The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS,

THOMAS PLOWMAN, saddler, Yeovil, to surrender
April 12, and Clay 17, at twelve, at the Antelope Inn, Dor-
chester. Fennell and Williams, Bedford-row•, London; WatlY,
Yeovil.

THOMAS FIRTH, maltster,' Elland, Vorkshire, April 23,
at four, and :flay 17, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax.
Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury-square, London ; Alexander,
Halifax.

JOHN HOUGHTON JONES, spirit•merchant, Man•
chester, April 25, and May 17, at ten, at the Commissioners'.
rooms, Manchester. Bower and Back, Chancery_lane, Lon-
don-; Russell, Manchester.

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JOHN BR IDLE, grocer, Shepton Hallett, Somrrset%hire,
April 14, and May 17, at eleven, at the Mitre Inn, Wells.
Sorrell, Tokenhouse-vard, London ; Hyatt, Shepton Mallett.
JOHN FLINTIFT, innkeeper, Rastrick, Yorkshire, April
9.6, at eleven, and May 17, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn,
Halifax. Rickards and \Volker, Lincoln'o Inn-fields, London;
Barber/Brigliouse, near Halifax.

II EN RY 11 EWAR D, innkeeper, Waltham-cross, Hertford,
April 15, at two, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, I3asingliall-street ;
Scott, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry.
GEORGE REACH, miller, Birdwell, Suffolk, April 15,
and May 17, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Bury St. Edmunds.
Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Lin-
c.,ln's Inn ; Golding and King. M'aisham-le. Willows, Suffolk.
JAMES I3ED1:011D, ironmonger, Westminster-road,
April 15, at one, and Slay I 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lackington; official assignee, Coleman-street-1111114'-
41gs ; Maybe , Johnson, and Mayhew, Carey-street, Lincoln's
Inn.

WILLIAM BUSHELL, innkeeper, Evesham, April 14,
and May 17, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Eve.ham.
Bel, Bedford-row, London ; Cheek, Evesham.

WILLIAM ROBERT 11A YNE, paper manufacturer,
Ilangliton, Northumberland, April 29, at eleven, :!ticl May 17,
at one, at the Corninision-room,Neweastle-npon-Tyne. Meg-
gison, I'ringle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford-row, Lou..
dun ; Brockett and Philipson; Newcastle-upin-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Daly, bookseller, Red Lion-square, April 28, at half-past
one—S. Parker, lamp maker, Argyll-place, Regent-street,
April 28, at two—W. Keep, tailor, Northumberland-street,
strand, April 28, at eleven—J Colnett, hotel keeper, Graves-
end, April 28, at twelve—J. Gre.nlees, shawl warehouseman,
Friday-street, Cheapside, April 28, at twelve—A. and J. Phil-
lips, window-glass cutters, Whitechapel-load, April 26, at
eleven—M. Glascott, G. M. Glascott, and T. T. Glascott,
collier merchants, Great Garden. street, Whitechapel-road,
Apt it 27, at one.
In Um Country.
J. Rutter, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, April 27,
at twelve, at the Black Lion Inn, Stockton—G. Forster,
the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon.Tyne—J.
woollen draper, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, April 28, at eleven, at
Bailey, innkeeper. Burslem, Staffordshire, April 28, at two. at
the George Inn, Burslem—S. Cartwright, ironmonger, Great
Bolton, Lancashire, April 27, at one, at the Swan Inn, Bol-
ton-le-Moors—R. llashm, cotton spinner, Little Bolton, Lan-
cashire, April 27, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Swan
Inn, Great Bolton—J. Lawless, commission agent, Manches-
ter, May 13, at twelve, at the Cxnatissioners'-rooms, Manches-
ter—J. Fletcher, I'. Fletcher, and B. Fletcher, cotton spin-
ners, Patricroft, Lancashire, April 27, at eleven, at the Cla-
rendom-rooms, Liverpool—'l'. Barker and R. Ainsworth, cot-
ton spinners, Warrington, Lancashire, May 13, at eleven, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Ashton, printer.
Liverpool, May 13, at two, at the Clarendon-room', Liverpool
—H. IV. liobhouse, J. Phillott, and C. Lowd. r, bankers,
Bath, Alay 2, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath—J. Uns-
worth, joiner, Liverpool, May 12, at two, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES— Arum 26.

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G. Mackin and J. Buxton, grocers, Chorlton-upon-Medloek,
Lancashire—J. Hopkins and J. Drewitt, bankers, Arundel,
Sussex—J. S. Lennart', victualler, White Conduit-fields—H.
Grevcs, timber merchant, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—
T. F. and J. E. Beales, drysalters, Manchester—J. Siddons,
.I. M. Wathew, and J. Siddons, jun., coal masters, Nuneaton,
Warwickshire—J. Jervis, draper, Wells, Somersetshire—J.
Appleton, ironmonger, Hounslow—W. Jones, currier, Carnar-
von—P. Leicester, slite merchant, Longsight, Lancashire.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
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T. and E. B. Price, St. Martin's-lane—T. and J. E. At-
kinson. curriers, ‘V'yld's-rents, Bermondsey —S. Darthez.
jun., F. Pegler, and 1.. Darthez, merchants, Austin-friars, Cite
—F. Sollier and J. Leguillier, marble merchants, Strand—l.
Lidbury and C. Worth, carpenters, Gower-place, Euston-
square—S. Lench, sell., and S. Lench, jun., tin-plate workers,
Liverpool-street. City—J. F. Holc:ernesse, jun., and J. Ranger.
jun., hosiers, Wells-row, Islington—W. Thomas and J. Oliver,
shipbrokers, Cardiff, Glamo gamhire—J. craman and R.
Mulford, timber merchants, -Bridgwater, Somerset shire—E.
Wanstall and E. Edwards, milliners, Oswestry, Shropshire—
J. H. Hummel and H. W. Anderson, paper stainers, Bridge-
road, Lambeth—A. Jackson and W. Crocker, bark merchants,
Bermondsey-street—S. Risley, E. Jennings, and F. P. Chap-
pell, attorneys, Quality-court, Chancery-lane (so far as regards
E. Jennings)—G. and F. A. Bond, farmers, Alayfleld, Sussex
—J. and T. Edwards, earthenware manufacturers, BursTem,
Staffordshire—J. Bridgart, G. Bridgart, and R. Bridgart,
joiners, Derby—F. Lane and T. Robinson, wine merehants,
Leicester—M. lon and H. Rutt, woollen-cloth manufacturers.
Old Jewry—T. Knowles and J. Knowles, jun., lamb's wool-
yarn manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—J. and H. P. Si.
monds, dealers in East and West India produce, Bush-lane,
Cannon-street—H. N. Evans and W. C. Haines, surgeons,
Hampstead—R. Wain and. J. Goodwin, tea dealers, Strange.
ways, Lancashire—T. Orme and G. M. Sadds, wine merchants.
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire—T. Allen and W. Stevens, jun.,
commission agents, Liverpool—J. and W. 11. Phillips, grocers.
Smethwick, Staffordshire—W. Booth and J. French, jun., flint
glass manufacturers, Deptford, Durham—G. Crosfield, Jn.
Crosfield, W. Crosfield, and Js. Crosfield, wholesale grocers,
Liverpool (so far as regards Js. and Jn. Crosfield)—W. Ball
and J. Walker, steel-pen manufacturers, Birmingham—E. and
H. Thomas, linen drapers, Newport, Monmouthshire—W. and
B. Rathbone, corn merchants, Corn Exchange, Upper Thames-
street—R. Wardle and J. E. Taylor,painters,Newcastle-upon-
d H.
Smith,
attorneys,
Tyne—H. E. Gerlach and C. G. Allhusen, general commis-
sion merchants. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. B. Jenkins, J. Jen-
kins, and J. Coles, maltsters, Chepstow, Monmouthshire (so far
as regards J.
Chancery-lane—J. Coles)
.es .
lWelch ale con-
signees, Queen-street. City.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
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S. NAVI.or gn
ROBERT MARSHALL, builder, Glasgow, April 11 and
May 7, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON, innkeeper, Dingwall, Edin-
.btirgh, April 9 and May 3, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel,
Dingwall.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, shipbuilder, Greenock. April
12 and May 3, at twelve, at the Office of Muir and M'Clure,
Greenock.

JOSEPH GRIMSHAW, postmaster, Glasgow, April 12
and May 10, at one, at the Royal Exchange Rooms. Glasgow.
THE RENFREWSHIRE BANKING COMPANY,
Greenock, April 11 and May 2, at twelve, at the Tontine Inn,
Greenock.

ROTHIEMAY.-Mr. Pirie, the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don, has not been unmindful of the land of his birth. He lately
transmitted, through his friend, Bathe Macdonald, of Banff,
a handsome sum, to be divided among several of his Lordship's
aged relatives in the parish of Rothiemay.—Aberdeen Herald.
Three or four days ago, as six countrymen were
regaling themselves in a public-house at Neville, near Dieppe,
two soldiers of the 24th of the line went in and picked a quarrel
with them. A conflict ensued, with every weapon the parties
could lay their hands on. The landlord attempted to separate
them, but was turned out of the house. After a long struggle
the two soldiers were victorious, and took their departure leav-
ing nearly all the countrymen severely wounded. One of
these having gained some advantage over his opponent, the
savage seized his antagonist's eqr with his teeth, bit it off,
and spit it in his face. Another has his left shoulder fractured,
and two have dangerous wounds in the breast with knives. The
Magistrates have commenced an investigation of the affair.

The Report of the Thames Navigation Committee having
been read, and its adoption moved and seconded,
Mr. DAVID WIRE said that before the Report was
agreed to, he wished to ask a few cuintions. First, he was
desirous to know whether any estimate had ever been made, as
to the probable expense of carrying the p:oposed improvements
of the river banks into execution?
An HON. MEMBEIt observed that the matter was fully ex-
plained in the Report.
Mr. WIRE s Lid that all he asked was to have the Report re-
ferred back to the Committee, for the purpose of further infor-
mation on the subject being obtained. He certainly did not
understand the Report in the sense in which some Hon. Mem-
bers seemed to do.
An HON. MEMBER. obserVed that the_ mprovements would,
in all probability, pay the expense.
Mr. WIRE said the objects of the proposed improvements
were to narrow the channel of the river by making embank-
ments, so as to produce uniformity in the banks of the river and
rapidity of current in the stream. It was proposed that this be
carried into effect, uot by the Corporation, but by individuals,
who would acquire the right to the soil obtained by
the embankments which they made. What would be
the effect of that? What was the consequence of the
embankment made for the purposes of the New Houses of
Parliament? • Why opposite the Adelphi and Privy-gardens
an immense shoal of mud was collected, where all the deposits-
of the stream were accumulated. A similar result would be
produced in other localities, unless the improvements were
carried simultaneously- throughout the whole length of the
river hanks, and thus a pestilential air would be produced in
the immediate neighbourhood of' the river, to the great danger
of the health of the City.
Sir C. MARSHALL observe 4, that it was the Corporation them-
selves who first made encroachments on the banks of the Thames.
He thought that the last thing which the Court ought to
sanction, would be the narrowing Of this channel, or the erection
of buildings close to the river. They ought not let slip the oppor-
tunity of making improvements. Theyought to bear in mind the
beautiful plan of the Duchess Dowager of Rutland for a ter-
race from Waterloo-bridge to Westminster-bridge. The mud
bank in front of the Adelphi had been accumulating for years.
The accumulation had commenced long before the embankment
for the new Houses of Parliament had been commenced.
Suchlad been the improvement in the river in consequence
of that embankment, that steamers could now approach the
shore at the lowest state of the tide. Those who had the
management of that embankment would of course take care
that no large buildings should be constructed near the river.
Those possessing property on the banks of the river, such as
the Duke of Buceleuch or Sir Robert Peel for example, would
no doubt willingly do whatever was required, and pay the Cor-
poration for the new frontage, if they could thus become pos.
sessed of the freehold.

Mr. DAVID WI RE hoped the Hon. Gentleman would give
them some information as to how the proposed plan was to be
carried into effect. The Chairman had said no definite
plan had been agreed upon, except that there should
be an embankment. He (Mr. Wire) did not wish by agreeing
at once to the recommendation of the Committee, to
pledge the Court to do that which hereafter it might be found
exceedingly difficult to carry into execution. He wished to
know precisely what were the powers which the Committee
sought to obtain • if he obtained that information he should be
satisfied. He thought it would be well to bear in m,nd the
resolution of a former Court, on the subject of forming public
walks for the recreation of the citizens, on any proposed em-
bankment.; and if the Report were to be referred back again
to the Committee, he would recommend that they should take
the whole subject, including of course the formation of these
public walks, into their consideration, and report thereon to the
Court. In allusion to what had fallen froth the worthy Alder-
man, as to the probability of the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir. R. Peel,
and other gentlemen being willing to purchase the freehold of
the embankment in front of their respective mansions, he (Mr.
Wire) hoped that the Court would never give its consent to
any measure which should enable the proprietors of mansions
on the banks of the river to shut cut the public.—( Cheers.)
The banks were the property of the City, and why should any
one have the power of shutting out the citizens ?—( Cheers. )
lie hoped that some clear and intelligent explanation would be
given, so that they might know exactly what it was that they
were about to do.
Sir CH A P3I A N MA RSIIA LL explained.

Alter a few words from Mr. P.E A COCK,
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Mr. Hittr. said that the Report merely suggested a plan for
the improvement of the river, but did not state how it was to
be carried into effect. If any project for the improvement
of the river should come before the Committee, they would
lay the same before the Court. By the proposed plan
of embankment, there would be really but little contraction of
the actual width of the river--:it merely went to level the ex-
isting inequalities. lie thought there was nu advantage in
having the river too wide, as in that case it would be apt to be
choked up by the accumulation of deposits.
Mr. Bien was desirous of giving all the information in his
power. The Navigation Committee was desirous of obtaining
the sentiments of the Court on what he considered would he"
the foundation of one of the greatest improvements
ever made in the navigation of the Tharnes.
Thu Committee di'l not ask for any powers be-
' yond what they at present posse.sed. Within the last few
years, in consequence of the increase in stew n navigation, a
necessity hid arisen for providing alditional landings; many
piers and encroachments had consequently been thrown out
into the river without the sanction of the Corporation. In other
.!a.es their sanction had been obtained. When the Committee
summoned offendin,( parties to the Mansion-house to answer
fur these encroachments, they were answered that they had
permitted equally objectionable encroachments in other parts.
fhe committee were, therefore, desirous to put an end
to this system, by getting a line drawn, beyond
which no projections should take place into the river.
['hey had already ascertained that they had a full and perfect
right to draw and to maintain that line. At the same time
.hey would not be unmindful of the recommendation of Sir F.
Trench and others, as to the propriety of making these improve-
ments conducive to the public health of the metropolis, by the
formation of public walks on the erribankments. They would
t,ot interfere of the existing rights of theoccupiers of wharfs.
The Committee expected great benefits would be derived from
the proposed improvement, but it should be borne in mind that
the Committee themselves did not ask the Corporation to
pledge itself to any expente, they only asked for authority to
proceed. The Navigation Committee had no funds at'its dis-
posal ; the funds derived from the port of London and tonnage
dues were appropriated to particular purposes, and' the other
Navigation Fund, arising from certain tolls on the river, had
been greatly diminished by the opening of the Southampton
Railway. It was necessary to give every facility to the effecting
these improvements.
Mr. WIRE then moved that the Report be referred back to
the Committee for further inquiry, and that a further report be
made to the Court, before any permission be given to form an
embankment of the river.

Mr. limn said, the only objection to this resolution was,
that the business of the Committee would be completely sus-
pended by it.
Sir P. LAURIE said, the plan as detailed in the Report, had
been laid before the Trinity House, and had been considered
by it a perfect plan. That being the opinion of the Elder
Brethren of the Trinity House, he thought the sooner they
greed to the Report, the better.
Mr. STEVENS said, the Committee had gone through a
great deal of labour, and having read the Report care•
fully, he was delighted at the large measures of improvement
therein contemplated. He could not have thought that the
Report would have caused five minutes' discussion before the
Court. If the plan were carried into effect the present an-
noyances caused by throwing out piers and chains of boats
would be rendered unnecessary. They should have great (lit&
cul ies to contend with—neighbour against neighbour—but in
carrying the plans into effect they could not injure those
who already had a river frontage. They could not
oloek out Sir R. Peel, nor the Duke of Buceleueh, nor do any-
thing to impede their view and air. By the conclusion o! the
Report it would be seen that the Committee required autho-
rity to remove such nuisances as were injurious to health and
densive to the sight, and by agreeing to the Report they
would only be sanctioning all that the Committee had done.
Mr. LAWRENCE said the Committee stated they had a diffi-
culty in enforcing their powers. Now he did not see how
their agreeing to the present report would tend to enforce
those powers. If they wanted additional powers what was the
object of accepting the Report? There was also another
question ; it appeared that they could not stir a step
in the matter without a special Act of Parliament.
The whole of the plan would cost some milliohs of money ;
and he did not apprehend that either the Duke of
Ruceleugh or Sir Robert Peel would spend any-
thing to obtain a greater river frontage than they had already.
He thought the Committee had been very uselully em-
ployed in the inquiry, but the Report would not lead to any
earthly good; they would Lot, by adopting it, be a step nearer
their object. If adopting the Report was only due to the
Committee, he had no objection to do so, as he thought the
Committtee was entitled to their thanks ; but the moment it
went beyond this line, he thought it a very serious question that
the Committee should set about spending money without asking
the authority of the Court, and without the authority of an Act
of Parliament. He could see no good in passing the Report.
Mr. Haituts said there seemed to be some difference of
opinion as to the effect of the embankment, but he had himself
seen the extraordinary advantage of it. He read the para-
graph of the Report in which the Committee asks for authority
to remove nuisances and obstructions that were injurious to
health and sight. This, if agreed to, would give the Com-
mittee power to carry out its intentions without referring
again to that Court. If this power were given by the Court, he
should be glad to know what means the Committee had of car-
rying those powers into execution?
An Hose. IllzatEEK—They do not intend it at all.
Mr. HARRIS then would ask to know what the Committee
did intend?

Mr. PawraEss moved the following amendment :—" That
this Court do agree with the Commissioners in their said Re-
port as to the said line laid down for the embankment, and that
it be referred back to them to carry the same into execution,
and furth,r, that it be an instruction to the said Committee to
make further inquiries, and obtain the fullest information on
all the other subjects contained in the said Reprt, and to re-
port thereon from time to time to this Court."
And, after some further discussion, the question was put,
when the original motion was carried unanimously.
A few remarks relative to the Borough Conipter and the case
of the Town-clerk followed, which were rendered inaudible by
the noise of members leaving the Court.
DISTRESS IN THE COUNTRY.
A requisition was read by the clerk, signed by Messrs.
Taylor, Prendergast, &c., relative to the existing distress.
Mr. P. A. TAYLOR rose to move the following resolution :.
"'That this Court received with feelings of deep sympathy the
expressions
of regret at the continued distress in the manufac-
turing districts of the kingdom, contained in her Majesty's
speech in opening the present Session of Parliament. That
this Court has observed with regret that, notwithstanding the
benevolent desire expressed by her Majesty, the Commons
House of Parliament has refused to sanction the free importa-
tion of corn, and that her Majesty's Government, instead of
introducing a law to remove, bas proposei a law for re-adjusting
the injurious and oppressive restrictions upon the purchase of
food. That in order to apply a permanent and vutlicient remedy

men of great wealth, and yet they were always coming up with
their complaints of distress. Now it isielled to him that whe-
ther the manufacturers were wealthy or poor, whether there
was plenty or scarcity in the country, he could not see why the
landed aristocrats- should -peek to Titles-the country..--Gloat. )
He intended to deal with this subject first, with reference to
the evils which the Corn-laws inflicted on the country ; and
secondly, with reference to the arguments which were brought
forward to show the advantage which accrued to us by incur-
ring them. Taking up any paper of the day, tip.)• would see
that meetings were held to consider whether the protection
whieli the agriculturists enjoyed was or was not sufficient.
Was it really come to be a question for consideration in Eng-
land, whether it was any advantage to be able easily to obtain
and pay for food ? Was it come to be a question whether Eng-
land would be better if she was less fertile, and whether it
would be for her advantage that food should he scasce and dear
—that famine was an advantage, and plenty an evil ?—( Hear.)
He could understand how the raising the price of an article
might be of advantage to those who dealt in that article, but he
could not see what advantage it would be to the nation.--( Hear,
hear. ) The Corn-laws were a tax ; it signified not whether it
went into the Treasury or into the pockets of a certain class
of individuals; any thing which artificially raised the price of '
any article is a tax, and it was impossible that a tax could be
advantageous in itself : it might be nee.essary, but advantageous
it could not Hear, hear.) By artificially raising the
price of food, the exertion necessary to obtain that food was in-
creased. If, with food at. a certain price, a labouring man would
be ab'e to support ha wife an 1 family by labour of ten
hours a day, if that food were raised fifty per cent., he would be
required to labour 15 hours a day to obtain the same amount of
food—( Hear, hear)—and that was the secret which would ex-
plain the melancholy cases that we daily beheld of women and
children working in factories, and of old age labouring past its
natural time. The injury which these laws did to every branch
of trade might be easily described ; to the shipping interest
they were a great detriment, and he meant to prove, before he
sat down, that it was net true that agriculture—that it wa;
not true that commerce was the foundation of the prosperity of
this country ; but that manufactures alone had raised this
country to the height to which she had attained, and when
they stop, England's sun has set for ever.—( Hear, hear.) It
was true that in Venice, Genoa, and in Holland, commerce did
much towards the prosperity of the c untry, but then they were
the depots from which other countries drew their supplies, and
they were purely carrying countries ; but this was not the case
with England. The great evil of the Corn-laws was that of
limiting the power of demand on foreign countries ;
they said no exchange shall take place—the foreigners
shall not be clothed—the British manufacturers shall
be starved." Talk of the combination, indeed, sometimes
entered into by the working classes, talk of the fears sometimes
entertained lest they should overstep the limits of the law, and
break into private property, what combination could be more
atrocious, what more mischievous, what greater injury was ever
infl cted than the passing of this law, as was attested by thou-
sand, and tens of thousands of our suttet ing fellow countrymen ?
—(llear, hear.) In order to lay before the Court some idea
of the amount of injury which the Corn-laws produced, he
would beg to extract from the evidence of Mr. M'Gregor. lie
said that he consideleil the taxation which arose from that source
and prohibitory duties was more than double the amount of the
taxation paid into the Treasury,—( Hear, hear. ) James Deacon
flume said that the money thus paid would be more than the
whole revenue of the country. He (Mr. Taylor) had also
another calculation which was founded oti the population of
G eat Britain : supposing that tech individual was supported
according to the dietary of an Union workhouse—supposing
each individual to consume six pounds of bread per week,
one pound and a half of meat, with cheese, &c., it would
make Is. per week of tax paid by the population, and it would
amount to 50,000,0001. a-year. Now that was without con-
sidering the tax which was paid of 20,000,0001. upon barley iii
beer ands rits, and a number of other taxes, all of which were
laid on for the protection of the laud. Another class of evils
which he thought might clearly he traced to the canoe source,
was the increase of crime.—( Hear, hear.) The number of
commitments to prison during the seven years from 1810 to
1817 was 56,000. on an average of'B,ooo per annum ; from
1817 to 1824, the number was 92,000, on an average per
annum of 13,000 ; from 1824 to 1831 the number was 131,000,
being an average of 17,000 per annum ; 1838, 112,000 ; 1839,
113,000 ; and in the year 1840 alone there were 129.237 cons-
mittments, being an increase of 16,003 over those of the year
1838, and between 600 and 700 per cent. over those of the ten
years antecedent.—( Hear, hear.) And it was seen the other
day in that city, and a worthy Alderman said when a number
of persons were brought before him for stealing, that he was
certain that their object was to be committed ; and he would
ask, could it be wondered at that crime should inerease
when the difficulty of obtaining food was daily in -
creasing. Now with regard to over-production. Other
countries were manufacturing, and we had lately been giving
them a bonito to encourage their manufactures, and now that
they were competing with us, he .(Mr. Taylor) thought that
was one of the strongest arguments why our manufactures
should be set at liberty and released from all restraints. But
they were told that one great reason of the distress in the coon •
try was over-production That was certainly a most singular
argument to urge when their mills were standing still all over
the country, and their men were unemployed. But then they
were told. as a reason why they should bear all these evils, that
agriculture was the foundation of the prosperity of this country,
and, therefore, it must be protected. Now, he must confess,
that there appeared to him to be a contradiction in the very
terms of this statement—the foundation of prosperity, and yet
needs protection. —( Hear, hear. ) Why, be their own show-
ing, unless they take 50,000,000/ sterling from the pockets of
the people, they cannot carry on their agricultural labours.
Agriculture, the foundation of the prosperity of this country in-
deed ! 14 hen was agriculture ever the foundation of any wea th ?
Tiil the consumption of a country equalled the production of food
it must be expected ; now, there was nothing so cumbersome
and so unprofitable to expect as corn; ani to bring corn to this
country would cost from ten to twelve shillings a quarter. The
best positioh in which landed proprietors could be placed would
he that of a country where all their produce was consumed, and
where manufactures were the great staple commodity of the
people ; in that case, they would sell their corn at the highest
price, becau c they would have nu expense to export it abroad,
and they would purchase their manufactures at the lowest
pi ice, because, there would be no expense in importing them.
Any attempt to carry their prosperity beyond that, immediately
became suicidal.—( Hear, hear.) There seemed to have been
an idea lately set afloat that it was not a good thing for this
country to manufacture too much, and that there should be
some limits to our manufacturing efforts; that was neither
more nor less than saying that there was enough of every-
thing for every one in this country, and that we had too many
things in this country for our nece•sities, our enjoyments, or
our comforts. Now, what was it that brought into this
country almost every thing which we required for our neces-
sities, or our comforts—what brought in our sugar, tea,
coffee and spices—what brought in our wine and our luxuries?
Why, nothing but manufactures. We had nothing to give in
exchange for everything that came in but our manufactures.—
( Hear, hear.) Manufactures it was that supported the pros-
perity of this country altogether. They brought in gold and
silver, and in times of distress they even brought in corn itself,
without which we should perish.—( Hear, hear. ) Yet they
were told that they produced too ninny manufactured goods.
Manufactures were, and he thought he hail proved it, the
foundation of the prosperity of this country, and without them
we should be a poor, wretched, miserable, beggarly nation.—
( Hear, hear.) The tax upon food was no creation property; it
was only a transfer of property ; just the same as when a thief
robbed a man, that was no creation of new property, it was only
a transfer. But supposing for a momont, that it was true
that the agriculturists found a difficulty in paying the taxes,
and that we should pay it for them, it certainly was not right
that we should be called on to pay much more for them, yet
that was the case. This declaration of the aristocracy, " Why,
we'll pay the taxes, if you give us the money," put him ( Mr. T. ) in
mind of the words of Sir John Falstaff :—" He that will caper
with me for a thousand marks, let him lend me the money and
have at him."-_(A lough.) Another argument had been used,
to the effect that, if the Corn-laws were repealed, wages would
fall. Why, if the manufacturers were sane in their desire to
repeal the Corn-laws, it was no doubt because they believed
that thereby they should have a larger demand for their goods
than now ; and if they had, was it not manifest that they would
have to employ more workmen ? and was it not plain that, when
two masters were looking after one workman, he would demand
more wages than in times when two workmen were looking
after one master ?—( Hear.) In the year 1835, when the price
of wheat was not more than half what it is now, the demand
for labour was so immense, that a vast number of persons were
taken from the agricultural to the manufacturing districts ; and
the reason then was—certainly, not that the Corn-laws were re-
pealed, but that corn being so cheap, almost the same
effects resulted as if those laws had actually been repealed.
Another reason, they were told, why it was necessary for the
national prosperity of the country, that these laws should be
continued was, that if they were not, land would be thrown out
of cultivation and labourers out of employment. Suppose it
true that some labourers would be thrown out of employment,
the question would then arise whether it would not be better
to deprive a portion of them of employment, the whole number
of them not exceeding 960,000, than throw out the 2,000,000
who were employed in manufactures and trada.—(Hear. ) Sir
It. Peel stated, in his place in the House of Commons, that he
believed it best for the interests of the country, and best for the
interest of all parties, that they should occasionally pay a small
sum for domestic produce. He was desirable that occasionally
a small 311 M should be paid to make us independent of foreign
countries for the supply of corn. Would not the loss of the
supply of cotton to this country be as deplorable as the loss of
the supply of corn? But no fear was ever expressed that we
should at any time be destitute of that commodity.—
( Hear, hear.) They never had any fears of the loss of the
supply of sugar, or timber, or silk, or wine ; nor
were the supplies of those articles ever deficient—(Hear)—
still less grounds were there for the fear being entertained with
regard to corn. Some of the other articles were produced by

e*
one country alone, and others by only a few 'Countries ; but' '-•-e,
every nation produced corn, and if we only had free trade, so '• •
ereat would be our supply, that we should he spade perfectly
independent of years of scarcity.—(Hear, hearts) Joseph in
~:-.:t
Egypt appeared to he wiser in his generation ;than Peel.---;sia: , s /
—(fear, hear)—because he had no sliding sersiko..(Laughter.). • -
He, foreseeing the years of scarcity, purcbasedhis eorns anda-ao•
began to lay in a supply in the first year of p/entyleAPrisP°4--;
would not have commenced purchasing till the first year of"
scarcity.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Sir Robert said " oc-
casionally," and a " small amount." Was it not notorious, as
might be seen from the papers that year after year gave the
prices of corn at !Joao: and abroad, that the difference between
the price here and abroad was generally ono of from 50 to 80
per cent., and that not occasionally, but was it not usually the
difference ?—(Hear, bear.) He held in his hand a table,
showing the difference of price between English and
Prussian wheat since the year 1815. This difference
was calculated allowing 10s. a quarter for the ex-
pense of transporting into this country, allowing one
quarter per head per annum, which was admitted on all
hands as a fair calculation, and multiplying that by the popu-
lation of Great Britain in those 26 years—from 1815 to 1841
—the amount of the difference between the price of cheat
alone at Berlin and London was 1,1815,00b,C001. sterling. Ile
had before him the price of every rear, and, therefore, in this
statement he could make no mislalse. Nor, indeed, was it at
all wonderful that the sum should be so great, when they con-
sidered the amount of taxation and the population of this
country ; and that sum, or something like it, had gone to in-
crease the laws of the aristocracy. Did they wonder now that
Sir James Graham's estates at Netherby had increased its value
to 60 or 80 per cent. since the year lal6. Again, they had
been told that they were called on to place such a duty on
foreign corn as would be an equivalent to the special burdens
which were borne by the land in this country. Now he (Mr,
Taylor) should like to be told what these special burdens wire,
and what was the amount of them, for he confessed he did not
know. Besides, if they hail additional burdens that was no-
thing more than the tenure by which they held their lands, which
had been formerly granted to the old Barons on account of some
special services to be rendered, such as furnishing a certain
number of men to the wars, or such like. He had said be did
not know what were the seecial burdens borne by the land-
owners ; he might add that he knew more that they did not
bear.—( Hear.) They paid no duty upon their insurances;
they were released frore almost all the taxes which pressed
upon others, and they had also managed to shuffle out of the
laud tax.—( Hear. ) There was nu country in Europe in which
the landed artstoeracy paid so little to Government as did the
landed aristocracy of England. In Prussia the whole amount
of revenue arising from land tax and customs was 7,761,0001.,
and of this the land paid 3,094,000/. In Austria, the whole
amount of taxes was 16,400,000/., and of this the land paid
8,700,000/. In France the taxes amounted to 40.000,0001 ,
and of this land direct paid 13,379,0000, and woods, forests, and
domains, 8,806,0001. In Belgium, Holland, and Germany the
land tax paid about one-half of the whole taxation ; but in Great
I Britain, where the whole anemia of taxation was 52,226,000/.,
the taxes received from land amounted to only 1,172,000/.
He did trust that that Court would raise its voice against this
atrocious tax—to tell this sordid aristocracy, that they were
slaves to sordid avarice—that there are rights of the people, as
well as rights of property— inlith'atstheassare-antecedent-to the
rights of property, inasmuch as those of property were made
and erected, whilst those of man were cerived immediately
from God himself.—( Hoar, hear.) In conclusion, he begged
to thank his Lordship and the Court, for the attention with
which he had been listened to throughout his address, and to
move that th • resolution be adopted, which he had read at the
commencement of his remarks.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ITEPPLE said, that after the very able and lucid address
which they had just heard from the Hon. Member Rho had only
now resumed his seat, he should not detain the Court with any
observations of his ; he begged, therefore, thus briefly to second
the motion.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. Ge owes said, though the Hon. Gentleman who had
moved the resolution was a new Member of the Court, he must
say that he had never heard the cause, which he advocated, up.
with half the arguments, or in se masterly a way as had been
done by the Hon. Member. He had, however, no doubt said
a great deal that could not be understood by many members of
that Court.—(Ole, oh.) In opposing the motion of the Hun. ,
Member, he ( Mr. G.) should certainly be opposing what was
called a popular question, and se he should be if the course he
was adopting would lead to deprive the poor man of his bread ;
but he did not believe that that would be the effect, or was
the effect of the measures which he supported ; and therefore
so long as he held a place in that Court, though he doubted not
but this question would be carried by a large majority—( Hear)
—he never would sit quietly by and hear the landed aristocracy
belied. With regard to all the Hon. Aferober had said rela-
tive to the estates of Sir J. Graham at Netherby, he (Mr.
Gadson) must say that he doubted the asseition which had beers
made, and he thought the Hon. Member must be in error.
Again the Hon. Member stated that the manufacturing popu-
lation of the country was double that of the agricultural; if
that were the fact, he must say that it appeared to him to
be a new one, arid here also lie believed: the Honourable
Member was labou ing under a mistake; he believed the
agricultural population doubled that of the manufacturing.—
( 011, „h.) He looked at the Corn-laws abstractedly, as the
necessary protection of the agriculture of this country. The
Hon. Member said that the sordid aristocracy had taxed the .
people to keep up enormous rents, or words to that effect.
He (Mr. Gordon) might be allowed to state, and he would as-
sure the Court that he would not state it, it he did not know it
to he a fact—( Hear, hear)--that in the counties round Middle.
sex the average rental of tillage land was but 30s. an acre S
and take the country round, the average rental was from lbs.
to 20s. per acre for tillage ground ; the average growth of
corn per acre would be about 3 quarters, or 24 bushels ; these
3 quarters would give 20 bushels of flour, and that would be
just sufficient for 360 four-pound loaves. Now if he were
learned in these statements, and he believed he was, it would
follow that %rah regard to these 360 loaves, if the laid-holder
got his land for nothing, it would only make a difference of a Id.
a loaf. Then where did the money that these inert gained go to?
Were not three-fourths of the manufactures made here eon-
'f he landlord buys
of the shopkeeper,
sumed at home?and
flue money is generally disseminated, and well would the ma-
nufacturer do if this link were to he broken and he were com-
pelled to snake his produce sslely for the stespl_y of other coun-
tries. He much regretted that a subject of this sort should be
brought so many times before this Court. He thought it
would be melt 'setter that the members of the Court, who
were tradesmen mostly, and whom, as such, he respected very
much, sholild stick to that fur which they were sent there—
viz., the municipal affairs of the Corporation, and should not
interfere with that which their education wholly unfitted them
to understar tl. They should leave those matters to the Go-
vernment of the country.—( Year, hear. ) It was not his in-
tention to move any amendment. —( Hear.)
Air. Da wstnri said he perfectly concurred in the observations
which had fallen from the last speaker. He viewed this agita-
tion as nothing more than a renewal of the app hication to her
Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers, as a discussion of this
sort never took place when the late Ministry were in office.
This was purely a political movement.
Sir. Jon ssos begged to say that a discussion of this sort did
take place in the time of the !ate Ministry,
and
4tsht sat
atwdaonwinns
the year 1839; and the Hon. Member who had just
took a conspicuous part in it. He was surprised that any man
could lay his head upon his pillow in peace, and look at the ex-
isting distress, and say that it was not the duty of every honest
man to do his best to relieve it.—( Hear, hear • )
Mr. Meorae No said the present distress in the country was
not owing to the Core-laws, hut because of the imperium in
imperio which existed in this country, by which laws were
concocted out of doors, and were forced upon a weak succumb-
ing, Government. The vacillating conduct of the Whigs who
abolished slavery, and who were so undecided in their move-
ments, that an hoar before they granted 20,000,000/. as com-
pensation, contemplated making a loan instead of a grant of
15,000,0001., was the peat source of the present distress.
Mr. A NDERTON said, he did not think the address ought to
go to the Queen. There was certainly a great deal of distress
in the country at present, but he
„thought it was owing to a
variety of causes.

Aft'er some further remarks from Mr. PEWTRESS, Mr.
STACEY, and other gentlemen, whose names we coold net hear,
in the confusion which reigned, and the cries of " Question,"
and " Divide," and a few observations from Mr. Tevion in
reply, which want of space wholly prevents us, much against
our inclination, from publishing, the Court divided, when
there appoared—
For the motion
Against it .
Majority in favour of the motion
Some other business of minor importance was then ow
through, and the Court adjourned a little atter 6 o'clock.

TILE OPPONENTS OF THE CORN.
LAWS, AND THE INCOME TAX.

7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sul,—The opponents of the Corn Laws have lost.
their tide, by not setting their machinery in motion every-
where against the Income Tax during the 'recess. After
they had been borne down by superior numbers on as much
of the question as had then developed itself; it was a
perfect god-send that a minister should bring forward
an unpopular tax, so contrived as to be only a codicil to
the refusal to repeal the Corn Laws, and a prolongation
of the general principle of removing taxation from the
landed interest to lay it upon industry.
That such a proceeding on their part would have been
assailed by their external and internal enemies on the
pretext that Income was not Corn,—or that the selfish
and absurd portion of the working classes who have done
their bast to establish their incompetency to making a
component part of any attempt for the ad►ancement of
public liberty, would have raised the howl against the
middle classes which the Minister intended,—were con-
sequences to be calculated on, but nut necessarily reasona
to decide.

At this moment, symptoms of resistance to the Income
Tax are accumulating in every direction ; and it is easy
to see how much all movements of this kind would have
been advanced, if the ready-made machinery had every-
where been applied to prompt and to assist.
Though the best of a tide may have been lost, it de-
pends on what there is to do and the promptitude is
doing it, whether substantial use may not be madu of
what is left.

'Why should not every meeting to be holden on the
subject of the Corn Laws, direct its proceedings against
that particular form of the general principle, which has
been presented to us in the Income Tax ?
Yours very sincerely,
PEIWONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, April 4, 1842.
P.S.—Allow me to take the opportunity to return to
the subject of a former letter, which was the effect of the
proposed Tax on property derived from temporary incomes.
The question is complicated, and therefore a fine hot-
bed for deception to sprout in. The best wa♦ will be to
suppose a case. A few days hence some member of par-
liament will object to the levying a nine times greater
proportional amountfrom the smaller property; and a mi-
nister will probably rise and say, "Honourable gentlemen
on the other side have admitted that they do not mean
to press for a graduated income tax ; yet the Honour-
able gentleman founds his complaint on one being
the smaller property." And then he will turn round to
his little boys behind, and bid them holla. How will
you answer this ? it is a very tolerable fallacy, which
is more than can be said of all which proceed from the
same source.

The answer seems to be, by distinguishing between
two different demands. One demand, which every-
body makes and which is made now, is that the pro-
perty worth in round numbers 1,000/. shall not be
assessed in the same total sum as the property worth
9,0001., but shall be assessed in at all events only one;
ninth of the sum. Another demand, which is
e assessed
now, but which a people wiser and strongerwou on, is that the property worth 1,000/. should
from the
b notld insistm
in less than one-ninth of the sum demanded'ne ss of the propert• worth 9,000/. And the business
Mi-
nister, is to confound the demand that is made, with the
demand that is not.

The General Steam Navigation Company's packet
Ocean, I. Fife, of Rotterdam, arrived of the Custom-honte
on Sunday, with the Dutch mail.

TIIE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1842.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 1841, and sth of April, 1842, shelving the Increase
or Decrease on each head thereof.

YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 Year ended Aprils. Quarter ended April 5.
QUARTERS ENDED ended ~..----**"•--------------..----.... ended 1............---."•--.....-N ,--.......„---........._....„-,
-.•-• -..,
July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, April 5, - , , 1 . , Aprii vJuly 5 Oct. 10 Jan 5 April 5,
1842 1812 1812 1 Increase. Decrease. Increase. I . Decrease.
1849 1840 1811 1841 , , DPI' lB4l 18.1
----- -
Clts:oMs.-Consolidated Duties .3,995,998 4,562,048 3,644,292 3,527,926 - 3067,034 4,256,823 3,989,266 3,555,052 - - - - -
Sugar Duty applicable to Consolidated
Fund .... 1,151,939. - - _ - 91'9,678 - - 5'25.798 -.-- - - -
Sugar Duty applicable to Supplies - 1,100,8'3 736,614 990,6E2 - 17 ;,874 1,480,389 1,100,008 413,603 - - - - - _
-- ---- -
23,455
Total Customs.-- ....... .. ..... ... ---t,137,97 ----.),n62,877 7,1 ;380,116G 4;519,503 19_,7_0_',02.. 5_ 4,848,536 5,737,217 4,71)5,274 4,493, t 3 19,876,130, 175,003
Excise ' 2,711,951 3916249 4,016,366' 1,985,4,0 12,5'40,036 2,793;312 4,160,966 3,139,270 4769,161 12,11,4,609 65,44 •••••• 116,309
Stamps . 1,7A6,,_ I 1'751'417,. 1,596,646 1,677,404 6,755,118 1,690,821 1,7..2,7,14 1,618,517 1,5'19,487 6,631,519 ..•. 1A589 77,917
, :2'.2,1145 3,959,4'1 2,030,666 311',1,r0 1,910,010 150,753 4,411,619 422,138 71,3,2
Taxes 1,047,908 a 32,607 1,,86,171
Post Ottice 1 00,000 1-23,000 i 8,000 93,000 414,009 119,000 116,00.) 127,000 142,600 501,000 90,000 49,001 '
Crown Lands 42500 45,c00 02,000 32,500 169,000. 30,000 50400 49,0, 0 56,500 180,000 20,000 18,009 -
'12,43; 49,126 90,062 38,235 15,325 15,052 323,193 371,895 231,743 274,067
Miscellaneous ....... ..... ...... 4,117 21,382-
------ - ------ ---
...--*--
Total Ordinary Revenue 11,373,961 11,455,722
. 11,931,126 8,479,053 '41,1339,n2 11,522,650 12,132,772 12,254,198 8,530,147 44,43(2,692 91-9,836 189,016 341,067 248,973
Imprest and other Moneys 297,180 8i.990 32,546 32.151 445,576 197,9=5 97,805 '26,187 25,714 147,6-',l 97,985 6,437
Re-payments of Advances 19,5,995 172,469 123,948 98,91,6 591,438 143,510 122,374 145,859 1 164,671 576, 44 ..... 14,904 65,6-5 -
------ ----- _ • -_- -
Total Income 11,807,836 12,111,::30 14,067,020 8,609,200 41,675,886 i 11,864,1:5 12,352,951 12,426,169 18,720,`32 145,363,827 689,'" 36 301,895 406,742 295,410
-.---- .--------7
The Amount applied to the Consoli. --1 Deduct De Deduct
slated Fund 6,898,530 0,692,179 £,037,0.3 7,390,901 31,1309,631 6;753,992 10,476,941 8,787,559 7,6413,474 23,064,9.5 crease Decrease.
. 4.441,995 .295,410
Ditto, as Advances :82,000 483,100 192,550 60,1100 4-'O,OOO If,' 12 237,602 ,
Ditto, ZIA part of the Ways and Means
of the Year 4,858,256 :',3.59,051 3,120,59: 136,219 12,:!;14 15.3 4P 1 . 917 733 1 .19 1 ,618, 311 /,6 916 04 / 751',016 14,011, 91 Increase on
Increase on
-- - -
• Total. 11,6ea,534; 112,111,230 12,087,6:0 1 8,609,400 44,675,9,4 1 11,F434,175 ' 12,35.V;51 112,426,169 8,720,532 145,363,827 I 687,911 'll ,:g3.2
...

--- -------- - -
No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1841, and the sth April,- 1842.
Quarters ended A;ril 5. I i Quarters ended April 5.
I N COME. 1811 1812 CHARGE. 1811 I 1812
Customs.—Consolidated Duties 3,527,928. 3,555,652 Permanent Debt. t ' 3,537,130 3,530,131 2
Sugar al cable to the Terminable Annuities
Consoli•• Led Fund — 525,798 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 23,47 24,31
----- - Sinking Fund —
Total Customs 3,527,826 4,01,450 IThe Civil List 97,042 97,3;2.
Other charges on the Consolidated Fund . 337,5'.41 3.35,350
Excise
Stamps 1,67 ,104 1,599,497 .
Taxes
Post Office
Crown Lands 72, 00 5V.00 •
Miscellaneous 49,124 2...3,1g3 7,858,0g6 P,560,303
0 Imprest and other Monies 32,151 25,714 ------
Repayment of Advances 1;8,991 164,q71
The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1812,
7,638,016 ta,320,303 and paid olf out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1.4.2 6,606,832
IThe Amount issued in the Quarter ended'April 5,18 W, in part of the semis granted by Parliament out of the Consoli- i
TO Cash brought to this Account dated Fund for Supply Services i 1,r159,016
to be applied to pay oft' Deficiency The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5,181 s
8i115... 520,1k'0 • 240,0(0 1
1 The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended i
7,'.i45,093 8,560,303 1 April 5, 1812 1 O.* 5,072,344

DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH
FORCES IN CABOOL.

(From the Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, Jan. 21.)
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S PROCLAMATION.

intelligence hiving been received which leaves no room to
doubt that, after the Britii•li force at Cabo:il had maintained
its position against overpowering numbers of insurgents for
more than six weeks, the officer commanding had judged it ne-
cespary, in consequence of a failure of provisions, to agree to
a convention with the enemy; and to retire, in reliance on the
faith of that convention, toward, Jellalabad, when the troops,
exposed to the worst rigours of cold and privation in the moun-
tain defiles, and harassed by treacherous attacks, suffered ex-
treme disasters—the Governor-General in Council deems it
proper to notify, that the most active measures have been
adopted, and will be stedfastly prosecuted, fur expediting
powerful reinforcements to the Affghan frontier, and for
assisting such operationi as may be required in that quarter
fur tlie maintenance of the honour and interests of the British
Government.

The ample military means at the disposal of the British Go-
vernment will be strenuously applied to these objects, so as at
Once to support external operations, and to insure efficient pro-
tection to its subjects and allies.
A faithless enemy, stained by the foul crime of aisassina!ion,
has, through a failure,. of. supplies, followed by consummate
treachery, been able to overcome a body of British troops, in a
country removed, by distance and difficulties of season, from
the. possibilit•: ~f succour. But the Governor-General in
Council,
,white he most deeply laments the loss of brave officers
and men, regards this partial reverse only as a new occasion for
displaying the stability and vigour of the British power, and
the admirable spirt and valour of the British Indian army.

the rear guard, duties which the nature of the country rendered
of no common difficulty and danger.
The commanding officer congratulates the officers and men
on the courage and endurance evinced by all under his com-
mand; and he has no hesitation in declaring his opinion, that
nothing would have surmounted the difficulties offered to tha
passage of the column short of the determined bearing which
was thus displayed.
" Thou4h the brunt of the action fell upon the 64th, yet
both the 53d and 64th regiments behaved with equal intrepidity,
" Per the valuable assistance afforded him by Major Hog-
gan, commanding the 53d, the Commanding Officer feels most
grateful, as also for that afforded him by the late Captain
Wilson, who fell gallantly at the head of the 64th regiment,
while opposed to the enemy in the Kaffir Thungae pass. By
the death of this able and exemplary officer, the State sustains
a severe loss.
" It may not be irrelevant here to state that the Commanding
Officer had the satisfaction personally to express his thanks to
Captain Wilson a few minutes before his death on the steady
gallantry displayed by himself and his regiment throughout the
morning.
" To Captain Mackeson, Political Agent, and Captain
Ferris, of the Jezailchee corps, the Commanding Officer feels
much indebted for the valuable information they afforded him
as to the nature of the country to be traversed, and by which
the arrangements for crowning the heights were mainly. regu.
lated ; as also to Lieutenant Becher, commanding the Sippers
and Miners, for .the able assistance he on every occasion ren-
dered.

" Where all behaved with gallantry it is difficult to draw dis-
.
tinction3, but the Commanding Officer cannot pass unnoticed
the intrep:d conduct of Captains Campbell and Tylee, of the
grenadier and light companies, 53d Regiment, and Captain
Prior and Lieutenant Rattray, of the light and grenadiers, 64th
Regiment, all of which divisions were employed in crowning
the heights, and of Lieutenants Corset and Young, who brought
up the rear-guard without confusion, though not without heavy
loss in killed and wounded.
" The Commandant has received with much satisfaction from
Major Hoggan, and also from the late Captain 'Wilson just
before his death), assurances of their high estimation of the
zealous aid afforded them throughout the whole affair by Lieu-
tenants Hunter and Flyter, their respective adjutants.
" To Brevet Captain Thomas, 64th Regiment, his detach-
ment.staff, the Commanding Officer's thanks are due, for his

untiring exertions through‘o-ut the day, and for the ability,
coolness, and celerity, with which, whilst constantly exposed on
horseback under 'a heavy fire, he delivered the Commandant's
orders, or carried intelligence from distant points. In con-
clusion, Lieutenant-Colonel Moseley begs to offer his warmest
congratulations to the officers and men of the detachment col-
lectively, on their gallant and successful passage through,
probably, the strongest fastnesses ever forced by troops; and
through which they had to overcome the determined oppo-
sition of an enemy well skilled in the warfare peculiarly adapted
to the country.'
Our correspondent adds, " It is impossible to calculate the
loss of the enemy, as they invariably carry off their dead and
wounded ; but 1 should say certainly not less than 170 or I SO.
The gallant acts of a couple of sepoys, in the 64th Native In-
fantry, I forgot to mention before. Swinton, of the 53d, was
being carried wounded in a doolie, when he was dropped by the
bearers, who ran off; two Affreedis rushed down upon the
doolie, knife in hand, to put an end to our wounded comrade,
when one of our Grenadiers shot one of the savages dead and
bayoneted the other, by which means Swinton's life was saved.
Anuther sepoy, who had picked up the sword of a Subadar
who had been killed, ran three Affreedis through the.
with it; this happened when we were hemmed in in the Kaffir
Tunghae. both sepoys have,been promoted."— Ibid.
OFFICERS WITH THE FORCE LATELY AT

house (35th Native Infantry), acting, missing; Surgeon J.
Magrath, killed in Tezeen Pass, Jan. JO.
There, appear to be three captains, seven lieutenants, two
ensigns, and one quartermaster—fourteen officers in all—not
accounted for since 6th Jan.
54th Regiment Native Infantry—Colonel R. Pitman, C. 8.,
Europe ; Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson, Cape ; Major W.
Ewart, killed in Tezeen Pass on the 10th of January; Cap-
tain Anstruther, not heard of since the evacuation of Cabool ;
Captain H. R. Osborn, Cape ; Captain A. A. L. Corri, not
heard of since the evacuation of Cabool; Capt. W. F. Beat-
son; commanding Bundlecund Legion ; Captain R. L. Burnett,
not heard of since the evacuation of Cabool ; Lieutenant H. A.
lioscawen, Assistant-Secretary to the Government of India,
Military Department; Lieutenant H. Vetch, Principal Assis-
tant, Upper Assam; Lieut. D. Shaw, not beard of since the
evacuation of Cabool; Lieut. J. A. Kirby, ditto; Lieutenant
N. Palmer, ditto; Lieutenant \V. illorrieson, ditto; Lieut.
H. Weaver, ditto ; Lieut. F. S. Paterson, ditto ; Lieutenant
H. B. Mayne,- ditto ; Ensign T. Pottinger, ditto; Ensign
Cuninghame' ditto ; Ensign A. Rose, wounded, anti made pri-
soner about the 23d ; Ensign J. Sibley; Adjutant W. Morrie-
son, ditto ; Intr. and Quartermaster Kirby, ditto; Surgeon
W. Duff, killed in the Tezeen Pass 10th January.
Six of the officers of this corps appear to be on leave or on
staff employ. Including Major Ewart and Dr. Duff, known
to hare been killed in the Tezeen Pass, sixteen officers appear
to have been lost since the evacuation.

General Staff.—Major-General W. K. Elphinst one, C.B.
reported sick—about to leave the Meerat command on sick cer-
tificate, when appointed to the army of Affghanistan ; sub-
scribed the convention ; taken prisoner at Jugdallack
,on the
10th of January; now prisoner at Lughman. Brevet Major
W. Thain, her Majesty's 21st Fusileers, A.D.C. to the Ge-
neral ; wounded on November 10 • not heard of since the
evacuation. Lieut. J. T. Airey, her Majesty's 3d Buffs, se-
cond A.D.C. to the General ; one of the six hostages, safe
and in good health at Cabool. Capt. J. Paton, 58th Bengal
Native Infantry, Assistant Quartermaster-General, not
heard of since evacuation. Cornet W. F. Tytler, 9th Liet
Company, Officiating Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-Ge-
neral. ditto. Captain Westmacott, 37th Native Infantry,
Deputy Judge Advocate-General, killed 23d of November ;
Captain J. Skinner, 61st N. 1., Deputy Assistant Commis-
sary General, net heard of since evacuation ; Captain B. By-
grave, sth N. 1., Paymaster, do. do ; Lieut. Eyre, Artillery,
Deputy Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, wounded Nov. 23,
prisoner at Lughman, near Jellalabad ; Captain W. Grant,
27th N. 1., Major of Brigade (3d), not heard of since evacua-
tion ; Lieut. A. C. Bird, killed in Tezeen Pass, Jan. 10;
Ensign A. C. Macartney, 38th Madras N. 1., do. do. ; Dr.
Carkiew, do., do. ; Captain G. St. P. Lawrence, Military Se-
cretary to Envoy, prisoner at Lughman—at one time supposed
killed with the Envoy ; Captains Boyd, Mein, Waller, and
APKenzie, prisoners at Lughman. We have not made out to
what service they b.?.long.
_

King's Own Artillery.—Lieut. Warburton, hostage left with
,he insurgents, safe and in good health at Cabool.

Shah's 4th Infantry ( Gh;orkas)—Captain Codrington, 49th
Native Infantry, commanding, killed betwixt third and 17th
Nov. ; Lieut. J. G. Gerrard, Ist battalion European Regi-
ment, wounded on retreat from Gundanmek, now at Jellala-
bad ; Lieut. J. C. Hanghten, Slat Native Infantry, wounded at
Charekar ; Lieut. C. W. Sainsbury, Ist Bengal European
Regiment, killed.

shah's sth InfaLtry (Candahar)—Captain Woodburn, 44th
Native Infantry, commanding, killed, and his troops (150) cut
to pieces betwixtGLuznee and Cabool on 3d Nov.

6th Infantry—Capt. Hopkins, 26th Native Infantry,
founi4 dead on his way from Cabool, four miles west of Jellala-'
bad, on 15th Jan. ; Lieut. J. Marshall, 61st Native Infantry,
not lietud of since evacuation; Lieut. E. A. H. Webb, 38th
Madras Native Infantry, hostage with the enemy, well at
Cahoot.

Atighan Irregular Horse—Captain 11. S. Trevor, third
Lieutenant-Colonel, killed with the Envoy on December 23;
Capt. S. W. Hart, 22d Bombay Native Infantry, not heard
of since evacuation ; Lieut. G. W. Golding, 2d Bengal Eu-
ropean Regiment, killed by his men near Candahar; Lieut.
T. F. Puttenson, 2d Bengal Native Infantry, wounded by his
men—new at Candahar; Lieut. R. Dowson, sth Bengal
Native Infantry, not -heard of since evacuation ; Lieutenant'
Walker, mortally wounded on Nov. 23, since dead.

Kohi,tan Ran-gen—Lieut. Maule, Artillery, killed ?Tor. 3,
with whole force at Charekar ; Lieut. Wheeler, 56th Native
Infantry, ditto.
The following is'a list of the officers in the Shah's service not
included in the above, and who seem to have been at or near
Caboul at the commencement of the outbreak, none of whom
have as yet made their appearance, and for whose fate the
greatest apprehensions are entertained—of whose arrival it
were more correct to sav no hope is left :—Brigadier Anquetil,
42d Native Infantry, subscribed the convention—killed in the
Tezeen Pass, Jan. 10. Captain Troup, 48th Native Infantry,
prisoner at Lughman, near Jellalabad. Captain Johnstone,
26th Native Infantry, prisoner at Lughman, near Jellalabad.
Lieut. J. L. D. Sturt, Bengal Engineers, repeatedly wounded
betwixt Nov. 2 and Dec. 25, and exerted himself in the re-
pairs of the defences with the most heroic courage and indomit-
able patience and perseverance, when he had to be carried about
the works by bearers in consequence of his wounds—killed in
the Tezeen Pass, Jan.. 10. Dr. C. M‘Kintier, in medical
charge, Cabool—not heard of since evacuation.
Anderson's Horse—Captain Anderson, 59th Native Infantry,
prisoner at Lughman, near Jellalabad; Lieutenant Le Geyt,
Ist Bombay Light Cavalry, not heard of since evacuation ;
Lieutenant Mayne, already noted as in charge of the Rissalah '
with Sir IL Sale's brigade at Jellalabad ; Lieutenants Walsh
and Webb, of the Madras Army, were left along with Co-
nolly, Warburton, Airey, and Drummond, as hostages : all
well, and said to be kindly treated at Cabool.
The entire number of those known, or feared to have been
killed since the evacuation, amounts to about 112 officers • this
excludes all previous casualties. It must be remarked,
that this is probably an over-statement of six or eight at
least. The list we have quoted from is that of Rushton, cor-
rected down to Feb., 1841 ; we have at present no later at our
command. All the casualties, as well as retirements, which
have occurred betwixt Feb. and Ist Nov., 1841, will fall to
be withdrawn—leaving a sufficiently melancholy catalogue
behind. The names of those who have joined in this interval'
must be added. Our loss will probably fall not greatly under
116, since the Ist of November. One only has as yet escaped ;
nine are at Cabool—six as hostages, and three as prisoners;
11 are at Lughman, and two at Futoo-23 in all. These, with
11 Europeans at the last named place, are all that have as yet
been accounted for.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The address to the Commercial Gentlemen of Great Britain
and Ireland, revecting the Income-tax, has been recei►ed,
but we fear there would be little use now in publishing it.
Should a meeting, however, be held on the subject, we will
state the result.

We have no room for Mrs. Fry and the King of Prussia.