The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

GERMANY.

Ultromontane bigotry, particularly among the
higher dosses, is rampant. There has lately been a
flagrant example of intolerance near Inspruck. A
young country girl was recently delivered of
twins; as the flther, who was in a military band,
was a negro, his offspring was naturally
of a somewhat dingy colour. The ignorant
village priest, having refused to baptise " the
children of Satan," the mother, who was ex-
posed to the taunts and insults of her bigoted coun-
trymen, pat an end to her misery and shame by
jatnping into Sae river Sill.—A medical commission,
after having examined three insane persons residing
near Brun, in Moravia, have given it as their opinion
" that the three individuals have lost their senses in
con,,,quence of the catechetical discipline to which
they were subjected by the Liguorians during con-
fessir.m."

LONDOX, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending April 5, 1851 ... £9,659 16 0
Traffic--Week ending April 6, 1350 ... 8,930 18 8
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 110,008 13 4
Toial of the half-year, to this date, 1:50 L 0,38ci 13 4
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
April 5, 1851 ... 53,247

Passengers ...
Goods ...

...47,74014 7
- 1,919 1 5

Total ... £9,t59 16 0
Total miles open, 1851, 17314; ditto, 1850, 17114.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.) '

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool-
. sack at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.
The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that on
Thursday Lord Stanley would present a petition from
Guiana on the subject of colonial government.
Lord WODEHOUSE presented several petitions
agaiest Papal eggression.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
ward of Farringdoa praying for a reform of thel corpora-
tion o 2 London.
The Earl of MALMESBURY presented apetition
from some parish in Worcestershire praying for an alte-
ration in the law of rating.
Thos Eerl of CARLISLE presented a petition praying
for the adoption of measures for the suppression of the
slays-trade.
The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions from
places in Ireland against Papal aggression; also several
petitions praying for a grant of money to the schools in
connexion with the National Church, in which the
Bciiptteres were taught.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti-
tions from varicella places in Ireland, praying that the
Scripture schools in that country might have a share of
the grant for the promotion of national education.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL.
The Earl of CARLISLE moved the second reading
of this Bill, the object of which was to protect children
pteend out in sevice by the parochial authorities from
praelesas which had been inflicted upon the
unfortunate victim of the Sloanes. The Noble Earl ex-
plained the enactments of the Bill, which established
a syctena of periodical inspection on the part of the
boarais of guardians, and the details of which have been
frequently given.
Lord REDESDALE was opposed to the measure, as
one erhich would render it impossible for paupers to be
placed out. What need had a great boy of eighteen of
stick protection? Besides, no farmer would take a
pauper if he was exposed to have the guardians coming
and wilting all sorts of questions of their servants.
The Earl of CARLISLE alluded to the Sloanea' case
as a proof of the necessity of some such measure as the
present.
The Bill was then read a second time.
PAPAL AGGRESSION.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Ayr
against Papal aggression. The petition
prayed that a
measure might be
passed prohibiting the Roman Catho-
lic prelates from assuming territorial titles,
enacting that
all bequests made to them leader those titles should be
made cull and voidtet.hfuelk acts that they might per-
form, and such Utica:44l4lm void; and that a measure
should be introdaeed„ ttlpievent all synodical action on
their part. He mould :1104 say one word as to the prayer
of the petitiou
wbuld take the opportunity of
protesting agaiattetba
,olctrine that all religious persua-
sions had a right, ta,Ape whatsoever they might consider
necessary to the unlimited development of their religion.
They bed no right to ,do anything under the pretence
of religious development.whieh would interfere with the
liberties and rights of others.
MUTINY BILL.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the
aa„ietige, Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill were respec-
• amtively 'read a second time, and ordered to be committed
to-morrevra
TY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.
COUN
Lord
sumoNT wished to know whether the
Noble andßE Learned Lord on the W_ oolsack meant to-
morrow to move the reprinting of the County Courts
alterations Extension Bill; and if so, what he proposed
to make in it? He himself was in favour of the prinei-
ple of the Billbut be should move in Committee the
;
omission of the reconcilement clause and. also of the 35th
clause, and should propose .e is.ation with re-
gard to causes above 20Z special 1 g
The LORD enANcELLOR should not oppose the
committal of the Bill, but in Committee he should move
the omission of the arbitration and reconcilement
clauses, and he would suggest the propriety of the equity
jurisdiction clauses being omitted in this Bill, and that
legialation on the subject should take place in the Chan-
cery Reform Bill. He should also suggest alterations in
the latter clauses and in the clauses relating to the em-
ployment of attorneys' clerks in these courts.
Lord BEAUMONT end Lord BROUGHAM severally ex-
plained, and the subject dropped.
adjourned.
their Lordships then

HOUSE OE COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
The Sheriffs of London appeared at th© bur of the
House, and presented a petition spinet the removal of
Stnithritild-market.
ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.

Tho Sergeant-at-Arms appeared at the bar and n
tomed the !rouse that bl 6 e had had committed to h- j
cus-
tody the body of William Lynes, a witness charged
prevarication before the Select Committee of the House
of Commons sitting to inquire into e. petition presented
against the St. Alban's election, and that since that time
be bad received a writ o; habeas corpus from Mr. Justice
Wightman, calling upon him to produce the body of the
said William Lynes hefrre tarsi at his chambers.
THIRD BEADING.
The Bagor and Carinrvon Railway, and the Shrews.
bury and Bridgnorth Turnpike-read' Bill were read a
third time,
Mr. E. ELLIOE presented a report from
the
the
Ccm-
inittee sitting on the St. Alban's election, informing
House that on Saturday last they had committed the
body of Wild= Lyre?, to the custody of the Ser-
geant-at Arms, charged with gross prevarication,
grid that the acid witness had ,been produced
before the Ccsamitee this day, and had then answered
satisfactorily the questions put to him by the Core:mttee.
4.150 that it appeared in evidence before the Committee
that an essential wituei3 of the name of George Seeley

Waysett had hitherto evaded all attempts to secure his
attendancebefore the Committee, and cne John Hayward
in conjunction with Henry Edwards, bad given money
to Waysett, to induce him to abstain from appearing
before the Committee. In respect of the said William

Lynes, as he had answered all questions put to him that
day, he should move that he be discharged from
the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and with regard
to the other three who had been proved, one to have
knowingly abstained from presenting himself, and the
other two to have been concerned in inducing him to re-
main away, he would move that the warrant of the
Speaker be issued directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to
take them into custody.
The motion for the discharge of William Lynes from
custody was then agreed to.
Sir G. GREY said the question was whether any
power of the House would be lost by delay, otherwise
he should propose that the report be printed,. and the
discussion of the question be adjourned until to to-

morrow.
Mr. E. ELLICE said that a warrant from the Speaker
would certainly have more effect than any other pro-
ceeding in procuring the attendance of the missing wit-

nessos.
After a few words from Sir B. HALL and Mr. ADAIR,
Mr. SOTHERON moved that the conduct of the
three p rsons named be declared a breach of the privi-
leges a that House.
Sir G. CLERK said that was certainly the complexion
which the conduct of the parties took, and at the Ipswich
Election Committee, when the parties had behaved in a
similar manner, the House had not hesitated a single
moment in declaring it a breach of privilege.
Lord J. RUSSELL said there could be no doubt that
the conduct of the parties described did constitute a
breach of privilege.

Sir G. CLERK thought!tbat Waysftt ought first to
be taken into custody, inasmuch as he had concealed
himself, and by -o doing had rendered himself unable to
give that servme to the Committee in the way of evi-
dence, which the House required.
SCR. H. INGLIS conceived that in violating the
rules of the House the parties implicated had violated
the law of the land.

The motion was then put, and it was unanimously
agreed that Hayward, Edwards, and Waysett should be
taken into custody by the S.,rgeant-at Arms.
Lord J. RUSSELL supposed that when these parties
were taken into custody, they would of course be
ordered to attend a, the bar of the House.

The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative.
Sir G. GREY said that an order should be made to
release William Lynes from the custody of the Sergeant-
at-Arms. His case was very different from that of the
others. They had violated the rules of the House, and
had consequently been guilty of a breach of privilege;
but in Line's case the Committee had specially reported
that in the return for the borough of St. Alban's, Lyne
had violated an Act of Parliament, and therefore the re-
port stated that the warrant should have been annexed
to the return.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that the order
should be oischargtd.
An order was accordingly made to that effect.
PETITIONS.

Mr. DIVETT preieutedaWtition from Exeter in
favour of a modification of the tax on carriages.
Mr. HEALD presented 15 petitions from congrega-
tions of Wesleyan Methodists in England and Scotland,
praying for an efficient legislative enactment against
Papal aggression.
Mr. WELBY presented two petitions from Grantham
and the hamlets, and from a Wesleyan congregation of
the same place, for more stringent provisions in the Ec-
clesiastical Titles Bill, and one petition from merchants
and traders of Grantham for a repeat of the duty on paper.
Mr. ROBARTES presented petitions from the Wes-
leyan Methodists of Purt Isaac, Gorram, and St. Ewe,
Sawney, St. Blayey-gate, Sticken, and Polygeoth anti
Wadebridge, ugaiust Papal aggression.
Mr. E. Macnaghten, Lord Duncan, Mr. Wilcox, and
other members presented petitions against the Peke),

aggression.
PAYMENTS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS OUT OF

PAROCHIAL POOR-RATES.

Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from tho rate-
payers of St. Luke's, Middlesex, stating that last week
the sum of 171.: 16s. had been paid. out of the poor-
rates for the satisfaction of the expenses of a meeting
to repress the Papal aggression. Similar expenses had
also been paid tut of the rates on account of a meeting
respecting the Post office. The ratepayers prayed the
House to institute an inquiry, and pass an Act to enable
the ratepayers to appeal to the County Court for the re-
storation of all sums under 501. that might be improperly
paid out of the mos.
Mr. MAS FERMAN presented a petition from the
Lout Mayor and Corporation of Dublin against the
abolidon of the military asylum at Kimainhans.
Mr. HEADLASI pr,-tsented a petition against the
continuance of the income-tax.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that in going into Com-
mittee on the Ecclesisstical Titles Assumption Bill he
should call the attention of the House to the drestdtul
mortality that had occurred in thu lidrush Union work-
house.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that cn Wednesday
he should move for copies of all correspondence that had
taken place between the Government and all foreign
powers on the affairs of Rome during 1849.
Lord DUNCAN gave notice that he should postpone
his motion on the window-ttax sine die.
WOODS AND FORESTS.

'Viscount DUNCAN asked the First Commissioner of
Woods, Forests, &c., whether it was the intention of the
Government, during the course of the present session, to
bring in a Bill to make better provision for the manage-
ment of the Wooth, Forest!, and Land Revenues of the
Crown, and for the direction of Public Works and Build-
ings ; and if so, at what period of the session it was
likely that the Bill will be produced?
Lord J. RUSSELL was underFtood to say that it was
the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill on
the subject as early after Easter as po3%ible.
MANAGEMENT OF CHURCH LANDS.

Mr. E. DENISON wished to know whether a Bill had
been prepared with regard to the management of church
lands, and when it would bo laid OR the table of the
House? . .

Sir GEORGE GREY said a Bill had been prepared
by the Commission which had been appointed, but it bad
subsequently undergone considerable alteration. How-
ever, it was now in a state to be presented to the House,
and he believed it would be presented before Easter.

No bettin

THE SUN, LONDON,

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

remind the House that the fact was, that the property
and income tax was first imposed for a period of three
years, and that it was imposed in 1842 only to satisfy
the temporary exigencies of the country.—(Hear, hear.)
He took the right of supposing that the income tax as
now proposed was the income tax which was originally
instituted, for if it had not been so, he was quite sure
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in making his
statement to the House would have said so. Had he
not said so, he (Mr. Herries) would have been
obliged to suspect the Right Hon. Baronet of a practice
to which he little thought him liable.—(Hear, hear.) He
expected, therefore, that it was the income-tax which he
intended to propose, and that it was intended to propose
it for three years.—(" Hear, hear," from Sir Charles
Wood.) He was glad to accept that admission, and he
should reason upon it as a conclusion in his argument.—
(Hear, hear.) He must now review the history of the
Income-tax. It should be recollected that it was imposed
in 1842 by Sir Robert Peel, in order to relieve the
country from -its difficulties with regard to fiesincial
matters.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that he should be
excused from referring to the fact that this deficiency of
3,800,0001. was constituted by the W big-, and that the
income-tax was imposed to meet this deficiency, to remove
the obstruction ef trade, and to facilitate the eetion cern-
meree. Now Sir R. Peel distinctly declared, and there
could be no doubt about the fact, that he took this tax
ha a temporary measure, and fur a special purpose. He,
took it, as stated in the words of the amendment, for a
temporary purpose, and to meet a special emer-
gency. He teen stated distinctly that he be-
lieved a period of five years would be sufficient
for the acs mlisbment of the purpose, but that
he would only take the tax for three years, in the hope
that there would be no necessity for its renewal. It so
happened, however, that in 1845 Sir Robert Peel came
to ask for its renewal, which was granted under the then
especial circumstances of the country. In 1848 there
was another extension of the tax, but at that
time the country was suffering from extreme com-
mercial distress, end therefore its renewal then was
no breach of the principle to which he was about to call
the attention of the House. The Noble Lord, however,
with some degree of lenity, asked the House not only
to renew the tax but to augment it, but the
House refused to sanction the latter part of the
Noble Lord's proposition, and eventually it was
not persevered in. That brought them down to the pre-
sent period; but before he proceedel now to ask the
House to refuse the continuance of the tax altogether,
he wished to direct the a:Wilton of the House to the
opinions of men of the highest eminence, who had
filled the most responsible offices of the state, as
to the peculiar character of this tax.—(Hear, hear.)
He did not propose to use the extracts which
he should take the liberty of reading es ad argumentum
ad hominen, he used them because they contatned in
themselves expression of sound truth and judgment,
which ho ventured to hope the House would be disposed
to adhere to on the present occasion. It would be un-
necessary for him to read to them the opinions
of Sir Robert Peel, because the term in es hich
Sir Robert Peel introduced the tax in 1842 must be
fresh in the recollection of everybody. For the reasons
he had already stated, Sir Robert Peel induced the
House in the first instance to adopt his proposition;
and on the second occasion, when he pressed the conti-
nuance of the income-tax, he expressly declared
that he did hope that within the time the tax was
to be extended to, provision would be made by alte-
rations and augmentation of the revenue to render
any further renewal of the income-tax unnecessary.
When Sir R. Peel proposed the renewal of the income-
tax he did not receive unqualified support. Those who
now sat in opposition expressed themselves very
strongly against the tax, but not so much with re-
ference to its being then imposed as to its cha-
racter. They agreed as to its renewal, but
were opposed to the form in which it is levied.
It was opposed by Lord John Russell, Mr. Labouchere,
Lord Howie:, and though last, not least, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer.—(Hear, hear.) The words,
then, used by the present Prime Minister deserved the
serious attention of the House on the present solemn
occasion, when they were about to determine whether
they should or should not have a permanent income-tax.
The Noble Lord, in 1842, said the evil of the income-
tax was not confined to the :dim drawn from the pockets
of the people, that be considered it an inquisitorial tax,
and that it ought only to be resorted as a last resource
in periods of difficulty.—(Hear, hear.) Again, in
1845, he said it was a tax subject to some
of the greatest objections which could be urged against
any tax, that he was of opinion that inequality of tax-
ation and fraud were inherent qualities of the tax.
—(Hear, hear.) Taco, again, when the Noble L ,rd
asked for a continuance of the tax ie 1848. he
did so on the ground that alueat wipe] alisded
distress existed at the time in the country. The
Noble Lord did not on that occase n offer any other
reason why they should again resort to the tax for a
further petiod.—(Hear, hear ) Mr. Labouebere, row
the President of the Board of Trade, also said, in 1848,
" God forbid, that under the present difficulties
of the country, they should require the House
to adopt such u measure as the imposition
of a house-tax, adding that he would resort to any other
means rather than adopt such a system of taxation, which
was alien to the habits of the people of this country, and
which was carried into effect in au inquisitorial manner,
and attended with vexatious proceedings infinitely
more annoying than the amount of money taken
from the people's pockets."—(l.lear, bear.) Now, as
the country was not now under the pressure of those
difficulties which existed at that time, triton arguments
applied with ten-fold force against the re-imposition of
the tax this year. Lord Huwick said that on the prin-
ciple of justice and sound policy he was of opinion that
the House ought to restrict the imposition of a tax so
excedingly odious as that proposed by Sir R. Peel
" They were told," said that Noble Lord, d that taxation
ought to be equal, but was anything more monstrously
unequal than a property-tax."—(Heare hear.) The
First Lord of the Admiralty, who bad always been a
consistent and aiduous opponent of the tax,
had said, in 1845 and 1848, that he yielded only lo
necessity, and to the prospect of a failing revenue in
giving any degree of support to the tax; he hoped,
therefore, he might aulienge that Right Hon. Gentle-
man's vote on this occasion in favour of his amendment.
He put it to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government
the question how, without necessity, when there was no
emergency imperatively to demand, he could now pro-
pose the re-imposition of this tax, in which vexation, in-
justice, and fraud were, according to the account of his own
party, inherent acd inseparable. He called upon the
Right lion. Gentleman opposite, who had stigmatised
this tax when in opposition, whether they had changed
their opinions now? He himself was but too im-
pressed with the fact that the tax was vexatious
and injurious. He knew that the farmer who was losing
money every day. The merchant, whose affairs were sub-
ject to the inquisition of the tax, and the professional man,
whose bard-earaed profits were unfairly and unequally
pressed upon, were fully convinced that this tax was
vexatious and unjust. The just claim for reduction, he
contended, was the income-tax. He could not see
where was the great benefit of the proposal of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer—be did not pro-
pose to make anything cheaper, or to give any
great relief to any great class of the country.
It was evident that anyone who adopted the opinions
generally expressed, that It was the intention of
the Government that this tax should continue.
He, therefore, invited the House seriously to con-
sider this proposition on the very first occasion,
which had ever been available.—(Hear, hear.) He was
quite aware of the difficulty of adjusting that tax.—
(Hear, hear.) As a temporary tax he believed that
nobody whatever would hesitate to accede to
it, and he believed that not any of the
friends of Sir Robert Peel would have attempted for a
moment to say that it was not Sir Robert's intention in
any way to make it a permanent tax.—(Hear, hear.)
He spoke as one who had a right to speak upon
this subject, for although not iu office, he had
been on terms the most confidential with
that great statesman during the concoction of the in-
come-tax—(Hear, hear)—and he could of bis own know-
ledge say that it was only intended as a temporary im-
position to meet a temporary exigency.—(Ceeere.)
And yet that was now the course pursued
by the Noble Lord. He intended to make this
tax a permanent one. The Noble Lord intended to in-
troduce this measure to-night, but he would tell him
that it he did it would be torn to tatters before it passed
through the House.—(Hear, hear.) He would now
ask Hon. Gentlemen who were Members from Ireland,
how it would affect their country? Sir Robert Peel
in introducing this measure, had given good reasons
why the Act for imposing the income tax should not
extend to Ireland. That great man had always been
consistent, and he (Hr. berries) knew that the reasons
on which he acted were always valid; and he himself
would say that if it was now proposed to extend this
Act to Ireland with all its ineqealities, with all its
wrongs, with all its injustice, he must certainly vote
against the motion.—(Hear, hear.) Had the great man
who originally imposed that tax been now
below amongst them he (Mr. berries) would never
have made that motion, for he was quite
sure to moot the question and to move for an abolition
of the tax.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared from the state-
ment that there was now a surplus from the income-tax
of about 1,550,0001. The Right Hon. Gentleman shook
his head. Well, then, be would make a composition
with the Right Hon. Gentleman, and take the surplus a'
2,000,0001.

TATTERSALL'S—rfMS EVENING
Sts O'CLOCK.

A child never should be iEdulized in any habit,
to be happy.—Eliza
fromc(xk,
swjhoi
uchrnaitl. must neces,3arily cease,
ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.—On Friday afternoon a
general court of the governors of this
institution was held in
the board-room, for the purpose of receiving the report of
the financial condition of the hospital during the past year,
and on general business. The minutes of the last quarterly
court having been confirmed, the financial report was pre-
sented. The balance in hand on the 31st of December, 1849,
was 805/. 43. 9d. The annual subscriptions amounted to
3,3671. 14s. 10d., and the life subscriptions to 255/. The di-
vidends were 2,378/. 18s. 2d., and these sums—added to the
receipts from pupils, benefactions, and legacies—gave a total
ordinary income of 6,973/. 4s. 43. The vale of stock during
the year realised 7,601/. 17s. 11d., and 1111. Bs. 4d. had been
received from the Sun and Westminster Fire Insurance
offices for damages done by the late fire at the hospital.
The total receipts for the year amounted to 15,506/. 14s.
The receipts on behalf of t'e convalescent fund were
255/. 17s. 7d. The expenses of the establishment for the
year were 12,199/. 6s. 4d., and 2,520/. had been paid on ac-
count of building contracts and architect's commission.
3521. 9s. Bd. had been pail to answer special claims ; snaking
the expenditure 15,071/. 165., and leaving a balance of 434/.
188. in favour of the charity. This statement was received,
and, after the trantactioa of some routine business, the board
separated.