The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

CHOBHAM CAMP.—CONSERVANCY OF the succour of the SULTAN and his Divan at Con-
THE RIVERS WE Y and THAMES.—To the Surrey Con-
stables of the Black-Heath'r Hundred, touching " waste penalty," stantinople. If requisite, they will proceed a little
for removal of the Heather-binding sod plant. further than the Turkish capital, entering the Black
By the Records of the hundred Court, March 1690, to 1724. grants
to settlers on the limestone sand commons, " Arabia d: serta" of this Sea through the Bosphorus. All th's will be
foes!, for tenureal protection of this plant, as controlling the hitherto directly
dintelligence ;is. received at Con-
ones of eye-sore dust, so prejudicial to the gi--den soli, by " grit," effected
as causing a Belgium-like destruction of the fruits of the earth, by stantinople that tliik„,Rustian army has commenced
the westerly gales carrying the top residue of the msund-heaps into the Rivers WEY and THAMES, independently of the uprooting of its descent into the Danubian principa!ities. Until
t he heather plant that generates the Fly that Weds the fish. than, nothing will be done by the naval arma-
Touching the above, and disastrous precedent —on the artillery
noise by cannon—during twenty-four hours lately from the meats of France and England in the Mediter-
sa
Chatham lines, producing vibration of the soil and mani-
ranean. Nothing, that is to
feat destruction of the Sony tribe, as witne-sed by the fish tu-n-
y, beyond
ing telly up in paralys's, to their delicate pectoral and dor al hovering about at the entrance of the Dar-
Brans, in such-wise by fright, to prevent the s...nming of the eddies
Paosrtine fotrhmaat t itohne issw
oorb-d
to prevent the
tdaainneeldles.by Butthe ssoublime surely
of the ebb stream, as instanced at the Nore. Hence,
wilful absurdity of the l'ke acts, This is to intimate, that the context
of this notice drops under the Eau-pest Fishery Laws of Richard
heat of been drawn the Second, in prevention as follows :—" That in no wise, by has
—awn by the CZAR, SO surely will the
VICTORIA and of the
drum, powder blast or firing of guns, cawing manifest reverberA-
maritime armaments b • the bannerspngerorNArouoNof
appear Queen
eEaelri
Lion, be allowed near any river between the last day of May and twline
first day of August, in order that the yew's &Onion and other stneathe
of fish he not uprooted through wilful ignorance of h
* 8 ' fact,
ind theoff
subversion of the fisherman's honest calling"—bearingoinusT Constantinople. Then, woe to the man who
fable crying of the frogs, "What's tin to ye, is death to
itN.
TE.
shall have broken
(L.S.) PIERRE BASQUET DE VANDKR
1R D
the peace of thirty-eight years'
(L.S.) CHARLES tsENRY ACKEItLY J.P. ( Jan., 1837.) duration,anti
To the Sheriff and Constables of Surrey, &c. who, for the development of '

London, Jane 11, 1583.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK.ET.
under the management of Mr. Ecekstone.
THIS EVENING, Jim 11,

Pi, -1s
own selfish policy and unprincipled ambition, shall
ha-

ye brought down the curse of a general war
upon the European Continent !

Will be performed (the Sixth time) TILE CRUEL KINDNESS;
Characters by Messrs. Barry Sall7an, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers
Cord, and Buckstane ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham,
Miss Reynolds, &c.
After which. MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR-
N.A SsUs.
To be followed by TILE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL.

The Succession Duty Bill was last night read
a second time -without opposition, on the distinct
understanding, however, that the discussion on
the subject was only postponed until the next
stage of its progress, and that the debate on the
principle of the measure, and the sense of the
House thereon, would be taken on the question
"that the Speaker do now leave the chair." There
can be no possible objection to this course when a
distinct and positive understanding has been
arrived at, so that there can be no possibility
of either the supporters or opponents of the
measure being taken by surprise. It is
now, however, too late for any effective
resistance to the proposition. We long since
pointed out the imperative necessity of either
abolishing, or materially extending and enlarging,
the operation of the Legacy Duties, so as to ren-
der every description of accumulated and realised
property, whether settled or unsettled, liable to
the tax. Monstrous injustice has already been
inflicted upon,the devisees of unsettled personalty,
whether they acquired their rights under, and by
virtue of the will of a testator, or the operation
of the statute of distributions. Enormous sums
have already been extracted from their pockets,
while persons succeeding to real• estate, either
as heirs at law or devisees, and also those
inheriting leaseholds or personal property
under the provisions of a settlement were
wholly exempted. This flagrant grievance could
no longer be justified. The public indigna-
tion was strongly excited, and the voice of public
opinion loudly uplifted against the inequitable
and impolitic law. It was the proposed adjust-
ment of the question that rendered the Budget
acceptable, and induced many Fiscal Reformers to
vote for the renewal of the Income Tax, without
modification or amendment, and for seven in place
of three years ; and, having swallowed that
obnoxious dose, they will now insist on ob-
taining the promised equivalent. It is vain
for the members of the territorial aristocracy
who shirked the discussions on the Income Tax,
who suffered the full weight of the burden to be
fastened on the shoulders of the industrious
classes, to suppose that they can now successfully
impede the progress of the Succession Duty
Bill. It should have been considered simul-
taneously with the measure for the renewal of the
Income Tax, for on an equitable arrangement
thereof rested the only hope of avoiding the charge
upon successions, which will (according to the
operations of the landocracy) prove so very inju-
rious to the interests of their order. The mo-
ment, however, that the Income Tax Bill
passed the House of Commons—the moment
the abolition of the Legacy Duty Bill became im-
possible during the present session--the enact-
ment of the Succession Duty Bill became a matter
of perfect certainty, and those who object thereto
have only themselves to thank for the unpalatable
result.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN respectfully inform the Public
that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY
NEXT, June 13, on which occasion will be presented Lord Byron's
Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS KING OF ASSYRIA (considerably
abridged for stage representation). The Costume and Architecture
throughout the Play selected throughout the Play selected from
Layards discoveries of the Monumeata of Niueven.
Together with other Entertainments.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, JUNE I
Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews,
Suter, and Roslere ; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham.
After which, A ,FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter.
To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C.
Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses
Robertson and Ellis.
After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
To conclude with TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr.
C. Mathews.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in re-
demption of the pledge which he had previously
given, last night stated the nature of his plan with
respect to corporate property. It was manifest
that, if the tax upon successions was to be made
general in its operation, some scheme should
be devised to render corporation property
subject to the burden. A corporation "nercr
dies." There is no succession (except in
cases of alienation) or transfer thereof. Its ex-
euipticm, when all others were liable, would occa-
sion many well-founded complaints; and, there-
fore, some arrangement should be comp to by
which a fair average payment might be insured.
What, then, was the course to be adopted ? The
nomination of lives, on the failure whereof the
tax would be enforced, would be objectionable, as
it would not answer to have persons selected by
either side, the Corporation or the Government.
If a term of years were fixed on as the
average duration of human life, of persons
indifferently selected, a new problem would arise
—When should the term be supposed to have com-
menced ? What allowance should be made for
the period already passed ? We do not conceive
that the solution would be so very difficult, as it
appeared to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
when one-half of the average period fixed on,
whether 20, 25, or 30 years would appear to be
the time when the first payment might fairly be
demanded, and that payment might reasonably
be required at the average of the Legacy Duties
payable by all the different classes, from the
direct issue of the body of the deceased, to
perfect strangers, or those remote in blood.
There would, however, be an inconvenience
in so many payments coming in at once to the
exchequer, in place of being an annual source of
revenue that would form a portion of the ways
and means in each successive year. Mr. GLAD-
STONE has accordingly proposed, that, in place of
such a tax at distant intervals, there should be
an annual commutation payment, which he fixes
at 3d. in the pound for seven years, and 6d. in
the pound after that time. Here, then, the Right
Honourable Gentleman has given in his adhesion
to the arguments we have so strongly urged. He
has---so far as one branch of this realised
property of the country is concerned--come
into our views proposing, in fact, neither
more nor less than an equitable Property
Tax—fairly and justly apportioned—on the
net, not the gross, receipts, and with respect
to which there is to be no exemption ! We
congratulate ourselves on this important accession
to the great principle we have so long and so
strenaously advocated. We emphatically- declared
that the Succession Duty Bill would solve the
problem as to the supposed impossibility of an
equitable adjustment of the Property Tax. Mr.
GLADSTON4 has now verified our predictions. He
has shown how the matter may be fairly and
justly arranged with respect to corporate property.
Why, we ask, may not the same principle be ex-
tended to all other descriptions of property, real
orpersonal, Nettled or unsettled. Such an extension
would at oth ;e place the matteron the most substan-
tial and eqn itable basis, and render the payments
at the same time more easy to the contributors
and more be neficial to the Exchequer. There is
yet time for its adoption before serious injustice,
and,l we naaor add, irreparable injury, be inflicted
on the families of those who may die between this
time and the ultimate settlement of the important
and interest ing question.

LONDON .A ND NORTH-WESTERN AND MIDLI ND RAIL-
WAYS.—Th es e two companies have been latel y inspect-
ing their pt a, .nanent ways, as well as devising the best
means of he eping them in thorough repair, and they
have, with tl hat view, as also as the most 43( :onomical
system, elites red into contracts with the Permar lent Way
Company for the use of its patents on upwards of a
thousand shy ;le miles of railway.
REPRESENI 'ATION OF STROUD.—The address of Mr.
Meryweather Turner, the second candidate for the re-
presentation 13f Stroud, vacant by the accessi oil of Lord
Moreton to tl ie peerage, is now out. Mr. I Xcu-sman at
present must- ,e nds further proceedings, until after the re-
11l mains of a ,c late earl Ducie shall have beet i interred.
an addr ass which he has issued to the electors, be
intimatesi is intention to abstaid from any ft irther poll-
s
funeralelli nent until that event takes place. After the
s,° will again visit the borough.
issued hi
IGO I lon
.OUGH ELECTION.—Mr. John Sadleir has
ined.toruetnuirrtel
have detei
"We are 4 address. The Dublin Evening Post says
inappy to learn that Liberals of all shades
is no doul
asir hthisesureppproerste,natantVehfaotrthtehrise
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