The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-08 00:00:00

REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX.

LEICESTER, JAN. 7.
A public meeting, called by the Mayor, was held in.
the Town-hall, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of
petitioning against the income tax at its present high rate
of ls. 41 in the pound. The Town-ball was crowded. The
first resolution affirmed that the increase of the tax to ls.
4d., although justifiable and expedient during the war, was
unjust, and burdensome in time of peace, and that its
roduc.ion to 7d. was necessary and expediett: This was
moved by Alderman Manning, and seconded by Alder-
man Toiler, and carried unanitnously. The second
resolution declared the proposed continuance of the in-
creased tax two years after the signing of the treaty of
peace to be unjustifiable and contrary to the spirit of
the act of Parliament. Mr. Councillor Moxon and Mr.
Councillor Hurdy were the mover and seconder of the
resolution. A third resolution, proposing that a petition
to the legislature be prepared, embodying the above
resolutions, and declaring that, if the income tax be con-
tinued beyond 1860, the assessment of it ought to be
based on more just and equitable principles, was moved
by T. Macaulay, Esq., and seconded by Mr. A. Augrave.
Sir JOSEITJA WALMSLET, M.P., who was very well
received, after some prefatory remarks, in which he ex-
pressed his acknowledgments to the Mayor and the com-
mittee for the opportunity of b2ing present, and hi!
desire to meet big constituents more frequently, Said be
had listened with attention, and not without profit, to
the very pertinent, moderate, and just observations
which bad fallen from those who had addressed the meet-
ing, and was rejoiced to find they had suggested, not the
abolition, but the equitable adjustment and reduction
of the present unequal mode of taxation, and should the
subject come before Parliament those observations, so
far as he was concerned, should have all the attention
they so well deserved, but he was not without hope that
the income tax in its presentshape would not again form
part of the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
It must be as evident to that right hon. gentleman as it
was to others who had given attention to the subject,
that to levy the same rate per cent. on industrial and
precarious incomes arising out of trades and professions
as on those arising out of real property, was not only
unequal but manifestly unjust, and could not have been
levied under a sound system of representation. He
was not aware of any other country in which so un-
equal a system of taxation prevailed. In tu, st of the
European nati ns the .chief burdens of taxation were
borne by the land. In some there was a graduated land

tax, varying from 3i in the pound on incomes of 3001.
a year to 6s. in the pound on 4,0001. a year. In this
United States, all property, whether real or personal,
was charged, but there was no tax on professional or
precarious incomes. He would not weary the meeting
with further statistical details, but, with permission,
would point to one or two authorities on this subject,
out of a host of others which he held in his band, whose
names would give weight to these opinions. Sir Archi-
bald Alison, in his "History of Europe," pertinently
remarks : "A greater error in finance could not have
been committed than the introduction of an income tax
without any graduation, but that arising from the amount
of revenue." In this short, but pithy, sentence he em-
bodies the whole gist of the ques'ion. Another
authority, and no mean one, the late Mr. Hume, then
whom there was no sounder financier. In his report as
chairman of the income and property-tax committee of
1851.2, he says : "Such a tax, with its present inequali-
ties, could not remain a permanent one. The inquiry
before the committee had established the truth of the
public judgment, on its injustice. But (he adds) an
assessment on all property and on capitalised industrial
incomes would be more equitable, and enable the nation
to carry out free trade in its integrity." He (Sir
Joshua Walinsley) fully concurred in those sentiments,
and he believed they would find a response from those
be had the honour to address. It was, indeed, only just
that the greater portion of the revenue should be drawn
from those who were not only best able to bear the bur-
den, but for whose benefit it was more especially dis-
bursed. Were taxation to be equitably adjusted on its
own merits, there could, he thought, be little difficulty
in framing a just and satisfactory measure ; but powerful
class interests had interfered, and so complicated the
subject as to throw the greater portion of the burdens on
the shoulders of those least able to bear them. He ex-
pressed his satisfaction that his constituents were alive
to the danger of an abolition of the income tax, lest it
should enable others to throw overboard the property-tax
and to revert to a system of imposts the most unjust and
the most oppressive—taxes on the first necessaries of
life, which necessarily fall with undue severity on the
working cia-ses. Something had been urged as to the
property and income tax being a war tax. In his opi-
nion, all taxes were for the protection of life and pro-
perty, and the only distinction he could draw was, which
was the most equitable for all purposes. If, however,
it were specially a war tax, it ought to be retained until
those oppressive burdens incurred by war were removed,
and we were more free to struggle in the race of compe-
tition, now so severe, with other nations. To the SO
millions left as a legacy we had recently added 40 mil-
lions more. It was due to all classes that there should
be a more equitable mode of taxation. He bad never
found any portion of his fellow-countrymen indisposed
to pay their full share of the burdens, but the present
unequal levy had caused much dissatisfaction. In a
prize essay published in Liverpool in 1848 under the
signature of "X. Y.," there was a proposition well
worthy of mature consideration : "To remove every
exi-ting tax, dlr• ct and indirect, and in lien thereof to
substitute a capitalised income and property tax, gra-
duated according to the interest, wlesther for one or
twenty years' purchase, and it was estimated that 1 per
cen'. on such capitalised sum would meet all the require-
',Rents of the state. He would not trespass further on
their attention than to assure them that although he
had not recently attended any public meetings of his
constituents, he had not neglected their interests. Ia
fact his whole time and attention, since he had the honour
of representing them, had been devoted to their service,
and should so continue whilst he held that confidence.
The resolutions were carried with the greatest unani-
mity, and after a vote of thanks to the Mayor (J. Under-
wood, Eeq ), and to Sir J. Walrnsley, M.P., the meeting
separated. Mr. J. Biggs, M.P., the other member for
the borough, was unable to attend the meeting through
indisposition.

FRONE.—On Friday evening last at Frome a meeting
of the inhabitants was held in the assembly-room, at the
George Hotel, Donald Nicoll, Esq., iu the chair, when
resolutions were passed unanimously declaring the exist-
ing tax ')f 16d. in the pound to be enormous in amount,
offensively inquisitorial, by its inequaliry unjust, and
and that its continuance beyond the sth of April next
would not only be oppressive, but a violation of the
spirit of the act consented to by Parliament and the
people of this country, in the belief that the impost would
not be continued more than one year after the termins
tion of the war with Russia. Also that to tan precarious
and permanent incomes alike is manifestly unjust ; and
that a petition be presented to the House of Commons is
accordance with the foregoing resolutions. The meeting
was addressed by Messrs. Coombs, Chapman, Beal, Rev.
S. Manning, Morris, Rev. E. E. Holroyd, and others ;
and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting
was dissolved.
CAIIIIIDOIL—A large meeting of the inhabitants was
held yesterday afternoon, at the Town-hall, Cambridge,
the Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of petitioning
Parliament for the reduction of the income tax from 16d.
to its original amount of 7d. in the pound, from and alter
the month of April next. The speakers manifested
great unanimity in their desire to be relieved of the
burden, and a petition embodying the opinions of the
meeting received immediate signature.
preliminary meeting was also held at Ely, on Tues-
day evening, for the same object, at which resolutions
of a similar nature were unardin .usly passed, and another
meeting convened for the formal adoption of a petition
founded thereon.

A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. Mary,
Islington, was held last evening at the Myddletou-hall,
Upper-street, at which resolutions were passed for the
immediate reduction of the income tax to 7d. in the
pound, and for the exoneration of all incomes under
1501 per annum ; and a petition to Parliament praying
for the above object was forthwith adopted.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bridgewater,
convened by the Mayor, Mr. J. Ruddock, was held in
the Guildhall of that tow❑ on Monday. Resolutions in
oppeition to this tax were unattim ,usly agreed to.

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Hunry Carr,
alias Thomas Baker, 21, shopman, pleaded guilty to an
itidictmen7,l,,r stealing 52 handkerchief• and other goods,
valued at 601., the property of Cuarles Meeknag and
anothsr, his masters. He was sentenced to be kept in
penal servitude for four years. The prisoner, who did
not seem to anticipate such a sentence, groaned heavily,
and staggerer as he left t duck. Jacob Israel, a
young man, surrendered to take his trial for a felonious
assault upon a girl eighteen years old, named Julia
Cohen. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRI LA NE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R.
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Bayerley.
Engagement of Mr. Leigh Murray.
Twelfth Night of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, th•
nicest magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
THE LADIES' BATTLE.

After which will be produced an entirely new and original
symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, and extra-physiog-
nomical grotesque, statuesque, and picturesque Grand Comic
Christmas Pantomime, which for some time past has employed
the unrivalled resources of this extensive establishment, and
which will be called or entitled, as it is entitled to be called,
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;

Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The scenery entirely new, painted by and. under the direc-
tion of Mr. William Beverley and numerous assistants. The
machinery by J. Tucker and assistants. The properties, de•
corations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Messrs.
Needham, Glindon, &c. The masks, models, and physiog-
nomical devices designed j.nd executed by the celebrated
Dykwynkyn. The overturrand music composed and arranged
by Herr Anschuez. The choregraphic arrangements under
the personal supervision of M. Petit. The comic scenes con-
structed by and under the direction of Harry Boleno. The
peculiar grotesque opening invented and written by E. L.
Blanchard, author of "Harlequin and the Seven Ages of
Man," " Jack and Jill," " Humming Top," " Hudibras," &c.,
and the whole arranged and produced under the direction of
Mr. Robert Roxby.
Ye ancients and truthful legend on ye which ye pantomime
Its story is founded :
" See, saw, Margery Daw,
" Sold her bed, and laid upon straw."
MSS. of Nursery Rhymes in British Museum.
Region of Reverses, in the Island of Ups and Downs. " Yea,
the Great Globe itself."

Here we go up, ttp, up,
" Here we go down, down, down ;
" Here we go backwards and forwards,
hind here we go round and round."

Juvenile Chorus of the earliest period, supposed to belong to
the One. Up, Mr. Topham ; Down, Mr. Low; Opera-
box, Kid Glove, Tiger and Brougham, and Porte-monnaie
(attendants upon Up), Signor Lorgnette. Herr Tightfitt,
Master Saueebox, and Monsieur Chinque ; Hard Up, Dupli-
cate, Distraint, and Rags (attendants upon Down), Mr. Friz-
hard, Mr. Popall, Mr. Quodham, and Mr. Patchwell. An-
nual appearance of Holyday in her Emblematic Car. Holyday
(the Genius of the Season), Miss Marian Stanley ; Sport and
Pastime (her attendants), Misses Lovelaugh and Lightheart ;
Dame Necessity (who is on this occasion made a virtue of by
particular desire), Mrs. Selby. How Invention, the Daughter
of Necessity, is called upon to assist the development of the
story, while Holyday invites both Up and Down to enjoy
themselves. Holyday's Home in the Green Bower of Mistletoe
and Winter Garden of the Fairies.—Mistletoe' (the Fairy
,Queen) Miss E. Wadham ; Fairy Spirits of the Kisses that
'have been given under the Mistletoe, by upwards of 100
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Grand Ballet —Miss
Rosina Wright, Mdlles. J. and E. Osmont, and the Co-
ryphees. The Golden Gates leading to the Palace of
Huggamugga.—Herald (with a Proclamation); Mr.
Hornogold ; Guards, Messrs. Stiffneck, Headsnp,
Eyesright, Shoulderarms, Stand-at-ease, and March-
well ; Tailor, Mr. Broadcloth ; Cobbler, Mr. Waxend; Black
smith, Mr. Anvil ; the Princess Margery Daw (afterwards
Columbine), Madame Bolen° ; Shilly and Shally (her Maids
of Honour), Misses Dithery and Dothery. How Margery
Daw has no no, ion of work herself, and the contempt she
shows towards those who do work. Interior of the Palace of
King Huggamugga. King Huggamngga (Sovereign of the
Land of Sixes and Sevens), Mr. Dawking ; Huryl-Burly (Lord
Chancellor), Mr. Bigwig ; Niminy-Piminy (the Lord Chem-
berriin), Mr. Noodledom ; Higgledy-Piggledy (Goldstick in
Waiting), Mr. Muddle ; other Members of the Court, Messrs.
Bow, Scrape, Cringe, Crouch, Tagra.g, Merrywag, Perriwig,
and Hatband; Court Milliner, Madame Crinoline ; Drawing
Master, Professor Crayon ; Governess, Miss Frump ; Music-
Master, Signor Hurdigurdi ; Maid in Waiting, Miss Sweet-
; Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Cook ; Prince Popinjay (of
( Land of Prettistory), Mr. Finefeather ; his Retinue,
Dlessrs, Glare, Dazzle, Gleam, Glitter, and Cutashine. How
the Princess is taught a wholesome lesson by Necessity, and
of the change that takes place in consequence. Cottage of
Necessity, with a Prospect of Hard Work in the Distance.
The Enchanted Woi kbox—The Sampler and the Exemplar,
and the pretty piece of work that Margery Daw makes of it,
Inhabitants of the Workbox :—Row of Pins, Messrs. Shar,),
Bent, Crooked, Pinaday, Groatayear, &c. ; Regiment of
Needles (ready drilled), Messrs. Largeeye, Sinalleye, Longsix,
Splitup, Snapoff, &c. ; Thimble, Master Tom Thumb ;
Worsted, Mr. Bawlaway ; Bodkin, Mr. Pierce ; Tape Mea
sure, Mr. Inchbald; Hook and Eye, Messrs. How and Some-
bodyelse ; Shirt Buttons, Mr. Earlypurly ; Scissors, Mr.
Shearsteel. How Margery Daw makes an important discovery

and the audience also, and how, led. by Necessity, she is com-
pelled to alter her opinions and change her position. The Mine
of Labour, leading to the Mine of Wealth Labour (the Parent
of Health, Wealth, and Happhiess), Mr. Strong'i'th'arm.
What Margery Daw goes to see, what she saw, and the re-
ward that Holyday bestows. Grand Scenic and Mechanical
Effects, exhibiting (in processqf construction) the Fairy Fac-
tory of Fancy, completed with e assistance of Labour and
Imagination. Brilliant Tableau. Tile Transformation :—Two
Harlequins, Herr Dentin and Signor Veroni ; two Sprites,

the Brothers Elliott ; two Pantaloor s, Mr. Barnes and Mr. G.
Tanner; two Clowns, Messrs. Harry Bolen() and Flexmore;
the Gent, Mr. Halford ; two Columbines, Madame Boleno
and Miss Honey. The Ups and Downs of the Harlcquinade,
showing the Ins and Outs and Turns About of the Pantomime
Rally ; Toy Warehouse, Butcher's and Baker's Shop
(Bolenos, Denlin, Tanner, and Halford).—A pink of polite-
ness—Clown very toyish—Getting a nutcracker, which turns

out a nobby toy—First and last toys for gambling—Marbles
versus dice—Despatches, loaded, and off they go—Harlequin
takes a private box—Clown takes Chatterton's situation as
boxkeeper Kite-flying—A game of Cricket, by which some
of the players get bowled out, and afterwards stumped,
which turns out a long stop—The uses and abuses of the crin-
oline—A Jack in the box—A box of regular British toys and
a basket of French bread (bricks)—Aldershott a size smaller
—Grand review of infantry—A military ball—Going in for a

buster—Coming out with a roll—Clowa make a peel t 3
baker's feelings—List, oh, List—Squaring a round of beef—

Clown takes a steak and' gets a chop in return—Pantaloon

tries his hand at a game and loses by it Cut and come 'again
—Clown takes a butcher's shop, which Harlequin makes too
hot to hold him. Tailor's Shep and Perfumery Warehouse (Ve-
roni, Barnes, and Honey). A gentleman in search of a tailor—
A suit that is quite the ticket—Tue Oude wrapper—Railway
wrappers--Transfer depot--Washing machine—extraordinary—
Something that won't wash—Cleaned out—Scent in and sent out-
Foreign versus English toothpowder Hungary water—A
Frangipani bouquet—Wonderful effects of the Pistachio nut-
powder —A case of real distress—Pantaloon in a fix—Fur-
nished Apartments for Single Men (Bolenos, Denlin, and
Tanner).—Clown and Pantaloon in high life—A domestic re-
volution—lurning the tables—To bed, to bed—A drop too
much Clown now begins to reflect—The looking-glass follows
his example—Two heads better than one—Clown takes a turn
en the sofa, which also takes a turn on its own account—
Multiplication altercation, which ends with a regular row in
the house, .Judkia's Gas-regulating Machine• and General
Patent Office and Stationer's Shop (Veroni, Barnes, and
lioney.)—Clown, being in Fleet-street. goes the pace rather
fast—The language of the eyes (1-talian of course) which
everybody understands—Bath post versus London post—Re-
gnlators Wanted : railway regulators, army regulators, gas
regulators, smoke regulators—Sewing, cutting, washing,
pressing, and ironing done by a turn—Clown makes a shift
which makes Pantaloon a little shirty—A box of common
scents—A fresh supply of blacks from America—A Dred-ful
scene ensues. Mechi's Model Farm (Bolenos, Denlin, and
Tanner )—Harvest-home —A rakish dance by rustic lads and
lasses—The milky way—Harlequin makes a pump of himself
—A strong smell of game—A farm-yard visitor—Clown finds
the pig a very great bore—Pantaloon finds the dog gets
greatly attached to him —Prize Poultty—Cochin China and
couch in England —Novel hatching—The old vnail—Full in-
aide—Clown off by the Express and Pantaloon by the
Rocket— Mappin's Cutlery and Shilling Razor Warehouse,
King William-street, City (the whole of the double
company will appear in this scene )—Pantaloon proposes
to take a bus—Present and future—Weight of public opinion
—A change for the better—The people's own bus—When

fool meets fool then comes the tug of fun—Collision, crash,
smash, and dash—Garotte preventive—Moustache move-

went—A pair of sharp 141ades—Clowns prove themselves a
cane for cutlery—Holloway stopped by Holloway's oint-

went--The duel —A cut direct --- Forewarned, forearmed—

Public nuisances of 1866—0 h, my Crinoline—A high wind

a regular blow np, and glorious termination to Ups and
Downs in Holiday's Fairy Home.

The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
home to suit every one:—Galleries, M. and is. ; Second
Circle of Boxes, is. Gd. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes,
105„ 6d., I'. is., 11. 11g. 64.1., and 21. 2s.
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.