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THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. I , a:emelt Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager, THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Petite Comedy of A NOVEL EXPF DIENT. After which, the veLyn miler and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS A►ID FACES ;9 r, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss ]fanny Maskell. To be followed by the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vest*. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, F. Matthews, Roxby, Baker, Suter, Belton, Horncastle, Butler, Ro siere, and :Moaner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss St. George. Miss M. Oliver, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters, by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster. — Directress, Madame Celeste. VENI, The popular new Drama THlS of E SLAVE NG LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Madame Celeste, Miss woolgar, Miss Harding. Miss Collins, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley; Messrs. Allred Wigan, Emery, Cullenford, 0. Smith, &c. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL WIFE. To conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PA N TA LON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be revived Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, 1 -;artleY, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Ryder, and 11. Saker ; Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, Addison, Chester, and Cath cart ; Misses Murray, Leclercq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Great and unprecedented success of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which nightly increases in popularity and attraction. THIS EVENING, Dec. 9th, and during the week, the perfor mances will commence with the new and highly successful Eques trian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, with all its exciting and interesting Equestrian and Dramat+c effects. - To be followed by Batty's Equestrian and Gymnastic Scenes in the Arena, supported by the first native and Continental talent. To conclude with the popular Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Deors open at Hail-past Six o'clock; Box-ottice open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDI lON BRIDGE. Tins Day —3forning 0 min. after 0 1 Evening 10 min.aft. 12 To - Moaaow—Morning 35 min. after 12 1 Evening 0 min.aft. 1 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1852. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. SOUTHAMPTON --S., strong breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—S.W., strong breeze—rain. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—heavy ram. GREENWICH —S., gentle breeze—rain. STROOD—W., calm—rain. SWINDON—S., gentle breeze—rain. LEIGHTON—S., calm—rain. COLCHESTER—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRlDGE—Calm—rain. YARMOUTH— S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : LANCASTER—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—CaIm—IOW. DARLINGTON—S., strong breeze—overcast—rain. SNAP—S., gentle breeze—rain. THE WEATHER. Suit OFFICE, Dec. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48— highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 57—Going up rapidly. WIND W.S.W., light breeze, and fine weather, inclining to frost. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE 18TH ULTIMO, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. lit'V -- 44* • r Z"ln LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1852. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on Monday evening, in speaking of the resolutions about to be submitted for the consideration of the House of Commons, declared, that "as far as the Go vernment is concerned and their measures, they ail stand forward for the decision of the House on any point ;"—and again, that he had "no ether wish than to obtain the general verdict of the House upon the whole of the financial scheme brought forward." Now this appears to us to be raising an issue exceedingly unfavourable to Mi nisters, and by no means fair either to Parliament or to the country. There are many excellent points in the new Budget to which we would ren der our most strenuous support. There are others —or at least one portion—to which we would offer an equally strenuous opposition. Must we, then, accept all, or lose all? We freely admit that " the financial scheme," taken as a whole, is very much superior to anything that has been brought forward for many years ; but we would surrender all the proffered advantages rather `than consent to the increase of thelnhabited House tax—.believing that it is unjust and oppressive to impose an onerous burden on one class of real property, an d th a t b y no means th e mos t eligible, from which others are exempted. Like the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, we object to exemptions of 'any description. And the most odious of all exemptions, would be that which would exempt kind from a tax imposed on buildings, or vice versa. The impost, whatever it might be, should bear equally on both, according to the actual value, and (as we conceive) should include per sonal property of every kind within its operation. Again, we cordially concur in the principle for the first time brought forward under Ministerial auspices, that there is a distinction between per manent and precarious income which it is the duty of Parliament to recognise. But we dif fer toto ccelo on the details. The principle being once admitted, a nearer approximation to the actual value should be made than that be tween 51d. and 'Td. A professional income ter minating not merely with the death of the party, but on a failure of health, or even a change of l' r °Perty, cannot be considered as in any degree "P-Proaching to one-half; or even one-quarter, of " value of a perpetual charge arising from the 'idends in the public funds, or the ground ants ef well-circumstanced real estates. The rates should and alth o and be materially modified ; not ch n ar gh still convinced that ind us t r y s h ou ld tat is ereba l ect d in any respect sav e so f ar as capi suggestion that In its o p er ations, we shall offer a r the present an d pen di ng t h e fiscal revision that Is inevitable, and th a t h as been more th an leader of the H ouse e i e • at by th e Mi n i s t er i a l Before, howeve r , We :lint:i . enter on this p ar t o f th e subject, we would a s k, win nal r-t-here, indeed, b e a necessity for the additio revenue of 1 000 0001 or, i Q f u s ER calcu at which the CHANCELLO R of th e Yates the additional House duties? less objection ableo cannot that sum be obtained it a manner than that proposed. In the first instance , we are prepared to prove, from the data fu rn i she 1)y Mr. DISRAELI himself; that the now I ncome _ tint, if accepted by the country, will considerably exceed the estimate of 5, 421, 000/., and that more t han 90 0,000/. will be available from that excess. The produce of schedule A, as at present levied, is 2,649,0001., and of schedule C 746,0001., r b na king togeth er 3,395,000/. It mus t , h owever , e borne in mind that a new class of contributors will be inclu conies, arisim, ded—those having permanent in t. from realised property , between 50/. and 150/, producing annum. The Right per . Honourable Gentleman has estimated the increase under this head at 430,000/. • an under e s ti mate , but this is palpably able M spected and indefatig r. ...LAGGED:IOR, the re- Representative for Glaps- gow, has, by a series of laborious calculations-- and no person will question his competence on such subjects—proved that incomes between 601. and 1501. are rather more than one-third of in comes exceeding that sum ; and he did this by taking the assessments for revenue; under Mr. Pm's Act for all incomes exceeding 1501., and also for those exceeding 601., and not amounting to 150/. The Hon. Gentleman states, " By calculations which I made in 1844, the lowest estimate I could make for incomes arising from realised investments and properties, was as follows in Great Britain. Those above 1501. per annum about 162,000,000/. under 1501., about 58,000,0001." Now it is more than probable that these calculations were made for Sir ROBERT PEEL as the basis of the future legislation by that lamented Statesman, whenever he should have to deal with a further renewal of the Pro perty and Income Tax. Mr. MACGREGOR. then held the responsible position of Secretary to the Board of Trade, and in that capacity pre pared the schedules for the revised Tariffs then introduced. His office afforded the fullest op portunities for obtaining all the elements ne cessary to enter into the calculation ; and we may feel assured that these oppor tunities were not in such hands wasted. He then calculates the proportion as at 58 to 162, or 29 to 81. If, then, the latter be ex tended to 501., we may safely assume that we are under rather than over the mark, in taking those incomes between 50/. and 1501. at one-third of those exceeding the latter amount ; but according to Mr. DISRAELI'S own statement, the tax under Schedules A and C, on incomes exceeding 1501., amounts to 3,395,0001. ; the one-third of which, in round terms, is 1,131,666, or more than 100,000/. beyond the sum of 430,0001., esti mated by Mr. DISRAELI for the new contributors under these schedules. This calculation, too, makes no claim for the parties who, although in the enjoyment of more than 1501. per annum, have hitherto contrived to evade payment, but who will now be compelled to render a return of their re ceipts. There is, then, the increase that will be ob tained under Schedules D and E—we assume that schedule B will be according to Mr. DISRAELI'S calculation. Now, allowing for the reduction of one quarter, the Right Honourable Gentleman estimates the receipts under Schedule D, at 1,162,0001., and under Schedule E, at 248,0001., together, 1,410,0001: Now we might safely estimate the increase at one-fourth, which would amount to 352,5001., or as a margin must be left in such matters, let us take it at only one-sixth. Here, then, will be 225,0001., or, with the increase under schedules A and C, 925,0001. more than the estimate---very nearly the amount that would be obtained from the objectionable alteration in the house duties, which would then be quite un called for ; so that the popularity, indeed we might say the fate, of the Ministry, is endangered without any real necessity. But, again, if justice be rendered to England by the extension of the tax to Ireland, placing the Sister Kingdom, as she ought to be, on an equal foundation of rights and obligations with the re mainder of the British Empire, the increase would not be a beggaily sum of 60,0001., but rather 560,000/. Real property in Ireland, which would come within schedule A, may be estimated at 14,000,0001. ; other sources of income in that country may surely be taken, at the very lowest calculation, at 8,000,000/. ; so that there would be incomes to the extent of 22,000,0001. coming within the operation of the Act, which would give a revenue of more than 600,0001.; so that on the whole there would be nearly a million and a half more than the Right Honourable Gentleman counted on. But, as we would desire to place a larger fund at his disposal, for the removal of other ob- noxious imposts, we would suggest an increase under Schedules A and C to ls. in the pound, or 5 per cent. on the incomes, This would produce in round numbers 3,230,0001. We have shown already that 7d. in the pound will realise 4,526,0001. Every additional penny laid on will represent the seventh of that amount, or 646,000/.—so that there would be more than 3,230,0001. from sd. If, too, under B, D, and E the charge were made 6d. on incomes ex- ceeding 2001. a year ; 4d. on everything between 1501. and 2001. ; 3d. from 1001. to 150/. ; and 2d. from 501. to 1001., we would find a small increase of receipts under these schedules, for which, however, we shall not at present claim THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1852. credit. There would then be more tha n 4,700,000 i _ _ additional at the disposal of the Financial Minister. 1,000,000/. of this would go for the proposed increase of the House duties, and 700,0001. for the existing tax. 3,000,0001. would remain, which would afford a wide field -for reductions ; enabling the Right Hon. Gentleman to remit some of the taxes on knowledge, and, if he ;hought proper, the whole of the Malt and Hop duties. The whole of the obnoxious Excise sur: veillance might thus be got rid of, and with it the monopoly of the ale kings and maltsters, so that every man might indeed drink a cheap, wholesome, and untaxed beverage . The home-brewed would _ _ add to the comforts of the labouring man, and materially promote the welfare of the agri culturist. There are many other, and perhaps more beneficial modes of disposing of the surplus into which our time or space does not, at present, permit us to enter. We have, however, shown enough to justify the modification of the Property and Income Tax, to the extent above suggested, for the present, with the view of making further pro gress in the same path, when the working of the new system had been fairly tested, and. its benefit vial results universally acknowledged. Ministers received yesterday a not unwelcome encouragement in the arduous responsibility of conducting the labours of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. It was on the occasion of the Civic Ban quet at the metropolitan Guildhall, in honour of the election of THOMAS CHALLIS as the LORD MAYOR of London for 1852-1853—a festivity which, it will be remembered, was gracefully post poned from the 9th of November to the Bth of December, in consequence of the national solemni ties recently witnessed by 20,000 persons under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. This unavoid able delay appears to have been compensated by the unusual splendour of the entertainment. Everything that could contribute to the satisfac tion of the guests assembled last evening in the municipal palace of the British capital seems to have been hospitably cared for by the Chief Magistrate. And what added not inconsider ably to the gratification excited by this munificence, was the total absence of party feeling—rather, should we say, the cordial recog nition of indisputable abilities, and of undoubted patriotism which distinguished the LORD MAYOR'S announcement of the toast in honour of the principal leaders of the ruling Administra tion. As Liberal Reformers, we rejoice in this magnanimous tribute to the self-sacrificing assi duity in guiding the affairs of the nation at large, displayed more or less uninterruptedly since Feb ruary, and almost, we may say, without one soli tary exception, by the more prominent Members of the Tory and once-Protectionist Government. It was a meed of commendation eminently well deserved by the Cabinet, and one which must have come not the less gracefully—rather the more gratefully—to the knowledge of our Ad ministrators from the lips of the Representative of Finsbury, who, as such, as well as in his high civic capacity, is necessarily a not unim portant occupant of a seat on the Benches, of th e O ppos i t i on. It was in this generously a pp re ciative spirit th a t th e L ORD M AYOR yestcr lay mentio ne d th e Fi rst Minister of the Crown as a Nobl eman eminent not l ess b y hi s hi g h mora l charact er than by his high rank and powerful eloquence. It was in a similar mood that his Lordship referred to the Right lion. the CHAN CELLOR Of the EXCH E QU ER Is t tl o a f,en eman who, by his great intellectual powers, n • had succeeded in obtaining the leadership of the House of Com mons: adding, th a t , c W h` at - ever might be the politi cal opinions of those present, they could not but g l a dly do honour to a man who had • displayed suc h wondrous powers for good or evil in the Senate." The Chief Magistrate of the metropolis spoke thus, not simply with the lukewarm fervour of after-dinner compliment, but from the depth and fullness of an acknowledged conviction —alluding to the leaders of the Ministry not so much in his position as Lord Mayor of London as avowedly in his character as a Liberal Member of the Lower House of Parliament. He observed, indeed, distinctly, that " from the short experi ence which he (the Lord Mayor) as a Member of the Legislature had had, he was induced to ad mire the public conduct of the Earl of DERBY ;" remarking, moreover, that "he believed he only spoke the sentiments of the most enlightened citizens of London when he expressed a hope that his Lordship's Government might succeed in pro moting more than any other Government that had preceded it the social, commercial, and politi cal prosperity of the country"—an avowal which was, not unnaturally, responded to with acclama tions. Under any circumstances, it could not be otherwise than agreeable to observe this genial interchange of courtesies between the Chief Magistrate of the capital of Great Britain, and those entrusted with the task of presiding over the toils of Administration. It is peculiarly so, however, when the eulogiums are felt to be en tirely deserved—in as far, at least, as the initial endeavours of a Cabinet can be regarded as any criterion. We speak as disinterested spectators nay, more, we speak as Liberal Reformers and acknow ledged sympathisers with the Opposition. And, as such, we cordially accede to the justice of the panegyric pronounced last evening by the LORD MAYOR of London the Representative of a Radical constituency upon the conduct of Lon]) DERBY, upon the ability of Mr. DISRAELI, and, generally speaking, also upon the average merits of the DERBY-DISRAELI Government. What are the facts of the case ? How are the eulogiums of yesterday justified by the Ministerial recollections, dating back to Fe bruary ? Let us consider. Let us glance, as cur sorily as you please, at the proceedings since then observable on the part of the principal Members of the Administration. Why, no wonder the Hon. Gentleman the Representative of Meath, in a maiden 'speech—brief, but full of promise—de clared in the House of Commons on Monday, that he had great hopes of a Government which had cast off so many exploded prejudices and obsolete politics! Surely this, at least, they have done. Surely it may be said that they were little better than in the Slough of Despond upon the disso lution of the old House of Commons ; and now that the new Parliament has assembled, it may be remarked, not less accurately, using the word in twofold significance, that they have cast the slough—being born Free-traders out of the very death of Protection. They have not only bowed to the opinion of the country ; they have boldly undertaken to develope yet more remark ably the now firmly-rooted system of unrestricted competition. In common honesty we must ac knowledge this, although we do not admire the Tories, although we are Liberal Reformers, although we warmly and conscientiously rever ence the great principles advocated by her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Scanning impartially the history of the ruling Cabinet, it is impossible not to confess, moreover, that the majority of its Members have distinguished themselves, to use a gallicism, by new and honourable illustrations. The PRIME MINISTER has shown in his cap ac it y as a Statesman—more particularly in refere nce t o commercial legislation—very considerable, and even remarkable, enlightenment. As an orator, he has even during this restricted Session found occasion, by his reference to the Funeral Obse quies of the 18th of November, to shed addi- tional lustre on his already brilliant reputa tion. The leader of the Lower House has done yet more by extorting the admiration of his antagonists by his tact in guiding his party under very disadvantageous circumstances, and by the consummate ability displayed by him in the arduous duty of conducting the deliberative labours of the Legislature. As financier, he has —whatever we may think of his sins of commis sion in regard to the House-tax, or of his sins of omission in regard to the Taxes on Knowledge— submitted to the Committee of the Commons, all ings considered, one of the most ingenious and masterly Budgets ever prepared by a CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER. The SECRETARY of the Foreign Department, again, besides rec tifying the early blunders of the MATHER question, and opening up the trade of South America, and watching over the interests of the British Fisheries, adorned the debates of the House of Peers on Monday, the 6th of December, 1852, by one of the most noble, most statesman like, and most magnanimous orations ever de livered within the walls of the Upper House of Parliament—an oration in every way honourable to his judgment and his patriotism as the Fo reign Secretary of the British Sovereign. The COLONIAL SECRETARY has been gaining ground, particularly of late, oven in the opinion of her MAJESTY'S Opposition ; while the HOME SECRETARY, indefatigable during the re cess, has enhanced the respect with which he is always treated indiscriminately by Members upon both sides of the popular branch of the Legis lature. The Head of the Woods and Forests, moreover, in spite of the ridicule long ago cast upon Young England, with all its accessories of white neckcloths and white waistcoats, has shown great aptitude in assuming really useful habits of business—the same meritorious skill being observ able in the Secretary to that Board of Admiralty which has been so very ably presided over since February, by his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBER LAND. The SECRETARY-AT-WAR has been the chief Scapegrace of the Administration. The COMMANDER IN-CHIEF has yet to show his capacity as the head of the Horse Guards. Nothing good can be said of the POSTMASTER -GENERAL. Everything good can be said of the illustrious LORD CHANCELLOR. We must be dumb in reference to those in supreme authority at the Board of Trade, at the Board of Control, and at the office of the Duchy of Lim caster. But in the instances already specified we can speak only—if we are to speak in truth—in language of the most cordial and earnest com mendation. And all this we say, and say dis tinctly, deliberately, and advisedly in our capa city as impartial, journalists —as Liberal Re- formers—as sympathisers with her MAJESTY'S Opposition. It seems surprising that in all the discussions on the Budget we scarcely hear a whisper about subjecting real property to legacy and probate duties. Mr. HuME, indeed, dropped a hint on the subject on Friday night, but other speakers have not noticed it, and the press has been quite inattentive to it. What can be the reason ? Certainly not the want of equity in the proposal, nor its inappropriateness to the emergency, if so it may be called. Perhaps it is rather the general despair that a house of landlords will do justice against themselves on behalf of farmers and trades men. It is very unwise, however, to yield to any such apprehension. The position of Free-trade at this moment should embolden all honest men to press their views earnestly on public attention on every suitable occasion, and no occasion could be more suitable than thca present one to urge the extension of the burdens borne by personal pro perty to real property also. We will take Mr. DISR A ET,I at his own word, that farmers deserve some mitigation of the pres sure of taxation. He proposes to afford it them, first, by lowering their per tentage of Income tax, in common with all trade incomes, by one fourth ; secondly, by lowering their assessment of income to one-third, instead of half the rent ; and, thirdly, by abolishing half the Malt-tax. The last two measures only are special on behalf of the farmer ; and as to the last of all, the Malt tax, we fear, from many inquiries we have made, that it will do but little to benefit him. It will not sufficiently lower the price of beer to increase very materially the consumption, and unless the consumption be very largely increased, the demand for British barley will hardly extend beyond what will be supplied by foreigners. Indeed, should the de mand for the better malting barleys extend suffi ciently to stimulate their growth advantageously, Mr. DISRAELI must not reckon on losing more than half or a fourth of the amount of duty which he remits ; a circumstance which, in his Ways and Means, he appears wholly to overlook. It is an old and obvious maxim, that it is always best to remit an Excise Duty entirely. We think it is so especially in the case of the Malt-tax ;if any ad vantage is to accrue therefrom to agriculture. We think that the more it is discussed, the more it will be apparent that it must be removed entirely or not at all. As it now stands, it will, in our opinion, give a minimum of relief to farmers, and inflict a maximum of loss on the revenue. It would have been cheaper to the country to have remitted the whole Income-tax paid by farmers at once. Suppose, however, that two millions and a half are wanted to meet the sacrifice of that sum, as now proposed ; or sup pose that the duty is to be entirely repealed, and another two-and-a-half millions needed to do that ;—to whom should we look to furnish that amount so naturally as to the landlords them selves ? Hitherto, they have transmitted their vast estates to their descendants, without paying one farthing into the public Exchequer. Other property has paid upwards of two millions annually in legacy and probate duties. Is this inequality any longer to be endured, and endured on behalf of the most substantial class in the Kingdom ? Legacy duties are a tax the least painful to be borne of any. They are paid by those who have not earned by hard toil the property on which they pay them ; paid, indeed, on a kind of bonus, or present, for which they have done nothing. There is always at the time, from the very nature of the case, property from which they can be paid ; while it is frequently to thousands a serious difficulty to meet the other calls of the tax-gatherer. Hence, we think them amongst the best duties which can be levied by a Government ; and that they ought to be as high as is compatible without defeating their own object, by inducing persons to evade them in the disposal of their property. We cannot conceive a single reason for exempt ing any longer the wealthiest class in the kingdom from such reasonable duties paid by all other classes. Moreover, as we have suggested, the landlords, not the townspeople, by a double House-tax, are the proper parties in every point of view to com pensate the farmers. Landlords imposed the laws to keep up their rent-rolls. They have enjoyed their advanced rents for thirty years in conse quence. The loss, consequent on the transition, ought therefore to be borne by them. Their rents, besides, have hardly fallen at all, the value of their property not at all. From whom, then, ought the country to expect compensation for the casual hardship suffered by farmers in the transition from taxed to untaxed bread— from the town householders, whose bread has been unrighteously taxed all these years, or from those who pocketed the pro ceeds of the tax ? From those who already pay a tax, the legacy duties, from which the receivers of the Bread-tax have been exempt, or from those who, for twenty years, have pocketed the proceeds of that tax, and exempted themselves from legacy duties also ? Clearly, if any class of men ought to contribute largely to make good any deficiency caused by an attempt to benefit the farmer, it is the landlords themselves. There is yet another reason why we should look to them, rather than to the already overtaxed townspeople. Whatever is now done for the farmer's benefit, will in a very few years all go into the landlord's pocket. This is no fault of theirs. It is the inevitable course of things when farmers are, as they will now always be, too numerous. Manufacturers may be multiplied, raw material may increase, but the land cannot extend itself. Hence there must, from the mere increase of population, be always a redundancy of farmers, and landlords are sure have the utmost penny which the farmer can pay, so as to leave him a living at all. The class, therefore, which will ultimately enjoy the sole benefit of every relief now granted to the farmer, is surely the class which ought to take upon itself at least the burdens which it has hitherto laid heavily upon others, while it has refused to touch them itself with one of its little fingers. As to the amount likely to be raised from the justice to holders of real property which we now press upon public attention, every consideration shows that it would probably more than equal the amount now paid by personal property. In 1842, Mr. PORTER computed the value of personal pro perty, at twenty-five years' purchase, to be about 2, 000, 000, 000/. It may have increased in value two or three hundred millions since that time. The late returns under schedule A show, for Great Britain, that real property, at twenty-five years' purchase, is worth about 2, 630, 000, 000/. ; to which must be added the real property in Iteland, of the rapidly-increasing value of which it is impossible to form an estimate. From these statements it is clear that real prop er t y cou ld not yield ~ less probate and legacy d u t y t h an personal pro perty. At first sight, indeed, it would appear as if it were worth ten hundred millions more than personal property. But there is a very large and unknown deduction to be made for mort- gages ; to the extent to which they exist they of course diminish the amount of Legacy Duty which could fairly be charged on real property, since as personal property, they pay the duty already, and could never be received by a legatee. Not long ago we suggested to our agricultural friends, that if repealing the Malt-tax would be a relief for them at all proportionate to the sacrifice of revenue, which we much questioned, and still more than doubt, their wisest course would be to ask their landlords to pay Legacy and Probate Duties like other persons, as the chief contribu tion towards attaining their object. We still urge the sam e a d v i ce. If it b e fol- lowed, if it be only fairly discussed in the House of Commons, we are confident that even a __— Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer could not re sist long ; a Tory one, who has already given schedule D a modicum of justice, would certainly be easily compelled to do justice in the other di rection to schedule A. To be sure it is easier to take off than to p ut on, but lie seems to make easy work of putting on double House-tax, when the tax already existed. It ought to be much easier work to put on a single Legacy and Probate Tax on those who have paid proposition none of it hitherto. We believe that an equit able DISRARLI's reputation as a powerful and upright statesman, than all his little other matters put together. It is one of the best things left him by the Whigs to d o . If h e w ill on ly propose it, he will hear a sh ou t of appro b at i on th roug h o ut th e whole kingdom which will " put him in power on that question." A somewhat daring enterprise has been adven tured upon by her MAJESTY'S Government. We speak not in a ll us i on to t h e i r p ro j ec t for the in crease of th e not refer to th e i r scheme f or di ss ip a ting the abuses in the Court they Navy of England. We do of Chancery. We do not mean their undertaking t o develope the long - dormant ener gies slumb er i ng b ehind the j a l ous i e s and v erand as of Gwydyr House, in the movement set on foot by the originators and promoters of the cry for sanitary improvements. Neither do we imply their advance-views in reference to Colonial Ad ministration. All these are sufficiently bold, no doubt, and in some respects eminently entitled to commendation ; but the enterprise to which we would here more especially direct the popular attention, the inauguration of a really national system of Industrial Education. It was explained in the House of Commons on Monday evening, in a speech of admirable perspicuity, by the Right Hon. gentleman the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER. It was not only submitted to the House, but accepted by the House—a vote of 150,000/. being granted for its immediate encouragement. Judiciously expended, that sum may lay the foun dation of a structure which, when completed, would constitute a nobler memento of the Greatlndustrial Exhibition of 1851, . than even the magnificent Crystal Palace in process of fabrication at Syden ham. For to that memorable display in Hyde Park, the intended building must be recognised as directly traceable. Mr. DISRAELI has inti mated as much, as plainly as anything at all could be intimated. He has told us that it was a conviction forced upon the know ledge of the Royal Commissioners, by the marvels stored up in the various depart ments of the Exhibition, that upon the excellence of design, and not any longer upon the mere com mand of the raw material, depended henceforth the maintenance of our supremacy in manufac tures. Every day, as he reminded us, the raw material is becoming more and more widely equalised in price from the effects of the new sys! tern of locomotion. Science is in this manner subserving the interests of Art. The steam engine is forcing the commercial races to a more sedulous regard for the charms of artistic in genuity. Competition has entered upon a new department. Manufacturers must, hereafter, com pete with each other, not exclusively upon the dull level of utility, but in the loftier and more elevating realms of the beautiful. Before ours can hope, however, to rival their Continental con temporaries in this new and almost untried de partment of manufactures, they must be sub jected to a preparatory training for the contest— they must in some measure, at least, have their tastes purified—they must undergo a course of tuition necessarily calculated to raise the tone and improve the manner of their competition. That London is not deficient already in enter prises of this description, was clearly pointed out upon the recent occasion already referred to, namely, that upon which the subject was directly brought under the notice of the House of Com mons by the Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Already, there are no less than one hundred different institutions for the cultivation of Art and Science, in various parts of our me tropolis. These institutions are found, more over, on inquiry, to subsist upon an annual income of about 160,0001. in the aggregate, raised by voluntary contributions. Besides these, there are in the capital of England, as Mr. DISRAELI reminded the Representatives, other establishments of a more national character, such as the British Museum and the National Gallery, to the support of which a sum amount ing to nearly 100,0001. is yearly dedicated out of the Exchequer. Nevertheless, it has long been manifest that, with all this spontaneous love for art, discoverable among the community—with all this energy, and all this munificence, we cannot hope to compete, as matters are at present, with the taste and ingenuity evinced by other nations on the European' Continent, in the development o their manufactures. Was there any doubt of this in 1851 ?—it was effectually and for ever dissipated by the Great Industrial Exhibition. After that Exhibition it was evident that something must be done, and that promptly, for the encouragement, or rather to a considerable extent for the creation, of artistic taste in our manufactures. As the CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER expresses it— " The result of our experience derived from the Great Exhibition, and from the observation of what is taking place in other countries, proves that the time has come when some effectual mode —when the influences of science and art in manu factures should be brought to bear on the industry of this country." The subject, indeed, he con tinued to observe, had attracted the attention of the Royal Commission, a n d o f th e ill us t r i ous . _ individual at its head, "who," said Mr. DISRATIT,I, in graceful and deserved terms of eulogium, " is so well qualified to form and refine the taste of the people of this country, and who has devoted his attention and hours to that purpose." Satisfied that the right time for the desired innovation had, in truth, arrived, they determined that the surplus remaining in their hands, over and above all the expenses of the Exhibition, should be dedicated at any rate to the laying of the foundation of the intended enterprise. This surplus, instead of being, as. was at one period understood, about 300,0001. in the aggregate, consists Of merely half that amount, and to this 150,0001. it has therefore been resolved, in com pliance with the suggestions of the Cabinet, that another 150,0001. should be added by the Parlia ment. With this total of 300,0001. it has been arranged, as we remarked with dismay some time back, at the period of its first announcement, that a piece of ground should be purchased affording space for the erection of some indefinite group of public buildings. Among these public buildings may be number3d a National Gallery—so we are told by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Now, although we cannot but still regret very deeply what appears to us to have been undue precipita tion in the buying up of these market gardens between Brompton and Kensington, we are never theless gratified to reflect that something at least is being at last attempted in a direction that appears to have been before almost entirely over looked. Certainly —with our schools of design meeting at different places ; with our pictures not collected under one roof ; with our library at the British Museum increasing at the rate of 16,000 volumes annually, so that in thirty years from the present time, the collection, now amounting to 500,000 volumes, will be actually doubled—it is high time that an effort should be made by the nation to obtain " room" for the carrying out, in regard to Art and Science, of the long-deferred project of a grand, and national, and systematic cul . tivation. Inasmuch as the enterprise decided upon by the Ministry and accepted as judicious by the House of Commons will yield this space, we are, of course, compelled, in spite of every other con sideration, to regard the movement with com placency. The Home Secretary has recently appointed William Edward Buller, Esq., late of the 14th Light Dragoons, to the office of Deputy-Governor of the Defence Convict Hulk, at Woolwich, vacant by the death of Captain James Sergeant, late of the 13th Light Dragoons. DEATH OF MR. F. W. N. BAYLEY.—We have to re cord the decease of Mr. F. W. N. Bayley, well known for his contributions to the periodical and serial literature of the last twenty years. He was a large and successful con tributor to several of our popular magazines, and was, be sides, the author of numerous works of fiction, some of them extending to the orthodox three volumes. He was a man of very great talents. His contributions to the literature of the age were of a singularly varied character ; he wrote with equal ease, and with similar success, in prose and in verse. His remains were on Tuesday in terred in the cemetery at Birmingham, in which town ho died of bronchitis. THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSION.—On Tuesday a special report of the Enclosure Commissioners was printed. In the report there are 25 proposed enclosures of land to im prove the lame, numbering more than 23,000 acres. The commissioners state in their report that the alteration by an act passed in the last session, requiring in all proposed enclosures the previous direction of Parliament, renders it most desirable that, in cases of common field land, as little delay as possible should intervene between the consents of the provisional orders and such direction. COURT OF INLAND REVENUE, DEC. B. John Service, Frederick Service, and Henry Rebbeck, of No. 7, Bedford crescent, Islington, were jointly and severally charged with making soap without making legal entry of the same ; for using a place for preparing ma t er i a l s an d ma ki ng soap without entry; and for depositing and concealing 7001bs. weight of soap with intent to defraud her Majesty of the duty thereon. The total penalties incurred amounted to 7001. The court gave judgment against John Service and Henry Rebbeck in the penalty of 4001., with the condem nation of the soap. Joseph Harris, of Little Brook-street, St. Pancras, was charged with being the proprietor of an unlicensed still. The Court gave judgment in the penalty of 2001. and condemnation. John Bennett was charged with removing spirits with intent to defraud her Majesty of the duty thereon. The defendant was fined 251. Robert Lindsey was fined 101. for removing two gallons of whisky from the D un d ee s t eam - s hi p a t Hore, s wharf, without payment of the extra duty. John Raymond, of Hill street, St. Pancras, a French polisher, was fined 201. for having in his possession spirits of an illegal manufacture. William Beaven Martin, of 14, Mark-lane, and George Thomas Trill, of Mark-lane, wholesale wine and spirit dealers, were summoned ,for not renewing their licences. The parties not appearing, judgment was given against them for the full penalty. Several other wholesale dealers were fined in small penalties for similar offences. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—A special meeting of the committee of the above society was held at the office, 90, Farringdon-street, yesterday, the Bth instant, Mr. T. Winterbotham in the chair ; convened for the purpose of electing a successor to Mr. Winterbothani, whose period of office will expire at the general annual meeting. The three senior trustees were eligible, but Messrs. Bishop and Findley having declined to be put in nomination, John Higgins, of the Three Merry Boys, Fore street, Lambeth, was declared unani mous l y elected chair man of the society for the ensuing year, amid the hearty congratulations of his colleagues. A ballot then took place for the election of two trustees., in lieu of Mr. Higgins, elevated to the chair, and Mr. Bishop, who retires, when the majority of votes were found to be in favour of Mr. George Shepherd, of the Telegraph Inn, Brixton-hill ; and Mr. John Jones, of the King's Head, Park-road, Clapham; who were declared duly elected as trustees of the society. GLASGOW.--THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—We believe that the telegraph wires now being put up on the Cale donian and other railways in this country are erected at a cost 'of less than Si. a mile ; whereas the older telegraph on the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow lines cost nearly 2001. a mile. 4. colaidernble difference this.- 10214 .0/144/4 Maii. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, of which 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed heavily, compared with Friday's rates, prices of American were bto ¢, and all other kinds per lb. lower. The sales comprised 2,000 American, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 6g to 7, 30 Bahia at 6i, 80 Egyp tian at 61 to 8, and 1,500 Surat at 3 1 to 4- per lb. Railway Shares were steady at previous rates. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 40s per quarter, and the last week's sales were 116,791 quarters. The steamer Medway has arrived ; but her ac counts are not yet in town, and we have merely the telegraphic outline In the Moniteur Beige, the official organ of the Belgian Government, it is announced that a Royal Decree, dated the Ist December, of which it fur nishes a copy, authorises the payment off or con version into 41 per cent. Stock of the following 5 per cent. loans, viz. :- Francs, 86,940,000, created June 26, 1840 2 , 28,621,718, „ Sept. 29, 1842 f) 37,513,940, „ May 6, 1848 leaving to the holders of Bonds to bearer or nomi native certificates of these loans the option of con verting them, at par, into the new 4 per cent. Stock, or of receiving the amount of the capital in cash. The interest on these loans thus converted into 4-1 per cent. Stock will be paid up to May, 1853, at 5 per cent. per annum. It is required in the 3d article of the said decree of all holders desiring to be paid off in money to send their bonds or certificates to Brussels within 15 days from the date of the decree, to be accompanied with a demand on their part to be paid off, according to the formalities prescribed, in default of which they will be considered as having accepted the terms of the conversion to 4i. per cent. Stock, and will be treated accordingly. In the circular of Messrs. R. Fredinnick and Co., the following particulars are given of the min ing market :- ‘‘ Much animation has existed in the Mining Share Market during the past week, and considerable business effected in the undermentioned Mines at the prices quoted in our list. Dividend Stock, so often referred to by us as being desirable for investment, from yielding purchasers, in many cases, 15 20 and even 25 per cent. per annum upon the current value of shares, still main tains an upwards tendency, and, with the present stan dard for copper ore, and every prospect of its attaining 150 during the coming spring, the Dividend Mines of Cornwall and Devon must yield yet larger returns of profit, and cannot but advance in price consequent thereon, and the engrossing attention of the public to Mining matters as a source of legitimate enterprise. As mentioned by us last week the West Providence and Tremayne Mines declared dividends of profit on Friday last, the former of 21. 10s., and the latter of 10s. per share, which will, next bi-monthly meeting, be respec tively 31. and 1/. The Crow Hill Mine, in Clare, Ire land, is much sought after, the shares having been done at 1001. and 1201. premium, before any calls are made ; a rich vein of lead is discovered, which promises to be unusually productive, and two or three Copper lodes present great indications, near the surface, of riches in depth. The North Cornwall Mines, situate in St. Evall and Morgan, in Cornwall, are about to be launched before the public in 20,000 shares of 11. each. The reports and statements relative to the productiveness of the lead lodes are unusually attractive ; the promoters and directors are of first respectability, and with a spirited development, under practical local manage ment, cannot well fail to be. remunerative. Wheal Buller 800, Wheal Seton, 200, Crow Hill 100 to 120, Leeds Town Consols 3 to 31 West Providence 55 to 56, Tremayne 35 to 36 , Alfred Consols 13, 131, to i n , Bedford United 405 to 410, Clive 4 to 4f, Condurrow 1021, Merllyn 3 to 31, Kilbricken 44, 5, 51, to 51 Cam Brea 85 to 90, East Crofty 65, St. Auby n an d drylls 71, sellers at 81., South Frances 184, Tincroft 12, United Mines 390 to 395, Great Work 175 to 180, Dolcoath 571, Trevissick 5, Lisburne 700, Lelant Consols 17 to 18, Wheal Bassett 525 to 530, Wheal Golden 41 to 41, Wheal Harriett 305., Cocaes 21, Great Alfred 40, Bryntails 7 to 71, Wheal Reeth 50 to 501, Cwm Daren 12s. 6d. to 155., Wheal Arthur 25 to 26, Wheal Lemon, Mill Pool, West Ding Dong, North Bassett, Trumpet Consols, Stray Park, Gonemena, West Sharp Tor and Bwleh Consols done at the prices quoted in our List." An undertaking combining many new features, and presenting decided claims to public confidence, has been this day ushered forth upon the Money Market, viz., the " London Bank of Australia and India. The proposed capital and the other details, will be found in the advertising columns of the Sun, and what it may be most interesting to note is that the established banks are doing an immense business, and that the shares command a high pre mium. The difficulty, after two other new pro jects have started, though neither as yet in opera tion, is to secure the co-operation of practical and wealthy men on the Direction, and this, by the exertions of the secretary, and the influential sol citors, has been accomplished in a manner whic proves the desire to establish a really useful, and at the same time a prudently conducted bank. There are to be no local Boards, because experience, it is said, has shown that in former instances, there has been too strong a disposition to accommodate excessively connections, or acquaintances, whom it is found invidious to refuse. No advances are to be made on lands, or inconvertible securities of any kind, and the circulation is not to exceed one half of the paid-up capital, unless under express sanction of the proprietors. If, at any time, one forth of the capital is lost, the shareholders are to be consulted as to future proceedings. There is to be a public audit of the accounts, and inspectors will be appointed in the Colonies. A charter is to be applied for, and business at first will only be carried on in Sydney, Melbourne, Ad2laide, and Calcutta. The Directors, it is understood, " qua lify" by taking a large number of the shares. A railway from Strood to Canterbury, so ur gently required, is at length promised, under the title of the " East Kent." The required capital is 700,000/., and the contractors, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, undertake to complete the line for less than this amount, two-thirds of which have been already appropriated. It is calculated that the nett dividends will be from 6 to 8 per cent. on the in vestment. The English Stocks have been firm this morn ing ; Consols realising 101/ to 1, and for January Eng I. The New 31 per Cents, have been 1031 to 104. Bank Stock is steady at 222 to 223. Exche quer Bills are 655. to 68s. premium. Very little has been done in Foreign Stocks, but there is a firmer tone generally. Mexican are about 244 t 025, and Spanish Deferred 24# to g nominally. The news from Madrid as to the violation of the Constitution by order of her Majesty is calculated to excite very uneasy feeling, and shows already the injurious influence of Lows Napoleon's success. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been steady at 66, and Grenada Deferred at 13. Brazilian new are 98. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at 98# to and Portuguese 4 per Cents. are firmer at 38k. The market for Railway Shares has not been very brisk, but prices are generally higher, the traffic returns being good. Speculation has revived in ' Caledonian, Midland, and Lancashire and York shire on this account. Norfolk were also higher. French shares have been quiet, but rather dearer. In Upper India no transactions are reported, holders being very firm. The Gold Mines are not so brisk, but they com mand about the previous rates. The most busi ness is doing in Nouveau Monde, Port Phillip, and West Mariposa. Royal Mail Ste am Sh ares have been firm again. Business has been done in the Carberry West Mine at to premium, and in the South Cork Copper at / to / premium. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official - Bank Stock Business done. 3 per Cent. 222 3 Reduced Annuities. ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lO4 4 New 3i pe r C en t . Annuities lO3l 4 New 5 per Cent. Annuities 127 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Bk 4 India Bonds, £lOOO BO 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account opening 18th Jan.—. 1011 13 Exchequer Bills lid. M ar ch. June. £lOOO ...... .. £5OO 65 8 65 8 —Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 98 Ditto 4i per Cent Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent l3 Guatemala Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 66 Portuguese 4 per Cent.. 3B Russian Bonds, 4.1 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fuu 34 p c Dutch Exchange 2:3 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 9BB a HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 1018 Ditto January Account LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DO) VICE-CHANCERY. piT 11 1 THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BASING--° LORD BOLTON-JUDGMENT. tai wv His Honour, Vi ce -Ch ance ll or Ki n d ers ley, upon uo h his seat this morni ng , gave j u d gmen t i n this case, 1"1, was for certain quit rents, and stated that it 0 0f general demurrer f or wan t o f equ it y an d also for On t a parties. After goin g i n t o th e f ac t s a t great leng tb m, 3ll citing opinions from the time of Charles down .d in reference to heriots and customs, his Sona r , t s . was of opinion that the heriots and relief in were those of custom only. In conclusion the Chancellor stated that he should allow the deol'l. with leave to the plaintiff t o amend.—Judgment ° ingly. THE PENTONVILLE MURDER. CORONER'S INQUEST.—(THIS PAY') un do, t he This morning Mr. W a kl e y h e ld an inquest, Clerkenw e ll Workhouse, on Alexander Downes,-fr fancier, aged 34, w h o was so b ru t a lly m urdered 00 ` - 41 ; day evening by Jeremiah Tooley, a labourer, one e ' do t lodgers. Th e ev id ence was a mere reetition e ",,, n " given in ou r p o li ce report of yester d ay , a nd the re ; be no doubt but that Tooley, when he conirnitted deed; was of unsound mind, for they were never he ti to quarrel, and after the murder Tooley e xclaitned" to did it, for they h ave put h orns on my head, and ij w : °t and kill me ." The C oroner very m i nute l y sum med r' •fist thejury returned a verdict of wilful murder Jeremiah Tooley. SURREY SESSIONS.-(TIIIS JAY') (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a Ben ch 01 Magistrates.) DESPERATE ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC - 0 0g, to o f William Sullivan, 32 ; Robert Smith, 21, a P ric ; e tel the Rifle Brigade ; and Jane Smith, 24--we re 0 3, for ste a li ng , a t L am b eth, ss. 6d., with force and vial from the p erson o f Charles Hawell. Prosecut or , a simple-looking fellow, said lie 6/ carpenter, and had recen tl y worked at Sa i n t Pau ly he ti iedral. On the evening of the 15th of last mon th ' t o had been out with some of his mates after -work, and t he of them were rather quarrelsome while passing3ll'll/1. New Cut. The prisoner came up to him, an d , t() ; ,,„ .- lo t ° to get rid of his companions, as they would get 1- trouble. Witness said he was a stranger an id s ilo know the way to his lodgings, but if they ' l ° u n te 49 him he would leave his companions. They ecinge- ad and he took them into the Compasses public - h °llse ',lal' gave them a p o t o f b eer, and handed the soblier„sote3 ling to get s ome f oo d . H e returned, and witne ss i ,""; him to some b eer , a f ter wh i ch he suspecte d that tbeN tended to rob him, which induced him to leavi 3 e and enter the y ar d o f another public-house to hide 19 uti them. Th e p r i soners, however, followe d ham' pll treated him in a mos t b ruta l manner, r obbing h int the money h e was possessed of, when they l e ft hew ir) or state of insensibility. The prisoners were, 11 °. i We secured and handed over t o t h e pol i ce. Witness had been d r i n ki ng a li tt l e, but he knew perfect l y what he was about at the time. 11 44 „, The jury f oun d th em a ll guilty, and a former tion was proved against . Sullivan, also against the fejj.‘ but the soldier received a good character. nt/ 16 The Court s en t ence d S u lli van to twe l v e ni atY, Robert Smith th ree months, and Jane Smith siXl33- at Wandsworth. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS' S t3 ' Tenants Compe nsa ti on (I re l and) B i ll. Or d er ford Reading read ; Motion made and question Prri# "That the Bill be now real a second time t Y/ arising ; Motion ma d o , an d Q uestion put, " mat A ve4 9:4 bate bo no w adjourned :"—The House divided : Noes 57. AYES. v ial Ocii t A'Court, C. 11. W. Hamilto n , Lora J. H. Morgan! , „ Astell, John H. H oye . , Sir Edmund Naas! per; Bankes, Rt. lion. G. Henley, Joseph W. Napier, .., Lao Barrow, W. H. Herbert, H. A. Newport , , n o Bateson, Thomas Herbert, Sir Thomas Ossulstconh,:i i j i:o Bentinck, George P. Hope, SirJ. Packe W Beresford, Rt. lin. W. Horsf4ll, T. B. paingtoll, Berkeley, Sir Geo. H u d son, George Peacock, 1 41 ' . , Booker, Thomas W. Johnstone, James Richard°, t',„ . r. Booth, Sir R. Gore Jolliff e , Sir W. G.H. Robertson! ' 1.1% Briscoe, Musgrave Kendall, N. Shelley, Stri . Brocklehurst, John Ker, D. S. Smith, Si r fain Bruce, C. L. C. King, J. K. Butt, Geo. Medd Knatchbull, W. F. g ° p ln oo e n r rd e s r e N l A C ti ac s ,, Pli ; i i j ;, Chambers, Thos. It. Knight, F. W. Staff° , Jo Chandos, Marquis of Knox, W. S. StanhoPe , ~, Christopher, It. Ye.. Lacon, Sir E. Stanley, L ei " Corry, 11. L Cotton, W. 11. S. L L Trollope , S' o en ck n h ox .r . t L , o w rd . H. G. SiArllng, Vf,i, .I*, Crook, Joseph L oveden, P. Turner, e. Disraeli, Benjamin Dl acartney, G. Tyler, -Sir a.O, Buncombe, A. Macaulay, K. Vance. J. racer Dunne, Colonel llackenzle, W. F. Walpole, :-^P`oc) Fitzgerald, W. B. S. M a dd ook, Sir T. 11. Whiteside. 'god Forester, Colonel M andeville, Viscount Whitmore, 'W. Frank Forster, Sir G. George Manners, Lord J. Wickham. Il v ' . A. .yn, W. Maxwell, lion, J. P. Wilkinson! /,t W' George, John Michell, W. Wynn, n ett's.' Grogan, E. Miller, T. J. Hadfield, George Milligan, R. Hamilt3n, Lord C. Montgomery, 11. Hamilton, Geo. A. Moore, Ross 8. Nut 1 , 1 0 1; Mr. Broth, r Taylor, Co lo 1 NOES. Ball, John Higgins, George Bell, James Keating, Robert Bellew, Captain Berkeley, Grenville Keogh, Ke Power, N. Bower, George Kirk, William Sadleir, J• Brady, John Lawless, C. Sadleir, J. Carter, Samuel Lucas, F. Scully, V . • e D. 'tr. Cobbett, J. M. I,l`Cann, J. Seymou r ' co Corbally, M. E. M'Mahon, Patrick Shee, Wil ' ,pita Devereux, John T. Magan, W. H. nned Kennedy, Williamsam Pollardr°el3rtnl- l' ul ll , l ( (a ; 1; P I: :r t , /14 mai:aeon, rd Duffy, Charles Gavan Maguire, John F. Swift, W ei l. 11 ' Esmonde, John M eag h er, Th omas Vernon. 0 ,• ~a Fagan, William Monck, Viscount Warner, F" ji. Fitzgerald. John Moore, G.H. Whalley a . •,,, Fitzgerald, Sir J. F. Mulgrave, Earl Whitbread , Fox, Richard M. Murphy, F. Stack Godcrich, Viscount Murrough, J. P. Goold, Wyndham Norreys, Sir D. TEl l luitf . Grace, 0. D. J. O'B r i en, Patrick Mr. Fran cis Green. John O'Brien, Sir Timothy Mr. Roche Greville, Col. F. O'Flaherty, Anthony ETON CoLLEGE.—There a re th ree cer t a in Ir`l r ici_ his year in th e fellowships at Kin g ' s C o ll e ge, CST o'l4 to which the colleges succeed in rot a ti on . They a r beri'"' by the promoti on o f th e R evs. Messrs. HenrUeos Mesor, and Birch (late tutor to his Royal Ifignleg ° , - o w senior private afo r King ' s naen sd patronage. scholars Earle. a Prince of Wales) to livings in the gift of the ,°,°„ a h tß e These dseeresent t vacancies tahte E atb c o a on r: y o l'ltenJ; e nam th e e ire r l' irl:ef t:ll . other probable vacancies, which are expected tol",TI Christmas, namely, those of Messrs. Williamson e";.ret , ,, t land James. If these take place vacancies will l' e ," e ber' at King's College, to which Tremlett, K.S., and n i b st K.S., will succeed in due course. It is not often 05 . many as five vacancies at King's College occur i° year.] ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—In a 0+ tj mentary paper just printed th e annua l aecoun," t i e sP, Chamberlain of the City, of London, relating to ",Louse em, payments, surpluses, Bl ac kf r i ars -b r id ge, bridgel,,o tates, navigation of the river Th ames , moor ing-c' - ole. es " the river Thames, polic e , war d expenses, sewer s '' coals, & duty on coals a r e s e t f or th. It appears that, a s e113,e; and payments, the d e bit s id e s h ows , i n t h e Yea r the sth of January last, 136,2371 . 17 s. 3d., ° f I A I °' , the duty on coals, at Bd. per ton, brag gtl e j the port of London, a moun t e d t o 117,606/. 1y9.104„, and of that sum 7,482/. B s. 9d. wa.g„, on coals *brought by ra il way conveyanc don. After various p ayments on the aci d "bel there was a balance of 108,1271. 12s. 9d. , „pea': the surplus of the several dutieshimposed The e k - fria r d ' ' of lighting, watching, and cleansing Pl bridge in the year ending the 14th of A ug t ,',.l' for was 7,3561. 10s. 10d., including 6,6861. 38. cce".;/ pairs. There was a balance in hand on 3 8 55i of the City police at Christmas, 1850, of 6 1 1 10s. id., and the receipts in the year ended Ag S mas last were 38,5821. 14s. 7d. ; making 46,940/.0;;60, The expenditure was 44,0341 . 10s 4d. The t he P t . contributed 1,865/. for extra men employed during ce tn,'," hibition. The sewers show on the consolidate d 3c 13 2 ,' receipts, with a balance in hand, to Michaelrefl's.47,, 58,749/. 15s. 3d., and an expenditure to 58,18 2 ./. i sel; On the other sewers account the recelP i t 4 s 4 lk; 22,5781. 15s. 6d., and the e x p en diture 14,979/. -L i e d On ld. per ton, the duty o n c oals in the year e 1 3,, 9a;,' 30th of December last, the income was 14,467/. lifeoP and of that sum 13,654/. 13s. 4d. was paid to the and Forests for metropolitan improvements. . sailed EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. -- The Africa n° e tel o from this port for Australia yesterday, with about bu il , t 40 grants, 40 of whom were cabin passengers, and a b° were adults. The Africa is a splendid vessel, a° o oel accommodations seem to have been appreciated, fo r c oo: berth was taken a week before her depa r t ur e, a t hen siderable siderable number of applications from L on don an d on °f places were refused. Amon g the passengers gentle vie the clerical order seem to have been conspien °llB 'goO ti were two clergymen ofthe Church of England, four f scot' Catholic priests, and three ministers of the Kirk ~.° D e r 143 , land. There Nyere also four surgeons, two nev.TP - '' bon' , ," porters, and six sea-captains g o i ng ou t t o bring.,..„ fo t ve ssels. The ship is the p roperty of Messrs . ffel l .'.'wea and Co., of this town. The Tantivy emigran" 111P 110 011 into the river on Saturday with about 380 s°t i, tb° board. It is expected that she will go out to . 4 lot day. The number of v esse l s w hi c h l e ft this P ° , , , L es 3 6 month with emigrants f or A ustra li a an d Ameri , c'3 was t l ' e j having on board a tot a l num b er o f 12,188 sows. 4 2, ae previousmonth (Oct.) th e s hip s di s patched were is wer e the emigrants 17,243 . I n N ov., 1851, the v es ,r 37, and emigrants 11 632 givin, an excess I°r i , e t 1852, of 556 persons. Fromth;Government ~e Birkenhead the number of emigrant vessels &el - f lor et , ' from the 20th ofJan. to the commencement of th_e t : st por t ; month was 36, carrying with them to the ° "11} leo °fic tion of the widely-spread British empire n c e„ jcire n 5 4 13,485 passengers, a number which, reckoning sw..,,,icare. cording to the official returrr, repzesentitill'strio37 of 15,000 souls ; all of them being good e i, 3 r . ° J persons, mechanics, and labourers g o ther° , ° e l' s, g " nr is least able to spare. Three remainin g e .0 sucht er, for as the t Governme nt country, underw i will present receive . 7c o ir_ctie 000 ort registered, increasing the number to . _ l q, from this .P.„01 I n sse st i r w e to Australia from the Birkenhead depot alon . within i t s hi ca n lc th ul e at p e r d es t e a n k t e ye u ar t Standard. wabiloluitia9voeosaadildeitc:onitiro 03Y E] 1111, !ORIN ` I , B ° I ITRA Tie iv iedwa] t iaw f atrive d a e ver hal :e 4 sel a n d c tZ li ver uni were sey i'llu W ere fat ktiee Medwai ke' and abo scan divide TAE .2-- ~--R- "