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LONDON AND BRIGHTON Li RAILWAY. • carrying on the traffic, as enumerated in the 13th paragraph, and this capital aught 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 are 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 Com 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 Com 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 irrmany 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 Vr. 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 era 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 owtlay 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 whieh 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 applied 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 60,0001., and he has confirmed the statement. The Chairman has 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 en the subject of the Board of Directors, they submit to the con. sideration 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 beentered 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 reelection of Directors g3ing out by rotation. The Committee, in concluding their Report, bog 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 60 con. ducted In future. Secondly. That the payment of money on account shall cease, except oil 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 should 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 be ineligible for a period to be determined by the meeting. The Committee beg to tender their best acknowledgments for the uniform courtesy and willingness to give information, which they have . experienced throughout their inquiry, from the Chair. man, Engineer, and other ellscers of the Company. J. PARSONS. J. LEWIS. G. E. SHUT I'LE WORTH. C. J. BROWN. J. THOMPSON A Special Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of re ceiving- the Report of a Committee of Proprietors, appointed at the last m ee ti ng , to exam i ne the accounts of the Company. JoErsr HARMAN, Esq., took the Chair, and called on the Secretary to read the resolution of the last meeting, 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 on the Accountant to read it. The Accountant then read the following REPORT. GENTint*,—For the purpose of carrying out the intention of the General Meeting of Proprietors, your Committee considered themselves called upon to endeavour to ascertain the causes of the excess of cost over the estimates, which, in the Directors' Report of December, 1837, were stated to amount to 1,120,0001. ;—namely, te.20,000/. for the works, including 30,0001. for management, and 200,0001. 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, tinder the same heads, of what had been actually 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 perliarmed, from advance in prices, or other causes. They'also requested to be informed what quantity of kind, Re. bad 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 cemtnittee of Directors, on the 4.1 of February, at which the engineer, solicitors, and land-valuer were present; when the Ccsinmitose were informed that no par ticulars of me.asurements hed been supplied by the engineer, ex. cept in the case of the Shcreham contrast, which was finished, but that he purposed making them out upon the completion of the works; and that the total quantity of hind, or the details thereof, coul d no t be then furnished, nor for some time to come, without considerable expense. The Chairman assured the Committee that it was tile 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. Your Committee stated, in reply, that they had not anticipated much difficulty in obtaining information, as they were aware that the particulars sought for were supplied, in some Companies, as the works proceeded; whereby parties baying the management of an extensive work,might be enabled to form, from time to time, an aeproximate calculation airs ultimate roes, 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 Compatfy under Appropriate heads ;—as, for instierce, under those of 'Works and Lar.d, the charges appertaining to cash respectively; and so on with regard to all the remaining expenses, distinguishing the various i . erns as much as possible. After their interview with the Directors, your Committee ape "lied themselves immediately to an investigation of the accounts ler the last half-year; they examined the vouchers minutely, and compared them with the books ; and these with each other, in ceder to enable them to ascertain the manner in which the. accounts v ere kept, and to form a correct judgment thereupon; but the length of time thus occupied precluded their extending a similar it:quiry beyond the month of July, and for the residue of the half 2. ear they made but a partial examination, anti abandoned an in tention originally formed, of taking a general view of the Com. I:any's affairs from the contraencereent of the undertaking. The books of the Company, relating to expenditure on Capital a.mount, 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 arc copied from the Tankers' Pass-books into the books of the Company, no original entries being made of' receipts or payments at the Ohlce as the t:ansactions take place, so far as your Committee can discover. Great difficulty has been fcund in connecting the vouchers with the books, and in a•certaining 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 ler extra works thereon, are not separately stated, as the certificates of tha Engineers include both in one sum. The traffic accounts are kept at London-Bridge Station upon a p'an 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 bil's that came ,under observation, your Committee notice many which appeared to have been written by the same hand, though payable to different parties ; and they were informed that the bills in question had been made out by two of tee sub-engineers, or their assistants. The engineers were applied to, and they have afforded explanations, end 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 virion •of the line since the railway was commenced, they tug xested that the receipts should be sent up; and a great number, as eoe Committee are informed, have since arrived at the office, and rre in course of distribution to their respective bills. It is proper s the Committee to explain that the sub-engineer in question, s 'etes that the late Secretary desired him to retain the receipts till a. ked for. Sir I. L. GOLDSILID said, as no gentleman had risen to move that the Report should 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 hail 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 they would be of a unanimous opinion that time should be given for its consideration. tie 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 prosper is of the Company, hut it would guide them in similar undertakings of the last importance. The motion he had to submit 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. A MOR Y seconded the motion. The 13.11. A InMAN said he should be exceedingly 'sorry to throw the slightest impediment in the way of the motion being carried, but he could not help feeling that no good could result from the meeting being adjourned to that day fortnight, as they could at once discuss all its points. He was quite aware that A few instances of obvious error in calculation, and omission of pr. eta, were detected in some of the bills first noticed by your Corn s iiltee, and they confider that greater care should have been gene ; I , ly exercised by the sub.engineers, before certifying to the accu. aey of bills. The duty of examining the bills of the sub.enginaers stsvolved upon a junior clerk in the office, whose remissness may extenuated on the ground of inexperience. The Clarks generally appear competent, under proper superb's -1 mdence, to keep the Company's accounts, and they have shown mdiuess in the explication of them. The Committee, however, s ere enabled to make only very slow progress from day to day, 1 obliged to obtain frequent lengthened explanations to render t to accounts intelligible. The mortgage account was examined by the Comtnitteefrom its oremnencernent, and they remarked the great risk the Company .curred in the receipt of money, from Use want of precautionary teasures having been adopted with respect to it. In a paragraph in the lust Report of the Directors, to which your ss:ommittee call the attention of the Meeting, the amount of 52.639,000/. is stated in a way that led your Committee to the con. in•lusion that the cost of the Railway would amount to that sum; rend as perhaps a similar irnpressien may prevail among the Share. :usolders, the meeting will be glad to learn that such is not the fact, ens the expenditure should have been stated at 2,565,0004 The :nits-statement arose from the sum of 71,000/. having appeared kwice, namely, once in the account to 31st December last, and a r-rscond time in the particulars of liabilities. It appears to your Committee that a gnat misfortune has at. vended this undertaking tbrocetout, from the want of some effl. siva person, in the capassity of Secretary or Accountant, or by what ther name he may have been designated, who should have sirranged :he whole accounts upon a well-digested plan. The Com. t.aittee ere informed that the present mode of keeping the accounts, was osigisaufiy adopted by the late Secretary, assisted by the party vvho Was then the Company's accountant; but, in the opinion of :Y 6 tlr Committee, a Board of Directors, consisting chiefly of gentle. tnen 'engaged in commercial pursuits, should have had the accounts sisal acted upon a good system, the necessity of which, an exami. I'W.on of the accounts would have fully showed. Your Committee, in compliance with the suggestions of the IgLiairman and Engineer, and accompanied by them, made a journey es Far the line, on the 14th and 15th ultimo. The parts of the line its here the chief additional expense had been incurred were ' uinted out ; and as the heavy embankments had contributed largely ▪ s this result, the Committee were glad to learn that the settlements • at been inconsiderable, during the preceding two months. Va. , us difficulties which had been met with, in the construction of Visa works, were stated at considerable length, as the Committee rasssed from point to point along the line ; and in order to prevent ay adsecnception on their part, they requested the Engineer to es.:nbodsy the substance of his remarks in a written communication, tf...ieh he has accordingly done, and from which they make the I.llowing extracts : whenever adjourned meetings took place, .part.ieularly under . - circumstance; like those in which they had that day met, an adjournment always carried with it dissatisfaction, and he thought therefore that it was best at once to adopt 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 wonld agree to the Report, and not adjourn the meeting. A PROPRIETOR wished to know it the Report IT:13 agreed to, whether the Direction would pledge itself to carry out the re commendation in the Report. The CHAIRMAN said if that Report was received and adopted, it would become their duty to earry it out. He hoped they would believe that he did not endeavour to throw impediment in the way of inquiry, for he was exceedingly glad that that Committee had been appointed. Sir 1. L. GOLDSSIID said he had no objection to the adop tion of the Report, but he wished to have further time for its consideration, and he wished to see it promulgated. He did not imply dissatisfaction, he wished inquiry. A PROPRIETOR said that the Committee bad made every exertion, and every information that had been sought had been given in the Report, and he hoped the recommendation it con tained would be acted upon. he heggeil to move at an amend ment to the motion submitted, that the Report be received, adopted, and printed for circulation. After a short conversation the amendment was put and carried. Mr, WHALLEY begged to ask a question of the Chairman. He 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 Company was forthcoming. and what was the supposed time that amount would be paid? The AIRMANCH slid he could answer the first part of the question, and he would sly that there was reason to believe that the amount received was quite sufficient for the object for which it was raised. Bathe could not answer the other ques tion, for he could not tell 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 etas received, it would be applied to the purposes of the Railway. The CHAIRMAN—TiIost undoubtedly. Mr. WHALLEY said it would be very satisfactory to the public. Sir I. L. GOLDSMID wished to know from what source the interest on the 600,000/. raised in debentures was to be paid. The week.y receipts were not more than 1,9001. The interest on the 600,0001., together with the interest on 30,000/., amounted to nearly 30,000/. per annum. He wished to know if this was to be incorpora"led with the Company. The CHAIRMAN thought the Hon. Baronet was completely out of order. He (the Chairman) had no objection to an swer any question that was in reason, but he could not answer such unreasonable questions as those just put 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. GOLDSMID said he did nut think he was asking any improrer question. The Cif at 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.—( Hear, hear.) A DIRECTOR said he thought the Chairman had exercised a just discretion in not answering the question then. The Hon. Baronet must recollect that the traffic of the Company was not developed.—(Hear, hear.) Ist. The earthwork was originally calculated as the price of the but immediately afterwards a general rise of wages took place, s.:d consequently a greater price was required for it. •?d. The quantity of eat thwork was increased to a very considera t c extent, by the slopes in most of the cuttings having been made je :tier, it being ;impossible to ascertain the exact nature of the soil a such great depths below the surface. 3d. The slippery nature of the materials with which the em. • akinents were made, occasioned such very great slips, that the • 'antity of mar crial to make the same good and increase the slopes, a : well as the faggotting, draining, pounding and puddling, occa /id ned a large additional expenditure. 4th. There was a very great proportion of the materials that cat. se out of the cuttings, that was originally intended to have been s tee use of to form the embankments ; but the experience of the ssc that had been made of material of the same quality, in other p its of the work, demonstrated that it was perfectly unfit and un e to be made usa of for that purpose ; the consequence was, that t; is bad material was obliged to be run cut to spoil, and an equal y•iantity procured from side-cuttings; and in all these instances ei. übling the quantity of earth.wink. th . The quantity of the l;ric-work in almost all the bridges, Te'aining-walls, &c., was obliged to be increased to give that ad i anal strength, which the slipiery nature of the earth, both in t , ..e cuttings and in the embankments, rendered necessary. Great s—iditions were made to widen several of the bridges, and in other , F ices bridges were demanded that had never been contemplated. . . . . tlth. The ston.., of the country was calculated to have been made sat , : of; but comparatively little could be found that was of a suffi tient degree of hardness, or that would stand the weather, and abenfore stone was obliged to be had that came from other coun. tie% at 2 great extra expense. 7th. The weights of the rails and chairs, and their appendages, ere all ‘considerably increased; . the experience of other railways laving convinced the Directors that it would be most economical 5 , . add to their strength, as all other railways then in course of exe. cation were adopting the same measures. Bth. The sleepers were not calculated to be kyanized in the ori ginal estimate. . . . . . • 9th. The number and extent • of the bridges and viaducts has teen considerably augmented. 100.—The Tunnels, and their Culvert Drains and Adits, have cost ntrirly three times the original estimate, those through the (balk being originally calculated to require brick.arching only ▪ ver the top ; whereas they have required to be bricked though 01,t with an extra thickness of brick-work ; and a considerable portion set in Roman cement. No seater was ever expected to be 1 .tied in the Tunnels, whereas during the winter seasons the • ,tOr very muell obStructed the operations and progress of the crks, and on several occasions stopped them altogether for short I."riods. 11th. The extent and dimensions of the culverts through the b n uelas and inane deep cuttings in the chalk formation, were never anticipated to have been necessary, but fortunately they !atve be en executed in such an efficient manner, that they have a en of the most eminent service during the late season, and could alot possibly have been dispensed 12th. Circumstances have required the stations to be made of a snuch more extensive nature than could ever have been thought LeeeSsarY; and, at all the stations on the line, quadruple lines of tals have been laid delve, so as to keep the main line always open, seal land has been taken at the stations on the line for the use of Casters, both for coal and merchandise, of which I expect a large t•eflic for, unlike alt other railways, there is no other comma. rication that can compete wit7e this railway, besides a multitude of other circumstances that it is almost impossible to enumerate. SO. In the original estimate there was not anything set down I locotnotive engines and tenders, first and second class passenger c vans, trucks, horse.boxes, c arriage_trucks, coal-waggons, 4:e.weggons, goo ds.wa gg ons, cattl e - waggons, engie e -h ouses, passenger-sheds, offices, warehouses, wharfs, at Shoreham, c.d:e.ovens, coalstores, both at Shoreham and Brighton, and all the p raphernalia of the fitting-up and furnishing the same, tee. B,e, &c, all these articles and things wet e considered as belonging so;ely t the carrying d epa rtment, and for which an estimat e was orieln. a:iy Made. 14th. In fact, the original estimate for the London and Brighten Iteilway was made out upon the same plan as two-thiras of all tie tarlways that have been made were c;tculated upon. That is to say, for a railway with two lines of rails from terminus to terminus, with a crossing from our line of rails to the ether, at every ten or twelve miles, with a ." - e_nall portion of land lila stations. 16th. In the same manner as al the duals in the country have been made, namely, a canal from terminus to terminus ; now, the • ensis of these works is the capital of the Company. • The carriers upon the canal nr king and providing all their • awn mbasts docks, warehouses, cranes, oliices, boats, horses, a •c . )" , "v. the cost of all these establishments is the capital of thecarriers. lath. • On a railway, if the Company are to become the carriers, th • " o !f.°The must provide themselves with the necessary means of A PROPRIETOR said that the meeting was convened for a specific purpose, and not to answer questions relating to matters which it was not expedient to make known to the public, until the exact state of their prospects was ascertained.— ( Hear, hear.) The season was approaching when they might confiiently lock to a commencement of prosperity. —( Hear.) And perhaps the proper time for giving ample answers to ques tions of the kind proposed by the lion. Baronet would be in July next.—( Hear, hear. ) Sir 1. L. Gotnsatin then said that he would not press his questions.—( Hear, hear. ) The CHAIRMAN then said he was sure the meeting would feel that they ought not to depart without returning thanks to the Committee.—( Hear, hear.) He was happy to observe that although something ruffled the commencement of the meeting, rtill the conclusion had given general satisfaction.— (Cheers.) He be:ieved that all would agree with him that they were deeply indebted to the Committee, and that Mr. Parsons and the other gentlemen who composed it, deserved the warme;t thanks of the Proprietors for their exertions— ( Hear)—and for the able manner in which they had drawn up the Report. A PROPRIETOR, said, with your permission, Sir, and that of the meeting, I base the honour of moving that the most cordial thanks of the Proprietors are due to the Committee for their zeal and exertions, and thu able manner in which they had carried on their inquities. Mr. \Vila LLET had great pleasure in seconding the motion. He was happy to are th there was now good reason to hope that the Company was getting over the difficulties which were inseparable ;ram 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 in it—f Hear, hear)—and he congratulated the Proprietors upon the very satisfactory character of the Report.—( 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 Conipany.—( Hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, and amidst great applause. Mr. PARSONS, on the part of the Committee, returned thanks. He felt obliged to Mr. Whalley for his approbation of their conduct in keeping their proceedings private, until their inquiries were . completeil- 7 ( Hear, bear).—and he: was was particularly gratified . ,to find that the Propri , tors were determined to carry the rccommendatiens of the Committee into effect.—( Hear, hear.) Thanks were then voted to the Chairman amidst considerable applause. At another grand wolf hunt in the woods of Clercs, near Rouen, two days ago, four of these destructive ani mals were roused and chased. Three were caught and killed by the dog., but the fourth ese,ped, from the ni4ht cominm on. The Commerce states that a woman died lately at St. Michel d'Urfe, near Saint Etienne in the, Loire, in con • sequence of the Cesarian operation being performed upon her by her own mother assisted by two other persons. The Precurseur de r 0 tzest of Angers states, that, three days ago, M. Curnilleau, a printer of that place, ha v i ng presented himself to the tribunal of first ir.stance to take the usual oath, and produced his license signed by M. Dueffehat el, the Mini s t er o f th e Interior, the Court hesitated to receive his oath, as the signature of the license was wholly illegible. The document was sent to the Prefect as being more ucquaintcd with the signature of the Minister than the 'Tribunal, and haring been returned certified, M. Coinillcau etas allowed to take the oath. A CORSICAN VENDETTA.—The daughter of a Can tipier at Grenoble, who had previously refined the addresses of a Corsican soldier, in the eth Light Infantry, was about to be married to anoth er suitor ; but last week, on the day preceding that fixed for the wedding, the girl's father was murdered by the soldier, who was immediately seized and secure. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING, PAPERS OF THURSDAY. GLOBE.—The prudent silence of the leaders of the Opposition, on the announcement of Sir R. Peer§ financial scheme, has not prevented an inde pendent movement in the public mind, which will soon vindicate its own claim to respect. Even the staunchest morning. organ of the party in power is compelled to acknowledge this. "It is obvious," says the Post, "that, without the walls of Parliament, the tide if opposition to the new scheme of taxation swells apace." An income tax, under any circumstances, is an evil scarcely to be endured; an income tax 'in a time of profound peace, when no sufficient necessity can be pleaded, would be a nuisance perfectly intolerable. The large body of moderate Conservatives who supported Sir Robert Peel and his friends at the last election, . chiefly that the country might have the benefit of a Government which should possess the elements of strength and stability, certainly never expected a result like this. They are stunned, they are nonplussed ; they look each other in the face with a mixture of surprise and vexation, as though they would say, "Is it really come to this ? What fools we have been !" A feel ing is now, however, widely spreading, that the nation must be saved from this infliction, whatever may be the con s eq uence as t o , the relative position of political parties. Sober-minded people begin to reflect • that a Conservative Government must be a very good thing indeed, to be worth an income tax in time of peace. Among that portion of the pub lic which is out of the immediate sphere of poli tical excitement, the prevailin g impression seems to be, that the ta x i s - insuperably obnoxious, and that no sort of case can be made out for its im position. A word or two may be necessary to clear up these points ; we begin with the latter. There is nothing in the present circumstances of the country to warrant this absurd interference with the ancient Ilrinciples of our financial system. In nothing did Sir ti.. Peel's speech break down so thoroughly as in his endeavour to show the contrary of this. And what is the mighty difficulty after all ? We have an annual deficit, it seems, of—say in round numbers— two millions and a half, and that is all. The cause of this deficit is no sort of falling oil' in the geteralNyealth, of the country, but it springs chiefly, if not entirely, from financial arrangements. We have taken off too many taxes of late years, in the hope that in creased consumption would supply the deficiency, and this hope has not. yet been realised. Co incidently with this financial position, additional ex penses have been temporarily induced by. the • state of things in India and China. Yet, notwithstand ing all, we are only two millions and a half be hind !• Can any sane person, who has not a sinister interest to serve, gravely maintain that there is any thing in such a condition of things to warrant appre hension ? Yet upon this trumpery showing, a finan cial panic is to be excited, under cover of which it is hoped that Englishmen will allow a mill-stone to be fastened round the_ neck of their productive industry, never again, in all hnman probability, to be removed, except by a convulsion! STANDARD.—AII our communications from the country, as well as from City correspondents, concur in even enthusiastic approbation of Sir Robert Peel's financial plan. But we must not conceal, that some who join in .the general acknowledge ment as warmly as the rest, qualify their praise by special objections. This is no more than must be expected in reference to any general measure, but it is very inconvenient, and such special objec tions as we speak of were to be regarded, no great measure could ever he adopted. We will illustrate what we mean by an anecdote that no doubt most of our readers have met before, though the application of it is not, it would appear, as generally under stood as it ought to be. When Mr. Addison was Secretary of State in Ireland, he was paid for his services, not as at present, by a fixed sala r y, b u t according to the • fashion of th e y time, in fees ; th ese fees, though sm a ll in the detail, would make up in the aggregate a respectable income, if they were p a id. Unfortunately, h owever , the fees were all due by that class of gentlemen—lrish gentlemen —and a man of Mr. Addison's accomplishments, and of his sound Protestant opinions, soon com prehended in his circle of friends all the gentry in Ireland. Now, the last offence of which an Irish gentleman of any known period would be guilty, is the rude intrusion of a paltry payment upon his friend. Nobody could think of thrusting two or three guineas into the hands of a Secretary of State, so kind, .so generous, and so dignified as the author of Cato, the Campaign, and the Spectator. So it happened that at the year's end Mr. Addison found: himself without any official income—all the effect of the number of his friends, their zeal, and reverence for his character. This, however, was more Battering than convenient, and Mr. Addison took occasion to remonstrate. " These fees, gentlemen," said he, " are very petty matters in your eyes, but, put together, they are to make up the whole of my appointments. I must, there fore, request that you will use hiss cere mony, do a violence to your kind feeling of deference, and pay the fees, contemptible as they are, or I must go unpaid, and have reason to lament the honour of possessing so many friends." • Now the num ber of exceptions urged in pure friendship upon Sir Robert Peel would, there is reason to fear, leave his financial plan pretty muc h i n th e condition of Mr. Addison's income; and, therefore, we would earnestly recommend to those who approve the plan generally, to spare such exceptions, upon the consi deration that, as others doubtless dislike something of what they approve, if all the Right lion. Ba ronet's friends are to be gratified nothing will be left. On the other side the opposition are lash ing themselves into improved anger against the whole scheme. The Horning Chronicle argues , in a City article, that as "the. war with Chi na maybe at an end in a few weeks," and " the war in Affpan istan may al so soon t erm i nate sat i s f actor i ly ; and that as " in twelve months' time no deficiency may be " felt from the reduced tariff," an income tax ought not to be inmosed ; but the "demands of Govern ment ought to be supplied by an issue of Exchequer bills," oy borrowing upon the most expensive terms. Now it is not difficult to meet two of our contemporary's possibilities, by observing that the wars in China and Affghanistan may not terminate, and according to all probability cannot terminate so very soon as is supposed. memberS. Of the necessity for an income-tax, Lord Brougham gives the following fair acknowledgment : " Those who thought that there was no necessity for the tax might do so ; but, for his own part, he believed that it was essential, and that they could not do without it, for the credit, the character, nay, almost the existence, of th e country depended •on filling up and supplying the deficiency which had been allowed to arise in our finances. He therefore was not anxious to defeat it." This acknowledgment might seem to render un necessary the rest of Lord Brougham's speech, but the Noble Lord has peculiar notions, and having acknowledged the necessity of the tax, he proceeded- to raise every imaginable objection against it—a way of acting sufficiently intelligible, if he intended to impeach those - Who had made the tax necessary (himself included), but certainly not the course that would be adopted by a prudent patriot. The Noble Lord bestowed a solemn warn ing upon the labouring classes not to suppose that they are exempt from the effect of the income tax paid by their more fortunate fellow subjects. They must pay it fully, he said, in the diminished demand for their labour. ; Now we might shortly cite one authority, against this proposition—against which • authority fhe Noble Lord would scarcely take an exception—we mean Lord Brougham him self, who, in the eighth of the resolutions then and there before the House, actually calls for a direct in come-tax upon the labouring classes. Author of the New Poor-law as he is, we .cannot suppose Lord Brougham would impose a double income-tax upon the labouring classes. The truth, however, is, that an income-tax, direct or indirect, cannot reach the labour- ing classes—the New Poor-law has sunk them too low for that. While the competition for employ ment exists to the extent it does, and must continue under the pressure of the New Poor-law, the labour ing classes must take whatever they can get, and their wages will not be measured by the ability of their employers, but by their own ability to sustain nature upon the coarsest kind of food. It is also a fallacy to assume that taxes necessarily diminish em ployment. COURIER.--Mr. Ferrand has great reason to be proud of the success of his labours and the light in which they are appreciated, as testified in the daily tributes to his name of the Whig-Radical Journals. The Chronicle has another tong article, this morning to prove how adMirably he has hit upon and how keenly he has cauterized the sore places of the Anti-Corn Law League. In the agony of intense suffering, the patient imploringly calls upon Sir Robert Peel to stay the excising hand of the unsparing operator, but we trust the Right Hon. Baronet will be slow to interfere with a. care not specially fal ling within his department, but in reality belong ing to that side of the house or hospital coming under the denomination of the ward of incurables, the superintendence of which has, with great propriety, been assumed by the HonoUrable Member for Knares borough, who not only professes, but has amply ap proved hims e lf t o p ossess , i n f a llible nostrums for the certain cure of the desperate patients in ques tion. ln the course of its cries for mercy and forbearance our afflicted contemporary piteously objects that, whereas Mr. Cobden and others, itself among the number, only applied the terms " monsters, tyrants, demons," &c., in the wholesale sense against landlords, farmers, and agricultural ope ratives, as constituting the class of the landed interest, without specific reference to individuals. Mr. Fer rand, on the reverse, has travelled into the retail line, and singled out particular cases in illustration of his assaults upon the league. Of the two modes of war fare the people at large will be disposed to concede that, at - any rate, that followed by Mr. Ferrand is the most manly, as it proves to .be the most effective. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The preliminary discussion of last night on the finance project of Ministers places the attitude of parties on that subject clearly before the country. We now know what are the reasons, or no-reasons, which Ministers can produce in general debate ; and we also know what are the motives they appeal to, in de fault of reasons. With regard to the former, we only beg any reader to go carefully through the ea cellent speeches of Mr. Baring and Lord Howick, and the less detailed observations of Lord John Russell and Mr. Labou chere—we only beg any reader to do this, and then to turn to the answers of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the present Prime Minister, of this country ! We have not, and our readers know we have not, asserted precipitately the entire sufficiency of the Whig commercial reforms to immediately fill up the deficit. But we do beg any impartial persons, not biassed by privilegedinterest, to examine calmly what was proposed, as expounded last night by Mr. Baring, and compare. it with what is proposed now. Indeed we may say habemus confitentem remit. Sir Robert Peel felt himself so strong in reliance on class-motives, that he gave himself little or no trouble . in adducing general reasons for his tax. There was, indeed, a repetition of his former inflated description of our difficulties—and dire exaggeration of them indeed is required to colour an income tax. But be yond that there was nothing in the shape of a reason for this measure. Sir R. Peel says there is a necessity-- without proving it—without proof; he says he is " con fident " an income tax will be the least burthensome— and without proof he adds the enormous assertion that it is the most just one. All this, without a syllable of reply to the repeated demonstrations that it is not necessary, and that it is not just. Stet pro ratione voluntas. To will, therefore, Sir Robert appeals, and not to reason—to the will of the chief privileged interests in this country, and in the colonies. Tax income, or you must take off prohibitive tax on corn and sugar ! There is a necessity. Yes ; the necessity of injustice ; the tyrant's plea. It is fitl y addressed to a " tyrant majority ;" and it is perfectly understood by them. It will soon be understood by the country ; and then Sir Robert Peel's " British asses," whose protection he has reduced in favour of his " colonial asses" with such perfect safety (as we will' warrant them able to compete with any of their species in any market of the world), will possibly not be able to carry their Minister on their backs so triumphantly as lie and they may now anticipate through the opposition he has yet to meet from public opinion, when fully awakened to his policy. STANDARD.—The ex-Ministers have at length fairly diselosed themselves; faithful, if in nothing else faithful, to the example of the first Whig—they resist all means • to extract their victim, the unlucky country, from the dangers and diffi culties into which they themselves have plunged it, and now they mock at its calamities. This has ever been their policy--they have always made enemies for their country, in order that of those enemies they might make allies of them for their Administration, ndeficiency . a nd e e tnid which. litnhe a party. The ex-Chancello r o f t h e Exchequer opened the opposition to Sir Rob er t P ee l' s financial plan in policy t a o l prove ong and that,elaborate the though h speech, the n trying annual a odf t had been created and left unsatisfied by that Ad ministration could not be supplied by any taxes that he might venture to propose, it might be made something less—a noble object for the Finance Minister of Great Britain. Mr. Baring was fol lowed by his successor in office, who did not leave a shred of even his miserable creeping argument unexposed and unrefuted. Lord Ho wick follow ed Mr. Goulburn, and Lord J. Russell followed Lord Howick. Then came Sir Robert Peel, who delivered the most vigorous and uncompromising, and therefore the best speech that ever passed his lips. All the arguments of the Opposition speakers have been read a hundred times over in the Oppo sition newspapers, with much less effect than the speakers • last night • could have . suppoSed, or they would scarcely have ventured to reproduce them. What these arguments are we need not repeat ; what they leave untouched, and even unap proached, is this—the means by which a financial deficit is to be supplied, concurrently • with the honourable and safe prosecution of two very distant, and therefore most expensive wars, and the mainte nance of th a t imposing state of defensive preparation at home, by which only an European war • and a war with the United States can be possibly avoided. This is what the speeches of Mr. Baring, Lore's Howick and John Russell, do not touch, or even approach; but this is precisely the legacy which they have l e f t to their • successors in office and to tl: e country. COURIER.--As regards Sir Robert Peel's pao position, the great points for consideration are the taxes he proposes to raise, required • by the financial condition of the country, and are they obtainable in a less o bj ect i ona bl e form ? No one •alive to the dis credit, nay, danger, of permitting the receipts of such a country as this to fall yearly below its expenditure, sensible of the exigencies of the public service, a n d of the indisp ensa bleness of maintaining, in a state o f full efficiency and preparedness the great defensive establishments of the country, can affect to deny the immediate necessity for an augmentation of revenue that presses upon her Majesty's Government. But besides the plea of imperious, irresistible neceasi t Which cannot be fairly questioned, much less contro verted, another motive impels the Ministry to the adop tion of a property-tax—and one that will, we trust, go far in reconciling the country to the temporary in fliction —namely, an anxious desire to relieve the springs of industry by removing prohibitory, and relax ing restrictive, duties on certain great articles of commerce and consumption. The huge defi ciencies allowed to accumulate during the five last years of the Whig regime, the. requirements o f the publi c service, and the b important benefits to the trade and commerce of the country, arising from a careful and judicious revision of the tariff, are the . grounds upon which Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues rest the justification of the proposed tax, and neither Mr. Baring .nor Lord John Russell, neither Mr. Labouch2re. nor Lord Howick (second 'Burke though he be),_ has y e t succeede d i n s h ak i ng any of these. How the country will receive the proposal remains yet to be seen. imam THE EVENING TAPERS OF FRIDAY. GLOBE.—The delusion by which the wily Pre mier has sought to propitiate the labouring classes, by creating in them an idea that they are untouched by the tax, seeing no incomes under 1501. per annum are to be subject to its operation, was powerfully exposed by Lord Brougham. His Lordship laid bare the sophistry of this part of the scheme with that peculiar facility and force of illustration, in the use of which he is unrivalled : " A very great delusion prevailed in the country— at least, amongst that large class, the labouring popu lation, for whom he felt so strong an interest—as to the operation of the income-tax on them. It was a very comniom thing for them, or for those who instructed them, and who should know better, to say that the income-tax could in no way affect them. There was no greater delusion than thi s . It requ i re d b ut l i ttle ar gument to show that the labourer was affected by the diminution of the fund out of which he was paid. When the capital accumulated, the fund of the labourer was increased ' • when it became dimin ished, the fund to pay th e labourer decreased in the same proportion. The manner in which the income tax was levied showed its effect on the labourer. You levy so much on men possessed of income; all that. ou withdraw from their capital—supposing them trades men, farmers, or manufacturers—came from that accumulation which they had made this year, and would probably spend next year. The money which they paid as an income-tax was no longer an expen diture 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 that class, it would be an accumulation, which would be spent in the same or the next year." • Let the working classes weigh well these self evi dent results from the infliction of this tax on their em ployers, and they will see little cause for givin g the Premier credit for considering their interests, in the exemption for which he and his supporters are dis posed to take such enormous credit. We are far from regarding the Government measure as secure of passing, in its present form, into law. The indica tions of dislike to its provisions among the very classes to which Sir R. Peel is indebted for his present po sition, are strong and unmistakeable. Sir R. Peel cannot behold those unequivocal manifestations with out alarm. He knows well, that so soon as his 4 , ma chinery" for working the tax is brought into opera tion, the injury it will. inflict, and the disgust it will create throughout the country, will call forth a feeling which no Government can safely • disre gard. Tho responsibility the Premier has incurred is fearftt!. The Government which he overthrew, upon the financial measures it proposed, undertook, by relaxing commercial restrictions, to raise the required amount of revenue. We • have not now to discuss whether that result could have been immediate ; but the mere proposal alarmed the class interests, who combined against the ministry which had the courage to attack their monopolies. the result was its overthrov. We have now Sir Robert Peel ; and, with - Sir Robert Peel in power, that most odious of all imposts —be cause most unequal in its pressure and most inquisi torial in its operation —an Income-tax ! The tax, if brought into operation, will s p ee dil y pu t an en d t o the Governm en t w meat ; and the c illSb- e e n t t u h r u e s d h o a f p f p t i h l y e r e e v r e i ( - 1 from both.. STANDARD.--W e have said we think enough to show that a graduated income-tax would change al most every man's position ; whereas the only just bur dens are those which are borne by society altogether, without any disturbance of the relative position of its THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARC [l 21, 1842 TORY INCOME TAX. , FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF FRIDAY. TIMES.—No, small number of letters will be observed in another part of cur paper bearing on the subject of the pro posed income-tax ; but we can assure our readers that these form but a very small fra•stion 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 torrent. 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 willto-day be drawn 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 elicittel, 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 imp: taut 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 inet nies—to annuities—leases at well—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 dissentient voice, determined t o memoria lize Sir Rohert Prel on the propriety of making a distinction in his assessment between terminable and permanent annuities. And this is obviously but one in:,tence, and that an inadequate ore, of the general principle which was ably enforced by Lord Brougham. That Noble Lord most emphatically dis claimed coy intention of .vithdriviing temporary incomes from the operation of the tax. He denounced as not only unjust, but merciless, any dishonest endeavour to saddle its, exa 7tions on the holders of lard or funds alone ; he urged most strongly the principle that those, and all those, should eentribuie who have the ability—and ac cording to that ability. But 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 preduce.., 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 gr evous evil—an 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 soy tax of this nature at all, inquisitorial it meet Le. Whether a man's ieteieit is tsi be measured by his actual receipts dui big 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. he cannot avoid It may be made more or less cecpcsssive by a more er less well-arranged sys tem of inquiry, but exist it. must A man must disclose that by which alone the arecunt of his payment can be regula - eci ; and the Government, will probaley think it necessary to demand, not only his general assert Lai, but some of those more detailed elements which may check or corroborate it. All this, we repeat, may be done with more or less offence and oppression. llo.v it wid be done remains to be seen, anti we reserve our judgment on that matter till the details cf the Ministerial plan are before the :public ; but something like it must be done somehow'. It is necessary, and it is en 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 pr, seine necessities of the State compel. INot so, however, this additional unfeirne a. which, fiorn the first, and to this la,t, it has been, and will be, our business to expose. It cannot be necessary_ it would be a redactio ad absurdum of the whole tax if it were necessary—that the Government or Parliament. atter its investigation into all the indivi •ual 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 at labour with produce of property, repayment of outlay with mere profits of investment, the limited intere s t of au an nu it an t, an d s till more th e precarious income of a professien, 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 casts, universal consequence of the proposition as it now steeds. It would be waste of words to enforce here what we have already urged—what every ens around us is feeling, and what is in itself so obvious. fordo we expect that it will be necessary. The 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 eomp'ain, but &du being the first to protest against what is the subject of discontent to a whole host of interests and in- dividuals, 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. HERALlli—lf Government cannot so far modify their proposal as to introduce a graduated scale of ditties, 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 rc fused, it wid 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 he applied t.) income derived from the occupation of the sill be ex, tended to all whose revenues are beneath 300/. a year. We reiterate what we yesterday established, that Sir Robert Peel has the means, in his reserve fund of 500000/., 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 expericace 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 tale the op:nion of that assembly upon his re solution authorising the imposition of a tax of 7d. in the pound, or 2/. 18s. 4d. per cent'. on all the incomes of the country, above 1501. per annum, derived fr, , m property, personal or real, trades. and profession'. It was on Friday, the 11th inst., that this proposition was first broached to the blouse by the 11;ght Hon, Baronet in a sperch of surpat , sing ability, distill, ui:hrd also by great boldness of political conception anti a manly frantncss 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 l be our own impres s ions u p on th e merits or deficier.ciet of the scheme propounded by the Right Hon. Baronet), that it is a scheme which, as affecting the in come of every claw in the community aboie a certain standard (settled at a very low figure), is calculated in all its political, social, and constitutional relations to awaken the most jealous investigation. We declare unhesitatingly, for our own parts, that we can imagine no subject more likely, or more legiti mately calculated, to arouse into full operation, in every corner of the United Kingdom, the right of petitioning- Parliament. CHRONICLE.—But admitting that in a ease of extreme necessity the country might 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 no, 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 P. 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 cut an expedition against China, which, in all pro bability, will soon effect its object. The affair in Affghanstan can never be construed into anything tike a war. Wisat, 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 the 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. A DVERTISEII. BUTt'Ue fact is, a calm investigation of the commercial relaxations contemplated by the Government, most clearly serves to prove that it is a mete mockery of eon cession, foi the sake of seizing upon real results to its own poster. If anything at ad is gained by it to the nation, it is just the dawn it supposes of the recognition of a just principle in commerce. Beyond this, however, the Peel measure for newly arranging the nati , mal commercial interests does not ex tend. But the fact only proves thzt what the Government fails to do for the people, the people must do for themselves. And now is the moment to enforce their claims. A people ratty be very well disposed to consent to new burdens when they sue that all measures have been taken to avert them, or that while they consent to them, they are not victims to others, which, independently of any wants of a Government, should never have existed. But let the people continue their efforts for the abolition of the Corn-laws, and there can be no doubt of their success. Then, indeed, all may contribute equally to the public responsibilities ; hut till these are swept away. it is not the people, but the monopolists, which should be liable to an income tax. ELECTION COMMITTEES. WEYAIOUTLI AND MELCOMBE REGIS. The proceedings went on in the same style on Friday as on Saturday, three voters having been struck off the side of the pe titioners, and two off that of the sitting Members. The last argumetr was on the vote of George Newton ; he, a Tory voter, having been objected to on the ground that the only " occupation" he had of the house, out of which he voted, was the permission of the landlord to keep a bedstead, value 35., in it. The vote of Newton was decided to be a bad one. The Committee then adjourned till Monday, having struck off three from each side. GREAT HARLOW. The Committee met again on , aturday, - at eleven o'clock. The room was immediately cleared, and the Committee, after some deliberation, came to the following dec , sicn:—" The Committee call upon the Counsel 'for the sitting - Alember to proceed with their objection to the vote of Joseph Harper." After the examination of several witnesses was concluded, Mr. JAMES replied, and strangers were ordered to withdraw. The Committee decided against the vote, and it was there fore struck off the list. The next vote taken wag that of Michael Redmond, objected to on the same ground as the last vote. Frar.cis examined—Deposed that he appeared before the Revising Ba7rister to object to this vote. it was objected to on the ground that the v , ter had no residence, but was a servant to Mr. Mr. Sergeant Alf. IiEWETHER. took an objection on the ground that there was no proof of the name of the voter having been placed on the list of objections. The Committee took time to consider the objection, and adjourned till eleven o'clock on Monday. CLITHERUE. The inquiry was brought to a conclusion on Saturday. On Mr. Austin announcing that it. would not be pruiient on the part of his client to proceed further with the investigation, The CHAIRMAN then read the ;taming resolution:-- " That ilatthew Wilton, Esq., was not duly elected a burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough o litheroe, and that Edward Cardwell, Esq., was wily elected a burgess to serve in Parliament, tor the said borough, and , hat he ought in have been returned a t t h e ia.t the Chan man then pro ccetie.l to say that :he caurse das fcr the Comieittee to dectire that. th e pe:itmo was not '• r.volous or vextuioa , ," but under the now Act of Parliament he thought that was un necessa, y. The Committee then separated. WIGAN ELECTION. The Committee choseit to try the validity of the petition against the sitti: g Alernbcrs for Wigan, T. B. Cross and P. (iieerall, Es, i rs., met oil Satu r d a y at Committee-room, No. 7, at eleven o'clock. The Committee was composed of the Chairman, Benjamin Hawes, the Earl of Lincoln, H. Tufnell, H. Kemble, R. Scott, lion. James R. Howard, and F. A. Al'Ueachy. .Alcssrs. Hililyard. Talbot, and Clerk appeared as counsel for the sitting Members ; for the petitioners, 3lessrs. Austin, Cockburn, and Slade. Mr. ificnywno, on the part of the sitting Members, took a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the Committee. The ground of objection was an inf,rmality committed by the petitioners. Ilecogn:zances titre entered into on the 26th of August, and the jurat of Pobirts, ore of the recognizances, not having been made till the '27th, it was contended that the informality contraverwd the sth section of the Act of Parlia ment, which 'quires the jurist to he made at the time the re cognizances were entered into, and that being so lbat the peti. tion was not regularly presented, and that , thepetition being the foundation of the Committee it had no legal jurisdiction to try the merits of the petition. The Learned Gentleman cited several decisicais on the point. Mr. AUSTIN did not reply. The room was cleared, and the Committee decided against the validity of the objection. After the examination of seveal witnesses, John Austen was struck off. Edward Beesley, No. b 3, was next struck off the roll. It being four o'clock, the Committee adjourned to eleven o'clock on Aloi day. The result of the day's sitting left Mr.4Cross, the sitting Member, in a majority of too, and air. Greenall in a majority of seven. LEWES. The C.,mmittee met again en Saturday at 11. o'clock. Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the petitioners, said that it was not their irilenti at the present time, to prosecute the inquiry with regard to bri;:ery ; but that he proposed at once to go to the scrutiny. Some coniultation then took place among Counsel on both sides, and it was agreed by them that the ea.e should not be proceeded with, and that certain rotes be struck oil the poll for Harford and Elphinstone, the result of which was that the Hon. Air. Fitzroy was placed in a majority of one over Mr. Harford. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN read the following resolutionoo which the Committee had agreed :—" Resolved, that Summers Harford, Esq., is not duly elected a burgess to serve in this pre via Parliament for :he borough of Lewes. That the Hon. Henry Fitzroy is duly elected, and ought to have been ieturned a burge:s to serve in the present Parliament for the said borough of Lewes. That the l etition o f Ed mun d M o n e k and Gabriel Egles does not appi-ar to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious; and that the opposition to the said petition dries not appear to be frivolous or vexatious. That the Committee have altered the poll taken at such election, by striking off the names of eertam parties." The Committee then separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 18. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the ab!ence of the Lord Chancellor, oek his scat upon the won!sack at three o'clock. The Bishop of WORCESTER reap! prayers. The Marquis of WATERFORD took the oaths and his seat, and signed the Rirliamentary Rol!. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. • On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. NEWGA.TE GAOL DUBLIN BILL. The Newpte Gaol Dublin passed through Committee, and waa ordered to be read a third time on Monday. WEST' INDIA CLERGY BILL. The We,•t Inca Clergy BM passed through Cotnmitte.. , , and %vas ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Stayleybridge Gas Bi.l, the Bristol Boundary Bill, together with several other private lii - 16 were forwaded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned to Monday next. OFFICIAL CORRES POND EN CE The following important correspondence has been recently trans mitted to us, by order of Sir Robert Peel, from the Treasury-office. We need hardly add that we have it exclusive. No. I. London, I%farch 17th, 1842. The Earthquake prrsents its compliments to Sir Robert reel, and begs to suggest whether—as it has now answered the Tory purpose of creating an alarm, and so diverting the attention of the public from the Income Tax—it would not Le adviscable that it should re main perfectly gine...cent until some other and heavier scheme of taxation be pralected, when it can again distract people's minds by threats of its immediate approach. No. II Treasury, March 17, 1842. Sir Robert Peel has this instant had the honour of receiving the Earthquake's polite communication; and, in reply, would venture to observe, that it is absolutely expedient that it should still con tinue to agitate the public mind, by threats of its approach, which, however, can be conveniently postponed from week to week, until the Income 'fax is carried, whe❑ it will be at liberty to remain as perfectly quiescent es it could desire. Sir Robert Peel regrets to add that there is no chance of the Income Tax being carried Without an Earthquake! ANALYSIS OF TtIE BUDGET. We to-day 'intent to our readers the following analysis of the new financial scheme propounded to the Legislature by Sir Robert Peel on Friday night last. Tho,e amongst them who have not had sufficient leituie, or sufficient courage, to read through the Jong and elabot ate statement of the l'rime Minis ter, will be enaVert by the perusal of this analysis to compre hend the general feature.. and statistics of the new Budget without the least difficulty or embarrassment:— THE BUDGET OF 184'24. lienTo R. Estimate) income ••• • •• •• ••• . 04 • • •••• 00000 48,350,000 Estimated expendikure Deficiency Additional items of expenditure estimated at Tctal estimated deficiency Estimated lo:scs of revenue arising from the reduction of the duties on 1. Oil. ores, is.c. £270,000 2. Coffee 3. Timber 4. Abolition of export duty on. Bri tish manufactures.. ......... 102,000 5. Stage-coach duty Tot al .. £1,213,696- 1,213,700* £3,783,700 Gloss total estimated deficitncy, in round num herr, ;i3 , £3,780,000 CREDITOR. Estimated income arising from the following new taxes, viz.:— I. The income tax. Sclicdulo A 1,60070(X) fl 150,000 C 646,000 P 1,220,000 E 155,000 X 3,771,000 Or, in round numbers, say 2. Dpalization of the Ii ish stamp duties 160,000 3. Increase of Irish spirit duties (Is. yergillon) 250,000 4. Duties on expert of c0a1.... ... 200,000 Total estimated increase Or, in round numbers, say 4,300,000 RECAYITITLAT)ON OF THE FOREGOING ITEMS. Gross tor,l estimated increase of income £4,300,000 Gills total estimated -eficiency, including the actual th ficiency in the income of the year, and, the loss to the revenue from the re duction of chairs, &c 3,780,000 Balance £520,000 So that the new financial scheme, it fully carried out, will, according to Sir R. Peel's estimate, leave a surplus, tr balance oF upwards of half a million sterling, to provioe for any casual ties or c , ntiogencies that may arise. * In round numbers. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following an the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropol i s, shoxing the Number of D eat h s f rom a ll C auses Registered in the week ending March 12,1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the itegie.rar- General : Weekly Average 1835-9.40-1 Total. Four I Four Winters Years Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 135 199 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 134 160 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Orga ns of CAUSES OF DEATH. Respiration ... i>seases of the Ilea-t and 8100d -vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and ether Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidn, , ls, &c.........' Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, sec 8 11 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, Bce .............. 2 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat . .................. 100 115 104 0!d Age, or Natural Decay ....... 69 90 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem- pet ance Causes not specified 3 7 7 Deaths from all causes . B9O --- Average Weekly Deaths lOl7 912 Population Average Deaths ceo. Weekly in merated Deaths the Ib4l. 183',.%-: -4 -1. VI eek. Four Four Ye rs.l %Vint rs. DISTRICTS. West—Kersington, St• George (Hanover -square ), Westmin ster, St. Martin in the Fields, St. James North— St. Mary-le-bone, St Pancras, blingt on, hackney 365,660 162 182 185 CeAral—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkerwell Holl. , irn, St. Luke, East Lou. don, West London, City of 373,806 188 213 203 East—Shorediteb,Whiteehapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Sterney, Poplar 392;49'1 206 228 173 South—St Saviour, St.. Olavo, St. George( Southwark), Ber mond.ey, Newington, Lam beth, Gimberwell, Bother hitl.ze, Greenwich .... 435,00 221 243 215 Total 1,870,727 912 1017 890 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the lulls of Mortality—. and the parishes of St. . 1 1sryiebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersinitl. Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad.. dington, St. Mary ( Stoke !Newington), St. Leonard ( [iron:_ ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberw..ll, Greenwich, St. Nretrola, ~,,, 1,504,690 , and irrillu,r;:tul.B43:arrswi'a,s) and St. Paul ( Deptford). and Wool s leh. The popula'Unr. a s enumerated in :831, 1,670,7;27. Tie weekly avi.•rge ti•i 1838, 18.1 i, 1810 . dud 1 :34 I, was obtained b: dividn , g the deaths 0 , '206, and the dew hs in he fall . winter- by 52. TEmrtuATunn IN TUE W ELK , ~„,,,N G March 5 ( March 12. OW 55 . 35 :i9 45 46 ;11 17. 18;2. Highest Lowest . Daily Mean ......... General ilegister ()thee, ,Hare. Saturday morn:n4 about It:dr-past ten o'clock, a re spectable man, , 15 years of age, who gave his name Harley, re siding. in Sutton-street, lurk road, threw himself off the Steamboat-pig r, Waterloo-bridg,e, with an ititento n of drowning himself, but by the prompt assistance if Masterman. the Admiralty Its -gemaster, was saved, and conveyed to the Spotted l). Strand-lane. After the usual treatment for re storing suspcoded animaticn he was recisvered, and given into the charge of his friends PUSEILISM.--.We learn from a correspondent, but can scarcely credit the fact, that during the present season of Lent the two massive silver candlesticks at the communion table at Frome Church are a'tired in raiments ot black crape, with a black ribbon or sash tied mind the middle of each. 7he writer who apprises us of this curious circumstance wishes to know what can be the meaning of it.— Salisbury Journal. _METROPOLITA N POLICE FORCE.—According to the . return to the H ouse of Commons (1) of the moneys re ceived and expended f,ir all the purposes of the M,tropolitanPolice,, ma , e up to the Slat. clay ot Dectmb•r, 1841. ani,,unt in the whole to 267425/. Itis. 20. ; as also (2) the cumber of ur t on loi each rank and c l ass of the Metropolitan Police serving n the ISt day of January, 1642, amounts to 4,414. PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Friday Night's Cavite.) An Account of the average Aggregate I; mount of Fromisserr Notes payable to B e a rer o n Demand Which have been in. Circulation in the. United Kingdom, a B di,:ti" circulated by the Bank of England, by Prt 'rate Banks. e ita s by Joint Stock Bank s , i n E ng l an d a nd Wales, by the.l 3 ank nks in Scotland, by th e B ar k o f I re l an d, an d by °l ion Ireland, and o f th e A verage Amount of Be the in the Bank of England, during the Four Weeks aiding the, bth day of A/arch, 1842, pursuant to the Act P f 4 And 5 Victoria, cap. 50: guishing thos Bank of England.. Private Bails ENGLAND. Joint stock Banks. ...X16,894, 00 g b,999,45.5 2,99'); 9855 2,811,10 9 SCOTLAND Chartered, Private, and Joint Stock Banks ... IRELAND. Bank of Ireland 3,1 W5O Private r.nd Joint Stock Banks 2,407,615 Total.. ...E33,01,925 Bullion in the 13;:nk of England .... £6,281, 000 HENRY,L. IVICKHA3r- Stamps and Taxes, March 18, 184_'. • LO N 11 ON EuECTRTCALSOCIB T T ea r TUESDAY, MARCrr Is.—The Secretary comi n onlr„ as " Details of an Experiment in %1 hich certain insects, kifi n it i c utt i the Arens Crossi, appeared incident to the long CO A operation of a v o lt a i c curren t upon !Meat, ef potasf, 71,,-;tbii,argi elo.,e atmosphere ov er mer cu r y," by M r . Week"' °` wick. That the ova of these insects, in Mr. Crosse it elrTsr o , went might have been in the air seemed not impussibleitogi.. • determine this Mr. Weekes repeated the experimen t !' a ccess: bill-glasses, exclud e d w ith t h e utmost cau ti on f ro m tK e of air, kept also in darkness. 44 , e Or e ' Insects were developed in eleven months, of i ee r species as those whi c h . app.,'ared at Broomfield. Th" IP "; for went is still in progress. After these details had ° L a ther warded to the S ocie t y , b ut b e f ore t h e d ay o f mee ting, a ass arrangement in wid e % the .bell-glass contained ogg e foundcrea pregnant with insect life. Eight or ten vigor ° ,lh e es" tures were seen 15 month s a ft er th e commen .- eme nt ' m o l e dern - tient. The candour a n d c l earness w i t h w hich the etails his labours, deserve much . praise. He tak" sults upon himself. He leaves reasoning on the etorge to others. Several specimens of Electro-tint from Prt fe s s cl ot ype9 f Munich. Red tints from Electro-Dag o e "Lciet9 • fromDr7Berres of Vienna lh ,were then submitted to i" - ee(/' with a d-ser iptive n o t e . E x t ract , o f a l etter f rom J ehn fa in- Esq. of Surinam, member, were then :cad, stance of vora c ity i n a G ymnotus, w hi ch preye d on 30" - t ben lowed its but. died afterw ar d s . Th e Sec tar announced the death of the London Gymnotus. 'ty ' cgs A paper from M. Joule, M e mb er o f sh e Ele. ctrical Soo e then read, , 'ef.cri, tire of the powers of varioui voltaic sr ra A re ments, which is well wort hy t h e a t tent i on o f .Shore, t . '; ° t ,ino furnishing themselves with such instruments, as it nit , much practical info r m a ti ln on th e re l at i ve va l ue ' of 's l c " . Weekes's Register, for February was then examined. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE 40 PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.—The Vindictive, .50,, „ C° t ,oo s J. Toll? Nicholas, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Si r iot t Cochrane, sailed yesterday evening for China. She Is sso splendid frigate, and has au excellent ship's company, en dock only been eight or n i ne d ays , f rom th e t i ne s h e left en dock in rigging h e r ou t f rom stem to stern . Sh e h as a mos t os ra ful armament o f f or t y l ong guns, carry i n g t hi rty -tw s shot, and te n long sixty-eights, mounti n g a ltog e ther • 0: pi' guns. Her bows are peculiarly built, so that she can 6 saa tery of six guns right a-head. The wind, what little ter re P f it, was not altogether favourable, so that she • beat down channel. The 131azer steam-ship has arrived from the West l b tea She came I st from Antigua, where the sickness had $ previous to her departure. na The Alban steam-v esse l arr i ve d l as t even i n g from Pl,l o 'ille with volunt eers f or the Qum, Formidable, Alfred,. an 1 ` ships at thi s por t. Sh e a l so b roug h t an officer and 50' t e , r iffe l , belonging t o h er M a j esty ' s s hi p R ose, on the South 21., "oe' coast,who had b een put on b oar d a s l aver , capture d b y tio e t P' under French col mrs, and sent to a French pP i, ort for em , pa 0 0, t:on. Th ese men ta k e a passage in the Alfred to join ti ship. When th e Alb an l e ft Pl ymout h, t h e H ec l a , stew O c o set just arrived from the West Indies. The Lightning e g ate , had also arrived from Woolwich, and the Driver steam •I f ' from this pa: t, on her way to China. rsg" The following ships are on their passage home ti e ll' land :---The Ganges, 81, Captain B. Reynolds. C.B. bow, 7tl, Captain H. Stewart, C.B. ; Gorgon, steam- ;ing;ter Captain NV. H. Henderson, C. 8.. and Wasp, 16. Corn so s iS, lion. H. A. Murray, from the Mediterranean. The Larli! o l. Captain J. P. Blake, Suipher, surveying it Belcher • and Starling. surveying -vessel, Cesstnenai trio vessel, CaPr.'`,.' Kellett, ' from the East - Indies. The President, 5 0 . 1 1 . W. Broughton, with the flag of Rear-Admiral C. ; 13 bn? Ross, C. 8., from South America; and the Racer, 16, Avest mander T. Ha rve y, f rom North America and the at Indies. In addition to the numerous steam-frig/1000 present in commission, there are nineteen new ,pose ards—the A, now building at the var i ous dockyso taur, Beelzebub, Th un d er b o lt ( recent ly launched), ss o , v; Scourge, at Portsmouth ; the Bulldog, Rocket, and *. ,ss at Chatham ; the Cormorant, Rattle, and Ruby, at Sheern i 4 ) ; the Infernal, Gladiator, Sampson, and Spynx, at Weell, e ` the Inflexible, Janus, Spitfire, Sydenham, and Vulture, a t is ill broke. The Thunderbolt is now completely rigged, an . ( 4 l, h sail in the course of th e wee k f ur Gl asgow , to b e fitted all' engines. fee t The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, h as h a d the her rudder made good, and is now ready to sail. She leave this in the course of the week for the Brazils. c tei The Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Poulett; is esP e to go out ot harbour this as ternoon. d hi; Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K. C.B. , has re-heis t :well flag (red at the fore) in the Queen, 110, Captain MO', pill ship has .been paid time usual wsges, and. wind perrnitt7 4 the sail on Thursday fur Malta, calting at Gibraltar. Atr ia the supernumeraries is Lieutenant George Caswell, to .)„, ° i e 104, Gorgoe,steam-ship. It is reported that the Imp re gna' will return home on the arrival of the Queen at Alalia• The Formidable, 84, Capt a i n Si r Ch ar l es S u llivan, '... ee n has heen paid wag e s, and i s or d ere d to sa il f ur t h e ,INlediserrai:„ , k as soon as the wind w ill a ll ow, to supp l y t h e p l ac e of the Gang 84, on her way homy to be paid off. .51 1 4' The Resista nc e, 42, h av i ng b een conver ted into a. traftato has been commissioned at Plymouth by Commander C e r arod s late of the P o werf u l, an d i s t o h ave 118 men, with th e ment of a sloop of war, coune fi s There is a report that the Powerful, 84, is to `"' %Nisi ) " sioned here by. Captain N. Lockyer, C.B. ; but it without foundation. The Crocodile, 26, recently returned from the West Z" • . 17 I is re-commissioned at Plymouth to convey troops W Sir. James Elson, master, late of the Victory. The troop-ship Athol, 30, Mr. Bellamy, master, . 6)17° 1, a : . ° l ; ing, is in the harbour from Barbadoes, having run d„, ° " .° -4 . ; tier brig off the. Lizard, and damaged her bows and aT e 7 l . ) ,l°' brought home naval and military invalids, and is reu" foreign service. 26, , 5 0 The Hecla and Blazer steamers, with the Vessel' sa ors The ered Owen home from ndowe the West rigat i e Inda , shortly ex,Seo station. d je is lo from Chatham on her way to Gibraltar, where she sr a convict ship. Tea r The Winchester frigate has been taken into dock I° . r ne j° ' Admiral Percy's flag, having been previously commissi° Captain Charles Eden. • The New regulations relative to the Pursers of ' t i h,_ e n : „ take effect from the Ist April next; one shilling per !`,. 0 1 1, ditional to the half-pay, and the title of Paymaster, es.l". Th dry other alterations not yet officially promulgated— ,.{l, proposed commissariat system has been declined. pi r' 7 AT SPITHEAIL—Queen, 110, formidable, 84, A' 0 1 and Vindictive, 50. o°' sp Ix flaarsouit.—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, otils George yacht, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Athol, and Echo steamer. • RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the B E I j gr itvs' ceived on the principal Railways of Gree t for the week ending on the day of the month •1 1 ; c i fol. to each. The return includes the money re ct. 4, 1 of, passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, chandize 11. I . l)'' .: Week Name of Railway. Miles 1' 'lO ended Opene d . . 6 Mar.l2 Birmingham & Derby Junet. 48/ 10 3 1' $ 1,44 9 1 ' °. 11 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 734 4 l° 5 Brandling Junetion 25 91 6 Si 11 Chester arid Birkenhead .. 13 Dundee and Arbroath 13 Eastern Counties • 171 1 0 O f 12 Edinburgh and Glasgowl 46 I 'ol a if 12 Glasgow and Ayr .. 12 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 221 ~ •,y1 1 9 12 GrandJunet., Chester&Crowe 113 "06 1 1 0 12 Great North of England 45 5 1'1 65 10 12 Great Western 195 1 5 Hayle 5 9 41. 6 1 12 'Hull :ad Selby .... 12 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 -04 - ° 11 Liverpool and Ma n chest er 3l li'6 ° 9 l il 6 12 London and Birmingham.— 112/ '''''6l4. 'S 1 17 London and Blackwall ...... 12 London and Brighton 12 Ditto Shoreham Branch 15 London and Croydon lOl 840 1 4 01 17 L'.ndon and Greenwich SI 4, 3 % 9 0 lb 13 London and South Western 10 Manchester. Bolton. and Bury 10 331 ' 4 ll 14 Manchester & Ilirmingliam 12 _sl , 3nchester and Leeds 12 Aiidland Counties ... SM 1 t 263 10 a ) P ,. 12 Newcastle an d C ar li s l e ...... 9: "i It) Newcastle and N or th Shi e ld s 7 664 0 : f3i 13 Northern and E as t ern ... 3Ol 3 , 531 "• 1 12 North Midl an d 11 North Union ... 221 1 36 1 ' 11 .) . 1.2 Preston and Wy re 14 Sheffield and : Manchester I 3 66 1 ° '' 1' 13 (lister )9 9 " ' - ' 12 York and Furth 11 . t1 1 d 2°. ' WO _ ....2 2 ...L !1 _____::.—._. , e ya k __ A It is positively said to be tbe—c-ase that t t ;:rViCii :t i g rtg of Ireland are to be immediately called int t o, above ,the .ing: iel as soon as the several reiments are reported f o b e su g s te officer who will b e. appoint ted for that d i t i t .t g . a. ,, ao d ...;eti_ ...ica t drilled, cloth,d, et y ill be sent t? ....:!.. w i n be g et ,11 be , It is expected that. the volunteers for th , 11 7 , _ s ., ste nt . p t l i n ts, k ‘.O . L e t i ti i ii u ,ti. t ,ot h ., . t i. . l.: a e r n m . cti_ y ,t , t lc; a lei n r, r d do t tiv t: e itahi pr esen t e. eiltimandect by a i : i ,a. T„ iurdan, namedeoto li ns ecjrl,,nif,pa,bilitwa infestsli ur dretdttni...i 1a It ;.a, n s an ~ , dceampt, u n, r d ir ta .g g.l : ,ll o A he's for the purio”-e of (.1; a i n tlyg .„o243 _ arms. iedipo _ 04 tributiot, fr o m the villagers, and ' ~j r , an a` came fr_ t l e4 . l 5 trii, d r l e c s i a u . ; s t : g ... : , , . A. ba It co u ntt, l a a 7: ! :e t n ,t r , e ri et r,r ia . che l7, 4 ; ig n i i , a b , , , , e u , hotnmed opl:iy.ll7:4,ko:9l,.braeaai,dia:.4..h,ee button, mid took away twenty-five lO,ooof. ; he also forced a vilatre in t0 u, 1 347 longing to ' Nationa; Guard." B 11l TH S. Or On the the 16th inst at Exmouth, the lion. Mrs. Oikornet of , a daughter. . On il i e 13th inst., at F.dinburgh, the lady of Major Hoyden, adras Army, of a daughter On the 17th inst. ' , at. the ParSollage, Wreeelesham, near Farnham, Surrey, the wif3 of the Rev. R. Durant Butteroeri of a daughter. MAR R IF: D. nd On the 10th inst., at Rath, the Res'. Arthur Whalley, teen Eon of Charles Whalley, Esq lafe of Calcutta, to Anne Ge'r," ginA, second daughter of the late Major Audain, of her IgaieStY 5 ICI h Regiment. On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, Paddington, or tain J Brown) lg.. - ISellasis, 9th rtegirnent Native intsstrYt Bombay army, to Louisa, daughter of the late W. -Eames , f b4. DIKD. On the. 14th inst , the lion. LadY Frances Mien, of Sonia' set Cottage, islewortla, aged 76. -..-*.........rremso••••nmrsisrewwo.••••.'..•••M •s v•raPß .l.,... • (' • tiYu.botrfagiida, a u t, so Th: f l u en x yitisiarel:),2;:l.B4s2the ! Count J 4 t~ 44