The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-09 00:00:00

18''5• s sub ; from of his and in it'l a halt re ties tat the reused ur 3U of the it!, the who two n. in tr, Old ?wpro m.. x }ears to pay iat this 1 14 be LL-eadY ja•tly ! va!tte it t" m ot • the- e wori; ; ! e l Inerlas • — S al ~ • nous, yet a great many of them were very i wail ~ " I th regard to the article of timber he (Mr. ea,. t : dnaa / bti a i ( r )t a uF l re e s e: c oe t t; n d si ut against mwears,a. throwing abne dnt, fi 4 ,ll an interests. away Ia aetohUel arevenue n d k e le i s y s e l t ; would in every way go to injure There was another tax which had advertedbaronet to to-night, and which he hoped the Riga) I k ett ,, n t would see reasons for relinquishing altogether. 6 ' t the tax of 4s. .pea ton upin coals—a tax , ( lee 'Vial interests of the country. In all foreign court. to . y v'e tl u e bt i a laa most injurious : in its effects upon the shippine , pt Belgtum air se a s 6• um, which was in itself a coal country, they a in I „ an_ aecount of its cheapness, since the duty was ha s ' S s's- With regard to corn, he was one of those vthoetef4reedem of the article from all (lett , what , " t a i t o . . ou rf l leiv e rs : l tl .. a.c ;d l sbupgia.nrg, w a it n h t i h ns e ta la h tLG t or•n f zn p t ri i n n ci b p e l h e a o lf f o f f re a e aelmel supaerted the proposition of the al . ilMent respecting the duty upon that article, but he " di better the proposition shadowed faith in tar n s . ft. limercial teherne or the Bight Honourable Ba .eala e % bought that 'lt was in the power of the S, Li e to in demnify the West Malan interest la s At certain regulatanns with - rt•isrect au coffee and 4611,,ri0.,,, latirdes(emnltslirii;ish e o lonial sugar could not las usea in tl i' t distilleries, when entered specially for * I tiilt.Z.r• y e Cou'ait not sash a regulation as that be done l i tiesi a Nava, he pointed out these things for the purpo4e a 1 g tut if the Colonias wished to come to a settlement tie., 4 ." ti wsis they might he freed from many rehiictive 4 1. re ' d a .id he believed tliey would thus he compensatt d lata ion of duty. With respect to the tariff of the a ''s"Baronet, he wished to say tame it appeared to him it 4 ' °lntaased many anomalies, - although he admitted 1 % . ar e 4 , 1 ! 0 conteined some usefal a changes. There th t e .'ern in the tariff, nrmei.y, that of app'es, on ": 4 •S a ; fi aashed to make a few oaservations. He was sue atest l id that the duty upon fareign applies was to be five ' a lai:ran their value ; surely, that was a misprint, or it had nthetl in Kent.—( A aaugh ) That duty was larger r ia t t e t nica lutd . been formerly levied ; and it should he 11,1. aa , the article was one of very general consumption. a r a ai ,ea e e d ans , tid that sale article of hops had been left entirely a 'rai -- t hear aar)—snd en linseed cake the duty had a li A al a s t e l t , i aLac thi• ' ed per cent. He Ilea alluded to these things, ai a ` t neSe might undergo revision, and he hoped, cor , ot a alloh..ere was another point on which he wished 'sea '' ad to say a few words. A petition tlash ' been forwarded from certain farmers y i ll ni..,rep:ishire who paid more than 50,000/. an 4;tn f . n ; and they stated that it would be unfair to the e tt re rs' generally to assess their incomes at one-half of I . the . s , 1-I .e believed that these who were best acquainted ' th, r alset would say that one-half of the rental was far Yea.' i lia prcfits of the holders of well-regulated farmers tsklldlt • He trusted, therefore, that that subject would Ise '. 'St Ha into the consideration of the Government. The a, `' l a Baronet, in introducing the income tax, had ere a s t hC condition o f this country at a former period, .'a ga a'd a mutiny at the Ie ere, rebellion in Ireland, and ' la 4 )a d, with the funds at 52. lint there was now re te es the Nore-a (taughter on the Ministerial benches)— !!4 a a n rebellio n in Ireland, and the funds were at 90. 'es e e l ! , he adreatted, hail that last circumstance as an ine 1 , Ytt ks .naliona'S prosperity. 't he funds were high, and a„, nireste ain them because trade languished, and there aarafitable 'employment for capital. The Bight Hon. ''st e le iii , opinion, bad exargerated the difficulties of our N',,,'tiou ; the people ot the country would ever be 14 ;ret rap dangers when they had arrived; but they s Nt s l'ilsil animously magnify their difficulties, and fly to , ate dieots, which the necessities of their condition sl ei r'4.—( Hear, hear.) the N', l ,' ALIVIER commenced by alluding to the taints '.". Aaeu to Lord (Lord J. Russell) upon the conduct of asa e 'l hers on his (Mr. Palmer's) side of the House. i • C alla' e d he had voted for the third reading of the Corn 'lts s ell he was not satisfies that the protection afforded s ta sti culturai interest by that Bill was sufficient.—( ()p a! th ee „ P ee 'a:a e He thought the agricultural interest re , , 411 .1 1 1 : ° 'e protection. The Right Hen. Gentleman had sa a a reratse of three years instead ot fifteen, as, in Isis a h ' N pt i , t e, ought. But he dal not not think he was incon e th e co - arse he adopted with regard to the Corn-law. tra esti al cht er a.) It was impossible for a person to vote At "n sohich embraced so many topics as the Corn feset disssent from portions of quiteit.— hear.) He a • ' t t thau hhe believed it was not satisfactory to l'e 'Mho' • g • .a ea is ts of the country.—(Opposition cheers.) The 4: 1 4 1 1 ,V 4 ,: B sronet proposed it under the idea that wheat aaeoi ke pt at a price between 545. and 555. ; and if that N es a llificient, he was sure the Right Hon. Baronet k ait e aeady to alter the law. —(Opposition cheers.) With h t fal income tax, he was well aware of its inquisitorial s t lit ti lls a eae. of the many inconreniences that attended it.— k e a tz r)—but he was also aware, that the credit of the satee e us, be maintained; and that was acknowledged by , a s ay a Isnrd and the H en . Member for Coventry. The aass n 'le eld be placed in that position in which it was six saataa Years ago—(Bear, hear)—and •he believed that would be requisite to support the credit a the \ N A The Cha• seeder of the Exchequer would not 'ata -- (Laughter_) It was_ for the sake of the credit of the e t tabs, f '' `'4, i, t 4,.. , or that, only, that be would give his vote for the in. 4 t ,,' t . e,, i V hen he looked, also, to the wars of Affghanistan and Or t° 'AC necessity imposed on them of supporting the ki, Of Ulf. , j,;: ia eN 'asteatitry in the East, he should vote for the tax. i i 7 o h ,7 ;,, 10 the tariff, .he supposed that a new edition votild k, l tt, _ 54 ,.. day—topposition cheers)—but he must eay it . was ti,,, ,o tt , filch be could never consent.—(Renewed Opposition 'e 4 , , t t l 14 . ''3 11 fer.) He could never consent to such a tariff; in e lit t i tit r atlfy the wishes of free traders. He would not consent k . s e duties on core' and timber, and thereby occasion a great te , (4 41 : 1 ' the revenue: in order to gratify free traders. The income S les , ° Posed for three years,but thereduction of the duty on those , lkitilspeteld occasion immanent loss to the revenue, which must lttss ti e , • It was said that the increased consumption of ct4e,j'es Would supply the loss to the revenue, but the same 14, N. -,is used with respect to the reduction on the postage, ease,as te result ? He s hoped the Right Hoon.at the my would be , 41 4 91 . :e Ex h chequer account, so that th ne Gentleman 04 4 2 coesider, with respect to the tariff; what was to be done. tt, 4 let)is-a, t f : to o , 'bouring classes, and it was much less burdensome S t . 1 '147 that had been imposed in former times.—( Hears ) i.. 4 ate ct '.' t eclthe point of exemption, because that was ~t i ts , i .' ° he the average price of labour ; if 150/. had been the tsVas — , e ' e e of labour, that should have been On point of ex. ‘e,„'is „e t he lion. Member concluded by sa3''..ig that he would s ges sf i; r ebeous opposition to the !Oardons of the Noble i t s A s . s s seare) ki lee ch 9MERVILLE said that, after the lengthened discus. i t l l ke ex ,. had taken place on the Subject before the House, he i N I at er : . Oot to throw any additioseal light upon it ; yet, as an a l tst h . p er he felt called upon , to express his feelings with re. tti, ' measur e then uniter ceneideration. If he viewed the t,tblis,taatePrtial light, .venfining his attention to Ireland, he would GO i t , ,0 vOte for ',no bringing up of thelteport. He felt grateful i i ,. n h 'ght lion. Baronet fur exempting Ireland from the opera. k i 'lq, tax. Hes also felt grateful to him for making it apply k i t ot th '.bselttees, though he was afraid that he would not be able ti :t4 t " jn.ld of than iu the way that he anticipated.—(Laughter.) e f t . e„ w t 's bound to consider this tax, not as an Irish representa• Otte, 4 i a representative of the Imperial Parliament, with ii , ;;; sie,,,inet to Ireland merely, but to all interests and classes ; 1 1% 4 ti t : g it in Oat light, he could not vote for the imposi_ t la„ Itles s , P e r° P ° sPd tax. Notwithstanding the remarks of the iti tit4 ',ke tu ' h i. foe Bath (Mr. Roebuck) in a former debate, there k ei s i s ' i teriet " e but one opinion out of doors with respect to the ~4 , .`4 4 1 ‘ t, ature of the Lucerne tax—the proposal met with l 'lce , ' '''l In. , 4 aPprobation. Nor did he believe that there tfei,? • . te „` °3 sity for it ; with such a belief he would be more ~aide 'ice , i 'orhok its oppressive character.—(Hear, hear.) The lia lt attia - aah existed was not the result of created reckless ex. I t , 'idea 't 'd the too great readiness of Hon. Gentlemen on . ts, ee, r eties -, House to take off taxes. The fault was at least Vib e ° , ,t Bi4e.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that that deficiency to t l l ir o il h a , d e op without resorting to an income tax, by means 11 4 ; t hee r " a l at one time supply revenue, and afford relief to the I Nl 9 aes fo ' With these views, though he felt grateful to the Hon. 'd t eal h ee actapting Ireland from the operation of the tax, he letle,l i " A t) und to give the proposal his strongest opposition. lt:t i lbe e , 'MILTON said he not intend to accuse Hon. ; tzi s ,!PPosite of being the canses of the dilemma into which ii , Ri d 'eltire had been brought. It was admitted, however, on t O e' k . t hat -is , there was a great deficieucy, and the quer'. 1 s che "w should it be supplied ? Should they adopt 1 )5. 4 qr.:" of the Noble Lord opposite, ter the bold i, i s uh :lent plans of the Right Honourable Baronet? lik li t 12 c aret/kilned that the land did not pay its share of the Vklie as ,`,'-rtkoss and who insisted that it ought to pay the legacy ' l as personal property, should remember the heavy duty ir al, nt ! ) ald already on the transfer of property. The income tax 1 /11 , S h i aeurse, bear heavily on some classes and individuals, but k , i '1 ,. , , , ,,, "on Baronet were to erase all such items his scheme kkle ,' e duced to nothing. It would press not more heavily than kktilt he nature o f a gene ral tax to do ; and if it should bear fi t s 11 h the widow she would find some compensation in the 'll se r, 6 Would derive from the tariffand the new provision.law. 14 41 , R IEL assured the Right Honourable Baronet that 04 °d -will —to adopt the expression of the 'Honourable kt kith f°r Essex, who had just now addressed them— kll h; 4 06 d.wi1l the people of this country would submit I, I), ( ?tue tax, however obnoxious, if, for the sustainment of t ls t tst ti ! tt and interests of England, that tax were indispensable. 4:41 1 , 1 : 8 impression, they would with promptitude imitate the CiSe r „Zhich our gracious Sovereign had spontaneously and mug. e , )i• t , Y given.—(Hear, hear.) But of that generous dispose. Qiis 6 :' e People, the Minister should be slow to take advantage ; ,o ft ',loutd avoid, with peculiar care, any exaggerated descrip. Otte. "e embarrassments and perils of the country, in order to 'AS ' thei k 4 Lti e „: r acquiescence in an ioepost, of all others the most S N l'sa, t .` to the Government—o:• all others the most harassing i li. 4t y, '°'" to the public.—(Cheers.) Did the condition of the ti,: i ns t sd id the state of our finances—did past misfortunes, or ti. at .., di fneulties—did impending hazards make the imposi. 1,, s ‘14, - , 4 ineOlne tax of truly imperative necessity.—(Cheers.) ejt l e ,,1 . konths should have passed, as was suggested by the Noble le,!'le I,, t ' moved the amendment—ere many months, this question l if i ttie tout by that portion of the community who were the de al,' et t '' :,°f political power, and on the answer they, net the Mem. tls t ' tip,: House, should give, would the stability of the Govern. Ott e " , t s ' n ds for then the merits of the Ministry would le tried vrl t y, 4eSt test, and their claim to public confidence would be I s 4 t rit: te ds not by the acclamations of the majority here, not by 11 t Vsi::,; 1) , hs of a general election, but by the results to which the h ad 4,, °f the Right Hon. Baronet would then have conducted. tk,k t - ,T.) He (Mr. S.) admitted that the Right Hon. Baronet 11,,‘ , ti" a direct and bold part. He said that if he could not lee ge l ,L tn easures—if he could not carry the income tax, which he NI Ported by many of his friends, and the tariff', to which , . s ., Of L . . , , "qnp t his friends objected—he was prepared to take the course 're ' ' t e ae l ed e in 1855. He, however, was in different circumstances ra iit 4l,,, t, with permission, he (Mr. S.) would say the Right Hon. .14 4 ,th st h , m agnanimity was somewhat misplaced, for there was i:o ' 1 1),, t elis bas Public virtue would be put to so severe a test. Though hi t te e ~s ` le paradoxical to say so, still he (Mr. S.) would observe, e t t tic e : l ght Hon. Baronet's first difficulty would be the result of Veit ,', which would be one of those victories which it. was not -.4 ..0 , , e, but not easy to follow up. When th i tax \''ry in , n,,,,, practical operation—when that w eras wa n s now come the Is!hs, - ; k l "a_ rliament had become an actual burden on the public la "roe t th e tuft meaning of that most significant expression, " an eft i ettly a l A, was thoroughly understood—when Schedule D was 1 11, s4 ate , nte lligible—when they should know through the medium ``t h h ate ' r l l ' e tience which was the best of all public instructors, ale e ,` at . an income tax, paid out of what was well known as 41, 111 2 ,: i 'vial interest " in the Irish debates, meaning that from tik * atie;' his subsistence was derived—wh n they knew that no li ss . d ' Cr, -:.' as to be set off' azainst Hoverrg for the necessities of 111;'se: ) . ' ° °ds clothing, the roof every English tradesman's le e , t eti sa ,l n the privacy of so many Englishmen was invaded by Ile s bat i e ' 3 . inquisitors attached to the new tribunal—when they . sai'itttetle'r"svestigations on oath took place into the pecuniary eh*. • he. l 're,„ l .. ° 1 every man, as often as your Commissioners, original, llise'ss, ,:sand special, should conjecture that more than 1501. had ts,"lie .ii 'Otl in a single year—when they had felt all the paints all fli t ;lh oi , a t , ons, incidental to this odious tax—whee the i alfin e 1 0 .h. e word, shall have been brought Inane to them—then he alaie /el) ta , \ye ah ought the people of this country would be disposed ers after all this measure was unavoidable? —(Cheers)- 1 , 141 t1. th —(Cheers)- 1 h a. ,:r . e ivzs not any other expedient to which the Minister 'ksit:ted hi h ad recourse ?—whether the possession of power had not t he fe d ari a to abuse it 2—whether he had not availed himself of fle s % het e nthusiastic majorities, for the purpose cf inflicting on s a e .s e s N, 'Pe () ; 4 tax which, neither its present circumstances, nor its hau l t hat i i P c tl , could be said to jestify ?—(Cheers.) His opinion tle.f4 e ers a , Was mistaken in his view of the public necessities, and oh,L,t re ved the exigences of the Stale, and that the people would t:,, t 'kl, ,' th eir condemnation of a scheme of which a tax so inqui tlls'iti Z ' ; 4 jtlst, and so immoral, formed the basis.—(Cheers.) We ttis t his tax is necessary to supply a double deficiency— me , it tili t "IY did exist, the other, to be consequent on a kieat "Perlinent.—(Hear.) He could not help thinking 1 1 1411 SUN, LONDON., SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 9, 1842. hat it was an error to add to an existing deficiency for such a purpose, to inflict a new wcund in order to apply a favourite but foro.idable cure r a cure too whiA was more than doubtful. If such An expedient had bete adopted by his Iti,;ht Hon. Friend, the late :hanecl:or of the Exchcqu - cr, he would bare been accounted an . , empiric of the most ohjectionab:e character. But it was the nlis fortune of the Right Lion. Baronet to have those around him who entertained of the same that was so admirably expressed by Waller lf a statesmau of his time:— " Still, as you rise, the State, exalted too, Knows no disturbance while 'tis changed by you." (Cheers.) lie was one of those who thought that the experiment of the Right Hon. Bart. was not after all of such value (thbit,7,ll he admitted it had great merit) as to Itratice them to incur the evils of an income tax.--(Hear, hear.) The tariff of the Right Hon. Barinct ought, at all events, to be perfect in order to induce them to submit to an income tax, as a contingent to such a con- quence, The Hon. Member for Rcnfrewshire had gone through the tariff, and had mentioned a few articles that might be objected to. And he, (Mr. Shiel) was also, he must confess, at a loss to know why the Right Hon. Baronet had abolished the duty on Canadian timber. Sir Henry Parnell, who seemed to be an nut thority on whom the Right Hon. Baronet relied, did not state that the duty on Canadian timber ought to be remitted, nor cruld he draw any such inferencc from the passage which the Right Honourab!e Pampa had quoted from him. Mr. M'Gregor, the Secretaty or the Board of Trade, whose evidunce before the import Duties' Committee produced a general conviction that sdtne change was required, who had spent some time in Canada, and written an admirable book on the country, says, that the duty on Canadian timber ought to be reduced from 10s. to 7s, (Id. Mr. M`Gregor had furnished the plan of a tariff, in which that was the amount of the duty on Canadian timber, By th Change the Right lion, Baronet introduced he saJrineed 600,0001., a).cl he thought he cught to produce a vet y strong case to justify the abandonment of that sum. Some sorts of Canadian timber were , ndispensible to (he consumer in this country, so that the abolition of the duty on Eahie timber would not al rut the sale of the Canadian. The Right Hon. Ba. ronet had been not taunted, perhaps, but his attention had cer tainly been directed to this subject again and again, and he had as yet given no satisfactory answer. Now, with respect to the sugar duties, the duty on an article of uniect sal and necessary consump tion, in en article of much paramount importance to the present mass of the community, the Bight Hon. Baronet made no change whatever.—( Cheers.) He thought it was the feeling of that House, and the feeling of the country also, that the Right Hon. Baronet, on this subject, had not given any sa:isfaetury explanation, In this question, no one was more interested , than the Noble Lord opposite, who, in 1833, introduced the Celebrated motion, which reflected so much honour on the Country, and the Government to which the Noble Lord was then attached, the Emancipation Act; and he knew that no pledge whatever was then given that the Wk est Ii dinn monopoly shou d continue; he believed he would agree that no intimation, no hint, w a s given that that monopoly • silent.' be preserved. Tee best proof that there was no stipulation, was, that when the East and West India sugar duties were equalise*, and 'Alien the East and West India rum duties wnettittalis*d, of which equalisation the present Chancellor of the EXtneiftter was a strenuous opponent.—(Some dissent was e?fpreSled on the Mitilstetial side to thisphservation.)The Right noti.Gentleman did cantend . rnost ener- gc tically against this equalisation—( Laughter)—if he was mistaken on a point of fact, he did not ace why it should excite the risibility of Flom Gentlemen, but he believed that they would Lind that that ltigitt lion. Gentleman, in the discussion rn the rum duties, did in. sist on the duties being maintainer. But, however, when th:. Big and West India duties were equalised, the instant th,y were put on a level the East and Wcst Indies, which were formerly At variance, formed a junction, in order to preserve the prohibitive duties on foreign sugar (Hear, !heat, and cheers) —so that the Wtst Indies that ?Ad Llained twenty millions ccn- ceded to the Eastlich had made no sacrifice, to %Web the emancipatient ( Ala not extend, the advantage of the mtlYe, p.iiy that had been preserved to the present time, ~,,,,t ,CVeers.) It would 11 , 0 t Lc disputed that before the bri)ott buties' Committee, in the invcstization into the - 6114ar tllitics, the evidence of mtn of sagacity and experience vroved that the reduction of duty on cot.:ee produced 4t treat increase in the revenue. It was reason- able to swmnse that an analogous result would follow a teduetinn of sugar duties—the reveuue would be augmented, and the Consumption of a necessary article increasZd,—the trade with Brazil would be extended, tint an impulse would be given to their commerce, Mr, WUregor had stated that a judicious alter. ation in the suget duties, which . the Right Hon. Baronet had not touched, VVollld increase the revenue by three millions. He might helve an exaggerated view "of the sullieet, bit yntt, having mai that evidence, having changed that systttn, and acted in a grcat measure on that Report, httVb you given any s3tisfacto.y reasons for making no change in the sugar duties ? They talked of the policy of net giving encouragement to slavery, yit, in the same breath, they reduced the duty on coffee.— (Loud cheers.) They talk of the crime of encouraging slave labour, and recince the duty on foreign coffee from 8d to 4d, At the same time they boasted of their desire Mit to encourage It was a notorious fact that sugar, t e produce of slave labour, was refined in vast quantities in this country and exported to the colonies again. The tariff, Ise contended, furnished no induce ment to submit to the income tax, and if there were any substan tial arguments in favour of an income tax, they must not be drawn from the artiliCial deficiency which he intruded to Crette=- - -it must be from the existing deficiency that the utglirtient must ap_ ply. With respect to the existing ttnikiency hP could not help thinking, that if the Right *MI% baronet viewed his own conduct with any respect—lf Its staing scale was at all correct—if his prog nestles were welt grounded—if they should have by it an extended trade In corn—if there shculd be a greal deal of corn brought from the many millions of quarters that could be supplied from Tamboff—(Laughter)—that if this vast quantPy would he subject to the tax, then he must feel himself that floo r this source the revenue must be augmented, and the deficiency would not be near so great as he anticipated,— Rlheers.) Admitting the de ficiency—deploring its Ocistence as a tact that could not be contro. verted—still let heth venture to suggest that they:could not blame the Whigs for that deficiency ; let them recollect, after all, that it was hot by the Whigs that the hundreds of Millions were added to the national debt.--(Hear s hnr.) Perhaps the observation was just'; but they Came not now to consider how they got into the difficulties, but how they were to get out of them.--(Cheers,) Prom 1830 to 1830 there was a sur plus of six millions—t Cheers.) But let it be remembered that in. dependent et* that there arose an expenditure for which the powethst minority might account.—(Cheers.) Let any mats leek to thtt replies of Mr. Jacob, from which it was evident that If even the duties to the amount of six millions were repealed, there would be no dificiency. He was very far from denying that every succession • or administrations gave great relief to the country in the way of hope.—(Cheers.) In 1816 the party now upon the Government side of the House re introduced the income tax, and made it the foundation for the abo lition of several other taxes, making it the basis of their policy, on the abolition of other obnoxious taxes, that this should be imposed. But when Mr. Pitt first brought forward this tax, the conntry was in a state of the greatest difficulty; but he had not occasion to make a speech half so long, or halt's° patriotic, as that of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, although at that time the mutiny of the Nore was recent—the rebellion in Ireland teas at its height—the Funds were down to 52.—(Cheers.) But the moment of difficulty now came, and mark this—(Cheers and laughter)—he did not call upon the House to mark any statement of his—but the Chancellor of the Exchequer of that day observed that the tax was one which should be kept iu reservation for war. Now mark this, these were the words of Mr. Addington—they were spoken on the 12th April, 1802.—(Cheers.) On that occasion the present Member for Wilt. shire (Sir F. Burdett)—(Great cheering and laughter)—said that he was not satisfied with saying that the tax ought to be repealed, but be wished it to be put upon the hocks of the House that the House had declared such tax ought never to be imposed.—(Cheere and some laughter.) The repeal of the tax was not sufficient to satisfy him—its principle should be stigmatised and branded.—(Re. nerved cheers.) For his part, he (Mr. Shiel) did not refer to there words on account of any value that could be attached to them, but only to show what Hon. Gentlemen, who sat en the other side, might now say if they liked.—(Cheers.) The language to which he referred was used in 1806. But compare that period with 1842. In 1806 all Germany had been humbled at AuSterlitz—the power of Austria was laid prostrate. In that state of the nation's affhirs, Lord Henry Petty brought in the Bill, and its the last clause it was ,enacted that the tax should be collected so long as the war continued, and no longer.—(Hear, bear.) For ten years the people of England had experience of the hardshiiis of this tax, and if the Hon. Baronet succeeded in applying it, they would find as before, that it was like the blister which, the more it drew, the more it adhered. Was not the tax denounced by the greatest merchant in the world, by the man which the Government had sent out as the representative of this great station to adjust the most intricate and difficult of commercial questions.—(Cheers.) There was another man to whom the public looked with emcee. tion—a man to whom the Right Hon. Baroxet, as well as all his countrymen, must look back with gratitude, he meant Sir Robert Peel—(Cheers)--who denounced the tax as hemisitorial and im. moral—(Hear, hear)—who said that it was a mistake to say the tax did not press upon the poor, because, whatever pressed upon the middle classes,: bore immediately upon the poor, and that it was the most iniquitous tax that could be imposed.—(Hear.) These were the persons by whom the tax was opposed, and who were those by whom it was supported. It was supported by Mr. Vansittart and by Lord Castlereagh, but Lord Castlereagh had a stronger reason to adduce in support of the income tax than the Right Hon. Baronet had at present. Lord Castlereagh had said that they had had to raise 104,000,0001 in the year 1814, that they had had to raise 102,000,000/. in the year 1815, that they would have to raise 17,000,0001. in the year 1816 a Lord Castlereagh had stated that it would be necessary, if the tax were repealed, and lie only asked to continue one half of it., to raise 12,000,0001. by loan for the service of- the current year, and to raise 8000,:001. by loan for the service of the succeeding year. Lord Castlereagh said that on e that occasion, that although it was a war tax, the effects of the war had not passed away, and he appealed to the patriotism of the country and of the Parliament to sup port the public credit by consenting to the continuance of the tax. In that attempt Lord Castlereagh had not succeeded, ; and and Would they have it said, that in a Reformed Parliament the Right Hon. Baronet had succeeted in carrying a measure which Lord Castlereagh, under such circumstances, had in an unre formed House, been unable to accomplish.—(Loud Cheers.) The Right lion. Gentleman said that he was averse to raising the re. venue. by a tax which would press heavy upon the poor. A laud. able sentiment ; but how could the Right Hon. Gentleman recon cile his sympathy for the poor with his conduct in regard to the East and West India monopolies ?—(Loud cheers.) These were left unscathed and untouched, while the wretched corkcutters, the unfortunate glovemakers, and the miserable bennetmakers were sacrificed to the genius of cornmerce.—( Continued cheering.) The rights of the poor should be maintained, but not at the expense of justlce.—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) This tax was essentially unjust.—( Loud cheers.) It was a tax that fetched but lightly on stone classes, and pressed with a destructive weight upon others.—(Cheers.) Let them take the case of a landed pro prietor, a man having large territorial possessions; a man sur rounded by every comfort 'and luxury the imagination could devise; a man entirely exempt from care, and who, if he ever suffered from fatigue, suffered from the fatigue which Mr. Burke so eloquently described as the laborious lassitude of having nothing to do. Let them look at the man, secure in the possession of his estates, secure in the power of transmitting them to his children and their de scendants.— (Cheers) Now let them take the case of a professional man, engaged from morning till night, and °fames from night until the break of day, in the laborious occupation of his profession—let them look at the bodily fatigue which he must undergo, at the wear and tear of his faculties, at the sense of insecurity under which he must labour, beset day by day by the prospect of dying, and leaving his family in a state of destitution.—(Cheers.) Let them look upon those two pictures, and then let them say if it was just, if it was fair, if it was humane, that both these men should contribute out of their incomes the same amount to the income tax thus levied.—(Continued cheers.) Was it just?— (Cheers.) He would ask those Gentlemen opposite, who were born to affluence, who had never known a care or au anxiety, who knew little of the cares which pressed on a man in adversity—he would ask them if it was just that the same tax which was levied on them should be levied on the ethers in the Army and the Navy.— (Cheers.) On clergyman with small livings who were making an effort, an honourable effort, to educate their children as gentle men, and who were on that account the more entitled to sympathy from gentlemen, or widows, who, with a small jointure, had perhaps to maintain five or six daughters; or tradesmen, who ware labouring hard for fifteen or sixteen hours out of the twenty. four, was it just, he would ask, to Impose the same tax upon these poirlisfoensssi,oLidotto put them to the rack, i n or d er to extor t f r om them c their circumstances.—(Loud cheers.) He had heard it said by some Geatlemen, by the Member for Bath, and by the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that a fair mart ought not to object an exposure of his circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Shiel) could not conceive anything more distressing, to a man struggling with adversity, than to be thus cempelled to reveal his secret calamities— ( Loud cheers)—and the distress must be greatly exaggerated by his being put upon his oath.—(Continued cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet would appear to make light of this, and said that there was a great deal of hard swearing already in the Excise. but surely it was not judicious to introduce this system fluffier. It was not consistent with morality to make men's interests and their oaths at vari.wee, to give men motives fin perjury by holding out to them the prospect of escaping from pecuniary liability.— (Cheers.) The people of England were a moral people, but still they ought to pray that they might not be led into temptation.— (Loud cheers.) In the debates of last year touching the franchises of Ireland he had heard most eloquent der unciations of villianous perjury—he hoped that those denunciations would not be con. fined to perjury in Ireland, and that those who had shown them. selves Pharisees respecting the franchise, would not prove Publi cans respecting the finances, that they would nbt send the tak_ gatherer out with the Gospel in his hands tb Pet a hoSt of qUestions, and to tempt persons to penlitry. Tilde was impiety in theproposition. and it most liindae an utter destitution of principle.—(Loud theers.) It might be said he had been guilty of exasgeration— (Ministerial cheers)—but every word that he had uttered was borne out by the statements made against the tax in 1816. (Cheevs.) But no man could be guilty of exaggeration half so monstrous as the advocates of this tax had been in drawing such a picture of the calamitous state of the country.—(Loud cheers.) If at the couclusion of the Right Hon. Gentleman's eloquent ora tion on introducing the measure of the income tax, some person who fur five or six years had lived secibded ilaitt. the *dad; heti entered the tins* and beard the Right Hon. Gentleman's pero. latioh, he would have been inclined to ask, what dreadful series of calamities could have befallen this unhappy. country ? He would have asked, was England prostrate at the foot of an enemy ? after an unsuccessful war, had all the British fleets been destroyed at sea ?—(Cheers)—had the successor \Vaterloo been reversed ? (Loud chess)—had —but that surely must be impossible—had the armies of Eaglatal with Wellington at their head v.-dieted disastrotts defeat ?—(Contiutted cheering.) 'Whet svotild bC the astonishment of such a person on turning to the Quectet speeth to find that her ILjesty had reeciVed Continued assurance from all Princes and StatCs—(Continued cheering)—that they entertained the utmost anxiety to maintain friendly relatiOns with this country, that the great Powers had combined to sign a Treasy for the settlement of the Ottoman Empire and for the preservation of pe. or, what would be his astonishment on turning to the speech of another Right Honot.rable Baronet the Metribet for Dorchester to find that Right Honottrable I3atdnft Stdting that such hod been the iiiiluence of the appointment of a Conser vative Government, in preserving the peace of Europe that the French Government had agreed to reduce the French navy.— (Loud cheers.) Wh:d! Was the Right Hon. Beronet to talk of the pacificatory influence of a Conservative Government, to se. cure the applauses‘of the select audience—and a very select audience it teas to whom that speedh was itettirtssed, en' this from the Prime Minister, the Master of the . Ministry—(toted cheers) --to cense anvil arid appal that House, and to startle the country . Ly vagtmand indcfinate statements, that England was on the serge of destruction.—(Loud cheers.) Let them contrast that speech -whit the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet himself on intrtidlieing the Corn Bill.—(Loud cheers.) It that speech the Right Hon. Baronet described the distreises of the country at being merely of a transitory nature-41nd they *ere dependent upon merely temporary contes (Berry hear, end cheers) upon the bad harvests-( ['Vat:lea...bpi:ill the Monetary distresses of Antetit-a--(rlibera)—and that his confidence in the resources of the people of England continued unabated.—(Continued cheering.) For those reasons, he (Mr. Side!) thought that the Right Hon. Baronet had not made out a case for the infliction of this tax in time of peace—(Cheers)—a tax which had be-n found so oppresive; that in 1816, on the conclusion of the peace, the Parliament had insisted upon its immediate abandonment.—(Loud cheers.) A tax which its very advocates athnitted v%as unjust, huts. much as it pressed lightly upon the :diluent, but fell With withering effect upon the indust: lobs Classes—(Cheers) —which established an inquisition althost as abhorrent as a religious inquisition—(Con tinued cheers)—which turned the Gospel itself into an implement of taxation—(Loud cheers)—which held out s premium to false. hood and inflicted a penalty upon truth—(Continued eheersfront which honesty could not eseari% and in sehlch fraud Zooid not be caught—(linriscnee theettiigj --which held out a direct inducement Su treqttrY, and was, therefore, of all impests, the most immoral— (Cheers)—which vulgarised the feelings—(Loud cheers)—which was abhorrent to the religious sentiments— (Continued cheering) and , revolting to the moral sense of the English people (The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down ornidtt kind enutiii§ trom all parts of the Housed hich Continited for several minutes, duting width thb itotise preiented a very anitrated scene. Before the sheeting had subsided Sir R. Peel rose, and made an ineffectual attempt to address the House. The cheering continued, mingled with cries of " Adjourn, adjourn !" and repeated cheers for Mr. Brotherton, who rose, and, as we understood, moved the ml.'olllll - of the Cebate.. Several AWaikis were pressing to leave the House, wht , .n Sir R. Peel again made a vain attempt to gain h hearing, but was again compellcd to sit down, amidst loud cries of " Question 1" " Adjourn I" Order having been pardon) , rests red, The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir R. PEEL said, Mr._ Speaker, I wish to ask you, Sir, whether hat motion was made before I ruse! Mr. RIIOTHEIITON sold Ile Wed. the flight lldn. would net object to tile adjournment, as some business bad to be tfda tlaugh after the debate was concluded. Sir R. PEEL—Then precerd with the debate. I don't wish to speak to the question of adjournment. But I would rather speak to the main question.—(Considerable confusion.) Mr. R. WASON rose to order. He understood that there was a question before the House% The SPEA.KPIt said that he had made an attempt to put the tint:AM "when the Right lion. Gentleman rose to speak. Sir R. PEEL said he would address himself to the main question. He thought he could, consistently with order, do so. He thought it would be perfectly consistent with order to do so, for the pur pose of showing the House that they ought not to adjourn, and that he was net, in taking that course, estabiishing a bad precedent from the position in which he stood. He wished to ask whether or not he must strictly confine himself to the question of adjournment ? (Here there Was Considerable excitement in the House, and the Right Hon. Baronet appeared extremely agitated.) The SPEAKER was understood to say, amidst the confusion that prevailed, that the Right lion. Baronet could, if he thought fit, go into the main question before the Ilouse, when speaking en the qua tion of adjournment. Sir R. PEEL—If I am in order, and not chargeable with esta blishing a bad precedent, 1 will then go into the main question. (Tee House was again thrown into cons.derable confusion, and the Right Hon. Baronet was unable to proceed for some time, owing to the loud cries of " Order, order," and " Adjourn, adjourn ;" at length the Right Hon. Baronet proceeded.) I will state the grourels upon which, with unabated confidence in the expedieacy and the necessity of the proposal which I have made, and — Mr. BLE WITT, who was standing below the bar, rose amidst loud cries of " Order, order," and said,—" Mr. Speaker, I move that this House do now adjourn." The House was now in a perfect ferment of excitement, and the Right Hoe. Baronet again stood for some time unable to proceed, at length Mr. Blewitt gave way, and Sir ROBERT PEEL continued. He would again explain the steps he proposed for the purpose of rescuing the country from the calamity and from the disgrace of continuFet indit ference and connivance at the financial difficulty cf the country. They (the Opposition) rested their opposition to the measure which' he had proposed on the double ground, that he had net established a sufficient necessity to warrant the proposal, that he had made— (Tremendous cheering from the opposition)—and that even if the public circumstances called upon the country to take some de cided steps, that still some other course should have been pursued than subjecting the income of the country to direct taxation. They charged him with exaggerating the financial difficulties. ( Here the Right Hon. Baronet was again interrupted by a tremendous burst ofeheering from th Opposition, which continued for a consi dereble time, during which the Right Hon. Baronet in vairr' attempted to he heard, and the consequence was we did not hear the conclusion of the sentence.) He would represent to them and the country what was the real position of the country its -respect to her financil ailficultion. [ls said that in the year 1835—(the Right Hon. Baronet was here again interrupted by loud cries of " Order" —Lord Melbourne's Government being then restored to office and the conclusion of the year 1636, they (the late Ministers) MIT the administrators of the finances of two great empires. The one, the dominions of her Majesty, is the United Kingdom, and the other the great empire of the East, where millions of subjects were submitted to their sway. In 1836, in those two empires, (The rest of the sentence was lost in loud cities of" Order, order.") Was he not to be allowed to perform a great public duty ? lie was vindicating himself from the charge that he had overrated di fficulties for the purpose of procuring acquiesence in his proposals. In 1836 they (the Opposition) having the affairs of two great em pires to administer, found their finances in this state. In th i s country they had a surplus income over expenditure of 1,376,000/. In India they had a surplus, of 1,536.0001.) they entered on the yertorrnanee of their duties with a net surplus in those two empires of 3,000,0001. of income over expen diture. How had they left it ?—(Hear.) Was he overrating dif ficulties—(Hear, and counter cheers)—when they found a sur plus of 3,000,0001., and left a deficit of 5,000,0001. They had a deficit in the year ending the sth April, 18 1 0, on the fin aces of the United Kingdom of 2,570,000/ ; they•had a deficit on the revenue of India of 2,430,000/. ; they had, therefore, in the present year, left their position in the Government, when they found a surplus of :1,000,000/. of income over expenditure; they quitted office, and left a deficit, which it was his (Sir R. Peel's) duty to attempt to supply—a deficit of 5,000,000/.—(Hear, hear.) The ditlerence in the finances of the country, from the time they undertook the charge to the time they quitted it, was a difference against the country of 8,000,0001. Now so far as financial difficulties were concerned, if those facts could be sustantiated, had he overrated the necessities of the coutitry ?—(Counter cheers.) They did not deny, he appre hended, that the difficulties of India would recoil upon them, if they did, he could convince them that the time was approaching when they would experience that the proposition could be borne out. But in the time of peace, so far as their financial affairs were concerned, judging by comparison from 1836, when they had a surplus of revenue of 3,000,0001 , they ought to have in 1842 one of b,ooo,oool.—(Hear, hear.) There was a Minister of this'country who in speaking of its financial affairs gave this opinion—" To enter on the financial year with a deficit of 1,000,0001., was what he hoped no Minister of this great nation would ever consent to, and what no Hcuse of Commons would ever sanction. 'rho ne cessary consequence of such a proceeding would be to make the faith of the country suspected at home, to diminish its reputation abroad, and to place us in such a situation as would necessarily deprive us of the high and noble station which we have hitherto held among the nations of the world." The Minister who delivered those sentiments—speaking of the deficit of a single million—was reported to be Lord John Russell.—(Loud cheers.) And here was the end of these continued deficiencies. They began with a cur. plus, they acknowledged the existence of that surplus to be neces sary fur the maintenance ,of public credit; proposals were made for the remission of taxation ; at the time when that speech was made they had son e such surplus as .1,500,0001: ; a proposal was made to reduce the taxation bearing injuriously on the lower classes of the people; but the Mi nister of that day, sensible of the evils of deficiencies, ;peaking of the deficiency of a single year of one million, told them that no Minister, fit to govern this great country,would commence the finan cial year with a deficit, or, if he did, he would damage our repu tation abroad, snake the faith of the country suspected at home, and would place us in such a situation as wouldhecessasily deprive us of that high and noble station, which we had hitherto held amongst the nations of the world.—(Hear, hear.) He was pre. seining to them a deficit of 3,000,000/. in this country ;lie showed them a deficit in another part of the empire of 2,000,000/., and yet they told him that he was over-rating the difficulties of the coun try.—(Hear, hear.) But, then, they were not to hold dis spirited language, and to connive at these things ; they were not to say, that because there was a debt of 8,000,000/., there was no great harm in incurring 2,000,0001. more of debt, for, if they did go on holding this dispirited lan. guage, they would be deterred from making the !necessary ,sacrificos and then, indeed, the natural consequences would be that the faith of the country would be suspected at home, and they must descend from the noble station they had hitherto held among the stations of the world.—(Loud cheers.) Oh i but, said an Hon. Member, we had no disasters. The Queen, in her speech, had stated that foreign powers and States bad given assurances of their disposition to maintain tranquillity, No disasters Let them look to the present condition of affairs in India.—(Hear, hear.) The disaster there, however, was not irreparable. It was a disaster that would be repaired by the support and vigour of their councils, and by the gallant exertions of their army. But where had he House read— not in official despatches, but even in the history of the country—of such wholesale staughterlas that which a private individual reported in every newspaper. One individual wrote to the following effect— "My life has been saved in a most wonderful manner. I am the only European who has escaped of the Cabool' army, although we heard of some being taken by the en emy. Two individuals only reached this place with myself, making in all only three persons who had escaped—out of how many did they suppose? He could not bust himself to mention the number. But he would ask them had they lost ten thousand men there since the commencement of those operations ? As he had said b, fore, the less wos not irreparable. He did not view it in that light. Every effort ought, and should be made. They should have recourse to every means which their judgment should point out, and their moral influence place at their com mand—their should have recourse to increased ex ertion for the purpose of maintaining that empire which rested less en physical force than on the force of opinion. if some decisive effort must be made in order to rescue the troops that remained to us—some deeloye effort for the reparation of the great Cis isters which hal occurred—the reparation of that national cala m ty, it must and should be done. Could they not perceive the 1 4 necessity of goon decisive and vigorous exertion for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the Government in such efforts as might be on the present occasion required of them ? He had said enough to show the great difficulties under which they laboured — difficulties which he believed would be overcome. They would require great military and financial exer.ions t , overcome those difficulties, and should he receive for answer an extract from the Queen's speech, which convinced them that there was no European war; fiti'd th4t beCaii e dame were distant they sliotild disregard them ? But with those disasters—in that state of financial diffi culty--what was the measure which this coutery would resent to, or what was the measure which was proposed by Government this ccuntry would consent to adopt. There was, speaking of this country alone, 3,000,0001,:now to be supplied.. Did they enter tain the sanguine hope that in this next year and in the present complexion of public affairs, they would make a great saving by a reduction of the taxation ? He doubted whether any man was sanguine enough to entertain that hope. He doubted whether any man could consider the present to be ar eceidental or temporary deficit—whether or not they must calculate elf the,' *bi - e. determined nor to resort to the reduction of taxation) upon continued ado., P.thiott pulefinite taxation. He proposed a tax from which all persons with an in. come under 1501. a year were exempt. He proposed a tax which no douht hitherto was only resorted to in cases of war; but as the Hon. Member for Coventry had said; it would be miserable politi cal peiantry to insist upon war as the only contingency to which an interne tax should ise :embed. , The question was, whether the publie nbeessitica Were sfel as to rusefy the iniposilinlo of shrill n tax ? The Noble Lerd offered as a substitute for the present pro- Proposal, the budget of hint year.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord never could have thought that war was the only contingency that enuld justify an income tat: The Noble Lord never could have thought that there cotild lie nb prilitieel tiectiekitY ill thrice tlf race—not only In times of European peace, but of getters! peiee, when the whole political horizon was undefaced by a single cloud ea-the Noble Lord could not have thought that under such circum. stances a property tax must be necessarily unjustifiable, because in tint yes& I§3o, *lien toed Althorn was beaten upon the malt tax, and a proposal war made with regard to pie hetlee and reterSow taxes, Lord Althorp proposed, and the Noble Lord (Lord J. Rus t ell) supported an abstract resolution, to the effect that if the deficit in the revenue were caused by that reduction of taxation, the only property tax. That was ' '' ' )f A a property tax ")—proposed ptirpore dl Perstrading the House the haute and window taxes. t a i l ) t e er r n e : o ti ! v H e tio w n 'o_ul ( d o b p e po t s h i J otieries imposition o b o Y f I ni t n h m eb on ti s 3v :t P o n tn n And was it put upon record that a property tat might be available, while an income tax was disclaimed ? No; prtepoetly and stue len te t d f::r in t g lie dicusly a property tick wiis cotisidired Irreparably allied With en fficeine tat I and in the resolution it was expressly stated that if they caused a deficit in the year I 533, they should not have resort to the sugar duties, they should not hare resort to the timber duties; the only alternative which should reserve them fiotei the ilnarlblel dUfi tilt) : ill thee *mild have been placed by that contingency, would have been the adopiieti of a PolikilY and an income tax.—(hear, hear.) Why, when a great party had supported that abstract resolution, was it possible now to ri e and tell him that war alone could justify such a measure ?—( Hear, hear.) Could he have calculated when 'he proposed that tax—could he have calculated after lie had shown that Sir Henry Parnell, the Chairman of their financial Committee, had left upon record, after he had read the opinion of Lord Al. theepeeafter ne had read the °Oilier' of Mr. Poulett Thompson— could he hare believed that it would be si necessary consequence that he should have been exposed to that Parliamentary opposition on the part of the friends of the late Government ; because he bad Proposed a property tax?—(Haar, hear.) Oh, but said the Noble Lord " Yon' might . have resorted tor oilier measures , you rimbt tete!. tit," to it 1(.04 deti ttpbii iirilitertY: suppose he had been disposed to fake such a step in the midst of the difficulties in which he was placed, he should consider whether it would be practicable (or him to carry. Let him consider the legacy duty—would he have had the support of the late Government ? if he had made that proposition? What did he find in the Par liamentary records of the year 1840 ? Could he expect the sup [lda '6l the Noble Lord ;1•11OnhE tound upon record What had fglieb from his own Chancellor of the Exchequer? An Hon. Member, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, proposed that a 'legacy duty should be imposed upon real property. I' will not go into the mode by which the tax ought to be levied; because my objection is to the principle of the tax.—(Hear.) .1Now ; suppose he had brooseht forward such a ineesure— i snmptee he hod proposed the imposition of a legacy duty upon real properly, siiould he not PlVie been met by the suggestion that a property tax would have been much better ?—(Hear.) Should he not have been reminded, and' justly reminded, that in the year 1840, the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the financial organ of the Government —had placed upon record his opposition, not to the expediency, but to the principle of a legacy . tat ? The Noble Lord. had sug g ested t w o Meisilica-Lite One, thb of the dlit, tipott fdfogti sushi and the other, now proposed for the first time, the imposition of a legacy duty upon landed property. Lord PALMERSTON—And an addition to the assessed taxes. Sir R. PEEL continued—And an addition to the assessed taxes. He hoped his agricultural friends—(Laughter on the Opposition beneltes?-wotild remember the words of the Noble Lord ; who had tieleilbed thiim, in his speech of that night, as having head; par.' taking of the nature of the clay which they cultivated." If he had spoken in terms like these of his manufacturing opponents— (Hear, hear)—if he had indulged in such language with respect to those Members in the House connected with manufactures, wino had spoken slightingly or disparagingly of his measures—if he had spoken of a Class in terms like those in which the Noble Lord had spoken of the agricultutal Itlembers in that HoUse—if lie had 'said that their heads partook of the nature of the class which they cultivated," he wondered what would have been the terms of reproach which he would have drawn down upon himself by the. use of such contumelious expressions towards a particular class.—)Hear, hear.) Why, he felt quite surprised when he heard his friends in that House think it necessary to vindicate themselves from hitting given hini their support. At one time they were charged with having broken their pledges to their con atituents.—(Cheers from the Opposition benches.) And yet that sound was scarcely extinct before some Hon. Geutlemen told him that in bringing forward the Corn.laws he had consulted exclu sively the agricultural interest.—(Hear, hear.) Why, when he had brought forward his Cormlaw, which his lion. Prictids were now charged with supporting, was not the proposal received with laughter and derision, and was he. not told that he had offered an insult to a suffering people? Had he not been re reatedly told, that the whole object and effect of the law which be had proposed, was not to strip the existing law of the objec tions to which it was liable, but to leave the evils to which it led in full force ? Why, they could not make these extraordinary charges; they could not charge him with having been subservient to the agricultural interest, while they charged the agricultural interest with having forfeited all 'their pledges. The two charges were perfectly inconsistent. But he trusted the ag-icultural Members would see that the sole proposals of the Noble Lord, to extricate the country from its present difficulty, were an Bs, duty upon Corn, an increase in the assessed taxes, and a legacy duty upon real property.—(Hear.) These were the three poposals of the Noble Lprd. Now, with respect to the 'Corn-laws, he apprehended the sense of the House had been sufficiently taken upon that measure. The House had last tight passed the Govern ment Pill ; and he dint not'suppose he could calculate upon an Bs. fixed duty as a means of supplying any portion of the public neces sities. An 85, duty, under any circumstances, must be a precarious source of revenue, because, inn the event of a favourable harvest in this country, they could derive no revenue from it whatever. He would next come to the assessed taxes; and be would ask what were the assed taxes which the Noble Lord wculd propose? They had lately had ten per cent. added to the assessed taxes ; and he very much doubted whether much might not be now said in favour of a property tax as against an increase in the assessed taxes. If they objected to a property tax that it had a tendency to diminish the comforts of the poor by reducing their employment, he thought he could shew them that assessed taxes were still more liable to the same objection.—(Hear, bear.) And if the proposition of the Noble Lord, of an increase in the assessed taxes, as a means of supplying the deficiency in the revenue, were adopted, he thought he could show' that every addition made to the assessed taxes would fall with more prejudicial effect upon the labouring and indnstrious classes than a property t ax. If they y levied their Charges on the assessed taxes how did they exempt professional wen ? Here was a charge made, that it was unjust to levy a tax on incomes; but, surely, the professional man must bear the amount, if levied by means of assessed taxes.—(Cheers.) If any distinction were made with respect to the temporary nature of incomes it would be useless, because they would have to pay the amount in the wirdow and house tax:—.(Hear, hear.) Were not the assessed taxes liable to the same objection as the property tax. —(Hear, hear.) After they raised the assessed taxes they increased the temptation to go abroad.—(Hear, hear.) Take a person with 50,0001. or 60,0001. a year, and if they assessed him to an amount of 20 per cent., with the additional assessed taxes, they increased tine temptation for such a person to go abroad. He finds a place where there arc no assessed taxes, and he goes there; but he would not on that account escape by his (Sir R. Peel's) proposition, while the proposition of the Noble Lord would leave him wholly un. touched. He (Sir It. Peel) would touch his land through the tenant, and Vine were a fundholder, through the funds. He may go abroad, but he would be obliged by his plan to contribute to the exigencies of the country.— (Hear, hear.) But by the Noble Lord's proposal Inc would be induced to dismiss his establishment, lettuce the demand for productive labour, and go to Milan or Paris or Rome. And in such a case the professional man, the clergyman, and the widow would be subjected to a dciubte pressure from the assessed taxes—(Hear, hear)—because they may not have the means of going abroad, and so exempt themselves from the operation of the tax.—(Hear, bear.) The pressure on those who were obliged to remain would be proportional to the cause he gave the others to go abroad. With respect to the timber duties, what did the Hon. Member for Coventry say, who exhibited great insight into financial matters, and wino delivered his sentiments free from the trammels of party.—(Laughter.) He said distinctly, that with respect to the timber duties he would infinitely prefer his (Sir R. Peel's) proposition to that of the Noble Lord; and here Ire should repeat what he had said before, that if there was any raw article which entered largely into consumption, and on which it was ad visable to reduce the duty, that was the article of timbCr. It en tered into consumption in a variety of ways, and the reductions of the duty on it would give great eneou7agement to local improve mends—to the building of cottages, and other useful employments, and would therefore be a source of profit to the labouring classes. They heard a great deal of the shipping interest as being of great importance in a commercial and political point of view, but what could give more encouragement to the shipping interest than increased facility inn the purchase of timber. If he encouraged the builder of ships, and enabled him to compete with the ship builders of • the Baltic and Canada, did he not give encouragement to the employment of labour.—(Hour.) Look to the stimulus it would give to the employment of labourers in the building of cot. tages and houses, which was now materially impeded by the timber duties. He wished they looked to the evidelice regarding the effect of the limb( r ditties on the cottages of the poor in Ireland. He would ILA if there was any artic'e in respect of which a reduc tion of duty would he more advantageous. The' Right Hon. Gentleman says—" Make Canada an integral portion of the em pire,' and yet his proposition was to levy a duty of 10s. on Cana dian timber—(Hear, hear) —while he (Sir 11 --. Peal) proposed to admit it at a nominal duty, and afforded it an additional protection by the imposition' of a 30s. duty on timber, the produce of the Laltic. He admitted the value of the Right Hon. Gentleman's Proposition in a financial point of view, but there were other reasons which rendered his (Sir R. Peel's) proposition more valu able, though accompanied with a present loss to the revenue. Well, corn then, at least, the majority of that House must abandon. From timber, if they chose to reduce the duty, they might certainly derive a revenue.—(Hear, hear.) Now with re spect to sugar, the Noble Lord greatly mistook him in supposing that when he referred to articles in which there had been a reduc tion of duty, but from which there had not been a correspond ing increase of revenue, when he seas attempting to show that they could not rape to realise an immediate profit from the reduction of taxation. The Noble Lord greatly mistook him if he supposed that be was referring to sugar. He had never denied that the consequence of a reduction on foreign sugar must be an increase of revenue. He thought that if they dint deal with sugar , they should deal wills it by a considerable reduction of the duty, applying that reduction to the colonial produce as well as to foreign produce. And why had he dealt so largely and liberally with the article of timber ? Because he wanted to give the profit of the reduction to . the consumer ; and he must say that he thought it idfinitely better 'to deal on a large scale with those articles, and to give the consumer the profit of the reduction than to take the course which was sometimes taken of reducing the duty at a loss to the revenue without any profit to the consumer. lie had wryer doubted that the Noble Lord might make a provisions founded on Principle, which would increase the revenue. This, however, he must ray, that we had realised in the last year Dearly as much re. venue from sugar, in consequence of the increase of the produce of our colonies, as the Right lion.• Gentleman expected to realise from his reduction of the duty on colonial sugar. The,ground on which he had refused to consent to the proposal of the Noble Lord was this—that he did not think, after the sacrifices we, had made for the abolition of the slave trade, it would be for, the honour or credit of this country to petenie . the introduction of colonial sugar, the produce of slave labour, without an effort, at least,th secure by treaty, some corresponding abate ment in the slave trade and in slavery. He had said then, and he must now repeat, though be did not close his eyes to the advantage of a reduction, that in the present state of our intercourse with other countries with respect to the extinction of the slave trade, with the suspicion most unjustly thrown upon our motives, were we for mere pecuniary considerations to admit for the first time only the produce of Cuba and the Brazils, without having said one word as to an appellation with respect to the slave trade, it would be im. posAble to maintain the influence and the character which we now prceerved.—(Flear.) This, at least, was cer:ain, that men whose mo. *lire entirely disinterested, and free from all suspicion, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Potiell Bultton, end others who had taken a very active part in the abolition of slavery, and peotested in strong terms against the admission of foreign sugar without any stipulation with respect to slavery.--(Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Mont. bcr for Dublin said that he would consent to destroy the monopoly and to admit foreign sugar into competition ; but he gave notice of an amendment to the proposal of the Noble Lord, to the effect that foreign sitsar should be only taken from countries in which slavery did not exist.—( beat.) Lord Brougham, who, he pre sumed, had taken as active a part as any man in the measures con nected with the abolition of slavery—Lord Brougham gave it as his opinion, that the course which ought to be taken roteeet to the admission of sugar, was to attempt to cuter into siiiiiiiiftlentt with countries holding slaves, and to negotiate for the consideration of We tt,tdition of slaves, if not for their emancipation. Those were the grounds on which he re sisted the propos. 1 of the Noble Lord, and on wirier he would feel it his duty to resist a similar proposal.—(Hear, hear.) it was *aid that they had n. t made that distinction with respect to cotton and coffee i teq to that he implied that whilst those articles had already been admitted, the rieettion was whether sugar should now be admitted for the first time. There was also another ground of distinction. There was a material distinction between the cultivation of cotton and coffee, and the Ya!itm sugar with respect to the severity of the labotir. —(Rear, hear.) Bow the Noble Lord had referred to the taxes which had been repealed during the last 9.0 yearl, as affording Tan available source of income. He was tort Visa to mention them in detail. It might be doubted how the working classeS and the per sons of small fortune, to whom the Noble Lord had rerefred, do q r , e'e.,-ve such an intimation with respect to taxes which had been repealed daiiig revio4l,—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir Robert. Peel) chose the course of proposi:t an income tax, which would be CO far levied upon property, that all pesfto?” with less than 150/. a year would be exempt trom its operation.—(Derr, hear.) The Noble Lord said, various taxes had been repealed which the Government might revive; which were those—Salt, leather, beer. Tree, they might raise a revenue from a re imposition of these taxes, btit which was more advantageous to productive industry, that a tat Phottiti be laid on income and comparative ease, or that the Coven - anent should fetive those taxes which bore immediately, Owlish indirectly, on labour and industry.—(Cheers ) He had taken the measure that was chiefly called tor by the deficiency of the year. But that deficiency was not 0,5001. We had since rent six regiments to India. But as yet no supplemental military estimate Pzd been laid before the House. The original deficiency of the year was about 2,5d,0001: free erhich. and for calls we bad yet to provide, He (Sir R. Peel) propo=ed to raise be taxation 4,300,0001. ; but much of tnis he would employ in remitting taw Cn the raw ma. terials of manufacture. Those re uissions would amount td rrsosst 270,000/., and did any man question their policy ? Not only did he propose to exempt productive industry from taxation, but ho wotild, at the same time that he taxed other classes, stimulate in. dustry and trade.—(Cheers:) With reference to the tariff, he cer. tairrly had reduced duties on articles of subsistence which were be fore prohibitory. He hoped Hon .Gentlemen oppbeite, he hoped hie own friends beside him, he hoped the agricultural interests would suspend their judgment until he had had an opportunity of setting the %shore case.—( Cheers.) He wars very confident that thetteli he made great reductions, though Ire permit the importation of frbiti ttleYt et a very low duty, though he had abated the duty on edited Meet, thongh he permitted, fur the first time, the imporfatiert of live cattle. Though he did all this, yet he did net despair that he should not be able to show that it was for the benefit of all classes that he should do so.—(Hear, hear.) He would show them the pangress"ee !est , of the price of meat in this country—he would show that the prod:iciln Cf eettle lied not kept pace with the de. mence—(Hear, hear.) He told enern test' tefeee they voted for his income tax that though his duties were law, he if OtAl pot con sent to raise them—(Cheers) —but still he was certain they would not allow vague alarms to distress them. He was perfectly certain his friends would not abandon him in the property tax. On the fetter?' he. taegised them to suspend their judgment until he had laid the whose ease leejlefe theete......(llear, hear.) He would then show that other coiinirteS Yurope had felt the same inconveniences that we coniPlailieli cif-•-that in France population had increased more rapidly than the prtidiicVott of cattle—that a most extraordinary rise had taken place in the price of catt'e and meat—that, in consequence, a serious diminution ef the eoneurertion of meat per head had taken place throughout France, and itid , Yrente seam a erotic...importing country. He would show the agriculturists of this cii:ffitfy !heti therefore, their great neighbour, with a population of 33,000,006, sb' fee film inundating them with cattle, would be, on the contrary, our rival, id ferebrtig cattle from some third country. He would also shijvf that the agriculturists had no grounds of apprehension from I'elgtern or Prussia—that their apprehensions were justly to be limited to a Coriipafatittly narrow district of Europe, and that so far from deprecating the import of attic; they ought in reality to consider that it would benefit themselves and every ether dem— (Cheers.) He knew that efforts had been made to af2fre fife pubic mind on the subject. Amongst those attempts he had heard of a proposal to supply the City of York with fresh meat from Hamburgh at 311. a pound, while it was actually sd. a pound at Hamburgh itself.—(Loud cheers.) But he would not proceed farther on this subject at present. He pre sumed the Noble Lord would trot quarrel with him for proposing to reduce the duties on the export of articles of manufacture, He should lose 100,0001. a year by it. But then the free traders on the opposite side of the House—those who have been clamouring for free trade—(Cheers) —who say that we ought to remove prohi. bit ions—who say, that the manufacturing interest requires no pro be ; these, when he made some reduction in this protection. met him with this argument-" See these unfortunate men, you have selected them to be the virtuous of free trade," when they had been told, night after night, that the manufacturing interest wanted no protection at all.—(Cheers.) He was told, when making a reduction in the article of coffee, that he was making a needless reduction, and, that he might have retained the duty at 10d. or Sd., instead of remitting it to 4d. They had all read the report of the Intent Duties' Committee, they had all heard of the advantages of reducing the duty on coffee, after it had been proved that it was a beverage that weuld supersede all others; but when he tried to make a reduction in that article, in order to facilitate its consumption, the argument he was met with was a taunt, that he was throwing a revenue away unnecessarily, and that if he kept the duty at 10d. or Sd., he could have prevented a loss of 100,0001. With regard to the timber duties, when Mr. Hume, who had been so often mentioned, said that timber was of the nature of a raw material of manu facture, and that they were guilty of tire same folly by excluding it by a duty for the purposes of revenue, as France committed in excluding our arti. cies ; when he said that having iron, that having coals, if they only had woed they should be the most prosperous nation in the world, as they should possess all the elements of manufactures; yet when he reduced that duty, he was told that he was throwing away a revenue! These arguments were brought forward, he would not say for party motive, but he thought for the purpose of delay; and In order to discharee the reeuctior s to proposed to make-, and to disprove the necessity of the income tax, of which 1,200,000/. was to be applied to that reduction ; but he did trust that the good sense and judgment of the country would see through their fallacy, and appreciate the real boon which he proposed to confer, by the steps he has taken for the reduction of these duties. en substances that entered into manufactures as their raw mate nabs. These were the principles on which he proposed the Ines sure to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred. But the Righ Hon. Gentleman said that it was open to many objections—it was full of inequalities. As he said before, what vigorous system of taxation could be adopted, in the present state of the country, that would not be subject to the same charge ?—(Cheers.) They must either resort to direct or indirect taxation—it was a comparison of evils—he had never denied the inconvenience, the evils, if they liked, of an inquiry into the property of men, and if they had an Income tax it was unavoidable. They might modify or mitigate the evil, but the ought to give the honest man a se. curity that he should not pay more on account of the evasion of the dishonest. He was afraid that he must admit some degree of injustice to be inseparable from the income tax. It was so ; but the Noble Lord must admit with him. that if they had a tax on realised property it would operate as a tax on income also. Let him observe that those who supported a property tax could not support the proposition of the Noble Lord, It was impossible that they could vote with him, for his resolutions were as much pointed at tax on realised property as to a tax on income. The Right Hon. Gentleman painted in glowing and eloquent colours the position of a man who, by the exercise of his intellect, earned the subsistence for his family, and on whom lie (Sir R. Peel) called for an equal share cf the tax with the man of property. Had the Right Hon. Gentleman no sympathy for the same man, supposing Ise imposed upon him a house-tax, or increased his window-tax ? Übe offered to him, to whom light might be necessary, no alter. native but the payment of a new window tax, or closing his house against light and air, he thought that, if he had the power of ima gination, and the force of expression of the Right Hon. Gentleman he could paint in colours equally glowing, the situation of that man or when the window tax imposed that melancholy alternative. He might impose that tax which was to injurious to health, and they might then hear of the misery of the mats who having Isis children around him had no alternative but to submit to an import, he could hardly bear or to shut out from his dwelling the light of day, and the access of Air. What tax could be imposed that an eloquent man could trot paint as a source of distress and misery in the same manner. If he adopted the proposal of the Noble Lord, and subjected men to an assessed tax, he could prove that the consequence of that increase in the assessed taxes would Inevitably be severe privations on a person with an in come of 3001. a-year ;he might call, as his contribution to the tax, for about 81., but if he could show that man that id lieu of it he presented him with a reduction in the cost of living that should compensate him to the full amount of his contributions ; if he could give isbn cheap food, cheap furniture, and articles of comparative luxury, at a cheap rate, which was the last proposal, for that man that he should ask him to contribute 8/, to the income tax, and, restore to him 10/. by a diminished cost of living, or should he make the rich man to escape the impost by going abroad, and have him who was necessitous to remain at home, subject to the increased amount of taxation ?—( Cheers.) He did not deny the disadvantage of this tax, but he felt it to be necessary on account of their political necessities, which he did net exaggerate—which he would not exaggerate—with which he would say he was certain that the spirit and energy of the country would repair, and repair speedily. It would require great exertion. Let them there. fore tusk° that exertion. The exertion itself would be the first step towards recovery. The demonstration of their intention to meet it, was half the victory. But if they faultered—if they per sisted in painting in l glowing colours the miserable state of those who had to pay towards the tax, he could not but consider it unwise. But now that the Funds were at 91, he asked who made them at 91 ?—(Greet cheering from the Tories.) Public credit was high, —;Cheers)—and Right lion. Gentleman opposite said they could have a loan readily. Miserable financiers !--(Cheers, and cries of ' 1 Oh, oh.") He begged pardon for what he had uttered in the heat of debate, but Hon. Gentlemen opposite had said that public resources were confided to his energies- They told the House to throw out the income tdx, and to raise a fresh loan to cover the ex penses of their Indian war.—(Cheers.) They suggested a new loan which would depress the funds, although the funds were now high, through the general confidence that Parliament would legislate upon the deficiency. He had been taunted by the Noble Lord and those who support him had been taunted with the persevering in these measures, because if they could not succeed it would be necessary for Isis party to retire from the Administration.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) Yet, might it not be perfectly legitimate for persons who differed its details trom the Government in the measures they had proposed, and yet had confidence In their general policy to continue their support.—(Loud cheers.) When they had only to support those men in whom they had been accustomed to confide, or those who at the least had been unfortunate, and they believed incompetent.—(Great cheer. tug.) For his part, Ire believed that it was more for the interests of the Monarchy—more for the strength and permanence of the Executive Government-more for the credit and character of men, that a Ministry, being defeated on a great measure, should yield to others the conduct of public affairs, rather than go on peal after year protracting a miserable existence through the toleration of those—(Cries of " Oh, oh") —though the toleration of those who were better entitled than themselves to the confidence of the country, and more competent to maintain it.—(Cheers.) They taunted him with adopting the measures of his opponents.—(Oppo. sition cheers.) Was the income-tax theirs?—(Cheers and laughter.) Hal he meddled with the savings' banks.—(Cheers.) llad he added 5 per cent, to the customs ?—(Cheers.) Had he put I 0 per cent. upon the assessed taxes ?—(Cheers.) He had not taken a single measure from the late Administration, although they had adopted several from his party without daring to avow It.— (Cheers.) And the measures which Gentlemen opposite brought forward, not in the meridian of the power, but when they felt that they had forfeited the confidence of the country.—(Much cheering.) Agreeing as he did with Lord Melbourne, that although there might be various opinions on the form of Government which was moth calculated to promote the advancement of the nation, and the happiness of all—that some might be for a monarchical and others a republican form—yet the worst of all Govern ments was that which had not strength to support itself but exist upon the sufrerenca of others.—(Cheers.) He did not of course say that the continuance of a Government ought to depend upon its power of carrying a majority in that. House upon all minor questions, but he thought that on questions which were considered essential to the public welfare, it was iufi.. nitely better for the public welfare—if the House was of opinion that the measures of the Government ought not to be adopted, the confidwrice of the House and country should be transferred to those who were able Cu propose measures better suited to the ex• isencies of the times. Mr. BROT'HERTON rose amidst much confusion to move the adjournment, but Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said he wished to say one word in answer to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Bight Hon. Baronet bad alluded to an expression or his (Lord J Russell's), and said it was contumelious to Hen. Members o;,' that House. Now that expression of his—which expression he did not wish either to explain or to withdraw—did not apply generally to any class of Members.—(" Oh, oh.") But there were Members of that House, who, It appeared, the farmers of the country . supposed had given their adherence to the existing law respecting, corn, and who supposed that they were is favour ofic present prohibition and protection against the rivals of other climes. The farmers were, it seemed, not aware of the sound commercial principles which it appeared from the Right flon. Gentleman's speech were held by Members upon that (the Ministerial) side of the House. Those Members had rosireptesented Lira (Lord J. Russell). They bad re presented him as the bitter enemy of the farmer, and had repre sented their (the Opposition) conduct as generally hostile to the farmers. That expvcrsion he had a right' to resist : he felt he had a right to resent it. The expression ha had used was tint with any refere,,se to the supporters ul th: s . Inca :Aires cline Right Hon. Ba ronet, but to several of these who seemed strongly t connect them selves with the Corn-laws. Mr. BROTHER - 1'o:; said he was very glad the Noble Lord had followed the example of the Eight 'loll. Baronet.—(Hear, hear, ~'n,ll cheers.) The Right lion. Baronet had made a speech that would bare been much snore effective on another day, lie had lost his temper, and areided the rules of the House. The Rt. lion. Bart. had deprecated the course pursue.' by the lion. Member for Fins. bury, and yet Hon. Gentlemen opposite had adopted a similar course themselves, lie (Mr. Brotherton) was quite satisfied with the Comae he had taken in moving the adjournment of the debate at half-past one o'clock.—(Laughter.) _ _ Sir R. PEEL said he was quite sure he had not lost his temper. He had taken particular care not to infringe the rules of the House, and he had acted on the almost universal opinion of the House by taking the course he did. Mr. WAKLEY said he hoped the Speaker would be kind enough to let them know whether there had been any evasion of the rules of the House. The SPEAKER said it appeared to him that the Right Hon. Gentleman was perfectly in order. A motion had ;)een made to ad journ the question, and it was clear that the motion involved the main question. He considered the Right Hon. Baronet was per fectly in order. Dr. BO WRING then moved the adjournment of the debate to Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at (Ltorter to Two o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the house of Commons.) THURSDAY, APRIL 7. 'PETITIONS AGAINST TAXES. Motion made, and Question put, •' That the practice of this House, which precludes the presentation of Petitions upon the subject of any Tax or Duty under its consideration, be dis oentinued :"—(Mr. Duncombe : ) rho Home divided : MINORITY-AYES. Fielden, J. Pinney, W. Fitzroy, Lord Charles Ponsonhy, C. F. Ai C. FitZlTilliain, G. W. ) Powell, Caleb • Forster, Matthew Protheroe, .Edward Gibson, T. M. 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TIs'LLISKS Duncombe, 'l'. S. Butler, C. ,JORITY-NOES, Dig t,.. A. K Gasket', Jawed 3iilac , Gladston, W. E. Gorcion, 800. Ot t • Dore, 513ritague Gore, W. A.,0. Goring, Chairs' GrAan - i, Sir Jam& Greenall,.Peter 167. M:,?san, Cetarius Neel, John ercr Visceinit Norreys, Lord O'Brien, A S. Packe, C. W. Patten, Wilson Peel, Hon. Sir It. Peel, Colonel d. Pigot, Sir It. Plumptre. J. P. Polhill, Frederick Pollington, Viscount Pollock, Sir F. Prang, W. T. Pinn.k, A. Reade, W, M. Reid, Sir JOt.", 11, 'lepton, (:. W. J. lttchartis, It Rose, Sir George Round, C. 0. Rus.ell, Charles Buimell, J. D. lts&r. 0. 1). Sindon, lord Nearlett, It C. Seymour, Sir H. Sheppard, T. Somerset. Lord G. Somerton, Viscount Sotheron, T. E. Stanley. Lord Stewart, John Sloan, H. Sturt, 11. C. Sutton, Hatt, H. M. Tennent, J. E. 1 hompson, Aid. Trevor. Hon. R Trollope, Sir John Trotter, J. Yore, Sir C B. Verner, Colonel Vernon, G. H, Wilbraham, Hon. B. Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel I'. Wortley, Lord Wyndham, Colonel Younj, John Young, Sir L. W. tcland, T. D. Acton, Colonel Adore, Lord Antrobus, &BS trti Arawright, George Ashley, Lor.l Astell, William Batllie, Colonel H. Balfour, J. M. Baring, W. B. Barrington, Viscount Baskersille, T. B. M. Beresfard, Major Bodkin, W. H. Bctriel.i, Beria h Bradshaw, James Broadley, H. Brocdwood, Henry Bruce, Lord H Br, cc, C. L. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burrell, Sir C. M. Campbell, A. Chelsea, Viscount Chetwode, Sir John Chute. W. 1,. W. Clerk, Sir George t'ochrane, A. Cockburn, Sir G. ('odrington, C. W. Cole, Hon. A. Collett, W. It. Courtenay, Viscount Grippes, W. Darner, Hon. G. Darby, George Dawnay, W. H. Douglas, Sir C. Douglas, J. 1) S. Drinnmond, H. H. Duffield, T. D. Dugdale, W. S. Duncombe, Hon. A. Du rre, George Eaton, Emlyn, Viscount Escott, Bickham Estcourt, T. G. B. Farnham, E. B. I eilden, W. I Fellowes, Edward Filmer, Sir Edmund Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Hon. H. Fleming, J. Grimmon, Lord Grogan, Edward HHale, R. Blagden asn!iton, C J. R. Hamilton, itY,J, Hamilton, Lord C. ttarz.ourt, G. G. Hardy, Jo!:n. Hawker, T. llenragc, G W. HenleT, J. Warner Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herlrit, Hon. S. .Hodgson, rmilerick Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Elope, Hon. C. Houldsworth, T. Hughes, W. B. Ingestre, Lord Jermyn, Lord Johnson, W. G Johnstone, Hope Jones, Theobald Kelmune, Lord knatcnbull, Sir L. Knight, H. G. LaZemi, An•irew Liddell, H. I'. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay, H H. Lockhart, William Loather, J. 11. Lowth.r, nlonel Lygon, Hon. Gen. MacKenzie, W. F. Maclean, 1) AllGeacliy, F. A. Mainwaring, 'l'. Manners, 1.-. rd J. Marsham, Viscount Martyn, C. C. Master, Colonel M3sterman, John Meynell, H. +/lines, Richard Forbes, William Forester, Hon. G. TELLIIRS. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H. B. HAPPINESS OF TENANTS-AT WI LL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I wish to draw the attention of the public to the doings of the landlords throughout Wiltshire. Within the last six months a rise, or notice to rile, to the extent of 2,0001. per annum, on the Mar9uis of Bath's estate, in the neigbourhood of Warminster, has taaen place. Lord Ash burton is the executor for this estate. Many other noblemen and gentlemen have given notice of a rise. Tile Duke of Marl borough's tenants have all been raised, some to the extent of 35 per cent. The notice to raise is given in this way :—" You shall pay an increase of so much on your farm from this present quarter, or I shall give you notice to quit at the expiration of your time or term, if you do not agree to it." The Duke of Marlborough's notices were retrospective, and compelled the tenant either to rrsigu the tatm at the ex piration ut his present year, or pay the increase on one or two years back. None of the farmers ever tell their labourers the story about keeping up the price of bread on i:urpose to keep up the price of labour. They would be scouted if they did. Many of the labourers have told me that they never were so well off as when corn nee at 16s. and 18s. per sack ; then they had 6s. per week, now, and when it was 40s. per sack, they are paid Ss. per week. All Wiltshire labourers speak of cheap bread as a blessing and dear bread as a curie. WILTST-SIRE TO WIT." THE MARKETS:--(YESTERDAY CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all Grain since Monday have been moderate. There was rather more cluing in Wheat than on Wednesday, but Monday's terms were haHly aupport-d. Barley of good qullity rather dearer. Oats firm, with alt low sale. Flour as last. reported. SMITHFIELD. The supply was modera , e, and there being but few of the trade in attendance the demand was by no means brisk ; prices rather lower. Beasts 492 ; Sheep and Lamhs 5.3e0 ; Pigs 421 ; Calves 166. Beef 3s. 41. to 4s. 6cl: ; Mutton 3s 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Pork 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Lamb 6' to is. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a fair business trans acted, and prices were fully sustained for most articles. Raw Sugar was in good request, and prices were stiffer. Coffee little asked for, but. prices were firm. Good ordinary Ceylon 765. is 78s. per cot.. Rum firm and in request. Proof Leewards 2s. sd. per gallon. TEA MARKET. The market is dull, but prices have not further given way. Company's Congou is. 11 1 ,4 d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices steady, but the market was quiet. P. :Y. Candle, 465. 71 on the spot, and 4s. he. for delivery. COAL MARKET. ' Ships arrived since last raaraot.day s 4. e. d., s. d. Buddle's Wist Hartley l6 6 Walls End Morrison .117 6 Hebb= Main l5 (' Wal Is End Stewart's Helywell Main l6 0 Walls End Hartlepool lO 0 New Tanlield Moor l3 a Walls End Kelloe 1'0:0 Yontop V‘indsor ll C Walls End Adelaide Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's ll 6 Walls Et d Evenwood Walls End S. Killingworth 1.1 2 Walls End Seymour Tess l7 a W. E. 117addyll'stiotton ... 20 0 Walls End Tees Hetton ~ l5 0 Walls End Harwell ... 1:1 S Wal s Ei,d lees .„. l9 0 Walls End Hetton 1;1 D i Cowpen Walls End Lambton l9 9 I Hartley TROOPS roil CIIINA.—The Lady Flora, com manded by Captain Robert Ford,had been taken up at Madras by the Indian Government, for the purpose of conveying troops to China, in order to strengthen the forces under Sir Henry Pottinger, and was to sail on the Bth of March. Lord Ellen borough, the new Governor-General of India. attended by the heads of Departments, visited the Lady Flora in the Roads, and his Lordship expressed his satisfaction of the ship's quali ties and accommodations. She would convey from between 500 to 600 troops. MONEY-MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. — Money was very plentiful in the City this morning, and the man at the crossing near the Bank carried off a large sum at the clearing. 11ohair stock was not very buoyant, but gloves were easy at Is. 6d. a pair and upwards. Company's tea was wishy-washy, at a spoonful for each, person, and one for the pot ; but coffee rose rapidly when placed upon a hot fire. Coals were nominally heavy, but were found much lighter on being weighed; and eggs, though they looked promising yesterday, opened very badly this morning. In spices there was very little done ; but a party suffered greatly who had been ke e p ing t oo close an eye to pepper.—. Putsch. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHLEA CH STEEPLE CHASES. 'The Cotswold aandicap of 3 sons. each, with 30 added, 4 miles. (16 subs.) :Mr. Stapleton's Mischief, 12,t (Mr. Powell) 1 .Mr. fieroerfs Dick Turpin, Mt 71b The following were not placed :—Mr. Dangerfield's Rebel, .37r. flollnnan's Dragsman, Mr. W. Hick's Wildfire, Mr. Mat thews's Cheroot, Mr. Newcombe's Cannon Ball, Hon. J. Dot to. a's President, Mr. Griffiths's Forester, Mr. Sadler's Dane but y• Captain Fleming's Partisan, Mr. Walker's Lady James, and.lfr. Alde r ' s F ro li c . Dragsman came in fir s t, b u t h a vi n g taken .the wrong side of a flag, was declared distanced. A s es „,yistakes of 2 soya. each, and 20 added, 11 a 71b each, the last to p, aY the second's stake, winner to be sold for 301., was won by Mr. , Sadler's b g, by Jack Tar (Crichmere), beatin g Mr. W. Etwaq. l 's St. Davis, Rebel, and five others. Is k - BURY SPRING MEETING. t. `takes o f 10 soya. eac h, sf t. T w o miles. Mr. D. Burden il ßu iluY d ' en r n d . bra to Prizetlower, 6 yrs (Capt. White) 1 Mr. C. D. Griffiths nsl Negro, bye, 2 Mr. B. B. Colvin n,i .Erelident, 4 yrs The following also ;tasted, but were net placed :—Mr. W. Etwall's St. Davis ' Sir es Cockerell'a Mal vern , M r . Lawrence nd Sarah Sykes, Mr. Wailers The Fiend, Mr. Crowdy Fd One mile. Dr , a r g h s e m s an her a i r )o tl re lr s . J. Stakes l ,Is. of 10 I k o e s r's Paddy ays,eaez h ft. Mr. Harvey's Saracena, 4 yrs . (Mr. John Bailey) 1 Sir C. K. 'Cockereil's Victor, 4 yrs . Mr. J. Day's Muleiher, 5 yrs .••••• The United Hunter's Stakes ot: 10 sore. each, It ft. Two miles Mr. Maley's Combat, aged ........ •• (AL.. Isaac Day) • 1 Captain I'ettst's Caliph, aged ... Champion and Sir Willie= were not placed. The Farmers' Stakes were won in t;vo heats by Mr. Bryan"s Protestant ; and the Handicap by Captain Pettat'a Caliph, beating Mr. Bryan's Protestant. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. NEWMARKET, Franey Mosta:ma- In the following list of fixtures for the ensuing meeting wit have placed a ' against the horses already here, •w that will arrive in the course of a day or two : Mo snA v.—The Craven Stakes of JO SOW. each, for 3 yrs old, bat. ; 4 yrt, Sat 4lb ; 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ; 6 and aged, 9st 51b. A.F. Handicap of 25 Sons. each, 5 ft, if declared, &c., fora and 4 yrs-old. Handicap of 25 sons. each, 10 ft., for 4 yrs old, &c. T.Y. C. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sews. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old, &c. Ab. M. *Mr. Bowes's Lady of' Silverkeld Well ; Mr. 'Bowes's Lass of Lmoon ; 'Mr. Thornhill's Eusebia; *Mr. Greville's Gunter ; Lord Jersey's f by Bay Middleton, out of Trampoline, and e by Buzzard. out of Cobweb ; *Colonel Anson's The Pincher; Lord l.ichfield's Miss Van Ambitrgh, and c by Bay Middleton, out of Portrait's dam ; Lord Suffield's fby Camel, out of Al bania, and Juliana (no produce). The Tavistock Stakes of 100 SOW. each, for 3.yrs old, &e. D.M. *Duke of Bedford's c by the Tulip, out of Mona; *Lord Al bemarle's Robin; '*Lord Stradbroke's c by Emilius, out of Mainina, and "c by Jerry, out of Marssa. *lOO h ft. D.M —.Lord Albemarle's Nuncio, Bst 71b, aget Lord Kelburne's c, by Retainer, dam, by St. Patrick, Bst 41b. Tersnen.—The Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sore. each, is ft, for 3 yrs old colts, Sat 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b, &c. D.M. •Lord Exeter's Reversion ; Mr. Watt's f, by Bay Mid dleton, out of Nicotris; "Mr. Greville's Gunter; *Lord Jersey's Trampoline filly ; Duke of Portland's f, by Bay Middleton d, by Reveller ; Colonel Peel's Chatham ; Lord Suffield's f, by Camel, out of Albania and Juliana. The Grilion takes of 50 sons. each, for 3 yrs old fillies. D.M. *Mr. Batson's f, by Jerry, out, of Revelry; "Lord Albemarle's Dorothy ; *Mr. Thornhill's Eusebia and Equation; Duke of Bedford's f, by Lancastrian, out of Plaything (allowed Bibs). The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 soars, each, for 3 yrs old, &c. R. AI. "Lord Albemarle's Robin ; "Mr. Batson's Acacia colt; *Duke of Grafton ns c, by Jerry, out of Petulance ;*Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt ; *Lord Exeter's Revocation ; Duke of Bedford's eh c, by Hymen, out of Mysie. Sweepstakes of 10Q FOVF. each, for foals of 1839; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bat 41b. IL M. "Mr. Falconer's c by Bay Middleton, out of Observatory (al lowed 311)s) ; cby Glaucus, out of Minnow Wowed Ilbs) ; and f by Camel, out of Codicil ; "Duke of Grafton's Canadian, Air. Combe's Cr iterion,*LordOriord's Adelgund (allowed 31bs), Colonel Anson's Hollandaise, Lord Chesterfield's Beadsman. and Lord G. Bentinck's Gaper. The last three are foals of lat4o. Sweepstakes of 100 saes. each, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. Lord G. Bentinck's Tedworth, Mr. Thornhill's St. James, "Mr. Houldsworth's Darling, *Lord Otford's Wild Duck colt, "Mr. Fulwar Craven's Don't-say-no, and Captain Williamson's Ramble. Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h ft. D.M. °' Mr. Thornhill's Equation, Bst 101 b ; Lord Kelburne's Sis ter to Pathfinder, Bst 101 b ; Lord G. Bentinck's Nina (dead), Bst 71b. The Oatlands, of 50 sons. each, h ft, and only 10 ft, if declared, &c. D.I. *Duke cf Rutland's The Genius, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Lord Exe ter's Cesarewitch, 4 yrs, Bst 4 1 1 b; Lord Kelburne's c by Mulsy Moloch, d by Aetwon, 4 yrs, ist 91b ; Colonel Peel's Lam not-aware, aged, Bst 71b, paid forfeit. Subscription of 501; for three yrs old, 7st; four yrs, 7st 71b; five yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y. C. The Column Stakes of 50 sons. each, h ft, for three years old, &e, R. N. 'lr. Cookes' Palinurus (allowed Bib), and *f Ballet (al lowed 51b); "Lord Orford's f Adelgund (allowed 311),and f by Clear: ell, out of Chapeau de Espagne's dam (allowed 31b) i Mr. Watts' f by Plenipotentiary, out of Mytrhe (allowed 51b) : Mr. Wagstaff's Monteagle (allowed 31b); *Lord Exe ter', lienersion and "Valance; "Mr. Thornhill's Evasion and *Eusebia; "Colonel Anson's The Puncher; "Mr. Bowes's The Lady of Silverkeld Well ; "Mr. Batson's Acacia colt (al lowed 31b) ; "Lord Stradbroke's cby Emilius, out of Memina (allowed 31b); fby St. Patrick, out of Begum (allowed 31b), and i by Bizarre, out of Adeline; Lord G. Bentinek% Fire brand and Flytrap (allowed Mb); *Colonel Peel's Chatham (allowed 31b), and" Archy ; 'Lord Chesterfield's f by MuleyMoe loch, out of Young Peturaia (allowed 31b) ; "Mr. Houlds worth's Darling (allowed 51b); Mr. Nevin's c by Veloci pede, out of Amadon (allowed 311); *Duke of Port land's f by Bay Middleton, out of Souvenir (al lowed 31b), "f by Bay Middleton, dam - by Reveller (al lowed 51b), and *f by Dr. Syntax, out of - Ruth, (allowed 31b, wrong entry); and Lord G. Bentinck's Nina (dead) ; Vocalist, (dead); f out of Her Majesty (dead) ; Colonel Peel's to in colts (dead), by Touehstone, out of Fille de Joie. Sweepstakes of 100 sore, each, ter fillies, Bst 71b. RM. *Duke of Rutland's f by Bizarre, out of Flambeau's dam ; *Lord Chesterfield's the-bar; 'Mr. Thornhill's Equation. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each ; colts, est 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Ike. T. Y. C. Lord Lichfield's Miss Van Amburgh (allowed 31bs •') *Mr. Thornhill's Espartero ; Mr. B .. owes' ass of Louton,(allowed 31b) ; 'Mr. Cooper's Edgeworth Bets (allowed 31 b); Lord G. Bntinch's Nina (dead). Ilatch-200, h ft. D.lll.—*Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt, Bst 71b, against *Lord Orford's Bridal, 6st. I'm o IiSDAY.-Bnbscript ion Plate of 50L; for 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged; 9st 31b. D.M. The winner to be sold for 3001. Handicapiof 20 sovs. each, for 4 years old, &c. A.F. Sweepstakes of 100 toys. each, for foals of 1839, &c. D.M. Mr.iKirby's Rover (allowed 3Th) ; *Mr. Sadler's Barrier and Defier; Mr. Thornhill's St. James and "Esparbero: *Lord Exeter's Reversion and *Sares (wrong nomination) ;*Duke of Portland'a c by Bay Middleton, out of Manto (allowed 31b) ; 'Duke of Grafton's Canadian ; Mr. Wagstaff's Mont Eagle ; Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre ; *Lord AlbermaYle's Dorothy ; *Col. Peel's Chatham (allowed 31b) ; Cart. Williamson's The Ramble, and f by Camel out of Albania (allowed 31b). The Vacillation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, &c., R.M. *Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt (allowed 31b), and * Dil bar (allowed 31b) ; Mr. Thornhill's St. James, and *Espartero; Lord e d Lhfield's Minature colt (allowed 31b). and Zilla colt (allow 31b) ; Lord George Bentinck's Tedworth (allowed 31) and Flytrap (allowed Dila ).. Sweepstakes of 200 sov. each, hft for 3 years old. D.M. Lord Lichfield's c by Bay Middleton, out of Miniature r. *Duke of Beaufort's c by Camel, out of Miss Craven's dam ; Lord G. Bentinck's Flytrap.; *Colonel .Peel's Archy *Lord Chesterfield's Johnny Faa ; *Lord Exeter's Albion ; Lord Jersey's Brother to Phoenix. nun...v.—Sweepstakes of 60 sovs. each, 40 ft. R. M. *Duke of Portland's f by Bay Middlston, d by Reveller (allowed 3lbs); 'Duke of Rutland's Bizarre f ; *Duke of Grafton's hi fby Jerry, out of Whizgig ; *Laid Chesterfield's Dil-bar (allowed albs); and Lord Lichfield's Miss Van Amburgh. - The Portrait Stakes of 10 sovs. each, &c.... T. M. M. Yr. Rawliriawa's Coronation (broke down) ; °Duke of Rut land's Sir Hans ; 'Duke of Bedford's John o' Gaunt ; nord Alscitnarle's Ralph ; *Lord Eze•er's Cesarwitch; Mr. Ford.'S 11!etternielt. Alai ch. 99, .11 ft ; Ant half of Ab M. *Lord Relburne's , Anti- Dickens, Bst bltii, agst Colcriel Peel's f by Slane, out of Mary Ann, est 41b. a n each, - Match, 200 hIt;R. M. * Colonel Peel's Arch y , Bst 71b, . agat *Lord Keiburne's f by Retriever , d by Ardrossan. Match, 200, h ft.; D. M. Lora Lichfield's Aslissts lb. burgh, asst *Mr. Cireville's Edgeworth 86,55 t no day mentioned. Lord Exeter's Albion, agat *Lord Orford's c by Jerry, out of Petulance ; Bst 71b each ; D. M. 200, is ft. --- GREAT FOOT RACE BETWEEN ,MORE, OF LEICESTER, AND THE STICA FOR £lOO. This match arose out of a previous affair, when these roes' were backed to run a quarter of a mile, upon which occasion. the Stag was the victor, winning apparently with great ease, but not without some suspicion of foul play ; Moore attributing his defeat to a sudden attack of illness while running, presumed to hare been brought on by something deleterious which had been administered to him. Whether there was any foundation for this insinuation it is impossible to say, but the friends of Moore were not satisfied with the result, and came forward with alacrity on Thursday to supporttheir man. Redmond's,tlatt Swiss Cottage, Regent's-park, was the appointed rendezvous, and at, an early hour the patrons of pedestrianism were moving to the spot. It was announced that the race would take place at three o'clock, but the men did not appear on the ground until nearly six o'clock. Betting was in favour of the Stag at 5 and 6 to 4, and he did not disappoint the expectations of his sup porters, as he again came off victorious, beating bis opponent after a splendidly contested race, by about one yard. The distance (220 yards) was run in 26 seconds. A great con. course of amateurs attended, and Redmond must have reaped a good harvest, which he richly deserves . for his civil and obliging deportment on all occasions. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Losnos, APRIL B.—Wind this day at noon, E.S.E. DEAL, Aram 7.—Wind, N.E. by N., strong.—Arrd. from the River and aid. Swallow, Terceira. Livntroor., Aram 7.—Wind E. light.—Sld. Neptune, Margaret, Marshall. and Victoria, Newfoundland ; Fenella, Singapore ; Mary Somerville, Calcutta; John Cock, Buenos Ayres ; Ilelen, Vera Cruz ; Gannett, I3arbadoes ; Prince'o Wales, Rockshire, and Mary Muir. Montreal; California, Ha.. Max; Britannia, Restigouche ; Ruby, Arichat; Mary, Rio Grande • George, New Orlean s ; Antelo p e, Prince Edward's Island, 'Jessie Miller, Halifax ; Catherine, Madeira. The Scotland, for New York, which was ashore, has been got off without apparent damage, and proceeded. WiTRNIIOR, APRIL 7.—The Brunswick, Porter, from Hull to London, was totally wrecked on the sunk sand this morning ; crew saved. Sld. William and Mary, Quebec. Poar.srourn, Aran. 7.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrd. her Almjesty's ship Cleopatra, Barbadoca, sailed 9th ult. ; Louis*, Christenon, Frederickstadt, with mast sprung, loss of tails, &c., bound to Calais ; Samararig, London, for Calcutta. POOLE, Arm!. 7.—Sld. George, Newfoundland. PLy - srouTw, Aram 7.—Wind N.E. to S.W.—Arrd. off, William Pitt, Robson, Mauritius, with loss of boats, sails, bul warks, ix., in a gale off the Cape. Bars Tor., Aram 7.—Sld. Lord Canterbury, Qukbec Fire sisters, Prince Edward's Island. Orr COAX, APRIL s.—hinds, Lowthon, Buenret Ayres. KINGSTON. Aram 6.—Arrd. Prince Royil;Cater,M l , l ta. LEITH, APRIL 6.—Sld. Ellen Green, Moutre sh " DLL, APRIL 7.—Wind N.E.—Sid. SethsgOlitam, Boni ' bay ; Ocean, Leghorn. The Rose, Jeffeifes, 'trona Barton to Lynn, has put in here to discharge, wing-been ashore on the Lincoln,hire Main. - WELLS, APRIL 7.—The Severn steamer, from .amberet to Hull, was the vessel on the Weolpaek Sand, reported ye s . tardily. ~: ais o tr.. • o apy Lron 'Na LS no than ; hp ,416, ':c 0 Ow' the el iod, ►pert}' pro • tIV