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the for, ign trade of the country. How was it possible to
compete with labourers abroad when the price of • food
there was scarcely one-half of what it is at home ?
( Hear.) Ile supported the Church, but not its abuses;
sod he had great expectation that during the present Ses-
sion Church-rates, especially as respected the processes in
the` Ecclesiastical Cellos, would be put upon some better
fouting.—( Hear, hear.) He bad been asked some ques-
tion at a former meeting at Clapham about the window-
tax. While he recollected it he would say, that with re-
ference to taxation generally his principle was that those
who had most should pay most,—(Continued applause.)
As the case stood now, the miser, and the absentee who
spent his income in foreign countries, saved their property,
but did not contribute one farthing to the Treasury.—
( near, hear.) As to the right of voting, it was so absurd
that a man paying 301. or 401 or 481. a, year rent for his
house should not have a vote, that it did not require any
argument. Assuredly the time was not far distant when
such a state of things must be amended.—(Cheers• ) Ile
now offered himself as a candidate to represent them in
Parliament, where, if returned, he trusted he should not
be found wanting in furthering the great principles of re-
form in all points of the constitution. The Honourable
Gentleman resumed his seat amidst most enthusiastic
applause.
A resolution to the effect " That it is highly necessary
to secure the return to Parliament of a representative for
this division of the county of liberal and independent
principles" was then carried unanimously.
Sir THOMAS EDWARD COLEBROOK proposed the next
resolution, which called upon them heartily to come for-
ward in support of the present candidate. He could not
allow that to be done without expressing his own hearty
concurrence.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He rejoiced
that a gentleman so intimately connected with the agricul-
tural interests of the county had come forward, and made
so manly a stand against the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) That
he should have so openly and honestly declared for a total
repeal, when it might in many parties have created a pr e-
judice against him, was worthy of the highest praise.—
( Applause.) He could also not [refrain from expressing
the extreme satisfaction be felt at the sentiments which
Mr.Alcock had uttered respecting the great pripeiples of
rehgrausliberty.--( Hear, hear, and cheers.)
questions came home so nearly to every roan connected
with the Liberal interest, that it was quite unnecessary to
expatiate upon the subject. He would at once conclude
by reading the resolution which he had submitted to the
meeting :
" R:solved, that Thomas Alcock, Esq., is, in the opinion
of di:, meeting, by his advocacy of civil and religious
liberty, by his liberal and enlightened principles, by his
intimate connexion with the most important commercial
and agricultural interests of the country; and by his posi-
tion as a very considerable landed proprietor and resident
in this division of the county, eminently qualified to repre-
sent this metropolitan county in Parliament."
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
The next resolution was to the effect—" That this
meeting pledge themselves to support, by all honourable
means in their power, the return of Mr. Alcock to Par-
liament."

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The Incumbent will, in addition to such annual ir.come, have
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belonging to the Vicarage, the annual value whereof to be let
exceeds 6001. ; and although the reserved or quit rents are
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fines are arbitrary, and the option to renew is with the Incum-
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The present Incumbent has attained the age of 83, and has
filled the Church for upwards of 52 years.
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about 115 miles from London, and in one of the most delightful
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The Special Court of Sewers was this day held at the
office of the Commissioners, in Greek-street, Soho, for

the purpose of trying the traverses made to the pre-
sentents of the Jury, in the cases of Chulsea llospital and
of the church of St. Luke, Chelsea.
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o'clock.
A Jury was then sworn to try the traverse in regard
to Chelsea Hospital.
J. L. DONALDSON, Esq., the Chairman, was supported
by Mr. Ogle, as assessor.
A discussion having taken place as to who was to begin,
On the question being referred to the Assessor, he
decided that those who appeared for tic district, and in
support of the presentment, of the former Jury, were to
begin. .
The SOLICITOR to the Court then addressed the Jury,
and explained the law of Sewers at great length, from the
Ist Act relating to Sewers, passed in the year 1427, down
to the present time, drawing their particular attention to
the Act of Henry VIII., which was, in fact, the law under
which they were now acting, and by which Act the lands
of the Sovereign were as expressly bound as the lands of
any other poison. It bad formerly been the practice
only to assess such !persons to the S,wers-rate
as were assessed to the Poor-rate; but the Commission-
ers were of opinion that much property which was not
liable to the Poor-rate was liable to the Sewers'-rate, and
accordingly had determined to present it to the Jury.
Among that property:which it was now sought to assess for
the first time was this portion of Chelsea Hospital, and al-
th,:ugh it had never yet been assessed to the Sewers'-rate,
yet it' they were of opinion that it was legally liable, it
ought now to be asses 3rd. Now,
the statutes to which he had before alluded, all lands of
every description were liable without exception, and conse-
quently that Chelsea Hospital ought to be assessed. The
Leas ned Gentleman concluded by quoting an immense
number of authorities in support of his argument.
Mr. Ilertelut, the Clerk to the Commission, being
sworn, proved the presentment of the former Jury, found
on 27th November last, which was put in, and that portion
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Mr. Joins Dowling, the Surveyor of Sewers for the Ra-
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regard to the sewers under the jurisdiction of the Court,
for the purpose of showing the benefit derived by the Hos-
pital therefrom.
He was cross.examined by Mr. BICKNELL, the Solicitor
to the Hospital, who put in two letters, one an application
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the turning the private drain in theßanclagh ground, into a
public sewer ; and the other the opinion of Sir John
Soane, that the turning such drain into a public sewer
would be detrimental to the Hospital. Witness also stated
that the present Ranelagh sewer bad been formerly a
common ditch, into which the hospital sewer opened;
that the hospital sewer appeared to h INT been an ancient
sewer, and'that the western sewer of the Hospital opened
into a creek communication with the Thames, until such
communication was cut di by the works erected by the
Commissioners of Sewers. ‘Vitness believed what was
called the western sewer, to be a public sewer. Before
the Commissioners made the alterations, the sewer was
sufficient to take away the waste water of the Itypital.
Dods not know of any public sewer under the building of
the Hospital.
Re-examined,—The Commissioners had no jurisdiction
over these sewers until 1807. The alterations made by
them bad materially benefited Chelsea Hospital.
By one of the Jury.—Did not know whether, if these
alterations had not been made by the Commissioners, the
fl.spital Commissioners must have made them et pre-
sent, but they must have done so at some future time.
Mr. R. Sini,r,r, surveyor, had made the valuation of
Chelsea Hospital.
Mr. Muouss thought the going into an examination as
to the value was a waste of the time of the Court, as the
real question was, whether the Hospital was liable, and
whether it derived any benefit ?
Mr. Amy thought the objection a most proper one.
Mr. DYER thought the opinion of the Assessor ought to
be taken on the subject, and abided by.
The Assusson thought there were three questions to be
submitted to the Jury. Ist, Was the Hospital liable ?
\Vas the proper person assessed? And, 3d, Was it asses-
sed in the proper sum ? There had been therefore, as ho
considered, no waste of time.

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Mr. MuLLINs was about:to enter into a further discussion,
when ho was interrupted by the Chiirimn, who said that
the Assessor having given his opinion, ho considered that
he ►oust take the opinion of the Conrt as to whether there
should be any further discussion on the subject.
The CHAIRMAN said that it having been arranged that
the question of Chelsea Chapel having been adjourned to
two o'clock, it was for the Court to decide to what day
they should adjourn it, as it would be really impossible to
go into it to.day.
Mr. "AMIE slid that he thought they ought not to fix a
day in the absence of Mr. Bodkin, who was ccunsel fur
the appellants, and who promised to be there by two

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Mr. DYER thought the Chairman had better take the
advice of the Assessor as to the power of adjourning the
Chelsea Chapel case, and rule accordingly.
The ASSESSOR thought the difficulty a; to the power
was got rid of by the consent of Mr. Bodkin and his
client, and therefore he should suggest to adjourn to ten
o'clock to-morrow.
The SOLICITOR to Chelsea Church eould consent
to nothing in the absence of Mr. Bodkin, who he knew
could not attend at ten o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. LESLIE thought it by no means certain that the
present case would be finished by ten o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. ADEY would move that the further proceedings of
the case in regard to Chelsea Church be adjourned to this
day fortnight.
Mr. MuLuNs seconded it.
The CIIAIRNIAN, acting under the advice of the Asses-
sor, decided that the question could not be put.
Mr. DYER said it
,was always the practice, in every
Court, to state, when questioned, whether they:would
take a certain cause en that day or not. Ho *idled to
have tine opinion of the Assessor as to their power to
adjourn beyond day to dai in the trial of these traverses.
The ASSESSOR was of opinion, that if they adjourned
i at all, they ought to adjourn from day to day ; if they
wished to adjourn to a longer period, they ought to obtain
the consent of the parties concerned.
The SOLICITOR to the Church of St. Luke's, Chelsea,
then applied to adjourn the case to Friday week, pledg-
ieg himself not to take any advantage of any technicality.
After sonic discussion it was decided tLat the applica-
tion must be made in writing.
Tho examination of Mr. Sibley was then resumed as to
the proper assessment of the Hospital. He valued fourteen
acres of buildiaga at 1001. an acre, and thitt; --jx acres of
pleasure-grouad at WI, an acre. The Sauelagh Sewer,

PRICE 51.

was of much importance to the Royal Hospital, as it pre-
lented the gardens from being inundated.
Cross-examined—Mr. Hall occupied the hall, and
chapel, Easel grounds, only in the same manner as the
secretary or any other officer of the establishment.
JOHN HENRY TAYLOR, another surveyor, corroborated
the evidence given by Mr. Sibley.
A written application was pus in from the solicitors for
the Chelsea Church, chapel, and workhouse, for an al-
journment of the trial of their tuv:rse till that day fort-
night, %dell was agreed to by an unanimous vote, and the
Jury was dia,charged accordingly.
The Sotamoe f I the Hospital then addressed the Jury,
and contended that the presentment could not stand, be-
cause Hall, who was assessed, was not an officer of the
Hospital, but was the servant of the Board of NVotks at-
tached to the Hospital ; he occupied premises in the Hos-
pital for which he was rated to the poor and to the sewer
rate, but he was not in possession in any way of colic r the
wards or chapel, or one foot of ground around the llospi-
tal ; he did not pretend, for one moment, that he was a man
in possession of property to the amount of 7,0001. ; he was
not in possession, and according to all the cases he could
not be assessed. He contended that the premises assessed
in this presentment belonged to the Coroner, and if the
Jury would only find that it would greatly relieve him, for
then the duty of defending the case would devolve upon
the Attorney or Solicitor-Gencral. However, he con-
tended that Richard Hall was not charged to the Poor-
rate for the premises he was now assessed to, therefore be
could not be liable for the Sewers'-rate ; he, was not in
possession, and therefore he was not assessable ; and if his
goods, or those of any other person, were taken for the
rate, he or the owner would have good ground for an ac-
tion. If the Commissioners were determined to assess
some persons for the premises they must go against the
pensioners, and he would prove that although they
were the only beneficial occupants the Judges had de-
cided they were not liable to the.:Poor-rate, and
therefore they could not be liable` to the Sewers':
rate. He further contended that the Hospital was not as-
sessable, because before the Commission took their private
sewers they had a perfect drainage. After going at great
length into the history of the Hospital, and citing many
'eases to show that as a public Hospital-it was not laa6ie to
the Poor-rate, and, consequently, was not liable to the
Sewers-rate, he called
John Fessor, the chief clerk in the Secretary's office of
Chelsea Hospital, who stated that there were 539 pensioners
and 26 nurses in the Hospital, who were lodged, fed, and
washed for at the public expense. They all met in the
common hall at stated hours to got their meals, and all
slept in wards, and had fires in common. Richard Hall
was not a pensioner of the Hospital, nor was he an officer
of it at all. He was placed in his situation by tame Board
of Works, He did not occupy any land in the Hospital,
nor had he anything to do with the chapel except to attend
to its repairs. The hospital was Crown property, and was
taken care of by the Commissioners. The sewerage was
perfectly sufficient for the purposes of the hospital before
the Commissioners of Sewers took possession of their ditch.
Cross-examined—The public sewer was certainly of ad-
vantage to the hospital, because it kept the approaches in
good order.
Re-examined—The Seijeant-major was as much an oc-
cupier of the wards and the chapel as Mr. Hall, and had
the same access to them.
The Vestry Clerk of Chelsea produced the rate-books,
in which neither the wards or the chapel were inserted.
Stephen Maythorn was called to prove the sufficiency
of the drainage, previous to the making of the sewer by
the Commissioners.
This closed the traverser's case.
Mr. SMITH, the Solicitor to the Commission, then replied.
The Learned AiiSESSOR summed up, and left it to the
Jury to say whether the Hospital derived any benefit from
the Sewerage, because, if so, ho was of opinion the build.
ing was liable to the rate.
The Jury retired to a private room, and after an absence
of a quarter of an hour, returned with a verdict confirming
the presentment. •
The cesa occupied the Court upwards of ten hours.
At eight o'clock the Court was adjourned.

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explanation of Lord Palmerston was read, it was seen
to be so reasonable and satisfactory that the Bears became
fidgetty and bought back their stock. To-day, however,
a change again has come over the spirit of their
dream, and all kinds of gloomy rumours have ben cir•
culated.; amongst others, that the Paris pi ices of
Thursday have been actually received, but we have
not traced the report to any authentic quarter. The pro.
bability is, however, that the French funds may be par-
tially affected, as ours were at the first reading of the
Speech, because it will be received without the
explanatory comments. So soon, however, as they arc
perused, we must give the French credit for sufficient can-
dour and good sense to allow that it bff.e-ds no cause fur
dissatisfaction on their part. If, therefore, the Routes
come lower to-morrow, we should have. a rally in them
when time is given for the discussion and consideration of
the matter in its fair and proper bearings. In the mean
time, however, the market here has shown weakness, and
considerable anxiety has been felt upon the subject through-
out the day.
It will be seen that the communication from our Madrid
correspondent, referred to in the Chronicle of to-day cor-
roborates the statement which we gave yesterday of the
outline of the expected financial decrees relative to the
Foreign Debt of Spain ; the chief point of difference being
the rate of interest to be paid on the capital zed coupons,
which is now stated at 3 per cent., instead of 21, as was
originally announced. Oar information yesterday led us
to say that the rate would be probably so high as per
cent. We believe, however, that on the qucsion of
interest some difference of opinion existed in the
Spanish Cabinet, which may have delayed the publi-
cation of the decrees themselves, and led to the dis-
crepancies which have appeared as to the precise rate of
interest to be paid on the coupons. Doubts also are en-
tertained as to the period when it is proposed by the Re-
gency to resume payment of the interest on the active
capital stock ; in other words, the accounts in the City to-
de) do not coincide in that respect, as in sonic well in-
formed quarters the Ist of May, 141?, is named, and in
others 11613 Should the last named day be the date
fixed upon, the interest payable for the present year will
be included in the conversion of coupons, and capi,alized
accordingly with those of the preceding years from 1 X 37
ine:usive.

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`'Phis was settling day in the Foreign Ilcule, but the
extreme fluctuations in Spanish Actives si►►ce the Ipst
settlement have .carccly amounted to 1 per cent., and in
the other foreign securities little business has been trans-
act( d, consequently the Account arranged to-day was by
no means large. MJney was easy, the rate of continuation
not being more than (3 to 8 per cent., depending, in some
measure, on the nature of the security.

TIMES.—By adviees from Hamburgh of the 19th inst.
the price of gold is 424 per mark, which, at the English'
Mitt price of 3/. 17s. 100: the ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.41 ; and the exchange at Ham-
burgh on London at short being 13.4, it follows that gold
is 21 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London.
The premium on gold at Paris is sf. per milk, which at
the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 27i ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.30, it
follows that gold is .10 per cent. lower at Paris than in
London.
It was mostly money business that was done in Consols
to-day, and there was a slight decline in values both for
Money and the Account as compared with yes:erday.
The settlement of the Foreign Stock account to-day
was attended with no difficulty ; in fact, the business done
within the last fortnight has not been large, and was
chiefly confined to Spanish bonds, in which, however, the
extreme fluctuations have not exceeded' 1 per cent. Por-
tuguese Bonds have scarcely varied so much. Dutch and
;Airr securities, which formerly used to be objects of spe-
culation, are now quite neglected as such, and the few
transactions which occur arc almost exclusively limited to
bona fide sales and purchases for money, and the quota-
lions arc steady.
Some remarks which arc current respecting the influ-
ence the proposed alterations in the tobacco duties may have
upon the parties at present engaged in that trade, consti-
tute a very proper subject for public attention, though it
is obvious that such considerations ought not to stand in
the way of a decided public benefit. Among the per-
sons who expect to receive the greatest injury from the
alterations are the makers of home-made cigars, who at
present manufacture a leaf subject to a duty of 3s.
per pound, and who confine themselves to an in-
ferior sort of cigars, since persons who can afford the high-
est prices invariably prefer those made in the Havanna'',
notwithstanding tho protective duty laid on cigars of
foreign manufacture. Inferior, however, as the home-
made article may be, it is taken by a large quantity of con-
sumers, and employs some thousands of hands in making
it, who all run the ri.k of being thrown out of work in th.l
event of lowering the duties ; for if the duty be reduced
to 53. in the pound, instead of the 9a. which is p
present, the protection which now is beneficial to the Lk-
dor kind of cigars, though it is found not to extend to
the best sort, will be removed from the former, and as the
labour of home manufacture costs from Ba. to 10s. per
pound, the inferior cigars of foreign make will be taken
at a price scarcely higher than that paid by the Lome •
manufacturer for leaf tobacco, and thus competition will
be destroyed.
Several complaints aro made by persons receiving Post-
office money orders, who have been subjected to what they
conceive unnecessary delay in obtaining the;r money from
the chief office in St. Martin's-lc-Grand. The delay
seems to arise from the order, and the letter to the uflice,
containing advices respecting that order, being sent at V-
Nrent times, for it is no uncommon occurrence for the pre-
stetcr of order to be told, that it cannot be paid be-
cause no advices have been received, and he has to wait
for several days to allow time for these advices. Now, as
it would seem that the mere presentation of the order
would be sufficient without any advices at all, it is parti.
cularly hard that the public should be put to irconvenieree
oil account of a part of the systm, which is of such small