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'NIECE:I A NI CS' INSTITUTION. rr O.MORROW (Wetinestlay). the "3d instant, at hal 1 past seven, CHARLES, COWDEN CLARKE; " Author of " The Riches of Chaiater," &c., will deliver Third of a COURSE of FOUR LECTURES on t POETS OF THE GUELPHIC ERA. Subject —T- Shelley, and Byron. ota The next Quarter of the HIGH SCHOOL will bezin the Ist of April. Terms, £2 17s. per quarter; )'reparator y Department, £1 17s. per quarter , incluing B ks. Pros pectuses may be had at the. Institution. 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(admitting to Lectures and Library), Half-a- Guinea ; Sons or Apprentices of Members, Five Shillings : Apprentices of Non-Members, Half-a-Guinea. W. B. HODGSON, Secretary. i f BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR F $ R SAINT ANNE-STREET WARD. T HE Mayor, and the Alderman and sessors of the above leVard DO HEREBY GIVE N TICE, that the ELECTION of a COUNCILLOR for t ' Ward, to supply the present Vacancy, and to serve in I iof Mr. William Slater, and continuo in o ffi ce so long Mr. Slater would have continued, viz., until the Ist day of November, 1843; will be held on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d day of March instant, at a Building late the Shop of Mr. Teer, shoemaker, on the east side of Christian-street. The time allowed for Polling is from Nine o'clock in the Forenoon to Four o'clock in the Afternoon ; but the presiding Officers have power to close the Poll at any time before Four o'clock, if one hour shall have elapsed during which no vote shall have been tendered for any candidate. By order, P.D. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk. Town-Hall, 18th March, 1842. TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S WARD GENTLEMEN, HAVING been waited upo n by a d epu t a ti on f r om the Conservative Association of your Ward, xvil,b a request that I would allow myself to he nominated a. a Candidate for your suffrages, to supply the vacancy in the own Council caused by the retirement of Mr. Slater; h ing also been confidently assured, that upon my consenti g, for the good of our common cause, I should rally round he Conservative banner every friend in your Ward ;I fe eeply sensible of the kind confidence reposed in me. However unwilling, from various circu lances, to obtrude myself upon the Electors of any Ward, much more upon a Ward in which I have never resided, I hesitate not on the present occasion to make you a tender of my.services, feeling persuaded that no exertions will *he wantincon your part to return me as your Third Conservative Representative to the Town Council ; and in the event of my being so returned, I will endeavour, honestly and impartially, to act and vote so as to give satisfaction not only to my personal friends, but also to my political opponents. I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful servent, THOMAS BRASSEY. West Dery-street, March 16, 1842. TAKE NOTICE, that, from this date, DWARD 1 NEWTON will not be answerable for any Debt or Debts his Wife, SARAH NEWTON. of 61, rtland-street, contracts. EDWARDFNEWTON Witness—JOHN WORTHINGTON. 22d March, 1842. GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN "GENTLEMEN'S DRESS," / 07 FiRSIT-AATZ QUALITY, SUPERIOR CUT Alid) WOESCIJAN- SHIP, AT THE CIVET CAT, is No. 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPqOL D. MYERS, NAVY AND ARMY TAIL(' , TROUSERS MA K R. WOOLLEN DRAPER, AND GENTLEMEN'S OUT- FITTER. THE STOCK of this Establishment has just been reple nisheti from the first houses in London and Paris, with every description of Fashionable Material for Gentle men's Dress, suitable for the Winter Season, consisting of Patent Waterproof Cloths, Pilots and Beavers, &c., for Top Coats, Superfine Westof England Broad Cloths, of the most fashionable Shades and Colours, for Gentlemen's Dress, Frock, and Riding Coats ; Cassirneres, Diagonals, Plaids, Tweeds, Doeskins, &c., for Trousers ; French and English figured Silk Plushes, Vlvets, Satins, Silks, and Shawl Vest ings, of the most approved and really beautiful designs, all of which having been purchased upon most advantageous terms, so as to enable the CIVET CAT TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT to maintain its fame of MAKING FIRST-RATE ARTICLES OF GENTLEMEN'S DRESS AT THE LOWEST FOSSIBLE PRICE D. M. tenders his sincere thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Professional Gentlemen of Liverpool and county of Lancaster, for the great encouragement he has received, and begs to assure them that the advantages which have so much signalized his Establishment (viz., that of making the best articles at a very moderate price), will ever be adhered to ; and as experienced Foremen are engaged from/the West of London to superintend the CUTTING DEPARTME A TRUE, EASY, and SCIENTIPI I is WAR RANTED. D. M. particularly solicits the attent Gentlemen who find it difficult to procure an easy and a -fitting Trousers, as a Foreman is employed for this bran!, -only, and whose attention is entirely given to-this important part of Gentle men's Dress ; and as every branch of this Establishment is carried on by separate Foremen, due and proper attention is given to all orders. D. MYERS respectfully submits the following List of his Prices for the ensuing Season : Gentlemen' Travelling Coats Waterproof Top Coats 2 0 0 Superfine Waterproof In Taglioni, Top Corts, Velvet D,Orsay, Collars and Cuffs Best Waterproof Bea- Chesterfield ver Top Coat, Velvet style Collar, Cuffs, and Facings.. £3 0 0 to 4 4 0 A full-sized Spanish Cloak of Su- Superfine Cloth, measuring from seven to nine yards round the bottom, from Superfine Dress Coats Ditto, beat quality, West of Eng- .£3 10 0 to Xi 0 0 - 9 . 0 „ 210 0 000„ 3 0 0 210 0 „ 3 0 0 land Cloth, wool-dye Superfine Frocks, Silk Lined The Best, any of the most Fashion able Colours, or Blacks Good Winter Trousers, all Wool 0 0 0 „ 015 0 Plaid & other Fancy Trousers, from 017 0 „ 1 4 0 The best Dress Trousers, of Doe skins, Diagonals, waterproof, fancy materials, and superfine Kerseymeres Shawl Vests French. German, and Turkey Pat- 1 6 0 „ 110 0 011 0 „ 014 0 . - - tern, ditto OlB 0 „ 1 5 0 The very best Genoa Velvet Vests 1 6 0 „ 110 0 Elegant figured, or embroidered ditto. most beautiful designs Rick Silk Flushes, in every colour —best quality .. The largest assortment in Liver pool of French, German, and English figured and embroidered Satins, from Young Gentlemen's Spencer Suits (Jacket, Vest, and Trousers) of the best quality ........ , . Tunic Dresses, elegantly made 2 2 „ 210 0 A Plain Suit of Livery complete at 4 0 0 „ 0 0 0 D. M. being a pupil of her Majesty the Queen's Habit Maker, Ladies requiring Riding Habits will find this estab lishment equal to any in London, and which are made in the most elegant style, from £4 4s. Od. to £8 Bs. Od. Gentlemen contracted with by the Year upon the following terms : 1 8 0 2 10 0 160„ 0 0 0 016 0 „ 116 0 3 Suits per Year., .. £ll 14 0 4 Ditto ditto . .... 15 4 0 Best Quality. 5 Ditto ditto .... 18 10 0 6 Ditto ditto .... 21 10 0 By returning the Clothes after the usual time of wearing. NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORM EXACT TO REGULATION. A choice selection of Gold Epauletts, Swords, Belts, Gold Lace, &c., is kept in the Stock of this Establishment. Merchants and Captains supplied with every article of Dress, suitable for all climates, at wholesale terms, not to be rivalled by any House in the Kingdom. The greatest variety of Macintosh's India Rubber Fa brics, and of Patent Waterproof Cloths, Cashmeres, &c. This Establishment is Closed es Saturdays. T B CIVET. CAT, 72,,L0RD-STRRET. A young wife remo nstrate d w i th her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, °thi s sont a Zt, '" My love," add he, " I am only like the prodigal Ma ; " lilt We f" ol- bY•aild- I>y " " And I will be like the prodi ga l son too;'' she replied, '''for I will ar ise and go to my father ;" and accordingly off she went. A MISZR Moos:Ten FOR TRAVEL.—It was seven o'clock on a March morning as the doo r of the hall crea k e d on its on e hinge, and Isaac Peppercorn, followed by Biddy the housekeeper, and Cupid the terrier, came forth into the light. Isaac wa s equipped for travel. He car ried — we T cannot say wore —a coat of forgetton black ; made for him i n the days of his belly, he having many years since subdu e d t h at d e f orm i ty . The coat met in one wide Wrinklethe back, pocket and the large cuffs hung like horse-col yearned top eket • rigs Of the . bearers ; who had ventured himself lars on the into breeches coeval with the coat, and had armed his legs w ith boots--evi de ntly _ made, but found to o bi g, for some giant — hard as horn. A broad-brimmed hat, t i e d over his as ears with a red hankerchief, secured the beaver from the sud den prancings and caricolings of the horse, should the animal Alas ! much was the gravity of that ancient indulge therein• l't l looked very like a withered quadruped scandalised by the precaution. Little of Isaac's face was to be seen, butth at wi i th t e a hand!e a yard-and-a-half apple. He carried a w hi p long, and a thong theretot—fortunately—w enough to appal the hear cough and a whistle to Biddy, words in a voice between a who crossed her thin ar The horse, held by a boy, Eps over her apron, widened her mouth into a smile, and said nOthing.' was at the gate ; it was of a dirty white, an w d h l a o t ok h e a d ir rath er was the spectre of a horse tha n . a liv i ng . s teed. was as rough as a rug ,but its tail—and in the . ignorant vanity of the s p ec t a t o r—was bare as a carrot. The animal continued to champ th e bi t , w i t h a sa ti s f a ction that at last it had got something in its mo u th. Isaac, with i n human placidity, mounted the horse, t ouc h e d t he rein, rattled his legs in his boots, plied his whip, and in a minute or two the horse ga thered itself up and shambled off—much to the a pparent an noyance of a party left at t h e H a ll ; we me an, Cupid the ter rier. Now, the dog was as lean, nay even leaner than the horse, but there was a something in its spirit—it must have been hope—that as it sometimes looked at the white horse on the common, inadeiteheerful, nay, even gamesome. This morning, however, it was but too plain that all was not right with Cupid. As the horse stood saddled, waiting for the rider, Cupid as on tip -toe walked round it, now looking in its face, and now at its ribs,. and now gazing mournfully at its master. When, however, Peppercorn was fairly mounted, and the steed, after due consideration, stumbled into a trot, Cupid tried to bark, but its voice failed, and it only wheezed at the departing horse-flesh ; and yet, as plainly as legacy hunter ever mourned his disappointment, did C u pid ex c laim —" There go my long-nourished hcipes of many, many din ners !" The neighbours had Wog marked the attention of the dog to the horse bad often dwelt upon the friendship of Cupid : friendalsjpi in this world how hard it is to discover the motivassitewen a dog.—.7errold's " Cakes add Ale." - , )USE ( i LORDS GtLAII !ed by v Lords to discs the country. It was :lin doin tinpertal Vatitainnit. TIIU IZSD )ught forward his resolutions relative rich he had given notice on Monday, (heating the right of the 1-loue of tters connected with the finances of Le they generally refrained as ❑such so, but that b-bearancey .ffeeted their unquestioned t icissible in the present state of the revenue and expenditure to avoid the hard ne • ~ cessity of an income tax. Even though a revision of our tariff by lowering duties might by increased consumption lead to an increase of revenue ultimately, yet that increase could not be expected in sufficient time to extricate the re venue of the country from its present difficulties. It was a mistake to suppose that an income or property tax would not press upon the labouring classes of the community. Every thing that reduced the fund from which they were paid must necessarily produce an effect materially E affecting them. There seemed to be several errors prevalent amongst those who supported, and also amongst those who opposed an income tax. One party were in the habit of ad mitting the propriety of an income tax, if it were confined to property in land and money in the funds, and those persons were more generally in favour of taking the funds than the land. Such persons were utterly ignorant of the position in society of those whom they proposed to tax. Amongst the fundholders there were 210,000 persons averaging £lOO per annum, while of those receiving over 1,000 per annum, from the funds there were only 600. The noble lord then argued that though it was just to make all classes pay in proportion to their income, there could be no justice in increasing the rate of per centage in proportion to the largeness of income. It would, however, be another matter to lower the rate of per centage as you descended to the smaller incomes, according, to their nature, and this he thought quite proper. Those who contended for a graduated scale of taxation contended for this, that the revenue should be collected from classes of the community, and not from the whole community itself. It was his firm belief that this income tax was absolutely ne cessary, and therefore it was that he wished to have it dis cussed by their lordships before it came before them in a bill, for then alteration and modification would be wholly out of the question—they could not alter an " and" or a " nor," they must take the bill as it, came before them or reject it altogether. The noble lord then proceeded to argue that it was manifestly unjust not to make a distinction between the nature of incomes arising from different kinds of property, and equally unjust not to make a similar distinction between such incomes and the income derived from the professional labour. He then dwelt upon the inquisitorial nature of the income tax, which was had _enough in compelling the land , lord to disclose his incumbrances or pay a greater amount of tax than he odght,'but which was a thousand-fold worse as regarded the merchant, the 'professional man, or the trades man, who dare not disclOse their losses, particularly the mer chant or tradesman, whose disclosure of the losses of one year would almost inevitably lead him the ensuing year into the Gazette. The noble lord concluded by expressing his regret that they should be compelled by dire necessity to re sort to a war tax in time of peace, and hoped that it would not be retained one hour beyond the existence of the abso lute circumstances which called it forth. He then moved his first resolution, to the effect that nothing could justify the income tax but hard necessity, and that when that ne cessity had passed away the tax should cease-. The Earl of ItipoN said he agreed in a great deal of what had fallen from the noble lord, and nobody could deny the justice of the resolution he had moved. Indeed all the reso lutions were abstractedly true ; but he did not think that they had been brought before their lordships in a convenient shape or time, because they might have th• effect of fetter ing their lordships' proceedings when the bill now before the House of Commons should come under their consideration. The resolutions, it agreed to, would create much awkward ness in the transaction of business between the two hbuses of parliament, as such agreement would be in effect an intima tion to the House of Commons that their bill must contain certain principles, or it would not be received by their lord ships. Under these circumstances, he considered himself absolved from following the noble lord through all his argu ments, and he should therefore conclude by moving the pre- vious question. The previous question was then put and carried without opposition, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY When the Wigan election committee were called upon to be sworn at the table, it appeared that Sir James Howard was absent, whereupon the sergeant-at-arms received instructions to take the hon. member into custody. Mr. LINDSAY moved, that on April 7th the house should resolve itself into a committee, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty, praying that a sum of money equivalent to the losses of those merchants whose opium had been destroyed by the Chinese authorities, at Canton, who had surrendered no less than 20,283 chests of opium, on the assurance of Cap tain Elliot that they would be paid for it by the government at home, should be granted to them. . . . Sir G. STAUNTON seconded the motion, and said that the loss was so serious as to have driven several of the merchants, whose property had been destroyed, to commit suicide. He thought the government was bound in honour to make com pensation. Sir G. LARPENT took a similar view of the case, and hoped that no financial difficulty would prevent the Government from doing justice to the sufferers. After some observations from Sir C. NAPIER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Bri tish merchants were in the power of the Chinese, their lives as well as property being at stake. Under such circum stances, although the course pursued by Captain Elliot was honourable to him, yet still neither the late nor the present Government considered the pledges given by Captain Elliot binding. Compensation could not be obtained from the Chinese government until the cessation of the war, but in the meantime inquiries were proceeding as to the value of the opium destroyed; which he feared had been greatly ex aggerated. Under these circumstances he opposed the motion. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the merchants had re ceived pledges that her Majesty's Government would en deavour to obtain restitution from the Chinese government, and had been infohned that in that case it was only the true value of the opium which could be made good. Under the peculiar circumstances, however. of a great many of the suf ferers, hewas of opinion that the money obtained from the Chinese government might be drawn upon to afford them .provisional relief. Mr. M. PHILIPS said that until brought to be given up as a ransom for British subjects, the opium was not within the Chinese jurisdiction. Mr. JARDINE said that if the question were viewed in a mercantile light, all the argument lay on the side of the mer chants, who would, he hoped, receive justice at the hands of the Government. Mr. J. A. SMITH was decidedly favourable to the motion. Mr. C. W. WYNNE was of opinion that if the merchants had not a strictly legal right, they had at all events an equi table claim to compensation. Sir R. PEEL said he rose for the purpose of doing justice to another party—namely, the people of this country. We were embarked in a war with China, with a view to obtain redress for injury and insult, and also to obtain compensa tion for our merchants. Surely, then, the ransom paid for the city of Canton should be appropriated, in the first in stance, to meet the expenses of carrying on the war with vigour; and if compensation should be given at once to the merchants, why, he would ask, should it not be done by a parliamentary grant. Lord J. RUSSELL was of opinion that there were circum stances which entitled the merchants to favourable consider ation, which might be given in a committee of the whole house. On a division the motion was lost by a majority of 87 to 37. Lord G. SOMERSET moved for leave to bring in a bill for the more effectual inspection of houses licensed by the ma gistrates in quarter sessions for the reception of insane per sons in England and Wales. Mr. WAKLEY thanked the noble lord for the attention he had given to this subject ;- but his proposal, after all, amounted only to the appointment of two barristers to inspect hospitals for the medical treatment of persons labouring under this dreadful disease. He requested the noble lord to name a distant day for the second reading ; and he (Mr. W.) would then be prepared to enter into the whole subject fully. Lord ASHLEY expressed a wish that Mr. Wakley would enter upon his proposed analysis of the conduct of the me tropolitan commissioners as soon as possible. He thought the appointment of legal examiners a matter of immense importance, and likely to be attended with beneficial results. Lord G. SOMERSET said he should move the second read ing before Easter; but he would give ample time before goinc , into committee. Mr.' T. DUNCOMBE moved for a select committee to in quire into the administration of relief to the poor in parishes incorporated trader Gilbert's Act, and to report whether it would be expedient or just to repeal those acts for the pur pose of substituting in lieu thereof the Poor-Law Amend ment Act. Captain PECHELL seconded the motion. , Sir JAMES GRAHAM opposed the motion. He had already given notice of a bill on the subject of the poor laws, to be brought in immediately after Easter, which bill went to make several alterations in the existing law, and until that bill was introduced, he did not think it would be well to state the nature of those alterations. Mr. WAKLEY said he did not approve of this secret prac tice, the result of which would he to prevent the possibility of ascertaining the feelings of the country upon the proposed alterations before they should have become the law of the land. Mr. C. COLVILLE also disapproved of the silence of the government as respected their intentions relative to the future existence of the Gilbert unions. It was not a manly mode of treating those unions to keep them in ignorance of what they had to fear, in order that they might be unprepared to resist the attack when made upon them. Mr. S. WoicriEy was - not ili'srPosed - to blame the govern ment so much as other hon. gentlemen on the ministerial side had done, for not disclosing prematurely its intentions. There was nothing unreasonable in the motion, and he should therefore support it. Sir R. PEEL said it was requisite that the house should take an early opportunity of stating explicitly whether it would stand by, or abandon, the principle of the new 'poor law. As far as the convenience of the government went, it would have been easier foi them at once to have agreed to the motion ; but he felt that the new poor law act could never be advan tageously carried while there was a feeling through the coun try that it was doubtful whether the principle of the law itself would be maintained by parliament. It was therefore that he deprecated this committee, as the very worst course that could be pursued. for its effect would be to paralyse existing authorities. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in reply, said he was glad to see so many hon. gentlemen, on the ministerial side of the house, prepared to redeem the pledges, respecting the poor laws, which they had given on the hustings. On a division, the motion was rejected by a majority of 108 to 4l.—Adjourned. P HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY The Bishop of DERRY took the oaths and his seat. Lord CAMPBEI,L presented a petition from a Roman Ca tholic, who was imprisoned for declining to swear to his ba lance sheet, having conscientious objections to taking an oath. The noble lord thought that in conscientious scruples, affir mations might be allowed, as in cases of Quakers and Mora vians. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the object was to get to the truth, and before he came to any decision on the bill placed upon the table by L or d Denman upon this subject be should to a question to from the Ea opinions of th rl ofi e ‘A i judges. I nreply T: mEsouß as to whether the new timber duties would come in t o operation On the .sth of April, The Earl of RIPON said that the progress of the measure in the other house wa s so much slower than had been antici pated,ure that there was little doubt but that the period of those duties corning into operation must be postponed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. The Hon. James Howard, who was taken into custody for non-attendance at an election committee, was brought up by the sergeant-at-arms, and after an explanation on his part, was discharged, on payment of his fees. On the motion for going into committee of ways and means, Mr. F. BARING entered at great length into the financial condition of the nation, contending that the right hon. bart. had fallen into an error of £lOO,OOO in his statement of the deficiency in the finances, the deficiency being less by that amount than the right hon. baronet's calculation. Tills £lOO,OOO he begged to present to Sir R. Peel as his (Mr.. flaring's) first fruits in " fishin- , for a budget" on his side of the house. The right lion. gentleman then proceeded to com ment on the new tariff of differential duties, condemning the principle that in every article, however small, there must be a differential duty, and insisting upon it that there was no advantage to the country in the proposed alterations in the tariff at all equivalent to the evil of the imposition of an in come tax, which was as obnoxious as it was nnnecassary, be- cause, in his opinion, the sources of financial supply were nut exhausted. He would give every opposition to the pro posed income tax, which he could look upon in no other light than as an unfortunate proposal for the minister who brought it down, and as a heavy calamity to the country. It was an unjust tax ; it was an unequal tax ; and the right hon. hart. was already in possession of the fact that the hank of England was of this opinion, and that the country regarded it with dismay. The right lion. gentleman concluded by decla ring, that it he stood alone he should record his dissent from such an unjust and oppressive tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER contended for the necessity ci an income tax, owing to five consecutive years 4 aggravated deficiency, which • it was hopeless to supply by' any additional taxation upon articles of consumption. The right hon. gentleman replied seriatim to the objections of Mr. Baring, and insisted that any increased taxation upon: articles of consumption would fall much heavier upon the community than the proposed income tax. He could not' understand the argument that any particular tax should be regarded as a war tax. If the revenue was deficient the ne cessity was as great for taxation in time of peace as in time of war. Lord Howie K said, if there were other sources from which revenue could be obtained, they were not justified in impo sing upon their constituents taxes of so very objectionable a nature as those proposed. The revenue might have been considerably raised by a fixed duty on corn; and here he might remark, that the landlords might yet find they had made a false calculation, and that the sliding scale had cost them more by occasioning the imposition of an income-tax than if they had adopted a fixed duty. A similar application of the same principle to other articles of consumption might he found very productive. As an instance he would take the article of sugar—and he would observe that the country. must now see how fallacious was the argument that a reduc tion of duty on foreign sugar would lead to an encourage ment of slavery ; for the very same thing applied with equal force to the reduction of the duty on coffee. The noble lord then contended that there was no necessity for the income tax, which would press with dreadful force upon the middle classes of society ; and he predicted that if such a.tax should be imposed, when its weight should be felt, the right hon. baronet would find the stanchest of his supporters shrinking from his support, as they had formerly shrunk in 1816 from supporting a government of which they generally approved, in the maintainance of this tax. . . . . -._.... _ Lord J. RUSELL said it was ri great omission not to have included sugar it they meant to advance largely towards commercial freedom. Corn was another omission; and the reason of these emissions was that they dared not propose to touch those two articles, because they touched the inte rests of great merchants and landholders by whom the pre sent government was supported. It was a mischievous and wanton course to create a number of new protective duties, totally uncalled for, as it- appeared was now to be done by the new tariff. There was no emergency so great as to war rant the imposition of an income tax, for had the measures proposed by his government last year been adopted, the pre sent deficiency would have been only £1.300,000, and even the £2,500,000 might be supplied by a revision of taxation. The noble lord then adverted to the inquisitorial nature of the income tax, which he contended rendered such a tax parti cularly odious and mischievous. The strongest objection, however, he had to this tax was, that it was telling the world that this country was driven to its last resource—that it was struggling for existence, and that war would 'find it unpre pared. He should for these reasons vote against the income tax in the committee ; and should it come back to the house in another shape, he would move resolutions in order to place on record his opinions of the financial state of the country, and of the impolicy of an income tax. The house then went into committee, and Sir R. PEEL proceeded to address the house. He was not, he said, surprised at the course the noble lord announced his intention of pursuing. He felt confident that whatever course lie pursued, or whatever he proposed, he never could hope for anything but opposition from those whose mal-ad ministration of the finances of the country had led to its pre sent embarrassments. Since he had last addressed the house it had become necessary to send additional reinforcements to India in consequence of the way in which they had misma naged the affairs of that country ; and he should have to move, in consequence, for additional army estimates, thus increasing the existing deficiency of £3,000,000, including the cost of the expedition to China. The other measures in contemplation would occasion a total deficit of £4,200,000, which could only be met by an income tax, which would press on those who, though in some instances not rich, yet were in circumstances sufficiently easy to meet this demand upon them. With respect to an income tax, could any one be deceived by the cry that it was a war tax ? It was the exigencies of the country that demanded it ; but even if it were a war tax, was it because that they did not hear the cannon sounding in their ears that they could therefore per suade themselves that they were at peace ? Let them look to China and to India, and such a delusion would cease on the instant. He thought the sum each person would be called upon to contribute under this tax would be very small, for the cost of living would be so very much reduced, if his -whole plan were adopted, that the payer of the income tax would receive considerable compensation in the cheapness of articles of consumption. The right hon. baronet then pro ceeded to explain the machinery by which he proposed to collect the income tax. He proposed to adopt the machinery laid down by the act of Lord Lansdowne, in 1806, in the ad ministration of Lord Grenville and Lord Grey. • The com missioners of the land tax should be required to appoint com missioners for general purposes, who would have the selection of others, to be called additional commissioners, and those latter would have the charge of the assessment of the property tax. There would be, as there were in that case, special pro visions respecting the assessment of Bank and East India stock and other public securities. This tax he meant to be under the control of the commissioners of stamps and taxes. Local commissionersshould appoint assessors, who would deli ver blank forms of return, containing minute instructions as to the filling up of the blanks, with a return of the annual value, whether of lands, rents of houses, &c. With respect to the profits of trade, he should propose, as in the act of 1806, that those profits should be taken upon the average of the three preceding years, and with respect to professions upon the profits of the preceding year. The chief difficulty of the tax was with respect to trades and professions, and it was in reference to these that the tax was said to be inquisitorial, and this difficulty he would endeavour to meet. He proposed that the returns when filled up should be sent to the assistant commissioners, and be accessible to the surveyor. and to these parties it should be competent to make a surcharge upon that assessment. The appeal from this surcharge should be read before the general body of commissioners, who would have very extensive powers to demand precise information. To meet the objection as to the exposure of a man's affairs to his neighbours, he proposed to give to the party appealing an option of appealing to the general commissioners or to spe cial commissioners appointed for the purpose, who wouki be bound to secresy by oath, and whose decision should be final. There would be also a provision to enable parties to com pound for the assessment for the whole period of three years that the tax was to last ; and an arrangement should be made to enable the possessors of landed property to pay into the Bank of England, so as to prevent their friends and neigh bours from knowing the exact amount of their income. With respect to making any distinction between terminable an nuities and other property, he could not assent to make any such distinction, for if be were to do so he must be compelled to make remissions to a much greater extent. The object was to levy the tax upon the• whole income of the country, and he could make no discrimination as to the source from whence it was derived. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the whole tone of the right hon. baronet betrayed a consciousness that his plan was not received by the country as favourably as he affected to be lieve. Strong as were his objections to the income tax, if the right hon. baronet had brought forward fair and just commercial alterations he would be disposed to enter upon its consideration ; but when he found his commercial tariff passing by the strong and powerful, and flying at th e wea k and defenceless, be could not for such a commercial reform consent to fetter the country with an income tax. Lord WORSLEY wished to ask the right hon. baronet what amount of revenue he expected to derive from the importa tion of foreign corn under the sliding scale of duties. The noble lord took that opportunity of condemning the injustice of placing the same rate of tax upon the income derivable from terminable annuities and other species of property., Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible to form an estimate of the amount of revenue, for it depended altogether upon the harvest. Lord WORSLEY said it was reported that from that source there would be a revenue of £1,200,000. On the motion of Mr. HAWES, the chairman then reported progress,' and obtained leave to sit again. CRUELTY IN A FACTORY, The following case came before the bench of magistrates at Halifax, on Saturday last—George Pollard, Esq., being the chairman : . _ _ _ A respectable-looking young man, named Jonas Booth, was charged with assaulting Mary Haigh, a delicate little child of about twelve years of age. She said she worked at Mr. Ambler's mill, in Shaw-lane, Ovendon, at which Booth was an overlooker, and the assault consfsted in " setting her up," that is, making her bold a brush above her head for an hour and forty minutes; and when her arms began to be tired and dropped a little - , he hit them up again. !ler sister proved the case; she said it occurred on Tuesday morning. She herself worked in another room of the mill, but the hands kept coming up and telling her what Booth was doing to her sister; and "she bided as long as she could," but at last went down and saw her little sister " set up." In de fence, Booth said the girl " had committed some offence" for which she was turned away, but her hither wanted her to come to work again, and therefore she was accepted on con ilition-that'she was firs' fo lie punished for what she had done. A. Mr. Themis; the bookkeeper, had set her on the steps, and given her the brush hicause she was a delicate child and he thought could not hOld nth maul, which was generally used in this . Yunishinent. He admitted that she stood there above an hour, but laid it was her own choice— she might have come down, if she would have submitted to him, and gone on her knees" to: beg pardon ; but she would not.. She was put up"at a: quarter-past 6, and stood there till after 7. (The Siseer said it was until about 20 minutes to 8.) He denied kneeling her arms up when they flagged, but admitted he took . hold of the arm and made her hold it up. The magistrates gave Booth a very severe repri mand. To " set up" a delicate child for even an hour was a piece of very great barbarity, which neither Booth nor his master had a right to practice on any working person in the mill. As for ordering the child In go down on her knees to beg his pardon, it was a very impudent thing indeed. Work ing people were never intended to go down on their knees to beg .pardon of anybody. When they did kneel it was for a different purpose. The sooner, therefore, that practice was discontinued in the mill, the better it would be. The ma gistrates did not sit therefor the purpose of saying anything that could lead either Children or servants to be refractory, but .they must be required to do what they have to do in reason. The father of the child and . the constable of the township both testified that Mr. Ambler, the millowner, had declared that Booth had kept the child up too long ; a q uarter of an hour or twenty minutes was the time he al lowed. The father also begged the magistrates to hear the offence" the girl had conim;tted. She had been seized with a looseness while in the mill, and had gone to the privy rather than stay at her work and dirty the floor. And for this she was to be punished ! Ile had a wife and eleven children living; and he could assure their worships he had hard work " to keep th' band in t' nick;" but he did not wish to break the laws of his country. The magistrates, after some consultation, said that as Booth had acted not from sheer barbarity, but in a very mistaken sense of what he conceived to be his duty, they would (after the lecture he had received) be satisfied with his paying ss. to the little girl's father for the loss of work of his two children, and 6s. the other expenses of the case. ALL HER CREW. — Captain Th L o o bu ss riz O , F of A tShCeHßnonsN: Castle, E belonging to Blyth , arrived in the riv er w i t h a cargo of coa l s , re ports that "on Sunday WITH b T a nl iin in g gi v a .s t .\ s v ev . en dii o j ' a c n lo c c e lc iro t tn he te l n 3t t h o i t n w s e ta lv n e t , m S d e a s, rb r o ea ro c u h g in h g , h in e , a w vy ith the S.W. the wind suddenly changed with a squall from N.N:W , a schooner, about five keels, ap parently all black, with a standing bowsprit, small topsail and topgallant-sail, was taken all aback, upset, and went down immediately with all on board." captain Thoburn adds that he could not render the crew of the ill-fated schooner the. least assistance, as his vessel " was under no command when the fatal catastrophe happened." . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PORTUGAL, Advices from Lisbonhave been received to the 15th inst. After the stirring events which, accompanied the proclamation of the charter, the political horizotthad again become serene and tranquil. The re-establishment of the Tribunal of Coun cillors of the Treasury, a tri.bunal which is stated to be quite useless under present circumstances, as it served only to in crease the public expenditure and create a large amount of patronage, had produced great division amongst the leaders and followers of the late chartist movement. Amongst the new council are several individuals particularly obnoxious to the chartists, amongst whom is Dr. Albeno, who served under Don Miguel ; and another persOn, who exercised the functions of a magistrate during the usurpation. The chartists, seeing such men preferred to themselves had begun to be clamorous ; and a rumour was abroad that the ministry would resign should her Majesty continue-to refuse • her sanction to the many decrees, titles, and stars to be distributed amongst the, followers of Costa Cabral. The quantity •of port - win e ex ported during the month of January last appears by the official returns just published to have been 884 pipes. Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 53ad per milree.. The British schooner Alert, Griffin, master, from London to Gibraltar, last from Falmouth, out 20 days, laden with a general cargo of merchandise, put into this•port on the 13th , instant, leaky, and short of provisions, and will probably have to discharge. TURKEY AND SYRIA The Augsburg Gazette of the 14th instant publishes ac counts from Constantinople of the 23d ult. The Porte had not yet replied to the note of the Ambassadors relative to, the appointment of a Turkish military governor in Leba non. The divan had held a fel days before an extraordi nary council, at which all the grand dignitaries of the empire were present, in order to discuss that affair, but the assembly separated without coming to any decisive resolution. It was, however, decided that Omar Pasha should retain the military governorship of the mountains, until further reconsideration of the matter. If we are to judge from a conversation which had occurred between Sarim Effendi and one of the Euro pean diplomatists, the Porte was determined to evade acqui escing in the demand of the Ambassadors. Saritn had an nounced to that diploUlatist that Ali Effendi and Akif Effendi would shortly depart, the one for London and the other for Vienna, and that they would be both fur nished with the necessary instructions and powers to adjust the Lebanon question in a satisfactory manner. The two envoys, however, would not, it was expected, leave Con stantinople for two months, and it was calculated that no so lution could be arrived at for at least six months. In the meantime the Marcinites were making preparations, should their reclamations be rejected, to attack Omar. Pasha in Der el-Eamar. Several .engageme4a had akeady heen fought between them and the Druses, of which Omar Pasha had re mained a quiet spectatdr: It wits not believed, hoviever, that be would long observe that neutrality. Since the arrival of the last despatches from Syria, the utmost anxiety seemed to prevail among the ministers of the Porte. Tahir Pasha daily repaired to the arsenal to stimulate the zeal of the workmen, whose number had been more than doubled. Sir Stratford Canning was said to be displeased with the reception given to the Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem by Tayar Pasha, the governor. He had addressed a formal complaint on the sub ject to the divan, and insisted on the immediate recognition of the bishop by the sultan. The prelate had declined ac cepting the offer of an apartment in Tayar Pasha's palace, in consequence of that functionary affecting to treat him as a mere English traveller, and refusing to recognise him in his episcopal character. MAURITIUS Mauritius papers to il;e2stiiDecember have arrived. Sir Lionel Smith, the governor, had opened the secret sittings of the legislature to the public, wto were much gratified at thus having the opportunity of watching the proceedings, or re ceiving the sentiments of the members through the medium of the press. A strong effort was made to diminish the vice of drunkenness, and the subject had undergone much discus sion in the assembly. The suggestions to suppress this vice —which had become so extensive as to prevent the possibility of labour being effectually done—were various, but the most salient was one which went to the gradual decrease, under government regulations, of the spirits allowed to the labourers, for without government intervention it was said there would be little chance of effecting any remedy. The high rate of wages bad increased the desire for luxuries among the co loured population.. Sugars were rather lower; freights, dis counts, and exchange, the same as last arrival. UNITED STATES The packet-ship Garrick, Captain Skiddy, which sailed from New York, on the 28th ult., arrived at this port on Sun day, after a passage of twenty days.. In the senate, on the 21st ult., a message was received from the president, transmitting a communication from the secre tary of state, in reply to Dlr. Walker's resplution, calling for information relative to the action of the government in the case of the Creole. The documents were read. They con 'slsted of Mr. Webster's instructions to Mr. Everett, the United States' minister at the court of St. James, in regard to the case of that vessel, and the argument on which the United States' government rests for a demand for redress from the government of Great Britain. The argument was considered able, and it seemed to be perfectly satisfactory to the senators from the south. Mr. Walker expressed his gra titude at the tone and principles of the instructions. They were entirely satisfactory to him, and would be so, be be lieved, to the country. Mr. Calhoun bad heard the docu ments read with great pleasure. The argument occupied the whole ground, and, coming from the source it did, it would put, he hoped, an end to this dangerous and unpleasant con troversy. The documents were referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Webster's despatch to Mr. Everett first sets forth mi nutely the facts of the raise, as they had been officially re ported to the United States government, and it is stated, that the subject will be fully e ntered into with Lord Ashbur ton, if his powers should b e broad enough to embrace it. The secretary directs, that the attention of Lord Aberdeen shall be called to the case, with a distinct declaration, that, if the facts turn out as stated, the United States government consider it a clear case for indemnification. It is argued, that Nassau being a f r i en dly port, and the brig having been carried thither by force, it was the duty of the authorities to have assisted in restoring - control to the vessel. A mul titude of reasons- in , favour of the viewk of the -United States government are urged. The United States and England, the two greatest commercial nations in the world, touch each ()filer at innumerable points, and with systems of general jurisprudence essentially alike ; but they differ so widely in their laws respecting personal servitude that, without the e x erc i se , to the fullest extent , of the doctrines of non-interference, the peace of the two countries, and, there fore, tbat of the world, will always be in danger. Consider ing the many British possessions which lie in the track of the American traders, and the great liability of the American ships to be wrecked on British islands, it is quite essen tial, says the secretary, that the manner in which such vessels and their cargoes shall be treated, whatever the cargoes consist of, should be clearly and fully known. The despatch concludes in the following words :—" In all your communications with her majesty's government, you will seek to impress it with a full conviction of the dange rous importance to the peace of the two countries of oc currences of this kind, and the delicate nature of the question to which they give rise." In the House of Representatives, on the 21st ult., Mr. Allen, of Maine, offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the President of the United States, if not in compatible with the public interests, to communicate to the house the state of the negociations between the United States and Great Britain, in relation to' the northern boundary, in the state of Maine ; and also all correspon dence on the subject between the two governments not here tofore communicated. The president sent, on the 26th, a message in answer to the resolution. He informed the house, that, in his then judgment, no communication could be made by him at that time, on the subject of the resolution, without detriment and danger to the public interests. The governor of Massachussets had sent a message to the legislature also, relating to the northeastern boundary. Deeming it probable, that Great Britain might shortly pro bable, that Great Britain,might shortly propose a conven tional boundary, he had thought it his duty to bring the sub ject under their consideration, that provision might be made for making known the sentiments of the commonwealth, in case terms of compromise should be discussed with a view to a settlement. " The sentiments of. Maine and the United States are unknown to me," said his excellency, " except as disclosed to the public ' • but I do not view it as an impossi bility, that terms may be proposed which will meet the ap probation Qt both ; and it is for this event 1 would have the commonwealth prepared; that she may assert and vindicate her just rights, and, at the same time, do whatever is consis tent with them to promote au amicable adjustment of the controversy." The' money and stock markets of New York had been quiet during the week preceding the sailing of the Garrick. Money was sufficiently abundant, and foreign exchanges were in such a state as to allow of only .small shipments of coin. A mode 'late business had been transacted in foreign bills. On Eng land the rate was 107 to 108: on France, sf. 27 to sf. 281.. A run had taken place on the Lafayette Bank, one of the safety-fund banks of New York. But, though it had met the run 'promptly until noon, the Bank Commissioners served an injunction on the establishment, and its doors were closed. It was expected; that its assets would be more than sufficient to meet its liabilities. fiete - teeist:lture of Pennsylvania had not finally agreed to the Resumption Bill. It had passed the Senate by a vote of 20 to 11, and been returned to the House of Repre sentatives, where, after having received some amendments, it was ready to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. No doubt was entertained of its becoming law, and the banks of Philadelphia were preparing for the resumption of cash pay ments. Money was, therefore, scarce, and bank facilities were restricted. A bill had been reported in the Assembly from the Committee of Ways and Means, providing for the prompt and certain paynlent,of the State interest. To effect this it is proposed to levy an additional tax to the amount of one and a half millionsovhich is required to be paid into the Treasury semi-annually, ten days before the first of August, and a like time before the first of February. -- A meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of the United States had been held, on the 21st ult., at Philadelphia. It was exceedingly stormy, and the proceedings caused great excitement. The first resolution offered was to the effect, that the assignments made by the directors were in violation of the acts incorporating tbe bank : to which an amendment, or substitute, was offered, to the effect, that the assignments were made in pursuance of authority vested in the directors, and for the best interests of the bank. After a very warm debate, the resolution was carried, on a division, by 204 to 'lO9. After the regular meeting had adjourned, that portion of the stockholders opposed to certain of the proceedings held a meeting, and passed resolutions for the call of a meet ing on the second Monday' in April next. At Philadelphia, United States Bank notes were selling at 60 per cent. below currency ; Pennsylvania Bank 12 to 15 ; Girard, 38 ' • country relief notes 13 to 15 . Mr. S. Jaudon and Mr. Dunlap, two of the alleged bank conspirators, had been released on habeas corpus. The House of Representatives of Louisiana ha d p assed, with but one dissenting voice, a resolution, declaring that " the state of Louisiana holds her pledged faith as sacred and inviolable : and that they regard a repudiation of State obli gations as unconstitutional acid unjust, as repugnant to every principle ci° honour and common honesty, and as having a direct tendency to deprave private integrity and to corrupt the morals of the people." The Locofoco Committee of the House of Representatives of Mississippi had, on the contrary, made a report on the subject of the State bonds, and had ap pended a resolution solemnly denying any obligation of the State or the people to pay the bonds. During a debate which succeeded, a Mr. Murchison (Whig) made some remarks which offended one Flournoy, a pro-swindler, who waited till the adjournment, and, providing himself with a large leaden inkstand, threw it at Mr. M. as lie was descending the steps. It missed its mark, and struck another person. Buenos Ayres papers, of the 23d of December, had been received at New York. The Monte Videan brig of war, captured by Admiral Brown's squadron and carried into Buenos Ayres, was the Cagancha, of 14 guns. The crew consisted of 103 persons, of whom five seamen were killed, and eight seamen and one officer wounded. The prisoners were landed, and marched to the Cabildo prison. At the latest date, Brown was off Monte Video, waiting for Coe, Who was cruising in the environs of Point Piedras. Few persons, we believe, are aware that there is a statute unrepealed (viz., 10 Edw. HT., s. 3) which ordains that no Man shall be served at dinner or supper with more than two courses, except on.great.holidiys (those •specified), on which tie maybe served with three. COURT CIRCULAR.- .MONDAY The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Archbishop Of Canterbury and Mrs. llowley with a visit on Saturday,. at Lambeth Palace. Her Majesty and his royal highness left Buckingham Palace. attended by the. Countess of Cherie- - mont, lady in waiting ; Lady Caroline Cocks, maid of honour in waiting ; the Earl of Jersey, master of the horse ; the Marquis of Exeter, groom of the stole to his royal highness; Viscount Hawarden, lord in waiting ; Sir Frederick Stovin , groom in waiting ; Colonel Buckley. equerry to his royal highness. The royal party occupied three carriages. Her Majesty and Prince Albert partook of a (16eiine, to which a select party, including the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, had been honoured with invi tations. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended Divine ser vice, yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.: The Rev. Mr, Haden read the service; Mr. J. B. Sale' presided at the organ. Lord Colville and Sir Edward Bo water were in waiting on his royal highness. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earls Delawarr and Sheffield, and Lords Lovaine, Ashley, and De Tabley, were among the nobility' present. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-! jesty on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sit Edward. Bowater, rode out on horseback on Saturday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday. evening. included the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the. Duke of Buccleuch, the Baron de Neumann, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl and Lady Catherine Jermyn, and . ViscounteSS Villiers. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Col ville and Sir Edward Bowater, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cam bridge, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence' House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Prince George of Cambridge paid a visit to her Majesty on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Augusta and Mary of Cambridge at tended divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured Christ's Hospital with a visit yesterday evening Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited the National Gallery on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge honoured the Countess of Jersey with their company on Friday even ing, at her residence in Berkeley-square. THE INCOME-TAX (From yesterday's Times.) The strong feeling of opposition to the income-tax, which was so manifest a few days ago, seems to have somewhat abated in the city. That the tax is in itself an odious one, and that no modification of its details can render it free from causing much personal inconvenience, is, however, admitted as strongly as ever. Some, who it should be observed are persons of the highest standing in the city, Lave been heard to remark that they hope the precautions taken against frauds in the returns will be sufficiently stringent, so that while conscientious persons are paying their full amount, those who are fraudulently disposed may not cast the bur den from their own shoulders. The placing of commissioners at the West-end of the town, and the selection of such men as would not naturally feel a great, interest in the affairs of their neighbours, may possibly alleviate the dislike which many felt to the working of the old income-tax, when parties in the immediate neighbourhood of the taxpayers could use their position as a means of gratifying an idle curiosity, or perhaps of carrying out some important object. These are, however, such mere details of the measure that it is scarcely possible, until the machinery of the system is better known, to test public opinion fully on this head. The opinion re specting the line of demarcation to be drawn between tern& nable and permanent annuities, which was so prominently brought forward at the Bank meeting on Thursday, and on which Sir Robert Peel so decidedly expressed his views last night, does not seem at all altered, since while a permanent annuity is looked upon as income in the legitimate sense of the word, a terminable one is considered a payment of capital in instalments. On this day se'nnight the speech of Sir Robert Peel had taken the public by surprise, and all were disposed to admire it ; then came reflection on the personal inconvenience of the income tax, which produced a strong reaction, and a pretty marked dislike of the measure. Both these feelings seem to have subsided, and to have been succeeded by a de termination to wait patiently for further detsils to balance the different effects of the proposition, and, if it can be proved that a greater good can be produced by a lesser evil, to submit quietly to the latter, or at any rate only to aim at modifications in such parts of the machinery of the system as may seem oppressive or anomalous. ACTION BY A BETH LEM PATIENT FOR FALSE IMPRISONM ENT. HOBDAY V. DAVIES AND OTHERS At the Maidstone Assizes on Saturday, an action was brought by the plaintiff, a tallow-chandler at Woolwich, who had been twice an inmate of Bethlem Hospital, against Thomas Davies, his father-in-law ; James Bassett, his brother-in-law ; and James Bull, - one of his most intimate friends—for falsely and maliciously confining plaintiff in Bethlem as an insane person, and keeping him for the space of twelve weeks, from the 29th of May, 1811. The plaintiff, who is about forty years of age, of short stature, conducted hi s own case, assisted by an attorney. Mr. Platt, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. Simon were counsel for the defendant Davies; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Es pinasse, for Bassett and Bull. . . The plaintiff made an opening speech to the jury, in which he detailed the injuries he conceived himself to have re ceived. He said the jury were aware that for the Bethtern Hospital, like other public institutions, there were public dinners, at, which the number of patients admitted :and those alisc.hurgect cured'were pataded, and, of course, the more sane persons were admitted the more sane persons would be discharged. On this account it Waitlyit he attri buted there being no opposition to his own reception, which was effected by means of a petition from his wife. On his re lease, however, he found that it was not his wife who had been instrumental in procuring his incarceration, but the de fendants. He also asserted that the officers of Woolwich garrison were concerned in it, and, indeed, he believed. that the Admiralty authorities had conspired against him, and also the Board of Ordnance. He then called his witnesses, not fewer than thirty-nine in number. The first was the coach man that drove the party to Bethlem on the second occa sion when plaintiff was placed there, to which alone this action referred. The next witness was Mr. Appleby, formerly inspector of the Woolwich Dockyard police, who, with other policemen, assisted in taking plaintiff to Bethlem, acting by the instructions of the defendant Davies, who accompanied the party. On the 29th May, 1840, be went to the plantiff 's house, where he saw Mrs. Hobday, who said she hOped her husband would not be taken away, for there was nothing the matter with him, and she was sorry for what she had done, referring to her having signed the petition for his removal. On being made acquainted with their business, plaintiff made no resistance, but voluntarily entered the coach, saying " she had done it all, arid would repent of it." He was taken to Bethlem ' and after being examined by the apothecary, was admitted. This witness, as well as several others, who gave similar evidence, said they saw no symptoms of insanity about the plaintiff. Matthew Evans stated that he had been a patient at Beth lem, where he saw the plaintiff, and, like him, he had com menced an action against the parties who put him there. His examination by the plaintiff afforded a most extraordinary scene—the witness, in a state of the most painful excitement, describing his supposed :wrongs. He declared with great earnestness and gesticulation that the papers, on the strength of which he had been confined, had all been signed, as a matter of course, by parties who had never known him— that he had been three times hanged by the neck till anima. lion was suspended—that he had been drugged with tarta rised antimony, and that now his relations had quarrelled, and were going to law amongst themselves for confining him. Samuel Davies, another Bethlem patient, was next called. Baron Alderson.—Mr. Hobday, I am desirous of serving you. "Your calling such witnesses will not tend to convince the jury that you are of sound mind. Plaintiff said he was desirous of showing that what were attributed to him as delusions were realities. He then went on to ask the witness about some revelations which he as serted bad been made to him from heaven in dreams. Baron Alderson.—Do you really believe that these things were revealed to you in dreams ? Plaintiff.—Undoubtedly, my lord. Baron Alderson.—Gentlemen of the jury, here is a person who says that it was revealed to him in a dream that his wife had cantharides administered to her for an infamous purpose —what do you think ? _ _ Howevei, the jury made no sign, and the cause proceeded _ The witness stated that Mr. !I obday told him he was one day going to Herne Bay in the steamer when be saw Abra ham on board, and also a younger person with a glory round his head, who was our Saviour. His Lordship.—The cause ought to be stopped. I think it is quite wrong to let it go on. Plaintiff.—My lord, suppose St. Paul were living now, he would assuredly be considered a madman. His Lordship.—He was considered mad, but he proved his authority by working miracles. Plaintiff.—ls it not a miracle to tell a man his propensi ties ? Don't yon remember what was said to hlymas, " thou seed of the evil one." This was known by looking in his eves. My lord,. we profess. to . be Christians in these days. The early church possessed this faculty. The confessional proves that—because it was not, as is now the case, that the. penitent told the minister his sins, but the minister told the penitent his propensities. One of the Jury.—Have we no power to put an end to this, my lord ? His L ORD SHIP.-1 have, gentlemen, and I shall do so. Call the plaintiff. Plaintiff.—My lord, I claim my right to bring forward evi dence to prove my sanity. May Idoso ? His LORDSHIP.—I cannot prevent you. Have you any further evidence against Basset and Bull? Plaintiff replying in the negative, His LORDSHIP directed a verdict to be taken• in favour of those two defendants. ' Plaintiff then called John Sharp and several other wit nesses, who said they had never seen anything in him indica tive of unsound mind; but on being asked by his lordship what they thought of his present exhibition, some said they had no doubt now that he was insane, though others consi dered him merely excited. Mr. Platt then addressed the jury for the defendant. The learned counsel called a witness in support of his case, but while he was under examination the jury intimated that they had heard enough ; but his lordship said they must now hear it out. Some other witnesses were then called. The jury again expressed their full conviction that defend ant was entirely justified in what he had done, and a verdict to that effect was then given. At the conclusion of this case, his Lordship said he hoped he should never again see a court of justice transformed into an additional ward of Bethlem Hospital. At Covent Garden market last Tuesday there was a very good supply of new potatoes, at from 9d. to 2s. per lb. PICTIJILS IN NEWSPAPERS.—Some journalists delight in presenting their readers with ugly engravings of murderers, favourite race-horses, royal christenings, and other objects of public interest. The following facts which came out on a trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday last, will shew the public how they are gulled and imposed upon by many of these productions. It appeared that an engraving, specimens of which were shewn in court, was executed in 1839, of a mare called " Bee's-wing," well known in the sporting world. The engraver was Mr. Charles Hunt, and the owner and publisher the plaintiff. The defendant was the publisher of a weekly newspaper, and in the publication of the 6th of J un e, 1841, the defendant gave wh at was en titled," a portrait of Coronation, the winner of the Derby in 1841," which turned out to be an accurate and exact copy . of the plaintiffs engraving of the snare " Bee's-wing." 'Fins reminds us of the editor of a local jour nal who being anxious to have an engraving of a celebrated murderer, and not hav ing the opportunity of obtaining a likeness of that individual, volunteered his . own amiable self to thaartist, and was duly called " to the bar." TRACTARIANISM AND PROTESTANTISM WHICH 'ls THE WAY TO ROME ? (From the Recnrd.) A most lamentable controversy has been carried on for some weeks past between Mr. Sibthorp, on the one hand, and Messrs. Dodsworth and Palmer, on the other. Lament able, we mean, for the cause of truth and of the Church of England, which, in the hands of such champions as these last-named gentlemen, cannot but 'suffer the most open and manifest defeat. _ _ We purpose not. however, to enter into a question, the full merits of which, within our confined limits, could never be made intelligible. We merely allude to it for purpose of noticing a most fallacious, and, we cannot help saying, very impertinent passage, Which Mr. Thirls*Orth places at the commencement of his first Letter. Indeed, from the em phasis with which it is given (with italics, capitals, &c.,) we cannot help suspecting that its publication was a chief object with Mr. D., in addressing Mr. Sibthorp at all. " You have' omitted to state circumstances which, I have no doubt, seemed to you unimportant, but which must be regarded as - exercising_ a very important influence on your recent change. You do not mention THE SCHOOL OF RE LIGION into which you were thrown for by far the larger period of your ministration in the Church of England. This omission, the privilege of formerly enjoying y our acquaint ance, enables me in a measure to supply. You were or dained, I believe, as curate to the Rev. John Scott, of Hull, the son of. the Calvinistic commentator on the Bible, who inherited, along with his father's piety, the peculiar doctrines of his school. I remember you at that time an ardent, de voted minister, zealously preaching (so called) Low-Church' doctrines, a great favourite with Dissenters, and an eloquent speaker at Bible Societies, &c. * * * * " In a later period of your Protestant life you became the colleague . of Mr. Baptist Noel, in tie ministry of St. John's College, Bedford-row. * * * " Why do I recal these incidents in your religious history ? Not, I am sure yon will believe, that I may remind you of anything personally offensive to you, but because a knowledge of these facts is essential in order to show the nature of your transition from Protestantism to Romanism, and because these circumstances will. in the minds of many persons, afford the best explanatioU of the change. * * * " It is nothing new to say, that one extreme leads to 'ano ther, or that the way to Rome is through Geneva."—p. 6-9. Mr. Dodsworth here asserts, that his object in adverting to these circumstances, is, "to show the nature of Mr. Sibthorp's transition," and to remind us " that the way to Rome is through Geneva." To which'we reply; that if Mr. D. has really so far injured his reasoning powers, by the study of Tractarian casuistry, as to be capable of seriously believing that Mr. Sibthorp's Low Church" oninioui led him into Romanism, it is quite time that he left off inflicting his advocacy on any cause. But it is indeed taxhig one'* credulity to an extreme point, to be obliged to' deal with 'iuth- representations with gravity and courtesy at all. ' • . Let us try the same mode of reasoning on a different case. A. B. goes to Mr. Dodsworth's chapel, perhaps from 1831 to 1835'; joins the congregation in . all religious ordinances; cultivates Mr. D.'s acquaintance ; expresses an interest in serious things ; and, in short► is reckoned by all who know him as one of Mr. D.'s followers. _ _ A. B. in 1836 gets into some attractive but dangerous society ; loses his relish for religion ; becomes first gay, then dissipated ; and by degrees falls into open profligacy, joined, as it usually is, 'by‘a profession of infidelity. Now what would Mr. Dodsworth say, if the relatives of this last young man were everywhere to declare that the real cause of his ruin was to be traced to his connection with that congregation ? What, if they were gravely to assert, that " the best explanation of the change" was to be found in " the school of religion" to which he had attached himself some ten years back ? Yet this would be exactly the same sort of reasoning which Mr. Dodsworth himself applies to Mr. Sibthorp's case. The " best explanation' of his change of views, we are told, is not to he found by inquiring, as all reasonable men would, what he had been doing in 1841 ? what in 1840? what in 1839? &c., but by going back some ten or fifteen years, to find out what was then his bias. Every one sees at a glance that this is not a rational mode of proceeding, nor would it be convenient even to Mr. Dods worth himself or his Oxford friends. It was of Dr. Pusey himself that the late,Mr. H. J. Rose observed, in 1828, that— " Mr. Pusey avows what, in the rant phrase of the day, would be called, ' very liberal opiniwts' in theology." Nor was Mr. Newman, we believe, at that time reckoned at all a " high churchman." Was Mr. Dodsworth himself, when he first became resident in London, quite free from Presbyterian and Irvingite con nexions? His friend, Mr. Drummond, assuredly was not. He alto, like Mr. Dodsworth, is now becoming a zealous Tractarian. But how many "conventicler" has he been instrumental in raising? Surely Mr. DOdsworth must see that in this way no satis faction is to be obtained. .Instead of "furnishing the best explanation" of any man's change, a reference to his views a dozen years since will generally only lead to delusion and p mistaken view of the case. Any'man of common sense and ordinary experience, if he found that a friend of his had been seduced into Romanism, would not waste his time in aski n g what he had been doing ten or twelve years back. "'Tell me," he would say, " what books he had been reading—what companions he had been associating with, RE CENTLY." Now, the facts of Mr. Sibthorp's case, as every one knows, are these. A dozen years ago he was what Mr. Dodsworth calls " a low churchman." If he had remained in that mind he would never even have approximated towards Romanism. He would have known no danger, no seduction of the kind. It was when he was " a low churchman" that he preached and printed that sermon against Popery, which recent events have naturally recalled into notice. But during the last five years he has been gradually changing into a " high church. man.". He has become a student of the Tracts for the Times, and a follower of their instructions. He has set up candles, and crosses, and an " altar" in his chapel ; put down the singing of hymns, and substituted chaunting by a hired choir; and, in a sermon at Oxford, he designated the miserable woman who burnt to death in England, in the short space of about five years, an archbishop, four bishops, twenty-one clergymen, fifty-five women, and above two hundred other persons—" the calumniated Mary !" Mr. Sibthorp, then, had changed from a " Low Church man" into a " High Churchman ;"—from a supporter of the Bible and Tract Societies, into a student of the Oxford .Tracts;—from a preacher of Reformation doctrines, into an apologist for Queen Mary. Now, upon Mr. Dodsworth's r'hypothesis, he ought to have been thus getting further and further from Rome, and rendering his apostacy to Popery more and more improbable. But, in our opinion, he seemed to be rapidly approaching Rome, and Tendering hii fall into her arms a thing to be expected. Which of these views has been justified by the event ? One other observation, and we have done. " Low Church principles." according to Mr., Dodsworth, " lead men to apostatize to Popery ; the way to Rome is through Geneva." Of course, then, all the " Low Churchmen," to whose party Mr. Sibthorp formerly belonged, are in danger of fall ing into Popery. Mr. Baptist Noel, for instance, and the Scotts, and the abettors of the Religious Tract Society, upon whom, specifically, Mr. Dodsworth lays the blame of Mr. Sibthorp's secession—these must all be, themselves, in great danger ! We would seriously ask Mr. Dodsworth—Does he really believe all these absurdities? On the other hand, safety against the blandishments of Rome is to be looked for in " High Church principles." Had Mr. S. been brought up in High Church views, argues Mr. Dodsworth, he would never have become a Papist. But what say the factS which on every side surround us ? Does experience indeed show, that Tractarianism keeps peo ple out of Popery ? or does it not show quite the reverse ? Dr. Pusey, and Messre. Newman and Keble, are among the leading members of a committee, lately formed, for print ; ing what they term a "Library ofAnylo- Cat holic Theology.' This library is to consist of the works of Laud and Heylin ; of Hickes and Leslie and other Nonjurors ; of Hammond, Thorndike, &c. We turn to Dr. Pusey's recent Letter to the Primate, and at page 36 we find that Mr. Gooch, of Oxford, who has recently left Mr. Newman's church for the Popish chapel, " ascribes the change to his private study of Hammond, Thorndike," &c. Again, we take up the British Critic* of October, 18 , 11, and there we read the following panegyric : " Mr. Sibthorp's sermon on the commemoration of foun ders and benefactors, preached in Magdalen College Chapel, on the feast of St. John the Baptist, is a beautiful instance of the revival of Catholic recollections," &c.—P. 510. In less than three months after, we find this same Mr. Sibthorp becoming a professed Papist. Once more :—On the very same page of the October Bri tish Critic, we meet with another notice in these words : " Bishop Wllvaine's work on Oxford Divinity has raised un a very sufficient antagonist in the person of Mr. Vanbrugh Livingstone, of New York, whose Remarks on the Oxford Theology, chiefly in connexion with the doctrine of justifica tion.by faith, appear very much to the purpose." Again we find the road to lie, not " through Geneva," but through Oxford, to Rome. Mr..Liviagstone, to the great satisfaction of the Tractarians, replies, or professes to reply, to Bishop Wllvaine. But what follows? Mr. Livingstone finds, like Mr. Sibthorp, that Tractarianism and Church-of- Englandistn are not reconcilable. Mr. Livingstone, like Mr. Sihthorp, has become a Papist We trace all these parties, then, distinctlyfrom Tractarian ism into Popery. Can Mr. Dodsworth furnish us with a single instance of a low churchman who has lapsed into Bo mish error, except by first yielding to the selections of Trac tarianism? * A publication advocating extreme tractarian views, CHASE AND CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR (From the Preston Pilot.) On Sunday morning, about half-past - five o'clock, the attention of Joshua Wardley, the Market-place watchman, was attracted to a light which seemed to be moving backwards and forwards in the shop of Messrs: Wilson and Jesper, tailors and. drapers, Cheapside, which be regarded for some time, and on going near the premises he felt satisfied that some unlawful visitor had gained admission, whereupon he dispatched a person to Mr. Jesper's, in Cross-street, to give notice of the discovery, he himself going to the back part of the premises, to watch the exit of the marauder if he should attempt to make one. On looking up he saw one of the room windows open, through which it is supposed an entrance had been effected, and at which the man intended to make his escape ; as, however, on coming to it for that purpose, he perceived that his motions were observed by Wardley, he suddenly retreated, and presently afterwards was beard break ing the skylight on the roof, and he succeeded in getting through it on the house top. His next attempt was to gain a safe footing on terra firma; but as he was closely pursued by Wardley and others who were drawn to the spot, he fore bore to hazard a descent for a full half-hour, during which he wandered along the roofs of different houses, but could never succeed in baffling his pursuers, amounting by this time to about twenty in number. As, however, further delay seemed only to increase the difficulties by which he was sur rounded, lie determined at all hazards to make a descent, and he accordingly effected one from the roof of Mr. Thorn ley's house, and having gained the ground he went with all speed into Mr. Sumner s yard, and made his way into a buildity , used as a clogging shop , closely follo wed b y the watchful pack in pursuit. Finding then that the clogging shop as no safe retreat, he bolted through one of the win dows and thence made his way into Mr. Wren's yard, and by this double he succeeded in putting his pursuers at fault for a short time ; but the trick was not to be permitted to be ulti mately successful, for although he had baffled the biped pack, a more sagacious quadruped, a dog of Mr. Burrow's, gun smith, gave note of alarm that he had intruded himself into forbidden ground, and the musical sound at once attracted Wardley to the spot, when he had his game in view, and again the exciting chase was resumed, the pursued and pur suers almost clearing the wall dividing the back premises of Mr. Burrow and the garden of Mr. Manchester, into which they both got, and then on a shade at the end of the garden, on which they were both at the same time. It now became evident that the sport must speedily terminate, as all possible chance of escape was cut off, Wardley being close up in the rear, and others of the pursuers ready to snatch him the moment he made the fatal leap off the shade. But he deter mined to die game, and, like the " 'prentice boys of Derry," make "no surrender," and acting on this desperate resolve, he boldly dared to gain the ground, and was then captured by a man named Brown, a nailor. A meeting of the friends of Mr. Oastler was held in Lon don on Thursday last, Lord Feversham in the chair, for the purpose of forwarding the subscription now raising for the benefit of Mr. Oastler and his family. The formation of committoes•in the various towns through the country was strongly recommended. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD, (From Yesterday's yorning Herald.) We regret to announce the demise of the aboVe venerable nobleman, who expired last evening at 20 minutes past seven, at his town residence in Conduit- street. The earl has for some months past been confined to his bed, indeed ever since his paralytic attack last summer, by which he completely lost the use of one side. Since then the noble earl, although he enjoyed an excellent appetite, was considered, perhaps, one day rather better, and another worse, but Dr. Holland, and his other medical attendants. held out no hopes of his ultimate recovery, from the advanced age of their noble patient. On Wednesday the noble earl had a relapse, and the Countess of Haddington (his lordship's only child), was im mediately sent for, and since that day her ladyship has been a constant attendant on her venerable father. Yesterday the countess stayed with her father the whole of the day, and about six o'clock returned to the Admiralty to dine: At seven o'clock the most alarming symptoms made their appearance, and a messenger was despatched for the countess ; but although her ladyship instantly left the Admi ralty for Conduit-street, the earl had expired. The deceased, George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, county Chester, Viscount Parker of Ewelwe, county Oxford, and Baron Parker of Macclesfield, in the peerage of Great Britain, was eldest son of Thomas, third Earl of Macclesfield, by Mary, eldest daughter of the late Sir William Heathcote, Bart. He was born the 24th of February, 1755, and had con— sequently attained the great age of 87 years. The deceased, who succeeded to the title 9th of February, 1795, married 25th May, 1780, Mary Frances, second daughter and co-heir of the late 'Rev. Thomas Drake, D.D., and by her ladyship, who died in 1823. the noble earl had issue, Lady Maria, born 23d January, 1781 (the Countess of Haddington), and the Hon. George, who died when an infant. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY Mr. Pim's important letter to the Earl of Ripon, praying an investigation into the system of atmospheric locomotion on railways, has had the effect of producing a very interesting report on the subject, which has just been presented to both Houses of Parliament by the noble President of the BoarOf Trade, and which we lose no time in laying before our readers. The prayer of Mr. Pin's letter, to which we owe this im portant investigation, was couched in the following terms : " May I, therefore, beg your lordship, in your official ca pacity as President of her Majesty's Board of Trade and Plantations,' to submit this letter to your right honourable board, accompanied by my respectful but earnest request, that they may be pleased to refer it to such persons as their lordships may select, to inquire into the several statements herein contained, and to report to your lordships fully thereon, and particularly, whether this invention is entitled to a fur ther and more extended trial, under suitable superintendence; and that your lordships may also make such other and fur ther orders in the premises, as the important interest here with condected may appear to your lordships to demand." In order, therefore, clearly to follow the report of Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow, to whom the conduct of this inquiry was entrusted, we must shortly recapitulate the statements of Mr. Pim's letter, and for this purpose our own original summary of its contents will probably suffice : .. " We have here all the conditions required for avoiding the various inconveniences to which the present system is sub ject. We have, first, a moving power which loses no part of its efficiency in consequence of pulling up-hill; and which, therefore, will admit of such inclines as at present no engineer would think of surmounting, and so in the very first step save an outlay of at least sixty per cent. in the primary construc tion of the works. Next, we have a power which works, pro tempore, only in one direction, snd so precludes collision. It holds the carriages down to the railway itself while it moves them along, and thus prevents any chance of their slipping off the rail. It has no travelling furnace, and so no risk of explosion. It gets rid of the enormous cost in wear and tear of moving its own weighty machinery backward and forward at every trip. Occupying a pipe on the bed of the road, it requires bridges and tunnels only large enough to admit the carriages ; it works with ordinary fuel, and saves the immense expense of making coke ; and, finally, it is capa ble of attaining a much greater velocity than can at present be attemped.'—Dublin Evening Mail, Dec. 24. Any one who will take the trouble of referring to the ob servations which we offered on this subject on the above date, and on the succeeding 27th, will perceive that, in the condi tion which we have stated first in our category—namely, the fact of the proposed moving power "losing no part of its effi ciency in consequence of pulling up-hill"—lies the founda tion of most of those alleged advantages, in point of cheap ness of construction, for which the advocates of the atmos pheric system contend; for it is expressly in consequence of that loss of power in pulling up-hill under the present sys tem, that our engineers are forced to cut so deep and to em bank so high, in order that the locomotive may have as little up-hill as possible to contend with. Now, the report expressly admits the two material facts— first, that this loss of power does affect the locomotive; and. secondly, that this loss of power does not affect the atmos pheric system : ...._. " That a great part of the power of a heavy locomotive engine is expended in overcoming its own gravity and re sistance in ascending steep planes, is certainly true; and it is equally true, that on the atmospheric principle the whole additional force is exerted on the load itself" This granted, we would have concluded that the consequent and, as it seems to us, inseparable advantages which we have enumerated in our summary, would have been conceded as a matter of course • but this the r e p or t seems to quest i on very much ; for, immediately after conceding the first proposition, it goes on to say : " This is, unquestionably, an advantage, but still we think its importance has been greatly overrated. "The patentees propose to work steep inclines by means of larger tubes, but this would involve the necessity of stop ping the train at the foot of such planes, and of having again to overcome the inertia of the load, in both instances causing I.oss of time." Certainly, stopping the train at the foot of every incline would be a very bungling proceeding ; but we see no neces. sity for concluding that such is the proposal of the patentees from anything contained in Mr. Pim's letter, and certainly no necessity whatever for so stupid a proceeding need (mist in practice ; so that, as this is really the only one of the al leged advantages flowing directly from the first conceded principle that has been at all called in question in this re port, we must conclude that the allegations of Mr. Pim's letter, in respect of cheapness of construction consequent on the principle alluded to. stand admitted. Next, as a consequence of having got rid of a heavy loco motive, the patentees allege that they have got rid of the ne cessity of employing rails so weighty and expensive as those now in use. The report, in a very singular manner, admits and denies, and re-admits this all in a breath : " It is said that, having got rid of the heavy locomotive en gine, the rails will admit of a very considerabl e re d uct i on i n weight. We believe that the 'atmospheric principle will be found to present no such great advantage, for the heavy rails which, in the progress of the railway system, have been in troduced into use, have not been adopted solely for the pur pose of strength, but also for the sake of the firm and steady bearing they afford, and the consequent easiness of motion and correspondent diminution in the wear and tear of the engine and carriages." [This is curious reasoning; in the proposed system there is to be no engine.] •‘ Mr. Saniuda claims a reduction of this amount in con sequence of the diminished weight of rails which he pro poses to use, but we cannot concur with him in thinking that the rail can be reduced with safety from 731bs. to 301bs. per yard. We are ready, however, to admit that it may be re duced to 561b5." Really these objections seem to be of little, if any weight; and we can only attribute them to the cautiousness natural. to men dealing for the first time with an untried subject. . The remainder of the report exhibits ability and candour. It corroborates the allegation of Mr. Pim's letter as to the almost perfect safety of the system; and suggests a very use ful addition to the apparatus, which would make it perfectly and absolutely safe.—Dublin Evening Mail. ULSTER RAILWAY On Wednesday last there was a meeting of the proprietors of this company, held at the directors board room, Belfast, James Goddard, Esq. in the chair, who read the notice con vening the meeting, after which the chairman proceeded to read the report. The following is a summary of the traffic for the last six months, distinguishing the several periods during which it was conducted, on portions of the line different in extent: Passengers. Parcels Ist Sept. till 7th N0v.... 64,120.. £1,688.... £66 Bth Nov. till 30th Jan... 66,056.. 3,042.... 379, 31st Jan. till 28th Feb... 37,364.. 1,262.... 272. Total. £1,755 3,242 - - - Amounting to .... 167,540 £5,994 £7lB £6,712 To this total the directors have the following items to add, viz.: Amount of former dividends declared upon 688 shares, which have been forfeited, and cannot now be claimed And amount of register fees received 226 5 0 51 15 0 Making in all Deducting therefrom the amount with which the " Traffic Account" is to be debited, as per annexed statement 1,696 11 6 There appears a balance, applicable to the pay n- ent of a dividend, or £2,291 3 7 And out of this sum, the directors feel themselves at liberty to recommend to the proprietors, the declaring of a dividend of 4s. per share, as that will leave a balance of X 192 lls. 7d. to be added to the reserved fund, which already amounts, as appears by the statement of accounts, to .£764 17s. 11d. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the'Oxford Herald:) New PROFESSORSHIPS.—Whereas, her 14Iajesty has gra ciously intimated her royal will and intention to found two new Theological Professorships in this University, and by an act of parliament passed in the session holden in the 3d and 4th years of her Majesty's reign, it is provided that the said professorships shall eventually be endowed with two ca► On ries of Christ Church ; and whereas it is earnestly desired that letters patent shoUld be obtained as soon as possible constituting the said professorships, and enabling the uni versity to make regulations for the due government thereof, and that with a view thereto stipends should be provided ad interim for the two professorships after their nomination by the crown : in a convocation holden on Thursday last, at twelve o'clock, it was agreed to grant to each of the said professors the sum of £3OO per annum, as a stipend ad interim, to be paid to each of them by half-yearly payments from the time when he shall be appointed to his office, to the , time when he shall succeed to the canonry assigned to his professorship by the above-mentioned act of parliament; the sum to be provided out of the moneys transferred in the year 1836 to the general purposes of the university from the funds of the university press. The Rev. Frederic Pyndar Lowe, M.A. Fellow of Mag. dalenc College, has been Presented by the President and Fellows of that society to the Rectory of Saltfleetby, All Saints, in the county of Lincoln, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Wheeler. The Rev. Beresford Lowther, 8.A., formerly of Exeter College, Rector of Vow Church, Hereford, has been ap pointed Chaplain to the Right lion. Lord Lowther. The Rev. R. C. Windham, 8.A., of Brasenose College, has been appointed by his brother, the High Sheriff of Nor folk, to he his Chaplain. The Rev. Edmund Laken, M.A., of Trinity College, has been appointed by Lord Monson one of his Lordship's Do mestic Chaplains. The Rev. F. A. Marriott, M.A. of Oriel Cllege, to he Rectory of Cottesbach, Leiceste t s hi re ; patron,o the Rev. t R. Alarriott. PROMOTIONS Rev. George Carter, formerly Fellow Comm oner of Queen's Chapel, Boulogne, Cambridge, Minister of the U pper Town Boulogne, has been appointed by Viscount Cant er b ury to be one of his Lordship's Chaplains. R ev. H. W. Ray, formerly a Preacher am ong t h e Inde pendents, having been ordained Priest by th e Bi s h op of Chester, has been appointed to th e C uracy of the Parish Church of Kendal, and will commence his duties on Trinity Sunday. Archdeacon Wilberforce has bee n appo i nted Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Yorkshire. Rev. T. Whitworth, to the Rectory of Addlethorpe, Lin colnshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. Bain bridge ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. Charles Miller, Curate of Derrynoose, to the Perpe. tual Curacy of Ball)imakenny ; patron, the Lord Primate. Rev. W. Badharn, to the Curacy of Magherally; county of Down, Ireland.