The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

BRIGHTON RACES.

FIRST DAY--.FRIDAY, Ji'LY 24.

The fist year of a Sweepstakes. of -I.oogs. each,' h. ft. for
thret year old colts, 3st. 71b. and fillies Bst. 41b. the Nei:
Course. The . of the Derby or Oaks Stakes to carry
71b. extra.
Lord Egremout's br. c. by Gohanna, walked over. _ -
b. c. by Gohanna.
Ladbroke's c. Octavius. .
Mr. Pkyne's sister to Crispin (dead}.
Lord G. H. Cavendisb's h. c. by Truhipator. •

Sweepstalces ofc,r7 each, h. ft. four miles.
Lord C. H. SomeTet's Scorpion, 8;t. 41I). . • 4-. 1
Lord,G. H. Cavcidi,li"-s Neddlethorpe, Bst. 9th. 2
Major Wilsart's•Juniper, 9st. _. 3
Mr. How orth's tl, ld Boy, 7St. 10th. -‘

SECOND DAY—SATURDAY.
MATc IT .—Colonel Wrndhanf,s ch. h. 6 )TS old, by Waxy,
Bst. agst Mr.-Dawson'sttith. -five yrs old., hylternembrancer,
Course.—Fifty Guineas. Won easy by Colo-.
nel Wyndham's.
A Plate of for three year old, 7.st. four,• Bst. 311). five,
Bst. loth. six, 9st. Ilb. and aged, 9st. alb. the New
Course. ,
Goddard's b. c. Angelo, 4 yrs old
Duke of •St. Alhansb.g. Cambrian, aged. 2
Mr. Pierc- Caroline, by Trombone., 4 Fr, old 3,
Mr..ltrilcr:s eh. f. out of Seedling, 4 yrs old 4
Lord'Egremolli's hr. c.
_brother to Reading, 3 yrs old.
M. Perthree's br. g: Worthyoged.
Mr. c. :A.Ccident; by Walton, 3 yes old.
Captain Vyse's h. f.liclen,•B-yrs old. ,
Mr. Ladbrooke's br. h. Guardy, aged.
Mr. Dav's ch. h. tinnily, aged.
The "Judge could place but four,Cambrian and .caroline
the favour ites.agains the held. -.Evert betting between them.
Lord Egremont's b. c. ,by GoLaint, received 35gs. from
Major Wilson's ch. f. by Giles; Bst. 41b. each. New Course,
100 gs. h. ft. -
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FOR THE SUN.

MR. 'EDITOR,

The' Gentlemen concerned in the • manufacture
of Leather, among other reasons fOr objecting
to the additional duty, urged that it Will fall par-
ticularly heavy upon the labOuring part of the
community but; I- believe, if those Gentlemen
will give themselves time to ' reflect, they will be
convinced that the duty will fall principally upon
the more opulent classes ; for the great consutup7
tion of leather is in coaches, ,chariots, curricles,
and other expensive carriages. The materials re-
quisite to make a pair of heavy shoes, suchas are
worn by the labouring cldsses, do not weigh
more than two or three pOondS itrleather, so that
the working man's pair of shoes, allowing double-
the duty to be .added by the retailer,.will not ex- .
ceed ninepence a pair by_this additional impost ;
and: this is a circumstance which I think should
be clearly underftood, by the labouring man, in
order that he may know that ninepence upon a
pair of shoes as much as ought to fall upon
him in consequenceof this additional duty of three
halfpence in the pound, allowing also a very ade-
quate profit to the retailer.
It is, no doubt, the duty of every Prime Minis-
ter of this country.to raise the taxes that are un-
fortunately necessary to meet the- present unex-
ampled expenses of the country, in such a manner
as may be least burthensome upon that valuable
class of the community—the industrious labourer;
and at the same time to levy such taxes as may
be collected with the smallest expense to Govern-
ment, and be the most productive, with the least
possible degree of burthen upon the community
at large. In all these points of view, I do maintain
that an additional duty on tanned leather is clearly
intitled to a preference ; for the utmost which a
labouring man will have ,to pay_ is about nine-
pence upon a pair of shoes ; and it is well known
that two pair of these sort
man
,shoes is .the usual-
number that a labouring man wants in a year :
then let me ask, what master, who knows his
own interest, would refuse to give a good and
faithful servant this small additional duty of nine-.
pence each on two pair of shoes annually, rather
them he should have to complain of the duty as a
grievance : it is an eligible tax, because the bur-
then. does not fall principally or heavily upon the
"industrious, but, as I have before_ stated, *upon
the wealthy; for the great consumption of tanned
leather is in the- article of expensive carriage,
harness, &c.: it has a decided advamtage over
many other modes of taxation, because it may be,
collected without any additional expence to• G-
overnment, and consequently all the produce will
find its way into the Exchequer, which circum-
stance is one very desirable object in .the contem-
plation of every wise Legislator.
I beg to add, that I conceive the tanner is the
only personavho has any fair objection to make
to his propoSed additional duty, and that objec-
tion is not to the principle of the tax, but to this
circumstance, that the burthen of paying the
duty will fall upon him, and he has no immediate
means of remunerating himself, ,as he sells the
chief part of his manufactured gondi in a pnblic
market, and therefore cannot fix his own price :
now the currier, leather-seller, or shoemaker,
has an opportunity of charging his customer with
any additional duty he me.y pay,. for he fixes his
own price upon, his goods, and sells actording to
the price he has bought at ; herein, all. the other
branches of the leather trade have a manifeA
advantage over the tanner ; and J huMbly submit
it to the consideration of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer that it would be very easy, certainly
much more equita2Jle, for the duty to be paid by
the currier, instead of the, tanner.

• I am your constant Reader,
W. T.
• '0,4 We hare to
.apologize to our Correspondent for deo
laying tins inseltion of his letter, owing to an accident:

The suite of Buonaparte and/ his consort, -on
their arrival at Dresden, consisted of 322 persons,
286 carriages, and-560 horses ; , that of the Em-
peror and .Ernpress ofAastria, of 44 persons ; and
that of Jerome Buonaparte of 22.
rtiA.LouisA has returned. to St. Cloud, from
-her Visit to the Emperor, her father.
Gloucester Assizes commenced on Thursday.—
Williatri Ric/cells, for stealing a lamb, the property
of R. Clarke, of Frampton, was capitally con-
victed, and received sentence of death, but was
after Wards reprieved.— Thomas Gardiner, for send-
ing a letter to his employer, Mr. John Lewis,
threatening to destroy hiv, machinery,. unless he
raised the,wages of his workmen, to be transported
for seven years.