The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

TORY INCOME TAX. PUBLIC OPINION ON THE SUBJECT. Undoubtedly, the inequality and the inquisition of the new Tory tax must be resisted by every constitu tional means. Better that the whole measure, benefits and all, be lost, than that so fearful a curse be inflic .ted upon the country; The tariff is not worth the price we are asked to pay for it. Petition the Com mons we cannot. One resource remains ; the Queen should be addressed to dissolve the Parliament and take the opinion of her' people upon the proposed taxes. A measure of such vast importance, so wholly unexpeCted, may fairly claim to have their judgment passed upon it constitutionally through the hustings. But let not electors neglect the duty of at once com municating with their representatives from every borough and county, and requiring them, on pain of expulsion, to forget party, and vote' against the un constitutional, and inquisitorial, and inequitable por -tions of the Tory tax.—Somerset County Gazette. The people have now time to embody their opinions on this cunning, - nefarious, demoralizing, dissocializ •ing, and prying scheme to extract money from, them to support a Government which seeks to sacrifice their freedom and their liberties, and if the people should be so neglectful of their true interests as to quietly ac quiesce and permit the imposition of this odious and inquisitorial tax, we shall heartily rejoice when we see them writhing under the tortures of an examina tion into their private affairs by "certain commis sioners sworn to secresy," or patiently submitting to pay the surcharge of an insolent assessor than submit to the alternative.—Falmouth Packet. But, after all, the injustice of the tax is not its worst feature. Its inquisitorial prying into the most sacred affairs of life—its dragging into notoriety the pensions paid by men in fair circumstances to poorer relatives—its harsh dealing with the brittle ness of commercial credit—its tendency to encourage fraud and deceit, ought to stamp it with the reproba tion of every man of sound sense and upright princi ple. And when we consider that the amount of the tax could have been raised without this inquisitorial process—that parties who are not liable in respect of property tangible and open to the eye of everybody, could have been subjected to a graduated house tax— we cannot too strongly condemn the wanton man ner in which the Prime Minister of England pro poses, to interfere with the feelings and comfort of the middle classes.—Scotsman. How long will he (Sir Robert Peel) command the House of Commons ? Let the assemblies of the people determine. Let public meetings be convened, let petitions to both houses be prepared, 4and let Mem bers be required to pledge themselves to oppose the most " tyrannic measure' that has been attempted to be -carried since the days of Pitt. Public opinion must avert the calamity which Sir R. Peel is so eager to inflict upon his country. If not permitted to ac complish his object, be intimates he will resign. That circumstance is the last to deter the nation from re sisting the imposition of an income tax.--Devcmport Independent. The question of the income tax is now at the dis posal of the constituencies. If, as the public press, of both political parties, affords evidence, the commercial and professional members of the community are unanimously averse to the tax, those bodies have only to signify the same, strongly and emphatically, to their various representatives—bidding those representatives support Peel, to the injury of those who support them, at their peril—and the issue is certain. To do this, however, the Easter holidays must not be idly spent. Meetings should be held m every Parliamen tary borough, and in every county. The declara tions of public opinion must be prompt and full.— Stafordshire Examiner. the policy adopted by Sir Robert Peel for the re lief of commerce and the improvement of the public revenue, has fairly dumfoundered the Tories of this district. They hardly know what to think of his measures, and consequently they are utterly at a loss what to say. The feeling of doubt, hesitation, and dread which prevails among them generally was well expressed the other day, by an honest, but not very acute, county voter, in the following characteristic language :—" Fat are we to dee about that cattle and income tax ? God, gin the Whigs had proposed ony sic thing, we wad hae kent fine hoo to sair them—their effigies wad hae been burning in ilka pa rish afore noo; but we cannot dee that to our ain side, and the big folks are lang o'gieing us ony hint how we should act."—Aberdeen Herald. What provisions will guard against the fraud that will be pregnant in these returns ? Against the man who would bolster up his credit at the cost of an additional tax ? Against him who would account himself a pauper to evade it altogether ? At the last election, Lord Brougham stated that "bribery had been sown broad-cast through the length and breadth of the land,"—he little dreamt that a few short months would disclose a Ministerial proposition for giving a premium to perjury and fraud, for offering not . merely an injury to the feelings of the people, but a sore temptation to their morals. We believe that this heavy blow to the professional and trading in terests will eventually lower the character of thz people, as it has already lowered the character of the Ministry which has proposed its application,—Derby shire Chronicle. If it had been left to the country then to choose between the repeal of the income tax, and any other sources of revenue of equal amount, the choice would soon have been made ; but the income tax was the first to be repealed. And now, after a peace of twenty-five years' duration, if we are to believe Sir Robert Peel there is no resource open to us but a return to the most odious, most iniquitous, and most inquisitorial tax with which a country was ever cursed.—Cambrian. Pitt taxed all, both directly and indirectly ; and in 1816, the rich contrived to throw off the income tax from themselves, and shifted the burdens on the poor. In 1842, the poor have got more power, and a Tory Minister, wonderful to say ! has been forced to re verse it, and shift the burden to the shoulders of the rich. We shall see how they will bear it.—Mon mouthshire Merlin. - The fate of the Government is made to depend upon the issue of this question of finance. As the late Go vernment fell by their scheme, so the present Govern ment have staked their existence upon this. The great battle is between the two plans of finance—the one for lowering the duties on corn, sugar, and timber; the other for a temporary tax on property, with a reduc tion on 750 articles of consumption. After all the discussion which these questions have undergone, it is easy to come to a conclusion, if party spirit an d self interest do not interfere. Numerical strength, after much useless debate, will decide them in the House of Commons.—Belfast News Letter. There is, however, a minority in the House, repre senting a majority of the country ; they will oppose the enaction of this unjust and unnecessary tax on industry. Lord John Russell, as the leader of the Opposition, has given notice that he will oppose the odious impost by dividing the House against the resolution, and afterwards on the report ; then on the first, then on the second, and, lastly on the third reading ! Bravo ! Lord John ; this is a course truly representative of the brain-working •professional, the toiling farmer, and the industrious tradesman.— Hereford Times. To the mind of the moralist, the strongest objection of all, will be the deception, the lying, the fraud of every shape, which the unjust operation of the income tax will engender. Every mode of evasion and chi canery will be resorted to by one class of unprincipled people, to make their incomes appear less than what they really are ; while the swindler, who has designs upon his tradesmen, will give an exaggerated return, for the purpose of seeming to be a man of fortune.— Who has not heard " custom-house oaths" spoken of with a levity which shows how light a Matter an oath is considered, if taking it falsely will save a few pounds or shillings, or even pence ! and there is no reason to conclude that an oath will be esteemed' more sacred, if taking it will screen the perjurer from a tax on his whole income. The tax is bad in principle— it will be worked by injustice, and it will be met by fraud.—Sta f fordshire Mercury. This, though stated in his hearing, Sir Robert Peel did not contradict ; and he, therefore, virtually avows that, in order to leave intact the corn and sugar mo nopolies, the abolition of which would benefit the people a thousand fold more than all his paltry modi fications of the tariff put together, he saddles the country with an income tax ! And yet, on the whole,' it may turn out the best thing he could have dgne. The indifference which the people have shown to good government, makes them richly deserve to experience . the oppression of a bad ; and, perhaps, the screw must be applied more tightly still, before they' awake to a just sense of their rights and interests.--Berwick Advertiser. , - Sir Robert Peel has ventured upon dangerous ground, in attempting to revive a tax the most obnox ious that has ever been imposed upon a free-born peo ple. The inquisitorial income tax—hardly bearable in a time of European war—is now boldly proposed, after 25 years of peace ! The remedy for the exist ing depression of trade, and the consequent increas ing difficulties of the middle class, is to be, it seems, the laying on of a new burden, in the most hateful shape and character, the most oppressive, both in its nature and in its effects, on the industrious portion of the community. Is such a law—bearing in its cha- - meter the features of extortion --calculated to pro mote the national interests ? Is it likely to increase and encourage the energies of industry ? Is it con sistent with justice, with sound policy, or even with common reason ? Can we wonder if such a proposal be firmly and strenuously resisted by the industrious `producers of all the real wealth of the cou n t ry ?.____ Warwick Advertiser. The proposition of Sir Robert Peel to reduce th e duty on the importattn of French gloves has caused the greatest consternation amongst the manufacturers in this town, who consider that it will lead to the utter ruin of the trade. We remember that a similar apprehension was entertained a few years since, when Tynte represented West Somerset ; and it was entirely owing to his exertions, and the representa tions made by him to the Board of Trade, that it was not then carried into effect. The operatives, being truly grateful to Mr. Tynte for the benefit conferred on them by his exertions, presented him with a splendid piece of plate, whilst some of the manufacturers, forget ing his services, and with a degree of ingratitude un paralleled, opposed him at the election in 1837, and as sisted in returning Mr.Acland in his stead. We rather think that Mr.Tynte's services will now be much missed, and we hope that some little compunction will be felt by those who acted in the manner above stated. With respect to the reduction of the duty, we cannot consider that it will operate so very unfavourably to the trade as many might imagine, as there can be no doubt that it will lessen the inducement to smuggle French gloves into this kingdom, and we are confi dent (and we are well aware that many of the manu facturers are of the same opinion) that were the Corn and Provision-laws totally abolished, or even if a low fixed duty was put on corn instead of Sir Ro bert Peel's beautiful sliding scale, that the British manufacturer would be able to compete with the foreigner, and that no protecting duty, as it is called, would be required ; though we cannot see why Sir Robert . Peel and the present Government, who appear to be so much attached to a sliding scale, should riot carry it a little further, and put a sliding scale duty on the importation of French gloves and other foreign articles, and thus tar all with the same brush.—So merset County Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T A TT ERSALV S—Yissrit aney. The Derby betting was of infinitely greater impor tance than on any public day this season. Its interest was derivable from the exrtaordinary animation with which some of Scott's powerful lot were backed, viz. : Attila, the Lord of Holderness, Meteor, and the Joanna colt ; this quartette, in fact, engrossed the attention of a full room, during a considerable portion of the afternoon, and from the confidence with which their respective par tisans laid out their money, he would be a bold man who would venture to say which had received the right " office." Attila was backed for upwards of 10001., at 9 to 1, 25 to 3, and 41 to 5, the layers at first being un commonly hot ; they cooled, however, towards the close, and the last offers on the field did not exceed 8 to 1. Me teor was backed at odds, commencing at 40, rising to 25, and finishing at 30 to 1 ; the Joanna c was backed eagerly at 1,000 to 35, and 25 to 1; and the Lord of Holderness with equal spirit at 25, 23, and 22 to 1 ; and at the lower of the prices against the two last named horses, their friends would have gone on. Auckland, Chatham, and Wiseacre were slightly on the decline, and Palinu rus and Defier seriously so ; in other respects the bet ting was not of importance. For the 2,000 Guinea Stakes, Wiseacre was backed at 2 to 1 (afterwards offered), and Meteor at 7 to 2. The Oaks and Chester Cup were scarcely mentioned. Closing prices :- 2,000 GUINEA STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre, 5 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor—taken. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Marshall Soult 11 to 1 agst Mr: Kirby's Lanercost 13 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 30 to 1 agst Mr. Smith's The Maid—taken -DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lot—taken 8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminsters's Auckland 22 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna . c—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Troper 40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian 40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Acacia c 45 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus—taken 45 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham—tk. 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur—taken 4000 to 40 agst Mr. Thornhills's Equation—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger—taken OAKS. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall:s Passion 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Amima filly—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan—taken Ballinkeele arrived in town from Ireland on Sunday, and started (for Lewes, we believe) yesterday morning. Six or seven of Scott's horses are expected at New market at the end of the week. EPSOM SPRING RACES. The following entries were made yesterday, for these races, which take place on Wednesday. To start at two o'clock.—First race, Fifty pounds. given by Sir C. Heathcote, Bart., M.P., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each ; for three years old colts, 7st., and four, Bst, 121b.—One mile. Mr. H. S. Thompson's b. f. by Physician, dam by Muley, 3 yrs. Mr. Lawrence's b f Lampedo, 3 yrs. Sir G. Heathcote's ch f Pannakeen, 3 yrs. Col. Wyndham's b c Singleton, 3 yrs. Captain Gardnor's b c by Camel, out of Cecilia, 4 yrs. Mr. Heard's br f Conjugation, 3 yrs. Mr. S. Scott's b h Mosque, 4 yrs. Mr. Balchin's b f Affection, 4 yrs. Mr. Higgin's ch c Vigo, 3 yrs Mr. Forth's b f Vibration, 3 yrs Mr. Garrard's b c The Dandy, 3 yrs. 25/. given by the town and neighbourhood, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yrs-old, 6st. ; four, Bst. 41b. ; fite, Bst. 131 b. ; and six, and aged, 9st. 51b. ; the winner to be sod for 250 sovs. One mile heats. Mr. H. S. Thompson's b c by Physician, dam by Longwaist, 3 yrs. . Mr. Goodman's br f by Muley Moloch, cut of Melody, 3 yrs. Mr. Verral's ch c Junius, 3 yrs. Sir G. Heathcote's br h Argos, 5 yrs. Captain Gardnor's bl g Dismal Jemmy, 5 yrs. Mr. Bushell's br m Jenny Jones, 6 yrs. Mr. Greville's ch h Perseus, 5 yrs. Mr. Nightingale's ch h Nick, 4 yrs, Captain. Colquitt's ch m Miss Emily, 4 yrs. Mr. Dockeray's b f Dispatch, 4 yrs. Mr. Balchin's b h Dromedary, 5 yrs. A Match, Derby Course.—Mr. Goodman bets 2001. to to 100/. ; owners to ride. Mr. Goodman's br m by Clearwell, dam by Sam, agst Mr. Burke's ch h Little Wonder. RELEASE OF HOGAN. THE CAROLINE AFFAIR,' (FROM OUR- CITY CORRE 'PONDENT.) At the sailing of the Patrick Henry, the New York Correspondent of the Proprietor of the North and South American Coffee-house, put a letter on board which contains intelligence some hours later, it is believed, than any in London, and which has been posted in the Subscription-room of that establishment ; it states, " You will see, by the papers, that another person has been arrested at Lockport, on the charge of having been on board the Caroline when she was burnt. I am happy to be able to inform you that Judge Ransom, before whom Mr. Hogan was taken, ordered his discharge on the ground of the insufficiency of the warrant for his arrest.' KEEPING-UP APPEARANCES !—Much as the read ing world, and through it, the community in general, were indebted to the genius and acquirements of the accomplished and lamented writer, so long known to all Europe as L. E. L., perhaps none of the works published during her life time, furnishes such indisputable evi dence of her desire and power to benefit her countrymen, and particularly her country women, as the admirable posthumous lessons she has left them, on that curse and ridicule of modern England, the passion for " Keeping up Appearances." It will come home like a household truth to every class and description of readers. Mrs. Maclean's new novel is, in fact, a keen satire on one of the most crying and mischievous follies of our time and country; and if the " Lady Anne Granards" of every grade of the community—and there is no grade without them—do not feel and benefit by it, they are even more callous than they are cruel to themselves and, all about them. Every one of the characters in this novel is a portrait, so individualised, that it is difficult to suppose it not drawn from actual life ; and the whole are so skil fully and compactly connected tog ether , that the book reads like a piece of real domestichistory—indited, how ever, by a pen that seems to move _into epigrams of its own accord—as the mo u th o f the Fairy only opened to emit flowers. BRUSSELS, MArtcit 26.—The Court of Assize passed sentence yesterday on th e persons cused of a plot against the State. The question relative to Madame Vandersmissen and Messrs. Parys, J. IL Vandersmissen and Parent, having been answered In the negative, the Court ordered the acquittal of these persons, who were immediately set at liberty. The questions relative to De Crehen were answered in the affirmative, but the jury likewise answered in the affirmative the question whether Article 108 (this Article exempts accomplices who give information to the authorities) of the penal code is applicable to him. In consequence M De Crehen was acquitted and set at liberty. The questions rels.ltive to A. L. N. Vandermeine, J. D. Van dersmissens Pa Virpract, and J. C. R. Van Laethens were answered in the affirmative. The Court condemned them to death and payment of the costs. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—WO are glad to learn that the pre-eminent facilities afforded to travellers by the above splendid undertaking, are already triumphing over the unjustifiable combination formed against it. A Reverend Gentleman from the West, who signed the obligation to discourage the undertaking, found it expedient to avail himself of its facilities on Tuesday last ; and so delighted was he with his trip, that he returned to Edinburgh by the same mode of conveyance the same day. We could mention many other instances of persons taking advantage of the -rail way, notwithstanding their having previously signed the declaration.—Seetsman. We learn from Boulogne, 22d inst, that the weather at sea had been dreadful for some days past. A fishing. boat of that port had been wrecked on the English coast, and nine of the crew out of ten were drowned. The Ulysse of Nantes, laden with corn, had gone ashore to the east of Boulogne, and been knocked to pieces by the waves, but the captain and crew had been saved by means of the lifeboat. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry has had another severe attack of illness. His Lordship was In great danger for some time, and still remains extremely THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1842. ELECTION COMMITTEES. GREAT MARLOW. The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven. The sitting Member is still in a minority of one. The vote of John Davis was objected to by Mr. Austin on the ground of non-occupation and want of value. It was proved that the house out of which Davis re gistered consisted of three rooms, two of which were let to lodgers, and the third was used by his mother. He himself resided with his family about five miles from Marlow ; but he occasionally slept in the room oc cupied by his mother, and the furniture in it belonged to him. The premises were valued at 111., but he had let a yard for 11. 12s. a-year. The Committee decided that the vote was a good one.: In the course of the day a long discussion arose be tween Counsel as to the admissibility of the evidence of a witness, who had bet a pot of porter that Sir William Clayton would be declared to be duly returned. The Committee, after deliberating for some time with closed doors, declared that the witness might be examined. to satisfy the commi s si oners , h e will p a y h is t ax still privately, and there is an end. Should be he suspected of returning less than the truth, a suspicion that can very rarely arise where the per centage is so small, and where, except in the case of very rich men, so little can be gained by fraud, he will be sub ject to a surcharge, always privately communicated ; and if he resist that, he will have an opportunity of showing his grounds of objection in a private investi gation before commissioners, for whose' conduct the Government must be, of course, responsible. Is there much reason to apprehend insult in the? MEETING AT SUNDERLAND. (From the Sunderland Northern Times.) On Saturday, a very numerous and most influential meeting was held in the Exchange, Sunderland, to take into consideration the rates of duty imposed by the new tariff, on the importation of foreign and colonial timber into this country. These duties are, naturally, a matter of the deepest interest to this town, as Sunderland, in amount of tonnage, is th e f our th, and, in shipbuilding, the first port in the kingdom. A requisition was pre sented to the Mayor, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., by whom the meeting was called. The MAYOR having taken the chair, JOHN SPENCE, Esq. (an extensive timber merchant, both at this port and Stockton), after expatiating on the impolicy of Sir Robert Peel's plan in throwing the carrying trade into the hands of foreigners, moved a resolution condemnatory of the alteration in these timber duties, of which he hoped the meeting would approve. J. CHARLETON, Esq. (an extensive timber merchant), seconded the resolution proposed by Mr. Spence. HENRY TANNER, Esq., shipowner, &c.—l do think. that although this measure may cause a little inconve nience at first, it will ultimately be productive of great good. lam very glad that deals are to be charged duty, when imported in the same manner as timber, ac cording to their cubic contents, because it will cause a demand for a great deal of labour in this country, and this is what we are in want of at present. Gentlemen, I should never think of denying the great importance of the carrying trade, and I should wish to forward it in every possible way, but I regret to state that, of late years, a very great proportion of the timber brought into Liverpool and Glasgow has been brought by ships built in America. These vessels occasion the greatest evils, not only by the unfair competition into which we are thus forced, the timber of which they are built being untaxed, but also by their inducing_your men to run away, when, from the scarcity of seamen there, you are forced to pay exorbitant sums to inferior men to navigate your vessels home. This is a heavy evil, and one which is yearly increasing, as every shipowner who hears me will, lam sure, admit, to our great loss and detriment. These vessels have for the last few years brought to Liverpool and Glasgow two-thirds of what we ought to have been bringing. Now, for the present year, we can expect no material change in the position of shipping ; but the fact is, that the present depressed state of that interest is attributable principally to over-pro duction, and a very great quantity of the materiel for this over-production has been brought over by these identical ships to our ruin. —(Hear, hear.) I think I shall be borne out by parties in trade, in saying that hemp is dearer than when it was subject to a high duty. I think, then, gentlemen, we have nothing to fear from the loss of the American trade, because the timber from our colonies mist still be in extensive demand. and be cause the Baltic timber will be so little cheaper ; and though there may be a very great loss for one or two years, and though I admit the very great depression which exists, we must endure the temporary evil in the hope that ultimate good will be the result.—(Applause.) Under these circumstances, I beg to move as an amend ment---" That this meeting declines to interfere with the duties proposed by the Government on the importation of foreign and colonial timber." W. ORD, Esq., seconded the amendment, proposed by Mr. Tanner, and said : I come here, gentlemen, as the advocate of the British shipowner—(hear)—and I do think that, after giving a full consideration to the new tariff, the shipowner has a right to be satisfied with the rates of duty on the importation of timber proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Who, he said, are the principal movers in this opposition to the new duties ? A few large houses in the ports of Liverpool and Glasgow, who are extensive proprietors of Canadian-built vessels, brought into this country without paying a shilling duty ; and it is from these parties—parties interested in colonial pro perty—that Mr. Spence's statement emanates. Gentle med, by the operation of the new tariff; these untaxed Canadian vessels will no longer enjoy the advantages which they have hitherto possessed over us. J. J. WRIGHT, Esq., took the same view as Mr. Tanner. The MAYon put the amendment, which was carried, unanimously and the meeting broke up. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. No case of the slightest interest came before the Court during the morning. CLERKENWELL. John Evans, a raged ill-favoured, middle-aged man was charged on suspicion of stealing a horse, the pro perty of John Nicholls. li.om the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor left the horse :in a field at his residence, Chalk-farm, on Saturday evening last. Sunday morning the horse was missing, and he could find no trace of him, although he made a long and diligent search. About six this morning the prisoner took the horse to a horse slaughterer, named Hatcheler, living in Cow cross, and offered to sell him for two pounds_ Hatcheler asked him where he got the animal. The prisoner re plied that he belonged to a farmer name Kous, at Sal ford. Hatcheler, suspecting the veracity of the state ment, seeing that the horse was worth treble the money he asked for him, called a policeman and gave him in custody, and the Magistrate committed him. UNION-HALL. William Pace was charged with stealing a bay mare, the property of James Thomas. The prisoner is a horse clipper ; and, on Thursday last, the complainant, a tradesman in Lambeth-walk, went into a public-house in that neighbourhood, and seeing a man there whom he previously knew, desired him to take the bay mare out of the stable, and go and sell it at Smithfield market. The prisoner, overhearing the conversation, went di. rectly to the complainant's stable, and taking the mare out, went and sold it to a horse dealer, and converted the money to his own use. H e was a f terwar d s ta k en i nto custody drunk, and a portion of the money for which he sold the horse found in his possession. —Committed. Robert Dell was charged with breaking into the house of his uncle, and stealing several articles. The complainant stated that on the preceding night the prisoner broke into his house and stole several articles of ironmongery, with which he was in the act of leaving the premises, when he was stopped by a police man, and the property found in his possession. The uncle added, that the prisoner being his nephew he did not wish to prosecute, but hoped that he would go to sea. The prisoner having consented to enter her Majesty's service, he was therefore given up to his uncle. William flurgess, a little boy, identified the prisoner as the person who decoyed his brother away, The property was produced by Mn Kirkwood's shop: mau l who Stated that it was pledged by a Woman, The articles stolen in five other cases were produced by the last witness, who identified the prisoner as having pledged them. The prisoner wait conoitted for ttial on six charges, and the Magistrate told Mtn that he must abandon all hope of remaining in this country: INCREAM Or DEstrrtitiosh---Plikatoetit ftey a ah tjid Irishwoman of miserable appearance, was charged with having created a disturbance at the Refuge for the Houseless Poor, in Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street. Thomas Smith, a porter in the establishment, stated , that shortly after 12 o'clock on the preceding night the prisoner applied for admission, in a state of drunkenness, and on being told that the place was quite full, there not being room for even a single additional inmate, the pri soner began abusing him in the grossest language, and positively refused to go away. He endeavoured to re move her from the door, but the prisoner seized hold of the bell-handle, and pulled at it with so much violence that she broke the wire, upon which she was given into embody. In answer to questions from the Magistrate, the witness said that the number of unfortunate be ings who were admitted into the house on the preceding night was 530, although the place afforded proper accommodation for only 400. The poor creatures were allowed half a pound of bread every morning, and the same quantity at night, and Divine Service was per formed every Sunday by a clergyman who attended for the purpose. Hayward, a constable of the court said, that he knew the prisoner, who was an inveterate drunkard, and had been convicted of felony. The prisoner was committed to the House of Correc tion for seven days. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CORK, March 23. (Before Baron LEPROY and a Special Jury.) CRIM. CON.—RAWKES V. PENROSE. Mr. Jesrsusts opened the pleadings. This was an ac tion taken by the plaintiff; John Hawkes, against the defendant, Samuel Devonshire Penrose. The declara tion contained a count of trespass for the seduction of plaintiff's wife by the defendant. Damages were laid at 10,000/. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, and therefore it would rest with a Jury of the Sheriff of the county of Cork to assess the amount of damages. The Right Hon. D. R. PICOT stated the case. He said—Gentleman of the Jury, my client, Mr. Hawkes, is yet in early manhood ; the defendant is somewhat his junior, though not much. The young lady upon whore - Mr. Hawkes first fixed his affections was a very young girl when he married her, and she is still a youthful woman ; and I shall just briefly state to you the cir cumstances under which their connection commenced, and to which their ,attachment led—the enjoyment that followed their marriage ; and then it will be for you to form some estimate of the extent of the injury my client had sustained, and for which he now asks repara tion. Mr. Hawkes, before he attained his majority, was left a moderate but competent fortune—competent at least in reference to the circle in which he moved. Ancient I believe his family is—respectable it was and is. They resided in the neigbourhoood of a place called IsTettleville, in which neighbourhood there also resided a gentleman who had long been intimate with Mr. Hawkes's family, and who, upon the approach of my client to manhood was the father of an interesting family, and amongst others, of the lady who subsequently be came the wife of the plaintiff. Mr. Hawkes and she contracted an early acquaintance. They knew each other for years—had become possessed of a thorough knowledge of each other's tempers, habits, and inclinations. In the year 1829, when Mr. Hawkes was then only 20 years of age, and thisyoung lady,Fanny, only sixteen or seventeen, a mutual attachmenthad sprung up between them, which was sanctioned by their parents, and it was agreed that they should be wedded, and wedded they accordingly were in the year 1829. Mr. Hawkes was at that time the absolute owner of a property amounting to about 1,1001. a year, and when he was about to be married he settled upon this lady who was to be his future wife, an annuity of nearly one-third of his whole property. They were married in November, 1829, and immediately took up their residence at his mansion at Kilcrea, where they continued to reside until the occurrence of the transac tion which has led to this proceeding. Mr. Hawkes re sided at his house at Kilcrea for eleven years after his marriage, in the enjoyment of uninterrupted domestic fel:city. During that period his wife bore him three children, the eldest of whom at the time of the unhappy event I am about to detail to you was about eleven years old. It will be proved to you by the evidence that the attachment on the part of Mr. Hawkes for his wife was of the very strongest and warmest nature. Gentlemen, when I was first engaged in this case, I asked for any letters that might have passed bet Ween Mr. Hawkes and his wife during those temporary separations which fre quently takeplace between husband and wife, and during which, the letters that pass between them would in dicate the terms of cordiality, 'or the contrary, upon which they live ; but what was my surprise when I was told there were none ? I asked why, and what think you, gentlemen, was the reply ? It was this, and it will be proved to you in evidence that, for the eleven years that Mr. Hawkes and his lady were married, up to the time of this most deplorable transaction, she had not six times slept away from her husband. That, gentlemen, at once accounts for the absence of the correspondence I looked for. Gentlemen of the jury, I will now introduce to you another person, and tell you how it is that the de fendant in this action has given rise to the complaint which I am now laying before you. Mr. Samuel Penrose, the defendant, resided in the neighbourhood of Mr. Hawkes, and was his near relative. They were cousins german. Their residences were within half a mile of each other. From their earliest infancy the strictest intimacy subsisted between the plaintiff and defen dant ; they were the early playmates of each other, and their fathers were close and fast friends. It will ap pear in evidence that the intimacy and friendship subsisting, between my client and. the defendant was much more like that of members of the same family than friends of the same social circle. If there is a being on this earth wham Mr. Hawkes could suppose incapable, by whom he would say it was impossible could be inflicted this deadly wound on his peace and home, that indivi dual was Mr. Penrose ; and let me here frankly and candidly say, that in all the conduct of Mr. Penrose, ex cept in this unhappy invasion of my client's happiness, not the slightest cause on his part had been given to create a different sentiment in the mind of Mr. Hawkes. At what time the attempt was first made by the defen dant to accomplish the ruin of this lady's virtue my un happy client does not know, and one of the miseries of this case is that the man whose happiness has thus been blasted cannot tell when his confidence was first abused —when it was that it was first broken—when the man warmly confided in first became false. Therefore you see, gentlemen, I am not in a position to say when the defendant commenced his assaults on this lady's virtue ; but that they must have had their beginning in some period of the year 1840 there is too great reason to believe. Gentlemen, I be lieve I need hardly tell you, that nothing short of actual demonstration of guilt would have been received as proof by a man who had been so attached to his wife, and so confiding in his friend ; and when the elopement was no longer matter of dispute or doubt, Mr.Hawkes was not only unaware of the loss of his wife's purity and at tachment, but it absolutely came like a thunderbolt upon him when he heard that she had eloped, and who was the adulterer. And yet we are in this position, that we know not but at the very time Mr. Penrose was the visit ing and cherished guest and tried friend of Mr. Hawkes, while he was, day after day, receivedwith all the warmth of friendship, he was poisoning the virtue of this lady, and seducing her affections from her husband. It will appear in evidence, that in the year 1840 the defendant was observed to be in Mr. Hawkes's house during that gentleman's temporary absence ; to retire from the house, not by the front door, but by a back entrance, at a time that my client was expected home, and to re appear again at the front door. and then salute the plaintiff and his lads-, as if that was their first meet ing and salutation of the morning. That circumstance alone proves that while every confidence was reposed in the defendant by my client, his seduction of his wife was not a deliberate or a solitary act, but a series of them—plain to every one who now hears my statement, that at the very time when the defendant was most trusted and confided in by my client, he was carrying on a clandestine intercourse with his wife. Some time in the year 1840, Mr. George Hawkes was out enjoying the sports of the field, and received a gun shot wound, and the defendant was staying at Kilcrea at the time, and I very much fear that it is but too probable he took occasion of his friend's absence and sufferings to alienate I his wife's affections and seduce her virtue. About the month of May, 1841, the guilty pair appear to have made up their minds to elope. In that month Mrs. Hawkes intimated to her husband that she was about to take advantage of an invitation she had received from her husband's brother to spend some time with him in Cavan, and she decided upon going there. Mr. Hawkes was then about going to Kerry, and it was arranged that his wife should pro ceed with his brother to Cavan, and at the expiration of his visit to Kerry he would go to meet her. The de fendant, having been previously apprised of Mrs. Hawkes's arrangements for this journey, proceeded at the very same time to Dublin, where he had resolved to await her arrival. On the 7th of May, 1841, she and her husband's brother arrived in Dublin, and stopped at Morrison's Hotel. Upon their arrival there, she com plained of being fatigued, requested her companion to amuse himself in any way he pleased for the evening-, and that she would go to bed, and the young gentleman accordingly went to the theatre. On his return to the hotel, he found that Mrs. Hawkes had left—that a gen tleman had called for her during his absence—that she went out with him, taking with her whatever luggage she had brought, and without leaving any explanation whatever of the cause of her departure. Mr. H. Hawkes was not aware that the defendant was in Dublin, and, therefore, he was totally unable to say what had become of the lady. However, he at once wrote to his brother an announcement of what had happened, and it was very shortly afterwards ascertained that the defendant had gone . to Dublin .upon the very evening of the departure of Mrs. Hawkes for that city—that this meeting had been preconcocted and arranged between them, and that they had, in fact, eloped to England. To England they went, and there they delayed for some time. What further proceedings followed it is now totally unneces cessary for me to detail, because the defendant has suf fered judgment to go by default, and has admitted the act of adultery, and therefore, all that is legally necessary to state should now be laid before you. Gentlemen of the Jury, whatever amount of reparation you may award will be inadequate to the wound inflicted ; no compen sation that you can give will make reparation for it — money cannot repair the injury to the feelings of one whose happiness has been destroyed for ever. But, Gentle men, though you cannot measure the amount of compensa tion, it is for you to consider the extent of guilt committed .the amount of happiness blasted—what more we would elaim it is impossible for you to give. Gentlemen, the amount of the defendant's property shall be shown to you.l< Understand it is a fee - simple estate , unencum ered by a debt, and yielding about 1,000/. He lived . peon a scale of expenditure compatible with a gentleman' in the receipt gentlemanan hiA 11104118 were sultableto his pos.: as ._ o f ai i asv and independent income, the tit ample and adequate fortune. Gentlemen, this - ease that We are prepared to lay before you, and I have no doubt as to the result of What We shall obtain at your hands. Several witnesses were then examined, whose testi mony did not materially differ from the statement of counsel. One of the witnesses admitted that there were rumours of an improper intimacy between plaintiff's wife and defendant six months previous to the elopement. Mr. BENNETT spoke to evidence. He (Mr. Bennett) did not know that he need say much to the jury. This was a case that depended upon evidence, and not upon law yers. The act of the defendant had been described by Mr. Pigot as an act of unhappy indiscretion or a " yield ing to temptation," and he (Mr. Bennett) believed that to be the truth. The ages of the parties he had being enabled to ascertain from the witnesses were these, that the plaintiff was now about thirty-five, and his wife somewhat about the same age, and the defendant twenty six. This unfortunate occurrence took place about a year age—so that then the plaintiff was about 25 years old. It , appeared that he lived on familiar terms with the lady, and that they had been thrown a good deal together, and left much in each other's society, until, unfortunately for him, he at length yielded to a tempta tion that his nature no longer withstood, and he should pay the consequences of it. But when the jury were about to estimate the amount of damages they should in flict upon him, they should be actuated by no vindictive feeling; but to ask themselves, with a proper sense of justice, what amount of damages they would give. He (Mr. Bennett) would not give any evidence in th it-case ;he should, therefore, depend on the evidence before him, and the jury; and therefore he called upon the jury to be careful that justice alone directed their verdict, and in this case justice should be exercised with the coldness of ice. He sought not to save his client from damages ; but he hoped he would not be visited with damages to an immoderate or unjust amount. He hoped to see the jury extend to him that heavenly mercy which they all hoped for in common ; but whatever their verdict should be, he would bow with respect and submission to it. Baron LEFROY charged the Jury. He said the case, as it now stood, was one so perfectly for the consider ation of the Jury—was one so totally divested. of all legal subtleties, that it would not be necessary for him to detain the jury with any observations upon it. There could be no doubt, if the jury believed the evidence, that the plaintiff was in some measure accessory to hii own mis fortune ; and if they did believe that, it ought to lessen the amount of damages. It was alleged that he had been warned of rumours. Another ground relied on by the defendant's counsel was, that the defendant was not the seducer, but the seduced. The only point they had be fore them on that was, that she sent her brother-in-law to the theatre on the night of her elopeMent. If the Jury believed that, it should go in mitigation of damages, for her loss could not be so great to her husband as if her character was irreproachable. The only remaining topic with which he had to trouble the 'Jury was the amount of damages. Probably they thought they should give suitable damages ; but he should greatly violate his duty if he did not tell the Jury that the damages should not be extravagant. The Jury retired at a quarter to eight o'clock. The Counsel at both sides consented that the Registrar should receive the verdict, and his Lordship retired. The Jury, at ten o'clock, brought in a verdict of 2,0001. damages, and 6d. costs. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 28. The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened this day. The c•ilender of prisoners is not very heavy, but there are already nearly 70 causes set down for trial, and the business will last until the end of the week, if, indeed, it can be so soon disposed of. Both Courts will commence this morning at ten o'clock. Baron Gurney will sit in the Crown Court, and Baron Alderson at Nisi Prius. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, March 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) William. Seale was indicted for stealing from George Coleman, Esq., of Dilwyn, a. bee-hive, his .property. Mr. W. H. Cooke conducted the case for the Crown ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Carrington. It appeared that the hive was stolen from Mr. Cole man's premises on the sth March, and was found on the 16th, in the prisoner's garden. The prosecutor iden tified it by some marks which had • accidentally been made OR the straw. Upon the hive being produced in Court for the -pur pose of identification, some consternation and no little amusement were occasioned, lest the angry tenants should emerge from their frail receptacle, and wreak " indignant vengeance " upon the assembled Bar and Jury. The Counsel for the prosecution displayed considerable 'ingenuity in his endeavours to foil the eager curiosity of the Jury, who manifested much anxiety to inspect the marks by which it was said the hive could be known, but all his objections were over-ruled, and the article in question was accord ingly borne by the constable (who evidently showed no relish for the task) in a white linen cloth to the Jury box. Strong symptoms of disapprobation were audible from within, which increased to an angry murmur when one juryman bolder than the rest commenced•unpinning the outward covering. Several sapient suggestions were advanced as to the means by which the ends of justice should be satisfied, but none of them proved feasible. Amongst others it was proposed by a Learned Counsel to obtain a special order from the Court as the only pro bable means of enforcing the wishes of the Jury, and obedience on the part of the unruly bees ; but as it is generally known that the Judges are very reluctant to direct any proceedings to be taken which they have no legal power to enforce, this course was also abandoned, and consequently the prisoner, much to his astonishment and delight, was acquitted, there being no - proof cf the identity of the stolen hive NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, March 25. The assizes for the southern division of the county commenced here to-day, their Lordships having after Divine service proceeded to the Courts, where they took their seats for despatch of business at about half-past one o'clock. Mr. Justice Parke presided on the criminal side, and Mr. Baron Rolfe on the civil. The calendar is not very heavy in point of numbers, there being but 67 cases, in which are implicated 98 prisoners. Of these, 34 stand charged with offences relating to the coin. There are, however, five charged with murder, six with rape, six with robbery, twelve with burglary, 9 with manslaughter, and 3 with cutting and wounding. WEYMOUTH. The Committee met again yesterday morning at twelve, having adjourned since Thursday. The petitioners are still in a majority of two. The vote of John Ploughman was objected to by C ounsel for the sitting Members, on the ground of personation. The proceedings were resumed yesterday before the Committee. John Ploughman, a voter for the petitioners was ob jected to on the ground of having peronated another John Ploughman, a saddler. A great deal of evidence was .even to maintain this point. In the course of the testimony Mr. Vincent, late joint overseer, acknowledged that there had been. a heavy default in the accounts of him, Mr. Voss, and another colleague. Each threw the blame of appropriation on the other, but they all had to indemnify the parish in goodi or money. But witness was convinced that Mr. Voss was the peren who took the money • and when Mr. Voss had alleged that witness had pocketed some of the missing rates as well as another, Mr. Vin cent pitched into Mr. Voss with such energy, that he was soon compelled to run away.—(Laughter.) Another witness proved that Ploughman admitted that he had no right to vote, but that after he had done so, he said it was a mere election trick. Mr. Pitmann, amongst others, swore he heard Ploughman say this a fortnight after the election at the Black Dog. It appeared the two Ploughmans rushed to the bar of the booth together, each crying out that he alone was the Ploughman entitled to vote, but the latter suc ceeded in persuading the Deputy that he was the right man. Therefore John Ploughman, the baker, was recorded for the sitting members, and Mr. Ploughman, the saddler, could only ten der his vote for Villiers and Hope. There were great bustle, uproar, and pressure in and about the booth at the time. The usual three questions were put to Ploughman before his vote was taken for Burnal and Christie. The testimony of Mr. Thomas, the returning officer, went directly contrary to most of the foregoing. He who swore he was not a party man, said, that Ploughman, the saddler, never tendered his vote, nor any one for him ; but that the other Ploughman under tionsideration,, who is a baker, voted out of a good house in Mary-street. He did not even see Ploughman, the saddler, at the booth. Some other contradictory evi dence was given, and the Committee adjourned at Five o'clock. WIGAN. The Committeti met yesteray at the usual hour, Mr. Hawes in the chair. The Committee proceeded with the investigation of the vote of Mr. Latham, which was adj onrned from Sa turday. The Committee, who were engaged till half-past five in deliberating upon this vote, adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow (this day). Mr. Standish and Mr. Crosse were again equal on the poll. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.--Many of our readers have no recollec tion of a worthy who was in great repute, some thirty years ago, when the income tax was in all its glory, and when almost every one thought himself justified in manceuvring a little, in order to evade that prying, hateful, and inquisitorial impost. The worthy to whom we allude was a leading function ary in those days—not in position, but in practice— almost universally hated and feared, and sometimes despised, but more frequently the former than the lat ter, as many dreaded his appearance, knowing that they were completely at his mercy, and that upon his whim, or caprice, or interest, depended the amount they were to be assessed in the taxation schedules of that period. As a matter of course, this worthy had his likes and dislikes, and he occasion ally exercised them, to the annoyance of those who had the misfortune to offend him, and to the advantage of those who thought it worth their while to secure his fa vour. Thus were a whole community, in a great measure, dependent for their peace and happiness upon this single functionary, whom a bad, odious, repulsive, and inequi table law had brought into existence and armed with such hateful powers. This law was the income tax. As the income tax will be re-imposed upon the country, unless some strenuous effort be made to scare the Premier from his pet project, and the worthy func tionary to whom we have alluded will be a necessary appendage of that impost, we shall attempt to describe him as he existed in the plenitude of his power, and in the full flush of our operations, so that our readers may be prepared for the creature which Peel's prolific Bill is sure to bring forth ; and if they are not disposed •to be " hand and glove" with this in come-imp of taxation, they had better strangle it at its birth—that is the advice we give them. Picture to yourself, reader, a little, dapper sort of man, with a shabby coat and a " shocking bad" hat, walking into your house with a paper in his hand, and requesting you to fill it up at your leisure, at the same time telling you that he would call in a few days for it. This man is a mere clerk at sixty or eighty pounds a year —worthy men if kept in their station—and em ployed by the surveyor of the district, who receives his appointment from the commissioners legally con stituted to adjudicate in all matters relative to the in come tax. You shall see how soon he was converted into an important personage, by an ingenious device of his own, and which he so managed that almost all were obliged to comply with it—except a few, who paid dearly for their virtuous obstinacy, their heroic honesty. Mind, reader, we are speaking from practical knowledge of the facts. All that we are now relating occurred in a county town not one hundred miles from the metropolis, and, we make no doubt, the same facts and the same functionary were common to the whole island —ex U7lO disce. Some few of the inhabitants, not understanding the nature and method of the filling up of the papers, which - the seedy, dapp er li tt l e man left with them, asked the latter, as a favour, to do it for them, at the same time tipping him, as the phrase goes. As a matter of course, he did as they requested, and it was soon observed that those parties who had secured the services of the sub-surveyor, . had no difficulty about the amount of.their returns as stated in the income sche dule. They were never hauled up before the com missioners, nor their books examined, nor their ser vants questioned, nor their neighbourspumped; it was always taken for granted that all was right—and they had no trouble on that head. But a far different fate awaited those who had not the sagacity or the incli nation to secure the services of the income-sub. They were invariably annoyed in one way or other. STANDARD.—We hold that the system of large peace retrenchments is vicious in principle, and that, as far as it is possible to effect it, the country ought to be taxed less in war than in peace. We hold, too, that a tax on property is the fairest of all taxes, and that it ought to be The basis of every sound financial system. it was our earliest form of taxation—the d fi j fi eent h s vote d to our old Sovereigns w e re a - property tax in the strictest sense ; and the subsidies were even in form an income tax -2 s: Cid. in the and upon com mercial and profess ; ..onal incomes, 4s po . in the pound upon land, a P:oportion sufficiently just when land holders cor.4.stituted the great body o f th e r i c h, b u t which It would now be no less just to reverse, for th;•-, opposite reason, were it not that the some what longer tenure in landed than in other in come, renders an equal rate of taxation upon the whole the most equitable. We have already explained the 'process, by which indirect taxation has been sub stituted and the motive for the substitution —to spare the rich at the expense of the poor. At first, while indirect taxes were limited to tonnage and poundage they were as eqiial in their pressure as an income m ifi e c an am th o e u e n r . equality par and d ssz p tr o e u , n a d n a d ge no a t ffe in cte it d s tax ; and when we sp ea k o f th e equa li ty o f a tax, only the rich— on l y s w p e ec those whose drank wine, and those who ex ported at a profit. But wh o w ill name a sip gle: indirect tax that can be called equal in its pressure ? A weekly contemporary, the Britannia seems to recommend taxes on " beer, coals, salt, raid tobacco." Are these taxes equal in their pressure ? Will the Marquis of Westminster, or the Duke of Devonshire, feel any of th ese t axes as much as it will be felt by ie day labourer ? The truth is, that indirect taxation upon necessaries, or upon the lower comforts of life, must to avoid a bare faced acknowledgment of oppression and injustice, as sume a perfect equality in the distribution of wealth —an equality which we know does not exist, and from which we are unhappily receding further day by day. The only fiction that can justify indirect taxation in preference to a tax upon income, is as gross as that upon which Gatton and Old Sarum were pretended to give representatives for the people, and it is in the course of nature that the one absurdity the other. No Eicise or other officer will have autho rity to enter any man's house under an law : there can, therefore, be nothing to f r om the insolence insolence o f suc h an o ffi cer. As • it come tax thus " the ob.. noxiousness exists in the falsely - ed insult, and the domicili ary visit, " we P to inform our respected - xe h app y t o 4a be able ante is purely imagin ugon fora contemporary the griel - statement , it. A man will be called s inepme, which, whether in n dee s m tr e i d et pri satis ve f .e %&,. ory ' 0 0 l or not, will be guarded ' the statemept be such as WORSHIP-STREET. BRUTAL ASSAULT. —, TanksTieliann,a fellow of dis sipated appearance, was charged with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault upon Robert William son, a boy twelve years of age. It appeared that the complainant was proceeding along Goswell-street on the preceding evening, when the prisoner (who was very much intoxicated) crossed over from the opposite side of the way, and without receiving the slightest provocation, com menced a violent attack upon him, and struck him several blows in the face, the marks of which were still apparent. The prisoner was immediately taken into custody by police constable, G 30, who witnessed the outrage, and whose attention had been pre viously attracted towards the prisoner in consequence of the blasphemous and threatening language which he used to other persons, many of whom ran into the road in order to avoid him. The prisoner had been several times in custody on similar charges, and it was stated that his intellects had become impaired from the effects of the long continued habits of drunkenness in which he had indulged. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 205., or be committed to the House of Correction for 21 days. Edward Moore, a lad about 18 years of age, who stood charged with having stolen a variety of articles of wearing apparel, from the persons of different children, was put to the bar bfore Mr. Broughton for final ex amination. It appeared that on the 16th inst., Police Constable Dewar, G 151, was called into the shop of Mr. Kirk wood,'a pawnbroker, in Brick Lane, Old-street, where he found the prisoner, who was given into his custody, upon a charge of stealing a cloak and two pairs of boots, belonging to children named Hill, which he had pledged at the shop on the preceding day. The police had previously received information that numerous rob beries of a similar kind had been committed by a lad answering the prisoner's description, who had been in the habit of decoying away children, by promising them toys and sweatmeats, and afterwards robbing them of their clothes ; and it was stated that the thief gene rally carried about him some blacking and shoe brushes, and that he persuaded the children to allow him to take off their boots for the purpose of cleaning them. After taking the prisoner into custody the police man searched his pockets, and found therein a small pot of blacking, a quantity of toys, and some articles of wearing apparel belonging to children. Samuel Cressingham, a shopman to Mr. Kirkwood, the pawnbroker, produced the cloak and boots, which were identified by Mrs. Hill, the mother of two little boys from whom they were stolen, on the I . sth inst. A great number of other children who had been stripped of their clothes were present with their parents, and the policeman Dewar said that upwards of twenty of them had pointed out the prisoner as the thief, but he had only succeeded in recovering the property in six cases. Mr. Vine was desired, by Mr. Broughton, to take down the depositions in all the cases in which the pro perty had been recovered. Amongst the cases was one in which a boy, five years old, the son of Mr. Burgess, a clockmaker, in Percival street, Clerkenwell, was robbed by the prisoner, as long ago as the month of May last. It appeared that the little fellow and his brother, who were on their way to school when they were accosted by the prisoner, who asked them to accompany him a short distance and he would give them some sweetmeats. On reaching the corner of the street he desired the elder boy to wait there, and promised to send back his brother with the sweet meats ; but after waiting some time without seeing either of them, the boy returned home and apprised his parents of what had occurred. Nothing was heard of the missing boy until a late hour in the morning, when information arrived that he was in the station-house at Hoxton, and his father ascertained, on going there, that the boy had been fastened in a shed in Greengate gardens, Hackney-road, where the prisoner had left him after stealing his hat and blouse. CROWN SIDE—MARcIi 26. Abraham Mills. Abraham Hardy, Thomas Standrim, Benjamin Chadwick, John Cocker, and William Buckley, were indicted for a burglary in the house of Josiah Taylor, at Knott Lanes, near Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 28th of Sept. last. • Mr. Brands for the prosecution ; Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Blair, and Mr. Wilkins for the several prisoners. It appeared that on the night in question, some per sons residing in Knott Lanes were passing the house of Taylor, when they perceived four men standing in his fold, near the window of his shop. They saw sufficient to induce them to think there was something wrong, and ran on to the houses of some of their acquaintances to get assistance. On coming back there were still four men standing near the window, having some , clothes in their hands, who ran away. Three men were then seen to come out of the shop window without hats, coats, or shoes. One got clear off, the second was knocked down with a poker, but also got away, and the third was ap prehended as he was getting out of the window. Ile proved to be the prisoner Mills. Some jugs and other articles had been moved to the outside of the window. All the other prisoners were identified as having formed part of the gang on the occasion. The evidence, how ever, was somewhat confused ; it appeared that the night was a dark one, and that the greater number of the pri soners were entire strangers to those who now deposed to their identity. Evidence was given of the prisoners having been to gether at Ashton up to near twelve o'clock on the night in question. Hardy, on being apprehended, was found to have a recent cut on his forehead, and in his house were discovered a pair of shoes, which were claimed by the prisoner Mills. The prisoners were all convicted and sentenced to 15 years' transportation. In the course of the day the Grand Jury, in bringing into Court a bill against a Mr. Heaps, of Bolton, for manslaughter, which had been ignored, stated, through their foreman, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, their unanimous opinion that there was not the slightest shadow of a ground for the charge which had been preferred. His LORDSHIP said he had looked over the depositions, and entirely concurred with the Grand Jury, that there was not the most remote ground for impugning either the care or skilfulness of Mr. Heaps, who now left the Court without the slightest imputation on his character. It will be recollected that Mr. Heaps was the medical gentleman attached to the Bolton workhouse, who had given direction for the exposing to the funies of sulphur .f a pauper afflicted 'with a lousy disease, in the usual apparatus for that purpose, contrived so as to exclude the head of the Party. The pauper died some time after, as was proved, .of inflammation of the lungs, but this seemed no ground whatever for alleging that her death had any connexion with the sulphur bath, to which she had been exposed. CIVIL SlDE—(Before Mr. Baron RoLn.) BLAIR V. HALDRED. This was an action of trover for a poodle dog. Mr. Martin appeared f: - :r the plaintiff, and Mr. Wil kins for the defence. The plaintiff, who resides near Manchester, had pur chased in August last two puppies, about ten weeks old. One .of them died. The defendant was for some short time away from home, and in his absence the second p u ppy was lost. Some short time after a dog was found by a neighbour, and taken to the plaintiff's house. The plaintiff's wife supposed it to be the dog she had lost, Init within a day or two the defendant came, claimed the dog, and took it away. He said he had paid ss. for it the Monday before at Stockport. This action was now brought to recover it, and the only question was as to its identity. The witnesses for the plaintiff swore positively as to the dog the defendant carried away being the dog the plaintiff had purchased. It was described as exceed ingly small. For the defence a number of witnesses were called, who professed to identify the dog as one which the de fendant had purchased in Stockport, and mentioned se veral marks by which they recognised it, among others that it was bored in the ears. The litigated poodle was now produced, and appeared to , have thriven well, being much larger than from the testimony of the plaintiff's witnesses would have been thought possible. • Mr. MARTIN contended, in reply, that the poodle pro duced was a changeling, and not that which had been taken away by the defendant.. die T t h fo e r J t u h r e y (le a f f e t n er d r a e n t t i . ring for some time, return. dl9' The Court was engaged a great part of the . the trials of undefended causes. _ THE MARKETS.---Y ESTETWP CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals of Grain were tolerablY 81144. the fresh supplies moderate. Wheat of fine , -ter quarter dearer and other sorts main " 1 -v rather higher. Beans and 07, • --r ov ed demand at ls. Pcel in flo ur at Iv. currency. altered. Oats met an nut— ter advance. There was more ctum. , - prices. • • LAST "; ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DUBIN° - 11 , ,,c Wheat. 4,785 qrs. 6,896 qrs. Barley. Oats. 6 • OP English 80 05 g ,, '" . .."'" Irlill . - 9,6 71 30 101 i Foreign 6,952 456 J TIMES OR BOARD OT SPIT. ,3 , ii Wheat,Red (old) ... **** ,„ -1. -1. Beans, Small (new) f s , fp ---- White (01d).....,-.... .....s. ----.........-. (01: 1 1 ......."' 0 ---- Red: 1841 ) 50s. 545. -- Tick Ifely •••••"';3 30 0 ...-- Fine 555• 60s• ••••••••...........• ° I el 1W0., • 0.. ---- Superfine Ills. 635. ... 4 ....-. Harrow (new)."''s' ---- White (l 841) bis. 545. ---.........- (01d)..."'..4)1 —.--- Fine 'Els. 601. Brank. ... ............. ...: .011 ....... :41: ,1 Superfine 6ls. 675. Oats,F;; . l . l?! ......... ! 1 —....-Foreignfrec 525.----- NO' •""" ...... - 7 ...... Rye. 38s 40s. -- P01and........ .... 67) Barley 26s 326 --..........-Ncir • ...... ..... Grinding "5s 28s. -- p 0ta t 0 e........• ...... 0 1 9 Malting 'lO4 345. -----• view ....... Malt 561. 60s. Scotch •••••""c4s. ... or , --- Fine New 62s 641 1ri5h....... .....4),,,,,, Pease, Grey, New ..... Ws. 32.. Flour Town (per" - . --,e -- Maple New .31s. 331, —.... seeonds•••• .. 1 . ; i . ::. 5. - Whit - ~345. 365. ........- North Con • Boilers The supplySwMalsT mH36oFsdie3BE:aL.tleDl:rawMni.tih-R—agig"To"od"...":o3'.so4.oll,l the following prices :—Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; T op 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 10d. ; to ss. 4d. ; Lamb, 6s. to 7s. 4d. MARKET. fe The market was quiet, but holders were obtained full Yates for all sorts. Compa n Y s lid. to Is. 11 4 , 1 -d. cash • TALLOW MARKET. m a rk Prices of P.Y. Candle steady, but. tbe todE inactive, at 475. 6d. to 475. 9d. on the srt;. for delivery in the last three months of t he fea PROVISION MARKET. vol. The demand for both Irish and Foreionich Ct) 0101 t fug dull, and confined to the fine qualities, w h fise full prices ; the best Irish 88s. to 90s.,2n u n n e ed 112 s. to 116 s. per cwt.. The prices of D act) : pressed, and the demand very limited ; 495. per cwt. Lard unaltered. HOP MARKET. fe l ' The MTarket was steady, with an inquitiries. descriptions, and holders looking for bet ter p 0 , . - PRICE OF BREAD. pad O f '1 tie highest rile eo f Rre,d I. the hlctroolls Is Loaf. Gm d Bread r beßlay ad at 7fd. 11 PRICE OF OIL. 4g 1 .C.,,1 .44..."' 5, l Rape Oil, brown, per ton ...• p Ditto, refined ................... . ............. Linseed 0i1.............. -. . ............ ..., .. ....... :I 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the • Mill(per 10001 «.*".. ' Rai e . ake, per ton ............................ ....•••••*'. ..I PRI( ES OF SEEDS. ite l On Per Cwt. Pei 0 18 ,7 0, New English Red C10ver...69s 10. St. Foin ••••••"' .... ': ,j .! Old Dittr , Ditto .........— a —s ..-s Rye G1a55......."' ........ ";o';' New Foreign Ditto......—s 75s 92s Pacey Grass ••••‘"..g ~ ,): , • do , Old Ditto Ditto —s s—s Linseed, for teL .. .',, New White ('over 5.1. fts 05s Ditto ' for sowinf ... ~.. .4 .h 11% "Ji Old Ditto Ditto —1 s—s Ditto, for ern.- - ... 1 r •ew Tre.oil ... —a 20s 40s'ILm ....... ..••• ..... ...... ,„ Old Ditto •••"." I le' s 20s 38s,Canary .. ....... .. o be .„ A up fr follum a—s —at Pell 1 9 7j9 r 0i English C,arraway ......—s 50s 52s,White Musta."'''P,4l o Foreign Ditto — s 46s 50. Brown Ditto.."" 51' 0 1 Coriander... —s —s —3 Tares ...... ......* .......... il PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c: pet ... ,",I.• Town Tallow .s2 10 6 Melting Stuff...." ~..."' 1 Yellow Russia White Soap Ditto 2 0 0 9 0 6 G D r i t a t v o u ll 0 .. u .. gb .. ..........“: ::::: 0 0 0 Good Dregs ...Ito, ) , 1 ' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone co ...... Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meltors).• .. / , COAL MARKET. - c s i, 1. Ships arrived since last market-40. ,„•,, r. d. bert/1 16 6 Wallis End Pena ~,, ,„,,, 15 6 Walls End Stcwfen....Ai 17 0 Walls End Whi4: 5 00 1. :4 16 0 Walls End tiaL.P . ......41 17 3 Walls End ells 14 3 Walls End Sei l ride•'/1 17 3 Walls End A eti. g . 0 , ,, ;,,, , 18 9 Walls Ei.d Beieul o o... / 18 6 Walls End Coun",,,o4 l :ier; 18 0 Walls Es d Even, ie n e; 16 6 Walls End St. P e o l i r 1 , 2 18 9 Walls End Sey ni- ," r I 21 0 Blythe ........ ....4• 0 ..,. '0 21 0 Elsicar......•••': s 9o 21 0 Howard't NC17....." Adair's Bell, Robson & Co; Hartley Carr's Hartley Chester Main Holywell Main New Tantield Moor Wylam Walls End Bosforth Walls End Heaton Walls End Hedlcy Walls End Perkins........ Walls End Wharnclitre.., W E. Braddyll'sHetton Walls End Haswell...« Walls End Hetton Walls End Lambton 2' 01 Shipcote ...... COUNT Y CORN MARKET' Wheat. Barley. Oats Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover itanbnry Basi. getoke Cirenc*ster doventry Oaventry Derby Howden ungerford Halton biai.!enhead Nottingham Wantage Warwick Winchester York I. to I. 57 72 58 64 56 66 54 63 53 79 •. to S. 25 36 k 6 30 32 40 32 37 25 V 5 24 32 38 44 24 29 29 37 '2ll 32 32 35 S 3 29 36 34 .S 38 30 36 Per Bushel Birmingham 69 72 60 67 46 73 62 76 5'2 75 58 67 63 78 - 76 58 64 r. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 70 f 6 3 6 46 NEWCASTLE COT Wheat, Northumberland Norfolk and Suffolk --- Berwick and Scotch ---- Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign .. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sutfol - Grinding and Feeding hlalt, Norfolk and Suffolk Beans, > mall - Tick. Pease, White - Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe Feed , -cores, Flour (per b Ign bask) TCII M . 1. to s• I . 20 31 5 5 20 23 -- 33 56 26 24 23 49 22 3 1 43 21 29 55 28 34 59 20 • 25 29 18 30 40 34 - 31 56 ., 34 3 , `2 is I 22 ; v_ v s e . d o . 4 s . o d .111. 1 45 0n ' r# l ° ' EXCd.HAtiv Vi (to°o4 Re 0 * 545. 690 ..... " o p g. 545. 645.. ... !O (P I 50s. 550.•"" 60.. erts..••"' 231 30`..•..•' 3 2e. 3 1k 3ts. 34s ..... .. A:. 31s. ... 51s 54s ••"*. •••) 39s • J. ) 40$ 420.0'" 325. 340.. 245. 20s 920..0' . ,‘,l 20e. `.2a , ....... • n 4 'e 50. ....... =--2 • :ARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oat'. tberdeen _6O to 70 _2B to3o _____.....15 to 2i ...i7 to? 1! ' Berwick 25 42 15 21 it 16 . 4 ' 4 ' 214' 1 Coldstream . 40 55 22 24 17 1 9 el Q 11 "/ Cupar ( Fife' '4B 65 213 31 19 2 2 fly - la I Dunbar .. .- LO 64 2J :10 19 24 ..... r,, I/ Elgin 7O 72 30 31 22 25 ,1 A W 11 Inverness Kelso Kirkaldy - or Perth 6O 67 39 40 25 15 Ou t til l r B ::). The size of the measure varies thoigh, o af. ; ',), HADDINOfON CORN MAII.`, - et! ! / Wheat. Barley. Oats. 6, rint ..... .... 67s Od 348 Od 28s Oal ',!,, N ; Second bas 6d 29s I d 235 od „,,,'" 0 , , l'hird s2s Od 278 Od 211 Od '''s 10" 4 Average 2/. 18s 7.1 I.' id4o OLASOOW CORN 51/ IIIC 6 10 191 : : Wheat, per '2401b. s. d. s.d. OM.. Pe" . ...,50" r Sritish, old 240 to 33 6 Irish . ....... o 0,a,. --- sewo - C British ...... .......44.11 # , Canada, free 0 - 0 Beans* l'' .... Ilg Irish Barley, par 3201 b Scottish ... ~ . ... 0 .„ 0, English 24 0 VS 0 Pease,Scot lll ,lo ii / Scottish 2l 6 24 0 Oatrosal.Pt„lV.,,.. , or, Irish , 2O 0 22 0 Flour per r.',. - 4 1; DALKEITH CORN MARlCP'iesa' 4: Wheat. Bar.ey. 1 Oats. 4 6, 0 ? First ftis Ou 35s 111 I 503 Ad ~,,, Second s4s Od 3ls 01 I 215 8 d . ;6: o', Third ,-,--..',. e oe v ! If. Sir Robert is so much at the statebout9oll;, he affects to steer as not to know wh ere' refes,, ',,, the calculations which he makes as to th h e f ,Cc ei. l'• derived from the new tariff, then, en ll3 " . :s ll. iff not the man to preside at the helm in titt l . plo o li when rocks, and shoals, and storms, and v ' ti is CI, r+, OR every side. If he alters duties, a nn , iii o ylo , taxes, without calculating the results, ca ..,,,,tio l ,r!' man if you will, but he is acting lilts'the w, 0 0,7,#' , 1 .1 3 0 14 4' scatters firebrands as he runs along Ic.- h 1 . 4 • to the miseries which he may occasion or t h e ti .l f f ' ` l he may excite.—Liverpool Albion. Lord John Beresford, brother to th e i v i p l ' ,. Waterford, having completed his terms at iji!,, , r' I lege, Cambridge, has entered holy orders• Of Or A i was ordained by his relative, the Bishop l,o'o. It i - I' During the greater part of the wee i aitig has been extremely cold. All the sttrr° ul " A covered with snow.—Carlisle Journal 11,20 i tie SPANISH COMMISSION. — More IIII111,0100i:;, and nearly 7,000 men, perished by disas. a ill i e fever, and destitution, of the 12,000 Origi(iitiOoi4. General Evans in his unfortunate exP e oi jo ce 5 ,0,; Of the latter number, we will say, 2 ' ha t th a t "' were sent home as useless or mutinous ; l',",,, o ce_f! der, or their next of kin, are entitled ',1: 1 ,0V, some arrears of pay, or compensation. ~n to '''. ifil,', 10,000, if from which is taken about s,Prcorslletr tificates have been issued by the Span's",o he , is clear that there are yet 5,000 claim s o ' British Queen. ti do l e The Marquis de las Marismas (Al• Af to '' ( at Bayonne on the 18th inst., in his wa.7 ? visit his coal-mines in the Asturias.' „a ,32 REPRESENTATION OF THE MONT/An° V' We are sorry to find that increased In.e"titeillof compelled Mr. Chalmers, who has rePreopt icoli!, trict of burghs since August, 1837, t ° 1 ' ~ hi s / tion of retiring from Parliament. Duri l T a bli' i P , with the burghs, Mr. Chalmers has inva i ri oil ° ifi' liberal and straightforward path ; an" be r d health, was an active and eifi.ient 31 ,, en' t " ir e . ' mittees. It is confidently rumoured t"./09' Hume will be Mr. Chalmers' successor. day Post. ----•". BIRTHS. 1 Cs ° On the 20th inst., Mrs. C. S. Thomas , °- , t l' if, Id i" ° ' I race, Hyde-park, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Beech-hill, near — et c 5 0 0 4 0 ' Britain, the lady of W. A. Bethune, Esq- , p g'; 6 9% , . ti p On the 23d inst., at Sible HedinghaM, la‘ li the Rev. Charles Burney, of a daughter. t he j On the 24th inst., at Burton-u Trent , • r P"" ' _Art Allsopp, Esq., of a son. • 13 b" 9.. i tt i4 On the 24th inst., at Lady Noel's, us u lady of Captain Donnelly, of a son, still-boresenoccoty On the 25th inst., at Chapel-street , G r°l 6 till' lady of Lieutenant-Colonel linling, of a s°° ' 1, 0 o r r ikit MARRIED. I , O. r On the 22d inst., at Stepney old Chure ,G. i( late'solicitor of the Commercial-road, to Cl G e " ' 80 , 0 the Mrs; Bagley. el° lo On the 26th inst., at St. Luke's Church. 1....2 'I homas Reeve, son of William Reeves , E s g r.h ,.lo o ' Bower, daughter of T. W. Boner, Esq., "f -- Fr e l ~ D. a be On the 20th inst., at Ch e I ltenhED vtiy the am, 1 -00. late John Woodcock, Esq., of London, ag e d i n gs , to On the 23d inst., at Marlborough - b uil e gr o° l 1 ' Witham Frederick Delavand, Esq., late S jesty's Board of Custom., aged 79. wooi On the 24th inst., a t W ro xhall AhhePooky oli Anne Martha, the.wife of Chandos Wre n 00 0 London : Printed and Published bl 3 " 1 .1 1 IV No. 112, Strand, at The Sup; Offila so rirt the County of Middens, Tuesdar• F or d Plis 4 4 ii ', CO 84; QU N 44 ro u Six C fast ,ter / 1 41 ,-,,