The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-01 00:00:00

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

and various prccesses of manufacture
there is scarce such thing as waste. The most precious
S AND TAXES.
shred, and picking swept .
i ai up, preserved,
or worked up into
re-
produced for the orig. afinidingeithpearring
In all ourßvaAstG
the silversmith
some inferior or
Theand
a s well
materials
l miipa manufacture.
uphfraaeveseteurervvee7
The floors of
every glittering grain sen
he rubs the lettering and
bookbinder's rags with which
back their gold. Glass
gilt-edged leaves are burnt to give
sep.reecia
broken into a theusand pieces
btruhshaeekd
t o a nt
hde crucible. washed,
pans give what of
use again. Our worn-out pots and
the chemist in the
tin hard scrubbing has left them to
calico-printers.
shape of stannate for the use of
The clippings andhides go to the glue-
maker, rises from the melting to
parings of .
England are
The bones of our roast beef of Old
paint black
maker, and his refuse in its turn is boiled for tallow.
saved and burnt, and ground either to
for us or scattered on the land to send up more grass for
beef. Even the suds of woollen factories and cotton-
printers are made to restore the fat that made their soap.
The sweepings of our woollen-mills, silk-mills,and cotton:
mills are all preserved and used; the vary cleanings of
flax can be turned to good account; there are no rags
too murky or old or worn for the paper-mill; the beggar's
tatters that even unwashed can be worn no longer come
back to my lady's boudoir a beautifully-printed, hot-
pressed, fashionable novel. 1

_ .
Our present purpose, however, is not to trace the suc-
cessive uses and transformations of materials, but to
call attention to the fact that rags, flax, and cotton re-
fuse can only be raised to the dignity of paper by pay-
ment of a tax. There is no tax on cotton, flax, silk, or

col; no matter where they are grown, we have them
rof the Chancellor of the Exchequer; they pass
through spindle, and loom, and print works, and the
hands of eempstresses and tailors, untaxed. There is
no tax on the old clothes man's bag, nor the rag-gather-
er's black doll—no tax on the bale of rags shipped for
France; but let them, or any other sweepings or savings,
come under the steam and water of a paper-mill, no
sooner are they seen with a clean face than forthwith the
excise officer claps his paw upon them. In their new
form they must pay for all their past exemptions. Rags
and refuse, by virtue of machinery, on the way to make
boxes or buttons, pin-papers, teatrays or wrappers for
goods, envelopes or letter-paper, drill-boards for pressing
cards for the jacquard-loom, or the raw material of
books or newspapers, must pay three-halfpence for
every pound.
Fling the rags in the street; let them rot and breed
pestilence; they pay nothing! Pack the cotton waste in
mill corners until it take fire, and burns the factory
down; it pays nothing! Litter your horses or thatch
your cottages with straw; it pays nothing! But make
paper of them, whether it be as a wholesome caution
against the exercise of ingenuity and skill, or as pre-
ventive of the over cheap circulation of useful
knowledge, we don't pretend to say, but the Chancellor
of the Exchequer must have his rags, and refuse to tax
his three-halfpence a pound avoirdupois on the paper, be
it of linen or cotton, silk or straw, peat or woollen,
thick or thin. There is no rest for rags in the regions
of paper unless they pay the Charon of the Exchequer
the three-halfpence to ferry them over the oblivious
waters of the paper-mill.
We beg of all British exhibitors that they show no
paper of any sort at the Exhibition; or, at all events,
that, if they do, they be careful not to expose the chief
of our Exchequer to the derision of all nations for set-
ting up his excisemen to preside over our rag washings,
to tax every pamphlet, paper, tract, and book, on which
any one dares to send forth knowledge to the people.—
Expositor.

THE FRIMLEY MURDER.
(THIS DA Y.)

RESUMPTION O 1 THE TRIAL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. BALLANTIN IL proceeded to address the jury. He said
that whatever opinion the jury might at present en-
tertain, with reference to the evidence which had been
submitted, lthey would readily admit that he had
a most difficult duty to perform. In a case like this, which
had been so fully canvassed, and which had created so great
a sensation throughout the country, they no doubt had fre-
quently made remarks upon it, not knowing that they would
be called upon to discharge the painful duty they had to
perform. He should now proceed to direct their atten-
tion to details, and he felt convinced that he should satisfy
them, that Levi Harwood, for whom he appeared,
was not guilty of that crime which would call upon them
to hand him over to execution. He should show in the
first place generally how the evidence stood independently
of that given by the accomplice, and then would show how
that evidence added to the facts of the case. It was clear
that on :the night in question Mr. Hollest's house was
broken into, and that the burglars cruelly and barbarously
murdered Mr. Holiest. He contended that Mrs. Hollest's
statement that Levi Harwood was the man who attacked
her and held the pistol to her head, was open to
objection, inasmuch as he might have murdered
her if he had pleased; but instead of that he ran
away. Having gone into the details of the evidence
as far as related to Levi Harwood, and contended that it was
entirely insufficient to convict him, the Learned Counsel said
he had no doubt of being able to prove that the approver
Smith was the real murderer, and that he had com-
mitted perjury in the case now before them. He pro-
ceeded to contend that Smit'a's evidence was a tissue of
falsehoods, and went through a lengthened and careful
analysis of it, comparing one portion with another, and com-
paring his evidence with that of the other witnesses. It
would be a fearful thing to save that man and to let loose so
great a criminal upon the world, while punishing men who
had been the unhappy victims of his suggestions. He de-
nied that Levi Horwood was at the place at all, and even if
he were there, that he was not the murderer of Mr. Holiest.
eMr. CHARNOCK addressed the jury on the part of the
prisoner Jones. He contended that his client had
not been fairly treated by the magistrates, who,
during the preliminary investigation, had been de-
prived of the advantage of legal advice. He questioned
whether it was right to offer rewards, which made men
overstep the bounds of prudence and justice. He drew atten-
tion to the circumstances which weighed against
Jones, dwelling particularly on the fact of the
penny tokon being found in his possession. On
this point he did not think the evidence was sufficiently
strong to commit the prisoner, the coin being a very common
one, and the witnesses being unable to speak positively as
to its identity. (The Learned Counsel had a large number
of similar tokens on the table, but was prevented from
handing them to the jury for inspection, inasmuch as if he
had done so, he would have conceded to the counsel for the
prosecution a right of reply.)
Mr. Woor.Lxrr also addressed the jury on behalf of the
pris ,ner Samuel Harwood, contending that there was no real
evidence against him.
The Learned JuDetz then proceeded to aunt up the
evidence.
The jury had not returned their verdict when our report
left.