The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-01 00:00:00

TREASURY MINUTE

PADDY CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.—On
Thursday evening, a e•enteelish looking young Irishman
called at the Black Bull' Inn, Gorbals, and politely asked
for a comfortable apartment for the night. He was par-
ticularly anxious to have a fire in the room, and the land-
lady, eager to make travellers comfortable, ordered the
chimney ornaments to be removed, and a fire kindled.
Having got every thing to his mind, the stranger retired
to rest, and the landlady locked the door of his apart-
ment, a precaution which she had been in the practice of
making, ever since she was tricked by persons leaving her
house in the morning without consulting her regarding the
bill. The next morning the waiter, on answering the tra-
Teller's bell, was told rather sharply to go fetch his mis-
tress. The landlady was soon ready to receive orders for
breakfast, or whatever pleased her customer ; but that was
not the business. " You are accountable for a misfortune
which has befallen me ;" said the traveller, " I have had
my trousers stolen, with 71. in the pocket." " Impossible,"
replied the hostess, " the door was locked." The young
man was stunned at hearing the door was locked, and it
was not till after a considerable pause that he could muster
courage to repeat the charge, and when he did so, the land-
lady became indignant and sent for the police. After a
vain search for the trousers, it occurred to the officer, on
hearing about the young man's eagerness the night previous
for a fire in the room, to examine the fire-place, and in do-
ing so, he found the buttons of Paddy's trousers, but the
cloth was consumed. Paddy was petrified ; he could not
deny that he had attempted a trick. He was marched to
the police-office, with the officer's great-coat round him, and
appeared at the bar half-clad. He was remanded until to-
day, when he was again placed at the bar, rather better
rather better cl:3thed than before. To the questions which
were put tt., him, he answered as follows :—" I fell out with
my mo,:ner, and left her farm, which is in the county of Mo-
mlifnan. Before I came away I took from a trunk in my
own bed room a gold watch and chain, and 251. ; I had also
two cages awl four birds.—(Laughter.) I spent all my
money, and am in debt to two taverns in town. 1 intended
to get off without paying my lodgings in the Black Bull."
He was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment ; and the
Court ordered his friends to be written to regarding his
conduct.—Glasgow Chronicle.
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INCREASE OF ATTORNEYS.—There are, it is
computed, not less than 8,000 attorneys practising in Lon-
don. There is also a great number on the roll, filling situa-
tions as managing clerks, and in the aggregate make a
formidable array. To decrease the number, and render
the profession more respectable, the practice of examination
has been revived. The answers of some of the aspirants
to legal fame have, it is said, been most ludicrous. It was
inquired of one what was the first thing he should do when
a party had been arrested, and he replied, "To pay the
debt and costs." Another was asked what was the first
thing to do
when a party died ? and the sapient answer
was, "To send for an undertaker." Some have been ad-
vised to make their applications on a future occasion—a
gentle hint to improve themselves. It is astonishing, not-
withstanding the increase, to observe the number of appli-
cants every term to be admitted. It is understood to be in
contemplation to make the article stamps 5001., instead of
the present sum of 1201. An alteration to that effect
would unquestionably prove beneficial, as it would deter
from entering- many who could neither augment its respect-
ability or appreciate its institutions. The Legislature
seems to have an apprehension of the mischief likely to
accrue by the increase, as it has in th
e Act now in operation
for the recovery of small debts in the Tower Hamlets, pro-
vided by the 39th section, that if any attorney appears in
that Court on the part of a plaintiff or a defendant, ,he is
liable to be fined by a magistrate the sum of 501., anti in
default of payment a distress to be levied on his propel •ty.
This clause is not generally known, and several have at-
tended to protect, as it is legally termed, the intersAti of
their clients, and on the claubr being pointed out, have tie-
parted much chagrined.

Co Y OF rithAsinti: misirkr; 'OF &kit NoV., 18:36.
'l.y Lords read their former minutes on the subject of
allowances on goods bonded in warehouses of ordinary se-
curity.

My Lords-re,-1'
report of tile kiorruniFfkioters of COs'
of the 7th. ultimo, in ansWet' td tliri pints re erred to
them ity tb.?ir Le;Nhipss tiiinutc of 11 th duly last; and
ttivel:ettCt niirne tho same si bjciet.
It appears from the report of the COMMisSi'clneis of
Customs that the article's iiiiV•e4leet 0f *ilia an abate-
ment of dut:V fer tia'OrM Wi'..ste is made by law, on deli-
very frsoiYi ii'aHhouses of ordinary security, are as folio*
delivering for home consumption; per bk.; 3 and
4 Wm. IV, ch. 57, sec. 19..
SUGAR.—An allows 're is o' ^4A, not exceeding 3 per
cent. on tb;o iirst ascertained for the first three
*A0:1.1.:, and 1 per cent. for every subsequent month during
which such sugar shall have been warehoused.
Rum of the British plantations is charged with duty ac-
cording to the measure and strength actually ascertained at
the time of delivery, and the duty is thus remitted upon
any deficiency which may have arisen from natural waste
in the warehouse.
TOBACCO is also charged with duty according to the
weight, ascertained at the time of the delivery, and, con-
sequently, as its the case of rum, no duty is charged for
deficiency,
&mu's, other than British plantation rum : the follow-
ing allowances are made in proportion to the time the same
may have been in warehouse, viz. :—For every one hun-
dred:gallons, hydrometer proof, for any time not exceeding
six months, one gallon ; exceeding six months, and not ex-
ceeding twelve months, two gallons ; exceeding twelve
months and not exceeding eighteen months, three gallons ;
exceeding eighteen months and not exceeding two years,
four gallons ; exceeding two years, five gallons. On deliver-
ing for exportation, per 40th section of the Act 3 and 4
Wrn. IV., ch. 57, the same allowances are made as on de-
livery for home consumption.
WINE.—Upon every cask for any time warehoused, not
exceeding one year, one gallon ; exceeding one year and
not exceeding two years, two gallons ; exceeing two years,
three gillons.
COFFEE, COCOA-NUTS, AND PEPPER.—For every 1001bs.
and so in proportion for any less quantity, 21bs. And by
an order of this Board, dated the 20th of November, 1834,
the same indulgence is granted in respect of sugar taken
out of warehouses of ordinary security, either for exporta-
tion or for shipment as stores, as is granted by law in
respect of sugar taken out of such warehouses for home use.
The above regulations are general, and are applicable to
all warehouses approved as of ordinary security, under the
provisions of the Warehousing Act.
With respect to the Port of Liverpool, it appears further
that, by a warrant of this Board, dated the 18th November,
1824, my Lords were pleased to approve of certain ware-
houses of that port for the reception of all goods allowed
to be imported into Liverpool, on the following conditions
and regulations, viz.:—
That the said warehouses should be made extra secure,
in the manner therein directed.
That all packages of goods deposited in the said ware-
houses (except spirits, wine, cocoa-nuts, coffee, and pepper)
might be taken out for exportation to foreign parts, without
being previously re-weighed or regauged, for the purpose of
ascertaining the deficiency thereon.
That 2 per cent., the allowance directed by law to be
made to the owners of coffee, cocoa-nuts, and pepper when
taken out of the warehouses for exportation, should be
allowed for natural waste upon all other goods taken out,
with the exception of wines and spirits, in respect of which
legal provision is made in this respect.
That on the said goods being sent to the quays for ship-
ment, the same should be carefully examined, and that one
in ten, or such further number of the packages as might be
considered necessary for the protection of the revenue, be
weighed or gauged, as the case might be.
That should it appear on such examination that the de-
crease in quantity exceeded the proposed scale of allow-
ances, or that there existed any other reasonable grounds of
suspicion that the packages had been plundered, that the
duties be then charged on the total amount of deficiencies
so detected, but that otherwise the deficiencies, if any, be
deemed to have arisen from natural waste, and the shipment
ofgoods be allowed, without any duties being charged thereon.
That in consequence of an application of the West India
merchants and the importers and exporters of foreign spi-
rits at Liverpool, requesting that such spirits might be
taken out of bond at that port for exportation without pay-
ment of duty on deficiencies in quantity arising from natu-
ral waste, this Board was pleased, by an order dated Aug.
6, following, to signify that considering the circumstances
attending the then recent transfer of the port duties of the
Excise to the management of .the Customs, it appeared ex-
pedient that the officers of the Customs at Liverpool should
be instructed to pursue, as nearly as practicable, the same
course as the officers of Excise had heretofore done with
respect to the duty on natural wastage of spirits exported
from Liverpool, until the whole of the subject should be
further considered, with a view to some more definite re-
gulations to be established under the authority of my Lords,
it being the desire of the Board that the merchants should
continue to stand upon the same footing, in the meantime,
with respect to the export of and charge of duty upon rums,
as they had theretofore done under the Excise, and the
Customs were directed to instruct their officers at Liver-
pool accordingly ; and it having subsequently appeared
that previously to the transfer of the import duties to- the
Customs' department, deficiencies of foreign brandy and
geneva had been treated by the Excise in the same manner
as those of rum, the same practice has been extended to
spirits generally.
That, by an order of 6th September, 1833, the order
of August, 1825, was extended to the port of; Bristol ;
and upon the privileges of special security being withdrawn
from particular warehouses at certain ports in Scotland, in
the year 1835, viz., Leith, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Aber-
deen, Dundee, and Grangemouth, the Customs were au-
thorised to extend the order of November, 1824, in respect
of warehouses of extra security, to their warehouses.
With these exceptions the advantages which the mer-
chants at Liverpool enjoy, in pursuance of the orders of
this Board above quoted, over and above those which are
enjoyed by the merchants at other ports, not possessing
warehouses of special security, are as follow, viz.:--
All goods deposited in warehouses of extra security (ex-
cept such goods in respect of which special provision is
made by law) are allowed to be delivered from the ware-
house for exportation without being previously re-weighed,
and the duties are remitted on deficiencies of spirits deli-
vered from the Liverpool warehouses for exportation in
cases in which such deficiencies exceed the scale of allow-
ances granted by the Warehousing Act, provided they are not
considered by the principal officers to be excessive ; and
with reference to the minute of this Board above referred
to, the Customs submit that these additional privileges may
be extended to all the outports under the regulations and
restrictions now observed at Liverpool.
With respect to the latter part of my Lords' minute, by
which the attention of the Commissioners of Customs is
called to those articles in the Customs Act for which no
allowance for wastage on delivery for home consumption is
now made, if from warehouses other than of special secu-
rity, with the view of recommending to my Lords a scale of
allowances to be made on such occasions in future ; it ap-
pears that the articles allowed by law to be delivered fur
home consumption, from warehouses of special security, on
payment of duty on the quantity actually delivered, are—
Tobacco, sugar, spirits, wine, currants, raisins, figs, hams,
cheese, and mahogany, per Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 57,
s. 19 ; and 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 89, s. 20.
And the Commissioners observe with respect to the three
first-mentioned articles, viz., tobacco, sugar, spirits, delivered
for home use, from warehouses of ordinary security, relief
as regards deficiencies has been afforded by law, as shown
in the former part of the statement ; but so far as wine and
other articles are concerned, when deposited in warehouses
of ordinary security, the parties do not receive any allow-
ance for waste, although when in places of special security
the duties arc remitted on the whole of the deficiency that
may have arisen ; and in order to meet the views of the
Board, as expressed in the former Minute, as to allow-
ing an abatement of duty for deficiencies in respect of
such articles, the Commissioners submit, as regards wine
delivered for home use, from warehouses of ordinary se-
curity, that the same allowance should be made for
waste as is now allowed by law, upon the delivery of
that article from such warehouses for exportation ; and
that, on the delivery for home use, of currants, raisins, figs
hams, and cheese, deposited at the out-ports, in warehouses,
fitted in the same manner as the warehouses at Liverpool,
under the warrant of 18th November, 1824, an allowance
be made for the natural waste that may have arisen there-
on in such warehouses, not exceeding three per cent. for
the first twelve months, on the quantities ascertained at
the time of the first entry, and landing of the same, and for
any time exceeding twelve months, an allowance not ex-
ceeding four per cent.
Write to the Commissioners of Customs, that upon a
full consideration of the subject, my Lords are of opinion
that the same privileges which have been granted to Li-
verpool and some oter ports, should be extended gene-
rally, with the same restrictions, and upon the same condi•
tions, as exist at Liverpool.
With respect to the allowance upon wine, currants, raisins,
figs, hams, and cheese, deposited in warehouses fitted in the
same manner as the warehouses at Liverpool, under the
warrant of the 18th November, 1824, inform them that my
Lords arc pleased to approve of the scale as proposed by
them in their report, and to direct them to make the said
allowances accordingly, until the opinion of Parliament shall
be taken on the subject.
Desire they will give the necessary directions to their
officers, in conformity with OK% intention of my Lords.