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LONDON'
MONDAY MORNIiNG, MARCH 14, 1842.

,The State, it must be admitted, is come to a sorry
pass, under the combined and united guardianship of
Whigs and Tories. Sir RI PEEL is providing a re-
medy for evils, which partly accrued under his prede-
cessor, but the expenditure of his own administration,
undiminished as far as we can learn by one single
piece of economy, is increasing their magnitude.
Moreover, he was no friend of parsimony in op2bsi-
tion, and when hp had the power to influence, if not
to' control, the -votes of the House, he never, as far
as we recollect, supported any one measure to lessen
expense, but Colonel SIBTRORP'S proposal to reduce
Prince ALBERT'S income. For the present condition
a the finances, we hold him to be as much respon-
sible as Lord MELBouRNE, who, judging by the
progress in wealth made between 1830 and 1837, is
excuseable for having placed a generous, though
as events have proved, an erroneous confidence in the
growing resources of the country. But between
Whigs and Tories our condition is this, that while
the wail of distress is heard on every hand, while an
almost univers tl demand for relief is made, the
Prime Minister proposes, in a period of profound
European peace, when every part of the country is
secure and unassailed, to place a heavy additional
burden of nearly three per cent. of their income on the
middle classes, the sources of all enterprise, the heart
and soul of social improvement.
On what ground is this done ? The expenditure of
the Government—both parties—both factions let us
say, in Parliament, assert cannot be lessened. We
must have, they affirm, about:sl,ooo,oop/. a-year to ex-
pend. The bulk of the people who have to
pay the money may say, as the Magistrate
said to the thief who pleaded as an excuse
the necessity to live; " we • do not see the necessity.
Government exists for us and for our benefit, and
when its deMands so far exceed our superfluities as to
plunge us, in times of peace, which ought to be times
of prosperity, into distress and difficulties, the Go-
vernment has ceased to fulfil its appropriate func-
tions, and has become a curse instead of a blessing."
They may well say, " had the Tory faction not
predoiniriatcd, the state of Ireland, relying on
the. justice of the Government, might have warranted
considerable reduction in the army. Had not the
landlords and other monopolists seized the administra-
tion, the enormous sum now levied to enrich classes
might have been taken off the industry of the people,
which, lessening distress and lessening discontent,
would have enabled the Government to reduce the
expenditure fo: England as well as for Ireland, while
it would have augmented the resources of individuals
and the revenue of the State." The necessity, there-
fore, of such a vast expenditure, is merely the neces-
sity of having the Tories in power, and of governing
the community by the odious principles of monopoly
and coercion.

In the present condition of our own people, nothing
can warrant the Government in adding to their bur-
dens. Sir R. PEEL was, we admit, loudly cheered in
the House, and:is loudly praised by the Press, but we
are not now to learn that it is one thing
" The applause of listening senates to command,
The threats of pain and ruin to despise ;"
and another, and unfortunately a totally different thing,
" To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,
And read their history in a nation's eyes."

While Sir ROBERT PEEL was drawing down the
applause of a listening senate, the land, which nature
has made smiling and ruddy with cheerful industry,
is groaning with anguish, caused by measures which
he has supported, and the applause was given to mea-
sures which can only add, we believe, to the 'distress
and discontent which pervade,' Great Britain and
Ireland.

What the community really complains of is, that
industry cannot now answer all the vast demands
made on it by the Government, by the aristocracy,
by the clergy, and by the numerous classes who live
by one species of taxation or another, and such
being the real complaint, Sir R. PEEL comes down
with a plan which will add, on his showing, some-
thing more than 3,000,0001. a year to the public
taxes. Of that sum, we believe, nearly two millions
will be paid by traders, manufacturers, farmers, and
professional men, who are amongst the most indus-
trious classes of the community, and who stimulate
the industry of others. To cripple their means is to
cripple enterprise, and introduce a wasting disease
into the heart of the community. To take from their
resources for the service of the State, is to divert so
much productive capital to unproductive employment,
is to increase the number of persons who live only
to consume and diminish the number who, in con-
suming, add to the general stock of wealth.
The principal point of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S new
financial plan being his tax on all incomes above 1501.
a year, we shall, on the present occasion, content our-
selves with reminding our readers of some of the
objections which have been made to such a tax. We
may at once state, however, that Sir R. PEEL has, in
order to attain a readier assent to it, very much un-
derrated its probable produce. He has estimated the
amount of property and income in the country by the
return under the property tax in 1814, but since then
population has increased upwards of 30 per cent., and
the wealth of the community has probably increased
in a greater proportion. If his law should
be efficacious in getting hold of the incomes of the
people, the tax, we believe, will yield nearer 5,000,0001.
than 4,000,0001. Moreover, his alterations in the
tariff, such as the substitution of a tax on cattle and
meat for a prohibition, if it be not a mere mockery
must add to commerce and revenue. On the whole,
we believe, therefore, that his proposition will be
much more injurious than he deems it, and will take
considerably more than he says out of the pockets of
the people. •
Those who acquiesce so readily in the proposition
for an income tax, must have forgotten the impa-
tience with which all classes bore the property tax in
1814, the stern demands that were made for its repeal,
and even the compulsion that was exacted to make the
Government give it up before , the war, for which it
was enacted, was well over. Against such taxes the
popular voice and the admonitions of science have
been directed; and he is not a prudent statesman who,
to secure the ascendancy of a party, sets both at de-
fiance. Of such a tax this is Dr. SMITH'S condem-
nation :

" An inquisition into every man's private circumstances,
and an inquisition which, in order to accommodate the tax
to them, watched over all the fluctuations of his fortune,
would be a source of snch continued and endless vexation
as no people could sapport."
Mr. ..\i'CuLLocx, in one of his latest works, " The
Statistics of the British Empire," says—
" Taxes on either income or property, though theo-
retically equal, are practically the most unequal that can
be imagined. It is, indeed, quite impossible to assess
them with any thing like fairness. We may get a pretty
accurate notion of the income derived from lands, houses,
funded property, or mortgages ; but all beyond this is
mere guess work. There are no means by which to as-
certain the amount of farming capital, stock in trade,
the profits derived from them, or the incomes of profes-
sional men: No inquisition into the private affairs of
individuals can ever discover these particulars. There
is nothing, in fact, to depend upon in such cases, but
the declaration of the parties, and we need not dwell
upon the policy of any system of finance that sets the
duty and the interests of the contributors in opposition,
and makes them profit by concealing or perverting the
truth. Besides, although these pry liminary and insuper-
able difficulties were overcome, and we learned the capi-
tal and incomes of different parties, we should have
other and greater difficulties to surmount before the tax
could be fairly assessed. The same deduction ought not
to be made from all incomes without taking into account
the sources from whence they are derived. To assess
them on a just principle, the present value of different
incomes, or their value educed to a perpetuity, would
have to be determined. But it may be unhesitatingly
affirmed, that to do this upon a large scale would be
quite impracticable. It is clear, therefore, that taxes on
iucome or property ought not to be introduced except as a
dernier resort—as a means of filling the coffers of the.
Treasury when the other and more legitimate sources of
revenue are insufficient, and money must still be had at
all hazards.

" Direct taxes on property have been the curse of every
country into which they have been introduced. To
evade them, people that are not poor counterfeit poverty;
some of the most powerful incentives to industry and
economy are in consequence destroyed, at the same
time that interior stock, machinery, &c., are made use
of. Such taxes are, besides, most unpopular, as well
from their requiring an odious, though ineffectual, inqui-
sition into the affairs of individuals, as from their being
direct. So much is this the case, that we are well con-
vinced that the raising of eighteen or twenty millions by
taxes on income would be felt a much greater burden,
and would really be far more injurious, than the raising
of fifty or sixty millions by our present taxes."
If, for a tax of this description, Sir R. PEEL had
abolished or reduced a number of taxes on the neces-
saries and comforts of life, we might, perhaps, have
supposed that his proceeding was justifiable, but the
only tax of this description which he has reduced is
that on coffee. Every thing else consumed or used
by the poor, appears to remain untouched. They
may, perhaps, gain a little more employment by the
reduction of the timber duties and the duties on raw
materials, but these reductions will rather tend to the
benefit of ship-owners and manufacturers than the
working classes. With a strong love also to protec-
tion, Sir R. PEEL continues.the discriminating duty
in favour of Canadian timber, in nearly all its odious-
ness, and will still compel us to bring a worse article
from five times the distance at which we could pro-'
cure Norway and Baltic timber. In his Budget we
see nothing to admire, but his speech in explaining
it ; and, while we deny any necessity to add to tax-
ation, except that which grows from monopoly, and
coercion, we believe that his additions to it will be
both vexatious and mischievous. He unsettles a great
many interests, and excites an immense deal of hosti-
lity to attain very paltry ends.

We received last night the Flanders and Hamburgh
Mail with news to the, 10th instant. It appears, by
letters from St. Petersburgh, that a mutiny of the
soldiers had broken out in that capital, and that
several officers had been killed. The accounts are
very meagre, and no information whatever is given
respecting the cause of the tumult. L►e late storm
had done great damage along the coast of the Nether-
lands, as well as in several towns of the interior.
An express had arrived at Hamburgh on the Bth inst.
announcing the death of the Grand Duke of MECK-
LRNBURGH SCHWERIN, on the previous day, after
an illness of several days. He was married to a
sister of the King of PRUSSIA, and was in the 42d
year of his age.

TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS.
MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVERED IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM :--
Week ending Feb. 20, 1842* . . 4,448,484
Week ending Feb. 21, 1841* . . 4,090,164
Week. ending Nov. 24, 1839 . . 1,585,973
Increase since 1841, on the week's
letters . . . . . . 358,320
Increase since 1839, on the week's
letters . . . • . 2,862,511
* Including St. Valentine's Day.

Before we proceed, therefore, to examine Sir R.
"'BBL'S Budget, we think it necessary to protest, in
limini, against the supposition too readily adopted by
some of our Liberal Contemporaries that a temporary
iewurse to direct taxation cannot now be opposed.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace, on
Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, for the reception of
Addresses on the Throne.

The Lord Mayor, attended by a, his Mace-bearer,
Sword-bearer, and. Chaplain, arrived at the Palace at
two o'clock in his state-coach, drawn by six greys, pre-
ceded by the City Marshals on horseback, and followed
by the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Commons, of the City of
London, and the officers of the Corporation, in carriages.
The Civic Corps were conducted, on their arrival, to
the Green Drawing-room.
The. Queen received the Address on the Throne, his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, habited in a Field Mar-
shal's uniform, standing by her side; the Countess of
Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, and the Ministers and Offi-
cers of State, being in attendance on her Majesty.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Sir
Edward Butler, lined the room. _ _

The Lord Mayor and Aldermen; accompanied by the
Recorder and the City Remembrancer, were first con-
ducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the foot of the
throne, when the Recorder read an address of congratu-
lation on the auspicious birth of a Prince, from the Court
of Aldermen, to which her Majesty returned a most
gracious answer. The mover and seconder of the Ad-
dress had the honour of kissing hands, and the deputation
then retired to the door of the throne-room, and again
approached the Royal presence, followed by the Commons
of the City of London and the officers of the Corpo-
ration.

The Recorder read an Address of Congratulation of
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City
of London in Common Council assembled, on the aus-
picious birth of a Prince, to which her Majesty was
pleased to return a most gracious answer. The mover
and seconder of the Address in the Court of Common
Council had.the honour to kiss hands, and the deputation

withdrew. There were present Aldermen Sir P. Laurie,
Farebrother, T. Johnson, Lainson, Gibbs, John John-
son, Sir James Duke, Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir George
Carroll, Sir William Heygate, and Sir Chapman Mar-
shall ; the Recorder, Mr. Sheriff Magnay, Mr. Sheriff
Rogers, the Remembrancer, the Chamberlain, the Comp-
troller, the Solicitor, the Common Pleaders, Messrs.
Gurney and Randall; Mr. Under-Sheriff Pritchard, Mr.
Secondary Potter, Mr. F. Temple, Keeper of the Guild-
hall ; Mr. R. L. Jones and Mr. Wire, the mover and se-
conder of the Address in the Common Council ; Mr.
Moon, Mr. Edward Eyton, Mr. Clement Harris, Deputy
Brown, Deputy Peacock, and 90 other members of the
Court of Common Council.
The Lord Mayor and he Majesty's Commissioners of
the Lieutenancy for the City of London, including Mr.
Masterman, M.P.; Mr. Lyall, M.P.; Mr. Lawford, Mr.
James Anderton, Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Mr. Hankey,
and Mr. Josiah Wilson, were introduced to the Royal
_ _

presence, and presented an Address of Congratulation,
to which her Dlajesty returned a gracious answer. The
Lord Mayor and Mr. Masterman, M.P., had the honour
to kiss hands, and the deputation then retired.
The Bishop of London, accompanied by the Bishop
of Llandaff, Dean of St. Paul's, the Archdeacon of Lon-
don and Middlesex, the President of Sion College, the
Rev. Mr. Milman, Prebendary of Westminster ; the Rev.
Dr. Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle; the Rev. Dr. Birch, Rev.
Dr. Acland, Rev. Dr. Burnet, Rev. Dr. Hollingworth,
the Rev. Dr. Russell, and a numerous body of the clergy
of London and Westminster, arrived at the Palace at
half-past two o'clock, and were conducted to the Li-
brary, and from thence were ushered by Sir William
Martins, Sir Frederick Smith, and Colonel Diggle, the
Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, to the presence of the
Queen in the Throne-room.
The Bishop of London read an address from the
Clergy of the Cities of London and Westminster, congra-
tulating her Majesty on the birth of a Prince, to which
the Queen was pleased to return a most gracious answer.
The Bishop of Llandaff, the Archdeacon of London, and
the-President of Sion College, had the honour of kissing
hands, and afterwards retired with the other members of
the deputation from the Royal presence.
The Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, presented Lord and
William Russell to her Majesty, at an audience.
The Queen gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel, Lord
Stanley, and the Lord Chamberlain.
The Court was attended by the Lord President, the
Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and
Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty,
the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at
War, Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain
of the Yeoman of the Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain,
the Treasurer of the Household, the Clerk Marshal,

Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Honourable'
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Colonel Buckley, Equerry
in Waiting, Sir Benjamin Smith, Captain Parker Nutt-
all, Exon in Waiting, and Mr. Byng and Mr. Wilson,
rages of Honour in Waiting.
Viscount Hawarden and Sir F. Stovin were the Lord
and Groom in Waiting.
The Yeoman of the Guard lined the Grand Hall, and
the Queen's guard of the Grenadier Guards was on duty
on the Palace lawn, with the band of the -regiment.
The Lord Mayor and Aldermen had an audience of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday, at
Buckingham Palace, to present an Address of Congratu-
lation from the Court of Aldermen.

His Lordship and the Aldermen, accompanied by
Mr. J. Anderton, the mover, Mr. W. Jones, the
seconder, Messrs. Moon, Peacock, and many members
of the Court of Common Council, presented an address
of congratulation from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons in Common Council assembled.
The Lord Mayor, Mr. Masterman, • M.P., Mr. Lyall,
M.P., Mr. J. Anderton, Mr. Lawford, and other Com-
missioners presented a Congratulatory Address from the
Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London to
his Royal Highness.
The Bishop of London, and a numerous body of the
Clergy. of London and Westminster, had an audience of
Prince Albert, and presented an Address of Congratu-
lation from the Clergy of those cities. The Bishop of
London presented the following members of the depu-
tation to his Royal Highness :—The Bishop of Llandaff,
the Archdeacon of London, the President of Sion Col-
lege, the Archdeacon of Middlesex, and the Dean
of Carlisle.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by
the Marquis of. Exeter, Groom of the Stole ; Lord Col-
ville, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry
in Waiting ; and Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher in
Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an
open barouche and four on Saturday afternoon.
A pair of beautiful pedestals, inlaid with tortoiseshell
and gold, richly mounted with massive gold ornaments,
executed for the Duchess of Sutherland, was submitted
on Saturday, by Mr. Town, at Buckingham Palace, to
her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were graciously
pleased to express their approbation.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken
an airing on Saturday to Hampstead.
The Royal dinner party at Rockingham Palace, on
Saturday evening, included the Prince and Princess
Nicholas Esterhazy, Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne,
Lord Ashley, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lord Colville.
The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Service
yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St James's.
The Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Povah, the Les-
ions bythe Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Communion Service
by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, Rev. Messrs. Povah and Haden.
The Bishop of Ripon preached the sermon from Gala-
tians, chap. v., v. 6. The Service was Boyce in A, the
Sanctus and Commandments Rogers in D. The anthem,
"In Jewry is God known" (Dr. Clarke), was sung by
Messrs. Wylde, Vaughan, and Bradbury, and one of the
young gentlemen of the choir. Mr. J. B. Sale presided
at the organ.
The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of rrtmmore,
Iron. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Devereux' Viscount Ha-
warden, Marquis of Exeter, Sir Frederick Stovin, Colonel
Buckley, and Sir Edward Bowater.

Among the nobility present were the Earls It osebery,
Erroll, Harrowby, Delawarr, and Cawdor, Lords Eliot
and Canterbury.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Queen yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent ,yesterday, at Clarence
House.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambric.]!iv visited
her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Friday, at Marl-
borough House.

The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Recorder,
had an audience of her Royal Highness the l?uchess of
Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. Jan res's, and
presented an Address of Congratulation from the Court
of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor, the Alden a en, Mr.
W. Lawrence, the mover, and Mr. W. S. Hale,: the se-
conder of the address, Messrs. Moon, Brown, Harris,
and other Common Councilmen, presented an Address
of Congratulatioia from the Court of Common Council
of the City of London.
The Lord Mayor, Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. :Lyall,
M.P., and other. Commissioners, presented an Address
of Congratulation from the Commissioners for the
Lieutenancy of tho City of London to the Royal Ducihess.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at-
tended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting,; and
Sir George Couper, Bart., C. 8., Comptroller of iher
Royal Highness's household.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager
on Saturday. _

The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yea-
terday morning in Grosvenor chapel.
The Duchess of Cambridge accompanied by the
Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an
airing yesterday to Kew.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex
at Kensington Palace. _ _

A Deputation, consisting of the Agent for Jamaica,
Sir C. Grant, Mr. Dehany, and Mr. Colville, had an
hterview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
A Deputation on the subject of the Danish claims had
an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel in Down-
ing-street. The Deputation consisted of the following
Members of Parliament :—Sir John Hamner, Sir
Walter James, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Hodgson
Hinde, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Bain,
the agent to the claimants.
_ _ _

Mr. Wyld has just published a small sketch of the
City. of Caubul and its environs. The extent of the place is
about a mile square, the river intersecting it to the north of
Timour Shah's tomb. The His.ah or Hirsah occupied by the
British troops, with the fortification around it, almost approaches
the city, the distance between the Bulla Point and the walls
not exceeding 200 yards.
Lord Wm. Paget has published a statement in
which be denies in the strongest terms any knowledge, much
less participation, in the foolish affair which has made so much
its banks, and doing
noise at Paris, and asserts that his solicitor has a letter in his EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE.—OH Saturday after-
possession which proves that Cassidy did not go to the bed-room noon the river Thames rose to an unusual height, overflowing
without the highest authority.
DEATH OF THE GRAND DUKE OF MECKLENBURG considerable damage at
above and below London bridge. According to the tide-tables
Sell wicartv.--Ha mono H, MARCH B.—An express from it was high-water at twenti-six minutes past two o'clock in the
'many places, both
Schwerin has arrived here this morning with the afflicting afternoon, at which time t e depth of water et the outer lock
news that his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg of the entrance of St- Katharine's Dock was 29 feet 3 inches.
Schwerin, after an illness of several days, died yesterday In the Tower garriton there was no thoroughfare for pedeq-
morning, between five and six o'clock, in the 42d year of his trians, the depth of water at the "Traitors' gate " being nearly
age. He ii succeeded by his son Frederick Francis, born 28th one foot. The late heavy gales is the reason assigned for this
of February, 1823, unusually higletil e.

Loi-d Sandon had an interview with Lord Stanley on
Saturday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Compton and Mr. Fleming had an interview with
Sir Robert Peel on Saturday in Downing-street.

LORD WILLIAM PAGET AND I
MISS BELLEW.
" LORD WILLIAM PAGET'S STATEMENT.
" If I have deferred till the present moment to circu-
late any refutation of the infamous calumnies which have
been published against Lady William Paget and myself,
in various newspapers, it is not because I have been re-
gardless of public opinion or indifferent to the just cen-
sure of the respectable portion of the public press, but
because I have observed throughlife, that exactly in pro-
portion as both are hasty to condemn in the first in-
stance, and upon ex parte statements, so," in the end,
they are sure to do ample justice to all parties ; and for
this reason alone I determined to await all the attacks
with which I was threatened, and then to state (as con-
cisely as possible) the true facts of the case, in so far as
I know them, and which I here beg leave to do.
" On or about the 6th of January, Mr. Cassidy, whom
I had known intimately for a considerable period, and
who had always represented himself to me, and whom I
believed to be the son (or nephew, I forget which) of
Colonel Cassidy, of her Majesty's service, and a man of
independent circumstances, introduced Lady William
Paget and myself to Miss Bellew, as a lady whose•
acquaintance he had made in Devonshire, and to whom
he hoped and believed he was shortly to be married.
" He stated, and which was the fact, that she had
arrived in. London from Devonshire with him the day
before, travelling with him in his carriage, accom-
panied by a Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, both of whom I
had Met in London two years • ago, but whom I had
never' seen ' before or sinee that time, and whom
Lady William had never seen in her life. A few days
afterwards Miss Bellew invited us to dine with her at the
Euston Hotel ; and after dinner, taking Lady William
to her room, showed her a shawl and a set of jewels,
which she said had been presented to her that day by
Mr. Cassidy (by him estimated at 8001.), but she observed
that they had been accompanied by a letter from Mr.
Cassidy propbsing marriage to her, which she had re-
jected (not having known him sufficiently long), and
that she intended returning the presents.
" The followinc, evening Miss Bellew announced to
Lady William that she had been induced by Mr. Cas-
sidy to withdraw her letter refusing his hand, and to re-
tain the presents. Thus, it appeared to Lady • William
that nothing could be more clear than that at least Miss
Bellew looked forward to the possibility, if not probabi-
lity; of a marriage at some period or other, with Mr.
Cassidy. But Lady William took not the slightest in-
terest in the matter.

" She had then seen Miss Bellew but twice in her life ;
and although (from my having known Mr. Cassidy for a
long period, and esteeming him exceedingly, and firmly
believing him to be in every respect her equal), I rejoiced
myself at the prospect of his marrying so well. Lady
William knew little of him him either, and cared as little.

" But if there ever -arose any doubts in the mind of
Lady William as to the intention of Miss Bellew towards
Mr. Cassidy, 'they were entirely removed (as well they
might be, I think), on hearing from Miss Bellew that she
projected an excursion to Paris with him ; and on learn-
ing that she had proceeded to that capital, travelling with
him in his carriage, as usual, accompanied, however, by
Mr. and Mri. Douglas, and who were the persons that in-
troduced Mr. Cassidy to her in the first instance.
" A week afterwards I went to Paris, occompanied
by Lady William and my sons. We were in the same
hotel with Miss Bellew, and dined (that is, Lady William
and myself) with her, at her particular invitation, dur-
ing the only four days we were there together. Every-
thing went on amicably. I thought I had never seen
two lovers play their parts better (according to my
humble notions of those matters), when the denoue-
ment took place of Mr. Cassidy being found in Miss
Bellew's bed-room. The next morning Miss Bellew
sought refuge with Lady William, and proposed to her
to take charge of and protect her.
" Many reasons prevailed with me for refusing to
listen to such an arrangement. The first was, that Miss
Bellew, being some years older than Lady William (and
Lady William has a son thirteen years of age), and ap-
pearing to me to be fully as well acquainted with the
ways of the world, and quite as capable of taking care of
herself, I did not think she stood in need of any such
protection ; but, if she did, I naturally referred her to
her particular friend Mrs. Douglas, who had originally in-
troduced her to Mr. Cassidy, and with whom she had
travelled from Devonshire to London, and from thence
to Paris, and with whom she stated she had lived on
terms of intimacy in Devonshire for nine months.
" Another. trifling circumstance had also some little
weight in deciding me, which was, that upon my remon-
strating with Mr. Cassidy on the brutality and indecency
of his conduct, he exculpated himsetf by placing in my
hands a note, bearing the initials of Miss Bellew, making
an assignation to receive him in her bed-room* Under
these circumstances, I ventured to decline the honour
proposed for Lady William, and Miss Bellew took her
departure from Paris, I heard no further on the subject,
until I learnt, by the public journals, that Lady William
and myself had been engaged in inveigling a young
heiress from Devonshire to Paris !

" Unfortunately, however, for the veracity of their
informants, neither Lady nor 'myself had been
in Devonshire at all ; nor had either of us accompanied
Miss Bellew to Paris, nor did we leave London for
several days after, her departure with Mr. Cassidy; nor
had our original, intation of visiting Paris the most
remote reference although, from the' aecidental
circumstance of my detention in London; owing to the
illness of two of my ehildrin, I unfortunately "made her
acquaintance, and thus became entangled with her and
her friends in thi4 affair. And, after all, our whole
knowledge of this amiable young lady extends but to
five days' acquaintance in London (if, indeed, such
trifling intercourse as we had with her during so short
a period can be called an acquaintance), and four days
in Paris.

" The public, I think, will wonder that a piing lady
of rank and fortune (and with clean hands) should resort
to the columns of the Satirist, instead of the laws of her
country, to redress her wrongs and to "establish her inno-
cence. * * * * And here I may ask, had Miss B. no
friends, no father, no uncle, no brother, no male relative
to come forward, and bring to a just account, by some
means or other, some one, at least, among those who haver
so wronged her ?It would appear she had not. • -
"It has always been been quite clear to me
what has been the head and front of Lady William's
offence and mine towards this young lady, namely,
the rejection of ber appeal to us for protection, under
circumstances in which, I think, as a husband, I was
fully justified. But even for this Lady William is not
to blame (if blame there be), for so utterly ignorant was
she of my motives for declining to make her the future
depository of Miss Bellew's virtue; so entirely without a
suspicion was she that Miss Bellew entertained any but
the most friendly feelings towards her, that, unknown
to me (and quite as a matter of course), on her arrival
in London, she wrote to know when and where she
would see her. Ido not feel called upon to make a
single remark upon the conduct of any person connected
with this affair but that of Lady W. and myself ; but I
cannot help declaring (which I most solemnly do) that
I never saw, on the part of any of the famous conspi-
rators, the slightest attempt to influence or control Miss
Bellew in anything ; or anything but the greatest
kindness shown to her ; and without attempting
to defend the conduct of Mr. Cassidy, I will
say, that no man could receive the encouragement which
he always received from Miss Bellew without baying ^.
right to suppose that she intended to become his wife.
For my own part, I am quite ready to confess that I
looked upon a marriage betiween Mr. Cassidy and Miss
Bellew as so probable an event; and I believed the par-
ties to be so equally matched in point of worldly position
and circumstances, and both so fully aware of what they
were doing, that if I did say or do anything which
might have had a tendency to the furtherance of this
object (but of which I am ignorant), it was only in,
accordance with my feelings, and with my belief
that there existed no grounds whatever against
it ; and I am sureif I had been asked by Mr. Cassidy
to do any thing to forward it, I should unhesita-
tingly have done so. On the other hand, if Mr. Cassidy
was himself aware of his impending bankruptcy (which
does not at all follow as a matter of course), or if any
of the other parties mentioned were aware of it, which I
do not believe, I can find no words to express my detesta-
tion and disgust at such atrocious villainy towards Miss
8., as well as towards Lady William and .myself. In
conclusion, I shall only-add, that every syllable which
has been uttered or written, whether by Miss Bellew or
her friends, to theprejudice of Lady William Paget and
myself in regard to this affair, is a scandalous and in-
famous falsehood."

• This letter is in-the hands of my solicitor, Mr. Bebb, of 12,
Argyle-street, who has my full permission to show- it to the
curious in sneh matters.

. _•
The Marquis- de N. 'resides ill' a small mansion in
the Rue Ville I'Evoque, having a garden, the wall of which runs
back to the Rue de Surenne. Two evenings ago the Mar-
quis remainedrat home alone, the Marquise having gone to
a party, taking two of the servants to attend her, and given
the rest leave to absent themselves, so that the only person
left in the house besides the Marquis was a couturiere, who
came to work by the day. The 'Marquis was busily engaged
in his Cabinet, but about nine o'clock had occasion for some
papers which were in another room, and w..trit to get them.
On passing the private apartments of the Marquise he ob-
snied a light, which in her absence he knew ought not to
be there, and on entering found three men engaged in open-
ing the furniture and taking possession of everything va-
luable. Preserving' his presence of mind, the Marquis ac-
costed them, and told them it was in vain for them .to at-
tempt to fly, as the whole of his establishment was within
call. Two of the thieves, however, made a.rush past him,
and escaped. He seized, the third, but thii fellow, being
stronger and younger than the Marquis, broke from his grasp
and followed his fellows, passing the workwoman, who
came on hearing the cries of the Marquis. Police-officers
were immediately afterwards called in, and ascertained that
the fellow's had made their way into the garden by an old
And badly-faStened door from the Rue de Surenne, had cut
through a shutter by means' of a centre-hit, and thus got by a
esci
p ipeptkioen.
ted a window on the ground-floor. Numerous skeleton keys and
m
other implements of housebreaking were left behind by the
robiers, of whose persons the Marquis was able to give a full
As
ys a lyueatb lneo repeater, af
tethr7any rings, and other jewels
have been taken. They
hadd
of high price, but their booty would have been much greater
had tiny not been interrupted.
TRA DE IN ASHTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.—
Things are here in a very bad state. Nearly all the spinners
and manufacturers have announced their intention to make a
reduction of wages, amounting to 10 per cent. on twist, and
5 per cent. on weft ; the reduction to commence from next
Friday. Ono mill is to be wholly stopped in a fortnight or
three weeks. On Tuesday evening, a meeting of factory ope-
ratives was held in the Charlestown Meeting-house, to consi-
der the propriety of making a stand against the proposed re.
duction. Some of the masters, who, at the late Anti-Corn•
law meeting at Ashton, avowed themselves converts to Chart-
ism, and who are. amongst those who find themselves compelled
to propose this reduction of wages were abused in no rnea-
sure.d ,terms by the operatives. We have ru,t heard what was
the determination ultimately adopted by the hands, in reference
to the proposed reduction.—Manchester Guardian.
On Saturday the Lord Mayor, several of the Al-
dermen, and a great number of the members of the Court of
Common Council, assembled at the Guildhall, and thence pro-
ceeded in' State to Buckingham Palace,to present Addresses to
the Queen upon the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales. •

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