The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-10-14 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

IMPORTANT TO POOR'S-RATE PAYERS. —A case of importance to rate-pavers came on- for decision before the magistrates, at the Public-office' Clayton-square, on the 25th ult., the principle involved being whether a tenant, having paid the rate in full to which he may be assessed for the current year, shall be compelled, in case of removal to other premises in the same parish, to pay an additional portion of such rate for the premises into which he may so remove. A rate-payer residing in Everton was summoned by the overseers of that township for payment of 19s 10d, being a proportion of five months'  • rates in respect of a dwelling in Spencer-street, into which There must be no vestige of European despotism he had removed from a house in the same street and township, left in the States, to destroy their Union, blast their and upon which he had paid the full year's rates. The political consistency, and draw down upon their bench, however, refused to countenance so unjust a demand, and ordered the sum of 8s 6d only to be paid, being the people the ridicule of mankind, and retributive difference in value upon the rental of the two houses. One justice of Heaven. Remove the accursed word of the honorary overseers reminded the justices that a slavery" from the national escutcheons of the mandamus would compel them to enforce payment of the " larger demand, but the presiding magistrate, Mr. William West, and the last foul blot will be wiped from the Rathbone, very properly said, that he would take upon himname of the most promising people upon earth— self the responsibility of refuaihg to sin a warrant of dis wipe away this stain, and the tongue of the political traint under such circumstances—an example which should be followed e by all gentlemen in the commission of the slanderer, moral critic, and spiritual fanatic, will be peace. The monstrous injustice of the principle sought to for ever silenced. The United States will then pre- be established may be illustrated by stating, that an indisent to the world the ordinary amount of folly and vidual in occupation when a rate is laid, would, in case of removing every month, be liable to pay not only the fell stupidity, virtue and crime, life sustaining hope amount of the original rate but eleven proportions in and cruel disappointment, we find in other large addition, calculated upon each succeeding occupation, his communities. They will have their rich harvests only remedy being the doubtful one of recovering the difference from his seeeessors, if any. Bat still stronger and bitter seasons of scarcity. Bullion panics will cases occur, of which the following is a sample :—A respectfollow in the wake of "hard money Democrats"..... able firm in London-road removed to premises in the same wars, shipwrecks, devastating hurricanes, terrific thoroughfare, in consequence of their manufactory being about to be ulled down and rebuilt. The were accord-- , fires, steam-boat explosions, awful railway acci- ingly mulcted by the parochial authorities of Liverpool in dents, duels, rows, riots, robbery, murder, and all the full rate upon. the first occupation and a proportion of second. It is but fair, however, to state, that the T'oorelse that goes to fill up the measure of human lawthe Board, in London, have authorised these fraudulent existence ; but they will have no slavery, which exactions, which are made under cover of an almost obsolete act of parliament il4, Geo. 11., c. 38, s. 12 ; but it is eviis worse than all the rest, and no BUCHANAN, no dent that theintention of the legislature has been Russian, no Croat, nor playmate*Of despotism, as misconstrued, and rate-payers owe it to themselves to resist a ruler of a Great Republic. No true citizen of so manifest a perversion of the law.