The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

NEWGATE AN.

The supplies of meat on offE
extensive, and the trade rules
Per 81bs. by
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6
Mid. do. 3 Bto 3 10
Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2
Do. small do. 4 4to 4 6
Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 I
Lamb, 4s 10(

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The public sales of this article have proceeded
with spirit, and of 28,650 packages offered 5,300 were sold
at full rates. In the private contract market prices remain
exceedingly firm. Common Congou being quoted 13kd
per lb.
SUGAR.—A fair amount of business has been transacted
and late prices have been fully maintained. The better
qualities of British West India have in some instances
realised a slight advance. A moderate demand has been
experienced in the refined market and late rates are filly
sustained.
COFFEE.—The market has been exceedingly firm, al-
though the transactions have been limited owing to the
small quantity on offer. Plantation Ceylon has been in in-
creased demand and full rates are current for all descrip-
tions.

-I—icE.—ltather more activity has prevailed, and previous
quotations aro freely supported.
RUM.—No sales of any importance have been reported,
but prices are steady. Strong brown St. Vincent's sold for
Is Ild per proof gallon.

SALiPrinE.--Itheciemand has been only moderate, and
prices in some instances have slightly receded. Bengals
6} per cent. refraction sold at 39s 3d, and 4 per cent. refrac-
tion at 40s per cwt.
TALLOW.—The market shows rather more firmness, and
prices have improved. At public sale Australian sheep
sold for 51s 6d to 52s 9d ; and beef, 51s to 535. P.Y.C. on
the spot is quoted 53s 3d ; April to June delivery, 53s ; and
last three months, 53s 9d to 54s per cwt.

THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—MEETING IN LlVER-
rooL.—Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon a meeting of gentle
men of all political creeds was held in the Liverpool Town
Council Chamber, to consider the propriety of originating a
subscription in aid of the Neapolitan exiles now in England.
The Mayor (Mr.Wm, Preston) presided. The first speaker
was Mr. C. E. Rawlins, who moved " That, deeply sym-
pathising with the Neapolitan gentlemen who have just
landed on our shores, in the sufferings which they have
endured from their attachment to the cause of rational free-
dom, we most gladly join our fellow-countrymen in a
public subscription in their behalf, not only as an expres-
sion of our sympathy with the oppressed, but as our protest
against that tyranny by which they have been driven into
unmerited exile." The resolution was seconded by Mr. J.
T. Danson, and carried unanimously. The meeting was
afterwards addressed by Mr. Philip Rathbone, the Rev. J.
S. Howson, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone; the two latter
gentlemen moving a resolution to the effect that the sub-
tsrcanripstraiionttesdhotulo
tdhbeeEkaerpl tofopsehnafftoersblu4ryda.ysb aenfodrethteheamoun
meet-
ing dispersed sUbeeriptions were received aluclutting to
£123.

r_ii HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be produced LONDON ASSUR-
ANCE. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews.
THE CRITIC. Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, Mr. Compton.
And THE GALICIAN FETE.
Commence at 7.

TIOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
THIS EVENING, will be presented FRANCESCA : A
Dream of Venice.
The Celebrated Infant Violinists.
With HUSBANDS, BEWARE !
To conclude with a Ballet.
Reduced Prices—Dr"ss Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ;
28.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is.
Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open.at half -past
A to commence at 7 every evening.

.NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
This Evening, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy,
Mr. Wright.
After which THE BENGAL TIGER. Mrs. A. Wigan,
J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden.
To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Wigan
and Miss Keeley.
To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr.
J. L. Took, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley,
end K. Kelly.
Acting :ilanager—Mr. Wm. Smith,
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.

THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK ; or, The Death of
Black Bess. Dick Turpin, Mr. James Holloway.

After which, in consequence of the great applause bestowed
on their arrangement by Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his Benefit,
the novel SCENES IN THE CIRCLE will be repeated, and
in which also Mr. W. Cooke, jun., will himself reappear. Per-
formed in the following order :—Miss Rate Cooke on her
beautiful horse Snowdrop—Miss Emily Cooke's graceful act,
entitled Les Santa des Tonneaux—Mr. G. Thompson in his
far-famed and wonderful feat, L'Homme Renversa—Mr. W.
Cooke, jun., on his celebrated and highly-trained steed, Em-
peror—Grand Characteristic and Amazonian Entree by Six-
teen Pupils of Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun.—Madame Blanche, the
greatest Equestrian of the day., in her admired act, The Scarf
—Master Alfred Cooke in his surprising Leaping Act—Mdlle.
Mazzoni and Miss Holloway in a Grand Pas—Mdlle. Flen-
rette, the graceful and daring young Equestrienne, as the
Sylph of the Arena—Terminating with the eccentricities of
Mr. William Cooke's matchless Dwarf Horse, and his Monkey
Rider, the Ape of the Brazils.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes,_3s._; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; 'Upper

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4alfery, 4d. "
Private Boxes, £1 4s, £2 2s, and £lls.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh
THIS EVENING, VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark
and Miss M. Ternan.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.
Proprietor--C. MORTON.

The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
)'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
Jon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall. will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUYLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa -
eon in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
)erionn every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 1.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.
BAnomrrEn-30.28—still rising.
WIND, S.W. ; light, with fine weather.

There seems to be a fatuity besetting the Derby
Ministry. On their first advent to office, in 1852,
we warned them against their suicidal policy about
the House-tax--exasperating the industrious hive
of bees into a nest of vengeful wasps—which so
stung them that they were fain to seek refuge from
their own unaccountable folly in the dark regions of
despair. Nor was their conduct in the recent
struggle the second golden opportunity af-
forded them, if at all, an improvement on
the past they perversely persisted, like
spailed children, in running riot in their wild and
self-sufficient course, until human endurance could
expostulate no longer, and left them to the fate
which they seemed so ambitious to precipitate.
And this morning they have rather significantly
realized the adage appertaining to the Ist of April—
much to the sorrow of those who really wish well to
their country, wholly regardless of the manoeuvres
of party, and the selfishness of faction. That the
cabal-resolution of Lord JOHN RUSSELL was con-
cocted for the purposes of party and the defeat of
the DERBY Reform Bill, before it could and would
be amended in committee, was openly avowed. In-
deed it was tauntingly avowed by the very pro-
fessors of make-believe reform bills for the last ten
years! And yet these " conspirators" now fondly
hope that their machinations will be tolerated by
an indignant country. Never ;—no, nev' !—the
knell of Whiggism has been tolled, and that too by
very fitting and appropriate hands—the self-
deceiving, itching, fidgetty fingers of Whiggism !
But they shall yet have their reward, in very spite
of their own capricious juggling. They have been
"too clever by half" for their own ends, for their
complicated combination hath lost its charm by
exposure to the light, and the patriotism of the
people will rise so superior to the utter meanness of
party that the base effrontery of Whiggism will be
compelled to skulk behind the scenes of their own
discomfiture.

The second reading of the Ministerial Reform
Bill was lost by a majority of 39 in a
House of 626 291 being for the second
reading, and 330 for Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
resolution against it. What next ? Aye !
that's the puzzle that may even pose a jug-
gling Whig, for no set of men are so much at
fault in deceiving others as those who so cunningly
deceive themselves ! No doubt Lord JOHN and his
worthy brother in iniquity are now very busy in
sketching out the programme of a Ministry which
they fancy must satisfy the country, but which, if
we mistake not, will end in a bottle of smoke, and
so, too truly foreshadow " the baseless fabric of
their vision."

We have had, then, one division of the House on
the Ballot ; and one taken at what we must still
think to be the proper time, although we cannot
say that the subject received proper treatment.
We have not heard of one reason for deferring the

motion of which Mr. WYLD had given notice, t
which could be laid before the public. Had there
been one, we presume we must have known of it
long ago. It is natural to infer, therefore, that
mysterious *party tactics were the real reason,
tactics which would not bear to be spoken of,
which the "conspirators," in the polite sense in
which Mr. DISRAELI used the word, might know,
but which they were pledged not to divulge. We
have neither seen nor heard any argument to shake
our main position, that when a motion was made
by Opposition Reformers, whose obieet was to throw
out a Government Reform Bill—to throw it out
by a vote of censure on its errors and defects—that
the ?notion ought on the face of it to notice the chief
defect of the bill. We maintain that one chief
defect—we might say the chief defect—was the
omission of the Ballot. A defect of far more im-
portance than either of those which the resolution
did notice ; a defect which, had it not existed, the
Ministry would have carried their bill by popular
enthusiasm, had they even been pertinacious on the
other points. _ .

If this view be correct, and the Ballot Society
will certainly not deny its correctness, how can we
justify the course taken by Mr. BERKELEY, Mr.
GIBSON, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. Fox, and other leading
supporters of the Ballot ? Mr. BRIGHT has himself
borne witness that on no other subject has there
been such unanimity in the vast and numerous
meetings which he has addressed. Other points
in his bill he has had to argue for and defend as
best as he could, but for the Ballot the argument
which sufficed was the uniform acclamations of his
audience whenever it was mentioned. Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, too, an unconverted, and therefore im-
partial witness, told the House plainly that it was
the point in the programme of Reformers, which
had made more progress than any other ; the point
which he seemed to intimate he must concede, if
he sought re-election at the hands of his present
constituents. When a Reform question is in this
position in the country, we submit that it is not
one which should be made the subject of private
arrangements between cliques in the House, but
that it should be dealt with as one which on no
occasion could be allowed to fall into the back-
ground. It might be very convenient to the Whig
clique not to be compelled to vote, that, to be satis-
factory to the people, a Reform Bill must include
the Ballot ; it is unpleasant to have to vote that
black is white, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir
CHARLES WOOD, Mr. JAMES WILSON, and Mr.
BAINES did last night ; but if the old Whigs are
thus.prepared to vote falsehood publicly, let them
by all means have the opportunity of showing
themselves in their true colours. That the Ballot is
essential to a satisfactory Bill, it seems childish to
deny. Public meetings say so. The votes of 238
members of the present House have said so,
and they would not have said it could they
have helped it. How, then, can it be denied that,
on this occasion, the vote of every supporter of
independent voting ought to have been recorded in
favour of the Ballot.
We must think, too, that the unusually large
number of members present shows that it was the
proper time to demand their vote for or against a
great national question. When will Mr. BERKELEY
be able to gather together 626 members of the
House of Commons again? Yet, had he and his
usual supporters but filled their posts, very few of
the 626 dare have deserted theirs. The country
would have had such an opportunity as it has
never yet had of seeing what its representatives
would do, as well as say, on the point which it has
so unmistakeably insisted on. It may be said,
and it is all that can be said, that the hour was a
late one, but that was not the reason why nearly
200 members left the house. A word from the
leaders on this question would have retained
nearly all of them, and the subject is too well
understood to have needed any protracted dis-

cussion.

We think Mr. WYLD, and the 99 members who
voted with him, are entitled to the thanks of the
country for their firmness in its service. Let them
Rot be daunted. They are.the strength and kernel
of their cause. The men who will pay no regard to
the convenience of cliques, who will stand to their
colours when others go down into the cockpit, these
are the men who eventually defeat all opponents.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON himself, on the Newspaper
Stamp, and Mr. BRIGHT and his colleagues on the
Corn Law question, pursued the very tactics which
they have abandoned on the Ballot, and which Mr.
WYLD and his supporters have very properly
adopted. Let them adhere to their tactics, and
they will soon render any combination of Reformers
impracticable which does not consent to the Ballot.

The Revenue Returns for the financial year and
quarter, which have just been published, are, on the
whole, of a satisfactory character. It is true that
in each period there is a considerable decrease, on
the former of £2,404,229, on the latter of £809,712;
but in both instances it is more than accounted
for by the falling off in the proceeds of the
income-tax. That falling off was not occa-
sioned by any want of means on the part
of the people, but simply because Mr. DISRAELI
kept faith with the community, and permitted the
charge to be reduced in accordance with pledges
given by a different Minister to a former Parlia-
The deficiency under that head alone
amounted for the year to nearly five millions
sterling, or, according to exact figures, £4,902,528,
or, in round terms, two millions and a half more
than the total deficiency. The distinction for the
quarter is not so striking. The sum lost by the
change in the income•tax is £907,601, while that
under all the heads united only amounted to
£809,712.

ment.

For the year there is an improvement under
every head save that above referred to. That on
Customs alone amounts to more than a million
sterling, viz., £1,008,839. That on the quarter,
however, bears but little proportion thereto, being
only £25,943. There is thus unquestionable evi-
dence that our foreign trade is improving, and that
there is a gradual, albeit, a slow return of com-
mercial confidence.

The Excise, the index to the comfort of the
working classes, does not show so favourably.
It is true that there is an increase
of £77,000 on the year. The paper duties have
largely increased, in no less, indeed, than £195,000 ;
but at the same time hops have returned £70,000
and Irish whisky £40,000 less than before.
On the quarter there is a positive loss of £64,000
from the reduced receipts from spirits. Let not
the teetotallers lay the flattering unction to their
souls by supposing that it is a reduced consumption
that produced the change. On the contrary,
it is probably larger than ever it was ;
and the additional duties have not only
totally failed to produce an increase of revenue,
but have led to a deterioration thereof. This result,
which is but another illustration of apparent
anomaly in fiscal legislation, clearly indicates that
there is a limit of taxation which Cannot safely be
exceeded. The reason is obvious. The moment the
duty is made so high as to afford a large profit to
the illicit distiller, there are but too many ready to
enter on the demoralising. traffic, and to embark in
gambling speculations which may lead to enormous

profits. It is true that sometimes captures are
made, but they are allowed for the purpose of draw-
ing attention from other directions. The whole
peasantry of the district keep watch and ward over
the still, and give immediate notice of any sus-
picious movement. It might be said that
they acted as an unpaid police, but such is not the
case. They are requited by draughts of the
intoxicating fluid, while it is flowing hot and fiery
from the still Drunkenness is therefore largely
increased instead of being diminished, while un-
fortunately the revenue exhibits a very different
result.

In Stamps there is a considerable improvement,
£590,050 ; and on the quarter of £9,246. This
clearly proves the folly of
.the outcry so absurdly
raised against the penny stamp on bankers' cheques
—an impost which has proved far more productive
than could have been anticipated. In Taxes, the
additional receipts within the year are £9,967 ;
during the quarter, £3.967—a slight improvement
occasioned by new houses brought into occupation,
and therefore representing an addition to the fixed
property of the nation.
Having already referred to the changes in the
Property-tax, and the causes thereof, it is unneces-
sary to add anything on the subject. The Post-
office shows the felicitous results of sound and good
management on the part of the authorities. The
improvement on the year is £280,000, while that
on the quarter is £125,000. Crown lands have
been more profitable in the year by £3,386, and
£2,600 during the quarter. The only remaining item,
" Miscellaneous," yields an increase of £529,057 in
the year, but there is a decrease of £5,047 within
the quarter.
On the whole the returns are of an encouraging
character, and with the single exception of the
Spirit Duties, quite as good as could have been
expected.

THE MINISTRY.

The result of the division last night in .the House
of Commons has created much excitement. Early
this morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer
quitted his private residence at Grosvenor-gate,
and had an interview with the Premier, at his
mansion, St. James's-square. At ten minutes to
twelve o'clock the Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli
proceeded on foot to the official residence of the
latter in Downing-street.

A Cabinet Council was summoned for 12 o'clock.
It was attended by the Earl of Derby, the ,Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Hardwicke,
Sir Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley,
the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord John Manners, Sir
J. Pakington, and the Earl of Donoughmore.
As early as half-past nine o'clock this morning the
'Secretary of the Treasury had an interview with the
Earl of Derby, and immediately after the hon.
gentleman visited the principal supporters of the
Government.
In Pall-Mall the excitement is intense. The
clubs are crowded, and rumours of all descrip-
tions are very prevalent. Some affirm on,
as they say, undoubted authority that the Govern-
ment intend appealing to the country previous
to delivering up the seals of office ; while, on the
other hand, it is as positively stated that Ministers
intend to resign immediately.
Of this fact we are certain that up to the hour
of going to press the Cabinet Council had not
broken up, so it is clear that nothing which can be
relied upon as authentic with respect to the ulti-
mate intentions of the Government is at present
known.

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THE SUN.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1859.