The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

6, Old Burlington•etreet, I,,ottdon, April 6, 1857.

As receiver of race .horse duty, I beg leave to call the
attention of the owners and.trainers of home to the al-
teration, which has been recently made by act of Parlia-
ment, in the mode of assessing and 43:41ecting this duty.
The act 19th and 20th Viet., c. 82, as amendci by the
20th Viet., c. 76, which came into operation on the 6th
of April, 1857, repeals the assessed tax on horsec used or
kept in training for the purpose of racing,. and imposes,
in lieu thereof, an annual excise duty of 3/. 17s. on every
horse which shall start or run for any plate, prize, or sum
of money, or other thing. This includes _ steeplechases.
The duty is to be paid to the receiver of race horse duty,
appointed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or
to some pereon'duly employed and authorised by him for
that purpose, previously to the, starting of any horse ;
And, in the 'event of a horse running with the duty bay-
ing been paid, the owner or trainer or other person hav-
ing charge of such horse will be liable to a penalty of 501.,
and the circumstances under which the horse ran are to
be represented to the Board, of Inland Revenue by the
receiver, in order that proceeding's may be taken for the
recovery of the.penalty. Forms of receipt are supplied
by the ,Commissioners of Inland Revenue to the re-
eeiver ; and on payment of the duty for each horse, one
of such receipts, filled up, and signed by the receiver,
will be delivered to the person whe pays the money.
_These receipts are always •to be obt—ined daring the
usual hours of business at Messrs. Weatherby's office,
No. 6, Old Burlington-street, London, where I request
that the duty may be paid.- Such 'payment and receipt
will free the owner for the time bring of the horse named
in the receipt from any further payment of duty in re-
spect of the said horse for the year ending sth April
next after such payment. It is to be understood that
should a horse be prevented, by any cause from running
a race during the year for which the duty may have been
paid, the duty will be returned ; there is, therefore, no
advantage in postponing the payment. to the day of
running. The name of every horse for which the duty
is paid will be published in the Bacinglealendar as soon
as possible after such payment. This will be a sufficient
notice to all whom it may concern, that the horse is
qualified. by payment of the clay,. and 'will prevent the
necessity of producing the- receipt at each place where
the horse runs.

WzATHrasr, Reeeiver of Race-horse Duty.

Racing Fixtures for 1857.
APRIL.
Abergavenny l6
York Spring 21
Malton 23
Newmarket F S 27

Newmarket Craven 13
Durham l3
Coventry l3
Catterick Bridge l5

Chester
Shrewsbury l3
Ludlow 14

Bath
Epsom 26

Manchester
Ascot 9
Beverley, Hull, &c 10.
Hampton '
Newton 17
Newcastle 23

NE. '
Bibury Club 24
Stockbridge 25
Winchester 96
Carlisle... 30
Chelmsford 3O

Worcester 2
Newmarket
Liverpool l5

LY.
Nottingham 21
Stamford 23
Goodwood .28

AUG

Ripon
North Staffordshire 4
Brighton
Brighton Club • ... 7'
Wolverhampton lO
Reading l2

SEPT

Warwick
Cardiff
Tbirsk
Lichfield
Derby

OCTi

Northallerton
Chester Autumn 6
Wrexham 8
Richmond 8

York 19
Radcliffe 24
Egham 25
Stockton 27
Hereford 27

'MBER.
Doncaster 15
Leicester 23
Manchester Autumn 24
Monmouth 24
Newmarket F 0 29
)BER.

Newniarket S 0 l2
Warwick Autumn 2O
Newmarket H 26

NOV E

Worcester Autumn 3
Wedlock
Shrewsbury Autumn l7

,MBER.
Livetpool Autumn lO
I Ludlow Autumn ' 20

Irish Racing fixtures for 1857.

APRIL.

..21

Curragh
MAY. •
Howth and Bahloyle Sumnler 19

JUNE.
Wicklow
Curragh 93
Illonckstown (Co. Cork) 9
JULY. _ . .

Bellewsiown v 8 Heath of Maryboro' ...28
Down It.. Corporation 2l .•.

AUG UST.

- --- . •
Galway --
4 - Ballyeigh 25
Tarnore' :,„ • . 11 Tuani
Killarney ~.,

SEPTEMBER.
Curragh
Catherolvort .

OCTOBER.
Kilkee • 6 Limerick l9
Armagh 7 Down R. Corporation...2l
CSarragh 13' Cork

•
LORD ELDON'S CIIAIR.—A very handsome present has
just been made to the county magistrates by Mr. J. T.
Cantrell, judge of the Derbyshire 'County Court. It con-
sists of a strong mahogaay armchair, with morocco lea-
ther seat, arms, and back. On the right side is a maho-
gany table, with a drawer, on a brass rest, and which
can be turned in any direction. The table is covered
1" ..d cloth, and at one end three inkstands, two of
with silver, are inserted. This chair
which are mounia4
Chancellor Eldon during the
was the one Met: Lord
`l4al, and is now in exce:
many years he held the -,igraved on a brass
lent preservation. The following 'hair :—" This
plate, and fastened on the back of the "hancellor
chair was the judgment-seat of the Lord 'hat
Eldon, in Lincoln's-inn-hall, during the many years -- -
ho held the Great Seal, and is the one delineated in the
portraits of that most eminent judge. On the retire-
ment of Lord Eldon from office in 1827 the chair became
the perquisite of the-usher of the court, from whom it
was obtained by M. Lane, the then steward of Lincoln's-
inn, and by him presented to his friend the Rev. Wil-
liam •Boultby -Sleatb, D.D , head roaster of Repton
School. On Dr. Sleath's death the chair was purciased,
in 1843, by his relation and pupil Joseph Ti2omas Can-
trell, afterwards judge of the County Court of Derby-
shire, who had known it when in Lord Eldon's occupa-
tion, and subsequently, and it was presented by him
to the magistrates -of the county-of Derby, for their
use in the County-hall, in April, 1857. We under-
stand the chair will be placed in tbo grand jury room.

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