The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

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BLACKHEATH GOLF CLUB.—The
of the noblemen and gentlemen members 'of this 01
tinguished club, which has now existed for upwar",,er
a century and a half, and established for the pro
the
tion and practice in England of golf
Scot
most ancient arid popular of all the Se°,;soll
games and pastimes—was held on Saturday, to CO"cs'
for the spring medal, &c. Prior to the cornine"„.
mint of the play the annual general meeting of theorem 1
bers was held at the club-house, for the purpose WI" oothers) of receiving the report of the committee y, management, and a statement of the finances of the c,no,
which had previously been examined by the anti,
Sir R. Anstruther, Bart., having been voted to the to
explained the objects of the meeting, after which
Drolid Jelt Sharp, the indefatigable honorary secretary je
treasurer, read the several reports, which were
ere
dared to be highly satisfactory, and of course 4/09
duly received, confirmed, and adopted. real
Major then stated, that he had very -3°
pleasure in informing the amateurs and players 0 tot
noble and truly manly and athletic game of golf,hof,
a club had been established in the far East at Bow?,
and that they had done this club the honour of fool° 04
ing a medal to be contested for by the members, Bpd
that such competition would take place on the sec.
Saturday in October. The election of officers foll0:43
Field-Marshal of the club, George Lindsay,
„A-rafiril
Captain of the club, Archibald liastie, Esq.,
committee:—The Right Hon. Fox Maule, M• 1 'J
Hale, Esq., T. Ritchie, Esq., Francis Grant, Esq', at
C. Sutherland, Esq. Major Sharp here announcedr-for
the contest for the gold medal—the principal prisetho
the year—given by the club, would take place 011
second Saturday in June. Attention was next direcid,
to an admirable likeness of Mr. Lindsay, the r
marshal, in the elegant uniform of the club. The
~,Po t,eti
trait was painted by Mr. Francis Grant, and prese":
by him to his brother members. The picture was 0
handsome gold frame, bearing an appropriate insc7oo
y pass
tion. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to .
chairman, secretary, and several other gentlemell
pp;
vested with the direction of the club. The compliiii,:aa having been duly acknowledged by all parties to
"v it was presented, the members, in their red coats, to,
paired to the heath, where a large concourse of sPeebod
tors, principally consisting of the resident gentry' 10
been attracted to witness the sport. The for master was very protracted and severe, and the bat
Cult of the match for some time extremely doubtful,
,ed
at length the skill and untiring energy of the respeelob
captain, Mr. Archibald Elastic, prevailed, and the Ineutor
amidst the congratulations of his friends and br()t .0
players, was awarded to him. The weather being ,
inviting induced several of the members to continue to
game, and a number of private matches were Piti/j3O
strugfe,
until 'half-past six o'clock, when they adjourned to to
Green Man Hotel Blackheath, to partake of the pleasure
of the table.

On the 11th inst., at L ackadder Lady Houston Bop. e
BM2II.
of a son.
At Barrow-house, Somerset, on the 12th inst., the w,t•e of
J. H. Blagrave, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Spring-bank. Bradford, Yorkshire'
Mrs. Douglas, of a son.
At Bitterne-grove, near Southampton, on the 12th illstd
the lady of A. Noyes, Esq., of a daughter.
At Donnington, Berks, on the 13th inst., the lady of CIO*
Hayes, R.N., of a son.
On the 13th inst., at New-road, Fitzroy-square,
Mme' f'•
Davison, ot a son.
the
Rev. the 13th inst., at Godahning, Surrey, the wife of the
Rev. E. E. Rowsell, M.A., of a son.

MARRIED.
,At Broomfield. Church, Somerset, on the 13th inst. the
ao Rev. James S. Blackwood, L.L.D., to the Right Hon.
Alicia Lambert, ' granddaughter of the late and sister 0'
present Earl of Cavan.
On the 12th inst., at Caversham Church, Oxon, Willi
Henry Ashley, Al D., of Boyne. terrace, Notting-hill, iterr
sington, to Harriette Mary, third daughter of
T. Gill, ~eq4 Captain R.N. of the Lodge, Caversham, Oxfordshire.

DIED.
On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, aged 28, Emma 4.gf tasia, the beloved and deeply-lamented wife of Pio
v`--
chettini, the celebrated composer. On the II th inst., at Dolly's, Montgomeryshire,
4.26—nr-
ge
Meares, Esq., aged 34.
On the 11th just, at Marine-house, Hastings, George -
bra•th Meares, Esq., aged 65.
On the 12th inst., at Hampton, Middlesex, Mr. iTa
Thresher, aged 42.
On the 12th inst., at Guernsey, Emily, the wifeof - pter
B. Dobree, Esq., of Beauregard, in that island, aged 46 of
On the 12th inst., aged 39, Gastrill, the eldest sell
Gastrill Wilkins, Esq., 01 Cosham, near Portsmouth.
On the 13th inst ,at Errol-park, N. 8., Robert D. D.A•„'leo.., second son of Captain and Lady Henrietta Alien, and gra'„a
son of the Earl of Carnperdown. aged 12.
On the 13th inst., at Oakley. souare, Chelsea, Mr. 001
Archbutt, aged 28.
of
On the 14th inst., at Stamford-hill, Mr. G. R. Phillips,
Aldersga, e-street, aged 35.

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PRO‘zPECTTVE rTI cfAxiverrer,

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of Irisn rprestnFatives, viii wdi th. u%TM /IL, re, lof
them the very simple question, how they will like ie ..
taxed. It unfortunately happens that the choice is butt
limited, for there are two alternatives, and no more tblt,
two—one, the late in aid ; the other, Iturarial taXS:til
including, among less.-r burdens, the incr,me- tax and tb
assessed taxes. My Lords and Gentlereete it is for: itat
to decide. We shall be perfectly satisfied with which'
ever you choose. When a question of this sort is put t°
children, they commonly answer that they would.rathel
hava midier ; but as we advance through this valeof
tears we learn by sad experience that life does consist°
alternatives, and that we must 064 ri choose one of tpt
disagreeable courses. The hund:ed representatives
Ireland may save themselves the trouble and disgrace d°
childish reply. Should hey say " Neither," their retassl
plead will only prejudice their cause. England, wbicS,
has suffered so much, aad still suffers so much through
her costly sacrifices to atone for the accumulated sins°
Irish landlordism, will not rest a day till Ireland nro°;
tains her own poor ; or at lt ast does her utmost, 1"
Lord John cannot carry that point, another Ministet
must be found who can and will carry it. There need
not be any hesitation as to which is the most hearsl#
evil. In the first place, income-tax and assessed taltes
amount together to a shilling in the pound un a middle
class income. Ask any professional man who midLe‘
1,000/. a year by his profession, and he will tell you tba
the tax for his thirty-five windows, skylights, and a°
holes, for his one carriage, for his one horse, for his ol
footboy, for his one dog, and his one seal, takes away
the rest of the shilling left by the income-tax.
the question of amount there can then be no rei
sonable doubt. The question of permanence is eciallo
simple. We can just imagine the rate in aid shsko
off at the end of two years. Indeed, not only is
pried fixed, but it is actually contingent on a neceso"(
which may or may not continue, and which is very WI
not to continue longer thanitwo,
two years. There is a gre
probability that it the potato recovers its fecundity $ll
soundness, the twenty-two bankrupt unions will not r. 6,
quire more than the proposed maximum rate of 70.1
010
the pound ; and in that case there will be no.levy 010
rest of Ireland. On the contrary, income tax and
1,1
sessed taxes, besides being of national character,
things that cleave to a man and to his estate. They 1100
a sort of leprosy upon a man and upon his beast, of .„6
his house and upon his land, upon his man-servants
everything that is his. Our younger rs ader, who :01
just taken house or rooms, or lodgings, will for the bed
time in his life receive a disagreeable foolscap shent4 vered with inquisitorial inquiries in black and red " r
with divers declarations to be filled up, and nufneoi
ous unintelligible directions. Let hitt take dinge
note of the day that foolscap sheet is first had d.
a
his table, for it will never depart from
table, except to return before the twelvemonth is
will pursue him through life. If he goes from one 1171
to another, he will find it in his new abode, and Iva'
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followed also with a duplicate sheet fiom that wine jo
has left. Every year he will have to sign at least lot
declaration for the assessed-tuxes, and some three,
four for the income-tax. Every other year it will he
inflated to him that he has not made a full and true s,
'
turn, and he will either have to submit to a further them!'
je
or go through the worry and expense of an appeal. 10,
will constantly occcur. As sure as Lady-day reittroo
Lis enemies in black and red ink will knock at-his d°.,01
and infest his study-table. When he dies they will Int'ai
his heirs and executors, his successors in his house, 71.
his partners in his trade. Unless Irish gentlemen 4
prepared to conjure. back again the vermin St. Patpl banished from the land, they will not tele their fate by asking for assessed or into taxes. But besides the amount and the pernsane"o
of these burdens, they are also far more vexatious
a rate in aid. The inquisitorial character of the into 01
tax has been so frequently discussed in these colutol
that we will not repeat what even an Irishman
,„11),,fi
know. We will speak only of the assessed taxes. 'Awe is nothing in this country so nearly amounting to .Pe
sonal slavery as these imposts. You cannot add nPgt
try to your house; you cannot open a loop-hole in 1oor„,,01 cellar, or put a light over your hall-dour; you cams
ride a mile on old Dobbin the carrier's horse, you
not rescue a lost dog from starvation, and harbour`ol
for 24 hours, you cannot employ an occasional
w 1;!.?
0
for one evening in the twelvemonth, you cannot
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letter to your grandmother and seal it with your gto,
father's seal, you cannot take an old pony from the Pir,
dock and send a labourer on his back to summon
doctor, you cannot send your carriage to be repaired
use an old " trap" once or twice in its stead, you condo
employ a youth out of the village to help half gl
ebti
in your garden, you cannot exceeds so
,many i°ool,
of window, of wheel, or of pony ; in or
you can hardly do anything without finding noti
selves liable to an overcharge, a summons,
an appeal, and compelled either to put declaree 01 what is literally a false and insufficient :013' of
pay duty for another dog, window, servant, horseo
carriage, as the case may happen to be. Now we, 04
glishmen, can stand all this. We were born and
tax-payers. The iron has entered into our souls. „ie
begin life with a salutary presentiment of the. tal 7,0
therer. We expect him, and he comes. Death and
tax-gatherer are common to us all. The Irishmen oil
not had this education for assessed taxes. He
will
their tyranny absolutely insupportable. Nay, tt by
avowed lately in Parliament that it would be impost
to collect them in Ireland. This we do not quite beowo,,ie
So long as there. are soldiers and police, prisons and'
fp
lows, in Ireland, we entertain no doubt of our polderas
collect any reasonable taxation. But there can ht%be
man's
doubt ass
sposed ess taxes are utterly abhorrent to the Jr:Thil
dion. We beg bin], therefore, to weigh.,.'ai
point with the consideration it deserves. 'ls he prePiot
to pay assessed taxes together with the income-teapso
ever, instead of a sixpenny rate on his land for
years? We cannot think him so rash.—Times.