The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

EVEN,.
• • Excis.E DuTiEti,
The following remarks on tins-'irelooet are-
taken from the Fourth Number-of Bra :de's
Dietiwiary c f Science, Literature, and Art, JAW,-
published :
Ekcise Duties, in Revenue and Finance: are ,luties im
posed on articles produced or manufactured .0 home,.
while in the possession of the producers or manufeicaurers.
They were introduced into England fey the Loner Parlia-
ment in 1553. being then laid on the makers aed venders
of ale, beer, cider, and {Jerry. Tee Royalists EOM After
followed the eximple of the Republicans; both sides de_.
elating that tie excise should be continued me iorger than,
the termination of tbeevar. But it was fouled tee. Fro.
ducive a source of rev:nue to be again telinquished ; ars
• when the nation had beet, accustomed to it for a tee soars:.
the Parliament declared, in 1649. that the impose of excises
was tl e most easy and indifferent levy that:could be laidt
upon the people. It was placed
Restoration
Preterit time . Uri
sa3y,titat, ; and ot
fromintsfiwitrsltisotradigninirl
to
14,,
very name has been odious to the ecaele
~of England.
it lea continued progressiv:ly to path sound; end ie At."
this moment imposed on several important articles, mid
fureidca nearly a third part of the enii.e public revenged
of the aingdoir.
For the more easy levy of the exci-e d.uties, England
and Wales are divided into about fitty.stx rollectioree bOrrlfil
uf wl ieh arc caliLd by the names of particular counties,.
others by the 1/MTICS of great towns. Where one eountr
is divided i-to several collecnope, or e here a collectiout
comprises the enutigueus parts of several counties, everr
such col` e: 6011 r subdivided int, Stv.2ral 6-ttiets, aitbil
vili;elt there is a sueeevieor; and each district it agaitx
s itidisi led ire) a our-rides .‘tad toot-walks, within each of
which there is a surveying °thee!' Cr gauger. Some excise
duties, that were justly ohjeeted (di have been repealer(
within these few years; and, with tine ree eetion of the
duty on glass, which interferes injae4euele %%ill the
inanufacture, we are not sure that there IS acct Pi Vie exile.
ing duties that can be fairly objected to me Prieeip;e,
though the rate of duty might, ie some ie,taric es, be ad-
vantageously reduced. It has been said, that ele excise
duties greatly raise the cost of subsistence to the tabour.
ing classes." But this assertion has really no founa.etion.:
In fact, the only excise duty that can be st,ii to fall el ae
necessary of lite is that on soap, which produced in 185
(in Great 13,i!aine 809,0311 ; but as the pepulatiJa
Great Britain amounts at present to about 18,003,000, the:
soap tux eaenot, at an averaee, i noose a burden of I Id., t
y, anon each individual. Uwe estimate itsalettai 2ressu,o
on a labouring family of five persons at bow 2s. 61. to 35,.
we shall not be within but beyond the nark.
The only taxes, in the various departments of the reve..:
venue, that truly can be said to fall on artielt s necessary,
for the labateer, are, besid-s Rev, principally tkose out
tea and sugar. We incline -to think that the duties on,
thee articles might be materialty reduced without affect:ng
the revenue; but, however that may b , it cannot lee truly;
affirmed that they entail any grievous bu"ten oar the labour-
ing clesses. The entire nett produce of tie excise ditties,
in Great Britain is 1838 amounted to l 2 776,9651., or
which the duties on spirits and malt. that is, on spirits and,
er, produced no less than 8 604,1154 In Leland durieg
the same year, the excise duVes amounted to 1,974,5661,
of which the spirit and malt duties 'furnished above four-.
fifths, or 1,795.165/. The rate at which tl.i3 revenue was,
was nearly 61 nor cent. in Great. B itein, and.
9 per cent. ie Ireland. !slier, we are bald to say, that
no equal amount of revenue was ever raised w;th so little,
inconeeniem e.er injury to the contributor. F., en thougle
they w, re not -required by tlto public exiececies, the duties:
on spirits obertict a petnicioti's- trait, awl sheikh not he
given up. -Trey are flee' bett"UT- all possible duties; and
the only thins to he attended to in thei- imposiiism, is net
to carry them to such a,height es to defeat th.ir object.:
by encoureging smuggling. We have yet to hero, sun-.
posing they .are not carried beyond thi, hreit, that a eiagla
good ohjec.ion can be mace to these dutiee
The obscurity aud complexity of the.cxeise lawfbas beery
justly complained of. It is neeiLss te say, that they'
ought tt be brief, clear, and level to the apprehension off
everyone. But so far from title being the e 'sr, they are
in most instances I-ngthened, contradict Anl untutel
There vie,e at no distant lc iad some forty or
fifty Acts in exiee,nee having iercr:nce to the glass du-
ties, and at this moment frem teenty-five to Citty have
reference to the paper duties, and so for ve others. It ism
in lac', ell but impossible for any o• a to t.II whet the last
really is on many poi its; so that tie tea ler is left at they
mercy of the officers; and a wide door is open to f Nouritisim
and fraud. This disgraceful sta.° of things [nigt t. haw-.
ever, ensile be remedied by getting the Treasury or the:
Excise to prepare a short abslrict of th • law as to each:.
duty, drawn up ie the c!e trest and least ambi manner
possible, and without any of that verb's ty, repetition, and
technical jArg ei that infects Acts of Pariamere, earl rem:
ders them ali but incomprehensible to ordinary personae
A manufacturer abi ling by this ahseaet Eh mid he held te.
have abided by the law, and should not be to titer ques-
tioned on the subject. A measure of this sort nii tht bee
eas'ly carried into eff,Tt. It would be an immense im
prevenient, and would do far to obviate. the only good eh-•
jection to the excise duties.

JONATHAN, WYLI)E.
Amongst the old manuscript petitions in the Tolon—!-
Clerk's office. whero all t! e anctent records are undei—
going examination at 'the present 1i ire, is the following
from the m tarious Jonathan Wilde. L will be ob,evedi
that in the document of which the fAlowing is a verbatim:
et litriatim copy, the name of the p tivoner Is
.spelt itt
three differeat wayr. The retition was probably v roter4
by the pet ttoner's clerk, and tt.e ti,t of the names of this
tnieves who returnsd from transportation by some other al,.
sistant, and the signature to the, petition by the bout
`timsef.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Coact

cf Aldermen.
" The humble petition of Jonathan Wild, shawerti--..
That your petitioner has bren at great trouhh and vberg-,
in apprehending and convicting divers felons ler rt tarnia,.!
fiool transportanog since October, 1720 Olio name:; ut
whim are mentioned in an account hereto anhez,..d).
Thst your petitioner has never received any regard cr
gratuity for such his service. That he L tcry t•.
become a freeman of this honourable C.ty, Iv!ierifore you,-
petiii)ner most humbly prays that yo. 11:1ccur will i't
consideration of his said se: vices, be pto admit labik
into the fieedom of this honourable City.

" And your petitioner shall pray,
"JONATHAN WYLDE."
An account of the persons apprehended, taker, anvil
entvieteo, f,,r returning from transportation, by Jonathan
Wyree since October, 1720, for which he has received n
reward, v'z , John Filev..noo alias Viol ti, IVi'lia-n Bone,
Charles Hinchman, Samuel Wuntle, Martin Grey, James:
Dalton. Robert Godfrey alis l'orkings, Old Hari e., alias:
Hoary NI illiarni, Henry Woolfurd, John ttilo ac.
Several others have lc taken by trim, and dfterwardi
went abrca.,!, viz., MeV( King, John Jon, s. &c who wcica
notorious streit robbers in the City of London.
On t're b,ek of the nctilion were th official words—.
Jona...ban Wylde;.J petition to he free. read
2, 1724.

THE. LIFE AND LITEWARY REMAINS OP
L. E. L..—We are requeste t to state th,t. " Th • Lite arts(
Literary Re rains of L. E. L.," be Lamm 13 a cliartl.
Esq.. in 2 vols. small Bvo., with P.‘rtr is publishett
this day by Mr. Coburn, of Great M alho•olgh-street,.
The materials for this work are derived exeltisivvly from
authentic sources; from her own notes aid c mmunica
tions; from the stet .ments or her no.reA relatives ; front
her long and continued correspondence with mtht intimate.-
friends, confided for the purpo'e; and from their recollec-
tions of personal intimley situ her. Every interestinz
particular connected with her I:!erary tifq has been selected(
from a mass of seen infitmatisn twi iTh no cr,e could.
base access but the friend whom she 113 d solicited to be-.
cone her literiry executor. AIL ,Colborn hai rlcu this daw
published, " Three Years in Persia and Kooriloofin," bs
George Fowler, Esq., in '2 vole. small Svo , nume-
rous illustrations. A work cornprisii.g a va•:. lucid of
in-
formation which is likely have consul r ;nflnence i.e
causing to i.e established a direct con.rn rein! intercour.t.cs
Logy, en. Great Pritain and Persia.

Bible Society oAcienti;uta3lck—k Ipt.i.eactijig,
eosfi:trld:eql).)irnitilshl,i, acidt:e erect.
Iloooroet.violrull
Exeter Hall, which, was filled in ,very part, the
platform
the Hall berg occupied chic fly by ladies, aid the.pi
notice'.l
by noblemen and g..ntlemen; aw), g whom
_vv.
~;...,_
Lord Mountsandford, the 'Earl of Chichest,r. 31•.:,"ti.
cheater,tre,lVl.PB.l3,
and the
eßißslitsolpi
Bishop
pofo
iWßinipc,hme.st:ri ,t
iti hr;,,lf3,eti %ht!,Per a
t.ti,
s,
ri- light Hon,
supporters and fr.ends of this Society. '....
Lord Bexley took the Chair. , i •
trout, we)g")".:
• HINTS TO ANGLERS.—A fine. .
in t ie 1,)14.7
upwards of Sibs , was taken with a gorgc-bate
kl;
ta.r. pike:
reach of the Thatne3, at Paugbourn, last
ww
~...,
~;,,hio,..
havc also Leet captured, one is the sirne.c.l7rg. licibs.";
13bs , and one near C,versham Priege. 'g"
the river about Caversham, abounds +.t :,ityle
of sma'l perch. The fishing
underet..n:: Calt iz
p:hrecs 'Tit,.
nt,ii:.
es swhaotael:
commences with the en•wor...w.rebro: ilcadilly Men ury.
abounds with large pike and b
which tr:kes.place out
..eDniSfir.lt3t
rieLfl. :r. —1 i
~,ielt.)spfloie.
cationl'll IrE.Nlitti:YbrAenL
b- b ested to state that rip , more that
the Pall vatronized
the 19th insr., we arc r::;l•Lic.,
ean be i,,,,e1.
in ,
o:,seltienen
the iim:t-d number ofrirn'c: I
Albert having ;Traci lusl'v .igni.
of her Al..irst.Y "d 1; being preww. 'lb,. feW—wi-i-cii w• t
fled their intention °wain
in the hands cf th.: 'Ladies- P.....
mSayPdel:tAoi‘Lrib:rjl.:Crl'y,
enitd,onope;.-irrti,caesrte,iiiiie!dii,odorti:iwiotit.e:
still undisposed of re
tronesies.
Amer .c,. 'Il 1 '
Ina rf
A "rresoinr.indpcdorscaasirchltsitelivioil7;syspaicn:rultiN,earneooccrrettla
tiler side of be Atlan!i:. For instal ce, if an emigrant
t°81„.8 out ri. in shillings_ and t•ixpe.nnv piecs, the currency
, of 11. in UppEr Cilnathl will be 255. The sart
.atue
II esumblio:rcttt:: ° our
e 0 m P
amount in silt er crotvns or half-crowns will pass eurrei t,
fir 245. The value of a golden sr,vere'en is rated at 24
4d —so that, taken altogether, the en i4rata of iirnited c:z..
pital will find h to his profit to provide himself with an am.
pie stock of shilling and sixpenny piece-. While touching
"" this t"Pi", we may remark, that at Prince Edvard'at
Island, 19:. 4i. in silver is equal t i a sovere;gn in g01d...-.
Greenock Advertisrr.
DIFFICULT
OPERATION.— On WednesdaY
Glast a very difficult operation for the cure of the c:eforrnii?
apui Obstipum, or Wry neck, was pet fumed by Mr. I?.
Lev. surgeon. 1-4 Plymouth, on a fen a'e 21 leers oh.
named Ilamblyn, liv:ng at Moric,,town. The rickrrnity
had exist..il at birth, u Heir makes the case mr r.: novel,
and the head was nearly level with the shoulder, flit;;
rendering her appearance most frightful. The operatit it
was completely successful the head on its terrninatitit
taking an upright and oaturil po,itior, we treed i'etfreay
add, much t) the comfort and di light of the patient.
The deformity is caused by the contraction r f the trus.cle;
which when perfect draws the
jitead,t . one side and bends
it forward .; and the operation coLsists in I:llidic.g thi3
muscle; but great discrimination is required to aseerta;i
whe:Eer the hones of the neck (cervical vertebra) have
become implicated in the deformity. This is the first in.
stance of this trying and difficult operation being per.
formed in this neighbourhood ; and we hate heard very
high op
r.—inions expressed of the skill displayed by Sir.i LeaDevonport kedependent.