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Thor 4 , Waie's-11.tee, Milc.2nd-ro!id. ~1~~ T.TCKINGHAMSHIRE Ft AIL W A COMPANY. ~.I C OTICE IS HERFT3T GIVEN, That th' next ORDINAR n LF-YE ‘RLT MEETING of the Propriet-rg in the Itueltinghar ,hirp I ;ailwav Com .any will he he'd a' the Euston Station, London, en Fa (DAY, the 20th Feb., at I I o',leek a.m. By order ol the Itoard. HARRY TERNEY, Chairman. The Books kept for the Registration of Trait. ces of Stock will be Closed on the 10th Feb., and will remain so until after the meeting. Oakes of the Comm:lnv. Ens . nit-station, Lowden, 30th Jan., 1857. otrTH WALES RAILWAY.-NOTICE IS lIF:REnY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY ORDI NARY MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held. pltrsuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Great Western Royal I !ntel. Paddin g t on . on FEUD 4.Y. the 20th day of Febru a ry , at Ono 0 cl ock preelsolr, for the election of Directors and an Auditor, and for the general pnrposes of hu-ineas. - - C. R. 11f TALBOT, Chairman. The Transfer Books will be .lowed on and after the 9th February. and will not be reopened until after the said Ilalf-yearly General Meeting on the 20th February. By order. FRED. O. SAUNDERS, Secretary. South Walari Railway Offices, 10, Eaethourne•tarrace, London, January 30, 1957. VEST BAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. (Limited ) NOTIcE ISI HEREBY GIVEN, That the works of the above libtillery being near completion, the Directory will be open to re cet"e orders for PL AIN SP I HIT to be supplied in February. Dee notice will be sent round to the trade. THOMAS WEBB, Malager. 1)1stIlIery West Ham, 31st Jannary, 18$7. G.ENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71, Lombard-street, London. ,NO,TICH IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the HALF-YEARLY 11 :N ERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will he held at the company's Office, 71, , Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 24 th Instant, at Two o'Clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parlta meat, to transact the usual business, and to declare tha Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1856. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. Loudon, February 2, 1257. GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT ACCUMULATE D N' ASSOPIATIO. Established 1829. PUNTED CAPITAL, 284,0361. ss. 3. n this ( Mice an An nu i ty of 191. (with almost certainty of incr d eale) can be secured— At the age of 30, At the Age o f 40, by as annu a l payment of .. £2 14 0 do. do. .. 3 17 0 N B. - Twelee Annuities can be s.cured. 93 , Cheapcld e. PHILIP CURTI 4 , Secretary. THE THAMES IRON WORK° ..a gmr Vra3l. BUILDING COMPANY (Limited), Orchard-yard, Black- DIRECTOIO. , ohn Kelk, Esq. I Thomas henry Mandalay, Esq. Peter Bolt, F:sq. The Directors of this C o mpany it , now , repared to tender for the Un ding et* Iron ~,h ips of every tonnage and class, and for executing wtrke of the largest character in wrought or cast iron, including I.( 'rglngs, Girders, Bridges, Roofs, Boilers, and all descriptions of work of a similar character. The capabll,ties of the establishment and the magnitude et the Works enable the Directors to execuZe all orders entrusted to them pith unequalled dispatch. By order of the Directors. b • I DYkeN, E sq . John Ford Esq. JAS. PEMBROKE. January,lBs7. GRAND BAL MASQUE. -CASINO DE YEN SE, High HoIborn.—THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 5. The most magnificent fete ever presented, on which occasion every source that art and refinement can snvest will be brought into re quisition to welcome the brilliant and fashlopAble comnany who ho nour this world-renowned and elegant estabrishrnent with their pa tronage. s The newest and most beautiful dance music will be per formed by the inimitable band, under the direction of Mr. W, M. Packer; and the choi:est Wines and Refreshments. with every attention to the comfort of the visit ts, will render this entertain tent universally celebrated. No free admissi ms are given. Gen "naves Ticket, 55.; lady's do., 3s. Doors open at half-past nine ; co mmence at ten. Supper at one o'clock, 35. 6d. each. Mr. Nathan, ,Astl e - street, Leicester-square, is appointed Costumier. Ll. ROOMS.-LAURENrB CASIN , , Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan RG "lff are now open every evening for the winter season, with :aurent's cel e br a t e d O rc h es t ra . Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. ;" I "urt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that th , s aahionable place of resort hia , been entirely redecorated during the recs., , • Doors open at half-put eight, commence at nine. Admis 'fon One nlOllll4. VICE-CHINCELLos Km , Min's CHAMBERS, Monday, the 19th day of January, 1557. Ithe matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-ap Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Protestant Life and Fire Insurance Association. _ Vic e - Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of the !Ugh Court of Chancery to whose Court this matter is attached, and b y whose order the winding-up of the above-named association Is proceeding, peremptorily orders that a call of Four Pounds Ten Shil lings per share be made on all the Members and Contributories of this Association; and the said Judge farther peremptorily orders rBeit Member and Contributory, on the eleventh day o f February, , 5 7, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at No. 9, Bloomsbury-place, In the county of Middlesex, to pay to the Official Manag r of this Association the balance, if any, which will be due from him after debiting his accouxt In the books of the Association, with such call. CHAS. MGM Chief - Clerk. WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor to the Official Manager, 9, Bloomsbury-place. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will he found in the Fourth Edition of R CUTEST' MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. 11. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.g.,F.5.5., price Is. fal.; by post 4s. Mr. MURCIIISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the alines at thn end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter and the year ending 31st Dec. last con- Itlns a Map of the Camborne district, price Is. The hook will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. A valuable little book."—Globe. A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. tA, useful little volume."—Morning Herald. ?fgreat value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. Parties requiring information on mining investments wilt find no better and safer instructor than Mr Morrhi , ,, , ..”—r of tha publications which has come it.ccier our notice, anus contains more Information than any other on Th% suhject of Which it treats." - Derby Telegraph. To thole who wish to invest capital in Britb.h Mines, this work of the first importance."—welshman. This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it ", in truth, an excellent ruble "—Plymouth Journal. S.Ples of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's nin ees, 117, It i s h opsga t e - s t ree t Within, London ; and rellabb• infor matien and advice will be given at any time to those who may re quire it. VOLT'S SIX-SHOT REVOLVERS — the fa 'muffle size for Officers, Army and Navy, weight 21b. Boz., rbored. Al so . th ree sizes POcK ET REVOLVERS, for Travel ers and House Protection. Holsters, Belts, Pouches, Cartridges. A large , tock, London made, ready for Immediate delivery. Des cription and Price- fists furnished. Order of the Patentee and Manufacturer, SAMUEL COLT, 14, Pall-Mall, London.—Beware aun.erfi`•ts. ORNAMENTS for the Drawl ng- room , Library, and Dining-room, cons i sting of a new and elegant assortment ?' Vrt ASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisk., Inkstands, 6—sutlful Inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c. Imparted and manu- I .etured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, trand, London. Mr. T,nnant arranges elementary collection. of Shells, Minerals, stock. Xooy, and Fossils, which will greatly facilitate the interesting of C onchology, Mineralogy, and Geslogy, at 2, 5,10, 20, to gtVileas each. .eo. M t r. T ennant gives Practical Instructlou in Mineralogy and ogy. B,ILT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and BIIIITO't ALES. BREWERT—BUNTON-ON-TRENT. STORES : LONDON... 'LIV ERPOOL .. • .......... MA NC fl ESTER SIIEFFIELD .. . 12, George-street. R IR 14 INGHAM LRISTOL . v b tiaLlN ' D INBURGII ......... • GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. Bottlee Ales, In C as k s o f Ei g ht een G a ll ons an d u pwards, and I n , obtained from all respectable Battlers. •-______ ..... li OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN.—Founded 1825. •no re .inn-road. The sick poor are ad: pitted on their own application alone , co mmendatien is a r e During the past moat, the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either application:— out or in-deor patients, on their personal Week ending 7th November Dit to 28th 2,154 Ditt o 21st November.... •• 1,979 November 2 3 9th and 30th N ov ** • • • • " ember... Total In N o v ember .. ............ •• ment) havi ,74 of which 2,775 were admitted previously new capes, the remainder (Bstill7 under treat ng been . The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such eaten- Rive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the pablte. The management of the Hospital is In the hands of 30 Governors, G yearlyeneral elected from the general list of su b scribers, at the Annuel 4 o'clock (R ev. J. January. A Board is held every Thursday, at . Owen, Chairman), to condt the business, when any subs cr ib er may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving on. The Hospital i s not endowed, but is wholly dependent explana on ti volun tary contributions and le gac i es, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterrn Treasurer,sod Co. ; Dru , Esq., M.P., Ni c h o l as-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts Prescott mmond and Co.: Berries an d C o.; Ransom and Co. J , Grote, and C o . ; s m ith, P ayne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; to Loyd and C o . ; m arclay an d C o.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, ners Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet an d Co., Ber street ; Mastertran and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothi ng for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.B7 order ITO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. POI coNt • STIPATION INDIGESTION, BILIOUS, AND LIVER C0581%815; .'4l AND DEBILITY. 1) 1j 4 , B ARRY ' S n efelo 8 ASTHMA, CONSIIMPTIO , . DESPETSIA, NERVOUS, HEALTH-RESTOR ztntlitn-r REVALENTA ARAIIICA FOOD saves fifty tnidmetsheitisr rernedies, and cures the above complai i nts cy a disten sioa,7,oidi ea. such as hemorrhoidal affections, fiatu en h 3 sterla ty, heartburn oalpitatlon of the heart, nervous headache', the the pit oy3eurtOgia, deathess, skin noises in the head and ear!, pains enip a_l Vona of ti t e nonaach and between the shout 4ers, erYstpdelases;ofula, dmps„. the • impurities and po,rty of the bloo . after eau_matistn, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy,.pp, s,,neral deuipor at sea ; low spirits, ParalYsis, tr , t3', in err; quietude, slecolewiess, involuntary lu 1 m i e , spasms, epileptic lit b ., rnory, del sera rs, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss 0 - lan eholy, .___uvertigo, blood to the head, ezhaus ion. me h t . t f_ s.roundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the tu rns , Za id for infants and invalids generally, as it never tood liberal" the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a and eto re , r, but i mparts a healthy relish for lurch and dinner, to th e n .,_ . e t - a,„,. . t e -- ' 4 ' , Y of digestion and nervous and muscular energy fed Prole., "1"ble Ye,' B 'ar of She Supported Supported by testimonials from the celebra st' . r. C'ampboi. merry Or Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr.liar ,;:art de beet e, t,,"r. Qattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. !ngram, L-rd Other w P-knew n ' ."e Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 this useful end eeenidlviduals, whose health has been restored t” in vain for end Y n e ° aTs te4l d iet, after all other means had been tried fi nalYMS by th e c ., . ' and ell hopesof recovery ahan toned. Mat..ebrd Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ere. , F.R.S., &c., &c. " I here!) " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square Arabi Y certify that h ca f fi nd it ~,,, avlng examined Du Barry's Revalenta Eseternmea,rily di ge , l ' i u bi z lit ik p e u l re ve g e tabl o e te F a art e nt ait r a ec t t i l o y n whole- Bt onkin,d bo wels, and the Y I t ); t p o r' e m ounteract dys y e s c ia (Indi es c-3-Pation, and their nervous c nsequences. p p g 4.1,2)a1w 11„, Nt.D., F.1L.5. 0 , &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by too Emperor of Russia. se. ... The Con Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. b u i1._1,-. sul.General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Harry, it e ,„"'!r, and Co., that the Revalenta Arablca they had sent to his v....n n Y i the P. -mPeror, has by Imperia' permission, been forwarded to " B.. ai . ster of the Imperial Paine,. . _7 u abil picked for all climates, and with full Instructions. 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Price 2s. 9d., 4a. 6d , ani I Is. per box L clay and Sons, Farringdon-street • Darby and Gosden, 140, e adenhail-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, ' Bow-churchyard ; Hardlng. 4, Chia W. Edwards ; uwina 67, at. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street; Butler and nswif.-4.,,, _ . Pside ; Prout and Barsant, 229, Strioid - ; and all "'!"•"_,...? Touter§ t4/91100Ut tht , LTnitiocl iiiagdera, ____ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUAIIY 5, 1857. REPEAL OF THE DUTY IN PAPER. IMPORTANT DEPUTATION TO THE CHAN CELLOR OF THE' EXCHEQUER. Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited, by appoint ment, on the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancellor al the Exchequer, at his officirl residence in Downing street, for the purpose of representing the advisability of repealing of the duty on paper. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Alderman Baldwin, Birmingham; Mr. G. Dawson, Birmingham ; Mr. Rawlins, Wrexham ; Mr. E. Bucknall, Stroud ; and Messrs. G. Stiff, H. Moore, J. Hoppy, W. Wickham, T. Bainbridge, C. Walihouse, J. Hyde, C. Hill, W. Smith, C. D. Collett, T. Wilson, C. Ett, Plummer (for Mr. H. Ingram, M.P.), Dr. Watts, awl the Rev. R. Everess. The deputation was introduced by The Right Hon. T. M. GussoN, M.P., who said the gentlemen pre-ent were the representatives of the Society for Promoting the Total Repeal of all Taxes on Know ledge, and others interested in, the manufacture of paper, and the trade in general, who were very anxious for the removal of this particular tax on the manufacture of paper, and that it should be dealt with by the Legisla ture immediately. They did not ask for individud relief but took their position on the broad principles of com mercial policy. The subject had locen taken into consi ration by a committee of the house, and successive Minis tries had at different periods held out expectations that the question of the repeal of the duty should be dealt with, and the deputation felt that the time had now ar rived when no further delay should be permitted in forc ing the matter on the attention of the Government and the Legislature. With regard to the effect the duty had on the diffusion of knowledge and the spread of educa tion, he might say that many of the warmest friends of education thotght that education might be greatly pro moted by its repeal, and that, he contended, at once en titled the question to the earliest consideration of the Government, especially as it was the general belief that the tax on paper might be removed without any injurious effect upon th e revenues o f t h e country. He trusted the right hon. baronet would be induced to give the subject his most favourable consideration with a view to the re peal of the duty. Mr. C. D. COLLETT, the secretary to the Association for the Repeal of ad Taxes on Knowledge, then read an elaborate and argumentative memorial addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which the following passages are extracted : " In 1835 the duty on first-class paper was 3d, per pound, and the total amount of paper made in the United Kingdom was First class 5 4 .0 67.5621b. Second class 70,654, 587 The gross revenue being £833,822 The net do. In 1855 the revenue was 1,031,808 „ the gross do. which, at lad. and 3.loths of a farthing per pound, gives 171,200,2951 b. as the amount of paper manufactured in the year 1853 ; being an increase of 140 per cent. on the amount made in 1835-18 years before. An additional argument is to be found in the fact that for the last few years the duty has remained stationary—if we should not rather say that it is retrograding ; and this in the face of the great increase in newspapers and periodical publications. The following table of the net revenue for the last five years proves this— 1851 £928,876 1852 941,827 1853 1,049,661 1854 1,050,629 1855 1,047,430 When the duty was universally admitted to be a serious lindrance to the manufacturer, and was consequently reduced, the amount of paper produced was on the rise, as will be seen from the following table of the net re venue for five years : 1831 £701,149 682,707 1833 715,743 1834 748,478 1835 In 1839 an expedient was adopted for making up a small but annual deficiency in the revenue, which has had dis astrous effects upon the poorer manufacturers of paper. An addition of 5 per cent. was made to the duty, that is to say, the duty of 141. a ton, or lAd. a pound, was raised to 141. 144. per ton, or 10. and 3 10ths of a farthing per pound. This 3-10ths of a farthing has ruined a number of paper-makers ; how many, is a secret in possession of the Excise ; what we know is, that the numbers of the miles in England and Wales only ascend as high as 694; while, in a printed list, furnished to us, by a correspond ent, and dated 1852, we count only 443 mills ; and since the publication of the list, 89 of the manufac turers named in it have been returned as non existent by the Post-office. This suggests a decrease of 340, ut nearly ';',o per cent. iu the number of the paper-mills in England and Wales, owing to the in genuity of Sir F. Baring. If, as it is to be hoped, the estimate is exaggerated, it will be easy for the officers of excise to correct it. It is easy to see that the extra 3-10tlis of a farthing w“uld ruin the small capitalist. A mill turning out eight tons per week, and realising a profit of 3001. a-year on 416 tons, would en the increase of duty have to pay an extra sum of 2811. 4s. to the tax gatherer ; and would thus work without any profit, while it would be impossible for the owner to increase the price of his paper. This is ex idly what has happened. Mr. Baldwin, a paper-maker at Birmingham, wrote and published a letter to Lora. Russell, in which he specified particular mills that .voulit be closed by this means,—and his predictions were actually accomplished. So great is the number of paper-makers verging towards bankruptcy, and compelled to sell their paper under its value in order to meet the payment of duty, that respectable paper-makers aver that they can buy paper in the mar ket as good as their own at a lower price than they can make it. The paper duty has been recognised from the beginning as a tax on knowledge by the fact that Bibles, Prayer-books, and works published by the universities in the Latin, Greek, Northern, and Oriental languages are allowed the privilege of a drawback by the Act of Anne. We know not why the horn book of the artisan's child should be taxed, while the rare books of the rich codegian are exempted, nor why a drawback should be given to works which are always sure of a ready sale, while the tax is exacted from works that do not pay their expenses. There are other points which will require similar 'consideration if the duty is to con tinue. The tax on the paper used in packing is sometimes a considerable item, and we cannot see why paper exported as wrappers for goods should not receive a drawback as well as paper that is ' exported separately. The private maker of envelopes has to pay a duty on the waste, from which an envelope maker who is a millowner is exeaipt. This waste is worth 19/. per ton, and the tax 141. 14s. These are, how ever, inequalities inherent in the nature of the tax. Tln re are others which are not so easily accounted for. We know, sir, that the main question which we come here to ask is one on which, to use the words of your prede cessor on the very same subject, the lips of the Mi nister who holds your unfortunate situation are sealed,' but we do venture to hope that you will answer the very simple questions on which official reserve cer tainly does not compel silence-1. What is paper ? 2. What is pasteboard ? We are prepared to show that on Florentine buttons made at the mill, of what is commonly considered brown paper, no duty is paid ; while the very same substance, if it leave the mill in sheets, or if, though made into buttons, it be covered with white paper, is charged with ditty, and must there fore he supposed to be paper. We should like to be informed on the best authority whether that which is taxable paper or millboard when it is a foot square ceases to be so by being cut into discs ; and if so, how the covering of these discs whith white reinvests them with the character of paper I A similar mystery exists in regard to pasteboard. The act requires that the pasteboard-maker, not being a millowner, shall weigh his paper in the presence of an exciseman, and shall, when his pasteboard is made, pay a duty on the increased weight. We are informedithat by some process, not generally understood, the addition of the paste actually diminishes the weight of the paper ; and that in Birming ham there is only one pasteboard-maker with whom this is not the case, and that all the others consequently escape payment of the duty. We earnestly recommend to your attention these arguments as a small portion of the objections which may be made to the retention of the only excise now remaining upon our manufactures except those on intoxicating , liquors, or the raw ma terials of intoxicating liquors.' Alderman BALDWIN said he had been connected with the paper trade for 40 years in Birmingham, and had had a paper mill in that town for 21 years. Two years ago he filled tae office of Mayor of Birmingham, and he had therefore had opportunities of knowing the evil effects of the paper duty on the various kinds of manufacture con nected with the Birmingham trade. Within the last year he had paid as much as 12,8001. to the Exchequer in the shape of paper duty. He had sold the paper on which the duty was paid for 35,0001., so that he had to relinquish as nearly as possible 2-sths of that sum for Excise duty alone ; in other words, he positively worked 20 weeks of the 52 in realising the amount he had to pay to the Government for duty, consuming every week 100 tons of coal in his business, besides wages for labour and other incidental outgoings. He had therefore a good right to complain, and the more so as his was the only manufacturing trade in the whole country that d t d k t h off o dileather,ioo diminution glass, bricks, the ri crke revenue, n a u n d e many seeing o, that a e other been saddled with the Excise, the duty having wi o 4arttteinenie4' to the great benefit of the community, and were thereby enabled to spend an more o money the remission had scoesmsaeroi e f s w a b n i d cb to w s e o r na e L ti e c x le te e n e t e u ( 1 .1 ) additional means of em ployment to the labouringnpen e i s s t an wi p th op o u o l o a t t r io ib n o , t w io h n : ha a n rt on the ne the luxuries of life, how the p a r n o d du a c ls t o io o n f o f f u p e a l, p a er d , d i i o n g a that aonwn a t least five n r tons es pecially, of e i r n mof s o ome detail to the revenue. He proceeded t r o g than any other commodity, was the result rleeavbeevery marked ton of coal were consumed in the manufacture of paper. . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—But does not the duty fall on the consumer ? Alderman BALDWIN said to some extent it fell on the consumer, but what he wanted to show was that tho Imanufacturer got no profit on the duty. He (Alderman Baldwin) prod used a piece of button board, out of which discs, like gun wads, had been cut for the making of Florentine buttons, such as every man wore on his cost, and in the manufacture of which thousands of people were employed. Two years ago those discs, as well as the waste board from which they bed been cut, paid a duty, which enhanced the price of that kind of button by 71 per cent., the result being that the French and German manufacturers of Florentine buttons, who paid na duty, were enabled to beat the English button manu facturers in foreign markets. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEN—You know 11r. Milner Gib son wou ld not allow you to have a protective duty. (A. laugh.) Alderman BALDWIN said he did not want one, and to prove that he might add that five or six years ago, a de putation of papermakers, of which he was one, went to Lord J. R usse l , th i nking it possible his lordship might ask them in the event of the paper duty being taken off if they would be prepared to allow foreign paper to come into this country duty free; all, with one txception, agreed to answer in the affirmative, and that one person was individually of the same mind, but he held back from publicly expressing his opinion, on the ground that be had not bee n aut h or i sed to do so by the papermaker in his locality whom he represented. The CHANCELLOIt of the Exernteuna.—You are en titled, in accordance with the strictest rule of free trade, to have a customs duty equivalent to an excise duty ; otherwise you woul I not be on fair terms. Alderman BALDWLN said he woull show how un fairly the paper duty acted on the export trade. A little time ago he received an order for ten tons of common bro wn packing paper f or expo rtation, but, as the person who gave it him turned out to be a swindler, be (Alderman Baldwin) got his paper back again, although it bad been entered for ex p, rt, The result of the transaction, however, proved that k taking into a,:ccuot the expense he was at in pack ing the paper in a peculiar way to comply with the Excise requisitions and other incidental considerations, there was a positive loss of 20 per cent., attributable to the Excise laws, on every 1 owt. of common paper exported from this country. On the other hand, that common paper, when intended for exportation, might, but for the absurd Excise regulations as to packing, be conveyed in the shape of ballast, for which it was admirably adapted, weighing, as it did, about 40Ib, a ream, and being very , convenient for stowing. He next pointed the Chancel lor's attention to two samples of paper used in the menu fsctaire of papier mache articles. One of those samples was formed of the common pulp material, without paste, and therefore paid no duty at all ; but if a paper manu facturer attempted in this country to make a superior article of that nature, which was done by pasting sheets together, he bad then to pay, considering that he was liable to duty, not only on the manufactured article, but on the waste resulting from it, a duty varying from 201. to 221. a ton. The consequence was that the ma nufacturers in Germany and France, who were liable to no such drawback, were mostly en gage d i n making the best articles of that description, while those in England made only the commoner kinds on which no duty was payable, and were losing their reputation for ability to make anything better. He had been at the pains to calculate the ordinary expenditure of 50 persons who worked at this sort of trade, and the result proved that out of every sovereign they spent 3 s . 4d. went to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the shape of duty on the tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, ale, and spirits they con lamed. So that, by taking off the duty on paper, if they could give a vastly greater amount of employment in its manufacture, which he contended would be the necessary result of the remission, the consequent lose to the re venue would be compeusated by the gain resulting to it from the greater consumption of exciseable articles, This was one of the most useful and necessary trades in the country, and there was a great amount of capital and ingenuity employed in it. People in the town from which he came said when they heard the fuss made about national education that it was all humbug, so long as the duty was retained on an article which entered so exten sively into the matter of education. The CHANCELLOR—Do you believe, if the duty on paper were remitted, there would be a perceptible change in the price of books Alderman BALDWIN was sure there would be a reduc tion. The CHANCELLOR—TO what extent Alderm'mn BALDWIN replied that the duty enhanced the price of the common copybook and the first books used at school by the children of poor people 30 per cent. The CHANCELLOR.— And yet you think the tax does not fall on the oonounaer, but on the manufacturer I Alderman PALDWIN did not say that. The tax fell on the manufacturer iu the - first instance, and all be (Alderman Baldwin) said was that the manufacturer did net get pr fit on the duty paid. The CHANCELLOR.—DO you think he ought to make a profit on the duty he pays ? Alderman BALDWIN thought there ought to be no duty at all. (A. laugh.) He hoped the Chancellor would be of the same opinion. Every book that was published was as nearly as possible wholly the result of labour and if the right hon. gentleman kept th a t i n view he (Alderman Baldwin) was sure he would abolish the paper duty. Since the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers from 40,000 to 50,000 copies of news papers were published weekly in Birmingham, instead of 15,000, which was the number before the stamp was remitted, and he ventured to say if the duty on paper was taken off, the revenue in three years would be bene fited, instead of injured, by the change. lie had a great desire to see the duty repealed, not only for his own sake, but for that of the community generally. In a vil lage, for instance, four miles from Birmingham, where many poor people were unemployed and living on the poor-rates, he was spending 10,0001. in the erection of a paper-mill, which, if the duty was taken off paper, would keep 50 families off the parish. The CHANCELLOR—Let me ask you sae question. You believe that 30 per cent. of the present pri,:e of books is owing to the duty on paper ? [Mr. BALDWIN—On cheap copy and school books it is; but the price of costly books is not much enhanced by it.] Do you think the remis. sion of the duty would lead to any perceptible reduction in the price of newspapers ? Mr. BALDWIN—That had been the effect of taking off the stamp. The CHANCELLOR—But I am speaking of the paper du y. I will ask you if any newspaper would lower its price in consequence of the remission of the paper duty ? Alderman BALDWIN said they would either lower their price or give a better article for the present price. Some of the penny papers were doing well, but they would not be carried on unless the duty on paper was repealed. Mr. J. HYDE reminded the Chancellor that at the time the Messrs. Chambers were selling 60,000 of their penny tracts a-week they were obliged to relinquish the undertaking in consequence of the enormous sum they paid in paper duty, which of itself would have been a handsome profit to them. Mr. J. H. RewLuis, a papermaker at Wrexham, said this was the only country in the world that imposed a tax on the diffusion of knowledge. The truth was that, like the shoe of a Chinese lady, the act of Parliament imposing this tax on the paper trade had been gradually pinching more and more as that trade developed itself, until it had become almost intolerable. He produced five samples of brown paper obtained during a resent visit to the United States, made from flax straw, old leather, Indian corn stalks, palm leaves, and damaged marsh hay, and sold at prices below the sums charged for duty in England, and stated in Borne detail how marvellously the paper trade flourished in the Ame rican Union, where it was wholly unrestricted by Excise or any other imposts. He contended that three-fourths of the papermakers in this country were either living en their capital or losing money. The duty was so heavy and relentless in its character that, like the sword of Damocles, it was perpetually hanging over the heads of the manufacturers, and would never be other wise until the tax was completely swept away. Alderman BALDWIN said one-half of all the paper now made in this country was manufactured by 30 persons ; the trade would be soon in fewer betide, and it would be in the power of those few persons to stop the press any day they might choose to do so. The CHANCELLOR asked what proportion of all the paper made was used for the purpose of printing 1 Alderman BALDWIN said considerably more than a third, and perhaps one-eighth or one-tenth was used as writing paper. Mr. John Watts, Mr. Elt, Mr. Bucknall, o f S trou d , and Mr. B. Langley, bore testimony to the way i n wh i ch the duty o f operated go od to s crepress books,cheap The latter gentleman newspapers and the production complained that the cheap newspaper proprietors were obliged to use thin paper, which impeded the rapidity with which they might otherwise be printed. The CHANCELLOR said it struck him that the English newspapers in general were printed on thicker and betier paper than those of any other country, and yet the de putation said there was no duty on the article in any other country. He added that he w ou ld not fail to bear in mind all that they had said on th e general subject. They had brought under his consid erat i on many facts bearing closely on the question ; b ut all he could sayatpr one essn fo present was, r that this m eneent was not a very favourable entertaining the question of a reduc tion of duty, so far as that was likely to entail a diminu tion of revenue. Two MEN SUFFOCATED By tiOTCE'S PATENT FUEL. — CHATHAM, Feb. 2.—This afternoon Mr. T. hills, the coroner, held an inquest at Brompton, on Thomas Bar ton and Alfred Rose, two farm labourers employed by Mr. E. Dodd, of Gillingham, who were suffocated by inhaling the fumes of a material called "Joyce's Patent Fuel." The deceased men sle ti p ig t h o t ri b t e h it i: g pr v e e m ry ise e s ai o d f t t h h e e b b a a i i l li al ff? t W ook oo o ll r e tl , o a f n J d oy S c u e n ' d s a p y atent stoves into the room, some hours before the men went to bed, to warm the room for them. The fuel used was the patent fuel always burnt with that kind of stove, which has no pipe to it. The deceased retired to rest together about ten o'clock on Sunday night, in their usual health, and when the bailiff went to call them at five o'clock in the morning he found them dead. One of the men, Rose, had only entered Mr. Dodd's service the same day. In reply to the coroner, the bailiff stated he bad frequently carbonic enaan t a gas, u B e used the stove before without any ill eff ec t. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased met with their Luel closo Apart/ mate ? Ldheeaitrhvebrydii:thaaluaingutiand appended to of Joyce's patent RAILWAY INT gLLIGENCE. 1 OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The capital account for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. shows that 4,150,344/, had been received, and 3,877,4691. expended, leaving a balance of 273,3751. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. showed that 111,773/. had been received, and 56,9311. or 50.93 per cent., expended, leaving a net profit on the working of 54,342/. The return of working stock showed that there were 6 tank engines, 23 passenger engines, and 22 goods en gines ; 22 first class carriages, 15 composites, 38 second class, and 59 third class carriages ; 20 break vans, 10 horse boxes, D carriage trucks ; 1,078 goods and coal waggons, 22 timber trucks, 17 cattle trucks, 40 ballast trucks, 24 break vans, 905 sheets, and 17 horses. The length of the line authorised is 112} miles, of which 28 miles are open for traffic, 73i miles being double line and 24i miles single line. The receipts of this company, including the Stour bridge Extension Canal, from the Ist to the 18th Jan., have been 9,4139/. 75.; and the expenditure, also includ• ing that of the Stourbridge Extension Canal, 4,820/, 6s. 31., being at the rate of 50'79 per cent. MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at Darlington ; Mr. N. Flews in the chair. The directors reported that the final oall on shares created in 1852 having been paid the capital account was now closed, save as related to any expenditure by the Stockton and Darlington Company (lessees) for per manent improvements, but which would in no respect affect the dividend. Messrs. N. Plewe and H. Pease wore re•elected direc tors, and Mr. I. Wil-ton auditor. A. resolution requesting the Stockton and Darlington Company to remit the guaranteed dividend (6 per cent.) was also agreed to ; and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. WEAR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company wag held on Monday at Darlington ; Mr. P. Smith in the chair. The statement of accounts showed that 783,9501. had been received on shares, and that the present loan capi tal amounted to 37,0001., making a total capital (in. eluding some receipts as premium, ko.) of 823,203/. . , The - statement of accounts was then received and adopted. Mesers. Hepple and Johnson were reelected directors, and Mr. C. Robson auditor. A request was made that the Stockton and Darlington Company would send out dividend warrants for the guaranteed six per cent. with their own, and it was con sidered desirable that this company's shares should be cimverted into a preference stock of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY. The statement of the accounts of this company to the 31st of Dec. last shows that the directors have applied the half-year's rent received from the Eastern Union Railway Company to the further liquidation of the bond debt of the company, in compliance with the resolution of the shareholders at the general meeting held in Aug. last. The receipts and expenses on capital account amounted to 281,8481. BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. The report states that the masonry, tunnel, and other works are making satisfactory prog►resa, but that the earth-works are in a backward state in consequence of a eontinuation of bad weather. About 50 yards of the tunnel remain to be completed, and the bridges and other works are nearly finished. The capital account to the 21st of Dec. last shows that 143,5541. had been received, including 49,6501. on loan, and 142,1471. expended ; leaving a balance of 1,4071. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The report of the directors of this company states that the revenue accounts for the half-year ending December 31st last amounted for dues on minerals to 129,9111. ; for merchandise to 24,3831. ; for passengers, mails, &c., to 17,311/. ; and for rentals, &c.,tto 1,7451.—t0ta1, 173,3911. The way, rolling stock, and other appliances are in excellent order. Of the sum expended during the half-year about one-half is for rolling stock, and the re maining moiety on account of the new branches and station accommodation. The board have received over tures for relations of a more permanent character be tween the company and the Middlesborough and Guis borough, and Darlington and Barnard Castle companies; these have been entertained by the directors in a liberal spirit. The intended communication betwee❑ the east and west coasts, known as the South Durham and Lan cashire Union Railway, now waits the sanction of the Legislature. It is difficult to estimate the amount of advantage to be derived specially to the iron trade from this communication, or its undoubtedly beneficial effects upon the prosperity of these districts. The board re commend that out of the balance of profits remaining after payment of all interest, preference dividend,, and rents, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum be paid on the ordinary shares of the company. The accounts show the receipts on capital account to have been 1,599,1731., and the payments 1,466,9241., leaving a balance in hand of 132,2491. The expenditure on capital account during the last half-year was 61,8041. The revenue account for the half-year ending December 31 showed that 173,3911. had been received and 95,240/, expended, leaving a balance of 78,1511. The interest on bonds amounted to 9,255/., leaving 68,8961. available for rentals and dividends. DORSET CENTRAL. This company's line, from its junction with the South- Western Railway at Winborne to Blandford, a distance of 10 miles, was sanctioned in the last session. A bill is now before Parliament for extending the line from Blandford along the vale of Blackmore, a distance of 24 miles, to the Somerset Central authorised line at Bruton. It appears that the inhabitants of the towns and the landowners along the line are in favour of the project ; some of the latter having stipulated to take the value of their land required for the railway in shares of the company. The object of the line is not only to accommodate the traffic of the district, but by means of other lines to complete a continuous line of railway about 70 miles in length from the English Channel at Poole and Southampton to the Bristol Channel at High bridge. From this point to Cardiff and Gloucester it is proposed, by means of suitable steamers, to open up the coal-fields of South Wales, and the Forest of Dean to the central parts of Dorset, and thus supply the in habitants of Glastonbury, Bruton, Temple Combe, Stal bridge, Sturminster, Newton, Blandford, Wimborne, and Southampton with coals at much lets cost than at present ; at the same time affording rapid communica tion from the agricultural districts on the line to good Markets. It is expected that the coal traffic, includ ing that from Radstock, will form an important item of revenue. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARMA- MENT. Yesterday the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the following cases :—Portsmouth Railway ; South Devon Railway ; South Eastern Rail way (Greenwich Junction to Dartford) ; Norfolk Rail way ; Great Southern and Western Extension Railway ; Lancaster and Carlisle and Ingleton Railway ; Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway ; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Midland Great Western Rail way of Ireland (Tullamore line) ; Bristol, South Wales, and Southampton Union Railway. In the case of the Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway the standing orders were declared not complied with. The Midland Great Western Railwayiof Ireland (Sligo Extension) was adjourned to the 9th Feb. The Shrop shire Union Railway and London and North Western Railway Bill was adjourned. Among miscellaneous companies Price's Patent Candle Company, and Portsmouth Water and Mersey Conser vancy and Docks passed the standing orders. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTERIT RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £16,059 0 7 Corresponding week last year 1,667 6 4 Increase in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £10,370 12 8 Corresponding week last year 1 0,702 0 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 1 ,2,698 10 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 141,35 13 9 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 1!55,391 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 £21,916 4 10 Corresponding week last year 20,015 9 6 CHESTERAND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 1:4,461 0 0 corresponding week last year 4,098 0 0 Increase in 1857 £3.33 0 0 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £2oB 13 6 Corresponding week last year GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 £6Bl 13 1 Corresponding (week last year 2:6 6 10 PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS.—Under Schedule Eof the Income Tax Act, 75 , 092 persons were assesse d, of which number 27,814 were under 150/. a-year. General Torn Thumb, says Little England's Illustrated Newspaper, has come again from America, and is draw ing crowds of people to see him in London. Certainly Mr. Stratton is worth going to Bee. He is the smallest young man alive—intelligent, well formed, and well in formed—courteous in his behaviour —good tempered, witty, and a very good mimic. Mr. Stratton is now in his 20th year, and is only thirty-one inches high. TLe nursery Couplet is just the thing for him, What a little thing am I, Hardly higher than the table. k[Pßlcs 40. STAMPED SD• spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Dally News ) On Tuesday evening Mr. Disradi accused the French an I English Governments of the grossest and most shameless duplicity towards Italy. There can be no mistake as to the meaning of the allegation of the Right Hon Member for Bucks. It was deliberately made, and repeated over and over again. Mr. Disraeli said, in the first place :—" Austria obtained that which at no period cf her history her brightest statesmen ever supposed she would ever get —a guarantee. [Lord Palmerston : From what Power !] From what Power ? Why, from th• only Power Austria ever feared—a guarantee from France for the possession of her Italian donsinions— (hear, hear)—and granted not merely with the sanction and approval of the noble lord (Lora Clarendon), but by the advice and at the special instance of his Government. (Cheers.) That secret treaty, he found, was not denied, though mentioned now for the first time." Again, when Mr. Gladstone, in the course of the debate, referred to this statemt nt, Mr. Disraeli rose to reetify a small inac curacy into which Mr. Gladstone had fallen. "Mr. Disraeli was understood to explain that what he said was, that all this time the Italian possessions of Austria were guaranteed • upon whi c h th e no bl e l or d said, `By what Power ?' a n d he said, guarantee) by France, but with the sanction of England." This - statement of Mr. Disraeli has been met by Lord Palmerston with a distinct and explicit contradiction. Now, we are not going to insist upon Mr. Disraeli's proving his assertion : every man is liable to be deceived. But after advancing such a grave charge, in Parliament, against the honour of the English and French Govern ments, we maintain that he is bound to prove that he made it in good faith—that he had strong reasons for be lieving the truth of hie assertion. This he can only do by stating his authority, and the corroborating circum stances which induced him to give credit to that autho rity. If Mr. Disraeli fails to do this, he will rest under the grave suspicion of trifling with the public in a dis cussion of vital importance. Nay, more, he will labour under the most galling and intolerable suspicion to which an English gentleman can be subjected. We have said that Lord Palmerston met Mr. Dis raeli's accusation on this head with a distinct and explicit contradiction. We mean in so far as relates to the exist ence of a treaty of guarantee contracted by France with Austria, with the knowledge and sanction of England. In so far as Mr. Disraeli is conct.rned, Lord Palmers• ton's denial is as strong as could be desired. But in so far as the cause of Italy and the cause of law and good government in Europe are concerned, his lordship's words leave ample room for further explanation. "The treaty" (said Lord Palmerston, " is a mere romance, and without the slightest foundation in fact—(laughter)—ex cept this, that I believe in the earlier stages of the war with Russia, when the question was as to what line Austria would take, there were communications between France and Austria, the latter being uneasy as to the line the French Government might take in the case of diturbances in Italy. I believe that the French Government said at that time they would take no part that would be at all hostile to Austria in Italy, bat there was no treaty en tered into by France with respect to the Italian posses. sions of the Austrian Government." Then, thosigh there may have been no treaty, there was at one time an un derstandin, between France and Austria with respect to Italy of which the English Government was cogni sant. That understanding, too, was of a wider scope than the imaginary treaty described by Mr. Disraeli. It did more than guarantee the Austrian possessions in Italy : it bound France " to take no part that would be at all hostile to Austria in Italy." Now, from a circuiar addressed by the Cabinet of Vienna to its diplomatic agents immediately after the publication of Count Cavour's note to the Congress of Paris we know that Austria claims a right to assist Italian sovereigns against their subjects by military intervention. By undertaking to do nothing hostile to Austria in Italy the French Government sanctioned this outrageous claim. It is to be wished, therefore, that 14 )rd Palmerston would be a little more communicative on this vital question, and let us know whether this understand ing, that the French Government " would take no part which would be at all hostile to Austria in Italy," still exists. If there is such an understand ing, Sardinia and the whole liberal party in Italy have been most shamefully deceived by the professions made in the Congress of Ifaris. Altogether, there is something very curious about this charge which Mr. Disraeli has made against the French and English Governments. For months past we have seen repeated attacks upon the English Government in certain Parisian journals, which are generally under- stood to stand in intimate relations to some of the depart ments of the French Administration. The burden of their complaints has been the feebleness of the English Cabinet, the cooling of its affection for the French Alli ance, and its inclination to cultivate more cordial and intimate relations with Austria. Ne s, if there be the least shadow of truth at the bottom of Mr. Disraeli's story —nay, if even the materially modified version of Lord Pal merston be correct—it is the French Givernment that has been clandestinely cultivating a good understanding with Austria, to the detriment of the cause of good go. vernment and independent nationality in Italy. It must be kept in mind, too, that Mr. Disraeli has just returned from a visit to Paris, after having been most assiduous in paying his court at the Tuileries ; and what is more curious still, his return was heralded by ominous reports of revelations most damaging to the foreign policy of the English Government, which he was said to have ob• tained from high quarters in Paris. The circumstances to which we have been advert ing are only of importance in so far as they show to Italians and to all friends of Italy the necessity of being watchful, and of relying upon themselves alone. It Italy is to be saved, it must be by the pressure of en lightened public opinion. " Put not your faith in prin. ces "—nor in Ministers either. Lord Palmerston's ac count of the part which the English Government has taken in the diFcussion regarding Prussia and Switzer land betrays lamentable coldness towards the conetitu tional cause. What reason have we to believe that ho feels more warmly for the frieeth of constitutim , al government in Italy l The rebuke which Lord John Russell administered on this head to the English Cabinet, on Tuesday, has been most richly deserved. Nothing has been done for the suffering inhabitants of the States of the Church. Sardinia has been treated with super cilious coldness. And as for Sicily the part played there by France and England irresistibly reminds one of the humane experiments of certain physiologists who take pleasure in dissecting live animals. The policy pursued towards the King of Naples has aggravate I the sufferings of the Two Sicilies ; and the French and English Governments appear to watch the throes and convulsions of the agonised community, curiously calcu lating how long they can be endured. (Prom the Times.) The income tax is a tax which for every penny in the rate of assessment brings a million of pounds sterling into the Exchequer. S,xteenpence in the pound yields just sixteen millions in clean hard money, with no great expense in collection, and with a greater certainty, pre• cision, and completeness than is the case with any other impost which the genius of financiers has been able to devise. But this is not all that the income tax raises. It raises half a-dozen constant, keen, and interminable conflicts of principle, keeps large classes of the people in a state of chronic discontent, and at every period offering a chance of relief throws the whole island into profound agitation. It is a tax which everybody is fain to use, but nobody is ready to justify, which does our work for us while we murmur at it, which was never quite sanctioned and yet could be never quite dropped ; so that in the end, as Mr. Gladstone expressed it, we went living on with it from year to year, like children afraid or regardless of the future, and content with pro viding for the present. Such being the income tax, what are we to do with it ? Proscribe it utterly—name, substance, and all That would be to destroy the most formidable weapon in the armoury of the State. If money means the sinews of war the income tax is the very essence and vitality of the whole muscular system—" an instrument" as Lord Derby said, "of vast energy and effect, exhibit ing in the strongest degree to foreign countries the immensity and power of our resources for war." Shad we make it permanent ? That would be to make injustice, impolicy, and discontent permanent—to attach a charac ter of durability to measures only tolerated upon the ok express assumption of their being transitory. observe at the debates on Tuesday evening, and „.° 0 1) the terms in which the tax is spoken of. respecting t the speeches made all over the c , untry the notorious inequality of its incidenc%and an t y h sibility (as it seems to many) of i fi t n° o l then What its equality. What shall we do with ypotso lous as l and as anomalous and seasons as exceptional very nature and character wanted in mighty lumps, and suggests —keep it for times itself— for periods when money s f o or lo t n h g e and yet we have an in comewwhoerdne%But we are not at offouwinasdro:wnobody asks how—in other as nee i d ti s s lj than half is avowedly a war war, as far as expenditure contribution. always terminate with fighting. tax of which s o d m o w u o b a r t r e , is concerned, does not paid which are still war bills, although Bills remain to have e been signed, peace proclaimed, and but treaties may and determine on a given day is jubilees celebrated. That the income tax, at its present such day being not far off. What already provided , t r i a o t n e, as s shall the whole tax is actually doomed to xtinc is more, e c c a e se tlx. Not only the war 9d. but the peace 7d. lies under sentence of death, to be carried into execution this time three years. Tho impost, in fact, as at present constituted, is twofold in its formation, There is, in the first place, the original creation of Sir Robert Peel, maintained by one Minister after another, and finally adopted by Mr. Gladstone in 1853, on conditions of a terminable existence expressly defined. Then there is the superstructure, the upper stratum, laid on to meet the exigencies of the Russian war, and framed only to last fur a still shorter period. In te,th cases there is finality staring us in the face. The road has been rough, and the lane a 1 .ng one, but, at any rate, the turning is wed in view. As to the war 9d., whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be required to forego the letter of his bond and capi tulate on the spot, or whether, as was suggested in the deb a t e , th e operat i on of an act o f P ar li a ment, however accidental, in furnishing Government with means should not be too narrowly or jealously viewe provided the application of such means were satisfac• r-,r tr -It: f e.., • - ,„..-- . 1 ~,: 1 .. tory, is a que s ti on w hi e h can b a di s ),, we have seen the actual figures. thit3,,,17A5/ a . however, an d more iroitsrtant aoist, thal k of t_,;, - -t•il, :----._;,--- come t,,,, ii, i, s genera l an d compreioo siveLV.araoler, we entirely concur with the opinions so decidedly ex- ' preQsed on Tuesday e,vsning, that, 1860 should see the la- t of the duty until the inexoraos: soin of war shall be once inure heard. Whatever may he said of the ,roc fax as actually levied may be said also of diroct taxation abstractedly considered, for no statesman has yet been able to em body the elementary power in any other practical form than that of the specific instrument with the gripe of which we are so well acquainted. If it is impossible to settle a fair and acceptab;e rate for thei ncome tax, i hat is as much as to say that it is impracticable to employ direct taxation without inflicting injust: ce an d creat i discontent. There a t e t wo propositions which seem nags well established, or, at any rate, are as steadily, safely, and contisuou•ly asserted, as could well be the case w ith a ny political axioms in this highly critical and argumentative age. The first is, that a distinction ought to be drawn between permanent and precarious incomes ; and the second is, that to draw any snob dig. tinetion is beyond. the power of mortal financiers. w e do not ourselve3 profess to accept the dilemma as inevit able, but there it is, thrust in our faces as a practical conclusion whenever the income-tax comes under dis cussion, and it follows, therefore, as a direct and neces sary consequence, that an impost operating with so much injustice should be reserved asan exceptional instrument for exceptional emergencies. It need not be assumed that these emergencies are to be recognised exclusively in the demands of war. As a matter of fact we have bee'i pay Kg income tax through twelve years • peace, and by so doing have placed the finances of the country in a state of unexampled prosperity. Bat when with these ends in view, Sir Robtrt Peel proposed the tax he was careful to introduce it in its proper character. It was still an extraordinary arm brought out at a crisis, though the crisis was not one of war. Its aid was in voked in the first place to restore a salutary proportion between the income and expenditure of the State, and in the next to smite and scatter a host of foes pressing as injuriously a 3 hostile squadrons on the energies and commerce of the nation. Its duration was fixed because its work was specific, and when it had answered its pur pose it was to be disused, and laid up in store for the next occasion. The period of consummation retired, it is true, as we approached it, but the temporary character of the impost was still always avowed, and its existence was only prolonged by a succession of short leases, not always very cheerfully greeted. At length Mr. Glad stone bad the boldness to look the difficulty full in the face, and not only said that the tax sheuld terminate, but provided for the possibility of its termination. He asked a longer respite than was ever given before, but he made the execution of the sentence more certain at the end. In 1860 the requirements of the exchequer will be di minished by the natural extinction of the Long Annui ties; and the Succession Duty—a duty representing the least objectionable form of property tax—will have come into foil play. We trust, therefore, to see the settlement of 1853 receive full effect. Its provisions were devised in a comprehensive spirit and with a liberal considera tion of conflicting claims. No person can say that pro perty and income have net contributed their share to the oational treasury when both will have been taxed for 18 years, of which only two were years of war, and when the former remains taxed in perpetuity. Mr. Glad stone's lease was a long one, but m3re than half of it has expired, and with the end of the thing fairly in view we can afford to wait for Sir C. Lewis's estimates with pa tience, and consider them with rea.anable minds. Liav al and Military tutrelligarace. Her Majesty's steam troopship Megaera, 6, Commander Purvis, embarked at Portsmouth yesterday about 450 of the 33d and 85th Regiments for conveyance to the Mauritius. Yesterday a beard of officers, consisting of Lints.. nant-Colonel A. Anderson, RM., Lieutenant-Colonel G. Elliot, KM., and Major C. D. Robertson, R.E., as9einhled at Fort Clarence Military Prison, Chatham, for the purpose of making an inspection of that esta bli hment, in which they were assisted by Captair. R. Manners, the Governor. The Lords of the Admiralty have granted Captain W. L. Sayer, of the Chatham division of Royal Ma rine Light Infantry, the full pay retirement of his rank in the c' rps for his long and faithful services. Considerable reductions are to be made in the num ber of men employed in the ♦arious establishments at Chatham Dockyard, in order to place them on the same scale as they were on previously t• the late war. Since the Government has returned to the sys tem of employing canvicts at Chatham there has not been such a demand for free labourers, and a reduc tion in that branch is also to be made. The Industry, iron steam storeship, Master Com mander Hodges, is taking in provisions from the R)yal Clarence-yard, Gosport, (about 600 tons), for Rear- Admiral Sir Richard la anclas's squadron, off Lisbon. The iro❑ steam troopships Transit, Resolute, and Assistance are in an advanced state for re-commission t Portsmouth. The Amphitrite, 25, sailing-corvette, is ready fur comm4sisan at Portsmouth. She has been fitted as a coastguard-ship. She has her lower masts and tops on. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, having obtained leave of absence, Colonel Hardinge, K.H., has succeeded temporarily to the duties of the department. A detachment of 60 gunners, two non-commissioned officers, and two trumpeters of the 6th battalion of Royal Artillery, in charge of Lieutenant Anderson, having been medically attested, were yesterday morning paraded for foreign service before the Acting Commandant of Woolwich al:d the garrison staff. The detachment is under immediate orders to sail from Southampton for Hong Kong. A further detachment, consisting of 13 gunners, one serjeant, and one bugler, of the Bth bat talio❑ of Royal Artillery, were paraded at the same time, and are under orders for Ceylon, in command of Captain Tat! well. Captain Clark, Lieutenants Malcolm and Pritchard, and 120 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 23d company of Royal Engineers, are under orders to proceed to the Falkland Isla❑ds. The paddle-wheel steaE•sloop Salamander, 6, has been found to be unfit for sea. The Lords of the Admiralty have extended the boon of full pay retirement of their rank to Colonel Second Commandant S. Hawkins and Lieut-Colonel P. B. Nol loth, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, in consideration of their long and faithful ser. vice 4. The Locust, 3, paddlewheel steam vessel, Lieut.. Commander John B. Field, lift Sheerness on Tuesday morning with Commander George T. Mecham and the lighter in tow. On the Locust steaming up Sea-Reach she was run on shore on the Nore Sand, a short distance above the White Buoy. The tido ebbing the lighter was cast off, and a si.oal was made to the flag-ship for as sistance. The Wildfire was sent out to her assistance. The officers and crew of the Locust were taken on board the Wildfire ; the lighter was taken in tow and they proceeded to Woolwich. The Locust got off the Nora Sand at bth water the name day, and bte4u3ed back to eerce .• The Pembroke, 60, screw steam ship, Captain John & i Fraser, is to take in her po-. , der, shell+, c., and cane . diately return to her station a Leith. The following chips are now fitting in tha basin at Sheerners, viz.:—The SA art:milder, the Pylades, the Terrible,the Nimrod, the Cyciop+, and the Ruby. The Melainpu., late 42, atoreship, Capt. L. G. Heath, is reported ready for her destination for Coastguard Ber vice. Rest. Admiral Sir Houston Stswae, K.C.8., the newly-appointed commander-i(schief in the West Indies and North America, struck his flag on board thelndus, 78, at Devonport yesterday, and proceeded to London. We regret to hear that Captain Hay, notwithstanding the improvement in his health, is not sufficiently re covered to proceed in the Indus to her station. She will be taken out by her Commander, Charles Wake, and Captain Hay will rejoin her as SO3ll as his health will permit. The I n d us was y es t er d a y towed out of harbour into the Sound by the Zephyr and Co t n ht an lm. ce, steam tugs, when she exchanged salutes w ith Im pregnable, flag-ship of the commander-in -chief, his day wille iudae Admiral be swung ha by Mr. Thompson, Queen's subse quently took in ker powder, will andr harbour T Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., kc. h adjustment of her compasses, for sea in a few days. Captain Peel, was yesterday whenbou master , for be eor ready The Shannon, 51, screw, will be put in to -day T Pelorus, 21, scr ew , w i ll be slip p llle o d f al onalongsidehern t sheer y l b k e , e a n t e D e e m y p o l n e p te o d r , t, t a h n e d r e t a b s e t S NI P LAUNCH.— ITheaun g c a h t e e d s e a f t th tb e i e s t y a a b r b d e b a m t e 2 e t p . w m i t b o e - me open r e rno tow ( t t h h e i spduabyli ) 0 . at half-past one p.m., and, by a st range arrangement, the men are to continue at work until two I' , m , r .1 th e hour of the launch, from which time all latssur is to cease . The dimensions of the Pelorus are :—Length from fore part of figure to taffrail, 225 ft. 3 in. ; length between the perpeudiesslars, 200 ft. s'' in. ; length of keel for tonnage, 171 ft. 5i in. ; breadth extreme, 40 ft. 42 in. ; breadth for tonnage, 40 ft. Oi in. ; breadth umulded, 39 ft. 4i iu. ; depth in hold, 33 it. 11 in. Bur den in tons, 1,463 81-94. The following officers of the Coastguard have been cll• rected to leave their stations of the Sheerness division for service (as additional officers) to the Southampton, CO, Captain E. P. Charlewood, viz. : —W. Ce Forsyth, in specting commander ; Lieutenant C. W. Lindsay, and Lieutenant J. A. Hodgskins, for Coastguard service. A court-martial assembled on Tuesday on board the flagship Waterloo, Captain Lord F. Kerr, to try Cap. tain J. Fraser, Lieut. H. Hurt, and Mr. NV. Jeffery, the Master of the Pembroke, on a charge of baying al l owed , the said ship t o s t r ik e ou th e Colebart last. The Court rlriigeof Dungeness, on the 10th of January ast b e severely so e directed that Captain Fraser and Mr. Jeffery rrb e reprimanded, priver and vvii l t b h e e p o a t i h d e r e prisoner s t o nghreNeranse sacciunitt d. Tuesday next. EXTRAORDINAIY CONDUCT.—A girl named Linda Wilson, in the service of Mr. Claxton, farmer, of Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, recently absconded with nine 101. notes belonging to her maser, and having adopted male attire succeeded in getting quite away. The character assumed by the girl seems to have been that of a "fast" young man. She travelled twice by railway from Lon. dun to Edinburgh, and laid in a liberal supply of cl" hu o two church services, and uti,er books. A day or two since she arrived at Great Yarmouth, where, still play. jog the part she bad undertaken, she incurred a consi. derable tavern bill, b oug ht c igars, and indulged in the usual diversions of youth. On Friday, however, her career was cut short, the police taking her into custody on the charge of robbing her master. It was found that the foolish g i r l had dissipated near l y all her ill-gotten money,