The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-30 00:00:00

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.

Mark by what inscrutable means Providence effects jus-
tice 1 And if Ministers do net as promptly remedy this
American prohibitory tariff, as the Americans have been
prompt in endeavouring to overreach us, they will betray
the best interests of our nation.

TO ALL THE MANUFACTURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
My Countrymen,—Sleep no longer, be up and doing,
unless you mean to be ruined I

For the new American Morrill Prohibitory Tariff, united
to the wanton, cruel, usurious goldmongers' monopclYt
will greatly diminish your trades, and the only remedy you
have is the rectification of our wicked money laws, which
will stop the ravages of usury, and teach our American
cousins a lesson on moderation.

Why, this tariff will cause such a balance of trade against
us as would drain us of all our gold under our ridiculous
money laws.

Therefore instantly call upon Ministers for a gold, silver,
and paper token of internal circulation of a 121 per cent.
less than intrinsic value, equal to the amount of our yearly
national income, which is about £400,000,000, and which
wo have a right to use, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
taxes it heavily; make these our sole legal tender payable
in taxes, and this will defend our land, trade, and labour
121 per cent.

This permanent measure of value (as ordered by the
honest Bullion Committee of 1810) of 20s. in the pound,
instead of our present single gold currency of only 4s. 6d.
in the pound, and which the See-Saw Cycle Swindle fre-
quently reduces to 3s. 6d. and 2s. 6d., will so extend our
basis of taxation that it will act like the penny postage, and
a one per cent. tax will double our revenue.
Thus our land, trade, and labour will have a further re-
lief of at least 121 per cent. more, making in all 25 per
cent., besides the profit the Exchequer will gain on the
12A per cent. tokens. No trifle !I I Say 121 per cent. on
£266,000,000. Only, only, only £33,250,000, without the
one-third of paper tokens of £133,000,000, as our,
£400,000,000 of our national income should be one third of
gold, one-third of silver, and one-third of notes, all conver-
tible into each other.

Thus our land, being relieved of 25 per cent. of taxes,
will grow one-quarter more corn, and trade and labour be
equally relieved. Let our cousins know that we are not so
dependent upon them either for corn or cotton as to sub-
mit to their heavy taxes quietly.
But there are the gambling sharks fostered under our
foolish money laws, who are not ruled by the balance of
trade. A goldmonger can export a million of sovereigns
and gain 3d. on each, say £12,500 fora morning's breakfast
—so up goes discount one per cent., down go profits and
wages one per cent., and up go taxes one per cent., and ths
goldmonger laughs at it. But what right have these gam-
blers to gamble with the people's money ? Why the profits
of our foreign trade of exports ar3 not above £20,000,000,
and our home profits are £100,000,000, so that the foreign
share is only a twentieth part; and is the twentieth child
of a family to be permitted to ruin the other nineteen child-
ren ? I I II! I

Let them trade with £20,000.000 sovereigns at market
prices, their share; but they are not to gamble with our
£380,000,000 of home circulation, which ought to be only
of gold, silver, and paper tokens, that they cannot export
without burning their fingers off.

Why the four cent. extra discounts caused by this
gambling fraud cost us about .E 15,000,000, and lost to our
home trade.

Who but usurious goldmongers would have adopted a
see-saw cycle swindle to ensure convertibility of bank notes,
when a permanent token measure of value would have been
effectual, and the yearly income of our nation our true
guide ? As, surely, a nation has a right to use its yearly
income I

The sliding scale in corn did not provide us with enough
corn, neither can this ridiculous sliding scale in gold pro-
vide us with enough money ; it is a focus for gamblers and
must be abolished, or our nation will be revolutionized.
It is an ill wind, indeed, that blows nobody good I but
this American ill wind will so crush us, that our infamous
money laws must be abolished to enable us to cope with the
Americans, and this will confer a general blessing on our
nation.

I am, Englishmen, yours respectfully,
EDMUND TAUNTON.
A Hampshire Man, born in 1785;
A Manchester Foreign Merchant of 1807 ;
A Foreign Commercial Judge of I 825;
A Member of the Chamber of Commerce ;
An Ardent Lover of Old England ;
A determined opposer and exposer of all violators
of our national measure of value—THE RUIN or
OUR NATION.
10, Yew Tree•road, Edgbaston, Birmingham,
March 27th, 1861.

P.S.—Our sovereigns at market price are to be left for
our foreign trade. The new bronze tokens gave us a per-
fect insight into the beneficial effects of tokens for our in'
ternal circulation as a remedy for panics, and give us full
wages, full franchise, cheap bread, a 1 per cent. tax on 19) a
double revenue, real free trade, and reduce our poor rates,
bankruptcies, and crimes full three-quarters.

• ,
........•• MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.
s jus-
CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
y this The Bank of England return, completed to the
I been 27th inst., shows some rather less favourable
)etray changes. The bullion has been slightly increased
by the arrivals from the continent, and the partial
N. falling off of shipments to America, but the de-
ioing, Mand for money has continued active, as shown by
an increase of about a quarter of a million on the
inited ,
other securities. The reserve of notes has been.
;poly,
y you diminished by about half a million sterling, while
which there is a decrease in the private balances of over
3rican a quarter of a million. In the other items of the
balance-sheet the changes are of an unimportant
;ainst
character—they will be seen in the subjoined table :
;Wow; Notes issued .. .. .. .. £26,377,065
Increase .. .. • • • • 72,445
Ever, Rest
... .. .. .. .. 3,840,975
cent. Increase .. .. .. • • 15,534
'early Public Deposits .. .. .. 8,415,844
which
Increase .. .. .. • ' 191,7.50
Other Deposits .. .. .. 11,104,930
equer Decrease .. .. _ .. .. 347,324
yable Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 573,232
abour Decrease .. .. .. .. 3,580
Government Securities .. .. 10,599,072
No change.
r the Other Securities .. .. .. 19,967,528
ound, Increase .. .. .. .. 260,229
8,6 d. Reserve of Notes .. .. .. 6,967,990
e fre- Decrease .. .. • . .. 485,435
A our Gold and Silver Coin .. .. 953,391
Increase •• •• •• 81,586
3 and Stock of Bullion .. .. .. 12,855,456
Increase .. • • " 154,031
r re- Active Circulation .. .. : . 19,409,075
5 per Increase •.. .. .. 557,880
n the The Tasmanian has arrived from the West
Lt. on Indies to-day with £355,400 in specie.
t the Extreme quietude prevails in most departments
our, of business to-day, and the attendance of the mer-
ird of tantile
aver-
public is comparatively small.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
axes, amounted to £555,400, and the exports t0X340,356.
ur be The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
iot so tion for the two months ending the 28th February
sub- have been published ; from these it appears that the
total declared value of the exports from the United
r our
IC, ingdoth have been £16,718,419 againstX2o,oBB,437
Lee of
vigils 111 the like period of 1860, being a falling off of
ikfast ' 43,370,018, the chief decline being on beer and ale,
I and "t°ll manufactures, haberdashery and millinery
,d the hardwares and cutlery, linen manufactures, and
gam- Woollen and worsted yarn.
profits
The importations of the principal articles have
T
),00gn 0, been
larger as regards raw cotton, raw silk, coffee,
'reign
child C 9,111) flour, unrefined sugar, tea, tobacco, wine, and
3hild- aileeps' and lambs' wool.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
,arket ahlount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade
b. our . for the entries inwards, as also for the clearances
) only outwards.
sport
In the coasting trade fir the two months there
this has been a slight decrease in the tonnage employed
D our for the entries inwards, while the clearances out-
Wards show a small augmentation compared with
ted a those of the same period of the previous year.
loos,
There has been an inactive market for Public
been
Securities to-day, and a further slight decline has true
early taken place, Consols being 911 :- for money, and
911 I for the account. India Stock is steady at
nugh 220 ; the 5 per Cent. Loan is firm at look ; the 51
I pro- per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 100 ; and Exchequer
s and Bills remained at 15s. to Bs. dis.
d.
but Foreign securities are rather inactive, but prices
I
moue are tolerably well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents.
,h the are 741, and ditto 1858, 541. Chilian have improved
a our to 103+ ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 74; and Russian
4/ per Cents., 92. Mexican are steady at 24+ ,Zi.
, The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
)x.
been very limited, and prices have shown further
7; slight depression in most instances.
The Foreign and Colonial lines baraly maintain
3e; previous values.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are ,
store
quiet) without material alteration in values. t
N Or
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
0 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock. •• ...... 222
t f
for Ditto 5 per Cent
per- Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent E
r irk' ,„ Ditto 51 per Cent
NI bucasols for AccountE
911
'''lthequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 1
8 15 dis
E
atese FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. E
Ztilian 6 per Cent
°limn 3 per Cent — f
13itr A t
), o ccoun 241 1 1
N ernvian 41 per Cent .. e
1
41)it,to 3 per Cent
Ditto
5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • •
Ditto l, to 4t per Cent.
Itklahl,, 6 per Cent .. e
li of Ditto Account
seed Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
his Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
tine -Dividends on the above pay;ble in London. 8
TWO O'CLOCK. e
' Consols Money 9ll 1
ani-
DittO Account
ghts 1
•
and .
ante 44-41'1321NG ACCIDENT AT THE ALHAMBRA.
had •
L the t. 0a Thursday evening, about eleven o'clock, great sense- ,
n of lon was causd throughout the building in consequence of :
A of fileill,,oeident of a very alarming nature occurring, viz., the a
1 'lug from the trapeze of Magg elton, one of "the Rocky 8
also ltcnntain Wonders," whose performances have been at- 8s L .
Is of ' tracg such crowds of late at this place of amusement. 6
tude 'The.., performance of the acrobats consists of throwing 8
with , 73ruersaults, swinging by the hands and legs and other s
flair !tick dangerous evolutions while the rope to which the V's
Lsth : aPeze, a small wooden bar, is in full swing. The troupe 8
1 to bad nearly gone through their performance, which had
TratMY elicited more than the usual amount of applause, and it is
Plipposed, being elated by the approbation of the audience, 8
lid the unfortunate man attempted to introduce something
hovel, hut instead of accomplishing his intention he 6
eget,
kissed his hold and fell with great violence on his
i of
the head to the staging beneath the ropes. Great precau-
tions had been taken to prevent any harm resulting
s to
froth accidental falls, but in his case all the arrangements 8
Were of no avail, for the poor fellow was picked up ap-
ing
the Parent] lifeless. Medical aid was immediately sent for, °
the 4214 everything that on the instant could be thought of was
,hat done to render the slightest help. It was, however, quickly I
teal utelded that the best thing that could be done was to remove e
our Maggelton as early as possible to Charing-cross Hospital, °
Lpe- 411d3 this having been accomplished, his injuries were e
de- BPeedily attended to. e
I
the at answer to the inquiry of our reporter this morning F
F all the Hospital was, that Maggelton was suffering from E
-ore,-
the be `uinjuries to the spine, and that for some days it would '
had 1111Pcssible to pronounce him out of danger.
ode
THE WEATHER.
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ity. .............._METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
1- p„,
be,`,lB Day,
eve '"„een 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S.
isle ......2........,843.
'he Lain' ....... T 9•43 43 4 t S.E. 3 6 o. I
the t -vrdeen29.4s 44 43 S.S.E. 3 7 o. 2
Flys Berle .... ...... 29•46 45 42 S. 2 90. 2
4,,aViCk .... 2944 44 41 S.S.
4,, ;
o. 33
can Furosean ... 29.46 42 40 " • '
eve skis ouh 2943 40 39 W. 3 3b. 3
13de .. :::: 29.52 44 42 SS E. 4 5 r. 5
in reorsugh.. 29• 1 43 42 S.'S:W. 3 8 0. 2
lo veentrtolnt... 29.52 42 40 W.S W. 3 2 O.
ettnoUth.... 21.71 45 44 S.S.W. 5 3 C. 5
sh- enclon ...... 29'67 44 42 W. 1 9 r.
1,1(3,1er 29.72 48 46
I.o:R3inouth
[On I:_cland
.29 66 45 43 S.S.W. 4 8 o. 3
of 1
1,/konth ,29•62 46 44 W.S.W. 6 5• 0. 4
qlzaace
on /

02XPLANATIoN.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
deg at mean sea level each 10 feet of vertical rise
ir"ng about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
Ea above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
4ell°Bsd thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
PPoration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
(ll_lllagnetio) F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
";9)., I. Initials !—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
oy~cg• ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; misty (hazy); 0.,
cre`weast (dull) ; r., -thus, a., snow ; t., thunder. A letter
kated augments r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ittce (1 to 9).

TnD
OPERA SEASON.—A letter dated Vienna
c`ateh 26, says—The day before yesterday Madame Csillag
'aft this city for London, where she is to sing at Covent-
tt!den Theatre. Csillag, who is a great favourite with the
' lennese, was nearly smothered with wreaths and bouquets
t(l,el Saturday, when she sang for the last time a. s Leonora in
Trovatore." The managers of the Vienna Opera-
/ru'e Would fain have re-engaged the Hungarian star (the
411garian word "Csillag" means "star"), but her terms
„;ili° too" high for them. If Mr. Gye should give Halevy's
Al' lame
this season, the London public will find that
anle Csillae, is a great tragic actress as well as a first-
rate Binger.
eta '4,11 IMPROVEMENT ON THE INCOME-TAX.—It 18
d in the last published series of reports from our con-
ettla,,, that in New Granaaa there is direct taxation, and the
e„it'e°- Who cannot present a receipt for his quota is not
o
'l3' debarred from voting, but cannot even be plaintiff in a
TRE lONIANFyn ISLANDS.—The Malta Observer
•
d. -Dy the Stella, screw steamer, arrived here yester-
i;Yzlzet learn that her Majesty's ship Orion had proceeded
l'etard' in consequence of the excitement existing there
itig the Causes which led to the prorogation of the
uatt. Parliament,"