The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DE TO NSHIRE-SQUARE, BISIIOPSGATE. The anniversary festival of this institution was (tele ; brated at the London Tavern, on Wednesday evening; Mr. Alderman Salomons presiding, in the absence, through indisposition, of Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. The chairman was supported by Mr. John Gurney Fry, Mr. W. Law Ogilby, Mr. Ed. James, Q.C., Mr. W. Ro ers, Mr. Saunders, City Comptroller, Mr. C. A. Clark, Mr. Hugh Andrews, Dr. Bushnan, Dr. Ramskill, &c. The cloth having been removed, and the usaal loyal toasts drunk, The Ca Air said that he bad now to propose a toast which he was aware required but little preface from him, as they must all be aware of the claims which the Metropolitan Free Hospital had upon them for support. —(Cheers.) It was impossible for them as individuals to relieve the distressed as they could wish, it being only through the agency of such institutions as that, the in terests of which they had met to promote, that they could alleviate the misery and pain of the honest indus trious labourer in the period of illness. A large portion of the members of society possessed no other capital than their labour, and no society, therefore, could bo more be neficial than one which undertook to restore the labourer, bowed down by sickness and distress, to health and vigour, so as to enable him again to assume his proper place in society. This institution, therefore, was entitled to the special support and sympathy of the public—its great feature being that it was entirely free, no letter of introduction being required.—(Cheers)---and every sub scriber might rest assured that his donations went to benefit those who really stood in need of assistance.— (Cheers.) From the reports of the charity, which he I had seen, he found that the number of persons who re ceived relief from it was about 10,000 per annum, and he was sure, therefore, that they would agree with him that no charity could be more worthy of support. — (Cheers)—and he hoped and trusted that that day they would evince, by the amount of their subscriptions, the estimation in which they held it.—(Hear, bear.) Per haps he ought not, in the position which he held, to sit down without expressing the deep gratitude which he and a large class of his friends, felt for the benefits which this institution had bestowed on the Jewish poor. — (Loud and continued cheers.) This charity acted upon no principle of exclusion—but all, no matter what their religion or what their country, were equally and freely admitted. As their chairman, he had felt it to be his duty to allude to and acknowledge the benefits which the institution had bestowed on r. body of the Jews, and he must also acknowledge the benefits which they had received from kindred institutions, especially from the London Hospital.—(Cheers.) He would conclude by strongly urging upon the company present to support the institution, and asking ‘ 'hem i joia with hi m i n drinking prosperity to the m etropo itan Free Ilospi tel."—(Leud cheers.) The SECaSTAILY (hlr. Nash) then read the following report : The comm ittee, in presenting their rep or t f or t h e e p as t year, congratulate the governors and friends of the ' charity on the increased support it has received during t h a t period. la the years of the famine and of the cho lera the income of the society, from causes which will be a pparent, considerably declined, but a gratifying change ia this respect has taken place during the year 1850—the donations and subscriptions received in which have amounted to 916/. 183. A detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements will be published with the report, but it may briefly be stated here that the current expenditure is About 700/. per annum. The in come, therefore, for 1850, presents the gratifying fea ture of being in advance of the expenditure, but the surplus has been employed to liquidate the excess of expenditure during the years of depression before al luded to. The particular feature in the history of the hospital during the past year has been its removal from Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to its present more commodious and roomy premises in De vonshire-square; and the committee have the satisfac tion to record that the change has been eis every way beneficial. The funds, as has been shove, have in creased, and the neighbourhood into which it has been removed is the one which, perhaps, more than most others in the metropolis, required edditional facilities for affording retief to the sick poor. This is apparent from the fact, that notwithstanding the short period it has been established in the City it already relieves as large a number of out-patients as it was accustomed to do after several years' existence in Carey-street. As regards in-patients, space exists for the accommodation of about 40, and his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge generously presented the committee with a few bede, but even these they are compelled at present to keep unoccupied, from the insufficiency of the funds. It is in order to obtain the means of rendering these beds at once serviceable to the sick poor, and to raise the funds generally to a point commensurate with the wants of the poor and populous neighbourhood in which the hospital is situatrd, that the committee now ap peal to the friends of the charity and the public at large for aid." Mr. JAMES, Q.C., expressed the great o natification he felt at seeing the large amount of good which had been effected by the charity with such limited means. He well knew the advantage which an institution like this must be to the working man when his atm was paralysed by disease; and he was rejoiced that it had now been removed to a district where it was likely to prove most extensively useful. He was especially delighted to see Mr. Alderman Silotnons in the chair, as that gentleman had long been distinguished alike for his charity and philanthropy, as for his upright and honourable conduct throue h life.—(Cheers.) He begged to propose the health of their chairman, Mr. Alderman Saloneons.—(Cheers.) The CuAramax briefly acknowledged the compliment, and assured the company that it would ever be his greatest pride to support and upheld, by every means in kin power, this and kindred institutions.—(Cheers.) Mr. LAWRENCE proposed the health cf the vice-pre sidents, cn whose exertions he felt the prosperity of the institution mainly depended.—(Cheers.) Mr. Ronens returned thanks. lie had been for fifteen years connected with the institution, and had never yet been absent from their anniversary festivals.—(Cheers.) So long as he continued in the enjoyment of health, he should be happy to continue to attend to the promotion of the interests of the institution, and so long as he pos sessed a shilling or a guinea to sleeve, it should be at the service of the charity.—(Cheers.) For himself and the other vice-presidents, he begged to return them his best thanks for tho honour conferred upon them in drinking their healths.—(Cheers.) The " Corporation of the city of London" was next drunk, and acknowledged by Mr. A. C. CLARK, who stated that there could be no doubt, if a proper applica tion was made to them, the Corporation would become liberal supporters of the charity. Mr. &reeks having briefly alluded to the charitable disposition known to animate the families of the Gurneys and the Frys, proposed Mr. John Gurney Hoare, the treasurer, Mr. John Gurney Fry, and the committee of neanagement.—(Cheers.) Mr. FRY returned thanks, and expressed his regret that his cousin, Mr. Hoare, could not be present, owing to the pressure of business; but he was sure he would be delighted, as treasurer, to find how large had been the subscriptions announced that evening.—(Cheers.) Though he (Mr. Fry) was the chairman of the com mittee, it was duo to Mr. Ogilby to say, that that gentle man had devoted the utmost attention to the manage ment of the affairs of the hospital; and they were par ticularly indebted to him for his e xert i ons. — ( L oud cheers.) He was glad to see so many J ew i s h gentlemen present on that occasion, the hospital being founded on the universal principle of receiving all, without regard to sect; and he wished to see all classes of religionists, especially in matters of charity, combined in ono body. — (Cheers.) Though they had now a good Louse, with • beds and every other requieite, he regretted to say that at present the state of the funds could not allow them to open the hospital for the reception of in-patients.— (Hear, hear.) He hoped that difficulty would not long exist, an d he was sure, if they only found the means of opening;their liberally assisted b y hospital for in-patients, they would be a neighbour of their's, with which an honoured relation of hi's was connected, the Institu tion of Nursing Sisters, who would supply them with nurses for their wards.—(Cheers ) The " Stewards" havingbeen drunk and acknow ledged, the " M e di cal Officers', was proposed and drunk with all the honours. Dr. J. S. BESTINAN begged to acknowledge th e h ono ur just conferred up on the medical staff of the instit ut i on . Nor himself, for D r . Ramskill, and his other coll eagues , be could assure th emt e h d a iea tno endeavours should b e m wanting, as far as th e lofricers were concerned, h to promote and carry out the one purposes of the hos pitaidn,(ceeers.) Th ere was thing he desired t o pat beforejthem, and that was, the great necessity that t h e re existed for opening t h e hospital for in - patients The expense of each bed would not average more than . 201. per an num, and h e asked them what would that be among the numberless supporters by which the charity was now surroun ded? He called upon th em to double their efforts, and they might rely up on i t that no sooner did they begin to rec eive i n - patients into their hospital than they wou ld greatly add to the num b er of its sup porters.—(Cheers.) T rustin g tha t they would s oon b e in a position to receive in-patients into the hospital, he bogeyed again to acknowledge the compliment paid to himself and prothseional brethren.--(Cheers.) Mr. J. G IIIIKEY F RY s aid, that in arrangi ng th e lists of toasts--there was ono relative to w hi ch he had made it a sine qud no n that he should be allowed to propose it. Ile had dotes() because he was sure that no ineeaber of tho n committ ee could bear more d isinterested or m ore willing testimony than he could to the talents, zeal, and energy displayed by their worthy ing the interest s of s ecretary in promot considered that t o the person al institution. — (Ch eers. ) H o and he knew that h 9 applications of the poor forready by ithe relief afforded to t hem the hospital, and t h at h e invariably treated everya plicant with the utmo s t ki ndness and consi deratio n. --_ (Loud cheers.) He be gge d to give them the health of their secretary.—(Cheers.) Mr. ISTASII returned thanks. He assur e d men present that the proofconfidenceftstd theentle g of they had just shown was peculiarly gratifying him which and that it would act as an ince n ti ve the continued exertions. He expressed his gratitude to renewed to him, a n l e ttering terms in which Mr. Fry had spo k en of for. ser vises, and for the kindness and courtesy Which, in t is execution of his duty. he at all times received f rom that gentleman and the committee at large. H e dwel t u pon t the advantages of the free principle on which the hospi tal is based, and concluded with expressing his convic tion that the institution was calculated to, and would eventually, become one of the most important charities in the City.—(Cheers.) The "Ladies," and one or two other toasts having been drunk, the company broke up shortly after 11 o'clock. The subscriptions and de cations announced in tle scum of the evening were al out 1.5001. The Jewish subscription list amounted.to nearly 2501. 1:r . . 'he Colonial ispatebes were sent off yesterday from the ,c) dace to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong• GERMANY. Ultramontane bigotry, particularly among the higher classes, is rampant. There has lately been a flagrant example of intolerance near Inspruck. A young country girl was recently delivered of twins; as the father, who was in a military band, was a negro, his offspring was naturally of a somewhat dingy colour. The ignorant village priest, having refused to baptise " the children of Satan," the mother, who was ex posed to the taunts and insults of her bigoted coun trymen, put an end to her misery. and shame by jumping into the river Sill.—A medical commission, after having examined three insane persons residing near Brun, in Moravia, have given it as their opinion i " that the three individuals ha ve l os t their senses n consequence of the cate c h e ti ca l di s cipline to which they were subjected by th e Li g uorians during con fession." -- - - UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, APRIL 4.—The Examiners appointed to elect a scholar on Dean Ireland's foundation bava an nounced to the Vice-Chancellor that they have elected John Young Sargent, post-master of Merton Col lege; at the same time t he y a r e also of opinion that Mr. W. S. Day, scholar of Waclham, and Mr. Herbert Coleridge, scholar of Balhol, are deserving of honour able mention. The Professor of Poetry, Mr. J. Garbett, of Brase nose College, will deliver his Terminal Lecture, at the Clarendon, on Thursday, the 10th inst., at two o'clock. BELL'S SCHOLARSHIPS. C A MBRIDGE, APRIL 4.—At a meeting of the electors hoiden this day, the following gentlemen were elected to the vacancies on this foundation:—Hammond Robe son Bailey, St. John's College; Charles Spread Towns hend, Jesus College. At a Congregation holden this day, the undermen tioned degrees were conferred:— Honorary Master of Arts—The Hon. Frederick George Ellis (eldest son of Lord Howard do Walden), Trinity College. Masters of Arts—J. W. Neat, Corpus Christi Col lege; T. W. H. Gurney. St. John's College. Bachelors of Arts—R-)bert Stafford Edwards, St. John's College ; Robert Warrener, Catherine Hall. Doctor of Music—Henry Wilde, Trinity College. The following gentlemen were admitted M. A. Inceptors :—F. 0. Adams, Trinity College ; John Caldecott, Trinity ; W. T. Collings, Trinity ; B. F. Westootr, Trinity ; Augustus Jessopp, St. John's ; Isaac Todhunter, St. John's ; G. E. Yate, St. John's ; Stephen Hanson, Caius ; John Lamb, Caius ; C. F. Mackenzie, Caius; J. W. Wiglesworth, Caius; John Wisken, Cains; J. A. Wallace, Trinity Hall; S. T. Gibson, Queen's College; John Rayon, Magdalen Hall. At the same Congregation the following Graces passed the Senate. The first was non-placeted in the White Hood House, but carried by 8 placets to 7 non pacets :- 1. John Disney, esquire, of St. Peter's College, and of the Hyde, in the county of Essex, having offered to transfer 1,0001. Three per Cents. to the Chancellor, Masters, and Schulars "of Cambridge for the purpose of founding and endowing a Professorship of Classical Antiquities, to be called " The Disney Professorship of Arch )logy." To accept Mr. Disney's offer, subject to the conditions specified in a motion to the Senate by the Vice-Chan cel:or. dated March 31, 1851. 2. To appoint Dr. Bond, Regiu3 Professor of Physic, a member of the Syndicate appointed March l7tb, to consider whether any end what alterations may be made in the regulations which fix the standing of candidates for Honours in the Moral Science Tripos and Naturel Science Tripos. 3. To authorise the Vice-Chancellor to expend a sum not exceeding 501. for the purpose of completing the principal walk in the Botanic Garden. Til PROJECTED VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS. Of the nature of the projected voyage to the Arctic Seas by Mr. Kennedy and his crew of Orkney men, in search . of Sir John Franklin, a few notes are supplied by the John o' Groat Journal. Mr. Kennedy is now at Aberdeen, where the little ship, the " Prince Albert," is fitttng out. The route to be followed is by Lancaster Sound, then down Prince Regent's Inlet as far as possible. The ship is then to be moored in some harbour, and two boats will be dispatched in various directions according to circumstances, or as the openings in the ice may present. One boat it is intended tai bring overland to the western shore, at Crcsswell or Brentford Bay in the direction of the magnetic pole. The other w ill be sent south wards to Felix Harbour, and will cross Boothia Isthmus, and after striking the seacoast will pro ceed by Sir James Ross's Strait to meet the other boat. After meeting, they will again diverge and explore westward. It is then intended that one of the boats ba dispatched in the direction of Simp son's Straits, whilst the other will be directed north west with a view to come on the tree]: of Dr. Rae and his party. Mr. Kennedy has been thirteen years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and spent eight years of that period in Labrador. Knowing the country, and the abundance of deer, salmon, and marine animals, he has the firm persuasion that at least a portioa of Sir James Franklin's party are yet alive. He goes out with out fee or reward, animated by a pare devotion to the service. The crew consists of seventeen persons, nearly all natives of Orkney. The expedition is to be conducted ou teetotal principles; and the ship will be ready for sea by the end of this month. She carries three boats —one of mahogany, ono of common materials, and one of gutta percha. Messrs. Duthie, of Aberdeen, are building a boat specially tor Mr. Kennedy 's use. It is to be twenty-two feet long, only two feet wide at the midships, or broadest part, and after being covered with hide or gutta percha, with one person set in it— canoe fashion—is calculated to draw only three inches of water, the depth of the boat is to be twelve inches at the seat. It is intended to propel this extraordinary craft after the manner of the natives of these regions— the Esquinsaux—by a double-bladed oar, and the person seated in it will be so covered up with a skin dress, but toned to the chin and fastened to the deck, that in the event of its being swamped, it can easily be righted again without any water getting into it. Mr. Kennedy con templates not only using this boat for crossing rivers over ice, and down rapids, hut to make it his cou c h o f repose all night, by simply pulling a blanket over him, and there repose in a temperature that makes one freeze to think of it. He has been accustomed to these hard ships, and has stood many nights in similar circum stances, with the thermometer 40 to 50 degrees below zero; often, too, with no covering but the canopy of heaven. The Prince Albert will be provisioned for two years. All success attend her. Letters have been received from Commander Pullen, the officer in charge of the boat party from the Mackenzie River, in search of Sir John Franklin. They are dated Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River, July 17, 1830, and detail the proceedings of the party, who were upon the point of starting, and hoped to reach the sea about the 234 of that month. The season had been extraordi narily fine, and the party were confident of a❑ open sea. Others also, natives of the country, were of the same opinion. Should they find provisions and fuel plentiful on Banks's Land, it is possible that they might winter there, for the further prosecution of the search next season.—lnverness Courier. SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE NEW YORK PACKET. SHIP IVANHOE. - We regret to state that little doubt now remains as to the fate of the splendid New York lino of packet-ship Ivanhoe aad her officers and crew, respecting whose loss grave apprehensions have recently been entertained. Hitherto no public notice of the feet of the ship's non arrival has been token, from a disposition to hope even against hope; but by the royal mail steam-ship Asia ac counts were received from Savannah, on Saturday evening, which render it unnecessary and futile, we fear, any longer to preserve silence. Most of our readers will remember that some months ago the Ivanhoe, whilst in a storm at sea, lost her Commando., Captain Knight, who was swept overboard, unseen, from the poop. Her then chief mate afterwards received the command, and when the Ivanhoe last left New York, early in February, was making, we believe, his voyage hither in that capacity. Subsequently to her departure from New York the Ivanhoe was observed by the Joseph Walker, which arrived in the Mersey on the 13th ultimo, ashore on Nantucket Shoals during a fresh gale of wind, with her sails spread. Her arrival at this port was, however, daily expected, but without avail; and at length grave fears of her safety were awakened by the fact that large quantities of wreck such as would belong to a ship of the Ivanhoe class had been passed off the Shoals in question. On Saturday, however, circumstantial evidence of a more marked character arrived in Liverpool ; namely, a re port from Savannah that the. ship Julia Howard, whilst on her passage from Boston to that city, passed, on the 12th ult., in lat. 30 34, long. 71, a quantity of wreck and picked up a broken oar, upon the blade of which the word Ivanhoe was stamped. Bales of cotton and casks, with the private marks thereon, bad also been picked up; and, al though the discovery of a broken our cannot alone be taken as evidence of the ship being entirely lost, with all her crew, yet, combined with the other evidence already all uded to, we fear it must destroy even the remotest hope entertain e d o f the Ivanhoe'. safety. The Ivanhoe was a fin e ship, of about 1.300 tons register, and was this s having pport and ° mademanradln Newded g b several y r IseCuakani.cpdkt Captain ih formerly her we between e k t n w o e w e n n ship with both passenpassages ia. o s q f m m te e a re f h av a o n u d r is it e e . —Liverpool Albion. shipperswa i t i i ii . Friday afternoon a se of receiving r institution was held in ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL general court of the governors 0 0 . the report of e re iv ' ing the past year, the board-room, for the the financial condition of the hospital and on general business. The minutes of ri trei g e last quarterly was court having been confirmed, the financial reportl ~, pre sented. The bala nce in hand o n the 31 st of ES 805/. 4s. 9 d. The a nnual subscriptions amountedmber , 1849 ' MI 3,367/. 14s. 10d., and the life subscri p t ions to 2 551. The di vidends were 2,378/. 18s. 2d , and these sums — a dd ed to the receipts from pupils, ben efactions, and legacies— gave a tot a l ordinary income of 6,973/. 4s. 4d. The sale of stock during the year realised 7,601/. 172. 11d., and 111/. Bs. 4d. had been received from the Sun and Westminster Fire Insurance offices for damages done by the late fire at the hospital. The e total receipts for the year amounted to 15,506/. 14s. of building 2t/'. receiptsl on behalf of tie convalescent fund were year w 7 e s• 7d. The expenses of the establishment for the le 1 2199/ 6 4d and 9 520/. had been paid on ac count3s2/. 93. Bd. had been ls paid to answer special claims ; making '. cont;cts -;nd architect's commissicn. the expenditure ,0711. 165., and leaving a balance of 434/. 18s. in favour of the C . ' charity This statement wa s received, and, after separated. the trail! i tct io 4 of sonic routine business, the board ELECTION COMMITTEE. ST. ALBAN'S. At the sitting of th© Committee yesterday morning, the CHAIRMAN inquired if the missing witness Waggett was yet forthcoming? Mr. CLA.IIKE /aid he was not; at a later period of the day he would be able to state what proceedings had been taken to discover him, but the officer of the House who had been in search of him was not now attendance. The room was then cleared; on parties being again admitted the Chairman ordered the evidence to be pro ceeded with. Mr. H. Edwards was called in, and ordered to be in attendance until discharged. William Lynes, the witness who was committed on Saturday for prevarication, was brought in the custody of the officer of the Sergeant -at-Arms, and placed in the witness's chair for further examination. Mr. Sergeant hINGLARE objected to the examination of this witness being proceeded with, as he wa s u n d er duresse. The Learned Sergeant was heard at some length in support of this objection, and the room was again cleared for deliberation. On parties being re-admitted, The CHAIRMAN ordered the Learned Counsel to pro ceed with the examination of this witness. William Lynes was again examined, but no very material fact was elicited except that, after the elec• tion, the witness remained - concealed for some days, with several others, at Mr. Edwards's house ; and, accord ing to his own account, without knowing or inquiring the reason why, or remonstrating against such a course of proceeding. The witness gave his evidence in the same hesitating manner which had drawn on him the ce-.sure of the Committee on Saturday. Thomas Atkins, a labouring man of St. Alban's, was the next witness examined—He said he voted on the last election for Mr. Bell, but on all former elections fur thirty years he had voted for the blue party. He ceuld not tell why he had changed sides this time. He had had an interview previous to the election with Mr. Ed wards, who left word for him at his (witness's) house to call at the committee-rooms. No money passed between them then or at any other time, but witness promised to vote for Mr. Bell, on Edwards asking him to do so. After the election witness remained for some time shut up at Mr.tEdwards'a house with several others, he went there at Edwards's request, and fur no other reason that he knew of. Mrs. Sarah Atkins, the wife of the former witness, was next called. This witness seemed to know nothing, and in spite of repeated cautions from the Chairman, the united efforts of counsel and the Committee, could produce from her nothing beyond " I don's know," " I can't remember," " I had nothing to do with the elec tion, and I know nothing at all about it." The witness continuing to persist in evasive and indi rect testimony, The Hon. CHAIRMAN said, really we cannot endure thin. It is gross prevarication. You arc an old woman, and we are willing to make every allowance, but we must have direct answers. Sir B. HALL—IG is disgraceful that the Committee, with other important duties to perform, should have to sit here to be trifled with in this way. Witness—Knew Brabant, clerk to Mr. Lowe, the local agent of St. Albans, who brought the summons for her husband to attend before the Committee. Her husband had two sovereigns from the blue party for his expenses to enable him to come up to London on this inquiry, but did not receive anything during election time. Did not tell him that her husband had not received more than others received at the last election. Tho Hon. CIIAIR3IAN—(tho evidence being olosed)— Go away, woman.—(Laughter.) Henry Brabant examined—Corroborated the hot wit ness, and &posed to her having told him that her " hus band htd received no more than the rest, or no more than whers at the last election." Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—The attorney's clerk is con tradieted by two witnesses. „ - Tho CHAIRMAN- We have our own impression. The Committee now wished to know what course the petitioners intended to take. Mr. Merewether stated that they had now adduced fin of the abducted witnesses--Howard, Brandon, Biggs, Atkins, and Lynes; and the other four—Skeggs, Birch more, \Vaggett, and Forster, were not forthcoming He had, there ore, to suggest that the Committee should adj,,urn and report the state of things to the House, to deal with as they might think fit. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opposed on behalf of the sit ting Member, recapitulating what had Wren place since the first meeting of the Committee. The main object of the Committee was to inquire into the merits of the petition against the return of the sitting Member, but nearly all their time had bean consumed in an investiga tion that Ind been engnfied on it, with reference to the alleged abduction of witnesses with which he had nothing to do. After some further discussion the roomlwas cleared, the Committee having been in deliberation a short time. On the re-entry of the public, The CHAIRMAN said they had come to the determina tion of adjourning until Thursday, to go on with the general case, and that they should makes special report to the House with reference to the case of Woggett. During the deliberations of the Committee ".tr. Rickards, the Speaker's counsel, was sent for by the Committee. The Committee then adjourtiel. COAL BURKE' Carr's Hartley ..... 14s Odi Chester Main l3s Oci _1 Davison's West Hartley 14s 3d Dean's Primrose Howard's W. H. Neth l4s 3(1 Heaton New Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s Odl South Peareth: 1 ls 6d Tanfield Moor 133 9d Tanfield Moor Butes l3s 6d Walker's Primrose West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c Brown Bell and 8r0wn...... , l3s 9d Gosforth Heaton Hedley Hilda Lawson Riddell ..... Walker Eden Main Lambton Primrose Bell Belmont ... 14s 6d!: fl et ton LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic —Week ending April 5, 1851 ... £9,659 16 0 Traffic —Week ending April 6, 1350 ... 8,930 18 8 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 110,008 13 4 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1350 ... 11.0,38 i 13 4 , - Total number of Passengers—Week ending April 5, 1851 ... 53,247 Passengers ... Goods ... 47,740 14 7 ... 1,919 1 5 Total ... £9,b59 16 0 Total miles open, 1851, 173 1 4; ditto, 1830, 171%, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of Low lon from the pol Essex, from the 31st March, 1851, to the sth April, both inclusive : . 3 = • 4 .-•' c 3 g 3 g ...._ ....._ Colchester 1 1950! 490 Harwich Leigh 933! 47 20 138 73 Mallon .. 910 78 93, 10 396/ 1151 970 CHELMSFORD, AFRIL 4.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 42s to 475; new 41s to 475; red, old CHELMSFORD, Aran. 4.—Prices to-day were follow: Wheat, white, old 42s to 475; new 41s to 475; red, old 36s to 42s ; new, 36s to 41s ; barley, 26s to 30s ; chevalier 22s to 30s ; grinding 19s to 25s ; oats 153 to 203; malt 53s to 555; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to 29 3 ; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26, to 28s ; old, —s to —s; dun, new, 26s to 28s ; beans, tick, new 24s to ; old, 24s to 27s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 273; old 00s to 00s; ma zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 00s to 003 per qr. COLCHESTER, APRIL s.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 363 to 425; barley 22s to 28s; beans, mazagan 223 to 245; middle and small 24s to 28s ; peas 26s to 28s per qr. HADDINGTON, APRIL 4.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Pean.;. ... 41s 00 ! 30s 03. 1 22s 03 I 29, 00 First i Second ... ... 378 7d I 26s 9d I l9s 81 25s 3d Third ... .. 30s al 22s Od 1179 6d 249 Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 687 qrs., 642 sold Do. Barley do. 167 qrs., 155 sold Do. Oats do. 368 qrs., 367 sold Do. Beans do. 190 qrs., 182 sold KIRICALDY, APaIL s.—The following are the quotations for grain : .... - Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. First 43s Od 263 6d 21s 6d —s Od I—s Od Second 403 Od 23s 6d 20s Od —s Od I—s Od Third 34s Od 20s Od 173 6d — s Od I—s Od Oatmeal, per bag - of 2801bs imperial, 26s Od to 27s Od. GLASGOW, APRIL 2.—Provisions—Cheese, 33s to 42e Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, is to Os Od per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9id to 10d ; country powdered, wholesale, 9f i d to Od. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s 10d per 120, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 2a 9d per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. FALKIRK, Arnir. 4.—The supply of grain in this day's market was 381 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 18s 6d per boll ; barley, 163 Od to 18s Od ; oats, 14s Od to 15s Od; beans, 13s 6d to 14, 6d per boll ; oatmeal, N to Os per load. PERTH, APRIL 4.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to Os Od; ditto, new, 37, to 41s ; barley, new, 20s Od to 23, Od; oats, 14s to 182; peas and beans, 23s Od to 26s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 00s to 28s. Kinso, Aran. 4.—Wheat, old, OOs to 00s ; ditto, new, 255 to 31s Od ; barley, new, 175 Od to 20s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os; potato oats, 00s to OOs Od ; ditto new, 133 to 15s Od ; common oats 00s Od to OOs Od; ditto new, 12s to 14s Od ; peas, 19s Od to 203 Od ; beans, 19s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels. HAWICE, APRIL 3.—Wheat, new, 29s to 30s Od; barley, new, 18s to 20s 6d ; ditto old, 16s Od to 17s Od ; potato oats, 123 6d to 14s Od ; common oats, 113 6d to 133 ; peas, 19s Od to 22s Od ; beans, 195 Od to 21e Od per boll of six imperial bushels. Bas WICK APRIL 3.—Wheat, 36s °id ; barley, 23 s lid ; oats, 195 4d; rye, OOs Od ; beans, 24s Od ; peas, OO s Od average per imperial quarter. STIRLING, APRIL 4.—Wheat, foreign, 20i to 245; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 18s 3d to 20s 3d; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 15s 6d to 17s 3d. Oats, common, OOs Od to 00s ; ditto new, 10s Od to 15s Od; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to 03 Od; ditto ditto new, OOs Od; malt, distillers, 31s 6d to 331; ditto brewers, 32s ed to 348 ; beans per boll, OOs Od to 00s Od; ditto new, 12s 6d to 14s Ud; pease 00s Ud to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 31s to 3350 d; ditto common ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, OOs Od to ais Od; ditto new 26s 6d to 27s 9d ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, 7id to 80; fresh butter, per lb, 9d to lld ; eggs, per dozen, 5d to 6d ; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 80s Od to 00s. ..-YPZTERDAY. Haswell lss 9d Lambton Lumley l4s 3d N. Hetton Lyons .. 143 6d Pensher Richmund:— ..... 14s 9d Russell's Hetton 'Scarborough! l4s 3d Stewart's Whitwell Hartlepool lss 9d 11eugh Hall l4s 9d Kenos.. ......... .... lss 6d South Kelloe l4s 9d West Kelloe Whitworth ............• 12s 6d Adelaide Tees Back house. l4s Od Haclean's Tees l3s 3.4 ;Seymour Tees South Durham l4s Od ;Tees West Cornforth 13s 31 C . :owpan Hartley DerwentwaterHartley 14s 3d IHartley ILlangenniech Sidney's Hartley Shiva at market, 241. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, April 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hia seat, ',upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of MALITESBURY gave notice that on Thursday Lord Stanley would present a petition from Guiana on the subject of colonial government. Lord WODEHOUSE presented several petitions against Papal aggression. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the ward of Farringdon praying for a reform of the corpora tion of London. The EArl of MALMESBURY presented epetition from some parish in Worcestershire praying for an alte ration in the law of rating. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition praying for the adoption of measures for the suppression of the gave-trade. _ The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions from places in Ireland against Papal aggression; also several petitions praying for a grant of money to the schools in connexion with the National Church, in which the Scriptures were taught. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti tions from various places in Ireland, oraying that the Scripture schools in that country might have a share of the grant for the promotion of national education. MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE moved the second reading of this Bill, the object of which was to protect children placed out in service by the parochial authorities from the cruelties which had been irdlicted upon the unfortunate victim of the Sloanes. The Noble Earl ex plained the enactments of the Bill, which established a system of periodical inspection on the part of the boards of guardians, and the details of which have been frequently given. Lord REDESDALE was opposed to the measure, as ono which would render it impossible for paupers to be placed out. What need had a great boy of eighteen of such protection? Besides, no farmer would take a pauper if he was exposed to have the guardians coming and asking all sorts of questions of their servants. The Earl of CARLISLE alluded to the Sloanes' case as a proof of the necessity of some such measure as the present. The Bill was then read a second time , . PAPAL AGGRESSION. Lord CAMPBELL presentedaPetition from Ayr against Papal aggression. The petition pra)od that a measure might be passed prohibiting the Roman Catho lic prelates from assuming territorial titles, enacting that all bequests made to them under those titles should be made null and void; that all acts that they might per form, and such titles should be void; and that a measure should be introduced to prevent all synodical action o❑ their part. He would not say one word as to the prayer of the petition, but he would take the opportunity of protesting against the doctrine that all religious persua sions had a right to do whatsoever they might consider necessary to the unlimited development of their religion. They had no right to do anything under the pretence of religious development which would interfere with the liberties and rights of others. MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were respec tively real a second time, and ordered to be commiited to-morrow. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. ies cl its in 1851, CLERK thought that Waggett ought first to be taken into custody, inasmuch as he had concealed himself, and by yo doing had rendered himself unable to give that service to the Committee in the way of evi dence, which the House required. Sir B. H. INGLIS conceived that in violating the rules of the House the parties implicated had violated the law of the land. The motion was then put, and it was unanimously agreed that Hayward, Edwards, and Waggett should be taken into custody by the Sergeant -at-Arms. Lord J. RUSSELL supposed that when these parties were taken into custody they would of course be ordered to attend at the bar of the House. The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative. Sir G. GREY said that an order should be made to release William Lynes from the custody of the Sergeant at-Arms. His case was very different from that of the others. They had violated the rules of the House, and had consequently been guilty of a breach of privilege; but in Lynes' case the Committee had specially reported that in the return for the borough of St. Albany's, Lynes had violated an Act of Parliament, and therefore the re port stated that the warrant should have been annexed to the return. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that the order should be discharged. An order was accordingly made to that effect. PETITIONS. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Exeter in favour of a modification of the tax on carriages. Mr. HEALD presented 15 petitions from congrega tions of Wesley - an M e thodists in England and Scotland, praying for an efficient legislative enactment against Papal aggression, Mr. WELBY presented two petitions from Grantham and the hamlets, and from a Wesleyan congregation of the same place, for more stringent provisions in the Ec clesiastical Titles Bill, and one petition from merchants and traders of Grantham for a repeal of the duty on paper. Mr. ROBARTES presented petitions from the Wes leyan Methodists of Port Isaac, Gorram, and St. Ewe, Sawney, St. Blayey-gate, Sticken, and Polygooth and Wadebridge, against Papal aggression. Mr. E. Macnaghten, Lord Duncan, Mr. Wilcox, and other members presented petitions sgainst the Papal aggression. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the rate payers of St. Luke's, Middlesex, stating that last week the sum of 171. 16s. had been paid out of the poor rates for the satisfaction of the expenses of a meeting to repress the Papal aggression. Similar expenses had also been paid out of the rates on account of a meeting respecting the Post•oflice. The ratepayers prayed the House to institute an inquiry, and pass an Act to enable the ratepayers to appeal to the County Court for the re storation of all sums under 501. that might be improperly paid out of the rains. Mr. MASTERMA N presented a petition from the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin against the abolition of the military asylum at Kilmainham. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition against the continuance of the income-tax. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the provost and magistrates of Montrose, against the duty on tire policies. The Hos. MEMBER also presented a petition from Marylebone, against the Sunday Trading Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that in going into Com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill he should call the attention of the House to the dreadful , Lord BEAITMONYwished to know whether the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wooliack meant to in)rrow to move the reprinting of the County Courts Evension Bill; and if so, what alterations he proposed to make in it? He himself was in favour of the princi ple of the Bill; but he should move in Committee the omission of the reconcilement clause and also of the 35th clause, and should propose special legislation with re gard to causes above 20/ The LORD CHANCELLOR should not oppose the committal of the Bill, but. in Committee he should move the omission of the arbitration and reconcilement clauses, and he would suggest the propriety of the cuity jurisdiction clauies being omitted in this Bill, and that legislation on the subject should take place, in the Chan cery Reform Bill. He should also suggest alteratious in the latter clau•es and in the clauses relating to the em ployment of attorneys' clerks in these courts. Lord BEAUMONT and Lord BROUGHAM severally ex plained, and the subject dropped. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar of the House, and presented a petition against the removal of Smithfield-market. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. The Sergeant-at-Arms appeared at the bar and in. formed the Howe that ho had had committed to his cus tody the body of William Lynes, a wi'ness charged with prevarication before the Select Committee of the House of Commons sitting to inquire into a petition presented against the St. Alban's election, and that since that time he had received a writ of habeas corpus from Mr. Justice Wightman, calliog upon him to produce the body of the said William Lynes before him at his chambers. THIRD READING. The Bangor and Carnarvon Railway, and the Shrews bury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-roads Bill were read a third time. Mr. E. ELLICE presented a report from the Com mittee sitting on the St. Alban's election, informing the House that ou Saturday last they had committed the body of William Lyres, to the custody of the Ser geant-at Arms, charged with gross prevarication, and that the se id witness had been produced before the Committee this day, and had then answered satisfactorily the questions put to him by the Committee. Also that it appeared in evidence before the Committee that an essential witness of the name of George Seeley Waggett had hitherto evaded all attempts to secure his attendance before the Committee, and one John Hayward in conjunction with Henry Edwards, had given money to Waggett, to induce him to abstain from appearing before the Committee. In respect of the said William Lynes, as he had answered all questions put to him that day, he should move that he be discherged from the custody of the Sergeant -at-Arms, and with regard to the other three who had been proved, one to have knowingly abstained from presenting himself, and the other two to have been concerned in inducing him to re main away, he would move that the warrant of the Speaker be issued directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take them into custody. The motion for the discharge of William Lynes from custody was then agreed to. Sir G. GREY said the question was whether any power of the House would be lost by delay, other wise he should propose that the report be print e d, an d th e discussion of the question bo adjourned until to to morrow. elr. E. ELLICE said that a warrant from the Speaker would certainly have more effect than any other pro ceeding in procuring the attendance of the missing wit nesses. After a few words from Sir B. HALL and Mr. ADAIR, Mr. SOTHERON moved that the conduct of the three persons named be declared a breach of the privi leges of that House. saidthe complexion took, and at the Ipswich Election Committee, when the p ar ti es h a d b e h ave d i n a conduct ofithe that partieswe s certain ly similar meneer, the House had not hesitat e d a s i ng l e moment in declaring it a breach of privil ege . wh S ic ir h G the. CLER K Lord J. RUSSELL said there cou ld b e no d ou bt t h at the conduct of the parties described did constitute a breach of privilege. mortality that had occurred in the Kilrush Union work house. Mr. T. DUNCOLMBE gave notice that on Wednesday he should move for copies of all correspondence that had taken place between the Government and all foreign powers on the affairs of Rome during 1849. Lord DUNCAN gave notice that tie should postpone his motion on the window-ux sine die WOODS AND FORESTS. Viscount DUNCAN asked the First Commissioner of Woods, Forests, &c., whether it was the intention of the Government, during the course of the present session, to bring in a Bill to make better provision for the manage ment of the Woods, Forests, awl Land Revenues of the Crown, and for the direction of Public Works and Build ings ; and if so, at what period of the session it was likely that the Bill will be produced? Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill on the subject as early after Easter as possible. MANAGEMENT OF CHURCH LANDS. Mr. E. DENISON wished to know whether a Bill had been prepared with regard to the management of church lands, and when it would be laid oa the table of the House? Sir GEORGE GREY said a Bill had been prepared by the Commission which had been appointed, but it had subsequently undergone considerable alteration. How ever, it was now in a state to be presented to the House, and he believed it would bo presented before Easter. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON COFFEE AND TIMBER. Mr. AIOFFATT wished to ask the Chancellor of Exchequer when he intended that the proposed reduc tion of the duty on crAYee and timber should come into effoct? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was anxious that the reduction should take place as soon as possible, but as he had no control over the House it was impossible for him to fix any particular day. THE NEW HOUSE-TAX. Sir J. DUKE wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended that warehouses, which were not before charged with window duty, should now come under the operation of the houce-tax? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—No houses which do not come under the description of in habited houses will he accessed to the tax. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY wished to know whether shops which were part of house, would be included in tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that such premises as those described by the Hon. Al derman would bo liable to the tax of 64. in the pound, instead of eif., as other houses were taxed. Mr. J. 'WILLIAMS inquired whether houses would be rated to the tax under the poor-rate assessment or under a new one? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he proposed that the assessment should he cn the annuel value of the houses, but at present be would not confine himself to any particular mode of getting at the value. He certainly should not take the poor-rate as sessment, because then parishes would heve the power of limiting the amount of income-tax which they would have to pay at their own pleasure. THE BUDGET. RE-IMPOSITION OF TILE INCOME-TAX. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Com mittee of Supply. Mr. IIERRIES rose, according to notice, to move, as an amendment, That it is the opinion of this House that ' the respective duties in Great Britain on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices, and the stamp duties in Ireland, greeted by two Aet, passed in the sixthyear cf herpresent Majesty, and which have been continued and amended by several subse quent Acts,' were granted for limited periods, and to meet temporary exigencies: that it is highly expedient to adhere to the declared intentions of Parliament when these duties were granted and continued; and, in order to secure their speediest practicable cessation, to limit the renewal of any portion of them to such an amount as may be sufficient, in the existing state of the public revenue, to provide for the expenditure sanctioned by Parliament, aid for the due maintenance of public credit." He said in rising to address the House in the hope of inducing them, by the reasons which he had to offer, to coincide with his amendment ho begged to say that ho had seen with great satisfaction the statement in the public papers of the great increase in the revenue of the country as exhibited in the quarter's return. That consideration added great weight to that which he had to say. It was on account of the prosperity, and of tho means which the increased prosperity would afford to the House of accomplishing an act of justice, that he now came forward be fore the House and the country with this proposition. He would now, with the permission of the House, ex pressly state that he should refrain from entering into any details.—(Hear, hear.) Ile would not attempt to impugn any of the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but, in order to keep himself strictly to the question, he would willingly accept all his statements. He accepted all his statements as if they were strictly correct.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But whilst he did that he must at the same time express his expectations that there would year by 3-ear be a larger surplus in the revenue. —(Hear, hear.) He ac knowledged that he could not refrain from stating his expectation that there would be a larger surplus was only obtained under the statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that there was now a surplus of 1.890,0001. applicable to the necessities of the country. Yet, however he might rejoice in this surplus, he had still to allow some 22,0001. or 23,000/. for the expenses of the Kafir, wer.—(llear, hear.) He must now remind the House that the fact was, that the property and income tax was first imposed for a period of three years, and that it was imposed in 1842 only to satisfy the temporary exigencies of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He took the right of supposing that the income tax as now proposed was the income tax which was originally instituted, for if it had not been so, he was quite sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in making his statement to the House would have said so. Had he not said so, he (Mr. Herries) would have been obliged to suspect the Right Hon. Baronet of a practice to which he little thought him liable.—(Hear, hear.) He expected, therefore, that it was the incomsetax which he intended to propose, and that it was intended to propose it for three yearn.—(" Hear, hear," from Sir Charles Wood.) Ho was glad to accept that admission, and he should reason upon it as a conclusion in his argument.— (Hear, hear.) He must now review the history of the income-tax. It should be recollected that it was imposed in 1842 by Sir Robert Peel, in order to relieve the country from its difficulties with regard to financial matters.—(Hear, hear.) Ho trusted that ho should be excused from referring to the fact that this deficiency of 3,800,000/. was constituted by the Whigs, and that the income-tax was imposed to meet this deficiency, to remove the obstruction of trade, and to facilitate the action of com merce. Now Sir R. Peel distinctly declared, and there could be no doubt about the fact, that he took this tax as a temporary measure, and for a special purpose. He took it, as stated in the words of the amendment for a temporary purpose, and to meet a special emer gency. He then stated distinctly that he be lieved a period of five years would be sufficient for the accomplishment of the purpose, but that he would only take the tax for three years, in the hope that there would be no necessity for its renewal. It so happened, however, that in 1845 Sir Robert Peel came to ask for its renewal, which was granted under the then especial circumstances of the country. lii 1848 there was another extension of the tax, but at that time the country was suffering from extreme com mercial distress, and therefore its renewal then was no breach of the principle to which ho was about to call the attention of the House. The Noble Lord, however, with some degree of levity, asked the House not only to renew the tax but to augment it, but the House refused to sanction the latter part of the Noble Lord's proposition, and eventually it was not persevered in. That brought them down to the pre sent period; but before he proceeded now to ask the House to refuse the continuance of the tax altogether, he wished to direct the attention of the House to the opinions cf men of the highest eminence, who had filled tl.e most responsible offices of the state, as to the peculiar character of this tax.—(Hear, hear.) He did not propose to use the extracts which he should take the liberty of reading as an argumenium ad hominem, he used them because they contatned in themselves. expressions of sound truth and judgment, which ho ventured to hope the House would be disposed to adhere to on the present occasion. It would be un necessary for him to read to them the opinions of Sir Robert Peel, because the terms in which Sir Robert Peel introduced the tax in 1842 must be fresh in the recollection of everybody. For the reasons he had already stated, Sir Robert Peel induced the House in the first instance to adopt his proposition; and on the second occasion, when he pressed the con tinuance of the income-tax, he expressly declared that he did hope that within the time the tax was to be extended to provision would be made by alte rations and augmentation of the revenue to render any further renewal of the income-tax unnecessary. When Sir R. Peel proposed the renewal of the income tax he did not receive unqualified support. Those who now sat in opposition expressed themselves very strongly against the tax, but not so much with re- ferenCe to' its being then imposed as to its cha racter. They agreed as to its renewal, but were opposed to the form in which it was levied. It was opposed by Lord John Russell, Mr. Labouchere, Lord Howick, and though last, not least, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer.—(Hear, hear.) The words, then, used by the present Prime Minister deserved the serious attention of the House on the present solemn occasion, when they were about to determine whether they should or should not have a permanent income-tax. The Noble Lord, in 1842, said the evil of the income tax was not confined to the sum drawn from the pockets of the people, that he considered it an inquisitorial tax, and that it ought only to be resorted, as a last resource in periods of difilculty.—(Hear, hear.) Again, in 1845, he said it was a tax subject to some of the greatest objections which could be urged against any tax, that he was of opinion that inequality of tax ation and fraud were inherent qualities of the tax. —(FTear, hear.) Then, again, when the Noble Lord asked for a continuance of the tax in 1848, he did so on the ground that almost unparalleled distress existed at the time in the country. The Noble Lord did not on that occasion offer any other reason why they should again resort to the tax fir a further period.—(flear, hear.) ikir. Labouchere, now the President of the Board of Trade, also said, in 1848, " God forbid thfit, under the present difficulties of the country, they should require the house to adopt such a measure as the imposition of a house -tax, adding that he would resort to any other means rather than adopt such a system of taxation, which was alien to the habits of the people of this country, and which was carried into effect in an inquisitorial manner, and attended with vexaticna proceedings infinitely more annoying than the amount of money taken from the people's pockets."—(Hear, hear.) Now, as the country was not now under the pressure of thine difficulties which existad at that time, these arguments applied with tenfold force against the re-imposition of the tax this year. Lard H ,wick said that on the prin ciple of justice and sound policy he was of opinion that the Home ought to restrict the imposition of a tax so excedingly odious as that proposed by Sir R. Peel. " They were told," said that Noble Lord, " that taxaticn ought to be equal, but wai anything more monstrously unequal than a property-tax?"—(Hear, hear.) The First Lord of the Admiralty, who had always been a consistent and arduous opponent of the tax, had said, in 1845 a nd 1848, t h at h e yielded only t O necessity, and to the prospect of a failing revenue in giving any degree of support to the tax; he hoped, therefore, he might challenge that Right Hon. Gentle man's vote on this occasion in favour of his amendment. Ile nut it to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government the question how, without necessity, when there was no emergency imperatively to demand, he could now pro pose the re-imposition of this tax, in et hich vexation, in justice, and fraud were, according to the account of his own party, inherent and inseparable? He called upon the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who had so stigmatised this tax when in opposition, whether they had changed their opinions now? He himself was but too strongly impressed with the fact that the tax was vexatious and injurious. He knew that the farmer, who %MB losing money every day; the merchant, whose affairs were sub• ject to the inquisition of he tax, and the professional man, whose hard-earned profits were unfairly and unequally pressed upon, were fully convinced that this tax was vexatious and unjust. The first claim for reduction, he contended, was the income-tax. He could not see where was the great benefit of the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—he did not pro pose to make anything cheaper, or to give any great relief to any great class of the country. It was evident to any one from the opinions gene rally expressed, that it was the intention of the Government that this tax should continue. He, therefore, invited the House seriously to con sider this proposition on the very first occasion which had ever been available.—(Hear, hear.) Ho was quite aware of the difficulty of adjusting that tax.— (Hear, hear.) As a temporary tax he believed that nobody would hesitate to accede to , it, and he believed that not any of the friends of Sir Robert Peel would have attempted for a moment to say that it was Sir Robert's intention in any way to make it a permanent tax.—(Hear, hear.) He spoke as one who had a right to speak upon this subject, for although not in office, he had been on terms the most confidential with that great statesman during the concoction of the in come-tax—(Hear, hear)—aud be could of nis own know ledge say that it was only intended as a temporary im position to meet a temporary exigency.—(Cheers.) And yet that was now the course pursued by the Noble Lord? He intended to make this tax a permanent one. The Noble Lord intended to in troduce this measure{ to-night, but ke would tell him that it he did it would be torn to tatters before it passed through the House.—(Hear, hear.) He would now ask Hon. Gentlemen who were Members from Ireland how it would affect their country? Sir Robert Peel, in introducing this measure, had given good reasons why the Act for imposing the income-tax should not extend to Ireland. That great man had always been consistent, and he (Mr. 'Terries) knew that the reasons on which he acted were always valid; and he himself would say that if it was now proposed to extend this Act to Ireland, with all its inequalities, eith all its wrongs, with all its injustice, he should roost certainly vote against the motion.—(Hear.) lied the great man who originally imposed that tax been now amongst them he (Mr. 'Terries) would never have bad occasion to submit that motion, for he would have been sure to moot the question and to move for an abolition of the tax.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared from the state ment that there was now a surplus from the income-tax of about 2,2oo,oool.—(l)iesent from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.) The liight Hon. Gentleman shook his head. He had himself sated it at 1.900 0001., and the produce of the year had exceeded his expectations by 200 0001. or 300,0001. However he would make a com promise, and would take 2,000,000/. as an undoubtedly fair surplus revenue for the next year. The property tax at present levied was at the rate of 7d. in the pound upon all income. Now every penny of that produced about 780,0001, and he contended that there was room, therefore, with the present surplus, and having a due regard to the maintenance of the public credit, for a re duction of at least two-sevenths of the property-tax. If his proposition was accepted, therefore, the country would be relieved from property-tax to the amount of 1,560,0001. The window-tax was an old tax, to which the people were pretty well accustomed, but still it was one which be would be glad to see reduced. The abolition of that tax had been recommended upon sanitary grounds, and he thought the case might easily be met by passing an act allowing all persons to open whet new windows they pleased without being subjected to any additional duty. If such a boon were ac companied by the removal of 1,560,000/. of income-tax, it would, he was sure, give the utmost satisfaction to the country. The House had now to decide between the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and that which he (Mr. Herries) had submitted to them. The proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was the perpetuation of the income-tax with all its defects. On the other hand, he (Mr. Herries) proposed that they should afford relief from direct taxation by a diminution of the pro perty-tax, instead of affording less relief by a remission of the window-tax. If the House assented to the reso lution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer the country was doomed to bear the income-tax for an indefinite period; but, if they determined to adopt the more just, the more honest, as well as the more politic course which he (Mr. Herriee) recommended, the income-tax was doomed to a speedy extinction. The country now awaited the decision of the Government and of the House on this question; and he would ask the Noble Lord bow, consistently with his duty, at a period when there was no danger of foreign war or of internal disaf fection, with a surplus in band which afforded the means of materially reducing the property-tax, he could propose the corvinuance of an impost which had been so gene rally and so justly stigmatized.—(Cheers.) The SPEAKER having then read the original resolu tion and the amendment, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Right Hon. Gentlemen had fairly put the question be fore the House, and in accordance with ,the expecta tions he had formed on a previous evening. But in quoting his opinions the Right Hun. Gentleman bad only taken short extracts, and bad not given the whole of his opinions, which would have made the meaning more distinct. He did not deprecate the fullest reference to any former opinions he might have expressed; all he asked was that the reference should be made generally, and not to a single sentence. It was perfectly true he had opposed the imposition of the income tax in 1842. He bad stated it then as liable to many objections; he thought so still.—(Hear.) Now if the Right Honour able Gentleman would state any tax to which similar objections could not be, made ho would be astonished. They must take the whole body of taxation to see if a tax was unjust. He had then stated the grounds on which he opposed the imposition of the tax. But he had said also that if it were proposed as a measure to enable the Government to get rid of such great monopolies as those of sugar, timber, and corn, he would vote for it; and he confessed he did not know what portion of bis public conduct was inconsistent with that declaration.—(hear, hear.) He granted the tax bad beets imposed for a temporary purpose, and in order to make up a deficiency whicli had occurred in the revenue. The Right Hon. Gentleman Wee proposed it in 1846 stated it was for a temporary purpose, and that it had answered. The Right Hen. Gentleman said he did not ask the House then for the income-tax to mee any want or supply any deficiency, but merely to carry out a great exp , rim , nt in taxation which he was mak- ing. The Right Honourable Gentleman opposite ( Hr. Herries) seemed to doubt what he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was saying. With the permission of the House ne would r.ftr to Sir Robert Peel's speech upon the o3casion.—(Hear, hear.) Theso were the words of Sir R. Peel in 1845 —" We propose—such has been the increase in the revenue from a permanent source of in come daring the continuance of the income-tax, we might have avoided making this experiment, or avoided applying for increased taxation—we propose to continue the income-tax, not to provide a surp'us, but to enable us to make those great experiments which we have com menced."—(Hear, hear.) Again, the Right Hon. ronet went on to say, " it would be impossible to do this unless you continued for a certain period that tax, and I hope that, after three years, it will be terminated. But, meantime, I trust Parliament is not now disposed to dispense with the imposition of this tax." It was not, therefore, for the purpose of making good a defi ciency in the revenue, but for the purpose of making fur ther experiments in the way of financial improvement — for the purpose of repealing and reducing the duties which he thought more objectionable than the income tax itself—that Sir R. Peel in the year 1845 had pro posed a renewal of that latter tax. It was true that upon that occasion he (the Chancellor of the Exchquer) had objected to the proposal which Sir It. Peel had made on the subject of the sugar duties. But what had he then said with respect to the income-tax? He had said— " We are now told that this tax was imposed for the purposes of carrying through a great experiment in tax ation. I do not object to it on these grounds." He did not think, therefore, that he could be charged with inconsistency upon that point; for he had supported the renewal of the income tax in the year 1845 expressly for the purpose of enabling the House and the Government to make a great experiment in the way of the reduction of oth er taxes. In the year 1848, when he had himself proposed a continuance of the income tax, he had used language which he was at present prepared to repeat. li e h ad said on that occasion that the ground on which he h a d opposed the imposition of the ioacome-tax in the year 1842 was that that tax was too hi g h a price to Pay fu r the benefit they were to receive t rots the chang es o f taxation which had then been proposed ; but be had stated in the year 1842, in opposing that tax, that if an alteration were made in the duties on corn, on sugar, he ti m ber, and on other great articles of culls s hould be ready to vote fur direct taxation, um even for ption, the income-tax. Now, those duties had ' and ie le 13 ° imposition and circumstances which would justify the Pea the retention of the income taxthe had occurred since the P year 1842, and he had ther e f ore with I nsistenc 1848 Y proposed a renewal of th e iileorae-tax is and he proposed it at th e present tim e . 11 0 b e li eve d that that course was i n p er f ect conformity w i th t h e po li c y e which had been avowed and adopted by the late Sir It. Peel, The Right Hon. Gentl, mats (Mr. [-lorries) had said that that was th e first Legitimate opportunity they hid en joyed of rep ea li ng or reducing' t h e income-tax; because they had a t present for the first time, while deding• with that question, a surplus revenue and a state of national prosperity. But they had the benefit of a similar sur plus arid of a similar national prospetity in the year 1 845, The Right Hon. Gentleman might then have The t proposed the total aboliti on o f t h e income-tax. inl jections to th e i nequa l ity an d i n j ustice of t h e MX, 11 tf the frauds to which it was calculated to give rise , 0 been as strong then as they were at the present dap' yet the Ri g h t H en . G ent l eman had proposed at tb i s d 'f ir rind that the n!at should be swept away. lie slic ni nn tiler remind the High t H un . G entleman t h at it vo", i l a much m,:ro s ati s f actory precee di ng to saneep it aw ho gi Once, it that w ere p oss ibl e, t h an to propose tha t it Id be reduced by th e amount o f 2 d . i n the poun d. 0 year 1845 Sir R. Peel and the Hou,e of Comiee ns f a thought proper—and wisely as he (the Char:cent:ire, Exchequer) believed—t o renew the six for a litnitea pt n n rind; and they were at pr esent reap i ng t h e gig!! ni of the amended system of taxation which had 'not means been resured. He hoped, too, that in the of three years from the pr esen t t i me t h ey weld(' Z o t be erno , ,ing similar advantages, and that it or y then be open to them ag a i n to d ea l w i t h the in,C tax in whatever way th e y m i g h t t hi n k ono seemed to be supposed in some quarters that bead making inroads on the n a ti ona l f a i t h a nd e r n by the, course which ho at present proposed to 1 4 , 1 An Hon. Gentlem a n opposi te seeme d to t hi n k th a 9 p would destroy the credit of the coun t ry b y a ren°,l,6oa of taxes to the am o u n t o f 1,536 , 0001 . B ut Lord nnt had stated. o p en ly an d can didl y — an d h e (the Chan' E l p of the Exchequer) respected the Noble Lord O r o frankness of his declaration—that he proposed torei the income t ax b y an amount of ono-half or ol eb it( o? and the Right Honourable G e ntl eman a t presen t tern that it sh ou ld b e re d uce d f rom 7 d . to sd, in the ego The Right Hon. G en tl eman wou ld, therefore, wire's'i taxes to the extent o f 1,560 , 0001 .; w hil e h o (t h e Cn o 'y for of the Exchequ er ) propose d that they should b ,6 duced by a somewhat smaller amount. Under th e !, i cumstancen Hoa. Gentlem an o pp os it e could bannlii right to charge h er M a j esty ' s G overnment with la honesty in their present fi nanc i a l p roposa l s, or to fiefo they were running a risk of destroying the credit ° be I country; or, at all eve n t s , th e di s h onesty would on great on the opposite side of the House as on th a t ()P t p he tied the honour to sit. It h a d a l so b een sa id ti n/ 0 was endangering the national faith, by proposil o n out of a reduction of 1,536,0001. not less than 1, 10 "ny should be a reductio n o f di rect taxat i on. The Gentleman opposite (Mr. Henley, we believe) 0 complained that her Majesty's Government were' ducing direct taxation, and that in that respeetn were nut acting on their ow n p r i nc i e l e , t h at r ednf e; of taxation ought to t a k e pl ace on t h e great stile' 1) consumption, or on the raw materials of industra n t ii Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that they would 0 the national credit by th e a d opt i on o f suc h a Ongn But that was the very s y s t em propose d b y the ? Hon. Gentleman the Member fur Stamford (g,r'd ries); so th a t b e t ween t h e two Gentlemen, wb°s should consider as, the highest authorities 11111013 g th e r'o, opposite, on all com merc i a l an d financial quen'to there was a direst di(cordance of opinion u pon t y point. The whole argument of the Right Hon. P eil it man was founded, on the suppositio n th a t t h e proPn9ol (+ he Chancellor , ef the Exchequer) had submitted two House was a proposal for a permanent income , talc; he had nut said one syllable to that effect, and no f i i. sal he had made could bear that construction.--k of hear.) He had invariably spoken of th e tax a s ennt posed in order t o cover removals or modificatiend duties which unduly interfered with the develorn of the national resources. He then proposed t be o n newel of the hac:ome-tax as it creedfor a limited f of of three years. He was well aware, and so wee IF Right Hon. Geiatleman, of the difficulty, and the most impossibili t y , as t h e Ri g h t Hon. Gentleman bh o t appeared to thi s k, o f mod if y i ng the schedules .104 manner which would be fair to all parties, lie bellefn the Right Hon. G. ,ntl eman had somewhat misrepretV, the intentions of Sir R. Peel upon that subject, b e ndi he remembered to have heard that Right Hon. B s nort say that he thou gait it would b e mos t dangerous tope tempt to modity the schedules. The House wouldo come persuaded , of the difficulty of such a t as k wheu n remembered what opposite su g g est i ons b a d been nyt upon the matter.. Oue gentleman had stated the On, rice of Schedule I 3; another had stated the Wast e Schedule D; and his Hon. and Gallant Friend the fe , ber for Lincoln (Colonel Sibthorp) h a d s h own the 'ni t rice of a por ion .of Schedul e E. B ut if comp l a ints - 0! made of the Innis. tine of the tax to all the Per ti ll eluded in its opet ation, it might so happen that it not very unjust tt , any of them.--(Hear, hear, n(n laugh.) He would recommend Hon. Gentlemen, ~..,0 they made up their m i n d s th at any one se`ity. shout i be reducod, to consider w h a t e ff ect that retie Lion might have on some of the other scheentl which might b a altered with equal or even greater propriety a B u t h e t h oug h t it better to ptv any discussion u p on th ose po i nts unt i l they Arndt , ' it to consider the various schedules in the Bill'er ono who had ever b a d to d ea l with the 01V tax had found it possible to alter the schedules. A O great man, Mr. Pitt, w h o h a d i mposed and contineTni income-tax—FA:l HON. MEMBER here observed tbs ed il was in time cf w: ifj—it h a d b een originally haindlo time of war; but Mr. Pit t h a d ma i ntained the see 90. on the ground the t they could not be properly nri ° 0 altered, and on that ground he had opposed stn . alteration when tanoposed by M r . Addi ngton in t'inat, peace. Mr. Pitt h lid on that oc cas i on rested h i s 0P oal tion to the change on the grounds of its injustice a n i ibt the necessity of tihe case. He (the Chancellor o ,, n d ci Exchequer) proposed that the tax should be cent7facl for three years. ito thought it most desirable thi l noo the purpose of em tbling them to make other reale n no lll' of taxation, it should be continued for that period; 'wool seemed to him moat inexpedient that so large anti° 00 1 of taxation should depend upon an annual vote. etti he would not preclude the Right Hen. Gentle? from repealing to. ) t ax next year, if he should tbinf fit, and if he should at th a t t i me b e holding the °de winch he (the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer) et I nto scut so unworthily filled. It would no doubt have, 00 the easier course for him t o h ave s i mp l y propose,' t lit the tax should he renewed for a single year; subject' did not think that,, with hi s o pi n i ons upon the 51101 it would have b e e n h ones t on hi s part to have . 001, n' that course. The Eight H on . G ent l eman h a d sand 4(d if the tax w e r e t o h a cont i nue d f or t h ree years it sneivna necessarily be extended to Ireland. B u t h e ( t he lio cellor of the Exchequer) said directly the reverse. ? did not at that mom eft remember what were the pr e s lit grounds on which Sit' Robert Peel i n i n t ro ducing, tax had stated than Ireland ought to be exempted ' b oll its operation ; but, h a felt assur e d th a t any reaso n l f , l ed could then have be en urged f or suc h a course elinhos still more strongly at present. Ireland had not n n i gone through the, fearful calamity by which WO since been visited ; property in Ireland bad net ar been depreciated iix value; and th e owners an d O n e venom of the soil in Ireland had not th en b een reen n t ing from a pressur a unexampled in modern times°, 0 6 country in the world. It would, th ere f ore, b e er ne' d unjust to attempt to. impose at present upon Irelept tax from which she. bad then bas h exempted. Annoys' Gentleman had sand the other n i g h t t h at h o ( t h e nig cellor of the Excht quer) wo u ld p erpetuate t h e neeelnet for the income-tax by removing the duties from ar t nisf of consumption. But he did not propose to take eOO any such duties. He merely proposed to r eduend duties on three articles; and he believed that after t' s ytt reductions the revenue to be derived from them would ego revive. He propos., nto reduce the duty on coffee, ° b oo he believed would reach its former amount un der fr change. The tax o. a timber w ou ld, h e believed. sin°o4 vive under the reds tenon of duty which he prop ° 0 0; And although the at fount he proposed to remove ', r ot, the duty on windows and h ouses was, to a certain e s e o n n i a total loss, it should be remem b ered that the pr --p eV house tax would be a conti nua ll y i ncreasing tax. -10 body was aware how - greatly the number of houses 0 0 being increased i n the neighbourhood of all great t() or and cities, and must s e e that a tax on housee wont" de cessarily go OR augmenting from year to year. o° o nied that he could fairly be accused of sacrificing .4 . revenue, and rendering the continuance of the inne r tax unavoidable, by the manner in whi c h h e propell e d be deal with the 'Judea on articles of consumption; 5'3,64 said, on the contrary , that Hon. G en tl emen oppos ite rnie themselves open to thait charge. Let them look to tie fi t great articles with the dutie s on w hi ch he prop oseu,no" they should deal. The.first proposal he m a d e was a red is y, tion of the almost prcthibitive duty on foreign ettfli o He had objected in th e y ear 1845 to the mode ill WP; o f the late Sir R. Peel lead at that time dealt with the Ord duties. He had p o i t ite d out t h e f act that by reden'oo the duty on colonial sugar, and increasing the cia o 0 foreign sugar, the Ri g ht H OD . B a r one t was sacr ifi c ieb o certain amount of re-venue without any ch ance o f e T tO seeing it restored, and that that was, in fact, the Iva fo , obtain a minimum of r avenue, because th e a b sence Of and reign competition wou, d prevent a reduction of Pni n ce ,:nt, an increase of consumption . But be should ad o ," Ts although he objected to that proposal of Sir IL • r ; ee ,..n i i the year 1845, the Right Hon. Baronet had, in his `n"; nion, amply redeemed that temp orary one who knew what had since occurred upon that su b jest must be aware of the infinite difficulties with whi ch error, and ef er b n the Right Hon. Baronet had had to contend. Loenn at the whole commercial policy of Sir R. Peel, he had n hesitation in expressi ng hi s firm belief that it was s ari' tied to the most cordial approbation. The sugar &I s t had been altered i n t h e year 1846; and the effect of than lteration had been a considerable increase in the / t i re nue during the following year. That was a case of nn renewal of a duty; and he had no doubt inn that if the Act of 1846 had been left uncles/Aeon the revenue derived from sugar would be far grett s i than it was at the present moment. But $ 7,0. Act had been altered in consequence of the rel i ne, of a Committee, of which the late Lord George "'no. tinck had been either the chairman, or at least a Pon., neat member; and in deference to the expressed °P in , nions of that Committee he had felt himself bouud to aloe troduce the Sugar Bill of 1845, by which the duty on '', 6 lonial sugar was reduced, and the protection to t' os colonial interest was still farther extended. He did ~ii a repent of that measure, he believed it to have we rne o f remarkably well; and he found that the consumpae, n na sugar had increased by not less than 50 per cent. Iv''' n, the last six years. But that measure necessarily Oito poued the time at which the revenue would rcanb ", former amount; and far that result Hon. Gentlemen ° l , r ,:t posite were at least as much answerable es lie was. u'nn e i had happened, agai n , i n t h e case of stamps? ie/ant proposed a reduction of one-eighth in stamps e'ned Ho lowest amount, and th en t h at the duty should be ear-- up uniformly on th e a d valorem principle. But n' Gentlemen oppo s it e sa id that, although they anlif—o d: ° of that principl e , t h ey would not allow him to recoil ° large au amount o f revenue as that which he had Pr-; posed; and there had accordingly been a diraihnt'n n of the r e v enue w hi ch contributed to preven t the 0 from taking o ff t h e i ncome-tax. Then, again, t her e had been a p roposa l for a total repeal of the Mir duties. The Hon. Gentleman the Member Buckinghamshi re h a d on that occasion elocitea/ifi supported th.t proposal; and how, therefore, he we n ask, could th e H on. G entleman or his party repro no him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) wit h lt, undue redu ct i on o f taxation, after he had himself s, r . ' ported a proposal f or the total repeal of a tax amount" .CONDO TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 8, 1851. prod Pre', vrhic even] igb f(Cha mitts Wa s furni