The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-31 00:00:00

INCOME TAX.
°II East
the y s
a t
er Tuesday a Vestry meeting was held in
,_ estrv-room, in the parish of St. John's, Wap-
rgtg, when resolutions were passed and a petition
oh ieed to—" That this Vestry is of opinion that a tax
cini neome is not a tax which ought to be resorted to
e,as a last resource; that the income tax is most
ectionable, as it taxes industry in the same man-
and to the same extent as fixed capital ; that it is
azdwels
1,48: °PPressive and unconstitutional in its operation,
po use, in the enforcement of it, large inquisitorial
must be vested in Boards of Commissioners
ofh their, officials, to pry into the private transactions
„,e,r Majesty's loyal subjects?'
L,l,rle Petition Was signed by the Chairman on be-
rof the meeting, and is to be forwarded to Lord
4..Nghatn for presentation to the House of Lords,
:"Ing their Lordships not to sanction so unequal,
teaosequenti, so unjust, an impost. Copies of the
,_ utions are to be forwarded to Sir Robert Peel,
me Count 1
Coh„ ,„Y embers, and to Sir William Clay
Hamlet
s,
code "x, the Members for the Tower .
Clay and
Nil a request that they will oppose the proposed m-
e tax in their places in Parliament.

Ye THE INCOME TAX.
ii.,,,terdav a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Co'illrlt ar,4lo(Farringdon Without, wi.s held in the New
pcsed inue_cl_Bailey, to adopt measures _a st the pro-
% the .inte tax, gDuke, M.P
Alderman Sir James ~
kr, chairpn ,*:„
eoare• -11‘"ex, ward clerk, having read the notice
"tn.. +l,
4 '' "le meeting,
r c,..
said that ",'RLEB WOOD moved the first resolution, and
have Su Robert Peel should not, in time of peace,
deans sorted to an income tax when there were other
Accord)? Which he could have increased the revenue.
deficit trig to his own showing, there was only a
revenaiq two millions and a half to make good in the
Propose' -11 r. Wood then enumerated at length the
those ,1' alterations in the customs' duties, and said,
stood ii"e'e the acts of a man who, two years ago,
tion iii 13 and cried out—No surrender, no reduc-
oidy
0, the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) He has not
but iri_ne a little way to oblige Lord John Russell,
appre,474B gone further, by attempting, through an
Poor ive and sweeping act, to take as much from a
the Tan, who endeavoured to keep his family off
Pro Parish, as from the Duke of Devonshire, whose
theoryc was fixed and.settled.—(Hear, hear.) From
aidZierament officers 155,0001. was to be taken,
*hat was cruel and oppressive in the extreme ; but
1414 Could thev expect but injustice, when the Eng-
LibeNtaties sent in 139 Tory Members, and only 20
tat r 18. They could not petition against the income
411;6,' they protested against it, they would be
alicoihT at. It only, therefore, remained for them to
rives "' a deputation to wait upon their representa-
ipeoi and tell them that, if they did not oppose the
fi)44l,,e4ax, they should not have their votes.
r' r Roma seconded the resolution, which passed
I et,
ttitior. -DmuND PONTITEX moved the second reso-
be in. Ile insisted that the income tax should not
tleaTl)()sed unless from stern necessity, and it was
to th no such necessity existed.—(Hear. hey had
hicitdank Sir Robert Peel for many things; still so
it ei,-„si'.,t°rial and so oppressive was the income tax that
Afri,,,,,T..tot be tolerated. . .
te4
,' vv Imaitats seconded the motion. He attribu-
lth'l_Proposed tax to class legislation, and said that
ltnnAiast year of the past income tax there were
-uu surcharges in the City of London, and 18,000
in the country.
b.., • ANDERTON, in an able speech, exposed the
thlualetrects that thel
ax would have upon men in
ln professions, 'and upon those who possessed
steady incomes.
tae. ra• ()HUARD and GvuNrY followed on the same
theit
tlle i Ten Ann TAYLOR said that the tax struck at
`lemma crests and liberties of the country. An Al-
, in an in the City told him that when he paid the
eoriie ,
the in lax his accounts and books were subjected to
for ift,6iit rigid inquiry, while no allowance was made
f
that 1,,--aus debts. The result of the unpopularity o
the feksure was the presentation by Sir W. Curtis,
lignecliZ 'Member for the City, of a petition against it,
only 21., Y 40,000. A :counter one was got up, but
only
..'ersons could be found to sign it.---(Hear,
4 110 d 1 was absurd to speak of two millions and
a nahn• 'efielt upon the revenue when the country had
Aft:lW debt of eight millions.
IPitit-r speeches from other members in the same
'. a .Tleputation, consisting of Sir James Duke,
013 *t' ontifex, Taylor, Bedford, Anderton, and
' . ti hard,
, - -41' 4. was appointed to wait upon the represents-
;;. of the City and Middlesex to induce them to
• 4---'t the measure' by every possible means.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
'ter A Correspondent in your valuable and indei
o'ent columns of the 26th instant (signed ~
•Iviy,,
e .
stant Reader"), talks of taxing house property
th,°lvs forsooth—as one of the items. Now, I
111 d opine from this, that matters to the east of us
not quite so bad as what I have been led to sup-
LIZ ; but, with regard to our neighbourhood, I can
o tin your " Constant Reader" that at least ahone-
state
„,:f our house-property-men are already. in a
has ultsnivency • and another of the visitations he
S di
duty and Interestedly and kindly suggested of a house
441 an additional duty on windows, will send
0_ er
Reni fourth quickly after them.
have es hereabouts, within these. ten or fifteen yearS,
ene-h eeree
half
sed one-third, and in many instances to
43 goodalrssfor what is house property after all ? Is it
tunit, as a tradesman's capital, who has an oppor-
gro4, of shifting it about in various ways ?—a
hoft °r an ironmonger, for instance; but not so a
let —0; 'where it is once put there it must stand ; but
not t,'e owner beware how he builds it—be careful
take: admit too many air holes, which may be mis-
ntir for windows ; many of us, striving to make
.ntniciles healthy and comfortable, have, alas! to
Nvhate°,st, now cause to repent of our folly. But
Skali nir. Editor, shall we say of such legislation ?
't 11.- we be considered a sane people some two hurl-
—t.tt
4 ears hence ?
h e injustice of such suggestions of your Corres-
Arndent are too flagrant to be thought of. Property,
teet
t,yran ed by legislation for certain classes, is becoming
(14stieal, and many now begin to ask themselves
look I°lls about the franchise; and I begin myself to
t,3l,:..liChartwith less hostility on the code drawn up of
„t:'sni. The middle class are grinding down to
'l4!!'likter'rs, and without we soon lighten the burden and
4 , •ntj''''ll%4e it on stronger shoulders, the exhausted, but pa-
-4:,,.11):,`"Tea,," camel, will sink and die. Could not your Cor-
Nvy" Tdent have resorted to those great balls of wealth
the Corn-laws have assisted to form? Let
a PPly the legacy duty to those immense aggre-
-14.; ~113 of freehold lands which we see weekly pass-
: sire to son without a farthing tax, while a
/4;'industrious tradesman's savings for his family is
tar4euessly visited,• because, forsooth, it has the bas
air Editor, of personal attached to it ! To be brief,
Itt Area,"litor, I cannot resist this opportunity of ex-
s?,l'„ the-11411g. my thanks and admiration of your powers in
tfrli•A4 ' tald ntiruig energy. displayed in your liberal, just,
Independent columns, with respect to that ob-
q,ll4.4ilertti.us and suicidal Corn question ; and I am quite
'4l,4o:tai in that it is mainly owing to your enlightened
• 14'!tik41'411,1e remarks, and persevering exertions, that we
;. , '44 ,the first step, and I hope it will prove a beneficial
141.14.4.1-fto the final demolition of this national incubus.
,ueg to subscribe myself, yours respectfully,
A DEVONSHIRE MAN.
• t, eh 29, 1842.

• 131
-STRESS AT GREENOCK.
,
0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
tit4',--The baneful effects of Class Legislation and
Iti2.t.ll,eallY wrong and unjust state of society, has at
tow reduced reduced this hitherto busy and prosperous
14' wide to the same wretched . and melancholy state in
kriliel,tile other cities and towns of the empire arc de-
, 411 Qto be. Shipowners, manufacturers, and mer-
, 14141,, tioetstlinhave been regularly following one another this
1,4414 " e past, into the gulf of bankruptcy and ruin.
trow, streets, dock-yards, and workshops, lately
%; 24! hte il'ed with industrious and well-employed artisans,
'44;-,;''„°ft°lv quite deserted, or only echo to the footsteps
' hositttZe whom want of employment has reduced to
t; .) 1.104 ofelt,enin idleness and poverty. And as this pe-
lf, ci ketier Itae year has ever, hitherto, been the season of
`1 • Bta and full employment, the present complete
44-I,,ation and gloom is considered the more ominous,
' Iva,:gan7 minds, unsupported by hope, are giving
to
gloomy and angry forebodings.. I say angry,
,l'eeill4„"lt and adversity makes men reason closely and
l'aattli" and it is generally understood and believed
or .'a the e misgovernment and an unjust state of society
tklyedelkuse of all these evils. A meeting of .the unem-
' the was held here on the 25th, and they assembled
‘lley amount of between two and three thousand, and
trg agreed to memorialize the Provost and Magis-
eal stating
04.:•• j)let of
h their situation, and soliciting that re-
-rovost has
kind might be afforded them. The
142,11venjas promptly responded to the call, and has
.14 ner a 'fleeting of the inhabitants to-day, to con-
}t @' •.r what is to be done.
Aire ‘,lBrs an , of Whomawful state of things to exist in an em-
-4°lt it is boasted that on her dominions the
.
'lever •
Ple sets--an empire to which the tribes and
& every
4 j,4 tattopts, clime and reoion of the earth have
11,,14..4444f , Ri.i6a"' and accustomed to look up with vene-
-4'4(4 awe--an empire which boasts, and boasts
14,)144,4°'' t° .Icnowledge and power, capable of increasing,
s4lo, .011mited extent, all the comforts and nece:;sa-
i existence.
141 N, Niw,rs es 'lt requir no great stretch of the reflective
1(414- 4tion !•° Perceive that our knowledge and power as a
'4l andthalB grievously circumscribed and misdirected,
ti N.,. Nvemth t there is no just or wise distribution of that
1,4,
' 'lleh ho which we, of the working classes, create in
ti ~ Our '11'1(1:less profusion.
, laws oc Knowledge of the governing principles and
Nvitot, nature, and consequently our power to avoid
aati extuld produce abundance, infinitely transcends,
411. d eecds all that was ever known in former times
motions ; and yet our forms of Goverriment, and