The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-16 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

PROPO'ED REPEAL OF LEGACIES TO PUBLIC
CHARITIES.

Mr. EniTort—l have grent pleasure in observ-
ing that Mr. HUME has drawn the public attention this week
(by his Alotion in the House of Commons for Papers, which
have been granted) to the subject of the Legacy-Duty Act,
which appears to have produced, in the year 182.2, 1,000,7037.,
and upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S acknow-
ledgment, on an average, a million per annum,—certainly a
tax not lightly to be abandoned, for a more equitable one I
know not—it chiefly affecting the opulent. and of course easy to
the middling and lower classes of society, except that part of it
which relates to Public Charities, and which I deprecate in the
extreme, as a most unjust, cruel, and, if I may use the expres-
sion, uncharitable Tax. My habits of being frequent Chair-
man and Auditor of Public Hospitals, Infirmary and Diocesan
School Accounts, disgusts me with the deduction of 10 per
Cent. on Legacies to Public Charities. I have been for years
in correspondence with some of the first characters in Parlia-
ment, soliciting earnestly thi repeal of this part of the Act,
(further I wish not the repeal of), and have much encourage-
ment to hope that it will be accomplished. Glad should Ibe to
find it was in the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S List
to be produced on the 23d inst. ; and I humbly entreat th;
Members of the Legistature to further my views therein,—for
at no period of the world was there an age or country more re-
nowned for charitable offices or good gifts to mankind than our
own ; to which I firmly believe is in a great measure to be
attributed, together with the manliness, honour, and virtue, of
the British nation, the present blessings which Divine Provi-
dence bestows upon this happy nation.
I am, Sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
‘6l. HARWOOD FOLLIOTT.
Chester, Feb. 14, 1824.

We trust that the CUANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER will accede to the general wishes of all
the Maritime Districts, and repeal the duties on
Sea Coal—indeed, if ALL• the Coast duties were
abolished, it would in the end be a gain to the
Revenue, and promote extensively that excellent
nursery for seamen, the coasting trade of the
United Kingdorrs.

WEST hant9.—(Apintment of two Bishops.)—lt is
finally arranged that two Bishops are to be appointed to su-
perintend the affairs of the Church in that quarter of the world,
one to the Leeward and the other to the Windward Islands.—
A residence is to be appropriated for them, and each is to be
allowed 4,000/. per annum, with a retiring pension of 1,0001.
per annum, after 12 years' residence. Jamaica is to be the
head of one See, and Barbadoes and St. Vincent's the move-
able seat of the other. Two most excellent men are already
nominated—the Rcv. Mr. Sumner, Prebendary of Worcester,
and the Rev.. tilr. Coleridge, a geatlermin of superior abilities
and high character, joint Secretary to the Society for the pro-
motion of Christian Knowledge, and a near relation to the poet
Coleridge.—( Chester Chronicle.)
Yesterday Prince POLIGNAC gave a splendid
entertainment to his MAJEtTY'S Ministers and
the Corps Diplomatique.
Sir HumPHRY DAVY will be here (at Ports-
mouth) on Monday, to superintend the coppering
of the Royal George yacht, Samarang frigate,
and Martial gun-brig, which vessels were taken
into Dock this afternoon. The process., we un-
derstand, is simply nailing a strip of thin lead or
tin, or composition metal, under the edges of
each sheet, and that metal being of a different
nature from the copper, produces a species of
galvanism, which prevents the salt water from de-
composing the copper.—(Mampshire Telegraph.)

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