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THEI SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

MO the ELEOTORS of the CITY < f LONDON.
GENTT.-EmEN,--In fulfilment f.f the pledge
given to the large and respectable body cf Electors who for-
merly, without solicitation, honoured me with their suffra,zes,
and encouraged by the /general acceptance with which the
proposal of my nomination has been received by my fellow-
citizens,4l. willingly respond to the call which has been made
ton mtto bcoome a Candidate to represent the City at the
ensuing Election.
I accept that invitation in the conviction that my political
opinions are those of a large majority of the Electors, and be-
cause I feel the force of the desire so generally expressed,
that the commercial interests of this great community should
be represented in -Parliament by those whose life has been
passed, and whose occupations are still centred, amongst your-
selves, in the pursuits of commerce.
My political principles are well known in the City. I was
proposed on the occasion of the General Election, in 1852, as
"a staunch free-trader—in favour of the ballot and an ex-
tended franchise— -an advocate of public economy, of retrench-
ment, and customs reform—opposed to grants of public money
for religions purposes— a friend to civil and religious liberty
to its fullest extent, and in favour of the admission of the Jews
to Parliament."

convocation of the now Parliament. It would
have been matter of absolute surprise to every
one bad the proceedings of yesterctly in the House
of Commons in this matter been conducted one
jot less cordially amidst the acclamations of the

popular representatives. It would have been
difficult to exaggerate in any way the profound
sense entertained by the House of the urbanity,
dignity, sagacity, firmness, grace, and moderation
with which, during a most important and pro-
tracted interval in the History of the Country, the
Right Hon. Gentleman has fulfilled the delicate
and responsible duties of the Speakership.
It is a coincidence worthy of remark that
Speaker SHAW LEFEVRE was originally elected to
his high office by a majority of Eighteen—and
that for Eighteen years he has presided, from the
Chair of the House of Commons, over the delibe-
rations of the popular branch of the Legislature.
Upon the retirement (on the 6th of May, 1839)
of his distinguished predecessor, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE the present Speaker was chosen,
upon the 27th of May, as we have
said, by a majority of Eighteen-18 in a House
of 616 ; 317 voting for him, and 299 for the
rival Conservative candidate, Mr. GOULBURN.
Thrice since then Speaker LEFEVRE has been
eagerly re-elected—upon the 19th of August,
1841, upon the 18th of November, 1847, and,
lastly, upon the 4th of November, 1852—in each
instance, as a matter of course, without the
smallest show of opposition. He has consequently
officiated as Speaker of the House of Commons in
no less than Four distinct Parliaments—the
Four First Parliaments or Queen VICTORIA.
During the whole of which time, as Lord
PALMERSTON very earnestly remarked yester-
day—addressing himself personally to the ob-
ject of his eulogiurns —" It is needless
to remind those who have watched your proceed-
ings, how you hare combined promptitude of de-
cision, justness of judgment, firmness of purpose,
with the most conciliatory manner ; and how that
dignity—that natural dignity which belongs to
yourself, which is the most striking when it is
accompanied by simplicity of mind and the ab-
sence of alt artificial affectation—how that natural
dignity which adorns yourself has been communi-
cated through your direction to the general pro-
ceedings of the Lower House of Parliament." The
Right Hon. Gentleman the distinguished Leader
of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, almost immediately
afterwards recalling thus gracefully and
impressively to the remembrance of Mr.
Speaker LEFEVRE, some few among the more signal
evidences of his title to the grateful and respectful
recollection of the Legislature—where he observed :
" Sir, the 18 years during which you have occu-
pied that chair have been a memorable period in
the history of the Parliament of this country.
Some of the greatest measures that have ever been
proposed in this Council of the nation have been
carried during that period, and some of the greatest
men that have ever flourished within these walls
have been under your guidance. And, sir, I make
no doubt that in the page of history your Speak-
ership under these circumstances will figure
as no unimportant one in the history of the
Parliament of this country." The eloquent
panegyrics of Mr. DISRAELI an-1 of Viscount
PALMERSTON, being authoritatively enforced by
the eulogiums of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and re-
echoed hardly less gracefully and rhetorically by
the cordial encomiums of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON.
According to Parliamentary usage it devolved
upon the Speaker himself to read from the Chair
the resolution strongly commendatory of his own
conduct—proposed by the Leader of the Govern-
ment; and seconded by the Leader of the Opposi-
tion. A striking contrast being afforded in this
respect by the proceedings in the House of Com-
inons yesterday, when compared, for example,
with those which took place in the House of
Commons, in 1695, under wonderfully different
circumstances. When the then Speaker, Sir
JOHN TREVORS, formally read from the Chair the
proposition for his own ignominious expulsion !
ft is not in any way to be marvelled at
that in acknowledging the unanimous decision of
the House, a decision entered upon the Journals
at the suggestion of the Prime Minister as having
been carried nemine eontradicente, the Speaker did
so in a voice "broken with emotion," the House
meantime remaining " respectfully uncovered "
while he was speaking ! As it did, for example,
when WARREN HASTINGS, in his old age, appeared
at the bar to give evidence in some case then
under the consideration of the Legithture ! As
it does invariably, by a loyal custom, when receiv-
ing messages from the SOTEREIGN

To these principles I still adhere.
Rejoicing, as au earnest Free Trader, to have seen the last
remnant of protection expunged from the statute book, I shall
gladly assist in purging the tariff from many vexatious im-
posts and petty duties, which still impede the free current of
commerce.

Having voted in Parliament in favour of the Ballot in 1851,
I am prepared again to accord to that measure my most hearty
support, and at the same time to enlarge and extend the
franchise.

Asa zealous Reformer, my willing support will be given to
all measures tending to the improvement of our institutions,
especially as they regard the administration of the law and the
expenditure of the public money.
Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the causes
which have led to the present state of our relations with
China, I am of opinion that it is the duty of every good
citizen to support the measures necessary for protecting the
property and lives of our countrymen, and for establishing our
future position on a permanently secure and peaceful basis.
I am, Gentlemen. your faithful servant,
ROBERT WIGRAM CRAWFORD.
Old Broad-street, March 10.

THEATRE ROYAL, MIURA LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.

The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening,
Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley.

GrPat Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, tho
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.

THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform tho
popular Comedy,

A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE.

Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til-
bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Cleveland, and Miss H. Oliver.
After which will be produced
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and Is. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes,
10s. 6d., I'. ls., 11. lls. 61, and 2/. 2s.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
THIS EVENING, will h' performed

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two
acts, celled OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses
Murray sad C. Leclercq.

T.TIEATRE TtOYA.L, HAY-MARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled,
DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Bnckstone,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers,
Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz-
wil lam.

Followed by (20th time) a new drama, called A WICKED
WIFE.

After which, GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD.
SHAW.
To conclude with Moncrieff e comic drama of THE

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the romantic drama
of DON CXSAR DE BAZAN, with new Ecenery, costumes,
&c. Don Cresar, Mr. Dillon.
Followed by

CONRAD AND MEDORA.
Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, Sze.
After which, a new farce. entitled MY FRIEND FROM
7,EATEERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B.
White.

The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super.
btendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street,

THEATRE' ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama.
of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams.
Aftc,r which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paxl Bedford will appear.
Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND
OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams,
To-conclude with the new original comic drama, called
BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney
Williams.

OYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Al) Les,xies, Mcmi.s. Shepherd and Creawick.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND
ITS VICTL VS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, dte.

After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS
YOUTH.
To conclude with LES ARTISTES RIVAUX. Mr F.
Glover, Mr. Tapping, &c.

rpHEA.TRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS
Under the Management of Mr. Phelps.

THIS EVENING, will be performed RICHELIEU. The
characters by Messrs. Phelps, H. Marston, J, W. Ray,
L. Ball, 'A. Rayner, Williams ; Miss E. Travois, Miss M.
Eburre, and Miss Rawlings.

To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO "THE TIMES."

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T RAND T FIE NT RE. —3,1 aaer, Mc. T.
Payne.—This Evening will be pev'ornaed
THE LAMPLIGHTER.
Affcr which, THE DEATH OF ETA, in which the
Howard Family will appear.
Followed by THE BLUE JACKETS.
To conclude with MAID OR WIFE.
Commence at Sven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, ys. ; Pit, ls. ;
_ _

Calieu, 6d.

11Q) OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
71)
This Eveninz, the now drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq.,
ea'led A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.

A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson.
Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq.,
called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT.

Commence at hal-past Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL
Levee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
This Evening, with its manifold romantic equestrian
effect', invented ejr Mr. Wm. Cooke, the operatic drama of
ROB ROY, with the original music, the last week of its
performance. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway.
After which, the Equestrian EVOLUTIONS in 'the.
ARENA.
To conclude with the equestrian harlequinade called PAUL
FRY ON HORSEBACK.

CommeLco at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
"loxes, 3s. ; PrivAte Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ;
Et, 28 ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 61.
I-:ox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popula.: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Ducts, (tc., via..: Miss B Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss 13runell, Miss Sranmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. fonghmanE, R. Grover, P. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Parker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
ue Solla, and E. L. Hirne ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
'orri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, W. Cecil FUcks ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
ireetor, Mr. j. CauFeld. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
ei,elY. Snppers, dce., until twelve o'clock.

Thus memorably, amidst fervent and unani-
mous expressions of the regret, respect, gratitude,
and affection of the House of Commons, does the
Right Hon. CHARLES SHAW LEFEVER C10:80 his
protracted and distinguished discharge of the
onerous duties of the Speakership. Retiring to
the enjoyment, let us hope for many years to
come, of the honours he has so well won—a pen-
sion and a peerage—in the sixty third year of his
age : having occupied during no less than
twenty-seven years of that period a seat in
the House of Commons as one of the chosen
representatives of the people, first of all from
1830 as M.P. for Downton, and afterwards un-
interruptedly ever since 1831 as M. P. for
North Hampshire. In conclusion, we cannot
resist the satisfaction of reiterating in this
place what we conceive must have been, perhaps,
of all the most welcome tribute offered yesterday
to the recipient of so many emphatic) and dc-
served eulogiutns—the graceful hope, gracefully
expressed by Mr. DISRAELI; that whenever the
name of Speaker LE➢'EYRE shall be mentioned
hereaftsrin the House of Commons, he wilt believe
that it must be always quoted with regard and
reverence

reformers, to action !--immediate action. In
a fortnight, perhaps, your present representatives
will represent you, or rais-represent you, no longer.
Tire advocates of vested wrongs, the opponents of
all change, the Jaeneficiaires of every monopoly,
will be early up and doing. They have all a sub-
etantial interest in anticipating and defeating you.
The unrighteous profits of the past enable and
incite them to battle for the unrighteous profits of
the future. Mon, polists of all grades will band
teg,ether. They have a common instinct. Their
modes of sponging the public differ, but their
advantage in doing it is identical. Hence we
find batik monopolists, shipping dues monopolists,
ecclesiastical monopolists, politieal monopolists,
army and navy preferment monopolists—monopo-
lists of- all sorts----we always find them acknow-
ledging their brotherhood, and, by a well under-
stood free-masonry, uniformly ❑acting in concert.
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1 " every borough, and, it is needless t) add,
Tbo Right Honourable 011ARLE3 &TAW LE-
FEVRE, Speaker of the House of Commons, yes- in every county of the kingdom they have agents torday received from the assembled members of ready for their work. If Liberals sleep, Toryism
that House the most earnest, unanimous, and ftnd Monopoly are awake, up, and doing..
deservedly enthusiastic (xpression of their "nine- Reformers—tile eolith-10 Parliament will probe-
tionate respect," and of their very grateful admi- bly be a long-lived one. If you suffer Reform to
ratior. This public exoression of the Thanks of be buried now, it will be long enough ere it rise
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the Lower House of the Logiskture being conse- again. There will be an effort made, and it ought
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Chair, upon the previous evening, to the effect ou one side. Lord PA.LMERSTON veld, of course,
that circumstances would render its occupancy by I he professedly at the head of the Liberal party,
another imperativelyrequisiteimmediately upon the-) and Lord PALME.RSION will be a Liberal if we

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MARCH H, In 7

send him back a thoroughly Liberal Parliament. '
Remember, it is not a question of Liberalism or
Reform on which he goes to the country. His
foreign policy has been factiously censured ; the
country justly resents that censure. It is deter-
mined to reverse it, and reverse it it will. Now,
thoroughly as we support Lord PALMERSTON on
the main question of upholding the honour of
England, and compelling the barbarians of the
flowery empire to respect their treaties—confident
as we feel that any of his opponents, if in office,
must, as Englishmen, and would as pa-
triots, have done the same—deeply, therefore,
as we deplore the factious spirit which perilled
such grave interests for party objects—we yet feel
that the very goodness of his chief ground of ap-
peal to the country may compromise our home
policy in the great prominence given to foreign
policy. Lord PALMERSTON must be supported,
but Lord PALMERSTON is not a voluntary re-
former ; the greater need is there to tell him by
the elections that the reformer of our relations
with China must reform our domestic relations
also. We want an end put to Mantchou-Tartar
exclusiveness 15,000 miles off; but that is quite
compatible to putting an end to monopolist and
aristocratic exclusiveness in the very midst of us.
Reformers—you must not be beguiled by gene-
ralities. Put no faith in the candidates who will
only promise vaguely to support "a liberal po-
licy," " every well-considered measure of reform,"
" safe and steady progress," and who equivocate,
and shuffle, and qualify, and refuse to come to
the point when some of the practical questions,
on which all honest Liberals are agreed, are brought
before them. We do not like pledges -a hen a
subject is new, or complex, but there are three
or four liberal questions now in hand on which
every man worth a Liberal's voting for, ought to
have made up his mind ; we may mention—•
The Ballot ;
The For tension of the Suffrege, and in particular

LOCKE KING'S motion ;
The Bank Monopoly ;
Church Rates;
Abolition of Purchase in the Army, and Pro-
motion by Merit ;
A graduated Income Tax.
Hero is a list which might easily be increased,
and no man deserving the name of a Liberal
ought to wince when catechised on each of these
subjects.

Take the first—the Ballot. We go to this elec-
tion under the auspices of one of Lord JOHN'S pet
little anti-corruption acts—an act from which.
the clause was struck out requiring the returned
member to make a declaration denying any guilty
knowledge of money spent at his election ! The
election of 1852, the W. 8., and other disclo-
sures raised such a feeling on the subject that
something had to be done ; all was therefore
done that should not prevent intimidation by the
landlord, the mortgagee, the banker, and the
wealthy customer ; all that should not give the
voters real independence. Every Liberal knows
this. No men know it better than Lord JOHN
RUSSELL and Inrd PALMERSTON. They are both
alike at heart, we must believe, electoral Conser-
vatives. Both equally detest the Ballot and elec-
toral independence, and neither will yield the
point if they can hold office and refuse concession.
As to LocKE Knia's proposal, Lord Joitrr, rea-
sonable as it is, never voted for it separately till
out of offtce. Then take Church Rates. We
could not bring ourselves to vote for any pretender
to Liberalism, who, especially since the last cen-
sus, could shuffle on so plain a question. If there
be a social iniquity, an annoyance t 3 a large sec-
tion of the community, it is that tribute to eccle-
siastical arrogance and meanness called Church
Rates. This infamous tax will serve for a test on
the light enjoyed by candidates respecting civil
and religious liberty.
Let Liberal committees be prompt. Let them
apprise their candidates forthwith that the time
for indecision is past ; that they require a sup-
porter of the PALMERSTON Chinese policy, but
that they also require, and mean to have, a sup-
porter of their own home policy. Let candidates
know that no equivocation or fencing will do ;
that t generate suspicion by indirect or qualified
answers will insure rejection—and it is wonder-
ful what an enlightener is political necessity. In
every constituency the section of staunch Liberals
are essential to the Liberal candidate. Tuey have
waited long enough for their present objects. It
is theirs now to tell their fellow-electors, and the
applicant for Parliamentary honours at their
hands, that their votes absolutely depend on the
votes which the latter will engage to give in Par-
liament. If he does not understand these ques-
tions, or if he refuses to vote on them as a
Liberal, then he is utterly unworthy of Liberal
support.

Once more we would remind all thorough going
Reformers in each constituency that promptitude
is half way to success. Put your candidate, if he
need it, in right sailing trim at once. Discipline
your electoral forces without delay. Wait not
for half-heart ;,1 respectables, but organise imme-
diately the intelligent and energetic amongst you
—determine that you will win, and then win you
will.

The Income-Tax Bill has passed through Com-
mittee. Two amendments were proposed—the
first by Sir FITZROY KELLY, for the substitution
of sd. in the pound for 7d. ; and the other by
Mr. W. WILLIAms, for the exemption of incomes
below 1501. per annum from the tax—the former
whereof was negatived without a division, and the
latter by a Inajority of 53 t) 7. These divisions,
however, merely refer to the important questions
raised to the new Parliament. As we have re•
peatedly explained no payments will be made on
account thereof before July, by which time the
necessary changes may be effected in the ope-
ration of the existing law. It would un-
questionably have been better if the Act
of 1855 had been repealed from and after the sth
April, so that all traces of the "accident" might
be removed from the National Statute-book. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, still clings
to the extra 21. in the pound ; and we must be
contented to accept what he is willing to give,
for the time being, with the firm determination,
however, of helping ourselves when the time has
arrived for energetic action. Sir F. KELLY'S
object was achieved by raising the question, and
bringing the arguments on the point before the
House, nct for its consideration, but for that of
the various constituencies, who will be enabled to
pronounce final and decisive judgment thereon.

burden, and who were compelled to submit to se-
rious privations in consequence. It would almost
seem as if the object had bee❑ to render the impost
so unpopular that there could be no possibility of
its extension or substitution. It was an under-
hand mode of arresting the progress of "Free
Trade," or "Unrestricted Competition," if that
designation be more agreeable to the legislative
" Doi:lsom and FOGGS." Sir G. C. LEWIS has
fallen, or rather deliberately walked, into the trap
laid for his reception, with a tone and manner
that might Lave been expected from Sir CHARLES
WOOD. He put forward the stereotyped argument
of that unfortunate financier, to the effect that
"the tax would produce 350,000/., a sum which
he was by no means prepared to surrender," &c.,
&c. But only a portion of that, probably not more
than 200,000(., would arise under Schedule D.
The remainder would come from accumulated and
realised property, which, as we have repeatedly ex-
plained, has no legitimate claim to exemption.
And certainly that amount is not sufficient to
justify the rejection of a demand based alike en
equity and expediency, the concession whereof
would materially diminish the agitation against
the continuance of the impost, and the extraordi-
nary excitement thereby occasioned. It will be
for the new Parliament, as we have stated, to
pronounce a decision on this interesting and im-
portant question. Mr. WILLIAMS has well and
efficiently discharged his duty in ventilating the
question, so that the electors may have the oppor-
tunity of delivering a well-considered verdict on
the point thus raised.
" Mr. Foaa"—we beg pardon—Mr. GLAD-
STONE subsequently brought forward his promised
motion for the revision and reduction of the ex-
penditure. We should be rejoiced if at all times
and under all 'circumstances he should continue
to be actuated by the newly-awakened seal for
economy and retrenchment. We fear, however,
that it would survive the mere crossing of the
Howie. A seat on the right hand of Mr. SPEAKER
would operate as a decided anodyne, and subdue
all the existing excitement. Mr. GLADSTONE,
however, attained his present object by being
enabled to make a severe onslaught on his Right
Honourable friend (!) And perhaps no per-
son would have experienced greater 1622
noyance had his motion been accepted by
the House. The FOGG, of Freeman's Court,
Corn-hill, was accustomed to do the "virtuous
indignation" part of the business, but readily
consented to being "muzzled" by his senior part-
ner. The suggestion of DODSON, DISRAELI,
that it would be exercising a wise discretion not
to press the motion to a division, was at once
adopted, and the motion withdrawn. Indeed it
never was intended otherwise than as a demon-
stration to capture stray votes at the hustings,
where every assistance will be peculiarly valuable.
The new Parliament must decide on all these
questions. We trust that the fiscal, financial,
and monetary reformers, and also the Parliamentary
and legal reformers, will take advantage of the
golden opportunity, and that, while insisting on a
thoroughly English policy, not only with regard
to China, but all other nations, they may enforce
the adoption of those internal changes and altera-
tions so urgently required, and which no Admi-
nistration, however popular in other respects,
should be allowed to reject, or even materially to
retard. When the voice of public opinion has been
distinctly heard, Sir G. C. Lzwis will be unable
to resist the legitimate and moderate demands of
the long•siiffering and heavily-oppressed sufferers
under the objectionable 5y5t0.....0-n- in opcnAtioe.

The same may be said respecting the just and
politic proposition of the Honourable Member for
Lambeth. The objections against the inequitable
and oppressive apportionment of the tax tell with
double force, on the smaller class of incomes
which were for the first tine since the termina-
tion of the old war brought within its operation in
1853. Persons in the position of Mr. GLAD•
STONE'S favoured correspondent, Mr. PHELPS, of
Birmingham, felt the pressure intensely, and dis-
covered by painful experience the futility of the,
equivalsnt " advantages "(1) which they had i
been led to expeet. The produce was compara-
tively trifling, white it fell with peculiar severity ;
on large numbers of 1,,,N0ns ill able to sustain the