The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-20 00:00:00

t T!. l LATE DR. BIRKBECK.—A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the FREEMASONS' 1 4' , on MoNnAY, April 25, at One o'Clock, precisely, to te lt .the Report of the Committee on the best means of k m inig tbe public gratitude to Dr. Birkbeck for his service 19 0 0.!°°ting the Education of the People, and espeuially of the .. I tig Classes. Lord BROUGHAM has consented to preside. Lincoln's Inn-fields. TEAM FARES REDUCED. AM to MARGATE and HERNE BAY, th i, nntil further notice : Saloon, 4s. ; Fore Cabin 3s. ; l i e, 2s. ; at Eleven o'Clock, from London-bridge Wharf, I tr er . l3 2 .. ns_wi c k Pier, Blackwall, at a Quarter before Twelve, u.ESD AY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, by and splendih Packets, RED ROVER, or CITY of tRBURY. ! k , i mt ,Coaches, in correspo n dence with these Packets only, F 4 e 1 rne Bay for Canterbury, Dover, Deal, and all the 67: 1, Parts of r en t, i mme di a t e ly on th e arr i va l o f the packet. - ' u te 8 , 113, Fenchurch- s tre e t, a n d at London Bridge Wharf. t i °R.TH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION.—An Pii,9RDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the COM 4CATION, will be held at the Secretary's House, No. s;l_ktobien-square, on 'WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 27th inst., at "fClock precisely, pursuant to Act of Parliament. DAVID CALDWELL, Secretary. N - ()TICE is hereby given, that by INDEN TURE bearing date the' Fifteenth day of April now JOHN ROBERTSON, of Birchin-lane, in the City of rp„, 2 Merchant ASSIGNED all his ESTATE and EF tto ABRAHAM SCOTT, of No. 19, Charterhouse e, in the county of Middlesex, Merchant, CHARLES ipti C l tl, of Lawrence-lane, in the said City of London, erisetnan, and LENIUEL GODDARD, of Wapping, in l aid county of Middlesex, Ship-chandler, in trust for the of all the creditors of the said John Robertson, who 1i exeeute the said Indenture or signify their assent thereto, o tt , to „receive the benefit thereof within one Calendar Month X i eu t e a thereof. And that the said Identure was exe -114 the said John Robertson, Charles n Leach, and Abra etett, on the fifteenth day of April instant, and by the ~ti,teteuel Goddard, on the eighteenth day of April instant, iptt Pursuance of,:and is attested by the undersigned William S t lY . : Of New London-street, in the City of London, Attor : Lavr. Dated this nineteenth day of April , one thou : nht hundred and forty-two. WILLIAM MURRAY. L,t l , 1 1SONS in WANT of MONEY may obtain ~ .. 4 4e tt Itly SUM, from 101. to 1001., on very moderate terms, 'II, et Six or Twelve Months, by producing good substan 14:44sekeepers as security for the return of the same by e,..instalments. Loans granted without loss of time, if the i` p l is unobjectionable. 'ti , .Particulars and , , , / forms of application apply to I. J. Bea .:11, Stanho p e-street, Clare - market, daily , from 10 to 4; .. a , Angel, ~..`fe High-street, Bloomsbury. . '‘tli'ls, CABINET, and UPHOLSTERY WARE ROOMS, and MAN UFACTORY. • ATKINSON, of Nos. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, ; 6 and 75, WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE-ROAD, Lam -4'B offering to the public a Stock of all kinds of Furnish !quisites, entirely unrivalled for extent, durability, and 41 1(4 , omv. This Establishment (actually the largest in ) is "conducted en the unerring principle of quick re -4 With small profits ; substantial (warranted) furniture, at Laud the present economising times demand. VrYe the situation of the Premises, on the Left Hand, g from Westminster-bridge to the Marsh-gate, and the ost distinctly, " ATKINSON." t ' SELF-LIGHTING SEALING-WAX ki ( 4 1 1 ,3' now be had of all respectable Stationers and Chemists. L 1 4 Boxes containing 30 Sticks for Letters, or 50 for IL, in Red and Black, and 3r5 Sticks of Shaded Colours, No.es, price f',4l. Brothers, and Co., Patentees, Poultry Chambers. J I -VTR, SUPERSEDED, and. those corrosive ,k)4 l Ind injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver th:ted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ItulA PLATE. C. WATSON (late ALDERMAN) C 142, B ar bi can , a id e d by a person of science in the amal- V'Y metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the lit:'lo.!itiful article ever yet offered : possessing all the rich ,ilver in appearance—with its durability and hardness perfect %weetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a al process, by which all that is'naseous in mixedmetals is 1 4 extracted—resisfng all acid, may be cleaned as Silver, 1 4 . 1 Manufactured into every article for the Table and Side- 18 Poons and Forks, s. d. _ _ I s. d. Mustard Spoon 0 6 Tea Spoons, per doz 5 6 Gravy Spoons 3 6 Salt do. Sugar Tongs ..... 1 9 16 6 I *per doz l2 6 5 6I I „ueert „s.. ....... les hcio• li tStn begs the Public will understand that this metal 4d, I ltrly his own, and that Silver is not more different from 1 41 4141 1 big metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merits Sik:lo Wishes it to be tested. And from the daily increasing 1 he receives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent ing an article of universul wear. Foreign Orders promptly executed. 41 and 4•2, BARBICAN. LVER TEA SERVICES. ; COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, N.!, &even doors from Gracechurch-street, submits the 4 N the f o ll ow i n g SILVER TEA a n d COFFEE NER . The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, 11.44 d coffee pots with a flower ornament ou the lids. The 111.ktteril is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. of either is new and elegant. iknE PATTERN. t RING'S PATTERN. E s. g i her Tea-pot ...12 0 K. Att Sugar Basin 6 11, ;. : 44 Ilia Ewer. 410 'Coffee-p0t..15 0 s. Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 Ditto Cream Ewer 5 Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 1.1 , '''° l llolete ...£33 6 Qr . iety o f upwar d s o f fift y 7ln the Show-rooms, wh " ti ter requisite for the si• 14. prices, illustrated by s' khdlorwa..ded, postage f OX.SAVORY, No. 4'i cechurch-street. Complete £4O 0 r Tea and Coffee Services may sere may be selected every arti deboard or plate-chest. Pam ketches of the various articles free, to any part of the kingdou-, 7, Cornhill, Lontlon, seven door,. U SAFETY FOR STREET DOORS. IUB'S PATENT COAII3 INATION 4C' t LaCHES, made expressly for this purpose, with very small ate perfectly safe from the attempts of picklocks and s d Th y are vary stroni, not liable to get cut of order, and plo as to place theni within the reach of all classes. Oent w Fire-proof Safes and Boxes form a complete pre- Ttr deeds, plate, books, &c., from fire and thieves. Cash. i kt . :dapan Boxes of all sizes fitted with the New Patent j,brtment of the above on sale, by C. Chubb and Son, 4,_e Church-yard, London, by Special Appointment Mann- Prince Albert. N ik is E.—PERRY AND CO.'S FILTER thtil if jANDS.— Great improvement has recently been made in 'V e r t p Th Ureil i t e h l e , ll t PA:IENT fi PERRYI AN FILTE s n with c e o le n ga d n e c n e ce a r n e , . t) 4 l l N r%. ,lteneral use, d oi sTrn m p e l l icl t it v in p„ , 111,. 4 P. and Co. take this opportunity to announce. that kmpelaair any of their Inkstands, without charge, or, if pre sitt`4l)ply the present improved principle to any of their pre "t 2s. 6d. each. ee . ' . 1 ikst ands returned for the above purpose must be sent Manufactory, 3'7, Red Lion-square, London. 4 0 TESTIMONIALS. dpi tv es the ink in great perfection—it prevents evaporation— et; ind of dust or dirt, and at any moment gives the writer clear filtered inK.—Courier. 41 0 . es the advantage, from being air-tight, of preserving ink li the most of time.—Times. :rie most useful inventions of the present day that has come 'h r observation.—Morning Herald. ti te :,e tested the Perryian Inkstand, and have eve r y reason to 4 4 '3 satisfied with the trial —Atlas. - v4 most ingenious, and not in the slightest degree liable to r)liriolder.—John Bull: trkeniously constructed to keep the surface of the ink at a • el, Where' it is presented to the dip of the pen. - Morning Mentors of the Perryian Inkstand have completely remedied defect of common inkstands.— Chamber s's Journal. 'wagon truly mechrnicA and ingenious, purifying the ink ttie d 'titer, in qu ntities sufficient to serve for immedi ate and itikre•—Standard. q tr satturmhat of ever came tio ar ce w . e safely acco fli to the m a plishedth b :desid b :r Ss,/ Of the ink, preserving the evaporation, and keeping it Advertiser. A ENA:tr(c3FEin IMPOSITI ON. IIID CHINESE ', , QUID HAIR DYE.—The thousands of individuals who it. "Pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, , iv,..it to be the only Dye extant which will effectually change, 147 1 ,, 'kites, red or grey hair to a dark h own or black, and it , 1 ;' 4 4 4 ed incontestibly that it is the safest dye in its use that k l :'ePared. Red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, mous v,i,,, are changed without trouble, by simply using . a comb 11411t.11 `o the liquid ,• one application will produce a i leasing anti :t t ,, t ,t change. The colour it imparts to the hair . can never he Ntl ie ohave been effected by dye, it be n ing sr T li p i e n rtc;c h t e lyi e n as a t tu fa ra d l t e i t, t 4 h,` i ,evoaisohuirng,rpoediu-sgrirdatiolnilionrdraenysth g d o i l* ladies who wore false 14 e their own becam . e grey, wear now their own. Also, \,,iliae r gentlemen who had grey or red whiskers, which was a \:tittirem en t, have become quite dark from the use of •• ta,,„'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gen , I tt, ,_dye their Hair with ease and secrecy in a few minutes li k lule. Price Os. ficl., fis. and 10s. per bottle. . 1 / 4 t i 1 I. 1 11 Ir i it' d, ed t :Hr h errw. e ri ;ggien s tpi o ig dt. l .resg e :orrsu P nteetre r :,: o nt et, : r:t Proprietors, Cheltenham; 1 le e s:, , nt r ii tri s n,: , i A:: 2;tdgy,li Strand; Brothers,: Sanger, s o on t i r t: i l g .irai Nottingham-plaice, rinle 150,100 ri i 3,1, 1 I. a c ,‘ls , : ;B e f:,eioto3e.F.,:tdr.:l Bull-street, ,ut ti g raaee a er :e t c, :dt e t _;;;-, b„ltechapel.read; also of Mr. Johnstone, 138, Cornh!ll; But , 't,1 1 1 1: 11, d S Zd l i e cTile 4 Ven G d e o o r r li e n -It o r e w e n t , an l . l a at ,, T i g n s t 4 . a Ti e D o t f t o m a t n ,s y t 44 , m in i g t do f m or b/pseennctelirnltnadrecmo.i%taiawisoesyiaildijd Hair nye 1 had Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor . • .......... 4ht, ' ' , A -ORDINARY SALE OF PARR'S LIFE PILLS. • TO THE PROPRIETORS. "r ills ,'Send me immediately one hundred dozen boxes of ' ali I am nearly without, and the sale increases astonish. ;'4‘l4t4l \ ti l, ‘l' , t It i e t rumber making l m r y t s e ale e n: fewerthan 6,250 boxes N s $ successfully es T sf h ully Pi f l o s r a rro e st a of "the b ills thatuniversal sgaisnahceeiar,tol7 Person s having assured me that they have derived from tith:tqest benefit, when other medicines have totally failed. ~ instances one has just been brought before me of a § 0 trZness of breath, &c., in the case of Mr William Bossing. IllCtintendent of the Boston Sheep Market, and conse- Clthwell known, and easily referred to, who says, " Hay . ''erolls medicines for a stuffing in the chest and difficulty I t r,,,„ Without success, I at length tried " Old Parr's Pills," kktilsaj to say they have entirely cured me ; I consider these t ai,,,,Zeellent family medicine, that 1 will never suffer my 'tkb:hout them," Hs Mg nearly exhausted, I hope you will lose no time in lit v_. "'t Parcel. 4 krittilot Gentlemen, yours truly, JOHN NOBLE, ' ' . .littl Retail Medicine Warehouse, Market-place, Boston. 1 144: 14 q 29, 1842. \itit SONNET. tit q ,Z e l . ofOld Parr, written on the discovery of his last Will , ~.„ 1 4, - in whih is contained the method of preparing his :, '"edieine for conquering disease and prolonging human '•(), ~, , .„. ...9ierable Parr, trumpet fame , • . ".,A troll calls forth thy long-forgotten name; oi' •l s hqtal of many years! how blest the plan 041 mighty secret does reveal to man ! 7, t'Jtl this suspicious hour shall evil ecase, ' `.: "utning to joy shall tern—discord to peace. remedy to man gives power "-- &"lengthen out on earth his ~ little hour," , t it - 7, , , to conquer, anguish drive awa • i bLft a ckly sorrow change to joyous day s ; , 7,Peir to banish from the dying man, , t vi,i 2 ,.. 01..1ike gift ! Ado not lightly scan iSk tfe k t .44" os so great, nor wisdom's purpose mar l \.r i n save the power - his instrument was Parr. \,i, t 0 BEWARE 0 t.' SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. ,' kirtect the public from imitations, the Hon. Commis. liki i , Is have ordered the words " Parr's Life Pills" to be ' 714 Government Stamp, which is pasted round the sides '!' White letters on a red ground. Without this mark of • -- ,-- .\\ kokt ..4, , v I h i t7 are spurious and an imposition! 'N„ jby the Proprietors, T. Roberts and Co., 9,. Crane.l kw:et ,London ; and sold wholesale by their appointment t‘,.,„`, 6 7, St. Paul's ; also by Barclays and Sons. Farnng. `ti Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard ; and retail by at 1 11. 4 '',, t , in every town in the United Kingdom. and by . most d- Full edie. Price Is. I!. : ' ; Q., and Lundy - directions are given with each box. filst of eel scat mod of causes. 18. )d cause he vet' (10 01 t Pr , it lay 0 0 whethe r further ox. eW trial , . 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To the Evening Exhibition, which consists of the leading features of the Morning, a variety of New Cosmoramic Views are added.—Conductor 9f the Band, Mr. Wallis.—Admission, One Shilling. MANCHESTER and the INCOME TAX. Lord F. Egerton has boasted, in the House of Commons, of the petition he presented from Manchester, in favour of the income tax and the tariff; which was signed, amongst other persons, b 3 the two Editors of the Whig Guardian ; in order, therefore, to make the public acquainted with the facts of the case, it becomes our duty to state that, on Wednesday last, the Commissioners of Police of Manchester, calling themselves the representatives of the tax payers, adopted unanimously the following resolution :—" That this meeting in of opinionthat the proposed income tax is obnoxious in its details, bad in .its principles, and uncalled for by circum_ stances ; and we, therefore, pray y our Honoorable House not to allow the proposed income tax to become the law of the land." We add an abstact from an article in the Manchester Times : THE JNCOIVIE TAX. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though trey are NO LOTTERIES' offer many possibilities of obtain. log LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Calculations have been made by some of the conductors of the Tory press to support Sir Robert Peel's assertion. that to persons of moderate means his tariff will give more than his Income• tax will take away. The result is a statement, copied from one journal into another, to the following effect : Suppose a man, his wife, and three children, with an income of 2001. per annum arising from wages; the new tariff will benefit them in the reduced price of the necessaries of life, to the amount of 121. 10s. 2d. yrarly, while the Income-tax will be not quite 61., leaving a saving from Sir Robert's Peel's mea sures of 6/. 10s. 2d. Or suppose a tradesman also with a wife and three children, who derives from his business a net income of 300/. per annum ; his estimated benefit from the new tariff is 171. 3s. 10d., his Income-tax not quite 91., and the balance in his favour 81. 3s. 10d. The third supposition is that of an independent income of 5001., the family the same, but with the addition of two servants; the more liberal style of living. in this case raises the saving to 26/. 6s. 10d., from which de ducting 15/. for Income-tax, there remains a clear profit of 11/. 6s. 10d. ; and thus the argument (made out by items which it is not needful for our present purpose to scrutinise) is sent forth on its way triumphantly. We take upon their own showing the illustrators of Sir Robert Peel's logic, and beg their attention to certain general consequences of their " facts and figures." One result is, that the system is contrived to bestow larger benefits upon the comparatively rich than upon the compara tively, poor. 'To the possessor of an independent revenue, from the public funds, or other non--fluctuating sources, Sir Robert Peel proposes to make a donation of 11/. 6s. 10d. yearly. On the struggling tradesman, • whose ceaseless attention, ingenuity, and industry hardly win to him a precarious annual income of 3001., Sir Robert only be strws 8/. 3s. 10d. And if the tradesman be obliged to shut up shop, and hire himself out for weekly wages, which, with those perhaps of one, or two, of his three children, realise tour pounds a week, then Sir Robert pares down his bounty to 6/. 10s. 2d., mulcting the unfortunate recipient cf above 305., when every shilling has become of enhanced value. Such is the mode in which, according to the logic of his speeches, and the calculations of his advocates, Sir Robert Peel loves, com miserates, and helps the poor. His bounty is measured by the direct ratio, not of their wants, but of their receipts. To the gentleman of an independent 500/. a-year he gives about twice as much as to the poor clerk of 2001. a-year. For the trades man he would certainly do more, if the tradesman were but realising more, and living in a handsomer style. It is singu larly original this Tory charity. It may be said, indeed, that, as the Peel bounty is bestowed through the medium of diminished taxation upon articles of consumption, the consequence is unavoidable that its amount must follow the amount expended on such arti cles. Granted; and for that reason it cannot, by itself be made an uniform amount of relief ; still less can it be made to augment in proportion to the poverty and want of the party to be relieved. But the question here is, not of the tariff con sidered alone, but of the tariff taken in connection with the In come-tax. The relief is in the balance ; and if one weight can not be altered, yet the other might. If the poor clerk of 2001. a year must have less relief than his betters, he might also have less tax. Charge him at only one per cent. on his income, and he saves as much as the tradesman. Or charge the independent man four per cent. on his income, and he will save as much, though not more than the poor clerk. The matter is easily capable of equitable adjust ment. The system is niggardly to the poor, and bountiful to the rich, from no necessity of the case, but merely because Sir R. Peel will have it so. There is smother point worth notice in these calculations. The man of 2001. a year is to make, by the amended tariff, a gross saving annually of 121. 10s. 2d. ; he of 300/., a saving of 17/. 3s. 10.1 ' • and he of 500/., one of 26/. 6s. 10d. May we ask where all this money goes to now? The calculation, with some very trifling exceptions, is made upon an assumed reduction in the prices of articles of food, which are therefore supposed to be kept up by the pre sent restrictions and prohibitions. It is not that the specified savings are now paid in the form of duties to the Govern inent. At least, that is a comparatively insignificant por tion. The clerk of 2001. per annum is calculated to save above 7 guineas on bread and meat alone. 'I he saving is, therefore, mainly made out of what is now paid by consumers of all classes as the landlord's tax. Nor is it the whole of that tax, or anything like it. The remission is just such a reduction of the landlords' tax as Sir Robert Peel thinks a landlords' majo rity must, for very shame, or in consideration of other advan tages, consent to make. He argues that the remission will leave agricultural produce in perfect security and under full protection. Here, then, we have at last a confession that the consumer has been hitherto unnecessarily taxed by the land owners ; a confession that the predominant class (now more predominant' than ever) hes been extorting a superfluous in come-tax of five per cent. from the man of 500/. a year; of five and a half per cent. from the tradesman of 300/. a year ' • and of six per cent. from the clerk or jowney man of 4/. a week. These statements, be •it remembered, rest on no Anti-Corn-law authority. We take them from the Church and State Gazette, and the Morning Post. The writer of them is " prepared to discuss and defend these figures. They are the basis of an apology for, or rather a eulogy upon, Sir Robert Peel's measures. They are, in truth, Sir Robert Peel's own arguments, as urged by himself and his colleagues in the House of Commons, amplified and made more definite and tangible. We hope his statistical retainers will extend their researches, and make more calculations. Figures are obstinate things ; and though they may be subpcenaed as witnesses in a bad cause, are very apt to show the truth, and contradict the falsehood they were called to testify. - Chronicle. Ore now ening SHARES for the said DIS PRIBU !lONS. Persons desirou,l to purchase am re!eive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PARTICU LARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION , taking place on the Ist of MAY, contains 1,600 MONEY DI VIDENDS, as follows: " MEN PRAYING TO BE TAXED. " Lord Francis Egerton, whose visits to the House of Commons are few and far between, has come to the aid of Sir Robert Peel, in the imposition of a new tax, which will fall heavily on the manu facturers and traders of the county his Lordship misrepresents, but from which his own tenants-at-will are to be entirely exempted His unusual appearance seems to have been occasioned by an un usual occurrence—the having it in his power to present a petition from men praying to be taxed! The petition was from Manchester, and there were 24,000 signatures appended, #;2•_>,::O0 £7OO £2OO £9O 4,000 600 150 80 1,800 500 120 JO 1,200 300 110 66 1,000 250 100 64 STERLING, amounting together to 142,9941. BRITISH STERLING MONEY. AAFANCHESTER and LEEDS RA IL WAY. TENDER FOR LOANS.—Notice is hereby given, that th.- DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER arid LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to RE , CHIVE TENDERS for a limited amount of LOANS, in sums of not less than 1,000!. each, secured by the Bonds of the Company, for the period of one or not exceeding five years. The lender to have the option of calling in his money, at any time between those periods, on giving the Company six months' notice. Interest thereon will be allowed at the rate of 41- per Cent. per annum, payable half yearly. By order of the Board, JOHN JELLICORSE, Sec. Clowes's-buildings, Hunt's-bank, Manchester, January 10th, 1842. " Were there to be a scrutiny, we suspect that the petition would share the fate of one against the Charter of Incorporation, which was sweated down from 32,000 to some 7,000 or 8,000." Lord Egerton, and his 24,000 of Tories, Chartists, and recreant Whigs, has nothing to boast of. THE INCOME-TAX. -BANBURY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Most of the principal inhabitants of Banbury, without distinct n of party; namely, the resident curate, the resident physician, 18 bankers, surgeons, and solicitors, 30 drapers, grocers, and iron. mongers, 74 other tradesmen, and 22 other persons, seeing the glaring injustice and impolicy of Sir %liters income tax scheme, as it affects incomes from labour of 150/., or upwards, compared with exonerated incomes under that amount, derived from real pro. perty, have (although holding different opini ons f or or aga i ns t the tax in other respects) signed and forwarded to Mr. Tancred, for pre. sentation, the following petition in support of the alteration (far exempting from taxation the first 1501. of every one's income) pressed upon the Premier by Sir It. Inglis, in his speech in the House of Commons, on Friday evening l as t , the effect of which would be equality to all persons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer regulating the amount of his per centage by the amount to be raised. Let one only, of many examples, of the proposed injustice, be added. An idler, a mere consumer, may be the owner of a free hold estate worth 4,0001., and receive his rent of 1491. per annum, free from tax; but the little toiling baker, tailor, or shopkeeper, with a capital of less than 2001., if he, by being up early and late, can scrape together 1511. per annum, must pay a tax of 41. 10s. It is hoped that other towns are not asleep, taking for granted that this is an injustice specially reserved for graceful concession. To the Honourable the Commons in Parliament Assembled : The Humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Banbury, in the County of Oxford, ehoweth,—That your petitioners have heard that it is proposed to your Honourable House that a per centage tax should be imposed upon the whole of the income of every person whose income amounts to or exceeds 1501. per annum, and that all persons whose income does not amount to 1501. per annum should be exempt from any such tax. Your petitioners consider that such a tax would be more equal in its operation, and therefore more just, if the income of every person were to the extent of 1501. per annum exempted from the operations of such a tax, and the excess only of each person's income beyond 1501. were made the amount to be taxed. Your petitioners, therefore, pray, that, in the event of your Honourable House resolving, or having resolved, that a tax should be imposed upon income, your Honourable House will confine the amount of each person's annual income to be made the subject of taxation, to the excess only, beyond the sum of 1501. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. April 13, 1842. SAVINGS' BANK, 7, ADAM-STREET, ADELPHL—Open Daily from Nine to Five. Money can be PAID into this Savings Bank ANY DAY in the WEEK, and may be WITHDRAWN by giving THREE DAYS' NOTICE. Interest allowed at the Rate of 4 1 ,41. per Cent. per Annum. INVESTMENTS AT LONG DATES. For any period under G Months, at the rate of 5 Above 6 Months and under 9 Months ~ sfr Per Cent. per Annum. Above 9 Months and under 12 Months 6 Payable Quarterly or Half-yearly. CHARLES WINI. WILLIAMS, Actuary. *.* rersonal attendance not ecassary, except on the first Deposit. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR G RANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Emp•wered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. I John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq I George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A .M. F. R. S. ACT UA RY— W. S. B. Woolhouse Esq., F. R. A. S. Elliotson, D 2. F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Cs. LIFE ASSURANCE. ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any ether Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. TAXATION OF RAILWAY PAS SENGERS. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—£2 12s. per annum ( Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d. or £349 I Is. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for warded post free. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. :From th• Directors of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Rail- way Company.) The present duty is one• eighth of a penny per mile for each passenger, whether travelling in a first, second, or third class car. riage, and without reference to the fare charged. The tax conse quently presses unequally on different railways, as is seen on comparison : On the London and Brighton the tax amounts to 41. 2s. 3d. per cent. on the gross passenger receipts; Great Western 5/. 155.; Hull and Selby, 81. 4s. 6d.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 121. 11s. The pressure bearing lightly on high fares and heavily on low fares, thus :—On the London and Brighton Railway the tax on first class passengers amounts to 41. Os. 5/d. per cent. ; Glas gow, Paisley, and Greenock (between Glasgow and Paisley), the tax on third class passengers amounts to 211. 17s. 6d. per cent. The present mode of taxation, therefore, discourages low fares, and prevents the advantages sought by the establishment of rail ways from being more generally diffbsed. The remedy proposed is, that the tax shall in future be levied as a per centage on the gross passenger receipts. In this mode the tax will press equally on dif ferent railways and rates of fare. The revenue at the rate proposed will be at least equal to that of the present tax, and the discourage ment to low fares will be removed. IHAWL B1100 0 .:IES or FASTENERS. — A. LY great variety, new and tasty, may be seen at Messrs. HORTON & Co.'s (opposite Mess's. Everington and Co.'s), in Gold and Silver, comprising the Jaspers, Agates, Pebbles, Tartan Haids, the Scotch Thistle, with Amethyst and. Topaz Blows, the Royal Stewart, Ancient Highland, Douglas, &c.— A great variety of Jewellery and Fancy Goods, Sheffield Plate, &c., at prices much below the usual London charges. MO OFFICERS and OTHERS going ABROAD 11 the WAREHOUSING DEPARTMENT, PANe TECHNICON, BELGRAVE-SQUARE, offers peculiar ad vantages, being fitted up with Fire-proof Iron Safety Rooms for the safe keeping of Furniture. Pictures, Books, Plate, &c. They are light, dry, and well ventilated, and the rents ar moderate. Separate Bins for Wines, to which parties may attach their own locks. Covered Spring Vans are kept for the Removal of Property to or from the Pantechnicon. These views are strongly advocated in the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, signed July 2,1840 (the names of the Members composing which are subjoined,*) and the present sys tem described as " one tending to separate the interests of the Rail. way Companies and the public, which will gradually exclude a great number of persons from the benefit of cheap conveyance;" but the opposition of the dearer railways, who benefit by the exist. ing order of things, has hitherto prevented this recommendation from being carried into effect; and it seems probatele that the de • sired modification will not be made until the cheaper railways and the public press on the Legislature the inexpediency of continuing a condemned mode of taxation, and at on unsound in principle and unjust in its operation. A journeyman turner in brass was, a few days ago, passing along the Rue Gravilliers, when, at the corner of the Rue des Vertus, he found h;mself caught between two omni busses, coming in opposite directions, and, falling from fright, was run over, and killed instantaneously. A gentleman and lady, three days ago, took their breakfast at an hotel in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries. As they remained upwards of two hours without ringing, one of the waiters went up and entered the room. He found it in the utmost confusion, the table overturned, and the gentleman lying lifeless on the floor. A Commissary of Police and a physician were called, and it was soon ascertained that there were no chances of recovery, the deceased having been struck with apoplexy. Ihe lady having fled, and the gentleman being unknown, his body was taken to the Morgue, where it was soon afterwards recognised and claimed. A person named Camus, upwards of seventy years of age, going . to Belleville, two days ago, on reaching the canal, found the swing-bridge thrown open, and at the same time two children on the point of falling into the water. By making an effort he saved them from their fate, but at the same timelost his own balance and fell in. A workman who was on the quay saw the accident, went to the old man's assistance, got him out, and took him into the guard-house, where every soldier con tributed a part of his own uniform to replace the dripping gar ments of the unfortunate Camus, who, after an hour or two, was sent home dressed en militaire. Sir John Guest, Mr. Labouchere, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Thornely, Lc rd Sandon, Mr. Lech, Mr. Freshlield, Lord Stanley, Mr. Green, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. Henry Baring, Sir James Graham, Lord Se Greenock, 6th April, 1842. Seymour, Mr. Easthorpe. THE BANK. OF MANCHESTER AND THE ALLIANCE BANK UNITED.—The union of these two Banks took place yesterday, the 15th instant, when the business and assets of the Alliance were transferred to the Bank of Manchester.—Man chester Z Imes. SOUTLI EASTERN RAILWAY.—We are authentically informed that it is the determination of the South Eastern and Dover Railway Company to prosecute the works to their com pletion with unremitting perseverance and the utmost despatch. The manifold physical difficulties that present themselves be tween here and Folkestone have been looked broadly in the face ; and Air.. Cubitt, the engineer, relying on the ef f iciency of his art, confidently calculates on being perfectly able to over come them. The Strond-street Dover terminus, which has been fixed upon, when the Bill shall have passed in the next Session of Parliament will be immediately cleared, and the building necessary for the station will be forthwith commenced on a scale of magnitude unequalled in the county. We are glad to perceive that the prices of the shares of this railway have advanced considerably during the present week.—loser Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE OF DIVINE WOR stur.—Yesterday morning divine service was performed at the Institution of the Refuge for the Adult Destitute Deaf and Dumb, in Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. The congregation was composed chiefly of deaf and dumb persons, and this is the first attempt at instructing in scriptural doctrines by public worship that class of the suffering community la bouring under the deprivation of the senses of hearing and speaking ever made. The service was condu2ted in the fol lowing manner, and presented a most interesting scene : Mr. Rosser, a deaf and dumb gentleman, performed, if it may be so termed, selections from the morning service, which was done by making signs with his fingers, and the rapidity with which he did it was wonderful. The Lord's Prayer was delivered entirely by pantomimical gestures, and was a beau tiful specimen of expressive silence. After the morning service Mr. J. G. Simpson delivered a short but eloquent discourse from the 35th chapter of Isaiah,:and it was con veyed to his audience through the • medium of signs, as he slowly proceeded, by Miss Janet Crouch, a remarkably in telligent little girl, only eight years of age, who, although neither deaf nor dumb, is as conversant with the signs as the oldest of the adult deaf and dumb members of the institution. The rapidity of the child's motions, by which she conveyed the discourse delivered by Mr. Simpson, was astonishing. At the conclusion of the discourse the deaf and dumb were asked by the same medium of signs whether they perfectly understood what had been delivered, to which they assented. The singu lar spectacle of the holy Scriptures being expounded by signs was altogether of a most impressive nature. 'I he service will be continued for the present at the institution in Bartlett's buildings every Sunday morning. It is in centemplation to have a regular place of worship in connexion with this Society for the deaf and dumb portion of the community, of whom it is estimated there are in London alone several thousands, who will thus be enabled to participate in the benefits of the publish ing of the Gospel, from which they have up to this time been debarred. _ THE ARTFUL DODGER'S TARIFF.—The Morning Chronicle calls for the support of the Liberals to the tariff o Peel, because of those cheese-parings of reduction—those baits to catch minnows he has thinly sprinkled over it. With great respect for our Contemporary, we totally differ from his policy. Tha Minister stands upon his plans as a whole, and he must be resisted on the whole. We will not consent to catch at gilded bait, and be dragged into the gulph after it. We will not con sent to support a plan in any of its parts, by which we will, as a principle, confirm monopoly—strengthen bad government for the empire, and Ireland particularly—and have the impulse of free trade, without the reality of protection. If, as a plan, the measure of Peel was essential relief we would support it as a plan, with its minor objections. But as the plan is essential injury, minor merits must not save it from discomfiture. We call upon the Irish Members to rally, and availing themselves of the desertion of Peel's faction, in the small points in which he may be right, to defeat the flagitious 111inister and his odious plans altogether.—Pitot. The Duke of Bedford has caused Thorney Abbey, Peterborough, to be extensively enlarged, at a considerable expense, which the Noble Duke will defray.—Bedford Mer cury. A clergyman in a parish church not 100 miles from Poole having put a notice into the clerk's hand a few Sundays since, stating that the services would be morning and evening, and morning and afternoon alternately, honest Roger improved upon it, and said that the service would be to all eternity l" Salisbury Herald. It is understood that Lord Mahon is to be the new Ambassador at the Court of Madrid..Wohn Bull. RICK CLOTHS with POLES, PULLIES, and LINES • _ COMPLETE. Netting and Bunting for Fruit-trees. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent, and Rick-cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, South wark, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Agricul turists in general, that the REMAINDER of the CANVASS used by the SMITHFIELD CLUB to cower in the area of the cattle-yard, and consisting of several thousand yards, IS TO BE SOLD second-hand, and offers an opportnnity of pur chasing Rck-cloths at small cost. The Canvass is of the best quality, and having been used on that one occasion only, is equal to new. Orders per post punctually attended to. Address in fall, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke.street, Southwark. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. SCOTCH ALE. AITCIIISON and Co., (Brewers, Edin- UP • burgh), supply Families, from their Store in London, with thPir Edinburgh Ale at 45., 65., and Bs. per doz. Quarts. Pale India Beer, at 4s. and 7s. per doz. Quarts. In Casks of Nine Gallons and upwards, at Is. 4d.. 25., and 2s. 6d. per Gallon. Finest Old Islay and Campbelton Whiskey, at 18s. per Gallon. 8, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. OLD IRISH MALT 'WHISKEY, at 15 s. per GaIIon.—GIBBONS and CO. having received a con siderable consignment of OLD IRISH WHISKEY, under p ec uliar circumstances, are enabled to offer it for sale at . :the incredible low price of 15s. per gallon, cash. Those who wish to o btain a first-rate Irish Whiskey. at the trifling cost of 15s. per ga llon, would do well to take advantage of this opportunity, and to apply early to GIBBONS and GO., Foreign Wine and Spirit Alerchants, Importers of Old Irish Malt Whiskey, Wholesale Dealers in Irish Stout and Ales ; Scotch; India, and other Ales. London Offices and Stores, 2, Parliament-street, and King. street, Whitchall.—N.B. Established 50 years. TIENT S LECTURES ON WATCHES AND OT HER TIME-KEEPERS.—An Illustrated Abstract TrOm TWO LECTURES on the Construction and Manage ment of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, delivered by Mr. DENT, in May, 1841, before the Members of the United Ser vice Institution has been arranged for the information of general readers. The Pamphlet is published, by the Author, at No. 82, Strand, price One Shilling, but gratis to customers on ap plication. ATCHES BY WEBSTER AND SON, CHRONOMETER and WATCH MANUFAC TURERS (Established 130 years), 3, BIRCHIN-L ANE. The Finest Description e! CHRONOMETERS and WATCHES at the lowest prices consistent with maintaining that character for superiority of workmanship which has dis tinguished their establishment during that period. The COMPENSATED DUPLEX WATCH, upon the principle of their Chronometers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succession, combines the most per fect. accuracy with the utmost elegance, and is not surpassed by the Pocket Chronometer. Webster's newly-introduced Centre Seconds, for he medical profession, elegant and novel in appearance. Also, their Patent Detached Lever and small Flat Horizon tal, for Ladies, all equally reduced in price, and warranted. Old Watches taken in exchange. A selection of fine Se cond-hand Repeating, Duplex, Lever, and Horizontal Watches, by the most eminent makers, at little above half the original cost, and nearly equal to New, warranted. Post Letters pronvetly attended to. Webster and Son, Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, 3, Birchin-lane, Cornhili, London. fICKEL INK; or JOHNSTONE'S PER MANENT WRITING FLUID, under the patronage of the Academy of Sciences, Paris. W. PEACOCK (by appointment) sole Agent for the above incomparable Fluid, respectfully invites the attention of the commercial public, and the literary and fashionable circles, to some of the paramount properties of the Nickel Ink. It stands unrivalled for its clearness and facility in writing, being free from that gelatinous deposit which clogs and corrodes the metallic pen. As a preventive of fraud in banking and other commercial transactions, it piesents an important gua rantee, as it is indestructible (without injuring the surface of the paper i by any of the chemical agents which destroy the common inks. The colour of the Nickel Ink is a Schecles green, but it dries a vivid and permanent black—a striking con trast to the rusty black of other inks and writing fluids. Sold by W. Peacock, at 2, Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane ; and by all the principal Stationers in town and country, in bottles, at 6d., Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. each. COUGHS, COLDS, &c. CROSSTHWAITE and CO.'S OCCULT LO ZENGES, for the Cure of Colds and Coughs, Influenza, Sore Mouth and Throato, Consumption, Asthma, Shortness of Breath, Dispersion of Phlegm, Hoarseness, Wheezings, and all Complaints of the Chest and Lungs, and are an infallible remedy for the }looping Cough. The OCCULT LOZENGES are a preventive and De stroyer of the incipient seeds s f corrupt Consumption, and in con. firmed Asthma or Chronic Diseases of the Chest, they afford imme diate relief, as well as In all Pulmonary Complaints. For Hooping Cough they a•e infallible, generally curing that dreadful complaint in the short space of 14 or :Ai days. The composition of these Lozenges is not only agreeable, but o f so innocent a nature, that they may be given with perfect security to the most delicate infant, as vreil as to the robust of all ages, with a positive certainty of success; they invi gorate and strengthen the Lung . Persons occasionally taking them are fortified against Cold and inflammation. Public speakers and singers will find three or four of theie Lozenges remove all huskiness in the voice. Prepared (only) by the Proprietors, CIiOSSTHWAITE and CO., 23, Thavies Inn, Holborn, London, in boxes. price 2s. 6d. each, duty ncluded. N.B.—None are genuine butthose signed by the Proprietors on the Government Stara Fulldirections for each complaint, including the method of giving them to infants. enclosed with every box. Sold a , so by Barclays and Sons, 11 , Farringdon-street ; Newberry, 45, and Edwards, 57, St. Paul's Churchyard ; button and Co., Bow Churchyard t 'P, Butler, 4. Cheapside ; Smger, 150, Oxford-street; Prout, :Nrr,,ml; !dew iiund-street ;Staricie, d, Strand ; White, 24, and Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; and by Chemists and Mechem Venders, generally, throughout the Kingdom. STATE OF TRADE.—We have still the unpleasant duty of reporting an inanimate market, and declining prices. The demand for all kinds of goods has been languid in the extreme, and the market presents an utter absence of that con fidence which should precede and accompany business. Power loom printing cloths are again reduced in price, and some sales have been made, even in quarters where immediate want of th the bestetheinduce i 2- reed 27-inch at p r i ces h er etofore almost unheard of. Twenty-seven 66 -reed cloth s may b e h a d a t 4 s . 6d. imnoanneyy quantity, could o and ri at 4s. 10 1 ,4 d. Cotton has been brisk this week, and the sales large; hat this has not affected yarns, which are still very dull of sale.— Manchester Times. _ _ Mr. Brookes delivered his third lecture on Mes merism to a very respectable audience at the Waterloo-rooms, on '1 hursday evening. The chief interest of the proceedings consisted in the experiments of the lecturer, which were, how ever, prefaced by a paper on the difference between Mesmerism and Braidism, and the respective value of each as remedial agents in the alleviation and cure of various diseases, as well as in the performance of painful surgical operations. One of the most novel and interesting applications of mesmerism, and which the lecturer dwelt upon with much pleasure, was the singular and conclusive evidence which it afforded of the prin ciples of phrenological science, and the correctness of the posi tions assigned by its professors to individual organs. At the con clusion of the introductory paper, the girl whom Mr. Brookes had operated upon so successfully on the former occasions was again introduced, and at the invitation of the lecturer, who said it would be doubtless gratifying to' the audience if one or two medical gentlemen would test the experiments, and report their opinion respecting them, Mr. Knowles and Mr. Partridge ascended the platform, and seated themselves on each side of the patient. Having ascertained the state of the pulse, the pro cess of mesmering commenced, and in two minutes the girl was completely under the influence of the mesmeriser, the pupils of the eyes being fixed and contracted, although it was ex plained that on Tuesday evening they had dilated during the same experiment. On the suggestion of Mr. Levison, the pa tient's eyes was bandaged, and the lecturer proceeded to ex hibit the power of attraction which he possessed over the pa. tient. She was at this stage of the proceedings reclining on an easy chair, with her feet resting on the floor, and on the mesmeriser making a series of passes over the limbs, they were gradually - drawn upwards until they were brought to a horizontal position, at which point, the operations having been suspended, they became rigidly fixed. The state of the limbs was tested by the medical gentlemen, and they were found to be perfectly cataleptic, for although they yielded a little pro sure, they sprung back with great elasticity on the pressure being withdrawn. The limbs and face being now demesme rised, the patient complained of head-ache, and expressed a wish to be left quiet a little time. The lecturer explained that she had been unwell during the day, owing, he believed, in some measure, to the state of the atmosphere ; but while she was recovering herself, he expressed his willingness to mes merise any gentleman who might feel disposed to submit to the experiment. Mr. Gargory, optician, of Bull-street, accordingly availed himself of the offer ; and on being placed in the chair, he gradually yielded to the mesmeric passes, and in two minutes his eyes closed and he was in apparent sleep. As he appeared, however, to suffer some pain, and gave indications of indisposi tion, he was speedily released, and explained to the audience the sensations he experienced. He was conscious, he said, of everything that passed around him, and was not aware that he had once closed his eyes during the experiment. Mr. Brookes then proceeded with his phrenological experiments, and in order to prevent the possibility of collusion, it was suggested that the names of the different organs should be written on a board e rresponded who would t b h e s i n b d o t a h b e l o p a t o t i e j u n t t i g o and ho e w x h f i a b r i t e thed t a o n s t w h e e r s a u g te e n n c ec with the organs called into activity. Mr. Wilson, the phreno logist, was requested to superintend the phrenological opera tions, and Mr. G. Edmonds to communicate with the audience suggested. o s writing ted. the, patienthe r name of th hea, ing organ r o a n s s t e h d e b in o t a o r d a state of sleep- , in the manner waking. the organ of " tune" was first mesmerised, and in reply to questions as to how she felt, she replied, " I feel so light ; I feel as if I could converse ; hush ! I hear a harp ; I don't hear the harp now; I hear the violin ; it is playing a tune." "A re you not strong enough to sing it yourself ?" " I feel very comfortable : my happiness feels too powerful for my strength." " What are they playing now ?" The Green Hills of Tyrol; and after two or three efforts, the patient commenced singing in a clear and musical voice the song she had named. She was stopped by the lecturer (who stood behind her) demesmerising the organ, when the words died gradually away, until they ceased altogether, and were resumed by the same process as before. This was repeated several times ; the words being taken up in every case at the point at which they had pre viously broken off. The organs of " self-esteem," " locality," and " colour," were next called successively into action. Under the influence of the latter, the patient said, " I feel as if I was in such a beautiful light; it is more like moonlight than daylight; I see groves and little shrubs; some are near, and some at a great distance, and it appears as if the sun shone on the tops of.them." The bandage was here removed, and the pupils of the eyes were examined by Mr. Partridge, and found quite,motionless and much dilated. The same gentleman dis charged a percussion cap close behind her head, but without exciting the slightest motion ; and in accounting for the readiness with which she answered the questions put to her, Mr. Brookes explained that the patient was only in commu nication with the mesmeriser, and could not hear questions put by other persons. Several other interesting experiments were exhibited during the evening ; and at the request of the audience, Mr. blushes consented to deliver another lecture at the Athenteum this evening (Thursday).—Midland Counties Herald, March 31. APRIL 20, 1842 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be repeated Mozart's Opera of THE MARRIAGE OF Fir GA RO.—The character of Susanna by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Count Almaviva, Mr Stretton ; Cherubino, Madame Vestris ; Doctor Bar tub°, Mr. J. Bland; Figaro, Mr. Leffler; Basilio, Mr. C. White; the Countess, Miss Rainforth ; Marcellina, Miss Grant ; Barbarina, Miss Lane. After which will be repeated the Grand Romantic Fairy Extrava ganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT.—Wunsuponatyme (King of Neverminditstiamia), Mr. J. Eland ; Princes Paragon, Precious, and Placid (his three Sons, by Madame Vestris. Miss Murray and Miss Lte; Jingo, Mr. Harley; Ve White Cat, Miss Marshall. Mors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price is. 6d.; Pit 35., Second Price 23. ; 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. plieation. Private Boxes to be had solely of 'Mr. Andrews, Book' seller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Wonderful attraction, and matchless Stud of Horses. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed the Grand New Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PEARL OF THE HAREM, HER KOORLASH LOVER, AND HIS WAR STEED, BEDA.— With magnificent Scenery, Costume, and Appointments; a Double Company, Equestrian and Dramatic, and the finest Stud of Horses in the World. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed. THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. B ATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most talented Vaulers, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. To conclude with the Historical Pantomime (with Ncw Scenery) of PEROUSE ; or, the MONKEY of the DESOLATE ISLAND.— Chimpanzee, the Monkey, by Mons. Gouffe. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the Engagement of Madlle. Plessy will terminate at the end of the present Month. The following Pieces will be produced forthwith :—" Rodolph ; ou, Frere et Reur"—"L'Ecole des Maris"—and ",j,e Misanthrope." THIS EVENING, AI'RIL 20, - The Performances will commence with LA D E MOISELLE A MARIER ; OU, LA PREMIERE ENTREVUE. After which, Moliere's admired Comedy, LE TARTUFFE.— Orgon, M. Cartigny; Le Tartuffe, M. Oudinot; Elmire, Madlle. Plessy. To conclude with LA JEUNE FEMME COLERE.—Rose, Ma. demoiselle Pless♦ Boxes, 6s. ; Fit , Ss. 6d. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 36. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. formances commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Bow and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to he made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 3.4, Old Bond.street; Mr. Se. ;ruin's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street ; and at the Box-offiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, Item Eleven till Five o'clock. - 11 t.„, Qui .4.„ 4511%1'41'Ni . o k,i t , :w.„ • Vti' . I€l 4 AP:b a lk- ar2L-R,. - • qtt _uu, LONDON WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1842. Lord STANLEY made a curious statement last night -relative to emigration. New South Wales, it appears, received nearly 13,000 immigrants in the last year, and there are 10,000 more on the road ; the colony is in debt, and knows not how to provide for the labourers imported. Van Diemen's Land cannot receive more than 1,500 persons in a year; Western Australia offers only a small field; and Southern Australia has been blocked up by misgovernment. Out of a population of 15,000, 1,200 are living as paupers, maintained out of the public funds. This is the pattern colony, established on the Wakefield system, under the guidance of a Govern ment Commission, composed of some of the leading political lights of the day. One, in particular, having helped to ruin Australia, is now by his writings helping the Tories all in his power to ruin England. In Canada, it, appears, the wanderers are better off, but even there the people have suffered severely. Though Lord STANLEY went to the Pacific, he did not touch at that half-way house, the Cape of Good Hope, and of that important colony said not one word. We apprehend, however, that the Cape of Good Hope at present—now that a large portion of the people of a Dutch origin have left it, because they did net like the English Government —is, at least, as favourable a place for emigrants as either Van Diemen's Land or New South Wales. What quantity of labourers that colony might absorb, we cannot say; but we should suppose, from its magnitude, and from the trade it begins to carry on, that it might usefully employ as large a number of our destitute people as any one of the colonies Lord STANLEY mentioned. The Noble Lord was extremely anxious for one thing, namely, that all emigrants should place themselves under the Government Agents ; so that the Government will, by and by, become responsible for the due dispersion and location of all the children of England. We are, then, to have an unmitigated Income-tax. It seems all settled, and only a miracle or convulsion of na- . ture can save us from it. The LOUI S P HILIPPE o f our present system may indeed be suddenly called away, as he has been suddenly elevated into great power ; but short of some unexpected event of this description, the In come-tax Bill seems almost, as certain to become a law that as the sun will , rise to-morrow. If any person had pre , dieted a twelvemonth ago, or even six months ago, that John Bull, in the midst of peace, when all the Powers are proud of his alliance, and are cultivating friendly relations with him--when no great disaster has befallen him—when he is weighed down merely with monopolies and excessive taxation—would submit, almost without a murmur, to a tax on income imposed by the Tories, such a person would have been laughed at as the idlest dreamer that ever took to the unprofitable task of soothsaying. Yet the fact has contradicted all presumptions and all forethought. The condition of England question, which erewhile puzzled the brains of thinkers, is solved at once by Sir ROBERT PEEL. Taxation, and taxation of the worst and most oppressive character, is all that is re quired on his system to restore the people to content ment and prosperity. If this be true, what a woeful mis take must all the reasoners, all the philosophers, all the political economists, all those who hate formed high and hallowed hopes of the destinies of England and English men, have committed. At present, however, Sir R. PEEL has only succeeded so far as to render it highly probable that his plan—lncome-tax, Tariff, and Corn law—will become the law of theland. What will be its effects on the nation is quite another question. At present the Three per Cents. are at 914, and first class commercial bills are canvassed for in the City—we tire told—by the bankers and discount houses, at three per cent. There is a great probability, it is added, that the rate of interest will recede still further. Under such circumstances it seems highly probable that the Government might borrow, if it wished so to act, 10.000,000/., or 20,000,000/. in a week, at 3?,-, per cent. It is plain, therefore, that our public credit is, at this moment, perfectly sound. We doubt whether at any former period it was ever in a better condition. It needs, therefore no bolstering up whatever ; yet Sir R. PEEL told the House of Com mons on Monday that he was braving all the disgust, dissatisfaction, and unpopularity which the Income-tax would bring on his head, from a firm belief that it is absolutely necessary to maintain public credit. When a gentleman, like Sir R. PEEL, publicly makes a so lemn assertion. we cannot doubt his word. His belief • must be as he describes it, but the circumstances we have referred to prove that his be lief is not warranted by facts. He acts more from imagination than truth, and public credit is not in such a deplorable state of decrepitude as to require the buttress of an Income-tax. Admitting the truth of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S assertion, we cannot deny his credulity. Mr. VILLIERS followed Sir R. 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TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK.—THE BARNABY'S IN ABIERICA.—We have not for some time been so gratified as by the renewal in the New Moidhly Magazine dour ac quaintance with Mrs. Trollope's incomparable " Barnaby's;" nor could we, until a perusal of the chapters, in which this ad mirable writer recommences her story, (entitled " The Bar naby's in America,") have believed it possible that such a fund of originality and entertainment, as is evidently in store tot us, could have been reduced from one and the same set of cha racters. The masterly way in which the writer sets about her newly-imposed task, shows a force of talent, and a fertility of resources that are not, perhaps, possessed by any other female writer of the day. The extensive knowledge which Mrs. Trot lope possesses of the ways of the New World, and the singularly felicitous adaptation of those ways to the individuals whom we are to follow in them, promise a richer harvest of humour, satire, and amusement, than anything that has appeared in the pages of a magazine for years past.—Naval and Military Gazette. DIED.—On Monday, the 18th inst., Jane, the beloved wife of Mr. Joseph Wickenden, Surgeon, New Hall-street, Birmingham. The not receipts of the ball, on the :10th ult., on bolialt of the distressed inhabitants of La amounted to 10,000 f., including an anonymous donation of WOE. PRICE 5d °MI edit. • Tioj , masider the Logone of • that Bider tisk ' ky for thss r classes;, tr to tax • •.mono d tldi oppressive Income-tax was to maintain public cr got into a financial difficulty, and they ought to c , cause of it. This tax was merely a means of evar those courses. The House had been told frequently time was approaching when they would have to co: effect produced by levying taxes on the people, not on ,support of the State, but for the benefit of particula and that they would have to do one of two things, eith property to maintain public credit, and to diminish thos polies which impoverished the people, and prcvente from contributing to the taxes. It was owing to those polies that the pi ice of living was enhanced, and trade stricted, and they were about to commence thatstruggle had long been predicted between the maintenance of poly and the maintenance of public credit. ' The delusion hitherto was that the Ilightllon. Ba proposed an Income-tax in order to remitcertain on, duties on trade ; he wanted it mainly to supply deficiency of the revenue, and to put an end alt to the timber duties and the duties on the raw mater. tiffs of manufactures. Now, Sir H. PEEL avows that it, is ro. no such purpose, and that he braves all the odium of ' imposing an Income-tax to keep up the value of fund ?ti property. This is the old Tory humbug. Whoev ti looks back at Mr. GOULBURN'S speeches when ,he w. 14. formerly Chancellor of the Exchequer, will find save; :17 budget and every financial proposition—every resist, inc I - , also to any proposed reduction of taxation—redoieraL. with this mysterious phrase "maintaining the pub lie credit." Since Mr. GOULBURN and the Tories wero ejected from office in 1830, for notorious inefficiency, a ' vast amount of taxes has been reduced, and public credit has through the whole period been maintained quite I as firmly as when AIr.G otiLuurtN was obstinately resisting reduction of taxation on the plea of maintaining public .- credit. The old bugaboo of the Tories new revived, and. again put forward as a pretext, whatever be its real dimensions and its qualities, is quite insufficient to justify r the infliction of an Income-tax on the people. We were informed by Mr. RoEnuck, on Mo nday night, that all the debates and all the proceedings of the bulk of the Members of the House of Commons,. are in tended to serve the purposes of party; but those genti e men go to Parliament on the pretext of serving tht public. Their professions and their conduct, therefore, are in direct opposition. They are now about to inflict; an onerous tax on the people, under a multitude of false pretences. At one time it is the war in Aff. . gl*nistan, and the derangement of the finances of the Indian empire, which makes the Income tax necessary. At another it is to substitatea a portion of direct taxation for the indirect taxation, which is ruinous to trade. Again this pretext is scouted by Sir It PEEL ; and the Income-tax is levied to maintain public credit. It is not only newspaper writers who accuse the Members of the House of Commons ; they accuse one another of mismanagement, of gross errors, of scandalous conduct, and of plundering the. people on false and fraudulent pretexts. Such state ments, continually impressed on the public mind, must have a great, and even a wonderful moral influence, making men in the end heartily despise those who once were honoured, and preparing the way for a greater change in Government than a mere change in men, or the change from a circumscribed to universal suffrage. While individuals are labouring assiduously, by means of literary and scientific institutions, subscribing their money, and sending out missionaries of all kinds—some promoting the arts, some the sciences, and some morality, some spreading abroad the softening knowledge of har mony, and others the elevating knowledge of sculpture and painting—in steps the Legislature, and by an In come-tax, to bolster up a Corn-law and a multitude of officials, increases poverty and discontent, and spreads falsehood and crime through the land. It sets the ex ample of plundering on a great scale and on false pre tences, and makes a violation of right not the exception, but the rule of society. All history and all experience are worthless, if such a conflict between the Government and the moral sentiments of society do not bring in its train, at n. - ) distant day, some great social confusion. While individuals are struggling to improve and elevate society the Legislature, which continually plunders the people on false pretences, continually labours to im poverish, demoralise, and degrade it. .111 t no us re wh ch mon ton e ,. 16 01.13 tie actst SIR ROBERT PEEL'S REDUCTION OF RENT.-It seems that the landlords were alarmed at the report that Sir Robert had reduced his rents 20 per cent., and his jour nals have received instructions to give it a positive and emphatic denial. The tale served its purpose with the townspeople, and helped to forward that reduction of price to which the Tory journals have already appealed, as ale proof that Sir Robert Peel's tariff was a most won - aerful improvement—a real scheme for making both parties at a game of whist—to borrow Sir Robert's Ame rican Ambassador's illustration—win. It is to benefit all, and injure none. Now that the reported reduction has worked its purpose, and the alarmed landlords must be again soothed, it is denied on authority. Sir Robert Peel has not lowered his rents. lie is not the generous landlord he has been described ; he is, as we have before. said, nothing but axedtapist, intent on getting and hold ing power by all those little arts which that peculiar genus of statesmen know so well how to employ. e- COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty took an airing in an open carriage and four yester day afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cot. Bouverie, rode out on horseback at the same time. Sir Robert Peel had an audience yesterday of the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Bouverie, was present yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commissioners for Promoting the Fine Arts In the Re-building of the Houses of Parliament. The Earl of Lincoln and other Commissioners attended. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prince:s Itoyal were taken an airing yesterday in the Royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Murray, Viscount Sydney, Major-General Wemyss, and Col. Bouveric, honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence yesterday evening. , - The Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage yesterday. Her Royal Highness, attended by Lady Anna Maria 'Dawson, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, on Monday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Kew. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barhadoes, and Admiral Sir John Talbot bad interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-oilice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH AND BRISTOL RACES.-TUESDAY. The Lansdown Trial Stakes of 15 :ors. each, 10 ft, with 20 added; 3 yrs, fist ILlb ; 4 yrs, Sat 101 b ; 5 yrs, 9st 211,; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 711, ; mares, &e., allowed 31b. Mile-and a• Quarter. (Five Subs.) Mr. G. Blaihwaite nd Warden, 5 yrs. Walked over. The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, est. 41b One mile. (Eleven Subs. ) Mr. Gregorrs Barrier, by Defence ... ('Preen) 1 Mr. Bristow sbf by Elis, out of Languid, allowed 31bs ... 2. 20 to lon Barrier. Won easy by two lengths. The Somersetsbire Stakes of 25 sows. each, 15 ft, and only 5 1. if declared, with 50 added. (Forty-seven Subs., thirty-three of whom declared.) Lord G. Bentinck's Tripoli, 3 yrs, a feather (Sharp) I Mr. Maley's Belissima, aged, 7st 131 b. 2 Mr. Treen's Fitzroy, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b 0 Mr.lsaac Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, hat 61b Mr. E. Hobson's Piceotee (h b), 5 yrs, Bs4 Mr. W. Blatlivraite nd Eirnengan:is, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b 0 Gen. Gilbert's Stork, 6 yrs, 7st 51b ... Mr. Collett's Moonhean, 4 yrs, list lulb Mr. J. Day's in by Nimrod, out of Busk, 5 yrs, bst Ilb 0 Mr. W. C. Cedrington nd Bugle, 4 y rs, est Betting-6 to 4 agst 'Tripoli, and 7to 2 agst Belissima. Fitzroy made nearly all the running to the distance, where Belissima and the grey singled themselves out; a fine race home between these two was won by the latter by half a length, beating the n st by six lengths. The weather was fine, but the attendance thin. The Jockey Club Meeting, originally appointed for Tuesday in the Newmarket Craven Meeting, and postponed for a NI eek in consequence of the absence of several of the members, was held yesterday at Willis's Rooms. It was very numerously at tended, and lasted front one o'clock until four. The press hav ing been excluded, all that we were able to ascertain was that the discussion closed satisfactorily, and that the resolutions passed will appear in the Calender. ERR Arum.—ln our Parliamentary Report of yes • terday, it was erroneously stated that M r .P.P ryse h a d not been duly elected, and that Mr. J. Hartford was declared the sitting Member. We give the correct account in the report of the proceedings at the close of the Committee. Mr. Pryso is the Member for Cardigan. STATE OF TRADE.—There was a most netive'de mand for cotton last week, with a sale of 39,030 bags, which isw nearly double the average of the weekly sales of the present year. Of this large quantity, 12,000 bales were taken on spe culation, a circumstance which furnishes strong evidence of an improved feeling amongst capitalists with regard to the cotton trade. The sales on Saturday amounted to 8,000, and yester day to 7,000 b a l es . I n t h e C orn M ar k et t h ere i s no great. change. P r ic es are t en di ng upwar d s , a l t h oug h a f a i r quantity of foreign whe a t continues to arrive from th e South of Europe. The gen e r a l b e li e f i s t h at w h eat will be very high before harvest, owi.,g to the shortness of the supply in the country, and that: the duty will sink very low; some think even down to a shilling. The cheapness and abundance of money is favourable to spe culation in cotton, corn, and all great staple articles, and. it is also steadily pushing , up the prices of the Letter descrip tions of share s , an d o f all Government securities. Froth the last return, it will be seen that the Bank of England has again" got upwards of seven millions of bullion in its coffers.—Li.. verpool Times. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR LIONEr4 Satrrn.—Advices from the Mauritius to the 9th of January were received on Saturday at the North and South Americait Coffee-house, by which we regret to learn the death of Ida Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of that Island. Ilis Excellency was taken ill on the 31st oZ December, at his country-house, at Rednit, and expired sud denly on the 3d of Janu ary, of hvdrothorax, or effusion oil water on the chest. Hi s E xcellency was in the 64th year of his age; he arrived here in July, 1840, so that the term of his administration of the affairs of this island was limited to a. t p e e m ri pora odo r f il l y ittle more th an sevei:teen months. lie is replaced in the government of this island by Colonel W. Staveley, C. 8., the senior officer next in command, and late Commandant of the garrison. In the Baronetcy, Sir Lionel is succeeded by his only sons Lionel Smith, a youth of only nine years of age.; A letter from Athens, March 28, in the Debate, says " The Directors of the loyal Sugar Manufactory at Kainottrio-Chorio, where, for some time past, beet-root sugar has been made, have just concluded some experiments on tha root of the asphodel, a liliaccous plaiit which grows naturally throughout the whole of Greece in peat abundance. The:e experiments have been crowned with success. Not only is th.s sugar of admirable quality, but the quantity is six times greater than that furnished by the beet-root. Sampl es of the, new production have been submitted to the King, who was pleased to testify his satisfaction, and to promise encourage. ment to this new branch of industry." -I '~ TO-NIGHT. GR AND B A LL MASQUE et TRAVESTI. THIS EVENING, 20th inst., at the English Opera House. Conductors, Mons. Jullien and Herr Koenig. Fifty Perform ers. 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