The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-25 00:00:00

neither more nor less than heavy taxation on all the
inhabitants of the metropolitan district. In all the
other ports of the empire coal can be purchased at a
fair price. Notwithstanding Edinburgh may be al-
most said to be built on coal, and receives, besides
supplies by a canal from a rich coal district, yet
Newcastle coal enters there into competition with
the native supply. Why should London have
more difficulty in receiving coals from Newcastle
than any of the out-ports ? If there were no pri-
vileged corporation to hamper trade with its bye-
laws and instructions, its armies of meters, and offi-
cers of various kinds living on the public, and throw-
ing impediments in the way of access to supply,
coals could not be the subject of monopoly in Lon-
don more than elsewhere, and the price would be
governed by that at the Tyne and Wear, by the
carriage, and by the duties. We appreciate as we
ought the procession of a Lord Mayor; we love to
see Aldermen in their gowns; and we have a high
idea of the eloquence of the Court of Common
Council ; but we have never been able to see, that
the five-sixths of the metropolis without the bounds
of the City, and without any municipal Government,
were one whit worse off than the citizens on that
account ; and we arc sure that they would be a
great deal better off, if they were not subjected in
their supplies of fish, coal, &c., to the monopoly of
City Markets and City Functionaries. The City
of London is now obtaining furtively a continuation
of the Orphan Tax to meet the expences of the new
bridge and the approaches to it. This was object-
ed to by the Marquis of Londonderry and Lord Dur-
ham. But the great evil, as the Duke of Wellington
observed, is neither the taxation,ner the Orphan Tax,
but the restrictions on supply caused by the City
system. We have heard from honourable men practi-
cally acquainted with the working of the system, de-
scriptions, which satisfied us that the abominations
connected with the coal trade in the city of London
are without example in any civilized country. The
Marquis of Londonderry called on the Duke of
Wellington to institute the inquiry into the coal
trade he had promised ; and his Grace said he had
no objection to enter into the inquiry into the sys-
tem, premising, however, that he could not consent
to give up the public duty. His Grace would con-
fer an unspeakable benefit on the two millions of
people subject to the monopoly of the Corporation,
if he would apply his straight-forward good sense
to this subject. This tax is but a small part of the
evil. What an addition to the comforts and well-
being of there two millions of people, if by the re-
moval of the impediments now existing in the way
of supply, the price could be reduced to its natural
level ! The consumption would, of course, be
greatly increased; and as this increased consump-
tion would add to the produce of the tax, the Go-
vernment, independent of all other considerations,
it interested in the removal of the monopoly for the
sake of the revenue.—lbid.

The Earl of Mountcashel, the other night, was
rather hard upon the Bar. He said, when speaking
upon a petition from some Barristers—" that lawyers
would take any side to obtain a fee ; and if these
Barristers had not signed, it was probable that many
y them would have lost fees in consequence." That
there are exceptions to these remarks of the Earl
there is rice the least doubt, and many exceptions
too ; but that too many of both Barristers and At-
torneys look to fees and to business cannot admit
of a doubt; and, in proof of what the Earl said,
let any one read the trumpery cases brought into
our Courts; let Juries reflect on die plague they
have in a great number of cases—long vituperative
speeches on both sides—nnmbers of witnesses ex-
amined—expense incurred ; and then let Juries re-
flect whether they have not often said to each other,
" Why, this trumpery action could have been as
easily settled by one of us out of Court as it will
be settled now, and without all the expense." We
verily believe that, in nine cases out of ten, were it
not for Barristers and Attorneys, people would not
appear in Court at all, but would settle their diffe-
rences by means of friends. Let any one consider
the number of actions brought for the recovery of
debts of little or no amount. Do Barristers, in their
opinions, recommend references to friends ? Do
they dissuade frem going to law ? Do they, in their
opinions, say that the sum is so trifling it is not worth
while to go to law? Very seldom do Barristers
give such recommendations. On the contrary, if,
when their opinion is asked, they see pretext for an
action, do they not give their opinion after this
fashion, " bring an action—l think you will recover,"
&c. But the fact is, that the Bar is so over-loader!
with Barristers, that if settlement of differences out
of Court were recommended, nine-tenths of the
Barristers would be thrown upon the parish. No w,
Lords Eldon and Tenterden, and the Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas, know this statement
of ours to be too true.—Morning Herald.

MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN,
BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS 3IAJESTT'S CUSTOMS.

An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal'
and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the
Month ended Ist March, 1829, the Quantities upon
which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption
during the same Month, and the Quantities remaining
in Warehouse at the close thereof.
(Published in conformity to the Rh sec. of the Act 9th Geo. IV.
c. 60.)