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Private foxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book se lcr, i 67, New Bond street. THE WEATHER.—NOOI4, MARCH 22. R )Y AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DF.LArDE-STREET. Th?rmometer... 41) Highest 46 Lowest 33 131 a -meter 30.08.—Wind N.—Freezing Point 22 Dig. HIGH WATER AT I.ON DON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ; nning, 6 minutes after II I Evening . .42 minutes after 11. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a number, 44 letters respecting the present condition of the Kiik of Scotland, for some of which we find room dicing the ensuing holidays. We regret that the length of the debates on the Cora-laws and the Income Tax has prevented us from publishing some valuable cor respondence on' several question{ of importance. LONDON? WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1842. It was the general opinion in the House of Commons last night, that the Navy will owe a debt of gratitude to Sir C. NAPIER for bringing the condition of that ser vice before the public. Even Lord INGESTRIE, one of his political opponents, expressed that opinion. What ever else may result .from it, the public will be fully in formed of the mode of governing the navy,tand be made acluainted with the opinions of those naval officers who are the most competent judges of naval affairs. We heard with great satisfaction that there is now but one opinion as to the efficiency of our fleet. All the ships which are afloat are fully manned, and never were the supplies of stores more complete. Sir JAMES GRAHAN showed, in reference to Lord HowE's victory, anl in reference to Lord NELSON'S victory in 1805, that the means of achieving them bad been prepared by the predecessors of the Noble Lord who happened to be at the head of the Admiralty when they were achieved. We may extend this observation to the_pre sent case, and claim for the predecessors of the present Board of Admiralty a large share of the merit of the efficiency of the fleet. If they were wrong, as we be lieve they were, as to manning the ships, they were right on other points, and have left nothing to their successors, so far as the navy is concerned, but to boast .. 0 F its efficiency. Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S first resolution, and a great part of the debate, turned on the question of having a naval man at the head of the Admiralty ; but there does not seem to be much real difference of opinion on the subject. Sir JAMES GRAHAM admitted that a naval officer might be qualified for the post, and it can hardly bs affirmed by his opponents that it is utterly impos ble—with several examples of efficient First Lords who have never been to sea—to find a civilian fit to be the First Lord, of the Admiralty. It might happen that, in con sequence of professional disputes, and professional parties, a civilian would be the most proper person to preside at the Board ; and it does, therefore, seen somewhat unnecessary to tie up the discretion of tha Crown by a positive prohibition ever to place a civilian in that post. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, whose speech was full of facts, had, on this point, the best of the argument, and he both satiified the House and justified the vote to which it came. Sir C. NAPIER'S proposal of providing for the various classes of artisans who are employed on board ship, by giving them a preference in the dockyards, is not likely, we are afraid, to give satisfaction to theusefulclasses who are bred up in them, and look to the highest offices as their natural promotion and reward. With an unbounded re spect for the navy, we cannot believe that its merits will be enhanced in public estimation by claim ing a monopoly of pleasant civil occupations. Nor would w,, advise a too frequent repetition of the demand which as last night made un the public time. The Legisla ture ought not to be suffered to lose sight of the just htims of the navy, but they ought not to be too in trusively urged. Sir C. NAPIER'S resolutions were ne gatived, but the Gallant Officer has deservedly earned much approbation by submitting them to Parliament. We are not surprised, but grieved to learn, that many o the working classes rejoice in the proposed tax on income, because they suppose it will not fall on them selves. They do not extend their view beyond the immediate effects of the tax, and because it is not actually levied on them they conclude that they will not suffer by it. They have been more than once told zo by Sir R. PEEL and Mr. GOULBUEN, who have ex pressly recommended their scheme because it falls on property, and not onindustry. But this we repeat is a mistake, and though the persons called on to pay the tax in the , first instance may be the middle classes, "its ultimate effects will be severely felt by the lowest class in the country. A correspondent, for example, informs us that he 'keeps two servants, and that the instant the law, im posing the tax is passed, he will economise by dismissing ..ne. No doubt other persons will act on the same prin ciple, and a very small diminution of the demand for servants will introduce amongst them a sharpened competi tion for places, their wages will sink, and a reduction el' - wages, with lessened employment for servants, will carry distress into many a prudent and industrious All saving is made from income, and to tax income is to prevent saving. Every one knows that what is saved from income, is in fact as much consumed as what is expended ; but it is consumed by other persons than the ()water of the income, who, in the shape of interest on his savings, reaps a profit by their labour. As saving is lessened, the means of one man employing another is 'lessened, and there will be less employment, and of course less wages. One man, who has to pay an income Las, will wear fewer clothes ; there will be less work fcr th-,. tailors. Another will insist on his wife and daughters ping abroad less frequently; and milliners and setup :stresses will be less employed. A third will find it im .. 1 - .;)ssible both to pay the tax and paint his house, and t::2 painters will have a slack time. These are exam -I,Js of what will take place throughout society ; and we cannot imagine any scheme more likely to add to our disasters, than Sir R. PEEL'S plan to tax income, which lessen employment, and reduce the amount of wages. . At present it is well known that the relative advan tages of other countries tempts great numbers of our in ,gt,„ious countrymen annually to emigrate, and carry their knowledge and skill to other lands. Our paper c:ntains an example of an Englishman establishing' an earthenware manufacture in Spain, and then Procuring, a law to lay a heavy duty on earthenware imported front England. Similar facts have come to our knon ledge of several of the American Statesi, such as Mexico, in which Englishmen have introduced manufactures, and have immediately obtained, to the detriment of Engl.-a:A, a prohibition to import the same articles. Now, at pre . lint the rate of profit is so /ow in England, that men . find .it for their advantage to remove their estabiit-h - 14 * It t l i* into other countries, A tax which will reduce , 4-I Y IP M t ) 0 , '... '.. 111! i e .! ' ..r.t. r .. , , '„;t• A - „ ..„ :• s. v ~,, 0 - -,,-... ~, ,Er „, 0 t., ,_•,,, o ___, 2 , . ..,‘ ' . '. -o, s- iltz their profits nearly three per cent., in addition to sub- I jecting them to a continual inquisition into their pro fits, which no tradesman likes, will increase the relative advantages of other countries, and the disadvantages of England. It will give an increased stimulus to emigra tion. Capital and ingenious workmen, seeking a better market, will flow faster out of the land, and all who re main behind will find less employment and lower wage s. Some persons think that the more capital and work men flow out of the country, the more room there is, and the more wealth there if, for those who remain. The room we grant, but if room make men wealthy, the thinly scattered inhabitants of the northern wilds' of Anierica should be amongst the most wealthy of human beings. The reverse is the fact. One man constitutes the market for the produce of another, and the two working together produce a great deal more than they both could, working singly. Wbat is true of two is equally true of every greater number. Division of la bour, which is a prolific • source of skill and ingenuity, obviously depends on the density of the population, and will be effective and complete in proportion as the people are numerous. They will be wealthy in the same pro portion. To drive them out of the country by taxation, iF, in fact, to arrest the beneficial progress of society, from which the lowest classes are always the first and the greatest sufferers. To be above the very lowest im plies ability to resist destruction for a longer period. The principle applies throughout, and, consequently, as the middle classes are made to feel exclusively the weight of a now tax, privation, deficiency of employ ment, and misery, will be the Tot of those below them. By taxing incomes a large portion of the annual pro duce, which is now employed in setting productive labour in motion, will be perverted to unproductive labour. There will be more soldiers and sailors. The children of the working classes may find some employment in the army and navy, but there they will produce nothing to sustain life, or add to wealth, and, being so em ployed, they will diminish the effective demand for labour with every succeeding year. Wages must fall, or must keep down to the lowest level at which life can be sustained, and the misery which the community has been suffering for years past, instead of now coming to an end, will be made the standard of living, and be per petuated. posed before Eastar, and before the holydays are over there will be time lip: the country to gird on her armour, and advance to the assistance of the RUSSELL band in Parliament. Sir ROBERT PEEL threaters resig nation if defeated upon his pei nostrum of an income tax. Let the Right Honourable Baronet retire by all means. England will contrive to live without his State-physicianship. In fact, were he to retire now the Liberals would raise a monument to him in Palace-yard, for during his short administra tion he has done more to expose the utter fallacy of Tory principles than did JEREMY BEN TH AM in all the long years spent by him in forming free constitutions for all the nations of the earth. Let him retire by all means, now that his great mission as a Minister is accomplished. There is no pc itical topic of any account in the French Journals. : Rumours arc afloat that a modifica tion will take place in the Cabinet previous to the new elections. If this be so, one of the retiring Ministers will unquestionably be M. GUIZOT, whose popularity at present is at the lowest ebb. As Minister of the In terior, it is his duty to manage the elections, and the Court has already decided that his uni versal unpopularity disqualifies him for such a task. We wish that we could add that his moral integrity rendered him incapable of ade quately conducting a series.of disgraceful jobs ; but M. GuizoT has permitted the KING to drag him through so much mire already, that we can hardly acquit him of a willingness to retain office during the bribing manage ment of an election. But out he will go if a change in any branch of the Cabinet takes place. A private letter assures us that M. TRIERS and Count MOLE have arranged their differences sufficiently to be able once more to take their seats at the same Council board. As Minister of the Interior M. TRIERS would manage an election faniously. Troubled with no qualms of conscience upon the subject, he would scatter bribes, appointment 6, and promises, with the easy beneficence of the deity of corruption. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says--" On Monday last a most pressing order arrived from the Government, enjoining the authorities to send forthwith into the interior of France 37 Spaniares who had taken refuge in cur town, in consequence of the events of October. We are assured that the Sub• t re feet has already notified to Count de Monterron, and to Senors Pedro Egaga and Ribed, that they are to repair to Pau to re ceive further instructions from the Prefecture of the Depart ment." These indirect effects of direct taxation, making it fall with great weight on the wages of labour, are known to Sir ROBERT PEEL, or they are not. If they be not known, his profound ignorance shows that he is quite unfit to be the Minister of this great commercial country. If they be known, which is, we believe, the case, what can be said for his honesty ? He bids by his Budget, as we have before said, for popularity ; but he bids for it by pandering to an opinion which he knows to be erro neous, and by fostering a belief which he knows to be a delusion. He, acts consistently, we admit ; for his whole political career has been marked with similar dishonesty. That, however, only makes him more dangerous, for what security have we that the man who will basely pander to a vulgar error to pass a Budget, will not ex cite public crimes to secure his power?- The disease which afflicts the industrious classes is excess of taxation—taxation for the State—taxation for the Church—taxation for Monopolists ; and the Prime Minister can find no remedy for this disease but to dose us with more of the fatal poison. What the country wants is the abolitidn of the taxation now levied for bthoof of monopolists, and then it could easily supply the wants of the State. But the industry of the country has now become inadequate to answer the enormous demands which are made on it from many quarters. That the monopolists, the enemies and plunderers of industry, should encourage the Prime Minister to lay on more taxes, is natural ; but for any section of the industrious classes to encourage him in the same career, from the foolish notion that the new tax will not reach them, is absurdly to offer their back to new burdens when they are already crushed by their load. The affair of the Creole continues to excite a great deal of interest in the United States. This interest is kept alive'by the publication of a series of official papers intended to be communicated to the British Government, but of which duplicates fin l their way into the columns of the New York papers long before the originals can reach Downing,-str...et. The great inconvenience of such a mode of conducting diplomatic negotiations would seem to us sufficient to deter a Government from it, were it not entirely objectionable on the score of its indelicacy towards foreign powers, , as the civilized world has always considered it to be.. But Mr. DANIEL WEB3TER, American Secretary of State, . appears to _be of a very different opinion. Accordingly we find in the New York Journals of the 12th of February, a copy of the Instructions relative to the "slave cargo" of the Creole addressed by him to Mr. EVERETT, the American Ambassador in London, while Instructions directed to be communicated officially to Lord ABERDEEN bear date the 29th of January, 1842 or just fourteen days before the Yankee Public was in vited to pronounce judgment upon them ? This exces sive eagerness to let all the world know what he is about may be the result of excessive vanity on the part of Mr. WEBSTER ; but we are rather inclined to attribute it to the fear of offending the Sovereign People., He knows not well what to do, and he invites the newspapers to help him. Mr. WEBSTER says that he hourly expects the arrival of Lord ASHBURTON in Washington, to settle among other, matters of dispute, tthis ,quarrel of the Creole, and yet he cannot refrain from committing him self beforehand by the publication of his views on the subject ! A Bill has just been brought into Parliament for the transfer of licenses and regulation of public-houses, which contains some useful eauses, but is still extremely defective as a measure including so many interests It has been prepared by Captain Rous, with the assist ance of Mr. GREENE, the Chairman of Committees ; and though the Gallant Officer is in gratitude bound to give something in return for the services of the publicans at the last election, he ought not to have forgotten his other constituents and the public at large. The Bill enacts that public-houses shall be closed on Saturday night at twelve o'clock, and on the night preceding Good Friday and Christmas-day, and that they shall remain shut up till one o'clock in the after noon of the following day, after which publicans shall be at liberty to keep them open as they may judge fit. Now, why not give a little extension to this plan ? Our lawgivers admit, that opening a house for refreshment is no desecration of the Sabbath, we can, therefore, see no reason whatever for closing them on Saturday night at twelve, the very hour when refreshments are more wanted than in any of the t vents-four. Thousands leave the theatres but a few minutes before twelve, and though many of them have no means of obtaining re freshment at home, the doors of all public-houses are closed against them, as if they were about to commit some enormous crime. The higher classes, who legis late for all the rest, in this instance, as in most others, forget the public when their own interests are not concerned. They remain at the Opera witnessing profane dancing till one o'clock on Sunday morning, and while thus desecrating the Sabbath them selves, under the pretence of religion they sanction a practice whiCh, without one useful result, causes great injustice and hardship to the lower classes. If there were not such places as well-stored cellars and larders, a clause like this would be thrown out by general acclamation. We trust, therefore, Captain Rous will perform his duty impartially, and mete out the same • law to the poor as to the rich. But the Bill is only one of those patchworks which are a disgrace to the Legislature. The whole system of licensing and regulating houses is radically bad. A publican has no security whatever for his pro perty, and is entirely at the mercy of a few justices, who seem to delight only in inflicting fines, or withdrawing the license—the only means which the unfortunate victim has of gaining his bread. Mr. EVERETT, the American Ambassador, here, is a gentleman of extensive literary acquirements, and no indifferent theologian and lawyer—for he early in life appeared in the pulpit, and at the bar—and one of the most judicious Members of the Federal. Legislature of the United States. Yet upon the question of the Creole dispute, Mr. WEBSTER schools him as if he were some sucking vice-consul of twenty, who might be called upon to answer intricate questions touching doubtful points of international law. He tells the Ambassador not only what to say, but how to say it, and in addition to the facts to be stated, and the threats to be employed, he supplies hith with the logic and the requisite number of hypotheses, which are to be carefully and impressively cited. The Ambassador is a duller person than we take him to be if he could read some of them in Downing street without smiling in the face of Lord ABERDEEN. We will cite one instance : suppose that by the law of England all the blacks were Blanes, and incapable of any other condition ; if persons of that colour, free in the United States, should, in attempting to pass from one port to another in their own country, be thrown by stress of weather within British jurisdiction, and there detained for an hour or a day, would it be reasonable that British authority should be made to act upon their condition, and to make them slaves ? Or suppose that an article of merchandise, opium, for instance, shou'd be declared by the laws of the United States to be a nuisance, a poison, a thing in which no property could lawfully exist or be asserted ; but suppose that an English ship with such a cargo on board, bound from one English port to another, should be driven by stress cf weather, or-by mutiny of the crew, into the ports of the United States, would it be held just and reasonable that such cargo should receive its character from American law, and be thrown overboard and destroyed by the American authorities ? These hypotheses are not worth a brass button, and no, More apply to the ques ti on , at i ssue t h an does the dome at Washington to the mechanical law which governs; the suction of Aldgate pump. .The slave-trade is piracy according to the laws of England and the United States, and all vessels found at sea with slaves on board are prima facie slavers. But we may safely leave the ques- . tion in the hands - of our Government. Sir ROBERT PEEL will certainly not incur the infamy of de claring the " British people slave dealers by paying the Americans fur a cargo of run-a-way slaves. But Mr. DANIEL WEBSTER asks, How do we know that they were slaves ? The question is a proper one. We had a right to assume that they were not, and so had no right to prevent them from going about their busi-: ness. He admits that none but those actually arrested by the British authorities were guilty of insubordination. What nonsense then to talk of our detaining them if they were neither criminals nor the property of United States REPUBLICANS I The declaration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the House .of Commons on Monday night, that he will oppose the income tax at every stage, is hailed with delight by the commercial and professional classes in every 'part of the metropolis. From every district in London letters are already pouring in upon us, expressive of the general joy which so straight-forward and patriotic a course on the part of *the Noble Lord, has diffused. This delight will not long be confined to London. The country will participate in it. The people' tongue-tied by surprise at the boldness of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S schemes of taxation, are only be ginning to recover themselves so far as to perceive that the income tax is meant rather as an act of Tory ven geance than of State necessity. All that is wanted from their friends in the House of Commons is a little time to allow them to speak out before the passing of this most inquisitorial and oppressive impost. We have now arrived at a time when we can test the patriotism of the Liberal party in Parliament. If that party perform its duty to the public, no majori ties on the part of Sir ROBERT PEEL, without suspending the forms of the House, can carry the income tax for this season at least. We know the Tories will raise a great outcry about a factious opposition, a resistance to the clearly expressed will of the majority in ParEa; meat ; but there are occasions when no opps 4tion can be factious, and the present is one of them. Resistance to wrong can never be factious, be cause it is the duty of every man collectively and indi vidually. TIAmPDEx and PvM were not factious when they resisted ship-money, although the tools of the Court stigmatised their conduct by that epithet. Looking at the question in a party light, it offers facilities for recovering the confidence of the country of which the Whigs could not have dreamt at the com mencement of the Session. Had Sir ROBERT PEEL proposed, instead or an income tax, a property tax barely sufficient to make up the deficit in the Budget, and pruned the tariff with a bolder application of the knife, his tenure of office was at once secure. But to spite the mercantile and trading classes, who carried the Reform Bill and who, during the last eleven years, kept him out of office, he has had recourse to the odious, inquisitorial, and vexatious scheme of an income tax, while his pro posed new tariff is meant more to linixkhug or insult than to benefit them. These are fatal errors,- as most errors are which spring from the gratification of vindictive feelings. No blindness is so absolute as that of passion. Lord JoBN RUSSELL appears to have had the quickness to perceive them at the right moment. INQUEST ON THE 'EARL OF MUNSTEII.—WO sent a gentleman on our establishment on Monday to attend the inquest, in order to furnish our readers with a cor'r rect account of a deplorable event which comes home to every family. He gave his card, and civilly asked per mission to attend the inquest, and while the butler or one of the upper servants left to make inquiry, a large powerful coarse-looking man came into the hall and rudely accosted him with the words" What's this ? Whb are you ?" No time was given for expostulation, for he was instantly ejected by great force into the street. Any remarks •on such a violent and unprovoked assault would be thrown away on a vulgar menial like this, and we have therefore o n ly no ti ce d t h e b ruta l act in order to call the attention of Colonel Fox, or some of the rela tives of the deceased to the subject. Other reporters were admitted, and we would therefore suggest the pixie priety of an inquiry to ascertain the reason why one was excluded and others admitted. TEE TORT INCO3IE TAx.—As the Tamworth Quack's chances of persuading the people into a belief that the Income Tax is the best of all possible taxes, diminish, his " buoyancy and alacrity of spirit" diminish in like-pro portion. He is now becoming quite pensive, with.a dash of spleen to' diversify his melancholy, and ex presses a truly pathetic astonishment that there should be . the slightest difference of opinion on the subject of his pet Nostrhm. He cannot understand what pos sible objection there can be to a standing army of tax gatherers; and is horror-struck at the fast increasing unpopularity of his pick pocket system of legislation ! The Income tax, he says, is the impost of all others most likely to suit the delicate sqnsibility of John Bull's poc ket ; and therefore he is resolved to make him happy and comfortable, in spite of himself. Egregious Quack ! His patient is suffering under atrophy, and he treats him for plethora.. He is weak, languid, and exhausted, and by way of recruiting his strength, he claps horse-leeches on him, in the shape of tax-gatherers ! When Chan cellor Oxienstern said, two centuries ago, to his son, "My child, see with how little wisdom a country is governed !" it is evident to us thathemusthare thathada Petitions prophetic eye to the administration of in rRe agriculturalobertl eel.e ooie are LtL over, AssE h —elrVe g e leansettln getting up good authority the districts against the proposed reduction of duty on Co lonial 'Asses, as it will tend to depreciate the val ue o f t h e home-growth of Buckinghams, Knatchbulls, &c. When Sir Robert Peel was asked what was his prin cipalwountsts of d s e reason for reducing the duty on Colonial Ass es , h e long-earedreplied, thast supporters was o r te to rs n g gratify Parliament, a t ify fi tl a i e t ten attention why to the fellow-feelings i no er°t p o be f t pleased withon iai, such shbrethren.or But what are our great provincial towns about ? Are the merchants and tradesmen there prepared to disclose their post private affairs to the tax-gatherer —to make their rivals in business acquainted with the real 6tate of their circumstances ? And if they are not, why do they not now rise as one man to resist this most urt-English espionage tax ? Silently to petition is not enough, They must address themselves in decided language to their representatives. Let them look to the divisions, and set about the rejection of every Member who votes for this Tory spy tax. We repeat, the country will now have an opportunity of testing the metal of which the Liberal party h. Par li.ament is comp ose d, Th e b a t t l e t o b e f oug ht is on e o f t h e most import ant which has been fou ght in England since the Peesiegof the Reform Bill. The tax trot be ial" . - Lady Peel and family left town yesterday morning for Brighten. Sir Robert remains in town, but is expected to join her Ladyship and family at the end of the week, and to remain during the holidays. THE ARMY.—Consequent upon the augmentation of six Regiments, the following corns are to Le brought borne from North America, viz., tie Foot Gua drs, he 44th, 67th, 69th, and 70th Regiments. Thomas Forster, Esq., of Adderstone House, near Alnvvick, a gentleman of coniderable landed property, com mitted suicide last week by hanging himself on a tree in a plantation on his estate at Ratchwood. The lamentable event has caused a deep sensation in the neighbourhood. A very numerous deputation of timber merchants had a long iuterview yesterda ; m orn i ng w i t h Sir R. Peel, at the Right Hon. Baronet's official residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the proposed alteration of the duty on timber. Th e . price of bread in France, for the remainder of t h e p re sent moth, is fixed at 34 Centimes the kilogramme. " Who runs may read." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1842, PAV OF MEWS AIND Viiblit (Opinion. portraGN. The Paris Opposition journals continue to make objections to the proposed treaty of commerce between France and Great Britain, and which, it would appear, would encounter catch difficulty and delay. The National discredits the reported impending break up of the present Administration, "because," says the National, " the Ministry would only be changed for a worse, and there would be great difficulty in finding for it such a successor." A return of the commercial navy of France is published in these papers, from which it aprears that the total number of merchant vessels afloat is 15,U17 ; of this number 133 are stesmers. These returns show that there are in the commer cial navy of Frar.ce only 24 ships the tonnage of which exceeds 500 tons. Al Benjamin Delessert, Prrsid( nt of the Administration of the Savings' Banks of Paris, presented his recoil of the ope rations and situations of tho.e banks during the year 1841, on the 19th inst. According to that document, the investments amounted in the year to .... 40,041,548 f. 30c. and the re.mbursements'o 26,911,458f. 78c. leaving an increase of which, added to the sums deposited in tie Treasury on Dec. 31, 1811. 13,130,09 f. 52c. constituted a total of 83,485,427f. 30c. invested in the savings' banks •of Paris. As compar'd with 1840, the investments showed at, increase in 1841 of 5,215,000 f., and the reimbursements a diminution of 6,883,000 f. The Committe of Deputie4 on the Budget heard on Satur day the explanations of the r for Foreign Affairs respect ing the increase of salaries to diplomatic agents, and the new Cunsulats proposed for that department. '1 he Committee agreed to the nomiLatien of Consuls for Canton, Mazatlan (Mexican * vort), lioscow, Belgrade, Jerusalem, Mon terey (Mexico), Newcastle, Panama, Erzeroun, Mossoul (Mesopotamia), and Port. Louis (Mauritius). These for neiro (Ottoman Empire), and Djedda, were refused. The Committee also declined to increase the salaries of the Marquis de Dalmatia, it 'furls, and M. Chasseloup Laubat, Minister at Frankfort. The creation of a diplomatic post at Buenos Ayres was approved of, as also an increase of salary for Monte Video. The increase asked for the Consul at Edinburgh was accorded, but refused to I) üblin and Liverpool. The Patriots states, under date Algesiras, the 7th instant, that a Dutch schooner, having on board 250 musket-biro-els, and bound for Marseilles, had put into Gibral:ar, but that the Governor, at the request of the Spanish Consul, had ordered her to weigh anchor and disyart. The insurrectionary Junta existing at Gibraltar had lately received remittances amount ing, it was said, to $13,000. The Eco del Comercio publishes a notice from the first Alkalde of Xtmena de la Frontera, dated the 4th instant, an nouncing that 2,700 muskets -and a quantity of ammunitiim had been seized by the B. itish authorities, in the Bay of Gib raltar, on board a vessel belonging to the enemies of SpaniSh liberty. Bank Stock 3 per Cent Bed 3 per Cent Cens B9i 3' ^r Cent Red Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan. Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Inscription, Ist series.. Russian 5 per Cent. llOpe and Series . Ditto in Certificates — New 4 per Cent. ( £4O) Dutch .%ctual. Debt, per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Borth New Ficketr Anglo-Dan,sh Lo..n, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5p r Cents. EXCHANGES 0! , 7 LONDON. HAMBURG, MARcH IS —ln :,%.—TWG months, 13 Pia, . STOCKHOLM, MARCH 11.—Sminty.tive days.:l2. 16. PRUSSIA N FUNDS.-..BERLIN, hI %BCH Pl. Pitta. Money St. &Mild. Sch., 46 per cent. lO5 164 4 Prussialt English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 163 102 Exchan"on Landon, three mont hs — 6 2•2 t) —Prernizzu Stale Gazette .March 16 I COURT CIRCULAR. • WINDSOR, TUESDAY. —Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the. Prince of Vs and the Princess Ro; al, and the Lat:ies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, arrived at the Castle from town at half-past five o'clock this afternoon, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Lieutenant 1 Banter,'. ,The Royal party occup i e d fi ve carr i ages an d f our. The Royal Standard was hoisted en the Round Tower on her Majesty:, arrisal,, The Queen and Prince Albert left town yesterday afternoon, at half-past:three o'clock, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, an d Lord olville, Lord in Waiting on the Prince. ITheir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, and their attendants, occupied another carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Sir Ed ; ward Bowater, were i n a c h ar i ot and four. The Royal Suite, consisting of the Counte-s of Charlemont, Lady Carolina Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Hawarden, and Sir Frederick Stovin, followed in two car : iages and four. The Royal dinner party at Windsor Castle, yesterday even ing, included Mr. George Edward, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Buck -1..y and Sir Edward Bowater, the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House, and re mained an hour with her Majesty, and afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. 'Sir Robert Peel bad an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Prince George of Cambridge visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, i t Buckingham Palace. I The Duchess ef Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough-house, on Monday. A Deputati m of the Wood Trade of London, consisting of Mr. Joseph Don son, Chairman ; Me s sr s . Chu rc hill, Si mson , Gough, Wallen, Bott, Robinson, Byron, Browning, Cosner, Gabriel, and Peache ; and Mr. J. C. Sim, their Seen tery, accompanied by Mr. Juhn Masterinan, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday, in a carriage. - The Countess of Munster and her daughter re•• moved on Monday to Albemarle street. In the evening a cour er was des - atched to the Earl Munster, who is DOW in Belgium. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cam bridge, and Prince George paid a visit to Lord Adolphus Fi•z clarence on Monday, in St. James's Palace, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Sussex sent to make inquiry after his Lordship and the Countess Munster, on their bereavement. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert sent to make inquiry, and Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence went to attend her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager also sent yesterday to learn the state of the Countess and his Lordship. Among the Nobility and Gentry who paid visits of condolence yestei day and on Monday, were his Excellency Count Kielinansegge, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, Ceuctess of Jersey, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of March, Earl of Wiltshire, Lady Charleville, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord Somerton, Colonel and Baroness North, Sir George Seymour, Sir J. and Lady Whatley, Sir A. Grant, Sir David Davies, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Horace Seymour, Sir Augustus d'Este, Sir John Shelley, Sir W. Bulkeley, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. H. Baring, Colonel Paget, Colonel Mcntagce, &c. be Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Consols closed heavily at 893 to 89% for Money, and 893 4 for the Account; Exchequer Bill?, 28 to 30 prem. The meeting of the Spanish Bondholders to-morrow is viewed with some anxiety by parties connected with the Foreign Market. '1 he number of Stocks for really sterling value now quoted in the official lists has become exceedingly small, and speculation has for some time been confined to those of chubtful character. Business has been very limited—Spanish was last quoted, 24 1 1 to 244; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34% to 344 ; the '1 hree per Cents., 20% to 2ei ; Colombian, 26 to 26i ; Brazilian, 69 to 71 ; and Mexican, 41 to 41%. The closing prices of Dutch were—the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52% to 523 ; the Five per Cents., 103 to 103%; Belgian; 103 to 1(4. More inquiry existed for Railway Shares, and a greater disposition to invest money in these securities was shown to wards the latter part of the day ; but holders being firm in their demands, only a few limited transactions have occurred. The nominal prices remain precisely as yesterday. Exchanges were again good, with an upward tendency, and a lam, r amount was negotiated than on last post day. The rates (three months) were, Ilambtirgh, 13 12% to 12%; Antwerp, 12 44; Rotterdam, 12 5 ; Frankfort, 151%; Paris, 25f. SJc. to 83c. ; Vienna, 952 to 53 ; Madrid, 36% to 36 1 3; Lisbon, 52%. Letters from Hamburgh mention the failure of a house there whose liabilities arc stated to be large. It is much to be re gretted that the greater part of the amount will hate to be borne by this country ; but if satisfaction can arise from such an event, it is from the statement that their dealings were so multifarious that no particular trade will suffer very materially, although two or three manufacturers in this city are, it is non'ioned, likely to be heavy losers. (Eroth Tie Sun of L st Night.) Money has become exceedingly scarce, and for - a loan for a day or so, eemmands the rate of 8 per cent., and for a week 4 per cent. This is to be attributed to the necessity of pledg ing a quantity of - Stock which had been privately pur chased for money, and is now to be taken up. Under the pressure of these sales, prices hay declined still more, and Consols are marked 89% 896 for Money, and 89% for the Ac count. Bank Stock has been sold at 169% for the opening ; New Three-andra- Half per Cents. at 99, and 99% for immediate transfer. India Bonds bear a prcm:unt of 95., and Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 30s. • The •Foreign Market is comparatively neglected, and hardly a purchase has been made. The price of 13razi ian is 65 • of the Dutch Two-and-a-Half p er C en t s ., 52 to 52,i; of ' the Five per Cents., ;0:16, to 103 i. Th 3 quotations for Mexican are 41 for Money , and 411 for the Account; Spanish, 24% to 24. From the state of the English Stocks, Shares have been neg lected, and the only sales have been a few Brighton, at 361 g, and the Croy don Trunk, 13k. The Ilamburgh Mail brings the price of Gold, 434, and the Exchange an London, 13s. The course adopted by the French Ministry in postponing the alteration in the Sugar Duties, has caused great discontent in the various commercial ports. By the arrival of the Loa from New York, which sailed on the '26th February, some further information relative to the dis pute between the French authorities, and those of St. Domingo is obtained. Nothing decisive has occurred on either side, the foimer power having a strong fleet in the roads consisting of a frigate, two corvettes, and three smaller vessels, while the latter had strengthened the fortifications, armed the batteries, and made every preparation for repelling any attack which might be made. Matters bore an outward appearance of tranquillity, but it was to be feared that beneath this appa rent quiet, cause for serious alarm existed. Alexico by the latest ace.unts had become settled, but was doubted if lobatee had returned to its dependence on the Fede ral Government. LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, MARCH 2I.—A very poor demand was experienced for Railway Shares•this morning, and the safes were few, without material aleration in prices. Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 41. ss. Bd. ; Morth Midland Thirds, 22 2-3rds, ex dix ; Great Western Halves, 63k ; Western, 17i. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 21.—Was without animation ; but a fair quantity was sold at the former prices The sales comprised about 4,000 bales, including 200 good fair American for export; and 600 Swats at 3i-d. to 4d. ; 150 Bahia, 6/d. to 7d. ; 30 Maranham, at 6d.; 50 Egyptian, and 2,970 American, at 4id. to bid. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 21.—Our Market to-day has been again very quiet. Pric sof Railway Stock are generally firm, but for Banks the tendency is down ward. Manchester and Leeds, 79i to SO ex. div. ; Ditto Half- Shares, 354 cum. div. ; Ditto, Quarters, 4i ex. div. ; Midland Counties, Quarters, 20 to 201 ; North Midland, 69 to 71. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities D 4 Pe' • New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities ;,oexpire Ditto Small 2B pm Jan. 1860............_- Bank Stock for °pg....169i Oct 1859.....,... India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. ........ Consols for Acct B9l FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 int vent.— Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, spm cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds. Buenos Ayres 6 percent Russian, 5 per cent. •.... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic . .... Colombian, 6 pet cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. 24/ Ditto, 18`24........ ..... 26 Ditto, Deferred ~ . Danish, 3 per cent B2 French, 5 per cent. ----. —c. Greek, 18:25, 5 per cent — Exchange f •c. Mexican, 5 per rent.... 41i French, 3 percent Bl . —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1637 Dutch, 2i per cent.. 521 Peruvian, 1825, fi per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 103 g SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railgvav (100 p) Ditto New Shares (17i paid) lsi Great Western Railway (65 paid) 9li London and Brighton (50 paid) ' f:6l London and Birmingham (90) ...... ....• .. 176 London and South Western - London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Jai Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 36 Northern and Eastern (40 paid) ...... North Midland Railway (100) - Ditto Thirds ( paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 8 Genoa . ... 25 95 Antwerp Hamburgh M. B. 13 15i Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bouldeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro '27 Frankfort on Maine... 152 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin... . . Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M 955 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto .. 957 PUICES OF BULLION, FEB oz. Madrid ... Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville .. 35), ' Silver in Bars 0 41l 4 HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Maacii 15 Lilts. Money. ••• .WO 1 1)9 A, 10:) )6;;) U) 109% Certificate 103% RN CO , 3d and 4th Iftwovraz, I MALcH 15.—We hear on good a uthority that tt:u ootroj;ttpitt wi'll the, (3,,ve,timent of 13 f; , ‘ r the uwistructloa of au aut., ladq:..y iroal 'lawyer to liruiovtlut is concluded on th e t erms proposed on our part. PAIZZA.`riZENTII.7ZY. Amougt the petitions presented to the Lords last night, was one by Lord Brougham, to exempt Mechanics' Institutes from the asessed taxes. His Lordship stated that some mercantile holses had saved from 1,0001. to 3,0001. a year from the re duction of po-tage. There was to have been a commission, and the House was to have adjourned till April 7th, but by some accident the com mission could not be found, and their Lordships therefore meet this day. In the Committee Mr. Bankes gave an explanation of the eh eumstarxes of the Dorsetshire Magistrates having committed persons to the quarter sessions instead of the assizes, as has been said to avoid paying fees for the defence of the prisoners. Mr. Ashworti was brought to the bar and repremant ed by the Speaker for interfering with a witness on the Clitheroe Election Committee. Sir Charles Napier moved a series of resolutions, having for their object to improve the navy. A considerable debate ensued, in which Sir James Graham, Captain Berkeley, Lord Ingestrie, Captain Pechell, Si r B . Peel, and Mr. C. Wood, took part; in the end the resolutions were rejected by the previous question. Subsequently the House was occupied by Mr. O'Brien's 'no tion for papers relating to the case of Flanagan, whom some gentlemen are accused of having murdered in a lark, by setting fire to his clothes, after they had poured oil of turpentine over them. Lord Eliot explained the course of the Government, which seems to have been proper on the occasion. The papers were not refused. Committees were appointed to inquire into the state of the British possessions on the West coast of Africa and the state of the different West I n d ia C o l o nies in refer en c e t o the existi g relations between employers and labourers. The House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Adr ertiser, speakin g of the opinions of the Tory Press on.the subject of the income tax, says :—" They cannot afford to compliment the Minister at the expense of their own circulation, and they know pretty well that there is scarcely one in a hundred of their readers who does not scout the income tax, in the shape in which Sir Robert Peel seems resolved to force it down, as one of the most oppressive mea sures that the present generation has ever been subjected to." The Post observe, of the income tax :—" This is the mo ment at which the aid of a really Conservative Press to the Government of the country is most required. All taxes are, of course, unpopular— an income tax is especially so, because it is so obviously a tax, and because not only the reality but the hope of evading it is forbidden. But this much all we Con servatives admit, that the time has come for making a great exertion to restore the country to a sound financial condition." The Times says :—" In our yesterday's article on the pro posed income tax we observed, that the principles on which such a taz must be founded—the only principles on which a rich man can at any time be called upon to contribute more to the defence or adsoinistrati in of the country than a poor one —were, first, that he could afford to pay ; secondly, that he received a greater amount of valuable arrtection from the State. Except upon these prin c ipl es , we canno t conceive why a tax should take the form of a per tentage on income at all— why in its stead we should not impose an equable poll-tax, say ss. per head per annum, on all her Majesty's taxable sub jects, putting those. into prison who have not the money to pay. And on those principles we are at a loss to understand how Sir R. Peel can refuse the practical conclusion which seems to us to flow from it inevitably and immediately." The Chronicle thus refers to the income tax:-"It is by stealing a march on public opinion that such an unjust tax can be imposed on the countiy. Th e necess i t i es o f t h e country are not such as to reconcile it to the mo s t une q ua l an d un f a i r o f all conceivable imposts, withcut taking into consideration the inquisitorial machinery by which alone the tax on trades and professions can be raised. It is, in every sense of the word, a revolutionary tax. Under the pretence of subjecting all in comes to the same rate, the most revo l t i ng i n j ust i ce i s a b out to be perpetrated. No distinction is made between capital and interest." The Herald, noticing a communication from a Correscon dent, signed " John Englishman," on the subject of the in come tax, makes the following r emar k s The real question is that put by John Englishman, Is justice done to all (daises when, in imposing an income tax, the higher is let off at what is really a lighter rate than that paid by the middle class? Sir Robert Peel may depend upon it that, should he carry through the House of Commons his present proposition, he will thereby establish a grievance in a section of the commuaity in a matter which must tell against him at the next. general election. ' Next after the cravings of physical want,' most truly writes our correspondent, ' this feeling of grievance has been tne greatest political actor.' The defect which Sir Robert Peel has engrafted on the income tax is not, John Englishman points out, an unavoidable de fect— to lay an unvarying per centa7..e on properties of all kinds is not essential to such an impost; and what the people have a right to demand from Sir Robert Peel is not merely a good measure, but the best possible measure that can be devised." MONEY — TRADE —COMMERCE. At a meeting of the Proprietors of the L• ndon and Green wich Railway, at the London Tavern on Monday, it was stated that there was a balance in hand, after every deduction, of 9311. 91. 3d. The passenger traffic showed a decrease of 1,6351., compared with the preceding half year ; but the Brighton tolls had increased to 9871. I 3s. 3d. The Artists' Benevo!ent Fund held their annual meeting at the Freeinasons"Tavern on Monday. The total receipts for the year were 1,2471. 11s. 4d., and the payments, including widows and orphans, to 1,1821. Ils., leaving a balance in hand of 651. Os. 4d.- LAW AN] POLXCE. A journeyman plasterer, named C eo k, o bt a i ne d a ver di c t on Saturday last, at the York Assizes, a ga i ns t hi s emp l oyer , name d Sjkes, for false and malicious imprisonment, and damages were returned at 20/. Divers squabbles have lately occurred between the propri • etora of the Greenwich Pier Company and the watermen, who have erected a pier adjacent to the former. On Monday, at the Mansion-house, three labouring men, employed by the Com pany, appeared in answer to a charge with unloading a quantity of soil into the River, thereby obstructing access to the Water mens' Pier, and injuring their traffic and business. The de fendants were fined 405. each, which was foregone by the Solicitor, on promise of non-repetition Thomas Bartram, who carried on the business of a draper at Seven Oaks, Kent, and whose debts for a period of nine or ten months, had accumulated to about 1,4001. underwent exami. nation before the Bankruptcy Court on Monday ; his statement of a burglary upon him to the amount of 115/. in cash, and 2501. in goods, being doubted. The Court remarked on the suspicion of the case, but‘were of opinion he must be re'eased from his present position, while the evidence was nofsufficient to commit hini to Newgatc. Witlism Pitts was tried at the Exeter assize , , en Saturday, on the charge of murdering, and subsequently robbing Nathaniel Bennett, in the parish of St. Leonard's, last July. The priso ner was acquitted of the m urder, found guilty of the robbery, and sentenced to fifteen years transportation. The Master of the Rolls decided on Monday the case of Strange against Dr. Turner and others , which was a suit brought by the plaintiff to obtain the dissolution of an injunc tion granted to restrain the defendants from recovering the amount of two bills of exchange, for 2,0007. alleged to be due by the plaintiff. The order to dissolve the injunction was made absolute by the Court. LITERARY AND SCIENTIC. The Admiral have bestowed eniMrs. Skyring, the widow of Command er Sa yring, who was killed by the natives near Cape 13 °X 0 , on the coast of Africa, in December, 18.33, while making observations for the Government, a situation in Somerset House. The late Earl of Monster o ccasionally employed himself on literary topics. In 1827 he published three p a p ers is the Journal Aszatique, on the employment of Mahomedan trier cenaries. He has also published an account of the campaign of 1804 in Spain ar.d Portugal, together with other short con tributions to lighter lit , e ature. SPO RT/NV. , about two mil es f rom The Queen's h oun d s mee t today at Ivor Hea'h, an! on Saturday will be Black u t n h c e art e dat lasetgo Stoke 13 t c *cl o f m c n m t . 0 n On Ester Monday the deer the station at Slough. 0 ON.I.R.T—TASHI° II " X ` 2 * The Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot arrived at Apsley House on Friday, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, from his seat in Northamp•onshire. The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Apsley House to-ntorrow, for Strathfieldsaye. It is reported that the Earl of Jersey will receive the Gartc r, vacant by the death of the Duke of Norfolk. The Marchioness of Londonderry will open Holderness House on the 7th of April. itensacEz c zal.TrEOUS. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Goethe in 1812, and of the burning of Archbishop Crammer in 1556. The State apartments of Windsor Castle will be opened to the public, es usual, on and after Monday next, the 25th inst , between th e h ours of 11 and 4, W e dnesday s and • Saturdays excepted. The Italian Oera-singers are arriving by degrees. 'Si gno r Ronconi w ill be here end o f , the week - b y th e sarn, time Mada me F rezzo li n i an d Signor Poggi are expected. ts.o early as the year 925 the office of Coroner was in ex ist""=o,a- appears by a Charter of King Athelstan's to Bever , y. Edward the Fol - r3i was the first t ho erep ,, erekl tilt a.zay,)r and Commonalty of London, amo ng other privileges, to elect a Coroner. THE LOST COMMISSION. :•- , --The Royal Assent was to have been given by Com -mission yesterday afternoon to the Consolidated Fund Bill and various other Bills. At half-past four the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Buccleugh, and Lord Who:melitre, the intended Commissioners, were at the House of Peers in their robes. The Throne was uncovered. The Black Rod was in waiting. The Speaker of the House of Commons was on the tiptoe of expectation, and everything was prepared, save the Commission itself. Search was made for it. It was nowhere to be found. It had " got into the wrong box"—or at all events it was not in the right one. Inquiries after it were in vain. The return to all such was non est inventus ; consequently the Consolidated Fund Bill is the Consolidated Fund Bill still, and their Lord ships will have to meet this afternoon, in order that it mly become law before Easter. MR. EDNEY'S ANNUAL CONCERT. _ - - This concert was delivered on Monday night to a numerous and resrectable audience, at the Music-ball, Store-street. Miss Rainforth's tame need only be mentioned, to say that she was the charmer of the night. Her cavatina of " Peace in viting" was sung with that degree of ornate and beautiful pro priety which so distinguidics whatever she undertakes. The pianoforte was touched twice in the evening by Miss Lewellin, and Mater A. Toulman ; the latter possesses great soft ness of touch ; he runs over the keys with a v e l ve t hand, and will, no doubt, make a fine-fingered master ; the former lady ". executed her " fantasia" with rapid ity and skill, but her style of expression is, as yet, somewhat rigid, and requires to be more softened and modu lated, a desideratum which further practice will easily effect. Mr. Robinson, who gave " The Kiss" and " Wake, lady, wake," dispatched those light love-lists with due nicety and daintiness. The two Misses Pyne performed a creditable duet : much of what may be r:ghtly termed mellifluence exists in Miss L. Pyne's voice. Miss Dolby sustained her voice well in the difficult Italian duet " Fiero incontru," v, ith Miss Rainforth. Mr. Edney's " Country commissions from Laura May," and other whimsical and fantastic songs which he gave, provoked an immense deal of laughter, and were abundantly repaid with plaudits. ELECTON COMMITTEES. WEYMOUTH AND 3IELCOMBE REGIS. The argument on Ludlow's case being concluded, the vote was kept on.• The vote of Mr. ITyc, also objected to, was retained on the petitioner's poll: This exhausted Class No. I. Joseph C. Rodwell was objected to by the sitting Member, and the petitioners gave up the voto. The vote of Wm. Hellyar, .for the sitting Member was struck out. The vine of John Sally (on the same side) was also objected to. He had left the premises out of which he voted, but he still occupied them until the election " by means of a ladder" —(Laughter)—which he thought would satisfy the law as oc cupation enough. Mr. GURNIf brought evidence to show that Daily, a baker and mealman, did keep h;s stock in the house he had left, and th n quoted from the judgment of Lords Denman and Cole ridge, that a man might occu 3y by bales of goods. Mr. Coercuun N contended against this construction. The vote% as not decided when the Speaker went to prayers. The result of the scrutiny is that there have been struck off the sitting Members' poll, 23 ; and off the petitioners' pull, 16. The petitioners have a majority of one each. OFFENSIVE EMPLOYMENTS. TO 'THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, — Mr.. Ferrand dwell's' much on the un pleasantness and unhealthiness Of working. wen being employed in what is called the devil -roomy where the rags the raw cotton, or raw wool, ,are torn to pieces and separated from the dust-1 . s t i l , l a a s t he tl d ie , dust of old w process quite necessary before either raw , w° ° . l or cotton (new) can be used ; and, I do not thio! sheep's wool, in which 6ust and sand are °co' sionally found superadded to Make w eight. On!, has heard of sheep, after being (so.-called) :cashe d will equal that arising from the farmer for shearing—a washing, by the bye, wbieh re moves woollens previously ive,ii moves but little of the grease and dirt—areactuai ,i rolled, or permitted to roll, in sand, where the ii ol . is sandy and of a light colour, and will take DPI: much as 15 per cent. of it. This is ales the sold .as wool, being weighed with it, a nd t,t e : buyers are, pro tanto, frauded, as much 'as the poor man is by ti . ',, p. ste in the calico. Now, this occupation n7t devil-room is most assuredly a very . unPl ecthil o ' r one,* but in a manufactory employing two jig if inexperienced, de, buyers three hundred children, only three or employing be so occupied. It is a very unpleasant enip.wit; merit, no doubt, and so is thatof turning' o : j e lere dung heap, particularly near great towns) il ls it. much emptying of cess pools is mixed i t i l n , s , This neighbourhood is rendered perfeetli roe tilential by the heaps of manure brottiligabttii'o';,,v)itiords market-gardeners, and so placed, can blow without bringing its pestilent° t ° ,. p kus to the dwellings of all, and producing 3 . i;rting fever, which is fatal to many. Now o ' i c e o c u l , o t s i d i ; thL• from Puddle-dock or elseolierei ing, the turtling, the carting, or, ra t , ile o l. w ilc. wheeling. out this infernal (though usel li ' d the d tnre,. the spreading it on the lan d, as a nd yging it in, are occupations more injuriousoffen,s than that the devil-room, o u °- . •,'' Wit . h respect to - the a considerable portion of time. ~; . 0 -s w h° have inquired into the subject k n ow that Ha y sort of adhesiVe substance. is' necessarY t° allay od e i 11 t o the o roughness of the Warp threads,fi paste! all pe.- -I' ow e le weaver to earn a livelihood by his 1% 70 ' 1 ' 1 ibe that if the master does not put en"g i lj' e f r t e i c e e c iA lv weaver i will add to it, frequently to the inr e v o c h a h. fre l s l i te s r t e ipp a l r y e•also certain g oods .sii:g ., or getting up. sow, Buyers, whether old or young women; t h e re i 9 have the goods unless so got up; an d „ a - lit t ° not one of tilt m who has not been t-Ir ; r , v ote uiiderstand what effect washing out t1 .,;11, f° l. will have on the linen, cotton flax, 01. '11; - it! all these substances are impregnate d vv-t 14 ' 1 aristocrats, not in aye, even the rich satins arid velvets o f our 0 0 II ov er world. • bade That England Only, but a the poor man's calico for shirtiog is and_ consists of more paste than cotton, is o bliged bet t lre has not money to buy better, but is Give trim spend all: his earnings in dear breau• o d be 11:_!1_1 the means Of earninz better wages/ 3 i tgail l ' ill not buy such 'wretched clothing. jients why to sell are our manufacturers driven to eNP t e o f til e sell their goods? Because, on accno ll ec eiv e dearness i.od of bread, and the prohibition to .r tii t he o in exchange, they cannot CO&Pc-t :i r t i olieT : o foreign . manufacturer, and struggle s t!" op 'Ai teir people employed and their mills P l ag ue' h hopes of a better policy being hereafter P Y' y our selfish legislators. --• ' ,1 i ° * Hackling flax, which the agricultura l la t i r s t g l e ' , i 5 • Devonshire and Dorsetshire performs. in his c°- wot rs s e • 10 1 o e u m r p A lo rn y e m ri e e n a t n . flour makes the best sii hir e and cottor4 and is extensively used in Lan eas:foer. • INCOME TAX. or TO THE EDITOR OF TILL , S see Sir R. Peel boasts his income taV,",,so, '„," e et the poor', but most assuredly it will. lam a trati c , d ..- ing two female servants, besides men, and how ` a • des the tax lam about to be subjectedto? I at one 00_4 ,off, keeping one servant less, others by a small adva r l e ieg tier so!cl. the great bulk of servacts and consume,r6 who, I ask, will pay the income tax ? As the I°r i;f reli e eo t, has now stated to the country his Budget 1) 13°9 ° f would sugge s t th a t th e Q ueen be urged to di s solve in er' - and take tte sense o f th e coun t ry on the respeetl,„os, a Lord John Russell's and Sir Robert's measures Y; Newark, Notts, March 20. O' TO THE EDITOR OF THE- S ec t . to con' is no &mit the duty of every gro;c l „ .. _,'" lgll3 ip rof t tribute his quota towards the support of When, however, we find a Ministry, dete osg e the interest of the few, at the expense ` l2 w hat ba , ', it is the privilege of every man to • consider sce e gie• ce al to be his •conduct * under such circumstance , . ' o spe ° boot_ made up my mind—l have 1,000/. a-year, everY / which I have been in the habit of expending 0 ,4 6 50/. of assessed taxes—of those I purpose to rruo ix, that the remaining 201., with the income tax 301..0,7101°,4 ail` up any old amount of 501. of direct taxes, an"_; 3 ls o '," c e , " Robert joy of his gain. If all enemies to class It'Epolc b ' e adopt this plan, it will produce an effect even onlb, el of r itY office, and, at all events, it will throw the entire bar.etOtr.# t e , come tax on those who support it, viz., on Sir nob e i ci s 0 11 ' in Parliament, and MINORITY OUT OF SaCr t on e required to carry the plan into effect, I gt udge these, for so just a purpose, as t' the present iniquitous system of taxatit direct taxes, the thing is easy, but with by reducing the amount of their indirect AN ENEMY TO CLASS 21 March, 1842. THE LATE B. OSBA .1111TFORD,' E, The remains of the lste Bern am Osbalf merly of Bertram Mitford), of Alitlord Northumberland, and bf Hummatiby, in Esquire, who died at the former place on illness of scarcely two days duration, w final resting place on Saturday last, in pared for their reception, in the interior of Mitfoal. In the adjacent.town of ltl ceased was much respected, and where sudden death was received with universal pat tially closed, and the fine ring of bells peals, at intervals, during the day. Bertram UsbaWestc,n Mittind, the dee son of Bertram and Tabilha Mitforci called Tabitha Johnson), and a direct lit very ancient and honourable family in N , name. he bore, and who have been in th , session of the Larorty anti lands of Itl during a long series of ages. He was bi close of dm year 1777, and was, consequei decease, in the sixty-fifth yesx of his age. Mr. Mitford was one of her Majesty's for 1\ ortfsumberland. In early fife, educated in the profession of the law, wi. not appear at any time to have practised circumstance of his having, at the early succeeded to the inheritance of the &mil; the decease of his father, in 1800, by w stimulant to professional exertion would of In the year 1835, he tilled the office 01 the county of Northumberland, with duties and honours of which his ancestors of the Edwards, the Richards, and the sustained ; in which times they also frequf county in Parliament. n gtoessir hot snetour U , osnaceasaeiipeytin, succeeded gdfßt n eci eesnrrtidt t ohenfo h taoebnh e t ktteieeetioi l e: : e sostt rn floaaud bhBfst i eyek3t s oci e t irsaeut :eh o inoid, f eamniwsi nsm i nN n. asuhi West yobytuel o p tyaitavf h ß, rfil r oiri:et e ndrhtfa y uiejevntrisethi O ganhlceoisa s gedof b tc:me a ourEi npr d hisstlaniliti a: swot,. ,r,:4 g d license to him granted for that purpose, he i s t s tn, O*, upon himself the name and arms of " Osba" .— JOS? • ntinued to bear until his decease, and, during conjunction with those of " Mitford." 11 3 ,altfOn won About twelve years ago the deceased Ps - , tjarri t ott',, relative, Frances, the daughter, 1 believe, rn tc ile. 4 r Esquire, a Captain in the Royal Navy, wh° b-u by whom he has had no issue. 4 2 4:0 1 ' f 0 1 Bologna, as we learn by a letter O Le gato b. has been subjected to a riot. The new . Cardi!o. oc . , • ordered that all the coffee-houses, tavern' , bill t ia the other public places, should be closed at raidnig h rie l yed.. o l l o ,yw of then. establishments- found themselves sig,g a pun it tr. mined to show their dissatisfaction by n05 3 . 11 .,b 5t ., ab° fr 10 after midnight. Accordingly, on the Ist 1 " eo d y carriages, a considerable body of horsern men on foot, made an hour's promenade fi l u 'l l , ll t e rig n li liii te .e .. 4 , 1 r Stephano, which is used as the Corse r i v e val. The police was called out, but did not at_ o de er menaders wet e retiring. Seven or eight persons forn'Fip ringleaders were taken into custody. 'arid , 11 0 7 - o f the . 14 , men '-ere committed with the rest to the pr t is oft , tr icio In the evening of the 2d, a petard wasp a„ZZ f c.f., square, and thereupon the guard at to . the pig" - t, it under arms, and so remained througboutandpstroje, cavalry were stationed at different p - disturWc°,4 .!; Via di Santo Stephan() till a late hour.. , ico urlir,,,iit, SCANDAL.--A heap y blow and soreu the e ie. A?,; has fallen on the Non-Intrusion saints within of I 010 it One of the godly—the, prt descendant coo en d! i f l a ig m t e i es w t . a il t l e, l a a n st d bableecomeBcatnoloauntdeasetndtruoramess—s:chiwae'tin. in : 6 %1 a i.ainful one ; but it ought to serce an. a' v --.Edui t fr g r elte r Fersoils to be cautious of boasting r i tihcivj l a Y ttbht T eenekrii. _ picit:,se4 io a o 7 s ttaiie g e,:it. et 0 0.4 • fir . server.—[We are not quit sure r t ll o : ay n d s e r rlin t b o ce i s t o rn m e at re le ly to t t o hi l s iin painful t i n le .t s te a r t , l them to exercise a little more charity than they usually do. I—Aberdeen1 —Aberdeen Herald. BIRTHS. h 91‘ • On the Bth ult., at Cubitntz-0.-the-Rhine, t elstlY , on _,,,, J. Francis D. Yonge, se.,ident physician , of a sou., G. On the 17th inst. , at Bedctington, Surrey, Nr s ' , f t h e wife Engestrom, of a son. 00 44 On the 19th inst. , at Parkhurst, Bexley, Cruikshank, of a daughter. MARRIED. tliii r iltr On the 20th inst., in Albemarle-street, Sir Robe, r ate of Osmaston, Bart., to 'Alargaret, %richly of e l h ! t , v . itstd7,4 Algeo, Esq., and youngest daughter of the , 1 at % ernio liar"' Keasternan, of Brenchley, Kent, and Ree.or of. 1" in Surrey. DIED. too On the 18 th inst., ton , at York-pl ace , Bromp Yarro.,v, aged 78 . On the 3 ist ult ., in Geor g e Town, M'Laurenat . M.D.. , t he On the 1 2 th inst. , at Portland - p lan, Agnes - of G. Clerk Arbuthnot, Esq. Demerara, Seif, of ..n " -t • 112 at. 1/LC SUI. PiO 112 " IU% c; the County of :Middlesex , wed„,,d, m gr o'b 23, • Y, 1 ),/ . .„, F IT. SICr.- „.011F7A but sure_lii osuti 6.' to refeile ilig,,te If ion. With 1111 "!: l i With ' ha , i , r: :, e , it taxat:etb,4l . S LEGle!Wr'll' ''• 1"" :4 13 ' I)lie t % &LI ~ , .-.4,..“ baldistoo:, „,i, Castic,.ol_,' in tht co w * iltlif :in th•27i.th,..;.: ',' 0 were 'Co" " , • 1 a Vault Alti4 it, or of the Milltviia Worpcth, ‘lPll_,,f the in the al regret, ~ :707 Us there chlfli,'*iiit !ceased, ‘ ; ' 9 II :471 0- I (before btooV lint al clese7. ~,iit7, Nor thuinberia;ted•lff ,h e uninterl;tootrois Nlitford, t0,!,;14,A.vs born at O t t •iii , tbe u -;iit tently, at • , e. , the i.. 40 s JUStiCe5 0+ bid..go b e Ist indeed, ccririo, vhich, b°ife ,thie. ed, probabli tstoo, iy age o f ts4l ar tly e state la; tbei which eve°,oo, , A course beZ;rig ut, )f High S",...itt. to l u 'ls e :b ri una t ird l tY y ssb°' r fet r efii::b d e7 * --:' ieston (f°1111.44. ra : tainho l t u e: entl i: t s csea s o a; t e nina : s i to ,- 7 1 : 4 0 1 : i00 ::: seep ti le ' squire' ~, the ?lit is late 1114 ,4 soe At, lot Aiance ifire,to p, ,_ ~,,suto „„,b1.74, GREAT MARLOW. The. Committee met again yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Tl:c inquiry into the vote of Michael Redmond was con. tinned. . William Field stated that he was the agent of Mr. Williams. Witness had received twelve guineas from Redm )nd as the rent of the cottages, out bf which he registered. There was a timber-yard attached to the cottages, which was used for Mr. William's purposes, lent only by sufference on the part of After some further evidence, and the arguments of Counsel, the room was cltared, and the Committee, after some delibera tion, decided that the vote of Michael Redmond was a bad vote, and should be struck off the poll. The sitting Member was by this decision placed again in a majority of one. The 'Committee adjourned till to-morrow (this day.) WIGAN. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, Mr Hawes in the chair. The scrutiny was proceeded with on the part - of the peti tioners, and the vote to which the attention of the Committee was directed was that of John Harrimond, which was adjourned from yesterday to meet the convenience of one of the Honour able Members. Mr. Ct ekbuin now called a witness named Scott to prove that in September 18.-10 the voter occupied a house from which he removed previous to the election. It also appeared that the voter registered from land connected with the house which he held at the time of the election. , Mr. COCKBURN contended that as by the 27th section of the Reform Act the voter could not register from lend alone, un less he had some tenement or premises upon ,it, he could hot, having left the house, vote from the land alone, as it could not originally give him a title to vote. Mr. HILLYARD cited several cases to enforce a contrary view. The vote was struck off, which placed Mr. Standish in majority of one over Mr. Crosse. Micliael Davidson was then - put forward by Counsel for the sitting Members. The vote struck off. • Edward Wardle's vote was struck off by consent. John Jackson's vote was objected to on the part of the peti tioners.— I he vote was struck off. John Kirby was next objected to on the part of the petitioners. he inquiry respecting this vote was proceeding with when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Com . mittee, therefore, adjourned till to-morrow. This leaves Mr. Crosse and Mr. Standish eqnal on the poll. HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN STITUTION.—On Monday the third annual general meeting of the supporters of this institution was held at the London Coffee House, Benjamin Bond labbell, Esq., in the chair t 6 receive the Annual Report of the Commit tee, the Auditors' Report, and to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr. J. S. I\.'ew bon, Honorary ceretary, read the Report. After alluding to the disappointment of the Committee in not having received that support which they expected from the hotel and tavern keepers, as also from the general body of cooks and waiters, the Report conclu.led with the announcement of his Royal Highness the Duke of t ambridge having condescended to be patron of the charity. The receipts for the past year, in cluding subscriptions and donations, 481(1. ss. 9d., and divi dends on 4,1531. 9s. 7d. stock, were 750/. 12s. 1 Id. ; and the expenditure, including 3501. ievested with the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, left a balance of 38/. Bs. Id. ?here were 430 members. The Report having been adopted, thanks were soled to the officers of the past, and those for the ensuing year, were elected. After a vote of thanks to the chairman Mr. Fox rose, end presented a gold snuff-box, bearing an appropriate inscription, to Mr. Newborn foe his un tiring zeal in forwarding the best interests of the charity. Mr. .Newbon acknowledged the compliment in suitable terms. DEATH OF DUG ALI) I3ANNATYNE, ESQ.—We regret to announce the death of this venerable gentleman, by which the cause of reform has lost one its of earliest and steadiest friends. Mr. Bannatyne avowed himself a Reformer, at a time when the aseemption of such a character required a greater degree of moral courage and intelligence than have been indis pensible under more ri cent circumstances. In the discharge of his duties as a public officer, while presiding over the Post office in this city, he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. Glasgow Saturday Post. A SENSIBLE CHOICE.—" If you don't accept my challenge," said one gentleman of honour to another, " I will gazette you—so take your choice." " Go ahead," said the other, " I had rather fill six gazettes than one coffin." .A. n. ADAMS'S Oaftlinr.—Mr. C. Adams delivered the first of his lectures on Astronomy on Monday night at the Adelphi Theatre, to a numerous and respectable audience, and his explanation of planetary phenomena by means of transpaten cies and moving sceneries, was correct and splendid. After de scribing the earth and its phases under a variety of influences, Mr. Adams represented the influence of the sun and moon in producing spring and neap tides on his transparent apparatus, an which were visible the earth and moon, with the water following the latter as she revolves round the earth and also showing the solar tide as alternately raised and depressed by the sun, as the sun and moon respectively change their line of direction. The proportions, however, of the depth of water, compared to the small scale of the planets, are somewhat out of order. The illustrations of the second part of the lecture, representative of the old astronomical systems, were represented with truth and clearness, and the lecture ap peared to give general satisfaction. Two young men, named Demerez and Barascon, neither more than twenty years of age, and both in the employ of a bookseller at the Batignolles, being enamoured of the same female, determined to settle their pretenOons by a duel with a single pistol, for which they were to draw lots. They met on Tuesday afternoon, without seconds; the pistol was loaded, arid the chance turned in favour of Demerez, who fired and lodged the ball in the bosom of his rival, who fell. As tounded by the event, Demerez did riot attempt to fly, but was found by some persens attracted by the report hanging in dis tress over his fallen adversary. He was taken before the Ma gistrate of the commune, while BarascOn was carried home on a litter, where he lies in a dangerous state, but not without hopes of recovt ry. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.— Handel's oratorio, Israel in Egypt, is announced for perform ance on Thursday, the 24th instant, for the third time this sea son This circumstance, unprecedented in the annals of the Society, is a strorg proof of the growing prevalence amongst the public in general, of the opinion so long entertained by mu sicians, that this oratorio is, without exception, the master piece of its immortal composer. A fine full-grown fox was exhibited in Lincoln the other day, which was caught in the hen-roost of Mr Pask, of Bardney. Reynard had been a constant visitor during the winter, and had so thinned the number of fowls that at last it was determined to capture him, if possible. At twilight he came as usual, and cautiously looking round and perceiving no one about, in he bolted, and up jumped a person hidden near the root door, and shut him in. A dug was then let in upon him, and a fight fo.luwed dui ing which the man got into and muzzled Ileynard he be ought him to Lincoln and offered him for sale.— Lincolu Mercury. TILE TORY INCOME TAX.—The great obstacle to the success of'the Ministerial scheme appears to have been entirely overlooked by both sides. A tax of nearly three per cent. on all incomes above 1501. will coral el a vast number of persiris to contribute in a direct manner to the revenue of the colin:rv. who have at present no voice in the election o f mere. bers of Parliament. Will this class, whit his chiefly composed of men of etmation, and in many cases of persons of consider able influence, quietly submit to an impost by which they e e such material sufferers, and in the justice and expediency of which they are forbidden by law to express any opinion? As suredly riot. The income tax will thus do more in three years to disturb the existing franchise than all the arguments of statesmen during ten times the period. Sir Robert Peel is un consciously nurturing a viper which will eventually work the downfall of his party.— Glusyow Reformer s ' G aze tt e . THE ALDER.MANBURY TRAGEDY.—As soon as the perpetration of the above horrid tragedy was discovered, the news spread throughout the City with incredible rapidity, and was quickly circulated at th e west end, through the medium of omnibusses and other vehicles plying between it and the City, but unfortunately, like most occurrences of a similar nature, it. lost nothing by its conveyance, and was either grossly mis represented, or very much exaggerated. Among other mis takes, the friends of the Lord Mayor were horror-stricken at the astounding information, " that Alderman Pirie had mur dered his family', and had com m itted se lf-d es t ru ction," thus confounding th e name of Pirie " with that of " Bury," the latter part of the name of the place where the threefold murder and suichle was co mm i tte d , an d i t was not unt il the return of the messengers, who were instantly despatched into the City to ascertain the trte h of the report', that the friend, of oitr de se. veA s',Jsepir s elthouieh cc', at te. Lae t::_ . had learnt, were relieved from their painlui* anxie t y on his account.