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

TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cited by the nave awl address of the writer. Rrjectetl communications cannot be returned. 0,1 WEATUEIL—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 6. TII ..RMODIETRI4 Lowest, 34; Highest, 57; Noon, 54 . BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND S.S.E.—fine sunshiny weather. ti 10 11 WATER AT LONDON B ID( IE. Tars DAY —Morning, fi min. after 1 Evening, 29 min. after To-Konsow ,riun, 49 ,nla. alter 1 t Evening, 6 min. atter 2 lii r; 4-4*- ??,orf 4 'el 4 ta - • • • -" , .-„ • - ' E LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (rroylsionally Ite,ist,;%.l, January 17, 1849.) 2,000,0(V., in 80,c.;1) Sh , :r , .!s, of 251. each. Deirit, 2s. 6u. k 'scc Share C :uses and IntOrw,iti', - Ai may be ,btatned at tB^ Tempo• of the Company, 13a, Canaon-row, Wesaninster, on ap• G. F. HOWE, licn. Sec., pro tern, Now rea.ly, at all the Libraries, NEW NOVEL, LADY ALICE. In 3 vols. Post Bvo. Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3tarlborcl4th-street. H ER Fir A t I A AJ , F an . u S MAJESTY'S mYdn'Se. puI T oD I T IE ATR. E First Appearance this Season of Signor LABLAC LIE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully informed that On TUESDAY EVENING. Will be presented Bellies Opera of NORMA. Polio, Signor Gardoni ; Ortiveso, Signor La:nacho ; Norma, Mdlle , Parodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Smiery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele• brated Ballet, ectitled LB DI ABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grill. Millie Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Matte. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louls D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julif..n, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely new grand. Ballet, by M. Tagitoni, Is in active prepa ration, IFEIN MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 3IDLLE. JEN • Y LIND. Mozart's Opera, 11 Flauto Megice. It is respectably announced that a Grind EVENING, CC.ASS.O t, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take tkecc in the Great Theatre on THURSDAY EVENING, the 12 11 of April, with :ull 01-chestra, Cho us, &c., and comprisleg the whole of Mcw - ixt's celebrated IL FLAUTO 3IAGICO. Artistes—:',ldlle. Jenny Lind, Mdlle. Casolani, Mdlle. Polcmio, Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame GM! :ni, Signor Gardoni, Signor ilordas, Signor Bartolini (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arnoldi, Signor Coletti, Signor FAlletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache. Conductor, Mr. Bane. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege of this farmance in the subscription are respectfully requested to corn manicate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Bator „ , the ith instant, until which day their Boxes and Stalls will be retp.in ed. kppiications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. efi!ee, Opera Colonnade. li;ors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. leader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Th;s Theatre will Re-open on Easter Monday with a Grand Eves tri an Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFORNIA; or, the horse of the Ocean. iioa-othee open from Eleven till Five. vr9nAtter. Mr. W. West. Tina LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1849. 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 6th 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 fa;tory footing, and the nation is afforded the blessing ok a currency adequate to its wants and exigencies. There is an improvement on the entire year of 867,289/., of which 805,823/. 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 r'n such a result. There is a slight and almost imper ceptible falling off on the quarter, the deficiency, how e r, being only 2,4911. on the ordinary branches of re venue ; it, however, amounts on the whole quarter to no less than 264,093/. ; this was produced by the un expected receipt of 455,0211. 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. The Imprest and Other Monies show an excess of 179,909/. over the corre sponding quarter last year—and the Repayment of Advances, an increase of 13,5101. 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 Customs there is an improvement both on the year and quarter. On the former, of 1,169,5541., on the latter, of 200,4691. 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 during 1847 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 Pacise, which is usually looked upon as the barometer of national prosperity, does not exhibit so favorable an aspect. It is true that there is an ap pP.rent improvement on the year of 569,6321., 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 deities 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 69,4971. 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 failing 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 5,000,0001. per annum has been cut off from the homes of our merchants, traders, and professional men. This painful result is mainly ascribable to the contracted state of the currency, and ' t he consequent forced inactivity for' want of an adequate medium of exchange, or proper repre sentative of value. On all the other items tie.re are improvements on the quarter, generally coupled with deficiencies on the year. Thus, on Taxes there is 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 p lace in this department and additional faciliti es have been afforded for the transmission of correspondence, which more than ;,;counts 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 forme r o f 39,000/., on the latter of 19,0001. This will, however, be little in comparison with the great improvement that may safely be anticipated when proper reforms are intro duced into the management, when we Inv look for an annual return of at least 500,0001., in place of 100,0001. only, as it was during the past year. The Miscellaneous, the only remaining item, shows a decrease of 4,989/. 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- Co dr on the quarter, on the Excise, Stamps, and ... roperty-tax, indicate a very unfavourable condition of the country, and calls for some great and comprehen sive monetary reforms to afford some reasonable pros pect of renewed national prosperity. The Member for Dublin is entitled to great credit for his efforts to abate that grievous nuisance, the proceot of attachment in certain cities apd towns is THE SUN, Ireland. It has long attained an unenviable celebri`y, and it would be impossible to detail the innumerable instiznees 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 ne 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 institute a fictitious claim, or seek to oppress a competitor by vindictive Proceed ings. 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, for 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 good 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 Howie, on Wednesday, that upon an examination of the returns he found that an expenditure of 3131. 173. 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 In alleged 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- MOU3 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 daring 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. WALicErt 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 COCHRAN E Mr JOHN ABEL S MITH , M r . J AMES WILD, Mr. GEORGE' THOMPSON, and Mr. GOODWIN, are now coming for ward to join in this movement, of which Mr. WALKER has been the Colonel THOMPSON, and Mr. MACKIN.. NON the CHARLES VinmEns. 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 the 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 sbvlieaagnhret t earng: wate r; renewed, gsw toehwod e r e p ea l p d pa i e s s ay of so w t a oo te ;: know nothing more ina.• portant; but, alas! it is in vain to hare improved .. vain to make the attemp t which has been fres fresh made, ai r; a i n t d is wi l l n l drawing. aw e ay d a o ll e For t what e u ;Quid e o poor people . an un stinted . supply of the window-tax, if with those ad iwensth.e ninottetauils;otbssufcrceemed the in heart o f out and m an e d . thetr o p s o m l i s. and air, i all f that air bro w n use of breaking open of the . poo r to let in light give us , air—aye, give us fresvihltheirl—t po ison? dee,t Alen say pol luted air, charged with miasma and son from ve reekingu s poibodies in a state of putrefaction, our very doors." w h ich ate heaped up at How long shall 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 become aware that such places as Enon Chapel end LONDON, F:RI DAY EVENING, APRIL 6 1849. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER NDING APRIL 5, 1849. No. I.—An Abstract of the NA Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. April ; 1848, and sth of April, 1849, showing the QUARTERS ENDED YEAR , 1 QUARTERS ENDED YEAR i : Year ended April 5. Quarter ended A pill 5. ended ! ,--------^- , ended i ~.--._,....._______, _________,..____......, July 5, i Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, April 5, J u ly 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, Aprils, 'I 1847 1847 1848 1848 1848 1848 1343 1849 1649 1849 Increase. I Decrease. Increase. iDarease. - • [ I _ I X X X X X , X X 1 X X X ~, X £ £ £ Customs • ........ .- • • 4,519,119 4,936,644 4,111,862 4,392,650 17,960, 9 75 4,447,832 5,406,483 4,682,395 4,593,119 19,129,829 r Customs ........• • • 1,169,554 .. .. 200,469 •• • • Excise ----..- - .. 3,291,052 3,539,946 3,246,883 2002,601 12,080,482 3,473,803 4,102,574 , 3,253,162 1,820575 12,650,114 ' Excise Stamps... Taxes . - 2,075,001 213,485 1,914,783 143,902 4,347,571 2,031,133 215,656 1,921,013 148,101 4,318,903 Taxes Property Tax Post-office ..... ... •• • • Crown Lands --- - - .. 40,000 21,000 6 ,000 10, 000 20,000 30,000 4 0,000 100,000 Crown Lands .. ... • 39,000 .• . 19,000 •• • • Miscellaneous 7,461 73,12 G 11,746 56 ,307 148,640 , 69,022 13,923 21,709 98 , 792 143,651 i Miscellaneous .... .. .. .. 4,989 42,485 .... Total Ordinary' Revenue 13,013,614 12,612,191 11,560,696 10,497,764 47,684,269 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 • • 84,284 .. 84,284 China M0ney...... 370,737 .. .. 455,021 Imprest Moneys, &c. .. 88,632 43,537 30 , 614 24,452 187,235 84 , 805 163,437 123,495 20 4, 3 61 665,293 , 'wrest Moneys, &c. 418,053 .. • • 179,909 •••• Repayments ofAdvances 137,944 187,486 74,048 74,138 473,616 86,813 112,605 I 140,695 87,648 427,761 RepaymtsofAdvncs. •• • • 45,855 13,510 •• • • --- - - - Total Income .. 13240,190 12,843,214 11,655,3.58 11,051,379 I 48,800,141 1,12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 10,747,246 49,667,430 Total .. I - - Amount applied to Con-' 1 , : I Deduct Deduct [ - solidated Fund* .. -• • 9,912,813 8,23t1,066 7,010,559 5,556,232 31,115,670 ; 6,5113,019 7,230,426 8,974,147 5,897,300 28,919 , 492, 1,388,955 1 472,572 Decrease Increase Ditto, as Advances .- • • 1,724,311 398,084 340,830 149,059 2,612,234 , 1 231,111 428,716 184,380 185,554 1,029,791 ! Ditto, as Ways & Means i --- c increase Decrease of the Year.. - .... - 7,113,698 15,126,232 4 , 389 , 744 4 , 9 1 6 ,008 ; 22,075,762 i 5,963, 319 5,956,338 3,103 , 653 4,704,432 19,717,747 1 867,2894 on on the 264,093 - - - C the Year. Quarter. Total .- - 18,750,822 : 1 3,760,382 12,241,133 11,051,379 : 55,803,716 12,912,119 13,615„510 ;12,35'2,185 10,787,286 i 49,667,430 1 • Exclusive of Advances and inclusive of Loan. No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1848, and the sth April, 1819. Quarters ended April 5. 4,392,650 2,016,546 1,618,668 143,902 2,041,640 221,000 21,000 50,307 455,021 24,452 74,138 11,065,324 4,593,119 1,833,679 1,549,171 148,101 2,011,519 234,000 4n,000 93,792 28,018 176,343 87,648 10,800,350 CHARGE. Permanent Debt •• • Terminable Annuities •• •••• •• •......... . ' • •• •• " • . Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Sinking Fund • ....... •• •••• .• . . . ....... T Other i c y i h l a L rc i s e t s . 0 . n • • the • • Consolidated For Advances •........• ...... ••••••.................... •• •• •••• • Quarters ended April 5 5,578,137 1,270,951 98,492 330,399 149,059 7,427,038 3,638,286 11,065,324 5,560,414 1,277,136 P 8,767 340,657 185,654 7,462,528 3,337,862 10,k00,300 b6n,643 3,337,862 3,838,406 4,704,432 11,065,324 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 gr aveyard throughout the metropolis, in the same 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 FATE; Bishop of Orleans, and M. GAMAID, a Member of the National Assembly, 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 Weinesday 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 PEAU and DELSCOYE, Se cretaries. GIODERTI 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 RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK—EXCHANGE. Aram, 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 / 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 144—East Indian, 4►4—Namur and Liege, 8 x fn.—Northern of France, 11 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% Paris and Rouen, 22—Rouen and Havre, 11— Sambre and Meuse, 4%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. Their contents are uninteresting. MADRID BOLSA, MARrEI 30.—Three per Cents., 24 paper ; after Boise ' 21 1.16 cash. Fives, 101; after Bolsa, 10i cash. Passive, 31-, paper; after Bolsa, 31. Coupons, 6* paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 60 cash ; 62 paper. Treasury Bills, 67 cash ; 68 paper. Exchange on London, 49 90. GERMAN Y 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 WINDISCHGRATZ 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 corps stationed at Rimaszombas, and 4,000 men were a m dispatchedbush in the eh theirassistance. owei a nd c h urch These of troops la y anidn almost annihilated th e A us trians, 1,600 of whom were killed. S o comp l ete l y were t h e I mper i a li s t s cu t up, that the victorious Hungarians advanced upon Schemniz and took possession of it, thus cutting off the communications between Scumcs and the army besieging Comorn. The Austrians have been forced to return from Czeglee and Hutvam, 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 DEMIIINCKI ' and the latter h as 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 Perth of the 26th ult., addressed to the Augsburg Gazette, states that the Austrian s 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 Duehatel. The Breslau Gazette of the 31st ult. declares that the Russians bad entered Gallicia, and were about to march on Hungary. Dembinski, it was said, had lost his right arm. Fadrelandet says, " That the islands on the west coast of Schleswig have been occupied by the Dane 3 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 more slender. No Russian troops whatever have appeared as the auxiliaries of Denmark. The Icing 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 FABVIER 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 Vox BONIN has l a id h an d s on ev ery cart and waggon, and has arranged t o f orm oppos i n g 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 main 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.—Ham burgh Papers. 806,023 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flat. Railway Shares were dull. The continental letters received this morning are un satisfactory. Hatnburgh letters announce that the Danish war is certain to recommence, Lord Palmerst on and Chevalier Bunsen having reject e d 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 land. 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. SIWITIMEELD. This being the great Lamb market fur 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 quite 2d per Bibs, 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 Down., in the wool, being 4s 4d per 81bs. The 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. Mitch Cows were held at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. to v. d. I Inferior Beasts..... 2 2 : 4 Second quedity • ... 2 8 :10 Prime large Oxen.. 3 9 3 2 Prime Scots ...... 3 4 3 6 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 I: t r i i c ie k n li . 3 al ditto Calves g l 18 4 0 0 2, 0 Inferior Sheep 2 8 210 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 5,930 FOREIGN I Sheep. 210 SCOTo Beasts. I Sheep. 130 190 NENXTGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled excessively heavy, at barely stationary prices. I. d. to 9. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Ditto outof the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...• •• 3 2 3 8 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2 Quarter old Pigs • •18 0 21 0 Lambs •• ••• • •• 5 8 6 8 AT MARKET. II Plies. Beasts. 950 Calves. 98 SUPPL V. Beasts. 103 Calves. 41 I Calves. Pigs. Pigs. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s, d. i s. d. to R. d. lleef,lnferior.• —•. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8 middling —•• 2 6 2 It middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime —— 3 6 8 8 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 i Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 4 Veal•• ••••••••• • • • 3 4 4 2 small.. .. 2 6 4 2 Lamb. 53 This being a close holid acted at Mark-lane or in thi dto 68 Gd. - - Ly, no business was trans 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. Holders of British Plantation are very firm, and have not brought forward much. This has given support to the prices. EAST 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 good 38s 6,1 to 40s 6d, low at 37s to 38s, 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 333 to 38s 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 64 to 435, mid and good soft yellow 37s 6d to 40s; damp and washed Dhobah 42s 6d to 445, and strong yellow 38s to 43s per cwt. FORElGN.—Privately a good business •has been done for exportation at full prices. St. Croix at public sale ptions has been has b COFFEE.—The OF e E e t E n E. akn in taken in 2 market t 4s to f 44 o rm s o per w td e c sc t. 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, fino and fine fine ord 40s 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 331. Costa Rica sold at 33s 6d 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 4s 6d. The general market is quiet. MOLASSEB.-173 puncheons Trinidad sold at 20s to 208 6d per cwt. _ Cocoa,--Trinidad brought 34s to 45s 6(.1 per cwt, and Bahia was taken in at 30a per cwt. SPlCES.—Sumatra Pepper has been about id per lb dearer. Malabar 2id to 24d per lb for light grey, and some superior was taken in at 3d per lb. Pimento has been taken in at 3fd per lb. Rum—The market is quiet. Proof Leewards is alid to is sd, and East India is 3id per gallon. CorroN.—There has been a large business doing. Surat brought 3id to 34d 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, 10s 6d to I Is per cwt. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is quot(II 399 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 hell 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. ing (assisted by her sister) in the 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 Mord aun t t oo k h er b enefit on Sa turday; and, with other entertainments, the pieces Clari and the Dream at Sea were selected, both of which gave great scope 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. Notwithstanding, however, this serious disap pointmeet, the fair beueficiare had a bumper to welcome her. Mrs. Nisbett, by our las' accounts, was fast re coverieg, 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 gagements 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. TIM OAK FARM IRON WORKS.--BIRMINGJIAM, THURSDAY. —These extensive works, near Stourbridge, were sold to day at Dee's Royal Hotel, in this town, to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstot e (through Mr. Fresh field, solicitor) for 36 0001. Mr. Gladstone has a lien upon the machinery for 20,0001. ; but this does not form any ingredient- in the sale of the leasehold (eighteen years) purchase. THE WEATHER. —We have had one of the finest seed times within the memory of the most observant farmers; the long -continued drought allowing all kinds of grain to be put into the ground under the mot fanuroble circuuntonces.—Derby Mercury, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S'.— YESTERDAY. The betting en the Newmarket Handicap was very limited, and without any change of consequ-ime. 1 t was more animated on the it,letrepolimn, an-1 with more effect, both Canezou and Do-the-Boys being in great favour, at improved prices. A decline in lloneyeewh was the only alteration in the Two Thausand Guine; a Stakes; and so little was done on the Che:ter Cap tie,t we can only quote two horses for it—Dacia and L up garou; both were backed in good quarters. Flying Dutchman and Tadmor were very firm. None) kirk in,- proved on the odds quoted yesterday, and Honeycomb was backed for several hundred pounds. at 13 and 14 io 1. Vanguard left off at the price laid on Tuesday, viz.-- 1,000 to 60, and was nut 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 fiat, NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 6 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yra, 6st 101 b 5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—t 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tisiplaine, 4 y rs, est 1116 —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cockerrnouth, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Smith na Sir Peter Laeril, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—taken SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 yrs, 5 ;t—t 12 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore na Bacchanalian, 4 3 rs, 6st 41b—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to I agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar, 3 yrs, 4st I Olb 7 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb—t 8 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs, sat—t 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, 64 81b 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Dacia, 4 yrs, Est I Ilb 16 to 1 agat Lord Clilden's Surplice, 4 yrs, Bst 1016 20 to 1 agat Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs, 6st 111 b—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 4 yrs, GA 131 b—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to I agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunny kirk 4 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb 7 to 1 egst 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 apt Colonel Peel's Indus 20 to 1 agst ChaVerer and Saucy Dick—taken METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE.—Vengeance was left out by mistake its 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 3ib(Gregson) 1 Mr. Erskine's Jonathan, 4 3 rs, llst 31b (Owner) 2 Mr. Grey nd gr hby Lamplighter, 12st (Mr Darling) 3 Mr. Newton's North Tyne, 12st 101 b (Mr. J. B. Fife) 4 Mr. Russell's Grand Seignior, 12st 51b (Mr. Baker) 5 Mr. Baker's Eleonore, 104 41h ...(Mr. 1)e Trafford) 6 Won cleverly by half a length. The Garrison Stakes of 10 soy's. 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 Crenoline . (Owner) 2 Mr. Stocks's Midas (Mr. M`Cauley) 3 Mr. Shakspear's Fanny .(Owner) 4 Captain Wilder's Prairie Hunter (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 Icing, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b ... 1 1 Mr. Hepple's Novel, 4 yrs, 9st ....... (Prince) 5 2 Mr. Bensen's Maid-of-all-Work, 5 yrs, Bat 131 b... 2 3 Mr. Henry's Lady Flora, aged, 93t, 131 h (Livesey) 3 4 Mr. Surtees na Periwinkle, aged, lOst 91b...(Fite) 4 dr Won easily. The Scurry Stakes of 1. sov..each and a purse added— gentlemen riders, list 71b each, three-quarters of a mile —were won by Elhnore, 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 I). of Bedford's St. Rosalie, Sat Sib. D.M. 300. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1850. WEDNESDAY.—Sweeps of 100 SOY& each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 4, now yearlings; untried horses or mares allowed 31bs. T.YC.—D. of Bedford's fby Mino taur, out of Commerce (31bs).—Lord Exeter's c by Sheei Anchor, out of Glenara (31bs).—Mr. Greville s Con. stance, by Epirus, out of Little Finch (31bs). THE NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLE CHASE WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 50 sovs. added, (Twelve subs.) Mr. Mewbarn's Clementine, 1 Ist 121 h (Owner) Mr. Hend2rson's Little Fanny, 114 121 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. Archtr)—Mr. Laing's John Barrie, list 1011) (Wycherley)—Mr. Lambert nd Periwinkle, 12st (Breadley)—Mr. Parker's Peeping Tom, llst 71b (Owner)—Mr. T. Christian nd Piccadilly, list 7lb (T. Christian). Betting-2 to 1 agst Little Fanny-5 to 2 egst Isaac —3 to 1 agst John Barrie--4 to 1 agst Clementiea. 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. ... 2 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 must be little 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 MO/. 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, notwithstanding 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 in tends 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 th at not o n ly i s i t i no d orous but can be impregnated with an y d es i red perfume, without at all d e t er i o r a ti ng f rom 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 preservedobliinttacdt. all its delet er i ous qua li t i es are completely th o o il se of noxious turpentvina The doctor also st ates t h at paint, when ter mixed obliterated sweet p e O i u s rs free which orn smell and does not emit 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 PRINTERS' 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 affort led be by pensions of 141. to the males and 91. to fur the year endi ng each widow per year. The r ep ort Decen. ber, 1848, showed that the society had, in com mon w ith others, suffered from the political events of the year, the annual subscriptions having fallen to 4701., being le ss by 501, than the receipts of the previous y ear . The anniversary dinner at the London Tavern, presided over by the Marquis of North;mapton, from the same cause, had only amounted to 2451. 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 2 .vow 56 pensioners on the funds. The finan cial stateine,lt showed that the balance at last audit was 1171. 12s. 9d. ; donations and subscriptions, 4891. lOs ; legacies of lot 4. from the late John Brettell, Esq., and 101. from the 1 ate John Wilson, Etq., had enabled the committee to increase their funded property to 5,2091. ss. 7d„ producing 200/ per annum interest. The balance in; ,the hands of the treasurer was above 601. Mr. liens • y 1. 7 1ey, of Bangor House, was elected president for the enst,'Wg year. INCOME. Customs Excise • • • • •. • • ...... • • • . Stamps . Taxes . Property Tax ...... ............ Post-office.... Crown Lands... ...... ............. Miscellaneous . ................... China Mosey . ......... imprest and other Moneys Produce of tha sale 01 Old Stores ... Repayments of Advances ........... To Cash brought to this Account to be applied to the payment of Deficiency PRUSSIA. The reactionaries are all against the acceptance of the Imperial Crown by the KING, lest it should alien ate Austria and Russia. 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 not 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. COPZNITAGEN, 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 for 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 Daniell force. Total Charge ...... ... The Surplus ................ The Surplus Revenue on January 5, 1949, after providing for the Charges on that Q carter 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 44' 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, 1549 ••• • • • ••• • • on the Consolidatcd Fund for the Quarter 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 co=ts. 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 corer of a black canopy, which extends from the helm to the funnel. It is said her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the P r i nce o f S axe - Weimar, Eisenbach, and Prince Henry of the Ne therlands are on board the steamer. This funeral steamer will be accompanied from Geertruidenburg by four other st eamers, h av i ng on board the suite and principal mo urners. The mortal remains of his Majesty will b e d eposited at Rotterdam silver iecrthheisnightcandelabras. in with black cloth, and lighted up with The Staats Courant contains a li s t o f appoint ments made by his Ma j es ty Ring William 111. The Chamber of the Grand D uchy of Luxembourg, u of the b u ildi ngs of the wharf, one 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 grief occasioned by the death of his Majesty the Grand Duke William 11., and the expect a ti ons wh i ch were bu 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 Luxe m b ourgers, invited the Chamber to pay their homage to the new Sovereign, 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 Metz, who was absent, was nominated President by 41 votes out of 44, and M. Von Tornaco Vice-President, by 36 votes of 44. The Chamber decided that an address should be drawn up to the King Grand Duke, and should be carried to him by the deputation charged to receive his oath. This address was adopted in the next day's sitting. The deputation charged to carry the address to the Hague and to receive the oath King, of the is com posed;of Charles Metz as President, and twelve mem bers. With the exception of the President, who pre was chosen by lot. sided a s a matter o f r i g ht, the deputation SW ITZERLAND. 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 th e i r arms away , h as sen t th em i n t o th e interior, and written for instructions from the Federal Executive authority.' ITALY• The Austri an 4s. general, Baron DE A SPRE, 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 siege. Mr. TEMPLE and M. DE RAYNEVAL returned to Naples on the 28th f rom Palermo, h av i ng comp l ete l y failed in the object of their visit, which was to induce the Sicilians to consent to the terms of pacification proposed by the Ring of NAPLES. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes past four o'ch - ck, 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 do Speth, 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 Datehet. YACHT LAUNCIL—We last week announced that a yacht had been launched from the yard of Mt ssrs. 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 Cynthia, built for J. Wicks, Esq., of Brompton•square, was launched from the same yard, and no doubt will prove a teazer to many during the forthcoming season, and thereby add to the laurels al ready earned by tho Poole-built yachts, —Poole and Dor set Herald. PEEL'S GREAT MEASURE. I (From the Cas-k .Exwniner of 1 1 . - e:lnescley.) :air Robert Peel, after meturiess his scheme, has entered into an elaborate exposit ion of both principles and details. The manner in which he was heard by the greatest assembly in the world is the surest test of the soundness as well es of the enlarged wisdom of his views. On the sulsject matter before the House, he scarcely deigned a pessing commentary. To him, it was only one of the small abortions of a small statesman, who could see no remedy for an evil of great magnitude but a sum of money to be raised by a small expedient. To the man of intel lect, the great crisis furnished a great lever to wo rk with. "It pleased God to afflict us with a great calamity," said Sir Robert Peel, "and I do not despair ' that you may be able to convert that calamity into the means of future improvement and prospe rity." The crash of all the propertied institutions in Ireland, the ruin of the larded proprieters, and the beggary of the labouring classes—though all these came upon us overwhelmingly, yet they did not come unexpectedly. They sent their signs and portents before. We saw the shadow of the corniog events. Embarrassments, extravagance, debt, m rtgages, ab • senteeism, middlemanism, and landlordism in all its worst phases of opposing creeds, rights, and interests —these have been long leading to the necessary re sults; and now that they have arrived, the policy should be a reconstructive one ; building up the new system for national good and not for individual be nefit; for the legitimate distribution of the riches of the lsnd amongst all the population, and following out the law of God and humanity, in giving industry its re wards, and not defrauding labourers. Sir Robert Peel contemplates all this. The wisdom of the past has taught him, every way. The princi ples of exclusion and class interests, and favouritism, belonged to a past age, and, we hope, an exploded system. These principles of government produced the bitter fruits which we see before us. Instead of a population rich in a rich country—rich, we mean, in the etnjoyment of those things that should spring from encouraged labour, we behold only a population of beggars put under the supervision of relieving officers, workhouse masters, and English alms- payers. Sir Robert Peel wants to do away with all this vile machinery for degrading and starving, and to recon struct society upon a basis natural, reasonable, a nd conducive to the moral, and physical, elevation of human beings. The instruments by which he would work out so desirable a consummation are su ch as would strike any man of common observation, a° simple and yet of such obvious importance, that the wonder is how rulers and landlords had remained all along blind to the evils which were driving the coon' try to perdition. The policy of his elaborated ads dress is condensed into these few suggestions—to encourage draining —to open up roads through ins accessible districts--to erect piers for the accommo dation of the fisheries—to promote, under sound re" gulations, emigration at the expense of the State, without interfering with voluntary emigration; but above all, to facilitate the transfer of property from insolvent to solvent proprietors. These, with the gradual abandonment of out-door relief, w h e ther in exchange for labour or not, form the whole of his remedial policy. Upon each of these he dwells forcibly and minutely, displaying their good and evil, as they affect the population and the state. TO carry out his suggestions, he still maintains the pro' priety and necessity of a Commission acting in Ire' land, and deriving their facts on the spot. These men should be of the highest character and greatest experience in the management of estates in England, in whom the Government and country could have confidence. Under charge of this commission, he would have placed all the various measures suggested for the mitigation of the great calamity of the coup' try. Acting in every aggrieved locality, they should judge for themselves, and not form their opinions froth the intervention of agents. Ile disclaims any such intention as that attributed to him, of merely substituting one proprietary for another, as a solving of the Irish difficulty. But he dwells emphatically on the point, that all other mea' sures would be wholly ineffectual, unless some great cure were applied to the " monstrous evils " which arise out of the condition of landed property. These evils are enormously enhanced by the powers nor/ claimed and exercised by the Court of Chancery; end he strongly maintains that it would be an advantage to every body except the receivers under that Court and the lawyers " who are dividing the sums received from these estates among themselves" to relieve these estates from its controul, and permit them to be " possessed by men of capital, who would embark is their cultivation with new hopes and fresh vigour." Simplifying the voluntary transfer of encumbered estates is of course part and parcel of his great sys' tern. It would be in vain, he demonstrated, that the retention of many of these estates was no advantage to the owners—of none to the encumbrancers—a positive evil with respect to the solvent proprietorrs in their neighbourhood, and prejudicial to the p u blic interests, if this effect did not follow. If the Court of Chancery continued, by legal difficulties and chi' coneries, to prohibit this simple transfer, he went 5 0 far as to advise that its jurisdiction should be ousted altogether. " A s i mp l e t i tle against all the world,' , was his earnest recommendation. lie would have, besides new capitalists and solvent owners, " small proprietors, to cultivate their own„ vegetables, and live on the produce of their farms. This is the grand result to be derived from any great change in our social institutions. No other effect could be binding, permanent, and productive of 50' ing benefit, but this. As long as Ireland continues to be an agricultural country, the population can only be improved, and labour made productive and rewarded, by a race of small proprietors. If the mind of the legislator shall have produced this grand reform, it, will be not o n ly a magn i f i cent revolution for national good, brought about by yielding wisdom and the peacefulness of legislation, but Sir Robert Peel will have written his name on the history of the country, as one of her greatest benefactors, and most enlight' ened and philanthropic statesmen. -ARYLEBONE INSTITUTION.—MrS. Stephen Chink: hers last evening gave the third of a series or agreeable concerts at this excellent institution. The list of performers contained the names of the follow' ing artists :--Miss Messent, Miss Anne Romer, Mis 6, Anne T a yl or , Mi ss Stevens, Miss Chandler, and Mrs. Stephen Chambers, Mr. Handel Gear, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Dusell, Mr. Eames, and Mr. Franit Bodda. It would be unfair to particularize where all was excellent. Th e app l ause was enthusiastic an the encores frequent and well deserved. The concert, which was conducted by Herr Muhlenfeldt and Mr. fie Gear, was well attended. WANSFORD STEEPLE CHASE. —This sporting event took place on Tuesday last, the starting field and win' ning post being in Cliffe Pal k. The first race was for § sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 25/. added: eight horses were entered, but only four started, viz., Mr. LL Bird's Fractious (Mr. Alex. Goodman rider) 1, Mr. Gordon's Repealer (owner) 2, Mr. Whincup's Sol. King 3, and Mr. Sartoris' 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. 00 their return, at a brook crossing the Apthorp and Cliff° roads, three out of the four got into the water, the lucky One being Sol. 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 wag 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 s sweepstakes of 2 sous. 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.—Stamftrd Mercury. THE MURDERER OF MRS. HENRICKSON.--There i 5 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 Owes Morris. The letter to the father was addressed to " John Morris, blacksmith, Dreol, to the care of the Rev. Father Ryan, P.P., Rathkeal, Limerick." The prisoner speaks Irish with great fluency, which is w hat not an Englishman in a million can do.—Liverpool Times. Tdishotsit'o t s h t- o ei ffi n f e e e ri authorities sw s h e o e b mm they y t e u m p p o l t o t y m . making letter-carrier who recently died in prison at Lincoln had 14s. weekly; but so far from his offences proving s warning, his successor has been appo i nted with a salary of 13s. weeklyl The man commences his duties soon after six in the morning, and cannot finish them till nine at n i g ht. He has nearly thirty miles daily to walk on the city pavements, and we are told that he is so foot beaten by the time he gets his day's task completed he can scarcely crawl. Of course, this officer is daily en trusted with valuable letters to a large amount. Pay should be proportioned to the amount of labour and responsibility; and it seems manifestly wrong for the Post office authorities to avail themselves of the great competition among the humble ranks of so ciety to get their work done for the lowest possible amount, and to depend solely upon the terrors of the law for preventing extreme necessity from growing into dis honesty. The principle is a false one even on the ground of economy: for such screwing down of pay as leads to dishonesty cannot truly be said to be productive of any saving at all. The Post•office service has of late been subjected not merely to reduction of salaries, but to greatly increased labour; and that labour is in many cases at such unseasonable hours as speedily wear away animal powers, and make men old in constitution whilst they are young in years. The service is now most op pressive; the drudgery is more than double what it for merly was; there is no Sabbath, nor intermission of a single day from year's end to year's end; and the great object of those who are intrusted with direction in it seems to be how to make the reward for the labour still les f.—Sturaford Mercury. TILE UPS AND DOWNS OF LONDON.--Workmen have, it is said, corumenc-d lowering the brow of Holborn hill. We sti,,uld be very glad to see some of these awk ward highbrows of the metropolis completely shaved off. This arrangement will prevent the necessity for vehicles going down the incline much faster than they were in clined to go.--,Puncli.