The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-26 00:00:00

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LP e ft t Ci eOO lies tb at isfaetfP,nr. ;cti! b ll 01 be of .50 5,i,bt at , ti s c u i t o h oj 'e glen j a c at th, e f fia d ° ,l,e anj , % s ", ec i I ) ,Y i ; e i g to . ted be r e t lho t t, r az. jo bro - 1 ; n In v fro are the int , til ! 60 p l Y de 0 ch sjt fr e l• ,s sea nap , e te .03e 66°' thattoll° r t, Alife )1 ehen't°,l7c,ll ; idetcootli tabr follo"I fo fes epre oP rentl yt ' s tea' . (7 0 ) al na t. t apers• 0' cas' of ' o f the stool' W • COURT CI RC U LAR. ittten 4l 'd FRIDAY. --The Queen and Prince Albert attend, Divine Service, this morning, in St. George's gi ,Pel Royal. The Royal Suite included the Countess c4k,ttiarlernont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Sarah Mary end r iah, Hon. Mrs. Anson. Viscount Hawarden, C. ,' Murray , Major-Gen era l Si r F re d er i c k GTMr Gorge E. Anson, Colonel Buckley, Major ialeral Sir E . e ßoWat e r, and Dr.ius. str Rev ' C. Kityvett re a d t h e fi rst part of the 4:44 I le; and the Rev. W. C ann i ng, and the Rev. Dr. 14,11 officiat e d at the altar. The latter Rev. Gentle preached the sermon, taking his text from the 14th 15t h verses .o f the Gospel acc or di ng t o St. John i' rous t t h e up Mose s lifted the serpent in th e w ild ern e s s, even e t Son of lifted up ; that whosoever Oeveth in hint should n o b nt perish but have eternal life. 7 \f t e r the St.rtni)n, the Sacrament was administered to her liTtSty and Prince Alb ert, with the Royal Suite, and 464 tH t tse numerous communicants. by the Rev. R Dr. Keatc, W Gaming, assisted by the ev. C. IN , . n Yvett. • theusual early t heir forenoon her Majesty and Prince Albert took 'me aft walk in the Home Park Slopes. In sirl7ernoon her Majesty and the Prince rode out in Y phaeton, his Royal Iligness driving, attended by u thvar d Ilowat er . The Royal party drove into the Park. ii i t. ii ' ll a n a tt, l e ' a r.i r n r c ia e ge of air W in a g le t s e.da n ey d . the Princess Royal have ai r , e,:tlev• Gentlemen who officiated at the Chapel to eit'ele "ad the honour of joining the Royal dinner Thet the Castle this evening. lithe of Kent arrives on a visit to-morrow.. liZ r 'Majesty's private band will not attend again until 1 - 4 1 aY bti : ‘P ir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the 1 4 ss of Gloucester, visited her Majesty the Queen 441.1ger morning. Their Royal Highnesses ll ouse all 'ad to f lunch with h er Majesty at Marlborough. t o ness "Yazi h Prince George of Cambridge left , 4 g 14, Ito Ursday for Kew. Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car- Clrnlity afternoon. "ate unto of Munster was in a more composed Fox c.esterday. Lady Augusta Gordon and Lady Mary kay l l' e nt the day with her Ladyship. The in o this ( 7:, r :!nd his brother are expected to arrive town Geu t 7 01 4 the continent. Among the Nobility and sod ti rl :‘,ao paid visits of condolence to her Ladyship . 4lty, , -111 " Y, and to Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence yest t er e I.or t i ;F r e his Excellency the Baron de Mon , corvo,. Yeti, Outneellor, the Earl of Sheffield, the Earl of Le e e 044 Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Sussex Lennox, Si r it'll, Right Hon. G. S. Byng, Sir H. Wheatley, iecia'nes Graham, Sir George Seymour, Sir John l 'tonis "al ( l , Sir John and the Misses Beresford, Sir T. nectii,-;th,ige, Gorage Cockburn, Hon. Captain . Dun \o p t Sir W. M. Stanley, Captain Marryat, `Li t )x, Colonel B. Drummond , Captain lions, 'l,aPtain Mev 11 Mr. C. Mills, Mr. J. Bushe, I'onsonby, Mr. Fitzroy, and Mr. "4." e -A LIT ENAT " , YADIAN S ERY. Part XXXII', ing Th is Virtue, London, 1842. 1-ar t contains four engravings represent tiCle of tile most-imposing landscapes on the t)titll'au frontier. One of the plates, which in " A Forest Scene," is a truly striking Itti6atid satisfies us that the descriptions of the A °l4 l Galt of the same picturesque scene, is e l4v: ler ictin tale of "Laurie Todd," are far from ,rk7 r ated• . The literary department of the Willi .8 Linder the superintendence of Mr. N. P. 4ik'% but it is by no means remarkable for ex tible p rle e• It just k eeps the safe mean of respect smtnroon-place. • Cll, r -4 RACTERISTICS OF PAINTERS. Murray, London, 1842. - 41) 0e 11111 .. i8 elegant little volume we have a series Ater' cal sket c h es ill ustrat i ve o f th e c hi e f c h a -, ties of the great masters of art in paint 'wir• Reeve is the author, and his sketches ". - Nt„ - a r " - "tt lie thoroughly appreciates the cele ,-`4arti w h o se pec uliar ities he expatiates. 4. Li B.s on 1 110 • WILL PAY the INCOMn TAX ? Stet TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1i is doubtless advisable that arguments against I an t me tax s h ou ld b e mu l t i p li e d as muc h as poss ibl e . tit) % a t radesman, with about 2001 . a-year, compelled 14 11 1 1 . in a cert a i n h ouse t o ca rry on my trade, and m'ep t ° Us e and a numerous family compels me to 141,114 as much servants. lam certain that at present I ex '3f t lttieli as I earn, and I believe, that if I took out 4104 3141 1 capital to pay the new'tax, in ten years I 13 e a ruined man. What am Ito do, then ? Jor Th - mak e some other parties pay my share of the new tax, weQunot without ruin. I have, therefore, determined hii4 ar shoes instead of boots, to discontinue visiting the !naval, Where I have generally expended about IL per to discontinue taking in certain newspapers (an 441 (ate saving, but possibly an ulterior loss in trade), 1,(0,"lerally to disregard my present respectable . ap ',;,f n ' n ee, and wear my clothes eighteen months instead rIZ .Q . Year. Who, then, will indirectly pay my tax ? n di(i ll arti sans, who think they are exempted from its 3°Ptratitm. And I represent a class. A TRADESMAN. INCOME TAX: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "Surely if the people of this nation submit to the t il kt o n a can never again brag of being a free people, the ever after expect to be called John Donkey, or iitt v , 11. "test sl aves on t h e f ace o f t h e g l o b e . S ooner th an °la 4 11 I ncome tax, let us have a house or window tax, Nve r t this most iniquitous of all taxes. Do all in your gets t t n ,n induce the people to call parish meetings to im e Queen to dissolve the Parliament. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, I` • k ), March 25, rid 1842. A CONSTANT READER. FUL TORY LEGISLATION. s zlt. 7 :o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 44,7,: 1 --- The writer has been long a member, and holds Pt t i, i 7, offices in a large religious body, whose rules litk":3' insist upon the payment of all taxes and duties a lde r ; ',. ) Y, law. for the State, notwithstanding he will con-. I tabl:",nia duty, at the head of a large manufacturing the „ (1 11 /nent, to oppose and evade, if passed into law, Fon t ' . 11)11 income tax, in every manner he can devise. It qui 3 !ent With integrity and truth. If compelled by the and strong arm of the Executive to pay to the maintenance of the old monopolies which the " clin g to, and the new ones which their Tool is i lai l ' in t; in the new tariff, he will feel that an injustice, 4,4 r obbery, has been perpetrated against him, ren ' N u i nfinitely more grievous and hateful, under the 1 t(lsolemn sanction of law. , 3 4 3. 6 „ 4 " rcad-the debates on the income tax, as reported 'qtiv t - . 4 " r k'xcellent paper, with the greatest candour, and I t)i lOt strongly convinced, while reading the speeches Itt.: (111 t John Russell, Air. Baring, Lord owik, and 4-ahotichere, that the tax is imposed solely ` for the h i"fit . , monopolists, and not, as is pretended, for that ,„ ‘",N t i - , l ';„'°r. The poor will receive little benefit from the ‘ l5 utei. --r lif• A reduction even of 2d. per lb. will not place et within their reach. The poor only can colour their coffee. The reduction, therefore, in coffee th e ' efI ll "t save a poor family above Id. per week. Under 1 1 * ) ,. ; In - law, p o t a t oes mus t f o rm the main food of the 'int the reduction in the duty on them will not save 1 --ory amil y more than 4d. per week. emintry understand the reason for Tory Ministers si ng such extreme differential duties, and knows 4 ,A1t):41 1 ,, t h at the pe o pl e w ill no t b e b e nefitted by them, Lord liussell may depend upon the support and grati at(' t a maj or i t y o f th e e l ec t or s in opposing the tax, Pr,,,,:; 1 other me asure s of the Government, with uncom -IQI, asin g4"'f• hostility •Te her Majesty intended to convey an impression the necessity of the tax, by the reservation ex . til t , N, in announcing her readiness to place herself on lq4, l 4 ' i n t footing as her subjects ; and . we hope that her th e hre rs 3 will appeal to her people again, now that they Possession of the quack-prescription, and before - is mixing to swallow the strong dose which the f r them. o A HATER OF OPPRESSION. TO THE TARIFF. 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SON. _ my mind, the permanent in.erests of truth .„ (54 ,iel 6t lee ought to prevail over any transitory party 1 f 4 4tri e fr - ; a nd as I cannot but consider Sir Robert Peers ) 1 / 4 " ad- a most important advance in the path of free giv e to that extent I shall support its provisions, and 4„ t i ; :., e Ndit to its"autlior. /4 1 , re moves prohiolLons altogether—it lowers duties in zj Y t. hundr e d art i c l es —i t sweeps away w h o l e p ages o f 1 / 4 : • 4 ' 44 . 4 4 4 ; ate legislation on timber duties, by a tariff of three s • 4 10 4 , kand thOse thref, lines bringing a very great reduc ' • *-les [4 4 4 a correspon.sin,, , * benefit) :it admits many arti ' f° " ' 1) ( 1 at a much lower rate ; it moderates duties on s. `‘ 1 %: 1 1,41,' materials—many half manufactured — many "ali t in anutactured articles. Am I too blind to see-- n efi, 1 )1: backw ar d t o ac k now ledge that these are real :r e te.4 - attacked the tariff for not lowering the duties Itatn l et 'se and butter I attacked it for leaving all the tack e xports of France under the old system. I at : a l ld- t :4 it for keeping the absurd complication of the tta u ,„, up 4 -11 th e e 7; o o l) t er o c f ect. ls l a a n t d tackedi . t for the - duties imposed clay and if Sir Robert Peel • :ili s i ttl e too honour to attach some' value to my opinion— well as allow that opinion its weight in disapprobation ns in U PProrill ?—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN BOWRING. •k". 4, 44' Athenneuro, ) sth March 1840. I T , I O O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. — `n lll P before Monopoly, Ides of March, 1842. So t , kip p l i • - :;.!- ou . have twice printed some information, tis e " b y an emissary of the Government, respect t~e Price of bread in Prussia. If you will have ene"dness to publish my correction of it once, the of truth will, I hope, be satisfied. 1 „, ech tf , y be some apology for Mr. Meek, that the '1 to t erms upon which he travelle d , an d con - p o i ti l his , inquiri es , raised him above the level of this e n ,„ zo n of his subject. I had conditions with my Yees better adapted to the investigation—for my ktves w ith them were no wages—pd to find them- A ver s c unsequently they have studied economy o III Z inch of their way. I learn that the three thies frarizoischbrod in Prussia is uniformly 4 pfen ele third .and not the half, of a silbergrochien; ch" ''isekeepers usually received four such brod r°r Petits-pains for 14 pfennings, or 3i pfennings each ; and a still lower price was paid by a family who received 20 such loaves per diem. Further south in Germany, the same, or a larger loaf of the finest flour costs only a krautzer. As to the rye bread noticed by Mr. Meek, it is by no means the article of common use, but a leavened delicacy of the finest quality, under the name of saar brod ; and many Germans have a custom- of eating a slice of it during their dinner, as an article of diet, or gofit, ra ther than of nourishment. The price is, as stated, silbergroschen, but the weight can never be 11b. 1 oloz. It does not appear that the rye-bread of common usage, as the food of man and horse in Ger many, as oats are in Scotland, is materially, if any cheaper than good wheaten bread. It is eaten from ha bitude, rather than eeonomy, by the peasants and com mon people. In some parts of Germany, the household bread called messig, that is made from a mixture of rye and wheat, and seeded with caruc, is very palate able, and on no account to be despised. I think this observation calculated to settle some of the absurd re presentations which our landlords would pass for ar guments against free competition. It is at your dis posa 1 from one who has never deceived you, and can be verified by any German, or by any one who has dwelt among the Germans, for very few of. our tourists pass their time with any but the English. MAG. N.B.—Price of good veal, beef, and mutton, in some parts of Germany, equal to 2d. of our money per lb. ; in other parts, and in Prussia ' sd. Table wine, as the new vintage approaches, has fallen to a silbergroschen the English quart on the Rhine. Beer, in Prussia, from 1 to 2 silbergroschen in Bavaria, kreutzers, for the quart English. Clothing cheaper even than in England. Pleasure cheaper in Germany than sulking in this country. God be with you ! THE REAL EARTHQUAKE-OR PROPHECY FULFILLED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—On perusing the columns of your patriotic paper of the 17th instant, I could but be amused at the para graph headed " Earthquake by extraordinary express," and must allow that you have treated the subject with much jocularity ; but I confess that I discern much more truth in the ancient prophecy than is generally admitted. No person can read the sacred works of the ancient fathers without perceiving how greatly allegory was in vogue in early times. May we not then look upon the prophecy which has caused of late so much anxiety in the metronolis, as altogether allegorical ? We are told to expect a catastrophe in the month of Mara, 1842, bringing disasters upon our land ? Surely then, that prediction is fully realized by the late measure brought forward by the thundering leader of the Tory faction, in the very month. mid almost on the very day, foretold by the Monk of Dide—a catastrophe about to shake the very foundations of the trade and commerce of this hitherto prosperous land. I think, Sir, upon reflection, you will agree with me, that we have had the ancient prophecy fulfilled (although not literally), and that the timid inhabitants of the me tropolis need not anticipate a greater evil than that already convulsing our coasts—an Income Tax. I am, Sir, Yours, J. B. EFFECT OF THE INCOME TAX ON THE WORKING-CLASSES.. (LORD BROUGHAM'S OPINION.) A corrected copy of Lad Brougham's speech having been published, and some doubts having gone abroad as to what the Noble Lord said on the influence of an in come tax on wages, we copy the Noble Lord's opinion on that point from the corrected report : " A very great delusion prevailed in the country—at least amongst that large class, the labouring population, for whom he felt, and ever must feel, the most lively in terest—as to the operation of the income tax on them. It was a common thing for them, and for those who in structed them, and who should know better, to say that the income tax could in no way affect them. There was no greater delusion than this. It required but little argument to show that the labourer was affected by the diminution of the fund out of which he was paid. When capital ac cumulated, the fund was increased out of which labour is paid : when it became diminished, the fund to pay the labourer decreased in the same proportion. The manner in which the income tax was levied showed its effect on labour. You levy so much on men possessed of income ; all that you withdraw from their capital—supposing them tradesmen, farmers, or manufacturers—came from that accumulation which they had made this year, and would either spend next year in supporting labour, or lend to others who would so employ it. The money which they paid as anincome tax was no longer an expenditure from which they could derive any direct advantage, for it was taken from them to be applied in another way—to support labour of another kind, which was not productive. If that amount were not taken from this class, it would be an accumulation which would be spent in the same, or the next year. The classes of mere annuitants not in business, would employ their accumu lated capital, if not taken as• a tax, in lending it to those who could profitably employ it, or they 'would themselves spend it in articles of con sumption, and other modes of domestic expenditure. That was the case of one class. " In another class were the traders, the manufacturers, and the farmers of the country. He would take the first, because they consti tuted the class to whom the argument applied, perhaps; with the least' stringency. Now, he believed that when a tax fell upon that class, the annuitants not in business, the last retrenchment they attempted to make was, in what brought them more prominently before the eyes of mankind—in what went to 'Maintain outward appear ance—in those thingS which went to give a colour and a form to their circumstances, as servants' equipage, and what is called establishment. But, unfortunately, the first retrenchment they made was, in that which put, productive labour in motion--in articles of consumption : so that even this class of the community diminished the fund which they previously used in giving employment to productive labour. Then there was the other class, the persons employed in the manufactures and agriculture of the country—and with regard to them, he needed scarcely stop to remind their Lordships that, whatever was with drawn from their fund, was, in fact, withdrawnfrom that which went to give employment to the labouring classes ; that every 10/. this class .withdrew from their capi tal, by so much lessened the fund out of which the labour of the working community was to be 'paid. Their Lordships would remember that there was an essential difference between a tax upon incomes and- a. tax upon consumable commodities ; inasmach as the former was unaccompanied by any extension of the sup port and the stimulus given to labour ; whereas the other, at the same time that it put something into the Treasury, of necessity also put something into the fund out of which the productive labour of the country was rewarded. A tax of 1,0001. upon incomes added nothing to the productive labour of the country, whilst a tax of the same amount collected upon articles paying the duties of excise or customs, of necessity caused an expenditure of 1,000/. or it might be of 2,0001. or 3,0001. more, which went to sup- port the trade and agriculture of England." The Emancipation of Toulouse relates that, on the sth inst., upwards of a hundred persons, collected from the hamlets between Mazamet and St. Amens, went in a body to the woods, belonging to the family Of Sarbiac, and cut and carried away several hundreds of faggots, in the face of a commissary of police and a party of gen darmerie, who were too weak to prevent them. On the following day they re-assembled in much greater numbers. The Sub-Prefect of Castres and the Mayor of Mazamet, with his deputy, met them with a much larger body of gendarmerie than on the preceding day, but were still unable to prevent a continuoncc of the depredation. Four men, however, have since been arrested, and placed in the hands of the Procureur du Roi. A similar outrage took place some time ago in the woods of Marshal Soult in the same part of the country. The frigate Venus, which left Toulon on the 28th ult., to continue her practice in gunnery, returned into port on the 18th inst. On the 15th, when about 30 leagues from the islands of Hyeres, steering for Corsica, Captain Buhaut Gilly, her commander, was struck with apoplexy, and died within an hour. A letter from the Philippine Islands, of 9th Nov., via Madrid, states that the Negro Apallinario, who was at the head of the last revolt, and three other leaders, had been shot. The number of the victims of this out break is estimated at 400. Our readers will recollect that in December last a Spanish Officer, named Quintero, in prison at Vittoria, was set at liberty by his wife under similar circumstances to those in which Madame Lavalette released her husband. The Me morial des Pyaenees states that a prosecution of Madame .Quintero has been ordered by the Spanish Government, and that the Tribunal is to be called upon to inflict a punishment of three years' imprisonment. A JUDICIAL BULL.—Judge Ball, at Nenagh, con gratulated the Grand Jury " on the growing decrease of crime which had taken place in that division of Tippe rary?' THE CROWN JEWELS.—On Thursday orders were issued by the Lord Chamberlain for the immediate re moval of the Crown JeWels and Regalia from Messrs. Runde!" and Bridges, on Ludgate-hill, to whose custody they have been intrusted since the great fire at the Tower, to the new jewel-house in the. Tower, which will be opened for public inspection on Monday next. We learn from Zurich that the storm of the 10th inst. was severely felt in that part of Switzerland. The late was agitated in a way hitherto unprecedented, and the grave stones of the burial ground were thrown down by the force of the wind. An intendant of the Marquis de Monlezin has been sentenced by the Court of Assizes for the Haute Pyrenees to imprisonment to five years, for having made use of forged do cuments; and a rich banker, the son-in-!aw of a General, ha. , been condemned to the like punishment, for giving false esti mony in the same affair. The Temps says :—" Under the empire the Marshals of France had nine aide-de-camps in time of war, ar.d five in peace. Under the restoration,the peace establishment was first reduced to three, and then to two aides-de-camp. Marshal Soult, as Minister of War, lately decided that such Marshals as were not in actual service should have only one aide-de-camp. This resolution was warmly remonstrated against by Marshals Molitor, Grouchy, and Clause!, the only three who are unem ployed, except Marshal Sebastiani, who, from his promotion to his present high rank bas never ta ken more than one aide-de camp. The three Marshals represented that although not holding any actual employ, they were frequently engaged in questions affecting the general interests of the army, upon which their aides-de-camp were obliged to be constantly mak ing researches .and drawing. up memorials. These Marshals being warmly supported in their objections to the new reduc tion by..the rest of their distinguished comrades, Marshal Soult has been induced to withdraw his intended measures. The . Sentinelle of Bayonne, of the 19th inst., an nounces the loss on that day of a large Spanish sloop, as she was attempting to cross the bar. The captain alone was saved. All the crew, eight iu number, were drowned, . . ffs. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1842. MAGISTERIAL. INCONSISTENCY AND PARTIALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As a subscriber to yolir valuable Journal for years past, I beg to call your attention, to one amongst the instances continually, occurring of the present ini quitous system of licensing public houses, and the gross partiality exhibited on the occasion. An application last year for a license to the Kenil worth Castle, New North-road, Islington, was opposed by a memorial signed by a number of the most respect able inhabitants, .got, up by themselves, and rejected by the Magistrates, on the grounds that there were four licensed houses within a short distance of the Kenil worth Castle, besides fourteen beer houses in the im mediate vicinity ; on application, hoWever, this year, a license is grante, although the grounds on which the former application was rejected remain precisely the same. To say nothing of , the injury sustained by the licensed victuallers already established in the neigh bourhood, the injustice of the measure becomes glaringly apparent from the circumstance of a widow, the pro prietor of a well regulated beer-shop, within twenty-five yards of the Kenilworth Castle, having made applica tion for eleven successive years. Couple this with the fact that the successful applicant of the Kenilworth Castle, was formerly high constabla of the borough of Fins bury, and presumptive proof is afforded that the conduct of the Licensing Magistrates on this occasion was influ enced by anything but disinterested motives, there being no increase of neighbourhood, or ever will be. I am, Sir, A LOVER OF JUSTICE. March 23d, 1842. THE INCOME TAX. THE RULES DY WHICH THE INCOME TAX ARISING FROM TRADES AND PROFESSIONS IS TOME ASCERTAINED. Sir Robert Peel on Monday evening referred Mr. Poulett Scrope to the act of 1806, for the rules by which he proposed to ascertain and charge income de rived from trades and professions. The following is the schedule in the 46 Geo. cap. 0, sec. 112, to which the Right Hon. Baronet alluded, and the principal rules of which he announced would be embodied in the new Income Act : " Rules for ascertaining the said last-mentioned du ties in the particular cases herein mentioned. "First Case.—Duties to be charged in respect of any trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern in' the nature of trade not contained in any other schedule of this Act. "RULES. " Ist. The duty to be charged in respect thereof shall be computed on a sum not less than the full amount of the balance of the profits or gains of such trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern upon a fair and just average of three years, ending on such day of the year immediately preceding the year of assess ment on which the accounts of the said trade, manu- facture, adventure, or concern, shall have been usually made up, or on the sth day of April preceding the year of assessment, and shall be assessed, charged and paid without any other deduction than is herein after allowed : Provided also, that in cases where the trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern shall have been set up and commenced within the said period of three years, it shall be lawful to make the computa tion for one year on the average of the balance of the profits and gains from the period of first setting up the same ; provided also, that in cases where the trade, manufactures, adventure, or concern, shall have been set up and commenced within the year of assess ment, it shall be lawful to make the computation ac cording to the rule in the sixth case of this schedule. " 2d. The said duty shall extend to every person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, fraternities, fellowships, companies or societies, and to every art, mystery, adventure, or concern carried on by them respectively, in Great Britain or elsewhere, as afore- said ; except always such adventures or concerns on or about lands, tenements, hereditaments or heritages, as are mentioned in schedule A, and directed to be therein charged. " 3d. In estimating the balance of profits and gains chargeable under schedule D, or for the purpose of assessing the duty thereon, no sum or sums shall be set against or deducted from, or allowed to be set against or deducted from, such profits or gains, on account of any sums expended for repairs of premises occupied for the purpose of such trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, nor for any sum expended by them for the supply or repairs, or alterations of any implements or utensils, or articles employed for the pur pose of such trade, manufacture, adventure, or corcern, beyond the sum usually expended for such purposes, ,according to an average of three years preceding the year in which such assessment shall be made ; nor on account of loss not connected with or arising out of such trade, manufacture, _ adventure, or concern ; nor on account of any capital withdrawn therefrom ; nor for any sums employed or intended to be employed as capital in such trade, manufacture , adventure, or ' concern • nor for any capital employed in improve ment of premises occupied for the purposes of such trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern ; nor on account Or under pretence of any interest which might have been made on such sums if ]aid out at in terest ; nor for any debts, except such debts or such parts thereof, as shall be proved to the satisfaction of the commissioners respectively to be irrecoverable and desperate; nor for any average loss beyond the ac tual amount of loss after adjustment ; nor for any sum recoverable under an insurance or contract of indem- nity. "4th. In estimating the amount of the profits and gains arising as aforesaid, no deduction shall be made on account of any annual interest, or any annuity, or other annual payment payable out of such profits orgains, except the interest of debts due to foreigners not resident in Great Britain, or in any other of his Majesty's dominions. " Second Case.—The duty to be charged in respect of professions, employments or vocations, not contained in any other schedule of this Act. ose, it shall be lawful to clti•ge them separately and respectively at the rate which such proportions shall be chargeable with, by virtue of this Act ; but if no such claim be made, then such assessment shall be made jointly, according to the amount of the profits and gains of such partnership : Provided also, that any joint partner in such profession or concern,,which shall have been already returned by such precedent partner as aforesaid, may return his name and place of abode, and that he is such partner, without return ing the amount of duty payable in respect thereof, unless the Commissioners respectively shall think proper to require further returns, in which case it shall be lawful for such commissioners to require from every such partner the like returns, and the like information and evidence as they are hereby entitled to require from the partner making the return of duty. " 4th. If amongst any persons engaged in any trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, or in any profession in partnership together, any change shall take place in such partnership, either by death or dis solution of partnership, as to all or any of the part ners, or by admitting any other partner therein, be fore the time of making the assessment, or within the period for which the assessment ought to be made under this Act; or if any person shall have succeeded to any trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, or any profession within such respective periods as afore said, it shall be lawful for the said respective Com missioners, and they and also the party or parties interested, and every officer acting in the execution of this Act, shall compute and ascertain the duty payable in respect of such partnership, or any of such partners, or any person succeeding to such profession, trade, manufacture, or concern, according to the pro fits and gains of such business derived, during the re spective periods herein mentioned, notwithstanding such change therin or succession to such business as aforesaid, unless such partners or partner, or such person succeeding to such business as aforesaid, shall prove, to the satisfaction of the said respective com missioners, that the profits and gains of such business have fallen short, or will fall short, from some specific cause, to be alleged to them, since such change or succession took place, or by reason thereof. "sth. Every statement of profits to be charged under this schedule shall include all and every source and sources so chargeable on the person or persons de livering the same on his or their own account, or on account of any other person or persons ; and every person shall be chargeable in respect of the whole of such duties, in one and the same division, and by the same commissioners (except in cases where the same party shall be engaged in different partnerships, or the same person or persons shall be engaged in different concerns, relating to trade or manufacture, in divers places, in each of which cases a separate assessment shall be made in respect of each concern at the place where such concern, if singly carried on, ought to be charged as herein directed ; and every such statement on the behalf of any other person or persons, for which such person or persons shall be chargeable as acting in any of the characters before described, 'or 'on the behalf of any corporation, fellowship, fraternity, company or society, shall in clude all and every source and sources chargeable as last aforesaid, and shall be delivered in that division where such person or persons, corporations, fellow ships, fraternities, companies, or societies would be chargeable, if acting on his, her , or their own behalf. " Third Case.—The duty to be charged in respect of profits of an uncertain annual_ value, not charged in schedule A. Ist. The duty to be charged in respect thereof shall be computed at a sum not less than the full amount of the profits or gains arising therefrom within the preceding year, ending, as in the first case, to be paid on the actual amount of such profits or gains without any deduction. 2d. The profits on all securities bearing interest, payable out of the public revenue (except securities before directed to be charged under the rules of sche dule C, and on all discounts, and on all interest of money, not being annual interest payable or paid by any persons whatever), shall be charged according to the preceding rule in this case. " 3d. Whenever the commissioners shall, on exa mination, find that any lands occupied by a dealer in cattle, or by a dealer or seller of milk (which lands shall have been estimated and charged on the rent or annual value) are not sufficient for the keep and sus tenance of the cattle brought on the said lands, so a t h i r a o t r d t h a e j r u e s n t t e o s r t i m a n a n t u e a o l f value the of h profits te said o f su lands cannot dealer, i t shall be lawful for the said commissioners to require a return of such profits, and to charge such further sum thereon, as, together with the charge in respect of the occupation of the said lands, shall make up the full sum wherewith such trader ought to be charged in respect of the like amount of profits charged according to the first rule in this case. "Fourth Case—The duty to be charged in respect of interest arising from securities in Ireland, or in the British plantations in America, or in any other of his Majesty's dominions out of Great Britain and foreign securities, except such annuities, dividends, and shares, payable out of the revenue of Ireland, as are directed to be charged under schedule C of this Act. " The duty to be charged in respect thereof shall be computed on a sum not , less than the whole and just sum and sums (so far as the same can be com puted) which have been, or will be, received in Great Britain in the current year, without any de duction or abatement. " Fifth Case—The duty to be charged in respect of possessions in Ireland, or in the British plantations in America, or in any other of his Majesty's dominions out of Great Britain, and foreign possessions. " The duty to be charged in respect thereof shall be computed at not less than the full amount of the actual sums annually received in Geat Britain, either for remittances from thence payable in Great Britain, or from property imported from thence into Great Britain, or from money or value received in Great Britain, and arising from property which shall not have been imported into Great Britain, or from money or value so received on credit or on account in respect of such remittances, property, money, or value brought, or to be brought into Great Britain, computing the same on an average of the three pre ceding years, as directed in the first case, without deduction or abatement. " Sixth Case—The duty to be charged in respect of any annual profits or gains not falling under any of the foregoing rules, and not charged by virtue of any of the other schedules contained in this Act. " The nature of such profits or gains, and the grounds on which the amount thereof shall have been computed, and the average taken thereon (if any), shall be stated to the commissioners, and the compu tation shall be made either on the amount of the full value of the profits and gains received annually, or according to an average of such period greater or less than one year as the case may require, and as shall be directed by the said commissioners ; and such statement and computation shall be made to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person or persons n receipt of the same, or entitled thereto." The following is an extract from the Halifax Morning Post of the 12th of March, respecting the Colonial Customs Bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone :—The Clyde sailed for New York on the Bth, and the mail and passengers brought from England by the' Acadia were carried to Boston by the Unicorn. She had not returned when the Acadia left on the 12th. Considerable excitement has been caused amongst our corn . - mercial men since the arrival of the Acadia by the proposition of a new scale of duties on fo reign produce introduced by Mr. Gladstone. •By reducing these protective duties, without de manding a corresponding reduction of the duties on British produce in the Foreign market it is evident that the commerce of the Colonies will greatly suffer; their carrying trade would be grievously injured ; and a most decisive and impolitic advantage would be given to the corn 7 merce and shipping of the American union. The subject has attracted the earnest attention,' of our Provincial Le;islature. On Thursday:, the Hon. Jr. B. Uniacke moved for a Committee to propose am Address to her Majesty, to avert the threatened evil, which was forthwith done, and adopted last ev enin g , after some animated addresses thedresseAscailiatStfhaivsoduar,y, for presentation to herind will' be forwarded Majesty. A letter from Montpellier, of the 16th instan.., states that syroptoms of mental alienation have been manifested Madameis ofl atffhe prison, arge, a n d that upon the report in which she is confined, the lYirec tor has a pp lie d to the Government to have her transporte d to a lunatic asylum. . ofthbey o,sc As some n ien were lately blasting a rock at Ca vaillon, near A v ignon, in the Vaucluse, they came upon an ancient tom b, supposed to be Roman, containing se veral cinerary 'urns, and about 200 silver coins, of small diameter, bears ng on one face a human figure, purely de signed and eb t arly struck, and 011 the other two lines crossing each o they at right angles, and above the initials MA. One of :the urns and part of the coins have been deposited in th;te museum at Avignon. On Saturdtt p y last, as the diligence of Laffitte and Caillard was c. oning 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 Lts balance, and fell over with such violence, that M. Guy, a n architect from Caen, who was in the coupe, had his t high bra en. ' S eve r a l ot h er passengers were hurt, buo.•one seriously. n i , . The Geneva journ, .ts state that from the surveys and soundings of the Rhone, from that city to the ex tremity of the canton, it has been ascertained. that there are no serious ob: ttacl93 to rendering it so far navigable. There will be so me rocks to blow up, some rapids to smooth, and son je cuttings , to be m a d e , to avo id s hallows and sudden tur as ; but all these may be accomplished without any f Tea t difficulty ;that when the French Government shall so have ove.,cotne that of the fall of the Rhone, the - A bole passage frt on France to Geneva may .., . be opened. INFAMOUS ASSAULT 'UPON A LADY.. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) Yesterday Mr. R. Caldwell, solicitor, of 191, Great Brunswick-street, for whose apprehension two arrests had been outstanding for many days, was brought in custody of police -sergeant kennedy, 8 B, before the Magistrates of College-street Police-office, charged with having assaulted, with intent to commit violation, the wife of Mr. Corbett, of Fitzwilliatn-place, barrister. Both parties move in the most respectable circles of society, and occupy high standing in their respective professions. Mr. J. A. Curran appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., was for the prisoner. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, it appeared the prisoner had been on friendly terms with Mr. Cor bett for the space of a ,year and a half, during which they had had various transactions in the way of busi ness. The prisoner had been frequently at Mr. Cor bett's house, his presence there being, however, occa sioned for the most part by professional airs, though on two occasions he had dined there. On Monday se'nnight be dined with Mr. Corbett and his lady, and on the Saturday following he proceeded to the house of the prosecutor in Fitzwilham-place, under the pretence of paying the visit usually exacted by etiquette, after the acceptance of such a compliment. Having knocked at the door, he inquired of the servant whether Mr. Corbett was at home. The servant answered in the negative, saying, that his master had just gone out, which, however was not the case ; but Mr. Corbett, being in deshabille at the time, had given directions that he should be denied. The prisoner then inquired whether Mrs. Corbett was at home, for that, if so, her presence would suit his purpose as well. The servant replied that his mistress was in the study, to which apartment the other was unhesitatingly admitted. The prisoner, having found the lady seated in an arm chair, saluted her courteously, and drawing over his own arm chair in the vicinity of the lady's, they conversed for a few minutes upon ordinary topics. Presently, however, his conversation assumed a different tone—he talked rapidly, and with great fervour, and began to praise the eyes of his companion, which he averred were bright above those of all other mortals. He then spoke more un disguisedly, and throwing himself on his knees lamented the situation of his fair companion, and assured her, with great fervour, that he grieved that her heart was not at her own disposal, for that if she were single she should not be without an offer. Fired with indignation at hearing herself addressed in such a strain, the, lady rose in high displeasure, and told the prisoner that such words were unfit for the ears of a married woman, and informed him that if he did not immediately leave the room, she should ring for the servant to twit him out. She was proceeding accordingly across the room, with the design of summoning the servant with the bell, when the prisoner sprang from his seat with desperate vio lence, and spreading his hand over the lips of the lady, in order to stifle her, so effectually as to render utter ance impossible, he told her that all her resistance wild be in vain, for that she was in• his power, and she must submit. The prisoner then proceeded to take liberties of the most infamous nature with` the lady, the de tails of which are, of course, utterly unfit for publication. A seven struggle ensued, the fortune of which was as yet doubtful, when the lady ; escrying a large case knife lying in a silver bread-basket upon the table, seized it in desperation, and made a fierce' plunge at the breast of her assailant. The prisoner, in his effort to elude the blow, which must have been fatal had it taken effect, with such excessive violence was it aimed, let go his hold of the lady's mouth and succeeded in wringing the weapon out of her band. The lady, uttering the most clamorous shrieks, rushed to the door, closely pursued by her assailant, who brandished the knife in the air and had almost felled her to the earth, when Mr. Corbett, who was in the lower part of the house when his wife's screams first reached his ear, ran up stairs, having seized in the exigency of the moment a fork, the only weapon which lay at hand. On the in stant of Mr. Corbett's arriving his lady had effected her escape from the room, and having exclaimed in tones of agony, "The knife ! the knife ! Look ! look to Cald well !" she fell in the lobby almost lifeless from exhaus tion. Mr. Corbett stepped over her, and rushed in the direction of the study, where the prisoner yet remained • but one of the servant maids, apprehensive lest blood might be shed in case her master and the prisoner should meet, ran past the former with the speed of lightning, and succeeded in entering the room before him, shut the door in his face, and bolted it from within. Mr. Corbett, conceiving that his lady was dying, so utterly devoid of animation did she appear, then turned to her assist ance, and having raised her from the ground, was leaning over her in the lobby, when the prisoner suddenly dart ing. from his ambuscade sprang down stairs. Mr. Corbett seized a boot-jack, and hurled it at the head of the pri soner, whom he pursued down the stairs, and might perhaps have succeeded in overtakifig, were it not that the same servant-maid, who had already interfered, threw herself in the course of the pursuer, and by tripping up his heels, terminated the chase, and secured the present escape of the prisoner. Mrs. Corbett, a young lady of very prepossessing manners, and great personal attraction, was examined at great length, and deposed in a very becoming manner to the facts detailed in the foregoing statement. The prisoner, a tall, athletic, well-proportioned man, aged about 36 years, and who was dressed in fashionable attire, when called upon for his defence, stated that the lady had made warm and repeated professions of attach ment to him, and he was only preeuming on the encou ragement he had thus received in acting as he had. The prisoner then produced four or five letters, signed, for the most pert, "Your affectionate Caroline," and all of which contained professions of the most passionate regard. Mrs. Corbett, being cross-examined by Mr. Fitzob bon, denied in terms of the most unmitigated indignation, all knowledge whatsoever of these documents, the pro duction of which appeared to excite in no one more sur prise than in herself ; it was " false as hell" the asser tion that she had penned any such compositions ; she had never given the prisoner more countenance than be came an honourable woman ; she never walked with him in the street, nor ever had interviews with him in private. Mr. Corbett deposed that he did not consider the let ers to be, any one of them, in the handwriting of his lady. Mr. Curran observed that there was no postmark whatsoever upon the letters, and many of them were written in di&rent hands. The Magistrate said that such a case had been made out as left but one coarse open for him, namely, to take the informations 'of the complainant, and hold the pri soner in surety to stand his trial at the next Commission. The prisoner entered into his own recognizances of 1001., and two sureties of 501. each, to stand his trial at the Commission, and was thereupon liberated. "RULES. " Ist. The said duties on employments shall be con strued to extend to every employment, by retainer in any character whatever, whether such retainer shall be annual, or for a longer or shorter period ; and to all profits and earnings of whatever value, subject only to such exemptions and allowances as are hereinafter granted. " 2d. The duty to be. charged shall be computed at a sum not less than the full amount of the balance of the profits, gains, and emoluments of sueh professions, employments, or vocations (after making such deduc tions, and no other, as by this Act are allowed) within the preceding year, ending as in the first case, to be paid on the actual amount of such profits or gains, without anydeduction, subject to the like provisions as arc made in the first case in respect of the period of average, in the cases of setting up and commencing such profession, employment, or vocation within the period herein limited. " 3d. The third and fourth rules in the first case shall also extend to the profits irising under the second case, as far as they are applieable. " RULES. (Applying to both the preceding cases.) " Ist. In estimating the balance Of the profits or gains to be charged according to either of the first or second cases, no sum or sums shall be set against or deducted from, or allowed to be set against or deducted from such profits or gains for any disbursements or ex penses whatever, not being money wholly and ex clusively laid out or expended for the purposes of such trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, or of such profession, employment, or vocation ; nor for any dis bursements or, expenses of maintenance of the parties, their families or establishments ; nor for rent or value of any dwelling-house or domestic officers, except such part thereof as may be used for the purposes of such trade or concern, not exceeding the proportion of the said rent or value hereinafter mentioned; nor for any sum expended in any other domestic or private pur poses, distinct from the purposes of such trade, manu facture, adventure or concern, or of such profession, employment or vocation. " 2d. The computation of the duty to be charged in respect of any trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, or any profession whether carried on by any person singly, or by any one or more persons jointly, or by any corporation, company, fraternity, or society, shall be made exclusive of the profits or gains arising from lands, tenements, or hereditaments occupied for the purpose of such profession, trade, manufacture, adventure or concern. " 3d. The computation of duty arising in respect of any trade, manufacture, adventure, or concern, or any profession, carried on by two or more persons jointly, shall be made and stated jointly and in one sum, and separately and distinctly from any other duty chargeable on the same persons, or either or any of them ; and the return of the partner who shall be first named in the deed, instrument or other agreement of co-partnership (or Ai:here there shall be no such deed, instrument or agreement, then of the partner who shall be named singly, or with precedence to the other partner or partners, in the, usual name, style, or firm of such co-part nership, o r where such precedent partner shall not be an acting partner, then of the precedent acting partner), and who shall be resident in Great Britain (and who is hereby required, under the penalty herein contained for default in making any return required by this Act, to make such return on behalf of himself and the other partner or partners, whose names and residences shall also be declared in such return), shall be sufficient authority to charge such partners jointly. Provided always, that where no such partner shall be resident in Great Britain, then the statement shall be prepared and delivered by their agent, manager. or factor resident in Great Britain, jointly for such partners; and such joint assessments shall he made in the partnership, name, style, firm, or description ; and no separate statement shall be allowed in any case of partnership, except for the purposes of the partners separately claiming an exemption or allow ance as herein directed, or of accounting for sepa rate concerns; provided that if any partners being entitled to be charged at different rates, or to any ex emption of allowance, shall declare the proportions of their respective shares in such profession or concern, in order to a separate assessment for the above pur- THE LATkSCAI•rDALOUS AFFAIR _ IN PARIS. COUP ROYALE DE PARIS, MARCH 21. This case has been so frequently before the public, and has been so criticised in all its details, that it requires no additional comment from us. Mr. Lawson, the keeper of the Hotel Bedford, in the Rue St. Honore, stated his case as follows : Mr. Cassidy arrived at Paris at midnight in the month of January last, in a carriage drawn by six horses, con taining two ladies and three servants, and alighted at the HoteCßedford. As he did not wish to remain at the hotel, the proprietor, at his request, found him an hotel, at the rate of 2,500 francs per month (1001.) Lord W. Paget, however, arrived shortly after, and 'remonstrated with his friend against this enormous expenditure. This course of extravagance, however, still continued, and several dinners were given, at the rate of seven or eight hundred fralics, when at last a scene occurred between Miss Bellew and Mr. Cassidy, which has already been made known to our readers. • • Mr. Cassidy first said that Miss'Bellew, and latterly . that Lord William Paget; was responsible for all the ex pense; Miss Bellew, however, after the unfortunate business above alluded to, paid 4,400 francs, and Mr. Cassidy gave a bill for 5,000 francs. • • •There was, however, a surplus of 723 francs still owing by Mr. Cassidy, but he suddenly left Paris in the public diligence. The police being informed that he had a false passport, followed the diligence, accompanied by Mr. Lawson, and compelled Mr. Cassidy to ret urn with them. The police took their prisoner to several prisons and spunginff4touses, at all of which , he was refused admit tance,' for want of sufficient legal cause of detention, when, at the request of Mr. Lawson, he was arrested by M. A'nselin, who sent him to the prison at Clichy, where, however, he only remained for three days, owing to a decision, which he obtained from the Tribunal de. Pre mier Instance, to the following effect : " That Mr. Lawson was not in the enjoyment of those rights which were exclusively enjoyed by*Frenchmen. " That out of 5,525 f. originally due, Mr. Lawson knowledges to have received 4,250 f., and that he is still the bearer of a bill which is not yet due. " That this prosecution is frivolous and vexatious. The Court, therefore, condemned Mr. Lawson to 2,000 f. da mages and all the costs, and-acquitted Mr. Cassidy." • Against this decision Mr. Lawson appealed, and stated that Mr. Cassidy had escaped to Belgium under the name of Douglas, with a false passport, for which he had been arrested, and that, he had been since declared bankrupt to the amount of several thousands of pounds in Eng land. On being arrested in Belgium he was sent to Lon don to meet the various demands of his creditors. The Counsel for Mr. Lawson showed the justice of his client's demands for 723 f., and declared the damages awarded to be unjust and excessive. The Counsel for the other side brought forward several , , precedents for refusing to foreigners tne right of arrest. The Court, on the conclusion of the substitute for the Procureur-General, reversed the decision of the Cour Royale, and condemned Mr. Cassidy to the costs. . _ On the 6th of March, 1842, died, at his residence, the Schloss Seehof, near Bamberg, in Bavaria, after a few days' illness, in the 56th year of his age, most deeply - _____ - and deservedly lamented, Frederick Baron von Zandt, The annual Paris ham fair 'Commenced yesterday I of Ovington Park, Hants, and of Clarges-street, London, on the Boulevard Bourdon. The number of venders Chamberlain of his Majestl the King of Bavaria, and was about three hundred, two-thirds of whom are from the Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. Lorraine, and the ethers, with the exception of a few We learn from llastia that one of the desperate belonging to Paris and its environs, from the southern I bandits that have so long been the terror of that part of Cor and' central departments. The Lorraine hams (Meurthe sica has been arrested. The lieutenant of geadarmerie at and Moselle) fetched 85c. to 95c. per half kilogramme Calvi having received information that Lega, the man in ques (lib.), and the Bayonne and Strasburg hams 90c. to, lfit. ' i tion, who had been condemned to death by contumacy, was lately seen EAGLE SHOT.--A few days ago a large golden in that arrondissement, sent out a party of h eagle' was shot on the hills of Glengolly, Ballindallocli men, under the command of a brigadier. They found him about four in the morning of the 7th inst., seated by a fire es tate, by. Mr. Allan Grant, farmer there: The follow ' near a sheepfold ; .but Lega's nephew, a boy, who acted ie his tuff were its d imensions :—Expansion of wing, Seven feet spy, hio fl f gave h t a gendarme him notice o n f am hi e s d da c n a g s e t r eih an h d e he tired at Meeting at t i .tingn d two inches ; length of first four feathers, twen ty - six inches ; circumfere nce of le g , ei g ht and a hal f inclies. . On the day it lodged a bullet in his left side, which' killed him. Being close Its talons were of an extraordinar y size. pressed by the others, Lega turned round three times and fired ; , was shot, it killed two sheep belonging to Mr. Great.— • the last shot passing through the shako of the brigadier, within Elgin Courant. 1 an inch of his head. One of the g endarmes fired at Le g a in 1 THE LATE ACCIDENT AT WOMBWELL'S M E NA- return, and brought him down by a ball, which entered his GEBIE.—Mr. Martin, the unfortunate gentleman whose back, and went through him. Though ply th: it s ho d u is t ab ff le e d c , t.d s , U H c h h eo I Arm was so dreadfully lacerated by the tiger in Womb- was his resolution, that before his arms could be secure I well's menagerie at Mid-Lent fair, Stamford, expired list fired a pistol at his as and his nephew, wh.oaiwiaanstsalso :cap a tUr p e i _d: were conducted e to I Saturday from the effects of his wounds. His arm was Calvi. Lega, who is about 42 }ears of age, was one of the amputated, and everything that human skill could de- most formidable of the band. NV hen taken, he had with him a vise was done, but ineffectually, to save his life. It was double-barrelled gun, with percussion locks, a double-barrelled I erroneously stated in some of the papers, that Mr. Martin pistol , a sti letto, a da gg er-knife, 21 bullets, a q uantit y of yow -1 was inebriated at the time of the accident,- which-eras k der, and a telescope. • lot the fact, as he was then petiectly sober. LAW INTELLIGENCE. - VIOE-CHANCELLoRr COURT, March 24. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL C. CULLUM.—TRE SAME V. GBICE. This case was argued on the 17th of March, and was directed by his Honour to stand over till to-day. Mr. Cooper, Mr. M‘Christie, Mr. Boteler, Mr.:J. Rus sell, Mr. Sewell, and Mr. Bacon appeared for the de fendants. Mr. H. Twiss and Mr. Wray appeared for the Attor ney-General. This case came before the Court upon the Master's report, and for further directions, and also on petition. The charity to which the information related was ealled "The Guildhall Feofnient of Bury St. Edmund's," and was originally founded in the latter part of the 14th or in the beginning, of the 15th century. In the succeeding three centuries its funds were increased by the gifts, devises, and bequests of various benefactors, and at present its an nual revenue exceeded 2,1001. Many portions of the gifts, devises, and bequests, having been given for supersti tious uses, were void by the statute. Other portions were for the repair of the different churches in Bury, and the other portions were given for the aged poor inhabi tants of the town generally. The present information was filed in 1833, at the relation ot certain inhabitants of Bury, alleging various charges of mismanagement against the feotfees, and in 1836 an order was made re ferring it ,to the Master to inquire and ascertain, amongst other things, the amount ot the property, and for a scheme for the future management of the charity. The first point now before the Court was whether the master was correct in the course which he had suggested for taking the property—namely, that it ought to be let in tenders after the advertisements in the Bury news papers, and upon taking the opinion of a competent sur veyor. His HoNoutt was of opinion that the course suggested by the Master was a proper one, with this modification — that the trustees should not be bound to accept any of the tenders, provided they found in the exercise of their discretion that they could let on better and wore advan tao-eous terms for the charity. / The next point was in reference to three schools, which the master had found it would be proper to build and support out of the surplus income—namely, a com mercial school, for the instruction of 150 boys ; a poor boys' school, for the instruction of 300 boys ; and a poor girls' school, for the instruction of 150 girls. 'The Master's report left it to the trustees to appoint masters and mistresses, without stating of what religious per suasion they ought to be. On the part of the Attorney- General it was urged, that the Court ought to declare that the masters and mistresses ought to be members of the Church of England, and that the Scripture lessons prepared for the Irish National Schools ought not to be made part of the scheme. Mr. COOPER said that both parties had agreed to the substitution of the following clause, instead of the 10th and 11th articles of the Master's scheme. They agreed first that the masters and mistresses were to be members of the Church of England. The clause which they then proposed to substitute was as follows :—" That during one hour at the least of every school day, the master shall give religious instruc tion to all the scholars, such religious instruction to be confined to the reading and explanation of the Scriptures; and ho shall give instruction in the doctrines and prin ciples of the church of England to such of the boys whose parents are in communion with that church, and the scholars shall be required to repair, twice every Lord's-day, to church, or.other place of public worship, according to their several creeds ; and those who go to church shall go along with and be accompanied by the master." His HoNoutt said, that the instruction on the Lord's day, must be specifically described as " instruction re lating to the liturgy, catechism, and articles of the church." Mr. COOPER said that they had also agreed to insert this proviso—" Nevertheless any two trustees, by a note in writing, may excuse from attendance at church any of the scholars who were children of parents not in com munion with the church of England." His HONOUR said—Was he distinctly to understand that every party, in the town was now represented before him, and that they agreed to the scheme in its modified shape ? Mr. BOTELER answered affirmatively. His HONOUR said that the result, therefore, was this— All the teachers were to be members of the church of England, by which alone he meant that religion could not be taught without interpretation. The Court must state some interpretation, and there would be insur mountable difficulties in stating any interpretation, ex cept that according to the Established Church. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, Thursday, March 24. The business of the Assize for the county of Sussex concluded this afternoon about two o'clock. Baron Gurney got through the Cause List late on Wednesday. TROUP V. WINTER. This was an action for libel, brought by the plaintiff, who resides at Hastings, and who it was stated was the proprietor of a newspaper called the Southern Advertiser against the defendant, a printer at Hastings, for pub lishing a handbill, reflecting upon the character of the plaintiff. Mr. Platt and Mr. Chambers were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Petersdorff for the defendant. Mr. PLATT stated the case, and it appeared that the defendant, about the time of the general election, had, published a handbill, headed " Now in the press, and, shortly will be published, the ' Life, Witticisms, Tropes, Ste., of a Renegade Jew,' by Jamez Van Group, Gentile, Gunpowder-place, Hastings, with splendid engravings of the author, wigged and unwigged." The placard went on to state that the work would contain much use ful information, and would show how to get contracts at half .price, and thus cheat the poor artisans; how to make a mutton-chop dine two persons ; how to erect infernal machines; and. that it would also show the absurdity of the Nazarite doctrine that a man with an ugly head of hair should not get it shaved otr and wear a wig. Mr. Platt having read the alleged libel, the contents of which caused a good deal of amusement in the Court, said that his client would never probably have taken any notice of such a contemptible and ridiculous publication, but for the insinuation that he. had obtained contracts unfairly, and defrauded poor art sans, and as he had a large building speculation on foot, he felt that such an insinuation was calculated to do him great injury, and as it was entirely false, he had brought the present action to justify his conduct and character in the eyes of the world. Witnesses were then called who proved the publica tion of the libel, and also expressed their opinion that it' referred to the plaintiff. It appeared also that the libel was published on the Ist of September, and on the 4th, without any notice, the defendant was served with a writ. In the course of the cross-examination of the wit nesses; Mr. Thesiger attempted to get at the fact that the plaintiff in his newspaper had published attacks upon other parties, but Mr. Baron Gurney refused to admit the evidence. Mr. TIIESIGER submitted that it would be an impor • tant fact for the consideration of the Jury, if they found that a person who brought an action for libel, had been himself in the practice of publishing attacks upon the characters of others ; and he pressed his right to cross-examine upon this point. Baron GURNEY said, upon his own responsibility, he should reject any such evidence. Mr. THESIGER then addressed the Jury. Baron GURNEY said, that a printer who published libellous matter was answerable in law for so doing, and although in the case of the printer of a daily journal, which contained a great variety of matter, there might be 1 some excuse if anything reflecting upon 'the private character of every person was sent • forth to the world, yet in the case of the printer of a hand-bill, Who must of necessity be fully aware of its contents, and who deliberately published it, that excuse could not apply. An attempt in this case had been made to • show that the plaintiff himself was in the habit of publishing libellous articles ; but this, even if it had been proved, was, in his opinion, no excuse for the defendant. If the plaintiff published a libel he was answerable for it, and it could hot excuse the defendant for attacking him. The printing and publication of the libel had been proved, and it was for the Jury to say to what extent the character of the plaintiff had suffered in con sequence of that publication. The Jury, after a short deliberation, found for the plaintiff.—Damages, 301. CROWN covivr. William Wells, 20, hawker, George Edwards, 18, and James Keeler, 22, gardener, were charged with burgla riously entering the dwelling-house of Newell Connop, at Brighton, on the night of the 16th inst., and stealing five silver spoons and other articles, the property of N. Con nop ; two 'veils and other articles, the property of Eliza Sorret ; one cloak and other articles, the property of Eliza Hall ; and one cloak and other articles, the pro perty of Caroline Stammer. The prisoners were found Guilty. Edwards, who had been convicted of felony at Maidstone, was sentenced to be transported for life, and the other two for fifteen years. Anna Augusta Hippesley, 26, governess, was charged with having, on the 29th of September, feloniously ut tered and disposed of, and put off a certain forged accept ance of a bill of exchange for payment of the nun of 221. 25., with intent to defraud Robert Powell. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The prisoner, who was greatly affected during the trial, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, without hard labour. c T om, A rbeh X e tof A ollt T ohue l un O go N up:et & iotfioc ß nowm E ams P opn ß rse E soenn S wte E de N dbie T s l l.3. 7 €T.v l .e o inlun Ni . : "To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. " The petition of Benjamin Filly, of the parish of St. Bride, in the City.of London, HumblyShoweth,—That your petitioner well k nows, that according to the ancient Constitution of Eneand, every man of sane mind, and not convicted of indcl. ible crime, has the right to vote for Members of your 2. to nourable House ; and, that reason, justice, morality, at'd Christianity, are set at nought by those who impede th k e exercise of this right. " That your Honourable House must know, that ib is a Constitutional maxim of England, that taxation and_ representation are inseparable,; that is to say, that all who contribute to the taxation should have a voice in the choosing of those who are to levy the taxes; that, unless a man's will be consulted in making the laws, he is a real slave if he be compelled to obey them. " That, although those who have the ruling power admit that this is a very fine theory, yet they have always opposed the practice of it, and have, inthe excess of their liberality, often declared that the eleetive fran chise ought to be restricted to those who pay direct taxes. " That your petitioner believes that a Bill Is about to be brought before your Honourable House, which will call for a direct tax to be imposed on many persons who do not now pay direct taxes, and who have no votes for Members of your Honourable House. " That seeing that it appears, by the premises, to unconstitutional and unjust to levy a tax on any man without his consent, your petitioner prays, that in case any Bill, Ftpvh as that which he has alluded to, be brought before your Honourable House, you will cause the in sserc,th.iootßneiloflotrbae Members clause, em giving to every person who may by u bers of yourcompelled topa3l. laonnyo- honourable s t e h . e power to "And your petitioner will ever pray. "March 22, 1842. " B. TILLY." THE BISHOPSANDTHE WELSH LANGUAGE. A petition was lately presented by Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., from the Welsh inhabitants of the West Riding of York, praying for bishops that thoroughly understand Welsh, in which a very striking passage occurs. The necessity of having bishops that under stand - Welsh is generally admitted, but by the sub joined passage it appears that the correctness_ of the ritual in - Welsh depends on the Welsh bishops, and therefore that not only a common but a deep know-. ledge of the language is enjoined by the Act, without which no person is qualified by law to be a Welsh bishop. The passage is as follows :—" That your petitioners look upon the practice of appointing bishops to Welsh-sees, ignorant of the Welsh ]an gunge, is diametrically opposed to the Act of Uniformity, which enjoins that the Bishop of Here ford, St. David's, Asaph, Bangor, Llandaft, and their successors, shall take such order among themselves for the soul's health of the flocks committed to their charge within - Wales, that the book hereunto an nexed (the book of Common Prayer) be truly and exactly translated, and being by them pr any three . of them at the least viewed, perused, and alloived to be imprinted, and they shall have power to correct and amend in writing any error committed by the printer in printing of the same book, or of any thing therein contained, and shall certify in writing, under their hands and seals, or the hands and seals of any three of them, at the end of the same-book, that they have examined and compared the said book, and find it to be. a true and perfect copy. Your petitioners humbly think that if a similar commission were issued in the present day it would place the prelates of the Welsh Church in a very painful and disagreeable position." It will be recollected that some weeks since we published an extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh containing some observations on the manners of certain members of the Imperial Family, which some of our contemporaries, without the slightest hesitation, and without the slightest knowledge, pronounced to be un founded. We referred, as a rnattwr of course, to our _ _ correspondent, although convinced of his correctness, and have received his reply, re-affirming all that he had stated, hut adding that the .Consort of the Imperial Crown Prince had not yet taken her departure for Munich.— Times. TRIAL FOR TILE GLASGOW BANK ROBBERY.—The trial of Robert Smith, lately teller in the Glasgow and Ship Bank, and James Wishart, wine and spirit dealer in Glasgow, who were accused of abstracting and con verting to their own uses upwards of 10,7001, came on before the High Court of Justiciary on Wednesday last. The charges against them broke down upon the infor mality of the proceeding•, and they were obliged to bo served with new criminal letters, which was accordingly done the instant of their dismissal upon the old indict went. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM BEATTY, M.D.—We re gret to announce that Sir William Beatty, M. 1)., F.R.S., late Physician to her Majesty's Fleet and Greenwich Hospital, died at an early hour this morning, at his re sidence in York-street, Portman-square. He had served his country long and faithfully in all climes, and had the melancholy duty of being officially present at the death of his distinguished commander, the Hero of Tra falgar. It may be justly said of Sir William Beatty that his whole professional life seemed to accord with the sentiment expressed in Nelson's last and ever me , morable signal to the fleet. SHOCKING ACCIDENT TIT CLEANING WINDOWS. — Yesterday morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, Thomas Madden, between forty and fifty years of ago, in the em ploy of Mr. Broome, of Marylebone-lane, Oxford-street; linen-draper, while standing outside cleaning one of the first-floor windows, slipped, and fell on to the footway pavement in the street. Hs was severely injured, having received a concussion of the brain, and was directly taken to Middlesex Hospital, where he remains is a pre carious state. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREETS.—MF. Wiikley yesterday held an inquest at the Mother Redcap, High street, Camden-town, on the body of Thomas Overton, aged fifty-six, a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Allen, builder, of Camden-terrace, It appeared that on Tuesday morning the deceased came to his work as usual at six o'clock, went home to breakfast, and returned in his usual state of health, and was laughing and joking. About eleven o'clock he went with George Scalding, the car man, to some new houses, building on St. James's-ter race, Kentish-town-road. Scadding went up to the door, and, turning round, said, " There's no knocker here, Thomas. Overton replied, " No, there isn't, in deed," and instantly exclaimed, "Lord, have mercy upon me—George, I'm a dead man." Scalding caught him whilst falling, and sat him on the step of the door, and Mr. Curtis, surgeon, was sent for, but deceased was dead in half a minute. Verdict—" Natural death." SHOCKING RESULT OF A PETTY PROSECUTION.— It will be recollected that in our police intelligence a few weeks ago we mentioned the case of a woman, who, with an infant in her arms, was committed to prison for cut ting a small quantity of birch at Bosbury, the damage which she did being valued at one halfpenny. We un derstand that the child died in prison on Sunday last., and that the mother stated at the inquest that it was her belief the child died in consequence of a cold which it caught in the Ledbury Lock.up House. - The wonder is that many inquests have not been the consequence of confiningprisoners in such a damp and filthy den.-- Mg , cesterahire Chronicle. Goon FRIDAY.—This being the anniversary of our Saviour's crucifixion is the most solemn fast of the Christian church. The cross-bun, however. has long ceased-in England to be the morsel by which the severity of the last days of Lent wet: mitigated. In the old time Lent was not " inure honoured in the breach than the observance." We find from the household book of the Duke of Northumberland, which was kept ih1512, that throughout Lent, " beginning at Shrovetide and ending at Easter," the breakfast (a great meal in an ancient family) consisted, " for my Lord and my Lady," of " two pieces of salt fish, four herrings, or a dish of sprats," in stead of the customany allowance at other Setitions of " half a chine of mutton or a chine of beef ;" and the food of a Lenten supper was equally meagre. The transgressors of Lent were subject to eccleciastical cipline. Strype, in his " Memorials," records that a man did penance at St. Paul's Cross in 1555 for attempt ing to sell two pigs ready dressed during the fast. EAMPTON••COURT PALACB.—WC are authorized to state that two new picture-rooms in Hampton-court Palace, in addition to those already shown to the public, will be opened on Easter Monday next. We understand that these rooms contain some interesting and valuable pictures, • and also that some very fine ones have been added to the already extensive collection in the palace. A new arrangement of the pictures has also taken pltice and some ancient tapestries have now been brought forward, which cannot fail of interesting every lever of the fine arts. On the 6th instant, says the Toulonnais, as a painter, who had emigrated to Algiers was travelling in search of employment, he got enveloped in a (knee fog, near Ben Ackoun, on his way to 1)ely Ibrahim. His attention was suddenly roused by a loud roar, which at first he took fur the lowing of an ox iu one of the in closures ; Init, on its being repeated, he found himself face to face with a monstrous lion. The poor painter, though more dead than alive with terror, retained suffi cient presence of mind to brave the animal with his shouts, and, thus acting on the known nature of the beast, put him to flight. Having communicated his ad venture to M. Dumartin, the laud-surveyor at Dely Ibra him, that gentleman, with permission of the colonel in command of the garrison, went out with about thirty officers and soldiers in Chace of the lion, but did not fall in with it. A day or two afterwards the same animal was seen at Elbier, near Algiers, and a general bettue was contemplated to relieve the Country from this un welcome intruder, and of several others who have come down to the plain of Mitidjah, since it was deserted by the . Arabs. Goon FitipAY.—A Correspondent calls attention to the ancient saying— When our Lady falls in our Lord's lap, Then let England beware a mishap. Now, thiewear, Ladyday and Good Friday both fall on the same day ! The old ladies, therefore, are trembliet with fear.— Worcestershire Chronicle. Thusrday morning a dreadful accident occurred to Edward Rogers, a young man, seventeen years of age, in the employ of Mr. Barber, snuff-grinder, Church-street, Bethnal-green. The unfortunate youn g was doing something to a steam-engine, when one of the sleeves of late slL rs H E. 7n. i his shirt suddenly was drawn into th d e aim machinery, and ad before he could extricate it his hand an . fully fractured up to the elbow. HON. Miss. relict of N ot 9 t h sEil e Major Erskine, broth er to the late John F. Ers kine , d i e d s t Edinburgh on Thursday tennight. Th D is El venerable era OF THE lady, Ear n Eml oflaar,