The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

Aneil Mr. lie 113c 1 igilie light, empbal bo CripPs; tA cheese, if I not help lab ass of usql rely aPPe us , e, lively env and muss , fashionable sements ; rs discusseut , nts," appeared of l iliar mode (3lueed in th e ; founded os the most 1 the preci se s mentioae .urren,,ce pa per. but th e e rd e lone so , . Ainswort-4, d o n, at th m e :o s.another sw ,,, .on's ren isr* etion. T. ) lar and i , 1 ,1 u gor,,,r on heed ei bat' e i Luna , 0 ,, , acit) f:eoty, some '_.,„tife' .sent 0. " - folb" life, w hose tit y i ht, sar cas to bids air., ts, her 1, 1 4 111 „ she "f l lo' ,p e r all 4 : 0 4 ( riticisols lot a few (Ore l. , too• ettv r s ' t renf o ic , i ding . ink. pose' nn ; a)", it ° lre°. toliP ige' 03, w eer 1 1 ' glen :11 1, 111 .. _ t 4 4 1 N ,. a . t!1 a littl e on one side, Hinton. Where is he ? e i ,Th eB ,79 right: . Kneel CloWn, sir; kneel down, I say!" iti hiev erne °l. ds, addressed .to Corny, produced no other e „.,, e . r.lt itrhirn than a 'slight. change in his attitude, to 4 ii„n u u ta l ichettan tio extend, his expanded hand above his eyes, ~ /)_eisciek beliefeairnie, 1) e eareryiew of the Duke. Hinton ? Do you hear me, sir?" 4 10 . sharp° You ar his Grace?" said I, endeavouring with , , be s_ I hear . foot . , his c 5 ~: b ear hi,...tre h him, ' said Corny; " why would'nt 0 . .. Tle.,eidot.vn, then," t i, c 4 . 4, , ..4 I, ll, , , 4 ' e afte 'l r l ‘‘ a .e b ll it of ine'll kneel down. Don't I know what enough? Ach ma bochlish 1 Sorrow else -‘e :li ve n r e do . e s. nor make fun of people." kwait el down, sir,"r said his Grace in an accent there re refusing ty. " What is 'your name?" 1,., hu r l ed rrther! 0 heavenly Joseph!" cried Corny, as I r ~, 4 e th e ( 1. 111 ,,1,0wn upon his knees, " that I'd ever lived to N W , 4f W, .'). I 0 4{ d nat is his d—d name?" said the Duke passionately. JOsi OII I,Y Your Grace, Corny Delany." , "Th t. e ' ve ipi N om, no tthat'll do," as w i t h a h ear t y s l a p o f th e A t i i ' Pi ed out, ~ 71.1 his should er , but on his bullet head, he 1,01 4 o eh th _ Ise, Sir Corny Delany 1" AAla s ame ''''' devil a one of me will ever get up out of iti t 4 Yseif n s Pot• 0 wirra, wirra ! how will I ever show 01 t, .gain after• • ~:wavin „ this disgrace ?" t p ; . 'ward s t P,), `-oroy to his lamentations, the Duke walked ti u(iw assern ",door. Here above a hundred people were trot 1,„ °Jed, their curiosity excited" in no small de ,isiddie•rop picket of light dragoons, who occupied the i(aai n ' the street, and were lying upon the ground, or si g h t g on their saddles, in all the wearied attitudes of a -w ate miss his h• In fact, the Duke had forgotten to dis til' th at g ua rd or honour, who had accompanied him to the lll i t e , res and who , thus had spent the dark hours of ,' i ng of be ~s e e Ping watch and ward over the proud dwel 'eaiar ttoone s d ark frown settled on the Duke's t ,.. e a as y .. A . i IY Ni h i , h e Perceived the mistake, and muttered be -4114!" r' i r l e eth, " How they will talk of this in Eng- Nhtt, The next moment, bursting into a hearty fit of e llttr ft.' he stepped into the carriage, and, amid a loud t ql(lli ° , 4l ay. the mob, by whom he was recognised, drove t , g . iitn , 4. 4 v-.--ireik j . ...-,.,_,........_ li - - troitittiftilwbition SUN OFFICE, Three ®'Clock. Iri,,,, at e sadly distressed by the lamentations of the kli ts -s, Which flow, in with doleful sounds from all tai td , °f the country. From John o'Groat's to the 111 g, I.l d ther e i s no thi ng b u t weeping, and wail tlistt,c-114 eursing--painful regrets for the past, and I lt ot e - t; fc 'rebodings for the future. They expected i th e to to agriculture from the Tories, protection '44; ore and all monopolies, and at the elections t, they came forward in high spirits, and by 9rjr, a nt majorities secured Sir R. PEEL in his seat ( 1 0 7 e Mini s t er. Th ey wa i te d pa ti en tly, f or theyhad t ° a tlh -jt in his fostering care, till he should be pleased the t :linee his plans, their hopes were buoyed up by 1 1. 14 t: e nee of the " Farmers' Friend" in the Cabinet, ; 4 % 01 ' 41 % the opening of the. Session they became a ‘ ll th • -arta ed by his secession, but still had confidence 1 11 4 4 ; 1 ! Tory patron till the fatal Budget came upon st : k e the shock of an earthquake, and left them ' l it% 4 of helpl ess amazemen t. We have been the Si r 'se3' they, o f ou r landlords, who are the dupes 4 r g CPIRItT P EE we have been betrayed, cheated, hl t d e TL ed 13 3' the Minister, in whom, looking at his 1, 4 ! 14 c1, , we never should have placed the slightest le e, who ru i ne d one -half of our brethren by ' Q at Z e 'leY Bill, w h o swore he would never consent ated li e emancipation, and in the same breath con of r t , h • a nd who finally came into office on the plea k tl.l,: ti ng the encroachments of Lord JOHN Rus ! t he agricultural interests, while he brings in It N t .l aw Bill equally bad, admits cattle, sheep, and ‘. ‘ll a va riety of agricultural produce, at little more 11 Plirial duty • and, to crown all, he loads us N l 4 . l 4 e ; rie ?me• tax. These are the general themes sn ot cation among those who speak out, but there elass—the dumb Tories, who are more to r Qe cause for shame they cannot give ventto l q ''ktt to 4kli goation, and are compalled to mourn bnSelf-int eres t, however, will compel them at th ey resist the proposed measures, and we should tr l iq' t. ‘;` °r e be surprised to see more petitions . . Whobill than even against the income h t letter of a well-informed correspondent, fo of from the far-famed county for the best eat t t i a e r i lff the kingdom—the county of Here- N e v N cause no little consternation throughout at ilg districts. Sheep, he says, are unsaleable, Wi tt tc , r , k th l lth e -. :: (l eed prices; cattle that three months ago, ttLc s of the breeders re were still high, and PEEL o b r i ll was their idol, were sold at 221., th an only 151. a head, a reduction o . f f o u r a thirty-five per cent., and all other am.. tu t 411 1t i se t s. f or food are liable of course to nearly ig I de Preciation. Sir ROBERT PEEL, there taced in a nice dilemma. If he yields 44 1 ' , and e n that placed him in the Premier's buke of RICHMOND said they would b Y i eld, or turn him out, he will raise a indignation among the rest of the o l ts -3. ' w h of o will charge him with the insidious l ipaving the way for the adoption of the by a promised reduction on articles 11 * 4 1°11, which he never intended to carry into I• 4 th, e must yield to one party or tt t tolib' h , we wish him joy of his choice. ofi rh e in te ' s a te only commencing. He has deranged Icliterovi l ' es ts of the country, without any chance 111 0, Ri li th tr ade and commerce, and threatens to kte llt „ . , 4 tax which w ill more and more cripple -- ` 4 in the en d exc it e di re h o stility to his at th e h a`e is beatfoorr: us copies of two diplomatic notes, ' 4 1 f 44 4 dish. Considerable importance. The first note of the Greek Government, Ea s ed - IN ,_ '44 l olE ttii eeember, 1841, to the Ambassadors 'ELi ti 4 44 France, and Russia, who had jointly second the part of the SULTAN, of cer is t 11 ` 4 3r acts of the Greek Cabinet ; and the , z) bs ervations made by the Ottoman Envoy at Athens upon that document, which was likewise addressed to the Ministers of the Protecting Poir'ers. These documents have recently acquired, a more than ordinary degree of interest from the differences be tween Greece and the Porte becoming so great as to ' lead to war preparations on both sides, which have only been suspended at the particular instance of Sir STRATFORD CANNING, and the special mission of Prince 31AvRocoRDATo to Constantinople. The text of these notes would fill four of our columns, but we can very well compress the entire substance of them in less than half a column, with even the addi tion of here and there an observation of our own. In diplomacy the general rule appears to be that the smaller the quantity of fruit the more abundant the show of leaves. The Greek Government states that, in manifestation of its impartiality towards the Christian and Mussul man inhabitants of Greece, it, so early as 1833, pro mulgated a decree placing both upon an equal footing. The observation of the Turkish Envoy upon this is terse and forcible. He says that the practical value of this decree is to be drawn from the fact, that not a single Turk in Greece but resolved to emigrate, and quit a country in which he was born. The Greek Government next affirms that it granted free permission to all Mussulmans to quit Greece when they pleased. Upon this the Turkish Envoy remarks, that hindrances were thrown in the way of Turks disposing of their property, by which they were detained in spite of themselves; and that an ar ticle of the penal code threatened every inhabitant of Greece with confiscation of property, who should quit the country without the permission of the authorities. The Greek Government states, that while it afforded facilities to Turkish inhabitant: to emigrate, the Porte refused to make a similar concession to Greeks living in its territory. To this the Turkish Envoy replies, that all persons born in the territories ceded to Greece were allowed to return, and also all Greeks who took part in the Greek insurrection, or who were implicated in it at Constantinople, but that the Porte could not allow its Mussulman subjects to exhibit Greek passports, or to claim the exemption of Greek subjects, because King OTHO had chosen to grant them the rights of Greek citizenship. He ac cuses the Greek Government of adopting a system of kidnapping Ottoman subjects, by means of letters of naturalization, with which they returned to Turkey only to evade the laws of the empire. The Greek Government declares that, with a view to hasten the sale of Mussulman property, it ap pointed a Commission for that purpose, and ordered that in all litigated cases the causes in which Mus sulmans were interested, should be heard first. The Turkish Envoy objects that the Commission, which was to have been a mixed one, was composed wholly of Greeks, and he cites instances in which Turks were subjected to acts of great oppression. The Greek Government sets forth that, after all its sacrifices to the Porte the latter refuses to enter into a treaty of commerce beneficial to both countries, The Turkish Envoy answers that the Porte did enter into such a treaty, that the Hellenic Government refused to ratify it, and that the negotiations were not re newed, solely because Greece conspired against the Porte in Candia, Thessaly, and Macedonia, thereby proving that it was not a trade with Turkey, but the destruction of the empire which she sought. The remainder of these notes is taken up with claims to property in Thebes, Zuitun, and other dis tricts, by the Greek Government, on the part of Greek subjects, which are all contested by the Turkish Envoy. Taken altogether, they represent a state of things by no means of a peaceful charac ter. The preservation of peace between nations with so many incentives to war is a most ticklish business. The Porte accuses Greece of downright swindling, robbery, treachery, and short of open war, of every crime which a Government can commit against a neighbouring State. In the defence of the Greek Cabinet there is nothing decided and conclusive. The most serious charges it passes over unnoticed. It does not deny the fact, and challenges the proof of an interference in favour of the oppressed Macedonians and Candiotes. Neither does it boldly confess and defend such interference. The truth is, that it cannot deny most of the charges brought against it. But this is not the fault of the nation. The KING is the person principally to blame, for his miserable ambitioh soars no higher than to involve Greece in a war with the Sublime Porte. Many difficulties, which would otherwise prove insurmountable, will, however, be overcome by the presence of Prince MAVROCORDATO and Sir STRATFORD CANNING at the Porte. Their long and friendly intimacy, and their entire know ledge of the imbecile character of the KING, will prompt an. unity of Councils which will have the greatest weight with the Porte. Still great caution will be necessary to prevent an outburst. A spark would kindle into a devouring flame, the old hatred of two of the most hostile races in the world. DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Allow me to add my thanks to those which you have already received, for having determined to exclude from your valuable paper a certain class of advertise 'Dents. I trust that the sacrifice you have made in favour of morality will be duly appreciated by the public, and that your example will be considered worthy of general imitation. I wish you would commence a crusade against another kind of advertisements, of which the provincial papers are full—l allude to the puffs of quack medicines, which although not absolutely indecent, are abominably false, and destructive, in my opinion, to the health of the community. Thousands of pounds are annually ex tracted from the pockets of the poor by these vile puffs. And to this practice the proprietors of papers callinc , themselves respectable, - lend their aid, and share in the unhallowed gains. Again thanking you for your spirited conduct, I re main, Sir, yours much obliged, A MEMBER OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. Derby, March 31, 1842. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. _ The Dutch Koff Bernardina, Houtzaayer, from Am sterdam, for Constantinople, laden with a general cargo, put in here on the 26th, with mast sprung, loss of sails, and leaky, and is come into the harbour to repair ; the cargo has been landed. The English brig Baltic, of London, which sunk off Poole some little time back, was brought into this harbour on the 27th, nearly full of water, having been raised by means of spar decks and other assistance, under the superintendence of Messrs. Thomas and John White, the eminent shipbuilders at this port. We are informed that they, with their foremen and shipwrights, had a very narrow escape of their lives, when being off the Chalk Rocks were overtaken by a heavy gale from N.W. on Saturday evening, while proceeding in the brig to this port, the steamer's tow-ropes broke, and the brig and lives on board were left for some time to the mercy of the wind and seas, which latter made a clean breach over the vessel, and placed her in the greatest danger of foundering altogether ; their only boat was stove in. MARCH 31.—As one of the boats of - the coast-guard was going its rounds this morning about one o'clock, the deep groans of some one in great agony alarmed the men, and they rowed to the quay from whence they proceeded. One of the crew landed, and following the sound, found a man lying on his face ; he alarmed the inmates of the house, and on obtaining a light it proved to be Mr. Joseph Richardson, a retired carpenter and builder, who was in his 81st year, and resided with his eau. He had been for a long time in a very weak state of mind, and precautions had' been taken to prevent his injuring himself, the windows and doors being nightly fastene ; it appears he had succeeded in raising the sash about 14 inches, and forcing himself through, he fell a distance of about 30 feet, and fractured his skull so dreadfully that he died before medical aid could be called in. THE LATE EARL OF MUNSTER'S GRANDFATHER. — (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—The father of Mrs. Jordan was Francis Bland, Es - q. He died at Dover, on his way to France. Mrs. Jordan was his natural daughter, but he left two children by his wife, the late Colonel Bland, of Killarney, and Mrs. Hewson, relict of the Rev. Robert Hewson, of Kilcolman, Kerry. Sir F. Lua!), Bart., his cousin, erected a monument to his memory in the church of Killarney. ' ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—The proposed increase of the duty on Irish spirits has, it would appear, already revived in this province the pernicious system of illicit distillation to a consideiable extent. About Ballinasloe, Ballinrobe, and Oughterard, we learn that seizures of stills and large quantities of malt are daily being made by the revenue force. In fact, unlicensed potteen dealers are everywhere actively engaged preparing an inferior substitute for genuine Parliament whiskey, knowing right well that the public will Purchase the " mountain dew" at six shillings per gallon, a remunerating price, in preference to Irish spirits subject to the advanced rate of duty.--Mayo Telegro ph. We find the fol)o-,ving in the Jourhal of Bourges : " On Holy Thursday the weather, tl oagli cold, was fine, and the usual procession of the Cross was attended by a very great crowd of people. The Infante Don Carlos, the Princess of Beira, and the eldest son of the Prince, accompanied by a cortege l of our purest Legitimists, walked devoutly on foot, and made their stations at all the churches and religious houses of the town. The clergy met Don Carlos and his fmily at the doors of the churches, and presented them with the holy water." . S Cvl rig V F r: AND IttatlC puiton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French and Spanish mails have not arrived this ! morning. A letter from the Hague, of the 27th ult., states that by a Royal resolution of the 24th instant, the Minister of Finance is authorised, conformably to the law of the 27th of December, 1840, to capital sum of seven mil lions of florins, bearing interest a t the rate of five per cent., to be inscribed in his name in the second great book of the Active National Debt, with interest from the Ist of April, 1842. The Minister of Finance is further authorised to tranfer this capital to other names. These seven millions are the still disposable portion of he twelve millions florins, after deducting the five mil lions, which, by a resolution of the 14th of February, were inscribed for the purpose of the iron railway. His Majesty the King of Holland has authorized the War Department to call out the Militia-men of the levy of 1841, who are in the reserve of the several corps of the army; to be clothed and exercised for three months, say from the 25th of May to 25th of August this year. The police of Brussels was on Wednesday set in mo tion, by news received from Parii, that the cashier of a mercantile house had absconded with a sum of about 300,000 francs. Letters from the frontiers of Poland, of the 18th of March, express a belief that no insurrection has taken place at St. Petersburg. LA W INTELLIGENC E. INSOLVENT CO ItjRT--(TIIIS DAY) RE THE REV. LIONEL DULLER. In this case the insolvent had been already before the Court for hearing two;or three times, and the facts re ported in The Sun, when it was adjourned for the pur pose of causing him to amend his schedule. Mr. COOKE, who appeared in opposition to the insol vent's petition to be diScharged, on behalf of Messrs. Scott and Jackson, of Golden-square, said the Court was aware that the insolvent was a Senior Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and that it transpired at the former hearing that he was entitled to a certain sum of money from the College. The official assignee had, since the last examination, written to the parties bound to pay that sum to the insolvent, and had been answered that he (the insolv en t) h a d ordered nofperson to receive the money save himself; as if such were the case he should compel its second payment to himself. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said that upon looking over the schedule he found the insolvent had not amended it according to the order of the Court, nor made the slightest allusion to the money to which he was entitled from King's College, Cambridge. Mr. WOODRUFFE, who appeared in support of the in solvent's petition, said there were certain amendments which ought to have been made in the schedule, and which could be done in a very short time. Mr. CooKE (to the insolvent)—Did you write, for bidding the payment of this . money to the official assig nee ? Insolvent—No. Mr. CooKE—We will call that person into Court, who will prave the fact. Esolvent—l wrote to say that I was the only person to whom it should be paid. • Me. Commissioner llAnuts---Don't swear by the card. You have acted in such,.a warmer as to totally disentitle you to any relief.under the Act. I think from the in solvent's conduct the case should begin de novo ; and I shall, therefore, adjourn it generally. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned generally, with an order for 10 days' notice to creditors. A number of unopposed petitions, of no general in terest, were disposed of during the morning, and the ap plicants ordered to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY). Three boys, varyiT g from about 14.t0 17 years of age, named Smith, Barret, and Cassidy, with the most vil binous casts of countenance which one would meet with in a day's march through the mighty Babylon, were charged with steali ng some c i gars f rom th e s h o p f Mrs. Cecille Lewis, in Clare-market. The fair complainant, whose tongue declared her to be a native of La belle France, stated that yesterday_ evening, the three boys at the bar went to her shop and asked for a penny cigar, which she supplied them with ; almost immediately afterwards a little boy informed her that the three boys had pushed aside a small piece of wood from the inside of a broken window, and had decamped with some cigars; she immediately gave chase, and in company with a police man succeeded in capturing the yo u thful depredators, when the little boy who had informed her of the robbery, at once recognised them as the offenders. She had seen the two prisoners, Smith and Barrett, lurking about her shop on a previous occasion. little boy next entered the - witness-box, and swore most positively that he saw the boys take the stolen property. Tyrrell, the gaoler, said that the two prisoners, Smith and Barrett, were well known; the former had been con victed more than once, and Barrett had been convicted about six times. Barrett—No, no, that won't do, old feller, stick to the truth ; only three. The policeman said that he had seen Cassidy often in the company of thieves, and he was in the habit of going dancing about Jim Crow on his head. At this juncture the prisoners all three commenced setting up a defence, and as they all spoke at once, the following is the combined harangue of the three which we collected :—" Yer wertship the good lady never see me near her shop ; no, yer wertship, nor me neither ; I never goes there. Did you, good lady, see me near the shop ? I'm innocent, yer Lor'ship, of th e cr i me ; when I wants a c ouple o' ha'pence I sings and dances on my 'ed. I was never up afore—l've on'y been conwic ted three times, yer wertship ; him and me's been here afore, but this one (pointing to Cassidy) vos never hup before ; he sings on his 'ed—the good 'lady never seed none of us." How long this jumble would have continued it is im possible for us to say, had not Mr. JARDTNE here cut short their orations by asking them if they thought it likely that he believed what they were saying, when it had been distinctly sworn that they were seen to take the cigars from the shop window. He should commit Smith and Barrett to three months each, and Cassidy to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. The prisoners were then removed, apparently pleased with having got off so easily. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Charles Redhead, a dissipated-looking young man, was charged with unlawfully pawning certain materials entrusted to him by his employers to make up. Mr. George Scott, of the firm of Scott and Edward's, of Conduit-street, Bond-street, tailors; , stated that the prisoner had been in their employ for ,Many gears past, and was entrusted to have his work out. on Monday last a number' of doe and chamois skins, toge ther with trimmings, were, given to him to make up by Wednesday, to complete an exten sive order the firm were executing. However, in stead of going to work,on them, he directly proceeded to Westminster and pawned part of the property, and on the following day the remainder, and spent the produce, 145., in drunkenness, and afterwards had 'the impudence to call at witness's house, while in a very intoxicated state, and demand money on account, which being re fused him, he made a great disturbance, and used very abusive language. Mr. HARDWICK inquired what was the value of the property pawned.by the prisoner. Mr. Scott said at least 61., but through the prisoner not executing the work in time, the injUry done was irreparable, as he had, ; that morning sent hchne a part of the order, of which Pie articles in questien formed a part, and they had been returned on his hands. The property having been produced from the shops of Messrs. Roberts and Harding, of York-street, West minster, pawnbrokers, was ordered to be given up to the his c payi ng th e amount a d vance d considered that such property, a ocn n orn d itp i o laa s isn o Nir alna.trcieNi‘alrntitlaowmuitOli(int, should not haiTe, been taken in from a person of the prisoner's appearance. Mr. HARDWICK said he should make an example of the prisoner, for the sake of masters generally, and therefore fined him 4/., in addition to the value, 61., andin default of payment six weeks' imprisonment to hard labour.—The prisoner earnestly implored forgivenness, but of course without avail. UNION HALL —THIS DAY.). George Walker, a pawnbroker, was summoned for taking more than the legal interest on a pledge. The information against the defendant was laid by a common informer who sent t boy to the shop to pledge an article, and in the hurry )f business a farthing more than the legal interest was demanded and taken. The pawnbroker said that the information was laid by the informer out of revenge, owing to his 'not giving him an annual allowance, as many of the pawnbrokers did for not laying informations against them. The MAGISTRATE condemned the conduct of pawn brokers and said, that if such a system prevailed in the trade it was scandalous, and he fined the defendant 20s and costs. SMUGGLING.—A French sailor was charged with smuggling. lie wag taken into custody on landing from a Boulogne steam-vessel, and a bladder containing half a gallon of cognac brandy was concealed in the waist of his trowsers. The defendant was fined 101., and in default of pay ment was committed for a month, Thirty.seven. WORSHIP-STREET- 7 -(THIS DAY). A young man, named Henry Furn, was charged before Mr. BiNGuAm with having been found carrying a bladder containing upwards of a gallon of spirits, without having a permit. _ The offence was fully established by the evidence of a policeman, and of Whisk - in, an officer of excise. The prisoner rested his defence upon the old story, that he was employed to convey spirits to a given desti nation by a strangor, who promised to give him a shil ling for his trouble. The prisoner was amerced in the mitigated penalty of 251., or three months' imprisonment. All the other night charges were wholly uninteresting. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GREAT MARLOW. The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. Austin proposed to go into a new class of objec tions. This was opposed by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, and the Committee decided that one class of objections should be exhausted or abandoned before counsel should proceed to another. Thomas Kirby, jun., was then objected to by the counsel for the sitting Member, who was proceeding with the examination of witnesses when we went to press. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRTL 1 . , 1842. RUSSIAN. UKASE: --- • -- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Several purchases in Consols have given great firm ness to the markets, and the prices are 89k 90 for Mo ney, and 90-h- for the present Account ; Exchequer Bills have experienced a rise since the morning, and are 30 to 33 premium. The New Three-and-a-half per Cents. 994- to 994 ; and India Bonds, 9 to 11 premium. The prices of Railway Shares are better • the transac tions, however, are small, having been confined to Mid land Counties, 791 ; South Western, 591 594 ; New Thirds London and Birmingham, 29 to 294 ; New Great Western, 641; and Brighton, 368. Some doubts even now are expressed as to the cer tainty of the payment of the dividend on the Three per cent. Spanish Stock ; and there appears but little hesitation in expressing an opinion that the sales which have been made of these securities have not been wholly on account of the holders of the coupons. The extraordinary rise in the quotations, and the eagerness to sell the scrip, are in themselves quite sufficient to warrant suspicion, especially when coupled with an uncertainty as to where the money may be, which is necessary to be forthcoming on the 11th inst. The most guarded silence is observed on the subject, and all that can b e learned is th a t some bill, are in the possession of an e minent and highly re spectable capitalist who refuses to give any guarantee, as do also the announced agents of the commissioners. This stock opened yesterday at 20, left off at 221, and were sold to-day tit 221-, 24+, 23*, and 25 successively, which is the present quotation. The Old Bonds are nominally 24k 2411. Mexican, 401 404 ; Columbian, 268 27; Por tuguese, 35 351; and Brazilian, 661 67. The proceedings under the bankruptcy of Messrs. Wigney, at Brighton, are creating some interest in the City. It is stated that legislative enactments are ab solutely necessary to prevent a recurrence of similar transactions, affecting commercial affairs so greatly as this and others of a like nature have done. These numerous failures of late among private banks had caused public attention to be directed towards Joint stock Banks, and if the former find the number of their accounts diminishing, it is to this cause alone that it must be attributed. The public do not understand the possibility of a banker failing, who carries on legitimate business only, and it is now thought that when such occurrences take place, the parties should be made amen able to law far more strictly than an ordinary trader. The present instance it is urged affords a fair op portunity for the Legislature to interfere. Papers to the Ist February have been received from the Cape of Good Hope. The want of labourers is still complained of, and two vessels had been dispatched to fetch a portion of the captured negroes from St. Helena. The colonists were anxious that Government should make Table Bay the rendezvous for such unfortunate individuals, in preference to the former island. Trade, it would ap pear, had not revived, although sanguine hopes were entertained that an improvement would shortly take place, but, according to the accounts which have from time to time been sent home, some time must elapse before such expectations are likely to be realised. The burden of the merchant vessels which arrived at the various settlements was 9,271 tons more in 1841 than in 1840 ; of which English ships had almost the whole, the increase on these being 6,877 tons, and the remainder divided between the Dutch, the French, and the Americans. The whalers had decreased 2,037 tons, of which our own vessels bore but 574 tons, the Americans 1,251, and the French 367 tons. The Dee steamer arrived at St. Thomas's on the 17th February, and upon the arrival of the Acton, from Turk's Island,. with th e ma il s f rom t h e Northward and Westward, would proceed 'with them to La Guayra, Porto Cabello, Curacoa, Trinidad, and Grenada ; then return and go to the United States and Halifax. , The Actaeon had not reached St. Thomas's on the 19th. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 7O 39 Great Western Ditto New SO London and Brighton London awl Birmingham 9O - Ditto New ... London and South Western 3Bl 5911 ... to Midland C aunties lOO LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 31.—N0 improvement has taken place, and business remained ex ceedingly dull, without any further alteration in prices. The sales were 300 Surats, 38 to 44 ; 80 Maranharns, 5i to 54 ; 20 Egyptian , 78; 50 Bahia, 61 to 6i; and 3,550 American, at 4f to 6f. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 31.—Edinburgh and Glasgow were in request at improved prices. South Western were also in demand, and the market generally was tolerably steady. The sales were—Eastern Coun ties, 8k ; New, 4 1-3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 454 ; Gieat Western, Halves, 64 ; Ditto, Fifths, 105 ; Liver pool and Manchester, Quarters; 414 ; London and Bir mingham, paid up 321. Shares, 58i ; London and South Western, 604 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bttry, 538 •, Manchester and Birmingham, 274 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 41. ss. 6d.; Midland Counties, 79; North Midland, Halves, 34 . 1, and York and North Midland, Halves, 52. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 31.—The market continues bare of stock, with a good inquiry for Manchester and Leeds, LiVerpool and Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow, andliristol and Exeter. The sales are, Manchester and Leeds Halves, 341 ; ditto Quarters, 41 ; Bank of Manchester, 48. HUTCH FUN OS. —AlfirrEltuaM, MAUR 29. Monet • ills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Anis, t Svadic,4 percent-- " ..... 94% 9.i Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 76, 77 Commercial Company, 4,14 per cent 15544 1:4% Ditto (1835 and 1H37) 5 per cent. .....« 100)4 100% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 96% 5:9 Exchange on London, One month l2 IN Two months ..... 12 05 Hamburgh, One month cc 50 Two months 3B 25 Dutch Papers, March 30. BELGIAN ►UNDS—BaussaLe. Maack; 30. Actual Debtothi per Ccnt. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per cent............. , 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent Y3. Sper Cent. 72% (1840) 103% Loan of City, 1V32, 4 per Cent. ........ 1.7 Society of Commerce, 4 %per I+2 Bank of Belgium, b per 79% Natiooal Society .......».......» ..... Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Visiona, Mann 23. fire per Crate. Metalliques • 1073 Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. Hank Shares 1616 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind this day at neon, N.W. to N. RAmsoATE, MAnctt 31.—Arrd. Eleanor, Sunderland, for lionfleur, leaky, and stern stove, having been in con tact ; Elizabeth and Mary, Shields, for Abbeville, as sisted in with stern store and other damage, having been in contact. DEAL; MARCH 31.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.— Arrd. Amelia, Brown, Sydney, New South Wales ; Josephine, Smith, Singapore ; Owen Glendower, Foller, Christopher Rawson, Little, and Dundee, Patrick, Cal cutt. Arrd. from the River, Wellington, for New York ; Rainbow, Quebec ; Packet George, Halifax. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Covenanter, Pattison, Abbotsford, Everhead, Sir Charles Napier, Pear' e, and Globe, New Orleans ; Anthony Anderson, Spratt, Savannah ; Mary Bliss, Philadelphia; Jessie, Horn, Charleston. A Danish brig-of-war was wrecked on the north side of Porto Rico, crew and pas sengers saved. DOVER, MARCH 31.—The Liberty, Jenkins, hence to Newcastle, was wrecked on Hensbro' Sand, 25th inst.— crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind W.S.W. to W., strong.—Arrd. John Pink, Thomas, Jamaica, sld. 19 alt. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind S.\V.—Arrd. Hannah Booth, Best, Palermo. FALMOUTH, MARCH 30.—WilEld N., strong breezes and squally.—Arri. Pasha, Laggett, Monte Video ; Famileurs llaab, Sandefurd, for Paimbeuf, leaky, and has been placed on the ground ; Theresus, Fawcus, Genoa. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 30.—Sailed Snowdrop, King William, William llippon, and Maria and Elizabeth, all for Quebec. HULL, MARCH 31.—Wind S.W., strong.—The Francis, Cook, from Lynn, to Leeds, was wrecked near Skegness, on the 2Gth instant. BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—Arrd. Ferlmia, Taylor, Messina. GREENOCK, MARCH 29.—The Hind, from Campble town, which was ashore,.was got off this morning, also the Eliza Gray, of Obau. OnAu, MARCH 28.—The Swan and Isabella, from Campbletown, put into Esdaile, on the 25th inst., drove from her anchors during a gale on the same night and capsized, her mast cut away, when she righted. STRANRAER, MARCH 30. 7 -The Mary Anne, of Work ington, which was ash Ore on the 25th inst., has been got off, after discharging. The Catherine, Nicholson, was got off after throwing overboard thirty tons of tuba. The Bee and the Scotia have been got off with very little damage. TORBAY, MAncil 30.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ship Alfred, Portsmouth, for Brazils. The Augsburg Gazette of the 24th inst. publishes, un der date St. Peterburgh of the 11th inst., the following ukase of the Emperor of Russia relative to the conver sion of Israelites to the Christian religion : " 1. When Israelites shall conform — to the Christian religion, the holy baptism must also be given to their children under seven years of age. Nevertheless, if the father or mother alone become convert, the sons shall be baptised in the first cases and the daughters in the second. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending March 26,1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-940-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. our Four WinterslYears Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 111 199 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 139 160 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ii.seases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidnays, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 4 11 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 2 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat llO 115 104 Old Age, or Natural Decay Deaths b y: Violence, Privation, or Intern- perance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes. 770 --- Average Weekly Deaths lOl7 912 Population Average Deaths term. Weekly in merated Deaths the lbll. 183-9-4°:-I. %Seek. West—Kensington, St. George r -- " — _ --- 1 ( Hanover -square), Westmin- Four I Four ster, St. Marti n i n th e Fi e ld s , Ye n. Wint:rs. St. James North—St. Mary-le-bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 355,660 162 182 146 Central—Saint Gilea and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenvvell, Holborn, St . Luke , East Lon ___ DISTRICTS. don, West Londo'n, City of London .373,806 188 213 121 East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;493 206 228 152 South—St Saviour, St. °lave, St. George( Southwark ),Ber __ motb4, Newington. Lam beth Camberwell, Bother• hithe, Greenwich .... ...... ...438,060 221 243 221 Total 1,870,727 912 1017 770 It is slated 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 Bills of Mortality-- and the parishes of St. Maryiebone, St. Pancras. Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith Cbspelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), .Pad dinon, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and ‘Voolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1833, 1839, 1840. and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN TIIE WEEKS ENDING March 19. Match 26. Highest Lowest 39 34 Daily Mean ......... 49 42 General Register Office, Marc 31. 1842. " 2. The converted Israelites who shall enter into holy orders are to be exempt from the taxes to which they were formerly liable. Every convert, without distinc tion of sex, will receive, on his or her conversion, from 15 to 30 rubles, and the children will obtain one half of the allowance granted to their parents. " 3. The baptised Israelites will be entitled to em brace a commercial profession, on declaring that they possess the required capital, and proving that they pay the gildes rates ; they are likewise to be admissible into the corporations of tradesmen and manufacturers, and into the agricultural communities. " 4. The settlement, as well as the first agricultural organisation of the baptised Israelites, on the domains of the Crown, are to take place, agreeably to the laws regulating the establishment of Israelites, in the Govern ment of Cherson. " 5. Baptised Israelites admitted on the domains of the Crown, and on private estates, are to be exempted from taxes, during several years, as is the case with regard to the Israelites embracing the agricultural pro fession." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES—WEDNESDAY. Two-year-old Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; h. ft. One Mile. Mr. Jaques' Colocynch (Holmes) 1 Capt. V. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus Won easy. The Claret Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-year-olds. Two Miles. Wednesday night the Chapel of the Holy Evangelists, lately erected by Sir Thomas Dyke, Acland, Bart., M.P., at Killerton, was broken into, and the burglars stole the cloth which covered the communion table, and the velvet which covered the cushions, with the curtains and fringe from the desk. Mr. Bell's Eboracum Col. Cradock's The Prior (Heseltine) 1 Mr. Gill nd b c by Liverpool, Maid of Avonel - A goodrace. CROXTON PARK RACES--THURSDAY. The Farmer's Plate of 501., and 10 sovs. for the second. Heats Two Miles, over hurdles. Mr. Hallam's Wiverton, 5 yrs, list 71b Mr. Finder's ch gby Rothelan, 6 yrs, 13st 0 2 Mr. Sprigg's bg by Norton, 6 yrs, 13st 0 3 Mr. Stokes's gr gby Hawker, 5 yrs, list 71b Mr. Hardy's bg by Stapleton, 5 yrs, llst 71b 3 0 Several others started. IVon easily. 'The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for all horses but winners. A little less than the third of a mile. (5 subs.) Col. Anson's Wayward, 12st (Lord Wilton) 1 Mr. White nd Twin, 12st 2 Lord Chesterfield's Fakeaway, 12st 3 Mr. Raworth's Railroad, 12st Mr. Coke nd Fly-by-Night, 12vt ' 5 2 to 1 on Wayward, who won in a canter. The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile. Mr. Lindsay's Colworth, aged, 10st 71b ... 1 Lord Wilton's Sister to Ghuznee, 5 yrs, llst 31b 2 Count Bathyany's Wirrestrew, 6 yrs, list 81b 3 Hon. A. Villiers' Battledore, aged, llst 11b. Won by a length and a half. The Granby Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only, &c. Once round and a dis. (51 subs, 77 of whom de- dared.) Mr. Spriggs's Chance, 5 yrs '(Mr. Scobell) 1 Col. G. H. Thompson's Hamlet, aged, list Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 6 yrs, 12st 71b . Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs, 9st 81b 4 The following also started but were not placed :—Duke of Rutland's The Genius, 5 yrs, I Ist 41b ; The Maid, 5 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's All Fours, 6 vrs, lOst 91b; Capt. Pettat's Caliph, aged; Mr. J. llay'S Rail road, aged, lOst 71b; Mr. Osbaldeston's C a mp F o ll ower , 4 yrs, aged , 71b; Lord Rosslyn's Cornuto, 5 yrs ; Mr. Jones's Henley, 5 yrs, lOst 21b ; and Lord Ravensworth nd b f by Lamptontan, 4 yrs, 9st 81b. Won by half a length. At the Abergavenny races on Wednesday, the Mon mouthshire Stakes were won by Mr. Langley's Rancour; the llavannah Stakes by Mr. Jones's Forty-Two ; and the Llandillo Hurdle Stakes by Mr. E. Herbert's Tommy. FATAL COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES' RAILWAY.—On Easter Monday a fatal accident hap pened near Leicester, on the above railway, in conse quence of the want of proper caution on the part of the engine -drivers. A coal train was proceeding at a slow pace towards the above town, and when just past Syston it was overtaken and run into by a luggage - train, drawn by two engines, and tr ave lli ng a t a speed o nearly twenty miles an hour. Many of the carriages were de stroyed, others thrown off the line, and the tender of the coal-train engine fell upon its unfortunate stoker, whose name was Thomas Day, crushing his head and chest quite flat, tearing his thigh out of the socket, and otherwise much injuring him. He was killed on the spot, and an inquest was held upon the body the follow ing day, when a verdict of "Manslaughter" was returned against Hilton and Taylor, the drivers of the engines attached to the luggage-train, who were forthwith com mitted on the coroner's warranted to take their trials at the next assizes for the county of Leicester. A Madrid journal gives a horrible account of two recent murders at Valencia. They were excited by some of the provincial militia, whose duty it was to pre serve the public peace, but who a fortnight before had been accused of killing a man of the republican party. A body of these provincials, without any officer, went to a public-house near one of the gates, called out two per sons, and, marching them to a distance of not more than 200 paces, shot them in the face of a crowd rendered mute by surprise. LADY SI3GDEN'S BALL AND SUPPER.—Lady Sug den gave her first ball and. supper for the season last evening at the residence of the Lord Chancellor, Ste phen's-green, to the principal nobility and gentry of the city and suburbs, ,on which occasion the splendid suite of rooms, tastefully decorated, were thrown open. The company began to arrive about ten, and continued to set down until after twelve o'clock. Dancing commenced shortly after ten, and was kept up with spirit till near one o'clock, when supper was announced. Upwards of 400 persons partook of the splendid repast. Dancing was resumed after the social meal, and was kept until four o'clock this morning.—Dublin Evening Packet of Tuesday.l A MILITARY OSTRICII.—A correspondent, alluding to the pet elephant of the 78th Regiment, says, that fine corps, the 77th, received, a few months ago, from Colonel Warrington, our Consul at Tripoli, a remarkably fine young ostrich. This bird walks at the head of the regi ment, and keeps good time with the music ; and should the band be playing in the square or garden, he walks round and round the musicians, keeping all the little boys away. He was obliged at first to be muzzled, as he had a curious fancy to eat the music books. THE TORY INCOME TAx.- 7 The income tax still continues to be, and until it takes its place among the other pleasant imposts with which this nation is so pre eminently blessed, will continue to be, the one great absorbing topic of thought and of conversation. It is not supported by any party. Neither Radicals, Whigs, nor Tories like it. Even those of the metropolitan Ministerial papers, which do not de nounce it, merely give it the sanction of bare tolera tion, while, of the provincial press, all, with the excep tion of a few Tory, or, we ought rather to call them, " Peel-pledged " papers—which are so placed as hardly to know which way to turn themselves for fear of giving grave offence to some of their patrons—unite in depre cating a measure which is alike uncalled for, unequal in its pressure, hateful in its operation, and, above all, manifestly unjust.— Wiltshire Independent. Four of the unfortunate pilots who were drowned in Bideford Bay, on Sunday, the 13th inst., have been picked up, and were buried in Northam Church-yard on Sunday last. The funerals were attended by the princi pal merchants, ship-owners, masters of vessels, and mariners of the port. The procession from Appledore consisted of nearly 2,000 persons, and bore a truly me lancholy aspect. —Plymouth Journal. We learn from Marseilles that a number of sailors, with their officers, and some engineers, have arrived there from the Pontifical States, to go in the Amsterdam steamer to Havre, thence to England, to receive three steam-boats, which have been purchased for the Pope. Several of the sailors wore insignia conferred upon them, it is said, on account of their having been to Egypt, and brought hothe the alabaster columns presented by Mehe met Ali to his Holiness. THE HINDOO GIRL.—The New' Haven Register states, that Mr. Pierpoint made the following interest ing statement in his lecture before the Norwich Ly ceuml:—" At the present day, the uneducated Hindoo girl, by the use of her hands simply, could surpass in delicacy and fineness of texture the production of the most perfect machinery, in the manufacture of cotton and muslin cloth. In England cotton has been spun so fine that it would require a thread of four h un d re d and ninety miles in length to weigh a pound—but the Hindoo girl had, by her hands, constructe d a thread which would require to be extended one thousand miles to weigh a pound; and the Daccale muslins of her manufacture, when spread on the ground and covered with dew, were no longer visible." THE FARMER'S FRIEND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. STR,—I have attended the fairs held in this county during the last twenty years, but never have I expe rienced such a sudden and totally unexpected deprecia tion in the value of stock as at this fair to-day. The gene ral observation among the farmers was, .‘ This is Mr. Peel's promised benefits to the farming interest : will our landlords again compel us to vote for the Tories ?" If 1 had not seen several lots of cattle sold at prices so ruirous, I could not have credited it. A dealer was marking a lot of good steers he had bought at 151. each; a friend of mine, who stood by at the time, and who is known to be a judge of stock, assured me the price was under 4d. per lb.—the greatest part of them now good meat, fit for the butcher, and, three months since, would have sold at 22/. each I ! The prices offered being generally so low, caused large droves to be driven home unsold ; fat sheep also were nnsaleable even at consider ably reduced prices. I rent a large farm, which has been in my family many years ; under present prospects my only course will be to give notice to leave, and take my family to some other` country (probably the United States), where I shall not be compelled by my landlord to vote for Tories, nor to pay a tax upon my income, which is every day decreasing under a real " sliding scale." AN OLD FARMER. Easter fair-day, Herefird, March 30, 1842. P.S. My brother has just told me he has purchased 190 head of Herefords, within the last three months, and now he would gladly sell them at a loss of 6001. I ! ! THE INCOME TAX. The following memorial has been agreed to at Shef field, and signed by great number's of the inhabitants : TO JOHN PARKER AND HENRY G. WARD, RSQRS., MEM BERS OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF SHEF FIELD. The memorial of the undersigned Bankers, Mer chants, Tradespeople, and other Inhabitants of the borough of Sheffield ; Sheweth,—That the merchants, manufacturers, and tradespeople generally of Sheffield are suffering under extreme commercial depression, their concerns being almost unprofitable ; and it being a question with many, whether they should continue, in the hope of an improve ment in trade, or put up with the first loss by wholly closing their undertakings ; and that this distress is rapidly increasing. I'ha w t your memorialists have heard with extreme con cern, that it is in contemplation to impose an income tax on the people of this country, as a means of raising a, revenue, That such a tax is sufficiently burdensome in prospe rous times ; but, under our present circumstances, will be felt with peculiar hardship by those who are strug gling for a subsistence. That many whose families are large, and whose expen diture is necessarily heavy, must abridge themselves of the ordinary comforts of life to pay this tax. That we believe it will induce not a few to withdraw from business, entirely to avoid the vexatious and un constitutional exhibition of their commercial affairs, which must of necessity exist under such an impost. That in the manufacturing districts, where much pres sure now exists, the tax will in numerous instances be paid, not by sparing the superfluities of life, but by ceasing to consume manufactured articles, and by the dismissal of servants and labourers, thus causing the tax to press heavily on the working classes. That such a tax is a direct premium on fraud and • perjury. That very many are now carrying on trade without profit, whose success will depend on their credit ; and that such dare not risk the exposure of their actual condition, but, to keep up appearances, must pay much beyond what justice requires ; and that such payments will, in many cases (it' the Bill come into operation) be made out of the property of their creditors. That whilst we admit the necessity of providing for the public wants of the country, and whilst we deprecate all taxes which fall peculiarly on the industry of the community, we regard the present vexatious and unequal berden as utterly uncalled fir, and as the price paid for the maintenance of the bread and sugar monopolies. Your memorialists therefore respectfully, but urgently request that you will omit no opportunity of resisting the imposition of this unjustifiable tax. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Advertiser repeats the advice which it gave yesterday to the people, respecting the ineome tax : —" The machinery of an income tax once fairly in the hands of any Government, and who can foresee the ex tent of its operations ? The danger is imminent, and the time pressing. Let every constituency meet without a moment's delay; and, as petitions cannot be received, requisitions should be immediately forwarded to your representatives, calling upon,them to exhaust every con stitutional means which the" forms of the House place within their power, to defeat a measure which would make you the taxed accomplices in the perpetuation of the odious and destructive monopoly of bread—a mono poly which denies the bounties of 'Providence to an in dustrious but suffering people." The Chronicle thus compares Mr. Pitt's with Sir Robert Peel's income tax :—" That income tax was to support the war ; this income tax is to support the Corn laws. That was for protection against foreign invasion ; this, for protection' against foreign grain. That was to subdue the French ; this is to starve the poor. Sir Robert Peel has surmounted Mr. Pitt's difficulty ; he is, with greater-facility ' allowed to approach the riches of the rich ;' for he comes to increase them much more by one impost than he takes away by the other. It it is sad cant, this talk of touching the rich by Sir Robert Peel's income tax. Both directly and indirectly, in itself and in its connexion with the Corn-laws, it bears hard beyond all proportiod, upon the middle and industrious classes, and through them upon the poor." We take the following from the Times :—" We have perused lately a sensible pamphlet by the Rev. John Sinclair, on the efforts now making by the Church to extend its means of education, which suggests some re marks on that subject. Without at all participating in those exaggerated hopes which some people entertain of the ameliorating effect of mere reading and writing and arithmetic on the habits of the people, we yet look upon the instruction of .the poor, conducted by right hands 9,nd on right principles, as the most powerful instrument of improvement which is within our reach. Instrument, we say—not cause ; for the truest advantages of instruc tion are to be found, not in itself, but in its usual and natural accompaniments--Lnot in the knowledge which is its immediate object, so much as in the sentiments and habits which may have been given with that knowledge —not in the mere fact that a poor man can read, can write, can sing, can argue, so much as in the steadiness and sobriety, forethought, self-command, and obedience, by which such attainments, be they great or small, have probably been gained." The Post says :—" In looking over the Hand-loom Weavers' Report, it is difficult to repress a sensation of disgust, as one marks the style in which the concoctors of that Report deal out the slang of that wretched system of opinions which greedy commercialists are pleased to style economical philosophy.' The Com missioners to whom we have referred are, undoubtedly, shrewd, clever men in their way ; but their guiding principles are most false, and their view's are, by conse quence, most narrow, most degrading, most mischievous." The Morning Herald observes, in an article on the law of debtor and creditor:—" The London tradesman will find some difficulty in persuadin g c , Sir Robert Peel, we suspect, that if he will oblige the tradesmen of the country by giving them some more summary remedy than they now possess against their creditors, the Right Hon. Baronet will find them ready to pay double taxes and pay double price for their bread. The tradesmen of this country, in general, and especially of the metropolis, are without doubt a highly respectable, very numerous, and deservedly influential body in the community. But we marvel at the facility with which this member of that important body assumes everything against the fraudulent animus of the debtor, as much as we do at his other assumption, that if they were only released from this liability to be cheated, it would be all well with this great country throughout all its relations." MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. A meeting against the income tax was held at New Brentford yesterday evening, and the resolutions passed against it were ordered to be embodied in a memorial to the Queen and a petition to the Lords. The eminent firms of Acramans, Morgan. and Co., and of D. E. and A. Acraman, of Bristol, have deter mined to call their creditors together. An excessive outlay of capital beyond the means of the parties, more particularly in machinery and ship building, is said to have been the immediate cause of the stoppage. At their own request, an examination into the state of their affairs has been going on for some days past, which is said to report very favourably of the final issue. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The foundation-stone of the New Military Church at Windsor will be laid on Monday next, the 4th inst., at eleven o'clock, by Prince Albert. It is to be named the church of the Holy Trinity, and will contain 1,400 people. The galleries will accommodate between 400 and 500 soldiers. LAW AND POLICE. At Kingston yesterday an action was brought against Sir John Milley Doyle by Mrs. Pelham, who kept a boarding-house in Manchester square in 1838, to recover 221 Is. for seven weeks board and lodging ; and the Jury returned a verdict for the full amount. At the same Assizes a female of the name of Wraight obtained a verdict of 751. damages against the proprietors of the Surrey Theatre, for severe injuries received by a fall in the pit, caused by the negligence of the defend ants or their servants. Henry Ward was convicted at Liverpool on Wednes day of cutting and maiming his wife in a shocking manner while in a state of intoxication, and sentenced to be transported for life. FINE ANTS. The custom of inlaying ancient gothic tiles for the floors of Churches is about being revived, and many are now being manufactured for this - purpose at the factory of Mr. Minton, of Stoke-upon-Trent. The finest ex amples known at present are at Great Malvern Church ; the Chapter-house, Westminster ; Winchester and York Cathedrals ; and the Prior Chapel, Ely. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC._ The number of students frequenting the 18 German Universities, during last winter, was 11,054. lodine, which a few years since was obtained exclu sively from the Continent, is now manufactured in large quantities at Glasgow. 'THEA.TRXCAL. The Princess's Theatre, Oxford-street, has been pur chased by a gentleman of the name of . Montague, for 14,500/. It cost in building 47,000!. COURT—FILMIZONAIILE. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are passing the holidays near StOwe. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset will shortly arrive at Stover, Devonshire. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have gone to Strathfieldsaye. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave Melton Mow bray next week for town. Earl and Countess Grey are expected to leave Howick Hall the week after next for town. Lord and Lady Seymour are expected from Italy this week. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter leave Bur leigh House on Tuesday next for town. The Marquis of Waterford has quite recovered the effects of his fall at Dublin. The Dowager Countess of Essex left Paris on Wed nesday for Belgrave-square. MISCELLANEOUS. The name of the present month is derived from the Latin word Aprdis, of aperio, to open : because the earth now begins to open her bosom for the production of buds and plants. The custom of fool-day is ancient and ge neral in France, the persons imposed upon are called " Poissons d'Avril," or April Fish. In Lisbon the fool is made by pouring water on every person who passes, or throwing powder in his face. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There have been moderate supplies of English Grain, and a good quantity of Irish Oats this week. Wheat firm at Monday's prices, with an upward tendency for good quality. Barley, Beans, and Pease unvaried. Oats were somewhat checked by the fresh supply of Irish, but Monday's terms were supported. Flour mel an improved demand. SMITIIFIELD. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs small • of Calves moderately good ; Beef, dull, at Monday's prices ; Mutton, dull, and rather lower. Veal and Pork met a good demand at the present quotations. Beasts, 381; Sheep, 4,110; Calves, 144; Pigs, 350. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d.; Pork, 4s. te ss. 2d. COLONIAL MARKET. The operations were limited, but prices were sustained for all articles. The imports keep light, but several ships are near at hand. TEA MARKET. The market was dull, and prices were sustained with difficulty. Common Congou ls. 101 d. cash, and Com pany's Is. 104 d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were sustained with difficulty, the demand being limited P.Y. Candle, 465. 3d. on the spot. OIL MARKET. The market was dull, and prices rather lower. Cod 011181. ss. per tun. FRUIT MARKET. Few buyers of Currants, but Raisins were in good request, Valencias 365. WEYMOUTH. The Committee met at the usual hour, and were occu pied all the morning in hearing the arguments which were commenced yesterday, and seem almost intermina ble,, objected to by the he had removed Afalne betw een th e per i o d s petit o io n n t e h r e s, v b o e e t e s o s e f of the registration and the election. Every decision henceforth will be of increasing interest as the petitioners and the sitting Members are now equally balanced on the poll, while the number of disputable votes is much reduced. WIGAN. The Committee met at the usual hour this morning, and proceeded with the scrutiny of voters. Edward Wiswell was struck oil' the petitioners' poll, and Rober Dickenson and Rymane oil' that of the sitting Member. The vote of Edw. Aquaroyd was then objected to by Counsel for the sitting Members, on the ground of non residence within seven miles of the borough, and evi dence was adduced in support of the objection. Counsel then proceeded to address the Committee. The arguments were not concluded when we went to press. of r a th er a d e li cate of the Edi n b urg h Pres bytery AFFAIR.--ANOTHERIN ON.INTRTJSIONIST. bytery is alleged to be involved, is likely to b e b roug h t nature,—W d w e h rs i t c a h n d o th e i t an orator affi ti r before the Presbytery to-day. The matter has occa sioned some sensation xn the city.—Scotsman. DARLINGTON. On Wednesday afternoon, the 30th ult., a highly re spectable meeting was held in the Town-hall, convened by circular, for the purpose of taking into consideration the income tax proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Edward Pease, Esq., having been called to the chair, expressed in strong terms his aversion to a tax of this kind, con tending that no necessity existed for such an impost, and gave instances of its harrassing, operation when a tax of this kind was last in force. The meeting was also' ad dressed in a similar strain by Joseph Pease, sen., Esq., Edward Oxley, John Kipling, and John -Nixon, Esqrs., all uniting in denouncing the " financial scheme" of Sir R. Peel as most unjust and inquisitorial,: and a Commit tee was appointed to draw up an address to the Queen, and a petition to the House of Lords, expressive of the views of the meeting; and the Committee have since agreed upon the follOwinglor signature and presentation. The meeting was most unanimous, an d b u t f or t h e short no tice allowed would have been more numerously attended, as the measure is very unpopular in this dikrict. respectability of the meeting was, hOweVer, unquestion able : To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE. THE LORDS IN PAR LIAMENT ASSEMBLED. • The humble petition of the undersigned Gentlenien, Bankers, Merchants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of the town of Darlington : • Sheweth,—That your petitioners respectfully beg to call your Lordships' most serious attention. to the:Bill now in progress to raise the supplies by imposing a tax upon income. - It appears to your petitioners that a tax so oppressive, and so inquisitorial in its operation ought never' to be reortecl to in a free, and more particularly in a com mercial country, except upon the most urgent ne cessity,when every other source has failed to supply the deficiency of the revenue. This, we. submit, is not applicable to the state of the country, no such necessity having been shown to Justify the im posing so vexatious a burden as an income tax upon the people. Your petitioners urge 'to your Lordships, in the most decided manner, that the projected obnoxious mea sure of an income tax, if passed into a law, would in flict the deepest injury on the industry of those engaged in trade and commerce, and from the inquisitorial pro cess adopted in levyinr , it, would cause a most injurious exposure of the affairs of individuals, destroy that confidence which is so essential to the prosperity of (trade, and surround our commercial transac tions with an intricate webb of espionage disgraceful to a Government based on constitutional principles. For these reasons your petitioners most respectfully entreat your Lordships to reject any bill by which the trade and commerce of the country would be so deeply injured, which it must inevitably be, if so unjust and inquisitorial a measure, as that now proposed by her Majesty's Ministers, should be passed into a law. And your petitioners will ever pray. N.B.—Both the address and the petition were signed by those present, and they have been already signed by a large number of the inhabitants of Darlington. " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We, the dutiful and loyal subjects of your Majesty, the undersigned gentlemen, bankers, merchants, traders, and other inhabitants of the town of Darlington, beg leave, humbly and respectfully, to represent to your Ma jesty that we have heard with great apprehension and regret that a tax is about to be revived on the income arising from trades and professions, and which we hum bly beg leave to state is, in the opinion of your peti tioners, most unjust in principle, and will be found most oppressive in its operation. _ " That such a tax is considered by your petitioners as only justifiable as a last resource, in a period of extreme danger and distress, and that there is nothing in the pre sent state of the nation which either requires or justifies its imposition. " That many also of your petitioners have too much reason to remember the great oppression and hardship which attended the collection of such a' tax on a former occasion, the sufferings which from its compulsory pay ment it entailed on the middle classes of the community, and the consequences which followed the unavoidable exposure of the affairs of individuals, repulsive to every sentiment of propriety and good feeling, and which your petitioners most humbly beg leave to state was utterly contrary to the principles of constitutional freedom, and the just rights and privileges of Englishmen. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly and earnestly pray your Majesty not to give your r o y a l sanc ti on to theimposition upon your people of any tax upon income. " And your petitioners will ever pray." ST. MARTIN'S IN THE FIELDS REGISTRA TION AND REFORM SOCIETY. Last evening a meeting of the above society was held at the Cambrian Tavern, Castle-street, Leicester- square, for the purpose of taking into consideration what mea sures they should pursue in reference to the proposed tariff of her Majesty's Ministers, Mr. GMAGAN having been called to the chair, Mr. ELLts, in moving the following resolution—" That this society do protest against so unjust and inquisitorial a law as unnecessary while real property does not pay a farthing towards the burdens of the State"—said that the resolution was most congenial to his feelings. He, as a shopkeeper, with others, bad exerted themselves, and had succeeded in paying taxes without the inquisitorial interference of a com missioner calling upon them to look into their books.— (Hear.) He when first a housekeeper, paid 201. a-year for the income tax, and at one time he was not able to pay it when called fin• ; the consequence of which was that an execution was put on his goods, and if he had not immediately paid it the execution would have been put in form—(lean) Mr. MIREHOUSE seconded the resolution. Mr. SOAMES made a few remarks in favour of the in come tax. Mr. GRANT felt surprised that any gentleman should give his support to a measure of such an inquisitorial character. Mr. AUSTIN, a solicitor, observed that he had met many professional gentlemen, who were Tories, and who depre cated the introduction of the income tax. It might happen that an attorney had not an income above 2001. a-year, and that a person might be willing to engage him in under taking a cause in the litigation of which thousands would have to pass through his hands, but on going to Somer set-house, finding the amount of his income not to ex ceed 2001. a year, he would refrain from entrusting the management of his affairs to him. Was it, therefore, not evident that the tax was inquisitorial ? A tax of a more oppressive nature could not be proposed. The CHAIR3IAN suggested, as an amendment to the resolution, that " real property does not pa' a farth i ng to the burdens of the State," should be added, "in th e shape of probate or property duty," as he considered that if a probate duty were passed , t h ere would be no necessity for an income tax. The resolution, as amend ed, after a few observations from Messrs. Ilockon, Vurfleet, &c., was agreed to. 4 nURIV'S UNITED SERVICE : 1 6 0143° izreount given M A by GA n Z ge E er . of the Nemesis, of {_NEIN; given in the a China . Seas," will be found th e ri n g. Some of the details have already appeared mph; "IsPaPers, but they are not so complete and ),t4e Its those given by an eye-witness, who was tigh . t, at the capture of Amoy, Chusan, the city of 5 ;;; 4 41k b 411 4 the entry of the British forces into 17 1 , ‘‘'etlf,;'" At the latter place he visited a temple of the chill' with a good roof, carved and decorated in lbo - %se ape lies e taste, with representations of English 1 w 1 (ki t - s• In some of the shops weavers were at Rlt 40 1 , small carpets and rugs. They had looms, t t ess. / t i ttles, and appeared to make very slow pro -1,0 iti sh -LI either at this place, nor Amoy, did the %shi t : experience the slightest annoyance from the 4 kith fl: rits • In the latter town the streets are paved e o ti °t lly on g s of granite in a rough state ; the houses are st "' e s tory high, and open in front, with a kind of kom.s st it • -AI N 11 .. projecting towards the street. From all itt wee 3 1 the people took no interest in the skirmishes leepti ll t he British and Chinese forces ; and with the '3ll ° f . certain symptoms of anxiety for the safety 19 fe t th eir atiiivirrsons and property, seemed to look upon ; 4 atth e uu ers with perfect indifference. We regret the editor, or some of his numerous military cor -41, 'e stat e nts, has not furnished any conjectures as to ns „,e of our troops in Affghanistan, as the opi -1 L oiv il y ' experienced Indian officers might have ,"'ry s c E rne light on the mysterious and contradic leaLettnts received by the last Overland Mail. All Nti o ` u IS, that the. accounts remain without con. and that there is nothing of despondency in lair s ' e .'lrsions he is disposed to draw with regard to ant. , 111 India. In allusion to the increase of the a k tili t :', e says, about 6,000 men will be required by `4e,,t("ent, and that the greatest activity prevails in ee of the Secretary of War. I-7S " ALIAN AGRICULTURAL COM- Aet V.—ESTABLISHED and INCORPORATED Geo. IV, cae. 86, and by ROYAL CHARTER. INT '. Ls hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL PROPRIETORS of STOCK in this Corra rk74_ be Holden at this O ffi ce on FRIDAY, the 15th of is. ',"t, for the purpose of electing a DIRECTOR of the • in the room o f Ri c h ar d H art D av i s , E sq ., d e ceased; k h vi-,`,Arehibald William Blanc, Esq., is a candidate to fill o -..cy • ,ktibe ge nt °f A. W. Bl a n c Esq., being elected a Di. k llnt: the Ele c ti on o f an AUDITOR of the Company's Ac kt4 j hn fur the current will also take place, for which liavei y i.,l a la r w, Esq., is a Candidate. e Ch air to be taken at T,o o' Clock precisely. ) HY. T. EBSWORTII, Sec. A rot s- yard, 11 I eorgate- street, March 31, 1842. 1 41 4 TO ' CORRESPONDEN TS. tti:(lr t a forc'fit“tuJr• S." was received If we cannot find ~ c o rrespondent will receive a notice to kt) ( WEATHER.--N 001'i, APRIL 1. ch i t ,„ , N'tiao m of. sCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. 4 r4r net "••• 44 Hitrhest 45 1 Lowest 39 et 29.40. —Wind N.ll'. —Freezing Point 22 Deg. k t ,hlot t vWATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. minutes after 5 1 Evening 51 minutes after 5. d er re r