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LONDON THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 24, 11142. We announce with great satisfaction that the corn keeping-out Bill was yesterday postponed till after Easter, and that the Resolution imposing an income tax did not receive the assent of the Committee, and is also postponed to the same period. Thanks to the per feverance of Mr. COBDEN, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, and their friends, but no thanks, we must say, to the bulk of the Whigs, who prefer their convenience when they expect to be in office, to the present public welfare. Sir ROBERT PEEL, after two divisions on motions to report rrogress, gave way, and the House resumed without coming to any division on his resolution. The House will now adjourn till after Easter, and if the people be true to themselves the Right Hon. Baronet will never be . able to carry that hateful measure. The late hour quarter before three, when the question was settled, pre . vents us now from saying more than this :—Let great onour be conferred on the two minorities of 87 and 84th which sufficed to defeat and delay Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Tory journals call the Opposition factious, be cause they have declared that they will delay and thwart Sir Ron Ear PEEL'S plan to impose an income tax on the country to the utmost of their power. We declare that they are justified in doing that, and they would groesly neglect their duty if they did not embrace every opportunity which the usages of Parliament sanction to defeat the scheme. After seven months' cogi tation, the whole device having all that time been kept a profound secret, the Right lion. Baronet comes down to the House of Commons on Friday week and announces, in a time of profound peace, when there are scores of other sources of revenue which could be Opened, that he proposes in the plentitude of his vast wisdom to impose the most iniquisitorial and unjust tax on the people that was ever submitted to in a time of great danger, for tho paltry purpose of raising, as he F'ays, : 1 ,700,000/. That plan he proposes to carry at once through Parliament, without allowing the House of Commons time to consider it in all its bearings, or the people to learn what it is, for only few of the present generation remember the former income tax. If there were no other reason whatever—if the measure were as likely to be beneficial, as it is to be mischievous—hi s mode of bring ing forward the plan and hurrying it through Parlia ment,r would warrant his opponents in placing every possible • Tole obstacle in his way which the forms ofa'Parli2- Parlia ment allow. This, however, is hut a small part of his demerits. He has sought to cheat, as well as drive, the people into his toils. Ile has coupled t!:.e income tax with an alteration of the tariff, and justifies the tax by the relaxations which he affirms he makes in our commercial restrictions, and by the losa they will cause to the revenue. The juStifiCation would be inadequate, if true, but it is more cunning than true. On one day be tells the commercial community that the relaxations will extend and enrich trade. On another he tells the agriculturists that they will have no effect on prices. his relaxations in the tariff, when closely examined, are really found to be very trilling, and such as not to afford the shadow of a pretext for an income tax. Between the tariff and an income tax there is no con nexion whatever. If the removal of the prohibitions is to be of the least use they must add to the revenue. The only important deduction made from the revenue by the alterations of the tariff comes from the timber duties. Sir 11. PEEL'S mode of dealing with which has been justly called a wanton sacrifice of revenue. No class of the community asked him for that particular change. He might by a judicious alteration of the discriminating timber duties have increased the revenue and promoted trade But, according to his policy, the whole of the commu nity is to be tortured with an income tax for behoof of the Canadas. We are all to be placed under its harrow, that the lumberers of Canada may go on gambling and drinking, and a few shin masters in England find em ployment for worn-out ships. Common sense revolts, against such a conclusion; and all calculations of political arithmetic justify the assertion, that it would be more rational and equitable to destroy the timber trade with Canada altogether, by the abolition of all discrimi nating duties and levying a tax of 255. or 30s. a load on all timber, than that the people should be worried by an income tax. Sir R. PEEL, by blending the income tax with the tariff, has cunningly said to the furniture makers, " Be hold, I allow mahogany to come in at a lower duty, therefore, allow me to tax your profits." To all the eaters of meat, " I have removed the prohibition to im port cattle ; therefore, let me put my hand into your poc ket, and take sevenpence out of every sovereign." To the manufacturers, "I have lowered the duties on raw materials; and therefore, I propose to cut A three per cent. off your profits." To the wonting classes he exclaims " I tax property, and leave industry untouched ;" and so he has, by appealing to ono class after another, sought to create divided interests in the community, and bribe these several classes, by offering something to the selfishness of each, into an acquiescence in his arrogant scheme. Such a cunning, nefarious, demo ralising, dissocialising contrivance, based ,on such a pal pable attempt at corruption, ought to be resisted by every honest man to the utmost extent of his means. It is said, however, by the Tories, that it is very wicked and very factious in the Whigs to oppose Sir ROBERT, since our financial difficulties are of their caus ing. We admire the logic which asks the natioti to make a sacrifice of its freedom, because the Whigs have committed blunders. Suppose the Whigs did commit an error in causink the expenditure to outrun the revenue, is that a reason why they should not oppose Sir ROBERT PEEL, who makes these errors an excuse for committing a crime against the liberties of the people ? On the contrary, their present consciousness of former errors is a strong reason why they should assist in arresting, if they can, the more fatal course of Sir R. PEEL. They offer us, too, an alternative. They say, with a small fixed duty on corn, a reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, and an equalization , of duties on all timber, a sufficient revenue might be raised for the service of the State. Sir ROBERT PEEL will have none of these ;he will have an income tax, and nothing but an income tax. It was well observed, by Mr. C. BULLER, last night , in his excellent speech on this question, that nothing but the most extreme necessity, such as great peril from for( ion invasion, can justify the imposition of this odious and unpopular tax. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S necessity arises only from his own exaggeration of the deficiency of the revenue, and his depreciation of the resources of the country. He will not run the risk of causing a wrinkle in the sleek skins of the negroes,—though Lord STANLEY, by another measure, means to reduce their wages,—or of diminishing the wealth of a few planters, and therefore the whole people of England must submit to an income tax. He cannot, he says, think of allowing the people to eat their bread untaxed ; they must all submit to an income tax, in addition to a bread tax. The sole neces sity for this onerous impost, is Sir ROBERT PEEL'S insolence. He has power in the House of Commons, and he is determined to have his own way. If the nation submit to be:thus cheated, juggled, bribed, and bullied into now bowing their necks to an income tax, they will be a bye-word to freemen in all future ages. We will not suffer ourselves to he led into a discussion of any qualifications of the tax. We protest in limine against the whole plan. The nation requires relief from taxation, and that restrictions be removed from indus try. Sir It. PEEL'S plan continues restrictions and in creases taxes. We oppose it in toto and on principle, and the Opposition will, we are sure, do the same. It is, we believe, not asserting too much, to say that there is not, at the present time, an assembly in the world in which questions of greater magnitude, or of greater importance to the vital well-being of the human race are discussed, than in the General Court of Pro prietors of East India Stock, periodically convened at their house in Leadenhall-street. Should any of our readers demur at the soundness of this opinion, let ' them consider the scope and bearing of the topics brought under the consideration of the Court during the interesting debate of yesterday ; and let them also glance at the extent of that empire which has been com mitted to the charge of the East India Company. We are sorry, however, to perceive so strong a reluct ance on the part of some influential Members of the Court of Proprietors to allow the free discussion of ques tions which not only concern the welfare of millions of our Asiatic fellow-subjects, but the prosperity of this country, which is intimately connected with the good government of India. The India House is the proper and legitimate place for the discussion of all questions connected with the condition, government, and prospects of India ; and we believe there are men in that House fully competent to give the public the most valuable information on all these subjects. No hin drance, therefore, should be thrown in their way. An system of burking in Leadenhall-street will only lead to the taking up of Indian questions out of doors, and when this is done, in consequence of the arbitrary measures of the Directors, and their obsequious friends in waiting, they may be sure that the continuance of their power will be ofshort duration, and that their monopoly of domination will be brought to a speedy end. From the debate of yesterday we perceive, that several matters of high importance are likely to be brought under dis cussion very soon. We shall feel it our duty to watch these discussions with the attention they demand, and shall be happy to find that the Directors profit by the wholesome advice which they yesterday had tendered to them. It is too late in the day for them to attempt to strangle free discussion, or to conceal the acts of their servants. and . 4 sDivide, divide,'') said he had received a letter from a gentle man connected with the agricultural interest, stating that in his district there never was such a panic as had been produced by the measuresof the Right Hon. Baronet.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") If Hon. Gentlemen opposite who professed to be the friends of the agricultural interest would only give him their ear.—(Great laughter, which rendered the remainder of the sentence inaudible.) He was surprised that those Hon. Gentlemen did not protest against the proposal with respect to the importation of foreign cattle.--(Loud cries of " Oh, oh,") However unpleasant it might be to him to address the House, he would never hesitate to do so on a fitting occasion ; and such was his feeling with respect to the present measure, that if any Hon. Member would stand by him he would continue there for the purpose of obstructing it until ten o'clock in the morning.—(Laughter.) Mr. MILNER GIBSON rose for the purpose of correcting a misapprehension under which the Noble Lord, the Member for Sun derland, appeared to labour, namely, that on a late occasion, when thedebate was adjourned at half-past eleven, no Member was ready to go on with the discussion. That was not the case. There were, in fact, several Hon. Gentlemen who were ready to speak, but it happened that the Hon. Gentleman who moved the adjournment caught the eye of the Speaker first, and therefore these Hon. Gen tlemen immediately retired.— (Hear, hear.) He must say that he thought his Hon Friend, the Member for Stockport, had made a most reasonable proposal. They were told that there would be other opp otunities for discussion; but as by coming to a vote on that occasion they would be committing themselves to the principles of the Bill, he must support the motion of his Hon. Friend. The Committee divided. The numbers were— For tte motion ...... l7 Against the adjournment 90 Majority against the adjournment — 203 On our re-admission to the gallery, we found Mr. HENRY BERKELEY on his legs, moving that the Chair. man do report progress.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Ministerial benches, answered by loud cheers from the Opposition.) He had had an opportunity of consulting with his constituents, and they approved of the vote he had given on Monday last. They were anxious for delay in order to have a fair opportunity of con. sidering the measure.—(Ci ies of " Oh, oh," flom the Ministerial benches, and cheers from the Opposition.) Mr. CURTEIS rose to address the Committee, but in conse quence of the discordant noises kept up by Members on the Ministerial benches, it was scarcely possible to hear what fell from the Honourable Member. He was understood to say that he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet, seeing the determination on that (the Opposition) side of the House, would give way.— ( Cries of " Oh, oh.") He had remained in that House on former occasions until daylight, dividing on questions of adjournment during the progress of the Reform Bill, and he was prepared to do the same on the present occasion. He was willing to meet his con. stituenta on the question, and he was sure they would approve of his conduct.—( Divide, divide, and loud cries of " Oh !" from the Ministerial benches.) He trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would offer no further opposition to the question of adjournment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place. On our return to the gallery we found Mr. Brotherton ad. dressing the House, hut strangers were again ordered to withdraw. While the reporters were excluded Aom the gallery just pre vious to the second division on the adjournment, Mr. SCROPE stated that he had voted on Monday in the two divisions against adjournment, but must now vote for that pro. position, because the House was in very different circumstances at present. Had the resolution been carried on Monday, the report might have been brought up to-night, and the 'Bill brought in by the Right Hon. Baronet to-morrow, which would have placed the rneasure in all its completeness before the country for its considera tion during the recess. But, as the case stands now, it is impos sible that either the resolution can be reported or the Bill brought in before the holidays. On the other hand, the Right Hon. Ba ronet bas moved for the printing of the Act of 1806, on which his Bill is thunded, and which, indeed, is almost to be its exact coun terpart., Well, then, what can be gained by forcing on a division at present? Nothing. The result of adjourning the debate will only be that we shall take the division on Monday week on the re. solution itself instead of on the reports of it. But shall we gain nothing? Yes! We shall gain this, that the House will not appear to the country to have committed itself conclusively to this most important, and, in my opinion, most injurious measure. This is an OCCASION when nothing can be lost by adjournment, while much may be gained, by a fortnight's deliberation by us and by the country on this great question, before the Parliament commits itself by a vote to its approval. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it Majority Sir ROBERT PEEL protested against the injustice of the pro. reeding' on the part of his opponents, but, seeing the impossibility of persevering, gave way.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Cowper, and Mr. Cobden, The House resumed. Inanswor to a question from Mr. S. O'BRIEN, . Sir R. PEEL said he proposed to fix five o'clock on Monday, the 4th of April, for bringing on the Bill for appointing the Com_ missloners to inquire into the Exchequer Bills Fraud Bill. He should tix Tuesday for the Corn Bill, and he proposed to proceed with the Income Tax on the following Friday. _ SPIRITS DUTIES (IRISH) BILL . . The Spirits Duties (Irish) Bill was read a third time. The other 'Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at a Quarter before Three o'Clock the House adjourned till Monday, the 4th of April. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY CAPTAIN CHAMIER. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., PASSION ANI) PRINCIPLE. 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Doors open at half-past Six, anu the Performances begin at Seven. -Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. Gd ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price is. 6d.; Pit 738., Seeond Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of !ice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap plication. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book. It37,,New Bond-street. ift) • • f „ * '!".:,42, , 4.4., es • Air gr. ..;.5,, , J ~ d , Aplik, s l.„ tl , 41 . 1721 „,, • • 4itg _Snit, COURT CIitCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNRSDLY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning on the Terrace of the Castle and In the Slopes. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal weretaken out in the Home Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, afterwards rode out on horseback, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage airing. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaston and four, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish, Viscount Ha warden, and Sir Fred. Stovin, in other carriages; and by Colonel Buckley and Sir Edward Bowater on horseback. Major General Wemyss, Colonel Arbuthnot (72d Highlanders), and Colonel Bouverie, will have the honor of joining the Royal Din. ner Circle at the Castle this evening.: The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards and her Ma. jesty's private Band will be in attendance. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. Thu Duchess of Kent also visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Mr. Allan Gilmour, Mr. James Mitchell, and Mr. Robert Rodger, a Deputation from the Shipowners' Society and British American and West Indian Associations of Glasgow, accompanied by Mr. James Oswald, M.P., and Mtr. Johnston, M.P., had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A Deputation from Belfast,- consisting of Messrs. Pirrie, Sin clair, and Gullies, from Limerick; of Mr F. W. Russell, with Messrs. Allan and Anderson, Btll, Brothers, and Jones, Brothers, merchants in London, accompanied by Mr. Ennnerson Tennant, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Christmas, Mr. Reid, Mr. Johnstone, and other Irish Members of Parliament, had an in terview yesterday, with the Earl of Ripon, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Irish provision trade. The Postmaster General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing. street. The Countess Munster continues in a very distressed state. Her Ladyship's brother, arrived in town on Tuesday night. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester,' and the Duke of Sussex, sent yesterday to make inquiry as to the state of her Ladyship, and of Lord Adolphus Fitxclarence. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited his Lordship. yesterday at his residence in St. James's Palace. Among the No bility and Gentry who paid visits of condolence yesterday, were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duchess of Inverness, his Ex. cellency Baron Brunow, the Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Winchester, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis of Thomond, the Earl Delawarr, Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Westmorland, Earl and Countess of Cadogan, Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Lord Mc. t huen, Lord Bloomfield, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord W. Paget, Lord Templetown, Lord Norreys, Lord S. Osborn, Lord Cantaloupe, Lord William Lennox, Lord Beaumont, Right Hon. S. Byng, Sir Robert and Lady Otway, Sir W. Fremantle, Sir S. Higgins, Sir A. Murray, Sir J. Burgoyne, Lord Walpole, Sir Fleetwood Pullen, Sir R. Gardner, Hon. Mr. Begot, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Ge neral Grosvenor. Colonels Keate, Drummond, Scott, and Broad head, Captains Fremantle, Macdonald, Wood, and Villiers, Messrs. Codringtonf, Conyers, Ireland, Blackburne, Wombwell, and D. Raikes. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence arrived in town last night. 'The Municipal Council of Calais have voted a sil ver cup, worth 300 f., to Mr. J. Slater, mate of the Widgeon packet, for his conduct in saving the crew of the Minerva on the night of the 10th. The Humane Society of the same town have also decided on applying to the General Shipwreck So ciety for a gold medal for Mr. Slater, and silver ones for the English sailors who assisted him on that occasion ; also gold medals for the pilots, and silver ones for the French sailors who attempted, though in vain to save their countrymen. We regret to announce the death of Mr. T. Milli gan, Editor of the Bath Herald for more than 16 years. He bad been missing for some days, and on Sunday last the body was found in the Avoh, between Norfalk.crescaut and DredgeUridge. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to eur Norwich Correspondents. They will I see from the length of the debate that the petitions cannot be given this day. THE WEATHER.—Noorr, MARCH 24. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Thermometer... 40j Highest 44 I Lowest 29 Barometer 30.26.—Wind N.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 0 minutes after 0. 1 Evening 12 minutes after 0. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. ' • Zbg -flro . Vi viz: o ons.„„Pip, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-. MARCH Q 4, 1842. SUMMARY OF NEW AND petibitt eptutott. The original column's of the Paris Journals of Tuesday morning are nearly engrossed with articles on the sugar question. They do not, however, enter so much upon the merits of the contest be tween the beet-root manufacturers and the planters, as upon the expediency or otherwise of a postponement of the solution which, ' they say, is equally desired by both parties. The Archbishop of Paris, in compliance with the instructions of the Pope, has Just addressed a pastoral letter to the clergy of France, desiring that prayers may be put up for the Church of Spain. The letter states, that Spain, once the most zealous country for the de. fence of Catholic Union, is now menaced with separation from the Holy See, and that the Catholic religion is exposed to the attacks of discord and impiety. The Monikur Parisien says that what is intended by the con templated fu►ther reduction of the army is to prolong indefinitely the eonges, leaving the men liable to be called on, if required, at any period during their legal time of service. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CIIANCERY to DA.Y His Lonnstite disposed of several petitions by order, which con tained no feature of general interest. VICE-CHA.NCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice. Chancellor Wtußam.) His HONOUR was engaged during a great part of the day in hear. ing the further arguments in a part.mard cause of "Harvey v. Bousfield," whieh possessed very little public interest, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(T!-I1S DAY.) LoNnoN, MARCH 24.—Wind this day at noon N. to N.E. RAMSGATE, MARCH 23.—S1d. Zodiac, Surinam; Jare, Bermuda. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Prentice, Smith, Mobile ; Oxtord, New York, sailed 3d inst. Sl4. Aden, Singapore; Patriot King, Calcutta; Kingston, Born:ray ; Meton, Porto Rico; Success, Demerara; Ringdove, Trinidad; Lady Leitrim, Antigua ; Floraville, Pernambuco ; Los Ninos, Havannah ; Sydney, Rockall, Bowditcl., Camillus, Dumbarton, Byron, Adams, and Bornholm, 411 for New Orleans; Octavius, Wilmington, Oswego, Troy, Merchant, Anna, and South Am er i ca , New York; Lavinia, Dorian, rrovi fence, and Emma, Newfoundland; Lybia, Africa. Arrived off-Susannah Cumming, Mobile. The Ne gotiator, Young, from Alexandria, is agro.rnd near the King's Dock. The Glenview, bound to this Port, was aground at the head of South Pan of Mississippi,: 18th ult. The Navarino, Ilathews, heree to Gaboon wes spoken with Bth December, off the River Cestros; the supercargo and one seaman left the vessel the day previous in the launch. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind E. to N.W.—Phila delphia, Hovey, New York, sailed 4th inst. ; Anna, Robert son, London for Madras. Sld. Katurka, Jamaica ; Seduissant, Martinique ; Jason, Guadeloupe. COWES, MARCH 22.—Arrd. Amiable Rosanito, Havannah for Hamtrurgh, leaky. Sld. Tobago, New Zealand; Napo leon, Buenos Ayres ; Verina and Harriet, Havannah ; Alex ander, N. Orleans ; Superior, Charleston. PENZANCE, MARCH 21.—S1d. Triton, New York. Arrd. off, Francia, Bahman, DiewiYork for Amsterdam. PADSTOW, MARCH 21.—The Perseverance, Imes, from Newport to Redbrudge, has put in here leaky, and it is ex pected must discharge to repair. BRISTOL, MARCH 22.—Sld. Notion, New York; Ann, Trinidad; Susan, Demerara; Hercule, Martinique; Augusta, Barbadoes. MILFORD, MARCH 22. —Arrd. Ocean, Thomas, Sierra Leone. The Hehe, Haderaft, from Liverpool to Wisbeach, sprung a leak and was run ashore outside the harbour yesterday, ~ut i• expected off should the weather remain moderate. Hutt, Alwacit 23.—Wind E. N. E., strong. —Arrd. Ntento *tronbriibition SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch. In yielding to the determination of the minority in the House of Commons last night, to postpone till after Easter the resolution upon the inccme tax, Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke in a petulant strain of the factious opposition offered to his new financial scheme. Regarded apart from every other consideration, there is something amaz ingly suspicious in the excessive eagerness of the Right Hon. Baronet to pledge the country to the adoption of the principle of this inquisitorial impost. The concoc tion of this nostrum cost him six months' labour, as evidenced by his draughts for salary upon the Treasury ; and yet he loses his temper because it is proposed that the country shall have as many days to choose whether or not it would be prudent to swallow it without limita tion of quantity. Now we will tell Sir R. PEEL that the rules of the House of Commons, which enable an honest minority to defeat the designs of a tyrant Ministerial majority, were intended for such cases as that of the income tax. They were designed to give an honest minority the power of preventing the country from being taken by surprise by the perfidy of a ma jority ready, at the beck of the Minister of the day, to vote away their liberties, or their property, or both. As the whole weight of the income *tax must fall upon the middle and industrious classes out of doors, the minority in the House of Commons very properly and patriotically resolved that the tax should not be imposed before time was allowed for the legitimate expression of public opi nion respecting it. This is carrying out the princple of the representation, and is deserving of the praise of every part? , in the country. Vs e are not, however, surprised at the petulant irrita tion of the Right Hon. Baronet. His pet scheme of trade taxation is in imminent danger of being altogether rejected. Short as is the time allowed for the expression of public opinion against his nostrum, many Members, who voted in the majority last night, next week will shrink from assisting him to administer it. Petitions against the income tax are getting up in every part of the country, and every honr adds to, the public hatred of this measure. In one of these petitions from the Bankers, Merchants, Traders, and other inhabitants of the city of Norwich, among other weighty objections to such an impost, it is truly ob served that it would "inflict the deepest injury on the industry of those engaged in trade and commercii, and from the inquisitorial process adopted in levying it, would cause a most injurious exposure of the affairs of individuals ; destroy that confidence which. is so essen tial to the prosperity of trade ; and surround our com mercial transactions with an intricate web of espionage, disgraceful to a Government based on constitutional principles." The same petitioners, in an Address to the Queen, whose readiness to share the burden of taxation with her people endears her to every class of her sub jects, humbly submit to her MAJESTY, that an income tax appears to them only justifiable as a last re source in a period of extreme danger and distress, and that there is nothing in the present state of the nation which requires its imposition. A series of resolutions, passed at a meeting of the Reformers of Bradford, to the same effect, arc also now before us. In one of them, it is resolved, that " before the imposition of an income tax, every other source of revenue ought to have been exhausted ; and that so long as the real property of the country, passing by desctnt, entail, or by will, has not yet been called upon to contribute. to the exigencies of the State, and in the absence of a liberal commercial policy, affecting sugar and timber and corn, it is highly unjust and impolitic to add to the burdens of a class already overburdened by the operation of partial and unjust laws." The language of the Reformers of Brad ford and the Bankers and Merchants Of Norwich forms the burden of a heap of letters and addresses now before us from all parts of the country. The Minority in Parliament has nobly done its duty. It is now for the country to step forward, and assert the principles of its handful of honest Representatives. Remember that PEEL'S pill• box differs materially from PANDORA'S—there is not even hope at the bottom. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday. Their contents are of no political importance. - . . . Some Journals speak this morning of the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. This news is en tirely unfounded. — Moniteur, March 22. PARts, MARCH 22.—The Moniteur of this morning has no official part. Intelligence from St. Petersburg of the 15th instant, in the Wurzburg Gazette, states that the late disturbances in that city are totally void of truth. fhe Siecle says—." It is reported that the Ministry, intimi dated by the demonstrations of the seaports, and the irritation which has spread in a considerable portion of the Chamber, and of the electoral body, will, on Wednesday next, or at least in one of the next sittings, bring down a project of law on the sugar question. It will propose to continue the present state of things for another year, hut the explanatory mem,,rial is to contain a formal promse that at the opening of the session for 1843 a new project of law shall be presented, which will finally decide on the existence of our beet-root manufactures."— Commerce. BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY', MARCH 21. t us' Highest Lowest last Price Price. Priv. Prier. french 5 per Cent 5........... 117 60 ... 117 60 1 , 7 66 ... 117 60 4 per Cents lOl 5C ... 101 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 3 per Cents BO 65 .. 80 65 ... fit 60 ... SO CO Rink of mum. 3870 ...3870 ...536.5 Lattitte Clank I.lloof. sl•ares 11120 ...1020 —lO2O ...IPS) 5,000 f. Shares 5050 ...5050 ...50 0 ...5050 .selitian Bank 1811 ll 60 ...1060 ...1.611 ...1060 Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Cents., 1840 106% ... 106, ... 11'6% ... 100% Spanish Active 25% ... 25% ... 25% ... 55% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% New Defect ri Neapolitan Ronan.... ... 105%_ . ... 105 ... 105% ...1061,( ItAILWA 1 71HARErs — ... St. Germain ........... 847 50 ... 847 N/ ... 847 50 ... 847 50 Versailles, K. is 350 ... 350 ... 350 ... 350 L.B 220 ... 22(1 ... 217 50 ... 217 50 Rouen 525 ... 525 ... 525 ... 525 Orleans .. 563 75 ... 563 75 ... 563 75 ... 563 75 Montpellier to Cette Saashurg to Bale 242 50 ... 242 50 . 242 50 ... 242 50 DUTCH lUND3.—Asurrannam, MARCH 22. Money. Mills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. AIR9I t Syndic, 4N, per cent treli 9.1 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7 14 :7 Commercial Company, 41, per cent 156 156 5 4 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 98% 99 Exchange on London, One month l2 15 Two months ...... Hamburgh, One month 35 4'1% Two months 35 1836 Dutch Papers, March 23. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MARCH 19. •Isills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ... 109% Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan lln 1(5..).% Russian 5 Der Cent., let series, Certificate i 03% 103 Inscription, lot series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ._. E 9 Ditto in Certificates f 9 26% New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, x 34 per Cent.........., Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets ... 167% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 78% 71 , 4% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. ....... 17% AUSTRIAN 11l N DS. VIIINNII, MARCH 15. f ire per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. Dank Shares ............«....«.»....« ........... .. Sir George Arthur is to be the Governor of Bombay, in succession to the late Sir Wm. H. M`Naghten. THE TORY INCOME TAx.—A Morning Contemporary justifies this impost on the score of its being at variance with common sense ; and adds " for ourseives, we never thought that any taxation was likely to become agreeable from its conformity with the common-sense conclusions of mankind." According to this reasoning, a tax, to " become agreeable," must have nonsense for its basis ; and viewed in this light, the income tax certainly bids fair to become a very " agreeable" and popidar , impo- t, for never was there one that so boldly , set at defiance everything in the shape of jus tice and sagacity. Our Contemporary's contempt for common sense is perfectly natural, seeing that his own diurnal lucubrations are notoriously devoid of this quality. In another passage of the same article, he intreats the people to dismiss their foolish prejudices against the in come tax, because the . tax-gatherer, " i nstea d of sweeping away half a man's income, only asks sevenpence in the pound !"—Only asks sevenpence ! Modest creature ! Who can be base enough to resist so moderate a demand ? BALM IN GILEAD, OR COMFORT FOR THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—It must be very comforting to the Bishop of Exeter—who, it may be remembered, nearly broke his pious heart for the loss of the rich living of Stanhope— to know that he is no longer in possession of that fat, snug rectory, for he thereby avoids the heavy income tax that he would otherwise have had to pay on it ! TORY EARS.—In alluding to the income tax last ni g ht in the House of Commons, Mr. Curteis requested that " gentlemen in the agricultural interest would lend him their ears for a few minutes."—We are surprised at the Hon. Member's anxiety to borrow To r y ears. S urely, he must be well aware of . their inordinate and embar rassing length ! SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SAUCE.—In an advertisement, so headed, in the Morning Chronicle, a Mr. Carstairs of Edinburgh states that he is the inventor and proprietor of " the above much-admired sauce which has on the reverse of the label, a fac-simile of the Right Hon. Baronet's letter of approval." We take for granted that Mr. Carstairs has invented this sauce, for the patriotic" purpose of enabling the country to digest Sir Robert Peel's income tax ! Her Majesty's Royal Maundy was distributed at two o'clock this afternoon, in Whitehall Chapel, to the aged poor recipients of the Royal bounty. Mr. White, one of her Majesty's messengers, was seized this morning with a fit while walking in King street, St. James, which deprived him of consciousness, and he fell on his face. He was quicldy recognized, and was taken by the police to St. James's Palace. Me dical aassistanco was procured, and the sufferer was bled. . , '~'- -~ PAR.I.IAMEbi TART. The Royal Assent was given by Comm:ssion to several Bills, and then the Peers adjourned for the Easter holidays till April 7th. According to a statement made by Mr. Gladstone, in answer tf, Mr. Hawes, the tariff is still 'very incorrect, and the Right Hon. Gentleman hopes it may be corrected during the Easter holidays. In reply to Mr. P. M. Stewart, Sir R. Peel stated that he knew that there was an unusual quantity of timber on hand which hat. paid duty, that it had been imported in anticipation of an increase of the timber duties, and that he would make no drawback or al lowance whatever on account of the timber, but he will allow of a long interval before his new duties come into operation. The Right Hon. Baronet postponed further proceedings with the Corn- keeping-out. Bill till after Easter. Dr. Bowring, interesting himself for the Bishop of Jerusalem, extorted from Sir Robert Peel that the Bishop had not been kindly treated. Mr. Elphinstone gave notice of a motion after Easter to levy a probate and legacy duty on real equal to personal property. Sir R. Inglis persists, he said, in his determination to inflict, after Easter, moro churches on us, if he can. The House went into a Committee on Ways and Means, and discussed the income tax for the remainder of the evening. PUBLIC OPINION. The Post says:—" The income tax is not enormous. It is not as if the tax-collector came in to sweep away a half, or a quarter, or even a tenth. He asks but sevenpence in the pound. Un deubtedly this must bear more hardly upon those whose income is comparatively small, and who have a great deal with it ; but this mu.-t be the case with any tax. The inequality is less in the income tax than in any other." The Herald observes, with reference to the income tax :—" Sir Robert Peel ought to have been convinced, by the expressions of opinion which were made by several of his own supporters, that a modification of his proposal is most desirable. There was from be. hind the Treasury benches a very general denunciation of the in justice and odiousness of a tax on income, and though the Right Hon. Baronet is not threatened by secession from the ranks which enable him to beat down political and factious opposition, he must by this time clearly see that much of the support which he receives is from hands and not from hearts—is given from compulsion and not with free will—is accorded from considerations of party ne. cessity, and not from mental conviction. Such support, no one knows better than the Premier, is most dangerous to place reliance on. The Times contains the following remarks, suggested by the late debates in the French Chambers:—" If the commercial policy of England was really that jea ou: and tyrannical monster which the readers of the French newspapers believe it to be, France might have no difficulty in detaching the minor maritime States from a I intercourse with us. But it happens, that in spite of the restric. tive character of some part of our commercial laws, we have al ready formed relations of some hundred years' standing with most of )hose minor Powers, and consequently they have been the last to surrender and the first to resume the alliance of England when all Europe was forced into a league against us." The following is from the Chronicle :—" The feature most striking in the discussion, on the income tax is the determination of the Tories to avoid taking any part in it. There can be hill, difficulty in discovering their motive. They know that an income tax never can be made palatable to the country, and that to adv o. cate it in the House would excite the indignation of their consti tuents. Besides, the financial plan of Sir Robert Peel leaves hardl!, a single interest in the country untouched ; and the Tory Members know that they cannot open their mouths on the subject of it with out being liable to misconception, and consequently making ene mies. Under such circumstances, it is not at all surprising that they should remain obstinately silent, and allow the discussion to be one-sided." NAVAL AND MILITARY. The 78th Ross-shireßuffs, which is one of the regiments to be augmented to 1,000, and under orders to proceed to India speedily, has received an increase of seventy volunteers from the 72d Regt. LAW AND POLICE. A Cambridge University gyp, named William Day, was tried at the Assizes there on Tuesday, charged with having stolen from the dwelling-house of the Rev. Ralph lath= a tin box, containing cash and,notes to the amount of 2,6001., in July last. The Jury at once acquitted him, to the great joy of the audience. Thomas Harris, indicted for the wilful murder of his mother.in. law, Mrs. Williams, at Whixall, by the admixture of arsenic in some dumplings, whereby her death was occasioned, after full in. vestigation of the case at the Shrewsbury Assizes, on Tuesday last, was declared by the Jury " Not Guilty." The bankruptcy case of Messrs. Williams and Mottram, the late extensive linen-drapers of Wood-street, Cheapside, came on before Mr. Commissioner Evans, at Basinghall.street, yesterday. Among the disclosures made, was that of selling goods to a very large amount, greatly under prime cost, to raise money at times of pressure. Their debts and liabilities are estimated at 100,0001., and their assets are expected to reach to only 10,0001. The pro. ceedings are at present adjourned for the production of books and papers. On two wretched women being brought before Sir Peter Laurie, at the Mansion House, yesterday, charged with having threatened to break windows, it was stated by Gooch, the turnkey of the Gilt spur-street Compter, that for twenty-two years he had never seen that place of refuge In so crowded a state. Captain Kingdade, the Go. vernor of Bridewell, stated by letter, that in that prison from 40 to 50 persons were obliged to lie upon the floor. Whitecross-etreet is equally crowded to excess. Jones Jones was executed,at Mansfield, for the murder of Mary Hallam, net Tuesday morniag last. At Bow-street, yisterday, Chas , les Clarke, an attorney, was held to bail, himself in 4001., and two sureties of 150!. each, to take his trial for appropriating to his own use the sum of 841. 175., entrusted to him by Mrs. Hartley, of Upper Grosvenor.street, to pay a quarter's rent. lalTEELitalf AND SCIENTIFIC. Dr. Burney possessed the largest known collection of newspapers, comprising rare series of these periodicals from the year 1603 to 1818, amounting in the whole to 700 volumes, and valued at 1,000 guineas. THEATRICAL. The season at Covent-garden Theatre will be brought to a close on the 29th of April. SPORTING. A steeple chase, for a large iumand — sweepstakes, comes off on Tuesday next, at Storeton. A prize fight between two worthies named Tom Angelo, of Windsor, and Jack Bradshaw, of Eton, took place on Tuesday near Winds or, in which the latter after nine rounds was carried out of the field. COURT--ZASHIONA.BLE. The Duke of Wellington left ApsTe; House yest e rday for Strath fielchiaye. The Duke of Rutland has returned to Belvoir Castle from town. The Duchess Dowager of Bedfozd intends remaining at Naples until June. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglcsea have delayed their departure for the Continent for a few weeks. The Earl and Countess Cowper have left town for Pansanger, Hants. The Countess Dowager of Essex leaves Paris on Monday next for Belgrave•square. MISCELLANEOUS. On Tuesday last, the boiler of the Telegraph steamer exploded off Helensburgh, in the Clyde, when sixteew lives were lost, and more than ten persons severely wounded To-day is the anniversary of the death of Quetn Elizabeth, in 1603 ; also of the death of John Evelyn, the author of the " Sylva," In 1669. An artesian well is now being sunk in Piccadilly, just by SI James's Church. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (Tills DAY.) • WIGAN. The Committee met this day at the usual hour. The scrutiny was proceeded with on the part of the petitioners. Christopher Blades was objected to on the ground of change of qualification. The vote was struck of. John Allen was next objected to on the same ground. The vote was struck off. Robert Jump was objected to on the part of the petitioners also, one of the last voters struck off being a plumper. [The case of this voter was proceeding when we went to press.) ... THE MARKETS.-THIS DAY. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were firm generally, but the Markets were rather quiet, and but little business done. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The improvement in the English Stocks, noticed to have occurred yesterday afternoon, is maintained to-day, although the amount of business is very limited, owing to the approach of the holidays. Consols are 893 3 for money, and 893 for the Account. India Stock 240 to 241 for money ; India Bonds 8 to 10; and Exchequer Bills, 27 to 29 premium. In the Foreign Market bargains have been principally con fined to Mexican, :the quotation for which has been slightly advanced, being now 413 to 41 1 ,/ x ; Portuguese, 34*; and Spanish, 243 The price of the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch Stock i,i 523, and the Five per Cent. 103* *; Belgian Five per Cents. 103*, and Russian , 1121 ,x. An inquiry has existed for Railway Shares, but few have as yet been sold. New North Midland are 34; South Western, 59 1 ,4 ; Great North of England, 87 ; Brighton 36, and Bir mingham Quarter Shares 36. The adjournment of the House of Commons, without coming to a decision upon the question now before it, coupled with the announcement that the consideration of the tariff wilt not be immediately pressed, his given much satisfaction in the City. PRICES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. Bristol and Exeter ..... ••••••••••• Paid. Per Share R A ILWAYS. 391 to 87 Great North of England ..• ••••• 90 London ant Brighton ......... 60 London and Birmingham .... ..... 90 15 London and Smith Western..... 383 s9i* ... to Manchester and Leeds ....•• North Al idland .............••••• 100 Ditto New JOINT STOCK BANKS. lonian State Union of Australia. ..... 25 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 23.—The Market was very flat, and the sales only amounted to 3,000 bales, at prices which, though not lower, were more in favour of purcha sers. The transactions comprise-40'i Surats, at 3d. to 41 50 Egyptian, 7d. t o 7 3 d. ;20 Bahia, at 6d.; 2,630 A mer i can, at 43d. to 7d3. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 23.—A moderate business was done in the following Shares at the prices quoted. Great Western and Eastern Counties were, however, in most request. London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 35% • Manche s te r an d L ee d s , 78 9-10; North Midl ands, Thirds ' 223 ; East ern C ount i es , Debentures, 101. Its. Sd. ; th e N ew . ditto, 41. ss. 2d. ; Great Western, 91 ; the Halves, 633. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 23.—Our market to-day has been less firm, and late prices barely sup ported. S ou th W es t ern , 593 ; N ew Eastern Countie s,. 11. 16s. 3d. prem . ; L ancas ter and P rest in, Three Quarter Shares, 14%; Bank of Manchester, 31. 35. 9d. ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. 101 and 103, GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week, ending March 19, 1842: Passengers , £702 7 6 Merchandise 473 11 2 £1,175 18 8 Darli ng t on , marejl 2.1 W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. THE TORY INCOME TAX. A meeting was held in the Guildhall, Norwich, on Tuesday, in opposition to this hateful tax, the Mayor in the chair. A petition to the Queen, and another to the House of Lurds, were unani. mously agreed to, and received in the course of the day a great number of signatures. At a meeting of the United Reform Club, held at Bradford yes. terday, strong resolutions were also passed against the proposed measure. The solicitors, an influential body, are about to make common cause in resisting the scheme. A Correspondent states that, taking into account the heavy stamp duty paid by solicitors, and the charge of 121. in the metropolis and 8/. in the country, a profes sional gentleman making by a country practice '2OOl. a year, would pay to the revenue in direct taxation not lees than 7 per cent. AN INQUEST BY ANTICIPATION. LAMENTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INCOME-TAX DEATH* OF JOHN BULL, ESQ.-CORONER ' S INQUEST ON THE BODY. An Inquest was held this morning (October sth, 1843), before Mr. WAKLEY, Coroner, and a highly respectable Jury, on the body of John Bull, Esq., who was found dead in his bed, and worn away to a shadow—in fact, picked clean to the bone, as much so, as if a parcel of hungry vultures had been dining on his remains. '1; he countenance wore an expres sion of great discontent and anxiety, and a frown still hung about the forehead, as if the old gentleman had died while in the act of launching an anathema against the " eyes " of his medical attendants, both of whom were present at the Inquest. After the Jury had viewed the body, they returned to the Inquest-room, when the following evidence was adduced : Doctor JOHN RUSSELL, M.D., who was the first witness examined, deposed that he had been for some yea's in the habit of attending the deceased, who, though somewhat testy and wayward in his temper, generally enjoyed pretty good health. About the year 1830, he suffered severely from an inflammatory attack, well known to the faculty by the name of " The Reform Fever," but by cooling and aperient medicines, he (witness) restored him to his usual state of convalescence. Since then, however, as he still continued to be indisposed from time to time, he (witness) ordered him to be shut up in a nice, new, cool work-house, and his wife to be taken from him, and locked up in a separate ward, so that he might have nothing to annoy him ! Deceased visibly improved under this treatment, especially as he had thin water-gruel twice a week-- CORONER—Pray, Doctor Russell, did you ever taste this gruel yourself ? Dr. RUSSELL (making a wry face, as if he were swallowing physic)—Never, thank ,God ! The truth is, it does not agree with some constitutions, and mine is one of them. But where it does agree, it agrees wonderfully ! It answered . exceedingly well (continued the witness) in the deceased's case ; and he would no doubt have become better than ever he was in his life, if he had not, in a sudden fit of caprice, called in a Quack Doctor—one Peel of Tamworth, since when he had never enjoyed a day's health. The witness added, with lively emotion, that he always pred.cted Dr. Peel would be the death of John Bull, for to his (witness's) certain knowledge, he had inva riably killed every patient for whom he had ever pre scribed ! Doctor ROBERT PEEL, M.D. was the next wit ness examined—He is a middle-aged man, of imposing address, but with something sly and sinister in the bland expression of his countenance. He entered the Inquest-room with the dignified gait of a gander, and commended giving his evidence with «great buoyancy and alacrity of spirit," which, however, visibly diminished as the examination proceeded. He stated that he was called in, at the deceased's own particular request, and found him labouring under a complication of disorders brought on by the inju dicious treatment of the last witness. Dr. RUSSELL (considerably excited)—That's a bounce, and you know it ! Dr. PEEL (looking viciously at his rival)—l was fully prepared for this factious opposition on the part of Doctor Russell. CORONER—Doctor Peel, will you be good enough to state the symptoms of deceased's case ? Doctor PEEL—(stammering, and looking greatly embarrassed)—Symptoms !—Why, really—oh, the symptoms, you mean !—Why, V he was labouring under, what in medical language is called, a decided hic, hcec, hoc, genitive, hujus, dative, huic, comment vous portez vous, quod erat demonstrandum, in swcula seeculorum, &c. A VOICE FROM THE CROWD—Exactly so ; so he was, and I never heard the symptoms of his case so clearly explained before. CORONER—WhO is that ? A JURYMAN (looking round)—Oh, its only an old woman named Sibthorp, a great admirer of Doctor Peel's. CORONER (with dignity)—Turn the old woman out! After the interruption occasioned by this lively sally of the old gentlewoman had been put an end to, the witness went on to observe, that when he had carefully considered the deceased's case for upwards of six months— CORONER—Upwards of six months ! And was the deceased's malady gaining ground all this time ? Doctor PEEL (looking exceedingly foolish)—l am sorry to say it was, but I never thought of that. When, however, I had sufficiently considered his ease, I prescribed a corn plaster, on the homoeopathic prin ciple, in infinitessimal small quantiti es , which unfbrtu., nately only increased his irritation, whereupon I thought it best to produce a counter-irritation, so worried him with a parcel of tax-gatherers, in order to divert the excitement occasioned by the corn-plas ter. This succeeded admirably, bitt it happened un■ luckily that the patient died, just as he was getting over the irritation produced by the plaster. CORONER—Pray, Doctor Peel, what is your usual mode of practice in ordinary oases of illness ? DR. PEEL—Why, I have generally found that most patients' maladies originate in an organic derangement of the chest, so I always begin by cleaning that well out CORONER (impatiently) The Jury have heard quite enough. Is there any other witness P A stout, elderly gent:lona/1, b name Daniel O'Connell, here stepped forward, and deposed that de ceased was his particular friend, and that he had heard him declare, Int three days before his death, that though Doctor Russell hed not don 9 him quite as much good as he might have done, vet that it was th e i rr it a • tien occasioned by Doctor Peel's tax.gatherers that had "done his business for him." These, added the witness, were deceased's own words. Mr. O'Connell concluded by stating that if John Bull had taken his advice, he would have kicked off both Doctor's, in which case hP would now have:l)m, " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the see!" No other witnesses having been called, The CORONER summed up—Tie observed that, tin• accustomed as he was to public speakitig i he should be brief hi his remarks, for, the truth Wan, thu case lay in a nut-shell. There could not be the slightest doubt that the deceased had met his death at the hands of Doctor Peel's tax-gatherers ; and addressing the Re porters, the Learned Coroner added, that he trusted it would go abroad that in all cases of serious indispo sition, a dose like that prescribed by Doctor reel, must inevitably prove fatal. The Jury, after deliberating a few minutes, re turned a verdict to the effect that ." Deceased died by the Visitation of the Tax-gatherer 1" The deceased gentleman will, we understand, be buried next Tuesday, at the expense of his numerous friends, Doctor Peel having, in accordance with his usual mode of practice, effectually cleaned him out. The proceedings excited intense interest--indeed , such as has not been witnes.sed within date oldest living inliabitazt the memory . . COWES. ISLE OF WIGUIT. I rants OUR OWN C ORRINPONDENT.) MARCR 23.=-The Span sn he g A .b nosanit fr m vannah for ilainburgh, came u,r lot night in oistr,s , , having red ceived damage in a hurricane, and been obliged tn' throa pa, t of her cargo overboatd, This morning, in getting under wei,h to come into harbour to repair, b, f,rc sufficient sail wai got upon her, a squall from the n,•rth-west drove her on shore, between the rocks, broadside on to the westward of the entrance of the harbour, oppo site Earl De Grey's villa ;the tide nearly left her at low water. She does not appear to have received any damage yet, but as there is a ledge of rocks on each side of her, she is in a dangerous situation. There are a number of men employed lightening her, and three barges lying off, ready to be put alongside as soon as there is suffi cient water for them. Marry expect that a sufficient quantity of her cargo (sugar and rum) will be got out idto tnem to enable her to float off next tide. The pilot is considered highly to blame for not having more able assistance with him as the Spanish crew could not understand him, nor ht• them. The English ship Providence, Captain Williams, having repaired damages, will sail for Aden to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY I) (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Ho WEDNICSDAY, Kell ./NCOME TAX. MINORITY of Eighty-nine (Tellers incl Mr. Cobden's Motion Elphinstone, Howard Ferguson, Colonel Fitzroy, Lord C. Gibson, T. M. Granger, T. C. Hall, Sir B. Harris, John Q Hauls, A. Hawes, B Howard, J. K. Humphery, J. Jardine, William Johnstone, Alex. Leader, J. 'l' Marjoribanks, S. Marshall, W. Martin, John Maule, Hon. Fox Morris, David Mostyn, Hon. E. M. Murray, A. Napier, Sir Charles O'Brien, C. O'Brien, J. O'Connell, *I J. Ogle, S. C. H. Pag t, Frederick Pechell, Captain Philips, Mark Pinney, W. the second division c exception of Captain who had left the Ho Aglionby, H. A. Bannerman, A. Barnard, E. G. Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, H.F. Bernal, .N. Blewitt, Reginald Bowring, Dr. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. B. Bruthertoo, J. Bryan, George Busteild, W. Byng, G.S. Cave, R. 0. Colborne, W. Ridlel Colebrooke, Sir 'l'. E. cowtter, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Curteis, H B Dalmeny, Lord Dalrymple, Captain Dashwood, G. H. Dawson, Hon. T. V. D'Eyncourt, C. I'. Duncan, George Dundas, C. W. D. Dundas, Hon. J. C. Easthope, Srr John Ellis, Wynn The Minority on Members, with the and Serjeant Wilde, CORN A V ERA li.bn 1 V IS I ON S. ruseof Commons. ) laded) who voted for Plumridge, Captain Powell, Caleb Power, James Pulstord, bert Rennie, George Ricardo, John Lewis Russell, Lord E. Scott, Robert Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. Shell, R. L. Smith, Benjamin Somers, J. 1' Stuart, Vs. Vipers Strutt, Edward Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir T. Tufnell, Henry Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, Frederick Waltley, Thomas Ward, H. O. Wagon, Rigby Wilde, Sir 'P. ' Wm. Wood, Benjamin Wood, G. W. isLiAns. Cobden, Richard Duncombe, T. S. consisted of the Fame Berkeley, Mr. Ward, use. EN ER AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITOIL - I COHN, For the Week ended March IS, 1842, made up from the Returns of - ..iteltispector., the ,ittleient Cities and 'fawns in England a . d tvales,iset Imperial Viiarter Wheat 59i. Pd. Oats Barley 27s. 6.1.1 Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST RIK WEEKS. Wm* ending WHEAT. SMILEY., OATS. RYE. BEANS. I NMI/. 90 0 32 1 33 0 •$7 1 5 33 11 3 10 31 10 33 1 3 3 9 32 ti .3 II :4 1 , 33 11 30 4I 30 t SI 3 Feb. 1I 8 6O 0 In 5 25 .O 10 -8 March 4 6O 9 28 3 i 55 9 27 0 4 19 8 19 I` 19 1 19 ..0 19 1 11 , 4P1t1tIAL A.Olitl4.lo4ATt AV KAGE. , M. THE snt Whrat 6(h. 24. Oats -6 , . Barley, Oda. Oil. Rye - _ DUTIES OW rOKIIGN COILII. Wheat '6e. 8(1. 1 Oats Batley 193 10d. j s3e AMERICAN NEWS LlVlial'OOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the Oxford, Captain vsathbone, we have New Yo:k papers three days later titan previously received-by the larrick. The Oxford has made the passage in eighteen days, and brings eight pas sengers. In consequence of the nun. arrival ot the Caledonia steam-ship at Iladfax, the steamer Unicorn had been devatched to Boston to bring on the thailS and passengers, iron, the United StateS. She arrived at Boston on the 27th, and would leave for liatalvx on the Ist instant, and on her arrival at Halifax she was to proceed to Liverpool, in case the steamer from Engtand had not arrived. "lheAcadia, howevirr, would reach Halintx about the 4th, and would no doubt return to Liverpool with the mails. NEw ORLEANS, FEB 2l —TERRIFICSTRAMBOAT EXPI.o. SION, AND Loss OF LIFE.—The steam tow•boat Mohican, Captain Heat.,n, on Saturday evening iast, the Wilt Feb. instant, whilst engaged with the tow-boat Star; in towing the British ship Edward Thorn, (inward bound). acro,s the Bar, burst all her boilers, by which we regret to add, that from twelve to fourteen lives wete lost, amongst whom are the two engineers, two firemen, and three neck hands. Lieutenant Butup, one of the revenue officers at the Balite, was blown from the boat on board of the Star, and was killed on the spot. The mate of the Edvvt.rd Thorn was killed by tne explosion, and the Captain is dangerously wounded. 't he latter, anl Captain Heaton, who is likewise badly hurt, were brought to the city yesterday, on board of the Star, and medical aid was immediately procured to render them every possible assistance. Captain Heaton, of the Star (a brother of the commander of the Mo hican), did everything in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded, and w.th a promptitude worthy of credit, re turned forthwith to the city, with a view of securing immediate remedies for their recovery. The Mohican caught fire immediately after the explosion, and was entirely consumed. The deficiency of water in the boilers is said to have been the origin of this afflicting ac cident. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.—It will be perceived by the letter of our Washington Correspondent, that the Supreme Court of the United States• has virtually decided, that the law of this State granting to a run-a-way slave the right of trial by Jury, is unconstitutional. From Texas we learn that a meeting had been held • at Galveston, and the following resolutions adopted:— • That in the opinion of this meeting it is expedient for the executive to acquiesce in measures for offensive war against Mexico. That a committee of nine be appointed •to corre spond with the executive, and recommend the following mea sures for immediate war :- Ist. That our navy be instructed to molest the commerce of Mexico on the high seas, to ravage the towns and coud try on the coasts. 2.i. That commissions be granted to private armed vessels, under the flag and authority of Texas, to do the tame. 3d. That invitation and encouragement be given to volun teers arum abroad to come under our flag, and join with an army in the invasion of Mexico. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, MARCH 2. Very little business was done in the Stock Exchange this morning. New York State Stocks were firm atfurmer rates. Illinois Sixes a .vanced h, Indiana Bonds A, Bank of Com merce script 1, and Harlem R. It. # ; Delaware and Hudson declined *, and Indiana Sterling Bonds per cent. Foreign Exchanges were more active in consequence of the departure to-morrow of the Cile°, n from Boston, and the Clyde iron this port. Sterling bills wete negotiated at 108 a 108 1.4, Frales 5.283-4 a 5.27 1-2 ; bills on Amsterdam at 39 7-8 at 40, Hamburgh 35 3-4, and Bremen 76 3-4 77. Treasury Notes are in fair demand at 5-8 a 3.4. Small sales of Put Ashes were made at 6 dol 75 c., and the Pear 4 at 6 (14.1 75 c Cott,4l Ls dull; purchasers being unwilling to operate until further Euroceati advises are recti , ed. There is no cii,ege in Flour, and but few sales effected. Genesse is held at 6 u. 1 4. /Sic. a 6 dol. 25c., and fancy brands . at 6 dol 3I #c. ; Truy 6 chi': ; Ohio 6 Col. a 6 dol. 12h ; Richmond country b (mi. 7.5 c. ;',` dol. Blie ; Georget. wa ud Howe' d-street 6 dol.: Ba andywine 12he. ; Rye 4 del. a 4 dol. 12ec ; and Corti Meal 3 dol. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK if'NCHANGE. WEDNESDAY. 1,000 Dols. State 5% of '6 , 1,000 Ditto Illinois sixes, 1870 ..... sl5 dt ;44 4,u00 Ditto Indiana Bonus 21 Shares l'hcenix Bank 6B 25 Ditto Delawa.e and Hud on 14 Ditto Mohawk b n w 50 Ditto Harlem 55 Ditto Boston and Providence Railroad 150 Ditto Long Island. 25 Ditto New Jersey Railroad 15 Ditto Paterson b r;0 days 48 SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. - 30 Shales Long Island Railroad 50 Ditto Harlem Radr,ad CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION OF A ----- STEAM BOILER—SIXTEEN LIVES LUST. (From the Glasgow Courier, of '1 uesday.) Tne retteiers of our paper are aware that a tine fast sailing steamer, named the Telegraph, was lately built for the river trade for the purpose of competing with the railway. She has been plying f.r some time back, and being on the high pressure principle, has beat the swiftest steamers in the passage to Greenock. Yester day, about half-past twelve o'clock, the people oathe steam boat quay, Greenock, heard a report as if a battery of cannon had been discharged at Helensburgh (a distance of four miles). A smoke was seen to arise, and tele scoped being procured, the explosion of the Telegraph was immediately discovered. Two of the tug steamers lying at Greenock quay, got the steam up, and sailed fur Helensburgh, to render whatever assistance they +amid. On arriving at Helensburgh they found that the Telegraph's boiler had exploded, and that the hull of the vessel was tt total wreck, and literally floating away in pieces. At the time our informant left it had been ascertained that thirteen had been killed outright, but as strangers were on board, it was impos sible to arrive at a true statement of the casualties. A number of individuals were seriously wounded, some of whom are not expected to recover, and among the latter we are sorry to say is Captain Ewing, late of the Kilroun steamer, who Ifas just alive when our despatches were kid rift. It appears that the passengers for Helensburgh had all landed, and that the boat was about to proceed on her passage up the Gairloch when the explosion took• place, Something connected with the management of the valves is supposed to have caused the accident. We have heard that four of the dead belong to Glasgow, and formed part of a company of eight painters, who had gone down to paint the Precursor steamer, at present lying in the Gairloch. Mr. Hedderwick, of the late firm of Hedderwick and Bunke!), shipbuilders, is dead. Since the above was put in type, an acquaintance has furnished us with a few additional particulars iu rela tion to this most appalling catastrophe. It is im pessible adequately to describe the scene at the moment the %plosion occurred. The vessel itself burst like a bomb shell, and momentarily beanie a total wreck--so much so, that nut a single part of the vessel remained to gether afloat. In every direetton could be observed, scat tered about, the mutilated Initial of the unfortunate pas sengers, and the water was iiteraby tinged with their Woad, The boiler in the expio,ion was blown com pletely ashore, MI as to convey to tae spectißor the idea of the disappearance of the steamer altogether. iv I-n our in , ormain left, he saw fifteen bodies in the Tontine Hotel, Helensburgh, which he recognised. Two of the painters' bodies had not been 'wove' ed. At half past four, the steamer Royal Tar sailed from Helensburgh with a number of the vi ounded on board. if these ~ur were lauded at Greenock, wh• re the 'rovost had a num ber of biers ready to remove the sufferers that arrived to the infirmary. 'Two of the painters mentioned shoved., who were not so severely wounded as th• rest, proceede to Glasgow in the steamer, as well as a lady man, who were slightly wounded while s,andillige ,tren. Helensburgh Quay, witnessing the departure of t graph. and gentle q4otz vi t h o e r S egr ec e o v n to d tti ll oLo bo f t,h3:oGuelaila ;0. mast Ir•C ru!catastrophes we have ever ben called upon to record. ]€. ..e56.1.! its;;'. we it-aro. I, ii. e;•,:ii .. siiivi red ul;o '•rs, n ';:. O. -, I Lliu e,,, it,iun • it, au :11 Illt - 1.0• 6 ' • a .he engine was (A:Jolt Le tt titStaile, Or :Vt enty yards. lie t ead bodies .resent it shockilig, ,peetaele, on.-. of em being completely decapitated, and others so o dread fully hrui.,ed and I..urm,d, that they hardly I:resent no vestige of humanity. 1 I: i l i i i e k l ( i i si of the killed and wounded, so far as can Y et natyne, engineer C aptai n e ascertained, is as follows • o E f wi d n i g tt i o ( ; )i. firm of Hedderwick and Rankine ; All'• I)° "'' 01 Greenock ; Miss Keith, sist,r to Mrs. )tliire.Tkeiletegiar:pohri;clV.oßf son; iJohn M`Diarmid, pilot ; --.. MNair • Rota rt M'Auslan, one of the grew ; Robert Cad,fthea:l, carpor' ter, G.lvan ; Peter M'Lintuck and Thomas Mueen painters—bodies not foun+l ; Dani el Sinclair, f i re man ; a pilot, ae unknownsuposeto be tailors —namesnm k notknown ; ,l nines Johnswp". late of trWß terloo House, Greenock ; another man , Name atilt -flown. Wounded—Mrs. Keith, Greenoc k, ;ouch hull' bhut able to walk, mother of the tw o ladies killed ; bun M'Neil, bruised ; Richard Anderson, fo r to Redd: rwiek and Rankine, dangerously wcancl"l•; James Stenhouse, carpenter, severely wound roust'ss M'Kellor, Greenock, hurt, but not dan Charles M'Quarrey, painter, badly woundedb; Ge_,`'r.itsee Leek, do., leg broke in two places, and othe r " . , hurt ; DugaH Cameron, deck hand, 1. , s ig „keit Duncan Kennedy, do. Lauchlan Cameron', -- It , er co. IO P e e wounded. This list, although not altoi.cco contains nearly the whole of the caSualues• htly wound ELECTION COMMITTJA v -' eS . Y ESTERDAY. (Continued from our Atternoon Edition.) . GREAT MARLOW. ~, by the The vote of Edward Newell was then objected ;aloe. Counsel for the pe:itioners, t n the ground of. MO^ tion and non-payment of rates. n ; & tor s i' The vote was not decidedon at the hour of our k - L k i,ipg John Smith, one of the overseers of the parish, '''cockgru; duced a printed copy of the list of objections. I % ll. :„.; e inal hi t objected to its production, on the ground that the v einal boa should be produced, or that it should be proved ' l ° " 4. destroyed. thlS After a long argument among Counsel, it was die • the duplicate copy was sufficient. ...MOW John Smith was then recalled, and stated that t he tu t -; be f o te discussion before the Committee, had been obje'u lt 1..00 01 the Revising Barrister, but that he had decided that 0 1 4 , it not entertain the otjection in consequence of an Oslo. Mr. Cocaßuax contended tl at the serving it. not enter into the objection, for the same r eason a nd Iri . he r im gurnents upon this point were not coucluded at s the Committee. Committee allo c e ---- f WEYMOUTH. •Itatioge, or It appeared, however, on a more critical ezal°,l4kiihei:r • • the name of the son was expunged, while that a 0 J. John Meade, was retained. ..,I potiC ol) . l ,?‘ J. Bose, a post-idfice clerk, said he had sar i `" boole 'sg d could to both gentlemen, who lived in the ogl e h e ebr e e 't f not say which of them had a right to vote, r„,,,,,(;,„ to both, in order to have the matter set right b' ° , o ld _,..) ing Barrister, as witness was very anxious tha"itioldP should enjoy his franchise it he had a right to it' i b), 3 saia. d ee He did net know that Sir John .Meade was oat °' - te i l s tbe" - r s- It was proved that John Spencer Meade elicl/ .. , e 0 o r 1 0 44. of John Meade. The omission of the name Srb r- y the ''''',lol marked at the time, but no note of it was &ta v ola° es id book-ke.eper on the Liberal side, Mr. Tasker, L it fit! Wi' pointed out the matter. Mr. Talker added , t "' s d i * nothing for his services. o at Mr. TALBOT—Then you are an ill-used m ll4 w e( you to come over to the other side —I Laughter. ) Dea r s i r Air. TALBOT contended that Mr. Meade teas the ie fi ct Ise the house, the rather being the owner, and that for 0 00. John ,tirade was not on the list, but John Nles tle t i s icsfi l te ref the firmer had been for four years before in a le° Its: The Committee struck off the vote, considering personation. o 8 {> William Fowler, a sitting Member's vote. was iisliirier on the ground that while the real owner of thelli r' was dead and buried, a namesake came to the r" lee ... Oa sonated him . The Committee adjourned, leaving the cue to morrow (this day). 1, . WICIAN The Committee resolved that the vote should bel tr h :t,o7! John Hayes of jetted to by Mr. HILDTAAR On 1 "` ... 01 , 41 sitt,ng Members was struck off the poll on similar gS;litstr, Richard Peck was objected to by Counsel for ther e of and struck off. oft be e 4 Air. HILDTARD having stated that the decisioes g el tie it mittee placid the sitting Members in a majoritYdwilli that the Petitioners' Counsel should again pre - . & tell ' objections. • i ebire f r o ? 'l'he vote of Matthew Lowe was accord i ng l y -,_, - tr. Slade, on the same grounds upon which th e ~Aw i votes were disposed •of.—Struck elf. The vote of Peter Doming, objected to by the P °7 :•tr 0 Counsel, was struck off. PO 1r 0. 0, i James Workman's vote was objected to by A . 0 04 behalf of the sitting Mem sustained e ground • ef t . ej , Or The objection was fullyand the yeti W . 41 1 the poll. is e he,A*lo'"f e The vote of Ralph Unsworth, keeper of a pe",f pr'''' the Clockface, in Wigan, was objected to by P ' behalf of the sitting Members. . leo Ihe vote was struck off the ejerliiifti This decision places the sitting members in a se .0 . The Committee then adjourned till to.morrow OP 11 o'clock. ..,,...—......--.r...... 4 gift ,0- MONEY MARKET e.nd Cl'llt i e o .40 ; SUN.—The funds at the close of yesterday evi ag a er improvement, the sales which were made, about 171;e0 1 d 74,1: r i !:Tin t : P e ° 72 !s ai:1!! li o: P!!! : 1 0 and 891 i, buyers, for the Account. ExcheqaeL t fla• -e . pre T ir h t e um g ;eat feature in Foreign Stocks to-dval wee ti feit" of the Spanish Bondho ders, for the pwant i ., g 4l M.; A cepting the Government proposal of ealan"""' — ''k .fW lion to the Committee of the Stock Exchang e coupons, and thereupon to furnish the groundwer,,, to *4 0 7 Stock thus created a place in the official i tel %beftessi chosen forthe oc..asion was of the dimensions o: si fo re by 15, which was all the accommodation 10 014 ,4,,:10,,, presentatives of about ninety millions of t,7 t bet - r, i twentieth part of whom could have been present la 00 410 i and a large portion of the space was o ccupied e b t l e , _L . are jobbers in the Stocks, but not member° °' _ a '-`°" change. The grand object being to create a r ‘ t i . speculation, every speaker who appeared to t''';', o , resolutions was, of course, immediately put '', d oe, OF,: propositions accordingly carri. d. Those geo7 o l' experience of Spanish honour and prostates ,je doubtful as to the extent of the benefit t°, 1 501 0 41 1 .1 creditors trom the conversion, though all age „_ tib ie 41r a be advisable to accept the dividend, if, as L' I' bore stated, they could get it, in wi:ich he siticeteildesle 1t would succeed It the Stuck Exchange perteithse w- sri to be quoted, it will be completely stultified e lpe 0,01 ceedings regarding Greek, Portuguese, and 11 ' 10 1 490'1. stocks are cited as examples. Spani sh were i . thee 24a -I, sellers ; Portuguese Five per C e nts. A 3 le 4 s l, 7 4 l. l/ ; per Cents. 20* i ; Luionibian, 256 266: file price of Belgian was 103 104 ; of Bras'll t 0 f' ..„ Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 526 I; 0 Cents „ 1036 to ,03i. we lti t r e m o m , g 2 ll 6 aa to ß 2 a 7 ilo ; Rail way left s s l h e a ft res o , ff st 85 14 P.llti m 5/; tl4 1 31 to 71; yr i e . South Western, 59 to 60; North Midland, 70 t° 0 P- 0 36 t • 36* per share : South Eastern, 24 2. 1 i ; 1 4/ Coanties, 13* 121 discount ~:,, ff° ° o o ' e Sonie few papers by the Oxtord packet s'r:00 1 0 , York, to the 4th instant, were delivered after be' but which appear to be rattier unimportant. cg . 013 l' o oo l ,ll ',„ , telligence was i eceived at the North and '.7"i poi/ Cottee-,`.' o u•e of the arrival of the Philadelphi a s he 0 which left - 7 ,':. 4 w York several days later than t vessel. tdr;...,..INNOM....IIMMOPMENII- . begate ios."4 PUBLIC NOTICE.—Sewell and Cros too , „„ b o, . fully to inform the NobilitOientry, and the ,1 "bil l aP,.,d,.". sequence of the very extensive patronage they " i to 'TO? during the last few weeks, they find it neee l ' a p o r 100 0 0. , 0 0 premises on Saturday next, for the purpose o t * Pf. e t heir ~a ' 1 ,6) , diaie and entire disposal the remaining porOM u .,' „jog " - A t r doors will be open on Monday, 28th inst. arid o " s u eil ses• • ', o p o'clock, and close precisely at six.—comptoP aro. ~,0,, Old Compton-street, and 46 and 47, Frith-street. fr-tbeiVcoil., The Propagateur de l' Aube announces 0i11 , , , 05 of a new steam-engine by Messrs. Stinzel .intl i ter o4 11 l in Haute Saone. "It is not," says this i a c iple'or t , the high or low pressure, but on a rotatory r,„O . 0 . 01 require a comparatively very narrow space, 11 . 1 0 e fett Ae to loss of steam by dilutation, and is so s,rnple t!', l be lillitV, unskilful person may manat e it. Its cost wt' ine g. ' ‘ ,,e o p thing more than ball that of the present ellg ric a 14 0. 1 r ,t the force of steam engines has not been ea r oug ht el o jat ° horse-power, but tbis new machine may be 1° • the 4 ro , horse-power. This statement, so importantWottiooooot; mechanics, is attested by a report from the at'rt I , eo l , ~11; • Much as we approve of Sir -1- 1 °1.,, 0e i1e 1 0 ,1 0 19 which only fearlessly follows out, and even ei3 i trillfi iO l proposed by the late Ministry, through - I ° r ,:, 0 0. 11 10; 0 11. Labouchere, yet we cannot say we epprovcir.jectir A Property tax would have been just and ti T r ooltwe , i II '; the inquisitorial nature of an I n come-tax_ t re elyi le st . We eau only say for our neighbours, that aco Lat pia _ h i ~.0 # in the High-street of Pertvmouth, can tell w e o seh _h i profits (which constitute his inzome) were ; _ aa hag% • pay double tax for the house hy occupies t°, ;. , a i r ed . examined, or be subject to an inquiry int: c v_ l l ; e -tss• • N pi We vote for a property and not an i ° bp' l a if Chronicle. ibneet T hne h fo e firr p ss olice arrested on Tuesday' 4 fefrisi t tas .( ' ° at an hotetol : m r(ai e rtee t s i s m ehd e o e tie a nl r s r t y ho i e n f g fitrh o set n a us a n t yp e liet x ,a t i e a. n n sdiuveene r a g iiiiir Platt loasta ers‘ i., : , 0 furnished room, which she said she should.'" s ba ~ , and the rent of which she paid beforebanb el_ the k IF , , 4 after having taken possession, go out, tit' , ttg .... ...,„ to and as she did not return it was found neer l :4bed - t i ik i the door, and it was then discovered thi! b e bed ~ the room of the most valuable porta.hte t a hotel 1 ;01 1 arrested she had jut repeated this trica r a e __,,, to. _ fr .4 passe Doyenne. On being searched there s i7 d .1 , c lo . cr keta made for the purpose two cande,a v ,°_ oo p te e . had been taken to pieces for the con m e e r Get israt! ii i away. She turns out to be a woman na a been several times in prison for theft. a eroga 3 stet , ' with the application of the States fora 1 . _.. the , i , over ' R e lviolee tl Y ill ettif that the storm of Wednesday nig,,t rapt_ thou 11 itolre,, iguistedtahtpahtpeeliraerrsitg:ekrtebeoyifvaetpdipletwiiiit3tthir gudsicfsoPemilts.ma'iputteee:.r: of , r ib jo but no serious accident took place, al h g w ere I . 7 -. , , of it BIRTHS. daierree,tbiolizn duwn, and tiles frum the roofs Ott f'' On the 11th inst., at. Bromley, s(zizexis.t.,i,nrsat,,o:, Lymiog on, Berger, of a daughter. _ Han ts, the M 4 RRIED. . cAff .d.fg On the 22,1 inst.. at St.Deptford..r,T Aos,. E s q , Sydenham, to Lois, fourth daughter of F., !' • liii.:ll. - at dthBo.o4l On the 24 th inst. , Lieutenant A. D. Caulfe Army, aged 25. NSW On the oth of September, at Wellin ton,. . g W illiam Rufus Tyrrell, Esq., aged 2.3. rTn. vt ,Vg l Lone,'on: Printed ..nd Published b y .AIVRIA),,,` ler 112, tran i at Ih, sw, (4.,.e. No. : , ieS, t) $ 1 1 440 7 1 gatilows. Thunoo4l#3* ' . ' iii tk.4*9 l kterE 8' MOII St ( 6 lh " a ' r Pen