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The following report was published by as in a late Edition on Saturday last : — " Tee Budget is at length out . We give below at great length , the speech of Sir Robert Peel . He is a bold man . He tells the country plainly that lie -svill not reduce the pnblio expenditure ; he » dinh ~ honestly that the poor are robbed already as much as they well can be ; aad he proposes to taia , directly , from the pockets of the Moneyoeracy the sum of £ Z , 7 o 5 fi ¥ i for meetiDg the deiicit of the revenue , in the shape of an Income Tax . In this measure he jajs , that his colleagues
unanimously concur . We shall Bee what effect this propo ^ l will produce upon the monied classes There will be a precicu 3 stir ! we caloulate upon having Chartists springing ¦ ap like inusbjooniB ! Let not the people howeTer be fooled by all this . Whoever pays the Three Millions directly , tbet will sjltb it ail to pay is tu ^ . long bus . Sir Robert will make no redecrens * The whole dead weight must still hang upon c-ur necks , and will do so while we consent to efcxry it . It is not in faction , to relieve the people llOn ^ l iy I ..-. . - .
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HOUSE O ¥ COMMONS , Friday , Mabch 11 th . In : « nswer to a question from Mr . J . S Wortley the fearful accounts from India were confirmed by Sir K . Feel , Soe ? other business of less consequence transpired , irfrei which the Right Hon . isart . brought forward his
BUDGET . The Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into -i Committee of Ways and Means having been read , and the Speaker having left the chair , Sir ROBERT PEEL rose , and addressed the Hon .: as follows : —Sir , —As the House has consents ! : o vote those estimates which her Majesty ' s Goverr . ment have considered it their duty to propose for th f-bief military establishments of the country , I rise U'T the purpose of redeeming the pledge which I ga ^ a , that I would avail myself of -the earliest possib - ; opportunity , consistently with Parliamentary usage and public interest , to develops the views of her Majesty ' s Government in reference to the financial and commercial policy of the coBntry .
Sir , m man can feel more deeply than I do the ' magnitudv vnd extent of the dutie 3 that devolve upon me—r-: < man ean feel more conscious than I do , how disproportionate are ray intellectual powers to the prcpr performance of these duties . But I Bhorild be urvr-r » hy of the trust committed to me—I should be ui ; 5 i to attend in this place , in which Ministers of tb- iiritish Crown have stood , if I could feel dirheane : ? d . or disturbed—if I could abate anything of that composure and contentedness of mind , or of that buoy ; : y of spirit , which ought to sustain everv pub ! ¦ 2 : an when he enters on ihe fearless and faithful di charge of a great public duty , and when he is courdous that he is actuated by no motives that are u-i honourable and worthy , and when he feels a
deep s ,: i < i intimate conviction , accordicg to the best calcu ' idons which his imperfect and faliiMe judgmeni an enable him to form , that that which he is aboui : o propose is conducive to the welfare—he might almost say essential to the well-being of this greas country . Sir , from some of the embarrassment ; whieh accompany an official statement I am lelie ' c- " . - It is sometimes necessary to maintain great reserve— to speak with great caution ; a due regard i ' ox the public interests may require—inav impo ?~ on you the duty of making partial disclosures of important facts ; but , Sir , I am e-ibirrassed by no fetters whatever —( cheers . ) I m- ^ r . to lay before you the truth , the unexaggera-ec truth ; and 1 do thi 3 because I think that in
grea t . ^ ancial dimculties the first step towards impnnvciii is to look them boldiy in the face —( hear , hear . ) What is true of individuals—is true of Batio . —{ hear , hear , hear . ) There is no hope of impr- - > - ment or recovery , if onea you consent to cone- - _ I from yoursalf the real difficulties with which yon r uv : _ to contend . Sir , I have another motive for makii x a full and unreserved disclosure . It is my intention , on Cis part of her Majesty ' s Government , to undertake the responsibility of proposing that which we th ' -iik essential to the interest of the country With j . u will rest the responsibility of adopting or rejar . Iu . ; the measures which we propose ; and it is inert -- ; re fitting , in order that you maybe able to dischar ^ that duty , that you -hould have before you
every ~ ; . formation—every element which is necessary to ecabie y . ou to fora a full and impartial judgment . Sir , 1 i . ave two requests to make to the Hou = « . The first ! -, that yon will bear in mind that from the period when I bring forward this statement , I am left under comparative disadvantages—( hear . ) I speak particularly with reference to the estimates wiiich I hava fonaed from the probable reTenue of the country * I hava deemed it my duty not to delay the voiiag of the supplies nntil the financial accounts of the year Eball b 8 dosed . If , after my estimates have bi .--.-n formed , with every desire that they should be ju :-r and accarate , I should prove to be mistaken , I trust the House will bear in mind that I labour under disadvantages with which others have not had
to coa ' . ead . The other request I have to cfF . r to the House i ~ , that you would have the goodness to postpone y-oar judgment , until 1 have laid before you my who'e plan , and that you will not judge hastily , by a parti ;; development of my view 3 , ner denounce me as proposing something unreasonable and insulting to the pc ople . I earnestly hope that every man , giving to ihe conaderation ol tni 3 question a full sense of the real , but not insuperable difficulties , will postpone hi- judgment until he has before him the whole of the plans of the Government—( bear , hear , hear . ) 1 shall now proceed , Sir , in the © rdinai-y manner , to state the facss with respect to the nuances asd expenditure of the eeuniry , and I will , in the first instance , refer t © the estimate v » x _ ich
• was itoaied by the Right Hon . Gentleman the late Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the probabie revenue and expenditure of the country , on tht- 5 h of April , 1842 . Events have proved that that R-. nat Hon . Gentleman's estimate wss as nearly corrc-c ; as it is possible fer an estimate to be . ( Hear , hear ) I think the Right Hon . Gentleman calculated that the income of the country might be expec- ^ J to realise the sum of £ 48 , 310 , 000 . He ealcu ' . Lt ^ d the expenditure for the same period , that is . for he vear ecding the 5 th of April , 1 C 42 , at £ 50 , 731 . OOOT There were some slight variations in the vc ; -e = which , of course , the Rij ; ht Hon . Gentleman <* - ? -uld rot foresee at the time when he was ET > eak L 2 . There was , I think , a vote for the
Ordinance Estimates , which was made in the first ' session of the present Parliament . , and another for the Caledonian Canal , which were omitted in his caleuhnon ; but the amount was so Email , r tat it was hardl ; - --vor th mentioning . The de £ cit was £ 2 . 467 , 000 . Of course it i 3 impossible to say whether the Right Hon . Gentleman's estimate were perfectly accurate or not . btcauss the proportion for one quarter is not given . The actual produce , however , of the Revenue , from 5 'h April , 1841 , to the 26 th of February , 1842 , was- £ 43 , 733 , 000 . If you estimate that the receipt for tho current quarter of the present year will be eqna : i-jthe receipt of the current quarter of the last T ? ar . vou must add to the actual receipt , the sum of £ 4 , 323 000 : consequently the revenue would amount
on the 5 th of April to £ 43 , 053 , 000 , being less than , the sirs 'unt estimated by the Right Honourable Gemk . -nan by £ 160 , 000 . On the other hand , the i expenditure will not probably be so great as he es- j timattd . The actual amount of deficit may pro- j bably t > e taken at £ 2 3 " 2-i , 000 . As I said before however , I sp ? a £ to the estimates , independent of , the last quarter . 1 am" giving the bett estimate ! which I can form . I now proceed to estimate The i incozD ? for the year ending the 5 th of April , 1843 The Customs for the ensuing year I estimate " at ; £ 22 . 5 ' 0 009 . The Excise , on account of the Tin- ; favourablegeasonfonnalticglcakulate a : £ 13 , 450 , 000 j Of course , as a favourable harvest has a tendency to increase the excise revenue , ft aise fcas at . ndency
to diminish the amount of revenue from th ? hn portat : cn of foreign corn . On the other hand , if there be an unfavourable harvest , and your Excise r-. fesue is in consequence dimin slied in amount , ihen there is soirecomjeiSitiontDbe expe : lei from the le e .: ne which is J erivei from the import of fyre'en com . 2 .-Inll then take the Cu ? t : 'ins for the veir , eudinjj the oth cf April , 1843 , at £ 22 , 500 , 000 ; Excse , £ 13 , 450 , 000 ; Stamps , £ 9 , 100 , 000 ; ' Postoffice £ 500 . 000 ; Crown Lands , £ 150 , 000 ; Miscellaneou- Itsms of Tr eaue £ * 250 3 000 , taaking a ^ total eitimfctei reveaue" for the year eudin ? the 5 th of April , ; 843 . of £ 48 . 350 , 000—( hear . ) Qhe expenditure , bow that the House haa sauctionei the votes for th ^ Army and Navy can be e : timsted vrith greate- acenracy . The iat ^ rest on the ce t will be ; £ 24 627 , 000 ; terminable « nnniti ? s , £ 4 , 076 , 000 ; intsreft on Excheonea ? Bills . £ 722 , 000 ; making tLe
t . tal charge on actonnt of the dtbt £ 29 . 425 , 000 . The chargc-s on the Consolidated Fund , including tha Civil Lv t , I tike at £ 390 , 600 . The items under this head are so numerous that , I suppcEe , the House will not require me to go through them all . I shall then t ^ ke th- whole of them at £ 2 , 358 , 000 , making a total charge on the Consolidated Fond of £ 31 , 795 , 000 . The vttts for the Army if nltima " t ? ly Eanctioned . wili Dot amoui , ti Jmore than £ 6 , 617 , 000 ; navy ,- £ 6 , 639 , 000 ; ordnance , £ 2 , 084 , 000 ; miscellanies chargeable upon the annual grant of Parliament , £ 2 , 800 , 008 . The Tote for Canada , including clothing for volunteers , and other particular ? , £ 108 , 000 . It was formerly onderstood that a ccrresponding amonnt wonld be expenned on fortifications in that country . The expenditure for China I . take at £ 875 , 000 for the present year . The vote for China consists of two torts , £ 175 , 000 to defray tae arrears , of expenditure for the present ev . The other vote is £ 500 . 000 , to
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meet the charges which are necessary to provide for the actual expence during the year ending the 5 th of April , 1843 . The total amount of the estimated expenoes of the country will thereby be £ 50 , 819 , 000 . The general expenditure of the oountry , for the year ending the 5 th of April , 1843 , 1 take to be £ 50 , 819 , 000 , the income at £ 48 350 , 000 , and the probable deficiency £ 2 , 569 , 000 ; but this d . efioienojp is on the vote for the year , and the expenditure which it will be necessary to provide within the year . To that deBcieney ought to be added the charge which may be unavoidably incurred on account , of Chinese hostilities . I do not contemplate any necessity to provide within the year for more than £ 509 , 000 ; but he would form a very inadequate estimate , indeed , of
the probable cost of the expedition , who should think that the whole expenoe would be limited to £ 500 , 000 —( h ? ar . ) Sir , the expence of our expedition to China stands thns : —The arrears of snms doe t » the East India Company , to April 30 , 1841 , amounted to £ 708 , 000 . A grant was made in the session of 1840 of £ 172 , 000 . This left the arrears of former years to be provided for in 1841 , £ 535 . 000 . The estimate of the _ expenditare to the 1 st April , 1842 , was £ 658 , 000 , makiiig the total charge to April , 1842 , nearly £ 1 , 200 600 , or exactly £ 1 , 119 , 000 . There / was applied to that charge a grant of Parliament in the Session of 1841 , amounting to £ 400 , 000 , and there was al ? o applied in India mor ^ y out of the ransom of Canton amonntine to £ 618 . 000 . You therefore have
to settle for the cost of 18 ll thus : to be entered against the charge of £ 1 J 93 , 000 , a sot-off of actual payment of the amount of £ 1 , 018 000 , and the arrears now amount to £ 175 , 000 . Looking to the extent of tho preparations which have been made for the continuance , 1 trust for the completion , of the Chinese war , I think you cannot safely estimate tb , a cost for the year ending 5 th April , 1843 , at much less than £ 1 , 400 , 000 . We make provision in tho present year for £ 500 . 000 ; but let us take the cost at £ 130 , 000 , which is the lowest at which it can be fair ' y taken , there will be a deficiency some time or other to be provided for of not less than £ 800 , 000 . Therefore to my estim » ted deficiency on the vote of £ 257 , 000 . you must not lose
sight of a probable demand of £ 700 . 000 , or £ 800 , 000 . There may be votes in addition to these—there may be votes on account of Australia , and other Colonies , which are not included in the sums I have alread y stated . I do not take into account a charge which it will not probably be necessary for us to incur—it is not exactly a charge ; but there are engagements into which it is necessary wo should enter in aid of the credit of Canada for a loan to tbat colony of £ 1 , 500 , 000 . But tbat , I apprehend , will be independent of any actual charge , and the grant will merely bs passed on the part of the country in aid of the credit of Canada . At the same time it is fitting that the whole state of our financial affairs should bo fairly brought before the House . Now , in addition
to all this , those fact 3 of which we have recently become cognizant , which hava taken place in Afghanistan , may as far as I can form a judgment , imposed , upon her Majesty ' s Government the necessity of calling upon Parliament to sanction perhaps a considerable increase to the Army Estimates for the present year . I do not think it advisable that we should come to any hasty decision upon that subject , iu the absence of official information ; bat I have already received decisive proofs that thia House , tho representative of a great people , will be ready to make every eff jrt which can be shown to be necessary for the purpose of repairing occasional or partial disasters , and vindicating the authority of her Majesty in India . Bear in mind , that iu addition to any
estimate of an actual deficiency of £ 2 , 570 , 000 , in addition to my estimate of the deficiency which must some time or another be provided for on account of the possible expenses in China , you must add that probable demand which I may have to make for an increase of the military or naval establishments of this country , in consequence of the state of our affairs in India . Sir , for the purpose , 83 I said before of bringing before the House a full and complete , view of our financial position , I feel it my duty to refer to a subject which bas of late occupied little of the attention of the House , but which , I think , might with great advantage , have attracted more of their consideration . I refer to the state of our Indian finanee , a subject which , in form-ir days , used to be
xnougnt not unworthy of the consideration © f Parliament , Sir , I am quite aware that there may appear » o be no direct and immediate connection between the finances of India and the finances of this country ; but that would be a superficial view of the state of our relation with India . Depend upon it , if the cred : t of India snould become diaordered—if some great exertion should become necessary on the part of the Indian Government —then the credit of England will be made to suffer , and the collateral and indirect effect of disorder in Indian finances will be instantly felt in this country . I am sorry to say that the Indian financt 3 offer no favourable prospects at tbe present moment , for the state of the nnauces of this country .
I believe the Indian accounts > re made up one mouth lster than tha accounts in this oountry . ¦ Wftb regard to the account , I have every reason to look on it as a correct account of tbe position of the revenue of India . This account gives a statement of the gross revenue in India , the charges paid ; and there are two columns containing an ac-cour . t of the surplus . In the year ending April , 1836 , there was a surplus amounting t > £ -1 , 550 , 000 . In the year ending 5 th of April , 1837 , there was a surplus of £ 1 , 100 , 000 . On the 5 th April , 1838 , Hwas reduced to £ 650 , 000 . On the 5 th of April , 183 . ° , there was a f-nrplus of £ 280 , 000 , andon the 5 th April , 1810 , so far from there bsin £ any surplus , there was a deficiency of £ 2 , 414000 . I cannot calculate the
deficiency for tha year 1841 at much less than £ 2 , 340 , 000 . The House , then , will bear in miud that in the fulfilment of the duty which I have undertaken , 1 present to them a deficit in the finance of this country for the current yesr to the amount of £ 2 , 570 , 000 . How shall that deficiency be supplied ! Shall we persevere in the system which we have acted upon for the last tweaty-five years 1 Shall we , in time of peace , have resort to continual loans . Shall we try the issuing of Exchequer-bills ! Shall "We resort to the savings' banks I Shall we have recourse to any of these expedients whieh ( call them whatever you please ) are no more nor less than a permanent , addition to the debt of the country ?—( " hear , " and cheers . ) Here we have a deficiency of nearly £ 5 , 000 , 000 in two years ; and now I will ask what prospect we have of a reduction in ear expenditure ? Do you calculate , looking , without entering into details , looking at the condition of the whole of
our extended empire , and the demands which are made npon us for the protection of trade , and bearing in mind also the intelligence which has lately reached us ; looking , I say , at all these things , do you calculate that with regard to the due honour and safetj of tbe Crown and the country , that there is any prospect of a reduction in our expenditure t 1 am bound to say I cannot . Is this the occasion of a casual deficiency in the revenue I Is it a deficiency arising out of extraordinary circumstances ? Is it a deficiency for the last two years ? Sir , it is no such thing . It is a deficiency which ha 3 been gaining on us for the last seven or eight years . The deficiency in the revenue on the 5 ' . h April , l'dS 8 , was £ 1 , 428 , 000 5 th April , 1839 , £ 430 , 000 5 : h April , 1840 , £ 1 459 , 000 a-. h April , 1841 , £ 1 , 851 , 080 5 th April , 1842 , £ 2 , 334 , 000
Thus showing a deficiency in these four years of £ 7 , 502 . 000 . In addition to this there was the anticipated deficiency of the year 1843 , which he estimated at £ 2 , 570 , 000 ; thus , adding this td the deficiency already mentioned , there was a total deficiency for the six years , in rennd numbers , of £ 10 / ' 70 000 —( hear , hear . ) I have here made a full and unreserved statement to the extent of the deficiencies which Parliament has to meet . I do so , in order that the House may be made acquainted with the exact Btate which the country is in , and in the fall confidence that the resources of this great community are equal to the demand to be made upon them , and in the belief that the energy aud wisdom of Parliament will ba ready to direct these resources
in a manner suitable to the ocoasion —( hear , hear . ) Well , with thisjproof of the deficiency before you , will yoa have recourse to the miserable expedient of a loan ! 1 certainly shall not be a party to such a course , ( hear , hear . ) With these facts before , my eyes , I would not disgrace the situation which I have the honour to occupy by such expedients ; and 1 hardly think that Parliament will adopt a course which is so extremely objectionable ( hear . ) I hardly think that you , who have reduced the charges conneued with the postage of the oountry , and who have in the preamble of the bill in relation to that subject , pledged yourselves to redeem any loss arising from the reduction which has taken place in consequence of that reduction—you will not have recourse to the
expedient to whicn I have referfed . I therefore call oa you to redeem the pledge which you have given , and which I warned you not to give , Ihear , hear ) ; but having given it , I call on yon now to redeem it . If , however , you are not bound by the pledges of your predeeeEsora , you are bound at all event 3 b y the engagements you have made ; for almost the fint vote you gave after your election was the adoption of- a resolution to : the effe-t , tbLt it w&g impossible any longer to permit she state of things which existed , and which presented nothing but a continual deficiency of the revenue , and that yon would apply yourselves withont delay to the consideration of the
financial state ef the oountry , with the view of adopting some means for equalising its revenue and expenditure—( hear , hear ) . I apprehend , therefore , that with the universal consent of this House , and of the country generally , I may abandon the consi deration of any eeht-me that would propose to supply the deficiency by any such miserable devices , ( cheers . ) If I mest have recoups to taxation , shall I then levy it on what is called articles of suttsuanc *—on those art-. cle ? which may appear to some as guparfluitieu , but which are ksows to constitute aitic ' es of nectssary consumption ! No ; for my part I cannot concert t > a system of taxation which can possibly have this effect ; . and I ray , moreover , that I think I have given you eonclasive proof that we have already ar-
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rived at the utmost lim : t 3 of this description of taxation—( cheers ) . I am speaking beroof articles of luxury , which appear not to oonsttot * the atticles of consumption amongst the labouring classes —( hear * The Right Hon . Gentleman opposite attempted to redeem the pledge which . had been given by Parliament to repair the deficiency in the revenue caused by the defalcation in the Post Office ; and he accordingly proposed , in the year 1840 , that five per cent , duty should be levied oa articles of customs and exciae , and ten per cent , on the assessed taxes . The netfc produce of the customs and excise , ending the 5 th . of January , 1840 , was £ 37 , 911 , 000 . I wishnowto carry yiur judgments with me , for I am about to show you that the means are exhausted by which meu
think they conld possibly find a remedy for the deficiencies that exist . ( Hear , hear . ) '" . Now the estimated produce of the increase of 5 per cent , on articles of consumption was £ 39 , 872 , 000 ; the aotnal increase was £ 38 , 182 , 000 ; the actual addition estimated to be gained by such 5 per cent , was £ 1 . 833 , 000 ; instead of that sum the actual increase was £ 262 , 000 ( hear , hear ;) that is , instead of producing 5 per cent , additional , it bas been little more than a ^ per cent . —( hear , hear . ) On . the other hand , the estimated result of th (^ increase of the ten percent , on the Assessed Taxes has been fully realised . Making an abatement for tho depression of trade , I thiok none can resist the conclusion that the five per cent , upon Customs and Excise will end in nothing but failure—( hear , hear . ) I will then discard the notion of supplying the deficiency by incurring fresh debt ; and I have attempted to carry your conviction with mo that we cannot look to increased taxation
on articles of consumption . It is possible to resort to another means . Shall I revive old taxes that have been long abolished ? Shall I look to the Post-office as a possible mode of increasing the revenue 1 I will not say that the Post-office ought not to be a source of revenue ; but I will say that the measure has not had complete and fair trial . I am so Fensible of the many advantages that result from that measure , that I should not consider myself justified in recommending any change for the present year —( hear , and cheers . ) Shall I , then , revive the taxes that were laid upon the great articles of consumption , and which were very productive ? Shall 1 revive the taxes upon salt , upon leather , and upon wool ! I don ' t know that with respect to some—as regards leather , for instance—I don ' t know that the reduction took place with fairness —( cheers . ) Sir , I am very much afraid that the full amount of the benefit in that direction
tvas not earned to the account of the consumer—( cheers . ) I believe that you omitted to adopt the measure which you ought to have adopted contemporaneously with the reduction of the duty upon Jeather , nameiy , the reduction of the daJy upon the import of foreign hides—( hear . ) Sir , I fear you reduced the duty bat to promote a monopoly at home . But , Sir , the question ia not now whether we shall reduce the existing duties—the question is , whether we shall revive a duty that has been abolished , and upon the faith of the abolition of which various contracts and commercial and manufacturing arrangements have been made . I do not think I need argue against the revival of the duty upon salt , leather , or wool . Sir , ehall I , then , resort
to locomotion—( a laugh )?—shall I increase tho tax upon railways ? 1 confess that nothing bat hard necessity should induce me to derive revenue from them . Well , then , Sir , I have gas— - ( laughter . ) I should be also most unwilling to place a tax upon gas , and therefore I range the taxes upou locomotion and upon gas light in the same category as the taxes upon salt and leather . Shall I hope for an increase of revenue from diminished taxation—( loud cheers ) 1 Before I apply myself to this , let me remind you of the extent of your difficulties . I have confirmed confidence that there is a buoyancy in the consumptive power of this country to realise ultimately an increased revenue from decreased taxation ; but it requires a long process before that end can be attained . I hava the firmest belief that any such plan as that
proposed by the late Government , or any other plan for raisinj ; the revenue fay diminishing taxation , will not afford any immediate rolicf for the supply of any present deficiency . I have looked with considerable attention to the effect produced by the reduction of taxation on articles of great consumption . I do not find in many cases that elasticity which gives you , after a lapse of time , increased revenue ; but 1 do find in almost every case , it' not in e ^ ery case without exception , that the interval of time which elapses before the same amount of revenue is received , is very considerable . On that ground , then , Sir , 1 am led to believe that with the present deficiency , which it is necessary to provide for , you cannot look to supply that deficiency by a mere reduction on articles of consumption , if you resort to that as the onlv means of supplying it —( hear , hear . )
THE NEW TAXES . I will now state what is tho measure which I propose , —( hear , hear , )—which I propose under tho sense of public duty arid under a deep conviction that it is necessary tor the public good . I shall make an earnest appeal to the possessor ! of property . ( Cheers . ) fair , I propose for a time , and I never had occasion to make a proposition with a more thorough conviction that it is one which the public interests of the country require—I propose that , for a time to be limited , the Income of this country should be called upon to contribute a e r > tain sum for the purpose of remedying these mighty and growing evils . I propose that the income of this oountry should bear a charge not exceeding ? d . in the pound , —( hear , )—not amounting to 3 per
cent ., being a charge of £ 2 l&s . 4 d . per £ 100 , for the purpose of not only supplying tbe deficiency in the revenue , but of enabling me with confidence aud satisfaction to propose great commercial reforms , which will afford a reasonable hope of reviving our commerce , and making that improvement in our manufactures , which will soon react u-pon every other interestintheoountry ; andwbich , inapecuniarypoint of view , will , by the diminished cost of articles of consumption , aud by the diminished cost of living , be a compensation almost to every one for the pecuniary charge , but which by relieving , you frem the continuance ol this mighty evil will : more than , compensate you for the amouut . 1 propose that tho laud occupied by tenams shall be estimated aud
taxed at half the rent . I also propose , for I see no reason wny it should be otherwise , tbat all funded property , whether it be the property of natives of the country or of foreigners , should participate in the charge , and be subject to the same pur / den . This is the nature of the proposition which-it is my intention to make ; which 1 make with the full , the uninimous concurrence of my colleagues—( hear ) - — and with the deeped conviction on their minds , as on mine , that it is wise and necessary to impose this tax . [ The Right Hon . Baronet , hero entered into a long list of calculations as to the estimated amount of thia tax , which he gave at about £ 3 , 775 , 000 , and which he thought shotiid continue
for five years ; but he would for the present limit the duration so as to give Parliament the opportunity to sanction the fuitier continuation of the tax , at the end of three years . He felt some difficult / in applying this tsx to Ireland , because there existed in th * t country no machinery for its collection . He thought , however , that Ireland should pay her quota ; but if et ' . ier means of raising it could be devised , he should prefer them . ] I propose , therefore , t » levy a duty of'IV . a gallon upon Iruh spirits , and I ir . mly believe tnst to Irish diftii ' ers , and to Ireland it- ^ lf , considerable revenue may be derived , not only without inoonvenience , but wit :- , positive advantage . 1 hope to realise from this £ 250 . 000 . The other sources from which 1 wish to
derive some income , making witn the former an equivalent for that I might have hoped to have received fxom a property tax , are perfectly legitimate , and their effect in operation will fait upon property . I propose , in respect t-j tho great mass of articles , particularly in respect t' » all t lose connected-with property , to equali : e tho stamp dutes in Ireland w ; th taose in this couutry . I expect £ 160 , 000 on account of fie equalisatk-n of Btimp duties . And this to the £ 250 , 000 to be acrived from spirits , and I obtain from Ireland £ 410 , 000 , and I have tho most perfect conviction that this were better , under existing circumstances , tuan if I had advised a new duty , and imposed a direct tax upon property . Then with respect to the Absentees—( hear , hear , hear ) , I
propose that they ehould contribute to the property duty . By returaiug to t ' . ieir native country , and spending their incomes upon their estates , thoy may escape the levy which'I m ? an to propose ; but by residing in this country , without any call of public duty , 1-. think they ought ta be subject to a tax—( cheers ) Sir , tiere is one other duty which I propose to impose . At yTesent there is a duty imposed by the law of 4 s . par ton on coal exported in foreign Fhips . At the timo that was imposed the policy of the law was of course to require revenue ; but thero is no duty imposed upon coal exported in British ships . Tne operation , of the reciprocity treaty has beeE t > exempt foreign ships from the payment of the duty , which was originally
contemplated to be levied upon the expoit of coal ; and I must say , that I cannot conceive that there is auy more legitimate object on which to impose a duty than upon coal exported to foreign countries —( hear , hear . ) 1 speak of a reasonable impost ; and upon an article produced in this ¦ country , the element of manufactures , necessary for the manufacture , contributing by its export to excite competition witVtlio home market . If 1 can raise a rezsonaWe amount of duty from a tax upon Briiish coal exported toforeign countries , I thiuk it a legitimate source of revenue . The sam . derivable from it may be estimated as amounting to about £ 200 , 000 ; an amount which will
be no inconsiderable increase to the revenue , and wliieh will operate as few tsxes do , to the encouragement of native industry and domestic manufacture . Now having stated to the House all the taxes I mean to propose , perhaps it may be convenient that I should show the total amount which I expect io derive from them . I ; speak of ihs produce of them from the 5 th of April , 1842 . I propose that the new taxes s-hould hava operation from the 5 ih of April , 1842 . I calculate on obtaining from these sources a total amount of £ 4 , 310 , 000—( here an observation was made by Lord Johu Russell , which did not reach the gillery . ) Yes , that will ^ be altogether
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£ 480 , 000 . I deduot how from that Bum of £ 4 , 380 , 000 the estimated ; denciohoy for which I must provide . ; That deficiency is £ 2 , 570 , 000 , which will leave a surplus of £ 1 , 800 , 000 . The Housa must recollect that the deficiency was on / the votes of the year . I h » v , e to * dd to that th » excess of the expenditure io . China , an excess which cannot be estimated at less than-fBOO . OOO . . The expenditure that will probably arise from the position of our affairs in India , may be calculated to require also a very considerable deduotion . to be made from our estimate of surplus ; but reserving these matters , ! ca'oulata on a e urplus of £ 1 , 800 , 000 . ; The question then , is , ho w am I to deal with ; that surplus in a manner which I consider the most conducive to the : interests of tno community , th © most consouant to publ ' io feeli » g , and the best calculated to effect a great improvement in our commercial relatioDS—( hear . )
PJROPOpED REDUCTIONS . Sir , I look to the tariff , and I find that it comprises not less _ than 200 different articles which are subject to various rates of duty ; and during the interval which I have been in ( iffice 1 can orilv say , that each individual article of that tariff has ' been the subject of careful consideration by the Government—( hear , hear . ) 'In the case of each article we have attempted , ae well as we could , to determine wha , t is the proportion borue by the duty ineaoh case to the average prioe of the ardoles , for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent it may be desirable to make reductions in the various duties—( hear , hear , brar . ) . Sir , the measures which we propose , will include in their general principles a complete revision of the duties affi = otinj ; those articles
, and a general alteration of our commeircial tariff—( cheers . ) The measures which we propose , will proceed ; upon those principles for v the complete revision of our tariff , which upon mature ooneideratioB , we have thought necessary—( hear , hear . ) Tho general principle upon which we will proceed wJJI be , first , the removal and the relaxa ion of duties of a prohibitory nature ( hear , hear , and loud cheers ); and secondljf , a reduction of the duties upon the raw materials for manufactures to a very considerable extent ( renewed cheering from the opposition ) . In some cases I propose to retain merely a nominal duty , for the purpose of affording statistical information ; and in no case , er in scarcely any case , will we
propose to lay a duty ; upon raw materials for manu factures exceeding 5 per cent ; and as I said before , in many cases the duty wtll be merely a nominal one ( hear ) . With respect to the duty upon articles which are pa rtly manufactured , I also propose a considerable reduction , in no case to exceed 12 per cent . I don't meaa that this 12 per cent , ehpuld be applied , but that is the general principle and tvaximum of duty which I shall reserre , with the exception of certain articles to which I shall call tho attention of the house by and : bye . Now the course which I shall pursue will be to have the whole of the tariff arranged under twenty different heads . For instance , under the first bead we shall have inoluded Jive
animals and provisions of all kinds ; under tbe second head spices ; under the third alJ description of peeds ; under the 4 th wood for furniture ; and under the 5 th ores and minerals ; and in order to relieve myself from fche necessity of going through the whole mass , I will propose the- -amended- ' - scheme of the tariff ( loud cheers and counter cheore ) , as clearly as possible undrr twenty different heads , classing , as nearly m may bo , articles of the same description and character . Each of these schedules will contain five columns In the firat column will be the name of the article ; in the second , the rate o ? duty ; in the third , the amount of dwty actually received ; in the fourth , the proposed rate of duty to
be levied ou the article on its importation from foreign countries ; aud in the fifth , the proposed rate of duty on the imports from British colonial possessions . Now it appears that I cannot lay the scheme before the House in any clearer way at present ; for to attempt to go through the whole at present would be only to add to the great labour of the duty 1 am discharging , and fatigue the House . B _ ut here is the . whole of the tariff under the ^ e different heads , and on Monday morning next tho schedule will bo laid upon the table for the information of the ( commercial world . Of 1 , 200 articles of consumption , I propose to reduce the duty on 750 ot them . 'Fhcso latter articles Jiave rela . tion to
manufactured articles . With reapect to the 450 articles I do not proposo to reduce the duty . I am influenced in this view of iho matter in consequence of the veiTr trifling difference between the duty and the actual cost of the article . But with respect to the other , 750 articles , I do propose to reduce the duty most materially . There are some iiapovtant reductions wliich I intend to make in these articlot , partly from consideration ; in reference to revenue , and partly from this moivvn . There were several treaties entered into by thia country with other couutrieB , which are stillypchding . There was the treaty which- had been entered into by the Noble Lord opposite ( Lord Palmerston ) , with Portugal , and which would have been
completed but for the troubles which havo taken place there . We have also opened & negotiation with Spain , with respect to commercial matters , and we have strongly urged upon Spain the beneficial advantages that would result from sach a treaty being carried out . AH I can say is , that the proposition has been most favourably received . Similar ne ^ pciations were also ponding with South America , and we have intiraated to France that we should bo happy to resume negotiations in ' . - . relation- ' . to the commercial treaty which hud beea proposed by ? he Noble Lord . I should be glad of the treaty being carried out ; for it would strengthen the ties of amity and of friendly consideration between this country and France . I believe that France would be a
gainer , both morally and commercially , and the industry of both countries would be bencntted , if those duties which interfere ^ with trade were relaxed . This at all etcntswouU . be the reiult , that the benoSt obtained by one commuaity will react upon the other I say nothing of any probablo period at which the treaty with . France may be siKnedv I can only say that it is ray ultimate hope and conviction that the publio mind of France will siipport the government in such a measure . Now while these treaties are pending , there are several a-tticles which would be includecFin tho negociations in respect of which it would be impossiblo to advise the' House ts taaike an immediate reduction . I think wben w « make re-JaxatioBa , we ought also to inake the country to be
benefittedby it grant to us correspondent advantages . J therefore think , to ensure this end , that it would not be wise to reduce tha anieunt of duty ou those articles which must form the basis of neiiociation . Therefore 1 do not propose a retluctipn on the amount of dttty on brandy and wine , cherishing tho hope that the duty may be relaxed when corresponding relaxations are mado by foreign countries to be SenefHtcd by the relaiaVion . Again , with respect to the various fruitH oil which 1 am most anxious to relax the cjuty , bu > t which form tlie basis of hegociation , I propose for tbat purpose to-retain it ; not , Isay , with referenc * to rovenue .: but-simply to facilitate Hegociation . I do not thuik char : it is necessary for me to specify the other artieies which
will appear in the schedule . Now , these various reductioiie , the removal of prohibitions , the revisul of prohibitory duties , th « reduction of the duties ou articles suoh 8 a oils and ores , havingV a tendency to removo tho burdens on commerce ; these various reductions may , in my epinidn , he the mode of conferring great advantages ou the manufactures of this country , without incjurring the risk of greater loss to the revenue than about £ 270 , 000 . Having thws spoken of articles used in manufactures , I now apply mysolf to the consideration of the redaouon of duiie ^ on great articles of consumption . Tho chief artioles of consumption to which I shall advert are sugar , coffee , and timber . With respect tosugav , I wish it werein my power to state that her Majesty's ministers
deemed it consistent with their duty to say that they could advise any alteration of the duties on that article . [ The Right Hon . Baronet then went at length into the reasons of Ms Government for proposing iiot to di&t ' . lrb tiie txistine duty ou sugar . ] With repect to coffee , I am sorry to say that : Curing the last year there has been a reduction in tho coiisumption . Th- ; re has been 'an increase in the consumption of su >; ar , but a . decrease in thatof , coffee . I suppose I need scarcely inform the House what the present amount of duty on coffee is . ' Qn foreign ct-ffiio the timber is 10 s . a load , and hero also the averagfj duty may be taken at 8 s . or 9 s . a load . ( Hear . ) In ino year ending April 1844 , I propose that the duty on foreign timber should be reauced to 25 s .
I propose also , that in the year ending April , 1844 , the duty on deals should be reduced from 30 s ., -which is the proposition , with regard to its immadiate operation , that it should be reduced to 20 i , i and in like mariner , that on that year the duty on Jatli wood ciity is how Is . 3 d . per lb . ; on coffee from the British colonies 6 d ., while on coffee import 3 d ; from British possessions within the limits of the East India'Company ' s Chai ter the duty is 9 d . ; the effect of this ia , that a considerable quantity of coffee , ihe growth-of foreigh countries , comes into cpmpetitioh with pur own produce , exempt froni the duty of Is . 3 d . It is sent from Brazil and Hay ti to the Gape of Good Hope ; and the mere fact of its having been there , intitles it" to come in at the duty of 9 d . —( h ^ ar , hear ) . It may cost themi Id . per lb . for freight ; : &c , but even then it comes into coinpetitidu with : the produce of our-own colonies at a duty of 103 .
I propose to reduce tho duty on OQfftie the produce of British possessions io 4 di per poiind , and on coffee the prodvioe of al I foreign oountriea to 8 d ' . ABsuming that there will fee no increase itf the consumption , the loss from thia reduction may Tic "' taken at £ 237 , 000 ; but , assuming an increase in the consumption to the amount of ten per cent ., the loss , in such casei' would then be £ 171 , 000 . Now add this amoant to the loss which I have already estimated , the total amount will be f 270 , 000 . I now come to tho duty on timber * In respect ^^ . ^ o this question yre axe embarrassed with the consideration of the Hate of the interests * of our Canadian colonies . ^ The ^ present rat © of ¦' . duty on foreign timber is 55 s . a load ; but the duty on timber ia now levied in a complicated and unfair way . And in taking the average amouut of duty on foreign timber , including the duty on deals , etaveg , and laths ; taking the whole together , the aggregate amount will not exceed 41 s . a load ., The auty on colonial
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ould be reduced to 20 s . I propose that the duty upou colonial timber siould be reduced to Is . a load : ; that thC duty upon deals should be io reduced 2 s a load ; and thai i . * 10 duty onjlath timber shall be reduced to 3 s . a load . I estimate tho total loss in this respect at not less tban ^ £ 600 , 000 a-year . I propose to remit altogether the duties on the export of British manufactures ('' hear , hear" aDil checrB ) , which I fin ^ will incur a loss to the revenue Of £ 102 , 0001 . a-year . I will call your attentfo . n to the duty upon etage coaches ; arid iu dealing witJi this question you must consider the amount of coiapei'ition which the proprietors of these Btage coaches have to contend against , especially on those lines of road where railways have been established . I propose , with
regard to stage coaches , an uniferm mileage of 1 Jdij and to take off altogether the assessed taxes —( cheers . ) ¦ Tiiis proposition , if assented to by the House , will load to a loss of revenuo amounting to £ 61 , 000 ; but it is a loss which I feel can be vindicated on the ground of strict and impartial justice—( cheers . ) I also propose to take off the duty imposed upon persons who ire jn the habit of lotting job carriages ^ and which will lead to a . loss in the revenue of , £ i 9 , O 0 O , making a total loss in this department of the revenue of £ 70 , 000 . : A . ad now I will shortly review , afc this stage of my statements , the wheloi of the fiiiancial arrangements . I calculate that ihe deficiency iu the revenue op
to the 5 th of April , 1843 , will be £ ; 2 , 570 , 000 . The reduotiotii on articles of tariff will not entail a loss of more than £ ? 70 , 000 . Tho loss on cotton £ 170 , 000 , the loss oh timber £ 600 , 000 , the loss arising from the reoeal of the export duty oh British manufactures £ 100 , 000 , aud the -loss ' from stage coaches £ 70 , 000 > The total loss to the community in consequence of the reduotions wiiich I propose will be £ 3 , 708 , 000 . Against this Ibave to place the amount of the increased revenue which I expect to receive from the new taxation which is calculated at £ 4 , 800 , 000 . There will , therefore , be a j < urplus in favour of the country of £ 520 , «} 00 , to meet the increased charges of the country , arising from the state of our relations in China , and in consequence of what may arise but of
our still pending commercial treaties with other countries . I have now laid oeforey ou , without reserve , the whole of the plan of her Majesty ' s Government . I have given you a full and explicit , ' , bat Ibelieve an nnexaggerated , statement of the financial difficulties of the country . We have thought it our duty to give our . counsel to the Legislature , freely : and unreservedly—to give the best advice we could , leaving with the Legislature the responsibility of adopting or refusing the advice we thus give . I , on the part of the Government , have novr perfornied that duty—( hear , hear . ) I , with the weight and authority of ihe . Government ; , have brought forward what we deem requisite for the present 6 ( ate of our finauces ^—( hear , hear . ) And I now conclude , devolving On
the Parliament the dusy of maturing our plans if they . approve of the »; at all events the responsibility of adoptiiisf or rejecting them . You will bear in mind that this is no ordinary period . You will bear in mind , that there arb indicatiosfi among all the u ^ por classes of society of increased comfort and enjoyment ; of increased prosperity and wealth ; aud that , concurrently with these indications , there exists a mighty evil that has bees growing for many years—( loud cheers . ) You are now called on to relieve that evtt . If youhaveforvitude and constancy , as I firmly believe you have , you will not consent , with folded arms , to allow the annual growth of this great evil ; You will not reconcile ii to your consciences ^ to hope for r * lief from a diminution of taxation . You will not permit thii evil to gain feiich kigantic strength ' that it will be far
beyond your power to check its progress . If you do not take this coarse ; if you do permit the evil to continuo , you must expeet severe , but just judgment . My confident hope and belief is , that when I devolve the responsibility upon you , you will prove yourselves worthy of your mission—of the mission and functions of th « representatives of a miglity people * that you will not tarnish the naaae that it . is your duty to cherish as your glorious-inheritance ; that you : will not impair the character for fortitude , for good faith , which ,, in proportion as the empiro of opinion supersedes and preponderates over the empire of physical force , constitutes a fsee people , but , abo > eal ] ithe peopJe ol ' England , and'givesthem the power t » f reputntiou an < 4 character . That will make the country powerful , so as to repel hostile aggressioii r and mahitnin- an extended empire .
( The Right Hon . Baronet sat down amidst loud and long-continued applause ") Saturdiip ; March 12 . The Speah . br took the ohair at twejve o'clock . Mr . Ghebks brought up the report of the Committee of Ways i . nd Means , containing the following resolutions : — 1 . Resolved , That , towar < i 3-raislng the supply , granted to her Majealy , there shall be charged , levied ; collected , and paid upon every gallon of spirits of the strenieth of hydrometer proof , which shail , on or aft « r the 11 th day of March , 1842 , be distilled in Iieland > or be in the stock , custody , or possession of any distiller in Ireland , or wJiibh , havrnj been distilled in Ireland or Scotland , shall on or after that day be in warehouse in Ireland , and be taken but of warehcuse for consninption in Ireland , or which bavins ; been taken out of ¦ warehouse iriS ^ otlanit for roraoval to Ireland , shall on or after that < iay be brought into Ireland , an additional duty of In .
2 ; Resolved , That the exalt allowance now payable on every gallon of spirits distilled / in Ireland from malted corn only , nj » t being mixe& with any unmalted corn or grain , shall cease and determine . ' . ; ' . : ¦ " ' ' . . ' -.. ' . : . ¦; . . - . ¦ 3 . Resolve 4 v That , to-wards ^ mating good the-supply granted to her- Majesty , the sum of £ 8 , 000 , 000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and- Ireland , . ' . v The report was agreed to , end leave given to bring in bills Gohformably with the resolutions .
Mr . QuEEcJi'E brought up tae report of the Coramntee on the Exchtquor Bill Loaa Act . The Committee had resolved ¦ ' That her Majesty be enabled to direct iseues to bo made out of the Consolidated Fund of the / United Ktngdttn ofi . Great Britain aud Ireland , to an . amount not excteding £ . 360 , 000 per annum , to Commissioners , to be by them adva cod towards the completion of works of a gublio haUira , fa ? the encouragement of the fisheries , or the employnmut of the poor , on due security being given for the repayment of the sum so advanced . !" ¦ -: , ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' - ' - ' - . : ''" '" ¦ ¦' . ¦ "¦ : . ' ; .. V . ' ¦ '¦' ' - ;
The report was agreed tei and leave was givea to bring in abiiL in conformity with the resolution / . Mr . Grebme brought up . tho report of the Queen ' s Prison Bill , which was agreed to , and the bill ; ordered to be read a third tiiia- on Monday , ; if . then engrossed . " ¦ . " . ¦ . - ¦ ' . : . : ¦ -. ¦ ' : ' .. '¦ : ¦ ¦; ' . ¦ - , . Oafthe motion of Lor * Eliot , the Newgate Gaol ( Dublin ) . Bill whs read a third time and passed . Tno House then adjouraad .
Monday ,. March 14 . Mr ^ F . T . Baring gave notice of hia ulteuttou to inquire respecting tho plan by which the fifcoyernnient propose to collect the iiicome-tax ; and Mr . Chahles BULtEB . drew from tlte SpeaKek an ophiion as to whether or not petitions- emild be presented against the tMtafeer this reuolu ' ciou : afiiiining it ha 4 rec * ived the sanction of the Jlou > ie . XheBPiSAkEii . replied in tho negative ; but Sir RoBKJt'X Pjsel aeclaneU his inteiition of proceediHg with the resolution ca Friday next . Qa tho motion foe going into committse on the Corn Importation Bill , Mr . Ward rose to bring , forward hia motion relative to the aliened peculiaJ burdens born * by the 'land :-of this country . & . <* contendeU that no burdens "were borne by the landed interests which were not just and equitable ; and tusked , f . jr a , coiuiiuttte of inquiry in order to set the matter at rest .
Coionel Wood compared the amount of poor-rates paid by the landed interest with those levied on mauaficturing pro ^ rty ; and complavasd of the mischief doac by tbrowiDg obstacles iu t ' aei way o £ the pvogsess (¦ f tha Corn ijiiportation Bill , the ; delay of which was affecting the price of covn and tlie steto of trade . Mr . iHliNER Cfi-usox called on ihtj representatives of the landtd iulereits in the House , for their own Bakes , to graut the coinmiitea of iu ^ uiji'y-Mr . Dauby contended Mr . Ward had not stated the case either fully or fairly , sxad repudiated tlie idea that the House was no ; to l « gisiate on coin until an iiiquury had tetn made into the peculiar burduns borne by the land . ' : < '¦'¦¦¦' . ' ¦ ¦ . - ' . - ' ¦ - ¦' ¦ "' . ¦ . -V '• - . .
Dr . Bqwring was aure that Mr . Ward would willingly modify his movion , iu order to meet Mr . DMby a vio'wa for a mora extended inquiry . Tne subject was one of great and grave imp .. rtauce ; and , for the satibfaction of the public miad ; an inquiry was exceedingly desirable . ; Mr . Scarletx would reaiat the motion . Should the inquiry b « made , ifc would turn out tbat the land bore , in fact , aiitke burdens of the State . - ' \ : Mr . Childers thought Mr . Scarlett had proved too muchV The landed interest had been always too powetful in the Legislature to permit peculiar burdens to be imposed on them ; the land in tbia country was not su beayily taxed as the land of some Coutinentai ¦ Stites / . - '• '¦' . - . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ - . . ¦ -. ' . - . ' ' ¦' . ' ¦ ¦/ . ' .-: ' ¦ . . ; - "' - . ; ' :-:-- -.
Mr . PaIMeb compared the fixed nature of the landoxvner ' B capital witn that tf the manufacturer ; who was but a bh'dof passage , aud could cariyhbaeelf and bis capital where he pleased ^ While deterndned to hold an iucome tax , he fesred that the necessities of the country were top great for its being succeaafuJJyraiaeU , or applied in the way proposed . Sir Robebt ; Peel called the attention of the House to the position in ¦ whAch it yraa placed . Wai it wise to go on with ' proti ^ cted ^ dW iiaBi bnVand . impede the prbgress of a bill admittVd to jb ' e ' . ' a great improvement on the exiatinglaw ? He : censured Mr .. Ward for Ihconsistency , in not ^ adhering to the exact terms of his motion . / He 1 called . on the ; Honse notvb injure every interest In the ebmrainity by delaying the Cbrn B . ll until some three : sesswna 1 hence , Mr , Ward ' s Committee made its report . / " ' ; ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ';• ¦ ¦ / . > . ' / -
Mr . STRCiThad never heard a : debate in which so much of the argument lay all on one aide ; Mr . Ward's motion was resisted by yery opposite reasona : i It was said to be too precise and too vague ; , but aptiiMfcuiie case had been made out fot inquiry , ami he should buppoit the motion . ¦ - -. '¦ :: ¦ '¦ ' -. /• -a- ' - ' ' - •>•" ¦ ¦ ,
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-Mr . Cobden supported and Lord WORSI . ET resisted the ' motion . . '"' . ' . - Mr . TiLLiERs had always heard these special burdens assigned as a reason , for ! the Corn Laws—why then refuse inquiry , if . not afraid of the result ? Mr . Villiers read some statements of taxes Vwhich bad been repealed in favour of tho landed interest since 1816 , being nearly a million in amonnt Lord Ho WICK , -while admitting that the inquiry was a legitimate subject for parliamentary investigation , was yet of opinion that the time 'was not properly chosen for tbe motion . / ' : ' : Mr . Wakley thought it waa the business of an opposition to give a persevering resistance to what they considered a bad measure . Sir Robert Peel mi ght have offered a compromise , and offered a committee of inquiry on another occasion , and so prevented a division ¦ . .- ' - . . ' ¦ .- ¦ ,.- ' : ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. ; .. •' . -. - -:- - . ; ¦ ¦ .- ¦"¦ : '¦ :. '" " : ¦ .:. - '¦ . ¦ -. ' : :.
On a division , the motion was rejected by 230 to iiB :- ; ¦ : / ¦ ,. ¦ : . ;/¦ ¦ :: y _ : ' ,.. ; . ;¦ ;;> . ; : . > ,= ; = ¦ . ¦ H - . \ = .-. . - ^ The House then went into committee . Sir Valektine Blake kept tho House in roars of laughter by encommms on tbe pieliflb Tirtues of tbe potato , and the adaptation of the soil of Ireland for its production . He concluded with proposing an amenda ^ ent , ¦ whi ch was negatived without a division . litr . Pabker proposed a clause , allowing an importor to' give bend for the payment of a particular rate of duty , V ^ ould he import his corn within fon t months from the time . His object was to give facilities for trade : ¦ with flistant ports . V : ¦ : ' Sir BpBEk T PjEEI . considered the amendment an extravagant onv - After some ob . « rvationa from Lord Howict and ISr Hastie , - ; : - -: ¦ ¦'¦ ' // -- : . - ' : ' -,.. - : ' .- '~~ : : y ' ¦ ¦/ .. ' ¦ . '" ' ¦ : :-Mr . Parkbh wiuMrew his cUuse .
Mr . Pouleti ScrOPE proposed a clause of a somewhat similar kind , tio allow the duty , should the impoitsr desire it , to be rated at the amount which roled when the cern left . the'oieign port . otahipment . Ther clause waa resisted by Sir R . PEEL ; and after a eonversation , soared by different members , it waa withdrawn . -. , - \ ¦ • ¦' / . . ; - .. ' . " ¦ : " ' .-. Some progress was made * with . the Bili , the House resumedi and the Committee obv ^ ined leave to sit again onvTussday . : ' ' - . ' . ; . ¦¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .-. : ; ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ "¦ . ; - -. - , : '' . ;¦ : . ; : ¦ •' ; . ' - ' . -,.. ' The House adjourned at a quart 9 r to one o ' clock .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—MomjzX , Mabch 14 . Lord Bbqvguam gave notice of his L ^ tentibn to move a series of resolutions respecting the pn oposed incometax . The purport cf these resolatfoas , trh-f <* he ^ read at lengtnv is condemnatory of the imposition \* *** incometax , unless under very extraordinaTy < fc . / cumttancesy and also affirming certain principles respteb ^ S taf apportionment of such a tax , with relation to tbe distribution of capital and income amongst the Tarib > us classes of the British community . / Earl FiTzw ileia m made a few observations on the suhjecfc ; and after the Lord Chancellor bad lai < t on the table of the HouBe a Bill for the amendment . of the bankruptcy law , the House adjourned . - ' ¦'; . ; , V
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From the London Gazette of Friday , March it . : : . ¦ : '¦ . ' ;¦ BANKRBrrs . ' ; ' .:. ' John Perry Clarke and Osmond Lewis , Crown Conrt , "fhreadneedle street , newspaper agents , to surrender March 18 , at eleven o ' clock , and April 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basicghall-etreet Solicitor , Mr . Clarke , George-street , Mansion House ; official assignee , Mr . Beicher . : ' ' ^] - ' , ' :- \ " . ' . . ¦ ;"'¦ : ¦ ' / " .-... ' v " Emily Ann Birch , Badfor * Place , lodging-housekeeper , March 18 , at two , and April 22 , at twelve , at the Oiurt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-etreet . Solicitor , Mr . Lloyd , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , BasingbaH-street . , SamuelJ ^ clwori and Thomas Frederick Jackson , Bermondsey-street , woolstaplers , Marsh 22 , at eleven , and April 22 ; at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Solicitor , Mr . Wattsj Bermondsey-street 1 official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury .
Philip Woodrow Hart , Norwich ; coach manufacturer ^ March l ^ and April 22 , at tea , at the offices of M&wiL Beckwith , Dye , and Kitton , SFbrwich . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalfe , Lincoln's Inn Fields ; andi Messrs . Beckwith , Bye , and Kitton , Norwich . : Joseph Horncastlu , Giamford Briggs , Lincolnshire , seed merchant , March 21 and April 22 , at eleven , at the Lion Hotel , Giumford Briggs . Solicitors , Messrs . Dyneley , Coverdale , and Lee , Bedford Bow ; and Messrs . Nicholsott aad Hett , Brigg , Lincolnshire . George Stanway , Stoke-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , confectioner , March 2 . 4-and April 22 , at twelve , at the George Inn , Burslem ., Solicitors , Mr . Smith , Chancery Lane ; and Mr . Harding , StoKe-upon-Trent . Isaac Nowtoa Wigney and Clement Wigney , Brighton , Sussex , bankers , March 28 and April 22 , at ten , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors , Messrs . Palmer , F / ance , and Palmer , Bedford Bow . /
James County , Cheltenham ,, Gloucestershire , oilman , March 29 l > and April 22 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Solicitors , Messrs . Miller and Carr , Eastcheap . : .- ; ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦' . - ' : - ' . ¦ ' . - ' a- . ' - : / . ' - . - ¦ " ... ;¦ -.. " ; - - .. ¦ - / ' : ¦; : ¦'' . /¦ -: ¦ Edward Shirley Webster , BixmiBgham , draper , March' 31 ; and April 22 , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Bead and Shaw , Friday-street .. - , ' - " . ; - ' - ; ' .-.:-..- " -- \ ...: l - "¦; . --, ^ ¦ : . v ' v Frederick Pratt , Stoke-npon-Xrent , Staffordshire , miller , March 21 , at tbe Swan Inn , Stafford , aud April 22 , at twelve , at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle , Solicitors , Mr- Wilson , Furnivai ' s Inn ; , and Sir . Stevenson , Stoke-upen-Trenti / ¦' -, : ¦ ' " ¦ - ; :. :-,... : , 'V -. . . ;/" . ' - - ; ¦" .. ' .- - William Bury , Blackburn , corn-d # aler , March 24 , at one , and . April 22 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Messrs . Cuvelje , Skilbeck , and Hall , Southampton Buildings , Chancery Lane ; . and Messre . Lodge and Harrises , Preston .
William Robinson , Hulme , Lanoashire , glass-manufacturer , March 22 and April 22 , at twelve ,: ; at the Cominiasioners' Rooms , Manchester .. ' Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry-j Milha and Morris , Temple ; andi Messra . Slater and Heeiis , and Messrs . Bagsbawe and Stevenson , Manchester . ; : : : ; . ' - : : Joseph Emery , Wells , Somarsetsbira , surgeon , April 6 and 22 , at eleven , ab the Somerset Hotel , Wells . Soiicitozv Mr . Jay , Serjeait ' s Inn .:
PARXNERSIUES DISSOtVEI ) . : Askew and Stansfield , Manchester , cotton yam dour blere ,. M . and H . Glover , Manchester , oil-cloth manuftictarcr ? . R . and J . Pickersglll , Darlington and Leeds , carriers . ' . ; . . "¦ . ¦' .: ¦ ¦¦¦''¦¦' -. ¦' .: ' .. ' . ' . - ¦ - . ¦ : •¦ ¦ - . - ¦ .
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' . ¦ " ' . . .- . ' . . ' , ? - ..... . ' ¦ . ¦ ' / ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' : ' ¦ ' : ' :. - : ' . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : Fromihe 6 axxtteofTuiadav , 2 Iarchl 5 . ¦ ' /¦ ¦¦ - / : ¦¦ ¦ ¦; bankhdsts . ' ¦ : ' - ; - ' v ' : : . > ' / . -: CbarleaPage , coach tyre smith , Nottingham Mewa Marylebone , to surrender March 18 , at two o ' clock , and April 26 , afe twelve , at the Court of , Bankxaptcy BaBin ^ hali-street . Soiicitori Mr . B " ell , Bedford Bow ; Mr . Pencell , official assignee * / - --. " Stephen Peake , builder , Ramsgate , March 24 , at seven , and April 2 Gy at nine , at tbe Albion Hotel , Kamsgate . Solicitor , Mr-. Smith , Barnard ' s Inn , London . John Jones , cordwainer , Liverpool , Marcb 24 , and April 26 , at one , atthe Clarendon Rooms , tiverpooL Solicitors , Mr . Comtliwaite , Dean ' s Court , poctors ' eommoDs , London ,- aad Mr . Cornthwaite , Cable-street , Liverpool .- ' . / - " , ' : y ' r " -.: ' ¦ •' : ; :.- "¦] -, ¦"¦ 7 -:-
Joseph Page , Jan ., . porter-merchant , Gloucester , Match 25 and - . Apr il 26 , at twelve , at the office of Mr . C . Smaltridge , Gloucester , Solicitors , Messrs . Jonea and Blaxland , Crosby Square , London ; Mr . SinalWdge , Gloucester . 7 .- .. . - . -,:- ; " : ; ¦'" . ¦; - .. ' : ; -, "'' : - .- ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ . - . ¦ -. . ; Thomas Morris , grocer , Newbridge , Glamorganshire , Match 26 and April 26 , at two , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol , Solicitors , Messrs . White atid Eyre , Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . Short , Bristol ; John Alexander , brewer , Pendleton , Lihcashira , March 29 and April 26 , at eleven , 7 at ' ' -the ' 1 Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messw . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morru , Harconrt . Buildings , Temple , London ; aud Messrs . Slater and Heelis , Manchester . ¦" . •¦ '¦ ' - ¦ - ¦ ' .: '•" '¦ •• ¦ ¦' . ¦ " '• - ' 7 -- 7 ' - ' - ; : ¦ : - ¦ ¦ ' - ' ¦¦
Peter 3 oyd , cotton-spinner , Ovenden , York , March 29 , at one , and April 26 , attwelve . at the White Lioa Inn , Halifax , Solicitors , Messw . Emmet and Allen , Bloomsbury SquRte , London ; Mr . Alexander , 7 Halifax ; and Mesara Stocks and Macaulay , Halifax . John P < irbery , saddler , Northampton , March 21 and April ii 6 , at two , at the Stag ' s Head Inn , Abingdoastreet , Nortbamptpnr Solicitor * , Mr . Hall , Northampton ; and Mr . Weller , King ' s Row , Bedford Ro * , London' 7 '¦ -:: ; -.-: .- ¦ ; ' 7-. ; ;• .. - - , . ¦¦ .:- , ; ..- ¦ John Davinsoh Bedford , brewer , Burton-ttpoh-Trent , Staffardshire , March 30 and April 26 , at twelve , at the George Hotel , Burtori-npon-Trent Solicitors , Mn Richardson , Burt ; ' » -npon-Trent ; and Messrp . Hicks and' Bralkenridge , Battle ' tt's Buildings . V Holborn , Xondon . -. ¦ -- ¦' - " : 7- " - , ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ - '¦ '" •'¦ . ¦ - .. ¦"' .:: ' ¦' ¦ ' - ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦••'¦ - . '¦ ' :- '¦'¦ . '
John Frankland and Thomas Frankland , merchants , Liverpool , March 29 and April 26 , at threes at tte Commissioners' Rooms , ^ Manchester . Solicitors , Meaara . Makinson and Sanders , Elm Court , Sliddla Temple , London ; aud Messra . Atkinson and Saubdera -Manchester . ; ..-- ' 77 ; :: :. C- ' ¦> ¦ . - '¦ ' ' : "; -,- ; - -V 7 ; - . :. . William Lloydj wine-mercbant , Liverpool , March 29 and Jane 26 , at the Clarendon Rooms , ; South Johustreet , LiTerpobt ¦ : Solicitors / Mr . Wbitlay , Higoatreeti Liverpool ; and Messrs . Low , Gurey , and S teething , Southampton Buildings , ^ Chancery Lmd , Lbndon . -7- : " . - ¦ . 7 - .. -- ! : 7-7 " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ' .. - 7 ; .-7 ' - - - / 7
Thomas Finch Cczans , b u ilder ; Canterbury , March 8 ** at twelve , and April 20 , at onei at tbe Quidbail , Cant < aib » ry . Solicitors , IHtessrs . Plainer , an ^ R . aud ( J « Furrey , Canterbury ; atid MeMriBcitteraejo ^ Bd . I ' MB ^ j Qray ' alouSquire , London , 7 : ,
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Great Excitemesi . —| The discovery of Old Par . rs secret has caused great excitement among the meuiber 3 of the medical profesaionj as it seems prob& > ble , ultimately , to exterminate a good deal of then ' eontradintory nonsense . Many members of the profession have ^ however , honourably declared' their in- « teiition of using Parr's Life Pills , after witnessirigT their astonisbing curative properties and re-invigorating powers on the humaaframe .
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6 ' ¦ -. ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ " " . 7 .. ¦ - - THE NORTHERN STAB .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct422/page/6/
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