The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-26 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1851.

It is unfortunately essential to the operatics of such a
tax that, after the moat diligent inquisition, every reau
must still he hie own assessor; and the censeientioirs
man will have a severe assessor, and the unscrupulous
man a very irdulgent assessor. The one pilgrim will
perform his penance with hard peas, and the other wail
take the precaution to boil them, the only difference in
the visible result being that the scrupulous man does
not make half so good a pilgrim or look half so honest
and bold as the man who has cooked his penance to his
taste. If railway directors know how to make things
pleasant, income-tax payers, we may be sure, will not
want that accomplishment.
But it is disgraceful and even ridiculous to go on as-
sessieg the tax, and levying the tax, altogether in the
dark, without either affirming or denying its iarquality,
and without being able to say that the expedients for an
equitable assessment have been thoroughly siftee and ex-
hausted. If any credit is to be attached to the language
of our statesmen in 1842 and 1845, there certainly would
have been an inquiry, with an attempt to rectify the in-
equalities of the tax on both these eceasions, kit for the
idea that the tax was only for a time, arid thtt for only
three yearn, it was hardly worth while to go to the het-
torn of so difficult a discussion. But that excuse no
longer exists. The income-tax must at al: events be
treated as perpetual, for when a man has Daid it nine
years, and is now asked for it a tenth year, k is his own
fault if he indulgea in any dreams of its abolkion. There
are thingb under the sun which we really expect one
day to see the end of, that is if we live long
enough. We shall see the Thames floe at Bleck:
friars as clear as at Maidenhead-bridge; we shall see
a National Gallery worthy of this nation; we shall see
a viaduct over llolborn-hill, Middle-row demolished,
Holy well-street thrown into the Strand, and Pater-
noster-row irate St. Paul's Churchyard, We shall
see quays, walks, and, perhaps, railways, along the
banks of the Thames. We shall see the House of
Commons finishing its debates before midnight. We ex-
pect a reform in dress and a revolution it diet. After
the changes that have actually taken place within the
compass of our recollection we hardly despair of any sena'
sible improvement. But there is one thitg of which we
altogether despair. We see no end of the income-tax.
So long as we bold Gibraltar and the Cape of Good
Hope, so long as we maintain the Africat squadron, and
employ our men-of-war in carrying gold dust for freight,
we shall have the income-tax. It will last our time at
all events. We have then a fair right to demand that
it be equitably assessed. That is the object for which
the Committee now sitting has been appointed. But we
do not wish to see the aggregate produce of the tax con-
siderably, if at all, diminished. Raise 5,000,000/. a year
on property by all means, but spare the more fragile
and ephemeral forms of income. Respect science, re-
verence genius, do justice to art, bear gently on that
which Is hollow and transient, and, at any rate, take
away all excuse fur a growing dishonesty of returns,
which bids fair to sap the morals of the nation.—Times.

SUICIDES THROUGH FEAR of ILLNESS.
Two melancholy suicides have just taken place in
Paris. The first was that of a chocolate manufac-
turer in the Rue du Petit-Lion Saint Sauveur. This
person had bee❑ for some time afflicted with leprosy,
and had confined himself to his hotse, discharging
his servant, and being resolved to Lye alone. His
workmen and shopmen who came every morning,
but left at night, had frequently heard him exclaim that
ha preferred death to an existence like his. Yesterday
morning the workmen knocked at the paalcur shutters be-
hind the shop, where their employer hal his bed, and re-
ceiving no reply, applied to the Commissary of Police, who
went and cpened the door by force. The anhappy man was
found dead on the sofa, and near him 'was a large iro❑
mortar containing the ashes of some charcoal, with
which he had produced suffocation. On the table was
a letter written by the deceased, in which he said
that he was not a partisan of suicide, and on the con-
trary regarded it as a crime, but his case was an ex-
ception, and ho hoped that Gad would not punish
him herafter for destroying a life of ctntinual suffering
without a hope of cure.
The other suicide was that of a lsce-dealer, at No.
25, in the Rue de la, Monnaie. Thii tradesman being
very ill, a physician was sent for, 'who, after visiting
him went into an adjoining room, where the wife
was waiting to hear his opionion of her husband's
case. The physician told her that it was very serious,
and that if ho recovered, which was very doubtful, the
illness would be of long duration. It appears that the
sick man had quitted his bed, and listened to the con-
versation. A minute afterwards he opened the window
of his room, and throwing himself into the street, was
killed on the spot.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Poat-oftlet
by the night—and M by the morning-4ispatch•]

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-o ce por
at t dis-
une.
London. pched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N June 27 .. .. July 5
America (by U.S. pkt.) N July 1 •• Liverlool July 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) M July 2 .. SouthiraPt. June 26
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month 'Plym.uth July 3
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo.!Dover .. June 28
Belgium .. .• N Daily • • .. ..Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. . .. M 9th of the month ,Southampt. July 12
Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. July 12
California(via Chaves) M 2d & 17th of month Southern pt. July 5
Cape of Good hope N 14th of month Plymoath.. Ju'y a
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. June 30
Central America M 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. July 5
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.,Soutksmpt. Te. Th.S a
Chili . M 17th of the month Soutloaupt. \July 20
France & N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* • • .. • • N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. June 30
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland Wednes. & Sawn London Men.Thyr
Honduras . N 17th of the mouth Southsmpt. July 20
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead • • Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) ,20th of the month Southsmpt. ,July 23
India (via:Marseilles) N 7 th& 24th 6fmonth Dover .. July 1
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .• ,20th of the month Southampt. July 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. July 1
Mexico •• .. 3112c1 of the month.. Southsmpt.lJuiy 5
Sladeira • • • • .. M ,9th of the month Southainpt.July 12
Malta* 7th,17th,19t1a,27th I Dove 'June 23
& 30th of month
Naples* .. Nlsth 15th 25th of mo Dover • IJuly 2
Papal States* .. N 51.1115 th 25th of mo Dover .. !July 2
reninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. June 26
Peru • • .. .. • • M 17th of the month Southampt. July 20
Tuscany* .. .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • . July 2
West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. July 20

Naples* .. .. • • N
Papal States* .. •• N
Feninsular.. ••
Peru • • .. ..
Tuscany* .. N
West Indies
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau)
* The mails to those c
French packet VIA Marsei
CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to
are now despatched and d

2d of the month ..
ountries thus mar]

Southampt. IJuly 5
Led (*) ate conveyed b:

and from Californl
lue by every Ameri

la, via tte United states
ican packet,

BURGLARY AT EAST FARLEIGU. —On Tuesday
morning last, soon after midnight, the footman of E. Turner,
Esq., was suddenly awoke by the window of the pantry in
which he slept being violently burst open. A man wearing
a mask entered, on which the servant, whose name is David
Roberts, a youth of about 18, seized a table knife and aimed
a blow at the fellow, the force of which broke the blade,
having probably struck some hard substance. The robber
struck him on the head, and observing another man outside
Roberts retreated upstairs and alarmed the family, consisting
of Mrs. and Miss Turner, and the female servants. The bur-
glars followed him, and entered several rooms, the drawers
and boxes in which they opened and ransacked, but took
nothing. After some time Roberts with great courage de-
scended to the lower part of the house, and finding one of
the robbers in the aat of getting out of the pantry window,
struck at him with a boot-jack, on which they made off,
leaving behind, just within the window, a quantity of plate,
to the value of 4(1/., which was packed up in true " cracks-
men's" style, ready for carrying oil.: As soon as it was light
Roberts went into Maidstone and gave information to the
police. Superintendent Dunne was quickly on the spot, and
took active measures to discover the thieves. Two men,
named Mathews and Burton, were subsequently taken into
custody, and taken before D. Stratton, Esq,, but not being
identified, Mathews was discharged, Burton, whose shoes
exactly match marks left on the flower border near the win-
dow, being remanded till Friday next. It is singular that
the point of the broken knife was afterwards found in Far-
leigh-street, at some distance from the house, apparently un-
soiled.

THE FIRE IN SOUTHWARK AND THE CORONER
FOR. THE CITY OF LONDON.—In consequence of the great
suspicions entertained by various parties as to some foul play
having taken place during the late conflagration in South-
wark with regard to the burning of the extensive warehouses
of Messrs. Wigan and Co., that were discovered in flames in
so mysteri us a manner, the head of that firm, supported by
Mr. Alderman Humphery, yesterday made a formal request
to Mr. Payne, the City coroner, stating that in consequence
of the doubt entertained that this part of the fire was not
accidental, they wished that he would issue his precept for a
jury, and that a full investigation might take place into all
the circumstances. To this application Mr. Payne replied
that he would most willingly assist the inquiry but for the
reason that the expenses for the inquiries that he had held
for a year and a half, in which much useful information had
been obtained, and offending parties brought to justice, had
been refused to be paid by the Court of Common Council.
BEQUEST OF 2,3001. TO THE WEST HAM ALMS-
HOUSES.—Miss Mary Goldthorpe was born at Stratford in
the year 1773, at which place her father carried on the
business of a tailor and habit-maker. Miss Goldthorpe and
her mother, Mrs. Ilayte (who died about two years since)
executed a deed of gift, the former giving 1,3001., and the
latter 1,0001. to the trustees, to pay the interest to the sur-
vivor of them during life, and at their joint demise the an-
nual proceeds to be given to the inmates cf the almshouses
belonging to the parish of West Ham. Miss Goldthorpe
devoted the interest arising from the 1,000/., since the
death of Mrs. Ilayte, to the same laudable object, usually
paying periodical visits to the almshouses, and giving the
money tor such articles as the poor inmates appeared to
require. The residue of Miss Goldthorpe's property is be-
queathed to her relatives, except a few legacies to some per-
sonal friends. The trustees of the bequest were the Rev.
A. J. Ram, vicar of \Vest Ham ; the Rev. C. Nicholl, late
incumbent of St. John's, Stratford ; and Edward Vincent,
Esq., of Stratford.
CAPTURE OF A GANG OF ROBBERS.—lnformation
having been received by the police at Alullingar, that a
robbery had been perpetrated in Castlepollard on Saturday
night last, Head Constable Bradshaw, deeming it likely the
parties would come to this town for the purpose of dis-
posing of the stolen property, had close watch kept for
their arrival, and on Monday morning he fortunately suc-
ceeded in arresting a gang of eight persons in the house of a
man named Woods, at the Cross Keys, where a quantity of
the property stolen, consistirg principally of shoes, was
discovered. Ward and his wife, together with the whole
gang, have been committed fur trial at the Quarter Sessions,
the shoes having been identified by the owner. Of the
eight persons arrested, no IWO were from the same place—
one being from Dublin, others from Kildare, Banagher,
Ballinacarigy, Streamstown, and other places. The arrest
of these plunderers is a fortunate circumstance, for by it the
whole gang is broken up, and we trust it will be the
means of putting a stop to the robberies so frequent in
this country. The prompt and successful exertions of tb.
police in this instance does them infinite credit.— Westnica
Guardian.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—We hear that an invention
will speedily be laid before the public which will enable en-
gine drivers to stop the trains, even when at their greatest
speed, almost instantly.
Ma. GOULDURN, M.P.--We are sorry to learn
that htr. Goulburn is confined to his bed by indisposition.