The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

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APRIL 16, 1850.
r N°.17,959.] LONDON, TUESDAY , .
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CROWN COMMERCIAL INN, DISS, NORFOLK.
LANE begs to inform the COMMERCIAL
qy • GENTLEMEN, that superior accommodation is afforded at
the Crown Inn, where the. utunist attention will he raid to their
comfort. The Sleeping Rooms will be found exceedingly airy and
eenyesient ; and as nothing will be left undone to merit their
favours, he trusts to be honoured with their countenance and
support.
7he stables and lo se boxes are roomy and well arranged.
Post horses always in readixe- s to any part of the kingdom.
An omnibus to the railway station to meet all the trains.
N.B. A superior stock of chbice old Wines, Foreign and British
Spirits, and real Havanuali.Ci:;ars.

.LONDON to. BOULOGNE DIRECT.
The COMMERCIAL COI{IPANY'S superior Steam-ships
CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD, every Tuesday and Thursday,
from LONDON-BRIDGE WIIA ttr, according to tide.
Tuesday, April 16, at 12, Noon.
Thursday, April IS, at 4, Morning.
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Tuesday, April 23, at 10, Morning.
Thursday, April 25, ,at 11, Morning.
Tuesday, April 31, at 12, Noon.
Saloon, 125.; Fore Cabin, 83. Places hooked throughout from
London to Paris at the following low charges:
Saloon .and First Class Rail .• •• • • 345. 6d.
Foie Cabin and Second Class 258. Od.
Fore Cabin and Third Class Rail ..... 21s. -od.
For particulars of freight, &c., apply at the Company's Offices, 4,
Arthur-street East ; Mr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur-strect East ; or
Chaplin's Universal Office, Regent-circus.

MR. BINGLEY.S REDINGOTE for gentle-
manly appearance and durability is unequalled. The
cloth being of an elastic weaving prevents r.ny complaint of tight-
ness in the shoo der, affordhig the greatest case and comfort, while
the colour being woaded never changes. This materi dis made ex-
pressly for the Redingote and adapted for any style of coat. Price
two guineas and what' cash. To be had only of the pr.tentee, 21,
Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street.

NOVEL EXHIBITION OF SPOUTING
TROPHIES,

AT THE CHINESE EXHIBITIoN ROOMS,
HYDE-PARK CORNER.
To he SHORTLY OPEN for exhibition a most extensive collec-
tion of SPORTING TROPHIES, NATIVE AR MS, and COSTUMES,
&c., &c., from India,and the far interior of Southern Africa: also a
large selection of the finest ANTLERS of RED DEER and ROE,
from the different Scottish Forests, the property of, and ciliated by,
Roualleyn Gordon Cumming, Esq., during his residence in India, in
Scotland, and a five years' hunting expedition in the deserts and
forests of Southern Africa.

ARGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Illadmill-street, St. James's.

Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAUREN T, Jon.
This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice 'of DANCIND, is
NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins,
Moxey, and Franconi.
For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the office.--Terms of Sub-
Scription, for morning and evening practice :—Slx months, 5/. 55.;
one month, 11. Is.; one evening, ls. Subscribers' tickets not
transferable.
The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on MUSIC by Sir lIENRY R. BISHOP resumed
with an increased number of VOCALISTS for the Illustrations on
3londay, Wednesday, and Friday, at Eight, and on Tuesday, Thu' s-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Second
Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation with Optical
Effects, daily at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at
quarter-past Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the
Chemistry of Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for
conveying by Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John
Franklin, on Monday, Wednesday, and Vriday, at Three, and on
Tuesday. and Thursday Evenings, at Eight.—Dissolving VICITP,
illustrating the Arctintegions and Ceylon ; also Viesa's of London in
the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and Diving-
bell, &c., &c.

Admission, Is.—Schools, ITalf price.
Analyses and Chemical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory,
under the direction of J. 11. Pepper, Esq.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

The following is the official statement of the quantities of
corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in
Essex, from the Bth April, 1859, to the 12th April, 1150,
both inclusive :

Colchester
Harwich
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197, -
152, 72
310, 80
1221 111

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38G;; ! 241
! 516' i 20i 20 709
851 24
450 i 210! 6o 870

HADDINGTON, APRIL 12.—The following are the prices of
grain at our market to-day :
Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beaug.
40s Od 25s (id 193 01 20s. Od

Second ...
Third

... 363 lid I 223 24 I 17s 10d ' 235 Ild
.. 30s Od I 173 9d I 153 6d 128 s lid

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Total quantity of Wheat in market 502 qrs., 476 sold
Do. Barley do. 352 qrs., 336 sold
Do. Oats do. 335 qrs., 306 sold
Do. Beans do. 167 qrs., 158 sold
KIRICALDY, APRIL I3.—The following are the quotations
up to this date:—
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I Pea..
First 40s Od 22s Od 20s 62 —s Od I—s Od
Second 388 Od 193 Od 18s 6d —8 Od I—s Oil
Third 32s Oil 163 6d 143 61 —s Od j—B 0,1

Oatmeal, per bag of 2801t;s imperial, 243 to Os Od.
GLASGOW, Aram 11.—Provisions—Cheese, 35s to 43s Od
per cyst ; retail, Od to Od per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to Os per
cwt. Country fresh butter, lld to Od per lb. Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, Bbd to 9d; country powdered, wholesale, 91cl
to Od. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5s 4d
per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 3s Od per pair ; Ducks,
3s Od.

STIRLING, APRIL 12.—Wheat., foreign, 21s to 235; ditto,
home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 17s 6d to 18s 6d; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 14s 6d to 18s Od.
Oats, common, 003 Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 105 Od to lls 6d;
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt,
distillers, 32s Od to 34s ; ditto brewers, 35s Od to 37. ; beans
per boll, Os 61 to Os Od ; ditto new, lls 6d to 13s 6d ; pease
155 Od to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 32s to 335; ditto common
ditto, 20s ()d to 22s 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ;
ditto new 22s Od to 24s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 7d to 8d ;
fresh butter per lb, Od to Od; eggs per dozen, Od to Od;
hay per ton, Os to Os.
KELSO, APRIL 12.—Wheat, old, Os to OS ; ditto, new, 2is
to 29s Od ; barley, new, 14s to 16s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ;
potato oats, 00s to 00s; ditto new, Ils to 13s Od ; common
oats 00s to ()Os Od; ditto new, 003 to 00s Od ; peas, COs Od
to 00s Od ; beans, COs to 00s per boll of six imperial bushels.
PERTH, APRIL 13.—Wheat, 34s Od to 3830 d ; barley, 17s
Od to 193 Od ; oats, 14s to 161; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24s
per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 22s to 21s.
HAWICK, APRIL 11.—Wheat, new, 25s to 295 Od; barley,
new, 155 to 17s Od ; ditto old, 00s to 00s ; potato oats,
123 Od to 165 Od ; common oats, lls to 15s Od ; peas, 2013 Od
to 23s Od; beans, 19s Od to 22s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels. _ - . .

BERWICK, APRIL 11.—Wheat, 34s 9d; barley, ISs 04,1 ;
oats, 14s l d ; rye, COs Od ; beans, 2la bid ; peas, 00s Od
average per imperial quarter.

COAL MARKE'

T.- YESTERDAY.

Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s fid Eden Main........ l6s 3d
Carr's Hartley
East Adairs Main l3s Od Bell
Holy well
North Percy Hartley.. 14s 3d Braddyll
Ord's Redheugh
17s 6d
Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d Haswell
17s 9d
'Canfield Moor .... ..... 14s Od'Keepier
West Hartley
Wylam
Windsor's Pontop....
Wall's End, &c. Cassop
Acorn Close
Brown's ... l4s 6dllleugh Hall
Bewicke and Co.
Buraton Killingworth 15s Od South Hartlepool
Clennell l4s 9d Whitworth l4s 3d
Gibson
Gosforth .....
Hedley ..... ..........
Heaton
.
Hebburn
Hilda 153 3d South Durham lss 9d
Morrison lss 3d Tees .....
Northumberland
Original Gibson
Percy... •.. lss Od Sidney's Hartley
Rithcell's 153 3dj Ships at market, 164.
Washington

until the second •race, waT, very unEtsourable, and the
company on the Iliiath the smallest we ever saw on the
first day of a Craven meeting. Present appearances do
not lead us to anticipate a very brilliant week.
BETTING UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK MONDAY.
AFTERNOON.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
3 to 1 agst Mr. (it atwiek&A Cheerful.
6to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Vrestow. •
6 to 1 aget Sir J. Hawley'-. F,,rnhill.
10 to 1 nut Captain Herve)'s Strungbow.
Dulcet has arrived for the above race.
No change in the Derby betting
NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT, TEN O'CLOCK.

Struggles of a Book," has established this beyond the
possibility of a question. But this is by no means its
only demerit. it checks the growth of manufacture
and the progress of commerce; it limits the employ-
ment of labour arid the exercise of invention ; and,
finally, it prevents the influx into the Exchequer
of a larger amount by much than that which
it raises by means so injurious to the public at large.
Of the duties on articles in general consumption
recommended for removal by Sir Henry Parnell's
Committee, the excise on paper is the only one
which remains. We have repeatedly had occasion to
show that the repeal of this tax would largely in-
crease production, tee meet both the demands of the
borne and of the foreign markets. The establish-
ment of new mills in the agricultural districts as
well as in towns would employ both infant and
adult labour to an extent little contemplated by those
who have not examined the question with the care to
which it is entitled. Increased envloyment would
necessarily give rise to increased consumption of other
exciseable articles, and thus feed the revenue. One
fact is worth a thousand arguments. Here are soma
words extracted from a letter now before us, and
written by a most respectable and experienced paper
manufacturer in Scotland :

"In regard to the Americans—first, they are now
supplying our colonies in their neighbourhood, where
we used to ship every spring 4,000 to 6,000 reams, a
conaidera'ale portion t f which was "news ; " we now
do not ship even a ream. Canada is supplied almost
exclusively by the States. So much for free trade
there. 2d. They are (that is, the Americans) buying
up all the materials they can get in this market, as well
as Liverpool, Dublin, Sligo, Limerick, every where ;
and when once their screw ships are at work, every -
scription of material will go to them, and at a low
freight, and be so quickly delivered that the present risk
of fermentation from long passages will be at an end.
This is not all. Our best hands are leaving us, and go-
ing to the States ' • they are getting higher wages, be-
cause, the trade being witramelled, they can afford to
give them. ,
" Two first-rate machine men sail from this to-mor-
row—engaged passage fre-3. and agrced for twelve
months at seven dollars per week. There are also seve-
ral engineers going, and about ten of our men have gone
within the last two years. They are continually writing
home for more to go out to them. So you see how our
trade is going down in one or two ways. All our cold.
vies—even the East Indies—win, in a little time, be sup-
plied by the Americans, I do verily believe; and all this
may, in a great degree, be attributed to the trarnme:s of
our fiscal regulations."
This picture is in nothing overdrawn. "It has been
computed," says an able pamphlet, " that the repeal
of the paper duty would give employment to 40,000
additional persons in London alone, besides a vast
number in the country ; and to these may be added
a considerable increase in the numbers employed in
the business of publishing and printing, including
folders, stitchers, bookbinders. &c., comprising chil-
dren and adults of both sexes."

" There -are also," continues the same author,
" numerous manufactures, such as millboard, card-
board, papier-mache, buttons, ornaments, toys, &c.,
in which paper forms the principal ingredient,
and to these a still greater stimulus would be
given by the reduced cost of production adding im-
mensely to the employment of every description of
labour. If the consumption of paper be traced
through its various ramifications, and the number of
people which are employed upon it in other countries,
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bility be devised."
Oar remarks have extended to a length which
forbids our pursuing- the subject further; but we
trust we have in this, and in preceding articles, suc-
ceeded in showing that, besides the advantages which
the repeal of the paper•duty would share, in common
with the removal of any
excise impost, it has the
singular merit of supplying the very deficit 'which
its adoption would create. It is, thcretore, a measure
which is entitled to the support of every one who
wishes to encourage the industry, the manufacture,
and the commerce of his country.

FRENCH PASSPORTS•
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—lt is quite well that the public delusion on
the subject of French passports should be done away
with, as it is very generally supposed that they are
not now required, or if they are, that there is no
charge for them ; but such is not the case, passporti
are required as ever, and the charge is ss. for each
person. The French authorities do now grant what
is termed a permit, lasting a month, which gives
the party holding it freedom on entering and depart-
ing during that period, without further trouble or
expense, but through some mistake or blunder it is
departed from, and the permit is demanded upon
landing, and given up, which should not be. This will,
however, I trust and doubt not, soon be rectified, as
there is every desire at the office of the French Con-
sulate to facilitate matters, and I cannot conclude this
letter without offering my sincere thanks to the
French Consul and all connected with the office, as
well as to the French authorities generally, fur their
uniform kindness and courtesy in facilitating my
arrangements fur the conveyance of my countrymen
to their capital.
Whether it is judicious in the Government of the
French Republic to make the passport system, which
is for their own security, and not our convenience, a
matter of charge is another question, and one in
which Ido not interfere. It must in a certain degree
retard the freedom of intercourse between the two
nations, which it is so desirable to keep up. I feel
this to be so much the case that I invariably pay the
passports for all my passengers.
I fear I have trespassed too long upon your valu-
able space, and beg to remain, Sir, yours, &e ,
JOSEPH CRISP.
51, Bedford-street, Strand, April 13, 1850.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The choice of M. EUGENE Sun as the Democratic
candidate for Paris is considered on all hands as a
master-piece of electioneering tactics; and even the
reactionaries are compelled to acknowledge that their
candidate will stand little chance against the most
popular novelist of the day, who is also a most
thorough-going Democrat : his popularity as a no-
velist will secure to him the support of the ladies,
whose influence will, no doubt, prevent many from
voting against him who would have voted against nay
(tiler Democratic candidate. It is to M. VIDAL that
tre credit is due of having proposed the name of M.
EUGENE SUE to the electors of Paris.

Orders have been sent to the French fleet to quit
t'ie Bay of Naples should the English fleet appear
there to demand indemnity for losses sustained by
-Mitish subjects in consequence of the proceedings of
General FILANGIBRI in Sicily, in order to leave the
g round free for the negotiations of .the British
Minister.

'The Pattie has the following communicated note :

" S?.veral journals, in giving an account of an incident.
which occurred on the departure of the President of the
B epublic from Versailles, my that some persons cor-
r.( ,uuded his carriage and uttere I seditious cries. It is
true that one of the horses in the President's carriage
fell nt the bond Point of the Champ Elyt4n, but it ite—
m ediately rose, and no malevolent demonstration took
pl ace. There were very few people assembled."
The following communicated note appears in the
Pilrie and the Moniteur du Soir

" Some of the journals have on several occasions
sp.)ken of movements of Au:Arian troops destined to form
the garrison of Rome in conjunction with French and
Sp snish troops. It is astonishing that various journals
sht cid bring forw►rd such stbtaments on the faith of let-
ter sfrom the shores of the Adriatic. All these reports are
qtt srly destitute of foundation." •
Moniteur— publishes the.official returns of the
proceeds of the Customs and Excise duties for the
first; quarter of the pressnt year, and which show an
increase as compared with the first quarter of the last
year of 3,344,000 f.
P.Artis Bourse, APRIL 15.—Latest pricer.—Five
per Cents. 87f. 80c. ; Three per Cents., 54f. 40c. ;
Bark of France, 2,095 f.

BUUNESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON ATOOK-EXCHA.NGE, APRIL 15.

Ce 7tral of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1214—Luxem-
bourg:, 171/3—Northern of France, 12—Paris and Rouen, 191;i.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 10'1 have arrived. Their
contents are unimportant.
DlA,:natu BOLSA, APRIL 10.—Three per Cents.,
29 7.-1 G for account; Five per Cents., 124. Ex-
changs e on London, 50 25.