The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-04 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL. 150

GERMANY.
e Pratiefort Journal states that a negative
his will be received by M.
de Bourqueney
N,' request, addressed to the Austrian Government,to
113eTthir-sion to remove the remains of the Duke
elebstadt into France.
Vir
a„. Ala •
Inquiry
Ove
fitted recently
has been instituted by the Austrian
tra, illinent, respecting the alarming news
by telegraph from Trieste respieicstinincge
fe,841.8 in the East, which information has be
t° be incorrect. Measures will be takene to
A 'll' a similar occurrence in future.
---eeord*
Aust., nig to the Viennese Lloyd, Count Revel,
sho,4lan Minister at the Sardinan Court, will
Y return to Vienna.
bant'7 Xing of the Belgians and the Duke of Bra-
are 'eft Brussels yesterday for Berlin, where they
a Eih„e,4lPeeted to arrive on Thursday next. After
stay at Berlin, they intend proceeding to
King
V.erna.
Deetee. Leopold and his three children are ex-
!l,l England on the occasion of the christen-
Priti' the infant Prince, at which ceremony the
Dresee:talid Princess Royal of Prussia will also be
The v-
G,eve °s3 Gazette announces that the Austrian
ha,wk,nulent has determined to put an end to
measures
iti ratieeef boo
in Hungary, by the adoption of
similar to those which are now in rigour

PERSIA.
4°l°4Zarnburg Correspondent has the following
St. Petersburg, dated the 21st ult. :—" The
se trey of Persia entertains the project of
Si a new expedition aA.ust Herat. Colone
14'1, the British ainbasss, bas declared that if
this project be carried into execution lie will apply
hiB Passports."

ITALY.
A /lumber of English, French, and Italian works
lave been forbidden to be read' btort y Catholics, by
Sant been
at Rome, including Macaulay's His-
of England.
la Austrian Embassy is about to be likere-estab-
(l at Rorae, place of the Legation at present

The Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain
W. Chapman, arrived at Southampton, at 4 p.m. T. 5
yesterday, bringing the usual British and foreign 50
West India and Gulf of Mexico mails, in charge of St.
Lieutenant Hay, R.N., Admiralty agent. 16
The Magdalena also brings mails from the West 16
Coast of South America. received at Panama by the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company's ship Quito, 20
which vessel also brought specie, value $145,221, 20
for conveyance to the Bank of England. 10
The Magdalena left St. Thomas two days after S.
her appointed time, having been detained for the
St
arrival of the branch steamers. She experienced
St
fine calm weather till the 29th ult., when the wea- Si
ther changed to strong south-east gales, with heavy SI
squalls.
The advices brought from Mexico, Havannab,
87c., have been anticipated by arrivals of intelli-
gence by way of the United States. •
The principal items of news from Jamaica are
contained in the following extract from De Cor-
dova's Intelligencer :
"The Assembly, it is expected, will re-enact the
existing Import Duty Bill, but in such a shape as will
render it doubtful if the Council will accede to it. The
existing Import Duty Bill will expire with this month ;
and in the event of the Council objecting to any new
act which may pass the Assembly prior to the 30th inst.,
a recurrence of that state of things which was produced
some four years back by similar conduct on the part of
the Legislature is likely to be the result. Under these
circumstances all business operations are arrested, and
dealers for the most part will only purchase for imme-
diate consumption. The majority of the sales were of
a forced character, and were effected solely by the
temptation of low prces.
" Gold and sliver doubloons continue very scarce, and
command 4 per cent. American and British gold are
worth 1 per cent. premium ; silver dollars are quoted
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at the same value. This rise in the value of coin is at- St.
tributable chiefly to the eager desire of a large number 5
of coolies who are leaving the island to obtain any des- St.
cription of gold or silver, which is or may become cur- S
20
rent in India, in exchange for our local notes. A rather 15t
large amount, too, will be taken away by the passengers
per Glentanner, which is appointed to sail hence for 6,
Melbourne to-morrow.
"The cargo of the schooner George Montague, from
New Orleans, was not entered at the Customs when we 3,
made up our report. 5
" Exchanges on London.—Colonial and Jamaica 7
Banks :-90 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 60 days, 1-4 per
cent. premium ; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium."
From British Guiana our accounts are to the 9th 10
ult. The Combined Court has been occupied with 20
discussions on ways and means to meet the extra-
ordinary votes upon the annual estimate. A pro- St.
position to raise the existing ad valorem 4 per cent. sts
duties on certain descriptions of goods to 10 per
cent. had been adopted, and on certain specified st.
articles of luxury, such as wines, spirits, &c., the St.
duties had been largely increased. An attempt to
impose a land and tenement tax in the rural dis-
tricts' as a means of adding to the general revenue, 50
had failed, as being utterly inexpedient in the pre-
sent circumstances of the colony. The civil list St.
question was again a vexed one, and from the re-
marks of the Governor to the Court it appeared
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that he was disappointed at the opposition that was
starting up, and viewed it as a breach of faith. The
weather had continued dry, and it was feared the St.
crop would be materially affected. The health of 50
Georgetown was improving.
At St. Lucia the weather was very fine and the St
island healthy. The crop was proceeding with
considerable activity.
From Martinique the Antilles alludes to the
crop as proceeding with actiNity, and states that 12
the St. Pierre market is abundantly supplied with
sugar, the local price being 191. to 35f. per 50 kilo-
grammes. 10
From Barbadoes we learn that the inhabitants 6
had prepared a memorial to the Lords Commis 12
-
sioners of the Admiralty, complaining of the incon-
-12:
venience and disappointment occasioned to that st.
island by the irregularities of the West India st.
mail steamers. Several fires had occurred in
the rural districts. The yellow fever was gra- 12t0
dually disappearing.
We regret to learn that Tr;nida,d was suffering 25
from malignant fever, which was increasing rather
than diminishing. Several cases of fever of a St.
typhoid type, sometimes attended with black vomit,
St 20
existed in Port of Spain.
Fever had also made its appearance at Grenada, 15
but had disappeared from Tobago.'
At Greytown there bad been some excitement
from a meditated attack of the inhabitants on the 10
station of the American Steam-boat Company, for 10
the purpose of destroying the houses and works. It 25
appears that for many months past the steamers 16
have landed all passengers from New Orleans, for 10
California (by way of the lake), and vice versa, at a
place on Point Arenas, opposite the town, so that 22
the inhabitants had been deprived of the benefits s.,Lu
which would have accrued to them in the way of •
trade from the constant influx of 4C3 to 690 passen- 17
iesmamionth. Fortunately the United States 25
geat
claimedheet irhelotartet everyliteehSss belongingntNanst
protectioni
ocnrsu itooosfif nttgthi
eeeai about
Nicaraguans,to
euatm- there, and the
Governmentbat
company
which
10
Awas
runtile
Arenas,
aa
further cs o, r
opposite d e d
advices y t
th
he e
from Siamw ork
stanchoring e
Britishl
In
the i nams
meanwhile,
dda enAl
vmu e Pointne 5
,oc€
can Ministers, the company have agreed to land 2(
allTt
hh
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sr
tp. ays s
iennege es st at G
papers r ey
publisht on.
the new Tax e A t
recently passed by the Legislature. For thepur- 2(
poses of this act two per cent. is to be levied upon
the produce of each estate upon its t s productionatos.p
per
2:
sugar and arrowroot, nominall--
y n
valued
1001 b.; rum at 9d. per gallon ; molasses per 21
gallon. All incomes of 150/. and upwards are to
pay two per cent.; and under 1501., and 6d
not .
ex-
ceeding 70/., one per cent. The health of the
island had ml proved, and the yellow fever was
rapidly subsiding. The Governor had presided at 2
the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary 3
Society.
Her Majesty's ship Imaum, Vestal, and Alban 2
were at Jamaica, and the Geyser at Greytown.
The Royal Mail steamer Avon was to leave St.
Thomas for the Gulf of Mexico on the 19th ult.
The Conway was under repairs at Jamaica, the
Dee at Jamaica, the Derwent on the Northern
Islands, the Eagle on the Savannah, and the Esk
on the Honduras route, the Medway on the Spanish
Main, and the Trent at Barbadoes.

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THE LAND TAX QUESTION.—The question of the land
tax, which comes on to-day in the Court of Queen's
Bench, is exciting unusual attention. The court will
doubtless be crowded by parties interested. The Land
Tax Commissioners have retained no less than five
counsel. Among them are Sir Alexander Cockburn, the
present, and ;-it Frederick Thesiger, the late, Attorney-
General. The latter learned gentleman received the
handsome sum of 200 guineas with his brief,