The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-14 00:00:00

;6 4 iet i- Ad), - e; .r } , *~. ,"PresFed an opinion, to the effect that the new tariT , n uld n•,t h ave t h e ,-fl ee t , f reducing the prie , ! ot , '•-• : b u nt he Bail ~.,•' tl- , be 6; thin, the c,,n, - •:-il• i i ~.. nge would not affect the holm inarttet so seriously as :' " ulll Q _ parties seemed to apprehend. k : ,: , ,0 4 * tr. GRAHAM said, that he did not know that he 44g,nid have thought it necesssry to tuble the House 4 1 any observations upon the subject under its consi kt:or_ation, if the Noble Lord, the Member for London, t ., 4 24 not in hi s pl a , e , l as t n i g ht, i n a very p o i n t e d man 4, 2: e.!.pressed some surprise that he (Sir J. Graltam) 4 1 remained silent during that discussion. The No ,le ti e d was very complimentary, in singling him k li .Z - 2 1 4 a person whose bounden duty it was to i t i, , ,ti eas the House. For his part, he should have l' - ' ll pee'ectly willing not that he denied the likeee t 'ie ' i t a ability which signalised the speech of the Hon. 'it„ u mber , for Liskeard on last night ; but he should *';..- e been perfectly willing to rest the case of the Go i,,rnaient npon the speeches delivered by his colleague.; ~...0 1 the two former evenings. He had not the slightest 311 to prolong those debates, which he had reason to A_ ;;`'believe, upon testimony which was undoubted, had a -.,rect tendency, in that preliminary stage of the pro-- t . el e clings materially to injure great public interests.— i zi ' e n,r, hear.) Testimony to that effoct had been given I t`Le House by the Hon. Member for London ; it had ."7 11 given again dir e ctly th a t evening by the Noble rd the Member for Li v e r po o l ; and it had not T I T dissembled by the Honourable Member for ,i ) 4 4. If he mistook not it was also acknowledged •:. / 1 3 ; the Honourable Member for Leeds, wh opene fod ~ y e debate that evening The Honourable Me o mber r ~,..441skeard l as t n i g ht observed, that there had not been a ~, ' ''Follg indic a ti on o f p u bli c f ee li ng w ith regar d t o th e iceasures w hi c h h er M a j esty ' s G overnment h a d intro ; teed;' and that had been, he believed, still more explicitly ~. • ' 7 "'"uwlcdged by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat ;,, 4 ,?Wn• Indeed, it would appear, that all expectation of a 11:ecessful opposition to the proposal of the Government. ' )1 ().' under consideration. had been ab indorsed. Tll, er. -see .r. . ~, • srentleman, the Member for Lambeth, had only looked w ard% - -, , to the future collection of the tax; and while he ad illfttal that the question of its position was virtually carried, his 4 ite,s, were merely directed to the effect which might be pro. ' 1 41, --74 ,_ by its collection. He saw opposite a Right Hon. Gen '• 7vau (Mr. F. Maule) who had heen most anxions before the Lster recess that the discussion should be postponed—( Hear, ''al, ; 7 4l ')--in order that he might have an opportunity of visiting te,ireastituents, for the purpose of having their opinions upon e t ts t ahject.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") No doubt the 14 : "V I lit Hon. Gentleman had had that happy opportunity afforded lt.,: 111-- ( Hear, hear. ) A ". P. Al AULE—You misrepresent me . . I ,;'"r„,, J. GRAHAM continued.—The Right Hon. Gentleman ,- r e . - a have an opportunity of stating to the House how the •:147teally stood. He (Sir J. Graham) had been told that ,!`,,,, , Right Hon. Gentleman had visited his constituents in Perth, '''' '4 4 ; 41 e had further been informed that very distinct opinions ' 4. lh e e expressed to the Right Hon. jesetleman with respect to -,ili e taeasures of her Majesty's Government.—( Hear, hear. ) , t! k i had been told that the Right Hon. Gentleman had held a -et,'•!ate meeting to consider those measures, composed of his . b. _` - "ate friends, and that among them, the Right Hon. Gentle '' fou n d found himself in a considerable minority—( Loud cheers `j f . th e Ministerial benches)—but that he was assured, that, th he ventured to call a public meeting in the city of Perth, in iPPen air, he would have found—to use the expression of his ]iis It J. Graham's) Noble Friend—that the unhappy budget rt.!lffe.late Ministry; of which he had bean a Member, as con -1 .esed with the measures brought forward by her Majesty's a', - ""ernment, would be again " scouted," as it had been at the ;,.moral election ; and that the measures proposed by the pre- RS Government would have received the sanction of an over -4,4eltlaing mejority of the population of the city which 'at represented.—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches. ) e'sl t he confessed, was only what he had expected from the , e 'l iii ), of Perth. Rut what had the Hon. Member for Salford .''? He frankly told them that he partook of the wish af 11'"' I ' o Hon. Members on his side of the House, that the question kistlld not be hurried over before Easter, but that an opportu :ssLahould be given for the expression of public opinion. The 1 -- ',; (1 - Gentleman had also visited his constituents ; and what lilt the acknowledgment which he made ? Why he, too, had, ~ ,,‹ollaed, abandoned all hope of present success in his oppo eitki ato the proposal of the Government. He said that in the 1 i t t l s of Manchester there was a marvellous apathy upon the Aileete-a strange sign of apathy, however, was afforded by 4Taet that a petition had been signed by 24,000 inhabitants 'l,...wia borough in favour of the measure. —( " Hear, hear," Se4'" the Ministerial benches.) No public meeting had, how -I,Bl'2:teen held in that great centre of commercial arid manu ciiag industry, to take the sense of the community upon '4.1 u Sabject. .\-11 4 7s BROTHERTON said that a meeting had been held at V . R . : 4 own-ball. k,kw J. GRAHAM continued—Yes; but he had yet to li t that a meeting had been held in ' Stephenson-square, in Vaehester to consider the proposal,- and he had yet to learn q , I l lt t totta it majority ere was a mority of people, having under 150/. a year l te t 4 1 443 e' who were dissatisfied with the p,oposal, or that the qv 'we, whieh had been introduced specially for the relief of lass, was obnoxious in the opinion of the inhabitants of AZehester and ill-calculated to receive their support. The O:Gentleman, the Member for Lambeth, following in the V of the .Member for Liskeard, had been pleased to com • l'' Upon what he termed the glaring inconsistency of targuments used on that (the Ministerial) side e • ' 44 1 House. The Honourable Member . for Liskeard ' t ed e Mid, that when Honourable Members on his side •tr N., the tax an inquisitorial one, they were met with a cry of ellt s 7aa f" and when they talked of its injustice, the answer :Ili ee fAffghanistan." Again, the Hon. Gentleman said that 170 etated that the proposed alterations in the tariff would be )4, - ative in diminishing the price of provisions—that it would kaisLa delusion to suppose that they would produce such an 1 1111 - while others held oat great expectations that the re ' in in the price of the articles of consumption weuld afford khZ 4 „Pensation,for the proposed income tax. Now, these were iiiVqous entirely of degree. The Hon. Gentleman had, a1'4%14/P '4% 1 4 / P unintentionally, no doubt, misrepeesented his (Sir J. iN sf :All's) Noble Friend, the Secretary for Ireland. His 41 1 / 4 =Friend had not said that the tariff, as a sca l e of duties at ,ilitt.4. the price of provisions, would be utterly inoperative ; Aral had said that the apprehensions that the proposed changes Itlisin be ruinous to the agriculturists of this country, were en iltetY groundless. His Noble Friend, however, had novo:- 11 the that the removal of prohibitory duties upon articles t t 1t440 first necessity would be utterly inoperative, and that no ''' tion in prices would follow. He contended that her Ma tkrtt's Gove rnmen t had acted prudently and wisely in yielding 1 -14 sp ! t necessity of the time—( Hear, bear)—and to the wants of . I dly increasing population—(Hear, hear)—and in taking ' tive measures gradually to reduce the price of corn, of e and of other articles of the first necessity. He said that i,,' `"rae had arrived when it was indispensable that these t ta 'Se • should be done—( Hear, hear)—not only for the sake of 'h, 4 1 ,4 - eat body of the consumers, but for the sake of property . 147, —( Hear, hear.) He should observe, first of all, that 4,olereased value of money had necessarily reduced the no -tit7l,. value of wages ; and again, the rapid increase in popula ell increased the supply of labour. The great improve in Machinery, while those improvements were ultimately L ' ial in increasing the demand for labour, had also had a '5 5 ,.1.41 1 q, for a time at least, to throw large masses : 4 ` l 4,.__' ; Manufacturing districts out of employment.—( Hear. ) kw,. fiction in wages, would, no doubt, if it came on hastily, l l te t the distress of the people ; but the measure intro by Government would have the effect of gradually L al ' the price of articles of consumption.—(C.iies "1 ( tear, hear." He had no apprehension that it B. " 4 4ifeet to an extent that would be dangerous, or - "itsllersudden as to injure industry, but he did maintain tad .so Z Price of articles of consumption would be moderately . Lltt l i by the operation of the measure now proposed by Go • „Ns,' e4 t- He was persuaded, let that matter be debated and .111.7Sedin Parliament or out of it, that opinion would pre wei •,..he believed that the opinion was fixed and rooted, that Se e ,`" s Posed tariff, taken in conjunction with the present 'et t i - e ef taxation, was the only one calculated to promote the S n e t s t of the great body of the people, and the bulk of the 'sfl ) 44 ity.—( Hear. ) It was upon that ground that it I§,ii"eee, ived his support—(lronical cheers from the Oppo 14....1'enches)--upon that ground, it was, that he thought . freal should be made to the country on the subject, :tt , ° ;'eturn to the inconsistencies of the arguments with which eltrs`,,, l ne Ministerial) side of the House were charged. Let ; 711 1 , -110 W him to comment on some still greater inconsistencies N t •i s atiatiments urged on the other side. It was said by some tittNosle income tax was a war tax, and only to be regarded as used in time of war. The Right Hon. Gen- NZ , th e Lord Mayor of Dublin, had distinctly used tit at }c e nt- It was also asserted in a resolution by the Noble 'Pe Lord J. Russell). The Noble Lord asserted these 114; - •,. that it has hitherto beencAlsidered as the financial b , ,, , of the nation in time of war ;" clearly pointing out that ki-. ° . 1 a war tax. Now, what was the opinion of Hon . 11 -‘4l'" on the opposite side of the House, partienlarly the Vali ambers fur Coventry (Mr. Ellice and Mr. Williams). r.. Gentleman opite (Mr. Ellice), who ad be,, e . .„ t 2. member of Lord Melbourne's Government h , had tin aZiltl e 7,..ffest manner disclaimed that argument. That Hon. 711 4 7 14 11., said, let them prove to him that there was a neces- IN, 'We lax, and he considered it a tax equally to the time *x,2 as of war. He (Sir J. Graham) did not rely only on . ityr of the Right Hn. Gentleman to support his charge , irslstency„ There were other Hon. Gentlemen, who f 1;4 42 1 Members of Lord Grey's Government who were in th ` tr n in maintaining that an income tax was only to be t• in time of war. Two Noble Lords, the Members for lti4;3' of ae r London and the borough of Tiverton (Lord J. to 'N, t and Lord Palmerston) were parties to a resolution an amendment at the time Lord Althorp was Chan , P.:,se t the Exchequer was proposed for the repeal of the 'N r• which broadly laid down that it that tax were . re- Z ii s' L ere would be in a time of profound peace no objec ,,. Lever in point of principle to the imposition of a tax on Ve y .. ," well as upon property. It was impossible for the Vls k - vtd the Memoer for Tiverton, to state that this was a ‘atat ° 'lly. He ( Sir James Graham) remembered well i 4 t hat Noble Lord took in 1816 in endeavouring to b,:sfe t i, the property tax at the end of the . war. All those 1 1 1 al e el who objected to ar. income -tax in time of peace, he ,r i j o et t Graham) would refer to the Noble Lord for an s t • . n ... 0 their arguments, as he had enforced the , t se t 'ii it ls," of that tax repeatedly, not only by speeches, k. . ,i' h votes. He (Sir James Graham) was qll . L a t the principle which the Noble Lord had teen I tlk iit yw.,..he was now prepared to assert.—(Ministerial N oltit ` tt ,i . With respect to the timber duties, it was mar li t `we different opinions that prevailed on the benches Ss`it, ' hp % that subject. On this matter, too, the opinions V'ela ° Ron. Members for Coventry were as distinct and \ t alts i lt stliader as the Poles. One Hon. Gentleman de ,l,li t, th e there c ou ld b e no better or wiser p ro p o siti on th an atki e Right Hon. Baronet respecting the reduction of , 1 10. , Canadian and Baltic timber. The other Right teml,4lber said that it was a most prodigal waste of chat / trkile ee °r ta a just revenue to the country, and that no relief ti kt hi r it from the proposition to the Canadian merchant—. 9i . e It, he reprobated it altogether. It might be said L 4 °sl. Member for Coventry, who had declared this Nt , ,C 4 f the timber duties a great concession to the corn -1/4441)47ine of this country was uninformed upon that sub- S t‘ t he lion. and Gallant Member for Marylebone (Sir &e t 'Pier) had this evening pronounced a glowing Nhki LIP 0 n naval grounds on that same principle Ni "It " ue en advocated by the Hon. Member for Coventry. -. 11 4 4 1 , ti le measure which Hon. Gentlemen opposite were o•ettilaith respect to the timber duties ? It was the very atsi, re l e- 1 1 Lord Grey's Government had brought forward , OsOtte L Or. which they never ventured to take the sense of k-f l and from the manner in which it had been re e. I t e Reuse, was voluntarily abandonded by its pro- IN Was said th e y en d eavoure d t o ra i se th e revenue by of prime necessity. The really best course I t _ 4 • ternit the duty on inferior articles altogether,.and Wie t 4 4e e equalization of duties in the opposite direction. irerea,k i te a probate duty on legacies and real property, k.,_ 11 - Gentleman, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, con- Ih t , ,'.. ( !i'e Hon. Member for Ipswich as to the propriety IL ''"9,,t,ch duties. He (Sir James Graham) saw the 's le_t t4 Gentleman the the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1, 441 t at -L 4 _ r i l le supposed to reply to him, but he was quite sure Itligle t ,','",".• Gentleman was opposed to the principle of As As to the duty on corn, they were . all . aware that 1%, 13 ,m2ae had expressed himself decidedly in favour of \ t, ` 4 4.IXS3' on that article. After those things, would e t . - ` fa T il l _opposite talk of inconsistency? The Hon r d had last night dwelt on the flourishing state of the finances of India, and taunted the Blebs 1-lon. Ba ronet with haring- exaegerated the rlitliceie.s. 0. Ole ..e venue as one of ttie reasons which nee , a • ; , ! s a ; . ment to provide more ample resources to meet tee sieticit ncy ie the revenue. It had never been asserted by the Right Hon. Baronet that it was the duty of the British Parliament t o su p p ly the immediate means of making up the deficiency in the Indian revenue? But the Right Hon. Baronet had stated what was an important fact, namely, that when Lord Auckland entered upon the Government of India, there was a surplus in the Indian Exchequer of 1,500,0001. Since that time, in Indite as well as the country, there' was a growing and progr s sive deficiency. The debt had been increased within the last four years somewhere about seven millions, and at the present moment the expenditure in India exceeded the in come pretty nearly to about the same amount as the expen diture of this country exceeded the income of this country, namely, about 2,500,000/. Now his Right Hon. Friend thought that in the present state of the circumstances of that country, it might be necessary that the credit of Great Bri tain should be brought to bear upon the Indian deficiency.—( Hear.) But he ( S:r James Graham) put it to the House, if such a necessity should arise, whether is was not the duty of a provident Government to provide re sources which might sustain thecredit, and by so su s tairarie it to support and strengthen both c oun t r i es ? Th e H on . Gentle man, the Member for Liskeard, had taunted him (Sir J. Graham) with respect to the withdrawal of a notice of motion which he had given in the Session of 1839, relative to the com mencement of hostilities on the western frontiers of India. His reason for doing so was, that although he had some fears anticipatory of the present disaster, yet as he had understood that solemn engagements .had been entered into with native Princes by the Executive Government of the country, that the honour of the British nation was committed to the fulliimen. of those engagements. In that the British army was about to be used, and that under those considerations, the pressing of his motion would only have the effect of embarrassing the Government in the execution of those engage ments, and therefore it was that he withdrew it. The Noble Lord the Member for London had, he must say, guarded himself from mentioning that motion ; but since a re ference had been repeated two or three times, he had endea voured to state frankly to the House his reasons for withdrawing it. He had never committed himself to any approval of that policy; he regarded it with extreme apprehension, and he was afraid that that apprehension would turn out to be true. The Hon. Member for Liskeard had brought a charge against his Noble Friend and himself, that when they were members of Lord Grey's Government they had consented to a remission of the house tax ; but. at that time they had a large surplus re venue. It remained for the succes-ors of Lord Grey, with a deficiency of tvo or three years' standing, and not treading in the steps of ;he Government of Lord Grey, to remit a pro ductive tax of 1,500,0001. a-year, when they had a growing de ficit of 2,000,0001.—( Hear, hear.) He confessed he would much rather be tatented with inconsistency than he, he must call it, guilty of 'he imprudence of those who had sacrificed a productive revenue to a popular clamour of the moment. ( Cheers.) Then, again, the Hon. and Learned Member for Liskeard, taking up a metaphor that had been used by the Hon. Member for Nottingham, had talked of a will made by the Go vernment of Lord Melbourne, and of which, with regard to the country at large, we must be considered the executors. Now, he must remind them, that to make an honest will, they certainly ought to see that they disposed of no property but what was their own.--( Hear, hear.) He must also be per mitted to observe, that the death-bed scene of the testator was much prolonged—his approaching dissolution was long foreseen —his dying agonies were very protracted, and he nau•t say that, never was there a greater tenacity of life displayed--( Hear) — after all, strength and power of action had long been past. Then what were the legacies that had been disposed of? Were Catholic Emancipation and the repeal of the Test Act the pro • perty of the testator? He thought these were the property of the Government of the Duke of Wellington and the Right Hon Baronet.—(Cries of "No, no," from the Opposition) What was it really come to this, that, from the absence of all pro. perty of their own, they were ready to filch that of another?—(Oh, oh, and cries of the " Test Act," from several Members on the Opposition benches.) Was not Catho lie Emancipation the act of the Duke of Wellington ?—(" 1 he Test Act." and cries of " Oh, oh.") Well, admitting the claim to the Test Act, did the Melbourne Government claim the Reform Bill, the Abolition of Slavery, and Municipal Re form ? He contended that these were the property of the Go vernment of Lord Grey.—(" Oh, oh," and cheers ) ‘,'hat. then, had the late Government bequeathed them? He would tell them what was entirely their own—the China war— ( Cheers)—a war which, as far as he could see, they would find equally eacult. to close with advantage, or to conduct with honour.—( Cheers. ) Then there was that shock in India, a shock under which that mighty empire was still staggering. In addition to this from them came that disruption of that French alliance which was the very key-stone of the foreign policy of Lord Grey's Administration. Then theme was the Canadian rebellion, and the affair of the Caroline--( Oh, oh, and cheers from the Ministerial side)—and it was they who left them the trial of M'Leod, and the question of the Right of Search. Then, too, came the Boundary questione—these were the bequests they had made to the present Government abroad. Now, what had been their policy at home ? They had left them a growing and an accumulating deficiency of five years' standing, with 1,500,000/. of productive revenue inde pendently sacrificed in one year, while they had endea voured to bolster up a mistake of t is description by adding five per cent. to the Customs and _Excise on articles of consumption by the great body of the people, hesitating to tax property, and never touching income. Then they pro proposed ten per cent. on the assessed taxes, but the five per cent. on the Excise, so far from producing an iecrease in the revenue, actually led to a greater deficiency than before ex isted, while the ten per cent. on the assessed taxes did not go far to make up the deficiency. At this hour he should not go into their Corn Bill and the question of the sugar duties.—(lronical cheers from the Opposition.) They could not deny that the sense of the country was against the Bs. fixed duty on corn. It had been condemned by two Par liaments ; it had been decided by that House that a permanent duty of Bs. could not be levied, and though there had been a proposition from the Noble Lord that it should vanish altogether, yet the whole proposal had been scouted both by consumer and producer. With regard to the sugar duties, it had been proved to demonstration that, under the measure of the late Government, the consumer would not have been benefited during the last year by more than a fraction—not more than a halfpenny per lb. Nor would the measure have yielded an increased revenue by securing an increased consumption. As a financial measure it was a failure ; the corn measure was not a measure of finance, except in the opinion of the Noble Lord, the Member fur Tiverton, but a measure of protection. The point at issue was thus brought into a very narrow point, and he now begged to call the attention of the House to the important admissions that had been made on the other side. First, it was admitted that the supplies in time of peace must be raised within the year; next, that the expenditure of the country could not be, reduced. Looking at the state of affairs in thins, in Europe, and in India, no one had said it would be prudent to reduce the estimates either of the army or navy. Then it had been admitted that the time had .arrived when loans in time of peace could not be raised with safety. This was admitted by the Noble Lord opposite, even when there was only a deficiency of one million. It was again admitted that the taxes in the present mode were unequal to meet the expendi ture, and a most important admission was made even by one of the advocates of the budget of last year, that in spite of the credit taken for that measure, it would not have enabled them to meet the expenditure without resorting to direct taxation. 'The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had pointed out some of the sources from whence a revenue might be derived, but it must either be by a re-imposnion of taxes that had been remitted, or by putting on an additional per cent .ge on the as sessed taxes. He would point out some of the most productive taxes that had been remitted; and he would ask Hon. Gentle. men which of them they would recommend to be re-imposed? Was it the duty on beer, on salt, on leather, on candles, on soap, en printed cottons, or coals carried coastwise? On all these articles taxation had been greatly reduced, and was it to any of these that the resolutions of the Noble Lord pointed? If he meant an increased per centage on the assessed taxes, his objections to it were, first— that the rich miser might escape the payment of it ; that the rich man, living lu.euriously, might by going abroad, evade the tax altogether, ox by reducing his establishment, with re gard to those matters to which assessed taxes were applied, might also by this -means evade it. But he would not weary the House with going into points that had already been iuliy explained. The question at issue was simply this, Was the de ficiency so extensive, so permanent in its duration, so dal:- gerous in its effects, and so urgent in its nature, that a necessity did arise for the imposition of this tax ? Every Gentleman was perfectly capable of forming an opinion on this subject. Her Majesty's Government, when they suc ceeded to power, wiled for time to consider their measures ; their opponents were very unwilling to concede them that time ; but the nation had been more generous, and ample time had been afforded them. They had paved in review all the affairs of this great country, and they stood there firmly united in opinion that the exigencies of the State did require the sacrifice of that impost which they this night proposed. They had come to this conclusion from reasons which were per fectly satisfactory to their own consciences and judgments. Those reasons that had been stated by his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government. They might dissent from those reasons, they mig'at object to the proposal ; but he did defy them to impugn their motives in bringing it forward.-- (Cheers. ) Talk of a Government st eking popularity by im posing an income tax— was there ever such an absurdity heard of ? Now, in the history of Parliament, had a Govern ment given such a political advantage to their opponents as they had on this occasion. They had proposed a tax which immediately affected the rich, and the powerful, and spares the humbler classes,' arid those of small fortunes, while it diminished the protection enjoyed by those who were now themselves possessed of political as cendancy. He wassbound to acknowledge the generosity of the support they had received.—(Oh, oh, and hear, hear. ) Be that as it might, they had faithfully discharged their duty, in endeavouring to alleviate the distress that pressed upon the productive industry of the country ; and had made an earnest effort to mseintain the national credit, in the midst of a great eamergency.—( Hear, hear.) He was quite satisfiqd that the measures which had been pro posed by his Right Hots. Friend were prudent, and her Ma jesty's Goveenment left it to the House to determine what the conrse of events should be.—(Heer, hear.) He was satisfied that the measures which were proposed were not only defen sible, but necessary.—(Tory cheers.) What Ministers pro posed, they would not abandon.—( Renewed cheering on the Tory benches.) 'elley would not have recourse to any appro priation clause, or to any other shufle.—( Vehement cheering and laughter.) hey placed reliance on the wisdom of Par liament. and the g; 'sod sense and patriotism of the people of this country.—(Very gr eat cheering. ) Mr. F. BARING must confess that he was much struck, during the speeeh of the Right Hon. Gentleman, with the de scription which this .Ministers of the Crown had given of the condition of the c Jun try.—(Cheers, and great interruption ) A revolt was smoul dering in Canada, and they had to struggle with all the difficulties of an American negotiation.—(Cheers.) But all through the: deb ates, he was struck with the difference between the preserve time and the circumstances under which Mr. Pitt proposed an in; come tax.—( Hear, hear.) There was then the mutiny of the Nore.—(Cheers.) In Ireland nearly a revolution.—(Cheers.. ) 'I he countre was in the crisis of the greatest war perhaps int which this nation had ever been en gaged. Hear, hear.) Mr. Pitt proposed the measures at a time when, in his .own simple words, the hearts of men were sinking within thein.—( Hear.) The circumstances of the eountry now were v ery fax different.—( Hear, hear.) In re viewing all the state .ments of our difficulties, which he heard from the other side, he minted altogether the embarrassments and dangers with which the Government of Mr. Pitt was surrounded; and Ii e missed still more the calm temper widi which that Mini seer brought his measure before the House.—(Cheers a od counter cheers.) He missed the haughty spirit—('l ho contiesnation of the Right Hon. Gentleman's sentence was lost ire the tumult of cheers and cries of " Oh, oh.") If nis recollect ion failed him, he might be assisted by the Noble Lord, th e Menaber for North Lancashire, as to what was his own lenge: age in reference to the Right Hon. Gentle man who was now his next neighbour. (Tremendous cheer ing, laughter, and confusion.) When the Right Hon. Baronet retired from office s ,. and Lord. Grey succeeded, there was some thing about the King not being able to ass through London. —(Cheers, and cries of " Oh , oh.") But he (Mr. Barieg) was not anxious to turn back to the arguments which were used at •ehat time.—(Renewed cheering and interruption.) 'Thee Rigi.it Honourable Baronet and others had taunted the Opposition weith not being supported by meetings out of doors _('Tory sheen) But there was an argument used by the Right Hon. Baron et, and not by him alone, which he appeal from a Minister of tho onsidered an unfc irtunatf Frown—( Hear, hear)—and especially unfortunate on a subject taxation.--( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet said he affil blse te teor of n eeen es where those who posssssed in comes under 1501. a year, would be brought forward to oppose his system of taxation, which did not reach them, but was accompanied by a measure which cheapened the necessaries of life.—(Cheers.) The observations made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath were not without foundation. That Hon. and Learned Member had told the House that the Right ilon. Baronet had dexterously and sagaciously arranged his plan to cut away the ground from under the feet of the Op position. Now lie (Mr. Baring) would perfectly admit that the measure of the Right Hon: Baronet enlisted on his side the whole of the physical force party.—(Cheers.) But how leng would the Right Hon. Baronet be able to keep up that union ?—(Hea.-.) He would tell the Right Hun. Baronet that if his experiment succeeded, an agitation would be com menced between the working classes and the middle classes which would compel the Government to give up the Whole of its scheme, and to place all the burden on property alone.— ( Prolonged cheering.) It was said on the other side that great inconvenience had arisen from the delay of this debate.— ( Hear, hear.) He admitted that it was so—( Tory cheering)— but if any one asserted that this debate had for one day, or for one hour, interfered with the tariff, he should beg the House to remember that the tariff, as amended, was only yesterday laid on the t able.—(Cheers. ) He did not find fault with the care with which the Government prepared their shedules before they allowed them to go forth to the country.—( Hear, hear.. But he only answered those who supposed that the prolonged debate was the cause of the delay. He begged to state, that though he did not agree with all the gentlemen who had spoken as to the benefit which would be conferred by the tariff of the -Right Hon. Baronet, he was not inclined to deny that some benefits would result from it ; and he valued those parts most which were least popular on the other side of the Nouse. The Right Hon. Gentleman would find him as anxious to carry out the principle which he laid down for its regWation as any Hon. Member in that House, reserving to himself of course the right of differing from him upon minor details. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in alluding to the question of timber, had thought proper to blame the measure which he (Mr. F. Baring) had the honour to introduce in the last session. He was not inclined to un derrate the value of the reduction of the duty on an :snide of such great consumption ; but if he had had to deal with that article he would rather have been inclined to reduce the protection in the same proportion as the Right Hon. Gentleman had reduced it, and leave the amount of tax upon Canadian timber. He thought tth Right Hon. Baronet might have appropriated the 6e0,0001. which he proposed to lose in a manner which would have been the more immediately beneficial to the public interest. He ( dr. Baring) had proposed to raise 600,060/. by the timber duties ; the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to losethe 600,000/. The Right Hon. Baronet undoubtedly made a considerable reduction in favour of the consumer, but there was P2o,ttO difference between them, which was one-third of the income tax, and if a man placed the two measures in a scale he would find that the balance was in favour of his (Mr. F. Baring's) proposal. He would remind the House of the reason why Lord Althorp abandoned his proposition. He had originally brought forward a proposition by which he made a reduction, and for the purpose of snaking up . the deficiency he proposed to raise money by means of the timber duty. He was beaten on that proposition, and he then stated that he no longer wanted the money, and he would therefore take a different mode of raising the money. Tue proposition was not abandoned, because it was untenable in itself. His statement was that he had abandoned his project, because he no longer wanted the money; no doubt it he had not wanted the money the plan which he subsequently pro posed, was the plan which he thought would be infinitely better than the one first proposed. The Right lion. Baronet had spoken of the new-born seal of his Right Hon. Friend ( 31r. Macaulay), but the great advantages which would accrue from a reduction of timber had but recently been discovered by him. Lord Grey was beaten upon that point by those who were now taking credit to themselves for proposing the reduc tion.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet, in re ferring to the means of raising the revenue, said he had expected an increase from the reduction on timber. The Right lion. Baronet proposed to deprive himself of 1,200,0001., which might be derived from timber ; and yet so great was the im provement which was to take place that the Right Hon. Baronet anticipat d something like an equivalent for the income tax.— ( Hear, hear.) He would make one observation with respect o the affairs of India. The state of our affairs in that coun try was used as a justification of the proposed measures. lie would remind the House that there laid been deficiencies in India at former periods. There was a deficiency of about 13 millions in 1824 ; yet no extraordinary measures were proposed at that period. He hoped he would not Le understood as over rei ing the calamity which had occurred in India; he trusted that whatever heat might be manifested in these debate-, Honourable Gentlemen opposite would allow them (the Op position) to have the feelings of humanity.—( dear, hear. ) One of the li. n. Gentlemen opposite, who had spoken during the course of the debate—lie believed it was the Hon. Member for Lincolnshire—had said that the Whigs hail added forty-one millions to the debi in ten years. Now, he (Mr. Baring) was anxious that a correct statement on that point should go fords to the House tind to the country. It appeared from the papers which had been laid upon the table of the House that, c m.• paring the capital of the debt as it stood in the years 1831 and 1841, and including the twenty millions of West India loan, only four millions had been added to the capital of the debt, in stead of 41 millions, as had been stated by the Hon. Gentleman. But that was not a:fair way of looking at the question. As the time for which terminable annuiti. s were granted became diminished, the capital of the debt become also diminished in value, and they.were bound in justice to take that into their con sideration in dealing with this subject. The capital of the debt since 1835, including the West Indian loan, had only been in creased 8i millions.—( Hear, hear.) But. if Hon. Gentlemen opposite refused to give them the credit ef ,having eman cipated the slaves, it was hardly fair that they should saddle them with the twenty millions which they had been obliged to pay in consequence, and if they excluded the twenty millions of the West Italia Loan, they would find that instead of the capital of the debt having been increased 41 millions during the last ten years, it had actually been diminished 13 millions. That he believed was the real state of the cage. In fact, at the present moment, they had a sinking fund of two and a half millions annually silently at work. It was evident that if they charged a permanent annuity of 1001. a-year into a terminable annuity of 1501., that additional 501. a-year was in fact a pay ment made to a sinking fund to get rid of the present annuity, and the amount thus paid annually to this, which uses, in fact, a sinking fund, amounted to two and a half mllions.— ( Cheers.) That was a point which ought not to be lost sight of when they were deliberating on the difficulties of their financial position, and were called upon in consequence to:make aft increase in the taxation.—(Cheers. ) The Right Hun. Gentleman had commented upon the indis tinctness of the resolution proposed by his (Mr. Baring's) Noble Friend, the - Member for London. Now he (Mr. B. ) thought his Noble Friend by no means shrunk from grappling wish the question. His Noble Friend had adopted that manly and fair course which he (Mr. Baring) had called upon 'Honourable Gentlemen opposite to pursue on a formet occasion, , when they had opposed his (Mr. Baring's) financial measures. He had then said to them, "I do not ask you to say what particular measure you mean to propose, but 1 do call upon you to state generally what financial course you intend to pursue." Now, on that occasion, what was the answer of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dor chester ? The Right Hon. Baronet, of all men in the world, replied, " Oh ! you want to peep over our cards, and see our hand "--(Cheers and laughter)—and now for the Right Hon. Baronet to come forward, and make the observ*tion he had done that evening proved that, at all events, he must have completely forgotten the past.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had alluded to his (Mr. Baring's) opinions on the question of imposing a legacy duty on real property. If he (Mr. Baring) had changed his opinions on the subject he should have no hesitation iu saying at once that he had changed them. There, could be no reflection upon any Mem_ ber for having changed his opinions on a matter of finance. What was right one day in matters of finance was frequerely wrong another; therefore, if he had changed his opinions on a question of that nature he should have no hesitation in avowing it. But he had not changi d his opinions. When an Hon. Gentleman had proposed to attach a legacy duty on the descent of real property, he (Mr. Baring) had opposed the proposition on principle, and in doing so he had said that, as the deficiency had been mainly occasioned by the alteration in the Post-office duties, from which the agricultural interest had received less be nefit than any other he thought it would be unjust to throw exelu si vely upon that interest the burden of mak inggood that deficiency. He had also said that it was a mistake to suppose that the agri coltural classes were altogether unaffected by the legacy duty, and he said so still. He had said that it was wrong to suppose that the great mass of the landed property of the kingdom was not taxed, and he was of that opinion still. There was a large tax imposed upon landed property by the stamp duty upon deeds, but he had never held an opinion that in any great gene ral financial arrangement it might not be right to impose a legacy duty on the succession of landed property ; but if such a duty were imposed, he thought it ought also to attach to entailed property. lie concurred with Hon. Gentlemen opposite. when they stated that there was no tax to which objections might not be made; but that was not the fair way of considering the ob jections which had been made to the Ministerial proposition. Ile called upon the House to look, not to mere arguments, but to fact and experience. The country had had a trial of these different taxes ; they had had au opportunity of com paring one with another—of comparing the legacy duties, the assessed taxes, and taxes on consumption, with the income tax—and he would ask the House to look at the result. What, in 1816, was the first tax which the people of England had called for the reduction of? What was the tax for the repeal of which, in 1816, the agri cultural class, the manufacturing classes, and the poorer classes of the country had pressed almost unanimously? Why they had selected this very tax as the tax of all others from which they chose first to be relieved.—( Loud cheers. ) When they talked of what might be the opinions and notions from the result of the tax, he pointed to history and experi once ; and he told them to refer to the former tax, and to all the statements that accompanied it. Let them look to that great petition from the City of London, and it contained the names of men not inconsiderable. There never was such a meeting in the history of the City of London, as occurred in 1816, at which that petition, which he had taken the libert of reading, to the House on a former occasion had been agreed to, and which contained all the arguments against this tax. The Hon. Member for Liskeard had been subjected to no little ridicule for having expressed his opinion as to the result of the tax with respect to the public funds. He (Mr. Baring) partook of that feeling. He believed that ultimately the funds of this country would be as secure as they ever were. He believed that when ;lie income tax was repealed after a certain time they would fi id that from all classes a unanimous desire to repair the finances, and that they would not from any part of the community hear one word about a breach of faith. There would be an universal determination of upholding what was called the public faith of the country. At the same time there were times at which the public feeling would be excited, when they would find men in arms against the tax, and he did not think it wise --fhe did not thick it secure—he did not think it worthy of a great statesman to place so large a portion of the public funds, necessary to the honour and security of the empire, and the good faith of the country, by imposing that tax which experience had shown to be the most insecure and most unpopular tax that was ever placed upon the people. Mr. FERRAND rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide—He was prepared to divide when he had de• livered a message to the Right Honourable Baronet in their (the Opposition's) presence. ( Laughter.) He was glad to find that Hon. Gentlemen on the Opposition had at last thrown off the cloak in which they had so long enveloped themselves. He was glad to find at last that the name of the working classes was not mentioned on that side of the House. When the House of Commons first assembled, night after night, Hon. Members cn that (the Op- position) side of the House, declared that they were prepared to bear any burdens on their shoulders provided the working classes could be relieved. Night after night, Hon. Member after Hon. Member, stated this, and called upon the Right' Hon. Baronet, to bring forward measures for the relief of the working classes. Did not the Hon. Member for Manchester as sert that 100 families in that town were starving for want of food? Did not .the Honourable Member for Bolten as sert that people in the town which he represented were living on food fit only for the dunghill ? Yes, they demanded of the Right Hon. Baronet to give the pooor people food.— (Ironical sheets.) He (Sir R. Peel) said, " will give them food, but I must have time to pt epare my measures."—( Ironi cal careers.) " I never can bring them fairly before the House of Commons till I have time, and I sail on you, as English men and Christians, to go down into the country and raise sub- TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MOitNINC-r. scriptions to relieve the poor." The Right Hen. Baronet had returned to that House and.prOducel measures so great and so extensive that they (the Opposition) were staggered when the measures were brought before the notice of the House. 'I he , when they heard them propounded, as the Right Hon. Gentle man who had last addressed the House said, " the middling and the industrious des- es are united." Yes, those Hon. Gen tlemen who Caine forward, during the last session of Parliament, demanded free trade • from the Right lion. Baronet, and the Right Hon. Baronet had met their demands. (Ironical cheers from the Opposition.) Had he not proposed the tariff ? (Renewed ironical cheers.) Yes, he had assisted the poor, and now they wished to prevent h',rn. He had given them a sop to stop their hoWlings for free trade. Bat when the House of Commons first met, they (the Opposi • ti , n) came fore and with loud voices, and brought petitions in favour of free trade. But how was it now night after night ? Why they saw Honourable Members coming in a whisper, with petitions from the shoe makers in favour of protective duties—silently coming and lae,ine them on the t a bl e w i t h out t h e s li g ht es t c h eer . Yes, he had reduced the price of oatmeal.—( Laughter.) D;tl they want it kept up ? sic had reduced the duty on oatmeal 10s. a bushel, and butcher's meat 2d. per pound.( Laughter. ) Was not that for the relief of the poor? Yes it was, and there was now one universal shout throughout Yorkshire and Lan ceshire of " God bless Sir Robert Peel."—(Laughter and ironical cheers.) 'they (the Opposition) kept up their fac tious opposition in that House to enable them to go down at Easter to appeal to the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) They did go down, but they dared not call them together. No, they went to their own constituencies, those whom they de clared to be in favour of free trade, and they sent them bark with petitions in favour of free trade.—( Hear, hear.) He had heard a great deal in that H ouse a b ou t th e landed interest not paying its share in the taxation. Why in the measures proposed by the 'Right Hon. Baronet they paid at the rate of from fifteen to twenty per cent. Were they not coming for ward in a most noble manner to support the Right Hon. Baronet? But when they (the Opposition) were called on to pay their share ; they protested against it, and refused to pay it.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Whence proceeded the opposition to the income tax in this country? It was concentrated in those benches.—(Cheers.) Did the Noble Lord, the Member for London, dare to go to that city and . call a meeting? No—once the idol of the people—twice called to power—on the shoulders Of that power he dared not do so, He had held a meetirg, certainly, in the corner of the Reform club, and he came there with that meeting on his back, and said that he protested against the income tax passing into a law. But let him ask Hon: Gentlemen opposite this question, They knew what the Right Hon Gentleman had done for the working classes and the country, but what had they done Now what had the, manufacturers done?—(Hear)—and the free' trade gentlemen, and the Anti Corn-law League men—had they fulfilied their promises ? No. As the Measures of the Right Hon. Baronet .reduced the price of the necessaries of life, so the manufacturers in the north had reduced the wages of their labourers. The wages of their labourers had been reduced 15 and 20 per, cent.—(oh, oh.) Nay, it wasa fact, and the manufacturers boasted publicly a change, that to what ever extent the Right Honourable Baronet should relieve the poor, to the same extent would they reduce their wages. —( Tory cheers, and groans from the Opposition.) Had not the leaaiing organs of the other side declared that if the income tax were laid on manufactures, it should be taken from the wages of the labourers? Not only had that organ asserted it, but the manufacturers had pledged themselves to it. He would not detain the House longer.—(" Hear, heat," from the Op position.) He bad only been seven minutes on his legs, and he only rose to deliver a message to the Right Hon. Baronet from the working classes—those men who carried them (the Opposition) to power some time ago, but who now supported the Right lion. Baronet, and would keep him there in spite of all their machinations to the conteary, e --( Hear. ). • Lord WORSLEY rose, but was rendered 'almost wholly in audible by the noise in the House. He said that he wished to state that whilst he could not agree to the resolution of 'the Noble Lord, he could not assent to the proposition of an income tax. He thought that if the Corn-laws were passed, the country would be inundated with foreign grain ; and with respect to the tariff, whatever may be the opinion in other places, in the county he lied the honour to represent, the feeling against it was very decided. The Noble Lord concluded by stating that he would oppose the resolution of the Noble Lord, and also the income tax of the Right Hon. Baronet. Colonel SIBTHORP rose amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh," and " Divide, divide." He said he would not delay the House a moment. He merely rose to say, that having understeol the Noble Lord to say that he would vote against the resolu tions, he was glad of at, because be (Col. Sibthorp) had given him a kind lecture on the subject on the stairs—(Laughter)— and he was happy to find that it had not been entirely throe n away. The House then divided, and the numbers were— For the resolution of Lord J. Russell 202 Against the resolution. Majority for Ministers.... On our return to the Gallery we found Lord J. R USSELL paying something about future proceedings, but owing to the noise we couldnot make out the Noble Lords observation'. Sir R. PEEL said there was a great desire among the op ponents of the Bill to see what the machinery' of the Bill pas to be, and till the Bill was brought in, it was impossible that desire should be gratified.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the No Lie Lord, alter the opinion he expressed last night, and which met with the general concurrence of the !louse, would agree to that. He had no power to prevent long discussions, but he did hope that he was not making an unjustifiable request in asking the House to put him iii a situa tion to bring in the Bill to-morrow evening. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the request of the Right Ilon. Baronet was put on fair grounds, and that he was not asking anything unusual or unfair in the Government of which he was the head. He thought it was better for the public business if the House proceeded to-night with the resolution. That would enable him to bring in the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman said he should fix aconvenient time for the first read- ' fug of the Bill, and he would therefore postpone the division,which he stated he would take at, the time, and take the opinion of the House on the first reading. There must be a good deal of discussion when the Bill was brought up, when he conceived, without violating the form of the House, the Hon. Gentleman might bring forward his question with regard to the legacy duty on real property. \lr. ELPHINSTONE said he was ready to with fraw his motion on the clear understanding that no technical objection should be made to his bringing forward the question at a future tune. After a few worth from Lo.cl JOHN RUSSELL, Sir ROBERT PEEL said he could assure the Hon. Gen tleman he would not take any advantage of the forms of the House. Mr. ELPHINSTONE then withdrew his motion. On oar return to the gallery we found Lord JOHN ItIThSELL stating that he would, without making any speech on the iiccasion, take the tense of the House upon the question, that the Report be brought up, as to whether the rest of the resolutions should be confirmed. The SP i , ;AKEIt having put the question that the Report be brought up. Mr. W. WILLIAMS. moved 4. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, and fur the reducing, as much as may be prac ticable, the duty now pay a bl e on ma l t, sugar , an d t ea , th ere shall be charged - annually the sev era l ra t es a:id duties following, that is to say, " for and in respect of every annuity, pension, stipend, dividend, or salary, payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom of the annual amount of 1501. to 3001.; for every twenty shillings, sixpence; of 300/. to 500/., for every twenty shillings, one shilling; of 500/. to 750/., for every twenty shillings, one shilling and sixpence ; of 750/. to 1,0001., for every twenty shillings, two shillings; of 1,0001. to 1,500/., for every twenty shrllings, three shillings ; of 1,500/. and upwards, for every twenty shillings, four shillings, on the value thereof. For and in respect of all lands, tenements, her, ditantents, heritages, and real property of every description, there shall be charged to every person on coming into possession thereof, by inheritance or bequest, a duty equal in amount to the probate and legacy duty now payable on personal property." After a few words from Mr. ELPHINSTONE, Sir 11. PEEL said he would proceed without further delay. On to-morrow he could not proceed with it, as the Hou;:e would wish him to consider the motion which the Hon. Illem • ber for South Lancashire (Lord F. Egerton) had given notice, and which would bring on considerable discussion. On Fri day the Mutiny Bill was to be brought forward, and notice had been given of a n otion which wouldiead to discussion upon it. The Hon. Gentleman had certainly an abstract right to call few the opinion of the House on the resolution, respecting the legacy duties, but he could not move t h e resolution without a Committee, of Ways and M eans . H e (Si r R o b ert P eel) had no objiaction to an absolute resolution upon the subject. He certainly did hope that the Hon. Gentleman would with draw his motion, particularly as he had expressed himself as having no desire to cause delay with respect to the measure. Alter a few words from Lord R. GROSVENOR, who was quite inaudible in the confusion which prevailed, Mr. WALLACE (amidst .cries of " Oh, oh," and " Hear, heur,") said, that although he had given notice of a motion, he would not interrupt the business of the . Home by pressing it. Sir R. PEEL was sensible that Hon. Gentlemen who had withdrawn their motions, had done so from a consideration of the public convenience. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought thatby taxing some people at a higher rate than others, they would be interfering with the law, which went to protect all property equally. Mr. WAKLEY was anxious to learn from the Right llon. Baronet whether there would be any opportunity of in troducing the subject of a graduated scale during the future stages of the Bill, of course up to the sum of 7d. ? Sir R. PEEL said it would be quite competent to the lion. Gentleman to do so, and he intended to do so himself in the case of the Scotch farmers. In reply to a question from Mr. TURNER, which was inau ble in the Gallery, Sir R. PEEL said he thought he could convince the Hon. Gentleman that it was more difficult to determine the amount of capital than of income. There were greater means of con cealing capital than income, and he thought, therefore, that the inquisition must be more stringent and severe in the one case than in the other.—( Hear, hear.) The Report was then brought up and received. Lord J. RUSSELL asked the Right Hon. Gentleman what course he intended to pursue with regard to the further pro gress of the measure? Sir N. PEEL proposed to bring in the Bill on Monday, when, if necessary, they could take a division on the first read ing, and on Monday he would sate the day on w hi c h h e p-o -posed to take th e secon d rea di ng , which would most probably be on Friday. MUTINY BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to know whether the Mutiny Bill, or the Colonial Customs Bill, would be brought on first on Friday. Sir R. PEEL proposed to take the Mutiny Bill first, and if the discussion on that did not extend to any great length, he would take the Colonial Customs Bill afterwards. THE TARIFF. Mr. BLEWITT said, that the Right Hon. Baronet had acknowled4ed that he bad been treated with great courtesy by that side of the House.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") Nov he was about to ask a question, to which, he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would give a courteous reply. He wished to ask on what day he intended to bring forward the question of the Tariff? of Sing filli ng could not bring it on the ea li es t p oss ibl e day y Si f r or R b . rin P g E in E g L on wa t s he des us tariff, iro b until after the question of the income tax should be disposed of. He meant until the House should have consented to the prin ciple of the Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—After the second reading? Sir R. PEEL could not f.x the day ; but it was necessary that he should feel assured that the Income Tax Bill would pass befere he could bring forward the tariff. As soon as he had that assurance he would bring on the discussion on the question of the tar.ff, for he felt a greater interest than any other person in having the question of the tariff settled as speedily as possible. Air. LABOUCHERE had heard with great regret the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet. lie could not see any necessity for pressing on the question of the income tax. Ile deeply regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman, knowing the present feeling of the country on the tariff, that he should have put the House in such a position that they could not discuss the question of the tariff as speedily as they could desire, because the Right lion. Baronet pressed on the income tax ; and they certainly must discuss the prbrisions of the Biil on the income tax, which the Right Hon. Barons proposed to introduce. He could not see any reason for too Right non. Gentleman not proceeding 'at once with the tariff, and after that should be settled, going on with the income tax. If any ark' cool; place in the dis cussion of the tariff, he trusted that the country ',mid s.e APRIL 14, 842. that the responsibility of that delay rested only upon these who refused to discuss the tariff until the income-tax Bill should have been disposed of. Of what consequence could it be whether the income tax was disposed of a week sooner or a week later, but every day's unnecessary delay in settling the question of the tariff would be productive of the zreatest inconvenience to the eummercial and trading classes. He regretted exceedingly the determination of the Right Hon. Baronet, as he considered it was occasioning great and unneces sary delay, in the settlement of the important questions con nected with the tariff. Sir R. PEEL (who spoke with his back to the Gallery, and in a very low tone of voice), said that the Right Hon. Gentle man need have no apprehension that, when the income tax was passed, the tariff would be delayed. He (Sir R. Peel) attached as much importance to the reduction of the tariff as to the pasting of the income tax. He felt bound in honour to deal at once with the tariff; at d he should feel him self as much called upon to relinquish his situation from a defeat on the tariff as on the income tax. Attaching, as the Right Hon. Gentleman did, such importance to this measure, he could not see how it could be benefited by pro longed discussion. There were a great number of articles in the tariff, amounting to upwards of 200, and each separate article would come under the consideration of the House. —( Hear.) He (Sir Robert Peel) had great confidence that when he came to the subject of the tariff, he should remove many apprehensions not only of the manu facturer but the agriculturist also. He did not say there would be no reduction in the cost of living, and there would be an advantage to the community in general. None would he injured by it. He thought to press on the tariff before the income tax would be most inconvenient. On Monday he should propose the first reading of the Income Tax Bill, and take Fri day for the second reading. He should proceed as speedily as possible with the income tax, and as soon as the convenienee of the House would allow, he shou:d proceed with the tariff. He believed he should allay the apprehensions of the manu facturer, and although he reduced the duty on articles of foreign manufacture, he wished to put a stop to smuggling, which was the consequence of the present high duties. LABOUCHERE could assure the Right Honourable Baronet that nothing could be further from his ( Mr. Labouchere's) intention than to impute any want of sincerity to the Right Hon. Baronet. He never suspected that the Right Hon. Baronet would, when the income tax was - , assed, delay the tariff. But still he could not help feeling that it would be much better to proceed with the tariff. 'the resolutions were then read and agreed to, and leave given to bring in the Bill. CARDIGAN ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Sergeant-at-Arms announced to the House that Ow Hon. Member for Mayo (Mr. M. Blake) vas taken into cus tody, as ordercd by the House, for non-attendance on this Com. latttee. In reply to ➢lr. BLEWIT f, it was stated that it was not competent to have the Hon. NI cmber now discharged from cus tody on payment of the usual fees. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'Clock. iIER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee (the second this season) yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party of the Life Guards, and attended' by the Duchess of Buceleuch, Mistress of the Robes ; the Vis countess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting; Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting; General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, Groom in aiting ; Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Mr. Wilson and Mr. Wortley, Pages of Honour in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert; Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting on his Royal Highness; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to his Royal Highness. The Queen and Prince Albert were received at St. James's Palace by the Great Officers of State, who conducted her Majesty and his Royal Highness to the Royal Closet. Colonel Home, Grenadier Guards, Field Officer in Brigade waiting, and the Captain of the Guard, had an audience of her Majesty. Her :Majesty afterwards entered the Throne-room, and the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were introduced. In the Foreign Diplomatic Circle the following Presenta tions to the Queen took place ; Le Comte de Kaysai ling, Attache a u Ministers Imperial des Finances, by the Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister. Le Baron de Langer], Chambellan de la Majesty le Roi do P 1 usse, by the Chevalie r B unsen , th e P russ i an Mi n i ster. Mr. John Cary, Lieutenant in the Austrian Service, by Baron de Neumann, the Austrian Minister. Le Baron Bentinck, Charge d'Affaires des Pays Bas, by the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Diplomatic Circle was attended by Count de St. Aulairs, the French Ambassador ; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; the Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minis-. ter; Count Pollen, the Sardinian Minister, and Count Revel, ecretary of Legation ; Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minis ter ; Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister, and M. de Berg Secretary - of Legation ; General Castelcicala, Neapolitan Mi nister, and Messrs. Canofari and I)el Pozzo, Secretaries of Legation ; Count Kielrnansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, the Wurtemberg Minister; M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Moister, and M. Phocion Roque, Secretary of Legation ; Chevalier 13a.usen, the Prussian Minister, and Baron Charles de Canitz, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Everett, the United States Minister ; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa. Brazilian Minister ; M. Sancho, Spanish Minister, and Francisco Pampiilo, Secretary of Legation; Count Reventlien, Danish Minister, and Baron Brockdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Neumann, Austrian Minister, and Baron de Lahzeltern, Secretary of Legation ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Charge d'Affaires; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affaires; Fuad Effendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires. At the General Levee—The Duke of Sutherland presented an Ad,iress of Congratulation from Dingwall. The Alarquis of Lansdowne presented an Address of Con gratulation on the birth o f the Prince of Wales, f.om the Bo rough of Calne. The Earl of Liverpool presented the humble and dutiful Ad dress of the Bailiffs and other inhabitants of Ellesmere and its neighbourhood, to her Most Gracious Majesty, on the birth of the Princ,s of Wales. The Right Hon. Sir John Hobhouse presented an Address of Congratulation from the T own C ounc il o f N ott i ng h am. Lord Lowther was presented, on being called to the Ili - Arse f Peers, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Lieut.-Gen. Lord Vivian, on his elevation to the Peerage, by the Marquis of Normanby. Lord I ieytesbury, on being appointed Governor of the Isle of Wight, by Sir James Graham. The Earl of Hardwicke, on his appointment, by the Lord Chamberlain. The Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, by Secretary Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. H. U. Addington, on his appointment as Under Secre• tars of State for Foreign Affairs, by the Earl of Aberdeen. The Solicitor-General, on his appointment, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household, on his marriage, by the Earl of Liverpool. Gene: al the Right Hon. Sir James Kempt, upon his pro motion. Captain Francis Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber to Its Royal Highness Prince Albert, cn his appointment to the Scots Fusilier Guards, by Colonel Scott. Rev. John Rile Wood, Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on his appointment to a Canonry in Wor cester Cathedral, by the Bishop of Rochester. Colonel Clark Kennedy, C.B. and K. H., 7th Dragoon Guards, on promotion and being appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queer., by Lord Hill. Colonel Oldfield, A. D.C., to take leave, on his return to Canada, as Commanding Royal Engineer, by the Master- General of the Ordnance. Among the company present were the Archbishop of York, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Trea sury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Trade, the First Lord of the Admi ralty, the President of the Board of Control, the Secre tary-at-War, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Stewar the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole to Prins All,ert, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Comptrolle General of the Exchequer, the Vice-Chamberlain, the l Trear surer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household lion. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corp, of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Ralph Gore, Groom in Waiting to hee Majesty ; Mr. Keate, Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen ; Mrr Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer of the lion. Corps o. Gentlemen-at-Arms; Lieut.-Col. Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery.f Equerry to Prince Albert; Captain Sir Andrew Green (in waiting), and Captain Phipps liornby, Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty; Colonels Dyneley, C. 8., Henry Bentinck, and Le Couteur, Aides-de-Camp to the Queen; C o l one l R e id , Silver Stick ; Mr. Burge, Q. C., Agent for Jamaica; Mr. James Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Mr. Eherthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeoman Guard ; Captain J. Parker Nuttall, Exon in Waiting; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fre deric Smith, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber ; Sir Noel Harris, Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting ; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentleman Usher ; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert in Waiting ; Mr. Dick son, Consul-General for Buenos Ayres, and the following-- Du K ES—Argyll, Buckingham and Chantios, Montrose, Sutherland, Marlborough, Cleveland. Ma Runt SES—Donega!, Normanby, Cholmondeley, Hertford, Camden, Salisbury, Waterford. EA RLS—Bandon, Falmouth, Charleville, Listowel, Kinnoull, Tankerville, Morton, Selkirk, Dunraven, Harewood, Malmes bury, Beehoe, Pembroke, Bradford, Thanet, Wicklow, Win ehilsea, Hardwick, De Grey, Eldon, Howe, Somers, Talbot, Warwick. Viscou NTS—Chelsea, Bernard, Hinton, Curzon, Jocelyn, Adore, Cantilupe, Duncan, Iloud, Ingestre, Palmerston, Emlyn, Northland. Brsitors—Winehester, Peterborough, Coleridge, R oc h es t er . LoßDa—Aberdour, Gardner, Eliot, Lovat, Charlcm:mt, Walsingham, Sondes, FererAmm, Ward, Monson, G. Quin. Ossulston, Boston, Clements, A. Lennox, Brooke, 1). Stuart, Templemere, Lyttelton, Heytesbury, Loraine, Ravensworth, G. Paget, E. Russell, Carew, Lowther, Portman, C. Clinton, C. Fitzroy. IlicuT - Hosoir &ARLES-Sir Alexander Johnston, George Dawson, E. Ellice. HosoultAßLES Rev. R. Windsor West, Henry Boyle Ber nard, Captain Denman, R.N. ; H. D. Ward, C. H. Tracy, L. King, Sir E. Vavasour, H. Duncan, Capt. Cust, W. Cow. per, S. Cowper, Rev. H. Cust, G. C. Forester, W. Stanley, ; Lieut.-Col. R. Trevor, Gen. Meade, S. Lyttelton, Carew, A. J. Capel, Capt. Scott, J. 0. Murray, H. B. Wil braham, 31. P. ; H. Curzon, G. Talbot, C. Ponsonby, Chas. Gore. BA Rolsrrs—Richard Bulkeley Philipps, Hugh Hume Campbell, 111. P. ; T homas Dyke Acland, Henry Dymoke, Philip Grey Egerton. Arthur 13. Brooke, E. L. Illulwer, J. Bruce, W. James, C. Monek, E. Antrobus, W. Wynn, B. Bridges, W. Stirling, W. Somerville, J. Easthope, J. Hob house, T. Gage, J. APTaggart, Al. P. Slits— William Burnett, K. C. H. ; Harris Nicolas, De Lacy Evans, H. Verney. A. D. Gordon, D. APDougall, E. Filmore, J. Robinson, W. Newton, J. Hausler, C. Douglas, ALP. ; R. Dobson. 'OUNT—Baptiste Metaxa. Ns —llos,, Chichester. PlUtveST—Eton. ItEv. Docroas—Foord Bowes, Saxby Pedal. REV. MESSIEURS— William Sergison, Algernon Peyton, ~veneer Knox, It. H. Barham, Eudell Tyler, H. Thelwall, W. S. Rowe, J. 11. Wood, F. Taylor, A. Fitzroy, C. Wetherell. • Dorrons—Richard Bright, Roberts, Meshani, M'Carogher, LISA son, Thomson, T. Rolph, lfill, 11. Tyser. 11141YORS—Rochester, Newport (Monmouth), Bristol, Ox ford. HIGH SHERIFF-13ristol. ALDERMEN—James Wilkinson, Thorp, Browning, Sadler, Jaeson, Allies, C. A. Helm. QUEEN'S COUNSEL—Burge, Koe, Wilbraham, N ewman Rogers, John Walker, William Erle, Oliver Anderdo n , J ames Russell, - Robert Prisleau Roupell. MESSIEURS—W. H. Bodkin, M.P. Ed. Richard Adams, Edward Foley, Tyrwhitt Walker, Alfred Marke s , Phili p H ony _ wood, William l-lonywood, Be: jamin Cotton, John Cotton, John Batten, Hallam, Shafto Adair, Emerson Tennent, M.P., D. Watts Russell, Hamilton Lindsay, Edward Majoribanks, Gustavus Lambart, William Lockhart, 111. P., Gurney, Herbert, Hugh Adair, Wray, E. T. Massey, W. Smythe, W. Law, James Dewar, Call, Fred. Buxton Whalley, J. Abel Smith, ALP., Ernest Charles Jones, Ormsby Gore, M'Gregor, Duff, M.P., Evan Edward, R. A. Stafford, Tollemache, George finny, l . Wakeman, Parkyns, W. Kingston, De Sidenham James Marshall, J. Tucker Crawford, Ralph Gore, Accountant General, Ogle, ALP., Pringle, Estcourt, Page Reade, C. Spring Rice, T. Cotton, H. Borrer, Hunter, J. Emson, B. Ferrand, Cartwright, Roch, T. Spurgen, C. Baron, J. Clarke, E. L. Sidebotham, T. Sinclair, Nuseey, F. Levenhagen, E. Walker, S. Mur ra y, ALP., C. oward, C. Brace, Milbanke, T. Shiffner, Savage, H. Addington, H. T. De la Beehe,T. Greg, G. Berkeley, J. Kennedy, C. B. Hamilton, M.P., Bentinck, E. Drummond, G. H. Cavendish, W. Palmer, Ed. Ellice, Cowper, Franklyn, Jones, Phippen, G. Mitchell, Meynell, Beckett . . Cripps, ALP., C. H. Turner, W. Kingdon, T. Rowe, H. Alexander, W. E. Frere, Furlong, M. Kennaway, E. Divett, M. la., J. R. Rodd, H. Pierrepont, W. Drysdale, H. •J. Perry, F. Lovell, W. F. Mackenzie, ALP., Chas. Mid dleton, Weymouth, J. M. Coley, T. Stear, J. Usill, E. Jack son, E. Evans, F. Siewr:ght, J. Wilson, A. Robertson, A. S. O'Brien, W. Hamilt on , W . W arr i ngton, B. Paget, Dawnav, Wombwell, Wodehouse, T. S. Forman, M.P., J. Howard, Wardell, Dick, Wood, Nelatrop, Rogers, Ross, J. George, Verner, de Horsey, R. Phip pen, Z. Alindge, L. Richmond, Strutt, J. Campbell, St. John Jefferyes, Ord, 111. P., R. Has card, W. A. White, E. Hooper, J. Hodgson, Philbrick, R. H. Wrightson, George, Bagshaw, R. J. Bagshaw, H. Cop pock, G. Roe, F. Howard, W. Patten. M. P., Power, M.P., F. Tollemache, D. Maclean, M. P., J. K. Ha berfield, Collins, M.P , P. Miles, J. H unt , R . Hi orns, B. Culpeper, W. Ellis, M.P., Turner, M.P., C. Wilshire, Wil shire, ALP., Johnson, Philipps, Dickinson, Junes, J. B. Stan hope, Colville, M.P., Dugdale,J. W. Merryman, R. Biddulph- Bramston, M.P., Mackinnon, M.P., W. G. Johnson, M.P., S. Allen, Footner, Langston, D. Trant, Ch anne l!, B . J ones, W. Jernmett, Kemble, M. r. Antrobus, M.P. W. H. Ad a m s , Greaves, Packe, ALP., N. Earle, J. Ai. Stanley, Middleton. A. Davis, Pownall, Tubbs, Johnston, B. Wrightson, R. Walker, M.P., W. Tollemache, rhornely, AL P. , Dundas, Adams, J. Bostock, APGregor, Lightfoot, H. Stuart, 11. Hughes, S. Wortley, Hill, Smedley. FIELD-MARSHAL—Duke of Wellington. GENERALS—Sir James Kempt, Sir W. Gomm, Lord Seaton, Evans, C. 8., Frederick, Hon. H. Murray, Lord C. Manners, Lomax, Sir H. R osa , Si r G. C oc kb ur n, Sir R. Harvey, Sir A. Maclaine, Lord Vivian, Sir R. Armstrong, Fremantle, Sir L. Grant, Sir H. Turner, Sir J. Hope, Fer• gusson, Sir W. Eustace, H. Thomson, Alexander, Evatt, Sir J. Bradford, Sir R. M'Farlane, H. Roberts, Sir H. Bayly, Palley, Lygon, Sir T. Hawker, Daubeny, Lightfoot, Sir J. Buchan, Duffy, Sir J. Woodford, Sir J. Slade. COLONELS—Sir Allan Napier Mac Nab, Gurwood, Macarthur, F. Clinton, Sir G. Arthur, Viscount Guillamore, Sir H. Townshend, Oldfield, C. Kennedy, Walcott, Hood, Taylor, Wood, F. Johnston, Banbury, Fanshawe, H. Hartley, C. Head, Sir J. Shaw, Verner, M.P., Alderson, Scott, Fcild ing, B. Drummond, Philpotts, Wright, Lord Sandys, H. J ones , Colquhoun, Rowan, Macneil, Prosser, Turner. MAJORS—Waymouth, Vivian, Louis, Udny, G. Munro, Dcedes, Raitt, J. Maclean, Ogilvy, Shiley, Temple, Anderson. CAPTAINS — Goulbourn, Polhill, M.P., A. Tweedale, Mayne, B. Gordon, Hensler, Storer, J. Jones, F. Ditmas, St. John, F. Seymour, Saunders, W. R. Haslewood, Clifford, 11. Percy, Tylee, Innes, Scott, Douglas, Berners, Eliot, Pitt, Cosset, F. Arthur, F. Hamilto n , E. F re k e , Boldero, M.P., F. Villiers, Larcom, It. Puleston, Manning. LIEUTENANTS—Saunders, Compton, Wallace, W. Jones, 11. Fanshawe, C. Preston, 0. Gore, Vavasour, Lord Longford, Pereira, R. Dawson, Bennett, C. Wake, Arrow, Curling, M. B.achcroft, Hamilton, Ohifield, Hon. C. West, Sir F. Free ling, Hon. N. West, F. Vardon, Ross, Hon. J. C. Murray, Hay, W. Yates, Deering. CORNETS—Warde, Tynte. SECOND LIEUTENANT—Bruyeres. SUB-LIEUTENANT— HoImes. ENSIGNS—Rookes, J. C. Phillpotts, Sievwright, G. Pitt, W. Smith. ADMIRALS—Sir P. C. H. C. Durham, G.C.8., Thomp son, Sir J. C. White, Sykes, Sir C. Richardson, Lye, Gifford, Bowles, AL C. Kinley, Sir H. Digby, Sir B. Cape!, Gosselin, Erown,:Lysaght, Mudge, Sir C. Malcolm, Sir J. West, Sir E. Codrington, Sir W. Lake, Sir T. Briggs, Inglefield, Sir D. Milnes, Sir H. Pigot, Christian, Sir J. Talbot, Sir E. Chat ham, S. Jackson, Sir W. Loring. CAPTAINS-0183 - I'a Eden, Ilawkes, M.P., Sir G. Bremer, Evres, J. V. Fletcher, Shirreff, P. Fisher, Anson, J. Hay, 11. .Martin, H. Giffard, G. Evans, I'. Clarke, lion. H. Dundas, rodrington, P. Hornby, Leith, Meynell, C. 13asden, Howard, T. Wodehoese, L. Hooke, J. Montagu, G. Falcon, Wood. thorpe, Washington, W. Preston, Sir G. Young, J. Nott, Dumaresq. Comma awaits—R. D. Pritchard, T. Carpenter, C. C. Grey, J. Ilailosves, Dobree, J. West, Sir J. B r o w n, Be r ne rs , C. Hooke, J. Abbott, C. olbrook, G. Mends, Coffin, G. Saotton, P. Fisher, T. Fisher, J. Murray. W. Russell, C. Brown, Loring, A. Paul, Brown. LIEUTENANTS—W. E. Gordon, W. Hooton, Boyd, Hodgkinson. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty.— The Earl of Falmouth, on succeeding to his title, by the Earl of Liverpool Sir Henry Dyrnoke, Bart., on being created a Baronet, 11 the Duke of St. Alban's Mr. Edward Richards Adams, en being appointed a D e p u ty Lieutenant o: the county of Sur re y, by the Earl of Lose lac:, the Lord Lieu:ei:ant The lion. H. D. Ward, on his appointment to the Grenadier Guards, by Lord Ward Hon. Captain Denman, R.N., on his promotion and return from the Coast of Africa, by Sir George Cockburn The Hon. and Rev. Reginald Windsor West, by the Earl De lawarr Sir Harris Nicolas, on receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, by Lord Stanley Mr. John Batten, Mayor of Rochester, by the Right Hun. Sir James Graham Mr. John Cotton, by Lord Fitzgerald and Vesi Mr. Benjamin Cotton (Trinity house), by Sir John Henry Pelley, Bart., Deputy Master Mr. Philip Honywood, by Sir Edward Knatchbull Mr. Emerson Tennent, ALP., on being appointed Secretary to the Board of Controul for the Affairs of India, by Lord Fitzgerald. Mr. Alfred Markes, on his appointment to her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by the Right Hon. Lord Forester Mr. James Russell, on being appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Robert Prioleau itoupell, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Koe, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Oliver Anderson, on his appointment as one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancetlor Mr. John Walker, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. 'Wilbraham, on being appointed one of her Majesty's Council, by the Lord Chanceilor Mr. Tyrwhits Walker, her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle men at Arms, by Lord Forester Mr. Wm. Lockhart, M.P. for Lanarkshire, by Sir J. Graham Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, by the Earl of Somers Mr. M'Gregor, Joint Secretary of the Board of Trade, by the Earl of Ripon Sir Arthur Is. Brooke, Bart., on his marriage, by General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. The Duke of Argyll, by the Earl Delawarr Lord Munson, on coming to the title, by Lord Sondes Lord Templeman, on his appointment to the Ist Life Guards, by the Duke of Richmond lion. Adolphus F. Capel, by the Hon. Admiral Sir Bladen Capel lion. Hamilton Duncan, on his appointment, Lieut. Scots Fusileer Guards, by- Colonel Scott Lord Feversham, on succeeding to the Title, by the Earl of Eldon Viscount Curzon, by Earl Howe General Sir James Kempe, upon his promotion Major-General Sir William Gomm, on his return from Jamaica, and appointment to the command of the Northern District, by Lord Hill Viscount Hinton, on appointment to the Grenadier Guards, by Colonel Grant The Earl of Bective, by Lord George Quin Earl of Harewood, by the Duke of Buccleuch Earl of Matmesbury, on succeeding to his title, by the Earl of Pembroke lion. Spencer Cowper, Secretary of Legation at Stockholm, by the Earl of Aberdeen Earl of Dunraven, by the Earl of Bandon Marquis of Hertford, on coming to his title, by the Duke of Wellington The Duke of Marlborough, by the Duke of Buckingham Sir Richard Dobson, Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, on pro motion, by the Earl of Haddington Sir Brook Bridges, by the Right Hon. Sir E. Knrtchbull Dean of Ross by the lion. Colonel Dawson Darner Rev. William Sergison, by the Duke el Richmond Dr. Roberts, by Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D. Dr. Thomas Rolph on his appointment as Agent for Emigra tion in the United Kingdom, on behalf of the Government of Canada, by Lord Stanley The Rev. Fitzwilliam Taylor, by his father Col. Taylor, C.B. Mr. William Smythe, by the Earl of Kinnoull Mr. E. T. Mossy, by Lord Emlyn Alderman James Wilkinson, of Stockport, by the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley Dr. Henry Tyser, by Major-General Sir John Jones, Bart. Mr. James Dewar, by Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm The Mayor of Preston, by Mr. Wilson Patten Tice Mayor of Lyrnington, by Mr. Mackinnon, M.P. The Mayor of Warwick, by Sir Charles Douglas Sir Michael Bruce, Bart., by the Duke of Argyll Mr. Cali, by Lord Eliot The Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, on his appoint ment, by Lord Monteagle The Recorder of Rochester, by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department Mr. Ross Hassard, Royal Artillery, on return from Syria, by the Right Hon. the Master-General of the Ordnance Mr. Zachary Mudge, by his father, Vice-Admiral Mudge Mr. Frederick Tollemache, by Lord Charles Manners Mr. Charles Wilshire, by Mr. Wilshire, M. P. Mr. Greases, by Sir Charles Douglas Mr. William G. Johnson, M.P., by Lord Eliot Mr. James Campbell, Lord Provost of G!asgow, by Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. W. E. Frere, on hi:l return from India, by the Earl of Clare Mr. Thomas Rowe, by Sir William Gage Bart. Mr. Councillor Spurgin, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. Councillor Clarke, by the Right Hon. Sir James Gra ham, Bart. Mr. Councillor Baron, by the Right Hon. Sir James Gra hani, Bart. Mr. Thomas Seaton Forman, M.P., by Capt. Boldero, M.P. Mr. Robert John Bagshaw, by his father Mr. Bagshaw Mr. Edward T. Hooper, on promotion, by Sir William Haan Gage, G. C. B. Mr. Henry Stuart, by Lord Wharncliffe Mr. J. A. Bostock, by Sir James McGrigor, Bart. Mr. McGrigor, by Sir James McGrigor, Bart. Mr. Johnston, on his return from India, by Viscount Jocelyn. Mr. Joseph Tucker Crawford, her Majesty's Consul General in Cuba, on his appointment, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. James Marshall, by Lord Monteagle Mr. William Kingston, by Captain Hooke, R.N. Mr. Parkyns, by Mr. Colvile Mr. de Sidedham, on assuming the ancient name of his family t by the Marquis of Normanhy Mr. George Udny, by Admiral Sykes Mr. E. Wakeman, by Lord Lyttelton Mr. Cripps, by the Duke of Beaufort Mr. Beckett, on his marriage, by Earl De Grey Mr. Aleynell, on taking the name of Ingram, by Major Wayrnouth Mr. John Kennedy, Secretary of Legation at the Court of Naples, by the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. Tollemache, by the Marquis of Cholmondeley Mr. Frederick Buxton Whalley, by Sir Brook Bridges. Bart. Mr. Evan Edwards, by Lord Lovelace Mr. Thomas Greg, by the Marquis of Londonderry Mr. Savage, late Master in Equity, Madras, on return trom India, by Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey Mr T. G. Sinclair, by Colonel Scott Mr. Charles Bruce, on his marriage, by Admiral Sir Philip Durham Mr. AI ilbanke, Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Vienna by- the Earl of Aberdeen Mr. Ogle, ALP., by Mr. Ord Mr. rage Reade, Deputy-Lieutenant of Suffolk, by the Duke of Argyll Mr. Pringle, lay the Duke of Buccleuch Mr. Charles Spring Rice, by bis Father, Lord Monteagle The Rev. Algernon Pyeton, by the Duke of Bedford Dr. Lawson, Royal Artiilery, on his return from the Mauii tins, by the Right Hon. the Master-General of the Ordnance - - The Duke of Cleveland, upon succeeding to his title Mr. Charles Middleton, by Lord Levet Mr. H. T. De la licche, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham Admiral Sir P. C. H. C. Durham, G. C. 8., on promotion to Admiral of the Red Mr. Jas. R. Redd, on appointment to the Duke of Cornwall's . Rangers, by Admiral Sir Robert Otway Colonel Sir Allan Napier Mae Nab (Canada), by Lord Stanley 11. Ferdinand Levenhagen, from Stralsund, Prussia, by the Chevalier Hebeler, his Prussian Majesty's Consul-Ceneral. Mr. Ernest Walker, by Admiral Sir Henry Digby Mr. Scott Murray, 'M. P. for Buckinghamshire, by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Mr. Busraeld by Earl do Grey Major Temple, on promotion, by Lord Monteagle Lieutenant-General Lomax, on his promotion, by General Sir F. Wetherell Major-General Sir James Hope, on his appointment to the staff in Canada Major- General Daubeny, on promotion, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hass ker General Sir henry Bayiy, on receiving the Brevet rank of General, by Lord Vivian Colonel 111'Neil, on appointment., 91st Begiment, by Lieut.. General Lord F. Somerset Lieutenant-Colonel Turner, on promotion, by Sir Hilgrove Turner Major-General Duffy, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Sir A. Barnard Lieut.-Colonel Harry Jones, on his return to Ireland as a Com missioner for the Improvement of the River Shannon, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Colonel Wright, on promotion, by Sir F. W. Alalcaster Colonel B. Drummen 1, on promotion and appointment to the command of a battalion, by Colonel Scott Lieut.-Colonel Alderson, on return from Syria, by Lieut.- General Sir F. Malcaster Lieut.-Colonel Guillamore, by the Hon. B. Paget Lieutenant-Colonel Hood, on promotion, by Viscount Hood Major Udney, on promotion, by Col. Home Major G. G. Munro, by Sir J. Graham Lieutenant -Colonel Prosser, by Colonel Taylor Major Rai•t, by Colonel Pitt Major Deedes, by the Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., M.P. Major Ogilvy, on promotion, by Col. Reid Major Sidley, on promotion Lieutenant-Colonel Ha'l, on promotion and return from Ca nada, by Lieutenant -General Lord Seaton Colon I Gurwood, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington Majer-General Evans, by Sir De Lacy Evans Lieutenant Compton, on return to India, by Sir J. Lush ington Captain F. Arthur, by Sir G. Arthur, on being appointed his Military Secretary Captain Eliot, on promotion, by Colonel Taylor Captain Scott, on return from India, by Major-General Brothel ton Captain \V. K. Haslowood, on return from India, by the Mar quis of Bristol Captain F. Ditmas, on return to India, by Lieut.-General Sir J. Watson .3apta'a Hensler, on his sppoiatment to the East Essex Regular by Viscount Maynard, Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Captain Marne, en departure for Canada, upon the Staff, by Major-General Sir R. Armstrong Captain Goulburn, Grenadier Guards, on his return from Malta, by the Right Hon. H. Goulburn Captain P. Fisher, on appointment to the Sheerness Dock yard, and to the command of her Majesty's ship Ocean, by the Duke of Wellington Captain Anion, R.N., on promotion, and return from China, by General Sir G. Anson Captain H. W. Gifford, R.N , on promotion and return from China, by Admiral Gifford Captain .`sunders, by General Hodgson Lieut. Saunders, on his aemoval to the 84th Regiment, by Lieut.-General Sir Loftus Otway Captain Milne ' 11. N., on return f rom F ore i gn serv i ce, by Admiral Sir David Milne Lieut. W. E. Gordon, on promotions by the Earl of Ripon Commander C. T. Rooke, R.N., on promotion, by the Rev. Sir G. Burrard, Bart. Vice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, on his appointment a K. C. 8., Admiral Sir B. Martin Ensign G. D. l'itt, by Lis father, Colonel D. Pitt Ensign Reokes, tn , Sir M. Creagh Sub-Lieutenant Holmes, on appointment 2d Life Guards, by Colonel Reid Commander .1. H. Murray, on promotion, by Admiral Sir 11. Dighy Rear-Admiral Bowles, on promotion, by Lord Colville Admirals Go selin, Sir J. West, Gifford, Sir D. Milne, and Sir W. Lake, on promotion ; Sir H. Digby, on nomination to a G. C.B. ; Vice-Admirals Thompson and Sir T. Briggs, on promotion; Rear-Admirals Lysaght, Ingletield, Lye, Sir E. Chethain, Samuel Jackson, and Sir C. Richardson, K. C. 8., on promotion-. Captains Wm. Preston, Sir G. Young, Du man- sq, No;t, 'l'. Wodebouse, Washington, J. Hay, Larcom, T. Clarke, and L. Rooke, on promotion ; Eyres and Leith, on return from foreign service; P. Hornby, C. Eden, Shirreff, and Hon. R. Dundas, on their appointments; Commanders It. Pritchard, W.Russell, Catlin, C. Holbrook, J. Abbott, J . West, and Carpenter, on promotion ; Dcbree, Br ,yrn, Lieutenants Hodgkinson and Boyd, on . _ promot.on ; and Sir F. F. Freeling, by Lord Haddingtoze Generals Sir George Coe'iburn, Sir T. Bradford, Sir J. Buchan, Sir A. Alan Line, Sir W. Eustace, Sir R. Harvey, and Ligld foot, on promotion ; Lygon, Sir R. Armstrong, and Hon. ti. Murray, on their appointments ; Colonels Scott, C. F. Head, and G. Kennedy, on promotion ; Bunbury, on going to Canada ; and Al'Artliur, by Lord Hill. Captain Sir Gordon Bremer, RN., on being nominated a h.C.8., and return from China. Capt. J. V. Fletcher, R.N., and Commander A. J. Paul, on promotion and return from China, by Sir G. Bremer, K. C. B. Vice-Admiral Mudge, Ensign I. C. Phillpotts, on his appoint ment, by Lord Seaton Captain it. Puleston, Ensign W. Smith, by Sir W. Hut chinson Commanders, P. Fisher, on promotion and return from China, T. Fisher, on prennotioa and return from the West Indies, by Captain Fisher Major-General H. 'I homson, Col. Sir G. Arthur, on his ap pointment, Captain A. Tweedale, en return from India, Lieutenants C. H. Wake, on return to India, Arrow, W. Janie, and Bennett, by Lord Fitzgerald Major-General Pasley, and Sir IL ItoFs, on iiromotion; Colonel Oldfield, on retu:n to Canada ; Colquhoun, on return from Syria, Major Louis, on return from Ireland; Captains James and Ty lee, on promotion ; Gosset, un ac. pointment ; A. John, on return from foreign service, and Ensign Sieywright, by Sir G. i\iurray. Admiral Sir J. Talbot, G.C. 8., on investment. Vice-Admiral AP Kinley, on promotion ; Captain Woodthorpe, Commanders, Beneri, on promotion, Loring, and G. Mencid, on promotion and return from foreign service, by Sir G. Cockburn. Commanders J. Hallowes, C. Grey, C. Brown and Lieut. W. Horton, on pi ()motion, by Sir E. Codtington. Captain IL B. Martin, R.N., on being made a C. B. by Sir H. Stopfard Lieut. Hay, on appointment by Cu]. Scott Lieut. Deering, by Sir H. Douglas Lieut. Bruyeres, by Sir F. Smith Lieut. \V. Yates, on return from Jamaica, by Sir W. Gomm Lieut. C. R. West, by Sir G. Arthur Lieut. Ross, on appointment and return from Syria, by Sir H. Ross Lieut. Oldfield on return to India, by Col. Oldfield Lieut. Hannhon, by Sir H. Douglas Lieut. Al. Beaclacrott on return to India, by Major-General Dyson Lieut. Curling, by Lord Gardner Lieut. G. Pereira, by Capt. Basden Lieut. R. Dawson, on appointment, by Lord de Grey Lieut. Vavasour, on promotion, by Sir E. Vavasour • Lieut. H D. Fandiawe, by Col. lanshawe Lieut. O. Gore. by Alr. 0. Gore Lieut.-Colonel F. - Johnston, on promotion, by the Adj.-General Lieut.-Colonel Preston, by Lord Wharncliffe Lieut. Wallace, on return from India, by Lord Clare Capt. Douglas and Comet Ward, by Lord Cardigan The following Noblemen and Gentlemen presented Addreses of Congratulation to her Majesty on the B.rth of the Prince of Wales . Captain Manning 21 Royal Surrey Regiment, from the In habitants of the Royal Alanor of Portland, 551 signatures. Captain Manning was presented by Alnjer- General Sir Henry Wheatley, G. C. - The Mayor of Rochester, the Recorder, and Mr. Alderman Manclark, accompanied by Mr J. S. Douglas, NI.P., and Mr. W. H. Bodkin, AI. P. from Rochester. Earl of Bandon, from the Inhabitants of the Borough of Bandon Bridge. Lord Portman, from Illandford and Glastonbury Hon. Cciarles Ponsonby, from the Town-Council of Poole, and from the Inhabitants of Poole. Mr. Charles Henry Turner, Mayor of Exeter • Mr, Francis Newman Rogers, Recorder ; Mr. Willia m liingdon, High Sheriff; Mr. Alderman Furlong, and Mr. Aiark Kennaway, accompanied by Sir William Webb Folldtt, M.P., and Air. E. Divett, M.P., from the Citizens and Inhabitants of the city of Exeter, and from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Exeter. Mr. Thomas Stokes, Mayor; Mr. Samuel Stone, Town clerk ; and Mr. William Evans Hutchinson, a member of the Society of Friends, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Leicester, and from the Corporation of Lei cester. Messrs. Stokes, Stone, and Hutchinson, were pre sented by Sir John Lacthope, M.P. Mr. James Milman Co!ey, Mayor of Bridgnorth, from the Inhabitants of the Viorough of Bridgnorth. Mr. Milman was presented by the Hon. John Ponsonby. Mr. J hnson, Mayor of Great Yarmouth, and Mr. William Palmer. from Great Yarmouth. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Palmer were presented by Mr. Wilshire, M.P. Mr. Nicholas Earle, Mayor, Mr. E. L. Sidebotham, and Mr. E. L. Richmond, from the Inhabitants of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne. Messrs. Earle, Sidebotham, and Richmond were presented by the Honourable H. Bootle Wilbraham, M.l'. Mr. Tootner, Town Clerk, and Mr. Bramston, from the In habitants of Andover. Mr. Tootner and Mr. Bramston were presented by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. Alderman Browning, Mayor, Mr. Alderman Thorp. and Mr. Alderman Sadler, from the Corporation of Oxford. Messrs. Browning, Thorp, and Sadler, were presented by Sir James Graham Mr. Turner, M.P., from the Protestant Dissenters cf Truro. Mr. John Ensom, Mayor, Mr. T. Spurgen, Mr. Charles Baron, and Mr. Joi.hus. Clarke, Councillors, from the Town Council of Saffron Walden. The deputation was presented by Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. John Wilson, Recorder ' from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the borough of Carmarthen, Wales. Mr. Rogers, Mayor of Stafford, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Stafford. The Mayor was presented by Viscount Sandon. Mr. Cartwright, late High Sheriff of Staffordshire, and his Under-Sheriff, Mr. R. W. Hand, from the County of Stafford. Messrs. Cartwright and Hand were presented by the Duke of Sutherland. Dr. Mesharn, Mayor cf Bedford, from the Corporation b poraty -Lord c ionand Town of Bedford. Dr. Mesham was presented Captain Polhill, M. P., from the Borough of Bedford. The Duke of Sutherland, from Dingwall. Colonel Sir Allan Napier Mac Nab and Dr. Thomas Ralph, from the Coloured Population of Canada. Colonel Sir Allan Napier Mac Nab, from the Commissioned Officers of the Sedentary Militia of Western Canada. Also f rom the Sackems, War Chiefs, and Warriors of the Six Na• lions' Indans ; also from the Town and Township of Niagara, Canada ; and also from the District of Gore, Canada. Mr. George, Mayor, and Mr. Philbrick, Town-Clerk, from the Corporation of Harwich. Mr. George and Mr. Philbrick were preen'ed by Mr. lia,:shaw. Mr. Serjeant Adams, Chairman of Session, Mr. Pownall, proposer, and Mr. Tubb, seconder, from the Justices of the Peace fur the county of Middlesex in General Session As— sembled. Mr. W. H. Adams, Mayor, from the Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of Boston. Mr. Adams was presented by Sir James Graham. Mr. James Hodgson, Mayor of N e wcastle-upon-Tyne, from the Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Mr. Hodgson was presented by Mr. Ord. Mr. Franklyn, Mayor. Mr. Jones, High Sheriff, and Mr. I f t r: h o e m i P : i e o t:h ' e . I To‘r E n . Inhabitants C i3 o e u rk n e e : e o l l y f o :l3; u r , .i f i s r , t o o . 71 , accompaniedlltlh-re C P o . rel Miles, a th ti e on D ll lea. Deputation alsot eino mesumni