The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-09 00:00:00

SHELL FIRING.

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HOUSE OF COKEONS.
MOSDAT. —Mr Smith moved a resolution agalast the pro-
posed inesease of the income-tax, end the house wall crowded
to participate In the fall of the Gladstone ministry. Mr. Low*
and Mr. Gladstone defended the transitional increase. Mr.
Disraeli recommended that the abolition of Purchase awl the
surnuider of the House Tax should be abandoned. On •
dl•ision the Government bad a majority of 335 to 250,
whereat there was great cheering.
Trestosv.—Mx. Hama' moved & resolution for reducing the
letter pustage between Gabs country and the United butes
from 3d. to Id. A modified resolution for Inquiry was agreed

to.
WADBILSDAY.—Iir. JACOB BARMY moved the second reading
of the Women's Disabilities Bill.
Mr. BOUTIBIII moved that the Bill be read a second time
that day sit months.
ULLPSTOI4I intimated that the question was an open
oae for the Cabinet, but weaselly he should vote against the

BID,
The House divided, end the Bill was rejected by 00.
Titeastur.—Mr. Toaithesi moved to amend the resolution
by reducing the income tax from 6d to bd. First, they had
a Budg t with three head; and people cried out that that was
a monster, and It we. withdrawn. Then they had ono with
two heads, and that was also withdrawn. And now they had
one with one head, born in convulsions—(s laugh)—which had
come into the world and that lamely. He complained that
the proposal to raise the whole of the deficiency for the year
by means of the income tax wee unfair, and would prow most
heavily upon the lower middle clam. He complained of the
conduct of the Government in resorting to it Instead of sus-
pending the payment of the annuities for • proepective re-
auction of the National Debt, wrung from the taxation of the
country to .sable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry
out • !Mandel operation which no entirely molar his own
control He winsidered that this method of reducing the debt
we. merely • sinking fund in diagnies, and was condemned by
the practice and policy of the late die Robert Peel.
Mr. Warns seconded, sod charged the wisdom of over-
bunlenlng the present generation for the lake of posterity.
Mr. Cameron° held that what was needed In time of pewee
should be tithed, not by bellowing, but by the imposition of
tagen—(hear, hyar).
Mr. B. Marsala mid the majority for the Government on
Monday night was not en much approbation ot their financial
plans Lea qualifies' vote of conddence, and probably a little
dread of the effect of • contrary vote—a qualified vote of con-
Idence iu the vitality of the Minixtry. Formerly votes of
cenlkience were.' few and tar between." The Mit:doter then
kept beck that man extraordinary weapon for e xtraordinary
occasion'. Now, forded:, It is produced upon the moot
every day occurrence—(Opposition cheers), Anti whether you
have • question at issue regarelthg the dismissal of a distill-
guishedend ill-tued Admiralty ofliciel—(bear, hear)—or a hetber
you have • Budget withdrawn al.er the deprecation of the
Exchequer ite to the pinching of an increased income-tax upon
the lower middle clam, the merits of the question et. issue are
put entirely on one side—(mar, hear). No retard is paid to
justice to an individual or the setisfacdon of the country, but
die whole thing 14 made • party qcestion, the result being for
the convenience of the Government—(bear, hear). Now,
1 my it.. not Isle alwaye to be calling upon this Mouse for
votes of confldeuce—(sear, hear), Questions shook' be di.
inured on their own merits. Party lea dirty enough matter
es it stands at present, bat if you drag us through the mire
ef party on every occasion, if you are always starting up anti
saying ...This is • question of confidence, and we will go out
If you carry it. I my it strikes me that if that weapon im
made too much ass of, the right hon. gentleman tv,li
the boy in the fable, who cried " woe so often that at lam
the cry had last all its cogency and power—(bear, hear),
Mu Budget is a Budget of Revenge—(laughter), Because we
have not chosen to countenance his tax on succession, there-
fore the right hon. gentleman, who is the putative father of
that taz,has chosen to give another tern to the screw of the in-
come-tax, and to put an extra U upon the lower middle class
of whom he was so fond when he first introduced his pro-
pose/ We are told by way of apology that this Is • transi-
tional tax to meet transitional circumstances. 'Transitional"
le • very good Parliamentary term. When the income tax
we. Inn Introduced it was limited to three years. What han
become of the transition} We have not only got the Income
tax saddled upon on for our natural liven, but, to use the
words of the right hon. gentlemen, it has become an ances-
tral tax"—(laugnter). I maintain that, the only true way out
of the labyrinth of debt, difficulty, and deficiency we hare gut
Into is the reduction of expenditure—(cheers). The Goren.
meat took back their Budget, and they should have n i faise
shame about taking back their estimatem—(hear, haul I
think hon. gentlemen wUI open their eyes to the army ani-
mates and will not be content to expend £16,000,00 or
£18,000,000 on a scheme of army reform of which iii, not
too much to my that nobody knows much about it—(opposi-
tion cheers). We have no estimate at the coat of retirement;
and it is Indeed, "Menstrual horroodum informe, eui lumen
ademptum"—(laughter), We have heard something about ea
face; but there is no light here—(bear. hear, and laughter).
Therefore I hops that bon, gentlemen will puree betore they
rueb into this prodigste expenditure—(opposltion cheer.), The
First Minister of the Crown twits you when out of the House
and before his constituents with this expenditure, and says
it I. the House of Commons which urges him into it. 1 call
upon the Howe of Commons, then,to be true to itself, and It
elected to cut down the setimates and save the money of the tax-
payer', to urge upon the right hen gentleman to take back
his estinutu With respect to the question of tenni.tablu
annuities. I well remember when this ancestral scheme was
propomd. It wes in the year 1006, in • thin House, on a May
evening—(a lawn). Previously to that Mr Mill had first of GI
started his hare by wiring it was • duty we owed to posterity,
to pay on the National Debt; and he created a panic in the
House by quoting pansages from • work of Mr Jevons on the
probable exhaustion of coal in this country. The right hon.
gentleman, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was then very
much moved by that speech, and by the pamphlet, and he
proposed what theu I could not understand, and what, 1 bo-
iler., very few people did undessuuni. It was looked upon as
one of those arithnistical puzzlee which nothing but a ready
reckoner like tise hon member for the city of London could
unravel-00nd leughterk In IMO, there was a considerable
surplus, and Is. a very long speech the right hon. gentleman
prepaid them torminabble annuities. Not ta soul supported
him. They were opposed by Mr Hubbard, by Mr Laing and
by the debt hon. gentleman the member for Oxfordahire,who
nude one of shis must tolling 041011110134111101 speeches. which
gave one an Inkling of what he meant., declaring that the pro-
ject MLR nothing more nor leas than a sinking fund in disguise.
The proposal wee also opposed by the hon. member for
Brighton—l do not mean the agile member—Gaughterk
These resolutions were protested against by Mr. Laing, who
said at the time it was only a project tor fair weather, and
that directly • deficiency occurred the whole scheme would
break down; and It hm broken dawn—(criee of "Ni.") Well,
It ought to navetooken down—Gaut/two In Idea you had •
Oonetderable surplus; in 1571 you have a deficiency of
£2,713,000, and I think it would have been well to net off one
against the other. 1 feel saddled that if you are to continue
this Income tax, you must render It. easemment more tau to
make it at all palateable—(bear, hear). It is quite true that
it
eeslonal man in contra-
.4ll Pres".'ncsay"tF"theto ihullairibanmanceylwe!°!:!erverydaExcPminym.and the pl'ufemio men
cucg) isisguese-1 will call his attention to the poem in the
.Antl-laeolin —be knew. what 1 mean, the needy knife-
grinder—"l give thee sixpence! 111 me thee first "—Good
uch of party obligatlons.
But parties are es beeken.Wth: hp that we never know where men
are. We never know whether the resolution of to-day may
not undo that of
dons sit lightly upon me—(a laugh). Not that
Iga-
lore them lees, but 1 Uke my constituents better
—(oh, oh). 1 feel perfectly eat.d that @honld there
be a dismoludon there will be • very great change in the
materiel' of this Rouse. I may not return to it, but I think
I shell be aooompanied in my exile by a greet many of any
hon. friends—Gaughterk 00 this lam vary sure, that if we
are to umiutaln the solemn pretext of having • Liberal Govern-
ment, and of being • Liberal party, ern must be tree to the
doctrium which we urged in opposition,and not after condemn-
log an itoxone tax, n ter be a party to increase it upon the
mitering tnx-pnyeee of this tOuntry—(cheers),
After varicose Dwellers had spoken,
Mr. Wussudiocan did not think the Income Mx could ever be
refiefornory Ull a broad line of demarcation bad been drawn
between Incomes derived hats realised property and lEiColtlas
derived from professions and other precariutut avocations—
Gwtr'r how). . . . .

Mr. Gunman complained that the issue now raised wee the
seine as that rejected by the Howe on Monday bye majwity
8. The army organnation ocher'e warn fumed on the
Uovernmeut by the general cry of the country, and they had
hoped that they might rely upon the patriotism of the Route
and of the country to bear a temporary burthen to secure a
great national übject, which object warn neither inure our lea
than the ahoy of the country, and what had already been
eanctiumid by the House. lie was astonished at the conduct
of the Opposition. One of the objects stated by the hon.
sbeinbsr fur pinsnory was, that he did not want to pinch the
lower middle dui ; but that was the clue which hen. rum.
ben opposite would punch, by transferring local Citation to
paraffin! property. Tint isas what they propmed at all the
• Chambers of Agriculture—(no, no). Tea, had they not N. cry
1•411011) dieted the fact that the enonnoes pommel fortune
of the late . Brassy had not beau made to contribute to
local taxation 1--('' h, oh," from the Opposition). Did they
not deplore the (act that colon* fortune* escaped? They thus
wished to tax persunalties, but when they hoped to defeat the
Army Regulation Bill, they supported the motion of the bun.
micaber Inc rinebury against. UlO taxation of personalty by
making piteous appeals fur the lower middle clue. Ouch were the
proposal, which gentlemen Opposite had hug been making
lu the Omnibus of Agriculture—pupa* for the imposition
of local income-tax- (renewed cries of " no, no"). it by, ho
believed that a motion had lately been pared in an inlluential
Chamber of Agriculture to the effect that no Bill on the sub-
ject of local tax** which did not tax panonal property
would be to the country. It warn true, that they
had not so ternight ; they were afraid to du so because
It would show their cards. The very men who were for shift-
ing the burden of local taxation on to personal property now
supported a moano again* the laureate of the income-1m
(cheery). if. protested against having Miniden held up to
odium for pattlag a twopence on pardoned property, when for
years the Conan-salve party had been agitating to the •••30
direction—(chaers). He would not,
.however, dwell upon tins
poink lis was delighted to have elicited from gintininen
oppodte the admision that personal property wee dot a tan
subject for Increased taxation—(hear, hear). lie wanted to
know what was the grist °emu of the Government? It was
Wiel they had endeeruured to Meet diseciaucy by taxation -
That was the Wu* that Wu going to be tried to-night, bor.
rowing venue taxation, and on that dividon Government was
prepared to take • dinsion—(hear, hear), home gentlemen
below the gangway said that the question wee one of retrench-
Meet, but there was not a word about rettenchment in the
*Roo, nor was there any security that if the motion 5°
Ca. ried retrenchment would legiow. What guarantee hid tin '
itoonoiniate that getalsotim opposite would support them in
schemes of retrenctunent—(hear). No I The real guarantee tor
economy was /a the union, not the Weldon, of ton Liberal
party—(loud cheers and counter cheers), lientlemeu bolow
the gangway were not more sextons than the Unions.t to
keep dowu expenditure, liar Majesty's Ministers had bout:soy
endeavoured to keep it down, and they had been suunffilui
for twvears. The looms of this year for Ma/ 01.0,104:41
NM* had was aot equal to the nun>
dams w ch lied previously been elected. They were as much
as ever lo favour of acionomy, but whim the question lay be-
two* eironciniv anti 'scanty, they did DO4 Urine from the duty
1t,.,. fear of being awn* of propodog extravitgaut
eitimates—(bear, bear). Toe motion before Ism Mown, how-
ever, was simply a question of borrowing versa. taxation.
Monewing WY the mune of the spendthrift; and the policy
of the Government, although satailleg a large tionpurary out-
lay, would lay the b••• 1 01 • real and permanent economy. Re
trusted that the Home, far the sake of sapping' a dig,ge,icy
of • angle *lna for one year, would not decilne the great
*d imperative duty of reducing the National Debt,and moo-
• a siiiMold *doh, mines lie, had redwood 00 *Mous id
doh% Mehemet benefit of the present as wed as of future
generations. Hs bagged the Mouse also to recollect that if
they were to borrow one million, why *mild the,, not borrow
two, and soon; but 11 they on,. adopted this facile but fatal
policy what Goveroment 'would he strung enough to resist the
Valt°ono which poured upon Lhasa from quarters, and
;Uuaranteis would they have for the economy of the pie-
tist or future Uoverunaistal Toe Government did not appeal
for • vote of cionddenes ; but they felt that WU wee a question
involving not only Lbw policy but their ausciesitious wink-
Mons, their character, and *dr duty to themselves, and the
futon security and prosperity of their country.
Mr. 8. Caen denied that the Conservative party had mac-
des* the Government army num, for they had dews
=144 VW it Medd lei* too large • cost wah. very UM*
.1,

N
tc.ofrerewspoliondure,nita ottethbeuiDidsingify
‘aciats at ail
hesidVeersotttapeheas
bitt,rits lie write,; Suddenly, as your glance is
fastened upoothe arches of th., aqueduct (Point du Jour)
there issues from a small dsrlc object, almost bidden be
hind the middle arch, a flub of fire. A white cloud
Another rot stllslolwikseimamPedhalliattli;
ashAetion ou the shore, sad your osa
last, after several staonds, it lames, and closely upon it
asisilLioanrianrtefollrvolelttlithtiLlrwteogUgarlleleyilbt: first sound of the detonation. At
the sound of the shell as it rashes towards you with
terrific) speed. You see nothing, but • failing of terror
seism you. With each 1110111111111 the sound tailcoats@
MON illitlllo- At first it resembles a low whistle, but
as it &spree:hes it pecomes • howl, a yell, • ravage
shriek, such as the Angel of Drath might have uttered
when he passed over the Awyrian hosts. With all
your aelfaommtud you cannot prevent • shudder.
You step involuntarily between the windows, and look
I down lute the battery dose by. You see tha men
pressing against the famine works of the earthen camp,
and holdiug onto each other in their momentary terror:
Some cover their ears to escape from the sound, others
hsten to it with their lips firmly pre.,sed. On come the
eliells, mingling their shriek and moving the very air
before tliew. They may strike you; they may fly into
the room, awl brio.; down the whole 110t15.1 about your
ears—but you think of nothing—your whole existent),
seems to hang on the sound that is still increasing in
vehemeuce. tihsht I It penes over your head with •
ph hasoads
p;
rae
el; et: :Tel ohLie
.o
on —an nil! the
the
rush. The trees move as if with • mighty winfi ; •
dangerb dull
a trhf
ido for fiftyith eb
yjja:du momentbu
and laugh.
Each goes on with what he was doing—one lightinglis
ur
ainp ioeePa In6d
enveloped, another
Inc; rn
The
al
tremble," eonTio fictimne Windowshohtsfne sbcb:etkt nhJyainta, ear
for is St
away
readiearthng
o nc
andithethe
answer to the Point du Jour.

A Nov Shade of stik —" peach blosiorn." AA old
shade of nose—" toddy blossom."
A Sin Franciscan Lady lately applied for a divorce'.
because her husband was • " confounded fooL" Her
petition was not granted, the judge remarking this
"every man who gets married would be liable to We
same iroputanon.'
A Gendeuiaa, who could not walla, offered • Friuli
lady • tea.puund note if she would let him hog bar as
much as Um .nsti who h.! just W.4loedWith *er. "It
wa4 good offer, and showed that /AM*, WOWOO ,
to him ; but they put him his ale Ira out of the boom so %it
' gait, 4014

• Yr. GlAlletan said U the House Gist rob.' h
liupply, and then when they came to the g,,,, '', Utbi ,t
those chump. combinations were to be f.rinsd.:;,:h",.l.4
counter cheers)—on that side of the House with ii-"I' k•
HOUSE OF LORDS.
,__. ,_. men whom only isoniplaint wan that the e-....
tini°n
Bills
sad
tbs
Crin"'
"..:. .'hasites:it.sajr.t'elen:ofb‘shias....%*eldit;:if: el:::Cr.,1.1fii::::::::,;:.;
kenendiesnt (Violence and Threats) Bill were read a seem, not a reduction of expenditiirw, but the sli.ii„,,,. ''''
t;l:4t_c•li.t!‘te.lii.l.s.""sad.itfdier“?i.lifZtnelto itelll4l, :i'au...i..1•'.7.t.it,i4‘1., i.: '
Bina
TClBDAlN—Theliish Protection of Lila Bill was rend a seen u
time.
TlitittinAT. —ln conunittee on the Protection of Life and Prtoo-
i PcrtFiuYeia"v".—Thien Partlarl.ol Christ delloilxi.ctomh°7ilail:nrtced' l:of
rt.thicen'wdeiy,-. ..,,,'„,::,-,:li"ef.::::t:l",u'lliiiiivali:w.re,l::..re,:i:ulorlinilamile..citio:i:ii.s.ky;ota.r.i,iii::,l:irli.r.,...;','.',.:..r.'l,•:':,,.,.....4,_,,fl.
nese of the artillery, reistavely, to the standard of other ,
antheLN
Ramie add that the Government propom4 I" .1. nc.'"intsistlti:l"noi7th:li'itherUi.mi 'ecilileethr:4ll Th0,..771.'„1r'r:r4"-re4'.!..t
raise the peace establishment to 260 guns, capable of tieing at . , A
once rallied to 420.
The Duke of Cansarese also stated that each suit of Uinta,
force would be fully horsed ani,enouinne
;,...i.oird,dr;r
Foreign otßee. ineno must havei',..„.
..::,-.:,: •,,.. .nat
lions of IntYrlO w.,re not 4. "
1, air po i .e. •.ii• •I•• r
.., '''
..0
war, and expremed his astonishment that th • ''
A'')'"':
urnideninel iii ',III • 4 the most hos •voier • • ',•..‘'—
respecting the national debt. Ile had spoken Ir..w. 7,":.
love of consistency, but standing on the him, 14 ,te
ci.,lriil the Militia
di:::l4:.inarreircAi:llemiirei 11: . 1111,1::':71rtilh.:11.,a,:i1.1.11.11:,.'Irati,i...ili.:irmi1141i:1,-,.' (aiviir,:a„.1.,:d'inti1.,1r10i'.i...1":.1.,h.....5r,'..,4'.1.1,...,:,.:'r.ii...1.
pl4„Cdartll:7:Lierdsituco.ui.needuip.thatb
the Karl
ti .I: soiflceitymmokf
.Dr...Nl..disj:;
thmofflh:ers beo;th:tils'
. these demands. ec.pAdwininraltotylihniadarefuregrzlne.thThe
...membilishil..bireof
c.m:suaofe.th.et
,thregiiii:
haloes of the Admiralty not to recognise them. Ilowever. • I
t:rasil4.riovfats.22llodi,sioUtaletfasti:effiessum".alaalodwedit auto w tv,lliii lin pyilj'.
me, steadily refuse
I supposition that for a ',unwise of MO h...., *
Or though% t 4 ,
Ito motions not disclosing that oblem, but at th u,.'"-;
fallibly b niliiig bisrards it—motionv levied et 'tl.*:.! ~..'4, ..
. worm had been made to Mrs. Burgoyne, to enable her to meet. ; thwthi:7lwn:l.in:w.it'lh:::::::l4,:ori.:::"'::;:dtuhre:rir.la':::::)lini.rt.n.tar:,y:::,,'..„--",:,42.
Ise reduced. They should rht,
Malone of national credit end the inures-, i I '''''.:
, ',shut,' •
perlty—(loud cheers.)
Mr. Disaar.ti said if there woo deducted Imm ti.,'
or
upon which the ways and nicalis were franivi ,f,,'„.• ~"',
W
item rmpeetlog purchase itt the •nny, and isli:ch iu.
Imen voted —(licsr. hear)- the deficiency wo n •,1 .„,-- ",.•
£2 100.000. A penny income tax woul•I zi‘., ,---,..".., *.
£1,500,000, therefore the Chancellor of the t:,.,,e..
have before him a deficiency .4 ir,
~,r,,, „.I'..""ef •...
£OOO,OOO to provide for. Ile did lit t1,0bt"!,,,h,1 .4,
revision of his estimates aiiii ninny other mod, i'!--: "I Ilk
able to frame hie ways and Means and cap, iu
t .-..,7-4's
that without committing the great errors tith•ror ,-..._.'61
eerily inflicting an extra 14 on the income let upn !'
o tl•-.-,'.
with which he no much sympathize,j. or estithiohoo, -,.7.
• precedent a. raising the whole of his isay• ,1-7,.'ft
direct taxstion —(4ieene). Ile taunted the
having abandoned all their lint prop ••al., aol-,,,
were toll that they had been carefully inatorrd . ~,IT a
order to cover the weaknem o cif the It, in seel ii .: --
"-
i to ~.i...,
' discussion. lie denied that the:amendment inv•l ' •e 4 '''.,
Lion . f the terminable lamella", for which la - a'''"'
responsible, and ridiculed the ur,rmu,..or, 'I 31,...‘1,e.
that there WWI any similarity betwixt, tie pre-
.1. ..,'
that of the Abyssinian war. Ile thought t'." 14......... '
forgotten the immense debt that can .a.,..i.,„, —.sic
Crimean war, and most of all ho seemed to I,at. I •1
.4.
that the Crimean war was instill>. owing to rh, %,,,,,,,,4‘ 4c
oWn imunsels—,. loud cheers). This was the 31 .!"44
AL.:,
reproached the Conservative party and wit, .a.j 0„.......-4
hat. l',
looked,
•••,:::,uaci u*
s 1 u r.:hatc
ha:
usi member
..,'
the eld,athi li il. a
.1.
trii:er7. :) *lib:
and
if
)1 i. tttlai
..hii Fe:: •,,,i dh,,
Jibe.ei or
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T.
ejjS7). :
—hat
the ;aeitC 'rs del '
..rnhit'l:a party
i.r,t;
.la)i.iit.‘h::h7.l,:::,
~
ti..
it alas a characteristic of the Couserastise party 1',.,....:
recuttillicanee of what the Tory party ha I I.e. th.• . .
although lie once sat in their:is:ors —(aii,,...,fh:::
„:.4
bitett.i.)::mt,,,:dt...u.e.ipmmi,f.rthrwitai:i.ii.i.;gl:t.tt,inih,:,:;y:(t,ire3l7.,:det,rb,,,i,t;:i7:itrii:;:u:sto,..:;,u,.l,l,riitlrhilin.:•l7,4;,,,,r„,::,,r.,,,..:::,,r;iririt,,i,ni,:.,,,,,,:tate;:i. i..,;..,!;.,...i..5."..
his consent to raising the swap. and me et• ••I tip ...
......iytain the eati,j ort•c",,,..'"'"
manner from eii.leae airing
defeated and di•conifited Government proposes inea•urasioau
they themselves lime denouncel. I will, reasmilering 'a
traditions of that party, not be afraid ..I •.......... a Manse
who, I think, has shown tin.....eiiiii4 that 1.., ilnd ii.. raw
for thee claos, "I th : e.. Autry liiiii..l, lit stsra). a 11,,, ;
great *sympathy f..r --(cries .1 " Oh" . I ...di nom the
Witte of Hays and Means to reinember what is the •• ..,: '
which we we asked our opinion. .I t is whither, Itigukt
sixpence, we will men fivepoise in the resoimi el int!, na
of the Chairman, end whether we shall by the. ..-....-
same time intliCate thole principlcs of flnatic.sl I. • . . '
we have always uphel•l, and .holf to our con•to t.,..... •
..-..
are prepaxed to litiAlili thuir ioteresta—fehevr.).
The Goo., divided:
For Mr. Torre:pis amendment .. .. 2i•
Agaiii,t it .. .. .. • • .. _•;

The numbers were reeeisel with laid
of the
The resolution of the Cominittee of Waj • a.. .
agreed to.
['amis.—Mr W. U. Sarin to ,v,sl for a u •
inquire into the operation of the pow-law in the aide
Illr FAWCIIII moved an ametelusent to extenl tlic -•
the whole of the United Kingdom.
Mr STAXIIIIIIIO defended the adminbitratiou of Vie
Board and opposesl both the 1111.1ti011 awl the am.a.lits.y.
The moth,' was with,lrawn.
A mo' ion by Mr. eitlltt.CY f ,r a select c numithe t
Int , the best means of preveoting the de,trilet, , •
levee of the I dents put out to ina,c for lan:, • 1• t.
by Mr Bacot, and agreed to by the
Mr Ilmtus moved • resolution in favour of alf la;a.
ties for an Imperial guarantee for the intcre4
provided for the completion of auth wised Irkh
The CHANCILLOR of the EVCIIIIQ,ZR opp.riot tie, me
which, on • division, was rejected by 7:: against lf.
The Income Tax DIU was nada second time.

MB. DISRAELI ON LOCAL GOVERNMENII
Mr. Ditraeli hat lot slip his view), about Mr. Oosion
B:11—" a Bill (he says), reopooting local taxation 100
coining, as I think, • monstrous proposition La la,
transfer of • branch of Imperial taxation to sathfy r.
loe.al cravings of obscure bodies, who, if they air ran'
for anything, are known for the painful notoristy
their general administration of looal lends."

THE NEW MONEY-ORDEK eIIABGE4.
The following are the charge. for money ordwitt t
present time :
Commission
For WWI muter 104 .. ii. £.5 and under
104 and under Ati .. 1.1. 20
£1 .. 31.
„ .. 4J.
£3 „ £4 .. Cul. £9
£4 „. .. 61. £lO

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THE °HEAT JEWEL 110BBERY.
Soon after the opening of the May seasion
Central Criminal Court on Monday. Ili:ha
WAS placed at the bar, charged with steaunA a
ol jewels, the property of Messrs. London aud
Thine were other indictments charging Toro
having feloniously administered • thug to Jame
Parkes, and with having endeavoured to sedum
Tlie prisoner pleaded guilty to the rebbery,
prosecuting counsel said that Torp-y bad
involved °wiz gto Lutting transaction.. It wee
stated that the robbery had been effected t Jew
to pay off his sporting theta. The Recurder I
sentence. On Tuesday Torpey IMP sentenced I
years' penal servitude.

Nft. SYDNEY SMITH'S PLILSOFOILI
RECITAL,
Mr. Sydney Smith gave the tirst of a beri+4 d
forte recitals, at St. George's lien, I...indou, on V
day afteruoon, ellen ilia admirable taste, dam
tion, cud musician-like croonand of a gre..t
. . .

stylea, ezeited the highest apprecisima fr
numerous and distingutehed audience. lir.
Smith has obtained markld celebrity as the a
of a number of pleasing and graceful pi.ineforie
which, though
.not aiming at the were .ers

elsa.ioul style of the grew. Germau to.ster, so::
11411,•1100 Of the frivolous Ilell.L1911•1 ts.l
the counters of our modern mualesellers, 4,14

the 'aeon:what:led aUlataUr au Matra:4ll,d all
delightful form of oomposition, wIIuL t.»
taxing the powers of the esseutaet. Xr.
introthmed several of therm charming moreau

first recital, amongst which may be especl4.l,l'.4.
those very clever solos entitled " L'Auoi da 1.44
"Eloquence,' and a capital a tudy for tae lett td
alone. Several other graceful ik,triii‘s u(5 eel:eta
yet &storable character were siren, ia &Into: 2
which Mr. Sydney Smith's artistic skill a i WO I
11311.6i0/411 was exhibited in the piam.i.eis pal! I
liendelssohn's grand trio in D minor, sod 111`
more trying task of joining Mr. llo.ty.tlolas •
Beethoven's celebrated " Ereutzar soust', 1., Pm!
forte and violin • In each cif Cbe.on we.%
than in his own brilliant fantasias, Ilr. Sln"
himielf an excellent performer acid a cesium'
musician. Mr. Sydney Smith MIA as.irted ny tit!
Holmes, Herr Dauber, and one of his own "
Annie Edmonds contributed some sgreeethe YeA,l2t.
and Herr °ADZ •000113palliel Val sio a,' 7"
accustomed 'kilt and good twice. lo •
takes place on Wednesday afternoon, .114 "
George's Hall.—Staadord, May 1.

A WEEK'S WORK IN AN INSURANCE OFFlii.
The following curious details woro .ireu by 31.,•
Clairinau of ihrectors ut the6rredeat.a
suranee Coaiparay, at ths last 11111111.11
tar average ol the work uf the iodoatittl Madr;.'
that cowpauy every wee,: iu tho year I Ihe
place, we red,ive 4,000 itAktS at, and s,tald are IC
"folded trout, the head otti e each week. Ltle
to 8,0110 p 4114.1101 are to ba iaoue I ant aggued by t,
directors each week. NOW, &U., 1.040 111 000 p0l:C1
attended a good deal of I irsoor. Li laud bo
amined, 111V6ailetcd. !OKI or CoiYiAL(cd, an h.aaJed
the directors; thee it great be signvd, ;eve rutorued t
the proper agent ; ot &bow peltaia, 1 np,et, we he
7,000 to B,UUO aweek. Now, there ere due at Wag-
sod generauy collected—idU,ltAl premiums. We has
thus 700,UUU JlatlllOipreanuez. couected from boas::
house, frow roe .11 SO room til nee .ssary ), (r,siu sor,,
town, and village to village. We have 6.11) assures
generally ap.atirq, m Alug /COM OLIO IOW/1
to
and tow poas mina, thereloro, be suider.el
ging engege. flAfe are &gam on an average 70 pa"'
0•C:1 WOOL Lllheratid thrtnliel CLIM4O 11, "Lame, it ess•
queuoe uf marriage. We thus tel Tki looms+ a6O
1.4/4•11.00 Larma hove married and strut tUutt MatAl
name to be put upon the policy. Now, thta SM
wetk. 'Dann we have CM applications eaca
new policies in lien of leas outs. All this wad b•
pvtloetly dear awl duitiuct, ausl we mud at
that we do not issue two policies awl 4,1114
awns. then we have 2,0 J) accsouuts bs tace..lllA
eis.mined, checked, sod dusible-o.ecaesf,To4, gar,Ta
each week. &Joey is elirmadell au roaLyt
weedy to tue event ol £'; tuns, 1,2.)) raeipts P"
to be made out iu due form, argued by ..Llo
tors, and statupcd. Thou tome AIC • iti.At ed..410'
ceipte uuder 2, will& must tie adoed.
orders, tis 4) cheque', and Eld3 iu podadv
received at the °dice weekly ; and 40,Ipset-sith
and :100 cheque* are irsusinitted 110.1 toe °dice
Week. 250 death intim' uzcur ceduiuf, ‘"
the is; tile furies are receiveJ. 8.0 suoesall
drafts, Ito., require the signature of the warefatl.
week, We have 94 travelling odixrs who are:ll
engaged in travelling and iuspectni ad."'"
clerks and efileerm are employed at taw Ace.

SAL, OF Raga th.D Cu Dilatant; ma•
'found unrelated mate of Franca liar (Aimed g° weds
inotiuit tit the brandy market, and 0010,1
proprietors who had Milt their tOCki 14tyi
lately during the war have te
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them intros outtutry, is preterehoe incurnti
which would attend their
Several large sales have biaa wade, rod iu
they are equally rOWILI a.bla tor to LA4L, q"all
broody aa for too anuoutail qdentruLa .4)
tranaotiou alone 12,1 a bean recorded or sue ade ul
of 34),UUU &Aiwa' ul asguito oraudy, ot
heard of in tins ounouy—oamely, i 27, Is2ll.
1841- 'fbete bee old Wernher wale to
by putts motion, bat previous to sod Ow 000
were doomed of to Mono I/ it A OttheY "
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