The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-13 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Catholic clergy of Prussia are endeavouring to set
up privileges to an exemption from obedience to the com-
mon law of the land, which all other Prussian subjects
are bound to obey, and they in particular claim ex •
emption from the payment of personal taxes, to which
all other persons are subject. The Minister has,
however, very properly directed the provincial au-
thorities to enforce the payment of this tax.
The Ministers BRANDENISERG and MANTEUFZEL
arrived at Erfurth on the Bth.

The Hanoverian Government sent a message to the
Chambers on the 9th, announcing its repudiation of
the Arbitral tribunal of Erfurth.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The K.lner Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch
from Berlin, of the 11th inst., stating that the S!adt-
holders at Kiel had decreed the removal from the
Schleswig. Holstein army of the Prussian officers who
joined it at the commencement of the war. The
Stadtholders have expressed their gratitude to the
Prussian Government, and given the assurance that
they will continue to aim at a peaceable solution of
the question now pending between Denmark and the
Duchies.

The Stadtholders are preparing to send the
Counts RANTZAU and REVENTLOW FARVE to Copen-
hagen.

GREECE.
The Breslau Gazette of the 9th contains the fol-
lowing telegraphic dispatch from Trieste :
" ATHENS, APRIL 2.—A1l the conferences have
failed. King Otho is inflexible. Rumours of a Minis-
terial crisis prevail. Many changes in the Administra-
tion are talked of. The state of the country is very
unsettled. At Corinth bands of malefactors are com-
mitting great crimes."

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of
Commons.)
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Mr. Hume—Account of the aggregate amount paid
for advertisements by the public departments of Govern-
ment in the United Kingdom for the year 1848, stating
specially the amount paid by the Board of Inland Re-
venue, the Customs, Post-office, Treasury, and Commis-
sariat Departments. Board of. Ordnance and Store De-
partment, Board cf Admiralty and Victualling Board,
Wocds and Forests, Poor-law Board and Boards of
Guardians, and all other public departments, so as to
exhibit the total amount paid for advertisements to
newspapers for the public service in one year.
Mr. Milner Gibson—To move the following reso-
lutions:—

Whereas all taxes which directly impede the diffusion
of knowledge are highly injurious to the public interest&
and are most impolitic sources of revenue, tbia House is
of opinion—

Ist. That such financial arrangements ought to be
made as will enable Parliament to repeal the Excise duty
on paper.
2d. That it is expedient to abolish the stamp duties
now payable on newspapers in Great Britain and
Ireland.

3d. That it is expedient to abolish the duties now
payable on advertisements in Great Britain and Ireland.
4th. And that the Customs duty on Foreign books
ought to be repealed.

RETURN ORDERED.
Mr. Ewart—Return of all writs issued by the Stamp-
office for the recovery cf duties on advertisements, in
emoluments,adlilroecwt-
deaucty was •h 3earr,edsiuncce.
since 1829, showing also in what year the
Mr. Sadleir—Return of all persons in India receiving
saantcaersi?as rpgenrasniotnss :or indirect nomination, recommendation, or appoint-
ment, by the President of the Board of Control over the
olppauybliPer money,at9' fees,
virtue
of any
by
affairs of India alone, or by virtue of any arrangement
with the Board of Directors of the East India Company,
and the dates of each such nomination, recommendation,
or appointment respectively, from the Ist day of
January, 1832, to the Ist day of March, 1850, excepting
the judges of the superior courts of law in India; stating
the total amount received by each individual in each
year, and distinguishing the sources from which the
payments are made.—Tuesday, April'l6.

EQUESTRIAN FEAT EXTRAORDINARY. - OXFORD,
FRIDAY.—This morning a gentleman of this University un-
dertook to ride from Oxford to London and back, a distance
of 10ii miles, in six hours, unlimited to horses. He started
from Magdalen-bridge at five o'clock, and arrived in London
at twenty-fire minutes past seven, and returned to Oxford
one minute before ten; thus completing this arduous task
one minute under five hours. The horses used on this oces-
eon were from the stables of Mr. Joseph Tollit, of this city.