The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN,

REDCLYFFE, recently returned homewards, and that the
latter diplomatist will resume the seals of the Foreign-
office, in the place of the Earl of MALMESBURY—
the last mentioned nobleman assuming the post va-
cated by Lord COWLEY as Ambassador to the French
Government. Whatever likelihood or unlikelihood
there may be in these rumoured alterations—it is, at
any rate, certain that some little show of probability
is imparted to them by the circumstance of the simul-
taneous presence at this moment in London of Lord
CowLET, the present Ambassador at Paris, and of
Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLYFFE, the late Ambassa-
dor at Constantinople.
The misunderstanding which has taken placebetween
President FILLMORE and Secretary WEBSTER at Wash-
ington may be readily traced, we conceive, to the
intemperate and unstatesmanlike tone in which the
latter had addressed the adulatory mob at Marshfield,
in reference to the Question of the British North
American Fisheries. As regards the diplomatic
changes contemplated at the same time by the En-
glish Cabinet—such are evidently entertained
at the present juncture by absolute neces-
sity;— it being manifestly impossible to leave
for a much longer period vacant embas-
sies so singularly important as those at Wash-
ington and Constantinople. The removal of Sir
HENRY BULWER from the United States to the
Court of Tuscany, and the .arrival of Lord STRAT.
FORD DE REDCLYFFE in England from the position he
has so long and ably maintained at the Sublime
facts, proving clearly enough that
appointment has become imperatively
Porte, are the
some new
q from Lord DERBY in reference to the
propereui ed
representation of her Britannic
required
MAJESTY
at the head-quarters of the American and Turkish
Governments. As to the British Embassy at Paris,
the arrival of Lord COWLEY in London—an arrival?
by the way, which we were the first to mention on
Thursday evening—naturally
mated at the time of i
its
s
givesannouncement)
rise (ast w
o a variety
a ri
inettiy-
of conjectures, some of
way of solution by these rumoured changes in our
diplomatic administration.

Whatever may be thought by way of objection in
one or two particulars, it must be acknowledged that
the Earl of MALMESBURY, while he blundered rather
lamentably in the beginning of the MATHER corre-
spondence, has shown himself in the Fisheries Ques-
tion an able and vigorous, and we will add, too, a
prompt and patriotic administrator. It remains
to be seen whether the Noble Lord would
be qualified to display the same eminent
capacities as a diplomatist (in the event of his being
removed from the Foreign-office, in Downing-street,
to the Parisian residence occupied by her Britannic
MAJESTY'S Ambassador), and thereby reveal that he
has inherittd the abilities as well as the title of his
distinguished progenitor, the first Earl of
MALMESBURY. It remains, moreover, to be
seen, whether the Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLYFFE
is as admirably adapted to preside over the
administration of the Foreign-office as he
has shown himself to be long capable of influenc-
ing the diplomatic relations of England with the
various countries of the Levant. Upon one parti-
cular we may rest tolerably well satisfied—namely,
that the Earl of DERBY for the sake of the country,
and—what is of not less consequence to a Prime
Minister—for the sake of his Cabinet, will not act
in these matters and under present emergencies with
any degree of precipitation.

" Looming in the future," beyond all doubt, is an
organic reform in the Income and Property Tax—an
impost which has been repeatedly denounced by the
present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER as partial,
oppressive, unequal, and unjust. His individual con-
demnation of the tax, albeit of great importance
relative to his position, might not go for very much,
if it were not backed by the opinion of many in
Parliament, and a vast majority of the public. A
Parliamentary inquest has been held on the subject,
and the report of this Committee is plain, candid, and
ought to be decisive. Their opinion is, " that, to be
equitable, the tax should, every year, be levied
on the value of the property, labour and skill
being the property of large classes in the country ;
and that each person having more than a
minimum amount of income should contribute
in proportion to the share of that value in his
possession." This minimum amount the report fixes
at 5001., and each person would have his income
estimated as to its present value, not paying the tax
if this value be under 500/., and, if paying it, having
this 5001. first exempted from payment. This would
amount, if carried cult, to a tax on Property, or rather
on its value.

The property essential to mere existence should not
be taxed. The difference between realized property
and income arising from personal labour of mind or
body should be recognised, and the assessment pro-
portioned accordingly. It is monstrous that the
landed proprietor, who neither toils nor spins, but
simply receives an inherited rental, should be
put in the same category with,the artisan, the
mechanic, the professional man, the artist, the man of
letters, who earns his subsistence, be it great or small,
by his hands or his brain, and by the visitation of
GOD may suddenly and permanently be deprived of
the means of so earning it. Independent and indus-
trial income are so essentially different that this dif-
ference should be considered in the taxation. All
incomes, whether industrial or independent, can
surely be capitalised (or valued) and rated accord-
ingly. This would prevent the numerous and well-
grounded complaints of unfair and unequal assess-
ments.

The Committee have done good service by report-
ing in condemnation of the present principle of the
tax. They say that " the inquiry establishes the
truth of the public judgment on its injustice, and
leaves no doubt, at the same time, that a tax assessed
on the value of all the property and on the capitalised
incomes of the population, would be, in theory and in
practice, more equitable than the present taxes. A
tax exclusively on the rent of land, on the rent of
houses, on wages, or on any single class of property,
as well
as a general tax on all properties in no con-
stant proportion to their value, defines prices, and
alters exchangeable values. It produces a deprecia-
tion of taxed property, and is, in fact, as far as the
inequality
goes, a confiscation." Neither, on its
permanent. The Com
present principle of •
Iran
ietqt
suaa ltiltayi,y cansay the
that tca,xa bpescrot
ima
le,
paralyses
or an unequal, or uncertain t
of property, and
other.
be confessed that direct taxation,
i 3 preferable to any
Property Tax, which
and leans lightly upon .ax, unsettles the security
industry." But it must
when equal and just,
leans heavily
ortsarecaapfliotaalt.
Not so an Income and
as
t o I\,ir. uponi) industry,i
sit A E iLi,s
withrep respect to this tax. By s
inclined to carry out the suggestions of
ntary Committee, as above the Parliamentary stated, by
sttVdenatrtoiioonubsse
t. is stated to have resolved -
others he on a
levying
present rate on incomes
lower minimum of inc"" Oa or
snore equal distribution of the tax,
it upon a
601. a year) with the
One thing, we hope he will do
rate upon property.
from professions and trades, and a much increased
on the actual excess
A
—make the tax payable onit
present if a man have
t but if he have 151/.
under 1501. a year, he is exenlp ,
over the taxable amount.
he pays, not sevenpence upon the extra pound, but
eighty-seven shillings and sevenpence, or one
and fifty-one sevenpences on the overplus of twenty
hundred
•
shillings ! Anything more monstrous, in the whole
range of fiscal enormities, cannot be imagined. On
a single penny over the limit of 1501. this 41. 7s. 7d ,
is levied. Yet to this we have submitted for years .
As we are upon the subject of rumours, we may
add the on dit that, by the adjustment of the tax, its
amount is expected to realize over Ten Millions
sterling, without any pressure on the working classes
—the busy bees of the community—and that the
0
verplus would allow the abolition of the duty on
malt, the
gradual reduction (by threepence per lb.
~„..
per annum) of the duty on tea, until it came down
to sixpence per lb., and the abolition of the duty on
paper. We only hope that rumour anticipates truth-
fully in this respect.

SEIIKS-PER'
1"g ago,made MACI3ETII Complain
of the weird sisters, as
"keeping the word of promise
to the ear, and breakingoo it. to the hope." The
DEASY Ministry are f
the example of the
witches, "so withered and
following
wild
Parliament
are their attire:'
The PILEMIER promised that should meet
before Christmas"—so the Ministerial t Papers admit,

but our own recollection serves to the extent of the
promise being that we should have a session "in the
autumn." The PREMIER would not allow the session
to commence in October, which would give
it a couple of months before Christmas, but
cavalierly puts off the evil day. It is now
said that Parliament will meet " for the dispatch of
business" late in November. Some time will neces-
sarily
beo
be taken up in swearing in the Members,
which will throw all business over until the middle of
o
ai
thet
suspensionil
beginningl be t o
late
business
of
o do
iaunnyttlhitanything,
December,nd of
and when
there(of
will
January course) r
Fe-
bruary. Is this Lord DERBY'S way of keeping a
prowmhisaet?was
his
promise ?—Hansard is an awful re-
minder, a perpetual repeater of faded memory. Last
March, we had Lord DERBY saying, in reply to the
Duke of NEWCASTLE—" I will say that I think the
next autumn ought not to be allowed to pass over,
not only without the country having had an op-
portunity of coming to that decision, but without
Parliament having an opportunity of pronoun-
cing, definitively and finally, its opinion and judg•
ment upon the course of policy which may then be
adopted on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government.
I will give no pledge, however, that either in the
month of April, of May, or of June, that appeal shall
be made to the country. I say that before the ordi-
nary time for commencing the next session of Par-
liament those questions shall have been so far decided
and adjudicated upon by Parliament that the business
—the ordinary and current business—of the next ses-
sion should not be interfered with by discussion upon
the general commercial and financial policy of the
country." October is rather past the autumn of
which he spoke, but he will not let Parliament meet
in the autumn, nor even in October. He drives has
" autumn " into November and Christmas. We
should not wonder if Parliament will make " the
winter of his discontent" prompt and unmistakable.
Over and over again the PREMIER pledged himself to a
session, preliminary to the usual one. He said to
Lord MINTo, "I contemplated, no doubt, an au-
tumnal session." He affirmed to the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE, "I stated that I thought it was expedient
that the autumn should not pass over without the new
Parliament having an opportunity of discussing par-
ticular questions of great importance and I added,
in almost the words which I have repeated to-day,
that I thought it was expedient that those questions
should be disposed of before the ordinary period of
assembling Parliament for the session of 1853." We
ask, and the public will not be satisfied with silence,
or a shuffling reply, what is the reason of Lord
DERBY'S breaking his promise ?
That " the RUPERT of debate" should become
afraid of his own policy (or want of it) no one anti-
cipated. But he actually appears frightened at what
his colleagues have pretended to be nothing more than
a shadow—an opposition composed
of many and
variable constituents. This delay in meeting Parlia-
ment is the very thing to solidify that opposition, by
showing symptoms of " the white feather." With a
bold spirit and free hand, the PREMIER might have
done well—but if he appear afraid, all is up with him.
In such a case, boldness would " make ambition
virtue." It the PREMIER, thus early, exhibit fear (or
what may be taken for its symptoms) his Govern-
ment will be a forlorn hope, and his Ministry " no-
thing more nor less than an organiz9d hypocrisy."

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.
Traffic—Week ending Aug. 21, 1852 ... £12,746 15 2
Traffic—Week ending Aug. 23, 1851 ... 14,148 18 1
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 113,163 16 4
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 120,183 15 5
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Aug. 21, 1852 ... , 82,981
Passengers ... ... ... ...£10,429 11 8
Goods ... ... ... ... 2,317 3 6

Total... ... £12,746 15 2
Total miles open, 1852, 1731 A; ditto, 1851, 173 y.
London Terminus. Aug. 23. 1852.

Parliament will not be called together for the "dis-
patch of business" before Thursday, the 11th of November,
when it will be assembled for a short session before Christ-
mas, of four or five weeks, unless something important and
unforeseen shall occur in the meantime, and will then be ad-
journed for the Christmas holidays.—Sunday Paper.

DEATH OF LADY DELAMERE.—This noble lady
whose sudden demise occurred on Wednesday last, at Vale
Royal, Cheshire, was in her 66th year. She was sister to
the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., and aunt to the
present Baronet, and by her marriage with Lord Delamere
has left issue.

DEATH or COL. CHOKER, C.B.—We have to re-
cord the demise of Colonel Croker, C. 8., a distinguished
officer, who died a few days since. The deceased gentleman
was for many years the colonel-commandant of the 17th
Foot, and with that corps he on two occasions landed in
India—a solitary instance of such an occurrence in the an-
nals of the British army. Colonel Croker died at the age of
64. At an early age he embarked with his regiment to our
Oriental possessions, and was actively employed from 1804 to
1824, when he returned to England; but in 1836 he once
again took up his sword, and proceeded with his regiment to
India. He served during the whole of the Affgbanistan
campaign, and took part in the storming and capture of
Grhuznee and Khelat.

The Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia and suite
came over to Portsmouth, from Ryde, in the Fire Queen,
yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, and received salutes
from her blajesty's ships Blenheim and Victory; landed at
the dockyard, and came to town by the quarter-past five
train.

FEARGIIS OTONNOR.—This gentleman's health
is rapidly improving under the care of Dr. Tuke, of whose
maison de sante he is an inmate. Moderated diet and restric-
tion from intoxicating liquors, together with abundant exer-
cise, and the absence of excitement (political, pecuniary, and
personal), have brought round this favourable result. As
yet Mr. O'Connor has not been allowed to see his friends.
DESECRATION OF THE DEAD.—Oa Saturday the
neighbourhood of Lisson-grove was horrified by the follow-
ing occurrence :—A number of boys, while playing near a
garden, observed a large hungry dog darting out of the
ditch, with something very large in his mouth, which the
animal commenced gnawing and eating. The boys pur-
sued the dog, and, taking from it what they supposed to
be a piece of beef, commenced kicking it aboat the streets,
until a passer-by, suspecting it to be the body of an infant,
had it examined, when his suspicions proved to be correct,
for it was in reality the body of a newly-born infant, which
was so mangled and torn by the dog that not only the fea-
tures, but its identity as a human form, were nearly de-
stroyed.
HOENCASTLE GREAT HORSE FAIR. This great
mart for horses is now being nearly brought to a close.
Buyers have been plentiful for good animals, and first-rate
horses were eagerly sought for at extraordinary prices.
Hunters and park horses have fetched 1001. to 2001. each,
and in two or three instances higher prices than these were
obtained. Carriage horses, well matched, 1801. to 3001. per
pair. Ready customers for good horses are always found at
this fair. Superior dray horses, 501. to 601. each, and if well
matched they realise more money. Hacks and harness
horses, 251. to 301; and if superior, 401. to 501. Fancy ponies
were scarce, and fetched high prices. Messrs. Potter, of
Melton Mowbray, brought 46 Irish trained bunters; their
paces and leaping were tested in the Queen's Head paddock,
which was fitted up with a pole for the occasion; they found
customers for nearly the whole, at good prices. Large arri-
vals and a good demand have continued throughout the fair.
Colonel Wingfield, of the Royal Horse Artillery; Colonel
Lawrensoc, of the 17th Lancers; Colonel Shewell, of the Bth;
Mr. Jex, of the Greys; arid Colonel Moore, of the 6th, are
buying large numbers for their respective regiments; and
Colonel Mundy and Captains Drake and Fell are also pur-
chasing for the army. This is the largest fair we have wit-
nessed for the last ten years.— Stamford Mercury.

The South-Western excursion train yesterday, to
Portsmouth, was an unusually large one, consisting of about
twenty-four carriages, chiefly open, and containing about
1,000 persons. They arrived at Portsmouth at about twelve
o'clock, and remained there till a quarter to eight in the
evening, many availing themselves of the opportunity of
taking a trip to the Isle of Wight, passing through the
the
Gallant TowDe
squadron at Spithead.
The Duke of Wellington has, during the last ten
yeneasur.rin
days been actively engaged in completing the necessary pre-
to residge
liraluaries for the formation of the militia in Hampshire and
Duke
kei Hamlets,L Lord-Lieutenant.
r d -over Lie u t
ewnha incth. districtsil is
Grace theh a
sNoble n an
de-
tained in town longer than customary at this season of the
—John Thewtilele NI
thofebo
second
Noble
wD auit
awe e leavesweek
e Castle,
in
s otownvwehme orbene
November.
is Wednesday Grace in the
intends
the Queen at
Casitliea,vetlEanebseaman who had his arm blown off on
Hospital. The
THE Accm
NT ON BOARD THE RAVENSBOURNE.
steamer Retribution's Antwerp,
steamer, whilst she was saluting
board the
also had orehosi
Que:P, has been taken to the Portsmouth
has sent 251. for him, and H.M.
of the Retribution, oushtrew
unloading the foremost guns
which vessel Castle was sent, in
have subscribed 61. A seaman
ihnisorder that Castle might not
be disturbed,
The mercantile account arms blown off.
s f
inst. state the condition of the none
Vienna of the 18th
rather more unfavourable. The neY-rnarket to be again
and on silver 183/4. The returnPorfeVum on gold was 25%,
culation at the end of July shows IE!S State paper in cir-
of 1,913,195 lire of Lombardo-Venetian'B,l2,29lf., exclusive
Treasury assignats.
At the end of the preceding
month
167,883,981 f. The highest amount allowedheto b total was
under the proclamation of the 15th of mayis
1750 a issu
ed
under q,oued
From Trieste the letters of the 16th report that, lo
ouf.
the difficulty of getting money for bills payable in gto
Vienna,n
in consequence of the restrictions imposed by the Austrian
Bank, fir,t-rate paper on that city was saleable only at 7 per
cent. discount, and other descriptions only at 9 or 10
discount.
TESTIMONIAL FROM TUE PRINCE OF VALES.--
A very gratifying testimonial was presented on Thursday to
Mr. Bellmore, boatswain of the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The
present consisted of a gold call and chain, and was given
under circumstances that reflected great honour on the reci-
pient, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord
A. Fitzclarence, and several of the lords and ladies of the
court, being present.
TOTAL DARKNESS.—The town crier at Hull Wlll3
once sent round to 'ye notice " That in consequence of
the fire at the glwould
gas-house there be no light for three
, days."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Monzteur contains the Customs revenue returns
for July--10,988,418f., being an increase of about
500,0001. over the corresponding month of last year,
but below the July of 1850 by upwards of 800,000 i.
The same returns for the past seven months-
-79,991,382f., show an increase of near 15,000,000 f.
over the corresponding period of last year, an advance
which, however good, falls still far short of the ex-
pectations held out by the returns for the first quarter.
The Mointeur continues to publish the resolutions
of the arrondissement councils expressive of gratitude
for the services rendered by the PRINCE PRESIDENT
to the country. Few, however, go the length of
calling for the empire ; a good many resolve in fa-
vour of prolonged power in the hands of the PRINCE
PRESIDENT.

The arrondissement councils of Bourg, Nantua,
and Gex, in the, department of Ain, declare their
gratitude for the immense services rendered by the
PRINCE in having saved the country from anarchy.
Gap, in the Upper Alps, ardently desires a visit
from the PRINCE, that it may salute the nephew of
the EMPEROR, the saviour of order. Vouziers (Ar-
dennes), desires to see the power with which he is
invested consolidated in his hands. Nogent-sur-
Seine (Aub), votes thanks for his courageous act of
the 2d December. Two other arrondissements in the
same department, Bar-sur-Seine and Bar-sur-Aube,
declare their devotion to his person. Castelnaudary
(Aude) deprecates recourse to decennial elections,
and resolves in favour of stability of power. Limoux,
in the same department, simply passes a vote of thanks
for the act of the 2d December, which has restored
order, security, and prosperity. Vire, in Calvados,
believes that Napoleon institutions must add more
and more to the tranquillity of France. Valaise, in
the same department, offers its profound and respect-
ful devotedness to his "august person." Aurelian
(Cantal) offers its devoted aid for the consolidation
of the Government which has saved France from the
horrors of Socialism. Dijon applauds the suppres-
sion of the press and the tribune. Nyon (Drome),
prays him to continue to exercise the faculties with
which PROVIDENCE has endowed him for ensuring the
glory of France. Evreux (Eau) attributes the pub-
lic prosperity to the act of the 2d of December.
Chartres says the same. Quimper (Finisterre) votes
simply thanks. Auch (Gera) prays for the preser-
vation of the PRINCE. Lombez, same department,
declares the Government of LOUIS NAPOLEON to be
the only one that can assure order. Beziers (He-
rault) calls distinctly for the Empire. Loches (Indre
et Loire) votes thanks. Saint Etienne (Loire) attri-
butes existing prosperity to the acts of Government.
Briancon (Upper Loire) declares its confidence in all
his acts. Luneville hopes that the nephew will be
able to show what the EMPEROR could have made of
France had it been given to him to be allowed to
reign in peace. Chateau Salins (Meurthe) expresses
the warmest gratitude and confidence. Saint Lo
(Manche) declares that he has saved the country
from threatened ruin, as the EMPEROR had done before
him at the beginning of the century. Chalons prays
that the heir of the great NAPOLEON may become the
chief of a power deriving strength from its conti-
nuity. Corbeil (Seine et Oise) prays GOD to protect
the PRINCE who has saved France. Remuemont
(Vosges) offers thanks for the ineffable services which
have been rendered France, which had been menaced
with hideous anarchy.
Such is an analysis of the resolutions published in
the Moniteur.

A new vaudeville, entitled No. 27 en Faction, in
which the National Guard is turned into ridicule,
has just been interdicted by the censorship.
The Sentinelle de Jura relates that at a dinner of
fifty covers, given on Sunday at the prefecture of
lions le Sunnier, and at which General HERBILLON,
the Bishop of St. CLAUDE, and the principal func-
tionaries of the department were present, the Viscount
DE CRAMBRUN proposed the following toast :—" I
rise to propose to you a toast, at the same time in
honour of the EMPEROR and KING NAPOLEON, NA-
POLEON I.; and of the PRINCE PRESIDENT NAPOLEON
11. Gentlemen, let us drink to the PRINCE and EM •
PEROR !"
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG, 21.

„
East Indian,27—Luxembourg, 43/8 ex d.—Namur and
Liege, 6%—Paria and Rouen, 337/s ex d.—Sambre and
Meuse, 71A.

SPAIN,

Madrid journals of the 16th have been received.
The Nacion describes the race that is going on for
railroads in the following terms :
" Railroads are the order of the day. Madrid is full
of commissioners from different points of the Peninsula.
asking for iron lines, and complaining that those marked
out do not pass by their respective towns. Now that
nothing better can be done, they ask for at least the con-
cession of a branch, and the mania has reached to such
a point that ultimately a rich inhabitant of Carabanchel
de Arribs, a small place one league south of Madrid,
arrived by post with a project that that village should be
permitted to make a couple of branches to join with the
lines to Valencia and to the north, and alleging that Ca-
rabanchel is not to be less that other places."
It is thought probable that the Cortes may be re-
assembled Senor BEATO MuaILLo is
saidtobebe before long,ntoncar asing out large schemes of mate-
rial and among others of constructing
as improvement,ysteul of railways by the issue of new State paper,
which he is doubtless aware is not likely to find a
sale abroad, unless its issue be sanctioned by a vote of
the Cortes.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 16.—Three per Cents. 45 ;
ditto Deferred, 228 ; Redeemable Debt, first class,
114 ; ditto, second ditto, 5 11-16 ; Coupon Certifi-
cates, 11. Exchange on London, 50 35 paper.

GERMANY.
The Emperor of AUSTRIA is at Ischl. Report says
that the question of his matrimonial alliance with a
Princess of the House of Saxony will be settled during
his present stay there. His
MAJESTY will remain
there about a fortnight, and will return by way of
Vienna to Pesth, to be present at the grand military
manceavras on the 20th of September. He will return
to Vienna,
and will proceed early in October by way
of Styria to Crotia and Slavonia.
The Ministers have proceeded to Ischl, where se-
veral Cabinets will be held, and some important pro-
jects of law will be submitted for the EMPEROR'S
approval
and signature. The Breslau Zeitung says—
„ The Austrian and Russian Governments nave en-
tered into an agreement to assist Queen Christina with
men and MOneY,
to. accomplish her object of regaining
the colony
of MeXICo. to the Spanish crown, and of con-
the same tap an empire, the succession of
con-
stitutingwhich shall be vested in her children by Don Munoz.
Mexico. would stand in the same relation to
By this sot
S ain, as the Braids do to Portugal,'
PThis statement certainly requires confirmation.