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Exhibiting every day and evening, Previous to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, C 9, Quadrant, from 11 to I. 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock. He is beautifully proportioned, rid the smallest man alive. Ilia performances are remarkably t alented and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes, Songs , Dances, : 111 ttlee, &c. The General continues to wait on the nobility and !"try, at their residences, oe due notice. His miniature equipage Promenades the streets daily. Admission, Is. each, regardless of a go ; Stalls, 2s. and 33.; children half-price. ..The General will R . E,SIOTE on the 2d February to the P RINCE wf WALES BAZAAIt, 207 aid 209, Regent-street. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all ARTICLES which have been LEFT in the CARRIAGES of the Company, or have teen found upon the Railway, between the Ist of January and the 31st If December. 1855, and which are not claimed within one month 'Mei the date hereof, will be SOLD to pay the expenses. By order. MARIE }WISH. Otnaral Manager's Office, Euston Station, London, Jan. 14, 1857. ONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING of the DORCHESTER and WET -21017T11 LINE. This Line will Open for Passenger Traffic upon TUESDAY, the 20th of January inst. Trains leave the Waterloo-bridge Station, London, for Weymouth, It am. (far third class), and at Ft and 11 a.m. and 3 and 5 p.m.: from Weymouth to London at 6,8, and 11.55 a.m. and 4.15, and 2.45 p.m. For Tall Information see time-tables. By order. Waterloo-bridge Station, London, 17th January, 1857. Or- NASSAU RAILWAY COMPANY.- Socia6 Anonyme, or Chartered Joint Stock F,orapany, with liability limited to the amount of share, au. "koriled by decree, and by a special law passed by the Chain- D en of Nassau. Capital 1,600,00 n/., of which 1,001,000/. in Nassau Four per Cent. Guaranteed Bonds, and 200,0001. already subscribed %Ad paid up by the Wiesbaden Railway shareholders. .are Capital to be issued, 400,0101., in 20,001 shares •f 201. each. DIRECTORS-LOCAL BOARD. /M. von Roesller, Director of the Ducal Bank of Nassau. I, A. Hergenhahn, Member of the Supremo Court of Nassau. 3, C. Grossmann, Ducal Notary, Wiesbaden. C. Kalk Sohn, Banker, Wiesbaden. DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND. Original Directors Theodore Christopher Ewart, Esq., M.P. of the Wiesba ,theodore W. Rathbone, Esq. den Company. William Nicol, Esq. Together with a Committee in Paris. BANNERS. Messrs. Glyn , Mills, and Co., London. Messrs. J. J. Weller, Sons, Frankfort. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., Lothbury. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel-court. SECRETARY—W. W. Lander, Esq. London Agency, 18, Cannon-street (E.C.), f„„_important The most features in this undertaking are the "tigvring Pirst—That twenty miles of the Railway are already open Tor traffic, and eight more are nearly completed. being provided about two-thirds of the Company's capital provided by the Nassau Government in Four per Cent, bonds, evoiy one pound per cent, added to the net re- Salts of the traffic above four per cent, will add three per tent to the dividend payable on the share capital ;. and Third- That a dividend of at least seven per cent, per an hum is thus secured to the shareholders during construction. The Nassau Railways will continue the Frankfort and Wies °Wen and the Wiesbaden and Rudesheim Lines from Rudes heim to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Goblentz. As the Cologne Railway already open to Bonn and Rolandsworth is being rapidly completed to Coblentz, the line of railway com munication between Cologne and Frankfort will thus be com pleted by the Nassau Company. The annual traffic between these two points considerably exceeds 1,000,000 passengers and 1,000,000 tons of goods. The concession is for a term of eighty-four years; it in cludes a branch line up the Valley of the Lahn, which will 'art from Lahnstein on the Rhine, and extend to the eastern frontier of the Duchy of Nassau, there to meet the Prussian line from Giessen. The Lahn district is rich in minerals, and ite existing trade is sufficient to supply a large and remunera tive traffic to the railway. The first eight miles of this branch have been nearly core- Pleted (from Lahnstein to Ems) by the Nassau Government. The Company is to take possession of these works, and to pay Per cent, on the sums expended by the Government, until t ePayment. The Nassau Railway Company becomes possessed of the line from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim on the terms accepted by the general meeting of the former Wiesbaden Rahway Company, that those Shareholders of the Wiesbaden Company who have not exercised the option of exchanging their old 61. %hares for an equivalent amount of Nassau 201. shares, will receive interest at the rate of 4 per cent. during the construe tiers of the works, and 5 per cent, after the opening of the entire railway for traffic, but will not be entit'ed to any fur ther participation in the profits of the Company. Shareholders in the Wiesbaden Company to the amount of shout 40,0001. have elected to exchange their shares for shares In the Nassau Company. Th e Nassau Railways will thus comprise 120 English miles of railway, consisting of the following sections : Miles. 1. The Line from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim, now open for traffic 2l 2. The Line from Rudosheim along the Rhino, pa.ssing through Lahn stein to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Cohlentz 40 3. The Line from Lahnstein to Ems, nearly completed 8 4. The Line from Ems through the Valley of the Lahn to the Prussian frontier toward Giessen 5l T^tal l2O miles. 1* addition to the assistance afforded by the Guaranteed 1 2"1 1 s the Nassau Government has granted many important ; 'o _ 4• alltagee to the Company. For twenty-five years the lands is released from the payment of any taxes. All "''AS belonging to the State, and required for the Railway, ltr o given gra t u it ous ly to the Company, together with the building materials thereon. Stone, gravel, kc., from the Government quarries, are also placed at the disposal of the Company free of charge. The Rhine Railway will be constructed, like the Rudes "ila section, with a single line of way, and with the earth lifslits, bridges, &c., ready for a second line, when require 1. The Latin Railway will have only one line of way, with the requisite sidings. The estimates of most competent engineers show a margin of upwards of 120,0001., after fully providing for all that is required for opening tho 120 miles of railway for full traffic. These estimates are confirmed by the tenders of able and experienced contractors of undoubted solvency, and have b ale a d m en over, tested an d p rove d b y th e cos t o f th e w orks Y ecut e d . The official traffic tables show that, taking only the present the traff ißhinec in the Lalan V a ll ey, and one-(ourth of the traffic along , the recei suffice, on thi s raodePratsteof the Nassau Railway Company will per cent, to the Sharehotcimrate, to s ecure a di v id en d o f 15 G u aranteed:Bonds portion of the capitalat 4 bein ba consequence of the larger pe f e s e n ia p t plied in Nassau Government RHINEone6 one-fourth of g lte existin RAILWAY. 25000 passengers (being traffic), at id. per mile on (being one the exist -250,000 tons of go ods. ........... <£62,500 is: traffic), at 10. per ............... ............. 93,750 LAHN RAILWAY. 156,000 ?regent traffic above DO,OOO Deduct working expenses, r)o per cent. at most 2123'21522 Interest on Bonds 123 125 £90,000 Sinking fund To Wiesbaden Shareholders lO,OOO 15 per cent. en Nassau Shares 400,000/ 60,000 117,500 Surplus, after providing for all charges, and. paying ...• £5,625 15 per cent, to thelShareholders ......... , 'Under the provisions of the law of concession.. . of during the construction 10th Aug,, I G. the shareholders per annum, in ! will receive •f the works a fixed interest of 4 per cent, 9 - o ,,ened. The addition to the surplus profits of the section . r this year, •ffers of the contractors, which will be submitted to the ap. proval or rejection of the first general meeting f per make up these receipts to a minimum total o 7 r ' L ung the three years required for completing the aipxceanyts.. trb by agree -e Contractors' tenders are made binding on them . went until Ist March next, up to which per i o d the Directors ha te reserved to the Company the right e ither to accept or _ decline the same as may be found best for the interest of the shareholders. fu v Sheaassau Government has constantly and punctually ~; its en ,, a ,, ements, even during the most difficult Pe " ) as- Its credit in Germany is first-rate, and, wit h the atowledge of the present issue, its 4 per cent. stock is now ~,9 „ 7. The gua ran t ee d 4 p er Cent. Bonds, to the amount of '''' . ) ooo /., granted by the Government to the Compa n y , will be issued in Germany from time to time as the works p r oceed but as these bonds have been taken into account in he estimates a t 90 , it h as b een d ec ided to give the share holders the option of taking a portion of them at this price. T hey will be repaid at par by the Nassau Government by an annual sinking fund extending over fifty years. The interest and dividends on the bonds and shares will be Payable in London, Paris, or Frankfort, at the option of the holders. The shares will be payable to bearer after payment of the first 10/. per share. The statutes may be seen at the offices ftlie Company. A pplications for shares, which must be accompanied by a deposit of 21. per share, may be addressed to the brokers, and to the offices of the Company in London ; to H. C. Belot; Esq., Brunswick-street, Liverpool ; to Messrs. J. J. 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JROTT.A',..- ' , ,At . N -'''' Agt..•S/ [ PI: ICE 4D. STAMPED 5D • Naval and Military intelligeaGe. The letter of our .Malta correspondent, dated the 15th inst., mentions among the latest movements there, the departure, on the 11th, for Sicily and Naples, of the ()Trey steatusloop, on the arrival and departures of the regular mail steamers. Yesterday the officers and men of the Chatham divi sion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, to the number of above 1,200, were assembled on their parade-ground for the purpose of witnessing the presentation of silver medals together with a money gratuity, which had been awarded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Colour-Sergeant H. Bing, Colour-Sergeant G. Fox, Corporal Printer, and Private BereP, Royal Marines, for long service and meritorious conduct. The battalion having been formed into a hollow square, Col. J. A. Phillips, the commandant, addreisssed the troops, expres• sing the pleasure it afforded him to distribute the medals, which he trusted the men selected would long live to wear He then fastened the medal to each man's breast, the proceedings being witnessed with much interest. Yesterday morning the ceremony of drumming a soldier out of the service took place at Woolwich. The man, whose name is Leeward, a g u n n e r belonging to the 12th battalion Royal Artillery, had been convicted of stealing a comrade's boots, and other disgraceful conduct, for which about a fortnight ago he received the first part of the punishment allotted him—namely, 50 lashes. Since that time he has been under treatment in the infirmary, and having received the medical certificate to leave the hospital was yesterday morning brought on the parade-ground fronting the Artillery barracks, where the entire battalion, together with 20 men of the respective battalions stationed at Woolwich, was formed into two lines extenuing the whole length of the ground. On arriving there the sentence of the court-martial was read over, after which two stout drummer boys stripped off his facings and buttons. This part of the ceremony hav ing been speedily despatched the "Rogue's March" was struck up by the drums and fifes, and the prisoner was marched forward in charge of an armed esco , t as far as the centre of the lines, where he was again halted. The sentence was again read over, after which the music re commenced, and the procession continued its march to the end of the lines of soldiers, when a final halt was made and the sentence read a third time, and the prisoner was ignominiously marched out of the gai risoe, and for warded thence to Coldbath-fields for the term of six months, at the conclusion of which he will be dismissed her Majesty's service. The prisoner has long been a marked man, and only a short time before leaving the Crimea he underwent corporal punishment for having stolen a horse. A number of artillerymen having been discharged from the service since the order was issued for reducing the ranks of the corps, many of them, although of doubtful character, and who were engaged during the stress occa sioned by the war, were permitted to retain their uniforms, not having been convicted of crime. This has led to the conviction that the frequent occurrences which have taken place recently at Woolwich, and which have been com mitted by men wearing the uniforms of the Artillery, have been the acts of men discharged from the service. On Tuesday night a party of six, all of whom wore the uniform of gunners of the Royal Artillery, attacked a private of one of the field battteries stationed at the cantonment at the exremity of the common, and robbed him of the contents of his pocket—namely, ss. 10d. and a pocket knife. The poor fellow reached his quarters with much difficulty, his head and face presenting a frightful spectacle, literally covered with bruises. Rear-Admiral Richards and Rear-Admiral Eden, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, paid an official visit to Woolwich Dockyard yesterday. The operations of the new Coastguard service com menced on Monday, when Commodore Eden hoisted his broad pennant on board her Majesty's guard-ship Southampton, Captain Charlewood, in Harwich harbour. In the forenoon the officers and men of the Harwich division of Coastguard mustered on board the South ampton, and in the afternoon were inspected by Commodore Eden, who divided them into three classes —viz., those fit for service in the fleet when required, those only fit for Coastguard service, and those requiring medical survey. The officers are to be placed on the books of the Southampton as additional for Coastguard service. On Tuesday Commodore Eden inspected the Southampton, expressing himself pleased with her cleanliness and good order. A. master and crew belonging to the Royal Mail Company, t. gather with Captain Smithett, of the mail packet Vivid, running between Dover and Calais arrived at Woolwich Dockyard yesterday evening in order to take charge of her Majesty's steamer Princess Alice. This latter vessel has been placed at the disposal of the company for a time by the Admiralty, in order to replace the service of the ir-fated ship Violet. Miss Nightingale, accompanied by her aunt, Miss Smyth, and Dr. Sir John Liddell, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, visited the Royal Naval Hospital at Hadar on Tuesday, over which they were conducted by Sir John Liddell, Dr. Leonard, me dieal inspector, and the medical staff, and made a minute inspection of the whole establishment, with the organisa tion of which Miss Nightingale was pleased to express her entire' approval. Both ladies remained for the night the guests of Mrs. Dacres, wife of Captain Dacres, 0.13. superintendent of the hospital, and left 3 esterday morn ing for Portsmouth, to visit the military hospital there. At the latter establishment Miss Nightingale was re ceived by Dr. Bell, medical inspector and principal officer, with the medical staff, who conducted her through the several wards, the cookhouse, Milldam ward, and the 20th, 22d, and 97th regimental hospitals, under the same roof, concluding with a visit to the Royal Ordnance Hospital. Both at Haslar and at Portsmouth Miss Nightingale recognised several of the patients and the medical officers, with whom she chatted freely. After a minute inspection of the Portsmouth Hospital and its dependencies, the ladies returned to London by an early train. A quantity of oakum ignited in the engine-room of her Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, in the dock at Portsmouth, about 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and caused an alarm of fire to be raised, but the oakum burnt itself out, and did did, no very material damage. THE HEALTH OF LONDON. The following interesting summary of births, deaths, and causes of deaths in London, with meteorological observations, for the 15 years 1842-1856, compiled chiefly from the weekly returns, has just been published by authority of the Registrar-General : 44,159 1856—Births { Males Total 86,833 Females 42,674 Ic's6—Deaths { F E :M e a s les (9A,} Total 56,786 1856—Population (Estimated for Males 1,225,546 Total 2,616,248 the middle of Females 1,390,702 the year) "In the 52 weeks that ended December 27 the num• ber ot children born in London was 86,833. According to a rule which holds invariably in this large population, the number of males exceeded that of females, for the births consisted of 44,159 boys and 42,674 girls. In the same period 56,786 persons died—namely, 28,894 males and 27,892 females. The births increase more or less rapidly with the population ; and under a reduced rate of mortality the number of deaths in 1856 was less than that of any previous year since 1852, and the result is an excess greater than was obtained in any former year of births over deaths. This excess is 38,647. Soldiers and seamen have returned from the seat of war, persons en• gaged in peaceful pursuits have arrived iu the capital from other parts ot the United Kingdom and from abroad, and, though many have left it for other homes, it may be assumed that sustenance, clothing, and hou.P accommodation must now be found in London for abDut GO,OOO inhabitants more than it contained at the end of 1855. " Last year the public health was unusually good. During the last 10 years the annual deaths in London have been on the average 25 tol,ooo of the population; in 1856 the proportion was 22 to 1,000. The mortality was lower than in any year within thelimits of this comparison except 1850, when it was slightly less than 21 in 1,000, a redaction which, it is probable, was partly the conse quence of the premature destruction of infirm persons by the cholera of the previous year. That improved state of health which last year prevailed in London as a whole was in various degrees enjoyed by each of the five great divisions of which it is composed. The mortality ranged from 21 in the western and northern divisions of 23 in the eastern. But without reference to the rt i l o t i e i_ f . mortality—or the proportion of deaths to which alone furnishes a criterion of health, a c • : f t iii r some of deaths registered in the several districts will progress cases strikingly indicate the changes al wtyl t , of brick of the vast cJntigui y in the component parts population — which to which the term `London' is now ap ster, selected for measures of imp r: d decrease in the other districts, exhibited a i d s e a c e l gton, Lewisham—de teedn't w W ith e't s m om i e deaths ; while in Kensington, outskirts —the deaths fol lowing population show a st ill more manifest increase. sirable neighbourhoods o n the "The meteorologi cal Greenwich was 49 . 1 deg., which approxi matestemperature at Green have been generally con d i tions of the year appear to fa vourable to health. The mean etrhaegemeaasnobwtaeienkeldy temperature The winter—viz., January, Februa r y, series of years a on long clos h ely w t s o s and Marc $ a bove 42 frequently a deg., and rose as high a s 44 was 47 deg. anddeg. • and in the fifth week c f t h e year the the . d ea ths fell to 949. D 'auh cea prevailed among infants in summer, which to other classes of the community is the healthiest season ; and hence, though the mortality w as rather higher in winter than in the other quarters, its uniformity throughout the year is remarkable. An exception to this statement must be made with regard to October, which was conspicuous among the months for its low rate of mortality, the weekly deaths having been considerably less than 1,000. The mean tempera. ture during great part of that month was 53 deg. The most fatal period was the first week in December, when the deaths rose above 1,310, in consequence of the great rigour combined with sudden change in the state of the atmosphere. 22 inches of rain fell in 1856 ; the average of the last 40 years is nearly 26. In the second quarter the rain-fall was in excess of the average. The horizon tal movement of the air was, on an average, four miles an hour. The decline of smallpox in London may be traced through the last seven quarters. In the spring quarter , e. /7_ - c_ of 1855 the deaths from it were 328 ; thereafter the quarterly numbers were 196, 177, 194, 146, 103, having decreased almost continuously till they were only 74 in the last quarter of 1856. the annual mortality from scarlatina har only been perceptibly less since 1.851. If the deaths fraru this disease, as they occurred".. iri,four seasons during the last live years, he comparedeit be seen that they always arose rapidly towards disclose -- of each year; in 1854, when scarlatina was most fatale the deaths front it were 3,439, and in the last quarter or that year, 1,297 ; i n 1856 t h ey were 1 , 795 ; an d i n th e last quarter, 556, h av i ng been in each of the pre: ions three quarters about 400. Whooping-cough differs from scarlatina in this respect, that it is almost invariably most fatal in the winter quarter, viz., January, February, and March, and (in the nest degree) in the spring. The deaths from whooping-cough were 2,078, showing a de crease on some previous years. Measles alone, of the four epidemics mentioned, exhibits an increase ; in 1855 it was fatal in 864 cases, but last year in 1,445, "The number of persons who died in 116 public in stitutions was 10,331. Nearly one per son ou t o f fi ve who died in the year closed his days under a roof pro vided by public law or private charity. In workhouses the deaths of females preponderated over those of males ; in hospitals for the sick, lunatic asylums, and prisons, the numbers in relation to sex are inverted, the inmates of the houses last mentioned being chiefly men and boys. The deaths of soldiers and seamen, which during the war rose each year above 400 in the London military and naval hospitals, were last year 282. "On the 24th of November the temperature suddenly fell, and, after remaining amid some fluctuations low for the following ten days, it rose again on December 5, and continued for some days higher than the mean temperature of the year. The mean temperature of the 10 cold days was 36.6 degrees, and it ranged from 27 . 7 degrees to 47 . 6 degrees. But the mean night temperature was 26 . 9 deg., and the range was from 19 . 4 deg. to 35'3 deg. Upon the grass the thermometer fell one night to 9.5 deg. Fog prevailed for the first four days, but was afterwards dispelled ; on Thursday, Dec. the 4th, rain fell, and an increase of 10 deg. of tempera turo took place between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., followed by a nocturnal rising temperature, accompanied by a magnetic disturbance. Electricity was positive throughout the period, and volleys of sparks as well as galvanic currents were frequent at first, and became con stant during the last five days. "Althou , 2,ll the temperature was not on an average be low the freezing point, and the freezing did not, as in the six weeks ending on Feb. 21, 1855, when the mean tem perature was 28'4 deg., exhibit the eff, cts of extreme and protracted cold on the populatioz of London, it was held to be a favourable opportunity fur investigating the immediate effects of a fall to a comparatively low tempe rature followed by a mild temperature. " The deaths at different ages, and of the several diseases in the nosology, were taken out for each day from Nov. the 23d to Dec. the 13th. "The 10 days (Nov. the 26th to Dec. the sth) may b• called cold (lays ; the 10 days (Nov. the 23d, 24th, Dec. the 6th to 13th) may be called warm days, for the sake of distinction. "The general result is that the deaths in London during 10 cold days were 1,844, while the deaths in the 10 warm days were 1,505. The excess of deaths in the cold days was 339, or nearly 34 daily. " Under 5 years of age the mortality was increased by cold one-fourth part ; at the age of 5 to 10 there was no increase ; at 10 and under 20 the increase was one-third part ; at 20-40 one-sixth part ; at 40-60 one-fifth part ; at 60-80 one-third part. At the age SO and upwards no effect of cold is shown. "The deaths by consumption were increased at the age 20 and under 60. " The deaths by lung diseases and heart diseases were increased by the cold; but on the brain diseases the effect is not obvious." LORD ADOLPHUS VANE TEMPEST, M.P. A few days since, Lord Adolphus Vane lempest, one of the members of Parliament for the Northern Division of the County of Durham, met and addressed a number of the electors of that division, in the Golden Lion As sembly Rooms, South Shields. His LORDSHIP, who was received with applause, after a few preliminary observations, alluded to two questions having great affinity with. each other, via., the education of the poorer classes, and the question what we are to de with our criminal population? These two questions, he said, had a wonderful affinity to each other, and binged essentially upon one another. As they increased their education, he conceived they diminished their crime. A celebrated man had said, in speaking of a river which had long run a muddy and polluted course, " You must not go into the middle of the river to cleanse it, but you must go to the source whence it drew its discoloured stream." That was the principle upon which they ought to go. They should go to the fountain head, the source of crime, which he conceived to be ignorance. Let them extend education as much as they possioly could, for he was perfectly satisfied that in proportion as they did so, would the crime be diminished which existed in this country. When he observed that there was only 400,0001. given, and given grudgingly, by the Government of this country to the cause of education, and reflected upon the millions which were expended in convictions, prosecu tions, and punishing their criminals, he aid think that the expenditure should be reversed, for they might rest assured that the more they spent on education, the less they would have to spend in punishing the perpetrators of crime. lie hoped that this question .vould assume sonic practical form in the house next session. For him self, he was exceedingly favourable to the extension of education. (Hear, hear.) His lordship then referred to the question—" What is to be done with our criminal population ?" The ticket-of-leave system had certainly nut worked with the success that was anticipated. Thn system was imperfect, and which be proceeded to de monstrateuuhado byt getting m adverting employment. p yrnn. No o hed e ifli t c u ty a ticket of leave mphilanthropic individual, however, would like to see a recurrence of the Norfolk Island system. His lordship adverted to the idea of employing convicts on public works, &c., and proceeded to quote some statistics in reference to what was doing in various prisons in the country, illustrative of the superior advantages of the system pursued at Mi;bank and Portland Prisons. In the Portland pri son, at the end of 1854, there were 1,462 prisoners, who were employed in quarrying, on the prison build. ings, or on fortifications, &c., without at all interfering with free labour. He found the cost of keeping those prisoners amounted to the sum of 48,8331. ; but they had earned the sum of 42,8311. The cost of their main tenance had therefore been reduced to about 6,0001. At Pentonville, the cost of keeping the prisoners amounted to 16,0751., reduced by the amount earned by them to 15,7751. At Parkhurst the cost of keeping prisoners was 16,1231., reduced by their labour to ' 14,277/. At Milbank the cost of prisoners' main tenance was 40,235/. ; the amount received for labour, 32,283/. The quotations, he conceived, in a manner, gave a clue to the settlement of thie vexed question, and one which had occupied so much attention. The convict could be employed to the ad vantage of the country, and without interferng with free labour. He would employ them in constructing harbours of refuge, fortifications, &c. There were many questions which no doubt would engage the attention of the Legislature during the ensuing session. There was, however, one question which was being agitated very much throughout the country. It was the income tax. (Hear.) The question of taxation was a very difficult one to touch upon. It was a difficult thing for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to solve the quell tion how he could collect the revenue required by the state, and at the same time give certain reductions. With respect to the double income tax, his lordship considered that it would be an act of trickery on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take advan tage of the few days that elapsed between the signing and ratification of peace, and inflict upon the country for a longer period a double income tax. (Hear, and applause.) He could not conceive that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be so blind to all feelings of right, as to attempt to continue the people of Englan. l . under this double or war tax. There would, however, be such a strong pressure put upon the Government that in his opinion there would be no chance of its imposition for another year. For himself, when the subject came before the house, he would adopt that course which jug lice and equity demanded. Mr. Anderson also alluded to the question of a gricultural statistics. He was inclined to think the agriculturists of England were quite the measure which pre pared to admit that it would bevoerfyamgruiucuhlttuottahlesitraatit van t ag e and benefit if the syste m tics was adopted. He ho p ed that would It was a question of direct taxa tion, brought forward. Men e Id have a reform bill introduced tu r jste. aHa gewroe: ed t m nhea e t e t meet at w ea l rthe timetwh h e eh a ta p hd p e r r oovra not arrivedeo tf of all parties wor n r h b i o c u u thet e y a g s whether it should be o the o franchise.principle an educational test. Should a reforms bill be tion, or ghoul have his ties introduced it s t and most anxious re . (Bear.) His lordship then referred to the question for the extension of lofi church leaseholds. He formerly took considerable interest in this question—a question which he conceived demanded the attention of any representative connected with the county of Durham, where so much property was held under the church. There could be no doubt that the tenure under which the leasehoders held their pre* perty had a withering and blighting effect upon the improvement generally. Mr. Bell, in his essay on agri. culture, proved that the system of church leassbolds had been a great bar to agricultural and other improve. means. It was not to be expected that a person would lay out his money upon improvement, without he bad lb reasonable expectation of getting a fair return for the capital expendeo. (Hear.) He conceived that it would be impossible to resist the claims of the leaseholders. When. ever arrangements were made by the commissioners, due regard should be had to the interests of the leaseholder. (Hear, hear.) They should be met fairly and liberally. (Hear, hear.) This subject should also have his moat earnest attention. With respect to local dues on ship• ping, he promised to give the matter his careful atten• tion, and to endeavour by every possible, fair, and legi. timate means, to advance the int erest of the shi p own ers , from any of whom he would be most happy to re ceive communications on the subject. His lordship having thanked them fo r the attention with which the y had listened to his rema rks, resumed his seat amid ap plause. The CHAIRMAN said it only remained for them to express their thanks to his lordship for the observations which he had made to them. Three cheers having been given to his lordship, thi iroceedings terminated, SoUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.--The Peninsular Ana Oriental Company's' steamer Azoff, Captain Skottows, having completed her repairs, left today to take up the intercolonial station between Ceylon and the Mauritius. The Spanish steamship Barcelona w ton a s to l l ea at Barcelona on the 21st inst. for Southamp, cathe inter mediate Spanish ports. No news from the Tyne. A thick fog has set in this evening. 1 YZ ', ) —4:4 , 1,7 : 5p. ) , , t 4 f • * . I t**."-t ii4l 7 ;ii 7r4 - ,1,.j i /, - - - , 1it'e, 4,7 1 L a s LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 18!")7. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX ASSOCIATION. Last night a numerously-attended meeting of this asso ciation was held in the largo room, Exeter Hall. In the ab ce of Alderman Sidney, who was prevented being present by domestic illness, Aldernaan Wire took the chair. Seve ladies were present in the side galleries, and the platform was fully occupied by members or friends of the association, but at no period of the evening was the hall more than two thirds filled. Deputations were present from Barnsley, Birmingham, Bridgwater, Brighton, Deptford, Hudders field, Ipswich, Oxford, and Reading. Of the ten membersof Parliament announced to be present only three appeared on the platform—Major Reed, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, and Mr. T. Chambers ; but, ;8 will be seen, letters of apology for non attendance were read from other members. The CHAIRMAN, after reading a lettor from Alderman Sidney, expressinghis regret thatdomestic illness prevented him taking the chair that evening, said that he had come forward and had taken the chair with pleasure, for he heartily concurred in the objects of the association. He believed that the country also concurred in them. They were, however, all aware that however general a feel- ing might be not much attention was paid to it unless the matter was pressed on the attention of the Government. Every 0113 throughout the country, * whatever views he might have with respect to taxation, would admit that the income and property tax required to be greatly modified if not totally repealed. It was not necessary for him to enter into a disquisition to prove which was the best mode of taxation, direct or indirect. Sir R. Peel had proposed a mo. dified income tax for a short time, but since then it had bern increased from 7d. to ls. 4d. in the pound. That heavy impost was unequally levied and unjustly collected. It was against such an impost that the meeting were called upon to protest, and to demand of the Government the abolition of what was called the war 9d. He did not know whether the exigencies of the country would allow of the ropoal of the whole tax ; but, looking to the pros perous state of trade and revenue for the last two years, he thought Ministers could very welLsip without the addi- tional 9d. He hoped that before the meeting of Parliament they would hear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was determined that the 9d. additional tax should be repealed at once. If it were true, as Lord Panmure had announced, that the war estimates of this year would be 20,000,0001. less than those of last year, with the revenue increasing over the ordinary expenditure as it had done, they might look to the end of their agitation, and be able to say that they had accomplished the total repeal of this tax. But even if that were effected they would still have to ask Go• vernment for a revision of the whole system of taxation, so as to make it press equally on all classes—not exempting any class. He believed that the poorer industrial classes had no wish to escape their share of an honest and just tax. (Cheers). No ono would say that our taxation was equally imposed. Everybody who had looked into the matter knew that the poorer industrial classes paid upwards of per cent. of taxation more than the richer classes did That ought not, and would not, continue to be the case if the people were but true to themselves. The objects of the association were to obtain the immediate repeal of the acts of Parliament which increased the property and income tax from 7d. to is. 4d. in the pound, and a more equitable ad justment or total repeal of the tax on trades and profes- .ions. As peace was concluded on the 30th March last, the association held that the additional tax should cease from April, 1357. The association also maintained that the _sing of precarious incomes, and incomes derived from realised property, to the same extent was unjust; that in .ny future revision of taxation a tax on realised property ought to constitute a permanent part of the financial sys tem of the country ; and they looked for the co-operation of all classes who entertained the same views on the sub- ject. As the ratifications of peace wore not exchanged till the 27th April last the Government, taking advantage of the wording of the act, desired to continue the addi tiohal tax till April, 1858. (Cries of shame.) He did not believe that Ministers would have the impudence to get up in Parliament and declare that they meant to stand upon a quibble, and to saddle the people with the additional tax for two years after the conclusion ,of peace. (Applause.) Every tradesman was convinced of the unjust, unequal, inquisitorial character of the tax. (Applause.) To tai industrial income to the same extent as permanent in comes was to tax the brains and sinews of men instead of realised and settled property. (Much applause.) Letters wore then read from Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., from Mr. W. Scholefreld, M.P., and from Mr. Minns, M.P., expressing their regret at not being able to attend the meeting, and generally their approval of the objects of the association. Letters were also read to the same effect from associations at Cheltenham, Derby, Davenport, Exeter, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, and Maidstone. The CHAIRMAN said he wished to inform them that Mr. Munta, one of the representatives for Birmingham, bad made a communication to a member of the association, to the °Met that he could not attend that meeting, but that ho would be prepared to support in Parliament the resolu tions which he understood they wore about to adopt. The chairman then added that be had great satisfaction in calling on Major Reed, the member for Abingdon, to come forward to move the first resolution. Major REED (who is chairman of the association) accord. ingly rose, and proceeded, amidst considerable applause, te address the meeting. He said that the resolution he had to propose was as follows :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the additions made to the property and income tax for war purposes ought to cease from the sth of April next, and consequently that the acts of Parliament impos ing those additions should be immediately and uncondi tionally repealed." He felt great pleasure in informing them that the meeting at which the association had been established, only about six weeks ago, had been followed by a succession of meetings in the principal towns and cities of the kingdom, at which resolutions embodying the principles of the association had been enthusiastically adopted. These resolutions denounced in the most em phatic terms the continuance for another year of the additional 9d. in the tax imposed originally for the purpose of meeting the charges of the late war. That addition had been adopted on the distinct understanding that it was to terminate with the occasion in which it had originated. By the first act of Parliament passed upon the subject it had been merely provided that the increased tax should only last as long as the war. But a second act had been passed last session, in which:it was set forth that it should continue until the 6th of April after the expiration of one year from the period of the ratification of a treaty of peace. Now peace had been concluded on 30th March last, and in the fair sense of the arrangement the additional 9d. ought to cease to be levied in the month of April next. But for reasons best known to her Majesty's Government, the peace had not been ratified until April 27, and upon that ground they claimed a right to continue the war tax until the April of next year. Was not that a most monstrous proposition ? (Hear.) And were the people of this country supposed to be incapable of understanding so plain a ques- Von ? (Hear, hear.) When the gentlemen with whom that association had originated had solicited his co-opera tion, he had felt it his bounden duty, as an independent member of the House of Commons, at once to throw him self into the movement, and to endeavour to assist in ob taining the accomplishment of what was, after all, a fair matter of bargain between man and man. (Cheers.) The committee had placed him in the high and proud position of their chairman, and in that position he had watched with anxiety the progress of the movement, and had ob served with much satisfaction that it had a larger amount of the favour and support of the country than had been extended to any other cause since the agitation for the re peal of the corn laws. Every man saw the injustice of taxing to the same extent incomes derived from trades and profes sions and incomes derived from fixed property. He be lieved that, according to the best calculation that could be made, the sums realised in the former case were worth from only two years and a half to three yeare purchase, while the receipts of the landowner or ihe fund holder were worth not less than 28 or 30 years' purchase. No language it would be in his power to use could strengthen the conviction which every one must feel of the glaring injustice of imposing on two such funds precisely the same amount of taxation. (Hear, hear.) He next came to the inquisitorial character of the income tax. (Hear.) He remembered that a proposal for collecting agri cultural statistics had met with considerable opposition from the farmers, who complained that if that proposal were adopted their landlords would learn the amount of their produce, and might thus be led to raise their rents. But be did not see why tradesmen also should not object to a tax which necessitated a disclosure of the profits of their busi ness. He believed that her Majesty's Government—to use the language of the chairman—would not have the " im pudence" to insist on the continuance of the additional 9d. in that case. He took it for granted that no Government would disregard the language which the country had held upon the subject. He had little or no doubt but that her Majesty's Ministers would state, at the commencement of egu begun. and( (Cheers.) the h the session, that they were determined on surrendering the that odious tax was b war 9d. But the work of the people would then only have e country . u ) n t T r h e h r a e d m e n v a r l i gohftt to o e 9 d expect.w o u d only (Hear.)b fac ceptedas an instalment of the change which the associa tionthe matter without the s y it to be continued at all it should be en tirely revised. happy to say that the hOr n i gentle House of Commons to do anything in would be impossible for an indepen dent member of the gentlemen, e on included a considerable pport of the country. He was num ber of independent men who disregarded the blandishment s There were among them official power, and who did not at the of the . holders of the regular opposition—the menwL same time belong to called "the guerilla band"—and who were not the Obs w e ere * of any Ministry. When a member of th i e ule G us () followers brought forward a measure he never addressed himself to these immediately behind him, because he .was su re they were "all right," or to those opposite him, because he was sure they were " all wrong"—(hear, hear, and laughter)—but he addressed himself to the independent members, and those men, if they only knew their power and exercised it properly, might sway the House of Com mons. (Hear.) With the present position he occupied as the chairman of the association he should feel it his duty, on the first day of the session—unless he should hear from the Government what he could consider a satisfactory de claration in reference to the abolition of the war 9d., and the removal of the injustice of imposing the same amount of taxation on incomes derived from trade and profession and incomes derived from real property—he should feel it his duty to place on the books of the house a notice which would meet the wishes of the country upon t hat subject, and would elicit from the Government an expression of the policy which they professed to pursue with respect to it. (Cheers.) The people had the remedy for that evil in their own hands, and if they only did their duty posterity would bless them ; if they did not do it they would dis- grace themselves, and they would deserve the opprobrium of future times. (Cheers.) The hon. and gallant gentle- man concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. T. CHAMBERS, M.P., seconded the resolution with pleasure. A great injustice was sought to be perpetuated, and the people had determined to resist it. As the best way of producing conviction in tho minds of Ministers was not by long speeches, but by gentlemen assembling and pro- testing against the injustice sought to be inflicted on the country he, should confine his remarks within narrow imits. The resolution proposed the abolition of the war tax of 9d. In all the acts relating to the property and in. come tax, with one exception, the language was uniform as to the period of its cessation. They all declared that it should only continue till the Gth of April next after the exchange of the ratifications of peace. Accordingly, in former times the war tax on property and income ceased on the 6th April after the ratifications of peace—the period expressed in the act. The usual rule, ho believed, was to copy the precise words of preceding acts, and accordingly in the act which doubled the inoome tax for the support of the war the language of former acts was strictly followed, viz., that the tax was to cease on the 6th of April next after the exchange of the ratifications of peace. But when the additional 2d. was proposed the phraseology of the act was varied ; 'not, he was afraid, unintentionally— and it was declared that the act should continue in force till the 6th of April next after the expiration of one year from the exchange of the ratifications of peace. (Shame.) That being so the Government had an act of Parliament in their fa- your, and that was a great matter. (Laughter.) Of course _ . it was the bounden duty of the Government to set a good example by obeying the law, and, unless the people in- strutted them to the contrary, to continue to draw out of the pockets of the people the income tax as it stood at present. The act would justify the Government doing that, and therefore they had met that night for the pur pose of helping the Government out of the difficulty. (Rs- newed laughter.) Analogy was iu favoar of their demand that the additional tax should cease next April, for in the ncrease which had been made in the sugar, malt, and tes duties for the purposes of the war, the language used was precisely that which was used with reference to the old in come tax—viz., that they should cease on the 6th of April next after peace was ratified. The late war was a bright page in the history of England—(no) — so far as the spirit and feeling of the people were concerned. (Cheers.) The people had shown a readiness to support the war, and though but ill seconded by the public departments and those in com mand, they had ,persevered until the contest was success fu:ly ended. The people were fairly entitled, therefore, now that peace was established, to call upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer to forego any legal claim which he might have for the continuance of the additional war income and property tax beyond the usual period. (Applause.) Mr. Jos. SHAW, one of the Huddersfield deputation, supported the resolution, and maintained that it would be grossly unjust if the Chancellor of the Exchequer took advantage of the clause in the act to continue the additiona 1 auc till 185& The people of Huddersfield did not ask for the immediate abolition of the income tax; but they objected to the continuance of it in its present shape and for its present amount. Ho contended that there should be a revi sion of taxation, and that the practice of taxing bricks and brains alike must be stopped. (Applause.) It was a shameful thing fur a minister in the receipt of a salary of 5,040/. to say that he was unable to devise a better tax. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Mr. APISLEY PELLATT moved the next resolution, as fol• lows ;—" That the present system of levying the income tax by taxing permanent and precarious incomes alike is mani festly unjust, and leads to a general and systematic evasion; that the despotic and inquisitorial mode of assessment is repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen, and has only been submitted to from time to time under the impression that the tax was for a temporary purpose ; and that this meeting hereby pledges itself to use every legiti mate means to obtain a more equitable adjustment of the tax and an improvement in the mode of assessment, or a total repeal of it upon trades and professions." He said that if the Premier did not announce in the Queen's Speech at the opening of the session that the 9d. additional tax would be given up, he, as an ind e p en dent member, would move an amendment t o k noc k o ff th a t h a t e ful impost. (Great applause.) In proposing the above resolution, he was ready to do it without the concluding words "upon trades and professions," if the meeting desired it. (Loud cries of " No.") He would therefore propose it as it had been drawn up by the committee and as it stood. (Applause.) He had examined some of the former acts, and had found that trades and professions were more justly dealt with than they were under the present act. The farmers were for merly called upon to pay a fairer amount of taxation than they were now called upon to do under the income-tax acts. Farmers were not taxed on their incomes or on their property, but on a permanent amount of profit, calculated on their rental, a system which was most unfair to other industrial interests. A return showed that the trading in. terests paid of the property tax at 7d. in the pound no less an amount than 1,800,0001., while the whole farnsing inte rest paid only 330,0001. Another return showed that there were 3,500,000 persons engaged in trade in all England. Half that number were employed in the farming interest, yet it only paid a sixth of the property tax. That was an iniustice that ought to bo remedied,as well as the inequality of the present mode of assessing the farmer and the trader. The public were justified in agitating the question until the results desired were obtained. Mr. T. A. ATTWOOD, of Birmingham, came forward amidst cheers to second the resolution. He said that his position upon that occraion was better than that occupied by the Government, according to the statement of Major Reed in the House of Commons, because he know that all was right before him, behind him, aid around him. Above him, too (looking at the ladies' gallery) he had the happiness of seeing the representatives of that sex to whom as an Eng. lishman he acknowledged the fullest allegiance. Ho had the honour of being the chairman of the Anti-Income Tax As sociation of Birmingham—the first association of the kind formed in England. That iniquitous tax had been intro duced with a promise that it should last only for three years. It had since been continued under a variety of pro texts. It had even recently been largely increased for the purpose of meeting a great national emergency ; and at present it was proposed that the increase should be pro • longed by the n loption of a base quibble. (Hoar.) Ho need not occupy their time by attempting to show that an income derived from a trade or a profession was less valu able than an income derived from real property, and that it ought not to be subjected to the same amount of taxa tion. He would only repeat, in reference to that point, the statement of a very able periodical, that that was a property tax on income, and only an income tax on pro perty. The members of the House of Commons must have been aware of the true character of the tax at the time they had agreed to its adoption. Mr. Roebuck—a name he always mention° I with respect—(hear, hear)--had proposed that precarious incomes arising from trade should be taxed at only one-third of their amount; adding that ho did not make the proposal as one that was mathematically correct, but as an approximation to rough justice ; but the Government had shown that they preferred gross injustice to rough justice. (Hear.) It remained, however, for the country to prove that they had taken a different vi ew of the question. He could assure the people of the metropo lis that in any step they might take for the overthrow of the present tax they would receive the cordial co-operation of the people of Birmingham. (Hear.) And he hoped they should all soon witness the repeal of a mess re which it had been a disgrace to the government to propose, which it had been a disgrace to Parliament to sanction, and which it would be a disgrace to the people to continue to endure. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN' observed that the meeting might de. pend upon it that the men of Birmingham would do what they said they meant to do. lie had much satisfaction in stating that the ➢iayor of Oxford would speak in support of the resolution. The Mayor of OXFORD, who rose amidst cheers, said that he did not intend to trespass long on their time. But he wished to state that he had last week presided over a meet ing in Oxford, held for the same object which had brought the present assembly together, and that the meeting had been unanimous in their determination to get rid of the war 9d. at all events. There were other points, however, in which they had not been equally united in opinion. They must all be aware that if they were to get rid alto gether of direct taxation they should add a proportionate amount to the taxes raised indirectly. For his part, he had always been an advocate of a well-considered measure of direct taxation, because he believed that it was far less costly in its collection than a system under which the pub lic money was levied by the imposition of duties on articles of consumption. (Hear.) Mr. G. BEATON here obtained leave to address the meeting for a period, of five minutes, to which time he engaged to limit his observations. Flo said be wished to suggest to Major Reed the propriety of proposing, as a sub stitute for our present system of taxation, a tax of 2s. in the pound on all incomes above 2001, a-year, derived from real property. Ho thought that a tax should also be im posed on titles, to be called " the titles' poll tax." (Those suggestions were received with much laughter and other marks of disapprobation, in the midst of which Mr. Bea ton retired before his five minutes bad been quite com pleted.) The CHAIRMAN was then about to put the resolution, when a person who gave the name of Stephenson, in the body of the hall, bearing the tvdpearance of a mechanic, expressed a wish to address the meeting. After some slight confusion it was arranged that he should advance to the platform ; and after he had s.rrive I there, and communi cated for a moment with the chairman, the latter stated that Mr. Stephenson wishes t to propose the following addi tion to the resolution—" 'By relieving all persons whose income does not amount to 150:." The chairman further said that he would at o',ice put that amendment to the meeting, and this statement gave rise to some opposition, as some gentlemen, whose opinion, however, was over ruled, declared that any - one who had a proposal to make ought to be allowed to speak in its support. The amendment was: put and met with only a very few supporters, and the resolution was afterwards unanimously carried. Col. D. MWOUGALI: then came forward to propose the third resolution, which was as follows—" That this meet ing recognise with groat satisfaction the strong expression of feeling manifested throughout the country in favour of the objects of this association, and desire to tender their special acknowledgmo'ots to those gentlemen who compose the deputations present on this occasion." Ho would strongly recommend the constituencies to send no person to Parliament who was not pledged to support an equitable adjustment of the income tax and a remission of the gene• ral taxation of the country. Mr. J. NienoLLY, of Marylebone, seconded the resolu tion. The people of Marylebone had resolved, he said, if the income tax were not to be altogether repealed, on ob taining the immediate discontinuance of the war 9d., and an equitable adjustment of the charge as regarded the lia bilities of the members of trades and professions, on the one hand, and of landholders and fundholders on the other. One of their representatives was a member of the Govern ment ; but he pledged himself that, if that member were to continue to support the tax in its. present form, he (Mr. Nicholay) would oppose him to the utmost of his power at any future election, The game was in the people's hands, and they must succeed in their object if they would return to Parliament no man who was not prepared to aid them in its attainment. (Hoar, hear.) The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution to the meeting, when Mr. ROGERS (who announced himself as of the Chancery bar) said that before the resolution was put, he wished to know whether no ono was to be allowed to address the meeting except those individuals who had been selected by the committee to do so ? The CHAIRMAN said that if any gentleman wishing to speak presented himself for that purpose, ho should put it to the meeting whether they desired to hear him. (Ap plause.) Several candidates for oratorical display presented them• selves, but the Chairman interpreted the conflicting wishes of the meeting as opposed to their being heard. The resolution was then put and carried nearly unani• mously. Mr. PATIIIDGE (of Birmingham) next presented himself and succeeded in getting a hearing, but not without inter ruptions at the outset of his remarks. He claimed for Birmingham the honourof establishing the first anti-income tax association in England. He denounced the income tax as unjustand inquisitorial, and contended that if the Chan cellor of the Exchequer could not find a better tax he should resign and give place to an abler man. (Applause.) If the House of Commons had exposed the public to some thing like actual robbery they ought to acknowledge their error, and not insist on the fulfilment of a manifestly un just contract. The income tax, laws he maintained, wore based on false principles, and were productive of several grievances. It was unfair to tax industrial incomes to the same extent as incomes from fixed property. It was also unfair to tax the gross income from house property instead of the nett income. Annuities terminable at short periods were another instance of the false principles of the tax, fot they paid on principal and income. There were also grievances respecting property exempted from the tax, such as reversionary property, woods and forests, household pro perty, and property producing less than 1001. a year. Me maintained that the sound principle was that all property should contribute in proportion to its value towards the expenses of the state. (,Applause). Great dissatisfaction was felt in Birmingham at the mode in which the lewd commissioners were appointed. The commissioners for general purposes had to hear appeals, and then there were additional commissioners, selected by the other body, but whose names were utterly unknown to the inhabitants of the town generally. An impenetrable socresy had been preserved upon that latter point. The consequence was that the people might be entertaining at their own table men who would be able to use against them in aecresy knowledge obtained in the confidence of friendly and un suspecting intercourse. He said that such a system was a disgrace to England.• (Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in stating that if the opponents of the tax in Birmingham had made the question iu any case a personal one it would have been impossible for the commissioners to have continued in the town, braving the universal hostility which the exercise of their functions had created. They had resolved on no longer assuming a suppliant atti tude towards the Government upon the subject. They would send them no more deputations. A. deputation from the town had already had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and at that deputation they had told him that they looked at the tax, in its present form, as a wholesale public swindle. But they had got no redress from the right hon. gentleman. They did not ob ject to a system of taxation under which they would have to pay the full amount of their fair share of the national taxation, but they did not believe that the present income tax was justly levied. They had already held a meeting at which they had adopted a memorial begging her Majesty not to continue in power any ministry that would insiston maintaining the present income tax, and they had asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to present that memorial— (laughter)—but they bad since learned that it had been confided to the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment. He felt persuaded that if the Government and the House of Commons were to continue to run counter to the wishes of the country upon that question they would drive the people to insist on the formation of a middle-class ad ministration ; and with the establishment of such an ad ministration the domination of the oligarchical faction in England must cease for ever. He was quite sure that i" London would pull ahead in that cause, and if Birmingham would push from behind, they must succeed in attaining their object. (Cheers.) Mr. Gown G, of Ipswich, was the next speaker. Ho said that a meeting had been held in the town which ho represented upon that occasion, at which the most vigorous determination had been manifested to promote the objects of the association, and similar meetings had since taken place in all the towns of the county. Mr. VICKERS, of Southwark, expressed the earnest de termination of the inhabitants of that borough to aid in the movement. Major REED said he had ben in communication with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to ascertain his wishes with respect to the reception of a deputation from that association, and the right hon. gentleman had been pleased to fix Friday next at one o'clock for the purpose. He (Major Reed) hoped the right hon. gentlema❑ would make such a declaration at the interview as would be satis factory to the country. (Hear, hear.) Tho hon. and gal lant gentleman then concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to the chairman. This motion was seconded by Mr. ATTWOOD, and was unanimously carried and duly acknowledged by the worthy Alderman, who said he wished it to be understood that that was not a public meeting, but merely a meeting of the members of the association. The proceedings terminated at ten o'clock. THE CHARTIST FROST.—Last night Mr. John Frost gave a lecture to a numerous body of the working classes, at the As- etubly-rooms, Nottingham, on " Trans• portation." Mr. E. Hart, a town-councillor, was chosen chairman, and introduced Mr. Frost to the meeting. The lecturer was received with protracted cheering. He commenced by an attack upon the aristocracy, and said he knew that any man who attempted to shake their power, or to make them disgorge their plunder, must do so with his life in his hand. Mr. Frost proceeded to say that he bad converted one of the most eminent judges in Van Diemen's Land to the principles of the charter, and then described the treatment of convicts in that colony. From 1783 to 1852 more than 10,000,000/. of the public, money had been expended to degrade and brutify their fellow subjects. In conclusion the lecturer adduced various statements to prove the prevalence of crime in the penal settlements. He said it was a very common thing for murders to be committed there, and apparently without any cause. But the victims were destroyed because they would not submit to the propensities o f their fellow convicts. The lecturer expressed his inten tion of compelling the Government to bring him before a committee of th e H ouse of Commons. If th e y refused he would app ea l t o th e p eo ple of England. I t was evi dent, he said, that there must be a change in our present system, and he believed he could point out a sure remedy for the horrible state of things which at present existed. Mr. Frost resumed his seat amid tremendous plaudits. A vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer, and chore were given for "Ernest Jones. /‘l -