The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

OUTI-I-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTEN-
SION THROUGH LAMBETH.
At a Pre iminary Meeting cf owners and occupiers of property I
upon or immediately contiguous to the projected line of railway to I
extend from the South-Western Railway at Vauxhall to the
Beividere.road, Lambeth, adjoining the liungerford Suspension-
bridge, held at the King's Head Hotel, Belvidere-road, Lambeth,
on the Bth day ofJar nary, 1815,
JOHN BALLARD BYRON, Esq., in the Chair,
It was moved by JOHN Sure, E•q., seconded by Thomas Gaisset,
Esq., and
Resolved unanimously,—That the extension line of railway pro-
Po,ed to he carried by the South. Western Company through Lambeth
to the Belvidere-road, appears to this meeting calculated to produce
the most beneficial results to the interests of the district intended
to be intersected, clearing away, as is suggested, a large portion of
the tvorst.built and least valuable of the house property in the
borough without interference wish any buildings of importance, i
and tending to great improvement in the character of the erections
dependently
are likely to be substituted in contiguity to the line, in_
ependently of such as the Company must construct upon the site
of the proposed station. 1
• It was also moved by T00Nt.45 LETT, Esq., seconded by FRANCIS
FELTOS, Esq., and
Jo Resolved unanimously,—'That the following gentlemen, ,
John Ballard Byron, Wiliam Hawes, Esq., Harris, Esq.,
p,," Su'r, William Cory, Esq., Thomas Grissell, Esq.,
as "cis Feline, Esq., and Joseph Elliott, Esq., he appointed to act
a Committee for :he purpose of ascertaining the opinions of
the several owners and occupiers of property to be affected by the
BPr:P9,ed extension, and gem ril:y to facilitate its attainment; and
u
h Co In
PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
f mate., is hereby particularly empowered and requested
orthwit,_
oecu prepare a memorial for signature of such owners and RESIIAM AVENUE ASSOCIATION.
to
and others whose interests may be concerned, and whose Capital, 300,0004, in 3,000 Nominee Shares of 100/. each.
°n'ertiPinions. are far:Jura:do to the undertaking, and to present such TRUSTEES UNDER ACT 7 AND S vie.
watt
to his Grace the Archlishop of Canterbury, and also to AMBROSE MOORE, Esq., 12, Endsleigh.street, Tavistock-
nt upon the Members for the cuunty of Surrey and borough of square
-Latnbeth, with the view of explaining to them the local benefit WII .I.IAM SHADBOLT, Esq., Croome's-hill, Greenwich.
',
inspn
-earable from the undertaking, and to request their most I PROVISWNAL COMMITTER.
reh1.101.15 Support and influence in Parliament in favour of the T 10MA3 KELLY, Esq., Alderman
The above-named Committee to have power to add others HUMPHERY, Esq., Alderman, M.P.
,0 their
number. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman
1,, (Signed) ,TORN BA LLAiID BYRON, Chairman. CHARLES BORIS, Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfriars
i,„'"a thanks of the meeting to the Chairman for his efficient and FREDEPICK WILLIAM C ALD WELL. Esq, Golden-square
.Partial conduct in the Choir were then moved and seconded, and HENRY CHARLES CHILTON, Esq., 7, Chancery-lane
~nan NATHANIEL GOULD, Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury
iinnus-Y carried. Also, that the above resolutions be ativer-
-0,,,
by the Committee. JOHN HOWELL, Esq., Shepherd's-bush
JOHN WHEELTON, Esq., 13.tth-street, Newgate.street
THOMAS WILKINSON, Esq., 82, Cornhill.
Banaaaa—eTle London Joint-Stock Dank.
Sot. icrroas—Messrs, Bischoff and Coxes, 19, Coleman-street.
Astern-Ito' Awn t.iersvoll—Mr. William Barnes, Church Court,
Old Jewry.
Sscrurrairr—Mr. Peter Jeffery.
...TEMPORARY OFFICES-.-30, BlLlCklerSbUry.
This AasocNtiou is formed for the prirpose of constructing an
..trelitte or arcade from Bartholomew-lane to London-wall.
The houses to be built on this site will be adapted for offices,
unting-houses, and chop, according to the situation. They
be light, well ventheted, and perfectly secured, and the whole
w,.1 form a handsome and commodious approach to the Bank of
England, Royal Exchange; :and generally to the most central parts
rltheCity.

AIBRE and MEUSE CENTRAL RAIL WAY
rcath,CoMPANY.—An arVele has appeared in several newspapers
e the Sambre and Men=e Railway Central Line. The M-
an Planes of, his Railway are not three miles in length, although
graiii=ti 41 has been hazarded that they exceed six miles, and their
along—`0 are such that hicomotive powee will be used for traction
whole line.
and
.I°lll3, surveys made for a Railway In the districts of the Sambre
111,-N,',''e• Open for diseuss!on in the Belgian Chambers, are that of
thi,e,erri bile and the central or direct line (Taylor's), upon which
h 1.3-0
It
Inc raltil'oil. may be obtained at the temporary offices of
f,
-
Peci„,.knY. 15; Olt Jew-chambers, London, from whence the
shares wilrl y- be issued.
NA,Attili.l4,; and MEUSE RAIL WAY.—NOTICE
to ctir's HEREBY GIVEN to the public, that a RAILWAY is about
liiine,„,,°l_lgli,t forward to traverse the highly interesting and valuable
guar disiriet between the Sambre and Meuse rivers, under a
Plied ,u tee of four per cent. from the Belgian Government, to be ap-
tago.‘or ln the present session. This line will possess many
over the original line, adopting the Valley of the L'Eau d'lleure,
th,s'N:)e.intich superior to Taylor's (or the central line), as it avoids
lerigne,tY objectionable gradients and inclined planes of six miles in
to!), by which that life, is embarrassed, and which has caused it
Piimeie°,ldennied for the purposeoflocal traffic, or its an international
purt.lr line, by-all competent persons in Belgium
thents,' Particulars will speedi.y be furnished when certain. arrange-
llnitlv'e",(3rt:erbeen.made in I:russels and Paris, and the direction is de.

IT follows f' ,4m the recent investigations of the
, British Association for the Advancement of Science, as
j''''prled in the Athesreina of October 19, that the quantity of 'gilt furnished by one pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES
'gilt furnished
for its production four pounds of ordinary tallow ones; and,
exact -,'"Te, that the f;rmer, if at two shillings per lb., would be
lyitlY as (conomical as the latter at sixpence per lb. Now,
lb ICE'S PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings
•:,,but at or under One Suilling per lb. per
dr,,,heY may be had of respectable dealers throughout the king.
the if care be taken to prevei*. any imitations being passed off as
fr l'aent Candles ; the Trade may obtain them wholesale
f,",1 Edward l'rice andand Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and
Clerkenwell.
ALAIER AND CO.'S DECIMAL PALM
.re CANDLES (10 to the lb.) give the light of Three ordinary "iv', Candles, require no snuffing, and can be used in any Can-
dlestick.

It . hold by every Oilman, Grocer, &c., at 71d. per lb.
r the ''',ll be seen by the following statement of Mr. J. Hawkins,
are b ' late iMeeting of the British Association, that these Candles
by the cheapest light at present in With to
ral tner'sfar and the common Di when the clatter` was notregard snuffed
e enal. than about every ten minutes, it took four to be equal to
tinen of the former ; and when unsnufled altogether, it required
ii,e; Pounds to be equal to one pound of Palmer's. After al.
;""'hg to further experiments with candles and also with oils, he
O °ncluded by recommending the self.snung candle in preference
,°—See " Athenae ffium," Oct. 19, 1844.
72,.._ I.ahner and Co.'s Mid-size Lamps of the same de.
Ption as the above, may be hadand of all Candles Ironmongers, Lamp
manufacturers, &c., in the kingdom.

CANDLE N aro RIE PY.-W. S. HA OL'S
Superb COMPOSITE, 10-id. per lb., requiring no snuffing,
felll ecTaParison and trial are allowed to surpass all others of the
sent day for beauty and brilliancy of
light. There is no patent
4' Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a
bS ttau
hours as the flee waxed-wick tallow moulds, 9r is the light
``i i! al
:TSold for cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
krtin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house_

TEETH.
12, BERNER'S-STREET, OXFORD.STREET.
Established since 1825.
Al R. C. MOSELY, Surgeon Dentist, of 12,
1,410441, Berners.street, Oxford.strcet, has the hobour to acknow-
'l44l.l,lttve,T,y
_liberal and increased practice lie has gained for the
~I3iiit_t;:-'ll YEARS, and at the same time begs to inform the
to,,q),Gientry, and the Public generally, that he may be con.
I,4T,tth``‘orLY in all cases incidental to the TEETH and GUMS.
At4Net. :ery material now in use, and at prices to suit all
1,h1)13, Filling, and every opera:ion pertaining to Dental
• notice, No. 12, lierncr's.street, Oxford.street.
14Gt o•--„ for it S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
-(*Pft+ill'it,illuit:',_lV gained such ~creat approbation, and the demand
their fig ,Zfr. increase, JOIIN BURGESS and SON beg most
ei,ref •Ce 041'41 tf'. thus their best acknowledgments to the I'ublie
C,;" elirn,,t'cLronage of the same ; its utility and great convent-
,,"• It ,n'ectio,' have recommended to the ihost distinguished
tt to .8 Who have all spoken highly in its recommencia-
ttle he sullies by them only ; anti for preventing disappoint-
-BNah,,,' 411 possile care has Ireen resorted to, by each
011 th« corbk with their In and address, as well
(hi,,,z PU i, their signature, without which it cannot be
Th N
e GESs
yana44, of and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed
"'irk 4,atint' (-lIOVIES cntinues to he propared by them alter
r that
has given the greatest satisfaction for m any

107, Strand, corner of Savoy Slims, London,

VV. he,?°,,,4115, COLDS, ASTHMAS, &c., &c
.) 12',1 MIDI' MEDLCINES
tier Gra
Patronised by
'f
teeee the
b"rager Duchess General Maitland
Lay She ds
Mr. Justice Cresswell
tail rboro
Sir C. F. Williams, Knt.
„'f. Lihe„l:
l'irtliul' W. Wet Sir E.I. Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
131..
gar,. y erford Captain Boldero, M.P.
IllomiLts:
Edward Baines, Esq., M.P.
Rate cra, Vicar of Cripple- Archdeacon Webber
General Gardiner
nyll'etle k„,,.
,°,ll Families of the first distinction,
i, er the ‘--stleitieg, which are found to possess se great a power
'':,,,enti), ,r,,e'Pective complaints to which they arc applicable, as fry-
..iired
,_`. render further medical aid unnecessary, were also ho.
41414, "ith the to late ii Patronage of
rd
that, ' the Doge of Sussex Lord John Churchill
SR Iliatt 'es Churcli'll S'r Francis Burdett, M.P.
44 ri,h,e* Wood, Hart George Byng, FM . M.P.
P„,„ Nt's .d,GlNelnit'l'enfen ot f geminence in London have
paid
St
id
'Ocblorne testirnouyand to teir etlicaCY.
, wholesale retail, at 118, Holborn-hill, and
344, Strand, London.
t WIZAr, Strongly recommended by the Faculty.
theNO r. 3 A.,,R o \Lyric SPICE PLASTERS for the CHEST,
,-.!* s-olds '
im ',lest_ ,
~.! .asthoi,s, Shortness of Breath, Pain or Tightness of
Iv:: nest,
.cariseiTsections of the Lungs, &c., atrheeeffteic.tueayllyaarprepelliifecavaredtisou'npeo-f
en.r. ely prevented, bY
tiro. rs Aroo,ot.
bee
.the nn,ne Pee Plasters to the chest, which ~,,7 Internal 4'on warn] plasters, and frequently
.supersede the
aai ithoat one remedies. No person during. the winterou ht to
' cl. ear'istravellers by railroad in particular. Sold gat Is.
for Cotee., tißhs ,wit PECTORAL LOZENGES,
Irril- d.esira.bi, :(111, Asthrnu, &c. ThNe Lozenges will be found a
the,:t'4ll ~,,
.cenedY for allaying an.l removii,g the troublesome
te,hi.oo,olain incentive to coughing which generally accompany
tat 4tiou ~,ts' They promise also expectoration and an easy
11.4th,aria. "I° or thr . 1 . 'd be suffered to dissolve in the
'it).
in,ll;areed:eat at moderate intervals. Sold in boxes at 2s. each,
'l'e'rail,,,,
t° re' SPECIFIC MIXTURE, .
&Ad Nntit: remove Urethra) 4Discharges in fortv-eight tours—in il4,,hottle,,°f, ca'e, twenty-four--if arising from local causes.
0,01 ',II ,4,-3a,45. thl. and 1 ls each, with full instructions.
141kra.(sated r,,, "IPROVED SUSPENSOItY BANDAGES,
kin
IN h!tig from "dr. sPortimen, gentlemen hunting, riding, wa
ogf,
Is. kirly rornisease, relaxation. local debility, &c.,approved
6,, Is. td, tnnlended by the late Mr. Abernethy. Beat Jean,
".; eii,te; ditto, with fronts, 3s. Rd. ; Knitted Sr Wove Silk,
tie If
I. . N'v'ttlih elastic springs, 7s. 6d.
04hi,, '. pi, AY S STEEL, SPRING TRUSSES,
Ittq 10s, ~.„rrlY adapted, single, ss. 6,1., is. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ;
e ~, eine ~ . 158., and 21s
r-
4' st' titled taut,
fur.family use or sea voyages, Genu-
reprati,:4 Chemicals fedcripio with their several
aqh;,Ysiciao:Aeccir,fing to the Pliarmacopsela of the Royal College
5,111.1,1'., re,ail*. A 1
~,,, 'trite stock of new English Honey of the finest.
A ,Irld4 at ',-,, n Is. and Is. 6d per Ib ,aid the best West India
'Pea.."l") rat ,;;,le seats trice.y'4ll.ltio.°Watir to '-Merchants and Captains. Physicians'
po4ieraeo arn3l.inily Itecipes c trefully and accurately prepared
tteo,ir.llY qualified.
Per,uo"'e ear,„%lea from Eleven till. One, every day. Surgical
ate„, tis rey' veillbg from Seven till Nine.
i4it's* IQ r, Ing in the remotes* parts of the country can be
~,
k'l Of ii;:e"fldlY. nil e,ter'h. 'minutely their symptoms, age,
p„,"' for,:' (t.C., and inclo'si ig
nig
ittance for medicine, which
'44 -arded tO
411
lr)l4*Ctert r any parnt- oaf itehme world, secerely packed and
effete rt, , rom
oat(obsern.
°2 addressed 0 WRAY I IS. Holborn-hill,

No.

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16.,349.

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5

RIB B L E NAVIGA T I O N. rHE GREAT GUN (No. 9, price 3d., Stamped
Notice is hereby given that the HALF.YEARLY GENE. IL_ 4d.) of This Day fires vollies at the Quacks and Sir Jamul
RAL MEETING of the RIBBLE NAVIGATION COMPANY Graham's Medical Bill. It also contains the Modern Simpson, or
will be held at their Office, Chapel Walks, Preston, in the county of the New Earl of Vau_x-Ilall—Parody on a Newspaper--The Grea.. Lancaster, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of January instant, at Gun Gazette—Antigone reviewed classically and musically—Taxa-
tion, in a series of cuts, with portraits of public characters—Heir to
Eleven oclock in the Forenoon.
the Throne—Needleworkers—The Works of Dickens analysed—Mu-
P. HAYDOCK, Secretary to the said Company. sisal Literature—Sporting—Drama, &c.
Preston Ribble Navigation Office, Jan. 7, 1845. Office, 63, Fleet-street, where the back numbers may be had ; and
of all Newsvenders.

It .s proposed to raise the capital al 8,000 shares of 100/. each,
leposit or ten shillings co Lie pnid on the shares being allotted,
nt necortiance with the prov,slons of the new Registry Act, and
sucn ftsrther sum, not excee.iing 101. per share, as may be re-
quisite previous to applying to Parliament, on complete registra-
tion ling effected under the Act 7 and 8 Victoria.
On the Act of Parliament being obtained, and for which all the
necessary notices has been given for tho ensuing session, each sub_
scriber wil' oe required tc nominate a good and insurable life not
exceeding twenty, nor less titan the years of age. A subscriber
will not be limited in the numoer of his nominations, provided that
not more than fit F shares are dependent upon any one life ; such
shares to be at all times transferable.
On the Act being obtained, the remainder of the capital to be
raid at such times as the Committee 'my require, one month's pre.
views notice being given.
The Provisional Committee have arranged with certain Life
Inturance Offices, whereby every subscriber, or his representa-
tive*, will be secured the receipt of 2001. on the death of his no.
minee, for each 100/. paid.
The rental will be applied, in ti e first instance, In paying the
necessary premiums for insuranoe. The surplus rental will be
diiided eye. y live years, by way of bonus amongst the proprietors
of the existing nomination;, and which, it has been calculated, will
amount to 6 per cent, per &intim on each 1004 subscribed, in.
creasing, however, in arnouat at each subsequent division, as the
lives may fall in.
So soon as the number of outstanding shares, by the death of
the nom.nees, shall fall to v Ithiu 500, the whole property of the
Association to be investe I In and divided amongst the holders of
them.

naps arid dr.iwings may be seen, and a detailed prospectua
obtained, on apphcatlou t the Architect, Mr. William Barnes,
3, Church.r.ourt, Old Jewry; the Solicnote, Messrs. Bischoff and
Case, 19, Coleman titroet and at the Offices of the Association,
30, Bucklersbury.

Minister would do something gr at for the trading
interests ; the agriculturists were not yet alienated ;
and tie country at large was si nnewinat wearied of
political contests, and math nu re 4,:iisposed than is
wont to suffer passively an er[. erir nent from new
rulers. In addition to these coasi der ations there was
the highly-important one, that ;the income-tax was
proposed as a temporary measure'.. lis operation was
to be severe but speedy, and I low, !ver p2infully it
might be felt, there was the cons( ►slat ion that in three
years it would be at an end.
Under such circumstances the ii is ome-tax became
law with far less difficulty than might have been
expected, but its grievous hardship cad injustice have
realised the worst anticipations of its opponents. A
proposal to renew this tax in its p resent form for an
indefinite period, or for even three y ears longer, would
be as unpopular a measure as a 3y that could be
brought forward. It is not possible, however, to sur-
render an income of five millions a ' ear, and there-
fore it is important to observe the nata re and bearing
of the two wholly dissimilar taxes wl ich, under the
general head of property-tax, or inex 'me-tax, yield
that amount of revenue. This distfrg tion was exhi-
bited very clearly in the last numb et of the Weal-
minster Review, by a writer whose f Jts and reason-
ings are well worthy of attention :
" Sir Robert Peel," says the revi, ewer, " when he
came into office, imposed two new to xes—a tax upon
property, correctly so called, just 'and equitable in
principle; and an income-tax, or ; I tax upon the
wages of labour and the profits of trade, however
precarious the source from which: duty might be
derived--a tax at once oppressive aa linquisitorial.
" Oppressive, because the annual j'ayment of 91.
to a clerk dependent for the suppcart: ,of himself and
family upon a salary of 3001. is a hal 'den dispropor-
tioned to his means; and unjust, I), te. ause a burden
greatly exceeding the tax imposed up o n the rich man,
although nominally the same in amou 7 it.
" For example : 3001. per annu in arising from
capital invested in the Three per G wits., are at the
present moment worth 10,0001. I 'he income of a
clerk is unsaleable; it depends upon personal services,
for which he may be incapacitated a `.• any moment;
and if he die, his family are beggars. . Yet the clerk
is called upon to contribute the same , amount to the
revenue as a rich man with 10,000 in the funds !"
It is this tax upon incomes gained is s trade and by
personal exertion which produces 'e
-sixths of the
hardship and annoyance associated in t the public mind
with the whole system. It is this wt,i ch gives rise to
the inquisitorial examination into till 3 circumstances
of every trader. It is this which exp mes the poverty
which so often lies concealed beneat l an exterior of
professional respectability. It is th is which presses,
with unrelenting severity, on that p' irtion of the mid-
dle classes with whom the struggle ' o make out life is
most difficult, and who are least al de to bear such a
burden. But as the Westininstelf x!eriewer observes,
the same objections do not apply. to the tax upon
landed and funded property, or, in other words, to
that which is really the "property-tax:, It is col-
lected with ease, certainty, and rer7 little expense.
It does not involve vexatious incruisvdon into private
affairs, and if it stood alone, it would provoke as small
a share of popular dislike as any yth.er form of direct
taxation. Keeping in view, then, t he . broad distinction
between the property-tax and the -Income-tax, let us
y each. To show
its the following
ttsaheebisltehs :
the amountlllVes otnuf. revenuenste reviewerr yielded
gpi

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIoN.
Christmas llolidays. Ono of the brilliant novelties is
CHILD'S CHROMATROPE, New Subjects in Nature and
Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex-
hibition of a series of beautifid DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the
Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures en
the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro-
fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN
also Lectures en the Evenisgs of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The whole of the Lectures abound in interesting Experiments.
SUBMARINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL
and DIVER. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred
additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just pablishod.
price Is.

CLASSES.
DRAWING GALLERY, 18, Maddox-street
Hanover.squarc.
This Gallery is now reopened for tho Study of Model Drawing
and Practical Perspective—the Human Figure and Anatomy.
Further information respecting the Morning and Evening
Classes may be obtained at the Gallery, and at Dickenson's Litho.
graphic Establishment, 114, New Bond.etreet.

NOW OPEN.
UNIQUE EXIIIBITION.-BATTLE OF

WATERLOO.
New Model, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid
Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca-
valry under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry
under Sir Thomas Picton.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evening, brilliantly
illuminated, from Seven till Ten.
Admission, One Shilling.

MIDDLESEX.— NEW METROPOLITAN
BUILDINGS ACT (7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 64).--
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the Court will proceed on
THURSDAY, the 30th instant, to the ELECTION of a SUR-
VEYOR for the DISTRICT of HORNSEY, in the said county,
in the room of Mi. Alfred Bartholomew, deceased, and such
election will be subject to the standing orders of court as to dis-
tricts and district surveyors, and that no person will be admitted
a candidate unless duly qualified under the Act and such stand.
ing orders; and all candidates must, on or before Friday, the 17th
instant, address to me in writing a statement of his name, resi.
dence, age, and qualification, and must also personally appear
before the Committee for General Purposes appointed by the Court,
at Twelve precisely, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at the Ses-
sions House, and produce to them satisfactory evidence that he is
of the full age of 30 years, and a certificate from the Board of
Examiners appointed under the Act of their approval, and also
such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may
deem expedient, or the Committee may require ; and if approved
by the Committee will then be sanctioned by them to be a can.
didate for the said district.

Sessions House, Clerkenwell, JELLIS, Clerk of the Peace.
an. 8, 1845.

TO COUNTRY SHOPKEEPERS and indus
trious persons in search of Employment.
Persons wishing a genteel addition to their present Trade, or
seeking employment, may hear of such by applying, post paid, to
No. 2, Lawrence Pountney.hill, London.

FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
l.ondon, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.
Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopegate-titriet.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, frons one ouncelio a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

SILVER TEA SERVICES.
A B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing
' Silvermiths 14 Crnhill, London, oosite the Bank of
England, submit the, priceso of the following ppSILVER TEA and
C')FFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on
shel)feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids.
The King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The
shape of either is new and elegant.
Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern.
trong Silver Tea Pot £l2 ei 0 Strong Silver Tea P0t...C12 0 9
Ditto Sugar Basin
Ditto Mil Ewer ...... .. 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer 5lO 0
Ditto Coffee Pot
- -
Complete £39 6 0 Complete 4O 0 0
A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen
n the Show-rooms where may ba selected every article of Silver
requisite for the sideboard or plate chest.
Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various
articles, gratis, and thrwarded, postage IYee, to any par: of the
.:ingdom. _ _ .

~c. B. Savory and Sons, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of
England.

FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, AND RHEUMATIC GOUT
L.3IMCO'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS
are a certaia and safe remedy ;they restore tranquillity to
the nerves, give tone to the stt mach, and strength to the whole
system. No other medicine can be compared t• these excellent
pills, as they prevent the disorder from attacking the Stomacher Hend,
and have restored thousands from pain and misery to health and
comfort
Sold by A. Willoughby and co., Hl, Bishopsgate Without, and
nearly all Medicine Venders. at Is. I%d. or 2s. 9d. per box.

I 0 iT.OFFICE. cAfjr•ic
11 I RICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28,
Lembard.street (bite Prict- and Oosnell's, and formerly
latey, Butts, Price, and Co's.), by the recommendation of the Sc.
:rotary of the Post-office, beg to "impress upon their Corre.
spoodents the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in.
fended for them," thus--" Price and Co." (and not " Price and
Gosnell"—that firm ceased to exist in 1831), as the only means of
guarding against the fraudulent conduct at individuals who take
in and retain letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by IL
legally assuming the arm " Price and Gosuell," well knowing
hat they never were in any way connected with that firm
OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS.
Price and Co. ; Perham cry IF so superior to any other, and in such
general r errand, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the
Public t urious imittliens. Price and Ce. respect.
wily se'.cit Ladles and Gentlemen when they purchase not to
take tub tithe a without the protection /abet, from a design by Sir
Wt 11am Cornat v'. being affixed to it, with the signature of
Price ad C o Loinbard.street," in red Ink, and " 26" eonspi.
eueosly in its ccnitre.

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I.ll,K•ori of ,--,.0)4 ad,,at), v, ' the' heads of fansilies from the
!,,,, -orithien- ,tedicim• np ka,,,e,w' t°
fti c y that may be resorted to
I, theeeurrince,. and used with unceceXtin 'cases
are so obvious to
of temporary sick.
ilq,„shriq „ge,,IP fames tri.,r, ~, less ev••ry da-,
Ilp,r`oi tiiiii: jten can lip ra'sed of its importance to
.every house-
'B is e:'"Ig(lom• Prom among numerous testimonials, the
re, en
,tibmitted •
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,hate .lt ritouas Pit , 2•'-' . RAND, LONDON.
441..." " '', C' op -frost Manchester,r March 12, 1842.
tt, of __ Much s,tistsetion cmmunicatig to you th,e
,01,11. Y cAperience, after repeated trials of FRAMiI44 S
4 r t_l trian:‘,,L_Pl. and I feel it hut justice to state, that in the
q,.. l'ihnti v-:-,',.T,'" Ls's.' of vAti>tt Aperient Mt dimes, .I have
il., frog
i'„s_, ,at oii salutary and efficient in the relict of the
!,,,:._tlierefisla to.int bile, c, eze., with so little inconvenience ;
.4,,_,g wantc„ 'cartim!ed in declaring that they supply to me a
'1,7, iaily ~,,,,r, 0! heing able to reci.rnmend to families, school,
"cit qtabk, ;''oltle mon, whetter at the desk or en the road, a
014 I po trine f O9,ree.i , an occasional medicine. And 1 shall take
Ivl pr0',4,',,) r<:,:ing this testimony, I airi the means of mak-
tht ani, sir • •, P. . S more generally known and ameciated.
4hti Uhlirece ' resPectiully yours, .. WILLIAM SMITH."
itiill.risijOri.clcuted sale tit 'these rills, arisinfro the earnest re-
,p4,ll' „, 3r Of the many thou•ands who haven derived benefit
t,,.. fowl
_,assricler any lengthened comment unnecessary they are
i-,`.rki p;_
ecru thrall viseases to which mankind is liable, but for
Ith'tlillir,,,(..;'...v_, Complaints, witn thelr many well-known amen
s,
bi_'? S'ck Headache, Pain and Oppression after mea's
Nv.0t.,41 deg zainess, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
i.! or' t,, of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c.
it,4°.ol„l;!,,lr,e'i.rndoasee,..s W.i1..1 convince the. 441111 of their salutary
;Nte re Li,,,. A'_7..",1 si.eeclily regain 1 s strength ; a 17ealthy
1 tth t
.r li,ce.sres,-.lB,iaacl Ki!ineys, will rapidly take place ;
,t,ss4%''',,i,Y 'and reneaw pains and
aerx"tel jnacilinlctoedgooPda Pitanaliee,
~,,li4ly.p,t
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it,.....ing this medicine, according to t be directions
ik4lkorni a. tj, 1,1;
tk,ht,,„
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.tcd.oiiric, Price Is. lid, and 2s. 9d,
d i s gcnerally throughout the
'''''' Fr
'w,,,Z,,411,1i:.p,
..,,NT:1i.P1L....,L of H.E.ILTI-1, and observe th
bit Nolo , 4 vomasrrout,229, Strand. London" on the

PROPERTY TAI
OR TAX UPON INCOMES ARISING FRO3I REAL AND FUNDED
PROPERTY AS COLLECTED FOR 1:: HE FEAR ENDING
APRIL 5, 1843.

SCHEDULE A.
Ince me. Tax.
Land, Tenements, &e., England E 73,73 8,429 X 2,150,412
Ditto for Scotland
SCHEDULE C.
Annuities, Di vieends, &c., Eng-
land
Ditto for Scotland

Price aria . Ire the s•le Wholesale Agents for
LIELCROIX'S KALYDOR,

'French co-metic, surpassing all c tLers for preserving and beau-
tifying the Cempleiloa, prepared to: the use of her most gracious
fklajesty the Queen, and her Majesty the Queen Dowagrr, by es.
commend, and protected by letter. patent. Price 4s. 6d.
DELCROIX'S MACASSAR OIL,
nmorted under the sanction of th J "Lords of the Treasury," for
the use of her most gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesses
the Prince et Wales, the Princess Royal, &c., is also protected by
two elegantly-exectited, correct likenesses, in embossed medallions,
of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price
3i, 6d.

DELCROIX'S ODONTII.
" ue not hesitate to •ecommend, from experience, DEL.
C ROTZ'f. ODONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most
Aalu.il a neans of purifying, preserving, and embellishing the
I eett. ane Gums, hitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette.
** 'I be Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable
perfume °I the season 1844; but though the last, is not the least
)nper cotton, as it happily combines the preceding excellence of all
theroyAbouquets, with the delicate and delicious fragranee of the
white 'LOH /Me.

Lot him who is a taste barn gentleman,
And stands upon the honour of his birth
If Ire suppose that I have ii.eaCed truth—
Prom off this briar pluck t white rose with me.
Messrs. J. Deicrolx and Co., 153, New Bond-street, have pleasure
In offering this their last bouquet of the season, and beg to inform
the Nobitity and their Patrons that, during the recess, all orders
for their " unique cacieau" of a case containing the six royal bon-
Quae for cne gainea,comprieng the bouquets de la Heine, d'Albert,
Prince c t Wales, D Ake of York, Princesse Royale, and Princesse
A lice, will be forwarded to any part of the country, carriage paid.
To insure the genuine, particular attention is required in observing
that No. 158. New Bond.street, London, be upon each case and
ovary bottle, a: worthless counterfeits, for the sake of profit, are
sots by Druggists and ILArdrossers In town and country.

SHAVING A LUXURY.
RICE snd CO.'s RYPOPHAGON surpassed every soap ever
aiventeu for shaving. One trial will prove that the luxury of a
goo.' shave can be enjoyed only by there who use Price and Co.'s
ftyrioptiagon. which renders shaving (hitherto disagreeable and
Leen painful] pleasant and easy.

Prepared by Price and Ce., 38, Lembard4treet (late Price and
GoenelPs), avid sold by Determ and Co., 158, New Bond-street,
nowhere else in Londoi., price Si. 6d per pot, Is. per square,
Li :ekes for boxes Is. Bd. and ..a. 6d.
*„* Mr. Price will have pleasure in presenting any brother
traveller with a square of the Rypephagon gratuitously, who may
do bin the honour to call at Montpellier House, 28, Lombard.
street.

PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX.
Of the many questions suggested by the prosperous
state of the revenue, we believe the most lively
interest is excited by that which relates to the income-
tax. As the period for which it was imposed draws
to a conclusion, everybody begins to look with
anxiety to the decision which Parliament will
soon be called upon to pronounce respecting
its continuance. There could not be a greater
mistake than to suppose, from the comparative
acquiescence with which the income-tax has been
borne, that the people of this country are
prepared to sanction it as a permanent financial
arrangement. If Sir Robert Peel builds upon any
such supposition, he will find himself egregiously
mistaken. The circumstances under which the
income-tax was proposed, removed or weakened the
objections of a large portion of the community,
whose opposition would at another time have been
fatal. There was a large deficiency in the public
income which it was necessary to supply. An income-
tax might not be the best remedy for the case, but it
was a remedy ; and those who throughout the country
had opposed the budget and commercial reforms of
the Whigs could not well point to any other. The
constituencies had rejected the scheme of making up
the deficit by an alteration of the duties on corn,
sugar, and timber, and, without Pennsylvanian dis-
honesty, they could not well shrink from the other
alternative of a new tax. Besides this, the income-
tax was the first great measure of Sir Robert Peel's
Government ; it was proposed when that Government
was at the height of its power, and when its hold upon
public opinion was stronger than it has ever been
since or can ever be again. The mercantile Con-
servatives still cherished the delusion that the new

THURSDAY EVENIAVG SUN, JANUARY s,

'HE SUN is PUbliSited EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time 'or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWIV DjaLIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Psiblished in
and a THIRD at EDITIONSEVEN O'CLOCK,
.for posr, Containing PAALL AMENTARY and all
ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Nig , yht other NEWS in LONDON tip to that Hour.
i therebnsuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE

regular importer, if it does not inculcate any new
lesson, gives additional weight to formerly, we should
say, already too dearly purchased experience, and
affords a very severe warning not to place too much
confidence in estimates of crops, as the increased
energy and activity which an advance in price gives
to the planter to secure all he possibly can, tend to
make an otherwise short crop, as we have seen this
year, into a full average one. Estimates of crops,
even when made .with honest intentions, it should be
borne in mind, are mere guess work, and may be ren-
dered erroneous from a variety of causes it is quite
impossible at the moment to foresee.
Notwithstanding the short crop, we have had at
one period of the year, viz., the week ending 12th
July, the largest stock of cotton ever before held in
port ; it reached the enormous amount of 998,400
bags. It has since materially diminished, but we
have still a considerable excess of stock over last
year. The long prevalence of easterly winds
during this month have kept back the sup-
plies, so that as yet we have received com-
paratively little of the new crop, although it
is said to have been an earlier one by some weeks than
the last. The change of wind, which seems now
about to set in, will bring in the large supply now on
the way, so that we shall, in all probability, see a
constant addition made to the stock for a long period.
During the past month the prospect of an increasing
demand for goods and yarn at the turn of the year,
has induced many consumers to purchase largely, so
that on the whole a very ample supply is now held
by the trade, about on a par, it is supposed, with the
quantity they had on hand at the close of last year.
The increase of consumption, although considerable,
is not so large as might have been anticipated from
the additional quanity of machinery brought into
operation ; this is supposed to arise chiefly from the
inducement offered for an increased production of the
lighter fabrics ; whilst the manufacture of heavier
descriptions of goods, requiring a greater weight of
cotton, had keen attended with less benefit.
'We think we may with safety congratulate our
friends on the prospects for the future, as we do not
recollect a period when the year commenced under
more favourable auspices ; there seems to be nothing
in the distance but what is cheering and encouraging
to skill and industry. The quantity of cotton al-
ready gathered of the lust crop, is sufficient
security against high prices for a long period
to come. The value of cotton is, from the
latest accounts, declining in the United States,
and seems likely to be purchased there en terms.
that will induce the importer to bring it at once
on the market. The export from America exceeds
already 150,000 bales, the greater part of which is
still to arrive; so that if we continue to be blessed by
Providence with abundant harvests, cheap cotton, and
cheap food—the chief elements of prosperity to this
country—must give an additional stimulus to trade,
and whilst it affords increased comforts to all at home,
must render also essential benefit to those distant na-
tions whose products are exchanged for our manu-
factures.
If; therefore, the stock in the hands of the trade
this year is estimated at the same amount as last year,
the consumption this year must be estimated by the
deliveries from the ports, which average 27,326 bales
per week.

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CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.
The anniversary dinner of this excellent institution
took place last evening at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street. It was attended by a numerous
and very respectable:assemblage, who evinced a warm
interest in the admirable objects for which the society
was established, namely—contributing in various
forms to the support and protection of the less fortu-
nate members of the Scottish nation resident in
London. The appearance of the assembly was ren-
dered peculiarly brilliant and interesting by the pre-
sence of a large number of the fair sex, and the
picturesque garb of several gentleman who attended
the dinner in full Highland costume. At half-past
six o'clock about 130 sat down to dinner, which was
provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breache in that supe-
rior manner that characterises their establishment.
James Wylie, Esq., in the chair.
The usual loyal and national preliminary toasts
having been given,
Mr. 13oucifEa said that the object of the Caledonian
Society was to co-operate with other benevolent asso-
ciations in London which had for their object the
benefit and advantage of poor natives of Scotland and
their children, and amongst the most valuable of those
institutiona he might name the Caledonian Asylum,
the Scottish Hospital, and the Highland School
Society. Those associations had conferred the great-
est possible advantages upon hundreds of their fellow-
countrymen and their offspring, and it ought to be
the desire of every friend of Scotland to support them.
—(Hear, I►ear.) The object of this society was to
co-operate with all those institutions, by subscriptions
and otherwise ; and there could not be a greater ser-
vice rendexed to their less fortunate countrymen.
Many an in tfortunate son of Scotland had been relieved
in the hour of his distress by these institutions:; and
many a c hild of Scottish parents had been brought
up at thei.,r schools in such a manner as not only
to enable Vaem to provide for themselves in life, but
to reflect honour upon the name of Scotland.--(Loud
cheers.) The purpose of the present meeting was
rather to assemble in a social and festive spirit ; but
he could not avoid taking that opportunity of briefly
adverting to ► the nature and purpose of the Caledonian
Society. As he said that its object was co-operation
with other benevolent institutions, he could not do
anything n sore in accordance with the views of its
members th an to propose the health of the gentlemen
from those 'other societies who had that night honoured
them with their presence.
The toast; was drunk with much applause.
The next toast was " The Caledonian Society,"
which was drunk with Highland honours.
Several other national toasts were proposed and
drunk, amongst which was "The Memory of Burns,"
given in a touching and eloquent manner by the
Chairman, stnd responded to by the a; sembly with
much feelint;.
Various Scottish songs were sung during the even
ing, and the company separated at a late hour.

THE CROOM POACHING:AFFRAY
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST
TWO OF THE POACHERS.
WORCESZER, JAN. 7.—The jury, impannelled be-
fore the Coroner of this city (J. B. Hyde, Esq.), to
inquire into the cause of the death of Thomas Staite,
who died in the Worcester Infirmary on the 24th
ult., met this day by appointment to resume their
inquiry, which, it will be recollected, was adjourned
from the 27th of December to this day. In the mean-
time, as has already been stated in this paper, several
parties have been apprehended on suspicion of having
been concerned in this murderous outrage ; and two
of them (Francis Dingley and Joseph Turvey) are
now in the 'Worcester county prison, whither they
have been committed by two county magistrates, who
however thought proper to exclude the press from
reporting the evidence of the witnesses examined.
But the Coroner, as usual, threw open his court to
the public. The facts of the case have been already
given in this journal.
When the whole of the witnesses had been exa-
mined,
The CORONER commented on and explained the
evidence, and ;After a short deliberation, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Joseph
Turvey and Francis Dingley, and some other persons
to the jury unknown."
At the termination of the inquiry one of the jurors
addressed to the Coroner and his brother jurymen
some observati ons on the subject of the preservation,
of life, which i 3 so intimately connected with this in-
quiry. He ob3erved that the horrid spectacle which
they had witnessed at the commencement of their
proceedings, in the mangled corpse of the murdered
gamekeeper, and the horrifying picture which must
have been drawn before their minds' eyes from the
details of the se'reral witnesses, could not fail to have
excited in them feelings of sorrow and disgust; and
although he was aware that, strictly, their duties as
jurors, were limited to an inquiry as to how the ill-
fated man Thomas Staite had come to his death, still
they could not overlook the cause which had led to so
dreadful a result; and he thought that an expression
of their feelings on that subject would not be out of
place. He, therefore, proposed that they should ap-
pend to their verdict a declaration of their sentiments
in the following terms :
" That the jury cannot but deplore the continuance
of laws so immoral in their tendency, so fruitful in
crime, and so destructive to human life, as the game-
laws have proved, after long experience, throughout
the lengthland breadth of the country; and that they
strongly recommend their abrogation.,
Several jurymen expressed their concurrence in
these sentiments.
The CORONER said, that whatever might be his feel-
ings on the subject, he could not attach such a de-
claration as the above to their verdict, for that such a
step would most probably lead to a reprimand on him
from the judge for introducing extraneous matter.

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Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS

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Wirngon, WEDNESDAY.—The Quee.ri and Trinte
Albert walked out for some time this aft 9rnoola.
The foggy and unfavorable state of the v.p:,ath9e
during the day prevented the Royal Family froze
taking their usual airings.
The Marquis and Marchiooess of Exeter arrived
the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Dietrichstein took their departure from the
Castle to-day. Thu Earl of Liverpool, the Ear?. ant
Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary West, also leit
the Castle to-day.
Mrs. Bouverie had the honour of joining the rose
circle at the Castle at dinner this evening.

Her Roral Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited tl.e Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterda y.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Carnbrid re
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of .111ecidenburi 01
Strelitz took an airing to Kew yestezday, return
to Cambridge House hi the afternoon.
A deputation from the Great Western, Uxbrilga,
and Staines Junction Railway Company, consi+ing
of Mr. Richard Carpenter, Mr. Swynfen Jervis, 211 r.
Martin Stately, and Mr. J. NTheelton, member s of
the Provisional Committee; Mr. John Davis Pa-ins,
engineer; and Mr. T. J. Mawe, solicitor, %had an in.
terview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at ti.a office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter.
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
The lion. William Ashley and a deputation front
the Central Kent Railway had an interview yesterday
with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of trade.
Mr. Archer, jun., and Mr. T. Smith, had an inter-
view with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial,.
office.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in White..
hall-gardens yesterday evening, from Drayton Manor.
Staffordshire.
Mr. La Touch, and a deputation from the Great
North-Western Railway (Ireland) had an interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade
yesterday.
Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster, arrived in town yesterday afternoon.
The Earl of Hillsborough, M.P., Viscount Newry
and Morne, M.P., Hon. J. H. Knox, and Sir John
Rennie, from the Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Company, had an interview with the Earl of Dal--
housie yesterday.

MR. BRA HAM'S CONCERT.
Mr. Braham, assisted by his sons, gave his first,
concert for the season last evening, at Hanover-
spare Rooms. The following was the programme:—
PART 1.
The Witches Glee (Mr. P. King) ; Song, On tee
Cold Shores of the Stranger (Bellini), Mr. C. Braham ;
Grand Scene, Sampson's Lament on his Loss of Sight.
(Handel), Mr. Braham ; Song, Revenge, Timothens
cries (Handel), Mr. H. Braham ; Song, Molly Bar a
(Lover), Mr. Braham ; Glee, The Red Cress Knights ;
Scene, Adelaide (Beethoven), Mr.. Braham Song,.
from Bellini's Norma, Mr. 11. Braham • Serenade, from
Don Pasquale (llonizetti), Mr. C. Brahorn ; Duet, from
L'Elisir D'Amore, Voj.-,,h0 Dire, Mr. Braham and Mr.
H. Braham.

PART H.
Glee, The Winds Whistle Cold (Sir H. R. Bishop) ;
Song, The Death of Nelson (Braham), Mr. Braham ;
Song, My Heart with Love is Beating, Mr. C. Braham;
Song, the Wanderer! (Schubert), Mr. 11. Braham ;
Duet, Oh ! Albion (Braham), Mr. Braham and Mr. C.
Braham ; Song, Rage thou Angry Storer (Benedict),
Mr. 11. raham ; Song, the Watchman (Torn Moore),
Mr. Braham ; l)uet, The Brothers (Knight), Mr. C.
Braham and Mr. H. Braham; Song, The Bay of Biscay.,
Mr. Braham.

The glees constituted the novelty of the evening.
They were delightrully given ; and we trust that
during the course of the season the Messrs. Brabant
will give us many more specimens of this, the national
music of England. The Brahams were all there, in
excellent voice. 'What may be the age of Mr. Braham,
according to the calendar, we know not; but, vocally
speaking, he is what he ever has been in our remem-
brance, about thirty—just in his prime. Long may
he so continue. Mr. C. Braham has ripened into a
delicious concert room singer; but Mr. Hamilton
Braham should not confine his exertions to the concert-
room. The lyrical drama stands in need of his ser-
vices. Nature intended him for the prirno basso,
cantate of Europe. The concert was well attended.

SHAKSPEAREAN.
We last night had the gratification of hearing the
first of a course of three lectures on the plays of
Shakspeare, delivered at the Eastern Literary and
Scientific Institution, Hackney-road, by Mr. T. Cross,
of Cambridge. The subject was the play of Richard
the Third, which the lecturer analysed and commented
upon in a manner that drew forth frequent and ethu-
siastic bursts of applause from a anmerous and highly
respectable audience, who, by the usual testimonies
of approbation, exhibited their appreciation of the
acumen, research, and taste, of the talented gentle-
man who addressed them. Mr. Cross was pecu-
liarly happy in his selections. His introduction,
in which he noticed the genius of Shakspeare, Sze.,
was ino,t warmly applauded. At the conclusion
there appeared a general feeling of regret that the
lecture was not of longer duration. We understand
this is Mr. Cross's first appearance as a lecturer be,,
fore a London audience, and it must be highly grati-
fying to that gentleman and his friends to find that he
met with such unequivocal symptoms of future suc-
cess. The next lecture, the subject of which is
Macbeth, is fixed for the 14th of February ensuing,
when the admirers of our immortal bard may, not-
withstanding all that has been written and said upon
his works, be startled by novelties on a subject they
have thought exhausted.

THE MERCHANT SERVICE.
There are many thousand seamen in the merchant
service who will come under the jurisdiction of the
new Act, in which are several provisions respecting
the performance of their duties, and the punishment.
prescribed for negligence or desertion. By the 6th
section it is declared that in case a seaman, whether
before the commencement or clarit, the porogress of
any voyage, shall at any time neglect refuse to join
the ship on board of which he shall have engaged to
serve, or shall refuse to proceed to sea in such ship,
or shall absent himself therefrom without leave, or
shall desert, it shall be lawful for any justice of the.
peace in her Majesty's dominions or the territories
under the Government of the East India Company,
upon complaint made upon oath by the master, mate,
or owner, or his agent, to issue his warrant, and cause
such seaman to be apprehended and brought before
him ; and in case such seaman shall not give a reason
to the satisfaction of such justice for his neglect, re-
fusal, or absence, or in case of desertion, it shall be
lawful, upon due proof of such neglect, refusal, or
desertion, to commit such seaman to prison or to
house of correction, with' or without hard labour,
at the discretion of the justice, for a period not
exceeding 30 days; or it shall be lawful for the
said justice, if he shall so think fit, at the re-
quest of the master, mate, or owner, or his
agent, instead of committing such seaman, to
cause him to be conveyed on board the said
ship, or to delivered to either of the parties men-
tioned, for the purpose of being so conveyed, and
proceeding on the voyage, and also to award to the
master or owner such costs incurred in the apprehen-
sion of the seaman as shall seem reasonable, not ex-
ceeding 4es., which shall be chargeable against, and
may be deducted from, the wages of such seaman ;
and whenever any seaman shall be committed to
prison, the justice shall cause his register-ticket to be
delivered to the keeper of the prison, who shall retain
the same during the imprisonment of the seaman,
and, at its expiration, return the same ; and whenever
a seaman shall be sentenced to death or transportation
the officer having the custody of such seaman shalt
transmit his register-ticket to the registrar of sea-
men. By other provisions, it is enacted that absence
from the ship, or otherwise from duty, shall subject a
seaman to forfeit two days' pay, an I in case of deser-
tion' his clothes and effects on board are to be for-
feited. A penalty of 101. is provided for harbouring
a deserter. No debt exceeding ss. incurred by any
seaman after he shall have engaged to serve, shall he
dunder pretence
norca
ofn any
adebt; seaman'sand in a recoverable until the service agreed for shall have
effecctsse
be
detained n concluded,e
of
such detention, the offender be liable
to a penalty not
several exceeding 101. These
are others to enforce the right of seamen against the
master arid owners) to take effect from Wednesday
last.

pacSkoett!Hca.apUtta'iTn y
oso,
N JAN. B. The Oriental steam-
arrived at 10 A.M. this day, at the
Motherbank, from Alexandria. The East India and
China mails, consisting of 53 boxes, were brought ashore
in a small steamer, and forwarded to London by the one
o'clock train. Her dates are—Alexandria, Dec. 23, and
Malta, 28th. The Oriental has a full cargo of silks, &c.,
and sixty-three passengers. Her Majesty's ship Hec:a,
was at Alexandria, and several men of war belonging to
the Pacha of Egypt. Her Majesty's ship Scout, two
Danish men of war, one Danish steamer, three Swedish
men of war, and one French corvette, were at Gibraltar.
The Oriental is expected to be released on Friday from
quarantine. The Royal Tar will take out this week's
Peninsular mails, and will leave for Gibraltar at three
P.M. tu-morrow. The Duke of Pain-lel& arrived here on
Monday in the Royal Tar, and left the same evening in
the Grand Turk, for Havre.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.—The Speaker of the
House of Commons is already in training for the opening
of the session. He sits in his easy chair every evening
for several hours after dinner, doing nothing but nod-
ding occasionally to the opposite sides of the room. On
certain evenings the housemaid moves an adjournment at
an
Brother-
ton. out
theefiarreli.er
The Speaker
turidnhga
has nicknamed
ktemreudg
haenrd:ra,
"—Funch.