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frO,MoititOW (Wt A. past seven, CHAR. OV, DEN CLA [Us Author of " The Riches of Chaucer," &c., Third of a COURSE of FOUR LECTURES on POETS OF THE GUELPHIC ERA. Subject—li and Byrd xt Quart of the HIGH SCHOOL will Depart nt, £1 17, g Books, pectust.s For th Guinea per annum the Subscriber .tht of borrowing Books from the led besides the r brary, which Dow co the public Lectures, •e delivered omevery NVednes, and - Saturday even tend the Evening Se'l sh, Writing, Arithm qaval Architet Landscape, and Paintiug, N Drawix and °main( VI uuemag ge, in 'CI Practical Perspe try, Natural Philosopl Music. Rhetorical Delivery, Phrenology, Gyinna:ities, and Dancing. A Donation of Ten Guineas, or upv% Metut German, Classic Contributor a I to Lectures, Librar Lady's Do. (admit Annual S Evening Schools,) One Guinea ; ) Lectures and Library), Half-a :ices of Members, Five Shillings : i;;uiPea ; Sons or Ap Apprentice berg, Half-a-Guinea. W. B. HODGSON, Secretary BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR FOR SAINT ANNE-STREET WARD. PHE Mayor, and the Alderman and Assessors of the 1 above Ward DO H EREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the ELECTION of a COUNCILLOR for this Wrd, to supply the present Vacancy, and to serve in lieu of Mr. William Slater, and continue in office so long as Mr. Slater would have continued, viz., until the Ist day of November, 1843, will be held on WEDNESDAY nest, the 23d day of March instant, at a Building late the Shop of Mr. leer, 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, RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk Town-Hall, 18th March, 1842. TO THE ELECTORS Or ST. ANNE'S WARD. GENTLIMEN, AVING been waited upon by a d e p u t a ti o n from the II Conservative Association Of your Ward, with a request that 1 would allow myself to he nominated as a Candidate for your suffrages, to supply the vacancy in the Town Council caused by the retirement of Mr. Slater; having also been confidently assured, that upon my Consenting, for the good of our common cause, I should rally round the Conservative banner every friend in your Ward ; I feel deeply sensible of the kind confidence reposed in me owever unwillinz, from various circumstances, 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 occasic persuaded that no exertion's will be wanting on your part to return me as your Third Conservative Representative to the Town Council ; and in flee 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 servant, THOMAS BRASSEY. West Derby-street, March 16, 1842. TAKE NOTICE, that, from this date, EDWARD NEWTON will not be answerable for any Debt or Debts his Wife, SARAH NEWTON. of 61, Portland -street, contracts. EDWARD NE WItneSS—JOHN WORTHINGTON. 22d March, 1842. GREAT INIPROYEMENT IN "GENTLEMEN'S DRESS," Ol FIRST-RATI QUALITY, SUPERIOR CUT AND WOREN AT THE CIVET CAT, No. 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL D. MYERS, NAVY AND ARMY TAILOR, TROUSERS MAKER, WOOLLEN DRAPER, AND GENTLEMEN'S OUT- FITTER. THE STOCK of this Establishment has just been reple nished 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 West of England Broad Cloths, of the most fashionable Shades and Colours, for Gentlemen's Dress, Frock, and Riding Coats ; Cassimeres, Diagonals, Plaids, Tweeds, Doeskins, &c., for Trousers ; French and English figured Silk Flushes, Vlvet*, 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 POSSIBLE PRICE. D. M. tenders his sincere thanks to the Nobility, Gen 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 hays 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 DEPARTMENT, A TRUE, EASY, and SCIENTIFIC FIT is WAR RANTED. D. M. particularly , solicits the attention of Gentlemen who find it difficult to procure an easy and , good-fitting Trousers, as a Foreman is employed for this branch only, and whose attention is entirely given to this important part of Gentle men's Dress ; and as every branch of this Establishment is vvvirtsql,ligmarit• Forerne... - - • - D. MYERS resoectfi Prices for the ensuing Season Gentlemen' fravelling Coats Waterproof Top Coats 2 0 0 Superfine Waterproof Top Corts, Velvet Collars and Cuffs Beat Waterproof Bea ver Top Coat,Velv Collar, Cuffs, ully submits the following List of his In Taglioni, D,Orsay, 2 10 0 t Chesterfield Facings.. £3 0 0 to 4 4 0J A full-shed Spanish Cloak of Su- Superfine Cloth, measuring from seven to nine yards round the £3 10 0 to X 7 0 2 2 0 „ 210 bottom, from ... Superfine Dress Coats Ditto. best quality, West of Eng land Cloth, wool-dye Superfine Frocks, Silk Lined .... The Best, any of the most Fashion able Colours, or Blacks 0 0 0 , 310 Good Winter Trousers, all Wool 0 0 0 ~ 015 Plaid & other Fancv Trousers, from 017 0 ~ 1 4 The best Dress Trousers, of Doe skins, Diagonals, waterproof, fancy materials, and superfine Kerseymeres Shawl Vests 0 French. German, and Turkey Pat tern, ditto OlB 0 „ 1 The very best Genoa Velvet Vests 1 6 0 , Elegant figured, or embroidered ditto. most beautiful designs Rich Silk Flushes, in every colour —best quality The largest assortment in Liver pool of French, German, and English figured and embroidered Satins, from Ol6 0 „ 116 0 0 0 2 10 0 1 6 0 „ 110 011 0 „ 014 1 8 0 „ 210 160 „ 0 0 Young Gentlemen's Spencer Suits (Jacket, Vest, and Trousers) of the best quality ..... ..... 210 0 „ 30 0 Tunic Dresses, elegantly made.... 2 2 Pi 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 1 4s. Od. to £8 Bs. Od. Gentlemen contracted with by the Year upon the following terms : S Suits per Year.... Xll 14 0 4 Ditto ditto .... 15 4 0 - Best Qualit 5 Ditto ditto .... 18 10 0 y" 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 on Saturdays, THE CIVET CAT, • 72, Loan-sTRgEr. A young wife remonstrated with her husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on his conduct. "My love," said he, " I am only like the prodigal son ; I shall reform by-and-by." " And 1 I will be Hite'the ptbdigal On too;'" - She "replied, ""- for riviii arise and go to my father ;" and accordingly off she went. A MISER MOUNTED FOR TRAVEL.—It was seven o'clock on a March morning as the door of the hall creaked on its one hinge, and Isaac Peppercorn, followed by Biddy the housekeeper, and Cupid the terrier, came forth into the light. Isaac was equipped for travel. He carried--we cannot say wore — a coat of forgettonblaek ; made for him in the days of his belly, he having many years since subdued that deformity. Th e coat met in one wide wrinkle down the back, pocket yearned to pocket ; and the large cuffs hung like horse-col lars on the wrists of the bearers ; who had ventured himself into breeches coeval with the coat, and had armed his legs with boots —evidently made, but found too big, for some _ as hard as horn. .A broad-brimmed hat, tied over his a red hankerchief, secured the beaver from the sud egaiarnstwith and caricolings of the horse, should the animal Alas ! much was the gravity of that den prancings indulge ther ein. ancient scandalised by the precaution. Little of Isaac's seen, but that little looked very like a withered quadruped lace was to whip with a handle a yard-and-a-half theretb—fortunately the horse was blind— enough a thong apple. He be e arried a long, an d heart of a Bucephalus. Isaac said a few en a cough and a whistle to Biddy, voice betwe en enough to appal the words in a who crossed her thin arms over her apron , widened her month into a smile, and said nothing. The horse , held by a boy, was at the gate ; of a dirty whi t e , a nd looked rather the spectre of a horse wrseatshan a living steed. What hair it had but its tail—and in the ignorant vaulty was a m rough as a rug, of its he a rt the horse cont inua lly twitched it to catch the eye carrot. The animal continued of the spectator—was bare as a that at last it had got something in its mouth. with a satisfaction to champ th e bit, T Isaac, with inhuman placidity, m toilet - lad the mounted the horse, rein, rattled his l e g s in h is or two the horse boots, plied hi s w hi p , an d in a minute il • ga thered it se lf up an d sham bl e d ofin f—uch to the apparent an noyance of a party left at the [l all ; we mean, Cupid the ter- tier. Now, th e dog was as lean, nay even leaner than the ilicerae, but the re was a somet hi ng i n its spirit—it must have theca hope—that as it somet i mes l oo ked at the white horse -on the eommon, made it eheerfel, nay,. even not right morning, however, it was but too plain that all was for ~ gamesome. This (with Cupid, As the horse stood saddled, waiting tr.l n e eider, Cupid as on tip-toe walked round it, now looking i its face, and now at its ribs, and now gazing mournfully at its 'master. Wbea,however Peppercorn was fairly mounted , Bind the steed, after alaic consideration, stumbled into a trot, Cupid tried to bark, bot Its voice failed, and it only wheezed at the departing horse-teak; and yet, as plainly as legacy hunter ever mourned his di sappotutment, did Cupid exclaim —" There go my long-nourished,h epes 44 many, many din ners !" The neighbours had long marked the attention of i the dog to the horse—bad often dwelt upon the friendship of I Cupid : friendship! in tins world how hard it is to discover I She motives of eveu a dog;.—Jarroid'a " Cakes awl Ale." *a tl i t iu Lt come tax. of wh 11 by v le fro t notice on f the Hans, state of the revenue and exile cessity of an income tax. Even th tariff by lowering duties might by in, lead to an increase of revenue ultimately, yet that inereaF could not he expected in sufficient venue of the country from its pre a revision of our mistake to suppose that an income or property ould no press upon the labo thing that reduced the fun necessarily produce an effect materially affecting them. There seemed to be I st r 1%. community. Every must they were} and injuriously eral errors prevalent amongst those who supported, and also amongst those who miffing the propriety of an income tax, if it were confined to property in land and money in the funds, and those persons were more gerferally in favour of taking the funds than the rsons were utterly ignorant of the position in society of those whom they proposed to tax fundholders there were 240,000 p mongst the £lOO per eraging Lord I the funds there were Only 600: The noble lord then argued that though it was just to make ail classes pay in proportion to their income, there could be no justice in increasing the rate of per tentage in proportion to the largeness of income. It would, however, be another matter to lower the rate of per tentage 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 wisl , their lordships before it came before them in a bill, alteration and modification would be wholly out of the question—they could not alter an " and" or a " nor," they must take the hill as it came before then 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. Ile then dwelt upon the inquisitorial nature of the income tam, which was bad enough in compelling the land lord to disclose his incumbrances or pay a greater amount of tax than he ought, but which was a thousand-fold worse as regarded the merchant, the professional man, or the trades - dare not disclose their losses, particularly the nier -- whose disclosure of the losses of one cussed b for th. man, !esman the Gazelle by expressing his e compelled by dire necessity to re not be retained' one hour beyont the existence ( the abso- lute circumstances which ale, his first resolution, to tl it forth effect that nothin le then moved could justify cessity had passed away the tax should ceast The Earl of RIPON said he agreed in g grt had fallen from the noble Iprd, and nobori justice of the resolution he had moved. 'talons were abstractedly true ; but he ch._ they had been brought before their lordships in a convenient shape or time, because the , ' might have the effect of fetter- t deal of what could deny the Indeed all the not think that ing their lordships' proceedingswhen the bill nnyv before the Hmise of Commons should come under their consideration. The resolutions, it agreed to, would create much awkward ness in the transaction' f business between the two houses 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 consider absolved froth following the noble lord through all his argu ments, and be should therefore conclude by moving the pre- himself vious question. The previous question was then put and carried without opposition, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TnuasDAy 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 honie, 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 ut 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 informed 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, he was of opinion that the money obtained from the Vitivag n insawent might be drawn u poro-n afford thpn, Mr. M. Pilau's said that until brought to be given up as a ransom for British subjects, the opium was not within the Chinese jurisdiction. _ Mr. JARDEVE 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. II 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- Sir R. PEEL said be 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 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. I lA' 'd 'hat M- .SEILEY expressed a wish tna wir. Wakley woulc 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. SOMELISET said he should move the second read ing before Easter; but he would give ample time before going into committee. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for a select committee to in quire into the administration of relief to the poor in parishes incorporated under 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 bad 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. CorvILL - E 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. 11r. S. WORTLEY was not disposed to blame the govern ment so much as other lion. gentlemen on the ministerial 'side - had dons, - for trot - diictosittg 'prematurely its intentions: - Thele 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 for 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. I'. 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 bail given on the hustings. On a division, the motion was rejected by a majority of 108 to 41.—Adjourned. • HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY• The Bishop of DERRY took the oaths and his seat. Lord CAMPBELL 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 Alora- 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 Lord Denman upon this subject lie should like to hear the opinions of the judges. In reply to a question from the Earl of AIALaiE.SBURY, as to whether the new timber duties would come' into operation on the sth of April, The Earl of Runs said that the progress in the other house was so much slower than had been antici pated, that there was little doubt but that the period of those duties corning into operation must be postponed. ' Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —FRIDAY. The [lon.• 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, pa rt, was discharged, on payment of his fees. - On the motion for going into coMmittee of ways,'ari4 of the tot means, r. F. BARING entered at great length into the financial condition of the nation, contending that the right hon. hart. 'fad fallen into an error of ;ClOO,OOO in his statement of the deficiency in the finances, the deficiency Ming less by that amount than the right hon. baronet's calculation. Thi s £lOO,OOO he begged to present to Sir R. Peel as his (Mr. Ywrcx said, if there were other sources from which uld 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 be 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 be 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 to have it I tion of duty on for gn sugar would lead to an encourage ment of slavery ; for the very same thing applied with equal force, to the reduction cif 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 tbe middle classes of society ; and a 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 zovernment of which they generally approved, in the maintainance of this tax. Lord J. Russel,s. said it was a great omission not to have included sugar if they meant to advance largely towards commercial freedom. Corn was another omission ; and the reason of these omissions 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- It was a thischievous and wanton course to create a number of new protective duties, totally uncalled for, as it appeared was now to be done by rant the imposition of an income tar , for had the measures proposed by his government last ye a r been adopted, the are sent deficiency would have been only £C . 00,000, an d even the • noble lord then adverted -to the inquisitorial nature of the income tax, which be contended rendered such a tax parti cularly odious and mischievous. The strongest objection, however, be 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- 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 he pursued, or whatever he proposed, he never could hope for anything but opposition from those whose malad 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 conseqnence, 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 sugficiently easy to meet this demand upon them. With respect to an income tax, could any one he 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 lattef 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 commissioners shouldappoint 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 I t ." w"' 1 " reference to these that the tax was said to be inquisitorial, and this difficulty he would endeavour to meet. lI e proposed that the returns when filled up should be sent to the assistant commissioners, and be accessible to the surveyor, and to these partici 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 h ave 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 would 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 he 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 favourabl y as h e a ff ecte d 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 flying at the weak commercial reform apassingdefenceless, by t i the t r h o e n ( g ! a u n k d i n p o o t wf o r r f u s l u , a h n a d 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 th e importa tion of foreign corn under the sliding scale of duties. The noble lord took that opportunity of condemning th e i n j us ti ce of placing the same rate of tax upon the income derivable fro m terminable annuities and other species of property. Sir lt. 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 consisted in " setting her up," that is, making her hold 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. Her 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 Bcoth 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 father wanted her to come to work again, and therefore she was accepted on con dition that 'she was first to be punished for what she had done. A Mr. Thomas, the bookkeeper, had set her on the steps, and - given' her - the brush - beclinse: she was a' delicate Child and he thought could not hold the maul, which was generally used •in 'this • punishment. He admitted that she • stood there 'above an hour, but said it was her own choice— she might have come down, if she 2vould have submitted to him, and gone on her knees to -- bey pardon ; but she would not. She was put up at a quarter-past 6, and stood there till after 7. - (The sister said it was until about 20 minutes to 8.) He denied knocking 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 to go down on her knees to beg his pardon, - it was a very impudent thing indeed. • Work ing people wee;., never intended to go down on their knees to beg pardon of anybosiy, Wfien they did kneel it was for a different purpose. The sooner, therefore, that practice was discontinued in the mill, the bettee t would be. The tna gistrates did not sit there for 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 millowneg, had declared that • Booth had kept the child up too long ; a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes was the time be al lowed. The father-also begged the magistiates to hear the " offence" the girl had - committed. 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 flocr. And for this she was to he punished ! lle had a wife and eleven children living ; and he could azs.p.re their worships he had hard work ". to keep th' band in t' nick ;" but he slid 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 girt's father - for the loss of work of his two children, and 6s. the otheeßxpenses of the case. LOSS OF A SelfOONi.li. WITII ALL FIER CREW.—Captain Thoburn, - of the Rose Castle, belonzing to Blyth, arrived in the river with a cargo of coals, repots that "on Sunday Morning, at seven o'clock, the 13th instant, S,carbprough, hearing W.S.W., distance from ten to twelve miles, reaching in, With the wind S.W., the wind suddenly changed with 4 heavy squall from N.N.W., a schooner, about five keels, aP parently. All black . , With a standing bow s p rit, small' to psail 31141 1413P;1*'1,t-Aair,swaitaken all aback, upset, and went down iratngdiatelY ;A* all ,board." Captain Thoburn adds that he could o.°t render the ,crew of the ill-fated schoOner the least assistance, as his . v,ess,el wait: under no command when the fatal eat:4;4:6ole N ipper ied f rt • tbq Vatitamatt het" en hl, entlerr merit ou tl~e new tarifY of differential dutiii ver small, there mu hat there was 1 . _ dvantage to the country in the proposed alterations in the ariff at all equivalent to the evil of the imposition of an it ome tax. which was s esobnoxious as it was uuueaa ices of financial .st 1 he c rtuuate proposal for the minister W brought it down to the country. It as an unequal tax ; and the right hon. sPssion of the fact thcit the bank of nion; and that the country regarded it t hon,gentleman concluded by decla- bat t. v sent iron: The CH AN CSLLOIL of ... CHEQUER contended for the nue tax,- owing to five consecutive years of nu, which it was hopeless to supply by Lion upon articles of consumption. 'The an 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, ace as in time of war 1 4 lido of i/oRriGN TELLIGENCI )r►,'.~. :TUGAL 1; Adviceefrom Lis, ye been received to the 15th inst. iAfter the; . atirring eveni) hich accompanied the proclamation PP the ; charter, the pot! ilf at horizon had again become serene 004 trimynil. The rft 'to' tablishment of the Tribunal of Coon siiintst of the Treastlit. a tribunal which is stated to be quite Ilea, under presenl ( .ircurnstances, as. it served only to in ns . `sip the I:‘ , ll3lio .l o , Ape: • ,4 - n-iture and create . a large amount of cre, -4. riattl§..!-.4 1 . 7 ced great division amongst the leaders pa t rt late • chart6t Inov Amongst t 1: _ 4f3r ;rat individuals particularly obnoxious to the chart. ‘B" ' W4'°lll ,st whom is Dr. Albeno, who served ander 1 Don Migu ' • another person, vvhurxercised the functions of a raagistr,_ . utll mg . the usurpation.., The chartists, seeing such men prete, rre Ito themselves had begun to be clamorous ; and a rumour wa 3 abroad that theministry would resign should her Nl* stl couti,nue to refuse her sanction to the many decrees, ti tlf s, and stars to be distributed amongst the followers of Co: .ta Cabral. The quantity of port-wine ex ported during th 31 nonth of January last appears by the official returns just pub isl ied to have been 884 pipes. Exchange upe a London, at 30 days' sight, 5314:1 per inilree. The British sc ho oner Alert, Griffin, master, from London to Gibraltar, ltn t .o m Falmouth, out 20 days, laden with a general cargo of tree. rchandise, put i n t o thi s p o rt on the 13th instant, leaky, a, ittLshort of provisions, and will probably have to discharge. new cot. ,nc ERKEY AND SYRIA The AuysburL i 1.6 azette of the 14th instant publishes ac counts from Con tantinople of the 23d ult. The Porte had not yet replied t. the .note of the Ambassadors relative to the appointment eff a Turkish military governor in Leba non. The divan ha held a few days before an extraordi nary council, at w hiich all the grand dignitaries of the empire were present, in o r d.sr, to discuss that affair,Lut the assembly separated without coating to any decisive resolution. It was, however, decided t bat, Omar Pasha should retain the military governorship of th a mountains, until further reconsideration of the matter. If we are to judg e f rom a conversat i on w hi c h had occurred betwi !en &trim Effendi and one of the: Euro pean diplomatists, he Porte was determined to evade acqui escing in the demai id (14' the Ambassadors. Sarim had an nounced to that d jPlematist that . Ali Effendi and Akif Effendi would short ',13 , depart, the one for London and the other for Vienna, and. that th e y wou ld b e b ot h fur nished with the nece sary instructions and powers to a4Aust the Lebanon questi. ,1•1 in a satisfactory manner. The t w o envoys, however, w fluid. not, it was expected, leave Con stantinople for two u tontlas, and it was ca l cu l a t e d th a t no so lution could be arri fed at for at least six months. i n the meantime the Maro, Siteziwere making preparations, should their reclamations be 'rejected, to attack Omar Pasha in Der el-Kamar. Several < ll:gag-a - fleas had already been fought between them and the ! i Di'u4es, of which ()mar Pasha bad re mained a quiet spectat pr. .4 - .,,was not believed, however, that he Would long observe ';Chat iieutrality. Since the arrival of the last despatches frot b Syti a, the utmost anxiety seemed to prevail among the mini ters q f the Porte. Tahir Pasha daily repaired to the arsenal to stilt .ulate the zeal of - the workmen, whose number: had bee i 3 mot e than doubled. Sir Stratford Canning was said to be 'Cliaph used with the reception given to the Protestant BiShol of J. erusalem by Tayar Pasha, the governor. Be had adds assed 4 i formal complaint on the sub ject to the divan, and in: tisted on the immediate recognition of the bishop by the sill tan. - The prelate had declined ac cepting the offer of anal nutmet it in Tayar Pasha's palace, in consequence 'Of that fan. :tionari'' affecting to treat him as a mere English traveller, r find rert !sing to recognise him in his .episcopal character. 'VI. AU RITI US Mauritius papers to the 25th De camber have arrived. Sir Lionel Smith, the governor, had of ened the secret sittings of the legislature to the public, who vt l !re much gratified,at thus having the opportunity of *etching the proceedings, or re ceiving the sentiments of the meml ers through the medium of the press. A strong effort was i ade to diminish the vice of drunkenness, and the subject had;, undergone much discus sion in the assembly. The suggestioi is to suppress this vice —which had become so extensive as ti 3 prevent the possibility of labour being effectually done—were, • various, but the most g salient was one which went to the radual decrease, under government regulations. of the spirits at lowed to the labourers, for without government intervention it was said there would be little chance of effecting any remeti. y. The high rate of wages had increased the desire for hi; uries among the co loured population. Sugars were radice s tower; freights, dis counts, and exchange, the same as - last arrival. UNITED STATES. The packet-ship Garrick, Captain Sk iddy, which sailed from New York on the 28th ult., arrived& t this port on Sun day, after a passage of twenty days. In the senate, on the 21st ult., a inessagois was received from the president, transmitting a cornmunicatiq n from the secre tary of state, in reply to Mr. Walker's rests lotion, calling for information relative to the action of the g li 'vernwent in the case of the Creole. The documents were tread. They con sisted of Mr. Webster's instructions to ltdr. Everett, the United States' minister at the court of St .James, in regard to the case of that vessel, and the argum esit on which the United States' government rests for a de in and for redress from the government of Great Britain. Tbe argument was considered able, and it seemed to be perfet :tly satisfactory to the senators from the south. Mr. Walker cap ressed his gra titude at the tone and principles of the intstru ctions. They were entirely satisfactory to him, and would he so, he be lieved, to the country. Mr. Calhoun had het ,rd the docu ments read with great pleasure. The argument occupied the whole ground, and, coming from the source it d id, it would put, he hoped, an end to this dangerous and mil leasant con troversy. - The documents were referred to the et mmittee on foreign relations. Mr. Webster's despatch to Mr. Everett first sat's forth mi nutely the facts of the case. as they had been o.flicially re oyernment, and iv is stated, re ported to the United States g that the subject will be fully entered into with Lord Ashbur ton, if his powers should be broad enough to tunhrace it. The secretary directs, that the attention of Lord Aberdeen shall be called to the case, with a distinct deciarwrion, that, if the facts turn out as stated, the United State's gel vernment consider it a clear case for indemnification. It.;:s argued, that Nassau bein g a friendly port, and the brig hawing 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 favQur of the views of -the United st,aes govesouvent are urged. The United States and England, the two greatest commercial nations in-the world, touch each other at innumerable points, and with ~r stems of general jurisprudence essentially alike ; but they differ so widely in- their laws respecting personal servitude that, without the exercise, to the fullest extent, of the doctrines of non-interference, th e peace of the two countries, and, there fore, that of the world, will always be in danger. CO 2sider 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. Allep, 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 subjectof the resolution, without detriment and danger to the public interests. The governor of Massac usse s 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 of 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 an amicable adjustment of the controversy." The motley 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 rate business had been transacted in foreign bills. On Eng land the rate was 107 to 108: on France, sf. 271 to sf. 28}. 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. . The State Legislature 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 sonic 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 Asscumbly from the Committee of Ways and Means, , providing for the prompt and certain payment of the State interest. To effect . this it is proposed to levy an additional tax to the amount of one and a half millions, which 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 the bank : to which an amendment, or substitute, w4s 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 109. 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 had passed, with hut 9no dissenting ypiee, 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 and unjust, as repugnant to every principle o! honour and common honesty, and as having a direct tendency to deprave private integrity and to corrupt the morals of the people." The Locofoc:o 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 Mk. Murchison (Whig) made some remarks which offended one Flournoe, a pro-swindler, who waited till the adjournment, and, providing himself with a large 'leaden inkstaml, threw it at Mr. M. ahe was descending 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, gre . aware that there is a statute unrepealed 10 Edw. 111., s. 3) which ordains that no man shall be served at dinner or slipper with more than tWo courses, except on great holidays (those specified), on whiCh he may be served with three. cointt CIRCULAR MONDAY. Canterbury and Mrs, Howley with a visit on Saturday, at Lambeth Palace. Her Majesty and his royal highness left Buckingham Palace, attended by the Countess of Charle mont, lady in waitine : Lady Caroline Cocks. maid of honour iu waiting ; the Earl of Jersey, master of the horse ; the Marquis of Exeter, groom of the stole to his royal highness; Viscount 1-1 vardert, lord in waiting ; Sir Frederick Stovin, groom in waiting; Colonel Buckley, equerry to his royal highnes24 : The royal party occupied three carriages. [ler ,rajesiy :mu I'r►nce Awert partook of a dijeune, 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. Eler Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the rovarsuite, afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. • His lioyal 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. Sate presided at the organ. Lord C o l v ill e an d Sir Edward Bo water were in waiting on his royal highness. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earls Delawarr and Sheffield, and Lords nobility present. Ashley, and De T a bley, were among th e present. - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended!) Bowater, rode out on horseback on Saturday Sir Edward The royal dinner patty at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday evening. included the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke of Buecleuch, 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 Higinesses the Duke and Duchess or 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 afew 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, have 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 dem a rc a tio n t o b e drawn between termi 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 farther details to balance the different effects of the proposition, and, if it can be proved that n greater good can be produded 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 BETHLEM PATIENT FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT. lIOBDAY 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, 1841. The plaintiff, who is about forty year's of age, of short stature, conducted his 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 Bethlem Hospital, like other public institutions, there were public dinners, at which the number of patients admitted and those discharged cured were paraded, and; of course, the more sane persons yere admitted the more sane persons would be discharged. On this account it was that 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 hi s w if e w h o h a d 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 Beard of Ordnance. Ile then called his witnesses, not fewer than thirty-nine ;n 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, he 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, and would repent of it." He was taken to Bethlem ' and after being examined by the apothec ar y, 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 tion 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 had 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.—Gentlem en 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 ? However, the jury made no sign, and the cause proceeded. The witness stated that Mr. Hobday told him he was one day going to Herne Bay in the steamer when he 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.-11Iy 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 Elymas, " 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 possested 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 ? Ells Losns # ~ir.—l have, gentlemen, and I shall do so. Call the plaintiff. Plaintiff.—My lord, I claim my right to bring forward evi. dente to prove my sanity. May Ido so His LottpSuip.—l cannot prevent you. Have you any further evidence against Basset and Bull? Plaintiff replying in the negative, His L0111)81:4? 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 see n any thi ng in hint 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 jur l y intimated that they had heard enough ; but his lordship said they must now hear it out, Some other witnesses were then called. ti l e 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 ha 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. PICTURES IN NEWSPAPERS.—SouIe journalists delight in presenting their readers with ugly engravings of murderers, fAvOurite race-borsek royal chriF 4 tenings, and other objects of public intekest. '4 l 4e following facts which came opt on a trial in the Court of ueen's Bench, on Saturday last, will sheW the public how they are gulled arid imposed upon by many of these' preductions. It appeared' that an engraving, specimens of which were sliewn in court, was wcated in 1639, 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 iii the publication of the 6th of June, 1841, the defendant gave what was en. •titled, " a portrait of Coronation, the winnep of the Derby in 1841," which turned out to.be an accurate and exact copy of the 'plaintiff `'s engraving of the ware ,Bee's -wing." This reminds us ofthe editor of a localjournal who being anxious to htie an engiaying of a celebrated onitderer, and'not hav ing the oppOrtunity of obtaining a likeness of that individual, volunteered his own amiable self to the artist, and was duly . called " to the bar." • • DRACTARIANISM. ANT) PROTESTANTISM WHICH IS THE WAY TO ROME From the Record.) A most lamentable controversy has been carried on for some weeks pa=t between Mr. Sibthoro. on the o ne hand, neap. for the cause of truth and of the Church of which, in the hands of such champions as these ned gentlemen, cannot but suffer the most open and manifest defeat. able, w Englan We purpose not, however, to enter into a question. the nerits of which, wit' limits, coul he I'm - vie intelligible. We merely allude to it fur purpose of noticing a most fallacious, and', we cannot help saying, very impertinent..passage, which Mr. I)odsworth places at the -- 77. t. of his first Letter. Indeed, florin the em phasis with which it is given (wittritalics, capitals, &c.,) we commenceme help suspecting that its . publication sa chief object Mr: Sibtliorp at all "You have omitted to state circumstances which, I have no doubt, seemed to you unimportant, but whichmubt be regarded as exervising a very important influence on your recent change _l ou do not mention TOLE 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 ',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 the ministry of St. John's College, Bedford-row. * * * " Why do I recal these incidents in your religious . history ? Not, I am sure you 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 explanation of the change. * * * * " It is nothin g new t o sa y, th a t 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. 0. 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 Lor Church" oions led.,him into Romanism, it is quite time that he left o inflicting his advocacy on any cause. But it is indeed taxing One'srcredulity to aii,extreme point, to be obliged to deal - with such representations with gravity and courtesy at all. - • Let us try the same mode of reasoning on a different case. A. Z. 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. Dpdsworth '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 anplies 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 rpm 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 cant phrase of the day would be called,: very liberal apinibus' 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 lrvingite con nexions? His friend, Mr. Drummond, assuredly was not. He also, like Mr. Dodsworth, is now becoming a zealous Tractarian. But how many " conventicles" 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 a 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 asking 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, RECENTLY. " 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 towardi Romanism. l-k 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 4 twenty-one clergymen, fifty-five women, and above two hundred other persons—" the calumniated Mary !" Mr. Sibthorp, theri, 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 apologise fqr Queen Mary. .N.ow,..upon Mr. Dodsworth's 'hypothesis, be 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 rendering his 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 Iteligious 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 Messrs. Newman and Keble, are among the leading members of a committee, lately formed, for print; ing what they term a "Library of Anglo-Catholie Theology. This library is to consist of the works of Laud and Hcylin ; of Hickes and Leslie and other Nonjurors ; of Hammond, Thorndike, &c. We turn to Dr. Pusey's recent Letter to the Primate, nd 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, 1841, 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 Wilvaine's work on Oxford Divinity has raised up 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 ofjustifica 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. Livingstone, 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 Tractarianisrn and Church-of- Englandism are not reconcilable. Mr. Livingstone, like Mr. Sibthorp, has become a Papist ! We trace all these parries, then, distinctlyfrom Tractarian ism into Popery. Can Mr. Dodsworth furnish us with a single instance of a low churchman who has lapsed into lio mish error, except by first yielding to the selections of 2"rac tarianisin ? 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 he, 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 lie 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 heard 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 diFerent 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, he 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 th,e ground he went with all speed into Mr. Sumnet's yard„ and made his way into a building used as a clogging shop, closely followed by the watchful pack in. pursuit. Finding then that the clogging shop Is as nu 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 Wal:dley 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 Innst 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 gr ound, and was th en captured . by A Alan 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 suhscription now raising for the benefit of Mr. Oastler and his family. The formation of committees in the various towns flail:NO) theT . country, was strongly recommended; DEATH OP TM EMU.: OF MACCLESFIELD 31tirning We regret to announce the deniiFe of the above venerable nobleman, who expired last evening et 20 minutes past seven, at his town residence in Conduit. street. The earl has for some months past been counned 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 au excellent appetite, was considered, perhaps, one day rather better, and another worse, hut Dr. Holland, and his other medical attendants, held out no hopes of his ultimate recovery, from tbe advanced age of their noble pstient. On Wednesday the noble earl had a relapse. and the Countess of lladdington (his lordship's only child), was im mediately sent for, and since that day her ladyship has been attendant on her venerable father. Constant Yesterda t he countess stayed with her father the whole of the day, and abont . 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 Ewelme, 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, ]795, married 25th May, 1780, Mary F rances , secon d 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 lion. 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 Board of Trade, and which we lose no time in laying before our readers. The prayer of Mr. Pim'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 tempers, only in one direction, mid 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 2Wail, 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 tl►e 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-bill under the present sys tem, that cur engineers are forced to cut an 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 report seems to question 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 loss 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 exist in practice; so that, as this is really the only one of the al leged advantages Bowing 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 considerable reduction in 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. Sarni - Ida 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 ward. 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. Total. Ist Sept. till 7th N0v.... 64,120.. £1,688.... £66.... £1,755 Bth Nov. till 30th Jan... 66,056.. 3,042.... 379.... 3,242 31st Jan. till 28th Feb... 37,364.. 1,262.... 272.... 1,535 - -Amounting t 0.... 167,540 £5,991 £7lB £6,712 To this total the directors have the following items to add, Amount of former dividends declared upon 688 sbares;, which have been forfeited, and cannot now be claimed And amount of register fees teceived 226 5 0 51 15 0 Making in all £6,990 15 1 Deducting therefrom the amount with which the " Traffic Account" is to be debited, as per annexed statement 4,666 11 6 There appears a balance, applicable to the pay ment of a dividend, of 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 £192 Ils. 7d. to be added to the reserved fund, which already amounts, as appears by the statement of accounts, to £764 17s. 11d. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE (Pram the Oxford Herald.) New PROFESSORSHIPS.—Whereas, her Majesty 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 car 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 : i❑ 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 fuuds of the university press. The Rev. Frederic Pyndar Lowe, M.A., Fellow of Mag dalene 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 Hon. 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 be his Chaplain. The Rev. Edmund Larken, 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 College, to the Retory of Cottesbach, Leicester shire ; patron, the Rev. It. M arriott. PrioltroTrows. Rev. George Carter, formerly Fellow Commoner of Queen's College, Cambridge, Minister of the Upper Town Chapel, Boulogne, has been appointed by Viscount Canterbury to be one of his Lordship's Chaplains. Rev. H. W. Ray, f o rmerly .. a Preacher a mong t h e Inde pendents, having been ordained Priest by the Bishop of Chester, has been appointed to the Curacy of the Parish Church of Kendal, and will commence his duties on Trinity Sunday. Archdeacon Wilberforce has been appointed Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Yorkshire. Rev. T . Whitworth, to the Rectory of Addlethorne,Lin colnshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. Bain bridge ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. Charles Miller, Curate of Derrysioose, to the Perpe tual Curacy of Ballymakenny ; patron, the Lord Primate. Rev. W. Badham, to the Curacy of Magherally, county of Pawn, Ireland,