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London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
The King of the French, with the Dukes of Ne-
mours and Montpensier, visited Vincennes on Mon-
day. His Majesty reviewed the troops of the garri-
son, after which he inspected the works of the fort,
from thence lie went to Saint-Maur and the fort of
Charenton, and returned to the Tuileries in the evening.
On Sunday their Majesties received Admiral Baron
Roussin, Baron Pelet, and Lieut.-General Schramm,
Peers of France.
A report which created some sensation was currant
on the Paris 'Change, that the Regent of Spain bad
demanded the recal of M. de Lesseps, the French
Consul at Barcelona. The evening A.liiiisterial journal
btates that the rumour is without foundation.
A serious difference has taken place between the
Ottoman Porte and the Court of St. Petersburgh re-
specting Servia.
A letter from Constantinople asserts that the Otto-
man Cabinet has ordered all the subjects of the Sultan
who are not Mussulmans to wear on their caps and
hats a silver ornament, which varies according to their
rank or profession.
The Count of Nassau (ex-King of Holland) arrived
with his Countess at the Hague on the 17th inst., and
alighted at the Palace of Noordeinde.
A letter of the 10th inst. from Algiers gives the
following account of the proceedings of Colonel Ma-
rengo in raising the village to be called St. Ferdinand.
In forty-five days he cleared about 110 acres of land
covered with brushwood, and had them sown with
seed. He has constructed a redoubt, forming an
ample temporary camp, built six double houses of
stone, and a chateau surrounded by fine orchards. In:
three more months the village will be complete, and
serve as a model for others.
The hamlet of Novette, in Savoy, has been alinGst
entirely reduced to ashes, upwards of 60 houses, in-
cluding
lythzeol4lsiornag,thaili! )eoeivnjcwburrnsticdov:::v
ere
Monday large free-trade meeting was held
were.
Monday last, when upwards of 800 pers°lls
present ; the subscriptions for the evening am
ountca
to 772/. 17s. 4d.

PURL= IMPROVEMENTS.
Wednesday a numerous meeting of the C
appointed to watch over the progress of the Health
.o.
was held
Towns Bill, for the purpose of opposition,
in Moorfields to receive the reort of a deputation ar
pointed to wait on Sir James Graham, on the ques-
tion, who had stated to them that Mr. Mackinnon 3
Bill had been under the serious consideration of Go;
vernment, but they were not prepared to adoPt it ihe
measure on this subject will be brought forward in
ommittee
ensuing session.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIrZC•
The sale of the metal of the great equatorial instrau
merit, made for the Kensington Observatory,
Messrs. Troughton and Simms took place on Wedins
day, at Sir J. South's the well-known astronomer, at
Camden-hill, Kensington. It was divided into frog;
ments, and originally cost 8001. The amount realised
did not transpire
COURT-FASHIONABLE „Dt
The Earl Cornwallis has returned to Hin-.
5".'"
from Maidstone.
The Earl and Countess Craven have left for Go,l:*
hambury, the seat of the Earl of Verulaxa, near 04''
The Earl and Countess of Sefton returned to Sefton
House, Belgrave-square, from Croxteth Man;
chester, on Wednesday. In a few days they leave WIC
to pass the holidays at St. Leonard's.
Lord Norreys has arrived in town: from a tour.
Lady Frances Hope still remains at Learning°n
Spa in very delicate health.
Lord and Lady Waterpark left Croxteth 11511 last
week for Bath.
Lord and Lady Carbery have returned to Castle
Treke, near Dublin, from a tour.
Sir John and Lady Shelley left the seat of the
Earl of Sefton on Monday last for Preston, in Lan'
cashire.
At St. Giles's, the seat of the Earl of ShaftesburY,l
family party are assembled, consisting of Lord sn"
Lady Ashley, Hon. Anthony John Ashley ConPer'
Hon. Lionel A. Cooper, &c.
Lord and Lady Charles Beauclerk left to an on Wed"
nesday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess ofhex' ,
at Cashiobury Park, where they will pass the CbriSt
mas holidays, and proceed thence on a tour of visi'
to the north.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The remains of the Hon. Henry Butler were 'n
li;
terred at Nunmonckton, near York, on Alonday•
the
Butler was cousin to the Marquis of Ormonde and
late Earl of Kilkenny.
A meeting took place at Greenwich on Tuesday, in
addition to those in the metropolis, already given jrl
The Sun, when a delegate was chosen to attend the
Birmingham Conference.

THE INCOME.TAX.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Among the doubts that exist as to the ex-
emptions which should justly be allowed from assess-
ment under the Income-tax, are those which apply to
the cases of persons who have newly entered into
business since the date of the assessments, come•
quently without any previous trading to refer back to
for average profits, and whose present success, upon
the average of their first year, must be perfectly spe-
culative till this year is ended. Such will be the
position of bankrupts recommencing trade in the
present year, and whose last twelve months, or three
years, must have been losing ones.
Your opinion upon these cases would be interesting
to very many of your readers.
C. 11.
Your obedient and respectful,
Guildhall Coffee-house, Bristol, Dec. 21, 1842.
[A clause in schedule D of the Income-tax provides
that, in cases where the trade, &c., shall have been set
up within three years, the computation shall be °lath%
for one year, on the average of the balance of in
profits from the period of first setting up; and d
cases where the trade shall have been commenc
h ell
within the year of assessment, the computation 5--,ar
be made according to an average of such period grea',,es
or less than one year as the case may require, and
c'h
shall be directed by the Commissioners; and su
statement and computation shall be made to the
the knowledge and belief of the person in the receipt
of the same.] best of

CHARACTERISTIC MILITARY ANECDOTE.---Wile
the late General Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherellll
,
n.
was a close prisoner at Guadeloupe (1795) in a d9n
geon, and in irons, a detachment, consisting Pr'd
cipally of the 32d regiment, with which he had servevep
at Gibraltar, were taken prisoners on their Pas:
'
from that garrison to Barbadoes, and also broughl
into Guadaloupe ; on hearing of the severe and In-
human treatment he experienced, by order of then e"
volutionary Governor of the island, Victor Ne
(father, by the way, we believe, of the present ean.
themselves of 11 guineas, and forwarded it
nent French writer), they made a collection ern°ngl
Wetherall, through the medium of a negro eraPl°)res4
in the delivery of provisions, concealed Me -
small loaf of bread, with a note from a sergeant'''. thef
32d regiment, requesting, in the name of the men °
that corps, and other unfortunate companions in ear
tivity, his acceptance of the money as a small toliell3
of esteem, and in the hope of its affording him some,
relief and comfort under the sufferings and cruk_i;
treatment they understood he experienced. I:.°f
noble act was mentioned to the Cosrunander-in-Cl.
the Duke of York, who conferred an ensigncy on
-
to Coloned
sergeant.
Wil-
liams,
On Sunday last a sermon was preached in Quelr
Chapel, Portman-square, by the Rev. Aed
M.A.., in aid of the funds of the Royal and
sary for Diseases of the Ear, before a numerous i_is
highly respectable congregation. At the close of his
highly
and eloquent discourse the Rev. Gentleman go°
a brief outline of the objects and history of this trail
useful and meritorious institution, from which it ap-
peared that since its establishment in 1816, it hasbee
the means of curing or relieving upwards of lofts
persona afflicted with deafness and other diseases
ear, including several cases of the deaf and dumb. The
..
pe
Dispensary has been more than usually pros
during the pastyear, having received the patronage
her Majesty the Queen and several munificons"
ent d
tions, particularly one from the Ratcliffe TrustelSi,
Two anthem:, were beautifully sung ill the course
the service by the Choir of the Chapel.
Coax-LAws.--We learn that R. Cobden, IL' •
M.P., after attending the Glasgow and Edinbut f!'"
demonstrations in favour of free trade, will '
Dundee. The Dundee Anti-Corn-law Associatif.n
have invited him to attend a soiree to be held ;
Dundee on the evening of the 16th January. wr lee
he accompanied by Colonel Thompson. The
traders in Forfarshire, Perthshire, and Fifeshire,
thus have an opportunity of listening to the best pile:.
tical expounder of the evils of the Corn-laws whew
the men of Manchester have as yet sent forth, to_
combat a monopoly fraught wth injustice to all classes
of the community.—Scots/runi .
CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR.—At a period when the
the
h
social sympathies are most predominant, end , t
genial influence of " Home "is felt in the "ig"°s
.4
degree, more especially by " My young missus,,Jt7o
arrived to spend her vacation at the "Old Hall; of
most appropriate present becomes the first subiee'vi..
consideration ; a merely useful one can afford no e t 0,,.
donee of taste, while a present possessing no claims,.e
utility shows a want of judgment. To combine tn. '• *
requisites, we can hardly suggest a more fitting s°w 0
venir than Rowland's toilet articles, the " s
Mae
"Kalydor," and " Odonto," which, from their bean_:;"
fying effects on the hair, complexion, and teeth, ere
culated to preserve a grateful recollection of the dolly'

14, COURT CIRCULAR. •
TIRTESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
eeloyed their usual morning walk, and their
441' highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
kleess Royal were taken an airing.
3 Royal Mghness Prince Albert hunted With
tarriers, attened by Major-Gener Weyss,
ki,•General Sir
Edward Bowater,al m and Mr.
tein; !net at Ankerwyzke. had a capital run, and
! fortv.minutes' -g30,..1 pace. In addition to
wainYal suite, the field col isis.ccl only of the neigh-
t!ig yeomen and fArmeri.
‘,_3 Grace the Duke. of Wellington has taken his
Tigre from the Castle.
ihejtoyal dinner party- this evening is expected
' are onlyla the ine..lll-ers of the Royal suite.
11for eleve•
Baron

.0- de Nieui nar.n, the Austrian Minister, left,.
sidence of tF it Itrbert Peel at Drayton M,'nor,
I,4dshire, yes cerhy morning, for town.
411: (ne11)" earl of . iberdeen arrived in tol%n yesterday
",, by th' 4 London and Birmi-,ghani Railway,,
14484 to Sir Robert and La?..y- Peel at Drayton
tpr.
Vl3Pateb'A from the Gov" or of the Cape of Good
leo
wer('. 'received yestetday at the Colonial-office.
-eitzgerald and. Vesei took his departure from
Vlsl°4 :Manor yes.erday.
Itqllatches fror.t the Governor of Jamaica and from
iki°v'ernors of the other West India Colonies, were
Nq Yesterday et the Co'onial.'-oflice.
. ; Chancellor of the •Excheiluer arrived at his
tit residence residence in Downing-street yesterday, from
lot,' ta Sir 'Robert Peel. Sir Thomas Fremantle
'4Zived in tovrn yesterday from Drayton Manor.
The --

kft7 new Royal Exchange stands in three parishes
sl,e4geßank in five, St. I\iicha,l's cud St. Bartho'e-
Included. The Bank, in the most handsome
gives one hundred pounds to the parish offie
t
lesk (mach of those five pari:l-les, to he distributed on
Dl as-eve among the poor.
c
, ivotnes BAGOT.--(Rztract of a letter from
ki'''.°lll dated Nov. 25.)—Sir. Charles Begot is
~,113; very ill,' To judge from the manner of persons
eekic, to whom his is a precious life, he must be
St danger. The (lectors disagree, and none of
ean' tell specifically what the complaint is.
44,,,' severe dyspepsia, water on the chest, and
dis-
the heart, are all inentior.ed ; but nothing ap-
"leettain, except that the patient has been gra-
ltttJ sir.lcing for some time, i s reduced to a state of
tl,l!tne; Weakness, and gets re sleep without opiates.
rallnnion opinion is that a fatal termination of the
y cannot he far off.--C'otonial Gazette.
INCOME-TAx.--The country has now but
and simple' .duty to perform towards
4 Let the universal feeling have its full
SePublic expression : from the chambers of
roe and the assemblies of the agricultural
ea 7, from the opposing camps of political par-
kte,7-from all, in fact, who in their antici-
e)Terience of the working of the In-
tet'alc machinery feel the increased oppres-
of the " evil to come," let the
its abolition arie,e. Now is the time
kwinort; this is the period for lifting aloud the
,tett voice, and for preliarin,- the thousands of peti-
V'ainst the Incomie-tax,‘;hich ought to be ready
41: into the House: of Commons the moment when
n assemble. If the people now do their work
tnnited zeal and firmness, and if they require of
'flehrepresentediyes in Parliament that support
have a right to demand, we see every
)11Wilty of ultimate success. But there must be_
tion, no delay, no appearance of apathy in the
the people must by their position evince their
'le nation, and show that they are not prepared
,S;,to, take a denial.—York Cortrant.
ivt;s TiIE TIMES.—We understand it is a po-
k aet tleet in a first-rate inn, not 14 miles from
Nee.s, tar, the sum of 9d. was all that was recently
S,e'n nne day; and that the receipts of two days
1141'4 Mere than is. 6d.! The farmers, we regret
•
„ Sc:em to be panic-struck (fearing in many
;IttZa to s peed even a 6d. in luxury), and multitudes
,ke,ers are out of employ, while, as a matter of
9When supply increases the demand, those in work
.) submit to reduced wages. We hear that up-
%of sixty able-bodied men lately applied for re-
;kilt ork, to the Board of Guardians of an agri-
-4,1 Union in this county. In our County Police
it will be seen that a man stated he was
loft‘tlmtl out of his employ because he would not thrash
for 13d. a day. The Corn-laws are a labourer's
't,:ni truly I-- Worcester Chronicle.
k,„tePlay afternoon ..an inquest was held at the
•ltei."l Garter, Green-street, Leicester-square, be-
e,:'•• Gen; on the,ll4ll+W-CdthleigifeTe-imran, aged
NCs. Christopher Sp' arke Filtneie of Davenport- '
't4tied that about twelven'cletelc onTuesday
Nt- tie was. walking through' 'Bt. James's Park,
,!I‘,.n the ornamental water, he saw something in
;ter, and on going to the edge, saw a bonnet,
‘lll,and umbrella on the ground, and the body of a
,ecefloating in the water. Witness walked in
',our or five yards, until he was up to his mid-
•,4t4„gnopes of reaching the body with the umbrella,
'the,'°llld not do so ; he, however, havingegtt an-
'tthilinbrella, tied them together, and was enabled to
Nllll,', body on shore.
,Witnesi unpinned a paper
e'lle umbrella, on which was written—" Inmate
yt,plebone workhouse—leaving this day the mas-
Ne°4eS. Catherine Gearan." Mr. James Jones,
\el of Marylebone Workhouse; identified the de-
ks being a pauper in the workhouse 4fr and on
last twelve years. She was formerly boughtvdthe school. On Monday evening she was de-
tr Pilfering a sheet and some article belonging to
riee•ll'e, and was threatened to be taken before the
nn the following day. On Tuesday morning
k,harged herself, and left the house. Verdict—
br 44 dead"
N' ----
iox.Last week, and for some days previously,
PrQ ,the river was low, great numbers of salmon
n,"nserved depositing their spawn in the bed of
e 0') front the north shore upwards as far as could
that from the bridge. Many were attracted
tiktie'tt !Darter by the unusieal appearance of so
salmon at this season, and sometimes the
'cles. Was all in collimation with their move-
e, According to the generally received opinion the
of this year will come to life next spring, and
:Yte„,• (4,rn to the sea ',n the' course of the season,
3•l,ee they return daring the summer of the follow-
• et,l as grilses, From the evidence given before
ap4rt of Seesion in the " Stake Net" case, it ap-
re aat the spawn in going down the river keep
t,leetbanits until they reach the salt water a little
Ili'''.elteeNewburgh, where they unite in the centre of
!), foam both sides, and keep that course till
\,ttele4th the sea.—Perth Courier.
s tIVA:r CCAIMENICATION THROUGH NORTH
,th as
5a-
t71,4,.‘ EETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN.—On
k-,‘‘'rfij,a deputation, consisting of the Right Hon. the
Ne,,'llayor, Sir Edward Borough, Bart. (High
'ioer), Sir J. Burke, Bart., Sir J. Kingston James,
'll'and Messrs. Frederick Ponsonby, Edw. Grogan,
4t eerim, Perry, Haliday, w Ste., aited upon
e 4• I'eellencv the Lord Lieutenant, for the purpose
,Ne.Ying to him the resolutions adopted at a public
to ,tit
of the citizens of Dublin, which was held a ,
since, and of calling his Excellency's at-
li thi: t the vast importance, in all points of view:
this
national object; and upon the considera.
Which a Select Committee of the House cf
'lns had been for some months engaged during
eetlzae of the session. His Excellency received
er,,,:altation in the most affable and gracious man-
ntered into the merits of the proposed communi-
,'444,4 With great and lively intereat, and expressed
"pdeadiness, by all the means in •his power, to for-
ktO important and truly national anobject.
k,t ,1.111.„/G.—.The extraordinary mildness of the at-
'te.P"ere, during the last week, has kept the malt-
It,'toeix,teetnely busy in turning their couches. We
tale',a that :it no period since 1835, has barley been
,n a fine state for malt, particularly that from
-,e
L then' ceanties.--Yark Courant.
,Nt JURE OE EIGHTY-WHALES AT ORKNEY.—Ex-
,,leeela /‘.llter dated Kirkwall, Dec. 6, 1842.—At
160.4,-"ae%, a shoal of whales has appeared, and a lot
e„e's are in hot pursuit, and will in all likelihood
''`e 'them, as they are very near in with them at
nin
:telt .Inent. As it is just about post I cannot wait
(-)f• their success, besides, I am most anxious for
ofr to be in at the death of the monsters. A most
L ti°us day for a whale hunt. Wednesday, Dec. 7.
whales were captured yesterday; but 1 wa.sjust out
t'ltlrtlt to be too late to see them killed. There are
1% eighty of them, small and great, measuring
4oyneu to 18 feet. Twenty to thirty boats were em-
)oat, in the chase, with an average of four men a
a' and the scene altogether was a most animating
h'e, '
resPecially at the death-the monsters lashing the
41e ted with their own blood, into a thousand forms,
tt,l'];`)ssing the boats hither and thither with the
4hise of their powerful tails. The day was calm,
'Lou; \,'"lth sunshine, and the "red" sea being sprayed
netween the spectator and the sun, had a very
N
4 (liarPearance. Two or three boats were more. or
I,4,l)ettl'naged during the conflict, but nothing serious
'he trk q•--Thursday, Dec.'B. The whales have since
for 2141., a sum which, when divided among
t 'l`l:Pttirs, will prove a seasonable relief.
ee oOSIE-Tex.—Every day brings with it
'fldieations of the universal dissatisfaction this
t'Petee'sive, and, (according to Sir Robert Peel's own
treet?na • arguments) now unnecessary impost is
,etilltt,4B•• These are not the complainings of one par-
-4a y or persons engaged in some peculiar
ateLtlnent; 'of commerce, but they are deep in their
kt' and general in their extent.— York Courant.
ISo,„tilxr.ss or THE SEASON.—PaiIII branches in fine
ii) Were last week out on the banks of the river
day lie) near • to Harewood-bridge; and on Wednes-
kiree44,,,t, Mr. T. Ruddock, farmer, of Lundhouse
l'annal, near ICearesborough, gathered a dish
'Neee• rnlishrooms in the open fields, which are very
I'o7l
circumstances at this advanced season.—
Coura