The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-20 00:00:00

INCOME-TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE BUN.
SIR --4 would beg to submit for the consideration of
the
Press and the public, a very simple plan of adjusting.
the Income-tax as nearly as possible to the value of the
income, a tax on the individual value being quite im-
possible.
Value every 3/. of all incomes from landed, funded,
corporate, and other permanent capitals at 1001.—value
otter 4/• of all life-interests, annuities, pensions, and
other tenninable incomes at 1001., and value every 51.
Ohldustf all other incomes from trades, professions, skill and
&c., at 100/ , and assess eac
ceh at ls. 9d. per
nt. on their respecti; e values, which would be equal to
incorue-tax of 21. 18s. 4d., 21. 3s. 9d., and 1/. 15s.
per
%lA., and would give very little trouble in the calcu-
"°; as nothing could be more simple than is. 9d. for
every, 31. 4/., or 51. of an income, as the case might be.
4. (lota:think, Mr. Editor, that you can improve much
on this plan or devise another more fair and satisfactory.
---1.(311r obedient servant,

20ROBERT SEATON.
Avl:
, --.L.gton-street, Myddleton-square,
17th Nov., 1852.

VIE TREASURES OF APSLEY ROUSE.

-
It can be no injustice to the second Wellington to say,
that' fora long time Apsley-house will continue to sug-
gest the idea of one occupant only, and, if his Grace will
Permit us to make the observation, we may venture to
remark that he could scarcely act more judiciously than
io encouraging so natural a sentiment, and contributing
by
-some regulated display of his inherited trophies to the
Maintenance of those impressions which have now for
two months past monopolised the minds of Englishmen.
The treasures of Apsley-house are so rich, so rare, so
historical, and yet so eminently personal in their associa-
tions, that they would almost serve to bring the Great
Duke again before our eyes. No such monuments remain
of Napoleon in Paris, of Frederick the Great at Potsdam,
or even of Marlborough at Blenheim. Perhaps the con-
temporaries of Colonel Henry Esmond may have been
able to discern in the ducal mansion of the Churchills
some lively suggestions of Marlborough's victories ; but
in the present day, if such recoll are- hey
to Woodotock-park by the visitorections himself no,
will
hardly be created"by what he sees there. In Apsley-
house every relic, every picture, and every ornament
Break for years of the very warrior who but this
're was deposited in his tomb. The tales, too, which
the ic y
tell are all absolutely national. There is a legend
e,history at every corner. One glittering token sym-
uonzes the gratitude of the whole Portuguese nation, de-
. livered from oppression and slavery.by Wellesley and his
arnlY in the great Peninsular war. Another embodies the
s
Public acknowledgments of this mighty metropolis toEm_
13b€.1.°tecthr• A third testifies to the obligations of ane
very
13—:r ; a fourth to the esteem of a Sovereign.. _
ear?:
ltures tell of battles loriously 'won of enemies in h
tlog rout, of the spoils and prizes of victorious war.
t.A_
"sand minor thank-offerings perpetuate the sen
nlexits of cities and communities, soldiers and civilians,
17111,9 es and people all over the world. Hindoos and
British Iridians, field officers and corporations, great
eamPanies and individuals, have all in turn carried their
s
substantial homage to the house of Wellington. Surely
allb.
es and memorials of the national hero might be occasion-
nlade visible to the public with gratification on all
.t 6 risk on none ? It would, indeed, be no more
c a graceful recognition of popular feeling and dis-
Ixeroment if the Duke of Wellington could be induced to
425-e Boole exposition of these historical treasures to a
For,aaot
ni:bbitaiczhonryhas,just shown how truly it can value them.
after all, it was not by the troops, nor the music,
the greatness of Thursdaro
nor
nor the
pomp, nor the
cavalcade that
tut ed—it
pageant was really consti-
entire
of an was by the universal and voluntary homage
People.— Timm

'TATS OF TRE STREE S THIS DAY).—This mornin
a mcist----Ireet' L'
Ludgat,, .4-
ex rardinary appearance in consequence of the
udgate-Thill, and Fleet-street, presented
incessant rain during appearance
last two days, which has almost
rendered those thoroughfares impassable for foot passen-
gers, in consequence of the gravel which was laid down
the e
footr e b thep av
on the carriage-way on Thursday mixing with the rain,
edramenintsflwooerededstotoppaedvenryp in many places, and.
Where are the street orderlies or the scavengers ?
disagreeable e xtent.
;. TEMPLE-BAR (THIS DAY).—At an early hour this m -
,11, g workmen were to be seen on the upper part of
4elAple - b a r, Fleet-street, busily employed in removing_n
hasns of the decorations. The recent heavy rain much injured the ornaments and siver work.
THE FUNERAL OF THE DlllCE.—Yesterday morning
the whole early hour crowds of anxious spectators thronged
14. line of route which the procession passed on
—C„ t_lll.Bday, and the city police had considerable difficulty
--4", eeping a traffic for the vehicles which were constantlyt
.1,-41-ung the main thoroughfare, and passing to
'''. Parts of London. At 6 o'clock a great number
ovo.
and fro of
workmworkmen were engaged by the city authorities in remthe
en
the massive timber work and barricades from
line of Fleet-
Pavement in Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, Farringdon-
Street, New Bridge-street, and alongf the
whietwas etreet to Temple-bar, the vicinity
sur-
rounded by men, women, and chil droen whose attention
The whole• of the shopkeepers,
appeared to be attracted chiefly to the ancient city gate
f,,4114 its decorations,
y timber of various which
b).—"a St. Paul's Cathedral, were engaged.
sizes,during the
, ad formed seas
There were several sur-
veyors °rtung
in
carting
&awc.a, rand probably the whole will not
oe removed forte week or two..
the necessary measure-
Portion of the cathedral, taking
'ee37°rB engaged_ in the interior and round the outer
done before the public
l?e:it to ascertain the quantityof timber consumed by
La contractors, which must be
that the
is singular
are admitted to the interior of the cathedral.
a man as the
b. I:IATE OF THE DUKE'S BIRTH.—It
.I:,ythoace and date of birth of so great
but 33a 'lke of
the contradictory
state trie light might be thrown
onwhether the entries in
the Wellington should not be exactly known;
ents, if it were ascertained registers
ording
style. The Were made acc .
by the e was altered in iv oz ,
and if the D yle of reckoning tim
d on the Ist May
Ilk? birth was registered
on the
to the old. or..
_nre.sw.
30th Am-a ,
d -r"`" old style, it would be a difference of
11th eleven
new stY e, and the date of his baptism
a3ra, and thus make the date of his baptism by the nee
lYle the
te
fish islands, even now who would reckon it a sin to comu
of May. There are old people in the Bri.
thee
by the new style; and as the clergy have been seldom
be
fst to i ntroduce or adopt any change, it would
nie 'wonder if one of them entered the date of the Duke's
paPtisni on the 30th of April instead of the 11th of May,
tidesE LATE HIGH Trnxs.—Durinc the recent high
the houses in Ferry-street, Lambeth, and those
situate in other streets close to the river in that neigh-
, °11!hood, were filled with water, and caused great incon-
irr,l!ence to the poor peo le by whom they were in-
,a°lted. Mr. Ernest Scott, one of the partners in the
!lig/11Y respe table firm of Hodges and Co., distillers,
theiion learning the state in whieh the houses were in, sent
fire engine of the establishment to the assistance of
ne occupants, and
of the premise through its
s agency the water was quickly forced out .
leaMR. ItoimucK, M.P.—lt is said that the hon. and
rned member for Sheffield is now much better, and
°Pes to take his seat ere the great party conflicts com-
mence in the Rouse of Commons next week.
THE LATE FLOODS, HEREFORD, Nov. 19.—The waters
have so far abated that the roads are again dry, and tra-
rang) which for some days had been entirely stopped
lezoe
Pt the mail expresses) has been resumed.