The Welshman

HOUSE OF CODIONS.-MuNDA Y, APRIL 25.1 Mr. H UME tOoTt thtoath: HIHI his seat-for the Montrose district of burghs. The hon. member was heartily theamd by the lw. BRIBEIIRT. Mr. PAKINGTON, as chairman of the committee ap- pointed to try the merits of the Ipswich election, reported to tfie house the following resolutions:— "That Righy Wasun and George Renie, Esqrs., were Jiot duly elected burgesses to represent the borough of Ipswich in Parliament. "That the last election for the borough of Ipswich was a vo d fcieetion. w That tiie committee are of opiniel1 that extensive; bribery prevailed ur Ipswich at the lzst election for that borough; and that the issue of a new writ ought ro be suspended until the evidence taken before the committee should be taken under the consideration of the house. "That the chairman be requested to report to the house the evidence taken before the committee, and that the same should be printed; at the*t>eafcerclo not issue I his Writ b the election at '.wo I ur. -C3 for the borough of Ipswich to serve in Par'iiair.e, until the printed evidence sub mitted to the hcvie shosld be taken into consideration." Mr. Hi ;xb rosc, and w .s again received with cheer3 and iauguter. Hcgav- notice tiiat he Sh0{11tl oil Thers- dAy next move for a return of th^ prcrno'ior.s, by brevet. ( which had taken place slr.ee the ) tst laid oil the table o.' the hoii-e, with th-e expeuce cl-t,ise,,I- t,) the Country there- bv. (Hear, hear.) He should also move for a select -committee to inquire iu:c the proceedings of the com- mittee appom:ed lor the redhcticc of th nathnd cleb-, under did 9th George IV., and 'he management cf. the Savings' 3?nks si!ee '18'5- Mr. 0'Co?.??i L also "J"" t.n nctk cf two mo- .Nl r. O'c o z i r- :tls a .a ,,v D rctiz--s of *wo Mo- Tirs's ALLOT. Mr. SHBIL gave notice, that after the Whitsuntide recess lie should move that ih.i voting at elections for members of parliament be taken by the mode of ballot. (Tory sneers, followed by cheers from the Liberal benches. ) The SPEAKER announced thnt the election petition. complaining ot an undue return for the borough of Newport, bad r.een abandoned. Mr, Rrn NGTu, as Chairman of the Southampton | Election Committee, moved that JOBS WREN, now in custody of the Sergeant-at-Anw, be called to the bir. j and be interrogated as to iiis refusal to answer the question* put to him as a witness before that committee. The witness was called to the bar, and expressed Ins determination to submit to the decision of the house. A long discussion ensued, at the end of which, the witness was admonished by the SPEAKER, that the --tection committee was the proj e-' tribunal to determine whether he w;is or was not bouud to answer any questions j thft might be put to him. The Louse went irao committee on the Inccmt Tax bill, and On an amendment propose] by Mr. RICARDO for mitigating the tax on terminable annuities, a division took place, when the numbers were— For the amendment, 117; against it, -253. Majority. 13d. In answer to a question from Mr. K UME, V,S,O,, Sir R. PEEI. explained th :t, as he had previously stated, he should bring forward tiie Tariff, and obtain the f.nse of the ho,3, sense of the house upon its principle, before proposing tLe third reading of the Income Tax bill. TUESDAY, APRIL 26. Mr. O'COSSELL moved for a select committee to con- eider and report upon the state of the spiritual destitution of the Catholic soldiers serving in India and China, com- prising at least one-third of the army. Mr. BINGHAM BAKING opposed the iirid after a short debate it was withdrawn. Mr. Ei.PHiN-:TONE moved that it was expedient for the House, atau early period, to resolve itself into a <o?)mit'-? of the who'e House, ,'?r the pu?'p?se of con- 'i'it-rt? Llic act ?55 (ieorlrt- 1 1L., c. ?,?t, t?e v:,ew o? !m;.using !t-?acy a:id probate duties, on succession to real estates, of the same jtmouut as are now imposed by the ?tid at o.? succession to personal, nropetty. He sup- p'?tcfi hi:,  motion by a statical comparison of the produce cf the s'.ttnp (tu?s, ?)td an estimate cf the probable amount which m'?i:' he r, ised by s?eh a tax as M pr?poftd. and ",hid" assuming the rCNal of the j country t-t tony millions, and that lauded property changed k.ir.di every- twenty years, might produce two millions annually. The CHANCELIOR of the EsiCHrQUER con- tended that jUvli a tax would only fall on property which was not under marriage arid oth"r settlements, ;-nd which was usually in tne hands of the smaller proprietors, and that it wouid no; produce wo. :t WLS ei-Miii^tcd. Air. ■ Hi'ME thought that the Chance.!ur of the Exchequer had made n' t a good case in favour of the motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL opposed the motion; and Sir ROBE.'CT PEEL looked upon it as only introduced for the purpose at delaying the Income Tax bill. On a division it was nMattved by 221 to 77. Cgolonel Fox mo?cd for information respecting the treatment of the natives of South Africa by the Boors, and copies of instructions sent to the governor of the Cape of Good Hope, which was agreed to; and after some conversation respecting the business of the house, and leave given to Sir James Graham to brinx in a bill for the assuagement of the new medel prison at Pentonville, and azwtber bitt for the -appointment and payment of parish 4fl!cne aJjourned.

MEMORIAL OF WELSH AGSICULTURISTS. The memorial of the Owners and Occupiers of land in the County of Anglesey, is addressed To t/n Members Representing the Counties and Boroughs of -Vort/i IVa-'es, and sheuxth That in the mountainous parts of Xnrth Wales nearly -,be f-hoie profit of the Land is nnd? from rearing Sheep end Horned Cattl e to be sold to th,- English Graziers, and I by the sale of Butter and Cheese, and such is the nature ot the Larrd that it-is not cap;, ble of beim; applied to any I other purpose. That m other extensive I) :stricts of aies, parncuiaHy in the County of Anglesey, a great proportion of the profit is derived from rearing Cattle, and f- c- n the sale of 1. pIgs, That in other Districts great quantities of Cheese sre made. That under the prohibition and, duties which Imv hitherto bee-i imposed by the policy of the Legislature on the importationof the above articles, the lands producing them have acquired a specific value, and have been dealt with as such in Settlements, Securities, and Contracts of  Tha? thca h erat:onsp;-opo3pdLty[he every descr iption, That the a1te;\t¡ons propose d 6y the I new Tariff will h?ve ?he eFArt of greit Y Ips';enin? the Taiue of those Lands. That in consequence o? the I distance of North Wales from the-great English markets, the above article's can be carried to them t' om Foreign Ports for nearly the same expense as t'i r.n North Wales. That while your Memcraiiits pay in direct and indirect taxation, a sum hearing a very large proportion to-the whole product ot their soil, the Foreigner will, under the mew Tariff, import his products at rates as low as 5 per cent., and in uo case exceeding 10 per cent., on their value. Your Memorialist* therefore Pray that you will-take tlii* matter into your consideration, and will use your influence with the Government for a modification of the Tariff, as regards the importation of Cattle, Pigs, Beef, Bacon, Pork, Butter, and Cheese." Mr. Stanley in ntsrt-ply to thememoiial writes:— This measure, whih you consider no injurious to the Landed 'Interest, has come from that Torv partv who have ever arrogated to themselves the title of the Farmers' Friends, j and who, by repeated promises upon the hustings, at the last General Election, that they would maintain inviolate the presf-nt Corn Laws, and .ill protective duties upon the produce of Land, obtained a majority in Parliament, i and displaced the late Government from office, but now, in .i,cÚ¡,),1 of those prom ises, -turn round upon their credulous supporters, and sacrifice the Landed Interest of the United Kingdom upon the altar of Free Trade. I can give you no hope that anv remonstrance will be successful: secure in their seats, with six years prospect of place and patronage before them, and no fellr of any immediate appeal to. their deluded constituents before their eyes, they will contintie to gi ve a servile support to Sir Kbbert ree.. snd enable him to fix this od ious impost of an Income Tax open the country and injure your interests by a free importation of Cattle, Pigs, &c., into this country at Jow rates of duty. Believing that some cnange in the Corn Laws was inevitable, and some sacrifice on the part of the Landed Ioterest necessary, I voted in favour of a Fixed Dllty; upon Corn in preference to Sir Robert Peel's alteration j F,th eSliding Sc;ile, and I am fully convinced that the 1 Fixed Duty would have been found more advantageous; both to the Farmer and the Consumer, at the same time producing a large revenue to the S,:ite, and preventing i thnse great fluctuations in the price of Corn which, of late years, have been so injurious to the country. By the plan C Government tiie great monopoly of the Sugar -rf» ratfe would have been broken, through, and that aiticle universal consumption rendered.cheaper for your use. Sir Robert reel still protects the East and West Indian in this monopoly at your expense, and sacrifices your interests to maintain his enormous gains. The -Neiv Tariff nernit-, the importation of Foreign Copper Ores and otner .petals into this country at so Iowa rate of I Aaty. that ehould this Tariff pass in its present shape, I y-ar native mines mli proaably cense to he worked, and a j I ,-rge population of industrious men, with their families, will J-ereduced to pauperism,and thrown upon you forsupport. But, at the same that Sir Robert Peel proposes to in- .7 thi» injury upon the British Miner, he gives a real ;nonopfl|{» of the market to the Slave-worked mines of -Pub^. jf you think this present Corn Law will be a F«ri»»o*nt settlement of the question you are mis akeu: Mitttrters of the Crown have declared their conviction that it ?& nM be aq;il measure. A!l,t'?, y?r or two,and i ?tt! proteeuon will be t?f? away by the same men who { iiave now bef^yed your interests. Ari Income. d" of 3 rer ccnt. n,,t r,,r three or five j years, hat as long as Tories remain in power,—:he Bri- | fish Miner destroyed,— a ruined Tenantry,— and an Impoverished Aristocracy.—these are the first-fruhs of a Tory Government in Power. t DISTURBANCE IS THE MINING DISTRICTS. ] On Morviiv afternoon the inhabitants of Birmingham ^»ere flllJ¡;;I ast{1nibell and terrified Hi seeing a tfnz)p of the Eouiskillen Dranonns galloping, sword III hllnd, toward s "Do'lTey. '1 he naiTors i-I. the snrroun..ii(i g district were re solved not to submit to a reduction in their wastes, which had Keen threatened by their masters, and, Accordingly, seized upon three or four of them, "hllln tbey led HS f soners tiiroueh the town. Fi r m' this they pri.jce -d other extremities, and .at length they- nttrr-.y •> the building in wniet,Ilie masters tritt rtfy. Fortaoutely. the D>neoons jt» tic ■ ■ had aitcompiished their purpose, 'r -• t'cirv tji-ey.-waci' not desist until twelve of their uum i.'r !i«fa :e.-k ,i". wounded. ■ RIOT IN NORTH WALES. The greatest excitement has prevailed in ttawarden. North Wales, near the seat of Sir Stephen Glyane, Hart., for the l»«t few llays. ia (-of 'he tura-ont of ?.!Î the hands working in the extensive collieries of Messrs. I Rifrhy and Hancock (a firm nayinsr about £ 5<)0 per week j in wasresl, and the ftttemrts tn,'oe men to CI"lse other operatives in coilieries to turn out and support them in what to he most unreasonable demands. Th (jues- tion in di'pute is somewhat of a similar nature to that be- tween Messrs. PeLt) and Grissell, of London, and their men, which occurred a short time o-viz., whether the men should choose a superintendent over tlic/Of or that the firm o' Messrs. Ritrby and Hancock at present .-carried on by trustees, and that a gentleman of independent property named Staley has been appointed agent to the collieries. Trrs gentleman, having received many complaints that the coals were not properly cleared from smail slack, introduced riddles to-be used by the col- liers with larger apertures than those previously in use. This gave offence to the colliers, and they refused to work they came out of the pits and assembled ia considerable numbers in the town of Hawarden, threatening violence if the agent persisted in introducing the obnoxious riddles. Finding this the case, Mr. Staley repttifedto the house of Mr. Leiiih Risrhy, ard consulted with him as to the best plan to be adopted iiitler the circumstances, when it was agreed that they should he allowed to use the old riddles on condition that they cleared the coals bctt,r this proposition being made to the iten the greater portioa of them appeared satisfied, but about So or SO of them sur- rounded the door of Mr. Stalcy's oiffce, and on his at- teinpir. £ to take his deFarture thy stiriouurfed. him, and stated that they should not go to work again unless he promised to leave the works, neve.r .(& ietaro. Mr. Sta- ley, after vainly attempting to paeify them, tried to pass through the mob to mount his horse, when he was violently seised and carried towards the railway formed for conveying coals to the river Dee, at Q.ueer.'s ferry. Here he was thurst into the bottom of a railway coal-wag- gon, and conveyed, very much bruised, along the line of rail towards the river, the ruffians on their way telling him he hid not long to live, as they intended to drown him in the Dee. On arriving at Queen's-l'erry they stated that h's life would be spared then, but only on condition of b,inishine,:t England. He was then placed in the ferry- boat, the colliers threatening vengeance if-ever he dared to return. Information was given to Mr. Leiph Riebv of the out trage, nid TH soon as the mob had dispersed from the ferry he cnaveic I Nlr. Staley in hi3 carriage to his house at Hawarden but the colliers having had a scent of where he was concealed, he was obliged to get away by stealth the same night, and in the morning 300 surrounded Mr. Kieby's house, demanrinji that Mr. Staley should he sent out of the country. Mr. Rigby informed them, that if they were determined to select their own masters, they had I better go and obtain work elsewhere than at the collieries of Messrs. Rigby and Hancock, as the woiks should not ftgBio go 00 under such lawless proceedings, so far as he was concerned. Tiie colliers subsequently went to the rest of the coal mines, endeavour ing to get the colliers to strike work and the result has been that they are now demanding higher wa^es. They now average from 18 to 25s. per week, a man. Four of the underground superin- tendents. f,f the mints have since hern.compelled to leave the plane from threats of violence, and Messrs. Rigby, who are away from the scene of the disturbance, are determined to 31Jppm t 1r, Sca;ey. and to resist the ùema oJ S of the men. The magistrates are on the tier, to call in the militnry I should any further violence be offered. Several houses have since been broken into, and it is expected that several I of the ringleaders will betaken into custody. The pnijc» force ot the neighbourhood is very weak, and Mr. Staley dare not enter Wales to identify his persecutors, from fear of his life. THE RIOTS AT DUDLEY AND NEIGHBOUR- HOOD. I (From the Times.) I Birmingham, Tuesdny Evening. I The facts I hurriedly communicated to you last night j prove fit the maia to be correct. It Rppears ihat the niol, wearied out by the procrastinated deliberations of the masters within the Motel, commenced aa attack upon tho gates leading to the back of the premises, and it is thought that had it not been for the timely ieterference of Moon, the porter at the Hotel, Mr. Moiiineux, the magistiate, would have been seriously, if not fatally, injured by the mob. Dudiey during last night remained perfectly nuirt, and the police force dispatched by Mr. Commissioner Buricess returned to Birmingham at an early h;;u. this morninsr but it was detmed prudent to keep the military in the L,,) u r h o, d. The fcars I expressed last nit,ht have been in some de. gree justified by the reports of tn-dny. The rioters, after retreating, upon the entrance of the troops from Dttiley. proceeded to the cut.manufacturir.g jJiat.-icts, and aiteni' on it was sta'ed hy p?r?ons arriv;ii/ f»- mi the bourhood, that the na-.ers bad c"')?r.-?r.td •>•  Regis, CraiJiey. Rn'd other adjirciit fn?f' c doubt Lut grf?t exciieuiert exia4, t?, -f: tile d-sttics but I tit. c'-i'i n. ■ riot i3-greatly ena^erated. Another trnop cf Ennlskinn Dr«|fo.>ns i-:c :ii a.t for the iBariui>ctc'riag districts this aftcrm>oi., a .d the I Kiiigsiiart(-a troop of Yeomanry were ordered to nsu.-ittr and take up quarters at OlJtury, but tlie lat-fer order uaa been sioee counterrorr.ded. Ttli-re is no dOtth: cut that it !s the tu?ettJed Jtate of the workpeople, coupled with the events which occurud at Dudley yesterday, whicu has led to the adoption of ihes* precaution"-y measures. Absolute oilihr-ea- according to present appearances, if due precautio-ns are observed, need not, I think,"under present circumstances, be anticipated. The Q)lIgist..ate:; of Dud ey have been engaged, mos uf to- day, in the eisminatioM of prisoners apprehended last riight, sorue vi w hinu have been committed, nud others held to bail to keep the peace.

PROTEST AGAINST WAR. j The following protest against the Eastern Wars has been signed by the deputies and others present at the Birmingham Complete Suffrage cor,terviiee:- We. the undersigned, (many of whom are convinced of the utter inconsistency ot ail war w:th ChrtstL,r.ity, an d all of us deeply impressed with a sense of theterriblr evils inflicted by it upon our race, the heaviest temporal j calamity under which society groans,) hereby record our j solem nprotest against it, We deem it our duty, more especially at the present moment when the horrors of the systera are hrollghr out in vivid -e!ief b, ",re our eyes, by the recent, loss -(,f man life in Afghanistan,* to decLre our full conviction that the hostilities new carried on by this country in the Easrern world, whether in China or beyond the borders of British India, having- originated in glaring-in"jm ustice, cannot he expected to terminate otherwise than "in na- ional disaster and disgrace. We believe the commencement of these hostilities to have bc?n as unjust, impolitic, and unnecessary, as their progress hitherto h:!s D?:n calamitous. We |lave just | reasons to fear that their continuance '},.Jj.be" protrnctcd, and we are sure that they will Le productive of an incal- culable amount of evil, both social and moral. We enter our solemn remonstrance against them as not only anti- Christi.io, but barb-irnus; and we deeply deplore tliat the public press of this country should, with few exceptions, lend its ard to kindle in our population the most vindic- tive passions, and to diffuse sentiments worthy only of the darkest ages of feudal ignorance and tyranny. We hoid it to be the du'y of every Inend to his species, in every possible way to discountenance those- organs of opinion which labo.ir with no small assiduity j to foster a warlike spirit, and to incite the country to the perpetration of injustice which will ilke the name ofl Englishmen infamous in the estimation of the whole worid. "Great Britain is already suffering in an enormous load of debt, and in commercial and manufacturing dis- tress, consequent upon the pressure of that debt, the pe- nalties of former wars. As a people we are ill able to bear up under the heavy burdens which have thereby been imposed upon us. We arc now called upon tu sub. mit to an inquisitorial Income Tax, the necessity for which ts c c.iri v admitted as traceable to the hostile operations we have undertaken, in the face of all laws, human and divipe, in China and Afghanistan. We have thus to pay, in an increase of taxation, for the de- moralisation at home, and the bloodshed and ruin abroad, which rhese hostilities ha'e alrendy prudueed, to feed from our rapidly diminishing resources the monster •which is making havoc of cur fellownnen. i herefcre we, the undersigned, feeling ihe necessity of using every peaceable method of checking the evil, lay this our solemn remonstrance before the public and reu cord our devout hope that the day maly not be far distant, when our countrymen will he sufficiently enlightened to refuse to enter upon a profession, the spirit and tendency ot whicn is to inflict the most grievous aud irreparable evils upor. our race."

THE FIRST DEFEAT. I The following passage from Robertson's History of I | America contains ita apposite illustration of the Premier's j present position i— Befire he set out from Cholofa.- (ottes had received advice fiom villa Rica, that the Qtihlpopoca. one of the I Mexican generals on tne frontiers, having assembled an army in order to a,cae" some of the people whom the Spaniards had encouraged to throw off the Mexican yoke, Escaian'e had marched out with part of the gr-rrixon ro snuport his adies; tn,t an in Mhich, tliouzii the Spaniards were victorious, Escalante with seven of his men, liad been mortally wounded, his horse killed, and one Spaniard had been surrounded bv the enemy and taken alive; that the head of this unfortu- nate captive, after being carried Ili triumph to different cities, in order to convince the people that their invaders were not immortal, had beeri sent to Mexico. Cortes, though alarmed at tliis intelligence, as an indication of Montezuma's hostile intentions, had c-)nti:med his march. But as s.,on as he entered Mexico he became ser.idhic that, from an excess of confidence in t'»e a-i.-eri-.r valo-ur and discipline of hir. troops he had pu.l.e'i forward into a situation where it was diificult t0 an from which it was dangerous to retire." Sir Robert Peel is our modern Cortes, preiti-ain,, too far upon the dogged support of his trained bands, and Mr. rhonjns Duncombe is t:e Q^ualpopoca, who has proved that a conservative majority may possibly be de- feated. The honourable baronet has been forced ta give way, arcl the petitions of the people, overriding parlia- mentary custom a hundred nnd fifty years old, will reach the tah'e of the House of Commons. Haii! Hah! This is ominous! The prert'<,v of invindbi'-ty is gatie! This man in not an itmncruli" He may be beaten—he lias 6-<n beaten, and what hr.s lv;n done once, mav he done a recirid time. -Much of Sir Robert' fii.re success de- pended upon marntnining amongst his friends r.s well .,s his opponents, an idea h:i t his defeat was out of the question. With so many interest3 at war with his mca- ■surcs, i: became a nutter of tfic last impcrtasci i\ be ?h'-<?!d k'? '?.?l!L.; p?b!?'pt)nd -;t.?::)'i:h.it he- could ,a<y crush any amount of opposition.. This would have t'a<y cr?sh ?ny ainoufit .opposition. This wo?td havt- to repi-e?s all agitation. Mfji'?uietiy submit to what they caiuii;L help —show the? t))?t they can help Óemsch(' and they W' 11 soon rebel. The immediate consequences of Mr. DunCombe's triumph may not be ser-ious-its tll().re ¡ remote results will, v.e doubt not, prove as disastrous to r j{ch,>t Pee!, as the first decapitation of a in A-I "•!•> did to Cortes. His owa followers will get initi ji.oit "f voting agamst tnm—his power \?I be I';õbù at ,<' f jritud-ible than was once imaged—he; will •••- • 'Change his dictatorship for a position considei- f:llposipg- ati(I ?vheii 1,,is maSljres arc carried, c.l cDm? into operation, the real merits of the charlatan statesman will h'' 'flllly ,P.11(i having lost the power o! npi;)ion, thp ?.e?'f/e of unconquerable strength, he wi!i have lost all that rn ikes him great, and sid; down into a mere leader of a section.. His first dfeat will eventually ruin him.— Xot.conjbrmht.

THE INCOME TAX BILL. The Income Tax Bill has been printed and a portion of it old v will he found in our columns to-day; for it con- tains no less than 189 clauses—the II wheeh wlthin wheels" by wdiich its inquisitorial and offensive principle is to be carried out. The working of the machine is to be entrusted to the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes, and to their assessors and collectors, with certain improivments, | which are necc-ssary in order to apply the screw as powerfully as possible to the tax-payer. The assessors and collectors, we observe, arc to lizi- for their trouble threepence in the pound, to be divided between tlieiii; and the clerks are to be paid one penny exclusive, or tv.o pence c.relusivc of expenses; and althoug:1 the public have no voice in the appointment of the said collectors, parishes are made liable for all defaults or ~dc^ciencies in the collection. This is too bad." Precedent may he pleaded -for we know there are precedents in abundance; but to pay the tax oncc is bad enough, without being rendered li:10J to a repetition of the ceremony through the defalca- tion of officers over whose appointment the suffacr hils no control. I From the Times.] It we are to have the dentist's, pincers in our mouth, let the tooth come out. Let us not take the physic into our mouth, and then (Inarrel with it. because it is nasty. We have now no right to do so. Nobody was ignorant that the tax was inquisitorial, but everybody has consented to it—has consented to it for himself—has consented, not only that his account books but that his own should be overhauled. And he must not now be angry when he finds himself taken at his word. Honest llIen have agreed to be treated like knaves—not that others should be treated like knaves, but that they themselves should be so. It is a necessary condition of the tax they have chosen; they have no excuse for wincing. Let them recollect, under their cross-examinations, what they know well enough now, that the law-the t'qUit! law ,of Liigliiid-caii niitk e no distinctions and that every relaxation which gives a convenience to them, gives a loophole to others—that every vexatious regulation which they suffer from is, in fact, a protection to their own pockets. It is useless to disguise from ourstlves the fact, tfint there are persons in this naughty world who will not pay one ftrthing to tax, rate, or charity, more than they are aCUal1y and irresisiably compelled to pay, and what they elude must fall on the rest of the community. It is very sad, but all the world is not honest, as most of those who have lived in it, know. Nay, not an the respectable ?orld,—not all who keep their gigs" and possess above £ 1-50 a year—are above takirg a safe advantage of their ,It.,i-hbour, especi Ilv when this advantage presents itself in the shape of bilking the revenue. All such persons have a manifest interest in crying out for a lenient ad- ministration of the law, but a lea eat administration of the low is a dishonest administration; dis- honest—or at least unfair—towards all those who are above taking advantage of the leniency. Let ail such remember this, and not be seduced hy a mere momentary inconvenience into swelling a cry, if such is r used, against a severity which is their own only defence against evasion. Let those who supported the imposition support the inflexible enforcement ot the tax.

THE NEW BISHOP OF JERUSALEM. MUNICH, APRIL S.—The Augsburg Gazette gives the feilowing as the letter of recommendation of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury to Bishop Alexander, to be pre- sented to the Bishops of the Eastern Church, It is written in ancient ecclesiastic Greek: — To our venerabie and dearly beloved brother in Jesus Christ, the bishop of the ancient apostolic district of Syria and the neighbouring countries, from lis, Wil- liam, by the grace (,I God, Archbishop of Canterbury f»d Primate of ali Engl and,- -joy in the Lord:—We recom- mend, with all the zeal in our power to your bene- voience, our venerable and dear brother, Michael' Solomon Alexander, doctor in theology, whom we have appointed Bishop of the Church cf" England and Ireland, having appreciated his piety and ability; and thus in conformity with the canons of our holy and apos- | toiic CLurcL, we have sent ^him under the authority of our Queen to J cn¡sa!em, and have co.iMcd tc him the spir)- tual superintendence of all the iaics and cicrpv d' our cf o,ir Church in that country .md its neighbourhood, Bot, in orJ"r that no person n?y be ignorant of our nw.i\'es in sending Mi'haei Soiomon?s bishop, we have cntcrfd! him not to impair in any way the p.nver which belongs i to y?)? am! the other heads c; the Jlsrnct of th? E?st, b?t to iiic! tii(! o,,Iicr 'ti,?itds c.'tht, I E-,? s-, b7it -ways r-'ady and zealous for every tiling that i a:,y :,z "t c'nty and brotherly harmony. 'We' it\t rhft our brother the bishop will observe, ?'d c-x?.?-Iei?e in?'f!d.'i!!y, ;<n that we < ..?. 'i, ?- d we pray -y on. inthe.ti??eof our its a brother, and offer him in i-e may require. We hnpe iha. -you will beaevoien.e this epistle, which proves in wnai ectunaf on we n*lu oui bond ot brotherly fellowship with die ancient churches of the East, dissevered f->r several generations. If these ties should be renewed by the will and prace cf God, we hope that ihe divisions which have sprung up in the Church of Jesus C)ir:st.a')d for which she has so much endured, will disappear. In this hope we have affixed to this epistle, written by our oVm hand; our archiepiscopal seal. Givn at Lambeth, on the 3d of Nov. 1841." This document is not without interest, as calculated to give a just notion of this important event. Dr. Alexan- der is not consecrated as Bishop of Jerusalem, but as Bishop of the Angiican and Irish Church in Jerusalem, and his sphere of action is limited to the duties of such a one in respect to all members of the Anglican Church in these countries. Thus the case cf the professors cf the Evangelic faith, who, to the discredit of their govern- ments, have hitherto been left without help, superintend- ence, and protection in religious matters, is assigned to him, and nothing further. The letter is nut addressed to the iliziliops of' tlie"Gre-k Church only, but, without ex- ception, to the Churches of Syria and the adjacent coun- tries, which, are ancient and apostolical, to their Bishops and superiors; consequently, to the Roman Catholic or Latin, as well as to the Armenian, Chaldean, and Abys- sinian, which claim to be recognised as old and apostoli- [ cal, as having been founded bv one of the Apostles or their successors, though this is 'refused them by the Eas- tern andUestern, as Nesrorians, &c. W [-at evii may be the result of the Bishop's labours in the midst vfrhe discordant Churches, which, without ex- ccptiOi1, look on each other as schismatics or heretics? V; e see at once what questions may arise, and preCIsely In the cradle of Christianity to which Bishop Alexander fsucii at least is the declared purpose of this letter) is sent a messenger of peace and of concord of all Christian coiii ni-ani ties, to preach to those who belong to thcm. without any dispute with the others, the pure doctrine of the Gospel. The Greek journals, too, make no mention of the ill- treatment that he has been reported to have received from the Christians ot otlir Churches. The oppression wili, ,h the professors of the Gospel have to endure is so great, and the desire of aid from the powerful States of Christendom so ardent, that those accounts appear mor credible w'nicii state that Bishop Alexander, who comes among them under the protection of the whole power of EngUnt., and IS thus able to act as mediator and helper in the difficulties of Christianity in those countries, has been received by the otner Churches with great hopes, and with a good wlil, wiieh he cOl',Iinues to erjoy.

SurrostD MURDER OF Two INFANT CHILDREN AT VF OLSTANTON, STAFFORDSHIRE.— Some excitement has been caused in Wolstanton and the neighbourhood, by the discovery ot the remains of two infant children in a pit of waUr in a field at the Bradwell Farm, in the parish of olstanton. It seems that on Tuesday morning several men went to the pit, a snort uistance from the turnpike ro. d, with a view of getting water-cresses, when their at- tention was directed to an unusual substance floating on the top of the water near the side of the pit, which, on being got out, proved to be the leg and thigh of a child. The pit was afterwards emptied, and other human re- mains found, some of them embedded in the mud. The remains were subsequently examined by two medical gentlemen, and oroved to be those of two-children, one of them a child of tram eighteen months to two years old; the other quite an infant. From the very decomposed state oÎ the bodies, it is not unlikely that they have been immersed in the water from twelve to eighteen months, and probably longer. On the remains of the eldest child two, tains of blood were tound, and from the general appearance of what remained of the body it is believed to have been in a healthy state up to the time of its death. There is little doubt but there has been some foul play in this transaction, but to whom guilt attaches remains at present sli-ouded in the greatest mystery. At the Coro- ner's inquest, which was held on the day following, no- thingwas adduced tending tothrow any light on the occur. tence. The Jury returned a verdict, "That the bodies were found submersed in the pit, but- how or by what means they came there no evidence appeared to the Jury." EXTRAOKBINARY DISCOVERT OF A MC:RDKR. The Ri'.stmeatk (rikirdiaii g ives the following proceedings of an inquest en view of a skeleton found in the hog of Kil- brennan. James Brien.of Carrick. sworn and examined. Said that he was cutting turf on the bog of Kilbrerman, in company with Thomas Shecnm, when they found the skeleton about five or six feet trom the surface it lay in i aspice of two or three feet; there was no appearance of ciothes or covering about the bones. Mr. John But- tersby, M. D., of Miltawn, questioned and said-He examined the skeleton, and to the ITst of his knowledge it was that of a full-grown nMn found a fracture on the left fronta' bone, s'.tEcient to cause death. Thomas Wa her, t' ? ihejuror-?ex.iminid—Said th?t there w"" a -he name cf Michael Malone, who left that r.' igh j-v.trhood .ajsn.y years i £ 0 -and was not since heard o F K )f.:er FarMl. another of :?e jvro- examine d ?eM)?pd th, a Ci:, t!i,? fame of Michact !¡dcn", who I lived a? Clo .ayheij.-n, leTt ;h»t country nb?ut forty years j '?a?d wn'; ? t ;?e ht'ar't of; a ci t?at he (wunesf!) was minding cows tbr Pat M.'bne (brother to the miss- 'ngMi?hM?,at Da!ystown,to whom he was a servant boy. Michael Malone came to him in the field, in sum- mer or harvest, and asked him to go for half- a-pint of I spirits to 1 ho mas Fox's, of Dalystown, which he brought him .n a bottle. Michael drank none of it. but give the witness some. He tvent (,F,, taking the whiskey with him. That evening Pat (':is master) asked witness, Did he '► e M ichncl ?" W_itness paid, ye. that he was in the field with him, and triel him about the whiskey. Witness I was called parly next morning, and sent on horseback in search of Michael, and was four days in quest of him, but ¡ could get no intcfli^erce. lie was i.pvt r s ince heard of. I He was fond of drinking.. Hewas abollt 5ft- SUJ. or'5ft. f 10in. in height. Verdict—"AW find that the bodv be- lo'?ing to,!h !;kdeton was murdered, by soam pe' rson f.r I pcr?on9m?n?f.-??bOt)t-10}€Mrt.tgo." 

MISS TIIOMAS AND THE Last Monday a pretty, pate-faced girl, about 17, was i put.to the bar at Marlborough-street,charged with having. attempted to take away her life, on Sunday afternoon, by drowning herself in the Serpentine, in Hyde- Park. The I unhappy g Irt. who apt eared to be labouring under great depression of spirits, said hername was Maria Elizabeth Thomas. The chief evidence against her was Joe Arnold, the well-known Piccadilly waterman, whose humanity of disposition bears a strong contrast to hi;, rough and un- couth exterior. Mr. Malthy (to the witness)—What are you? Wit- ness- Head vorterman, your Vorsliip, hopposite the Duke cf Devvunsheer's. Mr. Makby—State whet you know of this affair. Wit- ness-I vos a standing agin the basin in Hyde-park, about half arter two, veil 1 seed this here poor younf ei-evier a looking at the vortcr. Thinks I to myself" I vunder vot she str.nds there for, ven it's raining like bricks and mortar. I'll go ,and tell the poor thing to get under the trees, or come and set in vun of the cabs till the storm blows over." Just then up comes my vife, with my dinner, and I says to her, says I I" That young gal puts my pipe out a standing there; jest go over and ax her to get out of the vet," and just as I'd said them there vords, I seed the poor youngcreeter ketch hold of the tails, and jump into the \oter. Veil, I knocks over the old hootnan, dinner and all, and gets hold of a long rake, and vith that I managed to hook the poor gal out under the arm, but then I vos hobligated to hang on by the tree, and so vhile I vos doing a this thinks 1, if I let go this here tree I shall roll right avay to the bottom ot the pond, and never ifome up no more, for its bricked eight feet down, and so there'll be an end of number vun. Howsomever I manages to hook her out, and Jay her across my kree for the vorter to run (jut," The gill said she had lost her father, and had only an aunt to depend upon. She had gone into the service of Mr. Bathe, 4t, Salisbury-mews, about a month ago, but as there Were five children she found the work too much for her, and last Monday she ran away. As her aunt had told her if she did not keep her place she should not come to her any more, she had from that time wan- dered about, sleeping in fields and other places at night. Being quite destitute and friendless, she had gone to Hyde-park with the intention of ending her wretchedness. Mr. Maltby directed that some proper refreshment should be given to the girl, and having received the di- rection of her late master sent a policeman to let him know what had befallen the girl. Mr. Maltby, then, turning to the waterman, told him his conduct highly became him as a man, and as he had lost some time he should order half-a-crown to be given to him from the poor-box. The head waterman" made his best bow, and left the Court.

THE MUMBEII ro:t MONMOUTH.—>Mr. Biewitt's name is seen in every division on the sÍrfe, of the party of the people. The hon. gentljman voted-agiinst the Income Tax and tor reforming the ic form B, ii, THE COAL TRADE.— The aniswJUd tariff co. tains no "amendment" of the coal-tax. We suppose Sir Robert had not been taught tiie meaning of the words cinder and culm," or had not ascertained the numerical strength of the friends of the coal trade m the House of Commons, when his amendments'' went to press. We augur no- thing unfavourable from the Premier's persevtrance Iii original error. It is his practice to doso. Every "ame d- ment" he has -ii.de has been forced upon hiiri-aiilt he has admitted there are other pressures from without" in operation, to which he may probably give way. THE IRON TRADE.—A meeting of the Yorkshire and Derbyshire iron masters was convened and held at the Normanton station on Thursday, to take into con- sideration the present very depressed state of the trade, and to adopt some immediate measures in alleviation. A resolution was passed in January, at a general meeting of iron masters, for each to submit to a reduction in the make, by a certain per centage on every concern, accord- ing to the number of furnaces in blast; which, had it been Strictly complied with, would have had a salutary effect in reducing the stocks on hand, and in some measure prevented the manufacturer submitting to those unremu- nerating prices at which metal is now selling, the evil of which is increased by considerable importations from Scotland. DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW.—On Monday last, Mr. Horwood was assisting a brewer in earring a cask of beel into the house, when the little finger ot his right hand accidentally got jammed between the edge ot the cart and the slings, by which the skin was slightly grazed no notice was taken ot it until Friday evening, when it be- gan to swell, and the symptoms rapidly assumed 8. alarming an appearance tnat it was deemed advisable to remove him to Guy's Hospital, when lock-jaw took place, and he died in a tew hours. WELSH AGRICULTURISTS.—In Scotland, in Wales, and in Ireland, the rents are cniefly under JC;5C0, and coa- sequently two-thirds of the agricultural capital will be exempted, which will make a difference of from three I millions to four millions. A JLST LANDLORD.—Lord Western has intimated to his tenants that it they find themselves aifectedb. the I changes brought about Ly the proposed ministerial measures, he will, upon application, cancel their existing rlea-es, and thus le:.ve them free to enter into fresh bar- gaiirs under the new state ef tliitgs. THE MACKLIIIIL FISUUKY.—Most of the Brighton boats which have been engaged ii, tli, fishery oil Ply- mouth have returned after d successful voyage, and are now engrged refitting and taking in their nets to fish oil Brighton. CRIME .B1¿) -IONC-HANCE.—1The Manchester calendar foi the present sessions diplays the same connection be- tween crime and ignorance that we ij-ve riotieel on pre- vious occasions. Of the 201 prisoners charged with felony, 99 can nei her read nor write, 16 read imperfectly, 3h read and write imperfectly, li read and write well, 4 read well the attainments ot three are net specified, and 1 j only has received a superior education. Of ihe,M mis- j dememiar.ts, 6 can neither read nor write, 3 rpi.i5 i.nper-■' and write imperfectly, a.id 2 read and write well. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN GERMANY.FRANKFORT April 18.- Yesterday evening there was a collision on the Tdiinus Railway, at the station of Hattershiem, be- tween the two last trains from Frankfort and Mentz. Several carriages were dashed to pieces by the dreadful shock, and 30 persons more or less injured. The Earl of Westmoreland, as director of the Ancient Concerts, will give a grand dinner on Wednesday next, in Upper Harley-street, to his Itoyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Howe, Earl of Cawdor, Archbishop of York, &c. His lordship has engaged Mario, llonconi, Giubilei, Lablache, Madame Caraduri, Miss Birch, Strctton, &c. The Earl of Shannon died on Thursday evening at his mansion in Comiaught-terrace, after a long and severe indisposition, in the 7 1 st year of his age. His lordship I enjoyed a pen.,io-i of for the abolished office of clerk of the polls in Ireland. j when you attempt to put their sincerity to the proof, t by an appeal to their purses, at all times so shocking to Liberals, with the same tender-hearted Patriot they ex- claim to their suppliant, country, I give thee sixpence 1 H spe thee d-il first." Whether tbeir selfish and tortuous nianccuvres will pre- vail over the manly, straight-forward policy of the Con- servative Government tirle. will shew. W e confess that we possess too high an opInion of John Bull's gcod sense to fear such a result.— Cardiff Advertiser. — [An odd paper that says odd things.] HOVSEDItEAKER.-lt may be in recollection of our readers that the dwelling-house of Edward J ones, at Berry- hill, near Coleford, a poor but• mdustriona man, was broken open during the absence ot nimself and wife when at church, on the afternoon ot t'lle 13tii ,f.Ni arcii,ind money to a large amount stolen, among which was one five poulld Bank of England note, number, date, &c. were known. On Wednesday, the 6th instant, the superintendent of the Forest had his suspicions raised by seeing a person named James Jones, a notorious character from Berry-hill, at a shop in Lydney: he inquired if James Jones had Lud out any money there the shopkeeper produced a £5 bank note, which proved to be the one-stojen from Edward ( Jones's house. James Jones was subseqiently appre- hended, examined, and committed for the summer assizes -Gloucester Journal. HEREFORDSHIRE APPLES, Mr. Gretton, near this city, lately sent aSJi present to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, a young apple.tree, with a basket of fruit from the parent stock- More beautiful specimens from the Land tit Cider-each apple varying in weight from nine to thirteen outices-were never exhibited on II the royal table. The present w^ graciously received by his Rov al Highness Prince Albert, who, on behalf of the Pnnce of Wales, has dtrected the tree to be planted ) in a favourable situation in the r.ew garden forming at Windsor. Mr. Gretton bas named this new fruit, The Prince of Wales."—Hereford Tunes. JEWISH INTELLIGENCE-—Some rather remarkable occurrences have taken place among the metropolitan Jews of late. They are interesting, as they indicate the revival of theological studies which may lead to further changes of still greater importance. The intellectual activity which the Jews iti Germany have displayed from the time of Moses Medelssohn, has long been producing a decided effect on the Divines of the Conti- nent, and has entered largely into the neologic views of Strauss and other writers. A similar intellectual development is gradually taking place among the Hebrews and Hebrew Scholars of this country. This was noticed in Mr. llarham 14eorew and English) Bible, and since that work has appeared, the evidences i of the age have become yet more apparent. In the west end of London, we understand, that a large | number of the genteeier and wealthy Jews have printed and puonsneci a new liturgy, which consist of a syn- cretic combinatirn cf the various liturgies used by the Polish, German, Spanish, and Portuguese Je ws. Though this change was not, believe, very agreeable to the miurl of the High Priest, Hershel, itwas, -.i, fact, an ex- cellent attempt to procure union of worship, hy merging the hostile peculiarities of sects. But a yet more strik- ing event has taken place in the north of London. ) A chapel has been opened in Burton-street for the performance of the Hebrew service in English. The High Priest was so displeased at this mea- sure, that he refused to consecrate the chapel, and even issued an injunction or extomniunicafion. It is said that this official communication was treated with remarkable indifference by the parties concerned, and even passed through a very fiery ordeal, in which it oerisbed..Besides all LIliS, a liew dispute has arisen in London between the Caraite Jews, or those that adhere to the tex, of the Old Testamfnt Scriptures alone, and the falmudical Jews, who stand up for the authority of the oru/ lute, as it is called— in other words, the interpre- lations and traditions of the Jewish Fathers, Rabins, and Cabalists. A lhtle work on t'.iis controversy has just issued, treating of this question—" Jy the orat law of divine ongiTiy and therefore binding on the Jews ? By one of them- selves. (VI e bcheve Ur. Beniscb.l We cannot but coincide in the opininii expressed, that the above inquiry will be regarded as seasonable at a time when j tb's question is greatly discussed among the Jews of Great I?-.tain, when owir.'g t i th-? difference of opinion J on this subject many highly respectable Jews have been declared beyond the pale of Judaism, and at i tilp. e ISO when a controversy of a similar character, concerning the and authority of tradition, is dividing the Chris tian j Churches of Great Britain. T?;e dissertation {;eSL vel> particular notice, as affording dear End precise notions concerning the character and importance of the oral law. ) the Scriptural proof of its divine transmission, and the share which Rabinisnj has Lad in the prescivation of) Judaism, • i 'HE POLITICAL SWINI.I.I —T-he hon. member for Liske;ird in the course* oT the spotoh to which we have | j-rj]uded in another column observed, The right honour- able baronet had been the o.i!y expounder of the Tariff they had yet heard, and a n,r>st inconsistent expounder he had been. When it.suited his purpose to shape his speech to gratify gentlemen Oil his side of the house, then cheapness was cried up bufwhen lie wished to allav the fears of the other side of the house, then he said there would be no reduction at all. The right, hon. baronet had said, on one occasion, that a man worth £300 a year, who had to pay .£9 a year to the Income Tax, would save ICIO or j15 a year by the operation of the Tariff. Now, what could he save il in except in the price of meat or provi- sions? Then the right hon. baronet and the noble lord the member for Cornwall, turned round to their agricul supporters and said Oh, there will not be an- cheap provisions; you need entertain no apprehensions the prices of provisions will not be lowered vouhave nothmo- to fear, aud the consumer has r.othino- to hope (C'heers and laughter ) And yet there are some good-natured people who think tne Premier honest-others no doubt think that I he pleasure ot cheating is as great as being8 cheated. THE MAY MEETINGS^-—We are now just entering upon the month in which British philanthropy in all its varieties, civil and religious, come;, out in blossom, and gives to the world the promise of another year's produce to bless mankind. The May meetings may be pointed to as orgeous illustrations of the beauty of the voluntary principle. In no other kn?dom, we believe, under the ^11'1 '?-?.c? gathering of bcne?ence I ?',d'??e?.?° .°" f '"?' ? ?'?'? to witness. 'he Wt' are, early 10 they'd: andtheirmeetin?. j 'edo" ?' ?.' ?'?, u ?en(lere?l inteii%(-Iy interesting by the nr t 7" of Wl1 ,am ?"? (f,?r he "? no title o distil 0 i ? ""? who ''?? ?-?'? iH England from J Ram'n?dic.i.—'? Ao?o..?.?.-? ine-vorn c:i-,t l e m,,irit l e(i ov?^1-1^ time-worn castle mantled  'vy—p.etaresquer and rendered interest- intr lir o',] tl)6 Wdlls of 1A,Ilicll, linwe,?,r, iro *7 ardutecturc out of date, the lofty hnHs. the deen tin "e°nS', the aftuW ?its. and battlements of which ?"'?'? "'? '"?' life, '1"'?? incongruous ??'th h Its wants, h?btts. and eni?htenment, but which is ?-et ciung to hv the ÎIJI¡¡i1tes win a fondness of recollection °- > <i age wmoh Jau?h to scorn the mo? b.?ne- fl(? i :l i iinov:it i otis. z  Ï:1novatiolls. The d'l1;.ch of Engha:ù ? usuaHy IOi)l:d at through the moiling aMnosp).ere of historical 'cLo?ecHons. Its error nnd superstitions a? venerably ??' Its ?surdit.es. like the hideous faces carved on "o n< Vbu. i■,ldings, are. at Jeast, antique. Its crue)ty s.nac? of past days, It has a glory about it which time only can give. It may be ill-adapted to the demands of wcicty- miserably contrived to answer the ends for which it was reared—but then it has stood in one shape or another for upwards of a thousand years. Our forefathers took shelter in it. Great men have emblazoned their names upon its wails. What if there be rottenness at its founda- tions ? every age has built its buttress 10 keep it stand- ing- and the very parasite 'which sucks sustenance from ns surface, and adds beauty to its appearance, serves at the same time to .bind together its stones, and fix the wlioie pile more firmly to the earth.—Ibid. T q F, N'v i: "L TIIFT! IN WA,,ns.-Tlie awful storm that vi. ited London ar he neighbourhood did not reach the principality; theu .1 snot been an hour's rain at Car- ii.art')en, Peribi-oke, or Haverfordwest, since .\Mfarcih ^oli st.; b't our neighbours the Bristolians have had three wet days% in a fortnight; twelve out of fourteen days the wind was 2S. E. in Bristol. CIIEAP LIVING. At I.augharne and Milford, servants wages and rents are lower than any part of the kinn-doin. In either of these towns, as well as at Carmarthen, and many other parts of Wales, a family may be brought up at about one half the cost at Bath, Cheltenham, or Exeter.

'['() 0 t T I TO OUR READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. LYDIA.We have forgotten all "affairs of the heart," and know nothing of the gentleman advertising in the II clshmaii for a wife, beyond the fact that the advertisement was sent and paid for. E. "-Of course -,i%,e expect it, it is but fair. Those who play at bowls must expect rubbers. It is a dull game though to the "public in general," and we do vot mean to to play at it. So E"—may save himself all concern. Mr. Lewis is thanked. His communications are of the right surt. EARLY communications are always desirable. Will Mr, Jones bear this in mind. Our correspondent's letter containing a kind of review of the public life of one of the members for the county of Carmarthen, shall appear next week. ERRATA.—The many and monstrous blunders, the mur- dering her Majesty's English, mangling the Editor's meaning, destroying the sense, and rendering the paragraphs unintelligible—these manifold sins of commission, with as many of omission, are amongst the undoubted privileges of Printers. ANONYMOUS LETTERS.— Facts unsnthenticated by real signatures can receive no attention. ^.1-X—i ami u

CARMARTHEN, FRIDAY, APRIL 29. I I A T the risk of wearying our readers by referring to a subject which cannot be regarded by even the most hopeful, without heaviness of heart, and feel- ings of melancholy foreboding, we may not pass wholly unnoticcd the debate of last Friday, when the second reading of the Income Tax Bill was carried, by what may be truly termed a ''tyrant majority" —the amendment of the hon. member for Liskeard, that it be read that day six months, hav- been negatived by 79. Mr. Bailer, in bringing forward his moilcl, described the measure in j terms of repreh ension, which our readers will see are but too applicable to this first and grievous curse brought upon us by a Conservative govern-I ment. The Bill is now printed—the political vil- lainy is now before us in all the hideousness Of 1 reality, and we can no longer doub the character of the principle on which it proceeds, or the grind- ing tyranny of its hateful and inquisitorial provi- sions. It contains no less than IS9 clauses; and iLs machinery-that very. machinery which Sir Robert Peel, out of place, said was disgusting," and in place, has unblushingly adopted-is so com- plicated, that few persons will thoroughly under- stand it, until they see, or rather feel, it in action. Then, as Mr. Duller observed, upon moving his amendment on Friday,—it will become "intolera- ble." By this bill, continued t.h-e hon. member, The trading and manufacturing people of the country will be obliged to come before an officer of the government, and to detail to him the exact state and whole circumstances of their trade or calling, and to account :or ail their incomings and their outgoings." There were commissioners upon commissioners, the instruments of a grinding Tyranny." "What was the power invested in I these commissioners ? They not merely gave them tke power of investigation—they were not merely tax-gatherers, but they gave them a judi- cial power. He found in this bill no less than seven clauses giving a power to the commissioners of levying large fines. They bad the power of levying fines to the amount ofjE20 or £ 25. Then, added to this power was a special power given them, that, in case of a false return, they should ¡ I inflict a further penalty of treble the amount of the tax to be collected. Let them consider, what a power that was. He would give them an instance of it. There was clause 55. This clause em- powered the comn-iissMnet'tn go round and call on the people to deliver iu ft correct statement of their incomes -antl ^iF ia?4-mies <lbove£15,Q were to be taxed, and to he recovered ia any of her Majesty s courts. Any person neglecting to make such a return would be liable to forfeit a sum not exceeding £ 20, tuicl tresis the amount of the duty to be charged by virtue of this act." Then the un-Ivnglish secrecy of the proceedings) and the complete irresponsibility of the agents of the Inquisition is another element ofevil, nay, it is more, it is, as the hon. member for Liskeard said, "A MONSTROUS VIOLATION OF THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT." The Deceiver- general" is to ba lord-paramount, and to ride rough-shod over the necks of n patient and long- suffering people. In all other matters, if a per- son was charged with fraud, he had to submit to the verdict of a jury in open court, bat under the present bill everything was to be conducted in secret." A Bill of Pains and Penalties is thus virtually enacted; Trial by Jury set at defiance and the will of stipendiary functionaries substi- tuted for the wholesome ancient law of the land. If this be not unconstitutional, we really ,know not what violation of our rights, what infraction of freedom, what assumption of absolute power, we may dare so to designate. No financial embarrass- ment, we apprehend—no exigencies of the country even, short of war and the sight of the foreign foe's advanee towards our shores, can justify.arul cl-sio:i of'lhe'. ri,hts -a' d j •privileges t:1!jU.H:J.unJ.r the British Constitution. But no necessity whatever exists for auch suspen- sion. It was "nowproposed for a very insufficient purpose, as all this OPPRESSION and all this INQUISI- TION was only to increase the revenue by about four millions." Four millions only, no more-less than a fourth of the annual amount of tbe bread and the sugar bounties—bounties that go into the pock- ets ofaccrtain select few, wholes" from avarice, than ignorance, rob the country at large of what does not enrich them, but makes the people poor in- deed. "Will not" (asked .vlr. Bullet,) "the constituencies, when they come to be subjected to the inquisitorial rigors ()f tl,e Income Tax, rise in opposition against it ? Yes, the result will be, (added the honorable gentleman,) that the income tax will be repealed and the property will remain on." We hope so. A property tax may or may not be a good tax-all unnecessary tax- ation is tyranny—but an income tax, a tax upon the head and hands, a heavy tax on the trader and professional man, who toil for daily subsist- ence, is of the very essence of oppression—it is a direct impost on industry—it is an aggravation of the decree whereby man is doomed to live by the sNi,eat of his broii-it is a practical denial of the scriptural declaration, that the husbandman is worthy of his hire—this holy inquisition of the Tory minister of finance takes even what death itself spares, robbing, .in the shape of a tax on strength and intellect, the widow and the orphan, of the provision that tlr head of the family had set apart fur the support and sustenance of those whom he loved and laboured for while living, and to whom at his death he intended to leave the fruits of his toil. What can be more cruel, un- just, and iniquitous ? Morally viewed, it is a monster 01 so frightful mien, that like all vice, to be hated, it needs but to be seen—politically, it cannot but be considered criminal and oppressive a violation of the spirit of Magna tharta, and— to use the words of the honorable gentleman who raised his voice against the threatened wrong—. a monstrous violation of the liberty of the sub- ject.

THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. I We have transferred to our columns the substance of the Hon. Mr. Stanley's answer to a memorial of his con- stituents, because we think it contains some wholesome tin concerning the agricultural, as well as the general interests of the country, well worth our readers' attention. Similar instruction hes everywhere in our path-for almost every agricultural county has met and recorded the extreme dissatisfaction and disappointment which the ministerial measures have occasioned and our selec- tion of that which a county in Nerth Wales sup- plies, is determined by neighbourhood alone. North Wales already prospectively feels the Tory-screw; our neighbour sulfers in no small degree Anglesea is on the rack of apprehension. How long shall we ourselves be exempt from injury, if not torture, proceeding from the sallie source ?.-exeiiipt indeed we arc not even now, bUT until the curse of Conservatism he actually on us, sapping the sources of our national strength, undermining our prosperity, and preyin on our vitals—sending some 10 the Gazette, others to the workhouse and the jail—until the fulness of the Tory policy come, it is difficult to imagine the distress into which we shall ail be plunged—plunged too hy the mistaking confidence many of us placed in the men, who calling themselves our friends, have proved themselves our bitterest foes—and not only our fees, but foes o: every man in the land, of every man who does not not batten on the z?ixes wrung from honest industry. Take th:; Welshman's word for it, mo&t of us Will iive long enough to wish the Whigs back again. Meantime in [he hard task which we have ti learn, namdy, to bar and to forbear" it is cheering to believe, [That] this great world of joy and pain Revol ves in one sure track [Ai,cil Freedom, set, will rJse-ngain, And Virtue flown come back."

REPRESENTATIVE REFORM. It will be seen that Mr. Sharman Crawford submitted to the House—that House, within whose wll1 s the peo- ple's voice is as seldom heard, as the public interest is cotl-,Illte(I-a motion for re-forming the Reform Bill, or in other word, giving to the country a full, fair, and free representation. W e do not think this the time for taunting Lord John Russell and his colleagues, who were absent when the honorable member for Rochdale brought for- ward his motion to abrogate the declaration ot finality" made by the noble lord, who, if he had voted ut all, would probably have felt it his duty to resist lie sweeping iiiiiovat i otis" innovations" advocated by Mr Crawford. Whether, i however, the honoiable member for London mig"ht, or ? ipht not, have agreed with Sir John Ha?ope? who resited the motion of the honorable member for Kneh- dale as "an insidious enunciation of the Charter," we are quite sure, that lu Ucer the noble lord himsPlf, nor any ot those honorable members who held office under the Melbourne administration, wo;.Id have evinced the in- decent levity in which it pleased Sir Robert Peel to indulge. On this occasion Sir Robert with smirking self- complaisuncysnd, that "the most likely way to give satltacllon to the people would be, to meiiorate their condition, which you will be if mm sntpport the Income Taj; and Tariff' And this bad joke was received by the Treasury benches wi'h cheers and loud laughter. Is it thus that sympathy between the Tories and the Public is evinced ?-thili that the reality of repre- sentation and thc perfection of our e?ectora! system is proved and made manifest? The sneer however ,s worthy of the quarter it proceeded from—it is significant of Conservatism. The converse of the ministerial pro- position involving the perfectibility of our present representative system was contended for by Sixty-seven I members of the Commons; amongst whom was the Hall, and enlightened member for Sheffield. Mr. Ward had, he said, on former occasions, differed from the hon: mover "not in point of principle, but in point of time." With regard to annual parliaments he "did not wish members of Parliament to coustaotly and immedi- ately under the control of their constituents, as to render all independence of action, or freedom from bias, on their parts, impossible. As to no property qualification. Scotland was a proof of the soundness of that principle. He thought that a property qualification, was very little hette. tban a fraud." But we have not space to deal with Mr. Ward's speech and must refer the reader to it. We cannot however resist the temptation to quote the following truthful remark.. "He believed there was just as much co.ruption in (hat House as among'any consti- tucncy Il1 the kingdom. (Hear.) It was certainly a diflerent ort of corruption; but it was an appeal to a man's personal wishes, wants, and ambition. Personally, every Member had his own motives and inducements for giving his vote. (Hear.) There was just as much corruption in a blue ribbon as in a bribe of two sovereigns. (Hear.) There was just as much cor- ruption in subserving the purposes of class interests as in any pecuniary influence that could be exercised over a poor voter. Why, the question of the Corn-Laws was altogether one of corrupt influence. The whole class interest ot agriculture was governed by it. So again, with lespect to the sugar (ILities-all the West India class were corrupted by it; as were those connected with the shipping interest, in respect to the timber duties. He could go 011 thus, and enumerate fifty sources of corruption, which, if properly applied, would always have the effect of carrying certain objects, which certain parties miglr think desirable for their own interests to carry whatever might be the effect of them upon the public interest." Never was a useful truth more pertinently put, or more distinctly enunciated. In such thoughtful language we see the philosopher, the politician and the friend of his species. The Welshman shares not all Mr. Ward's views; but "in this behalf, he recognizes a brother. THE STORM OF SI;SY. — THE storm accompanied with thunder and lightening" which visited the metropolis and its suburbs on the afternoon- of Sunday was awful and resulted in great mischief.

A SECE, DF.-ti CUITR] ED! I Amongst th-meannesses that occasionally rise to the surface of society duringa'political storm, there is-perhaps none that derogates from manliness of character more than the desertion, of friends, when those friends are frowned on by fortune, and have it no longer in their power to entertain the man of their party by either administering to his «elf;lo.ve or helping further to gratify his ambition. We noticed in our last number the crotchetty impracticableiiess of two-nr three members i who went over to the enemy, whom tntv affected to believe- was not a whit worse than their own side of the house and it will be reeo.lected, that Mr. Curriewas one ol these seceders, who to desertion of iiis party, added the virtue of hyperbohcally praising Sir Robert' PeeL M r, Currie being a clever man, f-t the progressive party, and up to last week always considered a consistent one, has excited by his speech moreattent?r, than that rhetorical display deserved. A London contemporary who courteousiy .considers Mr. ?"e? dupe merely, ac1mJrI¡en; to the Hon. gentleman some very salutary admonition. "Mr. Currie thinks the Income l'ax a bold measure because it braves odium he tbinks-i-t-honest because, while it im- poses no direct burcen on the working classes, it severely* taxes the Legislators but Mr, Currie does not explain* the honvsty ot. not diree4ly burdening the working classes, but of indirectly inaknig thent suffer by the diminution of their employment; nor does he advert to the honesty of Sir Robert Peel in recommending the nieiisulle-au sparing the working classes, though he has declared hl opinion that they will be more affected by it than h_e who pay the tax. And when he say that the Legislators, the great majority ot whom are men of property, severely tax themselves in the Income Tax, he Get not vouchsafe to show the honesty ot their so much inore, taxing the trading and professional classes, whose income. fall under the operation of Schedule D, or ratficr Uie Schedule, for we take the letter to be an abbreviation of" the name of the father of 1111 iniquities, and" t!\efdh^dult naturally derives i:s t:Ie Mr. Currie thought it u comprehensive measure, because, while money is taken from the public, "spgiethljig^iit least, is done in the right direction to unfetter commerce^ the comprehensive measure not comprehending any substantia! amendment of the master monopoly of corn, or thht of sugar, and heing comprehensive, as Mr. Currie admits, of "defects and short-comings I". But praise of Sir Robert Peel's measures would have been poor without detraction of Lord John Etisst-if, 'ind a declaration, sweet to the ears ot the Torie, of the cureless defeat and prostration of the Liberal party." 'Accordingly Mr, Currie supplied both although no later than last June, he. recommended Lortijoha Mussel! to the suffrages uf voters on ground.. whiehr ^re-thiu stated m an address to the Electors of London bearui.- his signature— < "A member of the House of Russell,"a name sanctified ■ in the estimation of every Englishman by its- memorable connection with the civil and religious liberties of his country; tne author of the Reform Bill-the measure bJ, which your right of exercising that judgment to which we now appeal, has been either created or secured;- the ministerial leader, under whose firm and able direction the legitimate fruits ot reform have been gradually developed; the intrepid statesman, who has crowned a long series of valuable public services by the recent proposal of measures, the just and necessary results of the ueiorm Bill, founded upon the principle of free trade a? opposed to monopolies, and the promotion of the general aiut public good as opposed to the unjust protection of particular illterests,-has placed himself, and the fate of the xN,Iaicli he is now identified, in your Our contemporary asks" Was Mr. Raikes Currie lending his name to an attempt to deceive the Electors ot London in June last, or what is the character of 1118 conduct notv

BOROUGH-MONGERS-PURITY OF ELECTION r"I t I lH r. amei. It WIll be seen, has given notice, that after the %VllitSLIritide week he will bring the Ballot question before the House. Some persons had begun t,, think that the provision of securities for the proper discharge of the most important public duty that can devolve on any man, had been lost sigiit of lately; and that while venality was to have full swing, the humble, but honest voter was to be left to shift tor himself. Happily, how- ever, the Ballot question does not remain in abeyance. I o say nothing of intimidation,—the disgusting details of political immorality, which recent election committees brought to hght, have aroused public attention to a point, perhaps hitherto unknown; and we accordingly tirid a pretty general demand for the-application of a corrective even m quarters opposed to great or sweeping changes in the electoral system the Ballot is regarded with favor. The (,lobe of last Monday declares", it is perfectly clear that, unless the present system is most materially altered, the evil will continue to increase, and public morality will be undermined to an extent that it is really revolting to contemplate. The committee on the Ipswich election have recommended that no new writ should be at present issued for the borough; ard as this is the second instance of a similar suggestion within the last few days, it must be acknowledged that it is high lime to adopt some energetic measure, which shall have the effect of putting an end to a state of things so corrupt, as to threaten to decompose many of the bodies that at present have the power of returning members to Parlia- ment. Disfranchisement, though a proper punishment for the crii-nirialsi is no remedy for the crime. To trans- ter the rig:lt of election under the present systen) from p ace to place would, in tod many cases, only be trans- planting the see.;s of evil int.) another, but perhaps not a less genial, soil than the one in which the tree of cor- raptioll had been hitherto flourishing. It is within our own knowledge, that in this very borough of Ipswich the lories-have openly deplored their inability to keep pace with the rapneious demands ot the venal voters: and would rather that the place should be deprived of its t'i-aiiclilse, tliaii that such continual calls should be made upon their purses to maintain their party ascendancy. It is all very well lor iheToriesto declaim against bribery and corruption; but it is they who resist every reason- able proposition for establishing a b:,tter state of things. It is only since the Whigs have, in self-defence, com- menced the degrading process—which they have per- formed with the clumsiness common to "prentice hands' that their opponents, finding themselves sometimes beaten, begin to concur in denouncing it is a fraud which ought to be put down." The only safe and efifcacious way of dealing with election bribery, aiid all the numerous immoralities that are re- sorted to for rendering its practice comparatively secure, will be to remove, the possibility of its being resorted to xsitk « certainty of success. So man, who wi. I otfer a bribe, will rely on the veracity of him who is vile enough to take Olle; and the suffrages of velJal voters would at once lose tieir vuhie, it there were no means of ascertaining beyond doubt on which side they were given. Even as it is, there are.indtvujuats who receive money from both sides. and openly break their unhw!ul compact with one; but 1,1 dtectln wre ""P"??' who is there would offer one t'ani?t)):nt)?tcrt.iuchdn-(;th,? a.tant-}t-ctor? wh3!.e]!? hs vote gi,?! it the party to whom be m;ght have promised it ?

WEEKLY RETROSPECT, OR SUMMARY OF DOMESTIC & FOREIGN NEWS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 7 O'CLOCK. The week's news is more abundant than important. Helping "strangers" first, I may observe that the Foreign news does not possess a scintilla of interest, and the onlv memorable event in that department, is the lamentable one of the French financier's death. The London season has begun, town is full, carriages are al- most as numerous as customers, and the cockney trades- men at the" West end" rejoice in golden showers. In the I rovmces, however, the spirit of the dreain is changed, and ue har in aimost every direction of distress; ami in Dudley as we<] as in North Wales of disturbances ;am:)n.:st tie workmen. These disturbances in the Iron and Mining districts are creating a very uuquiet feeling —and, at present, we see the beginning only of the conse- quences of the Ti.ries' Tariff. The Agricultural interest also remains unquiet; and the evil is, that not only has Sir Robert Peel began at the wrong end and peddled with the imded interest, but every body sees that there is no sceur.ty whatever tor investing capital in land, for the minister knows, and has intelligibly enough tod us, that the measure is not a final one. The farmers in Yliur part however will not perhaps be immediately or much affected eitherby the Tariff or the Income-tax. Your rents are cniefiy under £ 300 and vcur tenantry will be exempted from the operation of the latter, while the ( former will find its way principally to those engaged ia the coal and in the Cattle trade. Jtis however much to be lamented that the taxes on ir com. had not been dealt with as Lord John Russell proposed, for in tlitt case, tlii-i country would have become THE SUQAR AND coiiN MARKET OF THE WORLD. The working classes, under the influence of demagogue^, thought that as neither the Income-tax nor the Tariff touched them, directly, it would not affect them at al!. They now how- ever begin to find that tht-y have not escaped and that Cobbett told truth when he declared that on ichaUver class a tax is laid, it will be shifted at last on the shoulders of the Lowest. I he various trials of election petitiOtls are doing good service to the cause of parliamentary rtform, by demonstrating the impossibility. of producing anything rnorc thoroughly co.rupt than our present ,yst,-ni. Small agricultural boroughs, with their narrow constituencies, are nearly as bad as were the old nomination ones; and if the Reform bill is to continue, surely, parties had bet- ter quietly apportion these seats, and by preventing even a show of opposition, prevent also the demoralisation, drunkenness, perjury, and profligacy, consequent upon a contested election. > In the course of Wednesday evening Mr. Duncombe Put a question to Sir J. Graham, which somewhat puzzled the Home Secretary—When was the Poor Law Bill to be introduced ? Sir James could not tell. In the present state ot public outmtss, it was impossible, he said, to answer the question. The truth iit, that government mean to do mining with respect to it, and therefore for the purposeol sa ving appearances with the people, who be. lieved the assertions of Conservative candidates and Con- servative newspapers,about their anxiety to repeal the Poor Laws, they keep the subject in the background as long as they possibly can. On Thursday night the House was occupied with a long discussion on the subject of reforming the Reform Act. Almost every one of the minority of sixty-seven supporting Mr. Crawford's motion, who addressed the House, dissented from the extreme democratic senti- ments of the mover of the resolutions. It was, however, the general opinion of those who took part in this debate that the vices of our election laws call loudly for legisla- tive interference. Last Friday the discussion on the income tax was resumed in the Lower House-—Mr. C. Bullef hav- ing, in a speech full of force and sarcasm, moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. It is needless to say that his motion was defeated. The House of Lords has been employing its time in talking about the Corn question and the its time ia passed. The tatc of Trade in the provinces, as I have already state(i, is dreadful; nor should I Le much surprised sion to find the manufacturing districts in a flime. Withig3 the precincts of Parliament might has obtained a tempo- rary triumph over right ,faut a starving people are strong, and should tumult break out, the Tories alone will be answerable for the consequences. The cause of the many, it is notorious, has been unfairly dealt witil it, Parliament; but we nnst. not forget that the right of petition has been: rrcognized-iliat remaining fragment of the Constitutional privilege of Britons is still our own. Fear—the same ignoble sentiment which preserved thi& privilege from being trampled on -hy the Tories, induces them to tolerate Sir -Robert Peel, and to submit to soml- concessions for the sake of securing, yet a little longer, a system as rotten in-principle, as it is hideous in operation —a system begot in besotted IGNORANCE, bared in FRAo-P aiid supported by, c oitit u pi i oN.. M. P.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EvENtso, 7 o,CLIOCX. IMPERIAL PARLIAlitNT. The House of,Lofds did not meet thisLeyenifl*. v HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY. There being only 22 members present at four o'clock the house adjourned-until to-morrow. ■ COURT.—Her Majesty held a Court and Council at St; James's Palace to-day, at one. o'clock. Prince Albert yeste-idiy afternoon inspected the new houses of parlIament., ilia Royal Highness wai conduct- ed over the works .by..Mr. Barry, the architect. tha Prince remained-nearly im hour. OPI;RA. Nladame Frczzolilli made her debut last night in Beatr,Ú, ? 7?!?;. Her voice is a very high snprana,of eat ruiy i,n the middle tones, possessine much even in the upFr part of its scale, but not M rem:tr?abh- tor flexil^u^.y.aoci agility. As an actreu her remltrl,ablv fbr As ala actress her -Til E DR$D.—-At ti& Adnnrahy. Court yesterday, Dr, Lttshtngto?a? jud?entt i .tlïe Druid coUWon caa?' ,the party trocfedad a?ajnt!t- t?e JPrM?, ? steam-tug; 6elofl,girl ? a?ver?ool ?pam-towit? Company, fo» da?Mge dQto a Damsb vtssct. t?e &tklonglU¡ aUanp, tMncd Gu.ju« Captain f.?teo.whiLe ¡" conimasulof the and, as alleged, to. enforce a pav- | 0' "fe guinoas d .l[J; the Danish Captaia fo* 91 qiciogqly, .V'ra-ntorly ran into'the -11.?; ir;, ?l to taw o :à.efnL her 6r,keedirg on her ?n?waj-d?oya?&,jthusc?ustn? 'much damage and delay. :'J.?°?"cr?oi't.hes!e?TT-t?repudt.nedthe act of Cap- tai .?I: N?wton,- p!paded.t?s? if' ?. Ddm"h Csptam s?ugbt?to.rA-pver,L?.Agl?"tpEave ?o?e against the Cap. 'tmnMd n'? a?ain?t the,c?.:np?ny.to which th? ?nf? belonged. Thqut'l>tlOn ¡Q!,e the Court was, whether !be Capta:n of \ti DnÚd w?sppj-sonaHy responsible for ,r!e damage and etenti[)?f th e.f'ophit^ or the Directors {)f Uw C'!lp':r i? v}b<?e '?ef vice-he was at the time the damage cmnplal:wd of. w?s doue- Tb learned judge cited a great many aLUhayit?stu show that the master was uOt licibl for' t:wmalid"us ict of the servant, unless it ?' eould be shown that nome,.authority' had.been ?ii,?n by the master to th.? servant Óus taac?. A maser was