The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

HERR STAUDIGL.

We regret to learn that we are soon to be deprived of the
services of Herr Staudigl, confessedly the first bass singer in
Europe. lie performs for the last time at Covent-garden to-
morrow. for his own benefit, and for our own credit's sake, as a
musical nation, we trust he will have a bumper. Staudigl's
singing is distinguished for the utter absence of all trick and
quackery ; the effects he produces are wonderful, but they are
produced in a legitimate and scientific manner. It is this
freedom from affectation that distinguishes him from his com-
peers quite as much as th• amazing powers and great compass
of his voice. Thom who have never heard him should not miss
this the last opportunity they may perhaps ever have of hearing one
of the greatest singers in the world, all those who have heard him
will go, as a matter of course. We cannnot close this brief
notice without relating a circumstance which does high honour
to Staudigl as a man. The German opera has proved a losing
speculation. The management, in fact, have given it up.
Staudigl has generously come forward, and on his own respon-
sibility, continued it for the present week, in order to prevent
the chorus-singers and the minor actors from being thrown
out of employ in a foreign country. Conduct such as this
merits the warmest praise, and we hope that the public on
Saturday will prove that they know how to appreciate him.

BILL FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF MUNI-
CIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ENGLAND AND NVALES.—This Bill
has for its purpose the explanation and amendment of an Act of
the sth and 6th years of William the Fourth, in which a doubt-
ful signification attached to the words " Contract" and
" Office or place of profit," in the raid enactment, which pre-
ended Councillors, Aldermen, or Municipal Commissioners,
holding any such in the gift or disposal of their particu-
lar Borough-council. The 'new enactment makes the
o d " Contract " not to extend to leases, sales or purchases
of I:nds, tenements, or hereditaments, or any agreements ap-
pertaining to such, or for the loan of money, or to any security
for the payment of money only. Clause B also enacts that
her after the office of sheriff shall not be deemed an office of
profit. The body of the Bill is occupied with regulative
clauses for the termination and arrangement of actions,_ee
andn
the payment of costs connected with them, that may have been
begun prior to the passing of the Act.
THE ii.kGuE, JUNE 26.—The Governmefri
replied to the observations made in the sections
of
relative
Chamber of the States-General On the project the
leidsse ticoonwd•
to the office of Notary
ff
ley AthlleancoAllo'Nniaabl-ohffiadce7 interview yesterday with Lord Stan-
e,
for the Govern of Ceylon were sent o last
vening from the Colonial-office,

REPORTED RESIGNATION of Ti iE
GUARDIANS of THE POOR of ST. MART I 1 i'S
PARISH;

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
We have just been informed that owing to the Poor 1a er
Commissioners having required the Guardians of the Poor u'r
this large and influential Metropolitan parish to carry out ram,
sures offensive to that body, they have come to the resolution to
suspend their usual weekly meetings for the present. prepara—
tory, we believe, to retiring from the offices which They now
hold. This parish is by no means a poor one, and probably
there is no workhouse in the metropolis whose inmates are so
well fed and clothed, and are so healthy, as in St. Martin's
parish.
It appears that the Poor-law Commissioners have desi,•ed The
Guardians to lay their minutes, &c., before their Sub-Co.umis-
sioner, who has the power to render null and void any orits r—
no matter how unanimous—of the Guardians ; thus plat i ng
themselves entirely under the surveillance of the Pour-1 LW
Commissioners. To this the Guardians have given a rea4 dy
No, and have declined to transact any business for the presemt-
A special meeting will, however, be held on Monday evenin"
to take the matter into further consider, but to such terms we
these the Guardians will not accede. This is but one instance,
of the many cases of this nature which, if the Poor-law Com-
missioners persevere in this inquisitorial practice, will undoubt-
edly take place.

THE NAVY OF THE UNITED

STATES.

The injunction of secrecy having. been removed from the
proceedings of the United States Senate in regard to the in-
crease of the navy and naval promotions, the reports of the
majority and minority of the Committee to whom these sub-
jects were referred have been given to the public. The ma-
jority of the Committee concur in the views of the President
on both points. The minority consists of Messrs. Mangum,
of North Carolina, and Williams, of Maine. These gentle-
men profess to be warm friends of the navy. but think that
the increase of the naval force recommended by the Presi-
dent is too large, and the promotions too numerous. The
force in commission, should the President's suggestions be
carried out, would comprise 7 ships of the line, 16 frigates,
23 sloops and brigs, and 8 steamers. Even this force is
small compared to that of England, which has in commis-
sion 259 vessels of war, although her mercantile tonnage
is not much greater than ours. The tonnage of the United
Kingdom on the Ist of January last, counting all merchant
vessels above 50 tons, was 2,668,732 tons. 'fhe American
tonnage on the 30th September last, counting all above 20 tons
burden, was 2,180,764. Excess of British tonnage over Ame-
rican only 487,968. The British tonnage is 115,029 tons less
than it was in 1835! The American tonnage, on the other
hand, has increased about 400,000 tons.
The President's recommendation in regard to promotions is
that hereafter there shall be 104 captains, now 67 ; commanders
9il, as at present ; 323lieutenant3, now 320; 63 passed miship-
men, now 103 ; midshipmen 450. as at present. The majority
of the Committee calculate that these various promotions
would not increase the expenses of the nasty more than 72,000
dollars—a sum which they deem of little turporta.nce, compared
with the advantages which would result from it.

MONEY MARKET and
.CITY Nii:WS•
TIMES.—In the Foreign Stock Market the jobbers
were busily engaged preparing the half-monthly account,
which is finally arranged to-morrow,.. The late depre-
eiation in Colombian was what most caUsed a disagree
able task in the progress of the business, and the htssvy
pressure of that Stock in the Market -continuos to have
a bad•effect upon the general tendency of dealing. lt is
stated that the party out of doors who has failed em-
ployed as many as five brokers to conduct his operations,
and this will readily explain the apprehension with
which the dealers were seized when they saw all these
as sellers' and that too with the view to close open ae!,
counts. Money commands a value proportionate to the
respectability of the borrower, for while in some cases 6
per cent. has been accepted, in others 10 and 12 per
cent. has been refused. After the settlement is over a
more healthy tone is expected in the Market.
The first annual meeting of the Shareholders of the
South Australian Bank was held to-day, and the Report
presented on this occasion states the business of the Com-
pany as prospering, notwithstanding the financial diffi-
culties with which' the colony has to,contend. The gross
profits of the concern for its nine months' transactions
(for this is really the period it has beett in operation un-
connected with • the South Australian Ownpany) are
stated ut "about 10,0001. to 11,000/.,". allowing a margin
of 2,0001. for the bad debts which may accrue, besides
appropriating 1,0001. as a nucleus for a reserve fund.
Out of these profits it was proposed that a dividend At
the rate of 6 per cent. should be paid upon the instal-
ments already honoured, and it was further stated that
the principle of separation between the South Australian
Company and the South Australian Bank had been agreed
to, wail that it was now only matter of detail that remained
to be carried out for the purpose of settling all accounts
between them. The Report was adopted and the dividend
declared, and a greatdeal was said by several of the Share •
holders present to show that the resuscitation of the finan-
cial condition of South Austrelia was hot a matter of mere
speculation, but that such belief was founded on the known
facts that the colony possessed all the natural elements
for permanent prosperity and wealth. Mr. Poynder sug-
gested for the special attention of the Directors, that to
carry on a safe and prudent course of banking it was es-
sential that they should, without regard to popularity
among the Shareholders gained by dividing large divi-
dends, pay attention to the reservation of sufficient means
to meet those contingencies which all acquainted with
bankihg business knew were not to be avoided by the
most carefully conducted establishments. Ile had every
confidence in the present Court, and he ..mentioned this
subject with no other object than to express a desire that
full provision should be made for bad -debts without re-
gard to the present payment of dividends to the share-
holders. Mr. Kingscote, the banker, who was the Chair-
man, assured his friend Mr. Poynder that every attention -
was paid to the bad debt account, which, undo- the good
management of the officers of the bank, appeared to be
in a satisfactory condition, and referred to the fact of the
appropriation of about 2,0001. for such purpose, besides
the reserve fund of 1,000/.
The subject of the Income-tax was introduced into
discussion as to the manner in which it would operate en
public'CoMpanies. One of the Directors (Mr. Divett,
ALP.); who has been in communication with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer. :.:tated that Mr. Goulburn.had.
intimated to him that the Government would look to the.
Company itself as the source from which to receive its
impost, without any -reference wh at& v!r to individuals.
The amount paid would, therefore, have to be deducted
from the pro rata dividend paid to the Shareholders, but
in this the Chancellor said nothing, leaving them to ar-
range that matter as best suited their convenience. An-
other
Director said that it might happen that parties
were not beneficially interested in business to the ;meant
which brought them within the operation of this tax ; in
that case he supposed that such persons would have, as
in former times, to get a certificate from Government and
come back to the Bank and get the amount deducted
from their dividend remitted. The other business of
the day, the ordinal election of Directors and Auditor;
concluded in a very quiet way.
The principle as to the imposition of the Income-tax
set forth at this meeting, of course applies to all public
Companies, which, it is understood, 1%111 have to make a
return of their gross profits, irrespective of the appropri-
ation of any moneys for a reserved fund, or other contin-
gencies, and will on that return be taxed.
It will be observed that the present Bank return pre-,
gents the same peculiarity as the two last which have-
been issued. It commences on Tuesday the 29th of
March, and ends on Saturday, the 18th of June. From
the Bank having omitted to publish their averages in
last Friday's Gazette, there has been an additional dee
lay of four days, making altogether a delay of eleven''
days between the datts of the return and the day of its
publication, instead•of three days, which was the usual
time.

By a typographical error, the paragraph published
yesterday on thy• meeting of the Blsckwull Railway
Company, contained a misstatement. The fact was that
the Chairman stated that none of the funds had been or
ever would be applied to the purposes of steam-boat un-
dertaking.

THE ALLEC; as MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.—
Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, an investigation, which
occupied upwards of four hours, took place before Messrs. Cell
and Higgs, at the Adam and Eve. York-street, Westminster,
on the body of Eliza Barr, aged 32, alleged to have died from
the inhuman treatment of her husband, Alexander Barr, now
in custody, and remanded from Queen-square Police-court
to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. From the con-
current testimony of several witnesses who lodged in the
.me house as deceased, it appeared that on the evening of
Monday week the deceased's husband came home partially
intoxicated, threw her on the floor, and seized her by the
throat, and beat her in so cruel a manner that the neighboors
were roused by her screams of murder to interfere, and drag
him from her. The deceased was afterwards scarcely able
to walk down stairs, and took refuge in the next house until
the following Thursday, when she returned home. She corn-
plained
dreadfully of her throat and pain in her aisle.
On Sunday morning she became very ill, and was confined to
her bed, and died at a quarter past four the following morning.
Mr. John Wright, surgeon, of Story's-gate, proved being
called to see deceased, whom he understood was labouring
under the effects of ill-usage. Ho found her injured about the
throat and face. Since death he had made a post niortem
examination, and found disease of the heart, which was the
immediate cause of death. The ill-usage might have acce-
lerated her death, but he could not speak positively. After
some observations by the Coroner, the Jury retired to deli-
berate, and in about an hour they returned, and stated that.
there were ten for bringing in a verdict of manslaughter, and
four for tiatural death. Considerable dissatisfaction was
manifested that the surgeon had read his evidence, and ulti-
mately it was decided that the inquiry should be adjourned for
additional surgical evidence, as several of the Jury expressed a
I:\i,g,aetrliet‘naeLti‘y,ship
will
desire that. such a brutal fellow as the husband should not escape
justice. The inquiry was then adjourned till Friday.
1 t UNIOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF LICHFIELD.
—lt was generally reported at the Clubs on Tuesday evening,
h re hr was re-
Lordship's death had taken place at Naples,
":
:son' of the Earl
and the rumour was general yesterday at the west end, that his
siding with the Countess. Lord Coke, eldeste. -
k riu Gibraltar,
of Leicester, arrived from Naples, lastN7,ble relative, though
and at the time of his departure,
not worse than when he
the last letters received
date
ill s since his L &h. '
or s ip s
(olcuri,tatsei,oin
England;ally suffering
andfroamt t gheout , was
oh
by the lion. Colonel Anson. a few . 3 . ,
indisposition was nut adverted to.
•
_Du
hLIN, ju,, 28.—We are rejoiced in being enabled to
hopes are ent..rtained
THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIoNESS OF WATERFORD.
state that all the accounts whirls have reached town to-day re-
specting the late accident at Curragbmore give a far more favour.
able version of the amount.l ‘ injury. s anted by the lovely
ere lone
be restored to tier wonted health and spit its ; whilst as resreets
the Noble Marquis, the infortnation contained in one of the 01571'ass:ocmhoilet:'naitIsi'd: that under
gnN(loiroeairtlesrct ofr°iners't t'ss andtutirtt -
let-
ters mentioned in our last turns out to )e 1 perfectly
correct.:
His Lordship has miraculously escaped unhurt.
BRITISH A ssoci ATIoN .—INE A NCIIESTER, TUESDAY
Fyn:it No.—The various sections have been tolerably well at-
tended, although the communications have not been of a very
interesting character, nor has the meeting been so numerous as
was anticipated. The concluding general meeting of the Asso-
ciation will be held in the Friends' meeting-house to-morrow
evening, when the proceedings of the General Committee, and
the grounds of the several grants of money sanctioned by it,
will be explained. Excursions, exhibitions, and soirees, take
place daily, and the business and pleasure of the members will
not terminate until the end of the week.