The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-18 00:00:00

THE INCOME TAX.

Mr. HUBBARD called the attention of the house, in
connection with the Income-tax, to the action taken by the
Government on the "Two Million Fortification Loan Act
of IMO," and also to the effect of the tax on the rents of
encumbered landed property; and, after having criticised
certain details in the financial policy of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, concluded by moving for a number of re-
turns relating to the operation of the Income Tax Bill,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended
his policy, and offered a variety of explanations in reference
to the objections he had urged upon a former occasion to
the readjustment of the income tax, which had been
that pro-
proposed by Mr. Hubbard. With respect to the present h
.e had
no objection to the production of that portion of th
motion of the hon. gentleman, he had to state
n mere
t uae retu
which was founded upon positive data and no po
rns
vague conjectures.
Sir F. HEYGATE said he believed that the contri.bu-
ysttofrb:be from
he also felt convinced that
grievance to complain of ; Schedule D had no serious
tors to the income tax under
imtspvoesryed in times of public nature be unpopu-
lar, and which ought which
omnul
emergency.
Mr. P. URQUHART thought it desirable that an ad-
justment of the income tax should be effected.
Sir H. WILLO LIGHBY said he could not see his way
to any satisfactory adjustment of the tax, but he was very
anxious to find it reduced to the smallest possible amount.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE suggested an enlargement of one
portion of the returns, and stated a number of objections to
Mr. Hubbard's scheme for an adjustment of the tax.
Mr. HUBBARD replied he would not insist on the pro-
duction of the return to which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had objected.
The motion, with this exception, was agreed to.
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Sir F. SMITH moved that an humble address be pre-
sented to her Majesty praying thal she might be graciously
pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the
policy of the military occupation of the Channel Islands,
and the practicability of ensuring their safety against
foreign invasion.
Sir G. C. LEWIS expressed his inability to accede to
the motion, and was proceeding with his address when the
house was counted out.

CRIME IN FRANCE.—A murder and suicide have
just been committed at Mosnay (Indre). A. forest keeper
named Poitrinaud had frequently occasion to complain of
the encroachments of a small farmer named Buries, who
frequently drove cattle on to the property under the keeper's
care. This had given rise to such a feeling of hatred on the
part of Duris that Poitrinaud had at length become alarmed,
and on the morning of the murder had expressed a fear that
Duris might do him some harm. Duris concealed himself,
armed with a gun, behind a hedge by which he knew Poi-
trinaud must pass. The latter arrived shortly after, and, on
passing before the spot whore his enemy was concealed,
paused to light his pipe, when Danis fired, and the ball
passed through his left cheek and brain. Duris then rushed
forward and battered the head of the lifeless body with the
barrel of his gun until it had bent in his hand ; he then
used the butt end until it broke, and afterwards employed
his heavy wooden shoe for the same purpose. His WV was
not yet exhausted, as ho set fire to the clothes of the mur-
dered men, which burnt until the flame reached the keeper's
powder-flask, which exploded. Duris then
e heard the
picked up Pm-
' trinaud's gun, and was about to Oh when h
voice of a young man calling from a neighbouring wood.
The murderer was then seized with a panic, and placing
the muzzle of the gun to his own heart, pressed the trigger
1 with his foot, killing himself on the spot. Poitrinaud, who
was a widower, has left two children, both of whom are in
business. Duris had formerly been a soldier, and was in
rsoeipt of a pension of zoof. a year.,