The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-24 00:00:00

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The KING, on the 18th, ad denounces ins otter to the Burgher guard, in which he . -as illegal the exercise of the right of peti aHe s Inch a manlier as may be calculated to over - Th e' authorities or to endanger the public peace. add let'ier of the KING is succeeded by " a pressing res 4'3 Police, to his fellow-citizens from the Minister of igainst the proposed procession, and having P ointe d out its i'ilegality, he thus appeals to the per ativ- es therm , Ave! : I now addrea,s myself especially to the worthy 'operatives of tb e city, and who, in the late eventful period, afforded me so many proofs of their confi dence, and ord erb have wb os e res p ec t f or the law and regard for won for b eseech them my full and entire respect. _ of them that they will this day remember what is tl iei r peculiar position in society; that their maintena• ay.: and support, as honest, hard-working men'the mu beyond all other things, be based upon main Panance and security of peace—upon the pre fisedavat",... ' of order, and th e continuance of public con t lee . 1, the n , b eseec h o f th e m and their associates o at ter id to the warning that is now given to them, tail" hick is intended for their advantage, and that th e e Y, therefore, will abstain from taking a part in t ,_ P ojec%ed procession, or in countenancing it by eahibi tion of banners, or by any other marks of lr a.Yal patly." The address is dated 20th April. This is followed by a notice from "the magistrate,' d e nounci ag th e attempt w hi c h h e was i n f orme d was' t o . be a. ie o f f orc i ng th e mem b e r s of the different aclea to - take part i n the procession. of. Then ilddle class es , h o wever, following the example our N secial constables, determined to defend them selves. They turned out almost to a man as Burgher guards. This • coranter demonstration had the effect it vv.. "' Ir iteoded to p ro d uce —it s ho w ed that those who were a ; arrayed in supp o rt of order constituted the mad it y of the population. The projectors of the 4;pdon demonstration felt this, and wisely abstained e 'm a procession which would have exhibited their 1/. ''vo want of arms, of vigour, and of numbers. When 'two o'clock came, the petition demonstration was not made, the committee alleging as a reason the pre paration made to prevent the wishes of people being carried into effect. meeting of operatives was subsequently held, which A Nwas, however, attended by only 200 pe rsons. absurd attempt was made to proclaim a Re public at Cologne on Thursday. There was no ne cess'ity to have recourse to the military or civil power -t° Pat down this absurdity. The laughter of the s pectators effectually damped the enthusiasm of the Wolald-be members of the Provisional Government, Vila° retired amidst hooting and jeers. Large bodies of students from Heidelberg and other Places in South Germany pass through Cologne daily for Schleswig. They wear a sort of uniform, with high -crowned black hats, turned up at the side, and fastened with a national cockade. Many of the en thusiastic young men who have joined these volunteer b ands have declared that if their services are not re quired at Schleswig, they will march to the assistance of the Poles. BERLIN, APRIL 20. —PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—SI. Sch., 6 4 70. Exchange on London, three months, 6 25f ; littraburgb, 149 i. FRANKFORT. There are upwards of 400 Poles at Frankfort in a state of extreme destitution. They are refugees re turning from exile to their native land. The Com mittee of Fifty at Frankfort has recommended them to the sympathy of [the inhabitants, to enable them to proceed on their journey. The Committee has also urged the Governments of Austria and Prussia to complete the elections as speedily as possible, in order that the " state of tran sition" in which the country is now may be put an end to 'without delay. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, APRIL 21.—This morning the remains of his Royal Highness Prince ALEXANDER of the Netherlands were placed in the royal tomb at Delft, in presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of ORANGE and Prince HENRY of the Netherlands. An Immense concourse of persons were present at the ceremony, which was conducted with great solem nity, and in perfect order.—Nederlandsche Staats Courant, April 22. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 22,—Some business was done at the Bourse today in Integrals, and the aspect of these funds, as well as of the Dutch funds, was amore favourable. Most of the foreign funds were 'n demand, at higher prices. Business in Russian, Potuguese, and Brazilian funds was more animated. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 31. Money. Rills Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .• •••••• • • • 40 39 Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 4514 44% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••••••• • • • • •• • • 591 4 :•9% Amon Syndic, 334 per Cent ••• • • • •• 595{, 59 Commercial Company, 434 per Cent East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • zchangeon London, at sight •• •• • • 11 87 Two months.. ••••••• • • • • • • 11 77 POLAND. It is stated from Plaschen that MIEEOSL AWSIC 1 hag intimated to the Government at Berlin that he 1 11l not lay down his arms until he has received a guarantee that the independence of the Polish pro °i shall b e recogn i se d . M. VON U SEDOM h as .:en re ca ll e d from Rome by the Minister for -e orei gn Affairs. In Breslau there were a number of 411°Pa plundered on the evening of the 18th. Seriou s di stur b ances have taken place in the Grand Duc hy of Posen. It is stated that 20,000 or 30,000 additional troops will be required to restore the tran quillity of the Grand Duchy, and` that the German districts must be separ a t e d f rom th e P o li s h ones. While in every part of Europe the people are accom plishing their independence and regeneration, Ger -1:114n Poland exhibits a scene of complete anarchy, Ltld it is emphatically said that nothing will cut the G ordian knot of her difficulties but the sword. G eneral WILLESEN has intimated that he has recom bended to the Government at Berlin a separation of the Polish and German districts. In that case the City of Posen, which contains about 20,000 Poles and 30,000 Germans, would fall to Germany, and all her troubles be renewed over again. A. private letter from Konigsburgh, dated the 17th, Rives the details of a skirmish between some Hussars and Polish insurgents, in which three Hussars were killed and six severely wounded, and nine Poles killed and nine wounded, and all the remainder of the troop made prisoners, as well as two waggons laden with arms captured. It is also notified in a public proclamation from General WEDELL, that in the zeighbourhood of Bromberg (where this skirmish took place), persons, especially Germans and Jews, have been grievously injured both in person and pro perty. Intelligence from Inciroclaw is to the same effect —that Germans and Jews are the victims of Polish an i mosity and intolerance. In Breslau, too, Ippears th at some lamentable excesses have been committed. On the 17th April a riot took place, in which houses were plundered and destroyed, barri cades formed, persons shot, and at length, with the was restored, greatest difficulty, and not until t en at night, peace A royal decree of the 14th announces the separation of the German and Polish Posen, the Ger man portion portions of th e D uc h y of bein g annexed to the German Confederati on ; and General IVILLIsErt has, by an official note published in the Gazette of Posen of the 17th, declared that the re -organization of the Duchy will not take place, as was expected, u Polish rule exclusively, but that the Germa n p a un d er e o r f the population will also have a voice. This note has been published to quiet, in some degree, the latter, there being a continued dissension in the G rand Duchy b etween t h e two populations. RUSSIA. The Deutsche Zeitung contains the following letter from Johannisburg, in East Prussia, respecting the Russian armament :—" Our intelligence from War saw, is scanty. Russia, however, appears to be arming with great - secrecy. It is said that 200,000 regular troops have already lined the whole of the western Provinces of Posen." aaAnother correspondent from Tilsit says there are .bout fou r ti mes as many soldiers on the Russian _side as formerly. All the h orses are b e i ng bought beenu P for the artillery. Quart ers f or l arge armies have provided at KOWTIOW and Mariapol. Those , wfe (.I) a' " ter t five vestr' a(!rvit:f. becli recaliLd. •L. 4-4 • been recalled, and several others have been obliged to 414 the 8 111 1400.. At Kiew a bnvP ono bflnA.^.l THE SUN, LONDON, students are said to have been hanged. The Grand Duke MICHAEL is said to have expressed himself so decidedly, in the presence of the EMPRESS, respecting his determination to chastise the Prussians, that her INlAansTr fainted. Proclamations from the EMPEROR appear daily in Poland—they abound in assurances of peace and threats of death. ITALY. LOMBARDY. The accounts with regard to the surrender of Pescheira are very conflicting. If we are to believe the Milan Gazette of the 15th, on the 14th a flag of truce was sent from Peschiera to the Piedmontese be siegers, and an artnstice of 24 hours was agreed to after a short conference. Several mercantile letters of the 15th, received at Bergamo, state that Peschiera was taken. This account, however, does not at all agree with the statements contained in the dispatches of CHARLES ALBERT, published in The Sun of Saturday. A corps of from 600 to 700 Neapolitans, headed by their band, arrived at Lucca, on the 10th, to take part against the .Austrians. The troops were received with every demonstration of joy by the people of Lucca. Count RADETZKY has published a proclamation at Verona, doted the 11th, in which he recommends his soldiers not to be discouraged, since, with the two strong positions of Verona and Mantua, he may re take the line of the Mincio at any time. Clementina Bridle Goose . . MORE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO I'111?1 , ;E. Saturday was observed as a holiday at Liverpool both in the cotton and share markets. We have accounts of April 8 from New York, which are, however, of no special importance. As there is a disposition to make the worst of affairs in France, with out due allowance, perhaps the following remarks as to the results of democracy in America may be deemed applicable:— " We trust and hope that the French people and the French Convention and their legislative bodies, will pre sent the same m o d era ti on and the same neutrality . , to all those ultra n o ti ons o f t h e d a y which must spring up under a republic, where every man must be allowed to express his opinions on every subject, however radical or ridiculous they may be. Here we have seen in this community, those radical and philo sophical Fourierites, Brisbane and Greely, and their associates racin g o ve r th e country and endeavouring to indoctrinate the American people with the most ultra, ridiculous, and absurd notions about the reconstruction of society. They h a ve only been laughed at and ridi culed, and have sunk into insignificance on that parti cular point. On the other hand, we see at this very moment an Anti-Sabbath Convention in Boston, and a few ridiculous enthusiasts endeas'ouring to abolish Sunday, and even Christianity itself with it—but they have no effect. The whole world laugh at them. A short time ago the Mormons endeavoured to set the West a flame,' and to convert the whole human race to their notions; and the result is now a matter of history. Look at the Shakers. Here is community of property, as a practical principle, put into action; and yet . they never can extend beyond the few acres cultivated by these solitary enthusiasts. In religious fana ticism the same fortunate results have taken place. Bishop Hughes, of this city, bereft for a moment of his common sense, went into Carroll Hall, and commenced a political move ment by an harangue, come years ago. He created a great excitement—gave occasion for the opposite enthusiasts and fanatics to organise an opposi tion party—disturbed political affairs for a few years; but the whole thing afterwards passed off in quiet, and the Government and all its elements are going on with the usual speed and the same regularity as it has dono from the time of Washington. " All these facts tend to show it is impossible in a republic, like France, or the United States, where liberty of thought, of the tongue, and of the press must exist, that the excrescences of the human imagination can be entirely prevented from developing themselves in some ridiculous way. Yet we are under the firm belief and conviction that those eccentric emanations of the human mind, which have not prevented the steady march of the United States, will present as few obstacles to the steady move ment of the French people, and the attainment of the same comprehensive system of government, under the wise direction and statesmanship of such men as Lamar tine and his glorious coadjutors. We will not believe it is to be a failure." From the West Indies there are very unsatisfactory accounts. The weather was good, but the colonists seemed muck depressed in spirit, owing to the unfavour able state of the markets in Europe. The talk of aban doning plantations became more general, and many owners &dared that this season's crops would be the last that they should take off. It is extremely difficult to say what can be done for the colonies if they are in so bad a plight, but a new and unencumbered proprietary coming in might perhaps effect a change. The Creole labourers were very idle in Demerara. Retrenchment of expenditure is earnestly demanded in some of the colonies. The most important continental news received this morning is from Hamburgh, announcing the deter mination of the Danish Government to sense all Prussian ships. The hindrance to trade with the Baltic will be severely felt here, and British merchants having pro perty on board of German vessels have a heavy rate of insurance, as " war risk," to pay here. Monetary af fairs at Hamburgh appeared to be rather easier. At Amsterdam, on Friday, the Funds were higher. Dutch Two•and-a•-Half per Cents. 39/, and the Five per Cents. 60. A good business was done in Foreign Stocks. The Societe Gerikale of Belgium will issue its first series of new notes for sums of 20 francs each ; and increased paper money seems to be, throughout the Continent, the panacea for bullion hoarding. The English Funds have been steady, and have im proved upon Saturday's rates, although there has been very little doing. Many parties appear to be surprised at the firm tone of the market, in the face of the ac counts from Denmark, and the unsettled state of feeling throughout the Continent, to say nothing of the unfavour able weather here, but the truth appears to be that parties are at a loss how to invest their money, and will run the risk rather than keep it idle, of even a serious reaction. Consols have been 821 tot for transfer, and 82 to 841 for account. Exchequer-bills have been marked 425. to 455. premium. Bank Stock bas been steady at 198. The New Three-aud- a-Quarter per Cents. have been 811 to The Foreign Securities are firm, although there is not a large business doing. Spanish Five per Cents have been 12 to 124, and the Three per Cents. 204 to 21k. Brazil Small Stock has been quoted 66. Pertuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 14k to 15k. Mexican Bonds are 14i, Grenada 131, and Peruvian 29 to 30. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 59. In Railway Shares there is very little doing, and prices are still heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities BO% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns B 2 l / 8% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. 81%%76 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B% South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bill. 3d. I,oou/. 5001 42 p Small . 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ., ~ Ditto 3 per Cent 4l Grenada, 1 per Cent... 13% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 14% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 29 00 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account . 1 2 14 12 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Ditto for the Account 20% 204 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cent., 12 Guild — Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAU:WAIN. I'AID. I SHARE. A.berdecn Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 1 A — . . Ayrshire and Galloway - Bqlfast and County Down .. 13 .. .. Birmingham k Oxford Juno... '‘'.o Birmingham, Wok, & Dudley 10 ... . Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and CheshiN Junction 7 3 A .-- ;,.::. to x- Boston, Stmt . ., & Bieming.,. 8 ...:; ..- .n... to Bristol and Exet!r mi:..... 8 titittls Butkilighamsliire l2l. 4s ...... to 50 6M .. -,---- 464.. i 10/ ..... to - Caledonian i tt a l t n i d a l i f t e S t h y a h r e e a s ci ... •• • 15 Ch D eB i t t e to r , Clydesdale Jpnetion 4 50 2% . • - - - - 2 -' 2% to - Ditto, Preference I4 A3 to - Clarence. - „.,.. to - Do., lit Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - . 6,6 tO •-.- Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - ...... tt) -'-- Do., Gov. Loam 4 per Cent. 10 - Direct London & Portsmouth 8% - to - Dublin and 13elfast Junction.. 25 - - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 174...... a . tO =- East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aad L. & D.. tt. & I. 5... alb. 25 . - ••• 611 to M . ". Ditto, .:E. 11 • • 13 ..“. ..-- ...see to ... Ditto, St. 10s. ; E. it IL,. 34 - to - Eastern Votintiee .... 2O ...... 18 to 13 1 4 Dd. rapet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... - to = Do., d 0.... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d.., 6. '• 1i...: to ~.-. Do., Northern & Eastern... 60 - - = to =- Do., Quarter .... . • - 124... .. ..---- •• to = Do., New - •-- • - ••• 28 ...... 20 - Eastern thiibti 4 - ......,.,... .• .fio Ditto. Quarter Shares - - Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13 s . 4d ..:x. ..,... tb =• Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . - ~... • • to =- Ditto, ditto *66.6•64444%.••4ii 20 :i . ..Z. ..." :.... tb =- East Lancashire- ••• - - ..q •=. ..a. .tb - Ditto,• MIA. , ers IS: Ili. • . i.i.# to ......-.• DOI. 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Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester iTp, -t- ..... tb •--- Ditto, New ...„...... ...... ... 2.)15. •-- •tt - Glasg., Dtitittlies, is Carlige..B/.603&;. ----- :: .: tb -- (31.Abgotv, liiltimrittick; & Ayr 00 ::::t: -:-..--• - York Eaten; 15 Ditto, Isle* •• • • -,..••• 4i) - - GlDDe:ot..i.o.r7tdh:e:t Northern.... ............. 13 - .lt: . : --' !11l Southl / 4 )i• 4 it blr E' ' 'il t gl t a i l lah . d .2lo 4o o .-; ...... ,--" :.:::- 1 : o ) "- G G r t. e.t•t bitt o , ritvg• 404. :-. . -.;;;; ; .. ,S - • 664 .:... ib '•••••••'• Ditto; N 407 M...:411;;;;;;;:;. 30 .. .. - - Liiitk ... _!',-A- 1A....—. ...... 6%....... - • •O• tO Great Western .................. 90 ...... r- - Ditto-r!- , Half Shares - to 464 Ditto, Quarter Rd*.tlek -' • • ' ii. , / ‘ ...... 14% ... to pit,t, IT ird'A -'•- - • 20 ... . .-- ...... to Do. Now 171 - - 94.: . -... ... :. . ~, . 1 . i:o .;.; Huddersfield and Manche3tei 94 ;, _. ... ...... io .... Ditto, Third , " i , 9 ...... - ..... to - Hull and Selby .. 50 ...... - ..... pp .... Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares.....” lg!A a . .... . to .... Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 1754 - ...... to ~... Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 254 - ...„ t o ~.. Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - ...... to -.- Do., Thirds. - .e.... to - Lancashire and Yorkshire Pitto, ditto - ...... to - Ditto half Shares - ..... to - Ditto Quarters - ... .. to -.. Ditto Fifths 9 - to Ditto Sixteenths . .. ... 6M....., - to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s 8 1 M A die. to - Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 - . ••• to - Do. (Hudder.... and Sheff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pon tefract, and G001e..,„, to Do, W 6tE enling Union Z 3..... ... to Do.. Pre.Atnn -- VENICE. The Venice Gazette of the 11th publishes an official letter of the Sardinian Consul at Venice to the Pro visional Government of the Republic, informing it that the King of SARDINIA recognises the Republic. The deputies of the provinces of the Venetian State held their first sitting on the 10th. The Gazette of the 13th instant publishes a decree of the Republic accepting the offer of the formation of a female battalion, who will be employed in tend ing the wounded, and in all those military employ ments that may be effected without public display. ROME. The Patria of Florence, quotes a letter from Rome of the 12th, stating that when the Austrian Ambas sador demanded satisfaction for the insult offered to the Imperial arms, his IlowiEss replied—" Sir, I desire you will express my sorrow to his Imperial MAJESTY for what has taken place ; but pray him to reflect, that if he, powerful as he is, could not prevent in his vast dominions the bust of the Viva of Christ from being insulted, much less could I, an insignificant temporal prince, restrain the fury of the people, who have pulled down the arms of his family." The Contemporaneo of Rome of the 13th informs us that a serious disturbance had just taken place at Rome, but that Advocate CALLETTI, director of Police, had quelle I it with the aid of the National Guard. Many of the rioters, consisting of the dregs of the people and of thieves, have been ar rested, and arms, such as pistols and stillettoes, were found upon them. PARMA. The Patria of Florence, of the 15th inst., contains advices from Parma of the 12th, announcing the composition of a Provisional Government as follows: Count CA STAGNOLA, CONTELLI, Professor PELLE GRINI, Count SANVIT ALE, BANDINI, Bishop CARLETTI, and Advocate MAESTRI. All decrees are published in the name of the Provisional Government—the existing civil and military authorities are main tained. SAVOY. The Sardinian Government proposed to accord de corations to several National Guards who distin guished themselves in resisting the late unfortunate expedition of a band of natives of Savoy ; but they respectfully declined to receive them, alleging that it would be base in them to accept a reward for having been obliged to shed the blood of their fellow-coun trymen. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match, 500, h ft, D.M., Duke of Bedford's Bridle received from Chainbearer. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs. each. R.M. C by Hetman Platoff out of Maid of Lune... Self Defence ... ... 1 Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 Sovs. each. T.Y.C. Vert-vert Carissima Prioress . ... ... 1 Ptolommus ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each. D.M. ... 1 ... .•• 2 ... ••• 3 Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each. R.M. Backbiter ... C by Don John, d by Jerry Rosslyn ... ... Franconi ... ... •• • .. • 1 ••• ••• 2 ... ... 3 ... 4 MR. COCHRANE'S DEMOMSTRA TION.-(THIS DAY.) About twelve o'clock our own reporter, going to Leicester-square, found a posse of police, about one hundred idlers, and an open carriage, with two horses and a blue postillion, standing at the door of the soup depot. A waggon, in which were four or five pictures, copied in the most approved caravan style from a defunct weekly work publi s h e d un d er th e auspices of Mr. Cochrane, was paraded round and round the square and about the streets in the vicinity. There were twenty or thirty men distributing little bits of paper, on which the words "No Bastile" were printed. At one o'clock Mr. Cochrane and two persona, one of whom carried something like an address or a petition under his arm, ascended the carriage, and started at a slow pace with the caravan at its heels along Pan ton-street. The crowd, who with Mr. Cochrane'e adhe rents, numbered about 80 or 100, seemed disposed, out of curiosity, no doubt, or to make up for the paupers who were absent, to follow the imposing cortege; but the police stood across the road and effectually prevented them. A slight skirmish took place, and one fellow who stoutly resisted was wounded badly in the back of his head, for we saw blood trickling through his hair, and down his neck. But if all had followed, adherents and all, the procession would hot have numbered 100 persons, and not 20 certainty had the slightest approxi mation in their appearance towards that of paupers. The carriage and the caravan passed down the Hayeaat ket, Cockspur-street, and thence round Trafalgar -square; the rushing of the crowd, which, as the impos ing cortege moved along, vastly increased, for, notwithstanding the Inclement weather, Easter Monday had brought a reat number of holiday f o lk s i nto the streets, being shut off by the police at the most prominent part of the routes The entrance of Mr. Cochrane into the carriage Was the signal for much applause from his adherents, who were well fugled in their voettion, and hisses from several respectably dtelecd persons who happened to be n ea t, Owing IQ One of the horses of the carriage having become in some way ent ang l e d w i th the harness, when opposite the National Gallery, it became necessary to take them out of the carriage. While this proceeding was going on Mr. Cochrane commenced addressing the people, but his harangue was immediately stopped by a body of the police charging the crowd, who rah in most precipitate manner in all directions. A Fivhtleman, standing by the carriage at the time, who, in addi t i on to his qualification as an elector of Westminster, possessed also that of a spccial constable, produced his stair, and addressing Mr. Cochrane, said, " What a eonsurnmate ass you must be to get up this distiFbar for the [sake of obtaining a littie ocotiety. You deserve to be well trounoe' zd ducked in the basins over there." This eleaturst excited considerable laughter among the byelanders, at which Mr. Cotheane seemed pr m op u e c r il .j a nsuencYureedd., The horses having by this time d own the opposite side of the s q ua t t y, ge ft- Morley'sont or the carria sloWly proeeeded A strong detanhment 4 the police then formed in fi ne t wo d eep across the road, immediately in front of King Charles' *Who, and having allowed the carriage to effectually pats throttgh, imm e di ate l y c l osed, thus prevent i ng most any concourse o f p ersons f rom f o ll ow i ng . The carria ge t h en Me proceed e d t owar d .; the Home-office.• Cochrane then alighted at the Home-office, and enquired of the hall -keeper whether Sir G. Grey was aaltith,o.rinueo,tn7hoArfctecirttwesattg a s him to h eorratllteimlleD, A staiirr co sim aae the astnadirtsi,leantldvo membersionthperassing not out of m t h r. e deputation Cochrane came said, d‘ie Si li tGeorgeh l iste Ci p p r carriag e , st'irB, h he loudly has ' c e I h l e v e c r d e d u ' b ' y ' the e few persons who, in spite of the efforts of the police, surrounded the carriage, and proceeded at once to his res id ence in Cayen dish-square. The caravan was not allowed to proceed with the car riage to the Home-office, but parted company at Tra falgar-square, and proceeded up St. Martin's-lane to wards Leicester-square. , A: ~f • I;;. in,; to pr,s; there was net the egetest lilptUlLl of diSttaballCt 3 there were scarcely uuy persons in Trafalguf-,quare, amid a few idlers alone remained in the neighbourhood .of the sours-kitchen in MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1848. Leeds and Bradford ..... Leeds,Dewsbury, & Manches. 4214 — Do., Half Shares ._ 17 1 4 ...... Ditto, Blue (scrip) ...... ... 2% ..... to Leeds and d Ne l w li .................. ... .. 2 4 6 0 ... ....... Do., do., Preier., 6 per C en t. 3 1 A. .... --- to —. L A—. Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 21,4,..... London & Blackwall ......131.6x. 8d.... Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 1.35. 4d.... ... .. to Do. Extension ... . 20 ........ .. Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 29 ...... to 29 Do. Consolidated Eighths._ 40 •••••• ••• " to ___....,..,...,eu tagt., _.0... '±u ••"'" -- to ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 per C ent. 9 • ***** Do. Pref. Conv. 5 per Cent. 50 •••••' Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 •• ••• I ,ondon and Gree nw i c h... 121 . 155. 4d... Ditto Preference 127 127% to 127 London & North Western.„...loo to Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Do New ...... _ ...... to Do. Fifths ..... 7 1 A ...... to Do. 401. Shares.. .L. & M 2O ...... ...... to to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%• -- —„,, Do. 101. .. M. and B. (13.) 18/ 17s 2d... ...... to to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ...... —•-• to 44% 44 ...... London and S. Western 5O ..• •• to Ditto, Now 50/......., .......37q....., 25 •••••• to Ditto, New 40/......~.... to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ,••••• ___ 7IA ...... 1"/81A. :: to ..ated) .. ~ to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ...... ••••• Ditto, Third F... 10 ••• 60 . London, Salisbu r y, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 ...... Londonderry and Col era i ne ... 274 ...... —' to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 ...... Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cen t.) 20 ...... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8 •••••• '— to Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 3 .••••• 3 1 h .. dis. to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ...... Ditto 1/ Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... to Ditto, 1 /g Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 4. ..... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 71 h•••••• ..... Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. ..... ... to Ditto, ditto Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 10 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... Manchester and Southampton 2' - to Midland 100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares..... ...... 15 Midland, Birm. and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... .. Ditto ditto 11/ 3s 6d Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.).... 100 .... . Midl d . Great Western (Irish ) 40 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ............ - SO Newcastle and Carlisle . ..... 100 ••-•• - -_ Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chester/bra 18 1 / 2 — Ditto Extension ......... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk 100 Ditto New 20/. ............... 6 ...... Ditto Extension ............ 16 Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 6 .. Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .................... 12% ... .. to Sorthern Counties Unien ....14 North British .. to Ditto Half Shares.-- ...... to Do. Quarters 6 IA — Ditto. Extension ............ 5 / 8 — Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 3 ...... 1 North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire........... 10 North Wales ..................... 3% ..... ••• to North Western ................. 6 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... .. ............ 40 Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...... Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central ........... .... 25 . — to Scottish Midland ..... ...... .... 221,E Ditto, New....... ........... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . MM.) l6 - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Uswestry .............. 14 - Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 ...... - Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 «.... to Shropshire Union • South Devon ....... . ..... ... 40 Ditto, Preference 2 2 1 / 2...... •••••• to South Staffordshire 4 ...... .. .. to South Eastern ...... .. ..... 33 1 ,E Ditto, New, No. 1 . . .uitto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, No. 4. -• 11 14 5%...... to 5 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- meron's Stm. Coal ... . 4 - to rhames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1 ,4 - - raw Vale Extension ........ 4 ...... •- - Vale of Neath - .. ... to - Waterford and Kilkenny....., 134,..... - - Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ~, ~ - at.irthowe edGiienatnoteeshrio: to - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin IN an ,e d yrn So o u u t t h h 30 ..... 2 ...... - .... . to - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... ..... - - to Do. do. do. ......... 25 ...... - - West Cornwall .................. 4 ...... - - Nhitehaven and Furness ..... . 12 ..... - Windsor,vwoi York, kt: ,s Newcastle, WesteStaines, ner et, 3,a rn... ............. ....... 7 ...... - - Do. Original New & Beeck 25 .. ••• 27%•••••• to - .„... a ~..:..etroa and Berwick 25 ...... 2 - 0%4 . : t to o -- Jo. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &No 15 ...... 16 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ..... --7,„••••••••• to t = Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ....• York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 65 - Ditto, Preference ........... 10 ...... -- ..... to - Ditto East and West Riding to -- Extension ...... ..... ...... 25 ...... - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens ......... 20 ...... 6 - Central of France (Orleans to -- and Yierzon) ............... 16 ...... - Central of Spain ............... 2 ...... - - Ceylon De m e r a ly r t a ha . el In . e . i ys . . h .... .. .. .. .. .. ... ... ... ... ....... ..... .. ....... ... .......... _E- .. . . . . . t t t t oo co o 1 1 I•••• to - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... • - DD Ea uell s t t edhr l e ndlan ... .. ............. .. 14 - to - Great Indian Peninsular ..... 55.....•• .- to - Italian and Austrian - 4 ...... - Jamaica S. Mitland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre .... ..... 6 ..... - - Luxembourg ............... ... .6 ...... "- - Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) ....... ....... . ..... . 5 ...... - - Madrid and Valentla ........ . 2 - Namur and Liege to .-- ..... 16 ...... - Northern of France. ...... . ..... 10 Oilealis and Bottisaitit ..:.• 0 .. 4 „, - ,0.,. to = Over Yssel 4l3s 4d - Paris and Lyons ........... .. 10 ...... 2% • to - Paris and 0r1ean5 ............ ... 20 ...... - - Paris and Rouen .......... ..... 20 ...... -•- . to - Paris & Strasbourg ....„ „,,, El ,„„, 2 ~ to ....• /tenth and Ilithlia. . a 4. . a 4:.:.. 20 -•• PA• , •"' to, '- Sambre and Meuse - 114.141 EO -;--' Strasburg and Bale .... ....... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 - . .to -. Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, 16 .„_, .... ...... to and Ilasselt .....a....a...• Virebt Plandetto •-•4 • - • - ...ed.0. ay. — to • JOINT STOCK BANXB. Australasia . . 4O ...•. ..... . to ..... to •-• •-• ..• •• to ..... Commercial of London -. C 8 0 ri 1 t 0 i n i11 ia1 N . 0 . r .. t . h .. " ..... e .. 6 . e . ........ :.. - London Joint Stock ... • lO ...... •=- ...4‘. to .... London and Westtninstet. National Provincial of Englci B5 - •••••• to ••••• ' 10 • •••• - ••••• to ...... Ditto; ]rely ... .... ,• . ... National of Ireland ...... ...... 2 2 .% .. • ... ••• .. to - Provincial of Ireland ... ~. ... 2 b ••"" •• ... to Ditto, New • a. a......• ~ 10 ..o.i. .N 446 to . 1 .. mi. Union of Atiatralig ..........8. 1, ...." . ..f.. - to - Ditto ; New.,. .... a. ...... a:. .a . A • - ...... to ..... WAof 'Madrid ...•••• i••• •••• •••••• •••••• to -- mins. Uilioh Of L0hd0ti.............. , 1 4 0 •••••• •-.... m... to •; .:: ... 100 ....a. .--. „ a , to Anglo litzlcan ... .. .„. ~i ...i , ~..„.. . _ ~... Aittitiitii Mining Cbfhpari7..• .„, , ..... •44••• to .Iw. Australian ......., ........ a. ...... 2 . h •iidi tO ..I'. ...... to ..... .i. 4 .. to ..... British Iron • ........ ..••• .... .. ,!,'1 : •:.: ~... ..... to - Brazilian Imperial ....• •• ... 1: • _ •-•... to ..... Gali , atiiiW Iron ...::•i“ .i . • i• ..,. , 7 •-a. to .---.-.. BBolairraorstisontilpron..!.s.c.l.,?,t......: ...5 4,. 0 , - 1 Ditto. 11 a* .... i2..6,7:411•44_ 4 . ..... 1 ~,..i. to ... Real del Monte, Unregistered - • „ I z Id; eorge's, Do; Black De ~.„.,...7..z 1„........b0ntarti1..wa;.:in-s7d G.N.N.E i - in: .a. • to IiqNDON; APRIL 24. • detate bteetei LLOYD'S SH I PP I — Cr il a i nd s pd p tii,ss A liein i eirB and !logy, with gins _ ___,_ _,.. n in e g ar this Bermuda, iith Ult., leaky, and would hate to discharge, ouno a y I p e l e t a o su .d r a e y i trip, crew burin her B urge. and Lucifer a l : a i i v in E a rt h P° to " N 9 V h A i t i' eh m a i ten 2 , 2 * . Mite& Galata, wai bTd`t..._efit k A I i• -A - tRILLiNGTON, APRIL • Dern e .2_ 4 , , and sank nea C r s' E s a .) si uoaru, Witt, lies i b t, ee a n p w p a a s ro h n ed tlS, on to ei 1 • The Aretnusa, from r t i e,s: ri g n u. ti g s r " ter pa b i o n a te r d d the Cerigo passage, having ti sptung a leak three ciiiy,t preirionsitiv; lei Hat 1i1 . ! , ° /li„ t ts ri g 1 / tyl i im, pA could dis charge, by the .li oign - a - Da" 4 " , '-'24"ge.„- Errii'ed at } piers. LIVERPOOL, APRIL k )01' . 4, ' 2l:-bird. , CheSter; II itnert ; Ne w Orleans; pbegN ,j3tOtii; Apolsbhitolaj Rostiu s tlaidge, i;iew iork; . 4'2,-1 , wer , uth!i , i Blivkii 4 14 6 w c, r : leans; gone, Crowell' New Orleans; United Stat t3 steatner, Np* Fork; left Bth inst.; 23 d, Wanderer 1J• -. 4 Domingo. 81d. l ot h , Constantino, Calcutta mon, . t. Ferris ; Cape of Good Hope; 21st, Sultan, Nassau, New Brunswick; Sir tdwarcl i , Newfoundl an d ) 22d, Ircion, jariialca; Alexander, Philadelphia; O cean Monarch, Boston; Britannia steamer , Boston; Josiah Q u i ncey, Howes, Boston (and not yesterday, as reported); Avon, St. John's, New Brunswick; Terry. Newfoundland; Sarah Rawes, Newfoundland; 23c1, New World, New York; Enchantress, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec. CLYDE, APRIL 22.-Sld. Mary Morris, New York; Elizabeth, New York. SWANSEA, APRIL 22.-Arrd. Pearl, , Collins Cuba. MILFORD, _APRIL 22.—Sid. Anes, Now York. 1 PitlL t \ I\'.V P. I. N. #,v.‘z3.---\i'iliti IN. to irebn P.m ./ Havannah; 22d, Competitor, Hyde, Adelaide, South ' Australia• 23d, Bassorah, Merchant, Beale, Calcutta; Panama, Turner, Sierra Leone ; Hermann Daniel, Hohmann, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Amsterdam; Hermann, Raster,' Bahia, and sail , d for Stettin ; IVil ham, Fischer, ditto and sailed for Hamburgh; Preciosa, Reed, Pernambuco, for Stettin; Charles Brooke, Hun.. ter, St. Vincent's, with loss of anchor and chain, and has been supplied from hence. Lady Ruffles, Martin, Bar badoes ; Apolline, Deane, Jamaica; Agnes, Labellistier, Honduras; Lady Flora Hastings, New Orleans. Arrd. from the River and sailed 22d, Hind, Africa'; 23d, Fairlie, Sydney, New South Wales; Stately, Cape of Good Hope, &c ; Urania, Rio Janeiro; Cranston, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ottawa, Quebec. Sid. 22d, Sharp, Madras; Nerbudda, China; Lieutenant Ackers, Demerara; Ceylon, ditto; Garland, Grove, New York. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-(1110NDAY.) Durin g l ast week t hn e d and imports Sc o t f l r a o n n s a c b a r t r o c a e d l Grain, a s we ll as flour, for our market, coastw i se an d by I tand carria ge , were on a very limited sca l e. F rom re. lan to band. iearii;al; of all kinds of English T li f Wheat, 8,119 di tto of Barley, 15,455 ditto of Oats, 5,114 ditto of Bea ns, 1 ,361 d i tto of Tares, 1,2 32 di tto o f Linseed, 184 di tto of Rape-s: ed, 479 barrels and 732 sacks of Fl our. Fresh up to-day the receipts of Wh, at from Essex, K ent, Cambridgeshire, scarcely atly comprised sa mpl l e 9 s ,9 c 7 a 3 me small, and f or the most part arising from the pre &c., vailing wet weather, greatly out of condition. I, q , u er a e rte a r g s ai o n There was a slight improvement in the demand for selected qualities of English Wheat, both red and white, and in some few instances, a trifle more money —say Is per quarter —was obtained for such. For the rnidling and inferior kind the demand was far from active, yet last week's prices were well supported. The show of Foreign Wheat was somewhat extensive. Really fine qualities moved off slowly, at full rates of te currency. In the m iddli ng and inferior kinds, so little was doing, that th e pr i ces were almost nominal. AtaOn and prices p t tr h hi e nee whole h wc o le l or e see there was of Very ar l tbe i e t d little Barley in e feelingye ry w i n a s instance.ofrarde. the trade, supported the market a good clearance had been effected. Notwithstanding the supply of Malt was small, that article met a very dull inquiry, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. The show of English, Irish, and Scotch Oats was unusually small ; that of Foreign moderately good. Most qualities were in steady request, but, though prices were well support e d, we have no actual improvement to notice in val ue . F or all kinds of Beans, arising from the large quantity o f little prices. In Yeas exceedingly barely stationary business was transacted; prices, however, remained un altered. Indian Corn and Meal were held at very full Foreign on offer, we have to report a heavy inq uiry , at prices. The sales were trifling. For all kinds of Flour the demand was far from active; nevertheless last week's re well supported. CURIENCY PEE IMP Wheat—Essex & Kent, 44s to 558 Dttto,White, New 46s 585 Norfolk and Lin coln, 1ied..... 45s 4 8 s prices we Ditto, White.. •• • • 465 s;s Irish, Red ••••• • • • —5 —8 Ditto, White.. ••• • —s —s es—Old —1 —a New, 32s 345 Barley—Grinding. .... 298 Tla Malting .• ••• • • • 3 2, 33s Chevalier ... 33s 34s Sfalt—Suffolk and Nor- ERIAL MEASURE. 31 aft—Chevalier. . • • .. 535 to 51. Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 205 Potato .......... 21s 233 Youghal and Cork, Black .•• • . 155 181 Cerk, White ..• .. 175 205 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 21s 23s Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 32. 445 Pigeons ...... .... 405 44s Peas—Grey .. •• • • .... 83s 38 Maple .••••• . . . .. 53e 383 White ... •• - ... 3s 5 38 3 Boilers .•••• • . . • 36s 40s folk ............ 55s 573 Flour—Town-made ... 41 s 463 Brown ... s b2s Suffolk .•• • • ..... 35s 38 3 Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 355 38 8 SMITHFIELD. Last week's imports of Foreign Stock into London were as under:— From whence. Beasts. Rotterdam 237 ♦ntwerp llarlingen llamburgh Sheep. ... 473 ... 25 ... 65 ... 2b Calve?. ... 99 ... 11 ... 16 ... 10 Total ss2 ... 588 ... 136 At Southampton, 123 Beasts have been landed from Spain, and which were mostly disposed of hero on Fri day last. The arrivals at the northern outports have amounted to about 600 head of each kind of stock, chiefly from Holland, i❑ good saleable condition. Ow ing to the non-arrival of one or two steamers, the supply of Foreign Stock on sale, to-day, was by no means heavy, yet it was fully equal to the wants of the buyers, and prices had a downward tendency. With home-fed Beasts we were moderately well, but not to say largely, supplied. As the weather was by no means favourable for slaughtering, and the attendance of butchers was far from numerous, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations paid on Monday last of quite 2d per 81bs. The highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 4d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, there were received about 1,500 Scots and short horns ; from the western, midland, and northern districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, short horns, &c., from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. Although the numbers of Sheep were very moderate, the time of year considered, the Mutton trade was extremely depressed, and the currencies ruled from 2d to 4d per 81bs beneath those obtained on this day se'nnight. The primest old Downs in the wool sold at from 5s to 5s 4d per 81bs, and a total clearance was not effected. Nearly a third of the Lambs on show were the refuse of Friday's mat bet. The Lamb trade was heavy, and the prices receded from 24 to 6d per 81bs compared with those of Monday last. From the Isle of Wight, 30 head came to hand. Calves—the supply of which was good—moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. In Pigs, next to nothing was doing, yet we cannot call them cheaper. got the rest of the property. Witness went to Saville passage, where he saw the pri soner Powis. Witness told him that he wanted the money Miss Owen's boy had given him. The prisoner appeared astonished at witness's question, and demanded to know what he meant ? Witness told him that he might as well give the money to him, as the primer Trower had told him that be had got it. The prisoner then handed to him the purse, containing 94 14s. 6d. Witness took him into custody. The prisoner Trower declined saying anything in de fence. The prisoner Powis said he knew nothing at all about it. Trower gave him the money, and told him that it was his wages. Mr. BINGHAM committed them both for trial, but consented to take bail for the prisoner Powis's appear ance at the Central Criminal Court. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sia,—On Wednesday the 19th, the House was occupied with " Killing Hares." Happy land ! Under certain circumstances hares are to be slain without game certificates; but not with guns. An amendment to that effect was introduced at a late stage, and carried by 49 against 44, " on the ground that it was unsafe to encourage the use of fire eirms by the lower classes." On Saturday the Hulse met at two o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the " Crown and Government Security" Bill from the Lords. After which, and a little speaking on Ireland which introduced itself without visible cause, it adjourned to the Ist of May. This, then, may be a good opportunity for return ing to the question of taxation, which was commenced in the letters of the Bth and 13th March. And first, for the capability of an income-tax for being em ployed to equalise, or at all events reduce the in equality and unfairness of other taxes. The mistake of saying that one unfair tax could not be mended by another, has bean commented on before. The possibility of it, provided the two taxes press in opposite directions and not in the same, is as evident as that a boat pressed down by an excessive weight on one side, may be set straight by putting the excessive weight in the ' next package on the other. It might be better to make every package in succession trim the boat if it can be done ; but if it cannot, or if the contrary sys tem has been b egun a l rea d y , th e ne xt best thing is to trim in the other way. Now with respect to that large portion of taxa tion which is raised by taxes on consumption, some people know and some people do not, that so far from with these b e i ng laid any pretence to fairness, they are laid in such ad a manner as to press two, three, four, .so all the way up to eleven times 'as heavily on t . he poor as on the rich. Soap, for instance, th taxed twice as much per cent to the laundress as to s to e th fine lady. Sugar, nearly three times as much . h l and-loo . m weaver who sweetens mint tea for his w c e h h o i dren with the coarsest brown, as to the countess with s h the . finest chrys tal. Tea, since the open trade in nearly the same proportion as the sugar; the d i a n iff s s erenc e before the to the being greater. Spirits, four times Indian nan stills. o wretch who stoops to base geneva, as to consumes the choice produce of the West In e di l Port , wine, twice as much to the family who st' themselves in their daily food to buy a int thim bleful for their ailing elder, as to the bon vivant who can afford to revel in " rich, old, very particular." And tobacco, upwards of eleven times as much to the Irish labourer in Holborn, as to the whiskered dandy in Pall Mall. The numbers may not be all exact at the present day ; because altera tions are from time to time taking place. But they are the numbers as they used to be, (See Westminster Review for July, 1834, art. Aristocratic Taxation,) and though the numbers may be altered, the prin ciple is left. And all this is done by the simplest of processes. Nothing is wanted but to lay the tax on quantity and not on value, and the rest does itself. There is no disguise or concealment about it ; Chancellors of the Exchequer avow it openly, and say that it must be done because there would be a great deal of trouble in doing anything else. Even liberal Mem bers of Parliament give up the point, and admit that there is practically no such thing as not taxing the poor two, three, four, and up to eleven shillings in the pound on articles of consumption, where the wealthy are taxed one. Not but that there may be hope that light may yet be thrown on this great impossibility of nature. The last papers from France report th a t th e P ar i s i ans or their Government have discovered that at the gates of Paris the poor man's wine is taxed 100 per cent upon the value, while that of the rich is only taxed from ito 10. As the lowest-priced w i ne consume d in Paris is ten sous or fivepence a bottle, the in ference would seem to be, that wine of all kinds is taxed five sous or twopence-halfpenny a bottle at the gates ; thus making 100 per cent on the poor man's thin potations, and 5 per cent on the drink of the man who indulges in claret at five francs, which is in fact far from being the highest price. Our Chancellors of the Exchequer will probably live and learn. But while waiting for this, it is clear there ought to be a counterpoise in some other quarter. And nothing presents so fair an opportunity f o r thi s as th e income-tax. There is an almost u n li m it e d p oss ibili ty of laying it so as to press on the richer classes ; and for this it ii, the rich abhor it. It is amusing to see how their organs in the press descant on the injus tice of excepting small incomes; believing that because they contrive to forget or k ee p ou t o f sight the fact of the poor paying so enormously ' on another class of taxes, other people will do the same. But it is plain that the i ncome -t ax o ff ers special opportunities for helping to set the boat upon an even keel. It might be better, as was said before, that if it were possible the other taxes s h ou ld a ll b e laid so as to press equitably, and the i ncome -t ax s h ou ld be laid so as to press equitably too, But if this cannot be done, one must be made to mend the other. And this may be done, not with any mathematical exactness, but in a rough way which is all that is attainable in such cases, by increasing the action of the income-tax upon the higher incomes and taking it off the lower. Means to which are, first, to increase the income at which liability to the tax shall commence, allowing every man to deduct the same amount from his chargeable income. Secondly, to reduce as ' fast as may be convenient the taxes on consumption, and add the amount to the produ ce of the income-tax by increasing its general rate. To which, if these are not sufficient, might be added a third method ; which is to lay what may be called a second story of income-tax, beginning at three or four times the income that the first di d, and allowing every man to d e duct this new amount as before, from the in come which is to be chargeabl e to this second story of taxation. By these or similar ways it seems un deniable that we have a machine capable of carrying the adjustment of taxation to any extent which might be fixed upon. The difficulties in the way of this would undoubt edly be many, and not all of them imaginary or arti ficial. At the same time a cheerful hope may be felt, that if the difficulty lay the other way, th e genius of the wealthy would be found equal to the crisis. Something too may be expected from the solution of the problem now attempting at the gates of Paris. In the mean time, with your permission, I will employ more of these days of Parliamentary vacation in proceeding with the subject. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, April 24, 1848. LORD MILLTOWN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. §lit i —As the reports you are pleased to give in your paper, of the 19th, of my remarks at Concilia tion Hall last Monday, is liable to misconception, may I request you will correct it. You state me to have said " Blood alone would enable the Govern ment to continue the union." Now, I beg to say, I never said anything of the kind: My argument was, " that as by the rebellion of '9B the Act of Union was mainly carried, so alone, by an insane and cri minal outbreak on the part of the people, or by civil war, can the repeal of that measure be retarded or rendered impossible." Such, Sir, is my conscientious opinion. I believe that Act is so injurious to the true interestsonfdsboothf countries, that, ere long, at the un ited the majority of both, it will be p.eacea ed by any such a repeal would be a bles sin g , ca i rri d cefscelled— other means (even if possible), a ca p r e s r e. the vehicle for I seek not, Sir, to make . Y great excitement, to P end others, who like my opinions, but I think th - a o t t u o l r f , me, endeavour at . . ou 'no matter how plain, that while every p hrase, keep the people w i th i n b ou nds , have reason to corn s carefully rebel lious, every word, however hasty , that the ill-advised or intemperate may utter, recorded, our observations to preserve peace and good ord er are tota lly omitted, or absolute ly perverted. I have the honour t o be, Sir, sze., MILLTOWN. I enclose a report, taken from the Freeman's Journal, which, though c urtailed, and for that paper, singularly i n correct, still conveys the meaning of what I did s ay, and by which I !in willing to abide. Mussborough, April 22,1848. FREE EXHIBITION OF THE PRO DUCTS OF BRITISH TALENT, INVENTION, INGENUITY, AND INDUSTRY, AT ,THE ADELPHI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sii,—Allow me, through your columns, to re commend the working clases to visit, during the holidays, the exposition of British art manufacture, Barry's grand historical painting, and the models at the house of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, as above.—Your obliging insertion of this will confer a special favour , szo., truly, B. Per albs. ts sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts.. ... E 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 second quality •• 3 8 4 0 Coarse-7reolledditto 4 6 410 Prime large Oxen.. 4 3 4 2 Southdown Welber 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots . • 4 2 4 4 Ditto auto( the w00r,4 8 5 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs • • •• 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 8 0 Small Porkers •• 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs —lB 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep .. .3 10 4 0 Lambs . ... b 4 6 6 Remits. 3,054 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. I 16,010 103 NZI;II7GATE AND IMADENHA79I.. I Pigs . ZO5 For the time of the year, the arrivals of country killed Meat for these markets, since Monday last, have been tolerably good—viz., about 150 carcases of Beef, 340 ditto of Mutton, 210 ditto of Lamb, 100 ditto of Veal, and 240 ditto of Pork. The supplies on offer, slaughtered in the metropolis, have been somewhat on the increase, owing to which, and the high prices demanded by the salesmen, the general trade has ruled heavy, on some what easier terms—the fall in value having been 2d per 81bs. From Hamburgh, 20 baskets of Meat have come to hand ; and nearly 500 carcasses of Foreign Meat, killed in London, have been disposed of. At per atone by the Careens. a. d. to s. d. 8. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor.... •• 210 3 C Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 II middling .... 8 0 3 2 middling.. 310 4 4 - prime largo •• 3 2 3 4 prime 4 6 4 - Prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 4 0 4 6 Yeal•••••••••••••• 4 0 5 0 - small .. 4 8 5 0 Lamb. 5s 8d to 6s 10d. 130ROUGNE AND SPITALTIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes at the water• side continue liberal, those by land-carriage seasonably extensive. Prom abroad we received last week nearly 500 tons, mostly irbin Antwerp. The demand for all kinds is heavy, and prices are again lower. York Regents, ]3os to 150 s; ditto Shaws, 90s to 100 s; Wisbeach Regents, 100 s to 130$; ditto Shaws, 80s to 100 s; ditto Blues, 80s to 90s; Scotch Whites, 90s to 955; Essex Blues, 120 s to "Os; Delgiftn Whites, 80s to:90s; Dutch ditto, 75s to 80s per tot, 3 2011.4tiitil *OP MARKET. Although our market contititics to be very moderately supplied with Hops the general demand is heavy, and prices are with difficulty supported. Sussex pockets, $1 to 316x} Weald of Kent, ditto, 31 as to 31 10s; sod Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 Ss to 518 s per cwt. WOOL. Very large supplies of Wool have arrived in the Port of London since this day se'nnight—vic, 5,889 bales from P Port L Phauilnliepe,stlo,nl,6444dBitdtoittforo fromm Hobart Ago T a Town, 8 5 0 0: dittfrom ditto from Alexandria, 110 ditto from Monte Video, 48 ditto from O s t en d, 29 ditto from Antwerp, 159 ditto from Ilamburgh, and 400 ditto from various other quarters. It is generally expected that public sale?, of 0,000 bales, will be shortly declared. In the private contract market exceedingly little business is doing. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. TAZIMOVri Although no material alteration can be noticed in prices, the transactions in Tallow conti nue on a ver y limited seals, and there are sellers at a trifle beneath the nominal quotation of the day, which is 6d per cwt lower than on Monday last. F. Y. C. on the spot is 50 s to 50s 6d per cwt. Rough fat, 2s 10d per Bibs. For for ward delivery we have very few sales to report. MAIMMO'-STREET — (THIS DAY) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY AN ERRAND BOY.--James Trower and Joseph Potois were placed at the bar before Mf. Bingham, the former charged with having stolen a cash box, containing nine sovereigns, two crown-pieces of William the Third, a pocket-book, and a bill of ex change for 16/., the property of Miss Gaynor Owen, milliner, N0.:4, Clifford- street, Bond-street, and the latter prisoner was charged with receiving a portion of the stolen property. the prosectitriX stated that . she was a milliner and dre.4s Maker; and dertied on business in partnership with Miss DorZitlet4 trice; tit go. 4, Clifford-street, Bond street. The prisoner 'Meter had been in their employ as errand boy for about fifteen months', On Friday rfight last; about nine o'clock, she missed the cash-box .f+oNi the pace Where she had deposited it the night pre vious. gne frYs Very smell alarmed at not finding it in its usual place, and elttsed a strict search to be node, but without success. On Saturday morning she went to the Oriental Bank and stopped the bill. She subse quently went to Vine street station, and informed the police. The bill of exchange, two crown -pieces, the pocket book, and the purse, containing nine sovereigns produced, were her property. Robert Checkley, 184 C, said , Saturday morning last he received information that a cash-box had been stolen from No. 4, Clifford-street. Witness proceeded there in company with another constable, and questioned the prisoner where he had been to dinner ? The prisoner said he had been home to dinner. Witness then sent the other constable to the prisoner's mother to make inquiry into the truth of the prisoner's state ment, which proved to be entirely false. Witness then proceeded to search the premises, and found the cash box in the dusthole, and the two crown pieces on a ledge in the coal vault. Witness then took the prisoner to the slution. w here he &hied all knowledge;of the rob bery, but after being lucked up for some time s ••. se.Ll tr,;•...•4 that. SOUTH AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 22. —The Flunburgh schooner Fortune, Captain Vil, arrived in Cowes Roads this morning, in 62 days, from Month Video. She is Wen with 6,852 hides, &c., and bound for Hamhurgh. We had received advises up to the 20th of February from Monte Video and a file of Comercio del Plato, with later news than has yet come to Eng land. Mercantile affairs were paralysed by the strict blockade observed by the British and French squa drons at Buenos Ayres. Oribe was encamped at Cerrito, and General Rosas has taken possession of the province of Corrientes. The Cornercio del. Plato, of the 19th of February, publishes a very lengthy' letter addressed by the principal editor of that jour nal to Lord Hovvden at Rio Janeiro, vilifying the conduct and proceedings of Rosas, and desiring his Lordship's interference. Exchange at Monte Video on London was 40-k to 41 ; on Paris, sf. 22c. to 51. 25c. ; on Rio Janeiro, 8 to 9 per cent. premium. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. The following official letter has been received from Lord Palmerston through his Secretary, in answer to an application made to him upon the subject of Prus sian vessels laden with the property of British subjects being taken or detained by the Danish Govern ment : " Fort ign Office, April 19, 1848. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Viscount Palmer ston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, requesting to be informed whether, in the event of your property, now laden in Prussian vessels, being taken or detained by the Danish Go- vernment, her Majesty's Government will demand the restoration of the same to you on the payment of the invoice cost and charges. In reply, 1 am to inform you, that in the event of a war between Denmark and Prussia, Danish ships of war would have a right to capture and carry in for adjudication the merchant vessels of Prussia, notwithstanding that the cargoes which such merchant vessels respectively might be laden with should be the property of British subjects. Her Majesty's Government would not be justified in interfering to prevent the exercise of such belligerent right by any of the contending parties ; but British subjects, being owners of such cargoes, would be entitled in their character of neutrals to obtain resti tution of their property, by means of claims duly made and substantiated in the prize court of the coun try of the captor. Her Majesty's Government could only be called upon to interfere in case of denial of justice. " I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, E. J. STANLEY." THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA Yesterday forenoon his Royal Highness the prince of Prussia attended Divine service at the German Lutheran Chapel, in the Savoy-. The Count de Portalis, Count Charles Goltz, Major Oelr ic hs, and Captain Boyen, gentlemen in the Prince's suite, also attended. His Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, and his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, were also of the congregation. After luncheon the Prince, accompanied by Mr. Ernest Bunsen, we n t on f oo t t o W es t m i ns t e r Abbey. The dinner circle at the Prussian Legation, last evening, was confined to the Prince and aides-de camp, and the personnel of the legation. His Royal Highness, accompanied by Chevalier Bunsen, and the several noblemen and gentlemen in his retinue, leave town by the two o'clock train from the Great Western .Railway for Reading , whence ' they go to Strathfieldsaye on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, u n til Thursday next. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE NUMBER THIRTEEN.—. The cabalistic number thirteen is attached in a most singular manner to the life of the King of the French, as appears by the following, written in 1843 :—Louis Philippe was born in 1773 ; he emigrated in 1793 ; his emigration finished in 1813. He has reigned and governed for thirteen years. In thirteen years the Count of Paris will be of age. The king has thirteen clurteaux:—Les Tuilleries, Le Louvre, Le Palais Royal, L' Elissee Bourbon, Neuilly, St. Cloud, Meudon, Ver sailles, Compiegne, Fontainbleau, Eu, Pau, and Le Rainey. The Civil List has a total of thirteen children and grandchildren. His life has been in danger thirteen times since 1830. And, lastly, since his birth, he has seen thirteen governments succeed each other in France, including his own. MYSTERIOUS MURDER NEAR RUNCORN.-011 Sun day evening last a mysterious affair occurred in the neighbourhood of Rocksavage. Three boys, who were strolling in the fields near the dilapidated buildings of that ancient pile, picked up a pedlar's box, which they found empty and bespattt red with blood. Proceeding onward a little, they found various jewellers' trinkets of little value, scattered in different places along the foot path of the fields. Marks of blood wer e a l so trace d in the course of the track. Two of the lads brought tie box to Runcorn, and Kent with it direct to Mr. Richard son, the constable of the town, who immediately took active measures for the discovery of the murderers ; and on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the fisluponds in the vicinity of Rocksavage were dragged for the purpose of finding the body of the victim. Very active measures are still persevered in, but up to Thursday evening the body had not been found. It is a remarkably lonely path from Runcorn to Frodsham, through th e It)cksa vage fields. It it supposed that the murderers flung away the less costly jewellery, and took away with them the more valuable trinkets. Six constables, under Mr. Richardson, are on tl:e alert to discover, if possible, the murderers, and the body of the murdered. The ltarious pawnbrokers in the immediate neighbourhood, and at Liverpool and Manchester,tyvill do well if they can assist in the discovery. The person who owned the box is pretty well known to several of the inhabitants of Run corn ; he was a young Jew, about 17 years of age, with black hair, and a rather light complexion. The affair has caused a great sensation in the neighbourirpd.— From a Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian of Saturday. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LONDON.--At a meeting of this society, held on Saturday, the Right Hon. Lord Sondes in the chair, a ballot took place, and the following ladies and gentlemen were elected f e ll ows of the society :—His Grace the Archbishop of C s nter bury, Miss Eades, Miss J. Tottinghain, Miss F. Wilson, Captain C. Twistleton Graves, Tobiah Te a p e , E sq., J. G. Walker, Esq., John Grav es , E sq ., w hi ch with those previously admitted, make sixty-two fellows anted this season. EASTER TERM EXAMINATION OF ARTICLED CLERLS.—The Examiners have appointed Tuesday th© 2d day of May next, at half-past nine in the forenoon, at the llall of the Incorporated Law Society, in Chan cery-lane, for the examination of persons applying to be admitted attorneys. The examination will commuice et ten o'clock precisely. A large rough yellow•coloured dog might have been seen on Thursday lying quietly on the steps of the estrade when the Provisional Government were distri buting the colours. His master was killed during the late revolution, and he was himself wounded on the same occasion with a ball in the leg and a sabre cut iin the shoulder. His 'right paw was, besides, crushed by the hoof of a Municipal Guard's horse, which causes him to limp. The animal entered the Hotel de Ville oil the 24th, and remained there since, always staying with the Republican Guard. He has not been seen since T3ours day, and the Republican Guard now request any one that finds him to bring bim back to his old quarters. WINDSOR, SUNDAY' EVENING. THE EitICHE - E8 OF KENT.—Her Royal highness, attended by the Beefiness de Speth, left Frogmore House yesterday morning, at half.past eight o'clock, in a carriage and four, for the Weybridge station, on the South-Western line of R a u. way, where a special train was in waiting to convey- the D u chess to Gosport, en route to t he Isle of Wight, to spend the Easter holidays with her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Colonel Sir George Cowper left at an earlier hour for Weybridge to receive her Royal High ness at the station ; and afterwards proceeded, in atten dance upon the Duchess, to Osborne House. THE WIDOW OF BELZONI.—The widow of that great and enterprising traveller, Belzoni—that traveller to whose zeal and enterprise antiquarian science and ancient history owe so much—is now living in a state of the viva tgerrel est t horsd tidteu la r a o t r te ßrus sels Louise. -- No 2, G She . is a li n ac a s ee d d e yet in the upon th e when wholewoman last als o winter,which E n glis h woman unusually an dd suaanlly inc l ement in 13elgium, she ha d no t the means once to pro cure her self a meal of animal food, and could scarcely obtain s ufficient to sustain life u e c heapest vegetable diet. herSomea time pens since, I S o i ot it Sir a year for three years, which she H. in power, allowed piously, though p e rh aps source ceased, and year aft er not wisely, devoted to the re publication of her beloved h uysaebnaadrn despair. she's hworks.s be e n Bsui sinking k t n a g distress deeper and d eeper i nto t only to menti on t h ese f acts to induce the Surely benevolent is People of Engl an d t o re lieve the destitution of one so closely connected with him to whom literature and learning are so deeply indebted. Surely, upon being made acquainted with the case, her Majesty's Govern ment will take it into their humane consideration, with a view to afford this amiable and exemplary lady some aft ctive assistance.— Observer. 111ARYLEBONE VESTRY.—At the usual meeting of this body on Saturday, the loyal address to the Queen, of which notice had been given the preceding week, was brought forward for adoption. Mr. W. Williams (late M.P. for Coventry) said he could not concur in the portion of this address which tended to express a con fidence in the Government and in the present Parlia ment. Now he must confess that he had no confidence whatever in either.—(Hear, hear, and oh.) He believed that he was telling the truth when he asserted his con viction that the country at large had not the slightest confidence either in the present Government or Perlis mcnt.—(Loud cries of " oh, oh, and " hear, hear.") A good deal of discussion ensued, but the address was finally adopted. His Excellency Lord Howden, according to letters from his Lordship from Rio Janeiro, is expected to arrive from the Brazils on the 2ith proximo. STATE or TRADE.—There is a decided improve ' went in business in Lancashire since the public mind has been set at rest by the peaceful and gratifying re sult of the recent political movement in London and the country. Both the cotton and the woollen trades are improving; and we are glad to find that the demand for several kinds of produce has improved in Liverpool