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LONDON, IsIONIJAY, JUNE 46, 1841

No. 15,227

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 25, 1841. •
PHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, •
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
Will
be held, by adjournment, at their House in Leadenhall-street,
on WEDNESDAY, the 14-th July next, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon, for the purpose of t'onsidPring the' Papers relating
to the Case of the I..te Raja of Sattara... -- • .
-JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

VAST SURREY RACES.
ROSEMARY BRANCH GROUNDS, PECKHA NI,

PRESENT DUTY.
(From Mies Edinburgh Magazine for July.)
The ve...y agreeable surprise prepared by the
Government has hardly given the people time to
look around theni;.lien then are called npqn to
act. Fort acutely, the line of public duty was
never more clearly defined, never le's perplexed
by clashing interests, than at present. Were
nothing more to be gained than merely keeping
in the Whigs that they might proceed upon the
unmeaninz policy of the la.4t tive years,
we,should
not consider it wo.7th while to bestow a thought
upon the coming contest. But circumstances
have materially' chynged. There is tenewed
hope; and much at stake,. in the furtherance or
retardation, for, it may he, a series of years, of
great and tangible measures of improvement,
essential to the prosperity of the country, and to
the well-being of every family in it. We, of
course, except that limited class who directly
profit by those abuses which are undermining
the strength of England, while they inflict
an immeasurable amount of suffering upon
the people. Our present, our urgent, and
immediate duty is therefore to seize the
opportunity offered. This is applicable to Reform-
ers of all grades, and of every varying shade
of opinion. Since the' memorable defeat of the.
Duke of, Wellington, on the Reform measure,
and the dissolution which followed the resigna-
tion of the Tory Ministry, the duty of electors
has never been so simple. The Wimigs distinctly
promise a g,.reat and tangible good—and much
greater advantages are inyolved in the principle
of the revolution contemplated by their amended
fiscal scheine,—while the Tories, so far as has

ANTLCORN-LAW TEA PARTY.
On Friday .evening, upwards of 800 persons assembled
at an Anti-Corn-law tea party at ..lianehester. The
chair was, taken by--kr.'eTtEWPSON, a -Member of
the .Society • of Friends ; und the meeting was ad-
drcssed in very eloquent terms by Mr. G. _Thompson,
the lecturer again.st slavery ; by Dr. Bowring, Mr.
13romerton,. Air. M. Phillips, and several other in-
fluential gentlemen. A considerable number of ladies
were present. The room was decorated with banners
bearing appropriate mottos, texts from Scripture, quota-
tions from the
.Prayer-book, &c. . The Inc eting was en-
thusiastic in the good cause.

The aboye.RACES will take place en VEDNESPAY NEXT,
the 30th instant, and :on the following THURSDAY, July the
I st, as announced in " Bell's Life in London," the-" Sunday
Times," and the " .Era" of Sunday, the 20th,inst.
The Races will commence on each day at One o'Clock.

Entrance Is. each person ; Is. 6d. each' for Saddle Horses ;
2s. nd. for each Chaise, and 3s. 6d. each for Carriages.

CROWN 'COMMERCIAL INN, SHEAF-STREET,
DA VENI ltY, NORTHANIPTONSIIIIIE.
( Three. doors frau the Saracen's Head. )
AILLIA BUSTON, on removing to the
T above well-located and commodious house, begs
most respectfully to express his grateful acknowledgments to his
commercial friends and the public generally for the kind pa-
tronage with which they so liberally favoured him (luring his
residence at the Saracen's Head ; and at . the same time ear-
nestly solicits a continuance of that support in his new under-
taking which he assures them no effort shall be spared to merit.
iiine:l4, 1841. •

TO REFORMERS ()FALL CLASSES,

AND TO CHARTISTS IN PARTICULAR

Fellow Countrymen,—The present dissolution will make us
:tar, are we to go back to Toryism, and are we to keep on with
the Whigs, or are we to make progress with political Reform ?
It will be necessary to take a short review of the different
parties as they at present are, and to see how far they act up
to the best principles of society.
First—What are the principles of the Tories, and what will
they do? A genuine Tory (or no Reformer) looks on all things
which have existed for ages with the greatest veneration ;
they appear to him that having existed long, they are rooted,
a: it were, and ought not to be torn up or eradicated. His
mind is so prepossessed with this idea, that his feelings in that
respect lead his reason triumphant ; and all that ho may ar-
gue will be in favour of the feeling which at all times will be
uppermost in his mind. It matters not if they be bad; in the
majority of instances he will ,be in their favour if they have
ant.quity on their side. Now, how i 3 it possible for such a
man to judge correctly of things when his reason will be se
clouded by his feelings as to take a second place only in his
judgment ? He cannot, however willing he may be to do so,
act according to his reason, because his veneration acts so as it
will not let him.

CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEER
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and Private Individuals with his Advice and Mathematical De-
monstrations Plans of Construction, and Reports, fur Hy-
draulic
Work's, Machinery, Steam Navigation, and Operations
in the various departments of Constructive Mechanics and Civil
Engineering.
Address, post paid, to D. J., Chapter Coffee-house, Pater-
noster-rOW.

JIHE KREMNITZ WHITE LEAD
WORKS, BELVIDERE-ROAD, LAMBETH.
The Proprietors of the above Works beg to offer to the
Consumers of WHITE LEAD a very superior article in co-
lour and quality, at the following low prices, for prompt pay-
ment, viz.
First Quality, Ground £24 0 0 per Ton.'
• Second Ditto,: Ditto 22 0 0 per Ton.
Third' Ditto, Ditto 2O 0.) 0 yer Ton.
• Dry White Lead 24 0 0 per Ton.
The White Leid.is made up in kegs, to suit Shippers and ethers.

The Whig (or half Reformer) has in him a great deal of the
Tory character, but he has not so strong an antipathy te
change as, the Tory has ; he will Reform a little, he will go
.somewhat towards improving things without feeling the force
of antiquity so strong upon him. He can see that changes are
necessary, and where his prejudices are not too strong against
them, he will be their supporter, but in many cases where
those changes are necessary, the spice of Toryism that is in
him prevents his bringing them forward or supporting them.
He acts in such eases through fear of going too far.
The Radical (or thorough-bred Reformer) does not allow
those prejudices to cloud his reason; he sees things as they
are, he observes -she effects they produce, and acts accord-
ingly. He does not pin his faith to this or that line of conduct,
never to swerve from it, for he well knows from experience
that whatever any man may lay down as a rule, is liable to
error, and that it is only when we arrive at the actual natural
laws by which things are bound together, that we can come to
anything like correctness in our judgments.
Now, I will put it to you. Which of these three is most
fitted to represent you ? The Tory who cannot reform ; the
Whig, who will reform a little; or the Radical who is both able
and willing to reform every political wrong that may exist ?
Reformers, wherever you can get a Radical, vote for, him ;
he may be rough or unpolished, bat recollect he is honest, he
will work for you, you will not find in him that gloss of cha-
racter which but too often passes current for real merit.
If you cannot get a Radical, but you can get a Whig, do not
let such a chance as that be thrown away, for though he will
but reform a little, yet recollect that little is better than none.
But Reformers do not support the Tory, do not split your
votes so as to let him have only one ; every vote you so give is
one against yourselves. You are stopping the current of re-
formation ; 'you are preventing the energies of your country
from being put into proper execution. Politically do not as-
sist him in any way. He may be a very good private charac-
ter : he may be an excellent neighbour ; he may have all the
other excellencies of character, but bear in mind, and it is
your duty to do so, he is. no Reformer. In that respect he
cannot serve you, for his feelings will not let him.
You have the Tory party against you, and their power and
influence is great, and it will require great exertions on your
part to oppose them successfully ; but if you are sincere, op-
pose them you must. You want among you men of talent and
energy, men who can see things clearly, and who have intel-
lect eikugh to observe and carry out the natural laws of things
as they find them. You do not want the stormy orator who
can do nothing but speak ; you want those who can enter into
plain simple details of things, and can observe their peeper
bearings, and who can see clearly into and expose the en. ors of
a wilful and refined sophistry.
The Property Qualification is one of the greatest preventit es
to a complete Reformation. But such as it 'is, till the law is
altered we must abide by it and
get 17:er it in the best way
we can.

yet appeared, shelter themselves wider specious
generalities, where they do not openly defend
the existing abuses. Their wary leader, on the
idea, as some one has humourously said, of a
coaxing nurse with a wayward child, bids us "shut
.our eyeS, and open our mouths, and see what luck
will send us;" but the Tories, as a party, promise
nothing, and for the good reason that they are
aware the time has arrived when, if rulers pro-
mise, they will .be forced to keep their word.
They will concede nothing ; and affect to treat the
people as ignorant or mad in their demands for
the abolition of the Corn Tax, and a change in
that monopoly system under which they have
thriven, -whatever the nation has suffered. Many
of them frankly avow as much ; and whether
they avow it or not, they will grapple their pil-
lage to the last; die in the last ditch in defence
of their right to tax our food, as they had nearly
done in their struggle to retain the monopoly of
legislation, which gave them the power to go-
vern the country for their own aggrandizement.
A successful inroad was ten years ago made by
a willing Government and a determined people
upon the Legislation Monopoly. The people
are, nearly similar circumstances, again called
upon to- make a similar energetic assault. The
Same inveterate opposition may be anticipated, or
hostility even more pertinacious ; for of what
comparative value was the monopoly of legisla-
tion to the lauded aristocracy, and the-East and
West India interests, save as it offered an easy
and safe means of putting their hands into other
people's pockets ?
It is for an onslaught, and it may be a final
one, upon this most precious privilege, orginally
obtained through the corrupt monopoly of legis-
lation, that the electoral body, that the whole
people, are now called upon to man themselves.
The Reform Bill, by breaking up, to a consider-
able extent, class legislation, armed us against
class monopolies. We are now called to make
trial of our strength—to prove our weapon ; nor
is there a doubt of its being, if promptly and
dexterously employed, effectual for defence. - It
were, however, as idle as unwise, to Underrate
the strength of the enemy. It is still great; and
it is put forth tinder skilful generalship. There
are no weakening intestine:divisions in the camp
of the Tories. Like a dishonest trustee, with an ,
oppressed and wronged suitor, they are in a cn--
dition battle us, and keep us out ofour
.
with our own money ; nor will it bP rights,
s
cannot last for ever—nor for,-
pared. This
less the people choose +--
_ay long period, uu•
nation of unto" -- .o submit to it. A eombi-
mainly,to
..ard circu, which are
oe imputed to themstances imbecility which has
:
rt,W.Nsr... nay n 5e16t4,4 at
_present
league of the combined m0d0pt,i;....„ i
-411toly
sition must give way, we would tifili'llOpt-
Taedily, if we really will it.
• To this great object every effort should now be
bent; 1101' is an hour to be lost. • Our enemies,

It prevents men coming
,
property. Nose,f-"lrr:d as candidates, who perhaps
hrve every mental t
clu"ralcat2ion for such an office, simply be-
cause they have xi
& ;3P-0/. or 500/. per annum of their own
may in sorue.,- "'.ere one way by which this state of things
0.0 Dteto,,. ...easure be put an end to. What should hinder
..ners in this country (as well as those of Ireland) from
.eg a fqnd for the payment of men so mentally endowed to
advocate their interests ?
The qualification required for cities, town, and boroughs is
that a candidate must be possessed of property, of some kind or
other, of the yearly value of 300/. Now the population of
England, Wales, and Scotland is almost 'three times that of
Ireland, and perhaps six times as rich. Now .suppose (and
you will say 1 am drawing it rather strong) the Tory party
amounts to one.third of the population, there will then be two-
thirds of Reformers left, of all grades. They will be equal in
money value to four times the money value of the population
of Ireland Tdeit? Arirt-ot .
by the same means 52,000 .
per year, which divided by 300/., the qualification for one
Member, would be capable of qualifying 173 persons as candi-
dates, and as they would necessarily be persons of sufficient
ability, how much may be done by these means if you will but
sct about it.
IReformers of Great Britain ! Up and be doing. Do not
call out "Reform ! Reform !" and while there are such means
lof acting as these prevent its being put in operation by your su-
pineness. Carry out this work. Make common cause against
! the common political enemy, and success will and must be
yours. I remain, yours, respectfully,
JAMES P. GRELLET.
36, Seabright-street, Bethnal-green.

long and silently recruiting strength after their
(I,2tt at in 1830, are already in the field, in three
not to be despised by a prudent antagonist. Like
the maniac in the access of his malady, despera-
tion lends them preternatural strength ; and
though a protracted struggle must induce even-
tual exhaustion, it may also give temporary power
to the madman to do a world of mischief to him-
self as well as to others.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—The following
horrible suicide is related by the Cherbourg Journal :
" A brigadier of the sth Dragoons, named Fabre, who
was in confinement at Saint-Lo for drunkenness, being
told by his commandant that he should be handed over
to the gendarmerie, exclaimed frequently that a soldier
who, like him, had served thirty years, would not disgrace
his comrades by allowing a gendarme • to lay hands on
him. :As• there was reason to believe that he contem-
plated suicide every instrument of danger was removed ;
but at the expiration of three days' confinement, he con-
trived to procure an old blade of a knife and an old pair
of scissors; with these he inflicted fifteen wounds in the
abdomen, and finding, that death did not arrive, he tore
out a portion of his intestines, and cutting them into
pieces with the scissors, threw them at his feet. In this
state he was discovered, still living, but he died two hours
afterwards, perfectly sensible, and declaring that he
had resorted. to suicide to spare his regiment from the
disoTace of one of their comrades being arrested by the
gendarmerie.
STRATIIBOGIE PRESBYTERY.—NEW PRO.
CESSES.—The minority of the Presbytery of Strath-
bogic have raised an action of reduction of the decrees
of interdict/obtained by the majority-Ist, against the
sentence of suspension pronounced by the Commission
of Assembly of the I 1 th of December, 1839 ; and 2d,
against the sentence continuing said suspension pro-
nounced by the General Assembly in May, 1840. The
majority of the Presbytery have also raised a reduction
of the deposition pronounced against them by the last
General Assembly, in addition to the process of suspen-
sion and interdict already raised and served upon the
Assembly. An account of the interview between Sir
Robert Peel and the deputation of the Church of Scot-
land having been in circulation, to the effect that Sir
Robert Peel was undecided in the expression of
his hostility to the views of the majority of the
Church, we have been reqUested to insert the following
extract from a second letter, received by W. Liddell,
Esq., from Alex. Dunlop, Esq. Sir Robert's de-
claration was far tot.) decided to admit of its being ex-
plained away. Ile was most resolute and determined ;
and so far from not seeing his way at present to carry-
ing the views of the majority of the Church into effect,'
he saw his way perfectly clear—hut it was to extinguish
these views, and crush the majority by the force of a
Legislative enactment. And then, when 1)r. Keith and
Dr. Buchanan pointed out the ruin he would bring on
the Church and on ministers, who would be driven from
their livings, he replied, slightingly,.-that it was neces-
sarttolegisittte on general principles, aud not with a
view to conjectural possible contingencies.' "—Greenock

We say himself, for we have never yet
taken the question of the Corn-laws into con-
sideration without looking to the real inte-
rests of the landowners; of the lunatics them-
selves, who, under a pitiable hallucination,
cannot perceive that though not the first
and greatest victims, their Order, their de-
scendants, must, as surely as that two and two
make four, be the ultimate sufferers from a
system which has crippled the energies, and in-
flicted cruel wrong upon the most industrious
and enterprising nation on the face of the earth.
What figure among the aristocracies of Europe
would English landowners make, if again re-
duced, by the decay of manuflicturei, to their
original condition ; iett in their glory with their
retainers, their peasantry, and their priests ? If
their understanding were not darkened by in-
tense selfishness, though they may have no
heart fbr mercy, no conscience for justice, they
might yet reflect upon the amazing wealth, the•
unequalled splendour and luxury, to which the
industry and skill of their humbler fellow-
citizens have elevated them. • What without this
were the value of their acres any more than
thOse of 01:: Russian or Hungarian noble.? And
now in riches and luxury, what nobility can vie
with that of England ? If they do not know, all
the world besides is well aware, that the far-
spread roots of their prosperity lie in the work-
shops and shipping ports of their country; in
its manufactures and commerce. If they can-
not feel ingratitude, let them of their selfish
interests learn prudence. They cannot kill and
eat the goose—fit emblem for those who have
been their dupes!—and continue to gather its
golden eggs. Some of the more intelligent and
right-minded of the order now perceive this; and
some of those who do not, yet conscientiously
feel and own that they have no right to tax the
food of their countrymen for their own exclusive
benefit.
But whatever coursn:lihe Tories and monopo-
lists may pursue, the present duty of the elec-
tors, and of the. non-electors,—of every man,
wonran, and child who lives by bread, anduses
sugar,—is very plain—. It is to speak for, to can-
vass for, to vote for; the candidate who frankly
pledges himself to the total, and immediate
repeal of the Coin-laws, and all other food-
takes ; but on the understanding, that if this
xfi
ue
ldu. d Is
those d
other i n c t
cannot all at 'once he carried, he will support the
e
present Ministers in obtaining the instalment of
which, if delayed,
f
bt often used
t u
the to deceive;
specific
pjusticed
importantge l
shoulds which eu etal
sibueyyr7eulstuao•
uereeastp. ers
ncei
liberty are never to be abandoned. Civil and religious
attached
neasnreii.ofllotigehold or Universal Suffrage, of
Ballot, and the. Abolition of Church Rates.
Itt there isN' a gnutecalt. phrases, s eas;

Advertiser.
On Tuesday last a meeting of the Commis-
sioners of Supply and Justices of the Peace for Aber-
deenshire, was held in the Court-house, Aberdeen, for
the purpose of expressing their sympathy with the eight
ministers of Strathbogieo under their pretended deposi-
tion, and their disapproval of the conduct of the majority
of the General Assembly. Mr. Grant, of Tillyfour, the
Convener of the County, was called to the chair. Sir J.
Forbes, of Craigievar, proposed a series of resolutions
expressing regret at the severity with which eight re-
spectable clergymen have been treated, merely because
they bowed to the authority of the law of their country ;
as well as their warmest sympathy with the individuals
who have been made the victims of a protracted oppres-
sion so entirely unmerited. Col. Fraser seconded the re-
solutions. Mr. Thomson, of Banchory, said that he
would not propose any direct amendment on the resolu-
tions, but would simply move that the meeting do now
adjourn, which was seconded by Sir W. Seton. On a
division, Sir J.yorbes's resolutions were carried by a ma-
jority of 101 to 8.
ASSERTED LIBERALITY OF THE CHARTISTS.
—The Chartists call themselves Ultra-Liberals ; indeed
the liberty they allow themselves knows no bounds.
They are a mere fraction of the people—say they may
number ten or even twenty out of a body of six hundred
and twenty electors; yet this ten or twenty consider they
ought to be allowed to send
thou Rh
thepresentatives to Parlia-
ment of their chooSing, gey did not represent
the opinions of ttie other GOO electors ; it is not even suf-
ficient that the candidates should vote for four out of the
five particular points in their politicial law, if he will not
vote for the fifth ; also, they vote for the man that votes
against their whole system. Was it not for the injury
to others it would but be an act of justi
to teach
ce to thenito
return all Tories, regular " Six Acts" men,
them reason ; they richly deserve another Castlereanth.
SACRILEGE.—The Church of St. Cloud was
broken into a few nights since, and many of the sacred
vessels were carried off. The poor-box was also forced
open, and the money in it taken away. No clue has
yet been obtained to the discovery of the depredators.
DERBY CENSUS.—The population of Derby.
according to the recent census, amounts to about 35,000.
being an Increase of OPWarels•Of 10)00 snore than the C 0115116
of 1611.

EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, ESQ.—The
July Number of Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and
Humorist. contains :—Fathers and Sons, by the Editor ;
Bajazet Gag, the Manager, in search of a Star, by Douglas
Jerrold, Esq. ; The Census and the Non-Sensus ; The
Talleyrandism in the Drawing-room, by Miles Gerald
Keon, Esq. ; Every Man his own Trumpeter ; A Sport-
ing Adventure in Arcadia, from the Journal of an Officer
in the Greek Service ; Life and Adventures of Charles
Chesterfield, the Youth of Genius, by Mrs. Trollope,
illustrated by Phiz ; Recreations in Natural History—
Singing -Birds ; A French Election ; Verses on seeing
Mademoiselle Rachel, by the Hon. Julia Maynard ; The
Quiet
elll &c.by Major Calder Campbell ; Literature of
the
DOVER ELECTlON.—Alexander Galloway,Esq.,
comes forward as a candidate for the representation of
Dovor. Mr. Galloway started yesterday for the ancient
port in' obedience to the strongly expressed wish of a
respectable body of the Liberal electors. The new can-
didate is.not a fashionable Reformer of the clay, but a
man who stood up for liberty in the worst of times, and
was One of that 'small but brave band that bore the brunt
of the dreadful struggle which ended " in the triumph of
Reform." Forty-six years ago Mr. Galloway was im-
prisoned for the very moderate term of four years by the
head of the Tory Government for his devotion to the
great cause; he has ever since manfully Stood up in its
defence, and. we. feel confident that the Liberal electors
of Dover Will be proud to give him his reward, so long
due and3ustlY deserved, by investing him with the honour
of representing. the ancient port of 'Dover in the British
House of Common..

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PRICE 5d

ROBERT OWEN'S ADDRESS
TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND.

Fellow-subjects of the British Empire,
The old Parliament has ceased to exist, a new one is called,
and the election of its Members is in your hands.
Never has a Parliament been called under circumstances of
deeyer interest to the upper, middle, and operative classes.
This Parliament will have to decide upon measures that will per
petuate your adversity, or give you high permanent prosperity.
All parties feel that some great change is at hand, and that it
should be directed by sound thinking practical men.
The time is arrived for all party animosities to he abandoned,
and for general principles and practices to be adopted that will
be productive of progressive national advantages.
It is for you, by the Members whom you elect, to convince
the world that you have advanced beyond the narrow and most
injurious views of mere party and personal considerations—that
you desire, as speedily as possible, to terminate class legisla-
tion, and to obtain the rights of humanity for yourselves and
your children, that you may no longer remain the slaves of an
ignorant system which is most injurious to all classes.
To secure these rights, arid gradually to prepare society to
abandon class legislation on the oppression of wealth over po-
verty, the following measures are necessary t
Ist, A graduated property-tax equal to the necessary expen-
diture of the nation.

oil, The abolition of all other taxes.
3d, Free trade with all the world.
4th, National education for all who desire it.
.511, National employment for all who require it.
6th, Liberty of speaking and writing on all subjects, civil,
religious, and political.

7th, Full and complete freedom of religion for Christians,
Jews, Mahomedans, Ilindoos, and every other form, under
every name by which men may call themselves.
All these measures are necessary to relieve the nation from
the accumulated and accumulating difficulties in which an
er-
roneous system has nearly overwhelmed it.
Each of these measutes is just individually, and what no
good man, who desires to benefit his country, will tefuse to
advocate in his place in the ensuing Parliament. They will,
therefore, be a correct test to put to candidates for election to
the new Parliament ; and their replies to each will be a sure
proof how far the applicants for your suffrages are quali6ed to
become your Representatives, and to legislate well and wisely
for the nation. and to abandon all petty class interests.
Any candidate who shall refuse to advocate these measures
is unfit to become a Member of the British Legislature under
the new circumstances in which the progress of science and of
practical knowledge among the working classes has placed the
population of Great Britain and her Colonies.
nese are measures which will satisfy all intelligent well in-
tentioned persons, and none of this character will rest satisfied
with any measures less just and beneficial than are those now
proposed for the whole population.
It is therefore strongly recommended that the electors should
question every candidate for a seat in the new Parliament on each ,
of these measures, and that they will give their vote tosuch only
as will consent to bring forward or advocate these changse to
the present system, that our country may be saved frbni po-
verty, immorality, and ruin. Your Friend.
London, June "26, 1841. ROBERT OWEN.

FRENCH FINANCES.
• CHAMBER OF PEERS.
SITTING OF JUNE 23.
The Chair was taken at two o'clock, by the Duke de Broglie,
one of the Vice-Presidents.
The Order of the Day was the discussion of the Bill for the
Budget of Receipts for 1842.
M. Humann, Minister of Finance, addressed the Chamber.
He said the Government participated in the regret which was
often expressed by it at the late period of the discussion on the
Budget, and he begged to assure the Chamber that the Cabi-
net had done all in its power not to deserve this reproach.
Nothing could be more distant from its views than to wish
to prevent the exercise of the prerogative of control possessed
by the Peers. In order that the Chamber might not be taken
by surprise, he had presented the Budget in a much more
summary form than was usual, and by this means.
had enabled the Committee to examine it with care
before the discussion should come on. As they were now
about to discuss the budget of receipts, he would offer some
explanations, which were alike due to the Chamber and to
tdinself. The Minister • here entered into long details, show-
ing the state of the public finances • they were, however, for
the greater part, a repetition of ;he expose which he had
made in the other Chamber. He added, that he had reason
tp believe the receipts would exceed the estimates. The first
five months of the present year presented a surplus of twenty
millions anti a half over the eorresponding months of 1839,
and nearly six millions over the corresponding months of 1840.
If this favourable state of things should continue, as he hoped
it would, as the year promised to be prosperous both for
agriculture and trade, there would be a considerable surplus
beyond the estimated sum at the end of the year. He saw
nothing to raise a doubt in his mind, unless unexpected events
should occur as to the possibility of establishing an equilibrium
in the budget of 1643, without weakening the resources of the
State. The desire of the Government was to deserve the good
will of the nation by strict economy in the use of the funds
which were entrusted to its care. Alluding to the measures
which were requisite to enable the Ministry to establish
an equilibrium between receipts and expenditure, and
against which an outcry had been set up, M. Hu-
mann said that the Committee on the Budget had fully
appreciated the just and equitable character of the course
which he had adopted as to a general census, and shown
triumphantly that the object, so far from being to lay on new
taxation, was to apportion fairly the burthen of the existing
several thousands of persons liable to the patents tax did
not pay that tax. Was it fair that this exception, which was
a hardship upon those who paid the patents tax, should be
al:owed to continue? He thought not. On the subject of
his circular, which had been complained of as if it were a
great crime, M. Humann said he was prepared to justify it
in every respect, for its object was to do justice to all whom it
concerned. The Minister here read the circular, which
simply recommends to the Prefects to use the greatest care in
taking an equitable census, so as to permit an equal applica-
tion of taxation according to the means of all. He con-
tended that this circular was not only strictly legal, but that
it a'so tended to a fair and equal mode of taxation, and added
that, so far from his having laid himself open to the
charge which had been so unfairly brought against him, he
had been more mild in his orders, as to the census than his
predecessors on similar occasions. For instance, it had been
asked whether the gates of avenues were to be taxed. M.
de Villele had replied, 3es. He replied no. He then enu••
merated many other objects, such as small fixed windows,
the doors, outhouses, &c., on which there had been a doubt
as to whether they ought to be taxed or not, and said that he
had invariably given instructions that no attempt should be
made to strain the law to the prejudice of the tax-payer.
The Minister then said, that having replied to insidious at-
tacks, which enlightened and honourable men would know
how to appreciate, he would admit that there were certain
portions of the law as regarded tax-payers, which certainly
might be more equitable than they were. He alluded parti-
cularly to the door and window-tax, observing that in infe-
rior situations, where property was of comparatively:small
value, the tax was the same as in situations where property
had a high value. The tax was the same in the Rue Mouffe-
tard, for instance, as in the Rue de Rivoli. In his opinion
this mode of levying the tax ought to undergo modification,
and it should be regulated by the value of the house. After
some general observations on the census, M. Humann con-
cluded by saying that if a pardon of the public press had
attempted to misrepresent his conduct and his intentions, the
tax-payers themselves would allow that a census was indispen-
sable, and that it was not the forerunner of any increase of
taxation, as they had been led to believe.
After a few observations by the Count de Mnsbourg on the
Budget of receipts, in so low a tone that he Was at times
scarcely audible, the sitting was adjourned at half-past five.—
Galignani's Messenger.

THE WEATHER.—NooN, JUNE 26.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 65 I Highest 66 ( Lowest .. 53
Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

A •LAWYER AWAKE.—Mr. George Stone, of
Taunton, solicitor, retired to rest a few nights ago, but
could
not sleep through indisposition. lie
therefore oc-
cupied himself in reading a newspaper until two inthe
morning, when he extinguished his light, and soon after
heard a cough in his room. This alarmed him, and he
continued to lie awake for some time. At length, how-
ever, he fell asleep, but was roused in about ten minutes
after by hearing the newspaper rustle. He sprang up,
and perceived a man creeping from under the bed, who
eluded his grasp, and succeeded in getting clear off. It
would seem that the follow had secreted himself for some
villanous purpose, and when he found the day- breaking
thought it necessary to make a bold attempt to escape.
A LADY MURDERED BY A Muß.—ln last
Saturday's obituary was inserted the death of the wife
of .31e. William Kirkpatrick, of the Sudder Dewanny.
This lady came by her death through the daring conduct
of a mob, and under the most afflicting circumstances.
On last Monday evening she was going in a buggy which
was driven by a young gentleman ; passing the circular
road, not far from the burial-ground, they encountered
a large mob of apparently up-country bearers, by whom
that part of the road was nearly all obstructed. The
gentleman and the syce called out as loudly as possible
for the mob to clear a passage, but to no avail ; and
before anything could be done the shaft of the buggy
went against one of the crowd, but without producing
auy injury whatever. This, however, so infuriated the
miscreants that they attempted to stop the buggy, failing
to do which, they ran along in pursuit, hurling volleys
of tremendous brick-bats at it. The buggy drove on,
but; Mrs. Kirkpatrick, unfortunately, looking back at the
mob, was struck by a large brick-bat on her forehead.
The shock was so violent as to cause a fracture of the
skull. She lingered on in consequence in a state of in-
sensibility, and on Thursday expired. As it was a
matter of impossibillity to find the least trace of her
murderers, no stir has been made by her friends ; but
the case is here stated to afford a fearful and a fatal ex-
ample of the want of a proper and efficient police.—
Be;igal Hurkaru, April.
in the hamlet of Teignholt, Drewsteig,ntontopiarwishio
was
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