The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-14 00:00:00

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In the late popUlation reports, the number of clergy-
men of the Church of England is returned for England
at 13,574. The tithe income of England and Wales will
this year be about 5,000,0001. sterling.
The whole of the 37th Regiment arrived at Gosport
on Friday last, and are quartered at Haslar and Fortun
barracks ; the last division of the 47th left Gosport for
Weedon the same morning.
At a recent inquest, Mr. Wakley took occasion to ob-
serve, that he had held the office of coroner for five
3 ears and a half, and had the two great termini, and
upwards of 30 miles of the most extensive railways in
the kingdom in his district, and yet, notwithstanding the
millions of persons that must have travelled up and down
those lines during the period he had mentioned, he had
never held a single inquest on a railway passenger.
The " Sbinrone investigation " concluded on Thurs-
day, being the eleventh day of the business. Brophy,
one of the policemen implicated, has been suspended ;
but no decision has been come to with respect to the
other parties. Mr. Parkes has been ordered not to
leave Dublin.
Her Majesty's steamer Flamer, Commander Postle,
on leaving the Shannon, on Wednesday, on her voyage
to Portsmouth, fell in with the brig Magnolier, of St.
John's, Moore, master, bound from Limerick to St.
John's, New Brunswick, dismasted and in distress. The
Flamer immediately went to the relief of the dis-
abled vessel, and brought her to Kilrush, without fur-
ther damage.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a reward
of 100/. for the apprehension and conviction of those con-
cerned in the murder of David Maxwell, at Clonakenny,
county Tipperary, on the sth inst.
We are happy to state that accounts have been received
mentioning a most favourable and gradual improvement
in the health of the Attorney-General. On the 30th of
September Sir William Follett was at Baveno on the Lago
Maggiore, whence he intended to proceed to Milan. The
learned gentleman will remain in Italy for some months.
Mr. Sandrock, the superintendent of the F, or Covent.
garden division of police, has retired from the service on
a superannuation allowance. His successor has not yet
been named.
Mrs. Gibbs (formerly Miss Graddon), the vocalist, has
lately returned from America, where she has resided tor
several years, and has been highly successful in her pro-
fessional career. Mr. Henry Phillips has arrived safe in
New York, but no account of his " opening night " has
yet been received.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERRAMTON
RAILWAY.—On Wednesday a public meeting of the in-
habitants of Chipping Campden and the neighbourh:rod
K as held at the Town-hall, S. Hiron, Esq., in the chair,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of supporting the above projected line. The com-
pany was represented by the following deputation:—
W. Lewis, Lg., Mayor of Worcester; W. Staaard, jun.,
T. N. Foster' H. G. Bushby, R. Beman, F. T. Elgie,
and R. Varden, Esqrs. The outline of the company's
project was put for the consideration of the meet-
ing by Mr. Elgie, who also took up three objections
which had been urged against the undertaking, as
was understood by Lord Redesdale, who is a large
landed proprietor in that district—first, that a railway
was not required in that route ; second, that it would
do an injury to the landowners and occupiers ; and
third, that the demoralising effect on the labouring and
poorer population, during the 'ormation of such great
works, was scarcely ever eradicated. To the first ob-
jection, Mr. Elgie said it would be for the Board of
Trade to say whether the lite was wanted or not; on
the second point Mr. Elgie showed to the satisfaction of
the meeting that great and important advantages would
accrue to the agriculturists flout opening a communica-
tion with the manufacturing markets; and tc the third,
that if the argemeut were to be taken as conclusive
against railways, it must likewise apply to every public
woik throughout the kingdom. Mr. Elgie's address
lasted upwards of an hour; after which Lord Redesdale
put numerous questions to the deputation, which were
so satisfactorily answered as to elicit the applause of the
meeting; and on a resolution being proposed in favour of
the line, and pledging the meeting to its support, the
motion was carried, there being only three dissentients.
A vote of thanks to the deputation was afterwards passed.
THE INCOME-TAX.—We learn that Mr. Pressley,
the Secretary to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, is now,
or has very recently been, at Liverpool, with several
members of that Board, making inquiries respecting the
operation of the income-tax--with a view, as it is stated,
to some modification of the tax. What the contem-
plated modification (if any) may be, it is difficult to
conjecture. It has been stated in some of the newspapers
that Sir Robert Peel intends to keep up the tax on in-
come from property, but to repeal it so far as regards in-
come from trade or profession. This we can hardly
believe ; but it is not improbable that some difference
may be made in the rates of charge on different descrip-
tions of income, which is indeed absolutely necessary to
render it just and equal in its pressure.—Manchesta.
Guardian.
We understand the Lord Advocate has directed a
rigid investigation to be made as to the conduct of the
master of the ill-fated Windsor Castle steamer, on her
passage from Dundee to Edinburgh, last week.—Scotch
Rlfirniers' Gazette.