The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

0N EY MARKET ..~.. COY , .. • j • 4,, • • ,xxig 17/ ti;„ CITY, Two o'CLoo, The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales wer e 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was ateady, at an advance on Saturdly's currency. In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather last night the foreign mails have been detained. As the monetary crisis on the continent now appears to be subsiding the letters daily re ceived are perused with additional interest. Those to hand yesterday continued to represent the posi tion of the French money market as having im proved, and the opinion is entertained in many quarters that some of the recent restrictionsimposed by the Bank will soon be removed. Confidence is increasing, the pressure for money is less severe, and investments in the Rentee are made with freedom.. The commercial interest are more sanguine, although trade continues quiet. From the other parts of the continent the ad- Tien are also encouraging, but the speculation in silver continues, and large quantities of that metal are arriving here. The Bank of Frankfort have lowered the rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent., but at Hamburg the quotation has advanced. The private accounts from most of the German markets mention that the increased ease was soon likely to influence the official terms of accommoda tion. With regard to the Money Market here favour able symptoms are still apparent. There is de cidedly less inquiry for discounts, and first class bills are negotiated under the Bank minimum. Gold continues to be sent into the national establishment, and this circumstance, of course, tends to increase confidence. As the 4th of next month approaches,. however, there will, no doubt, be a greater demand, and if the pay ment of the engagements then falling due, and the settlement of the accounts at the Stock Enchange, do not occasion renewed stringency, there is rea son to believe that the Directors will speedily modify their recent restrictive policy. Of the 350,0001. in Australian gold expected at the Bank of England yesterday, only about 1 80,0001. or 200,0001. were received. The re mainder, however, with a further amount estimated at 100,0001., will probably be delivered to-day. The enquiry for money on the Stock-Exchange has been very fluctuating. On Friday 7 and 7i per cent. were paid for loans on Consols until to day, and some difficuly was felt in procuring them at these rates ; but on Saturday the supply of capi tal sensibly increased, and employment could not be found for it, even on much easier terms. Today there is a recurrence of the pressure, and accom modation is sought for at 7 per cent. This cir cumstance, together with several others of minor importance, has produced a little weakness in the C. 1 5801 Market. A few sales have been made, and th e flatness of the Rentes yesterday has also contii buted to check the buoyancy previously noticeable, and a decline of per cent. has taken place. C onsols for money have been sold, and prices have receded to 93k 94, but they are now 94 to 94i, and the Present quotation for the next account is 94i I. For January they have been 95 to 95k, and 94i 95 . The New Three per Cents. are 93 the Red uce d 92 4 931. Exchequer Bills and are 2s. t o 4 s. premium ; the Bonds 98i 99 ; and India Bonds 2s. prem. Bank Stock is 2151, and India Stock 225. The Foreign Market is dull. Turkish 6 pr Cents. h ave b een 93 a r e firm but th e 4 per Cents. are firm at 101. Spanish Deferred have been dealt in at 23i. Dutch 4 per Cents. 96i, Russian 4i per Cents. 951 96, and Mexican 22i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi can, 22t 4; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 ... 4 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per %lents., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2f ,ditto Deferred, 23if i; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto assive, 6i. The Railway Share Market this morning has been dull, and a downward t d ' i e s ticy in prices to the e xtent of about per cen en t. tit of the in principal lines. Chester perceptibleand Holyhead, t Anglian Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, about teat ,rutWest4n, North Western, Midland, were ss. lower • Bri hton, nucashire atid York °Lure) Norfolk and So g uth ( jEas m tlern, however, were stead y. The Geelon an e bourne declined 55., ruled he Canadian about ss. The French lines .steady. . Joint Stook Bank Shares have. exhibited a slight allandPrueVneilto,,ellot) .Bank of. Australasia, Ottoman Bank, rates. —of ' Australia being at rather enhanced Miscllaneons Shares there is little alteration to notice, very few dealings being reported. 8 ___________ Iti'l %Et FUNDS l'Hisi DAY AT ON - T.YCLO('K. (From the Official List.) 3 don, !Lank Stock .......................... ..5 ' p.eren ct. iteduceo. Anuuitiee. .... . .. .. . ...... ... 215 I'' .. 93 k 21k 3 per Cent co nsois Anne Rleh .......... ~..• kk434 41 4,, 1 per . 'ent A.TllillitiEt h a 4 .. .. ........... .. 934 0 I Ifew 24 pe r Cent. Annuities ............. 77i Long Annuities, expi re s th Jan. 1860... . ..... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth A India Stock pril, 1885... 171 18 India B on d s , . .4:1 of !I .. ~............................ .225 ...... Ditto, under £lOOO ... . ....................... 2 ............. ... Consols tor Account. ... 3 p ..... ....................... 94 1 i i Exchequer ;Mlle, 24d. 2100, ......... ........ %will ........... 5 4 p •... . .... 4 5 2 p Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 984 9 I'iLICFS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE o'ol,o, 't•: . Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — itto Small . 100 i ditto 3 per Cent Russiantto Account ..... .. Bonds, 1822, E, St., 5 per • Cent — Ditto 44 per Cent. ..... . BPuilth 1i0...da, 3 per Cent ... .......... bitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent • 234 Tu ieh Bonds, 6 par cent ... . ...... . 'Ditto Account ...... . p erC en t ..... .,...,, 94 3 Ditto uaranteed, 4 — Ditto A G ccount the abtvr ,levahlt. in I.cr 101 Dutch E Di xet v ange, ,1 per Cen t ., 12 Guild ers Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ......... .... 961 C onsols TWO O'CLOCK . Di tto Accounty) Di tto Account (J anuar y) 4i 9 4k 5 CO MMERCIAL AND GENER AL A SSURANCE COMPANY.— The Claim of Mr. E. Evans of 2,3001., alleged to have °"en advanced to this company, is ordered by the chief telerk of the Master of the Rolls to stand over until the list of contributories brought in by Mr. Turquand and Messrs. Galswortby, his solicitors, is settled. The claim is objected to on the ground of the allegation that the di- rectors made use of it to declare dividends, although no profits were made, and on the furthe r ground that under the deed of settlement the directors had no power to borrow money. THE RECORDERSIIIP OP LONDON. —Mr. Russell Gurney, it seems, is not to be the only candidate for the important office of Recorder for the City of L ondo. which becom e s vacant by the.appointment of Mr. Stuar n t Wortley to the Solicitor-Generalship. Great efforts are being made by the friends of Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., to secure his return, and yesterday morning were sons who profess to be intimately arquainted with th e State of feeling in the City spoke confidently ef hi. C hances of success. Mr. Warren has the advantage of a seat in the House of Commons, a great qualification in the ey es o f the London corporat i on, who always desire to have as their recorder a gentleman who can defend their interests in Parliament. Another gentleman, whose ~_b az on was whispered about in various quarters yester 'AY as a candidate for the 11 , cordership, but apparently Without much authority, is Mr. Montague Chambers, (4 •Ct, and mem b er for the borough of Greenwich.— t ,, - f ang Herald. S INGULAR ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY GUARD.-4 guard 0 5 the Lancashire and Yerkshire Railway a few weeks fe back m o t w i t h an accident which nearly cost him his l - rs i - He was tra ve lli ng on an exorees train between icreston and Euxton Junctinn, and had got on the top of his van, when his throat came suddenly in contact With a telegraphic wire which crosses the line, and he Wa s thro wn off the carriage ho as to alight on the cnd of 4 buffer bAween that and another carriage. Clingir g 719ithdtsperate tenacity to the end of the van, he Was ab le alter a short space of time to get into it again, rWhere he lay for a considerable period much exhau-ted i d nearly insen.ible. On recovering a little, he found ... R ha.nds full of short hairs whieh he had taken from 1(7ill!it his ch,,i. I n , fact, h 2 e attributed the preservation i life partly to a t• ick bushy beard which he wort', and which probably prove! ted his throat from being severely cut by the telegraphic wire. A. ennsiderable Portion Of his beard had been cut off, , nd he was a good deal o n „d by his fah but after remaking only wine on the Rick list of ! , he company, he has been again a short able to realm, Rthrown oft th e his duties. The Came guard had been on at Prestce train only a few weeks before iii a calli giwwh• ~. 4 , where be had a narrow .escap ....6 ui life e f rom 114 E. S SHARE MARKETS —(This Day). i~~, ~. RAILWAYS AhNV • Shr. iraid. C}oßing PYc yesterlay. Ji nen ego! done this day Bedford Blet:hley Bu.clrghainsh Clydosdal Col. Stour V y. E. Lin. g. pc. E. Un. H. Si,. Glas. Barr. & Nails. Diree,t Do, 'Jew._ ... Glstr.&Dn 711. Dk. ;•"R Hull & SoPry Do. f Share:, Do. r Shares. Iron.'&Orcenw Do. - Preferene Lon., Ti1.,1••- Do. Bark. Sh. Lowascort k . 4 per cont Do. 6 por ct Manch. 13x1n and Hatlo , •".; MI d. d.l esl7 4 Redc.g 6 P.C. Midlcl.lsral. Newmarket Bury E. G.sp , N.& Est.sp.,. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixe(ls p Prest. & R ye Do.. Shr.;. A Roystu & Hi Shof. Roth.a7 , Gooleg.s p.c Slarevrs. &Her S. Staffortlah. Wear 6 wr cent... Do 1., fil '' , .,r i s: , ON, _rr E... , , E S D _,A_ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Closine Prices yestc t ay BUSIIICS3 this day Loadc!... L. &N. W. 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 -- 14 133 13 4 ... 4i 'EX diE.O E. Count. Caldonisn. at. 'ffosa Yk. Nov,. Y. It N Do Do 06 - 106 S. A:4torr. Do. Pr3to k Co. Do ... 12i - 13 22i - 23?; .08 - 112 § 1 p Norfolk..,, Do L.& N. W. & Stcktou Darliugt. 21 2i Coun. E. Couu, Mi 5 1 7 Do. L. &N.W Do Gt Northn Yorks h. T. Brassey M. hiCles.n Stoat. Dar ingt (1' c* 136 - 136 - 8} 3i 30 33 34 89 91 OF THE IA C()MP (From the Morning Advertiser.) PROPEUTY IV7) the war, But upon the declaration of peace the Minis TAX. ter proposed an income-tax at the rate of 5 per cent.• and when the country rose up against it the reply of the Government was that, though they had pledged them selves not to continue a war-tax, they were not pledged to abstain from imposing an income-tax as a peace -tax. They then proposed to exempt all persons possessing incomes under 1501. a-year, but, that also being defeated, ' the Ministry were obliged to give way. History showed them that if 'they acted energetically no Government could withstand the expressed desire of the people. He hoped, therefore, that this movement would be gener ally taken up throughout the country, and if it were there was little doubt that the required eencession would he made. Oe the whole he thought that no reduction of present duties would give such immediate relief to the people at large as that of the additional income-tax, im posed for the support of the war. (Cheers.) Dr. JOHN WATTS said that, although agreeing in the main points of the arguments used by the previous eraker e there were some upon which he differed. He should b very gl a d to see the unjust mode of taxing the people remedied, and that professional persons who ob :ani,d a livelihood by the labour of their hands or brain were not placed in the same position as men whose in c_me was derived almost entirely from causes which would remain weetber they were alive or dead. The ne v and ieceme-tex last year wee about 16.000,000/. and assessed taxes 3,000,0001., so, of the 54,000,0001. wuicu comprised the general peace taxation of the eounlry there still remained 35 ,000,000/. to be raised by indirect taxation. The Customs' duties did not prooerly represent the indirect taxation, becau e something like 22 per cent, was added to them during the treesit of the goods from the importer to the con,unser. The Excise duties also pressed very mum] upon the labouring classes, because they had a teedency co diminise the production. They now proposed to remove 3,000,000/. of direct taxes, whereas, if t h ey directed their efforts to the removal of 8,000,000/. of indirect taxation in the shape of duties, allowing for the increase to which he had alluded, the amount of relief actually afforded would be 10,000,000/. By removing the iucoale tax they would render it necessary for the j )r. ‘vatGovernmentts continuedto rare s 4 t 0 5 o s o p o, ea O k oo B / of t . so me indirect ien taxation. oh amid much interruption, the meeting evidently disagreeing with his observation on the expediency of procuring a remission of the import duties. A good deal of discussion followed, the speakers tailing widely different views as to the expediency of the t repeal of the tax, when The CHAIRMAN pointed out the advisability of con fining their efforts to a practical object. The resolution on being put was carried unanimously. Mr. W. COLIC then moved the following resolution : "That the present system of levying the income tax, by taxing pr -carious and permanent income alike, is mani festly unjust, arid leads to a general and systematic evasion ; that the despotic and inquisitorial mode of assessment is repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen, and has been submitted to from time to time under the impression that the tax was only for a temporary pur pose ; and this meeting hereby pledges itself to use every legitimate means to obtain either a more equitable adjustment of the tax, and an improvement in the mode of assessment, or a total repeal of it upon trades and professions." Tiliq resolution, which waa seconded by Mr. G. CLARKE, was also carried unanimously. Resdations were then agreed to with a view of pre paring clncurrent petitions to Parliament, and forming district associations in connexion with the present ii all the large towns of England. Mr. Alderman Sidney was elected treasurer of the society, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE PEERAGE. We have deferred for some days adverting to the feelers which have recently been put forth in the journals in the interest of the Bedford family, relative to the reception of Lord John Russell into the Palmerston Ministry, and his contemporaneous elevation to the peerage. We have hitherto been silent on the point until the journals in question had exhausted all they had to say on the subject. We presume they have nothing more to advance in favour of the two honours which they suggest should be simultaneously paid to his lordship. Let us now pronounce our deliverance. If the friends of Lord John are bent on pitchforking the noble lord into the Upper House, we have no ob jection. On the contrary, if that be their wish, we sty "So be it." He will be as well there as any where else. Though not possessing the shadow of a chance of re-election for the city, he would, no doubt, in virtue of the family influence of the house of Bedford, get smuggled into the House of Commons for some place or other ; and in the Lords he will be rather more harmless than in the Conimons. So far we acquiesce in the wishes of the personal friends of the noble Lord. But his reception into the Ministry is quite another matter. Lord Pal merston, we trust, will resolutely and successfully resist all attempts on the part of the families— the Bedfords, the Sutherlands, and the Devon shires—to force the quondam Home Secretary into his Government. If he do not, he is ruined as the First Minister of the Crown. Were Lord Juhn only an encumbrance in the Cabinet—wore he simply, from his Finality predilections or de plorably defective judgment, a mere drag-chain on the' onward progress of the Government, that, though bad enough, might be got over. But there are no bounds to his ambition ; while his mind, in the pursuit of an object on which it has been set, is as restle ;s and uncontrollable as the sea. He would never be at ease until he had supplanted Lord Pal merston in the Premiership. That is the nature of the man ; and no more can he change it than the leopard can change its spots. With Lord John in the Ministry, Lord Palmerston would never have a moment's peace. He never would feel secure of his position. Why then should Lord Palmerston be so simple as even to entertain the idea of again receiving Lord John into his Cabinet ? To do so would be a piece of consummate folly. It would be official suicide. Lord Palmerston never stood higher in public estimation than he does at this moment ; nor was his position as Premier ever :core secure. Why then gratuitously introduce an element into his Administration which, before long, would inevitably prove his lull ? Even already a man so shrewd as Lord Palmer ston cannot have failed to discern indications of the most unequivocal kind that Lord John Russell's friends contemplate his speedily superseding the present head of the Government in the Premie rship, and that they only regard his admission into the Cabinet as the first step towards that end. They plainly state—and thereby betray th e clove n foot —that Lord Palmerston's day is near l y don e ; that Lord John Russell is ten years younger than he ; and that the ex-Home Secretary alone would be a fit successor of Lord Palmerston. This is actually stated, in so many words, by a journal which first suggested Lord John's re-introduction into the Cabinet, and which may be regarded as the organ of the Bedford family. We therefore warn Lord Palmerston against the folly which some of Lord John's friends say he is half inclined to commit. We are unwilling to be lieve the representations made to us on this point by the friends of him who would have sold not only Dietetic' but all Europe to Russia, at the Congress of Vienna in 1855. Perhaps no greater weakness can be detected in the character of Lord Palmer ston than his belief that Lord John Russell is still a man of some political importance. He is nothing of the kind. He is a perfect cipher ; or if he be good for anything, it is only for weakening what ever Ministry he may chance to be connected with. We put the question to Lord Palmerston, whether he has ever found any difficulty in carrying on the government of the country since Lord John ceased to be connected with it ? If the Premier will be but. plain and candid in answering the quest i on , he will unhesit a ti ng l y say, that so far from the exclu sion of Lo r d J ohn f rom t h e C a bi ne t bbi n g an ob stacle to th e satisfactory conduct of pu blic affairs, it has, o n th e contrary, em i nent l y con tributed to the sm oo th- sa ili ng o f t h e vesse l o f th e State under his presidency at the helm. Should Lord Palmerston entertain en.y n e . v s e o r ".. over tures that may be made to him by the friends to the Noble Member for the City he will will not only tender him a seat in the Cabinet, have the rime Minister j o e f o t p h a e rd Q i suee Queen s own but h e positionwill notas .tehroeehnl. f his overthrow. sym pathy pt . the people in the . - t There will be but one to have his heels that will be, that he _d o o ‘ n. Lord Palmerston, it tripped up by Lord J had enough of his quondam feseehrenFsnon the subject, and. might be supposed, has colleague already, an d could not be expected to wish for any more. Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretaryship by L or d John ; an opportunity does not mean to give th 'Atter ; 1851, from the was expelled, i n we hope of berepeating the game, as regards t h e Premiership. ' on this—that those are not his real frie nds, be th e y who they may, ord Palmerston may dep en d who counsel him t o rece i ve Lord John ba ck into his Ministry. H e oug ht t o feel thankfu l that circumstanc e s occurred when him a happy riddance of the ex theytio rn e did, t o gi v Secretary.e ABRANGRMENTS FOR FORWARDING MAILS TO CANADA. —Letters for Canada, unless specially addressed to be sent by any particular route or by any particular line of packets, .will i r n future b e f orwarded, as a rule, b y th e first mail-packet, wheth er B r i t i sh or Cana di an , which way be despatched fr om t hi s [ country a f ter they are posted. The Briti s h packets leave L i verpo ol every Saturday, and th e C anadian packets are appointed te ball from that p ort once a month dur i n g the winter season, commenci ng on W e d nes d a y, the 26th i nstant. The rates of postage chargeable on letari, &c., by these two lines (,1 packets will remain as heretofore.—By command of th e P os t mas t er General, R OWLAND RILL, S•.ch.tary.—Gakt.ral Post-office, Nov. 22. 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Mr. Rolt applied for the postponement of the hearing of the appeal in this case from the decision delivered by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley yesterday, ou the ground that if the arguinents were opened to-day they could not be finished, and it was uncertain whether their lordships would sit to-morrow. Sir F. Kelly said he wished their lordships would fix a certain day for the hearing of the appeal. He did not wish it to be left in doubt when the appeal would come on. After a short consultation amongst the learned counsel, Lord Justice Knight Bruce said the hearing of the ep peal would stand over until to-morrow week. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. To-day was appointed for hearing his Honour's decision as to the form of the balaace•shoot which the directors would be required to furnish, and copies of the proposed form had been given to Mr. Read and Mr. Mason, who ap peared for them. Mr. Read objected to the account extending from 180 to 1536, and said that if it began so far back as 1819, no director but Mr. Esdaile could sign the balance•sheet. He proposed that every director should attach his signature to a statement of affairs at the time of the afU udication, and that the balance-sheet should be filed by Mr. Esdaile some what after the form proposed, omitting only such details as appeared in the statement of affairs. Tho other di rectors, he thought, might adopt the half-yearly balance sheet as it stood, as it would sate immense trouble. His Honour thought the form should stand, but that the directors should only sign for the time of their direc torship, and that they should have the option of filing distinct balance sheets from the time they bocanie directors. Mr. Mason observed that the accounts of the Bank were regularly balanced and laid before the directors each morning, and his clients would adopt those of the morning on which they became directors, and then proceed to show where the assets had been over estimated. The error of the Bank throughout appeared to have been,over-estimat ing their assets. The learned Commissioner said—A form of balance sheet, distinct from the statement to the official assignee, would be required. These directors had little to do with the deficiency, but wore equilly interested in the general statement of affairs, and they would, therefore, finish a detailed account during their directorship. The form was then agreed to. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE BAINBRIDGE AND DELL.-ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE. ALLEGED CONCEALMENT OF PROPERTY. These bankrupts were described as of Southwark-bridge road, boot and shoe manufacturers, and to-day was ap pointed for their last examination. Mr. Turner appeared for the assignees to oppose the bankrupts passing; Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, for Bainbridge ; and Mr. Warrand for Dell. Mr. Turner said that in this case the bankrupts had only been in business for about five months, and now owed to creditors 2,7511., and the assets were only 61. 4s. 6d., and during that time they had obtained leather from one credi tor, a Mr. Smith, to the amount of 1,3001., and nothing like an account of their trading could be given, almost the whole of the items being unvouched, and the books given up could not be considered the genuine books of the firm. Bainbridge himself absconded to America, but subse quently returned and surrendered. He submitted that it was a case in which the bankrupts should be adjourned sine die. His Honour said they could never pass on the present accounts. Bainbridge was examined, and said that he went to America partly on pleasure, and partly to see whether he should like to settle there, but he returned to England and found that he had been made bankrupt. He did not know they were in difficulties when he left, and he sup posed the stock had been used up. His Honour—Have they given any account of stock bought and sold, and profit and loss ? Mr. Bell, the official assignee —Nu ; they have not. His Honour—Then I will not pass them till they have, and shall adjourn them without day, with protection for a month. Mr. Beard asked his Honour to direct the assignees to state in writing what they required. Mr. Turner said that if they required more than what the learned commissioner had directed, he would give notice within a week. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) FORGERY. Robert Charles Wyatt, aged 19, a clerk, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously forging and uttering two orders for the payment of 2501. and 91., with intent to de. fraud the London and Westminster Bank. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. July, 1850, and transported for seven years, and that he REDUCTION was liberated on the 13th of the present month. Mr. Combe said he was surprised that such a character should have been allowed a ticket-of-leave. From the do cument handed to him by the constable it appeared that his sentence would have expired in a few months ; b es id es that he perceived a piece of parchment attached to it, gi v . ing him a character. The latter set forth that " George White's conduct was rather good on the public works, but indifferent in the prison." Now, he should have thought that sufficient for the authorities to hive detained him until the expiration of his senteuc', and not send such a character loose on the world with a ticket-of-leave. He asked the prisoner when he was liberated from Portland Prison ? The prisoner replied that his ticket of leave was dated the 10th instant, but he was not liberated until the 15th. Mr. Combs —What, only out of p7issm a few days, after suffering six years' penal servitude, and thou commi:, a paltry robbery. What are you ? Prisoner—Nothing at all, sir. However, I deny having stolen the beef. 111 r. Combs was not at all surprised at the numerous burglaries and garrotte robberies being committed daily all over the metropolis, when such characters were allowed liberty with tickets of leave. In the present instance the liberated convict immediately returned to his old practices without even making an attempt to gain an honest liveli hood. Ile should commit him to Newgate for trial, and he hoped the judge who tried him would particularly notice his ticket of leave. Last night a public meeting, called by the association recently formed fer the reduction of this tax from ltid. to 7d. in the pound, was held at the London Tavern, Sir J. Duke, M.P., pre,iding. The large room was densely crowded during the proceedings. On the platform were a large number of the committee and various influential gentlemen of the city who h ave taken a l ea di ng part in the movement. Th 3 CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, observed that the present large attendance showed the deep irit, rest felt in this important puhject. In his place ie Parlia ment he had always endeavoured to support a distinction between a tax upon income and a tax upon properly, and, indeed, hedid not remember ever having beard tleit the pr proposition contrary,t denied ev e n by h er M a j es ty' s Mi n isters. On they had always simply stated that there were other circumstances which rendered an alteration of the tax impossible. He believed, however, that if the people e euld call upon their representatives in the House of Commons to tell the Government that the tax must be altered the Government would, somehow or other, find the means of complyin g with their wishes. The question , v as on e i n w hi ch the great constituency of the city of Lenclou was particularly interested, and he was iglad his p t o power in the np rotti ng opportunity t he of objectrendering which they had soy as s an c i n o view. It could not be just that the man who by diligence and attention to business earned jut sufficient to main tain his family in comfortable circumstances should be treated in the same manner as a person who poseseed real property, and could lay his head upon his pillow every night with the certainty of findiu g something at hand to support his family the next day. He did object to the income tax so much on the ground of it, inquisitorial character as upon the broad ground o f its injustice. He tru,tecl teat his views wouidcoaisn cide with those of the meeting generally, and he sured them of his readiness to do everything i n his power to give effect to their wishes. (Cueers.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY then moved the following reso lution : " That the present enormous charge of 161 in the pound levied on income is, from the mode of its assessment, most oppressive and unjust; and, as the understanding at the time of passing the acts of Parliament by which the tax was increased was that they were to continue in force for one year after the termination of the war, and no longer, this meeting is of opinion that those acts of Parliament ought to be repealed from and after the sth April next." He congratulated the chairman on the position which he occupied at that meeting. As one of the members for the city of London he only showed a proper appreciation of the trust reposed in him by attending large meetings of his constituency on political matters of this kind, in order to make himself acquainted with their wishes, NO as t: be enabled to advocate their views in his place in Pariiament. He (Mr. Alderman Sidney) hoped that in taking part in the proceedings he should not be accused of acting in anything like a querulous or disloyal spirit Speaking for himself and for the majority of the meeting he believed he might safely say that they had never shown a desire to exhibit disloyalty on the one hand, or dissatisfaction with those intrusted with the confidence ef the Sovereign on the other. In the City of London of late years no attempt had been made to perplex her Majesty's Government unnecessarily, but he was sure that the people of London and of England felt at the presenternoment that they were justified in coming for ward to arrest oppression and injustice. The meeting bad been called together to consider the operation of the Income tax. That tax had now been laid upon the peo ple for a period of 14 years. At the termination of the war in 1816 the income tax was so strongly felt to be op pressive that the Government of that day recommeeded its entire repeal, and from the year 1816 to the year 1812, though we t ad various Administrations, not one of them had thought it right or expedient to lay anything upon the shoulders of the people in he shape of property or ,ncome tax. In 1842 Sir Robert Peel, one of the cleverest -tatesmen who had ever wielded the destinies of this ountry, was at the head of affairs, and, putting it upon the ground of expediency, and as a temporary necessity, ne asked the people to submit to a three years' income tax, so as to enable the revenue to rebound from the fi,cel ~Iterations which he was then about to submit to Parlia nent. In that year, namely, 1842, several hundred ar soles affecting the manufacturing and commercial lute :•ests were either totally relieved or greatly modified in :he duty placed upon them, which was thought to be a great public boon. In the same year the manufacturing osperity of the country was at a low ebb, disturbances , ad taken place in Manchester and the neighbourhood, sod it was a matter of great anxiety with the Ministry old Parliament how to prevent a recurrence of disasters vhieh had been most destructive to the country. It vas therefore proposed to reimpose an income tax. Sir Robert Peel defended the measure, not upon the greune it the justice of the tax, because he confessed that it was unequal in its pressure and in its operation ; hut he ted Parliament that it was only for a tempera.ry purpose. A iee of 7 1. in the pound wasthen imposed for three year-, :rut in 1845, instead of keeping his word, Sir Robert Peel round further necessities for continuing the tax. It mu-t not, however, be forgotten that from 1842 to 1845 Sir Robert Peel had introduced great and popular measurse, and that not only had he relieved the trading and inane lecturing interests to an amazing extent, but that he tad instructed the tax collectors in the country to re• , pect the returns made by individuals, and not to raise an objecting voice except in eases ss here there were good ;rounds for believing that the returns given in did not correspond with the actual incomes enjoyed. In 1845 the tsx was continued, but many other duties were taken off, the tariff was lightened, and the country ap peared satisfied with the tax for tree years more. In 1848 there was another Ministry in office, and Sir C. Wood, who was the.. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, admired the working of the income tax so much that he .uodestly proposed to double it. The consequence was hat meetings were held throughout the country, protests were made, petitions were sent ti Parliament, and in the end Sir Charles withdrew his proposition, and simp:y proposed the continuance of the tax for another year at 7d. Ii 1849 Parliament consented to swallow the tax for three more years, and in 1852 Mr. Gladstone endea vour to make its working more equal, and showed that it could be repealed altogether in 1860, when the lung annuities fell in. We had thus had the tax for 14 years, and we were to have it by statute for four years longer. he interim we had had a war with Russia, and he had no doubt the general feeling was that that war was , ise ar.d necessary. (Cheers.) Indeed that feeling had peen shown by the readiness with which th 6 country had submitted to an increased taxation amounting to some thing like 30,000,0001. per annum for the last two years. (Rear, hear.) He thought that the opinion of the people, when expressed at such meetings as this, (ight to be re pected, and he believed it was their unanimous opinion hat the income tax was unjust and oppressive ; nor was t equal in its operation, inasmuch as it did not affect the owners of realised property in the same degree as those whose incomes were derived from trades and pro fessions. It affected to an immense extent tee middle classes of society, and if it affected them only in pro portion to the actual amount of the income they realised he thought he should scarcely oppose it. It was, how ever, because it operated upon the few that he stood there to denounce it. He did not speak theoretically, with a view of catching the popular feeling at a 'fleeting of that kind, but he was enabled to state of his own knowledge that just in proportion as a man was struggling with adverse circumstances, so in proportion was ho oppressed doubly, trebly, and quadruply by the tax assessor in regard to the income tax. (Hear, hear.) Sir R. Peel promised that the tax should he levied justly, with every consieeration to the honest and hardworking ratepayers. But what class was it from which the as sessors of income tax were chosen ? Most:y from the class of retired tradesmen—men, he did not ,hesitate to say, most unfitted for the office. They were paid, too, in proportion to the return made to the assessment, and men who had only filled obscure positions were all at once remunerated by an incem6 of 6,0001. or 7,0001. s-year for carrying out a system of espionage into the private affairs of the people at large. (Cheers.) Leaving the question of injuetice, he considered that, in a moral point of view alone, the present system was wrong. \' hen the people assented without a murmur to the increased taxation in order to carry on the war, it was promised by the Government that the double income tax should cease in April next, and therefore the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by extending the time to 1858, committed a , gross breach of faith. In conclusion, he said if the ma jority of the meeting_ considered the income tax unjust and obnoxious, and that the mode of its collection was by a system of espionage, encouraged by the Govern ment, they would declare to their representative their intention to raise their voices unanimously against its continuance. As a citizen of London he would not vote fur any member of Parliament who would not endeavour to procure its rerniesion. (Cheers.) Mr. T. S. GORING seconded the resolution, observing that he bad been for some time endeavouring to roue the public to a proper sense of the grievance Iv - er which they all laboured. No one grudged his share of the taxation imposed in order to release trade from re striction ; and not only that, but when it was increased on account of the war they did not object to it. But peace had returned, and with it they had a right to ex pect the blessings of peace ; and one of the principal of those blessings was a relief from financial burdens. (Cheers.) He did not object to the principle of direct taxation, and was opposed to exemptions in the abstract. The practical grievance under which they laboured was the war-tax, the removal of which would be a substan tial relief, and would not preclude them from considering any further relief with respect to the original tax, or in quiring into the manner in which it was levied. Look jug at the position of the country, they could not expect to obtain relict from the whole tax, but they had a posi tive claim on the Government fur the remittance of the a iditional impost. That was what they must first en deavour to obtain. They had a distinct a d positive pledge from the Ministry that the tax should cease tes the conclusion of war, but they bad taken advantage • f a miserable quibble, for to all intents and purposes th• moment the treaty of Paris was signed it took effect, and had it not, happened that Russia and Turkey had been so distant the ratifications would have been exchanger) long before they actually were, and in such case the tax must have been remitted next April. (Cheers.) Such a breach of faith as had been committed by Goverrm:nt would r.ot be tolerated a moment in a private contract. The Government had insisted, like Slsileck, upon its bond, its pound of flesh, and it would, be hoped, find that, like Shyl oc k , i t would b e pu t o ut of court. At the same time, the country, on its part, had tacitly pro raised that th e or i g i na l tax should remain till 1860, and it they wanted the Government to keep faith with the People fur th e rem i ss i on of the war-tax in 1856 they must keep faith with it as to the remainder. This being the state of thines,, what hop es were there thatth_oey would succ e ed ? At the eneof the last peace the G 1814 the war-tax was taken off with p ve n r si n t n io le n o . t l and the nation were in the same relative o d s i e 4 ( t i i c i t t p h l e ed e g s cea thatpe of ai` - - the nest year f i N t : go o a l e l d o n e from casQ Elba in 1815 ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. Frederick Huggins, labourer, aged 17, was charged with stealing 7 paper boxes and 48 neck ties, value 4/. 175., the property of Richard Rellaby, of Huggin lane, City, his master. Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and detailed the circumstances of the robbery to the jury, which were very simple and not worth publishing. Mr. Lilly defended the prisoner, and made a very powerful and ingenious defence, layipg much stress on his youth and this being the first time he had ever been charged with such an offence. Hs called several wit nesges who gave the prisoner an excellent charaqter. The Common Sergeant summed up, and The jury found the prisoner guilty, and strongly recommended him to mercy on account of the excellent character he had received. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to 6 months' imprisonment with hard labour. , ARSON. Charles Butler, labourer, 25 years of age was charged with feloniously setting fire to the dwelling house of Mr. W. Read, he And other persons being therein. Iu a second count the prisoner was charged with intending to injure the said W. Read, and in a third count with in. tent to commit a burglary. No learned counsel appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidenceof Phillips, a policeman, that on the night of the 13th of October, he was watch ing in a barn near the prosecutor's house; 16, Warwick place, Peckham. It was a foggy night, and his attention was attracted by a light at 2 o'clock, in the direction of the prosecutor's house. He went there and found the prisoner. He apprehended him, and on taking him to the police station he tried to escape. At the station the pri soner was searched, and, on him was found a clasp knife very greasy. The policeman, after charging the pri soner, returned to the prosecutor's house and ex amined the premises. He then found that one of the shutters had been burnt in order to facilitate its be ing cut through with a knife such as that found on the prisoner. There ware a number of chippings strewed about on the ground under the window. He also found a piece of candle near the same place. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was mar ried a few weeks previous to the 13th Oct., and that having on that day had a few words with " the mis ses Z' he left his home. He thought he had got into a field to lie down for the night, but he afterwards found it was the prosecutor's garden. He picked the knife up in the garden, and he had not been there five minutes when the policeman apprehended him. The Common Sergeant having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty on the first count. The Common Sergeant then directed sentence of death to be recorded against the prisoner, and directed that a communication should be made to the Home Secretary as to what punishment should be inflicted on the prisoner. Sentence of death was accordingly recorded against him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. ROBBERY BY A TICKET-OF-LEAVE CONVICT. George Welk, an ill-looking young fellow, who has only within the last few days recoived his tielzet-of-lea ve from Govern ment, having been transported for seven years, was brought up in the custody of Kina,ham, 507 A, charged with the following daring robbery William Lister, a lad in the employ of Mr. Putley, butcher, Blackmore-street, Borough, stated that on the previous evening he was carrying a tray of meat on his shoulders to leave at the houses of different customers. While he was passing Dodson, the baker's, the prisoner and another rushed out of an adjacent court, and nearly pushed him down. He then saw the prisoner snatch a largo piece of beef off the tray and run away with it. Witness pur sued him and saw him drop it, and a minute or two after wards he saw him in custody. The prisoner here denied having taken the beef. The reason he ran was because he saw other persons running. Police constable 507 A said he took the prisoner into custody, and on searching him found a tied et•of-leave in hirpocket, which certified that the prisoner was tried in 261 6 14 1 1 MARLBOROUGH STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING VALUABLE Boor.— William Kortri,ght, 133, Cambridge-street, Ec cleston•square, and Beresford Augustus Christmas, of the same address, were brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing, at Brampton -park, Huntingdonshire, a quantity of valuable books, the property of Lady Olivia Sparrow. A great number of books were produced in court, some of them of the greatest rarity and very little known but to bibliopolists. Amongst them were au ele gant copy of the " Eastratii in Aristotle," formerly be longing to Francis the First, and a copy of " Prynne's Re cords," with the royal arms embossed on the cover. There was also a manuscript Bible o`f groat value. The first witness called ;as Mr. Toovey, book seller, No. 177, Piccadilly, who produced " Prynnes Records" and the " Eustratii in Aristotle," of the latter there being only one other copy extant, and stated that yesterday afternoon, the prisoner, Kortright, entered his shop and offered the books produced for sale, as also several other books which he had got in a cab at the door. He examined the books, and seeing from their titles that they were of great rarity and very valuable, he questioned the prisoner about them. Prisoner said he had purchased them abroad, and that the books were above price, especially the Eustratii, there being only one other copy in existence, and that was in the possession of Lord Gosport. He told the prisoner to call again, and he would i think the matter over. Between his first and second calling Lord Gosport same in, and witness showed the books to his lordship, who knew the books as soon as he saw them, and named them without even opening them, as also other books which he had at the same time. His lordship told witness that no one was at liberty to sell the books, as they were heir-looms. His lordship then said he would go out and seek advice on the matter ; and, in the meantime, Kortright came again, and he then gave him ten guineas for the books for the purpose of retaining them. This was only in part pay ment. At this juncture his lordship returned, and he then told him what he had done. • Witness then told the prisoner he must explain the matter further before he could deal with him. Kortright said the owner of the books was in a cab at the door, and introduced the pri soner Christmas to them. As soon as Christmas entered the shop he told him to explain the matter to his lordship. They left the room, and the prisoner remained in conver sation with his lordship. He had previously had dealings with Chi istmas. Lord Gosport said he never was mere surprised than when he saw the books produced lying on the counter in Mr. Toovey's shop; and on bearing from Mr. Toovey th3t they had been offered for sale, he went out, and having secured the services of a detective officer, wont back to Mr. Toovey's, where he saw one of the prisoners with " Prynne's Records" underhis arm. The other prisoner ha 4, the other book. His lordship then fetched in the officer, and told the prisoners no one had the power of selling the books. Christmas then took his lordship into the back shop and begged he would be lenient with him. He told him he had no power to be so as he had a duty to perform. The prisoner then told him he became acquainted with a grandson of Lady Olivia Sparrow's, and by that means he had access to the house. He asked him if the name of Elliott, given by him to Mr. Toovey, was his correct name. Prisoner said it was not. His lordship subsequently went down to Brampton Hall, and he found the books produced were missing from the library. His lordship had known them from his childhood. Mr. Beadon (to the prisoners)—Have you any questions to ask of his lordship. Prisoners—No, your worship ; the evidence has been very truly stated. Mr. Beadon=Then I shall remand you for a week. MARKET NEWS.—(This Pay.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 10s ; clover do., 3/ 10a to 5/ 103; and straw, 1/ 4a to 1/ 9a per load. Trade dull. CuM➢ERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 12s ; clover do., 3l 108 to 5/ 103 ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 105 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5110 s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lOs per load. Trade hoary. COLONIAL. TEL.—The market has been very quiet, and the busi ness transacted of a very limited character, at about pre vious prices. A few parcels of the new description called Moning have realised 2s 4d per lb. for the finest qualities. SUGAR.—The high rates demanded by holders has tended to confine transactions to only immediate wants, and the few parcels disposed of realised fully previous quotations, and were taken chiefly for home consumption. Owing to the reduced stocks in second hands prices are not expected to be lower for some time to come. In the refined market a rise of about is per cwt. has taken place. COFFEE.—There has been rather more inquiry for both foreign and colonial descriptions for exportation, and prices have slightly improved Native Ceylon choice qua lities realise 52s 6(1 to 51s, and fine plantation 59s to 61s ; superior qualities 66s to 80s per cwt. RlCE.—There continues to be a good demand, and fully former prices are realised for all qualities. Rum.—Not much business has been done, but quotations rule very high. Leewards, 2s 2,i1 to 2s 3d ; Demerara, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per proof gallon. TALLOW.—There has been a very buoyant market, and prices have exhibited an upward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot, 58s to 588 3d per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 26.—Wind this day at noon. N. There has been a sudden change in the weather. Yesterday it was exceedingly mild with the wind at W., and last night it rained heavily. This morning there was a frost, and now it is fine clear weather, with the wind from the north ward and very cold. The barque Albion, of London, tim ber laden, waterlogged and abandoned with back broken, was passed on the 21st inst., Haustatman light bearing E.N.E , distant 40 miles, by the Ossian (s.s.), arrived in the river from St. Petersburg. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Wind N. W,—Off the port —Lark, from London, for Padstow to stop a leak. FALMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Off the port— Mary Robinson, from Calcutta. The barque Clymene, for Savannah, was spoken on the 31st Oct., having on board the crew of the American ship Colonel Cutts, from London and Cardiff, for New Orleans. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21.—Arrived—Madrid (s.), from Gibraltar, &c. COWES, Nov. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived—Orient, from Rio Janeiro; Helios Louisa, with bowes stove and loss of bowsprit. HAMBURG, Nov. U.—The Hermes, from London to this port, has been totally lost in the Tilde, in the Elbe; crew landed at Cuxhaven. (PER ELECTRIC' TELEGRAVEL) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning Wind N.E. Off—City of Mobile, Webster, and Neptune, from New York; Eleanor and Fanny S. Porley, St. John's, N. 8.; Empress, for Baltimore; Athlone, Madras; Patna, Wham poa ; Othello, Alexandria. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 21. Wind N.W. Arrived—Hermes, from Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 22. Wind W.N.W. Off—Jessie, from St. Andrew's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, TtlefivlAy, 9.50 a.m. Wind N., strong ; tide 21 hours' ebb; weather fresh and She. Sailed, Nov. 25.—Paris and London, steamer, for Paris. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.39 mu, Wind N., strong. Passed—Eglantine, from the north, for Bordeaux ; Cice rone, Inverkeithing, Malaga. We understand Miss Rothschild, eldest daughter of Baron acd Baroness Lionel Rothschild, is shortly to be married to Baron Alphonse Rothschild, son of Baron C. Rothschild, of Paris. We are glad to hear that very favourable tidings of the progress of Viscount Ebrington to convalescence were received at Castle Hill of late. The Atalanta steamer, which was in collision with th e steam-ship Sultan, will be ready for sea thiS evening. The Atalanta runs between Southampton and the Channel Islands as a cargo vessel. SUICIDE BY DISEMBOWELLING. - It is our painful duty to announce the death, by Ills own hands, of Mr. Benjamin Jones, one of the oldest and most respectable citizens of Petersburg. The dreadful act was committed early yesterday morning by means of a razor, with which Mr. Jones disembowelled himself. Drs. Withers and Brodnax, the family physicians of the deceased, were sent for by those who first discovered his situation, and with other physicians, were soon in attendance. But, although Mr. Jones was alive when they reached his house, he died immediately after the wounds were sewed up by Dr. Brodnax. The deceased bad recently a severe spell of illness, and, although he had rallied from it, he laboured under great depression of spirits. He was 73 pan of age. —Petersburg (Virginia) lataligencer.