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UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTUIS. • THIS EVENING, MARCH 29, Will be repeated Mozart's Opera of THE MARRIAGE OF' Ft- GARO.—The character of Susanna by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Count Aimariva, Mr. Stretton ; Cherubim), Madame Vestris ; Doctor Bar tolo, Mr..l. Bland; Figaro, Mr. Leffler; Basilio, Mr. C. White; the Countess, Miss Rainforth ; Marcellina, Miss Grant ; Barbarina,-73Iiss After which will be repeated the Grand Romantic Fairy Extrava ganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT.—Wunsuponatyme (King of Neverminditimamia), Mr. J. Bland; Princes Paragon, Precious., and Placid (his three Sons', by Madame V..stris, Miss Murray, and Miss e; Jingo, Mr. Harley; t' e White Cat, Miss Marshall. Doors open at half-past :ix, anu the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. lid ;• First and Second Circles 53., Second Price ::s. 6d. ; Pit Zs., Second ' Price 2s ; Gallery Is. 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THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. B &TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu. merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, An lalusian Chargers, Spotted Cour , ers, Fairy Palfrey+, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most talented Vaul ers, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. conclu le with an entirely New Laughable Farce, callei THE FAMILY MAN; OR, HOW MANY MORE WIVES. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF M. OSRALDISTON. Great and extraordinary attraction for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, MARCH 29. Will ha performed a most interesting New Domostic Drama, in Three Acts, enti+led THE LUCKY HORSE SHOE; OR, THE LONE CEIA MBE It OF THE SILENT HlGHWAY.—Characters Miss Vincent, Miss Coveney,.Messr , . E. F. Saville, Dale, Gard.. %r, seaman, &c. After which, with gorgeous scenery, dresses,lec., A LADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LANIP.—AlaJdin, Miss Vincent; the Princess, Mr . E. F. Saville; V‘idow Mustapha, Mrs. Griffith . To cone:lute with THE RED ROVER —The Red Rover, Mr. D.le; Fid, Mr. E. F. Saville; Hector Homespun, Mr. Gardner; Madame de Lacey, Mrs. Lee. LONDON: TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1142. It appears by Lord STANLEY'S speech on Tues day last, and by the complaints of the Tory journals, that notwithstanding the enormous dis criminating duty levied on foreign sugar in order to benefit the West India planters, they are fast going to ruin. Taking for the sake of clearness the average annual amount of sugar imported from the West Indies at 3,000,000 cwts. for some years past, and the differential duty which is 395., at -405.; the people of England have annually paid about 6,000,0001. for the benefit of the West India Planters. We do not over-estimate the amount, because there are other articles which are subject to a differential duty, in favour of the West Indian planter, as well as sugar, and which, in fact, make the - WIA amount levied on the people of the united em pi re T for the advantage of the planters upward s of Though we do not asse n t t o t h e T ory doctrine that the proposed incom e t ax w ill no t affect the 8,000,0001. per annum. Nov, it is c on f esse d b y Lord STANLEY and the Tories who p ersevere in industrious classes, we re j o i ce. very m uch to find Tory writers proclaiming aloud tha i it is the maintaining this unjust sy s t em o f p l un d er by duty of statesmen to study the welfare of these means of taxation, that the planters, for whose classes. his. true that they only now • adopt•this benefit it was especially intended, are fast going • principle becaus e th e y are afraid o f the md us to ruin. The suffering people of England, trious :classes and need their assists' ice. It is thersfore, have not the poor consolation of know- 1 true that they only preach this prix triple, and ing that, at least, the parties for whom they are pretend to promote the Welfare of the working 7,lundered by law are thriving and prosperous. classes in orde r t o b r ib e them into ac( luiescence • I3nt besides th ese 6,C00,000/. pery ear, the people with general disfranchisement, and inti, submis ga..-e the planters the largest part of .20,000,03 a pion i‘ T to - . t e Tory rule. Though we ca:anot give betwixt eight and nine years ago, and still, as Lord STANLEY says, the pla.uters have suffered a ...c. ones praise for their motives, nel •ertheless serious diminution of their income. Whether it gives us great sttisfaction to find the: al paying th, N o ble Lf:rd includes in his calculation th 9 in- court to the hard-working artizans. ! • tel est they may still receiv e , on , their share of It was our painf u l d uty on many i )cessions, Nhen the Whigs w ere i n o ff ice, te j censure thht sum, as they vested it i n t h e funds,-or pur- v cl.ased land with it elsewhere thani n t h e Colonieq t!:em for their negle c t o f t h e workin g classe s , does not appear, but he testified to th e f act tl at, fetid for the contumely they sometim es heaped in spite of this noble gift, and in spite of the I upon them. It was ,our painful, , duty, on 6,003,000/. a year, levied on us for their advantag e , j more than one ocsgsion, to remonst rate with they are annually sustaining a ruinous diminution . great earnestness against the ill-adti sed pro of-their income. The country is subjected, thero. secutions of STEPHENS, MACDOUGALL, LOVETT, .. fore, to a grev i ous a nd u njust impost, which douaP Colzirs,anclothers, by whi c h the Whig a, to serve not answer the ,intended purpose, but whieh _a Tory purpose, earned, we regret to say, the nevertheless, the -Tories are resolute to main tasting hatred of numerous b o di es of the ir honest and well-meaning, even if erring, poor€ r fellow , . . . subjects. On this: tkin. , Iti there aiy probatility that tills' very im p ost of the as well as o. a account account, people themselveS, we rejoice that the N‘LiCh is so injurious tutlutpeokile of England, is T . , ones, who were wont to call them t4e canaille, ... ..-r,:ruao v ~T '! TT ' . -,i also the cause of the distress of the planters ? : and to insist that they had nothing to do with That seems a very strange supposition, but we the laws but to obey them, have come round to have got half way towards justifying it when we our doctrine, treat the working classes as some have shown that in spite of the impost, the planters body, and claim great credit for exempting them are going to ruin. Certainly stranger things have from taxation. come to passinpolitics ; such, forexample,as 2 and It is now in the power of the working classes 2 does not make four, than that the very reverse to show that they are worthy of the considera should be the effect of a law from that intended tion vouchsafed to them. Be it for good or for by the law-maker. •On such a subject we do not evil, a great change is proposed in the financial pretend to be dogmatic or positive, but the mode and commercial regulations of the country. Both in which the impost may probably operate, so as parties in Parliament affirm that the change will to bring about the ruin of the planters, is this : have a considerable influence on the condition of The number of labourers, and the quantity of the working classes, and both appeal to them to labonl at the command of the planter, is limited. I a certain degree for their support. One party Each and every planter is eager to get hold of affirms that the change will benefit them; the as much of the impost, through raising . a large j other denies it. Our own opinion has been more crop of sugar, as possible. They all, therefore, than once stated; but irrespective of that, we are lay themselves out to cultivate sugar; they corn- t sure that the working classes are bound to take pete strongly with one another to obtain the ser- the subject into consideration, and express An vices of the negroes for cultivating sugar; and opinion on it. Those who deny them the suf their competition, sharpened by the desire to frage in electing members of the House of Com get hold of as much as possible of the impost, . mons, do now tacitly concede it to them, and tells against themselves, and enables the negroes concede to them the power to• influence, and to demand very high wages, and to labour on . even to over-rule the decision of Parliament, by their own terms. : seeking their approbation. For whichever party To their bargains with the negroes there -are ( in the State the working classes may decide, or two parties, and itis clear that if their competi- ! for neither, they ought not to lose the present Lion one with another were lessened, it would ; opportunity of exercising the right of suffrage, have the same effect as increasing the number of , when every man, however poor, who can express labourers, and enable them to cultivate their es-1 an opinion, may make it tell on the country, and tates at a lesi' expense., It is also clear that the : legitimately force himself into of the pale of the increased price obtained for their sugar, in con- ! constitution. i sequence of the dis cr i m i na ti ng d uty , augments If they are of opi n i on th a t th e propose d in thel fund, appli ca bl e t o th e payment o f wages in I come tax and alterations .of the tariff will be be a limited population, and the question is, whether 1 neficial to them, let them meet and express such the increased competition thus occasioned for , an opinion, and so they will enable Sir R. PEEL labour be more than equal to the advantage ! to reject the demands of the agriculturists, and which the planter derives from the tax ? We be- 1 secure to them the advantages of those changes lieve that it is, and so we believe that the unjust in the tariff which he holds out to them. If impost itself, which is so injurious to the home they are of opinion that the income tax, in addi consumer, is the primary cause of the planter's tion to all the other taxes which now crush in distress, decay, and progress towa r d s ru i n . dustry, will be injuri ous t o them—it' they prefer It is abundantly evident, from Lord STANLEY'S i a reduction of the sugar duties to the reduction speech, whatever may be the losses of the of the duties on timber—if, after hearing Sir planters, that the negroes are increasing in I ROBERT PEEL expatiate on the advantages of opulence. 'Those in Jamaica, according to Sir cheapness and abundance, they think they are C. METcal.e's report, are " perfectly free and more likely to be benefited, and the necessary more independent than the same class in any revenue raised by a free trade in corn, giving a other country." That proves great competition stimulus to industry and consumption, than by amongst the planters to have their services. In additional taxation—let them announce such one parish the number of freeholders had in. an opinion. Whichever view they may take, creased nearly five-fold, or from 387 to 1863 be- let them not be silent at this crisis of the public tween 1837 and 1841. In Demerara, the negroes I affairs, when they are invited by the Tories to have purchased, according to Governor LIGHT, give their opinion on the great questions at issue. one estate for 11,0001., and another for 16,0001. Now, the means o f ma ki ng t h ese purc h ases, and COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Q ueen an d P r i nc e becoming freehold ers , b ot h i n J ama i ca an d De- Albert walked for some ti me thi s morning i n aferara, could not haie b een o bt a i ne d by the ne- the Slopes, the Terrace, and the Home Park, groes from merely cultivating their provision and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal grounds, which are chiefly or solely to supply have been taken airings both morning and after their own subsistence. Owing, said Lord STAN- noon. LEY, to the labourers b ecom i ng possessors o f t h e Prince Albert enjoyed a run with th e b eag l es land, the planters had been compelled to give ex- this morning, attended by Sir Edward Bowater 97-bitant wages. It was the e xor bit an t wages , how- and Mr. G.- E. Anson. After war d s the Queenand his Royal Highness rode out on horseback, ever, given by the pla n t er s in th e fi rst instance, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Colonel in order to get a large crop of su g ar, and so ge t B uc kl ey , an d Si r E. B owater. hold of a large share of th e t ax , th at led to making In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by the the labourers landowners, and by narrowing Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, and rode out iii a pony still more the s u pply o f l a b our , ra i sed still the Hon. Mrs. Anson, carriage and four, accompanied by Prince Albert higher the rate of wages . W e conc l u d e, from ill these circumstances, that it is the competition on horseback, attended by Sir E. Bowater and Colonel Buckley. Viscount Hawarden and Sir ,f the planters one against another, in their new Frederick Stovin followed in a pony phaeton. condition of purchasers of labour, stimulated by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent the bounty or discriminating duty which has Maria Dawson. which makes, as they n ow comp l a i n, cultivation Our principles would l e aa us directly to the 1 to her Majesty. walked out this mor n i ng , atten d e d b y Lady Anne j been the chief ca u s e o f th a t hi g h rate of wages The Earl and C oun t ess o f D e l awarr, the ruinous to them. Ladies Elizabeth and M ar y W est , an d Vi scount Cantilupe, arriv e d t o -d ay at t h e C ast l e, on a visit conclusion that the remedy f or thi s cond i t i on is The H on. and very Rev. the Dean of Wind the very reverse of that recommended by the sor, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, will planters, and adopted, we are afraid, by Lord" circle at the Castle, this evening. have the honour of j o i n i ng th e R oya l di nuer STANLEY. We sho u ld say a b o li s h the unjust discriminating duty, and trust for once to Nature His Royal Highness Princ e G eorge o f Cam bridge visited Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and to GOD. Do right, and do not dread the yesterd sy, at Marlborough House. consequences. It is only politicians who lay Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces down the rule that they can set at defiance the ter paid a congratulatory visit to their Royal laws of morality with advantage. We should Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, say that, by abolishing the discriminating on Saturday, at their residence, at Kew. C duty, you will . l essen t h e competition of Count St. Aulaire, the Fr enc h A m b assa d or, and Baron de Moncor vo , th e Portuguese Minis the planters one w ith anot h er induce them to introduce c h eaper an d b etter methods ter, transacted business at th e F oreign Offi ce yesterday. of cultivation, and reduce the wages of the The Chancellor of the Exchequer haaleft town negroes, now raised exorbitantly, by taxing the for his seat, Betchworth Surrey. people of En g l an d. B y employing skilled labour, Earl Talbot transacted business yesterday at the planters w ou ld b e ena b led to cultivate the Home Office. cheaper than th ose w h o i mport the unskilled The Right H on . W. E. Gl a d stone left town yesterday afternoon f or -B r i g h ton . and ignor an t Af r i cans . The planters, on the contrary, recommend the : MR. WILSON'S ILLUSTRATIONS promotion of immigration. They want more ! OF SCOTTISH MUSIC AND SONG. labourers, that they may grow more sugar, and j This popular vocalist gave another of his excellent en , get hold of more tax. Lord STANLEY goes with tertainments last night at the Musical Hall, Store-street. them. He supposes himself, very erroneous) Mr. Wilson inti ma t e d on a f ormer occas i on, that he had Y man reuests sent to him for l son that ha we can assu re hi s L or d s hi p, to have been instru- becomy q e favourites in the course articu of his ar series,' gs and tha t mental in ruining the planters, by emancipating he intended to meet their wishes, by dedicating an even their slaves. He conferred on them by that the ing to the songs they had desired, under the title of greatest blessing a statesman ever conterred on a "Selected Entertainments." The programme contained ten of Sand' delicious es, threeh are people. He is in n o w i se i nstrumental to their wedded to cotl the appropriate melodi native lyricsof which of Hector ruinous competition, except by, maintaining the McNeill, "Saw ye my wee thing," "My Boy Taminie," unjust tax on the people of England which and "Come under my plaidie," each of these received stimulates it. But b e li ev i ng , very errone- , . v t % li , e ila fu o ll m est j l u a stice eN fr e o i m we the th fi e t re tac ia t an e d n fine ll ton a e d s of M at. r. Mously, that b e h as been tine unwitting an d c h aracter, an d a sweet and natural expre y ssion of the innocent cause of their distress, the honour `sentiments of the dramatis persona, so to speak, which of the Noble Lord, it is said, is piqued to fo r mer brought out with most a d m i ra bl e e ff ect . Th e two no ils e o n o f took Burns' c a ton ga to observe afford them re d ress . H e i s about, there- happened encored. Mr. oltV n that fore, to promote immigration from Africa were in the programme of that evening, but he would into our colonies. He is to renew or ex- make the amende, and gave them that glorious strain of tend a quasi slave trade. Het is to perpetuate ttihfe immorta l o ul and in bdblarrde,li‘e ‘ f A cl i i l t i l an th 's is a inanfor a' that." song maa cometitte whole Beau ignorance and want of skill i n our colonies by a us ; it breathes of a s pi r it that m a n ly would perpetual stream of ignorant ravages imported human family " brithes yet for a' that." Mr. Wilson from the coast of Africa. Instead of diminishing sung it with the energy and lofty dignity that it de giniveneevinuitahr atoll the e e buoyant; de the wages of the negroes, by taking the hand of amnadndse.xhiTliuralltocinligoernumthnwsaiasa the planter out of our pockets, h e is to diminish . Countrie." It set the heads of his hearers a " bobbing" them by introducing a lower and 1 ess enlightened ' and, had there been room, we are inclined to think that class of labourers from other countries. He is the feet would have seconded the motion. Mr. Wilson other son s with nwn chaste wilfully to to degrad e the enlig'.ntened and com- tio n , and marked e g xpression. his An well-k m o ng ad i ' and o ded cOrtable n egro popu l at i on and to undo what audience rewarded his exertion. Inonrieo e fthe rw boxes emancipation has done. we observed Major Burns and Captain Charles Gray. Mr. gives an entertainment evenin in the We hope that L or d STANLEY w ill consider the London Wilson Tavern, under th e p a t ronag e this of the Lor d Mayor consequences of following the suggestions of the I and Lady Mayoress, and we have no doubt that our avaricious and unjust planters. It seems pro- City Mends will avail themselves of an enjoyment that bable, if not inevitable, that the West Indies are has bee n so much reli s h e d i n t h e western quarter of the to become the " bl ac k i s l ands. " The coloured metropolis. race there, not forfeiting, p erhaps, their allegiance to England, nor shaking off their connexion with that generous ,people, who have purchased their freedom, will become predominant and masters. For the whole world, for Africa itself, that may be a g rest blessing, provided the educated, intelligent, religious, and skilful, moral blacks, who have bee ti brought up in the ways of Englishmen and with English notions, shall remain the most mixnerous, and shall be the principal source of a n increase of population ; but introduce amongst them a con tinual fresh supply of ignorant half /savages from the West coast of Africa, and withou ft retarding, but rather hastening the supremacy of the co loured population, you will establish in the West India islands an empire of say: iges, instead of enlightened and intelligent beings., and make the "black islands" a curse to 3 ilurope and America. BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE. _ - The Lord Mayor gave the customary Easter banquet yesterday evening, in sumptuous style, to about two hundred and fifty guests. The hall and the tables were decorated with the usual splendour and taste ; and the Royal canopy was erected at the extremity, in expecta tion of the presence of the Duko of Cambridge, who, however, was unable to attend. After the toasts of " The Queen," " Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales," " This Queen Dowager," and " The Ar m y an d Navy," The LORD MAYOR proposed " The health of the Bi shop of Salisbury," to whose sermon he had that day listened with great advantage and satisfaction. The Bishop of SALISBURY observed that it was al ways a matter of satisfaction to him and his Right Re verend Brethren to attend on such occasions as those to which the Lord Mayor had alluded, and thereby to countenance and promote, as far Its in them lay, the ad mirable chakties for which that city was so remaikable. The LORD M.t.yoa gave " Sir R Peel and her Ma jesty's Ministers," observing that the country had now the good fortune to possess a government equally distin guished for its strength and its integrity ; one in which general confidence was placed, and which, he trusted, would prove as permanent as, by its honesty and its t dents, it deserved to be. This toast was received with the most marked and rapturous approval. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE, in returning thanks, said he had to apologise for the absence of his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government. When it was considered how laborious had been his recent duties, what fatigue he had undergone, and had st ill to encounter, it was not surprising that he should require a few days relax ation. The Lord Mayor had said that the present Go vernment possessed the general confidence of the coun try. He (Lord Wharncliffe) was aware that no Govern ment, however constituted, or whatever its acts, could obtain universal praise ; but the present Ministry was, at least, resolved to merit the confidence of the country, by adopting the fixed principle of proposing no measure e About honestly and firmly carrying it into execution. The PRUSSIAN MINISTRR, in. returning thanks on his health being drunk, dwelt on t'.te , gr atification his Prus sian Majesty h a d ex p er i enc ed in the reception recently given to him, and which be regarded as an earnest of trustedttie He e would considered subsistg ao between w understandinge ethe two Is co 'h un ich btriees. himself the guest of the nation at large, and the cordiality with which he had heen received would never be effaced from his memory. The health of "LordDeuman and the Judges," "Mr. Masterman and the City Members," "The Hon. Francis Scott," and "Mr. Laurie," were among the other toasts. Mr. Wilson sang some very pleasing Scotch melodies 'n the course of the evening. A lettc P letter from Montpellier, of the 16th instant, states that' symptoms of mental alienation have been manifested by Madame Laffarge, and that upon the report of the physicians of the prison, in which she is confine-I, the Director has applied to the Government to have her transported to a lunatic asylum. * SS2 d f.'"Vi,t4t!.4 7' • - • - rio 'llllt °tun. TILE SUN, LONDON, TUERDA X EVENING, MARCH 29 5 1842. THE LEVANT MAIL. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 7.—A note identique has been addressed to the Porte by the Representatives of the three Powers, England, France, and Russia, recom mending the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from ' Larissa and other places contiguous to the Greek fron ' tier. In the present critical state of relations of the two countries, the menacing attitude and warlike muster on either side might lead to a collision, which would render abortive the pacific labours of diplomacy at Constanti nople. Instructions will be this day transmitted by the French packet steamer to the Ministers of the three Powers at Athens, in order that, from similar represen tations, the Greek Government may also effect a retro grade movement of its troops in the same quarter. As far as the Porte is concerned, the most satisfactory. as surances have been given that the wishes of its allies will be promptly and scrupulously attended to. The precautions of the corps diplomatique, which would, under all circumstances, be entitled to the praise of a prudent foresight, are the more seasonable, perhaps, that certain difficulties, which have unexpectedly arisen, are again said to throw a cloud over the negotiations on tins question. The basis so discreetly established for them by Sir Stratfnid' Canning at Athens, was insidi ously disturbed,' after his departure from thence, and the pretensions whit fi ir . is now generally understood M. Mavrocordato is prepared to put forward here, are but little in accordance with the conciliatory professions made to our Ambassador, and on the strength of which he willingly charged himself with the olive branch to the Porte. M. Mavrocordato presented his credentials to the Grand Vizier three days ago, but has not yet been admitted to an audience with the Sultan. Her Majesty's steam-packet, the Phoenix, left Constantinople for Bey rout yesterday morning. She had been detained here for some days, probably because Sir Stratford Canning expected that the Porte would come to some definitive arrangement with respect to the Government of the Le h mon, in which case she would have been at its disposal for the expediting of the business. Contrary to antici pation, however, nothing has to this day been decided, the affair is still in abeyance, and it would seem that the Turks are but temporizing, in hopes, perhaps, that the position of Omar Pacha is not so eesperate as it was re presented to be, and that they may still escape the hu miliation of deposing him. More than one successor has, nevertheless, been publicly assigned to him, and the chances, I believe, are in , favour of Emir Emin, the son of Emir Beschir. Rumours have been for some time current with respect to the instability andapproaching downfall of the Minid try here ; but I cannot ascertain they have any fowl dation, beyond the growing conviction felt in all.quarters that their continuance in, power is incompatible with the preservation of the empire. The Porte is said to be contemplating a new con scription in Asia Minor and Roinelia. The troops al ready assembled in various quarters abundantly suffice for all the purposes of good government, and fresh levies can only be intended to countenance oppression, or to assume a menacing attitude towards foreign Powers. They are, moreover, for the most part, ill-paid and ill provided, and great mDrtality prevails among them both in the capital and the provinces ; more than 500 perished in the hospitals of Constantinople last month. The com plaint of which they mostly die is said to be nostaglia, and the victims are chiefly Egyptians, to whom their exile from their more genial climate is altogether insup portable. THE CROWNING MERCY OF THE TORIES. (From Tait's Magazine for April.) The Peel pOlicy has reached the climax ! Sir Ro bert has taken even his own warmest supporters by surprise. There were whispers of a properly tax. To some that seemed a necessary, as it will always be, a just tax, if fairly levied. But the whole income of the country suddenly brought within the sweep net of the Minister, that was news ! And as surely as that the landlord's clutch of the bread of the people will never be unloosed during his reign, it now is that every man belonging to the generally uneasy middle classes, every man striving to maintain his place in society, upon the lessening, or, in many cases, the almost extinguished profits of a trade or a profes sion, must not only be taxed, but rendered liable to the same ordeal, in the rigid scrutiny of his most sa cred and private affairs, as if he were a bankrupt at tempting to defraud his creditors. Well, the existing constituencies sent those Mem bers to Parliament who, having first adopted Peel's sliding scale, which is to mete the people's food, will next sanction his fixed standard for mulcting every man's income. A sliding scale for the purposes of the landlord—a 4 Procrustean bed for those of-the Minister. The Newspaper Press, we rejoice to see, is nearly unanimous in denouncing an income tax on trades and professions • the country is already ri n gi ng f r O m from side to side with indignation ; and no man can paint the gross injustice and the injurious and tortur ing operation of such a tax black enough. Even Sir Robert Peel himself, though he cares little about its unequal pressure, admits its inquisitorial character. That seems, indeed, to be very generally understood, but not yet to the full extent. The income tax, with its Local Boards, Tory Commissioners, Tory under strappers, prying, espionage, and reckless exposure* of private affrirs, was, in its day, one of the frost en venomed weapons of party spite and political perse cution that ever the minions of any Government wielded. Many men of liberal sentiments still alive must remember their own sufferings and the tender mercies of its inquisitorial machinery. And what it was in the beginning of the century, it will be again ; for Peel's Budget will be carried, in substance, and ix every important detail ; and, whatever may be modified, the tax on the precarious incomes of trades and professions will assuredly not be spared, if there shall be a tax on property of any kind. A war tax — never resorted to but in the last extremity, and the most grievous and unjurious in operation—will be imposed upon that class of the community, which, with the exception of the actually half-starving ma nufacturers, are the least able to bear. The country has been, for nearly thirty years, comparatively at peace, though the great majority of the class to be mulcted have been, and that for years, at war, in warding off poverty or pecuniary difficulty in the midst of decaying trade, lessening and preca rious profits, ruinous competition in all professions, and no foreign outlet for professional talent. And after a series of bad seasons, when the increased expense of living, of buying merely meat and bread, and common necessaries, has been seriously felt by every family, save the opulent few, it it proposed to impose this tax anew ; and that without any cause satisfactorily shown, save the mere conve nience of the Minister. Had this odious measure followed the total repeal of the taxes on food, there might have been some reason, or at least, some decent pretext for the course adopted. But to afford the mass of the community no redress for their master grievance —the bread-tax—to give the manufactures of the country no substantial relief that can with cer tainty be calculated upon, and to impose fresh burde ns , heaviest i n amoun t to those least able to bear them, and made intolerable in the mode of examinatian, is the crowning mercy of Sir Robert Peel's vigorous administration. His real reason, after all, may have been fear, that the Corn-law repealers would put their threats into execution, and force him to surrender, by starving themselves, in order to cut off his Excise and Customs resources. We give Sir Robert some credit for his sagacity. This must be the real reason. " You, Messrs. Cobden and Co." thinks Sir Robert to him self, " threaten me with using no wine ; yiu, Mri. Brookes, and your ladies, with using no tea, coffee, and snow : why, I will m a t c h you there—l w ill di rectly sugar your pock e t s ." He almost admits this view, when he says. "The middle class may save as much through the reduction of duties by the new tariff, as they will have to pay in income tax." But, if so, where was the need of change, or of having re course to this new, irritating tax ? And, admitting that some changes for the better are made by his timid peddling with the tariff, short is the way that the cautious ; yet meddling minister has ventured in the right direction ; while with all his trimming and dex terity, and his evident anxiety to please those of whom he holds, while he attempts some small good, he has laid the foundation of many future difficulties to him self and his successors. If Peel imagines that he will gain the working classes by his policy, no mistake can be greater. Many of them can scrutinize his tariff, with as much knowledge of its probable operation as himself ; and then inquire what it promises to them. Increased employment ? Doubtful. Cheaper food ? Certainly not. The single alteration on the sugar duties, pro posed by the late Government, would have afforded more actual relief and solace to the countless number of families in the kingdom, whose income is under 155. a-week, than his proposed alterations of the tariff. Bread and bread-stuff, which at present swal low up two-thirds, and as often three-fourths, of their incomes, remain precisely as before. In cheese and butter we hear of no reduction . ; and as to the reduc tion which may take place in the price of fresh meat, it little concerns those who rarely see meat, and, while bread remains at its present exorbitant rate, cannot obtain.meat in any form. Instead of dividing the working and the middle classes, Peel's Crowning , Mercy will force them more rapidly into close al liance. They have the selfsame interests, however it may be with the aristocratic and non-producing classes. Whatever affects the employer, must soon and certainly affect the employed. Whatever lessens the means of the consumer must soon be felt by the producer. All burthens ultimately press hardest on the lowest body. This has been very clearly stated in Parliament by Lord Brougham, and his lessons will not be lost. The working-men are already ac quainted with the operatien of taxation. They may escape the fiery ordeal of the income inquisition, but they must bear their share of the loss of money going to the tax-gatherer, instead of being employed in giving inpulse to their industry. And whither have vanished all those visions of the relief to trade, of the influx of prosperity, which were to follow in the wake of a Tory Administration ? Are they to end in a new sliding scale, and an in come tax falling on all incomes alike, from whatever source they may accrue, whether from the most per manent and well-secured, or the most uncertain and fluctuating ? And what a wonderful man he is who has accomplished this !—what a mighty mind that, which, after seven months, devised the marvellous' scheme ! Why, Mehemet Ali would have done the same thing in seven hours —and better. He could not have done worse. It is almost ludicrous to hear of the admiration of the Minister into which the House of Commons was thrown, when the mighty scheme was unfolded, and when Sir Robert Peel spoke his long-concocted pamphlet on Finance. What was wonderful in the only important part of his scheme, save the temerity of him that proposed it ? But since Sir Robert has carried his Landlords' Monopoly against the people, it is upon th e w h o l e, perhaps, not to be regretted, hat he should also carry his income tax. It will prove the source of illumi nation on questions of Government and Finance to thousands ; and will speedily recruit the ranks of the Suffrage Associations with many able and useful soldiers. It will be the means of immediate amalga mation. Time is, we fear, a very slender chance of the working-class becoming in haste so easy and comfortable in their circumstances, notwithstanding the penny a pound reduction on the price of maca roni and vermicelli, as to be indifferent to public affairs. Sir Robert, by his vigorous measure, may temporarily galvanize the finances ; but by what un tried, unheard-of process, is he to give healthful vigour to those exhausted powers upon which all permanent na tional prosperity must ultimately depend ? The subject remains as dark, as perplexed as ever; and were the income tax made five or ten per cent. instead of three, without great retrenchment of the public expenditure, without immediate relief to trade and manufactures, the same causes which have been at work for twenty years, must ultimately undermine the country. Fo reign nations already see Ichabod written upon our walls ; the glory of rich, proud England departed. It is viewed as a humbled nation, plunged into desperate circumstances ; and its Government compelled to have recourse to desperate measures. Thus, the ho nour of the nation is tarnished abroad, while at home, much causeless suffering, mental and pecuniary, is entailed upon the whole middle class, in addition to former hardships. There is, at present, littl e consola tion, save in looking t o the national movement for radical reform ; to the intelligent men represented by such individuals as Lovett, Vincent, and Philips, vo luntarily returning to their original confidence in their true and long-tried friends ;in Brougham and Hume, and such new and potent auxiliaries as Joseph Sturge. The means of national salvation are still in our hands ; and Sir Robert Peel's policy will quicken us to the use of them, and hasten the crisis. a In Parliament, the secresy, the delicacy, the honour of the persons entrusted to examine schedules and appeals, is pa raded in answer to every appeal. Now, in Scotland, it is well known that the statements and appeals of persons surcharged, were actually sold to the snuff-shops for waste paper. This might not take place everywhere, but it did take place, and made some noise at the time. The newly-raised St. Helena ;egiment will arrive at Portsmouth, from Winchester, on Monday, and be conveyed to Cowes, Isle of Wight, in the Volcano steam-vessel, whence they will march to, and be quar tered in, Parkhurst barracks. SMYRNA. The Smyrna journals, which we have received by this express are of the 9th inst. The only intelligence of interest is the following : A Greek Captain, named Constantine Vroulo, having lately received on board his vessel a rich cargo intended for Marseilles, proceeded to Ipsara, where he disposed of it on his own account. The Consuls of France and. Greece at Smyrna, to whom the fact was announced, im mediptely applied for redress to Admiral Lasusse, who placed at their disposal the steamer Acheron, with a suf ficient force to enable them to arrest the Captain, who was still at Ipsara. The Vice-Consul of Greece, Chia rids, embarked on board her, and proceeded first to Chio to obtain a firman from the Paella, for the apprehension of the offender, which he not only granted, but sent four of his officers to affect his arrest. Shortly after wards the Acheron presented itself before Ipsara. A summons to deliver up Constantine Vroulo was ad dressed to the inhabitants, who obstinately refused to comply with the demand. Captain Cottu then found it necessary to have recourse to force. He commenced by setting fire to several boats, which had no doubt been often employed in piratical cruises, and afterwards fired .two rounds of grape shot against the town, which he threatened with bombardment if the culprit were not . instantly given u p. Th e Ipsanots, desirous to avert that extremity, entered into terms with the French captain, and Constantine Vroule, who had retired into the mountains, was arrested, with his accomplice, Jean Cassetti, and three of his crew. The five prisoners were removed on board the Acheron, conveyed to Smyrna, and thence to Syra, where they were to be tried. Admiral Lassusse, on hearing that Captain Cottu had been under the necessity of recurring to force, sent' to his assistance the Otlypsof frigate, the schooner Dili gente, and the brig La Fleche. Those vessels reached after the surrender of the pirates, and the two latter re turned to Smyrna with the Acheron, leaving the Calypso at Ipsara, whence she sailed on the sth instant, with three other seamen of the Greek vessel, who were cap tured after the departure of the Acheron. The Smyrna Journals from which we extract these facts, call on the Government of the Porte ' to expel from Ipsara the banditti who have sought refuge therein, and infest the trade of all nations. " Piracy," says the Echo dOrtent, "is organized there, and the population of the island lives only by ra pine. The convents of monks serve as the receptacles of stolen goods, and, if this required cotroboration, we need only state that there has been for many years among the inmates of those monasteries a monk who remained, during sixteen months, in irons on board the French frigate Armide, as guilty of a number of acts of piracy." Rear-Admiral Lasusse had received orders to send back to France fottr sail of the line, w hi c h were to l eave in eight or ten &Yrs. The Didon frigate had sailed for Toulon, where she arrived on the 25th instant. EGYPT. ALEX &NDRIA, MARCH 6.—The following is the copy of a notice issued by the English Consul respecting the duties on imports : (Copy.) " Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate, " Alexandria, March 5. " Gentlemen—ln conformity with my instructions from her Majesty's Consul General, I have to notify to you that the Paella of Egypt having failed to comply with the 2d article of the treaty of commerce of the 16th August, 1838, you are not bound to pay the duty of two per cent. attempted to be levied on imports in virtue of the Ist additional article of that treaty. I am further directed to inform you that the Consul General has declared to the Pacha that her Majesty's Government will hold him responsible for the reimburse ments of all such sums as may already have been paid on account of the above duty. I have the honour, &c. (Signed) " J. L. STODIYART. "To the British Merchants and Residents at Alexandria." GREECE. PATRAS, MARCH 9.—The only news which I have to communicate to you is that Government, being informed that some thousand Turkish troops were gathering about the frontiers of both countries, felt very inquiet lest those troops should enter as enemies into Greece. It has, therefore, ordered about four thousand troops to proceed to the frontier, as well as six small cannon and ammunition. The Phalangites (veteran soldiers) hare also been ordered to go thither for reinforcement, and in short every - thing is in a bustle in Greece ; and it is posi- tively reported, that the number of all the Greek troops now gathering about the frontier, will amount to about 10,000 men. It seems, however, that the Turkish troops so gather ing are destined for Syria, and that for this purpose the Turkish authorities in Thessaly have chartered some vessels for carrying them over to Asia. The business of the Bank has already began, but they proceed very. slowly, in consequence of the too many difficulties which the law has put in the way of those who wish to apply to it for a loan. Everything is quiet in Greece. MALTA. MALTA, MARCH 18.—ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS, MARCH I'2.—Hei Majesty's steam-packet Polyphemus, Lieutenant J. Evans, from Marseilles, in sixty-five hours ; Neapolitan steamer Mongibello, C. F. Caffiero from Naples, in four days, Tr o p es an d Mes sina in three days, and Syracuse in one day ; her Ma jesty's corvette Daphne, Capt. J. W. nailing, from Smyrna, in eleven days ; Peninsula and Oriental Com pany's steamer Iberia, C. W. D. Evans, from Corfu, in four days, and Patros and Zante, in three days ; Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, C. J. Soy, from Falmouth, in nine days, and Gibraltar in four days ; her Majesty's ship Benbow, Captain H. Stewart, C. 8., sailed the 7th instant for England. March 14. Her Majesty's surveying vessel, Beacon, Com. T. Graves, from Macri, in seventeen days. March 16.—The Royal Yacht Soci e ty sc h ooner Ci rc assian, Capt. W. Lyon, from Zunte, on the 11th instant. DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.— March 13.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, C. J. Soy, for Alexandria. March 14. —Her Majesty's steamer Locust, Lieutenant J. Lunn, for Sicily ; her Majesty's steam-packet Prometheus, Lieutenant T. Spark, for Gibraltar ; Neapolitan steamer Mongibello, C. F. Cafliero, for Syracuse, Messina, and Naples. Marth 15.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Iberia, C. W. D. Evans, for the lonian Islands. 5.; PS IN PORT.—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B. ; Ceylon, 6, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.; Impregnable, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; Vano guard, 84; Thun derer, 84 ; C a l cutta, 84; Ben b ow, 72 ; Vernon, 50; Sc ou t, 1 8; Daphne, 18 ; B eacon , 8 ; Magpie, 4. War stea mers Devastation and Vesuvius. Steam-packets Alecto and Polyphemus. Royal Yacht Society's schooner Circas sian. French steam-packets Dante, Leonidas, and Tan cred e. As some men were lately blasting a rock at Ca vaillon, n ear A v i gnon, in the Vaucluse, they came upon an ancient tomb, supposed to be Roman, cont a i n i ng se veral ciner ary urns, and about 200 silver coins, of small diameter, bearing on one face a human figure, purely de signed and clearly struck, and on the other two lines crossing each other at right angles, and above the initials NI A. One of the urns and part of the coins have been deposited in the museum at Avignon. WHITBY, MARCH 26.—Several vessels have arrived here with loss of anchor and cables. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. WIGNEY. (Before J. Merrifield, C. Cooper, and W. Agree, Esqrs.) The first meeting under the fiat issued against Messrs. Wigney; of -- Brighton, bankers, took place yesterday morning, at the Town Hall, Brighton. The business commenced at ten o'clock, and the room was in a short time crowded to excess by creditors and others interested in this business, which has been the all-engrossing topic of conversation since the stoppage of the bank. Mr. James, the barrister, attended for a large body of creditors ; Mr. Sidney Walsinghain Bennett was also present to watch the proceedings on behalf of sonic cre ditors ; and Mr. Wilkinson, of London, attended on the part of the County Joint-Stock Bank, Mr. Catt, the petitioning creditor, was in attendance, with his solici tors, Messrs. Furver and Hill, and Mesa's. France, Palmer, and France, of Bedford-row, London. Mr. John Ball was in attendance as accountant. Mr. James then explained to the Commissioners that his object in attending was to see that proper assignees were appointed. Mr. Bennett, solicitor, proposed Mr. Thos. Ward Capps, Mr. W. Hallett, of the Bristol Hotel, Mr. Rich. Patehing, jun., Mr. E. Robins, and Mr. W. Catt, as assignees. Mr. Ridley proposed Mr. Richard Patching, Mr. E. H. Creasy, auctioneer, and Mr. Thomas West (of the Union Bank). Mr. James remarked, that he was afraid the assets were not sufficient to make the responsibility of much consequence. _ Mr. West, the banker, was objected to by Mr. Hallett, on the alleged ground that he was cognisant of the com ing failure. Mr. Hall, of the firm of Hall, West, and Boner, of the Union Bank, said if they had been aware of that fact thy should not have been sufferers. .Catt, the petitioning creditor, was prepared to prove for 2,0001. Mr. James cross-examined Mr. Catt at great length, in consequence of his having drawn out 900/. about a week previous to the failure, and submitted that Mr. Catt's claim must be reduced to 1,100/., on the ground that an 'undue preference had been shown. Mr. Catt said that his claim was for two deposits, 1,0001. each, and that the 9001. was a distinct deposit. His reason for striking the docket was from mere rumour. When he deposited the 9001. it was arranged, under, the usual voucher, that the money should remain in the bank three months, but he had a verbal under standing with Mr. Wigney, M.P., that he might be al lowed to draw it out earlier if he required it. The money was returned to him in Bank of England notes and gold, which he afterwards paid into the Union Bank. Mr. Clement Wigney, one of the bankrupts, was called, and confirmed Mr. Catt's statement, and, in addition, ob ser.ved, that other depositors had made application for the withdrawal of their cash, but were refused, unless they gave three months' notice. - Mr. J. N. Wigney, M.P., the principal in the arm, underwent a rigid examination by Mr. Bennett with re gard to the suspected removal of some goods from Bruns wick-terrace, but the bankrupt denied all knowledge of any removal, except a few articles of wearing apparel, belonging to himself and wife. A discussion then took place relative to the adjourn ment. A statement was made by Mr. Furner, that the sheriff, who took possession •of the things at Glasgow, in a shawl manufactory with 'which Mr. J. N. Wigney was connected, was forcibly ejected, under an injunction granted by the Lord Ordinary of Scotland, at the suit of Messrs. Holdsworth, who had made advances in the business (in which Mr. J. N. Wigney was the only sur viving► partner), to the tune of 10,0001.; but the Court of Scotland expressed some doubt whether Messrs. Holdsworth were the legal possessors of the property. He had granted the injunction under circumstances -of emergency. It was further added, that the Glasgow property might probably realise 17,0004, but the credi tors entertain no such hopes. The meeting adjourned till to-morrow, at ten o'clock. The debts proved to-day amounted to between 15,000/. and 20,000/. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 27.—`•.DON'T ENLlST."—Placards have been extensively circulated during the past week at the fairs held in Carlow and the adjoining counties, the object of these productions being to prevent the peasantry from enlisting in her Majesty's service. ,ARREST OF A MURDERER.-011 Wednesday last, constable Slattery, of the county police, happened to recognize in a field near Balintough-bog, a man of the name of William Hare, against whom there is a private information for the murder of Patrick Shine. Slattery, a most resolute and active member of the force, fearless of danger, sprang towards his man, who immediately lifted his spade, and struck him a violent blow, which Slattery recovered, and secured his prisoner, who was almost immediately rescued by a brother and other relatives on the ground, who then turned on the con stable ; but Slattery pursued him again into a farm house, from which Hare escaped, followed through the bog by Slattery, who fired a pistol to intimidate him, and Hare fell. The policemen then overtook him, and struggled to bring his prisoner towards the road, when fortunately a gentleman's gig drove by, as the prisoner's friends were rising to the rescue ; but Mr. Tuthill, of Faha, and Mr. Green, promptly came up to the police man's assistance, and enabled him to secure William Hare, the reputed murderer, in their gig, and bring him on a prisoner, while the country people stayed away from dread of being recognized by the Magistrates.— Limerick Chronicle. EMIGRATION.—The tide of emigration has set in this season with even unwonted vigour. In no former years .do we remember so many persons leaving this country for America. Hitherto the emigrants who have sailed from home have come from the inland counties; the spirit of enterprise has now seized upon those nearer home, and multitudes of men and women of these coun ties (Meath and Louth) are embarking, or preparing to embark, for the States. Favourable though we be to emigration, seeing that no other hope remains, yet we lament that those persons at present quitting our shores, and all too for Yankee land, are of better class, and well provided with money, which being drained from this impoverished island, will, no doubt, in the aggregate, be severely felt, particula r ly i n t h e country towns, where hitherto their hundreds used to circulate freely.— Drogheda Conservative. MIIRDER.—On Tuesday Mr. Izod held an inquest at Ballyhale, county of Kilkenny, on the body of a man named Patrick Lyons, otherwise Reid, a native of Fresh ford, who was engaged with others at a hurling match on the lands of Castlegannon, near Lukewell, last Sun day. The deceased received at the hurling two distinct blows from some blunt instrument —one, not affecting life, received with the hat on ; the other, received with out any covering, fra c t ure d t h e b ase of the skull in a frightful and extensive , manner. A verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown was returned. The deceased was a well conducted, peaceable man, of the labouring class.—Waterford Mirror. THE CAPTAIN'S BOAT. " Tell it to the Marines," &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SlR—Captain Berkeley says that Mr. Elton in asking Captain Williams for his boat, took upon himself to do that which all naval officers (qy. captains) knew to be one of the greatest pieces of impertinence that could be committed. Again, the Gallant Captain says, the captain's boat w as as much to him as the Duke of Wellington's charger was standing at the door—( a laugh, and well might they laugh) —and it would be just, as allowable for an officer of the army to ask the Duke for the loan of his charger, as for the mid to ask for the captain's boat. Be it, there fore, known that captains see things through a dif ferent medium to other people, and I am one of those naval officers who presume (being on half-pay, not to acquiesce in the similitude of the Gallant Captain. For these reasons the captain's boat is like all the other ships boats, the property of the Crown ; they are repaired and painted by the Crown, and in the event of the boat being rendered useless by becom ing leaky or worn out, another is supplied by the dockyard on demand by the captain. Again—How often does the captain lend his boat to his own im mediate friends, for hours together, so that they may visit the ships of war, yachts, dockyard, gunwharf, and the other naval establishments, lending, of course, the boat's crew, and generally a mid, who are kept for the greater part of the day pulling them about the harbour. Is the Duke's charger ever employed in like manner ? Again, the captain's boat is daily despatched to bring the captain's soft-back-milk, butter, and eggs for breakfast, and divers other ser vices, which I could easily enumerate, not always of so reputable a nature. It is well known that the moment a captain is appointed to command a ship, his, mouth is ever full of my ship —my lieutenants —my doctor—my . purser —my marine officer —my mid shipmen—but not my master ; for he is styled, par excellence, the master of the Victory. I have been in the navy upwards of thirty-five years, and, thank God, have sailed with captains who have never hesi tated to allow their officers occasionally to take a pas sage in their boat when going to or from the ship, and again others who thought it highly derogatory to them to allow any one beneath that rank to have a seat in her. How often have I seen the boat return to the ship, and on one of the officers wishing to get off to the ship, and obliged to, hire a shore-boat, cost ing him nearly a da-y's pay, to get on board. After reading the dignified speeches of the Captains B. and R. on the case of Mr. Elton, I cannot help being re minded of the old story of the cook, who, when he was about being tried by a court-martial, was asked what he thought his sentence would be ? he replied, " I don't know ; but if I was tried by a jury of cooks I know very well what it would be.' Query. What would have been the sentence of. Mr. Elton had he been tried by the mids. ? Your constant reader, BLUE JACKET. No-Man's -Land, 20th March, 1842. On Saturday last, as the diligence of Laffitte and Caillard was coming to Paris, from St. Quentin, the pos tilion was obliged to turn off the pavement to the side road, to make way for a heavy waggon. In doing this the coach lost its balance, and fell over with such violence, that M. Guy, an architect from Caen, who was in the coupe, had his thigh broken. Several other passengers were hurt, but none seriously. NEWSVENDERS.—The newsvenders of the metro polis celebrated their anniversary last week, by an enter tainment given at Anderton's Hotel, and commemorated the gift by the body of a piece of plate to Mr. Wood of the Dispatch. The evening was passed in a most agree able manner, and several excellent songs were sung ; amongst them Mr. Beular gave his Earthquake. TO THE ELECTORS OF MONTROSE, All" 1' FORFAR, AND BRECHIN. GENTLEMEN, tiVe THE retirement of your late RepreserP: I understand, placed Within" your power the s. S, bf privileg e w hi c h f reemen can exerc i se; an d I respeol7 n i t ,e . rown offer myself a C an did a t e f or th e t rus t. It is with r e ' odi of politics; , that b I uatbtahnedsoenartehetimcheas when e o n f l o l o ter m at a U n re ni f u o i r t t s h h e r i t ..dn u e tf o ro o , duty. Defence of our country and its liberties has been 0 01 the first of h uman duties since the earliest era in Intra an 1 and cold m us t h e t h e h eart that will rot respon d to the br - cit le I present m y se lf as an advocate for free d om o n the basis—in civil rights, in commerce, in religion. a t o t ; writer I have for years enforced these principles , al i t e foir ephemeral production (my "-Hi s t or y of the Frenc h a ce' ti n") I may refe r as a proo f t h at they h ave been I° mimed, and will not be lightly renounced. r a To the existing Ministers I shall offer the inos`_ t ; raising hostility, viewing them as the enemies of tw• assiot especially oppose the P rem i er ' s i ncome i mpos t. Cd ° , 41 ,1 3 - i ll . it odious as the PO -'ax, iniquitous as Ship -moneys i t 9 14 P Parliament and out of Parliament, before It is an d after be law (if such a COnsunimation be Possible)resist it W. fe 4 Such ; Gentlemen, is an outline of my opinions; o4 , , 4 1 ! l d s tiA da)s I shall wait upon you to give a more ample 00 1 , - d rs' I Meanwhile I may add that I shall support the BAIL* s oil tension of the:-Suffrage to every man sound in into) fi tev' i oest] sullied by crime. At the end of each Session I 'hal,' cli,v! 3 our Representative, resign my trust into your 1" - sooner, whenever it shall please my constituents to rti o ' be dit; I have the honour to be, Gentlemen. your %SOS. servant, DAVID WEMYSS J u 93, Jermyn-street, St James's, London, March THE WEATHER.—.NooN, MIEC 11 ,00:, ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE' AD ELAIDP 4.- . 4" Thermometer... 51) Highest 56 I Lovir*.s t : :; Pet Barometer3o.—Wind W. by N.—Freezing .., c DA ,' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Trillsiafter 5 ~5 nrning 29 minutes after 3 Evening M g ,- . „. to nly SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cl4h‘ The Magistrates f or th e Di v i s i on o f the tin a lco Middlesex, comprising the extensive and 1 ,1,00 4 borough of th e T ower H am l ets, h e ld a n se`i,ctid meeting yesterday, t o g i ve t h e i r d ec i s i on l e to' certain licenses which h a d s t oo d over fro° ° toll' former meetings, and we are glad to find that - e re license in the district was quashed. This is c eri o det ditable to the justice s , as we ll as t o t h e parties for their control, but w hil e g i v i ng t h em a ll due rj,. their liberal conduct, and p er h a p s occas ional lel' ot bi we ask whether it is just to place a large tradestus!tt 0 mercy of a few Magistrates. The state of anl ie which many publi cans h ave b een p l ace d by thee: pension of their licenses is almost beyond 01 ,. (1 . ..00' Many of thi s c l ass are w id ows, w i th large 7,00 they must fee cou nse l t o s t ate t h e i r -differe 9 " te , and from no fault of theirs but want of due Pr ° frOm the police their licenses are suspended, °r rot iO d t u away altogethe r , an d th ey an d t h e i r families 'p P, to ruin. This is no uncommon occurrence , " Magistrates a re no t so b enevolent an d 6. as those of the Tower' Hamlets. In the c ff,,t where the pow er o f th e press has little er't, the squires and p arsons t h e most gr i evo us l' e r i partiality, injustice, and even oppression, er e , tised with impuity, and the unfortunate viet ili , l3 lofi only the choice o f unqua lifi e d su b m i ss i on, or gl'oe , of property. The present feud between Chore and Dissenters respecting Church-rates aff °l44 .llo ) instance out of hundreds of the small chape l ' ' l , % c lis the latter class have of obtaining justice &o il oiet bench. A licensing parson will of course ne a multitude of off ences amp l y atone d f or 11 1 f oi ment of the obnoxious tax. The Tory eclu ir . fe ej ' $ ll (according to Lord BROUGHAM) they : 0 1 1 0‘ Tories, will keep an eye to politics, o 'oo no mercy to a Whig or Radical publican. an anomalous state of thitigs, which is a derv' to the Legi s lat ure . Wh y should any tra°„diol, perty be pl ace d i n suc h a pre c arious cn,o' that he must a bj ure , or feign to abjure, his P °iti and religious creed, in order to be allowed t° o We do not bl ame th e justices half so mue. ll slt/ nobles, the bishops, and the country gentleulel4 make laws for the rest of the commuoittestiol who thus subject a large and i lw a u class to the cap r i ces , th e jealousies, I' ll TV worst passions of a few of their neighbour s ' re a 0 property of a publican should be as • ss e that of every other member of the cone 40 1 and in the na me o f common sense an d it l why should it b e t a k en f rom him, or i e ,, v 11 0 way injured, w ith ou t a fa i r and open tr i a l lc P eers ? W e t rus t t hi s i mportant subjec t , 1 11 for duly considered i n a ll it s b ear i ngs when the 1310jer licensing and regulating public-houses conie s t i e d the discussion of Parliament. If this act of je t' again delayed, the publicans have an easy - re ,, t in" They amount to many thousands throug ll4) ," kingdom, and have no little influence in re't? Members of Parliament. Let them unite as en C t jef l and resolve to support no candidiite who. will n ° o pP i his assistance in abolishing a system that e ntail ti f 0 , 0 them incessant annoyance, and brings n ot a- them to the workhouse. •0 There is no class of criminals for whom v c e lec' less sympathy than persons guilty of bribery rpri; l ; tions. No matt er w h a t may b e their polities-`,." ciples, we reg ar d th em as more deserving of 111'0111 execration than the thieves and pickpockets al ° We' shipped from our shores to Norfolk Island' ,4 31tr therefore, ha ve no . f au l t to fi nd with the Tories , new-born zeal which they di s pl ay i n t h e punish° re bribery at the election of Members to ser Parliament. On the contrary, we desire 11(1 ` 0 11 more than that they allow no criminal to escape- ts, the principle of setting a thief to catch a thil Tories are the fittest persons to prosecute a e 3 f i ii icil which they w ere th e or i g i na l i nstigators, an d okv js they still secure a monopoly in their own eh i# How sturdily th ey f oug h t to preserve the f r ial to the pauper freemen, during the deba t e f olY the Municipal Reform Bill, solely because 64 0 0 sisted wholly o n b r ib es ! W hile the rotten 13°1.1tr system lasted, they openly bought and sold ti le ore' liamentary representation of the country. Tll , ) ele c ' therefore, pe r f ec tl y acquainted with bribery g " tions, in all its most concealed corrupting pluat 0 19 practised by time Whigs, they now discover than them, and they prosecute it. We heartiri, they may utterly eradicate it. Let them but end B a cot'to do so h ones tl y and impartially, and we slu d dially support them in such a cause. But &P oe t must go honestly and impartially to work. 91 must make no distinction between Whig ancl.A, po' criminals. N e ith er must they be content vow' t he nishing the recipient of a bribe, and allow-`D$ a pd greater criminals, the rich man who supplies it ' his 'agent who administers it, to escape. ie hr o The most import an t it ems o f intelligence - by the Levant Mail, are the answer of the S u a re at Porte to a joint note of the Ambassadors of the ,1)1 ,1 Powers, recommending the restoration of al li n ;At relations with ' Greece, and the removal o f .. eii t mo '' PASHA, the Austrian renegade, from the Gov e " — ft . A te'l of Syria. A s a l arge Turkish force was coneen-a; on the Greek frontier a conflict must undouu'"eJ have taken place, but for the prompt and interference of the Ambassadors of the Great We' Some time m us t, h owever, elapse before an entirevili° conciliation take s pl ace . Prince AlAvitocADAO'f ro ol has arrived in Constantinople as Ambassaa °l l., e ti 4 King OTHo t o th e P orte, h as made some de 'very' which are not st a t e d, b u t w hi c h are sa id to he or e , displeasing to the S u lt an . N o d ou bt the :bre, sentatives of the Great Powers will again h it so that this new difficulty will be removed h, exchange of a few diplomatic notes. nioa t The removal of OMAR P ASHA f rom the Govern -- e t of Syria is a still more important event. A nd / te a what was there which mi g ht no t h ave been exP ec in his persecution o f th e Ch r i s ti ans of Le lo° . ii s to Who ever expected toleratio n o f f orm er co-relig i°ll/ from a rene ga d e f rom th e i r f a ith ? What mall)" s old prises us is, that the Porte did not foresee what I% ; ° o t have been the career of OMAR PASHA in SY,,, P : e re the time of his appointment to that Pashalic. -",_*" t was a report in circulation at Constantinople Oil son of the EMIR BESCHIR would succeed o,oisbe Governor of Syria. Such an appointment ivouluoli, popular among the Christian inhabitants of Leb sui re , and without conciliating them the Porte caniAt tain Syria. th a t Nothing can be conceived more humiliating he condition of the French Press. It is prostrateerg he feet of the Commissary of Police, for the Mi l ' i „ t a lo lardly deign to notice it. • Of thi s fact the J °ll A be l r of Sunday report an i ns t ance w hich vv° ll , l " e plo ludicrous but for th e d es p o tic Pr' Fold . th e e ater capri ktio ,e t h irtl Pt ti tian th r ead prose 110 8 xtr ii _ Co,