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

UMMARY MEWS AND 43tibitt eptittoit. " IVIto runs may read." hi a lett er I'ORE/G N • m fro Paris, of Saturday's date, we find the follow ii~yo„,` Withi n the memory of the oldest Boursier in Paris, so Plate a stagnation was not observable on our Stock Market e,,l7,',gnetied throughout this day. One quotation in the Five ,I:4lts, and one in the Three per Cents., had only yet .Itiade when I left the Bourse just before the close of bust- SPailitthwas generally believed that the capitalizatimi of the tt 'ker ,o esau Pons would be opposed by the Faris stock -44,11%1 was fought on Saturday morning, between M. La bier ~ a Member of the Chamber of Deputies, and AL Gra litela''agnae, a delegate from Guadeloupe, and editor of sad aloha? journal Le Globe. They fought with pistols, nat e ,' , crosse was wounded in the leg. The duel origi tkro,'" an article published by Le Globe, in which AI. tas, 'e and his father, a distinguished officer of the Frenen tffe;', i ,. °l ld former Governor of Guadeloupe, were spoken of in 144 domestic articles of the Paris Journals are upon the yh.qilation, which is creating a great stir in France. "i,t'estr:il";,ing statement, which has reference to the sugar ir cma a Havre Paper :-" The Chamber of Corn 'eh had met to deliberate on the course to be pnr ,'" ts„"nseeuence of the decision come to by the Ministry on reiok-rr question, has just separated after having come to a tent g ' that after the formal promises given, made by .se to lit:?ernhers of the Cabinet, it is impossible for the Chamber re ' a i h :t e its functions. All the members have, therefore, 4: A ll s ,i`,,Z,, i e ' r th es is ier_ e i v a e t n io in n g . . Two of them, AIM. Clerc and De for Paris, with instructions to tender 'Dell ee gnations to the Minister of Commerce, unless he 4 el r l i i e r P e i with the just remonstrances of the Chamber. signed by 135 mercantile houses of Havre, has !Co „;' n ted to the President and Members of the Chamber '" dest44,„"".ce of that town, expressive of their approbation of hs,„ s ral oation of resigning, which the Chamber had come to ik'ettlyiZtPonernent of the 'sugar question. The Address se eir ficis! 4l , e s the conduct of ihe Ministry, and declares tha . t "after and reiterated promises to put an end during the th e Mee:" to a situation intolerale for every .. interest ; after ,„' L an nouncement made by the Minister of Finance . in ilatti,,,ra,eer, that it was not possible to prolong the ruinous 1 , 4 - 1 GO; 14 which all were placed ; after the sanction given to ilotie;`"ollient by the councils which it had consul!ed-an SI; Tent would be an act of effrontery and a sacrifice by - ' , 1 4.4t Y of the interests of the country to electioneering I s4 ,ktris k ,• -1 d Chamber of Deputies decided on the 12th e t 'rt • - h r tY of 91 against 14, that the members of the Le 4e r: ateepted offices, favours, or decorations from the i znt sho u ld not be disqualified for re-election. eleole! , e from Pesth, in the Journal de.Frat!kfort, an jokt.,-uolieation of, the charter for establ i shing the first ~ yj l4 l ,7 e tational Bank. It is dated Vienna, October 14, t lt i 4 ‘ .i t Written in Latin. This charter, which is granted k; h° ll 3 , 4 're_ ears was given on the demand of 82 commer ,rlsni.Plesth,,and their names are inserted in the docu -4-e'4lla;;',4) bank will hold its place of business at Pesth, and ,Cejfi'Zys fixed at 2,000 000 florins. te -I° lllt -- ; " the following letter from Constantinople, dated the k , WQ 11l the Aug sburg Gazette:- ,, A report tin current that 1Y,,1 °1 Mount Lebanon is in a state of surrection ; •el t k7s and Maronites have united, and driven from 111 1 0 - i' u lar the whole of the Turkish garrison, amount siber '2200 men. Omar Pacha has disappeared ; but ev er " hbeen killed or has fled is not known. French, 4, 4 • 4 „nd Egyptian emissaries are said to be . spread_ of h th e Y of o ps, exciting the inhabitants to revolt against the Turkey.dea~h- This news is contradicted by several i'quassi es , b ut that of England neither confirms nor s p e i; , I3 ne thi ng i s certa i n , t h e new Bi shop of Jerusalem has 11. 4 ais t !" with stones while preaching a sermon, and that by d' 9 tseys , the Alussulmans remaining perfectly neuter. Th e ~ t ere ll'A • i pillaged a village of Maronites near St. J ean • ee Pacha of Smyrna is said to have su bj ec t e d severa l trt.,,,'Pected of having carried off a convoy of money, to se cret't than those inflicted upon the Jews at Damascus." ti ' h e Ar , unTac ovrAnoxy. Po,t Gbserves, in reference to the income 4 !tte'r she :Nlinist . et. does not deny that there are objections C t tle:„ l „which proposes. He does not deny the force of ki,;``.oll that it instil utes an inquisition into private affairs; - 4 11 ,. 144 n that, he declares his belief that it is on e o f th e it!,kry p c i e a; and he maintains that considering what it is ne „ k s, consequent upon the continued neglect of the ` r ollient, it is the least onerous and most just tax );t7le,;eieotild propose. The Whigs would a p a r n e t f i er a t d aln o g na t l h ly e 441:411e ' a riotis a i fi r e cts Bs w . htl t r y th on e mass of the people con- Advertiser thus notices the master-nuisance th e 44,1 e tax : -" It is riot the amount of m o n e y taken Z` 4 P n ek rdensome and oppressive as that will in ‘111. L .g b .,, n -ces e be, butt is the mode in which the assessment I ti ti e t v -a ds, that will be found to operate with the greatest ed.n thos e w h o are ca ll e d upon to contr i bute to the in (Zia „'necmle tax. In every pl ace th ere w ill b e local com er', whose invidious duty it will be to pry into the cir- O ti e ." of their neighbours, and, as it is chiefly in his 14 .ge that every man desires to be free from scruti vlkill'O4hrlosity, it may conceived how generally obnoxious c rying into effect of th e pl an p ropose d b y t h e G o- T t est,, „Frying I ti ti t l' lier afff denounces the income tax in as inthe f ollowing Ikt b ad sensible terms.-" It is urged that th e tax has e for three years, and that as, even during that , 1 1 4,e 0 1X, yen will be compensated . by the reduced cost of q t ,!''tr y s:,tne new impulse which will be given to trade and O'er ` g e 'abjection to levying an equ al impost on income t t l / 4 4 1 ,, t°41 labour and property is un i mportant. o Were the fa. 114 .41 .° 'nt of the tax at the conclusion fthree years as the compensation, we might . admit-as . indeed at 46 Let . 4 . 're inclined to do-the practical unimportance of the W But what assurance has the country that the tax i t e ! Afi - . 4 re only for thr ee y ears ? Th e sangu i ne " h opes " ec, -10 er i n proposing the impost are the only Sir Robert Peel, it cannot be overlooked, has t \4l le. a single argument-not the shadow of an argument bf the uniformity of the tax he has proposed. All iNth''Ys is that - the tax " ought to be universally made ast-'„lhe income of the .country," upwards of 1501. We p r :,t it ought not, because a tax on the profits I t t u rade Leklyit'essions is (resiliently a tax on capital and expen re 17kii t he profits of income are fleeting and evanescent; atteh profit de pends pn ability to labour, on health, o age or three and 'a stable course 'of trade ; because the. 0 preceding yearS', or ef even the previous year s te 4 l ' 44 ,` ) Proof that it is the existing amount of profit ; and tt amount' of profit, on a return . . of sales, after dis- Proa tra de expenses, is not a just criterion of the amount (Prete, 'eally received by the trader. Bad, defective,. and til l ' P o ltei e ti a . is the French .. system of licensing trade,. it is a sl, fern 7 more just in its operation than the levying of a te o1 :: 11 (44 n nt o o u n i i njoni sa es y , s however derived." "An income tax is bad 1 , 44 to ;4, Itselfg• but Sir e Robert Peel certainly contrives to sZans to ' l,,!ntrinsicmischievousness,_ by the , vi o olence ofth . e . Qs. 'r l och he has recourse for the purpose . imposing tr'Pre,„ ° earrysuch a measure without allowing the people ;,tt c ,„ -• • it,seems to us to be among . the ^at o e! , opinion on 4 ebi te sc ro a ges on the rights of the subject that any Minister Majority at , his back, has ever venture . d .to that i s ti ) ; ee the revelution. .We are firmly of opinion that °ll a general determination to support the honour of the the efficiency of the public service, that the coon tht ° the r h ave submitted without a murmur to almost N` th e t ar than an income tax. But even supposing us e r un '' e v• s were sound with regard to the . gen e ke „ ° f taxes, it would not hold good in the td k 't ' e entire a change of the whole system of tax tis,twill be introduced by the adoption of an income 1,1 11 ; r z : r _ . ° l peace. If now aidopted, it is not going to end 1 4 r sn ot . three per cent. and a three 3eare' duration. It Peary Prbbable that the only change made at the end of dr,i' t qt „ be an augmentation of the per centage, ant 1 44 1 i e this intolerable burden on our shoulders by t e ' l ost t' t he existing sources of revenue.. We should be d oh rec ernmend to the Liberals in Parliament a merely % lI I➢ an d ' Policy, or to delay the Minister for the mere until the ' t tr ,Y ooyance. But to delay bad measures . 4 tl s . Jog'" have had the opportunity of speaking out, is . a ttltiOlia;l4ble obstruction. To ensure it is one of the chief 47, °f a Parliamentary opposition ; and those . who, on n o N E , 4 4 s ' ti °n, shrink from appealing to public opmion, 1 "ei 4 e . right e_ourse if their object be that of either not ?Peosition, ' or that of serving their country while s k\ , s 7 , th 1 1 ' ' , 11, ' ' 4 4 1 T a Z g h o re s curr h ing to the question of the income tax, afford to pay-tax those who are hY the. ta 'w xa o tio c n an . Tax all, therefore, in proportion ' 4 ," 1 ; 11 4 „Rh it a b it h• Tax income if you like, but tax it beeause 4 7 , 141 - ' fa ',°° tax that which is the source of income ; tax !t ',,‘Yr o "'t i r e -1 , 4 is a representative or pledge of . wealth. o its different shapes with one uniform rate of ~"lis't,4;4ent cult s t - ,., • limited period is unnecessarily to misplace burd isi,`,ble -4,ron Counter to a principle of equity so obvious en s h at Sir R, Peel himself cannot help announcing, „I` the actof violating it. We are sorry that Sir • o boldly conceived and so ably supported, this blot. It has laid on us the necessity of '''als`"rae tc r'el , we would willingly, if we could honestly, t fit." • Stich as it is, 'however, we must speak our e,, an, t 'sC 'a v. 117.. AND MILITARY. 0k ' I4 I I (' Y'D I 1, 451 Derinzy has received orders to augment that 4 'lseir t f il t 8 6th . Royal Regiment, to 1,000 strong, and to S '4l re adines s to proceed to India as soon as possible, S t -11. W Ann POLICE. iNill4l,,ireoA, tai w . as recorded on Thursday last at the lAIN/)R .ssizes, gainst John Love . tt, convicted on the A O 41,c1 "day of burglary with violence. He will be 41 (1 t ° the c e4,,ver, fe _ • -everest between settlement. 4, o ot , a ß , iri f slander . Dempster Heming, Esq., ; tOail t „ Power, and to which the defendant had plead ,ens"43/1' was tried at the Leicester Assizes on 4l a ges were laid at 2,000/. The case tnr . ned . _upon_ d a 'ned s-se :°ial that Mrs. Heming, wife of the plaintiff, had f• o tio ', 4 l '. ! t liot being the sister of Mr. Alleytio. but wholehisas ell le'`„see o4 ,' '' oh he jury, after the trial had occupied the ' O ,OOA farthing damages" for the plaintiff. 4 .N ) 41:'Idend of one shilling in the pound (amounting 'Vtty prioaL,B declared on Satrday upon the joint . estate k of " * .,. °111 1, 4 t l iddulph and Co., the bankers, in the Ban - te m th f , 71 .4c 1 1, 4 etic ;4 7 4 ,4a, .14.1 VD SCIENTIPIC. \O ieLoir p 'Qty of atmospheric railways has been . fully c 'ti'e„„urt t o "ederick Smith and Professor Barlow, who, in 4sl e 4 a 4°4 „ S cru b s Earl of Ripon show, from experiments at th e e re ' t °_ , , that locomotion by this means can be eq r .s.aste o ,flati o .e_of •_lO miles per kour itiZ tt s'ag g . ° _'ner e :„. r f',ade on 4 the 12th instant by M. Laugier, 14; b‘,l...s,ciudes that the angular diameter of Encke's Ittrthen s 4 was one of . three minutes which would orwtthe Present! to it, considering its vast , distance from 4, 0 f ;" 51, te ho has mo l e e n a t ciy resided fifty years at Rome, tQC‘6e4 Zh ternai ning there three years longer ; yet part vu T he t, a ' been already sent to Copenhagen. „,57, 41 alte -Nrty `vellington received a select party to dinner Eat T h sley House. 4 14 nd I's wic kuchess of Northumberland are expected to c...stle until Easter. .114'ipkoe couLltes'il of Denbigh have taken a house in tevssolietehesea.soi;. V'-Y• °I Jersey ontertaind a fashionable circle on tea t . 4 „, ', 11.41 11 Itr ParL .2rd left CaTendish-square on Saturday, for ( Irti ts.ent,. t 'l ki . °l l , C - o " ur ec 't I , 44 tess of i\lnlmesbury have arrived in town a tk i e o ‘iants. Ct e he, , 4 ,ltort al ow n :desa of Wilton have returned to Egerton as7ara: and c o 2'raY, from, t own , %V.. 4 gut ess of Dalhousie Lave taken a mansion in el ds fp Card' r ° term 'g 4ll has taken Waresley House, near * ope 4N , t 'arl of Li 'llcßet7t.elallv7eotifS. viet,,, c4 tax, havtuerick, it is stated, will, by reason of the new Ihisdnilst r: si t ,,° ?ay nearly 1,000/. a year out of his Irish y the figs.;;lr in England. ftlt o ;; . Itud e , ; nniversary of the battle of Alexandria, It tdPh Abercromby, who fell in the hour T MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Business generally appears still unsettled, and probably will remain so until the new plans are decided one way or the other. The produce and stock markets are comparatively deserted ; nevertheless the prices of English securities remain, as on Sa turday, with a firm appearance, Consols being 893 I for Money, and 89i for the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 99/ to 994 ; India Bonds, 9to 11 ; and Exchequer Bills, 29 to 31 premium. The Foreign Stocks have suffered a decline, although no tales have been made. Mexican is quoted 41 to 414 ; Colum bian, 26 to 264 ; Portuguese, Five per Cents., 344 to 34/ ; Spanish, 243 to 24i. The price of Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 524 to 523 ; the Five per Cents., 10:;/ to 1031. Railway Shares also are flat, and prices not so good ; how ever, scarcely anything has been done. York and North Mid land, New, 32/ ; North Midland, 71 ; Birmingham, 176 to 177 ; Great Western, 91 to 91/ ; Brighton, 364; the Loan Notes, 5%. The non-arrival of the West India steam-ship is owing to the conduct of the Governor of the Havana, in refusing to allow her to proceed on her voyage, unless she comply with certain arbitrary regulations of the post-office. The authorities at this place throw every impediment in the way of the last of these vessels which called there. By the Garrick packet-ship, intelligence to the 2Sth Febru ary has been received from New York. The spring trade was about to commence, but business was very dull. and stocks of goods large. For particulars we refer to the American news in another part of The Sun. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. It A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 39 Great Western 'dor. 50 36A, to ..ondon anc • ,righton Ditto Loan Notes i Landon and Birmingham 90 177 ...... to 176 North Midland South Eastern and Dover York and Narth Midland... 5O Ditto New Shares PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 19. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9B/ 'Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto New 1830... 9Bl I Ditto 4 per cent ... 31 per Cent. Debs. 9U i Royal Canal Stuck 271 LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 19.—The markei closed heavily on Saturday, with a large amount of stock offer ing, and an evident tendency to decline. The sales were:— Eastern Counties, New, -U. 4s. 2d.• Ditto. Debentures, 10 1-3; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 41i ; Grand Junction, 178 ; Ditto, Halves, 87, ; Great Western, Halves, 62a ; London and Brighton, 35k; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 35k; Ditto, Quarters, 41. 3s. ; North Midland Halves, 34k. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 19.—The market was quiet on Saturday, without alteration in prices. Specu lators and exporters were altogether inactive. The sales were 200 Surat, at 3i to 4 ; 100 Egyptian, 7 to 7i ; 60 Bahia, 64 ; and 2,640 American, 4i to 6i, being a total of 3,000 bales. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 19.—There is nothing particular to notice in the market to-day, except that Liverpool and Manchester Railway Shares are offered freely at lower prices. The sales are—Liverpool and Manchester, It() ; do. Quarter Shares, 41 ; Bank of Manchester, 3/. 7s. 6d. , Manchester Assurance, 9%. CLOSING PRICES Bank Stock.. 3 per Cent Red. 3 per Cent Cans B9l 3fr per Cent Red — New 3i per Cent 99i New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 1860..... ..... BRITISH FUNDS. India 5t0ck............... Ditto Bonds 'Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 30 pm Ditto 5001 2B pro Ditto Small 2B pm Bank Stock for 0pg.... Oct 1859......... Jan. 1860. ••••• • ••• --- India Stock for Acct Consols for Acct B9l FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent iPortuguese ' 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3li Brazilian 80nd5.... 7O JPrussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 perces t Russian, 5 per cent....,, Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 242 Ditto, 1824.......... ..... 261 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —l. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 41 French, 3 per cent --*. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. , s'2i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 103 SHARES. Bristol end Exeter (70 paid) . 39 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... lO Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 88 Great Western Railway 65 paid) 914 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . ........ 634- . . Ditto Fifth (4 paid) - 10% London and Brighton (50 paid) B6i Ditto Loan Notes ( 5 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... ..~. Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 3O North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ...... . 26% York and North Midland (50 paid) .....•... Ditto New Shares (15 paid 32 LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged hearing motions to-day. None of them were of interest. POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A respectably attired young man, named Thomas Hitchcock, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with stealing on the 22d September last two gold watches, value 301., one diamond pin, value 31. 10s., together with some plate another articles, value 21., the property of R. Moss, his employer. Mr. Moss stated that he was a watchmaker, residing at No. 8, Charing-cross. The prisoner was an errand boy of his. On the 22d September last witness missed the property before mentioned, and on the same day the prisoner absconded. He gave information of the robbery to the police, he printed hand bills describing the property, and offering a reward for its re • covery, and he had also advertised it in the Pawnbrokers' Ga zette. They had been in search of him, but had seen nothing of the prisoner until a few days ago, when he was apprehended at Liverpool. They had also traced the property to different pawnbrokers, viz., one of the watches with Air. Baylis, a pawn broker in the Hampstead-road, and the plate at a pawnbroker's in Leicester-square. Police constable A 35, stated the capture of the prisoner at Liverpool. In answer to questions from Mr. HALL, _ _ The prisoner stated that he was twenty years of age, his father and mother were living ; when in the employ of Mr. Moss he received 3s. a week wages, and board and lodging; he had been in the service of Mr. Moss about six months, and previous to that time in the employ of a linendrape: in Oxford-street. He did not wish to ask the witness any questions; nor had he anything to urge in his ..defence. Mr. HALL gave instructions to the officer to take out three summonses for the different pawnbrokers, as it was necessary that they should attend. The prisoner was then remanded till this day fortnight. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) ROBBERY BY ♦ SERVANT.— William Dunford, a middle aged man, was fully committed on a charge of robbing his employers, Messrs. Moore and Co., of Little Earl-street, Seven Dials i ironmongers. It appeared that the prisoner had been in; the employ of the firm for the last nine years, and was considered to be a very trustworthy servant. Latterly, however, a deficiency in the stock was discovered, and circumstances transpircd which attached suspicion to him, and on searching his lodgings on Saturday night, property belonging to Messrs. Moore and Co., to the amount of between 51. and 61. was discovered ; the prisoner then ackowledged his guilt, and supplicated for mercy on account of his wife and young family. It is supposed that he has for a long while been carrying on this system of plunder and to a very great extent. UNION HA LL-(THIS DAY). EMBEZZLEAIENT..-- William Baker, clerk in the employ of Mr. Dixon, coal merchant, was brought up for re-examina tion, charged with embezzlement. Mr. Dixon stated, that on examining the accounts kept by the prisoner, he discovered that the deficiencies amounted to between 3001. and 4001. He added that he was not disposed at first to proeeed against the prisoner, awing to his having a wife and family, but finding the sum he had embezzled of so large an amount, he, therefore, considered it his duty to prosecute. The prisoner, who is a fine young man, fell down in a fit while at the bar, and was Carried out of court. He was com mitted, but will be brought up again on a future day. WORSHIP-STREET-(THIS DAY) Jane Franklin, a young woman of very ctre-worn aspect, was charged with having unlawfully pledged a quantity of materials for the manufacture of braces, with which she had been entrusted by her employer, Mr. Arrowthnrn, of Foster lane, City. The prisoner admitted the offence, and said that she was urged to commit it in consequence of the hapless situation of her mother, who lay on a sick bed without the means of procuring medical assistance, or even the common wants of nature. The prosecutor said he had every reason to believe that her story was true, and he strongly recommended her to mercy. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. over and above the :alue of the property, or to be committed to the House of Correction for ten days. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain last week were moderate. The Wheat trade has become txtremely dull, and the quality of the runs being inferior, to effect sales 3s. to 4s. per qr. less than last Monday was taken, while the little fine which appeared nearly obtained last week's terms. Batley, Beans, and Peas heavy, but not lower. Oats sold rather more freely, and a little more money was obtained. The Flour trade extremely dull, and prices 2s. to 3s. per sack lower. A ttRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. V 1 t_Nts. Flour English lri3h - - 4,5 , 4 300 Foreign - 1,045 500nris PRICES OK BOA 11.1) OF SFIP Wheat,Red (old) ..... ....- s. -a. Beans, Small (new)......... 31. Ws. White (01d)..... -a. -s. - (old) ,.. 42' 465. -- Red;lB4.l) soa. 545. - Tick (new) __- Fine 554. 60s. .----. (old) . Superfine fils. t2s. - harrow (new)......31 , .32i. -White (1841) 5/9. ...4s. -........... fine 581. 60s. Brank Superfine 645. 60s. Oats, Foca .---.-a-Foreignfree 521 746. -- Ness ' 145.•20?, Rye. 3Ss. 40s. - Poland Barley .2115. 3•2 s New 10.235. - Grinding '''is 2Ss, - Potatoe -- Malting :Bs. 346. Malt sfis, 60s, - Scotch '.' s ,.2tis. - Fine New.. 625. 645. - Irish 146. ... 17...205. Pease, Grey, New :303. 3/6. Flour Town (per sack) .... 51i6. Ns. - Maple New. :As. 335. - Seconds 52..545. --- White .34s 365. --- North Country.... 504.54 i. Bolters 36s . 386. Bran 76 ts. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Cattle and Sheep was moderate, of Calves short, but of Pigs good. The demand for Becf and Mutton w as middling, the best qualities only realizing the present quo tation!. For Veal and Pork the demand was brisk at the pre sent prices. Beasts, 2,9%1 ; Sheep, 21,690; Pigs, 527 ; Calves, 69. Beef , 3 s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd.: Vaal, inferior, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 43. ts ss. 4d. • TEA MARKET. The market was dull, and at the public sales the biddings were languid. In prices, however, little variation took place. Company's Congott, ls. I( ad. per lb. Cash. TALLOW )4ARKET. The demand was steady, and prices firm at 489. 3d. on the spot, and 49s for delivery in the last three months of the year. PROVISION MARKET. Butter in good request, and prices firm ; fine Dutch, 1225. to 1243., and good Irish,- 90s. to 955. per mvt. • B acon a rm , and the demand . good, at 488. to bOs. per cwt. ...IC2O it) 812 5) , ". 1,6,1 105 ' " 34 ". 106% I°6 t 594 ••• 537 ' F "• 5 % 1!4 294 ••• , A 291 5(3 106 50 105 ... 106 50 ... t 342 50 ,„ 8425 e 50 ... :1.50 35 1) .. :22 75 56150 1 1 ) 543 ‘ ,5 75 242 b 3 245 15IA2cH 18. Money. stills. .... 5 28214 ... 101% 102 9,23 i 93 .... 761 7 •••• 1.7)f ICO 100 i ... 1.65, 19* 12 1234 12 05 ... 35 43;4 • 3.5 16.1 i IVARcH ......... 1024 .......... . ......... ........ , 24 . .... 1627'i .......... ~s ......... 82 .... FON ••••••••••• ......... -"" - f rig , . joN ...... ... loot ..... ..... o 107 th rou., receiv e v erat a Clarke' 9 e ,„ P ort f the .haacYrti:t C°llfe_trerfolnege. • g Using s • ' held jug eting , at at o as de vport, it w, formal resole Ise. FARL °l* o'clock this :roil his residence, a pJ he melaucholYboil r o f his b uu ' e fl• oeroceecl front -short time En the Earl . cras,rir"- fe u ha t j ote lf ha rged ti.° • stann' u ) een 111 again no: , .al dayg , b ved a is . as ve nquest FTEE S. ft Room S ° ' ed lers was r liau aes' of }ROY' es. • t° t" °- d prior vire; house 9 0$ ' loners on roved th at li o e • IP ,r 16/. doelrottif s daughter .0 fat 6r :i eded het d t h o .1 threatene e o ft, potter. °''' r 60; he DOYS he , ,he noneY, b u. 11 ' She P al 11d desire to t ' v the ont ended the rent P ..s o nount to oft Lion sbOa i 0 led back , fl io e r threate o `; e di s r. Pot ed. M Sh e rs't.td 4 A il Er. Cros s $0 ' ° Pi ° on the part REGIS. 11 mor ning w t it a f the Plj A 1 1 ,J LS y N. Iv 13 60 13 ' la • f l ' t 10 ° ' dy'ref e t t h s erie e , o r I,hieids, :° ke.sr, 3 .,. 1 ; 8 1 5. ofi r ef o „ SintZPplee; k kes, • 1 a no y rd. u r Tr i e itef n, f sld , cere' t, Fr ail ce ' f'r , ad ! treib' re , kfa' • I tie• , z r ho isi r it. " ic ilecis' shiP ~s s hip igjestads; a, Devi' An d of with ~uadalouP; of Too, f" r nag. v f o r ,d Ilj o ' s terf en% j a pe, 'lgTor'Sierrs ,re, fr°ril the bus, civetts . OEIO , St. 9. , none. WS, ..... Liso. f r Cardiff, 4) rys, Liver' a Guar— Tecchia. son, of Port t has b e en •Of London, „I sunk in o St. A n ' entered Thorn, with .Aberdeett, off, 3 1)1 4- in here• Romer'' 4.3 f. sbi l i Pilch, di; Stour, °' for Ne n ' ramburg,h. York. wea stle t• a wreck. Jamaica. M ag net."' Start. Dra Sot, co; cre rto Rico. lin, Mo )nt back. By r on, EqUitY' Batavia ; vessel , o ff the ......... ll ' c 'Nr tv ItaL,tti THE SUI•t, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1842 SIR ROBERT'S NEW SLIDING SCALE ON INCOME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There has sometimes been a mistake, in crying out against the idea of a permanent Income Tax as a measure of finance, on the ground of the inequality of its action upon perpetual and temporary incomes. On examination there would appear to be no cause of com plaint upon this ground. The man who has a thousand a-year for ten years, is taxed, say 3 per cent, for ten years ; and the man who has a thousand a-year for him self and representatives for ever, is taxed 3 per cent by himself or representatives for ever, which is exactly in the proportion of the absolute value of the properties. The complaint therefore ought to be, not that the tax falls unequally, but that it falls equally ; and it should come under the head of the injustice of laying as much per tentage on small properties as on great. But widely different is the case, when it is systemati cally proposed to levy a sum by an Income Tax limited to a term of years. The Minister refuses to liberate in dustry and commerce as the means of enabling us to meet his demands for money, and insists on keeping both down for the benefit of the landed aristocracy. . _ And how does he propose to supply the deficiency ? lsy an Income Tax so contrived, that where industry and parsimony may be taxed one per cent on what they pos sess, the landed proprietors shall be taxed one-ninth per cent. It is to be another Sliding Scale for the benefit of the landed interest, varying so as to throw as far as 7iiite times their per centage on the property of men of the in dustrious and commercial classes. The thing is matter of arithmetic. The present value of an income of 1001. a year at 4 per cent for three years is 2741., and of 1004 a year for ever, 2,5001. Ac cording to Sir Robert's new sliding scale, the man or family who may possess 2001. a year for three years, is to pay 181. cut of what is of the total value of 5481., and the Duke of Cleveland is to pay the same sum of 18/. out of what is of the total value of 5,0001. The Duke therefore is to pay a less per centage than the other, in the proportion of 548 to 5,000, which is under 1 to 9. This is the extreme case ; and there are others of all kinds of intermediate proportions in the slide. It does not require much effort to see, that the incomes from manufacturing and all. other industry, come to a great• extent under the head of temporary. ,A manu factory which now produces 1,0001. a-year, is never such a provision for children as landed property of the same annual amount, nor could it be disposed of for the same sum in the market. In most cases it dies with the father ; and in the smaller manufacturing incomes, and the professions generally, the dependence on the life and health of the principal is still more palpable. The one great species of property . , therefore, which Sir Robert's scale is meant to shield, is property in land. Two questions arise hereupon. Will no man in the House of Commons move as an amendment, that the proposal to lay a per centage on landed property, amounting to only a fraction of the per centage laid on other kinds, and to tax some of the industrious and pOor at nine times the rate of some of the powerful and rich, is a defiance of every rule, of justice, and at insolent attempt upon the patience of the country? 2. Will the middle and commercial classes find out or will they not, that a Dutch' burgomaster under the heel of Louis the Fourteenth or Charles the Second,. would have had as much chance of being able to take care of himself, as the industrious classes in Great Britain under the existing mode of election to the House of Common's ; and that this can never be a country for them to live in, till they alter it ? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, March 21, 1842. THE PROPOSED INCOME TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF .THE SUN. Ste,—Permit a reader of your columns to inform yon what the feelings of the people in this part are respecting the in. come tax. They are decidedly opposed to it, and their obje.- tions may be classed as follows :—First, to the principle ; secondly, to the details ; and thirdly, as regards the interests favoured thereby. Ist. Income is not a fair representation of property, mid therefore a tax upon income is not a property tax. 2nd. The same per tentage applying to all descriptions of income is most unjust. The money invested in railways is calculated to yield 6 per cent., because they are liable to vicis situde, and Parliament allows of competing lines. One thou sand pounds in the Grand Junction Railway, which will soon have the Manchester and Birmingham to compete with it, and divide its profits, yields 601. or 70/, per annum, the shareholder having been for some time out of his money. The sum of two thousand pounds invested in land will only yield 66/. or 70/. per annum, so that the proprietor of railway stock will pay double the amount of tax on his property that the landed proprietor does on his. So also with all incomes which are worth fewer, years purchase than land, whether they be foreign funds, canals, or mines, &c. The extreme point, howeveris terminable annu. hies, whether Government, or life assurances in other public offices. 'No medificathin of the plan has been as yet proposed for such incomes, and, nevertheless, to take a per tentage off them is, in fact, mulcting a part of the capital. Trade also is a wide subject, as it is affected by the income tax. Property has always its representative—labour can have none till it is produced. Why, therefore, ought a person who only commenced business last year tobe called upon to liquidate out of his gains debts incurred three or four years since. Nay, indeed, why ought trade to pay at all? Let mills, warehouses, and personality pay by all meant. But when a person in the pursuit of commerce and manufactures is causing, through the circulation of his capital in wages, or in the im portation of foreign production, a large increase to the revenue, it is hard that he should be taxed in proportion as his exertions and his industry are increased. He risks much, and deserves a larger proportion of pretit. Com pare him with the landowner, who with a fixed income of five hundred per annum, yie)ds no more to the revenue than ac crues from his own domestic expenditure, runs no tisk, and is protected on the right hand and on the left hand by Parliamen tary interference, and whose income this year is not likely to be reduced by the losses of the next. Surely the cases are dissisnilar, and ought to be dealt with in equitable proportions. Wherefore, indeed, ought trade to be taxed? Remember that if you give the merchant's income but one year's grace, his surplus amount becomes capital the year after, and as such is justly liable to be taxed. Again, what a large number of ministers and clergymen will just be caught in the meshes of Sir Robert Peel's net. Men just able to support their families, now havir b , 150/. to 2001. a year, with five, six, or eight children, are to be taxed; while a man and his wife, and no fancily, having 149/., goes free. The clergyman who has economised to bring up a family, having nothing but his 181 /. a year, is to be taxed, while the landowner, whose income is the same, and which represents a property of 6,000/., will pay no more. Such unfairness needs no comment. The third ground of objection is the class legislation exhi bited in the scheme. It is believed that forty farmers cannot be found in Westmorland who pay 300/. per annum for rent ! Will the land here then pay its proportion of the taxes? Besides, the scheme is a direct bonus to farmers to divide their leases amongst their sons. Already has this been extensively done to create votes. Now look at Peel's plan. Suppose a farmer's rent is WO/. per annum ; he has two sons, whom he at one puts into his lease. Each rents, then, but 266/. per annum, which being under 300/., the large establishment will go scot free. The farmers have raised Peel to power. He has become their puppet, and the modification of the Corn-laws, the repeal of the prohibition on meat, &c., have been bargained for by an income tax, under which the land will pay but a small propor tion of the amount. The amount, nevertheless, from all. sources will be greater than Sir Robert professes to expect, and will give him ample funds witl, which to do as he likes. I am your obedient servant, Westmoreland, March 18, 1842. J. G. FLEIGSON. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. ) The Premier having decided on recommending to Parlia ment the adoption of an income tax for the purpose of meeting the deficiency in the revenue, and the acknowleged inequality of such a tax being almost universal, while its inquisitorial oper ration renders it odious to a large portion of the public—the commercial and trading classes especially, it can scarcely be necessary to offer an apology for suggesting measures which, if adopted, would entirely obviate the necessity for so objection able an enactment. In the year 1798 Mr. Pitt brought into Parliament two Bills, the one for imposing a probate and legacy duty on personal property ; the other for levying similar duties on real property. 'fhe first-named Bill passed into a law, and for 44 years large sums have been raised by its operation ; but the second Bill was abandoned; and for that long period have the owners of real property been exempt from the. se contributions to the exi gencies of the State which their less fortunate fellow-subjects have been exposed to. May it not be said with perfect truth this is great injustice • and may it not be fearlessly asserted that now, when the deficiency in the revenue requires extraor dinary supplies, that such an enactment of duty on real pro perty ought at once to be resorted to ? Let the amount, prin cipal and interest, for 44 years, be calculated, whis.h such a duty would have produced, and it will be found that a sum little short of three hundred million pounds have been retained in the coffers of the landed interest. Is it not high time that such a measure should be insisted on, and ought not the voice of the country loudly to proclaim their sense of the injustice of such partial taxation? Surely on every principle of equity and good faith the Gosertnnent are called upon to avail themselves of this resource, which it is clear would furnish so large a supply of revenue as to render an income tax wholly unnecessary. startling as these assertions may appear, a re• ference to figures it is believed will satisfy the most incredulous. The amount of the whole property of England, or rather of Great Britain, has been estimated at 3,600,000,000/. ; now assuming the whole of it to pay duty once in every 33 years, the annual amount derivable therefrom would be 4,454,000/., and as the yearly produce of the duty on personal property is about 1,869,000/., it follows that real property, which is chi, fly in the hands of the nobility and rich commoners, is exempted from an annual payment of about 2,585,0001., which in 30 years would produce the enormous amount of 77,564,000/. How long is such a state of things to exist? Within a few weeks several of our wealthiest peers have been removed by death, while their enormous landed possessions have passed to their families without one shilling being levied on the transfer for the use of the country. And yet who would complain if such duties were levied? Certainly not the dead, and surely not the survivors with any semblance of justice : and to satisfy selfish ness is no pat tof the duty of society or of Government. The less fortunate holders of personal estate are daily and hourly contributing of their substance, while those of them engaged in trade and commerce are from dire necessity compelled to retain in personals the whole or greater part of their pro perty, or their operations in business would at once come to an end—but the landowner n;ay add, year after year, to his estate, and yet be exonerated from all charge w inn that estate shall pass from him to his surviving relations. If these consideration; are allowed to have their due weight— if our legislators can be imbued with these sentiments—it the B r itish public speak out on this subject, and demand in firm and energetic language the adopt ion of a probate duty on real pro perty, then may England hope to Le saved from the inlctien o that most hateful and oppressive impost, an INCOME TAX. PETITION AGAINST THE INCOME TAX FROM LEEDS. —Th e ve ry brief interval between the first announcement by by the rules of th e H ome of Com nn Sir Robert Peel of h is intentio n to propose an income tax, an i eraga t which, ins against the tax cannot t o rece i ve d b y that House, e signing of a genera l pet i t i on in th i s t this obnoxious impost. A peti t i on was , h owever, ov town ss the,e a,petitions heai day ajirst; sio t alter s preventedtl voted by the Leeds Anti-Corn-law Association on Thursday, signed by Edward Baines, Esq., as Chai rman o f t h e meet i ng, sud sent oWilliamAl petition datnun to the Hou se o f L or d s was .' Esq., .111. P., f or presenta tion a lso sent to Earl Fitzwilliam , for presentation. Afte r yester day evening, when Sir Robert Peel would form a ll y propose t h e inco me tax, no petition against the tax could be received in the House of Commons ; but p e titions may be sent to the House yesterday.fft A similar of Lords, where they would eerie to express the feelings of the country on the subject; and we hope that many petitions will be sent up. - INDIA. A military Correspondent has obligingly favoured us with the following:— "EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED CAMr lIATRAT, JANUARY 21, 1842. " The overland (Englishman) will give you full details up to the murder of Sir W. APNlighten, Boyd, and Trevor, and I have heard nothing since. Wh atever h appens afterwar d s, and whatever policy ord Ellenborough may adopt, it is quite clear we must establish our supremacy in Affghan. There are some 10,000 troops with two Queen's at Peshawar by this time; only waiting for the w i nter to pass ; and if they can only hold out at Cabool till the end of next mouth, I think those gents. will get a lessor. No notice yet taken in general or ders of any one said to be killed, and there are some thirty at least. No rumours of Burnes and M'Naghten's successors. We are all quiet elsewhere." Our correspondent, in sanding this extract, writes—" I call your attention to the above extract from a letter from an old brother officer in Camp Hatrap, on his march to Delhi. You will observe the date, and remember that the letter goes straight to Bombay. You will doubtless think with me that the report of the force having left Cabool and having been ex terminated, is not worth a straw. Hatrap is about 30 or 40 miles N. or N.E. of Agra. " Harrogate, March 18. 1842." Sir,—Should the following extracts of a letter from the wife of my brother, Brevet Major Bellew, Assistant-Quar ter master-General with the force in Cabool be acceptable for insertion in your paper, at this anxious moment, they are much at your service. I cannot help auguring well from them, and that the accounts of the massacre of our troops in the Khoord Cabool Pass, stated to have been conveyed by Dr. 13ryclen to Jellalabad, are without foundation. Mrs. 13ellew's letter is under date the 15th of January, from Mupoorie. Lady Sale says nothing of an immediate attack having been made on the troops on their leaving the cantonments, as stated in Dr. 13ryden's supposed account. March 16, 1842. W. BELLEW. EXTRACTS. " On the 18th of October he (Major Bellew) having been engaged in the first ac ti on of the passes, returned from General Sale's force to Cabool, and stayed there with the apparent intention of accompan)ing General Elphinstone, also sick, to India; the sudden insurrection will have de tained him at Cahoot On the 19th of November, he wrote on a slip of paper a mote for the Secretary to the Military Fund, Calcutta, &c. &c., and footed it with a few lines to me, to the following effect . We lost Cabebea the 2d instant, and have been besieged in cantonments ever since. Unless a split take place among the rebel chiefs within a month, the position of our force will be very critical.' This strip of paper was for warded to Jellalabad, and thence to me, by Colonel Monteith, on the 18th of December, with the friendly assurance that he had every just reason to believe that Bellew was well on the 7th of December, the date of General Elphinstone's last des patch. &c. &c." " On the 13th of December another most decisive action in our favour took place, but no particulars have reached ukbeyond that the suffering among the rebel chiefs has been so heavy, that they are willing to surrender at our terms. From all ac counts it appears that peace is for the time established, and that both parties are negotiating. The latest news from Kurnaul says that our troops are still in the Cabool can • tonment, and that having signed a peace, effected through our prisoner, Dost Mahotrinted's son, Akhbar Khan, they are well supplied with food and necessaries. A previous report stated that they were reduced to the necessity of eating their horses; and bejb , e that a letter from Lady Sale, dated two marches on this side of Cabool, communi cated to Mrs. E--, at Simlat, that the troops were on route to Jellalabad, under the escort of the Dost's son and brother, having capitulated to the following terms That Sujah be acknowledged and retained as their King, and the Dust be sent up as their Vizier, and the British troops evacuate Aff ghanistan.'" His Grace the Duke of Bedford has kindly for warded to the Accident Relief Society a donation of 201., n ith permission to use his name as a patron to that excellent society. A letter from Porto Rico, January 25, states that three negroes had been shot, and eight others sentenced to the bastinado, and to be employed for ten years in hard labour on the public works of the island, for having taken part in a re cent insurrection. Those condemned to be shut marched to the place of execution with a firm and steady pace and imper turbable countenance, each attended by a priest, who exhorted them to resignation. When arrived at the fatal spot they suf fered their eyes to be bandaged, and underwent their punish ment without shrinking, in the presence of a numerous assem blage of the population of the island. We find in the New Harnburgh Gazette, March 11, the folbwing statement cf the commerce carried on by Sweden with other countries:—" Norway imports, 2,784,200 rix- dol lars ; exports, 966,060 Finland, 1,047,090 ; 632,850 — Russia, 1,461,920 ; 225,490—Denmark, 1,309,420 ; 2,739,160 —Prussia, 99,110; I,33o,77o—Hamburgh and Lubeck, 4,298,960; 937,810—Bremen, Mecklenburgb, and Hanover, 514,840; 1,080,172—L0w Countries, 227,670; 455,020 Belgium, 84,340 ; 201,530 Great Britain, 1,851,320; 4,B4B,BBo—France, 286,420; I,4o7,l6o—Spain, 180,150; 291,770—Portugal, 216,150; 817,130—Italian States,ll2,2lo; 236,830—Austria, • 40,720 Turkey, 32,870 ; 2,330 Egypt, —; 1,090-A!giers, —; 289,790—Barbary States, —; 3,22o—United • States, 1,125,390; 2,574,490—We5t In dies, 51,690; 29,410—Brazil, 2,072 020;'385,120—La Plata, —; 80,880— 1ndia,552,450; 835,470—Adstralia,—; 34,120." The Akbar d'Alger of March 10th says :—" The Governor-General set out on the 6th for Blidah with his family. It is thought that he will remain there about a week. We learn from Mostaganem that the passage from that town to Oran may be now undertaken without escort, and that parties of twenty and thirty proceed to Mascara without the slightest interruption. On the night of the 7th the harbour of Algiers was_quite alive with light and elegant boats, splen didly light up, and accompanied by military music. The shore was lined with spectators, and the presence of young and ele gant women added to the charm of the scene. It was a fish. ing expedition, undertaken with a view to raise a fund for the : poor,. and we learn that its end was attained." Among the newspaper reports—for we believe it to be nothing more,—of the day, we find the following in- several f our contemporaries :—" It is said that English agents have arrived at Paris for the purpose of coming to some understand ing with the French Government on the means of establishing a telegraphic line from London to Calcutta, across France, and through Italy, Greene, and the Red Sea, to India. It is said that an English engineer has demonstrated the possibility of this great undertaking." The Prussian State Gazette gives the following sta tistical table of the quantity of raw iron annually produced in Europe : Great Brita . n, ' 2 9,632,000 quintals ; France, 6;763,900 ; Russia, including the Ural Provinces, 3,820,000 ; Belgium, 2,917,350 ; that part of Germany comprehended in the Cuttoms' Union, 2,550,762; the part not included in the Union, 143,500; Austrian monarchy, 1,820,000; Sweden, 1,455,245; Sardinia, 240,000; Tuscany, 120,000 ; Parma, 29,000; Modena and Naples, 15,000 ; Spain, 2552,000; Po land, 184,000 ; Norway, 107,420 ; Luxembourg, 60,000 ; Switzerland, 14,000; Portugal, 8,400, The bar-iron taken immediately from the mines may be estimated at 236,565 quintals. We find the following in the Commerce :—" The house of M. D., a banker at Dolbec, in Normandy, having been several times attempted to be forcibly entered in the night, he engaged a police officer to come and keep watch in side. About two o'clock on Saturday morning the robbers made their appearance again, and with a centre-bit had made a large hole in the door of the office, when the officer rushed out, and seized a man by the collar. M. D. himself was in another room also on the watch, but it had been agreed that he should not come forth unless the officer should call for his assistance. Hearing the struggle, however. he could not mist the impulse, and in the dark grappled:with the officer instead of the thief. On this, the officer conceiving he had two men to' contend with, drew a pistol, discharged it, and wounded M. D., whose cries prevented another shot, which would, in all probability. have been fatal. In the confusion thus created, the housebreaker made his escape. The wound of M. D. is said to be seriously alarming to his family and friends." The death of Dr. Forbes took place on his crosing a branch of the lake Lhouk on a raft: he there saw Ibrahim Khan and others load and level their guns, when he turned pale, and said his fatal day was come. He asked them for what purpose they had loaded, and th ey sa id t o s h oot h ugs. Theyimmediately fired at him, but without effect, but the se cond time the Khcn took a more deliberate aim, and he being wounded, fell from the raft into the water. He made his way to the shore, and pleaded for his life, saying, "nay countrymen are many, and will take vengeance for my blood; do not resist them." The Khan, however, abused him, and struck him. with his sword, on which Dr. Forbes asked him again to save his life, and said they might take all his property. He put up his hands in the attitude of prayer, in which posi tion he was slain by their repeated attacks. Dr. Forbes was a very young man, and in 1838 made an ascent of the Singha shill in Arabia. THE LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—The mortal re mains of the Duke of Norfolk are to be removed at an early hour on Wednesday morning for Arundel, Sussex. The fune ral cortege will reach Horsham late at night, and on the follow ing morning will resume its route to Arundel, where it is ex pected to arrive about two o'clock, and the interment will shortly afterwards take place, the whole of the heralds and officers of the College of Arms officiating at the obsequies. Lord Dillon left town by an early train for the , Earringdon-road station on Friday ; gallopped from thence to the Sun, at Burford, where he breakfasted, mounted his hunter, and appeared at cover with Earl Ducie's hounds, eight miles oft: After some hours sport his Lordship returned to town in time for dinner the same evening, thus travelling eighty miles to cover, then hunting, and eighty miler, to town, the same day. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WOOLIVICII.—Abcut half past three o'clock on Saturday morning, flame s were perceived engine attached to their under the command of Lieutenant issuing from the roof of the Bull Tavern, Bull-fi e ld s, k ep t by Mr. Boyd, late sergeant in the Royal Artillery. O n t h e a l arm being given, the Royal Yorke,R.E. v Sappers kith the in e barracki, were promptly on the spot. 14 hen the conflagration had assumed a very serious aspect, and the bar and roof were falling at quick intervals on thou who were in the house, a pri vate of the Sappers and Miners, whose name wet understood to be Malcolm Campbell, was suddenly struck with the recollec tion that Mr. Boyd, who was in a partial state of insensibility, was in the room within the bar. Ca mpbell at once rushed into the inner apartment and dragged the landlord through the flames into the street. Several men of the diff erent corps were at the same time engaged in removing all ignitable artic:es front the vicinity of the fire, and when engaged in this hazardous and important business, the whole of :hose so employed were severely injured by the falling of the principal wall of the building upon them. Two men of the Royal Artillery, one of them belong ing to the band, five sappers arid miners, and two others were conveyed to the hospital, but they are now considered out of danger. DEATH OF THE EARL OF 11.1AccLEsrim.D.—It be comes our duty to announce the demise of the above venerable. nobleman, who expired last evening, at twenty minutes pass seven, at his town residence in Conduit -street. The Earl has for some months past been confined to his bed. The deceased, George Parker, was Earl of Macclesfield, county Chester, Viscount Parker of Ewelme, county Oxford, and Baton Par ker of Macclesfield, in the peerage of Great Britain, and eldest son of Thomas, third Earl of Macclesfield, by Marv, eldest daughter of the late Sir William Hea,hcote, Bart. He wai born the 24th of February, 1755, and had consequently at. tamed the great age of 87 years. The deceased, who sucee, ded to the title 9th February, 1795, married, 2.51 n May, 1780, Mary Frances, second daughter and co-heir of the lat e R ev. Th o , Drake, D. D., and by her ladyship, who died in 1823, the noble Earl had issue, Lady Maria, born 23d Japuary, 1781 (the Countess of Haddington), and the lion. George, who died when an infant. The late Earl, in 1790, represented Mine head in the house of Commons. He sv.s Comptroller of the King's (George III.) Household, from 1791 to 1797, and front being appointed a Privy Councillor in 1791, on heron selected by his Majesty to fill that situation in the Royal Household, was the oldest member of the Privy Council, with the exception of Viscount Sidmouth, who was appointed rthe same year. He was Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorur n of the county of Oxford (whirr, of course, becomes now in the gift of the Pre mier) ; High Steward 4 Henley ; a Doctor of Civil Law, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. The noble Earl is succeeded in din family honours and estates by his only brother the Hon. Thomas Parker. it is a singular fact that a lady residing at Holy Island, aged B'2, has, within these few weeks, cut two new tel.:- tem irk Advertiser. LITERATURE. CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND. Part IL Mortimer and Haselden. London, 1842. The idea of this work—as we observed in our notice of the first Part—is a good one, and will please by the force of ass oc i a ti on and recollection in the reader's mind, for who is there that has not, at one time or other, gazed with wonder and delight on some of our fine old monastic and baronial edifices, and recalled at the sight a host of inspiring historical reminiscences ? To have visited Tintern Abbey and Warwick Castle are epochs in a man's life—at least if he has the slightest imagi nation—for each is perfect of its kind, and revives a thousand stirring recollections of the olden time, when the mitred Abbot and the mailed Baron were lords of the ascendant in--;--what Mr. Daniel calls—" Merrie England." In the work before us, it is proposed to give pictorial illustrations, accompanied with appro priate letter -press explanations, not of one or two only, but of all the remarkable Castles and Abbeys in the country; and if we may judge from the spirit and taste evinced in the Parts al rea d y published, we should augur that the speculation will be a successful one. In the present Part, there is a picturesque sketch of that fine old relic or ancient magnifice nce St. Alban's Abbey. , CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. Part Vl, _ . Mo.von, London, 1842. The present Part of this well-known, enter taining, and, to a certain extent, instructive work, contains an admirable essay on " The Philosophy of Proverbs," and another entitled 6' The History of New Words." The work, we understand, will be completed in twelve Parts, of which six have already appeared. DRAMATIC WORKS OF TVYCHERLEY, CON GREVE, VANBURGH, 6.c. Part VI. 31 - oxon, London, 1842. This Number contains not less than four of our. most sterling comedies, and is got up with much neatness, as is the case with all Mr. Moxon's re publications. RAMBLES IN THE COUNTRY. Thomas Miller, .Newyate• street. Our English counties have of late years been brtunate in the production of original and think ing minds among the mass of their working population, and of these, who by virtue of self-culture, have risen superior to their early lot, at least a score have blossomed between Sheffield and Nottingham. It is from the former of these places that Mr. Spencer Hall, the author of these rural saunters, derives his paternity, and exhibits another instance, in his own person, that the mechanic, in his (lust and lowliness, carries in him the true elements of hu manity; and, though born the denizen of a thatched cot or a mud hovel, has a mind fitted to receive the rays of knowledge, and a capacity for communing with nature and her beauties. At a " Sherwood Feast," held by upwards of 100 labourers, artizans, and farmers, in the vicinage - of the old Forest, last year, Mr. Hall recounted to his guests the growth and origin of his awaking fortunes. The method by which he learned to read was novel. His father was a shoemaker, and having several - tiers of last rails in his work-shop, got the alphabet printed in large and small characters, and pasted these at intervals along the rails. As soon as young Spencer could scramble about, he tried to walk by holding on these rails; the letters caught his eye and amused him, and thus he learned simul taneously to walk and read. During his boy hood, every occupation that offered itself in the locality—stocking-weaving, cotton-winding, pc), tato and barley-planting, distracted his attention by turns for the procurement of his daily liveli hood. But amid these perpetual harass ments the original spirit of the man burned restlessly for information, and the food of books was the manna on which he fed, when ever, and at all times that he could obtain them. For books and conversation, the pawnbroker, the schoolmaster, and the exciseman had his gratitude, the last of whom enriched hint with a copy of Franklin. With odd halfpence and savings he procured sundry little sixpenny tracts, which he devoured, and engaged himself in the affectionate employment, forming the first essays of his yet untried pen, in writing the love-letters of a fellow-companion, since dead. He next served an apprenticeship of seven years under Mr. Shaw, the publisher of the _Nottingham Review, and his suc2essor was so well gratified with his exertions, as at the expiration of that time to advance him a sum of money, capable of enabling him to raise his own printing office. Subsequently, he started the Sherwood Penny Magazine. From his rambles in the rich wild sceneries of Hal lamsbire he published an account of Robin Hood and his haunts, while his later rambles in Sheffield and its adjacent parts form the sub stance of the present imprint. If judgment may be drawn from the pages before us, Mr. Hall is possessed of an affectionate and thoughtful mind, whose inherent excellexce colours with its own pleasant light no less the scenes on which he dwells, than the persons with whom he mingles; and the appreciation of his honourable principles was marked in more cases than his marriage, by bestowals of high favour on him by his masters. Whether the reader accompany him over the Mapperley Hills—luxuriate in his company amid the green glades of Sherwood—soliloquise -with him over the " Riley grave-stones," or rejoice among the trossachy wildernesses of Grives—Mr. Hall will always delight with his natural joyfulness of heart, and instruct with his antiquarian scrap* of " Little John" and " bold forester Robin." It is pleasureable to observe that Mr. Hall's quondam friend and acquaint ance, Mr. Thomas Miller, the basket-maker, now in London, whom our author s p ea k s of as having noticed him in " his low estate," by "inviting him to his humble abode, and rea di ng his manuscripts to him," is the publisher of his present book. KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE. Knight, London, 1842. In this Number (which is the forty-first) we have the entire play of Pericles, illustrated, as usual, with several clever engravings, and containing, at the end of the drama, some remarks, whose object is to prove that it was undoubtedly Shakspeare's production. SLAVE STATES OF AMERICA.-2 Vols. Fisher, London, 1842. _ _ . , • In his former volumes on the United States, Mr Buckingham confined Isis observations chiefly to the North; his present ones are taken up with sketches of the South—that is to say, of the Slave States of America. He visited in succession all the chief towns and cities of this vast region, taking careful notes as he proceeded, of every thing worthy of remark ; and was particularly struck—though 'probably not much surprised= with the deep hold that the question of slavery had taken of men's minds. Every where he found them prejudiced to the last and bitterest degree on this point. As - for ar guing with them, the bare idea was ridiculous, for though candid, moderate, and quick-sighted enough en other matters, here they tolerated not even a hint of a difference of opinion. A prudent reserve, therefore, became indispensably necessary, for had Mr. I3uckingham openly avowed that he was an abolitionist, and looked on slavery as the disgrace and c u r se o f the southern States, it is more than probable that. he would have fallen a victim to his frankness, and beets Lynched without the slightest ceremony. His volumes furnish. us with little that is novel, whether in fact or. argument, on this difficult duestion ; but as they discuss it i n a rat i ona l an d ispassionate manner, diligently avoiding any high-wrought appeals to the passions, they will make just the sort of deep and lasting impression that the author would most desire to make on the minds of his readers. In Virginia, observes Mr. Buckingham, the soil has been so much exhausted, that the wealth of the planter consists chiefly, if not entirely, in his negroes. " These," he goes on to remark, " are regularly bred and multiplied for sale, like cattle; and as the progeny increases, the more saleable portions are selected, and brought on to the South, or sent to the slave-market at Washington, or some times sold in Virginia itself. They are thus passed on from the State where their labour is not in demand to the rising States and territories in which labour is in request ; and, accordingly, in the Augusta Papers, as in the Washing ton Journals, every day are to be seen advertisements offering cash for likely negroes ! A slave-trade is thus carried on throughout the Southern States, under the gentle name of the removal of slaves from one state to another ;' and it leads to the separation of husband and wile, of parents a , d children, of brothers and sisters, without the most distant hone of their ever meeting again; and from all the infor mation I could obtain on this subject, the negroes feel the separations as acutely as any whites can do, and are un happy for years afterwards. Here, however, as every where throughout the South, slavery is a topic on which no man, and above all, a foreigner, can open his lips without imminent personal danger, unless it is to def,nd and uphold the system. The violence of the measures taken against the few who from time to time venture to express themselves is favour of abolition is such as to strike terror into others. I feel assured that it would not be so dangerous for a man to I preach the right of resistance to despotic authority in St. Petersburg or Vienna, to inveigh against. Popery at Home, or to denounce Mahomedanism at Constantinople, as it would be for him to proclaim himself either by his pen or hi s t ongue, ass 1 abolitionist in the slay..-holding Stases." In another place, spLakum., .on the s u bj ect, Mr. Buckingham observes it was not d en i e d that there were many instances i n w hi c h white men became fathers of offspring by their own negro women ; and as the c hild ren fol low the fate of their mothers, suc h o ff spr i ng would be his slaves, a n d m i g h t b e lawfully sold by him as his property, and Viol were so disposed of !" With the city of New Orleans, t h e capital of the South, the author was greatly delighted. According to him, it is one of the gayest and most bustling places in the world, ----- remarkable for it s no bl e di sp l ay of shipping, its passion for balls, theatricals, and all sorts of public and private amusements its splendid , I buildings, an d , more particularly, its superb ho i te!s. Its inhabitant s , h owever, have an ugly trick (the monsters!) of mot paying for their newspapers, and hence the Editors of the New Orleans Journals are kept in a constant state of tribulation and discomfiture ! Now we look on the habit of zion-payment—particularly when it exhibits itself in this repulsive form—as one of the blackest sins that a man can commit. We can forgive him for not paying a tailor's or an apothecary's bill ; his non-payment of a lawyer's bill we can almost admit to be a virtue; but we cannot find it in our he arts to excuse his non-payment o f his daily newspaper. Such an omission argues a degree of moral depravity that cannot but deeply shock the nice sensibilities of all who are disinterestly engaged in accelerating the March of Mind! We close our brief notice of these volumes, with the remark that t h ey con tain som e s pi r it e d d escript ions of voyages up the , Mississipi, and, generally speaking, a rc impartial in their views of " M en and Things" in America LUTIIER. A Poem. " The following pages," says Mr. Robert Montgo• inery, in his Preface, are an attempt to reflect in a poetical form, by a series of mental tableaux, some of the prominent features and prevailing expressions in the life, character and work, of the fearless L u th er . Though eac h v i ew b e divided and distinct, yet it is hoped that, in the spirit of its resulting effect, the poem will be found combined into the unity of a moral whole." As regards " unity," Mr. Montgo mery's poem has not much to boast of—at least so far as design is concerned, for it is by no means confined to an illustration of Luther's character, but is con stantly wandering into matters utterly irrelevant. The author's fondness for description, in which he chiefly excels, is an ignis fatuus that is for ever lead ing him from his right track into marshes and quag mires, from which he with difficulty emerges. We look on his poem, therefore, rather as a collection of ; striking insulated passages, thrown together without method or logical consecutiveness, than as one com plete, effective, and consistent whole. It is, in fact, a solemn rhapsody, or rather detached series of rhap sodies, on Life, Death, and the great Mysteries of Mind and of Creation, for which Luther, and the strange incidents in his career, form the mere pretexts. Its moral tone, however, is consistently maintained throughout; and in this sense —but in this sense only —it may lay claim to the praise of " unity." That Mr. Montgomery has elaborated it with uncommon care, is evident in every page, but we hardly think that his most laboured passages are his most success ful ones. Few people walk easily or gracefully on stilts, or on tip-toe; and our author is no exception to this rule. He pleases most when he is most natural and unaffected, and lays aside that ambitious air of ' pretension with which he is but too apt to enunciate the merest common-places. Words, however bulky and sonorous, are not ideas, nor is common-place less common-place, because it is shrouded in cloudy and verbose phraseology. We have said that Mr. Mont gomery excels in description; he does so in a high degree,. as the following fervid and eloquent passage will prove : But, in the cross and by the cross perused, How featured with significance sublime And beautiful, this breathing world becomes ! Creation, by the plastic charm of faith Transmuted, like a boundless temple stands, Haunted and hallowed with perpetual Christ. Lo ! the broad earth a solemn area seems, And the arch'd sky a bended ceiling grows, Whose lamps are planets in their burning shrines; Wonder is priestess ' • and the min g l e d c h o i rs ,— The organ music rol l'd from waves and winds, While the deep wo rs hip i s th' unconscious swell Of Nature, when her blent hosannahs rise, To bless the Architect and Lord of all. There is another passage executed in the same spi rit, with but one exception, which we shall presently notice : Though the sun Burn like a sacrament of beams, Filling our eyes with reverential light To watch him ; though the moon's poetic brow Be lovely, calm'd with most celestial grace, And yonder meek and melancholy stars Thrill like the pathos of eternity Our pensive bosom, not in these we beast, Though beautiful ; nor in the sacred Deep, That chants his lone and everlasting hymn Of waters, like the psalmody of waves In worship; nor in all the gorgeous Things 'that Nature iu her granaries of life Concentres, can the God-taught spirit trace Matter for largest triumph.—Nor can Mind, Such wonder claim as that Great Scene demands, That once on Zion did on God reflect Back on His glory with retorted blaze— Himself !—in full expression there reveale%., When burst thy heart, Immanuel ! What does Mr. Montgomery mean by " the pathos of eternity ?" In the Scriptural sense in which he uses the term, it conveys no distinct idea to the mind; for there are but two forms in which eternity can de velope itself—that, we mean, for the good, and that for the wicked; the former is the eternity of rapture —the latter, certainly not of " pathos," but of a far deeper sentiment—namely, " wailing and gnashing of teeth." To apply the word " pathos," therefore, to the biblical notion of eternity, is a sheer absurdity. But vao•ue, unmeanin g fi gures o f speec h lik e t hi s, abound in " Luther." Thus we are told that priest craft and falsehood are That terrific pair Who poisoned truth, and made the Church become The gaol where thought was guillotined, and died ! Conceive the idea of guillotining thought—that is to say, of applying a material weapon of destruction to an immaterial essence! Really fustian of this sort would disgrace a fourth-form school-boy ! Here is another specimen of our author's lax and incongruous mode of expression : The sightless finger of the fairy breeze Wanders about, and with a dimpling touch Ripples a stream, or turns the air to song, Till, like a psalmody of woven breeze, Fancy admires it. Begging Fancy's pardon, she must be a great ass to admire any such operation on the part of the " light fingered" zephyr ; and a still greater noodle if she imagines herself capable of conceiving anything like a "woven breeze!" The idea is evidently drawn from the loom of a Manchester manufacturer, which is about the last place we should ever suspect a poet of resorting to for imagery. Having thus pointed out some of the defects of " Luther," it is but right that we turn to the brighter side ; and that we may not be supposed to part with Mr. Montgomery in ill humour, we quote a fine and solemn passage de scriptive of the mysterious influence that Night at times exercises over the thinking faculties : Deep trance of night ! a mystic power is thine, That properties creation with a charm Beyond what day-dreams in their brightest glow Can emanate, whate'er the scene they gild. But, oh ! if ever into heart of man The Midnight, like a mute religion sent Her spirit, surely, when the captured monk Down the dim chambers of the Wartburg paced, Thy genius then in solemn glory reign'd. There, by his window'd turret, lofty, bleak, And lone, unharm'd, in holy peace he mused, The past revolved, and o'er the future pray'd. But there be moments in this life of ours Beyond the weak apocalypse of words To e'er unveil ; so charged with secret might, They master with perplexity immense, Or into voiceless sentiment transform Our inward being; like a cloud, we seem to float In formless vacancy, with fruitless gloom Begirt ant blinded, till forced nature feels By truth rcplenish'd, and uistinctive thoughts Rise from the heart, pathetic, soft, profound, Like tears of pity in a good man's eye. Then all we have been, are, or hope to be, Blends in strange climax, and the soul's o'ersway'd With big emotion, or with breathless prayer. All that ne have been —yes 1 the night restores. Form after form wo loved, or knew, or fear'd, Moves o'er the platform of the summon'd past, While dead eyes open, and familiar smiles Fall on our hearts; or household voices ring. NEWSTOKE PRIORS. 3 Vo ls, Bentley, London, 1842. The object of this tale is to show the folly— not to say the misery —of a life devoted to ava rice, and bent solely, no matter by what means, on the inordinate acquisition of gain. This useful ' moral is illustrated by the career of Frederick Vavasour, a young man of good family con nexions, but as poor as a church mouse, who early in life marries a beautiful orphan girl as poor as himself. Shortly after their union she dies, leaving two children, one of whom is taken to reside with a maiden aunt, while the other, Blanche the heroine of the story—remains under her father's roof. As Mr. Vavasour, though related to a rich old gentleman of the same name, who owns the fine estate of New stoke Priors, is merely a curate, with the Slen derest possible income, he is compelled to prac tice the most rigid economy; and this habit, pursued from necessity for years, eventually de generates into confirmed avarice. Gold, in fact, is the only idol that Mr. Vavasdur worships, and so earnest becomes his desire Air its acquisition, that on the death of his relation, the wealthy proprietor of Newstoke Priors, he is induced to burn his will, by which he had left the estate to another relation, Edward Vavasour; and in consequence of the deceased thus appearing to die intestate, the whole of his landed property devolves on the guilty miser. But increase of wealth brings no increase of happiness; on the contrary, fear, distrust, and remorse, are engen dered in Frederick Vavasonr's mind, and he gradually sinks beneath an accumulated load of suffering. After his death, Newstoke Priors is'restored to the rightful owner, Edward Vava sour, who marries Blanche ,after• the usual mis takes, mistrusts, arid misapprehensions, on both sides. The principal personages in this story use sketched with a firm, bold, steady hand. Frede rick, the miser, in particular, is drawn with ex ceeding skill, and the gradual progress of his debasing, soul-blighting infirmity, exhibited with an ability that /7—..""-------------roves the An au o t l l d ior to be we . I Lreeatditiian Brausby,the i, human l i a s n als n o el a lr s t p . spirited tholuiigaili'soiples-s indeed, hysterical . what coarse, sketch. There is nothinf.- i nor . exciting in the narrative ; one portion of it—that, we mean, Where Frederick . k Vavasour is represented as destroying the erl ' c ll, and thinks himself unobserved —Miss Waddwinig ton is, we think, too cold and tame ; the scene is one that would have warranted far more im passioned treatment. Calm, uniform good sense, however, is the author's forte, and not strong sensibility, for the delineation of which she appears to have no relish. Her novel is of a quiet, domestic character, true to life in the main, and therefore very likely to find numerous admirers. For our own part, we infinitely prefer it to the tales of the convulsive and spasmodic school. LORD CAMPBELL'S SPEECHES. Black, Edinburgh, 1842. The speeches contained in this volume were deli vered between the years 1830 and 1841, either at the Bar or in Parliament, and are characterised, if not by brilliant, impassioned eloquence, or caustic wit and humour, at least by strong good sense; and force an . d ingenuity o f argument, set off by the graces of a simple, colloquial, but uniformly graceful style. Lord Campbell is anything but an ambit? us or flowery orator ; he essays no lofty flights of declamation, makes no incursions into the airy regions of fancy ; but maintains an even, sober tone throughout his speeches. Occasionally, but not often, we detect in him something of the sly, shrewd humour of the Scotchman ; and lie is essentially national in his self possession, and readiness and dexterity in argument. His speech on Parliamentary Reform—cold as it may be deemed by some—is well worth a re•perusal, if only for its abundant display of adroit reasoning, and the quiet, but triumphant manlier in which it disposes of the favourite common-places of the Anti- Reformers. Many more flashy and animated speeches were delivered during that stormy period ; but we are acquainted with few that will better bear the test of a rigid examination. By a note attached to this able oration, we are informed - that Mr. Croker has " re gistered a row in Heaven" never to "sit in a Re formed Parliament." Really this is afflicting intelli gence .to the three kingdoms which constitute Great Britain ! Think of the author of " Talavera '—a poem whose lot it was to break its publisher's heart, and mesmerize every reader who had the hardi hood to read a page of it ;—think, we say, of a statesman and poet like this, solemnly recording his determination never again to enliven a British Senate by his 'fancy, or enlighten it by his Burke-like pre science and sagacity! The Right Honourable Gen tleman has much to answer f or i n reg i stering so un patriotic a vow, for he cannot but be aware that be reaved Albion daily bewails his retirement in sack cloth and ashes, and, like Rachel mourning for her - children, " refuseth to be comforted." But there is balm in Gilead; and though a Croker be lost to us, it is soothing to reflect that we still possess a D'lsraeli, for which last inestimable blessing we feel that we can never be sufficiently grateful to Divine Provi dence. But to return from a digression into which the pardonable sensibilities of patriotism have be trayed us. Those who desire to get a taste of Lord Campbell's best and most characteristic manner should read his famous speech on the trial of Norton v. Melbourne, which exhibits all the best qualities of an advocate—shrewdness, quick insight into character, unerring appreciation of motives, harmonious and methodical disposition of argument, racy touches -of sarcasm, and, not unfrequently, a strain of feeling that makes a direct and forcible appeal to t'he heart. His Lordship has dedicated his volume to his brother, Sir George Campbell, of Edenwood ; and the language of the Dedication deserves praise for its modest and un affected simplicity. FINE ARTS: — BENEVOLENCE. As this plate professes to be merely a preparatory etching for a highly-finished mezzotinto engraving, it would not be quite fitir to subject it to a minute and rigid criticism ; we shall content ourselves, therefore, with the remark, that what the artist proposed to ac complish he has accomplished, and most successfully. His outlines are all distinctly and naturally defined, and when his pleasing group of the widow and her young family comes to be filled up, and have some deeper shadows thrown into it, the added force and variety of expression thereby imparted to it, will pro duce all the effect that the engraver could possibly de sire. The subject of the sketch is one of simple, but deep and obvious interest. Two young ladies are represented as having just entered the cottage of a poor widow, who is surrounded by her children, one of whom .rests her head on the mother's shoulder, while a second is playing with a coral in her lap, and a third nestles close by her side, as if half-scared by the entrance of the stran gers. A prettier and more interesting family group it would be difficult to find. The widow moves evidently in the humblest walks of rustic life, but all that is coarse and squalid in such life, is studiously kept out of sight ; and we see nothing but what it is delighful to contemplate—the peace, the simplicity, the neatness, and good order a a homely, but carefully tended household. The refined taste of the artist has elevated his sultject, without lifting it up into the ideal, or violating probability. Rus tic life has its poetic as well as its prose side, and the glimpse we here catch of it, is the one that is most attractive to the fancy just such a sketch, indeed, as Burns has presented to us' in his " Cotter's Saturday Night." The countenances of the fair visitors, who are gazing with benevolent interest at the mother and her young children, are full of cha racteristic expression. The plate is engraved by Egleton, from an original painting by Drummond. ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CEN TURY. How and Parsons, London, 1842. The twos Parts before us of this periodical contain descriptions of the counties of Cornwall and Lanca shire, accompanied by illustrations, exocuted by some of our ablest engravers in a very supe rior style of art. The sketches of Liverpool convey a very vivid idea of the architectural beauty of this rising and wealthy town, and no public build ing of importance, or place of popular res or t i s omit ted. Some of he most striking and picturesque scenes of Cornwall are also delineated with rare skill and spirit. Of its sort, the present work is decidedly the best of the day, and far surpasses all our old Eng glish itineraries, both as respects design and execution. HALL'S` IRELAND. Part 17. How and Parsons. London, 1842. The account of the city of Dublin, which deserves praise for its singular minuteness and accuracy, is brought to a close in this Part, which contains, in addition, some curious details of the scenery, prin cipal towns, romantic buildings, and other peculiari ties of the county of Meath. The Part is embellished with two excellent engravings, a neat and careful map of Cavan, Westmeath, and Meath. ----- The form with which the old governess, mixing up grace with gracefulness, duly prefaced their rice milk, bat ter puddings, and raspberry bolsters was this :—" For what we are going to receive —elbows, elbows !—the Lord make us— hacks in anti shoulders down—truly thankful—and no chat. ter tug—Amen. "- I%e Schoolmistress Abroad. The Massager, alluding to the statement of the Gazette des Tribunaux, relative to an affair in the Rue Mau conseil, on Sunday, between the soldiers of the poste and some persons who had quarrelled with the sentinel, declares that the poste was not turned out by the non-commissioned otlieer on duty until the persons whom the sentinel had desired to remove had wrested his bayonet from him, and a numerous and turbulent crowd bad assembled. The responsible editor of the Gazette d' Auvergne has been found guilty by the Court of Assize of the Puy do Dome of a defamatory libel upon the Prefect of the Puy de Dose, and the Procureur General of the Cour Royale of ltiom, on a notice of the proceedings in the Chamber of De puties relative to the letter to the Minister of Justice, alluded to M. lsambert, end sentenced to six months' intprisoumeut, and a fine of -I,ooof. MARKET 130SWORTIL—Six large trees were felled a short time ago in Bosworth field, for the purpo se o f ma ki ng the framework of a set of bells a b ou t t o b e put up i n N ewark church, and while the workmen ws-re employed in sawing the beams, in cuttin. , into the heart of a t ree' they met with s o m e obstruction, whi ch was found to pro c e e d from a bullet, sup posed to have lodged there in the battle of Bosworth field, in 1 46.5. —.Leicestershire Mercury. The Preeurseur de l' ()nest of Angers states, that, three days ago, M. Cornilleau, a printer of that place, having presented himself to the tribunal of first instance to take the usual oath, and produced his license signed by M. Duerchatel, the Minister of the Interior; the Court hesitated to receive his oath, as the signature of the license , was wholly illegible. Tha document was rent to the Prefect as being more ucquainted with the signature of the Minister than the Tribunal, and having been returned certified, M. Cornilleau was allowed to take the oath. The Commerce states that a woman died lately at St. Michel d'Urfe, near Saint Etienne in the Lire, in cos, sequeace of the Cesarian operation being performed upon bet by her own mother assisted by two other persons. cuu„„_ RATEs . —Their violent and irreligious exactions, their seizing of pots and pans. . . . These, f rom houses,therewhom is their"o of lenteim„ses grounds, out o f s of treble va l ue; goo ds sanctuary of d , ous , t) T beikz., for that, which did not covet ousness an d rap i ne blind thetu, they know not to be their own."—John Two day 3 ago, as a gentleman and his wife, with their daughter, a child between eight and nine years old, were looking at the shops in the Passage des Panoramas, the little girl complained that some one was pulling her hair. The moan, un turning to see mhat was the matter, found that the whole of the young child's hair behind, which was ilaiied in two long tresses and hung down her back, had been cut off. A man was at the same time seen running away, and soon lost W sight. A letter from Schwerin says the present Grinitl Duke Frederick Francis, on coming to the Grand Ducal throne by the death of his father on the 7th inst., immediately issued a proclamation announcing the event to his subjects, and declaring that, being of full age, according to the family oompact of 23d June, 1841, he had assumed the reins of government. The 'hare of Bayonne of the 15th inst. relates that a few days before, a band of about twelve Spanish snauggla z were about to make their way over the boundary between France and Spain, ti hen a much :mailer party of custom-how, officers at tem s led to stop them. A conflict ensued, in whiaal fl four of the o leers were more or less severely Wounded, an d „„, of the Spaniards was killed and another wounded. "r e