4 JULY 1835, Page 10

Mr. and Mrs. Brinsley Sheridan are, it is stated, prevented

from proceeding forthwith on their contemplated Continental tour, by the pendiog proceedings in Chancery; and the gentlemen of the long-robe are said to be preparing to bring the case before the Lords Commis-

sioners of the Great Seal. Mr. Sheridan and his youthful lady catne express to the Metropolis in obedience to a summons from the Court, which followed them to Netherby Hall. Among the latest on dits in reference to this much talked-of affair, it is said that Mr. Sheridan has offfired to Sir Colquhoun Grant to make any settlements out his lady that two competent judges might deem proper. To this pacific arrange- ment, however, Sir Colquhoun Grant refused to accede, and also re- fused to hear any explanation. It is not generally known that the mother of Lady Seymour, Mrs. Norton, and Mrs. Blackwood, being grand- daughters of the late Earl of Antrim, they and Mr. Sheridan are cousins to the Marchioness of 1.amdonderry, and to the present Countess of Atari/in-31411/v Post.

The vast and opulent county of Lancaster, wherein little more than a century ago Liverpool was no more than a fishing-village, continuing to pay upon its original assesstnents, produces to the revenue something short of 21,000/. per annum Land-tax, including the rich and populous towns of Liverpool, Manchester, and Preston. The city of Bath pays but 433/. per annum to the Land-tax. The parish of Marylebone, with a rental of 720,000L per annum, eontributes but 492/. ; while the town of Winchilsea, where there are no more than forty or fifty in- habited houses, pays 405/. And again the parish of St. Andrew. Hol- born, and St. George the Martyr, of which the rental is about 116,000/., pay Land-tax to the amount of above 9,000/. a year, or nearly Is. 7d. per pound; Marylebone giving less than one farthing, and that once in three years. Again, the city of Westminster stays 63,600/. a year; and the whole of Lancashire, as above, but 21,00a Instances of In- equalities like these, and therefore of injustice which cats for a speedy and effectual cure, might be multiplied without difficulty. Tins ques- tion, we trust, will not be much longer neglected.—Thaes.