The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

rOYiL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS
of cirusAN. Splend;d Menagerie. sncluding Six Elephants. Fon
lions, Two Tigers,Two Giraffee,Camels, Leopards, Llam,s, &c. Grand
Military Bawl, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen-
tal Concert; Two Soiled by Miss clecily Nott Solo Clarlonet.
Mous. Wuille, and Cornet .1 Pistoc, Mr. Phillips; Brilliant Dis-
play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet;
Explosion of (Wises," Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open trom
9inth • morning*. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire.
works half-past 5. Adulisson

111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuts 'DAT —Morning 11 min. after 2 Evening 31 min.aft. 2
To-Wom.ow—Moroing 47 miu. after 2 Evening 4 min.aft. 3

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1853.

State of the wind and weather at each of the foll Owing
places at nine o'clock yesterday, morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
SOUTHA MPTON W., gentle bre; ze—overcast.
FOLKESTONE—E., gentle breeze—overcast.
TuxßuiDGE—E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
GREENWICH--Calm—partially cloudy.
STROOD—S.E., calm—cloudless.
SWINDON—N.W., light breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—S., cairn—cloudless.
HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—fine.

lho returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock :
GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze--ovoreast.
HOLTFIRAD—E., gentle breeze—fine.
WurrßY—N., gentle breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—N.' strong breeze—cloudy.
SNAP—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 7.

THER3IObII3TER, IN TUE SHADE.
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a g hest sinco nom:: yesterday.
53--lowest this morning and during the night.
69 this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'03.
WIND, —Fine, sunshiny weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1853.

The Income Tax pill has finally passed through
the House of Commons without alteration or im-
provement, with all its glaring imperfections and
inequalities. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
remained obdurate to the last, and steadily re-
fused to assent to any change,. however urgently
required by justice or expediency. The Right
Hon. Gentleman 1 vas perfectly conscious of his
strength. He foundl that on this occasion he could
afford to despise the voico of public opinion, and
he did so, without the slightest feeling of com-
punction or sympathy for the sufferers under the
iniquitous measure to which he lent the sanction
of his name. Well, be it so. The Fiscal and
Financial Reformen; now know what they have to
look forward to—tl hey have seen the scandalous
tergiversation of ma ny of their most trusted cham-
pions—they have soen others in whom they had
no reason to have rei )osed confidence faithful to the
last, and, when all (a ave honour) Ras lost, entering
their earnest protest ; against the atrocious enact-
ment. These matter s will not be forgotten ; they
will sink deeply into• the minds of the betrayed
and outraged people, and may possibly be pro-
ductive of very uneo:pected results when another
appeal shall be mad() to the country, and the be-
trayers have to meet the betrayed on the hustings,
and to solicit a renew: al of the confidence so grossly
and so unwarrantably violated.
Were it not for the grave and melancholy im-
portance of the subjoot, it would be an amusing
task to rip up and expose the frivolous pretexts
by which the dereliction of duty, evidenced in the
unexplained absence, or the direct and unblush-
i.:g abandonment of principle was attempte'd—
e shall not say to be: vindicated, for that was im-
possible,
but to be ro duced in amount. One had
confidence in the me n, and was ready to endorse
any propositions, hot fever unreasonable—to vote
black white
or(ler to retain the services
Ac. i
of the Joint-Stock
ministration, lest any Mem-
ber of the Cabinet a
b.ellxidlir disgusted at a servile
submission not being
a
an insuperable obstaol'e in the ' and should place
ev
ance in office of " Ale the
Tai:taY . , of the continu-
mired some other p Another ad-
es
' rtion of the Budg t
o
proposition about to e brought forward, so exremede-
ingly, that he was willing to purchase its
at any r:ce, howeveT exorbitant. While the old
Tory clique, who
saw that Mr.a
L
—AnszoistE was
playing their game, and giving advantage„ to
" the own.:rs of accumulated and realised pro-
perty," which could mot be anticipated from Mr.
I ►wilted themselves from the
DISRAEI I, quietly an)
discussions and divisi:ons, ready to take advantage
when a suitable opp ortuni.y should arise, of the
disgust and inclignt ition excited in the public
mind, at the outrag bons injustice perpetrated at
the instance of the Coalition Ministry under the
Legislative sanction. Through the negligeL ) and

apathy of some, the deliberate withdrawal of others,
and the shameless abandonment of principle,
by more, this unjust and impolitic measure has
received its third reading, and been pissed by the
House of Commons.
It is a melancholy task to direct particular
attention to the proceedings. First, there was
a protest by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel the 1,
Member for Oxfordshire, at a supposed injustice
perpetrated on a humble, but large, body of
men, which was easily shown to be altogether
founded on a misapprehension, and to have no
foundation whatever in fact. There are such
things as " fighting a cross" in politics as well
as in pugilism, and the bringing forward unjustifi-
able complaints has sometimes the effect of pre-
venting other matters with a better foundation
from being submitted for consideration.
The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose
then stated his reasons for abandoning the at-
tempt even to improve in any degree, however
trivial, the measure, which he permitted to
pass without alteration or amendment of any
kind. The Hon. Gentleman professed his con-
tinued attachment to the cause of Fiscal Reform,
his belief that "no tax on incomes could be a just
one, and that a tax upon property only was the
proper mode of raising the necessary revenue."
But he was so deeply enamoured of the tax on
successions that he could not criticise any propo-
sition made to the Financial Minister who brought
it forward, and, therefore, he gave his unquali-
fied adhesion to the Bill, the monstrous injustice
of which he had so frequently and so powerfully
denounced. The third reading was subsequently
carried by a majority of 134, there being only
found 55 Members to record their votes against
it. Some clauses brought forward by Sir Firz-
ROY KELLY, for the purpose of giving relief
to the earners of small industrial incomes,
were, although just and equitable in themselves,
negatived by almost equally decisive majorities,
and the Bill finally passed the Commons, and vir-
tually became the law of the land almost by
acclamation.
Such proceedings require no comment. We
may, however, remark, that although the tax has
been granted for seven years, it is still open to
the consideration and revision of Parliament at
any time. And we trust and believe that an
agitation will be commenced—an opposition or-
ganised that will enforce a recongderation of the
subject before two years of the ten have elapsed.
If justice cannot be obtained from the present
House of Commons, it may from the new Parlia-
ment, the Members whereof will have to give
expression on the hustings to their views of Fiscal
Reform.

It has been asserted that Sir CHARLES WOOD'S
measure for the future Government of India is,
practically, neither more nor less than a continu-
ance Bill, which may be altered or amended, at
any time, as the exigencies of the case may re-
quire. That no pledge is given for any fixed or
determinate period, and that, consequently, the
moment the necessary information has been ob-
tained—that the solution of the important pro-
blem—as to the form of Government best calcu-
lated to promote the welfare and happiness of
One Hundred aid fifty millions of human beings ;
and also to advance the interests of the United
Kingdom—has been accomplished—when in fact
the matter is ripe for Permanent Legislation—it
will be competent either for the Government of
the day, or for any independent member to bring
forward propositions by means whereof the great
desideratum may be achieved. In support of these
views, the statements of Sir CHARLES WOOD in the
House of Commons, and also in his explanatory
letter to Mr. RTJSSELL ELLICE and MAJOR OLIPHANT,
have been referred to. In the latter lie says—" We
do not propose any fixed. term for the duration
of this form of Government, as we think
it advisable that it should be open at any time to
the consideration and revision of Parliament."
From these premises, then, it is argued, that the
earnest request of the native population has been
substantially granted, and that there is no just
ground of complaint as to the apparent perma-
nency of the measure.
We cannot concur in these conclusions. On
the contrary, we feel bound to record our earnest
dissent, and to emphatically warn all the friends
of India—all those desirous of opposing the most
monstrous job attempted for many years—against
being deceived or led astray by these plausible
fallacies. The matter must of course remain open
to the consideration and revision of Parliament
at any time. The East India Company is not
now in a position to make a bargain, or stipulate
for conditions. Nothing is better settled than
that there must be two parties to a contract, in
order that it should be binding. There should be some
valuable consideration proceeding from both sides.
Without that, it would be what in law is denominated
a nudum pactum, and, as such, absolutely and
entirely void ab initio. Now, the Company pos-
sesses no claim of any kind on the British nation ;
it has nothing to give up ; no privileges to sur-
render, which could be made the groundwork of a
valid and binding agreement. There is no doubt
that it formerly possessed such privileges ; that it
was entitled to a monopoly, and one of a very
profitable character, the value of which might be
estimated in some degree by any middle-aged
housekeeper who some thirty years since was
accustomed to pay from Bs. to 12s. per pound for
tea far inferior to that which can now be obtained
for from 4s. to 55., and yet we can remember the
harrowing predictions, the gloomy anticipations,
that were uttered as to the more than probable
results of the destructive and unconstitutional
project of throwing open the Chinese ports to
British merchants. The teas were to be
poisoned, and robberies and villanies of the
most atrocious description perpetrated daily,
if we consented to receive our teas
through any channels but those provided
by the Leviathan of Leadenhall-street. These
gloomy vaticinations were, however, disregarded.
The Government and the Parliament determined
that, to a certain extent at least, there should be
" Free-Trade " with China, and that every per-
sonal restriction should be forthwith abolished,
and there has certainly been no reason to regret
the decision then arrived at.

But the goodwill of the parties was purchased
at a tolerably high figure. The Proprietors had
certainly no reason to complain of the liberality
of JOHN BULL. Not only was it agreed that, for
every one hundred pounds of capital stock em-
barked in the concern, they should receive an an-
nuity of £lO 10s. per annum, guaranteed not to
be redeemed or tampered with for forty years,
and then only to be redeemed on payment of
£2OO for every £lOO stock ; but, in addition, by
far the greater part of the entire Indian patronage
was haided over to the Directors, and therefore
practically to the Proprietors for twenty years,
which term will expire in 1854. It is impossible
to estimate the value of ' that patronage, or as to
the mode of its exercise in India. But we can
form some estimate 'as to its value in this country.
We know that there are about two hundred and
twenty infantry, and about 30 cavalry cadetships,
30 writerships, and 50 medical appointments an-
nually disposed of ; and, estimating an infantry
cadetship at 1,0001. (it was proved to have been
sold for 1,0501. in a certain trial, to which it is
unnecessary at present more particularly to refer),
the cavalry at 1,5001., writerships at 4,000/. (far
below their actual value), and the medical appoint-
ments at the same as the infantry cadetships-10001.
each—we shall find that the patronage thus deli-
vered was worth no less than 435,0001. per an-
num, which, for the twenty years, was, without
charging interest, worth 8,700,0001. sterling, or
2,700,0001. more than the entire capital stock of
the Company. And here we may remark that,
although the writerships and medical appoint-
ents are, according to Sir CHARLES WOOD'S pro-
position, to be thrown open to public competition,-
the military appointments, cavalry and infantry,
are still
in co remain with -the Directors, who,
usegrience of their diminished numbers,
will have the t
We have alluded to -
30 parts, now distributediar°na" formerly divisible into
among 18 persons.
that, although the arrangementse
matters to show
excitementenctoered into in
Bill) could nnoste
1833 (shortly after theconsequent on
the passing of the Reforica

have been disturbed, there is nothing analogous 1
thereto at the present crisis, and that Sir CHARLES
WOOD could not have even proposed, much less
carried, any proposition which should not, at any
time, have been open to the consideration and
revision of Parliament ; and he is, therefore, en-
titled to no particle of credit for the resolution
which he has just put forward'with such pompous
pretension.
But the present legislation for an indefinite
period is calculated .to disperse the reasonable
hopes of the inhabitants of British India. Their
earnest request, their most ardent desire is, for
" public inquiry and discussion in the Imperial
Parliament ; " that, as we have already
' stated, any system of Government, what-
ever it may be, should be open to alteration
and improvement, from time to time, as the well-
being of the country may require. That periodi-
cal discussion would afford the opportunity to the
people of setting forth their grievances, under cir-
cumstances that would afford the most auspicious
prospects of at least receiving attentive hearings,
if not of achieving their objects and obtaining the
anxiously-looked-for redress. It would also sti-
mulate the local Government and the subordinate
officers to the more diligent and efficient discharge
of their duties, and thus be productive of the most
beneficial results. But Sir CHARLES WOOD'S mea-
sure would not only deprive them of these unques-
tionable advantages, but would create a direct in-
terest in a powerful body, armed with great patro-
nage, and a corresponding amount of influence,
in retarding and procrastinating the enquiries,
and preventing any distinct or definite conclusion
from being arrived at. Can any person for a mo-
ment suppose that we should have had even the pre-
sent infinitesimal improvements offered were it not
for the rapidly-approachingtermination of the Char-
ter ? Most certainly not. The question would
have been, if not consigned to the "tomb of the
CAPIJLETS," at least most unceremoniously shelved
until a more convenient season, which might never
arrive. Once more, then, we entreat every inde-
pendent Member to resist above all things the in-
definite duration of the measure, and to insist
that any legislation on the subject, with the
present defective information, should be only for
two, or, at the outside, for three years from the
termination of the Charter. There is no reason
why any of the suggested improvementi might
not be carried into practical operation even for
that limited period.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom-
panied by the youthful Royal family, are expected to leave
Buckingham Palace this afternoon for Windsor Castle,
where her Majesty will dispense the regal hospitalities
during the Ascot races to a royal and distinguished
circle. The Queen on Thursday, the Cup day, will,
with . her visitors, honour the course with her presence,
attended by the Earl of Besborough, as Master of the
Stag-hounds, and the usual royal retinue.
THE KING OF HANOVER.—The Hanoverian Legation
in Grosvenor-place is in a state of preparation to receive
King George of Hanover and his Consort, who are on
the eve of leaving Hanover for London. A suite of
English coachmen, grooms, &c., have been engaged for
his Hanoverian ajesty during his sojourn in England.
The King has one son, the youthful Crown Prince, after
whom the Duke of ambridge is in remainder to the
throne. In the Act of Parliament, however, granting,
an annuity of 12,0007. per annum to his Royal High-
ness, is a clause specifying that the income shall cease in
the event of the Duke becoming a foreign Sovereign. •
OLD SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES. —Some considerable
purchases have been made at par of the Old South Sea
Annuities by the parties who have sent in ExcheqUer-
bills for payment. These annuities will be paid off in
April, 1854, but will meanwhile carry three per cent.
interest from the sth of April last, so that, for the pur-
poses of a temporary investment, the exchange has been
a very safe and favourable one.
AUSTRALIAN EMIG 'ATION.—Tho departures from the
port of London for. the Australian colonies during the
past week show no remarkable variation, and the vessels,
with few exceptions, have been of the larger class. They
have comprised six to Port Philip, with an aggregate
burden of 2,966 tonnage ; four to Sydney, with an
aggregate burden of 2,269' tonnage ; three to Adelaide,
with an aggregate burden of 978 tonnage ; one to Swan
River of 384 tons ; and one to Launceston of 388 tons.
Their total capacity was 6,235 tons. The shipments of
manufactu,e,...s and ordinary descriptions of merchandise
have been large, but the rates of freight exhibit a ten-
dency to decline.
AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODI'CE MARKETS.—
The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam produce markets state that business was rather
limited, and that no essential cliege had,occurred in
prices. The demand for coffee was principally.' confined
to home consumption, and rates were fairly supported.
Sugar, raw and refined, was, on the average, steady,
although in some few cases lower prices had been ac-
cepted. In rice the transactions had not been active,
but the late advices had been well maintained. Indigo
was firm at previous quotations, and no important alte-
ration had occurred in tett.
SUICIDE FROM A HOUSETOP.—Yesterday, Mr. Baker
11ej,-1 ,an inquest at the Freemasons' Arms, Salmon's-lane,
Limeho use, on view of the body of Mr. Reeves Wilson,
Proprietor of the Jolly Sailor, Salmon's-lane.
aged 36, , P
Deceased occasionally suffered from delirium tremens.
On Saturday forenoon he was in conversation with his
wife when lie left her as she thought to go up to his
room. In a. few minutes she was alarmed by hearing
that he had goi on the top of an adjoining house, from
which he had tahlext a leap and jumped into the street.
He was taken up in a state of insensibility and conveyed
into his own house, wh he was promptly attended by
a medical gentleman. lie died the following day. Ver-
dict, " Temporary insani.V."
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE ClTY.—Considerable ex-
citement has been created in the neighbourhood of New-
gate-market in consequence of a desperate attempt on
the life of Mrs. Marianne Kipp lanv:ng been made last
night by Ann Mack, a servant in the employ of Mr.
Pike, book clasp maker, carrying on business at No. 8,
Oxford Arms-passage, Warwick-lane. It appears that
the wounded woman's husband works at Mr. Pike's; and
she having conceived a jealous feeling against the maid-
servant, went a few evenings since and abused her most
shamefully, promising to call again on Monda(last)
evening. This preyed very much upon the girl's' (Mack)
spirits, and she purchased a razor during the day, for
the purpose it is believed of committing suicide, as she
appeared in a very excited state. At half-past nine
o'clock Mrs. Kipp again made her appearance, and
commenced a tirade of scurrilous language. Anne
Mack, who had the razor in her hand, unable to brook
such abuse, rushed at her, and inflicted some scrims
wounds on the neck and breast. The screams of Mrs.
Kipp brought assistance and she was conveyed to Bar-
tholomew's Hospital, and her assailant was taken into
custody, and will undergo an examination to-day before
a magistrate.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WOOLWICH TER4INU6 OF
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Sunday night
two accidents, one of them fatal, occurred at the Wool-
wich terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, which
took place in consequence of the want of caution of
those who are the sufferers. The following are the
circumstances of each case :—The. first occurred to a
male person of respectable appearance, who arrived
shortly after ten o'clock in a steamer from Woolwich,
to go by the up-train to London. Before the vessel
reached the pier, he and another passenger leaped off,
when they unfoi Lunately fell into the river. Captain
Rose, the commander, immediately had ropes flung out,
and used other means to save them. One was recovered,
but the other india :dual, owing to the force of the current
was carried away and was drowned. The body was not
found at a late hour. The other accident occurred to a
female, about twenty minutes afterwards, and who was
a passenger by the down-train ;on its arrival at the
terminus, but before it was stopped, she attempted to
get out. Her foot unfortunately missed the platform,
when she fell on the line. The driver was looking back
at the time, and saw her disappear. He, with great
exertion, put on the break, and stopped the train before
any of the carriages went over her. She was removed
from her perilous position, and instantly brought back
to the terminus at Shoreditch, when she was placed in
a cab and taken to the London Hospital. She was
there found to be seriously injured, but there were
hopes of her recovery. Both the man and woman wore
unknown.
CRIME IN NEW YORK AND IN LONDON.—The num-
ber of arrests last year were 40,000, in a population of
say 300,000, giving a per tentage of 6 6 on the whole
number of inhabitants. In Londonb the returns of the
metropolitan police, for 1850, show 70,827 arrests, out
of a population of two millions and a half, giving a per
tentage of less than three on the whole number of.
inhabitants. Thus crimes are in New York rather more
than twice as frequent as in London. Indeed, if we
make proper allowance for the superior vigilance and
proportion to the population,
organization of the metropolitan police of London, and
for the noon
in.efficiency of our own police force, we
theresball pisrotnbaNbleywfi
York tth,
irince as much crime as in Lon-
don.—Neie York Herat4.
OATMEAL PORRIDGE.-11re kicked up a great bobbery,
that's a fact. In the midst of it, in comes Mrs.
McTavish, lookin' as red as a turkey-cock, and struttin'
like a bantam-hen, head up stiff and. strait, wings ex-
tended angry-like, till they scrapedthe floor. She was
in a riproarious passion. If she didnt talk quick, it's a
pity. First she talked Gaelic, and then she
translatetd
it. She made a long yarn of it ; Jnit t,
of it was this, she gave the Indiaos a pot or
bnrgoo— oatmeal and water—for their .supper, and
they refused to eat it, Hayin' Maeat it be
very good for Scotcbmen and pigs, but Indian 7, 0
and walked out of the house in high dudgeon. Oh !
didn't little Rory roar, and Mrs. Rory rave, and didn't.
Igo into convulsions I I thought I should have gad on
the spot for want of breath. I joined in berating the
Indians though of course, or I should have been obliged
to cut stick too ; but it was almost too much for my
ribs. Well done, hairy scalp; sail I to myself, well
done, hairy scalps, your pride has. outdone hairy legs
this time at any rate. Oh clear I how Ambassador
laughed when he beard this story.--flara Slicks Wise
Scows. .