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

INCOME TAX.

The folhiwing address has been very generally cir-
culated at Norwich and the neighbourhood
CLIIZANS AND TRADESMEN,—The Bill for enforcing the
,Iniquitous tax is now printed.
It behoves y.;u to look to its provisions before its burdens are
:rtmovably fixed upon you.
Schedule D is atl that concerns you as tradesmen. It. is a
charge of 21. 18s. 4d. per cent. upon the profits derived from
any profestl". tra e, employment, or vocation (the amount of
which is 1504 and upwards). No man so circumstanced can

escape.
Is a matter ais you as individuals. The uncertain
pro_ s of
trade, deli' -ling upon health and exertions, are taxed
equally with the pernment produce of real and funded pro-
perty. A man who earns 1.-I°ol. a year by his industry, has no
capital, and who probaby will !Rave his family unprovided for,
is charged, the same with a man Om has 5,0001. at interest,
which he can live upon, and leave be:Jutl him, for the main-
tenance of his family.
Observe ! You must deliver in the account of your profits,
or pay a penalty of 201. and treble the amount of the dOt; for
which you are liable.
If you Fend in your account, and it is not deemed satisfactory,
yeu will he examined by the Commissioners, (probably your
rival tradesmen,) whose questions, as to capital, returns, losses.
se., you must answer in writing, and be sworn to, if required.
if your assessment be then increased, you will be liable to
pay treble duty. If the oath be false, you will be liable to
the penalties of perjury.
Where is your hope of escape?
Again observe! How are your profits to be estimated?
Mark the very words of the Act.
• No sum shall lie deducted from such profits or gains, fur any
sum employed, or intended to be employed as Capital in such
trzde.
~Nor for any capital employed in improvement of premises
occupied for the purposes of such trade.
Nor on account of any interest which might have been made
• on such sums, if laid out at interest.
.4. Nor fin. any debts, except such debts, or such parts
thereof, as shali.be proved to the satisfaction of the Com-
missioners !to be irrecoverable and desperate."
That's not all 1 Mark the climax !
" to estimating the amount of profits, no deduction shall be
made on account of any annual interest, or any annuity, or
annual payments, payable out of such profits or gains."
Men of Capital ! whether your own or on loan ! Trades-
men, who require the utmost farthing of your profits—Pause !
consider! and then be active to avert this enormous injustice!
Or will you bt nd your necks to the yoke, in spite of
A WARNING, VOICE !

NATIONAL CONVENTION.
(THIS DAY.)
The Convention met this morning at nine o'clock, at the Dr.
Johnson Tavern, Feet-street. Mr. DUNCAN took the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
A great number of letters were read from different parts of
the country, enclosing signatures to be added to the National
PAition. The petition already numbers three milions of sig-
natures. N ) other besine,s came before the Convention.
Adjourned till nine o'clock to-morrow.

The following is a. copy of the Address lately agreed to by
the Convention to the
people of Great Britain :
" Fellow Countrymen,—'The members of the National .
.
Con-
vention, in the reports made by them of
the present position
and future prospect of the Chartist cause, have stated that
touch excitement
prevails in various parts of the country, con-
cerning the different movements directed ag4inst the present
system of government. brad the particular line of action we
have adopted for the attainment of our principles;
we, there-
fore, conceive it to be our duty to give you war advice as to the
proper course which should be pursued in regard to these di-
visions. It is our unanimous opinion, adopted after mature
deliberation, that you go on with your present movement for
the People's Charter, whole and entire, FIRMLY ADHExiNG
EVEN TO THE NAME.
" Extert your present organisation in England, and Scot-
land, and Wales. Unite your energies for an attainment of
that object for which you have so nobly struggled during
many years, amidst reviling, persecutions, and misrepresenta-
tion. Turn neither to the right hand nor to the left. Ksep
the even tenor of your way on principle alone. Extend the
right handof cordial welcome to men of all ranks,
creeds, to induce them to unite with great you in theclasses, and
struggle
tor national regeneration and enfranchisement.

" The People's Charter has become a household word . its
principles are engraven on the hearts of millions of our fellow..
countrymen ; and the name is endeared by the recollections of
the long sufferings endured, and perseverance exhibited, in its
behalf. Amidst adversity and prosperity, in the hours of per-
secution and distress, we scorned to deny it, and are not dis-
posed to abandon it now, when its banners wave triumphant
over all other national standards. Each succeeding day makes
converts to your principles, proving to the distressed of all
glasses that it is only through their truth and justice that they
can be freed from the errors and wrongs of class legislation.
As the process of conviction and conversion goes on amongst
those that have been hitherto opposed to you, various offers of
union and support will be proposed to you, modified, according
to the knowledge, prejudices, feelings, and position in life in
which the, parties may be placed. Some will only perceive, or
acknowledge, your principles in part; others will acknowledge
them entire, but object to your designation of them, or the
manner in which you struggle to attain them. To the first,
your answer must be your conviction of the truth of your
cause, and your hope that time and honest inquiry will im-
press that truth on them ; to the others, that you have no cause
to be ashamed of your name, and cannot abandon it to suit the
prejudices and fastidious taste of those that may ever and anon
arise to find fault with it, while they adopt the principles it
designates. A name to be fairly judged, ought to be so by the
principles it represents, and not by the actions of any person or
persons that may have borne it ; for those that act not in ac-
cordance with the principles, are not entitled to the name :
therefore, those that adopt our principles, and shrink at their
name, evince a weakness of mind which we lament, as show
ing them unequal to the stern and unbending purpose which
should nerve the patriot in his contest against wrong sustained
by prejudice, falsehood, and persecution.
" We look to you, then, fellow-countrymen, to proceed
wisely and firmly in the work in which we are engaged; keep
your present organisation, adding to it the power that increased
experience gives you, remembering that on each and all of you
rest the responsibility of making your principles and
their name respected in your own persons. Go on,
then, in the even c.ursc of justice and right—hail with
pleasure all movements based on the Charter that may
arise to assist you in attaining your objects. If men
are so weak as to object to y‘ur name, bear vvith them—
quarrel not with them about a name ; but do not imitate their
weakness by abandoning your own; insist on a stern adherence
to principles; let these be your guide; watch earnestly for any
wavering or compromise in those that profess to be with you
for yours—then, and not till then, condemn and resolutely
oppose them, but let all your opposition to your foes be guided
by mild firmness, appealing to the truth of your cause for suc-
cess; have faith in that truth, and rest assured that, if the people
honestly do their duty it will triumph over falsehood, wrong,
and oppression."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met shortly before Five o'Clock.

Several Priva6! Bills were advanced a stage.
Lord Mahon, and others from the Commons, brought
up the Copyright Bill, the Huish Champflower Enclosure
Bill, the Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Bill, the Shef-
field, Ashton, and Manchester Railway Art Amendment
Bill, the Nottingham Improvement Bill, the London and
BlachWall Railway Bill, and several other Private Bills,
which were severally read a first time.