The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

ashes—let typhus rage—let us be consoled—we have
raised our revenue.

One word on stamp duties. Here i 3 the tariff. The ,
reader will judge of the equity of its details, and how
tenderly it regards the poor man !
Stamp duty on a sale of
land 501. value 12/. 10s. per cent.
Ditto on a sale „ 1001. „ 51. It
7) 3001. „ 2/. 10s. „
5001. „ 11. 14s. 3d. „
Ditto on a sale above 500/. „ 1/. 11
The tariff on mortgages is framed in the same
equitable spirit:—
Stamp duty cn a 501. mortgage 21. per cent.
I/ 20,000/. „ 01. 2s. Od. 17
100,0001. „ 01. Os. 6d. It
The facts detailed sufficiently indicate the purpose
we have in view. They abundantly prove that " free
trade" has yet to he realised, and that the members of
the late League will have to work as hard within
Parliament as they formerly did without its walls.
Of course they will be resisted on the ground of
revenue ; therefore, to redeem their pledges, they
must necessarily he driven to the advocacy of direct
taxation, for they are bound to remove every ob-
stacle which stands in the way of their great prin-
ciple.
However, one other course is open to them. They
may urge the advantages of an indirect mode of direct
taxation. This is to be effected while retaining the
existing fiscal machinery of customs, excise, and
stamps, and needs nothing more than a free trade in
gold. The difficulty with Mr. Cobden seems to be,
that in his ideas the price of that metal, when
arrayed with the attributes of legal tender, is not
fixed by Act of Parliament. We endeavoured, last
week, to explode the fallacy by which Mr. Cobden and
many of his friends are deluded, and we have a
strong hope that our labour will not be fruitless.
We believe him to be quite free from prejudice, and
ever open to conviction, and it is at least certain that
he once opposed the monopoly of the Bank •f Eng-
land ; but if that opposition no longer exists, then, as
a public man, he is bound to state the reasons why
his opinions have changed. A correspondent of the
Daily News has published some statements male in
1840 by Mr. Cobden, when examined by a Parlia-
mentary Committee on Banks of Issue, which prove
his former hostility to the establishment in Thread-
needle -street, and which we subjoin :
" Managing the currency and regulating the cur-
rency I consider to be just as possible as the manage-
ment of the tides, or of the regulating of the stars or
the winds. I have seen no plan which places the
thing wholly beyond the power of a body of men to
increase or diminish the quantity of money; which
power is as intolerable as that a body of men should
have the power of regulating the length of the yard
periodically; and it is as reasonable, in the case of
merchants who may manage a bank like the Bank of
England, as if they should be privileged to sell by
the short yard and buy by the long one. I
object entirely to such a bank being in the
hands of a body of merchants. I object to
any body of men having the power to increase or
decrease the quantity of money.—(Questions 531
and 536)."

These opinions strike at the roots of the present
monetary system. We wish not to put any strained
construction upon them, but to us the inference is
obvious that the sole power of issuing money, or
legal tender, ought again to be restored to the Crown,
as one of the brightest jewels of th• prerogative.
This is, indeed, an important step in the right direc-
tion, for it is the abolition of the monster monopoly.
Then comes the question, if the monetary preroga-
tive was restored to the Crown, would the Crown
undertake to provide and keep within our shores
gold, as the instrument of taxation ? It could not ;
therefore it would be compelled to substitute its own
paper pounds guaranteed by the whole national credit,
in which notes gold would rise and fall in price in
common with all other commodities. This would be
free trade in the precious metals, while it would also
enable the industrious to add taxation to the intrinsic
value of their goods ; and thus we should establish
an indirect mode of direct taxation, and relieve labour
from the burdens by which it is crushed.
ALADDIN.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 7.
(Sittings in Banco.)
WEALS V. RING.

This was an action tried before Mr. Baron Parke,
at Hertford, in which the plaintiff sought to recover
dama;.;es on the ground that the defendant had sold
to him 500 store sheep which turned out to be un
sound, Upon the trial of the cause the jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff, on the ground that they
were of opinion that there was an implied warranty
of their soundness.

A rule was obtained a short time since by Mr.
Chambers on the ground of the verdict being a per-
verse one and against evidence.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE now showed cause against the
rule, on the ground that it was the custom to sell
store sheep with an implied warranty of their sound-
ness. The defendant had also been written to by the
solicitor of the plaintiff, charging him with a breach
of the warranty, and the defendant had not denied
that there was a warranty of soundness in the sale of
the sheep.
Mr. Baron PARKE said, that he certainly did not
think the jury ought to have found any such verdict
as they had done. They acted, no doubt, under the
belief that it was a fair and proper thing for the
plaintiff to obtain the verdict. lie was of opinion
that the rule ought to be made absolute, with costs to
abide the event.
Rule absolute.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD Cum,
BARON and Special Juries.)
THE ATTOBNEY•GENERAL V. CROSSLEY.

This was an information against the defendant, a
soap manufacturer, at \Vhitechapel, to recover penal-
ties fur cutting and removing soap within the time
specified by Act of Parliament.
The case was in part heard on Saturday.
Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendants, now
contended that it was absolutely impossible for the
defendant to have removed the soap without the
knowledge of the Excise officers who had charge of
the premises, and called several witnesses to prove the
course of proceedings in the manufacture of soap,
from which it appeared to be the duty of the Excise
officers to examine the state of all the soap on
the premises every four hours, and enter the
result of their examinations in books kept
for the purpose. Upon the officer leaving
the premises at night, it was usual for him to place a
luck upon the coppers in which the material of the
soap was boiled, which it would be impossible fur any
person to opm without the knowledge of the officer.
Several of the Excise officers who were present when
the soap was cut down gave it as their opinion that
the soap was as solid as that article usually was at the
expiration of the period allowed by law, but they
th.,ught that it was some degrees warmer.
Numerous witnesses were called in support of this
argument.

A reply was made by the Attorney• General.
The Lord Chief Baron was proceeding' to sum up,
when

The jury expressed themselves agreed to give a
verdict fur the Crown, to the amount of 7001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

An extraordinary scene took place in the justice-
room to-day, in the presence of the Lord Mayor and
the Commissioner of the City Police.
Rose Morris, and five other young women, who
were said to have frequently received relief at the
City of London Union, were brought before the Lord
Mayor, and charged by Lloyd, one of the assistant
relieving officers, under the following circum-
stances :

John Lloyd, of No. 5, Northumberland-alley, said
that on the preceding day, as he was going to the
union, he saw at the corner of Northumberland-
court the six defendants. lie asked them whether
they wanted relief, and Rose Morris and two of the
others said, " you imprisoned us for three months,
and we are come to pay you off, and are determined
to do it." They then struck at him with their fists,
but a policeman came up at the moment, arid he gave
his assailants in charge, having good reason to fear the
worst from their violence and vengeance.
The LORD MAYOR—What sort of relief do you give
these females ? Witness—We give them an order
for one night's lodgings at Peckham, and some bread
when they get there. Knowing all the paupers who
were' at the spot, I thought they were there to receive
relief. I have relieved them all most frequently, and
I
lated to
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certainly
iimnpbroedssiilyonf.ear of them, and their
subsequent conduct to the policeman was not calcu-
The women said the whole of the statement made
by the relieving
standing
ofnicer. was false. Two of them had,
they said, been stai
at the corner of the alley
when the other females
being aware of the were about to apply, arid
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Peckham,relief,unlona
talrogubieduextthjey morning, after a
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had,in no notion
of making any application themselves.
without having received the sliosmht(t:ie
nsytt
Mr. Lloyd saw them he gave them into thee me
custody
of
c,eb' ut certainly, as he had struck and kicked
one of them, the blow was returned.
Mr. Lloyd—l never returned a blow or a kick, and
I am always liable to be treated in this manner. The
language they use--towards me is the grossest that can
be conceived.
Rose Morris—Well, I am sure you are big and
ugly enough to defend yourself.
The LORD MAYOR (to the relieving officer)—Did
You try to expostulate with them ? Mr. Lloyd—l
did all I could, as I always (19, but it was useless.
The LORD MAYOR.—WeII I cannot help saying that
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