The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

THEATRICAL.

Batty's Amphitheatre, at Manchester, built about five
years ago, and capable of containing three thousand,
was totally consumed by fire last Saturday. Mr. Batty
is uninsured, and his loss is estimated at 2,0001.

commr—rAsizzoNAE LE
The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived in Paris, at
the Hotel Mciirice.
Mr. Edward Ellice has arrived in Paris, from Italy,
and Mr. Henry Ellice has returned to the French capital
from London.
It is said that Chandos House will not much longer be
the seat of the Austrian Embassy,
Lord Wharneliffe, Lord President of the Council, left
town yesterday, for his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
Lord and Lad.), Somerset have been placed in mourning
by the death of Miss Catherine Son.erset, which took
place at Weymouth, on Monday last, at the early age o
twenty-six.
Sir Ralph Gore, Baronet, died at Brighton, on
Friday, in his Sad year. His ancestors have held a
high station in Ireland ever since the reign of Eli-
zabeth. Mr. St. George Gore, his eldest son, succeeds
to his title and estates.

The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, with Lord Ed-
ward and the Ladies Howard, are at Arundel Castle,
Sus Sex.

Prince and Princess Esterhaiy have delayed their de-
parture for the present.
The Duke of Cabridge left town, on Wednesday, for
the Duke of .Rutland's castle, in Leicestershire.

NUS CEIGLANIEOUS.
The number of Easter visitors to the British Museum,
has greatly increased this year. On Monday there were
14,320, which exceeds last Whit-Monday's visitors by

more than five thousand ; on Tuesday, 1,694 ;

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Wednesday, 2,129.
On 31st March, 1547, died Francis the First, King of
France : his reign is one of the most eventful of that
Kingdom ; cotemporary with him were Charles the Fifth
of German Henr the Eighth of England, Sultan So-,
Liman, the Constable Bourbon, Luther, and other great ;"
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characters.
The Germans are said, from experience, to be the
best settlers about the Lake Ontario, and during the,
war their conduct was excellent.
At the burial of the Duke of Norfolk, in the
Chapel, Arundel, last week, the styles of the Duke were -19.:01
pronounced by one of the officers at arms over the grave;
and staves then broken, and by the York Herald cast, 4.
into it. This chap W
el, during the civil wars of Charles I.'
was used as barracks by aller's soldiers. One of the
Filzalarr tombs has 28 priests ranged round it, and 40
family shields.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert enjoyed their usual morning walk in the
the
Home Park ; and the Prince of Wales and
Princess Royal were taken an airing.
In the afternoon her Majesty rode out in,
pony carriage, attended by the Countess Dl
warr, Dowager Lady Lyttleton ; and the Ladies
Elizabeth and Mary West, Lady Caroline Cocks'
lion. Miss Cavendish, and the Earl of Warwick,
in other carriages.
Prince Albert was on hoiseback, acc°s
panied by Prince George of Cambridge, a
attended by the Earl Delawarr, Viscount Can'
taupe, Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel Berkeley'
and lion. C. liAurra Wales!
Their Royal hnesses the Prince of
and the Princess Royal were taken carriage
airings.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer, the
Francis Devereux, and the Hon. Georgia')
Stanley arrived on a visit to her Majesty.
The Duchess of Kent rode out to• day, lit'
tended by Lady A. M. Dawson.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie " r
have the honour of joining the Royal diaoe
circle at the Castle this evening. thA
a
The Queen honoured Mr. Partridge 01,_,
final sitting, for the whole-length portrait "h for
he has painted, by her Majesty's command/ "
the gallery at Versailles:
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of .-311
Weimer, left Marlborough Hume, Pall.rna
yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her INlaie'-'t
at Windsor Castle.
Mr. G. W. Usborne, Mr. Tilstone
Burstall, and Mr. Harrison, of Quebec, a'Pek,,,
tation from the Canadian Timber Merebi'",
had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterds)
the Colonial Office.
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister/ aO.
Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister, tra,
sacted business yesterday at the Foreign Offic`i.
Despatches from the Governor of NewOnital '
land were received yesterday at the Cololtjte
Office. Despatches were also received atnir
Colonial Office from the Governors of Van
man's Laud and of West Australia.

1 THE 'INCOME TAX.
MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
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LIVERPOOL, *ARCH. 30—Half-past Eleven, -.bee)
An extremely large meeting of the ineln,ol,
of the various Building Societies in Liverll-10,
was held last night in the Clarendon-re°,o,
r,
Lord-street, to take into consideration the
posed income tax.
f,. al' 1
JAMES WALTHEN, Esq., took the Chair, -no s I
doing so, he said the object of the meeting ic,..,err
very important one, viz., to take into congtiV
tion bow far the proposed income tax would. aye
Building Societies.—(Hear, hear.) As t° tir •
extent to which they would be affected the,: or
peered to be a difference of opinion. '--°d
supposed that not only the property inio:
' profits would be liable to
,the .proposed 44'
It was impossible for him, or any other lnr ,
dual but Sir Robert Peel himself, to be ci,
fled at present to give an answer on the sa?.)lp
He (the Chairman), with Mr. Hindle and roki
Bennett, had had an interview with Til° 01/
Thornley, Esq., M.P. for Wolverhampton/00
this subject, and the result of that meeting"; 0
that he promised to give all the assistance I,,lltilif
o tat'
an in furtherance of their views—to $;
o •
an exemption from the proposed proper''+ ,t, iio'
and he promised to send them a copy of S:r OP
bert Peel's Bill as soorr as it dares tea•,,tter
Friday last he (the Chairman) d at':,;so',
to Mr. Wainwright, the Secretary to Lora 0.4
don, on the subject ; and, with the permisg'°ltetr
the meeting, he would read a copy of his le
and also Mr. Wainwright's reply. ' le
The letter and answer were then read, twr poc
suit of which was, that Lord Sandon couludo'
give any information on the subject, but rio'
mised to lay before Sir R. Peel any comno
' tion the builders might just propose. - 00'
Mr. SHORTHOUSE moved the following re's itl
tion—" That in the opinion of this meetiugilg.
property and income tax may in all proba.vo4
affect to a partial extent the interest of Bol4`lool,
Societies." After commenting at some 104-f IV
the tariff, which, as regards the interests l'A,lll
builders, he did not profess to understate' l
said there would be another resolution proli,.l)`l4
from which it would be seen that this ila;:jP„,
an initiatory meeting. It was with no ititenaor(
of alarming the public mind--,they did n':41,40
pose the plan with any political vieWs"; u
. wanted to keep themselves ready, and try 1.
,(
the best they could for themselves:—(Hear.,,, tie
Mr. TURNER said he thought Sir R. Peelidl
the character and circumstances of Iles.,
Societies as well as they did themselves.—( .•tl'
He (Mr. Turner) thought it would be uni,;:er
the public to expect Building Societies to l'ojog
erupted. Not the slightest doubt but 1391001 f
' Societies would be subjected to the tax. The lief
thing they had to consider would be, how 0.,..'
/
was to be paid amongst themselves? 1 011:
Mr. RUSHBY proposed the next rescua ocs,4
" That a Committee be formed, consistiogetre
least two members from each Building Sarclico3,'(.
Liverpool, to watch the progress of the ,40
Tax Bill through Parliament, to ascertaio iwi.jiit
the impost may affect the. members of Peort,
Societies, likewise to use every prudent ell
obtain a mitigation of this tax, or a coruf"obry
emption from a portion of it, as may apPe.o. 21
densome`and injurious to Euilding Socicasori
The resolution having been seconded, .I`' :40
and carried unanimously.
A Committee was then formed of ti"T;01';
bers from each Building Society in Liiref;:i.'ol
A vote of thanks to the. Chairman 74070
carried unanimously, who briefly returner 'Ail
and the meeting separated. ~(C,
! : tiv
, 11'11
INCOME TAX.. '4 IY:1,0
TO THE EDITOR OF • THE SrDoll' ' !F
SlR,—Many parties have advanced moue);
building of parsonage-houses, workhouses,: Aatft, ild
and chapels, &c., under the authority e? 05 of
Parliament, on condition that certain . portro piwpft
principal are to be repaid annually : -are .:,00430.
receiving such sums to be charged to the Td,
..00-1
on the whole sum repaid annually-, or on ;;:',40,,,y,
amount received as interest ? Oh, only °,ljetiy
terest of course, has been the reply I_ have Wir.,,,,iP
generally. I now ask the question Of Y°44oo`Vti
if the tax is to be charged upon the irrtvcr; door
is but fair that life annuitants should be e '01),,
,ill e,
on the market rate of interest on the pure 113cii
,43,#10
of the annuity; as the same principle by "wel,!‘t in
this case as the other, the extra interest rec ;et,it
,
a calculation that the principal would be - tot. OtY
a given period, together with the jute
,afae,t ott'
life annuitant may put by his portion, the , i'ibel';iel; ,
mortgagee of churches, workhouses, Bzee °1.6. .gyres p. 1
gager may expend the whole sum he re` .0' • ' i
annually as a life annuitant.
Ilfracombe, March 28, 1842. lO
Ole.' ti
THE MOVEMENT. 0 sill,,
There are two important public bodies to .91, , 5: )';";
April—the'Conference at Birmingham on `'i';',o‘. eke'r
the National Convention in London on the, '-';,i; cliit„-
Sturge's Declaration has been nuraerons'ion ii 0:1:-.;
Bath, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Devizes'iect 7-isil'„
places. The following persons have been te-a- and vaile..''
legates :—Rev. T. Spencer, Henry Vinee'Vottoo alik':
Clarke, for .Bath ; Oronterre O'Brien, l'' 1 ; i !-9.
Edge and Cirencester ; Abel Cook, Str°l'grioilfir do', ,
Hollis, Cheltenham ; and others. The 14g. ocei: petit
tion for the People's Charter has alreadiburc 02_it0e i'r
immense number ol,signatures. Large Pa o.lo3PiiPv
hake been held in Troubridge, Wettonkess).cco;
(count), Frome, Westbury, &c., at which .1. wivore'
Prowttng, Roberts, and Robert KempPh P't, to
elected delegates to the National Couventio, 104.
sent the district of Somerset, Gloucester, an it(
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LADY SUGDEN'S BALL AND SUPrri.:
... 5 01.501,1te
den gave her first ball and supper for_t,n;iceilor,ftio
evening at the residence of the Lord Ch ,ry jte
A rf).- , ° .1),
phen's-green, to the principal nobility anusk,enaid ,role
city and suburbs, on which occasion the 1"0„0. ji*,e;
of rooms, tastefully decorated, were th!oo_n_inttiedetuocerl
company began to arrive about ten, and . "' mitt
(,- co off
down until after twelve o'clock. Dane'nlrit all ~, ,
shortly after ten, and was kept up with
.sP unwart!'ciph
one o'clock, when supper was annc,uncene
0,_,.. pay.otil.
400 persons partook of the splendid r_ 1,),. s._'' 10pt,.1:,. at
was resumed after the social meal, and.Z_ Fact. ,
four o'clock this merning.—Dublin Etc! g
w
Tuesday. Bair., iP fie,
We find the following in the Journal of
_id_ was b . li
"On Holy Thur,day the weather, thoue,ll " ' A
veryand tghreealltslicarol
Ipvrdocoefsspieoonpol
people.
theThCeroisislf‘avnatsee:fl;s3:4ce: 1
the Princess of Beira, and the eldest son . Legitnno oil I
accompanied by a cortege of our PurTstatinlig re
walked
walked devoutly on foot, and made then .
_ro.
_,,,,,
the churches and religious houses of the
.c.it,,oo.flP
cchleurrgeyhems:taDndonpCraersleonsteadntdheliniis
wfaiiiti lib-
eatilt:ll.y ";ster..

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