The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-19 00:00:00

rtirtt Ebittott SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRO3I THE VVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOD ' E.—The " organised hypocrisy" has a way of prdttetrng amongst its organisers, which is not devoid of a %engin sort of poetical justice. Gentlemen, it seems to alyto thorn, you helped us to pull down our predecessors on grounds more or less hollow—so far as addressed te e our rabble of supporters. We proceeded, in common, on the great truth seated by Lord Bacon, and quoted by Lord Mahon, that it does not signify whether opinions are true or false, so far as regards their immediate effects on action ; and that any cry, which is but be lieved, will .s(rve its political turn. Abundance of sti* cries were raised with your assistance, and our (at least) connivance; and, buoyed up within reach of power by these instruments of inflation, Sir R. Peel grandly de clared he would sooner be the leader of the gentlemen of Digleend, than possess the confidence of Sovereigns. We (bin% }lsar much—it is sadly recalled to mind— of the gentlemen of England now. They have made a ininistry ; and their part in the hive is henceforth— : to be got rid of, like the drores. At a certain epoch the services of these letter are indispensable ; but afterwards the operative partners treat them as Peel does his eountry gentlemen, or as Jonathan Wild the .Great treated his constituency, when they waxed troublesome on his hands. If the gentlemen at the back of the gentlemen now at the helm of affairs had wished to make their terms about county rates, cart grease, or other interesting items, they should have re zed that stage of negotiation, which Brass did in bar gaining with Dick Amlet. It is too late for the be trayed, when the traitor has secured his rich wife, and his stolen rank. Accusations of faithlessness to principles, which were pretexts, have no effect on a Minister who has glee got a firm seat in the saddle. The repetition of those pretexts only exposes their utterers to hear truths from the lips. of the very statesmen who have risen by ac crediting class-delusions. At every attempt above ground, they give unequivocal indications of springing some mine below; at every reminiscence of their old Opposition watchwords, they open one finger of the whole handful of truths, which they have borrowed from their opponents in terroreng of their supporters. Thus Sir James Graham replied to Mr. Miles, and his pauPers' plea for relief from burthens, that the agriculturists really had no excessive burthens, from which to be relieved. Well might the unfortunate Mr. Newdegate " whine" firth, " One might think that the Member for Stockport (Mr. Cobdt n) was the high priest of free trade, and that the occupants of the Treasury bstich .were chanting responses to the service." By the way, we are here reminded of an ancestral honour of the Newdegate family. If we remember right, it was Sir R. Newdegate, that some time pillar of landed pre eminence, and perennial patron of Oxford rite poetry, who, under the last unintelligible Ministry of Lord Chatham, surprised the House of Commons into t*king one shilling off the land-tax. That shilling off the land-tax was' the proximate cause of the quarrel with America. The ministerial leaders had not virtue oreourage to call on the House to retract its landed vote. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer was forced on expedients to bring up the revenue ; and, under this duaderkead-duress, he recurred to the project of taxing the Americans, which had been wisely abandoned in its first resisted shape of the Grenville Stamp Act. STANDARD.—Lone- and earnest as were the de bases the House of Commons last night, they can scare* he expected to have any very lively interest save foe the few, tough highly respectable, persons connected with the New Zealand Colony ; the very fact crf the - alleged too great favour shown to the rights of the natives, by lisr Majesty's Ministers, takes away . . the wither interest by which patriots and philan thropists might otherwise be affected in such a ease. As respects the charge of duplicity insinuated, if not directly made, against the Colonial Secretary, we imagine that it does not give much con cern grille Noble Lord or his friends. Were there any possible lain of profit or honour to be obtained by tLnble dealing, Lord Stanley's noble character would ee lie a sufficient defer= against the charge of du p!ieitv ; but in a case where the most rapacious, or the most ambitious and least scrupulous man that ever lived, could find no conceivable mo tive- for devial•ing from the straight path, it is surely the most absurd thing in the world to charge such. a man as Lord Stanley with resorting to crooked ways. We are persuaded that the very men who make Checfparge c,IN nut believe one word of it, though they, Mg' v'ry fairly, make the pretence in order to furnish matter for a &bate to get up a grievance, or to carry a rb by else help of Parliament. As far a-s we tin , derstand the charge it amounts to this, that Lord -Stanley hayieg come to some agreement with the New Zealand Contipanys he wrote a letter, marked con iidentied, to the Governer of the colony, iu which letter Are contain«l, as the advocates of the Company say, sums instructio-s militating against either the terms or the spirit - of the agreement. As much weight has _ bsen attaehed to the circumstance that the instruc tions to Captain Fitzroy were marked "Confidential," it mug be worth while to say a word upon the point. We believe that all communica tions of the kind, not intended to be published, instanter as state papers, are usually so marked ; at least looking through the Parliamentary reports of cor respondence, :from all the colonies from which the correspondence of governors, &c., has been published, we find confidential communications similar to that of Cap tain Fitzroy; and from this it is plain, that the term con fidential impeses no obligation of perpetual seerecy, for eeeryptiblic functionary knows that all his correspond ence is Subject to the inspection of Parliament, but simply a present reserve from publication. e We our selves, in our own small way, frequently receive commu. . nications marked confidential, which, nevertheless, the writers would be very sorry not to see printed in a few hours, should the condition that renders their puldicetion desirable arise. The letter that was confidential yesterday may be properly placarded On the walls to day or to-morrow. There is, therefore, no ground whatever for supposing that a Minister meditates deceit, or even protracted secrecy, in every case in which he marks as confidential his com runnication to a subordinate Minister. The inconsis tency of Lord Stanley's instructions to Captain Fitzroy with his Lordship's agreement with the Company, is a matter upon which no rational man will pronounce a judgment until he shall have, in specie, before him the instructions and agreement referred to in the ehairge ; and something more besides, namely, the representations upon which the agreement was °btsititd. The necessity of seeing the documents sa id to conflict bethre admitting their inconsistency must he apparent to all, but we must farther re wegnber that ministers, as well as kings, may be misled by too .uine and confident representa tion even of earn ho meditate no imposture. These errors have been - to common, as to introduce a title " inconNtok rev" into our old law books. Before con demning- Lord Stanley, therefore, of so serious a crime as wilful duplicity, we must ascertain—First, That his Loedishi e 's instructions to Capt. Fitzroy are really incon , aisitent with his agreement with the New Z eland Com pa.ny. Secondly, That the inconsistency is so unequivocal and apparent, as to render it certain that the Colonial Stererary must Le aware of it. Thirdly, That the agreement was obtained upon a strictly fair and un• cobatred representation of all the circumstances of the case. Here are three questions, at least, to be all affirmatively established, before the sliglitaet - shadow of blame can attach to Levi Stanley's centluct in the transaction ; and, granting the first, - namely, that there is an inconsistency between the :instructions mud the agreement, a concession which we merely for the argument, the company will, we suspcc,t, find some difficulty in establishing either of the thlevs. The agreement appears to have been drawn up by the oompany, i*id if they drew it up without intending to take metre by it than they wished the Government to see, at once they are a we firmly believe, the vary first san guine adventurer, who eeer manifested so much virtue, self-denial, and skill. Not less singular must. they be in vitue, self-denial, and skill, if their represents ons of the state and prospects of the colonies were rigidly exact, and they must be not only more virtuous, de nying-, and skilful than all who ever went half' re them, but much wiser also. The horn stest man may cheat others by expectations by which lie has first cheated himself, and here we believe we arrive at the secret of this dispute, and at the secret of all colonial failures, as many as there have been. More than two emturies ago. Bacon, who saw and foresaw everytkiing, told That colonies and plantations are not for present gain ; and that, therefore, such iterolutl, works are rather for hi - mortal states than for mortal individuals. We do not pretend to give the exact words of the great philosopher, but the truth of his oh servaticit is inanitest. Commercial men, and indeed men generally, look to quick returns of profit, however small, rather than distant returns, though never so rich. Miller's the gardener, proves very clearly that an acre planted with dhesnuts would be worth one way or another more than 1,000/ at a century's end ; but though Miller wrote a century ago, and his bock has been a popular book ever since, how few acres of chesnuts have been planted in the interval. It is just the some with colonisation ; adventurers seek the quick return, end deceive themseves into the belief that such quiet; return is possible without ruining the colony, which it certainly is not. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The house resumed at Five o'clock. Several petitions were presented in favour of Rail way Bills and other private Bills. The report of the Committee on the Aberdeen Railway Bill was brought up, the Committee re porting that the standing orders had been complied with. TUE Manor OF ELY.—We are sorry we cannot n-day report favourably of his Lordship's health, the affection of the chest having, yesterday, became worse. —Catnip. idge AA!, tiger. STATE ft* TRADE.—Owing to the continuance of severe frosts, and the consequent closing of the canals lad navigabta rivers, at home and abroad, the market Has been very quiet during the last week. Spinners and manufacturers, however, are g ene rally uer contract fur some time to come, and cons equently not at all inclined to press sales. Prices, therefore, l‘itß continue steady. —THE ROCLIDALv FLANNEL 5 MONDAY, 17.—The flannel market is much the has been for the last tsvo or three weeks ; e t6e arn de e m a L i d t very limited, and prices extremely low. The wool mar • ket has been very quiet ; few purchases have been ma d e at lakt week's prices.— anchtste r Guardian. „ILLNESS ioir T. RIDER, Esq.—We sincerely regret to have to sate that Mr. Rider experienced on Wednes day last a similar but unfortunately more severe attack than that which he suffered a year ago. We lament to say that vervilight hopes indeed are entertained of his r4eceiy.—maid.,./0„, G„,, THE REPORTED DREADFUL FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE AT BERNONDW.—The account, more or less am- Oiled, which appeared in all the Morning Papers, as tar as the mere destruction of property, is perfectly correct; but the dire conjecture of the broker and his wile and five little innocents having been reduced to ashes f happily without foundation, the family having, as is believed, leftthe premises, for reasons best known to themselves, before the fire broke out. IT= MARCH THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EATENIN 19, 1845. TUESDAY, NIGHT'S, GAZETTE- 1 LORD CHAMRERLAIN'S-OFFICE. MARCH 8, 4845. 1 Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace , on Thursday, the 10th of April next, at two o'clock. REGULATIONS TO OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DARTMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. PAKINGTON brought up the report of the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the election for the borough of Dartmouth. The Com mittee reported that Mr. Joseph Somes had been duly returned, at the last election for the borough of Dart • mouth, to serve in Parliament for that borough. Several Members then presented private Bills. RAILWAYS. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition against the Berkshire and Hampshire Rail way. Col. PEEL presented a petition from Huntingdon in favour of the London and York Railway Bill. Sir G. CLERIC presented a petition from Stamford (as we understood) against certain portions of the Peterborough and Syston Railway Bill. GLASGOW POLICE BILL. Mr. LOCKHART brought in the Glasgow Police Bill, which was read a first time. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAYS. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition fron . Bristol praying the House to pass a measure prohi• biting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from several places in Scotland to the same effect. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. L ABOUCHERE presented a petition praying 1 the House to inquire into the manner in which the proceeds of the Merchant Seamen's Fund were ex pended. Lord DUNCAN presented petitions from places in the county of Lincoln against the keeping open of public-houses on Sundays. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from severe' medical practitioners in Bradford, against several pro visions in the Medical Bill brought in by Sir James Graham. Mr. M. BELLEW presented petitions from places in Ireland, complaining of the arbitrary powers exer cised by the Poor-law Commissioners. Lard A. LENNOX presented petitions from various places in Essex and Sussex. The Noble Lord did not, however, mention the prayers of them, where upon thereiwas a general cry of "For what ?" Lord A. LENNOX (in a low tone of voice) — Against the tariff.—(Great laughter, and cries of " Hear.") Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from the Anti-Slavery Society, numerously signed, against the emigration of labourers into the Mauritius, which emigration, it was understood, was encouraged by tip! Government. The petitioners further complained that the greatest immorality prevailed in the Mauritius in consequence of this importation. It was prayed that the Government might not advance any loan for the purposes of such emigration as the petitioners said had been contemplated. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. C. BULLER moved that the petition of mer chants, bankers, and traders of the city of London, on the subject of New Zealand be printed.—Agreel to. THE TARIFF. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition from Bermondsey against the taritf.—(Laughter.) I%IAYNOOTH. Sir R. INGLIS said his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government had answered a question the other evening, put to him by an Hon. Member, with respect to the measure it was intended to introduce on the subject of Roman Catholic institutions. His Right Honourable Friend did no more then than state the time when he proposed to call the attention of the House to this subject. He (Sir B. Inglis) requested now to be permitted to ask in what way the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to deal with this sub ject, whether by an increased grant in the estimates, or whether by Bill? He also wished to ask whether he intended to leave Protestant instieutions as they now stood? He wished to ask these two questions—first, whether it was the intention of his Right Hon. Friend to proceed by Bill in the case of the Roman Catholics, and secondly, whether it was his intention to leave the Protestant institutions to an annual vote and dis cussion? Sir R. PEEL was sorry his Hon. Friend had thought it right to ask questions with respect to in dividual points of the measures it was intended to propose : it was a very great advantage to state the okects of the measures generally ; but he could have no objection to answer the question of his Honourable Friend. He certainly proposed to proceed by Bill in the case of Maynooth, and the establishment of other academical institutions for Ireland ; and if the House should be prepared to assent to the proposition of an increased grant to Alaynooth, he thought great advantage would be derived in doing away with the annual discussion on the subject. There would Ise a great advantage in making the grant permanent, that it might not be subjected to an annual dispute. As to the grants to the Protes tant Presbyterians, whether they were to be annual or not, be thought they fell within the same general principle, and he saw no reason why they should not be made permanent. He was not aware of what the Right Hon. Gentleman referred to. Sir R. INGLIS said he referred to the Regium donum and the grant to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Sir ROBERT PEEL presumed the Right Honourable Gentleman did not mean to object to those grants.—(Great laughter.) If he wished for a guarantee for the continuance of those grants, from the great respect he felt for the Presbyterian body in Scotland, he (Sir Robert Peel) was not at all prepared to say it should be refused. Sir R. INGLIS disclaimed having any intention to object to the grants.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL—Then it is hardly fair for the flight Hon. Gentleman to raise a prejudice against my prcposal with respect to the grant to Maynooth, by appearing to imply from it that the Presbyterian Protestant bodies are to be dealt with on a different principle.—(Hear, hear.) IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Lord DUNCAN said an Act was passed last ses sion by Lord Brougham and the Government to amend the law of bankruptcy ; by the 57th section of that Act, the power of arresting for debt when the amorint was less than 201. was abolished from the edate of the passing of the Act, 9th Augusl, 1844. Th words "except for debts now in subsistence," were, it was supposed, accidentally omitted from the clause In consequence of this omission, twelve hundred tradesmen in Bath had been greatly inconvenienced by those who owed them debts contracted before that date refusing to pay them. The question he had to ask wes, whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to introduce any measure after Easter to relieve those unfortunate persons from the hardships they %s ere suffering, in consequence of the neglect of the Crown lawyers? Sir J. GRAHAM condoled very sincerely with the Noble Lord uncle; the circumstances in IA hid; his constituents were placed ; however, he might state that he was not aware of any general inconvenience that had arisen from the measure passed last year. He only knew it had had this effect; that though be fore it passed, the gaols )f the country wer3 crowded with a large number of debtors in a hopeless state of captivity, the prisons were no longer crowded with these hopeless individuals. lle was not prepared to recommend any material alteration in the Bill alluded to by the Noble Lord. Lord DUNCAN seeing the Right llon. Gentle man, the Solicitor-General in his place, begged leave to call to his recollection that when he (Lord Duncan) waited upon him with a deputation on this subject a few days ago, he (the Solicitor- General) stated that he was perfectly aware that this Bill had caused great inconvenience to the tradesmen of this country. Now he begged leave to ask whether he still remained of the same opinion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought he ought not to answer the question of the Noble Lord. It was not fair for the Noble Lord to state what had passed during his interview with the deputation. He did not exactly recollect what expressions he did use, but, if he remembered ",„rightly, he believed he stated that he had understood very great inconveni ence had resulted to tradesmen from this Bill ; and he asked the deputation whether they, as prac tical men, were prepared to suggest any remedy. He thought the Noble Lord would do him the justice to say that none of them could suggest any. although he threw out many which did not appear to meet their views. The subj e ct then dropped. SLAVERY AND THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Mr. ALDAM begged to ask the Right Honourable Gentleman the First Minifter of the Crown, a ques tion of which he had given him notice, and which re lated to a statement that appeared in the last Message of the American President of State. The statement related to the treatment of liberated slaves in the British colonies, and insinuated that they were no better than when in their former state of slavery. The President declared that when they were taken to the British colonies they had to serve an apprenticeship during which they were treated, if possible, with more severity than when they were slaves. Now, he wished to know whether the Presi dent of the United States of America was correctly informed when he made the statement that the condi tion of the liberated African in the British colonies was no bett , :r than slavery ? _ _ Sir R. PEEL said he was glad the Hon. Member had given him notice of this important question. It was rather to be regretted that the President of the United States of America should send over a formal message upon the subject of negroes who were intended to be removed from a state of slavery to comparative freedom, at a great ex pense to this country, without first ascertaining what was the real position of the British colonies. He must also say, that if the President of the United States should think it expedient to appoint a Commis sion for the purpose of going to the West Indian [LEFT SPEAKING.] NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Austen, K.C.8., was paid the usual advance wages yesterday at Spithead. The Gallant Admiral rehoisted his flag (white at the fore), this morning, at 11 o'clock, and saluted the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Sir C. Rowley, as that officer was absent on leave when Sir Francis first hoisted his flag. The St. Vincent turned the salute. The Vindictive is very strongly manned, very few other than able seamen having been entered. She sails this evening for the West Indies. The St. Vincent, 120, Capt. Rowley, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., having completed her refit, received her crew from the Victorious hulk yesterday. The Britannia, 120, advanced ship, has received new fore and mizen masts, her old ones having been transhipped on board the Hibernia, 120, fitting for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., for the command in the Mediter ranean. _ _ _ _ The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Stephen, which sailed on Friday for Sheerness with seamen, was driven back by the easterly gales, and did not succeed in finally leaving until yesterday. The Quail, naval lighter; sailed yesterday for Greenwich, with the effects of Capt. Sir W. 0. Pell, late Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. Darby, arrived on Sunday, with volunteers and supernumerary seamen, and to be docked for repair. She was accordingly docked yesterday. The Drake lighter sailed yesterday, with victualling stores for Chatham and Sheerness. _ _ The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretymar, arrived yesterday from Devonport, with volunteers for the Rodney and Hibernia. Shell practice, from the Excellent gunnery ship, Capt. Sir Thomas Hastings, was recommenced upon the Swiftsure hulk yesterday morning. DEVONPORT.—The Melampus, 42, just commissioned by Captain J. N. Campbell, C. 8., was docked on Saturday, to have her copper cleansed and examined. She will have a complement of 320 men. The Devon navy lighter, Hicks, Master-commanding, sailed on Friday, wi:h Government stores, for Liverpool and Holyhead. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretym an, arrived on Friday, with seamen froth Portsmouth to the ships fitting out here. Commander W. Cotesworth (1829), recently appointed to command the Grecian, 16, at this port, has resigned that ap pointment, which has been conferred upon Commander A. L. Montgomery (1838). NEWMARKET PROTECTION SOCIETY. (Abridged from the Cambridge Adveftiser.) At a meeting of the above-named society, held on the 11th inst., R. D. Fyson, Esq., in the chair, a petition to the House of Commons was agreed upon. The draft of this petition was forwarded to each of the county Members, with a rcqueat to be informed if they agreed with the prayer of such petition. Mr. Eaton said he would agree to any measure for the protec tion of the farmer: so would Mr. Allix • but he would " not take a burden off one shoulder and put it on the other:" but the Hon. Eliot T. Yorke would not go the whole hog, and very emphatically demanded proof " to show that the present low prices of agricultural produce, and the distress of the farmers, is owing to the measures of 1842 and 1843." _ . _ The result of this reply was a request from the Societ; that Mr. Yorke would meet his constituents at New market, and enter into some further explanation. Accordingly, at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, the Hon. E T. Ycrke, M.P., attended a large meeting of tenant. farmers:which was held at theßutland Arms Inn, and after. wards by adjournment at the theatre, Newmarket, R D. Fysou, Esq., in the chair. After the CHAIRMAN had brit fly explained the object of the meeting, The Hon. E. T. YORKE came forward, and, in a straightforward manly speech, vindicated his Parlia mentary conduct, and cited numerous Parliamentary statistical documents to prove that the course he had thought fit to pursue was the right one. After several other gentlemen had addressed the meet ing, 211 condemnatory of Sir R. Peel's policy, a call was made upon Mr. Yorke to resign. Mr. YORKE briefly but emphatically said, " I don't intend to resign." REBECCA IN HUTCHESONTOWN EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS. Yesterday, au occurrence took place in Hutcheson town, in the vicinity of the Nursery Mill, opposite the Humane Society-house, which, but for the good humour of a number of the parties engaged in it, might have re sulted in a formidable riot. From what we could learn of the circumstances, it appears that an attempt was made by two extensive iron founders, proprietors in this quarter, to shut up a bye road, which has existed for the last fifteen years, and which, besides giving easy access to the public wishing to cross the river from the Rather glen-road, by the ferry at the Humane Society House, affords great convenience to the workers in the Nursery Mill, and other works in the neighbourhood. The attempt consisted of a strong wooden barrier, and a gate, which to the surprise of the workers attempting to pass that way, had been placed so as completely to shut up the road in question from the use:of the public. Determined not to be thus suddenly deprived of a privilege which they had so long enjoyed, a largo body of the operatives and female weavers connected with the Nursery Mill assembled about six o'clock in the morning, and made a regular assault upon the gate; but by their intention being anticipated, by the proprietors in question, a large assembly of the sons of Vulcan,connectcd with their works, soon appeared to defend the barricade. The result was thata slight skir mish took place between the opposing parties, which was followed by several other encounters, in which, we are happy to say, with the exception of a few bruises, no great damago was done on either side. The operatives of the foundry for a considerable period, forming a compact body, defended the gate against all opposition, until a lad, driving an empty coal cart, was engaged by the opposing party, galloped amongst them and com pletely broke up their square, driving the gate and all other impediments before his well-whipped charger. After this the two forces retired to their usual labours ; but during the forenoon the gate was again set up, and apparently with a renewed determination on the part of the Vulcan people to de fnd it at all hazards. The women, however, of the Nursery were not to be baulked in this way, and accordingly they mustered in still greater force, and being headed by several stalwart engineers, tenters, and mill wrights, and a ..ertain sonsy mus- ' cular manager, they charged upon the gate, and after a severe fisticuff encounter between the male portion of the belligerents, succeeded in driving off the defenders, destroying the barricade, and carrying off the gate, which they tossed into the Clyde amidst vehe me•nt cheering. It is but due to the wovkmen of the Vulcan Fcundry, however, to say, that when the ladies appeared to aid the other party, they gave but a feeble and ineffectual resistance. The taking of the gates of Somnauth was nothing to this. Since the above was written we have been informed that but for the time:y interference of one of the pro prietors of the foundry, bloodshed would have ensued and probably loss of life.—Glasywir Saturday Post. Tut; YARMOUTH BEAcuaiEN.—Statement of ser vices rendered by twenty•one persons of the undermen tioned companies, on Sunday, March 10, 1845 :—" That about 5 o'clock, A at., obseried a vessel aground upon the Scroby sand, the wind being then about E. bs N. Rowing boats were immediately launched, and proceeded towards the vessel, but owing to the dangerous situation of the vessel, it being impossible to render any assistance with boats of that description, the Star Company re turned to the shore and proceeded to launch the life boat, and with the assistance of other cornpnivs they succeeded in getting afloat about six A.m., with a crew of 21 men and the assistance of six horses to tow the life-boat to the northward as far as Caistor ; 'hen proceeded under sail towards the vessel, but owing to the flood tide and the wind we could not reach the vessel, to which we tacked to the north ward, and the yawl Water Witch came and took s rope to assist, and after having reached a consider able time to the northward, saw the vessel's mainmast go overboard and again tacked towards the vessel, but coutd itot reach the raid vessel, and was c mwelled . to tack to the northward the second time, and reaching in that direction a sufficient distance to enable the life boat to fetch the vessel, and again tacked the boat towards the said vessel, which we succeeded in reaching thrc ugh much sea and great difficulty. The unfortunate vessel proved to be the schooner Princess Royal, of Newcastle. from Sligo bound to London, with a cargo of oats, which we found o have a crew consisting of four men and one passenger, whom we were successful in saving from a watery grave, as the boat had scarcely left the sand when the vessel filled with water and became a total wreck. The crew were landed cn Yarmouth beach about ten, A.M., the same morning. The men in the life-boat were as follows:—Star Company, eleven men; Holkham ditto, seven men; Brock and Denny ditto, tl roe men: Total, twenty- one.—Cambridge Ner. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday the bakers of Drury•lane, Clare-market, and other places, Livered the price of the 41b. loaf to 5d., being a reduc tion of one penny. There is some bread selling as low vs -t , 1., called country bread, but not weighed. The high priced bakers still maintain their prices. This is the first alteration that has taken place in the price of bread during the severe winter. SIGNS •or IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Ainscow and Tomlinson, machine-makers of this town, have, in com pliance with the request of their workmen, granted them half an hour in each day as tea time, fer five days in the iveek—a privilege of which, they were deprived during the late depression. On the announcement of the above to the men, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to their em ployers, for their kindness and liberality.—Preston Guardian. ARSON.—The Directors of the West of England Fire Insurance Company, in order to put an end to the very serious losses incurred by the wanton setting fire to farming and other property in this and other counties, have intimated their determination to prosecute all offenders, so as to lead to the severest punishment of such persons. The company have ordered their solicitor, Mr. Barnes, to prosecute, at the ensuing assizes, Mary Hayes and Mary Lashbrook, charged with an offence of this description at Bideford.— Devonpor t Telegraph. ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW CLEANING.—A female servant of Mr. Hutt, tailor, Westminster-road, fell from a second-floor window yesterday morning as she was standing on the outside to clean it. Her shoulder was dislocated ; but otherwise the injuries she received were not SO serious as might have been expected. DRAWING- ROOK The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Drawing room, are requested to bring with them two cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence. chamber, and the other to be delivered to . the. Lord in Waiting, who will announce the name to her Ma jesty. And those ladies who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the -ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office, be fore twelve o'clock on Tuesday the Bth of April next, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen'il approlAtion ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered, corresponding with the names sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's. office. DOWNING-STREET, Kitten 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joh❑ Pope, Esq. to be Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer for the Island cc Hong-Kong. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William 14:ndsrson and James Henry Yaysgy, chema. Moorfields, Gloucestershire. BANKRUPTS. William Williams, victualler, High-street, St. Giles's, to surrender March 31 and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Futvoye, John-street, Bedford-row. Henry Hester, tallow chandler, Ratcliffe -terrace, Gosvrell road, March 31 and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official 'assignee, Aldermanbury ; Young, Vallings, and Young, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Thomas Clegg, coal merchant, Tanners- hill, Deptford, March 31, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Jones, Mincing-lane. Frederick Sharman, bootmaker, West-square, Southwark, April 1, at one, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; King, St. Mary axe. George William Stocks, linendraper, Norwich, April 2, at half past two, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench. walk, Temple. Charles Douglas Hope, wine -merchant, Manchester, March 27 and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Adams, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Moseley, Back King-street, Manchester. . Wililiam Daniel, cabinet maker, ' Manchester, March 28 and April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury, London ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. William Miley, tailor, Derby, April 1 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Tattersall, Great James-street, London ; Broad bent, Sheffield ; Todd, Manchester. Thomas O'lfooke and William Birks, commission agents, Manchester, April 2 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Holt, official assignee, Manchester; Chilton and Acland, Chancery-lane, London; Slaney, Birmingham; Foster, Birmingham. Henry Woodgate, horse-dealer, Kingston, Dorsetsbire, March 28 and April 25, at two, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Parr and Son, Poole; Ilolme and Co., New Inn, London • Warren, Exeter. William Ibbotson, merchant, Sheffield, April 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as signee ' • Moss, Cloak lane, London ; Branson, Sheffield. Richard Brown, joiner, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 31 and April 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn, Lon don ; Galloway and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. William Granger, paper m anufacturer, Belly- mill, Dur ham, March 28, at half-past eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assigneee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Smith, Durham; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. John Price, draper, Oaken Gates, Shropshire, March 29 and April 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Garbett, Shropshire ;. Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. _ DIVIDENDS DECLARED. R. Roberts, linen draper, Blackman-street, Southwark, — first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basingball-street. A. Lett, timber merchant, Commercial-road, Lambeth— first div. of 4s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. T. Milner and C. Bedford, confectioners, Hull—final div. of 23. 9%c1. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tues • day, at the office of Mr. Hope, 1 eeds. J. T. Milner ' confectioner, Hull—first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. C. Bedford, confectioner, Hull—second div. of 4s. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. C. S. Masiterman, grocer, Croydon—first div. of2s. 3d. in the pound, March 22, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. T. Fisher, linen draper, Selby, Yorkshire—div. of ss. in the pound, March 19, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. G. Harriott, beer brewer, Ormskirlc, Lancashire—second div. of Is. Vhd. iu the pound. March 26, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. R. Smith, attorney, Worcester—third div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. H. Bates, factor, Birmingham—second div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. S. Sedgley, grocer, Dudley—first div. of Is. 10d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. C. Lister, wine merchant, Wolverhampton—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. N. Sargent, grocer, Nottingham--first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Bir mingham. J.Glazebrook, carpenter, Birmingham—first div. of Gd. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Dobson, sen., J. Dobson, and T. Dobson, jun.—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, and second div. of 2 1 A,d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Goren, scrivener. Orchard-street, Portman-square--se cond div. of 4d. in the pound, March 22, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Peaten, ironmenger, Paddington. street, Marylebone— first div. of Is. Gd. in the pound, March 22, and any subse quent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. C. Newton and C. Worssam, engineers, Kingsland-basin, Kingsland-road—first div. of 4s. Gd. in the pouud, March 22, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. T. Miller, baker, Green. street, Leicester- square—first div. of is. 4d. in the pound, March 22, and any subsequent Satur day, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. Basinghall-street. G. e corn merchants, Cambridge, Francis,o of Ban,j jun, April 15, at eleven—G. E. White, tailo r , R ea di ng , A pr il 9, a t one—R. Marshall, stone mason, Deptfo r d, A pr il 8, a t t we l ve FAratac the Francis Court nd T. —T. Johnson, sen., W. Johnson, and C. Mann, bankers, Rom ford, April 7, at elevea—C. Mann, banker, Romford, April 7, at eleven— G. B. fudge, japan -leather manufacturer, Glen • cester-street, Shoreditch, April 10, at eleven—F. Dudley, builder, Rochford, Essex, April 9, at one—J. Gale, sen., and J. Gale. jun., rope makers, Love-lane, Shadwell, April 10, at eleven—J. Lorden and N. Hadley, builders, Herne Bay, April 8, at eleven—N. Hadley, builder, Herne Bay, April 8, at eleven. In the Country. B. Pountain, wine merchant Derb, April 10, at eleven, al the Birmingham District Court —T. Kearsley and T. Watt, bone merchants, Runcorn, Cheshire, April 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court-1. Daniell, copper smelter, Bou logne, April 10, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court--G. Staiwav, con f ec tioner, Stoke upon-T ren t , A pr il 11, at e l even, at the Ili rm i ng ham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. A. Welinert, tailor, Leicester-square, April B—J. Moutrie, music seller, Bristol, April B—J. Argent, victualler, Golden lane, Barbican, April B—T. Cooper, coffeehouse-keeper, Ald gate High-street, April B—T. R. Withers, merchant, Rum bridge, Southamptonshire, April 15---G. E. White, tailor, Reading, April 15—J. and D. llepworth, cotton warp dyers, Raistrick, Yorkshire, April 18— J. Staples, plumber, Cotten ham, Cambridge, April 9—W. Clarke, b u ild er , Sheffield, April 10-11. Craven, corn miller, Wakefield, April 18—E. L. Ro. binson, fellmonger, Moulton, Lincolnshire, Aprilll—M. Tom kinson, linen draper, Kidderminster, April 14—T. and J. Jones, tallow chandlers, Liverpool, April B—E. Scott, miller, llillborough, Norfolk, Apr 1 B—W. Richardson, glass manu facturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April B—P. J. Meugens, broker, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, April B—W. Jackson, paper limiger, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, April B—A. Seed, licensed Tictualler, Liverpool, April B—R. Blockley, linen draper, Crewe, Cheshire, April B—J. Ward, engineer, Manchester, April B—B. Creigh, cartwright, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, April 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Wool'right and J. Pearson, linen drapers, Canterbury —P. and J. Broad, melters, Brighton—T. E. Greenhow and R. E. Huntley, ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Haw kins, J. Cooper, and W. Fieldhouse, china manufacturers, Foley, Stoke-upon-Trent (so far as regards J. Cooper)—G. Freeman and T. B. Beesley, nail factors, Birmingham—G. and S. Reynold, corn dealers, Salisbury-street, Lisson-grove , —W. Townley, R. T ownley, and W . H. C a rtwright, cotton spinners, Bla c kb urn—J. Kn app, W . Bray, and H. Edmonds, clothiers, Br a df or d — J . L. Butler an d W. Paton, coal mer chants, Liverpool —W. H. Austin and G. W. Tinkler , com mercial aents Harp-lane, Lower Thames - street — T. Sander son and I. J. Cook, coal merchants, Liverpool — J. Dyer and H. Cullif or d, drapers, Banwell, Somersetshire — E. Phillips and A. G. Favenc, wine merchants, Lower Thames-street— T. W. Dean and E. Law, artists, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street—G. and J. Blindley, haberdashers, Coventry—C. R. Wessel and F. Stapleton, music publishers. Frith-street, Soho —W. Reed and R. Taylor, linen drapers, Brunswick-parade, Is lington—J. Cowing and A. Peacock, silk men, Spital-square —J. Dobson and C. Nixon, marble dealers, Dent, Yorkshire —C. C. Eyre and F. J. Burge, surgeons, Hammersmith—A. Toft and J. Austin, engravers, Tinkersclough , Shelton Pot teries—J. Pritchard, B. A. Pritchard, and J. Railton, timber dealers, Liverp oo l ( so far as regar d s S . Railton)—J. Darby, J. Higgs, and T. Pickering, coal masters, Kingswinford, Staffordshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Semple and Co., grocers, Cambuslang, Glasgow, March 21 and April 12, at twelve, at the chambers of 11. Stneaton, Glasgow. S A , a l e t x t w an o, d a er t t K h y R , o m y e a r l ch H an ot t e , l, D p u u n i d id e e e, e. March 24 and Aptil IMPORTANT INVENTION.—An invention by Captain Mercer, R.N., superintendent of the packets at Dover, for disconnecting horses from four-wheel carriages, in case of the horses running a wa y and becoming unmanageable, was tried in a field bel ong i ng to M r. Dray, Char l ton-road, a few days since, in the p resence of S ir Fi anc i s C oc kb urn, C apt. the A s ß ta eN g -. e- 3 e l o r a . c G h l , o e i r t , h a a n d pair sev o e f r a horses lother , scientific Washington, gentlemen.N" 1. and the apparatus attachei as a splinter-bar, on the top of which were several gentlemen, was driven round the field, when the horses were dis connec t e d f rom t h e coac h in an in stant, at the will ofthe person on or within the coach. The carriage was driven up and down hill, and the ease and quickness with which th e person on the box disconnected the horses, leaving the coach quite clear with the passengers, gave the greatest satisfaction to the numerous invention, and thereby pro v i ng t h e great ut ili ty o f the and that its application to four-wheel carriages would be the means of preventing accidents in the event of the horses run ning away with a carriage. At the conclusion of the experi ment Captain Mercer was much congratulated on the success of his invention by the numerous party of ladies and gentle. men who came to witness the experiment. I HPERIAL PARLIAM PN T. HOUSE OP COM 2tl 01V S. cte c;t i 6. The SPEAKER took the Clair shortly before Fol o'clock. POST-OFFICE. Mr. EWART wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. Since the penny postage system had been established, a custom had sprung up of sending small parcels through the Post-office. Latterly these parcels had been opened at the Post-office. Ile wished to know if this was sanctioned by the Govern ment? He wished to call the attention of the Hon. Gentleman to another subject connected with the Post office. If a newspaper, with the sender's name upon it, were sent from one place to another in the metropolis it was charged upwards of as., but if he sent a newspaper with his name upon it to the country it went free. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not r wai a that any such charge as that mentioned by the Hon. Member existed against any department of the Post-office ; and it certainly was not the intzntifn of her Majesty's Government to have issued any orders to the Post-office authori ies to do that of which the Honourable Member complained ; therefore with re gard to the opening of the packet complained of by the Hon. Member, he presumed there must be some error. But perhaps it would be well to mention, that in c,nsequence of the abuse of the facilities afforded by the ehe .p rate of postage, some orders were obliged to be issued. For instance, such articles as knives and scissors had frequently been sent ; and upon one occai.ion it had been discovered that part of a human body had been transmitted to a surgeon.—(A laugh.) In consequence of this, it had become necessary to make an order prohibiting the transmission of flesh and fish— (A laugh)—tend such ether article, or of knives or scis sors, &c.; but if any other packet had been opened, it was against the orders ; and, indeed, he had heard of but one such complaint, and that had bet n ordered to be investigated. WINDOW-TAX. Lord DUNCAN said, that in rising to address the House upon this subject, he felt no small degree of embarrassment when he looked around and saw so many others who were much better qualified than he was to deal with the question, and under those circumstances he begged to say he would occupy the House but a very short time. Nor would he now intrude this question upon the notice of the House, but that he felt bound to do so, for this reason, that he was the representative of a constituency who, except the cities of London and Liverpool, paid the largest amount of window-tax of any town in the kingdom. and therefore he felt hound to bring the hardships under which they laboured, by reason o f th e levy of this tax, before the notice of this Heine, to the best of his ability. He begged to assure the House that he did not bring it forward with any view to the embarrassment of the Government, for it was no party or political question, but he did bring it forward because of the injustice end impoliey of the tax ; and if no other result should atterd it, it would at all events have been brought before the public, and public attention would have been called to it, and then it wolfd be seen whether or not the people had just cause of complaint —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Alight Honourable Baronet opposite had said, in his financial stet.. went, that there were three millions of houses in the metropolis that did not pay this tax, and that, therefore, if these house's re quired glass, great benefit would be o inferred by the removal of the glass duty. But he (Lord D.) would ask why had these houses been exempted 1 He would explain it. They had been exempted because many of them were the property of wealthy persons, who had tenants who paid them 200/ a year, others were exempted because they were the offices and stores of wealthy merchants ; and oth. rs again had evaded the tax because the houses were old, and occupied by poor people, who filled up the wind ,ws. The Noble Lord then produced letters which he had received from various persons, complaining that the report of the Committee on the Health of Towns bad omitted to mention the state in which many houses in large towns were owing to the number of families crowded into them, and who yet could not have sufficient light, owing to the great amount of the window-tax. He could not s. e how the removal of the duty on glass would benefit houses already built ; it might serve those now building or about to be built. The tax which he was most anxious to remove was of much older date than that upon glass, and was as old as the days of " the hearth money " itself. The duty on hearths had been taken away. Fourteen different Chancellors of the Ex chequer had passed 14 different Acts on the subject. In 1808 Mr. Percival, the then Chancellor of the Ex chequer, introduced a measure, which was passed into a law, under which the assessed taxes were collected. Since the passing of the Act of 1812 the window duty had been consented to. The result of all these Acts was that a sliding-scale was established--(Hear, hear) — by which houses which had eight windows, and from eight windows to 500 were exactly taxed in the inverse ratio of the means of payment. To show the inequality in the working of the tax, he would take the house of Sir Robert Peel in Whitehall-gardens, St. Margaret's parish, in which the number of windows was 72, and the tax was 6s. 9/d. per window, being about 31 per cent. on the valuation of the house, as rated for the property-tax, which was 700/. per year. He would contrast that with the case of a person named Coombes, a cabinet-maker, residing at the corner of Abbey-street, in Bath. There were thirty-three windows in his house, and he paid 7s. 4d. per window, being upwards of 30 per cent. as rated to the property-tax. Apsley House, in St. George's parish, had 129 windows, which paid ss. 11d. per window, or 2 and 3-Bths per cent. under the rating to the pro perty-tax, which was 2,0001. a-year. Montague house which, had 132 windows, paid but ss. 10id. per window, being about 31. per cent. to the rating of the House under the property-tax, about 1,320/. Whilst those great houses pay so small an amount of window tax, the smaller houses were taxed at 9s. 4d. per window. So much with regard to the inequality of the tax. Now, with regard to its injustice, he would state the result of some returns which were made that morning. One of those returns moved for by the Hon. Member for Mon trose stated that the amount of window duty, in 1841, was 1,830,4571., and it was stated in the same return that in 1844 the amount of window duty was 1,743,400/., being a decrease of 87,2001. In the other return to which he begged to call the attention of the Honourable and Gallant Member for Brighton (Captain Pechell), it was stated that in 1841 the amount of duty was 1,774,638/., whereas in 1844 it was 1,786,514/., being an increass in 1844, as compared with 1841, of 11,8761. Now, the one return made a decrease in 1841, as compared with 184 of 87,0001., and the other return made an increase in the year 1844, as compared with the year 1841, of 11,8761. Now, • when he found such a difference in the two returns, he thought that circumstance alone ought to induce the House to grant him a Committee. On look ing to the bottom of the return he found the amount of duty paid by twelve of the large towns in England. Ie the town of Bath, he found the window duty had di'ui rushed to from 22,408/. in 1841, down to 21,551/ in 1844, and he found the same thing had happened in the towns of Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, and Norwich. Having found this discrepancy between the two reports, he ap plied to Mr. Porter, and, on referring to his tables he found a different account. He found that in 1839, before the now survey, the window- tax was 1,298,62 9 / In the second year of the new survey he found that it rose 365,0001, bitt that ever since, in 1342 and 1843, it was said to be annually diminishing, not withstanding thet the population had increased from 18,000,000 in 1839, to 20,000.000 in 1843. In one point, however, all the returns agreed, and that was, that in the year of the re-survey, a large addition was made to the tax. In 1834 there was an Act brought forward by Lord Althorp, which was stated to be for the relief of such persons as were duly assessed at the passing of the Act. It was stated that all persons assessed would be entitled to keep open, free of duty, as many windows as they pleased. Th a t Act lay dormant for six y( are, till 1840, and at that time, when it was found that the ex penditure of the country exceeded the income, very great activity prevailed amongst the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. Communications sass d between them and Mr. Baring, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it was determined that they should have a re-survey made of all the windows in the kingdom. The consequence was this, that a number of persons who had opened their windows on the faith of this Act of Parliament, sud denly found themselves in the arms of a hungry Chan. cellar of the Exchequer.—(Laughter.; The very first person who was attacked was William Cotton, a solici tor, who ought to have known the laws of England. It appeared that Mr. Cotton had, between the years 1834 and 1841, opened a few windows. He stated that he be lieved himself to have been duly assessed. The sur veyor required that Mr. Cotton should prove that he was duly assessed, and Mr. Cotton, though a solicitor, could not do any such thing. The judges declared he was liable for every window he had opened under the Act of Parliament. Another case was that of Mr. Edwards, of Wigan, who was sur charged for every window, though he thought he had been assessed in 1834. In this case there was an aggra vating feature ; Mr. Edwards had used, to seal some of his letters, the device of a thistle, with the motto " Diuna forget "—(Laughter)—and for using this seal he was charged 9 /. Bs. in addition to the sum of 5/. which he had been surcharged on the windows.—(Hear, hear.) He was charged 2/. Bs. because he sealed his letters with a pencil-case. It might appear ridiculous to the House, but it was an instance of great legal oppression. Were he not afraid of wearying the House, he could adduce two thousand similar cases. A Mr. Lewis, who had opened two holes in his warehouse, was declared to be liable for a window. The case of Mr. Richard Jones was ofa similar kind, and Professor Scholefield, of Cambridge, was declared to have been properly surcharged for a window, because he had opened a hole in his coal-cellar for shooting the coals through. These cases might atinear trivial and ridiculous ; but there was a strong feeling on the subject out of doors, which was increasing every day. The people were determined to be no longer treated in this ridiculous manner. In another case, that of Mr. Boone of Prows, it was declared he had been legally surcharged although he had stopped up the aperture, be cause he had not used any mortar with the stones em ployed for that purpose, and the Commissioners raid light was admitted between them. The reason whe he wished to call the attention of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer particularly to this point, was diet at one time he seemed to have thought that perforated plates of zinc placed in walls would not be charged. Many par ties had applied to Mr. Pressley, the Chairmen of Stamps and Taxes, on the subject, and he had stated that they might put up as many plates of zinc as they liked, but they would be charged for every hole in that zinc, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had borne that gentleman out by a letter he bad written to some of these parties. He thought people ought to be allowed to vertilate their houses.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cubitt had given it as his opinion that darkness in their abides was prejudicial to the working classes, and Mr. Bradshaw had stated that the sun's light and air was necessary to the sustaining of life. Dr. Southwcord Smith b-a Lee 0 (.;e should they in that House, the representatives of the English people, suffer such a state of things to exist for a longer period ? They, the representatives of the most useful and the most enlightened people on the face of the globe, would they forget what. it was that depressed the manly spirit of the working classes of England ? That people enabled the Government to wage a great com mercial war with all parts of the glebe, for its this hos tile tariff England maintained her wonted spirit. France might borrow their machinery, she might borrow their capital, but in order to' compete with them she must also borrow the menly spirit of their workmen.—(hear, hear.) Would they, the representatives of that people, retain a tax of 9s. 4d. and of 9s. ld. upon every aper ture that gave ventilation to their dwellings. He ap- Relied to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government—he appealed to him in behalf of the work ing classes of the town he reprepresented—he besought him not to be indifferent to their health and to their comfort. He appealed to the Right Honouruble Gentleman who had issued the Sanatcry Commission to attend to the report of that Commission. He had granted a charter to a society fir the purpose of im proving the dwellings of the working classes in this me tropolis. Let him carry that principle yet a little fur ther. He appealed also to the Right lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who seemed to tell the people of England by a sort of side-wind to ventilate their dwellings. All he wished of him was to grant a Committee to inquire why it was, that the houses in Englend which had less than twenty windows, paid 836,0001. out of the one million and a half of which the window duty consisted ? Why it was, that the houses which had less that forty windows paid 1,340,0004 leaving the insignificant sum of 250,0001. as the amount paid by the houses which had v. - lore than that number ? lie knew that a million and a half was a large sum, and he only asked the Right Hon. Gentleman to consent to an inquiry whether there might not be some less vexatious mode of collecting this tax. The people of England had never shrunk from paying necessary taxes; but they desired to see every man paying taxes in proportion to his means. In conclusion, he begged to assure the Right Honourable Gentleman that this tax, in its present shape, would never be paid willingly by the constituents whom he had the honour to represent ; while they saw so many towns which had trebled their wealth and doubled their population, pay ing in a much less proportion. The Hon. Member cen eluded by moving a Select Committee, to inquire into the present mode of assessing. levying, and collecting the window duties in Great Britain, and to report their opinion thereupon to the House. Captain BOLTS said, in rising to s=econd the motion, he could assure the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury that he had no wish to embarrass her Majesty's Government in their plans with respect to the financial condition of the esuntry. He was aware that a tax of 1,700,000/. could not very easily be remitted ; but at the same time, when so many thousand artis ans in the metropoli s a n d the large towns of the country were suffering from this cause, he thought it was the bounden duty of their representatives to make known their grievances, in order that, if possible, thee might be redressed. And he had the satisfaction of g that when he appealed to his Right Hon. Friend, he appealed to a statesman whose public life was a guarantee that he should not plead in vain provided a case were made out. This tax was imposed by Mr. Pitt as a war-tax, with the assurance that it e ould not be continued in a time of peace. Froei tin , year 1815, lip to the present. time, almost every Chancellor of the Exchequer had promised to revise this tax, and the o tly revision that had taken place Was—a revision with a vengeance, for it was an addition of ten per cent. imposed by the late Ad. ministration. This tax was peculiarly oppressive to persons residing in the lewer parts of Westminster. It appeared, that holes made for admiling light into cel'ars and dark staircases, .were taxed as windows, and those persons who had but six or seven windows be came rated to the tax, although the Act of Parliament never contemplated that they should be subjected to it. The parish of St. Anne's was formerly the place of tare residences of the arisn cracy, but now no person of in dependent means lived there. In that pariah the tax was most oppressive. In that parish the tax was 161 per cent. upon the rental, while in Regent-street, and the neighbourhood of the Reform Club, it was not more than 21- per cert. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid it was a painful and disagreeable task to have to defend taxes which Hon. Gentlemen might consider odious and (epressive. It was impossible to deny that any tax, however wisely conceived, or however ably car ried into effect, was necessarily in itself an evil. Those feelings were necessarily stronger in cases of direct taxation when, in addition to the evil and incon venience produced by the operation of the tax itself, there was the irritating circumstance of an open and direct demand for money from the person who was called upon to pay it. And therefore he felt that, in stating to the House the reasons why he declined acceding to the proposition of the Noble Lord, he must request the House to consider that taxes were in themselves evils, but they were necessary evils. The House should not suffer itself to be carried away by every mere detail of the hardship arising from one particular case, but ought to consider the general necessities of the country, and that it aas requisite that a certain amount should be raised for the maintenance of the public revenue. The Noble Lord opposite had detailed to them many evils resulting from the operation of this particular tax. He did not doubt but there were cases in which the tax subjected the payer to considerable inconvenience ; and other cases in which the law was not, understood, and hardships sus tained, the infliction of which was never contemplated by the Legislature. He could only say the Government was most willing to interpose and prevent the recurrence of these evils. When inconveniences and oppressions were stated to the House, it dil nut follow that these statements were not either untrue or exaggerated ; for although he would by no means impeach the veracity of the Noble Mover, or the Hon. and Gallant Officer who seconded him, still he thought they might have been mis led by erroneous information. In consequence of what had passed on a former occasion, he had felt it his duty to inquire into some statements made regarding parti cular houses in Bath, to which the Noble Lord had adverted. The Noble Lord then said that in the house. 10, Galway•street, Bath, twenty win dows had been shut up recently, in consequence of this tax, and that a large number of windoe's had been shut up in the adjoining houses from the same cause. That statement was not correct. In 1843 the window tax was assessed on a person, named Fisher, for thirty four windows, and in 1814 the tax was assessed on the same house, on a person named Fisher, for thirty five windows, showing an increase rather than a diminu tion. With respect to No. 9, he had ascertained that there were reasons why the windows should be stopped, be side the inconvenience of paying the windewetax, for he believed it was pretty well ascertained that No. 9 was a house of ill fame. le other cas sto which the N.e,le Lord had referred, he felt compelled to refer to the state ment of a Noble Lord, his predecessor in the office which he had the ho- - out' to fill, and he would follow that Noble L in the as rth n. that these houses. which were unfurnished and unoccupied, and which were only opened for the sake of ventilation, were net liable to taxation. The character of that Nob!s Lord was too well established to suppose that he was at all likely to commit a breach of faith.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish to impute to the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, or to his Honourable Friend near him, any error in the statement whi c h those Gentlemen had made. The Noble Lord his predecessor had stated, in 1834, that it was not tsseint is tion of Government to prevent any person from enjoying the benefit of additional windows in their houses, if they opened an additional window beyond the number at which they were assessed. In 1834, when the proposition was made to impose the assessed taxes for five years; there was this express reservation, that the window-tax should be levied according to the previous assessment, and per sons who were desirous of entering into a composition of five per cent. , were enabled, by the act of 1834, to do so on the whole amount. of their assessment. But the Noble Lord asked, " Why put additional taxes on houses once rated to the occupier at a certain number of windows, when new windows should have been made in them ? " Why, surely, it was never intended that those occupiers should have a perpetuity of those houses if they should improve them by additional windows.— (Hear, hear.) If that were so, it would be a manifest injus tice to others who should build pew houses.—(T-dear, hear.) With respect to the motion of the Noble Lord, lie (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) could not feel it would be cons•stent in him to consent to this Committee, for he knew what the feeling was with respect to those Committees ; it was, in fact, nothing more nor less than to call upon the House to ex press an opinion, to the effect that the window-tax should be removed. This tax amounted to a million and a half—and he would ask, was the Noble Lord in a position to state what he propoaed to substitute for it ? or to say it could be removed without a substitute in the present state of the finances of the country ?—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Alontrose, however, intended to suggest that it should be left for the con sideration of the Committee, whether it would not be better that a house-tax should be substituted for the window-tax. Now the House had already had this question before them ; and the House, ten years ago, having before them the two taxes, did, upon deliberate consideration, determine that the house tax should be abolished, and the window-tax preserved. Whe ther right or wrong, was foreign to the present question to de termine that; if they were to raise a million and a half upon a tax derived from windows, it was not desirable to encourage an opinion that they were about to make a change in the mode in which they at present levied it. The Noble Lord had stated that the number of houses was 4,00',000, but that only 450,000 of them were subject to the tax. The residences of the labouring classes, and buildings used for manufac turing or agricultural purposes, were mostly exempted. In fact, the tax in its present state was placed only upon one eleventh of the whole number of house-occupier s in the coun• try. When, however, the house tax was in force, it operated upon one -seventh of the house-occupiers of the country. If they substituted one tax for the other, it would naturally bring under assessment a large body of persons —he believed no less than '270,000 in number, who at the present time were subject to the income-tax. He should be surprised if the remission of one-half of the window-tax on these houses occasioned any reduction of the rent to the tenants. That rent did not so much depend on the , axes on these particular houses as on the demand for them for dwellings of the poor. Labouring men, rather than reside at a distance from their employment, and encounter the toil of walking to and from it at the beginning and end of their work, would pay an enhanced rent for a dwelling in the neighbourhood of their avocations. Ile did not see any par ticular advantage to be gained by going into this Committee. He fully admitted to the Noble Lord it was the duty of the Government to inquire into these branches of taxation, and to see whether the abuses in them could not be remedied. —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) But to grant a Committee on this subject would only excite expectations that could not be realised, and would lead people to believe that the window-duty was about to be abolished, without any other tax being im posed instead of it. He therefore felt bound to resist the in quiry moved for by the Noble Lord. It hail been said, that the tax prevented healthy ventilation ; but he believed what the poor man most looked for in his dwelling was warmth. He was sure, if the Noble Lord entered into toe dwellings of the poor, he would see so far from their being anxious to allow the air into their dwellings, there was not a single hole that was not filled up for the purpose of securing warmth, and what they cousidered comfort. As to the window-tax being the cause of ill health, he was not prepared to admit it, and there was not a O ft s : eel" lire in the rot-we 4,1' 1,•:1 lesen alteeed I t 0 •te_ • e se; i A; sva tv Oa Ir v lo 1 tbe . health was a tt r ib u t a bl e t o t h e s t ate o f the sewers , a nd i t in which houses were built. He admitted, that if 1 4, f oe' m beovala desirable htlhee that there health could shoul,i be he s ec s u e r m e i d Ae , I , : itter e t ; in it. Ile tru t«1 that the Ileu3e won" • pot of upon itself that which was the duty of the Exeent' r to ' into a Committee for the pureose of discussing the r o le° a tax which they could not , ffecs. To rei eal the ' c id etie l. ; ender the present circumstances, of the e euntry a° ll .. R es t" posable,_. end although, therefore, be admitted that I._ oo e duty of Government to take the subject into their 'P . ! must dere., ion, he must resist the motion for a Committee te into the subject. —( Hear.) Captain ROUS explained. ~e h tbo Captain PECHELL said a more convincing R710 1 1: 1 1 that of the Noble Lord who introduced this mot' der never heard, arid the Chancellor of the F rebe ilattt ee s t ; wholly abstained from g-appling with th e tr bor. ► which that speech eontained.—(Cries of 'et'sr'of He would just show the House the number of eat - o deilit t against the window duty since the imposition of t hes es ten per cent. in 1839 or rather, the number of ,be to;s1 had been decided by the judges, for it was in3rn ia pd certain the number of cases of appeal. In '',„,, i T n eot it ii Wales, the number of cases with respect to th e -titpherevt deciaed by the judges was 5C6. In Scotland the n heate ie lf 232, making together 738. In one ease in Wales , t o§ was made to apply to ' forty-seven others, so that it,, ed bet impossible to know even the number of cases dar t , r/ judges. Ile thought this was sufficient gro Ind , ° ieesselg mittee of inquiry. From 1831 to 1844, out of 1,1 _ Ol O appeals from the decisions of the Commission et: 1 1 ;00' 4 assessed taxes, 412 related to window-du Y. r idab er il a Bristol there wa s a cons id era bl e f a lli n g off in t ";Chss ee ' t eo windows, which m us t e ith er resu lt f ro m cheating th..tiso of the Ex c h Agoer,nd theor from very a same decline thing in the condi aid o f inhabitants. tit m i g ht be 5 pelt, condition of most of the 'principal towns 10 0 , 0 ebsr' e l —Liverpool, Leeds, and Hull a mong the tistr, with window duty,(Hear,inetar.)ln and the Scotland, lllodging-housesd vrs lodging-houses vre. r ` e d to P s ' a ; obbfl the $l . , it, as in the case of Mr. Dunlop, of Ayr, quoted !! .... .444,f, book, who was brought under the 43th of 'George 1114,, sad yet persons were assessed with window duty l ee edieg.lo increased charges of this description over the Pr the jee'' er e was 7,087. Several appeals had been made from j i of the Commissioners, but, in most cases, these ell e ops 'es wholly unsuccessfnl. Two hundred and sixteen Pe, the o J o been imprisoned last year for assessed taxes, sonlefooptete, an amount of tax not exceeding 4s. 4d. Many of "0,0 1 . 4 were imprisoned fifteen months for this small stunt ote pttsl o still worse than the game-laws while the imp risoi; un der t, not exeeed three months, unless he was punishel _.,, s ea 1 61 ; Stamp Act. In nine cases nut of ten he thought wreaths, not. fairly assessed. He called upon the " fanner to support the motion. In one case a farmer was window of an out-house, bec ause hi s w ife washed her h i t dilf„' it. In 1844 a farmer was charged for a window' b e er far_, because he now and then used it as a larder. An ° ,. t r ely . 0 1 whose rent and tithe and land-tax amounted to u s iot eee n was taxed under this Act ; and there was a furth er Pr e t e ! a farmer being charged for a servant bean° , t t po trv n 4 found cleaning his mast, r's boots. This tax eon' (l i t 0 0 , be continued—the writing was upon the wall, an so est share the fate of those odious burdens which were a :Fi rs verge of abolition. bi 11.. acre Sir CHARLES NAPIER would not. 11 7,,,stits, e i0 in the debate, but that he represented a large,'" pre t he who felt strongly on the subject. The N oi l es eree a aa ses made out a strum case, and one which ne e - eer r : e eter fullest consideration, and he showed that the ri lta to - t he were oppressed by it. He had got a few figuresii ro e tf oe el which might he relied on, and which he we n ' w ith se e t its House. In Budd-street, Marylebone, a heust nt ! an o ire windows paid 4s. Bd. a window, being ten Per ten 'lletbe rental. In Henrietta-street, a house with eV' pt . ure t er paidrent a 5 l! a ß w u i l n s tdr7dten sion °f o dll of Duke of Newcastle, which had sixty- 'two eighths per cent. upon the rental, while's the 04 t _ b m ei e n w g s te a n ainmclusaehalf rer ee so d ts; the two and seven-eighths per cent, neon the rentalsoo4. (Peet se -inflows: o d tbs o f Hertford House, rented at 2,00 1 74 a year, I'l,o oe/4 0 e ; h i t a half per cent. on the rental. The buildings * , h s t e•t" n e g ol: affected by this tax were precisely those wh le . t. 0 6 n ets ought to te most especially exempted from ' re d to t oe take the case of the w i n d ow -t ax as asp sae ig h t ies ° dwellings, and he found th a t h ouses w ith less tb ote r. O f down were free from thi s t ax , b ut if they had e , eoo. te od if the occupiers were d es i rous o f i nc reasing ht st r • o ' tbiS their habitations by the ad m i ss i on o f more lik bt e austd Dr' were to add another window to their houses, t " e n leioal - asit l f ( at an expense of I6s. 6d. per annum. Th e e s ; '„est'i Arnett, Dr. Guy. and Mr. Dalby, had all be en el he slth' n et°' given in favour of some measure by which th e The w ‘im the habitations of the p o o r m i g h t be increase' „ e ste tha t those necessaries of life, as he might call theme mense mass of disease and suffering, and he sh eu t hst t l OO . the Chancellor of the Exchequer would conceive s weet n es a point far above any fiscal considerations. Thos Poor poe r ork men had stated that the habitations of .„ War" Ae si re particularly unhealthy from the crevic e- These' to mitted both the cold and rain• eli e sr il inconveniences which care might remedy, but q v for e ter done in the time of sum mer , when the Wes° " i heess light was largely increased, a n d still more, ache the P°9;B took them, when that wors t o f a ll c alamitie s , ft° broken health, rendered th e i r c l ose a nd contneo tbs. the more insalubrious, when it wa s absolutely necessart't old air should pass as freely thr oug h th e ir dwellings e s e , a dd open air. He was a nx i o u s t o prov id e for futuritY r bow not understand how the subj ec t co uld be lightly ° to left. es iel%h Mr. E. ELLICE said th a t h e f e lt the serious s e t; 0 1 0 is, which the poor were exposed, but one of th e c ' is the fi lls° l particularly wished to bring under the notice of _or; that of the hand-loom linen-weavers of Scottal it einird these individuals occupied houses which had ei t tbel d ot if not less. At the end of their d w elling room or shop, which, like their dwelling-bo ns" ' t he • g", from duty. These shops were almost always n, n .eoue`i;iser' floor, and had a communication with their dwell a tres! t h th e order to render these shops or warehouses n3 ; °r tion ° lie ° they had generally made in them a conomon.e! so pve n er t highway ; but the dust from the road and oth er tb eir oo ls r of a similar kind almost obliged them to destre4terstl eoed., munication with the dwelling-houses ; but th is Kali Peel, the effect of bringing them under the tax. It t there for this business, which required much light, t ne e ,sere I ` . s• r be a window for every loom; and he trusted the . ',ll, ess e i rd Chancellor of the Exchequer would consider b " ole li ve' grant a remission of this tax to men whose II lie ';ole c depended on the light of their dwel lin g - h"sest.bat the 'feel turgid to say these few words, because he felt _lost was one of importance, and that it affected a 0 001 little able to help themselves.—( Hear, bear.) the °let"' Mr. HUME said that he was sorry to see,itnit pr os le with which the House treated this question. Te for u de we s most important, arid he f It that a debt of grateitt forsoel.osone: the Hen. Gentleman for bringing this saki' . t most rr` him, it appeared, it had been brought forward le et tinfle es tune p tried. The time, indsed, was particularla_;entoste:itiss Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Gove rn on vs jot traducing a change in the system of taxatiol!.,..oneol!:;pet roe are that there must be a certain amount 011;.0%, °f piec e and the Right Hon. Baronet appeared to be de.% the' ; - iiee r ., ling those great sources of national wealth, win), he W e .it Or d turers of the country provided. Yet. the t he I f e g o ' et i h,: e that this amount must be raised, yet he tlLooeg so hie : ore s ). elicited information which had the better. The question mooted by th e t he -v.• O f and unequal nature of this tax. In the admire ~e r oc . the Right Hon. Baronet had brought before L';,6seP ti t, relieving the trade f the country from many be:d o e. to, latices, there was much for which gratitude w e e fergetoect tiles linked in those alterations that it would not b $ 0 cle' show" ble d° 4l a ge _ it was in the purity of the air in his dwelling-144 the consequent state of hi s he a lth, that the re; t • d l lj Fended. He (Mr. Hume) had been i n struna r e l ' oe Fres, es t s, one part of the tax, and he should be glad o or ms Steil t o t cussion led to any arrangement whereby th e o tr u o tte r h s means were saved from still further reducti ; we per iont a . . Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the o be 0 f fl o n ii ; o / 5 50 tbo t, would take this matter into account wo e t forward his measure tor he health founded upon the leport of ti the gentlemen t inq uirY eo ,thsi, make that inquire. It appeared from th e e dieal p e ros e ie many eases, according to the evidence of ' 2 t ot , the ;01 " sf many families lived together in sine arartmen_otonTA, floor. tit The cons..quence was that, in the t to P ti t t they wen do'. which they were obliged to inhale after t er, esti" rose in the morning weaker rather than strenge oi . recil gate' aspects of ghosts. 'There was no opportunity . thereto t f il e e no chance of an alleviation of toil, aed he wa g eten ttee.t nished at the quietude and patience and e's"., o eloP .o 4b; which these evils were borne. He thought that had introduced this question at a most op portn eel ...r ill e t nied trusted that her Maj e sty's Government wan was eSeu,essee grant the inquiry who hhe requested. ; here less ay el o pe dence of the necessity for the inquiry. They e . O g ive in o ff/re large information, and there were others reariP ev ideee e it ar, tine if the House required it. They had tr Arnott, Dr. Guy, and Mr. Dolby, ant , w ere peered that the artisans of Englano of t he " o hj" feeble and emaciated beings, hardly worth._ ioq uitt t hoe; Englishmen He, therefore, thought that St il "s as eisn edi er r largely affected all the inhabitants of towns, b E r : fine o_ b r3 ib termed artizans, was of singular importance.. _i t 'oefer r pier , for them not only for the sake of enjoyment, the ir e so otl i that they should have as much light and air in e g o o be place; as possible. Money would go a long se Ye, n ita en ri ths_ would not provide for the poor man those_eT were absolutely necessary. He (Mr. flume) nr iv t o ..; o f? , last ten or twelve years, endeavoured ant g i vng el l °, flig s s t country of this unfair and iniquitous tax. ."'y fled that in the alterations which were antimPa te s d . be tli b eb e , lion. Baronet at the head of the Government, .: to from ,ten articles which were of the least value, and to pr_ e ' a ive a wise portion of his plan to remove the Ina vide retn'eesS ple with food and clothing. Ile was willing _I," of the unequal nature of this tax. In his ow:el yew eo ptcy lebone, there was one house with 'thirty-nv' ssn atnu tt eets to 164 per cent. There was another house y; Poland-street, on the rent of which the windo_rrille•gepot!, on which the window-tax amounted only to I ., t e isre d 0 % 0 on the Reform and Carlton Club-houses 11 u viss a , rit i centage was much lower than this. Ttr i e . oe feset r Cross -street, the rental of which wee : N. ...a ecisps felt' window-tax upon it amounted to la en on" ef dente of the oppressive and uneqttaea, of t he ( jo air r ; 4 which was so glaringly unjust, that it alone r . natu re oo fer, tax. The Right Hon. Baronet at the w h it ° of e ,he e merit had a complete apparatus for the ortunity taxation, and he thought that a good opP , ene rret,, ptrir e in for the remission of this tax. He had bac"; '' ene ees!.;l so tien t io e late Chancellor of the Exchequer, and II!' n o o. ( i v s orr o a for the removal of this tax ; but that Right all nded - the had had no money to spare. He had exPe c „ r i g on e re est re p ' f j or h is d • :a Flea cash in Syria—be had thrown it away in shells, so that perhaps there was good reaso the ass es ope s id the removal of the window-tax. Y 13 elac , it well No. 102, dated the 7th of i s the t ° etle ri 'ors that the whole amount of rental on whieend in se hieb t h e,. amounted in England to 35,500, 000 L, .on fled it pro' • 8 500 o ° o • belief 3,000,0001., making a total of 3 , __ ~ 7 00,t was raised adu of 1,950,0001. Last Year _west reds' And he thought that if the Right Hon. ia't G o e _ aOO O po duced 1,600,0001., and this year it was est_ur ie . tean t o t ii ef (u: sid this duty, and impose a tax on property t wt., !/. also t o s- ti e• not only enable him to remit this duty, sons ue 00 09 0. 10 . in the pound, which was equal to abovebtPte' t re"..,joie e , deficiency in the surplus in which he seemed builder' t° By this tax a premium was offered to peg, n er houses with as little means of comfort and health o f thell be Bs munity from taxation was to be the rewa o r; n ed , ie ht Pro Now the whole of that evidence went to t hat " h eei n w a ., the Right Hon. Gentleman to bear it in m t int n .. ,ort t i .to e ortne e; air produced the most beneficial effee.' 'hot ;. • e f in classes, and it was, therefore, a matter of the 0 dto them n oon dote s that both should be liberally supplie this octantr do now living in a time of change, and o es t tisnrlh window-tax would be a change of the most she heap reeisston It would produce a most salutary effect o lieved the f of lions—an effect which he (Mr. Hume) be. w ee n o t. of no other tax would bestow. The C Ontin__ ceot tn e ihit was opposed te all the pledges of the late coor' Ait he . tr e (Mr. Hume) remembered, and the laL'Lord ,flame Poi the the Exchequer might also remember' _ „ny stating in that House that he was as sensible e'l at it e ite 9', unequal pressure of this tax, and he conceived_nua i t. 4; n eiSfs intention of Government to considerably am en for P et IVA' not blame the Right Hon. Gentleman opPolhij these 'pledges, but he did certa blame " (); , 1 4, "I It t , i • Dor t . °lvt 'th e k . ,ati Itr. I