The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

dared himself a decided friend to the repeal of the
Corn-laws, and all other laws which restricted com-
merce ; and all the other candidates expressed them-
selves in favour of "an immediate and unconditional
repeal of the Corn-laws." The sense of the meeting
having been taken, Mr. Alderman Copeland declared
fourteen gentlemen, all Reformers and free traders,
to be duly elected. A poll was demanded by Mr.
Thomas Welch, an out-and-out Tory, but the poll
proceeded very languidly up to three o'clock, at which
hour only nine votes were recorded in favour of the
Tory candidate.
In Caipplegate-Within, Mr. Packwood observed,
there was a question agitating the the country from
one end to the other--he meant the Corn-laws; and
it behoved them to send men to the Common Council
who would support resolutions for their repeal. As
some of their membfrs had not supported the reso-
lution for their repeal, he nominated a gentleman
merely to allow the representatives to give an expla-
nation of their conduct.
A poll having been demanded, the wardmote was
adjourned.
When public opinion has had an opportunity of ma-
nifesting itself, it has been unequivocally pronounced
against the Corn-laws. At present we are unable,
from the necessarily brief accounts of the elections in
the smaller wards, to form an opinion as to the parti-
cular opinions of the parties elected.
The other subject brought prominently forward
was the Income-tax.
A very short trial of the Income-tax has, it
appears, been sufficient to enlighten the citizens of Lon-
don as to its objectionable character. Resolutions were
passed yesterday at several wardmotes, in which the
tax is condemned as odious, inquisitorial, and vexa-
tious, and the conduct of the surveyors and assessors
is severely censured.
At the wardmote of the Ward of Tower, it was
resolved—
" That it is the opinion of this wardmote that the
Income-tax is a war tax, and should be a war tax
only; that it is odious, inquisitorial, and vexatious,
repugnant to the feelings, and derogatory to the in-
dependence of Englishmen; and should, under the
present circumstances of peace with India and China,
forthwith be repealed."
At the wardmote of Broad-street Ward it was re-
solved unanimously—
" That the wardmote expresses its indignant cen-
sure for the unwarrantable conduct of the surveyors
and assessors under the Income-tax in respect of the
houses in the ward, as having occasioned the inhabi-
tants much unnecessary inconvenience, and as having
subjected them, by unjustiable surcharges, to a gross
imputation upon their integrity when making returns
under a oolemn declaration.

" That a copy of the above resolution, signed by
the Ward Clerk, be transmitted to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer."
At Langbourne Ward, Mr. GUDE, after a speech
in which he forcibly described the inconvenience and
trouble to which the citizens were put by this inqui-
sitorial tax, moved a resolution—

" That the inquisitorial Property and Income-tax,
having been imposed for the express purpose of raising
money to enable her Majesty's Government to carry
on the war in India and China, now happily termi-
nated, it was the opinion of the Wardmote that every
endeavour should be especially used by the citizens of
London to obtain the repeal of so odious and inquisi
torial an impost."
The resolution, after being modified in that part
which stated the Income-tax was levied to defray the
war expenses in India and China, was carried by a
large majority.
Several gentlemen complained bitterly of the in-
justice to which they had been subjected by sur-
veyors. One gentleman (Mr. Long) said "He had
seen the books, as he had been appointed an assessor
of Income-tax, but had refused to act, and he could
state that the surveyor had altered the returns of the
}louse rents."

If in the metropolis, where, for obvious reasons, it
must have been desirable to execute the Income-tax
Act in such a manner as to excite as little dissatis-
faction as possible, we find the patience of the citi-
zens fairly exhausted, and the tax characterised as
odious, inquisitorial, and vexatious, we may be sure,
that in other parts of the country the surveyors and
assessors have acted still more harshly, and supplied
still more cogent reasons for hostility to the tax. The
London Wards have commenced the war, but it will
not surprise us if the example set by them be not
speedily followed throughout the kingdom. It is im-
possible to make the tax palatable to a people like the
English,' who hate, above all things, to be inter-
fered with in their business operations. It did not
require the gift of prophecy to foretel what would be
the result of. Sir Robert Peel's experiment. This In-
come-tax was, indeed, a capital blunder, and we are
much mistaken if, by this time, lie is not himself of
that opinion.—Chronicle.

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—The Royal Mail steamer
Tweed, Franklin, Commander, arrived here;this morn-
ing with the West India and Mexican mails. Her
dates of departure are as follow :—Jamaica 18th of
November, Cuba 19th, St. Thomas's 24th, and Ber-
muda 30th. She experienced very boisterous weather
on her passage, and in consequence of a heavy gale of
wind, was unable to communicate with Fayal. She
has on freight 60,000 dollars, 11 passengers, and 45
bales of cochineal, and left the following vessels at St.
Thomas :—Royal Mail steamers Tay (with mails
from England of the 3d of November), Thames, Dee,
and Trent, and the Liffey schooner ; her Majesty's
ship Scylla, Captain Sharp, and the Montezuma
war-steamer destined for Mexican service. Her
Majesty's ship Charybdis sailed from Port Royal,
for England, on the 17th of November, with the
crew of the Spitfire steamer (which had been
wrecked), and a considerable freight of specie. Her
Majesty's ships Imaum and Magnificent were at Port
Royal. Her Majesty's ship Illustrious, Admiral Sir
Charles Adam, from Halifax, in tow of the Carron
steamer, was obliged to slip the warps in conse•
quence of strong head winds in the narrows off Ca-
therine's Point. The Tweed passing at the time, her
services were put into requisition, and she took the
ship in tow and brought her to Bermuda in safety.
The following are the names of the passengers per
Tweed
m: —r
P Mrs.ag e, Davis,
3r. 3l r. Nunez,
Fullerton,
Mr. 3,1 r .
HGulagdgsionns: Mr.Dempster, Lieut. Hannant, Mr. Gordon, Captain
CMr. Couldry.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 21.—The Royal West India
mail steam-packet the TWeed, arrived here at nine
o'clock this morning, in time for her private dispatches
to be forwarded to London by the nine o'clock train,
by which means the
Company received their letters
several hours before the post-office delivery. The
Tweed left St. Thomas's
on the 24th of November,
arrived at Bermuda the Ist of December, and sailed
on the 4th. In consequence of a severe storm, which
lasted three days, she was unable to communicate with
Fayal. The Tweed brings borne fourteen passengers,
60,000 dollars, and 45 eerons of cochineal.