The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-11 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY.

We obtained on Saturday a copy of the Bill brought in
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by which, if carried
into effect, the law relating to the whole newspaper press
of the country will undergo some most material alterations.
It proposes, as our readers are already aware, to reduce the
duty at present imposed—fourpence, minus 20 per cent.
discount—to one penny without any discount ; but this is
accompanied with a clause whereby the size is to be limited
to forty-one inches in length, and twenty-six inches in
breadth ; all above that size to be subject to the payment
of double the duty by this Act imposed. This bears out the
statement which we made last week. At this late hour we
can do no more than bring before the public the principal
provisions of this important plan. It is not confined to
newspapers alone, but, as the preamble imports, it is " A
Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the stamp
duties." The first 165 sections relate to stamps on policies
of insurance, bills, receipts, &c. Then follows what relates
to newspapers.

Sec. 166. The first part of this section describes what
are newspapers within the meaning of the Act. Then fol-
lows the clause of limitation of the size. " Provided always
that no newspaper shall be printed in any part of the United
Kingdom on any sheet or piece of paper exceeding forty-
one inches in length and twenty-six inches in breadth, un-
less the same shall be stamped for denoting the payment
of double the duty by this Act imposed on any newspaper ;
and that it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners of
Stamps and Taxes, or any of their officers, to mark with the
stamp for denoting the duty on newspapers any sheet or
piece of paper exceeding the dimensions aforesaid, except
upon payment of such double duty as aforesaid."
167. Who shall be deemed a proprietor of a paper.
168. No person to print or publish a newspaper, until
affidavit be made and delivered at the Stamp-office.
169. Penalty for printing or publishing a newspaper, such
affidavit not having been made, 100/.
170. Affidavits to be filed, and the same, or certified
copies, to be admitted in evidence against the persons swear-
ing the same.
171. Service of legal process at the place of printing or
publishing mentioned in the affidavit, shall be deemed suffi-
cient service.

172. Printers, publishers, and proprietors of newspapers,
to give security for payment of the duties on advertisements.
173. Printers, &c., who have made affidavits and given
security before the commencement of this Act, not required
to renew the same, except in the cases mentioned.
174. Copies of newspapers shall be delivered to the Com-
missioners of Stamps and Taxes, on penalty of 1001., and
may be produced in evidence.
175. Name of printer and other particulars to be printed
on newspapers.

176. None but Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, or
their officers, shall supply paper stamped for printing news-
papers, without having given security, with such conditions
as herein-mentioned :—" And if any person shall sell, sup-
ply, or part with any such stamped paper for the purpose
aforesaid, without having given such security as aforesaid,
or if any person who shall obtain or receive any stamped
paper for the printing of any newspaper of which he is or
shall be the printer, publisher, or proprietor, shall furnish
or supply any other person with any such stamped paper, or
if any person shall use for the printing of any newspaper
any stamped paper which he shall receive or be furnished
"with by or from any person other than the Commissioners
of Stamps and Taxes, or their officers, or some person
duly authorised to sell or distribute such stamped paper,
every person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit
the sum of fifty paunds : and in any proceeding for reco-
very of such penalty in the last-mentioned case, it shall lie
on the person sought to be charged with such offence to
prove that the stamped paper used by such person in the
printing of any newspaper was obtained by such person
from the said Commissioners, or their officers, or from some
person duly authorised to sell or distribute such stamped
paper ; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding,"
177 " That every person printing or publishing, or be-
ing concerned, either as proprietor or otherwise, in print-
ing or publishing any newspaper upon paper not duly
stamped, shall be deemed and taken to owe his Majesty
such sums of money as would have accrued to his Majesty
in case the same had been printed upon paper duly
stamped ; and, whenever any information or bill shall be
filed, or other proceeding shall be had on his Majesty's be-
half for discovery of the matters aforesaid, and for an ac-
count and payment of such sums, it shall not be lawful for
the defendant to plead or demur to such information, bill, or
proceeding, but he shall be compellable to make such disco-
very as shall be thereby required to be made ; provided
always that such discovery shall not be made use of as evi-
dence, or otherwise, in any proceeding against such defend-
ant, except only in that proceeding in which the discovery
is made."

178. " That if any person shall print or publish, or
cause to be printed or published, any newspaper on
paper not duly stamped according to law, or if any per-
son shall sell, utter, or expose to sale, or shall dispose of
or distribute any newspaper not duly stamped a 3 afore-
said, or if any person shall have in his possession, with-
out a satisfactory excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on
the party accused, and the reasonableness and sufficiency
whereof shall be judged of and determined by the court
or justice before whom the charge shall be depending) any
newspaper not duly stamped as aforesaid, every person so
offending in any of the cases aforesaid, shall for every
such newspaper, and for every copy thereof not duly
stamped, forfeit the sum of 201. ; and moreover it shall
be lawful for any constable or other peace officer, or any
officer of stamp duties, to seize and apprehend any such
offender as aforesaid, and to take him or cause him to be
taken before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction
where the offence shall be committed, who shall hear and
determine the matter in a summary way, and if upon con-
viction such offender shall not immediately pay the penalty
or penalties in which he shall be convicted, such justice shall
forthwith commit him to prison for any time not exceeding
six calendar months, nor less than one calendar month, un-
less such penalty or penalties shall be sooner paid. Pro-
vided always that if any such offender as aforesaid shall
not be apprehended and proceeded against in the manner
hereinbefore directed, then the said penalty or penalties in-
curred by any such offence as aforesaid, shall be recoverable
by any other 9f the ways and means provided for the re-
covery of penalties incurred under this Act.
179. One hundred pounds penalty for sending abroad
newspapers not duly stamped.
180. Discovery of proprietors, printers, or publishers, of
newspapers,- may be enforced by Bill, &c.
181. Stamped paper may be refused to persons in arrear
for advertisement duty.
182. A printed copy of every pamphlet or paper con-
taining advertisements, to be brought to the Stamp-office to
be entered, and the duty thereon to be paid. Penalty for
neglect to pay duty, 201.
Tgo, piltios on advertisements payable by printers, pub_
lishers, and proprletors,,q And all engines, machines,
pre..
.sos and types, and all paper, and all materials and uten-
sils for printing used in or kept or depositedlat or belonging
to any p
vintinpotrice in which any newspaper shall be
printed, in or into whose custody or possession soever the
same shall or may be or come, or by whatsoever conveyance
or title ilia same shall be held or claimed, shall be in the first
place liable and subject to, and the same are hereby charged
with, all and every such sum and sums of money as shall be
or become due and owing for the duties chargeable by law
on the advertisements which have been or shall he
printed or published in any such a
p ap ievapq, a 4 4411
be due for a py fire of Oaatie4 ailjudged. gl ainst the
printer; or proprieto! of 4146 newspaper, finder
or by virtue of any Act relating to stamp duties, daring

such time
as such engines, machines, presses, types, paper,
T'ater.
.als and utensils shall have belonged to or been used
'or kept or deposited at such printing-office as aforesaid ;
'and it shall be lawful in all cases to levy such sum and sums
of money upon such engines, machines, presses, types, paper,
materials, and utensils ; and for that purpose the printer,
publisher, or proprietor of such newspaper, from whom such
sum or sums of money shall have become or shall be or be-
come due and owing, shall be deemed to be the proprietor
of such engines, machines, presses, types, paper, materials
and utensils at the time of the seizure thereof, or the levy-
ing upon the same ; and it shall be lawful for any constable
or other peace officer, or for any officer of stamp duties,
without any other warrant than this Act, to seize and take
away all newspapers not duly stamped, wheresoever the
same shall be found, unless the same shall be in possession
of some person having the custody thereof by lawful autho-
rity ; and all newspapers not duly stamped, which shall be
seized or taken under any of the provisions of this Act shall
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioners
of Stamps and Taxes may direct."

CHURCH RATES.

PRESENTATION. OP PIECE OF PLATE TO

MR. CHILDS.
The glorious resistance to Church-rates at Bungav, made
last year by Mr. John Childs and others, is too well- known
to need farther mention here than to state the plain fact,
that that resistance has been found to be completely effec-
tual. There were in the present year 41 defaulters on the
Church-books, against whom it had been determined by the
" Collective Wisdom" of the parish to proceed with vigour
for the recovery of their respective amounts ; but the holy
ardour for a crusade to recover the Holy Land of ecclesi-
astical robbery, has received a salutary check. A few
Churchmen, honourably distinguished from the Scott and
Bobbit, or Scott and Gower crew, and abhorring the in-
justice which intolerant laws place within their reach, have
subscribed the whole amount in arrear ; discharged the
claims which never ought to have been made ; and given a
noble specimen of the voluntary principle.
The Local Committee, formed for the purpose of watch-
ing the proceedings, and of supporting the cause which Mr.
Childs defended, finding that a surplus remained after pay-
ing all expenses, appropriated the amount to the purchase
of a piece of plate, to be presented to Mr. Childs as a mark
of the estimatiog in which his exertions are held by the
friends of liberty ih his own town and its neighbourhood,
to which the subscription had been limited. A handsome
silver inkstand was selected for the purpose, and on Thurs-
day last a deputation of the Committee and their friends
dined together, when it was, with a suitable address, pre-
sented to Mr. Childs, by Mr. William Cuddon, the Chair-
man. It bore the following inscription :
" Presented to Mr. John Childs; by the Friends of Civil and
Religious Freedom resident in Bungay and its vicinity,
as a testimony of their approbation of his conduct, in
passively resisting the payment of Church Rates, in the

year 1835, for which lie -was imprisoned eleven days in
Ipswich Gaol..—Bungay, April 7, 1836."

In acknowledging the present, Mr. Childs took occasion
to state distinctly the principles by which he had been
directed ; and enumerated the parties by whose aid, or
counsel, or advocacy, he had been supported during the
proceedings carried on against him ; and he especially
pointed out Lord Brougham, and the following Members
of the House of Commons, as having rendered active ser-
vice on the occasion,—Mr. Hume, Mr. O'Connell, Mr.
Pryme, Mr. Baines, Mr. Wilks, Sir William Folkes, Sir
Jacob Astley, Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr.
Potter, Mr. Mark Phillips, Dr. Bowring, Dr. Lushington,
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Thornely, Mr.
Hawes, Alderman Wood, Mr. Ewart, and the vene-
rable patriot of Norfolk, Mr. Coke, who, though he had
then retired from public life, exerted himself with the
vigour of his former days. Mr. Childs further re-
marked on the zeal and energy with which the public
Press had taken up the question, and particularized the
Editor of The Sun, as having at the very outset, and
throughout the whole affair, opened his columns to all com-
munications on the subject, and employed his most active
exertions in supporting the principles of Religious Liberty;
Several other gentlemen addressed the company I and
among them, the Rev. Messrs. Blackie and Wilsn.
In the course of the evening the Chuirman P:eoposed an
expression of thanks to the Editor of Thq S'un, for the
powerful and efficient aid he had afforde
during the whole
progress of the important affair.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.

THE DERBY.
9 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Nell Gwynne
7 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Sepoy
40 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Delphine
The others as before.
OAK S.
7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Toga
THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P. P.
• 9to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea
11 to 2 agst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter
8 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Tiber
No other change.
The sum for which Alumnus was sold to Mr. Etwall was 1,2001
and not 1,4001. as stated.

BETTING AT
CHESTER TRADE CUP, T
9 to 2 agst Jupiter
5 to 1 agst Red Rover
7 to 1 agst Usury
15 to 2 agst Billinge—taken
9 to 1 agst Stockport—taken
9 to 1 agst The Stag
10 to 1 agst Tamworth

MANCHESTER.
..P. (COUNTRY PRICES.)
10 to 1 agst Altamont
11 to 1 agst Turban
13 to 1 agst Lady Moore Carew
15 to 1 agst Jacob Faithful
15 to 1 agst Oswald
20 to 1 agst any other

ABERGAVENNY RACES, IVEnivEsDA v.
Free Plate of SOL for all ages. Heats. Twice round and a distance,
Mr. Powell's Brecon Lass, 3 yrs, 75t... 2 2 3 1 1
Mr. Mogridge's Pleader, 4 yrs, Bst. Ilb 0 3 1 3 2
Mr. Scott's Buffer, Bst. 111 b .. 0 1 2 2dr
Capt. R. Davies's 31opsus, 3 yrs, 75t... 1 dis
Five others drawn.

The Landilo Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 20 added, for horses the
property of Farmers, over whose land the Monmouthshire Hounds
hunt. Heats. Once round.
Mr. Pritchard's Eyelid
Mr. Newman's Cripple . .
Mr. Richard's Heedless
Three others started.
Abergavenny Stakes of 1 sov. each, and 20 added.
Mr. Williams's Rosabella, 2 yrs 1 1
Mr. Richards's Glasbury Bett . .
Five others started.
The Monmouthshire Hunt Cup, value 301. added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 sovs. each, for horses of Members of the Aunt Club, 12st.
each. Gentlemen riders. Twice round and a distance.
Mr. H. Williams's Wild Rose .Mr. Powell I
Mr. Pearce's Drover...
Three others started.
THURSDAY.
Steeple Chase for a Stakes of a sovs. each, the owner of the last
horse to pay the second horse's stake. Gentlemen riders. 17
Subs. 10 paid forfeit.
Capt. Lamb's Lady Teazle, 6 yrs...
Mr. Scott's Buffer, 6 yrs... Powell
Mr. Marshall's Foreigner, 6 yrs
Mr. Meyrick's Maid of the Grove Clinton
Mr. W. Maybery's Pembroke ...Maybery
Mr. C. Morgan's Notch, 6 yrs Bradley
Mr. Elmesley's Cannon Ball
Monmouth Hunt Steeple Chase, for 3 SOW,. each, and 20 added, for
horses the property of the, Monmouthshire Hunt. l2st. each.
Gentlemen riders.

Mr. F. H. Williams's Wild Rose Powell 1
Mr. W..R. Stretton's Worcester
Mr. Wheeley's Donzeili 3
Mr. Elmesley's Paddy
Mr. Elmesley's br. rn
• A Poney Race for a Purse was won by Mr. Cross's po.n.e. y,sbeat-
ing two others. Won by half a neck.
A Handicap of 1 sov. each, with a Purse added, was won by Mr.
Hardy's b. h., beating two others.
A Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Lewis's b. m., of the Bear Inn,
Crickhowell, beating Mr. Lewis's b. m., Angel Inn, Abergavenny.
_ _

_ .
CAT TERICK BRIDGE MEETING—THURSD.4 r.
The Champagne Stakes of 20 sovs. each, p.p., with 20 added;
2-year-olds colts, Bst. 31b. ; fillies, Bst. 131 b. The winner to give
two dozen of champagne to the Club. Three quarters of a mile.
s Subs.
Duke of Leeds's br. c. Wrestler Templeman 1
Mr. Wormald's Fieschi
Col. Crawford's b. f. by Voltaire...
Mr. Skipsey's The Cuckoo also started but was not placed.
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 31h. ; fillies, Bst.
31b. allowed. Two miles. 6 Subs.
Duke of Leed's b. c. Rover Templeman 0 1
Mr. Stephenson's Volney
A dead heat. Rover walked over.
A Gold Cup of 100 sovs., with 20 added ; 3-year-olds colts, 6st.
61b. ; four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 101 b. ; six and aged, 9st. Two miles.
Mr. Bowes's Zohrab ..... ............... ...Templeman 1
Duke of Leeds's L0nginu5......,.. 2
Mr. H. Milbank's Florentia ..
The following also started but were not placed:—Sir J. Boswell't.
b. c. by Jerry ; Mr. E. Copley's Burletta, by Actaeon ; Earl of Eg-
lintorr's The Potentate ; Mr. Armitage's Sister to Peter Simple ;
Sir B. Graham's Rush. A good race.

HOLDERNESS HUNT RACES, THURSDAY.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each.
Mr. Thompson's Finesse
Mr. Hudson's Forester
Three others not placed.
The Dringline Stakes of 5 sovs. each.
Mr, Hopkinson's ch. h. by Humphrey Clinker 1
Mr. Hall's The Sprite
Four others not placed.
The Hunter's Stakes of 7 sovs. each were won by T. C. Con-
stable's Logic beating The Farrier and three others.
The Carlton Stakes were won by Finesse beating Mr. 'Witty's
Escape, and four others.

The East Grinstead Steeple Chases took place on Wednesday
and Mr.
i‘Ciurr.vrejn.
last. The first race was for pa Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; witli
toY two lengths. The
10 added, won by Captain Fairley's Wing (Capt. 1*(4%0, beating
'sATTirdeebrlseonX,s(Aowlita),(l‘ol4We;.!);l:toßNs2s4venir (owner),
second race was, wap in a canter by Mr. Wallace's Pill° Oh.
41.9,4e0, beatiyg doctor, and three gthers,

NEWTON R 4 O,ES.
Newtm Mawr Cup,
The following have declared forfeit 2—Equator, Crammont, Tom
poferd3 Doubtiol, Intruder, Traveller, The Count, Uncle Toby.

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The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and,.trhae
Prince of Leiningen, were present at the performance oti.L:r.
Mazza Ladra, at the King's Theatre, on Saturday even. °
The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday morning,
in a carriage and four. tv n
of
Messrs. Cunningham and Robertson, from the el _
Exchequer,Ed i Edinburgh,
ohna dsaatnurdinatyervinielpv
gt.lsietr(e3eht.ancellor of t
Mr. Hicks and a Deputation had an interview with
Mr. Poulett Thomson, at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Alderman Harmer and a Deputation had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.
Lord Holland entertained Lord John Russell and ase
laenctinptaerrtvyieawt, (03innner,onSaturday evening, at Holland-11(We:
Captain Shepherd, Messrs. Walton and Lawford, 110
Saturday, with the Chancellor of the El
chequer.