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BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL BANK.-(THIS DAY.) , M2l
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) Ilse half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of
IN ItE PRATT AND BODLE. the Colonial Bank was held this day at the London THE REVENUE FOR, THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING Li AN (JAB sf._ 5, 1846.
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'''' These bankrupts, who carried on business as builders, Tavern, in pursuance of the provisions of the charter, worth c
' lastat Addison•road and Notting-hill, came up to pass their for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings the -
No. 1.-An Abstract of the Nit Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in theT-"'"."--ears and Quarters ended sth of January, 's.' of Jan7,u,3sa4ry, 18.14.6.56.,,025h0wing the Increase
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examination. of the Corporation, and for the election of four Directors
steP-' or Decrease on each head thereof.
, ..... A Mr. LEE now applied, on behalf of the petitioning and one Auditor, in the room of John Irving, C.
Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter end_.____ed
,••• creditor, in respect of the proof. it having been doubted Marryat, James Cavan, John Gurney Hoare, and J. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR I
at the last meetine. whether it had been admitted. Mr. Fletcher, Esqs., and other business. , ended , ended
Lee now said that'he had ascertained that the proof was J. COLVILLE, Esq., took the chair at one o'clock ; • April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, • July 5, Oct. 10, 1 Jan. 5, Jan. 5, trated
1844 1844 1844 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 1846 1840 Increase. !Decrease. Increase. Decrea=se, £
£
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signed by the registrar and official assignee, but not by upon doing which he stated that it was doubtless known
451 the Commissioner ; and one of the Has of exchange was to all, that since they met last they had had the misfor- £ £ £ I
...... 161 customs 4,604,447 4,869,235 6,002,855 4,902,135 20,378,672 4,402,506 4,499,548 4,848,363 4,354,789 18,105,206 ! Customs
Missing, which had, it appeared, in the confusion of so tune to lose their Chairman- an event which he was
Excise.. 1,852,689 3,115,592 3,960,890 3,230 940 12 160 111 1 917 485 2 965 684 3,955,106 3,338,837 12,177,112 I Excise
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many cases, been handed over to some person in Court, sure would be severely felt by all the Proprietors. Thements
I • 1,665,688 1,601,658 411,390 , 1,742,461 1,837,076 1,780,175 1,792,402 7,152,114 I
and had travelled about for some time till it again reached present meeting had been convened for the purpose of ,Srtaaamesps : : : : 1614349,608151 1,989,874170533 201,439 1,880,490 4,216,488 145,945 2,000,567 201,279 1,876,051 4,223,842 Taxesp 4,439 piece, al
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' his (Mr. Lee's) hands, some time after. electing a Director in his room, and for other business. nostp-eol}c- 1,9442:080509 715552:004805 1,290508:070101 414867:005401 5,617951:000596 1
2,4: '7. 3: 100,556 not an I
ze and Mr. Graham, the official assignee, sari that he had no The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors, 65,000 30,000 10,000 50,000 155,000 35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 120,000 35,000
of of the petitioning creditor having been sworn from which it appeared that the profits of the last half- iVi°sTiclaLaaeondess• :•••• • • • • 41,292 422,187 220,961• •• •
9,1901 693,630 415,016 13,652 465,102 , 369,471 1,263,241 Miscellaaeous
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'9°1785,000711 915.59,0901 1,823,883209000 318896,090805
61(1. as he went through the list. year amounted to 16,9051. 19s. 10d., and the Directors
LoD Mr. LEE suggested that the petitioning creditor should recommended a ividend of 1 per cent. for the half-year Total Ordinary Revenue 10,513,983 13,039,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 50,081,887 10,742,124 12,411,518 13,312,908 12,332,535 48,799,085 call Mr.
be sworn to the fact. ending June, 1845, being at the rate of 2 per cent. per Imprest Moneys, &c. •.j 54,244 49,018 28,117 146,759 278 138 206,007 29,262 24,591 - 64,084 323,944 Imprest Money & scribe th
Repayments ofAdvances 226,284 274,557 123,692. 250,980 875,513 418545 182354 473,881 404,179 1,478,959 Repanints ofA dsv'necs: 603,446 .. . . 163,199 "'Then
Mr. Lincoln was then sworn. He said he verily be- annum, which would leave a sum of 10,0001. and upwards
a (/sued that he was, but was not cor.fident. for meeting the bad and doubtful debt account.
f G`' t' Total Income . 10,794,511 13,362,951 14,372,353 12,705,693 I 51,235,535 11,366,676 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800,798 50,601,988
reesterg, The proof was admitted. Mr. HARRISON thought that, afleast, the Proprietors
on 633,55 (95, 105
The bankrupts a ere not prepared with their accounts, had a right to expect from such profits a half-yearly Amount applied to Con- Deduct Deduct a deep Al
Val*, I and excused, on the ground that there had been a fire dividend of 2 per cent. If that was not acceded sotidated Fund .. 7,635,972 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 37,725,433 7,273,077 8,255,562 8,869,973 7,859,997 32,258,609
Ditto, as Advances 240,000 177,276 184,225 262,001 863,502 380,000 101,501 550,000 615,077 1,646,573 Increase 1,839,91' 760,016 [ unmentio
nst:, on their premises, which had burnt some of the books, to, he trusted the Proprietors would be content with none. Ditto, as Ways & Means eonviviali
and, therefore they had to obtain accounts from dif- He would move, as an amendMent, that the dividend of the Year.. ........ 2,918,539 4,191,627 2,923,503 2,612,934 12,646,603 3,713,599 4,266 071 4 391 407 4,325,724 16,696,801 Decrease Increase enjoy thi
iatobt:ot' • ferent persons. should be 2 per cent. the Year. port was
o the Mr. LEE said that bankrupts could not compel the de- Mr. LEVY hoped the Hon. Proprietor would not per- Total. 10,794,5/1 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,705,6931 51,235,538 111,366,679 12,623,134 (13,811,380 12,800,798 1 50,601,988 Quarter. say,-net
liver of accounts by creditors, but that the Court would, severe in his amendment, because he was sure if he did,
claret wilt
evil)°i•ft:,e( necessary, call upon theta to be examined. the result would be they should have nothing.-(Hear, No. 11. Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1845, and the sth January, 1846. punch w,
tlo The Learned COMMISSIONER directed that the accounts hear.) He looked upon the recommendation of the Quarters ended Jan. 5. party wo
arters ended Jan. 5,
should be made up by the accountant from the statements Directors as a turning of the corner, and augured well would I
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of the bankruut, to be filed within a fortnight, the exami- from it. There was now a chance of the Proprietors 1345 1846 Never we
nation being adjourned for one month. having something.
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CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the R.l. CORDER.)
1064astil NOTE ROBBERY.—Charles Bowen and George
Lake, described in the calendar as waiters, on the open-
king of the Court this morning, wore placed at the
bar on the charge of stealing 15 bank notes of the
Zalue of 150 L, the property of the Rev. William Price
Lewis ; also John Danson, likewise described as a waiter,
and George Bales, a jeweller, charged with feloniously
receiving the same, well knowing them to have been
stolen
•

The- CEtentmeig could assure the Proprietors that the
Directors, in proposing this small dividend, were actu-
ated by a desire to do something. He hoped the ma
jority of the Proprietors would support the recommen-
dation made to them by the Directors, of a dividend of
one per cent.

Customs • • • • ..... • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Excise • • • • • •
Stamps .• • • • • .... ••• • • ••• • • •
Taxes ..
Property Tax •• • • • ..
Post-office • • • •
Crown Lands .....
Miscellaneous • • ..
Imprest and other Moneys • • • • • • • •
Repayments of Advances

3,888,077
3,247,030
1,601,658
1,880390
487,541
146,000
50,000
9,190
146,759
250,980

4,354,789
3,353,440
1,792,402
1,876,050
386,985
189,000
25,000
369,471
64,084
404,179

Permanent Debt .... ..... .....
Terminable Annuities... ... •.
..
Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the. Consolidated •
Fund ....
Sinking Fund .. ..
The Civil Li5t.............
Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund •••• • • • • • •
To pay off Exchequer Bills, raised per Act 6 and 7 Viet. c. 87, for Opium Compensation .
For Advances ...... - -

5,681,535
655,612
1,659
842,068
98,087
649,648
871,848
262,001

5,660,472
628,805

1,314,075
98,072
423,583

After some discussion Mr. Harrison withdrew his
amendment ; and the report, together with the recom-
mendation of the Directors of a dividend for the
half-year of 1 per cent was agreed to.
The different Directors who went out of office" by
rotation were re-elected. Mr. Cave, the late auditor, was
elected a Director in the room of the late John Irving,
Esq ; H. Barclay, Esq., M.P., was elected auditor in the
room of Mr. Cave; and, upon the motion of Mr. Harrison,
a vote of thanks and full confidence in the Directors,
was unanimously carried, after which the meeting sepa-
rated.

615,077

Total Charge •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •

The Surplus .....

12,815,400

To Cash brought to this Account to bel
applied to pay off Deficiency Bills..

200,000

The Amount of Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended
Oct. 10, 1845, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846,
after deducting 600,000/., paid off out of the Sinking Fund ......................
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of
the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services•—• • ...... ..... ....
Ihe Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846 ....
The probable amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund,
Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1846 ••• • • • ...... ..... .. ...............................

13,015,400

Messrs. Botikin and Ballantine appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Wilde for the prisoner Lake, and Mr.
Payne for Bates.
Mr. Bouitirt statoi the case to the jury, the facts of
Which are given in the evidence of the following witnesses
called by the Learned Gmitleman.
The Rev. Wm. Price Lewis, a clergyman in Wales,
With several clerks of the banking-house of Messrs.
Glynn and Co., proved that the former, the prosecutor,
on the 28th of Noveinber last, cashed a cheque at the
banking-house named, for 1501. On Mr. Lewis return
jug to his apartments in the Trafalgar. Hotel, Charing•
cross, he locked the notes in his portmanteau, and went
lout. On his return at night he discovered on examine-
tiinn that his money had been abstracted.
Talbot, the head waiter at the hotel, was next exa-
!l/Lied, and said that after the robbery the prisoner Lake
!lull-tined him (the witness) that be had been concerned
theln robbery, to which he had been instigated by the
prischler Bowen, who, after the robbery, had gone to a
Persetn of the name of Woods, a waiter at the Adelaide
lintel,. so as to induce Woods to get a friend of his to
a,ash the notes. Bowen afterwards told Lake that Snow
(,nne 0' the accomplices) had ran off with the whole of
te money, upon which Lake said that he now saw he
had been brought into trouble, and would have nothing
for
it, and that he was determined to expose the whole
matter. rake accordingly told witness all the circum-
stances connected with the robbery, and that it was
effected by a false key.
Newman, the laundry boy, and several other servant
attached to the hotel, were called and examined, in cor-
roboration of the evidence of the first witness.
Abrahana Lyon, a Jew, dposed that Dancock and
Zates came into his father'es clothes-shop, in Union-
reet, Borough, and bought each a coat, for which
Bates tendered a 101. note. The note produced was the
Ina paid, on which Bates signed his name as James
otnith, John-street, Strand, and which was afterwards
endorsed by his father's name.
Frederick Steven, the barman of a public-house, de-
Posed as to Bates changing a 51. note late on the same
evening ; Dancock was present with him at the time ;
and they had some drink together.
Charles A. Taffey deposed as to changing another
10/,note on the evening of the 29th, at witness's shop,
::21, Union-street, Borough. Bates and Dancock were
resent, and the former received the change. He signed
W
is named on the note William Smith.
John Goldey, waiter at the Sheridan Knowles Tavern,
Srydges-street, said that on the evening of the 30th
bancock changed a 5L note, on which he wrote " Mel-
lift and Co., silk dyers, St. Luke's." Bates was drinking
art mg with Dancock at the time.
IDiilium Neets, 'publican, 109, Drury-lane, deposed
that he received the Si. note from the previous witness
inn. -the next morning. The note produced was the one
°a :received.

THE QUARTER'S RE VE

NUE.

auction duties, and all export duties, were abolished,
and consequently no further aid to the finances of the
country is derived from any of these sources. The
great test of the true condition of the masses is the
Excise, and under this we are gratified to find an
increase of 107,8971., as compared with the closing
quarter of 1844-5. In the Stamps department there is
also an increase of 190,744/. on the quarter, and on the
year of 540,7241. Another important branch in which
there is a large increase, is that of " Miscellaneous," the
augmentation being 360 2811. on the quarter, and
569,6111 on the year. Under the head of Post-office
there is likewise an increase of 100,556/, which is all
the more gratifying as indicative equally of the growing
prosperity of our commerce, and of the extension of
mental pursuits. The total results give a decrease on the
year of 760,0161, but an increase on the quarter of
95,105/. This result would have been gratifying under
any circumstances, but it is especially encouraging, as
well as surprising, when it is remembered that so many
taxes were entirely abolished last session. It demon-
strably proves that never were the commerce and the
finances of the country established on more satisfacto] y
bases than they are at present. We cordially congratu-
late the country on this most cheering aspect of matters,
and hope it will prove to be permanent.

CHRONICLE.—The official tables of the revenue,
for the year and quarter ending on the sth of January,
are given in another part of our paper. On the whole,
they are calculated to abate the fears which the serious
diminution exhibited in the previous quarter's tables
excited in the public mind. But they do much more
than this. The rally in the accounts for the quarter,
notwithstanding the serious depression of commerce and
trade during the last three months, is a significant com-
mentary on the merits of that system of financial reduc-
tion which we hope will be extended next session to
every article, the great as well as the small, in our tariff.
Sir Robert Peel, in his financial statement of the 14th of
February last, anticipate(' a loss of 3,356,0001. from the
reductions he then proposed. The actual decrease on
the year just ended is 635,5501., the loss of 2,273,466/.
on the Customs being compensated by increase in other
items, the Excise, the Stamps, and the " Miscellaneous,"
which, of course, comprises the last receipt of China
money. The increase in the Excise, both on the year,
and especially on the quarter, is remarkable; the increase
in the Stamps indicates a business activity, part of which
may be traced to railroad speculation ; but the steady
progress in the Post-office revenue is, perhaps, the
most gratifying feature of the whole. It is surprising
that the Property-tax should exhibit a decrease both on
the year and on the quarter. Increased profits and re-
newed assessments ought, one would think, to have
increased, rather than diminished this source of income.
Whatever may be the cause, the ardent advocates of
direct taxation may well ask whether or not it is more
applicable to a complicated state of society, in which
income fluctuates every day and every hour, than a
judiciously-devised system of fiscal duties, levied for
revenue purposes. The decrease on the Property-tax is,
for the year, 165,026/, and for the quarter, 100,556/
The result is, that on the year just ended, as compared
with the previous one, there is a decrease on the Cus-
toms of 2,273,446 L, but an increase on the Excise of
17,001/, on the Stamps of no less than 540,7241., and
on the Taxes of 7,3541. On the Property-tax there
is a decrease of 165,0261, but on the Post-office an
increase of 56,0001. The Crown Lands have been dimi-
nished by 35,0001., but the item of Miscellaneous is in-
creased by 569,611/. On the entire items there is a de-
crease on the year of 633,550/.
HERALD.—The revenue returns for the year ended
yesterday are in the highest degree satisfactory, exhibit-
ing a steadily progressive prosperity in the finances of
the country, and, by a necessary consequence, in its in-
dustry. The net revenue for the year just terminated
amounts to 50,601,9881. The net revenue for the year
ending Jan. 5., 1845, amounted to 51,235,5381. There
has therefore been a decrease of 633,5501. This decrease
is, however, to be accounted in a manner the most en-
couraging—namely, the reduction of taxation, viz. :
Customs reduction in Sugar duties
Coal llB,OOO
Sundries
Cotton Wool

John Stevens, a publican, was examined as to chang-
ng' 'another note to Dancock early in September. He
'me a. tified the note produced as the one.
b'.4l veral other witnesses were called to prove the chang-
"lg o f several others of the notes, and to identify those
Prod aced in Court, as well as Dancock and Bates as the
enani ;en of them.
s:e
lie examination of witnesses was proceeding when
our ih von left, and was expected to last all day.)

£2,418,000

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY).
the
tt. ree lads named Kelly, Wheeler, and Spencer, about
:1,1% ,11 ;.e of ls, were brought before Alderman Moon,
rrq ed with breaking three windows, belonging to the
I.Bt London Union, value four shillings.
%h4t ippeared, from the evidence of the officer of the
htn.'t union, that the three prisoners applied last night
11,‘"q gate for a lodging for the night, and as the union
.411 ceived seven over their number, it was refused them.
then said that if they were not admitted they
4-F,71 break the vtindows. Upon being again
use I, one of them threw a brickbat into the sick ward
euv 'oke three windows. He then took them into
aai" ly. lie said the number admitted nightly in the
01),
ove • was thirty, but they generally took six or eight
atr r 1 heir number, and since the refuge at Whitecross-
th ;at• has been shut up, no less than three times
la:Lc proper number have applied for admission. Since
:Year there has been an increase of 200; the nuni-
W:e ,Itclmitted this week has been 289, while the same
last year, the number amounted to 89.
h 421aderman MOON asked the officer of the union if they
f4:ll' any greater accommodation for those who applied
our 14 night's lodging in the winter than when in the
eon:ruiner ?—The officer said that as far as rugs were
noarned, there was a large number added.
h A.Jderman MOON said they were by law compelled to
vc," a room to receive a larger number of applicants in
the Winter than in the summer, and as he found they
r 4 not the accommodation which was required by law,
L'e should discharge the prisoners.
MAPILBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Wiliam Benge, aged 16, and Thomas Shamblin, aged
14, were charged on suspicion of having stolen a silver
4Poon found in their possession, under the following
circumstances :
Police-constable, No. 114 of the E division, stated that
about nine o'clock last night he saw the prisoners lurk-
in about the shop of Mr. Livermore, of Tottenham-
cok irt-road, pawnbroker, and watched them for a consider-
able time ; at length he observed them hastily
moving
~,c4rl ha followed and saw them enter the shop of Mr.
4‘eysir, in Tottenham-court-road, dealer in gold and
silver, wtwe they offered the spoon for sale, on which
he took them into custody. lie then went back to Mr.
Livermore's shop, and on producing the spoon it was
identified as having been stolen from their shop that
evening. On his mentioning that he had two lads
in his custody charged with stealing it, Mr. Liver-
more's shopman declined owning the spoons as
here was no mark on it, observing that
4 was not of sufficient value to induce them to pro-
se lute.
Mr. MALTBY asked if the prisoners were known ?
The constable said that the prisoner Benge was
charged at this Court with felony on Saturday last,
kput was discharged for want of evidence. Shamblin was
nown as an idle, dissolute lad.
Mr. MALTBY, after consulting with Mr. Fitzpatrick,
the . 9
chief clerk, said that under the circumstances he
z• must
at
ust •
largehe.arge the prisoners.—They were accordingly

Excise, Auction duties
Glass

£890,000

Customs and Excise £3,308,000
Here then we have a reduction of three millions three
hundred thousand pounds of taxes, and a decrease of
six hundred and thirty-three thousand pounds of reve-
nue—equivalent, as every one must see, to an actual in-
crease of the difference—namely, two millions six hun-
dred and fifty-three thousand pounds. This surely is
prosperity. And if we look more closely into the items
of revenue we shall find new reason to be satisfied that
this prosperity rests upon a firm foundation. The great
amount of decrease is necessarily under the head of
Customs ; under which, as we have seen, there has
been a reduction of 2,418,0001. ; and even under this
head the decrease falls considerably short of the reduc-
tion—though, as must be apparent where so much re-
venue has been given up, absolutely and totally, as it
has been given up in the case of cotton wool, coals, and
sundries, there can be no compensation from increased
consumption. In the Excise, notwithstanding the sacrifice
of the auction and glass duties to the extent of nearly
200,0001., there is an actual increase upon the year
to the amount of 17,000/. ; while on the Stamps, the
index to an active commerce, as the Excise is to the ease
and comfort of the mass of the people, the increase upon
the year greatly exceeds half a million. Upon the Post-
office, too, there is a considerable increase. Is not all
this proof of prosperity ? Is not this an argument
against hazardous changes ? What better than this is
wanted ? Cannot men content themselves "to let well
alone ?" There is one item, however, in the returns
upon which we must offer a remark. In the Property-
tax there is a decrease of 165,0001., 100,000 L of it in the
last quarter. How is this to be accounted for ? The
millowners have again and again boasted that they have
doubled their capital within the last year, and yet the
aggregate property and income of the country have de-
clined, though in a trifling degree. Now from these two
facts we must draw one of three conclusions :—First—
the millowners are a small and unimportant class ; or,
second—their prosperity has been accompanied by a
proportionate deterioration in the property of others ;
or, third—the millowners have made false returns. We
leave it to Messrs. Cobden and Bright to choose among
these conclusions.

TIMES.—The revenue table for the past year pre-
sents on the whole a satisfactory result. Although it
shows a decrease of more than half a million on the
year as compared with that ending the sth of January,
1845, the items of the deficiency will not be found on in-
spection to furnish any proof of a decline in the general
prosperity. With the exception of 165,0001. in the
decrbytheaesreeCustoms.
the Thista tariff,
icse recent i n
revisiontheofis 'sans idl yt
haec cgoruanattelyd fdoir.
Property-tax, and 35,0001. in the Crown lands, the whole
minished scale of import duties. A sufficient interval
has not yet elapsed for the usual operation of an in-
creased importation in making up the deficiency which
must, of course, immediately ensue upon so large a reduc-
tion of duties. But turning to the items of increase, we see
unerring signs • of a greater commercial activity, and an
improvement in the condition of the people. In the Ex-
cise there is an increase of 17,000/ ; in Stamps, of
540,000/. ; in Tuxes, of 7,000/. ; the Post-ufac has
added 56,000/. to its net revenue ; and under the head
" Miscellaneous," there is an increase of 569,000/. Com-
paring the present quarter with the corresponding one
ending the sth of January, 1845, we find an increase,
instead of a decrease, of nearly 100,0004 the quarter's
deficiency in the Customs, which preserves the due pro-
portion to the annual, being counterbalanced by a more
than proportionate increase in the Excise, Stamps,
Taxes, and Post-office. Comparing it again with the
last quarter, we are startled by a deficiency of a million,
half of which, however, is caused by the falling off of the
Customs. In the Excise there is again an increase of
100,000/., in the Stamps of nearly 200,000/., and in the Post-
office of upwards of 40,0001. The general result of the
three comparisons is, an increased consumption of ex-
cisable articles, which denotes an improved condition of
the general population ; an active commerce ; and
greater cheapness in the imported articles of food. In
this state of the revenue Sir Robert Peel may face his
Conservative Opposition without much fear. There
being a surplus in everything which can be taken as an
indication of the prosperity of the country, his proposal
to repeal the corn laws cannot consistently meet with
opposition from the alarmists. Even if the fluctuating
and uncertain duties derived under the present system
from the importation of corn be deemed a legitimate
source of revenue, this is not generally of sufficient
magnitude to excite any reasonable apprehension from
its abandonment. The finances of the country are too
flourishing to Suffer inconvenience from the abolition of
a tax which may yield in one year a million, in another
nothing.
ADVERTISER.—We publish in another part of our
paper an abstact of the quarter's revenue, ending yester-
day. Its results are of a most gratifying nature. They
show the sound and healthy state in which the com-
merce of the country now is. It is true that, in some of
the branches of the public receipts there is a slight de-
falcation, as compared with the corresponding quarter of
1844'5 ; but in the few instances in which a deficit
occurs, it can be most satisfactorily accounted for. The
greatest decrease is in the Customs, which amounts to
547,346/. The subject of surprise is, that the defalcation
here should not have been of larger amount, for it is to
be remembered that last evasion the duties on glass,

SOUTIMARK.—(THIS DAY.)
_Charlotte Rand, housekeeper in the service of Mr.
dsen, secretary to the Plate-glass Company in Albion-
' 144 eu, Blackfriars-road, was charged with robbing her
7viliVi;le.Yer_of a considerable quantity of property; and
• we,'_"vm -Hand, her husband, and a man named Braham,
charged as the receivers.
.oiat appeared that the female prisoner had been in the
Plainant's service about nine months, and of late was
',"pected of plundering the house. For the purpose of de-
she was watched on the preceding night, and seen
14 ,rwve her master's house and was followed into Seacoal-
'e in the City, wh ere ;he was observed to meet Bra-
m' and to hand over to him a basket, containing a
et.ge quantity of eatables, consisting of bread, butter,
t 44 katn, 'tend seal), candles, and other articles, which she had
e— from her employer's house. On subsequent exa-
lm
inilaethi°n of the prisoner's house in Bethnal-green, an
ki iicCose, quantity of articles, also consisting. of various
.ora feud, together with paper belonging to the
.a,iiPp aeY, was discovered.
atuu female prisoner merely said that the cask of
14-4.tY ound at her house was not her master's pro-
-00.1; aTi with respect to the remainder, it was all her
nd 8* filer husband merely said he was innocent of
e 01:rene ith
UN h vni which he was charged, and requested
ipt '• 'night be permitted to have an opportunity of
„greY, rig legal advice.
09TTIxotwr said that it was only reasonable
et Ply with the prisoner's request, and accordingly
"'''4ed all the pris ,iners until Tuesday next.

S I,
--.41 ---.PWRECK ON TUE %%OAST OF SUSSEX.—SEVEN
lac ;PA LosT.—A Danish brigmOne went ashore on Sunday
11 a',T,lng, at five o'cicck, -between the Tidemill and the
1r -"a'l'. , ill Seaford Bay. The captain and six of the crew,
! ,__ . 0 sorry to say, met with a watery grave. The only
0;h0 was
was a seaman, who (lees not understand English,
• •,T,,."__:Aas found in the fore hatchway. A large dog was also
117in'"ug on board. The vessel was outward bound, but, having
r,-.0
1-ea,,,,,.., had taken in ballast. She was copper-bottomed.
,n. 7 I:es of the vessel were stove in, and the masts were
41'N but attenips will be made in a few days to tow her off.
(34001) Ntws roil S
.la a t activity in the fabrication of soldiers' clothing, particu-
' ly for rmrsTßisssEs.—There is so
man ,that required for the militia, and a consequent de-
' ,_ 7"ct for hands, that several of the sub-contractors in the
r.afraighbourhood of the Seven• dials, and Long-acre, where this
mills,
of ill-paid industry is chiefly carried on, have issued
offering an increase In the price of wagescoat. of twopence

MAGAZINE'
AINS i• CONTINUED.) f thusiasm with which the performers were evidently en-
George Cr--
VI"
. ORTH'S MAGAZINE. i dued; and, though exercised in a wrong spirit, I could
not help feeling respect for such. display of piety and
..akshank has again joined the. Airs- corr-
: Perseverance, especially when it is considered that the
es' and has given us a sketch illustrative of the -
' weather, and particularly the room, were very hot.
"Sir Lionel }lam-
opening article, entitled_ c steP-'
• k i " The strange mixture of barbarism and refinement
sd and his Friends," such as only George ruic -
Perceivable in these meetings has induced me to make
;hank can produce. The room is a Snug, cosy inquiries respecting their origin and object; but I have
parlour, ornamented with pictures, maps, and illus- experienced great difficulty in getting my questions
trated screens, all connected with the history candidly answered. There seems to
be some mystery
of old London. Books there are, too, i with which I, as a stranger, am not trusted, or else there
scattered about--Stripe and Hollinshed, and Fabian iis a feeling of shame which they cannot help cape-
and Stowe, and bits of tesselated pavement and frag- riencing when talking to a foreignr upon a
ments of Roman brick displayed on the chimney which they are aware must be lookeed upon by himpractice as
piece, all declare that the owner of the mansion, i ridiculous and barbarousf - The consequence is, that I
not an F.S.A., at least ought to be one. But how i I aminvariably told that the object of the meeting is
shall we describe Sir Lionel and his friends ? We mere amusement; this my foregoing description will
cannot do justice to the picture, therefore we must enable you to perceive is not the case, though I believe
that in it amusement is in some measure mixed up with
call Mr. Ainsworth to our assistance, and let him de- the religious observances.
scribe the occupants of the apartment : "The following is, however, the conclusion I have
";These were five in number—jolly:fellows all—seated arrived at, after much, thought and study. These people,
round a circalar dining-table covered with glasses and as you very well know, have (comparatively speaking)
decanters, amidst which a portly magnum of claret, and suddenly emerged from a state of utter barbarism; in a
ned. They were in the full flow of fun
a deep and capacious china punch-bowl must not pand ass time when our countrymen were highly civilised, they
unmentio
were savages. In those days of darkness great religious
conviviality ; enjoying themselves as good fellows always meetings occasionally to ,k place, at which
human beings
enjoy themselves at ' the season of the ye ar."The were sacrificed; and while the devouring flames were
port was delectable—old as Saint Paul's, I was going to consuming the miserable wretches, the crowd danced
say, quite, however—buti justenoughthe frantically round their funeral pile, drowning their.
claret wet quit or, what is better, it was Lafitte ;—the death-cries with the sound of barbarous mud,: now, it
punch was drink for the gods. The jokes of this
party would have split your sides—their tau is these horrible
rites which, in my opinion, are still
ghter kept up in a mild firm in the modern ' Evening Parties.'
would have had the same effect on your Care- It is true the human sacrifices are no longer considered
would were heard peals of merriment so hearty and pro- necessary, but the other observances are still similar,
longed. You only wondered how they found time to although refined as much as it is possible to refine any
drink, so quick did each roar follow on the heels of its practice in itself so barbarous and repugnant to common
predecessor. That they did drink, however, was clear; sense or decency; and .it is not surprising, and, indeed,
that they had drunk was equally certain; and that they may be considered excusable, that some traces of their
intended to continue' drinking seemed to come within original state should remain amongst a people so recently
the limits of probability.
emancipated from the degraded condition of savages,
" Sir Lionel Flamstead was a retired merchant—one of but it is to be hoped that the practice will gradually re-
those high-cooled, high-principled traders, of which our cede befere the march of civilisation and improvement."
city was one so justly proud, ant. of which so few, in IVe have two excellent historical disquisitions, tint
these days of railway bubbles, and other hair-brained
speculations, Can be found. His word was his bond— one on the Crusades and the other on the Inquisition ;
•cal sketch of the reigning Pope,
once passed it was sufficient : his acceptances were ac-
an excellent biographical
counted safe as the Bank of England. Had Sir Thomas illustrated by a vignette portrait; and the best con-
Gresham descended from his niche he could not have densed account of General Rosas, and of the state of
been treated with greater consideration than attended affairs in Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, that we
Sir Lionel's appearance on 'Change. All eyes followed have yet seen. The sportsman will be delighted with
the movements of his tall and stately figure—all hats "A Sporting Excursion in Canada ;" as will the lover
were raised to his courteous but ceremonious salutation, of light literature find the "Adventures of a Stick "
Affable, yet precise, and tinctured with something of the exactly to his taste. There is, moreover, some very
punctiliousness of the old school, his manners won him
good poetry in this number. " The Scholar's Death
those unknown s
1 universal respect and regard, even from
Summons" is a beautiful ballad, and " The Baron of
d. His habits
to him. By his intimates he was revered. PufFendorf - stamps its author at once as the legiti-
of cold
were as regular as elock-work, and the glass n , mate successor of poor Barham. If he have not the
punch at Tom's or the basin of soup at Birch's, wound
blood of the Ingoldsbys running in his veins, certain
him up for the day. His attire was as formal as his
the mantle of Thomas Ingoldsby has fallen upon him.
manners, being a slight modification of the prevalent
The Union, if itcontinues it has begun,-
as cannot but
costume of some five-and-thirty years ago. He had
consented, not without extreme reluctance, to clothe his prosper.
nether limbs in the unmentionable garment of recent in-
troduction ; but he resolutely adhered to the pigtail.
There is something, by-the-bye, in a pigtail, to which
old gentlemen cling in spite of all remonstrance, with
lover-like pertinacity. Only hint the propriety of cut-
ting it off to your great uncle or your grandfather, and
you may rely on being cut ;off with a shilling yourself.
Be this as it may, Sir Lionel gathered his locks, once
sable as the ribbon that bound them, but now thickly
strewn with the silver ' blossoms of the grave,' into a
knot, and suffered them to dangle a few inches below his
collar. His shoes shone with a lustre beyond French
polish, and his hat was brushed till not a wind dared to
approach it.
cravat with a thick pad in it, sported a frill over his waist-
coat, carried a black ebony cane in his hand, and was
generally followed by a pet pug-dog, one of the most
sagacious and disagreeable specimens of his species.
Sir Lionel Flamstead, I have said, was tall—l might
have said he was very tall—somewhat narrower across
the shoulders than about the hips—a circumstance which
did not materially conduce to his symmetry—with grey,
benevolent eyes, shaded by bushy, intelligent brows—a
lofty, expansive forehead, in which, in the jargon of
phrenology, the organs of locality and ideality were
strongly developed, and which was rendered the more
remarkable from the flesh having fallen in on either
side of the temples—with a nose which had been
considered handsome and well-proportioned in his
youth, but to which goad living had imparted
a bottle form and a bottle tint—and cheeks from
which all encroachment of whiskers was sedulously
removed, in order, we conclude, that his rosy complexion
might be traced from its point of concentration, upon
the prominent feature before-mentioned to its final dis-
appearance behind his ears. Such was Sir Lionel Flam-
stead."

The story of the " Count of Monte Christo" is con-
tinued, and the author of " Handly Cross" gives us
some pleasant reminiscences of Nimrod. We are
glad to see that he does ample justice to the
merits of that most enterprising of editors
and most worthy of men, the late Mr. Pittman, who
made the Sporting Magazine and made "Nimrod,"
and by so doing originated a new class of literature in
this country, which, as the author observes, may not
inappropriately be called the sporting personal. In
the course of six years Nimrod drew nine thousand
pounds from the magazine, and Cooper, the artist,
and Scott and Webb, the engravers, were
liberally paid by the magazine for their services.
After all, the public is the best of patrons, although it
is a difficult matter to persuade the professors of the
arts, literary, pictorial, and musical, of the fact.
Where is the aristocratical patron who would, or who
could have supplied Nimrod with 9,0001. in six years ?
and yet Mr. Pittman was enabled to, to his own as well
as to Nimrod's profit, because,he relied solely on the
"The Miseries of a Prize" is a most " Boz"-
publi... .

like sketch, by George Raymond, of the miseries
of an unfortunate toy-shop keeper, Mr. Daniel
Fogg, who resembles Job Caudle, not only in his
trade, but in his domestic establishment also, seeing
that Mrs. Fogg hath a tongue which she is perpetually
wagging. Fogg gets a prize in the lottery, which is
his ruin. The story is very quaintly told. The
other papers are all amusing. This is an excellent
number of Ainsworth.

NEW MONTHLY.
Albeit the poem by Horace Smith, with which
this number opens, which is entitled " The Mur-
derer's Confession" is (to make use of the three pet
participles of the writer) a " staring," " flaring,"
" glaring," example of the manner in which pathos
may degenerate into bathos, and a good subject be
spoiled by injudicious treatment, yet on the whole
the present is an excellent number of the New
Monthly. " The Vision of Carl Van Quiet," by
Charles Hooton, is a sketch of which Washington
Irving might be proud. Carl Van Quiet is an old
Dutch American backwoodsman, who, somewhat
after the manner of Rip Van Winkle, retires to
the mountains and meets a mysterious old gentleman,
and has a wondrous vision. We will not deprive
the reader of the pleasure he will derive from the
perusal of the story by stating who the gentleman
was, and what the vision was about, suffice it to say
that Carl Van Quiet is even a more amusing fellow
than the immortal Rip Van Winkle himself. This
is succeeded by the following graceful sonnet :
THE WESTMINSTER PLAY—DEC. 1845.
BY MR SERGEANT TALFOURD.
Not from the youth-illumined stage alone
Is gladness shed : it breathes around from all
Whose names, imprinted on each honour'd wall,
Speak deathless boyhood ; on whose hearts the tone,
Which makes each ancient phrase familiar grown
New by its crisp expression, seems to fall
A strain from distant years; while striplings, still
In careless prime, bid younger bosoms thrill
With plaudits such as lately charm'd their own—
While richest humour strangely serves to fill
Worn eyes with childlike tears ; for Memory lifts
Time's curtain from the spirits' holiest stage,
And makes even strangers share the precious gifts
Which clasp in golden meshes Youth and Age.
We have then the continuation of Captain Maryatt's
" Privateer's Man ;" we have also continuations of
the "Lights and Shades," thee`Life of a Gentleman on
Half pay," of " Beauchamp,of the "Lives of Lords
Stowell and Eldon," of" Air. Jolly Green," and of the
" Revelations of London," and we are happy to say
the conclusion of the " Robertses on their Travels."
Captain Levinge commences a series, entitled,
" Echoes from the Back Woods," in Which he gives us
some spirited sketches of life in
Nova Scotia, and
Mr. Oxenford contributes some exquisite translations
of old Spanish rnman„,
concerning Bernardo del
Carpio. The present number is embellished with a
portrait of Mr. Ainsworth, beautifully en raved
by Finden from a painting by, Maclise. g

IRELAND.

THE POTATO DISEASE.-GOVERNUENT IN-
_

QUIRY.
DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—ln consequence of the following
requisition, addressed to the magistrates of Rollick-
moyler, by Lord de Vesci, the Lieutenant of the Queen's
County, a meeting of the landholders of the district was
held on Monday last:—
" Abbeyleix, December 16, 1845.
" Gentlemen ,--I have to request, in compliance with
directions I have received from his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant, that you will, for the information of Govern-
ment, in conjunction with the gentry, clergy, and respect-
able persons in your district, inquire from time to time
into the state of the peasantry, and propose such mea-
sures as may appear most practicable for providing relief
in case of urgent necessity, and means for giving em-
ployment to the people.—l have the honour to be,
(Signed) " DE VESCI."
The Court-house was crowded at an early hour, all the
respectable landholders of the neighbourhood being in
attendance. The magistrates were—Wm. C. Cooper,
Peter Gale, William R. Fitzmaurice and James Fitz-
maurice, Esqrs. The chair was taken by Wm. Cope
Cooper, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN read the requisition, and stated that
he was ready to hear any gentleman who wished to ad-
dress the meeting.
Mr. GALE stated that whatever measure would be
adopted by the meeting, one thing was certain, they
could not tax the farmers. If a crisis were at hand, he
thought the only way to meet it was by procuring ein-
ployment for the people. It was suggested that public
works would afford a means of employment, and if that
were practicable, no time should be lost in sending pre-
sentments before the special sessions. However, in
doing so, the expense would ultimately fall on the
farmers, and, therefore, the prudence of adopting such a
course was very doubtful.—(Hear. hear.) The grand
jury, he was certain, would do all in their power to co-
operate, and if thought advisable to put in present-
ments for public works, the expense not to be levied for
one or two years; they could retrace their steps and
make no outlay if not deemed necessary. If, therefore,
employment was to be given by presenting for public
works, no time should be lost, as the folloaing day
would he the last for lodging applications.
Mr. COOPER—It is clear that the object- of the Go-
vernment is to provide employment for the people in the
event of a scarcity arising from the failure of the p Mato
crop in this populous district. Whatever measure is
most beneficial to the people will be cheer fully adopted
by my brother magistrates and the landholders, for it
cannot be denied that in this district the potato crop is
in a most precarious condition—(llear, hear)—arid,
without any wish to create a panic, I think our object
should be to provide for the future.—(Hear, hear.) There
is no ;tent of employment at present, but, neverthe-
less, we should be prepared for any emergency that may
arise—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WILLIAM R. FITZMAURICE stated that their first
object was to consider the condition of the peasantry,
and to ascertain from the farmers present whether there
were any poor people in the neighbourhood in want of
employment ; and, with that view, they ought to confine
their inquiries for the present into the state of the potato
crop—(hear, hear.)
Mr. KEEFE, a landholder, stated that the seed potatoes
were in a precarious condition throughout the district.
Mr. COOPER—Is there not as large a quantity in your
district this as last year?
Mr. KEEFE—By no means ; and fully one half are
gone already. The potatoes I left in the ground were
the safest. Those dug out were one half lost ; but there
is a large quantity which can be used for feeding.
Mr. W. R. FITZMAURICE—Then you consider the
disease progressing ?
Mr. KEEFE—I do, in my district.
Dr. EDGE—I think seven-eighths of my own perfectly
safe ; but all around me, for three or four miles, fully
one half the crop is gone. The general belief is, there
will be no potatoes in that districk,the Ist of May.
Mr. FITZMAURICE—In the colliery district that is not
unusual on the Ist of May in any year.
To Mr. FISHBOURNE—There is not a labourer in my
neighbourhood unemployed, I think thirty or forty men
are required in the Rushes Colliery— (Hear)—and
Wicklow men were sent for, owing to the deficiency of
hands.
Mr. DOWLING considered the potato crop was not at
all so bad in the low land, at all events, in the neigh-
bourhood of Graigue, where fine potatoes may be pro-
cured at six or seven shillings a barrel.—(Hear, hear.) It
would be well if committees were formed to purchase
potatoes, and sell them again at a moderate rate to the
people next May.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN and several of the farmers expressed
it as their decided opinions, that had the advice of the
potato commissioners been followed gener_istyiet.
ally, the crop
would be lost, and not a potato left in . the district.
Mr. FITZMAURICE and the general body of the meet-
ing considered a loan, to be made
available in case of
necessity in May,
would be the best plan they could
devise.
Anftr.
aCt oo
pres
ent, and
de
while
s n o stchaerye i tmy ogriawraengtuoi
re
e employ_loan
from eesße—ntT, a
from the Government, it did not follow that they should
expend the money, if not required.
The following resolutions were then proposed, and
passed unanimously :
Proposed by Mr. GALE, J.P., and seconded by Mr.
EDWARD DOWLING,
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, though there
is at present no want of food, or a deficiency of employ-
ment, as compared with former years, yet that great
distress is likely to arise from the consumption of po-
tatoes, the staple food of the peasantry, much earlier at
this than at any former season, caused by the prevail-
ing disease in the potato crop, and that this meeting
hope and expect the Government will provide some
means of employment in addition to the usual sources,
to meet the destitution that is likely to arise in this
district."

Proposed by Mr. JOSEPH FIOIIIIOUDNE, seconded by
Mr. JOHN EDGE,

THE UNION.
This is a new candidate for public favour, and,
judging from the first number, we are inclined to
think it will be a very successful one. The editor
evidently understands his craft, and knows that the
true secret to success in magazine editing is variety.
There is something in this number of the Union to
suit every taste. Is the reader a metaphysician,
he will find an admirable paper on the " .Esthetics of
Milton's Comus," exactly suited to his taste; is he a
literary lounger, " Easy Chairs " will just suit him
The admirer of our classical essayists will revel in
the "Letter from the Ilindoo Gentleman travelling
in England." It reads like a stray paper from the
" Citizen of the World " The letter describes an
"Evening Party " in London, and, as a specimen of
the author's style, we give the following extract from
the conclusion of the paper :
" There was a species of dancing performed different
from the ordinary dancing, called waltzing,' in which
a man and a woman take each other round the waist,
and turn round and round as fast as they can, until they
are each so giddy that they can continue the process no
longer. You will say that this account does not agree
with the common opinion which is entertained of the
strict morality, propriety, end grave manna rs of the
English people; but you wrong them if you suppose
that there is really anything improper in the perform-
ance; you have only to look at their faces, when you
would at once be convinced, that so far from there being
any levity in their thoughts, they are evidently exe-
cuting a grave, and, in their opinion, an important re-
ligious ceremony. I did not venture to attempt this per
formance, though repeatedly solicited to do so, for I felt,
that however ridiculous the religious ceremonies of this
people might appear to me, I had no right to make
of them in their presence, which I certainly light
should have
done by joining in this particular
_one, for I felt I could
not possibly
summon up that devout but sober en•

" That all methods, including those reetmnaended by
the Commissioners appointed by Government, have not
been found effectual for preserving the potato crop,
where tried in this district, and that we now respect-
fully suggest to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant that
he will be pleased to take measures to procure sound
and suitable seed potatoes, to be sold at reduced prices
to all poor persons in the district, at the proper season
for planting,"
Mr. GALE having been called to the chair, the marked
thanks of the meeting were voted to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.

INCENDIARISM AND ARSON IN NORTHAMPTON
SHlRE.—Yesterday's Government Police Gazette contains_e
_
in-
formation that, on the night of the 23d ult., the stackyard f
Mr. Kelborn, in the parish of Desborough, Northampton-
shire, was feloniously set on fire, and a barley
erriel_r
farminga peas
fJo
stack, a bean hovel, a quantity of straw, and
totally
destroyed.
e
I
implements, together with a waggon, were
Also that, on the morning of the 25th ult.,t°
about six o'clock, the dwelling-house
en Wallis, printer
in the same Christmas bay,
and bookbinder, in the parish ofKettering,
house, with its con-
tents,ere being some strong
reasons to suspect that the s
and, the
John Wallis wilfully set fire
to the same, and having since
county, was found to be on ti.re:
absented himself from the
were entirely destroi.eldl• There
warrant has been issued for his apprehen-
tat about eleven o'clock, on the night of
snieoinghbozikrlei7ids,,,a
the same day (25th ult.), the stack-yard in the occupation
of Christopher Gotheropp, farmer, in the parish of Barton,
Seagrave, in the same county, WfIS discovered on fire, when a
range of Lovels, at the top of which was bailey, as also a barn
containing barley, the 'whole being the produce of twenty
acres, was entirely destroyed, and is supposed to be the act
of an incendiary.
THE LATE WATER-TANK ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.
—We understand that another person has fallen a victim to
the accident which occurred at the Harrington Water-work.
on Christmas-day last. The individual whose sufferings hay,*
now been terminated, was Mrs. Davenney.. She died of in-
flammation of the lungs, the result of injuries which she re-
ceived on the day in question, on Saturday last. We are
happy to add, that up till last night, all the remaining
sufferers were going on favourably, and that no adititlen4
death was at that time anticipated.

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