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on, Esq., After this explanation he retired, that his cas 
nd George Rennie, Esq., not duly in the petitioners. aie 
the new ew West Indian mail-packet system is conducted ; a - oe mre m, Esq-s i bor vot of Ipswichin the dda Parlia- | might be discussed by the House without the restraint of his 
and similar co mplaints are made in the Demerara, bY ment: or the Tast Revi for the borough of Ipswich was a | presence. —Mr. Ret pom Poie  bege ed to have bs understood that he 
ived t ; also resolved unanimously that | and the committee e had no choice, cept to act judicial} 
bago, and St. Lucia papers.—We have also received recent | void electi The mittee . . veg a mously, that | Sné tting, He mst Tov mad oe oss Sr ct judicially. 
ad from Buenos Ayres. The papers thus brought | Rigby Wason , org sh and at the 3 last election for the boron gh of admoniehed } by the Speakee that the committee was the tribunal 
contain s of the President to the House of Re- patty owt sg een aS _the perongiom | for determining vapen : witness's 0 Sheer ce 
i i i prevailed Fleming then withdrew from the House; and a di : 
presentatives on its assembling, which event occurred on the evidence given before th m, that extensive b ery ° Fee ee eee ordered t Iscussion arog 
ra, C : 
tal state, and a strong determination is expressed to put until the tiouse, 
i i d that the issu- d in his 
this document is 0 ecupied Ms ae ae rm ion for the esac of Ipswich; an caiorreed net chi Speaker that he duel attend ‘the committee and 
n i he ape arried ; — 
writ for the said Rorened oug ht to be suspended 
‘he pet a extdence shall have been | taken. into | the « considera- answer the question. 
ort, Cirahie with the evidence | tion, to v which the hon. 
leming’s return to his 
place, the Spe 
‘Meare bowed, and sat iene without 
Som prepare 
on the proposition that the Ineome.tax relia taxation on ‘he country. 
down. It contains various expressions of gratitude | requested to move that the rep : 
iati o | observation. 
oe ot npnipecramcalara fo vaca ‘ors “a Sot ioe mings ae gore ae. boo eres Some other business of no general interest succeeded; after 
i d to the misunderstanding d submitted which, 
Loo ang France; to put “9 oo < * : of Ipswich a the report and devidence | ‘be aio an 
Binh has been lately terminated by tuning the blockade, | oe auc” then, emis then owe 4 5, Pi | of Roman Ge cape to ers of tha, fh ig 
and after professing much anxiety for the suppression of | and th cvidenie be ‘rinited; _— that no new writ vat getter for eee Cpa -wotealiniteg mah tee th serving 
slave-trade, declares ‘* that veres, as in du "the Cotten am Drainage Bill Was A cad a third time and cases were usually an Catholic clerg with reach of the 
bound, in sustaining the right of the republic to the ter- ‘The Thames Haven and Dock Railway Bill, the Warkworth | troops; but t iS Se ee Pe _ He asked 
itory of the Falkland Islands, and confidently trusts that Harbour Bil, the Liverpool Health of ree ae Town Bill Be rw bite ng 8 of be nbc ad oe stein oo - oo eee whe 6 assured 
the r ish . wi Ypres = “0 ryt — — read a e an Indian Government to She spies matinee ope Roman Catholic 
high intelligen rectitude. e budget estimates the motion for going into comffittee on the Income- tax, | soldiers, and that further consideration should be bestowed upon 
the expenditure of 1842 at a sum equal to about 705,0002. a Fi ceased ite of bjecti nd desired, he subject by the Board 0 Control-—After some observations 
sterli i i i ; and it, to know whether any and what alterations 
eo pert “A ped ; 002 ; i ew ratty the Sure intended is in the tariff. He wished Sir R. Peel would take a sir rH. Han NGE gave : oe the sr ee dis. 
: ? hs ; ; i ipline of the army, an ympathy with his 
+. 5 ear to consider whether, if the country must have an Incom e-tax, p be 
eed 170,000/. < nevertheless, it is stated—‘' The so- | 3°27 0 0ein curse might not be to make it a tax of 12 per "cent. — apoyo meee mae “i puny pet er, some general 
pledge, as it regards the loan from England, occw- | instead of 3, and abolish other more injurious modes of taxation. | 0 ~ aap ramen 9 ahs the motion nS ether 
pies the attention o Government. It is anxious that the | Meanwhile, he recom nded a temporary issue of Exchequer- oe: na, ae eyes Sane ee ae shen not‘ be 
opportunity should arrive for a satisfactory arrangement;"| bills. He was not, clays inclined to interpose objections for | Prvest aba € motion 
5 Fi . ‘ tig or 
which, retarded by notorious and insurmountable circum- | iy vexation oF ed what would have been said to Government, we. E.ruinsroxe then moved a i ‘That the Hous 
stances, may bear in itself the guarantee for its — be after taking five raonthe? time to _ at oe finances oe re- of inport at an ‘on te: period resolve itse finto: committee, w , with ay 
i i -| f c they ha d ended with proposing ano 
fulfilment,”—At Rio Janeiro, the custom-house, me ? } ape flare ountry, me money-market sien, Septal praesent hem —— 
chants’ warehouses, and retailers shops are represented | oO in althy state, oy that state was the result of the property.” He gave a statement ra Nd rae 3 produced by 
full of goods, and the importation of them in 1839 vigorous effort in progress for the vintabations of public credit 3 1P — ate 2 bei duties on persona proper 7. 3m a added his 
: $8,241 in 1840, and 47,843 | and if that effort were to be r elaxed, the money-market would. ation of the re y. He 
Pe ie ls t satin Loaspepen ip ; sie ave beth again into disorder. As to the tariff, he adhered to all the thoaght that dpatce and common sense required the equalisation 
in the last year. ere eaehee o8 political biliveat leading principles which he had announced respecting wth of the two imposts. PR Dais vik Speed tie ies 
receive * | would a ee after the report on the Income-tax “wi a motion, on 
Pate were “making t there to raise another ae = which h sed p procee rm g He ote to — om oe chona ~ —— cseeauety Tes erauen tee ee ee fall 
- ral celine that tari e hoped it no ug ; 
oppose the Bolivians, and Don Manuel Menendez, Presi- | gene os = pt rt seapeeg int reroll . 
i ecess' another debate on the le of the ing generally in settlemen’ e much less 
of the Council of Stat o appeared to be tempo- rasan shat ag e principle productive than was imagined. He eyipery a saying E44 
rarily cha with the supreme direction of affairs, had Hone expressed his thanks to Sir R. Peel for the mode in | there were already heavy charges in the transfer of real pro- 
‘a proclamation of amnesty to all political offenders | which he had gra with-commercial restriction.. He wished | perty from which personal property was exempt.—Mr. = ME 
i i y Government had .. more; but still it was doing much. e 
parties, to the intent that all should rally round the 3 till it d h. He | thought that the Chancellor of the Excheque r had made out a 
a ¢ . | particularly regretted that greater impression was not made | good case in favour of the motion. He padi 4 that the Go. 
dard of the country, and take v “i = oli- 1 e corn monopoly; the effect of which, he considered, was | Vernment, administering impartially the at of the country, 
vians for the defeat o Caer. postscript of a letter | to give the landed agg _ the public —— as etc as | was bound to go into igang pot meee “yore ath poet poi = 
rom i 3 || an ould have to or t ' e thoug ER 
. —— enol ot * 7 Se h . - *» vets Ale fea se i stadia ive up a portion of the useless state sur- land bore ii mae oe ye burdens of the State.—Messrs. Ewart 
that: . heen rece! mesleenry coh rounding her, and he would fain strip some of the gold lace from and WALLACE briefly supported the motion. 
the Bolivian army had recrossed the aguadero on their | jer superfiuons attendants. If a tax like the resent was re- ord i woEMiEe did not see wh on succession should 
return where a revolution was said to have | quired, it should have —_ on pr’ _ alone, and not on income. | not be so imposed as to apply to settled property. But whena 
»roken 0 i i n its present shape it would fall heavily on the industrious | bill for an Income-tax was already in progress, of which the 
: classes, by dim poh the funds for the maintenance of arent House had by several Sir'vione affirmed the principle, he was not 
—The then w oO committee on the Bill. d, by voting motion, to impose a still further 
e 
vom epee from the 5th April, 1842, a some que: were put | = Sir R. PEEL opposed the motion as an a attempt to rendwetie 
to the time when the tariff should come into o ee discussion of the Income- 
“ne CaABCEL LOS of the ExcnEqueR reminde a the house that | measure, the principle of which the Hou use had already a 
be ae tempeh; idered the tax i t i 
tax, and to obstruct the progress of that 
the tariff w: the Tneome tax te He considered the tax on income, © ionable as it was, was 
and Sir R. eae that as the tax was to last preferable to t sent proposition, which involved a v 
sa t : was immateria prs gto sagen ats or oF aly, but that plicated and extensive inqui e ld pronounce no posi 
: ‘ | it would be convenient that it & sheold bane ‘om the opinion. on the subject, as it might hereafter be matter for consi- 
HOUS:! USE : OF LORDS mencement of the financial year, on the 5th gia This ¥ _ deration; but the adoption of the motion at present would aver- 
Monday.—After the tation of a number of slbnali accor! carried ; and schedule A passed without a division. throw the decision of the House on the financial meas 
- ‘The Duke of sade es in ig the third reading ee the | On schedule B, imposing 34d, per pound in England, and 23d. in | Government, and he must, therefore, oppes it. 
Spirit Duties (Ireland) ) Bill, made a few remarks expressive of a | Scotland, on the p rofits of farme a taken at half the annual Mr. Euitce supported the motion, with the hope, he said, of 
belief there was no fat ‘or apprehending that the mea- | value, Lord 8 Howick objected that this test was a very inaccurate | © ing a complete review of the whole system of our tax ation 
sure would lead to an A “ict distillation in Ireland.— | one. On large farms w pera cultivate there was a much larger | on real as compared with personal property.—Dr Bowsina moved 
pe MONTEAGLE said, ths tif the bag in Ireland was sufficient | surplus, in tae! shape of rent, m smaller and worse the a f some words, proposing to take a legacy and pro- 
pane ag ilelt dittion, = better could be proposed; but | farms; and thus the tax moti os this Bill. would fall the | b uty on by way of substitution. for some pal baba . 
when it was known that one-third o e police force in Ireland | heaviest on the best farming. He would advise the omission of Income-tax.— Lord Howick said he could not vote for a m 
at this t was oceup nied esaeaveue t event illicit | this separate schedule for the farmers; whom he would propose which, unless accompanied by a general revisi ion of pare duties 
distillation, and hout succeeding in the endeavour, he | to tax, as the hop-farmers and nursery-gardeners were — on deeds, ogee Rd create additional in 
scarcely expected greater success when the inducement to fraud | tobe taxed, in the same schedule with the Laccigieaien oon uRN | lies. as by no means dis} vosed, , under any ¢ cireum: 
would be greater.—The Earl of Wick.ow, though quite alive to | vindicated this test on the score of general conveni “the eae to vote pits ratax not p he or the 
time being; and he had an epreial dislike to a legacy “aaty, 
the danger pointed out by the noble Lord, was ready to give his | accounts of farmers were so ede up with the Benen pts 3 
he statement of the noble Duke.—After a few re- | their farms, that there was har dly a possibility of estimating which he porate asavery cruel kind of impost.—Dr. Bowrine 
that ther 
marke Som the va turd of ( Ss eT ra and Lord CLoxcurry, | profits in all individual cases.—Lord Wors.ey said, he believ withdrew his amendment; and then the House divided on the 
th er ori he j 
tenet 
present a petition 
Kent, complaining of 
Bill, which was 
Ton Camreeit sorb ie en petitions from different 
pas, ‘ar n the rent ~ s 
Bill heh y passed through committee. to the inquisitorial examination of each individual case. Several | against the motion, 221: 
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sat only a short time, which was entirely | Scotch Members intimated the preference of the northern farmers ‘ol. Fox moved for some papers respecting Port Natal and 
occupied with the presentation of petitions for the individual mode of examination. After a little more con- | Boors and rece of the Cape of Good Hope.—Lord STanLEy 
The Earl of re gave notice that on Friday he would | yersation, schedule B was voted without a division. explained tk pte der md which _ Boors ven span 
Port Nat 
Lage ,000 farmers and growers of frit in n e C, Mr. F. T. Barine asked if foreigners holding pokey Se om be British. ¢ 
wf at they had sustained nse- | British Oe were to be subjected to the tax? Sir R. Pesx | urged the fran acess or withers reco ‘their present claims 
quence ey = ad ceay <i mportation of foreign fr iit answered in the affirmative, and Mr. Hume complained that a | to be treated a de val 
gnis 
pendent ees or vaficaetig them to ag 
ee ne “accompanied by pore 8 members of | breach of public faith was committed by = the funds to | themselves alee ren “guctentlial European Power. 
an ; 
t up the Copyright Amendment | taxation.—_Mr. Ricarno proposed an. am the object of | British Government could not wa any attempt on the part 
places | term: 
in Scotland, praying that all restrictions upon = agentenls of | principle between annuities for a longer and for a shorter swal Hume took part, an 
an alteration in the law Fespectinig marriages by | an annuity terminable in ten years, would in ten years ce nm ; ount MAu i 
an Cl pay the tax, while the holders of more lasting income would Stil a third time and passed.—The pesos as Priso ta and the 
— said that some diff erences of opinion had arisen | continue — contributions. The price of the present terminable ee Constables Bill — severally brought in rand read a first 
noble and learned Lortis on the subject of the Law | annuities, since the present measure was avn motion he Eccl 
Improvement Bill. As these differences of opinion vse in the as me proportion with the other public funds. It Ledies ‘Bill was read en first time.—'The Exchequer Bills Bae 
yvisions might be done away with. Healso presented | It was, he said, only the temporary nature of: this ¢ ax that m) mavert for by Mr. Burr 
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sof Down and Londonderry, | it seem cate If the tax were permanent, then the’ holder « of of the Norfolk rural 
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which was to make a distinction, in tevioe he the oe in favour of | of these poe: et throw of — allegiance to her ajesty.— 
inable annuities.—Mr. Goutnurn denied the distinction in eet conversation follow n which Lord J. RussELL and Mr. 
Spas were ordered ; as also were SO 
ovens respecting the et d miscond! 
oti as reed 
tr. MASTERMAN, 
“more | ; arranged by a discussion svould have been impossible to fit the measure to the different du- | brought in and read a 
those who took an oe the began 2 dy bya mp in that | rations ofall the different kinds of income.—Mr.V. Smrru thought Wudniedeay There wet bei abe only 22 Members present at 4 o’clock, 
that A eto move. 2 on ers Megh tags the report on | that the py cana of the Exchequer been giving insufficient | the Speaker adjourned the ase ill Thursday tion 
bill be referred to a sele y he would b gnel that the | reasons all through the committee. Lord Howicx thought | _ Thursday.—The reports of the Lichfield and Binekbara Elec E 
then read and or¢ Leeasd : there were ipeuisl yi agers er in this case taking it out oh ae eimemtn o were severally broug y Mr. D or and Sir 
Pops cope at the > "a general principle.—The com ee divided on Mr. Rica yes, declaring that L Lord A. Paget for “the farses! ater Mr. J 
Bill, the Con oyal paves Beso of Irish Spirit a amendment, which ei negatived by a majority of ‘ agus porabe for bog were duly elected. Amendments 
‘A dewaltory ie somewhat others of more | av << 1 pecting On the motion of Sir J. C. Honnovse, the L cote 
appolntiiedt OF the abil sade puler ¢ place od of the a ba Sir R. dpkg aa; aid, that fefore te net the th third on the Nottingham Gas Bill were agreed to, and the Bil De —The 
Pon ote by, bat. et “x¥8 gece nove reading he would brin the tariff.—The House then resumed The following Bills were read a third time way 
Earl a rere eee the orcas of we ay oe sey ea Bh ry Remar mer erent orm? eee athe po 
. pol as as Fr a mn fl " an 
growers of East Ken t against the importation of foreign fruit. Five, _ ordered to be committed. moe FA hata rst piling ni ea ie og ees ‘Champflower In- 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. — 
Monday.—Mr. 
for the Montrose Borghs. 
way Bill, an e Saundersfoot Harbour Bill, ead a ‘he Wicklow Harbo 
third reading of ny Southwark Py een a nivel 2) | mitted. 
Railw' 
Bolton eo Erte recede Road Bill, Saesa bs ag oat ee a Paice and the Gr 
ay Bi 
eat ‘Torrington Ma: arket Bi nial 
merican Colo 
ur Bill oy the Noth A per yee’ 
eecuutie Bill were read as d time, and order’ 
r. Repineton, the Chairman of ampton | “was postponed until Friday, after ot: long discussion ton Election © 
See aia eee sar Horrefauing to | proposed by Me R- Patni forthe mores i | milter iat Wan, Rotce se con sua fone 
psd q' ere yen conversation sein beiFipdh ed of church lessees, which ended - thé withdrawal of the: rani watrant, by refusing to attend and give evidence, and — 
his willl , ear, _ Mr. Repineron, as. since of the Sout election | documents, had been ordered into the custody of the Sergeap’ 
= expressed bes Par ingne: beds ee ee question, if the Hou r . ed that John . $ meee aM meer that Army. He. hen e _R Mabson be co mniteet 
th eH House holds itself cought (9 rs inbgntnes ems, however, Cat ventory: rma to answer 3 —— put to him when under | to Newgate.—Mr. Buck and Mr. Govson, Member ‘avi 
oem m oid e, into — of the ee ce weesvi a rs  leatoaer ae answer it without violating Sirens “conidence. Mr, F “4 — clan see osed tire “s motion. nee range eee examined. 
ave taken, and t fore corming itself | who was in nve. a shor a 1g warrant 
whether a parte ee auestion be or ie n nat on which ch a witheds Tato Wht his velaaat Gites feain oo wales or niet d ct te the nak bt ty whe paar Sager Age pea dated i 
ought to answer. r R. Peel recommended that the witness | committee, but that the question called upon him to disclose the Sept. 18 ed whether it were regular, thi gint, the witness W435 
should be remitted to the committee, witha al admonition | names of gentlemen from whom he had confidentially r: ca to the 3 dre keeeaaat aiseussion on thi 5 Dovaterrogated by tHe 
t the paiiter. must be the judges whether the qnestion had | subscriptions for the legit _ purposes of the Southam mpt pec cnr rien core ted po he had inca’ “ps 
bg any P tendency to criminate him. This was substantially | election; that he couli “not take that disclosure without, sent the doc ‘ mbers, sta ne rakcuseon of the election 
the course whic afte ar a long discussion, the House adopted, breach of personal confidence “i 3 honour—a Ereecl a = committee, seamen gc ail did: ot acknowledge ther : 
discharging the witness, however, from present custody. did not believe ee House could desire of him; and that ap- | them, and k sag ee thes nae —A debate ther arose ast? 
_. Mr, Paxinoton, as Chairman of the Ipswich Election Com- | prehendéd the question to hav ole yy for no dn ps oY what uhgnld bei chan caplbmeen IP 5, which ended in & division 
mittee, reported the following resolutions to the House:—“' That | pose, but merely 408 the gratifieation an impertinent curiosity on the paetion waiver he 1 hoald be retained in the custody ° 
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