The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-20 00:00:00

'THE ALTERATIONS IN THE INCOME TAN.

The foil )ain j is the propo.riiow with recited to
the igennr: tax, as embadiel to the resdution laid
upou the tabh, of the How of emulous by the
ChAnc;:llor uf the ExcheilutT:
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That it is the opinion of this committee, tat towaras
rising the supply granted to her Majesty, there sha 1 be
raised annually during the terms hereinafter limited, the
several rates and duties following (that is to say) ;
For and is respect of the property in any lands, tene-
ments, or hereditsments in the Waited Kingdom, and for
and in resreet of every annuity, teasisn, er stipend, paya-
ble by her Mejesty or out of the public revenue of the
United Kingdom; and fur end in respect of all interest of
money, annuities, dividends, and shares of annuities
payable to any person or persons, b4tlies politic or cor-
porate, companies or societies, whether corporate or not
corporate ; and fur and in respect ef the annual profits
or gains arising or accruing to any person or persons
whatever, resident in the United Kingdom, from any
kind of property whatever. whether situate in the United
Kingdom or elsewhere, or from any annuities, allowances,
or stipends, or from soy profession, trade, or vocation,
whether the same shall Lid respectively exercised in the
United Kingdom or elsewhere; and for and in respect of
the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to nuy per-
son or persons not resident wiihin the United Kingdom
from any property whatever in the United Kingdom, or
from any trade, profession, or vieeat'on exercised in the
United Kingdom—for eve:y twenty ►hillings of the annual
value or mullet thereof—
For two years from April 5, 1f,33 £o 0 7
And for two years from April 5, 1/%55
And for three years from April 5, 1357 0 0 5
And that on April 3. 186), except as to the collection of
moneys then due, the said rates and duties shall cease and
determine.
And for and in respect of the occupation of such lands,
teuemente, or hereditansonts (other than a dwelling-house
occupied by a tenant distintt from a farm of lands), for
every twenty shillings of the annual value thereof, one
moiety of each of the said sums of 7d., 61, and 31., for the
above-named times respectively.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.

MAYO.

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Yesterday, on the re-assembling of the committee,
Mr. Henry Murphy was examined, but gave his evidence
witu great reluctance. II: stated that he rrsidtd at Castle-
bsr, and was a member of the Inclependcr.*. Club. The
club was enrolled in Isl 6, but since ISil it was a club only
in name and not in reality. There was a body cubed the
Independent Club at the time of the Est election. II! was
the banker or treasurer of it, and was no doubt called so
still, but he never received a penny piece from the club,
and there was not a penny piece pod in. Archdeacon
Militia was eh airman of the meetings of the club, and Mr.
J. Conway was its secretary. Tho club began to men t some
time before the issuing of the writ fur Mayo at Armstrong's
Hotel, and sometimes at Flinn's. The parish priests of
Castiebar and those of the county were es officio members
of the club. Mr. Higgins was a member or it, but Mr.
Moore was not, though the latt,r attended its meetings, and
took part in its proceedings. Ti.e document put in, signed
9th July, 1952, signed by Moore and Higgins, agreed to
have a committee appointed, consisting of members of the
Independent Club, to be made up partly of the priests and
partly of the must popular members of the county, and
they bound themselves to abide always by any decision of
the committee, and to carry out their views, and if they
could not do so to resign as candidates at their request.
This committee, however, was never appointed. The
members of the club carried on the business of the
election on behalf of Moore and Higgins. There
were branches of the Independent Club at all the
polling places in the county of which the priests and lay
gentry were members. There were dift,rences of opinion
between the club and the sitting members about getting
money for the purposes of the election. Was aware that
parties with outstanding claims had applied to Moore and
Higgins, to whom also the club had applied ; and when the
parties applied to witness he referred them to the sitting
members. M'Hale, the parish priest of Bellmullett, was
one of those who made an application to witness for an
outstanding claim, and Duffey, parish priest of Benito:4,
was paid 401. by witness from the club. Dr. Castello, also a
parish priest, was paid SOL to meet the expenses of the
barony of Tyrawley, and 201. was paid for Erris. Dean
Burke received 30f. Priest Hardiman received 201. for Ka-
menham, Clanmorris, and other baronies. Witness as trea-
surer received 400!. from Captain Higgins for his son, the
sitting member, and 4001. from a gentiensan for Moore, be-
fore the election. The witness, who rather dissembled in
the detail of these facts, said it was settled by the Indepen-
dent Club that the members should pay 4001. each before
they started, and this sum was paid under the direction of
the club by Moore and Higgins, and it was paid out again
under the direction of the ciub, Messrs. Moore and
Higgins attending the meetings andconeurring in the dispo-
ration of the money. There was no nuance committee
at Castlebar, and witness spent more about the election than
he had received, partly on the entertainment of his reve-
rend friends. (Some accounts were here produced, and a
discussion arose as to their admissibility, unless the agency
of the witness was established, but the committee intimated
they were of opinion that a prima /eerie cue of agency had
been proved against the witness.) The bills were those of
Mrs. Monaghan, who kept the hotel at Ballinrobc, and
they were sent to witness by Mr. Burke, the secretary of
the committee there. Witness said he would pay them
when h t had the money. They were vouched by Ilardi-
man, the chairman of the committee, who had frequently
applied to witness, and he expected to get the money from
the candidates, who had been applied to for it. Captain
Higgins, on the part of his ton, had expressed his readi-
ness to pay his proportion of all the outstanding bills, and
Captain Higgins was party to the arrangement by which
his son came forward for the county. Mr. Moore advanced
the 4001., with an express understanding, at a meeting of
the club, that he should not be called on for any more.
They were not to expend any more, and he was to be re-
turned, if possible, for that sum. Witness paid
Armstrong, the hotel-keeper, 351., for a commit-
tee-room, and other accommodation, and Armstrong's
Hotel was the head-quarters of Moore and Higgins.
On Sunday the 18th July, there was a meeting of the
party at his house. Curley, the curate cf Castlebar, ad-
dressed the crowd from his windows. Witness heard the
yelling of the crowd, who cried "Down with M'Alpino"
and " Stockport." The two Kearney', friends of M'Alpine,
passed by at the time, and the people went after them im-
mediately after and assaulted them, but he did not see them
knock the Kearneys down. To the best of his recollection
no stones or sticks were used or carried. After the nomi-
nation he did not see Jordan, agent for M'Alpine ; saw
his windows broken. Witness got orders for the sums he
paid from the different priests, and some were from Captain
Higgins.
Alter some farther evidence, the committee adjourned to
this day.

GENERAL WYNDHAM DICLAIID DOLT ILICTED.
Yesterday, on the committee meeting et the usual
hour,
Mr. Welsby said that in consequence of the resolution at
which the committee had arrived at the outset, to separate
the cues of bribery from those of treating, after consulta-
tion with his learned friends, he had determined not to
offer the committee any further evidence. Having summed
up for the pititiouers, and
Mr. Slade, Q.C., for General Wyndham,
The committee-room was cleared, and on our readmission,
the Chairman said the committee had come to the following
resolution That Gent ral Wyndham is duly elected a
burgess to servo in the present parliament for the borough
of Cockermouth. That the committee are of opinion that
Senhouse, the agent of General Wyndham, was proved to
have interfered, under suspicious circumstances, in the en-
deavour to procure a situation in the General Post-office for
the son of Henry Allison, a voter. That it was further
proved that on the 2nd April certain voters of the said bo-
rough, and other persons, amounting altogether to about
20, obtained refreshments in the house of .1. Moore a voter,
which refreshments, amounting to 21.6.., was paid for by
Senhonse the neat morning; and it was not proved that
the said Senbouse was at that period the agent of General
Wyndham for the purposes of the election, or that the re-
freshments in question were given with the concurrence or
knowledge of General Wyndham."
The committee then broke up.
EYE.

When the committee met yesterday, the examina-
tion of Mr. Jeremiah Smith wu resumed at the point
when it left off when the committee adjourned yesterday.
The line of examinution was much the same as that taken
on the previous days, and related chiefly to money lent by
witness to various parties-49 in number—at Rye, who were
said to be supporters of Mr. Pomfret.
Some other witnesses having been examined, the commit,
tee adjourned to Thursday (to-morrow).
BARNSTAPLE.

This committee resumed yesterday morning at 11
o'clock, and the cros►examination of Adam Britton was
continued. The witness denied having received any money
for his votes, but gave his evidence with great apparent
reluctance.

1. Hu:table deposed that he came from Swansea to
Barnstaple to vote. His expenses were 125., and he
received 101. lie was paid at the Shipwrights' Anne.
Had received a similar sum in the same way some years
back.
Cross-examined—lt wan in 1811 that be got the 101. be-
fore, and at that time received li/. more for voting for Mr.
Fortescue, Lord Bbrington's brother.
Some further evidence of the same character as the ore-
ceding was given, which occupied the committee up to four
o'clock, at which time they adjourned to this morning.