The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-23 00:00:00

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LONDON?
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1845'
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The second reading of the Income-tax Bill, pro-,,it) 1,1
by monopolists and class-legislators, in order to oPhthe
monopoly and class-legislation, was moved alaOrrhe
first thing last night in the Mouse of Common9.e.zer
Tories are extremely eager to pass it, and if their itice-
ness be gratified, the fault will lie with the OPl3°,s; this
So strong as they muster, and such a jumble as 1 they
long Bill, with its 189 clauses, schedules and all' saeswill not fight as they ought if it get out of Con"inea 0
for a month or six weeks. If the Opposition, unit heir
the bulk of them appear to be on this subject, dr,o th
or
duty, they may yet arrest the progress of this l
sure, and merit the enduring gratitude of the PI: tb9
The argument that by so doing they Will de`ll.oo
tariff, was well met last night by Mr. C. 1313,0:11. elo'
gentleman, with the sagacity, moderation, alltb
quence, which shine forth in him, 'nosed thilot rio.
second reading of the Bill be put off for six thAt
and, in making that motion,. showed very clear lather
the charge of delay should be fixed on the Tories is oor
than on the Whigs. Want of space alone preveyo/0
quoting the passage. The grounds on which the t,fir
pressed forward, forms a strong argument, ightl4,2 joy'
resisting it. If the necessity to pass the Tariff 'eeigste
tification of the Income-tax, it will only be neci oer
for any Minister to couple a still more obnoxilrepire
sure—if that be possible—a measure wholly sutte
of our liberties, with some measure altering
oi,a
riff, setting loose all the trade of the country, itry be;
shall he obliged to bolt the mischief for the PI arse
nefit of re-fastening what he loosens. Such a eteion ;it
proceeding may be subversive of all just leOliat;prOPer
is, in fact, cheating men into submission t° ost fcr
laws, and it ought to be, for its own sake, 111
venily, strenuously, and constantly resisted.
hquisitioil
That part of the Bill which establishes 01 09 Weil
into men's affairs, and the means of doing Uwe cano°l,
described last night by Mr. C. BULLER, anti or tcf.
give a too prominent place to his description,
50j0e,..-
emphatically call our readers' attention to the
He said— tbi
,
There were first the Tax and Stamp Como36'l:rra a.
Sea ea
head of this hierarchy ; then the Commissioneooes ;
purposes ; then the Commissioners for special Partrnbeing
there were additional Commissioners, and these ro missi°u bate:
cient for the inquisition, there were Assistant-000 that
One of the benefits from this Commission would he,t_colotlia
the Chief Commiss:oner did not eat the AsslaVo ihrl
sioraers would lap up. He did not mean to attamP let/e
aR
Commission into ridicule ; they seemed to him
very
respectability of a very fearful instrument ef,hveie
tyranny. What was the power invested in
sioners? They not merely gave them a power 011",,ate
they were not merely tax.gathorers, but tl?eY_:e.gencl!e"ei..
judicial power. He found in Bill no less than large 7or
giving a power to the Commissioners of levriigat of -°:iven
They had the power of levying fines to the ant' power . other
Then added to this power was a aPecit •diet,a tutb
them, that in case of a fal.e return they should ,et eit
penalty of treble the amount of the tax to be collve`; thern asynered
consider what a power this was. lie would gl,e ernPeiiver
stan
Commissioner
of it. There was clause 55, This eh' eople t"sipoce
the to go round and call on incowet, any
in a correct statement of their income; an :covered to inake
1501. were to be taxed, and to be
reglecting not el"
of her Majesty's Courts. Any person ri_it a sum
of the
such a return, would be liable to forfee
amount a d •
en-
seeding twenty pounds, and treble thi,rios,,, suppose
he
duty to be charged by virtue of this Act. , direct retells-who,
tleman had 1,0001., if he neglected to illa'eiszow he alkhey gave
was liable to treble 30/. besides the fine. ? Why, t
titer this tax could be compared to any other
_instances di
aced•
a power to the Commissioners under th P
guished from every other tax, namely, i,„coacedruwnt
;v_as
_ehosornegood
into in secret. In all other matters, a P
dctof a jail „1-113
with fraud, he had to submit to the vet conduco
Court, but under the present Bill everythineg
th:
liberty
mutt
secret. This was a monstrous violation be
Mr. bad tax.
subject. Every tax to be collected by suchmeans
'tted (the
One point is, we think,
are to he take-- on ..
constituting apartfroat
Some of these Commissioners,"ai
machinery for carrying out the 131
.ained
the matter
the people. As Sir H. PEEL 1
the 18th ult., they are to be localrhbours.-
respect and good-will of their nog
on themselves, a
•
are to be made, then, to levy this tax on
ot* the extortto t
exParties whorrielenjplopole,
relieve the Government of the odium,it.
the
ofinstreton
They are to scourge themselves I
'hands. 'Will any ,
which Sir R. PEEL puts into their
.ieni be wicked
them be fools enough ; will any of It
who
Government,
already employed and
paid
bY
the
would
excuse them ;
enough to do this.?
must perform the odious task, we
. to lend
but i roue man be found sobase voluntarilya
3 ti Colllllllololler
self to to the levying of this tax, whether
o' be hooted and .r
war time,.n ~i_Prno:
We hope not. If there be personi
or in any other character, he ought t
those
to accept such a fruitless and thankless
t,
this tdt r
necessityu ni m e d
frfoomr the tax tojj suarsi'lelgthe nation from
triotism—to assume it now—to assist in levying
self accessory ta
fbr the Monopolist, will be to make
t to take suc„;P.
happiness of the nation. No man ou,
r shay,'
w.ioeNe
and, we trust, that
an office on himself' ;
the
contempt k.nc!,
their guilty conspiracy against the prosperity and thlei:is
orn iii'
take it, shall be made to feel
"
of all his neighbours. - boy,
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The horrid crime perpetrated by 9ood c 430
soon after the similarly horrid crime pe;peiratad by