The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL it otherwise. If placed on a just and - equitable ASSURANCE SOCIETY. foundation, it would unquestionably be the best Five Bonuses have been declared ; at the last in January , 1852, the sum of 131,125/. was added to the Policies, producing, a Bonus vary- and most popular tax for the community. 311,7, with the different ages from 24% to 55 per cent. on the Premiums _ paid dark; Vita five years, or from 51 to 121. 10s. p er cent. on the VN , e know not how the Fiscal Reformers—how Sum Assured. HUME and COBDEN and their coadjutors—can sup 'l he small share of Profit divisible in f uture amon g the -Share- holders being now provided for, the Assured will hereafter derive port a Budget the chief feature of which is the all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, without any Liability total abolition of that important and highly pro or Risk of Partnership. One-half the life premium for the first five years may remain on ductive source of revenue which, as Mr. HUME credit. Invalid Lives may be assured at r ates p ro po r t i o n ed to the risk. justly remarked, " would, if fairly levied, give Claims paid thirty days after proof of death, and all Policies are 10,000,000/.," and would enable the CHAN- Indisputable except in cm( s of frand. The last year's Report (just printed) can be obtained free - of CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to make further GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. and more rapid progress in the full development of the doctrines of Free Trade. On this part of the case, he must be defeated if any faith remain in public men ; and as this appears to be the great principle of his Budget, it must prove fatal to the entire scheme. The same may be said of the anticipated reductions in 1855 and 1857. It would be far better to grant the tax only for two years, and to allow it to be dealt with according to the then circumstances of the country. We regard the tampering with the Income Tax, so far as the reduction of the rate to 6d. and 5d., and its intended abolition in 1860, as nothing but " a mockery. and a delusion," and the refusal to listen to the voice of public opi nion, or to carry into practical operation the implied promises of his Ministerial leaders as a most unaccountable and totally indefensible piece of effronirary, an insult which it is to be hoped that the independent representatives of independent constituencies will know how to resent and THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, APRIL 19, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN RICH LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Buckstone, and Comp ton : Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Reynolds, L. S. Buckingham, Sm. After which MR. BUCKSTONVS ASCENT OF MOULT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AParr. 19, Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. Kean Lacy, Aidison, and Chester ; Mrs. C. Kean, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. Daly. After which will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrts. THIS EVENING, APRIL 19, Will be performed USED UP. Principal character Mr. C. Mathews: After which, THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Charac ers by Me=srs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, Misses Robertson, Eglinton, &c. To coaclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. avenge. As to the proposed enlargement of the area of taxation, it is only necessary to say, that the Right Hon. Gentleman adopts so much of his predecessor's Budget as to make incomes of 1001. a-year liable, but they are to be charged only at sd. in place of 7d. in the pound. He also ex tends its operation to Ireland, precisely under the• same conditions and for the same term as for England and Scotland. No person can fairly object to that extension, more espe cially as it is to be accompanied by an ample equivalent in the shape of the remission of the Consolidated Annuities amounting to 4,500,0001., all payments whereof on account of sales which occurred subsequent to the 29th of September last are to be returned. By far the best part of the Budget is the ex tension of the probate and legacy duties to real estate. This was an act of simple justice which the middle classes had long demanded, and which could not long have been witheld. Its exemption so long afforded a striking instance of the undue favouritism exhibited towards a powerful class, and the predominance of class legislation. The act of tardy justice will be received with all but universal approbation. This source of revenue alone will produce nearly 2,000,0001. sterling per annum to the Exchequer, and it enables the financial Minister to give extensive relief in other matters. He also adds is. per gallon to the duty on spirits in Scotland, and Bd. in Ireland. giving him an addition of about half a million ; but, inasmuch as he makes allowance for the waste in bond—the propriety of which we have so fre quently pointed out—the addition to the revenue from spirits is only estimated at 436,000/. We do not object to this ; the only limitation to the tax on spirits is, that it should not be so high as to act as an incentive to illicit distillation. Some years since, an attempt was made to add is. in Ireland, which was speedily relinquished. It re mains to be seen whether the Bd. will have a better fate. The allowance for waste in bond, was so plain a matter of justice, that it could scarcely be resisted, even by the man un able to discriminate between realised and indus trial income. So much for the additions to the existing sources of revenue. The reductions are nume rous and important. The Soap Duties will be completely abolished. Men may now wash their garments, or their faces, without paying a tax on cleanliness. This alone will absorb 1,111,0001., but, as the impost will remain in force until July, the loss during the present year will be only 771,0001. This highly acceptable boon will be received with general commendation. In the Stamp Duties there will be a reduction on life assurances from 28.6 d. to 6d. This is perfectly correct. A tax on prudence should not be maintained. But why is no thing done on fire assurances; a person now paying is. 6d. by way of premium, has to pay an additional 3s. 2id. to the Government, the most monstrous and unreasonable charge ever levied. Receipts are to be reduced to an uniform Id. rate, a judi cious and proper concession. There is also to be a great alteration in the assessed taxes. Those on private carriages, men-servants, horses, and dogs, being dealt with. Hackney carriages are also to be reduced by one-third, and the Post horse Duties to be abolished, or rather levied under another form by way of licences. In the Customs, Tea is, according to Mr. DISRAELI'S proposition, to be gradually reduced to a shilling, and a variety of other small duties dealt with—all the changes being beneficial, and meriting general approbation. On the matters where the Right Honour able Gentleman has already sustained de feats, he only partially carries out the resolu tions of the House. The duties on Attornies' Certificates, in place of being abolished, are to be reduced from 121. and 81. to 9/. and 6/. respectively. The Advertisement Duty to be reduced to 6d., notwithstanding the recent deci- sion of a decisive majority that it should be alto gether repealed. We trust that Mr. MILNER GIBSON and those by whom he was supported will not accept this compromise. It would not, we believe, have been attempted, but for the private memorial of persons connected with three morning journals— the Herald, the Chronicle, and the Daily News— who separated themselves from those with whom they had previously been acting, and thus weak ened the force of the movement. The total repeal of the Advertisement- Duty, will, however, we hope, be enforced, notwithstanding this inexplicable and injurious secession. The only remaining feature worthy of notice is the sop flung to the Leviathan, and which will fix on the prezen.% scheme the name of " the Times Budget." It is too manifest that this remission, which, in fact, can only be felt by one journal in the Empire, is intended to appease the anger of our contempo rary, at the neglect of the interests of the Income-tax payers under Schedule D. Its effects may be judged of by the extravagant eulogiums bestowed on the entire project by our disinterested contemporary, and its overwrought and fulsome panegyrics on " the great enter prise (1), the rare opportunities (! !), and the high favour of HEAVEN (! ! to which the people owe thep ossibility of these great, almost unexpected, re ductions from their now hereditary burdens" ! ! ! Well, 40,0001. a-year is a great deal ; but still we should not have supposed such servile flattery would have appeared in any paper desirous of maintaining an unblemished reputation. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Apart, 19, Will be performed A DESPERATE GA3IE. After which, MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolg,ar, Ste. To be followed by BETSY BAKER—by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with PEPLNO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, APRIL 19, Will be presented ESMERALDA. Supported by Messrs. Ti. Far ren, Robson, Diddear, aad G. Cooke ; Mesdames Andertqn, J. Adams, and Bartlett. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Uncle Crotchet, Mr. Farren ; Pompey, Mr. Robson; Jemima, Mrs. A• Phillips. To conclude with CATCHING AN I.IkIII.ESS. Toni Twit, Mr. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Brilliant career of the New Spectacle. The extraordinary and novel Feats of the Horses, the Passage of the Buraing Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed from the fearful Heights of the Umtata, continue to be nightly received with increased astonishment and enthusiastic approbation. The training of the Howes for these astounding Feats has occupied Mr. W. Cooke's unremitting attention for months past. THIS EVENING, Amu. 19, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the highly successful and magnificent spectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare ; with all Its new, beautiful, scenic, inte resting, dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. To be followed by a most novel and br.lliant Routine of Oymnas and Equestrian Achievement; In the scones of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Continental Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Popular FARCE. Bat..once open daily from Eleven to Four. St age M anager , M r . W. West. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, LATE AND THE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAMI EVENING, With all other Hews arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. BIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rim DAY —Morning 9 min. after 10 Evening 50 min.aft. 10 To-Morrow—Morning 271 nin. after 11 I Evening 0 min.aft. 0 THE WEATHER.—STN OFFICE, Arum 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 60— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 99. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy, with sunshine. ... - 7, A# , Olt g LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1853. Well, as we had anticipated, Mr. GLADSTONE remains firm and unyielding on the subject of the Property and Income Tax. True to his antece dents, he refuses to make any concession whatso ever. He still, and notwithstanding the implied promises held out by the Ministerial Leaders of the hereditary and representative branches of the Legislature; refuses to recognise any distinction between precarious and permanent incomes—be tween the fluctuating earnings of industry and the certain proceeds of accumulated and realised pro perty. The country surgeon, earning 3001. per annum, must still pay as much as the fortunate owner of 10,0001. Three per Cent. Consols ; and no allowance will be made for the expenses incidental to his profession, and without • which he could not discharge the duties by means whereof he can alone obtain an income to be taxed. In like manner, the Barrister who has to go to circuit, and to different sessions, must pay on his full receipts, in the same propor tion as the proprietor of well-circumstanced ground rents, and that, although the latter may apply every shilling of his receipts to such pur poses as he may think proper, while at least 2001. out of the Barrister's 3001., will be absorbed by the professional expenditure which he cannot, under any circumstances, evade or even diminish, 'if desirous of extending or maintaining his prac tice. We confess that we are in no degree surprised or disappointed. We were not misled for a mo ment by the insidious, and, as it now appears, :totally unwarranted intimations given by the Earl of ABERDEEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. There was a studied vagueness and uncertainty in their declarations, which, while intended to convey the impression that an equitable adjustment of the present iniquitous system was fully determined on, still bound them to nothing tangible, and left too many loopholes for escape, to be received with confidence. We felt that Mr. GLADSTONE could not, after his speech on the DISRAELI Budget, with any regard for his character or consistency as a public man, consent to any modification. We acted on this impression, and the accuracy of our predictions have now been fully verified. With a perverse and unyielding obstinacy he has abided by his first determination, and will stand or fall by an unmodified Income Tax. If the Fiscal Re formers be only true to themselves, we cannot doubt which it will be. We would remind them that no degree of expediency can sanctify an act of injustice, and a more gross and infamous act of RefleCtion can only impress, more and more injustice was never perpetrated than' the equal strongly, upon the public mind, the cruelty of taxation of every description of income, without referencethe attacks which have so frequently been directed tothe source from whence it may be obtained. aeainst KOSSUTH, the illustrious Leader, and It m al at s te h rs not that there are good points once the Liberator, of the Hungarians. The ex in the financial theeme-Tand we shall freely and endeavo ur s'posure of all these infamous endeavours to depre willingly approve portions worthy of commen d ciato his character cannot but ten d to elev a te hi m dation, the unmodified Income Tax is a d that must prove fataal tmno- Of that be possible) in the est imation of ever y ing blot, a plague-sp o t the entire project, and l ea d to t he r emoval from the Englishman. The latest of th ese des p icable office of the Ministry that have lent th emse l ves so inequitable. attempts at insinuation, while it was undou bte d l y to a proposal in every respect the most flagrant, was also, at the same time, the As to the contemplated cessation of the impost most paltry and the most utterly contemptible. in 1860, we look upon that as beinc, neithe r more KossuTh implicated in the seizure of a large store nor less than a gross delusion. What financier of arms and ammunition ! The search made by can look forward with Certainty to even three order of her MAJESTY'S Government ! This atrocity bruited abroad as an important discovery years, much less seven. Before the arrival of the . by Considerable talk the Times and other rejoicing newspapers 1 time the country may be involved in a sangui- . ogended . nary and expensive war, or wars , or even sup-about satisfying the ends of ment on jutistice, of inflicting summary punish posing that the Exchequer continue in a prosperous neiliatory . explanations upon the . condition, and that everything progresses accord- I inc, into' le refugee conspirators, and of enter oc'currence with ee ing to the most sanguine anticipations of the Rightl Hon. Gentleman, what right has he, we ask, to givel adv i„ rs ! Many were deceived the Austrian EMPEROR and his the then Parliament, or legislate as re by this confident any pledge for bluster --and —an yet the whole transaction then arise ? or to forestal . to be nothing turns out to the surplus that may office ? Unfortu- ! • mare's nest the labours of his successor in • immediately it is brought under" the considera 'lately, however, we have had too many promises, ;t . : ion of Parliament. It can scarcely be for already violated, to yield any c redence to its con- gotten very soon, that the "large store of templated cessation. It will be too convenient a ! arms a consisted of sundry unloaded shells and tax ever to be relinquished. Nor would ye have 'rockets ! That not an ounce of powder was coma THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1 8 ;3 prised among all this ft:rmid a bl e " ammun iti on !" That the house belonging to KOSSUTH—who re sides, by the way, out in the direction of the Regent's -park —proves in the end to be an old warehouse at Rotherhithe! That these premises have actually been known to be so occupied during the last six years by the servants of the CROWN! And that this miserable little stock of unloaded shells and rockets had positively, of late, been offered, more than once, for sale to her MAJESTY'S Government. The story about the Cock and the Bull in "Tristram Shandy" was nothing to this. It might have extorted an oath from UNCLE TOBY much more readily than the threatened death of LEFEVRE—and an oath, too, such as the Record ing Angel might quite as willingly have obliter ated. After thiS, it is seriously to be hoped that the enemies of that great man who has taken shelter on the shores of England—if they cannot respect his solitude either in homage for his genius or in sympathy for his misfortunes—will be somewhat more cautious in future before they again venture to appear as his calumniators. Hitherto they have failed notoriously in each of their mean and de testable attacks upon his reputation. It were well for themselves if henceforth they evinced upon this subject somewhat more of circumspection, and well also, let us add, for the honour and glory of British Journalism. Scarcely a month has gone by since we were told that ICosstrrs was associated with MAZZINI in stirring up the last melancholy semblance of an Italian insurrection. In proof of this 'assertion notice was drawn to a rather remarkable proclamation. The people were re commended to observe that this proclamation, posted on the walls of Milan during the dis turbances, was formally authenticated with Kos sun's signature. Well, we all know by this time how true that was. We all know tolerably well that the document turned out to be— a forgery ! MAZZINI might argue the point ingeniously enough, with his sophisms and quibbles—but there the matter stands' plainly and unmistakeably before the world—a for gery, if there was such a thing as a for gery ever perpetrated. Then—it has not been forgotten how many scandalous rumours came floating across the Atlantic to us from the United States--attributing to the noble-hearted Magyar a willingness to trade upon the interest excited in America in behalf of the unfortunate Hungarians. How far there was any accuracy in those im putations we have learnt no less fully long since and if there should still remain, in some minds, any uncertainty upon this point, nothing more is required than to glance over the truthful pages in which the PULSZKYS have recounted their travelling recollections. Deterred, however, by no consideration of this kind, the traducers of KOSSUTH have been reviving their old fables about plots, fire-arms, and refugees —with a view to cast odium upon the cause of one who has ever acted throughout his career with the valour of a Hero, and with the candour, the boldness, and the simplicity of a PATRIOT STATESMAN. How utterly they have failed in this last wretched endeavour we have seen. Doubtless their want of success in the present instance will in no way prevent them from renew ing their attempt at the first available opportunity. However, a word in your ear, 0 public !—hence forth you will know what confidence to repose in the assurances of men who are the convicted tra ducers of the brave unfortunate ! THE ALTERATIONS IN THE INCOME TAX. The following is the proposition with respect to the income tax, as embodied in the resolution laid upon the table last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer : " That it is the opinion of this committee, that towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be raised annually during the terms hereinafter limited, the several rates and duties following (that is to say) : " For and in respect of the property in any lands,, tene ments, or hereditaments in the United Kingdom, and for and in respect of every annuity, pension, or stipend, payable by her Majesty or out of the public revenue of the United King dom ; and for and in respect of all interest of money, annui ties, dividends, and shares of annuities payable to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, companies or societies, whether corporate or not corporate ; and for and in respect of the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any person or persons whatever, resident in the United Kingdom, from ariy kind of property whatever, whether situate in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or from'any annuities, allowances, or stipends, or from any profession, trade, or vocation, whether the same shall be respectively exercised in the United King dom or elsewhere ; and for and in respect of the annual pro fits or gains arising or accruing to any person or persons not resident within the United Kingdom from any property what ever in the United Kingdom, or from any trade, profession, or vocation exercised in the United Kingdom—for every twenty shillings of the annual value or amount thereof— For two years from April 5, 1853 £o 0 7 And for two years from April 5, 1855 0 0 6 And for three years from April 5, 1857 0 0 5 And that on April 5, 1860, except as to the collection of moneys then due, the said rates and duties shall cease and determine. " And for and in respect of the occupation of such lands, tenements, or hereditaments (other than a dwelling-house oc. cupied by a tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for every twenty shillings of the annual value thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums of 7d., 6d., and 5d., for the above. named times respectively." COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highnes - s Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, and attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour and Mr. Gibbs, went yesterday morning to the Royal Mint, on Tower-hill. Her Royal Highness the Dnchess of Kent, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, went yesterday to Claremont, and visited the Countess de Neuilly and the French Royal Family. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Ipswich, Mr. J. C. Cobbold, M.P. ; Mr. H. Adair, M.P. ; Sir Edward Gooch, Bart., M.P. ; Messrs. Rodwell, Corder, Ross, Burton, Bruff, and Gower, had an interview with the Right Honour able E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the aovernor-General of Canada, and also from the Governor of Malta. The Presidents of the College of Belfast and Galway had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. THE COURT. —We have reason to believe that should the re covery of her Majesty progress as favourably as it has hitherto done, that Saturday week, the 30th inst., will be the day on which the Court will depart for the Isle of Wight, and it is not expected that the infant prince will be taken to the bap tismal font, to be christened by the Primate, until the return of the Queen. Prince Albert, on behalf of her Majesty, will hold a levee to-morrow ; but unless her Majesty hold a re ception for gentlemen this season, the Vice-Chancellor Stuart, the new Puisne judge, and the Solicitor-General, will have to wait for the honour of knighthood probably for another year. The death of Major-General Gabriel, C.B. and K.H., places at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief the colonelcy of the 7th Dragoon Guards. Major-General Gabriel entered the army as cornet in the Queen's Bays in 1797, and served in the Peninsula as aide-de-camp to Sir W. Stewart and to General Le Marchant. He was present at Busaco, Albuero, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees, for which he received the silver war medal and the Companionship of the Bath. The gallant officer had been appointed to the colonelcy of the 7th Dragoon Guards so recently as the 18th of last month. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A FELLOW WORKMAN.- Last night the usually quiet neighbourhood of Bartholo mew-close was thrown into a state of the most intense excitement, in consequence of a desperate attempt on the life of a currier, named Jackman, having been made by Wil liam Foote, a fellow-workman, both of whom are in the employ of Messrs. Saxton, Waddington, and C are y, carry ing on an extensive business at 87, Bartholomew-close. The greatest secresy was observed by the workmen with respect to the melancholy circumstance, but a police constable of the Smithfield division, having some business to transact in Bartholomew's Hospital, casually heard of the occurrence and reported it to his inspector, who im mediately inquired into the affair, anti dispatched officers in pursuit of- Foote who had absconded, but who was nowhere to be found. The following factkrelative to the atrocious attempt then transpired :—lt appears that Messrs. Saxton, not having sufficient room in his premises for some operations connected with the business, hired a room at Mr. King's, a turner, nearly opposite where Foote, Jackman, and another man are employed " ripping" hides. Early in the afternoon Foote and Jackman had some angry words, but peace was restored ; however, just before tea time the bickerings recommenced, and very angry feel ings were evinced by Foote, who at length aimed a most terrific blow at the head of Jackman. with his ripping knife (a formidable weapon), which, had it taken the effect intended, must instantly have deprived him of life. Fortu nately Jackman threw up his arm to ward it offand the weapon descended on the elbow joint with such force as to sever a portion of the bone. Foote instantly made his escape, and the wounded man, who was bleeding profusely, was taken to Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was, owing to the serious nature of the wound, immediately admitted. On inquiry this morning, it was ascertained that Jackman continues in a very precarious state. The police have not as yet succeeded in capturing Foote, although a number of detective officers are in pursuit. It is stated that this is not a solitary instance of Foote using a knife under similar circumstances. The cutter yacht, Corsair, Capt. F. C. Kreeft, which sailed from Southampton for Australia on the 22d February, is reported as having arrived at St. Jago, Cape de Verds, on the 11th March last, all well. So far this little craft, of only 85 tons register, fully sustains the re putation she established in the royal yacht squadron as a yacht of first-class sailing qualities in all weathers, having frequently completed a distance-of , 220 knots in the 24. hours during her present vo y age . Th e rema i n d er o f h er passage will be performed under more favourable circum stances, as she will have the trade winds to aid her, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) CEP T, TWO O'C.LO CA: The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed tamely, without alteration in prices. The sales com prised 4,500 American, 330 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 71d., 100 Bahia at 61d. to 60., 400 Egyptian at bid. to ls. 2d., 300 Surat at 31d. to 4id., and 200 South Sea Island at ls. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Rail way Shares were Try inactive. The elaborate financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has necessarily been the subject of exclu sive attention in the City this morning, and, although it is yet early to speak of such a complicated scheme in all its details, and to assert precisely what the popular feeling may be in reference thereto it would be as well to mention what some pa r ti es think of the matter in mercantile circles. As respects the income tax, that is a question affecting the masses, and therefore more properly left out of account in any remarks under this head. The idea, among business men, has long been that a property tax, upon a comprehensible scale, would be very desirable; and they think, with Mr. Hume, that this could be so levied as not to bear onerously upon the wealthy classes, and yet to yield to the Exchequer a very large annual revenue. Upon another portion of the project we may say there is unequivocal satisfaction, namely, the intention to abrogate the duties upon articles which have proved so vexatious in the Customs list, and which were a mere remnant of those anomalous duties swept away by Sir Robert Peel. The collection of duties and the convenience of the importer will be alike consulted by the free admission of these various it em s. Then as to the Tea Duty. All who have paid attention to this subject are aware of the strong evidence brought forward that there would be little danger in an immediate and permanent reduction ; but as this article has so long baffled the exertions of the Customs reformers, many are thankful that an alter ation is at length decided upon. The soap duty is, per haps, the most important remission of the whole, the manufacture of the article having yielded a profit so absurdly low, thanks to the Excise restrictions, as al most to involve the danger of ultimate dependence upon foreign supplies. The African trade, as the Chancellor remarked, will be benefitted, and, it may be observed, that in the north of England, where the preparation of alkalis employ some seven or eight thousand persons, the reduction will be a great boon. It is in a sanitary point of view, however, that the abolition of the duty will most meet with approval. The receipt stamp alte ration is one of considerable importance, and the only difference of opinion seems to be with regard to the pro priety of affixing an ordinary penny 'stamp which might be liable to removal either by design or accident. The convenience of the plan, however, is uni versally acknowledged, and considering that receipts on stamps are now scarcely given where cheques pass and that no j ur y would return an adv e rs e verdict upon proof afforded that such cheque had gone into the hands of the creditors, it was high time that the alteration ,was made. The life insurance duties being modified will afford benefit, and the least encouraging part of the statement is that leaving the paltry charge of 6d. on advertisements, which will be as expensive to collect as the old rate of ls. Gd. Parties in the habit of advertising extensively consider that the supplements might, for the present have been left un touched, since they affect so few newspapers, and that the whole advertisement duty should have been taken off instead. Whether the continuance of the income tax, even its modified form will be held a sufficient compen sation for the taxes to which we have here adverted may be better determined when opportunity has been given for mature consideration and public canvass, opinions being always crude, and frequently erroneous, when based upon first impressions. There has not been much business doing in English Stocks, but generally they are a little weaker. The prospect of the conversion scheme being carried is one cause of support, however. Consols have been done at 100 but since are as low. as 100 1 for Money, the Time prices being 1001 to 101. The New 31 per Cents., after being 1031 I, are now 1031 to ; and the Reduced 3 per Cents., which were 1001, at present realise 991. Bank Stock has been firm at 226 and 2261. India Stock is- steady, at 262. Ex chequer Bills of June are ss. to 9s, prem. The Spanish Certificates have advanced this morning, being quoted 7to 71. The New Deferred Bonds are at 241. Peruvian Scrip is worth 3/ to 4. Peruvian and the Deferred maintains the advance to 67 and 671. Equador Bonds have touched 61. Grenada Active Stock is worth 24. Brazilian New Bonds have been 991 to par. Mexican Stock is at 231 to f, and very firm. Venezuela have been done at 38/. Dutch Four per Cents. have been quoted 967 5 to 971. The market for railway shares has been very inactive, but the quotations are firm, especially for North- Western, Great Northern, Cork and Bandon, and Water ford and Limerick. The French lines also are higher in some instances, including the Western and the Beziers to, Graissessac. The Gold Mine Shares have been rather firmer, and the Brazilian Cocaes has recovered a little. The Land Companies shares are down 3/. to 5/. ; for Australian Agricultural g to 1 ; for Peel River and the smaller shares in proportion. The British American Land are duller. Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been very quiet and nominally rather heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock , 226. 6 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9nlook 99i i i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 India Stock 262 South Sea Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills 16d. June. March. £lOOO.. £5OO — Small 9 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Braelian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent 99i 100 996 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Ditto Ex. Dec., 1149, Coup on illr3ek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent. - 0 Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 46 per Ceut. B9 Peruvian Scrip 34 4 p Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Ceut. Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent, Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 244 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7f 7 i p c Venezuela Bonds, 3.6 per Cent. Belgian 46 per Cent. ......... ...... .. .. . ... D u t c h Exchange, 26 per Cent. 12 Gul1 . . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... Consols Ditto May Account , THREE O'CLOCK. 100 H 1001 ELECTION COMIIIITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) BARNSTAPLE. This committee resumed this morning at 11 o'clock, and the cross -examination of Adam B r itt on was con ti nue d . The witness denied hating rec e i ve d any money f or hi s votes, but gave his evidence with great apparent reluctance. T. Power deposed that he came from Swansea to Bain staple to vote. His expenses were 12 5 ., an d h e rece i ve d 101. He was paid tLt the Shipwrights' A rms . H a d re ceived a similar sumin the same way some y ears back. Cross-examined — lt was in 1841 that he got the 101. be fore, and at that time received 15/. more for voting for Mr. Fortescue, Lord Ebrington's brother. William Popham—Was not a voter. Know Thomas Drew, a freeman of the borough. Drew borrrowed money from him a day or two before the last election. A question here arose as to the legality of a question put to the wit ness, and the learned counsel were arguing the point when our report left. COCKERMOUTH. At the meeting of the committee this morning Mr. Welby proceeded to sum up for the petitioners. MAYO. At the sitting of the committee this morning, Mr. Murphy, treasurer of the Mayo Independent Club, was examine. He stated that the Mayo election was carried on by the Independent Club on behalf of Mr. Moore and Mr. Higgins. Archdeacon M`Hale was the chairman, and all the priests were ex officio members. Mr. Higgins was a member; Dean Burke, Father O'Connor, Father Mallarch; and Dr. Costello, were members. Tho subscription w as 10s. and upwards, but no subscription had been paid since 1847. Before the election witness gave Dr. - Costello 801. to meet the expenses of two baronies, also gave Father Durkin 401. for another barony. Dean Burke had 401., and Father Hardeman, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Higgins, paid 4001. into witness's hands before the election, not, however, as treasurer of the club, but as trustee for the candidates. It was, however, expended under the direction of the club, and it was in consequence of a stipu lation with the club that Moore paid. The witness was under examination when our report left. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 41 123 ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 515 s ; and straw, 117's to 1115 s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3183 to 51 Os; and straw, 1183 to 11 16s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECITAPEL.—Meadow hay, 315 s to 41 12s ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 1183 to 1/_l6s per load. Supply good, and trade rather heavy. COLONIAL. &MAlL—Owing to the large quantity offering, this article goes off flatly to-day. As much as 30,000 bags and brls of East India and Mauritius are put up. The quantity of British Plantation lauded last week was 2,169 hhds, 132 tierces, 594 barrels--there were taken for home consump tion 815 hhds, 63 tierces, 192 barrels. The stock in the same places is 6,295 hhds, 820 tierces, 1,069 barrels. COFFEE.—There is but little doing, and prices are about the same. Several auctions are announced for to-morrow. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 990 puns, 68 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 276 puns, 29 Wads ; and ex ported- 378 puns, 120 lihds. The stock in the same places is 8364 puns, 481 hbds. RICE.—At auction 2,867 bags Moulmein were offered, and all taken at Os 6d for mid yellow. TIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAII. 'Closing Prices this day. Bas nabs done th` a day. 'Aberdeen-. Ambg. Nottug. Bost & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh &I Stour Valley _ Birkenhd. Lincsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O .. . Bristol & Exeter. !Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfa,st June Dundee Perth &Aber- , deen Junction ....... Do. New ........ East Anglian (L 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (RlB E. & H ).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do.. Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dpi. & Binning. June.... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dunde Glasgow & S.Western ,Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock ...... Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western.. Irka South-Easter Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds...... Lancash. &Yorkshir, Do., Fifths Do.; Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt. London & BlackwaP Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & &CA. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., ••• Do., £40......••• ••• ••• teudrry. &Coleraine Lrdndrry. & &iuisk. ?4anch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Liu. Un. Miland ....... ....... Do. Binning. & Derby, Midland G. West.(lr.)i Do. a Shares . z Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket.......... Do. Bury Extensions' Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... Do., New. Norihn. Counties U'n North British ........ North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2 .I Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester dz Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed S to ek Shrewsby. di Herold. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, d 0....... Oswestry ......... Shropshire Union 1 South Devon South Eastern , 'South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun ' Do.. • . . 1 Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath. ..... Waterfd. di Kilkenu3 Waterfordnimexick West C0rnwa11........1 Wmble don &Croydoi.l Woodford York Newell. & Borw. Do. Extensions...... . Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERENI Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c , Bris. dr Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork drßandon 5i p.c Dundee Perthdaber ' deep Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (27175) 7 p. ct ' Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 ....... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dunde• 5 . 4 per cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent 'neat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths.. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.). G. West. fixed 4 p c r•an. & York. F. £2O. Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brightoi Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Conyertiblo, 5 p c., 1852 . ....... . Do. NeW Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western. Con. Thirds Gan donderry& Coler Shares .. Lowly. & Eunis. SI le.neh.,Shef.,& Lin. Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £1.0........• Do., £6 . • Nfarypt. &Carl. 4p. e. Do. 4i per cent....... Do . %fld.Cousol. 6 p.c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 p^r cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c Borth British . ..... go Ali Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £1.5,6p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon. .Do. New . Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os. 6d. S. Yorks', c.Guar. Water:d. & Kilk. 6p. c. Yoik Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do ' York & N.? Maud H & S. P arch ......... 28k-- 24 - 6 10 IoA ri 6i d 21 --- 22 3A -- 2A dl 103 -- 105 641 -64 i 21t -- 221 22 -- 23 .. 4...: 5 p 8 -- 9 34 4 ' l 134 - 13t1 10 - 11 7 - 7 3 72 - 74 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 34 62 64 82} —B3 47 49 125 - 127 1091 —110 i 91i -• 92 6 t • 92 94 4 13 131) 76/ 774 4 —4.1 d :3 3d 151 164 91 -- 9$ 21 p 104 -- 165 419 A -- 120 2j -- 3 p 1$ lap 904 -- 914 4A -34 d 3i 24d 11 12 19 21 291 -- 304 31 3 a 741 -- 75 43 -- 45 50 52 3i 3, 3 d 31, ag t 3 54 24 d 35 —36 ... - ... d 4 4, 1 ,t1 8 - 2i - 3i p 51 - 52 99 - 100 62 - 63 64 - 66 73 76 11 ()Pis 17 19 83 93 13 -- 15 31 ---• 20A 213 75. 76 363. -- 37 123 -- 13 4 -- 4 19 21 3 31 11.4 —15 i 94 10 :3 35 :►4 10 d par '39 70 74 7 d lq, -21 d 59 60 , c {ARES, 100 all 100 5 100 all •.. ` .. 1105 -- 1071 106 .1: 1081 St. 16 St. St. 100 6 100 103 1.9 20 i '1 i Par 121 121 25 81 1 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 6 - 61 3 i -- 34, 4-- 44 1 -- lip -- 2i p 1' -- 2 p 14i -15 h 184 -18 i 31 - 3i liii : 129 112 - 113 83 - 6 7.1 - 106 10S - L5l - 153 - Xkl - xil 151 - 154 3 - 4P 10 -- 11 13i -- 138 8 - 9 101 - - p. [4B —llsoxd 224 - 23 5i - 64 1k - 2 8 - 111 25 - 26 2 10 111 17A —18 i l 11i 153ip par 4 p 25# 261 19i —20 A id spar 'l)2 - 104 5 --• 51 P - iP 1071 i 1n li 141 pm 8 107 6 26 5i 102 3 FOREIGN. 10 3 ir twerp&Rot".:.ey..i..aul g - 5 3 , '-olgianEastn. Junct 1 1. 20 all "Jharleroi &Erquelin 133 143 20 6 Dijon andßesan . gon 3 31 P 20 5. , Dutch Rhenish 1 - dis 7 20 all Sast Indian . 51 — 6 P 20 1 Do. Extension .... 11 —13 P 5 all it. Indian Peninsula 21 7 20 7 mod. Junct. of France 14 2 P 201 15!. lt.WesternofCanada 1 Shares — P . L 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c pref.. . 20 15 Luxembourg 7 7 1 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4 4 1 1 2 5 2 Do. 2 5 3 Jo. (Canal) 1 10 S Do. 6p. ct. 20 7 Lyons & Arediterran. —— 1 20 43 4adras 23 3 P 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 8 8 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 334 —37 368 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (froy. B. kAms. Shs.) 14 15 14i 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 83 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons l7l —lB 7„; 20 all Paris and Orleans 41:4 424 20 all Paris and Rouen 431 44 . ; 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 34 394 344 a 20 4 ParisCaen & Chcrbrg. 5 10 5i Quebec &Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 2oi 9 —21 J 20 all Sambre and Alonso — 94 - 91 10 4 Do. 51 p. et. pref 20 4 Southern of France 6 7 ; 10 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 3 ____ 3 all West Fland ers .• 10 6 Do. 53 per c. Prof.... p 20 10- Western of France...lo - 11.11- 214 20 10 2 West. of S w it zcrlai sd - 20 3 Zealand.. ........ ...... 2 id LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ..AtLwATS. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Liucoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr. & Dn. Fr 111.41. Dk. k Railway Hull & Selby Do. 1 Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp c Prest. & Wyre Do. 3 Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do. Shepth.S t Shef. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Shr. Il' arm Leasing oin pane Closing 'Prices all 100 all 100 50 25 12A 13i! 20 20 114 100 - 100 18$ London & N. West. Glt.Virestri [Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledou A.Nrthu. at. West', Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Mid Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darliugt. Aidlaud.. E. Count Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do IGtNorthil Do Lanca.Shii Yorksh. M.MClean Stock t. & Darlingt. Do IGtWesin' ' • - ... ,• - ... 107 - 109 52 - 54 148 —lsoxd 32 3 :33A 112 - 114 56 - 57 27 - 28 14 i -14 4 i 26 - 27 19i -- 39/ 26 -- 27 21 - 38 105 - 107 64 - 66 149 - 151 149 - 151 1 ~~d 324 1041 -105 L! rtiQi:iess MINES. 1 all Agua Fria . I.os. all Anglo Californian p 10 2 Australasian A 1 p 20 5 Australian "— 5 p 1 all Australian Co r dill era - 1 4 p a r 1 all Australian Freehold. dig— -1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par A p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 3 p 1$ 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 72 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 53 6 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & C u i a d a 54 64 64 6 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 30 1 3 Carson's Creek — 4 p 40 all Cobro Copper 463 473 473 5 1 Colonial Gold --23 3 ... 14 Copiapo 6 7 74 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 75 —B5 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent B3 —92 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll —l3 d 31 20 all General.. l6 18 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll 1.3 p 3 3 all Great Polgooth A - p 33 1 all Lake Bathurst § 1 all Liberty 3 3 P 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co I 3 d 1 all Mariquita s d— par 13 1 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 8 7i 81 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Mondo l3 lip Si 5 1 Port Philip par— pl 3 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p 13 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 lin Santiago de Cuba 63 73 1 all South Australian par —4 pxn ; 1 xtt 10 7 Tin Croft ....... 283 all United Mexican 6 —6A 1 all Waller par p 14 1 all West Granada par— l p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all Yuba Q p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BB3 891 881 z d 00 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Buk, of India, Australia, & China .3 13p 3 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond • 10 English Scottish and Australian la lip 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3l —33 p 151 50 20 London and County — 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminst er 20 2 London Bank of Aus- • tralia and India 4 d 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental 'Bank of Corporation 54 55 543 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 dis par 25 all South Australia 4B 50 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 773 7 2 1 Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid • ... MISCELLANEOUS 00 35 Australian Agricult. 80 85 87 45 80 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... 38i Brit. American Land 80 82 83 80 00 34Canada • .• 5 5 Crystal Palace — 63 3 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 00 50 General Screw Steam 103 118 20 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 2A Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 83 2 50 25 Do. Do . ••• ••• 00 60 Royal Mail Steam . . . . 74 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization 00 28i Van Diemen's Land 20 2▪ 1 LLOYDS' SHIPPING _(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 19.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W.; fine. LIVERPOOL, April 18.—Wind, W. N. W. Arrived-- Idalia, Callao ; Linda, Pernambuco. Off Port—Arabian, Mobile • Telegraph, —. Sailed —Sampson, Bahia ; Elizabeth, Philadelphia ; Wanderer, Santos ; Harbinger, New York ; Yarra, Briton, and Salcombe Castle, Mel bourne; Theresia, Adelaide, S.A., Sunda, Bombay and Shanghai ; Aid, Jamaica ; Sterling, Savannah ; Western World, New York ; Jessie Amelia, Richibucto ; Briton. Montreal ; Alexander Wise, Quebec ; Grace, and Nichol son, Newfoundland ; Cambrian, Newfoundland and Que bec ; Grace, Cape de Verds and St. Thomas ; Veracity, Trieste. FALMOUTH, AprillB.—Wind, variable. Arrived off Port Manuelit a, Callao ; Miles, Galveston. QUEENSTOWN, April 17.—Wind, N.N.W Arrived— Argentine, Odessa. Sailed—Garland, Valparaiso. CANTON, Feb. 23.—The Onyx, from Hong Kong to San Francisco, which put back to Macao previous to Jan. 8, with damage, has been surveyed and sold. PARIS, April 19.—The Berceau, from Cherbourg, was lost in the Bay of Lancrene, March 14 ; crew drowned. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 18. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Menai, from Calais ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Giraffe, Rotterdam ; Moselle, ditto ; Fyenoord, ditto ; Ceres, ditto ; Stadt Dordrecht, Dordt ; Baron Holberg, Schien ; Rosa, Guernsey ; Hector Schwer gaard, Christiansand ; Schien, Sarpsborg ; Familion, Frederickstadt ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ' • Concordia, Ilamburgh ; Billow, Rouen • Mathilde, Aarhuns • 11 ebe, Malta ; Jane Dunn, Charente ; Jonge Antje, Vermin ; Cheverell, Madras • Feladeffea, Constantin o pl e ; Evange listen, Odessa ; Christiania, Honduras ; Venus, trdde wails ; Lionne, Gravelines ; Ellen, Jersey ; Catharina, Alexandria ; Lion, Gravelines ; Reward, Guernsey • Tre Syskon, Helsingborg ; Lion, Harlingen ; Magnet, ditto ; Batavier, Honduras. — ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. —The Stadt Dor drecht, for Dordt ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Menai, Calais ' • Ceres, Rotterdam ; Hope, Africa ; Margaretha., Bremen; Nancy Dawson, Hamburgh ; Ravensb ourne, Antwerp ; Lord Hardinge, Bombay ; Fyen oor d , Rotter dam; Equator, Algoa Bay; British E mp i re, Sierra Leone; Amaranth, Hobart Town ; Tyne, M e lb ourne; Jas. Cruick shank, St Vincent, &c. ; Soho, Havre ; Seine, Boulogne; Gratitude, Quebec; John Sugars, Sydney, N.S.W ; tuna, Kurrachee ; Cassibelannus, ditto ; Poblamo, Bilboa. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The Pax, Rio Janeiro ; Lina, llarbadoes ; Anna, Geelong ; Dania, Tri nidad; Dunrobin, Koningsberg ; Mary Ann, Cape of Good Hope; Lady Mell, Constantinople; Emilie Hobart Town; Adonis, Bordeaux ; City o f Boulogne, ' Boulogne ; St. Gravenhage, Sydney, N.S.W. THE KENT LINES. --A deputation consisting of a numerous body of g en tl emen from *he county of Kent, headed by Lord Sondes, and accompanied by the members for East Kent an d Rochester, waited upon the President of the Board of T ra d e on Saturday, to state their views with reference to the various Kent railway bills now before Par liament. In the view of the deputation the East Kent Railway Bill for extending the present North Kent line from Strood to Canterbury is an object of primary import ance to the public interest, it being proposed by the land owners of the district, for the purpose of effecting a com plete system of railway communication through the county of Kent, and of placing the dockyards and naval arsenals at Deptford. Woolwich, and Chatham, and the military BIRTHS. establishm en t s a t M a id s t on e a nd Canterbury in direct coin- OF A SON. fp. ~: t ill „ munication with one another, and with the metropolis, and . 0 _ the points of d e f en ce on the Kentish coast. It was stated' On tne 15th inst., at Clarence-terrace, Regent o "P that these obj e cts had engaged the attention of the Adini- wife of J. W. Birch, Esq. 0 1 ralty and Ordnance departments of the Government, and OF A DAUGHTER. . fo ricl the production of certain papers by the railway department On the 16th inst., at 9, Somers-place, iry . : of the Board of Trade, is to be moved for as a preliminary wife of B. Cherry, sq. step to a special application to the House of Commons 4 ` 4 upon the subject of all the Kent railway bills now before MAR RIED. . cliA t to Parliament. On the 16th inst., at St. Giles's-in-the-fiel as 6bor l° , [ADVERTISEMENT.] The Earl of Aldborough and Watkins, Esq., of Southgate, Middlesex, t°,l . 04 Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu- only (laughter of Thomas Harrison, E sq ., of 4' ' bons medicine after every other means had failed.—See street, Bedford-square. extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, - "' Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir— DIED. T On the 54-nil' o - l A i r r ii t' Lieut.-General Sir Charles Macleod, K.C.8., lu' llia o I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure 0n the 15th i ns t, in Seymour-street, Pol of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the mos t On the 15th inst., a t Bl ac kh ea th, Thos. D' 3 n / y ley, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, aged 14. ,- 4 i,1 eminent of the facult at home and all over the continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ApBOROUGH."— ----- - 7- ---- --- - 0 6 4 n These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the liver L ONDON : P r i n t e d an d P u bli s h ed by mattp,..-- goi f or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at P ro - of N o . 112, St ran d, Printer, at The Sun Oft o --e cti l:/ fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, 'Londo n , Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f th e S avo y, in "-- and by all medicine vendorsthroughont the world. Middlesex, Tuesday, April 19, 1853. 83,3 3 48i 126,1 5 92i 92i 3 pm 77 9 7 1214 i 19i 91i 1 90i 1 100 5 4 20 10 20 50 50 100 25 /57"4" .3•CA f Z' I , , --k,, ... . Aitill.,- .0...„ 4-,,,,, 0 1, " i„ , „ eiri F , 1 . . YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) CRAVEN STAKES. Broughton Audubon . Four ran. ZETLAND STAKES Wild Huntsman Horatio .......... Three ran, Vourtiri ?lit ittoll YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FLYING DUTCELMAN'S HANDICAP. Ta1 f0urd.................................................. .•." Hobby H orse ... Six ran. CHAMPION HANDICAP, Lady Agnes Trousseau .. Three ran. SELLING STAKES. Desdemona . Surprise colt Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken). 20 to 1 agst Peggy. 20 to 1 agst Richmond. 2,000 GUINEAS. 6to 4 agst West Australian (taken). DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Orinoco (t)1 THE COLLECTION OF THE TAXES. The public will see with great satisfaction the ~ t 1 in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has , l r oo" name of the Gov ernmen t, acce d ed in spirit to the t,V. lution of Mr. Williams, that all the revenue lh country ought to be paid without deduction invert Exchequer, so as to bring the whole of it under the c ,l trol of Parliament. At present about 6,000,000.0 g. lected from the people never reaches the Exch• t lff and of that a moun t 5,922 , 2571 . i s deducte d by 106 rious revenue departments for the payment 0f,0! officers and other p ur p oses . Thi s system h as f o r I rek years be en censure d an d attackedjty different refelv but Chancellors of the Exchequefhave i n general p9' of opinion that improvement was impracticable e,lO advisable, and, till now, have declined to make ail," ration. M r . Gl a d stone, however, having f e Y expressed an o pi n i on t h at the charges with refere v t 4 the collection o f th e revenue of the country ought.' brought u n d er th e control of Parliament, since II," tered office has instituted an investigation in t ; necessity for effecting the change. Th e resa t i that Government is of opinion that effect ou-g, be given to the principle, and to oromnise meas.°, the purpose. Such a change in the'entire syste- 11 ;0:, not, however, without car e an d di scr i m i na ti o n, "LC ried into effect. With willing and able chiefs c 4irg different departments —such as Mr. Gladstone des( j Mr. John Wood to be of the Inland Revenue, ibr Thomas Fremantle of the Customs—and with a. / time and forbe arance , th ere w il l b e no diffie,'" t t accomplishing the reform. More will be gala , i ; enlisting in its f avour th e servants of t h e publi P o by alarming them an d exc iti ng t h em aga i ns t it. e lf.. have it in their power to impede its success a1; i4 0,,,Y step. One of th e c hi e f ar t s o f goo d a d m i n istra 4 tv to inspire subordinates with zeal to promote 4 e l! economy and the public welfare. One cons iderl, form has, we unde rs t an d, a l rea dy t a k en p l ace . ) 0 0'" t , cordance with the p r i nc ipl e o f Mr. 's Williams.'Y„ the collectors of a ll th e b ranc h es o f t h e revenue 1 0 0 - land have been r equ i re d t o pay t h e gross reeet4l the hands of the rece i vers i n L ondon, g i t h cost of all the judicial establishments in Scotian' several other ch arges , h ave b een paid ou t e", e fi r , revenue before it reached the Exchequer ; but lie r Y, ward these will b e d e f raye d , lik e the others, by thebe!o sury, out of th e mone y a ft er i t h as come into t is tl chequer. Th a t i s one s t ep towar d s b r i ng i ng the, jo e r gross receipts of the revenue and all public P 3 Y e llei, under the direct control of the Treasury and the o f t vision of Parliam en t. It w ill ma k e t h e s y s tem ministratio n uniform and simplify the public ac` ~,,,e Parliament is the one great body _The whole of the proposed reforms tend to thPe,V whole people ; and the Mini t respon sibio especially the dip neat of the Treasury, whis9lezi",dministers the Y :!! provided by Parliament, being responsible , 9 ,0 1 must answer to it for every branch of its 3(. .,' ° 4 tration. The especial object of the motion ;,'", bring all the funds levied from the people : 1 3 ..at authority of Parliament under its control, v` - I‘try the Treasury. From this it is expected that the 11, sury, being publicly accountable for all, and the e d d of departments being unable to incur any exP en ,,,,e*, cept by its sanction, be mo re care f u l i n the t 4 they they incur. It will impose on t h em a respunou'olt, answer to the Treasury for large disbursements 11 they now make on th e i r own authority. There Ivi ao' greater disposition t o care and economy thr eu V , Thus the red uc ti on made in the estimates by p er k s and even by the Treasury, will not be a full re e %4 all the advantages to be gained. A spirit of .7A introduced into the subordinate departments 0 1 ' p itfr d expense at its source, and the whole scale of t he firl, disbursements may be reduced. Much, of course!, left if till 91 0 " depend on the vigilance of Parliament, and be careless and extravagant—as it very often is', in . the end, turn out that Parliament will reclu l ' kept in check by an economical Treasury, or 0 01 '00' sponsible heads of subordinate departments.—k°l SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] COUNTRIES. From what Port Dispatched. 4 : v le 1,1 1 10 ) Afii Apr" gi Liverpool .. Liverpool ..• ISou , ..hamptonj Day when made up in General Post- Office, London.* America(byßrit.pack)N America (by United Sts.. packet) ..........N America (by U. States packet) Australia (via South.. ampton) ..........M Ditto (via M arseilles) N Ditto (via Cepe of tioodl Hope) of June ...... Africa ( West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Alexandria.......... Ntl, 9, 24, & 30 of m Alexandria.... .. ...M 4th & 20th Of mon. Bahamas lll 2nd of the month Belgium Brazil M 9th of the month.. Buenos Ayres .. Al 9th of the Month.. Cape of Good hope ..N 14th of the month Cape of Good Hope .. N 2n4 of June Cape de Verds .. • ...N 14th of the month Ceylon .. .. .. Ceylon (see 14th of the month Channel Isles N IVlon.,Wed Chili.... • ... ..... M-d & 17th of month China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,24A27 ofrn Constantinople ........ 4th k 20th of mon. cont. of Europe 141 & N i Twice daily Egypt (see India) Fiance & Twice daily.... Gibraltar 7, 17, 20, 27 of In. Greece (see India) Greytown Ml2ml & 17th of mon. Harnhurgh Tuesday & Friday I lavannah Si 2nd of the month Holland M Wednesday & Sat. Honduras l7th of the month. India (viaSoutitampt.)lll; 4th & 20th of mon. India (via Marseilles)3l Bth& 24th of month lonian Isles (see India)! Ireland & Twice daily ...... M:7, 9, 17, & 38 of m., Madeira .. Madeira N 1 23rd of the month! Malta (see India) Malta ...... Ofm. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico of the month. N aides . .... • . N sth ifith24tholmon. New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month' New Zealand pri , ate ship ..I Papal ; tatea .......N ' 151h2'thofInon. Peninsula th I7th2Bthotmon Peru .•••..• • . • .. M;'d & 4th of mon Port Natal N 14thj of the month Sicily • • • •• • ..... N , 1 5 thr th2hthot mon, Tit.cany 15t1125thofmon, Venezuela 2d & 7th of month Van Diemen's L an d (see ; Australia ) . „ r , gri t ......... West Indies m 2d& 17th of month .SouthaMP r O dio ‘O l * When any of the se d a t es f a ll on a Sunday, t h e IW IP dispatche t on the following day, with the exception of t."telw Southampton), and the Malta, both of whi c h w ill be dIol'" day preceding. Every Friday .. .. April 19 .. .... .. April 18 ........ 14th of May ...... 18th of May 11 4 i ik pr,, LAp O 0 7 '3 ,ll ' r 10 1 0 9 tp51!:,, e ,1 As/ \§ !Aptly !io l ll° AP t ' :fr A lAPr ril l AP 9 Dover .. . • • • ! A pr 5 SOU [WIMP tOn Dover .. •• • I le Dover • • I" n. .AP Idouthampio 46 4 1 Tc 1 istoy ll Mov.i , 4 J o: bid o9 id I .o '. ` o f .4 1 :: tt r ': ' J. 111 , 1 1, 1 11 9 1 / 16 5 6i : % 0 Y AI 15 A pr , APP e rls AP' ov. Ap r 1" A pr , IttP r li ,APO Sootharopton Dover ..... • Plymouth .• Plymouth • • Dover .. •• • Southampton Sout ham p ton Dover .. • • • • I Southampton; Southampton, Plymouth • • Plymouth • Plymouth • • Plymouth •• Southampton, Southamptorii 4 outhampton London . • • Southampton London. • • Southampto❑ Southampton; Dover (Holyhead ••• Southampton Southampton Plymouth •• Dover .....• 'Plymouth • • Southampton l)ovcr .. • • • • Southampton Various ports , Dover .. • • Southamptoi r southampton (Plymouth •• Dover .. • • • • IDover .. • • • • outhamptoo 5() 161 , St. 20 40 25 25 St. 50 25 100 St. 261 13? 20' 20 50 11.00 8i all 111 100 114 all all all 3 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all Gl all 100 all 15 21s. 1 100 20 1 100 75 4i 596 i