The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL OFFICERS IN

INDIA.

Mr. GROGAN moved fora return of the name of all
p none appointed, or recommended for appointment, by the
President of the Board of Coutrol, to any medical or surgical
situation or office in the E it lodise, sines the Ist day of
Jemmy, 1132, down to tee present time, specifying the
places to which such sppoiatments were lead., the dates
thereof, and the salaries and emoluments attached thereto
respectively.
Sir J. C. 11011110 USE opposed the motion. He could
not understand on what ground the hon. g. ntleman had
made an invidious selection of the Board of C ntrol. If the
bun gentleman could bring forward any case of an impro-
per appointment let him do so, and he (Sir J. C. Hohhouse)
would meet the charge. He could were the on, gentle-
man that medical Alters were appointed not because they
were English, Irish, or Scotch, bet because they were fit to
discharge the duties to which they were appointed. (Hear.)
Besides, the appointment of medical officers did not rest with
the B iard of Control, but with, the E.st Indio Company.
A motion of a similar nature bad h en made in an early
put of the session, but the house rejected it.
Mr. 01100 AN was sorry to see r.e spirit in which the
right hon. gentleman met his motion. lie c mid assure the
right hon. gentleman that be did not mean to imply the
least censure of the mode in which he dint ibuted hie patron-
age. lle moved for the return at the d. sire of the medical
profession in Ireland, who felt that they bad not been fairly
treated.__ _

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Lord NAAS said that the medical and surgical school in
Ireland a:ood deservedly high in puWic estimation, and the
nu Wiens of the maim prote-sion in Ireland lit themselves
aggrieved by the mode in which the patr-rage had been die-
tribut. d. That there was no foundation for such a feeling
would be beat shown by aranting the return.
Mr. 0. A. ISAMILTON said that if the return was re-
fused, it would only coutirm the suspicion entertained by
the medical prnfession of Ireland.
Major BLACKALL and that if it was a valid ground for
refusing a return that it was asked from a particular depart-
ment of government, very few returns of any kind would
be obtained. _ .

bir G. CiRBI doubted that there was any er.)und for the
inurference of parliament in such a ease as the present.
Bit if the hon. gentle:nut wanted to know how many per-
sona from every put of the country were appnantsd, he
should ask for a return of appointerate to alt clficen in
lotto. (Hear.)
The motion W4ll tnen withdraws, and the house adjourned
at 1 o'clock.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S BILL FOI
ESrABLISHING A NEW COUNT OF APPEAL.

Ve following is a copy of the bill ietzeducei by
the Bishop of L:itelon int. the House of Luigi.. on M ,nelsy,
to sound the law with reference to the administration ut
juvice in her Msjes 'a Privy Council on appeals frrut the
ecclesiastical carte :

Preamble. Whereu it k expedient to amend the low
with reference to the adminietra.ion of jistiec in her M
jesty's Peery Council, s e far as relate le to questions on re-
ligious doctrine, arising in appeals tram the ecclesiastical
courts of England :
Section I. Be it therefore enacted by tie Q reen's mist
ex !client Majesty, by and with the intake and consent of
the lords spiritual and temp eal and commons in this pre-
sent parliament assembled, that, in ad cases of appeals
wl,ich may he hereafter mule to her Majesty in council from
soy eceesiaaticslc art of Lees*, if, atol so often as it shall
he accessary to determih• any question of dorrine or tenets
of the chur,:a of this realm, arising either in a criminal or
civil suit, it shall he lawful fia the Jeticial Commute of her
ejeety'e Privy Council, and they are hereby required to
re ter such qui Won of doctrine to the archbishops and bishops
of the province et Canterbury and Yak, in the manner
hereinafter provided; and the opinion of the said arch-
bishops and behopes upon such question, when duly certi-
fied to the said Judicial C =Tante* in the manner here-
inafter provided, shall be binding and conclusive for the
purposes of C.. appeal in which auto refercne• shall hewed*,
and shall be adopted and acted upon by the said Judicial
Committee, so ,az as may be necessary for the d cieion of
:he matter wider ap,,eel, and shall be specially reported by
the said Judicial Com-nittes to her M ele sty in C tonsil,
tog. the r with their advice to her Id sleety on such appeal.

r.gactien 2 And be it enacted. tt st ;eery such reference
shall be made in the form of • case to he star. din writing
by the said Judicial Committee for tha npittim at the said
arehhirhops and bishops, and to be transmitted to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury in such • manner as the said Judicial
Committee shell direct.

Section 3. At.d be it enacted, that ;won receiving any
snots ease, the Archbishop of Canterbury shall with all con-
venient speed convene a meeting of the archbishops and
bishops of the provinces of Cinterhury v.d York, to be held
at such time and pl,ce as he shall appoint by a summons in
writing under his hand end seal, to he sent by the general
post to ay. ry such archbishop and bishop; soil such meeting
shall be held ace ettlinely, at the tim- and place on appointed,
with power to adjourn the same from time to time, as may
be Mond expedient.
Section 4. And br it enacted, that every such meeting of
archb.rhops and bishops shall bc a court for the purpose of
considering the questiou so referred to them, sot mortifying
their opinion thereon ; and at
bishop or bishop who is first in ras k of those present shall
preetee.
Sec ion 5. And be it enacted, that notice of the time and
lace of holding every such court shall he given by the
Archbishop of Canterbury to the parties, or proctors of the
parties, in the cause or •atter under appeal; and such
parties shall be entitled, if they think fit, to be heard by
themselves or by such ponons (not exceeding two on each
side) as they may depute for that purpose, before such
court; and the said cstrt shalt, stir such hearing, or
without such hearing, if the parties si all not desire to be
heard, consider and decide upon the question so referred to
mem; and, in ease of any differenoe, such question shell be
decided according to the opinion of the majority of the arch-
bishops and bishops present.
Section S. Aced be it enacted, that the opinion of the said
archbishops and bishops, upon every case so referred to
there, shall be certified to the said Judicial Committee in
writing, under the hands of the archbishops and bishops
present at such meeting, or of such of the said archbishops
and bishops as shall concur in such opinion ; and eve:y such
certilicaste shall state the names of all the archbishops and
bishops present at each meeting.
Sec ion 7. And be it enacted, that in case of any vacancy
of the See ofCanterbury, the Archbishop of York, or (in
cues), concurring vacancies of both the Sees of Canterbury
and York) the senior in rank of the bishops of England for
the time being, shall be substituted for, and shall stand in
the place of, the Archbishop of Canterbury for all the pur-
poses of this act.
Section 8. Provided always and be it enacted, that in case
any archbishop or bishop shall be a party to the suit in which
any such question as aforesaid shall arise, or shall be patron
of any benefice or office the title to which shall be in ques-
tion in such suit, or which, in any event of such suit, may
be liable to become or be declared vacant, then, and in
every such ease, suck archbishop or bishop shall not be at
liberty to attend any such court as aforesod, or to take any
part in the deliberations or business thereof.

IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING COMPANY.—Yester-
day the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this ant-
pany took place at the London Tavern. Joshua Walker,
EN., in the chair. By the half-yearly report it sppeared
that the expenditure amounted to 7,8801. 51. 2.1., and the
reeeip,s to 6,5/71. 7d.; balance agaiast the half you
1,3531.41. 7d. The assets of the company were stated to be,
balance oa account, 8961. 14s. 3d.; reserve fund, 25,0001.
After a brief conversation in reference to the cost of repairs
of machinery employed in the mines, the chairman said he
did not think the report called for any special observations
from him. They had gone at length into the statement of
everything connected with the mines in the report, and ex-
pressed a strong opinion as regarded the future. In confir-
mation, he might say. that a son of Capt. Hitching (their
chief commissioner) had lammed them that his father sent
to London for his family to go out to him, which showed that
he contemplated a long residence in Brasil. (Hear, hear.)
Be would thou put the question u to whether the report be
adoptett, entered on the minutes of proeredinps, end circa.
leted. (Hear, heir.) The report was accordingly adopted.
THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES has presented a
memorial to Sir George Grey, to the effect "That the society
ha., during the mit. Lion, and unhappily the directness to
which the diseumion of the question of medical reform has
given rise, steadily persevered fa carrying out the objects of
the legislature, by improving the curriculum of study, and
riising the standard of qualification of those who seek their
certificate, and they will continue to do so as loop as they
retain the coeftlenee of the legislature; aces the amity refer
with the utmost satisfied= to the evidence given Wove suc-
cessive committees of the House of Cosmos' on medical
affairs, and to the concurrent testimony of members of all
breaches of the profession, as to the moult which has attended
the ninety's administration of the Aptelsecaries' Act. That
the society are, from their exp•rience of the actual working
of the law, fully sensible of its defeats; that they are, as
they ever have been, ominous to remedy those defects, and
are prepared to lay before the Secretary of State such sug-
Imhof s for the amendment of the act al would, in their
opinion, go far .4) remove the objections which exist to its
provisions, and would, at least, remove many of the impedi-
ments in the way of a satisfactory settlement of the oomph.
esters qu. stion of medical reform, not only u regards
Englan.l and Wales, hut the kingdom at large."
THE CONVICT CUARLOTTN WOlUan,
convicted the murder of her bushtna, Merchant, was yee-
t rday reeeived at the Bath Gaol, under an outer for two
years solitary conflosment, acid then to be transported be-
y ind 'he doom for the term of her natural bk.—Balls
lArosiek.

Cite Orprefso.

OUTGOING MAILS.

The moils for British North Astoria' sad the United
States will be made up this evening.
The mails fee Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar will be made
up on May 17.
The West India Male, excluding Bermuda, Havannah,
Itiessau, Honduras, New Orleans, and Mexico, and including
these for Madeira, St. Juan-de-Nicaragua, New Granada,
Chili, and Peru, will be made up on the morning of May 17.
The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands
'gyps, Cellos, India, and Chins, via Southampton, will
he made up on the morning of May 20.
The mails rid Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt,
C lon, India, Hong• Kong, de., will be made up on the
*emit of May 24
1 be mails for Maderia, the Brasil., and Buenas Ayres, will
he static lip on the evening of June 4.

111011 ITATIOI A? LONDON VIRIDO/L
rum D..—11 ITS. 43.
Afterboos. 1.. 470

LONDON, FRIDAY, NAY 10.

THE opposition which Sir CHARLES WOOD'S
Savings' Banks Bill must inevitably encounter will
be the opposition of no political cites or party, but
the opposition of the Savings' Banks, on account of
the interests of their depositors. Under a fel-e pre-
tence of giving the taxpayer the benefit of 300,0001.,
Sir CHARLES WOOD, two months ago, introduced a
bill, imposing enormously increased duties upon
stamps. Under a false pretence of giving government
security to depositors in Savings' Banks, he has row
introduced another bill limiting their facilities, im-
posing on them heavy payments for expenses, reduc-
ing their rate of interest, and giving himself the
petrona4c, in perpetuity, of .580 treasure:Alpe, for
which the deposit ors are to be made to pay.
What are the Savings Banks intended for ? What
are their object aid effect ? Savings Banks, we are
told, are eatabli-hed to encourage provident habits
among the people, and to afford them a place of
security fur the little monies they may be able to
nave. Their effects are said to be to foster moral
habits • to pre vent dissipation, debauchery, and
squander; to offer a small premium to sad trey and
prudence; to elevate the tone of societ 7 among the
poor ; to create and encours g • independent feeling ; and
at the same time, by giving the working popuiataou
some sake in the country, to enlist them in the
cause of peace and order, and to mike them duly
tensible of the advantage of good government.
Now, each being the objects and results of Savings
B inks, one would naturally think that the lzrger the
numb r of depositors the greater the advantage to the
nation. Always provided there is safeguard against
abuse, the more depositors the better, we should think,
for everybody. Are there safeguards against abuse?
We reply unhesitatingly that there are plenty. No
depositor can put in more than 301. in any oiie year.
No depositor can deposit more than 150/. in the
whole ; and at 30/. a year it will take five full 'cars to
delve it that amount. These restrictions up m tee amount
of deposits would be, one would think, almost sufficient
safeguards against abuse; but these are tot all. The
uveroge rate of interest up m depesi's thee ug'i.out the
kingdom is no more than 2/. Ns. 61. per
cent, per annum. This rate of interest is
infinitely below the average rate which money will
low if invested in any other security whatever.
What abuse, then, can there be of Savings Banks by de-
pesiiers who are prohibited from depositing more than
150/. in five years, and who are only afforded interest
f ,r their 301. per annum at the rate of 2.1 per cent. ?
Ir, thee, the Savings Banks are not o• en to abuse
by depositors, and if they afford such grect adven-
t-igen to the poor and to the motion, why attempt, as
the CieeNCELLOR of the Excitecautat is attempting.
to put further restrictions and limitations en deposi-
tors? In future, instead of permitting a man to de-
poeit 150/, in the whole, Sir C. Wool) proposes to re-
strict his deposits to 100/. WLy ? Is this the way
to encourage those provident habits which it is the
et.d and aim of Savings Banks to foster and en-
gender ? Is it wise to put a restriction upon a ser-
vant who, in a long course of years, by industry and
frugality, has amassed 100'., and lends it to the cation
for 21 per cent, per annum ? " Oh, but," says the
CHANCF.LLOR of the EXCHEQUER, "I don't intend to
prevent him layin.t by ;—by no means. It is very true
that when his prMeipal and interest together reach
1041. I tell him that he shad get no further interest
on what he has, and shall not be permitted to lay by
another farthing in the Savings Bank in future time ;
but, re mber, I afford him an opportunity of roe.
rereing his 1001. deposit into steel, tied his stock will
bear interest, of course, accard•ng to its value."
Now upon this we will say, that of all the
attempts to raise revenue that have ever come to
our knowledge, this attempt ef Sir Cn tithe!: \\"o)
to tix the poor, industrioue, thrifty. provident, and
hard-worked depositor in a Savings Bank is,l
of mull others, the most unprincipled. Why Sir
CHARLES Wool) knows, and he has calculated, that
by this c noversion of Savings Bank deposits into
stock, he will manage to subject the poor man
to all the oppressions of the income tax,
from which Sir ROBERT PEEL specially exempted
him ! In the Income Tax Act there is a clause ex-
empting Savings Bank capital from contribution to
the income tax : but this clause, when examined.
will be found not to apply to stock created for the
purposes, or in the way proposed by, or under the
authority of, Sir CHARLES IVOOO'S bill. Every de-
positor, therefore, who converts his hardy navel
1001. into Consols will subject himself to be mulcted
of income tax. This will go to swell the
Exchequer, and to make a fictitious character
fur B.r CHARLES WOOD as an able financier.
" Oh, but," it may be said, " although it s
quite true 'he 3; per cent. will be deducted, yet if
the depositor's income is under 150 a year he may
get it back again on application." Having some
experience in the matter, we happen to know that
there is nothing in all the business of public depart-
ments so difficult and troublesome as to get back a
payment from the Commissioners of Income 'Tax:
that there is nothing which is more difficult to a
skilled solicitor—few things which are less practi-
cable for an unskilled client. We nahesitatiagly say
that to get back the amount deducted in respect of
the interest upon 1001. involves labour and expense
worth three times the money, if recovered.
But the limitation of the amount of deposit is to be
accompanied by a reduction of the rate of interest.
At present Savings Banks are permitted to pay de-
positors 3 per cent per annum ; in future they are to
be limited to 21. Now this is to be done, as we have
already shown, to cover loss sustained by govern.
ment an consequence of their me-administration of
Savings Banks money in antecedent years. In
the name of the depositors we protest against
the reduction as totally unnecessary under a
proper system of management. Will any one
tell us that 3 per cent. is too much to pay the poor, or
that it is more than government could make by pro-
perly managing the fund on their behalf? The
money of the middle classes is turned to better
account by those who use it for them. How do the
great insurance offices—the Equitable, the Law Lite,
and others, make the interest they are able to obtain
upon their capital? The necessity of employing the
entirety of the Savings Banks money in government
securities is doubtful in itself. Are there no other
modes in which it might be usefully employed ;
usefully for depositors, usefully for the na-
tion, and with an equal amount of secu-
rity ? We believe there are. But suppose,
for the sake of argument, that there are
not ; is the nation paying over much for the advan-
tages these Savings Banks produce' Why the entire
amount of interest paid upon all the Savings Banks
deposits of the empire dues not exceed a million per
annum.

It is oat of this million • year that the Chancellor
proposes to pay three quarters of a million to hie MO
treasurers, their clerks, agents, and inspectors, Sir
CHARLES WOOD is to have the patronage, and the poor
depositor is to pay the piper. The first deduction in
order to meet thisadditional expense is arranged at t per
cent. upon the interest at present paid. But it is ob-
vious that this can only be au instalment. One-fourth
per cent. deducted from the present rate of interest
will only give somewhere about 75,0001. a year. Thu
CIIANCELLOR of the Exc iIEQUER will want ten times
as much to pay the responsible officers in whose hands
he proposes to place the entire management of all
the monies of depositors. Truly, a wise financial ope-
ration.

-The pretence for this measure wo have declared to
be a false one. The profession is that the depositor will
obtain government security for his money : inasmuch
as the state will be responsible for all the defalcations
and deficiencies of the new Treasurers. We have
already shown that there is nothing whatever in the

present bill imposing any such liability upon
the state : not a single clause is there touching on the
matter. But suppose the state is accountable, will its
responsibili'y attach to all deficiencies, or will it be
able to throw the losses on the depositors at its VAR-
sure ? A elate examination of the bill will de-
mowitrate that it is full of snares and pitfalls for the
poor depositor, whilst it bristles with clauses to pro-
tect the treasurer and the state. Take one example.
By clause 7 it is proposed to be enacted that—
On the withdrawal or any money a receipt shall ha siren
by the party press's' ing Me book. and receiving such mlney,
sad such ►eceipt Mail be a sufficient discharge to the trea-
surer for the sum therein expressed to be received.

The Treasurer, therefore, is to be entirely exonerated
by a signature to his receipt baok, no matter whether
it be the signature of the depositor or of any one else.
Why, the responsibility of the government cannot be
great under this system. A man gets hold of a Sav-
ings Bank book, claims the money therein shown to
be payable, signs the treasurer's book, and re-
ceives the cash. The real depositor comes after-
wards, proves that he has been defrauded, and
demands his money. What does the CIIANCY,LLOR
of the EXCHEQUER tell him ? Oh, my dear friend,"
says he, " under clime 7 of my bill for your beiter
prottctinn you will find it expressly made lew that
the rec. ipt of any person presenting the book and
receiving the money shall be a full and sufficient die-
charge to the Treasurer. Under my bill, therefore, for
affording you full and comp'ete security you have no
claim."
And this the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
calls affording " GOVERNMENT SECURITY !"

THE Times, in discussing the advertisement duty,
propounds a fiscal principle, very old in prae.tice, bu'
which we have never seen asserted as just in print
or in theory, before. It is, "that taxes must be
messed on those* articles or practices, which rut n
cannot well abstain from." This, in other words, is to
declare, that taxes must bs impote.d, not on the
luxuries, but the necessaries of lite.
This is one of the axioms or charers of that
political economy, which Ei slish philosophers have
invented !or the use and advantage of aristocracy. But
in truth, our aristocracy his always found out the prac-
tice, before it found philosophers to put it in the ahape
of syllogisms or axioms. Thus the regular rule with
English parliaments and the landed interests which
prevailed in them, was to eschew taxes on rent, or on
the surplus produce of the land, under the plea that
they should be reserved as a vvr-I und, and that the
regular in •ome required by government should he
supplied from the industry cf the commerciAl and
labouring else, asses-e lon the moveah:ce of the one,
on the consumption and nece saris s of the other.
Fur such a system of taxation there is, or rather
there used to be, but one reason, its convenience. The
levying of small sums, day by day and hour by hour,
front the west marmot the population, was wont to pro-
d U 2e a large amount without exciting sensible grievance.
Thu more indisp enable and the mire universally in
use the commodity taxed, the less subject to fluctua-
tions will be the produce of the tax—another source
of convenience ti the government. Accordingly,
what finance ministers have most delie.ted in, were
taxes on corn and beer and light in our happy land of
England, taxes on indispensable utensils in India, on
silt in France and else .vbere.

Tiii. system of tiling nee stories has, however, lost
one of its virtues—that of its b,..ing unperceived and ,
patiently put up wi.h. In general these taxes on
popular incessant s are taxes on wages, and in ep ichs
of prosperity and deo and for lab.ur, wages being I
enhanced in proportion, such taxes fall on the em-
ployer. But in a more stationary state, when the
demand for wo-k is not brisk, or wilt n it is subject to
.3: cope and alter my ion, then taxes on necesoarie s
be-
come t..x• sen warvation. As the be,ly pinches too, in'
civilised countries, the intelligence b. crmes sharper. •
People come to read, to think, to know. Taxes,
however small, are felt, and telt not only
individually, Ix: generally. They create com-
bination, however tacit and ondereood, &ramie. •
the tax payers, and their clamour soon be-
comes what no minister can resist. Hence we •
may pea c`ly rely on it, that taxes on corn, upon
salt, upon meat, upou the be-verse of the country,
will be hand imp %Bible to levy. The Cuascw.tox
of the EXCHEQUER may plead what necessity he I
pleases, p opular necessil will prove more and more
paramount.
But although taxes on the necessaries of the mass
must b' dispensed with—and the sooner the Cuts- ,
CF.1.1.0R of the EXCHEQUER makes up his mind to
this tha better—the re are other taxis of the kind
which may survive, and these are tax-, on the neces- ;
miles of &fete. These indeed are more glaringly un- I
just than taxes on the many, as they make a particu-
lar set of men pay for the benefit of the whole nation,
fur no earthly reason but because they have pro-
perty that the tax-gatherer can easily get at,
and b.cause the interests 'pellet, d are not numerous
or large enough to make government fear their resist-
ance or disaffection. Ihe texes on the necessaries of I
the few are to be found in the various items of the
excise. Paper is one of teem. But who in the
House of Commons cares fur the paper interest ?
The advertisement duty is somewhat of this nature,
though classed as a stamp duty. The only pretext fora
stamp duty is, however, that of the law affixing a price
upon the transfer or descent of property, which it fa-
cilitates, rezisters, and guarantees. With respect to the
advertisement duty, it confers no benefit of the kind;
it is merely a tax upon a necessary of industry. The
Times says, that air is more necessary, and soap. We
appeal to hundred+ of advertisers in its own columns,
whether they could not better do without washing or
sunshine than not have the facility of making their
appeals and getting them answered. Yet this is
what hosts of poor people have not. We maintain that
in this, our artificial state, publicity is as useful and
as necessary an element of our complicated existence
as light itself.
We cannot, however, at all admit with our coa-
-1 temporary, that there is any rivalry or comparison
between window-tax and advertisement duty. The
advertisement duty is as nothing in the budget. The
Cwareeemeoa of the Excimiusat dues not retain it
for the amount, but because it is a burden upon the
popular journal, and a useful monopoly to the aristo-
cratic press. The retention of the advertisement
duty arises from illiberalism and favouritism in the
ministry, and from dislike of the popular press by
the mock liberals of parliament.
We re the tax in question, a bows fide one upon adver-
tisements, or the making known of wants, it would in
truth be the most infamous of taxes, a tax on com-
mercial publicity, which is an element more precious
and more necessary to an Englishman than even a
superfluity or purity of light, or of air. We may live
in a garret with one window; but if we are out of
employ and have no means of making known
oar wants, or of learning how our industry
may bo made available, we had far better
be deprived of both light and air. But
if the advertisement duty be a meanness and an
iniquity, the window tax is an absurdity. Our creed
in the matter of taxation is so very different from that
oldie Times, that we should say, first of all, that there
should be no tax on necessaries: secondly, that there
should be a tax on property in proportion to its
magnitude ; and thirdly, that there should he a tax on
expenditure in proportion to its luxury. We have an
income tax which is not in proportion to property,
bat in the inverse proportion to it.
Then we have taxes on expenditure, the chief of
which is the window tax. But the size of a house,
or the windows in it, is no proof of either property or
expenditure. It taxes a man because he has a large
family, or because his business requires space. It
taxes families fur choosing to associate, or the poor
fee the crime of letting lodgings. And it is assessed
not by the value of the house, or the cubic space
within its walls, but according to the light and air
admitted into it. All these form such an amalgams-
the of absurdity, that it' Chancellors of the Exchequer
were not the idlest, and parliamentary financiers the
most ignorant, of mankind, it could never have
endured to the middle of the nineteenth century.

`• SUICIDE AT AN HOTEL—Yesterday it was disco-
vered that a gentleman, whose name is not known, had
hanged himself in the course of the night at the Spread
E Tavern, in the High-itreet, Wandownrth. The de-
ceased when found was in his stockings, drawers, and shirt.
His clothes, consisting of a blue Petersham paletot, blue
Unwire', and bl ck silk waistcoat with pink bars, together
with a black satin stork, were lying on the chairs. In his
pockets were found en engine-tumei silver lover watch,
capped and jewelled in foul holes, with minute and second
hands, mil numbered 1,133, with the letters" W. H." or
" B. ;" there was nn mak.v's name ; a mother-of-pearl and
silver knife, with two blade* at one end, and at the other a'
silver ever-pointed pencil. The m iket's name ou the
was " Joseph Roger. and Son;" and on a piece of silver let
into the mother-W-piarl wee engraved " W. Byker," in old
English. Information hits hem forwarded to Mr. W. Cuter,
the coroner for Rut Surrey.