opposition benches,) Ministers are to pay the interest of the National Debt, and support a Sinking Fund, without imposing taxes? In other words, how are they to pay what they owe, without a re venue, and yet to have a surplus? Now, this is precisely what Mews. Beats and MADERLY require. With re spect to the able and economical arrangement of public offices, referred to in the CHANCELLOR of the Excitc ctuE ell speech, these are facts well known and admitted. That Ministers will continue to adhere firmly to tbat just and liberal t..urse of policy which they have hitherto pursued, is sufficiently attested by the declaration of the Cu AN C Et.t.oa of the EXCHEQUER, that he was determir ea to keep pace with the progress of knowledge, and to apply the lights of political science to the practice of his Adtninistration. CITY, TUESDAY EVF.If MG. The Stock Exchanges were in great confusion this morn-1 ing, and Consols varied at their opening between 77.1 and 77 ; however, they subsequently settled down to 77. An improvement to 77k occurred about one o'clock, and the closing price was 774. 1. Exchequer Bills were Ss. 4s. 6s. 35. pm., and India Bonds 2s. Is. This amendment in the' Exchequer Bill market was in a great degree occasioned by the relief that is expected to he afforded to it by the pro posed funding. Bank Stock for the Account was 203, and India ditto, 233. The new Four per Cents left off at 941. The Commissioners appointed by the Bank of England for distributing the sums to be advanced on loan in Glas gow, state, in the advertisement in the Glisgow papers, that ilia mast inviolable secrecy will in every instance be ob served. As at Manchester and elsewhere, the loans are to be not above 10,0001. nor under 300/. The question of the expediency or inexpediency of re ducing the quantity of the unfunded debt, by converting it into stock, is one on which the Ministers ought to have the best means of judging. If Exchequer Bills fall to a discount, and are habitually paid to the receivers of taxes, to whom in certain cases they may be legally tendered at par instead of money, it becomes absolutely necessary for the Government either to increase the interest on them, or to reduce their amount by funding. In the Foreign market there was but triflit.g business, the attention of the jobbers being directed entirely to Con sols. Colombian Bonds 474 to 47—buyers; Mexican 62 to 621 ; Russian were 1 per cent. higher, 77. In the other Foreign Stocks, or in Shares, there was little variation. - - --- FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Earl of Kingston entertained a distinguished party at dinner yes terday. at his house, Whitehall-place. Lord Gifford had a dinner party yesterday, at the Rolls' House, Chan cery-lane. J. H. Tremayne, Esq. M.P. entertained a party of distinction at dinner yesterday, at his house In New-street, Spring-gardens. The Countess of Arran entertained a select party of fashlonables yester day evening, at her house in Dover-street. The Duke of Norfolk arrived on Monday at his house In St. James's square, from tVorlsop Manor, Notts. Ladles Charlotte and Maria Beauclerk arrived In town yesterday, from Sir Gilbert East, Bart.'s seat, Hall-place, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Caledou hare arrived at the Earl of Hardwick's re.idence In St. James...square, from their seat In Ireland. Captain Dyng left town yest.reay for Wroth= Park. Robert Fernand, Esq. M.P. has arrived at his house In Park-street. The Earl and Countess Gower arrived In town yesterday. from the Mar quill of Stafford's, West Hill, Surrey. Lord and Lady Forester have attired at the Duke of Rutland's, Beier& Castle, from Rucks. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. JaMes's-street :—Lord and Lady Glasgow, from Richmond ; Captain Beauchamp, from a tour. Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. left, yesterday, Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Shrewsbury. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—The Earl of Meath, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Weyland, from their seat in Oxfordshire. Pe partures :—Vincent Eyre, Esq. fur Cambridgeshire; Robert Gordon. Esq. ou a tour. _ The Earl of Hopetoun arrived yesterday at Stevens's Hotel, Bond street, from Scotland. Departures from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Captain Lum ley, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, for their seat in Norfolk. The Honoura bl e Colonel Lygon, M.P. has arrived In town from atour. . . • " Arrivals at Micust's Hotel, Lowe: Brook-street Gaussen fram Hertfordshire , IL C. Warburton, Esq. from Orleans ; G. T. Wyndham, Eoq. (ruin Hants; Admiral Wyndhutn, from Norfolk; Mrs. Crampton and family, from Paris; T. A. Knight, Esq. from Exeter. Departures:— Sir Clifford and Lady Constable and family, for Brighton ; the Honour uble Mr.. Childers, fur Henley-on-'f hame,; Colonel and Mrs. Pemberton, fur Kent ; Lord Dorchester, for Hoots. On Monday afternoon the Duke of York held an as semblage of the Field Ofiicers of the brigade of Foot Guards, at his Royal Highness's Office in the Horse Guards, which occupied a considerable time. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief, held a levee at his office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by the Earl of Macclesfield, Lord King iton, Lord Hotham, Lord Saltoun, Lord Brutlenell, Lord Blantyre, Lord William Russell, Lieutenant Generals Dunlop, Montgomerie Thomas Browne Coghlan ; Major Generals Sir Robert O'Callaghan, Warren l'igott ; Sir G. Campbell, Mr. Curtis, M.P., and between twenty and thirty others. The Duke of York had a select party to dinner yester day, at his house in South Audlcy-street. Prince Leopold honoured Drury-lane Theatre with his piesence on Monday evening. Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held at the Treasury Chambers. Monday dispatches were received at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, from Paris. ' Last night Mr. Cantini, his Majesty's messsenger, at tached to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, left town with dispatches from the Colonial Office for the logien Islands. Yesterday the Noblemen and Gentlemens* Catch Club dined togttlicr at the Thatched House Tavern. We are requested by the Committee who superintend the relief for the distress of the silk-weavers, to state that the reports of the revival of trade in Spitalfields are without foundation, and that, on the contrary, tlye number of weavers out of employment is daily in creasing. The Committee regret that they are com pelled to state they have sow upwards of four thousand families, comprising about 17,000 people, on their books receiving weekly relief ; and that the few hands that are now getting employment are not equal to the number that are daily turned out of work. Three fourths of the money subscribed is already distributed; and unless their funds are greatly increased, they must refuse every new application, and soon he compelled to discontinue the relief which it at present affords. His Royal Highness the Duke of York honoured by his presence the private view of the splendid elegancies which are to be aold at Mr. Canty's Rooms, in Pall-mall, this day. THE BRITISH PRESS. TO 2'H EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SIR—It Is not my . purpose to dispute whether It is or is not expedient to effect an alieration in the existing Corn Laws ; at the uric time I feel it incumbent on me to state that, as the expenses of the landowner, the tenant, ant: the labourer, are so much in creased by the accumulation of direct mid indirect taxes, so it is necessary that each of them should receive a fair remunerating price, as far as their several interests are concerned. It must be allowed that a considerable reduction has taken place with regard to taxes, but these affect tha farmer and the labourer in a less degree than any other parts of the community. The tux most burdensome to the farmer (and of which I wish more particularly to treat) Is, the tax levied for the relief of the poor. I would not be misunderstood In treating on thin subject ; my object is to show cause why the pnor's rates in many parts are become so heavy, and in what manner they may be reduced, with out prejudice to the poor man, but to make his situation more use. ful to himself and to society. There is doubtless a difference of opinion respecting the increase of our population of poor, and also as to the muse of the increase, though it is most probable that there is - more than one cause. _ I will endeavour to explain in as few words as possible what I conceive to be one cause. During the time that corn has been selling at a high price in England, it has ! been a practice with our farmers to take more land, witereyer they could procure it, to the prejudice of all little farmers. It is owing to this that the rent of a little farm per annum is so much more than that of a large farm, as will be seen by a little further explanation. It requires no argument to prove that a little farmer occupying a large—or, au it is commonly termed, a good farm —must he possessed of a sufficiency of capital to use it—and they are generally men with an independent property. Now, supposing a man is occupying a large farm, anti he has an opportunity of increasing his business by taking a small one situated near where he resides, he can always afford to give ten shillings an acre more for such a farm than the man who lives and keeps hnuse'on it, because the former has no additional housekeeping ; he merely takes the ]soil, and lets the house to a cottager. I conceive this to be the reason why all little farms pay a greater rent per acre than large farms, and that very after when the land is inferior. It is well known that the rents of small farms are so high, that no men can take them to keep horse ms them. unless they can do nearly all the labour themselves. This is owing chiefly to tire increased amount of rent and poor tax which they have to pay, the poor tax being always proportioned to the rent; and in general it will be found that forma of from 50 to I:10 acres, are taken at a much greater rent per acre than large farms of from 3 to 500 acres, or more. Somennica the difference amounts to more than 50/. per cent. Now, it is universally allowed that, where a man uses three or four farina thrown together, he does not employ so many labourers us the mine farm would employ if used sepa rately by different tenants ; and very often the land is not so well cultivated, and does not produce so much corn, or bring up so much stuck, as where the heal is used in small farms. A num ber of arguments might be drawn to prove this principle, particu larly on wet soils, which are of:en very indifferently farmed when used as large farms. On the other hand, if used in small farms, the labour is naive and better done, the land is more dry, and a number of causes tend to make it produce more abundant crops ; but unfortunately, from being over-rented, the little farmer finds it impossible to carry on the business of his farm in the manner it ought to be done, and he is obliged (though reluctantly) to yield to the difficulty of his situation, and whenever the price of corn is re duced, from the opening of the ports or any other cause, lie is finally obliged to give up business, and collie to the patish, to in crease the number of those poor men who are unfortunately though unavoidably) become so burdensome. I would ask, where is the utility of ruining so useful a set of men as the little farmers undoubtedly are, and bringing them to become chargeable to tin different parishes, when, by a just and proper assessment of rent and poor tax, t hey would employ more labourers than even the great farmers themselves. It is true that the expense of house keeping on a farm of 50 acres will amount to nearly or quite as much as on one of 150 acres. But if I may be allowed to give an opition. I think that the less number of acres a person uses, an moth the less ought he to be need per acre to the poor rates, in order to give hint a chance of living. as lie does others, by confining his business to the culture of one small farm. On the contrary, when a man uses a large farm, he is not al ways satisfied till lie has added a considerable number of acres more, thereby hindering men who have small capitals from employing theirs in order to obtain a livelihood. I would not be understood to wish to prevent men from using large farms ; but I think that where a large farmer pays a pound an acre for his land, and the little fanner pays from thirty shillings to two pounds for land of the same quality and goodness, there certainly ought to be a greater distinction made in what each pays towards the support of the mem especially when numerous instances are to be found where the latter employs a greater proportion of labourers than the former. And it is equally pernicious when tradesmen become farmers, using perhaps the beat land, when they have a good busi. ness without it. Their situation then is exactly similar to that of the large farmers who have increased their business. They have no house to keep when they take a farm. consequently can giye a higher rent than any farmer who resides and keeps house on the premises. I think that tradesmen or innkeepers using farms ought to oe rated to the poor book as high as a farmer who uses double the quantity of land ; because they usually employ a less proportion of labourers than the farmer, by reason of doing come part of agricultural labour by the servants they are obliged to keep fur the purposes of their trade or business. That large farms are become the desired object of the present day among farmers, is a fact too well known to be disputed ; and it has been too mach the practice of landlords to throw small farms together, and let them for a lower rent in one farm. This, what ever may be urged to the contrary, is a misfortune to the commu nity ; for, if we take, for example, a farm of one thousand acres, used by one man, and making allowance for the use of different i machines, he does not employ more than ten men, and very likely not so many. On the contrary, if 1900 acres be occupied in ten farms by different tenants, they will employ half as many more, if hot twice as many ; at any rate, reckoning the tenants themselves, twice as many men will be in active and useful employment. The 'labourers would lie better paid than by the large farmers; and al -1 together they would cunae a considerable increase in the consump tion of all kinds of manufac:ures, and without doubt would be doiag greater good to the comnittnity at large. The corn would come to market with more regularity, and many of those practices and shifts which are now become so pernicious would be set aside. But the greatest evil arising from large loins is, that they are al -1 ways situated in the best land ; in fact, where the land is inferior, ferment are never so ready to take it, and hence it is that poor soils are occupied by the old race of farmers. These latter are obliged to sell their corn when they want money, which generally happens at 'Michaelmas and Christmas. The large occupiers, on the con trary, can preserve theirs till they make the best price of it; and hence it is that the price of corn is always highest from Ladytide till harvest, excepting the years when the country was glutted with foreign corn. It was in the years lila 21, and 22, during the de pression in the price, that the little farmers, arid those occupying poor lands, were the greatest sufferers. Considering then the many advantages that a large occupier poi.- , sesses in comparison with a small one, and most particularly the power which lie at all times possesses to take his farm, by being able to give a greater rent for it, it is become highly necessary that sonic more protection should be afforded to the latter, in order that they niay have equal advantages with the former in cultivating their land. It is in vain to urge that land canuot be cultivated in small farms . • and there are abundance of proofs of land having been so occupied formerly. The only reason why they cannot now be culti vated in the same manner is owing entirely to the too high rent that they are obliged to pay per acre more than large ones. It may be demanded, why a person is not to use a large tarn, if he has a sufficiency of capital to carry on the business ? To which I an swer, let him use as much land as he plumes ; but, its it is hurtful and pernicious in every point of view to the prosperity of the coun try, let him be rated, and pay towards labour and the relief of the poor in proportion to the chastity of land he occupies. But as there is a very great distinction between good land and bad, it is necessary that the rent should determine the amount which each man should pay towards owns' rates and labour. To explain the subject more clearly, let small farms. paying a rent under 50/. per annum, be rated in the poor book at 23 per cent. on such rem; next, let farina above 501. a-year rent and under 1991. be rated at 30 per cent. on the rent; above 1001 and under 2001. a-year rent, at 35 per cent. ; and so on progressively to any amount of rent paid. By these means the interest of the small occupiers will be pro meted; and if all land-owners wove to bend their minds towards making some division in the largest farms, by converting them into smaller ones, the capital necessary to be employed would be recur. oil by the increase in the valne of the property. But this is not the only measure necessary to be pursued in these times of distress. The situation of the labourer himself demands some examination. It is well known, that the labourers in souse parishes with large families receive from eight to ten shillings a-week, relief. But sup posing he receives five shillings aweek, it of course, amounts to 13/. a year. Now the only method of reducing this heavy expense on the landed interests, and, at the moue time, to make the situation of the labourer more comfortable to himself and more useful to so ciety, is. to let sober, honest, industrious men have a small quantity of land (soy an acre) to cultivate themselves. Ilsre they would find employment, when they could not meet with it in other places. ' Our population of poor having now become so great, and as their wants arc confined to an honest livelihood and subsistence, this I believe to be the only way by which this great object can be ac complished. For tide plume, suppose a capital be formed under Act of Parliament, whose object shall be to purchase land, and divide it in smell quantities for labourers, and erect cottages thereon. I am led to believe that the rent which these men would be able to pay would be found a good interest tee the money expended, and the land would be secured to them by the means betore sta ted, having little else to pay but the rent. It has been in time of prosperity that all little places of this kind have been monopolised by the large farmer; being for the most put well cultivated, and always a tempting object to a farmer, and have hem taken in the some manner as little farms. The honest ' 1 labourer, being thus provided with some means of subsistence besides his earnings, would be in a condition to support hinted(' without assistance front the parish, and would be an example to' other poor men to imitate his habits of industry, and gradually the poor's rates would decrease, and in the course of time become very trifling. It would be then thaE the Corn Laws might undergo some alteration, without fear of injuring any part of the come niunity. The only preventative existing at the present time is, that the eituation of the poor man and little fernier, and the farmers who occupy poor land, would be very distressing. But if the land were relieved from the burden of the poor's rates, and the interest of the little fanner secured by the means which I have endeavoured, though imperfectly, to explain, I believe that some alteration in the Corn Laws would then be a public benefit. At any rate the price of corn could then be reduced, by putting the average price' one-third or one-fourth lower, which might with safety be put In practice, because the land would then be relieved of at least tme.fourth in the expense of cultivating it. But perhaps the means by which this great object is to be effect ed requires some further explanation. It a large capital is rained, to be empiric, to the best advantage, it would, in the first place, he necessary to enclose all waste lands that are worth cultivating, and convert them into small farms, and build cottages, having • entail quantity of land for labourers. In parishes where the popu lation of poor in large, and where the poor's rates are high, farm% may be either taken or bought for the service of the poor ; indeed I have heard of an instance where a farm was hired for the use of the poor, and the profits applied for their support; and with good effect, the poor's rates having by that means been much re. • duced. But I believe the best means would be by building cot tages in the magi convenient situations , having a small quantity of hand to each , hut these must be in situations where the men can procure employment, and then they will want no kind of relief. It catinct be denied but that this is a very diffi -it matter to manage ; nevertheless, I am convinced it is every way practicable, if means are employed as circumstances require. The object is • to employ those means by which the poor man may obtain a Until. hood without receiving relief front the parish; and if tanners them selven were to unite their abilities in assisting in this great under. r taking, it would be to their mutual benefit and advantage. By a judicious division of land where it is requisite, and a proper em ployment of capital, it is obvious that the state of the poor, and, the general interest of the country, would receive a very consider able improvement. B.4INTS AND SINNERS, OR, THE stinsti:DlTert, NORTON FALGATE, AND 01.0 AR. TILLERY-GROITND LADIES . MULE ASiOCIAT Monday evening a very numeraus and highly respectable Meeting of the Ladies' Bible Association took place at the church of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, for the purpose of receiving the 13th Report of that Society. Previous to the Meeting Mr. Kincaid, one of the Secretaries, and who has distingoished himself so much in distributing the alms of the Spitallields Charitable Association, having received private in timation that the Meeting would be honoured with the presence of Mr. Carlile, and the Rev.ltobvt Taylor, Secretary to the •• Christian Evidence Society." he, in a praiseworthy manner, communicated the facts to the Magistrates at the police-office in Worhip-street, who directed Garton and Armstrong, two officers of their establish ment, to be in attendance. The meeting being called at six o'clock. about that hour Mr. Taylor, with about a dozen of his friends, entered the church, and after dividing themselves into different parts of the edifice, Mr. Taylor mounted tho platform, which had been previously erected for the Chairman, the speakers, and those who comprised the Com. mittee. Before the meeting had congregated, Mr. Taylor, being on the platform, attentively viewed each person as they entered ; and a little before seven o'clock, the Rev. Josiah Pratt, accom panied by the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, the Rev. Mr. Fame., the Rev. Mr. Campbell, the Rev. Mr. Crosby, and a number of other cler. gyanen, as well as Mr. Burnell, a Magistrate of the county, entered the Church, and ascended the platform. The Rev. Jostait PitAT T was mumimoualy called to the Chair. The Citalkstax briefly opened the meeting by stating that it was their 13th time of assembling together, after which— The Rev. Mr. CIIOSOY, in a speeeh replete with great argu ment and sound sense, addressed the meeting at considerable length. Mr. llat.t.rorcE, of Steward-street, Spitallields, a silk-manufac turer :nil one of the Secretaries, then read the Report, which was as follows : . Amount received this year .-- n free Contributions - - - £52 4 3 :n Bible Subscriptions - . - - 13 3 4 6 7 9 Creditor : Paid to Auxiliary Society for Bibles and Testaments 13 3 4 Fur General Objects - - - - 52 4 5 65 7 9 That the number of Bibles and Testaments distributed this year, at cost prices, were . - . • 112 And the total number since die establishment, at cost prices . - - . -77 g Gratuitously - - - - - 30 Total . The Rev, Mr. PHILLIPS, of Kingsland, in a most animated speech, addressed the Meeting at considerable length. After that Rev. Gentleman had sat down, Mr. TsTr.nn (the Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society) rose and endeavoured to obtain a hearing ; but the Meeting, who seemed to be as well aware of his person as they were of the object of his visit, raised such a deafening cry of •• turn hint nit, turn him out !" that it was itnnoasible to catch a word he said. We however heard him any, " Reverend Sir, lam a clergyman of the Church of England," and ,• I will be Marti for s few minutes?" The Meeting became more uproarious than at first- After order had been only in part restored, The Cita' RMAN asked his name? when he said he was the Rev. Robert Taylor. Secretary to the Christian Evidence Society, and that he only wished to be heard for six minutes. The CHAIRMAN replied, that the regulations of the Meeting had been pat into his hands by the Committee, and that although discussion was not dreeded, it would be improper and irregular on his part to permit it then. At this period the generality of the meeting thought that in ad. dition to Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carlile was in the Church, and the anxiety to see him became very pressing. Several voices front Taylor's friends cried " hear him ! hear both sides of the pat.', tion !" while hundreds of voices vociferated " turn him out, turn him out !" In this mated confusion, The CHAIR MAN felt obliged to appeal to THOMAN LANE. Esq. one of the Churchwardens. who instantly rose and said, that if tranquillity could not be restored, and should Mr. Taylor persevere further in the line of conduct he seemed to adopt, he (Mr. Lane) would have left no other alternative hot either to comply with the wish of the Meeting, that of turning the gentleman out, or of dissolving the Meeting, neither of which, he hoped, he should be driven to. After order had been in part restored, The Rev. Mr. :Mont . t melt addressed the meeting at consi. derable length, but scarcely had he been on his legs, when Mr. Taylor presented him with a MS. paper. which he (Mr. Taylor) wished to be read, Mr. Mortimer said, that judging of the paper from the quarter from which it came, he would not read it. When Mr. Mortimer sat down, 1). DVDLEY, Esq. presented himself, and was most vulvas'. astirally received. Ile furnished a great variety of interesting anecdotes, which he said he had witnessed in his travels, on behalf of the present society, He was followed by a Reverend Professor from New Orleans, who gave an account of the progress of the Institution, which seemed to noaka. a deep impression. The Rev. Mr. CAM rn ELL, late Missionary to South Africa, else addressed the meeting. After which the Rev. Mr. FARRER was called upon. He com menced by complimenting the ladies upon their exertions, as well as on the beneficial effects resulting from them, which lie thought must be extremely grateful to their feelings. The reverend gentleman then took an enlarged view of the state of so ciety, and of those nations where the Gospel was not known, and the gradual improvement resulting from a knowledge of the scripture, as producing in its advancement civilization and peace to those who were ignorant ; and stated that where infidelity and opposition to the Bible were most prevalent, robberies, murders, and tyranny, were most predominant. here Mr. Taylor vociferated " No, no, no!" his friends joined, and a scene of confusion ensued, which puts description out of the question ; When order was in part restored, the genteman lamented the in terruption, but in proof of his assertions would appeal to the horrific scenes at the early part of the French Revolution ; and in glowing terms depicted the carnage that resulted from those times of infidelity. Taylor's associates appeared unable to bear the powerful appal of the Rev. gentleman, and Mr. TAYLOR rose and exclaimed " it's false. it's false."— He again seemed inclined to address the Meeting, but the words, " Turn him out," were too prevalent. The Rev. Mr. CROSBY insisted upon either Mr. Taylor's si lence, or that he should leave the meeting. Me BunwELi. (is Alagistrate) said he would call upon the offi cers to assist him in the exercise of such a duty. At this period, several ladies in the galleries fainted, and the up roar exceeds description. After order was restored, the Rev. Mr. Clayton, Mr. Burnell, • Mr. Pratt, and several other Gentlemen addressed the 'totting, each at considerable length. Thanks were then moved by Mr. BURNELL to Lady Elizabeth'. Whitbread, the patroness of the Society, as well as to the Ladies of the Committee. Thanks were also given to the Vicar, Clergyman, and Church wardens of the parish, as well as to the Secretaries and Clittimian, the latter of whom returned thanks, after which he dissolved the meeting. After the dissolution of the meeting, a kind of a rush was made to get at that part of the Church which it was expected Mr. Taylor would pass through, aid the aisle where it was thought he would go by was completely choked. He whited to address the crowd, but the officers in clearing the church cleared the church of him. Ile was, however followed by a TAM crowd of persons along Shoreclitch, as far as the turnpike-gate, when, in order to get rid of his companions, by a most excellent stratagem, two of his associates suddenly darted down the street. This, for a mo ment, had the desired effect, as it drew a part of the populace in pursuit, thinking that Mr. Taylor was one of the runners. The majority, however, were not to be gulled, but continued with Mr. Taylor, hissing and crying " send him to the watch.liouee," until a coach arrived, when he and a few others got into the coach, and two having mounted behind, the coach went of at full speed, the men behind waving their hats, as if they bad obtained a victory. - - • The great change in the value of money which has been occasioned by the re-action of the small notes, is no longer confined to the mercantile class. The agricultural interest is beginning to come in for a share. Since the new year, cows have fallen 25 per cent. or 4/. a-head in the Glas gow cattle market. (in Tuesday the demand was dull. A fine milk cow of the Ayrshire breed, that would weigh 30 stones, or 675 lbs. English, sold at 161. Several good milk cows went off at 101. and 121., and some at 81.—Gla,- goy, Chronicle. LAW NOTICES. COURT OP CHANCERY. DZIORIL TKO LOAD CRAM" LLLLL . Tttta DAT. AT Taw Remitting Hollow., after which LtinaticPetitions. a►.►l/lIR TOO MICR-CDATCALLOW. ?Dig DAT, AT ■ALP.PAPT " IItf. Remaining MuOone, idler witieh Came Petitiono. sou -s cot!RT. ONNSIAL PITITION IPAY, THIA ATINI/10, AT SIT. . Edmunds v. Acland Feredny v. Adam. Fellows r. Grantlef Brougham v. Idle Ulithint v. Howell Martin v. Yorke In re Cornwalli.Charlty Masten/ v. Mardeve Ma/hem v. M'olffe • Macdougall v. Brown Peacock v. sowers !Ameba/Ater v. Ramada In re Providing Bro- I Dreyer v. Man/de/day tialilni v. Gallinl ... . . .. ... . then' Society in re At!e.m4on Campbell V. Chesty; Andrew T. Ellim la re Sharpe Baker V. ftalgery Stafford Freeman v. Fiddle In re Burton Peath v. Bushell Harcourt v. Henniker In re Bileoek'a E dates Milne v. Gordan Griffith v. Wynne Bradley v. firad.ey Baker v. Nickson ilildiert v. Cooke Bayley v. Warta Milne v. Gordon Ex-parte Barton Richards v. Richards Charley v. Haynes, two Petit km, Blair v. Soppitt Robinson v. Hopkins Nicholson v. Webster Hughes v. Wynne Wilson v. Shaw Kirkpatrick v. Kirk patrick Bailey v. Baxter WIICOX v. Horsley Houton v. Platt Lord v. Gouslin llyinmock v. Ashton, tw r Petitions Collin v. Were I Hughes v. Inglis Murray v. Adderbrooke Piumpton v. Halloos In re Davis Willis v. Black Rainford v. Parke Hushes v. Inglis tiambler v. Matthews Smith v. Elder ♦. Elder Moberly v. Moberly Atwell v. Smith ➢irch v. Ilodelnecnii Aldridge v. Yob Brown v. Page In re Bend • In re Read Ex•parte Hunt In re worthy Harriman v. Harrimsri Allen v. Callon Shelly /. Shelly Dunnage v. Whitt Barnard v. Barnard ' Bird v. Matthews • Spildt v. Masy • LA IV INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CORI:T, TUZSDAY, MARCR 14. TANSANDAU V. PETAH HOWIE, ESQ. M.P. 'AND OTHERS., This was a suit instituted to dissolve a Joint Stock Company % called the Bridals Annuity Company, one of the recent joint stoce speculations. Of this Company Mr. Peter Moore is Chairman; ant John Wilke, jun. the Solicitor. Mr. HEALD moved that it might be referred to one of thE Master% of the Court. to inquire ii the fourteen answers flied by, the fourteen defendants, who appeared by Mr. Wilks. as their Rolf e citor, were substantially er in any anti what respect different, Ike ! , and in support of his motion read an affidavit, by which it ap 4 peered tlta the fourteen answers were verbatitn copies of each other, and that the defendants, whose interests were identical, had so answered under the advice of Mr. Wilks, for the purpose of multiplying the costs of suit, anti thereby of preventing the pre secution of the suit. The Learned Gentleman further stated, filet • two of the defendants had refused to swear to the like ansWee.att those sought to be referred, and that others who bad sworn to Bleat had since expressed their regret that they had been induced to de so. That the ailidavit, although Nelerely reflecting upon the cha racter of .Mr. Wilk& as the solicitor fer the Company, was wholly unanswered. Mr. Heald in conclusion observed, that the motiot: was novel in its character, but that it was rendered necessary in consequence of the unjustifiable practice put'sued by Mr. Wilks, on the part of the defendants. and intimated that the motion was preparatory to ulterior proceedings. Mr. P CoYa and Mr. Knit:to: also addressed the Court for the plaintiff ;lir. Han r, Mr. BitmawiLL, and Mr. WAKEFIELD, were heard against die motion. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR then, without calling upon Mr. lleald for his reply, said, if fourteen t.efendants, filling the same character in a suit, and Faring the same common Due. rest, and appearing by toe same solicitor, think fit to tile fourteen separate answers of great length, to the same effect, instead of one answer, which be the common and general answer of all; if such ire the case, not for the purpose of any eapedieney in res: - .!ct to the defence of the parties, but solely for the purpose of checking toe progress of ,the suit accumulating expense to the plaintiff, it is plainly the duty of the Court to protect the plairrele from such consequences, and it is no answer to say that the bill itself is absurd and vexation:it this is not the proper sea-on to.iti quire into the merits of the bill, and if the bill Pere admitted to be absurd and vexatious, still it must be honestly anti fairly met on the part of the defendants. I cannot adopt this motion to tier terms in which it is made, because it does not altogether foliose that if all the answers are similar they must therefore he vexatious. But I consider this motion as being mean s ine ely to fctoid an in quiry into the actual circumstances of the case, and I consider my. self at lilterty to adopt the inquiry in such terms as to appear to me ultimately to lead to the justice of the case, I have, therefore, during the argument, penned what I consider to be tee proper in. quits., and it is in these words :—" Whether it was necessary, or for any and what reason expedient, on the part of the fourteen de fendants, or any and which of them, who have filed their unseats through the intervention of Mr. Willis, ;le their solicitor, that se parate answers should be tiled by each defendant ; and if the Master should be of opinion that it was not teccsaary or expedient for the purpose of their defence that separate answers should bs Fled by any of the defendants, then let the Master state how it happened that separate answers were tiled, and let the .Masterstate any special matters at the request of any party." I quite agree that the Court is prima Lithe to presume that these answers were not tiled for the purpose of oppression and vexation. becaese the rots of the Court requires that the signatures of Counsel should be given to answers, and I am persuaded that there is no Counsel practisim; in this Conn, who would lend himself as an instrument to *bpi fourteen similar answers. And I assure myself that it will- he found, when the records cone to he examined, that these fourter . t answers were signed by fourteen different Counsel, who were eaten ignorant of the fact of the other answers being filed of the epee length and purport. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SURREY ASSIZES, KnrosToN, MAC 14. Before Mr. Baron Gs Ali AM. John Jambe, alias the Honourable John Julian' Hamilton, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Catherine Fitzgerald, spinster, at St. Michael's, Bath. on the 23d January, 1817, his first wife, Dorothea Donovan, being then alive. This case stood over front the last Assizes at the instance of the prisoner, who was a young man of fashionable appearance, and wore a formidable pair of mustachios. Mr. Baottatce opened the ease for the prosecution, and stated that it was cundu:ted at the instance of a lady named Frances Vitalea Reaptildo, the widow of an Italian. with whom the prisoner was said to have formed a third matrimonial alli ance. The following witnesses were called :. Mr. Benjamin Jones, brother of Mrs. Raspaldo, produced an examined copy of the register of the marriage of the prisoner with I torothea Donovan, at Cove, Cork, on the 6th April, 1313, at the church of St. Union, in that mirth. William Rogers, water.bailiff of Cove, peeved that he was pre. sent at the marriage of the prisoner with Miss Donovan, whose mother had kept a hotel and tavern at Cove, but had tailed in bu siness. The prisoner lodged in witness's house at the time. Miss Donovan went to the church front her aunt's house, and her mother consented to the match. Iler father was dead at the time. Mary Hare proved that she also was present at the marriage.— The prisoner was married by the name of John Jacobs. About two years since the prisoner called upon witness to prove the mar riage in a Court of Just ice. She knew the prisoner to have lived both in England arid Ireland with Miss Donovan, as man and wife. At the time of the marriage, :Hiss Donovan was about six teen years of age. On her cross.examination by Mr. Law, she said she did not know the age of the prisoner et that time. Joseph Tucker, parish clerk of Walcott in the city of Barb, produced an examlued copy of the register ef the marriage of the prisoner with Catherine Fitzgerald, which took place on toe 23d of January, 1017. Captain Butler, formerly of the Life Guards, was present at the marriage of Miss Fitzgerald with the prisoner. Witness was him. self married on the same day to another lady. Ambrose Parish, clerk of the papers in the King's Bench Prison, roved that the prisoner was apprehended in that Prison on a warrant for this felony, and taken to Union Hall. 1 Frances Vitale, Haspahlo, the widow of an Italian, proved that she was introduced to the prisoner in l'aris, by the name of the Hon. John Julian Hamilton. She produced a pope., which she said was the certificate of her marriage with the prisoner. About two months since, she received from the prisoner's first wife a let. ter, of which the following is a copy. Witness could nut read or write. " Truly, my dearest Dora, I have cause to he wretched tied unhappy ; but never mind—nothing but firmness and resolution must now bear me through this dreadful fate. Cheer up, love, and be assured of this, that let my fate be what it may—let me IN where I will, new. never shall I so loudly love another as I its. you. Let me do what 1 may, be assured, my dearest creature, your alone will be my first and only love ; do not, Dora, desert yme pont unhappy Jack. Do what you can to extricate your pair fellow from the fate that awaits him. Leave no stoic unturned to find Mary flare, and see If you can keep her out . of the way until the Kingston Assizes are over. Should you do that, all will go o a well; if not, God Almighty only knows what will be my fat.. Moat truly do I grieve to hear you are so truly wretched and miserable ; for God's sake, and for nip sake, do hut—do sod fret ; you will add to my misery by so doing. God knows my situatio.; is moat dreadful without other additions, not having a penny to get bread, and compelled to accept favours from strangers. Never mind, Dora, if my fate ordains me to leave this country, my On. duct abroad must be such as to merit the lenity and notice of the Governor, and thereby liiihten the severity of my fate; and I hope I shall have this cheering prospect upon my return lit' living), to be received in dee arms of my own dear Dora. . 11 possible, come down on Friday, about four o'clock, and I will he at the gate to receive you. Truly do 1 commiserate your pre sent trouble. Cheer up for my sake, and don't let me see roe miserable when you come down. If she should cell again, endea vour to learn if the payment of the money will iuduce her to detest from the trial; if an, we must endeavour to get it for her. God help me ! Why did you not get Slaty II are's address e 'fry if yea can, and let me know. Adieu, God bless you. I shall rely mane seeing you on Friday. Believe me ever your attached and meat faithful, " JACK... Ibis letter was put in and read, for the p ur pose of establishing ' the validity of the feat marriage, and the anx iety of the prisoner to suppress legal proof of its celebration. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, said he did not wish to say any thing. Al r. Isaac Jacob*, a glass-m a n u f a cturer of Bristol, father of the oder the age wf 21, sad that it had taken glace without the consent of perchts. . at imil.ner the dui . e wa :f I t h h e e l fin ca t l" marnage by th. h• Prbileer' wes an . inan, Cauflitile‘ to show that u