... LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1853. The question of the Income-tax, although in itself neither abstruse nor doubtful, has become so much complicated by the various theories which have been devised to justify popular error, that the only chance of bringing the controversy to a conclusion seems to consist in the exhaustion of all the falla- cies which can possibly be made to bear on the subject. ...

... UNIVERSITY IITELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 27. In a Convocation holden this morning, the proposed grant of £500, from the University chest, towards the Wellitlltoe subscription for educational purposes, met with a strong opposition on two grounds ?? The shortness of the notice (the paper announcing it was only sent round to the Comm0on rooms on Tuesday) ; 2. Tche desirability of applyoin the money ...

... COURT CIRCUL.AR, WINDSOR, JAN. 25. |There was -no addition to the Royal dinner party yeq. d His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended hy Cold^¢ the Hon. C. B. Phipps anm Lientenant.Culole, p . P ey moar, left Windsor this morning by a special train oft South-Western Railway for London, and returned I the Castle at ten minutes before three o'clock, o b His Royal Highness Prince Albert ...

... i At the meetiog of the society held last night, Dr. GlaY, V.P., in the chair, the Secretary read a letter from Mr. L. Frazer, her 3lojesty's Vice-Consul at Whidah, written fronf Clarence, Fernando Po, and addressed to Dlr. Cuming. It contained some noticeof the existence of a ?? antcts animal in the interior, called by the natives Tasp-parl )o l)r whiclh is supposed by them to be a chimpanzee ...

... THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, a lecture wai delivered by the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General of the Forces, upon the Duke of Wellington. The lecture was the first of a series in connection with the Church of EnglandE Young Men's Association for aiding missions at home anS abroad. The Marquis of BLANDFOBD presided, and in opening the proceedings said that ...

... .LTEr ASS&URANCE-MODES OF VAL UA- I LE TJ'ON. I To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sip.-Your correspondent J. A. H., in his letter to you of the 20th instant, endeavours to cast a doubt upon the pos- sibility of finding a practical example of any insurance office granting policies 26 per cent. below 'the average. J. A. H. asserts that such a case is almost an impossi- ble one ; but ...

... NEWTV RAIL WTA Y SIGNALS. We had an opportunity yesterday of inspecting the model of a new system of railsay signals, intended to be self-acting, which has been invented by Major Archer, late of the 16th Saucers, and for which he lias secured a patent. The appa- ratas is small and cheaply constructed, and the principle on which it acts is exceedingly simple. Major Archer proposes to transfer ...

... WINDSOR, JAN. 22. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Castle for London, en route to the Continent. The whole of the visitors have taken their departure to-day. The Earl of Aberdeen the Earl Granville, and Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. A. and Mrs. Gordon arrived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The following had ...

... We have received files of papers from Cape Town to the 18th of December inclusive. We take the following sunimary from the Cap- T'ownc Mail of the 18th of December:- During the short period which has elapsed since the de- parture of the last steamer for England, but few events have occurred that can be regarded as indicative of the prospects of the war. Depredations by roving bands of the ...

... ;O-ND EDITION. J i ;ORNING CHRONICLE OFFICR, EvREBSS FROM PARIS. ?? OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, TmuRSDAY EVENING. i ,oriteflt of to-day publishes a complete pro- O ef the procession of the Imperial marriage n Sunday next, from the palace of the the cathedral of Notre Dame, together the cerew°nial to be observed within the The following is the document:- ?? January, 1853, at eleven o'clock ...

... EFROM OUR OWN OORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, THUFiSDAY MORNING. Immediately after the re-assembling of Parlia- meut a petition will be presented against the return of Mr. Alexander for the borough of Carlow, chiefly on the allegation of bribery and corrupt practices. It is stated that startling disclosures will be made in the prosecution of this petition, regarding the sums expended in the contest. ...

... CO UR T OF BANKR UP TC Y-YESTERDAY. [Before Sir. Commissioner GOULBIRtN.I IN RE WALL. The bankrupt was a surgeon at Bayswater. This was the certificate meeting. Mr. Lucas appeared for the bankrupt; Mr. Orchard for the assignees. Mr. Lucas said there was not a single trade debt, and the assets had realised about £600. The bankrupt's present po- sition had been occasioned solely by his having ...