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THE 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
a 1, 
rapa ae” Sea eect: t , who expired at 
the death of this distinguished statesman, who expie v 
is 
con sr! in 
peo mei Earl of Mornington, of whose family 
ullin 
hoe 
thrown 
e 
Rtg in Ten until 1805, w 
with honours, his administration being the 
rd, dist hing elahes.» more 
particularly by his successful operations in the ore, 
the defeat of Tippoo ‘Saib, and the capture of Soraawatuns 
bsence in India his Lordship was advanc ed 
derry rl rd- 
Lieutenant of Ireland, and continued to hold that appoint- 
gel ene 0 il18 es oe arquis of Anglesey was —_ 
his went to Ireland as V 
"He 
eivate te ber 1833, Fs the ‘Marquis of ; Auaieeer sh ne 
but remained ther e little m ear—as, on the 
ceeds to his father’s _ian becomes 
Mornington; and his son, the Hon. T. Long P Pole Wel 
elles 
“7 becomes Viscount esley. 
The Regist reserved —" vera gg se 
the ects of the Income-tax which we ced las 
week was decided by the revising evar on Y eheadens 
I ing his eci id that no incapacity was 
lleged against the claimant, except g an asse 
a 
appointed und 
’ ury llector, comptroller, » 
inspecto sega ag uk loyed in collecting, 
A d on windows or houses, 
shall be capable of giving his vote for the election of any 
liament.”’ Fr ati 
had been able to A - subject, h come to the con- 
clusion that t did Set aoa within the dis- 
ifying pA sci in aks Act, inasmuch as the Income-tax 
‘was not a direct tax but o income derived 
fro: . It seemed to him that there is a wide differ- 
ence between house and the income tax. In his 
opinion the Act of Geo. III. should be construed strictly, 
and not taken to disfranchise any person not specially 
ota As, | therefore, he Base 2 not regard persons 
— ma question, and 
tender of light 
since 
was 
of in public life were ready to admit that fact. 
° _ ‘The 
family of the — peer, neneee in the City in ay 
that 
ontended here was no 
x could — the party toa oe 
r held, in a length- 
tn iahoy pa was 
us subject to public rates. 
decision of yarious Judges, and ithad always | an 
been acted on by committees of the House of Commons. 
He was bound jo follow those eaenrens and retain the 
name on we: lis 
ee anery minster.—lIt has been stated in some 
the emoluments attached to this 
funds ve 
after paying all demands, setting aside so much for re- 
pairs of the Ab and a certain portion for the ecclesi- 
ong them- 
curacies. Dr.I y his will made 
the following bequests :—1, for the Western - 
pensary, after a life-interest therein in prin 2,0 
1,0007. Society now forming n Ae the ace 
g 3 1,000/. trustees for p rsons In Ash- 
burton, his native town ; O/. University of F Oxf ford, 
for a Professor of Theology ; 2, oe Oriel College, for an 
manye other: 
an Conferen pig Conference has issued 
a general _— if Sie thet t ay in the 
sent month sh oO 
nt bserved asa day of special fasting 
nd -humiliation their societies; that public prayer- 
meetings shall be held that day in all Wesleyan places 
the 
courses, enforce the duty of religious fasting, as connected 
in holy Scripture wi ith the maintenance and improvement 
of yomen religion. 
Cou Common Council.—At a meeting of the Court 
last = two interesting questions were bpae pee tally dis- 
—the embankment of the Thames and the prosocted 
of vain next — sy 
mand on the public purse, in s uch a manner as toi improve 
the navigation and beautify the ba nks of the river, and to 
the governm: ‘ bg join with the City in throwing open 
a e betweent he Post-offi d St. Paul’s 
; cia 7 Sas 4 to thedral to great advan- 
urs have, of tee n heard among the in 
habitants of that district i ° pnapaence of the delay, and 
e notice o ich was brought on 
last. week, to Bite i sine in order that the 
space migh lied up. He represented g 
deal of inconvenience resulted from the interference of 
the court to prevent the building of houses upon the 
ag of fag akg utility, should prey on ee 
aan oF which he adverted, and at the same time re- 
exercise his influence gh evailing upon the 
fuse t 
| court io widen Fekipst hits and other places of great 
traffic which w s constantly to SonanENS a 
Why was not "Nowgate-atrect widened ? 
why was no lone to improve the ceaete tat 
from Fatenaead to the Guildhall? He could n 
account for such conduct as had been Aer ye with respect 
St. Paul’ 
oO 
a 
a job. Mr. R. ts Jones 
e idea of eg. as a man 
osed to him 
ae. i a 
Or pora: 
ing, 
that ever existed. ae those who w 
ace when an ‘immense public improvement ‘wk n con- 
speciosa 1g gm pet papers, sews the large rae of 
the corporation opie Be with the view of ac- 
ore splendid Ahem gh 2 
refused asics Perla oa the Ci ote 
extensive si 9 would be ~Gloet vel to that object by 
other h He had good reason for believing that her 
Majesty 8 poh gae: would j join foin with the City in effecting 
improvement which every one must look forward to 
rs ex 
projected Speen eet but 
und was negatived, on a division, by a lar 
Ho se.—The in 
Indee 
is personally to atten <e the landing of goods 
ig sate each i is fur 
entry for oods intended t ain in 
prime entry, which stipulates for the immediate pitied 
of the goods, the duty having been paid. 3d, The sight 
entry, the object of which is = assist the merchant in 
where goods arrived consigned to him without previous ad- 
e is per mitted to have the packages s landed, 
We 
weight 0 
spective stations, the interference of the surveyor, 
a superior officer, being only required in the settlement of 
bats or in the approval or otherwise oe he: alue put upon 
goods at the ad valorem rate e adopted in the 
wholesale smuggling of silks ee for the parties connected 
to send to the rs a case of toys, ite mats: 2 or any other 
os mport of low value, = e d numbered, for 
eepme ent casts, which, however, instead of bens forth- 
t on e allowed to 
“ it was ‘understood should b 
remain on fxg . When the 
a the fraud. 
The Parks.—At Marlborough-street Police-office, on 
Tuesday, three lads were charged by bee feo sar pane 
to Hyde Park with i a at the 
and ate wise damaging the trees in ie "Par sect 
were alike yee al eee with this exception, tl that the 
two first wer a ortio’ aoe 2 rk from which 
Fires.—On Sat 
Fenton, extensive glass-merchant, of West Smi 
e fifth time within the last few days, disco 
strumentality of two 
he guilty party has been 
of Mr. Von apres wert 15 br pe 
aturday morning into 
shortly afterwards called out dos there Pes another 5 
boing | this to be the case, suspici 
ns ing him some lucifer-m 
jet, and he ultimately acknowledg: 
s been placed under restraint, thére 
as to his sanity. 
East India House.—On Wednesday a Quarterly Ge- 
neral Court of Pr held at ” 
at 
of the war, the protests made against the war, and be 
case of the Rajah of Sattara. motions were ¥ ek 
f ‘ th Some additional 
: ¥ 
cussion, the amendment on a division by ry ery by 
only 16 proprietors, and the adoption 
