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London, England, 1828-03-14 00:00:00

ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, MARcu 13.
MU ELDER AND ROBBERY. —Moses Angel and Iliehd.
Mizen were this morning placed at the bar charged with
the wilful murder of Daniel Bailey, at Hilperton, on the
20th•Novensber.last : they were also arraigned en a charge
of assault and robbery on the same day.
The prisoners, who were decently attired, on being placed
at the bar exhibited none of those emotions which their
situation ought to have excited, and we were sorry to
observe, on more occasions than one, the prisoners laugh.
Mr. Gunning stated the case to the Jury.
Ann Pearce examined.—l am a married woman, and
daughter of the late D. Bayley; the deceased lived at Kevill,
he had a house there of his own, he was 63 years of age.
Recollect his leaving home on the 20th Nov. last, at eight
o'clock in the morning, he had a silver watch, metal chain
and key in his pocket, also about 9s. in silver. I de not
know where be was going at that time. I next saw him
on the following day, about 12 o'clock at noon, at the
Lion and Fiddle, at Hilperton, on the floor on a bed ; he
was very dangerously ill, be was much bruised on the left
side of the head, the wound had been dressed, and I saw
the surgeon, Mr, Mitchell, dress it while I was there. I
asked my father if he knew me, and he said " ah ;" he could
not walk ; he was afterwards, in the course of an hour or
two, taken home ; he died on the 15th of the next month ;
he did not recover, he was a healthy man before; he did
not appear to be in his proper senses after ; he died of the
bruises in his head.

George Wenslow examined by Mr. GUNNING—I am a
gardener ; I was at Trowbridge on the 20th November
last ; I live at Steeple Ashton ' • and left Trowbridge just
as the lamps were lighted at Ave o'clock, and went to-
wards home; in the course of the way I saw Angel on the
road ; I was about three quarters of a mile out of Trow-
bridge; he was in the road ; lie was talking to a girl; I
Said is that you Moses, are you going to Steeple Ashton?
he said he was; I said come along with me then; he then
overtook me, and we went to Ilperton, to the Lien and
Fiddle, when we got there we went in and had a pint 'of beer
together ; we went into the kitchen ; Winslow and a great
many other people were there ; I do not know there might
be a score of people; after we were there the deceased came
in ; it was about three quarters of an hour after we had
been there ; I had known him before ; I recollect seeing

the prisoner Mizen come in; Bailey came in first, Mizen after;
Mizen went into the corner of the room ; Angel was with
me; Angel went to Mizen in the corner; I observed a
little time after both to leave the house ; they sat in the
corner about ten minutes before they went out. Bailey was
in the kitchen, and returned in about ten minutes, and sat
by Winslow, drinking—and, on looking round, I found
Mizen, Angel, and the deceased were gone; I did not see
them go out; I then went to the door, and saw a person
of the name of (lettings ; I said, "Is that you ?" lie said,
"Yes ;" and we returned into the house ; the prisoners
were not then in the house ; after we had been in a little
while, Angel came in ; it was about 20 minutes ; he had
nothing with him ; I asked him where he had been ; he
said, not far; about a quarter of an hour after he came
to me, when I asked him that question ; I was in the bar ;
it was near seven o'clock ; he came into the bar, and
drank ; he said something that was not agreeable to the
landlord, and he went out of the bar ; I saw him after,
when I left the house, about eight o'clock—he was then in
the kitchen ; I left him there ; in consequence of what
Giddens said to me,. I said that was Mizen ; we lett both

the prisoners there when I went away ;-1 did not see
Mizen come in after I had missed him ; and Angel,
Giddens, and me, went towards Steeple Ashton, and
about one hundred yards distance I say a quantity of
people together. They had a candle and lantern, and
Daniel Bayley on a hurdle. They:were resting; 1 parted
the people, and said this is poor Daniel Bailey, who was in
the Lion and Fiddle ; he looked like a man dead ; he did
not wag or speak.
Anna Pinnock examined.—l am servant at the bar of
the Lion and Fiddle. Mizen had been in the house
nearly all the afternoon. Angel came in soon in the

evening—may be five o'clock. They went out about 20
minutes or half an hour. Soon after Daniel Bayley was
brought in oa a hurdle, he seemed almost dead ; he re-
mained there till the:next morning.
Henry Pernall examined.—l was ostler at the Wool
Packs, near Trowbridge. I know the prisoner Angel ;
saw him at the inn, on the 21st of November last, about
twelve o'clock in the day ; I was in the yard. He asked
me if I would buy a watch, I told him no, I had one of
my own. He said I had better buy this, lam broke down
and want some victuals and drink. I then bought the
watch. We had some beer ; I observed his small clothes
were torn, and told him it was not very proper fora young
man to have them so. He said he had jumped over a
hedge and a stake on the night before. I asked him how
he came by the watch, and if it was all right ? He said his
father had given him a four guinea one, and he did not
want two. I asked him how long he had had it, and he
said three years. In consequence of what I heard the next
morning, I went to the constable Foley, and gave him the
watch.
Jane Bailey, widow of tirt deceased, examined.—The
watch produced was the property of my husband, he had it
on the morning before he went away.
A surgeon in attendance proved that deceased's death was
occasioned by the wounds received on his head. Other
evidence Was also adduced, which, however, did not appear
sufficient to convict Mizen ; the Jury accordingly found
Angel " Guilty."—Mizen, " Not Guilty."
Mr. Justice LITTIEDALE then passed the sentence in the
usual form, ordering him for execution on Saturday nest.

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

THE KING.—We have great satisfaction in
being able to state that his MAJESTY is in the enjoyment
of most excellent health. Sir Iftwav HALFORD has seen
the Kiwa within these two days ; when he said that he
never found his MAJESTY in the enjoyment of better health
than at this time.

The Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of
DQDLEY had audiences of His MAJESTY yesterday, .at his
palace in St.. James's.
The. Princess AUGUSTA visited the Duchess
of CLARENCE yesterday morning, at her residence in the
Admiralty, and the Duchess of GLoucgsTE&, at Glouces-
ter-horse, Park-lane. Her Royal Highness honoured the
performance at the Italian Opera-house, with her presence,
yesterday evening.
The Earl of BARROWBY had an interview
yesterday with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury.
Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ABERDEEN,
Vis7ount STRAN G FORD, and Lord ELLENEOROUGH, visited
Earl DUDLEY yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of

State for Foreign Affairs.
The Marquis CAMDEN transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.
The Princess SOPHIA 'MATILDA left town
yesterday afternoon, for her seat on Blackheath.
The Duchess of CL A RENCE honoured Lord
and Lady CAWDOR with,ber company to dinner, on Wed-
nesday, at their residence in Grosvenor-square ; there was
a select party to meet the Royal Duchess. Her Royal
Highness honoured the performance of the Concert of An-
cient Music, at the Hanover-square rooms, with her pre-

Bence in the evening.
Mr. CHARLES GRANT bad an interview with
Mr. riusictssoN yesterday, at the Colonial-office, Down-

ing.street.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening
from the Colonial Office, to Sir FREDERICI Anam, the
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Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
Despatches were received yesterday at the
Foreign-office, Downing-street, from Viscount GRANVILLE,

our Ambassador at Paris.
The Duke of WELLINGTON, who has been,
it is said, several days labouring under indisposition from a
cold, was yesterday sufficiently recovered to attend in the
House of Lords. His Grace was engaged in earnest con-

versation a few minutes with the LORD CHANCELLOR.

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The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY
had a grand assembly on Wednesday evening, at her house
in Arlington-street, which was attended by upwards of

200 of the haut ton.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Monday,
the 10th instant, at the residence of the Countess Dowager

of flowrn, the Viscount DUNGARVAN, eldest son of the
Earl of CORK and ORRERY, to the Lady Catherine ST.

LAWRENCE, sister to the Earl of HowTH. After the cere-

mony the happy pair set out for the county Wicklow.—

Dublin Moriiittg Register.
His Grace the Doke of DEVONSHIRE gave
a grand dinner at Devonshire House on Wednesday last,
which was attended by—The Marquis and Marchioness of
BATH, Countess of CARLISLE and Viscount MOREETH,
Lord AUCKLAND and Miss EDEN, Colonel and Mrs. CA-
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VENDISIT, Colonel and Mrs. BAILEY, Mr. and Miss
FANNY CAVENDISH, Lady CAROLINE and Colonel STAN-
HOPE, Sir CHART.ES HASTINGS, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE
LAMB, Mr. Mrs. Miss and Captain Minim-, Mr. RALPH
ATIERCROMBIE, Lord NORMANDY, Sir THOMAS Law-
RENCE, Mr. CHANTREY, MT. RICHARD AREWRIGHT,
Lord EDWARD THYNNE, Mr. CECIL TALBOT, and Mr.
DOUGLAS KINNAIRD.

THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA S FIRST
LEVEE.—The new Lord Lieutenant hAI his first levee on
Monday. There has been nothing to compare with it
since his MAJESTY'S visit. The carriages began to set
down their company in the Castle-yard shortly after twelve,
and did not terminate until four. His Excellency entered
the State apartments precisely at one o'clock, attended by
his Staff and the Officers of his Household. He . was
dressed in the Windsor uniform, and was apparently much
fatigued from the length of the presentations. Among
those who attended the levee were—the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR,. the Archbishops of DUBLIN and CAsHain, the
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Mußnay ; the Mar-
quisses Of DOWNSHIRE and WESTMEATH ; Earls MILTOWN,
RATHDOWN, MAYO, LLANDAFF, LONGFORD, BECTIVE,
O'NElr.r, and PORTARLINCTON ; Viscounts
GLANDINE, FERRARD, and CASTLEMAINE ; BiSbOrS Of
DERRY, CLOGHER, WATERFORD, OSSORY, and CLOYNE ;
Lords CLANMORRIS, KII.LEEN, CI.ONCE RRY, DUNSANY,
KILMAINE, and JOHN Scow ; the Loan MAYOR, the
MASTER Of the ROLLS, the PROVOST and VICE-PROVOST of
TRINITY COLLEGE, &C. &c. There were upwards of 1,000
presented to his Excellency, who all declared themselves
much gratified with the cordiality of their reception.
CALEDONIAN FANCY BALL.—The Ball in
the Assembly Room, on Tuesday se'nnight, was one of the
most splendid of the kind ever given in Edinburgh. It
was more numerously attended than any preceding Ball,
there being above 720 ladies and gentlemen present. Most
of the ladies appeared in fancy dresses, and the variety of
the costumes of the gentlemen presented a rich scene of
splendour. Amongst the most conspicuous costumes were
—The Countess of HorETouN, as a Sultana ; Miss SCOTT,
of Abbotsford (daughter of Sir WALTER Scam), a beau-
tiful Spanish dress; Miss WALKER, of Blythe, a Nymph
of the Woods; Miss M. SINCLAIR and Miss Comlunouti,
in Neapolitan costume ; the Misses DowNle, as the Merry
Wives of Windsor; Miss WALKER DRUMMOND, in a
Grecian dress; Miss MONTGOMERY STANHOPE, in a Dal-
matian dress. Mr. CAYLEy, as the Earl of Leicester ; Sir
WM. MOLEsWoRTH, in Spanish attire; Mr. SUTHERLAND
MACKENZIE, as Roderick Dhu, wore a superb Highland
garb.
FASRIONASLE ARRIVALS.--Lady Arden
and family, in St. James's-place, from their seat in Surrey ;
Earl Spencer, in St. James's-place, from Portsmouth ;
Mrs. Blaaum and Mrs. Molloy, in Queen Ann-street, from
Brighton ; the Hon. Miss Harbord, at Jordan's Hotel, St.
James's-street, from Richmond ; Lady Upperton and Miss
Clarke, at Gould's Hotel, Jernayn-street, from Brighton;
Lord and Lady Byron, at the St. George Hotel, Albe-
marle-street, from Dowager Lady Byron's, Canterbury ;
Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart. at ditto, from his seat, Stanley
Hall, Shropshire; George Watson Taylor, Esq. M.P. at
the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets,
from his seat, Earlestoke Park, Wilts ; J. Cuthbert, Esq.,
at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, at the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton ; J. W.
Stewart, Esq. at ditto, from Sunning Dale ; the Earl of
Stradbroke, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-
square, from Halesworth ; D. Deane, Esq., Mrs. Deune,
and family, at ditto; Le Chevalier d'Almeida, at ditto ;
Captain William Lyon, at ditto, from Brighton ; Captain
Digby, at ditto.
DEPARTURES.—Capt. and Mrs. Hawkins,
from Arlington-street, for Brighton ; Colonel Nugent,
from the Burlington Hotel, for Bath ; Colonel Vandeleur,
from ditto, for Ireland ; Captain and Mrs. Long, from Sir
Wm. Houston. Bart's seat, Avisford, for Colonel Wynd-
ham's seat in Sussex ; C. Chester, Esq. for the Duke of
Rutland's seat, Belvoir Castle; Horace Beekford, Esq. and
sons, from the St. George's Hotel, for their seat, Mislev
Hall, Essex ; Sir William Earle Welby, Bart. Lady Wel-
by, Thomas Welby, Esq. the Misses Welby,
.and Welby
Northmore, Esq. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, for
Denton Nall, Grantham ; Glynne Earle Welby, Esq. from
ditto, for Tunbridge Wells ; James M. Strachan, Esq.
from ditto ; Shepley Watson, Esq. from ditto; Captain
Price Blackwood, from ditto.
ARRIVALS ATCHELTENIIAM.—EarIrovvis,
Viscount Deerhurst, Lord Decies, Colonel Berkeley, Lieut.
Colonel Pearce, Lieut.-Colonel M'lnnis, Major Campbell,
Major Tyler, Rev. Archdeacon Probyn, Rev. Mr. Bell,
Captain Baker, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Fielder Croome and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe, Mr. and Mrs. Whit-
bread, Mr. and Mrs. polphin, Messrs. Marshall, U. Blen-
cowe, Chichester, Edmonstone, Lewis, Campbell, H.
Campbell, H. Sperling, J. Fitzgerald, Caldecourt, F. J.
Brisco, J. L. Phillips, W. Gibson, Gibson; James, Strode,
Spring, Griffith, H. Parsons, two liartwrights, W. Lewis,
Thomas, Thompson, Stoughton, Roberts, G. Parrish,
Weale, Bell, Witts, Mistresses Colonel Edwards, Sparrow,
Bowen, Pla:npin, Waite, Misses Smithers, King, Young,
Daniels, &e. &e. • „
ARRIVALS AT BATH.—Hon. Mrs. Fer-
guson, Sir Davidge and Lady Gould, Sir B. and Lady Murray,
General and Mrs. O'Donovan, Col. Wickham, Col. Smith,
Lieut.-Col. Raban ; Majors Doherty, Hammond ; Capts.
Dalzell, Jacobs, Hill, Raugh, Hammond ; Lieut. Pitt ;
Dr. Hunt ; Rev. Drs. Hawkins, Lamb ; Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. Cook ; Rev. Messrs. Mackie, Clark, Justice, Rogers,
Brice and family ; Mr. awl Mrs. Edwards, Davis, Mack-
worth, Day, Stafford, Vertin, Thompson, M'Adam ;
Messrs. Bunn, Vaux, Banckly, Moore, Ferris, Sawle, An-
gelo, Bell, Barry, Burgess, Tudway, Mark, Parry, 'ire-
velyan, Warner, Henry, Lloyd, Salmon, Woodforde,
Gunter, Denham, Sheppard, Vaughan, Miller, De Is Che-
rais, Kitson, Symons, Robins, Parry, Durham ; Mistresses
Ferguson, Ferris, B. Tyndale, Doherty, Doveton, Map,
Clutterbuck, Raban, Misses Bunbury, 2 Gee, Baugh,
James, Toddy, Gurney, Howse, Cole, Doveton, Tanner,
Wiggins, Wilkins, 2 Russel, Gillings, Fox, Salmon, Las,
Gunning, Rogers, Webb, Alexander, &c. &c.

A TRAVELLER'S REMEMBRANCES.

THE SULTAN AfAHMOUD--TURKISH REVIEW.--THE

WRITE AND RED GUARDS.
While resident at Constantinople a few years
since, I was greatly delighted with a review that
took place of the Janissaries and guards of the Sul-
tan ; the day was also celebrated by the throwing of
the djerid. The field, or extensive area, in which
this took place, was a beautiful valley, into which
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the hills sloped gently down; innumerable specta-
tors were there. The turbaned heads covered with
shawls of all colours, wedged in a dense and im-
movable mass, looked as if the assembly of the faith-

ful were already called before the prophet for judg-
ment—so still was their attitude. The Sultan ar-

rived about mid-day, mounted on a beautiful Arabian

charger, and encompassed by a mass of splen-
didly dressed officers, bashees, capidgi bashees,
eunuchs, &c. Handsome as many of these men
were, the Sultan was eminently the handsomest
man in the whole group ; and probably in
the whole assembled multitude, there would

scarcely be found another .to compare with him in
personal advantages, notwithstanding that the Turks
are in general fine looking. His countenance has
precisely the character of Grecian, blended with
Turkish features; the long straight nose, the full,
large, melancholy eye, the Oriental lips and chin.
There was much of mind in the face, of refection as
well as decision; his hair was not visible beneath
the folds of his superb turban, but his beard was of
raven black. Except the turban, in front of which
was a magnificent aigraffe of diamonds, no either part
of his dress had any splendour, and yielded in this
respect to the habiliments of many of his chief
officers. He did not keep his look full in front
with imperturbable dignity, as .is said to be the
practice of the Sultans, but turned it often from right
to left, as any object or individual in the crowd at-
tracted his curiosity. We composed a party of
several Europeans, all English : at one moment we
caught his glance, and it was bent on us with
a very peculiar expression of scorn and Turkish
pride, without, however, there being any hatred
or malice in it. Had he then foreseen the fatal
defeat that has since been given him by these Franks
at Navarin, his gaze had perhaps been of a more
deadly character. He rode with much grace, at a
slow pace, while a number of his inferior officers ran
along on each side of his horse. His favourite body
guard, that gathered closely round him when lie took
his station in the valley, was the celebrated white
guard, so called from the entire of their dress, from
head to foot, being of that colour. They were re-
markably fine men, all of them very tall, and rather
slender and elegantly, than robustly formed. Their
shilouah, or trowsers, the tunic, the robe, the tur-
ban and sandals, were all white as snow, and gave
to this superb body of men, as they circled round
their imperial master, a very peculiar and imposing
appearance. It was a cloudless and very sultry
day, and their splendid arms, that glittered in the
sun, contrasted strongly with the spotless hue of
their dresses. Each of these men seemed to have
been selected for their beauty, and they were cer-
tainly, to the eye,noble fellows, though in a close or
desperate charge, the ruder Delhis would probably
have heat them, for they were not muscular or sinewy,
.but their full and fleshy figures bore too much the
character of the indolent and monotonous life of the
Orientals. The Sultan Mahmoud, on horseback, in
the midst of these men, was a striking object : the
high pay they receive, and the peculiar marks of
favour their master often bestows on them, render
them peculiarly devoted to his person. They, as well
as the red guards, have had no part in the late
revolt, but assisted with zeal in the destruction of
their refractory comrades. It was a singular
thing to see on this field so many of these men, the
haughty janizaries, who were not long after doomed
to perish. Of the many thousands on the ground,
very few probably escaped. However cruel and
despotic the measure that was meted them, their
cup was certainly full and overflowing. The history
of these lawless troops would present as dark, fierce,
and bloody a picture as that of the Praetorian guards
of Rome, whom they so closely resemble. Should
they meet in the gardens of the Prophet, whither
they are ultimely sent lay hetacombs, the many
sultans they have dethroned and put to death, the
many viziers whose heads have been thrown at their
feet, merely at their call, reminding them of the
countless tumults and slaughter they have made in
the empire—the eternal groves and rushing rivers,
and lovely houris, will hardly avoid becoming a scene
of uproar instead of luxury and love.
Not far from the white guards stood a body of
men, little inferior to them in appearance, but less
splendidly accoutred—the red guard. The entire of
their habiliments, turban, &c. were of this colour.
They were not, however, so favourite a body of men,
or so much trusted around the Royal person as the
former. Not a war worn or veteran countenance was to
be seen in either body. The music now sounded, and
the fierce and wild cries rung through the field, which
are always raised during the progress of this game
of the djerid ; the display of horsemanship was beau-
tiful. The Sultan at last dismounted, and went
into a small kiosque, or summer house, built of
light materials for the occasion, and open in
front ; here he reclined on a splendid divan,
with two or three only of his favourite officers, and
beheld, perfectly at his ease, the array of troops, and
the progress of the game. He was here shaded
from the sultry rays of the sun, which fell intensely
on all the rest of the field. We felt them extremely
oppressive, but the host of Orientals, who stood or
sat on the ground, seemed to care very little about
the heat. The whole scene was a mere mimicry of
war, a childish pageant; the magnificent guards,
with all their splendour and accoutrements, looked
not like men fit for the horrid front of war, or who
would stand a stern contest with determined troops.
Their smooth handsome conutenances (for they were
mostly young men), and spotless dresses, would have
better graced an ancient procession of Grecian
youths and maidens to the hill of the Acropolis, than
a hot and carnage covered field.
The form of their weapons, and even the weapons
themselves are not terrible; the long atighan is a
kind of half sabre, that would be annihilated by a
cut of a dragoon's sword ; the rich kandgar or dag-
ger is of little use in battle, and the .bayonet they
will not have recourse to. Their master, probably,
thinks them an invincible body: but the numerous
Janizaries, who have been since slaughtered, were,
in point of bodily strength and ferocity, the flower
of the Turkish troops; unruly and ungovernable
they were, but their slaughter and dispersion is
an irreparable loss to the empire. Often have I
paused to admire their noble figures, the symmetry
of their limbs, the arm bare to the shoulder, the
naked noble chest, the fearless though lawless look—
too, were veterans, at least a large portion of
them—men who would fight to the last in the field,
,had a rooted jealousy for the honour of the
tadse
Ottoman arms. But they are gone—and long will
it be ere the Sultan can raise a body of men to sup-
ply their loss. Could these men have submitted
to the discipline, and adopted the European tactics,
the result would have been tremendous. Europe
has never seen, not even when the fierce Saracen
issued forth from the interior of Asia, a more terrible
or formidable body of men than these janizaries,
whose number was one hundred thousand, would
have been, About two hours after noon the
review began to draw to a close; the janizaries
began to file off, not in silence, but talking loudly
and tumultuously as they passed along, marching
more like a body of Bedouins than disciplined troops.
an insulting word some of them gave us as
theyllnay
passed along ; this behaviour was confined,
however, to a very few ; in general they were con-
tented with a look, sometimes a good-natured and
smiling, or a haughty and grave one, which is in
general what they are pleased to adopt. Poor
fellows ! I have received kindness from many of
them, whose heads as well as the countless ones of
their comrades, were not long after piled in heaps
at their master's feet, or thrown into the Bosphorus.

DUTY ON Mt-INSURANCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

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Sir—Among the claims which your spirited and
impartial Journal has created on the public, not the
least is the manner in which you have drawn atten-
tion to the duty on Fire Insurance, and demonstrated
the impolicy of such a tax. The subject may now
be considered as exhausted ; but as it will probably
soon come under discussion in Parliament, I take the
liberty of offering a few observations regarding it.
That the tax is objectionable in principle, no one
will venture to deny. It operates directly against
the exercise of caution and foresight. If an indivi-
dual has by industry acquired a little property, the
habits which led him to seek its acquisition will lead
him to desire its preservation, and in particular to
purchase protection against those accidents to which
it is exposed from fire. He applies to an Insurance
Office, and is informed that the price of such pro-
tection, is Is. 6d. per cent, annually; but that the
Government (in addition to the policy stamp which
the office pays) charge a duty of 3s. per cent. per
annum, which he must pay. It, a majority of cases
those in the situation of the appicant will forego the
protection afforded by Insurance rather than submit
to the payment of such an exorbitant duty : and in
consequence when an accident from fire does happen,
we almost invariably hear of families being involved,
by the loss of theirlittle property, in irretrievable ruin.
Should the individual, whose case I have supposed,
be gifted with a larger share of prudence than
commonly distinguishes those in his situation, he
may overcome his repugnance to pay a duty
of 200 per cent. on the insurance premium ; but
then, instead of insuring such an amount as would
afford him full security against the effects of acci-
dent, lie insures only such a sum as will save him
from absolute ruin, leaving to chance or good luck
the-charge of looking after the remainder.
Now, it is quite apparent, that this operates di-
rectly to diminish or keep down the amount of pro-
, perty insured, and thus to impair the Revenue,
which should arise from that source, But there is
still a worse effect which results frdrn the operation
of the tax in question; it holds out a premium to
run the risk of accidents, anti tends to subvert those
• principles, which it is the object of all good govern-
ments to strengthen and encourage.
How then, it may be inquired, was the public
voice not raised against the imposition of such an
oppressive and impolitic tax ? To this it is replied,
that the tax was at first small in amount ; that it

was gradually increased; and that it was finally
raised to its present rate, at a period, when all the
great interests of the country were in a state of high
activity, and when the nation was engaged in a
struggle for its privileges and its very existence. At
the period to which I refer, any appeal to the pa-
triotism of the people was resistless, and the pressure
of taxation was borne, not only with patience, but
with pleasure. But surely these circumstances af-
ford no reason for the continuance of a duty against
which such strong objections exist. On the con-
trary, they furnish an additional reason for its reduc-
tion the instant that the necessities of the State
will permit.
There is one consideration, which ought to carry
with it great weight. Although a reduction in the
rate of duty might in the first instance be followed
by a diminution of the gross produce, yet there is
no reason to doubt that such diminution would in a
short time be fully compensated by the increased
amount of property insured. At this moment the
total amount of property insured throughout the
United Kingdom does not exceed a tenth part of
the insurable interest; and it may be fairly calculat-
ed that, were the per centage reduced, a remarkable
and rapid increase in the amount insured would be
the result.

I have never heard a single substantial reason as-
signed for the continuance of the present duty. It
certainly produces a considerable sum, and is at-
tended with little trouble or cost in the collection;
but, were the duty reduced from three shillings to
one shilling per cent., I entertain no fear that the
Revenue would ultimately suffer ; while the objec-
tions which now exist. against it would be in a great
measure obviated, and the advantages which flow
from the insurance of property would be extended to
all classes of the community. T.
Dundee, March 16, 1828.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—MARcx 13.

No very heavy business was done to-day. The Colonel
stands his ground well, and little alteration has taken
place in the others : 5000/. was betted to 201. against Ma-
riner winning the Derby, Sarah the Oaks, and Coulon
the St. Leger.—They closed as follows :

DERBY.
13 to 2 agst Hon. E. Petre's The Colonel
9 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant
91 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt
10 to 1 agst Lard Grosvenor's Navarin
14 to I agst Mr. Nowell's Amy colt
20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Mariner
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt
25 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Druid
25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johanna Southeote colt
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller colt
40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Zealot colt
40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen
40 to 1 agst Fair Ellen
40 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Brother to Defiance
50 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Barnardo
1000 to 20 agst Lord Jersey's Mona colt
ST. LEGER.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Colonel
33 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Herbert Lacy

NORTH SHIELDS, MARCH 12.—,—Prepara-
tions are making to send the Lady Jane, Dutra], the
Cove, PALMER, and the Grenville Bay, WEREJIAII, to
the Northern Fishery at Davis' Straits, as usual ; the
Lady Jane, and the Grenville Bay, are indeed quite
ready, and will sail first fair wind.

Vl/4,e are sorry to understand, that Mr. ELIA--
sort, one of the Members for Newcastle.upon-Tyne, has
been detained longer upon the Continent than he had in-
tended, in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. Wm.
LASIBTON. We are happy to be able to add, however,
that when the last accounts left Nice, the lady was in
better health, and that Mr. and Mrs. Er.r_tsoN and family
expected to be shortly in London.
_ _

A considerable quantity of pilchards have been
brought here from Mevagissey, since our last publication,
and sold at a moderate price. At this time of the year
the appearance of pilchards is. very unusual, and generally
speaking, those taken out of the regular season are of very
inferior quality, but amongst those lately brought in here,
there have been some extremely fine.—Plymouth Journal
REDUCTION.—Since the commencement of.
the present year, a hundred men have been discharged from
this Dock-yard, at the rate of ten men per week. The
reduction has for the present ceased, in consequence of an
order which came down on Friday night last.—Plymouth
.Tournal.

Proclamation was yesterday made at the Cross
with the usual formalities, for the election, on the 10th of
April, at Ilolyrood-house, of a Scots Representative Peer,
in the room of the Earl of KELLIE, deceased. The candi-
dates are the Earl of MoßTett and the Earl of NoaTHESK•
Edinburgh Observer.
DEAF AND DUMB.—We have more than
once called the attention of our readers to the excellent
Institution for Diseases in the Ear, in Dean-street, Soho.
Mr. Cliwris, the Surgeon to this Institution, seems to
(0 TinVeinekolsyt
have acquired a very superior knowledge of the stricture
and disease of the organ. The great utility of the Insti-
tution will best be shewn by the following statement:—
From the year 1818 to 1828, out of 6,839 patients ad-
mitted, there were 2,867 cured, and 1,993 relieved; we
cinosutpalnecetisie
isD Dumb Navnithefft.hecetlloeft dumbnessbecause

Review.
PEDESTRIANISM.-Betbnal-green-road was,
on Wednesday afternoon, thronged with persons of all de-
scriptions, who had assembled to witness WEST, the cele-
brated pedestrian, perform the following arduous, but not
uncommon task, for a wager of five sovereigns, viz. walk
one mile, run one mile,c
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whole distance to be completed in one hour. The pedes-
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