The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-25 00:00:00

MONTROSE BURGHS

fire in breach xv 44 opened would warrant us in reds

that period to 48 hours.
Many conjectures are formed as to the loss which Cbltg4
may sustain. That which appears to me the most ref.
sonable supposition is that he will capitulate. I drill
this conclusion from the sort of passive resistance v:1301
he has made from the commencement, never attempting so
retard our works by any bold effort, nor yet giving up
single point until he could no longer retain it withouto'
posing his soldiers.
A still more conclusive reason, which, in my opitti°
leaves no doubt as to the course which Chasse will putt°,
when the breach is practicable, is, the composition of
garrison. He has three battalions of the 6th division,Oe
of the 7th, and one of the 9th. These five battalo,/
present a total of about 400 officers, who are genersll,ll
considered good, and form a proportion more than use
of officers to men—perhaps intentionally so. Except t:j
or three select companies, these five battalions are comP°
of very poor soldiers, who are kept together only by the'
officers. Besides the five battalions, General Chasse lig:,
400 good artillerymen ; hut it is not with his officers ,d
his artillery that he could sustain an assault, which WO'
be made with great vigour, judging from the dispositi°
of the French.

We are, then, drawing to a close, and we may hrli'
that the General-in• Chief thinks so himself. We Si
remember the letter written by the Marshil to the

ster of War of Prance, in which he seemed to look

the possession of the forts held by the Dutch in the Ojai:
of the inundations on the left bank of the Scheldt e'd,j
consequence of his making the garrison of the oits,j,
his prisoners. At present the batteries established on b°`
sides of the river, at Burght and Hoboken, seem to et4:o
firm this hope : for their object seems to be not oolibe
intercept all communication between the citadel and /to
Tete de Flandres, but to hinder the retreat of Chao'
that fortress.
However, the near approach of the assault ought(,
put an end to all conjectures, if it were possible to ell,
our thoughts from an enterprise which has already cict'
sioned such cruel loss.
The reasons I have just given are, I think, sufEcieott°
make the belief probable that a capitulation will take Pir
before the assault. But if the Dutch General should beat';
by his officers, such influence over the garrison as 10,
duce them to wait with firmness for a crisis which P's,
be followed by a massacre which it may not be possible
check, even then the struggle would be short. The arrses
ments already made, and that energy of character 1001)
belongs to French soldiers, would leave to the go.eirt,d,l

scarcely time to send more than one discharge of artille;
and perhaps two or three of musketry on their assails:
There would then remain for Chasse no other re_,,d

than an interior redoubt, a kind of cavalier', protto`;
it is said, by a fosse of great depth, behind which be fo
calculate on making a capitulation. A few days, 811,4),
shall arrive at the close ; happy if the skill of the
shall succeed in obtaining possession at the same ti(l'''
the citadel and forts of Zealand Flanders.
We stated yesterday that the battery in breach -,4°
fire 6,000 shots in the 24. hours. It should have
1,000, and that number will be sufficient for the CO
use of the cannon. Several pieces have been alreadY
placed since the commencement of the siege.
To-day as well as yesterday the road from the 1‘141311
gate to Berchem has been extremely dangerous. A:
King passed it yesterday in his carriage, at a smart t 0
the whistling was distinctly heard of a number of NW'
shot, of which the effects were soon visible in the Wu'

on each side of the way.
(From the Union.)
BERCHEM, DEC. 22, moil,Nll46'
Yesterday a Dutch soldier presented himself to our ife,
at the Esplanade. He mentions that the garrison Ow
much from fatigue, caused by the length and mmy Prat.
lions of the siege; and the danger of the assault is
greatest they have now to undergo; they are anxiou'
it, in order to bring the affair to a close. es°
This prisoner did not deny that there were some r 1,0
lute men in the garrison, but the smallness of their ati
ber would render an assault decisive.
Noor1;,1
The Marshal, accompanied by Generals 1-10°„,111
Niegre, is arrived in the trenches, to inspect pers°o4
the progress of the besieging battery on the flank oci
bastion attacked. When the scarp is destroyed, au rl'
preparations for the descent into the fosse complere4i4
affair will go on in order. The soldiers look forwar,ool
joy to the moment when they can avenge with the
the death of their comrades.
batteriesanTooh
tilt wilheatiad.t:neilt,t7btreel rendersctoi
nnituhpeesl
ertoteoadd,
rs
tolaiierm.
dpiaffisTscahubeilteei impassable, 471
has become more active ; although their shot falls oal
batteries our numerical loss is trifling.
This morning, at 9 o'clock, we had sixteen men
de combat since yesterday. Unfortunately the nuober'
on the increase, and it is with great regret we see
officers suffer in particular. A bullet has killed in alO
tery Lieutenant-Colonel Gamal, Captain Grandsive,
an artilleryman. At 10 o'clock the Lieutenant-Colo
fir,
the staff of General Jarnin received a ball in the shou'd

He fell in the arms of M. Carle, adjutant of the tic
near him. In a short time afterwards a bomb killed i
miners, a soldier of the 25th, and broke the leg °
officer of the same regiment. Yesterday I omitted t°,
you that the Captain of Artillery, Brunet, was slo
in the breach battery, against which the enemy °
directs his fire.

The Dutch yesterday made a trifling descent ve3;oo
dike, with the intention of burning two houses : but r,g
Voltigeurs having perceived them rushed on in ads $ r
followed by a part of their company, prevented the
gaining their boat, and killed the whole party. of
The sth squadron of the baggage train, composeude
of
ocers, 197 sub-officers and soldiers, 21'9 horses,
waggons, are on their route from Conde to ATI"'

They will arrive in Brussels this morning,
*A slight elevation on which cannon are placed, 3n
is generally defended by a fosse.

ANTWERP.

ANTWERT, SATURDAY NWjibe
The firing during the day has been murderous. pat
French have lost a considerable number of men, sad
or five excellent officers. ifect
The " monster mortar" has fired offB shells, the e
of which, as described by a deserter who arrived this °, id
ing, is tremendous among the besieged. Each shot
valued at 121. sterling. It is 24 inches in diameter.
tg,
There have been two guns dismounted in the 0..11510rt
battery, of which the situation is most exposed to SP`da
of the flank and retired batteries in the bastions FeO.t
and Pacietto. The discharge of all sorts of projecio,
has been very great; among them are the pierries, or°
mortars.

The best place for viewing the citadel, viz., the 11;,
Theatre of Varieties, has been closed to-day, in Or° 1,
quence of some persons having made signals from the ',eh
A French sentinel who observed them fired his 011' his
and lodged a ball beside the man most remarkable for
movements. , 4cei•
The breaching-batteries have made great sav`c ar
That part of the fortifications called the counter-W-'
buttresses, has been visible this evening. sr-
Two superior Prussian officers are stated to have 00r
rived this evening in this city; I have not seen &ill'
heard what is their object.
nee c'l
The friends of the Dutch praise highly the defe Is
the citadel. " There never was seen such a deferiucritiih
the excl3mation of one of their greatest admirers/ a
Conservative.
ri, CP,
SUNDAY MORNING, 7 6.-- °woe'
There has been a great fire all night in the cl.derei
One of their large buildings, which has been c°l'.l
bomb proof, has been blazing all night. 0 of
The breach is very nearly practicable : a great p a
the fortification there has fallen down. Or'
o‘c.-° lose.
The Dutch have sent two superior ( fficers, itTobal
GaGeorsnroden r
s ,anhde a
ffie e aCa pr ttaoi n,
whom as p
theyarl e
presented
mentires e° 010.
theEandos
was unwilling at first to receive them, as the nouirojares
of the citadel had refused to receive the parlecnears.
the part of the Marshal with the first summ on s.
9 o'c

The firing continues at the most tremendous rate.
HA L F•PAST 9 dcifsPj
The firing has ceased by order of Marshal Gera,' god
the Dutch soldiers have jumped out of their caseLOteile' isg
danced with delight on the ramparts. The firiog.,,,jel•
suspended, there is no doubt of the surrender of the CO
10
o,o,oCl'brej
I have been the first to tell the news to th • ddit tor
Conservative of last night; and his first exclaims
explaining that the Dutch had given up was, "D"-
of
cot
Thecowardly souls."
suspension of the firing continues, all tls Pe7ooll'
the city are thronging to the ramparts, &c., to hear the,hs
to
Some persons will have it that General Chas e cub,
be forced to surrender Liefkenshoek and Lino, 10
forts are not under his command.

11 o'cO,C),'o.oo,
I am about to go to Berchem to learn the noll°
which, As the citadel cannot hold out, must be ?evert'
HALF-PAST 11 O'CLOC°IO,
Thera is a heavy firing beard at the fort of Kris
°

(La Croix). The Dutch flea is stated to have mounted
the Scheldt and to have attacked the tort, but their efforts
are now too late. K.

BRUSSELS, SUNDAY, 3, P.M.

This place has bees in the highest state of excitement
since the arrival of the intelligence today, at one, of the
offer of Chasse to capitulate. Every one was busy with
speculations as to the probable terms. Of course, it would
be Gerard's policy to put if possible an end to all hostili-
ties at once, by getting possession of the Tete de Flandres,
and the other forts dependent on the citadel ; and, as he
intimated in one of his letters, would wish to make the
garrison prisoners, as a sort of surety for the possession of
the other forts. How far such a measure may be
successful remains to be seen if the garrison should
consent to the terms of unconditional surrender,
hut I understand that even if the citadel and the Tete de
Flandres should get into the possession of the French it
would not necessarily follow that some of the other forts on
the Scheldt would surrender also. If they should hold out,
the taking of them by force would be a tedious business, as
the country around them is under water.
From the moment when the news transpired to-day up
to the present groups of persons may be seen at the corners
of the streets, particularly the Place Royale, and near the
Palace, each anxiously inquiring from his neighbour some
account as to the particulars. I have not witnessed such
intense interest excited by anything else since 1 came here.
6 O'CLOCK.

Nothing has yet transpired as to the terms asked by
Chasse, nor of those which the Marshal may accord. At
the time the account which I now forward left the head-
quarters this morning it was understood that the Marshal
was occupied in drawing up the terms of the capitulation.
w.
If they should reach me to-night I shall forward them
by another extra courier.

FINE ARTS.

TURNER'S ANNUAL TOUR.
LONDON, 1533.

Of all the painters of the day, there is none
who invests a landscape with such sentiment as
Turner. He surrounds it with a rich atmos-
phere of poetry ; steeps it in the most glowing
colours of fancy and feeling, yet despite the pro.
digal use he makes of his imagination, he is
seldom (though we must confess we have seen
one or two instances to the contrary, put forth
evidently at a moment when Homer was napping)
betrayed into extravagance or exaggeration. He
gives warrant for the license he takes with
the stern reality of nature, which, after all,
ra not greater than that which Professor
Wilson takes with those gorgeous lake land-
scapes which have so often delighted the readers
of Blackwood. Both are painters of the highest
and most imaginative character, yet both pre-
serve a harmony, a consistency, a keeping in
their creations, which redeem them from the
charge of extravagance. As for Turner, paint
what he please, he cannot paint other than poe-
tically. He would invest a pigsty rith
grace, and hang a sentiment on a cabbage-
Stump. -What exquisite landscapes are those
now before us ! What a spirit of romance,
and poetry, and feeling breathes through
them all ! Yet all in the main are
true to nature. We recognise the lineaments
of each individual scene as correct, though
heightened by the creative genius of the
Painter. " Blois" is the triumph of perspective,
to which Mr. Turner shows that he is a master
of all the mechanical resources of his art. The
engraver, Mr. Brandard, has played his part
with nearly equal address, and given all the
effect to some troublesome and compli-
cated lights and shades of which they were sus-
ceptible. The groups in the foreground are
managed wi:h consummate skill, and give great
relief and vivacity to the landscape. " Palace
at Blois," has a fine monastic air of
repose- and quiet dignity about it, such
as Turner only could feel and adequately
express. It tells of the troubled times of the
League, and of the old feudal splendours of the
Guise family. " Ainboise" has one beautiful
hit of engraving—a distance seen dimly through
the arch of an old bridge. Mr. Allen has most
haPPily preserved the faint, hazy character of the
vista. Instinctively as it were, a man would be
apt to put on his spectacles to bring the view
nearer to him. " Canal of the Loire and Cher"
18 a hustling, animated scene, of a more homely,
familiar, every-day character, than Turner usually
affects. It is suitably engraved by Jeavons. " Rietz
near Saunur," is in Turner's most feeling and
Poetic style. We should suppose he painted
tt con amore, for the softened sun-light throw-
ing its mellow radiance far and wide upon the
water, the picturesque reach of the lake-like
Loire, with its many beautiful jutting little
capes and headlands, and the old castellated
Mansions on its banks—all these combine toge-
ther to form a scene such as must necessarily
tet a poet's heart on the flutter, and his fancy
°II the qui vine. Mr. Brandard has engraved
the landscape, as if its magic had inspired him,
t°°. " Montjen" is of the same poetic cha-
racter, with a truth, a force, a vivacity in its
Mingled lights and shadows, which engraving can
so seldom catch. The chrystalline transparency
tlf the water, over which the little fishing boats
float double,

The swan on still St. Mary's Lake,
Floats double, swan and shadow,
are as true as art can possibly make it. The
castle, too, on the bluff headland, immediately
cverlooking the river, with its one church-spire
beside it, lends added grace and dignity to the
Picture. For the freedom and variety of its
*hallows, this engraving is the finest in the book.
it
St. Florent," as a site, is well selected ; but
as
an engraving, is harsh, scratchy, and
i4PParently finished in haste. It is a fine
lekNiscape, made less of by Mr. Brandard
than it deserves. " Between Clairmont and
mauves," has quite a fairy delicacy about
; One might imagine it peopled only
.4? such beings as Prospero, Miranda, and
atie]. The landscape does not stand out clear
5'1,.(1 distinct, but seems shrouded in a slight veil
silver vapour—it looks a dim, graceful mys-
titY, and forcibly rivets the imagination. The
srs°uds, rolling in vast fleecy masses from the
:°a' of the mountains before a brisk wind, are
:urtrayed with a vividness and minuteness
phbich proves Turner's keen insight into mature.
iel!re are numerous other engravings in this
i'ghtful volume—incomparably the most
Prldid and meritorious of all the Annuals,
finlessperhaps we except the " Book of Beauty,"
Which if not as critics, at least as cavaliers, we
re bound to do—which we must revert to at
more leisure opportunity. Luckily it is a
°°lt that can afford to wait, for the most con-
rntoate talent and the most indefatigable labour

*aft

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1832.

The Scotch elections, like the English ones,
are cheering for the cause of Reform. Sir G.
CLERK, one of the most notorious and perse-
vering Anti-Reformers on the other side of the
Tweed, has at length found his level—in other
words, has lost his election for the county of
Edinburgh. Divers other Antis are also in the
same grievous predicament, infinitely to the mor-

tification of themselves, the astonishment of the
faction, and the delight of all liberal and enlightened
Scotchmen. Such a result, however, could not
but have been anticipated, had the anti--Reform
clique possessed even an average amount of sa-
gacity and prescience. It was to have been anti-
cipated that the re-action throughout Scotland
would have been exactly in proportion to the
protracted injuries she had suffered at the
hands of her oppressors; and that when she
once made an effort to free herself from her
manacles, she would take special care that

that effort should be a decisive one. Scotland
can now boldly speak her mind, and make her
influence felt, in the National Assembly ; hither-

to she has been able only to act, like Sir Per-
tinax Macsycophant, on the " booing" system,
and say " Aye," from necessity, when, from
conviction, she would have said " No." Ireland
also, like Scotland, will for the first time
have a chance of fair play in Parliament, though
her national interests will, we fear, not be much
advanced by the efforts of the Repealers, who
we most sincerely grieve to see returned in
such numbers to the House of Commons, as will
just enable them to teaze and worry, without
'in the slightest degree enabling them to make
progress with their maniacal project. Thirty
of " DAN'S Own" will, it seems, make their
appearance in the approaching Parliament. We
trust that when they find their project hopeless,
they will have the discretion to drop it, and
confine their attention exclusively to the tithe
system. Here, they will find an ample field
for the exercise of all their address and sagacity.
Here, they may do real, bona fide, substantial
good ; for the majority of them are perfect
masters of the subject—well acquainted with,
and keenly awake to, the progress of public feel-
ing in Ireland, and, consequently, fully compe-
tent to combat and vanquish all the ingenious,
but injudicious sophistries of Mr. STANLEY.
Let the Repealers, then, we say, have the
manliness and common sense to forego all those
parts of their system that savour too strongly
of Utopia, and stick to those only which are
likely to produce practical benefit to their coun-
try. Mr. O'CONNELL and his tail have it in
their power to achieve wonders for Ireland, if
they work only in a right spirit, but in a cause
like that of Repeal, they are " weaker than a

woman's tear."

Although there can be no doubt of the
strength of Ministers in the new House of
Commons, when acting with the people, on
great questions, there is every reason to believe
that their stability in office will depend entirely
on their concessions to the popular, or HumE
party. Of the 658 Members, about 130 are
Tories, who will, as a faction, vote against the
Government, and there are probably 30 Ultra-
Radicals, who would coalesce with the Tories ;
then there are 58 Repealers who will be systema-

tically against Ministers, making, altogether, an
opposition of 218 in any trial of strength
which would afford the Ultra-Radicals and
Repealers a pretext of coalescing with the Tories.
Now, if we add to this number Mr. HumE's
party of 50, and only 70 more for the
independent party, who would vote against
Ministers on any question, the result of
which, if carried, might prove injurious

to the welfare of the country, we have a ma-
jority of 338 ag:linst 320. This calculation
merely refers to what might occur if Minis-
ters were to propose measures of a doubt-
ful character. Should they attempt any thing
directly against the interests of the people, we
are quite sure that they would be in a diTrace-
ful minority.
It will be seen, from this calculation, that the
only security for Ministers is in an adherence
to the principles on which they came into office.
The Tories and the Ultra-Radicals of them-
selves can do nothing; and, joined by the Re-
pealers, they will still be powerless, without the
independent party, which will support the
Whigs, so long as they—the Whigs—remain
liberal.

The citadel of Antwerp has been, at length,
brought to a sense of reason—General CHASSE
has offered to capitulate. The breaching bat-
teries of the French were too hot for him
on Sunday morning ; and he sent a
flag of truce to the head-quarters of Mar-
shal GERARD. The firing ceased on both
sides ; and a Council of War was held
to decide whether the propositions of the
Dutch should be accepted. 'To-morrow we
shall know the result. We may now
ask what the Dutch have gained by their
obstinacy ? It was clear from the first
that the citadel must surrender—even if Prussia
had rushed into a general war to support the
madness of Holland. What, then, can the
foolish old KING say in extenuation of his
conduct ? Any other than a crowned head
would have to repent in sackcloth and ashes.
We sincerely trust that the King of HOLLAND
will be made to pay all the expenses of the war,
and compelled to subscribe to all the conditions
of the conference which he has hitherto so
scornfully rejected.

The French Papers of Sunday cony An no
news of importance. The Queen of SPAIN
proceeds in the march of liberalism—the only
wise course open to her.

German Papers, received this morning, con•
tain an article, dated Prussia, which takes great
credit for the conduct pursued by the Holy Al-

_ .
liance in respect to Holland. It admits that
the treaty lately entered into between Russia,
Prussia, and Austria, was a consequence of the
alliance of France and England to enforce the eva-
cuation of Antwerp citadel by the Dutch. What
will these Powers say now that the citadel has
been compelled to seek mercy at the hands of

the French ? We think the Conservatives abroad
appear to be out of their reckoning as much as
our wiseacres nearer home. The English Re-
form Bill has been the death of Ultra-Toryism
throughout the world :

PRUSSIA, DEC. 13.—Since England and France have
separated from the Con'erence, and employed coercive
measures against Holland, which those Powers, indeed,
intend to he confined to the blockade of the Dutch coasts
and the taking possession of the citadel of Antwerp, but
which, against their will and without their concurrence,
may be easily carried beyond this line, as they themselves
have almost unconsciously passed from the character of
mediators to that of belligerents ; under such circum-
stances it has become the duty of all the other Powers to
be prepared for contingencies to which the war in Bel-
gium may easily give rise, but which may have a decisive
influence on the fate and tranquillity of Europe. Conscious
of having contributed to the happiness of nations, during
the years of peace that have happily intervened from the
end of the first French revolution to the breaking out of
the second, our Government directs its efforts to the at-
tainment of this object, and to maintaining the position
which is assigned it, both by the nature of the means
it has at command, and by treaties which seem
to constitute it an umpire in the European system.
Supported in its views by the Courts of Vienna and
Petershurgh, it must endeavour to steer a middle course,
to prevent the countries which have liberal institutions,
from being alarmed at the necessary display of military
force, and on the other hand, not to encourge any hopes
which rashly anticipate the peaceable development of in-
tellectual improvement. In such times, to preserve unin-
jured the rights and the prosperity of nations and Princes,
a calm dispassionate policy is required, not exclusively
founded on old abuses or new doctrines, but on a policy which
advances strictly in the spirit of treaties and in the crown,
naturally pointed out by the circumstances of the times,
which our Cabinet has adopted. The army will there-
fore lie increased, and be kept ready for action, not as a
threat, but to repel unreasonable demands from whatever
quarter they may come, and to promote the real interests
of peace, and to protect the unmolested intercourse be-
tween nations. If a union has evidently been formed be-
tween our Cabinet, and those of Vienna and St. Peters-
burgh, it is a natural consequence of the vascillat_
ing system of the Cabinets of London and Paris, which_
as caprice, or a spirit of selfishness, is subject
to a policy that does not command circumstances, but is
subordinate to them—threatens to become the sport of
chance. The world must be grateful to the Powers which
take precautions to free themselves from the responsibility
that seems to attach to that policy. They have been
obliged to make this sacrifice to their sense of justice,
from their care of the welfare of the people committed to
the sceptre, to withdraw from a Conference which was
formed for the purpose of tindiug out means to preserve
peace, but not to kindle the flames of war. They were
bound to prove to friendly Powers how little sympathy they
felt for conduct which places the peace of Europe at the
point of the sword.

VIENNA, DEc. 14.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 84
15 16; Four per Cents, 73k; Bank Shares, 1,089.
A/Igen:eine Zeitung, Dec. 19.

11EssE CAssEL.L_The new formation of the hessian
infantry was published on the Bth of IXcernber. It is re-
duced to two battalions. Only Cassel, Fulda, and Hanau,
are to have garrisons. Many officers are removed from
Cassel : 38 others (chiefly such as took part in the even-
ing society, and the fetes given to the Poles) have been dis-
missed from active service, retaining their full pay.
Nuremburg Correspondent., Dec. 17.

We have received a letter complaining of the
conduct of a surveyor of taxes in one of the
parishes of the metropolis, which appears to us
to deserve a public notice. It seems that the

individual alluded to—and we have reason to
believe that he is not the only surveyor of taxes
who pursues the line of conduct complained of
—is in the habit of employing spies, and acting
also as a spy himself, upon householders, with
a view to surcharges upon the returns which they
are required periodically to give in. Where the
indirect means of making discoveries or detect-
ing opportunities of surcharge apparently justified
by the strict letter of the law, are wanting, the
surveyor watches for a moment when the house-
holder is from home, and, by inquiries among
the servants, obtains some information upon
which he founds his surcharge, leaving it to the
parties to appeal—a course which many from
indolence, and others from a knowledge of the
latitude afforded them by the Commissioners
of Taxes to the surcharger, do not adopt. In
the instance complained of by our correspon-
dent, the surveyor, after many questions of an
u ns uspicious servant, as to the number of

horses and other chargeable articles kept by the
master, of all which there had been a faithful
return, inquired if the gentleman used armorial
bearings on the harness ; and being answered in
the negative, he then asked if he had a coat of
arms on his seal ; this being also denied, he
next inquired if there was any engraving on the
plate, and was informed that on a few spoons
there was an engraving which resembled a coro-
net. Upon this a paper was sent in, charging
the gentleman alluded to, 2/. Bs. for armorial
bearings. It seems that the great grandfather of
the person thus surcharged, was a French
Marquis, and that eleven spoons, all that re-
mained of the old family plate, were in the house,
but on account of their battered state were never
in use, but were preserved as a family relic.
This, however, was considered by one BYERS,
of the Tax-office, as sufficient evidence of the
use of armorial bearings, and the charge was
therefore made. The gentleman who has mo-
destly contented himself to waive his pretensions
to ancestry, and assumed the simple condition
of a retainer, is punished for no fault of his,
but for being the descendant of a nobleman who
flourished two generations before him.

On being remonstrated with, the surveyor
declared that the mere fact of the spoons being
on the premises was sufficient to establish the
liability of the owner to the tax, and added that,
even in a case where an individual had
purchased some spoons at a pawnbroker's, which
bore a crest, and had used them without effacing
it, he was declared by the Commissioners liable
to the tax.

Now, without denying the legality or pro-
priety of the surchage system, where there is
any attempt at fraudulent concealment, we must
say, that this system of espionage is unworthy
of a Liberal Government, and we think we have
only to allude to its existence to induce the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to disavow
it, and give instructions for its being disconti-
nued. At the same time, it will be useful to
put the public on their guard against the ferret-
ing visits of tax surveyors, who endeavour to
increase the Revenue by private treachery.

We are glad to find, by the Chronicle of this
morning, that our able and zealous contemporary
agrees with us in our opinion of Mr. STANLEY'S
very rash and unstatesmanlike declaration at
Lancaster, on the subject of the ballot. We were
the first to point attention to this injudicious con-
fession of faith.