REDUCTION OF TAXES.-The f...
The Times, 1824-10-14T00:00:00

IlrDUCTION OP 'I'AXES.--The following is a list, of the taxes repealed since 1821, with their respective amounes llf21-Agricultural Hosse Duty;. . ? 480,0(t) 18201-On Malt.1,500. Onl Salt ......00,000 On Leatlher . . . . . 00,00O On Tonnage . . l80,00 On Irish WVindows, &c. 28,000 1823-Assessed Taxes. 2,30.000 Irish ditto. 100.j00 Spirits, Ireland. . 3l8,080) Ditto, Scotland . . . . 340,000 1824-On Foreign lWool .350,oot On Silk .4... t40,0t0 On Coals ...... 200,000 On Runm ......I0,0(l On Law Sta1ps . . . . . 200,000 On the 1th of Mrch, 156, Mr. 8.b20,ooo On thle I *tllhof Marell 1586, ir Dorrington, of Spal(l wick, in the county of Hantingdon, one of the Gentlemen Pension. Ier to Queen Elizabeth, had a horse that died suddenly, vrhich be- ing opelted, there was found in the hole of thie heart a strange kind of worni. th1at lay in a round head, in a caul orskin, ofthe likeness of a toad, which bCing taken outand spread, was in shape not to be described: it was divided into many grains, to the number of fiftyv spread from the body like the branches ot' a tree; its length, from the snout to the end of' the longest grain, seventeen inches, havinig feur issues, froni whiclh there dropped a rcti water: the body was of the colour of a mackercl, and three incites and a half round. It tried1 to crawl away, but was stabbed witIh a dagirer, and its skin be- ing stuflebd, was shown to Queen Elizabeth and most of the princi. pal nobility in the kingdotn. D.a aINc, STnEET RoaB EitY.-BetwCCti tlte hoctrs of tlirec and four o'clock Yesterday nmorning, as Edward Hughes AMelmor, Esq., ot Creatm-park, iu tlte county of Surrey, was returning to his lotgings in Holborn, having spenit the previous evening at a party in Queen-square, Blootisbury, he was stopped at the corner of Glo- cester-street by three fellows, all in sailor's apparel, one of whont piresented a pistol at tihe gentleman's breast, and with ttreadful im- precations threatened to take his life if he off'ered to call for assist- ance ; the other two deliberately coinmenced searching his pockets, from whicht they took a silk purse, containing five sovereigns, four half sorereigns, two gold Natpolcons, and about 13s. in silver, toge- thier with a small but very valttable gold repeating watch, made by Rloscoe, of Liverpool, having annexed thereto a chased gold seal, (cord aiitique stonc,) chain, key, and ring. Having possessed thetit- selves of this booty,tliey thought proper to tlecanmp, having previous- ly adnminishled their victim ofthe danger and folly of'pursuit. Not deterred by this threat, Mr. Alelmor was no sooner released than he called louily for the watch, who came up soon0 after, and instantlv followed in the tiirection that the fellows had taken, whichi was to- ward(s Tottenbatn-court-road, but unfortunately they got clear off. It was stated that the same party attempted to rob another gentle- man in Hiart-street, about titc same hour the morning before, and were prevented only by the approach of the patrol. Simttions, the Bury horse-stealer, who, it will be recol- lected, swallowed a quantity of arsenic witen under examination on his first apprehension, still continues speechless, and utntil very lately, it was impossible to ntake hint hear. Titese defects, it is now believet, are the consequences arising from the effecLs of the poison, and are not feignod tn order to escape the vengeance of the law. 'Tise prisoner has lately recovered a slight sense of hearing on onIC side; but the puisotn continues to prey upon Isis constitution; and sucit are tite sytuptoats, that it is thought to his other crinmes he will liave added thlat of seli:murder.-Essev Hlerald. CoaoNEtt's INQua5T.-OI1 Wedncsclay, the 13tlh itnst., an inquest was held betore J. Le Pipre, Esq., at the sigit of the f;rapes public-house, in the rules of thc King's Bench prison, on tite body of Ilir. George Harrison, a prisoner. Atr. Peter Currin, genr tlteman, wits examined, wlio deposed that he had known the de- ceased upwardls of three montits, and that during the whole of that period deceased had becn in an ill state of liealth, and was, within a short time of his deatlt, attended by Mr. uliff, of the Surrey Dis- petsary, who preselibed whttt oitedicines he considered necessary for his disorder; but the deceased liad been some moonths in the geatest distress owving to his embarrassed circumstances, in conseqstertce of whlich lie did nut ltave suflicient nourishment, which deponent tiotiglit greatlv accelerated his deathl. The Coroner asked if no ap. plicatiots had ever been tmade to the deceased's friends, or tito Mar- shal, for relief. Witness said lie was very positive it had not. The age of the deceased was 48 years. Verdict-" Died by the visitation of God." SHioCKING, ACCIDENT.-On Tues(lay mornin1g, as John Mlaynard, an old' and experienced waternian, was proceeding in his wherry through London-bridge to the Custom-house, a coal barge at tite miionient shot the samne lock, which, coming in contact with tlre boat, instantly suink it, and the unfortunate man was drowned. The deceased has left a faniily of ten ehildren to deplore his loss, and only tlhree weeks since buried his wife, who died suddenly.