GEORGE BRENT GENEVIEVE TOBIN, RALPH FORBES.

SIR,—! would like to add to "Peace Lover's" letter to you with regard to the increased income tax, that in my opinion no Budget can be welcome unless it shows a reduction of the total burden of taxation. Listening to the Chancellor over the wireless the other evening I gained th

elb %%liliam Powell seems a little dubious about Rosalind Russell's embrace in " Rendezvous " at the Trocadero on Monday, Tuesday and lVednesday next week. James Bennett, J.P., who offered to defray the of MO, and it was fitting that Mn. Bennett should be invited to perform the i

Hardy annuals are a great standby in most gardens, as they not only make an effective display in the beds, but also provide an abundance of blooms for cutting, an important point where the ladies of the househo ld are concerned. They can be sown freely up to the end of the prese

The trial of Thomas Hocker for the murder of Mr. Deia- rue at Hampstead, took place at the Central Criminal Coart, London, yesterday week. The evidence waa sn"i- stantially the name aa that which we gave at the time tlie coroner's inquest sat on the body of the murdered man ; bu

Bankruptcy Court, last Saturday, for liis certificate. It appeared that the bankrupts had bten in business one year, and that their debts and liabilities were £3,584 12n. lOd. * their losses were stated at £863, and their capital at the commencement of their business was only £1

This market U still very dull, and prices are on the ?? cline. The delivery for the past week is a fair awrage one. New Y.C. is 38s. to 38s. 3d. Town tallow, 36». to 39a. net cash.

BE SOLD stocking te i« ptmges, bulpriucipaDjr coarse pnrhculars apply (after.the 21st iiivl.) to Mr. Framcimitb, Blue Boar Laße, Leiccstcr whose shop they may all be seen.

On the motion of Mr. Hume, (he Committee last Session was revired. enquire into the propriety allowing or prohibiting the exportation machinery. The Hon. Member made various judicious remarks upon (tie impolicy of the present system, which did not prevent the smuggling of machin