The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

, , 1 1 .. ... .. THE -SITN"- LONDON, TITE-SDA_T. EV.EN_IN ..... . _ .. 1 ...............,........_ „,,. a __________— i RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR- STAMFORD ELECTION. ' • LIAMENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) THE NATIONAL DEBT. , EWS MONDAY, ram. "10, 1845. On - Friday Sir George Clerk commenced his canvass for The following Petitions for Railways Bills were Presented, this borough. He was very coldly received ; but in the and ordered to lie on the table : evening he sent out a second address, stating that " from the . _ Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension cordial rec eption he had met with, he had no doubt of his A RETURN sho w i n g th e. . RESULTS of the OPERATIONS undertaken in 1822, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1834, , Railway—Manchester South Junction 'and Altrinchym Rail, ila way—Gre a t G r i ms b y and Sheffield ' Junction Railway — success" (no opponent having been brought forward). On an d 1844, for REDUCING the CHA RGE on accoun t o f the NATIONAL DEBT, and the Terms upon ClT:desdale Junction Rail W ay. his canvass, at nearly every house to which Sir George went, Which such Reduction 'Was . Made ; also,. showing the .ANNITAL INTEREST on the FUNDED: DEBT Petitions for the following Bills (presented on the sth of lie was asked wliether he would support the Syston and February) were referred to the Select Coinmittee on Peti- . . . . Peterborough Railway, which is to pass through our town, saved thereby. tions for Private Bills : • is_ Monkland and lai -- rkintilloch Railway—Wakefield, Ponte- and would have the effect of bringing coals (one article - . •• a.: . The wea fIJNITED -. KINGDOM. only) to us at less than half the present price, now very little -- . quantities 4 'met, and Goole Railway—York and carborough Railway - V - • Devi ation—Manchesterand I.eeds Rail ' iva . v—Man - chester and below thirty shillings per ton. In all cases he said he sup- - __. _ _ , Yinces. la I e , V V , Annual ccount. ,_ . p . Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood ported the Syston Railway, but he objected to the present . - - 7 (:`nosy - ( Annual Interest • V • ' Commonauter ;;,statension)—Asliton, Stalvbridge, and Liverpool Junction plan of crossing near the bridge ; and that he had a plan, by ' - Capitals. , Interest. a lois : —" O , , _ !lisay (Ardwick and . Guide Bridge Branches)—London which the railway might pass at some distance on the north --. • • . , _ 1 1 - - saved, . satisfiea and South -Western Railway, No. 1 Metroolitan Exten- _ aas ______ .. , . . . . . ,—....._ ---- 'a n d s a," l ) — Guildford, Chichester,: an Portsmouth - Railway— of the town, instead of passing through it. • . . £ that b r :: . . . . . Wore than„. e 'sdinburgh and Glasgow Railway—Caledonian Railwa3-- MONDAY, ELEVEN A.M.—Sir George Clerk, accompanied by . r ... r Five per Cent (Navy) Annuities. ~ ....Capita1152;422,143! liquors. - I e e , 1 3 1 !nsgew, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway—Manchester and about fourteen electors (including about half-a-dozen lawyers, 1 Amount of Dissents .paid off ; 2,794,276 i Ira n i celehrat a is _ b nngliam Railway (Ashton :Branch)—Leeds and West who were paid), proceeded to the hustings, where (it having 5 per Cents. reduced to 4 per 1 very, b e t it Ridesl. i..%Junction Railway—Richmond (Surrey) Railway— become a deep snow) Sir George was pelted unmercifully Cents. ; viz., 105/. 4 per a , . i . 1149,627,867 7,481,393 bas-large.lase •, u t . Yorkshire Railway—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester d nction Railway with snowballs. The Mayor, Charles Haycock, Esq., was Cents. for 1001. 5 per !Bonus of 5/. per cent. allowed to those who as s psecn . , b Also the following Bills ;resented on the 6!li February : Cents., per 3 Geo. IV., c. 9 1 I seated 7,481,350 replenisac of cheered, and with some difficulty obtained silence. But on 1822 { I n P res ,, e s n i e lea' _N-orwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Dias and the reading of the Act against bribery and corruption, the ontsav- - s .a e r. :I;'r_lliain Branches—London and York Railway—Leeds and people shouted " a lie," " farce," &c.—it being well recol- L i Capital, 4/. per Cent 157,109,217 6,284,368 s the el' e " die i ß radford t Railway Extension (Shipley to Colne)—Glasgow lected that, in 1831, the Marquis of Exeter's agents served • - 1,197,025 supplicateve, R ti l e wa 7 l . 11 ,9ilway—Glasg,ow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr notices to quit, and even upon widows, that they might Bank cf Ireland Debt at 5 estroy sla _ l 2: Selb y uSs--Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway—Hull and per Cent. reduced to 4 Bank of Ireland Debt. at 5 per cant. ....... .... .1,153,846 57,692 motion P.e, l , it '3 7 a Bridlington Branca ) Railway marry to preserve a vote. After silence was obtained, Dr. per Cent. at par, per 3 Same Capital, at 4 per cent 1,153,846 46,153 1 e the rat a. al in The following Bills were likewise . presented * February 7:— Hopkinson proposed Sir George Clerk, and stated that the L Geo. IV., c. 26 11,539 Cockermouth and Workington Railway—Whitby and Stamfordiaus had keen highly honoured by his appointment Capital 76,248,180 3,049,927 , Se' th isse,,..; jgOs Pickeri ng caster Railway—Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Lan- I Four per Cent. Annuities p, the u t 4 2o i, tai t . er rnd Carlislisle Railway—Kendal and Windermere to the Mastership of the Mint by her Majesty.—(Cries of "Not her Majesty, but Sir R. Peel," and hisses.) 'Old 4 per Cents. reduced to I Same Capital, at 31 per cent., including ,caters 0 a l e Andl" eY—Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension. tea by 4 B lackburn, the following Bills were resented on F ebruar 10: Mr. GILCHRIST, miller, briefly seconded the nomination, 1824 3i per Cents. at par, 5 { 6,149,245/. Non-assents, vested in the Corn era 01 0- Geo. IV., c. 11 'after a otli Ra?ilwack,burn, Burnley, Accrington. and Colne Extension . and said that he was sure Sir George meant well for the town, the • wa , aa — Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rad- but he was sorry that he was railed against during his can- ' L Debt, per 5 Geo. IV., C. 45 st on and tt 'l e gal, ° vo te a 3 -- Huddersfield' and Manchester Railway and Canal— s,reat Grim a l • a Sheffield vase. a nd e aed, ia J anet . - is, and Junction Railway- Clydesdale Proclamation having again been made, Sir George Clerk iy s eism . lc, ion Railway.l 5 per Cents. 1797 reduced Capital at 5 per cent. reatY• of mitt ICES GIVEN AT TITS PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. was declared duly elected. 1824 I to 3 per Cents.; viz.l3Bl. Deduct Dissents paid off 41,011 a a el's je 9 • Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway—Com ee on Petition, Friday Feb. 21. Sir GEORGE spoke at some length, acknowledging the & { 6s. Bd. Consolidated 3 per h° l kindness of his reception (notwithstanding the snowballs), 1825 I Cents. for 100 E sperCents. 972,657 -48,632 the 26_ alluddersfi e ld and Manchester Railway and Canal—Corn- and at some length gave his opinion of the railway, amid L 37 Geo. 111., c. 10 of the ors ing ...•-• 0' . ant(!llee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 21. cries of "We won't have it " He said he regretted to find 9,726 ____ robalautyso, tnitt:gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway—Com that he had not been so well received this time as on former AYrea ll ez •on Petition Tuesday Feb 25. 1.4 per Cent. Annuities, formerly Navy 5 per da;. , l V e g b ° 7 2s JunctiOn Railway—Committee -. on Petition, Tues. occasions, and he saw that the people had set their hearts ! Cents. Capital the upon the railway, but he objected to its crossing the road on 153,671,091 • tiled irl s i sti colijan.chester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway— the present level, near the bridge. !Amount of Dissents paid off raa ~e f e a -.- , me ll 40r , msaittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 21. Mr. CHARLES LOWE, fi Conservative, then powerfully ad . 00' ..fe, 4 per Cents. exchanged for 150,790,176 6,031,607 ad sat a el i dressed the assemblage, and stated that the line proposed by piaint'' pis P ROPERTY and INCOME-TAX. 100/. of 31 per Cents or I -- The PI T Y ~, Sir G. Clerk could not be effected because of the hills, and 1830 ' i 70/. of 5 per Cents., per 11 s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. consequently the cuttings would be so great, and seriously and w a IR - -WI- Geo. 4, c. 13 - culls r s ' CeP t ' s a /hi ; aatever may be said of other royal speeches, expensive, that no company would undertake it. As to the . ' - _ . Interest. ought d a ' d s r IK it must be admitted that the Queen's Speech, just out. an bridge, every one knew it to be the most dangerous between Which was exchanged for 150,119,6091. 3/. 10s. the 0 ' In it' to Parliament, has much of pith and substance London and York.—(Cries of" It is," and immense cheer- per Cent,' Annuities rce• t term" . mei Particularly that part which alludes to the property ing.) i Mr. Lowe begged to introduce Mr. Stephenson, the • • L . 469,398/. 5/. per Cent. Annuities 23,469 1 ea ur It n enrne-taxes. - 5,277,655 larell• • sbe l) : .-- was for much too long a time considered a political as . , la • Lr uth that engineer, to give his opinion.—(Hear, hear.) however, stated that lie could not allow a non- ain...e aleslhe , ,_ those taxes should be only considered as war- The MAYOR, 4 p 3 e i r p C e e r n c ts e . n l t B s 2 . G at re p d a u r c , ed pe to r ad alr a'av e lter a . rj es ' and that at other times taxes on consumption elector to speak, and declared the business terminated., a t iriaas se i . -.mum a D og . e , : ~: a . be alone resorted to. Sir George Clerk and his friends had. a narrow escape ; . .1 - I Lp m er e C t e ;i n ap t it A al n , n a u t it 3 ie l s, i c o r s e . a p ted er i c n en ll2 , 6. in .. c C lu a d p i i n ta g l 10,64,911 424,916 t a sex O c I have for Divinev 0 tier: fo r very many years (and I remember the the hustings were being pulled down, amid the cheers of . the 1834 4,133,7211. Dissents, vested in Commisstaners 1 for the Rednetien of the National Debtbn ac the seio' , inner tax on property and income) been of opinion that crowd, before they could withdraw ; and on his mounting 4 and 5 Will. 4, C. 31 r to t i l e a -..' . 4 t aX - on property is the most legitimate of all taxes; it the chariot, trimmed with ribbons and small flags, a rush aa ott itt a po , . ii,r s oduces most money to the Exchequer in proportion to ~ !._amount, and is . L count of the Fund for Banks for Savings... 10,622,911 371,801 , at l e tee ? - was made, and the carriage was nearly stripped ; three out . 4' . ''"--- 53,115 tod. aoirda, Of the four splendid large flags which preceded him were in a all tb 411 our paid by those who can best- afford it. ' a nd institutions tend to the protection of property, wrested from the ensigns, and torn : Sir George himself was Bank of Ireland Debts at 5 and Debt at 5 per Cent. ,,V. . 1,015,38 50,769 mi noled' ci , lit° a s..:az_ ours is the only' important country in Europe where oe, bo& 4.10 . left 1 ',. pelted through the streets as he stood in his carriage, and 4 per cent. reduced to 3i per Debt at 4 per Cent. , i a a- ~a . itior . l falls so lightly on it. 1841 cent. per 3 and 4 Viet. c. 75, . rh t O3 We' the . entirely separate the property from the income-tax : had his hat knocked off above a dozen times. , . 0 theand Warrant of Treasury, 2,630,768 115,384 - • ,t ~ . A ''. latter ought only to be resorted to in. the event of After Sir George's party left the hustings, Mr. Dims, a January 30, 1841 COT,Same capital at 31 per Cent 2,630,768 92,076 titan • a . 0 : a : : ? ti a b r t ; l l . l.ad I tuy from its inquisitorial nature,ought to be gentleman connected with the Midland Counties Railway, --- --a--- 23,308 p° titan Jo , c 1 itted to only upon the most imminent danger to the addressed the electors from a neighbouring inn, and fully a I t s . 00 . eo n ", o, I"' • 4 7, when victory must be bought and chained to s ou r I .o,stists at any price. convinced them of the importance of the present line pro . offic e- fe t , posed by that Company. r New 3/. 10s. per Cent Annuities Capital 157.243,517 ir.'s, heists Sir R. Peel three years ago proposed the 4%* rsideissa Since the election Sir George's party have made overtures 31 per Cents. Reduced at par ' Reduced 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities do. 67,701,606 en ~, a rr- • u Pert.'S and income-tax, it was submitted to cheerfully ' Y the to the Stamford Railway Committee, which ate - likely to to 31 per Cents. until Oc- 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1818 do. 9,514,369 d D ayl Tol ag ieft h itt - people, as however onerous or distasteful the „l a y e` ...,,f ... th "'a s, any expedient was considered better than ben.fit the town. tober 10, 1854, and from Old 31. 10s. per Cents. and Debentures do. 14,401,171 ira-sweas - that period to be reduced — -— a l ! tollott° :::: lit we should have a deficient revenue in a time of cora nt In rfo et ,vt ~ esrati ee „ mice. SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE. 1844 to 3/. per Cents , and not < 248,860,W 't.Ne e ,e IfTATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. liable to further reduc- ;Amount of Dissents and Non-assents paid off 103,352 to re c 1 tb e .. 4 1 4 ' 3 ' 1 of r us remember—and those who do not can easily tion until after October ' OP ° A Nt h er t 0 it—the statement that was made by Sir R. Peel CHESTER CUP. - , 10, 1874, per 7 Vict., c. set ai. 248,757,311 8,706,505 -, Is o he brought forward his propositions—the estimate 8 to 1 agst Mr. Isvvin s Lot 4 and 5 Same capital at 31. ss. per cent. la be° 10 to t aLst Mr. Jaqoes's Setniseria—take 11 to 1 fallyj is • . 1 „.1 he made of its prohniae productian; and the -----"-.- ---- 621,893 Oil i f • o r it ant whieh it actually produced in 1843. the first year 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity - of t b e e r esltO financ ial i mplete operation. does not say . much for his 17 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era • e hY l ' i f t he • 'a e a t alents and certainly does not Justify all those 22 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken ►4,3,051,800 ~ sari - Je, , ta ai rurns that his political friends of all pus ties so freely 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—t 30 to 1 'Ai r e , . .. d ie , taker him with. The following estimate and pro- 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug The Gross Capitals herein stated include the Capitals standing in the names of the Commissioners LadY,'„ 0 10110 s 'e !sill be found nearly or quite correct:— 30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste for the Reduction of the National Debt. . rt, l'! too• elf 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken f. . 38d0 1) pfil i. • ta r o: Estimate. Produce 1843. roe b iv ,`_te and Houses be e a th e ' ,'"ends646,ooo se ° l fie r e t a = -a t —a , laregaaasetaa . , io Offices, &c. os •., , ....... Ar.. IXT:II,_ ___ 1 T. . .-a_ _ l A.. A I , OflTTNTrii i_ • • rl 1 PI SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Lot 10 to t asst Mr. .ligoes's Semiseria—take 11 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity 17 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era 22 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—t 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug 30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken f. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's - Winesour 35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—t. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Madam's Trueboy—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ire in's Foigh-a- hallagh —taken 50 to 1 ”gst Mr. Collett's Corranna—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Isatc Day's Seaport—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's, The Dean—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Davis's Yheoman ac K':uck Of the. numerous lot enumerated above, the only horses in demand were Semiseria, The Era, St. Law rence, Pride of Kildare, and Trueboy, and on them the outlay was not by any means heavy. Plenty of layers against Obscurity and Pug. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—take 12 to 1 13 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—t. and aft. off. 14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—ditto ditto 15 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—ditto ditto 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr.A.Joh nstone's Annandale—t. 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster—t. all in 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos 1000 to 10 agst Mr. 1). Cook's Yellow Boy. A disposition to back Kedger, Idas, Newsmonger, Men tor, and Miss Whip colt was observable from the opening of the room ; the market, however, was so languid, that very little money was got on. Nothing was done on Pam, John Day's two, or Pantasa, and if Annandale and Weatherbit were mentioned, it was only to show that their friends are, for the present, non eat. OAKS. 7 to 1 ag it Mr. Worthington's Lancaster Witch—t. 12 to 1 agst Lord G, Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere 17 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis. An ACCOUNT showing, in Columns, the TOTAL AMOUNT of the FUNDED and UNFUNDED UNREDEEMED PUBLIC DEBT of the UNITED KINGDOM, and the KNNIrAL CHARGE thereon, on the sth day of January, 1817, and on the sth day of January in every subsequent Year up to 1844, so far as applies to the NATIONAL DEBT OFFICE. Prop erty , £2,396,000 £3,555,358 Pr ° ll Trade... ..... .C 1,250,000 ° 4 Lands AMOUNT of the UNFUNDED DEBT in EXCH/ MITER BILLS, and the ANNUAL CHARGE thereon, on the sth Janus cry 1817, and on the sth of January in every subsequent Year u p to 1844. Li corrie .£1,370,000 Ineorr4c £1,838,866 Property 3,555,358 In the Amount of Charge of Year Capital in Interest in ended the Exchequer Rate of Inte rest the said sth Jan. Bills. Year. — .£ £. .T.; [lBl7 44,650,300 3d. 22 Nov. :1816 2,173,927 1818 56,729,400 2, d. 24 Feb. 1817 1,891,315 • 1819 43,208,400 2d. 11 Oct. :1817 2,026,450 2 1820 36,303,200 I ' l 1821 30,965,900 c.) 0 2,009,311 1822 31,566,550 . `.-. 1823 1,309,409 0 36,281,150 ° 1824 34,741,750 1,111,220 O 1825 32,398,450 1,086,015 z 1 1826 27,994,200 _ 2 l i d d . . 2 19 4 J D u ee ne . 1 1 5 : 2 2 5 4 820,000 1 9 . 1827 24,565,350 a j 1828 27,546,850 — ...., 802,186 -8 1829 27,657,000 1 Id. 30 Sept. 1 8:29 860,475 T:l 1830 25,490,550 13d. 11 Dec, 1, 15'9 806,076 g:. 1831 27,271,650 rt 1832 27,133,350 1833 27,278,000 ..: 1834 27,906,900 1835 28,521,550 1836 28,976,600 2d. 29 Sept. 183 6 688,701 1837 26,976,000 li d. 21 Nov. 18.1 ,6 692,095 ?.. 1838 24,044,550 2 . 14 Dec. 18: a 871,309 1839 24,026,050 I .ld. 18 Mar. IS 39 641,370 1840 19,965,050 2 -11 16 Mar. 1S 40 788,707 , P. , 1841 21 . 076,350 _ • 0.: `'.' ` 1842 18,343,850 2d, 1 5 J une IA .42 797,046 1843 18,182,100 / 11d. 17 Mar. 18 43 } 631,601 lid. 16 June 13. 13 1844 18,407,300 -- £2,396,000 £5,394,224 Excess . £3,766,000 ... 1.628,224 No £5,394,224 Prob r , °ne can divine, and it is useless to guess, at the /1.11; 8 ; : iela which it is announced w ill be made by Sir eot e j next Friday; but we may, I think, very safely , 4.1 4) ,"ue, that the property-tax in some shape or Wi t h' , Will be proposed to bt• continued, and in common 4 (1), 11 ,, v , E r.Y great many others, I am in great hopes that the a '‘Y - tnx will alone be proposed to be continued for N44(4 of from five to seven years, and that it will be s d s dC arl in . amount to at least 51. per cent. upon all fixed a l) to e glble pr o perty whatever, and if it were carried ' °4 per cent., it would be so much the better. Pro 441 t i t. Perty-tax now produces PrOperty now excused 1,200,000 A dd 2/ £4,755,358 Per cent., about 3,244,642 ak: Iv hi L ng to tio ft . tit Would admit of the following reductions in taxa- Wi ndows, about £1,500,0 00 0 So a „ 700,100 Gl a r ss 400,000 P aper BOO,OOO Ltop s 250,000 Te a 1,500,000 Sur,— • Cotto n k; otton 1,000,000 600,000 A new writ was last night issued for Lewes, on the appointment of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy to a lordship of the Admiralty. This is the gentleman who, in the House of Commons, gave his most solemn assurance that he never expended, directly or indirectly, one shilling in bribery or corruption. The new Lord of the Admiralty is a man not very easily put out of countenance, and we dare say he will again canvass the electors of Lewes with as much nonchalance as if the borough had never been inundated with Lord Southampton's gold, or as if the electors had forgotton his own appeal to Heaven that neither bribery nor corruption had been employed to secure his return. We may refresh Mr. Fitzroy's memory upon this subject before he goes to the hustings. The scruples of Sir Edward Knatchbull prove too - strong for forthcoming Ministerial measures. 'What can Sir Robert Peel be meditating? To be sure, Sir Edward is to be raised to the peerage , or, shall we rather say, the peerage is to be lowered to Knatchbull. The new Paymaster of the Forces will be the Hon. Bingham Baring. A - vacancy is thus created in the representation of Thetford. The vacancy in the secretaryship of the Board of Control, created by the promotion of Mr. Baring, will be filled by Lord Jocelyn. Is Lord Ashley's motion to be an open question? It will be seen by a report in another part of our paper, that Sir Thos. Fremantle has been re-elected for Buckingham.—Chronicle. CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY A BOY.—On Monday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Lion and Lamb, Drummond-crescent, Euston-square, on the body of Thomas Press, a boy aged 13, the son of a cowkeeper, who committed suicide. James Press, the brother of deceased, said he resided with his parents at 43, Drummond-crescent. The deceased went to school, and occasionally assisted in carrying out milk. On Friday last, at dinner time, it was discovered that he had been playing truant, and had appro priated some money belonging to his parents to his own use, and spent it amongst some other boys. This coming to his father's knowledge he boxed his ears, declared he should have no dinner,'and threatened to beat him. Shortly before two o'clock deceased's mother gave him some dinner, and then told him to wash himself, which he did. About half past three the same afternoon witness went into the yard, and observed the cowshed open, and on entering he discovered the deceased hanging by his neck handkerchief from a beam. I Witness gave an alarm, and Mr. Lambert, a neigkbour, and his mother, came and cut deceased down. He was quitedead, and in order to effect his object must have got on one of the rails placed to divide the cows, and then jumped off. The jury' returned a verdict—" That deceased destroyed himself by hanging, but in what state of mind he was in at the time there was no evidence to show." BIDEFORD.—COMMITTAL OF A WIFE AND SER VANT FOR SETTING FIRE TO HER HUSBAND'S HOUSE.—Mary Lashbrook, and her servant, Mary Hayes, underwent a long examination on Saturday last (it having lasted nearly the whole of the day), before James Gould, Esq., and Major Wren, county magistrates, on suspicion of wilfully setting fire to the premises occupied by the Lashbrooks, the property of Captain Pyke, in the parish of Northam. The girl made a full confession, stating that she was instigated by her mis tress to commit the act of incendiarism during the absence of her master at Appledore, and it was clearly discovered that the house and outbuildings hail been fired in four different places, considerably detached from each other. Both prisoners were committed for trial ; but the mistress was admitted to bail, in two sureties of 50/. each, and her husband in 100/. The prosecution was instituted by Mr. John Hamlyn, the Bideford agent to the West of England Office, in which the property is insured. Mr. Lashbrook, the tenant of Captain Pyke, has always been considered a respectable farmer, and the conduct of his wife in conniving at such an act is viewed with astonishment. It can only be accounted for on the sup position of her insanity.—North Devon Journal. The following notices have appeared at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—_By command of the Postmaster-General. Notice to the public, and instructions to all postmasters; sub-postmasters, and letter-receivers. General Post. office, Febr:ary, 1845.—A new line of mail communication having been established between Suez and Calcutta, via Ceylon and Madras, mails for India, &c , Egypt, and the Mediterranean, will in future be made up at this office, and dispatched on the evening of the 24th of every month, via Marseilles, in addition to the mails for India, for warded through France on the 7th of the month. When the 24th falls on Sunday, the mails will be made up and dis patched from this office on the following evening. The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of the 20th instant. The next mails for Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dis patched from hence on the evening of th e 24 th inst. The Forth will take out the West India mails of the morning of the 17th inst. The Cambria for American mails of the even ing of the 3d March. BERWICK HARBOUR.—We understand that the Harbour Commissioners here have received a communication from the Home-office, respecting the eligibility of Berwick harbour as one of the proposed harbours of refuge. The com munication contains instructions to transmit all the plans and reports relative to the harbour, in order that they may be submitted to the investigation of the Government Com missioners appointed to examine the claims of the various -ports. -.A similar communication has been received by • the local authorities at Dunbar.—Berwick and Kelso Warder. The Intel Charge, whi , ceding Year. rest paid within each Year is gives in the column of ich Interest has accrued upon the Capita 1 stated in the pre teitvi £6,750,000 . stance 'nt R c onsiderable surplus to be dealt with as ctrcum is May arise. we nd 0u,,,,,khat41.'..e always been of opinion that England E liv n e gl i a n n ; d a ni nd ay i , f a kro n ," , be made a cheap . country tioth i u , s w alive to the principle of t a n t o r om at p io li n sn on it. property, d 1 „ . T can be more easy . tha n . llot b e see why the principle, o if adopted here, jnst s i h oe ou t l o I] nzi e extended to Ireland. l am sur en is a_. kbou:tt? i Mperatively requires it. !elites:. - tr er e e l n a e n e dill. , por ing 's and St. James s, . all l on k se n n o s w e f ez. utre eland being t S h t e . Gpieleosrer country: II , b eli t Neal and Lancashire, but no one ever dreamt of a M- N. ,‘, ese i neasures shouldbe a ."5 th system. dded a strict and ex- Which'search end it will be found that reductions ma y b t h e er made, an m d a laten t W ithout i mpairing the e ffi ciency of our establish titxm t 4; o n Wo uld tend very grea tly t o a ftutiler reduction of All. CA R TOR -A. 4 1 411 . '. , 04 Commerc e ., . , • 1) ---?*'.--'-----. FIRE orr EAST Gat,. STaricTION OF A SHIP BY 14 "IVICR QL , after o'clock yesterday, . A a fi re Was di . --- ..i.ortly three 'the f 500 tons, pr„persteovered on bokrd the ship Hen ry, Y' S was taking in a ear„. 3 ' orbit.. Fletcher, of Limehouse. from a collier sl ot e of coals at the West India Dock buo y , that a boy helothle. The report circulated at the tim e i s, and voodrg to the Henry had been collecting shavings not plai nd 'h the hold of the shi which by some means n deck for ex- W ater caught fire. The b oy in his fright t ran i e ng with' the bu cket to extinguish the flames, and on re u:n as to defy trot lie found the fire burning so furiou sly cast the glii 1Y ordinary means. Pierce, a lighterman of t o (ler the West India Dock buoy, a ' short time and ni towed the l ie the Unity and Pilot steam tugs arrived, and ntY highe r • this the mate ve ° Ne t% ata. op the river. . D g her ur in n four or five places, and I t t4 ile thi s assisted in scuttling clear of the shipping ° shov e Was being done she was towed ' ht she might h e the Folly -house in Blackwell reach, w here Isle of Dogs, it oci l inK in deep water on the west side nest the ation of th, in order that she might be kept clear of the naval; as one „tell-et .At this moment the ship, fore and a ft , v nen __ sap,,rehlaze--inasts, rigging, and all. It was deemed n _ o. e n e g N,-.'v t ° atteMpt a further scuttling, but the dange r fd i h h water, sh as so o n reat th ti t abandoned. After ig e w as r a was . Blackwall-reach, ne ar . on shore at the west side of b the point ff G • h As the tow warps were hret,i t 0 reenwic . fter the 1l was found impossible to hold her in deep water a e to run her -o °ll eho of th e tide, and it was therefore necess ary shipping at ola o k re to prevent her driving amongst the Ti e fir all, w ail, and causing a still greater calamity. l alto L. h°t having been effective, the vessel was then a the tianiutsrn out, as no water could be brought to bear o n fury entii„,_ The flames continued to rage with unabated . li g „ ; -"en o'clock the main and mizen masts, rigging, fo re 'th' e e'hg, and fore-t'opmast having been previously consume n t for sivesselwas what is termed lightly laden, and wa . s bou nd eats At Ilizeirr4,Leone, a ft er taking in part of her cargo inc was . A bure,,h,eloek yesterday morning the hull of the vessel Atuit"%g' s —Yes terda„ ,- 11 0 es ATTACK UPON GAMEKEEPER . on the eightopiorrnation was forwarded to Bow-street that and hi m the 25th It. several men, armed with guns .... shireg!°ne, entered a - wood in the parish of Favant, Will' r 130,...,..t,0r the purpos e of destroying game. The gamekeepe r , rons":o'r, named James Barrett, assisted by two other ji . e n. - !' e selr e r ,l l3 Psed them, and a desperate conflict ensued, h vin redju th in Barrett and his assistants being so dreadfule . ho at they atilt lie I 1 ill and with but little Pes o f th . cangerous y , elitted th eir ultimate recovery. The fellows w of ho com the tit4ers n e ou.trage have hitherto eluded the , search _ own character .tustice. One of them is, however, a well-known b„ in the neighbourhood. A e24'EPRESETATION OF THE COUNTY OF BECKS. — of 7,‘Yrit ha d sq.ot ng been ordered to be issued for the election ue..ember of Parliament for the county of Bucks, in con- Chil t 7e of Mr. Charles Scott Murray having accepted the o nly irti.. Hundreds, it has been generally imagined that the d0,,,,,;ht of the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of Chan s.% __o , 0 attained his majority on the 10th of September r,prv•nould start as a candidate to fill the vacancy ret urn .tation thus created, and with a certainty of being in, .ndeed, it may be observed, that it was the gene hoethatVression throughout the county at the election in 1841, 0, Murray \void(' retire from parliament, in favour of Leon' we °, °le Marquis on his coming of age. We understand, u er, that another arrangement has been determined rld that Mr. Towers, of Huntsmoor-park, h-er, will l,y the Pew candidate in the Conservative interest, supported is n,t elVinenee of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham. It of Mr. Pected that DOowers. the return ; Poor Yesterdtr, I. Me sittiii'e 1,n3 Higtmesii the Duke of B runsw i c k forwarded to 20 /• f or tC —agietratebox of Maryl e b one Police-of f i ce the sum-of- S. J. WOOD cen[ct to cifit tr t ifi e itgc in II tr gl peo , 0 , • el , e l. be , oPe. s ot b con t 'brolig ti t t le ( (1 ' t il s° lo ° L i erill"c o rOu an A ct e- 4 nos Anicti ,„frobl; oV; t blit'A4 i•Looeu, ki dent ,q•ve . , t itic 4 18' ill Eth el ee to 0 ° col o h si oe . 4 t, $ c oo rL ire h d e q":"9,e toY -aro two on e ass' 149 ti vl' of G jot A if oug ht tl`iief b is fit it r l „lit 1 * j ees li lfel ic •• 0 ?,tb er tO tig SS °: t ioo t per no t , do s ore n en o f re" . tilei" 1.1 414 fotitlf , g ( 0 111 ;0 1 5 Ai r fre,i l : o ll l pol'' ,le )V 0 corr., yr,. , ~c c o old tb e of for •alo ° ftelii t, i j t i i i i o g V e ff` r. ec into e to• THE SITN," LONDON, TITE-SDA-Y EVEN_ING, FEBRUARY ll, 1845. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—Last night, in anticipation of the financial state ment to be made next Friday, Lord Monteagle moved for various returns, the most important of which are already before the world; and took the opportunity of predicting, prejudging, and prescribing the Premier's intentions, as far as the circumstances allowed. how far it is customary for Ministers to remain open to new reasons and persuasions till within four days of their sessional declaration, it is not for us to conjecture; but Lord Monteagle is better informed, and he appears to think. his advice will not be entirely thrown away. Whatever the result, however, we fear he will scarcely enjoy the credit of contributing much to the Ministerial de - claims. It is true the Premier still rejoices in the maiden pride and liberty of apparent - irresolution. He still smiles complacently on a hundred rivals, and remains the besought of all beseechers. The flatterin g incense of deputations, and 'addresses, and memorials, and petitions, and pamphlets, ascends before him ; and if the omens are doubtful, still omens there are, and the worshippers are not absolutely discouraged from a further prosecution of their appeals. But it is scarcely to be supposed that a Minister who has taken such singular pains to collect his facts beforehand, should not have really made his election by this time. Lord Monteagle resigns him self with a sigh to a further infliction of the income-tax, and, we presume, speaks for the rest of his party. " Durum, sed levius fit patientiii, " Quicquid corrigere est nefas." There is no help for it, and there is an end of the question at present. We quite agree with his Lordship that it would be satisfactory to see a beginning of the end. But that begin ning is not yet in view, and is put still further out of sight by almost every speaker who ventures upon this difficult ground, including Lord Monteagle himself. He is anxious— so are we, indeed, and so ia everybody—on the strength of the temporary surplus, to reduce some of the taxes which especially hamper manufactures and commerce, and so affect the general revenue. On a survey of the report on the tariff; which he justly describes as one of the most important and valuable papers illustrative of our commerce and customs which has ever been drawn up or prepared for Parliament, he complains that the reductions lately the subject of so much exaggeration by friend and by foe, were chiefly on the most insignificant items, on mere nominal heads of duty. Out of 22,730,886/. raised upon 813 articles, there are 585, or about three-fourths of the whole, which produce only 42,0001. From these facts he appears to draw a double inference—first, that it would be a very : pretty piece of simplification to strike off three-fourths of the list at so slight an expense; secondly, that seeing we profess to be reducing duties, we should do so in earnest with the weightier items of the revenue. There has, he says dispa ragingly, been little or no reduction upon raw materials, upon articles partly manufactured, and upon manufactured articles; while, on the other hand, the increased consump tion and increased revenue have taken place in articles of food, comfort, and luxury. Whence he would have us infer that the new tariff has had no great share in the improve ment of trade, and stability, for it is stability rather than increase, of the regular revenue. With some qualifications this statement cannot be denied. It 'is wonderful to what narrow dimensions the most formidable bug bears of the new tariff shrink in the document before us. But will Lord Monteagle, and the whole chorus of supplicants, have mercy on that poor temporary sur plus, that still poorer permanent deficiency ? Can we fairly hope that the bolder reductions he urges will so improve the general revenue as to keep things even as they are now ? iVe have already dealt with timber and with wool boldly enough—perhaps boldly enough with the coffee. We have attained and passed the maximum of revenue on corn, if the corn-laws are to remain unaltered. There is no hope from these quarters. Abolish tile duty on cotton wool, his Lord ship intimates. With all our heart. But there goes 700,000/. But then comes the duty on tea, for reducing which there is as much cry, and almost as muchreason. Lord Monteagle hintsat its depreciation, exclusive of duty, from 2s. 6d. to Is. 6d., as if that should be the rule for the duty. This would involve a sacrifice of nearly two millions at one fell swoop in the rather doubtful and distant hope of an equivalent improve ment to trade. Then he is very energetic on behalf of slave grown sugar.. But while Lord Monteagle has his hobbies, others have theirs. The population of London show their hands and their garments, and ask her Majesty to fulfil her sanitary intentions by taking the duty off soap. The window tax has numerous and inveterate enemies, among whom we beg to number our humble selves ; but, alas ! on it depends upwards of a million. Take off all these taxes, put all these items ;together, and it is evident that, instead of dispersing with the income-tax, we shall soon have to double it. Lord Monteagle wishes to have a hand in the pie—to give advice sufficiently pertinent to be adopted, and suffi ciently original to be called his own. He is not so unrea sonable as to think he can do this without sharing the usual risks of legislation. A simple course is before him. He has alluded to the different lights in which we should naturally view the income-tax in the various cases of its permanency And its temporary character ; let him propose such modifica tions in it as will make it just and tolerable as " part of the permanent ways and means of the country." This will take the sting out of it. The professional man, and the trades man, whose income and property may cease to-morrow, and be buried in their graves, who must give all their time, their health and strength, to their income; who must, in one way or another, insure their lives at the loss of present means of expenditure, will only more and snore resent the gross ine quality of a tax which exacts the same from them as from the landowner, or fundholder and shareholder, whose income is indeed property, and who have their time, their health and strength, at their entire disposal. POST.—The report of the cattle market held yesterday gives a pretty clear indication of what the tariff is likely to do for the agricultural interests this year. It appears that a large importation has taken place, 165 beasts and 205 sheep, the quality of which is highly lauded. We remember, at the time the tariff was under discussion, that it was urged there could be no animals fit for our market brought from foreign countries ; but it is now evident that foreigners are learning how to feed their cattle, and it is more than likely that, ere the coming season is over, the statements which we made in relation to the working of this measure will be more than realised. If the agricultural interests have suffered from the operation of the tariff in former years (and who will say that they have not ?) how much more likely are they to be in jured in the present season, when foreign cattle feeders have acquired the knowledge that will enable them to compete 1 with us in point of the quality of their stock ? The subject is a painful one for the friends of agriculture to contemplate ; but, unless some stop be put to the importations both of corn and of cattle, we can see no end to the depreciatiom of home produce. CHRONICLE.—The House of Commons will be called upon, on Friday next, to sanction the continuance of the two very dissimilar imposts which are commonly included under the phrase " income-tax." It will be called upon to renew the tax upon property, a tax comparatively speaking light, and easily collected, and unobjectionable in principle ; and at the same time to renew the tax upon income, a tax most unequal in its pressure, collected in a manner which involves innumerable hardships and vexations, and at variance with almost every principle of sound fiscal policy. Up to the last moment, we believe, the hope has been very generally cherished that the injustice of the income-tax, properly so called, would not be persevered in. People have clung to the notion that so grievous a burden was not meant to be per manent. Nobody will be so foolish as to retain this impres sion after a renewal of the tax, even though it should be only a renewal for a limited period. Its prolongation, even for three years more, will in reality make it perpetual, as far as anything of the kind can be made so by an act of the Legislature. That this must be the consequence of an affirmation of Sir R. Peel's proposition on Friday night, will be obvious to any one who reflects that the rea sons for repealing the income-tax cannot be expected to be more numerous or powerful at any future time than they are at the present moment. Its operation cannot easily become more grievous or mischievous than it is at present. Nor can we fairly expect the arrival at a time when the Exche quer can better spare the amount. We are not engaged in war, and we have a surplus revenue of more than three mil lions. The income-tax, as distinguished from the tax upon property, produces but two millions. In the present state of the country, if it be solemnly renewed, what possible expec tation can there be that at any future time it will be given up? We do not believe that the immeasurable annoyances of this tax would have been borne so quietly as they have been, if it had been looked upon as a permanent arrange ment. The voice of public complaint would long before this time have startled the Minister, if it were not hushed by the assurance that all the torturing apparatus of inqui sition into private affairs was employed only to meet a temporary necessity, which would soon pass away. If the House of Commons, by its vote, dissipates this impression, we are convinced that the sh o ck to the com munity at large will be much greater than the Government seems to anticipate. The various agitations which have been set on foot for the remission of particular taxes, are very likely to lead to an erroneous conclusion on this subject. The soap interest would probably be willing to compound for the removal of the soap duty, by assenting to the continuance of the income-tax. The glass interest might readily pay the same price for a remission of the duty on glass. The paper interest would give much (and what interest would not ?) to be free from the visits of the exciseman. Westminster and Bath might make a sacrifice to get rid of the window duties ; while Manchester, with more reason, pronounces the worst possible tax to be the tax on raw cotton, the material of our staple manufacture. The more active and agitating of the agriculturists lose sight of the t income-tax in the grand, but impossible, conception of escaping from four millions and a half of malt-tax. The merchants trading with China think of cheapen ing the cup which " cheers, but not inebriates," rather than the beer-pot, and would barter, perhaps, mole than an income-tax, for a reduction of the tea duty to a shilling a pound. With so many powerful parties urging the remission of particular taxes, the Government and Par liament are in some danger of forgetting that the country at large would not consider the benefit of any one of these re missions an equivalent for its sufferings from the income-tax. We are not insensible to the evils which attend our indirect taxes, or to the great advantages which the removal or re duction of many of them would confer upon the national in dustry. The excise duties on soap, paper, and glass, fur instance, operate as prohibitions of improvement in those departments of industry. The revenue Acts prescribe certain processes which must be followed, and will not permit expe riments, or the application of the most recent scientific discoveries. Thus, chemical manufactures are conducted nearly upon the principles which prevailed a hundred years ago, and are practically little better than if Davy and Liebig had never existed. It would be a great good to get rid of these taxes ; but the public at large would feel it 1 a much greater good to get rid of the income-tax. Even the reduction of a shilling a pound in the price of tea, the greatest boon to which the continuance lot the income-tax is likely to lead, would be considered a sorry substitute for the removal of that tax itself. If Sir Robert Peel, in pro posing his property and income-tax for three years more, does not intend it to be permanent, what sound objection can there be to confining it to income arising from property? For three years the possessors of the most precarious incomes have borne equal burdens with those entitled to incomes of 1 the same amount in perpetuity. Every clerk struggling to bring a tp a family decently on 3/. a week, and having even that sum 4 iminished by some little insurance upon his life, that lie may 1 of leave his children to starve, has already paid 10/. 2s. 6d. 11 tcome-tax. The owner of a capital of 5,0001. in the Three p er-Cents., or of a property in fee-simple which would sell 5. , r nearly that sum, has paid no more. Would it be unjust ts ) continue the tax upon the latter parties, and to exempt Cies clerk for the next period of three years ? We believe - that, at the end of that time, he would still have borne far i t n h c o w o e b t je lia cti n o l n iis s real tat cslainarbeecfutilgieedpuabgliacinbsutrditelidisir.e(ll7 at fact, all f iz s plioyulithequalgains. Tfohrecerntaoctblii tious an interference with private affairs as Can as vessa ' well be commercialiletaryst.ourpocioillectrig d r. and falsehood ; an cruel severity and injustice. W e those who pay it with snore imagined. No taxdcannoiifeee ecraanspornesiasnta:poenmpttliaetionnlsa. jtooriftr)a,uo,df i t n a r u p s o t , 3 i f t o i o r resistance. nthoef scurecdhitaotfaxth,eviyonuosteboef sCuor.eimedortios,ptahsastwtihtehorue-t --- in the employ the stairs SUDIDEN DEATH AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—Yesterday e k s , t a y tisu builder,an name ‘ d v mCoker, ascending . of Hezirz 7 the Eighth's Gateway, when he suddenly fell back against il doorway on the first landing, apparently in a fit. li c "f ° 37 n l r m. " l'a a te t s t , chnero'licla Mr. Ha iderness, surgeon, was immediately in attendance, who pronounced that the poor fellow had died install -,taiaeou,sl‘q • United Kingdom. At Ist Feb. 1817 At sth Jan. 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 National Debt leapital of Un redeemed Funded Debt X. 796,200,191 776,742,403 791,867,313 794,980,481 801,565,310 795,312,767 796,530,144 791,701.614 781,123,222 778,128,267 783,801,739 777,476,892 772,322,540 771,251,932 757, 486,996 755,543,884 754,100,549 751,658,883 743,675,299 758,549,866 761,422,570 762,275,188 .761,347,690 766,547,684 766,371,725 772,530,758 773,068,340 772,169,092 29,842,014 29,310,454 29,934,294 27,789,658 30,149,920 29,985,216 28,596,866 29,078,570 28,372,206 28,267,272 28,556,903 28,389,869 28,245,534 28,285,900 27,674,754 27,658,299 27,703,433 27,782,116 27,783,454 28,403,305 28,533,192 28,524,739 28,585,503 28,748,794 28 556,324 28,701,458 28,609,708 28,516,882 HIGHAM, Compt. Gen. Office, 7 Feb , 1845. Annual Charge thereon. Exchequer Bill Office, 6th February 1845. ROYAL COURT OF GUERNSEY. (Abridged from the Guernsey Star.) ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. SIR WILLIAM COLLINGS, JURAT OF THE ROYAL COURT, v. MAJOR-GENERAL W. F. P. NAPIER. LIEUTENANT pass. It was, as at present before tt hem, a case between two private individuals ; it was not for the Court to an ticipate the objections which might be raised by either party ; it was for those concerned l o raise those objec tions if they thought proper, and tin the Court to deci de on them. T T hey wer e muc h indebti dto the bailiff for calling their attention to the questions which he had spoken of ; but as the law officers of ' the Crown did not advise them against the course of pri pceeding which was now sought for by the plaintiff, the saw, no reason to object to it. The Queen's Sergeant then twice „3 ‘ , called William Francis Patrick Napier, Esq.," and no answer being given, a record was made of " Veis- —et es t l'adjonction des Officiers de la Reine perrnise."--- Hula granted, and the adjunction of the Crown lawyers permitted. THE EARNINGS AND PITTANCE TAX. A tax on earnings is a twofold bane. A gyve on liberty, a clog on Ala 6 ' Less like a statesman's than a .df tspot s shift ; We've writh'd beneath 't too bag to writhe again. Uneconomic is it, as 'twould be To darn some feeder of a fradenagg flood, To cut away some toproot of the tin ‘e, To drain the chyle, or bleed the want of IA ed. But these are petty views, vompar'd'with this, Th' unconstitutional, wl*ch, wisely scann'd, Notes something with our freedom mtob. amiss, When Government's a Pry throughout the land ;3 And domiciliar* search--'tis nothing less-- Prolific, now, of fraud; ;tow, mulcts spare, frank dis tress. BOANERGI * The inquisition into the contents of the ace lout book and ledger of the professional, mercantile, and trading man ; and into the pocket or memorandum book of the pensioner (male and female), the wi, low, the orphan, and the poor gentl eman , i s d ( ciliary searc h with a vengeance, and in the shape of an extortioner to boot. TRIGNMOUTII.- 11 e surplice is still continued. C Ip Sunday last the greater part of a very small congri. '- gation left the church, amidst much noise and confusion Report says that the worthy incumbent is preparing fo a siege, and that on Sunday next, the police are to guar I the church to prevent an uproar, that the surplice wor • shippers may not be disturbed. The only mode left is 1 to petition Parliament, and it is to be *hoped that not many days will elapse before that constitutional method of expressing the feelings of the people will be adopted. Nothing must be left undone which can constitutionally be done, until the surplice is left off in preaching ; the chair at the commu nion unscrewed, and turned round, that the clergyman may not be ashamed to Iceik his cengree•ation in the. face ; and the weekly offertory abolishecf; the watch.. words must be, persevere and conquer, and until then, and until the minister has expressed something like contrition for his conduct, and apologised for his ill- ' judgvd epistle to his parishioners, abstain from going to West Teignmouth church.— Western Times. TILE LATE DR. ABERCROMRY'S PROFESSIONAL ► LIBEARY.—We understand that the family of the late Dr. Abercromby have presented his valuable professional ► library, amounting to nearly one thousand volumes, to the Ro7al College of Surgeons, of which he had been a member since 1804. This munificent donation was 1 a nnounced to the College at its meeting on Monday mat —Scctiman. SINGULAR RODISEEY. — On Tuesday night, %ogle person cut and carried away about 180 feet of the e,opper wire rope by which the signal fans close to the s tatism at Chelmsford, are worked. The weight of the wire stolen is nearly half a hundred weight, and its valu about 101. The robbery must have been effected by sem person well acquainted with the position and value o the property, but as yet no clue has been obtained.— • Suffolk Chronicle. GOVERNOR. Magistrates on the Bench—John Guille, Esq., bailiff ; John L. Ilarchant, Thomas William Gosselin, Thomas Le Retilley, Harry Dobree, Thomas F. De Havilland, Thomas Andros, and Edward M'Culloch, Esqs. Jurats. The plaintiff, Sir William Collings, having taken his seat at the bar, the following action was read by the Greffier " Sir William Collings, Knight, actions William Francis Patrick Napier, squire, C. 8., Major-General in the British Army, to hear his complaint and declara tion of having, the said William Collings, been seriously insulted, calumniated, defamed, and libelled, by the said William Francis Patrick Napier, on the 30th of March, 1844, or thereabout, the said William Francis Patrick Napier having written and sent to the said William Col lings, the said 30th of March, 1844, or thereabout, a letter of which the following is a copy : " March 30, 1844. " Sir,—Major Bainbrigge has informed me that you refuse to contradict the infamous and false charge which has appeared in the Gazette of the 16th, as part of your speech, and which I have pointed out to you—you pro mised you would contradict it ; you now refuse ; you have therefore forfeited your word as a gentleman, and I am entitled to hold you responsible, as having made use of the language exhibited to you in the Gazette. " This, Sir, is a foul charge which you have dared to utter as a judge on the bench, against me, her Majesty's representative. . " My position prevents me from exacting from yon that reparation which I would instantly have done if I had been in a private capacity. I shall therefore call upon the Secretary of State to enforce the reparation due to me in my public capacity for this false and in famous charge, meanwhile leaving you with the dis honour of having added to that false charge the breach of your word as a gentleman.—l remain, Sir, ''''' W. NAPIER, Lieut.-Governor. " Sir William Collings, Knt.,' &c., &c. " The said letter being false and calumnious, tending to degrade and dishonour the said William Collings both as a private individual and as a jurat of the Royal Court of this island—the whole against his honour, credit, and reputation, to his great prejudice and damage, and v,ithout any provocation on his part; and to see him obtain the adjunction of the Crown lawyers, so that he may have due reparation and costs." The Queen's Sergeant was proceeding to evoke the defendant in the usual manner, when The Bailiff said, " Who enters this action?" Advocate Tupper—" I and Mr. M'Culloch?" The Bailiff—" Have you either of the Queen's officers acting with you?" Advocate Tupper—" It is not necessary that we should have." The Bailiff considered that this was not the usual manner of commencing actions of the nature of that which was then before the Court. After a lengthened argument as to the competency of the Court to entertain the action, The Queen's Comptroller, having been called on for his opinion, said that he felt much difficulty in the pre sent case. He considered that, as a general rule, Advo cates had no right to enter actions of this nature without the concurrence of the Crown officers, but as he doubted whether they, the Crown officers,_ could act against the Governor, he thought i t b etter to let the Advocates take the course they thought proper. He was not in the cause at present—if he were thereafter called on to act, he should do so as he then might consider right. Mr. Tupper had better be allowed the rule he sought for. Mr. Le Retilley observed, that taking the rule could not prejudice any one. The Queen's Comptroller—l have no objection to let the case pass. The jurats were unanimous in allowing the case to COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ho noured the performance of the French Plays with his presence yesterday evening. A deputation of gentlemen, appointed at a public meeting held in Galway on Tuesday last, to proceed to the Board of Trade to pressnt memorials in favour of the Irish Great Western Railway from Dublin to Gal way, attended yesterday at the office - of the Board of Tr.lde. The deputation was composed of Mr. Denis Kirwan, High Sheriff of the county of Galway, Lord Wallcourt, Mr. Lachlan Maclaghlan J.P., Mr. A. H. Lynch, Master in Chanc er y, M r . T . N . Redington, LLP. Rev. John D'Arcy, Mr. R. M. L ync h , Rev. M. H. Eyre,, and Mr. Thomas Joyce. The deputation transacted bu siness at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and were accompanied by the Right Hon. A. R. Blake, the O'Connor Don, M.P., Mr. Thomas B. Martin, M.P., and Garratt O'Moore, High Sheriff of the county of Roscommon. Mr. Wallace, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade: Mr. Cardwell had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.. The Mayor of Coventry, and a deputation from the Town Council, attended by the Clerk, transacted business yesterday at the Railway Department of the Office of the Board of Trade, and presented a memorial in favour of the Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway. THE COURT AT BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, Mom:ay.—Her Majesty took equestrian exer cise in the Royal Riding School this morning, attended by Colonel Buckley and Colonel Wylde. The Princess Royal took a carriage airing this morning on the Cliffs, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce took his departure from the Palace this morning. The royal dinner party, by invitation, this evening, com prised Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Earl of Gainsborough, Hon. Colonel Montague, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and Captain Seymour. Her Majesty's private band were in attendance after dinner. Names have been left at the Palace to-day by Viscount Seaham (Ist Life Guards), Sir Henry and Lady Bruce, Sir Jukes and Lady Clifden, Brigadier-General Sir H. and Lady Pynn, Lieutenant-General Sir T. and Lady Hanb ur y, S ir William Abdy and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, Sir Theodore and Lady Brinckman, the Earl and Countess of Chicheste r , Visount and Viscountess Dillon, Miss Burdett Coutts, Earl and Countess of Granville, Mr. and Lady G. Fullerton, and the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson. At the Bench of Magistrates this morning, Major Allen observed that as the Court was very full he wished to men tion to all present, that it was a very shameful practice in this town, whenever her Majesty was here, fur people to collect round the gates of the Palace, in order to see her Majesty come out. Now there was an express enactment in the local Act of Parliament which subjects every person who remains on the foot pavement and thereby obstructing the passage to a penalty of not more than 51., nor less than 205.; and, if that fine should not be paid, he wasli able to be sent to the = House of Correction. He observed yesterday (he would not go again into what had occurred on'Saturday, be cause it was too disgraceful to mention), but yesterday h& observed a number of persons collected around the Palace, when her Majesty was expected to come out. He then called on the police to execute their duty strictly, and not to suffer any person to remain on the pavement. If people wanted to see her Majesty they could do sorespectfully, without crowd ing upon her or obstructing her as she passed. H e now called on the police to do their duty in future, by putting this section into operation, and if people congregated when her Majesty was passing, to bring them before the magis • trates, when they should most certainly be fined. .He hoped that scr long as her Majesty remained in. Brighton there would be no more complaints of her having been obstructed or annoyed in any manner whatever. They ought to be proud of her Majesty's visit, and do all they could to promote her enjoyment while here. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER- TAINMENTS. MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET. Mr. Wilson commenced his series of Scottish enter tainments for the season of 1845 last evening, at the Music-hall, Store-street. The first part consisted prin cipally, but not exclusively, of the songs of Burns. We had the " Birks of Aberfeldy," " Tam Glen," Hazlitt's favourite song of " Mary Morison," " Bide ye yet," and that quaintly humorous song, "My Spouse Nancy," which was not only sung, but acted, by Wilson, with the richest gusto, and was, of course, rapturously encored. Then followed that fine song by the Rev. John Skinner, " John o' Badenyon," and Hector M'Neill's beautiful dialogue song, " Saw ye my wee thing"—•in itself a drama. This concluded the first part.. The second part consisted of the favourite Jacobite songs ;. and if the Scottish minstrels of 1745 sang these songs with. .half the taste, pathos, and expression which the Scottish. minstrel of 1845 infuses into them, we do not marvel at the enthusiasm excited throughout the whole of the north country by the arrival of the hero of such soul stirring lyrics. The most delightful part of the enter tainment, however, to our thinking, was the introduction, in which Mr. Wilson gave us some exquisite fragments of old Scottish song ; true they were but fragments ; but fragments such as these—like the fragments of Gre cian sculpture—are worth whole collections of finished works by less-gifted artists. We hope Mr. Wilson will give us more of these delicious fragments. Could he not give us the remaining portions of some of them ? At all events we would - request him to use his best endeavours so to do. The Music-hall was, as it always is on these occasions, crowded. . PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A new piece in two acts was produced here last even ing with the title of The Carbonari. It is, like most of our present dramatic novelties, from the French, but it is scarcely so good as mcst of them, being deficient in that great merit of the French playwrights, closeness and neatness of construction, and effective incident and situation. Dialogue predominates over action, a perilous thing in most cases, but luckily in the present instance, a large share of it falls to Mrs. Stirling, whose unaffected and natural style of acting is always interesting. The plot is a variation of the main idea of Don Cesar de Bazan. A young nobleman, Frederic, Marquis de Pa larcini' is, with other young liberals, imprisoned in the citadel at Parma, on suspicion of being Carbonari. Re becca (Mrs. Stirling), the daughter of a jew goldsmith of the city, whom Frederic has in former days rescued from the attacks of a fanatic mob, comes to the prison provided with money to bribe the keeper to aid in the young Marquis's escape, and by the interference of Gianina (Miss E. Stanley), with whom the deputy jailer, Pepito (Mr. Compton), is in love, she succeeds in conveying a letter to hire ' apprising him tbat means have been taken to secure bis flight ; but he refuses to peril others for the sake of a thing so worthless as his own life. The reso lution is no sooner taken than a report is brought that the warrant for his execution has been signed, the Go vernment having resolved on making some severe examples. - A young friend, Ascanio del Dongo, is a fellow-prisoner with him, and supposes himself, errone ously, to be beloved by Rebecca. With only a few hours to live, the Marquis thinks he may as well secure the happiness of his friend by marrying Rebecca himself, and leaving her a widow and a Marchioness with immense wealth, and at liberty to wed Ascanio. Rebecca does not know of his impending fate, and thinking that the resolution of the Marquis proceeds from love for her, she consents, and the marriage is solemnised with a celerity peculiar to the weddings of French dramas. Now conies the em barrassment. By , a sudden rise of the populace the despotic Ministry is upset, the Liberals placed in power, and the Marquis, instead of being marched to the ram parts and shot, is freed, escorted to the•palace, and made Prime Minister! But what is he to do with a wife who does not love him, and whom he has promised to his friend? He applies for a decree of divorce, but in the interview in which be intends to' com municate to her their separation, he discovers that he is the beloved ; finds the Jewess looks charmingly in her bridal dress, and finally keeps her him self, leaving his friend to console himself as best he may under his disappointment. The comic bye-play of the piece is carried on by Gianina and Pepito, in excellent style; but the incident, as we said before, is meagre, and there are none of those telling situations that so ab ound in the stage career of that " humorous dare-devil," Don Caesar, to whom the Marquis of this piece is next of kin, without much family resemblance. But it is well put on the stage, and well acted. The second act is by far the best, and the admirable manner in which Mrs. Stirling plays throughout the scene in which the Marquis gra dually discovers her affection for him, and her exertions to save him during his peril, is most expressively na tural. The applause at the fall of the curtain was only moderate, but Mrs. Stirling was called for, and received the approbation of the audience. WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Dee arrived at Southampton yesterday. She was five days over due. She does not bring any specie on account of Mexican dividends. She does not bring any additional news from Mexico. At the time of her departure, Santa Anna was advancing upon Vera Cruz. He was closely watched by Paredes, but no collision had taken place between their troops. The Dee, on the 22d ult. encountered a heavy gale from W.N.W., which lasted three clays. One of her paddle-floats was carried away. At 10 o'clock A.M., on the morning of Saturday last, the Dee exchanged signals with the barque Uni corn, belonging to and bound for London, in lon. 9.20 W., lat. 48.46, all we!l. On the same day also exchanged signals with the Woodbridge, of London, running westward, and wished to be reported. On the 9th, in the afternoon, off the Start, spoke the Luton, of Baltimore, steering W.S.W. OXFORD, MONDAY NIGHT.--The Proctors of the University have decided on not interposing their veto on Thursday next, and the Tractarian party are straining ever nerve to bring up voters in support of Tract 90. The mi nority, it is anticipated, will be very large-- some say as many as from three to four hundred—including .the names of Mr. Gladstone, Dr. Hook, and others, who are stated . in Tracta rian circles to have p rom i se d t h e i r support against the con demnation of the Tract. —Front a Correspondent. On Monday, the 10th inst., a general assembly of the Academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts 'was held at their apartments, in Trafalgar-square, when Charles Land seer, Lsq., was duly elected a Royal Academician in the room of Henry Perronet Briggs., Esq., deceased. DEATH BY DROWNlNG.—Yesterday information was received from sea, that another fisherman, whose home was at Barking, was drowned by being knocked from the deck of the smack Humility, by the tiller of the vessel, on Friday last. His name is Joseph Balls, and he has left a wife and two small children to deplore his untimely end. , was about twenty-five years of age. . GIR VAN. The storm of Sunday week Was: the most . violent that has visited our coast this season, and hasleft with us, as evidences of its fiery; one. large schooner ashore, and one that fortunately succeeded in riding out the gale at anchor, a short distance to the westward of this harbour. 'The first schooner is the Ellen Stewart, of Dundee. She Was on her voyage from Waterford to Glasgow, with 'a cargo of flour. The latter is the Liska, -of Waterford,. also for Glasgow, with bacon and marble. Both vessels were descried from this port immediately after daybreak, and their precarious sivation created the most intense excitement and alarm for their safety. The Liska drove her anchors, and was brought up on good ground about halt a mile from shore; and, to the admiration of every one, rode out the gale in safety. Her rigging, however, is completely dismantled, the sails having been blown I• into rags, and the foretopmast, spars, cze., carried away. She is left, in fact, without a stitch of . still to enable her to remove from her anchorage, and in con sequence, a tug steamer has been sent for to take her up the Clyde. The Ellen Stewart was not so fortu nate. Being farther in shore she -was obliged to make for this harbour to prevent her being driven among the breakers to the northward; and the tide . being little more than ebb at the time, she struck heavilv on the bar at the harbour-mouth—the sea making its way right over her. The master and crew immediately took to the rigging, with the exception of a bo', passenger, who was lashed to the windlass; and from this time, about n i ne o'clock, till half-past twelve, the situation of both vessel and crew was perilous and distressing in the extreme. Every means was tried, for a time in vain, to get a line from the shore to the unfortunate vessel, but at length this ob ject was effected by those on board attaching a line to a small buoy, which floated ashore. Having by this means gut a hawser on board, which was made fast ashore, the vessel was kept more steady, and the wind being right in shore kept her head on, and thus saved her, for had she broached to in the bar she would inevitably heve gone to pieces. As the tide flowed she was driven gradually up the river, and the seamen were got off in safety, but much exhausted. They were carefully and kindly: attended to, and - §oon re covered their strength. The greatest praise due to the shipmasters and seamen of this port, for the energy and humanity displayed by them in doing everything that could' be• devised to save the vessel and crew, whose escape altogether was most providential, and was deeply sympathised.. in by thou-sandsof . anxions spectators - ashore. The vessel is. very much damaged, and the cargo of course destroyed to. a considerable extent.---.Ayr Observer. s• ADVENTURE WITH - A . 110 A CONSTRECTOR. • . . (Prom the Madras United Service Gazelle.) Captain C--, of her Majesty's 84th Foot, was one- of the most .indefatigable. sportsmen I ever met with, and the entire of his time that could be, spared . from regimental duty - was passed in the jungles. He . was a , man of Vast,: personal strength, could undergo any degree of fatigue, in short, possessed a perfectly iron constitution. His habits, too, were anything but luxuriousa single attendant . carrying a rifle of large bore, a small carpet to sleep on, a limited . stock of linen, 'and a good supply of ammunition accompanied . the sports man, who pursued his game: by ; day, and' at night sought shelter in some, ',perfectly care less as to his accommodationi,in way of food or lodging, his beverage being moreover the simple ele ment, for he never carried with. lira supplies of any kind, trusting his commissariat . aid to ProVidence and rural hospitality. • • In this manner Captain C became well known to the natives of the country in every direc tion where sport was to be obtained ; he was suffi ciently, acquainted with -their language to make himself understood, and the . kindly simplicity of his manner attached them to his person, and many of them indeed have been known to walk; miles to give him early information of large game, which were his favourite objects of pursuit. Captain C— was thus quite "at home" in the Wynaud jungle and great western ghauts, where -he probably brought to bag single-handed more • head of large game—elephants, bisons, tigers, and the like, - tha any other man ever did before, or ever will again India. When upon one of these excursions, Captain happened to be passing the night at a small village in the Wynaud jungle, when a ryot who had been out very late searching, for a stray bullock, came to tell him of a large cheetill, or spotted deer, which he had watched to its lair. He had also heard from the villagers that a huge snake had been seen several times in that neigh bourhood. He started 'accordingly after his game at day-break, accompanied by the villager and a' favourite dog, which rarely left his heels unless ordered. After proceeding about half a mile through very dense jungle, and being as the Villager supposed near the spot where the ebeetul had laid down, Captain 6— • of a sudden missed his dog, and hearing a rustling in the .bushes about ten yards off, accompanied by a whimpering noise, he turned. in that direction, and saw what he at the first glance took .for a tiger, from its colour, a mixture of black and brOWn, -- gut soon discovered what the monster really was—a huge enormous boa constrictor, which seized his.poor Juno, and was at that moment crushing her .to atoms in its terrible coils. The native 'who was with 'him saw what it was likewise, and immediately fled. Capt. C. afterwards described the appearance of the reptile, when thus coiled round his dog, as somewhat resembling a barrel, every portion in violent muscular motion, and he distinctly heard the bones of the poor animal crack in succession . within its terrible, embrace. At last the monster raised its head and fixed two glaring eyes on - Captain C—, who in another moment might perchance have been fascinated by. their deadly gleam, but with unerring aim he placed two balls in its forehead. Their effect was, not, however, as he expected, fatal, and the snake instantly un coiling itself from its victim, came straight at Cap tain C--, who, of course, took to flight, but so thick was the jungle, that he found the animal gain ing on him, from the noise it made amongst the bushes;' and therefore sought shelter in a tree, re loadiNg his gun with all possible expedition. Whe ther the reptile followed him by sight or smell, he could not judge, but Captain C— was only just pre pared for a second discharge, when the boa reached the tree, and instantly twining itself round the stem would have soon seized him, but fortunately at the next shot he blew out both its eyes with a charge of BB ; yet though the snake appeared for a moment stunned, it still continued its efforts .to reach him, until by repeated shots it was incapacitated 'from rising, not though till Captain C— had com pletely emptied his powder flask, and even then he did not venture to descend, as the 'reptile continued coiled round the tree, occasionally by a muscular movement showing that its vital powers - were not yet wholly extinct. At length, after some hours solitary continembnt on his perch, and shouting 'until he was hoarse for 'aid, Captain C—had the satisfaction to see a number of villagers arrive, by whom the mon -strous animal was soon completely destroyed. Capt. C-- had no means of accurately measuring its length but by a piece of stick, which the natives said was a cubit long, and he declared that it mea sured upwards of thirty of these, and was much thicker than one of his own thighs, which were of a 'make that would have well become - the leather fie for- shames of any Life-guardsman ! The head of the boa was cut off, by his orders, and sent to the Hon. Mr. Cole, then Resident at Mysore, and its enormous jaws may still possibly'be in existence at the Mysore Residency. Pardon the prolixy of AN OLD SPORTSMAN. Sir Francis Doyle has been appointed Assistant Solicitor of the Excise, with a salary of 1,0001. a-year. Mr. J. Hornby has paired off with Sir R. Bulkeley until Easter Monday. THE SWINDLERS.—TUNBRIDGE WELLS.-011 Sa turday thew parties, whose capture we announced yester day, underwent an examination before J. Deane, Esq., one of the magistrates of the town. The male prisoner gave his name Kidmar Stuart, 25, and the female, Rosina Amelia Stuart, 21. Her maiden name, she stated, was Dettmar. James. Wallace, apprentice to Messrs. Delves and Jull, grocers, deposed,. that on Saturday last Mrs. Stuart came to his master's shop to pay her grocer's bill, amo unting to 31. Os. VA. She gave him the cheque (now produced) for 101 10s., and he gave her in ' change seven of the firmo f Delves swae and sover eigns, nine shillings, a sixpence, and tourpenny piece. She then ordered some other articles, se nt to her house. Robert Jull, Jull, grocers, deposed that in consequence of some infor mation received from one of their assistants, he went to the cash drawer produced,and took therefrom andwentbthe mail the following he 3. Presented t echeck.that bad already been tthraeinehtoecittolew town. On the On London Joint morning Stack Bank, Princes-street, for meat, but the c l er k t o ld him there were "no pa)effects.' He also told him that the person sgning his name Kidmar Stuart was a notorious s swindler, and that they had had a very Lige number of his presented by different parties for payment. Air. Jeseph • Delves, house agent, deposed to the male prisoner's handwriting on the -cheque, he having seen him sign the agreement ibr the hire of the house, No. 10, Calverley-promenade, and the signatures were precisely similar. The prisoners were then remanded till Thursday next, in the expectation that further cases may be brought against them. FATAL ACCIDENT Ar SOMERSET-HOUSE.—An in quest was last evening held at Mr. Spociner's, the Prince's Head Tavern, Buckingham-street, Strand, by Mr. Higgs, on the body of Sarah Huson, aged seventv-seven. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had, for the last twenty-one years, been employed , as char Woman at the Stamp-office, Somerset-house. On the morning of Monday, the 3d inst., she was proceeding to her work through the square of Somerset-house, whiclx, owing to the rain and sub sequent frost of the previous night, was a complete sheet of ice, when she slipped down. She got up and walked on, but thiStamp-oftice she again slipped, on reaching. the door of And fell with great Violenee acros4 the scraper, which per. forated ber stags,fracturing seVeral,of . her Kibs, , and other s immediately placed in wise severely inpriag her. She wa a ca b and eonveyed to Cbarlng , crOSs Hospital, where she .lingers and died on Saturday last of the injtuies received. verdict—" Accidental - . - tal death.'