The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-18 00:00:00

MO NE Y MARKET and CITY NEWS-

TlMES.—nhen it was first understood that the dividends
on Consols and other securitie., which will be due in July,
were to be taxed as half-yearly inc, me, though the act is dated
.inly from April last, it was scarcely believed ; but now it is
pretty generally ascertained that such is the case, it is the sub-
ject of much conversation on the Stock-Exchange. An es
post facto law is always regarded as an injustice, hut this re-
[rospeettve opet a:ion of the Income- tax Bid is looked upon as
Mill mote unjust, since it is remarked that while the Legi!la"
lure have made the act commence fimn a certain period,
the Government, unauthorized by the act, have load"
apply to the tlnee months previous. An explanation is offered,
which, however, far from satisfying the complaints °n
the subject, rather increase; the dissatisfaction, so Per"
fectly.inadequate is it considered. This explaoation is, that
when the income-tax ceases, it will be in the month ofApril,
and that therefore the holders of Consols at the time, who Pa'
roeir tax on the receipt of their dividends in January, wall „
saved the three months' tax incurred b,tween that period Or
;xpril. Thus the operation is considered to be one by whie
the Government receives a quantity of ready money in the Pre'
seta year, on the plea of making it pod at some indefi"Jte
pc• iod, and then. in all pri,babilitv, not to the present holder'
of stock, who may have sold it in the ii.terval, and as the
period of comp. nsation is tracer taro without being able to 211-
ticipate it in the price at which he sells. It is singular that s 0
touch time has been suffered to elapse since the first circulst'°-
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of this report before the view of it above described was taken'
There e,r,sinly is a good deal of reason in what has just Ow
been alleges.
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adyices from Alexandria afford satisfactory pr°°"
the desire of Mehemet Alt to cultivve and promote the in,,•
rests and conciliate the friendship of this country. In orn.
phanee with the wishes of the Oriental Steam Navigation C•4l
pan;, he has allowed them to place steam-vessels on the on'
of Alexandria—a point on which he had been hitherto 51
tenacious. The Pacha had also given orders for cloaring
otherwise improving the road between Cairo and Suez, rt.
building transit depots, an hotel at Suez, and making °tue
arrangements for facilitating intercourse with India' via Egypt'
The best feeling is understood to prevail between the Packs
and our present Consul-General, Colonel Burnett.

SHDBURY.—Aecording r;) a return laid before rg;
Lamer'• this immaculate borough contrins 193 registered le"
electors, and 471 electors registered as freemen ; of the latter
149 are registered as. freemen whs reside in houses of th`o
annual value of 111. and upwards. So that there are only-I,'
rated as 101. electors, while more than one half (322) would ,
disf anchised but for their rights as freemen. Not a litt'e
leaven, therefore, lraveneth the whole lump.
MILT.InY FLoGGINa.--The 4tit Dragoons have re"
turned from India, and being too ful,, permission was given (.°'
some to voluneer their services :nto other regiments. MN' aa
ingly, three of them had volunteered into the 11th Hussars, ip
the proceedings requisite fur the transfer having been Wl-
ph-ted, they made a demant for certain alleged arrears of PlYst,
and refused to jo n the regiment, using, at the same time, or/
abusive language to the commanding officer. They were, it;
c-nsequence, sent down as prisoners to York, where a district
court martial assembled to investigate their conduct. The 6,11.
tence and finding of the court was, that the worst, or rid'
leader, was sentenced to receive 150 lashes, and the other ttote
to be confined, for a certain period, in Wakefield House,'
Correction ; and the punishment of flogging was carried into
effect on Friday afternoon. York (7ourant.
THE WEATHER. IN THE NORT H.—The Weather
continues all that our northern farmers could desire-01)0:
rain alternating with sunshine, and the thermometer fullY9"
high as it :s win-rally in the middle of July. Under such ,lr-
cumstances, vegetation could not but prosper, and the only.fe,,,
is hat its progress may not be too rapid. Harvest bids laic";
be sooner than any year since 1826. An early harvest in "is
Highlands is, however, generally the safest and best, as frost,
apt to set in and cloud our p ospects when reaping is lel,
the season. The oats and barley crops look fresh and helt
here, and the sheep farmer is equally rejoiced at the condition
of his flocks. The wheat crop is certainly not so promising :9,
oats or barley, and some fields where the appearance eras d
chiefly unfavourrilde have been reploughed and sown with 02"„.
Inverness Couriir.
Iwo officers or the Belgian lancers at Louvaill;
having a few days ago quarrelled over a game of dominos, 're",
out to fight a duel with their sabres, when one of theft ".$
kilied by a stroke from that of his adversary, which literaill
chive his skull.

INTENDED VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF
BELGIANS TO THIS COLINTRY.—WOOLWICH, THURSDAY.
Preparations have been made at the lineal Dockyard, W°°h;
for the reception of his Majesty King Leopold and
Queen ref the Belgians. Their Majesties will leave Ostend t'.t
evening, June 16, in the Widgeon steam-vessel, and land '(
Woolwich at an early hour to.morrow (this day). A guard
honour of the Royal Marines have been ordered to hold the'':
selves in readiness to receive their Majesties on their landOe;
Several of the Royal carriages will be in attendance to cool
their Majesties to Buckingham Palace.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Mozart's Don Gid'
vanni was played on Thursday for the benefit of Madame Fri:
lini, to a crowded house, she herself personating Grisi's
brated character of Donna Anna. Lab'ache, as the Leporello°
gave the whole p'ay its strength. Persieni's Zerlina
It has ever been, a charming performance. Rubmi's sing!"l,
exhibited some of those matchle-s delicacies of intonation whit;
range among the sweetest of notes. The Giovanni of Rail;
and the Eivtra of Madlle. Moltini were equally happy. Pea
tween the acts I'e nc . rot and Mademoiselle Guy Stephan daa
one of their most perfect pas de deux, which drew doff° '-
encore.
The mortal remains of Lord Congleton were 0;1:
veyed from his late residence, 43, Cado,gan-place, the day bete,rii
yesterday, for interment in the family mausoleum of the PIO",
sainily, in St. George's, Hanover-square, burial. ground,
the Bayswater-road. The youthful Marquis of Droelieua
grandson of the late Lord, came up from Eton College to attej,
the funeral, which was strictly private. The present Lord Coria
gleton, the Hon. Henry Parnell, Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Edward
H. Cole, sons-in-law of his late Lordship, were amoug the I`e,
latives present at the mournful ceremony.
accident
SINGULAR ESCAPE. The following acciuv.e
arising from the high'y dangerous practice of riding behia,,
the various vehicles that pass along the roads, in w Inch childrtre"
of all growths constantly indulge, and which a little el ;
exertion on the part of the police would entirely prevent, tle
place on Tuesday afternoon opposite St. John's Church, in to
Waterloo-road. A little boy, about nine years cf age, 131'1-t
Gagan, the son of a printer, living at No. 1, Agnes-street;
Waterlon•road, was getting down from behind a hackney-01F,,
as it was going on, just as a carriage belonging to Mr. MeTilisj
surgeon, of Stamford.street, was slowly passing. The boy!' a
not see the carriage, and ran right between the fore and itt°,4
wheels. Before the horses could he stopped he was knon,l:jr,
down, and the wheel went over both his legs. BY ior,
Menzie's directions he was taken into the surgery of, .4
Handy, at the corner of Stamford-street, and, upon exatilia,
the little fellow, strange t o say, not a bone was broken, and is
escaped with some severe contusions only. Accidents of h
description are of daily, and often fatal, occurrence, "'Picot
either an order from the proper authori,tes, or an increase
vigilance by the police, would at once stop.
THE BISHOP OF RIPON.—We understand till,:
family of the Lord Bishop of Ripon have been thrown into to,. •
greatest state of distress, in consequence of the lamented deast
of Lord Congleton. her Ladyship's father. The family were a
the Palace when the distressing event occurred, having only
few days ago ,rrived there from London.—York Courant.
A society is in progress of formation in Stills to
with the laudable object of assisting the industrions
provide themselves with coals during' the winter inonthi,..to),
contributing small weekly sums during the spring and
men. towards a fund which it is proposed to augment by ev.
voluntary donations of the more wealthy part of the eommuL9t'
—Bath Chronicle.
OP'
LEEDS AND MANCHESTER, AND LI vER t,OOl, ;he
MANCHESTER RAILWAYS JUNCTION.—Monday week was 'ees
eventful day on which the tenders for this very extensive s'oe,',
were to be opened. The successful party is Mr. John o'l'l
den, of Manchester, and at a smaller sum than was anticipated,
—report says under 50,0001.—that is, for the formation k,
the entire line between the Leeds Railway and Hunts' 131 a,, ,
This sum is some 23,000/. or 2-1,000/. below that which '.l/04"0.-
eel
poor
it;
Temlinion received for the Stockport viaduct. —Degg
Gazette.
Curran, when addressing a Jury on one occasions
observed the effect produced on their minds by the omiool
shake of the head which the Judge gave at the conclusionio
most of his sentences. At once to relieve them and rebta/e.
his Lord.hip, l!nrran, with inimitable wit, remarked. "G`'need
men of the Jury, his Lordship shakes his head, but you
take no notice whatever of it, for I can assure you there
nothing in it."
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ACCIDENTS AND SLICIDT,,S IN FRANCE.—..et
pears, by a recent statistical return, that the number Of a` enua
dental deaths in France. during the year 1840, was 6,8()5: 0
09;
that of suicides 2,752, being only five more than in l hitu
whereas in that vear the number of suicides was 161 more
in 1838. Of the 2,752 suicides above-mentioned, 712 Were e;
males; of the total number, 20 were under 16 years of 40;
132 from 16 to 21 ; 450 from 21 to 30 ; 459 from•
610 ftorn 40 to 50; 446 from 50 to 60; 332 from 60 to 70;
from 70 to SO ; and 45 above SO years of age.
• net
IiEATII FROM SuFFOCATlON.—Wednesdase 1119, 0,
was held before Mr. Wakley, at the White Horse,. Drury-'l9,
o i the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hickey, residing at i\,°' bp •
Parker-street, on army clu,thes mak.'r, who was choked
eating a piece of meat. Before the Jury returned their vet
that
the Coroner said that it happened nearly on all oceasioOleath
if a person died suddenly. while at a meal or eating, the 'soh
was attrieuted to choking; but in the great majority °fel died
cases the person was seized with a fit at that moment, an ,be
from the effect of that attack, and not from choking. re- "
present instance there could be little doubt that the det tion
suited from suffocation, caused by the meat ; and the dist'nc.ible
was to be drawn from the fact that the deceased was sen'aed
from first to last ; that she put her hands to her mouth ;noee
that she attempted to extract the meat with her finger,( the -
of which signs are present when a fit has come 00 a esti'-
moment that the person happens to be eating. These, en os
tilted marked distinetions, anti showed that the obstruction i 4,
at the throat, and not a sudden effect of the brain or the h.'
Verdict Accidentally choked."
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BIRTHS.
dY °(
On the 25th of April last, at Secunderabad, the -
gegi'
Lieutenant-Colonel James Bell, Ist Madras European
rnent. of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Harting, Sussex, the wife of —1
Curtis, Esq., of
instd. a auhter.
On the I4th ,a gt
Lyminster Lodge, near Arundel' the
lady of the Rev. Edward Hamer Ravenhill, of a son. reviti
On the 15th inst., in Whitehall-place, Mrs. Swynfen "-
of a dau hterg. c,,srlo, - t
On th ,- 15th inst., at 133fIeet, the lady of James
Esq., of a son.
or tf,. • Vir•
On the 16th inst., at Stoke Newington, the wife
S
. Vardy, of Finsury-place, of a son.
On the 16th inst., in Cado.,,an-place, the lady of
Colonel N. Alves, of the Army, Arv, of a son and di'
On the 16th inst., in Doughty-street, Mrs. C. Welt')."
daughter,

M ARRIED. the :3
On the 15th inst., at St. Ge rte's, Ilanover4quare:f the
lion and Rev. Edward Ilarbottle Grimstun, second eiclegt ,A;
Earl and Countess of Verulam, to Frances Horatis,
(tang', ter uf John Moti,,r. E.q., late Minister at Dresden:bolo i)
On the Itith int., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square. 130 t.•
jenyns, Esq., second son of the Rev. George Jelly vthe bits
t'sl.am (13.11, Cambridge, to Louisa, eldest daughter
Waltrr Young, Eiq.

1)/i.!) , , toll.
Or, the 19th of January last, at Adelaide, South A; For-
Thomas A. Forrest, youngest son of the late Mr. Daui"'
rest, merchant, Edinburgh.
0;1 the •29111 ult., •tt Mitchell, Esq., Esq , elded i ;Y."
lat • Alkha,l Alitchell, E.g.. of Hortisev, Aliddlesex, age' ~t• the
Oli the 12th list.. at Jersey, Julia Harriet, taido°
OnflethnerYl:H.ttahbbiteirstl).',la)ltie‘''N''
lat
(xi tey I,arer-uni ,
cikvil en•tin• er.
7, t •-•
merset, Mr. Thomas Barratt.
()tithe 15th itist , in Regent-street, Mr. Samuel 1l
of Cheapside, aged 63. ri, rat.
On the litli inst.. at Claremont Lodge, North Brista
tiainul Thornton Anderson, aged 75.
cf
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1-oath n • Printed ;.nci l'uhlisloti ty M! 1-11) ' ■ ..„,.p, • '
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the COOOtT of Middleseat,, Saturday, Jam" ist