The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-03 00:00:00

If a nation were in a condition that its administration and security could be maintained without exacting that -tax upon. the value of commodities, which constitutes, not the whole national income, but, as usually levied, what is termed the indirect public revenue, then no duty whatever should be levied, either upon articles pro duced at home, or upon those imported from foreign countries. A public revenue being indispensable to defray the necessary public expenditure, property, whether in land, or in commodities produced at home, or imported from abroad, ought to be taxed, or made to yield up annually a just proportion of its rent or profit equal to the amount of the annual leg itimate claims upon the nation. This proportion of th annual rent, or profit, of property, would then form the whole amount of equitable taxa tion. levied upon all that could equitably constitute the whole national income. • If commodities which enter into home consumption ,are to be taxed, the equitable scale of levying this tax would be, to levy exactly - the same duty upon an ar ticle produced at home as upon a similar article imported from abroad. There can be no other equitable scale of taxing com modities, whether produced at home, or imported from abroad for domestic consumption. The producer never pays the tax upon the article he produces ; he must add, to make any profit by it, the duty or tax, as well as his profit, to the cost of produc tion, and then the consumer pays the whole, including the tax. Whoever produces the article consumed, or wherever it is produced, the consumer pays, not the cost of pro ducing it, but the whole market value of the article, in cluding. every tax upon it. The producer is, however, limited in his sales by the article he produces being highly taxed, whether at home or abroad, and his profits are also diminished by taxes, either at home or abroad, upon the article which he produces, as well as by the taxes upon every article which he consumes. If the market value of the home-produced article be higher than the cost of a similar article produced and imported from abroad, that difference of valuearises from a restriction upon the admission for consumption of the cheaper article, either by actual prohibition or by high duties forming practical prohibition, er by duties so high that the foreign article can only be imported and used at prices equal to the amount both of its natural market value and also of the tax added, either for revenue or to protect the article produced at home. The diff,trence between the natural price of an article imported from abroad, and the higher price of a similar article produced at home, is a tax imposed upon the whole community, in order to put the amount of that dif ference into the pocket of the producer of the home made article ; it is also a far greater burden upon the nation, which is further taxed to the value of so much of the labour, production, trade, and navigation, which the protective tax restricts. If taxation upon articles of consumption be indispen sable to meet the cl.ims upon the public revenue, then, if a quarter of wheat impoi ted from Prussia, Odessa, or elsewhere, pay a duty of 85 , or 45., when entered for consumption in the United Kingdom ; in like manner, every quarter of wheat produced at home ought, on sound principle, to pay a duty of Bs. or 4s. ; or, if 1121 b. of sugar imported from Jamaica .pay a duty of 245. when entered for consumption, there should be no distinction made to the consumer, when he pays a tax on the sugar he uses, whether it has been produced in Bengal, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Java, or elsewhere ; or if a gallon of distilled spirits produced and consumed at home be taxed 10s., in that case agallon of distilled spirits, whether imported from France, Hot. land, the West Indies, or elsewhere, ought to pay no more, when consumed in the United Kingdom, than a tax of 10s. In accordance, therefore, with the foregoing princi ples, that country which possesses average advantages from nature, and whose population possesses the greatest industry, ingenuity, and intelligence, will, if unfettered from legislative restriction, become, in proportion to its extent, resources, and advantages, the most flourishing country in the world; or at lea. t as prosperous as any other country with equal natural and moral advantages, and legislating upon equally liberal principles. We believe that the United Kingdom possesses all the requisite advantages to become that which nothing but false legislation prevents, viz , far more independent, prosperous, and far more rich and powerful, and with the whole popillati,n far less poor, far better employed, more fairly paid for their labour, better sheltered, clad, and fed, and more comfortable than that, at the present tin.?, of any other country in the world. The agriculture, the manufactures, the shipping, the foreign and colonial trade, and the power of the United Kingdom might, in their present stage, be viewed as only . in their infancy, instead of being considered as baring before now attained manhood, if those sound iprincip!es of fiscal and commercial legislation. which we have attempted to elucidate, but which are not new, were boldly taken up, in order to be carried by the Imperial Parliament. , I v. FINANCIAL REVISION. 1. REVISION OF THE ASSUSEDAisI; INCOME TAXES. The most convenient adjustment of the present as sessed taxes oould be to abolish them altogether, and substitute a direct tax upon tile profits of all realised property. A revenue of from 10,000,0001. to 12 000 000/. might be raised by this simple and just method of direct taxation ; and we are con fident, from what we have observed in France, Austria, Prussia, and some other States, that its collection would in a short period be found less grievous to the inhabi• tants (f Great Britain than the existing vexatious and inquisitorial assessed taxes. But we are not blind to the Parliamentary obstacles opposed to such an equi table tax in suibstitution of the existing assessed and in come taxes, and to provide for other taxes which we propose to abolish. One obstacle to our plan is the Land Tax Redemption Act of 1789—certainly the greatest financial blunder ever committed by a British statesman. The rotten ness of one measure of expediency will ever be found to give biith to some other unsound expedient, to palliate for the time what is only curable by a bold anti sound remedy.. Temporary expediencies, without any certain provision fur future exigencies, cceasiored the iiiianc.al dif f iculties that called forth the Rank Restriction Act. The embarrassments in which this Act involved the then Chancellor of the lehequer made him seize upon the most available expedient:: that was, to offer up for sale the fixed revenues of Groat Britain. The history of this mea sure, as far as it has been carried into effect, may be usefully instructive in showing how little advantage had been gained to the Treasury, not only in ' proportion to the amount of revenue lost, but especially as regards the obstacle which the Land Tax Redemption Act has formel to a - sound adjustment of the taxation of Great Britain. Had the land-tax been completely, instead of partially redeemed, this -difficulty in the way of financial legislation would have been greatly dimi nished; but, as it is, it has formed a plea fbr not im posing any further tax upon land. But to this plea we are honestly bound to demur. Another difficulty opposed to an equitable adjustment of the assessed taxes is the circumstance of there being no such taxes levied in Ireland. The justice, again. of this exemption in one, and of liability in the other two, of the three United Kingdoms, would be a task requiring powers of more than ordinary ability to defend. The justice of the exemption we deny. Taking the assessed taxes of Great Britain as we now rind them, and considering them to be not only inquisitorial and grievous in the collection, but exceed ingly injurious in their application. being detrimental to industry and to the employment of artisans and the la bouring classes, we c onf id er the following revision as the most equitable, whi c h may be adopted with the least objection in practiee, and with the greatest safety to the Reel:4ll:er. The net amount of land, and other assessed taxes, 4): 1844. was .................... • The net amount of land, and other assessed Net amount of assessed taxes, exclusive of land-taxes The net amount ofland-tax 'faxes, for 1644 The nct ainount of land-lax Net amount of assessed taxes, exclusive of 13nd-tax All those taxes we propose to abolish, for the follow ing reasons :- 1. The window••tax, which yielded for the year 1839 £1,298,262 Reasons fur Abolition.—Being inquisitorial and vex ations in the assessment and collection ; injurious to the Lealth of the population ; being objectionable as regards architecture, cleanlines3, and restricting the employment in glass manufactures of joiners who make window frames, of glaziers and painters; and being a tax unequal is its assessment, as large houses do not require the OMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL LEGISLA rioN. (Continued from The Sun of Feb. 18.) HI. TAXES UPON CONSUMPTION. The Governments of nearly all countries have, pro bably as far back as their foundation, exacted tribute, or tolls, on the importation or exportation of commodities. The department of Government establishe' to levy those taxes was variously named. It was originally neither more nor less than a tollhouse erected at inland passes, or at landing-places, for collecting a tribute to be paid to the king or prince. In progress of time it grew up to be one of the most formidable departments of state, by the sea-coast, by straits, by rivers, and by land. In Ger many the name is still Zed, or toll ; in France, Douane ; in Italy, Dogana. Commodities produced in one country and imported into another country, to be used therein, can only enter .extensively into consumption when the price is as low as, or lower than, that at which similar commodities can be produced at home. The natural advantages or disadvantages of soil, climate, minerals, raw materials, geographical position, population, and the state of the arts and sciences, vary so greatly in one country from those of another, that some countries can produce same commodities which others cannot at equally low prices. Commodities which a country does not produce at all, or only at high prices, can be consumed by the non-pro ducing or dear producing country with more advantage .And in greater quantity, if those articles are purchased at and brought from the places where they are to be found at the cheapest cost. There is no country, with ordinary advantages, that .does not produce some commodities so cheaply as to find at market for what it produces, over its own consump tion, in some other country, and from which a different kind of article may be brought with profit in return. This interchange constitutes international trade. The more numerous or burdensome are the restric tions the more limited will this commerce be. The fewer and lighter are the restrictions the more ,extended will it prove. All experience form evidence of these facts. . . . same number of windows in proportion to rents as small and middle-sized houses. In the latter respect, the window-tax is particularly grievous. 2. Servants, yielding in revenue £201,482 Reasons.—Being a tax which limits the giving em ployment to servants, and, by their not being employed, the occupation of others is limited, as cloth manufac turers, tailors, hatters, shoemakers, &c., for their clothing, &c. Every limitation of employment, whether of servants or others, limits industry, and increases the poor -rates. 3. Carriages £447,467 Reasons.—This tax is grievous, as it limits to a most injurious extent the employment of artisans and work men, the great proportion of the - value of carriages, of whatever description, and their appurtenances, being the labour and skill of coach-builders, coach-spring makers, coach-smiths, curriers, cloth manufacturers, coach-pa mt ers and glaziers, harness makers, saddlers, &c. The em ployment of carriages creates also employment fur coachmen, servants, and horses, &c. 4. Horses for riding, &c., and other • horses and mules Reasons.—By the assessed taxes restricting the em ployment of horses for riding, and other horses and mules, &c., it is easy to prove that this tax does, to an immense amount, limit employment ; exercise for health and recreation is also greatly restricted by its expense. It is especially grievous as a tax on horses by the day. Countless thousands, who cannot afford to keep horses on account of the expense of feeding and taking care of them, would hire horses fre quently by the hour or day, were it not for the high duty on each time a horse is let. It is also injurious to curriers, sadlers, harness-makers, horse-cloth-makers, blacksmiths, stable-keepers, sellers of fodder and oats, grooms, &c. Horsedealers aCl2 739 Reasons.—Tax unjust. Why not tax other dealers? Dogs Reasons.—Chiefly that of abolishing the assessed taxes, and as the substitution to be proposed will justify the abolition of this tax. It is also inquisitorial, and an often-c , vaded tax. ' Hair Powder £6,082 Armorial Bearings £64,100 Reasons—The same as those for abolishing the dog. tax. Game Duties X150,504 Reasons—The same as those for abolishing the taxes on dogs. Now, the amount of the assessed taxes proposed to be abolished is about one-fourth of a million less than three millions. We believe, if all the grievances and inconveniences of the assessed taxes which we propose to abolish, and the convenience in collection of the tax we propose to substitute, and the far less inquisitorial nature of rating the rents or profits of real'sed property, were but clearly understood by Members of Parliament and their con stituents, that this great financial reform, which may appear to little men a bold measure, would be carried in the House of Commons without a division. In order to extend the direct tax upon property, we should, in equity, extend it to Ireland ; and we could show that the people of Ireland would not be treated unjustly by such taxation upon the rents and profits of realised pro perty, but that it would ever. be made beneficial to the improvement of that country, and to the condition of the inhabitants. STAMP DUTIES. This tax yields the Treasury— From Great Britain, about £6,750,000 From Ireland, about Total £7,203,487 . . The delay and restriction imposed by stamps upon trade and commerce would appear to justify the abolition of this tax altogether, but its amount is too important, in the existing financial condition of the United King dom, to permit such a measure of convenience as well as relief to the population. In some respects, it can not be highly objectionable ; deeds, and other acts and documents of great importance, owing much of their security against fraud and forgery to the stamp, may be made reasonably to bear an expense for this security. But, knowing that the stamp duty acts oppres ively in many respectr, we cannot pass it over without pro posing some alterations. The stamp duty upon fire insurances is annually about double the amount charged for insuring property; this high duty not only greatly prevents the insuring of pro perty, but property not insured is frequently exposed to danger by the firemen with their engines not exerting themselves to extinguish uninsured property, as they are directed by the companies who pay them to take care, in the first place, to preserve the property insured. On marine insurances the stamp duty is so heavy and pernicious, that a great part of the in surances w hi c h , would be effected. in England are made at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Hamburgh. The stamps, therefore, on fire and marine insurances, now yielding about a milli on an d a quarter, should bZ abolished. Licensing stage-carriages and hackney-coaches ap pears a duty which ought to be abolished; it produces something about half a million for Great Britain. Ireland is exempt from this duty on hackney-coaches and state-carriages. The licence-duty on them in Eng land is, however, not severely felt, nor very restrictive upon occupation ; while it forms to some extent a gua rantee fur the faithful performance of the obligations of the proprietors of carriages and their servants. The probate and legacy duty yields about two millions sterling annually for Great Britain, and for Ireland only 66,0321. It is a duty that may be evaded, by giving during life that which is bequeathed by the giver, only after his death, to the person who is to receive the legacy. The mistrust of the possessor, however, or the power that it gives him, while in life, does not often allow him to sur render his property until he is in a state unable any longer to meddle with it. So that while men continue to possess wealth, the treasury will receive a considerable revenue from the stamp duty on 'probates and legacies. But we cannot defend the principle of making personal estate liable to, and exempting real estate from this duty. This requires an equitable adjustment. The duties on hawkers' and pedlers' licences are grievous impositions upon itinerant dealers ; nor do we believe that those licences are of any advantage in pre venting fraud. The stamp duty on gold and silver plate is less objec tionable than many others. It is, however, considered inquisitorial, and may not be a security as to the purity of the metals, for the stamp may verily easily be forged. It yields about 100,0001., of which about 2,000 L only is paid in Ireland. _ Taking, therefore, into consideration the exigencies of the Treasury, we cannot well propose any diminution or abolition of the stamp duties, except upon, Fire and marine insurances, which would leave an annual revenue from stamps of at least All the stamp duties, however, require an equitable adjustment. POST-OFFICE. We have, long before the late change was made in the Post office charges, been of opinion that, as the Govern. ment should never possess a monopoly of trade, the Post-office charges should be regulated, not with a view to revenue, but to the purposes of covering all the ex penses required to convey letters and intelligence with security and with rapidity. The tax imposed upon the public by the late Post office reform is so very moderate, that while it still yields a considerable revenue, which we believe confidently will increase, no one can desire any alteration in the rate of postage. Mau of the recent arrangements of the Government for conveying the mails have been so extremely bene ficial, that great credit is due to the late and present Administration. There are, however, many places to which we would recommend morning mails to be dispatched. This would be beneficial, and would add no expense to the Post. office. The line of steam packets established by the Govenment contract with Mr. Cunard, fur carrying the mails twice a month across the Atlantic, between Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston, has not only already more than repaid the outlay made by the Government, but leaves every prospect of an increasing surplus of revenue. The fiscal considera tion would be effectually secured,fif such powerful steam boats as those of the Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston line were to be dispatched from Liverpool once a week during the eight spring, summer, and autumnal months, and once a ft.rtnight during the months of November, December, January, and February. The Post office would not only gain in revenue from this arrangement ; but this frequent intercourse would form a great and rapid line of communication be tween the whole of Europe and all North America, including all the countries from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Superior. It would, in practical effect, be connecting Europe and America in com mon intere ts, by convenient rapid communication forming, in truth, a great broad way of intelligence and civilization, and, with freedom of trade, the best means of increasing the commerce and prosperity reciprocally of, and maintaining peace and good faith between, the countries most interested. Under the old packet system between Falmouth and Halifax, by the gun-brigs, exclusive of the deplorable loss by foundering of nearly all those dangerous vessels, with all their crews and passengers, and expense to Govern ment, was about 40.0001. annually more than the re ceipts of postage. By the recent line of steam-ships, a large balance will, we believe, at the end of one year after the first packet steam-ship sailed from Liverpool, appear to the credit side of the Atlantic mails. Many other arrangements for carrying the mails by steam have been made by the Treasury and Admiralty. Traversing the world, from England to the Gulf of bli xico, and then overland, to meet other steam-ships, on the west of the Isthmus of Panama, to com municate over the Pacific to New Zealand and New Holland, meeting other lines communicating will India, the lied Sea ; and by crossing over the Istlunus of Suez, meeting the British mail steam-packets fey Eegltand at Alexandria, we believe to be far from an impracticable delusion. The practicable and not unprofitable establishment of all this is not far distant ; eereially when we all know how very lately the practicability of running steam-ships across the Atlantic was questioned, doubted, and de nied. The recent contracts for multiplying the steam communication with India, and by a branch line from Ceylon t o Chi na , w ill be found of immense advantage. The steam communication recently extended to the Levant is also important. There is another great consideration, one of economy, too, in the end, in regard to large, strongly built, and powerful steam-ships—that is, the readiness with which mail steam ships of great strength and power may be turned into steam-ships of war ; and that they may be de facto considered as such on the North American, West Indian, and Mediter ranean linos. Now, if that mail steam navigation were to belong to foreign countries, British capital no cleat would, we believe, be that chiefly invested in them ; yet in the event of war, they weal not only not be THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 3 1845. they would for themselves and the Church. Yet it must be confessed that he has opposed them ; at least if we could poll the 15,000, the great majority would confess that they have " shuddered" and "laughed" not a little at his professions of "a friendly spirit." Ask again the million and a half of poor. We doubt not the friendliness of his spirit towards them also; but certainly it has assumed a rather hostile form, as the shudders and laughs of the unhappy multitude would sufficiently testify on the smallest hint of Sir Robert's benevolence. The agriculturists also—poor souls—have ex perienced a few mouveinens divers. Indeed, what class has not in its turn been affected with tl•ese sardonic emotions? Yet the result will establish that our candid friend has been as successful in his friendship as he certainly has in his can dour. He has practised on all in turn sharply and severely. but for his own eventual good. Strange that he could fail to apply the lesson he has himself so forcibly taught and illustrated ! available to England, but they would in all the likelihood of probabilities, be turned against u 5. This, in the change which steam power must create in naval tactics, is a most serious consideration for the British Government and for the British public. We would therefore recommend that any, surplus re venue from the Post-office should be applied to increas ing the number of mail steam-ships. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TUB EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—Sir R. Peel grows wanton, or careless, and seems inclined to trifle alike with his supporters and the country. One or two triumphant divisions happening to combine with a little personal altercation in public, have ap parently weakened his discretion ; and he is tempted to abuse his " little brief authority" with those " fantastic tricks" which " make even angels weep." Members of Parliament do not weep,—but then they are not angels. Mr. Hogg,looking at the new differential duty on East India sugar, as a dry matter of business, and having faith in the Premier, sees nothing fantastic in the attempt to declare a difference by Act of Par liament where there is no distinction in fact. He, therefore, gravely remonstrates, makes a motion and a long speech ; and Mr. Hume seconds the motion in a short one. We do not counsel weeping in such cases; we think laughing would here have been somewhat more to the purpose. The utter impos sibility of carrying into practice a distinction between sugars " equal to white clayed," and " not equal to white cloyed,' is evidently not unknown to these gentlemen, and might, we should have supposed, have been deemed a sufficient guarantee that the attempt would either never be made, or be very quickly abandoned. Mr. Hogg's proposal to add the words, "in quality," arid so make subject to the higher duty only sugars " equal in quality to white clayed," does not get rid of, and scarcely diminishes, the difficulty. The other pro posal, to adopt as a test the amount of saccharine matter contained in the sugar to be charged, has the ap pearance of being more definite; but the adoption of any such standard is clearly at variance not only with the propo sition of the Government (so far as that can be made suffi ciently definite to admit of comparison), but also with every other proposition yet submitted, and also with every distinc tion, in respect to quality, hitherto made in fixing the duties. It can scarcely be necessary to say that it is net in the quantity of saccharine matter it contains, that the superiority of refined over raw sugar consists. The chief points of its superiority are, obviously, a higher degree of crystallisation, and a comparative freedom from colouring matter. But the former increases the quantity of the water of crystallisation in a given weight of sugar, and so tends to diminish the proportion of saccharine matter. Now, both the degree of crystallisation and the colour may, and do, vary infinitely ; and if we may place any dependence upon the assurance of those who possess the best practical information on the subject, it is not possible to draw a line at any particular point of refinement suf ficiently definite to be made the basis of any fiscal re gulation whatever. No two sugar dealers in England are, we believe, at this moment agreed as to what precisely i, and what is not, white clayed sugar. The Govern ment pretends ignorance of this. Mr. Goulburn knew it last year, and made good use of it in the debate upon the last alteration of the sugar duties. Yet, this year, Sir Robert Peel has not yet arrived at a know ledge of it. But then he declares he was not at liberty to make inquiries. Had he done so, people might have formed some notion of what he was about. The present measure re quired careful and secret preparation. Admitting this to be true is, at least, highly characteristic. Like a conjuror behind his curtain, preparing his next trick, Sir Robert is con tent to " dress up his statement" in the dark—to give altogether to his audience the benefit of what ever light there may be, in order to preserve the more com pletely the mystery of the coming display. He is willing to be ignorant of what everybody else knows, provided he can only keep them from guessing at what he is going to do. However, the display has now been made, and the effect found decidedly defective. The audience have enligh tened our worthy conjuror, and he will retire to con sider, and, if he can do no better, withdraw his "trick." A definition of what is meant by " white clayed sugar" is loudly called for. Sir Robert will try to make one, and —if he finds he cannot—why, he'll give it up :—" To the consideration of this point the Government would apply themselves; they had had ccrnmunication with the Custom-house, but it was, of course, difficult at present to speak to details ; and, under the circumstances, he should say the best course would be to allow the resolution to pass now ; and, unless the Go vernment could adopt some established rule as to what should be the quality of the sugar, it should be un derstood that his Hon. Friend should be at liberty to make a motion similar to that h e h a d now proposed to the House. In the interim the Govern men t wou ld cons i der the question. " Or course, what does not exist it is idle to seek for ; but if the new duty be at onc e a b an d one d , we s h a ll escape the dis putes which must hare arisen from having upon the statute book, even for a short time, a distinction which could not have been enforced in practice. STANDARD.—Mr. Duncombe last night brought for ward his motion, and what is more, brought forward his proofs. Mr. Duncombe's notions of a proof are extremely amusing, but not quite original. The genius of Fielding has in fact anticipated, though it has not equalled, the concep tion of the gay Member for Finsbury. " Can you deny," says Mrs. Gobble, " that you are a vagrum and a dilatory sort of person ? Han't the man with the satchel made an affidavy of it ?" "Can you deny," says Mr. Duncombe," that you opened my letters ; did not my man with the satchel, M. Mazzini, tell me last summer that some Post-office clerks told• him that they bad opened your letters two years be fore?" And this is Mr. Duncombe's whole case. We are not surprised that he held it so long and so carefully in reserve. Mr. Mazzini told him that he (Mazzini) had heard from certain Post-office clerks that they had opened Mr. Duncombe's letters in 1842. Mr. Duncombe having been, when he heard the fact, full two years quite in sensible to the painful pressure of that public disgrace, which he has found so intolerable ever since—informed of the open ing of his letters. To make the matter, however, if possible, more absurd, Mr. Duncombe moved, to call Colonel Ma berly to the bar, to explain what he (Mr. Duncombe) ought in the first place to prove by the evidence of the clerks. And then the whole was to be made the foundation of a legal proceeding Of what legal pro ceeding—a prosecution or a civil action ? Of a pro secution, then, the law would not allow parties to be examined to criminate themselves. Of a civil action ? We should like to see the instructions to the pleader who would have to draw the declara tion. " Certain letters unknown, upon certain days unknown, written to or by Mr. Thomas Duncombe, by or to certain persons unknown, were, at some time uncertain, in the year 1842, opened by A., 8., and C., clerks in her Majesty's Post-office, to the special damage of Mr. Duncombe. `Please draw a declaration in this case, and as sign the special damages very precisely." We think that this were a task to puzzle a pleader. But, if no criminal or civil proceedings at law could possibly be founded upon, Mr. Duncombe's motion, if successful, what was the use of it, ? Mr. (Des pard's plot) D'lsraeli shall tell ; for, that everything might be harmonious and complete, Mr. Duncombe's motion was se conded by the author of " Coningsby." Mr. D'lsraeli ad mits that such motions as he seconded are inconveniences, and evils ; incident to free government ; as the burning of cities and other like things are inconveniences and evils flowing from the same cause. Had he not been modost he might have added that the writing of libellous and immoral books and the libelling of honest and upright men by pri vilege of- Parliament, are also inconveniences and evils arising from a free constitution. So far Mr. D'lsraeli's propositions are indisputable; but his inference is open to exception. Our free Constitution may disable us from guarding against stupid and mischievous debates, fire raising, and slander ; but surely it does not justify any of these very inconvenient and mischievous practices. The poor fellows who were hanged at Bristol, by their brother reformers, were not al lowed the benefit of Mr. D'lsraeli's plea, and we do not see why any others ought to be allowed to avail themselves of it, when it was refused to those proto-martyrs of reform. We did hope to hear no more of Mr. D'lsraeli ; however, we scarcely regret that he obtruded himself last night, as his doing so gave opportunity to Sir Robert Peel to deliver a splendid speech, in a style from which his constitutional mildness and good humour generally restrain him. Mr, Duncombe's absurd motion was of course rejected. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The Post-office debate, vivacious enough in self, has been further enlivened by a spirited episode on corn. paratiye:claims of independence and party, the paramount lord ship of Premiers, and the concientious, or quasi conscientious, reserves of supporters. The title of this episode was " The Candid" Friend"—a character which it was the object of the various dramatis person to shift from their own shoulders, and assign to some one whom they had reason to think not so friendly as candid. We will freely confess our deep re grets that either friendship should be suspected, or candour depreciated. The experience of all ages, at least of the pre sent, shows that both are necessary. Without friendship there could not be party ; without candour there could be no improvement. Party sticks to a cry, to a name, to an arithmetical figure, to any sort of fixity and finality, how- ever superficial or trivial. Candour meanwhile developer such private wisdom as the individual partisan may happen to possess, and brings it to bear on the mass. In eliciting variety of opinions, it also elicits variety of rpsonrees. Vio lence of faction and tyranny of leadership are equally apt to cramp and stiffen party till it becomes aged and . incapable, fit only for entire and sudden extinction. A friendly candour, that is political attachment combined with personal independence, proceeding necessarily to the oc casional length of strenuous remonstrance and firm opposi tion, gives growth, development, and extended basis to the party. A judicious Premier will remember that he is not his party ; he will consider how much his supporters have sacrificed to support him, and will gratefully sacrifice some thing to leave them at least the name, if not the reality-, of freedom. He will recognise both agreement and difference, and by a system of timely concession or indulgent respect ac complish that the differences of partisans shall be the re newal of party. Candour is much too useful an element in politics to be rashly disparaged. But for the wise operation of a friendly candour the whole nation might by this time have been bailing in the froth and scum of an irretrievable anarchy. The future historian will contemplate with wonder the greatness of the changes which have been so silently and safely effected. He will ask how it was that th e mightiest interests and opinions were consigned to the tomb of their fathers with as decent a solemnity as loved and aged monarchs, and how new sys tems were proclaimed in their stead with all the mild and genial auspices that sooth the cares of a youthful throne. lie will then find that candour was the secret of judicious reformation. Candour paved the way, and dissolved the obstacle. Candour, working above and below, in the front, the rear, and even in the flank, was the master spirit of the only effectual warfare. Candour averted fatal collisions, and facilitated necessary downfalls. Parties were candid to their leaders, and leviers to their parties ; principals to their seconds, and seconds to their principals; masters to their pupils, and pupils to their masters. The impregnable rock of bigotry crumbled to pieces by the stealthy process of a universal caudoar. Sagacious men relinquished impracticable opinion, and contended for the prize of candour; till, at last, the chosen band of patriots which consummated the happy transition was pre-eminently a Cabinet of candid men. Yet the Premier is at a loss to understand how he can be occasionally opposed in "a friendly spirit." The bare Wei of such an incongruity affects him with " shudders" and " laughs," and such indescribable sensations ; out are not unpalatable acts of friendship, after all, the commonest things in the world, and, in fact, the very staple ingredients in that game of cross-purposes now called politics? for exampie, Sir Robert's friendship for hi s p ar t y is undeniable. Has he not occasionally opposed it? it will be said, volenti non fit injuria. If the party choose to suc cumb to his opposition, and help him to their own discom fiture, ho has not injured, he has merely seduced them, and they cannot comp'.ain. But what substantial difference is there between a successful end in unsuccessful opposition ? " The friendly spirit" of one man who overcomes his friends bytheaidaso thatf hi .utmost alone in th e warfare, and if he opposes, does so with -, cry little pros pect foes is another a s much who 'D s tpar to the charge of in sincerityn b success.peofby" a f Again, we spirit" h?ve to n the clergy ; eta we areo doubt that c :ir Robert is animated also disposed to think—though that is beside the I), ..,„ et purpose—that he legislates for them on the whole better tin. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chief Justice arrived at Hertford shortly before ten o'clock, and soon afterwards took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court. WEBB V. FRANKLIN. This waa an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a labourer, to recover compensation from the defendant, who, it appeared, was a gamekeeper, for the seduction of his daughter. The Ection was undefended. Mr. GRIMSTON, who appeared fer the plaintiff, stated the circumstances under which the action was brought. The parties were in an humble station of life, and the defendant had been on intimate terms with the daughter of the plaintiff for a considerable period of time, and she at length became in the family way by him. Some attempts had been made to induce him to do the girl justice, but as he declined to do so, it was found neces sary to ad o pt th e p resent proceeding, and t h e defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, it was fbr the jury to say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to for the injury he had suffered. Eliza Webb, the daughter of the plaintiff, was then examined, and she briefly proved the facts as stated by the Learned Counsel. No evidence was offered as to the means of the de fendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE briefly charged the jury, and left it to them to say, under . these c i rcumstances, to what amount of damages the plaintiff ' was entitled. The jury found for the plaintiff—D r rages, 30/. SCRINGUOUR V. CHILD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a stock broker, residing at Totteridge, against the defendant, who is a farmer at Edgeware, upon a horse warranty. It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased a grey gelding of the defendant for 32L, under a verbal war ranty that he was four years old a n d soun d . I t was alleged, on the pa r t of the plaintiff, that he was only three years old, and that he was limp, and on these grounds the action was brought. As is usual in hor se cases , t h e evidence was of a very conflicting character. The jury eventually found for the defendant. IRIS El ASSIZES, ENNIS, Feb. 25. LIBERATION OF O'CONNELL.—Edward Browne stood indicted for having maliciously set fire to a stook of oats, at Arthangan, the property of David Conway. David Conway sworn—Was in his field ou the night of the Gth of September last; his oats were in stooks, and he saw the prisoner go over the ditch, and deli berately place a sod of red fire under one of the stooks; he thin went off, and the stook was burnt all but two sheaves. By Mr. COPPINGER—This occurred on the evening of the 6th of September? Witness—lt did, Sir Before I bring the matter to your memory, tell me had you any falling out with Browne a short time before ? I had, indeed. Was it not the night of the rejoicing for the Liberator, Mr. O'Connell, and the State martyrs that your stook of oats was set on fire ? Indeed it was. Was not every field ti the neighbourhood in a blaze that night? They were, and all the ditches and moun tains too.—(Laughter.) That was a great day for Dan, wasn't it ? It was, and for the country and repeal.— (Laughter.) Then you are a repeal warden, I suppose? I am, Sir. And sure it is not possible you would grudge a stook of oats to be lit up in commemoration of Dan's release from prison? It it was asked freely, I wouldn't have hindered every stook in my acre and a half to be in a blaze that night.—(Laughter.) Was there great shouting and rejoicing all around you ? Oh, indeed yeti don't know but the half of it.— (Laughter.) What was the value of the stock con sumed ? About ls. 6d. Did you deduct the price of it from the Repeal rent ? I did not, indeed ; far be it from me, or one of my generation.—(Laughter-) Mr. COPPINGER then addressed the jury, asserting that the prisoner was not actuated by any vindictive feeling in setting the oats on fire—it was an evening o general rejoicing and illumination. The prisoner was acquitted. In consequence of the decrease in the trade at the ports of Ramsgate and Milford, the salary of the land ing surveyor at Ramsgate has been rt duced, and the clerkship at Milford abolished. Ramsgate is to be rated for the future as a port of the fifth class, instead of the fourth class, in consequence of the falling off in the trade there, which is now very limited, Ramsgate being resorted to principally as a harbour of refuge, and not for purposes of trade. SHOCKING DEATH OF Miss JANE CHESTER.—An inquest was held yesterday upon the remains of this lady, who was in her 84th year, at the mansion of her ' brother, Sir R. Chester, near Hertford. L appears that the deceased, on Tuesday last, about three o'clock, had gone into the kitchen, where she directed one of the servants to go up stairs. When left alone, the saucepan on the fire boiled over, and the deceased endeavoured to remove it, when her shah I caught fire, and she was immediately enveloped in flames. Her cries for assistance were heard by the servants, who endeavoured by every means to ex tinguish tho flames, but could not do so until the un fortunate lady had been most dangerously burned about the arms, face, chest, and lower part of the body. The deceased continued in the greatest agony till twelve o'clock at night, when she expired, sensible to the last. The Coroner and jury having expressed the deepest r.)gret at the shocking occurrence, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET ' MONDAY, FEB. 24. —There has been a s t ea dy demand for flannels, without any change in the rates from those of the last two weeks. The wool market continues rather dull, and prices re- Main the same without any likelihood of advance.— alone/testa/. Uuurdinn. HOME ClRCUlT—llertfo/d, Ma:ch 1. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Thomas Wale, 21, groom, was charged with having feloniouiy and maliciously fired a barn, at the parish of Watson, in the occupation of William Kempton. Mr. Bodkin with Mr. Ballantine conducted the prose cution, and Mr. Charm.ck and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, and the evidence, that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, who occupies a farm called Bardolphs, near Walton. as groom, for nearly two years, at the time th e fi re happened, which was on the evening of the 31st Decemher. On that day he had taken out his master's riding horse without per mission, and when he returned, apparently slightly in toxicated, his master ordered the cook not to give him any beer at his dinner. He was very angry in conse quence, and said that he would have the beer from his master before night. Nothing particular occurred until the evening, between seven and eight o'clock, when the prisoner twice went to one of the servants for a light, and upon one occasion it was remarked that there were small pieces of straw sticking to the candle. A witness was examined, who deposed to the fact of seeing the prisoner go from the stable towards the barn where the fire broke out ; and an attempt was made to show that almost immediately afterwards the barn was found to be in flames. When the prisoner was apprehended, he de clared that he had nothing to do with causing the fire, and that if he had, it was an accident. These were the principal points of the evidence in support of the charge, and one of the prosecutor's servants also stated that a short time ago, the prisoner said to her that he won dered there had not been a fire at " Bardolphs" before, as his master used a threshing machine. Mr. CHARNOCK made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called several witnesses. who gave him a good character. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not guilty. SVephen Boswell, 21, George Warboys, 22, and Fre derick Jeans, 19, were indicted for being unlawfully in the night-time armed with guns and other offensive weapons, upon certain enclosed land belonging to the Marquis of Salisbury. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Boswell and Warboys, and Acquitted Jeans. The prisoner Boswell, who had, it appeared, been several times before in prison, was sentenced to twelve, and Warboys to six, months' impriso nment an d hard labour. Thomas Ardrews, 18, Joseph Bail, 19, and Samuel White, 20, were also indicted for a similar trespass upon the land of the Earl of Essex, at Watford. The prisoners pleaded guilty. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoners to be kept to hard labour for four months. James Lash, 56., was charged upon three indictments with forging orders for the payment of money with in tent to defraud George Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. The prisoner, pleaded guilty to all the charges. He was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. In the course of the day Mr. Clarkson applied to his Lordship to discharge the recognisances of a person named Oldfield, under the following circumstances:— It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel that a bill of indictment was found at the winter assizes against the defendant and several other persons, fur having, as was alleged, kept a booth for gambling purposes at the Gorhambury races last year. The Learned Counsel intimated that as he said doubtless for good and sufficient reason the prosecution had been abandoned against all the defendants except Oldfield, who, knowing that there was no found ttion for the charge against him, insisted upon taking his trial, and he had served a notice to that effect upon a person named Moses Jacobs, who had represented himself as being the pro secutor of the indictment, but that individual now denied that he was the prosecutor ; and the defendant, being unable to find out who the prosecutor really was, could not serve any other notice, and was therefore unable to free himself from the indictment. He was now in attend ance, ready to take his trial, and as no one appeared to prosecute, he trusted the Court would order the recog nisances to be discharged. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, having consulted with Mr. Straight, the clerk of assize, said he could not at pre sent take that course ; but he would allow the defendant to enter into his own recognisance to appear and answer any charge that might be preferred against him, and dispense with his finding any sureties. CIVIL SIDE. Aberdeen ....... Birmingham & Gloater Ditto, New, las. 7/ dia. Brighton,Lews,& Llast. Bristol and Exeter.... Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian .......... Cambridge and Lincoln Chatham & Prtsmouth Cheater and Ilolyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Ma11ey....... Cornwall .... ........ Direct Northern...... Direct Norwich ...... Dias, Beecles, Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto and Galway.. Eastern Counties ..... Do., Perpetual, Ne. 1 Ditto, ditto, No 2 .. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. Fi om the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, RAILWAYS. Name of Company, Dividend per Amount Annum. Slaie. Eastern Union . Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Ely and Bedford ..... Grand Connection .. Grand Junction ...... Ditto, Halt Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, .. Guilford Junction Harwich ..... Hull and Selby ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Ilanchestr Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thi7ds Ditto:New 34 Shares London and Black - wall London and Brighton.. Di:to, Loaa Notes.. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv. : London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Bths , Ditto New .. .... .. :ondon and Croydon . Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. London and Y0rk..... Lynn and Ely ...... Manchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, SLxteenthe Mauchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland • Ditto, Fifths Ditto, Ilinn.& Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newestic & Darl.Junc. North British Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss. 5/. d. Ditto, Quarter ! , hares North Kent Norwich and Brtuidou Ditto, New......... Portsmouth Direct.... Preston and Wyre Richmnd& W. E Junc. Rugby ......... Ditto, 2d Pref., 184 5 Sheffield and Lincoln Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Wolv.,Dud.,Blr South Devon South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New is& 321. dis South Wales Stevenson's Prtsmouth Thames and Medway Trent Valley • • • Yarmouth & Norwich Ditto, New York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .. Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens. Gt. Northern of Franee Orleans and Vierzon.. Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons • • .... Paris and Strasbourg.. Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Roueu ...... B uen and 'time .... Errata in last Tuesdl instead of Rouen and I hampton, Dudley and 1 Paid. IP, 131. Es. per sh. 15s. 12/. les.per oh. X s. d. s. d. 20 0 2 100 0 0 134 17 10 0 32 50 0 7 70 0 0 83 30 0 0 57, 50 0 7 1 10 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 8' 5 0 0 3J 2 0 0 7 1 30 0 4 2 10 0 1; 1 0 0 1 10 0 1! 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 • N 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 26 0 0 50 0 0 4s. per oh, 51. per et. 25 0 0 6 13 4 21. ss. p. sh. 118. 31. p. sh, 101. per et, 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 210 o 5' 2 10 0 3 14 16 0 17; 3 13 4 pi] 0 13 4 %pu 10 0 0 18' 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 1 , 0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 HI. Ls. 71. per cent 71. per cent 71. per cent SI. Oa. prcl 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. tl. Os. per sh. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. il. be. per sh 10d. per sh. 4J. 79, 6d. p. s, 1/.179.6d. p. s. 21. per share 1!. 4s. per eh. 121.134. per sh, 21. ss. 15s. 50 0 0 G 5 12 10 0 15• 10 0 1 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 18 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 18 a 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 2 IO 0 too 0 0 224 50 0 0 112 25 0 0 5 0 0 11: 100 0 0 150 5 0 0 ,43 80. 0 0 175 , 50 0 0 100 20 0 0 38, 35 0 0 1 0 0 1. 50 0 0 85 12 10 0 19: 1 10 0 15 0 0 31 5 0 0 21. 100 0 0 50 0 0 51. per cent. 11. Is. lOL per et .01. per et. Ly's list.—: Jane ; and 1 drmingham, d Paris an, it price of S POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Jchn Stock, cab-driver, NO..iB,;asPuitothe bar be fore Mr. Hardwick, charged under the following very serious ciroumstanees. From the evidence of' the police it appeared that police constable Clark, C 55, was on duty in Crown-street shortly after twelve o'clock, when he saw a cab standing at the corner of George-yard, with the prisoner seated on the box. Suspecting from the general appearance of matters that something wrong was going on, he walked towards the cab, but he had hardly proceeded many paces before the prisoner saw him, and instantly called out to some one in the yard, " Heie comes a bobby," meaning a policeman. A man im mediately rushed out of the yard, jumped on the box, and the cab drove off rapidly. The police man followed and stopped the cab, and looked into it, but seeing that it was empty, after taking the number of the driver's badge and of the cab, he allowed the cab to proceed. The policeman then returned into George yard, and looked about the place. In a retired part of the yard he found a well-dressed man lying upon his side. On his attempting to lift the man up he perceived he was lying in a pool of blood, which had flowed from a wound on his head. With the assistance of another constable, the injured man was taken to Mr. Kenny, a !ur ; : ; eon, No. 57, High-street, to have his wounds dresser'. The wounded man, whose name is Green, clerk to a mercantile firm, was conveyed home to his loegings, at No. 46, Berwick-strcet, where he at pre: mt lies in a state of same danger. The occur 11.110e having been duly reported by the constable to his sergeant at the station-house, Sergeant Wells imme diately set about finding the cabman. After consider able difficulty he succeeded in tracing him to his mother's house, No. 3, ferry's-court, where he was in bed. The prisoner, when questioned, admitted that he had been with the wounded man the over night, with a friend, but be declared he ban not been near George-yard. The police sergeant brought the cabman away, and took him to Berwick•street. The wounded man no sooner saw him than he got into a violent rage, and de clared that the cabman was the rascal who had struck him with something (supposed to be the butt ant of his whip) over his head. It is supposed that the wounded man, after drinking with the cabman and another man, had been decoyed into the yard and knocked down, with the view of robbery, but that the sudden appearance of the policeman reared them from their prey, as the watch and money of Green were found untouched in his packet. In defence the prisoner said that he knew nothing about the gentleman, but the man who was with bin, did. The gentleman breaaed them both to gin and water, and then went away with the other man. Prisoner followed down Crown street with hts cab, because the gentleman had stated that ha wished to hire him to take him a short distance from town early the following morning. The following certificate was read : " I certify that I have examined Mr. Green, of No. 46, Ber wick- street, and that he has received a severe wound on the temple, and at present is not out of of danger. " JOSEPH KENNY, M.D. "57, High-street, March 1, 1845." Mr. HARDWICK said the case at present wore a very serious aspect, and it would be necessary, therefore, to remand the prisoner, not only to give time to the police to procure additional evidence against him, but also to enable them to find out his. companion. He should, therefore, remand him until Saturday next. FASHIONS FOR MARCH, (From the World of Fashion Monthly Magazine, Caps. —The change most perceptible In this style of head. dress is their being made very short at the ears, the lace with which they are decorated being put on nearly plain all round, the manner of placing the ribbons is varied, elegant, and original, rendering them always la mode. For instance, they are formed in rosettes, coqucs, or pompons, producing those pretty little caps denomi nated Fermi4:•e, Pompadour, Alsacien, Marquise, Char lotte Corday, &c. Embroideries are now in great request both for even ing and out-door costume, as well as those charming little novelties, such as mittens, &e. Ball head-dresses are composed simply of the hair, arranged a l'Anglaise, a single rose being placed on each side, and attached with nceuds of ribbon, the ends of which are finished with diamonds,• forming a kind of pendant to the ears. - BALL DRESSES.—The most striking and novel of those that have recently appeared, are :—A robe of white moire, over which is worn a tunique of cl lisse, opening in the front, and descending a little below the knee, embroidered all round, as wed as the two sides of the front, with sweat peas, brod‘ in red silk, edged with gold ; plain corsage made low, and deco rated with a berthe, rounded in the front, and embroi dered to match the tunique. A robe of pink satin, trimmed round the bottom of the skirt with two rows of plaited ribbon, put on the one from the other, at about the distance of ten centimetres ; tunic of verdant green ci Ape, raised on each side above the knee, with a large bouquet of variegated daisies ; plain low body ornamented all round the top of the bust with a narrow plaiting of green satin ribbon, attached in the centre with a cluster of daisies ; the short sleeves ornamented to match, with two rows of plaited ribbon. Trimmings of ball dresses are now of a very rich de scription, being principally composed of open-worked fringes in gold and silver Ceintures tied in a mend, with long ends floating, are often worn with double robes of gaze lisse, trimmed with fullings of the same, through which is passed a ribbon, caught at regular intervals with a rose. TOILETTES DE 1 , ILLE.—Those of Ei k are mostly made after the following fashion :—For instance, a dress of green moire, trimmed en tablier, with two broad folds of velvet on the cross, the corsage plain and high upon the shoulders, opening en caeur, and faced with velvet, which joins those on the skirt; plain sleeves, rounded over the hand, and edged with velvet, jockeys a dents, bordered with velvet; guimpe of muslin, divided with embroidered inlet; under sleeves of muslin, and manchettes of lace. Bonnets have not varied much since last month, either as to size or material. We observe that feathers are only itsed for afternoon costume. Those which we have prin cipally remarked Ere in satin or velours epinglC, pink, white, mauve, and sky blue. S UEDOISES.— This name is given to those beautiful cl9aks decorated with rich furs, the sleeves of which are ornamented with broad facings, which fall back so as to form a kind of muff. FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—There is no perceptible change in the colours intended for out-door costume, black still being in the majority. F or even i ng to i lette, on the contrary, the colours are most mixed and varied ; pink, blue, jonquil, the morning and evening primrose, violet, and light shades of green, being the most pre dominant hues. 25 0 0 25 0 0 LO 0.0 50 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 MO 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 IS 0 0 Stock. 231 2 0 0 43 2 0 0 29 SO 0 0 1 GO] 10 0 0 1 1X 6 0 0 25 2 10 0 11, 40 0 5 2 10 0 7 2 10 0 5 70 0 0 l4 30 0 0 6 2 0 0 14 15 0 5 40 0 65 2 0 0 11 Stock. 129 2 0 6t 2' Stock. 96 1 10 0 14 24 0 0 48 7 10 0 12' 45 0 0 61 25 0 0 46 12 10 0 16 2 15 0 2 10 0 0 15 1 0 0 3] 2 10 0 2 N 0 0 10 0 3 1 0 3 , 25 0 0 1 5 0 82 10 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 3: 10 0 0 16 8 0 0 16 , 2 10 0 5 2 10 0 2 2 0 0 21 0 0 0 27 8 0 0 14 50 0 0 102 25 0 0 50 20 0 0 42 20 0 • $4 1 8 0 15 1 20 0 6 4 0 0 5X 2 0 0 16% 20 0 8 2 0 0 25 , 8 2 0 0 2% 20 0 0 47 20 0 0 42% 12 0 0 29% Strasbourg 2% % rewsbury, Wolver- JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - 4 a. d. £ a. d. Australasia ...... •• • • V. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 44% , Britsh North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 21% Colonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 . 14 Leitch' and Westininstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2734 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 23 0 0 44% Ditto, New.- •• • . Ell. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 51. per cont. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16% Nat. Provincial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37% Ditto, New... ••• •• • 5/. por cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 • Union of Australia.... - 25 0 0 25 0 0 27 Union of London.... • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1234 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .........• •• • • 31. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72% Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine... .... 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 8 6 Atlas ... .. .. ..... .. .. 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16)4 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,sl"o. &Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 8 0 210 1 6% County .............. 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. f 6 9 1 8 5 . s ai b id c } 40.0 0 5 0 0 10 Eagle . . 65. 50 0 0 50 0 SK, Economic Life -5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 &305.135. Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 234 European Life • • ... •• • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All pakl. 20 Freemasons' . it. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe .. ..... .• •••• • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 142 Guardian ...... ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 5034 Imperial Fire .... •• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life... .• .• Indemnity Marine 11. eh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% London Fire London Ship ••••••••• 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 Marine M. per cont. 100 0 0 15 0 0 Sled. Invild & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234 National Life. Palladium Life ...... • Phenix - - Protector Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 Provident Life •- • Rock Life. Royal Exchange .... • • Si. per cent. Stook. - 188 Suit Fire • • ..... • • • .• 61. 10s. - - Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - Universal Life •.•• .• . 10%1. pr cnt. 100 0 0 6 5 0 16 Paid. I Prl WATER -WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. i per of Paid. I Prfi Annum. Share. East L0nd0n.......... 81. X a, 100 0 Grand Junction ...... ; 8/. 46 13 Kent .••.••.. . . • • • • • . 2/. 10e. 100 0 Vauxhall ....... ••• • • V. per cent. 100 0 West Middlesex ...... 41.165. pr ct. 63 12 EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT TOOTIS:G. Much excitement prevails at this moment in the parish of Upper and Lower Tootir4., in con evence of its being currently reported that an individual, who went by the name of Anne Welch, and was 83 years of age, and was generally presumed to be of the female sex, having, after death, been discovered to be a man. The reporter has instituted the most diligent inquiries on th e spot, and, a l t h oug h every attempt has been made by certain parties to hush the matter up, he has succeeded in obtaining the following particulars, which may be relied upon as authentic :—The deceased, Anne Welch, as she was called, had lived at Tooting upwards of half a century. For a period of nearly 30y - ears, he was colt in the service of a highly respectable family, and entered that service as a woman. The lady who engaged him is still living at Tooting, and is at a very advanced age. The name of the family is, for obvious reasons, omitted. The deceased remained in this lady's service until he was 57 years of ago, when he left it to marry the parish clerk, whose name was Robert Welch, and who had been twice a widower. This man was also a schoolmaster. This extraordinary alliance existed without the remotest suspicion on the part of the inhabitants. The parties lived in perfect harmony for upwards of six years, when Welch died. Of late years a woman, said to be a sister to this individual, has been living with him. The de ceased regularly partook of the sacrament. For the last twelve months this extraordinary inchvi dual resided at the house of a gardener named Watford. It was after the death of the deceased that the discovery of the real sex was made. Every attempt, however, was made to keep the matter a profound secret, but a woman named Fletcher, who was at:the laying out, has informed Sergeant Longbottom of the circumstance, and is willing to make oath as to the truth of the state ment before a magistrate. The deceased was buried in Tooting churchyard on Friday afternoon ; he was in terred in the grave of Robert Welch. The coffin, for a reason that requires explanation, is braced round with iron ; and when it was lowered into the grave two large !}.4 pieces of wood were driven in crosswise, to prevent, as we presume, its being removed clandestinely. The de ,54 ceased was buried in the name of Anne Welch, and the Rev. Mr. Graves, the vicar, read the burial service, re. peating the words, "As it has pleased thee to take the 7 soul of our dear sister." 41 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR OXFORD -STREET.-3 eB - terday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a lire broke y 4 out on the premises belonging to Mr. J. S. Evans, manufac turer of account-books, &c., Berwick-street, Oxford -street. The fire was caused by achild lighting a piece of paper which she had packed from among the mass of shavings made in the 74 trade. The ignition of this, with other easily ignitable arti -14 des in the workshops, aeon caused a general blaze, and so 3,i rapidly did the fire progress, that by the time the engines 14 arrived the whole of the stock, benches, presses, welting ma chines, and floors wore blazing, and the contiguous manufac ,, tory- of Mr. J. M. Leader, coach-builder, of Oxford-street, bad caught fire. Unfortunately, the supply of water was ex ceedingly, scanty, and the flames mounted most fearfully,threat _ ening destruction to the whole of the proximate property. Shortly afterwards, however, the supply of water was most _ copious, and the hose being under the direction of the fire•• men most judiciously directed, several streams from opposite points were poured upon the fire. Eventually it began to be apparent that the fire would not extend beyond the two buildings in which it was then burning. It was nearly four o'clock, however, before it could be considered safely extin guished, and by that hour it was discovered by the pro prietors that the whole of the stationery department of the buildings was consumed, and the workshops destroyed. The coach-building manufactory was gutter, and about fintrteen carriages destroyed, including one valued at 3001., intended for the Earl Delamere, and others for noblemen and gentle men in town and country. Besides these s there were in the store-rooms several handsome carriage appointments of con siderable value, belonging to illustrious persons not in town, besides a great quantity of vehicles in - a course of con,truc tion. Mr. Leader is unfortunately uninsured. Mr. Evans is insured. Several surrounding buildings were damaged. SLAVE• GROWN SUGAR.—We learn on the very best authority, that a parcel of Louisiana sugar has been recently purchased at New Orleans, for shipment to Liverpool, with the view of trying whether it can be profitably sold in the English market. Of course it will be entitled to entry at the same duty as free-labour sugar, pursuant to the terms of the commercial treaty between the two countries.—Manchester Guardian. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—1 n the sittinc , of the Sea md Chamber to-d a y, t h e proposal for revisi n g the stan ding orders of th e Ch am b er was acceded to, after a l on g de' bate, by a m a j or it y o f 4 0 to 10. A letter from M" idolebu rg h, o f t h e 9 8: 1 1 , announc es that the slip Nidcrl an d s Koningen (Queen the Neth er ' lands), from Ba tav i a to Rotterdam, was wrecked on the Baujert, in the a f ternoon of the 24th. In the night _°f ,1 that day the capt a i n an d twenty-one of the crew hale' near aanburg, and having been provided with some re' freshment were sent to Domburg, where every attention %%13 paid to them. Yesterday they were brought hers in wag4ons, except the English pilot, who is tco ill to he removed. Six of th e crew l 6 i st their lives, the boat is which they were having been dashed against another vessel and broke n t o p ieces. By the latest acco unts tue ship is a total wreck. MIDDLEBURG, FEB. 24. —Last week there was same rioting at 7, , ,crickzee, in consequence, as i t seems, , same cxec7ltions fir arrears of s. The citizens, ally so peaceable, ascuiloled by hundreds, broke O il. doves, and committed other excesses. Tha magistr ide3 issued a julicious proclamation, and order was soon stored, after some of the ringleaders had been uln. rested. A detachment of troops was sent from Flash' ing, to be at hand in case of any further disorders. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—1 n the sitting of the See nu Chamber to-day, many petitions were presented T olsto i to the proposal for revising the fundamental law. The state of the ricers remains nearly the sawe before, and the cold is still very severe. IlAmutraG, FEB. 24.—The William Jolliff, not being yet able to put to sea on account of the ice, the mail Is sent via Il o il an d. Th e i ce has broken loose at Blanken—,A , and there i s a cons id era b le extent of clear water - Altona. HANOVER, FEB. 20.—We have no news of any the portance unie,s it b e th at our Government an d Senate of Bremen have come to a final agreement 4 sprcting th e i ron ra il way from the city to Brrmen negotiations which have been going on for some yea— are at length concluded.—lfuniburg papers, feb, 25. CONVEYANCE OF MILITARY B Y RAIL WAY. A new regulati on h as j ust been issued, under antherity m,. t. from th e H orse G uards, relative to the conveyance °ci Majesty's f orces b y ra i lway, in virtue of the Act 7 and 8 toria, cap. 85, clause 12, by which it was enacted, '‘ Thst, g i railway companie s w hi c h h ad been, or should be, inco rporated by any Act of th at or any future session, or which by any Act of that or any f uture session should have obtaingw or e shall obtain, any extension or amendment of the 11, - A1 conferred by th e i r prev i ous Acts, or any of them, been or should be authorised to do any act unautherises. Dy provisions of previous Acts, are bound to provide oonverTbe as herein men t i one d . " In consideration of such clause following memorandum of terms has been submitted to ti companies hereafter mentioned and agreed to by t htgli o ;lls " Officers to b e conveyed at fares not exceeding per t. o f in first, cla ss carr i ages, each officer to be allowed one c„doa, w baggage free o f c h arge ; soldiers, their wives, and ell" above twel ve twelve y ears, to be conveyed at fares not es- c , ing Id. p er m il e ; ch i ldren above three and under tel half price; th ose un d er three years of age are to be escri free ; regim en t a l b aggage, 2d. per ton per mile ; det2cil ba ys and th e i r f amilies to be allowed 561 b. of gage each ; carriages to be provided with seats, and P'7,,bo protected against th e weat h er; soldiers or ' their families v cannot produce a route or other satisfactory authrAi t i - o i proceed by this conveyance, to be considered as ord► ll o . passengers, and not entitled to benefit of this ab're en r :of In order to avoid the risk of advancing money to P e a disto not trustworthy, Directors to accept in lieu a lin nl Ag aea payment of fares, passage warrants or tickets, ''Z i ert• by proper officers, ordering the conveyance, such l ic, rants to be p rov id e d at the expense of the Pub ofs and payable monthly. And whenever necessary to nitbe officers, soldiers, Sic., or their baggage or stores' the company to pr ov id e t h e requisite accommodation at usual hours of their trains starting." The companies Gess! ing immediately under the clause in 9uestion are- - ll ie ; disee Western, Birmin g h am and Derby, North Midland, 0- "ileir Counties, North Union, Eastern Counties. Bristol and 00 center, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Grand Junction, Lan a tir and Preston, L on d on and Brighton, London and ov sod Western, Manchester and Birmingham, Manchester . , od Leeds, Newc as tl e an d Darlington Junction, Sheilie_,,luvsle, Manchester, South-E as t ern, M aryport and Carlilse, Ted Yarmouth and Norwich, York and North Midland , railways hereafter sanctioned by Parliament, and all eit . ' lines which req u i re a d d i t i onal powers therefrom. Tu°,6lll- lowing comp an i es, a l though not compelled to comply b e te the terms of the 12th c l ause of the Act, have intimate d willingness to acce d e t h ereto :—The Liverpool and liallgoei ter, Durham and Sunderland, Hull and Selby, Newel/ s ' lo d, Carlisle, St oc kto n an d Darlington, Great North of El l tior Birmingham an d Gloucester-, Bristol an d Gloacester,, lo x castle, North Shields, and Tynernouth, Chester and pub P o i r ot head, Prest on an d W yre, Bodmin and Wade'oridgeßoltent and Leigh, B o lt on and Preston, Manchester an uvd Sheffield and R o th er h am, Whitby and Pickering , "'or and Drogheda, D u bli n and Kingston, Ulster, Edinburgh Dalkeith, Edi n b urg h , L eith, and Granton ; Glasgow, s' ror, neck; Ayr, D un d ee, and Arbroath; Arbroath an d 14) and Slatumannan. v ESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT GR.-- e l " WICII. da Shortly before eight o'clock last evening a fire, involvioi - struction of property to the amount of from 20,0001. to fig ' g gss sa d occurred on the ext ens i ve premises belonging to Messrs. e. - I,sa G. Enderley, patent rope, twine, and canvass manufacture"' Greenwich. It appears that th e fi re was first found to be burning in th %rePe:, ' t, walk at the re ar o f the factory, but how it originated 01 present known. A n a l arm was soon spread, and notwithgto - esert the trended situation of th e premises, assistance in a 11 70 Lb° time arrived. A fi re-engine was kept on the premises, was got to w or k w i thout loss of time. Mr. Fisher, tm" constable of the H un d red of Blackheath, was at 010 80° 4 00 struction very shortly after the outbreak, with two par tgli ,: e fte° and an adequate complement of men. Next came therentt'' 6 or" the Deptford Dockyard, which Sir J. Hill, the Superintenden t' to dered out as soon as the news of the fi re was corma ani _ 4 ;ette t him, and, with a body of the dock police, under the di rer Inspector Field, it was in a short time got to be of effective %old' A body of th e R oyal Marines (150 in number) was alsaP o d 1,1 under the comm an d of Lieutenants Forbes and VarloWe e ;Del their working at the engines, and other valuable serel d cr e 'ile' were to a great d egree i nstrumental in stopping the further gr tion of prop erty. er , The factory was a strong brick building of about 140 f t _ a ira by 40 feet deep, facing the river, nearly opposite Blae ttgr , el ,,, att ire . This range included the dwelling.house of Mr. C. End er '_ A - ' cast end, the contents of which were nearly all destreY7 o lor entire of the range of premises forming the manufactorYs...' ing the dwelling.house and the greater portion of the r e e" sheds at the rear, are all down. L if 1 1 As soon as amp l e assistance had arrived at the thought prudent to divide the one end of the covered r e ir o alte from that which was on fire. For this purpose Inspector en ode r and Miller, of the R di v i s i on, ordered a strong body err(' gep t he their charge to m a k e an opening in the shed, in order to ith t o t progress of the flames. This o rd er was speedily obeyed, t w hat a e assistance of others p resent, and the consequence was, 1.004 only was the fire stopped in it s progress towards a t a r-Wi but a very large quantity of flax was saved from the w fla elelL ;lt/ te „ Besides this fortunate preservation there as canvass and twine r escue d from the factory, b e fore the di opees Auld: ll a a great ascend ancy i n that building ; but the whole of th e machinery has fallen a p rey to the fi re. ree el3S a great et - The only engine belonging to the brigade esiablishMea t P pe rle. was that from Southwark-bridge -road station, under 0" o s al tcndence of Mr. Henderson, the foreman ; and haw one and could begot along th e narrow bank in front of the Tha l " IWO thence to the rear of the premises, is almost a mystery OK' ever, it was there, with sufficient for ce , an d rendered a . , w_ , o dors tive service. Th e fl oating engine from the Rotherbi t tide; was not towed down, probably on account of the state of 0 % ho ne but with so hearty a w i l l did all betake themselves to th:il . ''- of under the guida nce o f th e i r respective chiefs, that the bic lac e the float was not noticed. se were By half.past ten o ' c l oc k the factory and dwe llin g-he n. ro pe The hop completely gutted, with the roofs (lron) fallen in. of smouldering ettoodtheerienxgterruitinosf baybotuhte3toimyaeradbso;vweas.taaltsedo and ht ba hilltY been for the prompt exertions of those present, in all probe Of the tar-warehouse, which is so near to the detached Part! , h oebif rope.shed, would have ignited, and the loss would haul to d been greatly augmented. h estaa- It was impossible to at any other than a roug n od the entire destruction of property . Nevertheless, fro se ten r ye ber of persons employed on the premises, and the ea if , moss costly machinery in use, the sum before stated.-nsw e 'i 20,0001. to 25,000/.--must be within compass. insured in tlat ,reduced t . o s it pa The prernises, dweDing.house, and furnittare are Imperial and Royal Exchange Fire-offices. he 0;000 It is understo o d th a t an i nqu i ry as to th e or i g in of:n re s alsa' will be institut e d, a l t h oug h i t i s at present believed t —.peg Irons spontaneous combustion. gorti - DOCKS. I Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Commercial ........ 'Last and West India.. Y.ast Country ..... London St. Katharine Southampton • • ...... X s. d. :X s. d. 31. per cent. . 1 Stock. b 341. pr cent.: Stock. 11. per eh. 1100 0 0 pr cent. l Stock. 5 per cent. Stock. 41. per cent. I 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Diyidead Amount Ntuno of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. •—•—• ---------- ds. . X . Bank of Scotl an d 0 0 172% Royal flank of Scotland 6!. per cent. 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company 81* per cent. 100 8 0 22G Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank... ••• • • 61. per cent. 10 0 0 lb% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 97 Western Bank.. ••• •• • GI. per cent. 50 0 0 76 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7 Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern 8ank..... •• • 31. per cent. 15 0 0 11 1 % Caledonian Bank Edlnb.&Gla.sgsw Bank 51. per cont. 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cont. 8 15 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 141 Insur. Co. of ScoUnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. •10 North British In.sur..• 91. per cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 24% Caltxionlan Fire Insur. 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 181,1 Edin.&Glasg. Railway 4% /. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65% Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares .. .. 41i /. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16 14 Ediii., Leith, & Grantu 20 0 020 0 0 15 Glasaw & Ayrshi r Rail. 4% /. per cent . 50 0 0 All paid. 66 Glitsgw &Greenck Rail. 2!. per cen t . 25 0 0 All paid. 12 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. p er cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 2% Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 51. p er cent. 25 0 0 4 All paid. 32 Dividend of :6 a a Annum.' i Dividend t A n i: , e u r ni . Price. Companies. -per 1 P r ice. Companies, £ .£ Aslitn & Oldli 97'5/.55. pci 72 Monmortthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 70 Aintgoinrysh 100 5/. 98 Barnsley •• , • IGO; 12/. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - , Basingstoke..!loo; 1 5 - 5 Neath ...... 100 201. 365 Brklik&Abr g 'l.so l 5/. 85 Nottingham 1 . 150 121. 260 Cromford .... ilOOl 18/. 164 Pe a k F orest .7 8 31. 40 Dudley .... • • ;100 4 1 . b 0 Regent's.... 33 11. 241 4 Derby ••• • • •1100 8/. 103 Rochdale ...• 85 4/ . 55 E l lsaire&Chsll33! 41. 58 Shropshire .. 125 8/. 120 Eyewash .• • (100; 321. 440 Somrset C oa l 150 71 .105. 123 Forth & Clyd,lool 42. 105 Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. 11 ' GrandJunctn l loo' 71. 140 tffrd &Wore 140 28/. 480 Grand Union 100! U. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230 Glamorgush .1172; 13%1. 210 Stourbridge .. 145 201. 360 Gistf & 13 110 k 00 - 8 Strtfrd on Ay 79 11. 10s. 30 Grantham • .11501 121. 185 Severn and Huddersfield., 57; - 20 Wye R a il . 26 1/. Bs. 30 Kenut & Avn' 39 7s. 6d. 10 Trnt & 311 50 -. 30/. 450 Lancaster .• • ! 47 1 12 10. 40 sey, 14 sh. Leeds& Livrp. 100 34/. 610 Thaws &Med 19 - 10 Leicester ... :140i 101. 139 Worc.str Br} - 8 4/. 5 0 Leicstr & Nth; 831 4/. 70 Binning. i Loughborogh ;142 , 701. 1050 Stilts & Brks 67 1/. 4s. BIRTHS. Anie o ßr. n estt t ir h ieu e ent l : 6 .o t lf l: saq ult., the wii . eoi..fau Tomes, Esq., of On the 19 t h u. son.lt o.f,f IV' w O ar n dr t o h p e er 2 , l E s s t q u . :i o . i , a in so lV . elbeck-street, the wife of .Williiira Gorse,-nth o e f a24dtahu a at son Balcony, Ross-shire, the lady o On the 22d ult., at Epsom, the lady of the Rev. gear," nit., giite a r l Portman-square, Lady Belling ham ' of a daughim 0 T. On the 24th u lt., a t Se v enoaks, the lady of th e Rev.-. Cutteis, of a dau ult., ghter On the 24th at Warley-barra ' barracks, Essex, the w ife 4 Capt. W. F. Hay, East India Compancy's depot, of a daughter' • _------' late J. . a t Ti h oo e .o. 2 o s i., th F tilt., at ill e n t. PalnEcrlias.Chnrch, C. Score r, t Or_ the 25th to,insir John Robert o t b e ert Mary,iiatotnk:rd daughter of the le""1 F oot, to Betsey Tan ish Clarke, youngest daughter of t he ate Major Robe) t Clarke, Esq., of lb° 11th 1 - DIE. On the 16th ult., at Tonbridge, D K ent, E war Brorribead Brackenburv, my s urviving child of LieuteminColonel Sir Ed On the 19th ti ward Brackenbur,lty, at of BSkenurydlebSt. y ' Lincoln. Ed m unds, Vice-Adtnirs 1 Wollaston, aged 78.. On the 24th ult., in Queen Annestreet, son of Major-teneral Mercer. TO On the 24th ult., Philip Roberts, eldest child of Plu .. Palmer, Esq., St. Martin's-lane, _........-- Thuglas, second MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Col . 5 Generals.—Williams; Earl of Effing ham, G.C.B. F. ; Sharpe. Lieutenant -General.—Pritehard, R. Art. Major-General.—G. Waugh, E. I. Comp. Serv. Colonel.—Cregh, C.B. late oi 81 F. Barr, Mast. a TharrlieS• Horton, h. i l n i! ' p .— . 6 li l tiv ; ards' 96 F. F Cle• Lieutenants.—Birch, 51 F. (Auj.); Shields, 78 ~; n ' T . : (Ass. Adj. Gen.) Simpson, Adj. Durham Mil. ments, 84 F.; A. S. Dickson, R. Art.; Lea, h. p • 2" San"";" Dalton h. p. R. Art. Drivers; Goslett, late 2 Vet. G. L• dilands, h. p. 7 W. I. It. ; De Witte, h. p. 5 L. 13n..1C-Gs' R• 2d Lieutenants.—Bishop, late of R. Mar.; Fitzgerald, • Art. Adjutant.—Morrison, h.p. W. Low. Fen. Surgeon.—Morle, h.p. 59 F. Assist.-Surgeon.—Leigh, Staff. Medical Department.—Macann, F.A , h.p. Staff Senn - '-"---- -- ----1.0, u f Larieof • -.. i ruit,:c. ~lic riubEshqd tr, MURPO l' 4 • ) „,.'' JO, '.,.• 112, -.trawl. rins er e - a Strad. in ) • ' The "" ..,... L.:e Pr..cm, , of the Savoy, 41 the Coot/ htiddlesex , Monday, March 3, 1845. Hung-K.og : ‘N.