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leaf of the book in which their account is entered is torn
'otttand destroy( d':"

in course Some months ago, as our readers may remember, a
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of building, and
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character, who are believed,
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almost beyond a doubt, to have
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EXTRACTS FROM 'THE TIMES, 1816.
" The proceedings of last night in the House o(
Commons will inform the - country what is intended
should be its future condition in relation to its
finances, dating from its presentera. If men do not
bestir themselves now and with rapidity, we are come
'to this ominous conclusion of the late struggle that we
are to have 6,000,0001. of war taxes settled upon us
for ever in time of peace. 6,000,0001. of war taxes
did we say ? No, 60,00,0001. of one war tax, but that
more severely grinding than all the rest put together
—a tax of so searching and. unpitying a nature, that
coming upon the track and heels of other taxes, it
strips us perfectly naked ; it.sweeps off the productions
of industry as the caterpillar •is said, in the Prophet
Joel, to clear away and destroy whatever of the fruits
of the earth God's former plagues had spared. "That
which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten,
and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-
worm eaten, and that which the canker-worm bath left
hath the caterpillar eaten.' In short, we are to have a
peace income tax to the amount of half the war in-
come tax : that is to say, the agents of Government,
or their commissioners under this detested impost,
are in future to have the right of fetching up every
man in this country from his home, his barn, his
shop, his counting-house, and of demanding, from him
how he lives, what profit he makes by his toil, his
trade, or profession, what allowance he assigns out of
it for the maintenance of children or parents, or.other
poor relatives, what debts he has incurred with othei,-
or others have incurred with him. There is not,
in truth, al secret which from motives of feeling,
honour, delicacy, or convenience, a man would keep
Aiviolate in his own bosom, that the persons acting
under this inquisitorial process have not a right to
tear from him. All this, we say, the commissioners
of income tax are still and in future to have a right
to do. As they have done it in times past, which
were times of great danger, for the sake of obtaining
10 per cent. from every man's•income, they are also
to do it in times when there is no public danger, and
for the sake of obtaining only 5 per cent.: that is to
say, the impelling cause has' wholly vanished; the
torture is the same, and the pecuniary result only half
in amount. The' victory of 'Waterloo was, indeed, a
great and glorious one, few could have calculated
that these were to have been among its fruits.
"The radical and fundamental truth is, that there
is no occasion whatever for this tax during any peace,
and still less during the present peace than any
other, though we have little question that if even
the 10 per cent. were now granted there are those
who would find the means of consuming that also.
Whatever is granted will be evended, and it is only
by limiting the grants that we can curtail the expen-
diture. We have been solemnly assured again and
again that the income tax should be withdrawn at
the end of the war, and for'Once‘ we had a kind of
proof of the sincerity of these professions, for at the
peace of Amiens it was abolished. On the very day
when the news arrived of the peace, Lord Sidmouth,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer,' came down to the
House, and thus expressed himself:—` It is my in-
tention to propose a repeal of the tax on income. I
am desirous that the sentiments that I entertain re-
specting that measure be perfectly understood. As a
war tax, I am persuaded it was a legitimate source
of revenue; but I have ever considered it in no other
light than as a war-tax, inapplicable to a time of
peace.'—March 29, 1802.
" Could it be believed, that a Cabinet of which the
chief member thus spoke at that time should be
almost individually the same as the Cabinet which, in
violation of its own recorded sentiments, would now
enforce this tax upon us, at a perio'd to which it has
been declared inapplicable, and during which we have
been promised that it should ,not be applied, namely,
a period of peace ? Can such united inconsistency
and insincerity be mentioned without exciting the •
blush of shame in those who are guilty of it ? Or, if
the tax should be relinquished at the peace of Amiens,
when Bonaparte was still young and still uncon-
quered, and France all histile and at his command,
what possible reason can be assigned for its continu-
ance during the present peace, when our chief and
only enemy has been condemned With shame and de-
feat to eternal obscurity, and France has been ranged
under the command of her legal Sovereign, our firm
and grateful ally ?
" Again, is it contended that the tax is only to be
enforced for a short time, and with a view to wind up
the arrears of the war ? 'What wear ? what arrears;
we demand. Why, the war did• but last for two
months, and ways and meaps were provided during
last Session of Parliament for the war expenditure of
the whole year. Instead of arrears, therefore, there
ought to be, and must he, too, a surplusage
from the last grants. At the peace of Amiens,
indeed, at the close of a war of ten years, there
might be some imperfect settlements to com-
plete, some arrears to wind -up, yet even then
the Minister spoke with just abhorrence of continuing
the income tax; but after a war of two months, sup-
ported by the grants of a whole year, and those of a
magnitude commensurate with the danger to which
we were exposed, what mockery is it to talk to us of
arrears and incomplete accounts!

" It is clear, therefore, from obvious precedent,
by common reason, and every man's feeling and
conviction, that there is no occasion whatever for the
continuance of this singular and unparalleled im-
post, and that if it is continued now, no just cause
for its abolition can ever arise: no 'more favour-
able than the present for its 'i4tinction, can ever
exist. The resources of France have been wasted, her
armies beaten, and her Sovereign is friendly : in an-
other year jealousies may arise—in two or three years
more Prance may repair her shattered fortunes and
assume a more formidable position, and there will
then be no reason for the reduction of our expendi-
ture. And another war, which shall find us already
subjected to an income tax of 5 per cent:, will corn-
meneejts ,first financial operation ,:by -adding 10 per
eent.th that: 13itt we fa tow the will ofL the country
too well to suppose that it can trust-to the repetition
of promises already broken. Only we must be ac •
tive; others know the disposition of the nation as well
RS we,. and they think to outrun 'us."—The Times,
Feb. 13, 1816.

" The discussion on the income tax should, in re-
gular course, take place this evening , • but from the
manner in which Ministers received Mr. Baring's in-
timation that he meant to move a postponement of
that tremendous question to a more distant period,
we have little to doubt of their disposition to accede to
the proposed delay. None can deny Ministers the
praise of candour in this respect; and we trust that
they will in the issue be found to have as little cause to
upbraid their countrymen at large with the want of
spirit. We are, indeed, ready to confess, that if the
people could be so base and abject as not now to
stir, when the consequences of this measures are so
well understood—the violation of faith under which

it is, or would be, proposed so acutely felt—they are
worthy of no better fate than to have a standing army
and an eternal income tax fastened upon them. For
our own parts, we should
,have thought that very
recent experience might have shown men the dread-
ful danger to be apprehended from standing armies,
the debasement they inflict en their fellow-citizens,
the miseries which they carry forth among their
neighbours, and above all the' difficulty, when once
they are established, with which they are to be got
rid of. Look at that of the late "French tyrant.
The merest remnant of it now existing, dissolved and
scattered over the whole 4.,„Nr2nce obliges the
allies to maintain a cordon
„f a hundred and ,fifty
thousand,troops, supported by a. Chain of the strongest
fortresses on the confines of the country. Neither
do we blame Ministers for the share they have
taken in this precautionary measure. But while
they are at these pains to put down a standing
army abroad, let us not have one at home. Let
the painful service in which they are still engaged in
a foreign land, teach them their duty upon their own.
Let them look at the ominous inference that would

he drawn from these ostensible facts,—that while

30,000 British troops are required as our contingent
toward:, preventing the military Jacobins of France
from rising again to harass mankind, we have like-
wise occasion to keep 25,000 on foot in this very island,
for some similar purpose, we suppose, for no other
purpose whatever has yet been declared, or can be de-
clared. Let Ministers, we say, beware of the con-
clusions which evidently result from these insulting
premises."—The Times, Feb. 26, 'lBl6.
" The Chancellor of the Exchequer, indeed, asto-
nished his hearers by an intimation that he would
yet try the measure; that the people had not ‘so
moved against it as might have been expected, and
that time stifficient had been allowed them. Al-
most all, the parts of this declaration are of the same
cast as those more solemn ank ancient ones by
which the people of England had been before as
sured that' with the war the income tax should
cease ; that is, they are false and unfounded. As to
the opposition whith the nation is making, and has
mode: to this inquisitorial measure, the fruit of it
appeared immediately after at•the bar of the House,
in volumes of petitions from 411 quarters of the

realm, signed by thousands upon thousands of,the
• the most respectable names ; and with regard to the
time allowed us for resisting the income tax, when
• was -it known till now that the Chancellor of the
• Exchequer ever brought forward his financial
schemes at so early a period ?- When was it ever
known,- indeed, that he brought them forward till
after Easter ? Would he have. had the people come
forth before they bad been certain of his intended
violation of the promises so solemnly given, and beg
Ministers not to be treacherous, • not to deceive
them. Times, Feb. 27, 1816:
We shall conclude by extracting from the Parlia-
mentary debates of the same year some account of
what passed in the House of Commons relative to the
destruction of all documents connected with the col-
lection of the income tax :
MAY 3, 1816.
"Mr. Brougham alluded to certain circular letters
which had been issued to the surveyors of the
different districts, calling upon them to transmit
copies of all the assessments to the income tax. This
had been done even so late as the 17th of April, a
month after the vote of the House had put an end to
the very name of the tax, as it was hoped. What
could be the object of making this inquiry into the
affairs of every man after the Act had expired ? To
gratify what curiosity—in what quarter—for what
purpose—was this full and complete copy of the
assessment of every man's income—for those were the
words of the letters—to be given ? The returns made.
to London were ordered to be kept in neat books,
which were accessible, not merely to the commis-
sioners, but to every petty clerk in office.
"Mr. Vansittart said, if some step of this kind
had not been taken, many irregularities must have oc-
curred in the collection of arrears.
" Mr. Brmiliam observed, that such could not be
the object, for it was mentioned in the circulars sent
to the collectors that the returns should he made out
with neatness and accuracy, as they were to be kept
as records in the tax-office. Such records would
give an unfair exposure of the private circumstances
of individuals who paid the tax. He thought it unjust
to have such documents to refer tot in order to show
what.such and such a man was worth at any particular
time, and he should now take an opportunity. of
moving that directions.be given to the Board of Taxes,
in order that they may take steps for the destruction
.of all such records.

" Mr. Baring (now Lord Ashburton) deprecated
the preserving of the records of the assessment of the
property of individuals, as being a remnant of that in-
quisitorial measure, which the sense of the country
had destroyed."

" MAY 30, 1816.
" Mr. Brougham again alluded to the motion of
which he had given notice relative to the destruction
of all the returns made respecting the income tax. He
understood that no objection would be made to the
motion, and that the only question was as to the mode
of collecting the papers for the purpose of destroying
them.

" Mr. Vansittart assured the House that there was
no wish to preserve the returns alluded to, and that
such directions had been given as would substantially
effect the object. A circular had been sent to the
different officers for this purpose. It was proposed to
erase the names of individuals from all returns. The
returns themselves would not be entirely destroyed,
as it was necessary to preserve an account of the sums
contributed by the different classes of the people. As
to the returns to be made for the future, they would
be made so as to keep the names of persons out of
sight, by making the returns by numbers instead of
names.

" Mr. Brougham expressed his satisfaction at the
arrangement, particularly as to future returns ; and
admitted the propriety of keeping an account of the
different classes of persons who paid; but he ex-
pressed his doubt as to the mode of erasure. He
thought burning the papers would be much better,
and there was a public officer, not in very great esti-
mation, whose assistance for this purpose might be
very advantageously called in."—(A laugh.)

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THE TORY INCOME TAX.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—l enclose copies of two petitions agreed to at a
meeting, held at the Guildhall yesterday, over which the
Mayor presided.
The petition to the Lords was proposed by Captain
Money, a Magistrate, and seconded by Henry Willett, a
Magistrate ; that to the Queen was proposed by Joseph
Gel,lart, Esq., and seconded by J. H. Gurney, Esq.,
banker ; and both were agreed to unanimously, and
have already received a great number of signatures.
Norwich, March 23, 1842. N.
" TO /lER MOST GRACIOUS ItrA.TESTY THE QUEEN.
" We, the dutiful and loyal subjects of your Majesty,
the undersigned bankers, merchants, traders, and other
inhabitants of the city of Norwith, beg leave humbly
and respectfully to represent to your Majesty, that we
have heard with great apprehension and regret that a
tax is about to be revived on the income arising from
trades and professions, and which we humbly beg leave
to state is, in the;opinion of your petitioners, most un
just in principle, and will be found to be most oppressive
in its operation.
" That such a tax is considered by your petitioners as
only justifiable as a last resource in a period of extreme
danger and distress, and that there is nothing in the
present state of the nation which either requires or
justifies its imposition, and they believe that if enforced,
it will be attended with the worst consequences to the
trade, agriculture, and manufactures of the kingdom.
" That many also of your petitioners have too much
reason to remember the great oppression and hardship
which attended the collection of such a tax on a former
occasion—the sufferings which from its compulsory pay-
ment it entailed on the middle classes of the community,
and the consequences which followed the unavoidable
exposure of the affairs of individuals repulsive to every
sentiment of propriety and good feeling, and which your
petitioners most humbly beg leave to state was utterly
contrary to the principles of constitutional freedom,. and
the just rights and privileges of Englishmen.
" They, therefore, humbly and earnestly pray your
Majesty not to give your Royal sanction to the imposi
.
tion upon 'your peOple of any tax upon income.-
" Andyour petitioners will ever pray."
" TrOthewßight Von. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland„
in Parliament asSembled;—
" The humble Petition of the undersigned Bankers, Mcr-
chants, Traders, and other Inhabitants of the City of
Norwich.
" We, your petitioners, respectfully beg to call your
Lordships' most serious attention to the Bill now in pro-
gress to raise the supplies byimposing a tax upon income.
" It appears to your petitioners that a tax so oppres-
sive, and so inquisitorial in its operation, ought never to.
be resorted to in a free, and more particularly in a com-
mercial country, except upon the most urgent necessity,
when every other source has failed to supply the defi-
ciency- of the revenue. This, we submit, is not applica-
ble to the present state of the country, no such necessity
having been shown to justify the imposing sp vexatious
a burden upon the people, even if the necessities of
the State required such a stringent measure as a
property tax, and your Lordships should enter-
tain that opinion. Your petitioners urge to your
Lordships in. the most decided manner that the pro-
jected obnoxious measure of an income tax, if passed into
a law, would inflict the deepest injury on the industry of
those engaged in trade and commerce, and from the in-
quisitorial process adopted in levying it, would cause a
most injurious exposure of the affairs of individuals, de-
stroy that confidence which is so essential to the pros,
perity of trade, and surround our commercial transactions
with an intricate web of espionage, disgraceful to a
Government based on constitutional principles. -
" We further beg to state, that to class mere income,
more especially that derived from industry and applica-
tion, with that which arises from real property, Whether
in land or money, would, in the opinion of your peti-
tioners, be an act of the most wanton injustice ; ibe
former being subject to vicissitudes and losses which the
utmost care and circumspection can neither foresee nor
prevent, whilst the latter is based upon a solid and sub-
stantial foundation.
"For these reasons we most respectfully intreat your
Lordships to reject any Bill by which the trade and coin-.
mcrce of the country would be so deeply injured, which
it must inevitably be if so unjust and inquisitorial a mea
sure should pass into a law., '
"And your petitioners will ever pray."

SOLICITORS AND TIIE INCOME TAX.
The proposal of an income tax bids fair to rouse up
the solicitors in the metropolis and the country to an
organised effort to be freed from an oppressive impost
that has long been impatiently submitted to. In addi-
tion to the heavy stamp duty paid by solicitors, and tin-
serious outbly required in their education, a duty is
annually paid by them in the shape of praetisinz certi-
ficate duty, amounting to 12/. in London, and SL in the
country. This tax has existed for years, and though
the other professions are exempt from any such impost,
and its injustice has been frequently exposed, yet no
movement of the profession en masse has been made
against it. The proposed income tax has again called
attention to the subject ; and will give rise, it is be-
lieved, to a general demand of exemption froin this
most unjust exaction. Petitions are expected to be
forwarded from all quarters, so framed, of course, as not
to touch on the policy of the proposed Government,
measure. Should the Minister be able to carry the in-
come tax, and the annual certificate duty be continued,
then it will follow that a professional gentleman maiming
by a country practice 2001. a-year, Would be paying to

The coffin was covered with black velvet, and had largo
massive silver handles. At the head was a cross in silver tissue ;
and beneath it a shield, bearing the following inscription :
" Henry Howard, of Corby Castle, born 2d day of July, 1757 ;
di, d Ist day of March, 1E14.2." Below the shield was a mono-
gram, composed of the Greek (diameters X and P interwoven,
being the two first letters in the name of Chris•, with the letters
Alpha and Omega (the beginning and the end) at the sides of
it. This was a device in frequent use among the early Chris-
tians, intended as a symbol of the Christian's hope in the re•
demption through Christ:, . At the foot of the coffin were the
initisl letters of the words ‘. I?equiescat in pace."
A little before twelve o'clock the mournful procession started
from the Castle. The coffin was placed in ahe rse, drawn by
four black horses. The chief mourners were P. H. Howard,
Esq., M.P. (eldest son of the deceased), the Hon. Philip
Stourton, the Hon. Frederick Petre (son of Lord Petre,
and grandson of the deceased, his father being unable to at-
tend in consequence of illness), and Henry Petre, Esq., o
Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire.
About thirteen carriages followed the hearse, and a great
number of the tenantry, wearing black hatbands and gloves,
on horseback and on foot, formed in the procession, which con-
sisted of several hundred persons. The procession passed
through the grounds, and along the road by Warwick Bridge
to Wetheral. At almost every turn of the road, groups of peo-
ple were gathered to witness the funeral, and many an eye was
dimmed with tears at seeing the remains of the good old man
carried to their last resting-place.
The funeral service was read by the Rev. E. Stanger, the
venerable incumbent of the parish, who appeared deeply affec-
ted by the performance of the last sad office over the remains of
one with whom he had so long been in habits of friendship.
The little church was crowded with spectators, and the solemn
service was listened to with breathless attention.
At the conclusion of the service the coffin was lowered into
the vault. And thus nas the tomb closed upon one full of
years, and who had earned for himse.f the love and veneration
of all with whom he had ever come in contact—whose life has
been as blameless as his end has been happy—dying in peace
with all men.
We understand that a dirge and solemn High Mass for the
dead was celebrated on Thursday, the 10th, at the Bavarian ,
chapel, Warrick-street, the chapel Mr. Howard attended
when in London.