The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-16 00:00:00

ASSESSED TAXES.

[We have been requested to publish the fol-
lowing letter, which has been addressed to T.
Duncombe, Esq., M.P. for Finsbury :—]
23, St. Paul's-terrace, Islington, Dec. 15, 1841. _

SIR,—As one of your numerous constituents, I
think it necessary to inform you of the new "strong
Consei ratire " Government's mode of: collecting the
Assessed Taxes—by the bye, these taxes , bad already
been made as hateful as possible by the new survey
which took place last year, and by which every little
hole in a water-closet, &c., was made to count as a
window, and then lb per cent. fixed upon the whole in
addition ;—however, the " Conservative" mode of col-
lecting this impost is as follows :—First, a notice-paper
is left by a messenger (not the Collector), stating that
half a year's taxes have become due, and that the Col-
lector lives so and so. Well, you naturally expect that
the Collector, when he requires the money, will at
least call for it. Not so ;in a short time you receive
a letter, saying, thit if you do not seek out the Col-
lector, and leave the money with him, you will be put
in the Exchequer, and all the calamities attending it
will be heaped on your unfortunate head. Scared of
your life, you hunt up the Collector, who, being a shop-
keeper, hopes that you are not offended with him, as it
is no fault of his, but proceeds from that Government
which your Colleague apologizes for on all occasions,
and for which he shall never again have my vote.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
W. SHARP.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and
Prince Albert took their accustomed morning
walk, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent also walked for some time on the Terrace
of the Castle.
In the afternoon, her Majesty and the Prince,
gh
attended by Colonel Arbuthnot and Sir Edward
Bowater, walked to the Riding-school to inspect
of
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understood,
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its state of forwardness.
Prince
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bales christening l
on the 26th January next.

A Cabinet Council was held at half-put three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-
office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert
Peel, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wel-
lington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buck-
ingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley,
Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Haddington, Lord Fitzge-
rald, the Earl of Ripon, Sir Henry Hardiage,
and Sir Edward Knatchbull.
The Council sat two hours.
Captain Elliot, R.N., had an interview with
Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, trans-
acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Marquis of Westmeath had an interview
at his official residence in Downing-street.
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,

THE CHARTER AND THE CORN-LAWS.--
We are glad to state that in the Liberal city of Bath the
Chartists and Corn-law repeaters are likely to_ cometo a
mutual understanding respecting the poi
ofdifferenceT
between them. Mr. Alderman_ni Crisp,r. Edrid the Rev.
), Mr.
Spencer, of Rinton, the late 3
some others, have taken anyor (3l
Vincent, Mr. Philp, and
to discuss the Corn-laws
held at Bath next week, .
Charter. Each party will propose their specific
active part in arranging matters, and a great meeting
and the . .
—This a
the other.
which it is understood will be acceded to by
CHARTER-HOUSE ANNIVERSARY. n•
December,plaee on h
allvlionngdfaayl l
elansot,n thethe
precedingfode es
There is a peculiarity about this celebration
Sunday.
in the fact of its being held within the precincts of the
dinner.gives it
Tajnlereinitseresostmeatbhoinv;
tialnsoy
Waal
, thdeielletrh offek
lo'siocolhlemnity without detracting from the
o"ieerh hospitalgood-fellowshippadu idb:siectlf school
chle.
of the meeting, in clinging to the ori-
ginal founder's day, despite the unfashionableness of
December, and in hallowing the commemoration
avr er
of
-
of the
benefactor, and the cementing and revival of school-boy
friendships, by Divine service in the chapel of the insti-
tution. On Mondaylast there was shown no want of in-
terest in all these attractions, and both the dinner and
the orator's cap proved that the recent success ofu Charter-
house
ishouse at the Universities had stimulated the old Car-
, thusians to an attendance and liberality beyond all former
years. One hundred sat down to dinner, and p
1001. was collected for the orator. The oration, toasts,
and speeches went off with the usual spirit, and the
recent restoration of the hall, and the Governor's room,
one of the finest specimens of internal Elizabethan deco-
ration to be found, perhaps, in London, excited the ad-
miration of all present. The examination of the foun-
dation-scholars took place on the preceding Saturday,
and the examiners had the satisfaction of reporting for
the continuance of the whole number in tie school.
At a meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical
Society, held Dec. 13th, the Very Rev. the Dean of
Ely, President, in the chair, an addition to Mr. De
aMn(Argi‘ainr.'siFoappkeirnosn trleleadFoaunnideamtioonirs of Algebra
Atlhgee b rfoa
twma sorfetande,
Isothermal surfaces within the earth, and on the thick-
ness of the earth's solid crust, supposing the central
i portion:to be fluid.