The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., still lingers.
II( ar. Admiral Fairfax Mort- sby, C. 8., the Commander-
in-Chief in the Pacific, at Valparaiso Feb. 26, was to
proceed in his flag-ship, the Portland, 50, Captain
Chads, for Vancouver's Island, as soon as the ship bad
ref tted.
Rear-Admiral Hornby's flag-ship, Asia, 84, Captain
Stopford, on her way to England to be paid off, has a
very fair freight of specie on board.
The Prince Victor-of Hoheelohe has been appointed
a midshipman of the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour,
flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, in the
W est Indies.

Master's Assistant Wm. Woo'ridge has been appointed
to the Janus steam-vessel, at Gibraltar.

The gun-room eflicers of the flag-ship Impregnable,
78, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, 0.11., entertained the
gallant and universally-respected Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H., on Tuesday
last, at a farewell dinner.
Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, went
out of Devonport harbour yesterday, and sails to-day
with dispatches for the Lisbon squadron. It may be in-
teresting to know that the two marines who were tried
this wee were apprehended by the Plympton St. Mary
policemen,
both of whom, on hearing the direction the
prisoners had taken, followed them on the 9th of April,
who were not quite sure
these l
ese"mberindgweere Tthheedpeosleicrteemrse,l3Lsked them to have some
bier. The prisoners consented to take some beer, but
directly the constables had turned their backs the pri-
soners ran away. Pollee-constablo Lavers pursued Pen-
ton, and in a short time captured him, and pinned bim
against the hedge until a pair of handcuffs were placed
s7uBu,,,,dfvr6eAniygt.hh_e_t-sl
height-ship
upon his wrists. Neal, who was rather active on his
legs, threw down a bundle with the stolen things,
mile
outran police-coustable Fronde over a distance ontdamade
and a half of road. Neal then got into a field
uforrmation as
clean off. A watch was set in the neighbourhood, field, and
and
about seven o'clock Fronde received such
near Totnes,
led him to a public-house at Newhotusee
and the
er. After
some
ethreerseisstuancenenedtne,ei is a
ndc apprehendingndsc awrter e
adjusted,hprison
was obtained, and he
prisoner refusing to walk,
They were both undergoing
was brought home in
Captain Lord G. Paula,
t the time the dLeaserßtieolnletoAokllipalrlaceee.
is ordered
freight.
punishment a
Bellerophon,
pofs:lialedr. from Spithead
PorasmouTll,
lillthiead for the River Mist night.
into Plymouth
ship sailed from Shithead
Thr.,.„ Lady Flora
for the Thames.
day
yester afternoon
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, hauled off to
her hulk yesterday.
Tee Herald, 26, CaptainKeliet, C. 8., is on her way
to this port from the Sandwich Islands, to be paid off.
The Turkish ships at Spithead are expected to sail to.
morrow for the Mediterranean.
LtheWight
The Salsette, from Sydney, hal passed
for
ondon.
The American packet Indepcndenee sailed from Spit-
head this afternoon for New York.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 25.—The Block Eagle steam-
vessel, Master-Commander John Petley, is now ready
to be taken out of the basin, and the Lightning steam-
vessel, llaEter-Commander Henry W. Allen, will then
be taken in.

The Leopard, 12, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, of 560-
horse power, having had several alterations made in her
engines, will be delayed proceeding to Portsmouth. and
on Monday next she is to be tried down the river to as-
certain the result of the alterations.
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE SEALARR.—HaIIett, Rob.i!!so.ne,
and Co. have given notice that an account will b
(.xliibitcd iu the registry of the
Highhowin Court
oftit
Admiralty on the 15th of May
"It' fors a showing
a'count of tonnage boupties received
the i
lltlfsolbw4i till:-'
name unknown, captured by the Sea
November, 1549.
PRIZE.MONEY FOR THE KIN u
be exhibited in the registry f
Robin-
son.
o n .
Co.,
have
given
bounties Inotice,dao -e
kx'
btitheas that
receivedhglto(iilheiKingfisher,
ICf:aoasoolrehlt inteethorphitet;' a
viz.:--
The amount
miralty, on the 20th of b y
of slave and tonnageoundAedr-.
captured Sept. 4, 1849; the Cali-
mentioned vessels, capture by..
Nov 5, 1849; the Clio, captured Nov.
Cali-
fornia, captured
The Pagute do Sul,
30, 1849. THE WATERWITCII. Hull( t`,
and Co., nave given notice that five accounts
Rubinson,
d in the
w 'ill be exhibited in registry of the High Court of
PRIZE-DIOYEI- F°,ll
• , on the 20th of M. • ,
ay next, showing the amount
AdtriraltY
of slave and tonnage bounties received for the under-
menti,,ned vessels captured by the Waterwitch. A
sassid, name unknown, captured Nov. 13, 1849.
El Golfin, captured Nov. 27, 1849. Deos to Salve,
captured Dec. 26, 1849. Encarnacion, captured March
3,
_lB3O.

PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE PLuTo.—Hallelt, Robinson,
and CO. have given notice that an account will be ex-
hibited in the registry of the High Ceurt of Admiralty,
Oil the 15th of May next, showing the amount of ton-
nage bounties received for a vessel, name unknown,
captured by the steam-vessel Pluto, on the 15th Sept.,
191,3.

REAL
A TALE Or
NOTICE.—" MIRIAM SEDLET,"
LIFE.—So great ha 3 been the demand for this new novel
from the pen of the accomplished Lady Bu,lwer Lytton, that
all the copies which Nvne printed in the first instance were
disposed of within a very tew days after its publication ; and
we are requested to state that an additional supply of copies
will be ready for delivery this day (Saturday), to meet the
orders received from all parts of the country.
THE NUISANCE AT THE WEST-END OF PAELIA..
MENT-STREET.—The steam-engines which for so many
months were stationed at the West-end of Parliament-street,
and which were such an eye-sere to the passers by, and a
nuisance to the neighbourhood, have at length been removed,
and workmen are busily employed in filling up the unsightly
ditches which surrounded them, anti which emitted t,tleti
noxious And pektifereuS ()hum

Fifth Edition, Svo., 23. ed.,
LETTERS to JOHN BULL, Esq., on Affairs
connected with his Landed Property, and the Persons who
Live thereon.
By Sir EDWARD BULWEB LYTTON', Bart.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

HER 2dAJESTIr 'ITSIGHTTHEATRE.
GRAND EXTRAFirst Night of the New Opera, LE TRE NOZZE.
It 13 respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will
take place on THURSDAY EVENING next, May 1, when will be
presented, for the first time in this country Alari's new Opera Buffo,
in three acts, produced with the greatest success at the Italian Opera,
Paris, entitled

LE THE NOZZE.

Luisa, Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani; La Marchesa
di Forll, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor
Gardoni ; Cricca,
signor Ferranti (his first appearance is this coun-
try) ; Il Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache.
To be followed by
L 'I
the First
DE S Tableau
AMOURS of the admired Ballet,
LE .

marine. Amalie !Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamou-
Team, Allegrini, Koblenberg, Dantcnie, Pascales, and M. Charles.
The performances will commence with the Last Act of Bellini's
celebrated Opera,

LA SONNAMBULA.

Amin*, Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Count Rodolph, Sig. Coletti
and Elvin°, Sig. Calaolari.
Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Balfe. j
Miler which will be presented the admired Ballet,
LES METAMORPHOSES.
By Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoreux
Allegrini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MM,
Ehrick Paul Taglioni, and Charles.

App/cation for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box•
office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to cool
mence at Half-past Seven o'clock.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
First Appearance of Madlle. ALAIMO.
It is respectfully announced that THIS EVENING will be pre.
anted Donizettl's Opera,
LITCREZIA BORGIA.

Lucrezia, Madlle. Alaimo (her first appearance in England) ;
Maffeo Orsini, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Gennaro, Signor Gardoni (his
first appearance this season) ; Vetalozzo, M. Poultier ; Levaratto,
Signor Scott! ; Rustighello, Signor Mercarialli; Gazello, Bign°r
Casanova ; Gubetta, Signor Lorenzo ; Astolfo, Signor Balanclal ;
Petrucci, Signor F. Lablache ; Alfonzo, Signor Lablache.
After which will be presented the admired Ballet,

LES METAMORPHOSES,
In which Mane. Carlotta Grisi, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lam"reux'
Allegrini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota,
MM. Ehrick, and Charles will appear.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
arket.
Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade,------/laYtn

TEEATRE ROYAL, DRUR LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
THE GREAT EXIIIBITIO.
Mr. James Anderson, lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal
rnry Lane, begs to acquaint the Noby, Gentry and Public in
general, as well also Messieurs les Stranors, that he has determined
upon a GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF ADMISSION
at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on and after EASTER
MONDAY, APRIL 21st, 1851'
In order to avoid the reproach of taking an unworthy advantage
of t
see has arranged his he time, and those who honour us with their presence, the
scale of prices so that they may tally, as near
es
as possible, with those of the continental theatres. And as every
desirous
one who visits these shores must of necessity be d • -
of visiting the National Theatre (so liberally patronised by the Go-
representation
vernment, the Court, and the country) to witness the
of the immortal works of our great dramatist, the Lessee h
order to facilitate the wishes of all parties, determined upon thea fol-
lowing scale of prices :
Stalls and Dress Circle -

First Price. - Second Price.
Boxes
Pit
Lower Gallery - - . . 2. Is. Od.
]s•. No half-price
Upper Gallery - - - - 8,31. to Galleries.
private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d•
Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od.
Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 11. 1 Is. Ed.
Ditto 4 ditto 11. 11s. 6d. to 1/. Is. Od.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant&
THE QUEEN OF SPADES. Prince of Moskau, Mr. W. Lacy ;
Ivan, Mr. West; Kopeck, Mr. Barrett; Katinka Nelidorf, Mrs.
Nlrbett ; Olga, Mrs. W. Lacy.
Atter which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ XEL,
THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr.:Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. H. T. Cra-
ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr.
Rafter; JaPlitel,, Miss 'Pillars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia,
%I tdlle. Tletorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion. ____Azl

THEATRE ROYAL, fIAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton.

THIS EVENING,
be performed Mollere's Coniedy of TARTUFFE. Oregon,
Mr. Lambert ; Damis, Mr. Davenport ; Valere, Mr. Howe ; Cleante,
Mr. Rogers ; Tartuffe, Mr. B. Webster ; M. Loyal, Mr. Selby ; El-
mire, Mis§ Reynolds ; Marione, Miss L. Addison ; Dorine, Mrs.
After which, a new and (m times go) original domestic drama of
startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi-
tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnheim, Mr. J. Bland; Count
Florestine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss I'.
Horton ; Devilshoof, Mr. B. Buekstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H.
Bedford.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
under the direction of Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original
drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE.

After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr.
Frank Copal, Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk,
Miss E. Harding.
To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical
fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson ;
Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the laughable farce of A NIGHT of HORRORS.
Scribbleton, Mr. S. Emery.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Komi and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE DI
A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley,
Addison, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C.
Kean.

To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALIT A NEDRA ;
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson, Leclerc', Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Veer%
Sole Lessee, Mr. Chazles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed

AMAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear
for the third time since her indisposition.
To conclude with a new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
called THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS. Characters by Messrs. C
Mathews, It. Itoxby, Bellingham, Hornclostle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver.
•

that the general and determined resistance offered in
1848 to his proposition for the increase of the charge
from 21. 18s. 4d. to 51,, or from 7d. to is. in the
pound, was occasioned by a dislike to the impost
itself, and a preference for indirect rather than fo direct
taxation. He wilfully closed his eyes to the actual
state of affairs, and chose to ascribe his own decisive
and humiliating discomfiture to a cause which a
moment's consideration might have shown him was
not the true one. He yielded, because in that year of
revolutions he could not venture to disregard the
voice of public opinion, or to treat it with the con-
temptuous indifference which he had previously, and
has on many occasions subsequently exhibited. But
" He who complies against his will,
Is of the same opinion still."
The Minister of Finance was conquered,
us
dneoltio
con-
vinced ; he clung obstinately to his cherished
and if he were influenced by any consideration or
reason whatsoever in forming the " conclusion " at
which he arrived, if it were not a mere chance,
like the haphazard move of a child in playing i
with the pieces at chess, although understanding
nothing of the combinations at which he should aim
—it was his defeat in 1848 that increased his obsti-
nacy in 1851, and rendered it invincible.
Once more, we tell Sir CHARLES Wool), that the
true causes of the opposition to the increase of the
impost were-Ist, that the necessity for such an in-
crease, or for any addition of any kind or description
to the national burdens, was not recognised. The
public incomep,uebNiiecnatthatperie.fd, was amply suffi-
cient for the expenditure, due economy were
exercised and the wanton and profligate extravagance
that had prevailed in some of the departments
decisively discouraged. 2dly. The atrocious injustice
of the existing system had even then deeply exasperated
the people. Active steps were taken to prevent any
addition to the charge unless an equitable adjustment
were at the same time entered into. Meetings were
held in all parts of the country, at which the argu-

ments of the various speakers were directed against
the gross impropriety, the crying grievance, of
equally assessing all descriptions of incomes, no mat-
ter how obtained or from what sources de-
rived. Few objected to a property-tax, if it
were required for the liquidation of the national lia-
bilities or the maintenance of the national
establishments, but they believed that it was not essen-
tial to the well-being of the country, and that the re-
fusal to sanction it would have a very salutary effect ;
and even if it could not be done without, it should be
materially modified before it could receive any further
confirmation that could give it•additional strength or
stability.
Sir CHARLES WOOD, has, however, totally disre-
garded these obvious considerations ; the greater por-
tion of his speech in introducing "the precious Budget"
was directed to prove the superiority of direct taxa-
tion, and the advantages of the income-tax, but there
was no argument to show that the present arrangement
was just or equitable, or that the party who earns 300/.
per annum, by excessive and health-destroying la-
bour, mental or bodily—or who acquires it by a pre-
carious speculation, in which his entire capital is
risked—is in as good a position as the owner of
10,0001. in the Three per Cents. or of 3001. a year
from ground-rents payable out of property of ten
times the value. That might have been rather a
difficult task, and the Right Hon. Baronet altogether
passed it by on the first occasion ; and even on in-
troducing the amended Budget he merely con-
descended to say that he " had considered the matter,
read various publications respecting it, and had
ARRIVED AT THE CONCLUSION," &C., &O.