The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

TORY INCOME 7AX. PUBLIC OPINION ON THE SUBJECT. Undoubteily, the inequality and the inquisition of the new Tory tax must be resisted by every constitu tional means. Better that the whole measure, benefits and all, be lost, than that so fearful a curse be inflic ted upon the country. The tariff is not worth the price we are asked to pay for it. Petition the Com mons we cannot. ; One resource remains ; the Queen should be addressed to dissolve the Parliament and take the opinion of her people upon the proposed taxes. A measure of such vast importance, so wholly unexpected, may fairly claim to have their judgment passed upon it constitutionally through the hustings. But let not electors neglect the duty of at once com municating with their representatives from, every borough and county, and requiring them, on pain of expulsion, to forget party, and vote against the un constitutional, and inquisitorial, and inequitable por tions of the Tory tax.—Somerset County Gazette. The people have now time to embody their opinions on this cunning, nefarious, demoralizing, dissocializ ing, and prying scheme to extract money from them to support a Government which seeks to sacrifice their ' freedom and their liberties, and if the people should be so neglectful of their true interests as to quietly ac quiesce and permit the imposition of this odious and inquisitorial tax, we shall heartily rejoice when we see.them writhing under the tortures of an examina tion into their private affairs by "certain commis sioners sworn to secresy," or patiently submitting to pay the surcharge of an insolent assessor than submit to the alternative.—Falmouth Packet. But; after all, the injustice of the tax is not its worst foataire. Its inquisitorial prying into the most sacred affairs of life—its dragging into notoriety the pensioas paid by men in fair circumstances to poorer relatives—its harsh dealing with the brittle, ness of commercial credit—its tendency to encourage fraud and deceit, ought to stamp it with the reprobas tion of every man of sound sense and upright princis ple. And when we consider that the amount of the tax could have been raised without this inquisitorial process—that parties who are not liable in respect of property tangible and open to the eye of everybody, could have been subjected to a graduated house tax — we cannot too strongly condemn the wanton man ner in which the Prime Minister of England pro poses to interfere with the feelings and comfort of the middle classes.—Scotsman. How long will he (Sir Robert Peel) command the House of gommons ? Let the assemblies of the people determine. Let public meetings be convened, let petitions to both houses be prepared, and let Mein bers be required to pledg e themselves to oppose the most " tyrannic measur e " that has been attempted to he carried since . the days of Pitt. Public opinion must avert the calamity which Sir R. Peel is so eager to inflict upon his country. If not permitted to ac complish his object, he intimates he will resign. That circumstance is the last to deter the nation from re sisting the imposition of an income tax.—Devonport Independent. The question of the income tax is now at the dis posal of the constituencies. If, as the public press, of both political parties, affords evidence, the commercial and ,Jarofeslional membees of the. cemmunity are -7 'finanimcnisli averse to the tax, those bodies have only to signify the same, strongly and emphatically, te their various representatives—bidding those representatives support Peel, to the injury of those who support them, at their peril—and the issue is certain. To do ths, however, the Easter holidays must not be idly spent. Meetings should be held in every Parliamen tary borough, and in every county. The declara tions of public opinion must be prompt and full.— ' Sta f fordshire Examiner. The policy adopted ' by Sir Robert Peel for the re lief of ctinalerce and the improvement of the public . revenue, Ia; fairly dumfoundered the Tories of this district. They hardly know what to think of his measures, and consequently they are utterly at a loss what to :ay. The feeling of doubt, hesitation, and dread which pre:ails among them generally was well expressed the other day, by an honest, but not very acute, county voter, in the following characteristic language :—" Fat are we to dee about that cattle and income tax ? God, gin the Whigs haiL proposed ony sic thing, we wad hae kent finero to sair them—their effigies wad he been burning in ilka pa rish afore noo; but we cannot dee that to our aizi side, and the big folks are lang o'gieing us ony hint how we should act."—Aberdeen Herald. Wltit provisions will guard against the fraud that will he pregnant in these returns ? Against the man who would bolster up his credit at the cost of an additional tax ? Against him who would account himself a pauper to evade it altogether ? At the last election, Lord Brougham stated that "bribery had been sown broad-cast through the length and breadth of the land,"—he little dreamt that a few short months would disclose a Ministerial proposition for giving a premium to perjury and fraud; for offering not mcrely an injury to the feelings of the people, but a so:e temptation to their morals. We believe that this heavy blow to the professional and trading in terests will eventually loWer the character of the people, as it has already lowered the character of the . Ministry which has proposed its application,—Derby shire Chronicle. If it had been left to the country then to choose between the repeal of the income tax, and any other sources of revenue of equal amount, the choice would .soon have been made ; but the income tax was the first to be repealed. And now, after a peace of twenty-five years' duration, if we are to believe Sir • Robert Peel there is no resource open to us but a return to the most odious, most iniquitous, and most • • inquisitorial tax with which a country was ever . cursed.—Cambrian. • ' Pitt taxed all, both directly and indirectly ; and in • ' 1816, the rich contrived to throw off the income tax -_: from themselves, and shifted the burdens on the poor. ..„, In 1842, the poor have got more power, and a Tory • Minister, wonderful to say ! has been forced to re -es • .verse it, and shift the burden to the shoulders of the rt rich. We. shall see how they will bear it.—Mon , - mouthshire Merlin. The fate of the Government is made to depend upon : , the issue of this question of finance. As the late Go vernment fell by their scheme, so the present Govern ment have staked their existence upon this. The great , t' , ba tie is between the two plans of financethe one for ... ,-A •,ziowering the duties on corn, sugar, and timber; the . . othei for a temporary tax on property, with a reduc e ton on 750 articles of consumption. After all the sr , • discussion which these questions have undergone, it is ', easy to come to a conclusion, if party spirit and self interest do not interfere. Numerical strength, after much useless debate, will decide them in the House of Commons.—Belfast News Letter. . There is, however, a minority in the House, repre senting a majority of the country.; they will oppose the enaction of this unjust and unnecessary tax on .. , industry. Lord John Russell, as the leader of the Opposition, has given notice that he will oppose the odious impost by dividing the house against the resolution, and afterwards on the report ; then on the first, then on the second, and, lastly on the third reading! Bravo! Lord John ; this is a course truly representative of the brain-working professional, the toiling far Mer, and the industrious tradesman.— Hereford Times. To the mind of the moralist, the strongest objection of all, will be the deception, the ling, the fraud of every shape, which the unjust operation of the income tax will engender. Every mode of evasion and chi canery.will be resorted to by one class of unprincipled people, to make their incomes appear less than what they really are ; while the swindler, who has designs upon his tradesmen, will give an exaggerated return, for the purpose - of seeming to be a man of fortune.— Who has not heard " castom-house oaths" spoken of with a levity which shows how light a matter an oath is considered, if taking it falsely will save a few pounds or shillings, or even pence ! and there is no reason to conclude that an oath will be esteemed more sacred, if taking it will screen the perjurer from a tax on his whole income. The tax is bad in principle— it will be worked by injustice, and it will be met by fraud.—Staffordshire Mercury. This, though stated in his hearing, Sir Robert Peel did not contradict; and he, therefore, virtually avows that, in order to leave intact the corn and sugar mo nopolies, the abolition of which would benefit the people a thousand fold more than all his paltry modi fications of the tariff put together, he saddles the country with an income tax ! And yet, en the whole, it may turn out the best thing he could have done. The indifference which the people have shown to good government, makes them richly deserve to experience the oppression of a bad ; and, perhaps, the screw must be applied more tightly still, before they awake to a just sense of their rights and interests.—Berwick Advertiser. Sir Robert Peel has ventured upon dangerous ground, in attempting to revive a tax the most obnox ious that has ever been imposed upon a free-born peo ple. The inquisitorial income tax—hardly bearable in a tune of European war—is now boldly proposed, after 25 years of peace ! The remedy for the exist ing depression of trade, and the consequent increas ing difficulties of the middle class, is to be. it seems, the laying on of a new burden, in the most hateful shape and character, the most oppressive, both in its nature and in its effects, on the industrious portion of the community. Is such a law—bearing in its 'cha racter the features of extortion—calc u l a t e d to . pro mote the national interests ? Is it likely to increase and encourage the energies of industry ? Is it con sistent with justice, with sound policy, or even with common reason ? Can we wonder if such a proposal be firmly and strenuously resisted by the industriou s producers of all the real wealth of the country ? Warwick Advertiser. A The proposition of Sir Robert Peel to reduce the duty on the importation of French gloves has caused pi fikteXteistleohsternation amongst the manufacturers in ie s town, who consider that it will lead to the • / ..iliftlerLriaili; z tifatlitrade. We remember that a similar .\• l 'f' ' -‘-a - T P,l A ' e lleigioll *Vas entertained a few years since, when s ‘i• r:r. . -rPt-4ePregented West Somerset ; and it was - • a • \,...4 ~......... a 2 4 !1 ~~. ' . E WEYMOUTH. John Ploughman, a ♦oter for the petitioners was ob jected to on the ground of having personated another John Ploughman, a saddler. A great deal of evidence was given to maintain this point. In the course of the testimony Mr. Vincent, late joint overseer, acknowledged that there had been a heavy default in the accounts of him, Mr. Voss, and another colleague. Each threw the blame of appropriation on the other, but they all had to indemnify the parish in goods or money. But witness was convinced that Mr. Voss was the person who took the money ; and when Mr. Voss had alleged that witness had pocketed some of the missing rates as well as another, Mr. Vin cent pitched into Mr. Voss with such energy, that he was soon compelled to run away.—(Laughter.) Another witness proved that Ploughman admitted that he had no right to vote, but that after he had dene so, he said it was a mere election trick. Mr. Pitmann, amongst others, swore he heard Ploughman say this a fortnight after the election at the Black Dog. It appeared the two Ploughmans rushed to the bar of the booth together, each crying out that he alone was the Ploughman entitled to vote, but the latter suc ceeded in persuading the Deputy that he was• the right man. Therefore John Ploughman, the baker, was recorded for the sitting members, and Mr. Ploughman, the saddler, could only ten der his vote for Villiers and Hope. There were great bustle, uproar, and pressure in and about the booth at the time. The usual three questions were put to Ploughman before his vote was taken for Burnal and Christie. The testimony of Mr. Thomas, the returning officer, went directly contrary to most of the foregoing. He who swore he was not a party man, said, that Ploughman, the saddler, never tendered his vote, nor any one for him ; bu that the other Ploughman under consideration, who is a baker, voted out of a good house in Mary-street. He did not even see Ploughman, the saddler, at the booth. Some other contradictory evi dence was given, and the Committee adjourned at Five o'clock. WIGAN. The Committee, who were engaged till half-past five VI deliberating upon this vote, adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow (this day). Mr. Standish and Mr. Crosse were again equal on the SPIRIT : , 9f the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Many of our readers have no recollec tion of a worthy who was in great repute, some thirty years ago, when the income tax was in all its glory, and when almost every one thought himself justified in manoeuvring a little, in order to evade that prying, hateful, and inquisitorial impost. The worthy to whom we allude was a leading function ary in those days—not in position, but in practice— almost universally hated and feared, and sometimes despised, but more frequently the former than the lat ter, as many dreaded his appearance, knowing that they were completely at his mercy, and that upon his whim, or caprice, or interest, depended the .amount they were to be assessed in the taxation schedules of that period. 4s a matter Of course, this worthy had his likes and dislikes, and he occasion ally exercised them, to the annoyance of those who had the misfortune to offend him, and to the advantage of those who thought it worth their while to secure his fa vour. Thus were a whole community, in a great measure, dependent for their peace and happiness upon this single functionary, whom a bad, odious, repulsive, and inequi table law had brought into existence and armed with such hateful powers.*This law was the, income tax. As the income tax will be re-imposed upon the country, unless some strenuous effort be made to scare the Premier from his pet project, and the worthy func tionary to whom we have alluded will be a necessary appendage of that impost, we shall attempt to describe him as he existed in the plenitude of his power, and , in the full flush of our operations, so that our readers may be prepared for the creature which Peel's prolific Bill is sure to bring forth ; and if they are not disposed to be " hand and glove" with this in come-imp of taxation, they had better strangle it at its birth—that is the advice we give them. Picture to yourself, reader, a little, dapper sort of man, with a shabby coat and a " shocking bad" hat, walking into your house with a paper in his hand, and requesting you to fill it up at your leisure, at the same time telling you that he would call in a few days for it. This man is a mere clerk at sixty or eighty pounds a year —worthy men if kept in their station—and em ployed by the surveyor of the district, who receives his appointment from the commissioners legally con stituted to adjudicate in all matters relative to the in come tax. You shall see how soon he was converted into an important personage, by an ingenious device of his own, and which he so managed that almost all were obliged to comply with it—except a few, who paid dearly for their virtuous obstinacy, their heroic honesty. Mind, reader, we are speaking from practical knowledge of the facts. All that we are now relating occurred in a county town not one hundred miles from the metropolis, and, we make no doubt, the same facts and the same functionary were common to the whole island —ex uno disce. - Some few of the inhabitants, not understanding the nature and method of the filling up of the papers, which the seedy, dapper little man left with them, asked the latter, as a favour, to .do it for them, at the same time tipping him, as the phrase goes. As a matter of course, he did as they requested, and it was soon observed that those parties who had secured the services of the sub-surveyor, had no difficulty about the amount of their returns as stated in the income sche dule. They were never hauled up before the com missioners, nor their books examined, nor their ser vants questioned, nor their neighbours pumped ; it was always taken for granted that all was right—and they had no trouble on that head. But a far different fate awaited those who had not the sagacity or the incli nation to secure the services of the income-sub. They were invariably annoyed in one way or other. STANDARD.—We hold that the system of large peace retrenchments is vicious in principle, and that, as far as it is possible to effect it, the country ought to be taxed less in war than in peace. We hold, too, that a tax on property is the fairest of all taxes, and that it ought to be the basis of every sound financial system. It was our earliest form of taxation—the fifteenths voted to our old Sovereigns were a property tax in the strictest sense ; and the subsidies were even in form an income tax-2s. 6d. in the pound upon com mercial and professional incomes, 4s. in the pound upon land, a proportion sufficiently just when land holders constituted the great body of the rich, but which it would now be no less just to reverse, for the opposite reason, were it not that the some what longer tenure in landed than in other in come, renders an equal rate of taxation upon the whole the most equitable. We have already explained the 'process, by which,indirect taxation has been sub stituted and the motive for the substitution—to spare the rich at the expense of the poor. At first, while indirect taxes were limited to tonnage and poundage they were as equal in their pressure as an income tax ; and when we speak of the equality of a tax, we mean the equality of its pressure, and not in its specific amount. Tonnage and poundage affected only the rich—only those whose drank wine, and those who exported at a profit. But who will name a sip gle indirect tax that can be called equal in' its pressure ? A weekly contemporary, the Britannia, seems to recommend taxes on " beer, coals, salt, and tobacco." Are these taxes equal in their pressure ? Will the Marquis of 'Westminster, or the Duke of Devonshire, feel any of these taxes as much as it will be felt by the day labourer ? The truth is, that indirect taxation upon necessaries, or upon the lower comforts of life, must to avoid a bare faced acknowledgment of oppression and injustice, as sume a perfect equality in the distribution of wealth u w n e hap k v n i o ly w re d e ls in n g ot fu e r x th is e t ; d a a n y d from which e —an whichec e qu ality Yv by day. The only fiction that can justify indirect taxation in preference to a tax upon income, i% as gross as that upon which Gatton and Old Sarum were pretended to give representatives for the people, and it is in the course of nature that the one absurdity follow the other. No Excise or other officer will have autho rity to enter' any man's house under an income tax law : there can, therefore, be nothing to fear from the insolence of such. an officer. As thus " the ob noxiousness exists in the falsely supposed insult, and the domiciliary visit," we are happy to be able to inform our respected contemporary the griev ance is purely imaginary. A man will be called upon for a statement of his income, which, whether deemed satisfactory or not, will be guarded in strict privacy—should the statement be. such as to satisfy the commissioners, he will pay his tax still privately, and there is an end. Should be he suspected of ret urn i ng l ess th an th e truth, a suspicion that can very rarely arise where the per centage is so small, a n d where, except i n the case of very rich men, so little 'can be gained by fraud, he will be sub ject to a sur c h arge, always privately communicated ; and if he resist th a t, he will have an opportunity of showing his grounds of objection in a private investi gation before commissioners, for whose' conduct the GOvehment must be, of course, respoßsible, _ls there much reason to apprehend insult in this? TUESDAY EVENING, MARCHr29, 1642 entirely owing to his exertions, and the represents,- tions made by him to the Board of Trade, that it was not then carried into effect. The operatives, being truly grateful to Mr. Tynte for the benefit conferred on them by his exertions, presented him with a splendid piece of plate, whilst some of the manufacturers, forget ing his services, and with a degree of ingratitude un paralleled, opposed him at the election in 1837, and as sisted in returning Mr.Acland in his stead. We rather think that Mr.Tynte's services will now be much missed, and we hope that some little compunction will be felt by those who acted in the manner above stated. With respect to the reduction of the duty, we cannot consider that it will operate so very unfavourably to the trade as many might imagine, as there can be no doubt that it will lessen the inducement to smuggle French gloves into this kingdom, and we are confi dent (and we are well aware that many of the manu facturers are of the same opinion) that were the Corn and Provision-laws totally abolished, or even if a low fixed duty was put on corn instead of Sir Ro bert Peel's beautiful sliding scale, that the British manufacturer would be able to compete with the foreigner, and that no protecting duty, as it is called, would be required ; though we cannot see why Sir Robert Peel and the present Government, who appear to be so much attached to a sliding scale, should not carry it a little further, and put a sliding scale duty on the importation of French gloves , and other foreign articles, and thus tar all with the same brush.—So merset County Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T A T TER S ALL'S—YE STR RDAY. The Derby betting was of infinitely greater impor tanee than on any public day this season. .Its interest was derivable from the extraordinary animation with which some of Scott's powerful lot were backed, viz.:-- Attila, the Lord of Holderness, Meteor, and the Joanna colt ; this quartette, in fact, engrossed the attention of a full room, during a considerable portion of the afternoon, and from the confidence with which their respective par tisans laid out their money, he would be a bold man who would venture to say which had received the right " office." Attila was backed for upwards of 10001., at 9 to 1, 25 to 3, and 41 to 5, the layers at first being un commonly hot ; they cooled, however, towards the close, and the last offers on the field did not exceed 8 to 1. Me teor was backed at odds, commencing at 40, rising to 25, and finishing at 30 to 1 ; the Joanna c was backed eagerly at 1,000 to 35, and 25 to 1; and the Lord of Holderness with equal spirit at 25, 23, and 22 to 1 ; and at the lower of the prices against the two last named horses, their friends would have gone on. Auckland, Chatham, and Wiseacre were slightly on the decline, and Palinu rus and Defier seriously so ; in other respects the bet ting was not of importance. For the 2,000 Guinea Stakes,_ Wiseacre was backed at 2 to 1 (afterwards offered), and,Aleteer at : 7 to 2. The Oaks and Chester,Cup wme-sgarcely mentioned. Closing prices 2,q90 GUINEA STAIIKO, 2 to 1 agst Mr. Wieford's ;Wiseacre. • 5 to 2 agst Bowes' Mete9r—taken. . • CHFATER CUP.- •3' l • -•- 10 to 1 agst 1461 Chesterfield's Marshall Souls 11 to 1 agst, Mr.irby's Laixareost = e 13 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice ilawthoru 30 to 1 agst Mr. Swith'o, The M.a4 1 . - r - ta.kea : DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lot—taken 8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminsters's Auckland 22 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna c—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken • 35 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Troper 40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian 40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Acacia c 45 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus—taken 45 to 1 agstLord Vernlam's Robert de Gorham—tk. 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Diree 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Allen's Beleceur = taken 4000 to 40 agst Mr. Thornhills's Equation—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Scotts Artful Dodger—taken OAKS. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion 20 to 1 agst Lord. Exeter's Amitpa filly—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan—taken Ballinkeele arrived in town from Ireland on Sunday, and started (for Lewes, we believe) yesterday morning. Six or seven of Scott's .horses are expected at New market at the end of the week. EPSOM SPRING RACES. The following entries were made yesterday for these races, which take place on Wednesday. To start at two o'clock.—First race, Fifty pounds given by Sir C. Heathcote, Bart., M.P., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each ; for three years old colts, 7st., and four, Bst, 121b.—One mile. Mr. 11. S. Thompson's b. f. by Physician, dam by Muley, 3 yrs. Mr. Lawrence's b f Lampedo, 3 yrs. Sir G. Heathcote's ch f Pannakeen, 3 yrs. Col. Wyndham's h c Singleton, 3 yrs. Captain Gardnor's b c by Camel, out of Cecilia, 4 yrs. Mr. Beard's hr f Conjugation, 3 yrs. Mr. S. Scott's b h Mosque, 4 yrs. Mr. Balchin's b f Affection, 4 yrs. • Mr. Higgin's ch c Vigo, 3 yrs Mr. Forth's b f Vibration, 3 yrs Mr. Garrard's b c The Dandy, 3 yrs. 25/. given by the ton n and neighbourhood, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yrs-old, 6st. ; four, Bst. 41b. ; five, Bst. 131 b.• • and six, and aged, 9st.. 51b. ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs. One mile heats. Mr. H. S. Thompson's b c by Physician, dam by Longwaist, 3 yrs. Mr. Goodman's br f by Muley Moloch, out of Melody, 3 yrs. Mr. Verral's ch c Junius, 3 yrs. Sir G. Ileatheote's br h Argos, 5 yrs. Captain Gardnor's bl g Dismal Jemmy, 5 yrs. Mr. Bushell's br m Jenny Jones, 6 yrs. Mr. Greville's ch h Perseus, 5 yrs. Mr. Nightingale's ch h Nick, 4 yrs, Captain Colquitt's ch m Miss Emily, 4 yrs. Mr. Dockeray's b f Dispatch, 4 yrs. Mr. Balchin's b h Dromedary, 5 yrs. A Match, Derby Course.—Mr. Goodman bets 2001. to to. 1001. ; owners to ride. Mr. Goodman's br na by Clearwell, dam by Sam, agst Mr. Burke's ch h Little Wonder. MEETING AT SUNDERLAND. (From the Sunderland Northern Times.) On Saturday, a very numerous and most influential meeting was held in the Exchange, Sunderland, to take into consideration the rates of duty imposed by the new tariff, on the importation of foreign and colonial timber into this country. These duties are, naturally, a matter of the deepest interest to this town, as Sunderland, in amount of tonnage, is the fourth, and, in shipbuilding, the first port in the kingdom. A requisition was pre sented to the Mayor, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., by whom the meeting was called. The MAYOR. having taken the chair, JOHN SPENCE, Esq. (an extensive timber merchant, both at this port and Stockton), after expatiating on i the impolicy of Sir Robert Peel's plan in throwing the carrying trade into the hands o f f ore i gners , move d a resolution condemnatory of the alteration in these timber duties, of.which he hoped the meeting would approve. J. CHARLETON,,Esq. (an extensive timber merchant), seconded the resolution proposed by Mr. Spence. HENRY TANNER, Esq., shipowner, &c.—l do think. that although this measure may cause a little inconve nience at first, it will ultimately be productive of great good. lam very glad that deals are to be charged duty, when imported in the same manner as timber, ac cording to their cubic contents, because it will cause a demand for a great deal of labour in this country, and this is what we are in want of at present. Gentlemen, I should never think of denying the great importance of the carrying trade, and I should wish to forward it in every possible way, but I regret to state that, of late years, a very great proportion of the timber brought into Liverpool and Glasgow has been brought by ships built in America. These vessels occasion the greatest evils, not only by the unfair competition into Which we are thus forced, the timber of which they are built being untaxed, but also by their inducing your men to run away, when, from the scarcity of seamen there, you are forced to pay exorbitant sums to inferior men to navigate your vessels home. This is a heavy evil, and one which is yearly increasing, as every shipowner who hears me will, I am sure, admit, to our great loss and detriment. These vessels have for the last few years brought to Liverpool and Glasgow two-thirds of what we ought to have been bringing. Now, for the resent year, we can expect no material change in the position of shipping ; but the fact is, that the resent depressed state of that interest is attributable principally to over-pro duction, and a very great quantity of the materiel for this "oter-production has been brought over by these identical ships to our ruin. —(Hear, hear.) I think I shall be borne out by parties- in trade, in saying that hemp is dearer than when it was subject to a high duty. Ithink, then, gentlemen, we have nothing to fear from .the loss of the American trade, because the timber from our colonies must still be in extensive demand. and be cause the Baltic timber will be so little cheaper ; and though there may be a very great loss for one or two years, and though I admit the very great depression which exists, we must endure the temporary evil in the hOpe that ultimate good will be the result.—(Applause.) , Under these circumstances, I beg to move as an amend. ment—" That this-meeting declines to interfere with the duties proposed by the Government on the importation of foreign and colonial timber." W. arm, Esq., seconded the amendment, proposed by Mr. Tanner, and said : I come here, gentlemen, as the advocate of the British shipowner—(hear) —and Ido think that, after giving a full consideration to the new tariff, the shipowner hai a right to be satisfied. with the rates of duty on the importation of timber proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Who, he said, are the principal movers in this opposition :o the new duties ? A few large houses in the ports of Liverpool and Glasgow, who are extensive proprietors of Canadian-built vessels, brought into this country without paying a shilling duty ; and it is from these parties—parties interested in colonial pro perty—that Mr. Spence's statement emanates. Gentle med, by the operation of the new.tariff,,these untaxed Canadian vessels will no longer enjoy, the,. advantages which they have hitherto possessedovcr J. J. WRIGHT, Esq.,t took• the game view- Mr. Tanner. . The MAYOR put the amendment, which wea carried, unanimously and the meeting broke up. THE SITN, ILONDO ELECTION COMMITTAES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) GREAT MARLOW It was proved that the house out of which Davis re gistered consisted of three rooms, two of which were let to lodgers, and the third was used by his mother. He himself resided with his family about five miles from Marlow ; but ho .ccasioually slept in the room oc cupied by his mother, and the furniture in it belonged to him. The premises were valued at 11/., but he had let a yard for -1/. 12s. a-year. The CoMmittee decided that the vote was a good one.: In the course of the day a long discussion arose be tween Counsel as to the admissibility of the evidence of a witness, who had bet a pot of porter that Sir William Clayton would be declared to be duly returned. The Committee, after deliberating for some time with closed doors, declared that the witness might be examined. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 28. The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened this day. The calender of prisoners is not very heavy, but there are already nearly 70 causes set down for trial, and the business will last until the end of the week, if, indeed, it can be so soon disposed of. - Both Courts will commence this morning at ten o'clock. Baron Gurney will sit in the Crown Court, and Baron Alderson at Nisi Prius. MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Warwick, March 26, THE QUEEN V. HENRY SMYTHIES. This was an indictment charging Henry Smythies, a solicitor, at Birmingham, with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit sworn by him and filed in the Court of Review, in opposition to a petition of William Southall, the prosecutor praying that a cer tain fiat of bankruptcy which had been issued against him by the defendant might be annulled. Mr. WHITEHURST and Mr. MELLOR conducted the prosecution, and Mr. HILL (Queen's Counsel) and Mr. DANIEL, appeared for the defendant. The case occupied the Court during yesterday after noon and the whole of this day. From the opening of Mr. WUITEHURST, it appeared that the prosecutor had invented, and obtained a patent for, certain machinery for the making of horse-shoes and iron tips and heels for men's boots and shoes, and that in the year 1836 a com pany had been formed at Birmingham to carry out the invention, for which the prosecutor was to be paid the sum of 3,0001. out of the profits, and it was ;stipu lated that the Company was not to be dissolved until he should have been paick that sum, or given his consent in writing thereto. It further appeared that the defendant was the attorney for the Company, and also a share holder, and that, though it had been at first to some ex tent profitable, it afterwards became very much the re verse, and the defendant and the other shareholders had therefore been desirous of breaking up the concern, which course had been resisted by the prosecutor, unless he should have been previously paid the said sum of 3,000/. The Learned Counsel stated, that it was alleged on the part of the prosecution, that the defendant and certain other members of the Company had most unjus tifiably conspired to break up the Company, and, amongst other means adopted for that purpose, had made the prosecutor a bankrupt, on the petition of the defendant, for a debt which was not a proper debt for that purpose, and that the prosecutor had by means of that conspiracy been declared a bankrupt. A petition had been presented to the Court of Review to annul the fiat, which was opposed by the defendant on an affidavit, wherein he deposed " that he had never entered into any agreement or engagement, or made any promise whatever, written or verbal, to Southall (the prosecutor), or Billinge, or either of them, in respect of a certain action which had been brought against one Gibson, and the sheriff of Warwickshire, by them, and tried at Warwick, and in which he had acted as their attorney, that he would take upon himself the risk of the action and charge only costs out of pocket ; but, on the contrary thereof, that they gave their consent to the bringing of the action without any agreement, engage ment, or promise on his part whatsoever that he would take upon himself the responsibility of the action, and in the event a its being unsuccessful would take only costs out of pocket,"—which statement was now alleged to be false, and formed the subject of the present indictment. Mr. Pegg, the Registrar of the Court of Review, had reported against the sufficiency of the debt, and a trial at law had been directed, in which the prosecutor had - suc ceAed, although a rule for a new trial had been obtained upon another ground. The questions for the Jury to try, upon the evidence which would now be presented to them, we.re—first, whether the statement in the affidavit of the defendant which was alleged to be false were so or not ; and if it were, then whether the defendant at the time he made it knew it to be &he? A great deal of documentary evidence relating to the trial at Warwick, the proceedings in bankruptcy, and the more recent trial in London directed by the Court of Review, was put in, and witnesses were then examined to facts.• Mr. HILL then addressed the Jury for the defendant in a very powerful and impressive speech, in which be observed upon the high and hitherto unsullied character of his client, upon the vast importance to that gentleman of the decision at which they should arrive, upon the probabilities of the case, and the sort of witnesses who had appeared before them on behalf of the prosecution; and then called a great number of most respectable gentle men, who &posed in the warmest terms to the high cha racter borne by the defendant for veracity, integrity, And honour. His LORDSHIP having summed up at very great length, The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty, and the defendant immediately re ceived the hearty congratulations of his many friends present. - There was another indictment against the same gen tleman, with others, for a conspiracy arising out of the same transactions, wherein Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Mellor appeared - for the prosecution, and Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Humfrey, Mr. Waddington, and Mr Daniell, were for the several defendants, which thr ea`,ened to last a very long time ; but after some con- - I'er sation between the Counsel and the Judge, Mr. WRITEHURST said that as the evidence would be much the same as in the preceding case, he would not, after what had occurred, trouble the Jury wits any evi denc:.-, and they would accordingly pronounce a verdict of Not Guilty in this case also. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A young man named Thomas Watson was charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of Mr. Johnson, of Finsbury-square. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ ment of Mr. Jones about two years ago, but was dis charged for dishonest conduot. On Sunday morning the constable on duty near the prosecutor's premises ob served the prisoner lingering about the place in such a manner as to excite his suspicions, when he called another policeman to take him into custody. Upon taking him to the station-house he was searched, and about 201bs. weight of lead found concealed in the lower part of his dress. 'I he prosecutor said he had been frequently robbed be fore, and entertained no doubt but Watson and a gang to hich he belonged were the persons who did it, as from the fact of having been in his service before, he was well acquainted with the premises. The prisoner, who said in his defence that he bought the lead from a marine-store dealer, and was taking it to Mr. Jones for sale, was fully committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Edward Moore, a lad about 18 years of age, who stood charged with' having stolen a variety of articles of wearing apparel, from the persons of different children, was put to the bar before Mr. Broughton for final ex amination. It appeared that on the 16th inst., Police Constable Dewar, G 151, was called into the sh ip of Mr. Kirk wood, a pawnbroker, in Brick Lane, Old-street, where he found the prisoner, who was given into his custody, upon a charge of stealing a cloak and two pairs of boots, belonging to children named Hill, which he had pledged at the shop on the preceding day. The police had previously received information that numerous rob beries of a similar kind had been committed by a lad answering the prisoner's description, who had been in the habit of decoying away children, by promising them toys and sweetmeats, and afterwards robbing them of their clothes ; and it was stated that the thief gene rally carried about him some blacking and shoe brushes, and that he persuaded the children to allow him to take off their boots for the purpose of cleaning them. After taking the prisoner into custody the police man searched his pockets, and found therein a small pot of blacking, a quantity of toys, and some articles of wearing apparel belonging to children. Samuel Cressingham, a shopman to Mr. Kirkwood, the pawnbroker, produced the cloak and boots, which were identified by Mrs. Hill, the mother of two little boys from whom they were stolen, on the 15th inst. A great number of other children who had been stripped of their clothes were present with their parents, and the policeman Dewar said that upwards of twenty of them had pointed out the prisoner as the thief, but he had only succeeded in recovering, the property in six cases. Mr. Vine was desired, by Mr. Broughton, to take down the depositions in all the cases in which the pro perty had been recovered. Amongst the cases was one in which a boy, five years old, the son of Mr. Burgess, a clockmaker, in Percival street, Clerkenwell, was robbed by the prisoner, as long ago as the month of May last. It appeared that the little fellow and his brother, who were on their way to school when they were accosted by the prisoner, who asked them to accompany him a short distance and he would give them some sweetmeats. On reaching the corner of the street he desired the elder boy to wait there, and promised to send back his brother with the sweet meats ; but after waiting some time without seeing either of them, the boy returned home and apprised his parents of what had occurred. Nothing was heard of the missing boy until a late hour in the morning, when information arrived that he was in the station-house at Hoxton, and his father ascertained, on going there, that the boy had been fastened in a -shed in Greengate gardens, Hackney-road, where the prisoner had left him after stealing his hat. and blouse. William Burgess, a little boy, identified the prisoner as the person who decoyed his brother away. The property was produced by Mr. Kirkwood's shop man, who stated that it was pledged by a..woman. . The articles stolen in five other cases were produced by the last witness, who identified the prisoner as having pledged them. The prisoner was committed for trial on six charges, and the Magistrate told him that he must abandon all hope of remaining in this country. INCREASE OF DESTITUTION.—EIizabeth .Riley, an old Irishwoman of miserable appearance, was charged with having created a. disturbance at the Refuge for the Houseless Poor, in Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street. that shortly Thomas Smith, a porter in the establishment, stated h prisoner applied for admission, in a state of dr u nk enness, anda t sit:o being af to te l r d l ti 2 ia o t 'c t lzk on the preceding place was quite full, th ere not night the being room for even a single additional inmate, the pri soner began abusing him iu the_ grossest language, an d positively refused to go away. lie endeavoured to re move herfrom the door, but the prisoner seized h o ld o f the bell-h an dl e, an d pulled at it with so much violence that she broke the wire, upon which she was given into custody. In answer to questions from the Magistrate, the witness said that the number of unfortunate be ings who were . admitted into the house on the preceding night was 530, although the place afforded proper accommodation for only 400. The poor creatures were allowed half a pound of bread every morning, and the same quantity at night, and Div* Service was per formed ev er y S un d a y by a clergyman Wh o att e n d e d for the purpose. Hayward, a constable of the court said, that he knew the prisoner, who was an inveterate drunkard, and had been convicted of felony. The prisoner was committed to the House of C orrec tion for seven days. NEW YORK BOARD OF BROKERS. (From the New York Herald.) We displace and omit several articles which we had prepared for to-day's paper, in order to give place to the following novel, interesting, important, amusing, serious, and singular document, which was yesterday presented to the Court of Sessions by the Grand Jury. At the close of their arduous and valuable labours during the past term, the highly respectable mem bers of the Grand Inquest of the City and County of New York, came into Court and presented to his Honour the Recorder the following singular but im portant document:— TO THE HONOURABLE THE COURT OF SESSIONS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. The Grand Inquest for the City and County of New York, respectfully present That they have, as instructed by his Honour the Recorder, in his charge, proceeded to inquire into and investigate the transactions of the Board of Brokers, and upon such information as they have been able to obtain, make the following representations and suggestions relating thereto : That the reported sales of stocks, as published in the newspapers, are generally correct as made at the Board ; but that they do not always indicate the true value of the stocks. That the transactions of the Board are orderly, and that a correct record is kept of them by the Clerk of the Board. That heavy operations are frequently made at the Board for person s ou t o f th e c it y , an d that a large por tion of these are of a mere speculative character. That most of the members, of the Board buy and sell for their own a ccoun t, b o th on time and for cash ; that some, however, do not, and are opposed to both time sales and transactions for their own account ; and that some even refuse orders from strangers, unless good reference be given—always orders from known speculators. That the most ready time operators are those of doubtful credit. That by a law of the State contracts are not bind ing unless the party making the sale has the stock in his possession at the time the contract is made. That it is a rare thing for the party making the time sales, to be in possession of the stock at the time. That a large portion of the stocks reported sold, are never transferred on the books of the respec tive institutions to which they are said to pertain. The difference in price being settled between the par ties by due bills. That time sales are made for citizens who are not members of the Board, and that brokers frequently suffer by the failure of their principals. Cases have been instanced where some have been ruined in their business and others have lost immense fortunes. The Grand Inquest have been informed that there are systematic operations among speculators in stocks termed " hammering," calculated to injure and de ceive innocent holders and purchasers. This busi ness is originated and consummated by a combina tion formed and associated to depreciate some par ticular stocks in market. To instance the process and its effect, we will suppose that the intrinsic value of the particular stock to be one hundred dollars per share. A real holder, necessitated to realise, directs his broker to offer it at the Board at this price. Then commences the " hammering" operation. Immediately the same stock is offered on time at 98, and at six months at 91. This same pro cess is repeated day after day, and the quoted price appears on the stock list as low as 80 or less. Trans actions of this kind often commit members of the Board for Stocks to an immense amount, and thus their feelings become naturally, enlisted with those who are technically termed BEARS. Efforts to pro duce this artificial depreciation are at times, it is said, continued with untiring industry for month after month, until stockholders are alarmed, and the com munity give credence to statements having no founda tion in facts. Thus the innocent and uninitiated are prompted to sacrifice their property at severe losses. Sales of this and similar character are confined to, and so much with the brokers, that fifty- and sometimes twenty-five, suf fi ce for a whole day's transaction, in which there are actually transferred some five or six hundred shares of stock ; and finally, at the end of the day, the stock is found in the name of the same broker by whom it was started on its circuitous jour ney in the morning. The Grand Inquest have also been informed that there is an operation technically termed " cornering," frequently practised among those who deal in stocks. This is effected by a combination, possessing itself of the entire stock of an institution, while the same combination, has heavy time contracts coming due; thus having, in fact, clap from others, that which i§ not in market, and wh iff can only- be supplied by the party making the purchase. This results in enhancing the price much above its real value, and at this en hanced price the stock reposes ordinarily in the hands of innocent purchasers who are duped by the strata gem. The directors of such transactions are termed BULLS. The Grand Inquest are fully aware of the inefficacy of additional legislation in restraining the speculative disposition of those concerned in the mere exchange of marketable commodities. So long as there are stocks to buy and sell, so long will abuses, to a greater or less extent, exist. The very nature of the article termed stocks has produced in all coun tries assemblages of persons ' surprisingly shrewd and active, and stimulated by an ever rest less desire to gain by fluctuations, to which that species of property is always liable. And to the thing itself, rather than the Board of Brokers, must the community look for the cause of our demo ralisation, the chicanery, the artifices incident to the traffic in stock and other paper securities. The ef fectual remedy for the evils to which his Honour the Recorder so properly referred, is, in the opi nion of the Grand Inquest, the purification of the moral sentiment which has become diseased by the feverish and deceased nutrition incident to the un due quantity of stocks of all descriptions which has of late years been created. In addition to this, the Grand Inquest with earnestness recommend, and in their recommendation they are sustained by . the opinions of practical men, that the Board of Brokers, in obedience to the popular will, discourage the prac tice of the purchase and sale of stocks on time; and that the Legislature repeal the law rendering time sales null and void, believing the repeal would have a most salutary tendency. The Grand Inquest would further state, that while the Board of Brokers are not a chartered body, so far as their transactions par take of the character of auction sales, they enjoy pri vileges and immunities incident to bodies corpo • rate alone. In their sales at the Board, so far as those sales partake of the auction character, they are subject to no State tax, while auctioneers pay 1i per cent. The withdrawal of this indirect protection, should the authorities deem it expedient, by reducing the tax on stocks sold at auction as low as one-tenth of one per cent. would, in the opinion of the Grand Inquest, prove mo s t b ene fi c i a l. IVe feel bound to say that the Board of Brokers has freely offered us every facility and evinced a disposition to give all required information in reference to its transactions. By unanimous consent of, the Grand Jury, LEVI D. SLAMM, Foreman. DAVID D. CRANE, Secretary. I Grand Jury-room, March 3, 1842. KEEPING-UP APPEARANCES !—Much as the read ing world, and through it, the community in general, were indebted to the genius and acquirements of the accomplished and lamented writer, so long known to all Europe as L. E. L., perhaps none of the works published during her life time, furnishes such indisputable evi dence of her desire and power to benefit her countrymen, and particularly her country women, as the admirable posthumous lessons she has left them, on that curse and ridicule of modern England, the passion for " Keeping up Appearances." It will dome home like a household truth to every class and description of readers. Mrs. Maclean's new novel is, in fact, a keen satire ou one of the most crying and mischievous follies of our time and country; and if the " Lady Anne Granards" of every grade of the community—and there is no grade without them—do not feel and benefit by it, they are even more callous than they are cruel to themselves and all about them. Every one of the characters in this novel is a portrait, so individualised, that it is difficult to suppose it not drawn from actual life ; and the whole are so skil fully and compactly connected together, that the book reads like a piece of real domestic history—indited, how ever, by a pen that seems to move into epigrams of its own accord—as the mouth of the Fairy only opened to emit flowers. At the sitting of the Court of ;Assizes, yesterday, a ruffian, named Lemaire, 40 years of age, was arraigned, for brutal treatment of his father, who has attained his 77th year. On being interr , %gated by the President, he admitted that, in early life, his father was obliged to shut him up in the prison of Ste. Pelagic for his misconduct ; that he became a soldier at 20, and during the ten years he was in the army, passed five of them in irons for in k subordination ; and that since his discharge he had been twice condemned to imprisonment for acts of violence-- once against his own wife ; but denied the assault upon his father, for which he was then un4r trial. The poor old man, was called in, and weeping, gave his evidence. He stated that, on the 6th November last, the prisoner entered his house in a state of intoxicaition, and demanded monPy in the most threateni n g t erms 4 and, on receiving a refusal, seized hiin by the throat, and would have strangled him, but for the interference of his wife, the mother . of the prisoner, and some neighbours called in to her assistance. The mother confirmed the evidence of her husband, stating that he remained several hours senseless from the injuries he had received. The testi mony of the two old people was corroborated by other witnesses, and Lemaire was found guilty, and sentenced to close confinement, for seven years.--French Paper. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday morning, for his scat, Bletchworth house Surrey. Most of the Cabinet Ministers have left town for the Easter recess. SPORTING. To record the proceedings of the month, ere the month terminates, may appear a somewhat Hibernian measure. So accustomed are my sporting readers, however, to Newmarket Heath on this day, Easter Monday, that I fear many , a murmur will escape over the breakfast table at the legal postponement for a fortnight of their hobby, the Craven Meeting being the legitimate commencement of the racing season. To fill up the vacuum, then, I, in some degree, an ticipate this day's Tattersall's (for on Thursday every one will be at Croxton Park), and will endeavour to command their attention about thirteen minutes and a half. Attila—On the first public day Attila fell from 7 to 9to 1, offered in every quarter of the room. On the 10th he was again in force. Very little was done about him on the three succeeding days, for he was neither backed or pounded (a phrase intelligible to all I wish to understand me) ; but on Thursday last symptoms of retirement were visible, and I calculate 8 to 1 might have been obtained to a very consider able sum. The wiseacres, Ido not mean horses, who took 7 to 1 before Christmas, now see their folly ; the winter just over, and 8 to 1 is easier to be obtained now than 7 to 1 when I spoke of the audacity of the takers. The Lord of Holderness, brother to Hornsea, is second favourite. At the beginning of the month no person would take any odds you could offer. A sporting bootmaker, as we read, got on a large stake between the 7th and 14th inst. On this latter day he was backed at Tattersall's to win 26,000 at 65 and. 50 to 1. In my notes of the transactions at the corner since, I observe against the name of this horse " all the rage," " backed furiously," &c., the meaning of which I need not, I believe, explain. Auckland, the property of, and named by, the Marquis of Westminster, came (for, like the Lord of Holderness, he was for some period altogether absent) again on the 7th. His enemies appeared alarmed, but they were not absolutely astonished, until William de Fortibus won at Warwick. He has even now a strong party, but, in my humble opinion, he is much too good a horse to back at present. Of his reported trial I spoke in my last. Chatham seems to have been foaled solely that there might be one more instance of the misfortunes attend ing the Gallant Colonel's stable, as far as it is con nected with the Derby. Although backed heavily at 20 to 1 about the middle of the month, his position is far from enviable. That so good a horse should be sick at such a period is sincerely regretted by your correspondent, especially as he ventured to speak so highly of him at the close of the last season. Wiseacre was laid against very freely at 40 to 1 on the 3d, and backed quite as eagerly by the same party at 30 to 1 on the 7th ; in very great force on Monday last, when 5 to 1 was laid on him against Chatham. His friends are sanguine, his enemies nu merous and powerful. The former evidently specu late on his winning the 2,000 guineas stakes, and with good reason, the field being moderate, as far as they can tell. The Dirce col , t ;, like the most the, ; ~i lorses trained by John ScOft, has seen 25 Co I ii'ken 'freely : it was but for a day, and he now occupies his old position. I have never seen him, but he is reported to be a se cond Red Cow, such being the nickname of Mundig. Dener was in force at 35 and 30 to 1 in the begin ning of the month, but Barrier has scarcely been named, even to be coupled with one of the favourites, as was his predilection throughout the month of Fe bruary. Canadian, the horse that broke a small bone in his leg last October, has been much fancied and heavily backed by a gentleman considered by your excellent reporter as an influential. On the 10th he was booked to win 23,0001., at odds varying between 40 and 66 to 1 : on the next day such a price was not to be had, and 40, and even less odds, were taken. This horse is responsible for a very large stake of money, and, foa the sake of the noble owner, I hope the small bone in his leg will just forget to break again. Palinurus was much talked of; and more backed in October. Among the miscellaneous reports so indus triously circulated during the winter, one was that this horse had broken his back. It Would break his back, and mine too, to carry all the money he has been backed to win. I hear we shall see him run for the column, and in the presumed absence of Chatham, he has, apparently, only to beat— The Acacia colt, the property of Mr. Batson, and a remarkably fine colt he was, when I saw him at Newmarket, in the Houghton meeting. He is own brother to Potentia, the mare that beat John o'Gaunt in a canter across the flat. He has a select party, including some first-rate judges, and most for tunate speculators. Espartero, the property of Mr. Thornhill, has been backed a good deal, quietly, during the winter. On Monday last the express had arrived, and 50, 40, and 35 to 1 were taken as long as layers could be found. A mare in the same stable, Equation, has also been backed in the course of the month to win sonic 30,0001. at 100 to 1. The public will not bave the latter evidently, as the same people who lay the latter odds against the mare are backers of the horse at the odds above, and last quoted. The Joanna colt—ye gods ! how they back the horses in Scot's lot. On the 7th, I should say that this horse was backed to win at least 30,0001. at 50 to 1 • and I do not forget the s u ms o f mone y i nves t e d about Christmas. I cannot pay Lord Jersey, or his trainer, so ill a compliment as to accept this horse upon any terms whatever. The public may have him if' they will, I will not. Meteor, of course, comes again. Having never been under 40 to 1, is quite sufficient reason why the public should back him again; but where are the Artful Dodger and William Le Gros ? horses backed to win no mortal knows what, within the last eight weeks. I have scarcely heard their names mentioned since my last Monthly Report. Ballinkeel, Robert de Gorham, and Moss Trooper, have been in slight request.. Among the very out siders that have been named, are Gobbo, the horse that ran second at Warwick ; Sir Gibert's lot ; the Frederica c., one of John Day's ; Mr. Allen's Bel coeur, beaten off at Doncaster ; and Lord George Bentick's Tripoli, beaten off, carrying a feather, at Newmarket. Fresh horses appear to spring up like mushrooms, and not omitting to state that Forth's lot have been at different times heavily backed, I will odd that I am prepared to see great and frightful changes. If I was compelled at this moment to select from the field the number of horses likely to see Ep som, rather to pass the judge's chair, I confess the list would startle you. The Craven Meeting will en lighten us wonderfully. I believe I shall have occupied the time of the read , eras long as I bargainedfor, if I add the ENGAGEMENTS OF THE FAVOURITES AND OTHERS BACKED TO WIN THIS DROBDIGNAG DERBY. Attila is engaged in a 100 soy. sweepstakes on Wednesday in the First Spring Meeti ng . B arr i er , Nuncio, Palladium, and six others are ent er ed. Al so in the Hyde Park Derby (Hippodrome) Meeting, Misdeal, Mule, and ten others. ✓ Auckland is in a produce stake at Chester. Will probably walk over, as the field is bad. Wiseacre is in a 100 sov. stake on Thursday, Craven Meeting, with Barrier, Defier, Canadian, Es partero, Chatham, and others. Also in the 2,000 Guineas Meeting, Robin, Meteor, Timoleon, and some dozen or more that have never started. Also in a produce stake at Bath, with Barrier, Defier, Nessus, and others. Chatham is in the Tuesday's Riddlesworth Meet ing, Gunter, Reversion, and Trampoline f. Also fol lowing day in the column with Palinurus, Acacia c., Eusebia, and a lot of others. Also the following day in the 100 sovs.istakes, vide Wiseacre. And in the First Spring in tho Newmarket Palace Stakes, with Robert de Gorham (his only engagement), Gunter, and others. Palinurus is in the column only. Espartero is in a 100 sovs. stake on Wednesday in the Craven Meeting, with the Lass of Louton and Edgeworth Bess. Also following day in a stake, vide Wiseacre. Also same day in the Vacillation Stakes with the Dirce colt and Tedworth. Defier, vide Wiseacre. Barrier, vide Attila and Wiseacre. Canadian is in 100 soy. stake on Tuesday, in the Craven Meeting, with Criterion, Observatory c., and Adelgund. Al so i n t h e stake with Wise acre. Also in the Newmarket Stakes Meeting, Acacia c., Saros, Guzelle, Jonny Faa, and others. Meteor is in the 2,000 guineas only. C. by Muley Moloch, out of Dirce, is in the Coffee room Stakes, Craven Meeting, with Acacia c., Robin, and three others. Also vide Espartero. C. by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia, in the Coffee room column and Newmarket Stakes. William de Fortibus is in the Dee Stakes at Ches ter, meeting Lord Miltown's two, Sir R. Bulkeley's two, Dr. Allen and Combermere, all in the De r by, their only engagement previous. Also in the Palatine Stakes, same meeting. The following have no engagement before the day :—The Lord of Holderness, Ballinkeele, Moss Trooper, the Joanna colt, Lasso, Sir Gilbert Heath cote's two, and Forth's five. March 28. JITDEX BRIGHTON ELE CTION. — Saturday morning a requi sition to Somers Harford, Esq., the late member for Lewes, was put in course of signature, and though Rio measures were taken to make it known, upwards of 200 names were appended to it in a few hours, and there is every probability of his being returned by a large ma jority. Mr. Harford is expected to address the electors this (Monday) evening. It is reported in the fashionable circles that the Hon. Captain George Augustus Frederick Liddell, sixth son of Lord Ravensworth, is about' to lead to the hyme neal. altar the amiable and accomplished Miss Cecil Wellesley, youngest daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald V. Wellesley, canon of Durham, and brother of the Duke of Wellington.—Durham Ad6ertiser. Apricot tree, •in full .bloom, in Alexandria, D.O March 4, 1842. THE MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. Is 90 f°f t be I '' Ihe tighest rri s e of Bread 1,. the Metrop9lls, Leaf. Goad Bread may be had at 711 P MCI?, Jl' OIL. .. 1G . -C 49 Rape Oil, brown, per ton .... .. . 50 J 1 Ditto, relined -. ....... .. 00000000000000 54 It; Linseed Oil ..........." i ! • Linseed 011 Cake at the Mill (per 10001 ... ..... ..... Rape t ake, per tor, .. PRICES OF SEEDS. ter a 9 Per Cwt. i Per QUOr•- ....., fa. 9 New English Red C10ver...65s 60s St. Fein ... ......... - ...... , Ci l # 1 Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s'Rye Grass.... .......••••• .., „s o New Foreign Ditto —s 75s 92s Pacey Gran ........•""*. s 0 bil Old Ditto Ditto —, —s —. sLinsced, for fe'etnilli ,. . e 2, 5' 1 9 New White Cover 54s 60s 65s 1 Dit o, for sowing ..... ' . ...1 " s 9 Old Ditto Ditto —4 s —siDitto, for crushing ........5440, tdl Now Tre - oil ... —s 20s 408 Hon. , ..... .........“ ....... --a Old Ditto —s 20s 38s'Canary •.. ................ ... . it ; fr.folium i ....S ....SI . F'er Boatir, l ,"od to l', ~ English Carraway —s 50s 54s' White Mustard.... ;'"od to l'.'• .12 , Foreign Ditto —s 46s 50s Brown Ditt0..".... .I_, ,od t Coriander ... —s —s —s. Tares .................• i ..„ . ii . PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, dec. per l ''' .. oi l I ' town Tallow ... Yellow Russia 2 9 6 Ditto Rough ......... .." y White Soap Ditto PRICE OF ROl 0 A 1 W 0 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) .......... ; FOO GoodA Graves , rperD . r .. eg . . t . 0 sn . . . e . .. .. 0. . f. . .. .. ~. ........... .............. 0 9 4, i , COAL MARKET. 4 Ship. arrived since last market claY,7: 37 ' 1 8 Atlair's Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 1 16 5 6 ( V‘W'aallise End d d firtecinwabertllsts: I : li Carr's Hartley Chester Main Holywell Main.. New Tanfleld Moor Wylam 333°° WallsWWWaa Walla llll ss EE E E En ( d d dd IKAS7Vedeat:leimilt°etal:eivudP3.l.......l::::.l.l..'::.:: 1:.:11! Walls End 43osfb , th ~.,. Walls End Heaton lB 6 Walls End Coundon 1r...,,1ii Walls End Hedlcy l4 0 Walls Et d EvensV2,,, Teo i Walls End Perkins l6 6. Walls End. St. 1iew".4. 5 0. , 0 Walls End Wharnclifre lB 91 Walls End Serrio u ' .....' li WE. BraddylPsHetton Walls End Haswell. Walls End Hetton 2l 0 Howard't.Neshcrtun ....... Walls End Lambton ..... COUNTRY CORN MAIILOTS . . res o II Wheat. Barley. Oats. Be --,... -----..... i low —.,' s. 1 Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. I. t° 4l 9' d Abingdon 57 72 25 36 20 31 35 - Andover 5B 63 :6 30 26 26 -- 0 -':, 1 Uanbnry 56 a 32 40 23 39 36 46 % Bash gstoke a 4 65 82 37 24 28 4 2 4 4 0 " 49 ; Cirenc..stor 63 10 25 35 22 31 43 i:oventry — 61 24 32 21 29 31 71 ' 4 thaventry Derby ... 11 Howden .. 1-fungerfo;d 46 73 29 37 25 30 40 Malton Nfai4 enhead 52 75 32 35 25 SI 3 .6, 40 '''. 1 , Nottingham 58 67 23 29 19 24 3' 46 Wantage 65 78 36 31 30 32 3 6 ..., I , Warwick - 1.1 ''' Winchester 76 36 .- 20 York 5B 64 33 36 17 22 3 0 0. d' d l S. d . 50 Per Bushel s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. d. I. d. 5: A ; 7 0 - Birmingham 7 0 36 36 4 6 If 6 40 : v NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANG E ' ofil e l Red. 55r r!! Wheat, Northumberland s4s. 62s ...... . „„, 0 Norfolk aid Suffolk Berwick And Scotch sos. , 65...... '7 4 ' 60' , ... . ... ( .... i .: - Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign ... Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sulfa - Grinding and• Feeding gait, Norfolk and Suffolk Beans, • mall .... . 4. 0 e ". 905•... ... 39‘. 3 s. ...... 31g. .. ' 4 ;0 6 11 . 6... 31 5 . ... .. 514 ti 4 g *"... 0 4 ' `Vs. 40. ..... - Tick Pease, White 40s 42L ...... - Gray 321. 348 ....... Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe Feed 203.221 ....... 2.W.-22! 1 „, • -Foreign Flour (per rack) • to 32 21 aulr Wheat. Barley. Oats. tbcrdeen Berwick 6C to 70 25 42 28 to 30 1 21 15 to 2' 11 16 Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso 40 55 48 65 0 64 70 7.2 CO 70 :10 47 22 24 26 31 21 1',1) 3,1 3! 2g 31 17 23 17 19 161 22 19 24 22 .25 22 23 16 IS 28 ' 5 4 7 , 2/ 21 5 0 29 , 42 49 , , (.3. Kirkaldy 154.66 I 29 35 120 25gout 4 $ Iff' Perth 6O 67 30 40 25 '3541 , ~c o ll ° l e r The sire of the measure varies thoi o' ve o , 4 , HADDINGI'ON CORN 51ArtKel:, t ',,ii Wheat. Maley. Oats. B fl e 'ej ', j First 67s Od 34s Od 2s, hd :Os ed I,J Second 5B. 6d 29s I d 23s 8d . 54 ,0 l'hird . Oats iw . , ..": . 1 . 4 . . 111. . 1 1 1: r , 52. Od 27, Od 211 Od 3 04 ,45, I Average. 2/. Ws 7J 10-/. o cl , 0 GLASGOW CORN 131/ AKE'''. S tl.l Wheat, par 2401 b. s. rt. s. d. 240 to 33 6 Irudr? gritish, old ..-- new —o — P British ........... ,' d, Can.tda, free 0 0 Beans, per - O.'. Irish Barley, per 3201 b 24 0 .6 0 English ............. ..• 19: scouts]) . .. .......... itt; 1 1 English 24 0 26 0 Pease Scottish .. "' O. Sottish 2l 6 24 0 Oatmeal, per I :0 1 b . 4i., Fish . 220 . 0 22 0 Flour per 250 0, .••" • I, DALKEITH CO I Wheat Par ey. First f6, 0,1 35s o.i Second 1 5-is Od als 0.1 Third ! 56s 0:1 23: Od asl Al Alt K E'r ,e, . 1;11 4 1 1 , 2 ( c ) , a 4 t :i fr o d 0 0 1 [ 1 2!s fid 3 6 s (19 91 ;5i 61 ? 4, ' " .1 14tir ‘ UNIVERSITY INTELLIG O Sr e i OXFORD, MARCEL 26.—The following d ll Y 9 rtil l g,ii, pointed for holding C ongregat i ons for e °lll ,sl % .,lt‘'' grees during the ensui ng T erm : —W e dnesdO• rtr Thursday, April 21 ; Thursday, April ; May 6 ; and Saturday, May 14. The Rev. Dr. Plumpt re , M as t er o f ITniv r ` lege, has been nominated to be a Pro-Vice' begLe in the room of Dr. Gilb er t, now Bi s h o p of ` lc aV Mr. J. W. Knott, of Wadham College, has,74o" to the vacant Lusby S c h o l ars hi p ; this. seu" tenable for three years. 11 His Royal Highness the D u k e o f C at nbritr e e, l9 pointed the Rev. G. F. T urner , o f T r i n ity Col , eo one of his domestic chaplains. The Rev. H. Cobbe, of Oriel College, is ° r tod the curacy of Kilmore, Armagh. 10 5 The Rev. C. Wordsworth, of Christ ChurebLire.gio presented to the vicarage of Audley, Stafford' t he Lord Willoughby de Broke has pres ented ff" John Heale, of Queen' s C o ll ege , to the recta,' ington, Somersetshire. i STEEL RAILWA YS .—A Vi enna pape i rs d c ie i curious account of th e e ff or t s ma ki ng t o BUY - rrev ternal manufacture of ra il s . O ne f oun dry 11ti 1, 50Y Carintha, is said last year to have furnisheuthot voil of rails with three furnaces. The fact is , :pse'd rails are of such bea u tif u l s t ee l, for the In° s bisil e L .7 i° they might be cut u p i n t o razors and s word 0 oly they are formed of the classical steel, which is O c id in our days as it was in the/ days of Hora ce ' which, if there were but a decent road to 1 , s '0; 0 1 . 1 cutlers would, probably, be glad to giv e o,lfr, double the weight of ordinary iron. Of th is i s oViennathe beautiful han g i ng b r id ge at Vienna i i ot .b ? which is suspended upon two main chain s 00 1 '4 the usual four, and w hi c h we i g h s propo rtion%l9 two-thirds of the wei g ht o f anot h er sas pen s i ir oo.ftl i at no great distance from it, made of comni °ll a cel, a model by Brown. Thi s i s an amus i ng ins' e 4 4 1, effects of protection t o manu f actures, w hich e'a i r ourselves, for there is a high export duty upon ti' in a raw state.—Nova Scotian. ' i ffi der T o ; $1 BOARD AND LODGING.—A New Eng-L i ' I ,N into a second rate New York Hotel, and ns''''l,' ~,o,' do you charge a week for board and lodgig, h w ej dollars." " Five dollars ! that's too 11111 1 ,'",:ot f i s'pose you'll allow for the times I'm a' s - e vel i p ,' dinner and supper ?" " Certainly—thirtr - 0 f I? ' a half cents each." Here the conversati°64 d and the Yankee took up his q uartell k ot e ? weeks. During this ti me h e l o d ge d and br e 7 e t ' lf ' 1 1° the hotel, but did not take either dinner or seP.r o ,, 0f, e ,1 his business detained him in another porNe, 4 town. At • the expiration of two weeks , e ttla d ), walked up to the bar, and said, " S'pose w ri ° , s , left 0 41 account—l am going in a few minutes." '' ' '' s clo i A l i handed him his bill—" Two weeks' board et Ve, t i 10 dollars." "Here, stranger," said the I r° . o u'v e f l bill is wrong—you've made a mistake ; 3.oer , deducted the times I was absent fronl ,16 fI A Y I supper--14 days, 2 meal s per day-28 111 - trf cents. each-10 doll ars , 50 cents. If you'v e 0' , fifty cents. change that's due me, I'll take 0 - ''' vi t, the balance in segars." 6 81 ii,' If Sir Robert is so much at the state ve - k , to to r he affects to steer as not to know whereabou'oe; bi the calculations which he makes as to the re ve lip t i t ", derived from the new tariff then, emPhi tt riii:e 'r„ not the man to preside at the helm in times viol? when rooks, and shoals, and storms, and wi ur r 0 3 ,0 4 on every side. If he alters duties, annills:° 0 5i 4 ,10 1 taxes, without calculating the results, call 1 100 man if you will, but he is acting like the in o f scatters firebrands as he runs along without , to the miseries which he may occasion or the " -V 1 9 ") he may excite.—Liverpool Albion. "on ° )1 We are sorry to kearn that the depresst b oy, is so great in Greenock that the unempleY ed o f oto ' ? ", recourse to public meetings for the purp°sehe r , rialising the Provost and Magistrates. Tres i l has, in the most prompt and humane manner, , A to the request of the memorialists by callinF., fr o , meeting of the inhabitant s . —Gl asgow s ci tura% e lo p! STRAWBERRIES.—The Charleston Courier of ~ ledges the r ece ipt, on the Ist inst., o f a me h e '' strawberries, from the garden attached t° house. This is the first fruit of the season. ___,-/,1 Lonthn Printed and Published by AtURDO - Sty No. 112, Strand. at The Sru wide, No. 112 80 ca the County of Middl e s ex , T ues d a y, March —' 11 I Y) Et oi rria d e 6 ' 9 Nt St; To O fee tlr eLis e ql 1 4 33 tk, Th, °4 l ti, 'o4th tt, S 1 11c. ' 4 1 ',^,Edet 411)7 kt 44t.et _ - BIRTHS. __ , ,1 1 0 15F , A , On the 26th inst., at B ra i n t ree , E ssex , the 'a"' pr Hulme Day, Esq., of a daughter. Willi ° On the 25th inst., at Edinb urg h, th e lady of • ,A well, Esq., (younger) of Cardoness, of a son. of 'or On the 261 h inst., at Lynn, Mrs. J. C. Willisol i ' t y .. On the 27th inst., at P a k en h am L o dge, Suff olk ' Thomas Thornhill,jun., Esq., of a son. ...41. 1°14. On the 28th inst., in Collee-place, Camden 0 11 Everest, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., Mrs. T. C. Hayward, 1%" -°fir, ti e* I 1 0. (laughter. y s tim j On the 28th inst., at Totte n h am , Mrs. 3 0 ° P t or daughter. 4- P. On the 28th inst., in C ar lto n - gar detis, the: 1,5 ____ , l Alford, of a son and heir. ai lP MARRIED. , j ,, nefil On the 23d inst., at St. Andrew's, Robert Maluef et P j E.q., M.D., Oxon, to Jane Anne, only datigv "f .i Mudie, St. Andrew's. h M r. 1 On the 23d inst., at Patrixbourne Churc , . ti , d r Henderson, of Pineapple-place, London, to Slisidi daughter of the late Thomas Hitchings, Esq.. ° : ........... 1 London. 4 London. DIED. ge On the 24th inst., at Morden Park, Surrey, 'lid' Ridge, Esq., formerly Captain in tha 4th, or t, Regiment. e or J. Qt On the 25th inst., in Regent-street, R. A. T. t he of Nottington, many years Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, and Magistrate for that coun t y . j Ol At Nice, Butler Thompson Claxton, Esq. wile On the 26th ult., at Montreal, Canada, Maria , 0 ,, Rev. W. Thompson, aged 41. can al:JO On the 21st inst., at Orr, near Hastings, John e r, ness, Esq., .M. D. On the 24th inst., at Kensington, Mr. John Cot' tts, Or On the 26th inst., at Maryland-p o i n t, S tra tford, str Smith, aged 78. bia On the 26th inst., a t B at h , Ann, daug h ter of l a phens, Eq., of Camerton Court, near Bath. ",atO T th e daily obtai SA M oi th _ THni 14te or or tt o , ht,