The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-15 00:00:00

, . . . p so e v n e o r e ei i g n n s s ilv i e n r, a a geaunldvaws a b t r au fo d ur eha sh in illi a n i g id s e a y n e d -gl t a e s n s: THE SUN LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9 15, 1853. il th y a i t rer ift a2d he . . t nt ar d gu es m cr e ip n t t io w n a s s, of th ta at xe i s n . asm T h u %p r a o s p n e r e t a n u n s e w e e r f t t o o a n p r p e r o p e a a c l h . t h T e h s a u t b . 4 j v e a c s t t o h f e t h e o e o d e u l n s t i e i o s n o n w p h a i p e h e r h w e i t e o h n a v y () i y e e w d t e ll er; n t t i t o h f a t d h a e l r d e a a y d . y M a r c . i I I - I .c u e l y a n t - i o o o n d o s f a i 2 d oo o , f o,j t h o e , F an a d in ss Pre.- thO times to move the previous question. _ matters with something like gr -"-----"---"*".' adual er,ress Had. no affairs. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He begged to P t o ea g l i v e e f d t o i ff t e h r a e those applications had been granted there was the greater editor were to put in two or three columns of news the sale progress been made in this matter since 1 when Lord Mr. BRIGHT thought that every gentleman who had e - to the house , , , • but he said then as he would now say that numerous diamond rin s reason why the right ho ' n. gentleman the member tor man- -4 , would be doubled or trebled very shortly. He did not ' g, a large amount of plate, and a which the right hon. gentleman referrec e , stamp duty hear d the debate mus t have come to the conclusion that, chester should felicitate hims lf in the belief that he had e they opposed the two other taxes with very different feel- equipment of clothes linen an • think the penny periodical publications were so bad as new ' ' , d cal pet bares, s ppa- Castlereagh's acts were passed ? r tly re aral for a len thened y . , - ir 1" it was now ld. ; rains were out," whether the evil corn- made out a stronger ca se or ressine „ on th e G overnmen t ings-that they recognised a great differenc e between the people supposed. Their tendency was not to obseenity or . el P P oya„e. He lad been fp • p at least, " the b upon newspapers was then 4d. i , 1 t was rather h) Th ehh* l• ' d- '• - •' - . ti n dt on advertisements, and the stamp on newspapers, and immorality. Mr. Heywood told the committee that perio- in Messrs. Whitccombe s service since August, 1852, it sounded lie f e one-fourth-practical y i k 1 lained of would die or not. (Hear, ear. e spe c is c ann, an for calling upon them to make an . excep o u y 11 events 100 e, P stem in the dicals of this kind could not live, and that the good perio- and had recently been married. less than one-third. That, at a . , ' his favour It s t t fth rieht hon. gentleman (Mr. Gibson) had not had any- in . wa not fair to put this que the Excise duties on paper. (Hear, hear.) They also wero (Hear, hear,) With respec o o e 0 same category with the hop duty or the wine duty. It was The irisoner who is a tall fin - ' dicals put down the bad when an attempt was made to 1 • , . , e looking young man of opinion that there was a great difference between the somethine like progress. duce ( ' from 3 s• fid. thing like an answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, , the adve•Aisement duty, it had been re . t t• • no a ques ion simply affecting the perishing wants and establish the latter. There was in the mind of many mem- seemed to feel the degraded position he had plunged l'le s something i e progress. and from the motion with which he had just concluded, necessities of th l b t't hi h concerned e peop e, u i was one w c ertisements and the st duty on adv „ amp on newspapers. He berg of the Conservative party a dread of these cheap himself. He declined saying anything in answer to 'the to is. 6d. ; surely there again wa f sto in _it w , (Hear ) Not that was a reason or pp g as a 't might be presumed that he did not intend, to any se- the education and the intellectual cravings and tastes of , , sa id then that they acknowledged, especially with respect penny newspapers. But as hon. gentlemen opposite must charge, • ' d (hear, hear)-but, for goodness' 3- • tt, to controvert the positions laid down by the the great body of the poorer classes of the community. t e the duty on advertisements, that it was one of so greve go into partnership with the p eo pl e f or we a l e r for woe, Mr. Alderman Hunter committed tl -' reason for going onwar - rious ex en le pasoner to d 1 t consider our general ked the and as they were bound to take their tone from the sake, before we went onwar e. us . 1 'ht hon. gentleman whose speech was so comprehensive When, therefore, the right hon. gentleman . as it must receive the attention of the house a character that , e . Newgate for trial. He was quite sure he might appea rig ereet Mass of the 1 • Id 't t b btt peep e, nou i Ito e e er to house to accede to his resolutions, he was makme an ap principles. (Hear.) t nd ood sense of the right and so logical, and so full of facts that might well carry (Hear, hear.) He as ked the house however to ostnone n ' to a gentleman of the . acu eness a . g . e • d tha those on which any pal to them on higher groun s n , , P e have a better aliment then the Hangman's Daughter their decision on the subject ; and fortunate was the Chan hon. member to consider what a mischievous prec u a conmc ion edent he ' •t• to every mind, that probably in the whole of 11 f th of the other appeals mentioned by the Chance or o e and to give them a cheap newspaper in which they might PRICES OF SH ARK". was setting by inviting gentlemen to give votes . up l o at6d our fiscal arrangements there was nothing more stupid- Exchequer were based. The Chancellor of the Exchequer cellor o f the Exchequer who could induce a majority of that learn that Prince Albert had been ' laying the foundation series of resolutions, all of them to be given upon iso f th ,_ ear . - ) whether it was a question of finance or of educe. seemed very mu c h to disapprove of abstract resolutions. house to support him in postponing the declaration of their stone of a model cottage and read the events of to-da * grounds, without any g . eneral or comprehensive view o e (h . d the right hon. non, than the whole of this body of legislation which had • , Now he could not forget the memorable night, soon opinion till after the declaration of his-(hear hear)-but th th th f - ' ra er an ose o a century ago. (Hear.) He saw now y INT BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. state of the revenue. (Hear, hear.) Di e after he took hi ' h bt t ' and then great complaints against the cabmen for con s seat in that house, w en an a s rac he must remind the house that he confessed frankly that gre o encourage this come to be known as the " taxes on knowledge. 1 d full d' 1- hether gating at the corners of the streets, and using offensive FrOM the Official List. gentleman think, that if the house were t h resolution was most ab y an y iscussec w one vote and it a eat emereenc and that he informed e• e 0 1 ' practice of condemning particular taxes r ear ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer began by (Hea , h . th f t d li y was " wise just, and beneficial"- he considered. gr e y , lan e ua b e t aches as they passed. Would it not be some- PUBLISHED EVERY TUF.DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, Y f the commu- _ e ree- ra e po c another, it was likely to be for the benefit o admitting that the law as to the stamp duty was very un- (hear, hear)-and it appeared to ' him that the resolutions them they were not to su ose that he thou ht no erson thine of a remed if these eo le had a PP ' " *th l y P P * cheap newspaper to LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5. . nity? Did he think it likely that the e ne ur l't eof the xPe tha l t the credit satisfactory, and he said that, with regard to the case of now before them were equally worthy the attention of the was to propose a measure for the remission of taxes but the amuse h. emse yes with. In New York the first thing that • country would be balanced by its income ; . e (Hear.) And what, after all, was it that was now struck im was, that the cabmen, who were all Irishmen JOIN T-S r0 , ...a BANKS. • tained - that in the end the Bradbury and Evans, the Government would undertake a how; . Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear.) That would be an of the country would be main , ... lightened ? (Hear, ht th h h 11 • a distinct pledge asked ? Not t a e ouse sou c give extremely dangerous doctrine, and one that he hoped all , or coloured persons, always had a small newspaper in their Dividend Amount , burden upon the public would be . . new bill to define the law more clearly-. He appeared ato repeal the whole of the duties mentioned in the resolu- _ nand. In New York too, the mechanics, the ship- Name of Company. per 1 ot Paid. P ice. hear, hear.) With the very h h sheht experience whin e little anno t 1 t . h• h ritght hon. gentleman confined himself at pre- sides would be careful not to admit. (Hear.) Acting upon yed a an exc ama ion wlc came from that tions, for the builders the stonemasons, received their daily morning , Annum. ' Share. ' h d had had in the office which he a . now the honour (Mr Bri ht's) part of the hou e d h .t t en t te a sum of 170,000/. only ; but what he asked the the opinion which, on the Part of the Government of Lord paper at an early hour, before they w en t t o wor k . Th at - to hold, he (the Chancellor of the Ex q tow che uer) did nor feel • g s, an per aps i was no s x s. d. Z s. d. o was to affirm the principle o f th e resolutions. Derby, he was the organ of communicating to the house, indicated the possession of a high order of intellect on the house to d . any hesitation in . calling upon the house not orce a quite so courteous as it might have been-(hear)-but the Australasia........... 61. per cont.! 40 0 0 40 0 0 92 No one co td t • t h hd ta sider the question, especially of the duty part of these workmen as compared with the le• uld deny that the advertisemen u y was unjus e a con li• h there had not yet been the fact was that it was caused b f • th t won-mg British North American 6(. per cent. 150 0 0 ' 0 0 0 GO decision upon a subject w ic _ . l y a eeling of amazement a in its incidence. The rich man who anno u n c e d a, sale, in on advertisements ; and It was the opinion of himself cheeses in this country. There was an advantage in abolish- com oppontum considerine Hear • *ty of fully and fair y 0. ( , ,the right honmunble gentleman should have got no further order to put money into his p oc k e t, cou ld a ff or d the tax ; and his colleagues that no time should be lost in proposing ing these taxes now, when everybody was quiet. The great Cceonia( mercial of London. 6/. per cent.ll , 4) 0 0 0 ' 0 32 31. per cent.lloo 0 0 25 0 0 - hear.) He felt it his duty to represent to the house the not make of that duty to the House of Commons (Hear questions of lic would h h than this-(hear, hear)-that with this Government, con- but the poor man who wanted employment could the repeal _po y ,ead no doubt, be discussed as ti n t (it . ,;; • ii . i: ( 0 ) z s e 1 8 , e ( ) ) - 17 danger which menace . grea d that t asse bl of slidin b et •dh • * t ' - ' l l i Y. bl' • t g taining men who o ug ht t o un d ers t an d th e qu e s tion his wants known without being equally taxed. Was that hear.) At a flu, s a elP u n 1 3 Srlo. ~ nwever n circums anees temperately by the press oe th e wel s e i ng c l asses „b y t e at wares into a practice perilous to t e pu ic in e just ? Then, with regard to the stamp duty on newspapers over which they na . o control ied to . an increase of the of the middle classes. No doubt his views upon political London and Co • un of ty 4": 6'. - Irloo 20 0 0 j ' 6 Londn and Westmin;t • r 61. per cant t . 'me o 0 20 0 0 35% • rests and the public credit and the character of the house. thoroughly, he was about to propose a new law to re it had been said that some com p ensa ti on was g i ven for that estimates, and made it necessary for him to ask a supple- economy would often be attacked, and he should probably i l z c c e s i t l t .. i (Hear n hear.) What had been the propositions made to enact restrictions which would have the same effect upon duty by the paper being allowed to pass through th e p es t. men t ary es ti ma t e , so that it was necessary to revoke that receive some hard rubs on account of the Peace Society, Provincial .. London Joint Stock that house during about eight weeks that he had sat in it of Ireland Bl. per cant. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - the general question of the lel' th restrictions pu ic press as e office ; but that compensation was absurdly partial, for, immediate decision. (Hear, from Lord j. Russell.) If but he was not the less inclined on that account to see Ditto, New Bi. per cent. 10 0 0 13 0 0 - as Chancellor of the Exchequer ? The hon. member for eof amaze- while you might send a paper b ac k war d s an d f orwar d s f rom tg„ o bl e l or d supposed that he was making a declaration these matters discussed. With re„eard to emigration, National of Ireland 4l. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - the West Riding said a few nights ago that the house had now in force. The exclamation was on Yt, one end of the kingdom to the other by virtue of the penny i n th a t h ouse that was not maintained by facts, he could what Parliament had to do was to give the people Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 0 - been votin,g away money at the rate of 1,000,000/. an hour ; ment that he should have proposed to do no more. e 8 6 1 /. pa..T rt. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - stamp duty, you could not circulate th e sa me s t am ped „l y sa y h e wo uld not have presumed to refer to anything no temptation to go abroad. But at present a working 0 nil) rie i Zil v it Cele; * well, the house was most liberal in voting the public mon.ey towards the end of his speech, he held out, half paper within the three miles' district of London w ith ou t th a t occurre d i n council, or in private conversation ; but man, when he went to New York a n d found news- South Australia .. P .. 1 61 . . p p . . c ei..8:01 . . g i g ?2 g g - 556 -(hear, hear) ; but, if it chose to do so, it must exercise coaxin 1 the ho e that the Government would con- paying postage, in addition to the stamp duty on th e p a per it wou ld b e r ecollected that a deputation waited on Lewd papers catering for him_, felt immensely raised in his peed- union of tustralia some self-eummand in refasing to shut up the resources gy' P t'o But, while he concluded itself.' But it mieht be said that it was a question affect, D er b y , an d th a t a ll that was said by hi m was s a id by Lord tion. The people of this country were at a disadvantage Ditto .. - 2100 - - from which the public money was derived. It was inn sider the question of redue i n. 0 f tbe ress and it had been Derb on that occasion. (Cheers.) That being the case, even with their fellow sub'ects in the colonies fo there Unien of London he commenced with ing the improved character o p , . y . e , r ~ . . le possible to combine the two things ; you could not play with that delusive expectation, h observed that." cheap a nd nas ty' , were t erm s applicable to • and having shown to the house by a reference to this cir- were no taxes upon knowledge there. There were more union of Madrid - 40 0040 0 0 -- with this system of condemning and vituperating taxes that " fullness of the heart" out of which " the mout literature as well as to other things. But experience vin- cums t ance th a t there was a sincere determination on the daily papers in Canada than in all England. The repeal of let SUICANCE COMPANIES. unless you were prepared to give them up, and you could speaketh," by proposing to bring in a bill which should dicated the argument of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. p ar t o f th e late Government to teminate the duty on all these taxes would not necessarily injure the prospects of not give them up nnless you were prepared to adopt mea- dfi the law inore clearly and exclude Mr. Dickens, care Gibson), as the Penny Cycloycedia. Chambers's Journal, advertisements, he was now called on to look to the cir- the high class newspapers. After paying great attention Dividend Amount sures to which the house-the great body of the house- b e ein n g e taken that there should not be an untaxed press mid the works of other enter Prising publishers throughout cums t ances of the existing Government as to their ability to the question of national education, he had arrived at the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price• Annum. Share. did not see its way as to a total change and great contra°. throughout the ited kingdom. [The Chancellor of the_ th e coun t ry f u lly proved. Upon all these grounds he should to meet a demand of that kind. (Hear, hear.) The house deliberate conviction that, in the interest of the great Mass • _ me tion of the public expenditure. (Hear, hear.) What had Exchequer was understood to exPress dissent.] He (Mr• g i ve hi s cor di a l suppor t t o th e reso l u ti ons. (C r i es o f wou ld recollect that tho duty on advertisements did not of the people, if he could. see the taxes unon knowledge x s. d. X s. d been the demand made upon the house ? The house had Brieht) wished the right hon. gentleman had said that th Divide !") ' ' come up to the sum of 180,0001. a-year. Now, the knew removed he would agree to abolish every grant for educe- Albion •• -••- 3/. 10s. 500 00500 0 90 met but a few days when an honourable member opposite proposed bill would sweep away those obnoxious laws. sed to from the published rove the table that the tion giv Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE said. he was not dispo .., nue accounts on . . _ en by that house. (Hear, hear.) He despaired at Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 1 is.6d.bs. 100 0011 0 0 - moved the remission of the hop duty ; that, he said, it With respect to arithmetical calculations, the right hoiiii. move the repeal of the tax on paper for the present, but surplus now at the command of the Minister was more present of seeing an efficient system of national education Ditto marine... .. 61. p.c.So bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor .......... •.: .. 6 per cent. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - was impossible any Chancellor of the Exchequer could care gentleman had made as great a blunder as that which E e w ith regard to the other two duties, he thought that the thr.n that which he had, he must be allowed to saY, Pru- carried, and, give him the removal of these impediments A t l as about, for it was a mere nothing nly about 380,0001.- charged against the mover. The Chancellor of h th 4x . , 135.6 d. 69 9 0 510 0 SI% r i g ht h on . the Chancellor of the Exchequer had used the dently estimated. He hoped it would not be considered a to knowledge, and he would willingly give up all the sums • Argus Life ........... 41. Der cent. ico 3 0 16 0 0 ..._ (a laugh), and he was supported by a considerable number chequer argued as if, of the 166,0001., not more tan one- most sophistical arguments in answer to the clear, compre- flagrant estimation on his part that he had gone upon that now voted for education. (Cheers.) British Commercial .. 7s. 61. 50 0 0 5 'I 0 7 of gentlemen in a vote to strike off that duty without third would. be received into the Exchequer. But when hensive, and most conclusive speech of the right hon. mem- calculation of a less revenue thau it would appear had Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR said, ae an independent Ciericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2 , ,% any consideration of balancing the income and expendi- you had got an establishment with servants engaged and ber for Manchester. There could be no doubt that at pre- been 'actually realised. (Hear, hear.) He must, there- member, he wished to vindicate the course he should adopt County ........... .... 4/. 100 0010 0 0 121 ture bf the country. (Hear, hear.) It was, however, a salaries in course of payment ; and when you came in the sent the country was inundated with a flood of mischievous fore, impress on this house these facts-that the surPlus in supporting these three motions, irrespective of all party l ' e o g`r e ' l •'""" • • • • " T s : V ) 0 0 0 0 : 0 0 g e u e U moderate demand compared with some others. The hon. end to a large amount of business, every charge having and pestilential publications, which stimulated the worst was greater than last year, and th a t th e amean t of a,dver- considerations-(hear hear)-leaving the Chancellor of the Equity and Law:. :. :: 4% per cent. 10000 500 a: member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), who came next, raised already been made on the amount of receipts, those receipts passions of the vulgar, and which the house was unable to tisement duty they had to deal with was unquestionubly Exchequer to extricate himself from his position with that European Life ...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 his terms very much, for he moved for the repeal of Cus- were then, for the most part, profit, and increasing profit, encounter, because it would not allow salutary publications less than 180,000/. Were they justified, then, in dealing ingenuity for which he was so remarkable. (Hear, General ............ .. - 50 0 5.3( toms' Duties to the amount of no less than 1,350,0001. ; the to the establishment. His right hon. colleague was there- to be issued on the same terms. Even if such an object as with the first resolution of the right honourable gentleman? hear, and a laugh.) He had recently received a letter Globe ••• .. 61. per cent. Stock. lf .' 150 hon. member did not indeed wish to press his m_o e tto o nnto a fore fairly entitled to believe that of the 166,0001. at least this could be purchased with the sacrifice of a considerable His opinion was -that they were not justified in dealing from a gentleman of great literary eminence, bearin 0 45 0 0 6: g Lu p ar e d r i ia ai l i lwe :..:: : : : : 1 5/ i pe e r r c c e e n n t t. 1 5 0 0 1 ( i ) g 0 50 0 0 4 division, b u t a di v i s ion was called for, and into th I Pity a two-thirds, if not three-fourths, would be profit to the amount of revenue, he would say it was worth the sacri- with the third resolution. Totally omitting from his strongly on this question. The 'writer, who was now Imperial Life tof that proposition. Post-office (Hear hear ) The loss to the revenue then . ' P ies. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Mee number of gentlemen went in supper th 10th the noble • '• '• ' • '• • ' , , fice ; but when it was proved that this sacrifice would be consideration all those political and moral questions which abroad, said-" lam very thankful for your anxiety to Indemnity Marine.... i Leb•So 4. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 That was on the 3d of March. On e became insignificant, if not obliterated, when the enormous little, if anything, he was at a loss to conceive how any the right hon. gentleman had brought before theln, and push my work into notice, but lam net sure th a t indim Law Fire •••••. • . - •• 2s. & ls. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4(4 lord (Lord R. Grosvenor), one of,tho most formidable an- facility was considered which would be given to business by person holding the chara,cter of a st a t esman , s h ou ld hesitate looking at the subject merely . in a fmancial point of view, criminate advertising would do good in proportion to the Law l'ife•• •'•••• • • • • • - 100 0010 0 0 50 tagonists any Chancellor of the Exchequer e- t v . er hadel the proposed alteration. But the Chancellor of the Ex- to repeal a tax that was SO ob nox i ous an d so m i sc hi ev ous. he did not think they were justified in dealing with the cost. Literature is divided in England into university, t o ev i l on anA r Ge e neral Life los &- bs. N 0 g 1 2 2 1g g 5 4 6 24 laugh)-descended from the hills with e his mo ion again chequer was a Minister of pregress. He (Mr. Bright) He would not go into the origin of these taxee, but he ap- third resolution, which involved a question of s° inne,li re - political, and circulating ; and unless you can advertise L ondon e h i p... • the duty on attorneys' certificates. His demand h agam was believed so ;he had no expectation of having any Govern- prehended it was admitted on all hands that the intention , venue. In the first place, he must repeat the opinion into, or enter one of these circles, it is necessary to trust marine.... .*. . :::::: 15s. • 001500 22 '- moderate-no more than 120,000/. That demand e pressed meat in this country again which was not formed of a when they were first imposed, was te restrain the diffusion which he expressed last year,. that all the.? 4 thre? duties to Eine. lam not a university man ;my works do not Med.ln ":- per share 100 vlid • - • Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 to a division, and the house was pleased to affirm his pro- Ministry of progress. Those who had most pretended of information. The Chancell or of the Exchequer had re- were to be considered as fiscal duties and nothing' eae, and fall in with the political ideas of the day ; they are much minerva ...... •• •• nosal in defiance of:such opposition as the Government otherwise within the last few years were just as fond as ... putliated any such intention ; why, then, did he retain the that, looking at the question as one of taxation, it involved too heavy for the circuletine libraries-indeed the high Monarch ...... - 50 0 10 0 21s. ' ' h e met on the 4th of A 1 could offer. (Hear.) The ous Pr' , others of progress when they found themselves on the Tree -1 th 1 400 000/ • ' 0 , Nation IL tax ? (Hear.) He theueht th •ht h entleman had the consideration of an amount of not ess an , , • price of books in England gives a bad tone to general read. a e rig on. g _ a a n oan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 21 4 after the Easter recess. On the sth, an hon. member (Mr. sury bench. The Chancellor of the Exchequer eves more 1' 11 thum Life urged the objection drawn from the other inOt&iltliat h ad (E.re,are, hear.) He proposed in the present instance to deal ing, as people can only see the books that suit circulatine Pelican .. -51. per cent. 50 0020 0 2 v ,8 Oliveira) made a motion with regard to_ the wine duties, ingenious than he was likely to prove successful when he been made for a reduction of taxation as lif all tnese me- wltn tne first resolution, which was to repeal the duty on libraries and book clubs, which are so much in the hand; Phoenix •••••• • • :: • • -- - - 45 affecting revenue amounting to 1,700,0001. He, however, attempted to persuade the house that, because the stamp - - - 173 tions had bee n suc cess f u l. Rut the facts were not so. He advertisements, and which involved a sum of les. than of booksellers that they may be regarded as a part of the Professional Lif e .... :•. al. p er cen t. 6 5 0 010 0 IA only proposed to take away about two-thirds of the amount and advertisement duties were reduced some years ago, had himself voted with the rieht h e tleman against 180,0001. (Cheers.) Now, what was the principal argu- same system. I see the effect of this in my own library : all 0 on. ° en P -- (uent Life in the firstinstance, and with great kindness and considera- there was no reason why they should hurry forward-admit- the other demands that were made upon the TreasurY; hut meat that bad been brought forward by the noble lord on my best modern works on history, in English, are American f i l t ock tAle ss. 530010 0 8% teness he was content withthe discussion he had raised and ting, however that the reduction was no reason why they here the evil was se g r e a t, th e sacr ifi c e s o small, that he this subject ?If there was an inference that could be corn- French, or German reprints, for I could never have afforded s za t l i E r :tcha n ea ...••• 6/. p.t. &bs Stock. all 236 the opinions he had elicited, and did not press his motion - should stay - Am.° they were. The right hon. gentleman felt it was the dut Of every man to record his vote along pletely drawn from it it was this, that no proposition for to purcha.se the quarter otherwise. The ten volumes of Ditto Life ........ 6 1;117. 91 .--. to a division. That was on the Tuesday. On the Thurs- said the demands for reductions were likely to abolish ith the right hon Y . member for Manchesteih ,ll,e, asiTel, n? the repeal of a tax should be made before the budget, and Grote's History of Greece, which is the English edition, has United Kingdom .. •• 1/. p. et. &bs 20 - 0 0 4 Vi 0 . 6 - day-for there•were two days in the tveek for these attacks his office ; but on the wine and the cm•riage duties the w a to ote with the rieht hon. member wn° °°"evea mat what chalice a proposition of this kind would have after alone cost me more than the works of Hallam, Macaulay, Universal Life . upon the Exchequer-a motion was made with respect to expectation of making up the revenue was stated. It i t n he n s Lee was gre t, or that the object to be attained the budget he left the house to decide. (Cheers.) If they Arnold, Prescot, and Carlyle. Englishm en re s idi ng i n our Victoria Life •••••• • • sl. Der cent. - 412 6 5% the Irish Consolidated Annuities ; and that demand, sup - was not till the division became close that the window-tax was s a m e all ; but he h a ad a right to ask those gentleman who sanctioned the proposition of the noble lord, that the Ad- colonies have told me they procure all their books from ported by . a considerable number of members, involved BRIDGES. was abolished. The argument on the taxes to which the thoueht the sacrifice was little, and that the edneat.i°,n of ministration of the day should possess the privilege and America, which is, therefore, educating the descendants of 2,000,000/. and upwards of revenue. (Hear.) On the next resolutions related, as comnared with others, was used by g e '" l e . • t t--he ske I and he had a rl'ut t° monopo l y of Proposing the remission of all taxes, he asked all who emigrate. I was always aware of the great im- , Dividend Amount t ... peep en as Inver an e a t ~. . e , , Tuesday-they kept their times regularly-(a laugh)- all Ch hE I; b t th° 't . ancellors of t e xc equer, u is propos' ion was ask them to convert what was an object of alarm into an the ouse o consu er a e w a h' t •I-11 h t would be the effect of such portance of Mr. Cowan's motion on the paper tax, and Name of Company. per of l'aid . Price. Tuesday and Thursday-(a laugh)-the hon. member for Alinum. Share. not brought fer ward as a question with respect to the • . trumea of good-he asked those who had made bread a, principle. (Hear.) Let them take allY taxes the renais- every. day I see that, as a political measure, it 1 3 n ecessar y Westminster (Sir D. L. Evans) made a motion to reduce -- -- existing press, but because those taxes were the instrument e ' reap to minister to the wants and cravings of our intel- sion of which were acknowledged generally to have Pro - to preserve the intellectual guidance of our coloni es . If X s. d. x s. d. . the duty on carriages, but the amount he affected again by which a mach larger amount of press, so to speak, ehan duced benefit to the community, and he asked if their we cannot keep our political power over them, we might Huneerfera .......... l ' ectual nature. (Cheers.) - - - 12 sank miserably from the standard of the week before ;it that which actually did exist, was suppressed and extin- Mr. J: L. RICARDO slid the nes , ion immediately be- repeal had been proposed by the Ministers or bY Pri. give than a geod education, or the materials for gi ving eoutha are .. ... ... .. - leo 0 0 - was only 413,013/.. and ha too was so kind as not to divide •h 1 M ft' t t-' • als did not guis ec. any one mos no ()Lions journ fore the ho ' q ' l t' 'd t t b'f th house ? (Hear, hear.) Why, it themselves one." (Hear.) For these reasons he should use was the repeal of the at ver memo'', uy,va e mem ers o e Di.to New of 7% p.c 709. per cent. 50 0 0 - - 16 IVaterloo ..... ........ - 100 0 0 - 3*l the house, and not to call for the expression of an abstract wish the house to interfere with the penny stamp duty. and to that 't• th Ch' 11 fth E h ''t as milY after repeated discussions, and after public certainly vote for all the resolutions. (Cheers.) propos' ton e ance or o e xc equer 1 w opinion. We had now arrived at the 14th, and there waft One unfortunate result of it tax of the kind was, that it ha 1 •ve gi. nno satisfactory answer. Before goine to a divi- opinion had decided in favour of their repeal, that it Lord R. GROSVENOR said, that although many of his . Into Old Ann. of 8/. 2/ Ss Od Ditto N • * • - w ditto of 71 21 2s Od 60 0 0 26 a most formidable ascent again in the figuree for the right narrowed indugt 'll 't b 1 • th h 1 •(' -• • ~ ry ti i ecame a monopo yin e am s d 1 e • fth b th l• fth Ai mt er . (H ear , hear.) It was constituents were very much interested in this question, Vauxhall .. . . sion, the house was entitled to expect a ec aration o e ecame epo icy o e ini 2 . . - 4u 0 0 .2% hon. gentleman was requiring the house, not by a distinct of old-establishen firms and persons of large capital. He o inion of the Government with respect to the policy of so with the motions introduced by Lord Althorn and other he meant to vote against the resolutions in spit e o f th e l. 70 10 3 - 21 plain vote to part with, but to condemn revenue amount- (Mr. Bright) h. el that day read a pamphlet, published by L whole sub'ect. In 1836, Lord M e lb ourne sa id h e wou ld gentlemen after the peace. (Hear.) Look at the repeal of speech of the right hon. gentleman (//ir. Disraeli), the WATER-WORKS. in& to 1,400,000/. Such was the rate at which demands the editor of a newspaper against the motion, but one ' 1- 1 'el th t • b lt 'd th "xes en,leather and other articles. The motions for delivery of which he much regretted, because he never consent to c eci e e ques ion ypa ry corm era- e • had been made upon the Exchequer during this short time could not peruse a passage ' without seeing that the a,athor tions of revenue but would treat it as a great social ques- carrying out , these objects - were not mad° first bY the Go- thought it calculated te lower the charact er of p u bli c n a Dividend Amount -amounting within these eight weeks to 7,800,000/.- was looking to his own journal, his own advertisements, . tion. The noble lord the member for London held offiee ver n m e nt , hut hY country ,gentlemen ; and it was only men. (Cries of "Oh !" from the Opposition, and cheers .N me of Company. per of Paid. Price. (hear, hear)-so that while the hon. member said the house his own receipts, the absence of rivalry and competition, under Lord Melbourne at that time, and it e inould become after a course of long-sustained argument flat these remis- from the Treasury benches.) He said th a t n er d 7, R usse ll ______ Annum. Share. voted away public money at the rate of 1,000,000/. an and that his own interest had blinded his eyes on the ques- him - to speak out now on that part of th e presen t G over n. s ions were a d op t e d . He nee d no t refer to still more for- had stated that the House ought not to vote for the repeal X s. d. X. s. d. hour, large portions of the house had shown a verystrong tion. The extract of a letter from Lord Brougham to the ment. The hon. member tben expres se d hi s di sa pp ro val cible instan ces i n mo d ern ti mes -in times in which they of any tax before the budget was brought in. That was East London 6l. per cnt. Stock. - 1':5% inclination to vote away the funds by w hi c h th e public hon. member for the West Riding, which had been read by of Afr. Timm, the solicitor of th e I n l an d R evenue D epar t. themselves lived, and in the house in which they them- a misstatement of the speech of his noble friend. ("Hear Grand Junction ..... • 1 4/. per mt. 50 0 0 - G 9 charges were to be met, if not at any rate at the tolerably his rigbt hon. friend, deserved serious consideration. For ment, in summoning the ve n d ors o f uns t ampe d newspa p ers selves sat. Were those taxes repealed in accordance with hear " from Lord J. Russell.) What his noble friend had Le m ra ce ............... I 41. per cat. IGO 0 0 - 84)4 rapid one of 1,0,10,000/. a week. (Hear.) That wa.s a serious those classes of which the agricultural labourers might be instead of their publishers, b e f ore po li ce m „i s t ra t es f or steps first taken by the Government ? Was the repeal stated was, that as this was the first budget of the present an •-•••••• New River Company.. 2 l. 10s. - 100 o ' , O . - - - - 60 state of things for the house to consider.• If the house was taken as constituting the chief portion, a London news- inf tin the law ; and, in conc l us i on , h e ca ll e d en the not, on the contrary, adopted. by Ministers frequently Chancellor of the Exchequer, and as it was within four Southwark & Vauxnan 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 disposed to think that the best mode of managing the paper was too large too extensive, treating of matters Attorney g -General to ex pl a i n th e prov i s i ons o f th e measure against their convictions or after conversions as sineular days of the time, he ought first to be allowed to make his West Middlesex •• ••••• 61.05. pr cnt. - - 110 finances of the country was by these successive votes at which, to their limited information, were entirely foreien, .9 which the Government was a b ou t t o i n t ro d uce re l a ti ve t e as they were sudden ? (Hear.) He thought, then, ° that financial statement, and, above all, to state what the sure DOCKS. the instance of individual members, regulated bY and which were beyond their understanding. A London the stem duty on newspapers. the proposition which the noble lord had so strongly inn plus for the year would be. (Hear, hear.) Last year he all the chances and accidents that dete rm i ne d which me- newspaper gave them more news than a man such The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa id th a t th e pu bli ca ti on pressed upon them that night was one of a most dangerous (Lord R, Grosvenor) voted with the right hon. gentlem3n Dividend Amount tion should come first--(hear)-if th ey th oug ht it a safe as that had heart or' power to read ;he had not broad against which Mr. Timm h a d p rocee d e d- an d w hi c h was character, and one against which the house ought most (Mr. M. Gibson) in favour of these resolutions. On the Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. course to encourage these motions and divisions with re- enough knowledge of history, of geography, of the issued in the district with which the hon. member who carefully to guard, if it regarded itself as being something present occasion his intention was not to vote with him. Annum. Share. sPect to them, then he had no more to say, except to sag- world, to relish the mass of information to be found spoke last was connected-was as much a newspaper as the more than an assembly that had only to register the de- (Derisive cheers and laughter from the OPposition.) When -______ -------- -----, gest a public economy which might be highly ac c ept a bl e to in a London newspaper. He wanted something more Times, Herald, or Chronicle, and it was only fair that crees of the Minister, and he didnot think that was a posi- the right hon. gentleman (Mr. M. Gibson) brought forward £s.d X s ' , Commercial ••••• • .. • • 41. pr cent. St o w, • ' d ' ' ___ many-(h ear , hear, from Mr. W. Williams)-a particular applicable to his own condition-something more lo- it should be subjected to the sa me sta m p d u ty a s . tion which any gentleman there would be willing to take. these motions last year, the right hon. gentleman (Mr. East and West India.. 6%1. pr cent. Stock: ___. reduction, not a general economy-the total abolition of cal. Nothing was more true than the remark that was imposed upon these journals. The object of the mem , (Hear.) Ho would. recommend the house, then, to deal Disra.eli) then met the question by a quiet negative. But East Country.. 2os. per sli. 100 0 0 - 167 the office he had the honour to hold. (Hear, hear.) He what a man did know must be made the medium of corn- sure which the Government was about to introduce was to 4 with the opportunitybefore them with great moderation and his right hon. friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), London .•••••• • • • • 51. pr cent. stock. - li', - - knew no conceivable reason why a gentleman should be municating information to him ; and when you interested remedy certain defects in the stamp law, and to remove , great temper. He did not ask them to come to any extra- instead of meeting these resolutions by a quiet negative, _,D . ltto Bo . nds- .. •• •• 4/. per c en t, _ - _ • appointed at a considerable salary, and decorated with a his faculties in a variety of subjects, and enlarged his the doubt and uncertainty which had been caused by the vagant vote that he would not sanction himself, but he said that in their main features he concurred, and he met retrar: o n n e :• •• •• •:, e i. per cent. Stock. - 99% certain title, as steward of the public revenue and guardian circle of information, you might at last have an educated decision in the Court of Exchequer in the case of a publi- , asked them to support the repeal of the advertisement them with the previous question. He (Lord R. Grosvenor) " Victoria P ,..... • : of the public credit, and responsible for presenting to the people. It was the small news of his own neighbourhood cation called tho Narrative of Current _Events. The bill r• duty. That might not satisfy the right hon. gentleman wan perfectly satisfied. with that mode of meeting the sub- - , 200 , s% house, in some tolerable shape, a balance between the ex- that interested the agricultural labourer ; and that which would insure the payment of the stamp duty by all publi- ' the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his friends, but ject, and thought the House ought to wait until Monday penditure and the income of the year, if the house, which might be called of inferior quality might be made the cations which were really newspapers, while it would ,• his business was not to satisfy the right hon. gentleman for the financial statement. (Cheers.) CANALS. was suprenie in all these matters, was deliberately of opi- vehicle for conveying to him the knowledge of that which exempt from it publications like the Narrative of Current and. his friends-(hear)-but to do that which in all the Sir J. PAKINGTON would not have nOticed what had. 1 nion that the best mode of dealing with them was by con- was of superior quality. He (Mr. Bright) was glad the Events, which were published at intervals exceeding 26 , circumstances was most prudent and politic-to take that proceeded from the noble lord who had just sat down, if it Names of g Dividend Names ef r; Dividend - demning on successive motion-days one sum after another, Chancellor of the Exchequer had not committed himself to d ays , I course which was most beneficial to the country. (Hear, had fallen from any other lips than his own. (Hear.) The a Companies. g per Price. e per Companies. el Price. the lowest being the insig,nificant amount of 120,000 n, the the view taken in the time of Lord Melbourne's Govern- After a few words from Mr. WILKINSON in support hear.) He was not of the opinion that the press of this House must recollect the triumph which the noble lord had er. highest rising to the dignity of 2,000,000/. (Hear, hear.) ment. So he should have expected from the general libe- of the ' • motion, country could be too free. (Cheers.) He knew that, as obtained only a few days ago, with regard to the repeal of a - - - -- - • That was matter for the consideration of the house. It n ra ty of the right hon. gentleman's ideas and he believed X was impossible for him (tho Chancellor of the Exchequer), the noble lord the member for London tea the same view Lord J. RUSSELL reminded the house that the Chan- ; the press was now constituted, it was considered that its tax in amount very nearly the same as that produced by nahtn& Oldh 08 71. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield 1 1 • 100 2/. 10s.- 50 I upon the present occasion, to say more, he thought, with _ color of the Exchequer had sliown that he had been called a ' annoy and its efforts were not favourable to the opinions the advertisement duty. (Hear.) The noble lord had narnsley.• • • 160 - - Neata •• •• •• 100) 161. - that it would be unworthy of the present age to main he and his friends held or the views they advocated. It then no scruples in coming forward to press his motion for BrknkinAtrg 150 51. 52% Oxford.. •• •• me i 13/. 132 regard to the fiscal question than he had already stated. tain those taxes except on the principle of revenue. There upon to repeal taxes to the amount of 7,000,000/. before•he Birmingham 40 41. 105% Peak Forest. 78; W. 18s. 70 was more probable that a press eminently utilitarian, and the repeal of the annual certificate duty paid by attorneys, With regard to the question of policy, he had stated in were persons who said, if papers were allowed to circulate had had an opportunity of making his financial statement. which appealed only to reason, would exercise its influence and, in spite of the remonstrances of the Chancellor of the Coventry.... 100 257. - Reg!nt'!3• •• • 33 11 -4 ) s• 1 4 % the most distinct terms that the Government had no wish as freely as men to get on the top of a barrel and address It was said, on the other hand, that the house had not ' against them, but a Conservative press was not only a Exchequer, he pressed his motion to a division, and de- i Er y re . B;6l; i te ) '2% 6 l:l l. t. V% I ;:m en r: 1 e a t e &; • l i :P . - x * - te retain, and would not retain, any restraint whatever a crowd, the country woUld be flooded with pestilent pub- . ress that apperded to reason, or ought to do so, but was feated the Government. (Hear, hear.) And when the Grand,' unctn 100 3e pi. e ct. 68 Do.LkFdst - 12 - - Upon the press for the sake of restraint ; that for them the lications. One met men who used oaths and obscene fth 1 hich had been made for P sanctioned any o e propose s w - : one that appealed to the feelings ; therefo re if its power noble lord talked about lowering the character of public Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61.10. ct. - Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 405 question would be a p ure ly fi sca l ques ni en ; and that the remarks in their conversation, and desired to avoid them. the remission of taxation. Very true ; and the Chancellor , were greater, its influence more extensive, and its agency men it would be the conduct of a man who could beat the Grand Surrey 100' 21. 10s. - ihrewebury.. 1 25 -- 7 4 claims of newspapers for relief from taxation, if it could Would the public prefer what was nauseous and foul to of the Exchequer asked the house to pnrsue the same more diffused, it would be in proportion more valuable Government on a question that suited his own fancy and Grand Union 100, 11.109. 24 Stoarbrldge.. 145 20 . 230 be shown (which probably it might be) that they paid more more wholesome mental aliment ? But the latter was co - urse on the present occasion-r Hear" and laughter)- . a nd mere influential. (Hear.) But he was now speaking his own views, and who had no hesitation in supporting Kennt & AV!! 39, Gs. 04. 7% Vir e u ß a a l i a . l 20 2/. es. 21 than an equivalent for the service they received, should denied to them, the former freely allowed. Penny pub- and to leave him at liberty to explain en M on d a y nex t th e " en the general theme. He looked at the first resolution of them when the question happened to turn upon a matter T rfeTtivrp • l lgg' 27i. 5 7 6 - 0 Warwick & a meet with fair consideration, and he meant by fair consi- lications were permitted to issue with exciting and 100, 51. 66 latrmingt. j ICO 4/. 40 deration a just and impartial comparison between those horrific accounts of matters, such as stimulated the pes- manner in which he thought it desirable to proceed rela- I the right hon. gentleman, and he saw that it recommended 4in which he did not take equal interest. (Cheers.) He, Leicester.... ' a policy which he believed to be sound and beneficial, and for one, should give his vote on the first resolution with Leicstr &Nth 83: 41. 44% Warwick &1 claims for relief and the claims of the other great interests sions, inflamed the imagination, and produced the most five to the remission of taxes. This seemed to be a rea which, both when he was in opposition, and when in a the right hon. gentleman (Mr. M. Gibsen), and in favour Longhborogh 142, 70w. 510 Napton.. j 100 31. 23 concerned in the reduction of ta,xation. (Hear, hear.) The evil effects, especially on younger readers. He held. in his sonable request, and one which the house ought to accede more responsible position, he advocated and upheld. of the views entertained by the late Government. (Cheers manreenthsb !ee l - _ W•astii ng &i,„ 37. _ right hon. gentleman could not ask him for more ;if he hand a circular which contemplated this alarming state of to. On the other hand, it could not be a matter of stir- (Hear.) He did not think they ever could advance with , and laughter.) Mntgmerysh 100 stood whore he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was thines and proposed a remedy. It was iesued by the editor the general question that had been opened to their con- Lord R GROSVENOR explained. The Chancellor of '' MeltnMwbry , 100 - - Wilts & Brks 1 10s. Od. 7 standing, he was quite certain he would not give more-- of aleaner called the True Briton who, after acknowledg- f M h t b ill prise that the right hon. member or anc es er, e g sideration that night if they missed the present opportn- 1 the Exchequer had met his resolution on the repeal of the GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. he would not consent to these affirmations. lf the right ine the'generous support given to 'his views by Lord Shaf- strongly impressed with the idea that the taxes under con nity, and therefore he recommended the house to support , attorneys' certificate daty by a direct ne ative, - but to the hon. gentleman (Mr. Gibson) were finance minister, he !' tesbnry and others who were distinguished Christian phil- sideration were injmious to the country, should biin-rtre the rsght hon. gentleman in his first resolution, and settle ' resolutions now before the house he onl g ed the pre- Dividend A mot Int would not consent to adopt a policy of promises instead of y MAW Name of Company. per Of anthropiste, proceeded to urge the necessity of having subject under the consideration of th e h ouse an d enforce for ever the repeal of the duties on advertisements. (Hear, yio - as question. Annum. Share. Paid, p r i„ . performances. (Hear, hear.) There was a time, once a " papers of sound opinion, manly sentiment, and honour- h• • ' h le'l't hich bled to hi The hear.) is mews moth teai 1 y w e on e e m. Mr. MAGITIRE said, it was a matter of indifference to ...________ -- year, when the minister was brought to book, and when able tone, teaching what was right between man and man!" __ ______ Mr. S. HERBERT should be sorry if the house wore to him whether the late Chancell•or of the Exchequer was a X s. d. x s. d. it was his duty to show what he meant to do; let him be Ent it wa.s explained in other passages which the hon. right hon. gentleman brought his three propositions under divide under the impression of tho statement made by the convert to a certai • roposition or not. If the proposition British -•• •• ........ .._. - held there. If his proposals were good, let them be taken • : member quoted, that it was impossible to obtain a circula- the consideration of the house last year, and the house then Ditto Provincial. I/ - - if bad, let them be rejected. But let not the house deal right hon. gentleman who had just sat down. (Hear, before the house I Ve 3 is a fair one, he was bound to sup - Brighton .. ••• • Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 tion sufficiently extensive, unless clergymen and others pro- rejected them by a considerable majority. The propositions hear.) In consequence of a cheer which came from his port it, whatever the consequences might be, and, though city of London .... .. ...:. .2o o 0 20 0 0 16 with the country in words and phrases. (Hear, hear.) motel such circulation in their parishen the reason whY must be considered separately, for they stood. on different noble friend near hire, the right hon. gentleman, in a tone h e mi g ht h ave i n di v id ua l an d p erso n a l interests ,in Continental (ed came, ea . lee 9 0 150 0 0 195 He had no doubt of the right hon. gentleman i 's s-neerity ; the paper did not compete with papers of another class ground, and the general term " taxes on knowledge" was of some indignation, asserted what no one denied, that to o pp os iti on t e th e mo ti on, ye t th e r ight hon. memoer F.quitable• •• • ........ 0 1 /. .5 1 g g g t 4 so 1 8 : "m but he would say it was a dangerous practice to adopt re- being, that those amazing accounts and exciting topics in not one which, by any latitude of construction, could be a deputation which waited on Lord Derby and himself last for Manchester had his sympathy i n e very proposition he c r e n r i e p a s t ri C s intrale. a ... 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - 14•6 solutions expressive of general intentions, which ho would which the latter could not be furnished. If to the moral properly applied to the duties referred to in the resolutions. year, they expressed their abstract opinion in favour of the had laid down. (Hear, hear.) ••• • • ...• 31 & lson 5 Independent . .. • ' us. 0 0 0 50 0 0 83% not say flattered passions, but raised reasonable expec- essays were added an account of facts passing in this and (Hear, hear.) As to the duty on advertisements, the right repeal of the advertisement duty. (Hear.) But abstract The house then divided on the previous question, when L0nd0n...... •.: •••• •• •• :: 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 tations-expectations whieh yet hon. gentlemen were not other countries, those facts would give a medium through hon. member had very truly stated that it interfered with opinion unfortunately was sometimes overruled by great - 50 0050 0 0 - the numbers were :- Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent 25 0 0 25 0 0 247 prepared to fulfil. (Hear, hear.) Were they, or were - which these good things desired to be taught would. be con- tho general business of the country-with the requirements financial necessities-(cheers)-and the right hon. gentle- ... 200 they not, prepared to fulfil expectation in this instance ? veyed ; and Mr. Abel Heywood, a respectable bookseller in of those who wished to obtain situations, to dispose of pro- man, holding this abstract opinion, did not think it neces- 169 Phoanix ....... •. •• - 311. per cent. 50 00450 0 - 8 Rateilfr.••• • .. •• .. • Was the right hon. gentleman prepared to throw over Manchester, and a large vendor of cheap publications, said perty-in short, with all transactions connected with buy- sary when he proposed his budget ,- -(cheers)- did not think Noes ... ... ..• •• • ••• . _ 3l Majmity against Government ... United General .. •• .- W. 100 0090 0 0 - U. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 every other claim ? 'Would he cut off revenue to part with tint the good infalliby, in the lone run, and, even in a •ne and selling (Hear hear )It might be said that the it necessary t,o *peal that duty, or, even. when the repeal Westniiester Chartered 51. per cent, 60 0 50 00 1 89 advertisement dut these taxes ? It was fair enough in the right hon. gentle- sh ‘ ort time, drove out the bad. Tha circular, dated April t F lax was not of large aniount; but it interfered with the of this tax was proposed, to express any very strong opinion The first resolution, " That the y Ditto. New ...- -.... 51. per cent. ,so n 0 10 0 0 7% ed to witho t man (Mr. .Gibsen), as in the hon. member for Westinin- 29, 1852, was followed. by another on May 6, 1852, which business of the coantry. Besides it was a third tax ; first, in favour of a modification-(hear)-b u t to every one of ought to be repealed," was then ogre u a ster to raise discussion as the moans of impressing upon spoke of the desire among the population for whom the there was the tax on paper, then the stamp duty on the the propositions for repealing these taxes he and the gen- division. LIST OF SCOTTISR COMPANIES' PRICES. the ' bl• • d h pia lc min w at was just, and upon the mind of the • Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it were thought that let- paper was in ~ tended. to have " something that should be newspaper, and, thirdly, the duty on advertisements. tlemen acting with him Were opposed. (Hear, hear.) In A e n v i s i on aex t ma r place upon the second resolution, Dividend Amount fresh every week. Men now resorted to public-houses to The right hon. gentleman's other propositions stand on his budget there was no Proposal for a repeal of this tax ; re l a ti ng t o th e s t amp duties on newspaper, when the mun- Nam e o e company. per of Paid. Price. ters, and newspapers, and interviews were not sufficient ;e t a sieht of a newspaper But every man would have rff t d It was said that the tax on news- but was that all that took place ? That budget dived some bers were :- A rnum. Share. but let not the house be lel into the practice of dealin ' e '''' • * ' c 1 eren groun . ga° his cheap newspaper on his table every mormng, and. not papers was intended as a restraint on the diffusion of useful distance into futurity, but the " abstract opinion" was lightly with questions of public revenue, as they would un- For the resolution... ••• ... ... eg X s. d. X s. d. • only would it be an invitation to him to read, but an invi- info ation. If that were really the object of the tax, it not brought to bear upon any part of the right hon. .t ... ... ... 280 awares slide into, if they accustomed themselves to a course Against i ... ••. Bank of Scotland .... •• 71. per cent. 106 0 0 100 0 0 188/10 of condemnin one thine an g ~, d another, and dissociating the tation to his wife and children. Tho art and power uld b i I tent w ith th e no n ce . e f th e country. (Hear.) entleman's future financial policy. (Hear, hear.) And IT , Lv e o tinfo e ncens_s . d - ni . 1 'lel dlt g h t 1.• I h k the house to do now ? Tha financial state- Majority •• • ••• ••• •• • - -I-82 British Linen Comp.... RI. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211/ 0 of readin uld be as entirely possessed by eve g wo mutton be diffuse as wi ey as possi e, an e wac u. eas l an k ..... 01. per cent. 10 0 0 7JO 0 3'. 18s - opinions they expressed from a carefully and well-weighed Caledonian 1 _ then divided upon the third resolution, affirm estima o r ' te f thei means of givine practical effect to th • 0 member of the family as the facility of hearing or e" of speaking. (Hear, hear.) The publication referred, to t Monde • people form their opinion according to all the lights they ment was coming on nex y, and he told them not The hhuse i. f continuing the Excise dut on a City oftalasgew Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 'O/ . 13s could obtain. For his part, he looked upon the stamp to imagine that the surPlus of the current ye ar was t o b e ing the imp° icY 0 Y P Per. Clydeedale Bank -• •• .• GL per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 '2 14s • resolutions. (Hear, hear.) These sentiments he had thoug•ht it right to express. They were not in collision was described as h a yi ng a cons id era bl e b u t no t a paying d u ty as a tax imposed for the purpose of revenue, rather jud ge d o f b y th e past, but that there was to be a larger The numbers were :- _ Commercial Bank .. •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 'B2l 0 . Eastern Bank •• •• - - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/11s ' sale. The stamp strangled that and many other publica- than of restraint. Theargument on the other side was pushed surplus, and therefore the proposition of the right lion. For the resolution ... ... ... ... 80 . - with the doctrine of the right hon. gentleman as to the Edinb &Glasgow -• • 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 8s ( Te freedom of the press, which was not merely to be permitted tions equally 'meritorious, yet it was not sufficient to put too far, and the benefit which might be expected from the member for Manchester should be acceded to. (Hear.) Now Against it ... ... ... ... ... 275 Exchangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 g i . I d i down publications containing the most filthy and almmin- repeal of the duty was exceedingly exaggerated. (Hear.) he would not anticipate the statement of the Chancellor of Majority ... ... •• • ... --195 and tolerated, but highly estimated and prized, for it tend- National hana •• -•• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s , able things ever printed, whether as regarded morals, Could it be seriously maintained that the removal of the the Exchequer, but no one would imagine that he would Northof Scotland Ballk sLper cent. 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 2s ed to bind closer together all the national interests, and to eoyernment, or religion. Let them make • the press duty would encourage moral and religious publications, have a surplus as large as that of the right hon. gentleman B URGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. ROyalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 (00 0 0 1- 5 / 1 0 I preserve the institutions of the country. (Hear.) He (the ? elm corrector of the press. An extension of political power and yet afibrd no advantage and facility to persons who last year. It was the height of ingenuity and unf a i rness This bill was read a third time and passed. Union Bank of Scot. .. el. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92/10s 3 Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not wish to convey an could not be prevented, and this of all times was the time wished to issue publications of an opposite character? to say that, though he and his friends, when in office, had Western Bank .. -- - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72/ lOs i Th other orders of the day were then disposed of, and Alliance Fire and Life.. 830. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24/ 10s 4 approval of the taxes with respect to which the motion was , i when a Government professing a great regard for education It, unfortunately, could not be denied that there was a a larger surplus to deal with than now existed, and refused the h e o • itl2 ' 1 k use adiourne, a ococ . British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 11. 8, ' made. (Hear, hear.) He had stated frankly as regarded should make a bold attempt to settle this question. It portion of the community to whom publications intended to adopt any proposal for the repeal oi this tax, yet the Caledonian Fire Instil'. 101. pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26/ ed ] the advertisement duty, he had stated as regarded the was not a question of revenue. The Chancellor of the to appeal to the imaeination and excite the passions were present Government, though their surplus was smaller, City of Glasgow Lilt* 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 108 I paper duty, he had stated without entering into detail upon Exchequer was only half the Minister who ought to have more attractive thaepublications of a moral and religious were bound to repeal the tax. (Hear.) He hoped the Ai ANSION- HO USE-A pril 14. Colonial Life ... .... • • t. 5 5/. per cen 00 0 10 0 4/. 7s 4 the amount of advantage derived by newspapers from the answered. It was a question of education. If the stamp nature. (Hear.) He confessed he could not see that any house would not be led away by the mis-statement that Edinburgh Life insur. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 1-5 0 0 21/10 s ' post, as compared with the payment, that he should be &- Scot, Law Life 51. per cent 50 0 0 217 6 i/ o s f were abolished the circulation of newspapers would in- great advantage would be gained by the repeal of the news- had been made. They had heard the explanation of his -__•____ Eng. . delighted. to see the day wheu the burden UpOD. newspapers `'• Life A.ssoc. of scetland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 4'. 0, f ' creas3 probably five times ; but, supposing ld.. or ad. im- paper duty, and he believed that Lord Brougham's idea of right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and. he GREAT FORGERY ON MESSRS. ROBARTS, THE BANKERS.- National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 13; ~ might be removed-(hear, hear)--and he hoped the rieht • th P t ffi th - t a posed on newspapers entering eos -o ce, e amoun newspapers being circulated throughthecountry byhawkers hoped they would have sufficient confidence in that state- CLEVER CAPTURE, AND RECOVERY OF THE CASH. North British Insur. * 51. per cent. 200 0020 0 0 34/. P s ' hon. gentleman would not be nu - prised, considering the now levied. for stamps would. be maie up and probablY 11td r th s irct st be realised. As to ment not to embarra,ss the financial exposition which he A dRb rt Renton Scottish Unionlnsrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 00 i 1 /. I? S number of departmental and financial questions which had exceeded. With res h d t 'h l' i t k w°ll ' n° ' un * e " c inl- ance' ' • h I k b • t for the repeal of any pect to t e paper ny, eclcno as the papers which were sold at od., and of which the stamp a( - to ma e y a previous vo e par- re ma , o e , spectably-dressed n name Standard Life .. •... • • 51. per cent. sO 0 0 7 0 0 ;13/ P s s 0 been pressed upon him daring these three months, if he aged 25, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Whitecombe and United Dep. Assurance Sl.per cent 10 0 0 . 1 on this occasion that it should be abolished, and thought a f rmed one-fifth of the cost, it was that price which ena- ticular tax. (Hear, hear.) ' 0 0 j 11, 0 I was not prepared to enter with the right hon. gentleman Barton, metal brokers, of 75, Old Broad-street, was * Ex Dividend. Chancellor of the Exchequer mieht prefer dealing with the E: 3 l Ith proprietors to obtain at great expense authentic Mr. J. BALL declared that lie would be no party to a into the whole details of the statement with regard to brought up this forenoon by Michael Hayden, the city ----•-•---------_,_____. 11 soap-tax. The choice might b;puzzling ; but the stamp in7rm: e stion of what was going on in the world ; and, if vote which would be joined in by members opposite, who the propoeal, for which no doubt there WAS much to detective officer, before Mr. Alderman Hunter, upon a MISCELLANEOUS. fi and advertisement duties raised a question which did not l o t • f ation was to be obtained, it was not lik e ly that haa no cordial o r s i ncere sympathY with the objects for tia en orm be said, of charging newspapers for Post-office services. materially belong to the office of Chancellor of the Ex- uld be much reduced. As to the third - eues. which the vote was taken, and which they would eive charge of forging and uttering a cheque for 1,300/. on t; (Hear.) But he must own he did not quite understand tha chequer. Their removal would be in accordance with the t l ie price wo - t,h E•d t• h te - h d 1 t h e the return of their friend; to Messrs. Roberts and Ce the bankers, in Lombard iron respecting e xcise u les, an on. gen eman a mere y o prepare t o way or Name of Company. Dividend Amount S per -, of system which the right hon. gentleman intended to pro- policy on which the noble lord the member for London stated. that he was not sure, in the event of a proposal being power. (Cries of " Divide !") street. Annum. Share. Paid. Price, a pose. He said he would leave the established newspapers nad set his heart. With the general aereement which' cdf tl eal of tho duties on soap and the duties on A solicitor attended to prosecute. _ -_______ . ----__ .. me l e as at present, but let the penny prints contain news and existed in the opinion that the people * should have no ma e or . o p tleman appeared to have Mr. COBDEN said, the hon. gen . Cit r e e f the'two he would choose. If the hon. The case • • th's .- Xs.d.4 s. d. w go free l'' • paper, whi . . presented against the pneoner was 1 . . [ear. Clibson-" I said, let the establishedpaPers restriction placed on their education that free discussion a strange reason for the change of opinion at which he had Assam Tea •• ........ - have the option of remainin 23 the r p ying the as the law of the constitutio ' n, and the law of the state of doubt he was unable to gentleman was in this , . . On th 74 • 1 • : 1 ^ 1 ers Messrs. 50 0020 0 0 10y, vi --e mo o, tee present menthe his emmoy , . &notion Mart- •• •• •• 2/. ss. 50 0 0 as '-' rt th esolution before the stamp as an equivalent for fr d g f t Ya '°' ' a- • the w understand. how he could be•ready to vote for the third arrived. Ho would not suppo e r Whitecombe and Barton, who kept an an account veith Australian Acriculturl I L -- __ a , ee om o ransmission; ef y prevalent religion of this country, he (Mr. Bright) could 100 0 0 85 0 0 100 resolution. It appeared to him to be impossible that gen- house, because there was a chance of its being carried.. (A ment for Australian Trust ...4 6/. per cent in Messrs. Roberts, expecting to make a pay • - 35 0 0 - . do, there will be no loss of r evenue, and allow a •PennY not believe, after the speech of his right hon. colleag-ne, Australian Royal Mail paper to contain news " tlemen should vote against a tax when they had not made 1 1 , auge a If the hon. gentleman was always to act on that 3,000/. and u heque in their cheque -10 o o 2 0 0 4% m not a • ] But, the established papers were that the house would permit any Chancellor of the Exche , pwards, signed a c 5,ng10-Mexican Mint.. 11.705 up their minds upon the subject. But what he wished corporation acting und 1 t b ' ' 1 • 1 t't tbe h 1 b 1 whether they N V 1 • er sea , o say ma a Ody quer for any ong perme -no , i was o epee , eyonc chiefly to put to the house was, that as the Chancellor of principle, then the only ground on which the right hon. book, leaving the sum blank, which was to be filled in b y British Araerican Land 1 5s • 10 0 0 10 0 0 5% = - 38 10 0 We With respect .on d remain as at present or not. (Oh !) this session-to maintain the stamp duty on newspapers the Exche k h• fi 'al statement on vier would ma ois mum • It so happened that canteen ... a .... .. el • member for Manchester could ever hope to get his support one of the firm on the party calling. • , . percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 60 , to fiscal burde d and some- Do. 5 per cent Bond; Exchequer) entirely r,-, - ns, ho (the Chancellor of the and the duty on advertisements. (Hear, hear.) Monday next, it would h ar dly be f a i r t o w ar d s hi m , en the would be by his giving a guarantee that he would bo in a the payment was not so large as was expecte , 5/ er ce a ,. Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 61 . i p ) lit ' - -10 .1 A - 116 burden aftbcting the'=l that, if there Wa3 to be a fiscal nf r . W. WILLIAMS observed, that the only objection part of the•house, to enter upon a consideration of an im - mind 3 ritY. (A laugh.) The question WAS, would they where about 2,300/., for which another chequ d v e N.. : eitY Navigation Bonds ei -:; eel" ' - - 97 . common with so many oth s s yt was to affeet the press in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had urged i a g a-ns t portant tax within five days of that time. (Hear, hear.) accept the offers of assistance from gentlemen on the other made out and paid to the party. Towar sth Electric Telegraph (A) p - cent ' ee - 0 0 20 0 0 22% beca,use of the necessity of rayaeable and essential things, th 4 t" of these resolutions was, that he could not A( o a. op ion Ho asked, therefore. on tho part of the Government, and side of the house to c ar r y the first Pro Positions as to the cl ose o f th e e ay . s b us i ness , the prisoner, who held the a Ditto •• •• •• .... (B) 25 0 0 710 0 i 1 la cause we were obliged oft . 13,„ a public revenue, and be- ff dt 1 reveaue to the amount of 1,400,0001. The he accepted their assis- • • issing from the house, r• - minable neversioary 5i r cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 117 en ' t ° be sati '' d 'th h t aor o ose a , on the part of the person holding the office of Chancellor advertisement duty ?He must say ) position of confidential clerk, wee m . Ditto New . n I) • ' 50 0 0 10 0 0 - PI h a d got, even when we would ha sae wi wa, We tth f 11' off of the rieht hon. gentleman calculated tha ea mg . I h • of the Exchequer, that in these circumstances tho house tance with all his heart. (Cheers. t was, un apply, t• fth but no suspicions were aroused tall the examine ion 0 e Gen. Revers &I• •• •• - could. Those necessitie s of revenuv s e it otherwise if we ''' revenue would be equal to the diminution of taxation ; but should not without any necessity de c id e up on any ques ti on to o true that when hon. gentlemen went across the floor, h bl k iened cheque, which the Gen. Ste * twee. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - , however • cheque-book, when tean s , atn Navigation 10 p. et. 15 0014 0 0 30% some future period, admit of being modified. , might, at that was evidently a great error. It had been found by affecting the taxation of the country. (Hear, hear.) and took up their seats on the left of the Speaker's chair, fi •td d to have filled in for the 3,000/. payment Hudson's Bay... - 220 , they did so or not, he trusted the house -se- _ _ Whether experience that the reduction of a tax diminished the re- ..-___ _ . they became more prolific in promises and more liberal in rm in en e Stock. mod to condemn taxes until they were pre 'uld not pee- 1 1 • Mr. DISRAELI said, the nob e ord having referred to th counterfoil was written, in the Bungerford .....: •••• :: 21. - 10 s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% W f ne third of the amount of venue in the proportion only o o - their professions than when they were on tho other side of was gone, and on e „ London Institution ... - 78 15 0 - 1 neelled." This led to in • - effect to their resolution. (Hear.) With =t a to give " that reduction • end he would venture to say tint if the the discussion of last year on a motion nearly similar to the house ; and this rule applied equallY to gentlemen now Prisoner's handwriting . , ca qui- r eondon Reversionary 5/. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - ph , second resolution, his objection again to the atli na r a t ''''' 1 400 00h/ 't 1 ff tl fll f - nue would not ex f , r , . were aeon o le a o reve I e bankers where it the present, the house would perhaps excuse him for mak- on the Trea sur y b enc h es , B u t the experience of 12 e r 13 ries at Messrs. Robarts , LI , was Russell humane :moo _ - 12 10 0 - `-' abstract principles of policy was extrem e l y s t rong. Re n en e _ ceed 500,000/. He had shown the right hon. gentleman • he ue had been Price's Pet eoe or two observations on the'subject. He could quite years in that house h a d cenviuced him that if anything ascertained that the same e 9 ~ pre- .R. ,... . entcand. c o . um p er cent. 1 20 fi l g 1 1 0 7 0 ig 0 _ 0 26 - tirely agreed that wo ought not to seek to restrain the how he might greatly increase the revenue by emialising In ' n worn to be d one f or th e coun t ry , there was but one waytef sented in the course of the day for payment of ''' Ray e a r i stre t lnt. aoss. ili I. pr cen e t. 00 p. har MO 0 0 60 0 0 - cheap periodical press from narrating current event by re- the probate and legacy duties. (A laugh.) He wished to li . ith the fe l' ed b understand and sympat Ise w e ings express y - eetting it, and that was for the party who took up a clues- 1,300/. which the cashier paid him in two Tt L mane. of Bluth AustrVa a n m :: :: 51. • per s sharel 25 0025 0 0 53 ( strictions and duties, under any notion that the cheap mak e the hon. gentleman who-laughed pay ma much on his her Majesty's Ministers generally on motions of this kind. ? sion to avail th emse l ves o f an y party in that house who England notes, one for 1,000/. and the other for 300/. Trust and Loan Comp. tin periodical press ought to be regarded as otherwise than zucceseio n to his estate as the poor labourer paid on coming He and his colleagues had, when in office, to consider a si- would help the m , (H ear , hear.) They had been talking Th ese were on the same day cashed at the Bank of E no of Upper Canada .... - 20 0 0 30 0 - Oli capsble of being mado a great engine of public instniction e ° o a tga•c3r. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would m ip . • , A -. tth t • th th 'l3' e 'f• th rep 1 fth ar proposaaon o e presen wi o same responsi 1- a. i e ea o e penny stamp were about to pro- land for 800/. in sovereigns, and 500/. in small not s; the and public utility. (Hear, hear.) He agreed also that ' beoP h phe plan he (Mr. Williams) had suggested, he might m s duce a great number of penny publications ; but tha fact The prisoner told the clerk that the gold was fo es. hex the law relative to taxes on newspapers and public prints wh et & e h t s o repeal the whole of the 7,000,000/. of te.xes m'Y' They had to consider, with regmel to the three taxe was, that the enny weekly and monthly periodicals al- - hat it was going to Australia. Th r expo', [ADVERTISRMENT.I-Holloway's 0./1 an ; 4 - ent and Pills for deserved the attention of Parliament. But he hoped the n '"' t Don withinrigt hon. gentleman said he had been called which the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gibson), in a speech I I d ip • b 11 the others put together. rem y exceee e in num ers a tation, t . d' t I ' t d hee force were imme me y ins ructe The d 1 - e city d e t ee . the cure of Ulcers and Cutaneous Diseases.- oug 1- • ht hon. gentleman would act upon the opinion on which I d i vide e , ) rig e last eight weeks to remit. r Divide ! of signal ability, had that evening brought before the house, The character of these cheap publications was not the most ti to apprehend the ter of Mrs. Farlo w, town carrier residirg in Maiden he would act if responsible for carrying on the public affairs , risoner, who contrived to elude their vigilance Mr. DANBY SEYMOUP what course they ought to pursue, and they had also to desirable for the instruction of their readers, for it was al- P till late lane, Covent-garden, was afflicted for six years with ( of the country-that it was very much better to digest and ma . WOUICI not detain the house beence of all allusion to last evenin e , a when Haydon, tl many minutes, hut this consider this question before the announcement of the most wholly imaginative, in the a • le officer in corn- ulcers on the right arm, and during that period she had wif •th Thain succeeded i mature plan b sof leeislative reformation which they thought stituents took ave w a question in which his con- - th t tfth d Mr. Heywood, of Man e curren even s o e ay. pany wi I n effecting his capture the best medical / advice that could be procured, but goo 1 b introduced, and then submit them to Parliament, rY deea interest H eto express budget. He conmilted Lord Derby and the rest of his col 'n a back room of a house in conic e his approval of the resolution s a. • ° r°B • chester, one of the largest vendors of cheap at liter ure in the 1 Spencer-street, Gos- without deriving any beneficial result whatever. Her C lue whatever ' n to deal in promises which were of no va . . , ,nd hoped the right hon letteu su n this sule . ect and he endeavoured to conveyte • t mittee th t h sold well-street-road. On enterino +l, than , geniieman who had introauced them would not be il • .e no J , lungdom, stated before the selec com a e . a see room, Hay- health suffered and her constitution became so impaired Hei ttended by promises, and which, in- f-o ressine them to a div" eternal. the house the • ns and conclusions at which the 4. 100 of the Blighted don addressing the risoner • a i /nor except as they were a 1 ef 11 b i ill P a ag very woe uy e- anon. Judgine from the man- impressio • a y 100 per week of the Black .11r(!n-, .__ • f „ . P , said, M r . R en t on , 1 that no hopes were entertained of a recovery ; As a nist , rformance was apt to ner in which he had been met, the rieheho 4 -, . tl had arrived, and the principles which guided Lord Derby Heart (a laugh), 100 of the Brtdal Rtng, eoo of C/aude believe ? The Prisoner shook his head, saying, d Ne e resource, however, the mother tried Holloway's Conta ' asmuch as pe f popular delusion ; and, e n. b en einem __ , . hind, would become instrUnients o had. no r ,, ason to fear tipt hie -re hter (a laugh) and great aken " d them the foun- • ' c„ t of e ls _ . ,unent. would be weak- "ue. his colleagues in the conclusions to which they came. Duval, 50 of the Hangman's Davy you are mist . Hayden repli e d, d Yes, but it is. ment and: Pills, and these unparalleled medicines in 'Mr e class. These were all though well intended by those who m 1 e oned in till juil e m:n c a tl houee by the case which numbers of ether works of the . sam We are officers, hal Objectionabl e as the tax on paper, in their opinion, was, and apprehend you on the charge of short time completely cured the child and renovated he the üblic in- h ncellor of the fll • lth t th rice 0 i• , aril a was e dation of a practice highly derogatory in . 1 3 been urge by th Exchequer. That they did not think that on the novels, issued weekly at the p Los hament, and eel t hon gentleman had stated that sever who ' , le, m the present state le obtaining 1,300/. by means of a forged cheque." The constitution, so that she now enjoys the best of health. 1 , kind of literature Parliament was forcing upon the peep . terests, and the di enity and honour of Par l . Hon .. al applications of our financial syste de no • 1 oi Id not allow these journals Pnsoller illa answer. On searching him the - Sold by all druggists. a,nd at Profeseor Hollowee e tend greatly to we:ken the confidence of the peop een l e g b een , made to him during the present session for a re- mor of the Exeise duties, it would (hear, hear), becanee they wou . I.J. ...e C-1 ........-1 41:- --- --I. nfArpro fniinri OAII7 • .... _ those whom they hail entrusted with the charge of pubhe . h ave been prudent, on that and other eonsridove.tire,. ~+ .11 +,, ;„„,....4 ;„ 41,„;.. -_,_ consider this question before the announcement of the budget. He consulted Lord Derby and the rest of his col leagues upon this subject, and he endeavoured to convey to the house the impressions and conclusions at which they had arrived, and the principles which guided Lord Derby and his colleagues in the conclusions to which they came. Objectionable as the tax on paper, in their opinion, was, they did not think that, on the whole, in the present state of our financial system or of the Excise duties, it would have been prudent, on that and other considerations, at all GREAT FORGERY ON MESSRS. ROBARTS, THE BANKERS.- CLEVER CAPTURE, AND RECOVERY OF THE CASH. A respectably-dressed man, named Robert Renton, aged 25, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Whitecombe and Barton, metal brokers, of 75, Old Broad-street, was brought up this forenoon by Michael Haydon, the city detective officer, before Mr. Alderman Hunter, upon a charge of forging and uttering a cheque for 1,3001. on Messrs. Robarts and Co., the bankers, in Lombard street. A solicitor attended to prosecute. The case presented against the pricioner was this : On the 7th of the present month, his employers, Messrs. Whitecombe and Barton, who kept an an account with Messrs. Robarts, expecting to make a payment for 3,000/. and upwards, signed a cheque in their cheque book, leaving the sum blank, which was to be filled in by one of the firm on the party calling. It so happened that the payment was not so large as was expected, and some where about 2,3001., for which another cheque was made out and paid to the party. Towards the close of the day's business, the prisoner, who held the position of confidential clerk, was missing from the house, but no suspicions were aroused till the examination of the cheque-book, when the blank signed cheque, which the firm intended to have filled in for the 3,000/. payment was gone, and on the counterfoil was written, in th e prisoner's handwriting, "cancelled. , This led to inqui ries at Messrs. Robarts, the bankers, where it was ascertained that the same cheque had been pre sented in the course of the day for payment of 1,300/., which the cashier paid him in two B an k of England notes, one for 1,0001. and the other for 3001. These were on the same day cashed at the Bank of Eng land for 8001. in sovereigns, and 500/. in s ma ll notes. The prisoner told the clerk that the gold was fore or tation, that it was going to Australia. Th e city detec tive force were immediately instructed to apprehend the prisoner, who contrived to elude their vigilance till late last evening, when Haydon, the officer in pan y with Thain, succeeded i n effecting hiscapetoumre i n a back room of a ho use i n Spencer-street, -Gos well-street-road. On entering the room, Hay don, addressing the prison er, said, " Mr. Renton, - I believe ?" The prisoner shook his head, saying, "No, you are mistaken." Haydo n replied, "Yes - , but it is. We are officers, and apprehend you on the charge of obtaining 1,300/. by means of a forged cheque." The prisoner made n o answer. On searching him the officers found 2401, iu Bank of England notes, $36 Dividend Amount _____ Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. F ice. Annum. Share. £ s. d. .£ s. d. Australasia........... 61. per cent. 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 92 British North American 61. per cent. 150 0 0 ' 0 0 0 60 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1 , 4) 0 0 0 ' 0 32 C o,o nia i lonian ..... .... . - Loud. Char. Bk. of Aug - 123 0 0 2 I' , 0 17% London and County - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 35% London Joint Stock ..• 61. per cent.' 50 0 0 10 0 0 2114 Provincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......• - National of Ireland 4l. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New - Oriental Bank Corpora Bl. p. et. & bs. 25 0 0 95 0 0 55% South Australia - Union of ustralia •.•• , 6 p. et. &bs2s 0 0 25 0 78% Ditto .. - 210 0 Union of London Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -- INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. ----- - £ s. d. £ s. d Albion •• .•• • • 31.105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit and For. 71. 115.6 d. bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 Ditto Marine ....... 6/. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life ......... 41. per cent. ICO 3 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s. 61. 50 0 0 5 'I 0 7 C!cricl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2t , % County ...•.......•.. 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17% Eagle .. - ss. 50 0 0 50 0 714 Equity and Law...... 4% per ceat. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life ...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 General.. .... ...... ~ - 5 0 0 19 5% Globe ••• • .. 61. per cent. Stock. 150 Guardian ............ 51. p e r cen t 100 0 0 45 0 0 6: % Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... i/.qh . & we. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 Law Fire ....... •- • • 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4ii Law Life... .. ........ _ 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire .. London s' hip.... ..... Marine......... •• • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva ...... -• • Monarch ...... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 21s. National Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life .. Pelican .. - • • • • • • - •• -- - - 45 Phoenix •••• - - - 73 Professional Life....., 5 1 % /, per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 P , tnent Life Rock l'..i la -.. Royal Exchange ....• • 6/. p.m,. & Ds. Stock, all 236 San Wire • • • • • • 61. Ifs - .---• Ditto Life • • • P. Gs. - 91 91 •-•-• United Kingdom .. • • B. p. et. &bs 20 0 0 4 0 0 5 Universal Life . Victoria Life .....• • • ;1. per cent. - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid . Price. Annum. Share. -- - Ilungerford ........ £ s. (.1. £ s. d. - - - 12 3outhyr ark ........ - 100 0 0 - ._Di.to New of 7% p.c 70S. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ..... - 100 0 0 - 3 *l Ditt' Old Ann. o f 8/ 2/ . Ss. Od. - 60 0 0 26 Ditto Nw ditto of 71 2/. 2s. Od. - 4u 0 0 .2% Vauxhall ........ A v 2/. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. Dividend. Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- £ s. 0. X. s. 0. East London 6l. per cnt. Stock. - 1:53/ Grand Junction ..... • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - G 9 Kent ...... .......... j I 41. per cat. IGO 0 0 - 8434 Lambeth .. ... ••• • • • - 100 oli . - - New River dompany. 21.105. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 West Middlesex - --... 61.05. pr cnt. - - 110 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of CompiYlT• per of Annum. Paid. I Price, Share. £ s. d. £s. d. Commercial ••••• • .. • • 41. pr cen t . Stock. I East and West India 6%1. pr cent, Stock. I 167 East Country • • London .• • . .••• • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. 127 Ditto Bonds •• ...• • • 42. per cent. _ St. Katharine •• .. .. •• 4 per cent. St ock. 99% 8 tithampton •--_ Victoria ~....... • Names of 4 'Dividend DCriAceNALNSa.mes of r.;,., Dividend Companies. a per 4 - Companies. ,tt per A Price. us Annum. u Annum. ...._— ....... ---..._ . X £ Aohtnlc Oldh 28 U. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 100',1 2/. 10s.. 50 Barnsley. •• • 160 Neata ••.. • • 100 i 161. Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 82% Oxford.. •• • • 100{ 13/. 132 Birmingham 40 41. 105% Peak Forest. /8; W. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100 251. Regent's •• • • 33' 11. Os. 16% 1,.00' 21. 28 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85! 2/. 42 Ell,rnre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 3' % ismrset Coal ,50 Grand,Tenctn 100,3 e pr. Ct. 68 D o.Lk Fd St 'l2 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. Dr. ct. Stffrd &Wore 40 281. 405 1 Grand Surrey 100: 21.105. ihrewebnry.. ,25 Irrtrallgael.. ; 425: 212.0015.. 2271 KerannndtaUnAlvonn 13090 61:: 101: 724 m Ito 4/. 40 Leicstr &Nth 83: 41. Worcstr & e 44% Warwicle I I Li-r: aea iencdce ssa Lancaster :Ler ri .v. r. p.• 11100°001 2-551/ . . 565-60 WarwickVirymeß nag 1 .&1 . /1 Longhborogh 142, 70'. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsb 1001 1 ,8 27 Mntgmerysh 100 Firming. 1 S.ithovne MeltnMwbry.loo Wilts & Brks —I ln,, n A _______— GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. _1 Di v i dend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Sh are. Paid. price. British .. • • ........ ~ ._X s. d. £ s. d. Ditto Provincial... ..1/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 23 Brighton .......... „ 5/. 20 00200 0 0 0 16 City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 0 0 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0 0 150 43 10 0 195 67M Equitable.. .• ........ 50/. 50 0 Great Central'....... 0 50 0 0 Imperial 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14'6 ...• ........ 31.1~ bonus . 50 0 0 50 0 0 83% Independent ....... 61. 40 0040 0 0 46 London.. ... • Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Phoanix ......... •• .. 3jl. per cent.! 50 0 0 49 0 0 Rateliff •• • Westminster Chartered Si. per cent. 50 0 50 00 1 89 Ditto. New .. -.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% LIST OF SCOTTISB. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. A rnum. Share. --- £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. IOG 0 0 100 0 188110 British Linen Comp.... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2111 0 Caledonian Bank 01. percent. 10 0 0 710 0 3'. 18s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 'O/13s Clydesdale Bank -• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 00 '2 14s Commercial Bank 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 'B2l 0 Eastern Bank •• •• •• per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/11s Edinb &Glasgow • • 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. ss Exchange'llnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. 1d National Bank •• •• •• 834 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s Northof Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 2s Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I=sllo Union Bank of Scot. .. 61. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 32110 s Western Bank.. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72/ lOs Alliance Fire and Life.. 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24/ lOs British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 IL 8v Caledonian Fire Inane . !ape! cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261 Vd City of Glasgow Litt * 6 /. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/ , lOs Colonial Life ... .• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 4/. 7s LEingfe Edinburgh. A. B; s s l o c c o . tL Ol Lre s a c wi e n t i Ls a ui n fre d 6 5 . 41/ percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21/10s ..per cent 50 0 0 217 6 it P s per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 0 47. National Fire and Life 61. per cent . 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 13. North British Insur. • Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 341. P s Scottish Union Insrne. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 i ll. 1 2 s Standard Life 51. per cent. sO 0 0 7 0 0 'l3l () * Ex Dividend. United Dep. Assurance Sl.per cent 10 013 , 0 0 11/. 0 s [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills for the cure of Ulcers and Cutaneous Diseases.—The daugh ter of Mrs. Farlocv, town carrier, residirg in Maiden lane, Covent- gar d en , was afflicted for six years with ulcers on the right arm, and during that period she had the best medical ,advice that could be procured, but without deriving any beneficial result whatever. Her health suffered and her constitution became so impaired that no hopes were entertained of a recovery, As a last re3ource, however, the mother tried Holloway's Ointa ment and. Pills, and these unparalleled medicines in short time completely cured the child and renovated he constitution, so that she now enjoys the best of health. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, novels, issued weekly at the price of ld. ; and that was the kind of literature Parliament was forcing upon the people (hear, hear), because they would not allow these journals to insert in their colunius matters of fact and the current COUNTRY MAPKETS. DFRPY SMITHFIELD—APRIL . 12. Tlio number of fat Lea is less than last week. Dc' l3l ; , for beef brisk, an d a goo d c l earance effected. Sheep ma . tained last week's p r i ces . C a l ves a heavy sale. Fat P l;s i o lower.—Beef, 5,A to 6d ; mutton, 7N to 84d ; veal, 4 i1 . 3 ,1 5:1(1 per lb. ; pigs, 8 s 6d t o 9 s per score • rough f a t, per 141 b. ; hides, 23d to 3d par lb ; ca lf :s ki ns , 3 3(10 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL J. et . We had a small supply of grain in to-day's nigk c ,. 0 Sales dull. Wheat on the top cams as last week ; awl! 5d up.. Barley on the top same as last week ; averag© down. Oats on the top is 4d down ; average 3 ,1 Beans on the top 4d and the average is id down. - Top of Wheat .............. ....... ..... 65 lb 54s 0 ( 1 , Barley. Oats -- Beans 6B lb 36s 83 Wheat, Barley, Total Supply aud Sides, 53T qrs 512 qrs 63S qrs IG6 qrs .sold 495 cgs .sold 373 gY S .sold C2l ,sold 137 (11.3 Beans AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QrARTER. Average of wheat Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beaus DUBLIN—ArraL 12. A dull market to-day, except for oats and barley, 'glib met a steady d eman d , b ut w i thout any additional provement in price. White wheat, 26s Oci to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s 0(1 to 2 8 ,4 5 : barley, 13s 0(1 to 16s 6d ; oats, lOs 0(1 to lls 9(1; mpesci 21s Oil to 23s per b r l ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s Ocl ; 1)31 41 flour, 14s 6(1 to 18s Od pe r cw t ; I n di an corn, 31s 0(.1 to per 480 lbs. Currency Os ocl-20 stov April April .",0 rWie" Tsvic e° * l Ar il 16 April 16 t TOO' ll. stol3t o 1 131' MOO 1 6 Apri l Apr!' . f April April lb ;1 lv (Arrived pril 19 April o y st Ot "a 11 2 April ‘pril ,6 irncertv: April 2 , April !; April 4 " April April 9 ' April 2 : April ;(iPri i it CORK-AFRIL - 13 Isis, White wheat...oos Od to Red wheat ...... 00s 0,1 to Ditto 00s Gd to - Ditto 00s- Od to 38 Barley l3s Od to Ditto OGs Od to Ditto 00s Od to Bere 00s Od to 181. Oats Ditto 00s 01 to Ditto 00s 01 to 2 Pigs 43s Oct to 00s 04 00s 01 00s 01 00s 01 OOs 0.1 00s Oct OOs Od 00s Oct Its 01' oa3 Oct 00s 01, 00s Oct 00s Od per Oct' 00s Od-20 do. 005 Od—l6 do. Os Oal ICs 01 _ _ do. Quantity sold at the highest prices : 00 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 28 barley ; 0 bcre, oats ; 0 pig. _ Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : 0 - 193 Wheat, 92. Barley, 511. Bere, 00. Oats, Pigs, 139. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 8 :-- Pigs, 626. Sheep, 520. Cows, 128. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. 0 First quality lo4s First quality ' 9o Second quality lOO3 Second quality ........ 0 Third quality 94 s Thi r d qua1ity............ `,,; Fourth quality Fifth quality —s Fifth quality ) Sixth quality — s Sixth quality 6 3 ; CURL — * Flour— First, 15s Od to 16 s Od ; extra, 1,/ ,',' 01; seconds, 13s 6d to 14 s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s, lO s to 13s Od ; ,1 % 1 ,1, 7s Od to 10s per cw t. M ea l—l n di an meal, 7s 9d to S 5 'iri oatmeal, lOs Oct to lls Od ; wheat meal, lOs to lls Od per 4 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] COCNTRIES i)ity whon rnfide n; in General post - 0111ce, I..oniton.* America(bylirit.pack)lN America (by United Sts packet) Every Friday ... From what Port Dls;.atched: Np7ll 13 .. Ain erica: (by U State Liverpool . packet) Australia (via South ampton) Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of 4,,00t Hope) .. Africa (West Coast)..N Alexandria.. N pril 18 Liverpool . Ith of May ... ith of May ... Aou . bamptoi. of Jure ?rd•of the month 1,9, 21, & 30 of to 4th & 2 , til of mon Lod of the nice,tl. Izionthamptot: OoTer .. Alexandria Bahamas 8e1gium............N Brazil .............. 7 , 1 Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Ilor.e Cape of Good Hope N Cape de Verds Ceylon (see India) Cey10n..............N Channel Isles .... ....N Chili ..... China (see India) Constantinople ......N Constantinople .. Plymouth . Plymouzli . Dover 7th of the month 9th of ;he ntonih..l 14th of the month l 2n4 ofJuno.. • • 4th of the month 14th of the montl.l 3foit.,lVed ,Safd d & 17th of month] (Southampton I Southampton I>over ..... Southampton owhampton Plymouth .. Plymouth Ply,nouth 7 ,8,17,2 , ‘ &27 of rn ith &Otl: ofmcn rn ice daily Unlit. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France .. M & N Gibraltar Greece (see India.) lreytown Plymouth .. t ;sruthatnpton Southampton) Twice daily 1,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm Hover ...... Sonth.impton Dever Harnburgh ....N Havannah • • • —hi Holland .... Honduras India (viaSonthampt.))" India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........Id & N Li ,bon . • • • • • .. in Madeira • • • • —in M adeira Malta (see India) Malta .. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius •• ....N Mexico • ..31 Naples ..... ........N New Granada New Zealand Papal States ........T Peninsula Port Natal Sicily Tuscany Venezuela ..... , • • Van Diennen's Land (tee Australia) .......... 'West Indies znd& 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Wednesday & Sat 17th of the month 4th & 20th of mon. Sill& 24th of month Dover ...... iouthamptoo -onthampton Condon Southampton L0nd0n..... Twice daily .. 9 th of the monthounntll F .. n 7,0, 17 , & 28 ° 2 3rd of the m •Aouthnmptou, Southampton Dover .. .- • 7,17,19,28, 30 of m lybpsd • • • s,outfi'ampto n • out hamptOn Plymouth 14th of the month 2nd of the month. s thi s th2sthofrnon 2d & 17th of month BY private ship , thl s th2;thofinon . 'thl7th2Bthofmon & iith of mon 1 4th of th e month ?thl' th2sth o f mon ,thloth2sthofinoli: 2d& t7th of month I?Over . Pb mouth .. s 'outhampton, Dover.. . • • • 2d13; 17th of month Aoulliampton Various ports Dover Southampton 'outbampton Plymouth Dover ...... Dover ...... Southampton, * When any of these dispatche 1 on the follow] So uthampton), and the day preceding. , 0 t,;r. Evg> 4 Each 3ia' rric° 4 pril %.1/ Southampton' dates fall on a Sunday, the mails 0§ lug day, with the ex ce pti on o f the 1101 OS Malta, both of which will b e clispatclic, SYRO-EGYPTIAN SOCIETY.-At tie sixth oro D r, meeting of the Sy ro -E gyp ti an S oc i ety, on Tuesc i lar" 01 , W. Camps, treas urer , i n th e c h a i r—the following c°,o. munications and papers were rea d b y t h e H ouora rY;', r , cretary :—First. A short communication from 21., Grotelend, of Hanover, containing some interesting r. ticulars relating to the inscriptions on the Babyl ol3 4, ; # crur&foun at Behistun, whichilie had succeeded it' l l', ciphering. Second. A communication by Dr. o f Platd, " On Monsieur Fresnel's account of the travel s Baron von Wrede in E a dh raman t an d other parts; South-Western Arabia." Third. A paper "On sumed Outlet to the Lake Wan," by Mr. W. F. worth. In his paper the author stated that geograPJ have been for some ti me aware, from local traditi o .; that the Eastern Tigris had its sources from a cave" : b, other words, f rom a su b terranean stream. Mr. 14„rc formerly the B r iti s h consu l at Baghdad, obtained it7 f ig illation from the natives that where the Eastern Ti. rises it bursts at once f rom a cavern in the mountfleltio We hav e now t h e testimony of a trustworthy eye-wit ites to the fa c t, i n th e person of the distinguished travelJgo and archaeologist, M r . L ayar d , M.P., who, in 18 ", i returned from L a k e Wan and thus describes t . u . ,: 0 part of his jo urney which refers to the country betw`",, Lake Wan and th e caverned sources of the Tigre —" We had now left the Lake of Wan, and our tP led up a deep ravine, which gradually became more O r row as we drew nigh to the high mountains th a t see d rated us from the unexplored districts of Mukus an Buhtan. On both s id es of the ravine were villages A ll- ms ruined castles. N umerous strea from the hill sid e' ,' irrigated pl o t s o f cultivat , A o' 1 ground. Aft er climbinllc, a steep decli v it y o f loose stones, like the moraine 7 % 1 - Swiss gla c i er , and drafrgin4 our horses w ith muc h culty after us, we found ourselves amidst eternal snob' o over which we toiled for nearly two hours, until reached the crest of the mountain, and looked down in t :/, the deep va ll ey of Mul; us. Tliis is considered one the highest passes in Kurdistan. There was no othe r pathway d own t h e rocky ravine than the dry bed of the 4 torrent. Leaving, the laden h o rses to fi n d their 010 over the stones and through the torrent, w e passe d soh after a natural caYern, from which burst, white wi t , foam and struggling through a bed of pink fl o wers; ~I most abundant sprin g . This was one o f the princir, sources of the eastern branch of the Ti gr i s. " The au tho' of the paper suppof e 3 that this subterranean source of 0 8 0 Eastern Tigris is lower than Lak e W an, and that it la not at all improbable that its waters may be derive,„ from that lake, and that thus the L a k e Wan is in rea lil the source of the Eastern Tigris. F ourth. Mr. Sam°, Sharpe read a paper " On the Hi story of the Edoruite and the City of Petra." Considerable discussion I°p lowed upon the reading of th ese i nteresting papers, ie which the members of the society and some of tli visitors then present took part ; after which the meeti ll i adjourned. The chairman announced that the ann ii'l meeting of the s oc i e t y would take place on the 19 0 instant. BIRTHS. OF A sox. On the 12th inst., at Hopton-hall, the wife of Be pt. Admiral Plumridge. On the 11th i ns t., a t N o . 6 , D orset -square, the wife of Philip A. Hughes, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at Oakley-ball, the wife of Major S ' W. Wallington. On the 11th i ns t ., at Wickham-place, Essex, T,O —` Champion de Crespigny. MA RRI ED. On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, West Brompton, tin R. Sharp, Esq., of Gloucester-road Old Brompton, o f Olivia Sophi a, e l dest daughter of the Major P. wici e v the 3d Regi ment of Buffs. The bride was given awa her godfather, General Sir James Watson, R.C.B. On the 12th inst., DIED.' at Portehester, Augusta Caroline, wife of Captain Inge, late of her Majesty's 4th Light D r goons. On the 11th inst., at 1, Camden-street, Camden-lel Iletuy Austin, f our th son of John Kitto, D.D., age d monthY. Suddenly, at Belper, Thomas Ingle, Esq., aged 55. LONDON - : Printed and Published by MURDO Y0. , 1 114 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at. The Sun Office.lC o ;„ of Strand, in th e P rec i nct of the Savoy, ia the coun t y Middlesex, Friday, April 15, 1843.