The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-14 00:00:00

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tououred abuse

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THE IN
Jancellor of the. Ily aban-
Ae time-lac_ .of the Income-tux by
icession to the tenant-farmers. The grievance,
er, in their case was not in the slightest degree
onerous than the 'complicated injustice to which
oorainerolal' and professioni4 classes are exposed .
er the operation of the lave The argument of Sir
,arles Wood and hiepredieilliike in office has hitherto
ood AR'ctliality of the pressure.
e:are perfectly aware that we are taxieg.tea siatilar
extent the fattieris ofetnie man and hileneiglibeuAlean-
twee. ViriiiiiiuSte,hbieiier;. shut our eyes tetel;yetlied of
beCauseetteskii;,,the nature of
ditsfeltitation that :if we once admit' of, distinctions,
farniveg 'to OF bene'fit the Exelaequeoef; Such in a
feW 'worda-haS been spirit of all tbeetekiti rational
arguments. adduced in opposition to; any inquiry into
the operation of 'the Income-tax. -So 'spoke Miefitt
during the war; so spoke Sir Robert Peel in the' prey
senee ofifit-deffot, .and. so, spode Cffarles Woorrllie
other day, when thereieWas no war, no' de)fcite and when
a fundamental change in the ,econopalepOlicy of the
country had been fully accomplished. It is clear enough
that the pertinacity of the *leisterlfe She credulity
or : submission of tiareepeople have:,eat. length. found
their limit. Inquillelse-unavoidable,s and the result
of the inquiry 'Merely a foregone conclusion. Of
course, it is_ no
-,business of ourS to raise objections to
the concession made to the tenant-farmers, but it should
be remembered, at the same time, that they'bot consti-
tute ones of many classes which have for , the last ten
years been cruelly handled by the Exchequer. It is, no
doubt, a grievous, thing to' compel Mr. BareEcrea, the
Dorsetshire tenant, to pay into 'the Treasury a percent.
age upon profiis he didnot realise Itat year. We frankly
recognise the injustice of the low. -But Mr. Bareacres
is merely suffering from the iarciness of -the times.
Another seed-time and anOther harvest succeed each
other, and his fortunes .right themselves. 'Sir Charles
Wood has, in his case, attempted to repair the anomaly.
The Chancelloes 'Object is of course to disarm the hos.
tility of yet another clae.e of-the community, and to in-
terest the teaant-farmers in support of a burden which
has ceased to gall their nsck4, at any rate. Such a
eouree, as- aeprty mtaictuVit,AW be. *Stine enough;
but_' the Ciancellor enf the,l4xoequer . ihOultl, in fair-
nets; haveeWaited until a simtlar-iiieasure of relief had
b4n 'yielded to all pt#rties similarlytsggrieved. 'lt would
Well no means a difficult tasiCi,P:stio* that the te-
nanflarmers did not•econstitute ethe.. -class moat as-
vcrely damaged by the operetitin of the Income-
tax a; it stood, . but as it never will Steed again.
Before, however, speaking of the actual position of
the `psi one included under Schedule D, we would re-
mind the reader that the argument at this point merely
er :with the ; legitjacOnvenience.
resolves itself into an investigation of who can lose
most
,questionsi blond ': :Or All
Ons Of right or wrong,' justice or injustice; are en-
tirely postponed. If we are to offer up Mr. Bsrescres,
or Counsellor Silvertongue, or Mr. Dimity, at their
country's shrine, who shall be chosen as the victim?
Few persons who are intimately acquainted with the
social condition of England will deny that,-taking them
in the aggregate, the professional and commercial
classes of the country are at all times living fully up to
their incomes,: and we leer, its very many instances,
overstepping that legitimate boundary. Of course there
are such persons in rerum nature as goldereprebendaries
of Durham, as railway lawyers, as merchant in
the City—but these are the landlords, not the tenant-
farmers, of English professions and trades; they are the
scanty exceptions to an all but universa rule. Could
we, like Asmodeus, whisk away the roof of the count-
ing-house in which the partners in yonder flourishing
business are striking the balance of their year's
accounts, we might find them estimating fosses,
not profits. They have dispatched daily their
huge advertising vans into every nook and corner
of the town; they have sold under cost price, they
have paid salaries, and granted bills to the wholesale
houses, and what remains as the result of their year's
-struggle? Merely a similar struggle for another year,
with Basinghall-street in bold perspective in the die-
tance. If it be said that such a case is somewhat ex-
treme, thus much; at least, is literally true:—Among
fair traders thirty or forty yedrs of strenuous exertion
merely secure to them a pittance for their old age. They
have lived, and possibly have brought up a family in the
interval, but a little cottage at Brixton or Camberwell is
their house of peers after the contest of a life. With
the professions we fear it is still worse. It is difficult
enough for the great bulk of professional men ao do
more than make " both ends meet," as the phrase goes,
at- the -year's end. Every influence is against them.
The necessary outgoings of professional men up to a
certain point increase in proportion with their incomes;
the unnecessary expenses in most cases outgo the pro-
portion. It seems so easy at any time, by a little extra
-exertion, to restore the equilibrium between income and
expenditure; but the result of the extra exertion is so
seldom applied to its legitimate object. Thus it happens
in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the sole provi-
sion remaining for the families of professional men in
England, when the protecting hand of the husband or fa-
ther is withdrawn, must be sought for in the system of life
insurance. Sir Charles Wood swooped. down upon the
annual premiums, and confiscated them to . the use of
the public Treasury. Although we are fully prepared
to approach the subject in a more comprehensive spirit,
the time has not yet arrived when we can afford to slur
over the more picturesque operations of, this unjust
taw. Now is the time, it' ever, for the professional and
commercial Classes throughout the country to give their
keenest attenliotlio the stinjeet. The jaw of 1852 will be
sa.seeklemente not an arrangement.' he policy of the
Finance Mietster, moreover, appears to give very tole-
rable evidence of his desire to perpoeuate the injustice
hitherte inflicted upon the most laborious and struggling
classes of English society. 'We are very far from saying
that, even as for as the other schedules are concerned,
there is not ample room for inquiry and improvement.
thitier. Schedule A. fur example, it is urged, and with
much-appearance of reason, that fair deductions are not
allowed for the ever-recurring outlay of landlord!. If
thinbe so—and the subject has never to our knowledge
been fairly investigated—there is room for complaint
and &round for redress. So in the case of annuitants,
t-rrnors, clerks receiving salaries in Government offices.
It would, in point of fact, be ti ifficult to say who is not
aggrieved le der the present crude and ill-dtgeeted system
of levy. The o,sde:el:Dent, as at present practo-ed, is
more worthy of a Turkish or Egyptian Pasha than of
a country in which there exists an universal. knowledge
of arithmetic and some general notions of political mo-
rality.— Times.

HOP ,INTELLIGENCE.
AiDsToNE.-Otlr reports arc universiaililo the effect
7that the cold weather has greatly re:ardod the growth
of the bine, which otherwise looks healthy.
FARLEIGHS —The late warm day or two has already
influenced the bine, which will no doubt go on rapidly
with a continuance of fine weather.

AYLESIVRD.—The hop7bine comes slowly on, and is
unusually backward, tyeing
having scarcely commenced.
LE24/1131.—Generally behind with the exception of
ernunds, generally
small ones, which were prepared in
February, and which look well.
THE WEALD.—Pulling, now but just been com-
pleted. We never recollf et seeing the bine more back-
ward at this season of the year, anal notwithstanding the
somewhat genial weather of the last few day st it mani-
fests a great reluctance to "come away."
The " know..
_in_ones" prognosticate a short crop, but when wo take
intoCo—risideratiOn that " no man can look into tho seeds
of time and say which will grow and which will not,"
combined with the fact that congenial weather enables
the plant to do is "great deal in a little period," we do
not attach much belief to the opinions entertaieed on the
subject.--Maidstone Journal.

ACCELERATION OF i 5
it
II MAILS.—DEPUTA.TION
TO. THE
Posrarasrsa-GENERAL. Oa Monday a num-
berl men and Members of Parliament and
d upou the Marquis of C'anricarde to represent
of Irish nob
others waited
the inconvenience of the present postal arrangements be-
tween England and Ireland. It was represented that the
train which receives the mail from the steamer starts from
Holyhead at two A.M., and reaches Chester at 40 minutes
past four. The mails and passengers wait there till half-past
six, and are then taken on by a slow train, which stops at 16
stations, and reaches London at one F.M. Mr. Roney entered
into en explanation of the facilities which already exist for
a better arrangement, and showed that a train might
be started from Chester at a quarter to five, and
arrive in London at half-past 10, and that the letters could
be delivered from the General Post-office at 20 minutes
past 11. This would make practically the difference of a
day, as letters so delivered could be answered by the even-
ing mail. The Marquis of Clanricarde thanked the deputa-
tion for the manner they had brought the subject before
him. He assured them that it would have the fullest eon-
sideration at his hands. He felt the importance of the 42-
peal that had been made to him, but he need scsxcell in-
form the deputation that he was not then prepared to n.abr°_,
any definite arrangement. He would, however, state
than
negotiations were pending, which he was in hope_ scotch
result in the acceleration of both the Irish a"
mails to the metropolis, and secure the more early
delivery
of letters.
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STUART Or DUNLEATII. A ,oTOEr or MODERN
A splendid LOW.
TIMES. Br THE HON. MR.9. Nouroxitn.--d
ably sustained to
The plot of the-story is well imaginedst which pervades it,
the end ; and the impassioned interest
amen
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b with which its light,,
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efelei?ciluzstraordinary talent of the au-
together with the finely wrongkr_usure to this fresh produc.
and shades are brought out, will 0
Plnmannerceam
bes Pia
tpioopriuolarf Mnrosv.eNlsorotfont'hs
tnnart and Eleanor, are delineated,
prihcipal characters, David
the
furnishes fresh proof ofonate
acquaintance with the secret
tboress, and .of her !t'l 1 The aubordinate charslik
non. • ters, e-
springs of human K
great skill.—Joitx.Bull.
wise, are drawn with ,
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jaw; STILT.--On Sunda afternoon
THE LATE %At. much-respected d Y
the latean talented artist,
the funeral of it, clown, isic. of , the Theatres Royal Drtiry-
Mr. Charles So ,8 Wells took place in theofne
arly
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, idler's 9.
lane and s tainsngst wnout were to be found a 'great number
I COO l'm3rs" -sional friends of the deceased), at' the church' on
Penton tbe prdes
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ille-blii, the, gzaVe .bßing-adjacept.. to those of C.
1 Grimaldi. Friday-Week is, we understand, post'
1 Diodin and
ily fixed for a benefit for the widow and orphan children,
1 at fire Theatre Royal Sadler'g Wells, the use of the theatre
having been very kindly given by the lessees, in additiont o
which all the performers have offered their valuable assistance.
TAXES.—Government are requiring returns for the
last six years showing what collectors of assessed taxes orand where
property and income-tax have been defaulters,
n
the deficiency and the amount thereof has been - ro-ases sscd.
upon parishes. „,
.;itFOREIGN NUTS.—The American ship Ocean Queen,
k
es of chesnuts as a
from New York, as brought 1 Pc.
order. We are not aware
portion of her carho, consigned t
00
°
of a previous importation g
of this description of nut from the
United States of America. _
The Avenir of Nice
WATERSPOUT AT
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t 'storm, or rather water-spout,
gives an acccount of a violent storm,
26th ult. Roofs were torn
that burst over Abet town.°
1, nged, and chimnies thrown down,
off the houses, blinds ,
as usually happens in
circumstance was
regiment of Piedmonte,
storks on the b O
url-i--- .
pest. They were .a „..44.
nob tornados , u
6 after the storm,
b t the most curious
a patrol of the 17th
that' se fusiliers found a large number of
stunned by the violence of the tem.;
astilinscarried to the barracks, whortco 1407,
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