The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

A. REALLY NEW SCHEME OF TAXATION

It has been a tedious task, which we have had to en-
counter during the past few weeks, to read through the
nevgeevery
sort of remedy for the failing condition of
. We are rewarded, however, at length with
host of pamphlets which have issued from the press, sug-
gesting
neesteriw idea—a plan, in fact, which is to supersede customs,
excise, stamp, legacy, assessed, income, and every other
kind of taxation ; to save us the cost of a coast guard and
of revenue cruisers, and to reduce, by two millions arid a
half, the cost of collecting the revenue. We don't know
whether, ultimately, it might not save us the expense of
keeping a Chancellor of the Exchequer.
y a anything
tax,not else,ape a
its
The plan in question, which is proposed by Mr. John
Revans, who informs us that he served for some years as
secretary to the Irish Poor Law Commission, is simply
this :—Mr. Revans would sweep away at once our present
raisesyst the em;
rleeavveenarers
enfeitthleiereeeuxnctisrey
h norand
income, hut upon the domestic expenditure of each indi-
vidual orjamily. The e would be no difficulty, as in the
case of the income tax, on the score of unpleasant disclo-
sures of private matters. Every man could declare his
expenditure without difficulty, as, if it were small, he
would get the credit of being either a clever manager or
, the world would
supposed ! We are not informed, however, how the plan
would
a kfe frugal
fora f
reg personer ta athtea
granted
classa n
thatd ifoh fei t
personswwa were r e l
better a
wr
he
tain a large expenditure upon no ostensible means at all,
g off than had been
o contrive to main •
or the very numerous class who have to tell little white
lies upon the subject of the cost of their living to penu-
rious old uncles and aunts, from whom they have expec-
tancies. . -

Of course, at the end of every year the officers appointed
to carry out the system will have to make returns to
government of the expenditure of their districts ; and from
the gross amount, which will vary very much, the Chan-
cellor of the Exch makes calculaf q to

lequer wn, .d his ;ion as .
how much per cent. he can do with. Thus, suppose the
expenditure of the kingdom is returned to him at
£500,000,(0) for the year. and he wants £52,000,000, he
will probably say, " 1 may as well have 10i per cent., to
be on the safe side;" and we shall all immediately have

The Duchess of Montpensier has been sent for bY the
Madrid Government.
Some revolutionary movements are stated to have
place in Germany, but they are not credited.
Among the patents lately obtained in France, is one ~6
M. Lafond, for the application of chloroform, as, a mot'
power, instead of steam.
THE PRESBYTERIANS AT MALTA.—Mr. More 0'
roll, Governor of Malta, has directed that for the fat
the bodies of Presbyterians shall receive burial in "of
ground destined to hold the remains of other members
the Protestant community.
14
PRUSSIA.—The King of Prussia's Ambassador
London made, on Saturday last, an official! declarationA
the British Government, to the effect that Prussia 011,0
not interfere in the internal affairs of France; but t',4
while she did not contemplate any aggressive milit7o
movement against the new Republic, she was resolved 4
resist any attempt of France to violate the territory of
neighbours.—Times.
GROWTH OF COTTON IN SClNDE.—Attempts are tri.oo,,
at a great expense to raise that staple in different distriPi
where facilities for its removal are not so available as tbleol
must be by the river Indus. The comparison of the brio
to the Nile has been often made. Cotton of good nu„,°oe,
has been known to grow well on the banks of the 17b6.
and magnificently on those of the Missisippi and its 01 be
taries. There is no reason shown why it should n°,l,os
cultivated with equal success in Scinde. With abun d
crops of wheat, of cotton, and even of sugar the valtibay
Scinde to Bombay will soon be incalculable.—.Bo
Gentleman's Gazette. the
ITALY.—We mention in one of our inside fern!s not,
disturbed state of several parts of Italy. We hav°,,ot
yet received intelligence of the effect which the nnol,
the revolution in France had produced in Italy. The o%
lowing extracts, however, show in what temper it 04
likely to be received. The students of Pavia had issreo
a manifesto in favour of Italian independence, vibe,' 04
the following passage occurs :—" The day is at hanteld
which, under the roof where Virginia died, in the
whence Barbarossa fled, on the plains where the yes the
bell resounded, amongst the men who responded tg°ebel
voice of Masaniello, within the walls defended by the
Angelo, in the country of Eugene of Savoy, and on vo
banks f the river where the children are heroes, seeoli
armies of warriors will asseMble, sworn to embrace fie
other on the field of battle. Then will the God of
..no,
men inspire your hearts, guide you in the glorious the
flier, and decide your destinies." At the same titnewitl!
students beseech their friends not to furnish Austrt id
any pretext for dividing them by closing their bald the
interrupting their studies. At Turin a meeting °
people was held on the 24th ult., to thank the 13114
Government for its " worthy" reply to the note addresjo
by Prince Metternich to Viscount Palmerston 0114111,
affairs of Italy. Advices from Rome of the 21st 'oi
that a movement of battallions towards the frontiersl
the States of the Church, and to several more cel'ool
points, such as Bologna, Forli, Pesaro, &c., was in c°
of o;gani2a ion

i°fl
The London papers of yesterday give the proclarigtoi
-
of the Canton of Neufchatel on its throwing °,:iicsO
sovereignty of the King of Prussia. The repo'
movement every where gains ground.
On the
.Brh
,January last, Joseph Littler.

aged 4%0J

hiq home in Pleasant-street, and was not afterwards soil:
of until his body was picked up by two boatmen os,,,TortP
day evening, floating on the Mersey, opposite tha
On Saturday night, John Magrath, 36 „
Docks.
der
to lging in Wa!nut street, went to bed undertheio",,Ar
of liquor. At eleven o'clock •on Sunday forenoon
found dead in bed. He was in the habit of dr"
hard.
,anthdreeCamthoanrtihrlse,
iFmapzraiksoer:,.:\ellliot!
le";
COMMITMENTS, YESTERDAY, FROM THEpOy 10-
Patrick Flinn, for stealing 4s. 6d. from a woofs' . ifig;
ne
tntoi (Ilya t
Brain, stealing from Margaret Davies some lead 11173eP,11
stealingC o u T. —a Mfl
flannel
eCI op
John Joyce, Fat Brennan, Edmund Barry, at'
Barry, all for attempting to pick pockets, three In°
each. Ikfi;
CHILDREN SCALDED.—On Saturday afternoo-teit-
chael Barry, aged fifteen months, living with his Par hr's,
in Ben Jonson-street, was playing on the floor, I,"ideo
kettle of boiling water fell from the hob, and so 5e3 Ca
him that he died next morning.—On the same el!Ying
tharine Carr, aged two years and three months, ny Or
Corlett-street, fell backwards into a pot of hot Watt

stood on the floor, and died yesterda-y morning. S 5C5'
GENERAL EUROPEAN PASSAGE OFFICE.--That
tem of shaving is daily carried on by many of the v.`"
tf
pean passage offices, none but those interested de2,..
affords us pleasure in stating that we believe the wio
Byrnes, Son, and Co., 69, South-street, New Ir°r 0:4
their business honestly and above board. Tlos,.D"ther
have had business dealings with them assure us Cia`./is6
is noshavingin that establishment.—Brooklyn Adve'aris
[That a system of shaving has of late years been it 1,,
on by a few extinct firms is probable, but that "ritie,
daily occurrence is a reflection on our autll;
Amongst many firms, however, nho are equally. cis
e7Afito
stand high in respectability, that of Messrs. BYrnwro
Co., the representatives of the firm mentioned
contemporary, is justly entitled to be classed.]