Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-05-03


treacherously assassinated, and accordin
!, to the correspondent Of the London Time
, his head was cnt off, and the mouth beln
filled with portion ofthe mutilated bod
it was decorated with the green spectacle
which Sir William used to wear, an
in that state paraded through the Town
by the order of The son of Dost Maham
med.
the latter eur readers will remember
is the native prince whom the BritisI
drove from his throne and carried Int,
captivity, when they invaded the country
The ladies' Of the envoy and several off
GERS have been taken as hostages by tht
Afghans. Full particulars of the bloody
battles, and the long trian of disaster.
which have terminated so frightfully, will
be found uuder the head of India.
The demands for vengeance are Of
course loud, both in England and India
A reinforcement ofeight thousand troops
has been ordered from England.
The revolu tionary press of France is
furious against England for Withdrawing
any acknowledgement ofthe FIench con-
quests in Algiers.
The disasters in Affghanistan, and Sir
Robert Peel's budget, are the most i'm
portant parliamentary proceedings.
The late Marquis of Hartford died worth
nearly two millions Of money.
PARLIAMENTARY PRocEEDINGs-l4th
ult.-Motion made to go into committee
on the Corn Importation Bill, when the
House went into committee, and the clau-
ses, one to nine, we're agreed to. Long
debates followed the financial statement
OfSir Robert Peel and Lord John Rus
sell signifed his determination to oppose
the government measures of finance at ev-
cry stage.
The Premier, in reply, slated that be
expected to meet some Opposion to his
measures, but that on the fourth April the
financial resolutions would be brought for.
ward, and procee Ged with as speedily as
possible. On the 5th, he intended to take
the Corn importation Bill, with a view
Of sending it up TO the other House at
once.
With the exception Of the following a.
bridged account of the financial statement
the general parliamentary business of Ell
thsr House does not require, at present
further notice.
SIR ROBERT PEEL's new financial and |
commercial policy-In the House of Com
mons, March, ilth, Sir Robert Peel
brought forward new scheme of fnan.
ces. He shows deficiency of El0,000,.
900 in the revenue since 1887. And he
TO meet this, and support two
arge wars, one in India and one in China
that property tax be levied, terminabIe
in three years, unless otherwise determin.
I'd by Parliament, at the rate Of I'd in the
,ound, or e. lSs Id per cent upon the
property and the Income Of the country,
exempting, however, all incomes which
10 not reach Gl5O year.
He proposes general revision of the
ariff laws aud modes OF taxation, dimish-
ng in some cases and increasing in 9TH
,rs, but upon the whole raising the reve.
lues to such point as to cover all ex-
,enses. All fund property, whether be-
ongng 10 natives or foreigners 10 pay
he same duty. This tax to continue for
hree years. There is TO be no property
ak in Ireland, but lax on spirits. From
ONE cause or other, the temperance OBJ
igaton in Irelaud has ceased to be effect.
We. There has been an increased con-
umpton of spirits in Ireland from the
,th ofJuly, lS41; to the present time.-
duty of four shiliDgs ton on coal ex.
orted. whether nBritish or foreign ships
, to be imposed. {
The whole Of the new ia xes, which I
1ers TO 90 into operation on the 9th A
Iil, 1912, were as follows:
From the income tax E3,77O,OOo !
the Irish stamp duty 100000
the Irish spirit duty 250,000
the duty on British coal 100000
. G4,SSO,OOO 7
.eaving surplus of GitSOO, 900 after !
Overng the deficit. Onthe Other hand,
ut of 200 articles of consumption he
roposed to reduce the duties on 750.-
he duty on foreign timber, as distin-
uisbed from deals, is TO be reduced 30s a
nd for the year ending 5th April, is43, c
10 duty on deals, is TO be reduced to 35s.
timber from Canada is to be admitted at Fl
merely nominal duty. e., the duty on u
1onial timber to be Is. load; on deals C
), load on lathe, IS. load. Sir Rob- a
It did not enter into full particulars Of
tended reductions. '
INDIA.-Tbs intelligence brought by a
le overland mail is the most disastrous n
hch it has ever been the task ofthe his v
,rian or Journalist to record since $
10 foundation OF our Indian empire - n