Law Stamps.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-The partisans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer have given him infinite credit for his liberality in taking off the duties upon law proceedings. I am far from wishing to deprive him of the cre(lit really due to him, but it is proper that the publie should know what the actual amount of it is. Upon looking at the new Stamp Act, I find that the most odious and oppressive of all the dluties upon law proceedings remain unrepealed-I allu(leto the stamps upoIn vrits issuing from the office of the Cursitor in Chancery; that " great writ-shop of the nation," as I think Blackstone somewhere styles it. The following is a list of the stamps paidl upon passing atlv fine or recovervy however triflinw the nronrtv -nv h- WVhere the fine is passed. in town, as there is no occasioi for a dedimnus, the expense will be 1]. less. I say nothing about the alienation fine, the King's silver, and all the other modes of legal plunder which beset the unfortunate suitor, as he runs the gauwtlet through tle various offices, and who, it should be remembered, has already paid the ad valorem anil other dutiesupon his deedls. The above stamps, however, were certainly among the number which were expceteil to be repealed, as being the most unJust and oppressive of them all. The duties upon warrants of attorney to confess judg- ment also iemain unrepealed, and thus a creditor who wishes to be lenient to his debtor, by postponing payment to a future day, is still obliged to saddle him with the expense of a heavy ad-valorem duty on the amount of the debt. The stamps are taken off all proceedings before the Lord Chancellor in matters of lunacy and bankruptcy-why not in matters relating to patents also ? vhich are usuaUy car- ried on at the expense of ingenious but needly men, and of which the public are ultimately to reap all the advantage. Attested copies of deeds, office-copies of wills, interlo- I cutory judgments, and numerous other proccadings, still remain subjcc.t to stamp.dnties; so that the supposed amount of gratitude due to Mr. Robinsoni is subject to a fearful deductionl, wvhen the whole matter comtes to he in.. vestiefated. I am. Sir vnn,r Ahpilipm.i eorvant I AN ATTORNEY. London, Oct. 19. LAIY SPA MTPS.