The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-26 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION THE BRITISH IRON COMPANY. Thursday the adjourned meeting of the Shareholders of the British Iron Company took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of appointing a Committee to investigate its affairs and was very numerously attended. Mr. Horsley Palmer was in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, said, as to the late calls of the Company, it was said by one party of Shareholders that they were illegal, and though he was by no means about to admit it, still he would contend that a moral keling ought to influence those who had not paid their calls to pay them up , fo r they were all par in one concern, the liabilities of which are chiefly to be traced to the adverse decision of the House of Lords. In all they had done they had had the best advice ; their counsel were Sir W. Follett and Mr. Butt, and Mr. Butt was now present to answer all inquiries. With respect to an allegation that bad gone forth to the public, that Mr. Larpent and he (Mr. Palmer) had been the causes of the immense losses the Company bad sustained, he begged to give it un qualified contradiction. As to the formation of the Committee, he hoped it would be made to meet the general view of the propnetors, that a most searching investigation would be made into all the affairs of the Company, and that those who com posed the Committee would not hesitate to call evidence on every subject.—(Hear.) Mr. Gums moved aresolution to the effect—" That nine of the largest Shareholders (naming them) should be appointed to investigate the affairs of the Company, and report them, with a view to the continuance of the concern, or otherwise, &C." The resolution having been seconded, Major Rienaanson moved an amendment to the effect— " That 21 Shareholders be appointed a Committee to investi gat! and report upon the state of the Company's affairs, with a new to its immediate dissolution, &c." Mr. JACKSON seconded Major Richardson's amendment. Mr. Horxisson thought that the functions of the Com mittee were too limited; they ought to extend tothe past as well as the present—(Hear, hear) —and have free scope in every way, whether as connected with the trading or legal concerns of the Company,- . -(Hear, bear.) The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee ought certainly to be invested with such powers. Mr. GIuBS intended his resolution to have that effect. Mr. llopKlNsost would like to have it fully expressed in the resolution. Mr. INlorr, in the event of Major Richardson's amendment being lost, would move that a Committee of ten gentlemen be formed by the selection of five from both sides of the room, out of a given list of ten. He, by this course, thought he should preserve the good order and harmony of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which as the " united shareholders" declined to vote, not having paid their calls, was lost by a considerable majority. The original motion was then put and carried, there being only three dissentients. The " united shareholders" put in a protest. An angry discussion then took place as to whether or not a ballot could be demanded on the original motion. It was laid down as the law of the deed of settlement, that proxies could not be admitted to influence such a demand, and there were not enough shares signed by those present to de mand one. In this emergency the Chairman was called upon to put his signature, which he immediately did, and the ballot was fixed to take place on the 7th of July, from twelve A.M. to three P.m., at the offices, Old Broad-street. A long discussion again followed among the shareholders, en masse, as to what was to be done ; some recommended the carrying of the Company into Chancery, and others were for calling another meeting. Subsequently the proceedings broke up in the most disorderly confusion. LAW INTELLIGENCE. - COURT OF QUEEZV'S BENCH, June 25. MATTMEWS V. HUTTON. This was an action of replevin, brought to try the right to certain property situate at Houton. There are a great number of witnesses to be examined, and the case, which is of no public interest whatever, is likely to occupy the Court the entire day. ---- - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Charles Harrison, a youth of genteel manners and address, between 16 and 17 years of age, and very fashionably attired, • was placed at the bar on the following charges : Police constable, No. 96, of the C division, stated that about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon while on duty in the neighbourhood of Leicester-square, he saw the prisoner, who was smoking a cigar, and in the space of a quarter of an hour snake thirteen attempts to pick the pockets of different gentle men, and as he was in the act of extracting something from a gentleman's coat pocket, he happened to turn his head, and seeing witness close behind him, set off running, but witness pursued and overtook him. The prisoner made a desperate re . sistance. • Mr. MALTBY inquired whether or not the prisoner was known to the police. • Inspector Baker, of the C division, stated that the prisoner had been a notorious pickpocket for between four and five years. His father is respectable tradesman, and had used every en deavour to reclaim the prisoner from the vicious courses he bad fallen into. Ho had twice been convicted of felony at the Central Criminal Court, and suffered imprisonment. The prisoner was committed for two months. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S). LONDON, Juwa 25.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind S.E. light.—Arrived the Was senar, from Amsterdam for Batavia; Belle, westward. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Essex, for Madras; Vigilant, and Vectis, Mauritius ; Meanwell, Odessa. HASTINGS, JUNE 24.—Arrivedoff, the Jane,Ward, St. Lucia, en the 19th inst., in lat. 49, lon. 11, passed a large boat, bot tom up, apparently not long in the water, no particular mark but a false keel. SHOREHAM. JUNE 24.—The Gleaner, May, coal laden, is sunk outside the harbour. PORTSMOUTH, J u era 24.--Wind . S.E.—Arrived the St. James, from London and sailed for New York ; Seringapatam, London for Madras. Sailed the Harriet, for Quebec ; Aurora (Sardinian corvette), St. Petersburgh. TORBAY, JUNE 23.—Sailed the John Willis, Demerara, James M.Queen, St. Kitts. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Sarah and Ann, from Leghorn. Sailed the Oriental, from New Zealand. FALMOUTH, Juxx 23.—Wind S. to N.W.—Arrived the Albion, from Malta. Sailed the Arethusa ' Clyde; Trefusis Figuera. Arrived off, Genera l Evans, Dare, Maderia. Poszoscg, JUNE 23.—The Victoria, from Swansea to ,Landerman, Was assisted in here yesterday, having struck on the Rundlestone. BRISTOL, Juxs 24.—Sailed the Victoria, for Calcutta; Die, Reid, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24.—Wind S.,light.—Arrived the Eagle, Ritchie, from Villa-Nova. Arrived off, the Standard, from New Orleans ; Ann Liffey, Charleston ; Countess of Durham, Maracaiba. Sailed the Diamond, Baldwin, for Buenos Ayres; Sisters, Barhadoes ; Maria, Cleewes, Diadem, and Harvest, Wei , York; Britain, Yarmouth, United States ; Dibdin, Portland, and Agnei, Gilmour, Quebec; Haidee, Newfounth land ; Lancashire Witch, Montreal ; Doctor, Alexandria ; Zante, Gibraltar; Olivia (packet), Oporto. CORN, JUNE 22.—Arrived the Mary Jane, from Port au Prince ; Feriera, Lisbon. HULL, JUNE 24.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Sovereign, Mackham, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Chevalier, Knight, New Orleans ; Joha nna, Braren, Trieste. VESSELS Sroint WITH.—The Trinidad packet, Trinidad to London, lat. 24, lon. 6 0 , by the Jane, arrived off Hastings. Liebe, St. Domingo to Liverpool, 6th inst., lat. 42, lon. 45, by the Matthew, arrived in the River. Isabel, Liverpool to Leg bovn, 3d inst., 50 miles E. of Gibraltar, by the Albion, arrived at Falmouth. Fanny, Oldhman, of Stockholm, lat. 42, lon. 55, and supplied with provis ons by the Chevalier, arrived at Hull. William, of Greenock, from Bombay, 4th March, lat. 5 N., lon. 77 E. ; Iris, from Calcutta, 11th ult., lat. 4 S., l on . 17 W. ; Shepherd, Mauritius to London, 25th ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 30 ; Victerine, Bahia to London, 3d inst., lat. 30, lo n . 41, by the Lady Clarke, arrived at Portsmouth. Theodore, of Sunderland, for Quebec, lat. 49, lon. 16; Antilles, fr om Gua elaloope, 29th ult. , off the Azores; Daw, Grant, Liverpool to Lima, 14th nit., lat. 46, lon. 11, by the Fleloise, arrived at Bordeaux. TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE.—An inquest was held on Thursday, at the Horns public-house, near Henley-on- Thames, on the body of Henry Street, the unfortunate person who was shot on Tuesday evening, as reported in our paper of yester d a y. A verdict of" Wilful murder' was returned against George Tyson, who was afterwards examined by the Berkshire Magistrates, and committed to Reading gaol to take his trial at the ( nsuing assizes. The perpetrator of the deed is a native of some village near Grimsby, Line olnshire, which he refused to tell. ARRIVAL OF THE TRAFALGAR AT SHEER F•Ess. —On Tuesday night, at eight o'clock, the Trafalgar man • of-war ship of 120 guns, which was launched from Woolwich Dockyard on Alonday afternoon, arrived at Sh eerness, in tow of the steam _packets Salamander, Meteor, and Monk ey . Th ey returned to the river on Wednesday morning. The Trafalgar was hauled into Sheerness dock at hi g h water on Thursday afternoon. DREADFU L STAGE-COACH A CCIDENT. OVERsETTING OF THE BRIDGE.-0 11 Unio n, Lynn stage-coac h , which STAGE -COACH, NE AR Cast- Channg which should have arrived at the Golden Cross ' . 0 of dreadful • on its journey to London from cross, did not, on account a accident occurring by its being overact near Cambridge, b • filledwith Lynn, unfortunately at the time bei ng p assengers in. :side and out, by which unfo rtunate circumstance the *la ch man, Thomas Cross, received a °lnalpsooasustainednd fractureauc of h searieouso his legs, and two ladies, passengers, injuries that they, with the unfortunate coachman, were neee s _ sitated to he conveyed to an inn, where, as quic kly as possible, every requisite surgical assistance was rendered the sufferers. Another coach being procured, the remaining passengers, after a delay of a few hours, proceeded on their journey, some few having sustained slight injuries. RAMSGATE.—THE CENSUS —The enumera tors have concluded their labours, and by the accounts rendered it appears that Ramsgate contains 4,896 males and 6,013 f! : s males, making 10,909; St. Lawrence, 1,272 males and 1,4 23 females, making 2,695 ; St. Peter's, 1,346 males and 1,616 females, making 0 ,96". It is a most remarkable circumst ance that thi s t own sould be just the same number as Marga te, swhich is 10,909. I n th e last census Ramsgate was 7,987, end has increased in the ten years '25 per cent., and Mar gate was 10,460, which has increased 2f, per cent. ; the inte rests of the two towns are so similar, that local circumstances cannot take place without - erecting both in the same way.— Kent Herald. ALLEGED I' . ,4TENDED DUEL BETWEEN MR. Glusza T YOUNG AND MR. PARES. —Thursday afternoon , etine4n, shortly before the close o f the Court, Mr. Inspector Tof the D divi , don of police, had an interview with the litaut Magistrat e o f Marvlebone Police Court, and informed Mm that a written commurhcation which, on the same morning, svas forwarded to the station-house, had been handed over to the Police. Commissioners. Our reporter instituted imme mediate inquiry into the particulars relative to the matter re ferred to, and after some trouble ascertained that information bad anonymously been made by letter, which set. forth that duel was about to take place between Mr. Gilbert Anslie Young and Mr. Parks, the latter of whom holds a responsible Government situation. An inspector of the division above tamed, lost no time in waiting upon Sir. Young, at his.resi dence, No. 2, Upper Portland-place, when that gentleman penned a note to the effect that he should take no hostile pro ceedings. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL SIR T. HARVEY, K.C.B.—The intelligence of the demise of this gallant offi cer was received at the Admiralty on Wednesday last, as having expired at Bermuda on the 28th ult. The deceased Admiral, who was born in 1775, was second son of the late Sir Henry Ha rve y, a n d a t th e early age of twelve years en tered the navy. He was actively engaged in Admiral Howe's action, and when Lieutenant distinguished himself in Lord Bridport's brilliant victory. At the passage of the Darda nelles, in 1 807, he commanded the Thunderer, and gallantly took part in the destruction of the Turkish squadron. Subse quently he served with great c re dit on th e coas t o f E gy pt an d in the AdriatiThe late Ad mi c ra , l w h ere he m a d e severa l va l ua bl e cap t ures . and North A u , • wa s C ommander-in-Chief of the West India enean stations. BRUSSELS, JUNE 23.--The average price of wheat last week visa 17f. 64 c., sad that of rye 101. 17e. TO THE CHARTIST ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF STOKE-UPON-TRENT. In consequence of a deputation having waited on John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., the Liberal candidate for this borough, for the purpose of ascertaining his sentiments on points substantially stated in a subsequent part of this address,—we, the Committee of the Hanley Charter Association, on hearing the result of this interview, have decided on putting forth an address on the present important occasion, for the purpose of setting us right with the public. and preserving a good understanding among ourselves. It might occur at the coming election for this borough, that some Chartist electors may support the Conserva tive candidates, and apologise for so doing, on the ground that the Chartists, as a body, recommend such a proceeding. To prevent this being the case, we con sider it necessary to express our dissent from, and our disapprobation of, such conduct, unless such electors can prove that they can do so conscientiously, and with a sincere belief that, by so doing, they are promoting the best interests of the country, and the welfare of this borough ; conclusions which we are persuaded must be very difficult to arrive at under existing circumstances, and for the following reasons :- 1. Because Mr. Ricardo is not an unconditional sup porter of either Whig or Tory faction ; but a supporter of good and useful measures, emanate from whom they may. 2. Because, by not belonging to either political party, he will be guided by the increasing wants and intern • gence of the age. 3. Because Mr. Ricardo will present any petitions of a constitutional kind, irrespective of the rank and condi tion of the petitioners, and endeavour to the utmost of his power, to obtain for such petitions, the attention which their importance demands. 4. Because, from all we can gather from the speeches and writings of the Conservative candidates for this bo rough, we are come to the conclusion, that they have no sympathy for the sufferings of the people, and propose no measure at all calculated, in our opinion, even to mi tigate the wide-spreading distress which so severely afflicts this once prosperous and happy country. We, the Committee, therefore, are of opinion, for the foregoing reasons, that there is a decided and striking difference in the claims of the respective candidates ; and we feel assured, that no Chartist elector can be left in doubt as to the course he ought to adopt ; and we confi dently expect that every Chartist elector will value his political consistency and love of principle, above every selfish consideration ; thereby setting an example of virtuous patriotism to those who are either influenced by party feeling or mmenary motives. In conclusion, we . hope a careful examination of the reasons before stated, will not only suppress hostility, but induce those that are disposed to neutrality, to throw off their indifference,. in order that all Chartist electors and non-electors may make a combined, bold, and vi gorous effort, in connection with the rest of their neigh bours, to secure the triumphant return of Ricardo as representative for this long-misrepresented Borough. Chartist Committee Room, Hanley, ,June 21. THE METHODISTS AND TILE TORIES. The Tories are now busily playing off all the arts of cajolery, for their own benefit, upon the Wesleyan Metho dists. "Coining their cheeks to smiles," they are now the humble applicants for votes ; and while in their hearts they hate the Methodists, they are basely presenting themselves before them as their friends ; • and at the same time, with still greater baseness, they are labouring to distort and misrepresent the opinions held by their poli tical opponents. To ascertain the real sentiments of the Tories we must examine their conduct at a period when a general election was not in anticipation • and the fol lowing extracts from one of their own periodicals, form ing part of a notice of the Rev. Thomas Jackson's book, entitled " The Centenary of Wesleyan Methodism," r will aid their judgment in coming to a conclusion on the matter. These atrocious statements were published in the month of October, 1839, and the periodical in which they appeared is The Church Magazine. Can any Wes leyan, after reading them, conscientiously exercise the elective franchise in favour of a Tory ? Will he not feel that the Tories, as a party, are without a paralle for meanness and duplicity ? As wise men, let the Wes leyans exercise their powers of thought—let them take heed that they do not inflict a wrong upon the commu nity by the use they make of the right of voting—and after calm consideration, let every man fearlessly do his duty to his country, as his judgment and his conscience may dictate. . . EXTRACTS. ON THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION. The morning's proceedings we dare say will pass off pretty decently; but we shudder at the bare idea of what will take place at their evening meetings, and especially at what they , term their " prayer meetings." The " prayer meetings " we allude to are those held after the more regular evening services, and extended often to a late hour of the night, and are more suitable for darkness than light. The last of the kind we attended was in one of the largest towns in England. The singing, the pray ing, the raving, the screaming, with the profanity of what expressions and phrases could be-understood, com posed such a scene of uproar, as no person who has never seen any thing of the kind can imagine, to say no thing of the indecent conduct of the young women and men, who were prominent actors in the business. But we will hope, even against hope, that the business of the. day, and of the night also, will pass over in a more decent manner than we anticipate. We mention the subject for the purpose of guarding the public against giving any countenance to any such outbreaks of fanaticism, profanity, and sin. ON THE WESLEYAN PREACHERS. Mr. Jackson has placed upon the title page of his book the passage of holy writ—Genesis 49, xxii., xxiv. We never saw a grosser perversion of the word of God in our lives. And if such be the way in which the Scrip tures are perverted by the President, who is a sort of temporary Pope, what can be expected from the less in formed teachers, many of whom are utterly ignorant of the Bible, as well as extremely illiterate ? It is awful to contemplate the mischief that is doing to the souls of men by the perversions of the Scriptures, which the teachers of Dissent, and more especially the lower teachers of Wesleyanism, put forth in their preachings. ON JOHN WESLEY, HIS WRITINGS, &C. It is quite clear that neither of the two sects first named (the Independents and Wesleyans), has any foun dation whatever in the word of God. Of this fact, as it regards Wesleyanism, the book before us furnishes abun dant evidence, even from its title, which declares that Wesleyanism is a new religion, a mere invention con trived by John Wesley, and now precisely an hundred years old, whilst the Church of Christ is 1800 years of age. Like almost every other work put forth by the Wesleyans, this book is filled, usque ad nauseant, with the most fulsome adulation of John Wesley, and the reli gion which he started. We believe that no man's real character is, all things considered, less known than that of the remodeller and reviver of the Pelagian heresy. As it regards his writings, they are so contradictory, that whatever any person might produce from them, we might safely engage to produce something else from them flatly contradictory. The first volumes Of his Journal we ever possessed were given to us by a pious gentleman, who said that he would be glad to have them out of his library, for they contained so much indecency that he began to be afraid that his children who were growing up, would be reading them, and be contaminated by them. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Sin,—l have seen a letter in your paper of the 18th inst., being an " Address to the People of Scotland from the Aber deen National Association." In one part of the address it is stated " That there are millions of our. fellow-countrymen who are ignorant of their rights." With this extract I perfectly agree, and the statement below will prove it is right. Devizes was the scene of the first active and successful op position with which the Chartists met. The Chartists from Trowbridge, heeded by Vincent and Carrier, held a meeting in the Market-place of Devizes. The Tory farmers and gentlemen in the neighbourhood knowing they were coming, circulated a few handbills, invit ing the friends of order4o come to town to keep the peace. (You will bear in mind tie former meetings of the Chartists, as well as the last, were peaceable. ) From the village of Urchfont 4 and neighbourhood, several hundred labourers were brought into the back streets of the town, and made half drunk, then armed with sticks, whilst two troops of the Wilts yeomanry assembled at Mr. Escourt's, the Member for Devizes. house, about one mile out of the town ; and in the yard of the Bear Inn was a troop of Lancers; these troops were to be put in action in case the bludgeon men were defeated. After the Chartist meeting commenced, and when it was proceeding peaceably, out rushed the bludgeon niers, amongst which were many young booby farmors, and a few low scamps of the town, and made a brutal attack on all. The Chartists, totally unprepared and unarmed, were obliged to fly. The hired labourers were then taken back to their inns, and paid ss. each for their day's work. But mark the result ; the farmers had set in motion a power they could not control ; for these labourers, in returning to their homes, went to the houses of their employers in this business, and compelled them by threats to give them money ; in fact, they turned the tables on them with a vengeance, for they were not half pleased with their day's work. And as they passed along to their houses, they were hissed and hooted by the labourers and their wives of the villages through which they passed, and asked if they had not been fighting against their own friends, and for a little loaf ? For months after they scarcely dared to show them selves in any of the village inns ; for although the agricultural labourers did not understand the Chartist's speeches and tracts, yet knowing them to be poor men, they believed they were doing something for the benefit of all wot king men, and they knew the Chartists were for a " bigger loaf," and always spoke of them, in asking after their proceed ings, as " our side." Devizes, June 22, 1841. TRUTH. *Urchfont and neighbourhood is a place where so many ricks and farm-buildings were set on fire a few years ago. READ, COMPARE, AND JUDGE, FACTS. It is now more than forty-seven years since the Tories involved the British Empire in the most expensive war recorded in the annals of the world. Exclusively of the annual millions abstracted from the produce of British industry, and expended on the Continent of Europe, the people of the United Kingdom (in order to maintain public credit and honour), have willingly, up to this day, consented to pay out of the National Income, twenty eight millions of annual interest upon the debt, for which all the property of the United Kingdom has been mort gaged by the Tories. The Tories are boasting and placarding the great re duction of taxation under Lord Liverpool and the Duke of Wellington, compared with the reduction under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne. They ask us to " Read, Compare, and Judge." We demand this also in its fullest extent : but we do not ask, Read, Compare, and Judge a statement of mystification. No ; we say, Read, Compare, and Judge, the following incontrovertible facts, viz. : In the year 1792, before the war, the Income ex ceeded the Expenditure... ..... £2,031,000 The old permanent Revenue in 1792, including Land Tax and the Malt Tax, was ... 17,382,435 The Taxes of this permanent Revenue yielded in 1802, only But the new Taxes, added annually by the Tories to the permanent Revenue, increased from 247,6861. in 1793, to per annum in 1802 ON 'WESLEYAN LIBERALITY. The Wesleyans have drained, we believe, above 200,0001. out of the people within the last year, by way of celebrating the " Centenary of Wesleyanism." And when we consider the quarterly ticket money, the weekly pennies, and the constantly recurring collections—to gether with the vast sums they draw from the people to build their meeting-houses, and otherwise to support their unscriptural machinery—we are astonished that the people should patiently submit to the payment of so heavy an annual tax upon their industry, and upon their credulity. The people are deceived and cheated out of their money by false pretences ; but the real fact is, that all the money which the dissenting teachers drain out of the people, is spent for the propagation of error, false hood, and fanaticism. COMPARISON of-FOREIGN GRAIN WITH THE ENGLISH 3IA.RKET, IN THE YEAR 1839. At Harnbargh £1 3 3 per quarter. London /2 3 0 ditto dearer 85 per cent. Zealand •••••• S 111 5 ditto London /2 3 0 ditto 36i dearer. Antwerp 3 1 16 5 d i tto London 2l 0 ditto 124 dearer. Stettin ... f 1 1 0 ditt o London The mean or ave rage price at the above ports 1 8 1 London ........ 2 3 ditto 5311 dearer. The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into England is 408. Bd. the quarter, which is equal to the following rates :—to a rate of 2131. 12s. 2d. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat in Hambnrgh ; to a rate of 1581. ls. 10d. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam ; to a rate of 136/. 7s. Bd. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Antwerp ; to a rate of 285/. 1 ls. 6d. per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 176/. 17s. id. per cent. on the mean price of the four above-mentioned places. N.B.—The duty or tax on what would cost 10d. at Stettin is 2s. sticl., and all this levied and created for a privileged class, created and vested with th e powers of legislation. Handbill . LORD CAMPBELL.--The late Attorney -Gene ral, Sir John Campbell, now Baron Campbell, of St. An drew's, and who is the successor of Lord Plunkett as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, is the second son of the Rev. Dr. George Campbell. The latter was Minister of Cupar, and no less distinguished by his piety and elo quence in the pulpit, than by his' attainments in polite literature. He remained pastor of the same congrega tion for 54 years, and died in 1825. In 1776 he married Magdalene, only daughter of John Hallyburton, Esq., of the Fodderance, a branch of the ancient family of the Hallyburtons, of Pitcur, end allied to the noble houses of Morton, Aboyne, and Northesk. An event which cast considerable gloom over the inhabitants of Great Malvern took place on Wed nesday evening last, by an act of self-destruction com mitted by a young lady named Salmon. Having re turned on the evening in question from tak in g a ride, the unfortunate lady had retired, as her friends supposed, for the purpose of changing her dress ; but in about five minutes her family were horrified at finding her head nearly severed from her body—a deed which she had effected with a razor. The cause which led to this catastrophe is conjectured to have been a nervous affec tion and her contemplation of the rev erses of fortune which she and her family had expei:ienced. An inquest was held on the body on Friday, and a verdict of " Tem porary insanity" returned.— Wormier Journal. TBE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1841. Augmented permanent Tax, exclusive of Income 24,966,969 Add also other new temporary Taxes on Customs and Excise, Income; Tax, &c. Total Taxes in 1802 This amount of Taxes' was levied as follows, viz.:— Total Nett Revenue derived from the Ces- £ s . d toms and Excise the year 1802, at the rated duties, as they existed in 1792 .15,425,859 13 Additional, or War Duties imposed as temporary Duties by the Tory Go vernment, viz.:— ft £ s. d. 1793 1 7 94, including War Tax on Sugar L141,186 19 6i 1795 1796 _ 1,376,892 9 7i . . ... 1797, including War Tax on Sugar 3,178,333 14 5i 1798 683,757 10 6i 1 : 799 1800 1801 ~... L 730,753 19 10 1802 1,957,340 12 10i 12,647,396 9 4 Add Income Tax in 1801 5,822,741 19 4 Total increased Taxes 18,470,138 8 8 Total Taxes ... 33,896,028 1 9i The total Expenditure was The total gross Revenue derived from the permanent Customs, Excise, and Assessed. Taxes, including all kinds made perma nent during the year 1814, amounted to 51,824,981 7 94 The Revenue from War Taxes on Customs, on Excise, and the Property Tax, exclu sive of Miscellaneous Incomes and Re venues 24,655,934 9 0 Total Revenue .. 76,780,895 16 91 Total Expenditure for the above year was 106,632,260 0 0 The difference (thirty millions) was as usual borrowed and funded. Notwithstanding the above enormous additional taxa- , tion, a loan of 40,000,0001. was paid into the Exchequer as late as 1816, during peace with all the world. The Property Tax was repealed in 1816, and ceased to , be in force after 1817 ; but the temporary or War Cus toms Duty imposed in 1809, and yielding 2,761,024/, was made permanent in 1816, and the greater part of the War-Excise Taxes were made permanent in the same year, adding altogether about thirteen millions of the temporary taxes imposed since 1802, to the permanent annual taxes, to replace the more equitable Property-Tax. In 1819. new taxes were imposed by the Tories equal to 3,200,0001. per annum. The Torieq have boasted that the reductions of taxa tion which they made were so complete as not to have left the Whigs the possibility of reducing any one tax whatever ; and they now proclaim that they transferred the Exchequer to the Reform Government with a revenue exceeding the expenditure. Unfortunately for the Tories, assertions, and those stubborn facts called figures, arc different things. When William Pitt, in the freshness of youth and honesty, and before he was pursuaded or forced into pro fligacy by his Tory colleagues, entered upon the govern ment of this great country, he did so as a Liberal and a Reformer ; and as he had the ability and the will, he did, immediately after the war, which ended in 1783, that which the Tories did not do after the war into which Pitt had plunged the empire in 1793, and which ended in 1815. Mr. Pitt zealously and laboriously re formed the finances and reduced the expenditure of the country, and Mr. Pitt's plans of reform went even further. " My first connection with the Treasury," said Mr. Harrison, the Treasury Adviser, before a Committee of the Reformed House of Commons in 1832-3, "was in consequence of Mr. Pitt intending to take up some very serious measures for the abolishment of Tithes, and for a complete revision of the Poor-laws." We may here observe that the Whig Ministers have not, it is true, done what Mr. Pitt intended, they have not abolished Tithes. This Sir Robert Peel may be presumed to do, as the disciple of Mr. Pitt. From 1785 to 1792 the income was •so far adjusted that, after paying the current public expenditure, and the interest of the National Debt (9,525,866/.), Mr. Pitt had a surplus of about one million to place to the credit of that, for him, and for the Tories, happy delusion,—the Sinking Fund : which served as an opiate to the nation, while the Tories went on in their profligate borrowing and raising by increased taxes, those enormous sums, the oppression caused by . which has ever since been weighing down the energies of the people. The Public debt, including the Floating Debt, stood as follows at the stated periods : Principal. Interest. In 1792...... 212,461,782/ 9,525,8661. 1801 579,931,447 21,778,018 1816 864,882,441 . . 41,225,257 Now let us examine the reduction of taxation and the diminution of the debt, as proclaimed by the Tories :- Ist. —The taxes repealed or reduced by Lord Liverpool and the Duke of Wellington are stated by the Tories to have amounted to 15,883,0001. 2d.—The items of these reductions are in several in stances exaggerated, and in others mis-stated. ad.—ln the amount of taxes reduced on wine and spi rits in 1825, the real sums were 230,000/., and 750,0001., instead of 900,000/. and I,2so,oool.—exag geration-1,070,0001. There are also some other, but not important exaggerations in this notable list of re ductions. 4th.—The ether reductions may be considered as to have been originally in a great degree portions of the temporary and War Taxes, and which ought, strictly speaking, to have been reduced in 1816. sth.—The first three taxes reduced on the Tory list, viz., Agricultural Horse Tax, 480,000/. ; Malt Tax, 1,400,000/. ; Hides, 300,000/. ; equal to 2,180,000/., were considered purely as taxes to relieve the land lord and farmer, and carried as such ;. although we admit readily that the two last were eventually for the general benefit of the consumer, as was also the re peal of the Beer and Salt Tax, and several others. 6th.—But we deny that the Tory Government deserves credit for those very beneficial reductions or repeal of taxes.—No, they were forced by the Whigs to make those reductions. When Mr. Calcraft brought forward his plan in 1821, for repealing the salt duties, he was opposed and defeated by the Tories; and it was not im mediately after the war of 1815, that the Tories sub mitted to retrench profligate expenditure, and to re duce and repeal taxes; but after 1820, when they found that the Whigs in the House of Commons, and the people out of doors, would no longer suftbr such exces sive taxation. The following taxes are set down as taken off by the Tory Government in 1822 : Malt ..... Hides Salt ............ Hearth money (Ireland) 200,000 3,195, 000 The facts are these :—Mr. Vansittart, the Tory Chan cellor of the Exche quer , b roug ht f orwar d a budgeroon- taining one reduction only—That of Is. per bushel on malt. The Opposition pressed for further reductions, which were strenuously resisted by the Tory Ministers, but on a division on a motion for a repeal of the Malt Tax they only escaped defeat by a majority of four. They were subsequently beaten on two several motions by the Opposition,—one for a reduction of salaries to the Lords of the Admiralty ; the other for the abolition of the sinecure office of • Joint Postmaster-General ; and finally beaten into abandoning their Budget altogether, and bringing forward a new one, containing the reduc tions of taxation above quoted. In the statement re ferred to, the merit of these reductions is given to the Tory Government, who opposed them to the utmost, and only adopted them after repeated defeats, when they had no resource left but to adopt the measure of their opponents, or resign office. 7th.—Tho reduction of the duty on British distilled spirits in 1823 and in 1825, and on rum in 1824, and on cider in 1825 and 1830, which altoether figure in the list, to the amount of 2,25 0 , 00 0 , must not be taken as a reduction of taxation, but as a differential duty against foreign spirits and cider, creating to that amount a preference interest in favour of home-made spirits and cider, and also in favour of colonial rum. This, instead of a diminution, should in truth be con sidered as a protective tax to that amount. Bth.—lf the public, therefore, allow for all these deduc tions, and for the new taxes imposed by the Tories in 1819, amounting to 3,200,0001.. per annum, and add all the previous burdens with which the Tories have oppressed the country for thirty-six years, it is plain that the Tories have little merit left them on'appearing before the tribunal of national judgment Lastly.—lt is equally plain that if we allow the Tories all the merit they claim for diminishing the public bur- dens, there remains, even by the evidence of Tory statements, still greater merit for the Reform Govern ment in taking on* the taxes as admitted by the Tory list, but which list is at least 2,000,0001. under the actual amount. The amount of taxes taken off by the Reform Govern ment, as stated by the Tories, is 6,373,0001. Now the real amount of taxes taken off was as follows : 1831. Customs duties on Coals, Coast- £ wise State ditto Wine, Barite., &e. 36,813 54,951 -- 1,060,961 Excise, Calicoes Assessed Taxes 3,152 .832. Customs .. 247,746 Excise, Candles 483,800 ---: Stamps 7,234 Assessed Taxes 44,065 1833. Customs 349,147 Excise on Soap and Silks ... 809,000 Stamps Assessed Taxes 419,145 1834. Customs duties 307,364 Excise ditto Stathps Houses and Windows 1835. Customs, Coffee .. 31,939 Flint Glass and Spirit Licenses lBB,OOO 1836. Customs 143,302 _ _ ..._. . Excise, Paper Duty, &c 572,500 Stamps, Newspapers, Race-horses 403,300 .839. Post-office 8,730,077 The taxes imposed were on Customs and Excise, and Assessed Taxes. Taking the exaggerated statement of the Tories, they amount to 3,249,0001., or about the same amount as imposed by the Tories in 1819, without any reduction whatever. The Tory list states that the Public Debt was re duced from 801,000,0001, in 1821, to 757,000,000/. in 1831 :—we readily admit this, and the Tories were easily enabled to do so by two circumstances : first, the general peace of the world, and secondly the abundance of money, rendering it easy to diminish the interests of the National Debt, and to buy up stock bearing high interest, to be refunded at low interest. From 1831 to 1841, events unforeseen, and none of which could possibly have been prevented, have arisen, and have caused additional expenditure, and which ex penditure the Tories themselves in Parliament saw fully as great a necessity for, as the Reform Government did. Among these was the revolt in Canada, the China war, the scarce harvests 1838 and 1839, causing a dimi nished use of other articles than food ; the commercial crisis in America affecting the trade and especially the Custom's revenue of England. There is this fact, however, to be taken into account, viz., that if the Reform Government had abided by the proclamation of the Tories, viz., " that the latter had not left it in the power of the former to make any further reduction in the national taxation," then the national revenue would at this day exceed the expendi ture to the amount of about six millions, notwithstand ing the extra expenditure caused by the revolt in Canada, and the expedition to China, and also of the interest of twenty millions sterling, which the Reform Govern ment and Parliament, to their immortal honour, have paid for emancipating all the Colonial slaves. Nor must it be forgotten that the Reform Ministry entered upon the Government immediately after the last French revolution, which was followed by the Belgian and Po lish revolution ; and that the Reform Ministry instead of involving the country in war (as the Tories did after the first French Revolution), have preserved the peace of Europe from 1830 to 1841, during a period of great difficulty and danger. We may further state that the sliding scale of the Corn Duties with which the Tories have saddled the energies of the country, has defrauded the Treasury of, and put into the pockets, not of the landlords and far mers, but of the jobbers in food, at least the amount of 2,000,0001. within the last two years. • MR. HANDEL GEAR'S BENEFIT.—On Thursday a concert was given at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the benefit of Mr. Gear. It commenced with a quartetto, in which Miss Bruce Wyatt, Mr. H. Gear, Mr. Stretton, and Signor F. Lablache sang the delight ful air by Donisetti, " Chi mi frena" (Lucia di); after which a fantasia.on the pianoforte, by Mdlle. Borchardt, a child of ten years of age, with whose performance the company were astonished and delighted. Mr. John Parry sang " Fanny Grey" and " County Commissions," during which he kept the risible faculties of his audience quite in activity. Being loudly encored in both, he. very kindly added his " Italian Master and Scholar," and "Wanted a Wife." Among the English compositions, a ballad sang by Miss Adeline Cooper, the " Alpine Shepherdess," - composed expressly for her by Jagtterod, attracted particular attention ; there was a softness and sweetness of delivery which called forth repeated plan dits. In expressing our delight, we may mention that it was in perfect unison with that of a delighted audience, by whom She was loudly and enraptuously encored. Mr. Clinton performed a fantasia brillante on the flute, Mr. Wolf an aria on the violin, and Mdlle. Launitz on the panoforte. MARYLEBONE ELECTION.—In Paddington all is bustle and activity. The canvass exhibits the immense interest the people take in the approaching struggle. Sir B. Hall polled in that district, when returned four years since, 326 votes; Mr. E•w•art 280 ; the number of voters registered being 995. The present register con tains 1,191 voters, of which number Sir B. Hall has po sitive promises up to last evening of 539 ; Sir Charles Napier, 533; plumpers for Hall 8, tbr Napier 2. The dis qualifications by death, removal, &c., amount to 200. The excellent arrangements made in that district will ensure a majority over the Tory crew of upwards of 300. In deed, Mr. Cabbell's speech at Paddington:veen has so entirely disgusted all good men, that this hitherto Tory district will boldly, fearlessly, and heartily perform its duty. We have received from Loughborough the par ticulars of a case of extreme severity, by the Bench of Magistrates sitting there, upon a poor man, for the alleged offence of stealing two-penny worth of cabbage. Though the man bore an" exemplary character, he was conveyed to prison for three months, during which time the county will have to support him, and the parish his wife and numerous family.—Plymouth Journal. A CORRUPT • VOTER.—A gentleman in pub lic company , commencing a song, was entreated by a friend to desist. . You will never, said the latter, gain anything by your voice. You are wrong, replied the former, my voice as a voter, at the late election, gained, me a round sum of money. THE BRITANNIA STEAM-SHlP.—Captain Cleland, the commander of this vessel, which, it will be remembered, on her last passage home ran on the rocks off the harbour off Halifax, but got off again with little or no damage, has been presented by his passengers with a gold chronometer, made by Barraiid and Lund, as an expression of their high sense of his abilities and attention during the voyage. SIGNIFICANT INSCRIPTION.—In Chatham churchyard is a stone with this upon it. A man had buried two wives ; after stating the name and age of the first, was the following :—" The Lord gave and the Lord bath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." In a few years his second wife died ; and following her name and age, is—" I called upo n the Lord and he heard me, and delivered me out of all my troubles. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A LADY.—A Coroner's inquest was held on Thursday morning, at the Bedford Arms, Tottenhantn-court-road, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of Mrs. Ann Newham, aged 63 years. Mrs. Margaret M'Queen, of 225, Tottenham-court -road, stated that she had known the deceased for the last fourteen years. She was a widow of independent property, and had resided with wit ness about sixteen months. The deceased had been suffering from an attack of nerveus fever an d de p ression of s p irits for the last fortnight, and had been attended dail y b y a medical man. Witness saw her last alive about eight o'clock on Monday evening. She then appeared to be in as good health and spirits as she had been for some time previously, and told witness she was going up stairs. Mr. Joseph Elwell, of 225, Tottenham-court-road, grocer, stated that he went in search of the deceased about half-past eight o'clock on Monday night. After having gone all over the house, he went into the dust hole, where he found the deceased in a standing position, with her head and arms immersed in a small cask of water. Wit ness immediately carried the deceased, who appeared to be quite dead, i n t o h er b e d room , and sent for a surgeon, and ho endeavoured in vain f or more than two hours to restore anima tion. Verdi c t, T emporary i ns anity. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. — A com mis s i on of lunacy was opened on Wednesday at Gray's Inn Coffee house, touching the sanity of William Pinckes, Esq., an elderly r s who gentleman, p ossesse d o f l arge l an ded property, and described as of Breachwood-green, llertfordshire, and at p r ese nt residin g at No. 24, G reat W arner - s treet. The Cominis , ioners were Messrs. Phillimore, was described to be extremely in. Winslowe, and Blu nt . The sub j ect of the inquiy , firm and su ff er i ng un d er a defect of the eyes, nearly amounting to blindness, appears to have no relatives. Having amassed considerable wealth in early life, he laid it out in the purchase of land, but from the circumstance of his being a foundling, the estates of which he is possessed revert to the Crown should the writ be sustained. It is re sisted by a person named Arnold, who has for some years had the management of Mr. Pinckes's money matters, and who now, by virtue of a will, stands in the character of sole executor. The investigation was reaumed on Thursday, but there being a great number of witnesses to be called, the inquiry was, again adjourned. THE NAPIER SUM CONTAINING AN EXCELLENT MEDALLION LIKENESS OF COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NA PIER, With Authentic Particulars of his Eventful and Chivalrous Career, will be Published on TUESDAY NEXT, JUNE 29. THE RAILWAY SUN, CONTAINING ALL THE STATIONS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF EACH RAILWAY, WILL BE PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY, THE 6TH OF JULY. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN-OFFICE, 112, STRAND. PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH. 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IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of _a_ AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII and at • LUBECK, Are now SELLING BOND Slor the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions Inas , receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH DUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividendri from 6001. and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. splendid success.—Fourth Week of the first Vocalists in the Kingdom. The New Opera, " A Queen for a Day," and " La Sonnambula," on alternate nights, supported by Miss Romer. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Leffler, a powerful Band, and an extra Chorus, conducted by Mr. G. Stansbury. THIS EVENING.' JUNE 20, Will be repeated the New Grand Opera, entitled A QUEEN FOR A DAY. With all the Original Music by _Adolphe Adam, New Scenery, and splendid Appointments. Francine, Miss Romer • Simonne, Mrs. Serle ; Marcel, Mr. Wilson ; Tumbrel, Air. Leffler. After which, THE WATERMAN. • Tom Tug by Mr. Wilson. To conclude with, YOUNG LOCHINVAR ; OR THE BRIDE OF THE GRAVE. Lochinvar, Mr. N. T. Hicks. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Crand union of success in the hitherto unexampled combina tion and attraction of Susan Hopley !" " The Stranger !" " The Honey Moon !" and " Virginius !" supported by I‘lr. Osbaldiston, Mr. E. F. Saville, and Miss Vincent ! and also the New Drama of " The Palace of Geneva!" THIS EVENING, JUNE 26, The splendidly successful Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, 01 SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL! William liean,Mr. — k.i.gavale ; and Susan Hopley by Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, Sheridan Knowles' Tragedy of VIRGINIUS ; OR, THE ROMAN FATHER. Virginius, Mr. Osbaldiston ; lcilius ' Mr. E, F. Saville; Siccins Dentatus, Mr. Dale ; Appins Claudius, Mr. Seaman; Virginia, Miss Vincent ; Servia, Mrs. Lee. To conclude with, the new Burletta, entitled THE PALACE OF GENEVA. _ _ . Old John, Mr. Gardner ; Seliria, the Countess of Barotti, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 25.—Pit, Is.—Gallerv, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. tlcrinng ...... 3 minutes after 7. 1 Evening ..... 26 minutes after 7 W. 611. m x p v 1 / 4 uH . I j!!: 4.o4wit: Z'bt LONDON: SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1841. We, among other journalists, very often blame the Ministers for not going fast enough and far enough; and certainly we have at times been much chagrined and mortified, to see those whom we had supported for their anti-Tory opinions, succumbing to their and our enemies. Perhaps we have not made sufficient allowance for the influence of Government over those who wield it, and the influence of the classes who block up all the avenues to the Throne. For nearly fifty years prior to 1830, the Tories were exclusively in possession of the Govern ment; during that time the .wonderful inventions of WATT and ARKWRIGHT, turned to an admi rable account by our ingenious and industrious people, conferred boundless power and boundless wealth on the nation. It cannot be denied that great social progress co-existed with Tory domi nation, and the Tory Government became associated in the public Aind with a great in crease of wealth and power which it did not con_ tribute to produce, which it squandered in mis chievous profusion, and which it did its best to destroy. It never was popular after the com mencement of the French revolution ; but, in the minds of the upper, and many of the middle classes, it was associated with great success and great splendour, and they honoured it as if it were a system of almost Divine appointment. Against that prejudice the Whigs, aided by the people, have had to contend; and we ought, per haps, to be surprised that they have, done so much, rather than they have not done more. In one of his speeches on Reform, Lord BROUGHAM, after his accession to office, de scribed in his graphic manner the many re straints and bonds he felt gradually extending themselves over him, and fastening him into the position of his predecessors. That was a true description of every man who has to admi nister a system ; he finds that it masters him; and the longer he runs in it the more completely does he becomes its slave. Now, when it is re membered that not only the form and the rou tine of the Government were completely Tory, and had long been Tory, but that all the subor dinate officers of the State were Tories, who guided their several departments and places on Tory principles, it is not difficult to .conceive how the Whigs, as they re , ma i m & i n _.. o ifi ce - year after year, became more and more hampered with the ancient Tory system, and more and more obliged to move in the ruts Which it had worn. Nfe find in these circumstances, when .we remember what the Whigs have done, an explanation, if not a jus tification, of their not having done more. The Government being practically founded on the principles of coercing the people into obe- diencc to a certain system, necessarily corrupts to its own purposes all who are called on to ad- minister it. It is not denied that the Whigs have used its coercive power with much mode ration; but, nevertheless, having been obliged to use it, they have shared the unpopularity which properly belongs to Tory institutions and Tory laws. The difference between the two parties is, that the Tories see in the Constitution nothing but a system of coercion for the people. The Whigs see in it also a means of securing their liberties. They try to reconcile the two ; the Tories think only hoW they can make the system obeyed and respected. They profess to despise popularity—to despise the people and their opinions, and to care for nothing but the preservation of the law. The Whigs defer to the people; they admit the in fluence of their opinions; and they do not prefer a system to popularity, or a theory to the public good. Whoever has the Government to administer, must necessarily be obnoxious to those who, like the Chartists, demand great changes, which it is supposed to be the duty of the Government to resist. But the Whigs have administered it with mildness, while the Tories would have carried it out with terror, till they had kindled rebellion. Though the Chartists may not like the Whigs, and the administrators of the Government, they ought to hate the Tories ; and every Chartist who votes for a Tory is false to the principles of the Charter. We had written so far when Mr. WADE'S pamphlet, entitled " Reforin Government," ab stracted from his " Glance at the Times," and published by EFFINGHAM WILSON, reached us. Mr. WADE justly states, that— Since 1830 England has undergone as many and as great changes almost as it is possible for a nation to undergo, not only in the form but •in the practical spirit and administration of her institutions. There is no in stance perhaps of a country achieving so peaceably, yet in the main so efficiently, a reform of old and inveterate abuses, of effecting so radical a change in every depart ment of her domestic policy, without the risk and detri ment of a revolutionary convulsion. In those remarks we agree, and the success of the Whigs in accomplishing so much, should readily snake the people fbllow them in their present endeavour to accomplish more. Agree ing, too, with Mr. WADE in most of the follow ing remarks, we have great pleasure in quoting I them : It is sometimes said Ministers might have done more. They might, but then they must have been better sup ported. Had they attempted more, with the power and co-operation they possessed, they would have certainly effected less. - Much of what has been done, has been done by concessions, by a sacrifice of their own better sentiments. The default, in truth, has not been in them, but—for we must speak out—in the apathy and divisions of the people, which emboldened the Conserva tives to defeat or mutilate the most efficient Ministerial schemes. One thing, ,however, is undoubted—if the • Whigs have done little, the Tories would have done less, and that in a reluctant and hateful spirit. An elector must be blind who does not arrive at this conclusion—who does not perceive that, if he have cause for dissatisfaction' with the present Administration, he is likely to have still greater with the candidates for their places. The claims of these candidates to national confidence it will now be fair to notice, having set forth those of the Whigs. One of the first and greatest pretensions of the Tories is in, the undoubted fact that they have fearlessly and throughoUt opposed the Reform Government—have perseveringly tried first to frustrate entirely, and when that was hopeless, to delay or impair, the different mea sures of public amendment enumerated above, from the passing of the Reform Bills to the dissolution of the first Parliament of Queen Victoria. So much for their past services. Next as to the future. Of this the most recent testimonial is their opposition to the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The nature of the Ministerial scheme may be soon un folded. Its necessity has arisen from a deficient revenue, a deficiency not accruing from wasteful expenditure—no one accuses Ministers of that—but from concessions to popular demands, chiefly the reduction of the rate of postage, of the stamp-duty on newspapers, and from the twenty millions borrowed to abolish Ne gro slavery. If wrong has been done in the adop tion of these measures, the wrong has been shared in by a vast majority of the community ; if there has been weakness, it has been a weakiess on virtue's side—on the side of too much indulgence—for which, we feel well assured, the electors of the empire will not be disposed to subject the offenders to banishment or even milder penal chastisement. As to the principle on which the Ministerial budget is based, it is not easyto,conceive one more just, apt, and judicious—more cons*hant to sound economical science— more generally beneficial—less oppressiVe to the people—and more likely to relieve the pressure which has long weighed on national industry. It is not sought tn increase public taxes, but to make the wants of the Exchequer subservient to mercantile reform —to the removal of a great legislative reproach—a monstrous injustice, long perpetrated by the landed aris tocricy on every man, woman, and child in the kingdom. The objects sought are twofold—to give cheaper bread to the poor, and open a wider field to manufacturing skill and commercial enterprise. Against this policy the Tories are arrayed—prefer high rents for themselves to cheap food for the people—monopoly to free trade—an unemployed and starving community to a busy and well fed population. Mr. BOND CABBELL, who, we presume, must be very rich," by his anxiety to get into Parlia ment through such a borough as St. Alban's, in default of any legislative claims to represent the borough of Marylebone in Parliament, has had vamped up and paraded, befbre the eyes and in the houses of the electors, a list of all the money he has given, during his life, to public institu tions. In one year he gave 101. to a musical academy, and in another 2 guineas to a Lying in Hospital; and now he is making the most cf his gifts, by lumping them altogether, in order to charm the electors out of their votes. He spreads out his several puny donations till he makes a great show, and then asks to be represented on account of his wealth. The man and his friends must be a set of sordid hunxes, and they must suppose the electors of Marylebone to be as bad as themselves. If he had subscribed these sums out of genuine charity, he would have taken care that his right hand should not have known what his left hand was performing— ‘, Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name." Mr. BOND CABBELL seems to have stamped every guinea he ever gave in the. cause of charity with his own name, and now asks the electors of Marylebone to reward him for his thumping benevolence. The benefactor of the poor, as he describes himself, never insults them with a parade of his gifts. lie who gives much, and boasts of it, must extort much, as some of those who are the most constant at public prayers are the greatest sinners. POPE, no bad judge of human nature, represents a City Knight as soothing his conscience, after he had cheated a customer, by giving alms and going double tides to church. Let the electors eschew devotees and money-grubbers. What they want is, not a man to go to church, or to subscribe to infirmaries, but a man who will protect their rights—who is equally ready in the field and the senate ; who unites the qualities of the courageous warrior and the fear less exposer of corruption. Such a man is NAPIER. Free, independent, and honest elec tors will vote for the Gallant Commodore ; those who are looking forward for a berth in an in firmary or an hospital, will support the puffing gentleman whose great merit it is to have sub scl ibed a few hundred pounds, in' the course of his life, to some public institutions. The time for talking and writing about the elections is almost past, and the time for acting and voting has arrived. He must be a recreant Englishman who votes for a bread-taxer. He will be unworthy of woman's love or children's affection, for he votes either to doom women to barrenness, or their offspring to misery and pre mature death. All Tories are bread - taxers ; they will not abate one farthing of their Moloch impost. The Whigs would abate it, and, if the anti-bread tax feeling be strong in the country, would abolish it. Whoever, therefore, votes for Tory, votes to doom a large portion of our popu lation annually to a premature grave. But there is no time to think or write much more on the subject. The City election is MORNINZ3 I - 14,'DITION. already appointed for Monday. Other elections will immediately follow, and every voter mus t be prepared to act like a true man, or be stigma.. tised as a recreant knave. • Tn Southwark, Lambeth, and FinsburY-31r. TooKE having, it is said, retired—there will be no contests. Westminster is at length startled by the voice of a Tory candidate. A Captain 11.0175't who may have been heard of on the waters, little on the land, has o ff ere d himself to he the man of the Tories. They tried to start Sir it ' PEEL and Sir WILLOUGHBY COTTON, rlibut tilef former has run off for his poc k et borough Tamworth, and the latter has not turned 0/the trump. In Westminster there is no fear O. - be result, and Capt. Rous, R.N., will only rouo t d electors to demonstrate that their zeal in the go t) . cause of freedom knows no relaxation. Mr. l' lt , l ll l . ER and Sir DE LACY EvANs will be mu cli i fs debted to the Captain for eliciting many P r° of the attachment of their friends. From the City, where the contest will doubtedly be severe, we hear the most fay °a able reports. The Tory candidates can say thing against the Whig measures--theY jest to the time at which they are brongnt `e-re ward. They would support such measures, wot they proposed by Sir R. PEEL; but they willilu, be allowed the chance of recovering their PO larity in office by a sacrifice of ccls 6te f li t e l ) :e . We confidently expect that the success °L - 15 e four Reformers in the City will give a n i llll3 ,, l it e to the popular cause throughout the 041" and ensure a majority of Liberals in the Pe House of Commons. dati. The Sheik-ul-Islam, or chief priest of ,the 1 " -- • f mans at Constantinople, alarmed at the pr O P --- 0 . or novations which at last extended to the uncovering,. the lips and noses of the Turkish fair sex .1 of t' e grinations through that city, to the great scand.. of - faithful followers of the Prophet, has, like a true s° cl /1 , 0 the "church in danger," hurled his spiritual t t os against the heads of the imitators of those " d ins of burned mothers," who expose their olfactory c'tr'llgh to the admiring gaze of strangers and infidels. ,111.,,Itish in their Pe't. the ;style of the sacerdotal, firman for recalling -1-- „ i tted ladies to a sense of their duty is not exaetlY, r aol , to the fashionable pages of the Court (3 " to we have little doubt that the fair subscriber; 01r Almacks' will be exceedingly anxious to learn oro , her jections a Moslem could have to a lady's shc'r' n° l: nose. We must gratify a curiosity so n atur, "' first firman is to the following effect : getiotl " Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of those wh°- it is to watch ' over the morals of the faithful an d to re, none shall presume to transgress prescribed rules, thg,,tare women of unblushing boldness and frivolous deinea a— sbe in imitation of those daughters of burned m others , r f . r Kiaffirs of Pera, permitted their noses, and even thei be exposed to the wanton gaze of passengers —it is egAttee' in the name of the most Merciful, the recompenser 0f,7.4 sir that the wives and daughters of the faithful shall c_ ii tig h llf stain from all such indecencies, and that they, san t Of t wrap their yachmeks (veils) round their faces,in st i ' — ,,,,to nero.s to conceal their lips and noses, and only leave al, t bear aperture for the purpose of seeing that they do not de fi l e the° selves by coming in contact with any male infidels. ' attend to this, or it will be the worse for them.. 3f05 1611 We can now comprehend how it was that the, WO! faith could only be propagated by the s woru• e alo mother or daughter, sister or wife, maid or wici °. ! c ' t i•hi ch ever think of voluntarily adopting a religion 13 proof i 6 she could not show her nose ?. And what othetrPirlti' ths t , required of the slavery of the Turkish wonlen,, t h ",aes they are constrained to cover their noses ? ''i s , Many WOLSTENCROFT, FANNY WRIGHT, am', „, t ," cialist MARTIN, restrain your bursting inclig— the thraldom in which Islamism keeps your 1 )° 0 -jtie sex. But the worst is yet to come. Some of nu r u e , •Of countrywomen appear to have imported into fro rro - iNO .A 9 London fashion of " going a shopping t " and 35 ,, wr ioPtl ladies have not always much to do at home, th e •'heilv w ' it no doubt to kill time, albeit the censorious Islam (may his beard be defiled !) hints f°' . purpose. In order, therefore, to allow the W . eii ; 10 5 : chance of showing their noses, by causing rh crie s " bands to keep them at home, the aforesai d h'g" has issued the annexed firman its to Allah is great and omnipotent, and has placed Oa,'" things. It being a matter of public notoriety that t '; ‘ ,4 traders of Pera have increased in number, and ' ta f Sett shops with divers tempting articles, the olfsprin° fot' inventions, whereby the wives and handmaids olthe thereb7 are excited to acts of most objectionable extravagant an injuring their domestic felicity, and entailing gr eat L obs er! og inflictions upon their husbands and lords ; it also be t loc h? ' that, not content with filling their shops with t- lace ", o ; creations of Eblis, the aforesaid breeders of mischie' P hind their counters youths . of comely appearaiicet4 of y e ll strongly to further captivate and intoxicate the sen se f s o f believing women, and thence endangering their st° o sils' Do i n the et ioo as their purses. It is consequently ordained the avenger of all incongruities, that caution and dr t f i e e ot i inculcated by husbands and male relatives, and thn - i tre c ",. cious practice of fregnenting these infidel traps °f ill e fle be put an end to. Let this serve as a warning , °^ °.l will cat dirt in this world and in the next." f„ir sc• After this exposure of the condition of the — I co ° Turkey, we expect no less than that our charitah'ertt eltr trywomen, whose eloquent tongues, and still 111° 0 0: quent purses, are constantly in requisition at th e bo ut °,•,' of slavery in any part of the world, will s,e t a r k.o ganizing a society for the emancipation of 'le t v male lips and noses. Let their motto be, `` and shopping for ever !" Its' ) si toci The whole of the Paris papers of WOO ,yes been received. The Presse has a long article t h by the jealousy of English influence in Spai' tres en 'e the 6 5 0 dread of having to compete with our man ufsc it markets of the Teninsula, so common along' s ' w o,cl l rt in France. As we give no credit to the fl' et re e f adduces, we shall take no further notice of it. iostOdist was in circulation that the Finance Minister, v as re , wanting to borrow eighteen millions sterling, 00 he can do for the present with half that st u. of port had no effect an improving the funds. , sric e poii .0.11 The Delnets has an article on the 111 to stie butcher's meat in France, with some rem arks it by Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday. , 00; ) There is no political news of any interest te* . 50 papers of Wednesday. • 0 1 101 et BRUTAL MURDER.—At the last Court of Ati ; tofld a disgusting case of infanticide was tried. The c '; pa°' man who had destroyed his illegitimate child, hY_., the'rrotatit girl of that place. He had thrown the infant_7l;44l,ot as soon as born, and had stamped on its head, P o f death. His character had been ftr many c hildr„; so' description, and he had long treated his wife siluf, the utmost ' brutality. The verdict of the JurY pf iSec h he was condemned to death. tel d e° •04 Lord Alvanley has arrived in Paris, at the 1 10 • S ri tett from the East. Messrs. de Tocqueville and G. de Beaumo nt Ti h rsg.;;l l ' 4l in Paris• from Africa, where their stay was ° ple d Algitie than they intended. They visited the provinces, 0: 0 1 fee t Oran, and were proceeding to traverse that os ode pte_ A boo when M. de Tecqueville was attacked with ei l ; e 01' between Constantina and Philippeville. Th' e been ell and his fellow traveller to come home at once., b oe be Advices from Bogota of theth of Marc° Greri- t° o f t ": ceived; they show the republic of New cote rit''' • p in a state of the most deplorable anarchy t ro w' , leaders of the opposition party had been latel i f; th' when a party of insurgent troops had sh ° oil°, 1 before the gates of the city, but the authorities,cie:oet,oiso, became more calm, had ordered them to b e ;i o n 01:1 populace rose in tumult on the news of this de l- tr yisse o os e s sha p atn l v e ee a d vt lemn an tee d tdo a t t gh t ee a ti e r k hf e ou t dy th .o e f Tt h hh o e u e y s p e rw s i s o eor f ne t e h ra e sbl u e o n, t bp ohooii:tvi one prisoner, who was much maltreated by the, siis bu r", 0 1: 0 i0 ultimately rescued by a party of national guatusa the ' r bo re , end to the disturbances, but the Authoriti es ha , v to , eii to order the pri son ers, who had been set at libe,rslL'ot te arrested. Some of these unfortunate individuat;t:i,l`dial fuge in the houses of the French and Englis,huc sth t ile o f courageously refused to give them B y tre I had become tranquil gain.—Gels rani. _ uani. :0 t he then,ara by A serious riot took place, some n i g hts aga , .' t he Toulouse. A new actress made her debut „ e re o w . itt u e Guillaume Tell, but her endeavours to pleasrobatioca• lj a part of the audience, with marks of ( I 'l4 efo u , o t supporters resented this, and a violent conl, po w , 1 10 io e e, suppress this disturbance, the Commissary °!_ a i n g Ite r lhis oe employed his own officers, but, without dehln ier e. „ , 3 30, 3 a called in some of the foot chasseurs stationeo cited the indignation of the public, anti a es' .. , s - cl oel ic o t t• * O , which might have led to the most serious o°l:learinghots3 not the commanding officer of the chasseurs, called o ut fOOOO , was going on, entered the house, and having.", t heo, of ' r e f ,reproved the Commissary for thus briniiiTe 31 3 1 01 ad d 'for against the people without his authority. 1 c aistell o st ' louse also presented himself, and by his e on et ire , o f restored order, and induced the audience to r ther opposition. . hat the rs° A letter from Vienna states as positive t t to tb e joo P e the tribute to be paid by the Pacha of EgYP 1 „ .107 stated been fixed, by the new hatti scheriff, at L ° : ci 'been t he (2,500,000 fr.), and not 80,000 purses, as ' I of ~„arriagr e t j° f the Augsburg;Gazette. .. At tee ott - t zieit A letter from Neu-Strelitz says Ater ° s' Crown Prince of Denmark with the daul tar by the bi er"' Duke, the bridegroom was led to the "_ otr ahi he 0 0 , t he Prussia and the reigning Duke of Mcd o o e r an d t ' tien ! Ja e, the bride was led thither by her ro° t6 ' ijie re the rso° Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schvrerin• on, ieo cis tf_ e r Perste newly-married couple arid their illustrious I , r a 0 0 , 4 y there was a grand reception, and afterwaqmoia su f bie persons. The King and Prince Royal Ed asf ° d og cO day for their own States. DIED.—In Paris, on the 21st instant, _m a ll ilel itt tbe otiv be be( of 1 age, the Rev. 'Thomas Gilbert, of Cotton of Stafford. The following appears in the Correa Sa c o l f an s a p - ni_ c c i., 6 ,l i ro d e . instant :—"A few days ago the Queen c ar aa . i . l ,„o st, g irl august sister were taking an airing on to_v hoti oty c T a h m e e Q u e p ee to n, th w e h c o a h ri a i d ag been bestowing h Ol3 Y , ft 139 " 1 , off having taken out her poor whom she had met, had no more in rt !Too! her shoes and threw them to the teggar_„,,, s lle,`.; t oy of Santa-Cruz having asked her MajestYo"o,"ooeyrty" o eil replied, ' Do not scold me ; I had no Ty r , „an s ' e , : / i ' t and therefore gave my shoes, which.. eryth in ci o f I) fri• peulasnedanimd pfolournedd itl whereas that poor girl is destitute of every tme !olio A gt .. ,, A letter from Toulon of the 18th fio o , o o 1 4 : d itiO o ' "'The Euphrates steamer has arrr.er d i e rsp_ e e sPc, h ar9' brin absut 10,000 strong, including the lotl! o n te•A Att vit Dot o grshtehaerfinolylohwaiangaignateinlligteankteen, dfahteedpned.altalii:ssninaonfo:cio:3,holi shooters, left Blidah on the 10th, es:9rllire), eati;c:rtialth‘. i).01 destined to revic'usl the garrison f Cot da at W de 12. 11. On the 11th the troops passed the .013 , *til os . 40 p obstacle, and on the 12th left 250,0 00 ral_ re i„ to to the 13th the column preceded on its ro ,1„ 0 5 bY.,; o ' ,. ' PI 0, The Oat nerfect re v .r these The wpeaartth.7ll.liasics ohoalNa.endbefeanvoturraanbilneiittoteta..:;io_ 10100 3 Shari Aar h found Chris firing term aw e Nv c No r " Isle & bro' block haiTz hAre friga 'm e lank LOU 4 ^ l vi, nelgii Sparol P R 4 :t c : Verna : 1 i 1 l -1 01% lit% • 4 40 1 1 4 „I ->u ~`~ ~..