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i RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR- STAMFORD ELECTION. '
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LIAMENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
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EWS MONDAY, ram. "10, 1845. On- Friday Sir George Clerk commenced his canvass for
The following Petitions for Railways Bills were Presented, this borough. He was very coldly received ; but in the
and ordered to lie on the table : evening he sent out a second address, stating that " from the
. _ Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension cordial reception he had met with, he had no doubt of his A RETURN showing the. .RESULTS of the OPERATIONS undertaken in 1822, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1834,
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Railway—Manchester South Junction 'and Altrinchym Rail,
ila way—Great Grimsby and Sheffield' Junction Railway— success" (no opponent having been brought forward). On and 1844, for REDUCING the CHARGE on account of the NATIONAL DEBT, and the Terms upon
ClT:desdale Junction Rail Way. his canvass, at nearly every house to which Sir George went,
Which such Reduction 'Was. Made ; also,. showing the
.ANNITAL INTEREST on the FUNDED: DEBT
Petitions for the following Bills (presented on the sth of lie was asked wliether he would support the Syston and
February) were referred to the Select Coinmittee on Peti- . . . .
Peterborough Railway, which is to pass through our town, saved thereby.
tions for Private Bills : •
is_ Monkland and lai--rkintilloch Railway—Wakefield, Ponte- and would have the effect of bringing coals (one article - . •• a.: .
The weafIJNITED -.KINGDOM.
only)
to us at less than half the present price, now very little -- .
quantities 4 'met, and Goole Railway—York and carborough Railway - V - •
Deviation—Manchesterand I.eeds Rail'iva.v—Man-chester and below thirty shillings per ton. In all cases he said he sup- - __. _ _ ,
Yinces. la I e , V V
, Annual
ccount. ,_ .p. Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood ported the Syston Railway, but he objected to the present . - - 7 (:`nosy - ( Annual Interest
• V
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' Commonauter ;;,statension)—Asliton, Stalvbridge, and Liverpool Junction plan of crossing near the bridge ; and that he had a plan, by ' - Capitals. , Interest. a
lois :—"O,, _ !lisay (Ardwick and. Guide Bridge Branches)—London which the railway might pass at some distance on the north
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1 - - saved, .
satisfiea and South-Western Railway, No. 1 Metroolitan Exten- _aas______
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'andsa,"l)—Guildford, Chichester,: an Portsmouth- Railway— of the town, instead of passing through it. • . . £
that br::
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Wore than„.e 'sdinburgh and Glasgow Railway—Caledonian Railwa3-- MONDAY, ELEVEN A.M.—Sir George Clerk, accompanied by . r
... r Five per Cent (Navy) Annuities. ~....Capita1152;422,143!
liquors. -I ee, 131!nsgew, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway—Manchester and about fourteen electors (including about half-a-dozen lawyers, 1 Amount of Dissents .paid off ; 2,794,276 i
Irani
celehrat a
is _ b
nngliam Railway (Ashton :Branch)—Leeds and West who were paid), proceeded to the hustings, where (it having 5 per Cents. reduced to 4 per 1
very, be tit Ridesl. i..%Junction Railway—Richmond (Surrey) Railway— become a deep snow) Sir George was pelted unmercifully Cents. ; viz., 105/. 4 per a , . i .
1149,627,867 7,481,393
bas-large.lase
•,u t . Yorkshire Railway—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester
d nction Railway with snowballs. The Mayor, Charles Haycock, Esq., was Cents. for 1001. 5 per !Bonus of 5/. per cent. allowed to those who as
spsecn. ,b
Also the following Bills ;resented on the 6!li February : Cents., per 3 Geo. IV., c. 9 1 I seated 7,481,350
replenisac
of cheered, and with some difficulty obtained silence. But on
1822 { I
n Pres,,esnielea' _N-orwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Dias and the reading of the Act against bribery and corruption, the
ontsav-- s.aer. :I;'r_lliain Branches—London and York Railway—Leeds and people shouted " a lie," " farce," &c.—it being well recol- Li Capital, 4/. per Cent 157,109,217 6,284,368
s the el'e" die ißradfordt Railway Extension (Shipley to Colne)—Glasgow lected that, in 1831, the Marquis of Exeter's agents served • - 1,197,025
supplicateve,
Rtilewa7l. 11,9ilway—Glasg,ow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
notices to quit, and even upon widows, that they might Bank cf Ireland Debt at 5
estroy sla
_l2:
Selby uSs--Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway—Hull and per Cent. reduced to 4 Bank of Ireland Debt. at 5 per cant. ....... .... .1,153,846 57,692
motion P.e,l,it '37 a Bridlington Branca ) Railway marry to preserve a vote. After silence was obtained, Dr.
per Cent. at par, per 3 Same Capital, at 4 per cent 1,153,846 46,153
1 e
the rata.
al in The following Bills were likewise .presented* February 7:— Hopkinson proposed Sir George Clerk, and stated that the L Geo. IV., c. 26 11,539
Cockermouth and Workington Railway—Whitby and Stamfordiaus had keen highly honoured by his appointment
Capital 76,248,180 3,049,927
, Se'
th isse,,..; jgOs Pickeringcaster
Railway—Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Lan- I Four per Cent. Annuities
p, the ut42oi, tait.er rnd Carlislisle Railway—Kendal and Windermere to the Mastership of the Mint by her Majesty.—(Cries of
"Not her Majesty, but Sir R. Peel," and hisses.) 'Old 4 per Cents. reduced to I Same Capital, at 31 per cent., including
,caters 0 ale Andl" eY—Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension.
tea by 4 Blackburn,
the following Bills were resented on F ebruar 10: Mr. GILCHRIST, miller, briefly seconded the nomination, 1824 3i per Cents. at par, 5 { 6,149,245/. Non-assents, vested in the Corn-
era 010- Geo. IV., c. 11
'after a otli Ra?ilwack,burn, Burnley, Accrington. and Colne Extension. and said that he was sure Sir George meant well for the town,
the • wa , aa —Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rad- but he was sorry that he was railed against during his can- ' L Debt, per 5 Geo. IV., C. 45
st on and tt
'legal, °vote a 3 --Huddersfield' and Manchester Railway and Canal—
s,reat Grimal • a Sheffieldvase.
and eaed, ia Janet. - is, and Junction Railway- Clydesdale Proclamation having again been made, Sir George Clerk
iy seism . lc, ion Railway.l 5 per Cents. 1797 reduced Capital at 5 per cent.
reatY• of
mitt
ICES GIVEN AT TITS PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. was declared duly elected.
1824 I to 3 per Cents.; viz.l3Bl. Deduct Dissents paid off 41,011
aael's je 9 • Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway—Com-
ee on Petition, Friday Feb. 21. Sir GEORGE spoke at some length, acknowledging the & { 6s. Bd. Consolidated 3 per
h°l kindness of his reception (notwithstanding the snowballs), 1825 I Cents. for 100 E sperCents. 972,657 -48,632
the 26_
alluddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal—Corn- and at some length gave his opinion of the railway, amid L 37 Geo. 111., c. 10
of
the ors
ing ...•-• 0' . ant(!llee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 21. cries of "We won't have it " He said he regretted to find 9,726
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robalautyso,
tnitt:gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway—Com-
that he had not been so well received this time as on former
AYreall ez •on Petition Tuesday Feb 25. 1.4 per Cent. Annuities, formerly Navy 5 per
da;.,lVegb°72sJunctiOn Railway—Committee-. on Petition, Tues. occasions, and he saw that the people had set their hearts
! Cents. Capital
the upon the railway, but he objected to its crossing the road on 153,671,091
• tiled irlsisti colijan.chester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway— the present level, near the bridge. !Amount of Dissents paid off
raa
~efea-.- ,
me ll 40r, msaittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 21. Mr. CHARLES LOWE, fi Conservative, then powerfully ad-
. 00' ..fe, 4 per Cents. exchanged for 150,790,176 6,031,607
ad-
sat ael i dressed the assemblage, and stated that the line proposed by
piaint'' pis PROPERTY and INCOME-TAX. 100/. of 31 per Cents or I --
The PITY ~, Sir G. Clerk could not be effected because of the hills, and 1830 ' i
70/. of 5 per Cents., per 11
s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. consequently the cuttings would be so great, and seriously
and w a IR --WI- Geo. 4, c. 13 -
culls rs' CePt's a /hi ; aatever may be said of other royal speeches, expensive, that no company would undertake it. As to the .
' - _
. Interest.
ought d a ' d s rIK it must be admitted that the Queen's Speech, just
out. an bridge, every one knew it to be the most dangerous between Which was exchanged for 150,119,6091. 3/. 10s.
the 0 ' In it' to Parliament, has much of pith and substance
London and York.—(Cries of" It is," and immense cheer- per Cent,' Annuities
rce• t term" . mei Particularly that part which alludes to the property ing.) i Mr. Lowe begged to introduce Mr. Stephenson, the • • L. 469,398/. 5/. per Cent. Annuities 23,469
1 ea ur It nenrne-taxes.
- 5,277,655
larell• • sbel) : .-- was for much too long a time considered a political
as. ,la • Lruth that engineer, to give his opinion.—(Hear, hear.)
however, stated that lie could not allow a non-
ain...e aleslhe , ,_ those taxes should be only considered as war- The MAYOR,
4 p3eirpCeernctse.nltBs2. Gatrepdaurc,edpetor
ad alra'av eltera . rjes' and that at other times taxes on consumption elector to speak, and declared the business terminated.,
atiriaas se i . -.mum
a Dog .e, : ~: a. be alone resorted to. Sir George Clerk and his friends had. a narrow escape ; .
.1-ILpmereCte;inaptitAaln,nautit3iels,icorse.apteder icnenll2,6.in..cCluadpiintagl 10,64,911 424,916
ta sex Oc I have for
Divinev 0 tier: for very many years (and I remember the the hustings were being pulled down, amid the cheers of
.the
1834 4,133,7211. Dissents, vested in Commisstaners
1 for the Rednetien of the National Debtbn ac-
the seio' , inner tax on property and income) been of opinion that crowd, before they could withdraw ; and on his mounting 4 and 5 Will. 4, C. 31
rto tile a -..' .4 taX- on property is the most legitimate of all taxes; it the chariot, trimmed with ribbons and small flags, a rush
aa ott itta po , . ii,rsoduces most money to the Exchequer in proportion to
~ !._amount, and is . L count of the Fund for Banks for Savings... 10,622,911 371,801
, at letee ? - was made, and the carriage was nearly stripped ; three out
. 4'
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tod. aoirda,
Of the four splendid large flags which preceded him were
in a all tb 411 our paid by those who can best- afford it.
' and institutions tend to the protection of property,
wrested from the ensigns, and torn : Sir George himself was Bank of Ireland Debts at 5 and Debt at 5 per Cent. ,,V. . 1,015,38 50,769
minoled'ci, lit° as..:az_ ours is the only' important country in Europe where
oe, bo& 4.10
. left 1 ',. pelted through the streets as he stood in his carriage, and 4 per cent. reduced to 3i per Debt at 4 per Cent.
, iaa- ~a . itior.l falls so lightly on it. 1841 cent. per 3 and 4 Viet. c. 75, .
rh tO3 We' the. entirely separate the property from the income-tax : had his hat knocked off above a dozen times.
, .0 theand Warrant of Treasury, 2,630,768 115,384 - •
,t ~ . A ''. latter ought only to be resorted to in. the event of After Sir George's party left the hustings, Mr. Dims, a
January 30, 1841
COT,Same capital at 31 per Cent 2,630,768 92,076
titan • a .0:a : :?tiabrt;ll.l.ad I tuy from its inquisitorial nature,ought to be gentleman connected with the Midland Counties Railway,
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p° titan Jo ,c 1 itted to only upon the most imminent danger to the addressed the electors from a neighbouring inn, and fully
a It s. 00 . eon",
o, I"' • 47, when victory must be bought and chained to
s our
I.o,stists at any price. convinced them of the importance of the present line pro-
.
office- fet, posed by that Company. r New 3/. 10s. per Cent Annuities Capital 157.243,517
ir.'s, heists
Sir R. Peel three years ago proposed the
4%* rsideissa Since the election Sir George's party have made overtures 31 per Cents. Reduced at par ' Reduced 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities do. 67,701,606
en ~, arr- • uPert.'S and income-tax, it was submitted to cheerfully
' Y the to the Stamford Railway Committee, which ate- likely to to 31 per Cents. until Oc- 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1818 do. 9,514,369
d DaylTolagieft hitt - people, as however onerous or distasteful the
„lay e` ...,,f
... th "'as, any expedient was considered better than ben.fit the town. tober 10, 1854, and from Old 31. 10s. per Cents. and Debentures do. 14,401,171
ira-sweas-that period to be reduced — -—
al! tollott° :::: lit we should have a deficient revenue in a time of cora-
nt Inrfoet ,vt ~ esratiee „mice. SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE. 1844 to 3/. per Cents , and not < 248,860,W
't.Ne e,e IfTATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. liable to further reduc- ;Amount of Dissents and Non-assents paid off 103,352
to rec 1 tbe .. 414'3'1 ofr us remember—and those who do not can easily tion until after October '
OP° A Nt her t 0 it—the statement that was made by Sir R. Peel CHESTER CUP.
- , 10, 1874, per 7 Vict., c.
set ai. 248,757,311 8,706,505
-, Iso he brought forward his propositions—the estimate 8 to 1 agst Mr. Isvvin s Lot
4 and 5 Same capital at 31. ss. per cent.
la be° 10 to t aLst Mr. Jaqoes's Setniseria—take 11 to 1
fallyj is • . 1„.1 he made of its prohniae productian; and the
-----"-.- ---- 621,893
Oil if • oritant whieh it actually produced in 1843. the first year 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity -
of tbeeresltO financiali mplete operation. does not say. much for his 17 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era •
e hYl'if the •
'a ea talents and certainly does not Justify all those 22 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken ►4,3,051,800
~ sari - Je, , taairurns that his political friends of all pus ties so freely 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—t 30 to 1
'Aire,. .. die, taker him with. The following estimate and pro- 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug The Gross Capitals herein stated include the Capitals standing in the names of the Commissioners
LadY,'„010110 s 'e !sill be found nearly or quite correct:— 30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste for the Reduction of the National Debt.
.
rt, l'! too• elf 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken f. .
38d01) pfili. • taro: Estimate. Produce 1843.
roe biv,`_te and Houses
be ea the ' ,'"ends646,ooo
se °lfier eta = -at —a,
laregaaasetaa . , io Offices, &c.
os •., , ....... Ar.. IXT:II,_ ___ 1 T. . .-a_ _ l A.. A I,OflTTNTrii i_ • • rl 1 PI

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Lot
10 to t asst Mr. .ligoes's Semiseria—take 11 to 1
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity
17 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era
22 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—t 30 to 1
30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug
30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste
30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken f.
33 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's -Winesour
35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—t.
35 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Madam's Trueboy—taken
45 to 1 agst Mr. Ire in's Foigh-a- hallagh —taken
50 to 1 ”gst Mr. Collett's Corranna—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Isatc Day's Seaport—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken
60 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's, The Dean—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Davis's Yheoman ac K':uck
Of the. numerous lot enumerated above, the only
horses in demand were Semiseria, The Era, St. Law-
rence, Pride of Kildare, and Trueboy, and on them the
outlay was not by any means heavy. Plenty of layers
against Obscurity and Pug.
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—take 12 to 1
13 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—t. and aft. off.
14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—ditto ditto
15 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—ditto ditto
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr.A.Joh nstone's Annandale—t. 40 to 1
35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster—t. all in
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos
1000 to 10 agst Mr. 1). Cook's Yellow Boy.
A disposition to back Kedger, Idas, Newsmonger, Men-
tor, and Miss Whip colt was observable from the opening
of the room ; the market, however, was so languid, that
very little money was got on. Nothing was done on
Pam, John Day's two, or Pantasa, and if Annandale
and Weatherbit were mentioned, it was only to show
that their friends are, for the present, non eat.
OAKS.
7 to 1 ag it Mr. Worthington's Lancaster Witch—t.
12 to 1 agst Lord G, Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere
17 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis.

An ACCOUNT showing, in Columns,
the TOTAL AMOUNT of the FUNDED and
UNFUNDED UNREDEEMED PUBLIC
DEBT of the UNITED KINGDOM, and the
KNNIrAL CHARGE thereon, on the sth
day of January, 1817, and on the sth
day of January in every subsequent
Year up to 1844, so far as applies to the
NATIONAL DEBT OFFICE.

Property,

£2,396,000

£3,555,358

Pr
°ll Trade... ..... .C 1,250,000
°4 Lands

AMOUNT of the UNFUNDED DEBT in EXCH/ MITER BILLS, and the
ANNUAL CHARGE thereon, on the sth Janus cry 1817, and on the
sth of January in every subsequent Year u p to 1844.

Licorrie
.£1,370,000 Ineorr4c £1,838,866
Property 3,555,358

In the Amount of Charge of
Year Capital in Interest in
ended the Exchequer Rate of Inte rest the said
sth Jan. Bills. Year.
—
.£ £.
.T.; [lBl7 44,650,300 3d. 22 Nov. :1816 2,173,927
1818 56,729,400 2, d. 24 Feb. 1817 1,891,315
• 1819 43,208,400 2d. 11 Oct. :1817 2,026,450
2 1820 36,303,200
I'l 1821 30,965,900
c.) 0 2,009,311 1822 31,566,550 .
`.-. 1823 1,309,409
0 36,281,150
° 1824 34,741,750 1,111,220
O 1825 32,398,450 1,086,015
z 1
1826 27,994,200 _2l id d. . 2194 JDueene.
115:
2254
820,000
19. 1827 24,565,350
a j 1828 27,546,850 — ...., 802,186
-8
1829 27,657,000 1 Id. 30 Sept. 1 8:29 860,475
T:l
1830 25,490,550 13d. 11 Dec, 1, 15'9 806,076
g:.
1831 27,271,650
rt 1832 27,133,350
1833 27,278,000
..: 1834 27,906,900
1835 28,521,550
1836 28,976,600 2d. 29 Sept. 183 6 688,701
1837 26,976,000 lid. 21 Nov. 18.1 ,6 692,095
?.. 1838 24,044,550
2. 14 Dec. 18: a 871,309
1839 24,026,050 I.ld. 18 Mar. IS 39 641,370
1840 19,965,050 2 -11 16 Mar. 1S 40 788,707
,
P., 1841 21.076,350 _
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0.:
`'.'
`1842 18,343,850 2d, 15 June IA .42 797,046
1843 18,182,100 / 11d. 17 Mar. 18 43 } 631,601
lid. 16 June 13. 13
1844 18,407,300 --

£2,396,000

£5,394,224

Excess .

£3,766,000
... 1.628,224

No £5,394,224
Probr,°ne can divine, and it is useless to guess, at the
/1.11;8;:iela which it is announced w ill be made by Sir
eotej next Friday; but we may, I think, very safely
,4.14),"ue, that the property-tax in some shape or
With', Will be proposed to bt• continued, and in common
4(1),11,,v,Er.Y great many others, I am in great hopes that the
a '‘Y-tnx will alone be proposed to be continued for
N44(4 of from five to seven years, and that it will be
sdsdCarlin. amount to at least 51. per cent. upon all fixed
al) to e
glble property whatever, and if it were carried
'°4 per cent., it would be so much the better.
Pro
441 tit. Perty-tax now produces
PrOperty now excused 1,200,000
Add 2/ £4,755,358
Per cent., about 3,244,642
ak:
IvhiLng to
tioft.tit Would admit of the following reductions in taxa-
Windows, about £1,500,000
0Soa„
700,100
Glarss 400,000
Paper BOO,OOO
Ltops 250,000
Tea
1,500,000
Sur,— •

Cotton
k;
otton

1,000,000
600,000

A new writ was last night issued for Lewes, on the
appointment of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy to a lordship of the
Admiralty. This is the gentleman who, in the House of
Commons, gave his most solemn assurance that he never
expended, directly or indirectly, one shilling in bribery or
corruption. The new Lord of the Admiralty is a man not
very easily put out of countenance, and we dare say he will
again canvass the electors of Lewes with as much nonchalance
as if the borough had never been inundated with Lord
Southampton's gold, or as if the electors had forgotton his
own appeal to Heaven that neither bribery nor corruption
had been employed to secure his return. We may refresh
Mr. Fitzroy's memory upon this subject before he goes to the
hustings. The scruples of Sir Edward Knatchbull prove too
-strong for forthcoming Ministerial measures. 'What can Sir
Robert Peel be meditating? To be sure, Sir Edward is to
be raised to the peerage , or, shall we rather say, the peerage
is to be lowered to Knatchbull. The new Paymaster of the
Forces will be the Hon. Bingham Baring. A-vacancy is thus
created in the representation of Thetford. The vacancy in
the secretaryship of the Board of Control, created by the
promotion of Mr. Baring, will be filled by Lord Jocelyn. Is
Lord Ashley's motion to be an open question? It will be
seen by a report in another part of our paper, that Sir Thos.
Fremantle has been re-elected for Buckingham.—Chronicle.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY A BOY.—On
Monday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Lion
and Lamb, Drummond-crescent, Euston-square, on the body
of Thomas Press, a boy aged 13, the son of a cowkeeper, who
committed suicide. James Press, the brother of deceased,
said he resided with his parents at 43, Drummond-crescent.
The deceased went to school, and occasionally assisted in
carrying out milk. On Friday last, at dinner time, it was
discovered that he had been playing truant, and had appro-
priated some money belonging to his parents to his own use,
and spent it amongst some other boys. This coming to his
father's knowledge he boxed his ears, declared he should
have no dinner,'and threatened to beat him. Shortly before
two o'clock deceased's mother gave him some dinner, and
then told him to wash himself, which he did. About half-
past three the same afternoon witness went into the yard,
and observed the cowshed open, and on entering he discovered
the deceased hanging by his neck handkerchief from a beam.
I Witness gave an alarm, and Mr. Lambert, a neigkbour, and
his mother, came and cut deceased down. He was quitedead,
and in order to effect his object must have got on one of the
rails placed to divide the cows, and then jumped off. The
jury' returned a verdict—" That deceased destroyed himself by
hanging, but in what state of mind he was in at the time
there was no evidence to show."
BIDEFORD.—COMMITTAL OF A WIFE AND SER-
VANT FOR SETTING FIRE TO HER HUSBAND'S HOUSE.—Mary
Lashbrook, and her servant, Mary Hayes, underwent a long
examination on Saturday last (it having lasted nearly the
whole of the day), before James Gould, Esq., and Major
Wren, county magistrates, on suspicion of wilfully setting
fire to the premises occupied by the Lashbrooks, the property
of Captain Pyke, in the parish of Northam. The girl made
a full confession, stating that she was instigated by her mis-
tress to commit the act of incendiarism during the absence of
her master at Appledore, and it was clearly discovered that
the house and outbuildings hail been fired in four different
places, considerably detached from each other. Both prisoners
were committed for trial ; but the mistress was admitted to
bail, in two sureties of 50/. each, and her husband in 100/.
The prosecution was instituted by Mr. John Hamlyn, the
Bideford agent to the West of England Office, in which the
property is insured. Mr. Lashbrook, the tenant of Captain
Pyke, has always been considered a respectable farmer, and
the conduct of his wife in conniving at such an act is viewed
with astonishment. It can only be accounted for on the sup-
position of her insanity.—North Devon Journal.
The following notices have appeared at the General
Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—_By command of the
Postmaster-General. Notice to the public, and instructions
to all postmasters; sub-postmasters, and letter-receivers.
General Post. office, Febr:ary, 1845.—A new line of mail
communication having been established between Suez and
Calcutta, via Ceylon and Madras, mails for India, &c , Egypt,
and the Mediterranean, will in future be made up at this
office, and dispatched on the evening of the 24th of every
month, via Marseilles, in addition to the mails for India, for-
warded through France on the 7th of the month. When the
24th falls on Sunday, the mails will be made up and dis-
patched from this office on the following evening. The next
mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched from
hence on the morning of the 20th instant. The next mails
for Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dis-
patched from hence on the evening of the 24th inst. The
Forth will take out the West India mails of the morning of
the 17th inst. The Cambria for American mails of the even-
ing of the 3d March.
BERWICK HARBOUR.—We understand that the
Harbour Commissioners here have received a communication
from the Home-office, respecting the eligibility of Berwick
harbour as one of the proposed harbours of refuge. The com-
munication contains instructions to transmit all the plans
and reports relative to the harbour, in order that they may
be submitted to the investigation of the Government Com-
missioners appointed to examine the claims of the various
-ports. -.A similar communication has been received by • the
local authorities at Dunbar.—Berwick and Kelso Warder.

The Intel
Charge, whi,
ceding Year.

rest paid within each Year is gives in the column of
ich Interest has accrued upon the Capita 1 stated in the pre-

teitvi £6,750,000.
stance 'nt R considerable surplus to be dealt with as ctrcum-
is May arise.
wend
0u,,,,,khat41.'..e always been of opinion that England Elivnegliann;danindayi,fa
kro n,", be made a cheap. country
tiothiu,sw alive to the principle oft antoromatpiolinsnonit. property, d
1 „.T can be more easy. than
.
llot be see why the principle,oif adopted here,
jnstsihoeoutlo
I]nzi e extended to Ireland. lam suren
is
a_.
kbou:tt? iMperatively requires it.
!elites:. -trereelnaene
dill.
, por-
ing
's and St. James s, .
all
lonksennoswe
fez. utre eland being
tShte. Gpieleosrer country: II
,belit Neal
and Lancashire, but no one ever dreamt of a M-
N. ,‘, ese ineasures shouldbe a
."5
th
system.
dded a strict and
ex-
Which'search-
end it will be found that reductions may
bt he er
made,
anmda
latent Without impairing the efficiency of our establish-
titxm t 4; on Would tend very greatly to a
ftutiler reduction of
All. CA
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-A. 4
1411.'.
,
04 Commerce., .
,
•
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FIRE orr EAST
Gat,. STaricTION OF A SHIP BY
14 "IVICR QL , after o'clock yesterday, . A a fire
Was di .---..i.ortly three
'the
f 500 tons,
pr„persteovered on bokrd the ship Henry,
Y'S was taking in
a ear„. 3' orbit.. Fletcher, of Limehouse.
from a collier
slote of coals at the West India Dock buoy,
that a boy
helothle. The report circulated at the time is,
and
voodrg to the Henry had been collecting shavings
not plaind'h the hold of the shi which by some means
n deck
for
ex-
Water
caught fire. The boy in his fright
tranieng
with' the
bucket
to extinguish the flames, and on re u:n
as
to defy
trot
lie found the fire burning so furiously
cast the
glii 1Y ordinary means. Pierce, a lighterman
of to (ler the West India Dock buoy, a 'short time
and
ni
towed the
lie the Unity and Pilot steam tugs arrived, and
ntY higher
• this the mate ve
°Net% ata. op the river.
. D g
herurinn four or five places, and
Itt4ile this assisted in scuttling
clear of the shipping
° shove Was being done she was towed
' ht
she might
he the Folly-house in Blackwell reach, where
Isle of Dogs,
itocilinK in deep water on the west side nest the
ation of
th, in order that she might be kept clear of the naval;
as one
„tell-et
.At this moment the ship, fore and aft, vnen
__
sap,,rehlaze--inasts, rigging, and all. It was deemed
n_
o.eneg
N,-.'v t° atteMpt a further scuttling, but the danger fd i
h h water,
sh as soon reat th tit abandoned. After ig
e was r a was .
Blackwall-reach,
near . on shore at the west side of
b the point ff G • h As the tow warps were
hret,it 0 reenwic .
fter
the 1l was found impossible to hold her in deep water a
e to run her
-o°ll eho of the tide, and it was therefore necessary
shipping at
olaok re to prevent her driving amongst the
Ti e fir all, wail, and causing a still greater calamity.
lalto L. h°t having been effective, the vessel was then a
the
tianiutsrn out, as no water could be brought to bear on
fury entii„,_ The flames continued to rage with unabated
.
lig„; -"en o'clock the main and mizen masts, rigging, fore
'th'ee'hg, and fore-t'opmast having been previously consument
for sivesselwas what is termed lightly laden, and wa.s bound
eats
At Ilizeirr4,Leone, after taking in part of her cargo inc
was.
A bure,,h,eloek yesterday morning the hull of the vessel
Atuit"%g'
s —Yes-
terda„
,-110 es ATTACK UPON GAMEKEEPER .
on the
eightopiorrnation was forwarded to Bow-street that
and
him the 25th It. several men, armed with guns
....
shireg!°ne, entered a -wood in the parish of Favant, Will'r
130,...,..t,0r the purpose of destroying game. The gamekeeper,
rons":o'r, named James Barrett, assisted by two other ji.en.-
!'eselrer,ll3Psed them, and a desperate conflict ensued, h
vin-
redju th in Barrett and his assistants being so dreadfule.
ho at they atilt lie I 1 ill and with but little
Pes of th . cangerous y ,
elitted th eir ultimate recovery. The fellows w
of
ho com-
the
tit4ers n e ou.trage have hitherto eluded the, search
_own
character
.tustice. One of them is, however, a well-known
b„ in the neighbourhood.
A
e24'EPRESETATION OF THE COUNTY OF BECKS.—
of 7,‘Yrit had
sq.ot ng been ordered to be issued for the election
ue..ember of Parliament for the county of Bucks, in con-
Chilt7e of Mr. Charles Scott Murray having accepted the
only
irti.. Hundreds, it has been generally imagined that the
d0,,,,,;ht of the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of Chan-
s.%
__o, 0 attained his majority on the 10th of September
r,prv•nould start as a candidate to fill the vacancy
return
.tation thus created, and with a certainty of being
in,
.ndeed, it may be observed, that it was the gene-
hoethatVression throughout the county at the election in 1841,
0, Murray \void(' retire from parliament, in favour of
Leon'we°, °le Marquis on his coming of age. We understand,
u er, that another arrangement has been determined
rld that Mr. Towers, of Huntsmoor-park, h-er, will
l,y the Pew candidate in the Conservative interest, supported
is n,t
elVinenee of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham. It
of Mr. Pected that
DOowers. the return
;
Poor
Yesterdtr, I.
Me sittiii'e
1,n3 Higtmesii the Duke of Brunswick forwarded to
20/• for tC —agietratebox of Marylebone Police-office the sum-of-

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THE SITN," LONDON, TITE-SDA-Y EVEN_ING, FEBRUARY ll, 1845.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
TIMES.—Last night, in anticipation of the financial state-
ment to be made next Friday, Lord Monteagle moved for
various returns, the most important of which are already
before the world; and took the opportunity of predicting,
prejudging, and prescribing the Premier's intentions, as far
as the circumstances allowed. how far it is customary for
Ministers to remain open to new reasons and persuasions till
within four days of their sessional declaration, it is not for us
to conjecture; but Lord Monteagle is better informed, and
he appears to think. his advice will not be entirely thrown
away. Whatever the result, however, we fear he will scarcely
enjoy the credit of contributing much to the Ministerial de-
- claims. It is true the Premier still rejoices in the maiden
pride and liberty of apparent - irresolution. He still smiles
complacently on a hundred rivals, and remains the besought
of all beseechers. The flattering incense of deputations, and
'addresses, and memorials, and petitions, and pamphlets,
ascends before him ; and if the omens are doubtful, still omens
there are, and the worshippers are not absolutely discouraged
from a further prosecution of their appeals. But it is scarcely
to be supposed that a Minister who has taken such singular
pains to collect his facts beforehand, should not have really
made his election by this time. Lord Monteagle resigns him-
self with a sigh to a further infliction of the income-tax, and,
we presume, speaks for the rest of his party.
" Durum, sed levius fit patientiii,
" Quicquid corrigere est nefas."
There is no help for it, and there is an end of the question at
present. We quite agree with his Lordship that it would be
satisfactory to see a beginning of the end. But that begin-
ning is not yet in view, and is put still further out of sight
by almost every speaker who ventures upon this difficult
ground, including Lord Monteagle himself. He is anxious—
so are we, indeed, and so ia everybody—on the strength of
the temporary surplus, to reduce some of the taxes which
especially hamper manufactures and commerce, and so affect
the general revenue. On a survey of the report on the
tariff; which he justly describes as one of the most important
and valuable papers illustrative of our commerce and customs
which has ever been drawn up or prepared for Parliament,
he complains that the reductions lately the subject of so
much exaggeration by friend and by foe, were chiefly
on the most insignificant items, on mere nominal heads
of duty. Out of 22,730,886/. raised upon 813 articles,
there are 585, or about three-fourths of the whole,
which produce only 42,0001. From these facts he appears
to draw a double inference—first, that it would be a very
: pretty piece of simplification to strike off three-fourths of the
list at so slight an expense; secondly, that seeing we profess
to be reducing duties, we should do so in earnest with the
weightier items of the revenue. There has, he says dispa-
ragingly, been little or no reduction upon raw materials,
upon articles partly manufactured, and upon manufactured
articles; while, on the other hand, the increased consump-
tion and increased revenue have taken place in articles of
food, comfort, and luxury. Whence he would have us infer
that the new tariff has had no great share in the improve-
ment of trade, and stability, for it is stability rather than
increase, of the regular revenue. With some qualifications
this statement cannot be denied. It 'is wonderful to
what narrow dimensions the most formidable bug-
bears of the new tariff shrink in the document before
us. But will Lord Monteagle, and the whole chorus
of supplicants, have mercy on that poor temporary sur-
plus, that still poorer permanent deficiency ? Can we fairly
hope that the bolder reductions he urges will so improve the
general revenue as to keep things even as they are now ?
iVe have already dealt with timber and with wool boldly
enough—perhaps boldly enough with the coffee. We have
attained and passed the maximum of revenue on corn, if the
corn-laws are to remain unaltered. There is no hope from
these quarters. Abolish tile duty on cotton wool, his Lord-
ship intimates. With all our heart. But there goes 700,000/.
But then comes the duty on tea, for reducing which there is as
much cry, and almost as muchreason. Lord Monteagle hintsat
its depreciation, exclusive of duty, from 2s. 6d. to Is. 6d., as
if that should be the rule for the duty. This would involve
a sacrifice of nearly two millions at one fell swoop in the
rather doubtful and distant hope of an equivalent improve-
ment to trade. Then he is very energetic on behalf of slave-
grown sugar.. But while Lord Monteagle has his hobbies,
others have theirs. The population of London show their
hands and their garments, and ask her Majesty to fulfil her
sanitary intentions by taking the duty off soap. The window-
tax has numerous and inveterate enemies, among whom
we beg to number our humble selves ; but, alas ! on it
depends upwards of a million. Take off all these taxes, put
all these items ;together, and it is evident that, instead of
dispersing with the income-tax, we shall soon have to double
it. Lord Monteagle wishes to have a hand in the pie—to
give advice sufficiently pertinent to be adopted, and suffi-
ciently original to be called his own. He is not so unrea-
sonable as to think he can do this without sharing the usual
risks of legislation. A simple course is before him. He has
alluded to the different lights in which we should naturally
view the income-tax in the various cases of its permanency
And its temporary character ; let him propose such modifica-
tions in it as will make it just and tolerable as " part of the
permanent ways and means of the country." This will take
the sting out of it. The professional man, and the trades-
man, whose income and property may cease to-morrow, and
be buried in their graves, who must give all their time, their
health and strength, to their income; who must, in one way
or another, insure their lives at the loss of present means of
expenditure, will only more and snore resent the gross ine-
quality of a tax which exacts the same from them as from
the landowner, or fundholder and shareholder, whose income
is indeed property, and who have their time, their health and
strength, at their entire disposal.
POST.—The report of the cattle market held yesterday
gives a pretty clear indication of what the tariff is likely to
do for the agricultural interests this year. It appears that a
large importation has taken place, 165 beasts and 205 sheep,
the quality of which is highly lauded. We remember, at the
time the tariff was under discussion, that it was urged there
could be no animals fit for our market brought from foreign
countries ; but it is now evident that foreigners are learning
how to feed their cattle, and it is more than likely that, ere
the coming season is over, the statements which we made in
relation to the working of this measure will be more than
realised. If the agricultural interests have suffered from the
operation of the tariff in former years (and who will say that
they have not ?) how much more likely are they to be in-
jured in the present season, when foreign cattle feeders have
acquired the knowledge that will enable them to compete
1 with us in point of the quality of their stock ? The subject
is a painful one for the friends of agriculture to contemplate ;
but, unless some stop be put to the importations both of corn
and of cattle, we can see no end to the depreciatiom of home
produce.
CHRONICLE.—The House of Commons will be called
upon, on Friday next, to sanction the continuance of the two
very dissimilar imposts which are commonly included under
the phrase " income-tax." It will be called upon to renew
the tax upon property, a tax comparatively speaking light,
and easily collected, and unobjectionable in principle ; and
at the same time to renew the tax upon income, a tax most
unequal in its pressure, collected in a manner which involves
innumerable hardships and vexations, and at variance with
almost every principle of sound fiscal policy. Up to the last
moment, we believe, the hope has been very generally
cherished that the injustice of the income-tax, properly so
called, would not be persevered in. People have clung to the
notion that so grievous a burden was not meant to be per-
manent. Nobody will be so foolish as to retain this impres-
sion after a renewal of the tax, even though it should be
only a renewal for a limited period. Its prolongation, even
for three years more, will in reality make it perpetual,
as far as anything of the kind can be made so by an
act of the Legislature. That this must be the consequence
of an affirmation of Sir R. Peel's proposition on Friday
night, will be obvious to any one who reflects that the rea-
sons for repealing the income-tax cannot be expected to be
more numerous or powerful at any future time than they are
at the present moment. Its operation cannot easily become
more grievous or mischievous than it is at present. Nor
can we fairly expect the arrival at a time when the Exche-
quer can better spare the amount. We are not engaged in
war, and we have a surplus revenue of more than three mil-
lions. The income-tax, as distinguished from the tax upon
property, produces but two millions. In the present state of
the country, if it be solemnly renewed, what possible expec-
tation can there be that at any future time it will be given
up? We do not believe that the immeasurable annoyances
of this tax would have been borne so quietly as they have
been, if it had been looked upon as a permanent arrange-
ment. The voice of public complaint would long before
this time have startled the Minister, if it were not hushed
by the assurance that all the torturing apparatus of inqui-
sition into private affairs was employed only to meet
a temporary necessity, which would soon pass away.
If the House of Commons, by its vote, dissipates this
impression, we are convinced that the shock to the com-
munity at large will be much greater than the Government
seems to anticipate. The various agitations which have
been set on foot for the remission of particular taxes, are
very likely to lead to an erroneous conclusion on this subject.
The soap interest would probably be willing to compound for
the removal of the soap duty, by assenting to the continuance
of the income-tax. The glass interest might readily pay the
same price for a remission of the duty on glass. The paper
interest would give much (and what interest would not ?) to
be free from the visits of the exciseman. Westminster and
Bath might make a sacrifice to get rid of the window
duties ; while Manchester, with more reason, pronounces
the worst possible tax to be the tax on raw cotton, the
material of our staple manufacture. The more active
and agitating of the agriculturists lose sight of the
t income-tax in the grand, but impossible, conception of
escaping from four millions and a half of malt-tax.
The merchants trading with China think of cheapen-
ing the cup which " cheers, but not inebriates,"
rather than the beer-pot, and would barter, perhaps,
mole than an income-tax, for a reduction of the tea duty to
a shilling a pound. With so many powerful parties urging
the remission of particular taxes, the Government and Par-
liament are in some danger of forgetting that the country at
large would not consider the benefit of any one of these re-
missions an equivalent for its sufferings from the income-tax.
We are not insensible to the evils which attend our indirect
taxes, or to the great advantages which the removal or re-
duction of many of them would confer upon the national in-
dustry. The excise duties on soap, paper, and glass, fur
instance, operate as prohibitions of improvement in those
departments of industry. The revenue Acts prescribe certain
processes which must be followed, and will not permit expe-
riments, or the application of the most recent scientific
discoveries. Thus, chemical manufactures are conducted
nearly upon the principles which prevailed a hundred
years ago, and are practically little better than if Davy
and Liebig had never existed. It would be a great good to
get rid of these taxes ; but the public at large would feel it
1
a much greater good to get rid of the income-tax. Even the
reduction of a shilling a pound in the price of tea, the
greatest boon to which the continuance lot the income-tax
is likely to lead, would be considered a sorry substitute for
the removal of that tax itself. If Sir Robert Peel, in pro-
posing his property and income-tax for three years more,
does not intend it to be permanent, what sound objection
can there be to confining it to income arising from property?
For three years the possessors of the most precarious incomes
have borne equal burdens with those entitled to incomes of
1 the same amount in perpetuity. Every clerk struggling to bring
a tp a family decently on 3/. a week, and having even that sum
4 iminished by some little insurance upon his life, that lie may
1 of leave his children to starve, has already paid 10/. 2s. 6d.
11 tcome-tax. The owner of a capital of 5,0001. in the Three
p er-Cents., or of a property in fee-simple which would sell
5. ,r nearly that sum, has paid no more. Would it be unjust
ts ) continue the tax upon the latter parties, and to exempt
Cies clerk for the next period of three years ? We believe
-that, at the end of that time, he would still have borne far
itnhcowoebtjeliactinolniiss realtat
cslainarbeecfutilgieedpuabgliacinbsutrditelidisir.e(ll7
at fact, all
fizsplioyulithequalgains.
Tfohrecerntaoctblii
tious an interference with private affairs as Can as vessa-
' well be
commercialiletaryst.ourpocioillectrig dr.
and falsehood ; an
cruel severity and injustice. W e
those who pay it with snore
imagined. No taxdcannoiifeee ecraanspornesiasnta:poenmpttliaetionnlsa.
jtooriftr)a,uo,df
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ar ups
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in the employ
the stairs
SUDIDEN DEATH AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—Yesterday
eks,t ay
tisu
builder,an name‘dv
mCoker,
ascending
. of Hezirz 7 the Eighth's Gateway, when he suddenly fell back
against il doorway on the first landing, apparently in a fit.
lic
"f°37nl rm." l'aatetst, chnero'licla
Mr. Ha iderness, surgeon, was immediately in attendance,
who pronounced that the poor fellow had died install-
-,taiaeou,sl‘q •