The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-02 00:00:00

BRITISH MAGAZIiVE.

The long-doubted existence of such an author as
William of Tudela, and the alleged plagiarism from
him, of the old poem on the Crusade of Simon de
Montfort, are shown from a comparison of dates,
and internal examination of the two writers, to .prove
both points affirmatively, .as regards this ancient
Navarrese poet. In a paper. upon " Papal exactions
consequent on Papal dominion," the singular fact is
stated, that in the year 1253 an inquiry was instituted
as to the number of strangers, chiefly Italians, who,
though beneficed in England, resided constantly at
Rome, whereby it was ascertained that the ecclesias-
tical revenues in England, belonging to Italians, many
of them boys and idiots, • amounted to 46,6661. per
annum—a larger 'revenue. than that of the King.
Swedenborg's adaptation of the Egyptian hiero-
glyphics to the modern discoveries of science finds a
defender and, apparently,.able explainer in M. Portal
of the .Asiatic Society of Paris.

BRITISH FRIEND OF INDIA MAGAZINE.
Such is the title of a periodical, the fourth number
of which is now lying before us, containing. inter cilia
" A view of they Political State of India," wherein
thare-is a rapid but succinct sketch of the Rise and
Progress of the English. power in the East. In-some
reriaarlis on " The Affairs of India," suggested by
our reverses in Afghanistan,- we find the following
sensible reflections :

The Affghan war has already abserbed from fifteen to
seventeen millions sterling ; there is now a deficit of
ssveral millions in the annual revenues, and it is on this
ground partly, that Sir Robert Peel justifies the imposi-
tion of the Income-tax. When the Income-tax comes
to be paid, every one will recollect that so much of it is
for England, and so much for India. We all know that
India belongs to us ; we have heard it talked of all our
lives, and very gratifying it is. to be told about our vast
Indian empire, but now we shall know it in a very dif-
ferent sense to what we ever did before ; we shall have
to pay fiw our vast Indian empire, and that' by means of
an Income-tax, the most odious. and inquisitorial of all
modes of taxation ; when this takes place, all eyes will
be. directed to India ; when the tax-gatherer comes
round every half-year to demand the Income-tax, we
shall have something more to do than boast of our
vast Indian empire, we shall have to pay for it, and.
then it will be universally known and felt that we have
a deep interest in its welfare ; it will then be our own
concern, and we shall set about to see that matters arc
properly conducted then?, we shall scrutinize into the
proceedings of the Indian Government at home and
abroad, and not take it for granted that everything is
right, because men in office tell us they are satisfied:.

FLANDERS AND DUTCEI MAIL.
BRUSSELS, APRIL '2B.—The. average price of wheat, last
wok, was 23f. 82c. ; that of rye, 13f. 26c.
The basins of Antwerp are deserted. Several vessels have
hft the port, favoured by the east wind, which delays the ar-
rival of others. About thirty ships, returning from very long
voyages, are cruising in the Channel, waiting for a favourable
wind. Some it is said, have touched at English ports.
GHENT APRIL 27.—Swarms of beggars infest the com-
munes in ;he country within these few days; they came, to the
numbrr of fo-ty, to the parsonage house at Somerghan, where
they demanded money and tood. . The genuarrnes. have
taken the necessary precautions to prevent.the recurrence of
such disorders.

A dealer in potatoes having parchased a large quantity at the
market of Waerschut, and loaded several waggons with them.
One of the waggons was plundered on the road, by men be-
longing to the indigent classes..
Ilaussal.s, A rail. 29.—The Committee appointed for the
purpose of commercial inquiry distributed-its wort six weeks
ago, among the Members of the Chamber. The Members of
the Committee having unanimously adopted the• principle of
direct intercourse in commercial exchanges with distant pro-
ducing countries, it remains to eletermine. the manner of appli-
cation by a tariff of differential impost duties.
The Committee publishes, in a supplement to the Mouiterr
of the 23th of April, the tariff which it wishes to propose,
and invites the Chamber of Commerce and the merchants and
manufacturers of the country to communicate their ut.;orva-
dons to it before the lOth of May next.
THE HAG r.:, A earl. :29.---jt.e acteowat, received from
Berlin for the last three days. respe,iting his Majeity King
William Frederick have been progressively more favourable.
The situation of the august patient is improving in every
respt ct.
DUTCH FUNDS,—AitennOnm, APRIL 29.
Actual DOI, 2% Per Cent .....» bionej. 8188.
5V4
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Anisit Syndic. 4 percent:"... ........ • 93
Ditto, ditto, 3% per coat.... .....
Commercial Company, 4i4 pqr cent.
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ......... ; ltO% 1008
Loan 1837, 5 per cunt. ..................... c9*
Exchange on London, One
Twomonths
Hamburgh, One m0nth............. 25
Twornonths
-Dutch Papers, April 30.
BELGIAN b.. UNES—Darsann. AntiL Zr): ,„
Actual Debt,_2% per Cent. .... .......
.... 54,
Loanitothsoz hi irtiiiertmallsi C4Spnctr. .... .
............ I?)%
3per
72ti
................ 01%
Loan of City, 1=32, 4 per Cent ••..•.• 1
515
Society et Coaimlrce,aperCent.,
Bank of Itolgium, 5 per ........ w .713
National Society
Exchange on Londbx (sliot t) ........
—Brussels Paters, April 29. •
AUSTRIAN FUN llS.—Visnten, Apnil,2!.
Five per Ccats. Metallleues .. ...
poor per Cents. "t 0.... ..... ........ ......... Mk%
Ihrecp..r Ceuta • ••••••••••••• ....... ....... Bi
Bards Shares ••. ...... "••• .......... ••• ......... 1(555

On Thursday the Committee on the Budget elected
M. Vuitry as reporter, in place of M. I. aeave-Laplagne.
nattily was appointed President of the Committee, which post
was also held by 11. Lacave-Laplagne. At the close of the sit-
ting nf the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, the report of the
Committee en the Budget, which was drawn up by 111. Lacave-
Laplagne, was laid on the bureau of the President by. Al. Vuitry.
The last portion of this report was read to, and adopted by. the
Committee, on the day that M. Humann died. The Moniteur
Tarisien states that the Minister of Finance will maintain all
ale *ldGris expressed by him as reporter on the Budget.
A letter from Narbonne, of April 21, states that
the waters of the Auds, which for some time had been much
swollen, had on the preceding day reached so great a height
that the embankment on the left side was swept away to a
considerable extent. The vast plain reaching to the pond of
Capustang was nothing but a vast lake, where the water most
remain for a length of time as the inclination from that part
of the country to the sea is very slight. Great damage has
been done, and the loss, the letter states, will be enormous,
both for, the repairs of the embankment and by the destruction
of the crops, which were -in a flourishing state when the dis-
aster took place.