The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—As there has been so much agitation respecting
the income tax, perhaps you will have the kindness to
insert the subjoined statement in your next publication,
and you will confer an obligation on, sir, your obedient
servant, A SUBSCRIBER.

NATIONAL REVENUE. AS BY PARLIAMEN
TARY STATEMENT, 1842.
Customs £23,515,374 12 Oi
•
Eloise 14,602,847 5 9t
Miscellaneous 11,420,402 9 4}
Po,t•office
Laud tax on lands and
tenements

1,214,430 0 0

£52,248;59416 34
Other T:+vs.
... £17,500,000
... 3,667,001
••• 7,700.000
••• 51,034,164

• Land Tax.
France. £23,200,000
Russia 3,990,000
Austria
ELigland „ 1,214,430

daughter of Baron Lionel de
Baron Alphonse Rothschild has arrived at C'aridge's
Hotel from Paris. The marriage of the Baron with his
Rothschild, will take place at Gunnerabury on the 4th
proximo.
The Speaker's first Parliamentary dinner will take
cousin, Miss Rothschild,
Alice on Saturday next.
The Hon. P. S. Pierrepont and Mrs. Pierrepont have
arrived at, Claridge's Hotel from Evenley Hall, near
Brackley. Mrs. Phillimore has left the same establish-
ment for Brighton.
Sir Henry Cotterell has arrived in Stratton-street for
the season.
Mr.
r R
'M.P., and Mrs. Milord have left
Holfod House,S. Hllo7d their tb
seat Westonbirt, near T
ury,
in Gloucestershire.
The Duke and Duchess of Roteburgh and Lady Susan
and Lady Charlotte Innes-Ker have left the Clarendon
Tetbury,
for Broxinouth Park, Dunbar, N.B,
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are entertaining a
succession of company at Wakefield Lodge, Northamp-
tonshire.
The Earl of Eglinton and the Misses Cockerell have
arrived in town for the season.
The Earl of Harewood remains in much the same con
dition. His lordship was somewhat better on Monday.
Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family are still
staying at St. Leonards-on-Sca. Her ladyship will not
come to town until after Easter.
Lord and Lady Colville have arrived iti town. The
noble lord and her laiyship have been absti.nt from Eng-
land some months on a yachting excursion in the Medi-
terranean.
Lord Broughton arrived at his residence in Berkeley-
square a few days since, from Erlestoke Park, Wilts.
THE VIOLET.—The subscription in aid of the fund in
course of collection for the relief of the sufferer's by the
loss of the Violet now reaches over 2,000/,—,Dorcr
Chronicle
TEA. —The arrival is announced of the Virginia, from
Foo-chow-foo, and the Southern Cross from Hong Ko vg.
the former vessel has 916,000 lb., and the lati.ar
709,200 lb. of tea on freight.
THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY.-11i9 Excellency
M. Mu-uras, the Turkish Ambassador, having received
the firman of the Sultan, granting the concession for the
Euphrates Valley Railway, Major-General Chesney and
Mr. Andrew bad an interview yesterday with his Excel-
lency with referenca thereto.
VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OP RUSSIA TO THE EMPEROR
NAPOLEON.—A Litter from Berlin, in the Post Ampt
Gazette, says :—" A piece of news, which was only at
We now learn, from good authority, that the
j•iurney of the Emperor of Russia will not be c infined
consis-
tency
'Ample rumour, has
since acquired more consis-
pof March or
will of the late Richard
April.
E
to visiting the Empress D iwager at Nice, but that his
Majesty will vi,it the Emperor of the French at Paris,
Lea, Esq., of Weymouth street, has been proved at
Doctors'-commons as under 600,0001. The bulk of this
large property is settled by the testator upon the family
of the late David Bevan,
(who married a sister of
in
the
N o n monthu sRO
the testator), and their children after them. The exe-
cut ars named in the will are R. C. L. Bevan, the
banker ; Richard Lee Bevan, Esq., and Augustus Henry
Bosanquet, Esq , of the firia of Bosanquet and Naghten.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The folio wing papers were
issued yesterday : —Correvondence relative to the Go-
vernment of °tide ; Report of the Beard of Trade on
the Agricultural Statistics of Scotland ; Report of the
In-pectors of Factories for the half year ending 31st
October, 1856.

THE NEUCHATEL CONFERENCE.—The delay which
has taken place in the meeting
of the Congress foof Neucha
definite
gr srlo Colonel dbee
Msettlement of the affair tl is attri-
kited by the Bourse 0 t r the
u-e te of Berlin to a serious illness
of the Count de Ha zfeld, the Prussian Ambassador at
Paris. The same j )urnal says :—"The object of the
visit to
Kin
K Pais of Ci
Neuchatel." is eid to e
oannet ee uc
tffeedl,
wAiitelhe-tdbee• Ceaffrany too
the ;
ATTEMPTED MURDER AT DARTMOOR PRISOY
will be recAlected that we ropoited in The Sun, A short
time ago, the trial of a lad named Riley, at Ese ter, for
attempting to murder Akxander Carrick with a spade at
Dartmoor Convict Prison. A similar case hat just oc•
curred at the same prison, a young man aged only 19,
named Lewis Francis, having been con: mitt ed to the
Dovon C,unzy Gaol for striking Henry Brow: 1, one of
the warders, with a spade, with intent to murder him.
It appears that the prisoner has long. been a profes-
sional thief, and during the last four years has been con-
victed of several offences in different parts of tho a country.
He was convicted at Liverpool of picking pot •kets,nd a
sentenced to four years penal servitude. 11. has been
at Dartmoor for a period of 23 months, and b is conduct
during the whole of that time has been ci f thent
description. It is reported that while eng ag out-
door work he struck the warder with xmsiderable
violence with the spade which he was using, . %ad ittflict-
ng serious injuries on the officer.