The Express. — London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

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'. e .^r " •• .. my" e "gra s e er, le. • 7.7 Two e't: as lid J. DIOR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. l'as• Ss. sub. ..—.p . .I—Numusi. zo.. ...... Allercoon. 114 Val. Lf AIONDA , APRIL 18. To-rattinT we are to have the llinh:et. Whenever Taxation becomes the subject of parliamentary dis cu.sion we cannot help remembering a curious country house which occupied a prominent situation on a hill mar a once much-frequented couch road. Built in defiance of every principle ut architecture, it conveyed ta those wlto beheld it from the outside the idea of irretrievable confusion. The dashing cenletiman of the day ie.ed to CXplaill t 4) filletiSta on the b:ix-scut that Confusion Hell, as the lion.se was nick. named, was the result of the taste for building of a Squire whe:e original income was narrow, while his rich relations were numerous. When his first legacy came in in Luil , a dining-room in hi iek ;when the next, he added a hall in stone; the third produced a wing for stattlicg, and su mi,—the Squire being always guided by the :dimwit he had to spend. and the addition he hnppened to fancy at the moment. 6e), although he had everything that should belong to a country man slim of the first etas, there vies nei!her order nor con nexion is the arrangement. The kitchen opened into the drawing-room, and the occupants of the library were disturbed by the rattling of the horses chains in the stable. Such, when Sir RonEnt PEEL took the Budget in hind in was our system of taxatiou—if that could be called a system which had been laid on piecemeal, with the temporary view of raising the funds needed from the class, that would be the least " impatient," and satisfying the producers—taxed for the benefit of so:ne cuss—by permitting them to tux some other claps. Whether we dissect the inequalities of the tax on successions by death, or weigh one against the other, the respective illeOnCtllielltt and impolicy of the exeise on soap, or on paper, or on hops, or the custowe on manufactured goo& or agricultural pro duce, we cannot help coming to the one same con clusion—that a general reveler° of taxation is needed : a revision in which from one central impartial point of view the svanta and the capabilities of the country she'd be considered by a statesman and financier capable of grappling so l:rgc a question. Whether Mr. Gextrerose is such a elan remains to be seen. Hitherto a,l systematic reform of taxation has been impeded b 7 the great struggle for the main principle of Free Trade. We have only just entered on whit may appropriately be en:led the " retail dcp aunt to uf legislation." Although the principle of elms legislation has been abandoned, class interests survive. Tho agricultural interest, or those who profess to represent the interests of agrieulture, have not made up their minds to enter rationally into the discussion of questions which equally affect all classes of the community--certainly the tanners as much as any. lf, here and there, a county member seems inclined to treat financial legislation as a matter of common sense business (the only way in which rational legislators would wish to treat it when once party tights were ended), there are oilier', like Mr. NEWDEGATE, wto will be content with nothing but a " Brstlyet of spi!e." They are not content with such an arrangement as will be bene ficial to all classes, but they are anxious fur changes which will do the agricultural interest no good, be cause they hope it will do the manufacturing interest some luirm. Fortunately the hopel of Chancellors of tho Exchequer of the Newor.c eTE school have been permanently buried in South Sea House. One of the first measures needful fur the reform of our taxa:ion would be a consolidation and simplifica tion of the taxes on property and income. In Purr's time., when fen knew any thing about the principles of finance, and when the great object of the Minister was to raise money with as little grumbling as pas sib'e—with as much apparent variety as possible—n number of very incongruous taxes were imposed. The taxes on windows, on meu-servants, on carriages, on horses, on hackney-coaches, and on post-horses, are other inconvenient, unequal forms of a Property and Income lax. Sanitary arguments repealed the window tax, backed by strong town influence, in which there were lurking hopes that the tax would be altogether extinguished instead of shifted. Against the assessed taxes on servants and carriages there has been no very loud cry; yet they ought, in any general reform, to be included in an Income Tax, because as they stand they are a tax on labour—discouraging employment. They are based on the exploded idea of a sumptuary law. A tax on horses is a tax on the farmer who breeds them, and on his oats, hay, and straw—it is a tax protecting miserable little ponies against useful horses that might do fanners' work befote going into fashionable employment. A tax on carriages, with a ridiculous exception in favour of certain low wheels, is a tax on the coachbuilders, journeymen, and smiths. The tax on hackney coaches and post horses is paid partly by the people who use them, and partly by the farmers, for whose produce there is less demand, in conse quence of the check given to the use of horses and vehicles. Yet we must continue these taxes until in some general system a substitute is found in a more jut Income Tax than we pay at present, or in some other impost at once sound, easy of equitable assess ment, and productive. In considering such internal taxes as thossoo soap and paper, and such Customs dues as those on tallow, oil, and other materials of the same kind, we must remember that they have additional claims to the consideration of the Legislature over and above those resting on the enhanced price to the consumer because the present system checks the development of foreign trade. No trade ander Excise restrictions, with its raw materials taxed, like soap, can extend itself fully in foreign markets. As a manufac turing nation par excellence, it is our interest to remit every tax which increases the price of our goods in foreign markets, limits the employment of shipping, and limits the demand for labour and machinery. On such broad principles the Customs duties that act as protective duties, ought to be con sidered. It is really pitiable to hear grave members of Parliament striking a balance littween manufac turing and agricultural importations, as if the finance of the nation were to bo regulated on the prin ciple of set-alt's in a disputed account. Among the taxes on agricultural produce are several, as, fur instance, on clover and other seeds, which so far from being a protection arc actually a tax on the farmer. The duties on butter, cheese, and eggs, which are consumed most extensively by the poorest classes, can no more bo &folded than the duties on ,ilk, wearing apparel, and shoes, at a time when hieh butter is being exported to Califor nia, and the supply of British poultry is notoriously insufficient. To go through the list of impolitic taxes and duties were an endless task. It is sufficient to know that a large sum of money must be raised to pay the rept uses of the State. The question is how to raise that rum with the least inconvenience to the whole community, and to spend it with the utmost eco nomy. To solve the question should be the endea vour of all honest men among our representatives witliffiit regard to old distinctions of class and party ; and it Mr. GLAI.,TuNI: takts a Me step in 016 di rivtion I.( in a meat rinvoitit of pA.k ro intim and support. If, oa the 000 teary, ho should not MOTO forward is IworadAnce with thu spirit of popular int el ligrr.ce and pcblic de wands, the Ministry will be in danger. TILE "TIMES" AND 31. KOSSUTII. The Times makes a tang and lame justification of its charge against M. Kosiutb, main iain ing its ground somewhat evasively. The following is the tally decided assertion in the article: —" The refusal of the minister to t xonemte M. Kossuth from the sus picion whith his friends were endeavouring to shake off is at least strong presumptite evidence that Lord Palmerston does not hold it to Le altogether unfounded; and for the resent we must be allowed to retain on opinion which was nut taken up on light gratuals, and can only Le refuted by postive evidence. For, whatever may hereafter be proved on behalf of M. Kossuth, the essential facts of this ease remain unexplained, and very much in need of explanation." The Leader sums up an able refutation of the Tunes in the fellowing terms: The Times stated that "a house occupied by M. 11 , ,F• suth " was searched. The house searched w..s never pied by M. Kossuth ; he was never in it. The Ti'. stated that "arms, ammunition, and materials of war," certainly form " no part of the household goods of a private gentleman." The materials of war " found were not --- there as the househoLl goods of a prieete gentletnan ; they formed part of the articles in a business factory. 7 - he Times stated that they might Lave n "the stock in trade of a polisiaal in, endiary ;" they were the stock in tradt: of an English trailer. The Time; stated that the pl.:parti tions were upon a scale entirely inentsistent with the Wee of any private speculation." Tho scale nn which the lt,therliithe works are now tarried OR is tle scale reached fur the last live years. The Times stated that it presumed the polies acted under a war:ant from the S. ere. Lary of State the only warrant wed was an ordinary lion'- street warrant, obtained upon a Lisa pretence. IMPORTANT FROM OONSTAMINOPLE A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, ria Trieste, states that alarming rumours were in eirim lation respecting tlia demands of P:inee Menschilioti on the part of the Russian government. It was reported that the Turkish government were making great preparatious iu manning the fleet, and had called out the militia. Advices from Corfa state that a Turkish fleet, consisting of 13 ships, was at anchor at Butrinto on the Sth inst. FRANCE. PARIS, St XDAY Ev ENING. The French Minister at the court of Prussia has presented to the King his letters of recall. The Second Danish Chamber has rejected the state budget of 13,307,054 rix dollars, demanded by the government, and passed one granting 13,006,176 rix dollars. The receipts are estimated at 13,795,198 rix dollars. The Munileur publishes a decree, known to have been for some time in preparation, making consider able changes in the organisation of public schools (irgeecs). The decree, according to expectation, raises the tariff of charges to be paid by families for the university education of their children. M. For toul, in his report. to the Emperor, which pr, cedes the dcetee, states that reforms recently introduced into the University programmes have entailed an additional expenditure of 310,0001 i.; that to cover this deticieuey it is necessary either to increase the grant made by the state to the 57 lyceums, which already amounts to 1,500,000 fr., or to require from parents who confide the education of their chil dren to the state, an additional payment. The Mi nister of Public Instruction has come to the conclusion that the latter course should be adopted, upon the ground that although within just limits it is worthy of a great nation to make considerable sacrifices for public education, it is equitable to require those fami lies which participate in the advantages offered, to contribute a fair proportion of the expenses. Ile is of opiuion that the sum now paid for scholars beam no proportion either to the expense actually incurred by the state, or to the value of the instruction given, and that in particular out pupils do not pay enough for advan tages is which they participate equally with boarders. The augmentation now decreed (according to a schedule to the decree) affects principally out pupils, who are in future to pay 103 f. Gite., instead of tilt 20e. The average charge for boarders is even slightly reduced, being OHL 71c., instead of 09If. 54e. It is calculated that the increased charges will pro duce an annual sum of 793,000 f., which is to be appropriated as follows: 518,0001. in augmenting the resources of the lyceums, and 265,000 for the eventual augmentation of professors' salaries. Great difference of opinion prevails in the pulilie mind as to the merits of this decree. Many think that families will cheerfully pay the augmentation required, and that the education in the lyceums will be improved, while others are of opinion that the effect of the change wiil be to discourage the middle classes from sending the it children to public establishments, and to throw education into the hands of the priests. The Spanish ambassador, the Marquis de Valde gamas (Uonoso Cortes), is dangerously ill. Marshal St. Arusud is expected in Paris on Thursday. An improvement took place yesterday in govern ment securities, and the market was more animated than for some days past. The closing prices were thus stated :-For Cush : Three per Cents., 80f. 35e.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 70e. For the account : Three per Cents., 801. 30c.; Four-and-as Half per Cents., 103 E 30c. Bank stock, 2,7351. The demand for railway shares was moderately brisk, at an 0-vane° of 31. 75e. on the shares in the Northern line, and of If. 25c. in Paris and Lyons. At the conclusion of business, Paris and ltouens had declined 10E ; Orleans, 2f. 50e. ; and Paris and Strasbourgs, sf. Closing prices :-Northerns, 908 E 75e. ; Orleans, l',010E; Paris and Strasbourg, 840 f.; Paris and Lyons, 9451.; Paris and ltoucn, 1,0851.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 807 f. 50e.; Western of France, 770 f. Latest quotations received by telegraph :-Berlin : Prussian Four per Cents., 100; ditto Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 1031. Bank shares, 1091. Rhenish Railway shares, 911. Exchange on London, three months, 221, paper.-Frankfurt: Metallique Five per Cents.. 98. Prussian Three-and-a-113.1f per Cents., 934. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1031; Four per Cents., Hope, 93 ; Four per Cents., Stieglitz, 921. Spanish One per Cents., 241; Three per Cents., 431. Sardinian Five per Cents., Roths child, 991; ditto, Hambro', 95. Exchange on Lon don, 119 t, money.-Vienna: Metallique Five per Cents, 941. Loan, 1851, 1071. Bank shares, 1,415. Exchange on London, 10.50. Silver, 91. MARSEILLES, Aran, 16. M• de is Cour arrived at Constantinople on the 6th instant. Lord Stratford de Redelitfe had reached that city on the 4th. On the sth he assembled the English residents at Constantinople ; he assured them of the maintenance of peace, and advised them to cam on their commercialop,Tations with the utmost conhdence. Toe French squadron remained stationary. at Salamis, and the British fleet was still at Malta. PARIS, SATURDAY EYYNING. There is no more prominent characteristic of the government of December 2, than a systematic con tempt fur law—a persistent determination to ignore , anythinglike fixed principlesof commonrigkt. After the revolution of IS4B the right of sporting over a por tion of the forest of Compiegne was let on lease by the state to M. de Rime. In 1g32, the President of tke Republic chose prematurely to enter into the en joyment of various royal prerogatives, nod directed his senate to put him in possession of all the royal palaces and forests. M. do Rime's lease was in the way. He was at first applied to privately to sur render it, but as he declined to do so a Senates Con- sultum of April 1 passed over his rights without no flee, and declared that the Prince President should exclusively enjoy the right of sporting in the forest of Compiegne. M. de Ituxe was then served with I notice to quit, and, protesting against the legality of the senates declaration, lie was forcibly ejected from the forest. lie appealed to the Court of Amiens, which decided that the Senatus Consultum was bind ing, althuugh there is not a word in the con stitution enabling the senate to make laws, and it is too clear fur argument that uothing less than an act of the legislature can lawfully deprive any man of his pi orrty, ert all! liour.,ll b effatil hho. Tins i,et tit in. re violence is now awaiting the decision ot the Supremo Court of Caseation• But iu the meanwhile the go- vernment has discovered a means of proving to Xl.l' de Rule: , the danger of standing upon individual rights wLen opposed to imperial desires. A clause , in his lease required him not Wallow rabbits to mul-1 tiply to such an extent as to be injurious to the forest. From 1814 down to the moment of his re fusal to surrender his lease, no complaint was ever made about the rabbits, but from that moment the Meat authorities systematically thwarted his efforts to destroy the rabbits, for the purpose of taking ex ception against him. They cut and sold the bog weed, cow weed, and dittereut herbs upon which rabbits feed so as to drive them of necessity to gnaw the young trees. Theo, although authorised by M. de Ituzr to destroy the obnoxious animals, the state keepers systematically abstained from doing so, and an application by M. de Ituz& for permission to use guns for their destruction, out of the shooting reason, was refused, although the prefect of the deirertment had given leave to all other proprietors to shoot at any time of the year for such purposes. An action has now been brought against M. de Rime, for in jury done to the forest by tha rabbits, anti a court of justice has adjudged him to pay 10,01)0 fr. damages. The cause of "Agnado v. A - eron" was resumed to day. At the sitting of the court, counsel for Count de Morny asked to have it recorded that l)r. Vow' had withdrawn an application made by him to be indemnified by the count against the result of the action. M. Hebert, for the Aguados, was farther heard against the uljection of Wren's counsel that the matter should bit referred to arbitration, accord ing to the terms of the partnership deed. M. Labia lotte, the public minister, gave his opinion in favour of the jurisdiction of the court, and there can be little doubt the decision will be in accordance with his views. Judgment on this preliminary point is, however, reserved till this day week. The Emperor has remitted " the measures of general safety" pronounced by the Cummission of Revision of the first military division and by the mixed commissions of the departments, against Is 7 persons, whose names are published in this day's .1101diteur. M. Van, the ex-representative, is in this list. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1853. book of devotion, which works, of course, figu:e upon the list of books prohibited to enter the dominions of his Holiness. Tue severity with which the custom house regulations, with regard to books, are now , enforced, recently gave rise to some seizures of Bibles amoegst the baggage belonging to English travellers, disembarking at Civita Vecchia, and coming on to Rome for the Easter ceremonies. Complaints were subsequently made to Mr. Freeborn, who remonstrated with the police authorities on the subject, and obtained from them en admission that it was only reasonable for a protestant to have one Bible with him, for his own use, according to his own creed. The confiscated Bibles and Prayer-books were consequently restored, and there is every reason to beli"vc that in future this unnecessary war against the Bible, as individual property, will be disconti nued, and protestants allowed to travel with the sacred book in their possession, provided they make no use of it for propagandist purposes. Having thus had occasion to mention the exertions of the British consul, I must not neglect to say a word in reply to a paragraph in one of the Sunday papers, quoting a letter addressed to the Times, by some second Biffin, accusing Mr. Freeborn of charg ing file paula (2 shillings and 3d.) as a fee for the vista of British passports. Before bringing an accu sation amounting to an insinuation of extortion, this economical traveller should have ascertained whe ther the consul was legally authorised to make the charge or not. He would only have had to refer to the act of parliament 6 George IV., ch. $7, to find the whole tariff of consular fees laid down, and his two-and-threepenny regrets would probably have vanished altogether had ho been aware that Mr. Freeborn, although legally entitled to the fee from everybody, invariably exempts from it missionaries, friars " black, white, and grey," servants, and all individuals of limited ' means, besides (with due reverence for art) all British artists who apply to him for vistas to their passports. This liberality ought the more to be appreciated, ' when it is recollected that Mr. Fretiorn, although ; he has occupied his difficult post for two-and-twenty years, is as yet an unsalaried agent ; but if, in spite of these reflections, the gentleman who complained to the Times should still think the tariff passport fee an undo() infliction, or should, although affording to travel on the continent, be seriously incommoded by paying two-and-threepence, I can only advise him to make his next appearance in Rome with a friar's beads or a painter's palette in his hand, when he will ' be gratified by beholding the magic word gratis ap pended to his passport. • GERMANY. The following telegraphic despatch is dated— " Vienna, Aptil 11th.—Count Revel has this day handed in the protest of Piedmont against the contis cations in Lombardy, and departed ou leave." The Nuremberg Courier, the last able and influen tial opposition newspaper in Bavaria, and with one exception the oldest newspaper in Germany, has been destroyed by the government. All the weapons of ' the police arsenal—confiscation, expulsion of editors, exclusion from the post-office, withdrawal of official advertisements—have been plied against it ' • yet the editor has never been judicially - condemned. Sixty times since last Christmas it has been seized by the police, the last confiscation coinciding with the last issue. . . . The Austrian flotilla, which has recently visited the islands of the Archipelago, has returned to take up its position iu the port of Cattaro, in front of Montenegro. Later. from Vienna and Berne favour the belief that Austria is inclined to recede from the position of hostility towards Switzerland which ehe has per mitted herself to occupy for the last two months. SPAIN. tIADRIT),Apatt 15. The Cabinet is formed. The following are its members :—War, General Lersundi, who is also Pre sident of the Cabinet ; Foreign Affairs, M. Aylon ; Justice (provisionally), M. Collentes; Home•office, M. Egana ; Finance, M. Bermudez de Castra ; Ma rine, M. Antonio Dovel. An express letter from Madrid, of the 12th, states that the Queen had given 18 hours to General Ler sundi to term a new cabinet, but does not mention the resumption of the sittings of the Cottes, an nounced in the telegraphic despatch of the 12th pub lished by the Petrie. ITALY. PIEDMONT. TIAIIN, Arlin, IG. The official journal to-day publishes a memoran dum from the Sardinian government relative to its difference with Austria on the subject of the decree of sequestiaticn. This memorandum re fates the arguments of Count Buol Schauenstein and demonstrates that the decree of which Piedmont complains is a violation of existing treaties between Austria and Sardinia. The memorandum concludes in these words: It is a grave attack, in regard to which we appeal to the better informed conicienee of the cabinet of Vienna, and in regard to which we also invoke the good offices of the sove reigns, oar allies end friends. A funeral service was celebrated on the 13th in the Cathedral of Turin, in commemoration of the Pied monteec who fell in the battle of Novara. Several ministers, senators, and deputies, were present at the ceremony. The Pieilmontese Gazette states from Bologna that three persons, named Conti, Zaal, and Borghi, were executed there on the 9th, as convicted of premedi tated homicide from party spirit. SOME, Arum 6. The perseverance with which foreign journals, and especially French ones, have asserted as a positive fact that the Pope will very soon repair to Paris, and that the steam line-of-battle-ship Napoleon is being prepared to receive and convey to Marseilles the august head of the church, may, perhaps, serve to arouse the northern public to an anxious expecta tion of such an unwonted event. Here, however, the ease is different, and the- Romans, thoroughly ac quainted with the nature and policy of their govern ment, laugh at the positive tone of the Parisian press on this subject, a tone which has, I understand, given not a little annoyance to the C ardinal Secretary of State, who has ever been one of the most determined opposers to:his Holiness making such a dangerous ex cursion. Indeed, his Eminence, a few days ago, as sured a diplomatist here that there was not a word of truth in the accounts so industriously spread of the propositions and conditions made and assented to by the French and Papal governments, and that there was not the slightest probability that his Holiness would leave his own dominions at present. A glance at the state of affairs in the Papal court will convince your readers of the extreme danger which would menace the existing regime in Rome, if the Pope were to abandon the Vatican and be entirely subjected to French influence, even for a few weeks. It has been for some time evident that the master mind, the real ruling power in the Papal government, is Cardinal Antonelli ' who governs under the influence and suggestions of the courts of Austria and Russia, the traditional enemies of France, and especially of the Napoleonic dynasty, thereby rendering French interests subservient, with the Holy See, to those of the northern powers. It would, therefore, be clearly the aim of the French government, if his Holiness went to France, to sug gest to him such changes in his ministry as might give an ascendancy to French influence at Rome, to the prejudice of Austria and Russia, which could only be effected by the downfall of Cardinal Antonelh, nor is there much doubt that the suscepti bility of Pio Nunn to new influences and arguments would lay him very open to the wishes of Napo- leon 111. in this respect, if he were to be deprived for a few weeks of his usual advisers. Cardinal Antos nelli, as Secretary of State and real ruler of the Roman States, could hardly leave the scat of govern ment to another, nor, on the contrary, could he trim* any one else to supply his place immediately about the Pope's person. His Eminence would be in the I difficult position described by Dante when requested by the Florentine republic to go as ambassador to Pope ltoniface VIII. He understood (as subsequent events proved) that there was as much danger iu going as in staying, and his embarrassment gave rise to his celebrated exclamation, "Se vo chi MA, se sto chi va ?" To avoid a repetition of this dilemma, his Eminence, backed by the ecclesiasti ca l au th or ity o f the Sacred College and the political weight of the northern powers, energetically opposes the journey in tan. The British consul's mediation ha 4 been effectually cmplo3cl I Itely in ancrlicr way, in bc'ialf of IleitiA travellers in the Homan Stated. Our protestant countrymen generally have a laudablo custom of making room in their portmanteaus for u Bible and DENAIA.ItK. The resolution of M. Oersted, in accordance with the royal message, was passed a third time in the Danish Diet, the majority being 111 votes, the minority one. EGYPT. From Alexandria, the correspondent of the Del/zeds writes, on the 3rd, that the Viceroy is a very calm spectator of the events which aro proceeding ut Con stantinople, but has completed the earfres of the army, and raised the garrison of Alexandria to its full complement of 20,000 men. The negotiations of Edhem Paella, who is still at Constantinople, with the Divan, continue. Letters from Cairo of the 31st ult. state that the last despatches received by Abbas Paella from his envoy announce a complete success. The Porte, it is alarmed, grants to Abbas Pacha a title which will give him rank above all the governors general of provinces, and even above the Grand Vizier himself. The power of life and death granted lately to Abbas Pacha for five years and under re strictiocs, is to be mado absolute and for life. Finally, says the same authority, the Viceroy is in vested with full authority over the family of Me hemet Ali. NIOLDAVIA. The last accounts front Moldavia announce the complete re-establishment of the reigning Prince Gregoire Ghika, as well as his return to Jassy. The entry of the Hospodar to the capital was a complete triumph. All the inhabitants went outside the town to await his arrival, and accompanied him to the pal ice amidst the most enthusiastic cries, while showers of flowers were thrown from the balconies as he passed. In the evening the town was illumi nated. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the arrival here this forenoon of the Royal Mail steamer Asia, Lott commander, we have adviees from New York to the 6th inst. The Asia, besides tho usual mails from the United States, which are under the charge of Lieutenant Lewis, R.N., Ad miralty agent, brings about 40,000 dols. in specie on freight, and upwards of 100 passengers. The United States mail steam•ehip Arctic, which sailed hence on the 23rd ult., arrived at New York on the sth inst. The Cunard screw steamer Andes, from this port for Boston and New York, arrived at Boston on the 6th inst. On the 10th inst. tho Asia passed the screw steam ship Alps, hence for Boston and New York. The conflicting statements brought by the last steamer from America respecting the occurrences that had taken place at Greytown, Nicaragua, arising out of the duopute between the inhabitants and the Vanderbelt Transit Company, are by this arrival placed on their proper level. The statement that Captain Hollins, of the United States' sloop-of-war Cyane, bad taken possession of Greytown, now turns out to rest on no other foundation than that of hie sending some marines ashore to protect the' Amen. can Transit Company's property . from the summary treatment it was about to receive from the inhabit ants of Greytown. Prior to the sailing of the Asia a rumour had reached Now York, from Washington, to the effect that the Cyane had captured an English sloop-of war, but no credit was attached to the truthfulness of the report. The American frigate Saranac had got ashore near Savannah, and fears were entertained that she would be lost. _ - _ General Santa Anna, accompanied by the deputa tion sent to invite his return to Mexico, left Ha vaunah on tho 28th ult. for Vera Cruz in the British mail steamer Avon. The warlike preparations and movements that had been going forward for some time past in Honduras and Guatemala, in view of having to resort to arms at last as the means of settling their differenete, have at length eventuated in a battle, and Honduras has been victorious. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The commercial advice, brought by the Asia represent business generally in a lair condition throughout the Union. The market for American securities has been inani mate, and transactions have been far from extensive. Prices arc weak, and the tendency is downwards. In exchanges a moderate amount of business bad been done ,for the Asia at the following rates ; —On London, lu9i to BM!, with an upward tendency; Paris, 5.11; Hamburg, 3b to 3oi ; Bremen, 791 to 791. 'the market for breadstutts was active, and prices were very firm at the following quotations:—Western Canal Hour, 7 dole. 621 c. to 7 dole. 75c. per barrel; Oennessee prime wheat, I dol. 22c. to 1 dol. 21c. per fklbs.; Indian corn, round yellow, Glc. to GGc. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dole. to 3 Cols. 121 c. per bit In the cotton market at New York a brisk business has been done, and a good average amount of transactions has taken place. Prices have lately advanced, as will be seen by the follo wing quotations:—Sew Orleans and Mobile, mid ta:r to fair, Lie. to 121 c. per lb. ; Uplands, mid fair to fair, 111 c. to 111 e. This advance and firmness in the cotton market was caused by the decrease in the receipts tl.at had taken place, and the unfavourable accounts that bad been received of the planting season. The transaetioes in the provision market have been to a fair extent eine° the departure of the previous steamer, but prices have been weak. In freights there is little change to note. Prices remain much the smut) as last reported. The following arc the asking rates:—To Liverpool—Flour, 2s. 9.1. to 3s. per barrel; grain, Gl.l. to 7d. per bushel ; cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per lb. To Havre—Cotton, lc. to le. per lb. LIVERPOOL AND PUILADELPIIIA.-- Shortly after neon, on Saturday, the City of OLtsgow, Capt. Wylie (one cf the Liverpool and Philadelphia line of screw steamship►) arrived in the Mersey with 34 cabin passengers and 168 crake, in uddi!ion to a Lage ar.d v g- ac rid marclistadise on freight. 81:e lift Philade.llia on the 31st ult., and Las brought fi•.•c thousand dollars iu specie on freight. SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS. The Royal Brazilian mail packet Tay, Capt. Rivett, arrived at Southampton yesterday with the follow ing dates : Buenos Ayres, March 4 ; Monte Video, March 7 ; ltio dc Janeiro, March 17; Bahia, March ; Pernambuco, March 25; Tencrilfe, April 8 : St. Vincent, April 3 ; Madeira, April 9 ; Lisbon, April 12. The three months' siege endured by the city of Buenos Ayres, shut in by the provincial forces of Colonel Laos, has been terminated, or rather miti gated, by the conclusion of an armistice, agreed to in order to afford opportunity for the mediation of commissioners from Urquiza. Oar former latest accounts left the Buenos Ayrcana in expectation of an attack from the besiegers, whom they supposed , likely to choose the anniversary of Cascros as the day of another triumph. This attack, however, did not take place. The greater part of February was spent in desultory operations Ns It bout, and timid pre parations within, the city. livery attempt of the besieged to improve or even maintain their position was marked by failure. The war-steamer Merced was sent up the river with orders to take two small vessels supposed to be doing the work of Ciquiza. Notwithstanding the precise instructions given to her commander as to the manner of capturing his prey, the Merced herself was taken, and the fact recorded in a lugubrious notice in the cia.:rtte. The civil population of Buenos Ayres appears to have stood in need of extraordinary excitements to the valour for which the de jiteto government lauds it in its proclamations. One of' the official documents of the government records the capture and imprison ment of twelve national guards, who, to escape service, had taken refuge in the Franciscan convent and assumed the habit of lay brothers. Another celebrates the zeal of the chief of police, who had put down a panic and rumours by which doubloons had &en raised to an extraordinary premium. Don Pacheco, late Minister of War, who by a decree of the 30th January was appointed special envoy to Brazil, and urged to lose no time in setting out, takes no note of that act, but writes that he is ready to re-assume his former post. While such was the position of the Buenos Ayrvan government, the besieging forces appear to have disposed of events much as they pleased. Their steamer the Corrco I floated triumphantly in the river ; their forces cut off the land communications of the city ; and to them the compliments, the requests, and - the &figs of mediation of the French Admiral do Suin, were ad dressed. They appear to have used their power magnanimously. General Hoses y Belgrano, the hope of the Buenos Ayreane, who was taken prisoner as he was advancing to scatter the fortes of Lagos, was acquitted by the council of war, and permitted to remain a prisoner on parole ; and the two sons of the minister General Pachecho, also taken prisoners, were surrendered out of courtesy. Lagos, however, did not appear inclined to forego any of the political advantages of his position, and the offers of media tion made by Admiral de Suin were politely de clined. In this state of suspense there arrived at Bo; nos Ayres, on the 23th of February, a note, sigma by Luis J. de la Pena, I'vdro Ferri, and Facundo Zu biria, reporting their arrival at San Jose de Flores, and announcinfr themselves as a commission appointed by General Crquiza, under powers with which he had been clothed by the Federal Congress at Santa Ft% to pi opose terms of peace between Buenos Ayres and the other provinces of the Argentin.• Confederation. The commissioners nt the same time transmitted the following note : Viva la Centederacion Argentina! Hea•l Quarters, San Jose, January 6, 1553. To H. E. the Provisional Governor of thu Provineo of Buenos Ayres. It being impossible fur me to remain indifferent to the daily sacrifice of a portiun of our fellow-countrymen, who are immolated in the disastrous civil war, tenaciously pro longed in that province, or to suffer its ruin and ih‘olation —use of the mod important of the Argentine Confedera tion—to be consummated; anxious to satisfy the most ardent desires of all the confederate provinces to discharge the obligations which I accepted from them, to fulfil the patriotic views of the Sovereign General Consti tuent Congress, and to give that province and your Ex cellency a new proof of tee interest always inspired in me fur its prosperity and welfare—l have resolved to send near your Excellstry a commission composed of the citiz, - ns Dr. lion Luis J. de la Pena, Minister Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Relations of the Ar,:entine Con federation; of Brigadier General Din Pedro Ferie ; and Dr. Don Fecundo Zubiria, who, on account of their distin guished patriotism and other noble qualities, merit my en tire confidence, provided with full powers, that, in the name of the Argentine Confederation, they may offer their mediation, and interpose all the authority of the na tion, in order that tho civil war may cease in said prn vines, and that is accordance with the rest of the confederate provinces, it may concur in the establish ment of the constitutional ch:.rer,which is to fix definitively their recipneal ri hts and guarantees. For this purpose I have also directed the necessary instructions to lee issued to said, commission ; and I trust that your Excellency will Fire entire faith and credit to all said commission may manifest in my name, and very especially when it assures you of the sincerity of my sentiments for the prosperity of that pro. vines and that of your Excellency. Gad preserve your Ilighnees many years. I:EQUIZ ANGEL ELTAs, Secretary. To this offer the Executive of Buenos Ayres replied by appointing Dr. ])on Lorcnzo Torres, minister of government, Brigadier-General Don Joni: Maria Paz, and the citizens Don Nicolas Anchorena and Dr. Don Dalmacio Velez Sarefleld, commissioners for treating with those from San Jose, and proposing that th; negotiations be carried on at Buenos Ayres. The government added that although it has endea voured by all means to oppose a firm resistance to the rebellion, that without motive or pretext ruins this province, it has always cherished the desire and the hope of peace. After these mutual professions, the commissioners met, on the 2nd March, at the church of St. Belva nera' the chief of the besiegers agreeing to suspend all hostilities and to give both parties a safe conduct to and from the place of meeting. At their first in terview it was first resolved that the hostilities by land and water between the capital and the rural districts be suspended. After which the position within which the forces on either side should be confined were agreed upon. Certain streets were selected by which all unarmed persons might freely pass between the two camps, and by which all coin modities, except munition of war, might be intro duced. Of any interruption of this convention 48 hours' notice was to be given. Thus far had the negociation arrived when the packet left. In the proclamation to the provinces of the Argen tine Confederation announcing his intervention in Buenos Ayres, Urquiza explains the motives and ob jects of the campaign, should a resort to arms be come necessary. He appeals to his own authority, as legally constituted director of the entire confedera tion, to pacify provinces which threaten to carry civil war into the republic, and declares that his in tervention is demanded by the pronunciamentu of the rural districts of Buenos Ayres. He, however, de clares that he will not infringe any provincial in stitutions, nor cramp the free concurrence of Buenos Ayres to the national organisation. At Rio the yellow-fever has been fearfully severe. Some vessels have lost all hands on board. On shore its ravages are confined exclusively to per sons lately arrived from other countries, or from the interior. A very large diamond has been discovered in Bagageni, in the province of the mines : it weighs 8 vitavas and an eighth. The discoverer was an old black slave-woman, who immediately carried it to her master, a Brazilian in very needy circumstances. Ile immediately gave the slave her liberty, and sent Isis brother to Rio with the diamond. The Com mercial Bank advanced him 1,000 centoe, about 10,0001., on the gem; and I believe it goes to Eng land by this conveyance. It is said to be a stone of extraordinary beauty. Ships observed or spoken wiih during the voyage:— March 30, lat. 6.48 N., lon. 213.44 W., ship Joseph, from Shansthae to London, all well; let. 6.10 N., lon. 25 30 W., ship Arina, from Singapore to London, all well. April 2, lot. 1.135 N., len. '45.20 W., ship Gleneachy, outward &mitt ; 3, ut St. Vincent, the Francisco brig, from South ampton, laden with coals, for Sydney, making water and in distress; Mary Nixon, Parke, 23 days from Liverpool, bound to Sydney, soaking water, passengers all well ; Marion barque, from London to Swan River, called in to leave letters, all well, and proceeded on her voyage ; Ante lope screw steamer, from Liverpool to Sydney, had re paired her defects and proceeded on her voyage. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. PHRNANIRCCO MARCH 21 Since the departure of the last mail for' Europe some chautes brave tvlen place in cur market. In the cal ly part of the month, under a eattinued scarcity of Lasalle, produc., operations were much retarded. Our stock of sugar h the warehouses reached 200,0J0 bags, and to effect sates loner prices had to be submitted w ; within the last 18 days vessels have come iu pretty freely, cawing a decline iu freights of about 5s per ton, and giving anirnatim Mont sugar market, rates of which article have ag tin advanced. the exports of the existing crop are 32,672 tons to present date, which will be materially increased on the depaiture of the vessels row in course of loading. In cotton for English account but little has been partly by the high rates demanded by hilders here. The Genevieve (barque), from Liverpoel, attired here on the 17th, and is discharging. The Swordfish, from the same port, came in on the 18th. Exchange on London, 60 days sight, _8:I. Rio DE JANEII.J, Msticit IG. The 'mount of bu-iness transacted since last pocket by ecarvly reached an average, an 1111U113/11 scarcity of vessels causing freights to rule very high, and vrcbascrs of coffee keeping out of the market. We estimate the le. from the sailing of the Teviot to the end of the mciith 122,000 bags, 34,000 of which were for Europe, and 87,Gekt tar the St ato. Front the Ist March to present date abut 100,000 bags hove been taken, 0,000 for Europe, and .0,000 for tho ISt der. As superior qualitieS aro scarce in our market, and supplies, owing to heavy rains in the interior, are very 'cant, dealers ;:re firm in their demands, and no immediate foil in prices can be looked for. At the saute time, the continued scarcity of vessels in our port WU: probably con fine transactions within a very narrow limit. Accounts of the forthcoming crop still continuo ts be very unfa vourable. EICIIANCES.—I.Indon, 271 to 281 ; l'atis, 313 to 3141 Hamburg, 633 to 6;0; Spanish doubloons, 1:0 to 20.600; Spanish dollars, 1.900 to 1.910 ; aovereigu , „ 8.710 to 8.850; Stock, Si: prr Cent., 106 to 107 ; Stock, l'rnincial, 101 to IU2 ; Bank shares, 704.003 ; Bank Brasil, .;1.0,0 prem. Corrsz.—Superior, 3.760 to 3.810 ; good fo , t, 3.650 tg 3.700 ; tint ordinary, 3.400 to 3.600 ; aeco:01 good, 3.110 to 3 . 250. Stock this day, 100,000 bap. ScoAtt,—lteilonclo, 2.400 to 2.100 ; B Is, 2.200 t o 2.300 ; blasearo, 1.900 to 2.100. Stock, ::,3JO eases and 10,000 bags Pernambuco. FUEICIIITS.—EngIand, 6.55. to GOs., 5 prr cen'. ; Channel, Cis to 705.. 5 per cent. ; Hamburgh, 65,. to 705., 5 p et cent. • United States, 81e. to 1 dollar ; II isre, 60f. 131:ENOS AYE LS, MAlten G. (From the Brilit'‘ Packci) Considering that we are now at the end of a three months siege, our report for February is not so dolorous as might have been expected. The consumption ~f the capital has been restricted by obvious causes and th inhabit ants of the rural districts have lead no need of sumptuary laws. However, during the month, a fair amount has been de spatched for Paraguay, something considerable for COTTI•D enter, and • dttle fur some of the interior provinces. These were in general cash traneartions, and were probably done at a law figure, still the depreciation which has already taken place in their intrinsic value, and the inereasing us certainty of their being recovered, it cannot he said that our heavy outstandiugs remain in statu The direct loss on thi, score threatens to be formidable. Tim means of many have been deplorably crippled, ar.d, supposing a few of bad faith, they have a specious pretext, of which it is feared some may avail themselves. To enhance the cooffiet, arrivals have been considerable, and in additiCill to the delay and extra expense of landing, the mere stor Ise begins to be felt as a serious difficulty with goods that are not wanted, nor are likely to be wanted fur some time to come, these new arrivals are to be regretted. On export produce a con siderable quantity must have accumulated, owing to the difficulties of embarkation incident to the struggle between town and. province. Deterred by these difficalties, a con siderable number have left in ballast fur Brezil and other deetinatione, while others have gone up the Penns and Uruguay to push their fortunes. To auspeul remittances of manufactured goods till further notice would seem to us a wholesome advice to the import trade generally. Exchange Dills on England, per tioubh.un, Gis. to 6).. 6d. Curry ncy, per dollar. 27-16. Sailed, February 27, the British brig Oreclnn, for Eng land ; March 2, Spy, schooner, for ditto • March 3, Psnope, British brig, fur Landon ; and Danish schooner, teem Alin% fur England. THE NEW GUNPOWDER PLOT. The portentous announcement with which a con temporary frightened the town from its propel ty on Friday morning lust, bids fair to occupy from hemeterth a promi nent place iu the history of remarkable Gangetic On haw small a basis of probabilities the Times built up its etory is soon told. On Kosauth's arrival in this country a Mr. Hale was introduced to hits as the inventor of a new 'pecks of rocket, which had already been patronised by the Americant, and used with great success in the Mexican war. Incited by a very natu ral curiosity, lie paid a visit to Mr. Hale 'a factory at Re therheeie —a place historical in the annals of lietiou, seeisg it was from thence the veracious Mr. Gulliver set out apes his travels—and having carefully inspected tb' rockets, 11. ' Kossuth expressed his general approval of the ieventien, but suggested some alterations, which iu his opinion would render them more effective. Shortly after Le went to Ame rica, and on his return to England the indefatigable Mr. Hale again waited on him, informed him that his sugges tions had been adopted with success, and requested the ho nour of another visit. An acquaiutance having sprung up in this way, an occurrence soon after took place, which gave Id. Kdasutb the opportunity of turning it to some advantage. A Hungarian soldier, a deserter from the A n d.rian army, called on him seeking charity. M.Kossuth having ascertained that the man had had some experience in the Austrian artil lery, and subsequently in the chemical department of the u nitary establishment, thought that he might be suited to the work of Mr. lisle's factory, and accordingly recommended him to that gentleman for employment. he man was taken on, but, in consequence either of his iaattention or misconduct, was shortly afterwards dismissed ; and it is just possible that, out of revenge, he rushed to the Home-ottice, and hoaxed its astute chief with the cock-wel- bull story . of the " Old House atltotherhithc," and M. liossuttes mysterious manulscture and accumulation of projectiles. It must be repeated that this is only conjectere, and may possibly involve an unjust accusation against a truehearted Hungarian, but it is tho only one by which even the shadow of a connection can be traced between the pro jectiles of Retherhithe and the proceedings of St. J obn's-wood. Beyond all questiou, much es the town was surprised by the formidable fulmination of Friday's Tinits, there was no one to whomitcaused more uuleigned astonish ment than the illustrious exi.e against whom it was di rected. In the morning he was inundated with letters of sympathy and offers of assistance from distinguished public men to his entire bewilderment and mystificatem and it was only when, at a later period of the day, he Yew horrible details of his own plot, set forth in all the dignity of leader type in the " leading journal," he could understand what it was which had caused his tranquil cottage to be invaded by so sudden an outburst of public sympathy. M. Kossuth must be justly indignant at these pereevuing attacks on his character, and especially at this last attempt to violate in his person, the last sanctuary left for exiled patriotism throughout the whole of Europe. He fully appre ciates the shelter and hospitality he has received in this country, and the terms on which lie enjoys it, and ie too wise a man, to say nothing of higher motives, to compromise his gust:diens or himself by any silly peddling with projectiles at leothethithe, or the concoction of abortive plots. At the same time he " 'Bates no jot of heart or hope," o! the ultimate triumpirof consti tutional principles ; but firmly believing that " There's a good time coming" for fatherland, he patiently bides his time, grateful for the shelter he enjoys in this free country, and determined to show his gratitude by a total abstinence from any plots or intrigues which might in the slightest de gree embarrass it in its relations with foreign powers. As for Mr. Hale, the other hero in this little comedy, he is in the delightful position of a man who " Awoke suddenly one morning and found himself famous." Inde pendently of the handsome and disinterested manner in which the news has advertised his rockets, he is advised that he has a splendid action at law against the police authorities for their violation of the Englishman's castle ; so that the whole affair is likely, atter the manner of " Elopements in high life " and Affairs of extreme deli cacy." to end by affording considerable employment to the gentlemen of Nit eettuinster-hall The folio - icing letter from Mr. Hale, whose father is the proprietor of the premises at Itotherhithe, is which it has been alleged arms and munitions of war had been dis covered by the police, has been published : Mr. Editor,—Permit me to forward to you a brief state ment of the facts of the case relating to the seizure of arms and warlike stores at Itutherbithe. The premises and property alluded to belong solely to my father (Mr. hale), whose private' residence is at Chet sea, and nut to M. Kossuth, as alleged by that despicable Austrian organ, the Times newspaper. On Wednesday euning last a superintendent of police (Evans by name) Caine down to Rotherhithe with live of six men, and took forcible possession of the premise!, ss also of a cottage near by, in which use of my father's men resided, producing, as their authority, a search warrant. The man hastened immediately up to Chelsea, to inform his muter of what had taken place. My father then hastened down to llotherhithe, and, finding three men in possmsion of his manufactory, demanded their authority. One of them coolly pulled from his bosom a staff. "Is that 'our only authority ?" demanded my father ; ' because, if so, 1 shall bundle you all out." They then told him they were acting under the orders of Superinten dent Evans, and that if he (Mr. 11.) went to Wapping, the superintendent would explain it al:. My father then hastened to Wapping, but found that Superintendent Evans was at Scotland-yard, to which place he immediately went, and upon seeing the superintendent, demanded of him the reason of the unpardonable outrage that had been van mitted (tbr I should have stated that one of the min before alluded to took away with him two of my father's rakets). Toe superintendent referred him to Commissioner Mhac. lie (Mr. Hale) at once sent to the commissioner, nqueetin§ to know the reason of what had taken place. "No answer' was contemptuously sent as a reply. My father again appealed to the superintendent , when he was informed that the Custom-hoose tan au thorities lb s. of re g m u o n n po t w o de b r y ' On e- vh°ist"prtemMir;esil(adide 1.138• bd uelnreg the extreme quantity allowed by law within three ini:cs of Landon), and that a warrant had been obtained to search them—the superintendent at the same time producing the warrant, which was distinctly to search I'm cllll"vder... Mr. Ilale then asked him why he stillretaiucil p c session ut the premises, no gunpowder haying been found; huh fie explanation would he get fromlian—white allot'. ,1 or men we • 41•.• t r "lately aasion of the raid premist": and tiny Myst. allow anything to be talttn from the hullilin. Neat morning alircats a leader in the samet; w:th