The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-10 00:00:00

CATTERICK-BRIDGE RACES-YESTERDAY.

A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Set 71b;
fillies, Bst 31b. About half a mile.
Mr. Winteringham's Stiff, Bst 71b (Noble) 1
Mr. Jackson's Greville, Bst 71b (Doyle) 2
Betting-5 to 4on Stiff; who won by six lengths.
The Hornby Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 25 added;
winners extra. One mile and a half.
Mr. Smith's Robber, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Martin) t 1
Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, Est 101 b ~.,(Whiteley) t 2
Mr. Temperley's Joey Jones, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Snowden) 3
Mr. Jaques's Truu p Queen, 3 yrs, sst 131 b .... (Noble) 4
Mr. Fobert's Upperhand, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Doyle) 5
Mr. Jackson's Sledmere, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Carroll) 6
Betting-7 to 4on Joey Jones, 7to 4 agst Trump Queen,
4 to 1 agst Flytrap, 5 to 1 agst Upperhand, 10 to 1 agst
Robber.

A dead heat; the third a length and a half off; a bad
fourth.

Deciding heat-11 to Bon Flytrap, who won by three
lengths, The winner was objected to on the ground of
having gone the wrong side of a post, and the Stewards,
after hearing evidence, awarded the race to Robber.
The Bedale Hunt Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added, fcr
hunters. Two miles.
Benedict
Bob Brunton (Mr. Evans) 2
Starlight
(Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Easby, Monk, Troonham, Is
That You, Sybil, Volunteer, Lady Scamperdale, Beyrout,
Redwing, Chance Shot, Sir William Armstrong.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Monk and Bob Brunton, sto
1 each agst Is That You and Benedict, 6 to 1 agst Starlight,
7 to 1 agst Sir William Armstrong.

Won by four lengths; a head between second and third
The Brough Handicap of 7 sovs each, with 20 added;
winners extra. Two miles.

Lord Zetland's Montrose, 6 yrs, Sst 21b (Snowden) 1
Mr. Watson's Bohemian, 3 yrs, sst 71b (car. sst 121 b) .. 2
Mr. Osborne's Fanfaron, 6st (Carroll) 3
Betting-4 to .2. on Bohemian, sto 1 agst Montrose.
Won by a head ; half a length between second and third.

THE MILEAGE DUTIES.

DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.

Yesterday a deputation of coach proprieters in town and
country had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer at his office in Downing-street, for the purpose of
urging upon the right hon. gentleman the propriety of tak-
ing into consideration the subject of the mileage duties with
a view to their being abolished, and the levying a tax or
license duty upon stage coaches or omnibuses, so as to put
such carriages on an equality, as regards taxation with rail•.
ways, tramways, and other modes of land transit. The
members of the deputation were—Messrs. E. Folwell, Bris-
tol ; W. Brown, Preston ; J. L. Thornton, Lincoln ; R.
Eyres, Blandford ; J. Costelow, Richmond ; R. R. Hughes,
Bayswater ; Making, Kew ; Law, Church, Armami, Laver,
Martelli, Crews, London ; and Mr. J. E. Bradfield, agent ;
and they were introduced by Mr, Bramley Moore, M.P.,
who said that other members of Parliament would have
been present but for the circumstance of the recess.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had re-
ceived and carefully considered the memorial which had
been forwarded to him on the subject. It put the case clearly
enough, and what he now wished to have were practical
facts bearing on the general statement,
Mr, BRADFIELD said that the short point of the memorial
was that the proprietors of stage coaches and omnibuses
were charged with a mileage duty of ld, per mile both ways,
whether they carried passengers or none, whether they
earned money or not. On a former occasion the Chancellor
of the Exchequer admitted that there was something objec-
tionable in the mileage duty.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Can you suggest
a better basis on which the duty may be fixed ?

Mr. BRADFIELD said they had slightly modified the pro-
posal in the memorial. If there was competition it ought
to be equal, but under the act of 1842, which was intended
to place them on an equality with railways, the railway
companies paid a tax of about three per cent., whilst the
coach proprietors in the country paid about 11 per cent.,
and in London 10 per cent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The memorial
says nine per cent.
Mr. BRADFIELD—Mr. Hughes, a proprietor of 11 omni-
buses, received in 1861 £10,274, on which he paid £l,lOO in
licence and mileage duty, and in 1862 he received £12,490,
on which the duty paid was £1,227.
The C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought
there was a fallacy in comparing the figures of railway
companies with those of coach proprietors, because the rail-
way companies mada the roads with their own capital.
Mr. BRADFIELD referred to the case of steamboats, which
were not taxed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection
to having steamboats taxed. He was no friend to exemp-
tions. He had been six years Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and he never proposed an exemption to the House of Com-
mons. He had made many proposals for abolishing

' exemptions.
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Mr. Fox,Nvsz,n, of Bristol, urged the same complaint, and
vtha n s country
, the
proprietors, remarked that the law pressed with great hardship on hotel
diatom, who ran one-horse omnibuses to convey persons
p rPorporiPl:teotroo r s
to and from the hotel to the station. In the town of Truro
be counted 30 vans, 25 of which competed with the omnibus
and coach proprietors, and evaded the law, which it was
extremely difficult to enforce. In the west of England
Elul Bristol to Penzance, the same thing took place. )
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inquired if any
calculation had been made as to the effect of the proposed
scale on the revenue.
Mr. BRADFIELD said the loss to the revenue was calcu-
lated at about £60,000, supposing that there was no increase,
but in Preston and other places they were only waiting for
the decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to determine
whether they would give increased coaching accommodation,
so that ultimately there would be little or no loss at all.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not
deny there was force in some of the objections urged, but the
difficulty was to fix a better basis. The plan proposed by
the deputation should have his best consideration. a The
right hon. gentleman further stated, in reply to Mr. Er. 1
ley Moore, that the question of occasional licencen should

not be forgotten in the legislation of the year.
The deputation, having thanked the right hon. gentleman

for his courtesy, then withdrew.