The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-18 00:00:00

TO JOSEPH. HUME, ESQ., M P.

Sir,—Your exertions to reduce the naval sinecures de-
serve, and do receive, the approbation of every good man ;
but unfortunately you have no one sufficiently acquainted
with the subject, not even the great Reformer, Colonel
Torrenc (himself a real bona fide marine officer) to assist
you, to show that those seven appointments are, in every
sense of the word, the most perfect sinecures that can
exist. Why should those naval sinecurists (who are all
Admirals and Captains in the navy) be styled Genera►s
and Colonels of Marines, and put (on the first day of
their appointment) over the heads of the officers of the
corps, of upwards of 50 years actual and bona fide service,
in every quarter of the globe? Such is an act of great
injustice, and is most galling to the Marine corps.

VERITAS.

" Fiat Justitia ruat cailum."

The pay of the General is 51. per day, the Lieutenant-
General 41. per day, the Major• General Si. per day, and
who at present is Admiral and Commander-in Chief in
the West Indies ; the four Captains of the Navy receive
ray, as Colonels, 800/. a•year each—making a good
round sum of 7,000 a-year, and no earthly duty required
of them !"

MR. O'CONNELL.

" 14, Albeinarle.gtreot, Feb 14.

" Dear am decidedly of opinion that we ought
not to meet on Saturday—l mean ' The. National Union
of the Working Classes.' The Ministry are beginning to
conciliate, and may continue in that tone, consequently a
meeting for Irish grievances is quite unnecessary for the
present. If we shall be disappointed, and that Lord Grey
on Friday announces harsh and unconstitutional measures,
why then we can meet the ensuing Saturday, when the
violent feelings of recent resentment shall be gone by, and
that we can all substitute manly determination for passion.
" My friend Dr. Wade concurs with me on this sub
ject. The Reformed Parliament may yet compel Ministers
to give us ' the bread in•te.ad of the serpent.'• If they do
so, then we shall cordially support every ame ioration,
English, Scotch, and lri'h. But if thq substitute the
serpent* fur the bread,' then we will be only the more
resolute to insist on those popular benefits and advantages
without which the Reform Bill would be a mere mockery.
All we want is good and cheap government, protection for
the poor, encouragement to industry, and impartiality
between all classes.

"I remain, (fear Sir, very faithfully, your obedient set vant,
" Mr. John Cleave. " DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" P. S.—lf the meeting be postponed to Saturday, the
23d, I pledge myself to attend the adjourned meeting, and
to explain my views, according to the then existing eir-
cutnstances,—concilialoiy, if conciliation be held out,—
firm and determined, if I:ely)t6m he threatened."

• Query—" Stone."

REAL PROPERTY 'AND INCOME TAX

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sic.,—As Ministers vein generally called upon to abo-
ii•h those taxes which bear most heavily on the middle
classes, I should feel great pleasure in finding some mode
of taxation proposed which would relieve the pressure
from the industry of the country. I beg leave to hand
you a scale of a graduated tax upon incomes derived from
real property, and al.o alesser one upon incomes derived
from trades, professioni, &c., which, I conceive, would
not be objected to by persons in that cla.s ; but I do not
fl Better myself that the possessors of the thousands and
lens of thousands will so readily agree to my proposal,
as follows :

INCOMES DERIVED FROM REAL PROPERTY OF

Per ann. Per cent. 601. per ann. topay 12s.
601. to MO/. at 11. Os. 100/. ditto 1/.
Above 100/. to 2001. at 1/. 10s. 2001. ditto 3/.
200/. to 3001. at 21. 10s. 300/. ditto 71. 10s.
3 01. to 5001. at Al. Os. 5001. ditto 201.

5004 to- 1,000/. at 5/. Os: 1,0001. - ditto 50/.
1,000/. to. :40001. at 6/. Os. 2," 01 ditto 1201.
2,0001. to 5,Q001. at 71. 10s. 5,000/. ditto 375/.
5,0001. to 10,11)0/. at 101. Os. 10,000/. ditto 1,000/.
10,0001. to 20,0001. at I'2/. 10s. 20,0001. ditto '2,5 01.
20,000/ 15/. Os. i:30,000/. ditto 4,503.

I NCOM'Es DERIVED FROG[ TRADE, PROFESSIONS, &C., TO
PAT .5 PER CENT. LESS THAN FROM. REAL PROPERTY.
601. per annum from trade would pay £0 9 0
00/. dittq ditto 0 15 0
2001. dittd ditto 2 5 0
3001. ditto ditto 5 12 6
1,0001. ditto ditto 37 10 0
2,0001. ditto ditto 90 0 0
10,0001... ditto ditto 750 0 0
30, 000/. ditto ditto 3,375 0 0

I would suggest that an allowance should be Made to
tradestnen for any losses they may have sustained by bad
debts in the previous year. I cannot conceive why any
gentleman, with an income of 2,000/. per annum, would
object to paying 1201. annually, if a tradesman has to pay
fir the same amount produced by his industry and close
attention to business, the sum of 901., being 25 per cent.
less than the tax charged upon the person whose income
is derived from real property.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,

B. T.

P.S. If a person receives 1,0001. per annum from bis
rent., and has to pay out a certain sum (say 2001.)
to his mortgagee, he would have a charge upon his net
income, say 5 per cent., on 8001.

Among the speakers who distinguished them-
selves, we are again Called upon to mention the energetic
and declamatory Mr. O'CoNNELL. His speech on 111,m-
day night, was remarkable for its power of invective, and
not di,ficient in pathos in some passages. Its effect upon
the House was, as. usual, more than neutralized by the
want of confidence in the good intentions of the orator.
It is dear that in the House of Commons Mr O'CONNELL
is not trusted, nor respected, although his extraordinary
talents :ire acknotiledged and undeniable. Mr. Column.,
on Monday, was rather tedious ; he rose to move a
counter-address at a late hour, and the influence of the
drowsy god Seemed to benumb his powers. At last he
.carted a piece of pleasant buffoonery, awl tnade the most
of it. The House is generally disposed to be amused—.

" For gentle Dulness ever loves a joke

and when Mr. CORBETT is amusing, instead of being
didactic, he is very well listened to. He r. sisted with
great coolness, and perfect success, a determined effort to
put him, down by the ill-bred practice of coughing. Still,
we caution him against trying the temper of his audience
too often by long-winded addresses, interlarded with ex-
tracts from written or printed papers. Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT is quite out of place in the Reformed Parliament.
All his cleverness and debating talent will not compensate
for his absolute want of decency in advocating principles
and defending abuses which he has been all his life, till very
Lately, noted for condemning in unmeasured terms. Ctn
he suppose that the eloquent haranues against sinecut ists
and aristocrats which he once poured forth so fluently are,
forgotten ? We see no reason why Sir FRANCIS should
not make an excellent spokesman for the Conservative
party, should they ever return to office. His speech on
Thursday night, upon Mr. HUME'S motion against sine-
cures, might have b-en consistently delivered by Mr.
Wzrattram or Mr. CANNING. Sir ROBERT PEEL is too
Cautious a man to have spoken anything so much opposed
to the temper of the times.—Spectator.
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opening of an imagination equally strong and feminine ;
and every sentiment speaks the elevation of a graceful ge-
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man," by the author of " Chartley." " One of the most en-
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and Shadows of German Life." " Pictures of German life,
perfectly irresistible."—Sunday Times.
CURIOUS FACT.—A citizen, who has two
young blackbirds of last year's brood, kept them for some
tittle in a situation where they were much annoyed by a
banditti of mice that daily and nightly robbed them of
their lawful provender. One of these depredators having
been caught and strangled in a wire-trap, he was thrown
into the cage, but the birds became frightened, and showed
no disposition to be revenged on their fallen enemy. The
little fellow was then taken out, roasted before the are,
and again thrown into the cage, by way of experimenting
upon animal instinct. The blackbirds immediately com-
im-nced a banquet upon the wholesale roast, and in a few
minutes pot.r mousie was gobbled up, bones and all. The
birds appeared to relish tt e repast amazingly well, but
whether from a gratification of the palate, or a principle of
re/wage, the aviarist could not say.—Scotsman.