The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-19 00:00:00

NAPLES.

The following is the project of law for the dismis-
sal of the Ministry, voted by the Chamber of Deputies
on the 3d inst. :

PROJECT OF LAW.

" Considering that no public impost of any kind can
be exacted if not voted by the Chamber;
" Considering that the perception of taxes is a su-
preme necessity in the machinery of the State;
" Considering that the Ministry in existence, having
in no way been deserving the confidence of the country,
they cannot give to the Government that sufficient power
for obtaining these taxes with which the Chamber would
willingly invest other responsible agents who were
worthy of public confidence;
" The Chamber of Deputies proposes and votes the
following law:--
" 1. The taxes, both direct and indirect, which were
called into existence by the laws which were in vigour
up to the 31st of December, 1848, are voted—the first
for the two months ending the 15th of February, and
the second to the 31st of March, 1849.
"2. During this space of time the issue of them will
continue provisionally, according to the existing laws
and decrees which are not in opposition to the actual
representative syFtem."
It was accompanied by the following address to the
KING :

ADDRESS TO THE KING.
"Sire—The Chamber of Deputies, wishing to prove
to your Majesty and to the whole country, that far from
wishing to place themselves in opposition to the
Executive, they are most anxious to offer to it their
frank and loyal concurrence, have voted spontaneously,
but provisionally, the taxes for a part of the present
year. It nevertheless feels the high and irresistible ne-
cessity of opening for itself an avenue to your Majesty,
and exposing to you, Sire, the genuine feeling of
its spirit. The Chamber places full confidence in the
Prince who was the first to give in the Italian peninsula
this new light of the Constitution, and it therefore feels
that this statute which he was the first to grant slruld
not he annihilated by the responsible agents of the Exe-
cutive who now hold the reins of power. Sire, the De-
puties of the nation, in the face of the obstacles thrown
in the way of the Chamber and of the existing Govern-
ment, are most anxious, as honest and free citizens, to
invoke the harmonizing influence of the Sovereign,
that once again its voice should speak aloud, and rectal
us to that union which is stable, and that it should re-
concile those serious dissensions which the illegal con-
duct of some few amongst us have endeavoured to en-
gender between the Executive power and the elective
Chamber. The real interests of the Prince are identical
with those of the nation, of which he is the head and
the supreme avenger, and the systematic violation of
them which is effected by a Ministry, which exhausts at
its own arbitrary will the true and copious springs of the
power of Government, wrings the heart of every good
citizen when he contemplates the lot of his unfortunate
country. These necessities and interests to which
we allude recover their force in carrying out fully
and severely the constitutional provisions to which
the Monarch assented—which are the legitimate
right of the country and the dearest wish of its
representatives. Now, what has been, and was,
is ever the conduct of the Ministry, in addition to
its ruinous general policy, which has already been the
object of the censure of- the Chamber. It has violated
in a hundred ways the most substantial of our privileges
—it has violated the sanctity of our homes—it has
trampled under foot both the freedom of the person as
well as that of the mind, in the most arbitrary and illegal
manner—it has made between citizens, who are equal
in the sight of the law, other distinctions than those
which spring from civil merit—it has broken into the
sanctuary, which should be inviolable, of the magistracy
and profaned it, and without regarding the security of
our citizens, or providing us with other models for our
government, it has dismissed, and still dismisses, the
National Guard, and has recomposed an armed
body unauthorised by any law, and with commanders
who have been appointed in the teeth of the statute.
It has exhibited no anxiety to extinguish the unhappy
causes of disagreement which have disturbed the friendly
feelings existing between the military and the citizens,
feelings of harmony which will assuredly never cease to
exist, as it has always existed, in full vigour between
the children of the same country, who feel in common
the same wants, the same desire for glory, the same
sorrows, and the same hopes. It invaded the power of
the Legislature by acts which required its previous COR-
eurrence, and by doing so greatly aggravated the condi-
tion of the finances and of those who contribute to them;
and if' the condition and the necessities of the State
were of serious gravity it was clearly their duty to open
them honestly to those who represent such sacred
interests, in order that they might obtain the legal con-
currence of the Chamber, and it would not certainly
have refused its assent to any reasonable or honour-
able proposition. The Ministry have attempted, and
to the last still attempt, to discredit, and thus render
fruitless the constitutional rule, and thus take from
the Chamber both the opportunity and mode of
bringing to a termination the provisions which are
required for the moral and material interests of the
country; and are seeking to break the chain of loyalty,
faith, and gratitude which binds together the Prince and
the representatives of the people, in order that their
voice should be prevented from reaching the throne.
Sire, it is your prerogative to nominate and dismiss. the
Ministry; but it is the duty of the Deputies of the
people to point out to the head of the State of the great
obstacles which are placed in opposision to the regular
march of the machinery of Government. Against
such Ministerial misdeeds the Chamber assuredly
possesses both severe and irresistible rights which
it may exercise rights which become duties.
Still, for the sake of moderation in civil proceed-
ings, it prefers addressing itself to the Sovereign.
Placed as your Majesty is in another sphere of these
high constitutional attributes, by which your kajesty is
deprived of the possibility of doing wrong, and is in-
vested with the entire power of doing good, your
Majesty will not delay to pronounce that royal declara-
tion, which is the supreme remedy for the afflictions of
the State—for, on their part, the deputies have always
been ready, and still are so, to grant to the Government
of your Majesty that entire and constitutional support
which will carry with it the fruits, not only of power
and of force, but of the love and reverence of your
people."

We understand that the Conde de Montemolin,
anxious to promote education amongst the industrious
classes, has intimated to the Rev. Hardinge Ivers, in-
cumbent of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Alexis,
Kentish Town, his intention of presiding at a public
de jetiner, which is to take place about the middle of next
April, for the benefit of the Kentish Town Free Schools,
open to the youth of all religious persuasions. Other
royal personages, and several noble and benevolent pro-
moters of education, are expected to attend.
LEGITIMACY IN PORTUGAL.—A new daily news-
paper made its appearance on the 7th instant at Oporto,
under the title of A Pattie. It espouses the Legitimist
or Royalist cause, and boldly announces its principles,
its tendencies, its wishes, and its purpose. All these
are, of course, entirely at variance with the famous " set-
tlement" of the Portuguese question, forced upon the
reluctant and immense majority of the Portuguese na-
tion by the now defunct Quadruple Alliance. The new
journal is, in short, strenuously opposed to the state of
things established by the intrigues of Talleyrand and his
interest
of Louis Philippe, supported by the family
of the King of the Belgians and the
." liberal" bias. of
our own Foreign Secretary; and wo hail, therefore, with
sincere satisfaction, the accession of an ally in the cause
that we have so long advocated.—Post.
A RARE BIRD KNOWN TO BRICKLAYERS.—An
amateur naturalist has offered a reward to the man who
will furnish him a live specimen of the " brick bat."
This must surely be the same individual who was in-
quiring the other day about the new fish recently dis-
covered, and which turned out to be the gen.% percha
sole.—The Builder.

DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH PALK..--We have to
record the demise of the above venerable lady, who ex-
pired suddenly, on Thursday night, at her residence in
Bruton- street. Her ladyship, daughter of William first
Earl of Lisburne, was in the 85th year of her age, hav-
ing been born 13th May, 1764. She married May 14,
1792, the late Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., whom she has
survived thirty-six years, and by whom her ladyship had
a family of six sons and two daughters.
Thomas Lovell Beddoes, the author of the beauti-
ful drama, entitled the Bride's Tragedy, died at Bdsle, in
Switzerland, on the 26th of January. He was the sou
of the Ist° Dr. Beddoes, of Clifton.

lONEI and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, Qr ARTER TO THREE.
Cot!-ou M ;rliet at Liv, rpi;ol was steady on Sa-
:ul(isy, aria the sales were 6,000 bales, including 2,000
taken on specuhttion. Railway Shares were firm, and a
fair amount of business done.
The Foreign ach ices received this morning are gene-
rally favourable. The report of the Paris Bourse is
encouraging, and a rally is occurring; but the late rise
having been so rapid, fluctuation is to be expected.
The Grain Market has been heavy again. Wheat is
about Is. lower than on Monday last. Spring corn is
dull at barely Monday's prices. The supplies of Foreign
continue large. During the first week after the cessa-
tion of the duty upwards of 935,000 quarters of grain
and meal were realised from bond in the United King-
dom.
We have been requested to state that the project for
the British Bank, advertised in The Sun, meets with
support in influenti .1 quarters, and that there is every
prospect of its being carried out.
The notice for a reduction of the interest on Ex-
chequer-bills from 22d. to lid. per centum per diem
excites some controversy. Some think that a safer rate
would have been 2d. at present, and that when the June
bills fell due they c )uld have been lowered to 14d., if the
Money Market justified it.
The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway will not
obtain from Government the assistance intended, owing
to the opposition manifested to the 50,0031. grant, and in
consequence the remaining 151. will be called up, and
preference shares must also be issued if that important
trunk line is t) be completed. The Blackwall Railway
will pay a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share for the half-year,
free of income-tax.
The Stock Market is exceedingly quiet, and the
Exchequer-bill Notice only improved Consols momenta-
rily. The jobbers are timid as to a renewed supply of
' money stock, and hence the indisposition to do business.
Consols have been done at 931; for Money, and 93- for
Account, and are now quoted 934.4 and 934 4.
The Exchequer-bills (to be paid off) are at
38s. to 395. premium, and those still bearing
2d. interest are 445. to 48s. premium. India
Bonds are 525. premium. There has been a bargain in
South Sea stock, at 1011. The New Three-and•a-
Quarter per Cents, have realised 944 to 944, and the
Three per Cents. 934 to 931. Bank Stock is about 195
to 197.
In the Foreign Stocks there is likewise very little doing.
Spanish Five per Cents. are, however, rather better,
being 174 4. Mexican 25 to 251, being still flat.
Granada are firm at 17 to 171 for the Active, and 3i for
the Deferred Bonds. Chilian have been done at 94.
Dutch Two-and •a-Half per Cents. have been 504, and
the Four per Cents. 80i a.
The Railway Share market is rather heavy. It is
reported that the Eastern Counties dividend will be
only ss. 6d. per share, but we cannot confirm this. The
East India meeting is now in progress, and there is an
animated discussion as to the obtainment of a 5 per
cent. guarantee.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCk
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 935634
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 93
New 314 per Cent. Anus. 94341/254
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 15-.16
India Bonds under 1,0001......„.......« 52 p
South Sea Stock 101%
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 21/2d. 2d.
March. June.
LOOM
500!
Small 39 38 p
eRIOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent........, .. 94
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Ditto Deferred ...3
Mexican tion(4s, 1846, 5 per Cent Cent
Ditto for the Account 25 2514
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account ... 171/234,
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 50%
Ditto for the Account 5034
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates
t3U;'INES DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOC%
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SuAas.
berdeen

Caledonian 5O 231,4 22% 23 IA to 2234
Ditto, New 101. Preference 7% B%SA -- to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35
East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
sod L. & D
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 2% %... to
E astern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 -
Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... IA p to
.ast Lancashire -
Ditto, New . -
East Lincolnshire ... 25
Great Northern
Do. % B 6 per Cent. Guar. 61,E 5% to
Do. Extension ...
q reat Western 100 lO3 ...... to 101%
Ditto, Half Shares
Do. New 171 .... -
Lancaster and Car1i51e....
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... ....•• to
Ditto Quarters 17% 14% ...... to --
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 k
Do., West Riding Union... 8 .... -
London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d 5 iii ...... tO
L )nd., Bright., & South Coast 50 -
Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5
LDndon & North Western..loo-141% 14214 141 to 142
Dl. New
Do. Fifths
London and S. Western...— 5O .. ... 40 -
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls
blanch, Buxton, & Matlock 41,4. 1%...... to --
Manchr,Sheffield, and Linc.loo -

Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... IIV4 . to
Mllidland...... ..... ........ ...100 . 9l 90 ... to 90%
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo 115% to •-•
Rlidland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 124 ...... to --•
North British .. .. ..., -
Ditto Half 5hare5........... 1214 74 to --
Do. Quarters 6,4 334... .. to --. ,
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 10
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W . ..iin.)
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 -
Shropshire Union 5 ... .. 214..... to ---
South Eastern
Ditto, Registered No. 4... 10
South Wales
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
. to -.

Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 20 -
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 20
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 83 to --'
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 54ki to --
Ditto, Preference
Ditto Eastand +i, estßiding
Extension ..... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 9/A
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ......934 10... to
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon) ... ...... 18 - to 11
Luxembourg
Ditto . -
Namur and Liege 2O ...... 8'4%... to --
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 . 396%Ac to
Paris and Rouen
Paris & Strasbourq ..,....... 9
Rouen and Havre ... 20
Sambre and Meuse -
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 -
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10
Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... 40% ..... to

ELOPEMENT PREVENTED BY TELIGRAPII.-""°0
Saturday evening, information by telegraph as treas,
mitted from Cambridge to the London terminus of at'
East. rn Counties Railway, that a young lady had chill'
destinely left her parental roof, and requesting her dr
tention at the station in event of arrival per rail, untilf
relative resident at the west-end of London should
made acquainted with her elopement. The telegraph
was accordingly again in requisition, and every precsll.,-
tion adopted. Among the passengers of the eleff
o'clock train was a lady dressed in puce-coloured setts
and wrapped in a grey mantle; she was handed frees
a fist-class carriage by a gentleman in a white Chester
field, their only luggage a small carpet bag. So ece";
rately had the lady's appearance been described, tbs•
identity was established, and while hastily leaving Id
platform, they were politely informed instructions 11,
been received which would preclude the possibility of IPO
lady's departure until the arrival of a relative. ist4f.,
nishment at this unexpected detainer was succeeded v.,'
chagrin, mingled with vows of reciprocal love and etebni '
nal constancy, interrupted by the sudden appearance -0
the lady's uncle, who, by aid of the telegraph, had bean
enabled to arrive shortly after the runaways. Placie;
his niece in a cab, the old gentleman drove off, leavivfl.
the disappointed swain in deep dejection. The Istt,"o
was said to be a collegian, and the lady's relatives olek'e
in the first circles in Cambridge. A letter left by, t"
fair fugitive on her toilet afforded a clue to the affair' a
On Saturday last the following gentlemen receiveic
official information that they had been raised to the rtlf,
of Queen's Counsel :—Mr. Roundell Palmer, M.P.. 1.-
he
Lloyd, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hope, Mr. Malins of
Equity Bar, and Messrs. Keating and Greenwood of t:,O
Common Law Bar; together with a patent of precede°o
to Mr. Sergeant Kinglake. This selection, as far f.
concerns the Common Law Bar, has occasioned, we ne.:",t.
great surprise and discussion, as it was fully s° °,lll
pated that at least two gentlemen whose names :di.
not be found among those above enumerated—one em
—be
nently distinguished by his professional abilities, and I
other not only acknowledged to be a most able 108
but to have likewise attained a conspicuous eleYsti°:
in literature—would have been honoured with &ft
silk gown. Among the promotions just mentions tko
will be observed that the Northern Circuit. the o°ol
Circuit, the Midland Circuit, the Norfolk Circuit, :bee
the North and South Wales Circuits have been alt.:3lle 0
omitted. This circumstance is the most rernarksp',„ to
reference to the Northern Circuit, where in place tattoo
Queen's Counsel, as there were formerly, there are A tO
only three—Mr. Baines having been recently remov,e,"o.
fill the office of Chief Commissioner of the Poors'or
At the least the Lord Chancellor has shown an hcn°
able disregard to anything like the prompting' °f P°
tical partisanship. soot
A gentleman at Southampton was holding A Pfold
on his finger, and in its fright and eagerness to __Pwith
falling to the ground, it caught hold of his fing,_er_,ooB
its beak and bit it violently. His hand and arse 15:100
inflamed and swelled dreadfully, and he has Si"'
obliged to have his finger amputated.c for
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--"Ta,a 7 444
the week ended Feb. 11, 1849:—Coaching tr PilL,2Bol.
10s. 2d. ; parcels, 481. I la. 3d ; goods and ciiy_A:
2s. 3d.; Bteam-bonts,ll2/. 55.4 d. Total, 1,185 L up