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them in the bust way for their own enb3istence, and
oWe tia obligation to a second party.—(Cheers.) He
wished not to give them charity, but power,—
(Cheers.) If they possessed their just power, they
would not desire elemosynary aid. He would raise
the moral condition of his fellow men. Nothing so
effectually promoted this as the health and comfort
of the people. The people could not be healthy
without cleanliness, and cleanliness depended on
nothing so much to the free circulation of air and
light. Dependent on cleanliness were morals.--
(Cheers.) If the people lived in hovels they could
not he a moral people, and that was a pernicious sys-
tem which needed (ram the morals of the people the
support of the Government. He could really and truly
assert that the feeling of party was not now the pre-
dominant feeling amongst the leading men in the
politieal world. They had broken down party.—
(Cheers.) And every future Minister would not
consider so much the majority of the House of Com-
mons as the strong public opinion existing out of doors.
This was the result of their having a Tory Govern-
ment. Not that it was the wish of the Tories, or
their work, but of the strong opposition that had been
raised against thsm.—(Cheers.) They had forced
those who rode into power upon all the old Tory and
Orange cries to adopt those liberal measures they for-
merly opposed,—(Cheers.) This would go on. The
greatest opponents of the Minister were not those of
the Opposition,, but those who sat clese_at his back,
and, as Cobbett observed, werteihrissting their knees
into his shoulders.—(Cheers.) His colleague had
spoken of the Canada Corn Bill. Did they think
the Minister had acted upon the wish of the Tory
majority ? No such thing. It was the public opi•
Dion of the people, aided by the strong opposition of
the minority in the House of Commons, that
influenced the Minister.—(Cheers.) The landed
aristocracy would be glad to repeal this law, but
public opinion will be too strong for them, and the
next thing that would follow would be the repeal of
the corn-laws. Such would be the importation of
corn from America, that the landlords will be first
in the cry for the total repeal of the corn-laws.—
(Cheers.) Now, he would show them another thing.
Corn was the first great element of subsistence. Next
to corn came sugar. Now what bad the Minister
done here ? Mr. Gladstone had brought into the
House of Commons his Sugar Bill; not to do di-
rectly what they had demanded—he could not think
of such a thing—interests were at stake. But in that
Bill he had introduced some circumbendibus clauses
which effected just the same purpose.—(Cheers.)
The Queen, by an order of council, had directed
sugar to be imported from America and other places;
and, before twelve months, they should have free trade
in sugar. How had this been accomplished ? Had it
been done by the Tory majority 1 No ; this also had
been effected by the public opinion abroad, and the
powerful opposition within doors. He had told them of
these things before, and now they saw his prophecy
come true.—(Cheers.) They should go on, step by
step, with these reforms.—(Cheers.) They had
liberal measures because the people understood their
own interests. What had been done was the result
of public opinion,isand much more would be done from
the same cause.—(Cheers.) But gentlemen were
wise in their generation ; they were trying to gain
the sympathies of the working classes. But his ques-
tion to them always was—will you give the working
classes power ?—(Cheers) " Oh, no," said they,
" we will give them wash-houses and a game of
cricket, and so on—(Laughter)—we wish to unite
all classes, but don't say a word about power."—
(Cheers.) They had seen how essential the repeal of
the window-tax was to the welfare of the poor. Now,
if they asked those gentlemen to repeal that law, did
they think, with all their sympathy, they would
do it ? No; their desire was to make the people
dependent. They had given himself and his col-
league a charge as to this law, and they would
impress on the Minister what was the people's
feeling on the subject. He liked that word ; the
people's feeling.—(Cheers.) Yes, he would impress
it upon the Minister.—(Cheers.) It was the interest
of the whole that this iniquitous tax should be re-
pealed. He really did not think that if this question
were fairly stated in the House of Commons, the
Members could for very sharna refuse to repeal this
oppressive tax. He had spoken in obedience to a
strong feeling of the injustice of this tax, and he
hoped there was nothing in his past conduct which
could lead any of his constituents to think he had
broken any pledge, or that any opinion he had given,
which was essential to their interest, had received
aught of change. If his opinions changed he should
feel it his duty to come and deliver back to them the
charge he had received from them thinking he held
such and such particular opinions. If they then
gave him back that charge he would accept it, but it
would be with their knowledge of the opinions he
entertained. This was the duty of every honest
man—(Cheers)—and he dared any man to show a
change in his opinions, expressions, and conduct.
What he had pledged he had performed. He had not
changed. He wanted the same reforms now as when
they first carried him in triumph to the hustings.—
(Cheers.) He held the same opinions now; he en-
tertained them with additional experience, and, he
hoped, not diminished influence.—(Great cheering.)
It would be strange, however, if a man who had been
twelve years in public life should not see reasons to
modify any opinions. Were they to shut up their
minds from that light which was more essential than
the solar light—the light of wisdom ? Were they to
bind their minds down to remain always in the same
state ? Certainly not. He should be always
ready to change his opinions when his judgment
was convinced of his former error.—(Cheers, and a
Voice, " How about the rate-paying clause on Mr.
Duncombe's motion ?") Mr. Roebuck asked the
person to state clearly what he meant, after which,
he continued. Had he not always voted against the
rate-paying clause ? He had voted twenty times
against it—(Cheers)—and he dared any man to say
he had ever voted in its favour. Let Mr. Duncombe
bring forward his motion on the 4th or sth of Febru-
ary, or any other time, and he would be found to vote
for it. (The Voice—" I am satisfied.") He (Mr.
Roebuck) was glad the party was satisfied. A great
deal of misrepresentation had been going on.
It was not possible for him to be always look-
ing after his reputation, and answering every
calumny. Public men, it was said, lived in
glass houses. He had lived in a glass house,
and it was his pride and glory that his acts should
be scanned.—(Cheers.) They would recollect how he
was sifted in 1832. And there were many since that
time who, not having power to injure him by the
truth, employed calumny and backbiting to effect
their purpose. How often had his friends said to him,
" Why, sir, they are saying everywhere that you are
changed—that you have turned a Tory." Did they
suppose the Tories thought so ? He would appeal to
his noble colleague whether he was thought a Tory
in the House of Commons ?—(Cheers.) No. It was
calumny that was afraid to come and charge him to
his face, but went behind his back to injure him.
He dared any man to point out to him then the
change. Was there any one who wished to ask him
a question, let them do so then ; let them put it in
writing, and send it him a week or a month hence,
and they should have his answer.—(Loud cheers.)
He was bound to say this now. He came
to ask them this question. He could not always be
with them. Parliament would soon meet, and he
should have to do their work there.—(Cheers.) He
therefore asked any man to
.point out one act of his
which ran counter •to his pledge. He would then
give a reply; but he should not always, he repeated,
be noticing these attacks. He made this statement
once for all ; and let him be understood, until some
diedfiene charge
itself
biting, all calumny, would in future
and? behobliged ck-
to
thus con-
rntrh.u—siastirc.
for let-
ting ting Roebuckt fron ,i wis
the brought
light
of
f againsty ; . him, back-
biting,
eluded, not inaptly, he thought, a discussion(m
h
cheering.)
Lord DUNCAN moveda vote of thanks to the Mayor,
ligbt
sat i
which was seconded by Mr. ROEBUCK, and carried ;
after which the meeting gave three cheers for the
gallant chief magistrate.
ndtaowri the
amidst
dwellingsds
t repeated of thea and
d p

merly had been paid by the buttseS which bad bon
taken down to Malt° Way for the present structure
Now, as it had been thought that It was somewhat
hard upon the inhabitants of the other part§ of the
ward so lair a pUrtion In extent of the ward as the
Lank should he exempt from the duties cast upon the
poor inhabitants,
an inquiry had been set on foot by
the ward
officers the result of Which was, that It vats
:.seertained that'Alri Marshall and one or two other
parties lived in the Dank; and the firth of that .gen-
tleman) of the other parties, the Governor and Corn•
pang a the Bank of England, were put upon the
rate-books in order that they might be called upon
to fill effices, the duties of which OM! phorer neigh-
bours were compelled to discharge: Under the eir,
emnstantes it Was for the Court to say whether Mr
Marshall was or was not liable to serve.
After some further oonVersation, in which Alder-
Man Parebrother, Alderman Lucas, Alderman Mus-
grove, and the Recorder, took part, the, consideration
of the question was deferred until the nekt Court, in
order that the rate-book might he produced:
Several gentlemen Who had been preselited tor te•
fltsing to sertt the Ate of intpiesttuen for the wards
of Bithopsgate, Lime-street, Billingsgate, Tower,
Vintry, and Portsoken, were excused on various
grounds, while others who failed to attend were
ordered to be summoned for the next Court;
rishite iititsAf,: The ToWts Cl:tak called tht-i.:kebtlein of the Court
to the presentment by the inquest of Billingsgate of
the camphine manufactory of Mr. George Ritchie, as
being dangerous to life and property In the neigh-
bourhood in which it was situated, and the present-
ment ways erderetl tti be referred to the Alderman of
the wadi and the City Solicitor.
The TOWN CLERK next called attention to the pre-
sentment of certain houses of ill-fame in the ward of
Cripplegate Within,
Alderman T. Woot said that, under a standing
order of the Court, this was a subject which could not
be entertained. It was for the parochial authorities
to take up the prosecution of such houses,_ and not for
the Corporation.
Alderman WasoN was of opinion that the funds of
the Corporation could not be better applied than in
abating these abominable nuisances. Heretofore the
City Solicitor had prosecuted with success, and the
nuisance had been abated. He should therefore move
that the presentment be referred to the Alderman of
the Ward and the City Solicitor.
Alderman FAREBROTIIER differed from his friend,
Alderman 'Wilson, for he held the parish authorities
were the proper parties to take up the prosecutions.
All agreed that these nuisances ought to be put down,
but still he objected to the Corporation being at once
the prosecutors and the judges in their own prose-
cutions. He maintained that the parishes which got
their costs allowed, besides 101. reward upon convic-
tion, ought to prosecute.
After a further desultory conversation,. the RE-
CORDER put the motion " that the presentment be re-
ferred to the Alderman of the ward and the City
Solicitor to take such steps as might be expedient to
abate these nuisances," when four hands were held
up in its favour and ten against. The motion was,
therefore, declared to be negatived.
On the motion of Alderman FAREBROTRER, the
usual sum, in lieu of freedoms, was voted to the
clerk of the Lord Mayor.
On the motion of Sir P. LAURIE, a gratuity of
1001. was voted to Mr. John Bannister, third clerk at
Guildhall Justice-room, for his services during the
past year.

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COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at the
Guildhall for the dispatch of business, The Lord
Mayor took the chair shortly after ens o'clock, when
the minutes of the last Conti having been read, and
other 'natters of routine business disposed of,
The LORD MAvoa intimated that he had a com-
munication to make, and, before he did se., he must
request that the Court be cleared.
Strangers were accordingly directed to withdraw,
and the Court Was occupied for a very considerable
time in a discussion with closed doors. The subject-
matter which occupied the attention of the Court was,
we undcsrstand (and indeed the subsequent portion of
the day's proceeding,' after the public were again ad-
mitted proves the fact), a letter which had been re-
ceived by the Lord Mayor from the Commissioner of
the City Police on the subject of an increase of his
salary to the extent of 4001. per annum. The result
of the discussion, however, did not reach us. On our
re-admission we found the Court proceeding in re-
gular course through the business-paper of the day.
TOWER WARD.
Mr. Henry Capel, who was elected on last St.
Thomas's-day one of the Common Council for the
ward of Tower, attended for the purpose of showing
cause why he refused to take upon himself the office
to which he had been so elected. Mr. Capel having
read the correspondence which had taken place be-
tween the ward clerk and himself upon the subject,
and in which he had desired to learn whether it was
compulsory upon him to serve, it was with a view
to settle that question that the matter was now
brought before the Court by the presentment of Mr.
Capers refusal by the ward inquest. Mr. Capel
stated to the Court that he wished to know if the
office was compulsory, or whether any fine could
exonerate him, and also, if compulsory, whether he
could be obliged to serve for more than one year?
In answer to the Lord Mayor, Mr. Capel stated that
he was a freeman of London, and a liveryman of two
Companies the Frame-work Knitters and the
Coopers.
The RECORDER said that it appeared to him that
having been duly elected to the office of Common
Councilman, it was compulsory upon Mr. Capel to
sere e for one year, but that the wardmote could not
lect him a second time without his consent. He (the
Recorder), however, thought that as the question,
which was of great importance, came before the
Court to day somewhat by surprise, it would be more
proper that the matter be referred to a Committee to
examine the records for any precedent. He suggested
this, not as propounding any doubt on the subject,
but looking solely to the importance of the question,
which it would be desirable to settle by precedent
rather than to create a precedent now.
Alderman COPELAND objected to a reference to a
Committee. It was clear that the office was compul-
sory for one year, and he suggested to Mr. Capel that
it would be better for him to serve that year than to
lay himself open to the law courts, which would
follow, if any ill-disposed persons went to the Court
of Queen's Bench and obtained a mandamus calling
upon him to show cause why he refused to fulfil the
duties of the office.

PUBLICATION OF THE MINUTES.
Alderman and Sheriff StDNEY then moved, pursuant
to notice, that the minutes, of the proceedings of this
Court be printed and sent to its members forthwith
after every meeting of the Court. The object was to
facilitate the business of the Court, and he was not
aware that his proposition would be made the subject
of any objection. It was of the highest importance
that their proceedings should be made known at all
events to each other, and the business which had al-
ready been transacted by the Court this day showed
the necessity of some such regulation as that he pro-
posed. Why, before the business on the paper was
commenced, the Lord Mayor cleared the Court—
very properly no doubt—for the purpose of taking
int.) consideration a letter from the Commissioner of
Police, and, without any notice, an increase of his
salary to the extent of 400/. had almost been carried
by a casting vote.
The LORD MAYOR intimated his opinion that the
observations just made by Sheriff SIDNEY were alto-
gether irregular and out of order.
Sheriff SIDNEY thought they were necessary, as il-
lustrations of the necessity which existed for the adop-
tion of his proposition. Again, a sum of 1001. had
been voted on the motion of Alderman Farebrother,
and another of a like amount on the motion of Sir P.
Laurie, without any intimation being given on the
paper of the day to the other members of the Court.
On all these grounds he begged to move the adoption
of his proposition.

The RECORDER observed, that if Mr. Capel came
to this Court to be advised, he (the Recorder) had no
difficulty whatever as to the advice he should give
him.

Mr. Capel replied that his object was to get the
Recorder's opinion.

The RECORDER said, that according to his present
impression, it was compulsory upon Mr. Capel to take
upon himself the office, and if he would adopt his (the
Recorder's) advice, he would serve, having been duly
elected.

Mr. Capel said that he had never sought the office,
but he was satisfied with the opinion just expressed
by the Recorder, and on that opinion he would under-
take the office for the present year.
Alderman LUCAS called the attention of the Court
to the presentment made on Plough Monday by the
inquest of Tower ward, of the dangerous state of the
lower end of Mark-lane, near its junction with Tower-
street, owing to the narrowness of the foot pavement,
which in some parts was not wider than 18 inches
from the kerb-stone to the fronts of the houses. The
Alderman stated that two deaths, owing to accidents
at this spot, had recently occurred, and at the present
moment there was a person lying in the hospital dan-
gerously and seriously injured from the same causes.
On the motion of the Alderman, the subject was re-
ferred to the Commissioners of Sewers.

REFUSAL TO SERVE THE OFFICE OF INQUESTMAN.
Mr. Matthew Marshall attended to show cause why
he refused to serve the office of inquestman of the
ward of Broad-street, to which he had been elected
by the wardmote held on last St. Thomas's-day.
Mr. Marshall stated that he had been advised, and
believed that he was not legally liable to serve, inas-
much as he was not an inhabitant householder, and
was not connected with the Corporation either as a
freeman, or in any other way, neither did he carry on
any. trade or business in the ward.
In answer to various questions put by different
members, of the Court,
Mr. Marshall stated that he held the office of chief
cashier to the Bank of England, and that he lived
within the Bank. He was under no assessment, all
his rates being paid by the Governor and Company
ol:the Bank of England.
Sir P. LAURIE— I believe, Mr. Marshall, you ap-
peared last year, and the Court excused you from
serving the office ? Mr. Marshall—Yes, Sir Peter.
Sir P. LAURIE—That being so, I am surprised they
elected you again.
Alderman MUSGROVE remarked, that as Sir Peter
Laurie seemed to censure the ward over which he
(Alderman Musgrove) presided for not obeying and
adhering to the opinion of the Court, he must take
tha liberty of offering an explanation to the Court.
It must be borne in mind that the Bank of Eng-
land stood upon the ground which constituted
that which formerly was the entire precinct of St
Christopher-le-Stock, and, under an Act of Parlia-
ment, the Bank was rated for tl,e same sum as for-

REPEAL OF :THE WINDOW-TAX,
(Abridged from the Bath Journal.)
A public Meeting was held on Thursday, in the
banildettitig• tooth of the Guildhall, to petition Par-
liament for a repeal of the Window-tax. The at-
tendance was very numerous. The platform was
crowded by several of the town council and other
gehtierneti. Lofd Duncan and Mr. Roebuck, the re-
presentatives of the city, wefe enthusiastically cheered
Upon Making their appearance.
On the motion of W. Hum., Esq., the Mayor wag
called upon to preside,
The Matoa introduced the business blithe meeting.
W. litiNt, Esq., moved the first resolution, which
condemned the window-tax as unjust in principle,
unequal in its pressure, and in its operation injurious
to the tflortil and sanitary condition of the comniti.'
nity, particularly the poorer classes, and maintained
that it ought, therefore, to be abolished. The repeal
of the window.tax was seen to be practi-
cable. It was a tax pressing heavily on the
poor. It was a true principle of taxation,
that slit people should pay taxes in accordance with
the extensiveness of their property. He who pos-
sessed no property, ought not to pay taxes for the pro-
tection of property.-,-----(Cheers.) Some taxes they
were able to remove. If a man had horses and dogs,
and did not choose to pay the tax, he could dispose of
them and the tax together. If he wished to free hhn.
self Orotn the malt-tax he had only to abstain from
drinking beer. Or if he desired to evade the sugar
duty he could abstain from the use of it. But let a
man be ever so much ground down by any calamity,
or his family huddled together in a garret, this tax
pursued himf nor could he free himself from it until
he took refuge in a union workhouse. He would not
enter into the sanitary part of the question, but called
upon them to petition with all their hearts, for the
sake of justice and sound policy.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. T. FULLER seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously carried.
J. EDRIDGE, Esq., moved the second resolution,
proposing the adoption of a petition to the House of
Commons, embodying the first resolution, and request-
ing the Members of the city to present and support it.l
Mr. G. EDWARDS having seconded the motion, the
resolution and petition were passed unanimously,
amidst much cheering.
Lord DUNCAN was received with enthusiastic
cheers, which having subsided, he said, before he en-
tered upon the question for which the meeting was
called, he would touch upon what had been done in
the House of Commons since he was last before them.
Great changes had taken place in that time. In
1842 he attended a meeting in that room to petition
against some of the clauses in Sir James Graham's
Education Bill. The opposition to that Bill was by
the Dissenters. Their opposition had triumphed.—
(Cheers.) He honoured them because of that tri-
umphant opposition ; and he honoured the Minister
for giving way on that occasion to public opinion.—
! (Continued cheers.) They had a Minister who was
ushered into office by the shouts of the ultra-Orange
party in Ireland ; and yet that Minister had had the
courage, in the recent benefices commission, to
place the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland in
a juxta-position with their high-chinch fellow-
subjects.—(Loud cheers.) They had triumphed then ;
but this was not the only triumph of public opinion.
He saw the same Tory Minister, in spite of the
threats of his friends, sweeping away commercial
restrictions.--(Cheers.) The timber duties had been
considerably lowered; and he believed the odious
corn-laws of England would soon be removed.—
(Cheers.) When the Minister first came into power
he (Lord Duncan) should as soon have thought of
his bringing forwardsuch liberal measures with
respect to trade and civil and religious liberty, as he
should of heretical opinions being first broached in
Conservative Oxford. When he (Lord Duncan) first
came amongst them he was a free trader, and he was
a free trader now.—(Cheers.) The Finance Minister
bad at the present time a surplus. How had this
surplus been derived ? Let them look at the returns,
and they would find that it was principally owing to
the removal of commercial restrictions.—(Cheers.)
The surplus in the hands of the Minister was 400,0001.
on the quarter, and 1,300,0001. on the year, exclusive
of the reduction on the Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
Thus a surplus of three millions was expected to be at
the disposal of the Government; and he came there
that day to ask them as their representative if they did
not think there were some taxes pressing extremely
hard upon this particular community—to know
their opinions as to the window-tax, and if they did
desire the repeal of such an obnoxious impost, which,
amounting to 1,600,0001., was, under present circum-
stances, so practicable.—(Cheers.) In Bath 22,0001.
per annum was extracted from their pockets by this
tax, which ought to be left to be spent in the city—
(Cheers)—making, in fact, a difference of 44,000/. a
year to the people of Bath. When he read these
returns, the was led to consider how this tax origi-
nated. -With considerable trouble he had ferreted it
out. It was first passed in 1762, when Sir Francis
Dashwood was Chancellor of the Exchequer; and in
a work recently published an anecdote is recorded,
in which it is stated that he was afraid to go through
the streets, because the children cried out after him
as he passed—" There goes the worst Chancellor of
the Exchequer England ever had !"—(Laughter.)
But the act was not so much that of Sir F. Dashwood
as of another person. It was the invention of a more
clever man. He (Sir Francis) was but the tool of
George Grenville, whose love of taxation imposed the
stamp-tax, by which they lost America.—(Cheers.)
That was the man to whom they were really
indebted for this obnoxious tax.—(Hear, hear.)
This was a breeches-pocket question ; and, as such,
was well understood by those who paid it directly—
the upper and middle classes ; but was not so well
understood by those who paid it indirectly. But he
would now proceed to show them a little more. In

Alderman T. WOOD seconded the mcition.
Sir P. LAURIE said that if the motion were car-
ried, this Court would be the only Court of Record
which published its minutes, with the exception of the
House of Lords, where it was done on account of the
number of its members, and for the information of
those who voted by proxy. What, for instance, would
be thought of the Middlesex magistrates, if they laid
before the public all :they did ?—(Hear, hear, and a
laugh.) He could not conceive anything more absurd
than the proposition of his friend the worthy Sheriff.
There were twenty-six Aldermen, and it required
thirteen to be present to form a Court. Surely, there-
fore, it could not be contemplated to put the City to
the expense of printing the minutes for the informa-
tion of those who were absent. He trusted the Court
would show its disregard for the motion by reject-
ing it,
Alderman HUMPHERY supported the motion, as
calculated to prevent garbled statements as to what
took place within closed doors going before the public.
Alderman PAREDROTHER denied that any member
of the Court would give a garbled statement of any-
thing which transpired. He rather rejoiced that Mr.
Sheriff Sidney had adverted to the letter of the Police
Commissioner, because it enabled him (Mr. Alderman
Farebrother) to state, for the information of the
public, that the only question with respect to it was
to refer it to a Committee to state what sum they
would recommend to be paid to the Commissioner of
Police. Seeing no good result from the printing the
minutes, he should vote against the motion, unless the
mover chose to withdraw it.

After a few words from Alderman COPELAND and
Alderman HUMPHERY,
Sir W. MAGNAY said he was at a loss to under-
stand the object of printing the minutes. Was it to
accommodate three, four, or five gentlemen who did
not choose, or who were prevented from attending the
Court? Was the Corporation to go to the expense
of printing the minutes, when any member of that
Court, by walking down to the Town Clerk's office,
might at once ascertain them ? The proceedings were
published in all the newspapers, and that was all that
was required. The proposition was, in hia judgment,
absurd.

792 they were blessed with a war—(Laughter)—
and Mr. Pitt clapped on ten per cent. This was a
small amount, a mere fraction, for, in 1796, he trebled
the assessed taxes. His esteemed friend, the Rev. W.
Jay, had told him that he recollected walking about
the streets of Bath at the time, and seeing people
boarding up their windows, with the following on the
outside in chalk :—" Lighten our darkness, we be-
seech thee, 0 Pitt f"—(Cheers and laughter.) His
Lordship continued to go through the history of this
tax down to the present time. On the sinews of her
workmen depended the commercial prosperity of
England ; and yet those laws on light and air were
proved to be in every way working a deterioration in
that valuable class of society.—(Cheers.) lie had
never made a pledge he had not kept, or a promise
that he had broken ; and he would now pledge him-
self to bring forward the subject of the window-tax
in the House of Commons ; and whenever anything
touching the interests of the working classes was in-
troduced in that House he would be found ready
to stand up and defend them.—(Cheers.) He was
called one of the aristocracy, but he never f orget that
the working classes were the means of placing his
family in the high position they held, and he was
therefore determined that what little ability he pos-
sessed should be faithfully used in their service. He
would not stand patiently by and see them wronged.
—(The Noble Lord sat down amidst long•continued
cheers.)
Mr. ROEBUCK then rose, and was received with
enthusiastic applause. His noble colleague had said
that he had never yet given a pledge which he had
ever broken. He (Mr. Roebuck) could proudly say
the same.—(Cheers.) He had a charge from them
on this subject, and as his Noble Friend had expressed
his intention of introducing it in the House of Com-
mons, he should be happy to follow in his wake when•
ever the matter was brought forward. Justice, from
time out of mind, clearly proved, demanded that this
tax should be repealed.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord
had said this was a breeches-pocket question. But he
would go higher—it was a moral question. The
question was not that this or that class would have to
pay a little more or a little less by its repeal ; but it
was a tax weighing most heavily on the lower classes,
and did mischief to the health and morals of the
people. If that were soi what was there to prevent its
repeal ? The Finance Minister had at present a large
surplus; and there was a general scramble as to what
particular tax should be repealed. Who were the
parties always listened to in these matters ? Was it
the poor ? No. His colleague had told them it was
the agricultural tenants. Why ? Because the agri-
cultural landlord would be benefited. Those who
paid less in taxes would be able to pay more in rent.
—(Cheers.) It was with them, down wi,t,hbebook
every-
thing, up with rent.—(Continued cheers.) I
instructive
the Noble Lord had quoted from
document at the present time, whe‘tilaessuN a feeling of
higher classes
sympathy was pretended among.
for the poor. They had meetingsl)ef_the_s.e people for
raising subscriptions for their re l‘hfeetings for
wash. houses and washing- tubs.—( aug. ter.) But
had they meetings to put. the people, not in
.possession
of alms, but in a position in which they. could maintain
their own independence I He desired not that they
should give the people alms, but that they should be
allowed the free exercise of those abilities which the
(,rod ofnature had given them. They could then use

Alderman LUCAS concurred in the Opinion ex-
pressed by the previous speaker, Sir W. Magnay.
After a few words from Mr. Sheriff SIDNEY in
reply, the motion was negatived.

TRUCK SYSTEM NEAR WIGAN.—Does nut the fol-
lowing make the blood boil with indignation against
the plunderers of the industrious poor? A gentleman,
known to us, met a poor woman in the neighbourhood
of Orrell, carrying some Potatoes, which, he found on
inquiry, she had been purchasing at 4
id. per score,
from a farmer. She was the wife of a poor nail-
maker, who had been compelled to take bad potatoes
at 7d., iii payment of his wages, instead of being at
liberty to obtain good ones at 4d.—Preston Guardian.
MAD BuLL.—On Monday the vicinity of 131ackfriars-
road was in a state of great confusion, in consequence of
an infuriated ox, which perambulated the streets on
either side of the road for some considerable time, caus-
ing great alarm to the inhabitants, After upsetting
several apple-stalls, he very suddenly poked his head
through an immense square of plate glass in the shop
window of Mr. Powell, the linendraper, of Blackfriars-
road. He was with great difficulty secured, and taken
to the nearest slaughter house and killed.

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Rotterdam 21L12 81

Antwerp
Ilamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80
Ditto, 3 months 25 0
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Bourdeaux 26 10
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YNEWS

FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12i- peril:lilts-
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d, per
ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of
46 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shot:
being 25 65, it follows that gold is 0.74 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Harnhurgh the price of gold is 43 le
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1046.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13
and the exchange at Harnburgh on London at shoitt
being 13 104, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The English securities were pretty steady to-day, anA
prices underwent no material alteration. The Govern•.
went broker continues his official investments in Three
per Cent. Reduced and Three, and-a-Quarter per Cent.
Annuities ; and these, with the purchases of the public.,
who, notwithstanding the large amount of business doing
in shares, by no means neglect the old GovernmeM
stocks, give the market altogether a very healthy-
appearance.
The operations in the foreign market have been
almost wholly confined to Spanish, which has further
improved, although the highest prices of the day wort:
not maintained towards the conclusioa of business. This
favourite stock, the Three per Cents., was done at thfe
top figure 0141, but suddenly afterwards declined, an t
closed at 401-to 4.. The rise in Spanish within the last
few days, and which has been considerable, appears
mainly to be caused by the punctual payment of, the di-
vidends, and the hopes entertained that they will hpt fail
in future. It must, however, be remarked, that the.
greater part of the business transacted is among the•
speculators ; and as this is confessedly one of the chief
of the speculative stocks, we should not be at all sur-
prised if a reaction to the full extent of the rise shortly.
takes,place. The opinion is, that the advance has oc-
curred too suddenly to be of a permanent character.
In Railway Shares there is still a very large extent
of dealing. The constant accession of new securities,.
and the interest a numerous class of capitalists take
in this description of investment, have quite given an
altered appearance to the business of this market.
Compared with what is really doing in the other de-
partments, we should say the dealings in shares exceed
by almost double the amount of business done either irn
English securities or foreign stocks. Nothing like the,
activity that is at present observable in this gamier ot-
the Stock Exchange was ever before known. The only
fear is, that all this activity and buoyancy cannot 1.1.5 t for
ever ; and that when the day of reckoning comes with
the desperate speculators, they will find it a heavy a rid
ruinous settlement.
Among the parties that are coming forward for. the
remission of the existing duties the coopers are taking a
prominent position. The incorporation of coopers of
Glasgow and the journeymen coopers of London have!
alike memorialised the Board of Trade for a repeal of this
duty on the raw material required for their work. The.
movement is not a new one, but was made in 1842, before
the existing tariff was brought into operation, and also
in 1843. The memorials now presented call attention to
the inexpediency of allowing foreigners to import manu-
factured articles into the British colonies without the.
payment of duty, while the British manufacturers are-
charged from 20 to 30 per cent on the raw material, and
to the fact that there are no United States staves used
in this country, although they are of the best quality
and suited for the largest portion of the export trade
of Great Britain. This exclusion from the United States
market has the further effect of enhancing the price ott
the inferior material, which, the cooper complains, he is.
compelled to use. Under these influences it seems that
the export of coopers' work has materially fallen, al-
though the English workmanship is allowed to be far
superior to that of any other nation in the world.
The returns of the circulation of the private and joint-
stock banks in England and Vales for the four weeks
ending respectively the 14th, 21st, and 28th of Decem-
ber ult., and the 4th of January inst., as published in the
Gazettes, when added together, form the aggregate eireal-
lation for the month ending the 4th of January instant,
and give an average circulation as follows :
Private banks ....
Joint-stock banks

£4,427,711
3,059,431

Average circulation of private notes in Eng-
land and Wales during the past month... £7,487,145
On a comparison of the above with the returns for the•
month ending the 7th of December, it shows—
A decrease in the notes of private banks of
A decrease in the notes of joint-stock
banks of

X 15,097

27,203

Total decrease last month
And as compared with the month ending the 6th of
January, last year, it shows—
A decrease in the private banks' issues of.:.
A decrease in the joint-stock banks'issues of

£394,964
175,56 Z.

Total decrease, as compared with last year, £5; 0,52°s
The Bankers' Magazine fOr the present month con tabins„
prefixed to the weekly circulation returns, tile exact.
amount which each bank respectively is now allowed tc
issue. Tho amounts are as follows :-
199 private banks allowed to issue
1 joint-stock banks allowed to issue

Total fixed issues
This amount is somewhat less than the total of the-
fixed issues, as originally published in the Gazettex ; se •
viral of the banks (as specified below) having given up
their priviltge of issue, and the total of the fixed issue.;
being diminished accordingly. On compying the re-
turns for the past month with the fixed amotints, as given
in the Bankers Magazine, it appears that the
Private banks are below their fixed issue
Joint-stock banks below their fixed issue

Total below the fixed issue ... X 1,001,273
On comparing the present weekly returns, us pub-
lished in the Gazette, with the list of the several banks,
allowed to issue notes, as certified by the Commissioner's
of Stamps and Taxes under the recent Act, it appears-.
that the following banks have ceased to avail themselve,.;
of the privilege of issue, and we presume they have
adopted the circulation of Bank of England notes.
Against each of the banks N affixed the amounts they
were to be allowed to issue, viz. :

£.
Bristol Old Bank Baillie, Ames, and Co. ... 89,54 C
Wrexham and North }R. M. Lloyd
Wales Bank
Oxford University Bank Sir J. Loch and Co.
Staines Bank
Bishop Waltham and
t Gunner and Co.
Hampshire Bank
Cambridge Bank Messrs. Huinfrey and Son 2,61 r
Cambridge Bank Messrs. Fisher and Son... E1,75Z
Margate Bank Messrs. Cobb and Co. ..• 9,99(
The Western District I (Ceased business). 18,12t.
k

Total . £160,43:i
From this statement it appears that already the suta
to be deducted (as the amount of the circulation of those
" banks which have ceased to issue") from the aggregate
sum fixed for the amount of the country issues in Lag-
land and Wales by the recent Act, is 160,4351. ; and this
sum being taken from such aggregate sum, leaves the
present fixed issues of the banks which now make weekly
returns at 8,488,418/.

At the St. Katharine Dock Company's meeting to-day
the dividend declared was at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum. Although from the prevalence of easterly winds
at the end of the year the receipts of the Company hart
decreased, still, as the amount had been fully made up
by the increase of business in the present month, arising
from the coming in of the vessels which were previously
wind-bound, the Directors said they felt justified in de-
claring the same rate of dividend as previously. The
Directors have given notice of a special meeting about
to be called to consider the propriety of cancelling the
remainder of the floating debt of the Company..•
SUN.—Funds have been steady to the close.• Consols
have realised 100 k to 100-a for'Money, and 1001 11- foe
Account. Exchequer llity'litiye been i7s. to 555. pre-:
mimn ; and New Three-andv Quarter per CeMs. toucheo•
104
The Foreign Rinds have been quiet, but Spanish
continued at the advanced rates of the morning, viz.,
‘)Si for Money, and 40:fi- for Account. Mexican
Bonds were at a rise to 341 1 ; Dutch Fourper Cents.
were 98k.

The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester were 7' i
Bristol and Exeter, 6i ; Churnet Valley, 3 ; Cale-
donian, i ; Eastern Union, I{ ; Edinburgh and Was-.
gow, Quarter, i ; Great Southern and Western (Ire-
Ditto. Additional, 6 ;
9lGa3nr Great a)
Bt (Ire-
land),
i 6 ;Ditto,rNmoirntghhoatm England, New, 3
4N2,8;
r‘lh;toGr.n,,2a N
it
;NIA' esntiedr, nnt,
esEtel)r,anl Btoir3minghilaZ,.
141 to 15} ; Midland, 31 ; Ditto, New, 8 ; New-
d2i,teoed2s:
61 Lynn;i‘fanarcihl
cahnedsteYroraki;
castle and Berwick, 101 to 91 ; Northern inal
Eastern, 17 ; Ditto, Quarter, 15 ; Rugby, 1 s..
South-Eastern, 15i ; Ditto, New, 171 ; South Wales,
1k to 1 ; York arid North Midland, Scarborough'
Branch, 25 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 51 to 52 ; Boulogno
and Amiens, 3 ; Great Northern of France, 11 ; Paris
aeonnodnAntwerp,A Easternmst
Amsterdam
r Counties, and Orleans, 24i 1; and Paris and Rouen, 211- premium.
Cornwall have been at par to i discount. Dublin attri
aomiuillawtrniaebssu'rrsigiihianhdi
rirldiscount.e: etshui,s:
afternoon,GaTl wheaE:c rhbeau!:g
bills were taken at rather lower prices for the pound
sterling.
The following is the official return
of the exports of
Bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Coin to Antwerp, 6,000 ounces.
—..

/(3,141-(YESTZRI).AY.>
Leghorn 3l 1
Genoa
Milan ..... .....
..„
Venice 47
Naples ... 39t
Palermo, I,i, oz ll9
Lisbon .........
Oporto
Rio r, .. 24
Bahia •
liuenoe Ayres
NewToik.:::dyssight
Philad?;:,h;A
rnicy.g .amtioN, rra •
Foreignl. 11J,bars..£3 17 t
Purtut-a:l,7!uld Coin 3 17
New D00:.:00n5..... 0 0 ,1
New OrPers ......... 4 'II
Silver Po bars 0 4 1_

SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.--lire'are glad to learn that
within the last fortnight the Carlisle manufacturers have
advanced the handloon2 weavers' wages fully nine per
cent., making a total advance of twenty per cent, oil
wages since Ole spring of 1544.
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