The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-15 00:00:00

£25 16 8

On the other side there is to be reckoned the loss of
the sixpence which Mr. Gladstone is so anxious to levy.
What would this amount/to ? We counted just now a
page of advertisements in the Manchester Guardian,
and found it to contain 98 advertisements ; or,
not quite 400 for the whole four pages. Now, we
would concede the probability that small advertisements
would increase in number proportionately, if the duty
were wholly repealed, and we will therefore suppose
that the second supplement might contain 600.
Well, the levy of sixpence on these 600 advertisements
would produce 151.
Clearly, therefore, if, by remitting the whole duty,
instead of only two-Wrds of it, Mr. Gladstone can
so far encoirta2-e advertising as to force the Man-
ekes' Guardian and the Leeds Merci,:v to publish
double supplements weekly, he would lose 151. by the
surrendered advertisement duty, and gain 251. 16s. Bd.
by the supplement stamps and by the duty on paper.
It seems, therefore, qrite clear that by this remission
the Exchequer would gain conade..ably. The only ex-
ception to be taken to thiEl argument is that the remis-
sion mig:l not produce the result we have supposed,
i.e., a large increase of the number of advertisements.
On this point, however, we believe that any man of ex-
perience could satisfy the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
No one who is at all acquainted with the wants of the
commercial world can enter:,ain the least doubt that per-
fectly "free trade" in adver:ising would produce this
result—would lead to such an increase of business as
would oblige all the leading papers to publish double
supplements frequently.
If this view be correct— and we have no doubt that
it will bear a close scrutiny—when the Chancellor of the
Exchequer is showing great pertinacity in defending
the Treasury from Mr. Milner Gibson's attacks, when,
in truth, he would probably gain more than he would
lose by entirely conceding all that is asked of him.

BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The preamble of this
company's bill has been declared proved in the Lords.
NEW MEXICAN TARIFF.—The synopsis published of
the New Mexican tariff, which is to go into operation,
as regards European vessels, on the Ist of October next,
seems to confirm the doubts already existing as to any
broad views on the subject being entertained by Santa
Anna. The details, however, being loosely given, and
unaccompanied by any comment, it is impossible at pre-
sent to form any precise view with regard to them.
THE ESCAPE OF PATRICK 0 TONOHOE.—The Free-

of the
LaineJo'cliirnn, publishes letters from Sydney and Me
in a storm, bourne, detailing escape of Patrick O'Donohoe, one
escapedsh convicts. On Sunday, the 19th of Decem-
ber, he
the 22d. from his district, crossed Bass's Straits
of his
,parend. arrived 'on the Australian continent on
vious to starling he wrote out a vindica-
tionthe most escape,distinn
cll. After his arruiiv ell
1 jond sent it by a sure hand to one of
on boardi
members of the Legislative Conn-
athin Australia, on the 22d, he tra-
versed 300 miles of a the bench and indentions of Hob-
son's Bay, seeking
bound for America. Once
paa.vdessel bound for a Span-
be was received
the captain 1901. pas-
sageptalaheNvwent off his bargain.
in Robso:' ellna.,y,
nish settlement, and had
money, but the ca
without. sleep or
For many days and nights
rest, and one day he travelled niner miles. through
without a
the bush, subsisting on brackishY-nw.°allytel:e
par acle of food. On New
.Year's
dis-
guised, alongside the Great Britain,
to
ascei Laln if he could get off by her: lie could.
ac-
complish this, and he entered the city at night, clothed
in -bet
He walked into a house which was kept by an Irishman,
in a sou'wester and blue shit t, tar-like, and storm
where he received the tenderest welcome. Four Pried
Irishman mounted guard at his door, and on the follow.
ing day he held a levee, at which it is stated the principal
men of the town attended, armed for his defence. Five
hundred pot ceinen and the Government sympathisers
r•re said to have known of the meeting. On the follow-
ing day he placed himself in communication with a few
trustworthy friends, and these few gentlemen had
O'Donohoe immediately removed to the country for
srfety. They then entered into a subscription amongst
themselves for the purpose of chartering a small vessel
to take him to California. Three of the five gentlemen
who constituted the Committee of Safety subscribed 751.
each, and the remaining two (poor men, comparatively
speaking), subscribed 501. each, making the handsome
snm of 3251. A'l things having been airanged, O'Do-
nohoe was placed on board a small cutter that was osten-
sibly cleared out at the Sydney Customs for the South
Sea Islands, but, in reality, for San Francisco.