The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

! rule, it may be said that the tax on income ought
not to be levied on property. Short annuities, pur-
chased Without notice of the tax, may perhaps belong
rather to the bead of capital than to that of revenue ;
but life annuities, on the other hand, and those which
may be expected to last during the life of the snout-
tent, belong to the bead of income. If the Legisla-
ture has failed to distinguish between these different
forms of investment, it is at least satisfactory to know
that the lapse of ten or eleven years, during which
purchases and sales have been made with reference to
the income-tax, has gone far to correct the anomaly.
—Chronicle.

TENANT RIGHT"
QUESTION:
The Irish malcontents having wound up the ques-
tion of " tenant-right" with a dinner, and Mr. G.
H. Moore having gulped down his scruples with his
wine, they have now addressed themselves to the
twin subject, " religious equality." The dozen P. P.'s
who rendered such energetic assistance at the meet-
ings of the " League " have their own purpose to
answer, and, as one good turn deserves another,
they appear to be very well supported by their Par-
liamentery aliies. The two agitations are to proceed
together, and doubtless the same office, the same staff,
the same newspapers, the same materiel, and the
same figurehead, in the person of Mr. G. H Moore,
will do equally well for both of them. For the
Ratnan Catholic tenantry it will be very delightful to
reflect that by a moderate subscription, equivalent to
an insurance, they are' delivering their land from
rent, tithes, and Protestantism at the same time; so
the double object will be likely enough to extract
some of those sovereigns which have lately stuck
with such an invincible attraction of gravity to the
bottom of the Irish farmer's pocket. Really, too, if
the Peasantry can be persuaded that both objects are
feasible, and that landlords and parsons can both be
banished from the Emerald Isle, the fearful drain of
emigration, which la playing such sad work with
chapel fees, may possibly be stopped. Something, it
is evident, must be done. The Roman Catholic
clergy, and, indeed, their lay colleagues in agitation,
have no taste for accompanying their flocks across the
Atlantic to a land of real religious as well as civil
equality. Excepting by a few young men from
Maynootb, the Church is hardly represented in an
Exodus amounting now to near a thousand a day,
and the clergy that remain, it is evident, must find
themselves reduced to shorter commons day by day.
So what is to be done? Necessity suggests dire ex-
pedients,
. and disagreeable alliances. It will even
overcome the sense of decency, and what is more,
common sense. _ _

Religious equality ? That is the fair pretence as-
sumed by seventeen devoted Parliamentary adherents
of the Church of Rome, and a crowd of its clergy.
The word is positive treason and heresy in every
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the priest, between the Methodist preacher, the Arch-
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these men desire. Religious equality is an equality
cf other things besides privilege and pay. It would
involve the same checks, generally wholesome, but in
some respects painfully oppressive, that reduce the
Church of England to ita present harmless and even
tenour ; unless, indeed, which we do not yet bear,
these agitators would ask to release the Established
Church from its present political restraints. If it be
the religious equality of America which is asked for,
by all means let it be stated. Then we shall know
what we have to deal with ; but we shall wonder all
the more that the Roman Catholic clergy manifest so
decided a repugnance to America, and prefer
starvation and empty chapels at home, to large and
well-fed flocks, with religious equality, across the
Atlantic.

There is many an object, however, which it
answers to follow, though it is worthless when
caught. Among the many thousands who daily hunt
foxes in this island, there are few who would either
swallow a mouthful of their prey, or wish thei.e to be
one less fox in the land. Religious equality is the
rank, worthless vermin, which these political sports-
men hunt for the pleasure of hunting, with the inten-
tion of throwing it to the dogs, should they ever be so
fortunate as to catch it. If Roman Catholics really like
religious equality, why do they not show theirprinciple
at work, where they have all their own way ? There
can be no doubt that at Rome they might exhibit a
spectacle that would edify the whole Christian world,
by allowing to every other communion, including the
Latter-Day Saints, a perfect equality of privilege.
As it is, we all know that if the Archbishop of Can-
terbury went to Rome, when Sunday morning came
he would have to go out of the city gates, and ascend
a loft over a large pigsty, in order to worship God
after the light of his conscience and the manner of
his fathers. Now, what religious equality is there
between St. Peter's protected by ten thousand French
soldier:, and the upper floor of a building of which
the principal floor is occupied, as we believe, by pigs ?
Give the English permission, and they will raise
20,0001. tomorrow to build a suitable church for
themselves in a city to the resources of which they
contribute so greatly. But no. Religious equality is
Absolutely inconsistent with Papal pretensions. In
Ireland, however, that hunting•ground of party, it
may be convenient to pursue this game for a time,
particularly if a few English Dissenters can he found
simpletons enough to join in the cry. If they do, they
will certainly deserve what they will never:get,—
to experience the tender mercies of a Church which
bas never tolerated a rival a moment longer than it
was obliged to do so. That the demand of "religious
equality" is quite unnecessary is evident from a glance
at any of our large populations. The rival commu-
nions of the country stand on level ground in such
places as Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast, or Cork.
Nay, with regard to the mass of the population, they
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Cardinal Wiseman, Mr. Baptist Noel, and the last
new fanatic have an equal chance with
,them ; except,
indeed, that the poorest and the least educated mis-
sionary will probably find some prejudice in his favour
in the hearts of the ignorant andpoor.—Times.

AUG.
2C6._ANsinAceDA..as
wrote,
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Par-
liament of Canada has been oeciupliedt
QUEBEC,
l
to the Governor's
address. There is little in it which
_
affords food for either cavil or oratory; but leaders
of parties must throw
nistry apropos of .tie "reply" has at
and
something,
least immemorial usage in its favour. with
thet.h errpz
Thus we have
had Mr. M‘lienzie, Mr. Brown, Mr. Boulton, Sir
Allan M`Nab, and others pouring floods of eloquence,
by his own ac-
signs. Mr. ilincks who,inister of the Crown as Earl
and enlightening the country as to their future de-
count, is " as much a k
proper to allude to the failure
Derby," has thought
of the Halifax
ED limentary to the British
railroad negotiation in terms
by no means .
approving the Inspector-General, have indulged in a
loyal indignation. The reply will, however,
Cabinet; at this Tories, though at heart
burst of
worth noticing, except, perhaps, Mr.
the speeches
t that, whatever difference might
be carried without a division. There is nothing in
Mori's
hereafter exist in the respective populations of the
two provinces (and the last census tells how rapidly
Upper Canada is gaining on its eastern sister), the
that
French Canadians would never consent to a change
in the law which allots to each province an equal
number of representatives in Parliament.
The supporters of the Ministry believe they have
more
H outhanse acowntoariknins
agbmouatjo3rsityilin ia
It isestimated
at
the
Eng-
lish Conservatives, 7 French Conservatives, 5 Rouges,
or Annexationists, and 14 Clear Grits. But the
dis-
tinctions
of parties have been so altered of late,th
I should not place much reliance on this classification.a Besides the subjects of legislation Wh.hhavel
to
alluded in my recent letter as being likelywhich
the attention of the House, the Cora- . to occupy
Rail-
roads, will have its hands full. __ Committee on
No less than twenty
applications for charters have
been received ; the
strife of rival interests and r
Ines will doubtless give
birth to much angry debate. The Atlantic and St.
Lawrence Railway is to be opened to Sherbrooke on
the 11th instant. Lord Elgin has consented to be
present at the inauguration.
Your American correspondents will have furnished
you with full accounts of the loss of the Atlantic
steamer on Lake Erie, on the 19th instant. Upwards
of two hundred poor fellows, Norwegian emigrants,
whose cleanliness and robust appearance when they
left our wharfs, had contrasted favourably with the
destitute haggard aspect of the Irish and Highland
settlers, perished in the waves. The recklessness of
the Captains of steamers and conductors of railways in
the States is becoming proverbial.
Notwithstanding the gloomy
prophecies of the
agricultural sages, the crops
in Lower Canada are
promising. The fly has spared a portion of the wheat,
and the potato-rot is far from being ge-
neral. Iry will be plentiful and cheap.
The oats and barley look well ; the orchards never
ing
wore a more encourag
aspect.—Chronicle.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE PEEBLES LIMP—
We understand that measures are in progress to carry out the
Peebles branch so far as In_ 1\ uerleithen. This portion of rail-
way was surveyed by the orth British Company in 1845, as
a continuation to the westward of their Hawick branch. W e
believe that the Innerleithen branch will be a single line, like
the Peebles, and will be formed upon the principle of econo-
mical construction now so generally approved. We under*
stand that the costis not likely to exceed 4,5L0/. Ails,
ScottiA,Railway GRette.