The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

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forwarded on or before the
" To the Clerk to the Comt
4nti House of Correction, Carrickfergus

16th Mit

THE INCOME TAX

Tax Bill, ordered by the House of Commons
be printed, has just been published. A brief
::ontents will be found interesting to all those
he tax is to be charged and levied from and
ay of April, 1842, and is to continue in force

of April, 1845, and no longer. There are five
B, C, D, E, which describe the different rates
)e levied, and the various kinds of property liable

That for all lands, tenements, and be-
iges in Great Britain, there shall be
e, for every twenty shillings.
'or all lands, &c., in respect of the occupa-
...., the sum of threepence *alfpenny shall be
twenty shillings of the annual value thereof,
,„......d the sum of twopence halfpenny"
ale C.—Upon all profits from annuities, dividends,
es of annuities, payable to any person, body politic
rate, company or society, out of any public revenue,
all be charged sevenpence for every twenty shillings,

patanc

THE M

;he annual profits or gains accruing
Great Britain from any kind of pro-

, whether in Great Britain or elsewhere, there
I Revenpence for every twenty shillings, and
7ery twenty shillings upon the annual
rson whatever, whether a subject of

, re-siding in Great Britain, or any pro-
inployment, or vocation exercised within

rules by which the profits arising from trades and
ns are to be determined, must be particularly inter-
e quote the clauses in full.
'hat the duty to be charged in respect thereof shall
uted on a sum not less than the full amount of the
)1 the profits or gains of such trade, manufacture,
.e, or concern, upon a fair and just average of three
Kling on such day of the year immediately preceding
of assessment on which the accounts of the said

facture, adventure, or concern, shall have been
or on the sth day of April preceding the
it, and shall be assessed, charged, and paid,
ction than is hereinafter allowed ; pro-
trade manufacture, ad-

to fasten.

in cases where

been set up or commenced
years, it shall be lawful to
Won for one year on the average of the ha-
ts and gains from the period•of first setting
vided also, that in cases where the trade,

x concern, shall hay

nod of thr

r concern, shall have been set up and com-
the year of assessment, it shall be lawful to
utatiou according to the rule in the sixth case

luty shall extend to every person or persons,
lities, fellowships, compa-
t, mystery, adventure, or
m respectively, in Great Britain or
aforesaid; except always such adventures or
about lands, tenements, hereditaments, or
'e mentioned in schedule A. and directed to be

nd to every ar

alance of profits and gains charge

purpose of assessing the
reset against or deducted
iinst or deducted from, such
It of any sums expended for repairs
purpose of such trade, mane-
nor for any sum expended by
n- repairs, or alterations of any imple-
articles employed for the purpose of

D, or f

nufacture, adventure, or concern, SeyOnd the
pended for such purposes, according to an
s preceding the year in which such
ma account of loss not con-

such trad

manufacture, ad•

of any capital with-
ms employed or in-

oyed, as

a-pital in such trade, ma-

concerr

nor for

any capital
t of premises occupied for the
manufacture, adventure, or

)r on account or under pretence of any
ch might have been made on such sums, if laid
>t; nor for any debts, except such debts or such
f, as shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
rs respectively to be irrecoverable and desperate,
- loss beyond the actual amount of loss
~, nor for Any sum recoverable under an in-
ntract of indemnity.

amoua

) dedu

of profits and gains arising
made on account of any

of professions,

&c.,lithe following :rules will

I duties on employments shall be construed
ry employment, by retainer, in any character
ler such retainer shall be annual, or for a
er period ; and to all profits and earnings of
subject only to such exemptions and allow-
reinatter granted. 2. The duty to be charged
I at a sum not less than the full amount of
)fits, gains, and emoluments, of such pro-
. vocations (after making such de-
by this act are allowed) within the
in the first case, to be paid on the
its or gains, without any deduction,
ms as are made in the first case in
ierage, in the cases of setting up
ch profession, employment, or vocation
erein limited. 3. The third and fourth
se shall also extend to the profits arising
cond case, as far as they are applicable."
E.—Upon every public office or employment of
pon every annuity pension, or stipend payable
sty, or out of the public revenue (except annuities
Schedule C), there shall be charged for every
llings yearly the sum of sevenpence. Exemptions
n favour of Friendly Societies, charitable institu-
k or dividend belonging to her Majesty, or to
Minister from a foreign state. Clause 97 Pro-
ls carrying on two tomes or professions may
' he one against the profits of the other.
1 in advance subject to discount, and after
parties may compound for three years. All
in carrying the Act into effect, are to make
vill not disclose any particular contained in
it or schedule, except to such persons as shall be
r statements. The act is to apply only
1 of an income of £l5O a year and

Like provisig
period of av

tDER IN FREDERICK-STREET, RE-
PARK, FIVE YEARS AGO.

(From Yesterday's Times.)
;e and very contradictory statements being cur-
, a clue having at length been obtained which,

will, in all probability, have the effect of causing
capture of the murderer of Eliza Davis, who was
Mr. Wadley, landlord of the King's Arms, Fre-
et, Regent's-park, our reporter has instituted a
lat inquiry as to what has recently really taken
ive to this dreadful affair, and the result is as

ars that a few nights since, at a quarter before 12
‘jr. Wadley had closed his shutters, and was about
e
hisdoor when a middle-aged man, attired in
coat, figured waistcoat, and light trousers, entered
e and
and politely requested to be served with a glass of
water ; be was supplied with it, and after par-
r a small portion commenced talking in a somewhat
nt and strange
yes at Roe manner of the late dreadful murder of
ampton,and in the course of his remarks
that admitting Good had killed the woman, he
;nk much the worsasked Mr. Wadleye
pff him for that ; after a brief
Davis was murdered,ihaeodwoans
hisno tbeiinngtrheaptlipelad
to
`ice, he made somel;ard observations which were
lligible, with re to the blood found on
,g to the finger-mark) supposed to have been
the murderer in making"
(who
sheogress from the
hed to know if WilcoxE at the period
,n of the diabolical deed,w was pi;iietman) was
d that he was, and also that
still
y's) service. While this conversa7as
no one in the bar but the landlordianudwthaes
nking as above referred to,Wilcox having
past 11. It will be borne in mind that
suspected of having committed the, mar-
f plaster, and that from his frequent vi.
ns for months prior to the discovery of
-in his person was well known to Wil_
as also of opinion that he should be
•nv future period should he chance
man made some further remarks
,d Mr. Wadley if he thought he
e imagined had cut the
Wadley) replied (look-
I think I should, and
He seemed rather
4 having finished
-le abrupt-
^ then

es with

Wadle

house was

f the
murderer ot
,
day Inspector Aggs, of the S
of what had occurred, and,
th Mr. Wadley upon the subject,
himself to the utmost, with the view
, the supposed gpilty person, but as
e has been heard respecting bim. It is much
retted that Mr. Wadley did not act with more
de and judgment in the matter, by detaining the
man upon hispremises until he had called in a po-
i case such other steps might have been taken
lave had the effect of setting at rest tike question

ner nis suspicions were well grounded of other-
gs, who is acquainted with the whole of the facts
with the horrid murder, is still actively engaged
ag up his inquiries relative to the myateriow affair.

floptried

- -
MUSE pF COMMONS

-THURSDA,,

M. SI-JARMAN tjp.AWFCIRD brought,forwg4,a p-,44e ion, the
purport of which Was to pledge the howse NY' a into its
early consideration what are comnionly, !mown. i 1 the " five
points of the charter, viz.—extensian of the iio'Erage, equal-
ised electoral districts vote by haiiot, anatral parliaments,
the payment of members, ard abolition of waalification. He
did not ask the house to pledge itself to all these points, but
to go into the consideration of them, wit'a a view to a full

and fair discussion.
Mr. O'CONNELL seconded a

motion

A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Wallace, Dr. Bowring,
Mr. Ward, Sir James Graham, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Wakley,
Mr. Bernal, Sir John Easthope, Mr. Villiers, Sir Robert
Peel (who declared, that what he now heard of the working
of the reform act, disinclined him
change

.o entertain any new

, and, affirmed, that though our representative sys-
tem was not free from defects, he yet believed that sympathy
with the people would be better shown by passing his income
tax and his financial measnres, as being better calculated to
benefit them), Mr. Muntz, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Roebuck, Lord
Stanley, Sir Thomas Wilde, and other members took part.
The house then divided, when there appeared,—For the
motion, 67 ; against it, 226.
The house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock.