The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-07 00:00:00

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFOR

REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—On Monday the Mb, considerable interest
attached to the declaration of the Government as to its
future proceedings on the subject of the Income Tax.
The Minister declared with frankness, that the Govern-
ment bowed to the decision of the House whereby the
Income Tax was only given fcr one year; but he an-
nounced with equal clearness, that the arranged system
of taxation, inctuding removal of Window Tax and
alteration of Coffee and Timber duties, could not go ors
unless the House agreed that there should be no more
changes.
On Thestlay'it Rtholution ivaiinoved in Committee of
the whole House, for proceeding to lighten the charges
on the agriculturists, by substituting an equalized Poor's
Rate in England and Wales. This is the first appearance
noted in the House, of an idea which has been several
times met with out of doors. Surely if an invention
were wanted for increasing the expense of maintaining
paupers, nothing could be discovered like determiniug
that one set of men should everywhere spend, and
another should pay. There appeared to be considerable
unanimity in this persuasion; and the motion was con-
sequently withdrawn.
A Motion followed by Lord Naas, for a Committee
to take into consideration the present mode of levying
the duty on home-made spirits in bond. The Govern-
ment resisted it, on the ground so strongly put forward
on former occasions, of the necessity for maintaining the
duties it is least desirable to alter, as the means of al-
tering those it is most. The motion resulted in a vote
of 159 against 159; and the Speaker, according to some
rule existing on such occasions, gave his casting vote for
the motion, which was consequently carried. The
Member for Sheffield proceeded to what in pulpit phrase
is called " improve the occasion," by asking the Minister
it he did not thereupon intend to resign. 'rho Minister
replied with firmness, that ho should take his own
counsel. There appeared some probability of a second
division, on the question being proposed in the Com-
mittee; bat it finally ended in reporting progress, and
the question is to come on again on Friday.
The theory of all this is clear. The Protectionists
are so strong, that whoever chuses to joie with them, as
in the actual case the representatives of the Irish and
Scotch distillers, may show a powerful front. Thus at
the present moment, the fates of Europe and the world
perhaps hang upon whiskey.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, 7 May, 1851.

THE HoN. MRS.•NORTON'S NEW NOVEL, "STUART
OF DUNLEATE."—The Examiner, in its notice of this charm-
ing story, says :—" Like the crystal fountain among the
fountains of the Crystal Palace, this novel shines among the
new novels of the year pre-eminent and peerless. No prose
work of equal power has yet come from the pen of Mrs.
Norton, and we are glad to announce her return tea field of
composition which she has already so successfully cultivate:l,
by a notice of the present contribution of her genius to the
vast wilderness of novelty, instruction, and delight which
May has opened to our metropolis. Stuart of Dunleath' is
a very beautiful and touching story. While Eleanor and
Margaret are each, in their Eeveral ways, among the most
lovely creations that ever graced a romance or a home, the
subordinate characters are likewise remarkable for the mas-
terly touch and bold individuality with which they are drawn."
[ADVERTISEMENT.]--Belr 8 Life in London, of May
4, veva over three columns of cricketing, including a column
of the opening dinner at Grillon's Hotel—names of the
thirty-five new members—the All-England Matches to
come, sze.—and also five columns of the four days' doings
at Chester, &c., &c. The average sale of Bell's Life excee's
thirty thousand. Bells Life is regularly published at fouri
o'clock on Saturday morning, in time for all the morning
Gen oiTgives
mails and railways.
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