... I ;I'~THERLAND-TAX FRAUD. ISoon afe.4 the revolution of 1688 the feudal ser- vices of t~ie landowifers were commuted, for a tax of 4s. in, the pound. It then produced about one third of the revenue. Had, therefore, the land. lords' burthens increased in the same proportion as the public busrthens, they shit§sld noI be Co0tribntig11 sixteesli millions to the restate. But they continueif tote ...

... MHANCHE-ESTER DISTRICT COURT OF BA N K RU P TCY.--ur, uslAY. J3A IN R -MU rTU Y .-TUESDlAY. cc (Before .lfr. Oommissioner Jemmett,) to In. Be .Taemes Pierce.-The bankrupt was a provision and P? corn dealer, at Chorley, and there was a sitting to-day for a' choice of assignees: The assignee chosen was Mr. Johno of Singleton, corn dealer, Preston ; solicitors for the fiat, o Messrs. Turner and ...

... the eaptiife MtsURDERA The captu-e of tb~ e tcprue ala 'The capt oftbe retchedf fgitive -and supposed' motD~ derer Maniugi re described hugi, Whchws fece on Monday nighit, is~tbhna otli rmorning:. ' 4 f usa t ?? erseyTznjc Offie, Tuesday. mornig cat We , are now enatbled to 5aflouethe I ?? thatwi ?? 911af1Y Iodgedzin p iou1 ?? about, nine' o'clock,~ and ticl He rrve i tis island lest ...

... e A Norwich correspondent supplies a probable reason why . Bush, after he had shot Mr. Jermy, sen. went round by the .servints door, and risked detection by passing along their passages.l He says- It is explained by the feet, that in a box, 'inn closet, at the end,'of the passage, leading to the 1' staircase ball, Mr. Jeiny kept his pilpers and the mortgage d (leeds relating to Potash Farm, ...

... THE EXAMINER AND TIMES. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1849. tU UJJJA9LtIt,3 ?? J3,iO 1) 1} .* AW For folly and fanaticism-administrative weak- ] ness and judicial cruelty, the annals of despotism I furnish no parallel that can bear comparison with the hereditary attributes of the rulers of Austria. Through all the long ages of that iron despotism, t meanness and malignity have been by ...

... MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE, Saturday, December 11. Arrivals continue to be about equal to consumptive demand, and the trade has been steady during the week, fully late prices. To day, prices of wheat are fully equal to, and, some cases, rather exceed those of this day week. Flour steady, at former rates. Oats and oatmeal dull, and barely sustain value. New beans and Indian corn, each Is. per ...

... Tlie Cheshire Hound* will meet on Monday, Nov. 2«th, at Wednesday, Dec* 1st, • * * * I, Friday, 3rd, at .. Stamford Bridge hat day at ten clock. ...

... MANCHESTER DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRAUPTC Y.-TuLESDAY. (Rifore MUr. Commissioner Jemmctt. ) In Re Henry Armistead.-In this case the bankrupt was a cotton spinner at Barrowford, near Cohle. There was a sitting in the case to-day for choice of assignees, and also for last examination, but the case was adjourned until Monday next-Solicitors for the fiat, Messrs. Hitchcock and Co. In Be William ...

... The special assizes for the city and county of Chester comnelncecd on Wednesday, before Baron Alderson and Mr. ge, Justice Erle. The calendar contained 82 prisoners, of which -lis about 10 were indicted for political offences, and it is chtiely its, for the trial of these persons that the special commission has Oe- been issued. lly The usual formalities having been gone through, and the So, ...

... ASSASSINA'ION OF EDW. DRUMMOND, ESQ. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SECRETARY. In a second edition of our last paper we published a statement of tile diabolical attempt, on Friday after- noon, to assassinate Mr. Drummond, the private secre. tary of Sir- tobert Peel, on his return from his hrotherts bank at Cliaring-cross. Wheit between the Admiralty and tile Horse Guards, a respectable looking man ap- ...

... SALI}ORI) HIUNDRED SESSIONS. V. The general foarItter. s -essions for' tile Salford blondired is ?? yesterday morn inlgb'efore Joln frerlerick Foster, It, Esq. chairman, and . the followying mgsrts -ees ie JenIles RowlaIid, W. Lomlac 9.Fetcher, John Ditnrnfi, MY.P it- Joseph Brothierion, flip. -Alvrl,- TyoJsp le J~flet, John ?? Bradtid, Robert Antlrews atie re H-ardman, NWilI ian Jones, Nathsa ...

... I Oull, Gfate, arb 1probt5ioll fflarhct5$ fre, (Fo'r i/is fatest 6'era, 4-c. Dtflukels, see Jbarot/ rage.) the Ou. MARK LANE CORN MARKET, Monday, July 17.- edyThere was anl increased qe-netity of wheat on else Feses, Kenit, a, -and. Suffolk stands; indeed, the show was larger than onl any ties previous occasion for several weeks past. This, cand the ftoi extreme flueceess of tics weather, ...