The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-24 00:00:00

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No. 12,257.

HUNTING OR RIDING.

LIENTLEMEN accustomed to ride, or in-
lA to corpulency, are recommended to wear the
newly-invented SPRING DRAWERS; they are well
adapted to support the abdomen, check the increase of
bulk, and to prevent rupture, entirely superseding the ne-
cessity of a common belt.
Made only by the Inventor, S.: K. SOLOMON,
Breechel.mal:er and Tailor, 19, Charing-cross.—Letters,
post-paid, duly attended to.

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PRICE In.

tion of the tobacco duty, recently, by a similar in-
advertence. So from a double meaning being dis-
covered in a sentence, the duty of 3s. on every
pamphlet which used to be received at the Stamp-
office, was now refused there. Four days after ar
Act had been passed, taking off the
duty
on madder,
the compositor in whose hands it was placed disco-
vered that it repealed the whole of the customs
duties, the words "on madder" being ac;identally
omitted. But although the intent was clear from
the context, the Legislature deemed it necessary to
pass a short Act (54:Geo. 111. c. 27) to reclify the
mistake with all possible haste. It was clear that
all a good citizen could be required to do, was to
adhere literally to the letter of the law.
Mr. Alley replied, the gentleman had confounded
two distinct branches of the revenue, which were
established by distinct Acts, and were placed under
the management of distinct Commissioners. The Art
to which Mr. Hibbert referred enumerated the sere-
ral Acts it repealed, and it distinctly stated that it
repealed "the duties of excise" on printed cotton.
There was no reference to the stamp duties, which
were totally distinct from the excise.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said it was clear the Act
was limited to the repeal of the excise duties, and
the defence therefore failed.
Mr. Alderman KELLY concurred. It bad been
ingeniously urged that slips had been committed by
the Legislature, but there had been ao slip in this
case. It was impossible to say this almanack did
not come within the penalties of the 38th George
111. They therefore convicted defendant in the pe-
nalty of 10/.
The defendant being unconvinced that the objec-
tions taken were invalid, refused to promise to de-
sist from publishing, and Mr. Alley proceeded to
prove a second offence by the same evidence as
before.

Mr. Hibbert re-argued his objections, and
Mr. Payne being appealed to, said, if the parish
had been altogether omitted, it might have been im-
material, but as the information must be set out in
the conviction, and be sustainable by evidence, the
erroneous averment respecting the parish was a
defect.

Mr. Hibbert allowed that the house was assessed
to the land-tax, poor-rate, and watch-rate, as in
\Vhitefriars, though to the window-duty it was as-
sessed as in Sr. Dun.tan.

The City Solicitor being consulted, concurred en-
tirely with Mr. Alley that the objections were
not good.
The Aldermen again convicted.
The defendant was then convicted a third time,
as he still refused to desist from publishing; but on
commencing upon a fourth offence a c.,mpromi-e
took place, Mr. Alley consenting to adjourn the hear-
ing for a fortnight, and not to press the penalties
the interim, the defendant undertaking to petition
the Commissioners of Stamps in the course of three
or four days, and endeavour to obtain a remission of
the fines on desisting from the offence for the future.