The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Three s'Cloch.

The county meeting, held at Lincoln, on Monday,
tamed out something more than a farce. The Tory
landlords had called upon the High Sheriff to convene a
meeting to petition the House of Commons against the
tariff, and more particularly that part of it by which
cattle, salt beef, potatoes, and other provisions are to
be admitted at a moderate duty. A motion to that effect
was put, the farmers and landowners shouting, no doubt
at the top of their voices, " Down with the tariff," "No
foreign cattle," " No Dutch beef," and after some noisy
discussion it was carried, according to one account,
unanimously ; but the subsequent proceedings would lead
us to infer that the point was doubtful. The High Sheriff
belie% iog the object of the meeting had been- accom-
plisheti, was about to retire in peace, but other parties
interes'ed in the matter, put in their claims to be heard ;
the high functionary resisted as that formed no
.)f the contract, and declared the meeting dis-
solved. 'The good people of Lincoln thinking it
riot • fair that justice should be done only to
one cl!,ss, appointed another chairman; moved resolutions
against the income tax, and carried them by acclamation.
The conduct of the landlords on this occasion, selfish as
it is in the extreme, can excite no surprise, for it is only
a repetition of their claims to throw .off the burdens -on
land, to tax the rest of the community for the purpose of
raising their rents, and to control the Legislature when-
ever it shows a disposition to administer even the semb-
lance of justice t 3 the people. This game will be
played throughout the agricultural districts gene-
rally, . the Tory representatives will be called
upon to resist the tariff or resign ; and when it
comes to be discussed, motion upon motion will
be made to carve it to the taste of such men as the Duke
of BUCKINGHAM and Mr. CHRISTOPHER. We shall
then see of what stuff Sir ROBERT PEEL is made. He
has emphatically announced that he will suffer no im-
portant modification to be made either of the income
tax or the tariff, and that the fate of his Ministry de-
-I,,.nds on the result. He cannot escape from this en-
gagement, and the great body of his supporters, there-
fore, will have the choice of swallowing the bitter
pill, or rejecting their leader. They are in-
(iced in a sad dilemma. Neither Lord STANLEY nor
toy other member of the Cabinet can come to their re-
lief; for all are pledged to the measures. The Duke of
BUCKINGHAM, the " farmers' friend," no doubt would wil-

part

'Jingly lead them to battle, but unfortunately be can form
no staff fit to carry on operations, and they must there-
f,:ere submit to their hard lot.

The Common Council of the City of London has voted
an addreis to our gracious SOVEREIGN, praying her MA-
JESTY, for reasons stated in resolutions of that Court
passed yesterday, to refuse her sanction to any law to
tax article: ; of food, or to restrict the free importation of
such articles into this country. The Court of Common
Council. has been culpably tardy in coming forward to
set an example to the country. We conceive the proper
time for such an address to have been when Sir ROBERT
PEEL came forward to insult the starving poor of Eng-
land and Scotland with his new sliding scale humbug.
On no former occasion, when the best interests of the
nation were at stake, have we have had such reason to
complain of the lukewarmne3s of the citizens of London,
a.s since Sir IZ. PEEL began to develop° his plans for in-
creasing the general distress by increasing the national
taxation. The Court of Common Council very properly
and truly affirms, in its second resolution, that in order
to apply a permanent and sufficient remedy to the ex-
tensive and deep-rooted distress •of the manufacturing
and labouring classes of the community, it is essentially
necessary to abolish all laws which restrict the importa-
tion of food. But why was not such an affirmation
made _sooner ? What was the Liberal party in the
City about, that it could not stir before the House
of Commons was tricked into the adoption of
the principle of an income tax in time of peace ? The
Press has nobly done its duty, and has just reason to
complain of the inadequate way in which it has been
!ipported. No doubt there will be a vast cutcry among
mercantile classes when the collectors make
their appearance to levy the obnoxious impost,
but the noisiest individuals are those with whom the
Press can have the least sympathy.
As the citizens of London will suffer more from the
operation of the financial and commercial plans of the
Tory Government than any other class in the kingdom,
they had better, if they stir at- all, stir in real
earnest In no part of the tingdOm can a tax upon
income operate so injuriously upon public and private
credit as within the London bills- of mortality. They
have wasted their best opportunities, and to be heard ef-
fectually have now not a moment to lose. Since Sir
PEEL has declared that he will stand or fall by his Corn
Bill, to compel the Parliament to abolish all restrictions
upon the importation of -food, would be to get rid of the
income tax. Be then the abolition of all import
dudes upon food the watchword of the Libe-
beral party in London. They are persuaded
that no other measure will permanently and effectually
remove the pablic distress, and so likewise are we. It
is, therefore, their bounden duty, as it is ours, to leave
❑o means untried for effecting so desirable a measure.

The debate in the French C hamber of Peers on the
Secret Service Bill, was one of the most animated which
has taken place in that assembly since th 3 opening of the
bession. Upon no other occasion were the acts of the
Government so severely criticised. Viscount DIIBOU-
CWAGE censured the Minister of the Interior for per-
mitting the most sacred mysteries of religion to be openly
ridiculed on the stage, and complained that clerical ha-
bits were worn by actors for the express purpose of ren-
dering the clergy public objects of contempt. Admitting
the entire propriety of placing as few restrictions upon
writers for the stage as possible, and fully persuaded
that a theatre is capable of being made one of the finest
national schools in the world, •we quite agree with M.
DUBOUCHAGE that the utmost vigilance is necessary to
prevent it from degenerating into a sink of immorality
and irreligion. Our own stage is not so pure as to war-
rant a severe criticism upon that of our neighbours, but
in this respect we neither outrage the national religion,
nor the national sense of decency, to the extent that is

permitted in Paris.
The next Peer who attacked the Government was the
Marquis DE Botssr D'ANGLAS. He complained first of
the Ministerial 'system of swamping the Peerage by new
creations of the tools of Government; but he was met
with a shout from the President about infringing the
Royal prerogative. The Noble Marquis next referred
to the Spanish question,' and in the coarsest language
denounced ESPARTERO as an intentional regicide. He
was followed by Count DE MONTALEMUERT, who said
that a whole session had passed, during which the Mi-
nistry had really accomplished nothing. The sugar
question ; the Belgian commercial treaty; the, railroads,
of which bits of odds and ends only were proposed ; the
qaestion of liberty of public instruction ; the recruit••
meat of the army ; and the right of search question
—everything, in short, was postponed, to the great
injury of the nation. He next adverted to Spain, and
aburf d the REGENT, whom he denounced as the enemy
of Fry nee. The friends of France were CHRISTINA and
hf r pn.rtizans, and he blamed the Ministry for not more
(penly supporting them. The Chamber listened with
considerable impatience to the attacks made upon the
Spanish Government. But by far the most remarkable
of the speeches made was that of the Duke DE DREUX-
BREZE, a Royalist Peer, complaining of the despotic
tone Of Ministers since the rising of the fortifications of
Paris. The principles of the Constitution were, he said,
set aside, and the will of individuals made the rule for the
guidance of the Government. Means were resorted to for
neutralizing the Parliamentary opposition, to which he
should not advert ; but it was quite clear to them all that
Ministers now dictated their plans to the Chambers.
T Press was in a greater state of thraldom than when
t .e Censorship existed, and the completion of the bar-
ricades would be the signal for the extinction of the last
spark of its remaining liberty. We give the conclusion
of the Noble Duke's Speech in his own emphatic ex-
pressions, as dearly as a translation can preserve them
:
I do not flatter myself, Gentlemen, that my feeble voice can
stop the Government in the downward course it has taken.
There are times in which men of conviction have no other
means but by barren
means of testifying their love for their country,
warnings. It is this part I fill to-day, desirous as I am, if not
of developing, at least of indicating the truth at the moment
when a conspiracy seems formed to stifle it. A sincere friend
of liberty, under whose banner I placed myself at the commence-
ment of my political career, M. de Martignac, exclaimed, in
1329. with mournful accents, " We are proceeding to anarchy."
I will say, with an equal conviction, in presence of all that
• passes around us, and of the bastilles which are rising up,
" Take., care that we are not proceeding to despotism, and
through it to anarchy."—(Great agitation.)
And well might the Chamber be agitated. It is the
language of prophecy—language which we repeated in
varied terms, day after day, during the period the Forth
ficatious Bill was before the Chambers. But save in the
columns of the Commerce it found no echo in France!

Even the Republicans, for whose extinction the walls
were proposed, heard only in our warnings the prompt-
ings of our fears. How ridiculous ! Once reduced to
bear the yoke of despotism, France can be no longer an ob
ject of terror to any country. She is powerful for good or
evil only while she is free. Did we dread France, and wish
to weaken her, we would advance millions to embastile
Paris. Instead of one wall round the capital, we would
cry out for five, each thicker than the wall of China, and
a thousand times as well defended. But the Noble Duke's
prophetic -warning did not long agitate the Chamber.
The Minister of the Interior rose, and expressed pro-
found astonishment that any one should complain
of restrictions being placed upon the freedom
of the Press, when it was known that the
Press of France was free even to licentiousness.
The Government was the guardian of the Press, and
never interfered but to cherish it ! He next*. referred,
with the same disregard Of truth, and unblushing assu-
rance, to the other points in the Duke's prophetic speech,
and was responded to by a vote of the Chamber, adopt-
ing the Secret Service Bill by an immense majority.
, The following extracts from the French Journals of
Monday include all the general news contained in them
of any interest :
A letter from Amsterdam, 3d April, states that M. Van
Holt has began his Ministerial career with a most important
measure, viz. a new organisation of the Council of Ministers.
The Staats publishes a Royal Ordinance of the following
tenor :
" We, William, &c. &c.

" Considering that it is necessary that beads of the Minis-
terial department should previously deliberate on all projects of
law, and all objects relative to political interests, in order to
introduce unity and harmony into all the branches of the ad-
ministration,
.6 We have resolved—
" 1. A Council of Ministers shall beheld to examine together
all the above-mentioned subjects.
"2. The Council of Ministers is composed of all the beads of
the Ministerial departments."
The other articles enter into various details.
From Galignani's Messenger we find the following ridicu-
lous statement grairely given this morning in the leading co-
lumns of the National, and quote it as a specimen of tne ab-
surdities which are occasionally put forth by part of the Paris
press upon English affairs. Of the attention due to such ar-
rant nonsense our readers u ill be able to judge when we re-
mind them that the " Pretre dissident," talked of by the Na-
tional, was no other than his Grace the Archbishop of Canter-
bury himself, who performed the baptismal ceremony, assisted
by the Lord Bishop of London, and other heads of the English
Protestant Church. We can assure the National that the op-
position it speaks of would be thought quite as droll in England
as in France:—

" The Government of Queen Victoria, and even her dynasty,
have, at this moment, to contend against a kind of opposition
which was unexpected, and which, in France, would appear
exceedingly droll. The greater part of the Anglican clergy pre-
tend that the young Prince of 'Wales having been baptised by a
Dissenting Minister (pretre dissident) is therefore incapable
of ever becoming King of England. In England, the head of
the State is at the same time head of the Church, and the
clergy, therefore, think that the National Church would lose
its purity, and even be destroyed, if at the head of its hierarchy
were to he paced a Prince wlio had not received orthodox bap-
tism. The Bishop of London and his clergy have already pro-
tested against the legitimacy of the succe:sion of the Prince of
Wales to the throne. The Bishop of Winchester has followed
the example, and not a single clergyman of his diocese has
failed to sign his protest. The whole University of Oxford
has expressed itself in the same way, and it is announced that
the Bishop of Exeter is earnestly and successfully getting up a
similar demonstration."

The English Journals have not arrived.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies resumed its legislative
operation on the 28th of March. M. Escorial moved that
they should begin by discussing the Budgets of the several Mi-
nisterial departments separately, since the Report of the Com-
mittee on the General Budget is not ready.
The Ministers having supported this motion, it was carried by
a majo:ity of 80 to 40.
_ _

The Courrier of Lyons, of the 2d says—" When we spoke of
the fetes which were to take place at Tunis on occasion of the
celebration of the marriage of the Duke of Savoy, we said an
amnesty was spoken of, but without stating anything positively
on the subject. To-day our private letters enable us to an—
nounce the good news as certain. They say, a full and entire
atnnesty will be granted to the persons proscribed in 1821 and
1831. On the announcement of this wise measure the people
of Turin loudly expressed their feelings, and his Majesty Charter
Albert is said to have been psOlicly congratulated by all classes
of society..

" We-lA:eve that this act of sound and wise policy will be
soon officially published."
It is to be hoped that the amnesty will be extended to politi-
cal emigrants from 1831 to the present time.—Commerce.

DUTCH FU N 113.—ASISTVIDA161, APRIL 4.
None. 11111 s.
Actual Dabt. '2% per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amort Syndic,4% per cent 22% 9:3
Ditto, ditto, 33 per cent :6% ;IN
Commercial Company, 4L4 per cent 156 15.69
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per c0nt..... ........ .. ...... . .
Exchange on London, One month l2 12%
Two months .....
Haniburgh, One month rs 50
Two months 35 25
Dutch Papers, April 4.
AUSTRIAN FU N'S.—VIENNA, MARCII 26.
rive per Cents. ketalliques
Fonr per Cents. lOO%
Three p..r Cents.
Dank Shares

LINCOLN COUNTY MEETING, APRIL 4.--(From a COY-
respondent.)—This meeting of farmers to oppose Sir E.
Peel's tariff as regards cheaper beef, mutton, &c., has
just taken an odd turn. After Lord Winchilsea, Mr.
Chaplin, and otheri had been grimacing and squabbling
En- four hours, the Hon. Mr. Clifford stepped forward
and proposed a strong, resolution, condemnatory of the
income tax. The Hign Slfpriff refused to put it, saying
it was not part of the reqiiiSition. The meeting became
uproarious, and the High Sheriff' declared it dissolved.
A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff was refused, and
groans were returned instead. The Right Hon. the Earl
of Yarborough was then called to the chair, and the
tion of Mr. Clifford (brother to Lord Clifilfrti) was
carried with unanimous acclamation. All the dull mo-
notony of the meeting vanished in an instant, and Com-
mittees were fOrmed to send round the petitions to all
parts of the county for signature.

OVERLAND ROUTES.—Messrs. Allen anti Co., of Lead-
enhall-street, Publishers to the East India Company,
have just brbught out a very useful Map of the Overland
Routes between England and India, both by the Red Sea
and the Persian G ulf. On the same sheet also are laid down,
on an enlarged scale, the routes between London and
Marseilles, between the Mediterranean and the lied Sea,
and between the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the
Persian Gulf. They have been drawn and engraved by
Mr. J. Walker, and are finished in excellent style.
The Voyage to India round the Cape of Good Hope
is also distinctly laid down. To persons about to perform
the journey, or interested in Steam Communication
with India, this Map is essentially valuable.
Her Majesty held an investiture of the Most Honour-
able Military Order of the Bath, this afternoon, at Buck-
ingham Palace. His Royal highness the Duke of
Sussex, Grand Master of the Order, attended.

PROTEST AGAINST THE INCOME

TAX.

BY A GENTLEMAN OF TWO HUNDRED A YEAR AND

TWELVE SMALL CHILDREN.

DISSENTIENT :-Ist, Because, if I am compelled
to pay the Income-tax, some of my tradesmen must
go unpaid, to which I should not have the slightest
objection, provided they had none ; but on consulting
them on the subject, 1 find, to my inexpressible dis-
gust and astonishment, that they are unanimous in
their determination to be paid to the last farthing.
2.—Because, if the Income-tax be levied on me, it
is very clear that I cannot pay the church-rates; and
the clergyman of the parish assures me that the non-
payment of Mother Church's dues, is the very worst
species of blasphemy which a respectable Christian
can be guilty of, and will shut me out from salvation
for ever.

a—Because having twelve small children, and
being in expectation of another, which will shortly be
forthcoming among the " novelties of the season," it
is evident that those children must be provided with
clothes suited to their respective ages`; and as, one
pair of corduroy breeches is the allowance I make
annually to the boys, they must (if the tax on my
slender income be persisted in) go without breeches
altogether, which will inflict a grievous shock on the
morals of my neighbourhood, who have an instinctive
disrelish of the Highland fashion, where to be non-
breeched is the rule, and to be breeched the exception.
4. Because, in the event of my giving way to my
parental sensibilities, and allowing the boys to con-
tinue their corduroys as usual, I must then go with-
out breeches myself, which, at this inclement period
of the year, and in the windy region in which I am
located, will be attended with serious inconvenience,
besides subjecting me to the tender mercies of the
police, and peradventure to a month at the treadmill—
to say nothing of the probability of the old maid who
lives opposite me being thrown into strong hysterics.
5. Because my income being barely such as to
enable me to make both ends meet at the end 'of the
year, if three per cent. be levied on it, my children
must be put instantly on short commons, in which
case my eldest son, who is remarkable for his preco-
cious appetite, will very probably levant with a guar-
tern loaf from a baker's shop, and thereby saddle the
country with the expenses of a prosecution at the
Old Bailey for felony.
6. Because, even if the duty on foreign beef be re-
duced, it will not compensate me for the income tax,
inasmuch as I am a genuine John Bull, and hate every
thing foreign ; besides, Colonel Sibthorp proved to
my satisfaction in Parliament last night, that if I eat a
Dutch rump-steak (unless, indeed, I cut it from the
hind-quarters of the Dutchman himself) I shall in-
fallibly be poisoned—to which I beg respectfully to
state that I entertain an invincible repugnance.
7.—Because the Income-tax will reduce me to the
condition of an Epic poet, and eventually cause me
to be shut up in a workhouse, and dieted on horse-leg
soup, and one pound of boiled cat's-meat daily.
B.—Because, when the tax-gatherer comes up the
street to levy his three per cent., I am apprehensive
that, in the indignant paroxysm of the moment, I may
be tempted to pick him off at a long shot with a blun-.
derbuss, which will greatly wound my conscience,
and do him an irreparable injury.
For these, and other reasons too numerous to men-
tion, I beg to enter my most decided Protest against
the Incoine_tax.
.(Signekl,) NORTIBIER FIT Z-EIISTACE SNOOKS.

An inhabitant- of Lyons, named Caine, who died
lately, has, by will. left 300,000 fr, to the charitable establish-
ments of that city,

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" Who runs may read."

VOILEIGN.

The Committee on the French Budget has terminated its
deliberations on the War and Marine Departments. The
effective force of the army was adopted, as proposed by the
Ministry, namely 344,000 men, not including 160,000 belong-
ing to the reserve, and 84,238 horses. The reductions intro-
duced by the Committee affect merely secondary arrangements.
The statistical work of the Crown Prince of Sweden,
which has lately been published, contains the following com-
parative scale of capital punishments in different countries.
Ii says that, in Spain, they are as 1 to 122,000 inhabi-
tants; in Sweden, 1 to 172,000; in Norway, from 1832 to
1834,1 to 720,000 ; and from 1836 to 1837, none ; in Ireland, I to
200,000; iu England, 1 to 250,000; France, 1 to 447,000;
Baden, 1 to 400,000; and since 1814 only 1 to 1,230,000; in
the German parts of Austria, 1 to 840,0'00 ; in Wurtemberg, 1
to 750,000; in the state of Pennsylvania, 1 to 829,000;
Bavaria, 1 to 2,000,000 ; in Prussia, 1 to 1,720,000 , in Bel-
gium, none since 1830.
The Princess de Canino and Musignano, the wife of the
eldest son of the late Lucien Bonaparte, was safely delivered at
Florence, on the 12th ult., of a daughter, who has been chris-
tened by the Archbishop, the King and Queen of Sardinia
standing as sponsors by their proxy the Count de Carrega,
Charge d'Affaires. The names of the infant Princess ere Maria
Theresa Albertina.

A letter from Rome of 22. d ult. says :—" For some time
East nocturnal attacks have been very frequent here. An
nglishman, who was menaced by an assassin, fired
at him, and blew out his brains. The police have not taken
any steps against the Englishman, but have advised him,
for his own security, to quit the city. Akw days ago, the
palace of the wealthy Cardinal Del Drago was plundered in the
middle of the day of a large sum of money, and a quantity of
jewels, amongst whin was a crucifix in diamonds valued at
20,000 crowns."