The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

German vessels are at this moment being detained. A traveller who is well known to us, and returned yesterday from Copenhagen, informs us that the feeling at Denmark, although very excited, is by no means inimical to individual Germans, as is generally supposed. He therefore travelled through Zealand, and, although he always spoke German, he did not meet with the slightest insult, either in the country or in Copenhagen. On his application to the Ali nister of War for permission to go on board the Dronning Maria, his request was immediately granted in writing, and on his mentioning the names of some Hamburghers, with whom he was acquainted, he was not only allowed to speak to them, but was Permitted afterwards to send them all that they re quired, clothing, books, &c. The prisoners are kept in strict discipline, but are treated with great mild ness. The non-officers receive twelve pence a day, besides their rations. The major in command fon board is a very humane man, and is on very good te rms with the prisoners; he even permits them to e njoy themselves in playing at cards ; smoking is of course prohibited. A private letter from Flensburg Pesitirely denies the reports of the bad treatment "'high the Schleswig-Holstein troops are said to have Met with in that city. Both the German and Danish troops are equally well received by the citizens ; far less excesses were committed against the Germans on their retreat, and the report that scalding water, &c., was poured upon them was quite without foundation. AMILLER, who took some Danes under hi s p ro t ec ti on , was seized by the with all his people, hut was afterwards libe ilte d• The inhabitants of Flensburg hare main tained a d ec i dedly neutral position. The woun d e d , withbnth among the Da nes an d the Germans, are tended equal care , and honourable interment is given alike to both. It " 1 : 4 12111G, APRIL 21.—Yesterday four Dra goons, prisoners of the Danish army, were set at lib ert Y. Last night the long wished-for order for the Larch of the Prussian troops arrived here, and the ...g r ment of G uards garrisoned here will depart t0...%!°%% ...%!°%% Pri nce F REDERICK of Augustenburg has "j i r'ed the army to-day. Husune is besieged by the apes ' A division of the Dragoons, which appeared there th e day before yesterday, was yesterday fol- ar ' °Y a garris on o f 400 men , besides cavalry and tille. rg - atjacili APRIL 22.—Yesterday afternoon WRA; !C GEL, from Stettin, set out for Rends _,"o. He was accompanied by a young prince Cu n t twenty years of age (Prince FREDERICK AIL/II of Prussia), the eldest sun of Prince C4 Altees, s The G enera l i n command of Schleswig-Holstein s ouchi es has issued a notice, calling upon Germans to lend their assistance in the approaching war, as free e°rPs.--Harneurgh Borsenhalle, April 22. RUSSIA. ST. APB TERSBURGH.—The Hamburgh Correspondent of the 22d of April, says apprehensions are entertained at St. Petersburgh of a prohibition to export gold. Letters of the 15th, however, say that a notice has Just been received by the authorities of the Customs fr om the Ministry, commanding that no obstacle shall b e oPposed to the export of precious metals by sea.— Eamburgh Borsenhalle, April 22. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. The Austrian General NUGENT has crossed the Iso nzo at the head of 30,000 troops, without any attempt on the part of Zucca', the Italian General, to prevent him. It is probable, however, that Zuccui may attempt to prevent NUGENT from form ing a junction with RADKTSLY under the walls of Verona. The Provisional Government of Milan has issued an address to the bankers, merchants, and manufac turers of Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, which it styles an explanation on their mutual interests. " The people of Italy," says this circular, " desire a congress at Rome, a uniform system of commerce and coinage. No one can prevent us from doing this. Who wishes to wage war with us? The council of war of Austria? It needs money to carry it on, and where will it find any? Your credit is tottering, and you could scarcely raise a loan at fifty per cent. Your finances were in a bad state even at the time when the Lombardo- Venetian territory paid annually twenty millions of florins into your coffers. That is stopped. Hungary has no money. The Polish provinces and the moun tainous districts have none. The Italian market is shut to Austrian and Bohemian wares as soon as war com mences: Peace alone can keep it open. Happy will that nation be which will be the first to enter into a commercial treaty with fruitful Italy I If Austria does not speedily come to terms of peace, it will be the only nation which will be for ever and most justly ex cluded from all commerce with us. Woe to Bohemia and Austria if they send a single band of volunteers against us. Only toward those who are compelled to take up arms against us will we prove magnanimous. As long as the war lasts innumerable ships from every coast of Italy will blockade the Adriatic. Not a single ship will be allowed to enter Trieste or Fiume, unless bearing the olive branch. The question of the Indian mail is in our hands. Urged on by the squabbles of the Vienna Bourse, and of the Hof•harnmer, we have let the whole capital of the Lombardo-Venetian and Tuscan ifailways hang a dead weight on the neck of your com merce. This capital is now entirely in our power. We could repay ourselves with this for the ten millions our bank has been cheated out of by the Hof-Kammer. The bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and capitalists of Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, are, therefore, entirely at our mercy, by mighty interests, both present and future. If they choose to cast their capital into the chasm of war, so much the worse for them. Their capital will be lost. the war will not for this reason turn out one whit the better for Austria, and all traffic between them and us will be €roncato per sempre, cut off for evermore." - . . _ The Provisional Government has also published the following decree, altering the import duties on !ftrious articles. The decree is introduced as fol low,: 6 ` 4 reform of the Custom-house tariff now existing , r ; l ° seriously occupied the attention of the Central Pr0r,,,14°41 r,,,1 4°4 1 Government. The tariff, based on obsolete c 4l les, now rejected by all civilized people, favouring interest, to which our articles of consumption kr , - , r e, too long subject, is but little adapted to the wants cr, " intelligence of an era so gloriously commenced. As, ho in telligence a complete revision of our Custom-house cannot take place without careful revision and con li!deration, not within the attributes of a merely provi sional Power, we limit ourselves at present to partial ur gent• measures, abolishing every a b so l u t e pro hi- Zt1"011 for the introduction of m erc h an di se, mo d erat i ng, „ t _, llo same time, the pres en t d ut i es w hi c h are most te u ensome to the general interest. T o t h at extent only " I) object of the Provisional G overnment i s now directed, reserving to itself the ower of making such ulterior mo diaelitiona as experience may show is necessary. DI:CREE. " 1. Such goods as are named in the present tariff, not bein g in the regular course of commerce, shall hence forth be freely admitted . on importati on d uty only, the following articl es being excepted -prepared medicines, tobacco, salt, gunpowder, and nitre, which shall be ad mitted according to existing regulations. "2. The import duty on goods now fixed at GO per cent. is reduced to 20 per cent., without distinction, whether such goods have hitherto been importable or,not in the regular course of trade. "3. The impart duty on raw cotton is reduced from 91, 95c. to 21.-from Os. to ls. 4d.; and that of 6L 25c. (4s. 2d.) for the manufactures of cotton is reduced from 31. (25.), and on Levant and Chinese nankeensis reduced froni.3l. 57c. to 31.-from 2s. 4id. to 2s. " 4. The import duty on coloured is reduced per lb. from 11. 7c to 53c.-from 84d. to 4id. " The import duty on refined sugars is reduced per cw t. from 961. 4 3e. to 501.- f rom 4 s. 4d . to 1/ 10s.; and that on moist sugar, without distinction, and of every of sugar i n a fluid state nut comprehended materialunder th e article syrup, is reduced from 801. 35c. to 250. -from 21. 4 s. 7d. to 1/. , 6s. Bd. follows:- The import d uty on iron is reduced per cwt. as "Pig iron, from 121. 85c. to 31 . -from Si. 7d. to 2s. "Cast iron, from 381. 25c. to 161 . -from 17s. 114 d. to 10s. Bd. " -from Old 74d. to 84d. broken and old ca st i ron, from 121. 85c. to 11. 5c " Raw steel, from 221. 15c. to 125.t0 181.-from 11, Is. 3 4 d. " Steel in bars, from 381. 53c. to 13s. 4d. to 201.-f rom 11. ss. 3d. " Cast tempered steel in bars, from 181. 75c. to 121.- from 12s. 30. to Bs. 4d. "Blades, cylinders; and screws, from 511. 45c. to 151. -from 1/. 4s. 3id. to 10s. " Tin, from 831. 66e. to 151.-from 2/. 16s. 34d. to 10s " Iron bar s , h oops, na il s, and anchors remain . present import duty- name l y, 3 2 1 . 15c.-11. Is. 3i st d. the " Plate iron rails are reduced from 321. to 201.-from IL ls. 3d. to 13s. 4d. "Anchors, common snuffers, iron for rails, chains without distinction, common iron work used for carts and carriages, continue at the present import duty of 141 30e.-21. 2s. 10d. ' " Scythes, files, rasps, and ordinary straw cutters, from 641. 30e. to 151. -from 2/. 2s. 10d. to 10s. 24 1 1 8 , Tho export d u ty o f s ilk i s reduced per cwt. from . to 1001.-from 71. 7s. 4d, to 31. Os. Bd. 41 . Os. 4id. to 11. 13s. 4d. "Clean, or dyed silk, for sewing, embroidering, &c., and raw tw i sted silk, for sewing, embroidering, &c., from 421 . 36c. to 181.-from 14s. 3d. to I Is. ' "Tho du int ro d uct i on of raw silk shall be permitted, Port rt Pun ty and re-exported, f ree b oth from import and ex- " 9. The import duty on silk n:mufactured is reduced per lb from 531. 37c. to 251 —from 11. 153. B+l. to 16, 6; and that on manutactured mixed bilk from 101. 290. to 81 —from 12s 1 Id. to 53. 4d. " The import duty on common lead, and of old or broken lead, is to be reduced per cwt. from 331 75c. to 21.—from 11.25. sd. to Is. 4d. 1 1. The export duty on wines of all denominations is ab4shed. " 12. The present modified aid reduced Customhouse duties will take place on the Ist of May next, all the remaining tariff regulations now in use being retained. (Signed by all the members of the Provisional Govern ment.) " Milan, 15th April, 1848." On the 10th instant, General DURANDO issued the following address at Bologna, to the " Corps of Ope ration," spi the order of the day : " Soldiers ! " The noble land of Lombardy, formerly the glo rious theatre of a war of independence, when ALEXANDER 111. blessed the vows of PONTIDA, is now again trod by brave men, with whom we desire to divide the perils and the victory. These, like our selves, have been blessed by the hand of a great PONTIFF, as were our ancient progenitors. He, the holy, the just, and merciful, above all men, has felt that against those that trample on every right, on every law divine and human, the last argument of arms remains the only one just and possible. That heart of heavenly goodness could not be other than afflicted at thoughts of the evil brought in the train of war, and could never forget that those who de scend into the field, whatsoever their banner, are all equally his children. He desired to give time for re petvanee, and the word that was to make you the in struments of Divine vengeance remained for a tiine sus pended on his august lips. But the moment came when clemency would have been nothing less than culpable connivance with iniquity. That man of GOD who had wept over the massacres and assassinations of the 31 of January, but hoped at the time that they might have been the effect of the brutal and transitory li cense of an unbridled soldiery, is now constrained to see that Italy, unless capable of defending herself, must be abandoned to the sackage, violations, and cruelties of a savage militia—to incendiaries, massa cres, in a word, to total ruin ; he has seen RADETZLY carrying war against the cross of CHRIST, tearing down the gates of the sanctuary, spurring on the horse to profane the altar, violating the ashes of our fore fathers by the impure hords of his Croats. The holy PONTIFF has blessed your swords, which, together with those of CHARLES ALBERT, are to advance, united, for the extermination of the enemies of GOD and Italy —of those who have outraged Pius IX., have profaned the churches of Mantua, assassinated our Lombardian bri thren, and by their iniquity placed themselves beyond the limits of every law. Such a war of civilization against barbarism is therefore not only national, but actually Christian. Soldiers ! it is therefore fit, and I have so ordered, that we should all move to it adorned with the cross of CHRIST. As m any as b elong to the corps of operation will wear it on their heart, as they see on mine. With this, and in this, we be conquerors, as were our fathers. Let our war-cry be—GOD WILLETH IT." This order of th e d ay seems to have awakened much enthusiasm at Bologna. The Italian° rises into a strain remarkably indicative of the state of feeling, not only i n th e c i ty, but in Rome :—" The campaign is opened with the magnificent order of the day from our General DURAND°. With the cross of CHRIST on our hearts, we shall assail the enemy of Italy and of GOD. We shall force them to swallow the blas phemies they have imprecated against the most Holy PONTIFF. We shall purge his sacred soil, for so many years profaned by them, and now, with such atro cious cruelty, deluged by streams of innocent blood. GOD willeth it,' we shall go. GOD willeth it,' we shall combat. ' GOD willeth it,' we shall conquer. Yes, we shall make Italy ONE, as Pius wills it---as CHARLES ALBERT bills it—as Milan, Venice, Sicily and all the States of Italy will it." The Milan Gazette of the 21st instant contains the " The entire of Southern Tyrol has declared in favour of the good cause, with the exception only of the Valley of the Adige, which is kept in awe by the presence 0, the Austrian troops concentrated at Trenturn. Major Trolli, of the Piedmontese army, was taken prisoner in a sortie effected by the Austrian garrison of Peschiera. The Pieduiontese forces occupy the most advantageous positions near Verona. The heavy artillery has arrived. Two envoys from Parma came to offer King Charles Albert the co-operation of their troops, which he ac cepted. General I)urando, with the pontifical division, was to blockade the fortress of Ferrara." IMPORTANT FROM ITALY. CHANGE OF DYNASTY IN SICILY. The following official document has been published at Palermo : `• The Parliament declares-1. FERDINAND BOUR BON and his dynasty are for ever fallen from the throne of Sicily. 2. Sicily shall govern herself con stitutionally, and call to the throne an Italian Prince as soon as she shall have reformed her statuto. " Done and resolved at Palermo, on the 13th April. " The President of the Chamber of Commons, " Marquis of TORREARSA; " The President of the Chamber of Peers, " Duke of SERRADIFALCO; " The President of the Kingdom, " RUGGERO SETTIMO." The town was to be illuminated the three nights foiiowing ; on the 13th all the bronze statues of the house of Bourbon were thrown down, and they will be cast into cannon. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the sudden illness of Gardoni, Lucrezia Borgia was not performed, as announced, last night. I Due Foscari, the scene from the Segreto, sung by Lablache and his son, the divertissement of the Roszere, and the ballet of Fiorita were substituted; it is needless to add that the audience quaffed the bumper with undiminished zest—indeed, the ovations were more numerous than in general. As to the future—if such a term can be applied to what will begin at the end of this week— the most agreeable assurance was the actual presence of Mdlle. Lind last night, who was of course an object of deepest interest to the audience, whose eyes were constantly turned towards her box. She is to appear as soon as duly rested from her arduous journey. The preparations going on at the theatre, we hear, are incessant. Mdlle. Schwartz's talent is imme diately to be tried to its full extent. She is to appear as the heroine of an opera. To this must be added, that although long after the appointed moment, Cerito and St. Leon have at last arrived, and will appear on Thursday. They were long detained at Venice. For ten days that city was so completely beleaguered that they could neither convey nor re ceive news. Even from Padua, distant but an hour's journey by railroad, no intelligence could be received. They at lest managed to escape, but were once more stopped by the manoeuvres of the hostile forces in the neighbourhood of Ferrara. Il famoso ballerino Per rot, of whom no news had been received since he headed the men of prowess at Milan, is said to be arrived in Paris. Tadolini is likewise said at last to have effected her passage across the Alps on the 15th ult. All we have to add, in the shape of operatic news, is that the new tenor, M. Labocetto, will make his debut in the opera in which Mdlle. Schwartz is immediately to appear. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. La Donna del Lago was produced here, for the first time this season, last evening, and attracted, as it always inust, a crowded house. This opera can only be cast by a strong company, and when so cast its success is always immense, because every one has a good part. Grisi, who was in excellent voice, was the Elena, and Mario, who never sung better in his Fife, the James Fitzjames. His duet with Grisi in the first act was rapturously encored, and he was greatly applauded in a morfeau in the second act, an introduction borrowed from Pacini. Alboni, as Malcolm, although scarcely equal to her great pre decessor Pisaroni, was admirable. Her duet with Grisi in the second act was delicious. Tamburini, albeit not the Tainburini of former days, acted Roderick Dhu t o th e lif e, an d . M ar i n i ma d e a goo d ro ugh ,Douglas.ht The op era was a d m i ra bly put on the stage, and the cho ruses an d orchestral accompan i ments were beyond a ll praise. INDS(); TU ESDAY E VRNIN G APRIL 25.—The birthday of the Princess Alice Maud Mary was cele brated her e to -d ay by the ringing of the church and castle bells, and the firing of royal salutes from the Bel videre Battery, in the Great Park, and also by the cor poration in the Bachelor's -acre. Her Royal Highness completed her fifth year to-day. Viscount Hardinge arrived on a visit to the Duke of Wellington on Monday, at S trathfieldsaye, Hants, from South Park, near Penhurst. Her Majesty has been pleased to receive in the most gracious terms, the expressions of loyalty and affection conveyed in an address from the minister and its inhabi“ints of All Saints district, St. John's Wood. *.‘ allie it CI AL sja l W S. ClTl', ()PAR; Ell TO I - 1,•1 , -.1.. The Cotton Mat ket at Liverpool yesterday. was steady. Sales 5,000 bales. American 4fd. to 51d . per lb. Rail way Shares were dull, with but little stuck offering. In the foreign accounts (private letters), we hear that there are allusions to failures at Vienna, but the names are not freely or confidently mentioned. There is no intelligence of interest from Amsterdam. The draught of the new constitution is by some consi dered to be very imperfect. The accounts from Van Diemen's Land describe the colony as being flourishing, but in want of free labour. The Corn Market is steady to-day. In the Public Securities there has been some change. The possibility of the British Minister retiring from Madrid has induced the specu lators to sell again ; but there is more doing for money than time. Consols have been 821 to Exchequer-bills are 425. to 455. premium, and India Bonds 21s. to 225. premium. Bank Stock is 188 to 189, and India Stock is 229. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 811 to 4. In the Foreign Bonds business has been dull. Spanish Five per Cents, have been marked 11 to 11, and the Three per Cents. 21 to 21. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 15, Brasil Small Bonds are 64. Mexican keep steady at 15. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are nominally 39 to 41. Railway Snares are not quite so good as yesterday, ana the transactions have been limited. BRITISH FUNDS TB IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock lB9 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 0 1,4 % 1 4. 3 per Cont. Consols Anas 8 2 14 8130 / 4 New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Anns. i Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 BA 546 India Stock 229 Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ..xchequer Bills. 3d. I,oot. 500/ Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. l5 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. • 15 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 9O Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o 11 1 ,x% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 1 1 .4 21 21 1 ,4 Dividends on the above payable in London. BrSINES, ;,07, r, IN RAILWAY BHAICEK AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz Muss. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &e. 3 1 4 — A.yr,hire and Galloway Baast and County Down .. 13 .. .. Birmingnam & Oxford Junc... 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . Birraing., \VoI., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirs Junction.. Boston, Stunt., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire l2l. 4s. — ...... to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 6 1 4••••• ••••• _ . ..,... Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . Chester and Holyhead... 42%..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. . . 7 8 14 ..... ..., to Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - . ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aka L. & D ... 25 ...... to Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, W. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties .... llo.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 135.4 d — ...... to Do., do N 0.2,61. 135.4 d... % die... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12% — Do., New Eastern Union ........... .... .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . .... Ditto, ditto ........».•.....• 20 •••••• East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire l6 %...... Ili Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% . — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New..... .. ...... .....• 3% — to Ditto, New port Ditto, ditto, New 2 14 __ „.... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - —••—• to . Ditto, New . . Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6d.8d... .. —• to Glasgow, Kilm arnoc k, & Ay r 50 Ditto, New to Do.Prelerence Consolidated 15 ••••• ""• Great Northern.... .......... ... 13 Do. London & York Eaten. 2 1 ,4 — •..... to —_ iiratNoi\rt.hwo4toEzi.ti.c.l... ..10 5 0 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 ..... to Ditto, — ..... to to Ditto, New 30 /................ 30 .• ... --__ . Great ___— Ditto, New 151. ..... ... ...... 6 1 ,4•••••• Great Western ............... ... 90 ...... 87% ..... to Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Share d Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 26 .. ..• Di tte, Thirds. Hull and Selby Ditto. Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Climb. and Ely) 2% — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 I:At°, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 43 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 64...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s — Do. Liverpool *ad Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shell'.) 33 Do., W aketield, Pontefract. and Goole Do., West Itiding Union ...41. 2a 4% die. to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Halt Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 42% — to Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to Leeds and Thirak ....... ...... 40 Ditto, New Do., do., Preter., 6 per Cent. 3%. ... Liverpool. Crosby, and South- port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% — - to London frii Blackwell ......131. 6s. ild 4% to 5 Ditto New, No. 2 5/. 13s. 4d.... 1 1 / dis. to 2 dis. Do. Extension ........ -..... 20 Lond., Bright., &South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference .........181 1 7s 2 d... 12% — 7 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 t0 Do. New London & North Western.....loo --t0126% 310 4 ... to Do. Fifths Do. 401. Shares L. &M. 20 ..... 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Preference...100 Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 15 Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ll6 ...... to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 — - Ditto ditto 111. 33.6 d. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 40 Middlesbro' and Redc,ar. 6 per cent. guar. N N e e D w w i : I t Ditto t r Q k i ande e u t a Quarter Carlisle ter f 0 lOO 5 25 .. .. 7 .. -- - .... .. t r t o e o ---_-. NorfoNewportnlli)iiott.ttooG E uNAa x erbw t ae e nr n lttg s oey i le o .. : ::: . ii.peirce r 2 ti a /... 1 1 556 21 '2 . .. -- -.._ . .. .. ... ... to wto ____ — lk ...... ~... ....•... lOO to Ditto Extension 16 ... tO Do. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 to Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... _ Newry and Enniskillen ... 7 • i',ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. to .;orthem Counties Union ....14 .... to North British Ditto Halt Shares, ..... ...... to Do. Quarters VA to Ditto, Extension ...... bpi ....~ Ditto Thirds ... ......... ....... 3 ..... North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 North Wales 3% ..... 0..... to North Western 6 - .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% — to Royston and Hitchin ...... ... 1.N...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% . —•••-• to Ditto, New lO ihetheld, Rotherham, and Goole i ...... ....., to . . Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 ..... ...—... ... e .. to Ditto, ditto, Classl B. 4 Shrewsbury an d Chester (Nor. N‘ . ilin.) Ditto Halves. • Ditto... 8 ... .. --. I Ditto, Uswestry l6 - . ..... to - Ditto (New) 1 - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret . 8 - Shropshire Union - South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 - to - Ditto, Preference 224...... - . to - South Eitatlordshire 4 ...... - .- ~ to - South Eastern ...... .. .., 3,3 - Ditto, New, No. 1 ........ 24 % - - ...... Ditto, New, N 0.2........ ..... 17 - to - Ditto, New, No. 3 ......... ... 20 - •• ... to - Ditto New, No. 4. „ „ ga - - South Wales - ..... South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole - ...... to - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Son. C0a1...... ... 4 -...... to - rhames Haven Dock an d Railway 17% -.• ...... to - raw Vale Extension ........ 4 Vale of Neath - - • t° - Waterford and Kilkenny,.,,,, 13 1 ,( 1 ...... : .. .. .... .... to 0 - .. - Waterford and Limerick... - Waterford, W exford,Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Ce n t. Guaranteed .., .. - ...... ..... to e --- Do. do. do. - . West Cornwall 4 - .... to - - .... .. Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... - ....• to - Windsor, Staines, and South Western 7 - to - Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... - ... „ to - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. Original New & Beeck 25 - Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New &I.V. 10 ... - ........... t . t: - - Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. 3 ... •• 7 . iA ••• to 8 York and North Midland .. 50 - Ditto, Preference ............ 10 - Ditto East and West Riding Extension .... .. ...... FOREIGN Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... __.............. t o - to o - - Central of Spain - ... t Ceylon Demerara. ..... .. ...... ..... 5 . ,„, - ..... to - Dendre Valley 4 -...- ...... to - Direct Bombay and Madras s s . to - .... - ...... Dutch Rhenish .. 7 ..... ...... to - East Indian - ...... to - Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... __ ...... to - Italian and Aastriau - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - _ Louvain ala Sambre ..... .... 6 to -to - Luxembourg . 25 RAILWAIS. 20 Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia - Natnur and Liege Northern of France. lO Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Tssel 4l3s 4d —..... to . Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ........ ....... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale Tours & Nantes ... ... .. 8 ...... .. ...... to Tournay, Jurbise, Landau, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK JANIS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London Landon Joint Stock , London and Westminster National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland ..... 22% — t o Provincial of Ireland ...... 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 ..... to Ditto, New.. Union of London lO ...... Union of Madrid . 4O ....•• MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 12 ••••• A ustra li an 2 1,4 — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron aid Coal ... SO Bolimos Scrip 13ritish Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 ...... ...... to Galvanized Iron - Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1t ,4•...• to Do. Blaek Debentures COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Annstantam .......• •• 12 4 Ditto, at sight • • .... 11 19 itattkrdatn .......... Lntwerp• • .......... EL=burgh .• .. • •Al.B. 14 libraltar. ..... ........ Leghorn •• •......... - Genoa... • ..... ••..• • .. ••••• Milan .. •• .• ........ • Venice Naples •••••••• Paris, 3 days' sight 23, 70 Ditto, • • • • .. • • — slarseilles • • •• • • • 6ourdeaux.... .• • • • Frankfort on Maine Petersburgh, Sil.ltbie.• Iter • • effee. flo .. Trieste, ditto.... • • Madrid ••.. • • 12 Cadiz .. atibao • . • ... • Palermo, , Lisbon.... • ........... 51% Rio Janeiro • ...... .• . Bahia . Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 elays'eght Philadelphia ... ramie or BULLION, r 2.11, Foreign Gold is ban.. X 3 17 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Barcelona .. iavllle• •.... •• •11 . • 'apantik Doubloon .. 2 14 ever 1n bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHLPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 26.—Wind N.N.W.,llight breeze, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, APRIL 25.—The Apolline, Deane, from Ja- maica to London, put back last night, reports having been in contact 23d inst., three leagues E. by S. of Beachy Head, with a loaded collier, but apparently re ceived only trifling damage. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25.—Acrd. Alice Wilson, M'Bean, New Orleans; Black Prince, Welch, S avan nah; Scotia, Mirkelly, Baltimore; Ashbu r t on, Howland, N ew Y or k ; Hottinger, Bursley, ditto. Sld . 24th, Orion, Bombay; 25th, Bella Marina, Bo m b ay; Lancaster, Demerara; Jaemel packet, Aux Cay es; R unser, Jamaica; Courier, ntl Staten Island ; Sister s , s%ubec ; Beacon, Smyrna; Bridget, Lisbon. MARGATE, APRIL 25. S ome of the stores, forty empty porter casks, and thirty-one casks of China clay in a very damaged state, have been landed here from the London, Cornish, ashore off the Reculvers. LLANMADOCK, APRIL 24.—A boat marked "Medium" on the larboard-side, and " Nehemiah Crosby" inside, has been washed ashore in Brafton Say, Barry River. GRIMSBY, APRIL 25. —The Jupiter, Kenow, from Stettin to Chester, put into this port to-day wit h car g o (linseed cakes) heated, and must discharge. CROMER, APRIL 25.—A part ,of a box or desk painted green, containing letters and papers, one of the former addressed to C apta i n George Edington, ship Spring, of New cas tl e , at H artlepool, on the beach n ear thi s p l ace. h as been picked up MARKET NEWS ._(THis DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY This week's arri va l o f W heat of home produce, coast. wise and by l an d carr i age, has been but moderate, via., 2,190 quart ers , T o -d ay the show of samples was small, the demand for mo s t d escr i ptions was s t ea dy, and Mon day's quotation s were f a i r l y supported. The best parcels of Foreign Wheat move d off steadily, at full prices; but the middling and i n f er i or kinds wero a slow inquiry. The imports since S a t ur d ay evening have been 11,370 quarters. Very littl e E nglish Barley was on offer, but the show of for e i gn qualities was on the increase. The trade was steady, at full prices. The show of Wheat was small, and most kinds were in fair request at previous quotations. The Oat trade was firm; but we have no improvement to notice in value. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour as last advised. Wheat. English ••.• .. 2,100 qrs. Foreign •• .• .. 11,370 Dec Flour 3se 4n. I 1,980 sks. 3,490 -- 12,690 I -- The Vicc-Chancellor was of opinion, o❑ the admissions made by Taylor in his answer, that there must be a❑ account of the sums received for freight. Those ac counts were taken, and three decrees were subsequently made, with which both parties were dissatisfied, and against which both appealed. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethell, and Mr. Follett are counsel for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Wood and Mr. Hislop Clark e for the defendants. The arguments of Mr. Wood occupied the Court the whole morning. VICE, - DAY - - CHANCERY.—(THIS (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) CHAMBRE V. BIGGERS. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) THE :MAYOR OF ROCHESTER V. LEE. The furth er arguments in this part-hear d motion were resumed thi s morning, and had not conc l u d e d w hen our afternoon edition went to press. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRA)L) SALOBIONS V. If ASENCLEVER. llis IioNOUR gave judgment to-day in this case, the question in which arose out of a settlement made at Dusseldorf, on the marriage of the daughter of Peter Salomona with th• defendant, Hasenclever, whereby the father contracted to settle the third part of his estate, according to the provisions of the Code Napoleon, for the benefit of the husband and wife, and children of the marriage. Mr. Salomons arterwards became domiciled iu England, where he died in 1843. The remainder of his estate came to be distributed according to the pro visions of a settlement made on the marriage of another daughter, and under several voluntary deeds subsequently made for the benefit of his family. On the case ceiming on for argument, various accounts of the estate of Mr. Salomons at the tirne of the Dusseldorf settlement, and acquired subsequently, and the moneys paid to Mr. Hasenclever, in satisfaction of the contract, were directed, but the Court reserved its judgment on the point of out of what fund the Dusseldorf contract should be satisfied. His Honour this morning stated his opinion to be that it should be made good out of the general estate of the testator; and directed the minutes to be drawn up accordingly, at the same time ordering the case to be spoke to when the minutes were prepared. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) TURNER V. BIEREWETHER. This was an action for the publication of a libel, charging the plaintiff with forgery and perjury. The action was tried before Lord Denman. in Surrey, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 1,000/. Application was made tor a new trial, on the ground of the absence of a material witness, named Harrison, a surgeon, residing at Reading, in consequence of ill health. Application was made to his Lordship to post pone the trial, but a commission had been issued two days previously to take the evidence of that witness. He refused to do so. Secondly, on the ground that the damages were excessive. And, thirdly, on the ground that the inuendos in the declaration were not supported by the words of the libel. The Court granted a rule on the first point but refused to do so on the second, considering that damagesth th e eseu m forgery were not excessive, taking into account nature of the charges of a the third point they deferred their acrd decision perjur untilperjury a n d they on had looked into the affidavits.—Rule granted upon two points. SECONDARIES (THIS DAY.) There was only for hearing this day. The jury weroenedectaasienesdelfodrowsonme time, length the attorney the parties being in attendance — at none of sent word that the case was settled. The jury com plained of this. as forty-eght are summoned, and any absentee is liable, not only to be fined, but to be called upon to serve at the Central Criminal Gain. The attorney gets his coats, but the jury and officers of the Court are put to inconvenience without any remunera tion. The complaint has frequently been madeby tf t m h e e jury, who are all tradesmen in the city, to whom is particularly valuable, but hitherto no remedy has been found. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE arid several county Magistrates.) The Court was detained a considerable time, after its sitting. in consequence of prosecutors and witnesses not being in attendance. In all cases that were not ready .at ten o'clock, the Court ordered the expenses to be re fused. Several policemen, however, applied in the course of the morning to have their particular cases ex cepted from that order, on the ground that the prisoners in their charge had only been committed yesterday. The Court allowed these officers their expenses. The remainder of the calendar was gone through, but it contained only charges of petty larceny, which pre sented no feature of the slightest public interest. ARRIVALS. Barley. 1.530 qrs. 2,410 Malt, 4,120 vs. VIIIXTECUApzu Our market was tolerably steady to day, and prices were well supported. The supplies on offer were by n o mean , h ea vy Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; MuttOL, 32 6d to 42 Ed; Lamb, 55 8d to 65 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4. 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 811 as. by the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS 'DAY.)The Lord Chancellor resumed his sittings to-day, after the short interval of the Easter recess. FORD el. 'WASTELL. This case stood in his Lordship's pap er fo r judgment but was adjourned till this day week , i n ord er to aff or d time for further consideration of the a u tho rities. The m q u e e n s t t i o o f n in a d t e h e e r e e, case andthe giving n t g li t o ‘ fopening of an enrol t. m e for the payment off of a mortgage. SHARPE ti. TAYLOR. The Court proceeded to hear the further arg uments in this part-heard case, which came be fore his Lordship be fore the Easter recess, upon appe al from th e decisio n o f the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. The plaintiff an d de fendant are merchants of Liverpool. In 1839 an Ame rican built ship was stranded at the mouth of the Mersey and Taylor, in conjunction with Sharpe, purchased and her on a joint speculation, with a view of send. ing her back to America to be . sold. The ship __ e( entitled to e: accordingly sent to Charleston , with a cargo, and w. on the t h e parties that Taylor was to advice and recommendation of Mr. Robertson, the of the vessel agent in that city, she was registered as his . sole property i n order to make a sale more practicable. Robertsion was, however, unable to e ff ect a sale, and the ship made understanding o voyageson th bt.btelaee,esenCharleston. and Liverpool.- . money mad© rbeyeefirveeigthrto,mantdhealiceaontdinst o t f o ß s o h lw a r r t p s e e . n the su ms paid, nor account rendered, and in May, 1840, Sharpe filed his bill against Taylor and .Robertson, alleging— that they had conspired to defraud him of hi s share by a i lowing n prayi ng at , moiety of the value of t he . ship and the pro fi ts made ibnegrtsthonattob he assume might t h b e . e ownersh i p declar from freight, but that if it turned out on in qu i ry _ that. Robertson w a s the real owner, then that Taylor might. lee ordered t o acc ount for all monies he . h ad recei ve d from Robertson to the credit of the plaintiff; In his answer Taylor denied that the plaintiff had & title to the moiety of the . profits, as he had a d vanced but a very small porno' of the purch ase -money, and ho a ll e g e d that they had no claim aga i nst Robertson which could be enforced at law, a , they had allo we d hi m to become the registered owne r of thYe ship, and were at his mercy for such sums as his sense of honour and justice might induce him to co ncede. I lie al so state d, t h a t in point of fact no claim could be .enforced by any party, in consequence of th e freight being earned in violation of the English na v igation laws. 1 rtirb lattion NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 501.; for four yrs old and upwards. B.C. Tuithunter . . ... walked over Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sot's. each. A.F. Walrogate• bar-without Clarendon Wilmot ... 3 Match, 100. D.M.—Admiral beat Queen Mary. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. A.F. lodine Comet THE CHARTIST MEETING IN EDINBURGH. The Chartist demonstration, held on the Calton Hill, on Monday evening, proved a total failure. There might have been 600 or 700 persona on the hill ; but, owing to the unfavourable weather, the meeting adjourned to the hall in Adam square, where, after the assembly had been kept waiting a consider able time for the committee, a memorial to the Queen, praying her Majesty to dissolve the present Par liament, was ultimately adopted. Delegates were then appointed to represent the Scotch Chartists in the great " National Assembly," to be held in this metropolis on the Ist of May. CHARTIST CONVENTION. The delegates composing this convention appear to be, like the public, completely weary of their old routine of rapid and monotonous speech-making. Upon the occasion of their last assembling the sitting were adjourned till Tuesday (yesterday.) Upon our arrival at the usual place of meeting we found however a notice upon the door, informing the few disappointed idlers standing near the spot, that the Convention would not sit there that day. We find that a similar notice is again posted to-day. What may be the reason of this breach of faith with the public, and neglect of duty to the eonstituents who sent the various delegates up to London, of course we are not aware of—probably either the Easter festivities and free exhibition of the metro polis have too many charms, or the measure which has recently received the sanction of the Crown too many terrors to allow of their assembling in the usual m anner. t There i s a l so another circumstance which has no dou bt had considerable weight in influencing the proceedings tr Star we th e d e l egates. Upon looking over the Northern we find a l etter headed " The People's Charter and no Surrender," which proceeded to state that " Noto only from all parts of the kingdom, but in the Clousef Commons, I have received assurance that the people's ltion . charter will be the adopted principle of the h opposition; and the landed aristocracy of this country avin a g prompt p themselves the greatest enemies of liberty, assault will be made upon their unconstitutional aril! • • worn-out privileges. " The middle classes, the shopkeepers, and Irish r o e t i is u pealers, are but recent convertstoooruri:omiden duty to principles, and that, thus augmented in force, it try its pressure upon the House. If you doubt the pre sent temper o f th e f orme r supporters of Whiggery, you should have been in the House on Friday when every member of the Government, 2 A ttorney-General, was received as w n e ig ll h a t s la t s h t ; yellss he of ro t s h e e , ir wi f t o h rm th e e r hootin gs , t h e h ow li ngs , an d the supporters, though not one wordof it isrepodrotwedn eery by the press, although they were actually hooted time they rose. • • • • • • • • " In conclusion, then, what I have to implore of you is, to postpone your National Assembly, whose enthu siasm may be operated upon by spies, until you see the effect of this new combination 'of disappointed hope, when arrayed against an intolerant liberty - slaying Go vernment." Died at Turin, on the 10th of April, 1848, the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Cholmley, widow of Lieutenant- General Sir John Murray, Bart., and only daughter of Constantine John, second Baron Mulgrave, by his wife Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Cholmley, of itowshatn, county of York, Esq. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Maje,t)'s box was occupied last evening by Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, and the Misses Wheatley. Among the visitors were her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Baden and the Marquis of Douglas, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Blanche Somerset, Lady Henrietta Somerset, and Lady Geraldine Somerset, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, Lady Rachel Russell, Lord and Lady Alexander Russell, and Lord Dungarvon, the Duke and Duchess de Melfort, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Neville, Lady Charlotte Denison, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord and Lady Tern plemore, Lady Webster, Lady Quinten, Lady Tyrwhitt, Lady Rolfe, Lady Stanley, Lady Holland, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, Hon. F. Chichester, Hon. Mr. Leslie, Hon. George Milles, Hon. 11. Coke, Hon. F. Scarlet, Mon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashburnham, Hon. A. Willoughby , Miss Mitchell and the Miss Copleys, Miss Burdett Coutts and p ar ty, B aron d e Sternberg, Sir John 1Io_I? house, B ar t., M.P., Si r J a sper and Lady Atkinson, t Si r Charles M ars h a ll, t h e Miss Howards, the Miss Richards, Celonel Celonel .Blanc Captain Meynell , Captain:de Ba t he, Cap tain Tyr w hit t , Captain Juddy , Col onel 8r0w...1112_w IL M.P., Baring, Esq., Mr. rattillol3, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. When we dispatched our report of Monday's racing, it was the prevailing impression that neither Glendower nor Loadstone would run for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and it received apparent confirmation from the large sums laid out the previous night at evens on Blaze, coupled with the fact that none but him, Fern, and Flat catcher, were in the betting. In tact, it appeared to be a settled thing that there would be only four runners, viz.:—the three named and Sunnyside, nor did anything occur to shake the general opinion until between nine and ten o'cloek at night,-100 to 70 was then laid several times on two agst the field, that is, Blase with Fern or Flatcatcher, according to the fancy of the layers; the quarters in which the odds were taken led to a suspicion that there must still he something formidable in the field, and a few minutes removed all doubt on the sub ject. Glendowet's name was all at once mentioned, and without much haggling, in the face, too, of the owner's declaration, that he had not quite made up his mind whether he should run or not, 4 to 1 was taken about him. Before the room closed he was firmly established at 3 to 1, and his starting was a certainty. This un looked-for movement, of course, affected Blaze; from evens he receded to 6 and 7 to 4, closing at 5 to 4, layers. 4 to 1 each was offered agst Fern and Flateateher, and 10 to 1 agst Sunnyside. Nothing was done to lead to a belief that Loadstone would put in an appearance. The Derby bets were 10 to 1 each agst Glendower and Springy Jack, 15 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume, 17 to 1 agst Loadstone, and 28 to 1 agst Fern. We should add, with reference to the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, that in consequence of some insinua tions with regard to Blaze's age, a veterinary examina tion was ordered by the stewards, at the request, we believe, of Colonel Anton. It was quite satisfactory, his age being unhesitatingly pronounced to be only three years. We believe that Sunnyside passed through a similar ordeal with the like result. The arrivals this morning by the early and special trains were numerous ; but owing, no doubt, to the wretched state of the weather, they fell considerably short of our expectations. Fortunately for those who were present, the showers during the race time were few and light, albeit the coldness of the wind made extra coats very acceptable. The card contained five races, its interest, however, centreing in the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, for which five came to the post, including Glendower, but not Loadstone, who was scratched about half-past twelve o'clock. The betting in the town, and on the course, was not by any means heavy, but: it improved. Glendower and Flatcatcher', position had the natural effect of driving Blaze back a trifle, Fern declined, and Sunnyside was priceless. ay Vy s e sp iri o a r y t. now proceed with the usual return yrrnos old.fthe Sweepst a k es o f 300 sous. each, 100 ft.; for four B. C. (4 Subs.) walked over Mr. Comb o ' s Trouncer Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. D.M. Mr. Payne's Dromedary, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ••• (Na t ) , 1 Lord (31asgow's Discontent, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ••• ;- Lord Eseter's Silistria filly, 3 yrs, sst 9lb ..• ••• Lord Clifden's Mr. Rolt's Fisticuff Prussic A c id , 5 yrs, Bst 121 b. . ••• , aged, Bst 21b Mr. W. R. H. Nevill's Duc-an-Dnrra.s.. , 5 yrs, Bst 21b 0 Mr. Sandford's Rimblesworth, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ••• Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 3 yrs, 6st 91b... 3 to 1 agat Dromedary, 3 to 1 0 agat Sottorley 4 to 1 agst Prussic Acid, 4 to 1 agst Silistria, and 5 to 1 agst Discontent. Won by a length, Discontent beating the Siliatria filly by a neck, Sotterley well up. Run in 1 min. 50 secs. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. The winner to be sold for 50, &c. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's f by Cardinal Puff—Croton Oil's d Sir J. Hawley's Miss Hargrave ••• 2 Duke of Bedford's Sable ••• ••• 5 to 4 on Sable and 6 to 4 agst the Cardinal Puff filly. Won by half a length. Run in 1 min. 18 sec. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a Subscription of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. (31 Subs.) Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher ••• Mr. Payne's Glendower Colonel Anson's Blaze ... (Robinson) 1 ••• ... Major Pitt's Fern 4 Mr. Hargrave's Sunnysida ••• ••• ••• 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Blaze, 7to 4 agst Glendower, 4 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, and 6 to 1 agst Fern. Fern took the lead, which, with Blaze and Sunnyside in waiting, he held for about a quarter of a mile; Sunnyside then made his essay, was in the van for a few strides, and then tell into the rear, Blaze going on with the running, attended by Fern and Glendower, Flatcatcher waiting on them. They came thus to the Ab.M. bottom, where Fern declined, and Glendower challenging Blaze, de feated him. Flatcatcher came immediately after, was alongside on entering the cords, and after a remarkably severe race, won by a neck; Blaze was third, beaten a length from the second, and beating Fern by nearly a length and a half. Run in 1 min. 52 sec. The Coffee-Room Stakes of 50 sovs. each. A.F. (3 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Sesostris, Bst 71b ... (Nat) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst 71b ... 2 5 to 2 on Sesostris, who won easily by a length. Time 1 min. 18. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas„R.C. Lord Glasgow's fby The Provost-IMiss Whip, 4 yrs 1 Duke of Bedford's Fibtiana, 4 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Shelley's Tamils, 4 yrs ... 8 5 to 4 on Tarella, and 5 to 2 agst each of the others, Won by a length. Run in 7 min 37 secs. LATEST DERBY BET PING. 6to 1 agst Mr. Green's lot 17 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 8 to 1 agst Surplice—t 20 to 1 agst Swiss Boy 10 to 1 agst Glendower—t 33 to 1 agst Sponge 10 to 1 agst Springy Jack 1000 to 10 agst Fern Mr. Sandford's horses, The Sherif f Harlestoce, and the filly by llarkaway, out of Agnes, have left Boyce's stablas for John Day's. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. 50/, Plate, B.C.—Tufthunter walks over. 501. Plate (optional selling). D.M. Lady Cecilia (to be sold for 401), 5 yrs—Black Doe (40/0, 3 (40/.), 3 yrs—Cari-sima (1001.), 6 yrs—Julia (3001.), 5 yrs—Mantilla ( 401 .), 4 yrs. Handicap. A.F. Armin, 3 yrs—Liston, 3 yrs—Clarendon, 4 yrs— Walmgate-bar-without, 4 yrs—Wilmot, 3 yrs. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst War Eagle—t. 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 18 to 1 agst Magnet 33 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day 25 to 1 agst Enchanter—t. Boy. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Green's lot I 10 to 1 agst Loadstone 8 to 1 ags t S ur pli c e I 10 to 1 agst Swiss Boy 10 to 1 agst Glendower Il7to 1 agst Flatcatcher 10 to 1 ags t Sp r i ng y J ac k 133 to 1 apt Sponge Large sums laid even on Swiss Boy agst Surplice and Glendower. Weights for the Handicap on Wednesday. Clarendon, 4 yrs, Bbt 71b—Walinate-bar-without, 4 yrs, Bat 71b---Wilmot, 3 yrs, Est 121 b. Two scratched. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. --'TUESDAY . DERBY.---8 to 1 agst Surplice-1 0 to 1 agst Glen dower (t)-11 to 1 agst Springy Jack-1 3 to 1 agst Loadstone-30 to 1 agst Great Western (t)-33 to I agst Sponge. CHESTER CUP.-13 to 1 agst War Eagle (t)-14 to 1 agst Glen Saddel (t)-30 to 1 agst Giselle (0-40 to 1 agst Stultz.(t)-50 to 1 agst Sheraton (t)-50 to 1 agst Whitstone (t). TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts, —Yesterday's races came off much in the order I expected they would, to-day it is far otherwise; the most unexpected and extraordinary withdrawal of Loadstone from the 2,000 Guineas has caused a considerable sen sation in all quarters, save and except the aristocratic clique who figure as the proprietors of Blaze and Load stone, and who at the last moment withdrew their best unbeeked horse, and by starting Blaze as the representa tive of this particular clique have dug a hole to bury their own interests in, which in my opinion they deserve, for not paying due consideration for the interests of the public. Fletcatcher's victory was not achieved without a con siderable taste of the spur, his performance though good tneck; thh the e latter u tmos l t difficulty consider was not good enough to warrant his present position i n b t heeodd cou l d s best t the l e D n e d r o b a y e ; r it a was the best horse for the Derby, and at 20 backed. For the 1,000 Guineas a field of seven or eight are expected to gu to the post, to be selected from the following:—Prairie Bird, Miss Orbell, Galata filly, Tippet, Vexation, Jest, Lola Montee, Attraction, Helter Skelter, Canezon, and Alpheia. The race will not be for a moment in doubt, Lola Montea with Nat up, Prairie Bird with Frank Butler or Marson, and the Galata filly will ru❑ in first, second, and third; further comment is not required. The Newmarket Stakes on Friday will most probably fall to the lot of Messrs. Payne or Watson. I am, Sir, yours, &c., SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Newmarket, Tuesday. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. The auspicious event was cele brated at Osborne. The band of the 9th Regiment arrived in the morning, and performed a number of favourite pieces. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the fore noon in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne; and her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, together with the Prince ut \Vales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, took airings in the walks and rides. The Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting to her Majesty, took her departure from Osborne yesterday morning. The Royal dinner party at Osborne last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency Baron de Beust, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper. The Marchioness of Douro was also expected to arrive at Osborne pester day evening. The Baron tie B e u st, Saxon Minister, arrived at Osborne on Monday on a visi t t o her Majesty and Prince Sir Albert. James Clark left Osbor ne on Monday for town. The Provisional Government has decreed that the import duties on sago, when b roug h t in French vesse l s , shall be 101. the 100 kilogrammes from India, 201. from other places out of Europe, and 301: from the entrepotit if by foreigu vessels, 401. --- EASTER WRESTLING. CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE. Considering the unsettled rawness of the present Eastertide, the spurts at this suburban ground were well attended. The play was confined to men under 12 stone, and the arrangement was proved judicious by the (polity of the struggles, and the science evinced by the ell-matched antagonists. A spacious marquee, erected by the landlord of the Brecknock Arms, proved a great accommodation. The sports began by Verron, of Bir mingham, who threw C. Retford, of Devon, twice, in a style that elicited general admiration. Jeffrey, a new arrival from Cornwall, then downed D. Radford (D.) in superior style. Trimblett (D.) and Paul (Somerset) played two spirited bouts, gaining one fall each, Trim blett finally hipping Paul in consummate style. Boy laud (I).) and Higgins (I.) tried a long and scientific struggle, which ended in the Emeralder twice saluting the sod. Trimblett, sen. (D.) then disposed of C. Bray (C.) after a most exciting display of skill and activity. Kemp (D.) and W. Thomas, another Birmingham player, contes:ed for one hour and ten minutes, when Kemp gave his determined opponent a clei.n back fall. A pause was allowed this couple, and other players inter vened, night putting an end to the recreations. TUESDAY.—The second day began by J. Thomas (C.), and C. Eason (S.), when the latter was thrown cleverly by the back heave, after forty minutes' severe struggle. Ayres (D.) soon downed Flanagan (I.) tvith the inner lock, which he repeated by the back heel, in a couple of minutes. Bartlett (C.) and Gifford (I) ), two fine players, consumed forty-five minutes in exhausting maneeuvres, H hich closed by Bartlett flooring Gifford by a splendid heave. In the second bout, the youth of the Cornishman again told, arid he sent his more aged opponent to mother earth by the inner lock. The prizes will be fully played out to•day. Vernon, Thomas Eyres, Kemp, Trimblett, sen. and jun., and other &nit rate players, will be matched. A foot race of 440 yards was contested in the after noon, which was won by Jonathan Wild, Robinson, of Newton Moor, second; Jessop, third; Prince, fourth. NEWCASTLE. This sport, which is amongst the first—if not the first, of the kingdom—commenced on Monday. The place of meeting was a large green, at the Forth Banks, below the Infirmary. It was spacious, and competent to accommodate the immense crowd that had assembled to witness the amusement. There could be no fewer than a thousand people present, a goodly proportion of whom had come by rail from Carlisle, Penrith, and other places in the west. The sporting world was there in full force, and seemed to back their respective favourites with much spirit. Halliwell, the winner of the 11 stone weights, is a thickset hearty looking Englishman. Messrs. J. Thompson, of Allonby, and J. Jameson, of Newcastle, were the umpires, and Mr. J. Walker, of Keswick, referee, who conducted the proceedings with the utmost fairness and impartiality ; their conduct givinc , the fullest satisfaction. The first prize of 251., for men of llst., produced 2 competitors, for whose names we have not space; suffice it to say, the 46 who stood were reduced in the second round to 23; the third round exhibited the following names : I bird Round—C. Harrington and J. Nelson, T. Roper and J. Palmer, J. Iverstone and E. Little, A. Nicholson and T. Bones, J. Whitehead and H. Bragg, J. James and I. Gibson, J. Bvers and W. Bramwell, J. Halliwell and J. Elliott, W. Tyson and J. Renwick, W. Park and G. thorough, J. Langhorn, odd man. Fourth Round—A. Nicholson and J. Langhorn, J. Halliwell and W. Tyson, T. Roper and C. Harrington, J. James and A. Park, J. Whitehead, and J. Iverstone, W. Palmer and J. Byers. Fifth round—T. Roper and A. Nicholson, W. Palmer and J. Whitehead, J. Halliwell and J. James. Sixth Round—J. Halliwell threw Roper, Palmer odd man. Seventh Round—The final struggle lay between Hal liwell and Palmer, the odd man. llalliwell threw hie mantw o ie f e th w e m ultitud e . ittl Second P r i ze —A Standing Leap—The competitors were William B urnett, Alnwick; Robert Angus Mauls, greatea se, and won the prize, amid the cheers ditto; Thomas Roper, Lammerby; William Smith, Swindle; Alexander Jemison, soldier in the Dragoon Guards; William Stanley, Keswick; A. Macdonald, Keswick; and Tindle, Penrith. The prize was well contested, Roper beating the field, and jumping four feet eight inches. Burnett was second. The first round of the light-weights finished the sports of the day. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—As the subject of the adjustment of taxation is exciting attention here as well as at the gates of Paris, it is right to be making progress in the exami nation of the practical measures within reach, with an understanding that advantage shall be taken of such discoveries as in those other schools of learning may at any time arise. The objection made to taxing articles of consump tion by value and not by quantity, is that it is impos sible to distinguish the different qualities, or to make the owners declare them. All excuses are good to the lazy, and still more to the unwilling. The temp tation to raise a revenue by the summary method of extorting from the numerous and the weak, is too great to allow of the representations on this head being received without sifting. There is no doubt of its being vastly easier for a Govern inent to raise a given sum by such an organi zation. But inasmuch as the many have az interest in the other direction, and are moreover in a better way of having their interest at tended to than they were three months ago, it is a season for asking whether all has been done that might be. For example, is there not a principle ap plied in other branches f the Customs, which might be usefully tried here ;—the giving a power to take the goods for the Government at the valuation set on thstn ? I remember this being applied to me, in the case of curiosities brought from Egypt; and why should it not be applied to tea ? It would imply inspection of the cargo by an officer; for it clearly could not be done by sample. A lesson or two on this head would effectually teach the dealers to divide their teas into, at all events, three unmistakeable classes,—the ordinary, middling, and superior, on which duties of one, two, and three shillings might be laid, or otherwise as determined. There is no man who could not go into a tea-shop, and in a quarter of an hour make himself master of the mys tery. What is wanted is a will, and the want will continue till the people's will is taken into council. The difficulties in the way of allowing every man to deduct a given sum from his chargeable income, would be found of the same kind. Prodigious will be the outcries of impossibility, till the greater im possibility of leaving things as they are, acts as a stimulus behind. At the same time the matter is not so easy as may look on paper; and cannot finally be effected without some trouble to all parties. In the case of incomes under 1501 a year at present, there is necessity for a cumbrous process of declaration, which though it might perhaps be arranged so as to be more convenient than it is, must evidently be made at some time, and can be made at no time without trouble. If the Government finds a man in posses sion of 1401. a year from a particular source, as for instance the funds, it has no means of knowing ex cept by some subsequent process, that this is all he leas; for a man may have income from a dozen diffe rent sources. The Government therefore would have to extend to all cases, something like the pre sent practice in these. It must in the first instance claim its three per cent. er as the case may be, from all incomes that come under its cognizance ; stopping it, as is at present done, in the cases of incomes from the funds and rents. And then it must leave the payer to make out his demand for the return of 4/. 10s. from some or other of the offi ces that have received it, in a form akin to what is now used in the case of declarants to less than 150/. a year in all ; accompanied with a statement of his various sources of income, for the purpose of facili tating discovery in the event of his claiming in more places than one, and a fine of 50/. in case of attempted fraud. The business is simpler than might be thought. For it has nothing to do with the absolute amount of the income; it is a mere demand for the recovery of 41. 10s. Some complications might be necessary where the income was made up from a number of sources, no one of them producing 150/. ; but these are nothing but what must have been provided for already, in the case of income from various sources not amounting to 150/. in the whole. An theexpense tthis a processconsiderableof recovery.one, mo virtually u n s r One way t a be madefor way to meet it would be by ma kingcharge of the recovering part ie s; bu t a s this a would a yon wouldthe s p u r b o m p o i r t ti t o o n i t t o his as a p d o e v d e u r c t t y i 3 O a s proceeds of the tax , or else meet it by an fbafraieuegrmaemrtteahfe.tation of the rate. With this allowance, and perhaps a further one for the degree in which an in crease the t r e at e rate m i a g n h d t t h e sharpen l alterat ionsen' s wits or cou rage were eompa to attempt evasions, it would app ear as if, so long as small, the proceed s o f an i ncome-tax oug h t of both h r to b ativ e nearly ely in proporti on t o t h e rate. In another letter I will endeavour to enter on the much contested question of the effect of an income tax on temporary incomes. I am, sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOAIPSON. Blackheath, London, April 26, 1848. MEXICAN PRIVATEERS.—A letter from St. Do rcingo, March 19th, says:—" The brig Harp, loading here for Liverpool, was chased off Mona Island, by two suspicious vessels, one a herm, and the other a fall rigged brig. On the announcement of the fact to the Dominican Government, they fitted out two armed schooners, of 6 guns each, to go in quest of the two above-named vessels, and after having titted them out, declined sending them, affirming as an excuse, that they had received information that the two vessels were Mexican privateers." HOY INTELLIGENCE.—MAIDSTON➢. -- Tbe last week of cold and wet weather has rendered the prospects of our hop plantations much more gloomy in every respect. A cold ungenial spring is more to be dreaded in grow ing hops than most other crops, and should this continue a tew days longer, we expect to see it show its effects on the Borough market prices of this article, which are now below the average of what they can be grown for. The shoots the plants have made are stunted, and in most cases will be pulled away as useless.—Maidstone Journal• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, VEXING, APRIL 26, 1848.