The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAI, APRIL 9, 1856.

As a matter of course, Mr. OTwAY'S amiable
effort on Monday evening was a failure. Don't we
all know that Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE is a bit of a
favourite at the Palace ? Don't we all very well
remember, moreover, how egregiously, a few ses-
sions back, the present Prime Minister of Eng-
land, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
was snubbed, not to say flagrantly insulted, by
reason of his supposed antagonism to certain un-
constitutional influences exercised by " a shadow
behind the throne" of his SOVEREIGN ? And can't
we readily enough comprehend through the sub-
serviency since then evinced (possibly in the way
of expiation) by that same illustrious statesman to
that same mysterious adumbration of Royalty—
can't we readily enough comprehend, through our
cognisance of that subserviency on the part of the
Noble Viscount, how it should come to pass on
Monday evening for the nine hundred and
ninety-ninth time that his Lordship should take
up the cudgels manfully for another of
the charming ",weaknesses" of H. R. 8., for
a favourite at the Palace, now under the taboo of
certain anonymous writers in the public news-
papers ? As a matter of course, we say Mr.
OTWAY'S amendment failed under these circum-
stances. The result o! his attempt was as obvi-
ously inevitable as it is that two and two
should make four ! Reprehend Sir CHARLES
EASTLAKE, forsooth, because he happens to have
inflicted upon the nation a miserable daub under
the name of PAULO VERONESE, at the cost of some
2,0001., filched from the public Treasury 1. The
idea was preposterous—with Sir CHARLES EAST-
LAKE in such very high favour at Windsor
and Pimlico. " THE IDEA !"—[Surely, when
we remember this as a specimen of one,
Somebody was not so very far wrong
after all when he suggested to a silly lady in-
quiring the meaning of the word, that—ldea—
" Idea, ma'am,ldiot is the feminine of
!"] The
idea of hauling poor dear Sir CHARLES over the
coals for having spent one thousand nine hundred
and a good many odd pounds upon a wretched daub
upon a very large canvass purporting to be a repre-
sentation of the " Adoration of the Magi" by the
great PAULO CAGLIARI, otherwise known as PAULO
VERONESE ! Again we say—The Idea—was
simply . preposterous. What could the hon.
member for Stafford have been dreaming of—
we wonder—to suppose for one instant that the
House of Commons would venture to blow a
feather of doubt (let alone hurling a brickbat of
blame) at the immaculate and infallible taste of
that highly-cultivated POCOCURANTE,IIOW installed
for some years past as President of the Royal
Academy . Particularly when, as Lord PALMER-
STON reminded Parliament on Monday evening,
Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE himself has "far too
much good sense to allow his serenity to be
disturbed" by anonymous writings in the
publio newspapers ! It mattered nothing, of

by one' who arrogates to himself the title of a
statesman, and who speaks ex cathedra, that their
only defence against inj.istice is to be found in
fraud and deception, and to be encouraged in a
course so demoralising? It is, indeed, a grievous
and intolerable insult to the community—one that
will no doubt be repeated in Continental and
brans-Atlantic journals as evidence of the low
state of mercantile morality in Great Britain.
We may have to submit to such imputations in
other climes, but it is too bad they should receive
weight and validity from the speech of a British
Minister, and that the chosen representatives
should, by a deliberate vote, show that they lent
any degree of credence to his defamatory argu-
ments.

had remarked in The Sun, iu reference to the
glaring demerits of the picture, and of the no less
glaring absurdity of allowing Sir CMARLES
ELsT-
LAKE hereafter to, go maundering over the Con-
tinent, spending thousands of the public
money in the purchase or so much damaged
canvass ! Well, Mr. OTWAY'd efforts —of
course—as any one might have predicated—
failed, failed totally and egregiously. The Pre-
sident of the Royal Academy being a bit of a
favourite " somewhere "—we wonder where F in
Lilliput-land or Brobdignag ? his peccadillo was
hushed up, and every sixpence asked for snugly
voted by a complacent House—as a matter of
course—nemine [Mr. OTWAY and the Fourth
Estate excepted]contradicente ! And so the big daub
of the " Magi" still hangs in the place of honour
upon the wall rendered classic by SERASTIANO DEL
PIOMBO'S "Lazarus "—now removed to another
part of the Gallery, to show off as conspicuously
as possible—(what shall we call it 9)—Sir CHARLES
EASTLAKE'S " Folly 1"

Is there a single person throughout the length
and breadth of the land who entertains any rea-
sonable expectation that the Income and Property
Tax will be suffered to expire in 1860 ? Who
supposes that the qualified promise of Mr. GLAD-
STONE will be fully and faithfully redeemed ? We,
cannot suppose the existence of an individual so
credulous, in whom the organ of gullibility is so
largely developed, as to indulge in the pleasing
delusion. When the Right Hon. Member for the
University of Oxford brought forward his budget,
in which he asked for the renewal of the tax for
seven years, in place of for three, we explained
the nature of the fraud—the gross fraud—prac-
tised on the community. We pointed out the
palpable mockery, and showed that, in accordance
with the true red-tapist priuciPle, he was only
anxious to tide over the difficulty for the time
being, leaving the arduous duty to a future Minis-
ter, which he endeavoured to shirk, per fees cunt
nefas.

The very important question was certainly
brought forward under the most unfavourable
circumstances. " Save us from our friends"
may well be the exclamation of those assessed
under schedule D. Mr. MUNTZ, although mean-
ing well, has certainly, by his ill-judged motion,
rendered important assistance to those who strive
. -
to prevent any modification of the tax during the
present year. We trust, however, that another
and more energetic effort may be made. The
opportunity will be afforded when the Budzet is
brought forward, and Sir G. C. LEvils cannot
assert that he has not received due warning to
prevent him from placing reliance on an unmodi-
fied Income Tax as a portion of the available assets
of the Exchequer for the financial year, which
will terminate on the 31st March, 1856.

MURDER IN THE COUNTY
ROSCOMMON.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Yesterday evening Mrs. Sarah Kelly, hitherto
distinguished in our Law Courts as the successful
suitor in the case of " Kelly v. Thewles," was
murdered, while walking in her grounds with her
nephew. _ _

Two men, with blackened faces, approached,
and desiring the nephew to stand aside they dis-
charged pistols and shot the unfortunate lady
through the head. Her death was instantaneous.

THE MISSING STEAMER PACIFIC.

ADMIRALTY, 9TH APRIL, 1856.

The Lords of the Admiralty have received a
report from Captain Dunlop, of H.M.S. Tartar,
detailing the results of the search, undertaken by
command of their lordships, for the missing
steamer Pacific.

Capt. Dunlop's attention in performing this
service was principally directed to the space be-
tween the 50th and 55th degrees of North Lati-
tude, and the 10th and 20th degrees of West
Longitude.
In order to cover the largest space it was
deemed expedient that the vessels should sepa-
rately prosecute the search. The Tartar having
a strong S.E. gale in her favour proceeded as far
West as 25 degrees of longitude, in the parallel
of 5L

When out of the track of vessels guns were
fired every two hours during the night, and the
most vigilant look out kept night and day. The
search unfortunately proved ineffectual.
CAptaiu Dunlop reports that at 50 dog. 30
min. N., and 19 deg. 30 W., he passed many
outward and homeward bound vessels, two of
which he spoke, and he feels very confident
that the Pacific cannot be south of the
parallel of 53 north latitude, as is that case she
would have been fallen in with by seme of the
traders.

No accounts have yet been received of the
cruise of the Desperate, but her arrival at Galway
has been reported by telegraph.
Captain Dunlop further reports as follows :
" On the 29th ult. I fell in with the American ship
Jacob Badger, from Calcutta, bound for London.
She is suppoaed to have run foul of a wreck,
and was in a dangerously leaky state, having
nearly 4ft. of water iu her hold. She made
a signal of distress, and I sent our captain
and a large party of men on board, pumped
her as clear of water As possible, and as her owl,
crew (21 in number) were much exhausted, at
the request of the master I put a midshipman
and eight men on board to assist in navigating
her into port.

The public mind was at that time strongly ex-
cited on the subject. Lord ABERDEEN, the nomi-
nal Premier, and Lord JoHN RUSSELL, the leader
of the House of Commons, had yielded to the
strongest " pressure from without," and made
speeches intimating that the unjust and oppressive
tax would be modified, and rendered more equit-
able in its operation. A large majority of the
leading men in both branches of the Legislature
had virtually given similar pledges. And there
was a general expectation that " the smartest
chap in the Cabinet" would fully and fairly carry
out their views, and go far beyond the petty instal
ment of justice which his predecessor, in the
financial department, had actually proposed in
his budget.
But Mr. GLADSTONE abided by his fiscal
crotchets with unflinching perversity. He found
that it was impossible to stern the torrent of the
general opinion, and was satisfied that if he at-
tempted to propose the renewal for the ordinary
period of three years, he would have been left in
a hopeless minority, and that he could not hop.,
to obtain the support even of his own colleagues
in that which they had admitted to be grossly
inequitable and impolitic. He therefore endea
voured to evade the difficulty by craft and cun-
ning, and by holding out a reasonable expectation
of- the speedy reduction, and ultimate extinction
of the impost, to induce Parliament to consent to
its alleged temporary renewal.
It is needless to say how completely the ruse
succeeded, or how readily Honourable Gentlemen
fell into the trap. Nor need we refer to the too
speedy verification of our own predictions, by the
doubling of the tax in 1854, and the addition of
2d. in the 11. in 18553 making, in all, Is. 4d. in
the 11., or 61. 13s. 4d. par cent., a charge which
materially aggravated the injustice and oppresAion
exercised towards the great majority of the parties
assessed under schedule D. That tax produced
during the last year, as Sir G. C. LEWIS informed
the House, no less than 16,418,0001. sterling,
and is it possible to suppose that any Financial
Minister will consent to abandon so profitable a
source of revenue, and one that is obtained at so
somparatively trifling a cost of collection ? We
cannot lay the flattering unction to our coals ;
and now that the War has terminated, not a mo-
ment should be lost in removing the well-founded
objections to the charge. We tell the taxpayers,
who are now writhing under the infliction, that
there is not the
Slightest chance of its reduction
in 1857 to sd. in 1/
or of its extinction in 1860.
There is a fat greater prospect of a further in-
crease, possibly to 10 per cent., or 2s. in the 11. ;
and therefore there can be no valid reason
why the inquiry into its operation, which must
take place before any revision of the tax, should
be postponed for a single day.

" I have the honour to inform their Lordships
hat, according to their instructions, I arrived
here last night, and finding no orders from them,
I shall proceed to sea again to continue the search
until the period of my return to Spithead, as
specified in their Lordship,' instructions."

RIMING THE BLOCKADE OF RUSSIAN
P'ThTS.

(From the Gazette of last Evening.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, April 8.

Notice is hereby given that, pending the rati-
ficAtion of the Treaty of Peace, an armistice by
sea, as well as by land, has been agreed upon be-
tween Great Britain and her Allies on the one
plrt, and Russia on the other ; and that conse-
quently orders have been given for immediately
raising the Blockade of Russian ports.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has already
suffered the cloven foot to peep out. Ha his
shown, beyond the possibility of doubt, that we
have nothing to expect from his sense of justice;
that if the people desire a change they must lay
their awn shoulders to the wheel, and trust to
their own exertions for the relief which cannot
otherwise be hoped for. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man has adopted all the worn-out fallacies and
quibbles of his predecessors. He endeavours to
show that there is "a compensating principle,"
founded on—what ?—the false and fraudulent
returns of those assessed under schedule D ! And
is this gross and infamous libel on the industrious
classes to be tolerated ? Are those who earn their
daily bread by the sweat of their brow to be told

THE Si"Pi, 1401413014, WED NEM 13Av rfVE)CI`44A—A_IsTt IL DI 143_4t„,

LATEST NE WS.

ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 8.

The official journal publishes the naval armis-
tice ; after the ratification of peace all the ships
seized will be released. Admiral Metlin has been
called to St. Petersburg.

MADRID, APRIL 7.

In yesterday's sitting of the Cortes several
articles a the financial plan were voted. The
Cortes will very shortly grant the authorisation
for the railroad to the frontier of Portugal. Tran-
quillity reigns throughout the kingdom.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUBSDAY EVENING.

Count Buol has received instructions to remain
at Paris, in order to take part in the deliberations
upon such details of execution as yet remain to be
settled.

A letter in the Const•itutionnel says that on the
30th of March there was a rumour in St. Peters-
burg of a third state loan for-a sum of 50,000,000
of roubles.

The Moniteur contains the following :—" In
consequence of the unfavourable accounts from
Paraguay relative to the manner in which emi-
grants are there treated, the French Government
has suspended, until further orders, the granting
of passports for that country. Colonists who feel
desirous of proceeding to Paraguay are, therefore,
recommended to wait until the situation of
foreigners there shall have been placed under better
regulations."

)3ounsE, April B.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. tr. a. End of Month,
ti per Cents 92 75 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 73 73 43

New Loan

under the ; .4141411w-4 something-like system. Wool I
warehouses are no longer occupied with passengerst lug-
gage amtl evidences of European insanity in the shape of
unsuitable merchandise; they are again devoted to the
use of staple export for which they were built. The re-
sults of the clip of the present season are not yet suffi-
ciently knoivn to warrant any very reliable statement of
the yield ; its will be in excess of that of last year cet-
tainly, but the ratio of increase will not be great. The
effects of that pest of Australian sheep-runs—scab—will
have worked its influence on the progress of this inte-
rest. In quality the 'present clip will, it. is expected,
excel that of any year since the discovery of gold. The
earliness of the season will insure a greater freedom
from burrs and grass seeds, and greater pains have been
taken in the washing and shearing. Shipping is plenti-
ful, freights ruling froin cl. to ld. per lb. Charges of
carriage from- town to the Bay, from 2s. to 3s. 6d. per
bale.

" Finance—The financial statement for the quarter
and year" ended the 31st of December was issued by the
Government immediately on the close of 1855. While a
decrease is shown in the total receipts for the year as
cmpared with those of 1854. there is at the same time
good reason for congratulating the country on the rapid
improvement in some chief sources of revenue, especially
in the cu-toms, which may be considered the pulse of
the country. It will be observed that there is a falling
off in the gold .revenues to the extent of about 100,000/. ;
but, as more than that has been saved in policeand in the
Gold, Commissioner's and other establishments, the mea-
sures of last session in: reference to the gold fields may
be fairly pronounced to be financially successful. The
chief decrease in revenue is in that derived from the sale of '
land ; but, as we have before explained, this does not
eo mush arise from the diminished price per acre rea-
lised. an the whole, the statement of revenue may be
pronounced satisfactory. The year 1855 has been a
trying year to the colony. A commercial crisis was at its
height when it was ushered in, and confidence was nearly
prostrate. The expenditure of the Government was on a
recklessly extravagant scale, and in excess of the re-
sources of the colonyessmagnificent as those resources
are, and elastic as they have been proved to be
through- -a long continued trial of no ordinary- in•
tensity. The close Of the year witnessed a very different
state of things ; confidence has in the main been restored
—the government of the Colony bas been carried on with
telerab►e efficiency ; the amount that Ministers bad cal-
culated to be absolutely necessary was reduced by above
a million and a half of money. The sum of 4,801,292/.
was estimated by the Executive, while the gross auto
voted by the Legislative Council was under 3,000,0001.,
exclusive of the debts due to the banks. The estimates
for 1856, which were laid on the table of the house by
the outgoing Ministry, are framed in the spirit of ecii-
nomy initiated in the past year. The revenue is estimated
at 2,738,6001., and the expeniiture at 2,792,1521., leav-
ing a deficiency of 53,5521., which it is prop° .ed to inset
by a temporary loan, without interest, from the Pound-
age Fund .
" Agriculture—We have recorded at various times the
progress made during last year in cultivation, and we have
now the satisfaction of stating that the crops in course of
being garnered exceed in quantity and quality those of
any previous year. To distant readers, who are but little
acquainted with our agricultural districts a succinct state-
ment of a general character will better convey an idea of
agricultural progress than the specific statements which
reach US from those localities. It is estimated that the
area of land under cultivation this year is at least double
that of any former year, and that the produce will be
equal to more than the quadruple of any one of the three
years. The proportion of wheat to other produce has
largely increased, and, although importations will be ne-
cessary, as great advance has been made towards estab-
lishing the colony as self-sustaining in the article of
bread. The supply of hay throuishent the country is
altogether unprecedented, and although large quantities,
which could not be stacked in cons& quence of the scar-
city of labour, have been destroyed or injured by heavy
falls of rain, there is still suftc!ent, it is computed, to
supply the wants of the colony in this article, which
has hitherto been extensively imported. The growth
of barley in Victoria is limited, but oats are largely
cultivated, and the predime this year will be greater than
during any former period. A reduc bon of price has natu
rally followed the increase of production ; and, while we
congratulate consumers on the cheapened cost of most
of the necessaries of life, we are happy to state that cur•
rent prices and future prospects are satisfactory also to
the producers. Goed agricultural land exists in abun-
dance in the neighbourhood of the principal gold fields,
and around the many villages springing up at short dis-
tances along the leading roads. During last year large
quantities of this land were sold, and have been partially
cultivated, a !ding new producing districts to those
which formerly constituted our only sources of local sup-
ply. Contemporaneously with the extension of cultiva-
don, flour-mills are being erected in anticipation of the
harvest, and the population on the gold fields will this
year draw their supplies partly from the contiguous land,
instead of incurring the enormous expense of cartage
from Melbourne or Geelong. We look forward to a
still further increase of cultivation this year, and already
in some places the plough is busily at work in• maiden
soil. We desire also to mention that a numerous class
if small farmers have lately settled on land purchased
from the Crown out of their savings, and appear fully
satiAfied with the result of their first experiment; while
market gardeners have this year derived a greater pro-
fit, on the whole, than diving last season.
"Accounts from New South Walks, South Australia,
and Tasmania are as favourable, in reference to the
hountilulness of the harvest, as those which we furni-h
of the colony of Victoria ; and we may add that nothincz
!seems to he wanted to give perfect success to the laud-
able efforts of agriculturists but a proper supply of la-
bour, the scarcity of which may, at the last moment,
wreck the industry of a year.

73 75

Bank Shares 4,050 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,690 Austrian

Belgian Five 5.,....., Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 93 50 Home Debt ... .. ,s, 40i

RAILWAYS-SOR CASH.

fr. c. fr. c.
Orleans (xd) 1,345 Western........ j(xd) 915
Northern .. ..... ~ 1,052 50 Straf b a rg 1,036 25
Lyons ...,... 1,3i2 50 New Ditt0...
51editerranean 1,650 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva BlO Testa
Cette 787 50 Austrian Com. ...... 525

. .
"Gas—The gas ompany fulfilled their prlmise to the
people of Melbourne. On the Ist Jan., 1856, it was
upplied to al who had made preparations for its use.
l'he undertaking has been a gigantic one, and before the
operations are completed no less a sum than 150,0001.,
it is calculated,' will have been expended. The amount
of the original estimate of cost was 20,0001. The neces-
.ary apparatus for lighting the streets has not yet arrived,
but its arrival is hourly expected, and immediately
'.hereafter the full advantage of tho gas manufacture will
be enjoyed by the people of Melbourne.
"Political—Although but a very short time has
=dapsed since the date of our last summary, the political
.ioausioo which subsisted then 1133 been worse con-
f,unded by the death of our late governor, Sir Charles
flotham.

" We as vet posscs.s little experience of Sir William
Moles worth's appointments, but, judging him by his
antec,ident., we would r...ther leave the choice of our
new Governor to him than to any Colonial Minister
eho has held office within the scrpe of our memory.
The Council met yesterday, and an explanation was
,xpected. Mr. Haines, however, having' moved the
appointment of a select committee to prepare an address
of condolence to Lady Hotham, moved further, that no
•ither business: Ahnuid be procted.d with till this melan•
choly duty had been done, and the Inns() a 'journed
almost immediately, without a word of expla• ation
being given. We believe the most prevalent opinion t
he, that Mr. Haine's Ministry will retain office, but this
opinion we do not share, At the moment we write we
hear that a;requisition to the Mayor of Melbourne, to
call a meeting to consider the propriety of addressing
her Majesty, praying her to extend to the colonists the

~rivilege of choosing their Governor, has been signed by
many influential citizens.

t•The late. Sir Charles Hotham—The news of the
Governor's sudden death spread a del-) gloom over the
city. AU places of amusement were closed. A ball
which was announced to take place at the Exhibition
Buialing was indefinitely postponed ; and the same
course was pursued with reference to a dinner to cele-
brate the lighting of the city with gas, and to the cere-
monial of laying the feundation-stone of the Western
Market. The aortal remains of his Excellency were,
on Friday, the 4th instant, interred in the New Ceme-
tery, in the presence of an immense concourse
of persons. The spectators included the represen-
tatives of every grade of society in Victoria. `Ministers
•f every denomination, the civil and military authorities
of the colony, and' an immense mass of all classes of
colonists took part in the last ceremonials due from them
to the deceased representative of the Majesty of Eng-
land. rho awful suddenness of the stroke which at a
critical moment has deprived the colony of
it, Governmental head, and a t trorig feeling
which since the death of Sir Char es has 01101
ground namely, that lis inental faculties had
been overtasked by the anxieties of his position—had
caused a powerful sentiment of syoipatl y for the de-
ceased on all sides.; and the appeal made to the citiz.ais
by his wor=hip:tbe M.uyor was, we are glad to observe,
very generally met.' Business was almost entirely sus-
pended throughout Abe day, and it is well worthy of
notice that the conduct of the groups assembled in the
streets, both prior to and during the progress of the
procession, evinced a proper and decorous bearing cm-
sistent with the solemnity of the occasion. The clergy
were, represented by about 20 ministers of the Church of
England, and 40 ministers of other persuasions. Among
the latter were the Roman Catholic bishop and vicar-
general. Nearly 1,000 civilians walked in the proces-
sion, exclusive of those we have already referred to.
About 200 private carriages and vehicles also followed,
conveying at least 250 more persons, and there were also
from 50 to 60 on horseback. The arrangewents for
moving this immense mass of people forward were ad-
mirably carried out ; and in the course of a few minu. PP,
the military hand 'playing the Dead March,' and the
muffled bells of the cathedral chiming, the gigantic pro-
cession moved forward in perfect order and regularity
towards the Cemetery, by the route of Collins-street,
Elizabeth:street, and northward, passing the Univer-
sity."
Lady Hotham had engaged a passage to Eng-
land on board the Anglesey.
In the Legislative Council on the 9th,
" The Chief Secretary moved a brief address of con-
dolence to Lady Hotbam, which was unanimon,ly
adopted. The Chief Secretary entered into an explana
tion of the present position of the Ministry, of which tie
substance was that he had been requested by his Excel-
lency the Acting-Governor to continue in office in con-
sequence of the failure of Mr. Nicholson to form an Ad-
ministration, and that he had felt it to be his duty to do g
so. With respect to the ballot. he intended to act as if
it had never been affirmed by the Council. Mr. Nichol- i
son also gave his explanation, of which the substance
was, that he Cauld:not get a sufficient number of men
anited in political sentiment to form a Ministry, and he
had therefore abandoned the task. .As to the ballot, he
was prepared to propose certain clauses for incorpora-
tion in the Electoral Act which would amply provide for
its operation. A discussion having commenced on the
subject, the Speaker ruled that it was out of order. Mrs
Fyle then mored an aijournment. A-rather sharp di,-
cussion ensued, i,s the course of which Mr. F.,,fe attacked
the Ministry, Mr. Fawkner attacked the prtss, and
the motion was lost."