The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter just received, dated Vienna, April 21,
says:—` `During the last day or two the quidnunes of
this city have been exclusively cccupied with Ber-
nard's trial and acquittal, and some of them have
been.
at great pains to prove that the verdict of the
Jury is a direct confirmation of the assertion so
often heard on ae Continent, that England "sys-
tematically patronises and protects foreign political
conspirators." It is evident that these persons are
dissatisfied because foreigners who are guilty of
political offences while residing in England are tried
and punished according toEnglish law. Theywould
fain have a special court, a modern Star Chamber,
established for the especial behoof of refugees and po-
litical malcontents, but fortunately England is not
yet brought so low that she need permit foreigners
—whether French, Russian, or Austrian—to revise
her laws for her. That this Government takes a
more rational view than the public of the Bernard
affair is to be seen by the leader of the Ost-Deutsche
Post of this morning. The non-official organ of the
Austrian Foreign-office finds it very natural that the
French Government should be greatly annoyed that
Bernard was not convicted but it is unable to un-
derstand why the British nation should be blamed
because 12 jurymen were of opinion that the man's
guilt was not satisfactorily proved.
The Ost-Deutsche Post does not exactly say that
this Government is well satisfied with what has oc-
curred, but it is almost certain that such is really
the cage.

From the London Gazette of Last ight.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Antonio
blathe as Consul at Belize for the Republic of Salvador.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 21.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel
Solomon as Consul at St. Helena for his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 22.
Her Majesty has been pleased, on the nomination of
Earl Talbot, to appoint Arthur Palliser, Esquire,to be one
of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Capt.
Thomas Robert M'Coy, resigned.
WAR-OFFICE, P ALL-MALL, APRIL 23.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Troop Sergeant-Major
Robert Davies from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be
Cornet, without purchase.
10th Light Dragoons— Lieut. Arthur Herbert Cass to be
Captain, without purchase, vice J. W. Thompson, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank
under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1834.
18th Light Dragoons—The second Christian name of
Cornet Liebert, appointed on the 13th April, 1858, is

Bernhard.
Military Train—Lieutenant C. W. It`Niell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice M'Court, promoted; Ensign G.
J. C. Whittington to be Lieutenant, by purchaae, vice

M`Niell ; Frank F. Perceval, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Whittington.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-
Major Sir Charles Russell, Bart., to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet Colonel,
R. C. S Clifford, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant
Alfred Walter Thynne to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Sir C. Russell, Bart. ; the Hon. Fre-
derick Arthur Stanley to be Ensign and Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Thynne.
Ist Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant Edward Andrew Stuart
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major
-Whitmore, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of Oct. G.
3d Foot—Horace William Scriven, Gent., to b) Ensign,

without purchase, vice G. E. Martin, whose appoint-
ment on March 26 has been cancelled.
sth Foot—Ensign William Enderby, from 17th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barker, promoted ;
Herbert Silverthorne Williams, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Charles Williams, ap-
pointed to 2d Dragoons. In lieu of the promotion of
the following officers, as stated in the Gazette of the 15th
January, read--to be Lieutenants, without purchase—
Ensign E. S. Lewis, vice Haig, killed in action ;
Ensign J. B. Barker, vice Adair, promoted ; Ensign E.
J. Oldfield, vice Lamb, promoted; Ensign E. M. Mason,
vice Carter, died of his wounds ; Ensign G. A. Shegog
to ba Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Simmons,
promoted in succession to Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Kirkland, promoted ; Ensign H. Bathe to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Shegog, whose promotion on the
3d January, 1858, vice Browne, deceased, has been
cancelled.
6th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Hamilton, from
half.pay 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Goo3ison,
promoted in 24th Foot; Ensign P. B. Simpson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton who retires.
To ba Ensigns, without purchase—James FitzGeralti,
Gent., vice Allfrey, promoted ; Gustavus Wheatley
Berry Collis, Gent., vice Nugent, promoted ; Charles
Henry Marchant, Gent., vice MacCarthy, whoseappeint-
ment on 30th Dec., 1857, has been cancelled.
10th Foot-- George Henry Wynn Tremenheere, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase.
11th Foot—George Augustus Eliot, Gent., to be Ensign,

without purchase.
12th Foot--Ensign David Seymour, from 17th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Miller, promoted.
13th Foot —To hi Ensigns, without purchase—Arthur
Brooks, Gent, ; Henry King Fenwick, Gent.
14th Foot—Wm. Jarvis Willis, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase ; Lieut. John Glancy, to be Adjutant.
15th Foot—Ensign M. J. C. Browne, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase—
° corge Onslow Churchill, Gent, vice Browne ; Francis
Henry Garnett, Gent. ; John Juseph Forsyth Grant,
Gent.
16th Foot - Ensign A. Neame to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Ronda'', promoted ; W. F. Longboarne,
Gent ,to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Neanae. To be
Ensigns, without purchase— C. F. Busfield, Gent. ; C.
H. Woodmas, Gent. ; Clifton de Neufvillo Orr Stock-
well, Gent. To be Paymaster—M. Teversham, Gent.
17th Foot —To be Ensigns, by purchase—R. F. Bros, Gent.,
vice George Thompson, whose appointment, as stated in
the Gazette of 26th March, 1858, has been cancelled ; G.
W. Y. Fitz Gerald, Gent., vice Seymour, promoted in
12th Foot. To be Ensigns, without purchase—A. M'Neil
Caird, Gent.; 0. C. Weir, Gent.; B. C. Deane, Gant. ;
E. A. Elgin, Gent.
18th Foot.—To be Ensigns without purchase.—John
Francis O'Reilly, Gent. ; Edward Ashurst Marsland,
Gent. ; George Augustus Nicolls, Gent. ; the surname
of Captain John Swinburn is spelt Swinburne.
19th Foot.--To be Ensigns without purchase.— Henry
Walter Hope, Gent. ; Horace Arthur Wells, Gent. ;
Marcus William O'Rorko, Gent. ; and Philip Downes
Williams, Gent.
20th Foot—Brevet,Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Camp-
bell, from 30th Foot, to be Major, without purchase ;
Harry Russell Bowlby, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase.
21st Foot--Edward Frederick Pole, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
22d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Richard N.
Girtwright Fell, Gent.; William Cunliffe Powys, Gent. ;
Octavius Brown, Gent.
23d Foot.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
W. J. Twyford, and Ensign H. J. Richards. To be
Ensigns, by Purchase—Henry Edmund Stanley, Gent., '
and George William Lewis, Gent.
24th Foot—Thomas Pierce Butler, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase
chard Archibald Farquharson, Gent. ; Francis Massey
Pearson, Gent. ; Charles Henry Fellowes, Gent., vice
Tongue, promoted; William Bannatyne, Gent., vice
Thomas, promoted.
26th Foot—Ensign William Henry Salwey to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Givins, who retires; Oswald
Cress well, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Salwey.
28th Foot—Ellis Houlton Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Crawhill, promoted in the 12th Foot.
31st Foot—Captain Colin Campbell, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Greenwood, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Richard Weld Litton to bo Captain, by pur-
Wchase, vice Campbell, who retires.
39th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Taylor,
appointed without purchase, on 13th Apiil, 1853. is
spelt Cbauncy, not Chauncey, as previously stated.
41st Foot—Edward Francis Brown Brooke, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Waring, promoted in
the 24th Foot
47th Foot—Ensign George Henry Powell, from 90th
I Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice lle Lancey
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promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Company.
60th Foot Lieutenant Henry Pardee Eaton to be Captain
without purchase, vice Paterson, appointed Captain of
Companies of Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Mili-
tary College ; Ensign C. H. Boner to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Eaton ; John Gustavus Crosbie,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Borrer.
84th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Jenkins,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cruice,
deceased.
91st Foot—George Francis Robertson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice D'Eye, whose appointment has
been cancelled.
98th Foot—Ensign G. W. Smith to bo Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Browne, promoted in 24th Foot.
Ceylon Elio Regiment—Lieut G. A. Tranchell to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Clarke, appointed to the
24th Foot; Ensign B. S. Du Jai-din to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Tranchell ; Henry Dickson Den-
man, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Du
.lardin.

Town, May 4, at half-past twelve, and June 1, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Craig, Wright; Kirkton Toll, Renfrewshire.
James Maclean, hotel keeper, Glasgow.
Gaorge ,acdonald and Co., hotel-keepers, Campbell
own, Inverness-shire.
William Christie, cabinet maker, Elgin.
John Kay and Company, tea merchants, Glasgow.
John Matthew, flax-spinner, Kirktown Mills, Dundee.

THE NIRBLE PENNY.
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Toe Chancellor of the Exchequer lest night made one
step with hie budget. It wa4 ro ereat sffit'r, but it was
one step gained, and, as an a Cisl move, it stands out
from the vast mass of hazy discussion about things in
general which forms the order of the day. It was a re-
,olstion for levying a penny duty upon such bankers'
cheques as are now exempt, and everybody thought that
here were people who had something to Pay about it.
No doubt it was so. We beleve there were speeches,
and calculations, awl everything ready. But, as there
was no oreanseJ opposi ion, no leader, nothing at all
but a banking interest, by no means co well represented
as several othsr interests in the house, when the moment
came nobody wee prepared, and the resolution passed.
It wag the work of a second. Such is the British House
Of Commons. E has spent hours, nights, and weeks, in
doing nothing but talk. It has done and undone ; car-
ried bills half way through, and then let them drop;
given all its confidence to a Government, and then
turned it out ; it has boxed the whole compass since the
opening of the session ; it has done every thing and
listened to everything on the single condition that it
should lead to nothing ; and now it has done something.
It has passed a resolution f a new tax, which will
obtrude itself on the attention of every man of
business many times a-day. It has done away with
an (xeroptien of long standing, supposed to have
good reasons in its favour. It has pushed one step
further that new system of 6, small
profits and
"large returns" which has given U 3 the Penny postage
and the penny receipt stamp, and which seems what
p ,ople ci'l a new eta in taxation. The step is not unim-
portant in itself, but it is the only actua: thing done b
the Admini,tration, and it has been done in an instant,
without a word of opposition ; with no comment what-
ever except the laughter of the house at the unready gen.
ti-men who were too charged with figures to do their
weak quickly enough. What a satire is this on parlia-
tuentery legi ladon ! How well is curs called a Parlia-
ment, or a Talk, when, after talking about every thing and
nothing for near three months, and doing literally
nothing, merely moving backwards and forwards, round
and roued, dos, n the middle and up again, changing sides
and returning, it has at last done something, and done it
in a second of time I

As for the measure its. lf, it is aJniitt3d by this time,
' and indeed it always was, that taxation is a matter of
necessity, and knows no laws. It is a matter of tact—that
iv, it ought to be. There are all sorts of rubbery. In some
parts of the world robbers are very rude and uncivil.
They bully you, fall into a passion with you, load you
wi! h maledictions, knock you down, break your bones,
plunder you of everything, of the very clothes on your
hack. This; is adding insu t to injury. In other coun-
tries, where robbery is a genteel profession, or where it
is amenable to softer influences' even those of religion,
ye,ti are robbed so pleasantly that it is quite a treat, and
you almost wish to be rubbed again. The gentlemen of the
road request you to alight, speak solely, give you a lesson
in Spanish or Italian, ask you if you have not some-
thing you can spare, take some of your property, and
request you to retain the rest as the memento of a
peasant introduction. Then there are all degrees of
robbery, from the largest to the smallest scale ; from
the irregular appropriation of a ship, a house, or a flock
of sheep, to those depredations that are always going
on h,re property lies about. No doubt you are con-
tinually being robbed, and happy are you if you never
find it out. Now, the fi• ancier is only a legal robber.
Money he must get in one way or another, in great
' sums or small sums, by fair means or by foul. He
Lai to rack his brains for a thousand dodges how to
get what he wants without 0%4; you more annoy-
ance than need be. He cannot quite steal your bed
without waking you, as they do in India. He cannot
clip, tit " sweat " a shilling's worth of you, as people
used to do out of guineas. But lie must get some-
thing out of you, and that without exasperating you
very mucS. How will you take it ! Will you be
nibhL d, or scraped, or will you make up your mind
to a good round loss, end have done with it ! No.
Anything but the last. The nation will not stand the

Income Car. It cannut endure to see the financial rob-
ber invade the house, and carry out a huge lump
of income, or pr,fit in its pure and perfect form. So

there is nothing to be done but t r get out of
you by kfinitesimal deductions. The lancet is
t m like a sword. Leiches are the things. So it is all
done now by pennies. You don't care how many pen-
nies you send off by poet. People who uud to shirk
stainpted receipts 110,i' like the amusement of putting a
penny stamp on your "little acc June' when you pay it.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer sees how pleasantly we
all take to it. Ile applies ha'f-a dozen more leeches,
and proposes that we sliculd put tho;e pretty little penny
stamps on every cheque. lier Most Gracious M.jesty
ought to be much obliged to him. Her pleasant English
face is everywhere present to us. She goes with all our
letters, concluies every pecuniary transaction, and now
she is to impart a look of grace to every appropriation of
our ba'ance at the Bank.

The affair, we have just said, is scarcely within the
range of any philosophy, feu the object is to get money
where you can. But the principle of this new penny
taxation, which is making such progress, would appear
to have been borrowed from the streets. It is the finance
cf mendicancy. People hive noted down and calcu-
lated the immense sums taken by cr.),ting-.sweepers and
other begg&rs, and they tell us hundreds of thousands
of pounds sterling pass in this wty from the pockets
of the industrious to those of the idle. It has been
said, truly enough we date say, that the people of
I,mdon give more to street beggars than they do
to the clergy, car the Chinch altogether. No doubt
many a poor curate and his wife are dining on cold
mutton, washed down with Thames water, while the
sweep.-2r of the next crossing is enjoying a hot supper,
company to his liking, ar.d some beverage of a better
quality than the cold raw element. This ie the old
principle of accumulation whereof housewifes give us a
thousand proverbs and Providence infinite illustrations.
"Many a little makes a [pickle ;"—Every little helps ;"
"A pie a-day is a groat a-year." Then, as for Nature,
she does it ad by small means. Except a few birds of
prey, the whole winged creation takes a thousand little
meals a-day. It lives by grains, crumbs, insects, and
things too minute fur us to see. Such is all the philo-
sophy we ca❑ propound for this new finance. The na-
tion is not to feel a revenue of pennies. This is the
great mystery of which the Pull-tax, infamous in story,
was a clutiaey anticipation. We have found it at last.
But how long shall we be content to bleed pennies at
every pore ? There is the question. We are very
fi Igety on the sutject of taxation, always turning and
rolling on our beds, trying this side then that. The day
may come when we shall wary of this as of other agree-
novelties, and some Wat Tyler will wage war with
the Queen's head in all shapes. But, to judge from what
pas-ed in the House of Commons last night, that day
wi I Let be in our time.—Times.