The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-12 00:00:00

REPEAL OF THE PROPEWIT AND LNCONIE

TAX.

(From the Newcank Chronicle.)
On Thursday a public meeting wan held in the
Guildhall, convened by the Mayor, in compliance with a
numerously signed requisition, " for the purpose of peti-
tioning parliament against the renewal of the property and
income tax in any shape whatever."
T o MAYOR (James Hodgson, Esq.) having taken the
chair,
JOHN HODGSON HINGE, Esq., moved "That the
items tax, originally proposed to meet a temporary erner-
gengy, having been continued trona time to time, and its
lasi renewal being about to expire in the ensuing session of
pestiasnent, it is resolved that immediate steps be taken to
procure relief from the impost." (Applause.)
Mr. CHARLES RAYNE moved an amendment to
the eff‘et, that direct taxation is the most expedient,
as well as least expensive in its collection, but that
amendment is required in its application, it being unjust
that Immo derived been trading pursuits should pay in
the isms ado as sod . A revision of the schedules
wee olles smi d,-
sai use tax should be equally appli-
cable to all pails albs United Kingdom.
Atter sans aliossolsa.
Mr. RAVI'S pasEimei to incorporate his amendment
with the rcsobatinn. out the second clause of the
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Mr. RINDE said herald not consent to the proposal.
Even supposing It were the decided sense of the majority
here that the tax on real property should be retained, yet
he thought the meeting would act most unwisely in hiking
the coarse • because it precluded them from ac-
cepting relieffrom ;he income to should it be coupled
with relief from psayeety tax.
Mr. GREENYHOW moved another amendment, vie.
"That this meeting, recognising the wisdom of direct taxa-
tion, yet considers that a tax on income is most unjust in its
operation, while a tax on realised property is most just,
wise, and expedient."
Mr. HINI)E quite willing to accede to an alteration in
the resolution, so as to refer specifically to the tax derived
from trades and professions. (Applause.) He would not,
however, move the resolution himself ix that form.
Mr. II MLLE then moved the resolution in an altered
form, pledging the meeting to take immediate steps to
procure the repeal of the tax on Incomes derived from
trades and professions.
Mr. karma. withdrew his amendment in deference to the
general opinion and a division took place on Mr. Green-
how's amendment, which was negatived by a large
majority.
The original motion was then carried by a show of hands,
and a petition founded upon it was agreed to, to be for-
warded to the membrn for Newcastle for presentation to
the House of Commons.

il7ani; Wc;;Then•roted I. the mayor, after which the
meeting broke op.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN. Ice. 10.
The Parket of this evening has the following un-
favourable account of Mr. Eastwood's progress:—
Although some faint favourable hopes were entertained
two days since that the much-respected victim of a san-
guinary ribbon conspiracy might survive the inhuman at.
tack, we deeply regret to say that grounds for the most
painful anxiety now exist. The annexed letter will be read
with deep concern :—" Dundalk, Saturday, Jan. 10. Mr.
Eastwood has had a very unfavourable ehwe and bad
symptoms appear. Dr. Cusack left Dublin for 'Mr. East-
wood's ruMenas at an early hour this morning to meet
Drs. Breaker and Pollock in consultation. It is much
feared that injury has been done to the internal parts of
the head."

-----A
correspondent of the Bowsaw Mail write, as
follows:

Jaw. 6.—1 sat glad te la yea that Hen,
one of the principals la the attack ea % • Ballwin& insw
rendered himself on Friday last at 1111Masit tae
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to whom he made a coalsesiss, sad Ma am
as will be likely to lead la Me anus of Ile Mbar
implicated in the attack IS ID. Eriaraitl. It It ttsttirttltad
that Hogg has not only gives s dna to the teasel setae
maassins, but also each haematite' se la the e.O it the
conspiracy as will, he doubt, mem the Wes' seappl-
raters amenable to the law. The nusistratee blare wham
Hogg's informations were taken were the Ilisers:
Cony oghans. the Earl of Mayo, Onseamas Lambent. .t, J.
Hamilton, Esq., and Maguire, Eeq. gm has
transmitted to Dublin-
Afflicting intelligence of the effects of the week's
storms have been received this morning. On Tuesday
night the ship Columbus, of New York (M'Currsn,
master), 1,000 tons register, ran oat shore in Waterford
Harbour, and before day-light went to pieces, eight
of the crew and four passengers perishing in the
wreck. The Columbus was laden with cotton and
flour from Now Orleans for Liverpool, and had a
crew of thirty men on board. She struck so close
to the land that the cries of those on beard could be
distinctly heard; but as the sea was running
very high at the time the wreck was per-
ceived none of the small boats at hand could
venture out. On approaching the harbour the
captain, it appears, tired rockets, but the signal
was not answered, and no pilot pot out. He then
endeavoured to get the ship back to sea, but this, un-
fortunately, was found impossible, and the vessel in a
few minutes struck violently on the rooks just inside
the Hook-point. Three of the passengers were
females, one a Mrs. Falcon, widow of Capt. Falcon,
of the ship Josephus, of Liverpool, and another, Miss
C. Burke, from the Island of Ascension, on her way
to Portsmouth, where her father resides. The third
female was probably an attendant. Several bales of
cotton had come on shore, and it was expected that
many more would be saved. A brief notice of this
wreck appears in Saturday's Daily News.
A report was current in Waterford yesterday that
a brig and schooner were both lost about the same
place where the Columbus was east away ; and it is
also stated that a large brig from Odeon, bound for
Waterford, was totally lost on Thursday evening on
the coast of Wexford, between the Salta. and the
mainland, crow saved.
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Mr.Devereux, the present member for the borough
of Wexford, having intimated his intention to retire
from parliament at the commencement of the session,
Mr. Serjeant Shec, of the English bar, has addressed
the electors as a candidate.

ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM—Colonel Slade, to
whom the eonunandastship of the Military Asylum at
Chelsea bad been offered, has refused the appointment. It
is understood, however' that the colonel will probably ob-
tain a recruiting district neat April. In this ease the com-
mand of the 90th regiment will of course be vacated. Seve-
ral ofiteen have been named as summon to Major-General
P. Brown, at Chelsea, bat we andentaad nothing has yet
been decided.