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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING., JANUARY 21t 1856.
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THE CENTRAL
v in intimate and friendly rcletions than that of the But he contended that under present circumstances i increased.
I First 0,17171 try Tlarkoln
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' far from being settled. At Sio;:fil Lica.4.l•.-.i "lSiro-,,5,,.
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1 the exception of that portion of the settlement of Belize I United States. It is in accordance with the spirit which , they did not get at the real amount of a man's income, I " That your immoralists believe a simple remedy for was reinapk,,,biy brisk.
The Washington Daily Mainz of the 33, inst, pub-
.which is situated between the Rio Hondo and the Si- her Majesty's Government thus distinctly avows that ! and that at the present moment deception wan prat- I these evils may be found in the capitalisation of all in-when the t nape left, discharging BIADIANGTON CORN MARKET—JAN. 11.
fishes the documents from the Department of State,
that it had always resisted the right of Great Bri- her Majesty's Government proposes to that of thelJnited 1 tised to an extent of which the Government was en- comes, and the conversion of the tax into a property land loading
cargoes, and freights had improved I
plan 1 considerably. ile Ethiope shipped upwards of 1 Second
Total quantity of
wheat73s ddin
ro3aBrsket4,d 28944 s
qBrsd.,)
58744 soli
iwireAT. BARLEY OATS. I 1111ANk•
traustnitted to Congress by the President of the United ,ull.n ;
tam to establish a protectorate over the Mosquitos; and I States that the two Governments of Great Britain and tirely unaware, and no possible combination of checks I tax upon such capitalisation, according to the
States, which relate to controversies with Great Britain
that it had learned with great surprise and regret that the United States should at once endeavour to come to could ever prevent the fraudulent man from cheat- suggested by the `Tacoma tax Reform Association,'
i 500 ounces of gold at Sierra Leone. This is the 82s Od 42s Gd 33s Oct 52s 01
first shipment of gold since the establishment of the
respecting the proper construction of the Clayton and
the British forces had in 1843 expelled the Nicaraguan some friendly understanding as to the Government ing the Government in matters of that kind. The established iu Birmingham in May, 3855. And that
ackets. Trade was increasing there rapi Third GOs Od 33s Od 22s Od 1 40s Od
Bulwer Treaty. Of these papers,which occupy 22 columns
authorities which held the port and town of San Juan which should be definitely formed at Greytown, in order 1 question was not how to treat the fraudulent, but the a remedy may also be found against the inquisitorial
of that journal, we subjoin a brief abstract. de Nicaragua in virtue of the old Spanish rights, and to admit of the Mosquito authority being withdrawn great mass of the community, who weret, he believed, powers of the tribunal before referred to, by the i p dly. Col.
31. 13
PER I:ANIMAL QUARTER.
13 6 b2ar-lle2tyhs ) Barley,
In a despatch dated, " Department of state, Washing- had then hoisted thereupon the flag of the Mosquitos. therefrom ; and as to the engagements which such Go- beyond the reach of such an example. He was not on adoption of the plan proposed for the assessment of Hill, the Governor of Sierra Leone, is very popu- PP PP P.
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ton, July 2, 1853," addressed to Mr. Buchanan, Mr. "4. That Mr. Monroe, when President of the United vernment should enter into with regard to the claims of the moment to say whether any means could be devised the tax on industrial incomes by that association, a copy late The coast was generally healthy. At Madeira „ „ ,-,
weans 111 qrs., 93 sol
Marcy states that Great Britain has for a long period States, had in 1823 announced in a public messes© to Costa Rica and the future non-molestation of the Mos- to put an end to the inquisitorial system now existing, of whose address has been sent to each member of the ' very heavy weather had been experienced, and a ! •,
had possession of a district of country on the shores of the Congress that the American continents were not hence- quitos ; and that the two Governments should endeavour but they would ascertain the proposed means from the government who is a member of the House of Commons. considerable amount of property destroyed. it is wrh„t, 1
stated that above 300 houses had been more or less Oat; ..,
DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JAN. 10.
Bay of Honduras, called " The Belize," the right she, forth to be considered subject to colonisation by Euro- in the same manner to come to some friendly under. speech of the excellent chairman of the association—the "In the draft of a report proposed to be adopted by stat 9-1211.4
has to hold it being derived from a grant by Spain, and
peen Powers. standing as to the mode br which protection may be son of their valued friend Thomas Attwood. The sug- that able financial reformer, the late Mr. Hume, as a destroyed, but no lives were lost.
The Ethiope experienced Very severe weather be- 11. 9 8 6-12ths 1 Beaus, 2/. 4 4 1-12ths
being limited to a single purpose, with an express prohi-
"s. That no claim on the part of Great Britain to act most effectually afforded to the Mosquito Indians. gestion of Mr. Attwood that a taxpayer should send in member of the committee of the House of Commons on
fore arriving at Madeihra, and she has come home Qrs.
bition against using it for any other. " A possession so
in the name or under the authority of the Mosquito In- "It is the desire of her Majesty's Government not only his statement, which should be confirmed by a witness, the Income and Property Tax, in 1852, he states that
in a very leaky state, tier engine-room being filled
restricted as to its use," says Mr. Marcy, " could never
d. lane could be well founded, inasmuch as that race, even to maintain the convention of 1850 intact, hut to consoli- was worthy of their consideration. Rather than continue 'All the property in the United Kingdom, and the capi- Best. Current. Inferiors
be considered a British colony. While she confines her-
f never conquered b S •
European
o al-
ad •. in 0 date and strengthen it, by strengthening and consolidat- thepresent oppressive and despotic system he(the speaker) Wised incomes of the industrial classes, should be as- 4in Wheat ilits Od
1331 Oats 33s 4d OOs Od ..... .... 24s 84
self to the boundaries specified in her treaties with Spain ! . , the friendly relations which it was calculated to would vote heart and hand for the proposal of the In- Bossed at one uniform and equal rate.' As the revenue with water on her arrival at this port. She will
• in to the practice and princip es of all 925 Barley 43s Gd OOs Od
in 1783 and 1786, and uses the district or country ce. pai.n,
.wlere savages vagesEwulrioop,
tions which had e • d territory on the continent cement and perpetuate. Her Majesty's Government re- come Tax Association—that every man s income should of the country is expended for the protection of property,
ever acquired discharge her cargo here, and then proceed to Liver- 61 Peas & beans 52s Od oos Od.
scribed only for the purposes stipulated therein, we have
of America, had no title to rank as independent States grets that any misunderstanding should have arisen be that which lie declared by a declaration on oath to be or of personal rights, and for objects of national utility, pool for new boilers, and general repairs.
no right to complain that she is infringing our policy; but
in the territory they occupied, but had a claim to mere with respect to its terms, but it entertains the firm be- the full value of the income. It had been urged upon your committee can see no valid reason whatever why The outward mails will be taken out by the Can- ABERDEEN—JAN. 11.
when she extends her occupancy by encroachments far h territory being the dominion of lief that by the explanations it has now given, and the him by the association that Mr. Muntz and himself every subject of her Majesty should not be taxed in dace,
occupancy thereon, such th which will leave Plymouth on the 24th. Potato oats 25s Od to 27s Od t
beyond the prescribed bounds, and changes its tenure the discoverer of it, or even of the discoverer of territory proposal it makes, that misunderstanding will he corn- should divide the house upon the question. Without proportion to his means. To levy a tax on a small per- 401bs per bushel
by exercising over it civil authority, a very different
continent, though far distant from it, by pletely removed." finding fault with the recommendation, he and Mr. tion of the property of the country is inequitable and — Common oats 24s Od to 25s Od 1
on the same Bere 35s Od to Us Od t Kgrk
character is given to this settlement ; it then becomes a
whom alone this claim to mere occupancy on the part The elaborate " Remarks" of Mr. Buchanan upon this Moritz, whose feelings he thought he was expressing, dangerous. PRICES OF SHARE'S Barley 35s Od to 3'n Od i"""
new colony on this continent." Mr. Marcy delares that
of the Indians was to be extinguished by purchase, as the statement occupy five closely-Printed columns of the could not Pledge themselves to a course of this descrip- " Your memorialists also record the fact that another Wheat, red (spring)62s Od to 65s Od a
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM 16 lbs ~
since the acquisition of California Great Britain has ,
of the white settlements rendered it necessary. American journal, but the demands upon our space ren- tion, for discussions in the house take such turns, and distinguished statesman, a member of that committee „ white 73s Od. to 76s'Od '
advance
manifested a more matured design to change the Spanish
" And, finally, that Great Britain, having declared by der it impossible for us to give any summary of nis become se changed in their ultimate ends, that to divide (Mr. Disraeli), proposed when in office to recognise the Oatmeal 20s Od to 218 Gd per boll.
licence to cut dyewood and mahogany at the Belize treaty
in 1850 that she would neither colonise, fortify, reply. Mr. Buchanan says, at the conclusion of this would perhaps be very improper, for it was very possible principle of a distinction between the taxation of in- - Flour . 60s Od to Gis Od per sack.
intoa British dominion, and goes on to state that the cha- dominionMosquito,C t.l lengthy document, " the Government of the United it might be used as a party maneeuvre ; and he would comes from fixed property and incomes dependent on PROVISION MARKET.
occupy, nor assume over or en ra
teeter of the British settlement at the Belize is shown by America, was thereby, at all events, bound to withdraw States most cordially and earnestly unite in the desire not pledge himself. He never had and never would start precarious sources, and they believe that had that cm. Front the Official Lat. Beef, per lb • ..6d to 9d I Butter, p lb. Os lid to is oa
acts of the British Parliament, passed in 1817 and • from the people and
her protection - -
m . expressed by her Majesty's Government not only to a subject merely for the purpose of discussion and no- mittee examined witnesses as to cases of oppression and PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING Mutton, per lb Gd to Sd I Eggs, p doz. Os 10(1 to Os 11. d
1319, which expressly admit that Belize is not a
quitos, and, moreover, to deliver up Ruatan, which was maintain the convention of 1850 intact, hut to consoli- thing more. His object was to arrive at a decision. abuse of the law, its members must have reported in Veal, per lb fal to Bcl Hens, p pair 3s gd to 4s 04
British dominion. "In 1826," he says, " Great
an island belonging to Honduras, a central American date and strengthen it, by strengthening and consolidat- With the single qualification he had named he should favour of a property tax, and against the continuance of LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1856. Pork, per 5t...5s 9(1 to Gs Od Chickens,do.2s 6d to 3e o,l_,
Britain renewed in her treaty with Mexico the special
State, hut which, nevertheless, had recently been colt)• ing the friendly relations which it was calculated to fully abide by the recommendation of the committee, and a tax upon income. •- Salmon, per lb ......0s to Os Ducks, do., 2s 6cl to 3e Onl,
grant made to her by Spain in the treaties of 1783 and Grouse, per brace Os to Os Ducklings,doOs Od to Oti tJti
nixed and occupied by Great Britain." cement and perpetuate." Under these reutual feelings, unless something extraordinary arose, he should support " Your memorialists, in conclusion, respectfully re-
-1786, to enter into and occupy the Belize upon the
W:th these positions the Earl of Clarendon deals in a it is deeply to be regretted that the two Governments his hon. friend Mr- Muntz in dividing the house, and quest you will propose in parliament, at the earliest pos- GAS,LDSHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Tallow, p stone, ss9d to Gs Od Turkeys, eachss Od to Gs • 0.1
Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Geese, do., Os Od to Os
t,ult.
a trete terms and with the same restrictions as those
despatch which fills four columns of the Daily Union,, entertain opinions so widely different in regard to its ascertaining who was for and who against them. Bible opportunity, a remedy for the evils of which they Dividend ' Amount
Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. Os Od to ett
impoeed upon her by Spain. The United States while •
The noble Earl says " that Great Britain has never held true effect and meaning. Mr. Councillor TURNER supported the resolution. He complain. They believe that a small tax upon property Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. 1 Price. Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen
they concede that Great Britain has rights in fhe Annum, I Share.
any possessions whatsoever in the Mosquito country, _____ ________ ee • e said that Sir R. Peel never intended the income tax to (as distinguished from income) would raise, with greaterl
Belize, positively deny that the Belize is a British pro- — RETAIL PRICES.
although she undoubtedly exercised a great and exten- continue, and he believed if Sir R. Peel had been now facility than the present income tax, the requisite funds £ s. 0. £ s. d. ,
vines, or any part of the British dominions ; and in INCOME TAX REFORM'. _ ,_Flour —s Od to 3s 2d, I Barley flour, 141b.0s to 282n1_,
sive influence over it as the protecting ally of the Moe- alive an adjustment of it would have taken place long for defraying the expenses of government. and that, if British •• •••••••• •• ••
maintaining the policy referred to they are bound to re- ... Frovinclal .• 71. 120 0 0 20 0 0 23 Oatmeal,l4lb. Os Od to 2s 2d I „ dust, Os toffs 10d
United States' Government
quito king; and that theago, He was decidedly of opinion that if 9-10ths of the fairly assessed, it would be cheerfully paid, whilst the P ?
niritgaton ••• •• ..•• ••• —5/. 1a
sist any attempt to convert it into a British colony. GREAT MEETING- IN BIRMINGHAM. 120 0 0 so 0 o 15 Beremeal .... Os Od to 2s Od I , per lb 2d to 2i
will, it is apprehended, scarcely expect that Great Bri- public were put upon their oath as regarded the amount injustice of the present tax cannot fail seriously to em- City of London ...• 41. Os. 1100 0 0 150 00 , Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s lld I Sids, B4
" The protectorate which Great Britain has assumed barrass the government, by aggravating the people. Continental (4th Cap.) . ;50 0 0 20 0 0
fain should enter into anexplanation or defence of her BiRmINGHAm, Saturday.— A town's meeting for the of their income, they would return it to the full amount.
y 4-Ib. 10af...10d. I 2-Ib. 10af...5d.
over the Mosquito Indians is a most palpable infringe-
conduct with r spect to acts committed by her nearly purpose of taking the above important subject into con. (Cheers.) He hoped other towns would follow in the " Your memorialists are convinced that a graceful Intquittachleentri ........ 1 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 33%
Cheese, per imperial stone, Os to 4s. 6d.
meat of her treaties with Spain, to which reference has 40 -e - in which no right or possession sideration was held in the Town-ball here last evening, wake of Birmingham, and the pressure front without and prompt concession to the just claims of the people Imperial .. ..::• —• 8 . per cent. 10 0 all 111(2
years ago, in a matter -
just been made ; and the authority she is there exercio- will increase the revenue, strengthen the government,
of the United States was involved." With respect to any A few days since a requisition, numerously signed, was would then very soon produce a favourable result. He Independent ........• 51. 40 0 0 DUBLIN—JAN. 18.
leg under pretence of this protectorate is in derogation
right or any interference on the part of the Government presented to the Mayor (T. R. T. Hodgson, Esq.), and heartily supported the resolution. and afford the most powerful development of our na- London• • ......... ,50 0 0 9 • ..-. In consequence of the increased probabilities of peace,
of the sovereign rights of several of the Central Arne- tonal resources.,, Do., Pan. Preference 61. per cent.; 25 0 0
of Old Spain respecting the Mosquito protectorate, Lord his worship instantly signified his compliance with the Mr. FORGHAM also seconded the resolution, and re- Phoenix .•• .........• 41. per cent. IGO 0 0 52 00 i our market to-day was almost paralysed. The only trans'
risen States, and contrary to the manifest spirit and in Clarendon observes that since the peace of 1815 that Go- request made to him by convening the meeting. ferred to the great hardships inflicted on the owners of -- Ratcliff ..... ....... 5/. ,100 0 0 1G 0 0 16 actions which occurred were to supply immediate wants►
tention of the treaty of April 19, 1850, with the Unitedlo
vernment has never raised any question on the subject, The attendance was very large. In the unavoidable small house property in Birmingham—(cheers)--by the United General .. •• .. 21. 10e. 150 0 0 all 19N and we note wheat is to 2s, barley ls to is 6d, and oats
iltates. Sporting Intelligence. Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 1500 0 1 o lower than on Tuesday. Indian corn unsaleable, though
and that no remonstrance was made by a,ny of the absence of the Mayer, the Deputy-Mayor, ARTHUR present system. They were more unjustly dealt with by
" Though ostensibly the direct object of the Clayton Ditto, New .... '5OOOl 10 ii 0 10 holders would manifestly consent to a small reductiou•
neighbouring republics which have successively risen in RYLAND, Esq., presided ; and in a few brief sentences the assessor of property tax than any other property in
and Bulwer Treaty was to guarantee the free and corn- America on the ruins of the Spanish empire for many opened the business of the meeting. - existence. He was a member of the Landlords' Asst) - YORK SPRING MEETING.—APRIL 22. Our quotations for this article are nominal.
mon use of the contemplated sh ip canal across the Isthrnua WATER-WORKS. White wheat, 41s Od to 44s 6(1 ; red ditto, 38s to 42t 61;
years after the protectorate of Great Britain over Mos- 2,1 r. Mussn, who was very warmly received, said he elation, and might speak on their behalf generally ; and The Great Northern Handicap of 200 sovs in specie,
of Darien, and to secure such use to all nationeby mut ial barley, 143 Od to 21s 6d ; oats, 13s 6d to 158 6d ; rapeseed,
" Dividend Amount
quito had been a faot well known to them ; and, ►more- had had good opportunities of judging of the• working they repeatedly complained that instead of paying a pro- added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 , —s Od. to —s Od per bra; oatmeal, 15s Od to 17s Od ; balteli
treaty stipulations to that effect, there were other and Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
only if declared on or before the Ist of February ; the over, that those remonstrances having been made, with of the tax. Many of his constituents, especially those perty tax of six-and three-they
quarters per cent., were flour, 24s Od to 28s Oil per cwt; Indian corn, 392 Gd to 42s 0
highly important objects sought to be accomplished byAnnum. Share.
similar pretensions, by several of these republics, if the who might be said to belong to the working classes, had actually paying ten or fifteen per cent. in consequence of second to receive 50 sows out of the stakes, and the - --
that convention. The stipulation regarded meat of all Mosquito Indians were withdrawn altogether from the called upon him, produced their books, and shown him void houses, runaway tenants, and many other contin- winner to pay 25 sovs towards expenses ; the winner £s. d. £s. cl.
by the United States is that for discontinuing the , of either the Northam- ton, Doncaster, or Metropoli- Grandondon
Stock. 100
portion of America. which they now inhabit, it would still that repeatedly they had had to pay for what they Dever gentles to which they
were exposed. Small houses in
use of her assumed protectorate ®f the Mosquito In-
enL.J.tinction .... P 0
be a question on which of the claimants the territory thus earned, because, being charged with the tax, they had no Birmingham were assessed at the full amount of their tan Stakes at Epsom, G r any other handicap value 500 K
.—.... . • . . . . 4'. per cut. 100 0 7814 SEABORNE MAILS.
diens, and with it the removal of all pretext wi.at-
left unoccupied would of right devolve. Lord Clarendon remedy or redress except they exposed their books— rack rental ; there were certain incidental expenses, such sovs, to carry 101 b extra ; the second in either or a Lambeth
ever for interfering with the territorial arrangements __ese_._
states that Mr. Buchanan is mistaken in thinking that (bear)—and not only exposed their books, but exposed as water,and insurance,andalthough the •
rent, - winner of any other handicap value 200 sovs, includ- New River Company
--
which the Central American • States may wieh toSouthwark & Vauxhall Si. per cut. 100 0 0 89 (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post.sfile.
the United States' Government has alwa.ys contested and them to men in the same trade who were commissioners, ante office aid 200 per cent. to the taxes, yet 10 per ing the winner's own stake, 51b extra, but not to be West mi ddlesex .. • •
make among themselves. It was the intention, as it
resisted the position assu dby Great Britainthe exposedthem to the very banker by whom they existed,in P-
be paidsmall nee on - ae
is obviously the import of the treaty of April 19--_ _ ______
'Mosquito Coast, for :that although the United States, and who might find something in their books which t nothin bein allowed b the assessors. Members clued handicaps as well as being the winner of 200 BRIDGES. Day when malt:111'1 Pron. weal Wile.'
1350, to place Great Britain under an obligation to
were informed of the • • f G B•t
' with •t Id inducela. t tend to their trades- art
Y'
House g g b Y
position o reat le ain respet won ina opu an - . port due 0
Dividend Amount d•
cease her intrepositions in the affairs of Central Ame- Orace, London.* , Disp,tched. Emden
to Mosquito in 1842 there was no trace of their basin, men by not making' the advances on which their credit escaped this small ho tax, and did net feel it ; but it weight accepting be under Bst 91h, it will Le raised to Name of company. per of Paid. Price. _
rice, and to confine herself to the enjoyment of her l— ----et
alluded to the question in their communications with her' depended. (Hear.) This was what he called a denial as never intended 11,71 w that the owners of small that weight, and the others in proportion. Mr. Annum. Share.
limited rights in the Belize. She has, by this treaty of ___ anserica(bylirit.paekiN Every Friday —; • 'Liverpool „ Jan. 14
Majesty's Government up to the end of 1849, and that of justice to every man. He had seen eases in which houses should pay for more than their profits, and yet Richard Johnson, of York, handicapper. A_merice. (by United Sts. 1
ISSO, obligated herself not to or colonise any X s. d. s. d. packet) ..........N •• •••• ' 'Liverpool ... Jan. 8
occupy • ' even with respect to the capture of San Juan de Nieara- a man was surcharged three times, and yet not able to they were rated on the rack rental. (He tr.) Age st lb Age st lb Iftineerford....•• •• •• 12 1
part of Central America, or to exercise any dominion (now
America. (by U. States
1)0 0 0 I
-- packet) ..........N -• "' • • • ISoutham it.' Jan. as
•
therein. Notwithstanding the stipulations, she still gua ( called Greytown) the
United States' Minister have redress because he dared not show his books. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and was Rataplau
' Ditto New of 7% P.C. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0
in London was not authorised to take any step, nor (Shame.) It was bad enough to rob a man at night inSeythian
asserts the right to hold possession of, and to - carried unanimously amid d cheering.
. loud - Waterloo •• • • 100 0 0
ampton) ...........1.1 ,•.••• • • • • Southampton
South-
aven to afford to the core
missioner from Nicaragua' the the open air • but to makel man rob himself by vile, Rifleman
exercise control over, large districts of that country ' • i • ' ' ' re- Mr. THOS. AURELIUS ATTWOOD was the next speaker, ~, , Ditto (via Marseilles) tit • Dover ..,...
benefit of his counsels and good offices thereupon, Ine in quitous law was ten times worse. (Cheers.) The man arly Beef
and important islands in the Bay of lionduras, the and was received with lease. After some preliminary -'-'
app Vauxhall .... •••• • • • • 965. 17010 3 , Ditto (via Cape of Gocoli
Mr Sykes 5 8 9 Neoptolemus ...... 4 6 2 2l* Hope) .. .• —— .• •••NI ....... ....1 ... Muerte',
unquestionable appendages of Central American States. despatch says : who was robbed by another had the chance of being , . .
VII n ouservations, he said that when the I was introduced •
" With dto thegrounds on which her Majesty's able to defend himself, but the man who had only the . Saucebox
This jurisdiction is not less mischievous in its effects, or -. regar
Sanby Sir Robert Peel in 1842 all the errors that were now DOCKS.. Alexandria ..........NlB, 9, 24, &30of 1, .Dover ...• •
' +' bl to because it is tl • less objectiona e Us,
. Government made the
capture of Juan de Ni-s. 1- caoice to ingto prevent being ruined alto- King of Tr 8 7 Bold Buc
feu; .d to exist in it were known ; they were all stated ;
1848 the deeire of her ' Govern- gather was infinitely more to be pitied. Then, again, a '' Vinder
(partly, at least) in the name of a miserable tribe of caragua, in . • . ,
ofMajesty's
.. .
.•e . Bahamas ............Mll7th of the minli Igo
vet
• is P daccord- they were all urged, and they were all neglected and 'Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
meat to avoid all subjects controversy in which it ►is man with a casual income charge every year 'Fandango 4B 5 Diana 56 0 Belgium .......... _NI Daily-- —•••• • • IDover ...... !Daily
Indians, who have, in reality, no political organisation, • • • • •despised. In fact, if they had a notion that the majority Annum. Share.
notri absolutely., whether he gets that •
necessary to enter restrains it from here ing to a certain estimate, - '----
Brazil ..............ai 9th of the month ISoutharripioi-,"Jare 15
no actual government—not even the semblance of oneof the House of Commons had troubled themselves about --- ---- Buenos Ayres ...... —ai 9th of the month .. filoutharn;,,ton seam 15
Little Harry .... a 8 2 Miraee
except that which it created by British authority end a v.ertin, , '• h dt A It lo ld 't• 'h7 d th
oto the documents wale state the reasons on or noa man wo o annuities les is c ar,e e game t 'us .
he jtice of the matter, he would tell them they l3 Commercial .• •• •• ..•• 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
° Government the •the who holds bona fidstock. (Hear.) Such
which her Majesty scame to resolution as man e Pumicestone 5 8 2 Elastic?
4 5 East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. Cape de Van
...... N 9th of the tnonth Southampton Jas. 15
pheld by British power.
it at that time adopted ; and indeed, as those documents a thing was a fraudulent transaction—he could not call troubled themselves about no such thing. They never Defiance
6 8 0 Pyrrha
"This anomalous state of things is exceedingly annoy. .took the word jostice into their consideration. They d" , Ceylon (see India)
Parliamentand • t t 1 by any other na.me—(cheers)—and any government
were laid before connuttnic— et officially it Ivan
511 London .•••••• • • • : 1 Si. pr cent. Stock. 95,u Ceylon
•.. .. .... .... ..N
in to the States of Central America, and but little lees
to the United States' Government, it would be super- who supported such a law merely because it was an easy wanted money, and money they must have. (Hear.)
Bonnie Morn
Channel Iraes.... ...N Mori ~W eci.,&Frl4.,Bouthamptoo TleTh.fti
so to the United States, for through the Bay of Hun •I the late quoting the opinions of Lord J. Russel , plj • St. Katharine •• •• .... I 4 per cent. Stock. 86
11110U4 now to recapitulate their contents. way of extracthoo a large amount from the people's After rownie 6 712 La Victims Chili. ............ M2O & 170, of month,sooth pt,
35 10 'outhampton •••• .... I 3/. Os per c. 50 0050 0 0 China— Once a month... I am- • Ignis. 20
dares and across some of these States lies one of the
" With regard to the doctrine laid down by Mr. pockets, part justly sled part unjustly, was not deserving Mr. Hume, and Mr. Sotheron, M.P. for Wiltshire
as
' Eulogist 6 7 12 Diego 3 5 8 Victoria ..•••••• •••• I 51. per cent. 20 0 0 .10 0 0 ' 19
most desirable routes to our possessions on the Pacific.
president Monroe in 1823, concerning the future colo• the confidence of the people. (Applause.) He knew it to the injustice of Sir R. Peel's measure, Mr. Attwood
Rotherham -
Constantinople .. „ „ „14th & 20th of mon. s-)ut.hamptor.
This interference, it will be recollected, did not assume nisation of the American continents by European would be said, "Oh, these people want to oppose the read the memorial, which was received with considerable Marchioness
4 7 10 Hospitality
9, marked character until our acquisition of California. States, as an international axiom which ought to regu- Government ; they want to get rid of the war." New, applause. He, therefore, proposed that the memorial
GresculusEsuriens 47 9 Van Galen
"Great Britain should be frankly assured that the pt) • late the conduct of European States, it can only be he thought every one in Birmingham ought to know that
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which had been read
Chicken a 4 7 6 Agra
I
35 7 Name of Company. per of Paid. 1 Price. Gibraltar .....„ „ Ml 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 ,f ni ISouthampton '
Hey to which I have alluded, and to which the Unit©d viewed as the dictum of the distinguished personage he could not be chargeable with any such intention. to the meeting, be adopted, and that the mayor, the
Ld T y tone. .. 47 6 Warlock 35 7 Annum. Share. 1 Greece (see India) I 1
States mean to adhere, is exclusively political. As re- who delivered it ; but her Majesty's Government can- (Hear.) He had supported the war because he believed members for the borough, and chairman and honorary
Border Chief
latex to commerce, this Government neither aims at, nor not admit that doctrine as au international axiom it t)be a war of justice, a war of necessity, uon which secretary of the Income Tax Reform Association, with
Claret
3 " Australasia..• •• • ..... 120/. per cent., 40 0 0 all 89% aavannah ..........m,2nd of the mouth" Southaraptei, „ram 16.
desires, any advantage in our intercourse with the na- which ought to regulate the conduct of Euro th ' d d and • t f th. td
peal' ein epen ence exit/ ence o is coun redsypen s. .n, . .
Mr. F. Wills, pp a deputation frora this meet- .
Mishap
5
5 British North American I 6/. per cent.; 50 0 0 Holland ............MI Y• •••• • • • • Dover ... ...113.11%
tions on this continent which it would not willingly ece l,to pi agent the same. (Cheers.)
" ' . ma..
States. The doctrine with regard to the incapacity of (Cheers.) No one would be better pleased than he shouldll7t i c idle month
3 5 4 Commercial of London. 110/.per cent. )100 0 0 20 0 0 30% Honduras .......... 51 . . •iSouthamptee
extended to the whole world. Imogene 4 7 2 One Actl6tho _
the Indians to exercise the rights of sovereign powers be to see an honourable, a firm, and a lasting peace se- Mr. J. PARTRIDGE seconded the adoption of the me-.4th t 2001 of mon 1
0 Colonial,.. ••• • • ...... 51. per cent.' 100 0 0 25 0 0 India (viaSouthampt.)M, .IPlymouth ..'Jan. 2u
" The object which it is hoped you may be able to ac- Honeysuckle 57 2 Sly Fellow
3,5,.. - lonian—. •• •• •••••••• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 India (via Marsellies)m ,9th&2sth of month 'Dover ...... l
must also remain a doctrine on which each State which cured to the world, provided the dignity of England was morial. He referred to the case of some friends ef his, Switch
complish is to induce Great Britain to withdraw fromall /
has to deal with such Indians must be free to exercise preserved in securing it. Give him a peace of this kind manufacturers, who, carrying on a business which hap- Goorkah 6 7 0 Pollux 3 5 2 London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 o 0 50 0 0 41% Ireland ........M & N
~
"Twice daily .. I
... • • Holyhead ... Twice
all control over the territories arid islands of Central pened to be unromunerative for a given time, appea!ed L 5 Loncln sad Westminstr :141. percent, 100 0020 0 0 49 Li5b0n.............. 31,1, J, ,
17 & 27 of in.'Southarepton den. 15
its own policy, and to follow the dictates of its own con- and he would accept it, but he should never submit to
ad P I 4 7 0 P ' f 0 Lady h merston Prince o range 3 2
London Joint- Stock . 121. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Madeira. ............311 Oth of the month Southampton'
America, and, if poseible, over the Belize also, and to • , against the surcharge made in retpeet of the profits which ,
science. one which would only give a little breathing time to our Vandal
abstain from intermeddling with the political affairs ofit was presumed by the Income Tax Surveyor must have
The noble earlt L'h • the f • s and oblige us ere long to begin everything de
points oLi bone as e example o a cnemie , Alston
the Governments and people in that region 61 the world
flourishing independent State, composed chiefly of or)/ roes no cr. (Cheers.) A few men meeting together for a few accrued in that period. The principal went before the Paletot -
That object is the more earnestly desired by the United from the United States, and observes that Great Britain hours could make a just and equitable tax upon property, c:mmiseionere, took his foreman with him, and produoed Bolton - N. Provincial of En. ' Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - . Mauritius (see India) "
.........Si.auritius ...... ~..15 14th of the month
States as it is apparent that the tendency of events in in her own dealings with Indians has recognised their He proposed in the House of Commons that, to get rid los books ; but one of the board said, " Don't tell Coroner
3 5 0 Oriental Bank C orpora. 11. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all
3, mordoo
...........,,m'and of the month.. Southampton Jae. I
that quarter is to give a foothold to British power there, rulers as independent ehiefs,lwhile in her treaties with fo- i f the inquisitorial power, the wisest way would be to us that anybody would carry on a large trade at a loss," Pharsalus
in contravention of the policy which this Government, ia reign Powers she has spoken of their tribes as nations, allow a man to take affidavit that his raceme amounted and the words, You must pay," settled the question. Bracken 5 610 Minis 3 5 0 Union of Australia— • • 30/. per cent. 25 0 0 lax, New Granada .... —al24 & 17th of month 'Southampton
resolved to sustain. and stipu•ated for the restoration of their posseesions. to so much. "Oh, but you would be encouraging people '
riiii was not in Birmingham, but it was only what Cock of the North 4 G 9 Adam Ditto .............. ,301. per cent. 2 1() 0 New Zealand...... ,o, ..By private slip .. Various ort• Uneeroo
" With your ample knowledge of the facts, it is be- On these to ice therefore, her i Majesty's Government, to swear falsely," said some one. No; he did not believe so many of them had experienced :it was the Surveyor Lady Bird 56 9 Pretty Boy 35 0 Union of L0nd0n...... i 20% per cent. 50 0010 0 0 Papal States
3 412 union of Madrid ... 1 — 4 O 0 0 all ......
_l,-4 bth 1 5 th2s thorn) on. Dover ..p..
Peninsula ..........hi ithl7tll27thotirion. Southaropton“i
lieved that it will be easy for you to satisfy the Govern- without seeking to impose any opinions on the treited anything of the sort would be the result. He would not who was the Board of Commissioners. A case in point Sole Star
meat of Great Britain that it has no right to intervene lie mentilned. A townsman of theirs took to a businessCANALS. Port Natal ..... , By private ship • II
States' Government, claims a right to hold its own opi- have a set of commissioners guessine• at a man's income ; , \Vantage
in the political affairs of Central America, founded upon in May, 1855, and in October he found himself assessed Kaffir.... 5 6 g midhope i ,
n long. he would not call upon a man to disprove this guess by 3 4 10 Tummy a a a.... „. N:sl.lllstl,2sthofirion.lDover ......
.. ........ 0,1 Dividend
any dominion she can fairly claim in any part thereof,at 600/. in respect of this business. He prepared a state- Names of InT Dividend Names of Venezuela ...... ~ •,,mi2clgt 17th cfmouth'Southampton lk 16 noi
" The one remaining subject to be discussed, " Lord exposing his concerns to them ; but he would leave it
Saraband
and that no obligation of duty or interest is imposed merit to prove that his profits had not been equal to his Companies. A , per Companies. e . Price Van Diemen'sLand (see!
Clarendon continues " relates to a question in which to the conscience of every honest man, and he had too ' This • b d • horse having been entered without the know. cn 'Annum. , .g annum. •
, .
upon her to becorne a volunteer in the matter." expenses, and after this had been read to the Commis- up ; Australia) .......... •
Great Britain and the United Steles are both directly good an opinion of Englishmen to be:ieve that the oath . welt insist
........34 id& 17th of monG Bonthamptenll &VI 101
ledge of his owner will be struck out by the time pre-
.
Mr. Marcy then proceeds to define li is views of the rights sioners, Mr. Lea said to them, "You can do nothing •; . . Z ! i I concerned, and in regard to which it is a matter both of they took would be often a false one. (Cheers ) He£ , ---•
anhlal Icr nnituactoorl h, (lt.onf P.ri+.;•l Ilnilchl.l-11. ~.....-.,;.,.., ...f . . .. 1,...
„Ina, ~,,, ~ Ti-,, (yr p„,„.;den, \
,i;,i
„, ~,,,,,,,,
~,,,, scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. A chin 2.- flldh 43'71_ a_ et. 145 Nfarelr.ftrlii. ton 9/ in. RI

Dividend i Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. ,I Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. £ s. d.
British •• • • • • •• •• •• ••
Ditto i rovincial .• •• 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23
Brighton ••••..• • • • • • 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
City of London .. •• • • 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0
Continental (4th Cap.) . 50 0 0 20 0 0
Equitable.. •• •. •• •• 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all I 331/
Great Central .. .......5i. per cent. 10 0 0 all 111
Imperial .. .. ........ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all
Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0
If
London • ...... ...... 50 0 0 ft
1)o., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 •
Pi.cenix ..• .......... 41. per cent. IGO 0 0 52 0 0 j
Rateliff ..... ..... 5/. 1100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General.... .. 21. 10e. 150 0 0 all 19N
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 150 0 0 1 I /
Ditto, New .. .• •• •• 50 0 0 I 10 0 0 10

. - - - -
" The protectorate which Great Britain has assumed barrass the government, by aggravating the people. Continental (4th Cap.) . - 50 0 0 20 0 0 ' -
tain-' e-h-e-Uld-rern;;ln-to-aYn-y-explajnatiOn or defence of her BiRmINGHAM, Saturday.- A town's meeting for the Of their incoine, they would return it sic, the full amount.
Equitable.. •• •... •• .. 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 333
over the Mosquito Indians is a most palpable infrinoe- " Your memorialists are convinced that a graceful
conduct with hes ect to acts committed by her nearly purpose of taking the above important subject into con- (Cheers.) He hoped other towns would follow in the
and prompt concession to the just claims of the people Great Central ...... • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all 113
raent of her treaties with Spain, to which reference has
Imperial ............ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all -
40 yeare ago, in apmatter in which no right or possession sideration was held in the Town-hall here last evening wake of Birmingham, and the pressure from without
will increase the revenue, strengthen the government, Independent ........• 51. 40 0 0
just been made ; and the authority she is there exercia-
of the United States was involved." With respect to any A few days since a requisition, numerously signed, was; would then very soon pr.:Alice a favourable result. He If -
ing under pretence of this protectorate is in derogation
rieht or any interference on the part of the Government presented to the Mayor (T. R. T. Hodgson, Esq.), and heartily supported the resolution. and afford the most powerful development of our na- London• • ............ - 50 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. ,25 0 0 ft .--.
of the sovereign rights of several of the Central Arne-
of"Old Spain respecting the Mosquito protectorate, Lord his worship instantly signified his compliance with the Mr. FORGHAM also seconded the resolution, and re- tional resources."
FTeenix ............. 41. per cent. IGO 0 0 52 0 0 -
rican States, and contrary to the manifest spirit and in-
Clarendon observes that since the peace of 1815 that Go- request made to him by convening the meeting. ferred to the great hardships inflicted on the owners of ore a Ratcliff ....• ....... 51. ,100 0 0 16 0 0 16
taxation of the treaty of April 19, 1850, with the United
vernment /las never raised any question on the subject, The attendance was very large. In the unavoidable small house property in Birmingham-(cheers)--by the Sporting Intelligence. United General .. •• .• 2L 10e. 150 0 0 all
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. I 50 0 0 19
-
iltates. and that no remonstrance was made by any of the absence of the Mayer, the Deputy-Mayor, ARTHUR present system. They were more unjustly dealt with by Ditto, New ........ I /
- ' 50 0 0 10 o 0 10
" Though ostensibly the direct object of the Clayton
neighbouring republics which have successively risen in RYLAND, Esq., presided ; and in a few brief sentences the assessor of property tax than any other property in
YORK SPRING MEETING.-APRIL 22.
and Butwer Treaty was to guarantee the free and corn- America on the ruins of the Spanish empire for many opened the business ef the meeting. - existence. He was a member of tbe Landlords' Asso- WATER-WORKS.
mou use of the contemplated ship canal across the Isthmus
years after the protectorate of Great Britain over Mos- 31r. MuNha, who was very warmly received, said he elation, and might speak on their behalf generally ; and The Great Northern Handicap of 200 sovs in specie,
of Darien, and to secure such use to all nationsby muteal
quito had been a faot well known to them ; and, more- had had good opportunities of judgiug of the• working they repeatedly complained that instead of paying a pro- added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 _
only if declared on or before the Ist of February ; the 1 Dividend Amount
Paid. Prica
treaty stipulations to that effect, there were other and
over, that those remonstrances having been made, with of the tax. Many of his constituents, especially those perty tax of six-and three-quarters per cent., they were Name of uompany. '
highly important objects sought to be accomplished by similar pretensions, by several of these republics, if the who might be said to belong to the working classes, had actually paying ten or fifteen per cent. in consequence of second to receive 50 sows out of the stakes, and the , --
that convention. The stipulation regarded meat of all Mosquito Indians were withdrawn altogether from the called upon him, produced their books, and shown him void houses, runaway tenants, and many other contin- winner to pay 25 sovs towards expenses ; the winner , Anpneurm. Slcitalre.
X s. d. X s. d,
by the United States is that for discontinuing the
portion of America which they now inhabit, it would still that repeatedly they had had to pay for what they never genciee to which they were exposed. Small houses in of either the Nortbanor ton, Doncaster, or Metropoli- tsitidLondnoen
Jo Wm .....• 4c per cnt. 50 0 0 all -
-
use of her assumed protectorate of the Mosquito In- ,
oe a question on which of the claimants the territory thus earned, because, being charged with the tax, they had no Birmingham were assessed at the full amount of their tan Stakes at Epsom, or any other handicap value 500 Kent 4'. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 78;
diens, and with it the removal of all pretext what-
left unoccupied would of right devolve. Lord Clarendon remedy or redress except they exposed their books- rack rental ; there were certain incidental expenses, such sovs, to carry 101 b extra ; the second in either or a Lambetla - 100 0 0 - _
ever for interfering with the territorial arrangemente
states that Mr. Buchanan is mistaken in thinking that (hear)-and not only exposed their books, but expoeed as water, rent, and insurance, and although the insur- winner of any other handicap value 200 sovs, includ- New River Company - -
Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - -
, 89Y
which the Central American • States may wieh to ing the winner's own stake, 51b extra, but not to be
the United States' Government has always contested and them to men in the same trade who were commissioners, ance office paid 200 per cent. to the taxes, yet 10 per GI 0 0 - i 893
raa.ke among themselves. It was the intention, ae it accumulative for being second in any of the above spe-
resisted the position assumed by Great Britain on the exposed them to the very banker by whom they existed, cent. in addition had to be paid upon small house pro•
is obviously the import, of the treaty of April 19, clued handicaps as well as being the winner of 200 West Middlesex
BRIDGES.
Mosquito Coast, for :that although the United States and who might find something in their books which petty, nothing being allowed by the assessors. Members
1 t5O, to place Great Britain under an obligation to sovs. Two miles, over the Old Course. If the highest -
were informed of the position of Great Britain with respect would induce him to put an end to their career as trades- of the House of Commons being great land proprietors Dividend , Amount
cease her intrepositions in the affairs of. Central Ame- weight accepting be under Bst 91h, it will he raised to Name of company. Per a Paid. Pricl
to Mosquito in 1342 there was no trace of their having men by not making the advances on which their credit escaped this small house tax, and did not feel it ; but it
rica, and to confine herself to the enjoyment of iler Annum. Share.
alluded to the questik in their communications with her depended. (Hear.) This was what he called a denial was -never intended h law that the owners of small that weight, and the others in proportion. Mr.
___
limited rigbts in the Belize. She has, ley this treaty of ,r_ • , e Richard Johnson, of York, handicapper.
majesty s Government up to the end of 1849, and that of justice to every man. He had seen cases in which houses should pay for ymore than their profits, and yet IXs. d. s. d.
WO, obligated herself not to occupy or colonise any
Age st lb Age st lb Hungerford.... ••• • • • - I - 12
-
even with respect to the capture of San Juan de Nicara- a man was surcharged three tirnee, and yet not able to they were rated on the rack rental. (He ir.)
part of Central ..4.merica, or to exercise.any doniinion
gua (now called Greytown) the United States' Minister I have redress because lie dared not show his books. The resolution was then ut to the meeting, and was Rataplau - 1170 0 0 - -
' Ditto New of 734 p.c. 1/. per cent. I 50 0 0 -
therein. Notwithstanding the stipulations, she still -
Seythian
in London was not authorised to take any stepo nor (Shame.) It was bad enough to rob a man at night in carried unanimously amid lopud cheeeing. - 101) 0 0 - -
asserts the right to hold possession of, and to Rifleman
~.iiiitii. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. GO 0 0 _ -
Wti)tiiettrttolooosol,d,
.to of 71. IL 10s. 4d. 140 0 0 --
even to afford to the commissioner from Nicaraeua the the open air ; but to make a man rob himself by a vile,
Mr ySykes
exercise control over, large districts of that country
Earl Bir 1 5 8 O Cossey
and important islanda in the Bay of flonduras, the bienefit of his counsels and good offices thereupon'. Tire iniquitous law was ten times worse. (Cheers.) The man
earth ea s .- Mr. THOS. AURELIUS ATTWOOD was the next speaker,
Vauxhall .... •••• • • • • 965. , 70 10 3 - 211
who was robbed by another had the chance of being an, el was received with applause. After some preliminary
5 8 9 Neoptolemus 4 6 2
unquestionable appendages of Central American States.
'rhis jurisdiction is not less mischievous in its effecte, or eth ith jga.rJ to the grounds on which her Ma 'esty's able to defend himself, but the man who had only the (reservations, he said that when the bill was introduced Sin;cebox
less objectionable to Us, because it is covertly exerci ed h .
l _ vernment made the capture of San Juan de Ni- choice of robbing himself to prevent his being ruined alto- by Sir Robert Peel in 1842 all the errors that were now
Vinder
TF:hri i eae!:
Ecagl yea r l
King of Trumps.. a 8 7 Bold Buccleuch 3 6 0 ---- -- --
Dividend Amount
Ann in. Shoafre.
(partly, at least) in the name of a mieerable tribe of caraeua, in t. 848, the deeire of her Majesty's Govern- gether was infinitely more te be pitied. Then, again, a foued to exist in it were known ; they were all stated •
4 6 0
Name of Company. ,).7.J Paid. Pilo
Indians, who have, in reality, no political organisation, ment to avoid all subjects of controversy in which it is man with a casual income is charged every year accord- , .
net abso they were all urged, and they were all neglected a
•.ild'
uespised. In fact, if they had a notion that the majority 'Fandango
-----
----
X s. eel X 0.-e. -
4 6 0
~ necessary to enter restrains it from here ing to a certain estimate, whether he gets that income
no actual government-not even the semblance of one LStit.tllleuHbearrtry ......
of the House of Commons had troubled themselves aboutt
464 a
, 8888
26r4i
except that which it created by British authority end 4
inlintl
a hert , .
;7,he documents ern' ich stated the reasons on or not. A man who hold a,nnuities is chareed the eame
the justice of the matter, be would tell thern they
Diefi-tecistone -
4 510 East and West India.. 6/. pr cent. Stock. I - _
pheld by British power. which her Majesty's Government came to the resolution as the man who holds bona fide stock. (Hear.) Such .
ttroubled themselves about no such thing. They never
6 8 0 Pyrrha - I -.-
it at that time adopted ; and indeed, as those documents a thing was a fraudulent transaction-be could not call
ook the word jostice into their consideration. They Ivan e
"This anomalous state of things is exceedingly annoy-
ere lei(' before Parliament and connuttnicated officially it by any other na.me-(cheers)-and any government 57 12 Heir of Linne - 933
ing to the States of Central America, and hut little lees
Jr the'United States' Government, it would be super- who supported such a law merely because it was an easy wanted mohey, and money they must have. (Hear.)
' Bonnie Morn 47 12 Johnny Taft -
St. Katharine •• •• .... I 4 per cent. Stock. -
- -
86
80 to tho United States, for through the Bay ot Hon•
fluo 4 now to recapitulate their contents. way of extractine a large amount from the people's After quoting the opinions ef Lord .T. Russell, the late
Ealrownie 6 7 12 La, Victime
duras and across some of these States lies one of the Mr. Hume, and Mr. Sotheron, 31. P. for Wiltshire, as
6 712 Diego 3 5 8 Victoria .. ••-•• •• • . I 51. per cent. 20 0 0, 10 0 0 19
3 5 10 • outhampion .• ...... I 3/. Os per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i --
"Ut.Vith regard to the doctrine laid down by Mr. pockets, part justry (led part unjustly, was not deserving
to the injustice of Sir R. Peel's measure, Mr. Attwood
most desirable routes to our potsessions on the Paciac.
Preeident Monroe in 1823, concerning the future colo- tho confidence of the people. (Applause.) He knew it Rotherham
Eulogist
4 7 11 Moorcock
This interference, it will be recollected, did not assume nisation of the American oontinents by European would be said, " Oh, these people want to oppose the read the memorial, which was received with conshlerable marththnets
4 7 10 Hospitality
a marked character until our acquisition of California. applause, He, therefore, proposed "th.at the memorial
States, as an international axiom which ought to regu- Government ; they want to get rid of the war. ' Now,
to the Chancellor of the Exchenuer which had been read GreeculusEsuriens 4 7 9 Van Galen 3 5 7 • Dividend Amount I
" Great Britain should be frankly assured that the po• late the conduct of European States, it can only be he thought every one in Birmingham ought to know that i ' Chicken .. 4 7 6 Agra
35 7 Name of Company. per of Paid. 1 Pric
Hey to which I have alluded, and to which the United viewed as the dictum of the distinguished personage he could not be chargeable with any such intention.
. to the meeting, be adopted, and that the mayor, the
Lady Tatton_ .. 4 7 6 Warlock 3 5 7 Annum. , Share. I
States mean to adhere, is exclusively political. As re- who delivered it ; but her Majesty's Government can- (Hear.) He had supported the war because he believed members for the borough, and chairman and honorary
Border Chief 4 7 5 Puck - --__-____l__ ,
latea to commerce, thia Government neither ahem at, nor not adniit that doctrine as au international axioM it trbe a war of justice, a war of necessity, upon which secretary of the Income Tax Reform Association, with
Mr F •
Wills, baappointed a deputation from this meet- Claret 4 7 3 Pannou re
' A.ustralasia..• •• • ..... 120/. per cent., 40 0 0 all 89
desires, any advantage in our intercourse with the na• which ought to regulate the conduct of Europeen the independence and existence of this country depends. " - • Mishap
- - British North American 1 6/. per cent.; 50 0 0 „ -
tions on this continent which it would not willingly ece States. The doctrine with regard to the incapacity of (Cheers.) No one would be better pleased than he should ine to present the same. ' (Cheers.)
Imogene 4 7 2 One Act 3 5 4 Commercial of London. 110/.per cent.lloo 0 0 20 0 0 30
extended to the whole world. the Indians to exercise tha rights of sovereign powers be to see an honourable, a firm, and a lasting peace se- Mr. J . Panniunon seconded the adoption of the me- Honeysuckle 57 2 Sly Feliow 35 0 Colonial .. -•• • • ...... 51. per cent. \ 100 0025 0 0 -
'' lonian-. •••• • . - .... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
" The object which it is hoped you may be able to ac- morial. lie referred to the case of some friends ef his,
must also remain a doctrine on which each State which cured to the world, provided the dignity of England was Switch - 20 0 0 all 0 1G
complish is to induce Great Britain to withdr•aw from manufacturers, who, carryine on a business which ha 3 5 2 London and County .. , 101. per cent.l, 50 0 0 50 0 0 411
has to deal with such Indians must be free to exercise preserved in securino it. Give bim a peace of this kind P. Goorkah 6 7 0 Pollux
all control over the territories and islands of Central its • • • d h ld ' • b h h ld le .
own policy, and to follow the dictates of its own con- an e wou accept it, ut es ou never su nut to pened to be unrornunerative "for a given time, appealed L ge
ad P I 4 7 0 Prince of Oran 3 5
y h inerston 0 Lomin and Westminstr ;141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49
`',, London Joint• Stock ... 112/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
America, and, if possible, over the Belize also, and to __• a against tho surcharge made in respect of the profits which ,
'science. one which would only give a little breathing time to our Vandal -
abstain from intermeddling with the political affairs of
The noble earl points to Liberia as the example of a enemies, and oblige us ere long to begin everything de it was presumed by the Income Tax Surveyor must have Alston -
the Governments and people in that region of the world
flourishinie independent State, composed chiefly el nei,roes nocr. (Cheers.) A few men meeting together for a few accrued in that period. The principal went before the Paletot -
That object is the more earneetly desired by the United from the 'United Statee, and observes that Great Britain hours could make a just and equitable tax upon property. c .mmiseionere, took his foreman with him, and produoed Bolton - Nat. Provincial of Eng. I 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - -
Dittc, New .. •••• • • I 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
States as it is apparent that the tendency of events in in ber own dealings with Indians has recognised their lle proposed in the House of Commons that, to get rid Lis books ; but one of the board said, " Don't tel,l, Coroner
that quarter is to give a foothold to British power there, rulers as independent ehiefs,lwhile in her treaties with In- i f the inquisitorial power, the wisest way would be to us that anybody would carry on a large trade at a loss, pharsalus -
in contravention of the policy which this Government is reign Powers she has spoken of their tribes as nations, allow a man to take affidavit that his iacome amounted and the words, " You must pay," settled the question. Bracken 5 6 10 Minie 3 5 0 Union of Australia •. • • 30/. per cent. 25 0 0 73
riii, was not in Birmingham, but it was only what Ditto .............. ,301. per cent. - 2 l() o -
resolved to sustain. and stiptUated for the restoration of their posseesions. to so much. "Oh, but you would be encouraging people ' Cock of the North 4 6 9 Adam 3 5 0 Union of L0nd0n...... ,20!. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
" With your ample knowledge of the facts, it is be- On these topics, therefore, her i Majesty's Government, te swear falsely," said some one. No; he did not believe so many of them had experienced :it was the Surveyor Lady Bird 56 9 Pretty Boy 34 12 union of Madrid ..... I - 4 O 4O 0 0 all -
lieved that it will be easy for you to satisfy the Govern- v;ithout seeking to impose any opinions on the Uoited anything of the sort would be the result. He would not who was the Beard of Commissioners. A case in point Sole Star
went of Great Britain that it has no right to intervene States' Government, claims a right to hoid its own opi- have a set of commissioners guessing at a man's income ; lie mentiened. A townsman of theirs took to a business \Vantage
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in the political affairs of Central America, founded upon n long. he would not call upon a man to disprove this guess by in May, 1855, and in October he found himself assessed Kaffir_ ... ........ 5 6 8 Midloope 3 4 10 i ,
o Dividend
any dominion she can fairly claim in any part thereof, " The one remaining subject to be discussed, " Lord exposing his concerns to them ; but he would leave it at 600/. in respect of this business. He prepared a state- Saraband
~,,,
and that no obligation of duty or interest is imposed Clarendon continues "relates to a question in which to the conscience of every honest loan, and he had too merit to prove that his profits had not been equal to his Companies. ~1 i per
* This horse having been entered without the know- - Eh• !Annum- , Companies . per t,ric
• ,g , Annum. '
ra ,
upon her to become a volunteer in the matter." Great Britain and the United States are both directly good an opinion of Englishmen to be:ieve that the oath expenses, and after this had been read to the Commis-
ledge of his owner will be struck out by the time pre- --- 1
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Mr. Marcy then proceeds to define his views of the rights concerned, and in regard to which it is a matter both of they took would be often a false one. (Cheers ) He sioners, Mr.
,Lea said to them, " You can do nothing ;
scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in.
actually possessed by Great Britain, under the treaties of benour and interest that they should aveid alt inistni- considered, therefore, that at that moment they were he must pay. ' He (Mr. Partridge) did not know the Ashtn &Oldh 93 71. p. ct. 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51
Barnsley.. ••1160: - - Neath .• •• • • 100' 16L -
.1783 and 1786; and, after giving a eurnmary of a debate deretanding or disagreement. This subject is tile right- bound to call on Government to do away with anything narnee of the Commissioners who were present, but who-
Brkiik&Abrg.lso: 41. - Oxford.. •• • • 100 - -
which took place in the House of Lords, with refereoce ful interpretation of a treaty engagement to which Great that was unjust. His presence there that night hail ever they were it was wrong that they should suffer Racing Fixtures for 1856. Birmingham I 401 41. 91% Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. 76
ta the latter treaty, on the 26th of March, 1787, be thus Britain and the United States are parties. nothing to do with the war, but he attended merely be- tre'n
la selves to be dictated to b a over t o
y g nmen aeent. FEBRUARY. Coventry.... 100 251. - Regent's.... 30, 1/ 1-1
„ Derby ••• - 100 6!. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 IL 10s. 7G
i ' Tur him out "ke 1 The Commissioners ac u 11
t a. y told Lincoln
wind* up his despatch :- " Mr. Buchanan lays it down as a fact that Great cause he, believed that a great number of his townsmen t` n , ---, - 12 Liverpool Spring eu Ellsnire&Chs 69 2% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140! - -
" Nothinr, could be more fatal-not the treaty of 1786 Britain held the sovereignty of the Mosquito coast prior and constituents were placed by this objectionable, Un- the gentleman appealing that if be would send in a Derby Spring l9 GrandJunetn,loo 3/. pr. ct. 36 Do. Lk Fdst 121 -
itself-to tte pretensions set up by Great Britain for her- to 1850, and be then states that Great Britain still con- sound, and iniquitous law in such a situation that they balance sheet, and a statement of the profit he had on MARCH. Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 6L pr. ct. ii ye Stfird &Wore 1401 281. 420
aelf and the Mosquito Indians than this debate, and t%e tinues to hold this sovereignty, although the treaty of must rob themselves to an extent unknown, whilst each article he manufactured, so a.s to prover that he had Nottingham Spring 4 Catterick - 'Shrewsbury.. 125 -
.24 Grand Union! 100 11. Os. - Stourbridge.. i 45, 121. 290
vete on the motion to censure the treaty of 1786. The 1850 prohibits her from so doing But Mr. Buchanan others are allowed to escape. Tee resolution he had to paid too much, they might return him part of the assess- Warwick Spring 10 Coventry 24 Keinit & Avn 39, Gs. Od. 6% Severn and
2/. 28
Lordd who supported the vote of censure by the Adtni- confounds the two conditions of a: sovereignty arid of a propose was, " That in the opinion of' this ineeting the ment. A return from the income tax collector 1 Why, Salisbury - - Wye Rail.] 26
nistration for having made the treaty assert, it is true, protectorate, and under this error treats the agreement p,•erent sy• tern of levying a tax on industrial incomes is to use, a vulgar saying, it was like getting butter out of Essex l3 h Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 470 iWarwick & 7 1 21. 25
Leicester .... i 100 5/. 4934 S Birming. 5 100(
that Great Britain and her ally, the Mosquitos, had rights not to colonise, nor occupy nor fortify nor assume nor unjust, aed that an equitable adjustment is essentially a dog s mouth. (Laughter.) After some other remarks
APRIL. Leicstr &Nth' 83 - - IWarwick &1 '
2/. 10
before the treaty of 1786, but admit that these rights
n over, as inc u mg an agreemens not n• mnsary , an ia e inquisi one poweis um er
exercise dominio ' ''
I (1. ' •t- -- • dttt th • •U ' l • I by Mr. Partridge, the motion was put to the meeting by Lou-ht,oroxli 142 701. 550 Napton.. j 100
were given up by that treaty. This position destroys the th .1 •• • • d • 1
e c outman an unanimous y passei. Doncaster Spring 1 Newmarket C l4 h
Monmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr &I
78 21 21
to protect. which the tax is now assessed ought to be abolished." Thirek - - Birming. •
pretensions of Great Britain, both for herself and the "Wi h t t • t G tli't • W. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq , ALP seconded the resolution,
t respec o sovereign y, rea ri am never Mr. Councillor Leonia after a brief addrese, moved .
Croxton Park 3 Melton 24 Meitnllwbry 100! - - Wilts & Brks. -10 s. Od. 4:
Mosquitos, of having rights there after that treaty. On claimed, and does not now claim or hold any sovereigut d ••cl• h i d -1.; H• ' i hth - ttie eleption of a petition to the House of Commons, •
y an was receite wit ou c eers. a sau ,w e et • e • Epsom Sprine lO Newmarket F S 2B
the other hand, Lord Thurlow, in his defence of the Ad- in or over Mosquito ; but with respect to the protecto• we were to have a peace such ad we all desired-an which was seconded by Mr. T. C. SALT, and adopted. • n INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Durham 1 4
ministration, denied all claims on the part of the Mos- rate which Great Britain has long exercised over Mee- honoui alrle and a lastiug peace, such as perhaps the cir- Mr. H. H. HoirroN asked the chairman's permission
quito Indians, as well as on the part of Great Britain, MAY. Dividend Amount
quito, her Majesty's Government asserts that the treaty curnstances which they had read within the last four and to obtain the opinion of the meeting upon the following per of I Paid. Pric
except what was given by the clause relative to the Be- of 1850 did not, and was not meant to annihilate such twenty hours would lead them to hope for-or whether resolution, intrusted to his care by the Landlords' Pro- Chester Spring 6 Bath 9O Name of Company.
Annum. , Share.
lize ; his position, which was concurred in by nearly the protectorate, but simply to cor.fine its powers and limit we were to have a further continuance of that just and tection Society :-" That it is the opinion of this m t
ee - Shrewsbury 13 Epsom 27
whole House of Lords, is, therefore, equally fatal to these its influence. righteous war in which we were now engaged-in either ing that the system adopted in Birmingham of assessing Manchester l4 IXs.d.Z s. d.
pretensions of the British Government. In one view or The noble earl, after reminding the representative of ease they might depend upon it tho income and property house property to the property tax upon the gross in- 1 JUNE. Albion ....•• .....• .. 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 83
Alliance Brit. and For. 7/. 14s. Gd.bs. 100 0 0 111 0 0 16
the other, the vote of the whole House of Lords is an ec- the United States that the spirit of the treaty must al- tax would remain for many years, even were it not re- stead of the profit rental, and only allowing for voids, is i Beverley
knowledgment that Great Britain, after 1786, had no ways be inferred from the circumstances under which it tained as a peimanent engine of taxation. Now, with most oppressive and unjust, and contrary to the act of Ascot Heath 10 Bibury 2 5 Anchor ............... 6 per cent. 5 OHo 0 _
rights whatever in Central America, or in that vicinity, takes place, and that the true construction of a treaty reeard to the first part of that resolution which referred parliament, which professes to charge income upon pro- Hampton lB Stockbridge 26 Atlas . 15s. thl. 50 0 J 515 0 161
0., Argus Life ......... -4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
except the linaited usufruct to a small tract'ef country- must be deduced from the literal meaning of the words to the tax as now levied on industrial incomes, as coin- perty at the rate of ls. 4d. in the pound, while by Newton 18 Winchester ei Critish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 00, 5 0 0 6%
the Belize-not claimed as a part of Central America, employed in its framing, proceeds to describe the eir- eared with permanent incomes, one would have suppoeed making no allowance for repairs or losses, the owners jULY. Clericl.Aled.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 00i10 0 0 21!
and that the Mosquito Indians had no sovereign rights cuinstance under which the treaty of 1850 was concluded. it impossible that there would be two opinione. Here are peying upwarde of 2s. in the pound of real income." Newmarket
0 ~, Crown .......... - -17 s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 181
o any territory whatever. He observes that, after expelling the Nicaraguans from was a weer, on the one hand, with an income of 5001., , This was seconded by Mr. FORGIIA3I, and passed Carlisle
•• •
" The acts of Parliament show that Great Btitain had Grevtown, Great Britain could clearly engage herself to derived from an investment in the funds or in land - nem. con. Liverpool
no dominion there ; none even in the Belize ; arid hy the Vnited States_ to do all that was required respeoing 500/. for himself, for hie children, and for his posterity The business terminated with a cordial vote of thanks Nottingham 15 European Lite I/. 20 00 I au 183
General- - ......, Gt. 5 0 0 5 Se,
four treaties-three with Spain and one with the United the construction and protection of any canal commute- for ever. Here was, on the other side, a man with ,to the chairman. . AUGUST. Globe , „
... •..... 5/. per cent. Stock. 1 ~ 10(
States (that of the 19th April, 1850)-she has precluded cation across the isthmus, to be enjoyed on equal terms 5001. derived from the exercise of his own industry The following is the memorial adopted for presents- Brighton
herself from interposing in the affairs of Central America, by all nations, and she should also limit the powers of -an income which might fail to-morrow in con- tion to the Chancellor of the Exchequer :--- Brighton Club
Imperial Life
I therefore trust you will encounter hut little difficulty her protectorate over Mosquito, so as to Mauve all sue' sequence of ill health, which might totally fail "The reepectful Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Reading . 12 Egliam 26 Indemn:ty Marine.... 11. 3s Jc 3/. 100 00200 0 I 77
in inducing her to abandon unfounded pretensions, and picion ar possibility of her using it in any manner that in consequence of his death ; and yet they wnuld Borough of Birmingham, in public meeting SEPTEMBER. Law Fire .......... - 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 --
to respect those solemn treaty stipulations." would place such canal communication under her exelu- find men who were prepared to tell them that these two assembled, Warwick Sept 2 I Cardiff 24 Law Life............. - 100 0 , 10 0 0 59
On January 10, 1854, Mr. Buchanan, addressed a de- sive authority and dominion. Thus, when the dra sin g persons wera in precisely similar circumstances-that "Sheweth- Lichfield
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 5%
1/. 10s. 25 0 0 1 12 10 0 1 2•. i;
I
!patch to Mr. Marcy, in which he stated thathe had hail aupof a treaty afterwards took Place, the oliject of the , the one man is not richer than the other man-that a " That your memorialists, in common as they believe Doncaster 16 I Newinarket F 0 30 London Ship. -
10s.& bs. 25 0 oil 2 10 0 -
long interview with Lord Clarendon at the Foreign-office, British negotiator, and it must be presumed that I man with 500/. a year which might cease to-morrow and with her Majesty's Government, the Houses of Parlia- Leicester 94 I Marine......... •.- . . 18s.per share 100 0 01 28 0 0 40,
when the noble lord informed him that belied preeented to of both negotiators, necessarily was to draw rip a man with 500/. which would be his own, his children's, merit, and the people, are convinced that the present OCTOBER. Med.lnvlid& Gen. Life 434 /. per ct. 50 0 0 I 2 0 0 31/4
Minerva
the Cabinet the suggestion of the American Government such a convention as, without conceding any specific or his posterity's for ever, were equally rich and equally income and property tax laws are inequitable, uw• 1-
1 LIS*I Kelso 1 I Newmarket S 0 l3 Monarch •••••••• - • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
that Nicaragua ehould treat the Mosquitos within her point en which one nartY could not in honour yield, subject to taxation under this act. (Cheers.) It really and inquisitorial. National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
Chester Au u
tmn 7 I Warwick Autumn 2l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 33/,
limits as Great Britain asd the United States treated would make such concessions on all other points art the seemed almost impossible for any man to entertain such u That your memorialists consider it to be a truism '
Bedford 9 1 Newmarket H „ Palladium Life ...
'LI Pelican .. -..•••• •• •• - - - i 451
their own Indians tinder similar circumstances. After other party desired ; and if the convention in question an opinion-(hear)-- and he assured them that in meet- that every man should d h - f h
pay towar st e expenses ut e Wrexham Autumn - - - 180
some discussion on this subject, Mr. Buchanan adle be referred to, it will be seen that it is drawn up care- ing arguments of that kind he was completely non- state in proportion to the wealth he possessed. er cent. 5 0 010 0 -
NOV EMBER. Professional Life ...... 5/. P
1/. ss. & bs. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 3i3
that a discursive and rambling conversation took place, fiiiiy, i a such a manner as to make it a matter of indi:- plussed. He (Mu Seholefield) had heard the late Chan- "That the present income and property tax laws have Provident Life.. ......
embracing the 'tauten and Belize question, the Clayton fereuce, so far as the canal is concerned, as to whether cellor of the Exchequer, than whom he did not know a taken an untrue and arbitrary distinction for levying Worcester Autumn _.... 4 Shrewsbury Autumn ...18 Rock Life•••••••• •••• I 7s' 530010 0 ' 8
and Bulwer Treaty, and other anatters, in the course of the port and town of San Juan are under the modified man endowed with more extraordinary powers of elo- taxation between wealth called property and wealth Liverpool l2 Royal Exchange ...." 'lOl. Per •
6/. 10s.
cent Stock,
- all 230
which Lord Clarendon stated distinctly that that treaty protectorate of Great Britain, or under the government quence and argument, speak for two hours as to their called income, where no such distinction exists, in fact-- _ San Fire ...... •• .. •• - .1. 14.
Ditto Life • • • • , _ ff .---
55
•lish G
was, in the °Pinion of the Eng overnment, entirely of Nicaragua. MoreoYer, in drawing up this treaty, both identity, but every man of good common sense would both kinds of ProPerty being wealth, of precisely equal •
Irish Ramo' Fixtures for 1856. United Kingdom .• • • 41.p.ct.&bs. 20 0 0 4 '4 0 -
Universal Life .• •..• • • , 5/. per cent. :100 0 0 10 0 0 -
prospective in its operation, and did not require them to Mr. Clayton and Sir 11. L. Bulvver referred to the notes agree that persons of precarious and permanent incomes value, according to their amount, and equally requiring APRIL. Victoria Life • • ...... l 51. per cent. I _._ 412 6 5%
abandon any of their possessions in Central America. which had passed between. Lord Palmerston read Mr. were persons of different circumstances, and ought to be the expenses and protection of Government. Take, for _-____-
Curragh 22
"In regard to Belize," Mr, Buchanan says, " there was La.wrence, and even made use of the precise terms which taxed in a very differeut manner. (Cheers ) in what example, two SUMS of 500/. each, one invested and called MISCELLANEOUS.
MAY.
not the leaat appearance of yielding on the part of his had been then employed ; from which it must of tleces- way taxation wan to be made equal in regard to the two c property, and the other called income, they are both a
owth and 8a1d0y1e...13 I Roscommon 27
lordship, He repudiated the idea with some warmth that sity be inferred that they meant to transfer to their con- men referred to might be matter for difference of opi- wealth, both of equal value, both equally henefitted by Dividend Amount I
any person should suppose they had surrendered this set- vention, with the words which they borrowed, the mean- nion. The Income-tax Association, who had called that Government protection and laws, yet the former pays no JUNE. Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price
tiebnent under the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty. The time iog which had previously been attached to those words meeting, insisted upon capitalisation of income as being tax whatever, but only the income or interest of it is Traniore
_______
has therefore arrived when it becomes indispensable that in the documents from which they extracted them ; and the best mode of arriving at a just decision on the sub- taxed at ls. 4d. in the pound, while the latter pays the Ballyeigh l7 i X s. d. 1 X s. d.
I should receive the President's instructions on this point. a reference to such documents will at once show that ject. (Hear.) They concluded in their report and pro. income tax of Is. 4d. in the pound on the gross amount ; JULY. Assam Tea ••..•• .... 51. 50 00120 0 0 -
~. Auction Mart.... •• •• 234 per cent. 50 0 0 -
In forming his opinion it may be worthy of censidera• Mr. Lawrence, while he asked her majesty's Govern. spectus that probably three years wag the utmost Value and thus is one property made to pay about 20 tines as Bellewstown 8 I Heath, eu Australian Agriculturl 1/. Is. 100 0Q,17 10 0 2734
tion that the British 'hare been in the actual posses- ment whether it meant to occupy, fortify, coieniws, el- as. which they could put upon an industrial income-(hear) much tax as another of precisely the same value. Down R. Corporation...ls I Australian Trust .... 8/. per cent. - '25 0 0 -
sion of Belize, under treaty, for more than nO years ; sume or exercise dominion over Mosquito, did not allude -whereas the value of a landed income might be as- " That the income tax laws do thus virtually exempt AUGUST. Australian Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 all 35(
Anglo•Maxican Mint.. 1/, 10a. 10 0 0 all _
that no Peri" was kited when they should withdraw to the protectorate of Grea.t Britain over that couetre sunned to be worth 30 years' Purchase- He Was not from direct taxation the larger partof the taxable wealth Killarney ,21 British American Land 15s. _ 40 00 -
from this Possession ; that Spain declared war against and that Lord Palmerston, in declaring that her ma'. going to decide whether three or five years was a Proper of the nation, namely, all that is not called income, and Canada ............. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 138
SEPTEMBER.
Great Britain on the 11th of October, 1796 ; that an testy's Government did not intend to do any of these period for capitalisation, for it WS., of comparatively extoet an extraordinary war expenditure from the taxed 9 g Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/, per cent. - -
Curr edi 2 Johnstown
attack was risade frmn Yucatan on Belize in 1798, which thine's, expressly left the question concerning the poll. small importance. All they wanted to arrive at was, income alone, which is the smaller portion of the national Tr a- et; Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61 per cent. - - 10-7 %`
amore - - - _
was repelled by the British settlers ; and that for needy ueaCrelations between Great Britain and the Mo.squites that they should draw a fair and reasonable distinction wealth ; and, as our Government and leg_islators are ge eine -e, g
u town .ar 16 Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 21
a.suarter of a century it has been under a regular colo- untouched." between the two classes of income. He said that if the selected from the classes chiefly interested, either b - - - _
real G OCTOBER.
overnment without attracting the notice of the with regard te the literal meaning of the treaty, LOH Government would at once say, "We will acknowledZe themselves or their connections in the proPerty thus yi.l- ~,, Equitable lieyerslonry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
united States. Curragh 14 Cashel "45 Ditto New ........ - 50 0017 10 0 -
Clarendon observes that it is evident it clearly acknow- the difficulty, and do our best to remedy it," but he (Mr• Nally exempted, the people are apt to infer that this
A statement of the vietvs of tbe United States' Co- ' 1 dges the iossibility of Great Britain or the United Scholefield) would not call for a measure comPletelY and favoured exem tion is not accidental, and they regard, it Down R. Corporation 21 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & ler, 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 'Let. 15 0 0 14 0 0 -
vernment with reference to the various queations in dis 8 - 'I. tection to Mosquito or any Central accuratelyjust towards ever I • d• d• 'dual of this as a gross cm? • •
States affording pro y c ass an in Pei .of class legislation. - Hudson's nay.- •• _ Stock. ' - -
pute, dated Jan. 6, 1854, was placed by Mr. B I -
tic pitnan American State and that the intention of the parties was country-for thistle believed was perfectly impossible with " That the evils of this taxation are traceable to the - Hungerford ...... •• .. 2/. 55, 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
in the hen s
4of Lord Clarendon ; and in a lenghty renty, • • THE AFRICAN MAILS. London Institution .•• - - ; - -
Is ' bl.hbt t I. •t d t• t h the diverse interests at present existing. TheY did not UniUgt prinCipleS on which it is based. Among other
not to prohnet or ao is , u o imi an res ric •, suc
transmitted b London Reversionary 5/per cent. 15 00 ' all -
y the noble Earl to the American Minister prote t t The nobl earl further sa s that it was want this, but they did want an approximation ; and anomalies • '
it lA assumed to be a tax on net income, whilst -.- RILiSeII Institution •• •• - - 12 10 0 -
on the 22d of May following, he observes that the sub- neve:inte. e.
I•y • C li th U b.. •• • - t i over three the laws realise •
le contemplation of her 3 ajesty s eovern- w e er I was y capitalisation to ex en( this assumption in a few cases except on ARRIVAL OF THE ETHIOPE. Price'sPatentCand. Co 110/. percent. 20 0 0 ; 17 10 -
f he case sub '
Reversionary Int. Soc. 14341. pr cent. 100 0 0 .109 0 _
stance 0- t mated to her geejeky's Govern- inent, or in that of the Government of the United States, years, more or less, or whether it was by altering the incomes from salaries and from funded property. Even
went by Mr. Bachanan may be briefly stated as that th - • • ' b • t f t .t• th ' ratively th • • '
e treaty of 1800 should interfere in any way wit ra e o axa ion upon ese incomes, was, cornpa e income arising from land pays on its grose amount, PLYMOUTH, Sunday.- _
The African Steam Navi- Royal Mail Steam ... . 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 7634
South Australian Land 1 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 36
follovra :- her Mateety's settlement at Belize or its dependencies ; speaking, of little importance, although he most decid- which is relatively unfair because of the many necessar gation Company's mail packet Etbaope, Captain Trust and Loan Comp. 1,
t Britain •
wl. That Grea- , Prior to April, 1850, was and he shows in some detail that the pretensions of edlv gave the preference to capitalisation. lt mattered deductions in ex 'hi h • • • f
penises, w 1 st t e income arising rom
y B 11 • d t this port early
arnwe , arrive a . this morning, tipper Canada ..•• l - 20 0 0 50 0 -
'in posseesion of the whole coaet of central America Great Britain to consider Ruatan and Benacca de- little what mode they adopted, bet eo for heaven's sake property in houses is in a still worse condition. with the usual mails from the west coast of Africa.
d to the ert
from the Rio non-° P and harbour oe san pendencies of Belize were of lonu standing, and adopt Some means that the great disparity between these o Her outward dates are :-Madeira, Ist Novena- LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
That the 'n'usfce of taxine industrial incomes
Juan e'e Nicaragua, excePt that Portion of it betwo6n tee existed certainly at the period of th% treat of 1850. tie° kinds of income should be remedied. A.s regarded which ale 1i . 1 ber ; Tenerife, 3cl ; Goree, 9th ; Bathurst, 10th ; Dividend Amop.nt
rely precarious and uncertain at tloe
necessa . ,
Sarstoon and Cape Honduras, tozether with the adja. The following are the con 1 cl. Y fth the inquisitorial powers under which the tax was now . '
c u ing paragraphs o e same rate as incomes from fixed property is so generally Sierra Leone, 14th ; Liberia, 18th ; Cape Coast, Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
cent Honduras island of Ruatan. noble earl's despatch :- assessed, the hon. gentleman said that it was well known admitted as to re • t 22d A 24th ; Lagos, 25th ; Fernando Po,
quire no commen . ; ccra, Annum. Share.
"2. That the Government of the United stat„ dogs n Efer majeaty's Government can hardly antici ate that individuals making a fair, honourable statement of „ , ____,__- _
uot understand under what title Great Britain, havinq any difficulty at this time with the II ' - P th • • f th t h d d mpelled
ruted States re- eir income were a ter a sure arge an co f the in a.mero
float the unequal pressure o come tee, an.; 29th ; C ,
ous 2d December ; Calabar, 4th ; x B. d. .R. B. d.
Rank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1821 0
the inqui-itorial un•English mode of its assessment refl. and Bonny, 6th.
abandoned the greater part of those Pessessions in 1796 specting the continental establishment ee neondur„, the to pay. Now, when a man made a fair and itlet state- del ' British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 219/10
resumed them subsequently ; nor does it know precisel ei it odious' and tends to oad the industrial c
9 limits Of which, in 1850, wete so well known and can be ment of the income he was earning-to surcharge that n . . t, ' g ono- Honaewar e, r ,
ds :-Lao•os llth Deeemb • A ccra
-err , ...... , Caledonian I3ank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. 18s
at what period the protectorate of Great Britain over so easily ascertained, and which will not be extended ; man was robbery and nothine else. They might qualify iunity into a state of hostility to the government. • . 14th ; Cape Coast, lath ; Liberia, 20th ; Sierra City:Vilasgow Bank 51., yer czltt...
.12g g g 2 0 0 lin,.
Mosquito was re-established, the firet intimation whieh • but havin,g shovgn that ita PreteneiOUS to the islands of the act of the assessor in any way they pleased, and use " That the secret tribunals which aid the local corn- Leone, 25th ; Bathurat, 29th ; Goree, 30th ; Tene- ad, (1
Me;•Cle-til=tk •• :: 731! pelt)* Cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 gi2l.:
the United Statea' Government had received on thee filliht Ruatan and Bonacea are of no recent date, and tnat milder terms, but he (Mr. Seholefield) could only came missioners and government agent's in the assessment of riffe, 6th January ; and Madeira, 11th. Eastern Bank ........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 1 lOs
ject being frotwan, American agent in 1842 ; ana that, theY were unquestioned bY the United States' Gover„. Ito this conclusion, that if they did surcharge hitn theY the tax. on industrial incomes, together with those cow- The Ethiope brings about 4,0000 z. gold dust, 10 }MO.& Glasgow.. • • 3%/. p cent. 50 0 50 0 4/. 18s
moreover, Captain Bonnycastle and other authorities had ment in 1850. Her Majesty's Government ca t I bb dlf 11 dh• t t an amount he
nno ea • ro e im, or compe e un ore urn inissioners and agents, are practically clothed with des- passengers, and a full cargo of l 1 b eswax,
pa moi , e Exchange Bnk of Scot.. -
t Imo - -- -
National Bank .. - - 634 per cen . 0 0 tO 0 0 171/0s
never represented the Mosquito share as extending as mit that an alteration in the internal form ef govern- never earned, and thereby compelled him to rob hirn,. If P
e... . °tic power, so that the amount of taxation of each in- arrowroot, ivory, and Other African d
pro uce. North of Scotland Bank sLper cent 20 0 0 , 210 0 4/. 163
far as the river and town of San Juan de Nicaragua, ment of these islands is a violation of the treaty, er He must rely or appeal, and they knew what the appeal dividual is in fact at the arbitrary discretion of men who Her Majesty's sl • S
lip conrue Commodore, Adams, Royal Bank of 4 cotl. - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132110
which latter t ' • Union Bank of'Scot. •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 Os
he Spaniards had considered a Place of affords a just cause of remonstrance to the United meant. It meant this, " You must bring your books, are amenable to no tribunal, and who are not even re- 1f F d P b '
e t ernan o 0, 30th November, for the Wind- Western Ba 71. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 73/15s
much importance and -the ke h A • States, sponsible to public opinion.
yto t e mericas. and you must expose the whole of your trading trans- ward Coast. %Mance Fire and Life.. 834 Lpr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/15s
" 3. Tbat it a
. ppears to the United States' Government " There are, at all times, two rnodee of dealing with actions to the individuals who themselves have commit- " That the moral feeling of the community is thus ar- -re teg •t , • British Guarantee ... V. per cent. 1# 0 0 20 0 1/. 8s
S . i ner ajes y s brig Philoruel, Commander Skeine, c aledonlan Fire Insur . 10, per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 9 251 Os
that • pain, in v rtne of the treaty of 1786, had a rioht to !natters of business between nations-the one calculated ted the wrong up you of surcharging you." The In- rayed against the income tax laws, and evasion of tbe
as at Lanos City of Glasgov' Life , 61. percent. 0 0 2 0 0 il. 8,
object toGreatßritainestablishin„h if th m ' -t t ncite mutual irritation, the other to mitigate it-the come Tax Re--fori:PAisociation proposed a rell3edy that
~ erse on el (mem o oe- tax ta regarded merely ae the means of self-defence Nv ' n -
„....... 51. per cent 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/. 51
Co onial Li f t . . ,
coast or assuming the protectorate of Mosquito ; and that one tending to prolong and increase differeneee, the other upon appeal a statement of income, supported by oath against extortion. Her Majesty's ships Penelope, Electo, llyrmi- Ediabur„Th Lifo Incur. ci. percent. too 0 0 1 15 0 0 ',6/lUs
Great Britain had, ley her treaty with Mexico recognised to diminish and remove them. or declaration of the tax-payer should be final. This "That from these various] causes a proper collection don, and brig Ferret, at Sferra Leone. Eng. & Scot, Lan Life 5/„)er cent. 50 001 3 5 0 4/. 8s
that the former colonies of Spain stood i ' . " The latter is the mode which her M ' ' G ' -
le the same posi- ajesty s ovein method seemed at the first blu;la to be a ver •
y sweeping of the tax becomes absolutely impracticable, and the At Teneriffe, the French man-of-war Newton Life Assoc. 0 14cat‘and 6/.per cent. 10 001110 0 6/ les
I Nationai Fire and Life 6/. per ctr:t. 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 2/. , 3
tion with respect to other States as Old Spain herself, ment earnestly desires in the present instance to adopt , One ; it would manifestly open the door to a great greater the necessities of the Government, and the more only.
North Brltish Incur... 71, per cent. 290 0 0 I 20 0 0 33/ 0,
mad ioherited the advantages of the ancient treaties of and to see adopted, for it can hardly be necessary to say i amount of fraud, and every fraudulent man would stringent the efforts to collect the tax, the greater is the The news brought by the Ethiope is of little im- scottish Union Insrnc. Nl. pr cent. 20 00 , 10 0 /1/. lOs
the mother country; that the United States' Govern- that there is no Government with which the 1 d ' unquestionably avail himself of this method to return
peop ean oppression practised upon those who are truthful in their portauce. Th .3tandard Life •• -.. •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 7 0 0 201 Os
ere have been DO further disturbances iJaited pep Assurance , Si. per cent. to 0 01 1 0 0 -

WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ a. d.
East London
Grand Junction
Kent........._
Lambeth
New River Company
Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 89
West Middlesex .. • •
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--
I X s. d. s. d.
Hungerford ...• • • • • • • I 12
Southwark .... ••• • •• ;110 0 0
Ditto New of 7!4 p.c. 11. per cent. 150 0 0
Waterloo •• • • 101) 0 0
Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. 14s. 8(1. 60 0 0
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 10s. 4d. ,I 40 0 0 --2 ;
Vauxhall

gun (now called Greytown) the United States' Minister have redress because lie dared not show his books. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and was Rataplau - ;110 0 0 -
' Ditto New of 7!4 p.c. 1/. per cent. 150 0 0 - -
in London was not authorised to take any stern, nor (Shame.) It was bad enough to rob a man at night in carried unanimously amid loud cheering. Scythian - loti 0 0 - -
even to afford to the commissioner from Nicaragua the the open air ; but to make a man rob himself by a vile,
Mr S k
Rifleman - Taos. AURELIUS ATTWOOD was the next speaker, 46 7 Waterloo .
-
benefit of his counsels and good offices thereupon. Toe iniquitous law was ten times worse. (Cheers.) The man
an Mr. • Early Birl 5B 9 Cossey -2;
despatch says :- who was robbed by another had the chance of being
0, a was received with applause. After some preliminary
observations he said - 21 IA
" With regard to the grounds on which her Majesty's able to defend himself, but the man who had only the b s that when Seueebox
fy, Sir Robert Peel in 1842 all the errors that were now DOCKS. .
Government made the capture of San Juan de Ni- choice of robbing himself to prevent his being ruined alto-King of Trumps.,B 7
a Bold Buccleuch 3 6 0 .
c ut.d to exist in it were known ; they were all stated ;---- -- - - -
caragua, in 1848, the desire of her Majesty's Govern- gather was infinitely snore to be pitied. Then, again, a Windex
the were all urged
a, and they were all neglected. and Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
ment to avoid all subjects of controversy in which it is man with a casual income is charged every year accord- y'Fandango 4B 5 Diana 56 0
despised In fact if the had a notion that the majority Annum. Share.
" St. Hubert 4 8 4 The Earl 4 6 0 ------- -.--
not absolutely necessary to enter restrains it from here ing to a certain estimate, whether he gets that income
of the * ' y
House of Commons had roubled themselves about •
t
adverting to the documents which stated the reasons on or not. A man who hold annuities is char red the came the Little Harry ...... a 8 2 M. 1 irage
justice of the matter, be would tell them they, 0 Commercial ••• • •• ..•• 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
which her Majesty's Government came to the resolution as the man who holds bona fide stock. (Hear.) SuchPu-nicestone 5 8 2 Elastic
4 5 s.a East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. troubled themselves about no such thing. They never Defiance- -
it at that time adopted ; and indeed, a-s those documents a thing was a fraudulent transaction-he could not call
took the word jestice into their consideration.-
were laid before Parliament and connuttnicated officially it by any other name-(cheers)-and any government They Ivan
to the United States' Government, it would be super- who supported such a law merely because it was an easy wanted money, and money they must have. (Hear.) Bonnie _
o.torn 4 712 Johnny Taft
ins •• •• •.1 41. per eent. - - -
St. Katharine •• •• .... 4 per cent. Stock. - 86
fluous now to recapitulate their contents. way of extracting a large amount from the people's After l the late quoting the opinions of Lord J. Russel , p i
Mr Hume, and Mr. Sotheron, M.P. for Wi •ltshire as sa rownie 6 712 La Viettme 3 510 !c!iithanipton •• •• .... 13/. Os per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 --
" With regard to the doctrine laid down by Mr. pockets, part justly and part unjustly, was not deserving • ' Eulogist 67 12 Diego 35 8 Victoria .. ••-•• •• - I 51. per cent. 20 00,10 0 o 19
President Monroe in 1823, concerning the future colo- the confidence of the people. (Applause.) He knew it to the injustice of Sir R. Peel's measure, Mr. Attwood
Rotherham
nix align of the American continents by European would be said, "Oh, these people want to oppose the read the memorial, which was received with considerable Marchioness
4 7 10 Hospitality
States, as an international axiom which ought to sego- Government ; they want to get rid of the war." Now, applause.
He, therefore, proposed "that the memorial
l
late the conduct of European States, it can only be he thought every one in Birmingham ought to know that to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which had been read Grsecuus Esuriens 4 7 9 Van Galen 3 5 7
Chicken , 4 7 6 Agra
3 5 7 Name of Company. ' Dividend Amount I
per of Paid. Price.
viewed as the dictum, of the distinguished personage he could not be chargeable with any such intention. to the meeting, be adopted, and that the mayor, the
Lady Tett : 4 7 6 0n... . Warlock 3 5 7 Annum. Share.
who delivered it ; but her Majesty's Government can- ([lsar.) He had supported the war because he believed members for the borough, and chairman and honorary - '
Border Chief 4 7 5 Puck - ---I___ - I
not admit that doctrine as au international axiom it t)be a war of justice, a war of necessity, upon which secretary of the Income Tax Reform Association, with
Claret 4 7 3 Panmu reX s. d. X s. et.
3 " Australasia..• • • •..... 120/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 89X,
which ought to regulate the conduct of European the independence and existence of this country depends. Mr. F. Wills, bsappointed a deputation from this meet- .
Mishap
5
- British NortliAmerican I Si. per cent.' 50 0 0 -
in.; to present the same." (Cheers.)
States. The doctrine with regard to the incapacity of (Cheers.) No one would be better pleased than be should Imogene 4 7 2 One Act 3 5 4 Commercial of London. 1101. per cent. 100 0 0 20 '0
0 3114
the Indians to exercise the rights of sovereign powers be to see an honourable, a firm, and a lasting peace se- Mr. J. PairrarDGE seconded the adoption of the me- Honeysuckle 57 2 Sly Feliow 3 5 ,-) Colonial ...• •• • • ...... 51. per cent.' 100 0025 0 0 -
must also remain a doctrine on which each State which cured to the world, provided the dignity of England was morial. lie referred to the case of some friends cf his, Switch
lon. •••• • . - ... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Bk. of Aus. -
20 5 0 all 0 16
has to deal with such Indians must be free to exercise preserved in securing it. Give him a peace of this kind manufacturers, who, carrying on a business which hap- Goorkah 6 7 0 Pollux 3 5 2 London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 41%
its own policy, and to follow the dictates of its own con- and he would accept it, but he should never eubmit to pened to be unromunerative for a given time, appealed Lady Palmerston 4 7 0 Prince • of Orange 3 5 2 ' 1 oncln dad Westminstr :141. percent. 1100 0 0 20 o o 49
London Joint-Stock ... 112/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
science." one which would only give a little breathing time to our against the surcharge made in respect of the profits which , Vandal - •
The noble earl points to Liberia as the example of a enemies, and oblige us ere long to begin everything de it was presumed by the Income Tax Surveyor must have Alston -
flourishing independent State, composed chiefly of nei,roes nor,. (Cheers.) A few men meeting together for a few accrued in that period. The principal went before the Paletot -
from the United States, and observes that Great Britain hours could make a just and equitable tax upon property. c .mmissioners, took his foreman with him, and produced Bolton - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
in her own dealings with Indians has recognised their lie proposed in the House of Commons that, to get rid Lis books ; but one of the board said, " Don't tell Coroner 3 610 zlewood -
3 5 0 ' Oriental Bank Corpora. ,8 t•
25 0 0 all 3N
rulers as independent ehiefs,lwhile in her treaties with fo- i f the inquisitorial power, the wisest way would be to us that anybody would carry on a large trade at a loss," pharsalas -
reign Powers she has spoken of their tribes as nations, allow a man to take affidavit that his income amounted and the words, " You must pay," settled the question. Bracken 5 6 10 Minie 3 5 0 Union of Australia •• • • 30/. per cent. 25 0 0 73;4
and stipu'ated for the restoration of their possessions. to so much. "Oh, but you would be encouraging people '
riiii was not in Birmingham, but it was only what Cock of the North 4 6 9 Adam 3 5 0 Ditto .............. ,301. pr
percent. - 2is 0 -
Union of London-. - i 20% cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
On these topics, therefore, her ; Majesty's Government, to swear falsely," said some one. No; he did not believe so many of them had experienced :it was the Surveyor Lady Bird 56 9 Pretty Boy 34 12 Union of Madrid ..... 1 - 4 O 4O 0 0 all -
without seeking to impose any opinions on the Uoited anything of the sort would be the result. He would not who was the Board of Commissioners. A case in point Sole Star
States' Government, claims a right to hold its own opi- have a set of commissioners guessing at a man's income ; lie mentilned. A townsman of theirs took to a business \Vantage
.___ _
niong. be would not call upon a man to disprove this guess by in May, 1855, and in October he found himself assessed Kaffir 5 6 8 Midliope 3 4 10 i ,
"The one remaining. subject to be discussed, " Lord exposing his concerns to them ; but he would leave it at 600/. in respect of this business. He prepared estate- Saraband
••••••
4 6 8! Dresser
it
Dividend
per
Clarendon continues "relates to a question in which to the conscience of every honest man, and he had too merit to prove that his profits had not been equal to his , '
This horse having been entered without the know•
Companies. , , per
m ,Annum. , Companies. es
.g ;Annum. Price.
rip
Great Britain and the United States are both directly good an opinion of Englishmen to be:ieve that the oath expenses, and after this had been read to the Commie- le , . ' .
uge of Ins owner will be struck out by the time ore- ---
concerned, and in regard to which it is a matter both of they took would be often a false one. (Cheers) He sioners, Mr. Lea said to them, "You can do nothing; • , • Z !
scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in.
honour and interest that they should avoid alt misun- considered, therefore, that at that moment they were he roust pay." He (Mr. Partridge) did not know the Ashtn &Oldh 93 71. p. ct. 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51
deretanding or disagreement. This subject is the right- bound to call on Government to do away with anything names of the Commissioners who were present, but who• Barnslow•••• 1160. - - Seals .. •• • • 100' 161. -
Brkiikalbrg , 150 41. - Oxford.. •• • • 100 - -
fill interpretation of a treaty engagement to which Great that was unjust. His presence there that night had ever they were it was wrong that they should suffer Racing Fixtures for 18 56. Birmingham I 40% 41. 91% Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. 76
Britain and the United States are parties. nothing to do with the war, but he attended merely be. tLemseives to be dictated to by a government agent. FEBRUARY. Coventry.... 100 251.
•- Regent's.... 30 1/ 1434
"Mr. Buchanan lays it down as a fact that Great cause he believed that a great number of his townsmen (" Turn him out," &c.) The Commissioners actually told Lincoln l2 Liverpool Spring „ Derby ••• .. 100 6!. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 70
'6 U Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140! -
Britain held the sovereignty of the Mosquito coast prior and constituents were placed by this objectionable, Ull- the gentleman appealing that if ho would send in a Derby Spring l9 GrandJunetn,loo 3/. pr.ct. 36 Do. Lk FdSt balance sheet, and a statement of the profit he had on 12i - -
to 1850, and he then states that Great Britain still con- sound, and iniquitous law in such a situation that they MARCH. Do., 6 enCt.l 10 61. pr. et. i 1 ye Stftrd &Wore 1401 281. 420
each article he manufactured, so as to prove that lie had Grand Farreyi 100 41. - 'Shrewsbury.. ,25 - -
times to hold this sovereignty, although the treaty of must rob themselves to an extent unknown, whilst Nottingham S • prlng 4 Caaterick
.24 Grand Unionloo 11.0 s. - Stourbridge. ' 121 290
paid too nine!), they might return him part of the assess- • piel •
1850 prohibits her from so doing. But Mr. Buchanan others are allowed to escape. The resolution he had to Warwick S .'
.pi in lO Coventry 24 Kennt & Avn 39 Gs. Od, 6% Severn and I 2/. 28
went. A return from the income tax collector ! Why,
confounds the two conditions of a sovereignty and of a propose was, "That in the opinion of this meeting the Salisbury ...13 I Northampton net Lancaster ..,100; - - Wye Ra 11.5 2G
to use, a vulgar saying, it was like getting butter out of- Leeds genivrploo 251. 470 iWarwick &i
P and under this error treats the agreement seem sy• tem of levying a tax on industrial incomes is Essex l3 I I 21. 25
a dog s mouth. (Laughter.) After some other remarks Leicester .... IWO 51. 4934 S Birming. 5 1001
not to colonise, nor occupy, nor fortify, nor assume nor unjust, aral that an equitable adjustment is essentially
exercise dominion over,' as including an agreement not n' censary ; and that the inquisitorial powers under by Mr. Partridge, the motion was put to the meeting by APRIL, Leicstr &Nth 83 - - IWarwick & 1
i A LoughLorogli 142 701. 550 Napton..s 100 21. 10
to protect. which the tax is now assessed ought to be abolished." the chairman and unanimously passe .l. Doncaster Spring
Thirek
3 York Spring elt Monmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr St 1
78 21. 21
22 Mntg,merysh 1001 - - Birming.
i
" With respect to sovereignty, Great Britain never W. SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., IM.P. seconded the resolution, Mr. Councillor LLOYD, after a brief address, moved .
Croxton Park 3 Melton 24 Meltnllwbry 1001 - - Wilts & Brks. -10 s. Od. 4%
claimed, and does not now claim or hold any sovereignty and was received with loud cheers. He said, whether the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons,
in or over Mosquito ; but with respect to the protecto- we were to have a peace such as we all desired-an which was seconded by Mr. T. C. SALT, and adopted. Epsom Spring lO Newmarket F S 2B
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Durham 1 4
rate which Great Britain has long exercised over Mos- honourable and a lasting peace, such as perhaps the cis- Mr. H. H. HowroN asked the chairman's permission
MAY. Dividend Amount
quite, her Majesty's Government asserts that the treaty cnmstances which they had read within the last four and to obtain the opinionof the meeting upon the following of Paid. Price.
of 1850 did not, and was not meant to annihilate such twenty hours would lead them to hope for-or whether resolution, intr t d
us e to his care by the Landlords' Pro- Chester S sin
g 6 Bath 2O Name of Company. per
Annum. I Share.
13 Epsom 27
protectorate, but simply to confine its powers and limit we were to have a further continuance of that just and ' t;society• "Tit • tee ion - That is the opinion of this meet- Shrewsbury
its influence. righteous war in which we were now engaged-in either ing that the system adopted in Birmingham of assessing Manchester l4 IXI.d.Z s. d.
The noble earl, after reminding the representative of ease they might depend upon it the income and property houseproperty to theproperty tax upon the - . gross in , , JUNE. Albion ....•• •••••• .. 31. 10s. 500 00500 0 83
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 149. Gd.bs. 100 0 0 11 o 0 163'
the United States that the spirit of the treaty must al- tax would remain f ••t t I t'profit or many years, even were ino re- stew, o the rental and only allowing for voids, is , Beverley
ways be inferred from the circumstances under which it rained as a pet manent engine of taxation. Now, with most oppressiveand unjust,'the
and contrary to act of Ascot
Heath 10 I Eibury 25 Anchor ............... 6 per cent. 5 0 10 0 -
takes place, and that the true construction of a treaty reeard to the first part of that resolution which referred p, rliament, which r f to charge income Hampton
p o esses
.a upo.n pro- lB I Stockbridge 26 Atlas . Its. ohl. 60 OJS 15 0 163'
27 Argus Life ......... •• 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 -'4
must be deduced from the literal meaning of the words at the tax as now levied on industrial incomes, as -1
coin- party at the rate of ls. 4d. in the pound, while b -
3' Newton 18 I Winchester
, o 0 6%
employed in its framing, proceeds to describe the cis- pared with permanent incomes, one would have suppoeed making no allowance for repairs or leases,
the owners JULY. Cleriel.Aled.& Oen.Life spr et. & bs. 100 0 0 110 0 0 2134
cuwstance under which the treaty of 1850 was concluded. it impossible that there would be two opinione. II • • • _
._ elm are upwards of 2s. in the pound of real income." Newmarket
- • _ _ _ ~ _ _ Crowns .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 a n n 1,, , ,

Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, tho mails will bedf;
spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India (P,
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched Ow
preceding day.

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Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
£ s. d. X a. d.
Albion .... • • •••••• .. 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 83
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 149. Gd.bs. 100 0 0 1111 0 0 16%
Ditto Marine ... .... 61. p.c. & be. 100 0 0 125 0 0 42
Anchor ............... 6 per cent.
Atlas • 15s. Od. 60 0,) 515 0 16%
Argus Life ......... - 4/.per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 005 0 0 6%
Clericl.Aled.& Gen. Life spr ct. & be. 100 0 0i 10 0 0 2144
4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120
Crown .......... •... 17s. Od 50 0 0 50 0 18%
Eagle -
Equity and Law...... 414 per cent. 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 5%
European Life ll. 20 0 0 ; au 18
32
Genera 1.........„ „ „ 6/. 5 0 0 . ~ 5,6
Globe
Guardian ............ s'. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 1 50%
Imperial Fire . 121. per cent, 500 0 0 50 () 0 , 340
Imperial Life
Indenuilty Marine.... 11. ss & ) 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I 77
Law Fire -
Law Lfte....... .... - 100 0 , 10 0 0 59
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 1 534
London
• '
London Ship. 10s. & bs. 25 0 oil 2 10 0 -
Marine......... •. ••
Nied.lnvlid& Gen. Life 414 /. per ct. 50 0 0
iI 2 0 0 34
Minerva
Monarch •• •• •• •• •• •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
National Loan Fund 5l. per cent.
Palladium Life ...
Pelican ...........••• - - -i. 4514
Phcenix - - - 180
-
Professional Life ... -.. 5/. per cent.
Provident Life
10111:.6p.51:eirsi. &0.c,t5 e.bn:te ... I 1220550:t o_ c_o3oosk .
000: I:: a1111:0100
00: 230
_B3l
, 4511. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Rock Life. • • ••
9 / .---
Ditto Life • • • • -
55
412 6 6%
SunVURI lonncvtaolee'lrdirLlrsaX:eaxLL:ll;:adfC. Exchange
; .11.1....1.1: •:: I 51 . p 1 le
r 1 el' t. I -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ---- ---- - -
X s. d. X s. d.
Assam Tea ••.• •• .... 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Auction Mart.....• • • 214 per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Australian Auriculturl 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 27}si
Australian Trust .. •• 8/. pen cent. - 25 0 0 -
Australian Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 all 35
Anglo-Maxican Mint.. I/. los. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 -
Canada ......„.... 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 138
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/, per cent. - - -3/
Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61. per cent. - - 107 z 4
City Navigation Bonds I - - - _
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[ADVERTISEMENT.]—SIGIIT AND HEARING.—DEAFNESS
DEFECTIVE VISION RELIEVED.— Messrs. S. and B. Soloree°
opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe--opt
site the York Hotel. Deafness---New Discovery.—lr
Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, nevaii
invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from
others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been,
°t
probably ever can be, produced.luced. Being of the same colo"..
as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons 141
hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the
pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely r,e•
moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could
be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses erthegrea,.t
est transparent power. The valuable advantage derivvr,
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons Ar.'
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute °eel'
pation— can see with these lenses of a much less maglar,::
ing power—and they do not require the frequent chant
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistalll
By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable Od
extraordinary improvements in the most powerful au
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and In
spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed
through them—of great importance to the army, 1201_,*
and others. These telescopes possess such extraording"
powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra ele
piece, v,iil show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's riogo
and the double stare ; with the same telescope can If
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant'
and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and
sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their Orr
ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than tl,B
' above, and the Georgian 'with his 6 sLatellites, &c.—The
Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very smell!
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by whisk
a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant; they ianewe'
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house',
Theycou country t
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itiatg!
ytoaclhOti
invaluableanfdorshsiliposoatline
ng,
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Open
race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonder'!"
power.-39,
the York Hotel.
Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite

BIRTHS.
OF A BON.
Ou the 16th just., at Trabolgan, the Lady Fernley. On the 18th inst., at 2, Ampthill-square, the wife of Jo
Pycroft Collier, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 18th inst., at Littlehamptou, Mrs. H. Podley.
On the 17th inst., at Walthamstow, Mrs. Alexander
Bevington.