The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-23 00:00:00

or was it

only because they were proceeding to " the
nomination" that he asked them to slip in by
the way, and breakfaa with him " without fail ?"
Suppose they had declined the breakfast invita-
tion, and the ride to the election, which comes

y way of postscript—then how woukl the other
meeting, appointed for the Lit of January, have
4one off? In fact, there could not have been a
,note direct way of saying to any man of com-
mon sense, come and support my candidate by

showing yourself at his nomination on the 14th
of December, or bring your arrears of rent and
leave my farm in a fortnight afterwards. Such
is the cruel alternative in which tenants without
leases are placed at every election, and such is
the strong additional motive created for tyran-
nical or ambitious landlords to refuse leases, as
a means of securing swarms of political depen-
dents. Some opportunity must be seized upon
between this and a future election to amend this
part of the late Act.—Times.

Last night a respectable meeting was held at
the British Coffee-house, to consider the pro-
priety of the abolition of the house and window.
tax. We sincerely believe that Ministers are
anxious to relieve the people of their burdens.
The great point is—have they courage enough
to execute their intentions ?—will they resist the
clamours of fools, who are bawling for the
removal of imaginary grievances, and address
themselves to the abolition of those imposts
which really and substantially affect the pooret
classes? Shopkeepers and tradesmen are the
principal sufferers, at least in London and the
great towns, by the oppressive tax on inhabited
houses; they should certainly be relieved. The
window-tax is a tax on the health and comfort
of the poor, as well as middling Glasses, and
ought, for the sake of health alone, to be modi-
fied or repealed, so far as regards all houses
of small rent. That branch of the assessed
taxes which merely affects the rich is in the
nature of an equitable property-tax, and needs
not to be removed. Carriages, armorial bear-
ings, livery servants, and other ornamental ap-
pendages of wealth and fashion, are fair objects
of taxation, nor did we ever hear any reasonable
man complain of them, except in some cases,
where the caprice of a Chancellor of the Exche-
quer had made fantastical alterations, productive
of trouble to the individual without advantage
to the revenue. At the same time it must be
confessed that it would be a great good if the
assessed taxes could be repealed altogether, trans-
ferring that portion of the revenue which is
raised on luxury to some other department of
taxation ; for it is quite clear, that a system of
taxation in which the net revenue does not
amount to much more than half the sum col-
lected is a barbarous imposition, unworthy of any
country in an advanced state of political science
and civilization.—Times.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION. HOUSE.

Dr. Sevin, of the Hampstead-road, was yesterday
charged by a Mr. Leech, with a violent assault. The
complainant appeared in the Justice-room with a
fresh cut under his eye and a broken mouth.
The complainant, as he was passing along Cheap-
side, about half an hour before, met the defendant,
and said to him, " Ah, how do you do, Bevill?"
Tne answer he received was a punch in the eye, and
a dab in the teeth of the most terrific description.
As he had done nothing to provoke such treatment,
he immediately gave the D.Jctor into the custody of
a policeman.
The LORD MAYOR—And all you said to him was
" How do you do "r" Complainant—Not a word
m re, and down he knocked me, and kicked me
when I was on he ground. Perhaps I called him a
quack, for he is a regular one; hut if he was'ot an
exceptionable person, I shotthent have addre'sed
him at all.

The Doctor, who is an Itisliman, declared that
the provocation he received was qoite intolerable.
The low fellow waked up to him, and called him
not only a quack, but swindler and a rogue. The-e
names excited his resentment, especially as they were
accompanied by a donee on the chop.
Complainant—l assure you that all I said to him
waa what I t IA you.

The LORD MAYOR—It is evident, if you spoke
to him because you desp'se him, that you were not
very se'ect in your epithets. Of course he was not,
according to law, justified in sir king you, but I
think the hest way to end the matter is for me to
direct him to cue your eye and mouth.
Complainant—Nu, no, my Lord; if I was to put
my eye under h's care, he'd soon leave me without
an eye. I wish to be protected, not to be sacs ificed
to the doc'ot's skill.—(Laughter.)
The doctor was willing to give bail, and let the
case he (li4pe),:ed of by a Jury.
The LORD MAYOR could have no objection, but
he thought it would be much better to settle the
mater with a little plaister, as a Jury would not be
likely to think the case one for a heavy penalty.