The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-22 00:00:00

CONsiSTORV Fini. 21.

Aviv mrtity,--Vrstertiay Dr. SWABEir sat as Judge in the
Comistory (,',ourt for the diocese of Rochester. JAgnient was
pronounced in the case of Best
This was a suit brought originally by Mrs. Elizabeth ,hest,
the wife of Mr. Best, a wealthy brewer at Canterbury, for a 41,..
MCC a menu; et thorn, and a separate malatenahee on 01,;
ground of cruelty. In bar of this suit it was pleaded' respen..
tivily on the part of 3lr. lien, that she had been guilty Of adul-
tery, and that her charge of cruelty was not URIO; and be sough;
a divorce on the ground of adultery. The cireurnkit4nces hero
already been stated.
The COURT were of opinion that the conduct of Mrs. IteSz
had upon the whole, been such, and the provocation :he had
given her husband so stren . as to disentitle her to any relief,,
they therefore dismissed her suit.
The Learned JullOst: then entered at Knot Length into th,
consideration of the case of 3lr. Best, who,, he sai?l, had bee
guilty of such neglect or duty as titisband as to ilisentitle
to relief.—The Court therefore dismissed his suit aiso.

Ntwx;tuxvreesonsino MErrrlio.--Thederidirtircoaree
fa the dUver eups,_tooliPlAteo yeamllay Afterho6h, ta",',l'arl'
et' Lords Rivers, batisahroket Maynata, I,t44aiehw K e., %ow!,
the palm was gi*en in favour of Mr. Scott's !Auk anti hiti- cap
bale beating Lord Dunwick's zed dog Mond-en—A fiat rur.,

LONDON,'JOUJINALS.

On %ACTS FROM TILE DAI LIC • MORIstING P OPEitc,
February 9.7., 18'23.

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[MORNING POST.]

We have to congratulate the'country on the
proud and gratifying Statement made last night
to the House of Commons by the -new Chancellor
of the Exchequer, respecting the flourishing state
of the Revenue, and the consequent certainty of
a.great reduction of Taxation. Let, those who
have fatigued the public with tales of bankruptcy
,and ruin„who have given a voice to the Debt, and
made it say to the British' Government and Peo,
pie, thus far shalt thou go, and no farther ;"
who have- laughed with scorn at the very idea
that we retained any seed of prosperity, or could
display, when called upon to do so in a just
caue, the energy of an independent nation—
let all the scoffers at our past glories,, the pro-
phets of our speedy downfall, read the clear and
triumphant Statement of Mr. Robinson, and if
they have not patriotism enough to rejoice, let
them. at least have sufficient wisdom not
:to betray their mortification. it appears from
.the able and comprehensive view which the
Chancellor of the Exchequer took. of the
'linunces of the year, and. the general outline
"'of the measures. of relief which-he expressed his
inteetion to adopt, that there wilt be a Surplus
of Keyenue in 182 amounting to .more than
-Seven millions. sterling. Five of these are to go
to the Sinking Fund, to be applied to the reduc.
thin of the National Debt; the remainder to be
given to.the public in a large remission of Taxes.
The 1V indo w Tax is to be reduced one half.—
The Duties on a certain class of Male Servants,
those on occasional Gardeners, those on the
lower Taxed Carts, and those- on Ponies, under
thirteen hands high, are to be altogether repealed;
and in consequence of the wants and disastrous
condition of Ireland, all the Assessed Taxes are
to be taken.off from that suffering part of the
British Empire. It is most gratifying to know,
that notwithstanding the reduction and repeal of
. Taxes, to the amount of more than two millions,
the indications of increasing prosperity' are such
that the Revenue of DM is expected to prove
equal 'to that of 18c22.

[THE tines.]
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer opened
hist night his plan of Finance for the year. The
time will not allow of our discussing it much at
large: suffice it to say, that the people seem to
receive their chief alleviation from themselves,—
Their efforts in trade, manufactures, and com-
merce,, have given to the existing taxes an excess
of reduce over previous calculation to , the
amount of two millions, bei,ides the five millions
really calculated upon last year, and appro-
priated as a Sinking Fund. This sum, therefore,
of five rtaillions, remaining as before, there are
still the two millions, which may be remitted
from the taxes, and the revenue, even if it shall
met improve farther, will remain as before. Our
readers will see in the Right Hon. Gentleman's
Speech the quantity and kind of each tax that is
to be reduced.

[NEW TIMES.]
The French Jurisprudence, relative to Stock-
jobbing transactions, does not seem to be clearly
settled. A Monsr. Coulte had employed as brokers,
on different occasions, M. Martin de Linigchimp,
M. Mussard, M. Sandrie, and M. Auge, who paid
difterences for him to a considerable amount
on speculative purchases and sales, the seller
having really no stock to deliver, and the buyer
not being:prepared with money for the purchase,
bad it been required. The brokers sepa.
rattily sued. Coulte for the money, first be-
fore . the Tribtfrial of Commerce, which de-
cided in favOur of them Coulte appealed
to one of the Chambers of the Cour Royale
against the judgment in favour of Longchamp,
which was for '22,500 f.; bUt the judg-
ment, was affirmed. by that Chamber. Be ap-
pealed to a different Chamber of the Cour Rook
against the judgments in favour of Mussard,
Sandrie, and Auge, which were for 70,000 francs,
Nibeni after a long argument, the Court pro-
nounced in favour of Coulte, on the ground that
the bargains, being all gambling transactions,
and forbidden by law, the brokers who conducted
them had no legal ground of action against their
principal, inaSiutith'as- they, did not, in our ordi-
nary phrase, come into Court with clean hands.
The judgments being thus opposite, the matter
will be brought for final decision before the Court
of Cessation.

Lstonistrso cuttomer.c.j
We are quite aware of the difficult situation in
which ministers have been placed by the impolicy
of the course pursued up to a comparatively re-
cent date.—Nothing proves more that the course
in question was impolitic than the circumstance
of England having already, according to Mr.'
Canning, made us strong rom6strances as any
that can be made without their having had the
desired effect ; for if things had been properly
managed at the settlement of Europe, the remon.
strance of England could not have afterwards
been disregarded. As it is we are aware that
great caution is necessary lest we should, with-
out intending to become subservient to the
views of the enemies of Europe. Let us bear
always lip mind that money is the great
Obit at present ; that though Austria could
squeeze gold out of Naples, tlO power can squeeze
it out of Spain ; that, as was observed by Talky.
rnud, the expellee of the war must be defrayed
by France, for Spain cannot defray it ; that the
French soldier must be fed in Spain at the ex-
pence of France; that the Austrians and Russians,
if they move, must also be paid by France. The
nature of the country supplies Spain with a
cheap defence, and without departing from
neutrality, we can 'easily supply her with
the chief means of that defence. The be-
coming formal parties to the war might entail a
ruinous eapence on us, while it would again make
the ArOrieins the carriers of Europe. 'The in-
vasion of Spain, and the calamities of it hich it
must be productive, are little calcult!te4 to sub-

(lite the obstinacy of the people, against whom
the mighty of Europe may yet try their strength
in vain. With respect to Mr. Robinson's state-
ment, itu4v.ill be seen that if was received very fa-
141ratilOii lit he 'respect it must
be admitted he has a great advantage
.over his
predecessor; he can be heard, which the other sel-
dom was, and never Without a great effort on the
part of the listner. But . Mr. Robinson has
also been always distinguished by the candour of
his statements (his candour indeed sometimes
amounts to naivete, as witness his famous admis-
sion in the debate on the Postintistti-Generalship
tact year), and we were therefore prepared for
the advantageous display. he made last night.—
The just tribute which he paid to the virtues and
good disposition of the great body of the people
was creditable both to his head and his heart ;
and we hope it will not be without its influence
on those underlings of Government who have
long made it their business to calumniate the
people, chiefly we believe-because they thought
this would be acceptable to their patrons.

• [BRITISH PRESS.]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer made his
long-promised statement last night on the finances
of the country, and the reduction. of taxation, an-
nounced in his Majesty's Speech at the opening
of the Session. That expensive bubble, the
Sinking Fund, is to remain untouched to the
amount of 500,000/. for the purpose of supporting
public credit. The Right Hon. Gent. estimated
the whole surplus of the year at 7,200,0001. from
whicholeducting the Sinking Fand of five millions,
there remains a sum of 2,200,0001. applicable to
the purposes of economy and reduction of taxation.
The Assessed Taxes, as at present existing, were
stated to be 5,900,0001., off which the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer proposes in the Horse and
Window Tax a reduction of 2,200,000/. The
remnant of the Assessed Taxes in Ireland
he proposes to repeal entirely. This conces-
sion was most favourably received by the House,
and will be greatfully acknowledged in that
country ; but it ought not to have been delayed
to this late period. The Window and Hearth
Tax ought years since to have been repealed,
and when it was done, a costly but paltry rem-
nant of assessed duties ought not to have been re-
tained, merely to preserve the expensive machi-
nery of collection and the patronage attached to
it. The repeal of even 2 millions two hundred thou-
sand pounds of the Assessed Taxes in this country
wilt be a sensible relief, but why not repeal the
entire of these odious duties at once ? why not
now perform an act of justice, which, sooner or
later, must be conceded ? why, in the present state
of distress, shonldithut bubble, the Sinking Fund,
swallow up 5 millions, when the necessities of the'
people imperiously' require that. it should be de-
voted to their relief ? The whole of these inqui-

sitorial anti heavy imposts, which press so afflict-
ing'', on the community at large, should be got
rid of, unk; with them the swarm of collectors
and others salaried upon them.