The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-06 00:00:00

11-IE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full inforniatiorl may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap ciicati:n to _ _ G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern, Now rzmcly, at all the Libraries, T HE NEW NOVEL, LADY ALICE In 3 vols. Pest Svo. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. UER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. First Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACHE. The Nobility, Subscriliers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect• hilly informed that _ On TUESDAY EVENING, Will be presented Belllni's Opera of NORMA. Poilio, Signer Gardonl ; Oreveso, Signor Lablache ; Norma, Mdlle, raroell ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Sxmery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the tole. orated Ballot, entitled LE DLIBLE A QUATRE. In which will appeal' Mdile. Carlotta Grist Mdlle Maric Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely now grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, Is in active prepa ration, TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MDLLE. JEN • Y LIND. irt's Opera, Il Fluto It is res; eeably announced that a Gr :n , l EVENING, CLASSIC %I. MUSICAL. ENTERTAINMENT w,ll take rlacc in the Great Theatre cn THURSDAY EVENING, the 12 h of April, with tali o:ehrstra, Cho us, ac , tint comprishig tke whole of 31ezIrt's celebrated Opera, IL FLAUTO MAGICO. Principal artistes—Mlle. 'Penny Lind. Mdlle. Casolani, Mdlle. Polonio, Mies A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame Giu:l Signor Gardoni, Signor llordas, Signor Bartolini (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arneldi, Signor Coletti, Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache. Conductor, \lr. Belle. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege of this performance in the subscription are respectfully requested to corn vunnicate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Satur day, the 7th instant, until which day their Boxes and Stalls will be retained. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. * Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. railer the Patrocaga of her Majesty e th Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Ting Theatre will Re-open on Easter Monday with a Grand Dines trtfin Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN 01 CALIFORNIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. Boa-office open from Eleven tin Five. Qtncre Hanauer. Mr. W.-West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication cm be attended to unless authen cited by the raze and address of the writer. Reject.7!,l communications cannot be returned. WEATELER.—Sun OFFICE, APRIL 6. TH:BMONISTEA, Lowest, 34; Highest, 57; noon, 54. BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND S.S.E.—fine Eunsbiny weather. J. 1‘;II HATER AT LONDON Tins DAT —Morning, I min. after 1 !Evening, 29 min. after 1 To-Monaow— mrninr., 49 rrJn. after 1 Evening, 6 ann. after 2 d og C ." 43) 4' c kf• ' l 4 fr *tt4L2 ..`" At • - • .c.% .." ' 01 _ , L tflt r nlt'n4 LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6 1349. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Revenue Returns for the financial year ending the sth of April instant will be found in another part of our impression. They are not, we regret to say, of so favourable a character as those to which we directed the public attention on the Gth January last, but on the whole they are, perhaps, not worse than we had reason to expect, and we must, it appears, be contented with maintaining our former position. We cannot hope for any great or permanent improve ment until our monetary code is placed on a satis factory footing, and the nation is afforded the blessing of a currency adequate to its wants and exigencies. There is an improvement on the entire year of 867,2891., of which 805,8231. are on the ordinary branches of revenue. When, however, we consider the panic that prevailed in 1847, the total cessation of credit, and the commercial paralysis that ensued, the fearful depression under which every branch of trade, manufacture, and commerce laboured during that period, we cannot congratulate ourselves very highly , on such - a result. There is a slight and almost imper ceptible falling off on the quarter,the deficiency, how ever, being only 2,491/. on the ordinary branches of re venue ; it, however, amounts on the whole quarter to no less than 264,0931.; this was produced by the un expected receipt of 455,021/. China money in the beginning of 1848—an item which can never again appear in the national balance-sheet. In the other extraordinary branches of revenue, there are con siderable improvements. T,he Imprest and Other Monies show an excess of 179,9091. over the corre sponding quarter last year—and the Repayment of Advances, an increase of 13,510/. These are not, how ever, matters of great importance beyond the amounts they, represent. They afford no indication whatever of the social and financial condition of the country. In the eustoms there is an improvement both on the year and quarter. On the former, of 1,169,5541., on the latter, of 209,469/. This may to a certain ex tent be regarded as proving that trade has revived in some degree, and that there is greater commer cial activity. We must again, however, remind our readers of the vast exertions that were made to bring gold into the country to the exclusion of almost every other commodity. Indeed the low prices that ruled duringlB47 and the beginning of 1848 discouraged any speculative importation. The Customs duties were, therefore, much below what they ought to have been, and the present improvement only indicates a gradual recovery from the former depression.: The Excise, which is usually looked upon as the barometer of national prosperity, does not exhibit so favourable an aspect. It is true that there is an ap parent improvement on the year of 569,632/., but that is ascribable to a piece of financial legerdemain, which, by a single sweep of the magician's wand, transferred the produce of the carriage and other duties from the department of Stamps to the Excise. In return, therefore, for the nominal improvement in the Excise, we have a more than proportionate falling off in the Stamps, which are deficient on the year by 719,5811., or 149,9491. more than the increase in the Excise. The quarter, however, shows a lamentable falling off in both Excise and Stamps-- on the former of 182,0261., and on the latter of 69,497/. The Property-tax, which indicates the posi tion of the middle and upper classes, as the Excise does of the less wealthy, also continues the deplorable falling off we formerly alluded to; the decrease on the year being no less than 142,1251., while on the quarter it is 30,1211., thus showing that more than 5,000,000/. per annum has been cut off from the irelmes of our merchants, traders, and professional men. This painful result is mainly ascribable to the contracted state of the curreney, and the 'consequent forced inactivity for want of an adequate medium of exchange, or proper repre sentative of value. On all the other items there are improvements on the quarter, generally coupled with deficiencies on the year. Thus, on Taxes there it a deficiency of 28,6681. on the year, but an increase of 4,1991. on the quarter In the Post-office, a deficiency of 77,0001. in the year is followed by an im provement of 13,0001. in the quarter. Great improve ments, however, have taken place in this department and additional facilities have been afforded for the transmission of correspondence, which more than accounts for the deficiency, while we may congratu late ourselves on the recent increase The Crown Lands show an increase both on the year and quarter — on the former of 39,000 Z l a tter of 19,0001. This will, howe ver , be on the little compar ison with the great improve ment that in safely be anticipat ed when p ro p er ref orms are in rn tr ay deiced into the management, when we may look for an annual return of at least 500,0001., in plac e o f 100,000/. only, as it was during the past year. The Miscellaneous, the only remaining item, shows a decrease of 4,9891. on the year, but an increase of 42,485/• on the quarter. On the whole, it will be apparent that the improvement has been (with the exception of the Customs) on the less important items, while the fall ing off on the quarter, on the Excise, Stamps, and Property-tax, indicate a very unfavourable condition of the country, and calls for some great and comprehen sive monetary reforms to afford some reasonable pros pee t of renewed national prosperity. The Member for Dublin is entitled to great credit for his efforts to abate that grievous nuisance, the process of attachment in certain cities and towns in Ireland. It has long attained an unenviable celebrity, and it would be impossible to detail the innumerable instances of oppression and fraud that have been per petrated by means thereof. The policy of the Legisla ture has for some time back been to suspend summary remedies until the validity of the plaintiff's demand had been fully established before a competent tribunal. Arrest on mesne process has been practically abo lished. Before such a step can be taken it must be shown to the satisfaction of a judge of one of the superior courts that there is good reason to believe that the defendant contemplates departing from the realm. The grounds of that belief must be fully set forth, and, if the defendant can rebut the case, the order will be discharged with costs. Under any cir cumstances he can only be required to enter into securities to be forthcoming at the fitting time. The process of attachment is, however, far more objec tionable, even than that of arrest on mesne process. Any person who chooses to swear that another is in debted to him on any account, and to any extent that he himself pleases to assign, may resort thereto, if re siding within the jurisdiction of any of these petty, but most vexatious tribunals. The security to be given is not merely for the due appearance of the party, or that he will be forthcoming to abide the decree of the Court, but for the satisfac tion of the debt, if a judgment should be obtained. Great difficulty is consequently experienced in obtaining the necessary bail ; and parties have been irretrievably ruined in consequence of claims being set up that ultimately appeared to be altogether destitute of foundation. The credit and character of a solvent person may be totally destroyed by the seizure of his stock in trade by a malevolent enemy, who may gratify his vindictive feelings with impunity if he can succeed in obtaining an overdue acceptance of his victim. In whatever point of view or aspect the matter may be regarded, it is equally repugnant to every principle of justice. As we have already stated, the unfortunate defendant may sustain the most serious damage from the acts of an enemy, who may either ios'itute a fictitious claim, or seek to oppress a competitor by vindictive Proceed ing;. It is also but too frequently resorted to as a mode by which a fraudulent prefer ence may be given to a favoured creditor. Through its operation the entire stock in trade, furni ture, and effects of a person generally supposed to be in a perfectly solvent condition may be swept away by a single creditor, fur his own exclusive benefit, while the others, who might have received a fair divi dend, if the assets had been equitably distributed, are left without a single farthing. In cases of real insolvency it is generally a near relative of the de fendant who adopts such proceedings, and there is goad reason for believing that in the majority of instances the proceeds of the attachment are applied for the benefit of the insolvent, to start him again in business when his debts have been wiped away through the operation of the Bankrupt or Insolvent Court. A great temptation to wilful and deliberate perjury is thus afforded, a temptation which, we regret to say, is but too often yielded to. The heavy costs attendant on the process would afford an additional reason (if any were required) for its abolition. Mr. REYNOLDS stated to the Home, on Wednesday, that upon an examination of the returns he found that an expenditure of 3131. 17s. 61. had been incurred in recovering 3451., which might have been sued for and judgments obtained in the Civil Bill Courts for about 81. Nothing whatsoever can be allegel in favour of a continuance of this practice. It affords no additional facilities to fair and bona fide creditors. They can recover their demands as expeditiously and more cheaply in the superior courts, where the debt exceeds 201., and far more so before the Assistant-Barrister, when under that amount. Why, then, should an abuse so flagrant, a grievance so cry ing, be tolerated for a single moment. It leads to oppression, to fraud, to perjury, to enor mous legal expenses, and not a single word can be uttered in its favour. In a word, it is more obnoxious to the citizens of Dublin, and other towns in Ireland, than that intolerable nuisance, the Palace Court, is to the inhabitants of Westminster and its vicinity, and it is continued for the very same reason, and that alone, an unwillingness to interfere with " aged vices." Mr. REYNOLDS has, however, at length grap pled', with the iniquity, and if he performed no other service during his legislative career he would have deserved well of the important constituency by whom he has been returned to Parliament. Anxious as we may be to see this system abolished, we would not desire to inflict injustice upon any pub lic officer. The Marshal of the Court has a vested interest in certain fees, which have returned a cer tain income to which he could look forward for his life. It would certainly be very unfair, and altogether contrary to the usual practice to abolish these fees without allowing fair compensation. As a mere officer of the court, established under an Act of Parliament, he cannot be looked upon as in any degree responsible for the abuses that have sprung up. He has, perhaps, abandoned other pursuits to discharge the duties thus imposed on him, and we cannot believe that the Imperial Government would so deeply wrong any public servant, to effect a paltry and inconsiderable saving. We are as much the advocates of economy as any persons whatsoever, but the economy we desire must not be founded on injus tice or oppression. We rejoice to find that the agitation for the aboli tion of burial in towns has at length commenced in earnest, and that the indefatigable labours of Mr. WALKER out of Parliament, and of Mr. MACKINNON in the House, have at length succeeded in arousing public attention to this subject. It must be most gratifying to these gentlemen to find that the Na tional Society for the Abolition of Burial in Towns is now taking its stand as one of our power-exercising public institutions, and that such men as Lord DUDLEY STUART, Lord COCHRANE, Mr. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Mr. JAMES WYLD, Mr. GEORGE Tnomrsom, and Mr. GOODWIN, are now coming for ward to join in this movement, of which Mr. WALKER has been the Colonel THOMPSON, and Mr. Macana- NON the CHARLES VILLIERS. The meeting, held at the Whittington Club on Wednesday evening, a full report of the proceedings of which appears in The Sun of this evening, proves that at length public attention has been fairly aroused to this question, and that, as we, in common with all the early supporters of this move ment have ever felt, is all that is necessary to secure the immediate adoption of measures for the removal of the evil. It is time that the public should speak out, and that the army of undertakers, and grave diggers, and mutes, and parish clerks and parish clergymen, and other recipients of fees for burials within the precincts of great cities, should be given at once to understand that we will no longer submit to be poisoned for their profit ; that the plague -and pestilence interest can no more be regarded than the slave-trading interest, or any other interests which are contrary to morality, and that therefore they had best prepare to at once set their grave-yards in order and depart. Of all sanitary measures this is the most important, indeed it is the foundation of all the rest, the one thing that should not be left undone. So long as the abominable, im moral, soul-corrupting, and body-poisoning practice of burying the dead in the midst of the living shall be continued, all so-called sanitary mea sures will be comparatively valueless. As was justly and eloquently observed by Lord DUDLEY STUART at tlse meeting on Wednesday— " You say let us have good sewerage, let us have good ventilation, let us have fresh air and a good supply of fresh water; and I say £0 too; I know nothing more im portant; but, alas! it is in vain to have improved sewers, good supplies of water, and fresh air; it is in vain to make the attempt which has been made, and will ad vantages be renewed, to give poor people an unstinted supply of we do not light va by the repeal of the window-tax, if with those ad drawing t ther op s o m l i u s I cramped-up windows of also succeed in rooting out and away .por all interments from the heart of the me and air, if that air bron ht • what would be the use of breaking open fresh w h ith it poison ? Men say give us air—aye, give th e . poor to let in light air —don't give us pol luted air, charged with miasm a e bodies in a state of putrefaction , and vi h i P e o h isaorne fhreoamperdeeukping oat ur very doors." How long :hall this system be permitted to con tinue, which transforms " those sacred edifices, where we go from Sabbath to Sabbath to worship our com mon MAKER," into reservoirs of pestilence, breeding poison ? Until public attention shall be fully aroused to the circumstances of the case, until the public shall b ecome Aware that such places as Enon Chapel and THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1849. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 1848, and Lith of April, 1849, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 11 Year ended April 5. Quarter ended April 5 , ended , -A , ended --, _ July 5, Oct. 10, J an. 5, April 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, April 5, t--------"- ,____ __ -A- _________ , 1847 i 1847 1848 1848. 1848 1848 1848 1849 1849 1849 Increase. I Decrease. Increase. ;Decrease. ------- --- X X X X £ £ £ £ I £ £ £ £ £ £ Customs ••••••• • • • • • • • 4,519,119 4,936,644 4,111,862 4,392,650 17,960,275 4,447,832 5,406,483 4,682,395 4,593,119 19,129,829 Customs • • • 1,169,554 •• • • 200,469 .. .. Excise .. -.. ... •••• • • • 3,291,052 3,539,946 3,246,883 2,002,601 12,980,482 3,473,803 4,102,574 3,253,162 1,820,575 12,650,114 Excise . Stamps .••••••• • • • • • • • 1,869,464 1,707,945 1,564,855 1,618,664 6,760,932 1,557,640 1,461,942 1,472,598 1,549,171 6,041,351 ms Taxes •.•.•••. • • • • • • • • 2,075,001 213,885 1,914,783 143,902 4,347,571 2,034,133 215,656 1,921,013 148,101 4,318,903 ' Taxe5............ •• • • 28,668 4,199 •• • • Property Tax.......... 1,036,517 1,918,645 452,567 2041,640 5,459,369 948,401 1,892,890 424,434 2,011,519 5,317,244 Property Tax .... .. •• • • 142,125 .... 30,121 Post-office ..... .. ••• • • . 215,000 222,000 208,000 221,000 866,000 136,000 221,000 198,000 234,000 789,000 Post-office •• • • 77,000 13,000 .... Crown Lands • ......... .. 40,000 21,000 6' 000, 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 100,000 Crown Lands .. • ... Miscellaneous .. ••• • • • 7,461 73,126 11,746 56,307 148,640 89,022 13,923 21,709 98,792 143,651 Miscellaneous.- •.. .... 4,989 42,485 •• • • Total Ordinary Revenue 13,013,614 •12,612,191 11,560,696 10,497,768 47,684,269 1 ,12,736,831 13,334,468 12,003,311 10,495,277 48,490,092 Total .. ...... 1,778,186 972,363 279,153 281,644 China Money.... .....! .. • • • • 455,021 455,021 I • • 84,284 .. 84,284 I China Money ...... •• .. 370,737 .... 455,021 Imprest Moneys, &c. .. I 88,632 43,537 30,614 24,452 187,235 88,805 168,437 123,895 204,361 665,293 , Imprest Moneys, &c. 475,058 .. • • 179,909 .. • • Repayments otAdvances 137,944 187,486 74,048 74,138 473,616 86,813 112,605 140,695 87,618 427,761 ' RepaymtsofAdyncs. .. • • 45,855 13,510 .... Total Income .. '13,240,190 12,843,214 11,665,358 11,051,379 1 48,800,141 1 12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 10,787,246 49,667,430 j Total ..... •. • 2,256,244 1,388,955 472,572 736,665 - 1,3 , 8,95 , I Deduct Deduct solidated Funds... .. . 9,912,813 8,236,066 7,010,559 5,956,232 31,115,670 6,818,019 7,230,426 8,974,147 5,897,300 28,919,892 t Decrease Increase 1 472 ' 572 Ditto, as Advances ... • • 1,724,311 398,084 340,830 149,0.59 2,612,284 i 231,111 428,746 184,380 183,554 1,029,791 Ditto, as Ways & Means 1 Increase Decrease of the Year- -••• • .1 7,113,698 1 5,126,232 4,889,744 4,946,008 22,075,762 I 5,863,319 5,956,338 3,193,653 , I 4,704,432 19,717,747 867,289/ on on the 264,093 ~ - --- the Year. Quarter. Total, '18,750,822 113,760,382 12,241,133 11,051,3791 55,803,716 12,912,449 13,615,510)12,352,185 10,787,286 i 49,667,430 k • Exclusive of Advances and inclusive of Loan. No. H.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the tth April, 1848, and the sth April, 1849 Quarters ended April 5 Quarters ended April 5. CHARGE. Permanent Debt •• • • • • •• •• • •• •• •• •• •• • • Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Sinking Fund •• •• •• • • • • •• • • • • ...... ............ ............... ... ' Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund . • '• •• • ' •• • • •• • • • • 5,576,137 1,270,951 98,492 330,399 149,059 5,560,414 1,277,136 98,767 340,657 185,454 Total Charge The Surplus ............ The Surplus Revennc on January 5, 1849, after providing for the Charges on that Q tarter wa5......• ...... To which is to be added the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, as above stated, in the present Quarter ........ The Amount issued In the Quarter ended April 5, 1849, in part of the Sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services .. The probable Amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the Charge ended April 5, 1849 Fadrelandet says, " That the islands on the west coast of Schleswig have been occupied by the Danes without resistance." The Berlinger Zeitung says, " The number of in surgents concentrated between Apenrade and Fiends burg amounts to at least 20,000 men, consisting chiefly of Schleswig-Holsteiners." It would appear that the hope of assistance from Russia, which at first was very general in Denmark, is becoming more and snore slender. No Russian troops whatever have appeared as the auxiliaries of Denmark. The King of SWEDEN, on the other hand, has sent several divisions. With regard to the intended operations it would appear that Denmark means to make a simultaneous attack upon several points; the main body, consisting of the cavalry and the best troops, are concentrated at Jutland. In the south-western districts there are about 14 squadrons. General FAI3VIER is the com mander de facto of the Danish army, and displays his usual great knowledge of the art of war in his preliminary preparations. The discipline of the Danish troops is said to be severe in the extreme, in some cases amounting almost to a want of humanity. Our next reports will probably tell of some blow having been struck. A letter from Altona of the 2d says—" To-mor row will introduce a new state of things here." We learn from the north that the German troops have gone further inland, and that those stationed on Alsen have been embarked to be removed to the mainland. The Danish troops in Jutland were said to have been 6,000 on Saturday. General VON Borax has laid hands on every cart and waggon, and has arranged to form opposing barricades to the Danes if they should attempt to effect a land ing. The coasts are strongly lined with troops, and the general opinion among the German troops is that any attempt of the Danes to effect a landing must prove unsuccessful. The 'slain point of the expected attack is defended by sixty-two 84• pounders. The general cause is joined by troops from all the German states, numbers of which are continually passing for the scene of action. We know not what a day may bring forth.—llam burgh Papers. ....................................... on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter 7,427,038 3,633,286 7,462,528 5,337,862 11,065,321 10,500,390 50,543 3,337,862 3,898,40 S 4,704,432 806,028 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THI?EE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flat. Railway Shares were dull. Tho continental letters received this morning are un satisfactory. Haraburgh letters announce that the Danish war is certain to recommence, Lord Palmer s t on and Chevalier B unsen h av i ng rejected the Danish ulti matum. Great preparations were making on both sides, and it is the feeling in the City that if the war begins anew it will be exceedingly fierce, and probably involve Russia and Sweden, the German party being decidedly strongest by lend. There are but few parties in the City this morning ; and with respect to the revenue returns they are looked upon as favourable. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY SIVIITIIPIELD. This being the great Lamb market for the season, the supply of that description of stock on sale was sea sonably good, but not so extensive as at some corres ponding periods of the year, the number being about 3,500 head. As the attendance of buyers was numerous, the Lamb trade ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations of (rite 2d per 81bs, the currencies ruling from 5s 8d to 6s 8d per 81bs. We were but moderately supplied with Sheep; nevertheless the mutton trade was heavy at barely Monday's prices, the highest figure for the best old Downs, in the wool, being 4s 4d per 81bs. Th e supply of Beasts was large, while the sale for them was in a very depressed state at almost nominal fi gures. Calves and pigs met a slow inquiry at late rates. Milch Cows were held at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Ms. to sink the offal. a. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 2 ' 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 Second quality .. •• 2 8 :10 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 3 2 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots ... •• • 3 4 3 1 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarn Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs •••• •• 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers .. ,•3 10 4 2 , uckling Calves ..18 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs ..18 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep .• . 2 8 210 Lambe •••••• • • • • 6 a 6 8 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. I Pi gs. I 5,930 9B 120 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I Figs, 210 41 Beast s. I SCOTCH. Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pi gs, 130 190 NEWGATE AND LEADENIZALL. The general demand ruled excessively heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beasts. 950 Beasts. 103 At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. ileef,inferfor.... •• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 5 - middling •• 2 6 2 E.-- middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .• 210 30 - prime 3 6 8 8 Vea1......- prime small .• 3 2 3 4 , Pork, large .... • • 210 3 4 .• •••• • • 3 4 4 2 - small . 3 6 4 2 Lamb. 5s 44 to 6s 6d. This being a close holiday, no business was trans acted at Mark lane or in the Borough. COLONIAL MARKETS. SUGAR. —An improved business has been done in most descriptions, and the market closed very firmly last evening, to be re-opened on Wednesday next. Efoldei.s of British Plantation are very firm, and have not brought forward much. This has given support to the prices. EA ST INDlA.—There have been several parcels offered. Of Mauritius over 10,000 bags by auction went at full quotations, to 6d advance in some cases, fine yellow 40s to 41s, mid and goo d 38s 64 to 40s , low at 37s to 3s3s, ord to fine grey at 37s to 39s 6d, brown at 33s 6d to 36s 6d, and washed at 34s 6d to 40s per cwt. Madras, 1,216 bags, went at 33s to 33s for:ord soft and washed yellow, and at 31s to 34s 6d for low to fine damp and washed brown. Bengal, 7,700 bags, brought full prices to a slight advance. Benares, ord and mid white 40s to 41s, good and fine 41s 6d to 435, mid and good soft yellow 37s 6d to 40s; damp and washed Dhobah 42s 6d to 445, and strong yellow 38s to 433 per cwt. FORElGN.—Privately a good business has been done for exportation at full prices. St. Croix at public sale has been has been c OF e F e EE t . a_ke T n in he a 42s market t to f 4 orm 4 s per most descriptionstcwt very quiet, and there is but a reasonable quantity pressed for sale, although the supply is certainly equal to the demand. Ceylon has been at barely previous rates for Native, real good ord 33s to 33s 6d, and good ord 32s 6d per cwt. Plantation has gone off with tolerable steadi ness; low mid 48s 6d, fine and fine fino ord 405 6d to 45s 6d, good and fine ord 33s 6d to 36s 6d, mid and good mid 50s to 565, pea-berry 46s to 545, and triage 34s to 365. Pedang has been taken in at 28s to 28s 6d. Rio good ord has realised 28s to 325. Bahia has been taken in at 325. Mocha has been sold at 49s to 565. Java has partly found buyers at 32s 6d to 38s 6d for fine ord to fine fine ord, good ord being bought.in at 32s to 334. Costa Rica sold at 33s 64 to 35s 6d for good and fine ord, and Mysore sold at 40s to 455. TEA.—Assam, 1,776 packages, consisting of Congou, Souchong, and Pekoe, all sold at very full prices. Very superior up to 43 6 , 3. The general market is quiet. MOLASSES. -173 puncheons Trinidad sold at 20s to 20s 6d per cwt. CocoA,—Trinidad brought 34s to 45s 6d per cwt, and Bahia was taken in at 30s per cwt. SPlCES.—Sumatra Pepper has been about id per lb dearer. Malabar 2d to V-,d per lb for light grey, and some superior was taken in at 3d per lb. Pimento has been taken in at 3d per lb. Rum.—The market is quiet. Proof Loewards Is 4P to is sd, and East India is 30 per gallon. CorroN.—There has been a largo business doing. Surat brought 31d to 3id for mid to good fair. RlCE.—Rather lower rates have been accepted, and the market is duller. Madras pinkey white, 8s; Pearl Barley, mixed with red Grain, 7s; Siam low white, 8s ; Bengal good and fine white, lOs 6d to I Is per cwt. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is quoted 39s per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The market has been brisk for all kinds owing to the Easter holidays, when an increased consumption takes place. Two cargoes Oranges ex Onward and Galatea from St. Michael's, one, ex Helen, from Oporto, and a cargo of Lemons, ex Farmer, from Messina, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale. The two first cargoes went at an advance of 2s per box ; the cargoes from Oporto were out of condition; and the Le mons of sound condition sustained the price obtained of late. Barcelona Nuts were held firmly at a shilling per bag advance. Black Spanish 2s per barrel cheaper. Chesnuts cleared off the market. Brazil scarce, and 2s per barrel higher. Mrs. Nisbett and Miss Jane Mordaunt have just concluded a most successful engagement at Edinburgh, both these talented actresses having established them selves high in favour with the playgoers of our northern capital. Mrs. Nisbett had a benefit last Thursday, play. in.. (assisted by h er s i ster ) i n t h e Love Chase and the Soldier's Daughter, and the crowded state of the Theatre Royal testified how many friends and admirers this ac complished artiste had won , even during this her brief sojourn. Miss Jane Mordaunt took her benefit on Sa turday; and, with other entertainments, the pieces Clari and the Dream at Sea were selected, both of which gave great seope for the talents of both the sisters, each being celebrated in her respective role. But we are sorry to hear that Mrs. Nisbett was taken so seriously unwell on Friday as to prevent her playing on that or the following night. Notwithstandieg, however, this serious disap pointment, the fair beneficiare had a bumper to welcome her. Mrs. Nisbett, by our last accounts, was fast re• covering, and the sisters were to start immediately for Newcastle-on-Tyne, being engaged to play there during the Easter week. After fulfilling some few other en gagernents in the north, they will return to London, and, it is said, both appear at one of our metropolitan theatres in a new five -act play, expressly written for them by one of our most successful dramatic authors. Tn Om( FARM IRON WORKS.— BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. —These extensive works, near Stourbridge, were sold to day at Dee's Royal Hotel, in this town, to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone (through Mr. Fresh field, solicitor) for 36,000/. Mr. Gladstone has a lien upon the nutchinery for 20,000/. ; but this does not form any ingredient in the sale of the leasehold (eighteen years) purchase. WEITHER.—We have had one of the finest sued titaLs Within the memory of the most ' farmers; the l ong - cont i nued drought allowing all kinds of grain to be put into the ground under the most favourable circutestoces.—Derby Mercury. BADEN. The sentence passed by the tribunal of Friburg on Struve and Blind, the leaders in the insurrection of Baden, is five years and four months' solitary impri sonment and the costs. The public prosecutor announced that he would appeal against the sentence, as not being equal in severity to the gravity of the offence. HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 2.—Yesterday morning at an early hour all the bells of this city began to toll, and the steamer quitted Rotterdam for Geertruidenburg, for the purpose of taking on board th e mor t a l rema i ns of his late Majesty William IL The steamer is painted black, the poop having been covered with black cloth, and a cataphoast raised on the deck, hung with black cloth, with silver supports and decorations, with a royal crown at either end, and surmounted with a plume of black feathers. The whole is under cover of a black canopy, which extends from the helm to the funnel. It is said her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Prince of Saxe- Weimar, Eisenbach, and Prince Henry of the Ne therlands are on board the steamer. This funeral steamer will be accompanied from mourners. The mortal Geertruidenburg by f . our . other st eamers, having on be depo s it e d at R otterdam buildings of th e w h ar f, rf b oe o rm a r at d i hntesh night ifg s h u hi i st t e iAni a a n jo. d ens e p t y r ; w e I p hl a e l which is hung with black cloth, and lighted up with silver candelabras. The Staats Courant contains a list o f appoint ments made by his Majesty King William 111. The Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in conformity with the usual custom, on the demise of a sovereign, has held an extraordinary sitting. The Administrator-General and President of the Council, after dilating on the gri e f occas i one d b y the death of his Majesty the Grand Duke William 11., and the expectatio ns w hi ch were b u i lt upon his successor, his Majesty, the Grand Duke William 111., who had by letter expressed his regret that he was unable 'at this moment to appear in the midst of his beloved Luxemb ourgers, i nv i ted t h e Chamber to pay their homage t o t h e new Sovere i gn, by immediately appointing a Committee charged to proceed to the Hague for the purpose of receiving his Majesty's oath. After the discourse of the Admins trator-General, the Chamber proceeded to the nomi nation of the Bureau, when Mons. Charles Met; who was absent, was nominated President by 41 votes out of 44, and M. Von Tornaco Vice-President, by 86 votes of 44. The Chamber decided that an address should be drawn up to the Ki ng Grand Duke, and should be carried to him by th e d eputat i on c h arge d to receive his oath. This address was adopted in the next day's sitting. Hague and to receive the oath of the King, d' s com- The deputation charged to carry th e a dd ress to the i pose a the President, who pre sided as a matter of right, the deputation was chosen of Charles Metz as President, and twelve mem bers.by lot. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne of the 31st ult. says—" The Federal Council received to-day the intelligence that a great number of Piedmontese had taken refuge in the canton of the Valais by the Simplon, with their arms and baggage. The Valasian Governor, after having taken their arms away, has sent them into the interior, and written for instructions from the Federal Executive authority.' ITALY. -.„-- The Austrian general, Baron DE ASPRE, marched at the head of his corps from Novarra on the 27th for Florence. The Governor of Genoa has been arrested by the insurgents. The Sardinian Government has declared Genoa in a state of si eg e. Mr. TEMPLE and M. Dm RAUEVAL returned to Naples on the 28th from Palermo, having completely failed in the obj ect of their vis i t, w hi c h was to i nduce the Sicilians to consent to the terms of pacification proposed by the King of NAPLES. OUItT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes past four o'clock, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by the Royal suite, arrived at the Castle, escorted by a detachment of the Second Regi ment of Life Guards, from town. The Royal dinner party yesterday consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Wait ing on her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Spetb, and Sir George Couper. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Little Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. Earl and Countess Grey have left town for Datchet. YACHT LAUNCH.—We last week announced that a yacht had been launched from the yard of Messrs. Wanhill ; her burden was 60 tons, and not as we then stated 37. She is, we understand, intended to compete with the iron Mosquito, which caused. such a sensation last summer. On Friday a yacht of 50 tons burden, named the C3nthia, built for J. Wicks, Esq., of Brompton•square, was launched from the s%me ard, and no doubt will prove a teazar to many during the forthcoming season, and thereby add to the laurels al ready earned by the 201 e-built yachts.—Poole and Dor oet Hcrald• Ilqf CO3IE. Excise .. Stamps Taxes . . . Property Tax . Post-office . • Crown Lands..... Miscellaneous ..................... China Imprest and other Moneys .. Produce of the sal- 01 Old stores .. Repayments of AdTances To Cash brought to this Account to be applied to the payment of Deficiency bi 115.......... • • .. • • ..... 4,392,650 2,016,54 G 1,618,668 143,902 2,e41,640 221,000 21,000 50,307 455,021 24,452 74,138 11,065,324 11,065,324 4,593,119 I,S 33,679 1,549,171 : 143,101 2,011,519 234,000 40,000 93,792 28,018 176,343 87,648 10,800,390 10,800,390 the Spa-fields burying-ground are not the excep tions, but the rule. We would respectfully suggest to the Society the propriety of following up graveyard after graveyard throughout the metropalis, in the male manner as they have done Enon Chapel and Spa-fiields ; and before twelve months are over public opinion will be so strongly expressed on the subject, that the Government, compelled by its own fears to set at defi ance the interested opposition of the recipients of burial fees, whether they be gravediggers or digni taries, will introduce .a measure for the total and immediate abolition of the practice of burials in towns. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. They announce the arrival of CHARLES ALBERT at Bayonne on Monday, en route for Madrid, from which city he will proceed to Lisbon. The Abbe LE FAYET, Bishop of Orleans, and M. GAMARD, a lUemkr of the Natio na l A ssem bl y , both died on Tuesday of cholera. M. GAMARD was ill only a few hours. The total number of cholera cases reported as in the hospitals on Wednesday was 1,006, of which there are 565 dead. At the sitting of the National Assembly on Wed nesday, General LAMORICIERE, and MM. GOUD• CLIAUX, lIAVIN BILLAULT, CARBON, and GREVY were elected Vice. Presidents for the ensuing month, and MM. EMILE PEAT] and DELSCOYE, Se cretaries. GIOBERTI has, it is said, asked the consent of the French Government to the intervention of the King of SARDINIA in Tuscany. The advance of the army of the Alps to the fron tier has been countermanded. The first of the English excursionists arrived at Boulogne on Thursday morning. The National Guards, in full uniform, but unarmed, were waiting to receive them, as were the Sous Prefet, the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, and the ex-Mayor, M. ADAM. The visitors, on landing, were received by the Sous Prefet and Mayor, who welcomed them in appropriate terms. Mr. LLOYD responded on behalf of his countrymen, who were conducted by the National Guard into the town amidst enthusiastic cheering. In front of the Custom House a triumphal arch had been erected bearing the following inscription in English :—" To the fraternal union of England and France." Lord Brougham was present at the reception of the English. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILS'iATS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 5. Boulogne and Amiens, BN—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 1 ,E—East Indian, 4 1 4—Namur and Liege, 8 x in.—Northern of France, 11 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% Paris and Rouen, 22—Rouen and .Havre, 11 Sambre and Meuse, 4N. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. Their contents are uninteresting. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 30.—Three per Cents., 22i paper ; after Bola, 21 1.16 cash. Fives, 101 ; after Boise, 10i cash. I'as3ive, 3i paper; after Boise, 34. Coupons, 6- t i- paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 60 cash ; 62 paper. Treasury Bills, 67 cash ; 68 paper. Exchange on London, 49.90. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. The Vienna papers state that the preliminaries of peace between Austria and Sardinia, are already set tled, and the General WHOLGEMUTH has gone to Olmutz to procure the ratification of the Emperor. Accounts from Hungary give us the particulars - of the victory gained by General DAMGANICH over the Austrians on the sth of March at Holnok. The Austrians lost 1,300 men killed, 24 pieces of cannon and 40 baggage and ammunition waggons. ' The Austrians were again defeated on the 24th at Losonez. The inhabitants of Losonez had, it appeared, insulted the Austrian flag, which had been hoisted in the town, upon which WINDISCHGEITZ dispatched a corps from Pesth, with orders to join itself to the garrison of Schemniz, and to repair to Losonez, and levy a contribution of 24,000 florins on the inha bitants. The inhabitants applied to the Hungarian lay in s m s i a s s t z a o n m e e b . as, T a h n e d s e 4,o tr o o o ops men were t d i o t n o e d t h at r R a i d c r p p a s t dispatched h t a e a a I m m b o u s s t h a o i n o i t h he i la t hu e do the n es Austrians,ad c h r c 1 h ,6 o o f oo L f o w s h o n o e m z , were killed. So completely were the Imperialists cut up, that the victorious Hungarians advanced upon Schemniz and took possession of it, thus cutting off the communications between Scrurca and the army besieging Comorn. The Austrians have been forced to return from Czeglee and Hutyam, and during the whole of the 26th waggon loads of wounded were constantly arriving at Pesth. KOSSUTH has succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation between GEoRGY and DEMBINCICI, and the latter has resumed the command- in-chief of the Hungarian army. The Magyar corps, commanded by DUCHATEL, has re taken the fortress of Arad. The latest accounts from Pesth state that the Austrians had been compelled to fall back upon Waitzen, which is only five leagues from that city. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. states that it was generally expected that an amnesty for political offences would shortly be accorded. A letter from Pesth of the 26th ult., addressed to the Augsburg Gazette , states that the Austri ans had been obliged to fall back on Waitzen, only five leagues from Pesth. A decisive engagement was expected in the district of Berezna ; the Austrians had a force of 1,000 Magyars. The fortress of Arad had been captured, is was said, by a body of Mag yars, under the orders of a French officer named DuchAtel. The Breslau Gazette of the 31st ult. declares that the Russians had entered Gallicia, and were about to march on Hungary. Dembinski, it was said, had lost his right arm. PRUSSIA. The reactionaries are all against the acceptance of the Imperial Crown by the KING, lest it should alien ate Austria and Ru,sia. The Liberals, on the con trary, urge the KING'S acceptance of it, and argue that as Prussia is now reduced either to become sub servient to Russian policy or to reign in Germany, if she does nut choose the latter, she will soon cease to be ranked as a first-rate power in Europe. Austria once mistress of Germany, will dictate the law to the House of Hohenzollern. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. COPVNIIAGEN, APRIL 2.—ln consequence of the refusal of Lord PALMERSTON and Chevalier BUNSEN to accept the ultimatum of the King of DEMMARK, the Danish Ambassador has declared that it is the intention of his Majesty the KING to re-commence the war by land and sea on the 3d. Numerous movements are taking place among the troops. The Danish men have embarked from Jutland tor Apens in Funen. The KING is at the castle of Apens; he was unable to land on his first arrival, in consequence of a slight indisposition, but now everything bespeaks war in earnest. The head-quarters of the Schleswig army quitted Schleswig on the 2d for the purpose of meeting there the Danish force. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T ATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The betting on the Newmarket Handicap was very limited, and without any change of consequence. It was more animated on the Metropolitan, and with more effect, both Canezou and Do-the-Boys being in great favour ' at improved p r i ces . A decline in Honeycomb was the only alteration in the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes; and so little was done on the Chester Cup that we can only quote two horses for it—Dacia and Loup garou; both were backed in good quarters. Flj ing Dutchman and Tadmor were very firm. Nunnykirk im proved on the odds quoted yesterday, and Honeycomb was backed for several hundred pounds, at 13 and 14 to 1. Vanguard lett off at the price laid on Tuesday, viz.- 1,000 to 60, and was not in much request. Vatican ad vanced to 25 to 1, taken several times in the early part of the afternoon, but at the close offered currently. Bu siness on the whole was exceedingly flit, NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 6 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, Est 101 b 5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—t B.to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tisiphone, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 4 yrs, Est 10lb—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Smith na Sir Peter Laurie, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—taken SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 yrs, sst—t 12 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore na Bacchanalian, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar, 3 yrs, 4st 10lb 7 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst llb—t 8 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs, sst—t 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, 6st 81b 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Dacia, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb 16 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs, 111 b—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 4 yrs, Est 131 b—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to I agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk 4 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb 7 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Indus CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b —taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—t DERBY, 1849. 3 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman— taken to 2001 6 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Tadmor 9 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk 13 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb—taken 100 to 6 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanguard 25 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican—taken 33 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Indus 20 to 1 agst Chat'ercr and Saucy Dick—taken METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.—Vengeance was left out by mistake in the entry for the above race, and Ballybar and Tobacconist for the Free Handicap. NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The Welter Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 21 added. Two miles. Mr. T. Dagg's Isabella Noel, 5 yrs, 12st 31b(Gregson) 1 Mr. Erskine's Jonathan, 4 yrs, list 3:b (Owner) 2 Mr. Grey nd gr hby Lamplighter, 12st (Mr Darling) 3 Mr. Newton's North Tyne, 12st /01b (Mr. J. B. Fife) 4 Mr. Russell's Grand Seignior, 12st 51b (Mr. Baker) 5 Mr. Baker's Eleonoro, lOst 41b ...(Mr. De Trafford) 6 Won cleverly by half a length. The Garrison Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 40 added. llst 71b each. Half a mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Anson's Seikh (Captain Gough) 1 Mr. De Trafford's Crenolinc (Owner) 2 Mr. Stocks's Midas (Mr. M`Cauley) 3 Mr. Shakspear's Fanny (Owner) 4 Captain Wilder's P ra i r i e H unter (Mr. Reilly) 5 Even on Seikh. Won easily. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 10 added. Heats half a mile. (Nine Subs.) Mr. Erskine's Railway King, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b ... 1 1 Mr. Hepple's Novel, 4 yrs, 9st Mr. Bensen's Maid-of-all-Work, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b... 2 3 Mr. Henry's Lady Flora, aged, 9st 131 b (Livesey) 3 4 Mr. Surtces na Periwinkle, aged, lOst 91b...(Fite) 4 dr Won easily. The Scurry Stakes of 1 sov. each and a purse added— gentlemen riders, 11st 71b each, three-quarters of a mile —were won by Ellmore, beating Railway King and Sedgefield Lass. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1849. MONDAY.—Match—D. of Bedford's Newport, Bst 61b, agt Mr. Payne's Crucible, 7st 13. T.Y.C. 200. h ft. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1849. WEDNESDAY.—;Match—Mr. Payne's Glance, Bst 71b, against D. of Bedford's St. Rosalie, Bst Slb. D.M. 300. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1850. WEDNESDAY.—Sweeps of 100 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 4, now yearlings; untried horses or mares allowed 31bs. T.YC.—D. of Bedford's fby Mine taur, out of Commerce (3lbs).—Lord Exeter's o by Sheet Anchor, out of Glenara (31bs).—Mr. Greville's Con stance, by Epirus, out. of Little Finch (3lbs). THE NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLE CHASE, WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 50 sovs. added (Twelve subs.) Mr. Mewbarn's Clementine, list 121 h (Owner` Mr. Henderson's Little Fanny, list 121 b Mr. Tierman's Isaac, 12st 31b Mr. Newton's North Tyne, 12st The following also started, but were not placed :- Mr. Inglis's Granville, list 71b (W. Archer)—Mr, Laing's John Barrie, 1 Ist 10Ib (Wycherley)—Mr. Lambert nd Periwinkle, I2st (Brcadley)—Mr. Parker's Peeping Tom, list 71b (Owner)—Mr. T. Christian nd Piccadilly, I Ist 71b (T. Christian). Betting -2 to 1 agst Little Fanny-5 to 2 agst Isaac —3 to 1 agst John Barrie-4 to 1 agst Clementina. Won cleverly by about four lengths. Both the first and second were objected to. The Northumberland and Durham Steeple Chase Stakes were won by Mr. Gregson's Little Paul; and the Scurry Stakes by Mr. Bulman's Timer. 3 4 INCOME-TAX FOR IRELAND. The Select Committee of the House of Lords ap pointed to inquire into the operation of the Irish Poor-law has just reported that the extension of the income-tax to Ireland would be greatly pre• ferable to the collection of the sixpenny rate in aid, so hotly opposed by the landlords and tenant-farmers of the province of Ulster. It is a pity that this report was not made before the introduction of the Rate in Aid Bill in the House of Commons. We are sure that, if it had, Ministers would have preferred it to any plan for raising money in the way now contemplated. But as the rate in aid will not meet the requirements of the case—will not supply' funds adequate to the prevention of starvation in the West of Ireland —why not have re course still to the imposition of an income-tax ? There is not the shadow of an excuse for the exemption of the gentry of Ireland from this impost. Of all taxes an income-tax is the best to impose upon a spendthrift landed pro prietary who have a passion for living beyond their means. People in England have an im pression that, because the Irish peasantry cannot pay taxes, there mu s t b e li t tl e or no wealth in Ireland. This is a childish mistake. Com pared with England, Ireland is a poor country (as what country is not ?) but it abounds in private gentry of a class who could not easily escape the payment of sevenpence in the pound out of incomes represented by themselves as exceeding 1501. a year. We feel confident that the extension of the income-tax to Ireland would be a popular measure for the relief of the distress among the Irish peasantry. No doubt a few bankrupt place hunters among the Irish Members would hotly oppose it—but it would be well received by honest, independent men of all parties as a measure which could not be wrested to the oppression of the poor. We regard Sir Robert Peel's New Plantation scheme with much approbation, notwithstandin g the sneers of Mr. D'lsraeli. It attests the great pains which the Right Hon. Baronet has bestowed in ma turing a plan for the permanent regeneration of Ire land. We see in it, too, a stepping-stone to the re sumption of a lofty seat in Downing -street. Hitherto Ireland has been Sir Robert Peel's "great difficulty;" henceforth he intends to make it his cushion for the imposing reclination of his Ministerial dignity and grandeur.--Hull Advertiser. SWEET OIL OF TURPENTINE.—A most important chemical discovery has been recently made, by means of which oil of turpentine can be freed from its peculiar smell so completely that not only is it inodorous but can be impregnated with any desired perfume, without at all deteriorating from its useful pro perties. The eminent chemist, Dr. Serny, who has ana lysed the sweet oil of turpentine, states that while all the useful properties of oil of turpentine are preserved intact all its deleterious qualities are completely obliterated. The doctor also states that paint, when mixed with sweet oil of turpentine, is free from smell and does not emit those noxious vapours which are so prejudicial to health; and that, in short, the use of sweet oil of turpen tine is a certain preventive of painter's colic, and by its use house painting becomes a perfectly inodorous process. ' THE PAINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers and committee of manage ment of the above institution was held at the London Tavern, Mr. T. Palmer in the chair. The following rule was adopted:—" That the relief to be henceforth afforded be by pensions of 14/. to the males and 91. to each widow per year." The report for the year ending December, 1848, showed that the society had, in com mon with others, suffered from the political events of the year, the annual subscriptions having fallen to 4701., beini , less by 501, than the receipts of the previous year. The anniversary dinner at the London Tavern, presided over by the Marquis of Northampton, from the same cause, had only amounted to 245/. 10s., but notwithstand ing the deficiency of the income the society's payments had not been curtailed; but, on the contrary, there had been an increase of 281. paid to pensioners this year. There are now 56 pensioners on the funds. The finan cial statement showed that the balance at last audit was 117/. 12s. 9r1.; donations and subscriptions, 489/. 10s, ; legacies of 100/. from the late John 13 rettell, Esq., and 10/. from the late John Wilson, Esq., had enabled the ecimnit!e. to increase their li?nied property to 5,209/. 55. 7.1., produc:ng 2uoi ialiatai interest. The balance in the hands of the treasurer was above. 601. Mr. Henry Fley, of Bangor House, was elected ' president for the ensuing year. ,44. x; .4fr e , ittot rtl y - ; - F7l _if LC 4 NDON GAZE TV (T: Ms EVENING.) 1 1 /HZ ITHALL, APRIL 4, 1849 The Queen hr,„4 been pleased to appoint The Must Rev. t Archbishop of York, The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby, The Right Rev. : the Lord Bishop of London, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, Anthony Ashley. Cooper, Esq. (commonly called Ashley), The Right Hon. ' Sidney Herbert, Sir Edward Not ,h Buxton, Bart., The Rev. Henry Raikes, M.A., Chancellor of the Dice of Chester, The Venerable A rehdeacon Sinclair, The Rev. "Walt er Farquhar hook, D.D., The Rev. Thor Ms Dale, M.A., William Cotton 'Esq, The Rev. With ut n "Weldon Champneys, M.A., Charles Knight vlurray, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, William Wood ro offe, Eiq., The Rev. Jose! )h Ilaslegrave, M.A,, and Robert Benton. S. 9aley, Esq., to Le her Majesti r's Commissioners to inquire into 11 practicability rznj mode of subdividing into distinct 61 independent paris hes, for all ecclesiastical purposes, the densely peofi id parishes in England and Wales. DOW NING. STREET, .APRIL 4. The Queen tins been graciously pleased to give orti 4 for the appointrne nt of Lieutenant Colonel William 3 1 ; ler, lately one of the Deputy-Inspectors General of Constabulary in Ireland, to be an Ordinary M em ber the Civil Divisio e . of the Third Class, or Companions the Most Honou w cable Order of the Bath. OFFIC OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 4. Brevet Major ',:ibert Burn to be Lieutenant-Colone, vice Harrison, re tired on full pay; Second Capts' Pierrepont Henry Mundy to be Captain, vice BO First Lieutenant I )isney Frederick Russell to be &eat Captain, vice Ma l d y; S econd Lieutenant Claudius 13g, chanan Piers to be Fi rs t Li eutenant, vice Busse' March 29. TEL 1 NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Coral cissioners of her Majesty's Treasn having certified to the Commissioners fur the Reelactl ° of the National I) ebt, in pursuance of the A c t, 101 Geo. 4th, c. 27, se c. 1, that the actual expenditure ° the United King& in of Great Britain and Ireland e$ ceeded the actual, revenue thereof; for the year ended td sth day of Janurixv 1849, by the sum of seven hundf° and ninety-six tl iousand four hundred and ninetee n pounds fourteen sl linings and sixpence; The Conamissiu aers for the Reduction of the Nation! Debt hereby gi ve not i ce, that no sum will be applied b! them on account. of the Sinking Fund, under the prof° sions of the saidl ,ct, between the 7:11 day of April, 18 49 ' and the sth day of July, 1849. National Debt f Office, April 3, 1849. S. HIGHA3I, Comptroller-General. BANKB UPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Robert "Winso.n and William Winson, linendrape° Leeds, Yorkshire . Thomas San el Sharland, linendraper, Frome, s°' mersetshire. BANKRUPTS. shir Thom to s as Nixon. Kerr, miller, Bi gg l eswa d e, Bcdforei e, urrender April 19, at half-past twelve, e° May 17, at twe"Lve, at the Court of B an k r uptcy. Cannel; official assignee, Birehia-lane, Co:11UL; Church, 13 0? ford-row; Nash. and Mutell, Royston, Herts. Michael Jaime i Moses, importer, Iloundsditch, Apt 13, at half-past one, and May 11, at twelve, at the Coll' of Bankruptcy.. Pennell, official assignee; Wallington' Crown-court, l'itreadneedle-street. Henry Fish, painter and glazier, Prince's-row, ria i i lico, April 17 and ~ /ay 18, at t we l ve, at the Court ° Bankruptcy. P4snnell, cflicial assignee; Robinson, Or chard•street, Ca vendish•square. John Warden Robberds, manufacturer, Norwell April 19, at tw o , an d M ay 24, at eleven, at the Court ° Bankruptcy. I 3 ell, official assignee, Coleman-street' buildings; White and Barrett, Lincoln's Inn-fields. William Truett we, schoolmaster, Ledbury, Hereford' shire, April 18, a nd May 15, at ten, at the Birmingho° District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming . ham; Gregg, Led bury; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet' Birmingham. Alex — antler Prit ce, zincographer, Lincoln's Inn-fields and Bussell-squar e, April 14, at half-past one, and :AO 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy' Green, official afsignee, Guildhall chambers, Basing' hall-street; Goren, South Molton-street. James Smith, glance merchant, Whiteehapel, Apr il 14, at two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Banlr . ruptey, Basinghall-street. Follett, 1, Shambrook-courgt official assignee., Basinghall-str ee t ; P axton, Lincola'° Inn-fields. Richard Smith, tanner and farmer, Hathern, cestershire, March 30 and May 4, at eleven, at the Bir mingliam District Court, Nottingham. Bittlestoot official assignee, Nottingham; Brewster, Nottingham. Joseph Aspitiall, stock and share broker, Liverpool , April 17, and May 18, at eleven; at the Liverpool Dis' trict Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford.row; Littledale and Bardswell, Liver pool. Frederick Cook, upholsterer, Southernhay, Exeter , April 17, a t e l even, and May 10, at one, at the Exac t District Court. Hernamann, official assignee Exeter; Hooper, Exeter; Fox, London. William Bartholomew Hankins, corn dealer, Lttgwar' dine, Herefordshire, April 14, and May 16, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Val s' 5 9 ' signee, Bir m i ng h am ; Pritchard, solicitor, Hereford; Bloxham, solicitor, Birmingham; J. and C. Robinson' solicitors, Queen-s;reet•place, London. William Pitfield, bleacher, Tottington Lower End , Lancashire, April :20 and May 17, at eleven, at the Man' Chester District Court. Hobson, official assignees Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirroeb Bedford-row; Rushton and A rmstead, Bolton. John Woodhouse, butcher, Darlington, Durham, Apri l 17, at half-past ten, and May 22, at twelve, at the New' castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official ase signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Southampton' buildings, Chancery-lane, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morris, Coleman-street. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, con'-' puted from the returns made in the .week ending April 3 0 1849, is 265. 10d. per cwt. BANI. OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f°! the Week ending on Saturday, the 31st day of March, 1849. ISSUE DEPAZIALENT. £. Notes issued— •• •• 28,407,105 ~,, Government debt .• 11 ,015,17, Other securities ... • 2 , 984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,083,53 6 Silver bullion .....• 323,569 £28,407,105 28,4 - .7,1 05 M. Dated the sth day o f A pril, 1849. MARSHALL, Chi e fC as hl er . Cashier. RANKING DEPARTISZN T. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •- ... •• • • • 3,866,087 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,830,202 Other deposits • •• • • 9,287,878 Seven day and other bills • • • • •• •• • • 1,066,369 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 1 4,072,84 Other securities .. • • 11,278,9 18 1 0,461. 19 : Gold and silver coin.. 7,90,51, X 36,603,5 3 -6 Dated the sth day of April, 184 £36,603,53 6 M. MIRSIIALL, Chief Cashier. [9. COUlitiE OF Amsterdam .....• • • l2 3 Ditto, at sight 12 1% llotte rdatn .... •••• •• 12 3 Antwerp ...• .......• 25 73 liamburgh .... • .111.8. 13 12% A1t0na................ Paris, 3 days' s i g ht •••• 25 30 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 s 5 uarseilles .• ...... 25 47% Bourdeaux.... ...• • • 25 GO Frankfort on Mains.... 121% Petersburgh, Sil.llble .. 36% 8er1in........ • • .. • • .. Vienna, effec. .. 11 42 Trieste, •• •• • • 11 42 Madrid .• ••• • .• 49 Cadiz •• ............ 49X Barcelona .• • ..... Seville...• • • • • • • .. EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • ... Leghorn .... .• .• •. • • 3 4 Genoa ...... • • • • • • • • 2l Allan ...........• •• • • Naples ••• • •• 4()% Palermo, peroz...• • 11754 Messina ••• • • • 11 9% Lisbon, ; 0p0rt0..... ••••• • •• • 83 Oporto .... % Rio Janeiro .. .• • • ••• 53 13 uenos Ayres •. •• • New York, 21 dayesight Philadelphia .. • • • . PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OS Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars ...• • • 0 4 104 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 07's WANSFORD STEEPLE CHASE. —This sporting event took place on Tuesday last, the starting field and win ning post being in Cliffe Park. The first race was for a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25/. added: eight were entered, but lr. A onlyß i rd'shorses. Goodmanfour started, rider) viz ., I Gordon's Repealer (owner) 2, Mr. Whincup's Sol. King 3, and M r . S artoris' Dick Turpin (Mr. Townley) 4. They all got off well, and ran nearly together to the first ditch and rails, where Sol. King fell and threw his rider: the jockey, however, held the reins, and quickly remounted. On their return, at a brook crossing the Apthorp and Cliffs roads, three out of the four got into the water, the lucky one being So]. King, which cleared it in beautiful style. Mr. Townley and his horse were in the brook together, and it was at first thought that Dick Turpin's back was broken: fortunately this was not the case, as horse and rider appeared at the winning post in about a quarter of an hour after the others. Mr. Goodman won the race by two or three lengths. There was a second race for a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with a purse added, which was won easily by Mr. Goodman's Pretty Poll (ridden by the owner), beating two others. The event was after wards celebrated by a select dinner party at the Haycock Inn.—Stanford Mercury. THE MURDERER. OF Mits. HEtenrcksoN.--There is every reason to believe that this man's name is not John Gleeson Wilson, but Owen Morris. A. person of the name of John Sharps has deposed that he wrote a letter to the prisoner's father, some time since, at the prisoner's request, in which the latter spoke of himself as Owen M orr i s . The letter to the father was addressed to " John Morris, blacksmith, Dreol, to the care of the Rev. Father Ryan, P.P., Rathk ea l , Limerick. " The prisoner speaks Irish with great fluency, which is what not an Englishman in a million can do. —Liverpool Times. 11.1ARYLEBONE INSTITUTION. —Mrs. Stephen Cham bers last evening gave the third of a series of agreeable concerts at this excellent institution. The list of performers contained the names of the follow ing artists:—Miss Messent, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Anne Taylor, Miss Stevens, Miss Chandler, and Mrs. Stephen Chambers, Mr. Handel Gear, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Dusell, Mr. Eames, and Mr. Frank Pod ;:a. I. wou:d he tinfpir to perticularizo where all was 4. xeelleat. The appi4u.e was entiLia..tic and the encores frequent and well deserved. The conce rt, which was conducted by Herr Muhlenfeldt And Mr. H. Gear, was well attended. APRIL 6, 1849.