The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

ixteen thr;e7panee
.Qooke'to' reduce- front 55., -which is

,Irteen tyro-ligniv. Aril thos,

The sutra ;I
to.orhigh,.to 35., As far us the
assessable under the assessed taY

are affected by the dutii.s
for coachmen and guarkls,

which under the bill regulating railroads were not. assessable,
•1 shall propose that the coach proprietors be exempt alto-
gether. • (Loud cheerso I propose, in respect to the mile-
age, that the -duties payable by all such coaches shall be
averaged at threeqiallpence. The whole of the loss upon the
assessment will thus be £61,000, a loss which, 1 think, upon
the ground of justice, is perfectly justifiable, and upon that
ground 1 vindicate the proposed reduction. In addition to
this I shall propose a reduction of the duties payable by mas-
ters of jebcoaches, which May he taken to be about £O,COO
a year more, forming a total of £70,000, making a total loss.
including the deficiency.of £2,500,000. of £3,780,000. By
the new taxes he calculated he should have £4,300,000, so
that after deducting this loss he should still have a surplus
of £52,000 to meet the increased estimate which would be
necessary, from the state.of affairs in India and China. The
right hon. baronet, having thus stated the whole of his plan,
and enforced it by powerful arguments, resumed his seat
amidst general cheering trom both 'sides of the house.
Lord J. Russltit, complimented the right hon. bart. on
the great ability which distinguished his statement. It had,
whether correct or otherwise, the characteristics of a great
measure, worthy of a great nation like this. It was not a
paltry, quibbling measure of detail, and he should use his
best ability in forming an opinion as to whether it was cal-
culated to be the most useful to the country.

Mr.' O'CONNELL approved of the tax on Irish spirits.
Laid HOWICK thought the question of much too greatim-
portance to express an immediate opinion upon it.
Mr. WAKLEY, while he gave credit to the right hon. Bart.
for the ability of his statement, yet felt confident that the
public would not receive with .satisfaction a tax on income,
though quite prepared for a tax on property. He thought
the right hon. baronet might with great advantage have ap-
plied his sliding,scale and proportioned the ratio of the tax
amount of the income to be taxed.
After some observations from Mr. F. BARING as to the
danger of attempting to impose a war tax in time of peace;
and from Mr. H. Ilinde and other hon. members, some of
the resolutions proposed by Sir R. Pecl were agreed to, and
the house resumed.

On the motion of Lord STANLEY,' the West India clergy
bill went through committec.,7"&tijofirned.

TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE IN ALDERMANBURY.

Herald.) (From yesterday's Morning

Yesterday morning, at a quarter to nine o'clock, one of
the most appalling and tragical events that -has taken place in
the City within our memory occurred. The-principal actor
in the melancholy affiir was a man named George Lucas,
and the scene of the frightful act was at the. house No. 3,
Zion-gardens, Aldermanbury.
It appears that Lucas, who was 38 years•of age, occupied
the whole of the house in question, and let out all parts of it
but the kitchen and attics ; and his family consisted of his
wife and three children—namely, George, a fine boy, aged 10
years; Ann, aged 7; and Alfred,. aged 4; arid Ann Hammond,
the niece of Mr. Lucas"; aged 18.

*bipping intell(genrr,

FKIDAir, 14.Iincit It

Anxtuiest

-Duchess of Argyle. Livingston, from liornimy-..-Duti.
can. —, from Calcutta—Brilliant, , from St..Michacl's—
Glcucira. Newby, from Calcutta. Castilian Maid. from Naples—
Victoria. from helfast Sewell, from Dublin—and Tory,
Howes, from Yarmouth.
SAILEM—BIake, Gardner, and Bornholm. Mason, for New Or-
lean ii—Eduard, Brandhotr, for Stettin,-Copeland. Synis, for China
Queen of the Isle, Ilichard, for Jamaica—and Herculaneum,
fur Calcutta.

Wrn. Carey, for Rio Janeiro, at Calculta
Sarah Mills, , hence at Hobart Town
Larne. , hence off Sydney
Australian, sailed from Sydney for Liverpool 6th Nov.
Wilton Wood, and Reis Effendi, hence at Monte Video
Fleetwood, from London,•at ditto
Jean Baptiste, from the Clyde, ditto

Gleneira, Newby, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed 26th Oct.
in compaq with the Jane Clifford. On 3rd March, in lat. N,
long. 17 W,,spoke the York, from Calcutta to Loudon
Pilot, Buriting, hence at the Cape of Good Hope. •
Marmion, Jenard, hence at Sincapore
?fedora, Carter, sailed from Sangor 22nd Dec.; Ellen, Norie,
23rd Dec., and Blorcnge, Banks, 27th Dec. all for Liverpool
" Gilbert Henderson, -, from Sydney, at China
Liverpool, Ord, from Bahia, at Port Philip
Lord Keane, --, hence for the Cape of Good Hope, was
spoken 20th Nov. in lat. 19 N, long. 2ti W
_• _

Corea, -, hence for Bombay, was spoken 10th Nor. in lat.
7 S, long. 30 W
_ _ _

Thalia, from Bombay for Liverpool, was spoken in lat.
30 S, long. 39 E
Agnes, -, from China for London, was-spoken in lat. 30 S,
long. 39 E
Thunderer, -, hence for Rio Janeiro, was spoken 21st Jan.
in lat. 3 N, long. 24-
Reliance, hence for Ceara, was spoken Bth March, in lat.
43, long. 7.30
Letitia, Medealf, from Newcastle, at the Cape of Good Hope
City of Derry, Roberts, from China, ditto
Mary, Kemp. from Bombay, at Downs
Atalanta. Shapley, sailed from Alexandria gth Feb.; Chase,
Billow, 11th Feb.; Wilson, Stroup, and Jessie, Jackson, 18th Feb.
all for Liverpool
DouglastoWn, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool 3rd March
Tagus, M`Farlane, front Monte Video, and Milton, Ryland, from
Aux Cayles, both at Cove