The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-07 00:00:00

Present tin-oriel-, in every branch of die Lei
.
"nut, except that,which s under the dettomt-
'na-tion of taxes. When we consider that thit,
tern, flotie) in.- statement is maile,.notwatistamling
the great amount of taxes that has been repealed,,
we may very fairly conclude that the system of
taxation is z,gain returning Co sound and whaler
N6me footing, and we hope-it will be an encourage=
meta to the Ministers to go on with the review,
e • •
and reduce every tax that op-pears to have been
°verstrained. There is one' thing, however, SO
be observed with regard to the ,Customs,
that the natural effect of a reduction of Custom
u•t
Y on every article would be to induce importa-,
. tions,and the increase in the Customs may therefore
be traced to this source, withotif tit
allinferring.
that increased consumption has followed decreased
duty,; and it is only by the consumption that,
"Y. -judgment can be formed as to the opera-
tion of the tax. The Excise Revenue is al-.
together free from this observation : that ta,x:
operates on the consumer, and on him only,
au'd wherever therefore -decreased duty has
lir°ught an increase on tire same amount of
lIP
Venne) that -limy be wiry .fiArly taken as a
Mist criterion,,.and the operation of the duty
fairly defined.

\Ve publish this day the official dispatches
from the Liberating,Army, of Peru, detailing the
Particulars of the dcisive battle of Ayacucho, on
the 9th. December, hy which the independence
or the Spanish Americas was achieved. The con,
Met
terrible and attended with great loss
but the
victory was never doubtful for.a mOrnent,
and the result was, that the
whole surviving Spa
tits
Army surrendered the same evening, and by
the t
-,,erbis of the capitulation every place pas-
-4" by the Spaniards in Peru was given-
UP
to the Patriots. On the news- reach-
thg the head-quarters of BoLtva tt, he is-
;tied a Proclamation, announcing that the time
'ad arrived when he felt, it his duty to fulfil his
P,r,unlise to divest himself of the Dictatorship.
,
e Congress of Peru was convoked for the tqth
Du
February, and on that day, the anniversary of
los accePting the supreme authority, he intended
tir resign it. This great man will then re-
eve) with the proud gratification,,of having for
ther extinguished the hopes of =sovereignty of
the King of SPAIN over his former kingdom of
Indies, and of having established- the inde.
ppel
'ace of the new States of America on a solid
Permanent basis.

•
I\l •
capers were published at Paris on 'Mon-
,"
se riling, Easter-day being: oh-
Fred •
ro • as a hOliday in that capital. We have
• -eel v,,i
Af •" the Etoile published in the. afternoon of.
°oda
Y. and dated Tuesday, from which .
among-
;,t
oc.:
:1: extracts,ottir amadeco,,Cwo ,Istyurteibldjt.
itreh;eicrtpiii:or i
w i
rilurderce'dl they were treaclierOusly,. robbed awl
(,Prwin the Etoile, data Tuesday.)
Constat7ve tne following accounts from our correspondent at
f
its histor Pie of .4„horrible -event unknown in the -Ames 0
" At ‘' which has taken place in that capital _
were e hour of midnight, two men belonging to the gtyird
cernetger°lng by the side a the houses which border,the little
ehen
orlYil. Suddenly they perceived' a porter bearing- large
eveas is shoulders, who, on being questioned, answered that
of icl,rl7ing to the port the effects of a traveller Who was on the
they departure. In consequence of the suspicions which
the 1
nab y conceived, the-guards conducted the porter back
open
.1_ house from which he had Iconic; andas he refused to
of ti"le chest, on the pretext that he had not got the key, one
%h': Turks remained,. and the other ran to inform the
hitter .ga'(cOmmarider of the guard) of what had liaised.
The Tne'diately repaired to the spot, with his attendants.
say, Yt open the chest. What a horrible sight.! 'I hey
of a ;o dead bodies cut in pieces; one that of a Jew, the other
reeop 'auk. They were struck .as with a. ray of light. TheY
teacted that several individuals had disappeared from Peru
and Galatea latea, whose relations and friends could not by any means
for their strange disappearance.
"The BaCh-aga caused this house, and four others:, belong-
„ge t° Turks which, together with the first, formed as it
an island', to be surrounded. After a strict search, they
twioenre3 convinced that these five houses had internal communica-
taisid 'They proceeed to dig, and found a well which cn-
h, , several deedsbodies. The men and women which .
(la:at d this horrible den were arrested, and the crime has..heen-
ty!overed in its whole .extent. The abject of their association
ot:'s to draw into the snare any one who had , fine stufrs,to
un.a4l,. rier whom they invited to come and exchange to advan-
,v4ti money for that lately issued. vjr,
those vg,l3 er three women were particularly employed to call
it "'nit Passed, and who, when ,they were once drawn into
t-_'e snare, were:stripped and murdereditYthe men. Such a
fluT4e of iniquities and horrors could lint long escape the watch-
be eye of Justice. •It has seized on 'all the guilty, who, have-
-COnkttMed to death, and executed-without distinction of
40t. The- Sultan then commanded that the doors. and win,'
sh:01 f the five .Turkish houses should be wed up, and
jut d thus remain with the. stamp of reprobation., ,and as a
its intnign,rnon„unient of a crime without parallel, and frightful by
tag the abrielle, bombard, Capt.Allegre, which. was l?ring-
of V,„• animals sent by the Bey of,. Tunis to his Majesty, has
,71, en the. coast of Sidi-Aout;-at the entrance of the Gulf
Part "ll's, The whole crew was saved, as well as the greater
of the animals. They had no news of the Cybele frigate;
It wl'eh sailed in com.pany with this bombard, which it convoyFd:
arosea' hoped, however, that it had survived the tempest, which.
ithe 2d day after its departure, and continued
that days.
of
10 orlt,!er from Rheims says—" It is affirmed. , a cai.mp •
the (~,'-,000 men will be formed about thes town at the time of
bel,,n-uronation. It is thought that the regiments of infantry
tent, long to the nearest garrisons will be encamped under
.
majz and that the cavalry will be placetthLFantonments. His
after the sacred ceremony, will review all these troops.
that ti:Yer•4lay Le, the correctness of;this assertion, it is !erten,
war several Aides-de-Camp of his Excellency, the Minister of
for the have arrived'here,'-anct 'ire seeking for suitable ground
the cavacrnlc:,
.and visiting the villages to find cantonments for
Plix4"l • •
operte 1- en FITNDS.—PAnis, Apltzt 4.----Five per Cents.
Retitei.)at IOH. ; closed at 101 f. 95c. • Bank Stock, 2,050
lei. • '*Nseles; (Certif.: ralconet) 39f. dc. ; Bente d'Espagne,
ot,e,Latoyla Spanish Loan, 1323, sf. Exchane on Londort,
24=1. ; three Months, 24.3 90.-4 Cour:g Arithentivie.)

thif.isbon Gazettes to the c.leith March reached us
morning. Sit-CHRL U
AES STAELT arrived at
14811°11 on the 25th, and landed on- the following
artny at one o!clock under a salute from the flag-
il) the rest of the squadron having at the same
all theii yards 'manned. The King of Pon
oi - tiGatt. was then at his Palace at Mafra, but
expected hi his capital within a few days.
't Will be, seen by the following extract, that
thri4/ Q"ornment' of Porlugal has permitted the
„
-I.9"atidn frarn the CanirYUands wine,