The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-20 00:00:00

CORN EXCH2'NGE, OCT.

THERE is a tolerable supply of Wheat ro.Bay;
with some Foreign saMples, but the Sale was raihrr
dull ; prime Essex and Kent samples -keep their
prices ; Barley and Malt are heavy, and something
lower ; Pease continue. scarce, sell readily, and the
new are dear ; no
_alteration in Brans ; we. have
many Oars at 11/I;:rketi. and leyy Buyers, the terms
vary but little ; Flour continues the same.

Wheat 44s a 53s a'63s 4d Beans -33 s a 36$ nd
Fiat ditto .- .544- a 65s od Tick ditto - ass a 353 od
Malt - 434 a 44$ od Oats - 14$ a 19$ a 22 od
Fine ditto . 4ss a 4.6 s 6:i Poland ditto 23$ a 24$ 6d
Barley z3s Le us 6d Rape Seed 331 a 351 per last
Rye - 3as a ass oa Eine Flour - Sos a 5 is oct
1,,1cw ditto . 3Ss a 47;.; oci Scconctdo. - 458 a sos od
White Pease 44$ a regi cd,.

Yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, some
villains attempted to break into. the. house of
Messrs, Evans and Co. in 13roa:Lstreer„. Soho. Oli
the alarm beinE; given, Mr.. Evans ruWed-out of the
house, and • succeeded in raking one of them. He-
was immediately taken beto.re Mr. Conant-, at• the
piiblic_oiste, Ma rl tree t ,11f1t1 the fins
b sworn to, he was fully commuted. to rake his
trial. He says his name is Richard ;
his person was. found a surer Frclichl)uriting wa;cl,,
and 'a duplicate of ache clothe;,' pawne,; in a diiFer.-
cut name.

ITEDWITE ACT.

VEspl*.r)Ay John Gilmireexhitoited ar, it, orrha,
titan at the Mansion-house 3. Hatii'Ati;
Grocer in Houndsditch, for sellteig "
liquorice" without a starrti,, ‘1111:h cattle on tci
heard before the LORD MAYOR.

Gilmore, the Informer, stated upon oath, that
on the eth of Onober he went into Mr. Hatfield's
shop, and asked for an ounce of refined liquorice,
which was sold to him, wrapped up ins a paper, at
produced, being without a stamp. The liouorke
was taken from a glass that stood in the window.ssis
He had no directions given him for using it.
Mr. ESTCOURT, the Solicitor to the Commis.
sinners of the Stamps, addressed his Lordship. He
said he had a fsw remarks to make, which he hoped
would be received in the way they were meant,
namely, as information, which his Lordship was
fully authorised to rejrt or receive, as he should
think proper. He had attended a meeting of the
Grocers, ConfeEtioners, and others, respeCting the
operations of the Medicine Aft, whose wish it was
to be legally informed if they wonid it, future be
permitted to follow their respeCtive tradee as here-
tofore. He had also seen the Commissioners Q'
Stamps upon the same subject ; and the result was,
that he had assured the Grocers, &c. thet thee
might follow their trade as before, as the Aft would
not affect them, and was never meant by the Le..
gislature to operate to their dieldvantage ; at
the same time, he added, they should be careful
not to c •nvert their Shops into a Magazine for Nos..
trums, by affixing labels to any of the articles they
had been accustomed to deal in, or advertise ingre..
clients of any kind for coughs or colds. Such was
his advice to the description of tradesmen he had
enumerated, and such was he authorized in commu_
nicating from the Commissioners of Stamps them-
selves. To enforce the truth of what he had ad..
vanced, he should take the libery of saying, that
when the Legislature specified that all sorts of lozenges
should be taxed, they never meant to include sugar..
plumbs among them. They intended also that the
provisions of the At should be confined to venders
of Quack Medicines—together with all proprie-
tory medicines, sold with labels affixed, and direc-
tions for using ; anti when it was considered how
much the ingenuity of such empyrics had im-
posed upon the credulity of the Public, it must be
admitted they were fit objeft, of taxation. Much
had been said of the grievances of the Medicine
Act ; but it would ultimately appear the grievance
was only to he found in the construction that 11;4
been put upon it. The schedule too had been corn_
planned of, as containing many articles perfectly in..
nocent, and hitherto sold by the regular Praaitioners;
the faft was, the intention of the Legislature was not
thoroughly understood, and numerous complaints had
arisen. He regretted one more article had not been
added to the enumeration, and that was ginjertread
nits ; he meant a specific sold under that name to
cure worms ; yet should that nostrum be sold without
a stamp, and an information exhibited against the
vender, he. should think there would be no difficulty
in the conviction ; had it, however, been set forth
in the schedule, it would he ridiculous to say a pastry
conk could nor sell his gingerbread-nuts without a
stamp. So it was with lozenges or refined liquorice,
sold in .boxes by quack medicine venders, when
placed against the liquorice sold by grocers, and
sugar_plumbs and drops sold by confeCtioners in
the ordinary way of trade, without dire Lion or en
velope. Such persons did not claim or pretend to
have any secret, and therefore were net liable to ;he
operation of the Aft. Such was his own opinion;
such was the opinion of those under whom ha had
the hon Our to at in the duty he was then perform-
ing. The misconception had partly arisen from
considering the. At aisstrafiedly, when the meaning
of the Legislature was only to be gathered fr 'rn an
attentive consideration of the whole. Had the in..
formation been oahmitted to the Commissioners of
the Stamps instead of his Lordship, he was %var_
ranted in saying, they would have told the Informer
he had mistaken' the meaning of the Aa, and ,the
intentions of the Legislature. Should his Lord.
ship therefore entertain a doubt himself upon• the
subjeCt, he trusted he would willingly wave the con..
vietion, it being the first case since the passing the
Aft, and wait for further adVice before he decided ;
especially too when he assured him that he .vas in..
strufled to wait upon,the ATTORNEY and Sonic'.
Toe GENERAL for their opinion upon the right
construttion of the Mt, which he had every, reas-on
to expel} would not be delayed beyoni Saturdiv
next. On that occasion he conceived he ceeld
not do better than to lay the preset case, 1.-:efUre
them to ground their opinion.
Mr. KNAPP contended against the arguments laid
down by Mr. EYTCOITRT, and insisted he had a
right, to his Lordship's judgment. He would ask,
was refined liquorice in the schedule, or was it
not ? If so, it was to be taken as a man did a,
wife, for better and for worse, and his Lord.
ship had no power but to convict. The ques-
tion was not, %%het the Legislature had intetidca',
but what they had ex.pressed ; and the interference
of the Commissioners of Stamps, or the observations
cif Mr. Estcourt, to give it an opposite meaning,
would avail nothing. It was a question of the
greatest consequence to the Citizens of London, and
should be speedily decided.

His Lordship asked Mr.-Hatfield if refined !iquo,
rice was a mixture ? Mr. H. answered that it will
not, and that he received it from a Mr'. Dal'lie, of
Pomfret, who was a lid oriee grower.
Mr. Newman, the Lord Mayor's Clerk, observ-
ed to his Lordship, that he had looked over the in_
formati(,n, tired had discovered a jr,:te../oletflion in
it. It should have contained an averment, " tha;
the refined liquorice was to be used externally or
internally for the cure of a disease incidental to the
human body ;" that being omitted, it nit:st fall to
the ground.
His lordship eoncurrcd in opinion, and the in-
formation was quaJted; He however felt no hesi-
tation, he said, ;as, had that not been the case, he
should have waiteJ for better advice before he haci
proceeded to convia..

Tile !Magistrates of Greenock have lately f.r-rd
five (.11111..rent persons fcr•- hiving-fires on -board I;;cit
Vessels in the Ha:lx-Jur, contritry to ale rei„!..,a.
Lions.

" And be it further enacted, That no Peer of this Realm,
nor any Person being a Commissioned Officer in His Ma-
" jesty's other Forces, or in any of His Majesty's Castles or
" Forts, nor any Officer on the Half-pay of the Navy,
" Army, or Marines, nor any Non-Commissioned Officer
" or Private Man serving in any of His Majesty's other
" Forces, nor any Conumssioned-Officer serving, or who
" ITAS served four‘years in the Militia, nor any Person being
" a Resident_ Member in either of the Universities, nor any
" Clergyman, nor any Teacher, licensed within the County,
" Riding, or Place, to teach in some separate Congregation,
" whose Place of Meeting shall have been duly registered
" within twelve months previous to the General Meeting ap-
" pointed to meet in October ter the purposes of the said
" Act, nor any Constable or other Peace-Officer, nor any
" cicled Clerk, Apprentice, Seaman, or Sea-faring man,
" nor :thy person Nliitereci, Trained, or doing l)uty, or Em-
' played in any of His Majesty's Docks or Dock-Yards ter
" Service thereof, or Employed and Mustered in His Ma-
" jesty's Service in the Tower of London, Woolwich War-
" ren, the several Gun-Wharfs at Portsmouth, or at the
" several Powder-Mills, Powder-Maga/hies, or other Store-
" Houses belonging to His Majesty, under the direction of
" the Board of Ordnance ; nor any Person being free of the
" Company of Watermen of the River Thames, nor any
" poor Man who has more than one Child born in Wedlock,
••• shall be liable to serve Personally, or provide a Substitute
to serve in the Militia; and no Person having served Per-
" sonally or by Substitute, according to the directions of
" any former Ad or Ads relating to the Militia, or under
" this Ad, shall be obliged to serve again, until, by rota-
- lion, it shall come to his turn ; but no Person who has
" served only as a Substitute or Volunteer in the Militia,
by such Service, be exempted from serving again,
if he shall be chosen by Ballot."

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