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was striking and instantaneous. A movement, par-
tially of panic and partially of indignation, was per-
ceptible among the phalanx of Irish representatives.
Nor was the opposition without the sympathy or co-
operation of the English Members. Parliament
scarcely ever evinced a greater unanimity in the re-
jection of any scheme. All sections of political
opinion coincided in railing against the introduction
of such a plan at a time so peculiarly unpropitious ;
and the dismay and hostility manifested on its in-
felicitous introduction was scarcely inferior to that
expressed by the followers of EDWARD I. when
startled by the voice of the bard on the Welsh
mountains.
" Stout BENTINCK stood aghast in speechless trance;
To arms! cried LAnonensuE, and couched his quiver-
ing lance." _ _

We are by no means amazed at the cordiality with
which Mr. ROEBUCK'S proposition was rejected,
although we must confess that there is no small de-
gree of justice in his vituperations of a considerable
number of the Irish landowners. What, let us in-
quire, however, is the bare practicability of this
extension of taxation beyond St. George's Channel?
Is it practicable ? Would it--could it tend in any
appreciable extent to the increase of the revenue ?
There is an old stubborn proverb which informs us
of the impossibility.of getting blood from a flint ;
and we might as well practise phlebotomy upon a.
flint as endeavour to extract money from a penniless
community, or expect to obtain a per tentage
upon incomes which the landlords find it impossible
to gather in. Besides this, it becomes a question
whether the landowners of Ireland are not already in
a position somewhat analogous to the position of those
among their brethren in England who are directly
subject to the drain of the income-tax. A few
syllables will at once explain our meaning. Pre
suming that the income-tax, as levied in the other
portions of the United King,lom, were extended to
Ireland, a sum approaching to 450,0001. would be
collected, seeing that the average rate of taxation
upon incomes is 3 per cent., and calculating
that the average rental of Ireland amounts
annually to 15,000,000/. Now it is determined by
Parliament, that out of the 10,000,000/. advanced for
the salvation of the starving peasantry, the landlords
of Ireland shall repay one entire half, namely
5,000,000/., in instalments, extending over a period
of ten years. In point of fact, then, this is
a fair equivalent for the revenue derivable from an
income-tax. But Mr. ROEBUCK is solicitous to
behold no longer such a striking disparity between
the English landowner and Irish landowner that
the former is subjected to an onerous pay-
ment from which the latter i 3 altogether released.
We should rejoice ourselves to see the equalization of
the burden upon both these:divisions of landlords, but—
and just now that important but comprises everything
—but we must first see the influx of rental
into the pockets of both classes of landlords
equalized. As the Honourable Member for Kilkenny
very justly observed, the incomes of the landowners.
of Ireland are now more than ever precarious,
dwindling down in proportion to the deepening im-
poverishment of their afflicted tenants. And it is
these precarious and attenuated incomes that the Hon.
Member for Bath would submit to a strenuous and
inexorable taxation. The extraordinary division of
121 to 26 evinced significantly enough the sentiments
with which the House of Commons listened to this
inappropriate proposal. Morally persuaded that the
proprietary of Ireland should be called upon
to assist earnestly in the extrication of
their suffering fellow-countrymen from the abyss
of their present desolation, we cannot coincide with
Mr. ROEBUCK in regarding this as the most oppor-
tune moment fur enlarging the liability of
5,000,0001. which already impends over, and which
they must liquidate within the ten years ensuing.
From this consideration especially, and from the
nearly unparalleled poverty of the island, we con-
gratulate the Irish landowners upon the decisive
rejection of Mr. ROEBUCK'S scheme. At a period of
less wretchedness, the question may be revived with
more generosity and subjected to a calmer deliberation.

When England .has so nobly and generously come
forward for the relief of Irish destitution—when the
Imperial Legislature has so readily sanctioned the
expenditure of ten millions sterling for the purpose
of providing food for the starving population, and
work for the able-bodied labourers—when the English
people have, with one accord, consented to the con-
tinuance of many burdens pressing most heavily on
the national industry, and debarring the poorer classes
of many of their humble comforts, and a subscrip•
tion already exceeding 200,0001. sterling has been
collected by voluntary contributions with the same
benevolent object, it might have been expected
that the recipients of this bounty would be
actuated by feelings of gratitude towards their bene-
volent banefactors, and that they would at least re-
frain from slandering or uttering invectives against
the Government or the people by whom such exten-
sive liberality has been evinced. It is, how-
ever, with the deepest regret that we find those
who should know better things, who are the ap-
pointed pastors and teachers, and who possess
the most unbounded influence over the people, de-
parting from their proper sphere, and heaping the
most opprobrious epithets on the English Ministry
and English 'people. Such a proceeding may be
productive of the most mischievous consequences,
not only in its effect upon the' minds of the Irish
sufferers, but also on the contributors on this side of
the Channel, who, seeing their gifts slighted and de-
spised, may be disposed to feel less favourably towards
those who appear to be tainted with such culpable
ingratitude, and to refuse to sturdy beggars what
would most gladly be extended to more humble sup-
pliants.
We trust, however, that the sentiments to which
we have alluded, and: which are embodied in reso-
lutions adopted at a meeting of Roman Catholic
clergymen recently held at Ballinrobe, and presided
over by the Rev. JAMES WHALE, are not generally
participated in ; nothing can possibly justify the use
of language such as they have indulged in. What
bas been well termed the anti-Russell mania must
have attained a fearful pitch indeed, when we find
persons who should be the most anxious to allay any
irritation and to induce their flocks to bear with
patience and submission the unavoidable privations
and misery consequent upon the mysterious visitation
by which they have been afflicted, calling on our
SOVEREIGN to dismiss from her Councils those who
have acted with such magnanimity towards Ireland,
and styling them "the heartless and cruel Ministers,
whose policy, unparalleled for indifference to human
life, has brought one of the fairest portions of the
empire to the verge of destruction, and consigned
thousands of the youth of Ireland to a premature
grave ;" and again, "of the alien spirit and alien
feelings exhibited through alien functionaries, in
carrying on the public works of the country, as
affording a melancholy proof of hatred to Ireland
and contempt of its feelings that have characterised
the present, as well as all other alien Ministers."
We should not have noticed this melancholy exhi-
bition were it not that it would be unjust to the
people generally to let it be supposed that such was
the feeling of a majority, or even of a numerous
class. Those who are deeply afflicted should not
have any necessary aid withheld on account of
the indignation that must naturally be excited by
the perusal of such a document. The "soup" should
not be withdrawn from the famishing poor because
those gentlemen have been pleased to term it
"degrading and demoralising;" nor should other
measures of relief he denied because it is stated
"that they must be a mockery, unless the funds of
the Established Church are devot ed to the purpose."
Whatever may be the views of any classes in the sister
kingdom as to the nature of the measures that should be
adopted, however widely they may dissent from the
policy of the Government, that dissent should be
expressed in becoming and temperate language., and
such as might be expected to proceed front the lips of
Christian men. They may be well assured that such
would have a far more beneficial effect, and be more
calculated to attain the desired object, than a tirade
of such senseless violence and vituperation as that tol
which we have reluctantly adverted.

The question of secondary punishments and trans-
portation was again last evening, in a desultory manner,
brought under the notice of the House of Lords.
Our readers are already aware that Earl GREY took
occasion last week, in a speech of considerable length
and ability, to communicate to their Lordships an

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iraportant change which the Gov ernment had deter-
mined upon making, for the ti vo years next ensu-
ing, in the system of trans] )ortation ; and that
the main feature of the ahem; Lion proposed would
consist in retaining prisoners, u nder the above sen-
tence, in this country, to be, in the first instance,
confined in various penal establishments, conducted
upon a plan better calculated than any hitherto pur-
sued to work the reformation of criminals, and then
to expatriate them for the remainder of their sentences
upon conditions advantageous
.to themselves and the
community at large. It was suggested, in the outset,
that, before the Government undertook to adopt, as a
general principle, so wide a departure from the-long-
established practice of carrying this species of criminal
punishment into execution, they ought to introduce a
Bill for the purpose, and obtain the approbation of
Parliament in its favour. Earl GREY conceived this
course would be highly inconvenient, and that it was
not necessary. Last night the objection was re-
newed by Lords BROUGHAM (who announced that
Lord LYNDHURST concurred in his view), STANLEY,
ASHBURTON and ELLENBOr_OUGH. The force of it
was, however, combated by the Marquis of LANS-
DOWNE, Lord CAMPBELL, and Earl GREY. Upon a
review of the respective arguments, we consider the
better and more constitutional plan would be to ob-
tain an Act of Parliament. Inasmuch as it will
be laid down aa a general rule that, provided the
criminal evinces an exemplary conduct, the period of
his sentence will be commuted to one-half, the pre-
vailing effect of Earl GREY'S scheme will be to
substitute imprisonment for transportatation. The
change intended is, therefore, of a most important
character. • Thi3 being so, Parliament should be con-
sulted, in order that some security should be had for
uniformity, on the part of the Executive, in criminal
proceedings, even where the alteration mooted is not
originally designed to be rendered' a permanent one ;
for Governments, as we know, are uncertain in
their duration, and it is not desirable that their suc-
cessors in power should be left at liberty, according
to a variety of individual views, to vary the mode in
which the highest class of secondary punishment shall
be enforced. Punishment, to be effectual, should be
certain, and defined as accurately as possible in pro-
portion to the crime committed ; but, it appears to
us, that this certainty, which is held to be one of the
chief' elements of punishment that operate most satis-
factorily in restraint of crime, would be seriously
compromised, were so large a discretion to be suffered
to rest with the Executive as is herein recommended
by the Colonial Secretary—a discretion, be it
observed, not for exceptional cases, but to be exer-
cised with the view of influencing an entire change
• in the existing system of transportation. Earl GREY
urges that he means to enter upon the alterations,
which he has outlined to Parliament, merely as an
experiment to last for two years. This period would
assuredly be too limited to give a fair trial to his
scheme ; but, as we mainly approve of his Lordship's
plan, whatever be the period to be fixed upon, we see
no objection to the Senate's being invited to sanction
it as an experimental measure. Not to seek for
this assent would be establishing a precedent that
might hereafter be turned to vicious purposes. An
additional reason why Earl GREY should proceed by
a Bill in this matter is furnished by the discordant
views which it yesterday appeared are entertained
amongst Peers of the highest legal attainments. If
the Colonial Secretary and Lord CAMPBELL be 'right
as to the position they have assumed, the question
should be set at rest by a declaratory Bill. If
otherwise, special powers should be conferred
by an ori,;inal Act of Parliament. The sub-
ject is of far too grave a character to allow
of its being summarily disposed of; it must undergo
a thorough investigation. It is not sufficient to quote
what has been done by former Secretaries of State ;
for they appear to have already taken too much upon
themselves. In conclusion, we quite agree with
Lord AsranunToN that it would be strangely ano-
malous that the judges should go on, year after year,
passing sentences which the Crown had pre-
determined not to execute. The prerogative of the
Crown must not be unduly strained.

Advice from Constantinople to the l8:11 February
have been received.

On the 17th an important modification took place in
the Ca',act. The Minister of Finance, NAFIZ PACLIA,
tendered his resignation, which was accepted by the
SULTAN. The Councillor of the Grand Vizier, Set-um
EFFENDI, was appointed Minister of Finance, and
elevated to the dignity of Muchin, or Pacha with three
tails. Satan.' EFFVNDI is considered one of the ablest
men in Turkey, and his nomination to that post must
tend to strengthen the Ministry.

The whole of the corps diplomatique have expressed
their approval of the conduct of the Turkish Govern-
ment in recalling its ambassador from Greece. An auto.
graph explanatory letter from King OTHO had been re-
ceived by the SULTAN, but it was considered that it would
meet with no attt ntiou. COLETTI, the Greek Minister, who
has throughout these transactions been the mere tool of
M. PISCA.TORY, the French Ambassador, hopes to drive
Turkey into a war, in which case he reckons con-
fidently upon the assistance of France, but Turkey will
most probably not go to war. She has ample means
of revenging herself by fiscal measures directed against
Grecian commerce—these she will adopt, and by so
doing inflict more injury on Greece in one month than
she could inflict by hostilities in a year.

Madrid papers of the 2d instant have arrived.
The debate on the Address continued in the Chamber
of:Deputies. Senor tUJAN, in the previous sitting, bad
attackEd the policy of the late Ministers in regard to the
and had been replied to by Senor MAR-
royal marriages,
TINEZ DE LA ROSA.
Queen CHRISTINA was to leave Madrid on the 7th.
Senor ISTURITZ has been appointed Ambassador to
the Court of London.
MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 2.—The Three per Cents.
the Five per Cents., at 19 ;
were done at 34 for cash ;
the Debt without interest, at G the Coupons, at 17.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday M. FOULD
developed, at some length, his proposition for expunging
from the great book of the public debt the sum of
11,584,983 francs Three per Cent. Rentes redeemed by
the Caisse d'Arrondissement, or sinking fund, between
July 1, 1833, and Dec. 31. 1846 ; these rentes, both in
capital and arrears, to be annulled on the 22d of June,
1847. The Minister of Finance, in opposing the mo-
tion, contradicted the rumours that were in circulation,
to the effect that the Treasury was unable to pay the half-
yearly dividend on the Five per Cents. due the 22d inst.
On the contrary, never during the last twenty- six years
had the resources of the Treasury been so abundant.
On the sth of Match the cash available amounted to
45.000,000 E, bosid( s 73,000,000 f. in paper, in all
118,000,000 f. The Minister also declared that he. had
no intention of raising a loan. The debate was then
adjourned to Monday.
The Journal des Debella states that Queen CHRISTINA
will arrive iu Paris on the 15th. The same journal thus
comments on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S speech on the
Cracow question, in which the Noble Lord characterised
the reiterated protest of the French Chambers, on the
subject of the nationality of Poland as superfluous:—
" For our part we =mot regard as useless that permanent
protest periodically entered in its Address by our Legislature.
it has its object and effect, were it only to prevent the pre-
scription of an inalienable right. We pertictly appreciate
Lord J. Russell's motives in opposing Mr. Hume's motion,
for its adoption would require the execution of an Act which
is exclusively within the attributes of the Executive power.
It is of little importance in our opinion, whether England
continue or cease to pay 100,0001. to Russia; but what
is of importance, and what will result from the debate,
is, that England, through the organ of her representa-
tives, energetically protests against the violation of treaties.
France, in particular, must benefit by these discussions, for
they demonstrate to the world that she was not the first to
infringe conventions more injurious to her than to any other
country. Lord Palmerston, on a former occasion, said, in
bolder terms than ever used in France, that if the treaty
were violated on the Vi2tulp, it could be legitimately vio-
lated on the Rhine and on the Po. A day will probably
arrive when the Powers who have despoiled and confiscated
the last vestige of the independence of Poland will curse
that hour of infatuation. But they would have it so.
They have sowed wind, and may possibly reap storms, and, if
so, they can only accuse their own insane avidity."
The Cassini steam-frigate is fitting out at Toulon fur
a private mission to La Plata, and is to sail on the 15th.

The scarcity of grain stilt continues, and notwith-
standing the sums voted by Government and by the
municipal councils for the relief of the destitute, the Cis-
tress still continues. The Journal de hi Meuse says—
" A great number of farmers in Champagne expect to
reap in June a certain quantity of early rye, which pro-
duces a good quality of bread. Thus, a few months only
separate us from the period so impatiently expected,.
when the fruits of the present year will afford us, we
have every rea, on to hope, an ample compensation for
the privations we now endure."
The fall of one-half per cent., which took place on our
Stock Exchange on Friday, astonished the speculators of
Paris on Sunday ; particularly, as it was said to be founded
on the state of relations of Greece and Turkey, on which not
the slighest feeling of alarm was entertained in France.

EVENING, MARCH tit IM7. .l'.

Another statement wasibat the news from London had occa-
sioned the fall; but except a decline in prices on the Bourse,
brought about by the manoeuvres of the Bulls on Wednes-
day, nothing in the situation of affairs in France on that day
justified an expectation that the London market would be-
tray weakness. " But for this circumstance." says a pri-
vate letter, " the speech of the Minister of Finance, yester-
day, would, from its satisfactory character, have caused a rise
of a half per cent. to-day. As it is, prices cannot be said to
have gone down. The Three per Cents. aro 78f. 30c. buyers."

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 8

Central of France (Orleans and Vierxoti), 15— Butch Rhenish,
4%—Northern of France, 12;x—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 ,e—Paris
and Lyons, 7 %—Sambre and Meuse. 614.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

DOWDLAY V. BORRODAILE.

This cause, which came on for further directions, turned
upon the construction of a covenant. The facts are as fol-
low :—Mr. Borrodaile, brother to the pr.:sent defendant, who
is his executor, being desirous of providing for his wife and
children, insured his life for a scm of 1,0001. in the London
Life Association. This took place on the 30th of May, 1828.
He subsequently executed the covenant in question, by
which he stipulated to pay the premium, and not to
commit any act that might vitiate the policy. This
sum of 1,000/. was then settled in trust for the
testator's wife and children. On the lith of March,
1838, he threw himself into the river and was drowned. Mr.
Borrodaile, the executer of the deceased, then brought an
action against the Insurance Company for the, recovery of
the policy, but the defendants obtained a verdict on the
ground thE.t by the act of suicide the plaintiff was not en-
tijled to recover.
'The arguments being concluded,
His LORI/M.IIP delivered judgment to-day. There might
be some dispute as to the terms of the veruict ; but with that
part of the question he bad not to deal. The case before the
Court was of a different character. Tha present
bill was filed by creditors for the administration of
the estate of Mr. Borrodaile, deceased. It was contended
that the effect of the covenant executed by the deceased
should be to fasten an obligation on his assets fora sum of
1,0001. He could not help thinking, looking at the cove-
nant, that the intention of the testator in executing that
instrument was to provide this particular suns for his wife
and any children he might have by the marriage which he
then contemplated, without encroaching upon his other
assets. However, as the question was one that required
considerable deliberation, he would df la); his final judgment
for a few days.--The cause was then postponed.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN RE W. 11. OSBORNE.—IMPOSTANT DECISION.

This was a special meeting, appointed by an order of the
Court of Review, for the unusual object of setting aside a
dividend declared at a former meeting, and to allow the
present claimants, who were the assignees of W. H. Osborne,
the elder, under his insolvency, to come in and tender a
claim fl,r 10,4611. Os. 61, and prove, under the estate of the
bankrupt, goldsmith and jeweller, St. James-street, for the
whole, or so much thereof as should appear to the Commis-
sioner they were entitled to do.
Mr. Nicifous appeared to support the proof in a .deed
which had been entered into between the bankrupt and his
father, W. H. Osborne the elder. whereby the latter agreed
to transfer, assign, and set over all the stock in trade and
effects, and the five-sixths of the business, to which he
was entitled, in consideration of the bankrupt undertaking to
pay an annuity to the said Osborne the elder, of 525 L, and in
the event of his decease to pay an annuity of 100'. during
the life of the wife of the said Osborne the elder; also to
pay an annuity to Henry Saltwell and his sisters of 3851.,
payable by Osborne the elder for money lent; and finally to
pay the sum of 2,5001., money due by Osborne the elder to
Messrs. Strachan and Co., bankers, Temple-bar.
It appeared, in the course of the inquiry, that the deed
had not been enrolled.

111 r. CooEssubmitted, that by the 53 George 111. cap. 141,
any deed of annuity was null and void unless it was enrolled
in the High Court of Chancery. There were, however, ex-
ceptions in the 2d section of the Act for annuities granted by
will, or under a marriage settlement, or for the advantage of
children, or upon freehold or copyhold property of
greater value than the annuity, and all other
annuities or charges, or where such should be made
without reference to pecuniary consideration. The Learned
Counsel contended that the present deed did not come within
any of the exceptions of the Act, and that the general words
of the Act were clear, conclusive, and comprehensive, and
that consequently the deed was null and void.

Mr. Ntdiou.s-argued that there was not such a pecuniary
consideration; that it could be enrolled under the Act; and
that at all events, if the deed was inoperative as to the an-
nuitiep, it could not invalidate it as regarded the other part
of the claim.

His Horroun yesterday said he was strongly of opinion
that the deed ought to have been enrolled, and also that the
assignees of Osborne the elder could not enforce the claim
for the debt to Messrs. Strachan. He would, however, re-
serve his opinion for consideration.
His HONOUR now delivered judgment rejecting the proof.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The March general sessions for the county of Middlesex,
commenced this morning, at 10 o'clock, in the Court-house,
Clerkenwell-green, before the Assistant Judge and a full
bench of magistrates.

The calendar contained •the names of 79 prisoners, five of
whom were charged with misdemeanour, and the remainder
with felony.

The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in addressing the grand
jury, expressed his satisfaction, that since the last time he
addressed them, there had been a Bill brought into Parlia-
ment, on the subject of criminal jurisprudence, but he had not
as yet had an opportunity of acquainting himself with its
provisions. Ile trusted, however, that it indicated a move in
the right direction, and that a better system would supersede
the old feudal principles so long prevailing. In
dealing with children convicted of even the pettiest
larceny, they had g, ne on the principle of inflicting
punishment, and punishment alone, without the slightest re-
gard for those means of moral suasion likely to effect a re-
formation, or act upon a child's mind. He would a-k the
gentlemen of the grand jury, as parents themselves, whether
such a system as that adopted at Parkhurst was likely to
reform the juvenile offenders sent there. In that prison were
a number of solitary cells, in which the boys were locked up
for four months after their admission, by the way (as was
stated) of preparing them for their future reformation, and
while there, they saw no one except the governor or chap-
lain, had plenty of knitting work to do, and also plenty of
good books to read; but the misfortune was, that previous
to putting those books into their hands, they had never
been taught to understand them. He thought such treatment
tended to harden and stupify many of those unfortunate
children, and that a milder system, in which rewards suitable
to childish capacities would be the stimulant instead of the
abstract idea of becoming good and respectable members of
society some twenty or thirty years hence. One of the
rewards adopted as a stimulus to the boys in that prison was,
that if well conducted, they were rewarded by being allowed
to communicate with their friends and relatives, but in his
opinion nothing could be more absurd, for too many of these
unfortunate children bad neither friends nor relatives in the
world. Many persons seemed to treat the suggestions for
the reformation of juvenile offenders by mi:der means as a
vi,ionary scheme, but the same was said with respect to the
proposals of those advocating moral power over physical
coercion in the treatment of the insane, and he felt sure that
the result would be as successful in one ease as in the other.
William Henry Vain and Catherine Sullivan were indicted
for stealing two shirts, the property of the guardians of the
poor of the Stepney union.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Ballantine, who
attended on the part of the guardians, that both the prisoners
were pauper inmates of the Mile-End workhouse, the female
prisoner being employed in the laundry, and on the 26th of
February she was observed by another pauper, to give the
two shirts to the prisoner Vain, who hid them under his bed-
ding. He was searched as he was in the act of going out, in
about three days afterwards, when the shirts were found con-
cealed under his coat.

The jury at unce returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
prisoners were each sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to
hard labour for six months.

Ann Page, for stealing a drinking glass, the property of
Mr. William Jarman, the landlord of the Hop-pole public-
house, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
James Cremoning for picking the pocket of Reginald
Robert Walpole, was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

GRAND HIGHLAND FANCY COSTUIJE AND FULL•
DRESS BALL, AT WILLIS'S Rooms, IN AID OF THE
FUNDS FOR THE DISTRESSED HIGHLANDERS.—On
Thursday next there will be given, at Willis's Rooms,
a grand Highland ball, in aid of the funds collecting for
the distressed Highlanders. The list of patrons is
headed by Prince Albert, and contains the names of
almost all the noblemen and gentlemen connect:d with
the Highlands at present in town. Among the
stewards, too, we find the names of some of the most
influential Highlanders located in London. That the
ball will be fully attended, and the funds for the relief
of the distressed Highlanders be greatly benefited, we
cannot for a moment doubt. It has about it the
two great elements of success—nationality and charity.
Every Highlander will remember the old cry " Shoulder
to shoulder," which has carried them so frequently on
to victory. Bo that the watchword now in the cause of
charity. Highlanders of London, your brethren in the
north are in distress. On to the rescue ! Shoulder to
shoulder !

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is confidently
stated, by persons who ought to be well-informed on the
subject, that the present Parliament will be brought to a
close by means of a dissolution about the end of June, or the
beginning of July. The registration returns are mentioned
as being in the opinion of the Government, sufficiently iu its
favour to justify this appeal to the country.—Post.
DEATII OF MR. WILLIAM ASTELL, M.P. FOR BED-
FORDSIIIRE.—This venerable Member of the Lower House,
whose name has for the last forty years been so familiar in
commercial as well as political circles, expired on the after-
noon of Sunday last, at Everton ouse, aged 73, after a
brief illness. Mr. Astell for years carried on extensive busi-
ness in the City. He was a director for a considerable period
of the East India Company, was a governor of the Russian
Company, and a shareholder in other commercial under-
takings. Mr. Astell was what is termed a Tory of the old
school.

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The Antwerp papers state that cereal and other
alimentary goods continue to take the lead in the Flemish
markets, and to have great influence on the value of colonial
produce, as there is no class of persons that do not occupy
themselves more or less with the former. Rice, although
consumed in smaller quantities than at any former period,
was rising fast in pries, and following rapidly in the wake of
the markts for grain. The latest purchases had been at a
sensible advance, but sneenlators were nevertheless in no de-
gree deterred in their dealingc. They purchased freely, and
a vast number of bags had changed hands.
Little additional information has been circulated
respecting the North of England Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany (Newcastle), the notes of which were not paid on Sa-
turday by the London and Westminster Bank, the metropo-
litan house of agency. It appears, however, that the deposits
held by the concern amount to the large stun of 300,0004 so
that it is greatly to be hoped that arrangements may be by
some means aevised for carrying on the business of the bank.
Tne inconvenience in the locality of the head office and in
those of its several branches will otherwise prove excessive.
The branches are at Alnwick, Berwick-on-Tweed, •Blytb,
Durham, Hexham, Morpeth, North and South Shields, Sun_
derland, and Wooler.
INCOMES OF METROPOLITAN SURGEONS.—At the
last return under the Income-tax Act, no fewer than thirty
surgeons practising in London admitted that their professional
earnings amounted to 10,0001. per annum each ; and of these,
three'were upwards of 20,1500/. each.

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