The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA.. I A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 15th, states that the fears entertained of the Russian Government prohibiting the exportation of gold are not likely to be confirmed. Orders had been given to the Custom house authorities not to prevent the exportation of the precious metals by sea. It is said that the EMPEROR entertains the idea of Uniting all the Sciavonic tribes into one gigantie federative monarchy. STRUVE, who has been urging on the Republicans of South Germany to insurrection, is by birth a Russian, and has, it is said, been commissioned by the Russian Government to excite these disturbances in order to distract the at tention of the German Governments, and to weaken their f orces. Is it not pro b a bl e th a t some o f th e ultra- Republicans of France may be also Russian agents ? ITALY• LOMBARDY AND VENICE. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 25th has advices from Milan ,up to the 23d. Gen. ALLEMANDI had written from Brescia that the columns of Arcioni, Alanara, and Longhena, having proceeded beyond Bt4e nioo (Tyrol), had been repulsed by supe rior r u rces, but r e t rea t e d t o Ti one in the greatest order. 'T hey are now supported by the regular battalion Beretta and the column Tamberg. A bulletin from Udine of the 19th announces that Col. CANTI left that town on the 18th, to reconnoitre the Austrians, ....who occupied Trevignano, Merlano, M e l aro ll o , an d I Nogared o of Illyria, with 2,000 infantry, 800 cavalry, and a battery of rockets, under the command of Bri gadier ACTIUM. The Austrians attacked Palmanova ° . / 1 the 17 t h , and were repu l se d w ith loss ; on .‘_their re t reat they set fire to several villages. Gen. 4 nciisrtT, at th e h ea d o f 15,000 m en, is preparing to 0 I . I ,. Pe . ra te against the Venetian State. The affair at I:ace, mentioned lately by the Augsburg Gazette as related by the Italian journals as a victory on their r a r t. It i s a dd e d t h at t h e i n h a bi tan t s (It a li ans ) , vi ng taken th e par t o f t h e A us t r i ans , an d fi re d u r i u n the cr usa d ers f rom t h e w i n d ows , were near ly t 60 Put to the sword by th e l a tt er . Th e Croatians lost ;en, many pri sone r s , an d th e i r a rms and baggage. The Milan Gazette, of the 21st ult., states that the il i c ,.,, ru of Peschiera has been considerably reinforced. T he P iedmontese battering train bad arrived, and was ready to op en it s fi re, b ut t h e K ING was waiting to concentrate.,, the troops, which were arriving on a ll sides to his assistance. The head-quarters of hi s , 444118 TT were at Gozzoldo. The following address from the inhabitants of Milan to the Piedmontese army has been numerously aig aed TO THE PIEDMONTESE ARMY ROW FIGHTING FOR „ THE INDEPENDENCE OF ITALY. Officers and soldiers,—Your Lombard brethren of fer most sincerely to you the cordial homage of their ad miration and gratitude. You are in arms nobly and generously for the most noble and most generous of questions. You have endured fatigues and forced • Marche s in order that you might attack the enemy. You hav e succeeded. You have fought and conquered. You Commenced the holy war by gr a eat victory; and your tri umph was the more splendid because it was the con quest of our independence. • " Officers and soldiers,—You have rivalled the best "aYs of former Italian glory. You have consecrated by Your blood the holy words that come from the lips of all good Italians—' Italy will do it alone.' You have con tinued the glorious work of the Milanese; and you have • been the first to beat in the open plain the barbarians Whom our citizens have driven from their walls. " You have proved yourselves to be worthy of that Sublime benediction which the great Pontiff, the restorer of Italy, has invoked on our country. You are worthy of the new Italian destiny, and most worthy of that great monarch who, when all Italy suffered under the oppres. Ilion 'and supremacy of Austria, pronounced the first Words of independence and nationality—the first of Italian princes who made common cause with Pio Nono the first who raised the banner of the holy cross in favour of Italian independence—and the first who, on ' the field of battle, gives the example of courage and in , domitahle valour. •• " Officers and soldiers,—Your martial enthusiasm, your admirable discipline, the patience with which •you bear fatigue and privations, and your heroism, guide you to a certain victory. With you we . receive honour and glory, and with you are the ' 1 : • ••' hopes of conquest and independence of all Italians. We thank Charles Albert, and you all who work with zeal and vigour in the common cause of Italy—we offer you the tribute of our brotherly affection and of our highest admiration. We seek only to be associated 11:itit you in the great work, and to unite our strength to Jour formidable sword. W ith the last Austrian shall be expelled from our common country all odious municipal rivalry, and all fratricide discord. "Be praised for ever the immortal liberating army of Italy, and its great captain t If our gratitude can give them any consolation, we are happy to say that they p9asess it full and entire. "All Lombardy beats with one heart for the generous !lad noble brethren who fight with so much heroism, and brave the dangers of war in the cause of Italian inde pendence. i f "Long live Italian independence ! and long live the any and its captain who fight for that independence ! Viva' • " Milan, April 21." A division of the Roman troops, under the coin - .tnand of General LENTULUS, has passed the Po. The Tuscans and Modenese, and a battalion of /T espolitans were at seven miles from Mantua, occu 15)ing Bogoforte and Governolo. Two hundred and li kty Civic Guards from Forli had arrived there. A decree of th e P rov i s i ona l G o vernment of Parma orders the tr oops o f t h e s t a t e t o marc h into Lombardy, . and place themsel v e s un d e r the authority of CHARLES A stro ng, A colum n o f Modenese volunteers, 1,306 the "- , has passed the Po. CHARLES ALBERT, with Consentk. of the Pr ov i s i ona l G ove rnment of Modena, had u • ted upon that place for a dep6t of military pro visions. the vied - 111 e Modenese troops will be incorporated naontese army. Provisional Government of Modena have pro_ ' fle d freedomo . of the press, admission of the Jews b tfore th e law Civil rlghts, and the equality of all citizens t l, 11 ,Abi tz - 7; e : r d the armies of CHARLES ALBERT and Tetchi er* h. nained exactly in the same positions. SARD INIA .44 not yet fallen, nor had the King of The f ree m ade any other important movement. from the corps and volunteers have received checks f rne _ A ustrian _ troops do several parts of th e gol a r ger Le bocr both of the Tyrol and the Friuli; but no ne bodi es of Austrians had appeared in any direr: roman and aa Pteted Tuscan contingents are earnestly t but hopes of assistance from Naples are :. _;nott abandon e d, i n consequence of the Kinsi hay "' re commenced hostilities against his late Sicilian subjects. A correspondence has been published from which It appeals pee that Austria is taking secret steps to into negotiations with Venice and Lombardy. The first letter, dated Goritz, April 1.5, is from Coun t MARZANI, attached to the staff of the Austrian army on the Isonzo, and Eddressed to Count, CAIMO DRAGON', of the Venetian corps at Udine. After stating that the Frioul cannot resist the Austrian army without exposing herself to all the horrors of a bloody war, the writer observes, that it is not Austria as it was that recalls- her to her allegiance, but liberal Austria, who offers her Lombardo- Venetian subjects an Italian administration and legislation ; and, lastly, he informs M. DEAGONI, that his Excellency Count Marta, Minister of State and Conferences, has been sent by his MAJZSTY with full powers to conciliate all existing differences. The answer of Signor Dassort is substantially this; that Italy is determined to assert her complete indepen dence ; and that if Austria is disposed to treat, she must address herself to the proper authorities. It is reported that the united Neapolitan and Stir diniau fleets are to proceed without delay to the Adriatic to assist the people of Venice. ROME. The Epoca of Rome of the 19th announces the "rival id that capital of the delegates of the Neapoli tan Cloyerntnent to treat with the Italian Diet and Le ague. *They are the Princes of CoLonasmo and I i tIP A.VANO, Colonel GAMnoA, CA SIMII DI L IaTO, the 'lke of PROW/ PALLAYICINO 1 : _, and Secr e t ar i es RUG -4140 BO UGH' an d ALFONSO DRAGONETTI. RUSSIA AND SARDINIA. The Emperor of Russi♦ has recalled his ambassa dor from the Court of Sardinia, and sent his pass- Ports to the Sardinian ambassador at St. Petersburgh. -- 4 411 gentein e Zeitung. 111.18 , INESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. APRIL 29. I, o °lllogne and Amiens,'' 6 1 ,i,—East Indian, I,4—Luxent lOrg, %—Northern of France, 3 3, : s —Orleans and Bordeaux, . — Rouen and :Havre, si ,Viscount ess P a l merston le ft Carlton-gardens on ~,,„.buruay lam, for Brock e t Hall, Herta, on a visit to 17t_16ount M e lb ourne , who is entertaining Lord and Lady — ntyals snd s select circle. HONE and COMM t,WS. CITY, Q /A1711;7( TO 77i I. A fair demand for Cotton prevailed at Liverpool on Saturday. Sales, 5,000 bales. Prices were firm. Ame rican, 3d. to sd. per lb. Railway Shares were steady, hut busiuess was not active. In the dried fruit report of Messrs. Witherby and Hanson of last month it is stated that— " Eight cargoes of currants have arrived here since the 24th ult., in all 1,003 butts, 915 carroteels, 1,660 barrels, and 100 cases. The total quantity imported from the 20th of September to the 26th inst., has been 9,150 tons, by sixty-eight ships, against 9,800 tons to the 30th of April, 1847, by sixty-five ships, and 5,600 tons and 5,900 tons to the like period of 1846 and 1845. Five cargoes have arrived at Liverpool, the receipts at which port are still considerably less than the 30th of April, 1847. There is at present but little afloat for this country; shipments have been suspended by the state of political affairs and by the low price to which the article has declined here. To equalise the receipts with those of the whole of last season, we require here about 2,400 tons, and at Liverpool about 1,300 tons. The London clearances for consumption from 20th April to 20th September, 1847, %ere above 2,600 tons. " The clearances fur home consumption, both here and at Liverpool, are becoming more extensive. At this port they have reached, from 21st ult. to 20th instant, 720 tons against only 420 tons in the preceding month ; 520 tons and 610 tons from 20th March to 20th April, 1847 and 1846. Since Ist January, 2,470 tons hare been cleared against 1,050 tons. During the next tour months we may expect a further increase in the clear ances at both ports." A balance sheet of the Sociek G Lerale of Belgium shows its operations to have amounted, up to March 31, to 218,000,000 francs. Two Englishmen had been arrested at Brussels, who are stated to have passed forged notes, amounting to 5300 francs, to one money changer, besides defrauding others. Complaints are made that there are not more British ships of war in the Baltic, and near the Sound, but we may hope they will not be wanted, as the English pro. perty on board the Prussian vessels will no doubt be restored with alacrity. As being in a position, however, to afford advice and assistance, it might be as well if we could spare one or two Queen's ships. We regret much to notice the death of Mr. Tate, the eminent Cambist, who, for many years past, has been consulted by our leading capitalists in all intricate clues , lions of finance. Mr. Tate was much esteemed for his personal qualities. The grain trade is rather " slack" to-day, as the ar rivals of foreign continue large. The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, but Console are quoted about 824, among parties who have been dealing privately. Some interest is felt to learn whether the Austrian dividends will be paid at Vienna, as holders will be com pelled now to send their bonds to that place. no provision being made here for the liquidation of the interest. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY I.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather. BRISTOL, APRIL 30.—The Sussex, from Newport to Boston, pat into Kingroad on the 28th instant, leaky, and will come up the river to be docked. WHITBY, APRIL 28.—Twelve deck deals and four deck beams have been picked up on the rocks near this place. YARMOUTH, APRIL 29.—The Margueretta, Southern from Newcastle to Rochester, in proceeding up the Nold on the 20th instant, got athwart the hawse of the North Harbro' Sand light vessel, where she sustained much damage, and it is feared sunk. The Renovation, Loads, off Salcombe, from Savillo to Hull, got on the Scroby Sand to-day, but was assisted off, and will proceed. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ganges, Bright, New Orleans, sailed on the 29th ; Torrington, Ceylon ; Betsy, M araca ib o ; Q ueen, Staton Island ; Cambria (steamer), New York ; John R. Skiddy, New York ; Superb, Dalhousie. 30th. Jupiter, Santa Martha; Kilby, New Orleans ; Samoset, New York ; Orleans, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Susan, ditto ; Venilia, St. Stephen's, N. B. ; John Bell, Quebec. SWANSEA, APRIL 27.—Sld. Rambler, Quebec. BRISTOL, APRIL 29—S1d. Falcon, Boston. 30th, Broad Oak, Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28. —Sid. Cornwall, Adelaide, South Australia. 29th, Don, Quebec. 30th, Fairlie, Sydney, New South Wales. DEAL, APRIL 30. Wind N. E. to E.—Arrd. Alba tross, Callao. Arrived from the River and sailed, Simla, Bombay; Cmsar, Berbice; Ealing Grove, Do minica; Ellis, Barbadoes. Sld. Hamilton, Callao. JERSEY, APRIL 27.—S1d. Argus, Gaspe; Nameless, Labrador. 28th, Swift, Labrador. 29th, Tazer, Halifax; Chance, Gaspe; Unity, Labrador. CLYDE, APRIL 29. Arrd. Calypso, Colville, Tri nidad. Sid. 28th, Roberts, Rio Janeiro; Packet, Tri nidad; Thalestris, Barbadoes. Put back, 28th, Henry Hood, M'Arthur, Bathurst, leaky. MILFORD, APRIL 29.—The Margaret Wilson Court ney, from the Clyde to Bristol, put into this harbour yesterday, with loss of jibboom, foreyard, &c., having been in contact the previous day off the North Bishop, with a schooner having a white streak. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAITGE-MONDAY. The arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, up to our market, last week, were on a very limited scale, and of very middling quality, owing to the prevailing damp weather. From Ireland and Scotland, the receipts were confined to a few cargoes of Oats. The imports from abroad were liberal, viz., 16,756 quarters of Wheat; 9,157 ditto of Barley; 18.057 ditto of Oats; 9,907 ditto of Beaus; 12 ditto of Peas; 180 ditto of Tares; 4,017 ditto of Linseed; 22 ditto o• Rapeseed;. 400 ditto of Indian Corn; 1,610 barrels, and 720 sacks of Flour. Coastwise, as well as by laud carriage and samples, the supply of English Wheat fresh up to-day was very moderate; but there was au evident improvement in its quality. Selected samples of both Red and White were in moderate request at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. In the middling and inferior kinds, only a limited business was doing. at barely late rates ; and a total clearance was not effected. With fine foreign Wheat we were well supplied ; fine dry samples sup ported late rates without difficulty ; but the out of con dition sorts might have been purchased on somewhat lower terms. On board, for inland consumption, next to nothing was doing ; and many of the fresh arrivals are being landed in bond. Scarcely any English Barley was brought forward, but the show of foreign was on the increase; most descriptions—especially malting parcels— moved off steadily, and prices were well supported. Comparatively speaking, the show of Malt was small, but it proved quite equal to the wants of the dealers. The best parcels were steady, but all other kinds ruled dull, though we cannot call them cheaper. On the whole the supply of Oats was very moderate. Most kinds were in steady request, and last week's prices were fairly supported. Beans moved off steadily at extreme rates, with a full average amount of business doing in foreign, the prices of which rule extremely low. Most kinds of Peas, the supply of which was trifling, moved off steadily, and late rates were well supported. Indian Corn and Meal were held at previous currencies. Floar was a slow sale, but not cheaper. The quantity of foreign on offer was trifling. CURRENCT rzx IMTERIAL MEASURE. Irtleat—Essex & Kent, 31 &it—Chevalier . • . • 58sto 59s Red. 45s t01,5s Oats—Yorkshire said Ditto,White, New 46s Siis Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 20$ Norfolk and Lin- Potato cola, lied. 46s 49s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, 'White.... 47s 52s Black .••• • • • 1 4 1 1 18, Irish, Red ..• ... • • —s —s Cork, White. 16s 25, Ditto, .. • • —s —6 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 18. 21, Rye—Old ••• . • —s —s Beaus—Tick . • ..... 3I s 40, _ _ - ---- ---- - New. •••• • • • • .... 32s 24s Pigeons ...... .... 348 40, Barley—Grinding ... .. 30s 334 Peas—Grey ..•..... • . 325 35 s Malting . .... —.. 33s 36s Maple .......... 32s 35, Chevalier .... .• . 34s 365 Whit e ....... ••. ... 345 35 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 33s 36". folk ...... ••• • • • 555 57e Flour—Town-made... 41s 46' Brown ... .... •. • . 48s 548 Suffolk ..... ..... 35s 38 0 Kingston and Ware 57s 585 Stecktu az Neifelk 35s 35' EIMITZPIELD. I The imports of foreign stock into London last week were as under:— From whence. Beasts. Rotten's= 266 Harlingen Hamburgh Antwerp Sheep. ... 932 ... 36 ... 56 ••• Calvet. ... 188 Total 643 Corresponding week in 1847 - 665 ... 22 .„ „ 1,024 ... 210 Difference ...... 163 mere. 359 more• ---- 188 e. At the outports the arrivals have be en ;gain liberal, mor vGize.r,LonOyh.eadThoef g ea en ch era k l in g d na o li f t stock from . Holland and turning out good. comparatively T l etfhasierup:puvlleyl average these importations is thatforeign of Beasts Sheep and to-day was o C:l u ve g s ra g z o in o g d, districts the s mall,fe quality. From our in droves fr es h up t hi s morning were very extensive and witness fi better collec tion th haantvoe-dall.doAlthoug h elead ead markets were by no means lar ge ly supplied, rst-rate condi tion; io n ; 0 i f n a d t e n e e d k , we and thi n n n attendan ce paid d on of buyers was good, the B ee f trade was a very de pressed state, at a decline in the quotatio ns Monday last of from 2d to, in some instances, es Blbs. The general top figures for Beef ru l e d from 4s 4s Par to 4s 2d per Bibs; but a few of the primest S cots realised 4s 4d. The arrivals of Beasts from the eastern counties comprised nearly 1,600 Scots and short horns, with a few home breds. From the western and midland dis tricts we received nearly 1,000 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England 500 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 300 horned and polled Scots. F or the time, of year, the supply of Sheep was again small, but of excellent quality. All breeds of Sheep commanded a ready sale, at a rise on last week's currencies of 2d per 81bs, prime old Downs in the wool producing 5s Bd. The numbers of Lambs were again moderate, while the demand for them ruled steady at 2d per 81bs more money. From the Isle of Wight, 70 head came to hand. Calves were iu good supply tied sluggish request, at hut week's prices. In Pigs very little bustness was trans acted, yet their quotations were mostly supported. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to I. d. s. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts.. 3 CI 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 5 4 t, second quality ... 3 C 3 8 Coarse•woolled ditto 410 5 2 Prime large Oien.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 5 4 Prime Scots ... •.. 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 410 5 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ••• • .. 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers ••.. 4 6 5 0 Suckling CaiVds • • 027 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 17 023 0 litferlor Sheep .. • 4 2 4 4 Lambs 5 4 6 6 . --- ' SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. SheeP, I Calves. l PIM 3,284 16,980 1 166 310 se - wurolvra AND 7.I3.S.DENBAL3s. The arrivals of country-killed Meat for these markets last week were again very moderate, viz., about 140 carcases of Beef, 200 ditto of Mutton, 180 ditto of Lamb, 150 ditto of Veal, and 320 ditto of Pork. The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis hare been good, if we except those , of Mutton. Prime qualities gene rally have commanded a very steady demand, at fill! rates of currency; otherwise the trade has ruled some what inactive, but without any decline in value. Nearly 500 carcases of foreign Meat killed in London have been disposed of, as well as a few baskets received from Hamburg h. At per atone by the Carcase. S. d. to s. d, s. d. to .• Bec ?Anterior— ... 2 10 3 C { Mutton, intenor .. 3 4 3 S middlhig •• 3 0 1 2 middling.. 310 4 4 primolarge •• 3 2 3 4 pr i me— . 4 6 4 i prime small •• 3 6 3 3 Pork, large• ••••• • • 3 10 4 6 Veal.... ..... 4 0 5 0 1 --- small ...... 4 8 5 0 Lamb. 53 81 to tis Cd. BOROUGH BOP MAPOLET. Although the plantation accounts are not considered favourable, the demand for all kinds of Hops is heavy, but prices rule about stationary. BOROUGH AND SPITALPXEMDS. Since Monday last the arrivals of 'Potatoes., coastwise and per railway, have been by no means large. From Hamburgh we have received 1,103; from Rotterdam, 1,87; and from Leer, 12 bags; from Bremen, 160; and from Antwerp, 178 tons. The best parcels are in steady request at full prices. Otherwise, the demand is in a very sluggish state- wool,. The arrivals of Wool into London last week were again large, viz., 94$ bales from Launceston, 1,257 ditto from Adelaide, 68 ditto from Hamburgh, 46 ditto from Antwerp, 45 ditto from the Cape, and 73 ditto from Havre. No public sales are yet announced, but cataloones for about 20,000 bales are expected to be issued this week. The private contract market is heavy. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. TALLOW. The late heavy imports of Tallow from Sydney and ♦arious parts of South America have had considerable influence upon our market. The demand is heavy, at 49s 6d to 49s 3d per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot. Rough tat 2s 10d per 81bs. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day at half•past ten o'clock. GRAZER V. JONES.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, in which the arguments were concluded on Saturday, when we gave a detailed account of the facts and arguments. Ilis Lordship affirmed the decree of the Vice• Chancellor Wigram, varying it only in a few tech. nical particulars, and the defendants to pay the costs. BOYD V. BOYD. The remainder of the morning was occupied with the further arguments in this case, which came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor of England, who has reversed the decision of ..the Master, allowing exception to an answer for importance. The suit was an administration one, and one of the defendants, Charles Barry Baldwin annexed to his answer a schedule of documents amounting to 1,000 folios, and extending to upwards of 150 draft sheet.% To the schedule the plaintiff excepted, on the ground of its containing numerous repetitions, and entering too much into detail, and the Master allowed the exceptions, and the Vice-Chancellor reversed the decision; and for that judgment the present appeal was brought. (VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ATORNEY-GENERAL U. WILSON. The opening of this case by Mr. Bethel, which he commenced on Saturday, was resumed to-day, and occupied his Honour the whole morning. The ease, it is expected, will last several days, and we refrain from entering further into it until the arguments are in a more advanced stage. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) LEWIS V. HANCE. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE gave judgment in this case. It was an action which had been brought in the County Court, to recover from an attorney a sum under 201. On the trial judgment was given for the plaintiff, but the defendant subsequently moved the Court in arrest of judgment, on the ground that, being an attorney prac tising in the superior courts, he was exempt from the jurisdiction of the County Court. Formerly a decision to that effect was made by the full Court, in reference to a plaint which had been issued out of the Court of Requests against an attorney at law; and in the present case the Court saw nothing in the Small Debts Act to induce them to depart from that rule, and deprive the defendant of his privilege of suing, or being sued, only in a superior court. The rule for arresting the judgment was therefore made absolute. JONES V. SOMMERS. A similar ease, and was similarly disposed of. CURLING V. YOUNG. This was an action of debt, brought to recover the amount of an attorney's► bill for opposing the metropo litan Commissioners of Sewers' Act. The plaintiff was formerly the clerk of the Bermondsey Commissioners of Sewers, and in that capacity he was entrusted by the defendant to oppose the passing of the Act already alluded to on behalf of his Board. Upon the trial of the cause it was shown that the only means the local commission had of providing themselves with funds to discharge their liabilities was by levying rates upon the parish ; but the plaintiff neglected to deliver his bill of costs till two days after the powers of the Com missioners had expired, and under these circumstances, the jury found for the defendant. Subsequently the plaintiff moved for and obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, but the Court now gave judgment, discharging the rule.—Rule dismissed. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) EI PARTE JUSTICES OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Mr. WELLS moved for a rule nisi, calling upon the justices of Buckinghamshire to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue to bring up the proceed. ings in a bastardy case which they had defended. In this case a women applied to the justices of Oxfordshire to make an order in bastardy, but upon hearing the case they unanimously dismissed it. The woman then went into the adjoining county of Buckingham, and repeated her application to the magistrates of Barlow, who made an order under the Act. The present motion was made in order that the question might be discussed and de. tided by the Court, as.to whether the justices of Barlow had not exceeded their powers and functions.—Rule nisi. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittingkin Banco.) ARNOLD V. RYAN. This action was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson on Thursday last, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 50/. It was brought to recover compensation in damages for alleged false imprisonment upon a charge of felony. The plaintiff, a sheriff's officer, was left in possession of the defendant's premises under a writ of fi. fa., for a judgment debt of 131. 10s., but the day after taking pos session the defendant satisfied the execution by the pay ment of debt and costs. Shortly after the plaintiff left the house three 5/. notes were missed; he was pursued, and the notes, which were identified, were found upon his person. The plaintiff was given into custody, and committed by the magistrate for trial, but was acquitted, and the action was brought to recover damages for the alleged false imprisonment. The Learned Judge, at the trial, told the jury that they could not find a verdict for the plaintiff unless they were of opinion that both the defendant and his wife, who were examined in support of the charge, had committed wilful and deliberate per jury, and no evidence whatever had been produced that such was the ,case, but the jury, nevertheless, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount stated. The COUla, upon the application of Mr. Sergeant Wilkins this morning, granted a rule for a new observing that it was extremely difficult to convince an ignorant jury of the importance of a doubt. Rule nisi granted. uPpAi4TnEiCn.):: in cons°. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) The Co u rt)Si. ( B efor e w j U s s fully ijMrE. NC a o' t S t m e n n iß d i e sA d s iNo t h nK i e s i m o r qwuoeunldeesuorfreinder its sha h v im in slf having become me morning, known . first ex am i nat i on, i n accor d ance w i t h t h e fi a t o f bank ruptcy re cen tly i ssue d aga i st him. and that un M d . er J g u o lli h e is n M. Jullien took his seat in the Court shortly before eleven o'clock. Mr. COLE, solicitor, of Tokenhouse.yard, said, today had been named for the appointment of assignees in this matter, and applied to tke Learned Commissioner to postpone their election, on the ground that the in terests of the creditors would be materially advanced by a short adjournment. Ho said he represented several large creditors, all of whom entirely coincided in the application be had made. Mr'. Commissioner PANE inquired the grounds on which he based his application? Mr. COLE said an expectation had been held out that the fiat might not unlikely be superseded by a composi tion. Li fact something like an offer had been made to the creditors. The fiat had been issued at the instance of the bankrupt himself. He bad chosen his own time for doing so,after a great many meetings of creditors had taken place, extending over a period of three months, in order to ascertain if some settlement could not be come to. The bankrupt came at last to this court for protection, issuing a fiat against himself in order to enable him to do so, after the whole of his proceeds had been swept away, so that the creditors were now left to do the best they could to obtain even a portion of their claims. Mr. Commissioner FANK.—The whole of the proceeds have been swept away ? Mr. Cormoexipolfasointeed;etr ho h we at wa w h whilst negotiatio ns were goin g on b etween M. Jullien and his creditors for the o se t h k e l n e e x n e t no:i h n s affairs , cert ai n cuss eve r y d e r creditors i goods to r r e s as cameo c l a i ms n t forward o beulpeov t e his estate. however, there that upon a proper investigation of the bankrupt's affairs by the creditors, that there would be much more for them than ten shillings in the pound. Mr. Commissioner PANE said, although the applicant complained that delay had taken place, he was, never theless, desirous to protract the investigation which he seemed anxious to bring about. He saw no reason why they should not appoint assignees at once, because by the aid of a supersedeas they might put an end to the proceedings, as well after as before their appointment. Mr. COLE—Undoubtedly; but the creditors think that their interests will be better served by a short adj ournment. Air. CHAPPELL said on behalf of the bankrupt who had beeen driven into the Gazette after every attempt had been made to come to terms, he should oppose any adjournment, and further he should not think of advising him, now that he had come before thecourt, to supersede the fiat. Mr. au x (solicitor of Furuiral's Inn), stated that he appeared for a creditor named Bielfield, and that he %Nis in favour of an adjoirriement. He stated in support of it, and in order to show that time was required tor in quiry, that M Jullien had disposed of his furniture in Harley-street, to a Mr. Lewis, a brother of Mr. Charlei Lewis, an attorney in Grosvenor-street, by a bill of sale, and that it had been disposed 01; and that he last summer disposed of his • business as a music-serer, in Regent-street, to Messrs. Chappell, the celebrated music -sellers, for something like 6,0001. A portion of M. Jullien's share in the business had been secured by bills which had been discounted, and a preference given in respect of them to particular creditors. An adjournment was therefore necessary in order that time might be obtained for the creditors to meet, and to select out of their number persons who would scrupulously inquire into the whole of the trans actions, and who would remain in town to attend to the business. Mr. CHAPPELL explained the circumstances in con nexion with the bill of sale referred to. The furniture was seised in Febrtidry last by Mr. Lewis, in accordance with a bill of sale which he possessed, and it was ap pointed to be sold to-morrow by public auction. The business was sold on the 4th of January lust. Mr. DALE inquired t h e terms. Mr. CHAPPELL said 4,000/. was paid down, 1,800 /. was given in bills, af terwards 9001., making 6,7 00 /. An arrangement was mad e at t h e same t i me for contingent payments, in con s id erat i on of future serv ices, making the entire purchas e - monev f r om 8,00 0/. to 10,0001, which was secured under a deed. The business was the joint estate of Jullien and Barret. They in fact were the vendors. An assignment had been made by both fo r the benefit of their creditors. Mr. Commissioner FatiE-LWhen was that assign ment? Mr. CHAPPELL—About the time of the execution —on the Ist of January last, and it had been advertised In the usual way. Mr. Commissioner FANS--Who were the trustees? Mr. CHAPPELL replied Messrs. Chattel and Hart (as we understood). Mr. Commissioner FANE—IV by it looks as if Mr. Jullien had parted with the whole of his property. Mr. BENHAM said one important circumstance bad not been stated. The contingencies referred to were the payment of 900/. a-year for six years to Mr. Jullien, out of which, he offered, on the sth of February, to pay 8001. a-year to the creditors. Mr. Commissioner FANR—Why that would only leave Mr. Jullien 100/. a-ye ar f or hi mse lf. Mr. BENHAM replied, th at i t l e f t him at liberty to follow his profession. Mr. CHAPPELL said the arrangement was that Mr. Jullien was to receive 1,500/. a -year altogether ; 7001 . a-year from Messrs. Beale and Chappell, and 8001 . out of his future savings. Mr. COLE said, in the early part of the year the cre ditors consented to receive au assignment of the pro perty in Regent-street, but tha deed was not executed till jthe meeting on the sth of Februray, when several attended and signed it. Mr. Commissioner PANE—What was the nature of the arrangement ? Mr. COLE said Mr. Lewis was to satisfy the exe cution, M. Jullien to pay 1,500/. a-year, and the furni ture at 56, Harley -street, to be assigned to the trustees. Mr. Lewis had levied upon the furniture, which was ex tremely valuable, as the property of his brother. At the meeting, on the sth of May, Mr. Lewis produced a writ, which he said was issued by a Mr. Levy, adding, that he did not know what to do with it. Afterwards the furni ture was swept away at his suit. Mr. Commissioner FINE said the fault rested with the creditors, who should have been no party to such a proceeding. If all the commercial world chose to traffic in such matters, they were alone to blame if they suffered by it. The question, however, before him was the propriety of an adjournment. It appeared that several meetings had taken place at which certain par ties had obtained considerable advantages, and Mr. Lewis which washtellaid his stated to be hariduponthe property in Harley street,of great value, all o f which had arisen from not bringing the matter into the Bankruptcy Court at once. Mr. CHAPPELL—No doubt of it. The bankrupt, at my request, signed a statement of insolvency some time ago. Mr. Commissioner FANS—When? Mr. CHAPPELL—At the time the execution was put in. He was ready to declare himself a bankrupt at that time. Mr. STURGEON said he appeared on behalf of Madame Dorus Gras, and on her behalf he assented to au ad journment. Mr. JERWOOD, a solicitor, sought an adjournment for a fortnight on behalf of a creditor who claimed 4,500 francs with interest. After much discussion, The Learned COMMISSIONER adjourned the choice of assignees to the 15th of May, and M. Jullien left the court with his solicitor and friends. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY) Edward Onslow, a cab driver, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with assaulting Frederick Alford, the waterman on the Feathers' rank, Oxford-street. He was also charged with assaulting police-constable 150 C. The complainant stated that last night, about twelve o'clock, he saw the prisoner driving a cab without wearing his badge. Witness told him that he wss acting contrary to law, and rendered himEell liable to a penalty. The prisoner made no reply, but in an instant jumped off the cab, and struck witness a violent blow in the face and knocked hits down. Witness called out " po lice," and a constable came to his aid and took the prisoner into custody. On their way to the station the prisoner broke from the constable, and struck witness another blow in the face, which made the blood to flew from his nose in torrents. Police-constable 150 C said, last night he was on duty near the Feathers Tavern, in Oxford -street, when he heard the cry of " Police." He proceeded to the spot and saw the complainant struggling with the prisoner. Witness took him into custody, and on their way to the station he broke away, and struck complainant in the face. Witness secured the prisoner again, when the prisoner lifted up his fist and kicked him in the ribs. He subsequently became so ♦iolent that it took four constables to convey him to the station. Air. HARDwIcs fined him 30s. for the assault on com plainant, and committed him to the House of Correction for teu days for the assault ou the constable. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (THIS DAY.) About thirty of the delegates from various parts of the country, met this morning at nine o'clock, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, John-street, Totten ham-court-road. The smallness of the number present was stated to be owing to the opinion, which generally prevailed throughout the country, that it was the in tention of the assembly to reduce the number originally intended by ballot to forty-nine. Among those who produced their credentials, were delegates from the Tower Hamlets, Southern and Western Divisions of London, Norwich, Sheffield, Staleybridge, Bury, Old ham, Bolton, Nottingham, Lynn, Halifax, Northampton, Paisley, Dundee, Greenock, Bristol, Rochdale, Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester, &c. In answer to a question put by one of the delegates, Mr. CLARK said, that he had received a letter from Mr. Mitchell, of Dublin, who informed him that he did not think that he should be able to take his seat at the M National Assembly as th e d elegate for R oc hd a le. Dixon was el ec t e d c h airman of the Assem bly, On the motion of M r . Macoorrati it was resolved o and Mr. Sherrin the secr e t ary. that the name of the assembly be " The National As sembly of Delegates, principally representing the work ing classes of England, S cotland, and W a l es , e lected at public meetings duly c onvened, and by s h ow o f hand s . The object of the Assembly being to consider and dis- MIS the grievances of the people, and to present memo rials to her Majesty cani n e. Ministers, and call to he r t'upon her to dismis s her councils such men as will remedy the national griev ances, an d ena ct the people's charter as an effectual pre ventat i ve a gainst their re currence, and to adopt such o th er measures a s may secure such a desirable result." It was next resolved that the admission of strangers , to the galleries should be upon the payment of one penny for each day, and that each delegate should be allowed to give two free orders of admission. Considerable discussion took place upon a motion brought forward by Mr. E. Jones, to the effect that the absent delegates should be summoned forthwith to take their seats to the National Assembly, they having r e . solved that the number originally named should be ad hered to. Mr. KIDD thought it desirable before the 100 members were called upon to assemble to know whether such an assembly were a legal proceeding or not. I t wmi most important for this questio n to be decided ; for his plat he was not prepared to violate the law unieu he thought that there was such a p ower behind the as sembly as would enable them to overcome the power which would most certainly pu nish that violation of the law. Ho would, therefore, move, 9-3 an am en d ment " that it was desirable that a committee shoul d be al,. pointed to inquire into and report upon the legality o f the meeting." against the amendment, Mr. Kidd withdrew it, and t h e The opinion of the delegate s bein g all but unanimous original resolution was ultimately agreed t o, arid or cLiveirnagteMs a r s . M su a c c h a , or dered to be printed and circulated throughout the country. Some discussion ensued upon the propriety of re rtthheythe Irish Con . delegatecredentials o t from th at Person s t • e ting forth that he was elected by that body. Several of the delegates thought that it , involved question of law, w hi c h might prove fatal IO the legality of the assembly, which purported to be composed of de legates elected at a public meeting, and no t b. 4 any or ganised body of men. The credentials were subsequently returned to Al as il Macurthy, being requested to furnish proof of his r s having been properly elected. The committee adjourned its sittings at one o'clock. e M a r ni - W. AD. Christie, held of the b yltehme 'Temple, Th TOUP - Nicolas is appointed her APPOINTMENTS.----ep r—ovrti is to the new red riband of the Order of the Thistle, l i s i t a e rg m ui . s r. of for Weymouth, ; -3 appointed quito Territory. Mr. J. Agent and Consul-General of Great Britain in the Mos- EBarulte. of Briiannic Majesty's C o nsul at Mobile, State of Florida, United States.—Observer. S Logs or LIFE. SHIPWRECKS AND --.OH Saturday intelligence reached Lloyd's that a large quantity of wreck, several casks of wine, a ship's boat, bottom up wards, marked ~ Vestal, Newcastle , G. Eglintoun, master," and the p a pers of the ship Spring, of castle, had been found washed ashore along the coast of Norfolk. It is feared that these vessels hove been in collision, and that they hoe fogudered with their crews. TO . THE SECNETAItY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—The effect of an income-tax on temporary ineurn, , s, is a part of the subject where inquiry is much wanted for the sake of union. A loud protest raised upon this point, by classes peculiarly able to give voice to any protest they may raise. But they have not made it plain whether they object on the ground of the income being temporary, or being the result of ithmediate and present labour, or both. And as nothing can be more fatal to the prospects of a protest than putting it on the wrong ground instead of the right, or mixing up the wrong and the right to gether, it will be useful to examine each by itself. First then, where the objection to the tax is purely that the income is temporary. Suppose, fur instance, that a man becomes heir at once to an estate of 1001. a year in land to him and his heirs for ever, and to an annuity of 1001. a year to be paid to him for seven years, or , w hi ch comes to the same thing, to b e paid to him for life, his age or other circumstances being such that what he would get for it in the market if he took it there, would be the present value of seven years' income and no more. And then ask what will he the effects of an income-tax of any particular description, applied to these two incomes. The first thing plain is, that one of these incomes, if its value is estimated by what would at this mo ment be given in the market for the sake; of being placed in the shoes of the present possessor, is worth somewhere about 3,0001., and the other 6401. So that if an income-tax of for - instance three per cent. per annum should be luid by Act of Parliament on incomes of 100,., to la s t seven years and no longer, there would b e ta k en from each of these properties the same s um, or 211.; of which the present value is about 19/. ; th ough i t is evident that one of the pro• perties is worth nearly five times the other. Hence, cgoezrally, the effect of such an application of an in -tax would be to make property in land pay only ab ou t a fif t h of what was levied from pr o p er ty o f equal fi n al va l ue lusting onlyseven years; and in come other grievous disproportion in the case of other terms, as may be calculated. Here then is gross and furious injustice; tice foreseen, int ent i ona l , premeditated; the inj us palpable effort of an overbeari ng c l ass possessing great influ - ence in the Legislature, and determined to make use of it to pay no taxes they can throw on anybody else. But on examination the injustice demonstrated rests on one point only,--that of th e tax beingtem porary. Suppose it perpetual, and eac h of t t incomes will pay to the utterm os t farthing in two g l pro portion to its substantial worth. The fraud of the landowner consists in cutting off his after payments Make the tax perpetual, and then his payme n t s o f 3 1: a year for ever are precisely of the due value as com pared with those of the seven years' annuitant. For proof, take them into the market, and one will sell for 90/. and the other for 191., being in the identical proportion of 3,0001. to 6401., which were mentioned as the total values. Here then the unjustly interested have a dan gerous hold upon the want of information and of union among the public. What a monstrous man will he be—they console themselves with thinking— who comes out to call for the perpetuity of the income. tax 1 But possibly they deceive themselves. The public has made greater strides before now, than coming to an understanding that a temporary income tax is an intentional robbery on the holders of tern porary incomes, and, after settling whether an income tax is in itself a useful mode of levying taxes or not, deciding as the first feature of its admissibility, that nothing shall ever be proposed in the way of income tax but what the Legislature and the country in cold blood intend to be perpetual. This may be a large demand on the march of pub lic intellect, but it is not too much to expect in a country whose good sense has exploded other fallacies connected with commerce and revenue, which were supported by as vigorous efforts of the interested classes as the present. In fact those who watch such things are aware, that public feeling to an extent not generally known, is gathering about the point. A good deal of resistance may be got up now, by crying " What, vote for income-taxes being perpetual ?" just as a few years ago might have been done by crying, "What, vote for putting down British industry ?" But both contain a worm of unsound ness ; and the public which has detected the one, will detect the other. Next, where the objection is that the income is the result of immediate and present labour. Take then the case of a leading physician in London, making his 12,0001. or 13,0001. ayear by a most laborious practice, which on an estimate of the ♦alue of his life cannot be expected to last above seven years. By an in come-tax limited to seven years there would be taken from him nearly five times as much as from a landed proprietor of the same annual income, in proportion to the marketable value. But supposing this source of injustice to be removed by the income-tax being perpetual, does then any new claim arise out of the income being the result of present labour ? Or, to put it in another light, suppose the fact to be (which is not impossible) that this physician is always suc• ceeded by an heir making the same income by the medical profession ; is this medical family in perpetual possession of 13,0001. a year to be untaxed, or to be taxed less than a family possessed of landed property to the same amount, on the ground of the income's being the result of perpetual and continuous labour ? There can be little doubt of a widely-spread incli nation to admit, that a case like this, where there is present labour, ought to be, if anything, favourably treated. But there may be strong doubts of the practicability of reducing this inclination to action by the consent of law. All property honestly come by, must have been the result of labour at some time ; and it is not sufficiently apparent to give the prospect of general agreement, why any marked advantage ; should be given to a family enjoying 13,0001. a year theough the labour of some of its members now, over anoti‘er family enjoying the sam e i ncome through the labour of some of its members in years that are gone by.. But the. advocates for making the difference will say, that this is net the instance on which they will rest their case. The man who makes the income by his labour, shall be poor. And this points to their real objection, which is that the income is small; or at all events that its smallness forms an essential in gredient in its title to favour. Take then the case of a man with a family, whose life shall be worth seven years' purchase, and who shall be making one or two hundred a year by his trade. There is no doubt that this man's means of pro viding for his family are small. In fact be will hardly attempt it, in any manner but that of trying to give his children the means of living in their turn, by the same incessant course of industry that him self did. He is a poor man, there is no denying it ; but if there can be discovered an equitable scale of taxation for poor men, has he a claim for being put into a more favourable class than other men of equal poverty, on the ground that he is poor with hard labour ? There is no doubt of the general sympathy due to poverty ; nor of the general consent of honest men that the poor, if taxed at all, should be taxed lightly, and above all things that their frail life-properties should not be taxed five or six times as much as the property of an ow ner of land through the trick of temporary income-taxes. But supposing all this satisfactorily arranged, does any new and substan tiable claim arise out of his being a labourer ? Sup pose his widow and sickly children living after him on a minute pittance, and unable to labour;—are they any less the objects of forbearance than himself'? _ In all thi s, the purpose is, to try to induce the suf ferers to make their attack upon the right points and not upon the wrong ; or if the expression is held more correct, upon the points where they are strong and not upon those where, though not altogether deficient in reason, they are comparatively weak. And the points o f m i g h t are, first, that the poor neither at the gates of Paris nor anywhere else, will be taxed at ten or twenty times the rate of the rich on the commo dities they consume, without at all events seeing the rich proportionately surcharged somewhere else. And secondly, th at the 0%.14.-4h of life-properties, which to a greater or less degree includes all the industrious classes, will not see the landowners walk out of the payment of their share of taxes through the trick of temporary income-taxes. As fast as they come to the knowledge, they will demand that no income-tax shall be proposed but what shall catch the holders on long leases as well as on short, and that furthermore the scale shall be so arranged as to give the poor i an allowance,—what sol diers call an overslaugh,—for what of inequality it may be impossible to prevent in the taxes on con sumption. Other things there might be, if a man had nothing to do but say to taxes " Go and he goeth, and come and he cometh." But as the case stands, the move should be made upon the great and gross features of the existing injustice, trusting to further nicety from practice. If then there are reasons for thinking that an income-tax offers the means of making the pressure fall in due proportion on the rich, and that its hard ship upon temporary incomes arises mainly out of the perpetual incomes being allowed to escape from pay ing their just share, the conclusion pointed to is that an income-tax instead of being a tax for war, is a tax for peace; that instead of being fortuitously imposed in moments of alarm, when everybody is too much frightened to look after the evasion of the richer classes or the owners of perpetual incomes, it should be a piece de resistance or p r i nc ip a l p rov i s i o n, arranged in hours of quiet and of calm ; and that the contrary proceedi ng i s on l y pl ay i ng i n t o th e hands o f the interested, who will always be ready to raise an out cry against th e p er p e t u ity of a tax whicht is ! to create plain that an equit a bl e p ressure on themselves. It to refuse joining in such an outcry, w ill require a large p or ti on o f b ot h i n t e lligence and self command in the o th er c l asses ; b u t it is all c omi ng. wor th noting, is that A point about an income-tax the sacrifices attendant on, the e claration or inspec tion of income, are not increased by raising an in creased portion of the revenue in this manner through an auginen'ation of the rate. Thin therefore, if ar in ome-tax exists at ad, acts a- a kind of premi o n : upon doing the most in that way, instead of the least. There is still another subject connected with th, adjustment of taxation ; and that is, the assertion that taxes do not ultimately fall on those who pay them. Now this is true to the extent of saying that taxes do not all tall on the classes which pay theca,—meaning; by all, the whole of each tax. And it is false to the extent to which it is intended to metm, that of taxes none but the just part will fall upon the paying classes. The fact will be between both ;—that is to say, a portion of an unjust tax will be recovered by the payi ng classes, and a portion will not. I will take leave to illustrate, by the petition of your solicitors against the duty on their certificates. The snswer of a thought less respondent will be, that they will recover from their clients. But they will not recover from their clients, or at all events not all. Suppose the fact is they recover half; and they will still have cause for complaint. So when a duty, for instance on beer, is laid on the working classes, it may be true that they do not in the end pay the whole. It may be that they in the end recover half, by raising wages on their employers. But it will still be true that they pay the other half. The question therefore will arise, whether this half is ju-t, or is accompanied with other taxes equalising the burthen en the rich. If this is not so, why do the rkh hesitate to take all taxes off the working classes i Would it not all be made right by the fall of wages which would ensue ? But the rich know better than this. They know that when you squeeze a man, you always get something out of him, though there may be sotne• thing he may contrive to throw on some one else And for this it is, that no man should be content till he has secured the most exact adjustment of taxa tion which he can. I take the opportunity of adding, that to lay what has been named a second story of income tax, con • sisting of an additional 3 per cent. on the excess of every man's income above 6001. per annum, would cover the relieving every man from the present 3 per cent. on the first 1501. of his income, and leave a sur plus of 67,0001., of which, after deducting the new expenses of collection, the residue would be applic ible to removing some of the taxes which fall unfairly on consumption. And it would be only on incomes of 2,2.50/. a year and upwards, that the tax would amount to the 5 per cent. it was proposed to lay on small incomes as well as great. The grounds of cal culation are taken from the valuable Return relative t oPrope r ty an d I ncome - tax ca ll e d f o r by Mr. Moffatt, and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 23d July, 1847. I am, London, , y i‘ o l u a r y o ,, be l, d l i BT e 4 n B t . servant, Blackh eat h , T. PERRONET HOMPSON. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. On Saturday we of the th e pr i vate exh ibi t i on (the forty-fourth) the co ll ect i on of this artistic association. With all respect for th e a bili t i es o f ni v a t n regard eg of a r distinguished m em b ers, we cannot b e more n t di its the prree s of its predec essors . Th x e hibltion a s i n f er i cr to many been produced with too mpictures appear to have quently with too much carelessnersaPidit.Y, and conse instance, which we will partieulariszioexcepting in one No. 120. " Storm on the Coast of " u ", w i th a view of Ben More in the distan ce, taken from near the Isle of Staffa," by Copley Fi e l ding, is n most meritorious productions in the collectiOon7 ofTthhe e deep sullen roll of the waves, the gloom of the sky, the ghastly flashing up of the spray aga i nst the rocks : are all admirable. Copley l ielding would have re vealed his artistic genius if he had never produced anything but this solitary picture. 146. " Interior of a highland Larder— ' Weighing the Stag," by Frederick Taylor. For breadth and richness of colouring we have seldom seen anything to surpass this production. The figures are animated and cha racteristic, and the costumes and details are deli neated with the bold and dashing hand of a man con fident of his powers. 151. " The Minstrel in Danger," by George Cat termole.—A mere sketch, pervaded by a sort of dirty neutral tint—and yet a poem in a glance. The scarf fluttering from the lattice—the minstrel uncon sciously thrumming his guitar on the margin of the moat—the half-concealed head of the warder on the battlements, and the sly cocking of the arquebus over the parapet—the narrative is told in an instant. 171. " Gipsy Pastime," by 0. Oakley.—A delight ful archness and roguery in the face of the younger gipsy as she plays her cards on the knees of her com panion. Accurate, however, as the dress may be, the women are too much of dowdier to be exceedingly fascinating. 193. "A Pilgrim at Clanmacnoise approaching the Altar-site," by Alfred Fripp. Bold in design and harmonious in colouring but uncouth and repulsive in the expression of the old pilgrim's face—it •is not difficult to see at once that a skilful brush has laboured upon an ungrateful subject. 201. " Interior of a Gallery of Paintings, contain ing some of the finest specimens of the Italian, Vene tian, Dutch, and Flemish schools," by J. Stephanoff. —A curiosity—and a gorgeous curiosity, too, in its general effect. - 217. " Mercury driving away the Cattle of Ad means," by S. Palmer.—As an illustration to the superb translation of Shelley thi. is more than beautiful —it is admirably poetic. The lustre of the golden orb of Hyperion sloping up from the horizon, and darting between the boles of the umbrageous trees dazzles the eye with its splendour. Everything— the very air—beams and breathes of Attica. 331. " Scene from the Story of Sintram," byGeorge Cattermole.—To our thinking, this is the very gem of the whole collection. It is exqnisite in that aspect of romance with which George Cattermole can endow any one of his pictorial effusions. The old Baron, seated at th e t a bl e i n solitary magnificence, surrounded by the goblin suits of armour belonging to many g enera ti ons o f hi s ancestry, is the very in carnation of a feudal lord distraught by a sombre and eccentric disposition. The whole picture—which is small—glitters with the bodiless mail of the dead knights, and throws into still more profound shade the darker recesses of the apartment. 252. " Grapes and Peaches," by W. Hunt.— We particularise this little fruit piece at random, not because it is the best, but because it is one of the best of the numerous productions of our facetious and industrious Hunt. Nos. 268, 245, 246, 276, 278, 285, 286, 289, 295, 296, &c. &c., no matter whether they are a bunch of primroses, a bird's nest with eggs, a stalk of roses, a boy (the boy, rather, for Hunt paints on ly one ,) blowing a soap and water bubble, or cooling his bread and milk— are all capital. W. Hunt has surpassed all competitors this year by the number and variety of his pictures, and by the real talent they evince in a particular, though of course subordinate branch of the art. Best of all, howeTer, in the whole collection were, to us, the " Storm on the Coast of Mull," by Copley Fielding, and the " Scene from the Story of Sintram," by George Catterinole, already mentioned. The room was densely crowded, and among the amateurs and patrons of the fine arts present were :—Prince de Castelcicala, Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Earl of St. Germans, Dowager. Countess of Essex, Bishops of London and Winchester, Lord Colborne, Lord and Lady Charles Townsend, General Sir Willoughby and Lady Gordon, General Sir William and Lady Hurries, Miss Burdett Coutts, Colonel Sibthorp, many members of the Royal Academy, Messrs. Rogers, Ruskin, Dickens, &c. CHESTER RACES. CHESTER, SUNDAY NIGHT. FURTHER ARRIVALS.—Pantasa, Rufus, Routh, Horn pipe, Ballinafad, Blackie, The Tartar, Jest, De Witt, Pantomime, Sylvan, The Premier, Gamester, Athelatane, Blackball, Spectator, Maid of my Soul, Pyrrhus the First, Glen Saddell, War Eagle, Abigail filly, Rattrap, Buckstone, Patriot, Conyngham, North Star, Tom Tough, Flatcher, Titbit, Whinstone, Miss Orbell, Peep °' l) aY Boy, Vice-Consul, and Connaught Ranger. The course never was in better order than at pre sent, although it was reported by several who were at Newmarket that it was in a complete swamp. No less than forty are expected to start for the Cap, Scott's, Dawson's, Mr. Drinkald's, Carr's, Wetherell's, Saunders's, Armstrong's, M. Jones's, William Jones's, Name's, and Hasseltine's lots expected to-morrow. ASCOT RAcxs.—iler Majesty having signified her intention of honouring with her presence the approach ing races at Ascot, orEers have been forwarded to Windsor for the Castle to be rendered in a fit state for the occupation of the Court by Monday, the sth of next month. EAILT CLOSINO OF BAWLING HOLYSES.—On and after this day, the Ist of May, the business at blis thehments Bank of Englund, and all other min or banking esta will terminate at four o'clock in the afternoon instead of w ill be kept as a holiday in five o'clock, as formerly . This day, being the Feast of St. Phillip and St. James. the Transfer-office of the Bank of England. . We are authoriz ed to announce that man y ladies of ra nk and fashion ha ve resolved, during the present sea son of distress, to s onfine their p urchases exclusively to art i c les of British manu facture. We have r eason to - be lieve that the determina tion has bee n made with the san ction and approval of h er Gracious ma that a formal announc ement of th e tact will shortly be ksty, and made. In the meanwhi l e , w e would stron gl y advise th e tra d es men of the metropolis and el sew h ere not to incre ase for the present their stock of foreign goo d s .— John Bull. ___. STRATHFIELDSAYE.—The Duke of Wellington left t hi s (Saturday) forenoon for Apsley House, accompanied by the liarquts of Douro and Lord and Lady Chary s Wellesley, atter entertaining the week. a distinguished circle during REPRESENTATION of the PEOPLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV. ofuer,tand that it is Mr. iiume's inten tion, after the holidays, to bring under the considera tion of the House of Commons the state of the repre ientation of the prop e. That the House of Commons does not at present represent the people in the way it ought is admitted on all hands, and as I believe that we shall never enjoy peace and prosperity until the people are fairly represented, 1 beg to offer a few ob servations, in the hope that they may be the means of directing others who possess influence to consider the most feasible mode of bringing about a change that is so ardently desired by the millions. I do not know whether Lord John Russell continues in the same mind or not as to the Reform Bill being a final mea sure ; but. I should think the thing to be impossible; at all events we shall soon have an opportunity of knowing, and if he is prepared to oppose any amend ment in the representation of the people, I predict that he will not be Alini , ,ter six months hence. It has occurred to me, in common with others, that one great effort to get the people to petition should be made, and care should be taken that the signatures be genuine. Let every man, and woman too (for I know of no reason why women should not sign a petition)), put not only their names, but their ad dress,s also, and let care be taken that our enemies have not the opportunity of again damaging our cause by writing fictitious names, and all sorts of ribaldry. It has been suggested that every constituency should send a petition as numerously signed as possible. This mode of petitioning would be more effective, it is thought, than one petition like that presented by the Chartists on the 10th instant, and I confess I think so too, for the great number of petitions that might he presented would be "sure to tell in our favour, while the number of signatures would probably be greater also. As it must be the desire of all friends of the people that their cause should triumph by peaceable means, I have thought it my duty to make the above remarks, and I am sure I need make no further apology for troubling you who have advocated the cause with so much ability. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ELECTOR of the TOWER HAMLETS. Old Artillery-ground, April 29, 1848. FORMATION OF A NATIONAL GUARD.—EDINDURGM, SATURDAY .—The streets of our city were yesterday ex tensively placarded with bills, calling a public meeting in the evening, for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a national guard fur the protection of life and property. The place of meeting was a hall in Adam square, capable of containing about 400, and, as may be supposed, it was crowded on the occasion, many being present from curiosity. It was announced that the chair would be taken precisely at half-past eight; but none of the parties connected with the arrangements made their appearance till half an hour afterwards. This delay proved toomuch for i audienceamtchl e our.Ultimately, however, assembled, occa sionedand a great young man of the name of Gray took the chair, and ex plained that the delay which tiad taken place in com mencingwwhtl so minitte wn t h da e es d p s r o h c o e u e l d d i n h g a s T ea presidedo, o r e s e s i d f r e o d m , a t n h d e person l who o s i e t expected would have been present to address n being n ll t n w a v h o i i c d h a b s ee l y m p e r ep t u o d b e d e v i e r 1. 0 7 m u a n t p te s a d t i e r s , g b - re a t n o Resolutions with respect to the object of th e nature. m alnh a ne n mo y u . , The speeches delivered were of a very viole nt quietly meetin dispersed. gweret hen put and carried, and the assemblage A GOOD BEGINNING FOR A CHURCHWARDEN.—At halt -past seven o'clock on. Satarday morning the inhabi tants of Clare -court, Blackmore-street, Drury-lane, were alarm, d by the shrieks of a female who lay writhing in aeony opposite the house of Mr. R. J. P. Jaquet, pro prietor ot the celebrated alamoue beef shop, who had been elected churchwarden the previous day for St. Clement Danes parish. Upon examination it was found aw t: id a th t .pti t ah h ee e e d ipoorn pa i nsa creature, wh. se name is Sarah Dotson. t , s h e ka ehp residenc e eeowrrf, warm frnim:rt labour.abi dt in j w ean e ci l u l s - ee s nt t , rt likee j et o , aw goodas seize d s a t rna h r e : dr Iv street a hn' . He pperaropaenrnec,loitnh intghefoarh shape of removed aLwfio nvaet comer,t surgeon, rtgoehohni,saonwurri nurse, u a s n e d , John Philli ps , doctor, nurse, a n n u d rs c e h , il o d r , wchlootahriengas cwoeullidboaYs7wfbeofomreadeeitdhheisri!ahpe prho:ubil .h tookhe place in Buckingham Palace, under the si t iperintendec of Mrs. Lilly, still remain in Mr. Jaquet'a house. The poor creature was proceeding to her daily work when the pains of labour seized her. It is needless to add that Mr. Jaqutit's humanity, which should teach a whole some lesson to parish officials, forms the theme of uni versal'praise amongst his neighbours, and has over and over again elicited from the lips of the poor woman whom he succoured in the time of her need and travail, prayers to heaven for his happiness here and hereafter. —Sunday Paper. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HoUSB, COVENT -GARDEN. —ller Majesty's box was occupied, on Saturday evening, by Lady Anne Charteris, the Hon. Mr. Charteris, Lady Louisa Tenison, and Lady Harriet Anson. Among the visitors were his Royal Highness the Prince de Join ville, his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke and Duchess of Mellon, the Mar quis of Tichfield, Lady Ernest Bruce and party, Earl Bruce, Earl of Besborough,Viscount Cantilupe, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord and Lady Combermere, Lord Harley, Lord Wood, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Elphinstone, Lord and Lady Petre, Lord and Lady Southampton, Lady Sykes, Lady Dunstanville, Lord Cecil, Lord Suffield, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester and Ladies; Somet set, Viscount Exmouth, Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, Lord and Lady Dungarvon, Hon. Major Needham, Hon,. George Mills, Hon Mrs. Leslie, &c., &c. CAUTION.—On Friday morning a gentleman called at the house of Mr. Charles Grossmith, of 12, York street, Covent-garden, under the pretence of seeing . -an apartment Mr. Grossmith had to let. Having been shown the room, he requested to be supplied with a card; he was consequently ushered into the dining-room while the card was being procured from an adjoining rooin, when, during the absence of the person in attendance, he contrived to abst rac t a va l ua bl e go l d watch from tie mantelpiece. The watch was,tunfortunately,not missed for some time after his departure. He was about five feet six inches in height, rather dark complexion, thin face, and a peculiar curve in his nose, or what is called a turn up nose. He was dressed in dark clothes, rather shabby. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARIC—On Saturday the contested election for parochial officers for this extensive parish, after tour days' incessant struggle, terminated in the return of the whole of the Liberals nominated by the Rate-payers' Association—Messrs. Adderly and Archer as churchwardens, and Arundel!, Hawgood, Francis, and Rayner, as overseers; the num ber of votes polled on their behalf being 3,099, a ma jority of 220 above the Select. The Liberals fumed a procession, which, accompanied by bands of music and tints, paraded the entire parish in token of their victory. SCENE-PAINTING : AN EXAMPLE TO ARCHITECTE,e--- The scenery which has betas painted tor Planiit.4's elegant and right witty Easter piece, at the Roy a l Lyceum Theatre—" Theseus and Arian& --,s pet. tectly beautiful, and fi lls th e m i n d o f t h e spectator with the pleasantest and most poetical notions. The execution of it proves Mr. W. Beverly to be a true artist, and places him in the front rank of his profes sion. He has caught the spirit of the able author, and developed it worthily. The opening scene of the ocean,—only the ocean, and quite calm,—has an atmosphere which gives it a great charm; but that which succeeds, as the vessel bearing the chivalrous Theseus approaches the prt and city ot Heracliurn, in the Island of Crete, is a triumph : the temples and palaces on the heights, long arcaded perspectives and magnificent columned porticoes, with the vessel and the quay, form a won derfully fine picture, and make us wish that our archi tects would take some lessons from our scene-painters, and now and then give the precedent-rein to their ima gination and see where it would lead them, and what, unshackled, it would do for them. And yet the struc tures are Italian not Grecian—still less the Grecian of the time of Theseus. This is a very common mistake, and, in the present instance, a venial one. In a bur lesque, wherein Mr. Charles Mathews, as that ancient architect Daedalus, gives reasons fur wearing, with a semi-Greek dress, a pair of white-satin bear-riches (shall we cull them, for ears polite),—to talk of an ana chronism is to talk nonsense, the artist may say; still, the arch and other marks of a different age might as well have been avoided, instead of being everywhere su perabundantlyN THE REY. E. D. Timurics D HIS L (Thursday) an accid en t o f & messing nature occurred to the Rev. E. D. A Da r . ACCIDENT used.—Builder. e_s t LADY. —Yesterday rd TO y sci, the most is mheentwlansspetacktoinrgofaSecahroroialsgefo.arirthinegWweistht p that about half-p ast five his estimable lady. n a c j r - h a e f l a a r r s:. e. T st i r u e l e in t, g, to w w it a h rd a s servant, south West ern l c i R o t, Counties, as el carriage, when t he horse became their feat t T i i rn nli ra n t g . unmanageable. The animal caused the vehicle were restive and unmanag the corner of the houses Soath-street proceedingai n f t e a rn ft o rn..wAhlcr. downl at against t d over, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Tinling and i t o u street, r the u n stehrevas but enrt voa:nittrs Tinling, who received severe injuries when it turne d and the with were t e r lm em b e l n ed do t u n s rveigoaleinncteh. ed in a state of insensibility into t h e parlour of Mr. Cuthbertaon, confectioner, where she was attended by Mr. Shaw and Mr.. Pridham, surgeons, who witnessed the accident. She was promptly removed in di a :: the Y; h e ad, on a sofa by Mr. Cuthbertson's men and others to her residence in Soutbernay, where she now lies in a pre carious state. Mr. James, the family surgeon, was also speedily in attendance. This untoward exent has excited the greatest sympathy for both Mr. and Mrs. Tinling, who are highly esteemed and beloved by a large circle of acquaintances and friends.—Plyetouth Journal. PRINTED BooKs, &c.—A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday evening contains s " Treasury Warrant," making certain alterations in the former war rant of the 7th Feb., as it regards printed books, printed magazines, printed reviews, and printed pamphlets (whether British colonial, or foreign), transmitted by post within the United Kingdom; the new regulation to commence this day, the Ist of May. THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD.—The Dean of Here ford, 1)r. Mereweather, presented a protest against the installation of Dr. Hampden as Bishop of Hereford. which, however, Canon Musgrave, who presided at the ceremonial, refused to read. THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE BISHOP Or LLANDAFF.—A ease similar to that of the Rev. Mr . Gorham and the Bishop of Exeter has just occurred in the diocese of Llandaff. The Lord Chancellor having presented a clergyman to a vacant benefice, and the Bishop of Llaudatt having posititely refused to insti tute him. l I I