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London, England, 1842-11-17 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
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B`l4A, with the bones of St. Augustine, had a
1"34.11 and stormy passage to Bona. The vessel of
War which escorted them was forced to make for the
coast of Spain to obtain shelter.
5,,, Al. Alphonse Rocca, son-in-law of Count de Ram-
outeau, and last surviving son of M. de Stael, died on
..'4lftlaY at Paris.
It' The funeral obsequies of the late Baron de Gerando
!stook place yesterday, at St. Sulpice, in presence of a
streat,number of high functionaries, amongst whom
o.Were the Ministers of Justice, of Public Instruction,
~rnf Public Works, the Prefects of the Seine and of
4.-°lice, Baron Thenard, and General Excelmans.
After the religioui ceremony had cc-included, the fune-
Cb cortege proceeded to the ceremony of Pere- la
• lalse, where the body was placed ih the family vault:
s ,•bere are still living in the Canton de Vaud, says
Irti 'vviss journal, five of the Swiss regiment which
efended the Tuileries on the 10th of August, 1792.
I•
1819, all who survived that sanguinary day, and
, turnedlef -to their own country, were summoned to
neerne to have their names inscribed in a register.
-„„•-The Carlsruhe Gazette of the 10th inst. announces
331ncially the betrothment of the Princess Maria of
4den, daughter of the Grand Duchess Dowager
ePnama to the Marquis of Douglas, son of the Duke
.of Id ' -
amilton with the assent of the Grand Duke.
There is much talk at Berlin of the rupture of the
InatVage between an august personage, a member of
softoyal family, and his wife, the sister of the King
.s., the
tne Netherlands. There are various rumours as
is the cause of this event, which has, unhappily, been
adered too public by the indiscretion of some per-
. rocs at Court.
-;,,'-' Accounts brought by the Levant Mail confirm the
,134'rt published some days ago, that the Syrians had
'se° against the Turks in Lebanon, but not to the
"tent stated. . .
to The murrain among the cattle in Egypt. continued
committg great ravages without any appearance of
~.,Ithitteassen
ss' jlecording to intelligence brought by the Britannia
s.,..Mer from the United States the war between
Astexleo and Texas is carried on with vigour, and a
gencseral battle was soon expected to take place.
II Sir Charles Bagot, Governor-General of, Canada,
ts.ad succeeded in forming a new Ministry, and ap-
bl)ei„„nted R. 13: Sullivan Esq., President of the Council.
- The death of Sir John Caldwell, late Treasurer-
• "'era' of Canada, took place' at the Tremont-house,
14
zss liOston, on the 26th•of October.
PUBLIC OPINION.
1,;; Tile Post thus forcibly alludes to some of the griev-
-1,!"8 of the Income-tax :—" At last we find our Con-
siperary the Times using its influence to abate the
Feat nuisance of the misconduct of the assessors
litder the Income-tax. We wish it had begun a
tl
rim 'wirier, when its interference would have been
sal is
use. Our Contemporary attributes the
j nastrous mischief done by these functionaries to
Pidil.Y. We propose an alteration of the first
arabl; we think it is their cupidity which is to
'!Ssssjune. They do not hesitate to worry and torment
tL„PIe whom they 'well know they have no right to
-"41( for a sin 1 f rthin because possibly they may
*lll g e a g.' .
a.k. the busy, and then they will have their poundage
7 a,."le stone as if the money were fairly taken.
`111":3(..,tis abominable work, and it is strange that
,ili 'O ernment should not observe the excessive mis-
t°
itef it will do,
and take measiiresforputting an end
As ' In• Constantinople the bakers, who endeavour
ait,iy,°astess the public by giving short. weight, are re-
Jas-4ed of the impropriety •bysbeing! nail.ed. by the
`ss..rs
st to their own doors. ssWowish that.a similar rule .
'er
with
, enforced respect ; toy extortionate „ assessors
milder the Income-iii.,S,Really it is high time that f
''' ?Ille dismissals- took Place. Some severe examples
It 10e.1,„0
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itin me necessary.
~. Many_ a poor. creature is
aitstd Y sent to the tread-mill for a less guilty thing than
°lstgeay.°Ming.to extort a tax from those who are not
ttaelin order to pocket's per centage on the sum ex-
tsv,7l‘.,d, i We recommend. Sir Peter Laurie to- see
.mer he cannot deal with a few of these assessors
%Piasuumary way. A taste of the tread-mill would,.
ts/A li.' doubt, • ~,
3i iii_• Po. be very efficaci_ous. . .
Y 14,,, Chronzde observes, in reference to the new
the aPpointmentas,—"The excuse for the jobbing in
44 riew bankruptcy appointments is, that it is not
44° political jobbing. The name of one Commis-
lois C! of Liberal polities is pointed out, and another
4•-.. to ow
E,4t,,, , e his appointment to the interest of Lord
k ss,x`sn,°4ra Those must have a low idea of the spirit
i11„.,;.T. portant judicial patroni should be ad-
h4'' B.amount
listl,-.lV,st with whom excuses such as these can
.iititclieation of LOrd 'Lyndhurst. If the entire
814 tfienireW Commissioners had been Liberals of
ibse,lll°Bt'a'pno'ved sbade•of politics, it would still have
stiau;;lls',3t the whit -less a list of most discreditable in-
IN, menee. •If Lord Cottenham had persuaded his
14irsor to make all the appointments, he would, un-
-p1111.{113',. have deserved severe reprobation for such
"s a leipation: in a job ; but he would have taken his
.ashire °f blame without, in the least, diminishing that
: 1/2,311 Lord Lyndhurst could in nowise shake off him,
'e'ving that it is for other men's benefit that he
sit],art,.
, ished his name by rendering himself respon. -
• th,t the
this abuse of patronage. But the truth is,
jest 1;11e list would have been better, had its sole ob-
ise
" t•seen political jobbing. If Lord Lyndhurst's ob-
ad b
Mt, b . een merely to serve his party, the Tories of
/Iliac'', ar would have supplied him with the means of
• I!, g' a more creditable list."
aay "Tee Times says :—"lf the present Government have
- -litg gand for decency and order, one of their ear-
se ~Pr,fletical reforms will be the revision of the law
le• l!lseLFies, and especially of that masterpiece of bad
,iii; ••I.tl'en the Select Vestry Act. The leading me-
illiiPos titan vestries belong to the first class of public
-jobhatlices. Their appetite for political intrigue and
~,tocolltisltartte,rtsbeir impertinent and offensive intrusions in-
with which they have no concern, and their
• lesstant. tendency to prostitute their powers to the
..ethostinslti:ll,),utorPoses of lowest Radicalism, have brought
universal contempt. If these bodies were
h-obodruted.for the discharge of political functions,
:,sheziitrrlirolavitoicuslddihdavnecta -right to blame' them because
agree With his own. But the
sttio arY is the fact. The Constitution knows no-
°lnear ()I them except as a machinery by which the
LlLeir rites are collected and applied. If, in right of
pre., , authority over scavengers and paviers, they
"•.#laell sedition in the streets—if, as relieving-officers,
15!,4,Y teach infidelity in the parish schools—if, as con-
vators ,
'ltrs., c); the church fabric, they obstruct the
Atiti.-e's °L the Church in the performance of their
•-Pars..",'.°r the enjoyment of their legal rights—if, us
1400;rial treasurers, they waste in political propa-
tatils,B:l the money of the parish—they become a
Lai( -4grant d rotten corruption, and ought to be
ss .en tt.,,, ~ an
Th ho`,a
7..• e
')1110 Wing appears in the Herald :—" There are,
I'l sSld-suppose, few ladies who suspect the low
I,IIZ, - of wages paid by their milliners and dress-
.4hes„ ps:a,() the unfortunate needle workers engaged ip
mt toil-en of their dresses—who know the inces-
saloi and exertion of the poor girls who are so
l'ars,l3a•Yed.,---or who have thought of the amount of
tnent,-ItetY, and disease generated by such employ-
.:whie' h ladies
.are these topics, by acquaintance with
41444 .les in the enjoyment of comfort and wealth,_
'Alas, "f so disposed, accomplish much good to their
410(4 Se----and they could achieve no greater temporal_
,Aiat ' Phan the elevation and better remuneration of
slit:offsPurti°n of their sex from which debauchery and
sssiit,as„l6e3r now receive their amplest and their readiest
,s. ies"
~..L;xltiive,salistieONEY—TitislaE—CoraMElSCE.
of Mr. Chalmers' library was continued
Of ate 11 A collection of proclamations in the reign
,flisos es 1-•, was the most important and valuable lot
.41tilet`ti °!,011 'r uesday, and sold for 711. " Older's
Iseland as stated to be the second hook printed in
Atii_i_ , and bearing date at Waterford, in 1555, pro-
si only 2/. 18s. '
ll' Ty 1"-VA.X. AND MILITARY.
llost,e siatnihon, a fine brig of 300 tons, was totally
Assi2"e, as Harwich on Tuesday, and out of her crew
amut "lY one was saved ; Captain Bradbury was
("anl'iget the
drowned ; her cargo is insured. The
01-1 the : from Shields to London, was entirely wrecked
and
vessell4th the
destroy
crew being saved, but the coal-cargo
Artho ed. On Wednesday the schooner
triek, r and Rachel, of Belfast, struck near Portpa-
seare_, and became a total wreck ; the crew had
''Y time to escape before she went to pieces.
qr. ,a 141-Ur AND POLICE.
:NVIls vearneS Travis, a gentleman in shabby attire,
Astra d. erda3' charged by eight different cabmen with
Pay tlihell.'g them of their fares. Being unprepared to
order& 'mount of the first demand of 245., he was
ps,,riiti_"__ to be imprisoned for 21 days, and at the ex-
cues "" ofaliat tune to be detained to meet the other
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THEATRICAL.
lit)* last
play of King Artlair, revived at Drury-
-1-,,,. ast night, was first produced in 1691. Purcell
utt;ng composed its music at. the Queen's theatre.
- ..3ek ought it in 'and •
1,84 i, out 1770 at Drury-lane, in
said
.1.,,‘ ws,,S again played at the same theatre, Kemble
iri
18iiis,ss 1 arren sustaining the principal characters.
1i,41, iss icelly.
1827 W, 'A.Tliss Foote performed Emmeline, and in
•Betterton,.in 1691, pourtrayed the
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