The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-19 00:00:00

INCOME-TAX REFORM MOVEMENT IN

BIRMINGRA if.

BIRMINGII 13f, Friday Evening.—The oppressive in-
come tax, and the heartless manner in which it is being
carried out, has struck into the hearts of those against
whom it is levied, and aroused a spirit here which wiil
force a change upon the Government and all those con-
cerned in carrying out the impost. A meeting con-
vened by the Mayor of this borough, upon a most nu-
merously signed and influential requisition, is to be held
this evening, at the Town-hall, upon the subject • and a
circumstance such as I have never before witnessed here,
in connection with any meeting, has just taken place—the
leading shopkeepers in all the principal streets have
closed their establishments, in compliance with the fol-
lowing notice extensively circulated throughout the
borough :

" This establishment will close at sixo'clock on Friday
evening, January 18th, on account of the Town's Meet-
ing for the Reform of the Income Tax."

The association with whom this originated are deter.
mined upon a reform cf the tar.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 18.
The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge and the
Maharajah Duieep Singh took leave of her Majesty this
morning, and left the Castle attended by Major Purves
and Sir John Login.
The Marquis Gf Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamilton,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of
Shelburne, Lori and Lady Colville, and Lord Ash-
burton, have also taken their departure.

The Hon. C. Fisher, Attorney-General of New Bruns-
wick, bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Turkish Minister had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence
in Downing-street.
Despatches from the Governors of Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and the Cape of Good Hope, were received
yesterday at the Colonial•ofce.

CABINET COUNCIL.--A Cabinet Counoil was held yes-
terday afternoon at the Foreign•office. The ministers
present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Earl
of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon,
Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon
Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T.
Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The council sat two
hours and three quarters.
The Earl and Countess Grey will arrive in town, to
day, from Assington Hall, near Newark.
The Earl of Cottenham had a severe accident a few
days since, while skating with a Christmas party assem-
bled at the seat of Mr. Herbert, of Llanarth. His lord-
ship experienced a contusion on the face, and is confined
to his room, but is now going on favourably.
We regret to learn that the Lady Adeliza Manners
is suffering from an attack of measles at Belvoir Castle.
Lord and Lady Harry Vane are still-among the party
Assembled at Raby Castle on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Cleveland.

We are sorry to hear that the young Lord Wharn-
cliffs is suffering from indisposition at Wortley Hall.
We have to announce the death of Madam Marrast,
widow of M. Armand Marrast, ex-president of the
Constituent Assembly.
NAPLES, Jan. 16.—N0 political amnesty was granted
on the 12th. The government have refused to permit
the exportation of corn.
THE NEW GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.—By the re-
ceipt of later Australian advices, we learn of the arrival
at Auckland, New Zealand, on the 16th Sept., of the
ship Merchantman, from London, having on board Col.
Gore Brown, the new Governor of New Zealand.
THE ASSISTANT JUDGESHIP.—We understand that
Mr. Bodkin having declined to accept the office of
Assistant-3 udge of the Middlesex Sessions, Mr. Pash-
ley, Q.C., will be appointed without delay.
FUNERAL OF SERGEANT ADAMS.—Yesterday morning
the remains of the late Assistanc•Judge were removed
from his residence, No. 9, Hyde-park-street, and con-
veyed by railway into Warwickshire. This course was
adopted in conformity with a wish expressed by the
learned judge prior to his death.

FORMIDDLESEX.—By the 7th and
Bth Vic., c. 71 (" Act for the better Administration of
Criminal Justice in Middlesex "), the assistant judge
must be "a sergeant, a barrister-at-law of not less than
,ten years' standing, and in the commission of the peace
for the said county." (Sec. 8.) By the 10th section of
the act the salary is fixed at 1,2001. a-year ; there is no
retiring pension. It is distinctly provided by the act
that the assistant-judge while he holds office cannot sit l,
in Parliament.

Dense fogs prevail in the British Channel. The Alma
would have reached Southampton on Thursday if the
weather had been clear, and would have made the pas-
sage home from Malta, including a stoppage at Gibraltar,
in eight days—an unprecedented voyag .. The Alma;
beat the Vectis, one of the fastest steamers in the world,
in going from Malta to Alexandria. Just before the:
Alma arrived home, one of the seamen fell from the top-
gallant mast on the deck—a height of 150 feet. Sin-
gular to say, he broke no bones, and he is doing well.i
He must have caught hold of something while falling,-1
Which broke hie fall, for his hands are cut dreadfully.