The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-10 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

I The meeting which is appointed to take place at Har-
row to-morrow and Wednesday will be the first of a
i
i regular series which is about to be established. The
1"g Practical experience-of the promoters will donbtless
enable them to turn the undertaking to a profitable
4',count, but unless the sport be conducted on a totally
different system from that generally adopted at these
,
1 ' metropolitan gatherings," they will lack the enconr-
aZetnent and support of the turfites. The proceedings
. trill, I trust, be regulated by principles cf honesty and
i.
fait Play, and not Conducted in shameless defiance of
14.3 "P. Scorn and indignation to aid the purposes of a
r '"w dusi2liing individuals. I shall be " down upon the
1 inmper," to report progress:
1 Mr. Topham's second little-go meeting this season
vil take Place at Newton. on Wednesday and Thurs-
da3', but the programme scarcely possesses sufficient at-
tractions to induce rnetropolit In speculators to " assist"
at the celebration of the liport: Handicaps are as usual
It the leading features, but, they will excite little interest.
cl. This afternoon the settling of the Epsom accounts will
di"be e -ed. Although it will be unusually heavy, yet it
Will doubtless be most satisfactorily conducted. Book
d 'makers are the principal losers, and indeed throughout
the meeting they scarcely had a "good turn."
.0 .Active preparations are in progress at Newmarket for
1.- the approaching Craven Meeting. The heath has been
It well rolled and bush-harrowed, and the ground is said
Le . t° be in fine going order. The different stables ha've
I. °lean bills of health, and the supply of sport is likely to
Le be larger than usual.
a, APril 10. A FRESH MAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

OYford and Cambridge Club, April 8.
trust to your sense of justice to allow me to
remind you, that when, in The Sun, of this evening, you
speak of a "valuable privilege" exercised by the pre-
sent Archbishop of Canterbury, in appointing to the
eßegistrarship of his Prerogative Court, you forget that
that appointment, ma le in 1849, was made subject to an
;een Parliament passed in 1847, providing that "such
ee may be altered or abolished by Parliament, with-
„—„
entitling to compensation the person so appointed."
w°
.11 may easily ascertain the truth of what I state—
,.h
u' quite alters the nature of We case.—l am, sir,
m obedient humble servant,

ROBERT G. M. SUMNER.

2). p
CEANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER'S
70,44,,t, MOTIVE FOR DOUBLING THE PRO-
-'4717 AND INCOME TAX.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
gSIII,--The Chancellor of the Exchequer has just ob-
itled an act to double the Property and Income Tax
r the
first half of the current financial year, by which
he
expects to raise an extra sum of over 3,000,0001.
within the year, ostensibly for the purpose of meet-
the expenses of the war. But in last night's
tv,axette there is an announcement that a sum of more
eao 800,000/, is to be appropriated during the current
'loaner to the purchase of stock by the Commissioners
for the reduction of the National Debt, and a telegraphic
report just posted on 'Change here states that in conse-
quence of this announcement there has been a consider-
'ele rise in Consols in London to-day. Now, 800,0001.
Per quarter is equal to more than 3,000,000 per annum.
the
extra amount to be raised by the increased property
and •
income tax. It appears, therefore, that there is
401,rea`lY a surplus revenue sufficient to meet the expenses
the war, and that the Coancellor's real object in
doubling the property and income tax has been to fur-
t•r;sl' tile Commssioners for the Reduction of the Nation'al
ht with helm eans of continuing their purchases in
QOvernment
Stocks, as in a time of peace, and in this
Nva
Y to support the interests of the fundholders during
titn
;-t„ of war, at the expense of all others classes of the
come tax paying portion of the community.
The income-tax-paying portion of the public are no
m°lll3t perfectly willing to bear their share of the na-
tional burdens ; but it is m tin festly unjust to expect
ttliero to pay, in addition to this, the whole expense of
e Present war, and a further contribution of more
t 1144 3,000,0001. per annum towards the reduction of a
debt incurred in former wars. —I am, sir, yours very
respectively, J. B.
lianchester, April 8, 1854.