The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1868.

T ELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nunes Tzuowus.)
THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
THORN, MAT 3, Emma.

According to news received here from Warsaw,
a rumour was current that the government in-
tended to issue a manifesto on the 13th inst.,
ordering the reorganization of the police, gen-
darmes, and peasants.
The manifesto would, it was said, further order
the confiscation of the property of insurgent landed
proprietors, and the levying of a contribution
throughout Poland.

THE PROPOSED TAXATION OP CHARITIES.

Au unpreeedentedly large deputation, beaded by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Arch.
bishops of Canterbury end York, waited upon the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence
in Downing-street, to present a memorial, end nius upon the
right hon. gentleman's attention the injustice sod the im-
policy of extending the property tax to the funded property
of charitable institutions as proposed in the financial scheme
of the present year. The deputation, which was far too
numerous for the capacity of any room in the government
buildings to accommodate, and of which in consequence not
one-half of those who formed it could get beyond the outer
doors, included, besides the long lists of bishops
peers, members of parliament, church dignitaries, clergy-
' men, trustees, secretaries, and managers of public sad
other charities enumerated in the advertisement published
in our column of yesterday—the Bishop of Winchester,
Mr. G. 8. Beeeroft, M.P. ; Earl of Shaftesbury, E.G. ;
Mr. J. Beckett, Mr. M'Donogh, M.P. ; Mr. Turner, Trea-
surer a Gay's Hospital •; The Faint Fenershem, Mr. J. W.
Ferrer, M.P. ; Mr. J. W. Perry Wallington, M.P. ; Mr.
Bromley Moore, M.P. ; Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P. ;
Mr. W. Murray, Y.P. ; Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bart., M.P. ;
Hon. W. H. B. Portman, LP., for the London
University College, and University Collage lies
lie G. Crouton, Secretary Monopoliten FnsShed
llstreldfk, trieVtra. t
ofLei oßased ;
Ms. G. Smith, Sennery of Elisabeth Fry Refuge; Sir Thew
Hesketh, Bart., Y.P. ; •Rev. Canon Pilkingtoo, M.A. ; Mr.
H. Smyth, Royal Dispensary of Diseases of the Ear; Mr.
George Mena, Sereassy of Welllogton Collage ; Rev. Ed-
ward J. Speak, LA., Canna Pastoral Aid Society , Mr. T.
K. King, Benevolent Fund Society of St. Patrick ; Mr. H.
London, Secretary of Commercial Travellers' School for
Orphan and Necesaitous Children ; Rev. R. Ashton, Congre-
gational Union of Ragland and Wales ; Mr. 1). Hill,
Treasurer of Benevolent Fund Sacred Harmonic Society
Rev. W Stan, L A., Secretary of Nieto Charity ; Mr. R.
Bradt, Master of Marineas' Bewevolsot Society ; Mr.
J. H. Amen M.P. • Mr. W. Leaf, Treasurer
and Trustee of Warehntseseen's and Selma ;
Mr. George Moore, for Orphan and Neosesitan Maas;
Rev. A. B. 81ItOf trustee of Ills Vanessa's Clarity,
Spitaffielde ; Cal. Stuart,l M.P.; Mr. J. Taylor, PhilanthropicSociety, Mile End ; Mr. R. Pries, manager, and Mr. Lan-
ford, secretary, Provident Clerks ; Sir Brook Bridges, Bart.,
M.Y. ; Mr. H. Butt, treasurer of Coogreptional Foal
Board, Coward's Trust ; Mr. A. James, secretary of Royal
Naval School, New Orme ; Mr. H. Girard, treasurer of
French Hospital ; Sir James Duke, Bart, ALP ; Rev. T. R.
Madam ; Rev. J. Manilla ; Hon. Percy Windham, M.P. ;
Mr. Alderman Abbie.

Mr. Gladstone having with great difficulty made his way
by aside door a foot or two into the room,

The Duke of CLIC/IEIOGB addressed him as follows. Sir,
I have been requested on the part of • very large body of
rend. men connected with all the greet public clarifies of
this country, and on my own pert, as president of Christ's
Hospital, to bring to your notice the great sorrow with
which we have heard of the intention of the govern-
ment to levy the income tai upon all such institutions.
(Hear, hearii I ammyself connected with various other
bet as I mote especially represent Christ's Hospital
on this otimaion and as there are other. present who will
be able to speak better as to their own charities than I can
do, I will confine my observations to that. We feel that
the effect of the proposed measure sa regards ourselves will
be to lessen °wildness), for good to the extent of forty bon
and upwards. Our funded property would probably be'
represented by an income-tax of 2.,0001. • year ; the annual
cost of one boy we consider is 401., thus forty boys would
make up 1,0001. • year. In addition to those we keep on
the eatabliahtheat, we have a large number in affiliated so-
cieties, sa the Everington's and other charities, and the re-
duction we should have to make is them we estimate at an
additional 4001. a year. The Everington's, se most gun-
Yemen present know, is • charity for the blind, where
we have • number of poor annuitants who
receive 201. a year. Should the proposition of the towers-
meat be carried out we feel that we have but two courses
open to us. We must either reduce the number of boys
and of sanuitants we mist, or as far as the annuitants are
concerned, we must reduce the small pittance they receive.
The latter course we could scarcely adopt, seeing bow small
the allowance now. is ; and we feel, therefore, that we are
placed in a very painful position. We wish to draw your
attention to the fact that, as the income tax sow stands, all
incomes under 1001. a year are free of charge, and that it is
proposed that a further exemption should be granted to tn.
comes lensing between 100/. aid 2001. • year by charging
only on • portion of such incomes, so that under Mile plan
we shall be charged upon incomes of 201. a year while in-
comes of 1001. a year are to be untaxed. (Hear, hear.)
We would further venture to remind you that this; is the
introduction of • new principle. When the income-tax was
first established by Mr. Pitt charities were exempt, and
when the Mx was many years afterwards re-introduced by
Par S. Peel, that exemption was recognised and continued.
We cannot forget, likewise, that Mr. Pitt's time was one of
great financial pressure, and as we do not think that any
such pressure exults, end as the introduction of this entirely
new principle seriously affects us as regards our power for
=Manses, we believe that we are justified in making •
strong remonstrance against it, and earnestly hope that you
will take the matter into your favourable consideration.
Mr. Tossett, treasurer of Guy's Hospital, reed and after-
wards presented a memorial, setting forth reasons spinet
the taxation of charities, and respectfully urging the with-
drawal of the measure. (These reasons were stated in the
advertisement yesterday.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, as president of the
Clergy Orphan Corporation, and the Corporation of the
Sous of the Clergy, had come there to plead the cause of the
widows and orphans of poor clergymen. The Corporation
of the Sons of the Clergy had three objects—to grant
assistance to aged infirm, and destitute clergymen, and
those infembarraued circumstances; to grant pensions to the
poor and aged daughters, sod to assist in apprenticing out
the sons of clergymen. The society had 1,260 persons re-
' miring its bounty, and the abstraction of funds which the
tax would occasion must compel them either to re-
discs the number of the recipients or to exact
the tax from the amount of the relief given.
In the Clergy Orphan institution they would have no alter.
native but to diminish the number of children received upon
the foundation, and the result would be that those who
were rejected would probably become outcast..
Mr. DAIII3t, late M.P. for Sussex, reiterated the claims
of Christ's Hospital to exemption, and replied to the
argument that the greater cheapness of provisions come-
quent upon the removal of indirect taxes on articles of
consumption, was • reason why the feuds of the institution
should make some contribution to the state, in the shape
of direct taxation. The boys of Christ's Hospital did not
assume wine, tea, or many other of those articles
the duties upon which bad been reduced. If the tax
were imposed they would have to reduce their number by
40 boysat once ; and should war ensue, and the tax be
raised to a shilling in the pound, they would have to reduce
their number by 100.
Mr. W. Cunrrr, M.P., president and treasurer of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, urged the claims of that charity,
and drew • vivid picture of the misery which would result
if it were compelled to close its doors to on. in every 170
of the sick and destitute poor who applied for its aid, and
which it was estimated they would be compelled to do if
their 34,0001. or 36,000/. of funded property were brought
under the operation of the income tax..

Alderman Corriagn, ILY., pointed out the severity
with which the proposal would weigh upon Bethlehem and
Bridewell Hospitals.
Mr. E. BAINES, handed to Mr. Gladstone a bundle
of petitions from various charitable end religious societies
whist the project.
The Bishop of LONDON mentioned the fact that many
charitable societies which were supported mainly by colon-
tsry subscriptions, and could with difficulty meet the de-
mands upon them, kept a small sum funded to meet emer-
gencies, and urged that it would be hard to tax the trifling
income thus arising.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that when
only a small portion of the income arose from funded peo-
peny it might be considered a portion of the whole, and so
treated. That however was a diffeient question to that of
exempting the richly endowed charities from all taxation.
Lord SHAPTEBBURT instanced the case of the Bible
Society, which if it had to ray a tax upon its
funded property would be compelled to increase
the price at which it sold copies of the Scriptures
to the poor. If the pries per copy of the New Testament
were raised from 4d. to 6d., which he believed would be the
result, it would operate as a serious burden upon the poor,
and raise up an impediment to the dissemination of the
Scriptures. With regard to the Church Missionary Society.
of which be did not know so much, be suggested that it
would be a serious thing if it were compelled by MIMI of
the proposed tax to curtail its operations, by withdrawing
some of its missionaries who were sow labouring amongst
the heathens abroad, or withholding the pensions to those
who were worn out in the missionary cause or their widows.
The manure would operate seriously, too. upon the Ragged
School Union, which had • small invested fund upon
which it relied to meet any sudden necessity arising
from the falling off of the annual contributions. During
the Crimean war the contributions fell off so much Mist
but for this fund they would have bees obliged to close 100
schools and turn many thousands of children again %woe
the streets ; and he added that when one of these ragged
schools was osoe shut up it was very rarely reopened. There
was no public necessity for this measure, and as it involved
a great principle he hoped it would not be persisted is.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BAKER, registrar of the Corporation of the Sons of
the Clergy, also spoke is reference to that charity and
'Ahem granting pension or gratuities.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excucuuoo—Msy it please your
royal highness, my loed-srchbishope, m 7 lords and geode-
yam, I ea sot mop that I entirety oadeeatantl the purpose

(Stamped, Id. Additional.]

of this great meeting (for it ie • great meeting rather
than a deputation) with the attendance of which to-day I
have been honoured, beyond all precedent, I think, in the
history of the office Iso no worthily fill, ho far ae it is a
meeting for reasoning, I think your royal highosee and you
my lord-archbishops will agree with me thatlt is essentially
• meeting for reasoning, on one side, and that the very Mr-
on.metances of the cam would make it impossible for me to
state to your royal highness and the deputation the grounds
which have induced her Majesty's government to submit
the proposal which it will be my duty to make to-night to
the House of OM:MOM The only thing requisite for
me to observe I. this. In the first plea, the meeting
does not require to be reminded by me that
they are in no danger of having this proposal
of the government carried by means of re.
finance apart from reason. It will be moderately
stating the case if I submit toyon, air, andto those who have
accompanied your royal highness, that so far as it is pos-
sible and convenient to distinguish between influence and
reason, the balance of influence will not be enfavourable to
the deputation here assembled. A case of this kind is a
ems which depends and must necessarily rest on its merits.
It has been stated with perfect truth that this proposal is
not made at • time of public pressure ; and not Mang made
at a time of public pressure, it is made at a time 'Oben the
proposers and not the oppopente of tho morass are most
..10tealto suffer for went of due consideration. Bat I may
free state that whilst her Majesty's government are per
the can has never been brought fairly
before the public mind, and while I say that from theim
addressee I have heard, and the memorialw
ba been read, I feel isermeed ocisvicties that it tae not
beterieseaglit fay and felt* Askew' do public Ishii
—nor to the mind of man y her. present—etill no cm an
be more aware than was her Majesty's government that a
proposal of this nature is one that ought not to be carried
by force, so to speak, or the UM of Mamas by say govern-
ment, if indeed it were possible so foamy it—and that while
it is my duty on the part of the gevernmest to submit and
state, as accurately sod as "Monty as I can, the reasons
which have induced them to bring forward this
I were Ito say that the considerationswhich have =Il-
-1 dressed to me in this room were new to my mind or to the
lido& of my oolleagnee, I should convict myself and them
of the utmost levity in the discharge of a moat responsible
duty. What we shall do is to refer the matter to the Ma-
sideration of the House of Commons—to state to the
House of Commons that It is not our desire (if it were
even in our power to deal otherwise with
such a 'proposal) that it should receive other than the
fullest consideration and freest discussion possible, knowing
that if if did not the mischief that would be done by its
passing without most full consideration and discussion would
be far greater than any good that could possibly result from
the encores of the measure. (Rear, hear.) There is one
question lam anxious to put before you. When so many
charities are gathered together in infinite diversity of be-
quests of different kinds, I wish to know from those who
may be authorised to expels the sense of this deputation
whether I ion to understaed that what the deputation desires
is that with respect to everything felling within the galena de-
scription of • charity—for purposes of the income tax—
not only with respect to hospitals or orphan institutions,
but everything falling within the description of charity, it
I. wished that parliament should continue the present
exemptioe from direct taxation of all kind% and ao make
itself a partner as it were for the niainteeance for the pre-
sent and the foundation for the future in all such charitable
institutions! _ _

The Archbishop of CANTERBURY did not distinctly under-
stand the question.
The CBANCILLOR of the Exclaims—Whether yen wish
the exemption to extend to all in whatever way their incomes
may be derived, or whether you make a cLrifcation of
charities

Tie Archbishop of Catrrmumar did not see bow they
maid be clessi6ed there.
The CHANCILWI of the EXCIISQOII3-1 do not want you
to classify them here. What I want to know is, whether
the present exemption is contended for es applyiog to all
charities, and to all funds belonging to claantable tostita-
tions, however derived

Swiend Members of the Deputatios —Yee, yes.
The Duke of CAMBILIDGIL—As the question was first put
I did Pot feel quite prepared to answer, but I believe I may
say, so far as I am justified—speaking the sentiments of the
gentlemen present, many of whom I do not know, wren by
name—l apprehend that we do contend that the szeniptioe
should continue to all charities. (Heer, hear.)
The deputation then thanked the right hon. gentleman sad
retired.

RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS BY UN!VERSITY•MEN.

For neve* weeks peat (says our Cambridge cor-
respondent) the Roman catholic chapel, in Union-road has
been the scene of the most disgraceful disturkanom It
appears that a number of undergraduate members of the
University, evidently acting in concert, have been in the
habit of attending the evening services and interrupting the
priest by laughing derisively, smoking long clay pipes, and
other unseemly conduct. The Rev. Thomas Quinlivan, the
officiating priest, has remonstrated with them upon several
occasions, but abstained from taking legal proceeding,
against them. This forbearance, however, instead of having
the desired affect of quelling the disturbances, made the
undergraduates more bold and violent, and last Sunday
evening they conducted themselves in so outrageous a
wanner that the police-constables, who were in at-
i teodance for the purpose of preserving order, found it
necessary to take the ringleaders into custody. The
toes subsequently went to the police-station and oat
the offenders. Yesterday morning the Borough Polioe-oourt
was densely crowded in every part ; a large number of
University men were present, who manifested the greatest
interest iu the proceedinp. The Rev. Mr. Quinlivan and
many of the University authorities were accommodated
with seats on the bench. air. Fetch, solicitor, appeared
for all the defendants. Mr. Howard Tenon Watson and
Mr. Thomas Spriegett Watson, undergraduates of Pem-
broke College, were first charged with having masulted
police-constables Larkin and Kiebyabire.—Elijah Larkia,
police-constable, deposed that on the previous day he was
on duty in plain clothes at the catholic chapel referred to.
A University man was given into the custody of witness
by the priest on a charge of disorder) y conduct.
Several University mon were there, and one of them said,
" Now for the rescue." Several of thew then tried to take
the prisoner away from the constables. As they were going
out of the chapel the defendant, /toward Watson, struck
witness on the forehead. In the chapel-yard the defendant,
Thomas Watson, endeavoured to pull him away from his
priaoner, tied in the struggle they fell. Somebody then
kicked him, and the prisoner, who was in custody,
got away. The defendant, Howard Witmer, was after-
wards taken into custody, when another Wog-
gle and several assaults on the police took
Several other winnow' having given corroborative evidence,li
the Mayor said the offence with which the defendants
were charged was a very serious one. It was a grievous
thing that these disturbances of a congregation should have
been going on for a considerable time. it was impossible to
overlook the matter or to punish it merely by the infliction
of a Bee. The defendants would be sent to prison for seven
days, without hard labour. On account of various circum-
stances the magistrates had determined to omit the hard
labour, but they felt they should not be doing their duty if
the. merely inflicted a pecuniary fine. The undergraduate
poriion of the audience raised a perfect storm of biome as
soon as the sentence was pronounced, bet order was soon re-
stored. The prisoners, who were evidently much surprised at
the decision, and appeared to feel acutely their position, were
then removed from the dock in the custody of the ;splice.
Richard Ramaden, undergraduate of Trinity College, was
next charged with amending poliewconstables Alms and
Kirhyshire in the execution of their duty. The evidence
proved that the prisoner was taking a prominent part in the
disturbance, and that when some of the other under-
graduates charged were actually in custody he cried out
repeatedly, 'To the rescue!" At the pohoe-station he
struck Kirbysleire with his fist, whereupon Kirb)shire
struck him again, as the officer said (amid groans from the
undergraduates present iu court), "in self defence." On
the fact that Kirbysbire had struck the defendant appear-
ing, the bench recommended that this chiuge should
be withdrawn, and it was withdrawn accord-
ingly. (This as regarded the assault charged upon
Kirbyahire.) The defendant was then further charged
with assaulting police-constable Ayres. The Maier
said the magistrates considered this awe proved ; they
had the option or sending the defendant to prison, or
indicting a pecuniary fine. There was, however, some dif-
ference between this and the previous case. The defendant
had committed no assault within the precincts of a place
of worship, and there were some other mitigating
circumstances. The bench adjudged the defendent to pay a
fine of 41. and expenses, or to be imprisoned seven days.
The tine was immediately paid. George Ward, student, of
Trinity College, was then charged by pollee-nonstable
Maltby with assaulting him while in the execution of his
duty. There appeared some doubt whether the defendant
was the party who struck the officer, awl the bench gave
him the benefit of it. There were other charges entered
upon the police sheet against Robert Glenn, of Magdalen
College, charged with attempt at rescue; William Wood-
side, of Emmanuel College, and William Francis Smith,
of Saint John's College, charged with inciting to rescue
and obstructing the police, but these were withdrawn.

The board of management of the Warehousemen
sad Clarks' Schools hays the honour he aanounce that bin
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has graciously consented
to lay the fouedation atone of the new building for 150
orphan children. The date of the ceremony is not yet
_ _

Cobden'a speech, of April 24, on the Foreign
Enlistment Act, bas been published in a pamphlet. by
Ridgway.
CRYSTAL PALACZ.—ONE SMILING DAY.—MON-
DAT, MAT 4. —Admierions no payment, 1,683 ; ditto by
simena tickets, 625; total, 2,308.

[TWOPENCE

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATIMRBALLI3.-MONDAY.

Tim) mikados., at Hyde-perk-comer today was very
the majority of mbecnbers being at, or en route to.
Chester ; but settling on last week's ruing not having been
meoloded on Saturday, those who did not avail themselves
of the extra day presented themselves this afternoon for
the purpose of squaring up accounts. The " mehange of
notes" having been concluded a ring was formed
on the lawn, from which we were enabled to com-
pile the subjoined list of prices. For the Chester
Cup 9 to 4 waa taken to money about Stridella, but at the
close intending backers stood out for • shade more odds.
Caller On, the Plover, and Asteroid were Arm at their res-
pective prow, and after frequent inquiries about Durikeld,
one w known 'peculator booked 100 to 6 about him. The
Derby was chiefly noticeable for the firmness of the favourite
—about whom 9001. to 2001 was takes in one bet—and the
alleged "bolstering up" of the Gillis, who was supported
at 14 to 1, and 2,0001. to 901. wee aecepted shout Tom Fool.
Closing prior :