The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

S O UTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTEN- f SION THROUGH LAMBETH. At a Preliminary Meeting of owners and occupiers of property UPon or immediately contiguous to the projected line of railway to ext end from th e South-Western Railway at Vauxhall to the Bel vid ere-roacl, La m b et h , a dj o i n i ng the Hungerford Suspension bridge held at the King's Head Hotel, Belvidere.road, Lambeth, on the Bth day of January, 1845, It J OHN BALLARD BYRON, Dq., in the Chair, eats moved by JOHN SUIR, Esq., seconded by Tnouss Getssm., if.sq., and Resolved u nanimously, —That the extension line of railway pro to be carried by the South- Western Company through Lambeth • :to the B e l v i dere.road, appears to this meeting calculated to produce e mo st beneficial r esu l ts to the interests of the district intended _.? be int ersected, clearing away, as is suggested, a large portion of ._Rtreosvo rs t_built and lea s t va l ua bl e o f t h e house property in the wo Ugh without interference with any buildings of importance, r andte nding to great improvement in the character of the erections l are likely to be substituted in contiguity to the line, in- dependently of such as the Company W the . p ro posed station. It must construct upon the site j _ was also moved by THOIIII Lerr, Esq., secondel by FRANCIS RIBBL E NAVIGATION. rITIE GREAT GUN (N o. 9 , pr i ce 3 d ., S tampe d 32t,es_olved FELTOH, Esq., and Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY GENE. qt. 4d.) of This Day fires vollies at the Qu ac k s an d Sir James unanimously,—That the following gentlemen, viz, RAL MEETING of the RIBBLE NAVIGATION COMPANY Graham's Medical Bill. It also contains the Modern Simpson, or .Lin Ballard Byron, Esq ‘Villiam Hawes, Esq., Harris, E , q., will be held at their Office, Chapel Walks, Preston, in the county of the New Earl of Faux-Hall—Parody on a Newspaper—The Gre . a, John su - ~ u Gazette—Antis on reviewed classically and musically—laxa- Francis ir, Eq., William Cory, Esq., Thomas Grissell, Esq., Lancaster, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of January instant, at ;lion, In a series of cuts, with portraits of public characters—Heir to ~. Feltoe, Esq., and Joseph Elliott, Esq., be appointed to act Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. the Throne -- Needlewerkers—Tho Works or Dickens analysed—Ma 171,,Seevotrnittee for the purpose of ascertaining the opinions of P. II AYDOCK, Secretary to the said Company. aka! Literature—Sporting—Drama, &c. ... eral owners and occupiers of property to be affected by the Preston Ribble Navigation Office, Jan. 7, 1845. Office, 63, Fleet-street, where the back numbers may be had; and n•op. of all Nevvsvenders. Pests extension, andgenerally to facilitate its attainment ; and 6u eh Committee• ( ow _ , is hereby particularly empowered and requested u nw , ith to prepare a memorial for signature of such owners and ,7 c .,, p on ers, and others whose interests may be concerned. and whose l'ut I are favourable to the undertaking, and to present such Memorial v4; .. to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, and also to T _ . _` . . e l , on the Members for the county of Surrey and borough of ''''rob th, with the view of explaining to them the local benefit :O i sep, rawe from the undert a ki ng , an d t o request their most ila roc ecltleus sill/sort and influence in Parli a m en t i n favor o f t h e The els to th eir nurnbe ove-named Committee to have po wer t o a dd o Lera 1-,_ ( Signed) JOHN BALLARD BYRON, Chairman. ~.._ nret thanks of the meeting to the Chairman for his efficient and 7: ial conduct in the Chair were then moved and seconded, and ti.,,,, e'itn° uslY carried. Also, that the above resolutions be adver -,si by the Committee. 8 4 MBRE and MEUSE CENTRAL ItAIL WAY tcati v c omPANY.—An article has appeared in several newspapers litled e ,t , ) the Sambre and Meuse Railway Central Line. The lAA ~,j'a. r ies of this Railway are not three miles in length, although tra4 r t tim has been hazarded that they exceed six miles, and their kion g are such that locomotive power will be used for traction Th e "e Whole , aad surveys made for a Railway in th e di s t r i cts of the Sambre oesoBc. We stern line open for discussion in the Belgian Chambrs are that of anti the central or direct line (Taylor's e ), , upon which -o inpany is based. arther information may be obtained at the temporary ollices of wke ~toMpany, 1.5, 011 Jewry-chambers, London, from whence the lf4ctuses and shares will be issued. VAMBRE and MEUSE RAIL WAY.—NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN to the public, that a RAILWAY is about Lk' be brought forward to traverse the highly Interesting and valuable metal district between the Sambre and Meuse rivers, under a Zuarantee of four per cent. tl'otn the Belgian Government, to be ap _Vied for in the present session. This line will possess many advan- Vldtages over the original line, adopting the Valley of the L'Eau d'lleure, I,:be much superior to Taylor's (or the central line), as it avoids .I v , e ry objectionable gradients and inclined planes of six miles in by which that line is embarrassed, and which has caused it be condemned for the purpose oflocal traffic, or as an iuternational passel"or line, by all competent persons in Belgium t_ : i urt her particulars will s peediT be furnished when c e rt a ' n arrange its have b een made in Brussels and Paris, and the direction is de formed. IT follows frwm the recent investigations of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, as t ° Ported in the Athennium of October 19, that the quantity of li g h t furnished b y ene pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES letluires for Its production four pounds of ordinary tallow ones; and, therefore, that the former, if at two shillings per lb., would be .. lac tlY as ec onom i cal as the latter at sixpence per lb. Now, rILICE'S PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings per lb, hut at er under One Shilling per lb. T he) , may be had of respectable dealers throughout the king. %orn, if care be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale 11.0 M Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co, Sutton.street, Clerkenwell. ALMER AND CO.'S DECIMAL PALI'II CANDLES (10 to the lb.) give the light of Three ordinary fallow Candles, require no snuffing, and can be used in any Can dlestick. Sold by every Oilman, Grocer, &c., at 7f d. per lb. it will be seen by the following statement of Mr. J. Hawkins, At the late Meeting of the British Association, that these Candles are by far the cheapest light at present in use. " With regard to zalmer's and the common Dip—when the latter was not snuffed oftener than about every ten minutes, it took four to be equal to 'one of the former; and when unenufted altogether, it required "even Pounds to be equal to one pound of Palmer's. After al. / ding to further experiments with candles and also with oils, he tonc luded by rec ommend i ng the self.snuffing candle in p re f erence I° ° R." —See " Atheneum," Oct. 19, 1844. Palmer and Co.'s Mid-sire Lamps and Candles of the same de. seription as the above, may be had of all Ironmongers, Lamp Ida nufacturers, &c., In the kingdom. CANDLE NOTORIETT.-W. S. HA EL ' S Superb COMPOSITE, lOid. per lb., requiring no snuffing, comparison ant trial are allowed to surpass all others of the Present day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is uo patent ?Or Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a t/rae by hours as the time waxed-wick tallow moulds, sr is the light Sold for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 43, St. 14 rtin's-lane opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. TEETH. 12, BERNER'S-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Established since 18'25. IR. c. MOSELY. Surat-on D;nti u s r t, to a o c f kno l w 2... ltd. Be rner's-street, Oxford-street, has the h o a i s io laitT t Z e vary liberal and increased practice he gained for the Nobilit l'Cisl. inform the YEARS, and at the same time begs to wsittAZ'AQ'entry, and the Public generally, that he may be con_ I T eetC it ' l l in all cases incidental to the TEETH and GUMS. 4 ties. e' s ,, T tv,erY material now in use, and at prices to suit all "7. it;(...14. Pilling, and every operation pertaining to Dental t li-jr-------_,., --"l,o tice, No. 12, Berner's-street, Oxford.stree . 'llq-i ---- SAUCE for general purd forit Poeta, S NEW SA . . e -sPe ent inuir l gained such Are .. BURGESS and SON „ be.' most t approbation, and the deman r fl a ii, to gto i ncrease, JOH- Ina, th , e ir 111,,,,;'ffer thus their best acknow t leci t gm v an en , ts i h r ea t t h c e oi l l ' , u e b il li i e . ~..-", ni [Au -. Patronage of the same ; its u u7 el g 2 l c , He el t es have recommended i.. to ll the ns i o ut st r d ec is o t n in lm tru m ish d e a d . N v . n . It iß_t°4B, who h all spoken highly in NI% he f-Qtred by them only ; a nd f , , ,, r en preventing disappoint. resorted to, by each ~.,,.. all possible care has 1%41 81 , e4e111 .1 4 141 5 Ced on the cork with their firm and address, , 4. -- `",vlllg their signature, without which it cannotas w well uot,„. tFicil 4110 E th ' ' SCE 0.. ,SS and SON'S long-established and m uch-esteemed dby them after ~._e sa„l AI,CIIOVIFS continues to be Prepare many ' , lark 4aaner that has ' given the greatest satisfaction for '------11744°t+se. 107. Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. RCP,,LIS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, & c. , &c N V ' - -' i ' 6 FAMILY MEDICINES tronised by I lia a Lq t. ed 9, - the natea ger Du P chess General Maitland ao- .. - Earl : Li borne Mr. Justice Cressw e ll Sir C. F. Williams, K n t. ato Lincoln 4.0- roqui3loanott Wi tterford Sir Ed. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. Captain Boldero, M.P. 13?* 414 0e r 1.1 Edward Baines, Earl, M.P. lat e g, 'Vicar of Cripple- Archdeacon Webber General Gardiner Thes e ~,. All Pamilies of the first distinction. , isv et til .nediciiies, Which are found to possess so great a power NAlenti.e.resPective complaints to which they are applicable, as I h r o e : %(N re l ''' tender Patronagefurt medical aid unnecessary, were also Iti,,i4toevritith the a of tarl/41 Ch at 1.1 . the Duke of Sussex Lord John Churchill 1141.4 r ‘.v4tutzilhel:Cshoodurc,liill Sir Francis Burdett, M.P. Bart. M . P. George Byng, Esq , M.P. Medical 'Getlmen of eminence in London have rsp itt .. , , borne testimony to their e ffi cacy. -s' an ' 501 d, Wholesale and retail, at 118, Holborn-hill, and 344, Strand, London. 1N.4 ..., Strongly r ecommended by the Faculty. atigh.`" AROMATIC SPICE PLASTERS for the CHEST, 'the c} : , Colds, Asthirias Shortness of Breath, Pain or 'Tightness of , its ia,,neet. Affections of the Lungs, & c., are effectually relieved, . and f Wrayr,cases entirely prevented , by the timely application o ;4 t it, t "Tetnatic Spice Plasters to ' the chest, which are far supe e of! the Mannon wa rm plasters, an d f requent l y supersede the acidd 1' t "e, remedies. ae s,,,th'oaternal re medies. N o person during the winter ought to travellers by rail roa d in particular. Sold at s. I 4 ' act . each r'C k 0,. WRAY'S PECTORAL LOZENGES, ttittatsdiet,‘";;ZbCie°rdeta,,edAysthuia. & These Lozenges will be found a %et. _" at,tl incentivfeortasiCicaoYucingghinangd removibg the troublesome c klo4 ;t a ' kPlai ~, nts. which generally accompany They promise also expectoration and an easy -04th , --n• Two or three should be suffered to dissolve o in each,the 4,ity itZdteeTeat at moderate intervals. Sold in boxes at .s. 11 arr t . WRAY'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE, . 4 '' " . 1 -64 „ ,`° reMove Urethral Discharges in forty-eight hours—in '41:,14'h'41:1 of cases, t wenty.four—if arising from local causes. * s Wy c t it A l : at 4s. 6d. and lls each, with full instructions. .' il ola.:‘ 8 IMPROVED SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, " t ate r a i, ett for sportsmen gentlemen hunting, riding, walking. 1 44 hightif disease, relaxation local debility, &c., approved of :,:' 4 nd I. peconnnended by the late Mr. Abernethy. Best Jean, -'' 1 41 . di7d. ditto, with fronts, 3s. 6d. ; Knitted or Wove Silk, r b `t9, with elastic springs, 4 4 lies,,i WRAY'S STEEL SPRING TRUSSES, 4 tibl e 1 na' PrePeriy adapted, single ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and les. 6d. ; ,tiee4le,' act., 1 51., and 21i ' :,. 1311,-,:e. Chests fitted up for family use or sea voyages. Genii eoaratT. `O,l Chemicals of every description, with their several '''' Ph,. ns. according to the P harmacopoeia of the Royal College Istalit„.' A large stock of new Englinh Honey of the finest t J. m ans' ri bdt, ~, 11 . a at la. and Is. 6d , per lb., and the best West India 1,1.1 libe t Z' a t i l , ) e , arne price. Fcrip ti alto price, to Merchants and Captains. Physicians' I, 31, "I and ra ni i i R i , I ,;i t .' z i en regularl Y ecipes carefully and accurately prepared ,atklnosaWah's AdviceyfgroumailflEl d even till Ong, every day. Surgical Pe,r,ohe every evening from Seven till Nine. iiiii l ' , 3t sol .... residing in the remotest parts of the country can be ts ,t ul,QfeeesfullY, on describing minutely their symptoms, age, .44 b e ht.!' 'e, and inclosing a remittance for medicine, which d atektily warded t,, '- any part of the world, sectrely packed an 4 11 le,l)%kleted from observation. ' 6 tO to b. Addressed to M. 0. WRAY 11S. Holborn hill PROV ISIONALLY REGIS.VERED. g RESHAM AVENUE ASSOCIATION, 4 X Capital, 300,0004, in 3,000 Nominee Shares of 1001. each. TRE.7BTEEI UN Ea TOE ACT 7 ANI) 8 Inc. AMBROSE MOORE, Es' q., 12, Endsleigh.street, Tariatock. square WI:11AM SHADBOLT, Esq., Croornea-hlll, Greenwich. PROVINONAL COMMITTEE. T KELLY, Esq., Aide-man DTI!' HUMPHERY, Esq., Aldennmi, M.P. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Aklerman CHARLET! BURLS, Esq., Bridge street, Blackrriars FR EDEP ICK WILLIAM CALDWELL. Esq., Golden.square HENRY CHARLES CHILTON, Esq., 7, Chancery.lane NA TII A NIEL GOUI.D, Barge -yard, Bucklersbury JOHN HOWELL, Esq., Shepherd's.bush JOHN WHEELTON ; Esq., Bsth.street, Newgate. street THOMAS WILKINSON, Esq., 132, Cornhill. BANBA.iIS—De London Joint-Stock Bank. SoLicrroes—Aresers. Bischoff and Cos°, 19, Co'eman.street. Atiostirec-r saw , tiateroa—Mr Wilharr Barnes, Church Court, Old Jewry. SECRTYIARY• Mr. Peter Jeffery. TEMPORARY DEVICES-30, Bucktersbury. This At.cyciltion to armed for the purpose of constructing an ew_ie or arcade trout Bartholomew.lane to London.wall. Tn houses to he bulit on this site will be adapted for offices, lx taiting-houses, and shops, according to the situation. They w. 1.1 he iight, well ventia ted ; and ocracctly secured, and the whole st,,t corm a handsome tax] commodious arrroach to the Bank of EstgLtid, Royal Etchangc, and generally to the most central parts t the City. It ,s proposed to raise the capital :u 3,000 shares of 100/. each, 1 t .lep.set ct ten shillings co be p:ti!d ou she shares being allotted, As , :cordance with the provisions c tne new Registry Act, and such tut tber stun, not exceefing 101. per share, as may be re. quisite previous to applying to Parliament, ou complete registra. Lion 1, ring effected under the Act 7 and S Victoria. On the Act Cl Parliament being obtained, and for which all the aeceisaary notices hastvou given for the ensuing session, each sub scriber wil' •oe required tc skaninate a good and insurable life not exceeding twenty. nor ,x-sr than fist? years ot age. A subscriber wit hot be limited in the numovr of his nominatioas, provided that apt. more than the shares are dependent upon anyone life; such shares to be at alt times transferable. On the Act being obtained, the remainder of the capital to be raid at such times as the Couunittoe may require, one month's pre. vials notice being glee.. The Provisional - Committee have arranged with certain Life lneurance Offices, whereby every subscriber, or his representa. river, will be secured the receipt of 2001. on the death of his no minee, for each 100/. paid. The rental will be appiied, hi ti e Bret instance, hi paying the necessary premiums toe Insurance. The surplus rental will be .11.rided e. e. y five yew s, ty way of holm.; amongst the proprietors of the existing noininatiosis, and which, it has been calculated, will amount ti. 8 per cent. per a.inesu on each 1004 subscribed, In. creasing, however, in amoti-f. at each subsequent division, as the :Ives may fall In So soon as the utrnbcr o: ovtatanalog sh..tres. by the death of tree iIOM noes, shalk fall to P Rhin 50U, the whole property of the Association to Le investe and ,ilvided amongst the holders of them. Minister would do something great for the trading interests ; the agriculturists were not yet alienated; and toe country at large was somewhat wearied of political contests, and mu.:h more disposed than is wont to suffer passively , an experiment from new rulers. In addition to these considerations there was the highly-important one, that the income-tax was proposed as a temporary measure. Its operation was to be severe but speedy, and however painfully it might be felt, there was the consolation that in three years it would be at an end. Under such circumstances the income-tax became law with far less difficulty than might have been expected, but its grievous hardship and injustice have realised the worst anticipations of its opponents. A proposal to renew this tax in its present form for an indefinite period, or for even three years longer, would be as unpopular a measure as any that could be brought forward. It is not possible, however, to sur rende:r an income of fi ve m i l li ons a year, and there fore it is important to observe the nature and bearing of the two wholly dissimilar taxes which, under the general head of property-tax, or income-tax, yield that amount of revenue. This distinction was exhi bited very clearly in the last number of the West minster Review, by a writer whose facts and reason ings are well worthy of attention : " Sir Robert Peel," says the reviewer, " when he came into office, imposed two new taxes—a tax upon property, correctly so called, just and equitable in principle; and an income-tax, ur a tax upon the wages of labour and the profits of trade, however precarious the source from which they might be derived—a tax at once oppressive and inquisitorial. " Oppressive, because the annual payment of 91. to a clerk dependent for the support of himself and family upon a salary of 3001. is a burden dispropor tioned to his means; and unjust, because a burden greatly exceeding the tax imposed upon the rich man, although nominally the same in amount. " For example : 3001. per annum arising from capital invested in the Three per Cents., are at the present moment worth 10,000/. The income of a clerk is unsaleable; it depends upon personal services, for which he may be incapacitated at any moment; and if he die, his family are beggars. Yet the clerk is called upon to contribute the same amount to the revenue as a rich man with 10,000/. in the funds !" It is this tax upon incomes gained in trade and by personal exertion which produces five-sixths of the hardship and annoyance associated in the public mind with the whole system. It is this which gives rise to the inquisitorial examination into the circumstances of every trader. It is this which exposes the poverty which so often lies concealed beneath an exterior of professional respectability. It is this which presses, with unrelenting severity, on that portion of the mid dle classes with whom the struggle to make out life is most difficult, and who are least able to bear such a burden. But as the Westminster reviewer observes, the same objections do not apply to the t ax upon landed a n d f un d e d proper ty, or , in other words, to that which is really the "property -tax." It is col lected with ease, certainty, and YeFy littl e expense. It does n o t i nvo l ve vex ati o us inquisition into private affairs, and if it stood alone, it would provoke as small a share of popular dislike as any other form of direct taxation. Keeping in view, then, the broad distinction s b e t e , t ~ t v h e e e n a ra t he property-tax amount n tof revenue yiel d t e h d e !) i income-tax, o me each. t a , let u Tosh show this the Westminster reviewer gives the following tables : fp 0 YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTiuN. RA, Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties Is CHILD'S CHROMATROPE, New Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and rro fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES da ly. Dr. RYAN also Lectures an the Evenings of Nf onday, Wednesday, and Friday. The whole of the Lectures abound in Interesting Experiments. SUBMARINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE. Admission, Is.; Sohools, A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just pabilithod. price Is. Plans Jaw ,wings may ne teen, ana a detailed protpectua obtained, Oil app3catioii t the Architect, Mr, William Barnet, 3, Church_cocirt, Oal Jewry the Solichms, Moira. Bischoff and Core, 19, Coleman street and at the Offices ')t the Aseociation, 30, Bucklersbury. CLASSES. R AWING GALLERY, 18i, Maddox-stree Hanover-square. This Gallery is now re-opened for the Study of Model Drawing and Practical Perspective—the Human Figure and Anatomy. Further information respecting the Morning and Evening Classes may be obtained at the Gallery, and at Dickenson's Litho. graphic Establishment, 114, New Bond.street. NOW OPEN. UNIQUE EXHIBITION.-BATTLE OF WATERLOO. New Model, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca valry under the Marquis of Auglefts, and by the British Infantry under Sir Thomas Picton. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evening, brilliantly illuminated, from Seveo till Ten. Admission, Ono Shilling. IDD LE S EX. - NEW METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT (7 and 8 Victoria, cap. SO.-- NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the Court will proceed on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, to the ELECTION of a SUR VEYOR for the DISTRICT of HORNSEY, in the said county, in the room of Mt. Alfred Bartholomew, deceased, and such election will be subject to the standing orders of court as to dis. tricts and district surveyors, and that no person will be admitted a candidate unless duly qualified under the Act mid such stand. ing orders; and all candidates must, on or before Friday, the 17th instant, address to me in writing a statement of his name, rest. dence, age, and qualification, and must also personally appear before the Committee for General Purposes appointed by the Court, at Twelve precisely, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at the Ses sions House, and produce to there satisfactory evidence that he is of the full age of 30 years, and a certificate from the Board of Examiners appointed under the Act of their approval, and also such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may deem expedient, or the Committee may require ; and if approved by the Committee will then be sanctioned by them to be a can. didate for the said district. C. H. ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, Jan. 8, 1845. TO COUNTRY SHOPKEEPERS and indus trious persons in search of Employment. Persons wishing a genteel addition to their present Trade, or seeking employn:ent, may hear of such by applying, post paid, to No. 2, Lawrence Pountney-hill, London. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDLA. TEA CO.IIPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. lielen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-stret. They are packed in showy lead e n canisters, frons one oulicelto a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is ouly l Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteeu years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without exe shilling let er loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. SILVER TEA SERVICES. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opp•site the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Fattens is plain, standing an shellfeet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. The King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant. Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot £l2 0 U Strong Silver Tea P0t...£12 0 0 Ditto Sugar Basin Ditto Mil Ewer........ 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer 5lO 0 Ditto Coffee Pot .... ..... 15 0 0 Ditto Coffee Pot Complete £BB 6 0 Complete 4O 0 0 If, therefore, the stock in the hands of the trade this year is estimated at the same amount as last year, the consumption this year must be estimated by the deliveries from the ports, which average 27,326 bales per week. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. The anniversary dinner of this excellent institution took place last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. It was attended by a numerous and very respectable,assemblage, who evinced a warm interest in the admirable objects for which the society was established, namely—contributing in various forms to the support and protection of the less fortu nate members of the Scottish nation resident in London. The appearance of the assembly was ren dered peculiarly brilliant and interesting by the pre sence of a large number of the fair sex, and the picturesque garb of several gentleman who attended the dinner in full Highland costume. At half-past six o'clock about 130 sat down to dinner, which wr.s provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breache in that supe rior manner that characterises their establishment. James Wylie, Esq., in the chair. The usual loyal and national preliminary toasts having been given, Mr. BOUCHER said that the object of the Caledonian Society was to co-operate with other benevolent asso ciations in London which had for their object the benefit and advantage of poor natives of Scotland and their children, and amongst the most valuable of those institutions he might name the Caledonian Asylum, the Scottish Hospital, and the Highland School Society. Those associations had conferred the great est possible advantages upon hundreds of their fellow countrymen and their offspring, and it ought to be the desire of every friend of Scotland to support them. —(Hear, hear.) The object of this society was to co-operate with all those institutions, by subscriptions and otherwise ; and there could not be a greater ser vice rendered to their less fortunate countrymen. Many an unfortunate son of Scotland had been relieved in the hour of his distress by these institutions:; and many a child of Scottish parents had been brought up at their schools in such a manner as not only to enable them to provide for themselves in life, but to reflect honour upon the name of Scotland.--(Loud cheers.) The purpose of the present meeting was rather to assemble in a social and festive spirit ; but he could not avoid taking that opportunity of briefly adverting to the nature and purpose of the Caledonian Society. As he said that its object was co-operation with other benevolent institutions, he could not do anything more in accordance with the views of its members than to propose the health of the gentlemen from those other societies who had that night honoured them with their presence. The toast was drunk with much applause. The next toast was " The Caledonian Society," which was drunk with Highland honours. Several other national toasts were proposed and drunk, amongst which was " The Memory of Burns," given in a touching and eloquent manner by the Chairman, and responded to by the a! sembly with much feeling. Various Scottish songs were sung during the even ing, and the company separated at a late hour. A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen n the Show.rooms, where may 1.).1 selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate s hest. Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various articles, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any par of the &ingdom. B. Savory and Sons, 14, Carnhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, AND RHEUMATIC GOUT SIMCO'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS are a certain and safe remedy ;they restore tranquittity to the nerves, give tone to the etc mach, and strength to the whole system. No other medicine van be compared to these excellent pills, as they prevent the disorder from attacking the Stomach or Head, and have restored thousands from pain and mis er y to h ealth and comfort Sold by A. Willoughby and Co., Ell, flishopegate Without, and nearly all Medicine Venders, at Is. I%d. or 2s. 9d. per box. I 0 ST-OFF ICE.—C A U I'ION. 13RICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28, Lomberd.stroet (Fate Price and (ansuell's, and formerly Patey, Butts, Pr ice, and Co's.), by the recommendation et the Se.. 2ru'ary el the Pest office, beg to impress upon their Corre spoudents the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in. unided for them," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and Gosne,l"--that firm ceased to exist in 1891), as the only means of guarding against the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take in and retalu letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by il legally assuming the drm ist Price and Gosnell," well knowing hat they curves were in any way connected with that firm THE CROOM POACHING:AFFRAY VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST TWO OF THE POACHERS. WORCESTER, JAN. 7.—The jury, impannelled be fore the Coroner of this city (J. B. Hyde, Esq.), to inquire into the cause of the death of Thomas Staite, who died in the Worcester Infirmary on the 24th ult., met this day by appointment to resume their inquiry, which, it will be recollected, was adjourned from the 27th of December to this day. In the mean time, as has already been stated in this paper, several parties have been apprehended on suspicion of having been concerned in this murderous outrage ; and two of them (Francis Dingley and Joseph Turvey) are now in the Worcester county prison, whither they have been committed by two county magistrates, who however thought proper to exclude the press from reporting the evidence of the witnesses examined. But the Coroner, as usual, threw open his court to the public. The facts of the case have been already given in this journal. When the whole of the witnesses had been exa mined, The CORONER commented on and explained the evidence, and after a short deliberation, the jury re turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Joseph 'Purvey and Francis Dingley, and some other persons to the jury unknown." At the termination of the inquiry one of the jurors addressed to the Coroner and his brother jurymen some observations on the subject of the preservation of life, which is so intimately connected with this in quiry. He observed that the horrid spectacle which they had witnessed at the commencement of 'their proceedings, in the mangled corpse of the murdered gamekeeper, and the horrifying picture which must have been drawn before their minds' eyes from the details of the several witnesses, could not fail to have excited in them feelings of sorrow and disgust; and although he was aware that, strictly, their duties as jurors, were limited to an inquiry as to how the ill fated man Thomas Staite had come to his death, still they could not overlook the cause which had led to so dreadful a result ; and he thought that an expression of their feelings on that subject would not be out of place. He, therefore, proposed that they should ap pend to their verdict a declaration of their sentiments in the following terms : " That the jury cannot but deplore the continuance of laws so immoral in their tendency, so fruitful in crime, and so destructive to human life, as the game laws have proved, after long experience, throughout the lengthand breadth of the country; and that they strongly recommend their abrogation. Several jurymen expressed their concurrence in these sentiments. The CORONER said, that whatever might be )43 feel ings on the subject, he could not attach such a de claration as the above to their verdict, for that such a step would most probably lead to a reprimand on him from the judge for introducing extraneous matter. PltAm EA L T I-1 , , 7.1,. ?TON'S PILL ()F H 11,1esii., oftn_ar,i.ifoldadvantages to the heads of filies from tfLe 4,4 confidenacealdicine of known efficacy, that ma, be restiri .. tl 1 'cceurriag ',and used with success in cases of temporary .i s f t f () I 4 t bp question families more or less every !La - , are so ;bviou , N 1,2: ih the 4 ion can be raised or its importance to every hem! i•ii, I, dorn. From among numerous testimonials, the JelPttully submitted : - ,sk in Mk TtioVAS Pawn', 229. STRAND, LONDON. it 5,,111'...,/ ha., Cooper-street Manchester, March 12, !SO. —. 1 , ; 4 tof , 0 Much iitisfaction in co mmunicating to you the :••••X. Opi4,9lPerience, after but trials, of FHA 51PTON'S 4,-'42.leut ~:f.••ALTI-1, and I feel it but June tice to state, that in the ~,!.i.r rn_,.._l7 Years' trial of various Aperient M. dicines, I have t"tet, 1.1,,',.. r esults at bieralutary and efficient In the relief of the 4,,-7Orn„ th!l_!..edn‘idant , &c. &c. With so little inconvenience; 1, 10),17wilfo.re; warranted able'd'in that they supply to me a to,,iikety,ii„aLß'rng. ot, being to recommend to famitios, schools, ,y,,,tabl‘ met g. men, whether at the desk or en the road, a St-Te,ty,el w ee . l. an occasicmal medicine. And I shall take ..littfp-1,01„,,T5r,,1pg thls tettimony, I an the means of . mak- Ph,. am, Sri r ii `' r ALt ii S more general!? known and tiprreFiatV. .1.1.‘ ILLIA/s t f SMI I H. t.,krz,g!,iPreceileneted sale oYt YthurB.Pill ~'tfiti,rlipatictfis of the Many thsoeu.andearwto nghavefrom a e h r e i v e e t: i r earnest benefit 4;4(.4 fo'r,Uhae, render any lengthened comment unnecessary, they are i i .,: itt a ii ,.,, ,a l . l a cure . tor all diseases to which mankind is I iable, but for 0, , gih"j_saver (,oinplaints, with their many well-knon attend -IC-qi,lnti,i,'!_aiztil Sick Headache Pain and Oppression atter mea's, 4tt.lY;,a b tiri Lib zns Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, 1 1 "14) or ''''' ° as of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. 11,14 , lilthree doses will convince the of their salutary Of tb lOrrlaCil will speedily regain its strength ; a I - caltity 4.: i her, :;e liiv.er, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; llt,!f i lii . t.t h. ,ten i.v.ltiitnesnes.,, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, ,‘ t he r ' I and.renewed health, extending to good old age, VI; atilyi r ; - "iiit of taking this medicine, aecordlng to the directions !s k _l h y li . t e ach box, oZor , iik,sl.S i t ,„,, ,!..??!. riu, Strand, London, Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. 1444 tn, "" .Y the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout Me 11 ~,11,,ARPTON'll PII.L of HEA LTH and observe th e4„,_ • - • , i.r.ess or is Thernuprout,22U Strand, London," o o the ..II Viarno, __..l , . _ . - s iT ~ , :o ci TT I r - -/ F '- ' .-. .if ) ( .4 /'?-• t) d TJ. ..' 1 `'.:l e ; ' ' • ~,, ... 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'HE SUN ut Publivked EVE,RY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or t h e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) ig Puh and a T lifhed us Ti me for the AFTERNOON TRAINS THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADPERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. regular importer, if it does not inculcate any new lesson, gives additional weight to formerly, we should say, already toi dearly purchased experience, and affords a very severe warning not to place too much confidence in estimates of crops, as the increased energy and activity which all advance in price gives to the planter to secure all he possibly can, tend to make an otherwise short crop, as we have seen this year, into a full average one. Estimates of crops, even when made with honest intentions, it should be borne in mind, are mere guess work, and may be ren dered erroneous from a variety of causes it is quite impossible at the moment to foresee. Notwithstanding the short crop, we have had at one period of the year, viz., the week ending 12th July, the largest stock of cotton ever before held in port ; it reached the enormous amount of 998,400 bag.% It has since materially diminished, but we have still a considerable excess of stock over last year. The long prevalence of easterly winds during this month have kept back the sup plies, so that as yet we have received com paratively little of the new crop, although it is said to have been an earlier one by some weeks than the last. The change of wind, which seems now about to set in, will bring in the large supply now on the way, so that we shall, in all probability, see a constant addition made to the stock for a long period. During the past month the prospect of an increasing demand for goods and yarn at the turn of the year, has induced many consumers to purchase largely, so that on the whole a very ample supply is now held by the trade, about on a par, it is supposed, with the quantity they had on hand at the close of last year. The increase of consumption, although considerable, is not so large as might have been anticipated from the additional quanity of machinery brought into operation ; this is supposed to arise chiefly from the inducement offered for an increased production of the lighter fabrics; whilst the manufacture of heavier descriptions of goods, requiring a greater weight of cotton, had been attended with less benefit. We think we may with safety congratulate our friends on the prospects for the future, as we do not recollect a period when the year commenced under more favourable auspices; there seems to be nothing in the distance but what is cheering and encouraging to skill and industry. The quantity of cotton al ready gathered of the lest crop, is sufficient security against high prices for a long period to come. The value of cotton is, from the latest accounts, declining in the United States, and seems likely to be purchased there on terms that will induce the importer to bring it at once on the market. The export from America exceeds already 150,000 bales, the greater part of which is still to arrive; so that if we continue to be blessed by Providence with abundant harvests, cheap cotton, and cheap food—the chief elements of prosperity to this country--must give an additional stimulus to trade, and whilst it affords increased comforts to all at home, must render also essential benefit to those distant na tions whose products are exchanged for our manu factures. He would, however, if the jury wished it, forward their declaration to the Secretary of State. This suggestion was adopted, and the whule of the jurors signed the paper, one of them, at the s a m e time, remarking that our gao l s were half filled with offenders against the game-laws. Before separating, the jurors directed their fees to be handed over to the widow of the murdered man ; and a hope was expressed that the trustees of the Earl of Coventry (now an infant) would secure her and her family from want. PUBLICATIONS day is lished, price 25., REPLY t o a This PAMPpubHLE T entitled " INDIA and LORD ELLENBOROUGH." By ZETA. J. 011 Mer, 59, Pall-mall. [tAPublisinsi this day, Vols. 1 and 2, Bvo., 30s. cloth, NKE'S lIISTORY of the REFORMA- R d nk e T. l r i j ory T o r f at t i h sl e at i e ,o d pe r m ry .,, SARAH AUSTIN, Translator of London • Longman, lßrown, Green, and Longmans. cuLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIFE. 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J shave can be enjoyed onl7 by those who use Price and Co.'s Rriophagon. which residers slisvlog (hitherto disagreeable and Wen pain tali pleasant and easy. I'repared by Price and Ce., es, Lombard-street (late Price and GoonolPs), aid sold by Delman and Co., 158, New Bond.street, .4ld w,wheru else in Londe , ., price 3a. 64 per pot, Is. per square, Li :sates (cc boxes Is. Bd. and ,* Mr. Price will have plc; enre in presenting any brother traveller with a square of the Rypophagon gratuitously, who rosy do bin the honour to tall at Montpellier House, 12r, Lombard- Street. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX. Of the many questions suggested by the prosperous state of the revenue, we believe the most lively interest is excited by that which relates to the income tax. As the period for which it was imposed draws to a conclusion, everybody begins to look with anxiety to the decision which Parliament will soon be called upon to pronounce respecting its continuance. There could not be a greater mistake than to suppose, from the comparative acquiescence with which the income-tax has been borne, that the people of this country are prepared to sanction it as a permanent financial arrangement. if Sir Robert Peel builds upon any such supposition, he will find himself egregiously mistaken. he circumstances under which the income-tax was proposed, removed or weakened the objections of a large portion of the community, whose opposition would at another time have been fatal. There was a large deficiency in the public income which it was necessary to supply. An income tax might not be the best remedy for the case, but it was a remedy; and those w h o th roug h ou t th e country had opposed the budget and commercial reforms of the Whigs could not well point to any other. The constituencies had rejected the scheme of making up the deficit by an alteration of the duties on corn, sugar, and timber, and, without Pennsylvanian dis honesty, they could not well shrink from the other alternative of a new tax. Besides this, the income tax was the first great measure of Sir Robert Peel's Government ; it was proposed when that Government was at the height of its power, and when its hold upon public opinion was stronger than it has ever been since or can ever be again. The mercantile Con servatives still cherished the delusion that the new THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Her Majesty's packet Crane, Lieutenant Lewis commander, has arrived direct with mails from Rio de Janeiro this afternoon. Her dates are Pernambuco the 11th, and Bahia the 16th of October, and Rio the 2Gth of November. She brings on freight about 36,0001., and four passengers, includ ing Captain Willis, late of Her Majesty's ship Frolic. The exchange at Rio was 25. There is 110 news of importance by this 'conveyance, matters rernabling in state quo at the seat of Govern ment. At: Maceio there had been some little out break of the ordinary Brazilian character, to check which a new President, Senor Lopez Gamy, and a considerable number of troops, had been dispatched in the Regeneracaio corvette, with two brigantines, and two steamers, and it was expected that the province would be speedily pacified. The English brig John Dalton, from Sydney, was driven on sh( ire in a gale of wind, on Cape Negro, the 16th of :November, and the mails which wei transmitted the next day to Rio de Janeiro, a.e brought to England by the Crane. Her Majeisty's ships Frolic, Viper, and Spider, were ordered to proceed to render assistance, arid by the latest ace ounts before the Crane sailed the vessel was expected to be got off with little damage. A lady passenger, rei)orted to be called Stevens or Stevenson, had been unfortunately drowned. There were at Rio when the Crane left—Her Ma jesty's ships Alfred, Collingwood, Dolphin, and Cres cent ; the French corvette Coquette, and the Ameri can frigate Ra ratan and corvette Boston. The Express packet, from Falmouth, arrived out at Rio de Janeiro on the 18th of November, and her Majesty's sch( ioner Cockatrice sailed for Portsmouth the 11th eodenl. •_ According t a the Rio Mercantile Journal of No vember 23, business in imports has been dull in the extreme durin g the week, particularly as regards the most importata articles, such as flour, piece-gad', and wines. The arrivals with cargoes consist of 2 ve , st-ls ith coals, 1 with (.11als, 1 with fish oil, 3 with flour, 1 with jerked beef, 1. •with lumber and dry goods, 5 with salt, 1 with wax twit oil, 2 with wine, 1 with wine and sundries, and with sundries. In coffee the business had been moderate during the week, and - prices had been fully supported, second good and first ordinary being quoted, the former 10Ors., the lancer Mrs. in advance of the previous price. The sales of the week may be estimated at 20,000 bags. Of these there were exported-5,253 bags to Antwi !rp, 3,535 to Baltimore, 3,017 to Bos-. ton, 4,104 to ..aremen, 1,673 to the Cape of Good Hope, 3,932 to , Falmouth, 3,260 to Hamburgh, 2,860 to Malta, 1,625; to Marseilles, 8,598 to New York, 2,064 to Philael( Iphia, 20 to River Plate; in all (16th to 22d) 39,942 bags. Shipped since .Ist instant, 103,463 bags. The quantit y of sugar arrived was 437 cases of Campos, and 24 0 bags and barrels of Pernains ; the sales for export; were about 1,500 barrels for the River Plate, and for -consumption about 160 cases. Ex ported-1 case 'to Africa, and 19 to the Cape. In hides con: siclerable activity has prevailed luring the week, in w hich the market was cleared. 16,500 heavy, old stoc'ic, were taken at 170r5.; 11,300 as sorted, heavy, •medium, and light, at 190 rs. ; and, this day, 6,250 •at about the same price, establishing our quotations 07F 180 rs. heavy, 195 rs. medium, '205 to 210 rs. light. A fair amo• 1l it of business has been done in freights, at abo tit previous quotations. Large vessels have been takei somewhat below the current rates. In the Monej r Market discounts have been steady at 7 per cent. In exchange,. part of the transactions usually ef fected for the j )ae het took place prior to the departure of the Cockatr ice, since when the market has been flat at 25-4- to. 25 upon London. Altogether about 80,000/. has "hi ten negotiated, of which 25,000/. at 25, the remain der at 25d., the closing quotation this day. Upon Pa ris 80,000 f. has been passed at 373 and 375, prim ;Tipsily at 375. The business upon Hamburgh has been trivial, at 700 rs. Stock steady • at 73, at which several sales hay been effected. Within the last few days before the Crane left several purchases •of bullion had been made for ex port, and the 'mime both of silver and doubloons has advanced. 41.•. FIRE AT CLE aIEENWELL.--This morning, shortly , before one o'cloi ke, a fire of unusual fierceness was dis covered by polic e-constable Nicholls upon the extensive premises known . as the Princess Royal, in St. John's street-road, at t . tie corner of Corporation-row. When first perceived, t he flames had obtained a strong hold of the bar and par' ocir, and they were bursting through the fanlight. Fortu ni ttely one of the fire-escapes, which was stationed in 2.1 le vicinity, was taken in front of the flaming premitaas, se id two females and a male were taken down the same. S 3yeral engines soon arrived, the sup ply of water was ea aple, and the firemen made great ex ertions ; but their efforts were in vain. The interior of the building was e ntirely destroyed, and even the walls are in a totterii ea. state. At one time it was reported that a young ma n had perished, but it was subsequently believed that he had not returned home when the fire commenced. T' de origin of the calamity is unknown. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday after noon, just abou t dusk, as a policeman of the M division was going his ro and in Sparrick's-row, near Maze-pond, in the Borough, li t saw a bundle lying on the ground, which ho found to crntsin the body of a newly-born male child. Aa the body was quite warm, the officer thought there might `, yet be life in it, and he conveyed it to Guy's Hospital to ascertain the fact ; but upon exami nation by the surgs eons, it was pronounced to be quite dead. From its als pearance it had not been long born, and the another had not evidently been attended by any professional person.. A PANTHER KI J. LED DY A GIRL.—The La Grange, Texas paper, give s the following incident, which oc curred near Dougl an, Nacogdoches county:—A panther came into a house ;in which there was no person but a young lady and her little brother. The young lady, being very busy a' :tending to her little household affairs, did not see the pa other until he had entirely got into the house; but so soon as she discovered him she seized holdiof him and c: died to her little brother to bring th, axe. After waitit g• some time for this weapon, still holding on to the i sal ether, the young lady then told her brother to bring he r a smoothing-iron, with which she soon succeeded in pul ting the intruder to death. The screams of the heroine during the encounter were heard by some of the neigh bours, who went immediately to learn the cause; but vt then they arrived they found hf-r the conqueror, and vie wiag with much composure the lifeless body of the frig ;htful intruder. HERRING Fxsant o ..—There has yet been no ap pearance of herrings on the coast of Skye, or in the lochs by which that ibland is so much indented. The season may now be / ,coked upon as entirely lost to the poor disaprointed fir therman. Should herrings appear in the dead of winter, t he quality of the fish would be so inferior, that it won lid in no respect remunerate the trouble of securing. Few seasons have been so very un favourable for herrin ,fishing in tho Hebrides as the now expiring season of 1844. The " take" has been in some bygone seasons re ry limited, and in consequence has been co m pl a i ne d ( )1' ; bat when there is no " take ' at all, the conditi on o. :t, lie poor fishermen is by no.'mea ns an enviable on e , as un , i€ •r these circumstances they and their families must live o: i credit, which is now tilin•istas difficult for them to p ros are as it is to procure the ca pricious fish, which soul d leave them alike comforta and independent.—Ross- shire lndpendent. The French Princes on Monday gave the spectacle of a stag-hunt to the Arab chiefs in the forest of .St. Germain. The Kalifs of Constantia followed the dogs close, and his horse at last run off with him ; the rider endeavoured to pulls hi m in, but the bit breaking, the animal went off, and elk [not stop for three-quarters of an hour. The Princes.. fe at ing some accident, sent to seek the chief, and the) )u'V. 116 d'Aumale went to meet him. The Kalifs was f coming back in safety. Being asked how he liked the h ant, he replied th at "it was ex ceedingly fine, and 'wort t iy of a king." STATE or Tlt; AD:TE .—The improvement which we noticed in this., ma rket last week was fully sus tained yesterday, wh(e t the deman I both for yarn and goods was. 0') osidl . ra bl e ; and the market being y bare of; se; oc k , purc h asers were coinpelled eedi in some eases, to giv i ,r imait diato delivery, an advance of d. to ld. per lion Ind on yarn, and of lid. to 3d. per piece on 40-inch sh irtir igs. Many co 'tracts fur future delivery have also b eee made at full previous rates.— ROCIMILE FLANN EL MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 6. The market has b i better attended to thy than i•-; usually the case at tai, ; time of the year, and pieces have been sold at i small k .vance. W , O. continues in good demand, and the deals rs are asking better prices.—Mae chester Gulrdiqn. The Foundling Cb ape], which has been the source of attraction for the I ast eighty years, is now closed on Sunday evenings, at) dan afternoon service has been substituted. ' - PROPERTY TAX, OR TAX UPON INCOMES ARISING FROM REAL AND FUNDED PROPERTY AS COLLECTED FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 5, 1843. SCHEDULE A. Income. Tax. Land, Tenements, &c., England £73,728,429 £2,150,412 Ditto for Scotland SCHEDULE C. Annuities, Divic'ends, &c., Eng lr nd Ditto for Scotland £113,226,982 £3,271,248 INCOME TAX, OR TAX UPON PROFITS, SALARIES, AND OTHER PRECA. RIOUS SOURCES OF INCOME. SCHEDULE D. Income. Tax. Pry fits and gains, England ...£50,296,645 £1,465,985 Ditto for Scotland... ........... 1,404,287 61,765 SCHEDUL E E. Public Offices, &c., England... 8,936,831 260,657 Ditto for Scotland ............... 468,095 12,353 SCHEDuLE Occupancy o f Lands and Tene- B. ments, England ............... 20,486,606 298,763 Ditto for Scotland ............ .. 468,095 12,353 £B2 060,559 £2,111,876 The items given for Scotland are only approxima tions, but are no doubt sufficiently accurate for the purpose of discussion. The property-tax, therefore, yields about three millions and a quarter sterling, and the income-tax little more than two millions. It is tolerably certain that the expense of collecting the latter sum is at least two or three times as great as the expense of collecting the property-tax, and the cost in annoyance and hardship to the community is out of all proportion in the two cases. The obvious suggestion from these facts is, that the property-tax alone should be retained, and the odious and expensive income-tax abolished. When the real state of the case becomes familiar to the public, as it must soon be from Parliamentary discussion, this cannot fail to be come the popular demand. The removal of the in come-tax is evidently practicable. The state of the revenue affords no reason for its continuance. It is no longer possible to plead for it as a necessary evil. It is an enormous evil, now stripped of every pretence by which a palliation can be made out. It is of no use to say that it was imposed along with the property-tax, and that they must stand or fall together. This may seem very good logic to the landed interest, but nobody else will perceive the vii consequentia of the argument. The conjunction of the two taxes on the same basis was originally a rank injustice, and a rank injustice it remains. The representations originally made of the unequal pressure which the scheme would produce, were overborne by Ministerial influence rather than at tempted to be answered. The unfairness, indeed, of taxing the precarious income of the struggling trader, or the still more precarious gains of professional toil, as heavily as the rental of a landed proprietor, was so obvious that it could not be denied ; and was only disregarded on the plea that any juster arrangement would be so inconvenient as to be impracticable. This unjust burden has now been borne for three years, and it is time that it should be got rid of. Its complete removal is the only fair mode of settling the question ; because an income-tax, bearing the same proportion to the property-tax which the valise of a trading or professional income bears to the value of a landed or funded incom e of the same amount, would yield but little over the cost of collection.— Chronicle. TII C OTTON TRADE. (From M E essr C s. Wrigley and Sons' Circular.) The prospects of the cotton trade a t t h e commence merit of the present year were of a very cheering character, the low prices previously current having assisted in a very material degree to cause the revival of trade, which then began to show itself in a very decided manner, and raised sanguin e expectations for the future, which, it is gratifying to add, have not been disappointed. Trade, it is true, received rather a severe, but only a temporary check in the two first months of the year, arising from a sudden advance of the raw material, caused by a mischievous, and to many of those en gaied in it, ruinous speculation, founded on deceptive estimates of the last crop of cotton in America. During the month of January the transactions in cotton were unusually heavy, and prices of American advanced fully id. per lb. In the week ending Feb. 2, the speculation had reached its climax, when the weekly sales extended to the enormous amount of 109,570 bales, of which 84,200 were taken by speculators. Immediately after that period the day of reckoning began ; prices had then reached the highest point they attained during the year. The advance was so sudden, particularly with the rather heavy stock then in the port, that consumers, finding that they could not realise an equivalent advance on goods and yarn, began to lose confi dence, and purchase mere sparing ly, Towards the close of February it became very apparent that the import from America, which until then had been un usually light, would soon greatly increase, as the accumulation of stocks in the American ports had already become unwieldy, and could no longer be held back ; added to this, towards the middle of March the false estimates of the crop could no longer escape detection, so that all the visionary profits of the spe culators speedily vanished. Prices began to recede early in March, and, with some trifling exceptions, they have continued to decline gradually ever since. Prices of most descriptions of cotton are now Id. per lb. below those current in January last, and Lid. to lid. lower than the highest point of the year. The result of the speculation in cotton this year, so dis astrous to those engaged in it, and so ruinous to the /!z>riG~Y/- Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in White. var,lens e:-.ttrday evening, from Drayton Manor, Ste Ifordshire. Mr. La Touch, and a deputation from the Great North-Wvstern Railway (Ireland) had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie at the l'i.oard of Trade yesterday. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrived in town yesterday afternoon. The Earl of Hillsborough, M.P., Viscount Newry and Morrie, M.P., lion. J. H. Knox, and Sir John Rennie, from the Newry and Enniskillen Railway. Company, had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday. MR. BRAIIAM'S CONCERT. Braham, assisted by his sons, gave his first concert for the season last evening, at Hanover square Rooms. The following was the programme : PART I. The Witches Glee (Mr. I'. King) ; Song, On the Cold Shores of the Stranger (Bellini), Mr. C. Braham ; Grand Scene, Sampson's Lament on his Loss of Sight (Handel), Mr. Braham ; Song, Revenge, Thnotheus cries (Handel), Mr. H. Braham ; Song, Molly Bawn (Lover), Mr. Braham ; Glee, The Red Cress Knights ; Scene, Adel a id e (B eethoven), Mr. Braham ; Song, from Bellini's Norma, Mr. H. Braham ; Serenade, from Doo (Donizetti), Mr. C. Braham ; Duet, from I,'Elisir D'Arnore, Voglio Dire, Mr. Braham and Mr. If. Brahara. PART IL Glee, The Winds Whistle Cold (Sir H. R. Bishop) ; Song, The Death of Nel►on (Braham), Mr. Braham Song, My Heart with Lose is Beating, Mr. C. Braham Song, the Wanderer' (Schubert), Mr. H. Braham ; Duet, Qh ! Albion (Braila Mr. Braham and Mr. C. Braham ; Song, Rage thou Angry b!, rin (Benedict), Mr. H. Braham ; Song, the Watchmtv - , :'Tom Moore), Mr. Braham ; Duet, The Brothers (knight), Mr. C. Braham and Mr. H. Braham; song, The Bay if Biscay, Mr. Braham. The glees constituted the novelty of the evening. hey were deligliCuliy given ; and we trust that during the course of the season the Messrs. Braham will give us many more spccimens of this, the national music of England. T►ie Braharns were all there, in excellent voice. What may he the age of Mr. Braham, according to the calendar, we know not ; but, vocally speaking, he is what he ever has been in our remem brance, about thirty—just in his prime. Long may he so continue. Mr. C. Braham has ripened into a delicious concert-room singer; but Mr. Hamilton Braham should not confine his exertions to the concert room. The lyrical drama stands in need of his ser vices. Nature intended him for the prirno basso cantate of Europe. The concert was well attended. SHAKSPEAREAN. We last night had the gratification of hearing the first of a course of three lectures on the plays of Shakspeare, delivered at the Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution, Hackney-road, by Mr. T. Cross, of Cambridge. The subject was the play of Richard the Third, which the lecturer analysed and commented upon in a manner that hew forth frequent and ethu siastic bursts of applause front a numerous and highly respectable audience, who, by the usual testimonies of approbation, exhibited their appreciation ef the acumen, research, anti taste, of the talented gentle man who addressed them. Mr. Cross was pecu liarly happy in his selections. Ms introduction, in which he noticed the genius of Shakspeare, &c., was most warmly applauded. At the conclusion there appeared a general feeling of regret that the lecture was not of longer duration. We understand this is Mr. Cross's first appearance as a lecturer be fore a London audience, and it must be highly grati fying to that gentlem an an d hi s f r i en d s to find that he met with such unequivocal symptoms of future suc cess. The next lecture, the subject of which is Macbeth, is fixed for the 14th of February ensuing, when the admirers of our immortal bard may, not - withstanding all that has been written and said tippvn his works, be startled by novelties on a -subject they have thought exhausted. THE MERCHANT SERVICE. There are many thousand seamen in the merchant • service who will come under the jurisdiction of the new Act, in AV hie 11 are several provisions respecting the perfornethee of their duties, and the punishment prescribed for negligence or desertion. By the 6th section it is d-clared that in case a seaman, whether before the commencement or daring the progress of any voyage, shall at any tim e neg l ect or re f use to j o i n the ship on board of which he shall have engaged to serve, or shall refuse to proceed to sea in such ship, or shall absent himself therefrom without leave, or shall desert, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace in her Majesty's dominions or the territories under the Government of the East India Company, upon complaint made upon oath by the master, mate, or owner, or his agent, to issue his warrant, and cause such seaman to be apprehended and brought before him; and in case such seaman shall not give a reason to the satisfaction of such justice for his neglect, re fusal, or absence, or in case of desertion, it shall be lawful, upon due proof of such neglect, refusal, or desertion, to commit such seaman to prison or to house of correction, with or without hard labour, at the discretion of the justice, for a period not exceeding 30 days; or it shall he lawful for the said justice, if he shall so think fit, at the re•- , quest of the master, mate, or owner, or his agent, instead of committing such seaman, to cause him to be conveyed on board the said ship, or to delivered to either of the parties men tioned, for the purpose of being so conveyed, and proceeding on the voyage, and also to award to the master or owner such costa incurred in the apprehen sion of the seaman as shall seem reasonable, not ex ceeding 4Cs., which shall be chargeable against, and may be deducted from, the wages of such seaman ; and whenever any seaman shall be committed to priso • n, the justice shall cause his register-ticket to be. delivered to the keeper of the prison, who shall retain. the same during the imprisonment of the seaman, and, at its expiration, return the same ; and whenever a seaman shall be sentenced to death or transportation. the officer having the custody of such seaman shall transmit his register-ticket to the registrar of sea men. By other provisions, it is enacted that absence from the ship, or otherwise from duty, shall subject seaman to forfeit two days pay, an I in case of deser tion' his clothes and effects on boa r d are to be for feited. A penalty of 10/. is provided for harbouring a deserter. No debt exceeding ss. incurred by any seaman after he shall have engaged to serve, shall be recoverable until th e serv i ce agreed for shall have , been concluded, nor can any seaman ' s e ff ects be detained under pretence of a debt ; and in case of such detention, the offender be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10/. These several provisions (and there are others to enforce the right of seamen against flue master and owners) to take effect from IVednesday last. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. B.—The Oriental steam packet, Captain Soy, arrived at 10 a.m. this day, at the Motherbank, from Alexandria. The East India and China mails, consisting of 53 boxes, were brought ashore in a small steamer, and forNarded to London by the one , o'clock train. Her dates are—Alexandria, Dec. 23, and. Malta, 25th. The Oriental has a full cargo of silks, 86e.,. and sixty-three yassengers. Her Majesty's ship Heels: was at Alexandria, and several men of iar belonging to the Paella of Egypt. Her Majesty's ship Scout, two Danish men of war, one Danish steamer, three Swedish meta of war, and one French corvette, were at Gibraltar. Thu Oriental is expected to be released on Friday from quaeantinc. The Royal Tar will take out this week's Peninsular mails, and will leave for Gibraltar at three P.M. to-morrow. The Duke of Palmella arrived hero on Monday in the Royal Tar, and left the same evening in the Grand Turk, for Havre. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.—The Speaker of the House of Commons is already in training tier the opening of the session. He sits in kis easy chair every evening for several hourst.=.fter dinner, doing nothing but ti.od ding occasionally to the opposite sides of the 1 , 0111. Or, certain evenings the housemaid moves an adjournw,mt at an earlier nour by turning down the rtIL the tire. The Speaker bus nicknamed her ICT•• ton."—.Punch. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, W EDNESDAY .—Th e Q ueen . an d Prince Albert walked out for so me ti me thi s a f ternoon. The foggy and unfavorable state of the weather during the day prevented the Royal Family from taking their usual airings. 1 The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein took their dt-earture from the Castle to-day. The Earl of Liverpoul, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary 'West, also left the Castle to-day. Mrs. Bouverie had the honour of joining the roya circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited tie Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz took an airing to Kew yesterday, returning to Ca.ilbridge House in the afternoon. A deputation from the Great Western, Uxbridge, and Staines Junction Railway Company, consi;.ling of Mr. Richard Carpenter, Mr. Swynfen Jervis, Mr. Martin Stutely, and Mr. J. 11 . heelton, members of the Provisional Committee; Mr. John Davis Paine, . engineer ; and Mr. T. J. Mawe, solicitor, had an in terview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Excheqn,r yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-stri-et. The Hon. William Ashley and a deputation from the Central Kent Railway had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Archer, jun., and Mr. T. Smith, had an inter view with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial office. - // ~.