The Earl of Masseetan thinks that $50/. poi - annum is an
enormous assessment on his mansion and grounds at Caen Wood. Like the Earl of Ileurascarosa he refused to pay the demand of the Parish-officers, and appealed for relief to the Middlesex Magistrates, in Session as- sembled on Wednesday last. Ile brought two witnesses to prove that 600/. or 670/. per annum was the utmost rateable value of his premises ; but the Magistrates, we are happy to say, thought differently, coefirmed the rating, and ordered the noble appellant to pay the costs of his ap- plication.
We think that we may safely calculate on the vote;., of at lerezt two noble Earls for the abolition of the House and Window Tox,,s next session. They have had the ste•ews put to them, and know from per- sonal experience that they pinch smartly. The right way to procure the abolition of military dogging, would be to give the fiisst Ooze,' gene- ral Officers who are seen in liquor, some hundred lashes a piece.
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