The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

REPORTED
_DEATH- OF THE GRAND

DUKE OF BADEN.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
No account, says Galigani, had been received by
the German mail of yesterday of the death of the
Grand Duke Of BADEN, mentioned' by the Public, but
as the Moniteur announces that the intended ball at
the Tuilerieslor this evening will not take place in
conseqhence of the death of that Sovereign, there can
be no doubt of the Government having received intel-
ligence of the event. The medical bulletin published
at Carisruhe on-the 24th announced that the GRAND
DURE had fallen into a state of stupor, and that no
hope was entertained of his recovery.
The Moniteur publishes two decrees of the PRINCE
Paesir,Berr of the Republic;' one ordering that all
officers, funetionaries, and -employes connected with
the War Department shall take the oath prescribed
by, Art. 14 of the Constitution, within one month
from,the Ist of May next; and the other ordering
that. the year 1851 shall reckon as a year of cam-
paign, with all, the advantages attending such period
of active service in the field, for all troops engaged in
putting down disturbances after the 2d December last.
.The year 1851 is, therefore, to be counted with be-
'refit of campaign to the soldiers of all ranks and
arms who were in garrison in the different localities
in which hOstilities broke out, or who had been
called out to quell disturbances. Battalions or
companies of no less than sixty-one regiments of all
arms, with seven companies of the Etat Major, &c ,
are to enjoy the advantages of the decree for having
put down the insurrection in the capital. A great
number, of other, battalions and companies are, ape-
cia ais having quelled disturbances in several of the
departments. Ji'ollowing this special boon to the
army, there follow the customary couple of columns
full of names of soldiers who have just been decorated
with the legion of honour and new medals.
The Dibats gives the names of the five members
who, on -11Iosiday last, voted against the Copper
Coinage Bill. They are Messrs. ROU HIER DE
L'ECLUSE, CHARMER, GOUIN, KCENIGSWARTER, and the
Marquis DE MORTEMART.. The first four names ara. the
those of men practically skilled in monetary questions.
M.Bounira DE a'Eceuse, a Legitimetist by principle,
made himself conspicuous in the Constituent As-
sembly by his speeches on banking and such ques.
tions. M. CHARMER, formerly a writer for the
Journal des Debats, is looked on as a gentleman of
practical ability. Messrs. GOUIN and KCENIGS-
VorARTER are bankers. The Marquis of Morertmezer,
when a Member of the Constituent Assembly, took
part in the works of the Committee on the labour
question. Thus the opposition of these five gentle-
men did not arise from factious motives, hut re-
spect for their own judgment on an important finan-
cial question.
The navy is to be represented at the military file
of May 10. Deputations are to be sent • from all the
branches of the naval service. The ports of Toulon,
Rocbfort, Brest, L'Orient, and Cherbourg still have
their representatives at Paris.
The Patrie, in commenting on the manner in which
French news is presented in foreign journals, is espe-
cially irate with a morning contemporary. It says—
" The bad fai,h of some English journals, as far as re-
gards Prince Louis Napoleon, is well known. There are
no insults which they hesitate to print, in order to charge
public opinion in France towards him. We have a fresh
proof of this in a note published by the Morning Chronicle
on the subject of the visit recently made by the Prince
to the Faubourg St. Antoine. Every one know that
the President was received by cries, a thousand times
repeated, of Vice Napoleon r—that no other cry was
raised—and that nn immense crowd
gave him a complete
ovation. The Chronicle does not, however, hesitate to
affirm that the cry was exclusively Vire la Republique,'
and that the reception was far trom being enthusiastic.
The hearty welcome given to Louis Napoleon in the Fau-
bourg St. Antoine, is a fact so notorious that we have
considered it necessary to quote thisspecimen of the lying
assertions put forth by the English journal against
the elect of six millions of votes." The same
journal says:—" We have reason to know that the
Minister of General Police has signified to the pro-
prietors of foreign journals that they will b© compelled
to contraodict in their columns the false news which
they may publish, under pain of having the entrance of
their journals into France immediately prohibited." In
confirmation of this, we find in the lndependance of
Brussels, a Paris letter, which says:—" Foreign journals
continue to be subjected to serious surveillance by the
Ministry of General Police. The Paris correspondeet
of the Cologne Gazette was on Friday summoned before
M. Latour Demoulin, Director General of the Press, and
article of thatjourrial, calumniously insinuating that
literal members of the Legislative body received sub-
ventions from the Epee, was produced. An order was
given him to deny that invention immediately, under
pain of having the journal instantly interdicted. This
measure is to be general; it has been decided that every
foreign paper which does not at once rectify the errors
or suppositions it may contain, shall be stopped at the
Post-office, and if this interdiction should not suffice,
the correspondents are to be expelled."
At the review on Sunday of the 21 division of the
army of Paris, composed of 15,000 meet, infantry,
cavalry, and artillery, under the command of General
RENAULT, the PRINCE PRESIDENT, ongoing from and
returning to the Elysee, was received with loud accla-
mations. A great crowd was collected -on every
point whence a view could be obtained. The troops
tiled off amidst loud cries of "Vive Napo!‘ et I"
At the moment when the PRESIDENT was proceeding
towards one of the entrances of the Court of the
Tuileries his horse became restive, and it required all
the superior horsemanship of the PRINCE to prevent
his being thrown. A serious accident took place
during the review. Captain Osmortu, aide-de-camp
of General RENAULT, was thrown from his horse and
broke his leg. lie was immediately taken 'to the
military hospital of Gros. Caillou.
The Emancipation of Brussles states in a Paris
letter that the pay of the Marshals_of France is to be
raised to 40,000 f. as under the Restoration. Under
King Louis PHILIPPE it was 30,0001. - - -
The commercial reports for the week agree in
noticing signs of revived activity in most branches of
business. The country does not appear to have suf-
fered so much as might have been feared from the
want of rain. The wheat crops look well, the oats
look a little languishing, and the barley has received
some injury. The corn markets keap steady.
The pieces of ten centimes coined in 1719 and 1768 li
contain 24 grammes of copper ; those coined in 1791
only 14 grammes; and those of the years V. and VII.
20 grammes ; consequently the average is about 19
grammes. The new pieces now about to be coined
are to weigh only 10 grammes, and are to be com-
posed of 95 parts of copper, 4 of tin, and 1 of zinc.
The cost of the coinage per se will be, it is calculated,
92c. the kilogramme. A pair of dies, one for each
side, will suffice for about 40,000 coins. The whole
amount of the new copper coinage is not to exceed
the nominal value of the money called in.
The decision of the Court of Paris on Friday last in
opposition to the. demand of the Prefect of the Seine, in
the ease of the Orleans property, had again an unfa-
vourable effect on the Bourse, and the prices of public
st rarities declined considerably. The Four-and a-Half
per Cents. opened at 100 f. 30c., and closed at 991. 90c.
for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed
at 69f. 70c.•, Orleans Railway Shares, 1,1551.; Rouen,
777 f. 50e.; Havre, 2851. ; Great Northern, 5811. 25c.;
Avignon, 2621. 50e.; Vierzon, 570 f.; Basle, 2351.; Bor-
deaux, 595 t ; Paris and Strasburg, 5621. 50c.; Tours
STOCK
;K ParisE c
Hand
GE, Lyons,APßee: f 2.
(5;7.
Junction of France, 41/2—Luxembourg, -I%—Namur an
273/B—INGFreOatREIInGdNianRAP
Liege, El4—Northern of France, 24,A—Orieans and
elLnilnVaAnlYa,S
SA_TGTrHanEd
LONDOSNBtS..
allEdiNlsNtanEl Indian, 219
11Sa ex div.-
-Western of France, 714. _
Bor-
detux, 15—. PaTriosuarnadanSdtrNaansboteusr,gl,l2x2s—e' ---Wlleostueplaanndderlls,ava

SPAIN.'
Our accounts from. Madrid are of the 21st inst.
The Madrid Gazette of the 21st publishes a return
of the floating debt, from which it appears that up to
the Ist the amount was 340,740,421 refill. Ohe of
the opposition journals, on the day before, bad com•
plained of-delay in the-publication of this return.
The Duke and DuCht,ss DE MoNrrErtsiau left
Valence on the 18:b, on board the war-steamer
Isabella 11., for Majorca. •
The IC.ING is to leave Aranjpez on the 28th, for
Santander, to visit the works of the rail way.
Accounts from Puerto-Rico to the 221 Dlarch state
that perfect tranquillity prevailed 44 theye.
,fiat class,
Three per Cents., for time,
84 ; Debt
; second class, Si 7.16; Exchange on Loudon,

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GERMANY.
We read the following in the Allgemeine Zeitung
of the '23d lost :
Neither the laws of the House of B Aden of 1817,
a Regency, end the GRAND DUKE
nor the Constitution, have made provision for case
of the establishing
hes probably not inserted a clause in his will in this
respect. Under these circumstances, the agnates of
the House of Baden have held a conferencp,
at which
the Margrave WILLIAM took the presidency. It was
decided that on the demise of the GRAND DUKE the
Hereditary Prince Louis shalhbe called to the throne,
and that Prince FREDERICK 'shun ba charged
with the Regency. The oath of allegiance
is to be taken to both Princes. The Here-
ditary Prince was not present at this Council.
lUp to the present moment he is ignorant of the

[PRICE SD.

alarming state of his august parent, for it is appro.,.
hended that his own sufferings would be aggravated
if he knew the exact truth. The Prince is subject to
continual nervous attacks, which paralyse his intel-
lectual faculties, but he has lucid int6rvals. The
GRAND DUKE is said to have made his will in 1848.
The GRAND DUCHESS does not quit the sick bed of
her husband a single moment. The pain in the knee
joint continues extremely acute, and the strength of
the royal patient is so completely exhausted that he is
not expected to survive many days.
The Duchess of NASSAU, on the 233, gave birth to
an hereditary prince.
The Prince Of LIPPE DETAIOED married, a few days
ago, at Itodold4twir, the Princess ELIZABETH of
Schwarzburg-Rucloldstadt.
The Constitution of the Landgrave of HESSE Hom-
BURG; which was published in January, 1850, has
been abolished by decree. There is no longer to be
any general representation of the country, but the
district councils are to have additional powers.
The King of PRUSSIA has resolved to visit Breslaw
and Dantzic in the course of the summer.
The Second Chamber of Prussia, on the 24th, in
the discussion on the Bill on the press, adopted an
amendment to the effect that the duty on foreign
journals shall be—not, as proposed by the Commit..
tee, 2.5 per cent. on the price of subscription—but
only 10 per cent.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCXIV.
THE FIELDS FOR TO- MORROW'S RACES AT
NEWMARKET,&c.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Slll,—Yebtel day's races were, on the whole, of a very
unintete,ting character, the principal feat being the
victory of Rat binger over Rolando in the race for the
50 Sovs. Stakes. The winner never gave his opponent
the shadow of a chance, and won very easily by two
lengths. This race, according to the reckoning of the
backers of the Goodwood stab!e, was considered a har-
binger of their taiccess in the Guineas with Ilomehrowed,
who wv.s forthwith elevated to the premiership, at 5 to 2.
The 50/. Plate was won in such a very ridiculous
manner by Exeter, the stable companion of Maidstone,
that the latter immediately received promotion in the
Guineas' betting, from no price at all to 7 to 1, taken
freely. •

In the matches, Nabob gave away the great difference
of weight between him and his beaten antagonist Hugo,
without difficulty, as he won very easily.
The other match, between Palma filly and Fent-
morz, was won by the former; as Robinson, on Lord
Clifden's horse, almost immediately alter starting met
with a severe accident, through the horse swerving and
the stirrup leather giving way, by which his thigh and
collar. bone wert, broken, and it is supposed that one or
two of the ribs aro fractured. This mount of Robin-
son's, in all human probability, was his last, and closed
as brilliant a career as jockey ever had.
To-morrow's list is on paper the strongest of the
week, but, as six aro skeleton stakes, it is difficult to tell
how many will fill, as only one out of four attained that
end yesterday. The fields for the others are as follow:
50 Soya. Stakes. D. M.—Lord Enfield's Poodle,
Set 41b; Lord Exeter's Lens, Sgt 41b; Mr. Pa no's
Glenluce, Bst 31b (d).
50 Sovs. Stakes, Greville's Frantic, Bst 31b
Mr. Hughes's Fonthill, Bst 71b, and perhaps one of Ge-
ne:ad Ansun'e.

50 Sovs. Stakes, D.M.—Duke of Richmond's Har-
binger, Lord Exeter's Stockwell, Mr. Barnes's Queen
Guinever (0).
The Brat of these sweepstakes I consider to be a
certainty for Poormr, Gleauce being the only opponent
that ho will have that pciisesses a chance.
The sec3nd sweepstakes, I imagine, will be carried off
by FRANTIC; end the third by HARBINGER.
For the 1,000 Guineas, on the following day, it is not
improbable, as Bay 'Rosalind is not quite the thing,
being rather stout and doing very little ►cork, and Glen-
lace on the queer list, that the best of Mr. Magenia's will
turn out to he the winner. Lady Harriet I have heard
nothing about, or I should have fancied her. lam in-
clined to think that Caloric is the best of sr. Magenhi's
couple.
The betting last night and this morning has been
brisker than on any previous occasion this Saar. The
following are the latest prices:-300 Sovs. Stakes-2 to
lon Barcelona. 2,000 Guineas-2 to 1 each opt Filius
and Homebrewed, 4 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke, 6 to 1
agst Maidstone, 8 to 1 agst Vortex, 10 to 1 each agst
Stockwell and Stapleton. 50 Sovs. Stakes, D.M.—Even
on Poodle, 6to 4 agst Glenluce, 4to I apt Lens. 50
Sovs. Stakes, D.M.-2 to 1 on Harbinger, 3 to 1 agst
Stockwell. 50 Soya. Stakes, A.F.-2 to lon Frantic.
1,000 Guineas, D.M.-7 to 2 each agst Bay Rosalind and
Janina; 4 to 1 agst Kate, 4 to 1 agst Quadroon filly, 5 to
1 agst Glenluce. 100 Sava. Stakes, D.M.-6 to 4on
Alcoran, 2to 1 agst Houlakin, 6 to 1 agst Ilex. New-.
market Stakes, D:M.-3 to 1 agst Hombrewed, 4 to 1
agst Daniel O'Rourke, 5 to 1 agst Maidstone, 10 to 1
agst Child of the Mist.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
April 27, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

MONDAY.

Match, 100, h ft, T.Y.C.—Lord Ribblesdsle's Tho
Nabob, Bst 71b (Flatman), beat Duke of Bedford's Hugo,
Bst 101 b (Pettit). 5t04 on Nabob, who won easily by
half a length. Rtin in 1 min. 22 secs.
Match, 200. h ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. Magenis's f by lon, out
or Palms, Bst 41b (Day), beat Lord Clifden's Feramorz
(Robinson); Even betting. Robinson's stirrup leather
havitig broken immediately after atarting, he fell heavily,
and the horse got away. The filly, of course, galloped
on and won, the horse running by her side to the end.
Robinson, we regret to add, broke his thigh and collar-
bone, and, it is feared, some of his ribs.
Sweepstakes of 50 Boys. each, for three yrs old colts,
Bst 71b; and fillies,. Bst 31b; those by stallions that
never got a winner allowed 31b. A.F. (6 Subs.)
Duke of Riebnimad's Harbinger (Fiatinan) 1
General A ns,m'a Rolando (31b) ..(Rogers) 2
4tol on Harbinger. They cantered to tho
post, where the favourite took up the running, went on
with it, and won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 54 sees.
Fifty Pounds, for four 3rs old, ?at 101 b; five, Bst 91b;
six and aged, 9st. Last three miles of B.C.
Duke of Bedford's Exetcr,4 yrs (Pettit) 1
Lord Exeter's Nutshell, 5 yrs (Norman) 2
Mr. Delmore's Agis, aged (Bartholomew) 3
Mr. Batson's fby Venison, out of Lady Sale...(Sly) 4
Betting— 6 to 4 apt Exeter, 2 to 1 agst and 3
to 1 agst Nutshell. The Venison filly cut out the work
to the turn of the land, where it was taken up by Agis,
who went on with it to the Duke's Stand; Exeter and
Nutshell hero -went in front, the former taking the lead
two. distances from home, .and winning by six lengths.
Time, 5 min. 59 seer,
The poverty—a consequence of the state cf the ground
—renders it almost unnecessary to say that the heath
was thinly attended.
BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STASES: 5
to 2 agsalomebreend (t) Bto 1 opt Maidstone (t)
5 to 2 agst Filius 12 to 1 agst Stockwell (I)
sto 1 agell Dan. O'Rourke 13 torlag:
The following are expected to Lt Stapletonvertex,
an Maid.
atone, Filius, Stapleton, Stockwell,llomofebLroersid•edlixDzii,ee.l
O'Rourke, and probably an outsider
Womersley is scratched. Vortex, Films, and Stapleton
arrived this afternoon.

DERBY.

paring books
20 to 1 apt Homebrewed I2oto 1 apt Augur
I 30 to 1 °gut Ftline
20 to 1 opt Aleoran
MaiOe:DAY NIGHT.
Tho Sub,cription Room at Hyde Park-corner will be
opened on SaturdaNyE, fsvorl‘,trhAeßpluirEpoTs.e
on Chester Cup.
ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY.
Queen's Plate. Re. -
_...

Tophana aged—Diligtnee, 5 yrs—llarp, 4 yr.-;
Necklace, 5 ,
yrs—Vlvandtere, 4 yrs.
Handicap. D.M.
Goy RI3 nneriug, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—A.bdallah, 5 yrs, Sit
—Yresto, i
4 yrs, •at b—Phlegethon, 4 yrs, 7st 2iti—
sweepstakes cf 10 toys. each. T.Y.C.
j0c,028.-4, aged—Chaffinch, 3 yrs—Leybourne, 4
virlaitree;tot Lily, 2 3
yrs,
6st.
yrs—
The Monk. 3 yrs—Trinket, 4 yrs.
Match, 500, 200 ft, Glenluce receives from Bilberry.
BE FTING.
2,000 QuoTEAs STAKES.
3to 1 agst Ilomebrewed(t) 7to 1 agst Maidstone (t.)
3 to 1 agst Filius (t.) 12 to 1 agst Stockwell
5. to 1' agst Daniel Vortex is scratched.
O'Rourke (t.)

CHEST
6 to 1 ngst Stilton.
.4 to 1 agst liothorpe.

:11. CUP.
18 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn.
30 to 1 agst Riugleader.
40 to 1 at st Filius (t.)

DE
11 to 2 agst Robbie Noble.
12 to 1 egst Little Barry.
(By C TELEGAPH
BETTING ATELECTR 12 OICLOCK.—R ( pai) s DAY.)
2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
sto 2 agst Fihus. 5 to .
5 to 2 apt notuularcwed O'Rourke.
7--to 1 agst Maidstone.
ag on faveurAblY•

agst Dania

Robinson is goitl

MARIONETTE THEATRE.
A little nov, icy, entitled The Happy Manager, has
been produced this week with the same happy success
that has attended all the unique performances of the
wondrous puppets. The E hiopien Serenaders continue,
to elicit the moat intense delight of fashionable
audiences, and the splendour of Aladdin worthily eon-
olndt,s the attractive programme of the present enter-
tainments

Mr. Charles Dick, n------8 and his colleagues being
about to perform in behalf of the new Guild of Literature,
iieanntilrie Town Hall at Birmingham, application was This
on Saturday to the magistrates for a speoial licence. e
was opposed on behalf of Mr. Simpson, the lessee, and thade
proprietors of the Theatre Royal; but, after a two hours'
g, the magistrates unanimously itgreed to grant the
licence.

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-TAXES ON_ RN° WLEDGE;
(prom the iferald.)
As the motion et Mr. Mil, . ' fer repealAt g :he
duty on paper will pronatly r-viv:d at no grew In-
terval, we think it uccesscr, the count.. 84144td
understand the tendency fi t•
4-I(iw its
interests and our own, as hkely" L.; be
aToted by it. We ocuM have that for.the pre-
sent the Member' for Manchester had confined himself
to one of the 'three grimicce-s to Which he referred. LW,
he net aimed at too much at onct-, he would probably.
have succeeded in his. itudeble eiertioni, and rcUdertd
signal service by reniovitSg some portion .pf those im-
posts which weigh so heavily on authors'anti publishers,
and not lcast, upon the public.

_ .
.e.
The excise upon paper reaches unquestionably ten a
greaterextent than is generally imagined. 'lt is not
merely the printer, or the stationer but the artist, the
• paper-stainer and papenaringer Who
,feel its effte, .the
parlour-of the mechanic and the wall of ahe cottage, as
well asalie library Of the sarlent and the table. of the
general-reader, suffer from the tsen
,The reduction, there-
fore; of tins class of duties would'not greatly benefit the
pubisber or author: They are derived from so many
smell items, that printerand authtir would scarcely cleave
any advantage from the repeal; the public none—or,
at least, not such as could be pereePtible. An orditiary
octavo, which now sells for 125., and of which 500 copies
are printed, would not bs reduced • in cost' 2d. by abo-
lishing the stamp upon paper. No benefit wbatever
would accrue to the nether, as Mr. Minim. Gibson sup-
posed. It would not put a couple of gotaeas -snore iu
bus pocket. Td the booksellei erid newspaper proprietor
the advantage would be trifling; the gaias of the paper-
maker only wouldlle
.axteaded, and that noa so much,
perhaps, by increasing the quantity of piper required
tor printing, as by enabling him to manufacture and
export tart man greater extent. Asa considerable re-
venue, therefore, is derived from this item of the Excise,
we consider that the Chancellor or. the Exchequer,
though not altogether unfavourable to MreGibson's mo-
tion, was perfectly justified in refusing his fuller.aasent,
until after the production of the Budget. rjt
The third division of the, Right tioc.Member's mo-
tion (to the second we shall revert preaently) aimed
at the abolition of the' stamp duty on newspapers. He
showed that it had been the oriaical design of that act
to discourage immoral and seditious publications ; and
that in this it had signally failed. The entire weight of
the restriction had fallen on the more respectable portion
of-the daily and weekly journals. alnproportiott to the
wish of the proprietors to render the press of this coun-
try a great moral and political organ were the subject to
inconvenience and annoyance, which the libeller or the
obscene satirist managed easily to evade.
No one can feel more anxious than ourselves to ex-
press our gratitude to Mr. Milner Gibson, and to other
at to
es:eefluai elnavdeesssi
ot. from un-
men of character and influence, who, sensible of the im-
la: :eel. et*: snaacyrey ob
tu
appeartchd ee
burdens, press,, b apn: duakrextend
in
ncoi its
our
s .0
partial, yet we fear not to assert that it is hardlyf6pTrohtsoosuibgblhee
to overrate the influence of the daily press in a country
like our own. It is, therafore, incumbent
Government to adopt
shall
anch measures assecure for
o every wise
so important a body the grey:neat facilities in the exer-
cise of their inipurtant and responsible func,tions. We
are furthermore convinced that that respectability is in-
crettsed.as its influence is widened by the increase and
widening of the circulation. In proportion as a jour-
nal rises 'above a small cliqUe and wins its
way among a greater number of readers,
it has a tendency to widen its sympathies, extend its
views, and purify its aims and intentions. The history
of the -daily and weekly press of this- country bears con-
tinual testimony to the truth of these assertions. It is
manifested at the present moment in our cheap litera-
ture. And if the newspaper press of this country is im-
measurably superior in its moral tone, it its decorum, in
its ability, to the Grub•etreet flying-sheets of a fernier
century, that improvement is owing, not merely to the
visible improvement of the people at large, in which the
daily press has had no small share, but also to the vast
increase of the circulation of cur journals, and to an in-
creasing desire ou the part of the conductors and pro-
prietors of these journals to render them mere worthy of
the position they'occupy and the part which they have
to perform.

But it must not be forgotten that whilst a visible im-
provement may he observed in this cless of literature,
very much of that improvement is duo to the great lead-
ing journals of the day. The example set by them, and
the torte by which they are pervaded, are quite as it flu-
ential on the minor publications, as the information
collected by them at veat expense, and the reports fur-
niehed with such cast and activity.- both of domestic and
foreign events, are beneficial to the humbler classes of
periodicals, which are mainly fed fly their streams.
Their ietereit, therefore, is in a- great measure the in-
terest of the nation at large; and therefore it would not
be desirable that their interest should be diminished or
their influence contracted.
Yet that such would be the result of the abolition of
the stamp - upon newspapers is unquestionable. That
abolition would not benefit them in the least; the price
of the newspapers would be reduced exacfly the amount
of the duty; that is, from sd. to 4d. too small a reduc-
tion to affect the circulation. But tile abolition of the
stamp would be followed by a result positively injurious,
the abolition of free transmission by post. This would
be a serious disadvantage, as is very ably shown by
Mr. M'Culloch:—" It has been proposed (he says)
"to repeal the stamp- duty on newspapers, and to
impose in its stead a charge of Id. on all newspapers
seat by post. Its obvious tendency would be to confine
the circulation of newspapers to the districts within
which they are published, which is not at all to be de-
sired. Were the proposed plan adopted, the charge for
postage being-added-to -the price of the metropolitan
journals would make them decidedly dearer than the -
local papers, and people in very many, or rather perhaps
in the great majority of instances, would be disposed to
prefer the cheaper, though inferior, journal published at
their door, to the superior, but dearer, journal of the
capital." The revenue, iudeed, would not suffer by the
repeal. The difference would be made up by thnine
creased postage; but as the same newspaper Wire-
quently sent by different posts, the reduction of the
stamp duty would rather act as a tax upon the public,
and-would have an undeniable tendency of limiting their
free circulation.
No such objection, however, can be urged against the
other division of Mr. Milner Gibson's motion—the re-
peal; that is, of the duty on advertisements. The whole
of that duty does not amount to more than 160,0001.
per annum, and is really so insiguiticant that wo wonder
any objection can be made to its abolition. Previously
at 38. 6d. In that
to-theyear 1833 that duty was levied
year it was reduced to is. 6d. on all advertisements, long
or short, affecting a large or small amount of property.
The servant advertising for a place, or the tutor, or the
poor tradesman, er the loser of a note, is subjected to the
same tax as the merchant, the nobleman, or the auc-
tioneer. This is an inequality falling with great injus-
tice on the poorer and more industrious classes. But this
the tax weighs heavily on
itzenontewthsep
soptilerys,iwntidutyealaidvertisiog vans, omnibuses, and
the thousand placards which disfigure our walls, are
permitted to go free. It would, therefore, be but just
that this tax should be abolished altogether. But if the
Chancellor of the Exchequer considers the entire aboli-
tion of it too great a sacrifice, a reduction from le. 6d. to
6d. would be of no inconsiderable service to the public
audio thedaily papers. Nor would the revenue incur
convinced that it would be increased
co
a de
any loss by the reduction. Indeed, we are
thoroughlye of which no other reduction, except that
g
of the penny postage, would turn' h a
parallel.
The diminution of the duty Would lower not
merely to an equal amount the price of
advertisements,
but newspaper proprietors would be enabled to insert
them at a less cost, beyond that proportion which is
effected by the duty. Advertisers who now make use of
one vehicle for the purpose of publication erould extend
their views to others, and the increase iu the number of
advertisements would socea
supply, and more than sup-
ply, arty deficiency caused by the reduction. Already
the revenue from the dre need duty of 18.6 d. has risen to
nearly the same amount as he!, that duty was as Gd.;
and a further teductiun i 7. past experience well therefore,
. warranted by
by considerations of justice.

RAILW AY
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H.ARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, APRIL 26
STOCK x.x-ctIANGx.—Th little or nothing done in
the share market to-day. erergelsonly sale reported was—
Great Western, 911/4.
LIVERPOOL, Aram 26.
STOCK Excliamt.---We bad a very flat market to-day,
with a downward tendency in prices, but we close with rather
a better feeling. The transactions were as follow :—Black-
burn (late B _C. and \V. Y.), Preference, six per cent., 20—
Chester anddlolyhead, Preference, guaranteed 5% per cent.,
173-'x—Eastern Unin ties, 9%---East Lancashire, Preference,
Fifths, S'4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths ( West Riding
Union), 4% dis.—London and North-Westeru, 124—Ditto,
New- Quarters, 5% p.—Malton and Driffield, 534—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3414—Ditto, 61. New
Preference, 13-16 p.—Midland, 67 3;3—North Union (A),
giiiranteed by London and North-Western and Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 253—South-Eastern and Dover, 2233—York
and North Midland, 25%—Newry and Enniskillen, 5% dis.
/tato EsTE It, Aran, 26.
STOCK Excalsrom.—The business to-day was rather li-
mited, and prices had a downward tendency. The transac-
tions were as follow :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
East Junction, 1 dis —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire Junction, 12 1-16 di Caledonian, 204—Lancashire
and Yorkshire. 73%—Matloct, 2 9-16--South-Eastern and
Dover, 21 s.l6—Manchester,Zheffield, and Lincoh2shire, 34
—West Riding Union, 4% dis.
BIUMIr4GEIAIII, APnrr. 2G.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The transactions to-day were. as
follow :—Great Western, 92%—Shrewsbury and Birmor
ham (A), 7L Cs. 3d.—South Staffordshire, 1% die.

It appears to be determined that the separate
sittings of the Lord Chancellor and of the Lords Justices are
of will
to be continued, and that it has been found expedient to
Chan-
postpone if not to abandon the sittings of a Court of Chan-
cery composed- of the Lord Chancellor and the Lords
Justices. Workmen are now eniployed in preparing a
portion of the old Hall of Lincoln's Inn, for the reception of
the Lord Justices in the sitting
Lords after Term. The courts of
iLt b"tdtigo those Justicesthus be
mthoert Lord Chancellorconveniently
we
the Vice-Chan
cellars, and the disturbance created by using the Hall as
e put an and to. This disturbance Wa
ord St.
sso B • a
as to form a constant ground of complaint fro L serious
promenade
'Leonards, and we have no doubt it influenced i
m
sure the resolution to set a part a portion ni. the space for the
11 some meat
Lords Justices, .
TILE REC2ST ELECTION FOR M
petition which has been presented b 3 la oNStOuTu.—The
the return of Mr. Crawshay Bailey fi r. Lindsay, against
come on before-the Committee i ` )r these boroughs, will
iivt of evidence will in future a a few days, and as the new
be submitted to an examinat• permit both the candidates to
an unusual amount of inte ton, the proceedings will possess
petitioner are Mr. Edwin ;est. The counsel retained for the
another learned gentlem allies, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, and
an.
We (Saunders
Martyn, Esq ,of
mi,,,, Vr;,..,....: . Tullyra Park,, is shortly to be married to
412 "" AY 4u) With a fortune of 30,00 W.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 26.
(Be!ore Vice-Chancellor PARKER.)
LIMEY V. WAGNER.

Shortly before the usual lima for the rising of
the Court,

Mr. BKTHELL, addressing his Honour, said that he
was instructed on the part of the defendants in this cue,
to move to dissol►e the injection granted on Friday, but
at this late hour of the day it would probably be more
convenient if it were fixed to come on the first thing
to-morrow.

Mr. BACON said that the first thing would be incon-
venient for him, as he had to attend to several bankrupt
uses which were fixed for the first thing to-morrow,
the Lords Justices. _

His Horroint said that in a case of this nature the de-
fendants certainly were entitled to have their motion
heard at the very earliest moment possible, and he
would therefore take the case the first thing to-morrow.
Mr. BACON Slid that he hoped that he should be fur-
nished with a copy of the affidavits on the other side,
before to-morrow morning. His client had been watch-
ing all day, and daring the whole of Saturday, with
great vigilance, bat up to very lately, he had not been
able to hear of any affidavits being filed.
Mr. BETBELL said that his Learned Friend should
have copies of all the affidavits to-night.
The cue was then ordered to stand at the head of the
paper for to-morrow morning.

FRANCE.

THE PRINCE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE