The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-30 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGSTOWN (Dunws)—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze—

overcast.
PLYMOUTH—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast.
BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
HASTINGS—Wind S.W., fresh breeze—rain.
e,.ouTiLtmr-ros—Wind W., strong breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE—WineI S.W., gentle breeze—acad.
TuNuRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BasugGsroßß—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
GREENWICH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
SwispoN—Wincl S., gentle breeze—overcast.
LEIGHTON—W in d S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
COLCHESTER.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CAatHRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
RUGBY_ Ind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
PETERBOROUGH —Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
YAMIOUTII—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
CREWE—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze—overcast.
CoNwAv Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless.
HOLYHEAD—Wind S.S.W., bard wind—rain.
LIVERPOOL,—Wind S W., gentle breeze—overcast.
MA NCHESTEE— Win d S., gentle breeze— overcast.
LEEDS —W ind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast.
YoaK—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
LANCASTER—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast.
BERWICK—Wind S.W., geatle breeze—overcast.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock :--
cmait —Wind S.E., light breeze—misty.
iSIULLtzeAR—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
LtvEnrooL—Wind S.W , gentle breeze—cloudless.
OAALINGTON—Wind S.,geenztele breezerain partially cloudy.
SNAP—Wind S., gentle
WAITEHAVEN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

THE SECESSION Os' 'ME REV. M BENNETT.—
The Bishop of London has appointed thebße .tlhlon. and Rev.
Robert Liddell, the vicar of Barking, to successor of
Mr. Bennett at St. Barnabas. An interval iset elapse be-
fore Mr. Bennett legally resigns, and Mr. Liddellasleagally ap-
pointed. The vicar of Barking is well known er
son of Sir Thomas Liddell, whom George IV. created Lord
Ra,vensworth. He married a daughter of Dr. Wellesley,
rector of Bishop Wearmouth,and was in 1836 presented 13y the
College of All Souls, Oxford, to the living which he will now
vacate.

THR RET. JOHN BURNETT.—We are informed
that the Rev. John Burnett has not, as stated " had an
attack of paralysis," nor is he " lying in a very precarious
Mate." Mr. Burnett delivered a lecture on Monday even-
ing, the 30th inst., at Hawkestone-hall, and when near his
own residence, on his return home, he felt giddy and fell, and
was removed home by two gentlemen acquainted with him,
who were passing at the time. On the following day Mr.
Burnett fulfilled the engagements he had previously made,
and, in his accustomed state of health, has since been occu-
pieduring with
the his usual avocations on the Sabbath-day as well as
d.
CALLINGTON MINES COMPANY.—A general meet •
ing of this company took place yesterday at Salvador House,
Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Richard Hodgson in the chair.
The reports of Captain Lean 'and HIS. Jetnson were read.
It was stated that the mines were likely to be thrown into
an efficient state of working by the sinking a diagonal shaft,
and continuing the 112 fathom level for communicating the
north with the south mine. The Kelly pray lode was com-
posed of mundic of a most beautiful quality, and a yellow
du eight tons of the latter per fathom from
copper ore pro
the top of the rise. fhe directors report stated that since
last meeting they had changed the management, and had
appointed Captain Lean as manager. The works of all the
mines were being
prosecuted with considerable vigour, and
indicated mach more favourable prospects both on the lead
lode and on the Kelly Bray copper lode. The receipts ford
the last three months had amounted to 3,0251. 19s..efi.ciency of 1 an
Id.,
tha expenditure to 5:4681. 4s. 5d., d being a
2,442/. 5.3. 4d. The report was adopted; and, after a vote of
thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated.
SAmnRE AND MEUSE RAILWay.—We have autho-
rity to state that the directors of the Sambre and Meuse
Railway Company have settled their long-pending dispute ewith:their contractors, thereby relieving the company from
many vcxations claims and ca' sea of litigation. This set-
tlemea, was absolutely necessary to the company continuing
its works.

SAVINGs' BANK.—The trustees of this
hank/which, owiag to the defaults of the late actuary, has
beviso long closeul have resolved to pay every depositor
6eth principal and interest in full, which they
are enabled
to do from the very liberal.•subscriptions which have keen
made for that purpose. Tne business of the bank, which
will re-open on the Ist of March, will henceforth be carried
on in the national school-room, and in such manner as effec-
tually to prevent another disaster such a 3 that from which
it is now recovering.-11faidstone Journal.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1851.

The anticipated surplus of two or two-and-a-half
millions sterling, which it is supposed that the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer will have at his disposal for
the relief of the tax-paying community, has excited
an extraordinary sensation among all classes of her
MAJESTY'S subjects. There is scarcely an individual
throughout the entire country who cannot expatiate
on the injustice and in:spiky of the impost by which
he is himself peculiarly affected—who is not prepared
to prove that particular tax to be about the worst
that could be devised, and to adduce cogent reasons
for its abolition. He is also prepared to press the
principal claims of the body to which he belongs, and
to which he believes all others must yield. The
taxes on light, cleanliness, and knowledge, are ex-
posed in all their naked enormity. The hop growers
justly complain of the partial and oppressive law that
imposes an enormous duty on the produce of their
lands. Hops can only be grown on soil of a certain
description, and the land from which such a crop can
' be obtained would be of extraordinary value,
and would provide constant employment for
the labouring population of the neighbour-
hood, were it not for the inequitable tax,
that can no more be justified or defended than an
exclusive tax on the property of the Duke of SETH-
EiILAND or the Duke of BUCCLEUGH. It is, in fact,
nothing more or less than " CONFISCATION," the
principle being simply this, that because land from its
peculiar quality may be rendered much more profit-
able than other descriptions, the additional value is
to be taken from the owners and transferred to the
national Exchequer, and that in the most oppressive
manner, so that the bounties of PROTIDENCE are neu-
tralised, and the most propitious seasons, so far
as the quantity and quality of the crop is concerned,
are rendered the least remunerative to the victims.
The coachmakers, too, are enabled to offer unanswer-
able arguments against the tax on carriages, which
is not, as erroneously supposed, a charge on luxuries,
but one limiting to a most injurious extent the em-
ployment of artisans and workmen ; for, as it was
most truly asserted at a recent meeting of the trade,
" instead of being a tax suited to a gentle-
man's establishment, the gentleman suited his
establishment to the tax." Parties who would
otherwise keep several vehicles suited for every sea-
son, are deterred from doing so in consequence of the
tax, and thus the demand for the article is materially
curtailed. The job-masters are also naturally in-
dignant at the charge, whereby they are compelled to
pay 6/. 12s. per annum for a carriage which may not
have been in use half-a-dozen times within that
period, and also at the post-horse duty, which is
practically a tax on intercourse, and both so materi-
ally increase the price of the accomodation as to ope-
rate as a practical prohibition in many cases, and
greatly reduce the demand in all. The injury in.
flicted on this business by the extension of the
railway system eminently entitles the sufferers to re-
lief from the burdens which they could previously
have borne without any great exertion. The rail-
way passengers tax is equally indefensible, being a
most unwarrantable and unjustifiable burden on a
depressed and suffering interest, amounting, in many
instances, to about '2O per cent. on the dividends ac-
tually paid to the unguaranteed and non-preferential
shareholders ; so that those who should be
regarded as national benefactors are se-
lected as victims to be fleeced in every
possible manner and under the most frivolous pre-
texts. The charge cannot for a moment be assimi-
lated to turnpike tolls ; even that poor defence is
wanting, for no portion of the proceeds is applicable
to the purpose of keeping the roads in repair ; if it
were, we venture to assert that the complaints of the
defrauded shareholders would not be so loud or deep

But why should we go through the monster list ?
Why advert to the tax on men servants, or, in other
words, a charge calculated to limit the employment of
the people, and to consign many to the tender mer-
cies of the union workhouse, who could otherwise earn
their daily bread by their daily labour ? Why notice
the " premiums on imprudence," the stamps on fire
and marine assurance policies ? It would be impos-
sible to make even the most cursory allusion to the
various fiscal grievances under which the " most
heavily taxed people under the sun" are suffering
within the limits necessarily assigned to an article in
a public journal : suffice it to say, that they are deeply
and bitterly felt, and that there is a general demand
for redress.

But whence is relief to be obtained? How can it
be afforded so long as the Minister of Finance is
determined not to travel out of the beaten track, or
enter upon a more judicious and more equitable
course ? While the parties are exhausting their
energies in endeavouring to obtain some concession
to themselves, they are like the children described by
Locze, who are " pulling a short coverlet" to obtain
some degree of warmth at the expense of their
brethren. Some must " starve unless the father of
the family provide better, and enlarge the scanty
covering." Now we desire this " covering" to be
materially increased, so that all who can show
a just claim may be comprehended within
its folds. This can only be achieved by a general
union and organization among the sufferers for the
adoption of such a scheme as that just promulgated
by the Honourable Member for Glasgow, and to
which we alluded in our publication yesterday.
" Union is strength," and it is by union alone, by the
cordial co-operation of all parties interested, that
anything practical can be accomplished. Mr. MAC-
GREGOB, has told us that he does not " expect any early
revision in the taxation and expenditure of the
approaching to that which he has
country "
suggested in the singularly
;abbluet which
has the
in believing that "the pre-
HonjouusrtagbilveenGetonttlheme
an
opinions of the whole people are
veiling and growing
Jar more favourable to such financial and fiscal re-
forms than the public sentiment was in favour of re-
pealing the corn and navigation laws, when he gave
his testimony in favour of the free-trade measures
carried out by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, and against
the navigation-laws, repealed by the present Govern-
ment. We know, however, the means by which these
enactments were carried. Why should not similar
means now be adopted ? Why should not a Taxpayers'
League be formed under the presidency of the in-
telligent, the honest, the consiltent Jour.; MACGREGOR ?
If this course be adopted the days of the present
iniquitous system will be numbered, and prosperity
and happiness restored to those whose energies
are paralysed by the incubi by which they are op-
pressed.

Among the many phiknthropic societies w'lich are
at once the distinguishing characteristic, the boast,
and the glory of this our native island, there is none
which is less obtrusive or more worthy of support
than the Royal National Institution for the Yreaer•

vation of Life from Shipwreck ; most appropriately is
this institution named national, for an institution for
the preservation of life from shipwreck appeals more
peculiarly than perhaps any other to the national
sympathies of the island people who have for cen-
turies held the empire of the ocean, and who owe all
their greatness as a nation to the maintenance of
that maritime supremacy, which has been won and
can only be maintained by the patriotic exertions and
the fearless braving of " the perils of the deep" by
those hardy men, to save whose lives from shipwreck
is peculiarly the object of this excellent institution.
Founded in the year 1824, the object of this institu-
tion was declared to be the preservation of—without
distinction of country, in war and in peace—all who
may be in peril of the seas by shipwreck on any part
of the coasts of the United Kingdom or the British
Isles.

In order to carry out this object the Committee, to
whom the executive management of the society has
been confided, have, after twenty-six years experi-
ence, come to the conclusion that the system chiefly
to be relied on is the following :

" 1. The establishment of life-boats and other ap-
proved apparatus for saving lives from shipwreck, on
the most dangerous parts of the coasts, under the charge
of the officers of the Coast Guard and other responsible
parties.

" 2. The incitement to exertion of seafaring persons
and others refiding on the spot, by pecuniary rewards
for such services, and robe being afforded to their
widows and families, in the event of any accident hap-
pening to them; dependent of course on the nature of the
oase, and the state of the funds of the institution.

"3. The conferring honorary rewards of gold and
silver medals as an acknowledgment of efforts made in
saving the lives of shipwrecked crews or others.
" 4. Special consideration given to cases of extraordi-
nary enterprise and exertion; as also to cases in which
individuals may have more than once succeeded in saving
lives, or may have incurred some bodily injury."

The institution has established nineteen different
life-boat stations on various portions of the coast, and
has frequently contributed to various life-boats estab-
lished on other parts of the coast by private parties ;
they have also stationed the rocket apparatus and
MANBY'S mortar apparatus on various parts
of the coast, at a cost of nearly 5,500/. ;
they have awarded numerous gold medallions and
silver medals to persons whose humane and laudable
exertions in saving lives from shipwreck have been
deemed sufficiently conspicuous to merit that dis-
tinction, and they have voted considerable sums as
donations to boots' crews and to the widows and or-
phans of those noble fellows who are occasionally
lost by accident, in the praiseworthy attempt to pre-
serve lives in peril from shipwreck. In consequence
of the exertions of this society, 7,072 lives have been
preserved from shipwreck between the Ist January,
1824, and the 31st December, 1850, and the total out-
lay of the society has been 13,6831. Since 1839 the in-
stitution has made no appeal to the public ; but now, in
consequence of the deaths of many of its early friends
and supporter:, its funds are become inadequate to meet
the demands made upon them, and its career of use-
fulness will be interrupted unless the public come to
the rescue. In our advertising columns will be
found the appeal of the committee to the public for
assistance—an appeal that we feel convinced will be
responded to in such a manner as to render this
institution "national" in every sense of the word.

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