The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST_ 26,
__ 1852

dustry of our people employed thereon, or on produce
obtained in exchange-for our own, it will at once
be
seen that every man's hicome consists of a portion of
the produce of the nation. And as the public revenue
must be derived from the seine source, and is only a
portion of the national produce or income made over
to the state by tee members of the community. at
largo, end who would otherwise retain such portion
for their own benefit, it follows indisputably, that, in
a perfectly equitable System of taxation, eachindi-
vidual should give up to the state a portion of the
national produce forming his income proportionate
to the wholo, amount of that produce or
income received by him. The man with 1,0001. a
year from landed property or Consols has not, strictly
speaking, an income to this extent. If he pays his
lawyer and doctor 60/. each, and other persons 201.
annually, out of it, for services rendered, this portion
of their professional incomes is derived from the same,
source as his own, and the produce of 4,0001. out of
the 33,3331. of his Consols is the " capitalised value.
of this portion of their incomes. And to charge the
nominal possessor of this sum a certain tax upon this
4,0001. in Consols, and allow the parties to whom the
i
interest upon it is eventually paid to escape, would, n
our humble opinion, be most unjust. " Let every
man contribute in proportion to the amount of value
in his possession," says our contemporary. But
there could scarcely be a more false and
fatal method of taxation adopted. The land-
owner, or shipowner, or railway owner may be
in possession of real property ; but if, as shown
above, they annually transfer a large
portion of
the produce of such property to make up the .
comes of professional men, in return for servicesrendered, on what possible plea should the man in
possession
be taxed, and the others, though de-
riving their incomes from the same source, escape ?
Oh ! but, says our contemporary, ""The 1/. paid to
Dr. Chambers or Sir B. Brodie is a simple 11,
while 1/. from landed estates or the funds repre-
sents 301. besides itself." But ,will not this 1/., when
pid to the physician, represent just as much the
30/. whence it is derived as when it remains in the
other's pocket? But, repeats the Times writer,
the merchant and manufacturer " must insure against
the dropping in of his own life." But all men are
i
equally mortal, and t the land or railway pro-
prietor leaves to his son an income from his ""pos-
sessed property,', do not the mercantile men, the
shopkeepers, the solicitors, the auctioneers, bequeath
in their flourishing and profitable, business just as safe
and good an inheritance ? Are there no risks in
land, shipping, or railways—no risks in being a bond-
holder iu a debt of 800,000,000/. sterling ? Is the
income therefrom so much more secure than that of
the cotton spinner, whose " property in possession"
may not be valued at 20,0001., and yet may yield
him an income of 2,0001. yearly ? All admit the
evil and injustice of the existing income-tax, but the
" great difficulty of providing a suitable remedy,"
and which the 7imes so readily admits, remains as
much unmoved as before our contemporary under-
took the task of removing t. We think abolition the
safest and best mode of dealing with all such inquisi-
torial taxes.

so that pas-Jengers may go upon what excursions they
will by the regular trains, and let the regular business
of the lines be conducted without interruption. That
will constitute our best security rc,Ninst danger.—Times.

NA VAL IN "I' N CE.
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland bus left the
Admiralty for Ainwick Castle, Northumberland, to en-
tertain the members tl the Archwilogical Institute.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commander Edward Westbv Vansittart (1849), pro-
moted frern the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, has
been appointed to the command of the Bittern, 12, at
Sheerness, in the room of Commander the Hon. C. 11.
Douglas (1851), son-in-law of Sir W. Parker, and pro-
moted from third or fourth lieutenant of his fiag•shiP,
who has declined the appointment. Commander Van-
sittart entered the navy in 1831, passed his examination
in 1837, and for his conduct as mate of the Cornwallis,
72, during the operations on the coast cf China, whero
he served ashore at the capture of the Woosuug batte-
ries, was promoted in 1842. As a lieutenant, previ-
ously to his appointment to the royal yacht, be served
in the Serpent, 16, Spiteful steam-sloop, and Hiber-
nia, 104.

Second Masters-Henry M'Ausland (1843), formerly.
aßc.tiAn g.
I amastere (1847),0f' 03e Reheard, andeg
fe later a s
curie'
ttvh et.
roNautilus,troop
-ship,
i 1_
6, apprentices' tender, Devonport, to the Stromboli, 6,
steam-sloop, squadron of reserve at Portsmouth; Henry
to the Nautilus, vice M'Ausland.
Midshipman-Gordon C. Sinclair to the Wasp.
Master's Assistant-Charles B, By all, to the Impreg-
nable flagship. Devonport.
Assistant Engineer-Joseph Williams, to the In-
flexible, 6, steam-sloop, Portsmouth.
Naval Cadet-Hugh B. Hammersloy, to the Sans
Pareil, 81, screw-ship, Davenport.
Gunner-William Dick, to the Daring, 12, fitting at
Chatham.
AERIVAL FROM THE COAST OP AFRICA.-Hound, 8,
Commander Hebert Hall (acting), arrived at Spithead
on Tuesday night from the coast of Africa. She left
Ascension the 19th July, consequently has been 37 days
oli her passage, not touching at Sierra Leone. She has
beenoutta,o but
tahrass
onlyand eight months,
ono prize,
andandheaasptbuereend
very healthy,
some slaves. She has come recently from Princes
Island. There was nothing doing on the coast when the
Hound left, and no capture made. The Penelope, 16,
steam-frigate, Captain Tyster, with Rear -Admiral
Bruce, was at Ascension; and the Athol store-ship,
Lieut. Commander Poem, all well; and the island Lieu
healthy.prin eipTahleeHlerokunidn hasthe ,
nb
e ratl IBone,
secretary's office of the Penelope; Mr. F. G. Fearer-,
clerk of the Athol; and about nine or ten seamen, in-
valids;Delphic, 3, acting commander of the Penelope, who
menders 'tdVaol
ee, 1 v vwi
ac I lsod'aco bornua
supersede. Captain A Hillyar, on promotion; and Lieut.
M from the Tortoiseguard-ship.
Mr. Henry Temple, late commander of the
G. B. Puddicombe, R• ~.
b'hroiPusghotfhote smqur.adpitoe
The Hound spoke the Trincomalee, 24, Captain W.
steamer, bearing a pendant, but she made
passed a large
has been under the command
miter. The Hound .
DO nu •
r Robert Hall for the last fourteen
Howstem on the 22d, in the Channel, and likewise
of Aching Commander
le cleat She got out her boats yesterday morn-
ing,matkab e .
and will be mustered and inspected to-Jay.
• 3, is the next vessel home. Then the Pro-
Dolphin
mouths, and appears to be in excellent order, and re-
-1 Lied been very unhealthy, irom lying at anchor so
vessel -►• Commander Foote. The latter
t her crew were recovering.
Commander-
in-Chief to relieve Commodore Wyvill at the Cape, has
ed from leave of absence, and has joined his ship,
lmoenGtghteininutiasthosdetecC:rweo :ITsgiso°l:bbPou't, the newly appointed Commander-
rticlteur:Teander,
44, in Gillingham Reach. The Meander
will be ready for sea by the 4th September, when she
win proc to Portsmouth, and be paid advance, pre-
aratory o leaving for her destination.
P Commander Lord John Hay, who has recently been
appointed to the command of the Wasp, 14, screw-sloop, at
we believe, one of the youngest corn- 1
is,
list. He is son of the Marquis of Tweed-
in August, 1827, became a lieutenant in
mender in August, 1851. He was
1846, and an
when superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and
was promoted on his decease.
tHieauyt,enant to his late uncle, Rear-Admiral Lord John
The iron screw steam-frigate Greenock, now at
Company. This ship was built at an enormous expense
Woolwich,
by Scott and Sinclair.
was sold last week to the Australian Mail
in 1849. She is of 1,413 that, and
5-h . wer ' like
and other iron screws,
the Simoom, Vulcan, Megtera,
it was found on trial that she could not carry her ma-
chinery and the proper arrnament and stores of
a man-
taken into W oolwich,
ot-war, and accordingly she was.
originally had a achinery of 56 one) po ;
having smaller engines substituted for her too hea,vytori-
ginal machinery. She is to be tried down river on Sa-
turday, to ascertain the working state of her engines.
where she has been in dock since the 4th of March,
Orders have recently been issued to prepare the Ter-
magant, 24, screw-frigate, for commission. This ship,
designed by Mr. Joseph White, of Cowes, has been kept
in the back ground, although she is one of the few full-
powered screw-ships we have in the service, having en-
gines of 620-horse power, by Seaward, to 1,547 tons. It
is high time that she should have a good turn at sea, in
order to prove the economy and advantage, or otherwise,
of a vessel with so much horse-power to tonnage, and to
ascertain whether it would not be advisable to give her,
as they have done most of the others built at the BRIM
time, less heavy machinery.
THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.
We have stated that Rear-Admiral Deans Dandas,
C. 8., with his fleet, left Gibraltar for Vourla, on the
16th inst. On the 10th 1,000 marines were landed for
shore exercise, and on the 11th a body of 1,200 seamen,
small-arm men, and twelve guns were landed, and were
exercised on the neutral ground, in the presence of the
Military Governor, General Sir R. Gardiner and staff.
The seamen went through the feld movements with the
utmost credit, and the whole sight is described as one of
which an Englishman might justly be proud. All went
off exc:edingly well; the firing was good, and not a man
straggled or was intoxicated. At twelve o'clock at noon
the entire force was embarked on board their respective
ships, and were at their dinners. The Mediterranean
squadron, we hear from all quarters, is a credit to the
country, and what is more, the efficient force is a con-
tented and happy one.
Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, left Gibraltar, on the
11th, for Algiers, thence to Malta.
Spiteful, 6,
steam-sloop, Commander G. Parker, and
Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander C.H.
Young, were sent on a visit from Gibraltar to the RifT
Coast, to show the pirates that they were looked after.
THE FRENIIIIII MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.-The Frenh
experimental squadron anchored before Naples on the
12th. The King invited, on the 15th, the officers to a
grand dinner on board the Neapolitan steamer the Tan-
erode. On the 17th another dinner was given to the
French by the Neapolitan officers in the arsenal; and on
the 22d Admiral do la Susse was to give a grand ball on
board the Ville de Paris.
The screw squadron Arrogant, 46, Captain R. S. Ro-
binson; Hightiyer, 21, Captain Matson; Dauntless, 33,
Captain Halsted, and Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon,
have not yet been reported. The squadron left Gibraltar
on the 11th inst.
At the request of Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the
Blenheim, 58, screw-ship, that vessel will proceed to sea
on a cruize for three weeks or a month, to exercise her
crew in seamanship and gunnery. The crew of the
Blenheim are now complete, as the officers and seamen
lately employed in the Odin have returned to her.
The band ot the Portsmouth division of Royal Marines
went to Osborne yesterday afternoon to be ready to per-
form in the grounds this clay, in honour of the anniver-
sary of Prince Albert's birthday.
The destination of the Bittern, 14, Commander Van-
30Tohffie officers and
destination men.
The Van-
sittart, fitting at Sheerness, is to the East Indies station
as soon as she is ready. She is to have a complement of
of the Daring, 12, Commander
Lacon, fitting at Chatham, is the North America and
West Indies station. She relieves the Sappho, 12,
Commander the Hon. A. Cochrane. The Daring's
complement is to be 130 officers and men instead of 125.
Davenport Harbour at present has a gallant appear-
ance. There are the Impregnabte, 78, flag-ship; St.
George, 120; Hogue, 60, screw-ship; Edinburgh, 56,
screw-ship; Sans Pareil, 81, screw-ship; and Ma-
gicienne, steam-frigate, besides the smaller craft.
Archer, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, is
ordered from Lisbon to Portsmouth on the arrival there
of the Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, now en route.
Barracouta, 6, steam-sloop, Captain the Hon. S. T.
Carnegie, remains a short time at Madeira for the pre-
tection of British interests, before she returns to
Spithead.
Brisk, steam-sloop, will be completed for the reserved
squadron at Davenport, by the 30th.
Dasher, 3, steam-vessel, Commander Lefebre, having
had her detects completed, has proceeded from Ports-
mouth to the Channel station.
Electra, 14, at Portsmouth, is ordered to have her de-
fects made good for service at sea.
Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, is ordered
to Devonport from Galway, where she has been protect-
ing the fisheries, to refit for foreign service.
Gladiator, 6, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, is ordered
to be repaired for further service.
Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain M`Dougall, will be
paid off at Devonport, on the 2d of September.
Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wooldrige, is
now complete for service at Portsmouth.
Lightning steam-tender, Master Commander Allen,
ady to come t of iron
the Mediterra-
at Woolwich, has been ordered to the coast ot Northum-
berland, with a new life-boat.
Medina, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Ba-
nean packet service, yesterday.
tshounr,swt,aws
megmea, screw troop-ship, Commander J. O. John-
ready paid off at
Woolwich,
ou dock
c rok at Sheerness, yes-
terday. She will be completed by the dockyardthe
4th by
4th of September, and will be ready for
week afterwards. She is to take 2OO troops to the West
Indies,
Miranda, new steam-sloop, just arrived at Sheerness
from the Clyde, has been ordered to proceed to Leith,
with stores to be sent to the East Indies.
Niger, 14, screw-sloop,will
Commander G. L. Heath, ~t
be ready to come out of dock at Portsmouth by the "
of September, and will be ready for sea by the 711;:atn, at
Odin, 12, steam-frigate, was complete for 888 a.
Portsmouth, yesterday. w left the
Resistance troop 11. p-s ip, Commander 13radsha , ..,,
Its with artill,ry
river on Tuesday, for Gibraltar and Ma site, y stores
troops and stores. She returns to the river
and the relieved artillery comlnlicis. L. 'lt Jones, pro-
Sampson steam-Irigate, Cap
sing out through the
seeded to sea from Spithead, g
sterdsy. She is gone
Needles passage, at one o'clock ye
to Gibraltar. at Devonport for a chain-
Savage old brig is fitting
lighter for Malta.
ee
at frate, Captain Kingcorae,
Simoom, 10, iron sere
sea Portsmouth by Saturday,
will be complete for
She will be tried this clef.

Trident steam-vessel; Lie.nrenlint-CommanderHarvey,
will be completed at Woolwich this day. She is to be
paid advance wages at Portsmouth.
Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, will
he ready to leave Woolwich with stores for Ascension
and Rio by the Ist of Sepreraher.
Valorous stearo• ship, will laz, completed for the reserve
squadron at Devonport on the 31st.
Vestal, 24, Captain C. B. Hamilton, at Spithead, is
fully manned. Rear-Admiral-Superintendent Prescott,
C. 8., paid her crew advance wages yesterday, and she
will probably sail on Saturday for Halifax. Captain
Hamilton, we are glad to hear, is better.
Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander Luke Smi-
thett, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, and
went into harbour to coal; she will go to Cowes this day,
to embark the carriages and suite of the Grand Duchess
of Russia for Dover.
Wasp, 14, screw-sloop,
beAill completed at Woolwich by
Commander Lord John Hay,
the middle of neat
month.

Widgeon steam-vessel has arrived at Devonpart, fromo
Woolwich and Portsmouth, en route to Pembroke, to be
employed as a tug tender, in I:eu of the Prospero.
PETONPORT, AUGUST 24.--Equestrirtn, convict-ship,
errived on Monday, and communicated with the audio-
tides at Dartmoor, from which place she will complete
her complement, previous to sailing for Hobart Town.
WOOLWICH, AUGUST 25.—The Trident steam sloop,
Lieutenant-Commander Harvey, will leave Woolwich at,
an early hour to-morrow for Greenhithe, to have her
compasses adju.3tcd by Captain Johnson, and will then
proceed to Plymouth, and thence to her destination.
The Medusa steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
John 0. Bathurst, was paid off at this port to-day.
The Doe steam-vessel went down the river yesterday
at six o'clock A N., in charge of Lieutenant Robcrtsoi:,
and returned at five p.m., having been employed all day
in. trying her engines, which were found to work well.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
1V OIiTHEILV CIRCUIT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19.
CROSBIE V. YOUNG.
This was an action brought by Mr. Croshie,.tail.o.r
and draper, of Stafford, against the proprietor of lhe
Sun, for a libel. The defendant pleaded thathe dis-
closed the author of the libel, and gave up the manu-
script, in satisfaction of the cause of action.
Mr. Sergeant Wiraras, counsel for the plaintiff,
stated that an arrangement in this case had been come
to on both Bidet) to withdraw a juror.
Mr. WATSON., Q.c., for the defendant, said, this
action is brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Crosbie, against
Mr. Young, who id the editor and publisher of The
Sun newspaper, under the following circumstances:—
A gentleman brought to Mr. Young a report of a
trial which took place in Staffordshire, and on the
full assurance that this report was copied from the
Staffordshire Advertiser, and that it was a correct
report, it got into the newspaper, /n a few days
afterwards an application was made to Mr. Young,
when he found he bad been imposed upon, and there-
fore gave up the name of the author ; an:l he wou:d
have inserted anything in his newspaper to remove
any imputation from the character of Mr. Crosbie.
Ile believes there is no truth whatever in the state-
ment made against Mr. Crosbie. We have, in Mr.
Young, a gentleman of influence and character. Mr.
Young has conducted The Sun for many years with
the greatest respectability, and he regrets that such
a thing should have got into his newspaper. He was
imposed upon by a person whom at present I shall
not name. _

Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—The only object which my
client, Mr. Crosbie, has in coming here is, being a
tradesman, depending on his repytation for his well-
being in society, he wishes to set himself right with
the public and with his customers. Mr. Watson has
done only what is right in withdrawing the imputa-
tion from Mr. Crosbie, and expressing regret. Mr.
Young, no doubt, has been imposed upon, and the re-
port in his newspaper was a pure fabrication, without
the slightest shadow of foundation.
Mr. WATsoN—We have made inquiries, and we
find Mr. Crosbie to be a very highly respectable man,
and Mr. Young is very sorry. Mr. Young gave him
every assistance to obtain redress from the author.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 25.
(Before Mr. Commissioner lioLnorp.)
IN RE GREEN.

The bankrupt inthis case was described as a
wholesale stationer and paper-maker, of Bread-street-
hill, and of Postford Mills, Surrey. His debts are,
to unsecured creditors, 1,908/. ; to those holding se-
curity, 5,499/. ; estimated assets, 1,5301.
Mr. LINKLATER, said he understood the assignees
required further time to examine the accounts. On
the part of the bankrupt he would consent to an ad-
journment for a month. Adjourned accordingly.

IN RE KELLY.

Charles Louis Kelly, grocer of Woolwich, applied
for his certificate. His debts were 1,300/. ; assets,
764/. ; profits, 848/. ; losses, 486/. ; expenses, 9841.
Mr. LINKLATER. supported; Mr. SA.INDON7 for the
assignees, offered no opposition ; and his honour
granted a second-class certificate.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug. 26.
(Before Mr. WITHAM.)
Thomas James Holloway, a respectable-looking lad,
17 years of age, was indicted for stealing a cloth coat,
value 61. 10s., the property of Capt. Wm. Shepheard,
R.N., his master.
Mr. Payne appeared for the prisoner.
The material facts of the case were these. The
prisoner had been for some months in the employ of
the prosecutor, who formerly resided at Woodbine-
cottage, Ealing, and latterly at 102, Jermyn-street, as
messenger and general servant, and it was part of his
duty to convey articles to and from the Senior United
Service Club, of which the prosecutor is a member. On
the 22d of July he went to the club, and from a port-
manteau or carpet-bag which was lying in the hall,
and which belonged to Captain Shepheard, he took a
new coat, just sent from the tailor's, and valued at 61.
10s., and went away with it. On the same day he
pledged it for 11., and on the 2tth he was given into
custody.
Captain Shepheard said the portmanteau from
which the coat was taken was at the time, if he might
borrow a phrase or expression from his Learned
Friend on the right (Mr. Payne), in transitu._
(Laughter.) When the coat was taken there was
pinned to it an artificial sprig of myrtle, furnished to
him by a sweet young lady in the Burlington-arcade.
(The coat was produced.) Why, said the Captain
(in answer to an inquiry whether he could identify
the coat), here is the very pin put in by the young
lady herself; but the myrtle is not here. Oh, yes,
the coat is mine. My Lord, she is a very pretty
young lady, but married.—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. PAYNE—Mad! Why then there's a good pair
of you. The Captain—Who said she was mad ? I
said she was married, Sir. God forbid that I should
say she was mad. Oh no, she's not mad.—(Laughter.)
Mr. PAYNE—WeII, captain, you borrowed the
phrase in transitu; now, are you yourself not always
in a state of transitu? The Captain—No, lam not
always in transitu. I wish I was.
Mr. PAYNE—Why you are never more than a
fortnight without being in transitu to a station-house.
The Captain—Yes I am, if they let me alone.
Mr. PAYNE—Are you not very often at station-
houses ? The Captain—Yes, indeed, I am ; but that's
not transitu—that's durance, you know.—(Laughter.)
I wish you to know that no man ever yet shook the
imperturbability of my good humour, and therefore
Yea
erefore
you had better not try it now. But you may.
do—try; and you will see.—(Laughter.) I've given
you warning, you know.
Mr. PAYNE—WeII, are you not the celebrated
Captain Shepheard who figures so often at
recollect I
at the police.
no
courts ? The Captain—Yes, I am b
;
am not responsible for all the
me to ask if
the papers about me. Allownonsense they put in
seen the Morning Herald of you have
to-day
Mr. PAYNE—No, I have not. The
?—(Laughter.)
then, I wish you had, for it The Captain—Well,
mine, a complete refutation. contains, in a letter of
Mr. PAYNE--Were It does indeed.
stabbing a man with you not fined at Brantford for
I was fined 10s. by a fork ? Captain—Yes, I was.
Mr. pAyss_An the, Magistrates.
were you not?
that well enough.Thls
by the magistrates.l
improperly,tesi
confine.d, too, by the n?.?g_istrkartow
Captain—Oh, no. Ilu not
was confined by the Pbutte ry
They fined me 108.;
r.
you know that.—(Laughte ) .
Mr. PAYE—And then you suaunoned h'm
taming a portmanteau, and he proved y
_.
money ? The Captain—Yes; that WSsir
Mr. PAYNE—And you produesa op
lady with the lovely foot,
ma-
to China as a model, and
gistrate to look at, but be,refus
the " Exhibition foot,' With
for de-
ou owed him
witness the
e of which was sent
bid;Cu wanted the
ed—(Loud laughter)—
tain ? The Captain—
(With glee)-oh, my friend,
That is precisely
isigistrate would have been had
how delighted t.hhesyo.
bad seen it. You would not
he seen it ! is
I wt it ; no, I'm hanged if you would.
have laughed a But you used to shoot arrows into her
The Captain—Ab, so she said.—
Mr. PArumt--00
leg, did yino
ade
use of an expression too indelicate to
(He here
ead and excused himself for using it by as-
be repea.---,
soling the Court that it was a common technical phrase
in the profession he belonged to.)
Mr. PAYNE—And you amused yourself sometimes
by biting off dogs'
tails.—(Laughter.) The Captain
—I tried the thing once on a puppy, but did not
succeed. No, I did not succeed, so I did not try the
experiment again.
Mr. PAYNE—And you used also to pull flowers out
of other people's gardens ? The Captain—
hollyhocks—it was only hollyhocks. Oh, yes,
Mr. PAYNE—And you were taken before a
magis-
trate for beating two boys, and fined ? Thec Captain
—Yes ; I was tined 51. I was, indeed
locked up. But, as you ask the question, ft
n
Imdu must was
locked a s
ex-
plain the circumstances. I was fined 51. It
was on
a Saturday, and I had but 2/. ; and as I could not get
the 31. on the Sunday, why,lewas in Coldbath-fields
th
till Monday. I summoned officers for what they
had done, and shall again
most certainly. I've put
M
the whole thing before her
the Bowe Department, a
au, ajesty's Secretary for
shall have the officers up