The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-05 00:00:00

Nat tit) with yoro.r.von te•st inquire, tppinYe,
And after, fall.itt;lielously its love; . : .
For if an Oder brother have the estate..
The younger, ftultlys otherwise, you hate, ).
Vor that vile crime—of beik born too lute ! ,
nut, -when:your, vs.e.d, these tOinsient, follies flown,
Leave constancy, love, houtitir,"allloor 'own
Home, stranger, friend, you solace,. cbartu, endear,
And now !sit yours our trembling hopes to cheer!
Support that, sex too, who to-night are.settruedi
'For mark—One only fair our stage adorned..
The world's a stage, Rod when one only fair .
Celled Err, was on it, sad things happeied'theire :
That stage a serpent ruined; he could hiss;
Then, ladies, let not serpents ruin Otis.
League for Florinda's sorrows all your Charms;
Against the Critic, beauty rise, in arms
Our Poet's cares and mine are all at rest,
If symput by oncesigli'd in woman's breast.
Secure, if ones he won the heart's applause,
To rot) alone we both command our cause..
And if to hint you owe a single tear,
Now.give your smiles to bless'our efforts here.

STATEMENT. of the LONDON PRINTERS
RESPECTING THE DRAWBACK ON PAPER USED IN
TUE IjNivEnsirms.

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L'otidon, May, 1817.
The first Act iniposing a duty on paPer manu-
factured in Great Britain, is the statute 10 Atm.
cap. 10. by whiCh' the'duty upon second denty
(the paper on which the Latin and Greek Classics
are usually tit-infect) was one shilling per ream.
sections 63. and 64. of the above Statute enact,
that, for the -ekouragement of learning,' the
whole duties may he drawn back for all 'paper
• u,cd in printing any hooks in the Latin,- Greek,
Oriental, or Northern Languages, within the
Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or within
any of the Univt.:rsit ies of Scotland, by permis-
sion of the Vice.-Chancellor or principal respec-
tively,, oath, iii, writing, made by the
manager of the.press before such Vice-Chancellor
or principal, and certified by bim.
By all subsequent Paper Acts, until the 34 Gen
111., these Drawbacks. are continued in similar
wn.rds.

By 31 Geo. 111. cap. 20. the ditty is levied tv
the weight, ins-tead.ot by the Resin as bereinfpre;
(that upins printiog paper being two-pence
halfpenny -per poirnd ;) and .two elAses of the
former Acts; granting the aboVe drawbacks, are
re-enacted,:_, A drawback of two-pence per pound
granted on all paper used in Printing
bibles, 'testaments, psalm books, books of com-
mon prayer, 'and 'Confession of faith, and
the larger and shorter catechisM, lty the" Uni-
..versities of OxfOrd and Cambridge, by pee-
mission of the Vice-Chancellor,-or by the King's
Printers in England' and '•Scotland respec-
tively, under the same 'regulations as are con,
rained in sect, t.' tif•the Act 54 Geo: 111. cap.
153. (of which tile Seittch Universities now com-
plain) ; in atddition to whieh,the ehitf•managers
of the presses of the two Universities, and the
King's Printers. in England and Scotland, must
make oath:of the quantity and. weight of the paper
so used,_anci that they believe it has paid the
duty : and further, the King's Printers in England
anti Scotland must-make oath that the whole of
soch,itnpreoon or edition of. inch bible, testa-
ment, psalm-book, hook of common prayer, con-
lessinn of faith, or larger or shorter catechism,
has been printed by him or. them at his or their
usuAl and ordinary printing-house, on his or their
own account, under .and "by virtue of the exclti-
sive patent,' authority, or privilege belonging .to.
or Wen) as inch Ring's Printer,-and for his
or tbeii. sole 'and entire benefit, profiGemolutnent,
and advantage..
The Act 42 Geo. lli. cap. 94. 'increases the
ditty "on piinting papers to three-pence per pound,
and grants a drawback of toe whole duty upon all
the abOve books, under the exiAting' regulations.
413-Geo. erintinues the' duties and
di a abacks of 42 Geo; 111.
The abuse of this privilege by the Unireraities'
of Scotland so increased the amount of the diaW.!,
back allowed to.them",• as to call the'attention of
the Board of 'Excise in Scotland to.the subject in.
1812 ; and a reference Was- made to. the Lord
Advocate and Solicitor43eueral, respecting 'the
meaning of the existing Statutes ; who gate it as;
,their opinion, that although the terms of the Sta-
tuteS were so. comiireliensive Rs to apply to. the
drawback claimed, yet that such claini was" tin-
questionably contrary to the spirit 'of the Acts
of Parliament t": anti they further say, that "it
" such "practice prevails, and if such an abuse of
" the privilege conferred exists in. any University,.
" it is' thedutyof the Principal of the University
" to check such,practice and correct such. abuse
" and_ if such abuse shall not be .corrected., we are
4• decidedly of opinion, that the Legislature ought
" to be applied to, in order that the privilege so
" abused may be altogether taken away, or' that
" it maybe so regulated ass to prcvcnt SUCh.abuse
" in future."*.

In consequence of this investigation, the exit's*.
tuttory Act, 04 Geo.:111. e;,153. was pased, to
correct the abtise.
The Universities of: Scotland now seek there.
peal of the last-Mentioned Apt, partiron account
of the accidental' use of. the viord " Viee-Chan-
(Alm." instead of Principal," anti partly on,
the v,imund thai they had itot violated the spirit
of the former Statutes.' Vo the correction of ~the
`above error there can be no objection; but that
thejectinstruction of the former Statutes is ertone-
ous, will 'appear eyident upon a.View of the facts.
The London Printerseontend, First, that the
practice of the Scotch Universities his not (Nen
been Within the Letter 'of the Law, for the NUll-
ing (Midis which bear their names, arc not within
the Universities, *the law prudently enjoins, and
as those of the nnglislt'Universities are; nor ate
they, itnact, the presses of-the.liniVersities,, but
of private
Secondly, that their practice was not consistent
with thc spirit of the law, for the intentions of the
Liitislature in granting the drawback ,on books
its the Latin, Greek, Orienta4 and Northern. Lan-
pages Within) the Universities, by permission. of
the Viee,Chancellor.or Priuei tai vas to encourage
the publication,-7
,First,, of original tvotT‘i to ;hose languages ;
or of new editions having the character of origin.
silty from . the atldition of annotations Or other
valuable matter ;

Secowlly, of works iu those languages, adapted