The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-21 00:00:00

THE' TORY INCOME TAX. OPINIONS OF THE COUNTRY PRESS. (From the Scotsman.) The grand financial scheme, the combined product of Tory . skill, the fruit of six months' gestation, is at length I . :efore us, in the shape of—an income tax ! ! The void in the . Treasury which the Whig Mihisters would have haPPlled by abating the existing monopolies of corn, sugar, timber, and other articles, without laying an ad ditional burden of one shilling upon the country, fur rtshes ocimsion, in the hands of the Tory Government, for the imposition of a tax, the naost repugnant to the habits and feelings of a free people—a tax so odious, so Liquisitorital, and oppreacive, that statesmen of all parties I are hitherto regarded it as a resource to be reserved frr some great exigency, such as awar which threatened our nation al existence. The miserable mockery, pre sented ton s under the name of a Corn-bill, led us to anticipates omething bad enough in finance ; but we were .it prepari d—and the country certainly was not pre- Fared—Tor anything so monstrous as this. (From the Glasgow Chronicle.) To the - principle of an income tax, the people of this e' entry h ire a strong, and, as we think , a just, repug ri Ince, bet bon account of its inquisitorial character, and it uneque 1 operation. To tax a mr.n who derives two or theee hun , fired pounds a year from trade, or in the form o' an anni tat payment for his services, to the same extent a a man - who draws the same income from land or other st,,ble pro perty, is obviously unjust. The latter is a far r . :Ther inaA than the former, yet he pnys no more. The p i . - nc ipi e or paying according to ability is quite lost ai ht of. (From the Brighton Guardiar.) And now . . let us ask our readers what they think, in a iod of IN ,ace, of an income tax of 7d. in the pound ? regarl, I this. whole scheme of income tax as the n •es.ary c 3ilsecluen,ce of the Corn-law, and a mere de e to rai a. the revenue of the country by taxing the p )ple, .mc.l of raising it . by setting . trade and industry f iL ?. We eider a 'great - blow to future prosPerity.• A :ax whi'a falbt so heavily its nearly three per cent. on tit profits -of trade and on the incomes of all the middle .ses evil 1 in reality fr,o a considerable way towards cii pain heir means of consumption and of saving, It tent r o arrest the increase of employment. Let it b u2.ways remembered that the addition to our burdens A: price we Day for Corn-laws and the ascendancy of E • Roberti Peel. A reformed Parliaraent,under a Tory I mier, an income tax - iu peace will be a phe nor tenon in history and moral science. ' (17:. - om the Bristcl Gazette.) Pe are' .not , eat enough to • reinernber the practical gr asancesaand nanoyances experienced tinder the former f e r ositiori of this tax, but the slightest reflection on the _so ' , 2Ct must show 'hat of all direct taxation it is the ;t unjast s and to the feelings-of Englishmen, most ab b.) rent in its pryirev inquisitorial character. The visits • tax-gatherer, whether for state or local burdens, are se; 'r of a parti sularly gratifying description ; brit to i m% a pert official pegging his nose into every man's le insp e ctin g secs;;, private cash-book, exposing his busing 'B' to his r,ca;hbours and rivals in trade, extorting • t . s t, sa, per ce atrge from him on the twitting plea that s s t y . and Se, it the same line, conducts a more profit at corteslrn— -is an unbearable intrusion, only to - be re solaed te its the- craw of the last necessity. And the ia jr beet of the s shame is palpably apparent. From the Bury Post.) a ;le Minister as recurred to that tax which the " im ps em of the •eountry shook off at the close of the war, • pr Jposes• to renew it in all its odious features of in • its nial and unequal assessment. The professional man a nd the tradesman, whose laborious avocations bring th , as. in an 'nee me under any circumstances precarious, a a a -which tlaath may annihilate to-morrow, are to p ty precisely the same tax as the owner of a landed estate or investment in the funds yielding an equal ante unt ea income. But these are not the greatest ob ject'. ons so the sa.a upon incomes ; the intolerable evil is at s a , qu . aitorad character, and its tendency to encourage deaf ption. "Is is," as . Mr. MaCulloch describes it, " a t ax upon honesty, and a bounty upon perjury and fraud." The consaientio.sa will pay. the tax on the fall amount of hi s / aofits ; the man of "easy virtue' will pay just as little as he thinks he can induce the commissioners or inspe etors to be satisfied with. - It is in vain to talk of it as s • temporary enactment. Let the tax be once laid on, ana • ae shall have no hope of living to see it removed. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) It has been he'd, and we believe justly held, by the able :t political economist a, that a tax of this nature can be ji stifled only by urgent and extreme necessity. It is in possible to a djustit in such a manner that it shall not I cress upon many indisiduals with harsh and unequal Se' 3. city. And if that necessity arise, it would for many re; s As be the best and fairest way to tax property only, ans i not the profits arising from trade or professional lzcr tions, at least not to tax the latter to the same Mx ant as the farmer. axation shoald be regulated by the principle that the relative condition_ of the parties. upon whom taxes are rnposed, should not be at all changed by their im pea ion. No cue would venture to assert that the pro pom d income tax will stand this test. It is, therefore, Tour tiesl on the grossest injustice, and Sir Robett Peel ;ma; - be assured that. unless he make some great alters ; io. ;in the, dot ails, of his plan, he will create throughout t ha country a reeling of indignation which no Minister sa aa withstand.. (From the - 21'asercurga) Ve thought the. day such a alas am osi4on., as that bearing the name of income tax we ld ever again, be laid upon the people 'of Great Br Sin.. Those who remember the character given to tax just before it was abolished, after the last war w ar France, will be of the same opinion with ourselves. It .as their designated as the most odious, abominable, i nq dsitorial, and unconstitutional of imposts. It was pro ed to be so' from the injury it produced to trade — the shameful intrusion it caused upon the privacy o f ;usiness—from the troubles and vexations which it brc !gilt upon great numbers of persons of variable nag 'is, or of hardly any means, though they endeavour te eep up a respectable appearance. An income tax, m , K died as. Sir Robert proposes, will at the present time b e • ne of the most unpopular, as well as unprofitable, tea :es that could be imposed. We hope this proposal of Sir atobert's will be universally scouted. We cannot thi: 1: it will be carried, when it was thrown out in one of the .most rotten Tory Houses of Commons that ever axis. - a 1. (From the Wiles Independent.) Ira d Sir Robert Peel wished to have acted fairly by the ) )ple in proposing an income tax, he ivould have ma ,1. le per centage increase gradually with the amount of i is Tine; in this way the rich would have been made to ( wibute their fair proportion and to have borne that sht e - which equal taxation would impose. As usual, the wet tes tgo to the wall. There are other and grave ob jec'7. ins ;to any income tax. Independently of the vexa tio s heart-burnings which its collections must cause, which were so severely felt as to induce the people sin ,tst - with one voice to demand its repeal when it before exited, X;lere is this objection, that it deals precisely the sat. ' wit,' t the matt whose income is the fruit of his in ly, as with him whose income arises from the te n of an estate, or the interest of money placed out on ant' security. This is not right. F (rom.the Devizes Gazette.) . _ ;'hat . a t. tx of three per cent. will be severely felt by per son. . of am in incmie, and that it will bear much harder on t 'lose w,'m derive their incomes from the exercise of labs rious trades and professions, than on those who de rive it from the rents or annual proceeds of property, cam lot'be'denied. This is a great, and to some extent (we fear) a necessary evil. btill, however, something ma) be done to mitigate it; and, when we come to be in ' fora ,ed of the details of the measure, we shall probably furl that something has been done for this purpose. We shal ~ be very glad to see the measure fully mid minutely div.i :sled, in order that it may be rendered as unexcep tion tble as possible. (From the Nottingham Review.) .t t this period, when trade is depressed and commerce par: lyzed, when bankruptcies and insolvoncies abound, whs 1 the closing of shops, the half-working of mills, and the thud wailings of the unemployed artizans, conjoin in att€ sting the severe pressure upon commercial transac tion s: 7 -4;Vrhen.the country is looking out for relief from the heavy burdens which oppress it, Sir Robert Peel anr ,unces in the House of Commons his intention to pro ;os,e,an,income tax ! The Tories have been restored to 1 iyi.ei;* to ilripdse a galling and inquisitorial income tax upon the country ! The shopkeepers and manufac turf ~-s, instead of baying the relief of a cheap loaf, are to feel the weight: of additional, burdens, and to mark it the moi -., every farmer whose rent is less than 3001. is to be exc _ied from paying any income taxi! This is a mon stra 'a insult to the commercial classes; they asked bread, and ;.he landlords' Government gives them a stone. (From the Dublin Pilot.) Ic .. man can now talk of Peel's wise and just plan, witl out proving himself very silly or very dishonest. The first bait for catching minnows thrown out by this port: ical im'?ostor and knavish man, was, the name of "is t - pnie te,xes." This tax was associated at once in the put is mind with bearing heavy on large, and light on sin, .1 prop erties —with throwing burdens on real pro per :, and relieving industry from now intolerable bur der, ; ; but judge what is felt of the tax now, when it is foul: 1 to b: taxing the property of a man of 1501. per inn In equally in.proportion with a man of 150,0001. wh, tit is found to tax income obtained by hard earning as v *lll as that enjoyed in idleness, and instead of reliev ing Inanufacturing industry, adding to the ruinous pres sure - Upon it. An income tax is no relief under such eir eun-lances—it is wanton violation of principles of free dom—lnquisitorial, unequal, and relieving no class, while opr essing many. • , (From the Sherborne Journal.) 17,,s MUST PAY con PEEL.—After all the expenditure of money and ill feeling which was engendered by the last general election; what has been obtained ? The sub, titution of one ministry for another—the placing of Sir iiobert Peel on the Treasury Bench instead of Lord John Russell. Now we can calmly ask landowners and f arr xes, whether they expected any' such measure as the amended sliding scale for corn, and a tax of 3d. in the ;I. on the rental paid for. their estates ? And we may also take leave to ask the monied and mercantile interest, how they will like 'to hand over to the tax gatherer 301. for every .1,000/. per. annum of their in eon es ? and, at the same time, we may remind the cler, y and the other professions that they will not be exelepz, after next October, from this heavy additional clai:.l on their incomes. (From the Manchester Times.) , iN 1 .. •,* SS' S 1-9 W FiIkUBLE-FACED LANDLORDS. —W hile the object 7,_,-ttetefeqd the Corn-law, the farnik , tg interest was so ' e q.: - : fnutfrefio,thig, all other interests n3nst, be taxed for its '' -.--lei)c6iel, benefit ; but when there is a new tax to be o. ~wcf, -is • • ~. landlords discover t._..x.' .1- -.o f 03 7/ 10 ,1 0 000L, the 1e slating 44-0...44--, 1116 r. ' ts can contribute no more than 150,0001., (..... 'r .„.„.„,_,' csaataveiittofifth part of the whole ! - - : -..„A --A,t;,.. om the Manchester: guardian.) WI v r ,...._....►1iFt1i.EDT. 1 9n 02,1 . .• PI TUE COFFER D . iTTJES.--: Me' . - r . akee , 4tton• - of the. colfee,daties which Sir Robert Tien tit to the ' f-el4l P"i' 6 se c is of such a mature as to offer very, little . consumer while it is likely to entail a,,Con - - aiderable loss or. the "'gentle. He proposes to reduce the `l► duty on colonial coffee from 6d. to 4d. per lb. Will the con sumers reap anybenefit from tha t? Not in the least. The revenue will, doubtless, suffer to the extent of one - third of the sum derived from the importation of British planta tion coffe at present ; but the whole of that sum, so far as we can judge, will go into the pockets of the planters. They are unable to furnish this country with the whole quantity of coffee required for its consumption, as is proved by the fact that, in 1840, the respective amounts of duty paid on British possession and foreign coffee were as follow : British plantation coffee £373,579 - Foreign Here it will be seen, that our imports of foreign coffee amounted to considerably more than one-half of the entire quantity consumed; and as the price which it bears in the market, duly paid, must necessarily rule the price of colo f nial coffee, it is evident that any reduction of duty on the latter, without a full equivalent reduction of duty on the former also, is merely a bonus to the West India interest. If any evidence were wanted to show that this will be the practical result of the new scheme of duties, it may be found in the fact, that, as soon as Sir Robert Peas proposed plan became known in the London market, an immediate rise of ss. 6d. per cwt. took place on British coffee, while foreign remained without im • provement . In Liverpool, an advance of 10s. per cwt. on British took place; but foreign continued steady at former prices. The reason of this is chylous. Under the present' scale of duties, the monopoly granted to the British planter over the foreigner amounts to 66 2-3 per cent:; under the new scale, the monopoly will be in creased to 100 per cent. If Sir Robert Peel's object were to benefit the consumer, and to promote commerce, he ' would make the duty on British coffee at sd. per lb., and r educe the duty on all kinds of foreign to Bd. per lb. (From the Carlisle Journal.) A tax upon income—upon the mere fruits of industry— on the profits of trade and the exercise of talents, must, as a matter of course, be so inquisitorial in its nature, so oppressive and unjust in its operation, that nothing but the direst necessity can justify its imposition. Take the present proposition of Sir Robert Peel to illustrate its injustice. The professional man whose labours pro dnce to him say 3001. a year, who, if lie dies to-morrow, leaves his family 'destitute, is taxed as highly as the ownetsof a freehold estate yielding the like income, and whirls ceases not with his life. The inquisitorial nature of such a tax was thus graphically painted by the Times during the struggle for its abolition in 1816 i— " There is mOtifin„.• that men in a state of society hold 1 sacred into which it does not obtrude itself, or thrust its odious agentss It pries into the marriage settlements an I claims of consituguinity among the living, it ransacks the wills of the dead, it hunts deeds and bonds in the deepest recesses of the bureau, and dras ; s them. to light. Rushing into the counting-house, it spreads wide the ledger and thereby blasts commercial confidence, and chills mer cantile speculation. It stands at the door of the shopkeeper and counts his customers ; it mounts the chariot of the phy - sician, and numbers his fees. It adjusts the claim between debtor and creditor, whose relation to each other should only he known to themselves. It computes thefeelings of filial piety, of gratitude and humanity, by items of pounds shillings, and pence; for it estimates the support allowed to decrepit old age, to decayed services, perhaps to peni tent or discarded guilt. In short, if any man would know whether the income tax ought to apply in this or that imaginary case, let him be assured that if its application can render his home comfortless, or his closet suspected to him, there will the myrmidons of income tax have a right to be. Nor is this the termination of the mischief', for, like every other tyrannic measure, its manifold op pressions have the effect of driving those who are the ob jects of it to a corresponding degree of baseness, false hood, treachery, and perjury, in order to elude its grasp:" - - Those who remember tae - time when this tax was in operation, know that this is not an overcharged picture; and some notion may be formed of the odious light in which it was viewed in these days, and the fears enter tained of a publication of the facts which the collectors of the tax had compelled the tax-payer to disclose, from • the fact that the House of Commons ordered the docu ments to be destroyed—Lord (then Mr.) Brougham sug gesting that they should be burned by the hands of the common hangman. And it is this odious tax which the Tories now pro pose to revive ! and which they are so bent upon, that they will not give the country time to express an opinion upon it. Without warning, without time being permitted for consideration or remonstrance, a tax of the most op pressive kind is to be imposed upon the country, in order that the landowners may enjoy a little longer their monopoly of corn. Even in the imposition, the power of the landed aristocracy is felt. No farm is to be assessed to the income tax which is of a less rental than 300/. a year.' In this county there are very few farms which reach that amount, and we believe there is scarcely one in the whole county of Westmoreland ! Where they do exist, speedy means will be taken to divide them so as to evade the tax, and thereby enable the' landowner to obtain a larger rent. At present, for political purposes, two or three names are inserted in nearly all leases of farms exceeding 1001. or 15C/. a year. This was done to obtain the advantage of the Chandos clause of the Re form Bill, and through its operation the Tories have been placed in a position to dictate this tax to the country ; it is only to carry the principle of division a little farther to enable the landlords, as far as their tenants are con cerned to evade the tax altogether, and thus shift the burden from our own shoulders terthose of the trading community. The Chandos clatise may, therefore, be m ayailable. by the aristoecy, not merely for ob taining politic:A power, AbutTort:vndL;g tit;cation of those -‘ blessings" bestowed upee us by a Tory Go vernment. DR. REID'S LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY. Dr. Reid's second lecture on the Chemistry of Daily Life, the course of which is now in pursuance at Exeter Hall, was delivered on Wednesday to a more numerous audience than the preceding, and among whom a large gathering of tic scien tific young men of the day were prominent. Standing only at the threshhold of the course; Dr. Reid renders his initiative lessons more than ordinarily palateable and pleasing. 'The nature and property of primitive elementary atoms—a wi&le and uni versal theme—as well as the action of that equally universal pervading agent, oxygen, upon these, formed his leading sub jects. Atoms, unnoticeable as at first view they appear to the unchetnical beholder, are nevertheless the components of every mass and solid in creation, .and the planet that wheels in gravitation through the skies, depends in its motion upon its aggregate of minute atoms. It was these subtle in finitesimals in which resided attraction, electricity, and ma':- tietic power. The combination and decomposition of these occasioned by the chemical action, which, in some shape. or other, is constantly proceeding in nature, gives rise to those changes in solid, liquid, or wriform matter, which daily origi nate new shapes and organizations in all the three k.ngclorns of nature. Some experiments, elucidative of this proposition, were here performed by Dr. Reid. Oxygen, continued the learned lecturer, powerful operator as it is upoit the external surface of the earth, acts no less potently on its interior. To the stirring nature of this agent in the mineral kingdom, an experiment lent full test. Dr. Reid drew from the forge a bar of iron at a white heat. A current of cold air, the pre ponderating ratio of which is, of course, oxygen, was then blown by the bellows on the kiedled mass, and every successive blast of the :oxygenised air tended to its diminution, till it was at last totally consumed. Again, the ' operation of oxygen upon the external surfaces of the earth, was exemplified in the case of temperature, the various modifi cations of air and climate being caused by the greater or lesser portion of oxygen present. 'thus a bottle of ether, which in England appears in a fluid state, would, if transferred to India, lin the increased temperature. vanish at once into air. The further action of oxygen was manifested in another experi ment, thus:--Some lime in solution, contained in a vessel, ap peared to the eye colourless ; a glass tube was inserted, through which an assistant blew air, occasioning the solution in a few seconds to lose its transpicuit y, and become densely clouded. The oxygen conveyed in the air evolved by the human 'lungs had operated on the lime in the manner which occasioned the change. By inversion of reasoning, atmospheric oxygen exercises in a similar way as marked an influence on the frame of man—a frame composed of atoms of dust, each liable to be acted upon in the same manner as any other species of matte:'. In di lating further upon this general agent, Dr. Reid proteeded, by an experiment on the air pump, to evidence the compressi bility of wriform or gaseous substances, as also their elasticity, and power of expansion. The most delicate spring, he ob served, in existence, was that which the air assumed to itself; human mechanism was here left in the rear, and this spring was occasioned by variation of pressure in the atmosphere, and produced by the disturbance of its equilibrium. Dr. Reid proceeded to indicate the course he intended to pursue in his subsequent lectures, which appeared to ' give general pleasure. From "thole already delivered, it may be safely asserted that Dr. Reid will have a highly popular run. As an experimentalist be is bold and skilful, and evinces the accustomed master in the adroitness and management of his operations. With regard to his lecture,nevertheless, we consider him somewhatunsystematic, and considering the plain matter-of fact audience who surround him—the beings of daily life—who flock to him to hear expounded to them the " chemistry " of their life and vocations, as proposed by she talented lecturer, floridness of speech might be cast aside, and give way to stricter and more logical demonstration. A NON-INTRUSIONIST. The Non-Intrusion camp was thrown into sore dismay last week, in consequence of the flight from justice of a lay reps e sentative of the Presbytery of Dundee in the General Assem bly, who is also:a member of the Non-Intrusion Committee. The individual referred to boasts of a descent from the great Scot tish ecclesiastical reformer, and was some years ago married to the daughter of a Scottish peer, with whom he continued to reside until the recent disgraceful occurrence. Iu the earlier part of his career he followed the procession of arms ; but the sword has been laid aside for the ploughshare, and the excitement of active service exchanged for the more con genial employment of aiding the clergy in ,their design upon the privileges of the people. It appears that some time ago a young lady, the daughter of a noble house, was upon a visit to the mansion of the Non-Intrusion hero, where an inter course of an improper nature ofiginated between the parties, of course without the knowledge of the aggrieved wife. During the whole time the outward mask of sanctity was preserved inviolate, and the religious observance of the household was carried on in the usual manner. In conse quence of a criminal proceeding, with the view cf con cealing the guilty fruits of this intercourse, the male culprit has rendered himself liable to the punishment of trans prtation, and only escaped from the retribution due to the offence by a sveiy flight from the country of his birth. I t is said that he was accompanied part of the way by his in. jured wife, who refused to travel further without learning the cause of the unexpected journey, and then left her husband to proceed by himself. The affair, as may be supposed, has created an extraordinary sensation, more especially in the Carle of Gowrie. The guilty fugitive was considered to be a well- meaning sort of individual, with a good deal of the spaoney in his composition, and, in short, just such a tool as the Non- Inttusionists can best use for their own purposes. He was accordingly put forward, from time to t me, in a very promi nent way in his own locality, in obedience to the wishes of the established clergy. The Presbytery of Dundee sent him as their representative to the General Assembly; and, although poseessed of no influence beyond what his position in society and reputed wealth gave him, he was nominated as a member of the Committee for carrying out the great principle of Non- Intrusion. Some of the clerical belli,erents have been for some time talking loudly on the subject of excommunication, in re gard to railway servants and others making use of the railway on Sunday. We wonder whether the ease of Captain Knox ' Trotter, of liallingdean, will attract any share of their atten tion.— Glasgow Chronicle, of Monday. The party 'whose tender - has beer. accepted for the cotepletion of the k)int station at London Bridge is Mr. Sa muel Grinisdele. The tender is under 37,0001. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. THURSDAY, MARCH 17. CHINA. DIVISION ON MR. LINDSAY'S MOTION. 11IINORITY—AYES, 37. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermoutti Larpent, G. De H.—Nottingham Aldam, J. J.--Leeds Mangles, R. D.—Guildford Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Morris, D.—Carmarthen Barclay, D.—Sunderland Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow Bowring, Dr.—Bolton O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Birkley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Pechell, Captain—Brighton Busfeild, William—Bradford Philips, Mark—Manchester Chapman, B.—Westmeath Plumridge. Captain—Penryn Colebrooke, Sir 'l. E.—Taunton Pulsford, Robert—Hereford Duncan, G.— Dundee Russell, Lord John—London Duncombe, T. S --Finsbury Scott, Hon. F.—Rox burg hshire Forster, M.—Berwick-on'l weed Smith, Abel—Hertfordshire Hatton, Capt.—Wen ford Co. Smith, J. A.—Chichester Hawes, B.—Lambeth Stuart Villiers—Waterford Co. Hay, Sir A. L —Elgin, Ac. Wood, Benjamin—Southwark Holdsworth, J.—Wake field Wynn, C. W.—Montgomeryshire Hutt, W.—Gateshead TELLERS. Jardine, W.—Ashburton Lindsay, H. H. —sandwich Johnstone, A.—Renfrew, &c. Staunton, Sir Geo.—Portsmouth - NOt...S, 87. Hardy, J.—Bradford Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Hodgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Hope, G. W.—Weymouth 'iumphery, John—Southwark Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffolk Johnson, W. G.—Belfast Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Lawson, A.— linaresborouat ' Liddell, Hon. H.—North Durham Lincoln, Earl cf—Northampton- MAJORITY Acton, Colonel—Wicklow Co. Al J. P.—Cambridgeshire Arkwright, George—Leominster Ashley, Lord—Dorsetsliire Bailey, J.—Herefordshire Bai!lie, H. J.—lnverness-shire Baring, W. B.—Thetford Baskerville, T. B.—Herefordshire Bentinck ' Lord G.—Lynn Botficld, Beriati—Ludlow Broad ley, Henry—East Yorkshire Nrotherton, J.—Salford Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk Clerk. Sir G.—Stamford Cockburn, Sir G orge— Colville, C.—South Derby Coote, Sir C.—Queen's County Corry, Hon. IL L.—'Tyrone Co. Crawford,.S.— Rochdale Crosse, T. B.—Wigan Conic, Raikes—Northampton Darner, Hon (1.---Portarlington i , arliy, George—East Sussex Dick, Quintin—Maldon Douglas, sir 11.—Liverpool Douglas, Sir C. E.— Warwick Drummond, H. H.—l'extlisnire Eaton, It. J.—Cambi higeshit e Egerton, Sir P.—South Cheshire Emlyn, Lord—rembiokeshire Follett, Sir W.—Exeter Ffclliott, John— Fuller, A. E.—Eaq Su:sex Gaskell, Jame , Milnes—Wenlock Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire' Goulburn, Right Hon. 11.—Cam. bridge Universiiy Graham, Right lion. Sir J. R. G. —Dorchester Grcenall, P.—Wigan Greene. T. G.—Lancashire Grimsd it ch, T.—Macclesfield , Hatnilton, W.—Ne%port, Isle of Wight llarrilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Harding', Right Hon. Sir H.— Launceston shoe, Routh Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. H. B.— Worcestershire Nast. M'Geachv, F.—Honiton I • IMainwaring, T —Denbighshire Marshall, W m.—Carlisle INartyn, C.C.--•Southaimpten Mastim; Colonel—Cirenct:ster Miles, William—Sointrsetshire Morgan, 0 —Monmouthshire Mundy, E. M.—South Derbyshire ,Napier, Sir Charles —Mtrylebrane 'Peel, itt. tion.z...ir Pracd. W. lees Pringle, Alexander—SPlkirkshire Rae, Bight Hon. Sir Wm.—Bute Reade, M.—Waterford City Bose, Sir George—Christchurch Bound, Charles Gray—l•ssex N. Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Smol:et, A.—Dunbartonshire ItFomerset, Lora G.— Monmmuthsh \Stanley, Edward—Cumhcrland Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge aTennent, J. a—Belfast lollerni.che, J.—South Cheshire Trevo►, Hon. G —Caermarthensn. Vane, Lord H.—South Durham Vero, Sir C. B.— Lag. S.itlolk Waidey, 7 homas—Finshury NVoed: Colonel T.—Middlesex IVori ley, Hon. S. —IV. Yorkalnre VVyndha., THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1842. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . 1 (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) . PORTiMOUTII, MARCH 19.— e Tne steam-ship Great Liver pool, Captain MtLeod, arrived at the Motherbank on Monday, from Alexandria and Malta, bringing 88 passengers. She left the former port on the 24th uh., and latter on the 2d inst., touching at Gibraltar on the Bth ; landed the mails and letters at Falmouth on Sunday last. Occasional cases of plague still prevail at Alexandria and its environs; the last case occurred about fourteen days before she left. The Great Liverpool has brought home the following passengers: —Mr. Barrett, Dr. Bell, Mrs. and Miss Russell, Air. 'Sweetingham, Lieutenant Fitzmayer, Mr. Loachman , Captain Fraser, Major Keysic, Mr. Moore, Mr. White, Captain Lloyd, Mr. Okenden, Dr. O'Shaughnesiy, Mr. M'Fatlane, Sir E. Ryan, Mr. Walker, Mr. Harding, Mr. Lyall, Mrs. Wood, the Misses Lister, Mr. and Mrs. Prinsep, and three children, Captain Henderson, Mrs. Helier, Capt. Leach, Mr. and Mrs. Dent and children, Dr. and Mrs. Lamb, and Master Alexander from Calcutta ; Capt. Anson R.N.. Sir R. Comyn, Messrs. Clarkson, Davidson, Ray, and Captain Hill, from Madras ; Messrs. Crab and Heiley, from Ceylon ; Mr. Donaldson, Colonel and Mrs. Farrell and children, Mrs. Bagnold and child, Mr. Waterhouse, Mess's. Blair, Captain Waters, Major and Mrs. Yalden and ten el.ildren, Mr. Edgeworth, Mr. Goodwyn, Capt. Penni!, Capt. Woodward, Major Rainsford, Mr. Coke, Capt. Chalmers and child, Commodore Backs, Mrs. Davidson and child, and Mr. Leachman, from Bombay ; Capt Fletcher, R.N., Capt. Eyres, R.N., Capt. Clark, R.N., Capt. Gifford, R.N., Col. Adams, Mr. Sullivan, .Mr. and Mrs. Lake, and Mr. Lorraine, from China. The Them. steamer, Commander J. Steane, 'errived on Sunday from the West Indies; left Antigua on the 14th February. She sailed again on the following day for Wool wich, with the Royal Artillery, brought home by the Atholl troop ship, from Barbadoes. The Alban steamer is ordered to take the remaining invalids to Chatham. The Hecla, steamer, Lietti. Cragg, arrived yesterday from the West Indies, to be paid off, and has proceeded to Woolwich. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Nicolas, C.B. (with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C.B. ). sailed on Wed nesday far China, touching at Madeira, Simon's Bay, and Cal cutta. She takes out despatches for Sir Edward King and Sir' Wt ham Parker, and a large number of supernumerary men and hots for the -Squadron. The Gorgon, steamer, Captain Henderson, arrived on Wed nesday from the Mediterranean, to be paid off. She was re leased from quarautir e yesterday, and came into harbour for fuel. She lett this evening for Woo's% ich, with the Royal Artillery on board from the Coast of Syria. The Queen. 110, Captain Rich (with the flag of Vice-Ad miral Sir E. Oe en ), and the Formidable, 81, Capt. Sullivan, have been paid wages, and are only waiting fur a fair wind to proceed to the Mediterranean. The Albatross, a new 16-gun brig, will be launched from this dock-yard, on Monday the 2ath inst. The Ganges, 84 ) Captain Reynolds, arrived at Gibraltar from Malta, on the 7th March, on her way to England to be pail off. The Belvidere arrived at Leghorn, from Naples, on the 3rd March. ' The Daphne, 18, Cailtain Dialling, is ordered home from the Mediterranean. • The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, returned .from Cadiz to Gibraltar on the Ist inst. ; and the following day, the Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, left Gibraltar for Malta. ' The President, with the flag of Admiral Roes, was daily ex pected at Rio Janeiro, from round the Horn. on the 19th of Jan. The Bittern at that (laic was cruising off Rio; the Curlew sailed thence. 15th January, for the Cape. The Wanderer had been despatched to the River Plate. The French fri g ate Gloire, with the flag of the Rear-Admiral, and three brigs were at Rio, With her Majesty's ships, Andromache, Cockatrice, and Crescent. The Amon:an ships of war, Delaware, 100, Potomac, frigate, and three covettes, were north of the port cruising. . The Brisk, arrived at St. Helena, on the II th January, from the Coast of Africa, and sailed on the 16th, on a cruise. The Wanderer, Partridge, and Bittern, sailed from Rio de Janeiro, on the 26th December. The Volcano, steam-vessel, arrived on Thursday, from Liverpool, with newlv-raisd men : and having transterred a portion of them to the Formidable, proceeded with the remain der to Plymouth, to join the Agincourt. The Candahar, convict ship, ( Ridley), under the charge of P. Leonard, Esq., is- urge m Superintendent, arrived on Mon day from the River, to embark 250 prisoners for Van Die man's Land. The Geyser steam-frigate, Commander Carpenter, is at Woolwich, getting ready for sea. Her pinnace is to be fitted with a disc engine, of five horses power, to work a screw pro peller, on the plan of her Corhmander. The Kite, steamer, of Woolwich, will be ready for sea on Wednesday next, and the Gorgon, steam-frigate at the same place. on Friday next. , '1 he Lightning steamer, Lieutenant Pearce, sailed this even ing for Woolwich. The Atholl. troop-ship, is'ordered to he paid off. The Satellite, 18, was taken out of dock this morning, and will be commissioned, it is understood, forthwith for the Medi terranear.. The Agamemnon, a new 80-enn ship, ordered to be built at Woolwich, will be/constructecr on the platy of the late Rear- Admiral Haves. Three French ships from Havre, for the West It dies, have been driven in here by contrary winds—the Jason, for Guade loupe ; and the Edward, and Le Seduisant, for Martinique. They remain with the following :—Wilmot, Miller, for Sydney and New Zealand ; Candahar, Ridley, for Van Die:leas Land ; Mary Ridgway, for Alexandria; Northern Conference, for Bermuda ; ttobert, for Ancona • Reliance, for Constanti nople and Odessa; Mary Isabella, for Smyrna; and Katinka, for Jamaica. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal Ge orge, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Atli cal (troop-ship), Gorgon, Adventwe, (naval transport), Echo nd Lightning (steamers), and Raven cutter.)., A pithead—Queen, Formidable, Alfred, Candabai (con ykt e :p), and Wilmot (passage ship for New Zealand.) • Ve -Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, second Sea Lord of the i...miralty, held a naval levee, on We !nesday, at noon ; and Admiral :die George Cockburn, G s C.B., will continue to hold his levees every Thursday, at 11 a.m., till further notice. The depot companies of the 19th Regiment passed through this .--- -- .is tow o`on Mor;day morning, rtrarh to Brighton, where they will be quartered. We cannot but think that if the Homo Guards would be more communicative wit the Admiralty, in all cases regarding the movement of tro o ps, much good would result; this depot will have had a mar oh of four days at least in ,miserable weather, when a steer could have taken them to Brighton Pier in five hours; an no man-of-war steamer vas at hand, we do think a pri va steamer would have conveyed them for the marching money. raosiorioNs AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Commander John Hallowes (of the St. Vincent), to the rank of Captain, when he has completed his sea time. Arromrstestrs.—Commanders R. B. Watson (of. the Blenheim), to the Modeste ; W. H. A. Morshead, to the Co lumbine ; Joseph Pearse, to the Cruiser ; Louis G. Tindal, to the Pylades ; Lewis Maitland, to the Algerine ; N. James C. Dunn, to the Ocean, for the Ordinary at Sheerness. Lieutenants —Michael Dwyer (18(2), to the Fearless; John Hancock, to the Excellent; Julian F. Slight, and H. J. St. Georges, to the Resistance; J. H. Cockburn, to the Win chester; J. W. R. Ince, to the Fly; Poole Gubbins, to the Scylla; John Franklin , and W. Mould (additional) to the Queen ; G. W. Wilkinson, 1 o ihe Ringdove ' • J. H. Chris tian, to the Queen, vice Caffin , promoted; J. B. B. Collier, in Winchester, to the Alfred ; W. C. Nowell, to the Formi dable; L. B. 111•Kinnon, to the St. Vincent, vice Blair, pro moted; Henry Lloyd, and William Horton (additional), to the St. Vincent. Masters—J. S. Pritchard, to the Fearless ;C. H. Dillon, to the Geyser ; John Huntley, to the Resistance ; J. Aylen, to Victoria. Second Masters—G. A. M`Bean, to the Mastiff; A. J Barnard, acting, to the Queen; E. J. H. Tucker, acting, to the Alfred. Masters' Assistants —Edward Jory, to the St. Vincent; T. S. Anderson, to the Styx ; H. Pennington, to the Mastiff. Surgeons—Hugh G. R. Page, to the Resistance; Dr. An derson (b), to the charge of the Lunatic Asylum, at Haslar Hospital. Assistant Surgeons—W. C. Hancock, to the Resistance ; Alexander Brown, to the St. Vincent, vice Caldwell, promoted. Pursers—John Milner, to the Geyser (for China) ; Joseph E. Key, to the Resistance.. Mates—J. A. Pritchard, to the Royal George, for service in the Nautilus ; H. G. Veiteh, to the Styx ; F. J. Mornby (of the Magicicnne), to the Formidable; John Townahencl, to the Agincourt. Midshipmen—H. Graham, to the Formidable. Clerks—F. J. Fegan, to be Secretary's Clerk to Admiral Codrington ; J. C. Paine, to the Nautilus; C. H. Elkins, to the Victory. Volunteer Ist Class—NV. K. Bush, to the Mastiff. Coast Guard Service—Lieut. Combauld, to Langstone Harbour, vice Pritchard, resigned ; Lieutenant Clark (1819) to klayling Island; Coull, to Alum Bay, from the Dove, revenue cutter. Captain Nott, and Commander:, Coffin am) Citteme, have joined the Royal Naval College, to avail themselves of the studies there pursued. PLYMOUTH, TIIVItsDAY, MARCH 17.—The Spy brigan tine, 3, Lieut, J. M. Potbury, Commander, arrived from Bristol, witl, volunteers, the llth.—The Tyrian packet, Lieut. C. W. Crib* was paid off the Vth.—The Alban steamer, Mr. Kink, Master, with volunteers for the Agincourt, arrived from Portsmouth, the 14th, and sailed on her return the same days with volunteers for the ships at Portsmouth; also ar rived the Hecla steamer, Lieutenant J. B. Cragg, with a mail f , ..0m the West Indies; she is getting some defects made good in her rudder, and will proceed from hence to Wool wich, to be paid off.—The Lightening steamer, Lieutenant E. G. Pearce, arrived from Woolwich, with stores; and the Driver steamer, Commander S. F. Harmer, from Portsmouth, Idle had a defect in her steampipe, which, being repaired, s h e sailed for China. The Crocodile, 26, troop-chip, was commis sioned by Mr. Thomas Elson, who is to command her. 'the Seagull packet, Lieutenant John Parsons, was paid off the 15th. The Minden, 72, Capt. M. Quinn, sailed for China the 15th ; she made an attempt to get down Channel the 12th, but it blowing a gale from the westward she was obliged to return to her anchorage in the Sound.—ln harbour. Caledonia, San Joscf,Agln sm. Agincourt, Resistance, Fly, Scylla, Bramble. In the Sound. THE NEW NOVEL ny L. E. L. — We a r e re quested to state that " L a dy A nne Granard, or Keep i ng u p Appear , ances, by L. E. L. Authoress of " Et hell Churchill," " The Improvisatri ce ," & c., in 3 vit:s. post Svo., wirh portrait of the Authoress by Fi n d en , i s published this day by Mr. Colturn,. of Great Marlborough -street, arid may now be had at all the libra ries. Mr. Colburn has also just published—l. Fascination, /a novel, edited by Mrs. Gore. 3 vols. — A dventures of Sir }lint y Morgan, the Bucca n eer, a Nautical Romance, by the author of " Rattlin the Reefer," &c., 3 vole. -3 . The School for Wives, a novel, by the author o f " Temptation." -4 . Anne Bo ! eyn , a Thomson, historical roman ce , by Mrs. A. T. 3 vols.-5. Ihe Alan of F or t une , a tale, by Mrs. Gore, 2 vols. Also, just ready, Passion and Principle, a novel, edited by Capt. Frederick Chamier, 11. N., autho r o f "The Life of a Sailor," &c., 3 vole. TIIE BURNEY DIAITY AND LETTERS.—The most remarkable, as well as the most enter aining and valuable, fea ture of thi s work, is the extraordinary number of celebrated persons of the 18th century, of whom anecdotes and entire con versations are related. It would be vain to attempt to mention the whole of then, but the following are some of the most dis tinguished who figure prominently in the first two volumes : Burke, Sheridan, Johnson, Gibbons, Goldsmith, Murphy, Hersehell, Beckford, Horace Walpole, Erskine, Bruce,Warren bt:reugh, Dr. Haw kesworth, Hastings. Dr. Beattie, Colman, Cumberland, Garrick, Si r Jcshna Reynolds, Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Harry, Nolldrens, Capt. Codke, Soame Jenyns, Sir Joseph 13 ai.ks, l'ranklin, Dr. Parr, General Paoli, Lord Lougn_of St. Asaph, Mason, the 13oswe1l, Dr. Gillies, lii,hop. Por , tens, Mrs. Chapor:e, Mrs. Carter, Mi s. Montagu, Mrs. Thrale, Hannah More, Mrs. Delany, Mrs. Vesey, Lady Di Beauclerck, a P ll h t ip h p e s l )S ri i n r ee N s V se George the Third, whose Mad. de Geniis, Llth . Cork. Mrs. Crewe, Mrs. Garrick, Mrs Grevii:e, the two ' Whartons, Mrs. Siddons, Anstey, George poet, Jackson, of Exeter, Lord Ferrers, also, Queen Charlotte s i , ia h m er ilt d o a n Ug ß ht i e h rs o . P personal opinions on literature, art, &c. are given in minute detail from his own lips. itis pleasing to observe the variety of inventions for facilitating the " means and appliances" of epistolatory cor respondence. To write well, and to enclose and seal your letter with some degree of taste, is now of some importance. A self lig,hting sealing. at.4x has ir,tely been invented ,hy Messrs. Da- nes and Co., of the Poultry, simple in its operation an d , neat, useful. THE FOURTH VOLUME, with Portraits, &c., price 103.6 d. I bound, of L IVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, Containing the QUEENS OF HENRY VIII., By, AGNES ,STRICKLAND. Will be ready on Thursday next, Marsh 24. Orders received by all booksellers. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great .Nlarlborough- street. NEW PERIODICAL WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF "STORIES OF WATERLOO." In Monthly Parts (not to exceed Eighteen) Price One Shilling each, with characteristic Engravings, by Dick Kitcat, the First Part to appear with th:t Magazines at the end of March. THE FORTUNES OF E C °R HAILO RA N, By W. H. MAXWELL, (' Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," Ike. Richard Benley, New Burlington-street; John Cumming, Ormond quay, Dublin ; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; Grapel, Liverpool._ THEATRE - ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME YESTRIS. ON EASTER MONDAY, MARCH 28. be repeated, in Two:Acts, with additions, Milton's Masque of (TOMUS.—Comus, Mr. W. Harrison; First Bacchante, Madame Vestris; the Lady. Mrs. Walter Lacy , ; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin ing; Syrens, Madame Vestris and Miss Rainforth ; Cupid, MISS Dowton ; Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris; Sabra's, Miss Rainforth. To which will be added t e Cometty of SIMPSON AN s) CO. After which will be p C rOdueed a 'rand Romantic Fairy Extrava ganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT. Doors open at nail past 7 ix, an,i the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. 6d ; First and Second Cixcies 55.. Second Price vs. 6d.; Pi:. as., Second ' rice '2s ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of lice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap plication. Private B.,xes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book se ler, 167, New Bond:street. THE W EATHER.-1N 00N, ISIARCII 19. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Tilermometer... 40) Highest 47 I Lowest 35 Barometer 29.75.—Wind W.—Ereezing Point IZ2 Deg. HIGH AV TEll AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mernin; 2 minutes after 8. Evening . 49iminutes after 8. 4 ; • ,r-±-11:, ~• IK7AtV c. 4 1: - , ka-k i do, - WriXX , 27,Xjar , o #,fiefg.l7, m 164 TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir T. - Buckingham Baring, 11. B.—Marlbox eiug (From the Totes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) IVErNESDAY, MARCH 16. MARRIAGES. Motion made, and Question put; " That lea' e be given to bring in a BM to amend an Act inti'ulcd, ' An Act to render certain Marriages valid, and to alter the Law with reipect to certain voidable Marriages,' and to define the prohibited de urees of affinity :"—(Lord Francis Egerton :)—The House divided MINORITY-AYES, 100. Ellis, Wynn 1 Neck!, John i.lphinstone, Howard ' Ogle, S. C. H. Ferguson, • o:onel Fag. t, Frederick Ferrand, W. B Paget, Lord Alfred Forster, Matthew Parker, John Gri,kell, J. M. Peehell, Captain Gibson, T. M. . Rawdon, J. D. Gill. Thomas Rennie, George Gregory, W. H. Repton, George J. Grimsoitch, T. Ricardo, John Lewis Hall, Sir B. Ric', E. B. Rai ford, Summers Round, C. G. Hastie, A. - Scholetield, J. Hay, Sir A. L. Scott, Robert Heathcoat, John Smith, f,enjarnin Hill, Lord Marcus Strutt, Edwaid Hin4dey, C arles Thornely, Thomas Hodgson, F. Troubridge, Sir T. Florsman E. : Tufnell, Henry Howard, C. W G. Villiers, Charles P. Jardine, William Wakley, Thomas Johnom, General Walker, R. Langston, J. H. lA'awn, John T, t.arl•cnt, Sir G. Wilde, Sir T. Leader, .1. T. Williams, Wm. Lemon, Sir C. Wilson, Matt ew Lindsay, H. Wood, C. Macaulay, T. B. Wood, G. W. Marshall, W. NVorsley, Lord Mitcalfe Henry Wynn, C. W. Mitcnell, T. A. Young, John Morris, David Mostyn, Hon. E. M Muntz, G. F. Ag:lonby,ll. A. Ainsworth, Peter Aldain, A iambus Edmund Arkwrig.4. George Bal , iwin, C. Barry Bell, John Berkeley, C. i:ernal, it. Blew•itt, Reginald forth, ick, Peter Bowring, Dr. Brutherton, J. Bruct , , Lord E. Buckl4v, EJmund ___ Chiltie'rs, J. W. Cob en; Richard Coll orne, 'NV Write) Colebrooke, Sir I'. E. Collett, W. Itickford W. (;ibson Crawford, W. S. (;urrie, Curteis, H. B. Daltneny, Lord Dalrymple, Captain Denison, John Evelyn Dodd, George Aowdeswell, W. Dull; James Duncan, George Dundas, C. W. D. Easthope, Sir John Ebrington, Viscount TELLERS. Egerton, Lcrd Fran. Buller, C. MAJORITY—NOES, 123. , Acland, Sir Thomas I Duffield, Thomas Murray, C. R. S. Actand, T. D. Du ncombe. 0. Neck', Joseph Ackcrs, James Egerton, \\'.'l'. Neville, Ralph Acton, Colonel Egerton, Sir P. G. Newry, Viscount Adore, Lord ' Escott, llichkam Nicholl, J Adderley. C. B. Esmonde, Sir P. Norreys, Sir D. Allix, John Feter F.steourt, T. G. B. O'Brie ,A. Stafford Bailey, J. Ferguson, Sir RA. O'Connell. D. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fo'lett, Sir W. W. O'Connell, J. Baird, Will am Fuller, A. E. O'kerrall, More Barrington, Lord Gladstone, W. E. Ossulston, Lord Baskerville, T. B. M. Goulburn, H. Parke, C. W. Bentinck, Lord (} Greenal, Peter I Patten, John Wilson Blackstone, W. S. Greelie, T. G. Power, James Bodkin, J. J. Grogan, 'Eclw , rd Posey, Philip Bolder°, Henry G. Hamilton. W. J. Rashleigh. William Brampton, I'. W. Hardinge, Sir H. Reade, W. M. Broauiey, Henry (lardy, John Reid, Sir J. R. Browne, W. Hatton, Captain V. Ri-hards, Richard Bruce, C. L. ''. Hayes, Sir S. I Rolleston, Colonel Buller, Sir J. B. V. Henley, J. W. I Rous, tlins. Captain Bunbury, Thomas Hepburn, Sir T. B. I Rushbrooke, Colonel Burrell, Sir C. M. Hinnies, W. A'Ccurt Russell, J. D. W. Busfeild, W. 11 ,- pe, Alcxan.ler Scale, Sir J. Cavendish, Hon. C. Howard, Lord Shaw, F. Cavendish, lion. C. I Howard, Sir H. Sheppard, Thomas Chel,ea. Viscount Jernsyn, Earl I Siblhorp, Colonel . tiletWAde, Kir..!nittt 3.3lmsson. W. G. Smith, VP. rwn ChOlMOnfieleV, 11. 1 Johnstone, Sir John i s un ..;,, Hr,-G. Christmas, William Lamliton, H. i zomerton. Viscount Clerk, Sir G. Lincoln, Earl of i Staunton, Six (s. Cochrane, A. Lockhart, William I Stuart, W. VI Tiers Colville, C. It. Lowther, J. H. Tolleinache, F. J. Corry, H. L. Mactieachy, F. A. Trotter, John Ccurtenav, Viscount I Mackenzie, Thomas ; Tyrrell, Sir J. Cowt.er, lion W. Mahon, Lord I Vernon, Granville Cros.'e, I'. Bright Mainwarinf , 1' i Welby, G. Farle Darby, George Manners, ard J ; Whitmore, T. C. Dawilay, Hon. W. I Marsham, Viscount i Wilbraham, R. B. Dick.nson. F. 11. Master, TW. C. , TELLERS. Douglas, Sir C. E. Maunsell, T I'. Inglis, Sir H. H. Drummond, H. H. Moody, E. Miller 1 Ashley, Lord ADELPHI THEATRE, On Saturday night, after The Tlrech Ashore, with - Seaford as Mramaduke Magog, Mr. Yates spoke the following short ad tires, which was heartily responded to by the audience : " Ladies and Gentlemtn,—This night terminates our happy and prosperous labours to amuse you. 'I hat we have attained our end, the last word, prosperous, will assure you; that we might draw on your kindness for a further period, we make litt!e doubt, but we prefer our old rule and motto, " A short reign and a merry one," and shut up shop till next October. We return you our grateful thanks, proprietors and actors. For myself, I shall be actively employed caw: ing and inventing fresh novelties for your amusement, and until the period of our meeting again, I respectfully and gratefully bid you farewell." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FitlnAy. CHESTER Cur.-9 to 1 agst Lanercest, 11 to 1 apt Vulcan, 12 to 1 agst Soult, 13 to 1 apt Alice Hawthorn, 16 to 1 agst The Squire, 16 to 1 agst Cormorant, 15 to I agst Roty O'More (taken freely), and 35 to 1 agst Ararat. DERBY.-7 to l agst Attila, 11 to 1 agst Chatham (off.), 17 to 1 agst Auckland (t), 35 to I agst Dirco c. (off.), 40 to 1 agst Lord of Holdernesse (t.) °Aim—Nothing done. HUR\VORTH HUNT AND DIMSDA LE SPA STEEPLE CHASE.—THURSDAT. Sweepstakes of 2 sons. each, with 20 added; 3 yrs, lost; 4 yrs, list 21b ; 5 yrs, list 10Ib ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st 31b; mares, &c. allowed 21bs. Three miles. 31r. Applegarth's Nezisham Lass, 4 yrs.. 1 Mr. J. Stonehouse's Sir Robert, 4 yrs.. 2 Mr. ))ale's Gipsy Lass, 5 yrs Mr. G. Stockdale's Gipsy Girl, 6 yrs . TWO others started. BRETON ANNUAL COURSING MEETING.' MONDAY. Silver Cup of 20 guineas (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Web ster's Fencer, beating Mr. Smith's Tamburini. OSTERLEY CLUB COURSING MEETING-FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. The Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Nicholls's Victoria, beating Mr. Watson's Fanny (received the goblet). ARDROSSAN CLUB COURSING MEETIN G.—FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. The Cup (111 dogs) was won by Dr. Brown's Monarch, beating Sir W. A. Maxwell's Milo. The Champion Collar by Lord Eglinton's Waterloo, beating Dr. Brown's Driver. The Eglinton Park Stakes (13 subs.) by Lord Eglinton's Blackbird, beating Dr. Brown's Bells. The Tyro Stakes (20 puppies) by Dr. Brown's Kirklayd, beating his Glenowthcr and Heather Jock (drawn). The Harbour Stakes (12 dogs) by Lord Eglinton's Chester, beating Dr. Brown's Dandy. _ The selling Stakes (12 subs.) by Lord Eglinton's Fireball, beating his Mossrose. HOUTON CLUB COURSING MEETING—FRIDAY. The Cup was won by Sir P. Mottyn's Midnight. The Hot,n Stakes by Sir P. Mostyn's Mariner. The Wirral by Sir W. Stanley's Selma. HUNTING API I O INTMENTS. Sir C. ; s nstabalteu'rseaSyta, Wych g 'loll-bars, Houn ds,Wednesday, a tit. F Burstwich Dairyi ir Houses Fin don o n Hounds, Tuesday, Henfield ; Thursday, Wapping.. thorne-gate ; Saturday, Pat ham. Essex Union Hounds. uesday, Rettenden Comm on ; Sa turday, W Es i s s e e x ndo H n ou \N a 'a d s s i:, T at ue h s a d l a f- T, pas ß t yt l lrn 010 End ; Th urs d ay ,. East ; Thursday, Chalkney ; Saturday, Bulmer, at half-past 10. Essex and Suffolk Hounds, Tuesday, S'. Osyth Fl ag ; Sa turday, Tattingstone White Horse, at half-past 10. Mr. Tudway's Hounds, Tuesday , Hardway Evercreesh ; Saturday, Hardington Pillars. Mr. R. Cockburn's Hounds. Tuesday , Cock's Wood, near Oxminster ; Saturday; White Cross Ottery , East Hill, at 11. Lord Gifford's Hounds, Tuesday, Mocktree Common ; Fri day, Barne's 'l'oll-bar, at half-past 10. Mr. Candler's Hounds, Tuesday, Woodcote Green; Thurs day, Grafton Mill ; Saturday, Bransford Bridge, at 11. United Pack, Wednesday, Patton, half-past S. Montgomeryshire hds.—Tues., Llanymyneck Rock; Sat., Llansaintffraed-9. Essex stag hds.— Tues., Beauchamp Roothing-12. East Sussex hds.-11 , ed., Fulmer; Thurs., Norton Top ; Piddinghoe. NorfolK hds.—Tues. Hockham Hall; Thurs., Kennel; Sat., Bawdeswell—lq Earl Ducie's hds.—Tues., Buscot House; Thurs., Coles hill-10i. Mr. W. Horlock's hds.—Tues., Calcombe Wood. Hambledon Ms.— Wed., Barn Green; Sat. ,Upham Pond-10i. sir N. Carew's hds.— Tues., Sandy Gate; Sat., Thorns-11. Mr. Bulteel's hds.—Tues., Gara Bridge; Thurs., Erme Bridge-10i. 13adsworth lids.— Toes., Barnsdale Ber ; Thurs , Grove h all ; Sat., Nottou Ctiles's hds.—Tues., Higtinatn; Sat., mock Abbey —lO. Sinr w oin u ,g ri t i o l o h h d c s la . . = — T T u u e z. : N o V v o :r la D ug imie h; ld S a at..AshberryHouse -9 . iiu Bridge; Sat., Cottiff Wood. - flaydon hds.—Wed., Sewing Shields ; Sat., Kennel-9. Mr. Fane's hares.—Tues., Blewsbury Downs. Whitecross harrs.—"lues., Bishopstone; Sat., Butler's Cross-10i. Perthshire hds.—Wed., Dancrub; Sat. Innernytie-10i. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was honoured On Saturday . with a visit from the Quecn and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite. Her - Maesty . :lnd hiS Royal Highness, after inspe e ti ng Latubedi Palace, partook of a defeune with his Grace apt Mrs. Howley. ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE. For this Night only, the Adelphi and Surrey Companies combined, EVKINING MARCH 21, Will be acted Shakspere's oTHELLo.—Othello, blr. Lyon ; lago, Mr. H. Ilught s. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA BURLESQUED. To N hich will be added, THREE IN THE MORNING. To conclude with a New Pantomime by Mr. Frampton's l'upils, called H , kRLEQUIN'S EASTER. OFFERINGS, at the end of which a Grand Display of Firew.,rks. rig 444 ~ 4g, )4 LONDON? MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1842. Almost all the country papers have now begun to dis cuss the income tax, and few or none, we are happy to say, approve of it. One dilates on its injustice to tradesmen and professional men ; another expostulates against the hurried manner in which Sir R. PEEL is forc ing it through the House ; and a third, shows very forci bly that it has-been constructed to favour the landowners who will take advantage of its provisions to evade pay ment altogether. As far as we have seen, they all ob ject to its inquisitorial nature, and condemn it ye hemenently, more on account of its intrusion into do mestic life than of its pecuniary burdens. We are, however, surprised tc, find that some quasi liberal Journals of the metropolis praise Sir ROBERT PEEL'S scheme as tberlargest and " most judicious bud get .that has ever bren brought forward." They com pensate for their praise, indeed, by showing that he pro poses to bring into use an odious and complicated ma chinery, in order , to raise 3,700,0001., employing which in 1816 to raise upwards of 14,000,000 L, shook the strong and then popular Government of Lord LIVERPOOL IO its centre. We cannot conceive any thing more un statesman-like, more injudicious; or more unskilful, than to run the risk of offending the bulk of the middle classes in order to raise 1,700,0001. a year. The projector described by SMOLLELT, who had in vented a very cumbrous machine for cutting down cabbages was merely absurd, but Sir R. PEEL, who - in introducing his cumbrous machinery, is dealing with the mighty interests of humanity, is not merely absurd —he is mischievous and cruel. The lower classes are one and all set against the Goverimmt. They demand more political power. His proposed great change will not benefit them, nor in the least degree soothe their irritated minds, while if it be carried into effect, it will infallibly vex, disgust, and outrage the middle classes. Without. considering time and circumstances, Sir ROBERT PEEL has blindly followed Mr. PITT'S device. In answer to the objection that this was only a war tax, he replied that Mr, PITT adopted the tax to meet financial difficulties, that the country was now in financial difficulties; and therefore the tax now was as appropriate as in a time of war. But when Mr. PITT first laid on the property tax, and when the Whigs after wards extended it, the country was engaged in a war for its very existence, which kindled "the enthusiasm of the people in favour of the Government: The bulk of the community were heartily and enthusiastically opposed, first, to revolutionary France, and afterwards to BUONAPARTE. There is no such enthusiasm now to make the people submit cheerfully to privations, and carry the Tory Government successfully through its present difficulties. Nor can that enthusiasm be awakened by the cold formal orations of Sir R. PEEL. He has no heart—he wants sincerity, and his present project is unconnected ith any sentiment but that of the duty of preserving the Government from financial difficulties. But the bulk of the people already complain' of its enormous cost, a::c1 already speak of it more as a curse than a blessing. For Sir R. PEEL now to kindle an enthusiasm which l • will make the public submit to the inquisition of an income tAx, is as hopeless as an attempt to breathe life in the dead. The public will look also at the different objects of the two Ministers. Devoted to his country, Mr. PITT thought only of maintaining her independence and adding to her greatncBs. He was bent on subduing France, and no man doubted his sincerity or his p.:triot ism, whatever might be thought of her policy. What is Sir ROBERT PEEL'S object ? Has he any similar noble plan or view ? Dot:s his policy contemplate an exten sion of dominion, or the vindication of the national honour ? No. He is only content on maintaining the dominion of the landlords. He proposes an income tax, in order that he may keep on the Corn-law, by which he personally profits ; and he expects the people to submit to the same sacrifices for a purpose which they detest as for one they admired. Both in the circumstances of the times and the policy of the Ministers there are such essential differences, th a t now to adopt an income tax because Mr. PITT had re course to such a ckvicf. ) is TM ft more judicious imitation than that of the Chinese tailor who copied the patches and the dames of an old coat given to him for a nioclel. The spirit of imitation in a statesman is a sign of a little mind. He should create, not follow precedents ; and that Sir ROBERT PEEL could find nothing more suitable to the present position of the country than a hateful income tax, shows that he is a man of very limited resources. The difference we have adverted to in public sentiment, suggests at once a great probable difference in the results of the tax now and during the war. Hundreds and thousands of men who would have disdained to evade a tax honestly imposed for such a purpose as the defence of the country, will think it a duty to evade it when imposed only to enable Sir ROBERT PEEL to preserve the Corn-law. From several quarters we hear that _landlords and their tenants will conspire to evade it. Men with families will make over part of their incomes to their children for their sup port, and honestly swear that their income does not amount to 1501. a year. Persons holding property. in the funds will divide it „ amongst several parties, as trus-• tees, &c.—each of , whom shall have less than the required 1501., and so the tax Will be avoided. Trades men will take their children or foremen into a nomi nal partnership, and the divided profits of their trade will appear below the required standard. .The tax, then, will be very generally evaded, and the responsibility of all the immorality which will ensue will, properly belong to that unthinking statesman, who by imposing a tax when it is unwarranted by popular feeling, sets the duty of individuals to themselves', and their duty towards the Government in opposition. Looking on such a tax as the consequence of those mo nopolies which Sir ROBERT PEEL is carried into power to support, we are ready to declare that the duty of men towards their country, as Well as their duty towards themselves, requires and commands them under present circumstances, to evade and defeat such an odious and • inquisitorial law. Far from looking on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S, speech as judicious, we regard it as one of the wildest that could be fallen on by a Conservative stat'.sman. It is a cunning contrivance, which, pretending to promote the public welfare, serves no interest, and satisfies no party. It unsettles a great:many branches of trade without setting any free, or placing any on a permanent founda tion. With the words of freedom on his lips he introduces a great number of new restrictions, and he whets the appetite for further change both by what he gives and what he withholds. His conduct is at the same time a complete tacit admission, that Conservatsm, or holding fast ay institutions as they are, is an impossi bility. It he— - ~; . tO tin what institutions ougiit to be, awl on that model attempt to reform them; not go on patching and cobling an old garment that is falling to pieces and can no longer be-held together. Besides its injudiciousness, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S scheme has the demerit of plea Sing no great class. 'lt was un called for, and is unpopular. He has borrowed some suggestions from the Import Duties' Committee, and on them he has engrafted an income tax. A most favour able opportunity is offered to the Whigs to regain their lost hold of the public mind by a firm, spirited, and un ceasing opposition to this odious tax. .We 'trust, that they will stick to their opinion that this tax is not necessary; that by a proper system of commercial reform and economy in the public expenditure, the revenue and expenditure might be equalized, and pointing out the social, the moral, and the pecuniary evils of an income tax, they will in spite of the insolent taunts of Sir ROBIT.RT PEEL make use of all the forms of the House to delay the progress of hii measure till the public have had full time to consider it. The tax will be a . curse to the country, and our representatives will neglect their [ duty if they do not prevent Sir ROBERT PEEL from im posing it. ____ Sir R. PEEL ascribes to his proposed income tax the merit of not falling on the wages of Labour, but this is a fallacy which Lord BROUGHAM happily exposed on Thursday night in the following passage : A very g reat delusion prevailed in the country—at least amongst that large class, the labouring populati .n, for whom he felt. so Strong an interest—as to the operation of the income tax on them. It was a very common thing for them, or for those who instructed them, and who should know better, to say that the income tax could in no way affect them. There was no greater delusion than this. It. required but little argument to show that the labourer was affected by the diminution of the :und out of which he was paid. When the capital accu mulated, the fund of the labourer was increased; when, it became diminished, the fund to pay the labourer decreased in the same proportion. The manner in which the income tax was levied shrmed its effect on the Tabourer. You levy so much on men possessed of income ; ad that you withdraw from their capital supposing them tradesmen. farmers, or manufacturers—came from that accumulation which they had made this )ear, and would probably spend next sear. The money which they paid ks an income tax was no longer an ex penditure from which they could derive any direct advantages, for it was taken from *ern to be applied in another way—to support labour of another kind, which was not praductive. If that amount were not taken from that class it would be an accumulation, which would be spent in the same or the next N ear. Their Lordships would remember that there was an essmt:al difference between a tax upon incomes and a tax upon c , n sumable commodities, inasmuch as the former was una,om partied by any extens:on oldie supply given to labour, whereas the other, at the same sime that it put something into the -Trousury, of necessity also put something Into the fund out of which the productive labour of ihe country was rewarde.l. A tax of 1,0001. upon incomes added nothing to the labour of the country, whilst a tax of the same amount collected upon articles liable to the duties of the excise or the customs of ne cessity caused an expenditure of I,OOC/., or it might be of 2,000/. or 3.0001. mare, which went to support the trade and commerce of Englun , +. In confirmation of this view, we must state that Mr. PORTER shews in his work on the Progress of the Nation, that the condition of the people, judging by the produce of taxation, improved much less between 1801. and 1821, involving a long period of war, and of necessary taxation, than in the subsequent years when taxes were reduced :- 4 , Although," he says, «the amount of taxes received in 1811 was greater than the computation made, from the duties imposed by the sum of r,663,3201., it was smaller than the amount which should have been received, by 5,663,401/. when we take into account the increase which ban been experienced 'n the numbers of population. In 1821, the amount actually collected was 5,786,345/., beyond the compound amount, but 8,810,902/, below the su m th a t should have been received, considering that the population was then greater by 29 per cent. than it was in 1809. Between 1821 and 1831 taxes were re;.caled beyond what were imposed, amounting to 17,321,4041., and the effect of this reduction Was immediately seen in the proportionally greater consumption of ankles on which the 041 or modified duties were continued. .The amount received into the Exchequer in 1831 was greater than the amount by computation to the extent of 14,705,7821., and was within 550,3251. of the sum which it should have reached, considering the immense number by whom it was con tributed. In 1836, when the public hurc'ens had been still farther reduced by 4,981.261/. the amount of duties and taxes received was greater than it should have been by computation, to the extent of 22,072,8041., and greater, also, by 6,320,3991. than the remaining taxes would have yielded at the same rate of consumption by the increased numbers of the people. Thus, it is clear, that es long as the Government went on adding to taxation so long did the condition of the people go on deteriorating, and. it was only as the Go vernment aboblished taxation that their condition was improved, and they came up to, or even went beyond the mark which. they had reached when the computation began. . The bulk of the people then haVe a strung and even an intense interest in re cluing all kinds of taxation to the lowest possible level. Sir R. PEEL'S scheme proposes to add at least 3,000,0001. to the taxes, and the burden will fall, and must fall, on industry, which produces all the wealth of the commu nity'. For the 'labouring classes to look quietly on, be guiled by Sir B. PE7.l.'s and Mr. Goux.rema's • honied words, while they are despoiling the middle classes by an income-tax, will be most injurious to their Own welfare. They must • not allow any grudge on account of previous • ill-treatment, which Ave have always admitted they have received, to betray them into a criminal indifference to. increased taxation, On the contrary,. their interest is the same, on this point at least, as the interest of the middle classes, and they ought to make•eornmon cause with them in resisting the imposition of an income tax. We wish to direct the special attention of the public to a recent correspondence, which we have elsewhere inserted, between the deposed Baja of SATTARA and his agent, and the Directors of the East India Company- This correspondence forms another chapter in the his tory of the disgraceful conduct of the Directors towards a high-minded and innocent native Prince, placed by the fortune of war in a state of dependence upon them. We cannot conceal our indignation at the treatment which the agent of the Baja, a gentleman of rank and worth, has received at the hands of the twenty-four irresponsible oligarchs of Leaden hall-street. Every act of the majority of these men proves their perfect sympathy with those by whom the descendant of SEEVAJEE has been cast down from his hereditary throne, and plundered of character, property, and power. Those of our readers who remember the facts we published in connection with the return of the Baja's Agents in July last, will see the paltriness and dishonesty of the reasons assigned for refusing to recog nize the accredited Agent of the Raja now in Lon don. To deny to this gentleman copies of docu ments, so important to . the interests of hiS master is cruel and inhuman. The artifice, however, can avail but fur a short time. It is in the power of the friends of the Baja at the India House to bring these documents to light, and still further to expose the scandalous injustice to which the. Directors have become parties. As the friends of truth .and justice, we hope to see this done speedily. We desire to see British supre macy upheld in India ; but we see in conduct such as 9. that 7f i " towards the Baja of SA TTARA , th e see d s " "e and the source. , those troubles and disa s t ers '" which entail upon us 4.4: of wealth and hum an life, and what is more _than either, of ‘. British honour, and moral influence. A 4-.. - .4trse of undeviating justice Is the only method of permanen. 4 .. i f retaining our possessions in the East. We cannot too soon adopt this course. Let a commencement be made in the case of the Raj a of SATTARA. Should our past.. policy be much longer persisted in, England will be ruined by taxation, and India will be lost by the tyranny and exactions of the Court of Directors. Lied Gut SOMEKSET's Lunatic Asylums' Bill is one of those measures which are always favourites with the House of Commons. It is a remedy falling confessedly short of the evil to be removed. ‘.‘ In pro posing.this measure," said the Noble Lord addressing the House of Commons on Thursday night, do not propose to CIO nil that I could do, or that . ought to be done; but I do think that what I propose will be accompanied with very beneficial results, and will lead to broader and more comprehensive legislation on the subject." After such a state- Milt, was it td IR Medea that the House could refuse leave to bring in the Bill Assuredly not. True Mr. WAKLEY, and Mr. HAWES demanded a more exten. siVe melfslire bht the House, true to its character, de olitt@ti to entertain such a propOittl, What would become of jobbing in legislation—or the tinkering branch of the noisy basil-was of ilarliattlent, if laws were made as com prehensive and as perfect as even the limited capacity of some of their framers could make them ? "Any Dots and kettles to mend;" eries the perambulating renovator of wa natitieptiil6 "oily Mere latii tit Miller." shouts in chorus the statiotlars collective wisdom of three king. doms. Now ill pPOportion it tilt illagilitildt Of the subject of legislation is our vexation that it shotild be tip+ proached by legislators not prepared with com prehensive, and, so far a.° human judgment can devise final measures. The bitaby•lit syACM Of le g isl a tion unsettle.: every thing, puts the country to constant ex pense,little real good; Now tile clues- and effects very tion of the management and gOvehlinent asylums is a very important one ; and one at the same time which more than any other calls for the application of a gener4 rule. That most dreadful disease, mental alienation, does not call for a different course of treat ment in a different district. So far, then, as the Legis lature assumes the guardianship of lunatic asylums its n s d hP i u ne ki lud b e e i i super ngd o vision m ev c e q r - y ex e te s n ta s b iv li e sh i m vi e t n h t, t p h t e ibl U ie nited and private, in which lunatics are, or may hereafter be confined. There is one class of the community whose interests is lycriQlatierl are r.ovcr overlookA by the IlLar,,e of ',:; ...file lawyers. ENery 1 - 3111 - sure to Provide some jab for them. Lord G 7 so. d '.........................---.--,-.--...-....--------""....."` i f t y ; 1 2. :HEMET'S Bill vests in lawyers the CommissionershiPsiot '. '4) .. lunatic asylums, and appoints that patients previous to aJmission shall be examined touching their sanity by barristers. This is one of the strangest regulations that we ever heard of. Medical xuen are surely as competent judges of the prcsence Li' insanity as law character is at stake. But what injurl yers, and should they make a blunder, their professional sustain in his professional character, foz mistaking ti- '."•.', N‘iier person than himself for a madrOall- ? D° 111°t .." 4 lawyers make such mistakts, with absolu:e impunity, ~. will a lawyer ~, almost nightly in the liouse of Commons? Anil ar e we not ~val: lawyer-ridden enough already without dooming !he po or . ;2 1 4 •f i i,f , Insane victims of law—fur it is law which drives lON i n ait , i mates of such asylums mad, to he haunted with the cons ...3.11t :11 presence of its functionaries ? Sho uld such a measu."o, • Y 1:: be adopted, we should not be ast onished to hear next ot`. --...J,1"7. a clause in Some hospital bill appointing lawyers to .. 4 ,o) practice the obstetric art in all our public lying" in ' -“ „ t o ,1„ , institutions. - 40 .1g But, as Lord ASHLEY well observe 1, there is n o ne- ;0, cessity for any professional opinion to decide the goe s lion of insanity. Wherever it makes its appearance melt of ordinary capacity'and. common sense, nev er fail to perceive it quite as soon as physician s, or : ... . very frequently sooner. F T how many madmen has y . 4 , ,,, ~,e the law not ruined, whose insanity, plain to all the '._,, , ,0 world, only became known to the lawyers when ''''' And wi llit ' they had spent their last shilling ? o physician ever lawyers, and :,1;:,::org ~, pronounced a wealthy patient insane wh ... was ready to pay handsomely for his visits, unless 11,3 re" , r , :: ‘ safest test of insanity would be made by ceived a larger fee from the friends of the patient ? plifying the process, so as to be invariably conducted on . ~. ~,.. the principal of a coroner's court. But the cla' sti°ll '':' . w e shall l is one which we can now only touch upon. - take frequent opportunities of returning to it. inquest, , i ov. ~ , , 400 h There is not a word of political news in the Fre ° Journals. liaving expended their rage again,t Enghint on the subject of the Slave Treaty, and said more tlia.l in their cooler moments they can desire to have salu een° about our Indian reverses, and lauded t o the very Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan of an income because they say, it shows that Great Britain is at the last Psi', they now devote their editorial columns to the dome stic t question of sugar duties. As this question doe! lie f at all concern us, we shall spare ourselves the trots le any comment upon it. ~ P v" The illoniteur of the 17th has no official p :rt. 'I • 4 ,-, Tui • • ' , t t„c The King and Qucen of the Belgians are expecte. a .. e . will eries in the course of this week. The apartments which tu v A re• occupy are already preparing fur their reception. after the main at Paris, as well as the Princes of Saxe Coburg, til accouchement of the Duches of Netnours.—Constitutioonfi ,. oat. The Sentinelle confirms the statement of another journe_ i i ii be at camp of 400,000 men is to be formed. It is s aid that it w f ot ions Chalons.sur.Maine, under the command of the Dukes 0 in f a ntris and Nemours, and that it will consist of four di visions °I we Ifie four divisions of cavalry and artillery, engineers, Ike. , -- G:''''' have heard only the names of the following Lieutenant-y' eat , the Messrs. De;eau d'Andenarde, Oudinot, and Larvrestine, j : be its- cavalry, one of the divisions of which will ,it is stiPlo' se " A nd le tioned at Laneville, and the others cantoned about Che'ons a;C a e ly in . '"•' .-.)r the neighbouring towns where several regimen ts are 1 ,I garrison. —Commerce: -.f 17 . BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, M A rcal - i,art . , ~, First Highest Lowest pie% ._ Price Price. Priv- ill 5u .T Ceneh 1% per c,nt. ll7 60 ... 117 61 ... 117 (13 ": 4per Cmts; ...... .. 101 50 ... 101 511 ... 101 5" 0 s• 10 3 per Cents BO 70 .. 80 70 ... SO ° ... 80 90 Loan 'tank of erance Laffltte hank 1,000 ( . St arcs 11810 .„.10 , 20 .„.102 0 :6045 - 5,000 f. Shares 1015 ...5045 —5 04 ' ' , 81 0 Belgian Bank ' slo ... 810 ... 810 . .AO° 1811 105 w Belgian 5 per Cents. r, 5 eer Cen., 1840 IC6% ... 106 , ... 10 6 7 s - 53)i Dutch 2% er Cents. ... 3 Aiiisit Active : 5 ,4 ... 251,4 ... ON .. 5 / 0 Paysi•-• 5% ... t % ... sfis " 124 A New Deferred qtapolit.o, soolim... Portnguesc 5 per Cent.. HAIL WAY SHARES. 64 0 ~.i St. Germain Vwaiiies, K. ti 351 30 • 352 50 .. :AS ' 7 '' 2.211 ' L.B 222 50 ... 222 50 .. 210 81 3 ~ r. Rouen Paeans .. 567 50 ... 567 50 ... 566 7 031' S 131bUrg , o Bale 215 ... 211 s. 241 --- ---- - I% I ----- , D" A .,'' . THE INCOME TAX.—In humble imitat,o an -- rm.. grado, so well known to the readers of " Gil 13 10 ' 0 A h a • it may be remembered, proscribed " bleeding 0 7 1 , h a s water " for every complaint, the Tamworth tl" ir post' , qt ! . prescribed the Income Tax, which answers the PI ien ti- I 0 both of bleeding and hot water, inasmuch as it Fe; , 4 : 04 fully bleeds John Bull in the chest, and keep s his %al A na ,', l'' in a constant state of hot water ! This inquisitor iiivos , ~, ,Oe oppressive impost is as remarkable for its h i ° i dity• 4#!: as the remedial Corn-law measure is for its t 111 . 00 • . The firmer " goes the whole hog" as a bur de „ ll ;itic° latter stops half-way as a relief. The one i 5 CI / I ; ic odle i - ~I,; nuisance ; the other, a negative good. The belt`„ 0 0 1 Tax will shortl overrun the country with a loe tt- „ 1 0 111 `, 1 , 0 0 of tax-gatherers;' the Corn-law Bill will ju=t I , ! e .r. Toff ',oils the same state in which it found us. And this 1 0 4, 0 10. ~, of justice and common sense—to let loose against u• 1e relief ..044 army of tax-gatherers, by way of affording tts 'i l e Z3O; which we have been expecting for six months •iiiixce- thank God, we have at least one ounce of sweet' . t ;,.be ( ~ sip with our pound of sours ! Though we ai e :, to he plunged chin-deep in taxation—though a burdei.!;, i ' ba ck 4 . placed on our shoulders, such as might break P e ~L )W " '' m. of Atlas—still we have the proud consolation of 'l.-- ee , ing, that . we are to have turtle and turbot cheaP ;,, ; boa ' when we have no longer money to buy them wit"L 4l o- ... turtle and turbot are to be placed within our reach" es , - ,to, der our very nose! Who, after this, shall veTl O O-;, : impugn the sagacity of - Sir Robert Peel as a F in . ~.-.- • Minister ? ' - - , Ifeet • .". COLONIAL ASSES.—The instant Sir Robeyt „ ,i ot t •. .. luded last night to the Duty on " Colonial Asses, To r, ~ bray was set up by his Tory supporters ea I l li'll9 • r . sury benches, who evidently feared—as the R i g o t, :V : :-•' Baronet was in one of his taxing 'needs "d i rs t rieit i° e , was going to shift the duty from foreign to " asses, in which case they, of course, wou ld 1111 ,:le .e hliOea. . , ' i .- among the chief sufferers, for who can doub t th •' - of a Tory's ears ? .. Colo° iai In consequence of the Duty being loivered en e' , neo te Asses, a prodigious importation of Tories is . from the West Indies, and elsewhere. ~ i e rthu ck, ', l _ THE ELECTRICAL EEL.—The Tamworth , i , t oir; derS notorious 'for his slippery qualities, is, we un , !fel' known at the Clubs by the name of the ‘.‘ Elcetrics be • 11 h e in allusion,. of course,, to the manner in NV ble electrified John Bull by his Income Tax. • 01 1 ` : to , L , PROPOSED NEW TAX.—As Sir Robert reel Is asidel.' to lay on fresh taxes, we recommend to his °e,,eliq tion the propriety of taxing Parliamentary Set 00" which would be a great boon to the country, f° r ' c ool' amount to a positive prohibition of superfluous and so save much valuable time. f v er' - 0 ~ i„ SABBATH DESECRATION.—The total n umbe r ,„, llt l .. sons who passed along the Edinburgh, and Glasg°,,:,, f' e , way on the commencement of the Sunday trains `ls to tv The time occupied in running from one tertnio were co ts 0 . other was about two hours, and the arrange n ,',..y de e such as to insure the most strict order and proPrl:l h outi ll „,t'' ' . duct. What a dreadful rattling, and whipping be en e ( ?'" st there would have been had this large number d st les itt veyed by coaches ! They would have reel t° to f t a 25 coaches and 400 horses, allowing each re",(, e s a ll t two stages, 50 drivers and guards, 100 el s t,' :It Ics s , the goodly company would have • consuniecl t ot u 1 50 nut - 1 150 bottles of whiskey—making the lea st, T v ber of men and horses employed, at. (l it. and by steam 20 men did all the I" itotel at ,s coaches, too, must have interfered with tli c . s wer i e v e .:1* divine service, while all* the steam travell e l oo , ' t liberty to attend church. forenoon and afterny'' i o . r e leave impartial persons to judge whether stelob ti l ''' -'''' contributed more to the observance of the - Sa m all the Agnewites together. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE 0 ,:crof0 1 1 to . , . Sllt,—As I have observed in your columns the 1, 1 14 .6 u ,.., to the police, and tiOir method.of using it node% their ti call your attention to one instance at least in !ail' teg ._.,,verl b ~ thority is too limited. - A. MPS 41C I am a t:adesman and housekeeper in a ill, !_i f i n t; thoroughfare. The lower part of my premises:l 0 4 1!", b r as ,of I occupy myseil; the upper apartments I let o to t _ uit , su k r ei ;,,, a few! days since ever since annoyed me in every Possible way' parlo ar a afe i o's' gi yen a female lodger notice na l upo rs . '" oo r, remonstrated with, came; down stairs to InY vioien ed C as hle assailed me with the vilest epn.,,lsetp, and by her ~,ic e .con ' o i ng` . 0 4 a mob to gather round my d oor . f applied toa e p' o l i o t bs P r es, or , for assistance, but he could give me noun . , P . v l it hin d° 6 i the mob, the offence having been cornm;tt e " " t i e , but 4 1 could I obtain mireas at Bow-street. , i $ hit Id i it t '.-;g l' It is our boast that an Englishman's haus° to re e p o cy., 1: it never was contemplated Iry our. legislator, o f clei .s, oe • fortalice for those who break through the b o unen' rA T., , . , , s to AN INHABITANT OF s '.. • ...,,,, • . 0. 4 March 18. COVENT-GARP.. , . . ~,, 1 - i) t. * THE EARTHQU A- su.S:-' ~,- 0 9 1, c '3 TO TUE EDITOR (Jr THE . 5t. , L ot" _ ow ,^ St it,—Pereeiving in your paper, of the 17 . th a ' .., ^ tibitw ary i . o c e to v b n u i l s le i n t i n n s, of r n e a l t a n ti r v e e , to o n a th nd e aprrooucrndastibineatrai,e,ntro,upstu_,lia9; p o s p rr i, I t oral,pi ti- 0 * .: • state (now superstitious ti.nidit)' cal fact, that there is no case on r ecord i ° sn teata , " q ueq b ‘le :Ive r ~. ' L as itba!Ca)wirthquage ire place, except in the vicinity of vo lanie a s p , tica t jo miserritine vide." That the rumour Iva: "" • . - . ,rt was London,t h e . - - ---...,. ___ ... 7 ., ' +a tt. ( ---------- rrin A DE. , rhe 1.-- - . _. 4. STATE Or - 1 7 u , i .,, i 18. --: ', ii iovi u',,, , i': FOREIGN, wool. TRADE, of the Forepc fully to confirm ou: -as- week's eats to ha. e 4 0 0 Ind on the whole the trade aPP• it 18 ---Vl'' e 'Ad. 4 heal.ity appearance. i Woo i l tTradediLuErreEi Ig:t.t-liepii"ast:Eirn:o6l7acse.rorail,r7.lll EricrAsit wow, TaAng, . . _ er al slat ~,,„,, a . ‘,,.. Lzzps , Mote" * ' of 1 Ma'-ltet during the present tree, ' the t endency *" 4 , ~ gbles,. or the quotation of prices • ulithtne; gas, t ° , s t rd t el la t t. 7- € l ' l* - --- . • to re ' .'. not able• to report any itiii doitiiwarcis. ebeerr n g s ourdat IC a t the Cl°w * ilea trade this vce bat of the state of the woo , e business was dc'n e _ too ths,. ce . ate: tion 4, :a t A tt n: °kets of the last two day ir 1, Halls cdtt/pwred chili the is le . on _ as on a ny market mi a . merely n°- ' li tt l6 - on Tuesday the: e es - as ae littl es t:l n e Prices are Ta e s r beeil ha r; the commencement dof:fhe finey qualify. Ther e ; but c °° , s , l l al e o t - particularly for goo .s the warehouses this weektba is 1,1 , a7ra la g, l e r q D u s a . nt it y ' • doing :ness is • t i t er ~_ 0 hail rather an t e na v- , us t,-- , tbii period of the year. .... Tntiasoax.--"v but the v ooe . BRA nroKo MA RICE-, Market to-day, i . plain g.a te. more business time in more bu3ers in the Piec e . ii to alley gfr es ' t 2 CCollioal. - ing the season; not half the bu. done has been confined chie •arn, but prices rem yin is rather 'wire doing in ) Wed. Leeds Mercer y. are still fill ; prices keep firn?, and stocks do no __ aio --- We have notbing___ . 0 11-0 :Ice :-;.' to ...earn that' My: nil dent chgiuLci itailwa), i 3 fe,,t ret,"L.o,„ from the effeeti of the accident which w e des ribed last rw .... _ • Y. I