The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS we judge the future from the past can we expect have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, that Herr von BISMARCK will yield one iota of his Suburban, aad Country KESIDEM;ES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, arbitrary demands. He has become so infatuated upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent-street, alid South Kensington, facing the with his great success hitherto that in all proba- Museum. bility he will pursue his mad career quite heedless of where it will take him to. QOUTII KENSINGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters -*rn rraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Ely iston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe ✓ i aares, Boltens, &c. Messrs TOPLIS and ROBE itTS have r:-I DEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding; localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. It is not very long since the report of the trustees of the PEABODY Fund appeared in the journals, and was read with general interest. The admiration felt for the magnificent generosity of the American gentleman was increased if possible by the know ledge of how much good his gift had been the means of doing; of how many toil-worn, anxious families had been raised from the inevitable associa tions of dirt and squalor to the enjoyment of a de cent and respectable home, fitted with all those little appliances for domestic comfort and economy which make so great a difference in the weekly ex penditure of the thrifty housewife. The manner in which Mr. PEABODY'S money has been expended by the trustees has been worthy of the gift. It has been laid out in a sensible, prudent, practical form, so that it shall not only relieve temporary suffering and then be forgotten, having done its work, but it shall last to future generations, the very good it does giving it the means of doing more. The economy shown in the administration of the funds could only have been manifested where the in terest of the trustees was in the cause, and Mr. PEABODY has the satisfaction of knowing that none of the money has been uselessly or lavishly ex pended. He can, too, see for himself the rows and squares of goodly habitations, and learn from tho healthy, cheerful countenances of the inmates how practically beneficial his kindness has been to one of the .classes most deserving of help—the respect able, hard-working poor. So well satisfied does Mr. PEABODY appear to be, that the public is now gratified as well as astonished to learn that he has nearly doubled his gift, having added to the already munificent donation of £150,000, the sum of £lOO,OOO ! Such lavish generosity reads more like the fables of Eastern princes and magicians, more like a chapter from Persian romance or the Arabian Nights, than the record of the gifts of an ordinary man of business in our matter-of-fact and self-seeking age and country. Great thoughts and noble impulses no doubt abound ; but pru dence, timidity, the claims of family and position, the extravagant demands of even ordinary living at the present day, all step in to fetter and to cramp the spirit which inclines to forget what may be exactly expected or demanded in measuring its own means against the overwhelming want and suffer ing around. Mr. PEABODY simply says that he feels this country has claims upon his fortune, since so large a portion of that fortune was acquired here. But if this reason constitutes so powerful an appeal upon the generosity of one who is after all the citizen of another country, surely the claim must be still stronger upon those who by birth, by education, by association, by rela tionship, are altogether English. There is no lack of liberality in this country, as is continually proved in cases of great or exceptional distress, while the number of noble institutions, hospitals, and asylums, supported exclusively by voluntary contributions, show on their very fronts convincing evidence that Englishmen "remember the poor LIFEBOAT SE RVI CE S. —1) urin g the storms of the past year the National Lifeboat Institution, by Its i ifeboats and ()liter means, contributed to the savin ; of ;07 persons from stiffer ent wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .£ 9 1,•V.4 In the same period on its life boat ettablisliments, in addition to grantiot4 - .£4,030 for te wai ds for saving die and exerzising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution e irnestly A i'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANcE to enable them to nie,t, the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 15s lifeneat stations. ~ at the C ontr ib u tions are received by the London and aq country bank,trs ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis E , Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS, AND DINNERS from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Charges moderate. An Elegant DINING ROOM for Ladies and Families. TO the PEERESSES and LADIES of the ROYAL COURT of ST. JAMES'S, who intend to be present at the Opening of the Houses of Parliament by her Majesty in person, are requested to make early appli ca ti on to 31A0AM i E RACHEL to nsur , her special attendance for that occasion.-47A, New Bond-street. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GA ELDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) TIIIS EVENING (Saturday), Mr. Charles Deffrlli's new opera, in one act, CHRI6TMAS EVE. Madame Y. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alin I Mellon. After which, at 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and ope ratic Christmas Pan'omime, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 &clock. TH EA TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of TIIE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermar n Vezin, After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE: KING PIPPIN; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore. 11. brayton, G. Weston, Master Percy tioselli ; Misses II azlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. 11. Bolen°, C. Lauri, Cormacx, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. But Mr. PEABODY'S example suggests to us the pos sibility of something more. In our wealthy metro polis there are hundreds of men who have made fortunes not unworthy to be compared with 31r. PEABODY'S. Surely it would not be expecting too much of some of our City millionaires that they should manifest the same anxiety to assist their dis- tressed fellow-countrymen that an American mer chant has shown to those who have less direct claims upon him. If the American's noble gift should stimulate any other wealthy man in this country to follow his example, it will have done double good ; but if it extend no further than it has already done, it will still give many thousands of English men and women cause to remember and to bless the name of Mr. PEABODY. General CLAY has been entertained by the Cor poration of Merchants at Moscow, and the excite ment and enthusiasm which were manifested on the occasion were most extraordinary. The reception of the General and Mr. CURTIN, his Secretary of Legation, was very flattering, and all possible means were adopted to insure harmony and cordiality• The President of the Imperial Exchange, in pro posing the health of the PRESIDENT of the United States, dwelt upon the great sympathy -which existed between the Russians and the Americans He declared that they were actuated by higher motives than mere commercial ones in en tertaining their honoured guest. So great was the excitement that prevailed at this juncture that a telegram was sent to the American Consul at Liver pool, for transmission to his Excellency ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States of Ame rica. General CLAY'S speech also afforded great gratification to the Assembly. He spoke in English, and declared that he had great pleasure in paying a visit to the ancient capital, the cradle of the Russian nation. We must confess that the General rather exceeded even the limits of American exaggeration when he spoke of ALEXANDER the Second as " that glorious Monarch whom GOD gave to the living generation as a guarantee of prosperity to Russia, and as an honour to humanity for all time to come." The coincidence of this great Monarch being in power at the same time as the President of the great Republic is a special dispensation of PROVIDENCE to promote the liberty and civilisa tion of the human race. Great as was the enthusiasm concerning General CLAY, it seemed even more extended when the Assembly received the toast concerning Mr. CUR TIN. In proposing it Mr. TORBOFF, who before said that the love of the strong for the strong is what binds them together, declared that he never wished so much to be a good speaker before as he did then in endeavouring to celebrate the praise of their guest, whom he addressed in Russian as JE RE DAVIDOUILET CURTIN. It appears also that Mr. CURTIN was quite as carried away by the excitement of the scene as his entertainers, and in concluding his harangue:by quoting the words of an American poet—" God bless the great Empire that loves our great Republic, success to its people and long life to its Czniz," his feelings quite overcame him. General CLAY, in a second speech that he made, indulged in some very intolerant remarks at the expense of England and France. Ile said that the Russian and American industry being but young must be protected against overwhelming compe titors, and actually went so far as to affirm that if the request of the Freetraders were complied with, " Russia and America would become tributary to France and England for all time to come." This is a most ridiculous idea, and speaks ill for the pro gress of American commerce. A comparison be tween the United States and Russia was drawn by a Mr. TCIIIJOFF, in which he said that the time had passed when these great empires had consented to be the hewers of wood and drawers of water in the household of civilised nations. " The doctrine of Protestantism might be regarded with a mingled feeling of pity and contempt in Western Europe, hut, thank GOD, it gained even fresh proselytes in both Itusia and America." Such doctrines are of Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manrger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM Messrs. Sothern , Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nell) , Moore, Snowder , &C. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE ITAYMA_RKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Ba.tleman, Wea hersby, (tc ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.. Under the sole Management (,t Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, TILE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Mr. Id. Widdicomb. Alter w hich, TETE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Tetchier; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin J. H. leitzpatric;:, D. Evans ; .nesdamesTernan, E.sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at ~even, a new farce called I'IPKIN'S RI:6TIC KETitEAT. Messrs J. L. Toole and P. Beoiord, After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 132 d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, I'. Bedford, It Phillips, leelix Rogers, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Biliingtcr, &c. To conclude with LEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, 11. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. seaman, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi: h, at a quarter to Eight, IT 13 NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. (:haractere by Messrs. Vining. T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, 6. Caihaem, F. Vilders, J. G. shore, G. Murray, IT. Melion, C. Scyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven !first Vine), a new and origi• nat Comedy, THE FLY AND THE WEB. Messrs. tar elle and Price; Mis,ts Sw.mborough and Raynham. After whin will be p• oluced a new ')pera luirlesque, L'A FItR;AINE ; or, The Queen of .he Cannibal Islan !s. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thome; Mesdames Swanborough, Itaynitam. J ohnstone, Ti conclude with LENDING A HAND. Mess's. Be:ford and Turner; Mistes Simpson sad Iluglies. lIIE LAST EDITION OF " TIIE SUN," Uoutaiuiti4 Lite Latent I4IELL.I(III;;NCe., pan be had Every Eveuir.; of G. U.. GLI:NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. TIIIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by W. ALEXA:\ UEI (late It KOOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavenaisti- otreet, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LA TEST NEWS ant SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, Ne,‘ spap er Agent, 4, lilackiriars-roan. London, S. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the pubic generally, j as h e .o s o u i f su the pplies published L —ho. road, N.W. QPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the LAT r.ST EDI LION of "TII i; SUN" as soon as pub lish,d. Bath-strtet, City-road, E.C. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 28m.—Afternoon, sh. 48m To-Molinow.-Morning, 6h. 4m.—Afternoon, 6h. 20m , ^j 44 eyg - o‘-‘4044,134 ".t.k LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5,186 G. It would seem as if something decisive would be done in Prussia at last, and the last news is of a very satisfactory character, inasmuch as it shows a determination on the part of the Chamber of Depu ties to resist the encroachments and innovations of the Government. The committee on the subject of Lauenberg declared the decision of Herr von BIS3IARCK to be erroneous ; and Dr. VIRCHOW'S motion on the subject called forth a debate. In this he declared that the annexation of Laueuberg to the Prussian Crown was illegal until it received the sanction of the Chamber. Of course such an announcement aroused the indignation of the great man, who forthwith declared that there was no ne cessity for submitting the question of Lauenberg to the Chamber. The motion was originally carried upon nominal appeal by .251 against 44 votes. This was it should be, for, great as have been the en croachments made by Ministers upon public privi leges and popular rights in Prussia of late, this affair of Lauenberg exceeds them all in inconsistency and iniquity. The intnense majority by which the motion was carried is in itself a decisive proof of the feeling of the Deputies, and must speak as strongly to the Government as to the opposition which they are likely to encounter. Another subject was likewise brought before the Chamber -which testified to the indignation which was felt at th e sameful decision of the Supreme Court. The protest was moved by a member of the Progress party against the late decision of the Court in the case of Deputies TWESTER and TREUGEL in acceding to the request of the Public Prosecutor to institute proceedings against them. The debate which succeeded this motion terminated of the Assembly to by the resolve request the Minister of Justice to be present at a future discus sion of the subject. It has been for some time anticipated that the present sitting of the Prussian Chamber would be a stormy one, but reall y so far as it has gone events have exceeded these expecta tions. One after another in rapid succession all the chief topics of discussion have engaged atten tion, and in no single instance can it be said that any ground has been gained by the Govern ment ; on the contrary, they have lost in every sense of the word, in power, prestige, and influ- It would seem, indeed, as if things had now come to such a pass that open resistance must shortly ensue. It is not likely that the De puties will draw back and submit tamely to the insults that are heaped upon them ; neither when 1 ence. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1866. He has long shown his determination not to be fet tered in his policy by any traditional associations of party or faction, and only the other day he declared his intention of regarding only the general interests of the country, not the theories or prejudices of any single body of men. The freedom of the negro from all personal or legal restraint, his right of evidence in courts of law, and to hold the property acquired by his own industry and exertion, are all acknowledged by every civilised nation as Indispensable to a just and enlightened Government. But when it comes to a question of giving the suffrage to uneducated and excitable men, it is a very different matter. It is not in the colour of their skins that the objection lies, but in theirlack of mental and moral training, their want of self-restraint and en larged understandings. If an equal number of white men showed the same drawbacks, they should also, on ali wise principles of representation, be excluded from the suffrage. Ten or twenty years hence the negro may claim to be admitted to a vote ; but if it be granted to him at present it will be only lost ground. The example of Jamaica only too clearly shows what a mistake it is to bestow the franchise before the blacks are fit for it. We have now in Jamaica to retrace our steps, whereas, if we had ad vanced more cautiously 30years agothe progress would have been permanent. Under these circumstances we sincerely hope, in the interest of both black and white, of North and South alike, that the negro suffrage will be at least deferred, that so ' important a political privilege will not be bestowed in a time of transition and political excitement, when the old ties are broken, the old restraints removed, and the excitable imagination of the negro is filled with dreams of wealth, and in fluence, given to him, not earned. The Radical party in Congress have introduced another Bill which is remarkable for its ingenuity. It bases the representation of the Southern States on the number of whites alone, so that the Southern ranks *ould be very. slender. All these devices, however, will not avail against the general feeling of the public, which, we trust, will be decidedly expressed on the side of individual liberty and really national representation. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The critical financial event of the week has been the formal announcement by the directors of the Credit Mobilier of their intention to adopt the step to which I have alluded, to make application to the Council of state for power to double their capital by the issue of new shares. A general meeting of the society is announced for the 12th inst. to obtain the sanction of the company to the proposition, a necessary formality to accompany the application to the Council of State. Several important changes in the statutes of the company are likely to be made, one of which will be to require the publication of a detailed report of the affairs of the society every month, a publicity heretofore refused. The accounts will be kept by a committee of examiners. The formal proposal to be made at the meeting is to sanction the creation of 120,000 new shares of 500 f. each, with interest at 5 per cent. The terrible affair of the Fcederis Arca (Arch of Alliance) has again been brought before the atten tion of the public, and the new phase of the tragedy has been marked by a melancholy incident. This case had just been brought before the Court of Cassation, when M. Victor Fouchar, an advocate of the court, was suddenly seized with an apoplectic fit, which caused his death in a few hours. The further hearing was therefore postponed till Thurs day next. It may be well to recall to recollection the chief features of this terrible occurrence. The Fo3deris Area, a three-masted trading vessel, sailed on the 18th of June, 1864, from the port of Cette, in the Mediterranean, for Mexico. Insubordination soon manifested itself on the part of the crew, and on the 30th of the month they refused to obey or ders, and the vessel became a complete battle-field. The captain (Capt. Richabourg) was murdered, and thrown into the sea. The second mate (Au bert) was also assassinated. The cook (Muller) and a midshipman named Dupre were also killed, lest they should make revelations. The mutineers put to sea in two boats, taking with them a part of the cargo and all the money on board, having previously scuttled the vessel.' kThe accused arc nine in num ber—viz., Carbaccia, Tessier, Lenard, Noillie, Leilers, Chicot, Charles Pierre, Thepault, and harrier. One of the murderers in attempting to escape was drowned. The trial was about to take place at Nante s , b e f ore th e C ourt o f A ss i ze _ _ for the Loire Inferieure, but the Imperial Court of Rennes interfered, and issued an order withdraw ing the case from the jurisdiction of the Criminal Court, and directing that it should be tried by a INlartime Court. The reason for this change is that a Court of Assize may admit " extenuating circumstances," but a Maritime Court in France has not this power. The Government was desirous not to let these criminals escape from death, if con victed. The prisoners, however, wish, for obvious reasons, to be tried before a Court of Assize, and they have appealed to the Court of Cassation against the judgment of the Imperial Court of Rennes. This is the case in progress before the Court of Cassation, the postponement of which till Thursday is caused by the additional melancholy circumstance which I mention above. The number of rich beggars seems on the increase in France. A day or two ago an old man in rags applied for admission to the hospital at Arvanches. His clothes were taken off and thrown into the yard for fear of infection, they were so dirty and un sightly. When the old man had been relieved, cleansed, and refreshed, he wanted to take off the garments in which he had been clothed, and de manded his old rags again. He particularly asked for a tattered waistcoat. This excited suspicion, and on looking into the pockets notes and securities were found of the value of 5,375 f. This old man has for many years lived on public charity. A day or two ago the Commissary of Police of the quarter Picpus having been informed that an old man living on the Boulevard de Reuilly had not been seen for some time sent agents to search his apartment. It was a miserable place. The old man was found dead on a wretched bed. He had suffocated himself with charcoal. Ile was often heard to express a fear that he should die of hunger, and the neighbours assisted him. He lately borrowed 2f. of a poor workwoman, and said he was in want of bread. The police- officers found some parcels covered with old rags, and remarking that the face of the old man was turned towards them they opened the parcels. They contained in notes, gold, and securities about 15,000 f. The deceased had two relatives, who are really in great distress, and the property will be given to them. Captain Dore, one of the most eminent members of the Senate, has just died in Paris. He was born in 1789. From a midshipman he went through no credit to those who promulgate them, and when we put aside the flummery that ornamented the proceedings we find nothing advocated but the spirit of intolerance, whether imperial or democratic. The exciting questions relative to the national representation at Washington are still engrossing a great deal of attention even in the crisis of Mexican relations. The Radical party in Congress have achieved a decided triumph under the guidance of Mr. STEVENS in passing the Bill giving the right of suffrage to the negroes of the District of Columbia. By a vote of 116 to 54 the Bill was passed, and the Radical party remained victors of the field. It is currently reported that should the Bill pass the Senate, the PRESIDENT will refuse to sanction it, and it is not at all impossible, from what we have seen of Mr. JOHNSON'S policy and character, that he may even proceed to a decided measure. It has been stated that despatches exist of later date than those published in the yellow book. I am, however, informed on good authority that no despatch has been sent from the French Govern ment of a later date than that of the 25th January, and that the answer of the Government of the United States to this document has not yet been received by M. Drouyn de L'huys, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Empress, like the Emperor, is unceasing in her support of all benevolent institutions. Her Ma jesty has just paid a visit to the Maison Imperiale de Chaventon, closely inspected all the arrange ments, and inquiring of the medical officers and Sisters of Charity if any improvements could be made, or if anything were needed to increase the usefulness of the institution. A second ball given by Baron Haussmann, Pre fect of the Seine, at the Hotel de Ville, the night after that of the Emperor and Empress at the Tuileries, was perhaps more splendid than that of their Majesties'; at all events it was more nume rously attended, for it is said that six thousand per sons were present. The saloons had a magnificent appearance. Their extent was 936 metres. They were lighted by 9,774 wax lights and 2,380 jets of gas. LITERATURE. -- THE ART JOURNAL for February is adorned with three very beautiful engravings from lovely originals—to wit Herbert's 44 Susannah," Webster's " Spring," and Story's 44 Sybil." Each of these works of art, in its way, being an undoubted master piece—the cost of the half-crown publication in which they appear is reimbursed to the purchaser in the engravings alone, to say nothing whatever of the letterpress. Yet, included among that letterpress will be found, as usual, contributions from art critics as eminent as Mr. Ruskin, as Mr. Fairholt, and as the Editor, himself, Mr. S. C. Hall—the last-mentioned completing this month his interest ing memorial paper (illustrated with charming little woodcut embellishments) on Robert Southey, the late Poet Laureate. THE INFANT'S MAGAZINE.—What next ? The Schoolmaster, tired of being so much abroad, we suppose, has come home at last, and so con amore that he appears to be making himself quite at home in every room of our households. We have for more than a century had the Gentlenzan's Magazine. We have for some time past had a choice of Lady's Magazines. There are Magazines for the Boys and for the Girls respectively. And now, lo and behold, we have The Infant's Magazine, the organ of the _Nursery. A line from Bon Gualtier (we would here suggest)— And our Young England's penny trumpet blow ! might be appropriately adopted henceforth as the motto of this pretty little prattling periodical pennyworth of prose and poetry for Toddles and Poddles, for Tom Tucker and Goody Twoshoes. A NIGIIT IN THE CASUAL WARD has been done into verse by M. A., and published as a threepenny pamphlet. If for no other reason, it is noticeable as a fresh attestation of the brilliant " hit" made by the Swell Sham-Pauper of the Pall Mall Gazette, through whose Rubicon was that-" weak mutton broth," s t h h u at d , de h r av t i o n (and he must still having k sse o d f it) has won a new and odd kind of fame for—not John Hollingshead, not Anthony Trollope, not a thousand times not Charles Dickens, as some were absurd enough to imagine_ but the genuine Swell Casual, the veritable Simon Pure (?—after the mutton broth !) James Green wood. THE STORY OF THE LOST LONDON has been told effectively i n a little penny pamphlet, the bulk of which is simply a reproduction or compilation from the accounts originally published in the newspapers. It is a tale of disaster and heroism quite as enthral ling in its way as those older tales, descriptive re spectively of the Losses of the Amazon and of the Kent East Indiaman. THE FARMERS' AND GARDENERS' ALMANACK for 1866, issued from the press rather after date with the February instead of with the January magazines, is a splendid shilling's worth of information, full of value and interest to both farmer and gardener. DR EDGAR SHEPPARD'S PAIIPIILET - ON BATIIING (Hardwick), we are pleased to see, has obtained the honour of a " Second Edition." It is full of com mon sense and of sound, wholesome advice worthy of being taken (as a first step towards health) by many a valetudinarian. THE BROWN BOOK for 1866 sustains its reputa tion. It is enhanced in value this year by several additional advantages, among others by the prefix ing to it of a folding outline map of the metropolis. ROUTLEDGE'S N UTTALL'S WALKER'S PRO NOUNCING DICTIONARY is a wonderful shillings worth of Philological Information. It is as good a dictionary of the size as was ever published. It is revised, amended, and enlarged throughout, and that critically. And we don't wonder to read on the very cover of it that the present issue of the work is its 120th thousand THE INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER.---This is a useful and instructive miscellany, which deals less with the general reader than with the studious and scientific. Happily the circle who take an interest in questions of natural philosophy is now a much more extensive one than it was even a few years back, and accord ingly the intellectual observer is not likely to lack readers who can both enjoy its contents and profit by them. THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.—A very good and con scientious journal, directed a little too much to those who hold the same religious opinions as its editor, but well written and well printed. Some of the general articles are very good, but the magazine does not equal " Good Words" in the happy com bination of religion and literature, which all sects may read without offence and with direct profit. LE FoLLET.---If grouping a colouring could make the fashions charming, certainly the plates in the " Follct" would reconcile our fair dames and demoiselles to the most extravagant of modes; but, to tell the truth, all that Parisian art can do fails to render the stiff, narrow figures presented to us as attractive as usual. The general contents of the magazine is of the ordinary character. QUEENSLAND EMIGRATION.—The ship Southern Ocean, 2,500 tons burden, belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mackay and Co., sailed on the 30th ult. from Gravesend for Queensland, Captain Robert Craig, commander ; sur geon-superintendent, Dr. Levitt. The Southern Ocean is the 73d vessel that has sailed on the land-order system of emigration, under the immediate direction of the Queens land Government. She carries 438 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and free passengers, and consisting of members of familLs, 174 ; single men, 212 ; binglo females, 22. all the grades till he became captain. An interest ing anecdote connected with French history is re lated of Captain Dore. In 1815 he was at the island of Aix, being them a sub-officer, where the Emperor Napoleon retired after his abdication. In concert with several officers, M. Dore fitted out a vessel with a faithful and devoted crew, and proposed to the Emperor to convey him to the United States. The Emperor, however, declined the offer. The _ . Government of the Restoration looked upon Dorci as a dangerous person, and dis missed him from his command. Ile was however, reinstated, and served in several important expeditious. The present Emperor did not forget M. DorVs devotion to his uncle, and in 1849 ap pointed him GovQrnor of the Island of Bourbon. A year afterwards he was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honour, and in 1853 he was named Senator. Ile was not much of an orator and spoke but very rarely. The works of the Great Exhibition proceed with such vigour that several portions of the building will probably be completed before the time named by the contractors. All the foundations will be completely finished before the end of March. The construction of the pillars of the grand nave and the side galleries is being carried on actively at the workshops of the contractors of the building. The Imperial Commission gives notice in the Moniteur that it does not recognise any of the agencies an nounced as connected with the building, but only the committees appointed under the general rules recently published. I hear that the Empress is about to be appointed honorary president of the Exhibition. LA TEST INTELL MINCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) - -411.- THE SPANISH CONGRESS. MADRID, FEB. 4 (Evening.) &nor Mayano has moved in the Chamber of Deputies an amendment to the address replying to the Speech from the Throne. This amendment is as follows :—" Our financial difficulties, increasing from day to day, will cause the ruin of agriculture and manufactures. It is necessary to balance ex penditure with revenue, but as it is impossible to raise the taxes already too heavy we must make re ductions to the amount of 300 million reals. It is only by this means that we shall re-establish our credit, and avert the dangers which threaten us." PORTUGAL. LISBON, Jan. 30. The telegraph will have conveyed you news of the entry of General Prim and the Spanish refugees into Portugal. Letters from the General's wife are in town waiting for him. He will probably arrive a couple of hours after the departure of the steampacket Oneida, by which I write. He was at Bija yester day, the guest of one of the Deputies for that city, and in the capital the Marquis de Niza aspires to the honour of receiving him in his house. From all accounts the Portuguese have shown sympathy with the General and his companions in misfortune, nor have hearty cheers been wanting on several occasions. Letters from Penefiel state that Prim's forces, all young men of 18 to 35, were in considerable anxiety during the last hours of their sojourn in Spain. They had obtained a guide to the frontier for $BO, and offered au extra $2O as a present if he could assure them it was near at hand. Imme diately they were safe on the neutral ground they attacked a turnip field with great eagerness, when the farmer not only refused the remuneration of ferred, but opened a pipe of wine for them to quench their thirst after having satisfied their hunger. The total number of Spanish troops which is known to have taken refuge in this country is a little more than 1,000, including 95 officers. The soldiers are to be sent to different quarters in this neighbourhood, and it is said that General Prim will leave without delay for England or France, but he can hardly arrive in time for the Oneida, which leaves at 1 o'clock. The South-Eastern of Portugal Railway modifi cation contract has been approved by Royal decree after passing the Peers by a majority of 14. The four American ships of war recently in the Medi terranean are to be stationed at this port for some time, and one of them has just been signalled ap proaching the bar. At present the French sloop _Napoleon I. is the only foreign ship-of-war in port. Lisbon quotations this packet are as follows : Exchange on London, 531, and Paris, 540, for three months' bills ; Bank shares, 1 per cent. premium, and Portuguese stock, 47i to ex dividend. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. QUEENSTOWN, FEB. 5. The Royal mail steamship Europa arrived here at 4.30 a.m. to-day, embarked the mails, passengers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and Boston at 4.35 all well. She experienced very severe weatherly gales down the Channel. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 2. BounsE, Feb. 3.—Three o'clock—The market has improved to-day, and closed as follows:- 4 per Cents 9B GO Roman Do. end mouth — Ottoman Fives — 3 per Cents. 6B 80 Mexican Loan 46 50 Do. end month 6B 95 Do. Bonds 305 Credit Mobilier ... 820 Russian — Do. end month ... Austrian Bank Shares 3725 Spanish Threes ... 40 Credit Foncier 1315 Home Debt — Italian Loan 62 10 Deferred Do. end m0nth...... 62 27 RAIL WA YP. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Cash. Acct. - 853 75 ... 1115 - - 358 75 545 - - ... 531 25 - - 410 - - - 402 50 - - - .. . 175 - - - .. . 217 50 - -- ... 100 - - - .. . 137 50 THE READERSHIP OF THE TEMPLE.—Yesterday the last of the gentlemen selected as candidates for the Readership of the Temple, vacant by the resignation of Canon Lonsdale, officiated in the church ; and on Wed nesday next the Benchers will proceed to an election. The names of the candidates from whom the Benchers will make their choice are as follow :—The Rev. Wm. George Martin, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, 8.A., 1848 (25th junior optime in the mathematical tripes), chaplain to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, Old Kent-road ; the Rev. John Oakley, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, 8.A., 1857, curate and clerk in orders of St. James's,West minster ; the Rev. William Thomas Du Boulay, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, 8.A., 1855 (28th senior optime in the mathematical tripos), curate of St. Paul's Church, Kensington ; the Rev. Edward Josselyn Beck, M.A., fel low of Clare College, Cambridge, 8.A., 1855 (40th senior optime in the mathematical tripos, and Ist in the second class of the classical tripes), formerly curate of Christ Church, St. Pancras ; the Rev. Alfred Ainger, M.A., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 8.A., 1860; the Rev.W. Anthony Harrison, M.A., of Gonville and Caine College, Cambridge, 8.A., 1856 (Ist class moral classes tripos), curate of St. Mary the Less, Lambeth. THE LATE Mn. JAMES SMITH.—The death (says the Glasgow Citizen) of this venerable gentleman is an event of deep interest to the Catholics of Scotland. Fifty years have elapsed since his conversion from Presby terianism, and scarcely less since the first appearance of his contributions to various periodicals in defence of the ancient faith. Shortly before the passing of the Reform Bill, when Edinburgh was visited by a politico-religious deputation of the " Reformation Society," headed by Captain Gordon, M.P. (Lord Roden's nominee for the then close borough of Dundalk), Mr. Smith alone accepted his challenge to the Catholics of Edinburgh for a religious disputation. After a discussion, at half-hour time for each disputant in turn, in the church in Charlotte-square, last ing three nights, during which the logic of the lawyer slowly but surely overcame the declamation of the preach ing Captain (which had been often rehearsed elsewhere), Mr. Smith concluded with twelve postulate, to which the gallant preacher promised an early answer through the press—which has not yet appeared ! This triumph on the part of Mr. Smith, so unacceptable to the majority of his fellow-citizens of the "modern Athens," was not calcu lated to improve the prospects of business ; but he never hesitated to sacrifice interest to duty. Afterwards he started the Edinburgh Catholic Magazine, a monthly pub lication of rare merit, which won for him the admiration .and friendship of many of the leading Catholics of the United Kingdom. This work he conducted with great ability, until called to London to undertake the editorship of the Dublin Review, a quarterly established by the late Cardinal Wiseman and Mr. O'Connell. His next appoint ment of Secretary to the ," Catholic Institute of Great Britain" was also a high honour, the advantages of which must have contributed to the advancement of his family, and a just tribute to his public usefulness and private worth. The.pricG of living in New Orleans is enormous, and grows daily worse. Everything in the market is ex ceedingly dear, and one can hardly get decent board for less than $75 or $BO per month. Even at that price boarding-house keepers hardly save themselves. A pair of boots cost $2O, and a coat--I won't pretend to say, but a very large sum. The tradesmen and artisans have pro tective unions. This does it.—New Orleans Cor. Mobile Register. There is a vast bed of coal underlying the city of La Salle, Illinois. The city fathers propose to sell the right of mining coal under the city (which lies to the depth of 300 or 400 feet below the surface) to the highest bidder, and expect to get a bonus of royalty or twenty cents per ton for the privilege. It is estimated that there are 27,000 tons under each acre, and as the city plat em braces 640 acres, the bonus may amount to three or four millions of dollars. 'The total number of claims received by the Adjutant-General of the United States War Department for a share in the reward for the arrest of the assassination conspirators is seven hundred and eighty. Each indivi dual claimant sets forth in his application the important part he played in the arrest of these outlaws. Only about three hundred applications will be recognised, and the threchundred thousand dollars reward will be distributed to each, proportionately to the service rendered. The re wards will be distributed in a few days. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. The case was proceeding when we went to press. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) PARKER. V. COOMBS. This was an action to recover £3 ss. damage sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defective state of de fendant's cab. Mr. Gray, for the plaintiff, called his client, who said he was an auctioneer of Thames-street. On January last ho took a cab, and, upon alighting, felt himself held back. He called out to afriend who was with him, and then discovered that his coat was caught by a screw. The result was a tear thatentirely destroyed the,coat, so far as plaintiff could wear it. Mr. B. I. Abbott (for defendant)—Could you not have the coat repaired ? Plaintiff —Certainly not. Mr. Abbott—This is rather an unfortunate case. The cab had been done up, and during the journey, while plain tiff was in it, a screw shifted out of its place and caused the injury. Plaintiff—The screw was sticking out some distance - - Mr. Abbott—l submit to your Honour that no negligence has been shown. Here the cab had been repaired, and during the journey the screw shifted, and thus caused the damage complained of. His Honour ruled that when a person hired a cab there was an implied warranty of its fitness for use. If this wore not the case there was no knowing where complaints would end. It was quite clear damage had been caused through the defective state of the cab, and therefore plaintiff would have a verdict, defendant to take the coat. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, _~ _ MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SCANDALOUS CHARGE.—Hetty Gould, a well-dressed female, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a bunch of flowers of the value of 2d., the property of Wm. Simmons, carpenter, who gave his address Lupus-street, Pimlico. On the accused being placed at the bar, Dickins, 30G A, said the person who had charged her was not in attendance. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, who appeared for the accused, said the present instance showed the very limited power given to police inspectors. The ac cused on Saturday night,.because she repulsed the advances of a man, was given into custody by him for stealing a bunch of flowers, of the value of 2d., taken to the station, and kept there till 12 o'clock yesterday. He (Mr. Lewis) thought the Legislature ought to vest a discretionary power in the hands of police inspectors to take or reject such a charge as the present. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that had the charge not been taken all sorts of things might have been said of the police. Mr. Lewis said he did not complain of the police. He only considered that they ought to have more power given to them. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that as there was no ono present to prosecute, the accused would of course be discharged. A more infamous charge and one of a more petty nature he had never heard. It showed what a malicious and base class of persons were to be found. Mr. Lewis said the man had given a false address. The accused was then discharged. WORKED TILL TILE LAST. — Patrick Cleary, of 32, Princes street, Lambeth, was charged at the instance of Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelty to a horse, by working it while in a totally unfit state. The horse was seen by Inspector Temperley, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, attached to a cart, in which was a large wooden tub. On examining the horse, it was found to have a largo sore on the back, with the harness pressing into it, and both its knees were broken and discharging. The horse was unfit for any kind of work. The defendant said he had no desire to use the horse if it was unfit for work. The Magistrate said that if the defendant thought proper to have the horse killed he could do so, and then there would be an end of the matter. Subsequently the officer reported that the defendant had taken advantage of the magistrate's offer, and had the horse put out of its misery. THAMES - . SAVAGE ASSAULT. —John Williams, a hawker of clothes linos, a little man, but represented by the police to be as strong as a lion, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Thomas Norman, a policeman. It appeared that the prisoner visited the station-house in Poplar on Saturday night and said he had been robbed of some clothes lines in a public-house, and that he knew the thieves well. Norman was sent to the public-house in question to make inquiries, and found that his statement was false, and that he had sold the lines. He then made a disturbance in the public-house, the landlord of which said—" I have had enough of you all the evening : I will have no more of it ;" and turned him out of the house. He then struck Norman in the street on the breast, and followed it up by breaking the strap of his helmet. He also kicked at the policeman, but the kicks took no effect. A violent struggle took place between the prisoner and the constable in the shop of Mr. Edgcombe, a basketmaker, into which the prisoner retreated. Considerable mischief was done to the property there, and the police constable was ill used and his thumb sprained. Assistance was at hand, the prisoner was secured, and lodged in the station house. He tore up the seat in his cell, and did other mischief. The prisoner said he was tipsy when the affair happened. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the assault on Norman, and said he would not adjudicate at present on the charge of breaking up the cell. SCANDALOUS GREENYARD CHARGES.—Two men, named Edward Holly and James Rippingale, were charged with being drunk and incapable on Saturday evening. The first, in the employ of Mr. Haws, farmer, of Bell House Farm, Romford, Essex, was in charge of a waggon and three horses. The team was taken to the greenyard in Bow, and Mr. Haws, who redeemed his horses and waggon yes terday at noon, was charged 245. by the keeper for taking care of the animals and vehicle. Ho was charged for four feeds of corn. He did not believe his horses were fed at all while in possession of the greenyard keeper. Rippingale's horse and cart was in the care of the greenyard keeper from 5 o'clock to 12 on Saturday night, and ho was charged Bs. 10d. He did not believe that his horse had received any provender whatever. Mr. Haws addressed tho magistrate at considerable length on the imposition practised upon him. He sent food for the horses in the middle of the day, yesterday, and he was compelled to pay 245. before his waggon and horses were restored to him. He wanted to know by what autho rity the police removed horses, cattle, and vehicles to the green-yard, where such charges were made. Mr. Paget had no authority over the green-yard. The keeper was self-constituted, and beyond his authority. He could not take the bills from the green-yard. If Mr Haws thought the bill was excessive he had better write. to Sir Richard Mayne, the chief commissioner of police, who would pay every attention to the matter. He dis charged the prisoners. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) FITZGERALD V. NORTHCOTE AND STONE. This was an action brought by Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, formerly Attorney-General for Ireland, and now one of the Judges of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, for assault and imprisonment by the defendants, who pleaded not guilty. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Brown, Q.C, and Mr. Phil brigg, Q.C., were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Kars lake, Q.C., Mr. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., and other learned genCemen, for the defendants. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the plaintiff was not actuated by any ill feeling towards Dr. Northcote, but that the actual object of the suit was to vin dicate the character of his eldest son, Mr. David Fitzgerald, upon whom the injuries charged had been inflicted. Ori ginally the college of Oscott, which was at present affiliated as a Catholic seminary, was limited to the educational training of young men intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, but the funds being insufficient to maintain the institution for the purpose exclusively, it was converted into a school for the reception of the sons of Roman Catholic gentlemen who were not intended for orders. The college was supported from the premiums paid by these young gentlemen, and a certain number of students were admitted who were designed for the Roman Catholic priesthood, and who received their support and tuition out of the funds supplied by the lay scholars. Between these two classes some sort of ill-feeling was supposed to have prevailed, and to have led to the transactions which gave rise to the present proceedings. The learned counsel here adverted to some of his personal reminiscences of Dr. Northcote at the University of Oxford, and said that he was an ornament to the Roman Catholic Church, and was well adapted to preside over an educational institution like Oscott, of which he was at present the principal. The other defendant, Mr. Stone, had been educated at Oscott, and was ordained there; shortly after which the office of Pre fect of Discipline to the institution having become vacant, it was conferred on him by Dr. Northcote. Mr. David Fitzgerald had been educated at Oscott, which he left in 18G4 for the purpose of matriculating at the London University. Having effected this object, he returned to Oscott to continue his studies until the period arrived when ho could apply at the London University for his degree. It appeared that a society entitled the A. B. C. had been formed by the lay students at the col lege, which meant the Anti-Bunker Confederation, " Bunker" being a term applied to the clerical students. Mr. Stone discovered Mr. David Fitzgerald reading a book containing the rules of the society, which he took from him forcibly and then ordered him into confinement. He saw Dr. Northcote afterwards, but that gentleman apprised of the conduct of Mr. Stone, mentioned that matters against the rules of the college had been found in Mr. Fitzgerald's letters. Ultimately Mr. Fitzgerald was expelled the college, after being subject to these indigni ties. Mr. Fitzgerald had since obtained a degree of B.A. with honours, and was a young gentleman of considerable ability. - (61114 (iirA HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Feb. 3. her Majesty drove out yesterday morning and afternoon. Lord Cowley was introduced by Lord Sydney, Lord Chamberlai n (Si r Ch ar l es Y oun g attending with the insignia of the Order of the Garter), and . her Majesty iu ves t e d L or d C ow l ey w ith the Riba , nd and Badge of the Garter. Her Majesty drove out yesterday accompanied by Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig- Holstein, and attended by the Hon. Flora 111 110- donald. THE INCOME TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin,—As it is rumoured that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will, in the ensuing session of the new Parliament, have so large a s urplus that be in tends taking off the above-named tax, it nilaY ne be amiss just to consider to what extent such a step would be politic, an d j us t to ta k e a s li g ht surveY °f this tax from its original imposition by Pitt in 1798, just 68 years ago, down to the present time. No \ this tax is well nigh 70 years old, having first been imposed by the immortal William Pitt in the session of 1798-99 to meet the exigencies of a most gigan tic and expensive war, which had then been ragi n g for six years, and when loan after loan had been borrowed and tax after tax imposed, all of whi ch had failed of producing the required revenue. i t was first of all put on at £lO per cent., or 2s. in th e pound. It was regar d e d str i ctly as a war t a x, to be taken off immediately peace was restored, wh ich was the case as soon after the peace of Amiens rn 1801 as could conveniently be. The general treaty of peace was signed Ist October, 1801. ( 1802) Mr. Addingt on , a ft erwar d s Lord Sidmout h , a t tha 4.. ; time Prime Minist er , propose d an d carr i e d a repeal of the tax nem. con. This peace was, as all reader s of history are full well aware, of very short dura tion,c being reg ar d e d more i n t h e l i ght o f an arme d ‘ truce than anythi ng e l se, f or i n M ay, 1803, t ue war between En g l an d an d France, after a peace o f 18 months, was renewed, and the income tax No s reimposed at £5 per cent. only, or ls. in the pou nd ' and in 1805, Pitt having again, for the last time, become Premier, augmented the tax to £6 1 0 s. p er cent., or Is. 31d. in the pound. In 1806 Pitt was summoned to his account, and there came in t office that Gov ernment commonly called " the Talents," or " the Broad-Bottomed G overn :l ment," when th e Whi gs, true to the i r usual principles, endeavoured to do the same thing it 1848. Lord Russell's Government in 1848 tried t d e increase the income tax from 7d. to ls. in the pout —or, in other words, from £2 18s. 4d. per cent. £5 per cent., only they were defeated. After having violently opposed the i ncome t ax w h en originally brought for w a r d b y Pi tt i n 1 798-99 (as they d id when it was imposed b y P ee l i n 1842) , t h ey were th e first to double it in 1806, in which said year it NT_ brought back t o th e or i g i na l £ lO per cent. , o r 2s. 11 ' the pound, with a declaration that it was to con tinue in force un til th e I st (st h ) a f ter the rati fication; of a ge nera l peace. A n d this l e the case, as it actua ll y did expire 011 the sth of April, 1815, the spring after the gen eral peace of 1814, wh en it was i mposed for one Year more, partly on acco un t o f th e war hav i ng brok e ; out again between E ng l an d an d F rance ( an d whic h with we all know terminat e d i n a f ew s h ort mon ths " the ever decisive and memorable battle of IVaterli and partly, to use a b us i ness -lik e term , , 4 to wi n , up." In 1816, exac tl y h a lf a century ago, Lord Liverpool, at that time P r i me Mi n i s t er ,t r i e d to mak e it a perpetual tax at £5 per cent. Several Min ts : terialists went over to the Opposition, in order to vote against the income ta x . Th e said Oppositien made a dead set agai ns t it, w h en i t was knocked on the head by an overw h e l m i ng majority. S 0 very unpopular w as th e t ax , th at on the motion of I -4° r c i at that time M r ., B roug h am, every paper conne cted with the aforesaid t ax was b urne d , and it remail'ed off for 26 yea rs ( a p er i o d o f more than a quar ter 0 , ; a century) until re i mpose d b y P eel i n 1842, t o meet the all but bank ru pt s t a t e t h at t h e Wh i gs, b y thei r bungling and m i smanagement, h ad then brought to to. Now, sir, I sp ea k f or myse lf , an d I think ' t may for most of my countrymen, when I say tha ., we should all o f us b e very sorry to have t o return to the old sy s t em o f i n di rect taxation, so a bly don e away by the l a t e Si r R o b ert Peel, i n 1 842. Dire ct taxation, if it be on l y f a i r l y l ev i e d , i s o f a ll modes of P ut taxation the most j us t, f a i r, an d equ itable. 19 here is the difficulty. It can never be just or rig ht sub a man wh o i s wor ki ng h ar d f or hi s living, s ea ject to all th e capr i ces, w hi ms, an d f anc i es o f ha° degree with should be paying t axa ti on i n an equal deg r : , with some rich, independent old lady or gentian_ e who has merely t o p u t hi mse lf or h erse lf into th carriage, chariot, or brou g h am , or say ev en ganso rct cab or omnibus, as th e case may b e, an d g o ( I ° w o , to the Bank of E ng l an d an d rece i ve the i r dividend s ' Now above all times is the time for a gene ral fog vision of taxation whil e we are a t peace . Iu - n, es years we may be engaged in war, and then all 11 1 ) 1 ; of a revisio n o f t axa ti on w ill b e at an end, vend likely for 20 years. We canno t an y longer reg o _ this tax as a war tax, as it has now been in e$ a tence for nearly a quart er o f a cen t ur y of all but time of profound Europ ean p eace , w ith the acer oe tion of the two years of the Crimean war. very . proposition of Mr. Disraeli, 13 y ears ago , was 3 a good one, i. e., making professional incomes P al d Pr ° quarter less than incomes a r i s i ng f rom file • If i n , perty. Only this hardly wen t f ar enoug h• comes arising from p ro f ess i ons and trades Pai▪ d about one-third o r one -f ourt h of what i s pai▪ d it people deriving inco mes f rom i n d epen d en t means, 70 is fully as much as they ought to pay, wh en the 9l consider that th e l east a il ment m i g ht d e prive ott, of the means of livelihood for ever. TheY °u° Yf at least, to have some allowance made the rn ' ame Mr. Glad s t one i s d es i rous o f perpetuat i n g his is. to posterity a s a grea t, an d, a b ove a ll, a just Min o f ter—i. e., one who has th e i n t eres t of the poi)le in t_ England at he ar t—h e w ill l ose no ti m e r eadjos of ing the frightful ine qua liti es o f th e present ino' erii direct taxation. An income tax fairly and Pr°P,,_ jr. levied might be made of all taxes the most la just, and proper ; but, as it is, it is in o st an just, unfair, improper, unequal, inquisitorial, iniquitous.—•l remain, sir, Your faithful servant, A LOVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FAC TS• Jan. 30, 1866. EPIGRAM ON GAD'S HILL. The followi? quatrain we take from the columns of a weekly coute porary : Thrice famous spot, where Falstaff fought In Shakspere's famous story ; As Dickens' home, Gad's Hill has caught Its final . 71 at Missßateman pp . Niblo's Garden, New York, on tho evening of the ho lef t The New York Times A g l lo iss ry. a eared says that "the lovely girl w- - us three years ago returns matured and iraproVed ; ts has grown in classic and statuesque beauty, and Prey any one of the most splendid pictures ever seen uPe u t stage. Her appearance was h a il e d with a storm n her 0 ' plause that might have thrilled the heart of Siddon s i as zenith of triumph. Her fair, sweet, classic face `vas ,f welcomethree thousand friends h a d c but P e sonal significance." c hurch Mr. George Peabody is to erect a new in Georgetown, District of Columbia, to accommodate t' church and society lately formed in that place, to inis t ''., l° the faith of their fathers, in opposition to the new The churco introduced there by Rev. Charles Beecher. is not only intended to accommodate those who have giV d e d up their ancient house of worship, and the fund int"' 8 in by the donor, Mr. Peabody, for their use, but it is also tended as a memorial of several generations of Igr. body's ancestors, who were born and lived, and Inan b° them ° them lie buried, in that town. It will unquestionably one of the finest churches in that county. • The ccst of living in Washing ton just n° vr rather startling, if correspondents writing- from that city speak correctly. A letter to a Western p a p er states that n Congress member from Illinois has b een in Washingto ry some days enjoying the luxury of a room in the third sto of Willard's Hotel at the moderate q uid p ro quo a $ lB Pe day. r 4I I ai\