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London, England, 1842-03-22 00:00:00

ouiN, Ldv...N.LPUN, TUESDAY EVENING-. MARCH 22, 1842.

every family. He gave his card, and civilly asked per-
mission to attend the inquest, and while the butler or
one of the upper servants left to make inquiry, a large
powerful coarse-looking .man came into the hall and
rudely accosted him with the words "What's this ? Who
are you ?" No time was given for expostulation, for he
was instantly ejected by great force into the street. Any
remarks on such a violent • and unprovoked assault
would be thrown away on a vulgar menial like this, and
we have therefore only noticed the brutal act in order to
call the attention of Colonel Fox, or some of the rela-
tives of the deceased to the subject. Other reporters
were admitted, and we would therefore suggest the pro-
priety of an inquiry to ascertain the reason why one was
excluded and others admitted.
THE TORY INCOME TAX.—As the Tamworth Quack's
chances of persuading the people into a belief that the
Income Tax is the best of all possible taxes, diminish, his
" buoyancy and alacrity of spirit" diminish in like pro-
portion. He is now becoming quite pensive, with a
dash of spleen to diversify his melancholy, and ex-
presses a truly pathetic astonishment that there should
he the slightest difference of opinion on the subject of
his pet Nostrum. He cannot understand what pos-
sible objection there can be to a standing army of tax-
gatherers; and is horror-struck at the fast increasing
unpopularity of his pick pocket system of legislation
The Income tax, he says, is the impost of all others most
likely to suit the delicate sensibi,lity of John Bull's poc-
ket ; and therefore he is resolved to make him happy and
comfortable, in spite of himself. Egregious Quack !
His patient is suffering under atrophy, and he treats him
for plethora. He is weak, languid, and exhausted, and
by way of recruiting his strength, he claps horse-leeches
on him, in the shape of tax-gatherers I When Chan-
cellor Oxienstern said, two centuries ago, to his son,
"My child, see with how little wisdom a country is
governed !" it is evident. to us that he must have had a
prophetic eye to the administration of Sir Robert Peel.
COLONIAL. ASSES. We learn on good authority that
Petitions are everywhere getting up in the agricultural
• districts against the proposed reduction of duty on Co-
lonial Asses, as it will tend to depreciate the value of the
home-growth of Buckinghams, Knatchbulls, &c.
When Sir Robert Peel was asked what was his prin-
cipal reason for reducing the duty on Colonial Asses, he
replied, that it was to gratify the fellow-feelings of his
long-eared supporters in Parliament, veho would no doubt
be pleased with such a show of attention to the interests
of their " Colonial' brethren.
The Court is expected to leave town this afternoon for
Windsor Castle for the holidays. Three o'clock is the
hour fixed for the departure of the Queen and Prince
Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Royal, attended by the Royal suite.
Lady Peel and family left town this morning for
Brighton. Sir Robert remains in town, but is expected
to join her Ladyship and family at the end of the week,
and to remain during the holidays.
THE ARMY.—Consoquent upon the augmentation of
six Regiments, the following corps are to be brought
home from North America, viz., the Foot Guards, the
56th, 67th, 69th, and 70th Regiments.

AND

)obit c f4rptitiln.,

" Who runs may read."

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
QUARTE.4 TO 771 REE.
Money has become exceedingly s carc e, and for a loan for a
day or so, coma :ands the rate of 8 per cent., and for a week
4 per cent. This is to be attributed to the necessity of pledg-
ing a quantity of Stock which had been privately pur-
chased for money, and is now to be taken up. Under
the pressure of these sales, prices have declined still more, and
Consols are marked 89',' 893 for Money. and 89 for the Ac-
count. Bank Stock has been sold at 1691- for the opening ;
New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. at 99, and 99A, for immediate
transfer. India Bonds bear a premium of 95., and Exchequer
Bills, 28s. to 30s.

The Foreign Market is comparatively neglected, and hardly
a purchase has been made. The price of Brazilian is 65 • of
the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52A to 52%; of the
Five per Cents., 10:;A to 1033. The quotations for Mexican
are 41 for Money and 411 for the Account; Spanish, 24i
to 241.
From the state of the English Stocks, Shares have been neg-
lected, and the only sales have been a few Brighton, at 36}
and the Croydon Trunk, ]3%.
The Harnburgh Mail brings the price of Gold, 434, and the
Exchange or, London, 13s.
The course adopted by the French Ministry in postponing
the alteration in the Sugar Duties, has caused great discontent
in the various commercial ports.
By the arrival of the lowa from New York, which sailed on
the 26th February, some further information relative to the dis-
pute between the French authorities, and those of St. Domingo
is obtained. Nothing decisive has occurred on either
side, the foimer power having a strong fleet in the roads
consisting of a frigate, two oorvettes, and three smaller vessels,
while the latter had strengthened the fortifications, armed the
batteries, and made every preparation for repelling any attack
which might be made. Matters bore an outward appearance
of tranquillity, but it was to be feared that beneath this appa-
rent quiet, cause for serious alarm existed.
Mexico by the latest accounts had become settled, but was doubted if Tobasce had returned to its dependence on the Fede-
ral Government.

•
PIICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
ILWAYS. raid. Per Share.
London anc Brighton ... 50 ...... to
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 to --
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 21.—A very poor
demand was experienced for Railway Shares this morning, and
the sales were fevr, without material alteration in prices.
Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 41. ss. Bd. ; Morth Midland
Thirds, 22 2.3rds, ex dix ; Great Western Halves, 63*;
Western, 17i.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 21.—Was without
animation ; but a fair quantity was sold at the former prices
The sales comprised about 4,000 bales, including 200 good fair
American for export; and 800 Sutats at 3iit. to 4d. ; 150
Bahia, 6d. to 7d. ; 30 Maranham, at 6d.; 50 Egyptian, and
2,970 American, at 40. to 6d.
MANCHESTER STOCK LYCRA NQ E, MA.RCH 21.—Our
Market to-day has been again very quiet. Pric sof Railway
Stock are generally firm, but for Banks the tendency is down-
ward. Manchester and Leeds, 79i to SO cx. div. ; Ditto Half-
Shares, 35i cum. div. ; Ditto, Quarters, 4* ex. div. ; Midland
Counties, Quarters, 20 to 20i ; North Midland, 69 to 71.

ELECTOR COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
WEYMOUTH.
The argument on Ludlow's case being concluded, the vote
was kept on.
The vote of Mr. lrye, also objected to, was retained on the
petitioner's poll. This exhausted Class No. 1.
Joseph C. Rodwell was objected to by the sitting Member.
and the petitioners gave up the vote.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 22.—Wind at noon, W. to N.W.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 21.—Arrd. Broad Axe, Monte Video,
with loss of anchor and cable. Sailed, Astrea, Rio.
OFF DOVER, MARCH 21.—Marquis Breadalbane, Mauri-
tius ; Quebec, New York ; Columbus, Bahia, for Hamburgh ;
Hebe, Hamburgh.
DEAL, MA RCH 2l—Wind N. N.E. , fresh. —Arrd. Mary Ann,
Edey, Shields, and sailed for China. Arrived from the River
and sailed, Black Nymph, Singapore; Osceola, Bombay; Bee
and Pekin, st. John's New Brunswick ; Duke of Norfolk, St.
Kitts. Sailed Trinidad, Havannah.
L WER root, MARCH 21.—Wind N., fresh. Arrd. Science,
Adams, Mobile. The Hawk, hence to Marseilles, is ashore in
Carnarvon ..ay, crew saved.
I3E A UMARI s.—Arrd. Amelia, Neary, for Shoal, with loss of
bulwarks, Sc.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Wit d N.N.E. Arrd. Me..
diator, London, and sailed for New York. Ski. H. M. Ships
Queen and Formidable, Mediterranean; Aladdin, South Seas;
Wilmot, Sydney, New South Wales ; St. Nicholas. New York.
TORBAY, Marten 20.—Slit Sarah Maria, and Ann, Algoa
Bay; Abel Gower, Jamaica; Ma garet, Bernbay ; Eliza, St.
Helena ; with the rest of the outward bound.
DARTMOUTH, MARCH 20.—S1d. Geneva, Virginia.
PLYMOUTH, MAncir 21.—Wind N. Sid. most of the out-
ward bound.
FALMOUTH, Marten 20.—Wind. W. N. W.to N. W., strong
gales with violent squalls.—Arrived off, Etna, Shaw, Port-
au-Prince, sailed 13th ult., and proceeded for Hamburgh.
Conic, 11.attur 19.—Arrd. Native, Keogh, Ancona.
STROMNESS, MARCH 16.—The Janet Brown, from Dundee
to New York, has put in here, with loss of sails, long-boat,
stove, and a number of bales wet in the hold.
HULL, MARCH 2l.—Wind, N.N.W., strong breeze.—Sid.
Rhine, Seville.
LocH RYAN.—Arrd. Blake, Liverpool, for New Orleans.
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NOMONB
HE MARKETS.(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was a steady business done, but no particular varia-
tion took places in prices.

- TEA MARKET.
At the public sales there was little variation in raluP
not above one half of the quantity was sold. Cornrano. , our
flat, at Is. Mid. to Is. loid. per lb., cash. , Congou,
TALLARKET.
Prices are giving way; the Market
quantity on hand, and a fallinr,

was heavy, with a large
.4 in the delivery.
....r'EL HAY MARKET.
with a good demand for the fine qualities, or-
., a heavy trade, but prices remained without alteration

WHITECH
A good supply
dinary sort

MR. EDNEY'S ANNUAL CONCERT.
The ahott tbncert was delivered last night to a numerous
tor. 4 respectable audience, at the Music-hall, Store-street.
Miss Itainforth's name need only be mentioned, to say that she
was the charmer of the night. Her cavatina of " Peace in-
viting" was sung with that degree of ornate and beautiful pro-
priety which so distinguishes whatever she undertakes. The
pianoforte was touched twice in the evening by Miss Lewellin, and Ma.ter A. Toulman ; the latter possesses great soft-
ness of touch • he runs over the keys with a velvet
hand, and will, no doubt, make a fine-fingered master ;
the former lady executed her "fantasia" with rapid-
ity and skill, out her style of expreysion is, as yet,
somewhat rigid, and requires to be more softened and tnodu-
lated, a desidet at urn which further practice will easily effect.
Mr. Robinson, who gave " The Kiss" and " Wake, lady,
wake," dispatched those light love-lilts with due nicety and•
daintiness. The two Misses Pyne performed a creditable duet:
much of what may be rightly termed tnellifluence exists in Miss
L. Pyne's voice. Miss Dolby sustained her voice well in the
difficult Italian duet " Fiero ineontro," with Miss Ilainforth.
Mr. Edney's " Country cornmissmns from Laura May," and
other whimsical and fantastic songs which he gave, provoked an
immense deal of laughter, and were abundantly repaid with
plaudits.

Mr. LAWRENCE'S BENEFIT.—Mr. Lawrence, the
treasurer of the Surrey, takes his benefit to night at this
theattc. Bellini's opera of La &vim/mint/a leads the enter-
tainments, the principal characters of which will be sustained
.by Mr. Leffler, Mr. Allen, and Mrs. H. P. Grattan. The
burlesque of the Beggar's Opel a, as hitherto performed at the
Adelphi, will be chiefly sustained by Paul Bedford and Wright.
Mr. T. Thompson's humorous tableaux vivants, with his enact-
ment of the Dumb Man of Manchester, will conclude the
evening's disp!ay.
R. ADAMS'S ORRERY.—Mr. C. Adams delivered
the first of his lectures on Astronomy last night at the Adelphi
Theatre, to a numerous and respectable audience, and his ex-
planation of planetary phenomena by means of transparencies
and moving sceneries, was correct. and splendid. After describ-
ing the earth and its phases under a variety of influences, Mr.
Adams represented the !nfluence of the sun arid moon in pro-
ducing spring and neap tides on his transparent apparatus,
on which were visible the earth and moon, with the
water following the latter as she revolves round the earth,
and also showing the solar tide as alternately raised
and depressed by the sun, as the sun and moon respectively
change their line of direction. The proportions, however, of
the depth of water, compared to the small scale of the planets,
are sornewhq out of order. The illevlivions of the s.ecund !AA
of the lecture, repres,,,LLivo Oft
.j.,teats,
were represented with truth and clearness, toad the lecture ap-
Feared to Five general satisfaction.

S RI MARY OF ME

FOREIGN.
The Paris Opposition journals continue to make objections
to the proposed treaty of commerce between France and Great
Britain, and which, it would appear, would encounter much
difficulty and delay.
The National discredits the reported impending break up of
the present Administration, "because," says the National,
" the Ministry would only be changed for a worse, and there
would be great difficulty in finding for it such a successor."
A return of the commercial navy of France is published
in these papers, from which it appears that the total number of
merchant vessels afloat is 15,417 ; of ,this number 133 are
steamers. These ri turns show that there are in the commer-
cial navy of France only 24 ships the tonnage of which exceeds
500 tons.

M. Benjamin Delefsert, President of the Administration of
the Savings' Banks of Paris, presented his report of the ope-
rations and situations of those banks during the year 1841, on
the 19th ir.st. According to that document, the investments
amounted in the year to
.... 40,041,548 f. 30e.
and the reimbursements to 26,911,458f. 78c.

leaving an increase of 13,130,089f. 52c.
which, addel to the sums deposited in the
Treasury cn Dec. 31, 1841.

constituted a total of 83,485,427f. 30c.
invested in the savings banks of Paris. As compared with
1840, the investments showed an increase in 1841 of 5,245,000 f.,
and the reimbursements a diminution of 6,883,000 f.
The Committe cf Deputies on the BudAet hrard on Satur-
day the explanations of the Alinistc r for Forsign A frau s respect-
ing the increase of salaries to diplomatic agents, and the new
Consulats proposed for that department. '1 he Committee
agreed to the nomination of Consuls for Canton, Mazatlan
( :so exicwantava port),
t
terey (Mexico), Newcastle, Panama, Erzeroun, ninon!
(
Moscow, Belgrade, Jerusalem, Mon -
);nd Port Louis (Mauritius). Time tor Ja-
neiro licit° ( Ottoman Empire), and Djedda, were refused. The
Committee also declined to increase the salaries of the Marquis
de Dalmatia, at Turin, and M. Chasselnup Laubst, Minis'er at
Frankfort. The creation of a diplomatic post. at Buenos Ayres
was approved of, as also an increase of sa:ary for Monte Video
The increase asked for the Consul at Edinburgh was accorded,
but refused to Dublin and Lit crpool.
The Patriota states, under date Algesiras, the 7th instant,
that a Dutekschooner, having on board 250 musket-barrels,
and bound for Marseilles, had put into Gibraltar, but that the
Governor, at the request of the Spanish Consul, had ordered
her to weigh anchor and depart. The insurrectionary Junta
existing at Gibraltar had lately received remittances a-nount-
ing, it was said, to $15,000.
The Eco del Comercio publishes a notice from the first
Alkalde of Xirnena de la Frontera, dated the 4th instant, an-
nouncing that 2,700 muskets an a quantity of ammunition
had been seized by the 13, itish authorities, in the Bay of Gib-
raltar, on board a vessel belongin3 to the enemies of Spanish
liberty.

PAULL% WhE.T.i'lataialr.
The Duke of Wellington announced lash night that he would
this day move the adjournment to April 7. A few petitions
were received, a few papers were laid on the tab'e, the Eeclesie
astical Residences Bill was read a second Cnie,and a Bill to de.
fine the jurisdiction at• Quarter Session was read a first time and
then their Lord hips adjourned.
The Speaker informed the House that the petition against the
return of Messrs. Cochrane and Mitchell for Bridport is not to
be prosecuted.
In answer to Mr. Duff, Sir Robert Peel rdmitted that he
could make no progress with the tarifa before Easter.
In answer to Mr. Lindsay, Sir Rolm Peel stated that the
Governor-General of India bad been ordered to inquire into
the price of opium at the time it was sized at China.
In answer to Mr. Shaw, Lord Eliot said that no alteration
was to be made in the appropriation' of the grant for education
in Ireland.
A brief discussion took place as to the business of the House,
in which Sir R. Peel expressed his determination to adhere to
his own plaits, and force forward his 'income tax proposition as
fast as possible; thereupon Lord John Russell gave notice that
he should divide the House against it at every stage.
The Mou=e went into a Committee of Ways and Means, and
the resolution to impose an income tax was again put.
Mr. Hawes opposed it in a speech of some length, concluding
with a declaration that he would oppose the measure by all the
means in his power.
Mr. Alderman Thompson supported the resolution, and held
up some raffish states as a warning for us.
Sir W. Clay admitted the financial difficulties, but con-
tended it could be remedied without having recourse to a pro-
perty tax.
A censiderable'debate ensued, Mr. C. Wood and Sir George
Grey being two of the chief speakers, as hich terminated at a
Quarter-past One, after two divisions, in both of which the
Tories had large majorities, by the Chairman reporting pro-
wess and obtaining leave to sit again on'Wednesday.
istaBTACC Od'INIOZT.
The Morning Advertiser, speaking of the opinions of the
Tory Press on the subject of the income tax, says :—" They
cannot afford to compliment the Minister at the expense of
their own circulation, and they know pretty well that there is
scarcely one in a hundred of their readers who does riot scout
the income tax, in the shape in which Sir Robert Peel seems
resolved to force it down, as one of the most oppressive mea-
sures that the present generation has ever been subjected to."
The Post observes of the income tax :—" This is the mu-
' meut at which the aid of a really Conservative Press to the
Government of the country is most required. All taxes are, of
course, unpopular— an income tax is especially so, because it is
so obviously a tax, and because not only the reality but the
hope of evading it is forbidden. But this much all we Con-
servatives admit, that the time has come for making a great
exertion to restore the country to a sound financial condition,"
The Times says i—" In our yesterday's article on the pro •
posed income tax we observed, that the principles on which
such a tax must be founded--the only principles on which a
rich man can at any tittle be called upon to contribute more to
the defence or edunnistrati in of the country than a poor one
—*ere, first, that he could afford to pay ; secondly, that ho
received a greater amount of valuahlelpretection from the
State. Except upon these ptinciplet, we cannot conceive why
a tax ahould take the form of a per tentage on income at ally in its steal we should not impose an equable poll-tax,
say ss. per head per annum, on all her Majesty's taxable sub-
jects, putting those into prison who have not the money to pt.
And on those principles we aro at a loss to utelerititha how Sir
R. Peel can refuse the practical tbisidusion which seems to us
to flow from it inevitably and immediately."
The Chronicle thus refers to the income fax:—"lt is by
stealing a march on public opinion that such an unjust tax can
be imposed on the country. The necessities of the eottntfy
are not such as to reconcile it to the most WINO' and unfair of
all conceivable imposts, without taking into consideration the
inquisitorial machinery by which alone the tax on trades and
professions can be raised. It is, in every sense of the word, a
revolutionary tax. Under the pretence of subjecting all in-
comes to the same rate, the most revolting injustice is about to
be perpetrated. No distinction is made between capital atid
interest."
The Herald, notic;ng e tOmrnunication from a Correspon-
dent, signed " Mitt Englishman," on the subject of the in-
come tax, makes the following remarks :—" The real question
is that put by John Englishman, Is justice done to all classes
when, in imposing an income tax, the higher is let tie at abet
is really a lighter rate than that pad by the middle
class? Sir Robert Peel may depend upon it that, should
he carry through the House of Commons his presetat
proposition, he will thereby establish a grievance in a
section of the commuaity in a matter *hith trust tell
against him at the next general election. t Next after the
cravings of physical want,' most truly writes Mir eerrespottdent,
T' thhei sdfeeling
whoifehgrsieirvanncoebehratstb4einhtinsetgrigteite§t political actor.'
tax is not, John Englishstan pints out, aebireicom
de-
fect—to lay an unvarying per centa;e on properties of all
I.aafnteet unavoidable
kinds is not essential to such an impost.; and what the people
have a right to dematid from Sir Robert Peel is not merely a
good measure, Out the best possible measure that can t
devised."
ate—
I3r=—Tit CE.
At a mentitta taf the Proprietors of the Ltndon and Green-
wich itailWay, at the London Tavern yesterday, it was stated
that there was a balance in hand, after every deduction, of
9311. 9%. 3d. The passenger traffic showed a decrease of
1,635/., compared with the ,pretettling half gear; hut thb
ths.er4ted.y,easntedrdthaey.payTmheenttos,tainl reeiu2gts
widows
rdotwhes
Brighton tolls had increased to T 37/. 13a. sch
The Artists' Benet &tat Fuhd held thair annual meeting at
year r Fewer reraml7l24t.
end orphans, to 1,182/. 11s., leaving a balance in hand of
651.
AL Os. 4d.
ilaWstere"r, hater g!rotained a verdict on
Saturday last, at the York Assizes, against his employer; named
Sykes, for false and malicious imprisenrnenh and darhaftes WerE
Divers squabbles hall
haveetors
eeifvit,lnGreenw a-eier
returned at 20/.
ialeu Occur, Si between the proprie
'eaompany and the watermen, who
a pier adjacent to the former. Ye.terday, at the
...ansion-hrotse, three labouring men, employed by the Coths
pany, appeared in answer to a charge with unloading a quantity
of soil into the River, thereby obstructing access to the Water-
mens' Pier, and injuring their traffic and business. The de..
fondants were tined Vs. each, which was foregone by the City
Solicitor, on promise of non-repetition
Thomas Bertram, who carried on the business of a draper at
Seven Oaks, Kent, and whose debts for a period of nine or ten
months, lad accumulated to about 1,400/. underwent examis
nation before the Bankruptcy Court yesterday; his statement
of a burglary upon him to the amount of 115/. in cash, and
250/. in goods, being doubted. The. Court remarked on the
suspicion of the case, but were of opinion he must be re'eased
from his present position, while the evidence was not sufficient
to commit him to Newgatc.
Wiliam Pitts was tried at the Exeter assizes, en Saturday,
on the charge of murdering, and subsequently robbing Nathaniel
Bennett, in the parish of St. Leonard's, last
.July. The priso-
ner was acquitted of the mut der, found gtvity of the robbery,
and sentenced to fiften }ears transportation.
The Master of the Molls drcided yesterday the case of
Strange against Dr. Turner and others, which was a suit
brought by the plaintiff to obtain the dissolotieti of an injunc-
tion granted to restrain the defendants from recovering the
l ehec 1 1
amount of two bills of exchange, for 2,0001. ato be due SECONDARI ES.—(T El IS DAY )
by the plaintiff. The order to dissolve the injunction was Mr. Secondary James sat in the Court of Common Pleas,
made absolute by the Court.
a' IV C
arin) scra. x • Guildhall, to-day. o case of interest cams before the Court.
The Admiralty 1 b d T
INSO LVEN' 0 —(T 11 IS DAY)
natives near Cape
Commander Sxyring, who was killed by the
ILE JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK.
Roxo, on the coast of Africa, in December, 1833, while making
The insolvent in ibis case was the well bitten and popular
'a situaeion in esomerset
lave estoa•e on Mt Slc.•ring., the widow of
observations for the Goeerninent, House. actor. He had been already heard in Court, and new *peered
on his final examinati n.
ahe anaount cc ft his debts and liablities exceeded 000/. ,
literary topics. In 1827 he published thrrit'ar_rdsaihirat:r,.'. while Mr. Comte. who appeared his behalf, said a consider..
Journal Asiatque, on the emphyment of " able suni had become arahablt. to h,s creditors by the sale of
of the camps
The late Earl of Munster occasionally employe'. himself on
me:tries. lie has also uliislie.l an eount
o r shorti property in Brighton, and ihe disposal of a quantity af furni-
tut.. at his house in Sunni esh place Hyde • era squere which
i
AI • -
of latt9 in Sled. alit Perineal, together with • co
tributions to lighter lite' atore. was origin .11y purchased liii 2,0001, but only reached I,ooe/.
s I- 0 st.Trizo-,
Heeth on by the sale.
r. Holkham, a draper in Brighton, who was a large (Ire-
Saturday at the Black Dog. Bedfont.
ditor, was examined atgreat length eonce-r in.- the execution
deer will be uncartel at Stoke Common, about two miles from
The Que.. n's hound, meet to. morrow(amt lEeo,srter
Monday. the
the station at S'oueh. i of a deed by the insolvent, for the purpose of protecting his
(Ice teeehr r ossereeethalartrem- property from the cred tors, and stated that it had now been
handed into Court, so as to render the property indiscrimi-
FrTidhaye,Roinglaitylln
visit to
C. Arbuthnot a
toth eDuukte(i)rr rriv
d Wellington,at Afrpos,lenyh osu seat
e on
nee ly available to the whole body or creditors.t i
n
Northamp onshire. The Learned CostattsstoNen expressed himself satisfied
'
The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave Apslev House with the course purseed by th noolvent in passing through
tomorrow, for Strathfield,aye. the Court, and ordsrecl hirn.to be discharged torthwith.
It is reported that he Earl of Jersey
will receive the Ga•t: r 'II.E L
vacant by the death of the Duke of Norfolk. , The insolvent was. described MER.
as a horse dealer, residing in
The alarchieness Of Londonderry will open Holderne,s Liverpool. Aco siderable number of creditors appeared in
House on the 7h of April. his schedule, whilst his assets were very trifling. His petition
The Earl of Liverpool has left town for Pitchford, Shrews. to be discharged was supported by Mr. Woodroffe.
bury.
Mr. COOKE appeared in opposition on beha'f of several
ZYSIS CELLA:47EI7S.
eath of creditors, and examined the insolvent touching the disposal of
This is the annivereary of the d
Goethe in 1812, and several horses which it was alleged had been sent out of Eng-
between the hours of 11 and 4,
of the burning of Archbishop Cramer in 1556. . land to the Continent by his son. It appeared that he sold
The State apartments of Windsor Caetle will be opened to i two horses for 165/., and being out late at night in Liverpool,
the public, as usual, on and after Monday next, the 28th inst., he met three females of loose character, who stole the money
Weatiesdays and •&turtle% s out of his pordees, he succeeded in gct'irg back oily 2(1.
, TllO
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Ronconi will be here by the end of the week; and about the t vete use, for the purpose oftlefrauding his creditore; but the insol-
same time Madame Frezzeiini and Signor Poggi are expected, 1. vent swore positively to the truth of the statement, and read an

So early as the year 925 the office of Coroner was in ex-
istence, a, Appears by a Chaiter of King Athelstan's to Beverly.
Edward the Fourth was the first who empowered the mayor
and Commonalty of London, among other privileges, to elect
a Corouer.

LAW IN TELLIG-ENCE.
VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice.-Chncellor WIGRAM.)
BULTEEL V. LORD AIIINGER.—JUDGMENT.
His Hosoun gave judgment in this cause. The plaintiff
was Mr. John Butted, and the defendants were Lord Abinger,
Sir Edmund Curry, and Mr. Benjamin Curry. The prayer of
the bill was that the agreement made and entered into be-
tween the defendant, Mr. Benjamin Curry, for himself, and as
the ngent of Lord Abinger and Sir Edmund Curry, with the
plaintiff, for the sale and purchase of the Rapley or Bagshot
estate, might be specifically performed. The real question in
the cause was whether Mr. Benjamin Curry was the agent of
Lord. Abinger, lawfully authorised to make the contract in
question. The plaintiff and the defendants were appointed
trustees under the will of the late Duke Of Gloucester,
and by a deed executed on the 28th of February, 1835, cer-
tain estates were vested in them upon trust for sale ; the Bag-
shot estate had been put up for sale by auction on three occa-
sions, namely,—on the 21st July, 1835, on the 7th June, 1836,
and on the 22d June, 1838, but without sums; ; it appeared
that on the last occasion the reserved bidding was 25,000/. ;
Mr. Benjamin Curry, who was a solicitor, appeared to have
been entrusted by his co-trustees with the execution of several
acts in relation to the estate. After the last auction
endeavours were made to effect a sale by private con-
tract, the trusters requiring each bidder to make his
offer, ;rid then the other bidders were to be applied
to in order to ascertain whether they would make any advance.
His Honour then proceeded to refer to the treaty entered into
by the enaintiff with Mr. Benjamin Curry and Sir Edmund
Curry, for the purchase of the edate, and all facts and cor-
respondence in relation to it, down to the signing of the con-
tract between Mr. Benjamin Curry, Sir Edmund Curry, and
the plaintiffs, on the 30th of July, 1833. On the 14th March,
1839, the bill was fled by the pla;ntiff—it had been amended
twice, and the :eve: al answers of the defendants having been
put in, the cause csme on for hearing on the 3d of the present
month. The plaintiff undertook to prove two things—first,
that Mr. Benjamin Curry was the agent of Lord Abinger,
lawfully authorised to sign the contract to the plaintiff; and
secondly, that Mr. Benjamin Curry's letter was a sufficient note
or memorandum of that contract for the purposes of that sale.
In answer to the plaintiff's argument, the Counsel for Lord
Abinger had ern:tended—first, that Mr. Benjamin Curry was
not the leent for Lerd Abinger, "lawfully authorised' to sign
the contract to the plaintiff; secondly, that admitting the letter
of Mr. Besjamin Curry, of the 26th of July, 1833, to have
been in the absence of a sufficient note or memorandum in
writing, a contract for the sale of the estate to the plaintiff,
it could not be enforced in that suit ; and, thirdly,
that supposing Mr. Benjamin Curry was authorised by Lord
'Abinger to sell the estate, it bad been a breach of trust.
The plaintiff insisted that the authority of Nr, Benjamin
Curry was implied by the manner in which the trusts had
generally been executed, and secondly, that a special authority
was given to him to sell the estate, by Lord Abinger's letter of
the 23d of July, 1836 Mri Bei jamin Curry, in his answer
stated. that in the sale of Gloucester-house, of certain share;
in public'companies, and in the sale of the small plots of land
on the Bagshot estate, be had acted as agent for the trustees—
that in the sale by public auction he had acted in the same
capacity, and that in the execution of the contract to Sir. Bul-
teel, he considered himaci a.; ectilig upon the authority of Lord
Abinger. Sir Edmund Curry, in his answer, stet d that, under
the circumstances, he did not believe the contract of the plain-
tiff was binding, inasmuch as he did not believe that the de-
fendant, Mr. Benjamin Ctiery, had flee authority to make the
content binding upon Lord Abinger ; and, ;re fate, he did not
at the time consider or suppose that any agreement With the
plaintiff was finally concluded. His Honour said he was very
strongly inclined to concur in the views taken by Sir Edmund
Curry of his dttly its trtistte i he felt confident that if Sir Ed-
mund Curry and Mr. Benjamin nifty had insole a contract to
Mr.. Scariett to sell the estate to him for 23,0001., Whilst the
plaintiff was wiling to give 26,000/., and Lord Abinger, with
the knowledge of that first, had attempted to effect the sale of
the estate to his son, a Court of Equity would not have given its
sanction to that stile, If Lord Abinger would have been
bound in that cage to tefiteri his Assent to the contract,
be was equally hound to refuse, where such 3 rtfusal might
lead some to say that the contract was made in favour
of his son. Giving Mr. Benjamin Curry credit for stating truly
what were his general impressions, it could be scarcely con-
tended, that because, at a Professional man, he was entrusted
by his co-trueteee with ministerial parts of the trusts, he
thereby acquired an authority to sell the estate for 95,000/.
His acting as agent when the estate was put up for sale by
public auction, conferred no such authority. It did not apptar
that in a single instance, before the transaction in question,
Mr. B. Curry had taken upon himself, or considered himself,'
at liberty to act in execution of the trusts of the original inden-
ture without the previous concurrence and sanction of his co-
trustees. The shares in public Companies were a species of
Property which, as an executor, he might have authority to
sell. In the sale of Gloucester House, and of the plots of land
before mentioned, the price was the subject of previous ar-
rangement between himself and his co-trustees. His Honour
observed that he should confess he was wholly unable to under-
stand, under those circumstances, how Mr. Benjamin Curry
could have imagined that he had authority to bind
his co-trustees in making this contract with the plaintiff.
Either of the other trustees might, on the same premises, have
claimed an exclusive right to .deal with the property. He
could scarcely understand how the plaintiff could stop short of
the conclusion that Mr. Benjamin Curry himself, or any of the
other trustees, might have paid the 23,0001., and insisted upon
taking the estate to himself ; for unless the agreement could
be taken this length, he could not understand how any of the
trustees could have a right to deprive the estate of
the benefit of that cotnpetion which had been uniformly secured
to it up to the 25 hof July 1833. Mr. Benjamin Curry's answer
was not evidence against Lord Abinger; the plaintiff's case
mutt stand or fall by the correspondence in the cause. That
preceding the contract was entirely of a neutral character, but
as far as it had any bearing upon it it tended to negative the
esittence of such an authority. His Honour then read the
letter of • the 93d of June, 1839, written by Mr. Ben-
jamin Curry to Sir Edmund Curry, and informing
him of Mr. Bulteel's offer of 25,000/., and recommending
that that offer should be accepted at once, as Mr. Bolted was
going abroad. Then folloveed a letter of the 24th of June„
1838, from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who had
been in treaty for the purchase of she estate, offering 24,000/.
His Honour then read passages from the evi,ience of Mr.
Wilmcri who was the partner of Mr: Benjamin Curry, and in-
timately Acquainted with the history Of the transactions,
for the purpose of showing what was his view of
the position of the parties previous to the contract.
Looking at that evidence, and coupling it with
the other evidence in the cause, he had no hesitation in saying
dna Sir Edrntied Ctirrf did yet consider himself or Mr. Benja-
iiiiii CiirrY at libnily to thake tltfi, etilitract frith the plaintiff on
behalf of Lord Abinger. Then cal e Mr. Benjamin Curry's
letter to Lord Abinger of the 26th of July, 1838, which was so
much relied upon by the plaintiff. In that letter occurred the
following passage t "My brother agreed that under
the Cithittnstantel, tie ought to close the bargain,
atid that tit Might rest assured of your approbation," Lord
Abinger 6 colitinl clinteilded thet that pas-nee was an admis-
sion by Mr. Benjamin Curry that Abinger's consent
was necessary to confirm the contract ; whilet the ceirnsel for
the plaintiff contended that it imparted nothing more than the
desire of an agent to find that his principal approved of his
eflndlict. He could not tOneer in the latter construc-
tion. The words In his viten inure kWh rie would be
Used by a person Whts was asking fir sanction of an
authority which tie had eteuffied. Bet, if he entertained
any doubt on that point, t would lee eetirely ternariesl by the
letter of Mr. Benjamin Curry to Lord Abinget, Of the 27th of
July, 1838. If Mr. Benjamin Curry had felt himself in the
posh ion which was stated. ha would hire ; emonstrated with
Lord Abinger for hi. unworthy conduct; instead of which he
wrote as follows:—" I have received your letter. which places
us in a difficulty. He leitisteest upon tilt, word bseause it ^ a
manifest from the context that it includal Lii-d Abinger,
find that the difficulty which affected all the trustees
from Lord Abinger's havMg re eased one pu chaser before he
had made site of a--.other. "It leaves Mr. Inulteed free, and
he )itie etnned td the I must conclude that any delay
.r...De hiattlin,tufri befit. as: .tti ten era his
letters that Lord Abinger gnen PsigdWjelll
to conclude a We. But even supposing that he was Wren in
thinking that the tendency of the correspondence and evideeee
was to disprove Mr. Beneernin Curry's authority, his conclu-
ioil eitien part ttl4 aye eeptelel irritably pe the same,
P.M.R7 fhb betTe?Palit!eta e Pitcla
authority, beyond all question such authority was not
prove'
by them, and the absence of evidence to prove that authority
left the plaintiff in es bad a position t 6 Wrttlld oq(ienee which
pegativiii
.Ihate
,hd been argued on both
etees , thee le. eldeetenint! (11$4, reffe,f qf A the 23d
of duly, he should have; regard to the position arid Lai-9..
the parties. He conceived that the defendants had always
ected ern one agreed and uniform plan, with respect to tree.-
sille by prieete eopteact.. , 'I he principle of the dealings
tit Le trusteesfoal to leek ftlf bids, and *hen they had got one
to apply to the entice fire lesno lino* if they would increase their
offer. Upon this nrinei Ole they had beitorettle acted eiScept in the
single instance out of which this litigation Lad 'Pitt
letter of the g3d. of July could not be fairly read se giiing
authority to Mr. Benjamin Curry to sell to Mr. S..carlett,except
in the single ease of his being the best bidder, at a price which
Sir Edmund Curry and Mr. Benjamin Curry should think suffi-
tient and and pretief, it 006+11-nth had not occurred In the
observations he had made he wished it to he thidetetood that he
was persuaded that, throughout the vthole of the
transactions in question, Mr. Benjamin 'Curry had acted
a strictly honest part, but he could not help thinking that he
had allowed the impression made upon his mind in the later
stages of the transaction to influence his judgment with respect
to the earlier. His cenclasion was that tier. B. Curry, under the
letter of the 23d July, 1838, or otherwise, was not the agent of
Lord Abinger " lawfullyauthotise ," to sign the contract in ques-
tion. The Bill, there fore, must be dismissed, and it remained only
that he should decide the question of costs. The plaintiff hav-
ing had full notice of Lord Abinger's objections, the bill, as
egainst Lord Abinger, must be discharged with costs. Sir
Edward Curry, haying been a neutral party, the bill must be
dismissed also against him w.th cogts. But as against 31r.
Benjamin Curry who, though morally innoeent, was unfortu-
nately the cause of this litigation, the bill most he dismissed
without costs.

affidavit from the Clerk in the Criminal Court in Liverpool,
where the females were tried, in corroboration. There was a
further ground of opposition, tor having vexatiously dvlended
an action, whereby the creditor was put to an unnecessary
expense of 301. ; but .the insahcnt -compounded it 1 paying
over 25/.

Mr. Commissioner Manta said he did not think any case
had been established, and he should, therefore, order-the insol-
vent to be iiseharged.

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

if m. Giles, aged 58, was indicted for feloniously stealing a
cheese, the property of Joseph Collins.
The prisoner was a labouring man, and had been employed
by the prosecutor to drive a waggon, containing cheese, to
London. On the waggon being unloaded, a large cheese was
found missing. A search warrant wss taken out against the
prisoner, and the missing cheese was found in his cottage. The
prisoner said his wife had found the cheese.

The CriaramAx summed up the evidence, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty.
The prosecutor strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy,
as he had previously hot uc a good character, and had expressed
his sorrow for v.hat he had done.

He %las sentenced to three months imprisonment
The other cases were of trifling importance, and possessed
no features of public ir.terest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Tebhet was placed a. the bzr before Alderman Sir
G. Carroll, charged with defrauding Thomas Dufney of a piece
of broad cloth, of the value of 203.

It appeared that the prosecutor bad applied to the pri-
soner to pawn a piece of cloth for him, as he was
in want of money. The prisoner agreed to do so, and
the prosecutor accompanied him to a shop in Shoe-
lane, which the prisoner entered. Tic prosecutor waited out-
side for him for upwards of an hour and a half, but the prisoner
did not make his appearance The prosecutor then went into
the shop and found that the prisoner had been gone some time,
taking the cloth with him. On Saturday last the prosecutor
met the prisoner in Sime-lane, and asked him what he had done
with the cloth, the poisoner said that he had pawned it in the
llorouLit for 205., but he had neither got the money nor the
ticket. The prosecutor then gave him into custody.
9he prisoner, in his defence, said that the prosecutor was
in the habit of buying cloth at 3s. a yard, and pawning it for
Bs., anti that was the reasou he had asked him to pawn
the cloth in question. A man of the name of Baker
who was a partner of the prosecutor had get. the ticket and part
of the money.
The Magistrate here stopped the proceedings, and said he
could not deal with the ease, and it was therefore dismissed.

BOW-STREET.-(ThL,S DAY.)
There was no one case possessing in itself the slightest inte-
rest or amusement to the public at large brought before the
Court this, morning. The whole of the proceedings were
" flat, stale,"—we cannot With justice add " unprofitable,"_
seeing that several fines were imposed for drunkenness. The.
whole of the morning charges were got over by a few minutes
after eleven o'clock.

MA R LBORO UGH-SIRE ET.
(Tins I)AY.)
DEFACING GENERAL POST' LETTERS...—. Eenry Roberts,
aged 12 years, the son of a respectable grocer and cheese-
monger, residing in Jermyn-street, St. James's, was placed at
the bar, charged under the circumstances detailed in the fol-
lowing evidence :

111r1 Adam Clark, of No. 132, Jermyn-street, stationer,
stated that he kept a receiving-box for General and Two •
penny-post letters. At intervals, for a considerable time past,
on opening the letter-box of a morning, the letters which it
contained were found to be very, much defaced, through
some dark-coloured liquid, apparently beer mixed with mud,
being poured in from the outside. In many instances the su-
perscription could not be deciphered, and in some cases was
wholly obliterated ; the stamps on the letters post-paid, also,
frequently came off. This mischievous practice being repeated
as often as six or seven times within the last two months, and
numerous complaints having been made by the correspondents
whose letters had been delayed, witness gave information to
the police, which led to the prisoner's apprehension.
Police constable, N0...27, of the C division, stated that last
night he was placed on duty to watch the letter-box at the last
witness's heuie, and about a quarter past ten saw the prisoner
come out of the eln mist's shop with a phial in his hand, with
which he went up in front of the letter-box, and poured part
of the contents into the a?erture for receiving letters. He then
ran into his father's shop, which is about six doors farther on.
Witness afterwards saw the letter box opened, and some dark
gi iii,.'nous mixture was smeared over six of the letters in the
box, so atto render it very difficult to make out the directions.
Witness afterwards apprehended the boy at his father's house.
The father f the prisoner stated, that laq night he sent him
to fetch a phial of :vtuP. of buckthorn, but had never heard of
his playing any tricks, h theletter-box.
possible lo calculate the incon-
11Ir. MALTBY said, it was
',
venience and serious mischief that
ht arise from such prac-
tices; he should, therefore, call upon the .father of the prisoner
to enter into his recognizance of 184., for forthcoming of
his son when called upon to answer any prosecutio2
the autho-
rities of the Post-office might think fit to institute.