The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-28 00:00:00

JUSTICE ,U. WORLEY.

Mr. Sergeant COCKFLL spewed cause against a
Rule applied far by Mr. Setjeant SH EPHERD, for an
Attachment against Worley, an Attorney of Court,
to answer interrogatories, and .also for delivery of
certain Bills of Exchange, encrusted to him by the

Tyr oppressicm, injustice, and undefined system
of the Property Tax, is beetzi;itg every day more
felt and
.disgusting. The AM prtttesses to attach
no part of, the property of.individu Is, whose income
is less than 601. per annum ; but that the contrary
is the case, a plain statement will evince. A per.
son going last week to ;he office of the Chamberlain
of the City of London, to receive a quarter on an
Annuity of an hundred pounds, the property of two
minors, who have but 501. per annum each (as had
'been stated in a return matte to the Commissioners),
was informed by the clerks, that they must deduct
from it 3i. t ss. for three -quarters Income Tax, •tt
th ss. for Midsummer, Michaelmas, and
Christmas, though the two former quarters had been
paid without such attachment. The person ex-
plained the nature of the property, and that he 'tin.
tlerstood, had the Annuity of an hundred pounds
belonged all to one person, who had no more, it
would be liable to a dedutlion of seven pence in the
pound only. It was in vain to argue the point, for
he was informed, that they had received an order to
&duet a shilling in the pound from alt Annuities.
indiscriminately, and .that he must submit to the
imposition, or go without, the money, and the only
remedy was an appeal to the Commissioners. He
accordingly received an older fur 211, ss. only, in-
stead of 251. as heretofore. On turning round to
an other cable to receive the cash, he observed an
elderly woman, of whom he had some knowledge,
weeping. She immediately. appealed to him, stating
• her case, that a few years ago, when the City were
raising money on Life Annuities, she had a small
legacy, and being then near fifty years of age, sunk

Monday last the Exeter V ltinteer Regiment were
brigaded with a squadron of the R 'yal Drag. oo
Guards, the First Snnerset Militia, the R.,yal
Miners, and a strong body of Artillery. They
marched front E.,e er about nine o'clock, to Coun-
tess-wear bridge, where the operations commenced:
the bridge was defended by some pieces of artillery,
and a detachment of the loth Regiment of R,'serve.
h)weveri thivcn from their position, they
retreated towards the• 111411,1 body at Powderham,
skirmishirg oc(asiorOyowith the advanced guard.
On their arrival at the plantations of Powderham,
the grand attack was made on the main body, con-
sisting tit L ttl Viscount COUaTENAY's Regiment
of Exminster Volunteers and a detachment of.the
toth Regiment of Reserve, drawn up in an advan-
tageous poAtion, and defended by several pieces of
heavy artillery—the adj ining woods tieing well
The
secured by bodies of light troops.attacking
Army having formed, advanced in column to the
front, whilst the fink c,:npanies defiling through
the woods, made an attack on the enemy's left, and
the artillery kept their right in check. The opera-
tions now had a most pleasing efred, from the con-
tinued skirmishing of the light troops-in the woods,
the one party retreating as the other advanced, and
disputing with their opponents every inch of ground,
of which the plantations gave them an ample oppor-
tunity. The firing was occasionally vivid and ge-
neral,-,--then a moment's pause, until the retreating
party had, gained a fresh covert to contest, when it
became again incessant, insomuch as- to exhibit all
the manoeuvres of a battle, with the most pleasing
die& to the eye of the spettator. After long con-
testing the ground through Powderham Plantations,
the Army on the defensive retreated to the Belvi-
dere, where being followed by their assailants, and
the skitmishers blipg.driven in, the business of the
day- terminated.-7-A- fru-de-joie was then fired by
the whole line, when the troops returned to their
respeEtive quarters, after going through a variety of
manoeuvres particularly instruerive to them in case
of real service, as its appearance was gratifying to
a large number of speaaturs.
Thursday a man on horseback, who was leading
another horse, imprudently rode galloping along
Oxford-street, at the instant a woman and her
child were crossing near Vere-street. The led
horse, at passing them gave a plunge with his hind
foot, which struck the child on the side of its head,
and killed it on the spot.

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