gbe Vrobinros.

The county meeting took place at Lincoln, on Monday last. Sir John Nelthorpe, the High Sheriff, assumed the chair ; and on the plat- form were, Mr. Christopher, M.P., the Earl of Winehilsea, Lord Worsley, Mr. Heneage, Mr. Charles Chaplin, Sir Robert Sheffield, Sir M. Chol- mondely, Mr. E. Heneage, M.P., the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. Henry Handley, and several gentlemen of influence in the county. Sir Ro- bert Sheffield, a Conservative, who counselled the agriculturists to sub- mit quietly to the Income-tax, moved a resolution against the altera- tion of duty as regards spring-corn. Mr. Chaplin, who expressed a qualified disapproval of the new Corn-law,—for that though it would give lower prices it would make them more steady,—moved a resolu- tion against the alterations in the Tariff which affect agricultural pro- duce. Mr. Seeley, who stood with Sir Lytton Bulwer as Liberal can- didate for Lincoln, strongly commended Sir Robert Peel's measure, and entered into a variety of statistical arguments to prove that the labourers do not benefit by a high price of corn ; and he then moved this resolu- tion as an amendment-

" That this meeting approves of that part of the proposed new Tariff re- lating to the importation of meat and live cattle, and regrets that the Ministry does not propose to apply the same principle of a moderate fixed duty upon the importation of foreign corn. That, in the opinion of this meeting, it would not be wise to impose new taxes until the measures of her Majesty's late Go- vernment relating to timber, sugar, and a fixed duty on corn, have been fairly tried ; and that, should a necessity arise for new taxes, then the first that ought to be levied should be a tax upon the descent of real property, equal in amount to that now laid upon personal property."

The amendment was lost, and the original resolution was carried. Another resolution was moved by Mr. Handley ; who made a fierce attack on the Conservative County Members, for supporting Sir Robert Peel, especially singling out Mr. Christopher ; and he was followed by Lord Worsley in a similar strain. Mr. Christopher defended himself at some length, with reasons of policy ; but he was heard with impatience, and with noisy threats that he should never represent the county again. A petition to the House of Commons was agreed to. The Honourable Mr. Clifford then moved a resolution against the Income-tax ; but the High Sheriff said that the meeting was called to consider the Corn-law and the Tariff, and he did not feel justified in permitting any other subject to be brought before it. The Earl of Yarborough and others angrily charged the Sheriff with partial conduct ; and the meeting con- curred in suffering him to leave the chair without the usual vote of thanks. The Earl of Yarborough was then appointed chairman. A. petition to the House of Lords against the Income-tax was agreed to ; thanks were voted to the Earl, by acclamation ; and the meeting se- parated.

The Chelmsford Farmers Club met on Friday, and passed divers re- solutions against the Tariff and Corn-importation Bill. Sir John Tyr- rell, M.P., and Mr. C. G. Round, M.P., attended, apparently for the purpose of justifying to their constituents their conduct in supporting Sir Robert Peel ; which Sir John did at great length, in an apologetics! speech. He understood Lord Rayleigh had said, that if Sir Robert Peel did not support the landed interest they had nothing to do but to depose him- " I have no hesitation in saying, if that was the easy matter Lord Rayleigh supposed it, I should be happy to join in any such arrangement.. But I can only account for this opinion of Lord Rayleigh from his not knowing by what troops in the House of Lords he would be supported. Our case is this—our general officers have been killed off. We bad lost the Duke of Buckingham at one time, because he was in office. We have then the Duke of Richmond tO fall back upon' but I will tell you what is the /position of the Duke of Rich- mond. After the Corn-bill had been introduced, I.was going throngh _the Lobby of the House of Commons, and I saw him with his son, the Earl Of - Mardi, and other Members together; and I asked what the Duke of Richmond thought of it ? The reply was, I don't say I like it but I think you had better take it.' Well, then, he is hors de combat. Then there is Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham, and others whom we looked up to as the great sups porters of agriculture : they are members of the Cabinet, who say they are prepared to stand or fall by the proposition. Therefore we, as agricultural Members, are placed in the most painful and disagreeable situation that we could be placed in."

A large meeting of the farmers and agriculturists of Newbury was held at the White Hart Inn at that town, last week ; and resolutions were passed against the proposed changes in the corn, cattle, and provi- sion laws. Long speeches were made, and the speakers used strong terms of reprobation. Mr. Job Lonsley vindicated the independence of the farmers ; who had been represented, he said, as " a kind of lick- spittle fraternity, led by the nose by their landlords." " Where were their landlords now ? were they present leading them by the nose, like puppets? They had met, whether in spite of them or in opposition to them he would not say ; but there they were, acting for themselves, and ready and willing, he trusted, to assert their rights." Mr. Blackstone, who was present, was loudly called for. He hinted at a war of exter- mination against Sir Robert Peel— But be repeated, that he bad not yet despaired of their opposition being suc- cessful, notwithstanding the apprehensions of many of his friends as to what would be the result of such a victory. He thought, forsooth, the nation was reduced to a very low ebb if its prosperity—if the maintenance of its Govern- ment—depended on the existence of one person. He was quite sure that they valued more the prosperity of agriculture than the existence, as a Minister, of one man. (Loud cheers.) He trusted that other counties would follow the example which Berkshire had set them, by getting up similar meetings, for a similar purpose.

Mr. J. Haslam, who moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Black- stone, observed that the Duke of Richmond had said, when Sir Robert Peel came into office, that "the power that made him could unmake him ": he hoped the Duke would not forget his remark when the Go- vernment measure should be brought into the House of Lords.

The last of the resolutions was, that a memorial should be sent to each of the County Members, requesting them to do the utmost in their power "to oppose Sir Robert Peel in those measures which he proposes in his Tariff to be laid before Parliament, which will so materially af- fect and prove ruinous to the agriculturists of this country if passed into a law—namely, of allowing the importation of live-stock, sheep, hogs, and swine, and also fresh provisions."

A public meeting of electors was held in Manchester, on Friday, to consider Sir Robert Peel's Income-tax proposition. The leading Liberals of the town were present. Dr. Eager moved a resolution declaring that the tax would aggravate the distress of the several manufacturing- classes ; attributing the deficiency in the revenue to the operation of "baneful monopolies ' ; and asserting that to maintain the revenue by a tax on the profits of capital, and at the same time to leave untouched the source of the distress, must speedily destroy the fund from which the revenue of the state, the employment of the people, and the incomes of all classes, are mainly drawn. Sir Thomas Potter, in seconding the re- solution, declared that he should not do so if he did not believe that the Income-tax would ultimately fall upon the working-class. Mr. Ky- Easton, a Bolton man, then came forward to be heard. The Chairman, Mr. John Brooks, would not suffer him to speak, as he was not an elector ; and a disturbance arose. Eventually Mr. Kynaston was al- lowed to speak as a matter of courtesy ; and in a long speech he pro- posed this resolution, which was formally moved and seconded by two electors as an amendment to Dr. Eager's- " That this meeting agrees that taxes should be levied upon individuals ac- cording to their ability to pay, and not according to their power of consump- tion : that an income-tax approaches nearer to the former than the latter, and is therefore the most just tax that can be imposed. That the best way to lesson the burdens upon the nation is to diminish expenditure ; and that this income-tax will operate in this manner, viz, it will reduce the expenditure so far as official salaries are concerned ; and therefore it is preferable above all other taxes on that account. That an income-tax will be a tax upon monopoly and monopolists, both in trade, in land, and in money.operations ; it will be a tax upon all large farms, to the encouragement of small ones; and upon large dealers and manufactures, to the encouragement of small firms ; and it is there- fore preferable on that account. That this meeting, therefore, approves of the principle of a charge upon income; and would recommend its general extension, if combined with the repeal of all import-duties upon the necessaries of life, in favour of all countries that are willing to establibli the reciprocity of trade." After some more stormy discussion, Mr. Linney, a Chartist, recom- mended the non-electors not to vote at all, but to fold their arms, as he did. The resolution was then carried by a large majority of those who voted ; those who did not vote at all comprising about two-thirds of the meeting. Another resolution was passed, with only five dissen- tients, that the Members for the borough be requested to oppose the imposition of all new taxes until the monopolies of food are abolished. Thanks to the Chairman were voted unanimously.

The various tax questions have been agitated at other places in the country. The Tariff his been condemned by meetings at Canterbury, (where a Mr. Dodd declared that the agriculturists had been deceived by Sir Edward Knatchbull and Sir Robert Peel,) at Great Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, at Stamford, (where Sir John 'rrollope attended, and promised to oppose every part of the Tariff which is calculated to injure British agriculture,) at Bourn, Long Sutton, Oakham in Rutland, Peterborough, Colchester, llitchin in Hertfordshire, Cricklade in Wiltshire, Callington in Devonshire, and Loughborough. The shoe- makers and leathersellers of Shrewsbury have denounced the altered duty on French shoes and boots. The Newcastle and Gateshead Anti- Corn-law Association have memorialized the Queen against the Corn and Provision laws, the Income-tax, and the Coal-duty. The Income- tax has been censured by a public meeting at York ; where resolutions were passed pledging the meeting to abstain from the consumption of excisable articles while that tax endures ; by a special meeting of the Manchester Town-Council, who recommend the abolition of the mono- polies of corn, sugar, and other articles of extensive consumption ; and by the Town-Council of Yarmouth. Certain electors of Bristol have memorialized the Members for that city to oppose the Income-tax.

A " conference " of delegates appointed at various meetings through- out the country, to represent the feelings of the people on the prin- ciples involved in the "Complete Suffrage' declaration issued by Mr. Joseph Sturge, was opened at Birmingham on Tuesday. Nearly a hundred delegates were in attendance ; and Mr. Sturge took the chair. He read letters from several places, promising support in the move- ment; and he said that they might rely upon having the Reformers of Ireland with them. The list of delegates was then read : among them were the Reverend Dr. Wade, the Reverend Thomas Spencer of Bath, Mr. A. Prentice, Mr. Collins, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Lovett, Mr. Childs of Bungay, Mr. B. O'Brien, and Mr. Heyworth. A Commit- tee was appointed to examine the claims of all persons desiring to be included among the members of the Conference ; and shortly after the meeting adjourned.

The case of Doe demisso Thompson versus Osborn, and two other cases, were to have come before Mr. Justice Patteson' at Gloucester, on Wednesday ; the object being to try the right of the heirs at law of the late Mr. Wood : but the cases were settled by a compromise. The de- visees of Mr. Wood's landed property agreed to pay I0,0001., which would more than cover the costs, on consideration that the heirs should release the property to which they had put in a claim.

At the Norwich Assizes, on Wednesday, Anne Bunn was found guilty of falsely accusing one Daniel Durrant of having committed an assault upon her person, which at that time was a capital offence. The man had been convicted at the last Assizes, and was sentenced to be trans- ported for life, and is now in the hulks. Sentence will be passed on. the woman in the Court of Queen's Bench.

An inquest was held on Friday on the bodies of Samuel and Edith Cook, at Kingwood, near Bristol. They were brother and sister, and they lived together ; both being of penurious habits. Early on Thursday morning, Edith Cook was found lying on the garden-path a few yards from the house, with her throat cut, and quite dead. Her brother was discovered in the house, in the same state, but still breath- ing. He died in the course of an hour, after having declared that he bad cut his sister's throat and then his own. The evidence went to show that Cook had been in a desponding state of mind for some time past, and that the sister had been insane : while they did not live together very happily. But no cause was known for conduct so violent. The Jury could not agree on a verdict, and the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday ; when' as respected the body of Edith, the Jury returned a. verdict of" Wilful Murder" against Samuel Cook ; the inquest on the brother being adjourned sine die.

John Williams, who murdered Emma Evans, an old shopkeeper at Chirk, was executed at Shrewsbury on Saturday. He made a full confession. He attributed his bad end to Sabbath-breaking, playing at pitch and toss on Sundays, frequenting public-houses, bad companions, and particularly bad women ; and be said that he was made worse by two months' imprisonment in Ruthen Gaol. At the execution, the thing remarked in his carriage was his firmness.

Joseph Wilkes was executed at Stafford, on Saturday, for the murder of Matthew Adams, an old man, at Delves Bank, near Weduesbary. He went with James Wilkes (his brother), Thomas Boswell, and George Giles, to rob the house ; and the three others were convicted. and sentenced to transportation. Joseph Wilkes said that he did not intend to kill the old man : he struck him to secure him while they robbed the house • but if he had thought that the blow would have killed him, he would not have given it.

An inquest was held on Monday on the bodies of four men who- were killed on the South-western Railway last Saturday morning. The accident occurred in the shaft of a tunnel near Winchester, where seve- ral men were employed in removing materials round the top ; and in doing that, part of the arch beneath the shaft gave way, and nine of them were precipitated into the tunnel, and were buried under a mass of chalk which fell with them. Four of them were killed, four others were taken out severely injured, and one was slightly bruised. The tunnel had been visited at a late hour on Friday evening by super- intending officers, who left it in what they considered to be a perfectly safe state. From four to six on Saturday morning, indications of danger were observed by one of the foremen, and he removed his work- men; but the other, Ferris, did not appear to have any apprehensions, and he let his men go on with their work until the accident happened. The Coroner's Jury gave the following verdict—" We find a verdict of accidental death in each case, with a deodand of 501.: and the Jury consider that Henry Ferris, the foreman over the deceased men, is not a fit person to be intrusted with the lives of men in so important a work:'

Another accident happened on Monday night on the same railway, about two miles fromWinchester ; but it was unattended with any serious consequences. One of the engines attached to a luggage-train from Southampton ran off the line, dragging the tender with it ; and the latter became inextricably embedded in the earth. After considerable exertion the train was replaced on the up-line; and it went on to the Vauxhall station, where it arrived nearly two hours beyond its usual time. The cause of this accident is not stated.