The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—ln these days of universal taxation, when Sir Robert
Peel, as a last resource, is about to make his grand attack
upon the pockets, feelings, and private interests of the com-
munity, elevating himself tn,on the self-erected pinnacle of all-
sufficiency, to stand or fall by his tariff-compensating-Income-
tax, there appear to me two eligible subjects for increasing the
revenue, viz., a tax on mustachios worn by civilians—certainly.
as reasonable as the old hair-powder tax—and to judge by the
number of mustachioed puppies that perambulate Bond-street
and Regent-street, of an afternoon, would produce as much to
the revenue as some of the articles in the paraded tariff—
whereon a mighty reduction is made, because the reduction
will benefit nobody.
The second, to be an increase of 100 per cent., on foreign
servants, which, notwithstanding the case of Lord William
Russell, and the pending one of the Marquis of Hertford,
would, from the strong predilection of the aristocracy for that
artic:e, insure a considerable return.

These hints are given on the cox sideration that, as a great
struggle is to be made, it is but fair we should pay for our
luxuries. Your obedient servant,
INDEX.

FUNERAL OF MARSHAL MONCEY,

DUKE DE CONEGLIANO.

At half-past ten o'clock Tuesday morning, the Church of
the Invalides was Red with the persons invited to attend this
ceremony, and presented an imposing aspect. Generals Count
de Rumigny and Baron Gourgantl, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Dumas, the King's aides.de-camp, arrived in Royal carriages ;
all the surviving Marshals; Admirals Baron Duperre, Minister
of the Alarine, Baron Roussin, and Mackau ; several Vice and
Rear-Admirals; many Generals and superior officers of the
army, and other functionaries of State.

'lire four corners of the pa" l over the car were again borne by
the four senior Marshals. The late Marshal's charger was le t
next behind the ear, and then came the family of the illustrious
deceased, his household, and the rest of the distinguished per-
sons already enumerated. During this part of the solemnity
several battalions of the garrison of Paris fired volleys in honour
of the deceased.

M. Dupin, in a short but brilliant discourse, glanced at the
Marshal's career, chiefly in a civil point of view, and showed
that throughout his whole lifetime he had been guided by an
inflexible love of justice, which 'elevated every command with
which he had been entrusted.

Marshal Soult gave a rapid sketch of the military career of
the illustrious deceased, declaring that he had been his com-
panion in arms for 40 years, and he had always found him the
same—brave, full of talent, and modest. The Marshal was
throughout considerably affected, and concluded his address
with the following words :—" Adieu, my ancient friend : adieu
soldier without fear and without reproach ! Adieu, Moncey ;
adieu !" The solemnity being thus concluded, the assemblage
retired.

CHATSWORTH.—This superb chateau is now nearly
complete in its improvements, and ready for the reception
of the noble owner, who is daily expected to arrive
from Italy. The new fountains ate unrivalled, and excite the
astonishment of visitors. The jet d'eau of the,:principal one
i 3 projected to the height of 80 feet, the supply being ob-
tained from the neighbouring mountains. The new conser-
vatory, which has cost the Noble Duke immense sums, is the
largest in the kingdom, being :360 feet long, 70 feet wide, and
70 feet in height. The arrangement is somewhat similar to
that of a thumb, having a middle and side aisles. The water-
pipes, tic., for warming the structuie exceed seven miles in
length. All the statues collected by the Duke in Italy are de-
posited in the mansion and grounds.
A fire broke out on the evening of April 20, says
a letter from Orleans, in the woods of M. Lonet de Mainville,
in the commune of Marsilly.du-Villette. The inhabitants,
and the gendarmerie of the neighbourhood, got the -fire under
in about four hears. The space laid bare by the conflagra-
tion extends to about eleven acres. The origin of the fire is
not stated.

INDIGO.--There is every reason to believe, from
a communication made by Mr. GladstOne to Mr. Beckett, the
Member for Leeds, that the duty on Indigo will be reduced to
2s. per cwt. on Foreign, and ls. on Colonial, and a corresyoud-
ing reduction on other dyeing goods.