The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

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THE INCOME TAX.

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nPeel, M.P., was present, and said he thought the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer would fully endorse the opinion
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expressed by the meeting, that it was expedient to reduce
the tax to sevenpence in the pound from the sth of April
next.
MEETING AT EYESEIAL—A meeting against the
into' ni-tax was held at Evesham on Wednesday. Reso-
latioas were carried declaring the present tax excessive,
and the ptineiple of taxing professional income and that
derived from capital alike unjust. Sir H. Willoughby,
one of the members of the borough, was present, and in
the course of his speech observed that the war portion
of the tax ought to be removed after the sth of April
next, and the whole as soon as possible. As to the
capitalisation of incomes, which had been talked about
by the Liverpool financial reformers, he would caution
those gentlemen lest they fell " out of the frying-pan into
the fire."

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have arrived at
Stafford House, from Trentham.
The Dnk• of Wellington has left town for Strathfield-
saye. The Duchess is about to resume her duties as
Lady in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Marquis of Salisbury has left Hatfield, on a visit
to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at Burleigh.
The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland and Lady
Rose Fane have returned to town, from visiting the
Marquis of Exeter, at Burleigh.
The Earl of Strathmore has left town for Glarnis
Castle, Forfarshire.
The Dowager Lady Cowley has returned to Hertford-
street, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, at Hatfield.
The Royal Commissioners for determining the site of
the National Gallery met yesterday iu Downing-street,
at the house of the First Lord of the Treasury. The
Commissioners present were Lord Broughton, the Dean
of St. Paul's, Professor Faraday, Mr. Cockerell, R.A.,
and Mr. Richmond. The Queen's commission was read,
Lord Broughton placed in the chair, and Mr. Montague
Butler chosen Secretary to the Commissioners.
The steamer Ripon will leave Southampton for Alex-
andria on the 4th of February with the mails for India
and China, instead of the Indus.

According to the Deutsche Allyenteine Zeitung, the
Emperor of Austria will visit some of the great European
Courts during the summer, instead of going to Hungary.
The Admiralty have accepted the Thames and the
Lady Shelburne for the conveyance of stores respectively
to Jamaica and Natal.

The Bank of England yesterday ordered a bonus of
10 per cent. on the salaries of the clerks in that esta-
blishment for the past year.
A memorial very numerously signed by the leading
houses in the wine trade was presented to the Treasury
yesterday, requesting that the privilege may be granted
of bottling foreign wines in bond.
There were no gold withdrawals from the Bank of
England yesterday, but the exchange at Paris seems to
be declining to a point at which gold will be likely to be
sent thither as a remittance. _ _

NEW TURKISH RAILROAD. —The concession for the
railroad from the Danube to the Archipelago has been
sent after Mr. Layard, who has a term of three months
after the receipt of the concession to get up the com-
pany.
THE SPIRIT TRADE,—The impulse given to the manu-
facture of spirits in this country by the large demand
Russia, Spain, and France, where the
Australis,ionofsp
spirits from grain has been prohibited, has
led to a considerable increase in the price of gin. The
distillation at
six great distillery houses of London are producing col-
lectively between 200,000 and 300,000 gallons weekly.
It is said by those conversant with the operations of the
trade that this access of demand is equal to that of forty
millions of population, and equivalent to a rise of one-
third in sale. The profits of the business are said to be
very large, but the enormous expense of the plant re-
quired md the vexatious operation' of tke Excise have
rendered it almost a monopoly.