The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-24 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1848.

Leeds and Bradford .....
Leeds,Dewsbury, & Manches. 4214 —
Do., Half Shares ._ 1714 ......

Ditto, Blue (scrip) ...... ... 2% ..... to
Leeds and dNelwli
.................. ... ..
2460 ...
.......
Do., do., Preier., 6 per Cent. 31A. .... --- to —.
L A—.
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 21,4,.....
London & Blackwall ......131.6x. 8d....
Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 1.35. 4d.... ... .. to
Do. Extension ... . 20

........ ..
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 29 ...... to 29
Do. Consolidated Eighths._ 40 •••••• ••• " to

___....,..,...,eu tagt., _.0... '±u ••"'"
--
to
......
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 • *****
Do. Pref. Conv. 5 per Cent. 50 •••••'
Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 •• •••
I ,ondon and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference
127 127% to 127
London & North Western.„...loo
to
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
Do New
...... _ ...... to
Do. Fifths
..... 71A ...... to
Do. 401. Shares.. .L. & M 2O ...... ...... to
to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%• -- —„,,
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (13.)
18/ 17s 2d... ...... to
to
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ...... —•-•
to 44%
44 ......
London and S. Western 5O ..• ••
to Ditto, Now 50/......., .......37q....., 25 ••••••
to
Ditto, New 40/......~....
to
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ,•••••
___ 7IA
......
1"/81A.:: to

..ated) .. ~ to
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ...... •••••
Ditto, Third F...
10 ••• 60 .
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 ......
Londonderry and Coleraine... 274 ...... —'
to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 ......
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 ......
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8
•••••• '—
to
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 3 .••••• 31h.. dis. to
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ......
Ditto 1/ Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ......
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 ......
to
Ditto, 1/g Shares (No. 3)... 714. .....
Do., New 10/. Preference.. 71h••••••
.....
Ditto Grimsby
Ditto, ditto. ..... ...
to

Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 10 ......
Ditto, Grimsby Dock
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25....
Manchester and Southampton 2' - to
Midland 100
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 50/. Shares..... ...... 15
Midland, Birm. and Derby...100
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... ..
Ditto ditto 11/ 3s 6d
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
Midl d . Great Western (Irish ) 40
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar. ............ - SO
Newcastle and Carlisle . ..... 100 ••-•• -
-_

Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chester/bra 181/2 —
Ditto Extension ......... 21. 12s. —
Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk 100
Ditto New 20/. ............... 6 ......
Ditto Extension ............ 16
Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 6 ..
Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .................... 12%
...
.. to
Sorthern Counties Unien ....14
North British
.. to
Ditto Half Shares.--
...... to
Do. Quarters 6IA —
Ditto. Extension ............ 5/8 —
Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 3 ...... 1
North and South-Western... 2
North Staffordshire........... 10
North Wales ..................... 3% ..... ••• to
North Western ................. 6
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton ... .. ............ 40
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%......
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central ........... .... 25 . — to
Scottish Midland ..... ...... .... 221,E

Ditto, New....... ........... 10
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W . MM.) l6 -
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ...
Ditto, Uswestry .............. 14 -
Ditto (New) 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 ...... -
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
«.... to
Shropshire Union •
South Devon ....... . ..... ... 40
Ditto, Preference 221/2...... •••••• to
South Staffordshire 4 ...... .. .. to
South Eastern ...... .. ..... 331,E
Ditto, New, No. 1

. .
.uitto, New, N 0.2
Ditto, New, No. 3 2O
Ditto New, No. 4. -• 1114 5%...... to 5
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-

meron's Stm. Coal ... . 4 - to
rhames Haven Dock and
Railway 171,4 - -
raw Vale Extension ........ 4 ...... •- -
Vale of Neath - .. ... to -
Waterford and Kilkenny....., 134,..... - -
Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ~, ~ -
at.irthowe
edGiienatnoteeshrio:
to -
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
INan,edyrnSoouutthh
30
.....
2 ...... - .... . to -
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...... ..... - -
to
Do. do. do. ......... 25 ...... -
-
West Cornwall .................. 4 ...... - -
Nhitehaven and Furness ..... . 12 ..... -
Windsor,vwoi York,
kt:
,s
Newcastle,
WesteStaines,ner
et,
3,a
rn... ............. ....... 7 ...... - -
Do. Original New & Beeck 25 .. ••• 27%•••••• to -
.„... a
~..:..etroa
and Berwick 25 ...... 2-0%4.: ttoo --
Jo. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &No 15 ...... 16
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ..... --7,„••••••••• tot =
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ....•
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 65 -
Ditto, Preference ........... 10 ...... -- ..... to -
Ditto East and West Riding
to --
Extension ...... ..... ...... 25
...... -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens ......... 20 ...... 6 -
Central of France (Orleans
to --
and Yierzon) ............... 16 ...... -
Central of Spain ...............2 ...... - -
Ceylon
De m e r alyrtaha.
el
In.
e.i
ys. .h....
..
..
..
..
.. ... ... ...
...
....... ..... ..
.......
...
..........
_E-
.. . . . . .
tttt
oocoo 11
I•••• to -
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... • -
DDEauellsttedhrlendlan ... .. ............. .. 14 - to -
Great Indian Peninsular..... 55.....•• .- to -
Italian and Austrian -
4 ...... -
Jamaica S. Mitland Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre .... ..... 6 ..... - -
Luxembourg ............... ... .6 ...... "- -
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted) ....... ....... . ..... . 5 ...... - -
Madrid and Valentla ........ . 2 -
Namur and Liege to .--
..... 16 ...... -
Northern of France. ...... . ..... 10
Oilealis and Bottisaitit ..:.• 0 ..4„, - ,0.,. to =
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d -
Paris and Lyons ........... .. 10 ...... 2% • to -
Paris and 0r1ean5............ ... 20 ...... - -
Paris and Rouen .......... ..... 20 ...... -•- . to -
Paris & Strasbourg ....„ „,,, El ,„„, 2 ~ to ....•
/tenth and Ilithlia. . a 4. . a 4:.:.. 20 -•• PA•,•"' to, '-
Sambre and Meuse - 114.141 EO -;--'
Strasburg and Bale .... ....... 14
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 - . .to -.
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
16
.„_, .... ...... to
and Ilasselt .....a....a...•
Virebt Plandetto •-•4 • - • -...ed.0. ay. — to
• JOINT STOCK BANXB.
Australasia . . 4O ...•. ..... . to .....
to •-•
•-• ..• •• to .....
Commercial of London
-.
C80ri1t0ini11ia1N.0.r..t.h..".....e..6.e. ........ :..
-
London Joint Stock ... • lO ...... •=- ...4‘. to ....
London and Westtninstet.
National Provincial of Englci B5 - •••••• to •••••
' 10 • •••• - ••••• to
......
Ditto; ]rely ... .... ,•.
...
National of Ireland ...... ...... 22.% .. • ... ••• .. to -
Provincial of Ireland ... ~. ... 2b ••"" •• ... to
Ditto, New • a. a......•
~ 10 ..o.i. .N 446 to .1..
mi.
Union of Atiatralig ..........8. 1, ...." . ..f..- to -
Ditto; New.,. .... a. ...... a:. .a . A • - ...... to .....
WAof 'Madrid ...••••i••••••• •••••• •••••• to --
mins.
Uilioh Of L0hd0ti..............
,140 •••••• •-.... m... to
•; .:: ... 100 ....a. .--. „a , to
Anglo litzlcan ... .. .„. ~i
...i, ~..„.. . _ ~...
Aittitiitii Mining Cbfhpari7..• .„, ,
..... •44••• to .Iw.
Australian ......., ........ a. ...... 2.h •iidi tO ..I'.
...... to .....
.i. 4 .. to .....
British Iron • ........ ..••• ....
.. ,!,'1 : •:.:
~... ..... to -
Brazilian Imperial ....• •• ... 1: • _ •-•... to .....
Gali,atiiiW Iron ...::•i“ .i . • i•
..,. , 7 •-a. to .---.-..
BBolairraorstisontilpron..!.s.c.l.,?,t......:
...54,.0 , - 1
Ditto. 11 a* .... i2..6,7:411•44_ 4 . .....1
~,..i.
to
...
Real del Monte, Unregistered - • „ I z
Id;
eorge's,
Do; Black De
~.„.,...7..z 1„........b0ntarti1..wa;.:in-s7d
G.N.N.E i -in: .a.• to
IiqNDON; APRIL 24. • detate bteetei
LLOYD'S SHIPPI —Cr ilaindspdptii,ssAlieinieirB
and !logy, with gins _
___,_
_,..
ninegar this
Bermuda, iith Ult., leaky, and would hate to discharge,
ounoay
Ipel etaosu.draey
i trip,
crew
burin her Burge.
and Lucifer
al: aiivinEarthP°to"N9V hAi ti'ehmaiten2,2*.
Mite&
Galata, wai bTd`t..._efit k
A I i•-A -
tRILLiNGTON, APRIL • Derne.2_ 4 , ,
and sank neaCrs'Esa.)si
uoaru, Witt,
lies
ibt,eeanpwpaasrohnedtlS,on
to ei
1 •
The Aretnusa, from
rtie,s:rignu.tigsr"terpabionaterdd
the Cerigo passage, havingtisptung a leak three ciiiy,t
preirionsitiv; lei Hat 1i1.!,°/li„ttsrig 1/tyliim, pA could dis-
charge, by the .li oign-a-Da"4",'-'24"ge.„- Errii'ed at }piers.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL k )01' . 4, '
2l:-bird., CheSter; II itnert;
New Orleans; pbegN ,j3tOtii; Apolsbhitolaj Rostius
tlaidge, i;iew iork; .4'2,-1, wer,uth!i,i Blivkii4 146 w c,r:
leans; gone, Crowell' New Orleans; United Statt3
steatner, Np* Fork; left Bth inst.; 23d, Wanderer
1J• -. 4 Domingo. 81d. loth, Constantino, Calcutta
mon, . t.
Ferris; Cape of Good Hope; 21st, Sultan, Nassau, New
Brunswick; Sir tdwarcli, Newfoundland) 22d, Ircion,
jariialca; Alexander, Philadelphia; Ocean Monarch,
Boston; Britannia steamer, Boston; Josiah Quincey,
Howes, Boston (and not yesterday, as reported); Avon,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Terry. Newfoundland;
Sarah Rawes, Newfoundland; 23c1, New World, New
York; Enchantress, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec.
CLYDE, APRIL 22.-Sld. Mary Morris, New York;
Elizabeth, New York.
SWANSEA, APRIL 22.-Arrd. Pearl, , Collins Cuba.

MILFORD, _APRIL 22.—Sid. Anes, Now York.
1 PitlL t \ I\'.V P. I. N.
#,v.‘z3.---\i'iliti IN. to irebn P.m
./

Havannah; 22d, Competitor, Hyde, Adelaide, South
' Australia• 23d, Bassorah, Merchant, Beale, Calcutta;
Panama, Turner, Sierra Leone ; Hermann Daniel,
Hohmann, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Amsterdam;
Hermann, Raster,' Bahia, and sail, d for Stettin ; IVil-
ham, Fischer, ditto and sailed for Hamburgh; Preciosa,
Reed, Pernambuco, for Stettin; Charles Brooke, Hun..
ter, St. Vincent's, with loss of anchor and chain, and has
been supplied from hence. Lady Ruffles, Martin, Bar-
badoes ; Apolline, Deane, Jamaica; Agnes, Labellistier,
Honduras; Lady Flora Hastings, New Orleans. Arrd.
from the River and sailed 22d, Hind, Africa'; 23d,
Fairlie, Sydney, New South Wales; Stately, Cape of
Good Hope, &c ; Urania, Rio Janeiro; Cranston, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Ottawa, Quebec. Sid. 22d,
Sharp, Madras; Nerbudda, China; Lieutenant Ackers,
Demerara; Ceylon, ditto; Garland, Grove, New York.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-(1110NDAY.)

During last week thn
ed and
imports Sc o t
fl
ra
on n sacbartrocae
dl
Grain, as well as flour, for our market, coastwise and by
I
tand carriage, were on a very limited scale. From re.
lanto band.
iearii;al; of all kinds of English
T
li
f
Wheat, 8,119 ditto of Barley, 15,455 ditto of Oats,
5,114 ditto of Beans, 1,361 ditto of Tares, 1,232 ditto of
Linseed, 184 ditto of Rape-s: ed, 479 barrels and 732
sacks of Flour. Fresh up to-day the receipts of Wh,
at
from Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire,
scarcely
atly
comprisedsa mplle9s,9c7a3 me
small, and for the most part arising from the pre-
&c.,
vailing wet weather, greatly out of condition.
I,q,ueraerteargsaion
There was a slight improvement in the demand
for selected qualities of English Wheat, both red
and white, and in some few instances, a trifle more
money—say Is per quarter—was obtained for such.
For the rnidling and inferior kind the demand was far
from active, yet last week's prices were well supported.
The show of Foreign Wheat was somewhat extensive.
Really fine qualities moved off slowly, at full rates of
te
currency. In the middling and inferior kinds, so
little was doing, that the prices were almost nominal.
AtaOn and prices
pttrhhienee whole hwcoleloreseethere
was
of
Very
arltbeietd little Barley
in
e feelingye rywi
na s
instance.ofrarde.
the
trade, supported
the market a good clearance had been effected.
Notwithstanding the supply of Malt was small, that
article met a very dull inquiry, and last week's prices
were with difficulty supported. The show of English,
Irish, and Scotch Oats was unusually small ; that of
Foreign moderately good. Most qualities were in steady
request, but, though prices were well supported, we
have no actual improvement to notice in value. For all
kinds of Beans, arising from the large quantity of
little
prices. In Yeas exceedingly
barely stationary
business was transacted; prices, however, remained un-
altered. Indian Corn and Meal were held at very full
Foreign on offer, we have to report a heavy inquiry, at
prices. The sales were trifling. For all kinds of Flour
the demand was far from active; nevertheless last week's
re well supported.
CURIENCY PEE IMP
Wheat—Essex & Kent,
44s to 558
Dttto,White, New 46s 585
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, 1ied..... 45s 48s
prices we
Ditto, White.. •• • • 465 s;s
Irish, Red ••••• • • • —5 —8
Ditto, White.. ••• • —s —s
es—Old —1 —a
New, 32s 345
Barley—Grinding. .... 298 Tla
Malting .• ••• • • • 32, 33s
Chevalier ... 33s 34s
Sfalt—Suffolk and Nor-

ERIAL MEASURE.
31 aft—Chevalier. . • • .. 535 to 51.
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 205
Potato .......... 21s 233
Youghal and Cork,
Black .•• • . 155 181
Cerk, White ..• .. 175 205
Scotch, Feed. •• .. 21s 23s
Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 32. 445
Pigeons ...... .... 405 44s
Peas—Grey .. •• • • .... 83s 38
Maple .••••• . . . .. 53e 383
White ... •• - ... 3s 5 383
Boilers .•••• • . . • 36s 40s

folk ............ 55s 573 Flour—Town-made ... 41 s 463
Brown ... s b2s Suffolk .•• • • ..... 35s 383
Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 355 388
SMITHFIELD.

Last week's imports of Foreign Stock into London
were as under:—
From whence. Beasts.
Rotterdam 237
♦ntwerp
llarlingen
llamburgh

Sheep.
... 473
... 25
... 65
... 2b

Calve?.
... 99
... 11
... 16
... 10

Total ss2 ... 588 ... 136
At Southampton, 123 Beasts have been landed from
Spain, and which were mostly disposed of hero on Fri-
day last. The arrivals at the northern outports have
amounted to about 600 head of each kind of stock,
chiefly from Holland, i❑ good saleable condition. Ow-
ing to the non-arrival of one or two steamers, the supply
of Foreign Stock on sale, to-day, was by no means
heavy, yet it was fully equal to the wants of the
buyers, and prices had a downward tendency. With
home-fed Beasts we were moderately well, but not to
say largely, supplied. As the weather was by no means
favourable for slaughtering, and the attendance of
butchers was far from numerous, the Beef trade was in a
very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations paid
on Monday last of quite 2d per 81bs. The highest figure
for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 4d per Blbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire,
there were received about 1,500 Scots and short horns ;
from the western, midland, and northern districts, 800
Herefords, runts, Devons, short horns, &c., from other
parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; and, from
Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. Although the
numbers of Sheep were very moderate, the time of year
considered, the Mutton trade was extremely depressed,
and the currencies ruled from 2d to 4d per 81bs beneath
those obtained on this day se'nnight. The primest old
Downs in the wool sold at from 5s to 5s 4d per 81bs, and
a total clearance was not effected. Nearly a third of
the Lambs on show were the refuse of Friday's mat bet.
The Lamb trade was heavy, and the prices receded
from 24 to 6d per 81bs compared with those of Monday
last. From the Isle of Wight, 30 head came to hand.
Calves—the supply of which was good—moved off
slowly, at barely stationary prices. In Pigs, next to
nothing was doing, yet we cannot call them cheaper.

got the rest of the property. Witness went
to Saville passage, where he saw the pri-
soner Powis. Witness told him that he wanted the money
Miss Owen's boy had given him. The prisoner appeared
astonished at witness's question, and demanded to know
what he meant ? Witness told him that he might as
well give the money to him, as the primer Trower had
told him that be had got it. The prisoner then handed
to him the purse, containing 94 14s. 6d. Witness took
him into custody.
The prisoner Trower declined saying anything in de-
fence.
The prisoner Powis said he knew nothing at all about
it. Trower gave him the money, and told him that it
was his wages.
Mr. BINGHAM committed them both for trial, but
consented to take bail for the prisoner Powis's appear-
ance at the Central Criminal Court.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sia,—On Wednesday the 19th, the House was
occupied with " Killing Hares." Happy land !
Under certain circumstances hares are to be slain
without game certificates; but not with guns. An
amendment to that effect was introduced at a late
stage, and carried by 49 against 44, " on the ground
that it was unsafe to encourage the use of fire eirms
by the lower classes."
On Saturday the Hulse met at two o'clock, for the
purpose of receiving the " Crown and Government
Security" Bill from the Lords. After which, and a
little speaking on Ireland which introduced itself
without visible cause, it adjourned to the Ist of May.
This, then, may be a good opportunity for return-
ing to the question of taxation, which was commenced
in the letters of the Bth and 13th March. And first,
for the capability of an income-tax for being em-
ployed to equalise, or at all events reduce the in-
equality and unfairness of other taxes. The mistake
of saying that one unfair tax could not be mended
by another, has bean commented on before. The
possibility of it, provided the two taxes press
in opposite directions and not in the same,
is as evident as that a boat pressed down
by an excessive weight on one side, may be
set straight by putting the excessive weight in the '
next package on the other. It might be better to
make every package in succession trim the boat if it
can be done ; but if it cannot, or if the contrary sys-
tem has been begun already, the next best thing is to
trim in the other way.
Now with respect to that large portion of taxa-
tion which is raised by taxes on consumption, some
people know and some people do not, that so far from
with
these being laid
any pretence to fairness, they
are laid in suchad a manner as to press two,
three, four,
.so all the way up to
eleven times 'as heavily on t.he poor as on the rich.
Soap, for instance,
thtaxed twice as much per cent to
the laundress as tos
toe
thfine lady. Sugar, nearly
three times as much
.hland-loo.m weaver who
sweetens mint tea for hiswcehhoi dren with the coarsest
brown, as to the countess
with
shthe
.finest chrys-
tal. Tea, since the open trade in nearly the
same proportion as the sugar; the dianiffsserence before
the
to the
being greater. Spirits, four times
Indian
nan
stills.
o
wretch who stoops to base geneva, as to
consumes the choice produce of the West Inedil
Port , wine, twice as much to the family who st'
themselves in their daily food to buy a int
thim-
bleful for their ailing elder, as to the bon-
vivant who can afford to revel in " rich, old, very
particular." And tobacco, upwards of eleven times
as much to the Irish labourer in Holborn, as to the
whiskered dandy in Pall Mall. The numbers may
not be all exact at the present day ; because altera-
tions are from time to time taking place. But they
are the numbers as they used to be, (See Westminster
Review for July, 1834, art. Aristocratic Taxation,)
and though the numbers may be altered, the prin-
ciple is left. And all this is done by the simplest of
processes. Nothing is wanted but to lay the tax on
quantity and not on value, and the rest does itself. There
is no disguise or concealment about it ; Chancellors
of the Exchequer avow it openly, and say that it
must be done because there would be a great deal of
trouble in doing anything else. Even liberal Mem-
bers of Parliament give up the point, and admit that
there is practically no such thing as not taxing the
poor two, three, four, and up to eleven shillings in
the pound on articles of consumption, where the
wealthy are taxed one.
Not but that there may be hope that light may yet
be thrown on this great impossibility of nature. The
last papers from France report that the Parisians or
their Government have discovered that at the gates
of Paris the poor man's wine is taxed 100 per cent
upon the value, while that of the rich is only taxed
from ito 10. As the lowest-priced wine consumed
in Paris is ten sous or fivepence a bottle, the in-
ference would seem to be, that wine of all kinds is
taxed five sous or twopence-halfpenny a bottle at
the gates ; thus making 100 per cent on the poor
man's thin potations, and 5 per cent on the drink of
the man who indulges in claret at five francs, which
is in fact far from being the highest price. Our
Chancellors of the Exchequer will probably live and
learn.
But while waiting for this, it is clear there ought
to be a counterpoise in some other quarter. And
nothing presents so fair an opportunity for this as the
income-tax. There is an almost unlimited possibility
of laying it so as to press on the richer classes ; and
for this it ii, the rich abhor it. It is amusing to see
how their organs in the press descant on the injus-
tice of excepting small incomes; believing that
because they contrive to forget or keep out of
sight the fact of the poor paying so enormously '
on another class of taxes, other people will do the same.
But it is plain that the income-tax offers
special opportunities for helping to set the boat upon
an even keel. It might be better, as was said before,
that if it were possible the other taxes should all be
laid so as to press equitably, and the income-tax should
be laid so as to press equitably too, But if this
cannot be done, one must be made to mend the other.
And this may be done, not with any mathematical
exactness, but in a rough way which is all that is
attainable in such cases, by increasing the action of
the income-tax upon the higher incomes and taking it
off the lower. Means to which are, first, to increase
the income at which liability to the tax shall commence,
allowing every man to deduct the same amount
from his chargeable income. Secondly, to reduce as '
fast as may be convenient the taxes on consumption,
and add the amount to the produce of the income-tax
by increasing its general rate. To which, if these
are not sufficient, might be added a third method ;
which is to lay what may be called a second story of
income-tax, beginning at three or four times the
income that the first did, and allowing every man to
deduct this new amount as before, from the in-
come which is to be chargeable to this second story
of taxation. By these or similar ways it seems un-
deniable that we have a machine capable of carrying
the adjustment of taxation to any extent which might
be fixed upon.
The difficulties in the way of this would undoubt-
edly be many, and not all of them imaginary or arti-
ficial. At the same time a cheerful hope may be
felt, that if the difficulty lay the other way, the
genius of the wealthy would be found equal to the
crisis. Something too may be expected from the
solution of the problem now attempting at the gates
of Paris. In the mean time, with your permission, I
will employ more of these days of Parliamentary
vacation in proceeding with the subject.
1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, April 24, 1848.

LORD MILLTOWN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
§liti—As the reports you are pleased to give in
your paper, of the 19th, of my remarks at Concilia-
tion Hall last Monday, is liable to misconception,
may I request you will correct it. You state me to
have said " Blood alone would enable the Govern-
ment to continue the union." Now, I beg to say, I
never said anything of the kind: My argument was,
" that as by the rebellion of '9B the Act of Union
was mainly carried, so alone, by an insane and
cri-
minal outbreak on the part of the people, or by civil
war, can the repeal of that measure be retarded or
rendered impossible."
Such, Sir, is my conscientious opinion. I believe
that Act is so injurious to the true interestsonfdsboothf
countries, that, ere long, at the united
the majority of both, it will be p.eacea
ed by any
such a repeal would be a blessing,
cairrid
cefscelled—
other means (even if possible),
a capresre.the vehicle for
I seek not, Sir, to make. Y
great excitement, to
Pend others, who like
my opinions, but I think th-aottuolrf,
me, endeavour at . .
ou 'no matter how
plain, that while every phrase,
keep the people within bounds, have reason to corn-
s carefully
rebel-
lious, every word, however hasty, that the ill-advised
or intemperate may utter,
recorded, our
observations to preserve peace and good order are
totally omitted, or absolutely perverted.
I have the honour to be, Sir, sze.,
MILLTOWN.
I enclose a report, taken from the Freeman's Journal,
which, though curtailed, and for that paper, singularly
incorrect, still conveys the meaning of what I did
say, and by which I !in willing to abide.
Mussborough, April 22,1848.

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