The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

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TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. want, he must end his days in a workhouse or 5
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, lunatic as yluin.
VACANCY having occurred in the EAST ter. bY
In the present state of things the following let
A INDIA DIRECTION, by the lamented Death of
Lieut.-Colonel VANS AGNEW, I beg leave, in conformity, Sir Walter Scott, written in the autumn of 1813 r a
with my address of the 3il June last, respectfully to acquaint worthyof notice
you that it is on this. occasion my . .
intention to proceed to the "TO J. RICHARDSON, ESQ., FLUDYER-STREET, %Orr.
ballot. 3IINSTER.
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In previous communications, I have ventured to lay before "My dear-Richardson,--I have owed you a letter tiii,!'
you the grounds on which I rest my pretensions to a seat in the long time, but. perhaps my debt might not yet 17
direction of your affairs. I take this opportunity of returning discharged, had I not a little matter of business
my warmest acknowledgments to the numerous friends who trouble I°__
you with. I wish you to lay before, eiater
have promised me their support, and enabled me•to look for- the King's counsel, 9r Sir Samuel Romilly, or 44
ward with confidence to the result of the ensuing election ; and
other yoq.i. may approve, the point whether _
_et,
' a cop,'
I shall. esteem myself highly honoured and obliged by the
suffrages of those 'Proprietors who are still disengaged,
_and. by right, being sold for the .term during which LP°
an early intimation of their intentions. Anne's Act warranted the property to the author, the
price is liable, in payment of the- property-tax. . 1.,,c011t:
When the day is fixed for the Ballot, I shall take the liberty
of again addressing you, and in the meantime I shall feel most tend it is not so liable for the follelyirilgieasons i----P11.5,,f
thankful to such of my supporters as may be absent from their usual it is a patent right expected' to proatee7-oannual. or `,
place of residence, if they will favour me with their present ad- least an incidental profit, during the cuirJncY of Ina%
dress, that I may be able to forward the necessary Letter of At- years ; and, surely, it was never contended that if a 1113
torney for voting by proxy.—l have the honour to be, Ladies sold a theatrical patent, or a patent for machinery, 11°
'be full
and Gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant, perty-tax should be levied in the first place oil t 5
ELLIOT MACNAGHTEN.
10, Hyde-park-street, May 17,1842. price as paid to the seller,, and then on the profits as
-x-sert
*i„.* Mr. Macnaghten's Committee will sit 'daily at the purchased by the buyer. lam not - very e p
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London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, where, or. to No. 10, figures, but I think it char that a double taxation 1,21, be
Hyde Park-street., all communications are resrectfully re- place. 2. It should be considered that a book mrt.',,
quested to be addressed. the work, not of one year, but of a man's whole li, ei,;
TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. and as it bus been found in a late case of the Dtli‘„
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, of Gordon that a fall of timber was not subject ''t.
A VACANCY in the EAST INDIA DIREC- property-tax, because it comprehended the prod.ueceeer,
30 years, it seems at least equally fair that mental
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TION having been occasioned by the lamented death
of Colonel P. VANS AGNEW, I bag to state that I shall tions should not be subjected to a harder princir_o,
measurement. 3d. The demand is, as far as I can le%,
proceed to the ballot, as intimated in my Address of the 30
June, 1841. • totally new and unheard of. 4th. Supposing that I °lii
The influential and very extensive support with which lam and left my manuscripts to be sold publicly along `'.o,_.
honoured, permits me to entertain confident hopes of success, the rest of my library, is there any ground for taxi r'e,
and I respectfully solicit those' Proprietors who have not yet what might he received for the written book any 110%,
declared their intentions to favour me with their votes and than any rare printed book which any speculative b°.i.oe
influence. seller might purchase with a view of republication ? '-,„,
When the Honourable Court has fixed the day of Election, will know whether any of these things ought to be suAe
I shalt have pleasure in forwarding the usual Proxy Papers, Bested in the brief. David Hume and every lawyer b
where required; and, in the interim, request communications whom I have spoken to, consider the demand illegal.
from my kind supporters, of their wishes as to voting by Proxy "Believe me truly' yours, rr, 0
or in Person, and, especially, as to changes of residence, to avoid " WALTER SCOT.' f
Mr. Lockhart, who published this letter in the
Your faithful servant, Sir W4iter, makes the following observations upun it. e(l
JOHN CLARMONT WHITEMAN. "Mw Richardson having proposed. a case, oldull'sir
London Tavern, May 17, 1842. upon it the opinions of Mr. Alexander (afterwartls er)
Mr. Whiteman's Committee sit Daily at the London Tavern, William Alexander, and Chief Baron of the Exchequers
Bishopsgate-street. and the late Sir Samuel Romilly. These eminent lawir *
' agreed in the view of their Scotch brethren, and, aftelot
tedious correspondence, the Lords of the Treasury 'Ltd
decided that the Income-tax Commissioners sh,.„o,
abandon their claim upon the produce of literary h'erd
I have thought it worth while to preserve some retell,
of this decision, and of the authorities on which it l';,
'n case such a demand should ever be renewed heresit

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
A VACANCY having occurred in 'the DIREC-
TION of your affairs by the Death of Colonel AGNEW,
I have the honour to inform you that it is my determination to
proceed to the Ballot upon this occasion • and from the
numerous promises of support which I have received
since I last presented myself to your notice, I look
with the fullest confidence for a successful result. When the
day of election is fixed the necessary letter of attorney shall
be forwarded to my friends in the country, and if. any of my
supporters in town should also be desirous of voting by proxy,
I beg they will kindly intimate to me their wishes to that effect.
I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your very faithful and obedient Servant,
JAMES OLIPHANT,
Late of the Madras Engineers.
26, Bucklersbury, 17th May, 1842.

The subjoined extract from the Philadelphia Of
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spondence of a contemporary dated the 30th of P-1 of
shows the immense advantages which the peopleA,
this country would derive froth the abolition of
tio°
Corn-laws, and a real, instead, of a mock modifiat
of the tariff. In the pacific prayer of the writer
most heartily join. Those who desire to see ut
than the most amicable relations existing bets' if
England and the CiAted States are the enemies.
civilisation and of both. countries. Nations 5° y
lightened, and whose mutual interests can onlY
promoted by peace, can never have any just gr°9t
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for a barbarian appeal-to arms. It is high time
wars should cease throughout the civilised world'
The spring is this year at least three weeks VI V,
advance than usual, and, as far as a judgment 113,t.V,
formed at so early a period, there is every prehabqV
immensely abundant grain crops. The quantity 0!
devoted to agriculture is this year much increase:if 1,
the general opinion is that flour will be, from $.,1,7tV
per barrel lower than. at present, before tile en' -11
year. In such a case the exports to Em-ope *J
enormous, especially as the tariff on corn suA fl`) o
to
England is about to be reduced, although 1)(3'w:ill!:
sufficient extent, perhaps, to ensure the fulle.l:';
tages of cheap bread to the people. Salt pork 111 bee
has been produced to a greater extent than ha 4100/
wanted, and at some places the price has been less
t apt,
per.ny (English) per pound! Conceive, then, the tioli,o
that might be sent to England if the duty should be
Beef too, is lower than I ever remember it ;
24d.at English, per lb., and sometimes salted at 21bei,
large quantities. Even in Philadelphia, fine sated d
sells retail in the market at 3d. and 3id. ; and by ssAlthi!
giving you the results of practical experience
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city, it will not be out of place to add, that on SO
last, my wife bought in the market a loin of veal ft:girt
per pound, and yesterday, ribs of beef at 4d.; in 170 f,Y
stances the meat was as fine as in England—indecui,
cattle are all descended from imported English,7,oli"
Let us hope, then, that the smile of a bounteous x' rti+
dente will be continued, not only on the teeming epi`,o
but also on the dispositions of the people of both -„ai'
tries that they may become more than ever 1)0 ,t 1" ot:
friendly and pacific relations, and that thus este',
enjoy in abundance the blessings of peace and Ftlenti

The French Journals of Sunday dwell at
length upon the judgment .of. the Court 01 C6P:sl
tional Police in the case of the Temps newsParlj
This journal was tried on Saturday, not .f" 3-1)°11
the re
cal offence, but for an infringement e' gufil
tions for its publication, and sentenced .to
,ep
of 102,300 francN- wititio
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months. The Press is becoming-treublesolle
the Government, and the Government ha '••-
the first step to get rid of it. There 1.56 d
old proverb, which says " that eaten bread ig
forgotten," the truth of which is verified by the6o'
pression of the Temps. It was by this jour b,
the first resistance was offered to the celevity
ordonnances of CHARLES X., which brought aWti,ei?
revolution of July, and placed the reigning Sovelvi
on the throne. Yet under the very Goverll
•
which it was first to assist in establishing it is
suppressed.
The. Journal des Debats announces that iniraeo
after the close of the Session the import duties on
threads would be raised to 20 per cent.
Pi'
Baron Billing, the French Consul-General • d
who fell ill on his arrival at Alexendria, and .117.10
pelled to leave for Malta before he had enterect'po,
functions, has been recalled and replaced by M., 01
D'Arc, who was for a long' time French Con Sal-14.
lencia and at Barcelona. He was in the latter tose
Queen Christina was there. M. Gautier
leave Paris in a week for Egypt, accompanied b!;„er
lathe, M. Latour Marbourg, as the Consul-Gel
.equivalent to the post of Minister Plenipotentiaq4;
The Moniteur Parisien has the following at
"A letter from Port•au-Prince says that a prod"
of-President Boyer, published on the 24th or
announces his intention to dissolve the new N atiq
presentation, if it does not coincide with hiS ref )1(,
Opposition, strengthened by a certain riunibe'le
bers of the new Chamber who have been- re-01;1(
spite of their exclusion in 1839, are preparing ‘,fof
On the 25th assemblages commenced in the to 405
some persons were already arrested ; a strugglecosi
pected even before the constitution of the nc°
of Representatives, which was to take place on
of April." )1
We are assured, says a journal, that those fo, -;•‘p ;
the Rue Saint Denis, several members of
visitors to the disasters of Sunday, have summe).l(l;i
Directors of the Railway on the left bank, to pa Li j
of them a sum of 50,000 francs damages.—Cons w", r,t
The National says "We are informed that a
Cremieux and Debray, advocates, and M. Pialbi3l
gaged to bring actions for damages against the
Company."—Commerce. ,
There is no news of engrossing- interest
Madrid Journals of the Bth instant : - • c
The 'Eco del Comercio publishes the repoljefl,
Financial Committee of the Chamber of •5:
on the budget of 1842, with the modificatio°
duced into the original bill. The budget leirA
seven chapters, and is divided as follows gcki
of the Queen, of the , Infant, and the Op;
33,500,000 reals. Private expenditures of
Chambers, 536,620 reals. Budget of foreiiito)
—the Government proposed for • the expel; the ,j 4
the personal and materiel 10,196,120 reals, aria etsl
mittee 9,841,220 reals. Ministry of Justice!, 0e,..
16,745,718 ; materiel, 17,869,136. Budget o,'ol.
Department—personal and materiel, 305,17 4,F059,,e
traordinary budget—personal and materiel, 19;;IP
The Committee reduced the supplies :
last two departments by 39,342,380 reals.
colonies—the Government required 85,229,6
the Committee reduced to 50,905,234 reels. .
We
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DEATH OF COLONEL P. VAN'S AGT.ISI' • aia4fll)
morning,
to learn that the above gentlenlan...at4l
morning, at his house, in Lower Brooke-O'seol
short illness. Colonel Agnew served vial
for
for a long period in India, and was for inAie . ijFl,l
Director of the East India Compa.nY•
gentleman of very amiable manners, ana
heartedness, and his loss will be long an
regretted by a large circle of friends. 04'
joy 1
CAUTION TO EQUESTRIANS.—YesterdOrie eti
gentleman on horseback having oceasiat tC30,4; OA
residence of a friend in Gloucester-place, Je"oe 0 ot;
the care of a boy who had followed hini 5000 11116
On leaving the house the gentleman ni,t afr
either boy or horse, and, after walking nip:eyed
for upwards of half an hour, and making 111-:pett",
quirics after his missing steed, he ascerta`
boy had been thrown from a horse in ibe,, tticej,
and had been taken in a senseless state t'oclicy
pital. On further inquiry he succeeded inhoo4 to,l
horse at a livery stables, in the neighbouropo6,y,ip
John's Wood, with a dislocated shoulder, °err tr`iti
animal's knees severely cut. The boy, it
ridden the horse along the New-road, whciA' thol7,"io
fright or mismanagement, the animal b°•o attAr
rider, and then galloped off furiously, loofa I
to pass between two carriages, it mine ill ciploK
the Al heel of one of' them, and was throwactitij,:alel
boy has received several severe injuries, allthe-P•c'ro 1
valuable blood mare, is entirely spoiled bYvie. ce:
ALTERATION IN THE HOP DEr5.!Jl, forell•siV
tion of Sir R. Peel to reduce the dutY
from 8/. I Is. to 41. 10s. per cw t. has iwt,!,?:lreci 1?3
tion in the price of hops. as it is consla
the 111
are acquainted with the subject thai
Baronet has made a difference in the loiJ oi
ptivg 7 .t.
will not affect the price of !lops, ce
high rates.. - . r •