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London, England, 1851-02-12 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 12, 1851.

UN CONDITWNAL, RE PEAL OY

THE WINDOW-TAX.

MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST-
MINSTER —(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster was
held this morning in the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, for the
purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament praying for the
immediate and unconditional repeal of the window-tax.
The- house was moderately full, and amongst , the audience
was a tolerably large sprinkling of the fair 'sex. The stage
was occupied by deputations from the various metropolitan
parishes and the gentlemen who were to take part in the
proceedings of the day.
Viscount Duncan, M.P., took the chair at 12 o'clock.
The other Members of the House of Commons present were
Lord Dudley Stuart, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. C. Lushington,
Sir B. Hall, Mr. Wakley, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. W. Williams,
Mr. Mowatt, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the morning,
thanked the meeting for having placed him in the chair, a
position which he had no right to expect ; but, being placed
there, he would use his bsst ability to promote the cause they
had in hand.— (Hear, hear.) He knew the value Of time,
and as he had for six consecutive years proposed the repeal
of the window-tax, he need not go over the arguments which
could be urged in favour of such a motion.—(Hear, hear.)
He had again placed his resolution on the books of the
House of Commons, and should the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer abstain from proposing the abolition of the tax on
Friday night, he should certainly persevere with it.—(Hear,
hear.) He had fought the battle of repeal in a time of ad-
versity, but do not let them, now that there was a prospect
of success, relax in their exertions.— (Loud cries of " Hear,
hear.") It was yet very doubtful whether the repeal
would be accomplished this session, notwithstanding the
silence with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer received
the deputation the other day, and which was, according to
the old adage, suffered to give consent to what was proposed.
—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) That was, however, a delusive
notion.—(Hear' hoar.) He belonged to a country where
the inhabitants had some credit for shrewdness; now it was
said, when a Scotchman was asked a question which he found
a difficulty in answering, he generally met it by asking
another question.—(A laugh.) That was, just the course
which had been pursued in Downing-street, for when they
asked for a repeal of the window-tax, they were met with
the inquiry " why, do you wish to have a house-tax ?"
For his part he wished for nothing of the sort—(Hear)--
nor was anything of the sort necessary.—(Hear, hear.) The
unconditional repeal of the tax had hitherto been opposed on
the ground that it would endanger the yublic credit, but that
cry would not do now-a-days, since there was a surplus in
the revenue, and the tax could be abolished without in the
least breaking faith with the national creditor.—(Hear,
hear.) And what was the present prosperity of the country
owing to? To nothing more nor less than those free-trade
measures which they had heard so much of at one time
within these walls, and which had brought the existing Mi-
nistry into office.—(Cheers.) Well then, he said, if this
were so, and he really believed it was, they had a right to
call upon such a Government not to stop short in those
priuciples, but give them free-trade in light end air as
well as in bread and provisions.—(Cheers.) The window-
tax was an injustice committed at the expense of the poor
man, it was a disgrace to the nation. and ought not to be
longer continued.--(Hear, hear.) It was not only unequal,
but absolutely unfair in its operation, and if he had no other
argument to urge in favour of its repeal, he should still feel
justified in persevering with his motion.—(Cheers.) He
was confident this movement would ultimately triumph, and
in the full hope that the time was not far distant when
every Englishman would be able to build for him-
self a Crystal Palace, if he were so minded, he would
resume his seat with the urgent request that, as this was an
open public meeting, both sides of the question would have
a fair hearing.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAM GEESIN, churchwarden of St. James's, moved
the first resolution, which was as follows :
" That the window-duty is a tax upon light and air; that
it is unequal, unjust, and detrimental to health and comfort;
that it is opposed to sanitary reform and architectural im-
provements; and that it is a mode of levying taxation that
never ought to have been adopted, and in the opinion of this
meeting, should no longer continue."
In support of the resolution he maintained that while the aris-
tocracy paid only two or three per cent. of the tax upon their
gross rental, the labouring man paid between twenty and thirty
per cent.—(Cheers.) The tax was decidedly and essentially
a war tax, and its continuance was not only unjust, but very
unconstitutional.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE, churchwarden. of St. Anne's, seconded the
resolution, and also illustrated the inequality of the tax
"with a round, unvarnished tale." The St. Anne's Court-
house, which yielded. a rental of only 22/. per annum' paid
the same amount of window-tax as the mansion of Soho-
square, namely, 51. 14s. Id. per year.—(Shame, shame.)
Again, Ireland was exempted from the tax. He did not
wish to see it extended to the sister kingdom, but surely the
poverty of England ought not to be taxed for the wealth of
Ireland.—(Cheers.) Then the universities were exempted
from its operation, but for what he did not know.—( Hear.)
A VOICE—Why, to make Puseyites, to be sure.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE concluded by stating the startling fact that
the tax curtailed the life of the poor man by twenty years,
and it was therefore nothing less than murder to continue it.
—(Cheers.) If the present Government did- not do their
duty, there:were other men fit for the office, and to that
office they should be called.—(Cheers.)
A Voice—Down with the Whigs.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN observed that -this was not a political
meeting, and he therefore hoped nothing would be said which
could hurt the feelings of any one present.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE resumed, amidst some confusion, and id-
sisted that it was the duty of a Government to exhaust the
taxation of property before it attempted to hamper laboar.
Sir DE LACY EvArts, M.P., spoke in support of the reso-
lution, and hoped that before another week passed they
would learn that the window-tax had been doomed by the
Chanc'ellor of the Exchequer. (Cheers.) But its aboli ion
must not be carried only to be replaced by another burden,
such as a house tax, which would take 150 years to remove
it.—(Cheers.) In no country in Europe had the houses so
few windows as in England, but then no other country in
Europe had a window-tax. That was a significant fact, and
now that they made E.O Mich of sanitary improvements, he
trusted the window-tax would riot be lost sight of, for, with-
out freedom of light and air, the extension of sewers and
the closing of churchyards in populous districts would be
robbed of at least half their utility.—(Cheers.) He
recommended that the supplies should be stopped
till the tax was repealed, for it was objectionable
both on fiscal and constitutional grounds, and if the course
he had suggested were approved of by his constituents he
should be ready to adopt it• in spite of past experience
against such a proceeding.--(Cheerss)
Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON, M.P.,'also spoke briefly to
the resolution, and said if the tax were abolished the country
would be indebted for it to the exertions of the metropolitan
districts, whose energy and determination he had witnessed
with admiration.—(Cheers.) The tax must be repealed
without delay, without compromise, and without substitute,
and so far as his voice and vote would go, they should be
employed in obtaining that wished-for result of this great
movement.—(Cheers.) He too, was for stopping the sup-
plies, but he believed such a course would he unnecessary,
for it was fully expected, and he could almost stake his ex-
istence for it, that on Friday next the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer would announce the entire and unconditional repeal
of the tax.—(Cheers.)
Lord DUDLEY STUART, M.P., in a few words expressed his
hearty concurrence in the object of the meeting; that was all
lie had to do, since the time had gone by when it was re-
quired of a man to urge arguments in support of the repeal of
the window-tax, and he looked at the destruction of the tax
as eertain.—(Cheers.) He had not the same confidence that
the repeal would be unaccompanied by a substitute, but he,
for one, was of opinion that there was no occasion for a sub-
stitute ; and if, therefore, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
proposed any new tax, he hoped the country would refuse to
pay it.—(Cheers.) The surplus in the revenue at present
exceeded 3,000,0001., and as it was calculated that the Great
Exhibition would increase that surplus by another 2,000,0001,
they bad a right to hope that the time had at length arrived
when the people ought to be relieved from some of their burdens.
He should, therefore, not be satisfied with the simple repeal of the
window-tax ; he expected also to see the paper duty, the taxes
on knowledge, the tea and soap duties abolished ; but the first
thing to be done was to get the repeal of the window-tax,
for what was the good of giving a man a cheap newspaper
if he had no light to read it with ?—(Cheers and laughter.)
Let them, then, get the window-tax repealed and then go
for the others.—( Cheers.)
Sir B. HALL, M.P., thought, after such a demonstration as
this, called almost at a moment's notice, the window-tax
could no longer be continued ; and he hoped, within the next
48 hours, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would propose its
utter annihilation in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.)
Should the Right Hon. Gentleman not have the justice or
the courage to do so, then would be the time to be up and
doing in earnest; then would be the time to tell the Go-
vernnient that they would have the light and air which God
had given them untaxed.—(Cheers.) What was the use of
that miserable humbug the Sanitary Commission so long as
this tax existed ?—(Cheers.) A multitude of foreigners were
about to honour the metropolis with a visit, and no doubt
many of them would ask how it was that we build such
wretchedly small and cramped-up dwellings.—(Hear hear.)
Now what answer could they make to a question like that?
—(Hear, hear.) What more could they do but hide their
diminished heads, and say, "we build by Act of Parliament,
and our dimensions are 4 feet 9."—(Cheers and laughter.)
The tax was unconstitutional, unjust, obnoxious, and con-
trary to every just proposition of God's nature, and it must
be unconditionally repealed at once.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried by acclamation.
Mr NELSON moved the second resolution as follows:
" That this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate
means to cause the removal of this obnoxious tax from the
statute-book, and earnestly appeals .to all Members of Par-
liament, in the event of the Government refusing its
total, immediate, and unconditional repeal, to offer such con-
stitutional opposition to the passing of the supplies as will
show that the present Ministers no longer possess the con-
fidence of the people." He said they had assembled there,
not by command of her Majesty, but on the invitation of
the Prime Minister, who appeared to be like a blushing
maiden, and waited to be importuned before he consented to
anything.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Chancellor of the
Exchequer had told the country that nothing would be ob-
tained without an out-of-door agitation; and if he did not
immediately repeal this tax be might depend upon it he
would have enough of his own specific.—(Cheers.)
Mr. COLWELI, of St. Clement's, seconded the resolution.
Mr. WAKLEY, M.P., spoke to the resoulntion. He
appeared there as an elector of Westminster, the an-
cient cradle of our liberties, and always ready to promote
with energy and liberality any cause that was for the public
good.—(Cheers.) He came on the stage to tell his represen-
tatives in Parliament Iwho were gone—(A laugh)--that
they would never more have his vote if they did not
carry out their pledge, but he felt no apprehension on that
score, and he was quite 'confident that they would do their
duty.--(Cheers:) It very seldom fell to his lot to
praise Noble Lords.—(Laughter.) Generally speaking, it
had been his misfortune to find Noble Lords more ornamental
than useful—(A laugh)—but the Noble Lord in the chair
was ao. exception to this rule.—(Cheers.) He had not for-
gotten to be an honest man though he was a Noble Lord—
(Cheers)—and if they got this tax repealed much of
the credit which would be claimed for that result would be
due to the Noble Chairman.—(Cheers.) After compliment-
ing the fair sex for having taken up the question—which
essentially belonged to them, for nobody was more interested
in making houses healthy and Comfortable than the ladies-i.
he went on to remark that it was an axiom that a law-
maker should not break -the law; and it would, there-
fore, ill become him if be said he would stop the sap.
plies.—(Loud cheers.) But he was not going to
break the law ; what he was going to do
was this, he should refuse after this year to pay the tax,_ and
leave it for the tax-gatherer to seize, and he hoped the
meeting would follow his example.— (Cheers.)
Mr. BRETTINGSSAMS of St. Pancras, here interrupted the
speaker, but be was put down. and
Mr. WAKLEY proceeded. He hoped the gentleman who
had caused the interruption was not a supporter of the
tax; but if he was he wished he would give bie body,

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for he thought he could make more money by him
,than would be made by the glass house in Hyde-park as an
exhibition.—(Cheers and laughter.) To conclude, he hope(
in a few days to be called upon to hold an inques
on this odious tax, and be was convinced if h
did so he should behold the most monstrous, the ugliest, thi
vilest, and the most infamous body that had ever fallen t+
the- lot of any coroner to sit upon.—(Cheers and laughter.;
Mr. BitIgTTINGIIAM said, when he interrupted Mr. Wakley
it was simply to explain that the Government did not
recover assessed taxes by " seizing," but through the me-
dium Orthe'Court of Exchequer, where the suitor had to
pay all the costs, no matter whether he won or lost.
Mr.. W. WILLIAMS,. M.P., supported the resolution. It
was an old saying that there waa nothing new under the
sun, and he could add with equal truth that nothing
new could be said ag+inst this tax.,—(Cheers.)
He had therefore only this to tell them, that he
cordially, sympathised with the movement, and he should
take the adVice of those who preceded him, and. stop the
supplies if the window-tax was not at once, unconditionally
repealed.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put to the vote and carried in
the same manner as the first.

Mr. WILSON,. of St. Margaret's, Westminster, moved the
third resolution, as follows :—" That this meeting cannot anti-
cipate the possibility of any attempt to re-inapose-,tbe unpo-
pular house-tax, which was tepealed, in 18.34, by
Lord AltherP, demanCed by the unariimou3 voice
of the people, snore particularly as _ since that pe.
nod houses have been made subject to the property-
tax, which is in fact a house tax. Should any such attempt
be made this meeting pledges itself to give it every oppo-
sition in its power' being convinced that autrwient reduction
can be made in the expenditure of the country to meet this
as well as much larger reductions.
Mr. BROWN, of St. James's, seconded the resolution, which
was supported by several other gentlemen, and afterwards
carried by acclamation.

A petition to Parliament, based upon the foregoing
resolution, was then agreed to, and thanks were
voted to Viscount Duncan, M. P., and the other kembers of
Parliament, who have already supported the repeal of the
window-tax, and requesting them of to relax in their ex-
ertions till the repeal bas been unconditionally obtained.
Thanks were then presented to the Noble Chairman for
his condust in the chair, and the meeting, which some time
before its close became very crowded indeed, broke up.

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
(From the Derbyshire Courier.)
Performance is better than promise. Let us hope for
the best. The Speech which her Majesty's Ministers
have prepared for the occasion of the opening of Parlia-
ment, certainly promises little enough—let us not, how-
ever. despair of something being done.
The Speech refers to several subjects of undoubted
congratulation to the nation. The pacification of the un-
happy contest between Denmark and the Duchies, the im-
provement in the relations existing between the several
states of. Germany, the hopes entertained the t
Buell will at last cordially co-operate with us in taking
measures for the "suppression- of the' odious traffic -in
laves;"—these announcements, in which "the-interests
of peace and of justice are involved, will, doubtless, be
received by the English people with sincere gratification.
The Subject of Pe pal Aggression has evidently obtained,
and will obtain, that attentive coneideratiOn from Minis
tens which the strong feeling manifested by all orders
and degrees of her Majesty's subjects imperatively de-
nsands. On the religious bearing of the question the
people have spoken out in a manlier which cannot be
misunderstood, and it remains for the great council of
the nation to address itself to the legal earl secular part
of the sufjeet, and to devise means by which, the.unwar-
rentable usurpation of Bowe may be checked. To
those who have time and inclination for an examination
or the legal and constitutional part of the argument,
we beg leave to recommend the lucid, comprehensive. and
interesting treatise of Dr. Twiss on " The Letter. Apos-
tolic of Pope Pius 9th," in which learning and research
are brought to bear powerfully on this important
question. We consider, also, thst the pro-
mised improvements in the administration of the de-
partments of law and equity, and the intention of Go-
vernment to propose measures tending to give security
to titles, and to diminish the expense of the transfer of
property, will be genes ally approved. It has been stated
that an Encumbered Estates Bill for Scotland will be
introduced this session, which, at no distant period,
will probably be followed by a similar enactment for
England. Should no effective measures be introduced
to alleviate the pressure on the landed interest, an
English Encumbered Estates Bill, with a reformed Court
of Chancery, and the removal of all unnecessary delay
and expense in the transfer of land and property, will be
absolutely required by necessity, as well as by justice.
And here we cannot but join in what, we feel certain,
will be the universal feeling of bitter disappointment:in
the agricultural body, at the omission from her. Ma-
jesty's Speech of the hope cf any measures being adopted
to afford relief to that suffering and depressed class
of the community. The " difficulties" of the owners
and occupiers cf land are. lamented, but they
are directed to look only to the action of the prosperous
condition and manufactures on their own state for a
diminution of those difficulties. Now we call the serious
attentionsii• the agriculturists to this admission of Mi-
niaters 'that they cannot tell what to do for the relief of
the landed interest. Let the landoWners anti farmers
of England look their difficulties in the face. At
recent agricultural meetings it has been demonstrated
to them by their own friends that neither a reduction
of taxation, were it practicable, to the largest extent
proposed by the most determined financial, reformer,
nor any lessening of the nurden of rents, tithes, and
rates, will meet the exigencies of their state. Ministers
tell them plainly that they can do nothing for them.
They have no measure to propose. Protection! ex-
claims a still powerful and numerous party. Protection
cannot be brought forward by Ministers. They must
cease to be Ministers, before they can retrace their steps
—before they can in any degree sanction protective
duties. They have not the power to go back, it they bad
the will, Will the commercial and manufacturing
interests, will the labouring classes who have luxuriated
during the past year in e• general employment" and
cheap food—will these parties ever again consent to a
corn-law? Could a Government formed upon the prin-
ciple of protection stand a day? We, therefore, call
upon the agric-ultural body, first, _to exert theaseelves
to the utmt'st to- press, by all legitimate and consti-
tutional means, their condition on Government. Let
them unite end tee-, firmly and manfully. ' Let them
seek the remedy- which has, again and again,
,in
seasons of depression proved itself efficacious.
A "fettered currency" has invariably been their
enemy;" with free trade; they will feel its ill effects to
the utterthost. D. they are subjected to the competiOn
of the world, they have surely a right to demand for
thiraselves, =and "for all the industrious and producing
Classes, free trade in money—a cheap and adequate cir-
culating medium-seas well as free trade in the com-
modities- which they exchange for 'money. This
Subject is forcing itself on the notice of all
parties. It must obtain a hearing. We, however,
leave it for the present; only inviting the attention of
our readers to an article which we have extracted from
our. talented contemporary—the Journal of Industry.
The article, which bears the signature of as.gentleman
(Mr. Twells) whose exertions in the cause of Currency
Reform we 'have so often had occasion to bring before
our readers, *deserves the attentive perusal of the agri-
cultural body.

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, TUESDAY .-- owELLI 00
Gaul:co-RATE or "'Az..NT JADLES.O,liCiltgli member !If'
was an appeal by Mr. William Mason, 1,„ against ,"
Cleskenwell Parochial Reform Association' the 1.1,1::
church-rate of one penny in the pound, Ineu'"-ei AcSaw or
September last, by the trustees under the '7. Die' -"argil'
Parry and Mr. Metcalf were for the appellen"ibenedi tbst.
and'Mr. Pashley for the trustees. After A I°l%l, 58i°,,,,i1145
ment, Mr. Sergeant Adams, who tried the apes ally SE' boo
whatever might be the result of proceedings ineriad not ad
the trustees or churchwardens, or bath, enough ll'l'
shown to justify the Court in quashing the entireeui Sisal
the appeal would, therefore, be dismissed.----AW
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THE COLLISION OF THE THISTLE ."'",,000,,1iif
—We understand that a precognition into the c'o'; Bstwia ty
of this disastrous occurrence was commence' Loot to`i7a ill'
by the authorities. Whether this step. will coed
oa sat let
mate proceedings or not, is, of course, clependee.vn
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formation which may be elicited.' Unless, howo'recei;ogoei
of a different tenor from the accounts hitherto
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the market has been exceedingly languid, '...-- fe- ' lew-
. prices, Or 1 t
have been entirely confined to the trade. .011111; JAY 6
DEATH OF LORD BEXLEY.—This venerable noble- middle of the week about 'Ad. per lb., ai' , two_„dl, o_,
man expired at, his country seat, Fnotscray-place, Kent, in ranging about 7id. per lb. ; but within tradeo gu bp;
the 85th year of his age-. Nicholas Vansittart, D.O L., rather better feeling has prevailed. The ..i., bat
F.R S., and F.S.A., was the son of Henry Vansittart, go- yarns haa been less active than usual, and big,;l,l6oii, !!!/,'
vernor of Bengal, by the daughter of Nicholas Morse, Esq., in expectation of lewer prices. As yet a re",;; 0PP,5.-urs
governor of Madras. Ile was, born, in 1766, graduated at be quated. We have had another failure ten A
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Christ Church, Oxford, became a bendier of Lincoln's Inn, manufacturing line; the liabilities are estitale.t7of PT, et
and was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Denmark in Iron—There is almost no change in the Pric-rtiel°4o..
1801. In 1804 he was made a Lord of the Treasury in Ire- since this day week, but the demand for the t,,,,5" a seec,t'
land; and, after acting for some time as chief secretary of ceedingly limited. No. I may be quoted 43* ,aaeil;esanir
that branch of the United Kingdom, was elevated to the bills of lading ; No. 1 Gartsherri 445.; l'fa,r,.fair'''i;tl
important post of ChUncellor of the Exchequer, which "office 435. 6d., cash; bars, firm at 5/. 10 e't
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FRIGHTFUL a../CCURRENCE.—Ua os'a' 0..z0r itie'll
he filled for eleven years. Upon his resignation, he was. • ~ 2.,..5° ,-," , rchil_4/4•0:0
raised to the peerage, and appointed Chancellor of the Duchy
ful accident took place at the
of Lancaster, which office he filled until the. year_ 1828. His
Lordship married, in 1806, the daughter of the second Lord Co., Duke-street, Westminster-road, Lainbet';',,deirr,febe ilrit;
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Auckland,Who died in tBlO, and, having no issue, the title man named William Stanford, aged 42 yearg'er. I„isal,4
becomes extinct. By the demise of the Noble Lord, a pen- fearful injuries that he cannot possibly recOrba preP--do;
fortunate man was an engineer, engaged en ge W,.sit.,.lfrr
sion of 3,000/ per annum lapses. •
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formed that an impudent printer was to be punished for pub- in motion one of the '‘ governors" struck bins " je, • gills
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the man's punishment would be of ands mildest sort, because rectly fell among the works, when one of the in'eisel'ulav
he had read both, and, so far as he rstood either, of them, a groan, immediately raised an alarm, and the,,,ostsoleo,l,
he liked the spurious speech better than his own.—Lord Ma- was stopped, but not until the poor fellow we' . 80% D''
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CITY COMMISsION OF SEWERS.—Yesteraay the close by, who, after affbruing temporary Cld' Ito la f 0
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commissioners assembled at the Guildhall, when the report removal to Guy's Hospital, whither he was ti.etur , jo- dof the isrveYor of the City Commission waS read and when it was found that he had received a -d tlildatol
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RUMOURED DEATH OF VISCOUNT NEWRY.--We
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Mr. Macready is to take his benefit at Drury-lane Theatre. to- the wood, where they killed 10 , pheasants' cattirelilleohl_s
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of Wales is now in course of demonstration at this institu-
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a lecture and illustrates it on the harp, the vocal illustration is unjust in principle, being a tax lovied,t_critr`ctive !!_,.ebs..to
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shed an localitie it she. _ the
the Royal Academy of Music. In this lecture the rise and , once entirely abolished and n longue er dishgu" • tte'
progress of Welsh, music is given in a manner which must.' book!, ' ° g hang.
be equally amusing and interesting to thoie who are ad. p toll C.,AThle° fait
The trade of the port of - res • si- ' go'
mirers of that simple style of the bards of olden time; and
half-Year. let 0 IV
in tracing up its history from that period to the present
pen time, ,
steadily to increase, the imports for the sap" op
rss s •
cemter 31st, 1850, amounting to 15,005 tons
of 044_ I 9
Mr. 'Roberts certainly appears to have struck the right !
chord, from the universal applause: with which' his lecture is 1,13401 tons for the corresponding half-year of
09te
received. ' . exports Were 14,591 tons register .agaisst 13,0", taat'ss" 149
The increase- in tonnage f the Tar 1850 oye' .Or or e-, . , dal
. --- The works 'at Windsor Castle have been recently amounts i n imports to 3 352 tons register, as"
, ..,
cansiderably expedited in order that they may be fully com- 3,427`t0n5. ' .
pletedhefore the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde-
arls
park. The state apartments, to which the public have been 's' ' '—'---v7'T-TT-t'-'7-',--------78-iiiii. tri
,sto-
again admitted, are now rendered in every respect perfect,
OF A SON. i Apr t,
both- with -reference to ornamental embellishment and the On the 9th • -tat D t la • the Lau)! Jobe.
ins t., .l on-p ,c,
a ,
comfort of the Royal inmates. The warming apparatus by banke, of an heir. •
10(1.7%
means of pipes is 80 constructed that the temperature can be On the 7th inst.-sat Mansfield, Nntts, the
f
raised in a few minutes to GO degrees. The greatest precau- Salmond, Eq.
:,,, o
tions have been taken to prevent danger from fire,-there being I OF A DAUGHTER. do Vii.-
a large reservoir at Cranhourne charged with a million gal- On the Sth inst„ at Amersliamy Bucl'sl_________.------.
lons of water andanother containing cone- third that quantity Charsley, Es
tenth
,
~. ter'h.
whichcan be readily .replenished
_by means of 'a powerful e, la
41.4481 ED. 11 Psi, sopP r
am'
steam-engine erected on the banks of the 'Chain-es in Hatchet - Beni,
rea,,to recto
On the Bth inst., at ranfield, Essex,
lane., Notwithstanding the extensive nature of the work- , •D 1 ' h -ur ? ge,
. - , son of Samuel Paps a 1.,. ot, u wic , .L• s ,
the expense will not, -it, is said, exceed ,0,000/,
Ann, youngest daughter of the Rev. Robert
_______--,--
Guth, the carbineer, who was last week found of Penfield.-
goof
guilty of the deliberate murder of Captain Terrers, and,con- ----------` , Swap ' deePlf
demand to death, was shot yesterday soon after daybreak; in. On the Bth inst.,,nt .Margate, of paralYeals',d 45, pursuance of his sentence, on the Plaine of Satory, at Ver- Boys, late of Dorset street, Portman-square, gL OOP
Bailie& The movement of the troops at that early hour of regretted by a numerous circle of friend,i. ; _ Rigi:it
this day excited the curiosity of the inhabitants, and an ini . At Footseray-piae; on the lath- last:,. the. -
4.003/
mense crowd soon assembled at the place of execution. Lord' Bexley, aged 84. ' eJ.
Eagl ,
,
the .
Rouse, of the a,
The prisoner was conveyed' to ground in a cellular vs n, ,On the loth lost., 21rs.
and was attended by the Abbe de Segur, who, since his con- Cay-road. rd
FAIWA
demnation, had had frequent interviews with him. :On Guth kin the 7th inst., at Torquay, aged 20, . _....1
being placed upon his knees and his eyes bandaged, he ex- eldest son of Mr. E. 11. Smith, of Ilaitips_t!2_o
claimed, '‘ The sentence is just-=l' die repentant.- May. God ----7 - s s _..... ....,-------- ,„0 TOY". i A
mum, ;so. 0
forgive me." a
Onsignal being given, the fatal discharge London: Printed and Published by °foe, oty -
took place., and the murderer fell dead, pierced by several ' -No. 112, Strand, Printer, at. The SUn... the eon
balls. The trooPs then marched past the body, and pro- Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoys ;i".
ceeded to their respective quarters.—.Galignani. Bliddlet9434 Wednesday, FebruarY 120 18