The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

Published this day, by H. GRAVES and CO., Pall-mall, and SMIIH, ELDER, and CO. Cornhill, R EMARKS EXPOSING the UNWORTHY MOTIVES and FALLACIOUS OPINIONS of the writer of the CRITIQUES on the PONIATOWSKI COL- lECTION of ENGRAVED GEMS contained in the British and Foreign Review and the Spectator. Just ready, in 1 vol. post Bvo., NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND CAMPAIGN IN CHINA By KEITH STEWART MACKENZIE, Esq. Late Military Secretarrto the Commander-in-Chief. Richard Natley, New Burlington-street. Publisher - Iri Ordinary to her Majesty. . 'Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., NEWS TOKE PRIORS , A NOVEL. By Miss WADDINGTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* To be had at all the Libraries. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE WARD OF THORPE COiVIBE By Mrs TROLLOPE. Author of " The Wijow Birnaby," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington- street. NEW PERIODICAL WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF "STORIES OF WATERLOO." In Monthly Parts (not to exceed Eighteen) Price One Shilling each, with characteristic Engravings, by Dick Kitcat, the First Part to appear with tha Magazines at the end of March. THE FORTUNES OF TTECTOR O'HALLORAN, jl By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of " Stories of Waterloo," fi Wild Sports of the West," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street; John Cumtning, Ormond quay, Dublin • Bell and Bradfute,lLdinburgh; Liv;rpool. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH IS, Will be performed a Play in Five Acts, called GISIPPUS.—Thus Quintius Fulvius, Mr. -[ileum); Gisipris, Mr. Macrcady ; Merlon, Mr. Graham; Pheax, Mr Elton ; Cii,remes, Mr. Hudson ; Lycias, Mr G. Bennett; Norban, MaS4 E. Phillip.;; Sophro ,ia, Miss Helen Faocit ; /Imo, Miss "lurpin. To conclude with, arranged as a Drama, Handel's ACTS AND GALATEA —Polyphetne, Mr. H. ; Avis, Miss P. 11..rt0n . ; Damon, Mr. Alen; Galatea, Miss Romer. open at half -past Six, and the P. , .formances be c lin at Seven, ISsx+l; :s., Second Price Zs. ed. ; Pit 3s , heeond Price - 2s ; Lower Gillcry Is. td., Second Price. Is ; Upper Galisry Is., Second Price Id • ---- THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, MARCH 15, Will be repeated Mozart's Opera of THE MARRIAGE OF FI- G A RO.—The character of Susanna by Mis; Ade!aide Kemble; Count A'maviva, Mr. Stretton ; Cherubim). Madame Vestris; Doctor Bar -1,10, Mr. J Bland; Figaro, Mr. Leffler; Basilio, Mr. C. White; the Countess, Miss Rainforth ; Marcel:ina, Mi s Grant; Barbarina, Miss Lane. After which will be repeated, with additions, Milton's Masque of ('OMUS.—Comos, Mr. %V. Harrison; First Baczhante. Madame Vests - is; the Lady, Mrs. WAlter L tcy ; Eider Brother, Mr. J. in;; Syrens, Madame Vestris and 11fis Rainforth ; Cupid, Miss .1)ow ton ; Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris ; Sabrina, Miss Rain forth. Doors open at half-past ia, ann the Perfirmances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 61 ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price Is. (id. ; Pit :'s., Second Price as ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon at._ Ocelots. Private Mixes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book ec ler, 167, New Bond-stree. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Season. THIS EVENING. MARCH 19, Will be acted Lord 13yran's Tragedy of WERNER.—Werner, Mr. H. Hughes; Ulric, Mr N. T. lucks; Josephine, Mrs. H. Vining; Ida Stralenheim, Mrs. H. Hughes. After which, a Comic Ballct, entitled OPPOSITION; or, the /3.1VA1, DANCING MASTERS. To conclude with an original Nautical Drama, called SAM SCUD; o-, PERILS by SEA and LAND.—Sam Scud, Mr. H. hughes; I;ersy, Miss Martin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. "Mary White" still continuing to draw crowded houses, and to excite the warmest sympathies of the audience, will be portn•med every evening this week. THIS EVENING, MARCH IS. Will be performed MARY WHITE; or, the MURDER at the OLD TAB %BD —Mary NN hire, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged I:eroine of Domestic Tragely. After which, SIMON LEE; or, the MURDER of the FIVE FIELDS COPSE —Simon Lee, Mr. F. ; Japhet Jones, Mr. Gardner; Grace, Miss Vincent. 'fn conclude with THE BOOK OF FATE; or, the TAILOR'S DREAM. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that Monsieur Per, Jet's Performances will pos tvely terminate this Evening. THIS EVENING, MARCH 18, The Performances will coinmence at half-past Seven o'clock with I,'HOMME DE SOIXANTE ANS.—Le Chevalier de St. Julien by Mons. Perlet. After which, LE SAVANT.—ltcyn , lds M. Perlet. To conclude with M. PIQUE- SKr; rti—Pique-Avietto, Muns. Perlet, being his Anal performance, and the Lot representation before Easter. Mademoiselle Plessy will have the honour of appearing at the Opening of the Theatre after Ea.,ter. Private Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond eet ; Mr. Seguin's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's street ; and at the Box.offiee of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. Admission to the Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Gallery Stals, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter from Totness on " Naval Affairs" was duly received, but owing to the press of matter we have net been able to fi id room for it. We will endeavour to make rJoln for some of the numerous letters of Correspondents respecting the income tax as soon as possible. THE WEATHER.—Noori, MARCH 18. lloy AI. GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 43) Highest 52 Lowest 40 Barometer 29.93.—Wind W.—Freezing Point R 2 Deg. ..... Him; NV ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. )'orning l5 minutes after 5 ► Evening 15 minutes after S. :~ r~'A 1L , MA which he has but a year's interest ; and to the extent of the permanent value of such improvements is the land lord a loser. He must be aninlifferent farmer, wh o , living upon a leased holding, does not nearly double its value twenty-one years ; whereas, land held for that period by a tenant at will is invariably found in Ireland to be depreciated in value. But from communications addressed to .us on the subject of the ejectments by the Ironmongers' Com pany, we learn that their object is to substitute for the cotter system that of large farms, on the model gene rally adopted in the agricultural districts of England. Such a system is only suited to a great commercial country, where manufactures offer employment to the poor families driven from their rural. homes, to make way for agricultural improvements upon a large scale. To adopt it in Ireland, would be to condemn the tjected tenants to inevitable starvation. It is a pity that the experiments of experimentalists upon human happi ness, cannot, in the first instances, be confined en tirely to themselves. Let but the members of the Ironmongers' Company place themselves, in imagina tion, in the position of these poor tenants, whose fathers and grandfathers before them, sat by the same firesides, in the same chimney corners occupied by themselves, and tell us what misery would exceed their expulsion from such homes, where their early habits only fitted them to live ? We trust that the public notice which this affair has attracted will not be lost upon - the Iron mongers' Company, and that an inquiry will be insti tuted by them, which will have the effect of preventing further appeals on the part of the tenants to the protec— don of the Legislature. Without stating at what period, or t o w h a t ex t en t, t h e . _ plum claims should be satisfied, we are clearly of opinion that it is the duty of the Government to lose no time in coming to some determination respecting them. Ministers are bound to state at once whe ther the country will, or will not, pay them. It :ust—it is not creditable—it is not politic, even in a party sense, to kayo the question of the settlement of these claims contingent upon the results of the war with China. If the Government is satisfied that the claims ought to be rejected, let it say so, and the merchants will not, in addition to their loss of property, lose their time in the fruitless labour of en deavouring to obtain its value from the British Treat sury. If, on the other hand; Ministers are persuaded of the equity of these claims, or of any part of them, let the fact be announced, and the nation will know for what purpose we exact money from the Chinese. But to keep silent upon the matter, leaving the question of justice to be determined by the result of the war in China, is a lamentable course of proceeding. Now sora:-thing like this was the course pursued by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Sir R. PEEL, upon Mr. LEthSAY'S mo tion last night respecting the application of the Canton ransom money. The only inference to be drawn from their speeches was, that after the settlement of the war and the deduction of the expenses of this; country, the cluitns'of the opium merchants Would probably be next considered. If these claims be bad, those making them can have no right to consideration, were the wealth of China accumulated in one heap at the feet of Sir 11. POTTINGER. No success of our arms can render them one jot more equitable than they are at pre sent. Again, if they be good, say so, and tell the world frankly that the indemnity can only come from China. This dues not,impose upon us the expense of the war, That expense may still be exacted front the Celestilds. It only guarantees the settlement of the claims, before the defraying the expense of the expedition —a priority which Sir it. PEEL must be aware cannot be denied these claims, if recognised at all, without casting a stain upon the honour of the country. not There is no political news of any interest in French or Spanish papers received this morning. We therefore content ourselves with the following extracts from them : A Toulon letter of the 7th inst., in the National, says that 6,000 or 7,000 ram arc about to be sent into Africa, to fill up the regiments there to their war complement. The Marengo, of the line, and the steamers Veloce, Cameleon, Vantour, and Lavoisier, are, says the letter, to convey these troops. A letter from Toulon, March 11, in the Constitutionnel, says, " The transport vessel the Lamproie, arrived oa the Bth, from Barcelona, with passengers. She brings word that money had been received at Barcelona to procure partisans for the cause of Queen Christina. General officers and others of high rank were getting ammunition prepared on the frontier of France, for those who enlisted, and arms were being purchased. A Frenchman had been imprisoned for ex citing to revolt. When the Lamproie sailed, Barcelona, was quiet, but an outbreak was feared. The French Go vernment, informed no doubt of what was going on in Cata lonia, despatched thither on the 6th the Medea frigate, and the Tonnerre steam-boat. These vessels are ordered to take on board such natives of Spain as might wish to quit the country in case of insurrection. A journal say s th a t th i e nquiry into the peculations that have been discovered in the prefecture of the Seine continues. It is reported that more a -rests have taken place. Some persons have been suspended. M. Auguste Luchet, condemned to two years imprisonrn , nt and a fine of 1,000 francs, for the publication of a novel called "Un Dam de Famille," has ap. pealed to the Court of Cessaiion.— Constitutionel. ~ST ~ *troltbrZtlittion SUN OFFICE, Three o'clock. We announced some ten days ago that Government were about to send eight or ten thousand men to .re inforce the army in India, and gave them full credit fer the vigour displayed in meeting the emergencies reused by the protracted war with China, and the re verses of our troops in Affghanistan. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in answer to a question from Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night, admitted that the determination to reinforce the Thdian army had been formally taken, and that a sup plementary estimate to that effect would be placed before the House, but he declined for the present to state the amount. We have no doubt, however, that the number of troops mentioned is rather under than over the mark. The Duke of WELLINGTON lastyear said this country could n ,t afford to carryon a little war, and urged the propri -y of showing to the world that we were in earnest when c.ice engaged in hostile operations. There is sufficient s ope now, certainly for carrying out the plan of the C *Bent Duke. The present cannot be called a little war. the two extremities of Asia, Britain is engaged in two groat contests —one with a nation of three hundred mil lions, and the other with a treacherous race of moun t:tit:leers, both at a vast distance from this country, aid the seat of empire in India. Independent of these, she has to watch the Burmese, ever ready to take ad vantage of circumstances, to overawe unfriendly States jii IncXa, and at the same time keep up a large force it; another hemisphere, to meet exigencies that may spring out of the unsettled state of our relations with the United States. If the loss in Affghanistan turns out as extensive as the late accounts lead many to anticipate, ten thousand ad ditiOnal troops would form but a miserable reinforce ment, and the public will probably find that twice tbat number at least must be forthcoming from England aLd India together. Everything in these Eastern regions depends on opinion. This circumstance the Government cannot fail to keep in view, and they will therefore be anxious to show that, notwithstanding:the reverses of our troops in one quarter, Great Britain is as powerful as ever, and fully prepared to assert her supremacy in 63 vast territory over which she holds sway. Amon the petitions presented to the House of Com mons last night, was one by Mr. O'CoxsELL, complain ing of the Ironmongers' Company of London having se) ved notices of ejectment on many of the tenants upon tlu estates in the county of Derry, for the purpose of terrifying the rest to become tenants at will. We con fe:s that we cannot comprehend the meaning of such conduct on the part of a London Company of merchants. The tenants who occupy their estates are nearly . all Presbyterians, whose ancestors emi ' grated to Ireland from Scotland in the reigns of JAMES the First and CHARLES the Second. They are a peaceable, industrious, moral race, attached to the insti tutions of this country. 'We are aware that the tennntcy at will system of letting land is unfortunately preva lent in Ireland. The principal causes of this are, the religion of the people, and the absence of the land lo:ds . from th e i r estates. A s most o f the great landed proprietors are P ro t estants, an d th e bulk of the tenants Catholics, lease s are deniel them, to prevent them from exert sng a hostile influence as electors. Had the tenantry of Ir e l an d leases, the Members returne.l to Parliament by that country would, in four. cases out of five, be of different principles from what they really are, The next cause is the unwillingness of middle men , and agents upon th e estates of absentees, to diminish their own, almost absolute power, over the tepantry, by granting them leases. They could neither rack-rent from year to year, nor fine, nor exact several days of manual and horse-labour annually from tenants having leases, as they can, and do, from tenants at mill. Up , n the estates of absentees, . where th e tenants have no leases, they are the slaves of th e agents, who exact from them every farthing they possess for their individual profit, without the slightest regard to the injury done to such estates, or to the wishes of the proprietors. But the London Comp s _ view hM e rt ttl in Ireland are ?mprised of m en o f a -1 a; trestwa, They are men of sense and busi ness, as *TOOrli;a • and liberal men, and must be aware Ott no lan;Pl. °party was ever improved in -value by a tenantrt + '• ing at will. On the contrary, toe refuse lesile4 z ik .Perish landlords and ruin their naway, te n a nt seek to improve a property in S BOURSE'-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Ij.IPCII IF. Firer Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick. Prier. french 5 per Crntr... ....... . 117 50 'l7 50 ... 1 . 7 45 ... 117 50 4 per Cent,. .... 101 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 sil ... 101 50 3 per 80 65 60 65 ... 8h 60 ... 80 65 Loan ...... ...... 80 90 ... 80 90 ... 80 93 80 90 Rink of France ratline Bank I.ooof. Stares 1020 ...1020 —lO2O ...1024 5,0006 Shares 5047 50 ...5047 50 ...SW, ...5015 Belgian Bank 5 per Cent'., 1840 106% ... 106% ... 106% 106% 'lt slush Active l's% ... 25% ... v 5% ... .25% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Nes,poiltar . 105% ... 105% ... 105 1 % j ... 115% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 24840 Versailles, K. kl 347 .t 0 352 50 ... 750 352 50 L.B ....... 2i7 Su .. 220 217 50 ... 220 !toucn Irie.nb S rarburg to Bale 243 75 ... 245 .. 242 50 ... 245 The University addresses from Oxford and Cam bridge are appointed to be received this day at Buck ingham Palace. After attending her Majesty, both Universities will present addresses to his Royal High ness Prince Albert, of congratulation on the birth of a Prince .of Wales. ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH IB.—Wind this day at noon W. DEAr., .MARCH 18. —Wind S. VV . .; fresh.—Arrd. from the River, Acme, Trinidad; Sussex, Grenada. Sid. the outward bound, except the Lady Sarah, Bayley, Trinadad ; and Fyra, Soner. Put back, Margaret, for Bombay; Mary Catherine; Crusader, for Charleston. LtvEaroon, Maactr 17.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrd. Calcutta, Kindgard, Bombay ; Ruby, Croker, New York. Sld. Blake, Mobile ; Camillus Adams, Byron, New Orleans; B. Aymar, New York. Tha report of the loss of the Elizabeth, from New Orleans, as stated yesterday, is incorrect. PotursmouTti, MARCH 17.—Wind W.N. W. to W.S.W.— Arrd. Wilmot, Lcndon for Sydney. Sld. Gladiator. New York; William Forster, Nassau ; Northern Conference, Bermuda. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17.—The stern of the Mary Coxon, of North Shields, and her main -boom, have been brought in here. TORBAY, MARCH 17.—Sid. Eliza, St. Helena; Tancred, St. Loci', and the rest of the out ward bound. PLYMOUTH, .MARCH 17,—Wind S. W.—Sld, Orleana, Hobart Town ; Clara, Jamaica. FALMOUTH, MA/tell 16. —Wind S. S. W. to W. S. W. Arrd. Thames (steamer) fur West Indies. Sid. Mary Lail:lg, Jamaica. OFF PENZANCE, MARCH 14.—Glaphyra, Welch, St. Kitt's ; Glanmore, Welch, Mauritius, sai:ed Der. 9. BRISTOL, MARCH 16.—S1d. governor Douglas, New York , Aristides, Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER, MARCH 17—Acrd. Mentor, Gregson, Monte Video. LLANELLY, MARCH 15.—The Success, Wheeler, of Arun. del, came ashore inside the " Cefu Sidan" sands this morning, and expected to become a wreck, crew (except one) saved. Coax, MARCH 15.—Arrd. Joseph Anderson, Honau, Ja maica, sailed 10th ult. ; Governor, Harvey, Newfoundland. Sid. Dalhousie, Trinidad; Victoria, Havannah. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) BOROUGH OF CLITHEROE. The Committee resumed the investigation of th e pet i t i on i n this case at Eleven o'Clo c k —M r. Hogg in the chair. Eight of the votes for the sitting Member (Mr. Wilson) having been struck off yesterday, the petitioner was placed in a majortt y of three upon the gross poll ; in consequence of which, at the suggestion of Mr. Hildyard, the Committee proceeded to consider the objections urged by the sitting Member. The first vote brought under the consideration of the Com mittee was William Robinson, a mason, object e d t o b y M r. A. Austin, on the ground that he had not occupied the premises in respect to which he was registered when the election took place in July, 1841. After a protracted argument, and the examination of seve ral witnesses, the rcom was ordered to he cleared. The Committee were in consultation for about half an hour. When strangers were admi ted, the Chairman said the reso lution was that the vote was bad, and should be stt uck off. WEYMOUTE AND MELCOMBE REGIS. On the re-opening of the sittings to-day, Mr. TALBOT, one of the Counsel for the sitting Members, said that he ant. his Learned Friend on the other side, wishing to lighten the la boars of the Committee, had agreed to abandon six votes on each side. Mr. KINGLAKE confirmed the statement. Mr. DUNCOMBE feared that the Committee ought not to accept the offtr, but that they should strike off a voter only when he had been found to be a bad one. On an Irish Commitb e such a proposition would disqualify an elector for seven years. After some consideration, it being found that former Com mittees had acted on the plan prop sed, and that the decision could do no yrospective injury to the franchise of the persons in question, the offer was accepted, and accordingly six votes were abaiidined on each side. GREAT MARLOW. Thy am.nittee met again this morningat eleven. Th ir.qulry into the vote of Samuel Barnes was continued, and a great ',umber of witnesses were examined, to the result was nit keown when the paper went to press. BRIGHTON RAlLwAT.—Yesterday there was an improvement a nearly 20s. per share in the shares cf the Brighton line, owing to a discovery that the Company had be en twice debited with a sum of 70,U00/. The detection of this error will reduca their wants to 330,0001. instead of 400,0001. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her Majesty is, we are happy to be enabled to say, going on very fa% ourably, and has nearly recovered her strength. Several places hire been Earned as the probable resort of .her Majegy and the limited members of her household, this summer, but nothing is yet determined upon. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EN/ENING. MARCH. 18, 1842. tended this• undertaking throughout, from the want of some effi. cent person, in the capacity of Secretary or Accountant, or by what other name he may have been designated, who should have arranged the whole accounts upon a weil-digested plan. The Corn. mittee are informed that the present mode of keeping the accounts, was originally adopted by the late Secretary, assisted by the party who was then the Company's accountant; but, in the opinion of your Committee, a Board of Directors, consisting chiefly of gentle. men engaged in. commercial pursuits, should have had the accounts conducted upon a good system, the necessity of which, an exami nation of the accounts would have fully showed. Your Committee, in compliance w.th the suggestions of the Chairman and Engineer, and accompanied by them, made a journey over the line, on the 14th and 15th itltitno. The parts of the line where the chief additional expense had been incurred were pointed out; and as the heavy embankments had contributed largely to this result, the Committee were glad to learn that the settlements had been inconsiderable, during the preceding two months. Va rious difficulties which had been met with, in the construction of the works, were stated at considerable length, as the Committee passed from point to point along the line ; and in order to prevent any misconception on their part, they requested the Engineer to embody the substance of his remarks in a written communication, which he has accordingly. done, and from which they make the following extracts :- Ist. The earth-work was originally calculated as the price of the day, but immediately afterwards a general rise of wages took place, and consequently a greater price was required for it. 2d. The quantity °fear tit work was increased to a very considera ble extent, by the slopes in most of the cuttings having been made flatter, it being ;impossible to ascertain the exact nature of the soil at such great depths below the surface. 3d The slippery nature of the materials with which the em bankments were made, occasioned such very great slips, that the quantity of material to make the same good and increase the slopes, as well as the faggctting, draining, pounding and puddling, occa. sioned a large additional expenditure. 4th. There was a very . great preportion of the materials (het came out of the cuttings, that was originally intended to have been made use of to form the embankments ; but the experience ef the use that had been made of material of the same quality, in ether parts of the work, demonstrated that it was perfectly unfit and un safe to be made use of for that purpo-e ; the consequence was, that this bad material was obliged to be rein out to spoil, and an equal quantity procured from side-cuttings ; and in all these instances doubling the quantity of earth-work. sth: The quantity of the brick-work in almost all the bridges, retaining_wails, &c , was obliged to be increased to tire that ad. ditianal strength, which the slippery nature of the earth, both in the cuttings and in the embankments, rendered necessary. Great additions were made to widen several of the bridges, and in other places bridges were demanded that had never been contemplated. 6th. The stone of the country was calculated to have been made ,use of; but comparatively little could be found that was of a suffi cient degree of hardness, or that would stand the weather, and therefore stone was obliged to be had that came from other coun tries at a great extra exeense. 7th. The weights of the rails and chairs, and their appendages, were all considerably increased; the experience of other railways having convinced the Directors that it would be most economical to add to their strength, as all other railways then in course of exe cution were adopting the same measures. Bth. The sleepers were not calculated to be keanized in the ori ginal estimate. 9th. The number and extent of the bridges and viaducts has been considerably augmented. 10th.—The Tunnels, and their Culvert Drains and Adits, have cost needy three times the original estimate, those through the chalk being originally calculated to require brick.arching only over the top ; whereas they have required to be bricked though out with an extra thickness of brick-work ; and a considerable portion set in Roman cement. No water was ever expected to he found in the Tunnels, whereas during the winter seasons the water very much obstructed the operations and progress of the works, and-on several occasions stopped them altogether for short periods. Ilth. The extent and dimensions of the culverts through the tunnels, and in the deep cuttings in the chalk formation, were never anticipated to have Leen necessary, but fortunately they have been executed in such an efficient manner, that they have been of the most eminent service during the late season, and could not possibly have been dispensed with. 12th. Circumstances have required the stations to be made of a much more extensive nature than could ever have been thought necessary; and, at all the-stations on the line, quadruple lines of rails have been laid down, so as to keep the main line always open, and land has been taken at the stations on the line for the use of traders, both for coal and merchandise, of which I expect a large traffic; for, unlike all other railways, there is no other commu nication that can compete with this railway, besides a multitude of other circumstances that it is almost impossible to enumerate. 13th. In the original estimate there was not anything set down for locomotive engines ant! tenders, first and second class passenger carriages, vans, trucks, horse boxes, carriage-trucks, coaLwaggons, cob e-waggons, goods-waggons, cattle-waggons, engine-houses, co .ch houses, passenger-sheds, offices, warehouses, wharfs, at Shorehem, coke-evens, coal totes, both at Shoreham and Brighton, and all the paraphernalia of the fitting-up and furnishing the same, &c. &c. &c , as all these articles and things were considered as belonging solely to the carrying department, and for which an estimate was origin. ally made. • 14th. In fact, the original estimate for the London and Brighton Railway was made out upon the same plan as two-thirds of all the railways that have been made were calculated upon. 15th. That is to say, for a railway with two lines of rails from terminus to terminus, with a crossing from one line of rails to the other, at every ten or twelve miles, with a small portion of land for stations. 16th. In the same manner as all the canals in the country have been made, namely, a canal from terminus to terminus ; now, the costs of these works is the capital of the Company. 17th. The carriers upon the canal making and providing all their own wharfs, docks, warehouses, cranes, offices, boats, horses, &a. Now, the cost of all these establishments is the capital of t he carriers . 18th. On a railway, if the Company are to Lecome the carriers, they of course must provide themselves with the necessary means of carrying on the traffic, as enumerated in the 13th paragraph, and this capital ought to be considered as a separate and distinct capital from the railway capital. Your Committee feel assured that their opinion on the works, considered as evidences of engineering skill, will not be expected by the meeting ; their magnitude and variety arc well known, and their execution has called forth the strong commendation of the Government engineer, but however admirable the works, or difficult their execution, it is not in such a light alone that the Railway can be viewed by your Committee as individual Proprietors, and still less so in their capacity as a Corn mittee of Enquiry ; they must necessarily regard it as an investment of capital, the profitable employment of which was calculated on the basis of the estimates ; and as these have proved inadequate to the expenditure, a circumstance which led to their appointment by the Proprietors, the necessity recurs to your Corn. mittee that the causes of excess should be explained with as much detail as possible. The works on the line are generally known, as stated by the engineer, to be of difficult construction, and the increase of cost so far more excusable than in many other - instances where similar excess has occurred ; but it cannot be forgotten that the estimates were revised at leisure', by two engineers so eminent as your own and Mr. Locke, and that, consequently, great reliance was placed upon their accuracy. Your Committee are aware that the expense of engines and carrying establishment is not usually included in railway es timates, and that their cost must be deducted from any excess that has occurred; but from the want of such exceptions being specified, many Proprietors are liable to form an opinion that the estimate comprehends every thing requisite for work ing as well as constructing the Railway; and thus dissatisfaction is caused, which an explicit statement would have prevented. Some of the observations necessarily made with respect to the engineering estimates, apply equally to those of land, which in our case, as in other railways, have been considerably exceeded. The Committee may be expected to say something on the future outlay of the Company ; It is a subject on which the meeting must be aware that they are not capable of forming an opinion, but they hope it will be satisfactory to state that the works, for which the additional expenditure was required, has been represented by the engineer to be capable of correct calculation, and to have been fully provided for. The Committee applitd to the land.surveyor of the Company with reference to the value of your surplus land, which was stated in the last Report of the Directors to amount to the sum of 60,000/., and he has confirmed the statement. The Chairman his assured your Committee, that the amount re ceivable from the South Eastern Railway will be an available asset at your disposal. It is considered by your Committee that the duty of making any remarks, except on the subject of the accounts, or inci. dental thereto, does not devolve upon them ; but as many Shareholders may expect them to offer some suggestions on the subject of the Board of Directors, they submit to the con. sidcration of the meeting, that the number should be considerably diminished ; and as the Directors are divided into Committees, with defined duties, that the names of the Members of each Corn mittee should be entered in a book, to be open to the inspection of any Shareholder ; and they urge upon the Proprietary, the ex. ercise of an independent judgment with regard to the re.election of Directors going out by rotation. The Committee, in concluding their Report, beg leave to offer the following recommendations:— In the first instance. That the books of the Company should be re -constructed from their commencement, and upon a proper system, under the direction of a competent person ; and be so con. ducted in future. Secondly. That the payment of money on account shall cease, except uti delivery of bills. Thirdly. That payments of money, raised by the Company, should be made to the bankers only, as far as the same is practicable. Fourthly. That all bonds sboald in future be signed by at least two Directors, and that the seal of the Company should not be affixed to any instrument in the presence of a less number. Lastly. That three Shareholders should be nominated at the ge neral meetings as Auditors, one or two of whom should be changed every year, and lie ineligible for a period to be determined by the meeting. The Committee beg to tender their best acknowledgments for the uniform courtesy anti willingness to give information, which they have experienced throughout their inquiry, from the Chair. man, Engineer, and other officers of the Company. J. PARSONS. J. LEWIS. • 0. E. SHUTTLEWORTIL C. J. BROWN. J. THOMPSON. ----- Sir I. L. Cot.nsatin said, as no gentleman had risen to more that the Report abould be received, printed, and circu lated among the Proprietors, he would take the liberty of doing so. There could be but one opinion in that meeting with respect to the labours of the Committee—( Hear, hear)—for they were deeply indebted to those gentlemen for the pains they had taken.—( Hear, hear.) He was quite certain that the meeting could not take the var'ous subjects of that Report into their consideration then, and he therefore hoped that th ey would be of a unanimo us op i n i on that time should be Oren for its consideration. Pe was quite sure that this Report would be looked for with great anxiety by the people of Liverpool and Manchester, as it would not only guide them with respect to the future prospects of the Company, but it would guide them in similar undertakings of the last importance. The motion he had to subm t was, that the Report be printed and circulated amongst the Proprietors, and that that meeting do adjourn for a fortnight or a month to take the .subject into its consideration. Mr. AMORY seconded the motion, The CHAIRMAN said he shou:d be exceedingly sorry to throw the slightest imped meet in the way of the motion being carried, but he could net help feeling that no good could result from the meeting being adjourned to that day fortnight, as they could at once &sews all its points. He was quite aware that whenever adjourned meetings took place, particularly. under circumstance s lik e t h ose in which they had that day met, an adjournment always carried ei:h it dissatisfaction, and he thought therefore that it was best at once to a !opt the Report of the Committee. If anything arose out of that Report they would have time to consider it. Their next general meeting was not very distant. He hoped they world agree to tke Report, and not adk.urn the meeting. A PROPRIETOR w ished to know it the Report was agreed to, whether the Direction wou'd pledge itself to carry out the re commendation it the Report. The CHAIRMAN said if that Report was received and adopted, it would become their duty to carry it out. He hoped they would believe that he did not endeavour to throw impediment in the way of inquiry, for hit was exceedingly glad that that Committee had Leen appointed. Sir I. L. GOLDSMID said he had no objection to the adop tion of the Report, but he wirhed to have farther time for its consideration, and he wished to see it promulgated. He did not imply dissatisfaction, he wiahed inquiry. A PROPRIETOR said that. the Committee had made every exertion, and every in'ormation that had been sought had been given in the Report, and he hoped the recommendation it con tained would be acted upon. He begg ed to move as an ame:\ d merit to the moti on su b m i tte d , that the R e p o rt be received, adopted, and printed for circulation. TORY INCOME TAX. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIME S.—No small number of letters will be observed in another part of our paper beat ing on the subject of the pro posed income-tax ; but we can assure our readers that these form but a very small fra-tion of that flood of communica tions by which we find ourselves overwhelmed on that most touching subject; nor can we expect any diminution of the terrest. Sir R. Peel complains of the applications for Con sulships, and suggestions of financial panaceas, by which his time is occupied; but we suspect even his composure would be startled into some dismay at the mass of letter-paper with which the flattering energy of our correspondents has piled our table. Additional attention will to-day be di awn to the subject by Lord Brougham's able, though somewhat over-comprehen sive speech in the House of Lords last night, and the important opinions which were elicited, or rather urged, at the meeting of the Bank of England Proprietors which took place yester day. The point which was there discussed was that which occupied the most important practical place in the speech of Lord Brougham—:viz., the injustice of applying the same rate of taxation to permanent as to temporary and per haps uncertain incr mes—to annuities—leases at will—profits of trade—professional income, and full property in fee. It will be seen by our City article that the meeting above alluded to, with scarcely a dissr ntient voice, determined to memoria lize Sir Robert - Peel on the propriety of making a distinction in his assessment between terininable and permanent annuities. And this is obviously but one instance, and that an inadequate one, of the general principle which was ably enforced by Lord Brougham. That Noble Lord most emphatically dis claimed any intention of withdrawing temporary incomes from the operation cf the tax. He denounced as not only unjust, but merciless, any dishonest endeavour to saddle its exactions on the holders of laud or funds alone ; he urged most strongly the principle that those, and all those, should contribute who have the ability—and ac cording to that ability. hit he, like tee Bank proprietors-- like ourselves—like every sensible man—strongly protested against measuring that ability by the mere annual profit which each year produces, without reference to the sources of that profit. And this is the point against which Sir R. Peel will find that the popular voice will be raised invincibly, because with justice. 'The inquisitorial nature of the tax is a grievous, most grievous evil in itself even greater than any un fairness in the actual assessment of the imposts. But people must be aware that if there is to be any tax of this nature at all, inquisitorial it must be. Whether a man's interest is to be measured by his actual receipts dining the current year, or by a general average of several years, or by a calculation of the gross value of the business which he is carrying on, a certain extent of exposure h e ca nnot avo id . It ma be made more or less oppressive by a more or less well-arranged sys tem of inquiry, but exist it must. A man must disclose that by which alone the amount of his payment can be regulated; and the Government will probably think it necessary to demand, not only his general assertion, but some of those more detailed s atements which may cock or corroborate it. All this, we repeat, may be done with more or less offence and oppression. Ho v it will be done remains to be seen, and we reserve oar judgment on that matter till the details of the Ministerial plan are before the public ; but something like it must belione somehow. It is necessary, and it is on account of that ac knowledged necessity, that the present tax must be ever stig matized as an odious impost —not to be borne, as Lord Brougham truly contended, one year, one month, one day, or one hour, beyond what the pressing necessities of the State compel. Not so, however, this additional unfairness, which, from the first, and to the la't, it has been, and will be, our business to expose. It cannot be necessary— it would be a reductio ad absurdunt of the whole tax if it were necessary—that the Government or Parliament, after its investigation into all the individual incomes of the nation in their minute details, should resolutely shut their eyes to every difference but that of the current yearly receipts—should per sist in confounding produce of labour with produce of property, repayment of outlay with mere profits of investment, the limited interest of an annuitant, and still more the precarious income of a profession, with the steady and certain receipts of a - capitalist. It is nonsense to talk of the difficulty of calculating all these varying interests—the mistakes, the deceit, or the un fairness, which would result from the attempt to do so. The calculations would be found made to their hands for the most part in the books of an Insurance Company ; and giving them the utmost allowance of mistakes that the most blundering commissioner could perpetrate, we would defy them to equal the unfairness which would be the necessary, and, in such cases, universal consequence of the proposition as it now stands. It would be waste of words to enforce here what we have already urged—what every one around us is feeling, and what is in itself so obvious. Nor do we expect that it will be necessary. 'I he proposed memorial of so influential a body as the Proprietors of the Bank of England—a body not standing alone in the grievance of which they complain, but only being the first to protest against what is the subject of discontent to a whole host of interests and in dividu able, active, and influential—is of most unusual im portance ; and we are inclined to think that the ice being broken, this feature of the intended Bill will be met by a mass of remonstrance which we cannot doubt will be effectual. lIERALD.—If Government cannot so far modify their proposal as to introduce a graduated scale of 'duties, the next most palatable alteration would be to adopt the distinction urged by Lord Brougham, between income derived from pro perty and income resulting from labour. Should this alter native be also refused, it will then become the duty of the " not rich" to combine in self-defence and demand that the minimum amount of income to be liable to the proposed tax be raised from 150/. to 3001. a year; or that the principle to be applied to income derived from the occupation of the soil be ex tended to all whose revenues are beneath 3001. a year. We reiterate what we yesterday established, that Sir Robert Peel has the means, in his reserve fund of 500,0001., of removing all reasonable opposition to his financial plan, and to unite all who are moderate in politics and patriotic in intention in sup port of his Government, from the well-organised attack of which he will this evening experience the commencement. This evening it is the intention of Sir Robert Peel, in con formity with a notice which stands upon the House of Com mons' paper, to take the opinion of that assembly upon his re solution authorising the imposition of a tax of 7d. in the pound, or 21. 18s. 4d. per cent. on all the incomes of the country, above 150/. per annum, derived from property, personal or real, trades, and professions. It was on Friday, the 11th inst., that this proposition was first broached to the House by the Right Hon. Baroreet in a speech of surpassing ability, distinoi e b e d also by great boldness of political conception and a manly frankne-s of statement. To this extent, at least, even •the political adversaries of the Premier have net withheld the full measure of their praise of his financial address. It is obvious, however (whatever m y be our own impressions upon the merits or deficiencies of the scheme propounded by the Right lion. Baronet), that it is a scheme which, as affecting the in.. come of every class in the community above a certain standard (settled at a very low figure), is calculated iu all its political, social, and conss ft utional relatit Ili to awaken the most jealous investigation. We declare unhesitatingly', for our own parts, that we can imagine no subj ec t more likely, or more legiti mately' calculated, to arouse into full operation, in every corner of the United Kingdom, the right of petitioning Parliament. CH RONICLE.—Birt admitting that in a case of extreme necessity the country night be induced to submit to a tax, in its very nature the most unjust and unequal that can be con ceived, and which can only he raised by the most inquisitorial and oppressive means, the country is not in such a situation of difficulty as to render it necessary to have recourse to it. The late Ministry undertook to raise the -money necessary for the exigencies of the country, by means which would have at the same time afforded relief to the peop e. We are engaged in no great struggle for our existence, like the war with France, which at last became a war with nearly the whole continent. We have fitted t.ut an expedition against China, which, in all pro bability, will soon effect its object. The affair in Affghanistan can never be construed into anything like a war. What, then, is there in the state of the country which requires that we should have recourse to a tax which can only be justified by extreme necessity ? Admitting that tl:e deficit may at the end of this year be ten millions, there is nothing in this surely to drive us into a tax on income. AD VE ItTISE R. —But the fact is, a calm investigation of the commercial r e l axat i ods contemp l ate d b y th e Government, most clearly serves to prove that it is a more mockery of con- S VIARIARY OF NEWS AND tOltc " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The financial announcement of Sir Robert Peel continues to be the leading, and, indeed, only subject of interest in the original columns of the French Journal!. Our Paris Contem poraries, generally speaking, continue to bestow praise on Sir Robert Peel, but some of then profess to consider the situa tion of England as very desperate. The French Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has published the returns of the grain imported into, and exported from, France; during the year 1841. The wheat imported amounted to 126,143 metrical quintals, other grain to 39,284, and flour to 1,130. The exports in the same year were— wheat, 344,338 metrical quintals; other grain, 21 1 ,43 4 ; and flour, 124,886. The imports during the month of January, 1842, were . —wheat, 9,504 metrical quintals; otht r grain, 8,066 ; 1 and flour, 124. Th e quant i t i es of those articles bonded in the entrepots on the Ist of February, 1842, were—wheat, 144,851 metrical quintals; other, grain, 18,162; and flour, 9,590. The Madrid Senate on the 9th instant rejected, by forty against twenty-seven, the report of the majority of the Com mittee recommending that the Cabinet should be authorised, to continue the proceedings against the venerable Duke de Castro Terreno, compromised in the October insurrection. According to the Expectador, a Madrid Ministerial Jourral, the army of Spain, which at the end cf the war amounted to 220,000 rain, is now reduced to less than 140,000. Private letters from San Sebastian of the 12th inst. describe the public feeling throughout the provinces as averse to all in surre:ttionary attempt. 4, either in favour of Don Carlos or the ex-Regent Chris;iiia. The Spanish authorities continued, nevertheless,- to exercise the stri..test surveilance along the frontiers, and in Biscay troops were marching from the interior ti the :oast, to occupy the points which afforde.! facilities for landing. PA2IGX9MZ l'ir TARY. The Peers m ere almost exclusively occupied by Lord "Brougham's motion on the Income Tax. His Lordship made a long and eloquent speech in explanation of his views. The Earl of Ripon objected, not to the resolutions, but to the mode and time of bringing them forward, and moved the previous question, which was cal ried without a division, and so ends Lord Brougharn's exertions for she pi went against the Income Tax; Their Lordships adjourned at. Eight o'clock. In the Commons the Hon. J. K. Howard was ordered to be taken into the (twody of the Serjcant• at-Arms for not being present in his place in the House when he was appointed one of the Select Committee to try the return for Wigan. Ainon3st the petitions presented was one from the General Shipping Company against Sir Ro ert Peel's proposedduty oa coals. In answer . to Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel said that he had considered it necessary to reinforce the army in India, and he should lay on the table a surplementary estimate. Mr. Lindsay moved a resolution that the House would, on April 7th next, resolve itself into a Committee. to consider of an Address to her Majesty, to compensate the merehants and others for their losses in sacrificing opium in ChinP, to the ex , tent of the sum received from the Chinese Government. Sir George Staunton, Sir G. Larpent, Lord Palmerston, and other ,'!embers, supported the motion. Thu Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir R. Peel opposed it. Lord J. Russel while approving of investigation, recommended th Hon. Gen tleman not to press the motion to a division. The Minister, however, dee:thing to give any pledge on the subject, Mr. Lindsay divided, and the motion was lost by 87 to 37. The House suLsequently discussed Lord G. Somerset's motion for a Bid to provide fur the more effectual inspection of Licensed Houses for the ree , ption of the Insane. Mr. Waldey and Alr. HaWes wished for delay, but in the end leave was given to bring in a bill. Mr. Duncombe's motion for a Committee to inquire into the administration of relief to the Poor, under Gilbert's Act, was after souse discussion, negatived by 108 to 41. The House set till Half-past One o'Ulock. X — TicetisZ—COICZNZER.CE. At the half -yearly meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock, held at the Bank of England yesterday, a dividend of 31 per cent. was declared for the year ending the sth of April. Cl culatiuns were made as to the effects of the new income tax upon the dead annuities and their proceMs, in consequence of which it was resolved that it was most Indust to tax a termi nable annuity the same as a permanent one, and repre-enta tions were directed to be forthwith made to .s.ir llo'sert Peel on the subject. The colliers' strike at Monmouth, by which the red-ash eOil trade was at awand, his been abandoned on an amicable agree• ment with the masters. The local merchants state that the foreign coal-trade of the port of Newcastle has trebled since the removal of the export duty. A meeting held in that town en Tuesday last passed a resolution, that it the English Government carry their export duty into operation, it will prove destructive of the Newcastle trade, without producing any countervailing benefit to the country. Two deputies have been sent to Lon lon to preuent the imposition of the duty, and the coal-owners are taking ac tive measures against the same. Measures are in preparation in the City for a requisition to the Lord Mayor to call a public meeting, in opposition to the proposed income tax. 7..u2iac 11Y1PR017.7; NIEN TS . At a meeting of the New Zealand and Australian Company yesterday in Cornhill, the object of which was the proposed shortening of the passage from this country to Zealand and Australia, via Panama, it was shown that by the at option of this route a saving of ten clear days could be made. The passage of the isthmus of Panama was however declared to ho shoally, and in some degree impracticable, and the meeting was adjourned till the opinion of those who had crossed the isthmus could be obtained. NAVAL AND ITILITABY. The standard for recruits is reduced to five feet fire and a half inches ; last week, however, such was the difficulty of procuring them in Dublin, that the bounty had risen to 111. 3E. 3W .ll.zrzy Poz.u.M. At Bow-street, yesterday, Henry Warboys, a letter-carrier, was charged with stealing a letter, containing two sovereigns. It appeared he had been suspected for some time, and an as sistant-inspector had put two marked sovereigns into a letter, which was to be delivered in his district. On being searched, I the two sovereigns were found in his pccket. He was fully committed. Sarah Norton, a well-dressed woman, about fifty years of age, was charged at the Narylebone police-office, with being dead drunk in the Hampstead-road last night. In reply to the Magistrate, she said she " shouldn't have got into trouble at all, but for the dreadful and most awful earthquake," to escape from which she, with her aged aunt, had set, off towards High gate-hill, but unfortunately lost the use of her limbs, before she reached the place of safety. Being an old offender, she was fined five shillings. riIITZ ARTS. Among the Levee addresses presented to the Queen on Wed.. nesday last was one in a white satin envelope, embroidered with silver, and surmounted with a silver wreath of " Forget me not," which was much admired. COURT-FASHXONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster have a select party visit ing, at Carton, near Nlaynooth, Kildare. The Marquis of Exeter returns to Burleigh on Monday next. The Earl of Mayo left town last week for Palmerston House, Ireland. The Marquis of Conyngham joined the youthful branches of his family at Stanes Castle, Ireland, on Monday last. Lady Neel and family leave Whitehall Gardens on Tuesday next, for Brighton, where Sir Robert will pass the Parliamen tary recess. The Duke of Devonshire has taken a mansion at Nice for the summer. The Duke of Bedford left Belgrave-square yesterday, for Woburn Abbey. - MISCELLANEOUS. The widow Mozart died at :Faltzburg on the Bth instant, in ,he bs'h of her age. ' A woman died — in the Cantal, France, a few days ago, at the age c f 110 years. During the last thirty years she had never lain down on a bed, and yet the day before she h sufficient strength to give a beating with a stick to her eldest daughter, who is 72 years of age. MitZOOMS OP THE DAT. Sir Henry H. Hard.nge is spoken of as the expected com mander of the ten thousand troops destined for the seat of war in Affghanistan. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. QUARTER TO THREE. Our own funds are still flat, with scarcely any bw.iness, and consequently quotations must be considered to be littlo more than nominal. Consuls are 891 895 for Money, and 89 4 891 for the Account. India Stock, 241. Exchequer bills, 29 to 31 prem. The Foreign Stocks have been :ntluenced by the sate of the English Market, and very few bargains have been made to day. An evident indisposition on the part of public, to have de,lings in these Bonds 'generally, must be noticed, and with satisfaction. The quotations are all lower ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34i to ; the Three per Cents., 20/ i; Spanish, 241 ; Co lombian, 25126 ; Venezuela, ; Mexican, 401 41. Railway Shares have not been in much demand ; prices, however, remain much the same. Yoi k and North Midland, 94 ; South Western, .594 ; Great Western, 90} 914 ; Eastern Counties, 10 ; Brighton, 36. Money is easy at 3 to 4 per cent. The income tax, and many of the alterations about to be made in the duties now payable, are still viewed with much dislike in the City. A requisition for a public meeting on the first sub ket is now in course of signature, and assemblies of various trades likely to he affected by the second, are daily taking place. Many of there complaints appear to be well-founded, especially where the duty on the manufactured article is to be so materially reduced, but we must defer our remarks on these topics for the present, on account of the great press of matt er . Letters of th e d a t e o f t h e 6th Decemer have been rcce ved from the Mauritius, but the Indi-n Mail brought much later intelligence. PRICES OF. SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAY S. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter........ Great West e r n to 90i 1} LOndon amt . Brighton ... .50 ..... 36 Ditto New London and South Western 3Bl s9i to Manchester and Birmi ng h am ..• 40 Paris and Rouen l4 ...... 15 - York and Narth Midland LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 15.-1 hem 'rket was less buoyant to-diy, and very few sales were effected on any description of stock ; they, however, compr i sed, Quarter Shares London and Birmingham, 36; the 32/. Shares, 58:1 ; Eastern Ne i w rds , 3 ,2 9 2 P r/ 13 s e . m.; Manche s t er an d L eeds, 80; North . 4d. ; South W est - rn. 591; Great Midland, Counters, 'thirds, Fifths, 10 . 1 ; Grand Junction, 178; North U n i on, 73i; Lancaster and Preston. Three Feuris, 141. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 15.—A tolerably extensive business was done ia Co' ton this day, and the market remained steady at the last quotations. 50a American were taken 'on speculation, and 303 by the exporters. The total sales consisted of 5,900 bales, including 530 Surat at 3i to 4 / 1. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH I7.—There has been little business done, but a ii fa:r inquiry fix Stock. London and Smell- Western, 59i ; Manchester and Leeds, Halves ; 351 ; Manchester and :•a!ford Water Works, 52 London and Birmingham, 175 177 ; Manchester and 'firming.. ham, 2,Si LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-Cll ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE MARKETS.-(THISDAy.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of this week have been mo-!crate, and no change in the prices has occurred since Mond•ty, with a rather better trade for good Oats. Flour unvaried. SMITHFIELD. The supply was short, anti for Beef and Mutton the demand was limited, but Veal and Pork were in- good request. Beast, 563 ; Sheep, 2.990; Pigs, 435; Calves, 126. Beef 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton 4s to 4s 10d; Veal 4s 8d to 6s; Pork 4s to 5s 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand was steady, and prices were fully sustained, but the business done was small. TEA MARKET. The operations were few, but holders were firm, and obtained full rates. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and the demand good, at 43e. 3d., on th e spo , and 493.3 d. f or delivery. _ - LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. A Special Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of re ceiving the Report of a Committee of Proprietors, appointed at the last meeting, to examit.e the accounts of the Company. Joust HARMAN, Esq., took the Chair, and called on the Secretary to read the resolution of the last meetisig, appointing the Committee. Mr. PARSONS, the Chairman of the Committee, said that they had prepared the Report, and with the permission of the meeting, he would call or, the Accountant to read it. The Accountant then read the following REPORT. GENTLEsicx,—For the purpose of carrying out the intention of the General Meeting of Proprietors, your Committee considered themselves called upon to endeavour to ascerta;n the causes of the excess of cost over the estimates, which, in the Directors' Report of December, 1837, were stated to amount to I,l2o,oool.;—namely, 920,0001. for the works, including 30,000/. for management, and 200,000/. for land and liabilities, to various landowners. The books, and other documents at the Company's office, not enabling your Committee to execute this intention, they requested to be furnished by the Directors with the estimate of the quantities of earth-work, brick-work, masonry, &c., distinguishing the via. ducts, length of tunnelling, and Cost of stations ; and a return, under the same heads, of what had been actua'ly executed : also, in a like form, the sums estimated, and those paid and due to the 31st of December last; the object being to determine how far the increase in the engineering expenses had arisen from augmenta. tion of quantities of work performed, from advance in pricer, or other causes. They also requested to be informed what quantity of land, &c. had been included in the estimate of 200,0001., and the total actually taken; distinguishing the separate purchases, and the amounts paid respectively for land severance and compensation, where such items had been ascertained. In consequence of this application, your Committee had an in terview with the Chairman, and a Committee of Directors, on the 2d of February, at which the engineer, solicitors, and land.valuer were present ; when the Committee were informed that no par ticulars of measurements had been supplied by the engineer, ex. cept in the case of the Shoreham contract, which was finished, but that he purposed making them out upon the completion of the works; and that the total quantity of land, or the details thereof, could not be then furnished, nor for some time to come, without considerable expense. The Chairman assured the Committee that it was the intention of the Directors to make out a complete and detailed account of all the expenses of the Company, from the com mencement of the undertaking, and to lay the same before the Proprietors. that they had not an ti c i pated much h ou d r i ffiCoctunlmtyititneeobtaining i n information,reply as th e y were aware that the particulars sought for were supplied, in some Companies, as th e works proceeded; whereby parties raving the management of an extensive work, might be enabled to form, from time to time, an approximate calculation of its ultimate cost, and of the adequacy or otherwise of the estimates. It was the intention of your Committee, when entering upon their investigation, to class ell the expenses of the Company under appropriate heads ;—as, for instance, under those of Works ,dud Lard, the charges appertaining to each respectively ; and so on with regard to all the remaining expenses, distinguishins the various items as much as possible. After their interview with the Directors, your Committee ap plied themselves immediately to an investigation of the accounts for the lait half_year; they examined the vouchers minutely, and compared them with the books ; and these with each other, in order to enable them to ascertain the manner in which the accounts were kept, and to form a correct judgment thereupon; but the length of time thus occupied precluded their extending a similar inquiry beyond the month of July, and for the residue of the half. year they made but partial examination, and abandoned an in. tention originally formed, of taking a general view of the Corn. patsy's affairs from the coremencement of the undertaking. The books of the Company, relating to expenditure on Capital account, are kept by single entry. The pass-books of the Bankers constitute generally the groundwork of the accounts, whether in respect of payments or receipts. The entries are copied from the Bankers' Pass-books into the books of the Company, no original entries being made of receipts or payments at the Office as the transactions take place, so far as your Committee can discover. Great difficulty has been found in connecting the vouchers with the books, and in ascertaining that the right sums have gone to the right accounts; and a few instances have been discovered where such has not been the case. The sums paid on contracts, and those for extra works thereon, are not separately stated, as the certificates of tho Engineers include both in one sum. The traffic accounts are kept at London-Bridge Station upon a plan of doubly entry, but the Committee are not enabled to express a decided opinion with respect to them, as they have been only in. cidentally referred to, for the purpose of examining vouchers, and clearing up balances included in the capital account. Among the numerous bills that came under observation, your Committee notice many w hi c h appeared to have been written by the same hand, th oug h paya bl e to different par:ies ; and they were informed that the bill s i n que stion bad been made out by two of the sub enginee rs, or t h e i r ass i s tants. The engineers were a p p li ed to, and they have afforded explanations, and the Committee only remark the circumstance, as the practice is irregular. Occasionally receipts for payments were found wanting, and as the Committee ascertained that none had been received from one division of the line since the railway was commenced, they sug gested that the receipts should be sent up; and a great number, as the Committee are informed, h av e since arrived at the office, and arc in course of distrib ut i on to their respective bills. It is proper for the Committee t o ex pl a in that the sub - engineer in question states f s that or, the late Secretary desired him -to retain the rec e i pts t i asked A few instances of obvious error in calculation, and omission of prices, were deteettd in seine of the bills first noticed by your Com. before certifying to the aceu. mittee, and they consider that greater care should have been gene gurensciserfriorrmopedraytoday, rally exercised by the sub.engineers, racy of big,. The duty of examining the bills of the sub. engineers davolved upon a Puller clerk in the office, whose remissness may be extenuated on the ground of inexperience. e p l u i l t lie Committee, however, The Clerks generally appear corn: O lt , superin tendence, to keep the Company's accounts, and they have shown being t re ,o a r r e l ir e ie n s a s b i l n ed the o explicat ionmake onl y o y f e t r h y em. --- —iss BEL LEW .--W e are aut h or i se d t o s t a t e th a t obliged to obtain frequent lengthened explanations to r en d er the accounts intelligible. the Meeting, the amount of the letter, purporting to proceed from Miss Bellew, and referred llre modgage account was examined by the Committeefrom its to by Lord William Paget, is a fi rger . no suc h d ocument commencement, and they remarked the great risk the Company Committee call the attention of incurred in the receipt of money, from the want of precautionary being in existence. A - Correondent further informs tii, that on application measures having b een r esp ect to it. at Lord William Paget's solicit , r, for a view of In adopted with . h '.l - n, he was in the first instance refused, on the pretext e th x e ;Ibeitt.,r, which his Lordship announced as left there for public a paragraph in the last Report of the Directors, to which your that the attorney had " gone to the counts and either lockeo. 2,639,000/. is stated in a way that l e d your Committee to the con_ up the letter, or taken it in his k 1. y, repeating his . elusion that the cost of the Railway would amount to that n. pee et ; and on repeating nis , suns • visit, the Caine partyanu as perhaps a simikr impression may prevail among the Share.. refuted to pro.!tice the document, on an excuse equ..lly frivolous. • holders, the meeting will be glad to learn that such 1s not the fact, We have received a list of the militar r dnaval as the expenditure shculd have been stated at 25 68;0004 The y LI mis-statement gentlemen:presented at the Levee on We arose from the turn of 71,0001. having appeared dnesday, on the recent twice, namely , to 31st December brevet promotion , but the nun , . once in the account . . . last, and a , s are so numerous that we can not find nun for them. • second time In the particulars of liabilities. It appears to your Corwin.e that a great raisfortutte has at. J ( Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR IVIS engag,•d this mor..ing in hearing and dis posing of unopposed petitions, none of which presented any feature of gene•al interest. (Before Vica..Chancellor BRUCE.) LEWIS V. LEATHAM. This cause was ordered to stand over until Tuesday next, in order to allow time for an exhibit in the cause, alleged on one side, and denied on the other, to be in the handwriting of the defendant, to be examined by him at Liverpool. His HONOUR said, that unless the statement upon that sub ject was far more satisfactory, he would probably feel it his duty to direct an issue. POLICE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL._(THIS DAY.) The Ccurt was occupied the whol•s of the morning with trifling cases of no interest. - BOW-STRE:T.—(TIi t S DAY.) A man named Sullivan, whose features could scarcely be seen, in consequence of a thick mass of clotted blood with Welch his face was bedaubed, and a large haw:kerchief, also covered with congealed blood, bound round his head, was charged with stealing, under the Is'lowing circumstances : Young nrin, certainly n o t o f t h e meat pre postasnsiienlglNieye' a appearance, r stated that he resided at No. 32, White Hart-street, Drury-laze. As he was proceeding boa e alonz Drury-lane, between one and two o'clock this morning, cer tainly rather the wet-se for liquor, the prison , r and three other men laid hold of him, and dragged him into a house in Charles street, Drury-lane, where they ill-used him, threw him on the floor, and ultimately robbei him of his waistcoat, and 2s. in money. As soon as he got away he gave the prisoner in charge. Paiee Constable, F 84, stated that about three o'clock this rr orning the last witness gave the pris-nor in cha-ge in Charles street for stealing a waistcoat ; the prisoner, immediately he heard the charge, toltedioff and ran into a lodging-holt . e in the sane street, one of the worst of h vases, where thieves and their associate; lodge, acid pay ab out Id . or 2d. a night for their beds. Witness followed him, and up to the top of the house where he seized him by the collar and dragged him down the first flight of stirs. They were then en the second storey and it was quite daik, whilst they were scuffling there four or five men came to Cie scene of action, took ho:d of es itnes , ,. attempted to pinion his anus, and swore he should not take their " pal" into custody. Witness said if they came any nonsense of that sort he should be under the necessity of using his staff, and he said to the prisoner, "Sul livan, recollect you are given in charge, and I am determined to take you." ('he men, however, still resisted, struck him, and tote his coat; witnet - s then drew his staff and struck about him tight and left, in the course of the scuffle he hit the pri soner several blows about the head, which were -the cause of the coagulated blood on the prisone, 'a face which we before alluded to. He theriwith wie hand seized the prisozer by the col:ar, and with the staff in his other hand, cleft his way the 'ugh his aggressors, and at length succeeded inianding the prisoner at the station house.—The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday, to be kept in the infirmary in the interim. It was stated that Sullivan was well known at the office, and had been convicted several times. The gallant and determined conduct of the policeman is certainly deserving of praise. UNION lIALL-(THIS PAY). EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. —Mary Lee and Charlotte Sim monds, two women of the town, were brought up charged with robbing Mr Daniel God of a pocket-book, containing bank notes and cheques to the amount of between WO/. and 7001. Policeman ; 233 111, stated that on the preceding night, about twelve o'clock, as he was on duty in High- st.ect, healing the cry of " Stop thiet " and " Police," he ran to the spot, and saw the two prisoners in the act of running away from a gentleman, who apFea-ed to be very much intoxicated. Witness seized Lee, who made a vio!ent resistance, and attempted to get away ; not succeeding, however, she drew a pocket-book from under her - shawl, and threw it away from her as far as she could. Witness kept the pocket-book in sight, arid dragged her towards it, and it was picked up by a man, who gave it to witness, and they all proceeded to the station-house, when, on examining the pocket-book, it was found to contain bank-notes and cheques to the above a.nount. Mr. Good said that he had been dining cut, and hating drank more wine than usual, he became intoxicated, and had no recollection of the circumstance until he got to the station house, when he found that his inside coat-pocket was turned inside out, and his pocket-book gore. lie hrre identified the property.—The prisoners were fully committed. ■ After a short conversation the atnencitnent was put and I carried. Mr. ‘VHALLEV begged to ask a question of the Chairman. Ile wished to know whether the proceeds of the loan notes were sufficient to carry out the object of the Company, and whether the amount due from the South Eastern Railway Cmnpary was forthcoming, and what was the supposed time that amount would be paid? Time CHAIRMAN stid he could answer the first part of the question, and ho would sty that there was reason to believe that the amount received was quite sufficient for the object for which it was raised. lint he could not answer the other ques tion, for he could not tAll when it was probable they would re ceive the amount from the South Eastern Company. Mr. WHA LLEY said he wished to know whether, when that amount was received, it would be applied to the purposes of the Railway. The CHAIRMAN—Most undoubtedly. Mr. WHALLEY said it would be very satisfactory to the public. Sir I. L. GOLOSMID wished to know from what source the interest on the 600,0001. raised in debentures was to be paid. The week y receiles were not more than 1,900/. The interest on the 600,0001 , together with the interest on 30,000/., amounted to nearly P.:0,000/. per annum. He wished to know if this was to be incorporated with the Company. The CHAIRMAN thought the lion. Baronet was completely out of order. He (the Chairman) had no objection to an swer an,y, question that was in reason, but he could not answer such unreasonable questions as those. just ptut to him. He sub mitted to the meeting whether he ought to answer the question; he thought he was justified in refusing to do so. Sir I. L. GOL!:SMID said he did not think he was asking any improper question. The CHA IRMA w said he should decline answering the ques tion. The general meeting was at no great distance, and then the subject, could be properly gone into.—( Heal., hear.) A DIRECTOR S lid he thought the Chairman had exercised a just discretion in-not answering the question then. The Hen. Barone: must recollect that the traffic of the Company was sot developed.—( Hear, hear.) A PROPRIETOR. said that the meeting was convened for a specific purpose, and not to answer questions rela'ing to matters w Inch it was not expedient to make known to the public, until the exact state of their prospects was aseertained.—. ( Hear, 139ar. ) The season was approaching when they might contdently look to a commencement of prosperity. —( Hear.) And perhaps the proper time fir giving ample answers to ques.. tines of the kind proposed by the lion. Baronet would be in ' July next.—( Hear, hear.) tsir 1. L. GOLDSMID then said that he would not press his quest ions. Hear, hear. The CHAIRMAN then said he was sure the meeting would f. r-1 that they ought not to depart without returning thanks to the Committee. —( Hear, hear.) lie was happy to observe that although something ruffled file commencement of the meeting, still thexneelusion had . iven general sa ti s f ac ti on .— ( Cheers.l lie befieved that ellwould agree with him that they were deeply indebted to the Committee, and that Mr. Parsons and the other gentlemen who composed it, deserved the was mest thanks of the Proprietors for their exertions— ( Elear)-Land for the able manner in which they had drawn up the Report. A l i rtoritrerroit said, with your permisslen, Sir, and that of the meeting, I have the honour of moving that the most cordial thanks of the Proprietors are due to the Committee for their z.:aland exertions, and the able manner in which they had car. led on their inquiries. Mr. WIIALLSY had great pleasure in secondirg the motion. lie was happy to see ilmt there was now good reason to hope that the Company was getting over the difficulties which were inseparable .rom enterprises of this nature ; and there was no chance of similar difficulties being met with again.—( Hear.) Sir I. L. GOLDSMID could not allow the motion to pass without assuring the meeting that he most cordially concurred is it—t Hear, hear)—and he congratulated the Proprietors upon the very satisfactory character of the Repurt.—( Hear, hear.) He felt the deepest interest in the Brighton Railway, and he would be most happy to co-operate by all means in his power to promote the prosperity of the Company.—( Hear . . ) The resolution was carried unaninsonsly, and amidst great applause. Mr. Pansoris, on the part of the Committee, returned thanks. He felt obliged to Mr. Whalley for his approbation of their conduct in keeping their proceedings pirate, until their inquiries were completed;l4 Hear, hear) _.and ho was was particularly gratified to find that the Propri. tors were determined to cai ry the recommendations of the Committee into effect.—( Hear, hear. ) Thanks were then voted to the Chairman amidst considerable applause. cession, for the sake of sei z i ng upon real results to it s pwer. If anything at all is gained by it to the ration, it. just the d awn it supposes of the recognition of a just pr inc in commerce. Beyond this, howev.r, the Peel measure i! newly a rrang i ng th e national commercial interests d oes not c . tend. But the fact only proves that what the GoverniFe° s. fails to d o f or the people, the people must (19 for thernselie And now i s t h e moment to enforce their claims. A F e° may be very well disposed to consent to new burdens see that ell measures have been taken to avert them, ° r , t „ r a s , while theyconsent to them, they are not victims to ° t ,""„i c l independently•of any wanteof a Government , sli:; t , never have existed. But let the people continue their (ne m den t for the abolition of the Corn-laws - , and there can be no of their success. Then, indeed, all may contribute W all ); if the public responsibilities ; but till these are swept able to not the people, but the monopolists, which should be liable an income tax. when they ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. • OXFORD CIRCUIT .--:Stafford, March 16. CROWN-COURT.—.( Before Mr. Justice CaEsswo 3 . e ) co g Joseph Wilkes, J ames Wilk es, Thomas Boswe ll, andfcpsi, Giles, were indict e d f or th e w il ful murder of M att h e w 4 " on the lit of December, 1841, at the parish of Wednesbuar.!•an The deceased, wl7o was upward s o f 70 years of ag e • awing old man, wh o res id e d at D elves Bank, in a cottage cci )ta A of two ro.ms an d a p an t ry, and was a person po sFege r e ark considerable property f or hi s stat i on i n lif e. His g after daughter was to have keen married two or three 4 , 1 of the event t oo k p l ace w hi ch formed the subjec t the present i nqu i ry , an d he was reported to nay- or pressed his intention of giving her NM as t he list rage rortion. The cottage of the deceased was nor of a row of four, all built in the same style, and on tn e , — d a or, ieg of theist of December a woman who lived ncl' ev ei, hearing a groaning - noise in the house of the dec they gave an alarm, and having awoke her husbands d t he went together to Adams's ( ) louse, where they 1 . 0 05 , o ril old man covered with blood, which had flowed from is severe wounds in the head. He died the same eve l r,, l e're• great agony, with ou t b e i ng a bl e to give any informae!°"" r bed spceting hi s assa il ants , an d as the parties were rii"a and before they ex p ec t e d, no property had been taken at a l n ,' 'gbe it was fea re d th a t no c l ue would be discovered vaic",. esb lead to their d e t ec ti on. A p i stol, however, was found tu e h tbs clay by the son of the deceased in the pantry, throng, tide roef of which the robbers had effected an entrance, aa,` a pd weapon, which was loaded to the muzzle with puu l4 ' .o oo ball, was sati s f ac t or il y s h own to have been ie the ess;:terl• of Boswell a f ortn i g h t b efore the burglary was a",bicli Boswellwas soon apprehended, and he made statemen ts t heir ied to the capt ure o f his fellow-prisoners, and from their ad sions it appe ere d t h at t h ey had broken into the hou - c ra e the roof of the pantry, and that Joseph Wilkes struck 'he a the man two or thre e ti mes w i t h the sharp end of a hammer head, he all eg i ng , as a sort of excuse for the deed, tha t ' 00 va jobbed (thrust) at him with a pikel. The: hammer vas Rhea in a field, Where Wilk es hid t h rown i t in his flig h t , a nd picked up the iron end was covered with grey hair. uitte d the The Jury found Joseph Wilkes Guilty, and A cq other . :irisoners. to be re' Mr. Justice CRESWELL ord ere d th e ot h er pr i so ners . , e , th e n overt from the bar, and th en passe d upon J eaep h Will' ' t o! last awful sentence of the law. The wretched you I‘ whose career of cri me i s t h us suddenly terminate d is " years of age. A ra er. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRIcri• --- ` - `4oar .ng of the principal subscribers of this charity met yes tc a irer; 'he Freemasons Tavern, in celebration of the 5 91 h a „'„orl" sary. Lord Fortescue acted as chairman, and was ' ti t' Sc'' on his- right by the Bishop of Derry, Lord Creineru e i ' le and on his left b y L or d E l i ot, Lord Courtenay, and eti‘lr.l% tluential gentlemen. At the cross-table we also observed oho Moore, the poet, Sir J. Forrest, Mr Daniel O'Conn el selb i wore the gold c hai n o f o ffi ce, S ir B. Wray, Maste r &O P Mr. V ese y D awson, M r. J. Young, Mr. R. Hutton; ots Rawdon, & c . Af ter t h e usual routine of dinner ar:ra to among which the h ea lth s o f t h e "Bi s h op of Derry," ""-ssriti tescue," and " Lord De Grey," were drank, 200 of thec e s it children were paraded round the room ; altogether thertioft 550 children on the establishment. Various subsu ri „,P amounting to 7851., were announced by the SecretarX. I v . " 5 0 which the more remarkable were 100/. from her Mele_„, e `„ i l i each from Lords Fortescue and De Gres , ; 5/. fro m O'Connell, &c. A sOll THE EARTHQUAKE.—Brighton has real w ' rn bers' advantages from the much-dreaded earthquake, as P u o - fit l °'; families, of the middle and upper classes, have r e i c ';i s escl lived to avoid its consequences. In the course 0 ' t he t night nearly twenty carriages arrived—a circumstance_Ato not occurred since the opening of the London and u l Railway. z talfi ll1 , 1" HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Lucia " - ,h e 1 1 ' 1( , moor was rehearsed on Wednesday evening, when tenor, Guaf•co, surpassed the expectations of h.s 00 515- ' l [ os' admirers. The orchest: a and chorus testified their aa. bation by conti nue d app l ause, a most unusual occur renclestO LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES.--We,o0 his upon undoubt e d au th or i ty, that no less a personagew,rdeo7 Royal High ness P r i nce A lb ert will be the new Lord " st , the Stann ar i es . Th e M arquis of Hertford, who vos,,,cy.; possession of the office, and by wh ose d em i se the va c ty created, had the di gn it y an d emo l uments conferred 111)"n"0- I by his Majesty King George the Eourth. -6 4$ Not long since an eminent lawyer of Ohio c A 0 pathetic harangue to the jury in the following strain ;'" ics est o now the. shades of night had shrouded the earth ie cial f e nd% all nature lay wrapt in solemn thought, when these ( If i do'c A ruffians .carne rushing like a mighty torrent from the I'D gate, to the abode of peace, broke open the plaintiff's door, 5 1 ; sit ) , the weeping mother kom her screeching infant, and tou c orS my client's rifles, geifflemen of the jury, for which "" e only fifteen dollars." Mr. Baron Alderson, in the course of one of roe , n n tria's at a late Assize, remarked, that by the Prisoner!, or h iy Bill, a man's life or death was made a matter depe.P ° lls, ll ; o the comparative ingenuity of two learned gentlemen. o'3 worse than ttie old sys'em, when the caprice of the Juu' i l e e y st'j decided the jury? Persons tried by Mr. Justice B at , v lac e by Lord Tenterden, all the world knows, were no t .1 exactly on the sa me f oo ti ng . DEATH OF THE ELECTRICAL EEL.—The eel at the Royal Adelaide Gallery died on Monday lu, e ' s It had been ill f or a wee k , b ut it was not until Thursakose that there was any striking difference observable. '1 heooirl of its death was mortification. It was brought to this c°l the from one of th e many tr ib utary streams of the river_f ts kil Amazons, about four year s ago , an d was t h e on ly one or,' o ,l:', in Europe. Its f oo d was sma ll fish, Which it could!: ais stupify by an el ec t r i c s h oc k , at two feet d i stance . stunned and stifled these fi s h b e f ore i t ate t h em . It W a i t o when brought over here, and was blind some time b e death. D ' EAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and I nvlS d rl i Operative Voice Cond uc t ors , to enable persons at sa s ellc age, and of old s t an di ng extreme deafness, to Join l e n orcstrer r 0 conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant la" ,fi r ot sir , ill •at a publie assembly; they are the size of a very seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity' of the e bje t" 0 .4 are not in the least perceptible nor more unconsfor ta cot a' having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; they Bre,. 061 li ,0 of a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs. Solomon, themselves; and although they are so extr e ,. ° ,l s s, 1 ," yet they enable those afflicted with extreme g; 0 1 those who are only slightly dull of hearing to hea r I S. tel respect equal to those of most acute hearing. Me w : . ite ti tel B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, oplinve,o, York Hotel, and 76, King William.strect, City. Ney'Z's Spectacles, immediately they are placed before imperfect either by day or candlelight, that mist and dulla c ara' o , appears before the eyes is at once removed, every obje ct .s isht or si clear and distinct, so that the most, aged defective *Y e , vgt tel comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its yenthiu'' o B6l oe l and original state. Those valuable inventions have 1 1: 1 0 0°, 0 ,1 patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualfied apP loo' J 1 above 400 of the principal members of the medical Pr'' f ha numerous individuals of hi g h di st i nct i on, who have •;rie.al:tel benefited by thei r use . T o b e had only at 39, Alher o ; 2o .6' Piccadilly, opposite th e Y or k H otel, and 76, King WI"- City.—No connexion with persons o f the same name. it ps CHARTIST MEETING AT WOOTTON-ITN I ° . "; a f ar Ma hurt 15.—A C orrespon d ent writes to i n fornil e D 1 54 immense meeting held at this place last Tuesday, w r oos r having refused to gran t them the Hall, for the 1 4- Me 0 ro appointing del ega t es t o th e Ch art i st C onven tion. for eief t bs Philp and Roberts were elected the delegates; th,,,,. e sse c ` t se whom, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Vincent, aum - C13 0 _,, f e re meeting on the principles and purposes of the eop le Many manufacturers, and a large body of vrorking7 . .„P present. The impression was favourable to Chart , '"c /fr i bC SOUTH-EASTERN (L ONDON AND DOV'E,I4I/,fOrnvil WAY.— The app earance o f t h e S outh-Eastern Bai'w. ":i4 whole distance op between Red-hill and T un b r idge, Pore' the , of an early ening. Bletchingly tunnel, which 15 allowed to b e one o f t h e fi nest specimens of brie I°P)r , e cifi rfr kingdom, and which, moreover, is perfectly dry, . 0 5 iid l , 1 7 Y; water percolating through any portion of it, IneY v- t d ( 1° : completed." The whole of the stations are contrite c ol , a ti o Messrs. Grisseli and Peto, and are to be finished ns tre c 4 b l April. The same firm have also undertaken the c °- Soe" ( ill of some miles of the way in the Folkestone Distriet.bridge,cer whatever exists that the line, as fa*, at least, as 1.°13 ,4,ef 6Uc if be opened to the public early in May, and through 0. " - es ect i o ' s 1 1 sive portions ( Staplehurst, Ashford, Folkestone) ss es iog, is sl , possible afterwards. The traffic on this partial 0 ,.Pi,,,g be considerable, that to Tunbridge Wells alone ~u t i c e e.' independent of the Maidstone, Canterbury, and lis' is s o 'bt, wh;ch will necessarily come upon the railway. g so;' os it , congratulate the proprietors upon not only the ripe i sh° the very superior character of the whole 01 , bo ritY,,,e1 1, _ from end to end of the line. A competent I !°*., A re_ tV, has recently inspected them, assures us that e tl d ie n f in d I f u . both as to conception and execution, as will r 40-eb ie fieg s ; credit of Mr. Cubitt, the Company's Engiseerdwav . of prove of lasting benefit to the proprietors.—B a rr oal THE WHISKEY TRADE.—Since the flie d tilu t r mail this morni ng , b r i ng i ng the news of the pFc'Fthe P r- 'l l l Irish whi s k ey , t h e di st ill ers of Cork have raised „roof' r 0) whiskey t o 7 s . 3d. per gallon, 25 per cent. overl s . perfAiog additional duty t o b e l a id on by Sir Robert Peel 11,00 ollP 511;1, gallon, the distillersloiTst'hichiseq haveualto raised Is. it 3d.on nnl th y e streng, o str IL On thexerh is 3d. le ss t h an t h e duty to be laid on by Peel's .4$ aminer. ng er, MEETING OF THE LIBERAL MEMBERSf t he s o , lroosE or COMMONS.—A numerous m eetinc eid y O e t e g o a Members of the House of Commons ilasf sod Pa l ed ° P ' at the Reform Club House, for the purpose 0 _ nd dect, suo tri", the course to be pursued in presenting a firla: o f the c u ., 0 111: 4 ; position to the project for taxing the iner t : tat o , de'x r ' ors .f t ; The best feeling prevailed • it was, weand detail , the 1110 e• to oppose the measure both in principle onindustry' ero tic tax being rearded as no less cppressive l , n its o p machir cry would be inquisitorial and obnoxious' BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., atl Fr° t, of William Martin, Esq , of a daughter. Rev. Pe rei" On the lf.sth inst., the lady of the Of on. piss St. John's College, Cambridge, of a g / ninon, On the 15th inst., at Sydenham-co 4 {P i' Capecure, Boulogne-Sur- the o eaught cr. I 0 1 On the 16th oast., at Thedden-orange , ta [lay, FN., of e Han t s , the „f Co John Wood, Del , of a son. On the 16th inst., in Nottingham-place, the ° of n r potto T4 O p ton thet 12th A in r s in t., y, a f arksioxnton-hill the lady Moffat. Bengal Light Cavalry, to Jean_ of Earn , Ge)ro la On the 15th inst., John Gurney, t h e Rev. On the 9th inst., at Weymouth, Li n e e u t t t e e n Jane Ajogasti.,, it of them' t j DIED. 11,,eoarilisc,110,f N to o . r L w a ic u h r . a Elizabeth, daughter or rr f C a a n o p t nYa ti,nhaegG'9'dt.h3Esi ation, after I:er confinement of a still- born dra t , of Nove tt ! e w d b n n e n s e d y E , s t q h . , e f lti t t t e h K in i s n t g an ,s t . , roa .ll d l , ar o g r u f. e u r e it r e r i era r i nge a Ge l O ( e.n illed at Cabul, Affghanistan, on the 23u I,,Tatise IA EtlVl ar \Vestmacott, of the 37th Berga 4 0 11. it., at Coblentz, in Germany, gerald, second son of the Hon. James Butler. s i London: Printed and Published by All stilt No. 112, Strand, at The Sea Office, No. iLt„, the CoUnty of Middlesex, Friday, March le, 04'