[1] Becker, a celebrated coiner from the antique, recently deceased in Prussia,—N.B.—His widow carries on the business.
[2] Quot Themison œgros autumno occiderit uno. Alas! and there are many Themisons still in Rome; for whose address vide the Guide-Books.
[3] Times, December 25, 1845.
[4] It is a curious fact, that the only witnesses whose testimony the Earl of Devon ventured to use in support of Lord Stanley's bill, were those of Mr Balfe, chairman of the "committee of grievances;" a discharged dragoon, who was contradicted in almost every statement he made by the most respectable persons on their oaths, and who was obliged to retract some voluntarily; and of Mr Byrne, of the value of whose opinion, or whose statements, we can form some estimate, from the following extract from the evidence of Nicholas Maher, Esq.
Appendix B., No. 1097.
He is asked, has he read a particular statement of Mr Byrne's? And his answer is:—"I have read the evidence, and I must just state that Mr Byrne is a person to whose evidence I would not give any weight."
Ireland—Land is exempt from
| Assessed taxes, | £4,204,855 |
| Income tax, | 5,158,470 |
| Malt tax, | 4,998,130 |
| ————— | |
| £14,361,455 |
This is the net amount of those taxes. The gross amount which is levied off the people will be about fifteen millions and a half, or nearly one third of the total amount of the income of the country, towards which Ireland does not contribute a single shilling.