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London, England, 1848-01-22 00:00:00

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ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET,
NEWCASTLE-011-TTNE.
CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his
BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which
has recently bees newly furntalml and laid out expressly for a Com-
mercial Hotel.
The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest sad most elegantly
Stied in the NORTH, It is hoped will be (sand complete la every
respect.
The RF.I)•R3OJfi (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a
style which must camera the approbation of all ♦isitors.
Gentlemen travelling with STOCK eau at all Unites have SLOW
ROOMS without any extra charge.
The Music Dail, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Beene
are all attached, and under the same management.
The Royal Hotel is is the most central 'Beetle* in Newcastle.

NOTICE OF CLOSE OF THE
_ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
On am Y9tk i•ist., for Additions and Decorations.— Dr. RYAN
will LECTUI:r. on SANITARY MEASURES, and on the nature of
LHSINFECTING AGENTS, in connexion witk ails important sub-
ject, on Mordays. Wetlii..sclays, and Fridays, at Ilalf•past Three.
P. 11., nod every Evenisr, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock, till
the close of the. li.stitution. Ca the alternate days other Lectures
oa cnEmisTRY. Dr. tiACIEIOFFNER will LECTURE on RE-
SPIRATION and VENTILATION, in connexiea with the above
Sabicet, Daily at Two, rat., !it v Lich a JET of STEAM, as a
Ventilating Agent, will be exhibited. The Opitical Erects include
the OXY-HYDROGEN M1.:1405,70PE, New DISSOLVING
VIEWS, &c. WORKING :MODELS of MACHINERY explaiaed.
The DIVING BELL and &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-prim

SEASONABLE PRESENTS.
3/1" ULLENS'S 11 A VAN NMI TOBACCO, in
PaCkets, so universally admired, will be fully appreciated
by connoisseurs, as combining the fragrance of a Cigar with the com-
fort of a Pipe. Gentlemen should ask for MULLENS'S lIA VAN-
NAIi TOBACCO, in Packets of One, Two, and Four oz., at sd. per
oz., or 6s. per lb. ; lbs. for 205., at his Warehouse, 24, Fore-
s:reet, London. A choice lot of Cigars, 20s. per lb.

RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN rump's. which roll the water upwards, without
either frlctiiiii or faltering. the etore cam never be surpanatel ; come-
quent!y this fu the most importsit discovery ever made for the pre-
'oervation ontle and property either at Sea or on Laid.

AFNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA
she INDIA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET
c0).4 incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which thoy Indivi-
dually subscribe, and autkoriaea the Company to establish conomu-
bications to cad and from the !Jolted Kingdom, the East ladies,
Australasia, rut New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided late series of shares of 201. ea*.

pATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION
(Provisionally Registered.)

COUNTIES of SURREY- and KENT.

Capital. 20,0001. hi 10,000 Shires of 2!. each. Deposit, N. per Share

on complete registration.

No fUrther call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MJCIiTN7 Is exclusively used is
the ofilices of the Right lion. the Let& of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural ftclety ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by

The Moat toble the Monies of NORTFIA.MPTON. President of the

Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., Presitent of the Royal la.
atitute of Itritish Architects.

Sir RODEnICK T. MURCHISON, Pre sent of tke British /mode-
Hon for the Adveneentent of Science.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rey. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich of Lichfield
rhe Right Hon. the Earl of Lel- The Most Noble the Marquis of
caster Bristol
Th *Lord Rendieshare, M.T. The Hon. and Roy. Thomas R.
The Right Roy. the Lord Bishop Keppel
. „. . _

of Gloucester and Bristol The lion. Fred. Byng
fho No.i. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal•
Kennel him, Bart.
Cho Very Rev. the Dean of West-',lr William Foster, Bart.
salnster, Dr. Buekland Sir Robert Berland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon tihir- Sir Francis Darwin

ley ;The Norwich Union Fire °Moe
ids Jelin P. Belleau, hart. l'he Saffelk Fire Office
Sir Richard Paul .toddrell, Mart. The District Fi.e Ofllleo of ltir-
Dr. Outran, F.R.S.' F.G.S., In- mlnghare
specter of Naval llospltals ,The Norwich Equitable Insaraioe
Right Hen. Earl sitzliardinge ; ()me.
Ills Grace the Duke Sr Rewriter! :The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, I shire Fire °Mee
Right Eon F. 11. F'. Berkeley, The West of Englaul Fire (Mice,
IF.P. &C.
W. Miles, Esq., M.P.
The object of this Associatlin Is totally to abolish the use et
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. ES,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a coeviction of the utterim-
possiiiiity in innsimeraide cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. Fer the laudable purpose of ftirthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringelvent, the inge-
nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been Invented. This
invention consists of four brushes; forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head er brash are supplied at intervals with
universal spring, joints, capable of turning even a right angle
mid the whole is surmounted with a double revolving hall, baying
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with c'ertainty
past every angle, and into every comer, cleansing its reate most
Perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the, solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jormyn-street, St.
James's
t, Esq.'s,ihat Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Rim-bin-lane; at
Nag's Head-court, Gracecburch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington•street, London-bridge, Borough, Where
applle4o4oll3 for shares may be addressed.

PUBLICATIONS.

SECOND EDITION OF JANE EYRE.
Just published, In 3 vols. post No , price 11. 1 is. 6d. cloth,
JANE EYIt E. An Autobiography.
By CURRER BELL.
" A book of decided power. The thoughts are true, sound, and
original."—Exatniner.

The mos• extraordinary production that has issued from tha press
for years."—Weekly Chronicle.
" Orin anal, viraersns, edifying, and absorbingly interesting."—Jer
rold's Newspaper,

It is a book to make the heart beat, and to fill the eye, with
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" The matter and moral orals book are rod, and the style is for-
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" licality—deep, significant reality-1a the character of this
book."—Fra..er's M nazi ne.
London : Smith, Elder, and Ce., 65, Cornhill.

THE SEA and the RAILWAY: their new
Relations set forth in a Jaunt along the Manchester, Shefridd,
and Lincolnshire Railway to Grimsby Docks. By FELIX SUM-
E ILLY. In preparation. With Woodcuts by C. W. Cope, A.8.A.,
1). Cox, jun.. T. Creswick, A.R.A., and R. IlegraYe, A.R.A.
London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman'.

HWALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority),
. the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are
easily threaded, even by the blind, and have Improved points, temper,
and finish ; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Prince
Albert in relief en coloured grounds. Sent flee by post, by any
respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen stamps for every shilling
value.

H. WALKER'S NEEDLES .FOR THE MILLION are about half
the price of the " Queen's Own." 11. W. also manufactures Improved
Crochets, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, ece.
tirestkawstreet West. Idultstett. - - • • .

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA! A-
CITY, ►ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.

NY4v Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 61. in postage stamps,
SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
eessive indulgence, infection, anti the irwrdinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. T,y It. and
L. PERKY and CO., 19, Ilerners-stroet, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row
Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Static, 23, Titelaborae-
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PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
Pear 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable elects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity.
It is illustrated b) Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary o- secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
of mercury, are alto clearly pointed out. This section is illa.strated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
virus chemically, and destroys its power en the system.
PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, aid its
duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically Inquired into.
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certain remedy in gonorrhoea, gleet, strictures, and eitronie inflamma-
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DR. LA'MERT ON THE SPCRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 44) COLOURED ENGRAVINGS Off
STEEL.

Just published, and may be had In French •r English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. ad„ or post-free, front the Author, for forty-two
Stamps,
Qi ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
I,j on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and tt•e Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising trim these causes, close study, or the Inauonce el
tropical climates: Local and ConsAtitional Weakness, Syphilis,
cifricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting front Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Infection.

• Mr SAMUEL LA'MERT,
9, BRDFORD-STREET,REDFORD•SQUARB,

LONDON.

octor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order
that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it be traced to physical disvalifications and their attendant dlsap-
nointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when
used In moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific soiree of mischief and of greater or less injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses. on
.he nature and cormatience of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are producthe of greater severity of raL;ery to the human frame,
than any other to which It Is subject.

This work contains as accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Phy,lology of the ReproductiCe Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly,
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation of the health,
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
in early life or frem the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, Inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by his posse slon of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
Solely to the treatment of these diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
52, Paternostet row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stark, Tichbonie-
greet, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146,
Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps,
from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his
residtnce. 9. lie,tord-street liedford-souare London.

THE BISHOP or HEREFORD.--Talking of Sir
Fitzroy's motion, it has occurred to me as strange that
no reference has been made in any public print which I
gave seen to the "Preamble" of the statute of Edward
VI., for repealing the statute of the 25th of Henry
VIII., touching the election and confirmktion of Bishops.
The statute of Henry Wai restored in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth ; but the construction placed on that
statute. on which the Crown relies, by the legislators Of
Edward VI., seems conclu,ive : it runs thus :—tha',
" whereas the said elections be in very deed no elections,
but only by a writ of cove d'aire, have colours, shadows,
or pretences, of elections, serving, nevertheless, to no
purpose, and seeming also derogatory and prejudicial to
the King's prerogative' royal, to whom alone appertaineth
the collation and gift of Archbishops, Bishops, &c., it
is enacted that henceforth no conga d'dire be granted,
nor election by the Dean and Chapter be made, but the
King, by his letters patent, may collate, Sac." You
know that this is done as to Irish Bishops still ; and, in
case of refractory Deans and Chapters, may be resorted
to in this country. On the whole, there is not a shadow
of fear that the Tractarian movement can be productive,
in this matter, of anything but disturbance, which is
their object.—Church and State Gazette.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,—It is proposed by
Messrs Brett, of Hanover-square, to establish an inter-
national communication, via Dover and Calais, by their
Printing Electric Telegraph; the English and French
Governments have conceded grants to the projectors,
and it is understood that the French Minister of the In-
terior, M. Duchatel, expressed an ardent desire for the
fulfilment of the undertaking, and liberally promised to
Live it his cordial support. The experiments made with
this Printing Electric Telegraph on land have been at
a distance of 146 miles between the points of communi-
cation, and are said to have been performed with the
same rapidity and certainty as at a distance of only a
few feet.

SUPPOSED MURDER MBAR SREFFIELD.—Great
sensation has prevailed in Sheffield during the former
part of this week, in consequence of the death of
George Marsden, blacksmith, between 60 and 70 years
of age, whose body was tonne'. on Monday morning last,
at the bottom of a coal-pit, called the Deep Pit, at the
" Intake," about two miles from Sheffield, belonging to
the Sheffield Coal Company. He was supposed to have
been first robbed of his money and watch, and afterwards
thrown into the pit. Ile left the New Inn, Shales
Meor, a little alter one o'clock 011 Sunday morning this
is said to be the last place at which he was seen alive.
On Sunday morning a man and boy went down the pit,
to see if all was right, as usual, and stumbled over the
body. Ills head was literally crushed to pieces, and in-
deed every part of his body preiented a most frightful
spectacle, which it naturally would do, considering that
the pit is 101 yards deep. An inquest was commenced
on Tuesday, and adjourned.

INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF ANTIQUE RELICS IN
THE ClTY.—Yesterday as the workmen were engaged
in excavating in Tower-street, at the corner of Rood-
lane, for the purpose of making a new sewer, after
penetrating to the depth of about eight feet, they came
suddenly upon some human remains. There was no
vestige of coffin of any kind. Close to the bones an an-
cient vase was discovered, similar to those exhumed at
Pomprii and Herculaneum, but which unfortunately was
broken by the pickaxe, and so complete was its demoli-
tion that it would be very difficult to reconstruct it.
Several pieces of copper or brass were likewise found.
It is not improbable. as these remains lay at so great a
depth below the surface, that borne Roman was here in
the line of the ancient Watling-street committed to the
earth.

ITEALTII or TOWNS IMPROVEMENT.--A public
meeting of thoLinhabitants of Worcester was held in the
Guildhall yesterday afternoon. Many of the clergy and
medical gentlemen of the city were among those present.
The object of the meeting was to support the intro•
duction of any measures of sanitary reform which might
be brought before the Legislature. Several resolutions
to this effect were passed.
Prince Louis Napoleon has arrived in town from a
visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry at
Wynyard Park.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS
TlMES.—Another financial statement is at hand
'rill last year, the eve of such en event was as merry
es the eve of Christmas or New Year. There was
' always a treat in store, the only question being a
choice of agreeables. Sir Robert, like a benevo-
lent grandpapa, or rather like Will Honycornb, sur-
' rounded by a posse of holiday folks, presided over the
Christmas tree, and alternately soothed and tantalized
the youthful expectants. Fifty voices exclaimed,
" What am I to have ?" "Wait, wait," cried ou,t,
the distributor of blessings. "All in good time."
"To the simpler sort he said, " Open your mouths
and shut your eyes ;" and, accordingly, a bonbon
or a plum rewarded their amiable confidence. For
the elder juveniles, and particularly where a little
penchant was confessed, more substantial compliments
were prepared. Will Honycomb had his favourites.
When he played at blindtnan's buff, and was in
vested in his turn with one at least of the attributes
of justice, it somehow or other always came to pass
chat his equitable fingers pounced on a certain
laughing young damsel, herself not more likely to he
caught than the rest of the crowd. Sir Robert also
had his clue through the devious mazes of the game.
The light step and joyous giggle of free trade be-
treyed that coy nymph to a sagacious and per-
severing suitor. So at each new budget we all
knew pretty well the general character of what
was to come. But, alas! those days, " the days
when we went gipsying," are gone. There is a tide
in taxation, as in all other human affairs. We
are now at the ebb. The turn was last year, when
there was ne;ther remission nor imposition of taxes;
' This year, if we are to practice common prudence,
and set an example worthy of a great commercial
nation, we must begin to lay on. But how to lay on
is the question. It is a matter of great scientific
interest to the statesman, and of no less practical im-
portance to the public. We have to consider not
merely how much the public can manage to pay—
how much it can bear without sinking to the earth
or throwing off its burden altogether, but how much
it can carry with the least possible hin€lerance to its
activity and power. A strong man has been made to
stand upright with 2,0001 b. judiciously distributed
over his frame ; but then he could not move. Once
disturb the equilibrium, and he would instantly have
been crushed under,his manifold incumbrances. In like
manner the public is not a row of Caryatides standing
under a ponderous architrave. As the turnpike man
said of John Gilpin—
" Re rides a race, he carries weight.,
'rts for a thousand pound."
The great secret of judicious taxation is to lay it on
without hampering the strain of the muscle and the
play of the limb. Half a century of rather severe
experiments has served to enlighten us on this point.
Relieving as much as possible the industry of the
country, the materials of trade, and the prime neces-
saries of life, we have transferred the burden to the
broad shoulders of property. Luxury meanwhile we
have left under its wholesome and profitable incum-
brances. The labourer can just exist without either
direct or evident contribution to the national fund;
but if he aspires to his glass of ale and his pipe, or his
wife to her coffee or tea, they pay no inconsiderable
quota to the Treasury. Eschewing the usual divi-
sion of taxes into direct and indirect, we have just
indicated three subjects of taxation. 1. The raw
materials of life or manufacture. 2. Luxuries and
comforts. 3. Property. The first of these we have
renounced altogether. No one out of Bedlam would
propose again to enhance the food of millions or
clog the operations of trade. As for luxuries,
the present condition of our working classes
is not such es to warrant any tax which
should put their few comforts not only .out
of reach, but almost beyond hope. Nor is commerce
itself se prosperous as to bear heavier tolls. Speaking
of superfluities, whether exotic or domestic, in the
general, and without reference to exceptional cases, if
any can be shown, we must say that the great body
of the British people have not yet their share. Pro-
perty and the luxuries of the wealthier classes are the
third alternative of taxation. It is evident that they
are the most capable of bearing an accession of bur-
den. But an income tax is a war tax. It can only
be justified on the greatest emergencies, and can only
be borne with the hope of speedy remission. So we
have often said, and so we still say. When the
tax was laid on six years since we well knew the
Old Man of the Sea the nation was taking
on its shoulders. Three years since we could only
smile at, the announcement oi anether lease for
that period. It has now become customary and
inveterate. Moreover there is no choice. This
is a time of war. We have had war with the
elements, and been terribly worsted. Eight millions
fought with famine. We had to ransack the earth for
the means of resistance. A commissariat of 12,000
men provisioned the host and directed the operations.
Enormous debt and difficulty were incurred. A
hundred thousand were left dead on the field of that
bloodless but awful conflict, and a quarter of a million
fugitives disappeared. This is war. If ever there
was a case for levying direct contributions on pro-
perty, there is now. Unhappily, war in its more
literal sense is not yet obsolete. If the lapse of a
generation has effaced Waterloo from the plastic
memory of England, that untoward incident is riot
altogether forgotten elsewhere. A great nation
before very long will be released from the spell of its
Prospero, and if it does not threaten the malice of
Caliban its forbearance is at least not to be answered
far. Unwelcome prudence suggests, that though we
may not absolutely augment our defences, we should
at all events make them really equsl to their reputed
and nominal complement. To be only as strong as
we profess to be, we must submit to some increase of
expenditure. Again, under the pressure of the times
and the financial reductions of our late and present
Ministers, we are suffering. " deficiency." There is
no mincing or disguising the matter. Famine, pes-
tilence, defalcation, s
, and war constitute no ordinary
crisis. We must admit the necessity, and can hardly
repudiate the title, of a war tax. The difficult and
almost inexplicate question of Property versus In-
come, the infinite gradations of alienable and inalien-
able possessions., fee simple and life interests, we pass
at present all the more readily because public
curiosity appears to have taken another direction.
The problem of the day is, " How to tax a
house ?" We can only state the conditions of
the inquiry. :1,
Hui a house tax which shall
not offer a premium to gratuitous discom-
fort and unhealthiness by making light and air
costly ; that shall not encourage imprudence ; that
shall not be sometimes a virtual impost on trade. The
first is the evil of the window tax. The second of
the duty on insurance. The third would be the result
of an ad valorem house tax. There are no practical
difficulties in the way of the last, and it would pro-
bably be a palatable substitute for the two former.
The valuations and machinery of collection exist. The
great drawback is one of imagination rather than fact,
but it is not an inconsiderable one. It is a repealed
tax, and in this progressive country we particularly
object
to being revisited by the ghosts of old annoy-
ances. It is, indeed, generally thought that had the
choice between the house and the window tax been
fairly propounded, and had it not been fully expected
one was sure to follow the other, the country would
have preferred the house to the window tax. This,
however, but little affects that English prejudice
against revival of taxation which not even the ex-
ample of the income tax can soften. There is the
difficulty, which it is easier to state than remove.
CHRONICLE.—The Government and the people
of France are both in a strange quandary what to do
with Abd-el-Nader. They find, with a certain amaze •
ment, that there is one subject on Which,
notwithstand-
ing all their bickeritigs they are pretty much of one
accord. Nothing would, at„the present moment, so
ft gra •fy both Government and People as the Arab
l ninouredlv
chieftain's his days e making up his mind to
good .1_
spend the remnant of his days in la belle France. A
voluntary offer on his part to adopt that resolution
.
3 world of anxiety,
would save them The dilemma
the Government are in is actually a hideous one. If
they let Abil. el-Kader go, their royal master will
never forgive them for what he will regard as a most
contemptible weakness on their part. If, on the other
hand, they forcibly detain him, they make light of
the authority, and throw a stain upon
the honour, of
the Due d'Aumale, which it is impossible that he
should not resent. One of the King's sons has already,
resigned the command with which he was in-
vested, from a pique, as it is credibly asserted.
The discontent of the Due d'Aurnale may vent itself
in the same manner; the more readily from his not
perceiving any other method of clearing himself from
all stain of having voluntarily participated in the
deceit to which he has been made accessory. And
the motives to this line of conduct will be the more
urgent, as there can be no doubt but it was Abd- el-
Kader's reliance on the Dukes Power, as the King's
son, to make good again'. all interference the pledge
which he solemnly gave, that induced him to sur-
render himself. At the time of the Prince's Appoint-
ment, one of the principal justifications alleged in its
favour by the Debuts was the inexpressible reverence
which the Arabs entertain for the kingly name and
blood of power. We ridiculed at the time the pomp-
ous parade our contemporary made of ouch a motive
for so grave an act as we considered that appointment
to be. We acknowledge, however, that our contem-
porary was better informed than we were as to the
policy which the French Government intended to