The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March s.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W. ;
fresh breeze, and fine clear dry weather
PORTSMOUTH, March 4.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.—
Off port—Clarence, from Calcutta. Put back—H.M.S.
Hero, for Lisbon, with loss of foreyard.
FALMOUTH, March 4.—Arrived—Raginer, from Aux
Cayes— Ises, from Odessa. Put back—Aurora, for Deme-
rara.

QUEENSTOWN, March 3.—Blowing strong.—Arrived—
David (ship), from Liverpool for St. John's, N. 8., leaky.

OM ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.

Wind N.

(BY SITEMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Wind N.W.; tide, second hours' ebb ; weather fine.
DEAL, Monday Morning.

Wind N.W., fresh.

SPOR77 ‘G NOTES.

LIVERPOOL.
Racing men have now abundance of active em-
ployment. Last week the " resuscitated" Lincoln
Meeting found them busily employed with book
and pencil, and this week they will have little
breathing time. While these remarks slip from
my pen, turfites are already on route to Liverpool,
where they will resume their diversions to-morrow,
and immediately on the conclusion of the Ain-
tree sport they will be posting in hot haste to
Shrewsbury in the hopes of partaking of the quan-
tity ofgood things provided for them by Mr. Frail.
Expectations are entertained that at both meetings
the supply of sport will be ample, and the racing
exciting—and these expectations are not likely to
be disappointed. A more attractive programme
has been seldom issued by Mr. Topham for his spring
venture at Liverpool, and as horses have of late been I
able to resume active work, the fields will doubtless
be satisfactorily large, According to his Lincoln
running Tormentor ought, not only to win the
Spring Cup, but win it in a canter. His most dan•
gerous opponents will be perhaps Jenny Longlegs
and Uncle Ned ;—the mare has shown form this
season, and the colt possesses a good reputation, his
prestige being increased by the force in which his
stable showed at Nottingham. Still lam disin-
clined to doubt TORMENTOR. He is also engaged in
the Aintree Plate, for which I should scarcely
think he would put in an appearance. In
dealing with the probabilities for this race, how-
ever, I must make a reservation in his favour.
Mr. Hughes's lot for the 40 Sovs. Plate includes
New Brighton, Chantress, and Juliet, and whichever
starts will win. My preference is for the old
horse.

The many disgraceful proceedings which have
of late marked Steeplechases have scarcely dimi-
nished the popularity of the Gram' National. By
mere holiday folk the encounter will perhaps be
regarded wih more excitement than usual, for the
field is likely to be numerous. The following are
mentioned as being the most likely to brave the
accidents by flood and field :

st. lb.
Brunette l2 0 .. Kendall.
Horniblow lO 10 .. .--
Goldsmith
Redwing
Bridegroom
Tease
Sir Robert .

Xanthus
Ben Lomond

. 10 2

. . 10 2 . . Mr. A. Goodman.
.. 10 0 . • ----

Anatis 9 10 .. Mr. Thomas.
Jealousy 9 9 .. Mr. Edwards.
Telegram
Maria Agnes 9 8 .. G. Stevens.

Roscommon
Westminster 9 4 .. W. White.
Venison

Linkhoy.

••• • • • 9 0

8 12 .. Mr. Bevill.

Speculation on the race has recently revived, and
has been pursued with much activity. Still I am
inclined to believe that it will undergo many
changes before the flag drops. Brunette has
proved herself to be a great mare across country,
and although I expect to see her run well, yet it
must be confessed that" she is askedto do too much"
to win a Grand National with a weight which
would even satisfy the exaggerated notions of Lord
Redesdale. Horn iblovr is too slow to have a chance.
Goldsmith will certainly take a prominent part ; he
has speed and is a good fencer and may renew the
luck of Ben Land. The next that attract attention
are Tease and Xanthus—of the twain I prefer the
latter. Jealousy is under suspicion, and, indeed, the
trio just mentioned belong to a large party
whose intentions and tactics are somewhat puz-
zling. Indeed, to use the language applied
by the Poet Laureate to a certain illustrious
personage, "only the Devil knows what
they mean." Telegram has been of late very un-
steady ; but, if well, he will be bad to beat. Green
is always fashionable. Could I calculate upon a start
I should be induced to place some trust in Roscom-
mon. Westminster must not be slighted. In
selecting Xanthus tnd Anatis, however, I do not
think I shall be very wide of the mark-.

For the Sefton Handicap a large field will be
brought out, and as so many horses entered for it are
also engaged for the Spring Cup, I shall decline the
task of indicating the winner. My present fancy
certainly leads towards Tormentor.
A FRESH MAN.

COVENTRY STEEFLECIIASES.—We are requested
to state that The Tumbler was struck out of the
Coventry Steeplechase and the Hurdle Race imme-
diately the weights appeared.

THE INCO3IE TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

SIR,—You have again earned the gratitude of the
people, and afresh earned the title of the " People's
Paper," by your recent anmadversions on the most
iniquitous property and income tax. In this re-
spect you honourably stand almost alone. Your con-
temporaries, of almost every grade, are not manly
enough to condemn what they feel is a gross injus-
tice to the middle classes of society. It presses very
heavily on all whose incomes vary from Xl5O to
£5OO per annum. I remember when that lying
prophet, the late Sir Robert Peel, induced Parlia-
ment to adopt this tax, he said, " I take your money
from one pocket to put it into the other pocket."
Never was a man more mistaken in his conclusions
than Sir Robert Peel ; for what was the fact. Every
necessary of life advanced, as well as shoes and
wearing apparel. Mr. Gladstone makes a great
flourish of trumpets on the success of the scheme,
and therefore he endeavours to complete waat Sir
Robert Peel began. But, I ask, what are the proofs
of success ? You say, more we have exported ; but
who is the better for this ? Not the poor labourer,
with his Bs. or 12s.;weekly ; not the shopman, the
clerk, the small tradesman, or those with small in-
comes. All these classes at e worse off than when
Sir Robert Peel tampered with the revenue. Those
only who have profited are the cotton manufac-
turers, the merchant, the shipowners, the landed
nobility and squirearchy, from the greatly increased
value of land. lam sure I can speak from expe-
rience that my £350 per annum does not go so far
as it did before the advent of Sir Robert Peel and
his imitators to power. What is the use of in-
creased free trade if the great body of the people
are worse off than before ? and why should they
be made to suffer in order to put money into the
pockets of the cotton lords, merchants, the shipping
and landed interests ? For my part, I consider all
Gladstone's hopes delusive; they are not such as to
warrant this breach of public faith. Why not put
a tax on the export of coals ? If all who have votes
would withhold them from such members of Par-

liament as vote for that iniquitous tax we might
hope to see it abolished. I, for one, will not vote
for a member who advocates this tax. Cheap wire
may be bought too dear. Why should our many
small domestic artisans be thrown out of work by
the introduction of French and German toys, &c. ?
The thousands in our poorhouses and prisons are
some of the fruits of Sir Robert Peel's schemes ;
thus our local taxes are increased in the same ratio
with our public burdens and increased dearness of
everything which enters into domestic use. Our
Government is too expensive ; if it was less expen-
sive, and men of business entrusted with the Gc-
vernment, instead of aristocratic red-tapists, we
might save money from their wasteful extrava-
gance to meet every emergency, -without injuring
the body of the people.--I am, Sir, yours,
A CONSTANT READER.

Bath, March 3.