Star. — London, England, 1830-03-16 00:00:00

~a as a day has been fixed for entering at large upon the consideration of that part of thmsubject—one which, in deed, deserves the fullest and most ample attention-1 think that I shall best consult not only my own feelings, but also the convenience of .the House, by not entertngl upon that part of the subject at present. But, WT I when I put that. question aside, on account • of• a time having been fixed for its consideration, I may be per mitted to state, on behalf of myself and my colleagues (and I am the more anxious to do so with a view of preventing any misunderstanding or misrepresentation), I Jo not put the question aside, because I do not sym pathise with those who are labouring under the difficul ties of the times. Far from it. But I shall, before I sit down, give the best evidence in my power of my feeling for the existing distress, by my endeavours in the discharge of my duty to afford 'all possible re lief On the other hand, however, I wish not to be mis understood, and that it may not be supposed that, what ever difficulties now involve the country, I see any cause for despondency or for permanent alarm, or any ground of fear for the stability and the resources of the country. Without further preface, Sir, I propose to enter upon the question more immediately before us, and I cannot do so without, in the first instance, calling the attention of the House to the state of the revenue and expenditure in the year which has recently expired. lam anxious to do this, partly in justification of the statements which I nave before submitted to Parliament, and because 1 'think that the House will find from a consideration of the revenue and finances of the country in the past year, that there is a ground for some 'feeling of satisfaction at the situation in which I shall show that we at present are. It will be in the recollection of many Gentlemen present that, in estimating the revenue for the year 1829, I took it at an amount considerably less than that of the preced ing year. I made allowances for what I conceived would be the probable defalcation, owing to causes which I then stated, and which I need not now repeat; but, having made these allowances. I expressed my confident belief that the revenue would amount to 51,340,0001. It has turned out, as will appear from a reference to those papers which are within the reach of every Gentleman, as being annually presented to Parliament, that the produce of the revenue has fallen short of my estimate to the amount of about 560,0001. And here I may be permitted to observe that, although this defalcation appears in the amount of the revenue, a part of that deficiency arises from the appro priation of a portion of the Treasury receipts otherwise than had been intended. I speak of a sum of money ob tained by the sale of the City Canals which amounted to about 130,0001, and which was not applied to the service of the year, hut was carried to the account of the Bank of England, in repayment of advances, and which will, therefore, be found in another part of the accounts. The real deficiency of the revenue, as compared with the estimate which I formed, was some where about 430,0001.; and, when the House considers he peculiar circumstances in which in that interval the country was placed—when Gentlemen bear in mind the state of the harvest and the nature of the seasons at that period—they will see no reason to blame me for the un reasonableness or extravagance Qf the estimate which I formed, or to impute censure to the Government for the deficiency which has arisen —(Cheers.) That deficiency ' has occurred principally in one article, upon which the state of the season and the harvest has more influence than upon any other. I estimated that the produce on malt would fall short of that of the preceding year by about 600,000/ , but the real defalcation was 1,000,0001., including a deficiency of 200,0001., upon the at,icle of beer—making, thus, 400,00014 a sum nearly equivalent to the difference between the estimated amount and the extent of the actual falling off. At the same time it is not fit that I should conceal from the House that there are other articles upon which in the last year some defi ciency arose; but I would guard the House against sup posing that such deficiency is attributable altogether to causes •which would imply a diminution 'of consumption —in one of the articles, at least. It will appear that on the article of tea there has been a deficiency of about 130,0001. But it is right it should be understood that that has by no means occurred owing to any dimi nution of consumption. The House must be aware that the duty on tea was an ad valorem duty. When the supply reached a certain amount a depreciation in price took place, which affected the duty proportionably. There would be no danger of being far from the truth in taking it to have amounted in the present instance to about 4/. per cent.; and so far the produce of the duty Might be said to have fallen off. There are con siderable deficiencies also in the duties on other articles connected with the excise, which will be found to make in the whole excise a falling off to the amount of .13,00,000/. I must remind the house that last year I ventured to predict that the customs would experience, as I imagined,' a decrease of nearly 200,0001. I took the customs, in that instance, at 17,000,0001., whereas in the collection it. was found to exceed that sum about 200,0001., making the duties of customs spount in the whole to 17,200,000/. This sum, it gives me pleasure to state, I have set against the de ficiency in the excise in making the estimates for the' year. There are other heads of surplus connected with this department, which I calculate will come in aid of ~ the deficiency alluded to ; so that, notwithstanding the apparent error in the statement I then made, which the . house will see from being taken 200,0001. beneath, and actually proving 200,0001. above the, maul estimate, would amount to 400,000Z:1' 'these sums, taken 'together, will make nearly an ex 'act. balance in the account so fkr. There has been, as •the. House will perceive, a loss as respects the amount; of the Customs, • so far as refers to the dales. paid, cat foreign corn. This' I will endeavour • toosxplein .hy:the fact that it has generklly been ilkiind tliht the arbor it . fluctuates ow this head of income 'between the Eacisi o .:Ma the Customs according to the goodness or badness of)tte harvest. If the calculation 'is to 'be'made on the ..event of a good harvest, we generally And "that the ex ..cise will be increased. The increase would,• of course,, be found to take place in the tecelpts of the customs in the - alternative. If the house were to look at *hat had *ea Affected by the productiveness of the financial ar rangements now in action for some time, it will-toe, I itsk, sufficiently consolatory to find that not less a's= rant 2,499,0001. has •been applied prectically,•ai a sot .pins, to the redaction of tile debt. This, it will be recollected, is not an imaginary surplus; and fur -- *sr, it.wes agreeable to think • that .theseel reductions . had been.egocted, and payments einisan • that amount, independently of the.expenses incallnitally think . on the country. It will tere be hobvederisose cia.4 9 attentiOn of the House to certain Aotoretriek obtain/40r sanction of Parlialnent the.. Stasi* Ware tut; • n 1828,. Parlismeat for chafing lb* Aanulties.for'' pears that a sum of 4,500,0001. had been converted from the old fund into the new ; and I have the pleasure to inform the House, from calculations I have been able to make, that it would appear that the result of the measure as to these Annuities will produce, in the course of the next thirty years, a sum of money applicable to the relief of the public burdens of not Ices than 2,700,0001. With this view of our financial operations, I shall turn from the consideration of the past to the prof nets we have in contemplation for the relief of the public burdens and distress in the present yetti.—(Cheers.) And here, Sir, in my anxiety to determine judiciously on the course which I am disposid to think it is proper to pursue, I have felt myself in some, and not a little difficulty, to frame my calculations with accuracy, from circumstances which I shall explain, and which have not been enhanced slightly from the cirsumstance of the extreme and unusually early period of the Session at which it has been considered ad visable by his Majesty's Ministers to submit the financial statement of the country, usually called the Budget,' to the adoption or rejection of Parliament. —(Hear.) And if, hs making this statement, I should, through such circles stances and such difficulties, be discovered to have over estimated any items, or made any mistakes natural enough in the situation in which I find myself placed, I trust the House and Hon. Members who may follow me in debate will attribute those errors, if they exist, to any thing but an over-eager desire to draw a flattering picture of our financial affairs—much less an attempt to form a wrong estimate of the state of the country—and accord to me that indulgence which they have so often afforded before to other persons in my situation.—The Speech from the throne has, for weeks past, informed the coun try and the House of the state of distress and difficulty in which certain classes, principally the working orders in agricultural and manufacturing districts, were, and had been for some time previously engaged. Those symptoms of distress, and the complaints made thereupon, have, I beg to assure the House, been present to the minds of his Majesty's Ministers ever since the meeting of Parliament. They have not slumbered, nor, if they were so disposed, could they, under the continued applications which have been poured into the Legislature on the subject of that distress. To those applications I hold it to be the duty of Government to pay the most attentive and prompt regard and consideration. The natural result of these applications has been what might have been ex pected from persons in their unhappy situation, that they have very generally called on his Majesty's Government, or rather the Legislature, by their prayers, to afford in these times, when all who are engaged in the lower de partments of agricultural and manufacturing labour feel the pressure of taxation so peculiarly, an exemption from that proportion of it which they conceive presses on its energy and labour. In compliance with these representa tions, I can assure the House the most laborious investi gation and inquiry have been instituted by his Majesty's Government, with a view to ascertain the extent of the distress, and the proper mode of administering relief, and lighten the burdens under which they, we are aware,• at present labour.—(Hear.) It may be said by some (who from this and other acts of Government may yet learn better), that persons in my situation are too prone to sup port, despite of numerous representations to the con trary, the usual scale of the taxes for the year, on a pre cedent of the past, and resisting all proposals to disturb the existing order of our finances. I assure the House that the inference, however general, is, as respects myself, without foundation. Yet it is always necessary in such cases, that the necessity for such reduction of taxation should be dis tinctly and satisfactorily made out, to warrant any one in my situation to offer to Parliament measures such as I feel authorised in proposing to Parliament. There are a few in telligent persona, who take the trouble to examine the nu merous documents, papers, and accounts laid by Govern - meet on your table, who may be presumed to be nearly as well acquainted with our.financial condition as the mem bers of Government themselves. this simplified the work of explanation ; I shall therefore succinctly remark that, in attempting this desirable object, we had the choice of re scuffing to two courses--the first was, to make the re lief applicable to the greatest extent, and consistent with its object ; the second was, to effect the relief by imposing new taxes on those who were suffering the lesser privations and distress, in order to procure a fund for the relief of those who were enduring greater. I Amongst other suggestions, the enactment of a tax on property, which should only touch the higher order of annuitants on funds, lands, or professions, was pro posed. Another was, to relieve the country from the other taxes, which it was stated pre'ssed so heavily on different branches of its industry. These and some others all obtained the fullest possible attention from myself and those with whom I have the honour to act in the Government, and we endeavoured to ascertain with precision what were the advantages which might re sult on the one, and what the disadvantages which might result on the other, from their adoption, prior to forming any decision as to the course of conduct we ought to pursue. Taking the practicability of af fording relief especially into the scale, we were of opi nion that the most advisable course to pursue would be to recur to that first principle of relief, founded on the di rect reduction of taxes oppressive to industry, rather than put that on the shoulders of others which it appeared some were desirous of throwing off from their own. Its considering what mode we should adopt, we did not lose sight of. the fact that it was particularly desirable the class of reduction of taxes which we should attempt should be that which was most calculated to give relief to the lower orders of agriculturists and manufacturers, in which class it was admitted the greatest distress aed embarrassment existed.—(Loud cheers.) The cheers of the House assure me of what I have long been convinced," that there is always a most Haire sympathy *jive in breasts of Menibers of this House whenever the au/far.-, legs of the lower orders are a subject of its deliberations, ,and that any thing which tends to their relief will •be esteemed a favour by a British House of Commons. --(bear,) Another object, in my mind extremely de sirable, was to apply the principle of the reduction in ;hat manner which gave the greatest chance of effecting the relief to the people, and yet threatened least lois to the treasury. The degree.of the pressure felt, and the influence of the remedy on the amount of regular re sources in the way* revenue, • were to be taken, of course, into considera tion. Taking these two princi ples into our consideration, it appeared on the whole that the tax on beer (loud cheers) was that the remission of WhiCh would be . tpost sensibly and' gratefully felt by the classes ailudeil to. Beer has latterly become the luxury of. Abe whole industrious world, wherever it 'la in their reach, and it should form the beverage of tie table of every working manufacturer and labourer In husbandry. (Hear.) It shall be my object to restore it to general use, end I. entgrtain sanguine .hopes, thee 't only. be..eendpejve ' the health aal cow iI that ( but afrliur 'habits of~ • 7ki f.„ - • , s. every fourpence halfpenny paid by the consumer to the publican ; I beg pardon, to three farthings the pot of beer. In the ordinary consumption of a family it will be easily seen how very unequally this tax is collected from the different classes who use it, and how much, of course, an industrious working family would be a gainer, in the event of the duty being taken off, and placed in that situation in which I should wish to see all our labour ing and manufacturing classes placed, as respects the use of this national beverage. But the consequence of the tax ou beer is, like all taxes of its kind, that it inflicts many injuries besides the tax on the individuals who have reason to complain. One consequence is that it operates in the nature of a restriction. One may not brew beer of a certain strength, another class may not vary the strength of beer, and all this under heavy penalties. The amount, too, of the duty is not all,—its collection is harsh, severe, and incon venient.—(Hear, hear.) It is difficult to estimate the extent, with precision, of the taxation incidentally entailed on the public by this system of taxation, but I am net afraid to take it at full one-third of the whole duty payable to the necessities of the State. If we do, then, repeal the whole of that tax, we calculate, by tak ing off a duty amounting, in actual revenue to the State, to no more than 3,000,0001., it will effect a relief to the public, directly and indirectly, to an amount little short of 4,500,0001. a-year.—(Loud cheers.) In adopting the reduction of the beer duty, there were three courses which we might adopt. The first, and that which I propose to adopt, was the reduction of the whole duty on beer. The second, to repeal the duty on malt wholly. The third, winch was the effect of compromise between two great in terests, to reduce the duties on malt and on beer one half. I have preferred, for many reasons, the first—(loud cheers for some time), and that, upon the fullest conviction that in doing so I shall relieve more effectually than by any .other course of repeal of taxation that class which I am most anxious to assist and liberate from difficulty and dis tress; whilst, at the same time, I am satisfied that I thereby shall confer upon another class a very important benefit. In this country the man who is sufficiently opu lent to buy materials in the gross, and the preparatory implenients used in brewing, may brew and drink his beer at a price infinitely below the man whose laborious exertions call most loudly for this strengthening and in vigorating sustenance at his hard work. In taking off the whole duties on beer, I take away at once the whole of that interference on the part of the Legislature with an almost necessary of life—all that system built on re strictions as to strength and qualities, and got rid totall y of one part of the establishment created and kept up, with its complicated machinery, for the collection of a revenue long become.eminently unpopular and prejudicial in its effects to public moral.—(Loud cheers.) The tax on London beer alone amounts to one million sterling annually to Government ; but the consumers it effecs, I may, I think, assert it without fear of contradiction, to the extent of three times that amount. This is the best argument I can offer to those who contend for the reduction of the duty on malt. Can there be a doubt that beer will be cousumed in so increased a ratio that ample relief will be afforded thereby to the grower of malt, who only now repines at the want of consumption of the article he grows and manufac tures?--(Hear.) Who can doubt that his great object is the increased consumption of malt? Increase of de mand of an article like malt grows with the reduction of the price of the article in which it is an ingredient. The relief to the agriculturist is likely to he affected more safely by that mode, which also relieves the lower orders from oppressive taxation, rather than give the grower a direct advantage in the market. As I consider all the advantages I contemplate likely to turn and be dependent on the free sale of beer, from all I see and learn from the evidence and the reports before the Commis sioners of both Houses of Parliament, I have .come. to the conclusion that the greatest advantages will be de rived in this instance from throwing the whole trade in beer open.—(Loud and repeated cheers.) At present it is true that we have, and so has the public, some .security for the genuine character of this beverage in the well-known vigilance of the Excise. In granting. individuals a monopoly of ale, you may make previewer for its being unconipounded with deleterious ingre dients ; but-if you keep up the monopoly of manufacture and open the trade, nothing but mischief and tamper ing with the liquor will be the result. But let that best of all rules in these cases be adopted—open the trade, and abolish the monopoly ; and let the man who drugs, the liquor beware of the competition which will soon rob him of all his customers. The time which I have tboughi it proper this repeal shall take place 1 have .fixed for the 10th of October.—(Here &slight low mur mur was heard, and cries of " Order t") I shall shortly explain my reason for postponing it till that day; and is simply, that it would be very inconvenient, in the first place, to attempt it until the 10th of October, which, be ing the day for issuing the beer licenses, both the mea sures of withdrawing the licenses in future and the repeal of the duty on beer will be brought into action simulta neously. Next, I take into consideration—and that 1 think no small one—when it is considered how enormous a property is . involved in beer already brewed, the almost certain effect in depreciating the large stocks on the hands of our greater brewers, who should have some time al lowed them to dispose of a stock on which it is almost impossible they will not incur great loss if• they do not manage prudently. It is true, we might grant them a repayment of the duty ; but the House is too well aware, by bitter experience, how frequently arrangements of this kind have proved that the calculations on the amount of the stock•on hand have been falsified by the result.. "Mid claims have grinep on the Treasury in consequence ;lit an .enormetur disproportion to that which was con• teraplated.—(Laughing end cheering.) 'Then, again, Hop. Members will see that, though she tax is not re pealed immediately, the indirect operation of its being known such a reduction is determined on, at an approach ing day, will have the indirect effect and operation.of creel ag a fall in thit prig ofheer, immediately from the pass ing of, our resolution in this House. The manufaothrer himself will be found to anticipate tho greater demand likely to arise from the reduction pf the duty, and the same benefi cial consequences will result to the public. Amongst other improvements in our fiscal cede, Leentemplate. another, which I think.. will he, though comparatively trifling, highlyacceptabletp certain Hon. Meinbers in that House, whp bees elifie,tirgued for or supported by their vote he re duction-ssl mean the tax on cider, which it is intended en tirely to repeal.- s -(Loud cheers.) Its amount was certainly inconsiderable, not being above rpm 26.0001. t 640,000/.. a year, and its col/sedge hue been marked,in sores ineletwee; by-ditliculties to t,be,eollegtor, and. oczasionel Woe* to the oulsject, in determining shut dating= pays* isp,. or what really was bona-fide cider (or sale or paler irtleri, eider brewed from the growers! fruit or from. pureltsepi at' from fruit picked. up •on the ground. All diem' tiohs, which only teed to the perplesit7 and liti prosfedoge, or what operated as isisngatious to , itas .prgposte4 as blew • to. raped for ever, the cider .coueties op the nom f o oting, as ,to, ri t i i in s'hin favourite boning*, nil the f " 7- 77 beer in other districts. There is another bead on which I intend to propose the abolition of a tax often enough the subject of remonstrance and appeal withih thes e walls—l mean the repeal of the tax on •leather.—(Loud cheers.) This is the more necessary, because a great part of the pressure of this tax arises from the re strictions which a continnance of any part of the tax would occasion. These restrictions and distinctions we shall now get rid of altogether. I believe, there fore, I do not overstate the amount of overcharge which these restrictions impose upon the country when I esti mate them at not equal to, but double the amount of the tax upon leather itself. (Hear, hear.) And now, Sir, with respect to the mode in which it is proposed to make this reduction. It had been asked over and over again, and always, I think, with great justice, " what benefit has the partial reduction of the leather tax, which has already taken place, conferred upon the public ?" Why assuredly none, and that is the reason why I pro pose to reduce the tax altogether. We found out that it would not do to remit a tax by halves (cheers), for, as was found in th e case o f th e l ea th er t ax , to w hi c h I have been adverting, the restrictions attaching to the trade, by the portion of tax still retained, so much neu tralised any benefit which the public might have derived from the partial remission (important though that was to the revenue, being half of the whole amount of the tax), that to the consumer it worked a reduction, as compared with the mass of charge, insignificant in amount, and al most insensible.—(Hear, hear.) And here I would stop for one moment, to call the attention of the Committee to the motives which influenced Government in the adop tion of this mode of reduction. In getting rid of the whole duty upon leather, Government may, I think, take credit to themselves for their disinterestedness, for they have done away with all the patronage, which might be continued by suffering the smallest portion of the im post to remain, and which used to be urged against former Governments in the way of reproach.—(Cheers.) I therefore propose to reduce the whole of the leather duty from the sth of July; and my reason for prolonging it to that period is that which I have already stated' in rela tion to the other tax, which is to be prolonged to October. The whole amount, then, of the taxes which I propose to reduce, will be this : Beer Leather 340,000 Cider 50.000 Total reduced ../.3,390.000 And, Sir, when I call your attention to the extent of relief which has been thus given to the public, I am not, I think, visionary in calculating that its substantial operation will be, at the least, as beneficial as its nominal amount. In deed, when I say that it will greatly exceed that amount in practice, I do not overstate the matter; for, when the 'A blation of the House has been fully called to those oth er considerations which I shall take the liberty of submitting to it, I think we may say we have relieved the people to the amount of fully s,ooo,oool.—(Cheers.) And it is no un important part of the consideration that this relief has not been bestowed in an unprofitable and thoughtless way. We have not set about diminishing the public burdens by merely throwing reduction indiscriminately amongst the people ; ministering to prodigality, or tak ing off those burdens which pressed upon the rich alone, but that it is a boon to all classes—(Cheers) ; a boon to the industrious and the poor, prudently applied so as to elate the resources of the country, agricultural and manufacturing, and giving relief to those classes who most want it, and are therefore the more entitled to it— (Chests.) The operation of these reductions coming so lees in the year, will of course, affect this year's revenue ' but partially. The sum which calculate we shall lose this year by the loss of the beer duty will be 750,0001, taking the probable produce of the last quarter of. the year by the proceeds of the other quarters. At the same time I doubt whether, in making this estimate, I have • taken a fair criterion to myself, for I am aware that, in the quarter immediately before the coming into play of the reduction, there must be of necessity a dimin ished activity in the trade ; but, unless I miscalculate very much, the. relief given in other respects will have given such a stimulus to the trade of the country as will make up the deficiency.—(Hear, hear.) I there fore calculate the losing upon this particular at 750,0001. only; and by the same process of calculation I take the falling off in the leather tax at 210,0001. mak ing together about 960,000/., which we have to pro vide for. Having, then, stated to the Committee the reductions which, after the most mature consideration, his Majesty's Government think most conducive to the interests of, and most likely to give relief to, the most distressed classes of the country, I now come to lay before the House the modes in which we pro pose to make good these deficiencies.—(Hear, hear.), ' I am aware that, when I come to state these, i shall be exposed to the charge of overstepping the bounds of prudence, and of trusting too much to future good fortune ; but, if the Committee will bear with me fu: a short time, I think I shall be able to show that the anti cipations which I have formed are not altogether vision ary, and I hope certainly not illusive—(Cheers.) I am now about to state to the Committee the probable amount of the different heads of public income that we may see how far, from the capability of meeting the public exi gencies, we have been warranted in making the reduc tions which I have already stated, or whether we ought net to go further, and make more. I hope I shall not. overstate their produce—l shall certainly not understate It; and, if I do commit an error, in the first respect , I may, perhaps, claim indulgence for a determination.to take any possible advantage in order to affordrolief to .the country itederpreseat ciremnstances.—(Hear.) The first item to which, in stating the public accounts, it is usual to 'nude, is that of customs. Looking, then, , at this head of. income, I propose to take it at the amount of last year ; and I do so because, from the best consideration which I can give the sultject, sod from the reports which I have had of the stock of goads in hand at the present moment as compared with the stock in hand at the same time last rear ;—looking, I say, at the diminution which bat, taken place in a majority of the erticles. I believe that for the period to come this rear there will be an importation and demand for those articles not inferior to what it was before. And in this estimate I make allowance for a very considerable ex pense to the establishment which will ba saved, and, therefore, if under all these circumstances I estimate an inertia's in the Customs of next year of 60,0001. as compared with this, I do not overstate the case, tied 1 therefore think may fairly calculate on that rem in aid of any deficiency which may occur in other departmlints. Added to this will be 'also a con liderable stun falling in ,by the termination of cat tail) bounties, which I calculate at at 50,0001. Takiotr, • dame several items,' as well as considering theudleet-of 'the, transfer of' one Stock to *mother , 1 1 thl4 do not state the ' account improperly when krstiluetn..this bait! of income at 1,7,200,000/. Wit h ft •pbe.‘ tit the' excise, I de not propose to take it as the estimate of last, year, -and I will explain al reasons. Had. 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Ami in pie ,nue, . were to be taken, of improvements in our fiscal cede s I .mintemplate• another, estimate I mate allowance for a very considerable ex- Taking these two prinel- which I think••will be , thOugli comparatively trifling, pease to the establishment which will b 3 saved, and. it appeared on the whole highltscrePiableto certain Hon: Mentbers in that House, therefore, if under all these circumstances I estimate as rem) was that the remission why have eilSeArgued for or supported by their vote its re- increase in the Customs of next year of 60,0001. as ably and' gratefully felt by duction-rTI mean the tax on cider, which it is intended en- compared with this, I do not overstate the case, Mal I T has latterly become the tirely to repeal.-(Loud cheers.) Its amount was certainly .therefore think may fairly calculate on that sem istrious world, wherever it inconsiderable, not be)ng above f10m25,0001.t640 p 000/..a in aid of any delicisucy which may occur in other Id form the beve r a ge of tie ydar, and it s c e lh i ctiop hie been marked,in sores intiteneas; departmbnts. Added to this will be also a con- anufacturer and labourer in brdiliiirultift to ihe,Polleetor, and. occasional oppression siderablo stun falling in ,by the termination of am - utll be my object to restore -to tho oultieet, in determining Shut dutrirro payable on, tain bounties, which I *calculate at at 50,0001. Tnkintr, ertain sanguine . .hopes that or what sully was bona fide cider for sale or hot for rde— .themfore, • these several item's; as well as consideriu iro •to the health anti, coat- eider brewed from the 'growers fruit or from. purchased the effect •of the, transfer of. one Stock to another , tie •prioduttiVe of-the .best fruit, of from fruit Picked - up - on the graied. AU these . I think I. do not state the ;account improperly when • them to - habits *ef - ' cease diethietioas, which only lead to the perplexity and liti- eatinatio.,this head of income at 1.7,200,000/. WILli vatis t ‘haya unfartimptely ' 411 P • rocteedipge, or what ,orrated as Instiga tlOoa to res .• Pec i A tq ;hi eici • e,• I 44 not propose to take it . at _,. aea which I shall OW. ..Fraugl, 'it .is .pr 91101104 NW blew • Co. ming for ever, the estimate of last. year, -and I will explain my reasonai- a dearetvs ears' of the heaviest aid place the cider tountiaa op - the fame footing, as ,to. Had, I tinged ,to the :sports pf many persons most con - **, rellrtd . duty bat of Ilieiressifirti in this feeourite beverage, as the drinkers isriant wits thii tualtherefore of greet • • • f • . . . . • • mdla..Minli