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FRANCE . ; J ^ CKOACHMESTS OF THE PsiESIS . —A fresh topic of cb natation i 38 arisen ; which promises to throw addi-2 S nial interest into the approaching debate upon the « L Cncret Scmce-moncy Bill The Archbishop of Lyons v £ «! j teen summoned before the Privy Council for al aW authority . The Archbishop assuming a « w > wer , *& e existence ° f "which -will certainly never be « sa gniscd in France , to condemn by his mandemaa % ^ vbook deemed dangerous to the spiritual interests d d ' his *** * faasraidertaken to brand with sacerdotal « nensure 31- Dupin ' s celebrated work upon the liberl ^ oftheGaOiean Church . M . Dupin ' s work 18 One * d s stoefly legal character , being little more than a
t « jmp iJation of historical documents of unquestion-2 able authentuaty , showing tJie independence of the " ( ( jaflican ChnrehoftheSeeofRome . The Cardinal i Atehbishop deals his anathemas upon all those docu-\ Jnents , asserting that the so-elaimed liberties of the ( Church have no foundation ; that the interference of i thesiate is ansnrpatioE , and , in fact , calling upon the French to ^ S themselves at the feet of Rome , con-\ eluding by a defiance addressed to the Privy Council to censure him , as they had no legal power to do so . Xhis is the right way to go to work ; the sooner the , ^ led monsters throw off their hypocritical disguise , 2 n 3 exhibit themselves in their true , their unchanged character , as the enemies of free thought and man ' s jjjrht , the better for the interests of the many . Such raanks as those played by the Archbishop of Lyons ml ! soon bring the reaction , and then woe to " the
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SPAIN . Go rnoM Home io beak Setts . —According to the Madrid journals of the iota and lltb s « iuch sensation ha * been created in the Spanish capital by the receipt cf letters from London , mentioning that General Esuartcro had sent a hostile message to the Spanish iUuhassador , hecause of some rudeness to Madame Eqortcro in Tns Excellency ' s chapel , who , perhaps , unconsciously had taken possession of that part of tbe gallery usually assigned to the ambassador .
GERMANY . FBUfKFOKT , Fee . 14 . —An official document was sent a few days ago to all the printing offices in Bamberg , requiring the proprietors to forward for the future , to tiie office of Censorship , all the manuscripts intended for publication , in order that they may be eraioined before they are printed . Hitherto only political journals and periodicals were subjected to the cmsoishin in Bavaria .
SWITZERLAND . "Jni . fejtrr Agiiaiiox . —We regret to learn from die Taris papers that the excitement caused by the i ^ aits in Switzerland is still on theincrease , raid that serions disturbances may be anticipated before , the question is settled . The canton of Lucerne has resolved that the education of the people shall be placed under the eontroul of the Jesuits ; and against this resolution not only many of the inhabitants of that canton , butthcGoverninents of Bcrae , Zurich , and now the provisional Government of the Pays do Yau'lkave protested against the introduction of this -v-tcni of education into the Federation , and sceni
disposed » resist it by force . On this important subject the Great Council of Vaud had been engaged for three days , at as extraordinary meeting held at Lanianne , which terminated by the Council abdicating m B 2-MA " . A-general popular meeting , assembled apon . Montbesson , at Lausanne , h & sesiablisheda pjv > - ^ isional government , composed of nine members , of ^ hich MTDruey , councillor of state , has been named president . These events hare taken place because tl > e grand council had not paid sufficient deference Mine prayer of 32 , 000 petitionees for tlie expulsion of the Jesuits , and occurred upon the days of the 34 th r hu 15 th of February .
UNITED STATES . Axii-Rexi Movements . —There appears to be no disposition among the Anti-Renters of Rensselaer county to sunremW thesr ergamsation , and submit iranojlilly to the Operation of the Jaws . The presence of a strong military force is wanted there , and would have a tendency to subdue their spirit . —Aw . " York Another Axu-Ersi Oi-tkibak . —The PWv-M j iun , JA < lger notices an Anti-Rent outbreak hi
Lancaster . An agent of the Hamilton estate arrived iu that place to collect ground-rents , when some persons collet-ted , formed a procession , andwaiiedupoiihimai his hotel , but were unable to procure an interview . They then resolved that they would pay no more sr ound-rent , which was received with acclamation . h was in the same county that the meeting was recently held , at which they resolved not to pay any . more State taxes , unless the State Government dienld reform , and its representatives grow more honest . —Ibid .
The Case of Governor Dorr . —The Axcerises or Rhode Island . —The Rhode Island legislature having passed a bill for the liberation of Governor Dorr , provided he agreed to take the oath before tie Svprme Court to support thepreient constitution of tie & rte , and he having refused to comply with ffiese conditions , the following remarks thereon have apvosed in the Xao York Snn : — Case of Governor Doer . —Hhobe Islaxd Crcectt ash IsjisncE . —We have already noticed the nonacceptance of the pardon to Gov . Dorr passed by the Rhode Island Legislature , and several journals have been loud in assailing him for declining to accept the lenity exhibited by the legislature . There arc some
principles connected with this act of grace which should lie kno ' . m . The pardon is a conditional one . He must swear allegiance to the Constitution of the State . Now thercisnotking wrong in this , excepting its peculiar applicability to Dorr . The peoples constitution received 14 , 000 votes , and Dorr received that number of votes as Governor . ! Not one of the ii « 00 was imprisoned or required to swear to the sew constitution . Why select Dorr alone to swear aklity to it , unless it is to make him acknowledge that he has acted wrong in consenting to receive 14 , 000 votes for Governor , and preferring another Charter . Bat there is a point of more importance involved in this pardon , as will be seen by the
sanexeu extract froin the Laws of Rhode Island : — "The ? th section of chapter 8 , of the Act of Jan . ^• 333 , and the J 22 nd in the present Digest enacts "That cveiy person who shall be sentenced , under any provision of this Act , to imprisonment for lite , or tortbe term of one year or more , for any one offence , shall for ever thereafter be incapable of being elected to any office of honour , trust , or profit in this State , « hl of acting as afreeman therein , and of giving testimony as a witness " before any tribunal in this State , unless such sentence be reversed . * " Uow the sentence has not been reversed . A conditional pardon ias beca tendered to him , without a reversal of the sentence , in case he accepte the pardon . So that he
Millie a convict out of prison , as much as he was in pison , without right , privilege , or citizenship . If taw was intended bvthe Legislature , it is anything < foi an act of grace . Again , section 180 and 181 of of the new Digest , authorises administration on the convict ' s estate , and provides that in cases of "impnsomnent for life , such prisoner ' s estate shall be wiJed among his hebs at law , and distributed in pe same way as if he was dead . " Here his estate k prized upon and divided . He is dead in law with a Jving pardon in hand—deprived of property and « wd rights . Under this inhuman ban Dorr has aoihing to gain in accepting the so-called pardon , wioile Island seems intent upon making herself a sat of Algiers among the States of the earth .
, & " "• Dorr sxd the Usurpers . — The usurping KgtsMure of Rhode Island have passed an Act offer-% to liberate Gov . Don-, on such conditions that he * ouJtJ be entirely deprived of the rights of citizen-^ ty . Of course he has refused , and his father has portioned the tyrants for the privilege of visiting his si * during his sickness , fi-om a complicated disease , * Aien it is feared will end his life I If Gov . Dorr is afford to die in that prison , it will be the foulest * " 8 t on the character of this Union that it has ever •^ * cciveu ' ; and , especially will it be an eternal dise * * oiiAhe poor mm of the present age , of whose ft \ is the champion . I know not whether Got . t > -- 'i Mlt Ubuupiuu . -I JU 1 U » MUU WMtriucr vtvt . the
^ advocates right to land or not , or whether kbT + i ^ attenfioa drawn to tne subject ; but I n h ? - l ^ k sun ? ering for his advocscv of the mJi ^ $ * K- without which the right " to land d ™ , l « - ' obtained without bloodshed , as iseviihiWn r ? * ™* - proceedings in this State ; and to ™ i , kn 0 ff tua * it « tlie duty of all honest «™ , and 0 fpoor aaju ^ j ^ , especially , to do ASi ^^ tolibmte Gov . Dorr at all hazards , In . Wm ' 5 i « ss and the Supreme Court fail to do so . tail r- ,, a , "Pshire associations are forming to libeir . v ; - V "„ I ) orr " « w force of arms . "—Vew York
* oW u ^ IBER rr . —Some thirteen tree men of f reest ^"' here ou ^^ Tcssds from ihe ^ afineai ^ t u ° unioi , » yrere yesterday placed in l ^* f ! ii « second municipality police , in tyJniin ^ "le ^ t forbidding free persons of 58 jmi ? wiftm the limits of the state . Such that ir i - 1 ? Ult « nerenec with our internal laws as Ift "isto ; n Ma 3 sa «? busctts has been guilty hut i » thf % , ; nc ased vl ^ lance on the part of our police - *¦ uiatteK . — -Xew Orleans Picayune .
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Davla „ \ , EtIXOS IN Yorkshire . —Mr . Septimus * ire d „? a ? Tisite" the followingplaces in Yorks ** bar ? 5 , * £ t w «* k-Dud ! ev-IiiH , High Town , Seijcs ~ ; *»? HnddeisSeld—calls on the different f . * iifi ^ eo ! . " o l - Ymfcdiire , to take into their f atc to ftw . t'on the proprictv of sending a delea U *„„ 7 „ ?? erid Trades' Conference , to beheld - *»« on Easter Monday . '' ' - ^^ "V . C ° MBMi 5 £ ns are attempting to ' Pposoij ; i 7 i Ua " £ arien of wages ; they are , however , ' ^ intd i / - i t t 5 le employers , who seem to be de-P % r < - V - tneir hTtlebest tobreak up the Comh-^ ina ]^ - ^ " -ai , however , be foiled . The ^ W J ^ - * saasuine of success if properly sup-^ tneir brother operatives .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Thuhsday , Feb . 20 . The Lords assembled , and having had a petition presented by Lord Campbell , complaining of the stealing of newspapers passing through the post , —a subject which that Learned Lord announced his intention to bring more fully before the House ; and after a little " small talk" about the time when their new House would be ready ; the second , and all but powerless branch of our " system of checks and counter-cheeks " adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , Feb . 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . A report was brought up that the committee recommended that- the standing orders should be dispensed with in respect to the London and York Railway ; and also thai the standing orders had been complied with , in the case of the Pontefractand Goole Railway .. Mr . Gobdex gave notice of Ills intention , on a future day , to move for a committee to inquire into the operations of the Com Laws on tenant-iarmers . Sir James Graham said it was his intention on an early day to ask leave to bring in a bill to settle the law with respect to orders of magistrates in , bastardy eases . This bill had been rendered necessary by a recent decision of a Learned Judge , who had held that the orders of magistrates were at present illegal . '
ITAUAX REFUGEES . Sir Chaexes Napier wished to put a question to the Right Hon . Baronet opposite with respect to a statement which he had made the other night ^ regarding the ^ two sons of Admiral Bandiera , and twenty other individuals . The Right Don . Baronet had stated that in the expedition in which these individuals had been engaged , the Governor of the Ionian Islands and the Government at home had been taken by surprise , lie wished to ask the Right Hon . Baronet whether any report was made to the Government at home of the circumstances , and whether any
instructions were given by the Home Government to the Governor of the Ionian Islands as to how he was to act ? He wished to know whether any instructions had been given by the Governor of these islands to prevent them from landing . If Lord Seaton had actcd ^ a humane part , instead of sending a communication to the Neapolitan Government , he should have sent the steamer to acquaint those twenty-two unfortunate individuals , and apprise them" of their danger . He wished to know whether the Governor had represented to the two Bnndicvas , and twenty others , that they had communicated wifliithe Government what he knew of their intentions .
Sir R . Peel said he had stated all he knew of this matter the previous evening ; but , for the satisfaction of the Gallant Officer , he would endeavour to answer his question . J \ o communication had been made by Lord Seaton to the Neapolitan Government , respecting the intended landing of these twenty-two individuals until after' they- hid sailed . Lord Seaton stated to the Neapolitan officer that one of the Bandieras had arrived in the Ionan Islands in the mouth of Februaiy ; that he then went to Malta , and subsequently returned to tlicloni . au Islands , and then he had conducted himself there in a manner not to
excite any suspicion whatever ; that on the 12 th , when they saUed , the Governor did not suspect their intentions , because they left unarmed . Sir C . Napier said that what he wished to know was , whether Lord Seaton had communicated to the Bandieras , after he had received the remonstrances of the Consuls , so as to warn them of the danger which they were incurring by attempting to land on the coast of Calabria ? Sir R . Peel said that about ten o'clock in the evening of the 12 th of June the Bandieras had sailed from Corfu , and that Lord Seaton had not pr eviously had the least conception that it was their intention to sail from the island . On the 13 th the Consuls had made their representations alluded to . The Hon . and Gallant Officer asked if Lord Seaton
had made any communication to the Bandieras . How , it was impossible that he couhThavc made any ; communication to them before they sailed , because he had entertained no suspicion whatever of their intention to leave the island . If the Hon . and Gallant Officer intended to ask whether Lord Seaton had sent a boat after them to make a communication to them on the subject , the reply was , that most certainly Lord Seaton had not . Mr . AIoxckto . v Muxes asked if there was any objection to lay before the Douse some portion of the papers connected with this subject . { Cries'of AH , all ! and cheers . ) It was a matter that had created an intense interest throughout the country , and the country would not be satisfied without further information .
Sir R . Peee was not aware whether or not the correspondence contained matters which would vender it inexpedient to produce the whole of it . He had no objection whatever to lay before the House the substance of it , but it could not be expected that he could pledge himself to produce the whole of the correspondence without having carefully perused the dispatches of Lord Seaton . . AIr S . "W Hope said he might state , from having been in possession of the correspondence , that the Government had received no notice whatever , and OU further search he had not been able to find any , of the arrival of the Bandieras in the Ionian Islands ; the only notice of their being there was an application from the Austrian Government to have them delivered up as deserters from the Austrian naval service , which there was no power ov wish on the part of the Government to do .
Air . T . Dc-vcombe . —Did the Austrian Government give you any notice of the Bandieras being at Corfu ? Mr . Hope said the Government received no notice whatever . Mr . T . Doscombe . —^ Why , it was in Mazzini ' s letters : —( Great laughter . ) Air . ALvckiksos presented a bill to secure the abatement of the smoke nuisance in large towns , which , after some little opposition on the part of Mr . Knight and Air . Hawes , and speeches in support from Mr . Fcrrand , Mr . Milnea , Mr . P . Borthwiek , Mr . Beckett , Mr . Gill , and Aidmaan Copcland , was laid on the table .
Air . Watson moved for , and obtained leave to introduce a bill for repealing " pains and penalties" on Roman Catholics . During the short discussion that ensued , Sir James Graham stated the fact that the Commissioners for the Consolidation of the Criminal Law were engaged in consolidating the statutes into one great code , under two separate and distinct heads . Sir J . Graham briefly moved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks and other Officers of tho Courts of petty and quarter sessions of the peace , oyer and terminer , and gaol delivery .
post- espionage . On the motion of Mr . T . Duxcombe the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the Post-office inquiry was read . Mr . Moxckton Milxes considered the explanation of Lord Aberdeen , as far as the Bandiera family were concerned , perfectly satisfactory . At the same time he admitted that the whole of the proceedings involved a very serious question ; for if such a proceeding was recognised , the Austrian Government would have nothing to do but to get the sanction of-the English Government to invade Italy . It might be , that tlus was part of a great scheme of foreign policy , but he thought that Lord Aberdeen ' s sanction to such a proceeding ought to give pain not only to the Government itself , but to every Member of that House . Instead of this seercsy , Lord Aberdeen ought to have given notice to
the newspapers that he was aware of the existence of this conspiracy . Had tliis been done , this unfortunate conspiracy would , in his opinion , not have taken place . The principle , with respect to the rights of foreigners residing in this country , was very vague ; jbnt it was not so as far the Hon . Member for Finsbury was concerned : and therefore he ( Mr . Milnes ) was of opinion that the gentlemen onhis side of the House ought to accede to the request for inquiry made by that Hon . Gentleman . It was but fair and justice to that Hon . Gentleman , and to the country , that this should be set at rest . So doubt it would be surmised what were the reasons which had led to the opening of that Hon . Gentleman ' s letters , as his name had been mixed Up with persons who had been brought under the sentence of the law .
Air . Dcxcombe . —Name them . Air . Milxes . —One gentleman was an individual for whom he had himself a Yery great respect , Mr . William Lovett . He need not mention any others , as oncvname was as good as another . It could not but be admitted that the Hon . Gentleman had made himself , if not an object of suspicion , at least a person in communication with suspected persons . He therefore thought the warrant had not been issued unwisely , though he thought the Hon . Gentleman had a right to a full explanation . Mr . Macaulet said he could not vote for the motion as it then stood , because it might be taken as a censure on the secret committee , which would be unfair , as that body being secret , were thereby debarred from making explanations . He also thought that no further inquiry was necessary , but that the House ought at once to legislate on the subject . He would still leave the righto f issuing warrants to the
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Secretary of State ; but he would at thesame time require that after areasonable time the letters examined , unless detained for judicial purposes-, - should be , delivered up to the owners , stamped , so as to show that they had been opened . JVb twifchstanding . hetttought the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Duncombe ) was entitled to know whether his letftra had been opened . The Government had given explanations in other cases , why not m this ? This was a question of " privileg ^ in a high and peculiar sense ; for nothing could be more important than frank and unreserved commumcations between Members and their constituents : and nothing was more intolerable than that such a correspondence should be subjected to inspection bv their political opponents .
Mr . Wortlev endeavoured to defend the Home Secretary , on the plea that the same thing had been done by his predecessors . Air . Ward was of opinion that after the speech of t iie Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . Duncombe ) , the Douse would not be justified in refusing inquiry . It had been stated that the correspondence of that gentleman had been opened on account of ) us connection with the Chartists ; hut he would ask , were not all public men , and especially Members of Parliament , subject to be engaged in similar correspondence J ( Hear , hear . ) The duties which Honourable Members had to perform were as important as the duties of those who had the care of the functions of Government ; and therefore that those gentlemen were
from then" position liable to have letters addressed io them from " suspected" persons . He then enlered at some length into that part of the question relating to the letters of Air . Mazzini , and the proceedings of the Bandiera family , respecting which he partially defended the conduct of the Government , though lie thought they were not altogether to be held blameless . The opening of the letters of Mr . Duncombe was a stigma on the Government , which could not be wiped away ; and if that Hon . Gentleman had one spark of manly feeling he would never CCaSC Until llO obtained the inquiry sought . Lord Jonx Manners would support Mr . Duncombe
if he made his motion for inquiry into his own case ; butheeould not agree to the general proposition before the House . As far as the case of the Hon . Member for Finsbury went , satisfaction ought to be given . To have such suspicion attached to him as was implied in the treatment to which his letters had been subjected , was to make him a degvaded man . As the question stood he would abstain from voting on the motion before the House . Sir Robert Ixclis and Mr . Borthwick expressed themselves in favour of the proceedings of the Government , and defended the report of the Post-office Committee .
Mr . Berxal thought the motion should be more restricted , in which ease he should be glad to support it . He was decidedly of opinion that Mr . Duncombe , Injustice to his own character , and to satisfy his constituents , ought to have satisfaction by a full inquiry being allowed . Mr . Charles Bcller made a very able speech , in support of the motion of Mr . DitiKsombe . He recommended that the Right lion . Bart , should , as ouc , acknowledge that he had opened the letters in question , as the only means of getting rid of the difficulty in which he was placed . Lord IIowick moved an amendment to the effect that a select committee be appointed to ascertain if the letters of any members had been opened , and it they luiew the reason why . He supported the motion in a very vigorous and argumentative speech .
M . D'Israeli seconded the amendment ; in doing which he delivered a very eflcciive speech , and dealt some very hard hits at the Government and Sir R . Peel . * Mr . Roebuck said , nothing but the most ample inquiry would satisfy the country on this subject . It was important that the character of the Right Honourable Member for Finsbury should have justice done it . Nothing but the most searching inquiiy ought to satisfy him . The matter had been shrouded in such mystery that until a full inquiry was granted it was tfifficult to know what course should be taken . He hoped that the House would see the necessity of doing this . If the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary would only take a tangible case , the matter could
be easily brought to an issue . If he would only ifisue a single warrant , and place it in the hands of . one man at the Post-office , in order to examine a letter of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , and afterwards place the warrant on the table of that House , he had no doubt but that twenty-four hours would not pass before Air . Duncombe would institute proceed ; ings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench to test its legality . After making several other observations on the general question , the Hon . Gentleman concluded by declaring his intention of supporting the Hon . Afembcr for Finsbury in demanding an inquiry . After several other Members had spoken , an adjournment was moved , when there appeared—For the adjournment 29 Against it 269
Majority against the adjournment 210 Immediately afterwards a great number of the Members left the'House ; seeing which , Sir Robert Peel with great reluctance consented to the adjournment , and the debate in consequence was adjourned till to-morrow ( Friday ) night .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Feu . H . The House met at a few minutes before four o ' clock , at which time the attendance of members was not very numerous , considering the important questions which were to be brought under consideration , and the early hour ( half-past four o ' clock ) which . was announced for the commencement of Sir R , reel ' s statement . The number of strangers in the passages leading to the galleries was unusually great ; so much so , indeed , that all the gaUeries in the Sense would not have accommodated a tenth of them .
Mr . T . Duscombe presented a petition from Mr . Joseph Mazzini , stating that he had ona former occasion , in the last session , petitioned that House , and complained that his correspondence was opened at the Post-office , his letters read , and reseated with forged seals . He stated that his petition had heen referred to a secret committee , which had since made its report , but that he ( the petitioner ) had reason to believe that that committee had been misinformed on many points . He now prayed that his first petition might be re-considered , and redress given to him , in order that he and other foreigners in this country might Jsnow what they had to trust to , and what protection they might expect here . The same lion . Member gave notice , that on Tuesday nest he would move tho appointment of a committee to nquire as to any warrants which might hate been issued to provincial postmasters authorising them to open certain letters , and he would also more that the report of the committee of last session be referred to that
committee . The order of the day was then read , and the Speaker having left the chair , the House went into
COMMITTEE OF WATS AND KEANS . FINANCIAL STATEMENT . Sir R . PEEL rose and stated , that though he had had considerable experience in the discharge of official duties , and though he had frequently addressed the House on matters of great public concern , he could n « t approach the subject on which he had then to address the committee without great anxiety , and a deep consciousness how inadequate and imperfect the explanation would he which he should endeavour to place before it . But though he rose under some disadvantages as to the period of the year at which this communication was made , yet , after the declaration made iu her Majesty ' s speech , that it was the intention of Ministers to propose the continuance of the income-tax for a certain number of years , he felt that
he had no other alternative than to submit to the House the general views which the Government toob of the financial condition and the commercial policy of the country . It would be his duty to discuss this great question—whether it be consistent with the public interest that the present amount of public expenditure should be maintained , or whether it be not right that there should be in some important respects azj ir . crease of expenditure beyond the precedent of foi-mer years 1 If the committee maintained the latter proposition , the question which he should then have to submit to it would be this—whether it is fitting that the expenditure should be met from the ordinary sources , or whether it is more advisable that the t . 1 X on income and property should be continued , for the double purpose of providing for the due execution of the public service , and of enabling Parliament to repeal other taxes pressing on the industry and commercial enterpriseof the
country ? After refen * , g to the estimate of the probable revenue and expenditure which was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April last , when he brought forward his budget , and , after showing that the surplus revenue , on which he had calculated for the whole year , had been greatly exceeded by the actual amount of revenue received on the 5 th of January , 1844 , he proceeded to estimate the surplus revenue which jvould be in the Exchequer on the 5 th of April , 1845 , at a sum which at the very least would amount to £ 5 , 000 , 000 . He then submitted to the House an estimate of the probable receipt of the revenue for the year ending the 5 th of April , 1810 , on the assumption that the House would not sanction the income-tax , and calculated that it would amount to £ 51 , 000 , 000 ' , and , supposing the estimates of the ensuing year to be the same as they were during the last , he calculated the total amount of expenditure to be £ 48 , 557 , 000 : SO that there would be still a surplus of £ 2 , 543 , 000 . But
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if they deducted from this surplus the sum £ o he derived from the receipt of half-a-year ' s income-tax which would become due in the . interim , and from the payment of the instalment from China , there would he in that case a small deficiency in the revenue as compared with the expenditure of the year . The question then arose whether Ministers were justified in demanding , under such circumstances , an increased expenditure on account of the public service . He was satisfied that they were justified , lie showed that no saving could be . hiade by the abolition of offices and reduction of salaries . A sufficient force of revenue officers " must be kept up to insure the collection of the revenue and to give facilities to ihe transaction of commerce . Xo diminution of the army could be recommended , on account of the extent of our colonial dependencies , and of the necessity of our sending
out reUefs to the regiments who garrisoned and protected them . The army was a very complicated and expensive machine , Which would he dislocated and deranged if due attention , wcrjs not paid to its support . An increase in the army was not a measure which he should propose , but any diminution of it would he a measure to which he could not consent . The military estimate for the present year would therefore bo £ 0 , 600 , 000 . There were reasons which induced him to propose-an increased estimate for the navy this year '; and those were to be found in the growing necessity for a further . protection to our commerce in every part of the globe , and in the establishment ofthree new naval stations—one on the coast of Africa , another in the Pacific , and a third iu the Chinese seas . He slioiiM propose to employ this year 4 , 000 men more than were employed in the estimates of last year . That
increase would not be for . the purposes of war or ot aggression , but for the protection of our commerce , and the maintenance of peace . The expense so caused would be £ 181 , 000 . There would also be a vote for always keeping at our command a squadron of eight or nine sail of the line , which would create wo jealousy among foreign powers , and another ftir the purpose of increasing ' and improving our steam navigation . In respect , therefore , of the vote for the navy , and the ordnance connected With the navy , there would be in the votes of this 1 'e . av aniucreas of nearly one million . For this increased expenditure the revenue of the next year would , ho thought , suffice , even if the House would not consent to cowtinutt the inconnc-tas . It was quite clear , however , that if it did not continue the income-tax , in the year following a deficiency of revenue would he discovered .
The question which he must next put to the committee was , whether they would run the risk of that deficiency by making no provision to meet it , or whether they would postpone the consideration of that deficiency till the year 13 J 0 ? Her Majesty ' s Government thought that it would not he a prudent course so to disregard the future condition pf the country . Ministers were , therefore , induced to propose the continuance of the property-tax for a further period ; and before he asked the assent of the House to that proposal , he felt it necessary to explain what were their views as to the appropriation of the surplus revenue which would then be placed at their disposal after all the exigencies of the public service were provided for : He would assume for the present that the committee would sanction the continuance of th < i iwoperty-tax , and would then give them an estimate of the revenue
which he expected to derive from that source . Supposing the property-tax to be continued , j the revenue , on the oth of April , 1818 , would amount to £ 53 , 700 , 000 , and so long as the other sources of revenue wore productive might be calculated at that sum , deducting only a sum of £ 600 , 000 from China , which would only he receivable for one year more , lie would , therefore , talw the amount of the revenue at £ 53 , 100 , 000 . The public expenditure lie had already calculated at £ 40 , 000 , 000 , There would therefore be left on the 5 th ol April , I 8 i 6 , a net surplus of . 63 , 409 , 000 , if the committee acquiesced in the demand of Ministers for increased naval estimates , lie now approached the most important question of all , namely , what was the mode in which this surplus , or a part of it , could he applied to the relief of taxation 1 He would n « t have proposed the continuance ol
the income" tax if he had not felt the strongest persuasion that it was competent for the House , by means of it , to make arrangements with respect to taxation which would be the foundation of great future commercial prosperity , and which Would add materially to the comforts of those who' were called upon to contribute to it . In considering how they would appropriate any surplus of revenue , several important considerations must , always be before them . They must first consider the claims to reduction of taxation on account of the heaviness of the duties on articles which entered into general consumption ; then they must also . consider what were me taxes which pressed most heavilyon those raw materials which constituted the staple manufactures of the country . Then , they must consider what were the taxes which required the greatest establishment of
revenue-officers for their collection ; and then what were the taxes which , if reduced , would enable them to diminish that same establishment , and so to reduce their expenditure , lastly , they must consider what were the taxes which , if removed , would give new scope to commercial enterprise and occasion an increased demand for for labour , He did not say which of these considerations ought to predominate , but they were all of importance . If the property-tax were continued , Ministers iutendcd'to make a # reat experiment with respect to taxation , in the hope that the general prosperity which would result therefrom would fill up " the void caused in future years by the cessation of taxation . They did not propose to maintain any material surplus of income over revenue ; but , in the conviction that the House would at all events maintain public credit , they proposed the reduction of
certain taxes , which were move onerous than productive . He would first take the taxes connected with Hie customs , and wo \ ild . submit to the House a proposition with respect to the reduction of the duty on sugar . He proposed , with regard to all sugars but refined sugars , to make this reduction . On brown Muscovado sugar , which now paid a duty of 25 s . 3 d ., * he proposed to make a reduction of lis . 3 d ., and likewise to reduce the duty to 14 s , That reduction would apply to all British plantation sugar , and to sugar the produce of the Mauritius ; but there were certain districts in British India , with regard to which a different rule now applied ; and with respeci to them he proposed that they should pay the same relative proportion of duty which they paid at present , and that the duty should belSs . Sd . On free-labour foreign sugar he proposed that the protecting duty should not ex .
ceed 9 s . 4 d ., and therefore the duty would be 23 s . ' 2 d Any country which had a reciprocity treaty with us could not , of course , be deprived af any right which it enjoyed at present . As td white or clayed sugars , or sugars equal to clayed sugars , he proposed that the duty should be reduced on British plantation sugars from 25 s . 3 d . to 1 C « . 4 d . ; that the duty on sugar imported from India should be 21 s . 9 d ., and that the duty on free-labour foreign sugar should be 28 s ., thus retaining the whole amount of diseri . niinating duty which was imposed last year , but applying that duty in a different manner , giving 9 s . 4 d . as a protection on Muscovado sugar , and an increased protection of lis . 4 d . on the more valuable and costly article . With respect to the duty on molasses , he proposed to reduce it in the same proportions . As to the admission of refined sugar , he proposed to remove the prohibitory
duty on refined sugar imported from those British possessions which were entitled to import Muscovado sugar at 14 s ., and to place upon such sugar a proportionate import duty , namely , on refined sugar 18 s . 8 d „ and 21 s . on double refined . He then gave the committee an estimate of the supply of sugar which he considered likely to conic from our possessions to this country in the course of the present year , aud contsVuued his observations upon that point by stating that the effect which would be produced oil the price of sugar by this reduction in the duty would be a reduction . of l } d . per lb . ; but taking other circumstances , which always accompanied a high rate of duty , into consideration , he . calculated that it would amount to a reduction of lid . per lb . He estimated the loss which would be " produced in the revenue of next year by the reduction of the sugar
duties , at £ 1 , 300 , 000 . He next proceeded to state , that in the tariff of 1842 he had abolished generally the duty on all exports , with the exception of some few articles . He now proposed to adopt as a general rule the abolition of export duties on all articles . He-did not propose to except the export duty on coal . After having benefitted the cbal-owners by the removal of the export duty , he did expect that they would give to the people of England the full advantage of the boon which thay had received , and that the House would hear no more of their combinations to restrict supply , and to enhance price . The total loss from the reduction of the coal duty he estimated at £ 120 , 000 . He next proceeded to a consideration of the duties levied on and applicable to raw materials used iu manufactures . The tariff now included 813 such articles . He now proposed to remove the duties applicable to 430 of them . By abolishing these duties altogether they would get rid of a number of troublesome accounts . If fraud were practised iu the introduction of these articles , against which some precautions must be
taken , by examining them , he must apply to the House hereafter for the purpose of obtaining more stringent regulations , against it . One advantage of getting rid ol these duties would be that it would dispense with the warehousing system . He then enumerated a number ol the articles to which this abolitio n of duties would apply , as for instance , the fibrous materials of silk , hemp , and " flax ; yarns of certain materials , excepting woollen furuiture goods ; animal and vegetable manures ; ores ' and minerals , with the exception of copper ore ; iron and zinc in their first stage of manufacture ; die stuffs generally , aud certain drugs of a noxious character . There were some articles to which this total removal of duty would not apply . He did not propose to interfere with the general principles which the Government had applied to the timber duties . The import of Baltic timber was now increasing , and the estimate which he had formerly made respecting it had not turned out to be'incorrect . T here was " one article comected with timber which he proposed to exempt from duty—he alluded to the article
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of staves . The Government had given attention to the memorial of the coopers on this subject , and had determined to permit an unrestricted importation of staves for their benefit . The length , of . the staves must , however , be limited , or it would be impossible to prevent their importation for the benefit of other parties than coopers . The abolition of the duty on this article would cause a loss of £ 83 , 000 to the revenue ; and the whole loss occasioned by the omission of 430 articles from the tariff would amount to £ 320 , 000 . He next approached the consideration of that article of raw material which was most important to the prosperity of the countrycotton wool . As the impost pressed uiost heavily ou the coarser fabrics , he was prepared to advise the abolition of it altogether . The loss to the revenue upon the article
of cotton wool would not be less than £ 680 , 000 , taking the duty upon estimate of the quantity imported last year . Hc'did not intend to propose any further alteration in the revenue of the Customs . He had reviewed the duties , levied by the Excise , with * view of ascertaining what were the duties which pressed most greivously on the interests and industry of the country . 'Among these he found , first and foremost , the auction duty on the transfer of property . "When a commission was appointed some years ago to examine into the Excise duties , they made this recommendation , that the duties on auctions should be the first tax repealed . He proposed to repeal the auction duty altogether , in consequence of the ' advantage which a commercial country was likely to derive from greater facilities in , the transfer of property .
He likewise proposed that the auctioneers , instead of taking out several licenses at an expense of £ 5 each for selling different articles , shouidtake Ou lone general license at an expense of £ 15 to sell any article they pleased . Their licenses now often cost them £ 25 . The number oj auctioneers was 4 , 000 ; and the establishment of a £ 15 license would produce a revenue of £ 60 , 000 . He next stated , that he intended to relieve the article of glass from all Excise duty .- The amount of duty at presentimpose 1 on it was 200 and even 300 per Cent . Oil its manufacture . There was no duty , moreover , which occasioned such vexatious interference with the manufacturer as this duty on glass . In France , Belgium , and Bohemia , there was no excise duty on this article , and the consequence was , that the manufacture of it had been brought to the highest perfection ,
especially in the latter country . If the house would consent to relieve the manufacturers of glass in this country altogether from the pressure of this tax , and to give unrestricted play to their capital and enterprise , he was convinced , that with our command of alkali and coal , they would enter into successful competition with the manufacturers of every other country . lie thought that , in point | even of health , a greater benefit would accrue to the country from the remission of the tax on glass than from the remission of the window-tax . The loss arising from the remission of tiie glass duty would amount to £ ui ' J , 000 . He had now exhausted the list of articles on which he proposed a remission of taxation . Tlie total immediate loss of revenue which the revenue would sustain by their repeal or abolition would amount to
£ 3 , 338 , 000 , which would nearly absorb the surplus of £ 3 , 400 , 000 , on which hohad already . calculated . n 6 did not deny ttot the tiwvncial scheme which he had jv . st explained to the committee was a bold experiment ; but , responsible as ho was to Parliament for its success , he was not afraid to run the yisli Oi * VmuiVng it . lie 110 W pVOT posed to the committee to continue the income-tax for a further limited period of three years , because he had a confident persuasion that the reduction in price of nrtieles of great importance , which would follow this proposed remission of taxation , would be , if not a complete , yet a great compensation for its burden . He would not Baythat it might not be wiser to give a longer time than three years for testing this experiment . He thought ; however , that Parliament ought to have a control over the duration of such a tax . He hoped that so great a source of revenue would not be dried up before the expiration of three years ;
but at the end of that time—such was his confidece in the elasticity of the country—he thought that they would be able to dispense with the tax if they thought proper . He had now submitted his plan to the committee . He recommended it to them ' with a deliberate conviction that their , sanction of it would conduce to the extension of industry , audio the encouragement of enterprise , and that in consequence of that extension of industry , and of that encouragement of enterprise , all classes of the country , whether agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , Or parties not engaged in any particular branch of - industry , would either directly or indirectly be benefitted by it , and that every class would find its comfort and its welfare promoted . The Eight Hon . Baronet concluded his speech at five minutes to > eight o ' clock by moving a-formal' resolution on the subject .: The House rung with cheers for some minutes after he had concluded .
After a short pause , Sir Robert rose again and ^ snid that he would not ask the committee to confirm his proposition that night ; but he hoped that Hon . Members would be in a condition to decide on the principles of his resolutions on Monday next . Lord ^ HowicK considered that the coalowners were indebted to Lord Fowlettfor remission of the export duties on coal . Though he was Member for Sunderland , he disapproved highly of the regulation of the vend , in which the coalowners had unwisely concurred . It had been most injurious to the coalowners themselves . He had an insurmountable objection to the Kjght Hon . Baronet's arrangement of the sugar duties . After a few words from Mr . Bell , Mr . Hume stated that the plan of releasing exports from all duties was so judicious that he could not but approve it . The repeal of the duty on glass would confer a greater benefit on the community than the repeal of the window-tax .
Lord J , Russell thought that they ought not to come to an immediate conclusion on such a subject . He would not ask for a day ' s delay beyond that which the Right Hon . Gentleman had proposed ; he would then take a view of his whole proposal . He considered the Right lion . Baronet ' s proposal on the sugar duties liable to much objection . Mr . Collett asked when the remission of these duties would take place . Sir . R . Peel . —At the earliest possible day on which the bills could be passed , excepting with regard to glass , which was placed in a different position from the other articles . . Mr . Williams . —Would the Right Hon . Baronet make any allowance on the stoch in hand ? Sir It . Peel answered in the negative .
Mr . Liddeli . tendered his thanks to the Right Hon , Baronet for the remission of the duties on the export of coals and on the manufacture of glass . He vindicated the coalowners of the north from the charge of combination . If any gentleman would move for a select committee to inquire into the operation of that combination , he would second the motion . After ft few observations from Lord Clements and Mr . H . Hinde , Dr . Bowbing expressed a wish that Sir } l . . Peel had -made some modification in the property-to . Colonel Sibthobp regretted that Sir H , P , ! el had not consented to a reduction of duty on fire insurances . Mr . Roebuck considered the source of our revenue to be the income-tax , and he considered the injustice of tha income-tax and the mischief it created to be a great drawback on the plan which Sir Robert proposed . Mr . Wakiet expressed his extreme satisfaction at the proposal of Government .
Several other members made observations on isolated points of the plan , most of them expressive of satisfaction with it , Mr . Curteis , however , declared that he would divide against the property-tax , ifhecouM get ten men to divide with him ; and Mr . Warburton surprised the House by asserting , that if yon made the income-tax permament , all the objections urged against it vanished at once . Sir R . Peel then moved that the-Chairman report progress , and" ask . leave to sit again on Monday . The motion was carried . The House resumed , ' and immediately afterwtirds adjourned .
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Tun Late HohBhue Case of Destitotios . —The excitement occasioned by the discovery of a , girl , only 10 years of age , in the loft of a ruinous cowhouse in the Wandsworth-road , in a state of unparalleled destitution , tlie particulars of which appeared ill last week ' s . Star , has been great in the extreme , and inquiries continue to be made daily by the gentry resident in Clapham and Wandsworth respecting the poor creature ' s condition . It will be recollected that when this miserable girl , Mary Loveday , was admitted into the Wandsworth Union on Wednesday last , she presented an anpalbng spectacle , being frightfully emaciated ana horribly infested with vermin . For many hours her life hung , as it YfCVC , upon a thread , and had she not met with the most humane and almost parental treatment from Mr . and Mrs . lung , the master and matron of the establish ment , death must in a short time have terminated
her sufferings . Owing to their care , however , - and the attention of Dr . Connor and , his assistants , she has been increasing in strength daily . The vermin have been wholly exterminated , and the poor creature has been removed from tlie foul ward into the infirmary . It was stated in the previous accounts that the feet of the unfortunate girl presented all the appearance of incipient mortification . These omiliotissigns of a specdv dissolution have not disappeared ; ai ; d , althoughthc lotion ? applied to the teet have effected a more favourable change than could reasonably be expected , still Dr . Connor is far from sanguine as to her ultimate recovery , and is of opinion that if her life is saved , she must necessarily lose her feet . The poor creature ' s diet is still of a liquid nature , her system being too low and her masticatory powers too weak to admit of her partaking of solid food . South Wilts Election . —On Saturday Mr . Sydney Herbert ' waa re-elected for South Wilts , without opposition ,
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NOTICE TO READERS AND AGENTS ^ ° An xious to furnish the readers of the Star with the latest intelligence , and conscious of , the absorbing interest that will be felt in the country to learn the result of" Mr , 'DuWcombe ' s motion on ttuv Post Office ViLLANY , we have determined to make an effort to furnish the news to a considerable portion of the Saturday readers of- the Star . The debate isadjoumed to tin * ( Friday ) evening ; in all probability the dklsion will not
take place till two or three o clock in the , morning . That debate , and that division , ' we purpose to have in the hands of the agents on Saturday afternoon . ' For this purpose we shall divide the parcels of those agents whom , we can reach by the second post . " We shall , in the first instance , send half ^ their orders — so as to be with them on Saturday morning . Those papers will
contain this notice . They will knov . - why the whole is not sent : and will know pIso to LOOK OUT for the arrival of the Day Ma . il ' from London . By that Mail the second batches will be dispatched . In Birmingham and the Midland Counties , it will arrive soon after noon ; in Manchester b y about . k * i \ - : in Leeds by about seyeHt It will be necessary for the agents to go to the Post-office for the papers .
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Escape vrosi Tai . v Paziso-v . —On Wednesday night last , a daring escape was effected by a prisoner named David Young , a native of Perth or Dundee , and confined since October last , on a charge of theft by housebreaking , in order to be tried at the Court of * Justiciary . He occupied the low cell in the prison , the iron-grated door of which is securely fastened on the outside by an iron chain , and lacked . with two padlocks . On the gaoler entering the prison that evening , ho found the door of Young ' s coll wide open , and the inmate away . The manner in which he effected his escape seems to set all gaol security at defiance , since it would appear that he broke the two substantial locks of his cell by a board taken from his
bed , and , afterwards another strong lock which secured the room in which the keepers sleep . Having thus got access into the gaoler ' s apartment , he changed his clothes , and managed to find the key of the door that leads to the bartizan . lie then tore up the blankets of his bed , and knotting them together , tied them to an iron bar in a narrow slit in the turret , on which he slid down , and alighted iu the old court-house , the windows of -which look into the Highstreet , and are secured by deals , which ho managed to break and leap into the street . Officers were despatched in all directions in search of him , and through : their exertions he was found near Fowli ? , — Tain Journal .
MiirLwouK . xsd Machinery . —Ou Monday a return , printed on the motion of Mr . Gardwcll , the Secretary of the Treasury , was issued , giving an account of the declared value of all millwork and machinery exported from the united kingdom in each quarter of the years 1811 , 1 S 42 , 1813 , and 1814 . The declared value of millwork and machinery exported from the United kingdom in the year ended the oth of January , 3 Si 2 , was £ ool , 3 t } l : in the rear ended tlwfstnof January , 1843 , £ o 5 ± , li 5 »; in the year to the oth of January , 1811 , .-ETlS . 'lTij ' aml in the year ended the oth of January last , to £ 775 , 187 , showing an increase on every year ill the value of millwork and mr . chincrv exported .
ShoOkixo AcanEST . —On Monday , st noon , the inhabitants of ltcgent-street , Lambeth-walk , v ,-ere thrown into a state of great alarm in consequence of aloud explosion on the premises of Mr . Fen wick , the well-known artist in nre-v » 'OvUs , residing in thesame street . It appears that a young man named William Hook , a journeyman firework-maker , was engaged in making a quantity of rockets , for the completion of i , shipping order , and whilst ramming one of them with a mallet , the contents suddenly ignited , which
communicated with a largo quantity of combustible materials in front of him , the whole of which exploded with dreadful violence , forcing off the roof of the shop , and setting fire to some portion of the building , which was speedily extinguished by the other worlcmen . The poor man Hook was found lying on his back ; frightfully disfigured about the face , ' hands , and chest , and in dreadful agony . He was removed with all speed in a cab to Guy's Hospital , where he was promptly attended to by Mr . E . Cook , tlie liOUSC surgeon . Very slight hopes are entertained of his
recovery . DauiSG 'Buiuilat ot J * the Cm . —Some time before six o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a most daring burglary was effected in the warehouse of Messrs . M . arid S . Hyams , clothiers , 9 and 10 , King-street , Oheapside . There were stolen from the premises 1 S 6 £ yards of silk velvet ; 600 yards of silk surge , in rolls ; 4931 yards of satin in pieces ; and £ 13 in gold , silverj and copper . A reward of £ 50 was offered yesterday ( Monday ) , to bo paid on the apprehension and conviction of the thief or thieves , or on the recovery of the property , or in proportion to any part thereof . The police " are making active search after the burglars .
Ihe Robbehv op Rogers s Bank . —We find the following , with reference to this mysterious transaction , in our Paris correspondent's letter of Sunday ' s date ; but we have authority to state that the notes found in the possession of the arrested parties form no part of the property stolen from Messrs . Rogers . This has been ascertained beyond doubt : — "Two Englishmen have just heen arrested here on suspicion of having been engaged in the robbery of the bank . of Rogers and Co ., in London . It appears that they had been lor some time busily occupied in changing English bank-notes into IWeigh gold and paper , of which a largo amount was ibund upon them . It is even said that some of the notes stolen in London were in their possession at the time of their arrest , but this is not stated positively . Information of the affair has been given to Lord Cowley , and an inquiry is going on , which it is hoped will lead to valuable disclosures . "—Globe .
Diieadfvji . MmuvKR is New Sown Wales . —The same paper ( the Sydney Guardian ) contains the following : —On Friday , the 9 th instant , an inquest was held at Livingston ' s , the Glasgow Arms , in Church-street , Parramatta , on view of the body of Sarah M'Mauus , who was found on the previous evening with her skull fractured in two places , her arm near the shoulder broken—literally crushed—and several ribs broken . The deceased was ninety years of age , and the mother of twenty-one children . Her husband , Terence M ' Manus , having admitted that he did the deed , was taken into custody , and was present at the inquest . From his debilitated appearance and morose manner , it was supposed that lie was labourhig under insanity ; more especially as he had attempted to cut his own throat a few weeks since ; but . from the evidence of several witnesses , and the ecuduct and language of the prisoner himself dutisit ; the
inquest , it became quite evident that he was perfectly sane : and from the evidence ; of Dr . Guynne it appeared th . 'il the attempt tc euiliis'throa : was only delusive—thflt it was a mere scratch—and done for mue sinister lAnyow . The prisoner made more than one confession of tins dreadful deed . It would appear thatiie must have murdered his wife with a thick door-bar , as such an instrument was found , with fresh blood and hair upon it , in the house . M'Manus , who is sixt 3 -seven years of age , appears to be a man of the most ungovernable temper at times ; while at other times he is equally morose and stubborn . The evidence so clearly established an opinion hi the minds of a respectable jury of eighteen persons , that the husband had committed wilful murder , that they unanimously and immediately returned a verdict to that effect ; and Terence M'Mamis was committed for trial upon the coroner ' s warrant .
BIRTH . On the 17 th of January , and christened on the 5 th of February , William Cobbctt Arthur Shaw , son of John and Eliza Shaw , 2 £ , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East .
DEATHS . At Edinburgh , on Tuesday morning , Feb . 11 th , John Duncan , formerly Chartist bookseller and lecturer , and late pastor of the Christian Chartist Church , Dundee . , . Death of Mr . Laman Biakchadd . —It is our most painful duty . to announce the sudden , death of Mr . Laman Blanchard . He had latelv suffered a severe domestic afflictionj and his unceasing anxiety , during the progress of the long and harassing , illness in his family , which terminated fatally , had so injured his own health , that fits . ensued , which finally led to . liis death , He died about half-past one o ' clock on . Saturday morning last , and has leftfour orphan children to lament his loss . Mr . Blanchard is well known in periodical literature . His graceful verses , liis lively stories , his wit that never had a touch of malice , are known to many readers . There , perhaps . ' 'hover-was
aman whohadareadier pen . A poem , an essay , a witty paragraph , seemed to spring spontaneously from his brain . There was an amenity m everything he did . And , indeed , how could it lie otherwise , seeing that he himself was the very impersonifieation of kindness and goodness of heart . Mr . Blanchard was long in the service of literature . He was a member of . the press in various . ways , - for more than twenty years : beginning young , and fighting an upward fight throughout—bravely—independentl y , without envy or uncharitableness—until be reached the age of forty , two , when he died . . We may fearlessly assert that no man overran the same career , in the same circumstances , who left so few enemies , and so many , many friends . These few facts arc addressed to strangers . His independence , his perseverance , his untiring kindness , and his many sterling and amiable " qualities , need no demonstration to Ms acquaintances or his friends , —Examiner ,
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