The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Beason of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager, THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Petite Comedy of A NOVEL EXPE DIENT. After which, the veer:: :pular and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AIID FACES r, Before and Behind tee Curtain—by Ilesbrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselie; Mrs. Stirliur, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Mira Fanny Maskell. To be followed by the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Hader the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING WIII be performed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, T. Matthews, Roxby, Baker, Suter, Belton, Horncastle, Butler, Bo re, and ;Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss St. corge, 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 llond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, The popular new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's r thin—by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgsr, Miss Harding. MISS ;lins, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley; Messrs. Allred Wigan, 'r,,ery, Cullenford, 0. Smith, &c. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL WIFE. 70 conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR TA N TA LON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will I* revived Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES (4` WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, Ilsrtley, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Ryder, and H. Sakti*; Mrs. DAY, 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. ASTLET'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 Itatty'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. Doors open at Hail-past Six O'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to Foar. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tare DAY —Morning 0 rain. after 0 I Evening 10 min.aft. 12 To-Momow—Morning 35 min. after 12 I 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 axe 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 rain. GREENWION—S., gentle breeze—rain. STRooD—W., calm—rain. SWINDON—S., gentle breeze—rain. LEIGHToN—S., calm—rain. COLOHESTEIt--S.W., gentle breeze—rain. CAMBRlDGE—Calm—rain. YARMOUTH— S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places inchoate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : LANcAsTER—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY — CaIm—foggy. DARLINGTON—S., strong breeze—overcast—rain. SHAP--S., gentle breeze—rain. THE WEATHER. .SUN 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 breoze, and line weather, inclinin , 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 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. PITT's Act for all incomes exceeding 1501., and also for those exceeding 601., and not amounting to 1501. 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 162,000,0001. 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 501. 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 0, on incomes exceeding 1501., amounts to 3,395,000/. ; the one-third of which, in round terms, is 1,131,666, or more than 700,0001. beyond the sum of 430,000/., 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, 1,410,000/. 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 0, 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 beggarly 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 8,000,0001. ; 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 4,526,000/. Every additional penny laid on will represent the seventh of that amount, or 646,0001.—50 that there would be more than 3,230,000/. from sd. If, too, under B, D, and E the charge were made Gd. on incomes ex ceeding 2001. a year ; 4d. on everything between 1501. and 2001. ; 3d. from 1001. to 1501. ; 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 credit. There would then be more than 4,700,0001. additional at the disposal of the Financial Minister. 1,000,0001. of this would go for the proposed increase of the House duties, and 700,0001. for the existing tax. 3,000,000/. 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 thought 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 benefi , cial 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 iu the municipal palace of the British capital seems to have been hospitably cared for by the Chief Magistrate. And what added not inconsider- 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 LORD 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 capacity as a Statesman—more particularly in reference to 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 things 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 Home 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, even 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 Lan 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. Hum; indeed, dropped a hint on the subject on Friday night, but other speakers have not noticed it, and the press has been quite inattentive 4) 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-trad e 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 the present one to urge the extension of the burdens borne by personal pro perty to real property also. We will take Mr. DISRAELI 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, 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 gracefully—rather the have come not the less 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 ,9ortant occupant of a seat on the Benches (1 the Opposition. It was in this generously 'ppreciative spirit that the LORD MAYOR yester ' lay mentioned the First Minister of the Crown as nt Nobleman eminent not less by his high moral c hv,racter than by his high rank and powerful eloc tuence. It was in a similar mood that his Lor, Iship referred to the Right Hon. the CHAN CEL] OR, of the EXCHEQUER as to a gentleman who, by his great intellectual powers, had succeeded in obt mining the leadership of the House of Com mon 8 adding, that " whatever might be the politi cal of of those present, they could not but gladly do honour to a man who had displayed suchVAdrous powers for g oo d or evil in the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1852. 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 propertyona kind on of bonus, wi c h thy p them ; paid, indeed, or present, present, for which they have done nothing. Ther e i s a l ways a t th e ti me, 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. 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 tem 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 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 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 of 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 ;he Royal Commission, and of the illustrious 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 to 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 2,000,000,0001. 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 Ireland, of the rapidly-increasing value of which it is impossible to form an estimate. From these statements it is clear that real property could not yield less probate and legacy duty than personal pro perty. At first sight, indeed, it would appear as if it were Worth ten hundred millions more individual at its head, " who," said Mr. DISRAELI, 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 150,000/. should be added by the Parlia ment. With this total of 300,000/. it has been than property. But there is a very large and 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 al prop b e e ry they pay the duty already, a n d d never received by a legatee. e p o e ui rsont, Not long ago we suggested to our agricultural repealing the Malt-tax would befri friends, relief f t if for them at all proportionate to revenue, which we much the sacrificequ estioned, of and still more than doubt, their wisest course would be to ask their landlords to pay Legacy and Probate Duties like other person s , as th e chief contribu tion towards attaining their object. We still urge the sa me a d v i ce . If it be fol lowed, if it be on l y f a i r l y di sc ussed in th e House of Common s , 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 modi cum o f j us ti ce , 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 put on, but he 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 none of it hitherto. We believe that an equit able proposition like this would do more for Mr. DISRAELI'S r e p u t a ti on as a power f u l an d upright statesman, than all his little other matters put together. It is one of the best things left him by the Whigs to do. If he will only propose it, ho will hear a shout of approbation throughout the 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 allusion to their project for the in crease of the Royal Navy of England. We do not refer to their scheme for dissipating the abuses in the Court of Chancery. We do not mean their undertaking to develope the long-dormant ener gies slumbering behind the jalousies and verandas of Gwydy r H ouse in the movement set on foot by the ori g i na t ors an d 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 direct the popular w to e c w om ei m dd en h d e a r t e io ni n 0 ; re b e u e t pe t e h ia e lly enterpr* to which attention, is] the inauguration of 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 150,0001. being granted for its immediate encouragement. Judiciously expended, that sum may lay the foun dation a a structure which, when completed, would constitt tte a nobler memento of the Great Indus trial 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 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 numbered 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 16,40 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 wore on Tuesday in terred in the cemetery at Birmingham, in which town he 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 same, 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 materials and making 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 Rebbeelc . 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 25/. Robert Lindsey was fined 101. for removing two gallons of whisky from the Dundee steam-ship at Here'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 mooting of the committee of the above society was held at tho office, 90, Farringdon-stre e t, y es t er d ay, the Bth instant, Mr. T. Winterbotham in the chair ; convened for the purpose of electing a successor to Mr. Winterbotham, whose period of office will expire at tho general annual meeting. The three senior trustees were eligible, but Messrs. Bishop and Findley having declined to bo put in nomination, John Higgins, of the Three Merry Boys, Fore street, Lambeth, was declared unanimously 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 bo 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 TELEGRAPH.—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 51, a mile ; whereas the older telegraph on the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow lines cost nearly 2001. a mile, A. considerable difference this. — North. Brielet MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocm 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 a to ±, and all other kinds a per lb. lower. The sales comprised 2,000 American, 50 Peril= and Maranham at 61 to 7, 30 Bahia at 61, 80 Egyp tian at 61 to 8, and 1,500 Surat at 3 1 to 41 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 4,k per cent. Stock of the following 5 per cent. loans, viz. : Francs, 86,940,000, created June 26, 1840 ,) 28,621,718, „ Sept. 29, 1842 „ 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 41 per cent. Stock, or of receiving the amount of the capital in cash. The interest on these loans thus converted into 4 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 41 per cent. Stock, and will be treated accordingly. In the circular of Messrs. IL Fredinnick and Co., the following particulars are given of the rain- 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 U. 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 i, to 13k, Bedford United 405 to 410, Clive 4 to 4f, Condurrow 1021, Merllyn 3 to 31, Kilbricken 41, 5, 51, to 51, Cam Brea 85 to 90, East Crofty 65, St. Aubyn and Crylls 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 4f to 41, Wheal Harriett 305., Cocaes 21 ' Great Alfred 40, Bryntails 7 to 7,1, 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 Bwlch 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 soli citors, has been accomplished in a manner which 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, Adelaide, 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 700,0001., 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 1011 to and for January ung 1. The New 3 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 241 to 25, and Spanish Deferred 24# to 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 Louis 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 98t 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 beim- , 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 aro 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 Nouv eau M o nd e, P ort Phi ll i p, and West Mariposa. Royal Mail Stea m Sh ares h ave b een firm again. Business has be en d one i n t h e Carberry West Mine at •i to premium,' and in the South Cork Copper at to / premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 222 Bn 3 siness done. 3 per Ccut. Reduced Annuities lOO4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuitie5... New 5 per Cent. Annuities 127 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 3 India Bonds, £lOOO BO 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account opening 18th Jan lOl4 a Exchequer Bills 11d. March. June. £ 1 000....... £5OO 65 8 Small 65 8 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 98 .3 74 Ditto 43 per Cent Granada Bonds, 14 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent l3 4 Guatemala Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent..... Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 66 Portuguese 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 104 k 96i x d Sar D d i i t n th ia'n 4 B i ou p d e s r , s Ce i n )et Cent. Spanish B ,nds, 3 per Cent .. . ... 51.; Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun ; 3} p , Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 664 • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates L9 BI i i i TIIREE O'CLOCK. Consols • lOll i Ditto Jo,iitiary Acc:ottut OP THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ~..,_ at or \ ' ttn ,) ~~i 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 all stand forward for the decision of the House on any point ;"—and again, that he had "no other 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 aamit 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 the Inhabited House tax—believing that it is unjust and oppressive to ifnpose an onerous burden on one class of real property, and that by no means the most 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 land 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 (lay of Parliament to recognise. But we dif fer toto ado on the details. The principle being once admitted, a nearer approximation to the actual value should be made than that be tween 54d. and 7d. A professional income ter minating not merely with the death of the party, but on a failure of health, or even a change of POperty, cannot be considered as in any degree 7i pproaching to one -h a lf, or even one - quar t er , o f t value of a perpetual charge arising from the ' 4 euds in the public funds, or the ground rent, rat oI w ell -circumstanced rea l es t a t es . Th e and eB al i t o llld , necessarily be materially modified ; not be ch- gn. still convinced that industry should -L a i . is stab in any respect save so far as capi %uggestion, that inf its operations, we shall offer a thartthe present---and pending the fiscal revisi on hi :: inevitable, and that has been more than leader of the R ome of hinted at by the Ministerial Before, however, We enintem°llB - would ask, Will r t o h n 6 this part of the gubject, revenu e of indeed, be a necessity for the additional 0 : 1 1 ,000,0001., at which the CHANCELLOR of the Pl i - x or lE i Q f uEn calcu lates the additional House duties? so, cannot that sum be obtained a manne r less Objection_ able than that proposed. In the first we are prepared to prove, from the data f urnished by Mr. DISRAELI himself, that the new Income_ tax, if accepted by the country, will considerably exceed the estimate of 5,421,0001., and that more than 9 00,000/. will be available from that excess. The produce of schedule A, as at present levied, is 2,649,000/., and of schedule C 746,0001., makin g togeth er 3 , 39 5,000 1 . It mus t, however, bor ne in mind that a new class of contributors will be i nc luded —those having permanent in comes, arisin g f rom realised property, producing between 50/ . and 150/ per annum. The Right Honourable Gentleman has estimated the increase - wader thi s h ea d at 43 0 1 ,000/. • but this is palpably an under estimate. Mr. MACGREGOR, the re spected and indefatigable Representative for Glas- LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS P. 41.! VICE-CHANCERY.' 1' 000 THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BASrN9-- LORD BOLTON-JUDGMENT. His Honour, Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, upon 1 7,1 1 his seat this morning, ga ve j u d gmen t in this case, sv, was for certain quit re n t s , an d s tated that it Nc3stof general demurrer for want of equity and also for O fl o i parties. After going into the facts at great lengtibaril citing opinions from the time of Charles I. do wnw, , bo in reference to heriots and customs, his Honour e,: sslu was of opinion that the heriots and relief in s 9 oft were those of custom only. In conclusion the " r, Chancellor stated that he should allow the deco 41:1, with leave to the plaintiff to amend.—Judgm ent l'ec° C o ingly. THE PENTONVILLE 111U.RDER. CORONER'S INQUEST.—(THIS D- 3111. ' 1 t he This morning Mr. Wakley held an inque st ' ' ll ,l Clerkenwell W or kh ouse , on Al exan d er Downes, );„ fancier, aged 34, who was so lirutally murdered on 'P oi , day evening by Jeremiah Tooley, a labourer, o ' e t hst lodgers. The e v id ence was a mereC repetitionthere given in our poli ce re p or t o f yes t er d a y, and the be no doubt b u t th a t T oo l ey, when he conunitte,ol,l deed, was o f unsoun d m i n d , for they wer e nev er ,i lle' ol to quarrel, and a ft er th e mur d er T oo l ey exclail' lev' t to did it, for they h ave pu t h orns on my h ea d, and W3l' 0 1 kill me." The C oroner very m i nute l y s ummed 3 ." the jury retur ne d a ver di ct of wilful murder a 6 Jeremiah Tooley. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY) • (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrate 2.) DESPERATE ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC-Org%te°l William Sulliv an , 32 ; R o b ert S m i t h , 21, 3 Pr' e 'et4"l the Rifle Brig a d e ; an d J ane Smith, 24—Were for steali ng , a t L am b et h , s s. ad , with force and j° from the p erson o f Charles HaWell. Prosecutor, a simple-looking fellow, said b e :ef carpenter, and had recently worked at Saint Pa" :bbs thedral. On the evening of the 15th of la st/11°1'. '`‘° had been out with some of his mates after ter work, 3Pci g t O of them were rather quarrelsome while passi n g, lij 4 , °l' New Cut. The prisoner came up to him, and " ;fl icl 'o o to get rid of his companions, as they would get 1) , 114 trouble. Witness said he was a stranger a nd s hop know the way to his lodgings, but if they "Fo il % 0 him he would leave his companions. They c °ll-51' g l3 and he took the m i n t o th e C ompasses pu blicdg als : s lo gave them a pot of beer, and handed the solai er f j ling to get some f oo d . H e returned, and witness i him to some b eer , a ft er w hi ch he suspecte d that t ' - ibeoi tended to rob him, which induced P him to I ° ll Je {to I' e i and enter the y ar d o f another public -house to them. The prisoners, however, followed 1-i ! /11 1 ' f l ' ll treated him in a m os t brutal manner robbing the money he was possessed of, when they left h ' f erf state of insensibility. The p r i soners were, 11°` „, ce 0 secured and handed over to the police. Witnes s 5- 01 1 had been drinking a little, but he knew perfectly what he was about at the time. e01)1" The jury found them all guilty, and a forme r f - eO O tion was proved againsfSullivan, also against th e but the soldier received a good character. The Court sentenced Sullivan to twelve 31- oji tY' Robert Smith th ree mont h s, and Jane Sm i t h ell/ at Wandsworth. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISI O - 31 ' A j Tenants Compensation (Ireland) Bill. order fls e oTrt; Reading read ; Motion ma d e an d ques tion P r ,°_,Pelje " That the Bill be now read a second time t the Or arising; Motion ma d e , an d Q uestion pu t , " 17mes, bate bo now adjourned •"—The House divided Noes 57. AYES. 0 4'4° A'Court, C. 11. W. Hamilton, J. H. Morgan' h Acted, John 11. Hoye., Sir Edmund Naas, - j o seP, Bankes, 11,01 Ion. G. Henley, Joseph IV, Napier, Lord Ler° Barrovte; W. 11. Herbert, EL A. NewPo'. Lea if',.. Bateson. Thomas Herbert, Sir Thomas Osgillst ( trleS Dv Bentinck, veorge P. Hope, SirJ. Pack° (-- ir . Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. floret)11, T. B. rakingto o .,,.. Berkeley, Sir Geo. H u ds on , G eorge P ea cock, x O. f , Booker, Thomas W. Johnstone, James Richa rd° ;, E , ~ Booth, Sir R. Gore Jolllife. Sir W. 0.11. KobertS ol ,.....J. Briscoe, Musgrave Kendall, N. Shelley, ref. 0 Brocklehurst, John Ker,S lr es pO o f Bruce, C. L. C. King, .T. K. Somersebic„, .0 .Butt, Geo. Medd Knatchhull, W. F. Spoone r ' A t te,* Chambers, Thos. N. Knight, F. W. Stafford , fo il , . Chandos. Marquis of Knox, W. S. StanhoPe.:7 l ,l Christopher, B. A. Laco u , Si r E. ' Stanley,...:;l Corry, 11. L Lennox, Lord 11. G. S.irllng , r,,, ,I. Cotton, W. H. S. Lockhart, W. T r ollope. 7 '. 0. Crook, Joseph Loveden, P. Turner, 0, Disraeli, Benjamin Alacartney, G. Tyler, G tr ll' Dunconibe, A. M acau l ay, K . Vance. ." Oc`" , .5 1* Dunne, Colonel Mackenzie, W. F IValpo-o , .11 1 e Fitzgerald, W. R. S. kl a dd ook, Sir T. H. Whiteside. i le 4 Forester, Colonel 31andeville, Viscount Whitmore , 4, 1 , ,' Forster, Sir George M anners, Lord .1. Wickliital, }V..40',, FratikTn, G. W. . Maxwell, Hon J. P. Wilkinsorh oe fl George, John Mi c h e ll , W . wpm, Ile Grogan, E. Miner, T. J. ail * Hadfield, George Milligan, R. . 0- . Hamilton, Lord C. Mont g o mer y, TI . M r . Brot 4 o l Hamilton, Ceo. A. Moor e , R oss S . 'la) lor, Co NOES. 411 , Ball, John Biggins, Georgo ~je.,s 01, Bell, James Keating, Robert Bellew, Captain " , Kennedy, Tristram I n 'i 'lb l i lt irt r i t. Al l e c . r:lt;ll ' Ilf Berkeley, ( lrenvillo Keogh, William Power. r 4., Bower, George Kirk, William Brady, John lawless, C. Carter, Samuel Lucas, F. rp i Cobbett, J. M. liel`Cann, J. Corbally, M. E. II ' 111 alio I i , Patrick Devereux, John T. Magan, W. H. staple°. :Dan t ii, Duffy, Charles Gavan Maguire, John F. swift, U l t `i, t , '..„1 Esmonde, John Meagher, Thomas Vernon . v ot i ll Fagan, William M onck, Y.lscouut Warner, ~, , Fitzgerald, John Moore, G.,IL. Whalley. !-: c, Fitzgerald, Sir J. F. Mul grave , E ar l Whit ' Fox, Richard M. Murphy, F. Stack Goderich, Viscount. Murrough, J. P. 50:1111 Goold, Wyndham N orreys, Si r D. 1' ci o Grace, 0. D. J. O'B r i en, P atr i ck Mr. Fr4° e Green. John O'Brien, Sir Timothy Mr.." — Greville, Col. F. O'Flaherty, Anthony ITO' le ETON COLLEGE.—There a re th ree certain,. rt l this year in the fellowship s a t Ki ng ' s Collelei_,' _,-,0 - 0 ' to which the colleges succeed in rotation. by the promotion of the Revs. Messrs. 11° ,-V.IO O V Mesor, and Birch (late tutor to his Royal P.. 0 01 1 , 1 ), Prince of Wales) to livings in the gift of /b .:. th° d ,eilt private patronage. These vacancies carry senior King's scholars at present at Eton, naltie' Ara' Walford, and Earle. Besides the above, trf4lA4; other probable vacancies, which are expected to sod "0" Christmas, namely, those of Messrs. Willie cr e w - it , land James. If these take place vacancies No", i ' ante„ at King's College, to w hi c h T rem l e tt, K.S. " r - fe e K.S., will succeed in d ue course . It i s not many as five vacancies at King's College COoli r „rIV year.l tb ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.- - I n mentary paper just printed the annual aceollotiePer Chamberlain of the City of L on d on , re l a ting t ° poi se , o 0„ payments, surpluses, Blackfriars-bridge, bridg e : c o% oi tates, navigation of the river Thames, moorieg o , s:Z i it 4 j the river Thames, police, ward expenses, s evie t aP v ie coals, & duty on coals are set forth. It appears tha , 20 and payments, the debit side shows, in the l Y e o M, the sth of January last, 136,2371. 17 8 . .„ 3 ",lgh t the duty on coals, at Bd. per ton,_ the port of London, amounted to 117,6 0 ",,, a and of that sum 7,482/. Bs. 9d. "ito "dei, on coals brought by railway conveyane ; 0 0 1 ; e don. After various payments on the c o 'd , " e f there was a balance of 108,1271. 120. ,",,,.0.11 the surplus of the several dutiedimposed. c 5 of of lighting, watching, and cleansing 1',4 '" bridge in the year ending the 14th of ii-tir ac i. f°_, r o io was 7,356/. 10s. 10d., including 6,6861. 39 . pairs. There was a balance in hand ° i f kiii" of the City police at Christmas, 185 0 i, t3 d CP" 10s. id., and the receipts i n the year enu A e o i, 4 °' t io 0 mas last were 38,582 t. 14s. 7d. ; making 46,9' rpoilyi The expenditure was 44,034/. 108 4d. The C . ° l4 004 contributed 1,865/. for extra men employed do I I A A ce °,O, hibition. The sewers show on the consolidate' 4, 1° 64 1, receis with a balance in hand, to Michae l a T IV o .' 58,7491. 15s. 3d., and an expenditure to 58, 18 `.48 1 0 , On the other sewers account the reelyo.,)oo 22,5781. 15s. 6d., and the expenditure 14,979' 0,10,3,, On Id. per ton, the duty on coals in the year, l. i1 .‘ ,0 30th of December last, the income was 14,4 6 i 'O r ' and of that sum 13,6541. 13s. 4 d. was paid to the id and Forests for metropolitan improvements. . c „ EMIGRATION FROM LIVER POOL.— The Afrsoo 400 g fr r o a m n t t s h , this o p oor f w fo h r o A m u w s t e r r a e l i c a ,abicabin yesterday,passpassengers, g w e i r t s h , a a b n o d n a 1,0 03 0 , 1 4 1, r e; were adults. The Africa is a splendid vessel , for o coo , accommodations seem to have been appreciate'' ,J of, berth was taken a week before her departure/ "., t i 0 . 0 / siderable number of applications from London otreoever, places were refused. Among the passengers gaeltus. the clerical order seem to have been conspie g 4 . - „,rlP 4c ot" were two clergymen ofthe Church ofEngland,, , I, - of '-' Catholic priests, and three ministers of the Kirk it pe r o o o land. There were also four surgeons, two nelg 110% porters, and six sea-captains going out to br i l e orf . 4 0/ vessels. The ship is the property of Messrs. h ip and Co., of this town. The Ta,ntivy emigran u t e , -8 00 1 14 1 0 into the river on Saturday with aboutot3;:to o se r : t F t board. It is expected that she will go day. The number of vessels which left th.eSootile month with emigrants for Australia and Ain er i l s . having on board a total number of 12,1 88 8 " r e Ow, previous month (Oct.) the ships dispatched so esso ls ijo o , the emigrants 17,243. In Nov., 1851, the v f o r 37, and emigrants 11,632, giving an 1852, of 556 persons. From the Governmet,'„,Vl:o ex cess ii . Aen y Birkenhead the number of emigrant vessels te'l'ori , r . of from the 20th ofJan. to the commencement oto s 1 0 0 month was 36, carrying with them to the re n : less ! fi t' tion of the widely-spread British empire on,Atiren4,.,l4 13,485 passengers; a number which, reckonienrtsuivet? cording to the official return - , reres ja des. „ o c; of 15,000 souls ; all of them being_ ood ev", persons, mechanics, and labourers of _g ot her , ' , ne et ter, for the Government will receive n c o._ cti ot. l such as thi, country, under present .11 I r ces selg c ,eo o is least able to spare. Three remaining , ,„ s s:lf rt it is calculated, take out about 900 a ddi_i , _ A T ;" 00 1 : registered, increasing the number to 1 6 , 00 this within the present year will have sailed li r a , ti tc .A. ol 7: 2 7 i l s ia from the Birkenhead depot alone. ~‘ \-\TE -8. WV 10,111 T ho Me fl. 1r o arrived fever ha a lr emel a n d 1,4‘:1e river ur were se were fa N i fechr. and al; " geal l divid 171 .6 , .D.. 4