The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-01 00:00:00

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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Lease( s, ess s. Lindut and Vining.
THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. 311:s
Amy Sedgwiek, Miss H enderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs-
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Cathcart.

After which, KILLING 'IIME. Mr. Get.% Vining, Mr. C
Seyton, and Miss Amy Sectgwick.
To conclude with a new himsical Extravaganza, entitled
EEA UTIFU LHA IDE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee
hovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen-
rscn, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. lielnaorc, Fitz-
jam's, Moreland, and Cockerill.

N" TIIPATRE-R0 YAL,
Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster.
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THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster,
.1. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Stephenson, Stuart, Eburne,
Sefton, C. J. Smith, Romer; 3liss Avonia Jones, 3llss A.
Seaman, and Mrs. Stoker.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stoker.

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THERMOMETER.
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_is day at Noon .
Wind—Easterly; with fresh breeze, and fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1863.

Last night on the order for reading the Cus-
toms and Inland Revenue Bill a second time,
Lord R. CECIL took occasion to advert to clause
3 of the bill, which proposed to impose a new
charge upon the people. The noble lord said le
was anxious to call the attentio❑ of the house to
the hasty and unprecedented measure in which
the right hon. gentlemen sought to proceed with
this measure. This was the first time an attempt
had been made to tax charitable funds that
were devoted to the sustenance of the poor.
There was no precedent in our Legislation for
such a tax, and therefore it ought to have been
very carefully considered, and the fullest scope
should have been allowed for its discussion. In
stead of that the ',Chancellor of the Exchequer
was proceeding so hastily, that if he was left
unchecked they would not discuss the question al
all till Monday, and then in its final stage as it
were. He hoped the House would not allow an
unprecedented tax to pass without having it fully
discussed. There was great truth in all that the
noble lord said, and it is most satisfactory
that the question should be taken up at
once, before it is too late to adopt preventive
measures. There was a considerable discussion on
the point, and several hon. members spoke most
strongly on the vexatious course pursued by Mr.
GLADSONE in seeking to deprive the poor of the
benefits derived from these institutions. Mr. GLAD-
STONE spoke in his most unyielding style, and cer-
tainly chose a novel argument in support of his
novel experiment in finance. He said that the
ground upon which the Government was prepared
to stand was simply the ground of justice. This
extraordinary statement even as proceeding from
the Chancellor of the Exchequer was properly re-
futed by Mr. HENLEY. He said, "it was the first
time he had heard it was just to rob the poor." This
was received with cheers. He said, " they had had
considerable pressure in the country from the in-
come tax. Many of them were able to recollect
it for the last 60 years, and during that period
that view of justice was never taken till it
came into the mind of the right hon. gentleman,
whose sense of justice it was to take something
from the poor, the halt, the lame, and the blind.
That was a new system of justice—a new code of
morality—which he hoped the right hon. gentle-
men would give them time to digest." Mr.
GLADSTONE deserves to be told the truth, for he has
been wanting in consideration towards those who
above all others should have engaged his can?, and
thought. Mr. BAGWELL said that the Catholic
Church in Ireland was supported by voluntary con-
tributions, and the Catholic charities were on the
same footing. He warned the Government that they
would be only increasing their unpopularity in
Ireland, if they persisted in this measure, and im-
posed a further tax upon a country which could
with diffloulty bear its present burden. Mr. WVAL.
POLE pointed out an error made by Mr. GLAD

STONE in stating that St. Bartholomew's Hospital
would only pay 1700 out a property of £36,000,
whereas the sum paid would be upwards of £l,OOO
a year. To this Mr. GLADSTONE replied that when
he stated the amount he did not mean absolutely to
be tied to £lOO. This is an unworthy subterfuge on
the part of a Minister. No one who is aware of
Mr. GLADSTONE'S facility in figures will believe
that he could not easily have ascertained such a
simple fact as the foregoing, and the result is the
more dubious as the mistake made by the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer was to the advantage of his
argument. There was no good in Mr. CARDWELL
expressing such virtuous indignation against Mr.
HENLEY for his remarks on the Chancellor of the
Exchequer endeavouring to extract "something
from the poor, the halt, the lame, and the
blind," since nothing could controvert the fact.
It is earnestly to be trusted that next Mon-
day, when Mr. GLADSTONE finally proposes
this scheme, he will be defeated. He has: de-
clared that he will stand or fall by it's Justice.
of no arguments are needed to
prove the falsity
of this plea. If Mr. GLADSTONE is mistaken
enough to make a decided resistance to the general
feeling expressed on both sides of the House on
this question, he is ranging his followers to fight
in a cause in which it is unworthy of them as
Englishmen to wish to succeed. This is not a party
question, it is not a subject of political differences,
it is not invested with public prejudice, and it is
not put forward by private partizanship,but it is
general and comprehensive. Philanthropy is of
no country, and requires no distinction of creeds.
Its work is met with everywhere—.

".Prom realm to realm, with cross or crescent crowned,

Wbere'iir mankind and misery are found."
It is because this new proposition of the
(lancelior of the Exchequer militates
against the workings of that blessed
influence and impedes the sacred cause of charity,
that we would invoke the aid of those able to
oppose the measure to do so with all their might

and main, secure that, if they fail, they will be
more honourable position than their con-
quertge• If they succeed, they will hare the