The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

SPANISH CORN-LAWS.

On the 3d inst. was published, in Madrid, the
Minister of Finance's project of a Corn-law for Spain,
read in Congress on the 28th ult., as the result of the
labours of the Commission employed to gather evi-
dence on the subject during the last five months. The
following is a brief analysis :
All dealings in flour, wheat, barley, oats, maize, rye,
spelta, and other grains seeds, and pulse, to be declared
free throughout the kingdom, and the isles adjacent,
without subjection to taxation or destruction of any
kind. The bargains, barters, and transactions in corn,
&c., shall only be subjected to the law which extend in
common to every species of contract. It is com-
petent for any person to open stores of corn, &c.,
for public sale by wholesale and retail in any pueblo,
without incurring any charge or impost of any de-
nomination. All old restrictive regulations on this
branch of commerce with reference to privileges,
monopolies, &c., conceded by the former Governments,
on account of the gabelas, public granaries, &c., are
to cease, and the contractors to be renumerated by
Government. In the corn stores and markets the
buyers and sellers are only to be subjected to the
orinary regulations of the police of the pueblo, and
such share of charges as may be necessary for paving,
cleansing, watching, &c. ; and the town-measurers
and weighers are not to interfere in sales unless
called in at the free will of the parties interested
(a great concession, as at present every thing
sold in every market in Spain is weighed, and the
weighing is paid for by compulsion.) The commerce

in corn, &c., to be free from- port to port in the Pe-
ninsula, and to and from the Beleares (where the ports
of Palma, Mahon, and Ibiza, are appointed for ship-
ment, and reciprocally in the Peninsula the ports of
Barcelona, Tarragona, Alicante, Valencia, and Car-
thagena, for reception from thence), under the usual
regulations of pilotage. The Aduanas, in passing
the corn in or out, are to demand no duty for re-
gistry or certificates, but to take strict account of
quantity, prices, destination, &c., and to return
monthly statistical accounts to' Madrid. The only
expense attendant on the Custom-house transit
to the dealers will be the stamps on certificates.
(N.B. By the project for the regulation of the Basque
fueros, which exempt the three provinces from the
necessity of using stamps, the ports of Bilboa, Bermeo,
St. Sebastian, and Passages, will be free from even
this charge.) Pilot vessels in the carrying corn
trade coastward are not to touch at foreign ports on
their way. " The prohibition against the importation
of foreign grain and flour shall still be in force, and
continue in those provinces where the price of native
produce does not reach 80 reals ($4) the fanega of
wheat, and 130 reals the quintal (100 pounds
weight) of flour, and bear that price in the sea-coast
sapital for four weeks consecutively." But in
cese of a "notable scarcity," the political chiefs of
provinces may propose ,to admit foreign grain therein,
and the Government may act upon their recommen-
dation. "If the case should arise that foreign pro-
duce should be introduced, grain and seeds shall pay
two reals per fanega, and pulse and flour three reals
per quintal, under a_ foreign flag, but nothing under

the national ; in either case being exempt from all
duty or arbitrio of whatever kind, and all species of
restrictions and gabela that might increase the price."
" All laws, ordinances, and rules, as well general as
particular, which are in opposition direct, or indirect,
to the above, shall be abolished and declared of no
effect." This is the first step towards commercial
consistency, towards the formation of the new tariff;
but not a word has yet been said about it, or about
the project for the regulation of the Basque fueros.

Some days ago a man, named Aubain, 70 years of
age, went to the shop of M. Juteau, a carpenter, at Orleans,
to order, as he said, a table. Mine. Juteau, being alone, re-
quested him to call again, but Aubain replied he had something
particular to say to her, and vt:nt wills her into a back room.
As soon as he had shut the door he took a hammer from his
pocket, and struck her violently. on the head, and continued
beating her sin! it some of her neighbours came to her release.
Aubain was seized, and taken before a magistrate, to whom he
excused himself, by saying that Mme. Juteau had spread evil
reports about him. After being searched, and deprived of
evervthiug he had about him, he was confined in a lock-up
houso till the next morning, when he was found dead, having
hung himself with an apron, left accidentally by a woman who
had been confined the preceding day. The injuries received
by Mine, Juteau were very severe, but she is not in danger

THE TORY INCOME TAX.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE• SUN.

SIR,—I beg to inform you that a requisition to the
Mayor of this town, to call a public meeting for the pur-
pose of considering the iniquitous, unjust, and impolitic
income tax, and other financial measures of her Majesty's
present ill-advisers, is being most numerously signed, and
the meeting will be held early in the ensuing week. I
hope other places will follow the example, and come to
the help of those who appear ready to retrace some of
their false steps taken dtiriug the days of finality.
I am, Sir, your obedient s4...vant,
A PLYMOUTH RADICAL.
Plymouth, March 25, 1842.