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you 3f E , 3vix ol 01°' e• tv, ed t° fal 9/1 4 E fey," E re 04 , )1. Id L e ' luna °'l ; Ind unar ,r the' Le Eli° for ed at' e t i is j CIE he ige, Frei ilbd the, iv, exhP. 185 7,3 S 0,61: 3,32 11,32 , __- 13.. lines TaYl c z be vs" t y like co te 6 r O cl ;c7 b fit ot , " t, 01° LoJpiv Al abOO`Al ite o ' me ilf:0 )d'll -Ce 9 y r Ar i rth. Ca r, eel SPORTING NOTES.---No. CCCCICI. 'Monday gave us a surprise in the defeat of Filbert, and Tue s d ay ' s races opened with another, Estrella having succumbed to Phrygia in the race for the 100 sovs. stakes. Lord Exeter's filly had it all her own way from end to end, winning with great ease by three lengths. The next two races—the 501. Plate and 10 sovs. sweep stakes —were won almost as easily as the preceding, Village Lass carrying off the former, and Leybourne the latter. The Riddlesworth presented a pretty finish between niomelia and Talfourd. The latter waited upon Phrygia into the cords, then took the lead, and kept it until within a few strides of the chair, where Diomedia, who had been pressing Talfourd rather hard, got up and won on the post by a head ; the 51 which Diomedia received, turning the scale most effectually in her favour. Glen "°ll was a shocking bad third, and Phrygia, not perse vered with, a bad fourth. It is a matter of half-a-dozen Years since both the Riddlesworths produced races. B yway of mistifyi ng th e r i ng , Filb er t, a ft er w a iting 11 Pon Cobnut to within a distance and a half of home, took the lead, and won with the greatest ease by a length; his stable companion Cobnut, beating Petrel a- length for second place, while War Whoop, upon whom they laid t . t ° 4 , was out of the race from end to end, and finished last. ,_A lar ger fi eld than I expected went to the post for the e wmarket Handicap, no less than seventeen awaiting the starte r ' s orders. Two or three of the youngsters Jumped, o ff t ogether, but as soon as they settle d d own to the work, Charley took a distinct lead, which he main tained to the turn of the lands, where he had had ; I°l 'o l ; here Talfourd, who had been laying close up ~ota the start, took first place, and for the remainder of Pe Journey had it all to himself, winning as he pleased U Y flOilie three or four lengths, Ethelbert beating Double 4 ,, /IR by a couple of lengths for second place, Content -ect moderate fourth. The rest were scattered far a nd wide ; at the head of the nick, however Weather gage, with all his weight, was to be discovered. The re all s llit of this rac e altered the Chester Cup betting materi - Y. Talfourd's performance being thought so favourably of that h e was immediately backed at 20 to 1 for above til°usand pounds, with a disposition to go on at the Z ic _e figure which was declined by the layers. He was b 7 ibtroduced into the Derby betting at 1,000 to 30, this a s might be expected the backers were very shy for the vent, event, it being a very different thing winning and Derby against the best horses in the year, ca n , earr Ying sst 31b victoriously in a handi se‘g ' ace • Ethelbert's running, though not quite rec z ...A od a s I expected, yet, considering the tyeing up he couki — l ast week at Epsom, was almost as good as reasonably be expected of him. Contentment, I rIPPose may now be cosidered to be disposed of, for 8 position, instead of being better than that at Epsom, wais4one point worse. J - communication yesterday unfortunately "missed beand c onsequently my remarks upon to-day's races de n t "a day too late for the fair." It is pretty evi _, nowever, to the major ity of the sporting fraternity, tb 14 '1 the race for the Zetland Stakes will lie between a uce and Comfit ; that Speed the Plough will win i'loo Sops. Stakes; Begum colt or Valour, the 50 aZ t s e .. Stakes ; Cavan the Match ; and Feversham the Th e race for the Subscription Plate of 501. yesterday 11 7 8 , all one way—Ephesus waiting on Nutshell, who 1 : 1 1 s e the runn i ng at a slow pace, into the cords, where ha beaded him, and won, with half a stone or more in t b"" , by half a length ,• Rackapelt beating Nutshell in e last half -dozen strides for second place by a distance. Br awn and Dear Me could not live the pace. PiThe r ace for the Handicap Plate of 501. was like the T e eding, all i n f avour o f t h e w i nner, who had his race 1 1 11 nand front the start, winning fro m K o h-i- noor by th ree NNth& King of Troy was a bad third, and the rest illarly b ea t en off— Rolando, the crack, backed for a Food deal of money, leaving off at 6 to 4, being the very last in the race his legs being no better this year than th ey were last.' Poi. the 100 sovs Sweepstakes over the D.M. Noisette Was made the favourite, and she was undoubtedly the b est of the half-dozen ; but one of those master strokes of Prank Butler's sent Mayfair by the post a neck in Advance of her. The rest were scattered far and wide. Pharos won his race in a most off-hand style, waiting on Nutpecker for a good portion of the distance, and going in front and cantering home an easy winner. The Column Stakes produced the third surprise of the Week—Defiance, upon whom they laid 6 to 4, in the final set-to, being unable to collar Filbert, who won by three parts of a length. Diomedia and Veteran, finish ing third and fourth, were beaten off. How to reconcile this running of Filbert's with his last exhibition when in antagonism with William Rufus on Monday would Puzzle any one. Before the race 50 to 1 was laid against the winner for the Derby ; after 20 to 1 was taken freely. The racing to-morrow will commence early—half-past ' we lve, I believe— w ith a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 R i c s o vs. each, & c., w hi ch, toget h er w i t h a S weepsta k es o f Boys. each, does not close and name until six o'clock this evening. fillf e he „ Sw eepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three-year-old (R e 8 Will, I understand, be contested by Scandal M 1 ge r' l'ur vgia (Norman), Mayfair (Butler), Cuckoo p a ,sIY), Antonina (Bartholomew), and one of Mr. 01 7 a with Nat up. The first and second places Nl 6 al i t r c el be occupied by Scandal and Phrygia, with t . se up. P°t he v . c ut Stak es w ill have a field of four at the Homebrewod (Butler), Adine (Nat), tame h "ay), and King of Trumps, whose jockey's i in c uwin g ave , n uot bees able to ascertain. Although ' 31 . 3 4. course to be rather longer than th e „.3 approves of, yet I cannot go farther to er• all i i .'"Ait a t te , l les I expect to see Gossip beat Adeline, See -ulawe Nathan. i O • f e eith er th e '" , : t there isbut little hope for the backers errte.d pos'l'i+?lver or Cineas for the Derby one 'being in "vely infirm, while the other is out of stu n . a Nino. mother fashion. Some time since, when vr estes' ° a , ll 4 ,P uIY Analysis of the Derby, I selected 13 ° 8 8es s V particular choice, I must now add Pharos t ei ng thei r g equal chance with himanticipate 11 ! 3 3' 12 tarn i P ri nciPal antagonists in West Australian, • and Queen colt. AIM 'SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 7 . b SCOTCH BANKS. Iri s h I°ll°. wiag is a summary of the circulation of the 19 and a" B °°teh banks for the four weeks ending, the °f March : ra - A ve ge circulation of the Irish banks £5,520,544 r°ge cixculatio of the Scotch banks 3,443,894 A ' co Total ' - - £8,964,438 sc ow I nPared with the fixed issues of the Irish and banks, it,appears that=- ;, 1 -fie Irish banks are below their fixed issues 2833,950 The Scotch banks are abo - ;?-e their fixed issues 356,685 • The Total below the fixed issues -2477,265 amount of gold and silver held . at the head offices sev eral'tank - a • the past month have been as follows Win o G Q°d a nd silver h e ld b y the Irish banks £1,538,910 old and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,157,510 T0ta1.....: £2,696,420 These returns combined with the average circulation of the B ank of England for the same period, show a de crease of 691,568/. in the circulation of notes in England, V aned a de crease o f 938,553/. in the circulation of the Kingdom, when compared with the month end ing the 19th of February ; and, as compared with the znouth ending the 20th of March, 1852, the above returns . 81 10 w an increase of 2 ,151,370/. in the circulation of notes In n io England, and an i ncrease of 3,471 , 5451. in the circu lat of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 19th of March, was 1 8,806,6431., being an increase of 19 1,487/. as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 710,6311. when compared with the same pe riod last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 19th of March was 2,696,4201., being a decrease of 9,557/., as compared with the previous return, and an increase of 449,9131. when' compared with the corresponding period last year. THE OYSTER SEASON.—DREADFUL MORTALITY.—Such a business season as the present he proprietors a has not beenre sufferers known tofor the amount of nearly the l as t t wen ty years. T 1 , 0,000/., one-third of which will fall upon Mr. Aston, of the been confined t China Rockbedos,thenear Sheerness. The mortality fo reign oysters. This is accounted fo follow rb ing manner ythe salesmen :_ During the summer months and others at Bi llingsgatein the the companies import large quantities from the Channel Islands, lain w the coast in deep Rater, France,eep and other places, wh e re they havein rivers and shallow Water, and place them on " b ed s -ii ittaries to feed ; there not being a 'water to repel th e l a t e f ro st, itpenvetsravffiteesed,ietnot tdheepbthedo so that not f beds, c ausing great havoc among the bi valves , above two bushels out of everyfiveth m a a tar re. Ms. H. B. STOWE IN —l. IVERPe dredged came up alive , their only use be i n g for nu meeting was itooL.—A meet p held yesterday in the long room belonging to the British and For e i gn B i bl e Society, Slater street, ose et, for the ur " of Pre sent i ng the talented authoress of Uncle Tom's Cabin" with a testimonial, in the shape of contributed by theelegantly 'worked purse, containing 1301., tri la dies of Li verp y B entativ e of the m ladies, mad eEt h ool. The chair was taken t a h t e r n o'cl oc k b Ada Hodgson, sq., e w presentation. Pro fessor Stow e , i n an appropriate s peech , returned thanks, and also read an address from Mrs. Stowe. A v_ot. AL vote of M. Banks t o th e ladies was proposed by the Rev. U irrell for their untiring energy and zeal, and seconded r by Sir G. Stephen. Mrs. Stowe and rail for Glasgow at 1.15 the same day. the meeti ng party started p ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At . 0 of this society, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Gould in t h e chair, Mr. Coming communicated a paper, by Dr. Ileiffer, o n 18 new. speci es o f l an d s h ells, from his own collection and th a t o f d ne w Mr.enisn. r. Guld exhi bite and described foilspec i es three of them from the eastern slope of the Andes, remark able for their size and their extraordinary beauty The secretary then real a paper by Mr. Broderip, containing a notice of an original painting, including a figure of the lierldodo, in the collection of his Grace the Mike of Northum and, a Sion-house. The size of the picture, which 1 , 8 . in the finest preservation, is 32 inches by 19 inches. ,Nears'l,tt,i3 to have been the joint production of De Hem , a : 1 can Goeimare. The landscape and animals were Rrl_rled by Goeimare, and the shells by De Hem. Mr. Posse ssion also called attention to a picture in his own of a dodo, by Roland Savery. Both pictures Nver s . ' 44 l — " bitecl to the meeting. - k - THE SUN, LONDON, THUASDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1 85 3. riajittolt -) 4 NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. £5O. A.F, Warbler Child of the Mist Eight ran. SUPSCRIPTION PLATE. £5O. A.F. Guava Auchinleck Seven ran. DERBY. 50 to 1 Speed the Plough (offered). THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The general result of the ordinary service of the budget of 1850, as set down in the bill adopted on Monday by the Legislative Body, is definitively fixed as follows : Receipts ... Payments . 1,426,185,571 f. 46c, 1,360,593,737 25 Leaving a surplus of 65,591,834 21 Excesses of expenses of the colonial service 14,270,551 15 Which leaves a surplus of receipts amounting to But as the payments made for the extraordinary service are fixed by the bill at There remains in the end a surplus of expenses 41,014,767 21 Which deficit on the budget of 1850 is to be set down amongst the advances of the Treasury, and will provisionally be placed to the charge of the floating debt, in execution of the laws now in force. We read in the Moniteur " France has just been put in possession of an histori cal monument, which is directly connected with the most glorious, and at the same time the most melancholy reminiscences of the present century, and which had hitherto been wanting to our national archives. The will of Napoleon 1., written throughout with his own hand, at Longwood, on April 15, 1821, had, after his death, been deposited in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, or Doctors' Commons, where all wills are preserved in England ; and it was there kept for 32 years, unknown to the greatest number, and visited with a respectful eagerness by those who were aware of its existence. The Emperor Napoleon 111. desired to give to this precious deposit a place more worthy of it and of imperial France, and to restore 'to that French people, which the Emperor loved so wall,' the very pages on which his dying hand traced the expression of that wish, since then ac complished, ' Let my ashes repose on the banks of the Seine.' Towards the end of last year, and by order of his Imperial Majesty, M. Drouyn-de-Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, charged Count Walew ski, the French Ambassador at London, to apply to the Government of her Britannic Majesty to have the will of Napoleon I. given up to France. The Earl of Malmesbury, then principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, received, in the name of the Govern ment of the Queen, and with the most cordial readi ness the overture of Count Walewski. He pro mised the Ambassador that he would apply to the proper authorities at Doctors' Commons to induce them, contrary to all precedent, to give up the Em peror's will ; and he pledged himself, in case the English law did not warrant such a course, to present to Parlia ment a special bill to authorise them exceptionally to take from their archives a document of that importance. However, the exigencies of the law and of custom were able to be conciliated with the readiness which the pre sent Ministry of her Britannic Majesty evinced in just as great a degree as that of which Lord Malmesbury was a member, and, on the requisition of the Proctor of the Crown, the Court of Doctors' Commons issued, on the 16th of February last, an order to the effect that the will and its codicils should be handed over to the judicial authorities of France. In execution of that order, the will with its annexes, which had been placed in the hands of the Earl of Clarendon, principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty for Foreign Affairs, was delivered up by him to Count Walewski, who charged M. Charles Baudin, First Secretary of the French Embassy at Lon don, to take it to Paris. M. Charles Baudin, conducted to the Emperor by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had the honour of presenting the will to his Imperial Ma jesty in the name of Count Walewski. By his Majesty's orders it was then taken to the President of the Tri bunal of Premiere Instance of the Seine, who, according to the prescriptions of the -French law, registered and signed it, and then handed it over to M. Casimir Noel, notary to the Imperial family, after having had all these formalities duly attested. The will and its codicils, entirely written by the hand of the Emperor, bearing his signature and sealed with his arms, do not, however, contain any clause that has not been long since printed textually. An authentic copy will remain deposited in the office of M. Noel, and the original will, by the Emperor's orders, be placed in the national archives. The Emperor, wishing to testify to Lord Clarendon the satisfaction which he felt at the restitu tion to France of so remarkable a document, and at the readiness which the Government of her Britannic Majesty had exhibited, addressed a letter to that effect to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Queen Victoria. His Majesty, through his Ambassador at London, has been pleased to present to Mr. Dyke, Proctor to. the Crown of England, a gold snuff-box, with the Imperial -- cipher in tliamondS -on.the -lid, - inTeturn for"the step's' which he had taken in the. Court of-the Archbishcq) at' Canterbury to obtain possession of the testament." The Minister of Police has issued a circular to prefects relative to the. ruleswhich • are - Co guide' them' in their conduct towards political refugees. None of such persons can be permitted to reside in or enter the department of . the Seine, the Lyons district, or Marseilles, without an authorisation,• from the. Minister of Police., The Spanigh refugees , are not to be allowed, without express leave to go within sixteen - inyiiametres (one hundred English miles) of the Pyrenees the Germans or Poles are not to enter the departments adjoining Switzer land or - Germany - without a §pecial authorisation, and the same is to be the rule-for the Italians With• reaped to the departments next to Italy. Wthen ever new political,refugees enter France, they are to be disarmed, and_sent at once to a town at least 10 myriametres (621 English) miles from the fron-.. tier, there to wait the orders of the Minister of Police as to their destination. The circular further declares that all the laws which had been in force relative to political refugees having ceased to exist under the new- order of -things, the Governtnent intends to act with respect to these persons in such a manner as it may conceive to be best for the pre- . servation of the public peace. . A telegraphic dispatch announces that Marshal de St. Arnaud's health is completely re-established, and that he proposes quitting Marseilles on Satur day next, to return to Paris. A ministerial journal of Rennes states that the projected journey of the Emperor into Brittany has been adjourned. The demand for Rentes yesterday has been inac tive, with a downward tendency in prices, the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash having declined 25c. on Tuesday's quotations, and for the account 10c. ; the Three per Cents., however, at the close of business had improved 15c. for money, and s c. for the end of the month. There was also an ad vance of Of. in Bank Stock. The final quotations were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 80f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. ; for the account, Three per Cents., 80f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 35c. Bank shares, 2,740 f. The shares in os e ow s a of the Bank of Credit Foncier declined Of., closing at 914 f., w hil s t those of the Credit Mobilier advanced 2f., and were quoted at 932 f. at the con ftbrausinsaecd.aste The market for Railway Secu rities w as active, and a tolerable amount of busi ness tions, having to make a communication from the Government, had alone the right to speak, M. Moron rose, and briefly declared that the Minister had never had, had not then, and never would have the confidence of the Parliament. The President of the Council immediately read a Royal decree by which the sittings of the Cortes were suspended for the session. The document was listened to in pro found silence, and the deputies immediately retired. In the Senate the Royal decree was also read. The Government has adopted this measure in consequence of the violent attacks which have been made on it and on distinguished personages in the Senate. Al though there is a talk of a modification of the Cabinet in which General Roncald and MM. Llorente and Benavides will remain, the statesmen who will be called on to fill the departments of Justice, Marine, and Public Works are not mentioned. A report is current that General Lersundi, Captain-General of Madrid, will unite to his functions the civil gover norship, in order to give greater force to the autho rities."—The journals give no news of interest ex cept what refers to the crisis, but the Gazette contains a royal decree ordering new elections to fill up vacancies in the districts of Casas, Hanez, Cuenca, and the district of the Prado, in the pro vince of Pontevedra. General Aupick, the French ambassador, was preparing to quit Madrid. His departure will, say the papers, be much regretted. On the night of the 9th the Ministers resigned in a body. The Queen asked for 24 hours to decide whether or no she would accept their resignation. Before the expiration of that time, the Queen had accepted the resignation of the Cabinet. General Lersundi has been charged with the duty of forming a new Cabinet. The Cortes has resumed its session. . On the Bth the Three per Cents. were at 42 15-16. ITALY. A Vienna journal, of the 9th, states that the Governor of Malta has announced the intention of the British Government of continuing the Sardi nian submarine telegraph to Malta, by sinking a wire between Bana and La Valetta. In its sittings of the 9th the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin voted the project, already approved of by the Senate, concerning bills of Exchange signed by persons not in trade. This law is founded on the same principles as those of the commercial codes of England, France, Austria, and Naples. The Opinione of Turin states rom Milan, Bth, that political arrests still continue there. Count Strasoldo, Lieutenant-General of Lom bardy, arrived at Parma on the 7th, on his way to Modena. The Giornale di Roma, of the sth, states that on the first Sunday after Easter the Pope blessed the candles called A gnus Dei, a ceremony which only takes place every seven years. The fireworks which could not be let off on Easter Monday ac cording to custom, on account of the bad weather, were let off the Sunday after Easter with complete success. _ _ The British fleet was in port at Malta on the Bth. No preparations were making for its departure. GERMANY. The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Munich, dated the 10th :—" Professor de Liebig was last night giving a lecture on chemistry at the palace, before Queen Maria, Queen Theresa, King Louis, the younger branches of the royal family, and some persons belonging to the court, when a bottle of oxygen gas being improperly handed to him by his assistant, who took it for another bottle, an explosion took place, and the bottle flew into a thousand pieces. Fortunately the explosion oc curred in an inner room, the door of which was open. Still some fragments of the glass passed through the door, and slightly wounded some members of the royal party who were sitting in the front rank. Queen Theresa was cut in the cheek, and the blood flowed in abundance ; Prince Luitfold was slightly wounded in the forehead, Countess Luxburg in the chin, and Countess San dizell in the head. None of these wounds will be of any consequence. The professor was also slightly injured, having escaped with his life by a sort of miracle." The following appears in the Vienna Gazette, of the Bth :—" H. M. the Emperor, desiring to alle viate the burden of labour which weighs on the Minister of Finance, has, by Cabinet letter of the 30th March, attached M. Rueskefer de Wellenthal, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Com merce, to the Ministry of Finance, and Baron Gehringer d'Oldenburg to the Ministry of Com merce. They will provisionally replace the Minister." A Vienna journal attributes the present dis tress amongst the workmen of the manufactories in that capital to an Imperial decree imposing heavy restrictions on the hawking trade in manufactured goods, and by which the markets of Hungary are in a manner closed against the persons engaged in it. The consequence is that they give no more orders for goods, and thousands of workmen are deprived of bread. _ _ The Wanderer of Vienna states from Bel grade, Ist instant :—" M. Gal-Am.:hanin has been named member of the Senate. This nomination would have opened a vast field for his activity in the interest of the country had not the Senate lost all political importance. The fall of that Minister is principally attributed to the passive at titude which the Ottoman Porte observed during the war, with the .:Montenegrins. It-is-said that the Russian Government wishes that the Servian functionaries, who = had been in Paris, shotild be disraiSSed,' but Up to this time Russia has not - demanded the removatof M. Marinovics, Chief of the section of Foreign. Affairs, and that of M. ,Zach,-Director of the Military Academy." The Lloyds of Vienna, of the Bth, says The Government intends establishing several. new vice- consulates in Bulgaria, to give the, , export mer , chants the protection which they stand in need of. At present there is only a consulate at Rustociuk, h and another at Widdin. The Abbe Farkas:has given 52,000 florins to found ; a school, for girls at tiStliulwessenb'urg, in memory Of, the late escape of the gmperor ~from assassination. In consequence of a negotiation between. Austria and the Porte, the latter has prOmised that Bavarian vessels shall 'be treated in Turkish ports like those of AuStria. This advantage accorded to I3avaria is a result of the treaty Concluded between her and Austriacon corning the . navigation of the Danube." TVRKEY. The Trieste Gdzette has the following from Con stantinople, 28th 'ult. :--" It is not , yet known whether the question of the Holy Places is at this Moment the subject of deliberation between Prince Menschikoff and the Ottoman Porte, but it is cer tain that the Divan is negotiatimr, with the Prince on the affair of Montenegro and the emancipation of the Christians. The apparent isolation of the Russian Cabinet in presence of the resolution of the other powers to refuse any co-operation, does not in any way diminish the prospect of an amicable arrangement. But it is certain that Prince Menschi koff will not and cannot yield, and that he will place himself as the protector of such subjects of the Ottoman Porte as profess the Greek religion. He is, nevertheless, very dissatisfied with the Pa triarch. The Russian Colonel Christophores (a Greek by birth) has arrived from Montenegro. A certain sensation has been produced here by the departure of several Russian officers for that coun try." A letter from Erzeroum, the capital of Armenian Turkey, states that about a month ago the acces sion to the throne and the marriage of Napoleon 111. were celebrated with a good deal of pomp by the French consul and residents, and that the high Turkish functionaries took part in the ceremonies. According to a letter from Teheran of the 26th February a grave misunderstanding has arisen be tween the Persian Court and the British Legation, relative to Herat, and a rupture was feared. " What is certain," says the letter, " is th a t C o l one l Sheil, who was about to quit Teheran in a few days on leave of absence, expected to take with him all the personnel of his legation." The cholera was advancing towards Teheran ; it had reached R es ht and Caslin, and had made ravages in these places. The winter had been one of the most severe ever known in Persia. Snow had fallen for seve ra l d ays, and in some parts communications had been inter rupted. The Schah, notwithstanding the intensity of the cold, had been on a hunting exp e diti on to Hirsa. He was obliged in the course of it to re main in tents for ten days, and several of his suite died from cold. The Spanish siononthe resumed the Senatediscussion assembled on the 7th, and railways. Several question relative to Marquis de miralffsoenators, and amongst them the Pena y Aguayo, and General Duke de Rivas, M. some length and with eneral Figueras, spoke at of them went into matters much warmth ; and some con nection with that before theh which had no y Aguayo made a sharp attack on Thus M. Pena its conduct in the elections, and his the i Ministry for con trasting with his ordinary moderation,s speech, _ produced great sensation. The Marquis del Duero on 1 • ) . his part, attacked the Government for its relative to the press. M. Benavides, Ministerproceedings f THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE BANK OP ENGLAND the Interior, replied to both these senators, an d AND THE SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—Notice was issued ester defended the Government. With respect . to tlie day, at the Bank of England and South Sea Hous Y e press, he said that the Cabinet was preparing a bill the transfer books for the undermentioned annuities that on the subject. The Minister then proceeded to be opened as follows, viz. :—Bank Stock, to-morrow rr w o ill speak on the question before the Senate, but was morning, Annuits the d 15th inst. ; Reduced Three per Cen w t interrupted by the President, who told him that for terms , of ditto ;s,Lztgo Annuities,Thre e-and-a-Quarter ditto. ; and annuities the hour fixed by the regulations for the adjourn- Annuities, ony years, ; next, t 9 per Cent. inst. At the ment had arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies on South Sea House, the transfer books th the same day, M. Bravo Murillo at great length Stock will also be opened to-morrow the for ls South Sea replied to the attacks which had been made on Ascension NEW BISHOP or LuerooLN.—Hol T t h h inst. his Ministry for its interference in the elections. of thesßightDay) has been appointed for th Y e con ursday (or What took place on the Bth is thus described Lincoln. Theßce er v e . Dr. John Jackson, Bishop s e e c l r e a e t t i o o n f in a letter of that date :—" This morning every- chapel within Lambethn wpialllabe performed in the private body talked of the suspension of the sittings of the Canterbury, assisted by th Palace by the Archbishop of Cortes, and the Senators and Deputies hastened to Bishop of Winchester, and thee Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford. Dr. their respective chambers with extraordinary zeal Jackson will be installed in his cathedral in the course to learn what the Government would do. At i of the following week, and will i mm about two o'clock the sitting of the Chamber of enter upon the formal possession o ed fh i i a afterwards his diocese. diocese. The Deputies was opened. The President of the Coun - al new bishop will have in his gift eccleciasti to the extent of 16,0001. a year. It has e patronage cil appeared in his usual place in full uniform. , not yet trans After the minutes had been read, several deputies spired who will be Dr. Jackson's successor in the rectory demanded t 6 be allowed to speak. Although the of St. James's, Piccadilly. The appointment in the gift President of the Council ; according to the regula- of Crown. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RtIILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen . iAmbg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Juuc....... Birmik s .. Wolverh dri Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lancsh & • Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... .Do £2O IBristol & Exeter 'Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead, Cork and' Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. (SI L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... • , I 'Do B. &C. East Lancashire East & West In& Dk.l & June Edinburgh & Glasgow' Edjnb. and Peebles Ed nb. Pr th &D undo Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western.. ...... It ish South-Easters. Laneabter & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths IDo., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern....... Liv. Crsby. & South pt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. l Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. l London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £50... •• • ••• Do Lndudrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland ....... Do. Birming.& Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) I Do. Sha-es (Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmark et • • • 'Do. Bury Extensions Newpt•Aberg.& l ltfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor ......... . Norfolk... ...... ..... Do. , New ........ •.. •• • Northn. Counties U i North British ...... 'North Devon, 'Do., No. 2..•••••••••••1 Dc., i A De-erred... Do., B Gus,ranteed North Staffordslihr.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester &I Wolverhampton Scottish Central ... • • Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Biring• Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herold Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halve , , do Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Ua'on South Devon ..- -- South Eastern... • South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway.- -- Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall St. St. St. St. 83 3 / 4 1 121 3 / 4 1 109 911 i 21 92 3 / 4 3 3 / 4 Pm 761 3 / 4 11 Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford Yo , :k Newctl.&Berw Do. Extensions .. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York (St N. Midland.. 9 h i 7 119 a a 29 30 74 5i 75i 5 6 • PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 !Aberdeen 5 an Do., No. 2,7 p. c...... St. 103 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 105 107 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... .. . St. .. 00 Caledonian £lO ...... 106 103 103 15 all Chester 5 dEI per Holyheadee.t ... 19 6' 3.1 Cork&Bandon 5A p.c. id A 64 all Dundeede Porth&Aber- Junction —2o 19A x d 6A, en 6 31 all EastA uglian (X 3 .1.0 e) 6 por cent. 33 3pi 5 all Do. (£z) 7 per cent 4 44 711 2 Do. (£7l7x) 7p. ct 1 —13 p 65 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 2 pi 1i pm - 6i all- Do., No.-2.., .IA 1i P 10 -all Do., New 6 ,p. c. St.. 1.44 15 Pm 20 , all Eastern Union, Scrip 1 Guar. 6 per cent.... 184 —18 i S;,. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. ... ... e:5 all • Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 53 per cent.. • 34 -. 3i ' St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western ' • ,'. . . guar. 5 pal oent. ... ~. ••• ,S: . 100. Great Northn. sp.e. 1.27 129 ' ..t. XlOO Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p."n. preni —.1112 ' 113 6i all Gt. Southn. &Wesln. • (Ireland). Eighths... 84 - 8i . 50 6C. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.).. 6.1' 71 • St. 100 G. West. fixed 43p c. 106 • - 108 1073 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, *d— AP St. 100 'Do., 6p. e:, Stock— 151 153 St. 100 London and Brighton Go^ranteed sp. c... ... ad St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ... sd 50 all Do. Conymi.lb'e, sp. - c. 1852 ... ..... .. . ... •• • „, St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6. p.c. 150 153 103:1 50 5 LOndon &S. Western, • • • •-• Con. Thirds •33 4 p 12,1 10 Londonderry& Color • ' 3 Shares . . ..... . . _. lo 117 12 all Londy. & Ennis. .3 133 •-•-•• l'il .25 - all Manch. ,Shelf.; & Lir . , 4 Shares, No. I.__ 8 9 10 all Do. New, £lO loi 114 6 3 Do., £6. A —.l P 12* all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. ... •• • I 123 all Do. 43 per cent — r 124 8],iD0... ...... . ... St. .00 lAtid.Consol. 6.p.c. St ... St. 100 IDo. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ 148 —l5OOl 161 5 Do. Pref. 43 per cent. * —1,, P 20 all Norfolk Extension 22 h --t• —2) 5 all Do. Guar. 53 per et 54 — 6.1 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c 28 S. 100 North British lO9 111 20 all North Staffordshire.. 25 26 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. C. ... • 1589 all Stews& Birm. N. G. 101 —2111.1 P 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 171 lB3 10 10 Do. 5 per cent........ lip 25 all South Devon .......... 1.4 153,, 10 14 Do. New Pa'-- 4P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d• 26 263 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 193 203 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6P.a. id spar St. 00 York Newcastle and Berwick,4p.c.Pref. 101 105} 17 SDo - 1 5i 25 10 York& N. Midland H. &S. Purch F OREI(IN• Anuwerp&Rotterda m BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi &Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon.. Dutch Rhe aish ....... East Indian...... . • Do. Extension ...• Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares ................. Lucca & Pistoja sp.c. Luxemb0urg........... Do. (Railway) ......... Do. ..................... Do. (Canal) ............ Do. 6 p. ct. pref..... Lyons & Mediterran. Niadra5................. Namur & Liege (with interest) ............... Do. (ex interest) ...... Northern of France.. Do. M. 3 p. 0. D ds • (fray. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Ly0n5...... Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R0uen...... 15 10 2 3 1 11 134 14i 2t 3i p 2 -- lidis s#-6 p 14 1p 2i -- 2 p It 2 p -1 p 7i -- 4 -- 4i 1! -- 1i -- 2 d P 11 -- 13 p 2i --a p 7A -- 8 6 -- 7 36A -36 i 14 -- 15 -- 94 17 -- 18 p 42 -- 43 gl a -- SAI -- -- 211 p , 20 A 9i -9! . . . . .5 -- .Ap 44 , -- 5 2 p 1 1 104 -- 10.4 f,(l -- Rd ld 7 4i all Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre.— S'arabro and Meuse Do. 5l p. et. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West, of Swi'aerland Zealand ....... 36A i 14A 9 i i pm Business done this day. 100 8?, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Ifara.l avAILWAYS. Leasing Compans, Closing Prices this day. Business this day. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. di Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway London & I N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledon., 106 - 108 52 - 54 Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do 1152 - 154 32i -33 i Hull & Selby Do. # Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbre' & &dear Midld.Bra,dfd Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct. De. Fixeds p c iPrest. & Wyre 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 27i -28 i 13i -- 141 25i --26ixd 19i -- 20 26 -- 27 'S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekt on k Darliugt. Midland.. n - 3i 105 - 107 E. Count. Do De 64 - 66 L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Do. A ibares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth.St Shef. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do IGL Northnl 1D0...... 1149 - 151 1149 - 151 tancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 1 id 33 - iii 1034 - 1043 IWilts&Somrs;: l !GtWestn MINES. 1 I allAgua Fria 10s. I all Anglo Californian 1 p 10 2 Australasian 1 1 p 20 5 Australian 4i —5, p 1 all Australian Cordillera * p 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 dis— p 1 all Ave Maria * d f I 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrlia. Gold 1 6 p 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 7 35 21.; Braziranlmp.(issued at 25 pm 5 6 51 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 64 —6/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carsons's Creek —4 p 10 all Cobre Copper 47 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 21 14 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng B5 95 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent Bl —9l p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll —l4 d 20 all General.. l7 19 2 all Great Nugget Vein l/ 2 p 31 3 all Great Polgooth. 4 - 1 P 1 all Lake Bathurst. 1 all Liberty 4 pll 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 d 1 all Mariquita * d— pari :'0 9 Mexican&S.Americn 74 8 7 8 1 all ,New Granada - 1 all Nouveau Monde ll lip! 2i 5 1 Port Philip par— Ipi 1 * 1 all Quartz Rock par 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba 6l 71 1 all South Australian par # p 10 7 Tin Croft ll 13 284 all United Mexican 6l 6 1 all Waller ld 4p 14 ' 1 all West Granada par— p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all (Yuba 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all !Australasia 92 93 50 all British N. American 20 2 CarLd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China j —14 p 100 25 Colonial — ... 20 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 10 English Scottish and Australian ll —11 p 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 i 3 11 3 50 20 London and. County • 50 10 London Joint Stock — 22 11 10 20 Lond. & Westminster „. 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... 1 d 50 221 National of Ireland.. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 54 56 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 481 '0 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 die par 25 all South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia 77 78 771 . . 21 Do. New 8 9 50 10 Ur l on of London 40 all Union of Madrid.. MISCELLANEOUS 00 ;)5 Australian Agrieult. 90 95 87 8 20 4 Australsn.Pcilic. Mail !O 3 Australis. Royal Mail . . . . 381 Bast. American Lan. 7 . 8 80 75 )0 321 Canada • ••• 5 5 Crystal Palace ... 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France !() 1 Eastern Steam . . 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 1,5 14 . Oen. Steam Navigat .. ' K) 50 General Screw Steam !0' - 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ..; .0 2 Netherlands Land ... 1 !O 2; Nrth.ofru, rope Steam i() . p.. 11 Peninsular & Oriental „. ,25 . Do. , Do. )9 69' Royal Mail Steam 15 Sonth Anitral.Land 50 52 48i 9i 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Uniyeral Emigration , ' and Colonization 28i,Vau'Diemen's '— 21A 20 LLOYDS' SHIPPIIya--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 14.—Wind, thin day at Noon, N. to N.N.E., moderate breeze, and cloudy, RAMSGATE, Aprii 13.—Wind, N.N.E., strong. Sailed —Figaro, New York. CHATHAM, April 13.—Wind, E.N.E., strong. Arrived —Etheldred, Sierra Leone. DOVER, April 13.—Arrived—Ellen Cork, St. Valcry, for Sunderland, very leaky, and pumps choked. DEAL, " April 13.—Wind, N.E., Arrived from the River, and sailed—Hailequin, Adelaide, S.A. ; Tartar, Algoa Bay ; Wind, St. John, N.B. ; Diana, Melbourne. Sailed—Countess of Batave, Valparaiso. PLYMOUTH, April 13.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—H.M.'s steamer Scorpion, West Indies. Sailed—Medora, Port Philip. The Emma, of Liverpool, was lost near Bonny, Feb 10 ; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, April 13. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Mary Evans, New York. , FALmouTH, April 13.—Wind, N.E., strong. Sailed— Kron, Prius ; Oscar, Quebec ; Alchymist, do. ; Solertia, Shedia3. SOUTHAMPTON, April 13.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Cap tain, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, April 13.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—Earl of Elgin, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Jupiter, Melbourne ; Flint, do. ; Flora Bella ' do. ; Jas. Scott, Sh ang h a i ; C ap ill a , Singa pore ; Jane Morice, Port Natal ; Tremont, Africa ; Cum berland, do. ' • Dickey Sam, Buena V en t ura ; A nn i e Wor rall, Luna ; Sutlej, Valparaiso ; and the rest of the out ward bound—in all, a fleet of above sixty vessels. PORT TALBOT, April 13.—The Thos. and Sarah, Newport to Swansea, has been got off the rocks. LOWESTOFFE, April 13.—The Ann Mills, of London, from St. John's, N. 8., which was brought in here, March 7, much damaged, after being on shore, went on shore again yesterday, but was assisted off. POOLE, April 13.—Wind, E. Sailed—Delia and Caro line, Quebec. _ _ Aprill3.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Alfred, New York ; Garonne, ditto ; Eleanor, Quebec ; Gentille, King George's Sound ; Vocalist, Cape de Verd ; Arolus, Ber muda ; Emily, St. Thomas. SHlELDS. — Sailed—Friends, St. Thomas' ; Emerald, Quebec. FOWEY, April 12.—Wind, N. Sailed—Royal Adelaide, Quebec. YOUGHAAL. — Arrived—lnner, Mazagan. Sailed—Tot tenh-ln, Quebec. MALAGA, April s.—The Albert Schuringa, for Falmouth, has put in here leaky, and will probably have to discharge and repair. GALATZ, March 31.—The Bideford, from Liverpool, is on shore ; a steamer will proceed to her assistance. HOALHOERNE, March 29. —The Forsnoes, Saunesund to Holland, and thence to England, drifted on the rocks and filled, but has been assisted off, and will proceed to Ferde rikstadt to discharge, having received much damage. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST INDIA DOCK JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, an accident, attended with very shocking circumstances, took place on the line of the East India Dock Junction Railway, whereby a man, named Joseph Meadows, aged 31 years, a porter in the service of the company, received such frightful injuries that he is not expected to recover. It appears that the unfortunate man had only been placed iu his situation a few hours, and was engaged in the goods department near the Poplar station ; and on the morning in question he was assisting in the removal of several trucks into a siding. He, however, had not been at work long before a train approached with a quantity of stores, and before he could get out of the way he was knocked down on the rails, when the wheels of the carriages passed over both his legs, which were found to be most fearfully mutilated and crushed. The poor fellow was raised up by his companions, and carried to the Limehouse-station, where he was promptly seen by a surgeon, who rendered some temporary assistance, and advised his removal to the London Hospital, whither he was conveyed in a hackney carriage with all possible speed. He was im mediately seen by the medical officers of the instituti on , who found, upon examination of th e i n j ure d parts, that both the lower portions of the l egs must .be amputated, which operation was at once perf orme d b y Mr. Adams, one of the senior surgeons, wh o was assisted by'l‘li Mautell, the resident surgeon. The unfortunate ma r n . bore the operation with great fo r tit u d e, and last evening `but faint hopes were given of his recovery. THE TAX ON ADVERTISEMENTS. (From. the Daily News. ) To-night Mr. Milner Gibson is to bring under the notice of Parliament the branch of taxation that bears peculiarly on the press. On the present occasion he is to place the subject before the House of Commons in three divisions—first, the Advertisement Tax, then Paper Tax, then Stamp Tax. The mere fact of the ex istence of this treble taxation on a single product en• titles the honourable member for Manchester to every attention and support in his endeavours to correct a fiscal injustice. The tendency is now towards revision and to simplicity of taxation. We live in days when men incline to admit the wisdom of lightening a tax when it is desired to increase its productiveness ; nor is the temper of the time one in which a glaringly unjust amount of charge can be levied on a single product. It is quite enough to pay one tax on one article, and when it is seen that a special product has been selected for the purpose of burthening it with treble taxation, the sense of common fairness leads men to cry shame, and to seek the first opportunity of removing the injustice. If in this country it is thought wise to raise a portion of needful revenue from a charge upon that necessary of civilised life—a newspaper—the pro ducers, both literary and mechanical, can do little more than regret the fact, and pay the money ; but when Parliament does not stop there, but continues to insist upon a second and third impost on the same thing, the unfairness and the folly at once justify and excite a loud claim for reform. It is now clear that the taxes on the press were originally imposed rather fcr the purpose of keeping a rein over its freedom than from hopes of profitable revenue ; hut even on repressive grounds it is needless to retain the treble impost ; whilst viewed in the light of productive ness to the Exchequer, it has been clearly shown again and again that these three taxes have a tendency to damage each other's fruitfulness. The Advertisement Duty—the first on Mr. Gibson's list—produces little revenue, but by checking the extension of publicity it checks business, and thus interferes more or less with a host of other feeders of the Exchequer. Again, by limiting the number of announcements, the correspon dence that inevitably follows the publication of any ad vertisement is lessened, and thereby Post-office produc tiveness is interfered with. Then again, every increase of advertisements must add to the consumption of paper on which these notifications are printed. Here then we see the Advertisement Tax in operation againt the Paper Duty. Yet all the time that every one of these three imposts is acting against the other the whole three press in mischievous combination upon the newspaper which has to bear them. Every Liberal member of Parliament will surely feel bound to vote on this subject, and those members who might not be inclined to remove any restriction which may seem to afford a guarantee for the press—nay, even those reactionaries who would if they could prevent or limit the freedom of the press —that liberty of printed discussion, which is one of the foundations of our liberties even these, we say, should assist in removing at least one of the press taxes, if only on the ground that the other two might be more profitable to the Exchequer. A deputation who waited recently on Mr. Gladstone to draw his attention to the Advertisement Tax put their case very briefly before him in the form of ten objections, which may be thus sum marised. It presses unfairly : newspapers and periodicals are taxed on each advertisement, whilst all other means of advertising escape the duty ; it is an unjust tax ; the rich pay only eighteenpence duty on an advertisement of an estate, whilst the poor pay the same sum for leave to advertise for employment; it falls with special weight on particular kinds of property ; it checks the free ex tension of cheap knowledge ; it helps to create a mo nopoly, by practically excluding the less wealthy from the advantages of publicity ; it involves a false principle of taxation ; it is a tax the repeal or reduction of which the public would gain the full benefit of; it is a tax largely evaded: "the blank wall, the advertising van (dangerously blocking up the public thoroughfares), the omnibus, the railway carriage, the railway station, the street pavement, and many other modes of advertising, reduce the amount paid to Government to a compara tively small amount, and leave its pressure exactly where it is most severely felt, and where many grounds of public policy condemn it. It is a great impediment to trade, literature, and labour seeking a market through publicity—and to the newspaper press for that reason ; while the small amount of revenue which it yields— about 160,0001. per annum—renders it altogether un worthy of retention, at a cost of a tithe of the hardship and injustice which it inflicts." To-night not only Liberals, but men of all politics who advocate fiscal re form and fairplay in taxation, may well treat one at least of the taxes on the press as an " open question," by giving a vote in favour of reforming the Advertisement Duty. KEEPING OF THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS. (Front the Tines.) Till a few years ago our middle classes alone were taught the art of arithmetic. Excepting only such simple elements as were picked up in the nursery or in the dame school, gentlemen were thought above learn ing it, and labourers below. They, however, who were not to go to the Universities, or India, or the plough, did go beyond compound division, and in due time became familiar with certain mysterious terms, important enough to form the subject of separate chap ters in our popular books of arithmetic. " Gross and net," " tare and tret," are terms that have haunted through life many a mind brought up in a commercial academy, among ushers, slates, sponges, globes, rulers, and compasses. Practised in these expressions, the middle-class intellect learnt to discriminate between re turns and profit ; to sift from the former their thousand and one necessary deductions, and not to hail the latter till it had passed through the furnace of a tenfold exami nation. Therein is the great difference, in a commercial point of view, between the gentleman and the tradesman. ' The gentleman, unless he has a fund of common sense, or a genius that dispenses with a mercantile education, ruins himself by a too lavish scale of management. As Adam Smith says, and as he tells us why, the gentleman never turns tradesman or farmer without sinking all his returns. in a too splendid and indulgent scale of salaries, ma chinery, material, and experiment. He trades or farms as he would conduct his town establishment or'manage his garden., In this respect, the farmer who aspires .to be a gentleman generally falls into the same error as the gentleman who condescends to be a farmer. Now, ;,that -is precis e ly what is asked from a Legis lature of gentlemen at this moment, and what the Chancellor of the. Exchequer is now prepared to concede, with regard to the management of the great national. farm. As Mr. Williams said, on introducing his motion on Tuesday, in spite of continual .remonstrance as much as six millions of the revenue is wholly unaccounted for. It disappears in the management. It falls to the ground, and runs away in ten thousand pockets, just as the pro duce of a careless or extravagant farmer is scattered_ and, lost on the way, during the 'many journeys and restings,it has to make from the time it is reaped till it is sold in the market. All that sum, and much more, for anything that we know, is' spent without ever coming before .the eyes of the Chancellor.of the Exchequer or within the grasp of Parliament. It is impossible to say bow much is collected from the public, and what is the actual amount of the huge burden under which unfortu nate John Bull is continually acquiring a more downward spirit, a more awkward gait, rounder shoulders, and more wrinkle'? brow. All we know at present is, that we pay 52,000,0001. andsomething more. Let ns know all that we have to pay. The most liberal man recoils from the bill of an extortionate lodging-housekeeper, which, after the stipulated sum, runs out into a long tail of supplementary items. Night after night the House of Commons, now for half a century, has been shaving and paring, in order, if possible, to save something out of our enormous ex penditure, and of late years it flatters itself it has saved something ' • but it is baffled at the most promi s i ng p ar t of the task by discovering that the expenses of collecting the revenue are not under its control. While it keeps down the responsible expenditure, the irresponsible actually increases ; and though the revenue, after im mense deductions, is less than it was twenty years ago, the expenses of collecting it are actually greater. Was there ever a stronger argument in favour of a responsible system ? Exempt any portion of the expenditure from Parliamentary control and we now see how rapidly it would increase. Indeed, it is evident that the jobbery and corruption which we drive from the daylight of Pailiamentary control take refuge, like bats, in those holes and corners which lie out of its reach. In this vast unaccounted margin there is the greatest variety of payments, and when we inquire into them we are told that some are too fixed to be worth scrutinising ; and some too unfixed to bear it ; some too old and some too ephemeral ; some too great and some too little ; some too personal and some too national ; but it is obvi ous that when contrary reasons are assigned they answer one another. It is difficult to say what there is to de mand either secrecy or exemption from Parliamentary control in such matters as expenses of quarantine, ware housing establishments, judicial establishments in Scot land, pensions granted in the reigns of Charles 11. and William 111., inspectors of corn returns, the ci vil government of Scotland, the encouragement of Bri tish fisheries, the salaries of process-servers, or allow ances to the officers of the tax departments in Ire land. If these payments are fixed, there can be no reason to conceal them. If they are discretional, that is no reason why they should be done on the sly. Augmentations of pay, promotions, superannua tions, assistant-clerks, leave of absence, perquisites, payments for extra hours, are all matters in which there may be the grossest extravagance, favouritism, or injus tice, and are therefore peculiarly fit to be under Parlia mentary control. There is a general impression that public servants work less for their money than private servants, and that, after all, they find it a very thankless service. The best men in Government service invari a bl y say that they would have d one very much better in pri vate employment on any business whatever ; and th e worst men are sure t o ascri b e their not getting on in the I world to the depressing influence of a Government office. We believe, o urse l ves, that it is a service which suit s . none but the indolent and sick of nddull, and that eve n th e s t up id c andidle ontinu al scrutiny invariably is re eased it fr a o t tn la tn st a . t o U om n p d l e i r ca t t h ed e of Parliament leased is pos s ibl e th a t th e public se rv i ce might bg i T r o h il u y is whi n ch ota te a n s de f natoy j fatal toostthoeoiNivitteollescctruotfintilsiee ere r c o er t t i a n i e nl employj as it evidently is to the i n t eres t s o f t h e S tate . expenditure too- closely, or to overlook claims founded on reason or presumption. There is, however, a very general suspicion that many places under the Customs, Stamps, and Excise, are little better than sinecures, and are kept up for no other purpose than political influence, as the nation has at last the sense to call it. Be that suspicion well founded or not. the only way to extin guish the i mputat i on or the abuse is through Parlia mentary control, which, if Mr. Gladstone keeps his wore and continues in office long enough, we may now reaFionably kope to ;lee applied be this Intikjeoi. 100 Closing Prices this day 29 - 30 6/ - 6 9 - 104 7i - si 3 21 22 103 --105 644 -- 65 -- 221 19 -- 20 3 i - 8 - 9 51 -- 3i 4 . , 13i -- 1 3 10 11 7 - 7i 73 - 75 55 -. 57 73 - - 75 32 34 62 64 83 81 48 50 125 - 127 109 110 92k -92 i 74 92 94 13 130 77 —77 4 - 34 3 d 15t —l6k 94 9a —2 p 104 -- 105 1201 --120 i 24 77 3 pi 91 -92 p 44 -- 3id 34 -24 d 104 -- 11 19 -- 21 294 -- 30; 32 -- 3 d 75 -- 754 43 -- 45 50 52 3g 3s— 3 d 31 3i 8i 9i 52 54 3k —2, ct 35 —36 ... - ... d ... - 4 8 8 8i 2 3 pl 51i 522 98 lej 62 - 63 64 66 73 76 ... dis 18 20 9 10 13 15 3$ 3id 20.; 21 75 761 365 375, 125 1351 19 4 4 11 21 3 3/ 114 —15 i 9 d 10 32 34 10 d par, 69 70 7 d 21 —24 d 59 60 IN 100 :100 all all all 112 I 00 11 all all all 3 100 100 100 42 100 - 100 472 1.7 t all 100 100 all I 3; 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 100 124 20 20 11 100 100 18g 1521 3i 106,i NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13. The Agamemnon, 90 (screw), Captain Sir Thomas Maitland.—Several additional cases of relapse have occurred on board this beautiful but neglected ship. What else was possibly to be expected ? Of what ser vice, we ask in the name of common sense, was it to fumigate the Agamemnon, and then to permit unre stricted communication between her and her hospital hulk, Camperdown ? It becomes a sickening task to be obliged so often to notice this painful matter, but we think it high time that some decisive and instant step should be taken to stay the further progress of an in sidious malady that may otherwise offect every ship in the harbour. It is very evident that the convalescent were too quickly put on board. The Illustrious, old 72.—We understand that an order has come down from the Admiralty Board to fit this ship up as an hospital afloat, and to have in charge a lieute nant, surgeon, assistant-surgeon, a warrant offiver, boat's crew, &c. She is much better calculated for such use ful service than the proposal of turning her into a block ship without a screw-propeller. If we are to have guard-ships for the protection of the East and West Channel of Isle of Wight, it is worth while to have efficient ones, capable of turning round. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Captain Goldsmith, had her damaged shaft taken out to-day. We understand it is too faulty to be repaired, and to make a new one will require a month's work. This unfortunate vessel is again rendered useless, after a frightful expenditure of the country's money. The Basilisk, 6, paddle, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton.—We had an opportunity of inspecting the bot tom of this vessel to-day, and feel a pleasure in stating that not the slightest damage was sustained in her touch ing on the bar in coming into harbour the other evening. Her copper has as fair a surface as on the first day she was launched. The Imperieuse, 60, screw, Captain Rundle B. Matson, C. 8., got up steam and got several turns at the mea sured mile, apparently with great speed. We will give the result of the trial in our next. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 13. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Odin, 16, Captain F. Scott, arrived in the Sound yesterday, at 2 p.m., and sail e d at 5 p.m., for a cruise in the Channel. The quarantine fl ag was ying, and she had no commu nication with the shore. The Sanspareil, 71, Capt. S. C. Dacres, took her powder and shells onboard yesterday. The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Magiciene, 16, Captain Thomas Fisher, sailed on Tuesday for Pembroke with jurymasts for the James Watt. The Scorpion, 6, surveying-vessel, arrived yesterday from Portsmouth, and will come into harbour to-day to be paid off. The brig Nautilus, 6, vas taken into dock on Tuesday to have her copper repaired. WOOLWICH, APRIL 13. APPOINTMENTS. . Clerks.—William H. Chapman (1848), from the Bos. cawen, 70, guardship of ordinary, at Chatham, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam-guardship, at Devonport ; Chas. W. Tuke (1848), to the Tortoise, storeship, at the Island of Ascension. Commodore Henry Eden, Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, having gone on leave, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, as senior officer, has taken the duties afloat, and Mr. M'Donald, the master atteudant, the duties of the dockyard. _ The Cyclops steam-frigate, having the Melampus, 42, frigate, in tow, with the machinery and boilers of the St. Jean D'Acre on board, passed Woolwich at 4 p.m. yesterday, on their way to Devonport, where the latter vessel is to be fitted with her engines, of 600-horse power, by John Penn and Son. - The . Phoenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edwaid. A. Inglefield, is reported to be ready for sea by Satur• day next, and will be tried down the river on Monday next, to ascertain the working capabilities of her engines. - THE COAST OF AFRICA. By the arrival of the Mail screw-packet Faith at Ply mouth, from the west coast of Africa, we have the fol lowing from the squadron : The Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Bruce, in his flag-ship Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, was at Lagos, Feb. 28, with the Alecto, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Crufton ; Cygnet, 8, Commander R. D. White ; Ferret, Commander Macdonald ; and Britomart; 8, Commander Hesseltine. The Ferret remained at Lagos on the 11th March, but the Commander-in-Chief had left for Ascension. Alecto had proceeded to the eastward, and was passed off Grand Popo on the 12th. _ . Bloodhound, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Chris tian ; Pluto, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Bedding. field, and two French men-of-war were at Sierra Leone, March 23. Firefly, steam-sloop, Commander Seymour, was at Goree, March 28. THE VULCAN AND THE LATE COURT MARTIAL. We regret to hear that some serious differences be tween the officers of the Vulcan, screw steam-ship and the officers of the regiment Commander Van Donop con veyed to Australia, took place on the voyage, and that it is not at all improbable that some correspondence will pass between the Horse Guards and the Admiralty on the subject. We are also sorry to find that there has been so much misunderstanding between the commander of the Vulcan and his officers, which will lead, it is said, to further courts-martial. The case of the mate, tried on Tuesday, is looked upon as a very hard one, and although it was impossible for the court to have overlooked the admitted fact of direct disobedience of orders, yet the circumstances which led the mate (a commissioned officer) respectfully to commit a breach of discipline, demand, on the part of the Admiralty, further inquiry. It is sub mitted that the court, which was composed of 11 cap tains, did not go far enough into the " whys and where fores" of the case, and that they stop short of their duty if, in upholding stern discipline, they do not satisfy the service that justice has been done to all grades. ThereTs no 'excuse for ilisobedience'd Orders that are not un lawful, but to fulfil the requirements of justice, this case should not terminate witheut an inquiry into the whole of the facts that led to the'commission of ; the offence. 'These facts must, have been of a very extraordinary cha racter, or the . court would not have so pointedly alluded to it in their sentence. ' If we are rightly informed, ,the mate:net only appealed to his captain against his ordering him to do inferior duty to that of a midshipman, but previously to his offence, he . actually wrote to Coinmander Von Donop for a court of inquiry or court-martial ;,.but of which application no notice was taken by the commander, . Another " extraordinary". fact his reached" us from Portsmouth, which we trust to see fully explaiped. It is reported that after the eourt-inartial was,oYer, Mr. Hartwell went on board the Vulcan to get his things, when be was again placed under arrest. He •expostu lated in vain, and at length managed to get a not e t o the, commander-in-chief, when Sir Thomas Cochrane instantly ordered his release, and accompanied his peremptory order with a sharp. rebuke. We sincerely hope that there is no foundation for this statement..— .Herald. NAVAL DISCIPLINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. -------- Sir,—Our naval discipline is a subject that cannot be too often discussed or too often brought under public notice. It is one of vital importance, because on it de• pends the efficiency of our navy, and, in a great measure, the safety of the country. Everything that has a ten dency to weaken our maritime superiority ought to be exposed, and (without taking into consideration either professional prejudice or antiquated opinions) inquired into and remedied. The great question of manning the navy has at length attracted public attention, and the present state of the fleet imperatively demands a searching investigation into the causes that have driven 20,000 seamen to place themselves under the protection of the flag of the United States of America. Sir James Graham, who, as a landsman, must be as ignorant of naval discipline as he is of naval tactics, stated to the House of Commons, that the cause was the unusually high rate of wages offered by the mercantile service, and said "To that cause, and that cause alone, I ascribe that desertion," Now, every one in this free country has a right to give his opinion on any subject connected with its prosperity for many on foreign years been a sealed letter, and if Sir James G and safety, and I believe that all who are acquainted with naval discipline, and have no interest in concealing its enormities, will be unanimous in attributing deser tion to other more serious cause s than that so plausibly and confidently proclaime d b y the First Lord of the ava b l oa d r i d scip our line ships, has Admiralty. The English p eo p le ar e kept in ignoran ce of what what st i a s ti p o a n s s s . passin g on in Graham could be prevailed upon to break the seal and disclose its con. tents he would render a great service Po those who pres ume to to the coun t ry. s cre dulity of Englishmen, think that they ca n p reva il on peculate on the the public to beli eve i n the one m inflicting an the po wer of necessity of ves ti ng i n man ? Why d o not the torture on hi s fellow our seamen across the advocates of a sy s t em th at dr i ves necessity ? Atlantic prod uce proo f of that Because they ' are f u ll y aware they cannot. Because they know in their hearts that it was and is the cause that forces our seamen to take refuge under the flag of a foreign government. In th e merc h an t service i, the seam an en' ys much greater advantages than the man-of-war's man. If treated with brutality, he can , n appeal to th e c i v il power for redress the i f ' man cannot. Th e merc h ant seaman' can leaavne- roan-of-war's man a s rhis p at the end of his engagement ; the man-of-war's-man cannot, and the latter is at the mercy of the cap tain, who, if the sailor incurs his displeasure, is em powered by the Articles of War to punish him " ac cording to the customs and usages observed at sea." Now, every ship has its customs, and every captain his usages, for what they ought to be are not defined by the Articles of War • and the seamen under his command are the victims dhis caprice and his cruelty. It is to these, causes, and to these causes alone, that I ascribe these desertions. And what are the remedies proposed by my lords of the Admiralty! Not courts-martial, but the very liberal allowance of sixpence per diem to the worn-out seaman He will be permitted to return to his native village with, in all pro bability, a lacerated back and his splendid sixpence, to be pointed at as "the man who was flogged on board a man of war !" There is a law for the protection of a nimals against cruelty, but the seaman is not included in it. Is the biped called a sailor an inferior animal to the quadruped called a dog? And is he c onsidered by our legislators as of less value than th e donkey that draws the cart of the costermonger ? For the present, "I shall pause for a reply."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, BLUE PIiTIR. 4 _....... 0.1 t I 1031 64i