The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

INCOME' TAX MEETINGS.

On Wednesday afternoon & well attended meeting of
merchants and shipowners was held in the Town Hall,
North Shields—Wm.Walker, Esq., Mayor, in the chair
—t,t adopt a petition to Parliament, and take other mea-
sures tor the repeal of the income tax. The speakers
were Mr. Joseph Stiaker, J.P., Mr. Alderman Mease,
Mr. Alderman Pow, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. Sbotton ; and
it was resolved that the income tax laws were, in their
present form, unjust and oppressive, and ought not to be
tolerated by a free people ; and that the country should
be satisfied with nothing less than their total repeal. A
petition was also adopted praying the repeal of the tax.
The speakers especially dwelt on the inquisitorial and
unequal nature of this tax, more especially alluding to
the unfairness of the commissioners in allowing insur-
ance on sea risks by policy as legitimate deductions from
income tax, and refusing to allow averages. Mr. Pow
thought that the tax could not be avoided before 1860,
but he argued that the double tax laid on to meet the
requirements of the late war should be at once removed,
otherwise the Milditry would be guilty of a breach of
faith.—Sunderland Herald.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Alnwick ,called
by requisition to the Chamberlains of the borough, wa-
held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety of petitioningthe
Legislature to reduce the income tax. There was a larga
and respectable attendance of parties interested in Lae
equitable adjustment of this unpopular impost. Mr. G.
Tate, sen., chamberlain, in the chair. A series of reso-
lutions wree moved by Mr. Wm. Johnson, and seconded
by Mr. J. Horsley, and unanimously adopted, to the
effect that the present charge of is. 4d. in the pound on
income is oppressive, and as, when the act passed in-
creasing the tax to tbat amount, a pledge was given by
the Government that the increased rate should be con-
tinued for one year after the termination of the war, and
no longer, this meeting considers that the additional
burden of 9d. in the pound should be taken off from and
after the sth of April next. That experience has proved
that the present system of levying the income tax leads
to evasion, and in many instances to false returns, and
that in consequence it works not only oppressively, but
also unequally and urtjustly. That a petition be sent
to the House of Commons, embodying the foregoing
resolutions, and earnestly praying that the income and
property tax be at once re•tuced; from Is. 4d. to 7d. in
the pound, and that in 1860, or as much sooner as the fi-
nances of the country will allow, the whole of the income
tax to be abolished. That Lord Os.ulston be requested
to present the petition—and that Lord Lovaine, the Hon.
Mr. Liddell, Sir G. Grey, and Mr. Beaumont be re-
quested to give it Weir support. It was also moved by
Mr. L. Rindmarsh, seconded by Mr. G. Pike, and una-
nimously carried, that a memorial be sent to Lord Pal
merston embodying the resolution of the meeting.—
Newca,stle Chronicle.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND 'PROMO-
TIONS IN TEE CIVIL SERVICE.

Privy Council Office.—Mr. Charles A. Hamilton,
first class clerk, has been appointed Chief Clerk of the
Privy Council Office, vice Mr. J. Barrett Leonard, de-
ceased.
The Foreign Department.—The Consulship at Balti-
more, United States of America, has become vacant by
the death of Mr. Henry George Kuper. Salary, 500 i.
The Board of Trade.—Capt. Bartholomew Sullivan,
R.N., C. 8., has been appointed a professional member
of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, in
place of the late Admiral Beechey.
The Admiralty.---1 commissionership of Greenwich
Hognital has become vacant by the death of Admiral Sir
Hart.
Customs. Mr. P. IL Lowther has been appointed
from ',mond to first class searcher at Hull. Mr. Thos.
s
Stork has been promoted from third to second class
at Hull. Mr. John Frise has been promoted
from fourth to third class searcher at Hull. Mr. Charles
Taylor has been promoted from second to first class tide
surveyor at Southampton.
Inland Revenue Department. —Stamps and Taxes
Brancb.—Mr. Sells has been appointed to Buckingham.
Mr. John Nicholson has been promoted from Norwich
to Burton-on-Trent. Mr. King Patten bas been pro-
moted from Worthing to Lynn. Mr. John Dalziel has
been promoted from Buckingham to Worthing. Mr.
John Duffield, of Ashbourne, has been promoted from
seventh to sixth class, his district being enlarged.
East Indies.--Messrs. H. T. Prinsep and G. N. Bar-
low have been attached to the Bengal division of the
presidency of Fort William. Mr. W. D. Grant has
been appointed an extra assistant commissioner of the
second class in the Hyderabad assigned districts. Mr.
T. J. Fallon, extra assistant, has been appointed assistant
commissioner at Bassein, vice Lieut. Dangerfietd. Mr.
S. N. Martin, officiating magistrate and collector of
Juaupore, has been appointed to officiate as a deputy
commissioner in the province of Oude, in the room of
Mr. It. Simeon. Mr. A. A. Koberts, civil and sessions
judge in the Saugor and Nerbudda territories, has been
appointed c•riornissioner of the Lahore division. Captains
A. and P. Orr have been appointed assistant commis.'
—Civil Service Gazette.
siooers of the first class in.the province of Oude. Mr.
S.
F. Davis has been appointed collector of Chittagong
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RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

A special meeting of this company was held on Wednes-
diy at Glasgow to consider the propriety of subscribing

towards the British and Irish. Grand Junction Railway,
Mr. A. Orr, the Chairman, presided.

The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the meeting

was to submit to the proprietors a proposal from• the land-
owners of Galloway to form a railway from Castle Douglas
to Stranraer and Portpatrick. The length would be 62
miles, and the cost would not exceed 460,0001. The local
proprietors and others in the district had subscribed

200,0001., the Great Northern Railway 160,0001., and the
Glasgow and South-Western Railway 60,0001. The balance
of 40,0001. was expected from other English Railway
Companies, and further local subscriptions, which were

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still liberally coming in. The Lancaster and Carlisle
Railway Company were to give a rebate or discount of 20
per cent. on passengers, and 15 per cent. on goods traffic!
to and from Ireland, passing over their line, which would
be equivalent to a large subscription. Before the directors

would consent to take any interest in the undertaking they
stipulated that subscriptions must be found, locally or
otherwise, to the amount of the estimates, for the purpose
of proving the bona fide character of the project, and,
that being accomplished, they had no hesitation in recom-

mending the company to subscribe the amount proposed--
namely, 60,0101. The crpital of the British and Irish
Grand Junction . Railway would be 460,0001., in 46,000
bhares of 10/. each. The principal advantages to be gained
by the line were Direct and speedy communication
between Great Britain and Ireland by the short sea passage
of Portplarick and Donaghadee. 2. The Government had
fixed on this passage as the best, and had also agreed by
Treasury minute to adopt those ports for a mail passage,
and make them suitable for the purpose, provided the ne-
cessary railway communication were made. 3. There
were only nine miles of railway to make on the Irish
side to connect Donaghadee with all the network of
lines in Ireland. 4. When the proposed railway of 62
miles was completed. the whole of the north and mid.

land of Ireland would be connected with the south of Scot-
land and all England by a two hours' sea passage. 5. And
which, as a company, they were more immediately inte-
rested in, it would bring over their lines, from Castle
Douglas to Gretna (44 miles), the whole of the Irish traffic,
as well as the whole Wide of the counties of Wigton and
the greater part of Kirkcudbright, to Dumfries and south-
ward. (Cheers.) For these reasons the directors were of
opinion that the sum they had agreed to subscribe was not
more than they were fairly bound to do, considering the
advantages to the company. The directors were assured
the line would be executed in the most economical manner,
and that it had the hearty support of the landed proprie-
tors and tenantry of the two important counties, who had
subscribed the large sum of 200,0001. in from single shares
upwards to Lord Galloway, who took 10,0001., and Lord
Stair 30,0001., and that agreements had been already made
for the greater portion of the land at the agricultural value.
All the money would not be required for two or three years,
and they would obtain power under the bill to raise the
necessary amount. There were now in course of making
branch lines equal to nearly 70 miles, and this by their only
giving aid to the local parties to the extent of 135,0001.; this
was a small sum compared with thobenefit these additional

lines would give to their main line of railway. There
could be no doubt, were the British and Irish Grand Junc-
tion Railway formed, it would induce the large southern
companies to point to a connection with Dumfries for the
purpose of securing a portion of the Irish traffic southward,
and this would open up to their main line more effectual
and ready communication with all parts of England. He
hoped the shareholders would also subscribe individually,
in order to stimulate the exertions of the promoters, and
to place the undertaking beyond the chance of failure. He
concluded by moving a resolution authorising a subsorip
tion of 60,0001. towards the British and Irish Grand
Junction Railway.
Mr. JAMIESON seconded the motion.
Admiral MONTGOMERY was opposed to increasing the
capital, and moved as an amendment, " That the proposed
grant be not given at present."
Mr. BROWN seconded the amendment.

Mr. BROUGH said he was opposed to extensions in gene-
ral, but he thought the directors were right in the present
proposal to subscribe 60,0001., as the additional traffic they
would derive from the proposed line could not fail to pay
more than the interest of the money they proposed to sub-
scribe.

The CHAIRMAN having explained that the matter would
be submitted to the shareholders at the Wharncliffe meet-
ing, Admiral Montgomery withdrew his amendment, and
the motion was carried.

A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedingc.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

It appears that the total expenditure upon the various
sections of this company's great line of railway, 851 miles
in length, amounted to 8,148,1251,, being at the rate of
9,5751. per mile. The section from Portland to Montreal,
a distance of 292 miles, cost 2,775,5071., or 9,5001. per
mile; that from Montreal to Toronto, 335 miles in length,
3,131,3001., or 9,3471. per mile ; from Toronto to Strat•
ford 88 miles, the cost, including the purchase of land and
surveys throughout to Sarnia and the rolling stock,
amounted to 1,119,3351., or 12,7201. per mile; from Que-
bec to Richmond, and extension, 96 miles, the expenditure
was 774,8831., or 8,0711. per mile ; and from Quebec to St.
Thomas, 40 miles, 347,10)1., or 8,6771. per mile. The Vic-
toria-bridge at Montreal, nearly two miles in length, is to
cost 1,2u0,0001., making, with the above, 9,348,1251., or
at the rate of 10,9591, per mile.