The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sm.—Favour me with a short space to suggest, through
your journal, the importance of submission to the Powers
that be ;—the Lower House to the Upper liouso, and each
to the Crown. And if the authority of any is to be over-
thrown or diminished, let it be so carried out in a spirit of
frankness and singleness of soul fc,r the benefit of our
country; not by exciting the animal propensities of huma-
nity.

It is true that the House of Commons broke faith with
the country—yes, betrayed its trust when it specified a
time for the income-tax to be non est. We take it in the
light of a pledge ; and pledges, we all grant, should be ob-
served. That this was not duly abided by, we have the
startling evidence in paying more this year than hereto-
fore ;—not that any loyal subject would for a moment
object to pay a just tax for the honour and glory
of our land, and her great and free constitu-
tion, but justice ought to be commensurate with
strict morality. No wonder that the Upper House
should therefore be careful and suspicious, and make an
attempt to save, if possible, the honour of a great nation.
Had this tax been remitted, such a step would have been
received in due course, without any veto from above. I do,
however, presume to observe, that there are taxes this very
day weighing far heavier on the working classes than the
paper duty. Why should not financiers in their fiscal re-
searches discover, and attempt at all events to remove the
burdens that more immediately affect the sons of toil ?
Although, Sir, I am as anxious as any man for know-
ledge to have free course, yet it must be granted that a
paper now sold for a penny could be sold at little, if at all
less, were the duty taken off. The chief gainer would be
the manufacturer, and he would prefer, instead, the in-
come-tax being withdrawn. The Commons made a mis -
take. I marvel that Mr. Gladstone thus erred. The
wrong class was looked after in this matter. I fear there
was a pandering to party in search of support to carry out
views kept in reserve. A free and great people should be
straightforward and candid in word and deed. To achieve
the daring attempt of a new Constitution, be it far distant
from our day I England has become great, glorious, and
free ; why then attempt to dispute the unity of the prero-
gative that has so far blessed her and her children through-
out the world ?—I am, Sir, your faithful servant,
_ _

PERICLES.

June 6, 1861.

OPENING OF THE NEW FOOTWAY AT WFST.IIIN-
STER-BElDGE.—Yesterday morning the temporary wooden
bridge or footway over the central arches of Westminster
• Bridge, to enable the entire removal of those arches and faci-
litate the works of the new bridge, was opened for general
traffic, but solely confined to foot passengers.
A grand ball is be given by the Apollo tniver-
sity Freemasons' Lodge, Oxford, on Monday, the 18th, at
the Town-hall, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
There will be no tickets issued, it being purely an invita-
tion ball. We understand that the Most Worshipful Grand
Master and a number of other distinguished brethern have
accepted invitations to be present.—Freemasons' Magazine.
The Committee of the House of Commons yes-
tarday rejected the bill promoted by the London, Brighton,
and South Coast for the construction of a line to connect
the Brighton with the South-Western and North-Western
Railways, and passed the opposition bill promoted by the
London, Chatham, and Dover. The latter measure in-
eludes the extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover,
to Farringdon street.
REFE.ESIIMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENCES
BILL.—We understand that an amendment will be moved
in the House of Lords, in committee, to clause
ehnis ngreasure. The object of the amendment will be
thattuts
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thef new houses to be licensed under the bill should,
like the existing public-houses, be placed under magiSterial
control—Morning Advertiser.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY,
June 7.—Admissions on payment, 2,320 ; ditto, by season
tickets, 552 ; total visitors, 2,872.
FICTITIOUS BILLS.—It was recently mentioned
that fictitious bills {ire being put into circulation on the
Continent, purporting to be payable at some of the London
joint-stock banks. Another has just been presented, dated
Stettin, May 22, 1860, for £l5O, drawn by C. Mau.rica on
Samuel Montage, accepted payable at the Vnion Bank of
Loudon, and endorsed S. Collen. The acceptor's name,
Samuel Montage, London, is made to appear like that of
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and Co. On Ilia 30th of June Mr. Weguelin retires from
the former in carscpu.:nce of ill-health.

LONDON jOlNi-STOCK BANK—Mr. Pollard, the
general manager of the London Joint-Stock Bank, IC-.
sil.ned yesterday on a handsome pension, after 21 „ars,
service, and will be recommenthd to fill the vacancy at :ha
Board caused by the decease of Mr. Ormsby Gore. Pre-
viously to his connection with the Londoa and Joint-Stock
Bank Mr. Pollard had been 27 years in the private bank
of Messrs. Williams and Co.
STEAM NAVIGATION OF THE AMAZON —The
Inca ;addle-wheel steam vessel, of 400 tons, and 100 horse-
p)wer, built and fitted with machinery by Messrs. John
Laird, Sons, and Co., left early in May for Para. Accounts
have barn received alms safe arrival at St. Vincent, Cape
Verd, after a good passage, and having consumed less than
eight tons of oo:il in the 2 t imirri_;, The engines of this ves-
sel are fitted lvivi many improvements for the purpose of
economising iit,l, an object of the greatest importance on
the river Amazin, as well as on all foreign sWions ; and
the result of her voyage out has been looked to with con-
siderable interest. •
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