The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

the newly-trained horsesl The.headzquarters co!,the
Hussars rernaiii id York.

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• -4 3 .3114X1S JA•
111 E; 4th Ro-yal South MiddleseF Militia, in spite,o
recerft: Pens, sal 1 ItniistirS" 500 Men. - •
A- number of , the Nottingham assem le
at Newark, baying completed the,- term for which t
&War-3e legallylept, arid Ifafinif Signified their in en
tion of returning home, ,a bounty of one sovereign-a
has been offered, arid many of theip, have been indu
to sing! The ranks, hOWever, are much thinned. l(
cruitwstill ,continue ,to enrol. - '
The Northumberland Light; :Infantry. Regimen
Militia was reduced on Saturday week by the opera 'in.
of instructions issued by Lord Parntire; Ministe of
War, tp less than half that effective strength, about 00
only remaining.
The number of men embodied ih the Seieesfeisliire
Militia does not now amount to above..4oo men.
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry will aspenliblf
Warnninter for eight days' permanent duty early 4
:Kay next. ; , • . . •
The Royal Radnor Rifies.---Ouly nipe.men out of
baie'deehrred to terveilleir Queen and country.
Of the West Suffolk now' assemblers at nil'
SkEdmund:s, 400 men were entitled to their disehar4
Of-that number bet Ween 1.50 and 200 have been
attested. .: . ,•

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This West Norfolk force mustered at Norwich]. e'
200 hien"' who have returned to their ,homes, and h;
-effectivestrehgthiefredieed to 460 men, incruding h,
„staff. the gist Norfalk,corpsi 300 metvare t u
-liberated, having completed the 56 days' drill._
.7be West Essex his', been greatly'redii
i'll9re thin gQO hiiying claimed to bedisinit:sed,aild h vi
consequently been sent to their hoipes.._I9Q vsgtotee
and' 4ere' reattiesied,''and these have been allowe
7/qctuight's„belydayil •-• 4
The dec,ision of the GEoxertiinent,Aa liberating& re
active ditty the fneb:who'enlisted.under the act of 1 2
has been tatityrad-Saiitage- of-hy ti large number of
.men of the ,409m0e.thehire Militia;' midi unfortunate y,
much insubordination has been evinced , in collsequenice
of the dischatgelmt haiting` beelariimediately granted!

DEDFOTING" INCOME-TAX-DUE TO FOREI+
• , HOLDERS .OX.. COLONIAL, STOOKS.

On the 22d of February attention was directed .to the
unjnst practice-of 'deducting incOnie-tax from the di i•
.dends due to . foreign- holders of cohnial stocks pays le
through an agency in this Country. , The..ca.se th n
brought forward was ably stated by Mr. Leversqn, t e
solicitbt of ,a Fiench gentleman entitled to certain di i-
dendaxin Canadian ,stock, .from which Messrs. Baring,
under their interpretation of the law, considered Own-.
.selives bound to deduct the'tak: ' Subsequently the an-
nexed c9rrespondence- has passed with the Government,'
whence it will be seen that, althOugh the letter .of tlie
law is still held-to-Warrant the deduction, the Treasui'y
have, resolved to allow an exemption in all suchiristances
'...1 for the future : . . • -

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"'.1:0 THE RIGHT HON. THE COMMISSIONERS OF HER
' , '•• • MAJESTY'S TREASURY. '

"London, 12,,5L-lielen!s-place, City, Feb. 26.
"My Lords —I have the honour to forward a copy of a
correlpondede that 'has recently taken place between t e
Mgprs. Baring, the Messrs. Freshfield, and myself, by whi h
your lordships will perceive that M. Posno, a foreigne ,
''residing abroad, has been subjected to a gross injustice, f r
' which practically )1e has, nn spclres4, except that which e
may Obtain by an application to your lordships, Messrl3.
Fneshfield having finally refused to return eitherthe
divi-
dend warrant, of the Bt. 15s. deducted for pretended in-,
' cdme`ts.x; on the gibund tfiat 11fessrs. Baring had been as-
, .sessed,to it, and that,the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
insisted upon the payment. My client would bring his
action against Messrs: Baring, but' that I feai they are pro-
cted,by the very comprehensive indemnity clauses of the
Indomelii Act, while to commence litigation for 8/. 15s.
,against the Crown; under such a system ofjudidial proce-
dure as our own, would be a remedy infinitely worse than
the original wrong.' I will not trouble your lordships with
a repetition. ,of the argument contained-in my letter to •
Messrs. Freshfield, a perusal of which I trust will satisfy
you that the construction ptit upon the Income tax Act by
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue is not merely wrong,
but a gross violation of international polity.
I have-learned also, and with considerable surprise,
that the construction put upon the act in this case is by no.
means •iniformly adhered to. Meisrs. Reuter, Messrs.
Fiest, and Messrs-, Levin and Adler have informed me that
in general they have' succeeded in getting the income tax
returnesl from the.comniissioners,. or not deducted in the.
first instance by Messrs. Baring anti other agents for ..fo-
reign Governments:

, . J. trust that calling -your lordships' attention to these
facts will be sufficient to procure an order for the refund-
ing of the amoutit improperly and, as I respectfully sub-
mit, retained-by the olecers of the Government,
and will also procure the establishment of a uniform rule
consonant to justice.:

" I have the honour to ba, my lords,
"Your lordships' most obedient humble servant,
• " MONTAGUE LEVERSON."

"Treasury Chambers, April 5.
"Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury have directed me to acquaint you, with reference to
your applicatiOn for return of income tax said upon divi-
dends upon colonial stock held by a foreigner residing
abroad, that there can be no doubt that the dividends in
question, althotigh due to a person living abroad, if paid in
England, are liable by law to the income tax; and that the
cases of exemption to which you refer have application not
to colonial but to foreign stock, in respect to wbich, though
by the act such stock is equally liable to income tax, my
lords were pleased by a minute of this board to direct the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue to allow an exemption.
" I am, however; to state that, upon a consideration of
your application my lords are not prepared to recognise
.any distinction between foreign and colonial stock, and they
have been pleased therefore to instruct the Commissioners
of Inland Revenue to make the exemption common to both
in Tuture.
"Their joitdaltips have also directed the Commissioners
of Intend Revenue to repay to you the sum deducted on
aceount of income tax in the case referred to in your ap-
plication.

"I remain, f sir, your obedient servant,
" To, Montague Leverson " JAMES WILSON.
, Esq., solicitor,
12, St. Helen's-place, City."

DESPATCH FROM BARON DE BEUST.
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thiaer 'date Of the 6th of April, Baron de Beust,
'Saxon 'Minister of 'Foreign .Atfairs,—liaS ad-
dressed a,
- despatch to Baron de Koeimeritz, the
Saxon Ambassador at Vienna. - The following Are
the chief points Of this'dOcument
entertain the hope* 'that the Wiadoth of the Ina-
.perial.(Austrian).:Cabinet will -succeed •in -procuring a
pacific result from the Vienna COnfereoces.;, but should
that }it not be realise4, ntisl slionid'Austri'a be corn-
pell‘d to bring the. question..of. -mobilisation from the
Diet, it most be that the ,Piet shall retain its freedom of
relations. If it 'Should -decide" tot participation in the
war, the manner. :of disposing ofits forces and the' em.
ployment given to them would be dependent upon that
same decision.
• "But the Confederation may: decide in a contrary,
sense, and in that ease it would have the right and.the
obliga,tiOn_to Maintain. its decisions and to defend its
'safety :against.any :the,* upon:the' iadependenee of its
dc*ion,in which ease the Confederation ought to bet
able to
menibera. rely:upon the faithful
,co-operation of all. its
• •• :1•• • • ':• t -• • •
, "'fie think that ive have thug drawn a true picture,
•of the actual situation, and -we cannot completely
relinquish 'the hcipe that If it is' prOperly appreciated,:
cult view Will serve to enlighten the points of difference:
enumerated iu the Austrian despatch of. the 28th of Fel
•-bfottry; and lead 'them. o'a•satisfaCtory ablution:
"It results also from our•view of the ease; which
mereover, in conformity with the e;:rpose des motifs of
united coninfitteeS,'-ion 'which the'remilution of the Bth of
February is-founded; .that. there
,is upossibility:of three
sorts of
,positioos to be taken :7-first, a defensive,posi-
tlOn'toWatda the' tia, itV'caie of the eventualities fere-
seen.by'atticle 3 of the resolution.of --the 9th of Decem-.
bee ; then an offensive
,position in ease the Confedera-
tion should want -to participate in a. war` of aggression
Unolettaken•bY Austtia ; finally, a defensive position to
maintain .nentrality in :case participation in a war of
aggression should mot take place.
Again- these eventualities'appertain: to the fixture,
for ,the first is also
,excluded
_from prtsent by the ex-!
pose. des motifs of the committees, which certainly, for,
• ott part, we consider aS an integral part of the resolution
of the act of. the Bth of February: • •
" If, consequently, it appears quite conformable to the
prekent siteation that the 'e:iftoSe des Motifs' of the com-
mittees provides, for the assemblage andi.emplopnent of
the troops of the Confederation to oppose a danger
from whatever side it 'may "come, that vie; rests. entirely
upon the fact--of three positions. as < mentioned above,
still appertaining to thefuture, whence it ensues that for
the thoment the execution OeulteriOr-tneasCres does not
appear called formic-Ai ooly not in every direction,..but
nut even in any direction,.
"Guided by th,se. irieWs,' We 'do nothesitate agreeing
in so far with certain conditietis of the -despatch of the
Imperial Ciibijnet of the 28th of February, t' pronounce
ourselves decidedly against niettEitires which might be
conpidered as a derminstration against the West as long
as the liberty of the Confederation is not menaced from
,that quarter.
regards .the ti spateh of ;Count 800 l queson put in the de-
t: whet
footing of the federal car tin her -the pacing
gents shall be within or out-
also we ma on, a War
Bide the federal territorieß, we think that on this point
y:adhere to the expo&S des moils of the coin-
icittees relative to the resolution of the Bth Of February,
whichsays that the proposed placing on a war footing
is to be understood in U 4; sense, that it be assured that
within 15 days atter the request is made, the troops be
ready to take the. field in their respective quarters:
"But we are, on:the other hando.'perfv-convid
that the supplest. consideration o,i existing eetlfats excludese
the suPpositiOn that thereby it is
demanded that Austria
ci3halk aSsenibleher' federal cbntingents on ;German eerti-
pory, as the despatch of the 28th of February, seems to
admit;
ExCellericy will express to Count-33ml
41.09 seoso of this despatch, -of tvliipti you can give him
copy.
." ZsuEiT."