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competing free against slave labour. It is absurd to suppose- that • the worn-out plantations in the British Colonies, managed as they are, will ever be in a condition, during the life-time of the present race of planters, to compete against the well cultivated fresh soil of Cuba and the Brazils. The eastern countries just named may do so ; and the surest way to dis courage sugar making by slaves, would be to bring the produce raised by free hands into active competi tion with the former in our general markets, both for home consumption and for re-exportation. In lieu of that, Sir Robert's policy throws cold water on the exertions of these free labourers, and by so doing absolutely stimulates the production of sugar by slave labour in Cuba and South America. Agam, where is the consistency of rejecting sugar with one hand, while with • the other he actually promotes the interest of the slave-owners by reducing tho duty on all foreign grown coffee from 15d. to Bd. per lb. ? Has he such consummate c onfidence in his own powers of oratory as to suppose he could blow hot and cold in the same hour, and to the same party, without a detection of his speciousness ? Was he so blind as not to percieve, that the very line of reason ing he adduced for the rejection of foreign sugar would operate against the admission of coffee, and vice versa, that what he advanced in favour of coffee, applied equally to sugar ; the more especially as the one is rarely used without the other ? Or did his con fidence arise from a feeling of security in having at his command a majority of banded monopolists who would applaud his speech, however inconsistent, to the sky ? Some of the Anti-Slavery Society, taking a prima facie view of the question, doubtless feel repugnance to the introduction of slave-labour sugar into the British market, because they apprehend consumption of that produce here would stimulate the cultivation of the canes by slave-labour. Others, however, of the sam e party, actuated by similar feelings of hostility to slavery, advocate the admission of the sugar, because they think the most secure mode of extinguishing slavery would be to ex pose its produce to an active competition in our mar kets against sugar, &c. raised by free labour. Amongst the many who entertain this view of the question is Mr. Beldam, a gentleman well known to the Anti- Slavery Society, who has, in a pamphlet replete with sound argument, addressed his opinions to Sir T. F. Buxton, Bart, Whether the admission of sugar as well as coffee to our markets, from Brazil and Cuba, would or would not promote slavery, or whether it would annihilate that horrible system altogether, is not now the sub ject for consideration ;, the real question being simply this, why British consumers, who have to pay three fold the foreign value of all the sugar they purchase, are to be debarred by law the use of a cheap and abundant supply of sugar raised by free labour in countries east of the Cape of Good Hope, the more especially as those descriptions of sugar can be brought to our markets, and sold for less than the cost of making sugar by: slaves, creating a competi tion which in the eta would, by pauperising the slave owners, effectually destroy .the principal slave marts ? THE TORY INCOME TAX. Tbe Herald thus speaks of Sir Robert Peel's projected scheme of an income-tax :—" The objection which we took at once to the proposed income-tax—against the uniformity of per-tentage without reference to the amount of income—further consideration only confirms. The per-tentage ought, we think, to have graduated according to the amount of income ; we do not mean that it should have increased in exact propor tion to income ; but for a man of 2001. a-year to contribute to the exigencies of the State in the same proportion as the re ceiver of 50, 0 00/. a-year is m an if es tly unjust. The amount of tax paid by the one constitutes probably in his family the dif ference between plenty andliseareity, the sum contributed by the latter cannot diminish the enjoyment of any accustomed luxury. Sir Robert Peel has overlooked a favourable opportunity of introducing a most valuable principle into direct taxation, although it may be one which under th e an ti c ip a t e d results of his scheme as a whole will not prove to be of great practical importance, and for this reason; the compensation which Sir Robert Peel expects will be derived from the di minished cost of articles of necessity flowing from the recon struction of the .tariff, will be received by the tax-payer of narrow income to the full extent of his contribution, whilst that compensation will only be felt by the possessor of annual thousands to a limited amount, unless, indeed, his establishment be an enormous one. The omission of the sliding scale from the income-tax is, however, to be regretted, even though that tax is restricted to yearly revenues of upwards of 1501." The Chronicle makes the following just and forcible remarks on the subject of the proposed income-tax :—" The imposition of an income-tax in time of peace appears to us to be, of all steps that could be taken by a Government, that which is fraught with consequences the most disastrous to the prosperity of the country and the maintenance of order. Six-and-twenty years have now passed since the repeal of the property-tax, which had, in one form or another, existed through the greater portion of that long war that sprung out of the French Revo lution. Many of our readers can have no personal recollec tion of the 'circumstances which led to the repeal of that tax. Its original imposition, under the name of an income tax, by Mr. Pitt, in 1798; its renewal by Mr. Addington, under the name of a property-tax, after the rupture of the peace of Amiens; and its augmentation by the administration of the • talents, had been carried with very slight resistance ; and the people had contributed without murmuring the large amount not much less, at least, than 15,000,0001. a year) which it ex tracted from their pockets. But the war had scarcely closed before a loud aad general outcry for the immediate reduction of this before all other taxes resounded from every portion of the country. Those who experienced the property-tax can testify at once to the justice as Well as the universality of this feeling. The tax was odious, because it was direct. But, in addition to the unpopularity incidental to its being a heavy di rect impost, the property-tax was pecul.arly odious, on account of the mode in which it was assessed. It was necessarily preceded by an inquisitorial inquiry into the whole state of a man's pecuniary affairs. He himself was obliged to furnish the information; the tax-gatherer pried into his affairs , his neigh bours were made spies on him • and the malignity of his ene mies was tempted to impeach his "character, and augment his burdens. The secrets of prosperity and adversity were dragged before the public ; large gains were inconveniently published ; heavy losses and embarrassments still more injuriously revealed. The tax was a heavy tax on distress, for men overcharged them selves rather than acknowledge that their fortunes were de clining. It was a tax on enterprise and industry, for it was a tax in proportion to a man's gains, either accumulated or accru ing. It was a tax on honesty, operating as a premium on de ceit; for, while conscientious and sensitive men thought to err on the right side by paying more than their due, the unblushing scoundrel could save his pocket by a lie. The tax exposed every man to anxiety and scruples, then left him open to informers, and finally subjected his fortu n e an d eba racter to the insolent injustice of a set of political opponents or jealous neighbours, whom the choice of the Minister had given power to decide, without appeal, on the amount of his assessment. Revive the income-tax, and you must revive the odious inquisition by which alone its amount can be ascer tained . you must again make some of every man's neighbours spies on him, and others tyrants over him. Again you will shake down every tottering fortune and unstable credit in the land; and impose on distress the necessity of submitting to the pressure of undue taxation in order to escape a fatal exposure." The Post, speaking of the threatened income-tax, says : " The present Government being resolved that, however for midable the deficiency of the revenue, the richer classes, and they alone, should make it up, has proposed an income-tax-- excluding, however, from the operation of the tax all incomes which do not reach the sum of 1501. a year. We do not mean to say that an income tax is not without its grave objections. It is frequently inquisitorial—it is often vexatious—it makes the burden of taxation extremely obvious. But we are to con sider whether any large tax can be devised which would not carry with it even greater objections. We confess to some preference for taxes on articles of consumption, because they are apt to be so mixed up with the price of the commodity that - there is frequently no direct consciousness of the payment of the tax." The Times remarks as follows on the subject of the income tax :—" The assessing the values of estates, houses.funded pro s perty, and salaries, is easy and simple ; but Sir Robert Peel has not stated, and we shall wait with some anxiety to hear him state by what machinery it is intended to ascertain, that in comes which arise from the floating capitals of our merchants and manufacturers, our brokers and bankers, or from the daily exertions of our lawyers, authors, or physicians. And with regard to some of these last, we would venture to make a few equitable suggestions of some importance. It seems per fectly fair that the current expenses of each year should be borne, according to their means, by the current incomes of those who for that year have the benefit of the exist ing state of things—who enjoy the security of pro perty, tranquillity of society, facilities for locomotion, corn- mer , ,:e, and so on, which those current expenses are intended to provide. But when any extraordinary expense has to be met, it does seem more appropriate that such charges should fall on those who are not only in the receipt of immediate pro fits, but who have a continuing interest in the country—on property, not on income. No one would think of taxing in come to pay off suddenly the national debt ; and so all perma nent benefits should be paid for by permanent sacrifice—should be levied on the invested capital, not on the yearly produce of the, country. We would also observe, that the holders of in comes arising from, and fluctuating with, any Wind of business, who must now make an annual exposure of their circumstances, are thus, by the proposed law, subjected to a serious evil, from which the proprietors of steady and obvious incomes are exempt—an additional claim which such persons possess to the consideration ,of the Legislature ; and all this, independent of the natural feeling, of which none can, we should think, divest themselves, that those who work for their money deserve a more liberal treatment from the nation than those who only sit down and receive it. Sinecure property, we think, then, might be fairly taxed more heavily than the fruits of mere labour." The following are the opinions of the Advertiser on the income-tax It is much to be regretted, however, that the Right Hon. Baronet did not introduce into his scheme his favourite sliding scale, which in this case might be applied with far more justice and salutary effect than to the importa tion of corn, upon which he has adhered to it with such mis chievous and ruinous pertinacity. If, for instance, the tax per cent. were to be raised in proportion to the larger in comes, so that incomes of 1,000/. a year should bear five per cent., 2,000/. s i x per cent., or at a similar rate, and thus in like manner, raising the tax in the direct ratio of the income, and bringing the enormous rentals and ple thoric capitals under a due contribution to the na tional expenditure, the Ministerial proposition would be infinitely more productive aril popular, and a far more ex tensive reduction than is proposed migt.t be made in removing those burdens that press on the spring's of manufacture and comm erc e, the removal of which, as Sir Robert P ee l tru l y ob served, is the best and surest mode of imp rov i ng th e cond i t i on of the working clases. Under the proposed system a man with a thousand a year will pay in round numbers a tax of thirty pounds, whereas by the plan which we suggest he would have to pay fifty the man of two thousand a year, i nstead of the tax proposed, 601., would have to pay, at s i x per cent., 120/. per annum ; and i t is obvious that tho se possessed of in comes from land, or realised capital to such or greater ie r neunt are in a position to bear the suggested impost struggling trugg i lo.ng tradesmanr n ti annui ties wi h far less inconvience than with only 150/. a year, and a family to support, can contribute the comparatively small sum of 4l. 10s." TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. We, the undersigned, hereby declare that the speeches, sen timents, and resolutions , attributed to us in the report pub lished in the Northern Star of Saturday last, and sent to that paper by Mr. G. M. Bartlett, are entirely destitute of truth. HENRY VINCENT, ROBERT KEMP PHILP, W. PROWTING ROBERTS, CHARLES CLARKE. 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I Evening ..... 50 minutes after 3. 4. au, • eti' 11, 4 ik - -o°4 tilt _Sun. LONDON: TUESDAY MORNINQ, MARCH 15, 1842. We see with much satisfaction that Lord BROUGHAM announced last night that he would, this evening, bring before their Lordships a series of resolutions on an in come tax. No man is so well qualified as Lord BROUGHAM to do justice to this important subject ; hr will treat it, we have no doubt, with dignity, and make it impressive. Lord BROUGHAM cannot fail to remember the bitter complaints which were urged against the pro• perty tax till it was abolished in 1816, and he will be convinced that it is of more importance to a Go v ernment to preserve the affections and respect of its subjects, than to increase its revenue. We insert elsewhere a communication " On the in justice of an income tax," from a commercial traveller, the spirit of which is embodied in one of Lore. BuoucuAles resolutions. It is expedient, says his Lord ship, to make a distinction between incomes derived from capital, and incomes derived from labour; between incomes for a term of years, and incomes for a perpetuity. Everybody sees at a glance that it is unjust to tax an , income of 2001. a-year, derived from labour, and which ceases with the labourer, at the same rate as an income of 2001. a-year de► ived from land or from funds, which remains after the owner is gone, as a provision for those who have shared it with him while in life. A similar rule applies to those whose situations ensure pensions or annuities of any kind, not saved from their incomes to their widows, in comparison to those whose situations secure them no such advantage. Again, every body sees at a glance, that if it be unjust to tax an income of 1491. because it is barely enough to support a family, it Tust be unjust to tax an income of 1501. at the same rate as an income of 20,0001. a year. The remission of the tax on all incomes below 1501. in volves the establishment of a sliding scale for all in comes above that sum. We shall not now say a word of the amount on which such a scale ought to be adjusted, for we repudiate the scheme of an income tax altogether; but we insist on the principle, and assert that its absence from Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan convicts it at once of gross injustice. Sir ROBERT PEEL has accompanied his obnoxious proposal with a considerable number of alterations and improvements in the tariff, which in his speech he held - - forth as boons to the manufacturing and commercial classes. We see with no little surprise that the journals of his party, taking their cue from him, have all at once found out that the cheapness which he is to promote will be wonderfully advantageous, and that he is a great benefactor to the people because he proposes to lower several of the duties on provisions. Far be it from us to deny the great advantages of such reductions, but why did not he, and why did not our Tory Contempora ries apply a principle to wheat and barley which is true as to beef and pork ? We rejoice very much in behalf of the working classes that the duty on potatoes is reduced from 2s. to 2d. per cwt. that all kinds of fish, much of which has hitherto been prohibited, may henceforth be imported at mode rate duties ; that the duties on bacon are reduced from U. Bs. per cwt. to 145., and on salt beef from 12s. to Bs., while the duty on corn-beef, before prohibited, is fixed at Bs. Such - alterations win be of great public advantage, and will allow, we believe, of various kinds of provisions being imported from Eu rope and America. But though Sir Robert Peel has joined these remissions and alterations of duties with an income tax, they are not necessarily connected with it. The country now derives no revenue from the duties which he proposes to lower, and the substitution of duties for prohibitions, will add to the revenue, not diminish it. The alteration in the tariffs, therefore, afford no pretext for an income tax. He has cunningly joined the two; but there is no reason whatever why we should give three per cent. of our incomes because the men now in office —thanks to the perseverance of Messrs. HumE, VIL LIERS, TIORNELY, and the other promoters of the Im port Dutios' Committee —have at length opened their eyes to the incongruities of our tariff, and have set about correcting some few of its monstrous inequali ties. There is no necessary connexion, we repeat, be tween these alterations of the tariff, which are highly to be approved of, and the imposition of a new and inqui sitorial tax, except that both are proposed by the same inconsistent Minister. Be it remarked also, that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S tariff, whatever be its merits, is based on the vicious principles of bounties and protection. It is a mass of dis criminating duties, not levied for revenue, but to divert labour and capital into particular chan nels, and put property into the pockets of certain individuals and classes, Contrary to all political science. Sir ROBERT PEEL seeks, by regulations, to raise profit in one place, and lower it in another ; and so he gives a bias and direction to the employment of capital. His discriminating duties on wheat, on beef, on potatoes, &c. will lead foreigners to cultivate and prepare certain pro • visions which they will be able to introduce into our markets with a profit, their industry being directed, I not by natural circumstances and advantages, but by our discriminating duties. In all that we see nothing re commendable, though Sir R. PEEL'S tariff may be less injurious than the one which it is to supersede ; for it gives a false, a political, and a comparatively unprofitable direction to industry and capital. Let us also for one moment dwell on the injustice, to one class, of indirectly lowering prices by there various reductions in the tariff. The Corn-law is maintained to keep up the nominal price of wages which it will do because wages, in subordination to the supply and demand, are in some measure dependent on the price of bread. But the permitted importation of meat, potatoes, rice, lentils, &c., &c., will to some extent beat down the price of a portion of the farmer's produce, who will have still to pay high rents and high wages, while he will get a reduced price for his commodities. A total repeal of all the Corn and Provision-laws which would adjust wages, and rent, and prces,[by one and the same rule, would be, in comparison, an, inestimable benefit to the farmers. Now that we have pointed out some of the inequalities and injustices of Sir R. PEEL'S proposed income tax, now that we have shown that his plan of fastening it on to alterations of the tariff, which have been recommended by Reformers, is no better than a cunning trick, un worthy of a statesman, let us put it to our readers and to the middle classes generally, will they, in time of peace, tolerate such an imposition ? The Hants Chronicle declares that all the tradespeople in that neighbourhood are against it. A communication which we publish from a Northern Correspondent informs us that, on the banks of the Tyne and the Wear, Sir R. PEEL'S proposal has been received with astonishment and indignation. Such feelings may be set off against the satisfaction felt on the Stock Exchange, the gentlemen who frequent which are, in general, so much interested in taxation, that they see those measures with placidity, we are afraid, which, at the sacrifice of the public liberties and the public happiness give, as they suppose, security to the public funds. On this great question, however, affecting the self-respect and personal dignity of the middle classes, outraged as much by their circumstances being pryed into as if their homes were violated, we are persuaded that no class of persons, interested in any way in taxa tion, will be allowed to give the tone to public senti ment. We shall be surprised if public opinion, before the week come to an end, be not so loudly and indig nantly expressed as to make Sir R. PEEL stand aghast at his own presumption. It is a good augury that Lord BROUGHAM, who cannot yet have forgotten the art of kindling the public enthusi asm, has taken up the question. He will know how to make the blood boil in the veins of our long-enduring and much suffering people. He may, possibly, remind them that WALPOLE, at the height of his power, was defeated in his attempt to establish a system of excise which was infinitely less objectionable than an inquisitorial tax on income. Lord BROUGHAM will not forget that a be sotted scheme for levying an obnoxious tax separa ted the United States from England. He will, probably, remind the people, that it will be unworthy of them to accept from the mere tool of the monopolists a whole series of indignities, which neither the Elder nor the Younger PITT, which neither CASTLEREAGH, with his impurturbility, nor CANNING, with his frank courage, ever dared, in a time of peace, to perpetrate on the public liberties. He will, or lest Lord BROUGHAM should not, we:will, call on our high-spirited people who have struck down the eagle in his loftiest flight, and hunted the lion to his den, not now to submit to be humbled and plucked by a carrion crow. They will declare that they did not put an end to the despotism of BONAPARTE, to offer their hands to the fetters of the sordid landowners of England. The townspeople, the middle classes, and the ten pound householders; have been, it is said, enfranchised and they will make a scandalous use of their liberty and their power, if they do not arrest at once the success of the meanest and the hungriest political faction that ever cursed a country. Let them not be deceived by the statement that the income tax will fall on the aristocracy as well as on them selves. The Tories recently expended 1,500,0001. to secure seats in Parliament, and they will willingly pay their share of the proposed taxes as an insurance for the continuance of their power. In their hands are all the emoluments and all the offices of Government, and they enjoy all the taxes of which they only contribute a part. For them it is a good pecuniary speculation to pay another 1,500,0001. in order to secure the supremacy of the aris tocracy, and the distribution amongst themselves of an additional revenue of 5,000,000/. The income tax will go to preserve the landlords in their station, and pull down the aspiring democracy. For the aristocracy this is worth a large sum; and if their nefarious scheme be not defeated it will be owing to the undue veneration for them yet nourished by the middle classes, and to the unfounded and unjust apprehensions which the latter yet entertains of the working classes. By their apprehen 3ions the aristocracy are now profiting, and the palpable object of Sir ROBERT PEEL in uniting his tariff with an income-tax - is to separate the middle from the lower classes, and obtain the support of the latter for the Aris tocracy and the Government. He bids for popularity. If the middle classes allow him to succeed they may at once reconcile themselves to be for ever the landowners slaves. Now that it is proposed to increase the taxes, a Corre spondent appropriately calls public attention to the fact that no small number of ships are annually built only to lie and rot. He mentions two cases which fell un,ier his own notice, and the public will, on this occasion, re member that the Queen Charlotte, after lying in ordi nary for a few years, cost the country 15,000/. or 20,000/. to repair her before she could go to sea. When it was proposed to make use of her, she was found eaten up with the dry-rot. There are, no doubt, many other sin ti lar cases, and were the people less preyed on by their own fears, or by the designs of those who seek to pro fit by their fears, they might spare half the sum annually expended, to prepare against an attack which can nevi in• be made. It was Sir Jour/ SINCLAIR'S opinion, that aone of the nations of Europe would have been ineuml ered with a national debt had they not fitted out fleets. T b ere is much probability in that opinion, and England is at this moment suffering under a vast load of debt, becx use shewould always maintain, under the name of a navy., an immense number of useless hulks. But, if that opin ion be probably correct, when limited to navies, it beccg nes completely true when extended to national fears and stu eions. Nearly all the danger one ration is subject to- fi nm Others, and nearly all the expense it occurs on their ac count, are the consequence of idle and unfounded re: trs Nations under the advice of interested politicians, s üb ject themselves to enormous certain evils to avoid'. an imaginary danger. They are now paying a great in ice for their mutual distrust, and of that, a part is coy n-ed by the expense annually . incurred of building men-of- v var to lie and rot. By command of her MAJESTY papers have been 11 re sented to Parliament relative to the moneys received by that most original of diplomatists, Captain ELLIOT; by way of ransom for the city of Canton, taken by • the British troops on the 27th of May last. These p: tp ars are so entirely in character that we regret we can not publish them at full length, instead of making extil.cts from them. The most ludicrous feature of the case s 'as, that when the Convention between Captain ELLIOT : and the Chinese authorities relative to Canton was rat if ed, the British Officers on the spot could not understai2d . it, and after the money remitted to England reached the Treasury, neither the Lords of that department, _nor the Noble Foreign Secretary, could tell for what, p ur_ pose it was received or remitted. Upon the first of these points, we beg to quote a letter addressed to C ap tain ELLIOT, by the justly lamented and gallant Ca p 1 ain SENHousn. It is dated the heights above Canton, A.lay 28, 1841 Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your Excel', !They's joint letter, of the 27th May, to Sir Hugh Gough and in ynelf, transmitting the arrangement yonr Excellency has cone lu ded with the officers of the Chinese Government, and' also a .copy of the full authority g i ven t o K wang-Chow-Foo to act . for the Chinese Commissioners. In perusing very attentively the document your Excel le ncy has been pleased to transmit, I cannot avoid considering "that the terms of the arrangement must appear to an unpreju. arced person, ignorant of local circumstances, more as a settle m ent for a general peace rather than conditions proposed, discu es ed, and agreed to, for the sole purpose of delivering the ci ti fof Canton, from the penalties of actual occupation. In the at tiho rity given to the Kwang-Chow-Foo by the Commissio err; they clearly state that the, English Plenipotentiary, being to ill ing to observe a truce and make arrangements for peace. 'they therefore, appoint the Kwang-Chow. Foo to conduct the eel :ails of the pacific arrancrement and settlement. Now it was nat the British Minister who applied for a truce, for it was the Ch it .ese officer who came with a flag of truce to the walls, declar, s d to Sir Hugh Gough and myself that they were not willing to .4 ght any more, and, therefore, wished to seethe British chiefs. The articles themselves make no mention ofthe money be ing paid as a ransom for the town, nor is any mention made of th ese conditions being confined to the province of Kwangtung. On the contrary, it is well known that the Chinese aurbrori ties extended your Excellency's former declaration, tha t the English wanted nothing but trade on the old footing, t o the further settlement of a definitive peace, although in your Ex cellency's own understanding the arrangement was limit, id to Canton ; and the Commissioner Kwang in his private I enter said, that you have stated that your nation wanted nothing; but trade oa the old footing, and invited you to commence n ego tiations fo r a d ef i nitive peace. The sum t o b e given up being similar to the sum offered to be given f or op i um, Bilbaino, unit e in indorsing to an unprejudiced and uninfor.twed person, that the and. the introduction o f th e a ff a ir o f tb e an. angement is more intended for a gene cal pacification, the insults which - would appear a very poor compensation.. for all and njuries we have received, than an ackno , W ledgment of the vanquished to the conqueror in the hour of victory. I therefore beg, for the information of my Comma n der-in-Chief and. their Lordships of the Admiralty, to kilt )w THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING-, MARCH 15, 1842 whether the arrangement is decidedly a ransom for the city of Canton, to save it from the consequences of legal warfare ; leaving out entirely the question of remuneration, compensa tion, aril security for the future, so long mooted, or for other purpose. I ask it to maintain the national honour and the credit s f the British flag, that the success of the British arms in laying the city ofSanton at the feet of the Queen's forces may not be hereafter questioned, without certain contradiction. (Signed) H. L. SENHOUSE, Captain, Senior Officer. This letter seems to have nettled the Plenipotentiary a good deal. He must have seen from it that meritorious officers would no longer charge themselves with the ri dicule and the disgrace of his blunders. Accordingly, on the 2d of June, he answers officially : " Whilst I am unable to perceive the necessity for your com munication of the 28th ultimo, upon the ground that the late arrangement at Canton can by any po.sibiliti or in any quarter be construed into a general settlement of the questions at issue between the two Governments,l certainly can have no hesita tion in officially declaring that it has reference only to the re lief of this city and province from pressure which could not continue to be applied, casting ruin and distress upon a vast unoffending population, at incalculable inconvenience to our own well-understood interests, in forgetfulness of her Majesty's gracious Purposes, and in defiance of the temper and feeling of the British nation upon all such subjects. • • We now come to the ignorance which Captain ELLIOT allowed to prevail at home as to how he obtained the ransom money. In a letter from the Lords of the Treasury to the Foreign-office, dated the 2nd of Novem ber, we find the following Having submitted to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your Lordship's letter of the 28th ultimo, enclosing a despatch from Captain Elliot, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, in which he reports the payments in money and securities received from the Chinese Government, I have it in command from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to request you will state to the Earl of Aberdeen, that it would be satisfactory to my Lords, if some information could be furnished by Lord Aberdeen as to the grounds on which the money in question was demanded, and paid either by the Chinese Government or the authorities in Canton. To which, on the part of Lord ABERDEEN, - the following reply is given : • lam to state to you in reply, for the information of their Lordships, that Captain Elliot's despatches to the Secretary of State contain no explanation whatever of the grounds on which this payment was demanded or received by him from the Chinese authorities; and there Is only one expression in those despatches which has any bearing whatever on that point. Captain Elliot, in allusion to the quantity , of tea, which had just been shipped from Canton, says—" The indemnity just recovered from the Chinese is, perhaps, rather more than double the charges and• duties they had received from the trade of the season." With his usual luck, however, . Capt. ELLIOT hit upon an expedient for getting rid of part of the money, and of getting himself into a new scrape. In the plenitude of Plenipotentiary power he had drawn Opium Bills upon the Treasury in faiour of DENT and Co., to the amount of upwards of sixty-three thousand pounds, which bills wero dishonoured when the Government refused to re cognise the opium contract. When, however, the Sycee silver ransom of Canton was placed at his disposal his Ex cellency magnanimously paid these bills. But now comes the unpleasant part of the business. The Lords of the Treasury have decided that the ransom is a droit of the Crown, and therefore that every shilling of it, except what is paid in gratuities to the officers and men at the discretion of her MAJESTY; must be handed over to the Consolidated Fund, to be dealt with by Act of Par liament. This places poor Captain EI,LIOT in a very sad predicament, from which it will require an Act of Par liament to relieve. him. The House of Commons, being dissatisfied with the first returns, ordered on the 7th instant copies of any additional communications from Captain ELLIOT, " ex plaining or having any bearing upon " his mysterious transactions with the Chinese authorities, addressed by him to the Foreign-office. to this order a return has just been made, consisting of an extract from a letter dated " 55, Cadogan-place, 25th of January, 1842," and addressed by Captain ELLIOT to Lord ABERDEEN, which, if possible, involves the question of the object of the ransom in still greater mystery. All that the Gal lant ex-Plenipotentiary says about it is, that knowing there was a good sum of money in the imperial treasury at Canton, he thought he could not do better than get it, and having gotten it he was satisfied ! Taking the whole of Captain Ehuo;r's career in China, and overlooking the cost which his blundering hast cost, and will yet cost this country, we must say that it ex hibits the richest specimen of the farce of diplomacy ever acted on the theatre .of this world. In his best days GRIMALDI was a bore compared with the Plenipotentiary ELLIOT. The Parliamentary Report of the conversation be tween Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. SHIEL relative to the occupation of Algiers, which appeared in The Sun, dif fered in a word or two, which did not in the slightest particular affect the meaning of the conversation, from the report of our morning Contemporaries. To soothe the self-love of the French, which was very much wounded by the Report, the French Government com pelled the Journals which copied it from The Sun to re-copy it from the other papers, wishing thereby to create an impres . sion that all reports of speeches disa greeable to France were liable to be erroneously reported. The ruse of the Government has not been understood by the Ministerial Press, for the Journal des Debats has thought proper•to caution- the French public against the reports in Ihe Sun, as garbled to suit party purposes. "In England as in France," says the Debuts, " there are Journals which snake it a point of honour and patriotism to sow. the seeds of hatred and defiance between the two countries, by irritating and keeping alive national prejudices. The Radical Journal The Sun, is of that number. 'lt is filled with an absurd animosity againit France, and it is from it—which arrives first in paris- 7 -that the French Journals copy the proceedings in the English Parliament. It is not therefore, surprising that a -tone is given to the reports in that Journal to suit its political prejudices ." Now we tell our French Contemporary, that however little surprising such a custom would be in France, it would be very surprising indeed in England. Such a custom is altogether unknown to the British Press of every shade of political. opinion. The business of a reporter on the London Press, is to report faithfully, without any regard to the political opinions of the journal upon whoSe establishment he is ; and we appeal to the whole of our Contemporaries, Whig and Tory, whether any reporter, daring to garble reports of proceedings in Parliament to suit party views, would not instantly be discharged ? The political opinions of reporters are, in nine casos out of ten, utterly unknown to, and never in any case inquired af. er by the Editors of the London press. With respect to the absurd charge of The Sun being hostile to France, the best answe r w hi c h we can ma k e i s to refer to our columns for the last ten years. Of the London daily journals, The Sun is perhaps the only paper which on every occasion advocated the policy of a close alliance with France. True, we never lent ourselves to support the nefarious acts of the French Government perpetrated in violation of its solemn engagements, but in this we manifested no more hostility to France than did M. °DILLON .13A RROT, and the whole of the Opposition Members of the French Chamber of Depu ties. Nay, our very remarks upon Lord ABERDEEN'S correction in the House of Lords .of the statement of the French Ambassador, showed a kindlier feeling towards France, than those of any other London Journal, inas much as we observed that we gave more credit to the assertion of the Ambassador than to the recollections of the Noble Foreign Secretary. We did even more. We expressed ourselves opposed to .all controversy on the question of the conquests of France in Africa.. But the truth we take to be this, the writer in the Debats never read a syllable of English in his life, and judged The Sun by occasional translated extracts from it. Were he a regular reader of this Journal he could not manifest the gross ignorance that is shown in describing The Sun as filled with animosity against France. We received yesterday, by the French Papers, M. GUIZOT'S version of the conversation between the French Ambassador and Lord ABERDEEN, relative to the recognition of the Conquest of Algiers. M. G UIZOT point blank contradicts Lord ABERDEEN'S statement in the House of Lords. i It blew a hurricane in Paris on Wednesday night and Thurs day morning. It began about 11 o'clock, and blew from the west in strong squalls, doing a great deal of damage to roofs, chimneys, and trees. Ott the bridge of Neuilly, two vehicles were blown over, and on the road to Saint Denis, a man was killed by the sudden fall of a tree. In the court of a house, Rue de l'Abbaye, a gentleman was nearly killed b y the fall of a chim ney-stack' close at his feet, just as he had come out of the door. N o u u m v r e pe r l o ah u caes s v c e : b a nd have been blown down in various p arts of Paris, and several persons have been in j ured. Scarcel y an y of the churches and public buildings have esca p ed without da mage to their roofs. The Pavillon d e F lore and the Pavillon de Munn, at the Tuileries, have had the lead rolled u p in se veralenedn laid the bare.roofs of the gallery and p alace of the L BOURSE—Penis, SATURDAY, MARCH 12. - Price Price. Price . Price. French 5 ver Cents ll7 30 ... 117 50 30 ... 117 40 3 per Cents ''' go 55 ~.. fta 50 ... 20 55 ... 80 50 Stank of Prance 5,04;0t. Shares 5047'50 ...5047 50 ...5047: 0 -.5047 50 tielgian Bank Bl - ... 820 ... 815 ... 8•20 Dutch Neapolitan a : e ura l fflg . . . I: l a ta t t li n 2 i e ., ; 54 3 7 2 . 84 . n. pe . ap : P: 7 n . e er : . rrk r i 1 s C . . . CUC C l . elcennn n . s t i tltt t s . l e . . . 1. .. 1 '.. 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Hoyi 300.* 1:66- li9 One month l2 1234 Two months 32 04 Hamburgh, One month :45 5) Twomonths 35 25 Dutch Papers, March 12. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND -Vittbltt Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The original columns of the Paris journals are wholly without interest, for there are no subjects of importance before the public which have sufficient freshness for comment. As an instance of the difficulty which our Paris Contemporaries have in finding anything to talk about, we may mention that the Courrier Francats has a column of leader upon the report of a misunderstanding between the Emperor Nicholas and his son in-law, the Duke de Leuchtenberg, and of a project of the Em peror to give his daughter, the Grand Duchess Olga, to the Duke de Bordeaux. The Courrier indulges in a variety of speculations on this report. It is reported (says the Constitutionnel), that the Ministry has at length given orders that the Spanish refugees, who had for the last month assembled on the frontiers of Spain, and who had organised juntas, shall be again sent into the interior at a distance of at least forty leagues from the frontier. By Hoyal ordonnanees, Rear-Admiral Ducrest de Ville neuve, Alaritime Preket at Lorient, is placed in the second section, or section of reserve, of Admirals. Rear-Admiral Menotti% ier Defresne, Major-General of Marine at Brest, is appointed 'Maritime Prefect at Lorient, in the room of Rear- Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve ; and Rear-Admiral Kerdrain is appointed Major-General of Marine at Brest. The States of Wurtemberg are now occupied in discussing a bill, brought forward by the Minister of the Interior, for con structing railroads throughout that kingdom, so asto connect them with the various lines of the neighbouring States. From Madrid we have accounts of the sth. The French had taken some steps towards settlir g the Salavandy affair, but had changed their minds, and the affair remains in statu quo. We have received Lisbon news to the 7th inst., brought by the Montrose steamer. The Queen, having refused to grant decorations to the chiefs of the late Chartist movement, had given dissatisfaction to their friends, and had occasioned a re port of the dissolution of the Cabinet. A letter from Oporto mentions that the Spanish troops had withdrawn from the northern frontier, and there were reports of an insurrection in the north of Spain. It was reported also by passengers arrived from the south of Spain that a Christino movement was on the point of breaking out in Andalusia. The Constantinople Correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes, on the 16th ult. :—" A report is current that the Bri tish Ambassador has recommended the Porte to accede to the representations of the Great Powers on the subject of the affairs of Mount Lebanon, and has proposed, as a candidate for its Cos ernorship, Emin, the third son of the Emir Beschir. Upon this, Sarim Effendi made inquiries as the views of Emin, et ho replied that he could not return into Syria with out his father. Hence new difficulties have arisen, for the English refuse all confidence in the Emir Beschir, whom they consider to be a partisan of France. PARLIAMENTARY. In the Lords last night the Commi Tt7e on the Presbyterian Marriages' Bill recommended that all further proceedings on that Bill should be stayed till after the Judges return from Circuit, on account of another irregular marriage case having oc curred, on which a special verdict had been given, and which will probably be brought before their Lordships. Their Lord ships' inquiries into the subject, however, will be continued, though the progress of the Bill is stopped. Lords Brougham and Campbell warned parties that it would be at their own peril if they took ads antage of the late decision of the Judges. A short discussion took place about the instructions given by our Government to our representative at Madrid to support the French Envoy in his claim to present his despa'ches to the Young Queen in person, from which it appears that the trick ery of the Tories to old despotism has only obtained for them two or three insults. The country is not insulted, however, by what is done to Lord Aberdeen. Lord Brougham gave notice of a series of resolutions on an Income Tax, which he is to move this night in the House of Lords. We look for a spirited debate. The Lord Chancellor laid on the table a Bill for extending the jurisdiction in bankruptcy, which was read a third time. The pan Societies and the Apprentice Regulation Bills were read a third time.—Adjourned. In the Commons Mr. G. Palmer, a Tory, gave notice of his intention to oppose Sir R. Peel's proposed duty on coals. In answer to Sir R. Inglis, Sir R. Peel stated that the Easter recess would be from next Thursday week, the 24th, to the next Monday week following, April 4. Sir J. Graham, in reply to a question, said it was the inten tion of Government to bring in a Bill to regulate parish con stables, but not a Bill to alter the Rural Police Act. In reply to Mr. C. Buller, the Speaker said that the House could not receive petitions against a tax after it had come under the consideration of the House ; at the same time Sir R. Peel refused to postpone his motion concerning the Income Tax beyond Friday. Sir R. Peel explained, in answer to Mr. Shiel, that he thought it would bc inexpedient to lay on the table the de spatch addressed to her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, ignorantly directing him to support the claim of the French Ambassador to insult Espartero. Mr. Ward moved his resolution against passing a Corn Bill till the House had inquired into the peculiar burdens on land, and supported his motion by an able speech full of valuable facts. He asked fur a Committee to verify them. Colonel Wood opposed the motion, and found out that the expense of cultivation, which resolves itself altogether into the expense of labour, the price of which is mainly determined by the price of corn, is the justification of Corn-laws. This is a most vicious circle, The landlords pass a law to keep up prices, and then allege their height on a justification of the law. A considerable debate ensued, but en a division Mr. Ward's motion was lost by 230 to 115. Subsequently the House went into Committee on the Corn Keeping-out Bill, and got through eight or nine clauses of it. Adjourned at a Quarter before One o'Clock. MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. Very little interest, says the Leeds Mercury, is at present felt in the manufacturing dist! icts of the country, on the sub ject of factory legislation, which is scarcely ever mentioned either by the work people or their employers. _ _LAW AND POLICE. Jonathan Taylor, aged 60, was — triedonFriday at the York Assize, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, for the murder of his wife, Ellen Taylor, by strangling her, on the 26th October last. After hearing evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged. On Sunday morning, George Lucas, warehouseman in the city, residing at No. 8, Zion Gardens, Aldermanbury, mur dered with a razor his three children, and afterwards cut his own throat. The horrid particulars appear in another part of The Sun. TINE ARTS. The st2tue of the late Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm was erected on Wednesday last at Langholm, Dumfriesshire. COUItT--PASHIONABLE. The Duke of Wellington has caused cards to be issued for an entertainment on Friday next, at Apsley House. MISCELLANEOUS. _ The will of the late Marquis of Hertford "is said to be one of the most remarkable documents ever bequeathed to posterity. The present Marquis, we believe, succeeds to one hundred thousand pounds per annum. Lady Strachan, Mar chioness di Salsa, has a large jointure. La Comtesse Richi has the sum of two hundred thousand pounds, the house in Regent's. park, and a prospective lawsuit respecting some casket at Messrs. Courts' : at least so runs the tale. The lady's maid to the Lady Strachan is left a property, the estimated value of which varies from one hundred and fifty to two hundred thou sand pounds. Lord Henry Seymour, nil. The wines, said to be worth ten thousand pounds, are left to a comparative stranger." The number of persons vaccinated in London and its vicinity last year, was 15,361. Yesterday, in 1757, Admiral Byng was shot at Portsmouth. Also, in 1561, James Crichton, better known as the " Ad mirable Crichton," gave at Venice one of the first public exhibitions of his genius at the University of Padua, and disputed with the Doctors for six hours. Crichton was a native of Scotland ; his father was Lord Advocate from 1561 to 1573; his mother was daughter of Sir James Stuart, and allied to the Royal family of England. Prince Paul Esterhazy has finally made up his mind to retire from the English Embas,y, arid leave public life altogether, in order to devote himself to the improvement of his vast estates in Hungary. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday after. noon in an open carriage and four, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her residence at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by Colonel Buckley and Sir Edward Bowater, the Equerries in Waiting. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday, in a carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at Buck ingham Palace. The company consisted of her Royal Iligh ness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wiemar, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, -Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Charles Somerset, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount Alford, Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, Sir George Cowper, Bart., Hon. Miss Devereux, Hon. Miss Stanley, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stock mar, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir Frederick Stovin, Colonel Buckley, Sir Edward Bowater, and Dr. Prmtor:us. The Band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge returned to town on Sunday evening, from Kew. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A Deputation of Railway Companies, consisting of Mr. Ri chard Barrow and Captain Laws, representing the Manchester and Leeds Railway; Mr. John Bradshaw and Captain Cleather, from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway ; Mr. Thomas H. Higgin and Mr. S. Edward Bolden, from the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway; Mr. Robert Stuart, Mr. James R. Barnes, Mr. John Hawkshaw, from the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway ; Mr. George Hudson and Mr. William Richardson, from the York and North Midland Railway; Mr. George Hudson, and Mr. Wil liam Richardson, from the Leeds and Selby Railway; Mr. Robert Stuart. and Mr. Richard Barrow, from the Bolton and Preston Railway; Messrs. Jackson and Mailaby, from the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on Saturday, to offer their objections to the proposed amendment to the 11th (now the 12th) clause of the Railways Regulation Bill, so far as regards taking out the word " con venience," and introducing the words "at such common ter minus, or at the point of junction between them." The Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street Despatches from the Governor of New South Wales, and also from the Governor of Bermuda, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. STORES, &C., FOR CHINA:—TIIO Minden Hospital ship (74), Captain Quin, sailed from this port (Devon port) last night, with stores, medical staff, supplies, am munition, &c., &c., for China. She is very deep in the water, and is said to have property on board to the amount of 150,0001 The weather proved very squally after she left, but is much more moderate now (twelve o'clock Sunday).—Devonport Independent office. We understand that Sir Robert Peel's announcement on Friday has taken many Members by surprise, it being expected that no business of importance would be carried forward until after Easter ; and, in this belief, many are paired cff, and not a few absent, we learn, and among them is Mr. Wallace, who has paired off with Mr. Hope Johnstone until after Easter. The last concert of the season will take place at the English Opera House on Friday evenin g , for the benefit of Master Henri Laurent, a ju ven il e pi an i st of much talent. For this night only, a prima donna from the first theatres in Italy. Miss Alicia Nunn has kindly consented to sing two songs, and Messrs. Koenig and Laurent, jun., will perform together, for the first time, a gr an d d uo on cornets a p i stone . Monsieur Jullien and his talented band will perform the most popular pieces of music of the season. Notwithstanding the increase of attraction, the price of admission will remain the same as before. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The Derby betting extended over a respectable list of fa vourites, but failed to produce any great impression on the odds. Attila, though seldom mentioned, showed an inclina tion to retreat, while, on the other hand, the Chatham party bore up stoutly, and after an outlay of three or four hundred pounds at 20 to 1, had the satisfaction of hearing him quoted at 18 to 1, with offers to take anything above it. In the next lot of five we have only one change to point out, and that is in the Dirce colt, who gave way several points. The most prominent outside's were Palinurus and Canadian ; each was named at an improved quotation, but neither of them backed to any extent. The Joanna colt, The Lord of Holderness, Gobbo, and Sir G. Heathcote's lot, had some zealous supporters, without having mended their position. The only alteration in the Oaks affected Passion, the offers against her having risen rapidly from 10 to Itol7to 1. At the close of the room the following were the general market prices : CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost 30 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johnny—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Knox's George TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 27 to 1 agst all the mares 30 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lot 1000 to 15 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot= taken 8 to I agst Col. Anson's Attila—taken 18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham 26 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus 35 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshw's Moss Trooper 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Greenwood's Lasso—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—taken 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Bird's Dr. Allan 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Goodman's Gobbo—taken 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Peel's Seahorse—taken 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Trelawney's Frederica colt—taken 500 to 100 agst Attila and Chatham—taken 1400 to 100 agst Mr. Forth's lot, and all the mares—taken 700 to 50 agst Scott's lot winning Derby and Oaks—taken OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's lot—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Sy ren 17 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion. MONEY and Co‘MME — RI:IAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Much speculation has been going forward for some short time past in South American Securities, founded chiefly upon the probability that several of the States are likely to re sume payment. The rise has teen principally in Mexican and Columbian, the former being now quoted 381 to 40, and the latter 25 to 25k. The Brazilian Loan having been received here, an advance of about 1 per cent. occurred, and the closing prices were 67h 671. Spanish left off at 24124 k. In Shares little was done. Great Western left off at 90 to 91 ; the New Shares 62k to 63h ; and the Fifths 10 to h. Birmingham 175 to 176. Manchester and Leeds, 771. Man chester and Birmingham 28k. South Western 58k 59. Brigh ton 35i h. - (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 12,—Our market was dull to- day, without any further change in prices, and the sales altogether did not exceed 2,500 bales, viz. 150 Pernam, at 7d. ; 40 E g ypti an , 7d . to 9 A d . ; 120 Maranham, bid. ; and 2,190 American, 4/d. to 7d. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 12.—GrandJunction, Great Western, and London and Birmingham have undergone some reduction in value this week, and business generally has been flat. The sales of this day were few, and altogether con fined to the following, for which our quotations were paid. Grand Junction 179 ; ditto Half Shares, 89i ; Great Western Fifths, 9E • London an d Bi rm i ng h am , 321. Shares, 58i ; Lon don and Brighton Loan Notes, si. MANCHESTE R STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 12.—There is rather mor e b us i ness doing ; the sales are—Liverpool and Manchester, 189 ; Manchester and Leeds, 78% and 78 1 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 34 ; Bank of Manchester, 3%; South Lancashire Bank, Si, Bs. 9d. and Si. 10s.; Districtßank, The measures proposed by Sir Robert Peel still continue to engross the principal share of public attention. They are al most universally allowed to be such as are most likely to prove beneficial to the community at large ; but oppressive to some particular classes. The income tax, it is supposed, will not work well, either in increasing the revenue to the extent ex pected, or in the method of collection, which, arranged as it may be, must inevitably introduce a system of espionage that has always met with reprobation. It is urged also that the commencement at 1501. is too low, and will press hardly upon a large class of the industrious community, such as superior foremen in manufacturing, and clerks, &c., in commercial establishments ; 2001. is supposed should have been the minimum amount to be taxed. The uniformity of the rate to be levied is also urged against it ; it is said that if a sliding scale be advantageous in corn, it could be applied to incomes far less injuriously—the proportion to be paid by those possessing moderate means, is thought to be far greater than that which will be contributed by those of large incomes, that is to say that 41. 7s. 10d. will be more severely felt out. of 15Q/., than 2911. 13s. 4d. will be out of 10,000/.—a graduated scale raising the amount of tax in com parison with the income would be met with far more satisfaction. The new tariff of duties has also been published to-day, and appears likely to afford considerable relief to various classes. The rates to be levied upon many articles of consumption, which have hitherto been wholly prohibited, or loaded with a prohibitory duty, are stated to be so moderate as not materially to interfere with their introduction for consumption; for in stance, beef is charged Bs. per cwt., or, with the necessary charges, about one penny per lb. Cattle, sheep, and pigs, which formerly were not allowed to be imported, are to be chargeable with only 20s. for the first, 3s. for the second, and ss. each for the last of these animals ; the difference in the rate upon pigs is doubtless to afford protection to Ireland. The duty upon American Rice is to be reduced 10s. per cwt., or rather more than Id. per lb. These regulations are viewed as the first great step towards a general free trade. The Swift packet, from the Brazils, has brought accounts from Rio Janeiro to the 19th January. Everything there was tranquil, but trade continued dull ; the late heavy rains having materially injured the crops of coffee, prices had ccnsiderably advanced, and consequently shipments were only made under peculiar circumstances, merchants generally being cautious in purchasing at the present rates. Exchange on England had declined to 28 3 / 4 . The Buenos Ayres Papers, though not of so late date as the intelligence lately received via New York, are interesting, as containing the result of the action between the squadron of that Republic and the vessels from Monte Video. The fight ing, which appears to have been rather more severe, and longer protracted,than had usually been the case whenever those ships met, terminated in the capture of a Monte Videan brig of 14 guns and 103 men, while the remainder retreated into their own port, at the entrance to which the Buenos Ayrean fleet remained, in the hope of tnking any others which might venture out to sea. The exchange is quoted at 3 dol., and there are no quotations for gold. Letters froL the Mauritius to the 16th November have also been received. The plan adopted by the planters of shipping the sugar on their own account, in preference to selling it there, was beginning to be felt ; a further advance of 15 cents per 100 lbs. having been realised upon such as have been brought public sale. Consols opened this morning with a firm appearance, and have since advanced to 895 895 for Money, and 895 895 for the Account. In other Stocks but little has been done, except the New Three-and-a-Half per cent., which has been sold at 995 for Money. India Bonds bear a prem. of Bs. to 10s. Some apprehension regarding the vote for 8,000,0001. out of the Consolidated Fund, has flattened the'priee of Exchequer Bills, which are now 28s. to 30s. premium. The Money Mar ket taken altogether, presents no feature worthy of par ticular notice, beyond an evident tendency to advance. The remittances made by the Brazilian and Mexican Go vernments on account of the dividends on their Bonds have attracted attention towards these Stocks, in which there has been shown a disposition to invest capital. The price of the former is better to-day, by about 1 1 / 4 per cent. being now 67 1 / 2 3 / 4 , and the latter is quoted 38% 40 for Money, and 405 for the Account. Portuguese, 335 to 345 ; Colombian has improved to 25 to 255 for Money, and 245 5 for the Account. The quotation of Spanish, in spite of every exertion to raise it, will decline, being now 245 5. An improvement has taken place in railway shares, and al though the amount of business has been but small, the market appeal sto have somewhat recovered from the late depression. Manchester ar.d Leeds, 77% ; Great Western, new shares, 6 . ) 1 A to 63 1 4 ; South Western, 58 1 ; Great North of Eng land, 86 ; Brighton, 835 5 ; Loan Notes, 5 prem. But little business has been transacted in the home Securi ties. Consols for Money are steady at 895, and for the Ac count 89 5; New Three-and.a-Half per Cents., 995 ; Exche quer Bills, 30 ; and India Bonds Bto 10 prem. In the Foreign Market a fair amount of business in South American Securities, particularly in Mexican Stock, which is firm at 395 40 ; Columbian, 255 5 ; Brazilian, 675 68 ; peso Five per Cents., 335 34 ; Ditto Threes, 205 ; Spanish Active Stock, 245; Deferred, 12%; Dutch Two-and.allalf per Cents., 52 1 . The transactions in the Share Markethave been limited. Great Western New Shares were last done at 625 ; Ditto Fifths, 185 ; London and Brighton, 35%; Ditto Loan Notes, 55 ; London and Blackwall, 115 ; London and South Western, 585. Her Majesty's packet Swift has arrived at Falmouth with a mail from the Brazils. She has brought over a freight equal to 40,0001. s erling. The date of the papers from Rio de Ja neiro are of the 19th Jan. The political news is sot of im portance. Business was very dull, the markets being over stocked. Exchange on England was at 285 29 ; and the Six per Cent. Local Stock 71 ex. div., being equal to 74. The accounts from Buenos Ayres and Monte Video are not of so late a date as those received via New York. The. Money Market looks good, and there is a prospect of improvement, but it is generally ad m itt e d t h at t h ere must be certain modifications in Sir R. Peel's plan to give confidence to the middling classes. It is suggested that the income-tax should be lowered and a graduated property-tax imposed so as to bring up the reduction. The monopolists as usual are dis satisfied, and the Canadian timber people grudge the reduction on the Baltic article. They may think themselves lucky the alteration is not more liberal, but at any rate they mean to try Sir Robert's pliability, for a deputation goes up to-day. Consols, Account, 89i 2 ; Colombian, 26 i ; P ortuguese, 333 34 i; Mexican, 39 3 / 4 4 40 ; Spanish, 243 3. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. . Bank Stock ••• 'lndia Stock •• 3 per Cent Red. Ditto Bonds ............... l 0 pm 3 per Cent Cons B9 Ditto Old Annuities .., 3 i per Cent Red .. _ 9 - 9 E D xi Ditto o ifitti N olis e7 l,soo. Annuitie5,,,....... 2.. ~.-. - 19 ip)::: New 3i per Cent . m Sfomr a011pg....12709ipm New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities Loexpire \ Bank Stock Jan. 1860 ..... ..... Oct 1859. .. ..... India Stock for Acct. ~. Jan. 1860. ........ 12 9.16 Consols for:A Dsi c t c pt t o . e. . r. .... c.; 89: 31 FOREIGN FUNDS. 5 pei cent ___--- DPoitrttou,gNueeswe 67i Prussian, 5 per cent. ~. B A Br e u a l s g zi t i r e l i l n a a n i ,:s ß p o e n i d e s. en . t Buenos Ayres 6 perces( 21} Russian, 5 per cent..,,, Chilian, 6 per cent... .• Ditto, Nletallic ..... .. ..• Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. .„ ..... 243 Ditto, 1824.. ....... Danish, 3 per cent — IFrench, 5 per cent. —4. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange............ Mexican, 5 per cent 4O French, 3 per cent. —'. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 ,—c en. —c. Dutch, 2i p er cent. , 52A Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 163 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 103 SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. ...... . ... .. 39 Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 86 Great Western Railway 65 paid) 9l Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ......... •"" 631 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ...... London and Brighton (50 • p • aid) : - -,5g London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 1 , 1 .. if London and B irm i ng h am (90) . " • - 17 ' • London and South Western • 59 •• Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ' 771 . te:, •• • • . ~,,f Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...-- :4 ' 6 * North Midland Railway ( 100 ) 22 13s 4d Ditto Thirds ( paid) METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. Yesterday evenir g a special meeting of the Deputies from the branches of the above Society was held, for the purpose of considering what measures ou;ht now to be adopted for the future agitation of the cause of total and immediate repeal of. the Corn-laws. JOsEpHHUME, Esq., took the Chair shortly after five o'clo amidst loud cheering, and said, the course which he Ivey recommend the Ass oc i a ti on t o a d op t was th e co urse purities' ith so much effect by Mr. Sturge in Birmingham. The plan adopted there was to divide the town into separate distncts , in which every man of twenty-one years of age was to ballot for the right to be on - the Committees Due care was taken to prevent any interruption on the PI of strangers, thus keeping ou t th ose parties who, after al were only trying to cause disunion amongst all parties, l 7 cast obloquy upon the cause w hi c h was so d ear to them A" By these means, and by these alone, the real principles of th e . constituents of each delegate could b e ascerta i ne d, and w , th t hat feeling he ( Mr. Hume) threw the suggestion before the meeting' . Mr. SuzroN, as delegate from the Sussex Anti Corn-las r Association, wished to state that, amongst his constituents+ there was a strong feeling against the Corn-laws at present , n era! notwithstanding the proposed Mir.ist er i a l a l tera t io ns in g e add that they w e r e fully impre sse d with the fact that the a ' s . j irity of th e H ouse o f C ommons were b ot h se lfi s h as legislators; wantin g i n f ee li ng an d cons id erat i on f or t h e wan ts of the re fellow-men. og A DELEGATE (who se name we cou ld not ascer tain, cl i ce to the distanc e f rom th e table, and inconvenience of the place where we stood) said, lie trusted whatever course they W ile ,' out for themselves, they would pay ell the respect to the feuf ings, and perhaps he might add, the prejudices of the Chen which so large and so powerful a body should command' was no u s e for th em t o l oo k up to the ar i stocracy to r their grievance, so th e y s h ou ld on l y I cok down to the ri! kt . lions. He hated cl ass l eg i s l a ti on , b ut h e most cer t a inly sve" prefer being governed by the many Vian the few. hich Mr. WILKINSON p ro p ose d t h e fi rst reso l ut i o n, s r sa a was to the following effect :—" That the short of three years, du r i ng which the formation of P,n o , opinion in a systemati c f orm on t h e su bj ect o f free d o m of ur.,, 0 , the reform of the British co mmern i a l tar iff, an d the ri" — o f struction, upon more enlightened and equitable princiPles'o, t o ken the whole scheme of p u bli c t axat i on, h as b een under the the various Anti-Cc rn-law Associations throughe% to ot country, their exertions h ave prospere d to an e go ' unexampled in the hi s to r y o f t hi s grea t elhe s .`", of, The resolution then proceeded to state, that by the exertl° ey the Anti-Corn-law League, and the course they pursuetlsreir ° had succeeded in dra w i ng ever to an accor d anc e w ith tu,...„ views several reli g i ous congregat i ons, a num b er o f the 0 ,17, hers of the Anti-Sla v e r y S oc i ety, an d succee d e d i n elicitigi er unequivocal expression of the sentiments of the Queea !fl tos i appointment of the R e v eren d B apt i st N oe l as her spirt the adviser immediately aft er th e pu bli cat i on of h i s " Plea tot of Poor," and concluded w ith a general review of the exer tions the Association in promoti ng a total repe care i s of the C c ";, l „ lw i e ssl Mr. BEACON seconded the resolution, which was unanimously. e° . Mr. HuME rose, and sa id h e regrette d muc h that sir eirlY stances compelled him to v aca t e t h e Ch a i r a t such sh tip stage of the proceedings. He trusted, however, the Inee with would believe his sincerity when he said he should be them lo eart and hand in all ther strules. Co h THOMPSON havin g i gg mnitift been called to the Chai r loud acclamation, A long and desultory conversation ensued, after whic h . the Mr. SHAWE said he would at once proceed to hst r et i to second resolution, as if any gentleman present Wou rso to snake a proposition suggesting the adoption of all °g oal ( ' be pursued by the Association, the more proper time the be when the resolutions about to be submitted l e ad meeting had been put from the Chair. - The Di ditear had not been convened for the purpose of , _Os sing the Ministerial measure as was submitted ` ° to tsl public, but to promote by all means in their power the,_ and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. They could_frottel thing better than pursue the course which they bad fr k eeg with so much benefit ts, the cause they advocated, an d '' ° l SD P straight forward in the course until they effected the totachoo immediate repeal of those odious laws. Mr. Shawe con led by moving the following reso l u ti on :—" Th at t h e uses tbs - success which has hitherto att en d e d our past exer tions, a' fro te blessings which we have been thereby enabled to iropetrateoitbs the Legislature to the labou r i ng an d i n d ustr i a l interes ts ,_,„ 0 country, we attribute to our s t r ia' adherence to the funasToor principles which have formed our bond of union, the sedl ere fr elusion of party politics from a n y s h are i n our opera tions, t pi' sal to identify ourselves with any political faction or opMi° O' vocacy of our opinions upon the solid ground of just l ; oat , rality, and scund political sc i ence , an d the adoption 0 0 , means of success of those principles alone." The ear:mote the past proves the wisdom an d p o li cy o f a steady adh,reolsrlf the rule of action by whi c h we h ave hi t h er t o so fo lai kti• prospered. We have only now t o recommen d to our tuents the adoption of simultaneous meetings of the snistir tions and of the public on a d ay to b e a ft e rwards for the purpose at once o f warn i ng our opponents of ° llt f or vocable determinati on , an d o f con fi rm i ng ourse l ves in 1 0 1 4 10 cution—solemnly, delibe ra t e l y , an d fi na ll y to p l e dge a i r o ' o ssr to each other and to our common country, that we 1 4 1 ,„ c resi e relax in our exerti ons , b u t, on t h e contrary, that we w"'l7ostiell the sphere and inten s ity o f t h e i r act i vity an d apph 0 0, . until the Corn and P rov i s i on- l aws are ent i re ly rep sad and free trade, in spi r it an d i n truth, made for e ver P parcel of the law of our native land. P ut ° is- Mr. ELWALL seconded the reso l u ti on , w hi c h was. n the Chair, and pa sse d w i t h out a di ssent i ent. ~pgtT s On the motion of Mr. LAWSON, •seconded by lk-fL A n ow- tile third resolution w as pu t b y t h e Ch a i r, an d cars"_s o p . tis. mously. It was to the f o ll ow i ng e ff ec t :—" Th a t the w oo . of the foregoing r e sol u ti on b e recommen d e d to the / t oile Anti-Cons-law Associations and the friends of f ree este 4 ' ts est throughout the empire, and that they are respectfully rel ing sl at their earliest convenience, to call preliminary me et _dea the purpose of consulting as to the most expedient s. ;, . carrying tisem.into practical effect." A DELEGATE here inq u i re d h ow an y mem o r ial wh l4. 41et . be adopted by this or any oth er mee ti ng wou ld ha pre° tet • sle ( her Majesty ? ' Mr. SYDNEY SMITH said he should t a k e care that It l A , • be presented by either Lord Kinnaird, Lord Ducie, Radnor. lOY The following re so l u ti on was put and carr : ed a midft cheers : ra ieo 9 l " Resolved-1 h a t "Di ogenes " b e requested by this :; to prepare an Address on behalf of this Association to evefl to tlta Corn-law Association throughout the empire, applicable, present circumstances of the question of the Corn-laws" o risr The Gentleman wh o wr it es i n severa l of the l ea dingr„i i under the above sign a t ure , rose an d sa id h e f e lt deep J ae ..' compliment implied to hi m i n th e l as t reso l ut i on , and fe l t happy to comply with the request contained in it. to tba l ,,,f Mr. Asithowsr having proposed a vote of thank: po sse‘e Chairman, which wa s secon d e d b y M r . El wa ll, an" ,'`des amidst loud cheers, ;,efar m. i ld Col. THOMPSON si a dh e s i ncere l y t h an k e d t h e alet - T h es7.:o' honour conferred up on hi m b y t h e manner i n w hich of thanks was passed to him. He hoped he would y— see the fruition of his exertions in advocating those l'i which he th oug ht most lik e l y to conduce to po otleili fare and happiness of the great body of, the. efO r A and if he did he should fi n d an ample reward for all ~ and look back with un f e i gne d pleasure upon his earb', l o l67 a those immutable prin c ipl es o f trut h w hi c h t i me vs'ssi e making more manifest. The meeting shortly afterwards separated. . .....T1A . ,./ i THE MARKETS.-(YESTEw' A ' CORN EXCHANGE. 1P- : o otl, , The past week's ar r i va l s o f a ll ki n d s o f gra i n w ere g' e$ the fresh supplie s were mo d era t e. T he W heat trio' 130 i, 1 tremely dull, and prices declined Is. to 2s. per quarter• sn d I"" - „, also very heavy, and Is. per quarter lower. Bea T ed. _ h i t ,. -, met little demand, and for mer rates were not suPe"010:l0 depressed, and Is. per quarter lower. Flour nearlY t i .vvrr ttRIVALS OF (MAIN IN LONDON DURIN6I bi t- f1„ 01 Wheat. I Barley. 1 oats. I 6 /tra , " English - ...•••• 0 1,4 40.92 7,j9i Foreign PRICES ON BOARD Or *VIP, 0:40 Wheat,Red (old) - s. —2.lBeans, Small (new)•••• '''' 4 g 95 -- White (old) —s. —2.1-- 'old) ..... " .. .2 1 ' _ „.. . ; -, _ .. - (old) • . i Ited,lB4l) 528. 5T.s. - Tick (new) ......... ii.,,, -- Fine 56 s 635. .---- (old) .......... ell, ---- Superfine 635 . 645. - Harrow (new)...... 50,..0 . .-._ White (1841) 51s. 5 4 5. Fine .64 628 Brank... .................... ....•'‘'' IP --- Superfine .665. 68 5 . O a t s, F ee d .............. .•. ... j. SO . r -----Foreien free 56 5 . 76 5 . ---- New..... ..... *"....51r. Rye 38s. 40s. - Poland ................... 19;08, Barley. 268 32s ---.--New • ........ ...Nip - Grinding 25s 28s • ---• Potatoe . .............. 0.10. --. Malting 301. 348. Malt 568. 605. - Scotch ........ .... ..... .o,.sii, •--- Fine New 625. 648.-- Irish ...... . ..... it.; ' 5 111 "bia• Pease, Grey, New '3OB. 325. Flour Town (per sac.)** * . ..A . .o,. - Maple New . SlB. 335. -- Seconds.. ........... 0 , 1 - White .345 . 365. -..- North Country.". /8. r - . --... Boilers 368 38e. Bran ..................... . ..... 4 SMITHFIELD. i oto b it ' t o The supply of C a ttl e , Sh eep, an d Pi gs wa s g Wf bi a q; Calves short. Th e d emana f or B eef an d M u tton ~ 3,11 0 means brisk, but V ea l an d P or k so ld we ll . Beasl . 4tl. Sheep, 23,800 ; Pi gs , 421 ; C a l ves, 7 0. Beef, a, ; Pa ' 4s. 4d. ; Mutt on , 4 s . t o 4 s. 10d . ; V ea l , 4s, Bth t'-' --' 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. TEA MARKET. obt al 04 The demand w as li m i te d, b ut h olders were fi r m, 'n per 'ull rates for Company's Congou—ls. l ld. to is• 11 • cash. TALLOWMAR 4 KE T. Iv a A fair demand, and prices firm at Ba.3d. on the et' ~ 495. 3d. for delivery. PROVISION MARKET. .. The market very dull, and prices on the decline. • HOP MARKET. 11. i ' A fair busines s don e , an d pr i ces fi rm ; t h e s upplY snit' 411 j. ' the 4 PRICE ul , RttEnO. " fa '1 he highest ! rice :tp tl et i tri e : ite d oc i: ni: i i i i . :). 11 ( trop p.F ie e..:. : 1 1 1.00 ,, L ).... 1 .... 1 . i . 5 . .. i . ... ...0 ...i i x 41: 10: : ~.. , 0. . , i Loaf. Go,,d Breid may be had at 71d. L R j a n p s e ed Oil, 0 i brown, r c o a w k n e , Ditto, relined Linseed Oil ...... . ....... .. .. ; .. ... .. .. ... .... ......... ........ ...... Rape s ake, per ton . .............. . ............ .. ....... COAL MARKET. , . i. ill Ships arrived si nce l ast mar k e t.d a h ui• - v A aair'... . 6ew Tan ' ti . ;:t00;.................. ... 17.1 9, ....... 9 - Holywell Main.. . 17 1 Walls End Whitwell ........ g ~. 1 End Carad0c.......... • ~, 14 " anßeld Moor .... . ... I: . 10 0 Walls End Callao! , .... 1 .... r; , West Wylam West Hartley...... . End R e uel Ba h .....•j. 0 4 ... Wylarn 17 0 Walls End Coundon ...... ..... 0 0 Walls Ei.d Bell and Brown 19 0 Walls End Cragwood ........ 18 0, • Walls End S. Killingworth 1 18 4 6 0 W Wa a l l l is s d 6 6. W Wa a l il ls . End Stewart ... li g' Walls End Hilda Walls End Wharnclifle l9 0 Wal s E EE i in' , dd d S l Be ' t ef ina b e°l: - rn : 1' :" 1:: : .. .., : . 1191- !.' W. K Braddyll'sHetton .._ ii # Walls End Hetton 2l 6 Hartley.:.... .................. • Walls End Lambton BIRTHS. h ay of l b' ; On the 10th i ns t., a t Lyddial Re tory, Herts, th e _, r , Rey. Charles Maxwell, B e dford, . Sour ":+ On the 10th in at the lady of Philip P. , ~ Esq , of a s on . A " On the 11th inst., at Stoke Newington, blrs. II" , Chu• chill, of a daughter. r t he IV ( ' On the 11 th inst., Sh 1 R e c tory, the wife 0= --- t at Shen ley W. R. Hall, of a son . the Jodi if On the 11th inst., at Brunswick-street, Brighten, .-- E N. Hall, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. „Aci ille On the 18th cf December last, at the Cape o f Ge---,,ge Thomas John Fead, Esq., youngest son of Colonel tope Fead, C 7.13 ,late of the Grenadier Guards, and grands" 0 . 406 late General Fead, of the Royal Artillery, to Paul ine 00' Baynes, youngest daughter of Captain J. L. White , of Th 9,40 ' place, Middlesex, anti granddaughter of the late General dy White, of Bengal. DIED. §4'E On the 1 1th inst., at Ham, Surrey, J. P. Groom's) .he ear and earnest friend of Pestalozzi. On the 23d of November last, at Cabool. Captaila Th a fp sl. .' Walker, of the 4th Local Horse, and nephew to Li eute General Sleigh, C.B. w CO* On the 10th of February, at Malta, Captain E. W . wright, of the 23d Bombay - Native Infantry. On the 11th inst., at Salisbury-place, New-r.. - ' Hodges, wife of Mr. Edward Hodges. On the llth inst., at Clapham-rise, Frederick Bart'', of 13ircbin-lane, aged 46. 0 , London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU. 4.1* No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112. stray the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, March lb, 1842. A t "oto t k , t " I Ntl fi lt h A 1t .41 41 41i ' l O tr i Ltip t s k l Itta'q k_-11 1 : 44 1 4t . e4 hit t , t VII - N N ll th vi l i k 44 ,4% k bl iet t tt etkj Ot IS i ll thA "