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The following report was pnblished by us -in a late Edition on Saturday last : — The Budget is at length oat . We give below at great length , the speech of Sir Robert " Peei He is a bold man . He tells the country plainly that he will not reduce the public expenditure ; he admits honestly that the poor are robbed already as much S 3 they well can be ; and he proposes to take , directly , from the pockets of the Moneyocracy " the sum of , £ 3 , 755 , 010 for meeting the deficit of the revenue , in the shape of an Income Tax . In this measure he says , that fab colleagues
nnaaimously concur . We shall see what effect this proposal will produce upon the monied classes . There will be a precious stir 2 we calculate npon naming Chartists springing up like mushrooms ! Let not the people however be fooled by all this . Whoever pays the jThree Millions directly , they will havb it all to pay w ihs lokg bun . Sir Robert will make no reductions . The whole dead weight must still hang npon our necks , and will do so while we consent to carry it . It is not in faction to relieve the people honestly !
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Feidat , Mabch 11 * h . la answer to a question from Mr . J . S Wortley , the fearful accounts from India were confirmed by Sir H . Feel . Souse other business of less consequence transpired , after which the Right Hon . ban . brought forward his
-BUDGET . The Order of the Dav for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Ways and Means having been read , and the Speaker having left the chair , Sir ROBERT PEEL rose , and addressed the Hon ? p as follows : —Sir , —As the House has consented to vote those estimates which her Majesty ' s Government have considered it their dnty to propose for th ? chief military establishments of the country , I rise for the purpose of redeeming the pledge which I gvre , that I would avail myself of the earliest possible opportunity , consistently with Parliamentary usage and pnblic interest , to develope the views of her Majesty ' s Government in reference to the financial and commercial policy of the country .
Sir , no man can feel more deeply than I do the magnitude and extent of the duties that devolve upon me—no man can feel more conscious than I do , how disproportionate are my intellectual powers to the proper performance of these duties . But I should be n ^ vortby of the trust committed to me—I should be nsSt to attend in this place , in which Ministers of the British Crown have stood , if I could feel disheartened or disturbed—if I could abate anything of that composure and conteutedness of mind , or of that buoyancy of spirit , which ought" to sustain every public man when he enters on the fearles 3 and faithful dL-charge of a great public duty , and when he is conscious that he is actuated by no motives that are not honourable and worthy , and when he feels a
deep and intimate conviction , according to the best calculations which his imperfect and fallitJe judgment can enable him to form , that that which he is abo'Jt to propose is conducive to the welfare—he might almost say essential ta the well-being of this great country . Sir , from seme of the embarrassments which accompany an official statement lam relieTfi . It is sometimes necessary to maintain great reserve—to speak with great caution ; a due regard for the public interests may require—may impo ? e on you the duty of making partial disclosures of important fact 3 ; but-, Sir , I am embarrassed by no fetters whatever—( cheers . ) I mean to lay before you the truth , the unexaggera'ea truth ; and I do this because I think that in great financial difficulties the first step towards ' improvement is to look them boldly in the face —( hear
hear . ) What is true of individual—is true of nations —( hear , hear , hear . ) There is no hope of improvement or recovery , if once you consent to coec ^ I from yourself the real difficulties wuh which you haTe to contend . Sir , I have another motive for maki " ij a full and unreserved disclosure . It is my intention , Oil the part of her Majesty ' s Government , to undenake the responsibility of proposing that which we t '^ ink essential to the interests of the country . With you will rest the responsibility of adopting ¦ or reject iu £ the measures which we propose ; and it is therefore fitting , in order that yon may be able to discharge thai duty , that you hould have before you every information—every element which is necessary to enable you to font a full and impartial judgment . Sir , 1 have two requests to make to the House . The first I ? , that von will bear in mind that from ihe
period when I bring forward this statement , I am left under comparative disadvantages —( hear . ) 1 speak particularly with reference to the esrimates which 1 have formed from the probable revenue of the cc intry . I have deemed it my duty not to delay the voting of the supplies until the financial accounts of the year shall be closed . If , after my estimates have been formed , with every desire that they should be ju-i and accurate , I should prove to be mistaken , I trust the House will bear in mind that I labour under disadvantages with which others havp not had to contend . The other request I have to eff-r to the Hou ? - ,- is , that you would have the goodness to postpone your judgment until 1 have laid before yon my whole plan , and that you will not judge hastily , by a
partial development of my views , nor denounce m « as proposing something unreasonable and insulting to tbe people . I earnestly hope that every man , giving to the consideration of thi 3 question a full sense of the real , but not insuperable diffi-alries , "will postpone his judgment until he haa Defore him the ¦ whole of the plans of the Government—( bear , hear , hear . ) 1 shall now proceed , Sir , in the ordinary manner , to state the facts with respect to the finances and expenditure of the cauniry , and I will , in the first instance , refer to the estimate which was formed by the Right Hon . Gentleman the late
Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the probable revenue and expenditure of the country , on the 5 : h of April , 1842 . Events have proved that that Right Hon . Gentleman ' s estimate was as nearly correct as it is possible fer an estimate to be . ( H ear , hear . ) I think the Right Hon . Gentleman calculated that the income of the conntry might be expecred to realise the sum of £ 48 , 310 , 000 . He calculated the expenditure for the same period , that is , for rhe year ending the 5 th of April , 1842 , at £ 50 , 731 , 000 . There were some slight variations in the votes which , of course , the Rij ; ht Hon . Gentleman c-oHld not foresee at the time when he was
speaking . 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 calculation ; but the amount was so small , t \ iat n was hardly worth mentioning . The deficit was £ 2 . 467 , 000 Of course it is impossible to say whether the Kight Hon ~ Gentleman ' s estimate were perfectly-accurate or not , because the proportion for one quarter is not given . The actual produce , however , of the Revenue , from 5 h April , 1841 , to the 25 th of February , 1842 , was £ 43 , 733 , 000 . If you estimate that the receipt for tbe current quarter of the present year will be equal to the receipt of the current quarter of the last year , yon must add to the actual receipt , the sum of
£ 4 , 323 . 000 ; consequently the revenue would amount on the 5 th of April to £ 48 , 053 , 000 , beinc less than the amount estimated by the Right Honourable Gentleman by £ 160 , 000 . On the other hand , the expenditure will not probably be so great as he estimated . The actual amount of deficit may probably be taken at £ 2 324 , 000 . As I said- ' before however , I speak to the estimates , independent of the last quarter . 1 am giving the best estimate which I can form . I now proceed to estimate the income for the year ending tbe 5 : h of April , 1843 . The Customs for the ensuing year I estimate at £ 22300 , 000 . The Excise , on account of the unfavourable seasonformaltinglcalrnlatea * £ 13 , 450 000 Of course , as a favourable harvest has a tendency
to increase the excise revenue , it also has at ndeney to diminish the amount of revenue from the im portation of foreign corn . On the other hand , if there be an unfavourable harvest , and your Excise r ^ venne is in con ? equence _ diminished in amount , then there is soirecom } e ~ S 3 tion to be expected"from the re enve whi ^ h is derived from the import of fjreign com . 1 .-h ^ li then take the Customs for the veir . ending the 5 th f April , 1843 , at £ 22 , 500 , 000 ; JExcse . j £ 13 , 450 , tOO ; Stamp ? , i' 9 , 1 ' 0 , 000 ; Postoffioe , £ 500 , 000 ; Crown Lands , ^ 150 , 000 ; Miscellaneou- Items of re e ' nue £ 250 , 000 , mak-ng a total estimate ! revenue for the year ending the 5 th of April , 1813 , of £ 48 . 350 , 000—( hear . ) The expenditure , now that the House has sanctione t the > i-t « 3 for the Army and Navy can be e t-mated with gTe 3 ter accuracy . The interest on the ic ' t will be £ 24 627 , 000 : terminable annuities , £ 4 , Q 76 . 00 Q ;
interest on Exchequer Bills £ 722 , uoO ; making t > -e t ' . tal charge on account of the debt £ 29 , 425 . 000 . The charges on the Consolidated Irund , including the Civil Lut , I tike at £ 390 , 000 . The ite-nsnnder thi ^ head are so numerous thit , 1 suppose , tb . 9 House will not require me to go throngh them all . 1 shall then take tin whele of them at £ 2 , 368 , 000 , making a total charge on the Consolidated Fund of £ 31 , 795 , 000 . The vct 2 sfor the Army if ultimately santtiohed . will nctamoutttomoreihin £ 6 , 617 , 000 ; navy , £ 6 , 639 , 000 ; " ordnance , £ 2 , 084 , 000 ; miscellanies chargfafcle upon the anBual grant of Parliament , £ 2 , 800 , 000 . The rote for Canada , including clothing for volunteers , and other particulars , £ 108 , 000 . It was formerly understood that a corresponding amount would be expended on fortifications in that conntry . The expenditure for China I take at £ 675 , 000 for the present year . Tho vote for Chins consists of two parts , £ 175 , 000 to defray tae arrears of expenditure for the pr « Eent e * r . The other vote is £ 500 , 000 . to
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meet the charges which are necessary io provido for the actual expence during the year ending the 5 th of April , 1843 . Tbe total amount of the estimated expences of the country will thereby be £ 50 , 819 , 000 . The general expenditure of the country , for the year ending the 5 th of April , 1843 , I take to be £ 50 , 819 , 000 , the income at £ 48 350 , 000 , and the probable deficiency £ 2 , 569 , 000 ; but this deficiency is on the vote for the year , and the expenditure Tfbion it will be necessary to provide within the year . To that deficiency 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 £ 506 , 000 ; but he wouid form a very inadequate estimate , indeed , of
the probable cost of the expedition , who should thins that the whole expenoe would be limited to £ 500 , 000 —( hear . ) Sir , the expence of our expedition to China stands thus : —The arrears of sums due te 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 , £ 533 000 . The estimate of theexpenditure to the 1 st April , 1 S 42 , was £ 658 , 000 , making the to * al charge to April , 1842 , nearly £ L 200 . 000 , 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 also applied in India mon » y out of the ransom of Canton amounting to £ 618 , 000 You therefore have
to settle for the cost of 18 il thus : to be entered aga i nst the charge of £ 1 , 193 . 000 , a set-off of actual payment of the amount of £ 1 , 018 000 , and the arrears now amount to £ 175 . 000 . Looking to the extent of the preparations which have been made for the continuance , I trust for the completion , of the Chinese war , I think you cannot safely estimate the cost for the year ending 5 . h April , 1843 , at much less than £ 1 . 400 , 000 . We make provision in the prpsent year for £ 500 000 ; but let ub take the cost at £ 13 ' , OUO , which is the lowest at which it can be fairjy taken , there will be a deficiency some time or other to be provided for of not less than £ 800 , 000 . Therefore to my esiinuted deficiency on the Tote of £ " 2 o " , 000 , yon 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 already stated . I do not take into account a charge which it will not probably be necessary for us to inour—it is not exactly a charge ; but there are engagements into which it is necessary we should enter > n aid of the credit of Canada for a loan to that colony of £ 1 , 500 . 000 . But that , I apprehend , will be independent of any actual charge , and the grant will merely be 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 be fairly brought before the House . Now , in addition
to all this , those facts of which we have recently become cognizant , whioh have taken place in Afghanistan , may as far as I can form a judgment , imposed , upon her Majesty ' s Governmen ; the necessity of callins upon Parliament to sanction pernapB 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 , in the absence of official information ; bit I have already received decisive proofs that this House , the representative of a great people , will be ready to make every effort 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 , 1 / 00 , 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 themilitarj or naval establishments of this country , in consequence of the Btate of our affaira in India . Sir , for the purpose , as 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 finance , a subject which , in former days , used to be
thought not uaworthy of the consideration of Parliament . Sir , I am quite aware that there may appear to be no direct and immediate connection between tbe finances of India and the finances of this country ; but that would be a superficial view of the state of our relations with India . Depend upon it , if the credit of India stiould become disordered— if some great exeition should become necessary on the pan 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 finances off » r no favourable prospects at the present momei t , for the state of t e finances of this country .
I believe the Indian account- * are made up one motth hter than the accounts in this country . With regard to the account , I have every reason to look on it as a correct account of the position of the revenue of India . This account gives a statement ot the gross revenue in India , the charges paid ; and there are two columns containing an acconDt of the surplus . In the year ending April , 1036 , there was a surplus amounting t ) £ 1 , 550 , 000 Iu the yeir ending 5 ta of April , 1837 , tnpre was a surplus of £ 1 , 100 , 000 . On the 5 th April , 1838 , it was reduced to £ 650 , 000 On the 5 th of April , 1839 , fiere was a surplus of £ 280 , 000 , and on the 5 th April , 1840 , so far from there being any surplus , there was a deficiency of £ 2 , 414 000 . I cannot calculate tbe
deficiency for the year 1841 at much less than £ 2 , 340 , 01 ) 0 . The House , then , will bear in mind that in the fulfilment of the duty which I have undertaken , I present to them a deficit in the finance of this country for the current year to the amount of £ 2 570 , 000 . How shall that efficiency be supplied ! Shall we persevere in the system which we have acted upon for the last tweaty-five years ! 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 \ Shall we have recourse to any of these expedients which ( call them whatever you please ) are no more nor less than a permanent addition to the debt of the country 1—( " 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 our expenditure ? Do you calculate , looking , without entering into details , looking a < . the condition of the whole of
our extended empire , and the demands which are made upon U 3 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 safety of the Crown and the country , that there is any prospect of a reduction in our expenditure ! 1 am bound to say I cannot . Is this the occasion of a casual deficiency in the jevenue 1 Is it a deficiency arising out of extraordinary circumstances ! Is it a deficiency for the last two years 1 Sir , it is no snch thing . It is a deficiency which has been gaining on us for the last seven or eight year 3 . The deficiency in the revenue on the 5 : h April , 1838 , was £ 1 , 428 , 000 5 th April , 1839 , £ 430 , 000 5 th April , 1840 , £ 1 459 , 000 5 : h April , 1841 , £ 1 , 851 , 090 5 th April , 1842 , £ 2 , 334 , 000
Thu « showing a deficiency in these four years of £ 7 , 502 . 000 . In addition to this there was the anticipated dtficiency of the year 1843 , which he estimated at £ 2 , 570 , 000 ; thus , adding this te the deficiency already mentioned , there was a total deficiency for the six years , in reund numbers , of £ 10 , 070 000 —( 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 ordf-r that the Honse may be made acqaainted with the exact state which tbe country is in , and in the full 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 and wisdom of Parliament will be ready to direot these resources
in a manner suitable to the occasion —( hear , hear . ) Well , with this proof of the deficiency before you , will you 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 , 1 would not disgrace the situation which I have the honour to occupy by such expedients ; and I barihy think that Parliament will adopt a course which is so exiremely objectionable ( hear . ) I hardly thiiik that yon , who have reduced tho charges conne-tcd with the postage of the country , 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 it consequence of that reduction—you will not have recourse to the
expedient to which I have referred . I therefore call on you to redeem the pledge which you have given , and which I warned you not to give , Vhear , hear ) ; but Laving given it , I call on you now to redeem it . If , however , jou are not bound by the pledges of your pred ^ : essors , you are bound at all events by the engagements you have made ; for almort the firit vote you gave after your election was the adopton of a resolution ta the effei , tr . bt it was impossible any longer to permit the etate of things which existed , and which presented nothing but a continual deficiency of the revenue , and that you would apply yourselves without delay to the consideration of tbe
financial state » f the country , 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 consideration of any scheme mat would propose to supply the deficiency by any such miserable devices , ( cheers . ) If I must have recourse to taxation , shall I then levy it on what is called aitides of sustenance—on those articles which may ap » eir to some as Buperflmtiea , but which are known to oonstituts aitic ^ of nectstary consumption ! No ; formypait I cannot consett to a system of taxation which can possibly have thh effect ; and I say , moreover , that I think 1 have given you oonelasive proof that we have already ar-
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xived attheutmoit iimit 3 of this description of taxation—( cheers ) . I am speaking here of articles of luxury , which appear" not to con&f tateth « juticles 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 centduty should be levied on articles of customs and excise , and ten per cent , on the assessed taxed . The nett produce of the customs and excise , ending the 5 th of January , 1840 , was £ 37 , 911 , 000 . I wish now to carry your judgments with me , for I am about to show you that the means are exhausted by which men
think they could possibly find a remedy for the deficiencies that exist . ( Hear , hear . ) Now the estimated produce of the increase of 5 per cent , on arvicles of consumption was £ 39 , 872 , 000 ; the actual increase was £ 38 , 182 , 000 ; the aotual 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 has been little more thana £ per cent . —( hear , hear . ) On the other hand , the estimated result of the ; increase of the ten percent , on the Assessed Taxes has been fully realised . Making an abatement for the depression of trade , I think 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 me 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 1 Shall I look to the Post-office as a possible mode of increasing the revenue ! I will not say that tho 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 aid so sensible of the many advantages that result from that measure , that I should not consider myself justified in recommending any change for tho 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 I 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 eras not carried to the account of the consumer—( cheers . ) I believe that you omitted to adopt the measure whioh you ought to have adopted contemporaneously with the reduction of the duty upon leather , namely , the reduction of the duty upon the import of foreign hides—( hear . ) Sir , I fear you reduced the duty but to promote a mouopoly at
home . But , Sir , the question is 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 ueed argue against the revival of tho duty upon salt , leather , or wool . Sir , shall I , then , resort to locomotion—( a laugh ) ?—shall I increase the tax upon railways ? I confess that nothing but 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 Irange the taxes upon locomotion and upon gas light in the eamo category as the taxes upon salt
and leather . Shall I hope for an increase of revenue from diminished taxation —( loud cheers ) ? 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 . 1 have tbe firmest belief that any such plan as that proposed by the late Government , or any other plan for raising the revenue by diminishing taxation , will not afford any immediate relief for the Bupply 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 I do find in almost every case , if not in every case without exception , that the interval of time which elapseB 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 dtficiency by a mere reduction on articles of consumption , if you resort to that as the only means of supply ing it —( hear , hear . )
THE NEW TAXES . I will now state- what is the measure which I propose , —( bear , hear , )—whioh I propose under the sense of pubhc duty and under a deep conviction that it is necessary for the public good . I shall make an earnest appeal to the possessors of property . ( Cheers . ) Sir , 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 o rtain Bum for the purpose of remedying these mighty and growing evils . I propose that the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding 7 d . in the pound , —( hear , )—not amounting to 3 per
cent ., being a charge of £ 2 18 * . 4 d . per £ 100 , for the purpose of not only supplying the deficiency in the revenue , but of enabling me with confidence and 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 upon every other interestin the country ; and which , in apecuniary point of view , will , by the diminished cost of articles of consumption , and by the diminished cost of living , be a compensation almost to every one for the pecuniary charge , but which by reHevinx you from tho continuance of this mighty evil will more than compensate yon for the amount . 1 'propose that the land occupied by tenants shall be estimated and
taxed at half the rent . I also propose , for I see no reason why it should be otherwise , that 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 burden . This is the nature of the proposition which it is my intsntion to make ; which 1 make with the full , the unanimous concurrence of my colleagues —( hear )—and with the deepe . 't convict'onon their minds , as on mine , that it is wise and necessary to impose this tax . [ Ihe Bight Hon . Baronet , hero entered into along lit-t of calculations as to the ettimated amount of this tax , which he gave at about £ 3 , 775 , 000 , and which he thought should continue
for five years ; but he would for t \ e present limit the duration bo as to give Parliament the opportunity to sanction the l ' crt jer continuation of tho tax , at the end of tnree years . He felt Borne difficulty in applying this tax to Ireland , because there existed in that country no machinery for its collection . He thought , however , that Ireland should pay her quota ; but if tther means of raising it could be devised , he should prefer them . } I propose , therefore , t *> levy a duty of ls > - a gallon upon Irii-h spirits , and 1 firmly believe tn » t t ) Iriwh distillers , and to Ireland itself , considerable revenue may be derived , not only w . tboiit inconvenience , but wit'i positive advantage . 1 hope to realise from this £ 250 . 000 . Tbe other sources from which I wish to
derive some income , making with the former an equivalent for that I might have hoped to have received from a property tix , are perfectly legitimate , and their effect in operation will fall upon property . I propose , in respect to tho great mass of articles , particularly in respect to all tiose connected with pro petty , to equalite tho stamp duties in Ireland wjth tiose in this country , I expect £ 160 , 000 on accoui . t of tie equalisation of stamp duties . And this to the £ 250 , 000 to be derived from spirits , and I obtain from Ireland £ 410 , 000 , and I have the most perfect conviction tliat this were better , under existing circumstances , than if I hud advised a new duty , and imposed a direct tix upon property . Then with respect to the Absentees—( hear , hear , hear ) , 1
propose that they should contribute to the property duty . By returning to their native country , and spending their incomes upon their estates , they may escape the levy vrhiuh 1 mean to propose ; but by residing in this country , without any call of public duty , 1 think they ought to be subject to a tax—( cheers ) Sir , there is one other duty which I propose to impose . At present there is a duty imposed by the law of 4 ' s . pjr ton on coal exported in foreign ships . At the time that was imposed the policy of the law was of course to require revenue ; but there is no duty imposed upon coal exported in British ships . Tne operation of the reciprocity treaty has bee » to exempt foreign Bhip 3 from the payment of the duty , which was originally
contemplated to be levied upon the expoi t of coal ; and I must say , that 1 cannot conceive that theve ia any more legitimate object on which to impose a duty than upon coal exported to foreign countries—( hear , hear . ) I speak of a reasonable impost ; and upon an article produced in this country , the element of manufactures , necessary for the manufacture , contributing by its expoit to excite competition with the home market . If 1 can raise a reasonable amount of duty from a tax upon British coal exported toforeign countries , I think it a legitimate source of revenue . The sum derivable from it may be estimated as amounting to about £ 200 , 000 ; an amount which will
be no inconsiderable increase to the revenue , and which will operate as few taxes do , to the encouragement of native industry and domestic manufacture . Now having staled 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 to derive from them . I speak of the produce of them from the 5 th of April , 184 * 2 . I propose that the new taxes t-hould have operation from the 5 th of April , 1842 . I calculate on obtaining from these 6 ourcea a total amount of £ 4 , 310 , 000 —( here an observation was made by Lord John Russell , which did not reach the gallery . ) Yes , that will be altogether
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£ 480 , 000 , I deduct bow from that sum of £ 4 , £ ? 0 , 000 the estimated deficiency for which I must provide . That deficiency is , £ 2 , 570 , 000 , which will leave a surplus of ^ 1 , 800 ^ 00 . The House must recollect that the deficiency was on the votes of the yeafc I have to add to that the excess oftheexpenditure in China , an excess which ^^ cannot be estimated at less . than £ 800 , 000 . The expenditure that will probably arise from the position of our affairs in India , may be calculated to require also a very considerable deduction to be made from our estimate of surplus ; but reserving thesepatters , jl calculate on a surplus of £ 1 , 800 , 000 . The question then , is , how am I to deal with that surplus in a manner which I consider the most conducive to the interests of the community , the most consonant to public feeling , and the best calculated to effect a great improvement in our commercial relations- ^ -diear . )
PROPOSED 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 effice I can onlv say , that ' each individual , article of that tariff haa ' boen 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 ( whafc is the proportion borne by the doty in each caae to the average price of the articles , for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent it may be desirable to make reductions in the various duties —( hear , hear , hfar . ) Sir , the measures which we propose , will include in their general principles a
complete revision ot the duties affscting those articles , and a general alteration of our commercial tariff—( cheers . ) ' The measures which we propose , will proceed upon those principles for tho complete revision of our tariff , which upon mature consideration , we have thought necessary- ^ ( hear , hear . ) The general principle upon which we will proceed will be , first , the removal and the relaxa ion of duties of a prohibitory nature ( hear , hear , and loud cheers ); and secondly , 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 mahu factures exceeding 5 per cent ; and as I said before , in many cases the duty will be merely a nominal one ( hear ) . With re ? pent to the duty upon articles which are partly manufactured , I also propose a considerable reduction , in no ca * e to exceed 12 per cent . I don't mean that this 12 per cent , should be applied , but that is the general principle and Maximum of duty which I shall reserve , with the exception of certain articles to which I shall call the attention of the house by and bye . Now the course which I shall pursuo will be to have , the whole of the tariff arranged under twenty different heads . For instance , under the first head we shall have included live animals and provisions of all kinds ; under the
second head spices ; under the third all description of seeds ; under the 4 th wood for furniture ; and under the 5 th ores arti minerals ; and in order to relieve myself from the necessity of going through the whole map , ' I will propose the amended scheme of the tariff ( loud cheers and counter cheers ) , as clearly as possible under twenty different heads , classing , as nearly as may be , articles of the same description and character . Each of these schedules will contain five columns in the first column will be the name of the article ; in the second , the rate o ? duty ; in the third , the amount of duty actually received ; in the fourth , the proposed rate of duty to be levied on the article on its importation from foreign countries ; and in tho fifth , the proposed
rate ofiduty 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 oi the duty I am discharging , and fatigue the House . But here is the whole of the tariff under these different heads , and on Monday morning next the schedule will be laid upon the table for the information of tho commercial world . Of 1 , 200 articles of consumption , I propose to reduce , the duty on t&b of them . These latter articles have relation to manufactured articles ., With respect to the 450 articles-1 do not propose to reduee the duty . I am influenced in this view of the matter in consequence of the
very trifling differencei 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 niost materially . There are Bomo important reductions which I intend to make in those articles , partly from consideration , in reference to revenue , and partly from this motiv « . There were several treaties entered into by thiscountrv with other countries , whioh are still pending . There nai the treaty which had been entered into by the NoWo Lord opposite ( Lord Palmerfiton ) , with Portugal , and which would have been completed but for the troubles which have taken place there . We have also opened a , negociation with Spaiu . with respect to commercial matters , and we
have strongly urged upon Spain the beneficial advantages that would result from such a treaty being carried out . All I can eay is , that the proposition has been most favourably received . Similar : negpciations were also pending with South America , and we have intimated to France that we should be happy to resume negociations in relation to the commercial treaty which : had boon proposed by the Noble Lord . I should be glad oi the treaty being carried out , for it Mould strengthen the ties of amity and of friendly consideration between this country and Frauce . I believe that France would be a gainer , both morally and commercially , and the industry of both countries would be benefitted , if thoso dutieswhich interfere with trade were relaxed .
This at all events woiiU be the reiult . that the benefit obtained by one commuaity will react opon the other I say nothing of any probable period at which the treaty with France niay be signed , I can ODlysay that it is my ultimate hope and conviction that : the publio mind of France will support the government in such a measure- Now while these treaties are pending , there are several articles which would be included in the negociations in respect of which it would be impossible to advise the House ta make an immediate reduction . I think when we make relaxatioRs , we ought also to make the country to- be benefitted by it grant to us correspondent advantages . I therefore thiuk , to ensure this end , that it would not be wise to reduce tbe amount of duty on
those articles which must form the basis of ne ^ ooiaiion . Therefore I do not propose a reduction- on the amount of duty oh brandy and wine , cherishing the hope that the duty inay be relaxed when corresponding relaxations are made by foreign countries to be benefitted by the relaxation . Again , with respect to the various fruits oil which 1 am moat anxious to relax the duty , but which form the basis of negociation , I propose for that purpose to retain it ; not , I say , with reference to rovenue . but simply to facilitate nesociation . I dp not think that it is nBcessary for me to specify the other articles which will appear in the schedule . Now , these ¦ various reductions , the removal of prohibitions , the revisal of prohibitory duties , the reduction of the duties on
art icles suchs a oils and ores , having a tendency to remove tbe bnrdens on commerce ; these various reductions may , in imy opinion ,, be the mode of conferring great advantages on the manufactures of this country , without incurring the risk . -of greater loss to the revenue than about £ 270 , 000 . Having th « s spoken of articles used in maimtactures , I now apply myself to the consideration of the reduction of duties on great articles of consumption . The chief articles of consumption to which 1 shall advert are sugar , coffee , and timber . With respect to sugar , I wish it werein my pow . er tostate that her Majesty's ministers deemed it consistent with their duty to say that they could advise any alteration of the o uties on that article . / The Right Hon . Baronet then went at longth
into the reasons of his Government for proposing net to ais-iurb' the existing duty on sugar ;] With repect to cuffee , I am sorry to say th&t during the last year there has been a reduction in the consumption . Th > re has been an iricre « e in the consumption of su ^ ar , but a : decrease in th * t of cyffee , I Bupposel need scarcely inform the House whit the present amountof duty on coffee is . On foreign cofiVo 1119 timber is 10 s . a load , and here also the average duty may be taken at 8 i . or 9 s . a load . ( Hear : ) Iu the year ending April 1844 , I propose that tho duty on foreign timber should be reduced to 25 s . I prdpose also , that in the year ending April , 1844 , tho duty on deals should be reduced from 30 o ., which is the proposition , with regard to its immediate
operation , that it should bo reduced to 20 d ., and in like manner , that on that year the duty on lath wood duty is now Is . 3 d . per lb . ; on coffee from the British colonies 6 d ., while on coffee imported from British possessions withinthe limits of tlie East India Company ' s Chatter the duty is 9 u . ;;; the : effect of this is , that a considerable quantity of coffee , the growth of foreign countries , comes into competition ' ... wuh . our own produce , exempt from tho duty of Is . 3 d . It is sent from Brazil and Hay ti to the Cape of Good Hope ; and the mere fact of its having been there , intitles it to come in at . the duty of 9 d ;—( hear , hear ) . It may cost them Id . per lb . for freight , &c , but even than it comes into competition with the produce of our own colonies at a duty of lOd . I propose to reduce the duty on coffee the produce of
BritiBh possessions to 4 d . per pound , and on coffee the produce of all foreign countries to 8 d . Assuming that there will be no increase in the consumption , the loss from this reduction may be taken at £ 237 , 000 ; but , assuming an increase in the consumption to the amount of ten pier cent ., the loss , in such case , would then be £ 171 , 000 . Now add this amoHnt to the loss which I have already estimated , the total amount will be £ 270 , 000 . I now come to the duty on timber . In respect to this question we are embarrassed with the consideration of the Etate of the interests of our Canadian colonies . The present rate of dnty on foreign timber is 553 . a load ; but the duty on timber is now levied in a complicated and unfair way . And in taking the average amount of duty on foreign timber , including the duty on deals , staves , and laths ; takmg the whole together , the aggregate amount will not exceed 41 s . a load . Tbe duty on colonial
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should be reduced to 20 s . I propose that the duty upon colonial timber a'lbuld be reduced to Is . a load ; that the duty upon deals should be to reduced 2 s a load ; 4 u -dthat the duty on lath timber shall be reduced to # 3 , a load . I estimate the total Iobb in this respf ct at ioi * ea 3 than £ 600 , 000 a-year . I propose to remit aUoK 8 tli « J" the duties on the export of British manufactured (* 'hear ; hear" an < i cheers ) , which I find will incur" a loss to the revenue of j £ 102 , 0001 . a-year , I will call " jOVJr attention to the duty upon stage coaches ¦ j and in dt ^ 'linR ' . with this question you must consider the amotmv of . competition which the proprietors of these stop's coaches have to contend against , especially oruin . " 86 line 8 of road where railhave been . e * tsMu hed- I propose , with
ways ; . regard to stage coaches , , » n uniform mileage of ¦ lid . ; and to take off ftlWRether the assessed taxes- ( cheere . ) This pro&oi- ^ tion . > f assented to by the House , will lead to a Ioss of revenue amounting to £ 61 , 000 ; but if 1 B a loss which I feel can be vindicated on thej { rt ^ und of strict an ^ impartial justice—( cheers . ) I als ^ ' * propose to take off the duty imposed upon perrons -. who are in the habic of letting job carriages , and \ which will lead to a loss in the revenue of £ 9 , 000 , fc nakinS » total loss in this department of the . revenue of £ 70 , 000 . And now I will ahorti / review , at this stage of my statements , the whelo of the financial arrangements . I S&lculate that the deficiency iu the revenue n »?
to the 5 th of April , 1843 , will be £ 2 , 570 , 000 . The reductionon articles of tariff will not entail a loss of more than £ 270 , 000 . The loss on cotton £ l 70 ypOO , the loss on timber £ 600 , 000 , the loss arising from the repeal of the export duty on British manufactures £ 100 , 009 , and the loss from stage coaches £ 7 O , 6 O& » The total loss to the community in consequence of the reductions which I propose will be £ 3 , 708 , 000 ' . Against this I have to place the amount of the increased revenue which I expeot to receive from the hew taxation which is calculated at £ 4 , 800 , 000 . There will , therefore , be a Surplus in favour of the country of £ 520 , 000 , to meet the increased charges of the country , arising from the state of our relations in China , and in consequence of what may arise out of
our still pending commercial treaties with other countries . I have now laid before you , without reserve , the whole of the plan of her Majesty ' s Goveiiiment . I have given you a full and explicit , but I believe an unexaggerated , statement of the financial difficulties of the country . We have thought it our dkty to give our counsel to the Legislature , freely and iinre > Bervedly—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 Goyernment , have now performed that dDty— - ( hear , hear . ) I , with the weight and authority of the Government , have brought for ward what we deem requisite for the present state of our finances—^ ( hear , hear . ) And I now corieJude . devolving on
the Parliament the duty of maturing our plans if they approve of them ; at all events the responsibility of adopting or rejecting them . You will bear in mind that this isao ordinary period . You will bear in mind that there are indications among all the upper classes of society of increased comfort and enjoyment ; of increaaed prosperity and wealth j and that , concurrently with these indications , there exists a mighty evil that has been growing for many years—( loud cheers . ) You are now called on to relieve that evil . If you have fortitude and constancy , as I firmly : believe you nave , you will not consent , with folded arms , to allow the annual growih of this great evil . You will not reconcile ii to yoar consciences to hope for it lief from a diminution ol taxation . You will nob permit this evil to gain &ueb gigantic strength that it will be far beyond your power to check its proereas . If you
do not take this course ; if you do permit the evil to continue , you BHi 6 tcxpeet severe , but just judgment . My confident hope and belief is , that when I devolve the responBibility upon you , you- will prove yourselves woithy of your mission—of the mission and functions of the representatives of a ; saighty people ; that you will not tarnish the name 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 empire of opinion supersedes and preponderates over the empire of physical force , constitutes a free people , but , above all , the people of England , and gives them the power of reputation an < 4 character . That will make the country powerful , so as to repel hostile aggression , and maiiitiin an extended empire . ( The Right Hon . Baronet sat down amidst loud and long-coiitiuued applause . )
Saixrday , March 12 . Tho Speaker , took the chair at twelve o ' clock-Mr . Greene brougbt up the repori of the Committee of Ways imd Means , containing the following resolutions : — 1 . Resolved , That , towards taia \ ng the supply , granted to her Majesty , there shall be charged , levied , collected , and paid upoa every gallon of spirits of the strength of hydrometer proof , which shail , on or alter the 11 th day of Marci , 1842 , be distilled in Ireland , or be in the stock , custody , er possession of auy distiller in Ireland , or which , having been distilled in Ireland or Scotliiud , shall on , or after that d . iy be in war eboa 8 e in Ireland , and be tafcen out of warehouse for consumption in Ireland , or wkiclr having been taken out « f . warehouse : in Scotland for removal to irelamt , shall on or after that day bo brought into Ireland , an additional duty of is .
2 . Resolved , That the malt allowance now payable on every gallon of spirits distilled in Irelaa < i from malted corn only , n » t being mixed with any unmalted corn oc grain , shall cease and deteimine . 3 . Ruaolved , That , towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty , the sum of ~ :- £ 6 ; Q 6 o- OQOi- \ h granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The report waa agreed to , and leave given to bring in bills conformably with the resolutions .
Mr . Greene brought up the report cf the Committee on the Exchequer BUV Loan Act . Tbe Committee liad resolvud " That her Mnjesty be enabled to direct ista ^ s to be made put of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kiagdeni of Great Britain and Ireland , to an amount not exceeding ££ ( $ 0 ) 090 per annum , to Commissioners , to be by them advaced towards the completion of works of a public nature , for the encouragement of the ftshtiries , or the employment of tbe poor , on due security being given , for the repayment of the sum so advanceo . '"
The report was agreed to , and leave was given to bring in a bill in conformity with the resolution . Mr . Gbeenk brought up the report of the Queen ' s Prison Bill , which was agreod to , and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday , if . then engrossed . On the motion of Lord Eliot , the Newgate Gaol ( Dublin ) Bill was read a third time and passed .. Tbe House then adjourned .
Monday , March 14 . Mr . F . T . Baring gave ; notice of his intention to inquire respecting the plan by which the Government propose to collect the income-tax ; and . Mr . Cuakles BUller drew from thu Spkakkk an opinion aa to whether or not petitions could be presented agaiust the tix after the resolution affirming it had received the sanction cf the House . The isi'EAKEK replied in the negative ; but Sir Kobeht Peel declareu uis intention of proceeding with the resolution on Friday next-Oq tub motion for going into committee oa the Corn Imuortation Bill , Mr . Ward rose to bring ., forward his motion relative to the alleged peculiar burdens borne by the laud of this country . He contended that no burdens were borne by tbe landed interests which were not just and equitable ; and asked fjra committte of inquiry in order . to set the matter at rest . : .
Coionul Wood compared the amount cf poor-rates paid by the landed interest with those levied on umnuf ictunog property ; and coinplaitmd of the misubief done by throwing obstocUs in the way of the progress cf the Corn Importation Bill , the delay of which was afftcting the price of corn aad the stato of trade . Mf . Milder Gibson called on the representatives of the landed iMlere > ts in the House , for their own sakes , to grant the comtuittee of iuquiry . Mr . Darby contended Mr . Ward had not stated the cise either fully or fairly , and repudiated the idea that the House was not to legislate on corn until an inquiry bad been made into the peculiar burdens borae by the land .
Dr . Bowring was sure that Mr . Ward would willingly modify his motion , in order to niefet . Mr . Derby ' s views fur a more extended inquiry . Tae subject was one of great and grave importance ; and , for the satisfaction of the public mind , an inquiry was exceed , irigly Uesiiable . , Mr . SCARLEix would resist the niotion . Should the inquiry be made , it would turn put that the land bore , iu fact , all the burdens of the Stite . Mr . ChiLDERS thought Mr . Scarlett had proved too much . The landed interest had been always top powerful in the Legislature to permit peculiar burdens to be imposed on them ; the land in this countey was hot so heavily taxed as the land cf some Continental StltfiS . ¦¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " .. . ' ¦ . ¦ '¦ '•• - . ..- ' ¦ ¦' . ¦ : '¦ : ' . - - . -
Mr Palmer compared the fixed nature of the landowntt ' s c pital with that cf the manufacturer , who was bet a bird of passage , and could carry himself and his capital where he pleased , WMie determined to hold an income tax , he feared that the necessities of the country were too great for its being successfully raised , or applied in the way proprjsed . . Sir Robert Peel called the attention of the House to the position in which it was placed . Was it wise to go on with protracted discussion , and impede ' the progress of a bill admitt . d to be a great iniproyemtjnt ontbe exiating law ? He censured Mr . Ward for incondstency , in not adhering to the exact terms of his motion . ^ He called on the House not to injure every interest in the community by delaying U » e C > rh B ; jl until some three sessions hence , Mr . Ward ' s Committee marte its report . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -. ' ¦ ¦' -.. .
Mr . STltUXT had never heard a debate in whicE so much of the argument lay all on one side . Mr . Ward ' s motion was resisted by very oppoaito reasons : it was said to be too precise and too vague ; but ^ a prima facie case had been made out for inquiry , and he should suppoit the motion . ;
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Mr . GOi dbn snppoittid and Lor d WonstEY resisted the motion . y ' '" - *~ .:- " ~ -.- :: ' - . , W ; ¦ ; ' , ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ - ; -t :. -: Mr y / ttiERS bad always heard these special burdens assigned at a reason fur the Corn taws—why then refuse Inquiry , If not afraid of the result t iir . Villiers read some statements of taxes which had ' been repealed in favour of tbe landed interest since 1816 , being nearly a million in amount . Lord HOWICK . while admitting that the inquiry \ ru a legitimate subject-for parliamentary investigation was yet of opinion that ttie time was not properly chosen for the motion . Mr . Wak let thought it > as the business of an opposition to give a persevering resistance to ¦ what they considered a bad meaf are .: Sir Robert Peel might have oflEWred 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 ¦ 11 5 . \ -.. V : . :.. - . : ; . w . ; . ; - .. . . :: : v . ; J- \ h :- ¦ ^ ¦ . ¦ , ; - '' : , - ¦ --. • ¦ The House then went into committee ; Sir Valentine Blake kept the House in roars Of laughter by encomiama on the prolific Virtues Of th 6 potato ; and the adaptation of the soil of Ireland for its prodnction He concluded with proposing an amendment , which was negatived without a division . Mr . Pabkee proposed a clause , allowing an importor to give bond for the payment of a particular rate of duty , should be import bis corn within four months from the time . His object was to give facilities for trade ! with distant ports . ; Sir Robert Peel considered the amendment an extni vag « itonev ; : ' -l . v . : ' ; ; ' ¦' < : ¦' . ,.. .: -. Aftek' Boice observationa from Lord Howick and Mr . Ha « tie , . ' ' ^ ' . <<^ r ' - : / .. "¦ . ¦¦' : ; - ' ; . - ; - . ' ¦; " ; ' Mr . PARH . EB withdrew h ! s clause .
Mr . Poulbtc Scrope proposed a clause of »« omewhat similar Jfcind / to allow the duty , shonhl the imports desire it , 'i& be rated at the amount which ruled wben the cevn left the foreign port of shipment . Tbe clanse was ri > 8 iste * j > y Sir R ., Peel ; and after 3 einver « s * ion , sharvd by different members , it . was withdrawn . " . : -V ' , ¦/'¦¦¦ '' ¦/¦¦¦ . - ;¦ ¦¦ , ¦ : „ . ; . "" - ' . ''' . . ¦' . : - Some progress was mader with tho Bill , the House reramed , and the Committee o&tained leave to sit again on Tutsday . [ -: / : •'¦ ¦ ' . - ' y ' - / : \ ; ,. ' : ¦ ; ; ¦;• -, . / ;" .. - . Tb » House adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock . :
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Moum * , MiiBCH 14 . Lord Brougham gave notice of brfa- intention to more a series of resolutions respecting the proposed incometax . The pnrport it these resoJutions . whieb be read at length , is condemnatory of the imposition of an incometix , nnless Buder > very extraordlnayy : oirenmsfcinces , an'd also affirming eertairi principles respecting the apportionment off sneb a tax , with relation 1 to the distribution of capital and income amongst the Vfitious classes of the British community . -.. ' ; -r : . . Earl FiTzwiiiLlAH made a few observattona on the subject ; and after the Lord Chancellor had laid on the table of the House a Bill for the amendment of the bankruptcy law , the Honse adjourned . ' . ' ¦ . ' . .
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: Great ExciTE » K » T . r-The discovery of Old' Parr's secret has caused ! great excitement among tbe members of the medioal profession , as it seems probable , ultimately , to exterminate a good deal of their contradintory nonsense . Many members of tbe- profession have , howefer , honourably declared theirintettioii of using Parr's Life Pills , after witnessing their astonishing curative properties and re-invigorat ing powers on thehumaaframe .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , March 111 ¦ > BAN « RBPTS . ' ¦ . . ' ¦ ¦ " ¦' . " . '' ;¦ ,. \ John Perry Clarke and © Bmnnd Lewis , Crown Court , Tbreadneedlestreet , newspaper agents , to surrender March 18 , at eleven o ' clock-, and April 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy > Bwrfnghall-street- Solicitor , Mr . Clarke , George-street , Mansion House ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ \ : ' y " - ' - ; ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' \ ' -- - : _ .: ' . Emily Aiin Birch , Bedford Place , lodging-housekeeper , MaTCh 18 . at two , and April 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor ^ Mr . Lloyd , Cheapside ; official assignee , Jttr . Gibson ^ Basinghail-Street / : ' ¦;/" . ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦; ¦ : ; . , ' : * ' / ' . ' - ¦ - ¦ - .-.. ¦ Samuel Jackson and Thomas Frederick Jackson , Berraondsey-street , wooistaplers , March 22 , at eleven , and April 22 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor ; Mr . Wsstts , Bsrinondsey-street ; . prBcial assignee , Mr . Green ^ A 4 dermanbury .
^ Philip Woodrow Harti Norwich , coach manufacturer , March 17 and April 22 , at ten , at the offices of Messrs . Beckwith . Dye , ; and Kitton , Norwich . Solicitors ^ MessK . Clarke and Medtalfe , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields ; and Messrs . Beckwith ; JDye , and Button . Norwich . Joseph HprncastlB , Glamford Briggs , Lincolnshire , seed merchant , March 21 and A . pril 22 , at eleven , at the Lion Hotel , Glamford Briggs . Solicitors , Messrs . Dyneley , Coverdaie , and Lee , Bedford ; Row ; and Messrs . Nicholson and Hettt Brigg , Linoolnshire . Gsorge Stanway , Stoke-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , confectioner , March 24 and April 22 , at twelve , « f the George Inn , Burslem . Solicitors , Mr . Smith , Chancery Lane ; and Mr . Harding , Stoke-npon-T / ent . Isaac Newton Vyigney and dement Wigney , Brighton , Sussex , bankers , March 28 and April 22 , at ten , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors » Messrs . Palmer , France , and Palmer . Bedford How ..
Jamea County , Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , oilman , March 29 and April 22 , at one , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Solicitors , Messrs . Miller and Carr , Eaatebeap . ¦ i . ¦' . - . ' ' ' ¦; ¦'' . '¦ . - . ' . - . " . ¦ . ' ; . ; - " : ' . ¦ Edward Shirley Webster , Birmingham , draper , March 31 and April 22 , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street . ' . ; . . ; . : ¦ ' Frederick Pratt , Stoke-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , miller . March 21 , at the Swan Inn , Stafford , and April 22 at twelve , at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle . Solicitors , Mr , Wileon , Furnivars-Jnn j and Mr . Stevenson , S toke-upon-Trent . ; ¦ . . ' : William Bury , Blackburn , corn-dealer , March 24 , at one , and April 22 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Messrs . Cuvelje , Sfeilbeck , and Hall , Southampton Buildings , chancery Lane ; and Messrs . Lodge ; and Harrises , Preston .
• William Robinson , Hulme , Lancashire , glass-manufacturer , March 22 and Aprfl 22 , at twelvtt , at tha Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne and Morris , Temple ; and Messrs . S inter and Heelia , and Messrs . Bagsbawe and Stevenson , Manchester . . Joseph Emery , Wells / Somersetshire , surgeon , April 6 and 22 , at eleven , at the Somersut Hotel , Wells .: Solicitor , Mr . Jay , Serjeant ' s Inn .
PARTNERSH 1 ES DISSOLVED . $ Askew and Stansfleld , Manchester , cotton yarn don-¦ blers . M . and H . Glower ,. Manchester , oil-cloth manafactnrerg . R . and J . Pickersglll , Darlington and Leeds ,, carriers . . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦¦'¦ . - . .. ¦ . '¦ ¦ ' '
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , March 15 . ¦ ; . : : , ; .. BANKRUPTS ..- ¦ : ' / - : ' : . - - - : ., '¦ ¦ ¦ Charles Page , coach tyre smith , Nottingham Mews , Marylebone , to snrrender Marct 18 . at two o ' clock , and April 26 , at twelve * at the Court of Bankruptcy , Ba 8 in ^ ball-street , Solicitor , Mr . Kell , Bedford Row ; Mr . Penne ' . l , otBcial assignee . Stephen Peake , builder , Rimsgate , March 24 . ' at seven , and April 26 , at nine , at the Albion Hotel ; Rimsgate . Solicitor , Mr . Smith , Barnard ' s Inn , London . John Jones , cordwainer , tiverpool , March 24 , and April 26 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Cornthwaite , Dean ' s Court , Doctors ' Commons , London ,- and Mr . Cornthwaite , Cable-street , ^ Liverpool . : ,
Joseph Page , jun ., porter-merchant , Gloucester , March 28 and April 26 , at twelve , at the office of Mr . C . Smahridge , Gloucester . Solicitors , Messrs . Jonea and Blaxland , Crosby Sqaare , London ; Mr . Smalh-idge , Gloucester . ; , ^ . ¦¦" ; . . ' - '¦' ; . ' . •'• . - \ - : - ' ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' .- ¦ Thomas Morris , grocer , Newbridge , Glamorganshire , March 26 and At > ril 26 ; at two , at tbe Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Solicitors ; , Messrs . White and Eyre , Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . Short , Bristol . '¦; John Alexander , brewer , Pendleton , Lsncashire , March 29 and April 26 ; at eleven , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messre . AlHne , Parry , Milno , and Morris , Harcourt Buildings , Teinpie , London ; aud Messrs . Slater and Heelis , Mancheater . ' .- ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦"¦' . ¦ ¦ . . ¦; . -. ' . . ' '¦ ;; ::- . ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦
Peter Boyd . cotten-spinneri Ovenden , York , March 29 , at one , and April 26 , at twelve , atthe White Xion Inn , Halifax . Solicitors , Mesar ? . JEmmefc and AlleD , Blpomsbury Square , London ; Mr . Alexander , Halifax ; and aiessrs : Stocks and Macaulay , Halifax . John Parbefy , saddler , Northampton , March 21 and April 16 . at two , at the Stag ' s Head Inn , Abingdonstreet , Nortbamptpn . Solicitors , Mr . Hall , Northampton ; and Mr . Weller , King ' s Row , Bedford Bof , London . , ; ;; ¦ ¦ '¦ ' . . ' ¦ ¦ . ' - .. " - "" ¦ , ; . ' ;¦ ¦ •¦ ' . ;¦¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ '¦ ¦•¦"' ¦ John Davinson Bedford , brewer , Bttrton-upofl-Treatf Staffrfrdshire , March 30 and April 26 , at twelve / af the George Hotel , Burton-upon-Trent Solicitors , Mr . Richardson , Buit : * i-npon--Trent : ; arid Messrp . Hid 11 and Braikenridge , Baitlett ' s Buildings , : Holb * " ' London . " : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦¦ '¦ - - . ' ¦ ¦ ' :: : '' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '¦¦¦ " : ¦ .: - ¦ ' - . - ¦ ¦ : ¦ -
John Frankland and Thomas Frankland , mercbafi ^ Liverpool , March 29 and April 26 , at three , at & 6 Commisaiontra' Rooms , Manchester . SoHeit «*» - Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , Elm Courty MWd 19 Temple , London ; and Messrs Atkinson and S-iundefl . Manchester . William Lloyd , wine-merchant , Liverpool , Ma ^ n 29 and June 26 , atthe Clarendon Rooms , South Joh ° " ¦ treet , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr ; Whitley , U'S ' street , Iiiverpool ; and BIcssrs . Low , Garejr , an < x S reething , Southampton Buildings , Caaacery J » " » n * London . . ¦ ' : " ¦ " . ; : " ¦ " ¦ - : ; - ' \ ' \ ¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ¦¦ . ' , ¦ : ¦ ¦ .
Thomas Finch CczenSi builder , Canterbury , March 2 i » at twelve , and April 26 , at one , at the Gui dhall , C * j ?' terbury . Solicitors , Alessra . Plutniner , and R- aD Farley , Canterbury ; and Messrs . Battferaeldand Ffan ( Wi Gray ' s Inn Square , London . «
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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-ncseproduct746/page/6/
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