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LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23.

I. tat n ight, the Artolt-NaT-ClENlZALproved,dariag !
the di tele on Mr. Mir Mee GIPSON'S motion respect.
kg taus on literature, that there are two sorts
a honour in vogue: the honour which binds gentle-
awn to fulfil their promises sad to respect their
I,6dges. and the honour peculiar to revenue boards
;rid law officers, which leads them, for "the interest
of the ',abbe." to forswear their most solemn engage.
men's. 'I his is the sort of honour which has been
venehated by the Board of Inland Revenue to Mr.
tti triers 'Hoax., in reference to his Huueehold
IV,lrrofwe qf Curren! Fresh.
our readers are aware that this publication is a com-
pact little monthly newspaper, put forth on the faith of
a common sense construction of statutes, which
exclude from stamp duty periodicals hewed at inter-
vals greater than 26 days between each number.
The Huard of Inland Revenue, having rashly anni-
hilated an obecuro provincial monthly journal of
a similar character, were obliged, in selfjusti-
&anon. to follow up one wrong by perpetrating
another. Although picked officers of the board, when
afterwards examined before the select committee on
as wspaper stamps, owned that they could not ten—
th/1H the confusion and contradiction of the law—what
a statutable newspaper is or is not, the board took
upon itself to decide that the Household Narrative of
muse Errata is liable to be stamped ; but its pro-
prietor, being stronger in purse than the unfortunate'
provincial, resisted this decision, and a special CYO
was agreed upon and referred to the Court of Ex-
chequer. After an elaborate argument before four of
the barons, three of them decided in favour of Mr.
CHARLES Dicey's ; the fourth supporting, upon
purely technical grounds, the affirmation of the
Stamp-office.
It may be neeeasrry to explain to non-legal
readers that a special ease is simply a statement of
facts, agreed upon by the parties on both side., which
Is to form the basis of an arbitration—not to a single
referee, as in ordinary cases--but to • bench of
judges ; these facts being argued upon by counsel on
both sides. Each party stipulates in all faith and
honour to he bound by the decision; against which,
consequently, no appeal can honestly lie.
Alen of honour in private life, who have entered
into such a compact abide by, it, or they cease to be
men of honour ; but "their honours" of the Stamp-
office acknowledge. it appears, no such laws. Not
being, says their mouth-piece, the Arroarthe-
Ors vett.. satisfied" with the decision, they intend
to prosecute Mr. DICKENS further, by commencing
the suit against that gentleman de aura, and even-
tually hunting him into a Court of Error. That is to
say, the Board of Inland Revenue really—but nomi-
nally its creature and eatspaw the govearnmen t—having
solemnly agreed to be bound by the judgment of • me,
jority of arbitrators of their own choosing, break their
engagement, upon the childish plea that they are
"not satisfied." In the long and dismal annals of liti-
gation, it has, we believe, never occurred that a worsted
party ever was or ever could be satisfied with being
pronounced in the wrong. Indeed, from a decision
so given there is no appeal; but, in order to create
an appeal, Mr. DieeeNs must be stretched once more
upon the rack—must endure puss forte et (lure
of the law. The ATTORNET-GENEKAL professes
that such a gross breach of faith is necessary to set
the stamp question at rat; but what warrant is there
that the question will bo indulged with say rest
until it is settled in favour of the phi-
tiffs? If there be any assuring is wink
or force in agreements, the question is 'sabot;
and settled in favour of Mr. Dumont so
thoroughly, that the law slime sf no appeal hem
a decision given epos seshpressWw an jhese is&
leetnally taken against the eirl Nornotioo.
Before Mr. lan:sers sea be dewed its a Omit at
Error a new set of presseillager ma sussed
against the Crowe. mot be taken i and what is to
prevent the cook shad& the Court of Error act
grn " satisfaction " to the Beard of lamed Rome,
hoes being relined to amitosis atlma4 soldesseed
through an sudleos trail of litigation, if which may
younger men than Mr. CIIARLISS Maim will act
live to see the end ?
Through such a frightful data elsrfass the
is supported by the sei=
that the Crown pays no aver, His peat misanttans
has been success in the flout imams. To have boa
proved in the right is to be Mead.
Blunders, like lies, beget me mother is geese-
trice! progresoao. The fleet bider et the Commis-
sinners of Inland Rooms was the poet of all the
others. If they had not put dews the Norioiot De-
famer upon what we, be imam with this,
four judges of the Court of Nzaheqaws, believe te be
an erroneous Ornstildioll al the low, they maid
have had no ossoisa to sari the IloratioJi Nor.
ratan% Nor, bakes bees hiled la that Mask week'
they autopt to mow it fry a diegoestal brush of
hith, prosapeed try &Mimi eletimg is wow. The
point at dune he astairelmadvaly,ifets siteasaredsow
smasess. Theis Wok I perhaps ism OS
bs. 90 pabliolhas &Moe to that al Mr. Dim=
teOa these kingdoms, Whelher they be ellsalable
ewspe ar net, nein wain tm sr se=
stamp lidon golden. Ms whets alidr
amain the bed most el a p=l2ool —tsar.
lf the law be ammo sad if it be
doubtful whether that whit is Meaty-six days
aid is news OMNI with what heic
paid yaisellep)- , if mesh a doubt sire
=el the —akar ma/ft al the law by thrtilla•
judg the beam wares to adethi
Is ire
Om the lawes, nub Mrs and ladispiable,
by es emir* sew eat se by as
mot te break s same bead essialLPhrZZ all
dliamembis plea that the asides zeds he rope&
if it is est weithereecey" te the
If the dollies ef tiros eat et tie=
1:1 ast4.
final (as it was spoil between the parties it ahead
bet no ragaparer on earth cm sells the &pets.
this ass he net to be narrowed to the beads of
the ifoesshai Iferratay. If a isle newipepr
proprietor is is be mod as Mr. Camas MOWS
is ism with, whose turn will ems nett f Ws mast
lea to ourselves. Th. Frame sad Amerha pas
h mad net ism hassidy, bat mask more sorely ; it
has its be Mews oat ia the wed old highwa -
am halm Oar pees is, it slam to be 7
hp lim view poison of
illiCarheys thet esmatbiap ems Mr. Xu
trn Otas easieesht es ths whale yam at
taxation taw—
iitamfare, if whisk the Head d blest
ilosaus see the ardahlaisea Notaries
af the Emmaus shoe seemed M ileaste that
relief is eotemplata ham the sdortimasat duty,
Which yields so ilia ea mem& to the ammo and
is so inomehleat sad abed in it speralm. Altar
each an avowal, Mr. Moon mad act vary plus-
filly have premed his maim to a division last
sight and le astatpudsatly i saboitting to ea
adment ram Widoeday, the 11th if Ms.,
whejournn the while pasties Rid SIIIIS hire is
bewei whieb, by that will he ia pseleisa
the financial phis din" NOmey OnAMILLteI
the EV nEUIrli.

Mo. Miura. ke—ho t.W a—to be hid
before the Homo of QrMo die do' wish. On
that day we may hope to bora what phoo *pro-
tertionteta propose for the dommods tithe
°pantry. There le so so so mph requi
the attention of the tatives efiLhaetrle awe
the revision of our whole d of I and
no part of that system is mote batty and more needs
smendment, than the portion el it which was to
have been brought before the House of Ocrmasoms
seat night by Mr. WiLtuws—the annual ltairwal
by the government officials of about 7,000,0001. on
thernmleep.
It IN however, amongst the many evils of the pro-
toetimied faction having succeeded in placing Lord
Dosin in office, that the real buinneas of the Wien
cannot he attended to, and that our bettiarses
Mid gristly jumble 'MAC-ailed • system of tosatio,
nub' be allowed to remain uninvestigated aid um-
formed for another year. The CHANCELLOR d the
ligzataitta, %hone lively brain is filled with crab

asinwilliewe% wiey pastblpleasseey throw eat some sai-
hawks as cc
the
ea the swelbei mei st
ea sews one of
the many elm-traps be has eke* emeencod, ap-
peal to the lowitry i bet what tut
ample want is a
them* void= et ell our which will
emoble this Yelp to maws its sot with the am-
yl= it pays for, eat by which the *dew of the
deb will be redeeed to a minimum, sad
diet

Inlaid= will be tidy distributed: Us
=67ldebe so their good gable protar
Mt oat r ank themaires to be sodas& by
doid
VIM laidiio 611611[60t any by
is
wedby atm:. WM deviMe him the jest and
Am_ lot= at the bolles G./that
joirilitiopl skit MOAN& b asks, the Odds halt
maingty repoemeeih the moilatepplog 7,010.4101 X
bib Week to the Tremor, Willed
too
maw it
'Meer b be sftemards Wlaidaei to them, bud it
is the pwer owned by theTsemay eat each
avast som 'tabard ititor ems et par-
Samat. To aped or 7,000,010 L es tho
navy, and as me ea my, the eareetivo
prerunient must preaset esdentes be the M. of
Commons, sad dooda its amssie ampsylag and
paying a omega amber of its mai Milers bat
the goverment my appoint ow make of meow
bode mad mks Mims it *ma oat IL them sad
Mbar ahromoVrmlate~timtmosta., it log
=4,7 a year, within. "Staining any
to the HMO of Oramem. and without
reoderio,g it any account of the reamer in which the
mosey Is expended. That is the vise of the system,
and it is unoonstitational as well as aboard.

The only account the government renders is
thie—tbat it is pleased to expend about 1,600,000/.
in collectinp 22,000,0001. of customs duties, about
1,000,0001. in collecting 15,500,0001. of excise duties ;
16.;,000/. in collecting nearly 7,000,0001. on stamps ;
360,000/. in collecting 10,000,0001. of assessed taxes ;
1,200,000/. in collecting by. the Post-office about
2,500,0001.; and 325,0001. in collecting less than
600,0001. on crown lands, besides making draw-
backs, allowances, &c. According to the Parliamen-
tary Paper No. 98, session 1847, the total annual
amount of money expended in this way which never
reached the Exchequer was 7,004,4381. Ile. 7 2-12 d.,
SO 'Minute is the executive government in
Wendsg i parliament of the sum it phases to
eztwithout parliamentary authority.
lititestily assumed by the confiding parliament
and the too-oonfiding people that it is necessary to
impend 51. 13e. tlid. on every 1001. collected of cus-
toms duties, 61. is. 11 id. on every 1001. of excise
duties, 21. Bs. 71d. on every 100!. of stamcs,
3!. 3s. 31d. on every 100/. of taxes, and 21. 18s. 2 d.
on every 100/. of revenue from crown lands—or, n-
eln '1 _other payments," which we think ought to
Weidsli—ai 'upend 120!. on every 1001. ibadned
hem GPM bah. Bat there is no ether Num hr
01/11/Xlftlaill es aqmodituro to be asseetsityamept
tie ~NM at alltials. If tits stamp aml be
alissisi imest ampler there are rid plenty
e[ eke aad ether Maids bt the Stamp-silliss). at
II: de. 71d, per cent, why should the arligs cost
IL 15e. Bid., and the excise 6L 7s. 1114. ? The go-
vernment has eamplete power over its duties, audit
ie 'sly a corektemsmer what it expends--era love of
sapendhates—dmt eau asks it expand amen than
disabk the iam he eaneedag 1001. of auto= and
excise dudes dicta YWhedng 1001. ot stamp
duties.

Both the chief customs and all the anise duties
are collected on a few articles in pea mom emi it
a few cote, while the collection et the shm. idea
is spread all over the kingdom. Prim "mit
might be inferred, therefore, that the two him,
would be collected at a cheaper rate than the
But it has pleased the gentlemen who caret the
customs and miss to be dreading, mildew it
every taxpayer and every tax-colluder, unlit miry
person whin might have a tax to pay, aid so
they ham multiplied guards and eh .b to prevent
an mien a/ payment or • Winks to trade
roam=their own Aken iii Ohm* End
a esegMeatml remlneorlii k at
I Gin
hosaanoilmo narlAtedkoa m• we ken
-0d all • lie
detailenirapimum Ike tin is
bit what I innelbmw semi ref midi=
=AMR. ibenersd Tint
nit* simabr "Os
onallskank it has always a reedy ear,
boom ma p& kerns@ nand it to iannee its
anpapil a larger am at the lemma
~aeolhotassorant to parliament mad kr
what It smpsaded than "it was
suit 1 eolleadem" flat melt a set
7•08611111 b thus expended dare is so via=
iituis=mantanseesetry to earsulash amok whit Ike
sheahlantheporerameatteposout
I:hisatistedintAset requires to have kr
u there On systems of
=ma la , without pettily the
elision the way et amen% or la
any arm with imiketry. sepplp the
weak el mine • sad anewasd steers at ma
a:paw et Slim nos than arse pond be weir ens
haslet parade Wel from the people mad paid into
the pike tremony.