The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-22 00:00:00

HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX.

Mr. Sericant SPANKIE presented a petition from the
parish of St. Luke's, MA-Ili-sex, agreed to at a numerous
meeting, and signed by 3,000 persons, fur the abolition of
the house and window tax. They stated that there were
six thousand houses in that parish, of which eight
hundred were unoccupied. He could testify, from his
knowledge of the place from whence the petition came,
that such was the distress among the labouring
classes, that they were unable to pay thce taxes,
and, therefore, he hoped that his Majesty's Go-
verment would take the subject into their early consi-
deration. The effect of those taxes was to send the com-
merce of London away from it. He was sure that the
metropolis was unable to pay their present quota of
those taxes, and that it was absolutely necessary to
find some other suhsti:ute in lieu of them.

Mr. WILLIAM PETER :presented a petition from
Rodmin, signed by all the Magistrates, and by most of
the respectable inhabitants of that town, in favour of a
law to enforce the better observance of the Sabbath, and
complaining of the cb•secration of that holy day, and of the
effects of the new Beer Act. He also presented two
petitions from the parish of Woolvey, in the county of
Warwick, one for the better observance of the S ibbath,
and the other complaining of the mischiefs arising from
the establishment of new beer shops, and praying for an
alteration of the law He also presented ape ition signed by
two prr,ons, complaining of abuses in the management
of the revenues of the corporation of Saltash—The latter
petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee of
Corpora•ions.

Sir ROBERT BATESON presented a petition from
certain clergymen, elders, and members of a Presbyterian
under the Synod of Ulster, against the education
grant of his Iklaj,,sty's Government, made last year, to
support the system of national education in Ireland. The
petitioners stated that they were actuated by no factious
opposition to Government, yet they could not but contem-
plate with alarm and apprehension any invasion like the
present of the only legitimate and scriptural principle which
should characterise a system of religious education. The
present sy stern authoritatively excluded from the use of tha
scholars the free and uumutilated use of the Sacred Scrip-
ture+ dur;ng school hours. The Hon. Baronet agreed
with the prayer of the petition. His opinions with those
of the great mass of the inhabitants of the province of
Utah r remained unchanged—that the system was founded

" Several lace-dealers in this town have recently had letters
addressed to them by a person signing himself ' William Jack-
son, No. 84, Bishopsgate-street Within;' among others, Mr.
Theophilus Clarke, and Miss Susan Cox. On the other side I
send you a copy of one, dated 13th March, received by Mr.
Clarke, in reply to which he requested a remittance. This
day he received a letter in answer, and one came also addressed
to Miss Cox, which 1 opened, she being at Brighton. A cop)
of this letter I also send, which, with the one to Mr. Clarke, is
dated 15th March. Both these last letters contained remittances
of 501., which, perhaps, 1 need hardly add, turn out to be clumsy
forgeries on the Bank of England. I have thought it right to
enclose those letters, and the notes, to Mr. Freshtield, the soli-
citor to the Bank of England, in the hope that he will take
some steps in the matter; and I have advised him of my having
addressed this letter to you. In order to lead to the detection
and punishment of the miscreant, I have desired invoices to be
sent by this post to Mr. Jackson, as he requests, and advise that
he will receive the goods by the mail on Tuesday, agreeably to
order. Of course I shall not let the lace be sent, but merely a
small quantity, so that if he should take in the parcels he may
be indicted for stealing, or obtaining goods under false pre-
tences, in the event of the charge of issuing forged notes not
being brought home to him. Miss Cox's parcel will arrive in
town on Tuesday by the Old Exeter Mail, which stops at the
Swan.with.two.Necks, Lad.lane, and Mr. Clarke's by the De-
vonport mail, which stops at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate.hill ;
and if officers be sent in the carts which deliver the parcels,
probably Mr. Jackson may be caught in his own trap.
" I shall feel obliged by your Lordship directing some one
to acknowledge the receipt of this letter, and assuring you of
my earnest desire to afford any and every further assistance in
my power, " I have the honour to remain,

" Your Lordship's obedient humble servant,
" ROBT. HY. ABERDEEN, Attorney."
The foll Awing are copies of the letters alluded to in
Mr. Aberdeen'. communication to the Lord Mayor :

(" Immediate and important.")

`. Mr. T:Clarke, Lace-manuiacturer, Honiton, Devon.

" am informed by an old smuggler of lace into Bel-
gium that he has heard you will use me well. I shall, there.
fore, rely on your honour, punctuality, and secrecy, and request
you will on receipt of this, not fail to select me out of all the
different sorts of lace you make, an assortment to the amount
of 501 worth net, merely by way of specimen of what you can
and will do for me. I want the above-named parcel of lace to
be in London next Tuesday morning in particular, as I wish to
send it away with other goods going on that day.—Friday's
post I shall remit you the money punctually, as I always have
my foreign remittances every Friday come in. If you use me
well, I expect I shall remit you next week 2001. to 5001. I de.
cline doing business only direct with yourself, and not any agent
here. If your parcel runs a few pounds over, you need not
fear of your money coming. I beg to say that I rely on your
attention, not to fail having the lace here Tuesday next, as
you will be certain to receive your money beforehand on Sun-
day. " I am your's,
(Signed) " WILLIAM JACKSON,
" No. 84, Bishopsgate.street, Within, London.
" March 13, 1833."
" Mrs. S. Cox, Lace-manufacturer, Honiton, Devonshire.

" Madam,—Referring you to my letter of the 13th instant, I
have now the pleasure and honour of enclosing you a 501.
Bank of England note, relying on your honour to send me, in
as portable a parcel as possible, by return of coach, an assort-
ment of your lace to the amount, to be here on Tuesday
morning next without fail. If you send me more I shall re-
mit you, in my next remittance, which will be on Friday next,
and at least to the amount of 2004 to 300/. I beg your secrecy
in the affairs between us, being for smuggling, and as I have
a large lot of goods going off on Tuesday next, I rely on re.
ceiving yours on that day. Please send me the invoice by
post.—l am, yours, obedient,
" WILLIAM JACKSON.
No. 84, Bishopsgate Within, London, March 15. 1533"

_ .
Mr. Freshtield, the Solicitor to the Bank, upon re-
ceiving a communication sitnikr to that contained in Mr.
Aberdeen's letter to the Lord Mayor, which was opened,
accordinz to direction, by Mr. Hohler, on Wednesday,
in the absence of the Lord Mayor, who was presiding at
the Marylebune election, immediately proceeded to take
steps for apprehending the criminal party. He went, ac-
companied by Mr. Cope, the City M.rsbal, to the office
of the Accountant-General of the Bank. The Accoun-
tant-General stated that it was most necessary that the
public should be immediately informed that a most
tensive system of forgery upon the Bank of England was

CHANGES OF FASHION.—Two centuries
ago " old squaretoes" was the stigma attached to age and
irarrulity, while in the present day, square-toed shoes arc
the very height of juvenile dandyism.
Lord W. LENNOX paired off against the
10th clause of the Irish Disturbances Bill, which gives
power of trying civil offences by courtsrnartial.
M. WARNKOENIG, professor of law in the
University of Ghent, who has been engaged these two
wears in inquiries on the laws of Flanders in the middle
ages, has lately received from the library of Bruges a MS.
of the 14th century, the first three leaves of which contain
the ancient maritime laws of Datmate. It is well known
that the Dutch authors have long maintained that Damrne
,vat the native country of their laws, and that those of
Oheron were only a translation from the Flemish. The
IIS. of Bruges, which has been scrupulously examined by
11. WARNXOENIG, irrevocably decides the question, and
proves the French origin of this celebrated code, which is
.:he source of the maritime law of Holland, the North of
Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Englan•l, and even Spain,
where they were translated in the 13th century.
Owing to the lateness of; the hour to which the
rebates in the House of Commons were protracted on
fitesday night, our reporter omitted to notice that Mr.
GUEST moved for a Seleet C mmittee, to inquire into the
Fees and Emoluments received by the Officers and Public
iervanta of the House of Common', and into the Expenses
if passing Private Bills through Parliament The motion
was acceded to by his Majesty's Minister., and the fol-
'owing Members appointed to sit upon it :—Mr. GUEST,
tit.. SPRING RICE. Mr. RoBINSON, Mr. WARBURTON,
Lord LoWTHER, Mr. DIVETT, Mr. HALL DARE. Mr.
100 XE, Sir M. W. RInLEY, Mr. VARRE Mr. TENNI.-
oN, Mr. WILES, Mr. II ILL, Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON,
11r HOPE JOHNsTONE. Mr. LENNARD, Mr. SHAW LE•
FEVRE, Mi. PHILLFOTTS, Sr J WRoTTPsi.EV,Mr. HUME,
.Ir. GILLON Civonel DAVIES, Mr. E. DENISON, Mr.
EIINGHAM BARING, and Mr. JAMES. Coned ring the
serge amount paid out of the public puree for the esra-
ilishmentof the Houses of Parliament—we believe upwards
if 130,0001. per annum—and the great expense attending
:he passing a.f Private Bills, wlich is so great a bar to im-
erovement, and to the investment of capital in concerns
svhich require the sanction of Parliamentove are ouch
pleased that this subject has been taken up by the H us
end trust that such savings and alterations will he made
is the present rate of the country so loudly calls for.
HATTON•GARDEN.—CHARGE OF Nll/11-
.sday night, T. WATTS, a man countryfied
Wearance, about 30, was eh rged un•fer the following
ingular circumstance..:—JOHN Huorres, a bargeman, of
Aylesbury. said he was sitting that eveuing in the Albi
,mblic-house, Battle-bridge, when a converreetion arose
ihmut the murder of the boyPavtou it, and witness expressed
• hope that the murderers might he discovered in the wry
that the murderer* of Mr. T. HArnoN, gardener, at Ayles-
bury, Bucks, who was murdered by three fell•iwa ibout
two years alt', were lound out. Two of his murderers,
named SEWELL and TAYLOR, were executed. The p
.oner, who was in the room, said, " I knew Sewetr.
very well—he was my uncle—and I know be war quite
nnocenr—he ought not to have been hanged." Witness
raked him how he knew SEWELL to Is" innocent? To
which the prisoner replied, " I know it." Witness said,
" If sou know it, you must know something of the mut,
•ler and the prisoner's behaviour was so suspicious, that
witness called in a policeman, and gave him into custody.
The prisoner said he was a tartnsker at Brantford, and lie
had not had the slightest concern in the murder. Mr.
ROGERS felt it his duty to remand him for further evidence,
and for the attendance of Mr. flagpoles nephew.

The following is a 11!
8 'tiers taken into custody by
the result of the cbarge•, in,

NI ales 49,890
Females 27,630

Total
Drunkenpeisonsdismissedwhen
sober by the Superintendents.
Males
Females 10,291

25,71 Y 2
"Isakeil before Magistrates 6,9'31

Total 92,636
Summarily convicted by Magis.

st of the number of pri-
the Metropolitan Police, and
the year 1832 :

trates.

CoMmitted for trial by Magis-
trates.
Males 2,700
Females '9.56

Total ...... 3,656
Discharged by Magistrates.
Males 15,727
Females 9,000

Males
1 emales f

Total 2.4,727
Convicted and sentenced

Males 1,813
Females 496

Total 3,4,,81

Total
Acquitted, bills not found, or not
prosecuted.
Males
..... 6103

IFemales .................

compared with
Caonmd otiotesPr6,s'lni fl
Total 897
the last year there in an increase of 4,719 risk,. taken
in
iicbhyartgheed,
containing the number of per-
teo
precedingcuto yby the e 114Ieitireot,politan
•ng apprehended by the force, the nature of tbe.offenets
atat to the different police Offitti.
Cwhhaircghe, biejaenvepirTnetne