The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

ct had prpe tocrationhsf,lhr benches. /,_ it palatably arnentlineet6t;, railed, that,; ry those are ft 4 a Noble y de in whieh t ~, first to tura e . . 1, groun d for re nt of the ll° . t at Noble I . ) f rs d t a r; r o P° se tbBt therebre, rot sly to be I c r od o of the I es ti. ,e Baronet of, if, an d 10 06 a a large• certain elrit'*o at part (n j bl n pror e re a tcr g 2 a o f t -h I ad.l ,ll° ' se oft t ould hereotation, a c f r require ; into Coniutll.`,o e d what ale" tse ti- isxss rit e ,: te , France one-half, certainly one-third, of the in Se . derived from direct aze r i end con, is • riowever he knew the difficulties of the Right on th e gr ar : a n t et r s e nd he for one was sincerely thankful -to him f i ?„ ll4 dene e in the he promised by his tariff. Ile had such absnslL. trrnonbiti: iilrofessions. that Right Hon. Baronet, and in the honesty of t f nat he would not vote for the proposal n of the ;led farther t Sr Monmouth. He knew enough of the Right . a know that he meant honestly—( Hear, hear ) I Nual, aro to to give his decided opposition to the unjust, ',tow an " odious character of an income tax, he would net Ni 4'Y linnece s e Bu Ne •ary obstacles in the way.—( Hear. ) Sir OM BE said a few words in explanation. Nuts EEL said he hoped the Hon. Member for Men tes PI, • 5 ' 6°41 41 withd raw his motion, and allow the resolutitn R t cr edit ' EAV ITT said • • It for his that giving the Right Hon. Baronet i ) nft, It the _ahonest intention=, he would withdraw his motion, nest i isi e me time, he held that the honest speech of an 3 , the nßer of Parliament ought not to be called an explo , R . p r L !lqht Hon. Bsronet.—( Great laughter.) !NI csuL said, that the Hon. Gentleman had misunder itt's) se . ( ,In attributing the use of the word " explosion "to e 'l'ated e ß e speech. - What he referred to was, the an ty, e x iii plosion that was to take place throughout the coun rgsrdi eMence of the delay which had taken place with li :it , 0 the 1D . irh i d th Lorne tax, but he certainly did not confound the itt /S ,The atne:rallopn. Member with an explosion. mitt nt was then withdrawn, and the House went are eed The c it ees Mr. GREEN in the cka:r. et t e man then re ad the resolution, which was put the A l. aiu ht.,d 0 , SON said, that the Right Hon. Baronet at s i ntrit s , her Majesty's Government having made state ti • co rn 00, N i pletely the reverse of what had fallen from the til e etnbe f eolln irr °r Monmouth, with respect to the feelings of r, " / IQ n the income tax, he was sorry an opportunity 4 1 , 1 's eere e n, of ascertaining what the feelings of the country 1;o a pro 2y means of petitions—(Hear, hear) --though th rition was made for continuing the income tax in "'n Chancellor of the Exchequer attempted to slow at ' e Petiti o • Iti gh of _ ns against the income tax did Hot express the " soled „_ L y.eonsiderable number of persons. He conft:ssed aidees thr,t,qutte agree with much of what had fallen from either di : 'tease as to the proceeds of the income tax, or as to its aid ellt-goirttinued in three years. The Right Hon. Baronet 11 4 : 41, 5t L e at s h °Pe as an inducement to persons to vote for the i h r e 'star e iic. "lr• Gibson) saw no reason why, if the tax were the three Years It WOUld not also be necessary at the end of d e fi eie • Th e Right Hon. Baronet had laid it down that i n -1 '' e Y was one of a permanent character, and that the Wit a 's or I, e at h oes ' good or bad harvests, had nothing to do with it. Mmeties " "as there, then, that after three years, they would - to di, -Pense with the tax, and have at the same 11 ' h a d st equality between the expenditure and revenue ? re sde a ted that he brought forward a tariff reform, and '4'%exit:Walt alterations in it as would revive the trade of , 04 utt iY , and rendering the Excise and Customs duties Amite ve, would have the effect of equalising the ex re with the income of the country. It was true that it a s, her eour ee of policy would in time have that effect, but i ti° l 4l must be one of a bolder and more comprehensive t"issen ht that enntemplatedby the Right Hon. Baronet. l-t'el e P' t talk of visionary theorists,but the Right Hon. Baronet r y ' il a larger result from his measure than the most vi rllesed a ieorist in the Anti-Corn-law League. Though he i r !the c°,ll prehensive reform had been the effect of equals jt't eiiiill'etture with the revenue, he did not expect that the p i `' n, of money would be forthcoming in consequence tt iino e „ h at t, of the Right Honourable Baronet. If the Right t ;nri l '"wie hat onet was afraid of holding out expectaticns tt 'ist se ci Atlid not be fulfilled, he hoped that he hail in store tt istti fy ill b P i r_ehe . nsi ve measure ' with respect to foreign sugar, it 'i'te t in in leadng the country to believe that the in ,rttse il w ° ,l ld be dispensed with in three years. He re ef : h a t if there was any intention of proposing an equali lel'etatieal'e emty on the inheritance of real property with that to °t '• Poert tho y, i se t who were was not pwillingut in extoecufollowtien then because ed the Right him aro that net now w ou ld no t in a short. time be so subservient r t N t wlf under the tax of the Right Hon. Baronet every t v : b ooe a 3 to pay according to his means—according it 4 8, 4 i i s,.."ts he derived from the State—why was it se up at the end of three years?— ( Hear, hear.) If 00 4 , as good and just it ought to be retained, and those S tt ile t n „' n ,nstimption, which Bon. Gentlemen opposite allowed * 'or e xnore unjust, ought to be abolished. He had not fai,Tess his opinion on the income tax, but he thought it , e 44,2 state, arid he believed it also to be the opinion of his r ti ; m tii that in the tariff of the Right Hon. Baronet there Rona st e ,:l excellent improvements, but he also looked upon it L i nter t ° a more free system of commerce. He would not Correi a ' s the Agricultural Advocate in stating that the Anti sik'S sd ,League had found in the Bight Hon. Baronet a tle , i ottate for their kopositiens, because the great number sve 4: lter ations's-in the tariff were of a very trifling character, oNlie e ked upon it as a step that would ultimately lead to , I , Si ett 'g bett er. Th e Ri g h t H on . B aronet h a d quo t e d th e EP C v e f Mr. D. Hume and others, who were much looked 4 4 it;theAnti Corn-law League, but he wished that he had , Is recollection the saying of Mr. Hume—" that the ( - ; ° . i ' s i d not pay public taxes and private taxes too." He Sie i „ would have wished that the Right Hen. Baroret thattax which was going into the pockets of ( lis a ,l e ti,Saidual t without in the least benefiting the revenue. k t w,ee ti - itt ) He wished he had intercepted the difference of duty thS h wa. and 4d. in the article (Henee from going into the a t a color:ha interest.— , hear.) Hewished difference should be allowed to be paid into the Ex- Sapposing the commercial reform introduced kneels Aight• Honourable Baronet had the effect in of equalising the expenditure and revenue, and that ter ee nary in the interval to raise a sum of money for the R Th vi ees he would in that case agree to an income tax. bs Kt " of the Right Honourable Baronet was to ye ts t 4 en sum within a certain period on the country. H `flora would take as much in three years from professional 41. (i '3 it would from real property. Was this just? lf t r itlemen opposite could sanction the injustice of a tax ts !!i e ,: r °,l l osed on all kinds of property, the community at lie y -i tint not, and conscience would not check them from 4 k t itse',, i t by fraud when they could. The Government had Witti g t at teropt to equalise the distribution of their tax ac tts it ° the actual means of different classes of the public. 4 ,„ t iat in fact no improvement in the }resent income tax th` t 'ff er - t ' former times. If the Government had used half 4 H iatt ' to impose the tax justly on the community that Sirithe used to shift in some parts of the community to favour th t 'Ci sv as sess there would now be no cause for complaint. t h ta t , e minent then rested its apology on the necessity of 11 4 'ilt e ,', He (Mr. Gibson) would not allow that there was n. ' 4 4 necessity to justify the imposition of such a tax. tit s sttf:',ntlernen on his side could suggest meat s to supply t ed. '• le ticY of the revenue without resorting to an income t he n' t was not their duty to suggeet them at present, fie-, I • : ,, i ltitt Hon. Baronet himself Lad weil said, a physician (% - '.„ O prescribe until he had been called in. Neverthelese, ". s) corortction was that the Right Hon. Baront o ;ty ~,re avoided a recourse to this tax by a reduction of the '' s re ign sugars, and an equalisation of the duties on the ; • ) 1 real and personal property. He (Mr. G.) had wnself to his constituents to oppose the income tax, t e iities e ' ° re he would oppose it ; and if the Right Hon. 41 nt to realise the sum he had estimated, its produce P k't eel leet tL ion must be made by la3ir g informations against , t e ? r t ,„ had given in incomes less than they possessed, and i t la ti r employ spies and informers, giving these men an , v ry i n 0 all aduitional sums that should come into the Tree ttws ~rent uence of their information. Could anything be Otis errent to the feelings of Englishmen than such a s3s- T,' e tlid ` V ilen Mr. rat imposed his income tax of ten per cent. del s t ' t b t get ,o much under its lax and indulgent operationas tai er wards under the more stringent system adopted when h %vs s ' s ew s laid on at five per cent. when spies and informers • let '''°3ed The Right Hon. Baronet said there had been 4 tt ria v • , itt es , l 4t v ery strong and general expression of public feeling t l‘,Nd e tax. His (Mr. G's.) answer was that the country q t a tt la t h r e wd be effectually moved until" the law had been passed ti ti .t th e People had f e lt t he working of it. When the people se e , ,11 4 , of the tax all that public feeling would be aroused • ..., - .( tlence of which the Right Hon. Baronet now taunted arear, hear.) yamWASON rose to order. He beved the . Gen . 4 s 4 ‘ l, l 1u 1. ii last spoke, and other Hon. eli Members, Eon were not elea s a s the hist resolution had been passed.— ( Hear, hear.) pp 6.441 that it had been improperly passed.—( Hear, hear. ) v e ntlernan wishing to speak, seeing the Hon. Chairman t t :th: s e way to him, and he took advantage of the interval to e s • si ° ,estii re when it was carried. He (air. W. ), how i?„..'d ask whether the resolution had really passed ? ,Ili t4 a* ,‘":l A lIIM AN said, when he read the resolution he was brit are the rising of any Hon. Gentleman. First he (the te ti 'itha "aid "pie thought the ayes had it"—then he stopped g e , t e, and said " the ayes had it." But if it would be more e ti ' ' u ,Y he would put the resolution in other terms.—( Hear. ) e s t h 4 LLACE said, on the word of a gentleman, he did e, t ile reselution read. All he could hear the Chairman " the ayes have it." He believed, however, the ells ' t etA il• i h e"ht, pr-oceed on the question now as well as before. le t ' Is e '‘l\ ATCHBULL said he had heard the resolution rte ti s ,t delibe ra t e l y , and there was a dead silence on the op :sit lite i r t ie of th e H use.—(Cheers, and hear, hear.) a Lta“ AWES said he did not hear the question put ; that • w ar -a nse of the silence on their side of the House. ti tt l i tle s _ELLICE had not heard the question read. th e llei ts ' e uUNCOMßE said it was of no importance whether se divided on the first or the second resolution; for, as I h l 4 c i ; non. Baronet said, the discussion might best come Pitnittee. He (Mr. Duncombe) hoped, however, % life, Green would speak a little louder in future. e e th e ,seq--)SEY had distinctly heard the question put out reen door.—( Laughter, and-hear, hear.) L,dit S uetter S MITH thought the persons out side the House than those withm.—(Laughter.) He did not tii:sislt re solution b , read. Fenhese` LEL admitted that it would be unfair to assume e ad t, 'olutien had passed, after the discussion that had 4 ",e l , l lel r e isl e t --(Hear, hear.) However, he must remind the . ti f ,the resolution was very well known, having been in t ect'aper about three weeks.—( Hear, hear.) He also %O ken aCe t , hairman had reall it in a most audible man ilsOedrillete ew eaer, after what had been said by Honourable l's te en l,posite, vier must allow that the resolution throtigh inadvertence, still it had passed— ,e'r, and hear, hear)—and he was sure Hon. Gentlemen , a•Vi et !' e that it would be most -dangerous to renew a discus ksa 111; t 4 ti . 0 4 4 ZeS0luti on alter it had passed. • He did not mean to advantage produced by an accidental acquiescence, "tts it n , 4 ' s it t rteht it would be better that the debate should take itle s i tiur ts ' e report than on the second resolution. s k H UMPHREY admitted that he heard the reso• litti - s ti erti t' a - s ' ee t,lY put, but he believed it was not heard by Hon. . 4 s, if to cause ' they were concocting something at the „'is s ' th e r• ist, e ar, and laughter. ) vto. t 'ICE areal •14 f , thought it was most-desirable they should show lu fleet the energies and- resources of the country were 't.Se st sts e •N e , the emergencies that might arise ; this was not 'ary the honour of the country, but would obi s) %•, tsl o ch ereis, ,tk e • „e the best policy. Recollecting the manner "'Pee the osal of the Right Hon. Baronet was t an as rt ' e 'l , th is - sid ° e P of the House, and the silence with which 't h e 'ved by Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side, he of tc i ` i th ' te - 'Prised at the almost universal opposition with which lo s i ti o l ate erred. The opposition it received from Members overnment was erfectly consistent, if the pro it'llietiasWhether they should adopt the proposal of the ci,,'"et , 34 r Oct opposite, or the plan brought forward by eta ? They proposed at once to reduce the . ai k fi s t ss „the people aT d to increase the revenue, '•7 41 h e '"u s "ht was preferable to the present plan. ' , ter ar • ) He . had always been in favour of 11 4 ut. tit 'sari in treference to any increase of the burdens ttili 'Y I . 'id l ' e , h an Increased tax on articles of consumption, 314"ht 4 , "1 I offer no opposition to the plan of the Right th e ' t . He felt very strongly the great injustice of h .1'; ai s e tith e sa nte amount of taxation on fluctuating incomes from real property, but heshould be ready hi , to d ar tr , e sad consideration to the proposition of the Rieht e: t a arid should throw no obstacle in the way of the 4o:, hit i t , Ai . tii, Clstßill. • tte7aie,R"t s - 'ON explained, referring to the declaration of .1 • ll i Ai t , A tticie Haronet opposite, that he would allow of no sa IsF , l,t r he plan. e s tae: s f err r f'is raid he had never stated anything of the r e itt e , ' Le - to by the Hon. ]t He thought the 4:°, , te t :tatl i t t_ort income. He took the principle of the tax ' N I tes t the last and former Act. He had intended to , theitteL t il le t hitpstneome, and he was not in the slightest degree .tfa el i t• se, u l lief that the tax ought to be imposed, and he tl e 4 ' l o „ttk'y „d he a very dangerous precedent to break down a nl wit ti w ee :", an instrument that might become necesary in `rte" th, ° Y making the distinction referred to by Gen • t:' t her side. He adhered to his opinion, but he est Press that no altentions whatever should be made. Such an expression would be disrespectful towards the House. Mr. GIBSON said, he recollected distinctly that the Right Hon. Baronet stated there should be no discrimination as to the sources from whence income was derived; and if they attempted to levy the tax on any such principle, they should be obliged to abandon the plan altogether. He did not, however, mean to say that the Right Hon. Baronet vi - :shed to imply that there should he no modification of the details. Sir R. PEEL said, he did not mean to recognise the prin ciple of discriminating between the sources of income, and should do his utmost to guard against it. Mr. PRICE addressed a few words to the House in explana tion. He did not mean to say that the tax ought to be aban doned, but that it ought to le modified. Mr. WALLACE said he had been a Commissioner under the old income tax, and knew something of its worki: g. In the first place they would allow him to state, that wherever he bee been during the time he had not been doing his duty in that House, the present plan had been very generally discussed, and also the qu stion whether the Right Hon. Baronet would be able to carry it. He must state that he had heard among all parties a belief expressed that he would not be able to do it. They did not doubt his willingness to carry it, but there were some who doubted his power. Again r. f rring to the working of the machinery of the income tax, the Hon. Member said that as a Commissioner he had found the duty so disgraceful, and so incompatible with the feelings and conduct c f a gentt•man, that he told his father (who was then alive) that he would never again go into such a den of sin and iniquity as he then found himstlf in.—(Laughter.) :Hon. Gentlemen might laugh, but by the time they had felt the operation of the in. come tax for two or three years, he believed they would change their tone. He spoke of the days when twelve ler cent. was exacted, but he did not see that there was any difference in principle, and not much in practice, between the old plan and the present. The Right Hon Baronet had passed a certain Bill called " Peel's Bill,' and that and other enactm: ids supported by lion. Gentlemen opposite were more at the root of the evil than the conduct of the late Government. If it were true that the country was at war, why could they not borrow the money over again as they did befo e ? If they were not at war, why should they raise the revenue which was wanted by an income tax ? • Why could they not at least postpone it for a time ? Whatever endeavours might be made to keep the result of the inquiry secret, it was sure, by the indiscre.ion or the go-sipping of clerks, to get wind. In its operation on mercantile men their income was taxed, while it made no difference for the amount of their lines from one year to another. He had no doubt but there would be many abuses in the manner of raising the tax. There were abuses in every public depart ment ; and civil situations were not eenferted on men of merit, but on men supported by patronage. Tbat was the principle upon which Magistrates were now appoi ted in Scot'and, where they succeeded each other from father to son, as Lords did in this country. They had now in Scotland, he had no hesitation in saying, a most discreditable country and town Ma• gistracy.—( Laughter.) Magistrates were appointed solely be cause they held a political posith n the country—because they were horn with " the silver spoon in their mouth." lie be lieved it wi uhl be the same with the appointments of Com missioners under the proposed income tax. He objected to the proposal on various grounds; he believed that the feelings of the people were decidedly opposed to it. He had reason to know that the country approvedof the conduct of those who had done every thing in their power to obstruct the adoption of the measure. That was what the people wanted the Liberal Members of the House to do, and they would not justify the conduct of some opponents of the tax who quitted the House and left others to obstruct its passing. The people considered the Hon. Member for Pillsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe) as their greatest champion, from the opposith nhe had given to the measure.—( A laugh. ) The ()I position to the proposition was called " factiou , ," but the people could not understand what that word " factious" meant. The opponents of the measure had dens their duty, and the country could not see how they could be accused of faction. Mr. CHRISTMAS sa;d, that upon the whole he approet of the proposition before the House ; and he thought that the exigencies of the country required that some such. measure should be adopt; d. He should not, honever, approve of the adoption of indirect taxation under ordinary circumstances, but he felt that the country should not now hesitate in taking such a course. He would, at the same time, admit that some alte rations might be advantageously effected in the Government proposal. He thought, for instance, that pro`essiorsal men or persons deriving their incomes from salaries, and whose meant might at any time be diminished by illness, or other causes, should not be called upon to pay to the same extent as the pos sessors of realised property. Still, in his opinion, the time had come when some extraordinary step should be taken to meet .the public exigencies; and he m ould remind the Ilouse that in a great country like this there should, as much as pos sible, be an excess rather than a deficiency in its revenue. He should observe that these were some parts of she tariff proposed by the Bight Hon. Baronet which lie could not approve of. He did not, for instance, approve of the regulations relating to the importation of foreign provisions, which would be felt, said be greatly prejudicial to the interests of Ireland in particular, as he had season to know. It his opinion it was advisable to inert ase the duty upon foreign cattle, as the present proposal was very generally disapproved of. He was extremely desirous to see an alteration in the duty on starch. The manufacturers justly complained of the present duty, and were entitled to great consideraticn. The Hon. Member concluded by stating that he would support the proposal of her Majesty's Govern ment. Mr. WAKLEY said, he thought that Honourable Members on that side of the House were labouring under a great disadvantage. The major proposition having been carried, he could not see what they would gain by resisting the measure. His opinion was that they should rather husband all their strength to resist the proposal in its future stages.— (Hear, hear.) He would not waste tho time of the House by going at present into the general propositions submitted for their consideration, but these was a proposal in reference to the landed interest, on which he wished to offer a few remarks. It had been felt by all gersoni in this and every other civili ed country that taxation to be useful must be imposed according to the means of the people—that there should be no apparent, no virtual inequalities. His constituents asked him why it was that a special provision had been made for the fainters whilst no such provisions had been made fol. the trading por tion of the corranunity, s ,-(Hear, hear.) Of course they referred to the proposal for exemi tit g farmers from that scrutiny, that oppressive, annoying, andtorturing ordeal, which trades men were to undergo in giving an account of their income. He was free to confess that he,believed the Itght lion. Baronet had applied all the vigour of his intellect—and a great intellect, he doubtless had— to the circumstances of the country ; that he had sincerely applied his mind to the necessities of the empire ; but at the same time looking _at the tariff and at all the proposals of the Right. Hon. 13a. eriet for the relief of the nation, he could see no aecurdance between the propositions made and the intentions manifested. Let the House reflect for a moment upon that scrutiny to which tradesmen especiaily• were to be subjected. They had heard the, account of 11,s Hon. Friend behind him, of the operation of the income tax when his Hon. Friend was himself a Comtnssioner. Was it nothing to undergo such scrutinies as he had described? Wai it nothing for an individual to be questioned? Was it nothing fa him to be put upon his oath, to be treated with contempt, and even when he had given his statements upon oath to have his evidence rejected? Yet this was the kind' of "ordeal which the tradesmen of this coo") , were to undergo. Trom this scrutiny, however, the farming interest was to be ex empted. His constituents inquired why one rule of legislath n was to be adopted with regard to tradesmen and another with regard to farmers? He was under the necessity of referring them to the Right Hon. Baronet for an answer. He could discover no satisfactory ground for the cxemp•ion. He knew very well that the farmers were complaining that their interests would be ruined and sacrificed by the introduction of foreir ' m cattle on the terms proposed by the Right. Hon. Baronet. They might calm their fears. They would suffer no very great sacs i-• flee. All the calculations had been most shrewdly made before they were submitted to the House.—( Hear, hear.) , The Right Hon. Baronet never intended to inflict :tijury on the farmers, and if he had thought that his propositions would have that effect, he might well have hesitated before he submitted them to tile House. If the necessities of this country demanded that the people should make sacrifices, he believed that they would willingly make them ; but be be lieved, that there was no necessity for that which was now pro • posed, and if there were a necessity for sacrifices, let them fah with equal weight and pressure upsn all classes of the commu nity. Now, what was the first proposition with reference to farmers ? Why, that a farmer who rented a farm of less than 3001. a year, should not pay one farthing of income tax ; and besides, the farmer was to be entirely free from the scrutiny which, after all, was felt to be the master grievance.—( Hear. ) The second proposition was, that when the rent was above 300/. a year, the profits should be assessed at only one-half. The general belief was, that that was proposed to secure the good will of the 5 1. tenants; that it was intended as a sop to Cer. berus--a means of satisfying the great landed monster of this country. He could not understand the ground of this distinction With reference to the tariff, his great objection was, that the Right lion. Baronet did not fit st secure a reduction in the price of bread. Many persons doubted whether the proposed alte ration in the Corn laws would, on an average of 3 ears, at all affect the price of wheat, though it might, and probably would, secure a more regular trade. Many of the duties were re duced 50 per cent. ; for example, the duties on articles of ma nufacture in brass, pewter, copper, shoes, gloves, and furs. The effect would be, to throw thousands of w orkpeople out of employment, whilst no material alteration would be made in the price of food. He firmly believed that the Right Hon. Baronet intended to benefit the country; at the same time, he must repeat his conviction that the proposals made would have a most injurious effect on the interests of the great body of the working classes of this country.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Much had been said with respect to the introduction of cattle. The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last said, that on this score they were greatly alarmed in Ireland. If the landed interest of England would but investigate the subject—if they would but give due consideration to what were really the wants and necessities of the working people of this empire —if they but re flected cn the immense amount-of wealth they themselves accu mulated, in consequence of their having given freedom to the commeice of this country, they. would be satisfied th-t in order to improve their own possessions, and acquire security f r their outs property, they must unfetter the giant of commerce in this country, and by so doing they would retain what. they had already acquired. He therefore trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet, before considering the question definitivtly, would take a review of his proposition, and notwithstanding the cla mour that might be raised by interested parties, that he would see that it was not inconsistent with his duty to make a pro posal to the House which would have the effect of bringing wheat into the market at a lower price than at present. if the Right Hon. Baronet did so, he would be hailed as one of the greatest blessings which this country ever produced in the Alai e of a Minister. Millions and mil ions would bless his name. Mr. STUART WORTLEY Nad no desire to prolong the debate, but he would not let it close without making an ob,er atiori on the extraordirAry staten.ent of the Hon. Gentleman opposite, namely, that certain exemptions were allowed to the farmer which were not given to other classes. He (Mr. Wort ley) denied that there was anything like an exemption in the proposed general art angements. It was perfectly nue that the assessment was to be made on the farmer according to the pro portion- of rent paid to the landlord. The Hon. Genth man asked why any distinction was made between the agricultural tenant and the tradesmen in towns on the subj et of the income tax? The Honourable Gcntl man ap;.eured to be at a loss for an answer to that question. Ihe answer was very obvious. It was sim, ly this, that in the case of the agricultural tenants, they had something which could be taken as a test of the amount of property on which the assessment was to be laid ; whereas, with respect to per sons deriving incomes from trades and pi ofe!sit ns, no such test existed, and they were therefore compelled to make an inquiry before the assessment" was made. With respect.. to the pro, or tion to be laid on the tenant, that might form a subject of dis cussion, but it was a totally different question from the one mooted by the Hon. Member -tor Finsbury. That Hon. Gen tfseman said that the Right Hon. Gentleman ought to take an opportunity ,of reducing the duties on agricultural productions, and not throw the whole weight on the manufacturing interest. The Hun. Gentleman might find it su t his purpose to say that the whole weight was thrown on the manufacturing interest but the country would not heed such statements. In the ar ticle ofwheat, the difference in the towering of duty according to the proposed scale from that of the existing one, amounted to fifty per cent. He (flr. Wortley) would be glad: to see anything like relief extended to those persons deriving incomes from trades and professions.—(Hear, hear ) They had a fair claim for relief being extended to them iu such a manner as that the other classes should not be . seriously damaged, and he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would exercise all his inge : - nuity, and adopt any practical suggestion that might be afforded to him for effecting such relief. At the same time he (Mr: Wortley) could not, without expressing his dissent, allow any Hon. Gentleman to say that tl,ey were subjected to ' hardships because they had not influence on the :Ministerial side of the House. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE, who spoke in a tone scarcely audible, was understood to say, that the agricultural interest had no desire to escape from their fair share of the• burden of the income tax. Sir 11. PEEL said be hoped the House would bear in mind the speeches made on the subject of the tariff this evening. An Honourable Gentleman bad observed that there were ru mours afloat as to his ( Sir R. Peel's) motives for assutniog the profits of the farmer to be at one half the rent — that he was supposed to have so assumed, • for the pur pose of conciliating tie agricultural interee. Another Honourable Gentleman said that he ( Sir Robert Peel) was guilty of the utmost injustice in assuming the profits to be equal to one-half the rent: that in Scotland such an estimate, would he most unjust. He (Sir R. Peel) only threw out this as a strong proof that her Majesty's Government had attempted to do justice to ail parties. He could assure the House that their great support, their hope of success throughout the pre sent arrangement was, that they had not attempted to conciliate any political support ; but that they had attempted to do justice between the great producing and consuming interests of the country. Their reliance for success was, that on the con sciousness that they were acting for what they believed to be just to all parties. Ile (Sir R. Peel) was much relieved by the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, for the general tenor of the communications which he had received in the course of the day was, that the whole of his proposed financial and com mercial measures were inter - ilea altogether for the benefit of the commercial and manufacturing interests. It was with some satisfaction he h and the Honourable Gentleman state that, so far as corn was concerned, there was no reduction whatever, and that with respect to cattle the ae ' gicuLurists wet e under a great delusion. The speech of the Hon. Gentleman was, a s he had said before, so different from the communications which he (Sir Robert Peel) had received in the course of the day, that he owed him some acknowledgment fur relieving him of the effect which the tenor of those communications -naturally produced. The Hon. Gentleman cave t on the gross uesairness and favour shown to the agri cultural as compared with the manufacturing interest, de manding that the agricultnrai interest should be subjected to exactly the same scrutiny as the trailing interest. While the Hon. Gentleman was so speaking, he (Sir R. Peel) held in his hand a statement which had been submitted to the Government on the part of the farmers. That document stated tl at the farmers had never, except on one or two favourable years, had profit on their capital nearly equal to one-half their rent. So far from having any return for their laLoer, that they disl not obtain even interest on their capital, and they concluded by stating that they would not object to an income tax, and that they were willing to bear a fair propo , lion of the neces sary burden of midi a ta ; that all they desired was that they would not be dealt with in an arbitrary man ner, different from that appli d to all other branches. Hr ( Sir It. Peel) happened to he reading that statement when the lion. Gentleman was arguing that great injustice was done to the mar.ufact urieg interest in the proposed plan. The farmers I formerly paid a ; roportion equivalent to three-fourths of their I rent; he now reduced it to one •halr, and he believed that reduction perfectly just —(Hear.) With respect to Scot land, he was r, °Ay to admit that there were circum• s anees which would require some moddhation of the mea • sure, but it would be found that in the Act of 1806, which is the basis of the proposed measure, provision was made for such modifications. All he could state was that he wished to put the Scotch farmer on an equal footing with the English farmer. As he had said in the course of the evening he had found throughout the country generally a strong sense of the necessity of some vigorous i xenon being made in the present posture of affairs. He found also a great desire to mairtain the public credit, which induced all parties with great cheer fulnes to submit to the proposed measure. Among the agricultural classes he found a great desi. e to bear their share of the burden, and be was perfectly certain that the prevalence of that feel ng would insure success in this attempt to equalise the expenditure and income of the country. At the same time he must say, that concurrently with that general acquiescence there was, on the pa t of every interest which would be affected, an universal desire to remonstrate. All that be could say for himself and colleagues was, that they had endeavoured not to consult i n ter es t s , but to do jus tiee.,-.(llear, hear.) It had been said by Gentlemen oppo site that the duration of the tax was to be limited for three years, hut that still it was to be reserved to Parliament to con t,nue the impost as long as the exigencies of the country might require it. But surely 'those Gentlemen knew that the limitation to three years gave the country an opportunity of expressing its opinions in the meanwhile, and of presenting its re-enactment. But he was confident that the neces sity for the tax would terminate before the peri , d upon which he had fixed. He thought there would be an increased tempta tion by the reduction of duties on foreign produce, for the holders of fixed property to remain at ltorne.—( Hear, hear. ) Ile thought there would be a reduction of the expenses of living which would, in .a great measure, compensate those upon whom a tax upon income would fall. Tne present circum stances of the country requited a vigorous exertion. He thought that in proposing a tax of three per cent. he was not establishing a precedent for the imposition of a tax on property in time of pea e. Lord JOHN RUSSELL entirely agreed with the Right honourable .Baronet, that it would be ins politic to impair the efficiency of these resources to which the Government might have yecourse in time of war. But be thought that the mode in which the Right Hon. Bat onet pro posed in the present state of the country was very injurious, and calculated upon mistake n grounds. With respect to the change in the tariff as regarded Scotland, he thought that more consideration was necessary, and that a longer time should be given before such an alteration was made. It seemed to him rather extraordinary that when appeals were made a few months ago to the agricultural interest, there was so much reserve amongst those who declared themselves to be the farmers' special friends, as to the changes which they intended to propose.—( Bear, hear, and a lsugh. ) He did not apprehend any great danger or loss to the farmers from the proposed change; but he thought that the farmers, although not gene rally accused of very great readiness of apprehension, would not have lent their voices so willingly to the Gentlemen who con templated the changes now under the consideration of the Ilotise.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) They followed the trent rank of their own army, which turned round and fired upon them.—( Cheers end laughter.) For his part he shou'd certainly persist in moving an amendment on bringing up the Report. He would, however, seriously recom mend the farmers, and the landed interest generally, to consi shier, whether Lef re the Corn Bill was proceeded with fur ther, it would not be for their interest that the duty on the im portation of foreign corn should be reduced so as to be more in conformity with the general principle of the tariff. If in the course of the next year it should be thought advisable to reduce the duties upon sugar, then corn, and corn ale ne, would be an • anomaly.—( Cheers.) Now it was impossble that corn could long stand in that meaner alone; and he put it seriously to the Government to consider whether it would not be better, instead of keeping the whole tended and farming interest in a slate of agitation on the subject, to adopt at once the same principles in regard to corn that they had adopted in relation to other articles, so as at once to make a fair and final settlement of the question—(" Hear," and cheers)— and in that way to hasten the object which the Ri g ht Hen. ' Baronet said he had in view, namely, the reducing the cost of living in this country. Ile was persuaded that such a course of proceeding would be ultimately for the benefit of the landed interest themselves, and that it would prevent those ma tiufactureit who might now with justice complain that they were exposed to the competition of foreigners living on cheap corn, while they themselves were forced to live upon the dear priced corn of this country.—( Cheers. ) Mr. GREENE said, that before leaving the Chair he wished tooffer a few words in ex planation of his conduct. When the Hon. Member for Ipswich hail risen to order, he (Air. Greene) had supposed that the Hon. Member had intended to advert to something which had fallen flora the Hon. Member for Man chester who had just sat down, and it was only on that account that he had thought it his duty to check the Honourable Member. He (Mr. Greene) had little thought that the Honourable Member had risen for the purpose of ; alluding to his (Mr. Greene's) conduct in relation to what had occurred during the preceding part of the evening. li e (Mr. Greene) was the last person in the world to wish to in terrupt. Hon. Members who were desirous of observing upon his conduct ; on the contrary, he was thankful to Hon. Members for observing, whether in public or in private, on his conduct in tie Chair, for, be could assure the Committee that he was only anxious faithfully to discharge his duty. It was hisason scientious belief that he had put the question fairly ancrdis tinctly—(Ministerial cheers)—and he could assure the Com mitt, e, that nothing could be more painful to his feelings, than to have it supposed that any conduct of his had been such as to prevent any opinion from being expressed, either by the Con mit tee or by any Hon. Mcmbcr.—( Cheers.) Alr. W. WILLIAMS had understood the Hon. Gentleman to express his willingness to put Pee first resolution again, if such should be the desire of the House.—( Laughter, and cries of " No, no," from the Ministerial benches.) It had beenlis intention to have voted agaiest the first resolution. As, how. ever, that resolution had been agreed to, in consequence of which all the property of the country, except landed property, was to be subjected to an income tax, and as the only effect of negativing the second resolution would be unjustly to exempt landed property from the burden to which every other spe d( sof property w - as subjected, he should not, under the cir cumstances, oppose the second resolution. He regretted the error which had taken place, and thought, whenever an error warred in the proceedingi, the House ought to have an op.. portueity of rectifying it. The second resolution, imposing a duty of 3d. in every 20s. on the profit derived from the cultivation of land, was then agreed te. The third resolution, for making the stamp and legacy du ties payable in Ireland, equal to the stamp and legacy duties payable in deeds, and property of a si eilar nature iu Great Britain, was then put and agreed to without a division. The House then resumed, and the 'report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped if the Report were to be brought up on Thursday, that the discussion would be commenced at an early hour. He wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentle man had madeany arrangement with those Gentlemen who had . notices on the paper for that day? Sir R. PEEL said the only notice that he was aware of was the notice of the Hon. Member for Gteenock ; and as that Hon. Gentleman's motion could not be conveniently discussed in the absence of the Lord Advocate, who was at present un able to attend to his duties in the House, in consequence of illness, he trusted the Report might be brought up at an early Lour. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE had a notice on the paper for Thurs day, of which he had given notice in the early part of the even ing. It was for a suspension of the Standing Orders preventing the presentation of any petition in relation to a tax which had been proposed in a Committee of Ways and Means. As that motion had some relation to the !resent subject, and as it would not take long to discuss, he certainly did not feel inclined to give way. Hai it been on a matter not in relation to the subject, he would not have hesitated to give way at once. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the Ili n. Gentleman had a perfect right to take precedence on Thursday, if he desired it. Air. WALLACE would not certainly press for the presence of the Lord Advocate if he were unwell, sooner 'than was quite convenient to himself; but he ( Air. W.) believed that time Home Secretary had a great real more to do with the question which he (Mr. W.) had to bring forward than the. Lord Advocate. tie (Mr. W.) should not be long about , was almost matter of indifference teoh him a be whetherhad to s his ay motionneg , v‘ i , et r: acceded to or not, as he should make use of it either way. He did not, however, imagine that the House would be detained by the discus&on. Sir R. PEEL would not bring on the question on Thursday at a laae hour in the evening, and if he should be prey. nted proceeding on Thursday, he would fix on Friday for the btang ing up the Report. MARINE MUTINY BILL. The report on the Marine Mutiny Bill was brought up. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at 12 o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. WIGAN. The Committee met at the same hour ; Mr. Hawes in the chair. The Committee were engaged with the case of Thomas Woods, who was objected to on the part of the sitting Members, and which was adjourned from Saturday. The vote was retained. Mr. limnrann, for the sitting Member, proposed to strike off the rote of Thomas Malley, on the ground of misdescription on the register of the voter's qualification. Mr. Ackerley, agent for the sitting Members, proved that he objected to the voter before the Revising-Bar rister, on the ground that he was seeking to register out of several holdings, neither of which, taken separately, would be of sufficient value to confer the right of voting, and that they could not be added together to give that right. In answer to Mr. AUSTIN, the witness said he did not object on the ground of their being an insufficient legal description in the list given to the Barrister. Mr. AUSTIN took the same objection in this case that he did on the last, namely, • that the Committee had no right, by the 60th section of the Reform Act, to adjudicate on any matter which might have been, but was not, made ground of objection before the Revising-Barrister. Mr. }IILMAIID contended that in this case the matter of fact determined by the Revising-Barrister also in volved the question of law, and that therefore it was com petent for the Committee to entertain the question of law. The Committee decided as in the last case, and the vote was retained. TheSe decisions reachinr , to all the voters included in the elasi of objections- under the consideration of the Committee, Gamsel for the sitting Members proposed to enter upon the class of objections relating to questions of value, and Mr. Harrison's vote was proposed to be struck off, but the petitioners not being prepared with -some ma terial evidence, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. - Mr. Standish was still in a majority of •one over Mr. Crosse. Thirty.seven. THE SUN, I,ONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1842. TATTERSALLIS-YESTERDAK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Derby speculations, as far as they extended to Scotts stable, were by no means heavy, but they were important as showing a considerable change of feeling towards those mem bers of it that figured so conspicuously in last week's reports. Attila was seldom mentioned ; still it was obvious to those who watched the market, that the recent movements had any thing but shaken the eoufidence of his friend; 800 to 100, 400 to 50, and other betsat the same price, were taken quietly, and, in reply to subsequent endeavours to get on. no one offered more than 7to 1. The Joanna colt was the next favourite of the lot ; 25 to 1 was taken frequently, but nothing approaching to eagerne , s was evinced, nor did the sum invested reach any considerable amount ; the Lord of Holderness was almost unnoticed until near seven o'clock, when 30 to 1 was laid in ponies, offered again, andrefused. Meteor was scarcely in better odour, 30 to I, taken in two or three quarters, having beesi followed by several unaccepted offers of 1,000 to 30. The odds taken about Chatham and Auckland are very encouraging to those who stand upon them ; 17 to 1 was taken freely about the first, and IS to 1 by two or three other parties about the se cond. A reported trial in John Day's stable had the effect of bringing up Eleus to 35 to 1, and of driving Wiseacre to (layers of) 40 to 1 ; the first of this pair was backed at 1,000 to 15, 1,000 to 20, 4,000 to 100, several times at 35 to 1. and finally at 2,200 to 60. The Frederic colt, ano ther of the Danebury lot, was backed frequently at 1,000 to 15. Moss Trooper was in force with a select, and after some bets of 1000 to 30, closed firmly at 30 to 1. Mr. Osbaldeston's lot was introduced at 1000 to 15, and at that price backed to win thirteen or fourteen thousand pounds ; one of them Brother to Cantle, was supported with spirit by his owner at 2,000 to 20, and 2,000 to 15, and another, The-Devil-among-the- Tailors, by other parties at similar dds ; the layers in each case continuing their offer at the higher quotation. The Oaks betting was flat: 8 to 1 was laid agst Syren to 501., and 13 to 1 would have been taken about Passion. A few bets were laid agst Wiseacre and Meteor for the 2,000 Guineas' Stakes at falling prices. The betting closed at a little before seven o'clock, as follows : ' 2,000 GUINEAS' STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseaere—taken 9 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. F. Wood's Timoleon—taken DERBY. 24 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's lot 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—taken freely 18 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna c.—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor 35 to 1 agst Mr. Biggs's Eleus 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 50 to L agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Acacia colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy—taken 50 to 1 agst 11r. Gregory's Defier-45 to 1 taken once 50 to 1 adst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Beleceur—tak. and afterw. offered 50 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Seahorse—ditto ditto 60 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Trelawney's Frederica colt—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable colt—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Devi!-among-the-Tailers—t 2000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Brother to Cantle—taken 250 to 50 (twice) agst Attila, Joanna colt, and Lord of Hol- ness—taken 1000 even between Brother to Cantle and Devil-among-the- Tailors—taken 3000 even between Wiseacre and Meteor—taken OAKS. - 8 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Syren—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes' Vulcan— taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mar,hal Soult—taken 13 to 1 agst :•'r. Plummet's Alice Hawthorn. Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation has broken down. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—NEWTON, 1842. THE MANOR Cur.—The following have paid forfeit ;—The Shadow, 9st 31b ; Wee Willie, Bst 121 b ; Dr. Caius, Bst 121 b ; The Dean, Bst 101 b ; St. Dunstan, Bst 61b ; Kingston Robin, Bst 51b; Modesty, Bst 41b; Prince Albert, Bst Ilb ; The Maid, 7st 81b ; Sir Robert, 6st 31b. MANCHESTER, 1842. The following have declared forfeit for the Trades' Cup : The Shadow, 9st ; Zohrab, Bst 71b ; Calor, Bst 4lb ; Maid, Est 41b. HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL. BERLIN, MARCH 21.—Great sensation is excited here by the affair of Count Von L, a Siberian Nobleman, Chamberlain to the King of the Netherlands, Counsellor of Legation, and owner of the estate of P., who endeavoured to compel five persons accused of theft to make a confession by the bastinado and other tortures. Two of the persons so ill-treated have died in prison at Corel, according to the report of the Medical Board at Breslau, probably in consequence of the tortures they suffered, in which the tribunal at Ralibor has condemned the Count to six years' impri.onment. His counsel has published a defence in the second instance to refute the accusation, though it cannot deny the infliction of the bastinado and other acts of cruelty. Great efforts have been made to induce the King to quash the affair, but his Majesty has declared that justice must take its course.—Allgemcine Zeitung. BELGIAN tiNlls—riai,deaLs , APRIL 2. Actual Debt, 25 ‘ i per Cent. R.ithschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 1.3 3 per Cent. 1=40) I 0:-A, Loan of City, MN, 4 peiCent ! 6 Society of Cornmorce, 45i per Cent B2 Bank of Belgium, b per Cent... .....»«..» 7. . 14 National Society Exchange on London (short) .... —Brussels Papers, April 2. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, APRIL 1. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares. l6'o Anglo-Russian Loan li t 109% Russian 5 Per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 03% 14 % Insrription, lst series . Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th rn Series Ditto in Certificates f9 New 4 per ( ent. (1840) B-% ""%i Dutch Actual Debt, 1.% per Cent ......... .....• 51% 51S, Ditto a per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loin, 3 per Cent. S1).1111811, New 5p r Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAIARURG, APRIL 1.-13 VN.—Two months, 13 8 PfiTRRSRUKH II , MARCH .2 —Two months, 38 1-10 pence Rica, MARCH 26. —Three Months, 38%. raussiAN FUNDS.—Bsai.tri, Ms acts '29. Bills. Money St. Sehuld. Sch., 46 per cent. IC4% 101 1 4 Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 per eint 163 In2yi Zxchange on London, three mon th s —. 6 2'24 - —trusties* State Gazette. March 30 LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 4. RE AUGUSTUS LINE. The insolvent had been a very extensive omnibus and cab proprietor in Paddingion, and also the farmer of a large tract of ground in Buokinghamshire. The amount of debts and liabilities appearing in his schedule was 4.000!., while there appeared due to him about 2,0001., of which only 250/. was considered to be good debts. A fiat of bankruptcy was issued against him about eight months ago, under which he passed his final examination, btu had not as yet got his certificate. Mr. IsTicitotts opposed his petition to be discharged, on the grounds of undue preference. It appeared that he owed a large sum to his client, Mr. Fentum, a hay salesman in Buck inghamshire, for which several bills of exchange passed be tween them, and which Sir. Fentum paid away to other parties, so that ho was unable toprove against the insolvent's estate under the fiat in.bankruptcy. He (Mr. F.) had since got those notes into his possession, and they now formed part of the grounds of opposition to the insolvent's discharge. He (the insolvent) executed a warrant of attorney in favour of his brother-in. law, Mr. Biggs, under which all the property was seized. The Learned Counsel contended that the insolvent had conferred a peculiar benefit upon one creditor, and that exclusive of the others, and that therefore his conduct was such as to render him amenable to the provisions of the Act touching fradulent pi eference. Sir. COOKE, in support of the insolvent's petition, said that it was most unfair in Mr. Fentum to come to this Court to op pose the petition, as he was availing himself of the jurisdic tion of two Courts. He was, in fact, oppressing the insolvent by endeavouring to get him remanded, while he was using the name of another person to get a dividend under the fiat in bankruptcy, as . the detaining credi tor in this Court was precluded from proving a bank ruptcy while he kept the insolvent in prison. Such a c ursewas most repugnant to the principles of all law, fur it would be subjecting a man to double punishment for one act, and he therefore considered that there was no case made out to induce a remand under the Act of Parliament. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he considered that there had been an undue preference manifested in favour of a par ticular creditor. However, as the case stood now, he should adjourn it, to re-advertise with four days' notice. GREAT MARLOW. The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven. The vote of Thomas Gibbons was objected to by the Counsel for the petitioners, on the- ground that the voter had been bribed to vote fin• the sitting Member. Several witnesses stated that Gibbons was heard to say that he had received three la notes on condition that he should vote for Sir William Clayton ; but no evidence was brought forward to show by whom the money had been paid. The inquiry into the case was not concluded when the Committee rose, at a few minutes before four o'clock. WINDSOR.-MONDAY. LAYING OF THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW CHURCH AT WINDSOR, DEDICATED TO THE HOLY TRINITY. This morning, at ten o'clock, the military assembled on the ground, and took their stations round the parts enclosed for the accommodation of the public, the bands occupying the Eastern part. The public were then admitted to the open area and re served galleries, arid although the morning was not very aus picious, )et hundreds availed themselves of the opportunity to witnets so interesting a sight; and owing to the judicious ar rangement made by the parties, to whom they were entrusted, all who were there in reasonable time Obtained a good situation. Ilis Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer of his Household, and Colonel Beu vel•ie, Equerry in Waiting, arrived at .the time appointed, and was received by the Mayor and Corporation, and the Clergy. The Prince proceeded to the west end of the intended edifice, the bands playing the National Anthem. The Minister of the parish of Clewer, in which parish the new edifice is erecting, commenced the proceedings by prayer. The fine old Psalm was then sung by the children, accom panied by the Bands, and had a very good effect, at the conclu sion of which the Hort. and Very Rev. Dr. Hobart, Dean of Windsor, read an Address to the Prince : 4 4 IV Jay it please your Royal Highness, " Among the many places in her Majesty's dominions where the population has outgrown the means of religious ins'ruc tion, the town of Windsor, distinguished above others as the Sovereign's residence, must be remembered ; its population amounts to 10:000, and not including the Royal Chapel of St. George, there is only Church room for 1,6(X) persons. Of the inhabitants a large number, chiefly of Cie lower classes, and crowded together in the back streets and lanes of the town, have no connect on with the parish church of Windsor. The tpire of their church may be seen rising in the neighbouring village of Clewer, and, independently of that being only of the size proportioned to the population of the counties' part of the parish. The connection be tween the town of Windsor and village of Clewer is so of ton interrupted in the winter months by the rising of the water in the Thames, that the humbler classes have almost entirely discontinued their attendance, and have grown up in a state of great ignorance and irreligion. Chiefly to supply the wants of the population thus situated ; to bring the ministration of religion home to them; to place among them a clergyman who shall, by pastoral care, win them back to the fold of Christ, watch over the spiritual and temporal welfare, and provide that their children shall be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; this church is placed in the centre of the district so described. " Bit there is yet another object in the erection, which your Royal Highness will hear with no less pleasure, for deeply in terested as your Royal Highness is in the welfare of all classes of her Majesty's subjects, there is no class, we are assured, where well-being engages more of your Royal Highness's attention than that of the soldiers of the British Army. As a Royal re sidence, there is always a large and important body of troops stationed in this town: How large and important may bejudged if we look around us and mark the numbers who are assembled this day, to be_ present at the performance of a ceremony in which they are all deeply concerned, for in this church (with the concurrence of her Majesty's Government) the soldiei a stationed at Windsor will assemble for Divine wor ship; here they will partake of the ordinances of the Christian religion ; here they will be instructed out of the power and hea venly word of God, and here the soldiers' dill& en, many of whom stand here before us, will he instructed in the fear of the Lord. And shall we supi.ose that these soldiers will do their duty with hss of loyalty in their heart for being instructed to fear God and honour the Queen? These are the purposes contemplated in the erection of this church. " lier Most Gracious Majesty and your Royal Highness have been pleased to be associat-d in this charitaLle design; the hearty desires of all classes are fulfilled on this auspicious day, by the fact of your Royal Highness• being about to lay the corner stone of a church to be erected o n thi s spot, and dedicated to the sole honour and glory of the Holy, Et e rnal, and Undivided Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; andmay that holy, blessed, and most glorious Trinity, three penons and one God, of his infinite mercy, grant that, so long as this stone lies em bedded in the walls of this church, Ile, who is alone the living' stone, may be manifested in this place, as the only sure foundation of a sinner's hope. May they who shall worship in this temple to the end of time, as lively stones, be built up a spiritual house, hereafter to be placed as pillars in the temple of the heavenly Jerusalem, to go out no more for ever. And may the especial blessing of Almighty God rest upon our. Most Gracious Sovere:gu, Queen Victoria, beneath whore rightful sceptre the walls of this sanctuary now wise; may that effort which distinguishes her Majesty's reign, and in which her Alajesly unites with her people, of providing means of religious worship for all classes of her subjects, be crowned with Divine blessings, and may it be your Royal Highness's happiness to see her reign for many years in the heart of a loyal and devoted people. " May peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety so flourish in her days, that the latest generation may rise up and call her blessed." The architect then submitted the plans of the Church to his . Roy al Highness, and the Rev. Dr. Hodgson, Provost of Eton, delivered the coins, during which time the bands played the Pastoral Symphony. Dr. Haw try, Head Master of Eton School, read the inscription engraved on the plate, which were then given to the Prince, who, upon receiving the trowel from the builderi, performed the customary ceremony, the bands playing " Glory to God," ( Handel): The Rev. Mr. Gossett,:Vicar of Windsor, afterwards read an appropriate prayer, which was followed by the Ni.tional Anthem, sung by the children, and the Prine.t then left the ground amidst hearty and heartfelt cheers. The weather continued fine during the ceremony. Her Ro) al Highness the Duchess of Kent left the Castle this forenoon for town. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princo of Wales and the Princess Royal, and attended by the Royal suite, left the Castle at three o'clock. The Royal party occu pied five carriages and four. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in town at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars from Windsor Castle. The Equerries in Waiting, Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bou verie, fo:lowed in a chariot and four. Their Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and their attendants occupied the next carriage. The Royal suite were in two carriages and consisted of the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lelizen, Earl of Warwick, and Sir Robert Otw ay. !ler Majesty and Prince Albert were received at, Bucking ham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on his Royal Highness. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal su to included the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Earl of Warwick, Major-Gene ral Wem yss , and Col. Bouverte. His Royal Highness Princ e Geor g e of Cambridge visit ed her Majesty the Queen Dowage r y esterda y . a t Marlboroug h-house. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from the seat of the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley House, Lincolnshire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, returned on Saturday to their resi dence at Kew, from a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Srrathfieldsaye, Hants. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester-house. Mr. Joseph Tucker and Captain Britton had an interview with Lord Canning yesterday, at the Foreign. office, on the subject of the Spanish Treasury Bonds. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Ma , is Dawson, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS.—To avoid the disfran chi3emerit of electors in cities and_ boroughs, all the poor-rates and window-tax (if any) payable from them in respect of their premises, previously to Wednesday next, the 6th of April, must be paid on or before the 20 th o f Jul y. 'the window-tax is pay able, apralybiiaameentti whether . dem an d e d or no t. The porn's-rate demanded ; so that it is not. us- . or s h . y r a Act tis o not f I cessary, in order to be registered, or the Jul. voter entitled under the Reform Act, to pay any-poor's-rate if it were not de manded previously to the 6th of April, either personally of the voter, or by note in writing left on his premises by the col lector. No man should, however, omit to pay his poor's-rate because it has no' been dem and e d ; as t he collectors may think t u h lt e i y m h a a te ve n c e a g i l l e e , d tt. m t • h he eo when they have not don e so ; an d for fear of s. rate and window• tax s hould be paid immediately. In some parishes there is a-local Act, whereby the poor's-rate is payable before a demand is made. It is stated in a letter from Algiers, 20th ult., in the Commerce, that orders had been given for an _expedition, to start on the 24th to Medcah and Milianah, from whence the territory was to be ravaged, and the expedition-would, it was supposed, move towards the East, on the side of I3ugta. The head-quarters of the Governor-General were to- be fixed, says this letter, at Blidah,-and his house at that place. was being fur nished for the reception of ,the Duke! . .tle Nemours and d'Aumale who were expected : o arrive shortly. - . The 'remaining tioldiers of the garrison of Paris, of the class:4)l'lB3s; were discharged yesterday: Those of the ' Itilie*siiiiiihe departments' are also being discharged, . . MUTINY BILL. Sir GEORGE CLERK movettWaTthe Rerort on the 3.1 u tiny Bill be brought up. Mr. BERNAL objected to the Report b, inn brought up at that late hour, as he had a clause to propose. Sir GEORGE CLERK said that the Hon. Member would have an opportunity of preparing his clause on the second rearing, and wished to know the precise words of the clause that the lion. Member wished to propose. " __.-. . _ _ Mr. BERNAL said the clause he intended to propose was to cprohibit the infliction of corporal punishment in the army, exept tor offences cornmltted on the li9e of march ( o r for felony. rlc, 7w , 41451 et/ the Report was then brought up. • - CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT._ The Court opened yesterday morning for the despatch m business. There were present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Farebrother, Humphrey, and Hooper, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, &c. The RECOADgR briefly addressed the Jury upon the nature of their duties, and having referred to two or three cases of an unimportant nature, dismissed them to their room to proceed with their duties. John Simmons alias Gillingham, was indicted for a fraud committed under the following circumstances : Mr. Ballantine appeared on behalf of the defendant, and Mr. Clarkson stated the case on behalf of the prosecution. It appeared that the defendant, who acted as an agent, called upon a Mr. Hacker, an Italian warehouseman, in Arthur street, City, on the 21st December last , and offered for sale a quantity of what he described to be Cox's Genuine Reading Sauce; and as an inducement, said he could afford to dispose of it at 15 per cent. under the manu facturer's price, and gave as a reason for his being able to do so, that he had taken it in exchange from Messrs. Cox for a quantity of soy; he at the same time pro duced an invoice, purporting to have been received from Messrs. Cox. Mr. Hacker consented to purchase twenty four dozen, which were delivered the following day, and paid for at the time, with a cheque for the amount, 1.11. When the bottles were examined, the contents were found to be, not the genuine sauce, but a spurious article, although the labels on the bottles, and the impression on the corks was an exact imitation of those used by Messrs. Cox. lo the month of January the prisoner applied to Mr. Cuthbert, an oilman, in Fore-street, u) whom he sold three dozen bottles of the same article, under similar representations, and a few days afterwards he sold the same person two dozen more ; but before the last parcel was delivered Mr. Cuthbert had reason to suspect that the article he had been pur chasing was not genuine, and therefore, when delivered he refused to pay the person who brought it. Shortly after the porter had left the prisoner made his appearance, and asked why Mr. Cuthbert refused to pay for the sauce ; and upon being told that it was suspected a fraud had been prac • tised, he again declared that it was all right, and that the article was the Genuine Reading Sauce ; Mr. Cuthbert, however, was not satisfied, aid refused to pay the amount till he had communicated with Messrs. Cox. The prisoner then wished to take the sauce away again, but that was refused, upon which he promised to call again in a day or two, but he never afterwards made his appearance, and Mr. Cuthbert saw nothing more of him till he was taken into us tody. It was proved by Mr. Cox that the article in question was in every respect spurious, and it was also proved that thelabels on the bottles were an excellent imitation of those used by Messrs. Cox, and although they bore the same printer's name, were not printed by that person. Mr. BaLLANTINE, previous to addressing the Jury, toi'k a great number of technical objections to the indictment, which, with respect to some of the counts, were held by the Court to be valid. The REcoRDER having summed up very minutely, The Jury instantly found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER. postponed passing judgment for the present. The above case occupied the Court the whole day. /~ n POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO TV-STREET. 11 C- r*ALLEN 40USES IN ,lIARLES-STREET, DRURY LANE.-A young man, whose name did not transpire, was charged with wilfully breaking down and damaging part of a wall in Charles -street, Drury-lane, the property of Dlr. Octa vius Johnson. John Forrest, the agent of Mr. Johnson, stated that on Sun day, about ten o'clock, from information which he received, he went to the property in Charles-street, where some houses have lately fallen down, when he found some 50 or 60 persons throw ing large stones and bricks at the walls. There was a good deal of hurraing accompanying the work of destruction. A part of the wall, about eight feet long and tix feet high, had been knocked down by the assembled mob. Witness saw the prisoner actively engagei, and saw him knock down part of the wall to the value of about ss. The prisoner denied any participation in the offence. Mr. HA LL sentenced him to pay a fine of 55., or be impri s,ned six days. Forrest then said that there was a man who could be iden tified as the instigator of this destruction, who always encou raged the crowd in their work; he should feel obliged if the Worthy Magistrate would grant him a summons against that person. Mr. HALL—Take a summons. Another man was next brought up, charged with stealing eight bricks from the same place. Policeman F 150 fully proved the charge. 'f he prisoner said that he wanted the bricks for a little job, and as other people were taking tlum away he thought he might do the same. They were lying like a quantity of rubbish in the ruins. Mr. HALL said the prisoner deserved to be punished, and if Johnson wished it he shou'd be punished. Mr. Johnson said he did not wish to press the charge as the prisoner was a poor man; if it were known in the neighbour hood that the bricks were private property, and that those who took them were liable to be pu• ished, he thought his ends would be served, and he should be satisfied. The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Williams, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with uttering a counterfeit crown piece. Mr. George Charlton, of No. 23, Marylebone-street, Got. den-square, baker, stated that about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the prisoner entered his shop, and asking for sixpennyworth of biscuits, tendered in payment a crown piece, which witness instantly detected to be spurious, on which the 'prisoner ran out of the shop and endeavoured to make his escape, but was pursued and overtaken. Witness had since ascertained that the prisoner had uttered two other bad half-crowns to tradesmen living in the neighbourhood, who would attend on a future day. The prisoner was therefore remanded tintil Thursday next. Base coin to a great amount, particularly crown-pieces, have been circulated in this neighbourhood lately. John Brown and Charles Hutchins, young men who are known to the police, were charged as follows : Mrs. Anne Coney, a respectable married female, and who was evidently suffering from ill health, stated that her hus band kept a cigar and tobacco shop, at ?'o. 60, Wardour-street, Soho, and that about ten o'clock on Sunday night, the prisoners came into her shop and asked for '• a ha'porth of tobacco." She told them that site did not sell tobacco in such small quantities, and they went away, but in a short time returned, and insisted on being served, refusing to leave the shop, and after a violent altercation the prisoner Brown struck the complainant a heavy blow with his clenched fist on her right bosom. They were then given in charge to the police. Complainant lied no doubt but their object was to steal any article out of the shop they might have had the opportunity of laying their hands on. Mr. IsIALTHY said the outrage was a moat gross one, anti he should therefore fine the defendants 205., or in default of pay ment, to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour. UNION-HALL. Mary Shamans, a woman of the town, who was tried and acquitted at the Surrey Assizes, on Friday last, of robbing Mr. Daniel Good, of 7001., was brought up charged with stealing a half-sovereign from an elderly man living at Dulwich. Sergeant Logan stated that the prisoner was brought to the station-house on the preceding night, and that the complainant charged her with thrusting her hand into his pocket, and rob bing him of a-half sovereign. She was in the act of running away when stopped by a policeman, and taken into custody, but she contrived to get rid of the coin, it is supposed, by swallowing it. The Sergeant added that the complainant was not in attendance to follow up the charge. Mr. MAUL said that the prisoner was well known at the office as one of the mo't notorious thieves in the district ; and as her late escape from being convicted at the Surrey Assizes of robbing Mr. Good of 700/. appeared to have had no effect upon her, he should insist upon the present complainant attending to press the charge. Shortly after the complainant appeared in Court, and the evidence to the above effect having been given, the prisoner was committed to the House cf Correction for two months, the complainant thing compelled to go abroad. TFUR S H IP- S EE T. _ _ John Lewis, a sawyer, was charged with having conducted himself in a disorderly manner, so as to disturb the congrega tion in St. Andrew's Church, South Conduit-street, Bethnal green, during the performance of Divine service, on Sunday. From the evidence of Hayes, the sexton and pew-opener, it appeared that during the afternoon service on the preceding day the prisoner entered the church, and having taken a seat in one of the vacant pews appropriated to strangers, he began to conduct himself in a most extraordinary way, that attracted the nJtice of the whole congregation. Whilst the clergyman was delivering his discourse the prisoner repeatedly interrupted him by calling out " well done," " that's good," with similar fami liar expressions of approbation, as if he had been in the gallery of a theatre, and witness perceived on approaching towards him that he was intoxicated. On being remonstrated with upon the impropriety of his behaviour, the prisoner promised not to re peat it, but he soon afterwards renewed his indecorous plau dits, and whilst the charity children were engaged in singing a psalm, he pulled a shilling out of his pocket, and, in a stento rian voice, asked the clergyman to let him prescnt it to " the tittle dears," as a reward for their excellent performance. Wit ness then went to the door and called a policeman, who took the prisoner into custody. 'I he policeman said, that on being called into the church, he found all the congregation standing up in a state of excitement, and the clergyman desired him to remove the prisoner, as he had acted in a disorderly manner, and interrupted the service. The prisoner, however, refused to withdraw, and on his at tempting to remove him the prisoner offered a great deal of passive resistance, by catching hold of the rails and back part of the seats, but, after considerable difficulty, witness succeeded in dragging him out by main farce, and conveyed him to the station-house. In answer to the charge the prisoner said that be did not know what he was about, having partaken with some com panions of a quantity of ale that got into his head. Mr. BROUGHTON said he must iay a fine of 10s., or be com mitted for ten days to the House of Correction. The prisoner was locked up in default of payment. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 4. (Before Baron GURNEY and a Special Jury.) RANNO U. SMITH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover da mages from the defendant for having removed him from on board a vessel called the Surprise, and imprisoned him in the Island of Java. The defendant put several pleas upon the re cord, but the principal one was, that the plaintiff had acted mutinously, and that it was necessary for the protection of the vessel that he should be sent on shore. Mr. James and Mr. Lush were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Platt and Mr. Hance for the defendant. 'the circumstances under which the action was brought were of rather a singular chvracter, and involve a question of considerab'e importance to all concerned in the maritime com merce of the country. It seems that in the month of March, 1838, a vessel called the Surprise, belonging to Messrs. Bennett, of Limehouse, sailed on a whaling voyage to the South Seas, and the plaintiff was a seaman, and the defendant Smith, who 13 a Prussian, was first mate; and a man named Ellis, who was represented to be a Spaniard, acted as second mate on board the vessel. When the vessel had been out about nine rronths, at which time she had upwards of a thousand barrels of oil, averaging according to the terms upon which these voy ages are made, about 501. to each of the crew, Bill, the captain of the vessel, died, and, according to his last request, the vessel put back to a port called Bangee Ws ngee, in the island of Java, in order that his body might be buried on shore. After the captain was buried, Smith, the first mate, as is the custom when such casualties occur at sea, assumed the command of the vessel, and he called upon the 'crew to sign fresh articles, and under take to prosecute the expedition with effect. The plaintiff and five others refused to sign the articles, or to do any duty unless the vessel was first taken to an English port. Smith, finding he could not induce them to sign the articles or to do their duty, sent fer some Malays, by whom the plaintiff and the other men who refused to sign were taken on shore, where they were confined for some days ; and they were at length taken in custody across the island to Sourabay, where they got a ship and returned to England. 'l'he case for the defence was, that the plaintiff and the other man had acted in a mutinous manner, and witnesses sseie called who proved that, after Captain Hill had died, and it was expected that Smith would assume the command, that the plaintiff expressed his intentions not to submit to his orders as Captain, and that he had endeavoured to induce others of the crew to assist him in preventing Smith from assuming the command. It was also proved that the nearest English ports to Bangee Wangee were Singapore or Sydney, end that if the vessel had sailed to either of those places, after the death of the captain, the effect would have been to frustrate the voyage. The Jury retired, and were absent for about an hour, when they returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, April 1. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE. THE MANCHESTER COACH ROBBERY. James Thebran, James Skerratt, and Wm. Mooby were in dicted far having, on the 18th of February last, stolen 1,500 sovereigns and 100 5/. notes, the property of Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, bankers, Manchester. James King and Bridget Jones were charged as accessaries after the fact, and as having received part of the stolen property. Mr. Baines stated the case as detailed in the evidence of the witnesses, and pointed out the law as it affected the al leged principals and accessaries. James Smith, cashier in the bank of Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, stated that, on the 18th of February last, a parcel was made up for the bank at Blackburn, containing the gold and notes in question. It was put in a box, from sixteen to eigh teen inches long by eight wide, locked and fastened by straps. The bank at Manchester had been in the habit of sending such a parcel as that to Blackburn for many years past. Richard Greenall, porter with Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, stated that he carried the ,parcel to the coach-office about twenty-Ave minutes after four, put it into the boot, and stopped with the coach until it started. James Skerratt came to the coach while witness was there. He had a carpet-bag, which seemed to be nearly empty, and had a tear on the top. Ile got on the splinter-bar, and put the bag into the boot. lie was some time in so doing, and put nearly his whole body into the boot. He was well known to the witness, and had helped on former occasions in putting parcels into the coach. Thomas Ashworth, horsekeeper to the Perseverance, coach, corroborated the last witness. Believed Thelwall was en the box when Skerratt put the bag into the boot. Mary Grundy, who.keeps the White Horse, at Bury, stated, that on the evening in question a person came into tee house with a carpet bag while the coach was at the door. It seemed heavy, and had something flat in it. The man asked for a glass of gin. He seemed excited, and looked frequently at the witness and her daughter. He asked if the coachman would come in. She replied he would. The man then got up and put the hag in a small recess at cue side of the counter. Tl.e coachman did come in and the man treated him to a glass of brandy. When the coach was gone, he tcok the bag and newt out of the house. Witness went to the door and saw the man turn round to look at her. It was proved by ether parties, that no carpet bag was taken out of the boot at Hsslingden. and that the bank parcel was missing on the arrival of the coach at Blackburn. Several witnesses also were examined as to the improvement in the outward circumstances of Skerratt and Thelwall after the 18th of February. Mary Ann Wardle witted that she keeps a beer-house at Clayton. Recollects a person of the name of Wild coming to her house on the 21st February. Thelwall and Jones were with him. Served him with a pint of ale. Jones put something into it. Thelwall and Jones were talking about buying a horse. Wild went out. 'Miran and I Jones were left. Saw the latter leaning on the table with his hand full of sovereigns. She said " Here's a health to the Coach and Horses." Thelwall said " D—n the Coach au& Horses, and the box too, if its in hell its good luck ; we have got the blessed tin, and its right enough ; we have seen over the silversmith concern, and we shall see over this. The lank does not advertise it. If they do, the creditors will all fall upon them, and they will be done up." Heard Thelwall say he had more money than would buy all Clayton and the next town to it. V James Sawley stated that he apprehended Thelwall, and told him why he was apprehended. lie said, " I have not bee* at Bury for six months." Nothing had at that time been said about Bury. • George Cousins, of Maiden-place, Lambeth, London, stated that N.lnoby and King came to lodge at his home on the 20th of February. A person of the name of Collins, who was lodging there with his wife, left the day after. Alentioned to Alooby and King their mysterious disappearence, and asked them if they had lost anything. King went up st a i rs , down again, and said all was right. King afterwards said to Mooby that he had better go up again and see that all was right. They did go up, and King came down again, and slid that all was wrong, and that they had been robbed by that villain. Witness prt posed to go to the station-house and give information. Kit g objected, saying it would give the house a bad name. At a later period of the day King said that Mooby had been robbed of 1751., in Si. Bank of England notes, with the exception of one, which was a 101. note. Witness pro l•osed going to the Bank, but King objected, saying he wished the matter to be kept quiet. King said it was well that he had his pr perty about h m when he went to the theatre. He said he bad about 7001. They went away the day after. King said he would be back in a week, and Mooby in a fortnight. Further evidence was given as to Mooby being in possession of money about the time in question. His Lordship having summed up, the Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of guilty against all but King. To be transported for seven years. SATURDAY, APRIL 2. John Taylor was indicted for the wilful murder of his bro ther, James Taylor, by stabbing him. Sir. Wilkins conducted the prosecution; Mr. Brandt the defence. The prisoner and deceased, it appeared, had been drinking t several public houses at Warrington, on the evening in ques tion, and set out on their way home in company with the wife of the latter. A quarrel took place between them, blows were exchanged, and in the course of the scale the deceased re ceived a wound from the point of a knife in the groin, trfling in itself, but which from its being in the immediate neighbour hood of an old rupture, finally produced inflammation and death. 'I he prisoner received an excellent character for mild ness of demeanour and usual sobriety of conduct, while his brother appeared to be an uni uly and dissipated person. Im mediately on finding that his brother was wounded, the pri. soner expressed the deepest sorrow for what had occurred, and said that if his brother died he did not wish to live. The, death of the unfortunate man was, it appeared, much accele rated by the previous habits of his life. Verdict—Gutty of manslaughter. Sentence was deferred. Timothy Hetherington, a pauper in the Manchester work house, was indicted for the murder of a fellow pauper, Peter Jackson, an old man of 73. It appeared that the deceased had received from the pri soner a suns of Is. tid. to take care of ; that the deceased had spent it; that the prisoner was extremely irritated at his having done so, and repeatedly threatened to cripple him. On the day in question, without any immediate provocation, he came behind the deceased, knocked him down, and kicked him re. pcatedly, breaking some of his ribs, and giving him several other injuries, of which he subsequently died. 31r. GREEN, for the defence, cross-examined the witnesses, with a view to show the insanity of the prisoner. Icappcared that he was epileptic, and occasionally had fits of mania, but there was nothing to show that on the occasion in question he was in such a state as to be incapable of distinguishing ri,4lit from wrong. Guilty of manslaughter. To be transported for life. NORTH WALES GIP CUlT.—Aprg 1. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) ATTI➢[PT TO POISON.—DISTAESSING SCILNE.—This morn ing Robert Pierce, aged 24, was plaw:l at the bar on three in dictments, charging him with attempts to murder his wife by the administration of white arsenic. Previous to the trial commencing, the prosecutrix, a young woman, apparently not so old as the prisoner, was carried into Court, and placed in the witness-box, the effects of the poison having had so great an effect on her, as to completely paralyse her limbs, and entirely destroy her health. It was evident, how ever, that she had previously possessed considerable personal at tractions. She was attended by a medical gentleman, and cordia's were constantly resorted to in order to prevent her from fainting, but, notwithstanding, on casting her eyes at her husband, she appeared much affected, immediately swooned; and it was some time before surgeons could restore her to sensibility. She was then placed with her back towards the prisoner, and in a re clining position. The prisoner did not, on being first brought into Court, appear much affected at the serious nature of the charge, nor during the trial, which lasted from nine o'clock in ;he morning until eight in the evening, except turning paler when his wife fainted. Five witne:ses were examined, who prov d the purchasing of the arsenic by the prisoner, and its administraticn to his wile_ _ . The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to death. He was then removed to Flint gaol, on entering the cell of which in his occupation on Saturday morning, the gaoler found that he had committed suicide, by suspending himself from the bars above the door. He had made a noose of his braces. The unfortunate man had confessed to his having committed the crime, for which he was convicted, on the night after his con demnation. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held on Saturday evening, at the sign of the Old Red Lion public-house, Knightsbridge, before Mr. Higos, the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Eliza Spong, aged forty-two years. The Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society's Station house, in Hyde-park, stated that at about five o'clock on Fri day mornin g last, in consequence of information he received from one o f the police-constables of the A division, he pro ceeded in a boat on the Serpentine-river, towards the eastern end, bearing to the south shore, and discovered the body of a female tossing up and down on the small waves, it being rough, and blowing very strong at the time. On reaching the body, witness attempted to grasp it to draw it ashore, but found the flesh gave way in his grasp, and he was ultimately obliged to tow it ashore. It appeared to be in a very advanced state of decomposition, and must at least have been two or three weeks in the water. There were not any marks of violence about the body. The deceased had on her bonnet and shawl. A trifle of money was also found in her pockets. By the CORONER—The females oho committed suicide generally threw off their bonnet and shawl, and left it on the hank before they threw themselves in the water. No part of the dress of the deceased was torn, tier did she appear to have been t g aged in any struggle. Jolin 'Sporig state,' that he was footman in the service of Robinson, Esq., of No. 41 Lowndes•st,eet, Belgravc-square ; the deceased was his wife, and the mother of two children, now living ; she resided in private lodgings, at Lisson• grove, and was a sober, industrieus woman, and much attached to her family. Witness's family bad, until the last nine months, been is very distressed circumstances, through his being a long time out of a situation. On the evening of last Thursday three weeks she called on witness, at his master's house, to bring his change of linen for the week, as she had been accustomed to do. They • parted about eight o'clock in the evening, in good spirits, to re turn to her children, whom she had left locked up in the room they occupied. The following day witness learned that his wife had not returned to her horis, and for several days after he was engaged, under feelings orfhe most painful anxiety as to her fate, but could hear no tidings of her until the finding of the body. the information of which he gained through his having given information of her being mi-sing to the Humane Society. Her way home on leaving him was to pass by the Serpentine, and he had no doubt but that she had walked into the water by accident, and was drowned in consequence of s doing. Verdict—" Found drowned." LLOYDS' SRIPPING. Lonnow, APRIL 4—Wind this day at noon N. to N.E. DEAL, APRIL 2—Wind N. fresh.-3 N.N. E. fresh breezes. —Arrd. George IV., Potts, Calcutta ; Emily, Paddon, Cape Coast Castle ; Elides. Paul, Ponlay. Arrived from the River and aid. Ocean Queen, Launceston ; Earl Clare, Bom bay; Amity, Cape; George Canning, River Gambia; Lady Wood, Prince Edward's island, Pauline, Houghton, Mauri tius; Mary Stuart, Cape; Adele, Cadiz and Valparaiso. All the outward bound have sailed except the Surrey, for Hobart Town. HASTINOS, APRIL 3.—Arrd. Christian, Bahia. Poieramourn, APRIL 2.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E., 3. N.N.E.—Arrd. Cernm all, London for China. Sid. Wel lington, New York ; Candahar, Hobart 1 own ; her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Pembroke, ditto; Talbot, Eastward; Burrells, Constantinople. SOUTHAMPTON, Aran . . 2.—Arrd. Tagus (steamer), Gib raltar—left 24th ult, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 28th, Oporto and Vigo 29th. Pmratotrne, APRIL 3.—Wind N.N.W. to.N.N.E.—Arrd. Great Britain, Ancona ; Ocean Child, Leghorn. Sld. Her Majesty's steamer Growler, China ; Her Majesty's ships Fly and Bramble, Torres Straits • Royalist, Demerara. FALMOUTH, Arstir, 1. — Wind W. to N.W., strong gales and violent squalls. 2. N. W. to W., fresh gales and squally.— Arid. Crane (packet), Vera Cruz—sailed 15th Feb., Tampico 23d, Havanna - Is Bth ult., freight 621,000 dollars ; City of Limerick (steamer), Dublin, and sailed for London with 160,00 dollars on freight ; his (steamer), Landon for the West Indies; Great Liverpool (steamer), Southampton, and sailed for Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Aram 2.—A schooner, with loss of fore ma't, was seen a long way to the leeward , 3etterday, laying up Channel, and another with loss of bowsprit, this morning, but the wind being so much off the land they could not fetch this O.re EA sTROURNE.—Arrd. Edward Robinson, Parsons, Mauritius, sailed Dec. 15. LIYERPOOI„ Aram 2 —Arrd. Athens, Mauritius ; Helen Hamilton, Nichol, Maracaibo; Hibernia, Neilson, New York, sailed the 16th ult. 3.—Arrd. off, a brig, supposed the Mary Qur en of Scots, Grecian schooner Sid. Thomas Leech and Anna Dixon ' Monte Video ; Cookson, Rio Rival ; Nassau, Tyrian, and Lord Seaton, New Orleans ; Gondola, United States ; Talbot, General P arkhall, Sarah, Josephine, Mersey, and Ocean, New York; Columbus , Pernambuco , Belle Barbaric, Rio Grande ; Seaflower, Caraquet ; Sanderson, St. Thomas's; Simena, Dominica; Sarah, Port La Marie; Franklin, Boston; Sultan, Halifax; Plutus, St. Andrews, New Brunswick ; Souter Johnny, Canada; and William Parker, Montreal. Sealby, Newfoundland; Snowdon and William Rathbone, Africa. The Asia, from this port, got ashore at Mobile in going in about 4th ult., during a Nery higi tide, and remains. It is feared that the: barque seen in distress by the Amelia, (reported 29th ult.) was the Mary Ann. Hatton, from New Orleans to this port. STANGATE CREEK, APRIL 2.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Radamalithus, Mediterranean. GUERNSEY, MARCH 30.—Sid. Caledonia, Harannah. BRISTOL, APRIL 2.—Sid. Lucy Ann, Jamaica; Great Western steamer, and Cosmo, New York ; italous, New foundland. SWANSEA, APRIL 2.—Arrd. Eliza, Corner, Cuba. CLS ME, APRIL I.—Sid. Culdee, Mauritius; Elizabeth, New York ; Isabella, Pietou. STROSINESS, MARCH 26.—The Patriot, Hampton, from Leith to Syra, has put in here with decks stove in, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having . been struck by a.sea RAMSGATE, APRIL 2.—Arrd. Emerald, Avery, Teneriffe. OFF DOVER, Ariuc 2.—Esker, Crawford, Charleston for Antwerp ; Agnes, Texel, for New York ; Plato, Philadelphia for Rotterdam. CowEs, APRIL 3. —Ai rd. Sir John Falstaff, Gordon, New Zealand, sailed Dec. 4. SW. Providence, Eden Moslem, New York; Mountaineer, New York. DUBLIN, APRIL I.—Sid. Perseverance, New York. CORK, APRIL 3.—Arrd. Pallas, Murray, Ancona, arrd. off April Ist, James Gibson, Stewart, Mauritius, for Liver* pool, sld. 31st December. in 11 turning 1 o N Tit os E into , thisA r it river,st . l . T yesterday, 1i e Cornelia,f. got Jamaica,a fromn,nvcSithsi thecaltd s ir buti t na o cvk li n c k a h m off n , st a d n i d scn br a o rg u e g . ht into the harbour, filled on the b‘ w vea i a H t sc h ah . 3 s ; 6 l and . B o S t e , o d T O ow dollars.e e , from _____ The late Earl of Munster s executors are 1. , and Mr. Cameron , De Lisle, Maim... Ge neral Wyndham, • _.,''.. ,