The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

SITION TO THE INCOME TAX.

SHIPS IN PORT AT MALTA, MARCH 27.
The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Fran-
cis Mason, K. C.B. ; Ceylon, 6, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir John Louis, Bart. ; Impregnable, 104; Rodney, 92;
Vanguard, 84 ; Thunderer, 84; Calcutta, 84 ; Cambridge, 78;
Vernon frigate, 50 ; Scout corvette, 18 ; Weazle, 10 ; Beacon,
surveying-vessel, 8; Magpie cutter, 4; Devastation war-
steamer ; steam-packets, Prometheus, Alecto, Polyphemus,
Peninsular and Oriental steamers Oriental and Iberia; Royal
Yacht schooner Circassian; Tunisian corvettes Delaliah and
Aleshoud; and French steam-packets Leonidas, Mentor, and
Rhamses.

NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
The only arrival we have had during the past week is the
Cambridge ship of the line, on the 20th, from Gibraltar, last
from Tarragona (in six daysN from which latter port she has
brought the masts, spars, iron ballast, and sundry stores, be-
longing to the Tribune, wrecked there some time ago. The
departures consist only of the Daphne corvette on the 20th,
and the Benbow ship of the line on the 21st, both for England,
and the Vesuvius steamer of war, also on the 21st, for Barce-
lona, where it is reported a large French naval force has ar-
rived. The Benbow, after getting about six miles out to sea.
shortened sail, then furled all her canvass (the wind being light
from the N. W. ), crossed yards, and passed a hawser to the
Vesuvius, which towed her out of sight of the island.
The Tunisian corvettes Delaliah and Meshoud, which put in
here through stress of weathet on the 17th instant, bound
from Tunis to Constantinople, remain in port, the former
having knocked away her rudder in coming to anchor. The
Meshoud is said to be a present to the Sultan from the Bey of
Tunis, and she is reported to have also a large sum of specie on
hoard. The Circassian yacht, belonging to Mr. W. Lyon,
sailed the 2ad instant.

The Neapolitan steam-packet Francesco Imo arrived on the
28th from Naples and Sicily, and left again on her return the
22d inst. The French steam-packet Rhamses, from the
Levant, arrived early this morning. On the 2d inst one of
the heaviest gales this winter was expel ienced at Bea rout. ; the
Alexandria packei-schooner Emmetje and an English mer-
chant brig rode it out off the town. The Inconstant was at
Beyrout on the 4th inst., the Hecate at Jaffa, the Weazle on
the northern coast of Syria, whence the Savage is on her way
to Malta.
The Cyclops arrived at Beyrout on the 2d inst., left again
on the sth, and arrived at Alexandria on the 7th inst. The
Medea left the Pirmus for Rhodes on the Bth inst. The Ori-
ental contract steam-ship is hourly looked for from Alexandria ;
on her arrival the Alecto will be despatched to Marseilles
with the overland India and China mail for En;land. The
Prometheus, from Gibraltar, with the London mail, was due
on the 28th ult., and the Iberia, from the lonian Islands and
Greece, to-morrow.
The Magicienne was lying at Suda on the 14th inst.
The Aigle, which left Smyrna for Vourla on the 14th, re-
turned to Smyrna on the 18th inst.

The four Prench sail of the line, Ville de Marseille; Ge-
mappe, Friedland, and Genereux, sailed from Smyrna for
Toulon on the 17th inst. Admiral Lasusse, in the Santi Petri,
with the Calypso frigate, Diligente corvette, Fleche brig, and
Acheron steamer, remained at Smyrna on the 19th inst.
The Austrian frigate Venere, with the flag of Admiral Ban-
diera, was to leave Smyrna on the 19th inst., for a cruise in
the Archipelago.

A repot; is current that the number of British ships of the
line on this station is to be continued on its present footing of
ten (including the Queen three-decker hourly looked for from
England); but 'one, and perhaps a frigate likewise, will in all
probability be stationed on the south coast of Spain. Another
ship of the line will be stationed at Corfu, and another in the
Adriatic. The Monarch will remain at the Piraeus, and the
rest will most likely proceed to Vourla, but all will depend on
the instructions of the Admiralty to the new Commander-in-
Chief, Sir Edward Owen.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
WIGAN.
The Committee met at the usual hour.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had decided
that the vote of James Haig, which had been yesterday ob-
jected to by the Counsel for the sitting Member, was a good
vote.
gel
The vote •f Wm. Harrison was next objected to by the
Counsel for the sitting Member, on the ground of insufficiency
of value.

A valuator rated the premises at 71., but the Counsel for the
petitioners produced a receipt, showing that the voter had paid
a rent of JO/. a-year. The premises had been valued at 10/. by
a valuator called by Counsel for the petitioners.
The Committee, after deliberating for some time, decided
that the vote was a good one.
The vote of John Coyle was then objected to by Counsel for
the sitting Members, on the ground of insufficiency of value.
The case was not decided on at the rsing of the Committee!
at a few minutes before four o'clock.
GREAT

—A A. MARLOW AND BIELCOMBE REGIS.
The Committee met yesterday morning at 11.
The proceedings commenced with an argument by Mr.
Serjeant WAANGLIADI against the vote of Charles Gibbons, to
which he had objected on the part of the petitioners.
The Committee, after a long deliberation, decided that the
vote was a good one.
The vote of James Povey was then objected to by Counsel,
for ten petitioners, on the ground that he had been bribed to
vote for the sitting Member.
It appeared that Povey was a butcher in Marlow.
Mr. Rodd stated, that he had canvassed the voter for
Messrs.. Williams and Hampden, when he declined to
make any promise, adding that others were making money by
their,votes, and he did not see why ho should not be paid for his.
The witness called at the house of Povey on a subsequent day,
when he was told by the man's wife that others had been tam-
pering with her husband, and that he had been promised to be
rewarded if he voted for Sir W. Clayton. Mr. Caldcott, another
witness, stated that he had also been canvassing for Messrs.
Williams and Hampden ; the wife of Povey had asked him for 2.5/.
for her husband's vote, which she said they would take in stock.
The wife afterwards stated that her husband had been offered
his choice of a portion of 158 sheep, on condition that he should
vote for Sir Wm. Clayton. The witness further deposed to the
apparently improved circumstances of Pevey since the election.
The investigation into the vote was not concluded when the
Committee ro e.
The sitting Members still continue in a majority of one.

ENGLISH TOMBS IN CHINA.—On the northern side
of the island of Koolongsoo, opposite to Amoy. are two tombs
of brickwork, supporting stone slab 3 placed horizontally, bear-
ing
the following inscriptions :—lst. "• Here lyeth the body of
Captain Stephen Balc,r, who commanded the Success, who
dies bast
bee Octu
unber, 1700, aged 49 years." The masonry of
is has n disturbed, and is in pr eservation
perfect . 2d.
" Here lyeth the body of John Dvffill, son of Henry DOBII,
commander of the Turnbull, who died, wt. 13 years, 1698."
The bricks have sunk down on one side, and the slab has de-
clined with them. There is also an upright stone, bearing an
Canto
inscripntion
Press. Portuguese, surmounted by three crosses.—
A letter from Salamanca gives an account of a man,
named Adan, native of Zaffra, in the province of Cuenza, who,
from his prodigious strength, is called the second Sampson. A
short time ago-he undertook to draw to a certain distance a cart
with a load in it, equalling 10,000 lbs., and would have accom-
plished his task, but from some men on the cart standing up to
see
so how h.cserio worked. • They overbalanced the vehicle, and by its
fall usly injured the leg of the modern Sampson, that he
has ever since been confined in the hospital.
An inhabitant of Lyons, named Caille, who died
lately, has, by will, left 300,000 fr. to the charitable establish-
ments of that city

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S OPPO-

On Thursday evenir.g, on the bringing up of the. Report of
the Income Tax Resolution, Lord John Russell. it is now un
derstood, will move a series of seven resolutioth, condemnatory
of the proposed measure. The first and second state the ex-
isting " deficiency of income to meet the expenditure of the
country," and the readiness of the House to adopt measures
for averting the same in future years. The third and fourth
resolutions assert the beneficial tendency of the reduction of
the duty on corn, and other articles of consumption (as pro-
posed by the late Government) ; and that trade would be pro•
moted by the repeal or reduction of various prohibitory and
differential duties. The fifth states the amount of taxes taken
off or reduced since the last war down to 1836 (exclusive of
the income tax) to he aboOt 23,873,0001. ; and the sixth reso-
lution gives a brief history of the income tax, and of its being
repealed on the establishment of peace. The seventh, last.,
and most important resolution, is as follows:—" That, con-
sidering the various means of supplying the present deficiency,
without enhancing the price of the necessaries of life, or em-
barrassing trade, it is the opinion of this House that the renewal
of a tax, inquisitorial in its character, unequal in its pressure,
and which has hitherto been considered as the financial reserve
of the nation in time of war, is not called for by public ne-
cessity, and is therefore not advisable."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Nortvich, April 4.
Coow N COURT—( Before Sir. Sergeant ATCHER LEY.
Mary Harrell, aged 25, was indicted for stealing a quantity
of wine, tea, sugar, candles, silk, eggs, and various other arti-
cles, the property of John Brereton, her master.
The prosecutor, who is a merchant at Blakeney, had in his
cellar, amongst other wines, some very curious and rare sherry,
and on examining his cellar-book a few days since, he had rea-
son to suspect that it went faster than it ought to do, or than
his own consumption wallowed. The lock of the door was not
broken, nor was there any mark of violence having been used
on any part of it ; but it appeared that the prosecutor's
cellar key was kept with many others, in the key basket,
which, during the day, was accessible to all the ser-
vants in lhe house. No suspicion at this time existed
against either of the servants, but the prosecutor, on
going into the female servants' room, saw no fewer than 11
poxes belonging to the prisoner. He therefore sent for a
policeman, who opened the boxes, of which the prisoner pro •
duced the keys, and the inside revealed to the astonished eyes
of the prosecutor the goods mentioned in the indictment, con-
sisting of port, sherry, and Marsala wines, tea, sugar, cmdles,
eggs, and silk, and all sorts of property. Some of the missing
sherry was identified by a particular mark on the corks, and the
rest of the articles were of the same description as those in use
in the prosecutor's house.

111 r. J. Gay, a county magistrate, in whose service the pri-
soner had formerly lived, gave her an excellent character for
honesty. He had, he said, the misfortune to meet with an
accident, which threatened his life, while she was in his service,
and to her faithful attention and exemplary conduct, he owed
the being alive to ,peak on her behalf in her own hour of peril.
The prisoner was found Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, remarked on the
necessity of protecting society against the robbery of masters
by their servants. Had it not been for the excellent charac-
ter she had received, he should have undoubtedly felt it his
duty to have transported her; but in the hope that she would
regain the character she had for the present lost, and become a
useful member of society, he would pass on her the lenient sen-
tence of twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
Samuel Barrett was indicted for stealing one gun, the pro-
pe t.y of Mesehack Hogg.
The case was clearly proved, and the prosecutor, a rare spe-
cimen of Norfolk stupidity, en being asked of what value the
gun was, answered " A matter of 35." The Learned Judge
asked what manner of gun it was that was worth 35.? And the
witness said, " It wasn't a gun to go off; it was one they put
up as a scare-crow to 'fright the buds (birds); they didn't
know it would riot go off."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVAL OE SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.
MALTA, MARCH 20. Her Majesty's ship Cambridge, Cap-
tain Barnard, from Tarragona in six days.
March 25.—Her Majesty's brig Weazle, from the coast of
Syria, and the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Iberia, from
the lonian Islands and Patras.

March 27.—Her Majesty's ship Prometheus, from Gibraltar.

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DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS. _
March 18.—French Government steamer Tancrede, Lieut.
Le Goff, for Naples, Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, and Marseilles,
and the French Government steamer Dante, Lieut. Pocket,
for the Levant.

March 20.—Her Majesty's corvette Daphne, Captain J. W.
Dalling, for England.
March 21.—Her Majesty's ship Benbow, Capt. H. Stewart,
C. 8., for England (second departure), and her Majesty's
steamer Vesuvius, Commander Ommanney, for Spain.
March 24.—The French Government steamer Rhamses,
Lieutenant De Challie, from Constantinople six days, Smyrna
four days, and Syra three days.