The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

'lleeted that, 105 ; t h ere were soot '5l is from this CO, )r manufactured 304 materials thst,ol 1 from thew. at red that we ' They w ere all sto;0, ties, such, for i: of the same &Ili cal rule, the abolpis ia,4o n ature, and ftet'oil pt propose to ex cePl o and cheers freo ou t this reduethte, orary triunipb.-47:01 Aer i a l benches.) $l9 ta t which webj'°, such co nside s7 IrinCiple to Orr Bk it would be 10 4 -Wear.) We fl l . 'ciPle to establiib shall beno 1.41 Acir lishing that Pr-,4 to be the 'o' say, a lso, tbsc i t equalled oures?,lo Mount of rep:o6,ll" • whereas the net r l not exceeded 120,'' cded in coosecl'ert.) proprietors, 0" e duty en th : ( 1 6. a tions. B et k e coal so eve) ictiveness, but et!, 'oat there s houli `;,O And I roust 01 r d e r, to t which v if es is now subjec) mines will g ge ife"4. 'rants f tbat' o ssio s an impre id nd,id or not.--IP:i the pr ice of opal' :rts Of this cl;'# m t to foreign caeofil 'eater or roore P° nd continuance or ombination of Abe n i ce from the $l!e,J4 I from t he ~io5°%1;" Ido not ' ,a ument sga-wv. nongst the Pr'Crl'io4 I trust, ibet:ri by the Goretonleofi! complsine34,o Eletn in a coireEr no t 1 0, v we sh all foreigne, O a sli f j ; ic f .) I trust t the suPPli° price. ienaberi--11'"." , bo" , 2 00e r ' f il * t it is I ; 0 001 ld ectly, 11,,ip$L0 'live in g,,,tieo le ts 00 v to thizif:ci•turei;ol n naau il ve if o 11. I u ae par er the iPt r ` e ", ry to , e 00 0 0; f artirl 1.0 j duties i n ~ ount °f 4 i 1:1 6C1 0 or )1. or du j ig , g fixed i t te f it Whet her , 1 31 P: Pi m ogc tb e o r si t °- fito o ,.; lln ; ‘ , $ now t. ,„ q ui" 10 :1 0 0 / 'ring D . T he g iven 6 06; 1 , ir is nte„ . 4bsolu te i d • teo t ` t if vie f i r st, it! 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There is no duty, I whole to class staves with raw materials, and to permit think, which is so objectionable in principle an unlimited import of them for the use of coopers. as a duty on the transfer ofproperty. To select one par , ' It will, of course, he necessary to limit the ticular mode of transferring property, quite independent length of staves, so that they may not be of conveyances, which apply to all transfers of . L applied to other purposes, but without exceedingly property, and to subject that to duty, is a course minute and vexatious regulations it will be open to grave objections ; and Ido hope that I have impo ss ibl e to prevent the use of staves altogether for satisfied the House that although there is no demand other purposes ; and we think it better to submit fer this reduction, and although articles might be selected to that evasion than to establish minute and vexatious upon which a reduction would be more popular, yet regulations to prevent it.— (Cheers.) I hope that by looking comprehensively at the interests of property, and the remission of this duty we shall restore prosperity to considering the benefit which is conferred on a great a trade which finds employment for some of the most in- commercial and manufacturing country, by facilitating genious and respectable artisans °Nils country—(Cheers.) the transfer of property, you could not confer The house, I hope, will consider that we are justified in a greater advantage upon the United King taking these articles out of the category of the timber dom, if you selected other duties in preference to duties. that which is thus proposed to be reduced to Mr. LABOUCHERE—Do you remove the duty alto- the amount of 300,0001.—(Hear, hear.) Every gather ? auctioneer is, under the existing law, compelled to take Sir ROBERT PEEL—Yes, we take it off altogether. out a licence. In the first instance he takes out a general It amounts to 32,000/. We diminish the temptation to licence of 51. If he is afterwards called on to sell any par fraud for ordinary purposes by making a simultaneous ticular article which is not included in that licence reduction on all cabinet timber. I now come to the last there is then a demand made upon him for another article— licenceand, consequently, there are auctioneers Mr. LABOUC HERE inquired the amount of the 400 who pay 251 for licences, because some articles are and odd items of export duties to be abolished ? exposed to sale by auction, where they have to officiate as Sir R. PEEL said, I think the loss on the whole of auctioneers, which are not covered by the general auction these articles will be 320,0001. I now come to duty. Now I propose, instead of the principle of requiring that article which, of all others, is the most separate licences, to enable auctioneers to dispose of important to the prosperity of the country. I every description of property' s ' by taking out one licence. COule now to cotton-wool—(lkay, hear)—and the I propose to fix the amount of that license at 151. ; duty upon it. The present duty on cotton- thus enabling the auctioneers who take it out to deal in wool is, so far as the revenue is concerned, every description of property. I think it is probable s •l6ths of a penny a pound. That duty is appli- that the number of auctioneers will be increased by the cable to the whole amount of cotton-wool imported, reduction of the duty. The present number of auction and is about one-fifth of the total amount, and is cers amount in the whole, I think, to about 4,000. A li only available for the purpose of manufactures. It cence duty of 151. will raise a revenue of 60,0001., subject, is estimated, and with good reason, that you of course, to the reduction in the present auction duty. O ught to add one-sixteenth to five-sixteenths, in Ido not believe that one general licence of lb/ would be order to give the full amount on the whole cotton duty. felt at all as an onerous impost, while I think it probable The six sixteenths or three - eights of a penny a pound that the number of auctioneers would increase. We would be the total amount of duty on cotton-wool. Now propose, therefore, to reduce the duty upon auctions, and when the price of cotton-wool is 4d. a lb. on the average, to substitute for the present system of licensing one uni three- eighths of a ld. a lb. is a duty of nine per cent. form licence, the maximum cost of which will be 15/ on the value of the raw Material. If the With respect to the article of glass, I must say price of cotton wool is as it has beers of late not more that it is one which has especially occupied my than 3d. a lb., three-eighths of Id. per lb. is a duty attention. The dull upon glass has been doubled since amounting to not less than 1 9 1 per cent. 18 1 5, and I think I can show, with respect o levied falls w n th e value h of the raw material. Thi s d u t y to this article, there are groun d s of exerep as peculiar severity on the coarsest tion more than can be alleged for almost descripti ons of cotton.—(Hear finer muslins , hear.) Up on th e any other article. Without regar d to t h e case you cats hardly estimate the a hich I might make out for the removal of this amount of duty, but the coarser the fabric the higher tax, if there were an abundant revenue, there is the amount of eta -.the It is in respect to are no other articles entitl e d to a pre f erence. manufacture of that coarser cotton that In the first place, let me recite some of the objections to the manufacturers of this country are exposed to th e this charge. The amount of tax is 2001. or 3001. per most formidable competition in South America and cent. upon the value of the article ; for instance, the tax China, and even in our own colonies.—(Hear, hear.) was one shilling per foot, and a manufacturer was asked Of course, in respect of the manufactured cott on o f th e what h e cou ld supp l y t h e art i cles for, if the duty were United States, we labour already under great disadvan- taken off ; and he answered, that he could sell it for 3d., sage, from the ready emus which the people of that country or at any rate the price would not exceed 4d.—(Hear, Possess to the raw material, and they are compe- hear.) We must not estimate this burden at the ti tors of ou rs i n ell the coarser descriptions of cotton, mere amount.—(Hear, hear.) There is no duty which Theref ore, we conceive that to repeal the duty upon this requires, in order that it may be levied, such a system article, and abolish it altogether, will be followed by th e of perpetual and such vexatious superintendence.— very best r esu l ts. And, speaking generally, there is no (Hear, hear, hear.) Now, compare the expert of glass, noubt but that the abolition of the duty on cotton will a hich was subject to this vexatious, and necessarilly give additional claims for the removal o f o th er d ut i es vexat i ous regu l at i ons—compare it with the export of an that press equally upon articles of general consumptiion. other article, which has the good fortune to be ex , k now it will be said that this branch of trade is now eepted—earthenware. The export ofearthenware last ' s llouri s ie i ng ; hut, at th e same ti me, we s h ou ld not d i s- year amounted to 750,000/., whereas the export of glass. "gard the competition by which it has been met by the which was subject to the duty, and subject pstittrer rdeedrucehowof other countries, and therefore we must con- to this constant i nter f erence with the process , we can best ena bl e th e h ome manu f ac - o f manu f acture, amounted only in the course of the last consi , • to meet it.—(Loud cheers.) When we year to 388,000/.—(H ear, h ear.) But I w i sh to state thered7 the thousands and tens of thousands also another most i m p ortant f act. There i s no E xc i se rein this country who are indebted for their duty on the manufacture of glass in France, in Belgium, 1 of this and continual employment to the manufacture or in Bohemia ; and in Bohemia the manufacture of ; "Is artiele•'---when we consider the amount of it that glass is brought to the very highest perfection. The 1 a 3 ,„,,.. wh-'utlally manufactured in this country into clothing— discoveries of chemistry were applied without restric it e 4 we consider the vast consumption there is for tion to the improvement of the manufacture, wh . l a that form—when we consider the extent to and owing to the skill to which they had t h our i-. • s ea s. manufacturers are engages' IA this trade, I attained, the most beautiful colours were produced. et -' o ;e are well advised in coming to the determination We have particular facilities in this country for Weo rlishin g all duty upon the common arti, to of cotton- the manufacture of glass ; we have a great wa •ll ( Cheers.) Th e es ti ma t e d l oss w hi c h t h e revenue comman d o f l a b our and of coal, and we into sti ' t ain by the abolition of this tax—taking should be able not only to enter into compe ceiesa ace the amount of the revenue re- tition with foreign countries, but we should be (Il ea " it last year, will not be less than 680,000/. able to beat them. What is the fact? That there being ( iti tt t e e tt lici h ar' sr h e , , u h p e o a n n a ) ny Her Majesty's Government did not now no duty on reless.. , .in Belgium, Bohemia, and 1 0 the dutiestrecmmend to the House any further alter- with other articles of this descript vari ous ea r.) We have closely and carefully review vie in levied by the Excise, and we whitedtb n detail the various departments of those h ol tit at . ao . it Z e u s t s most grievously upon individual into . , But ther iii being bound to admit which of thee tha t ~u ht to be removed, we do not hesitate i exist,`h of them . prima facie case agai nee , presents a its present shape.—(Cheers and laue • • also, wh , e is an article, a source of revenue to th • . °l Siee t i u leh does appear to us to be open to pc it i s tru e . There has been no clamour for its redu Vti, t ibtEti fi ~' a n d I don't know whether we should ma i e `' granter popularityif , sS, Ar ta tp , ater a: : i.. di tty efutne other articles; but we consider it to . . 01 4 1104 the Executive to select those articles—wilt:mei --- , _._ _ ... _...eong rs e • qtl ie a existed with respectto them or not—the removal fact, and does it not demonstrate the peHey of some new t :kilt s , 4t3 ,: ° nwhich is likely to be attended with the best arrangement in the excise regulations of this country ? a ctin g -t he particular branch of duty lam now re- (Hear.) If we permit this article to be manufactured fC s t o , though the attention of the Government may duty free, it is very hard to foresee to what perfection ore have strictly been called to it, I will undertake, be- the manufacture of that beautiful fabric may bebrout ht, I. : (ll teti '' , ". ', (l , uw r', to demonstrate is one more entitled to considering how much it admitted of the applies 'erted (); 'an many of the obj, cts I have hitherto ad- tion of capital and shill. When a balance-spring with r , "°*---(Cheers and laughter.) It is a duty for a chronometer is made in this country it ,„ 111t hieet 's d Peet to which the Government have not been is made of glass, at least of late years, it 'Mkt!' to peculiar pressure, but it is a being fount so much superior to steel for such purposes. tintl ettrefselected by the Government after great It has a greater power of resisting the alternations or ( 44 Y th at °I Con sideration. It is a duty I will venture to heat and cold, and maintaining its specific gravity. The `liee N e° One will deny to be most objectionable— manufacture of glass requires so much skill on the lt ,tteed ea - 4nd laughter) —and the removal of which will be part of the workman, that Ido not believe under 41. tended ii :ill :laughter)—and the best results. The duty to which the present system of restriction recent discoveries ~- ath Er m , e duty on the free transfer of property, or, could be well applied. A chronometer, with a glass "tteti o at is called the auction dut • —(Cheers.) This balance-spring, during the late Administration, fireth t: It . duty i s a duty which . ). . l nareet4terndelrican uty which is leviable in each part of had been sent out to the North Seas, and exposed with ,: e 4 t ti ll: , ,‘ -th gdolll. It is a duty which was levied for the nine other chronometers to the cold of that eeere I. of Properwt war, ''' th e - w ith little discrimination at the commencement climate, and the result of that experiment and it is a duty from which the was reported to be in favour of the chronometer which 'lt • yby any other means is completely had the glass balance spring as compared . with , • • Pl.c 'llert 154 if a .th y bparty choose to dispose of his the nine others. So much for the application of er e s sr Y auction he becomes subject to it. It is glass to articles of the utmost delicacy. tPikuliarya dut y. to which those who are distressed are But glass has also been applied to another and very . 04 _,,, subjected. C tiro of th e hs . . • .an there be a greater condemna. different purpose. It has been maw f7tured ;e aft er ti ""lciple of this duty, than that in a short into pipes used for the conveyance o ater, at lil r 'lPt ons : Passin g of the law that enforced it, several a cost of 30 per cent. less than pipes made iteitr e e e the Were made a ith respect to its operation ? of iron ; they will bear great external pressure ; i s ely 1 ' was originally passed there have been they are covered with bitumen, and when used for the tt te ese ir e p e t s io t han thirty-two different laws grant. conveyance of water, so far as . purposes of health are j et eor oadss . n from the auction duties. When concerned, glass pipes are entitled to the preference. e ft : the E xcis® were appointed to examine This has been done where the excise duties on glass have N i l ' exe oain . x eise duti es , some y ears si nce , been removed. Now take all the articles thus ~,t rep ort t n . g the whole of them, they made ranged between :these two extremes, beta een the Of h e d oh , Nv 'th respect to the auction duty : balance-spring of the chronometer and the pip . e , for e qe the t axes auctions must be among the first conveying water, and I ask if it is not difficult r eet ', ofla nd „ to be repealed." Now, observe, all to say to what . purposes the manufacture itse :4l s q. 01 ' property which take place under the di- may not be applied ? But now we collect l ieeli u rne du e t Court . of Chancery are exempt from the our duty on flint glass at an expense of not Al man la stly )• i It : .s a fact that there have less than 57 per cent. on the whole amount col eriti.eid i n o._ ll, inees in which estates have been lected, and it is necessary, in order to prevent Il st ;:ed to " t c o urt of Chan cer y, i n or d er to b e f rau d , to h ave a ser i es of most minute regulations to th Wh at is exe mption from th e auc ti on w ith res p ec t t o me l t i ng t h e glass and the annealing, erlee s ales of the practice now with respect with notices to the excise-officer of every h ill rnsenient estates? Every newspaper is filled with process which make the application of ingenuity th e e kpo sed f s ,, of s ales by auction of landed property. and skill almost impossible. But relieve it vztteer. shall understanding 1:4 11 `4enern, for sale, and the value of it is ascertained, altogether from these difficulties, 'as in Bohemia, being that the highest France and Belgium, give full and unrestricted th e ee ntract be entitled to buy it by pri- play to the capital and enterprise of this Pri ce kte trt i, , , The estate is not sold, and country, and with its peculiar facility for the) t 4,. o r Vaitl : of th e l aw is defeated. The obtaining materials, its command of alkali and of coal, effee c h t tz probu o vs f , the property is ascertained by the pro- I believe that this country may supply almost all the is entirely b "'Y . on the following day the sale is world with glass, or at least enter into active computi e jib e , s tlers e n Private contract, and the law tion with other countries for supplying it. There - 'stilt ' - 'iicy of e s' To give an idea of are many other arguments I might bring forward, but I th s. In t,. this tax, let me loot: tvh . ,h ehl 1.10 Year „ din ~to general do think I have shown, in the case of glass, so far as lell the E of g the Ist of January, 1841, the manufacture of glass is concerned , . that there t 'Qt l e I.: se i se pt operty exposed to auction, of are peculiar reasons for reducing the duty tr It 4 the necessity tilat less than , was "lig( dto take an account, as on it. Now a case has been made out for the Ite epi t here wa:5232,000/ In respect of the whole of remission of the window-duty. But take the 01141 ce ount s for examination, and for case of glass, and see what a much greater effect ti;v o ; : e 4_4lv t g o niitke.esat iteob : l t i ha e u oet:fioeners had exactly the same the reduction of the duty on glass will leave on the the rti a „ for Perf orm in r espect to the property comfort of the labouring classes than a . reductionof the , ti ttat s ,, tt resp ect to and which was not sold, as window-duty. It is estimated that in Great Britain tiliiii ine 6B,o,s aod the totallalPoertY W a4 COON e account • that was sold The total there are 3,500,000 houses : of these not more than sof the Excise was 500,000 are charged with the window-duty ; e uO/ e , uut on which duty was paid therefore, there are 3,000,000 of houses which 6 X e , 13-4 1 . ' n sequentl th s e ssk f i , o , PrOp ertt , x . Y, there were thirty-six require glass to be used in them, and which, by the the of v'll th e te ',.. pi.osed to sale which was removal of the tax, would benefit by the whole amount , k i l l; anesiulitti're bein".g. gnu . these two facts— of the remission. lam afraid lam wearying te, o ' c 'ua on duty,exemptions from the House by these details, but I wish to satisfy those who s ad 11: twoe ete kill' W h ich (Jut 'ere being only eight hear me that these remissioes are not made from any ci s lOn s 3 0 ' f was levied —out of forty- desire of courting popularity, but that there is good and th e s tve ' riot present Pr o n e . themselves almost a substantial cause which loads me to adopt the La e e re4,-omiti6sionernn ,t4t r.,- ' o f the policy of this tax ? reduction of this duty.—(lmmense cheering.) 4 4 eti, sinc e , 4 ,, s of Excise reported, Then, if we look to the improvement of art, what a et at e - ' 4 duty th ''' the , ,I, q uestions ere Was more trouble, and more we reduce the duty immense . that with greatencouragereent it will give to the art of engraving if e t 4,4 0 is au tt 4 n, arose, enon plate glass. Then, if we look th' ®0 n, trouble" 4 queetio account of attempts to the consideration of health, of what import the oie with rile4specatbotuot exemption—there ante is the article ofg.lass. Nothing prevented the passage °I - th auction duty of heat like glass. The passage of beat through a single e e zeise revenue remaining, plate of glass, compared with its ram, through two CC 1 n the rigs 'arch ex- but nit a moss pro, ;lass the ;lass eign aids ;lass to such a degree as will enable you to dispense with the tax altogether. Remember this, that the principles on which we have gone, we have gone on advisedly. We have in every case absolutely repealed the tax. We have not di minished the tax on glass and kept up a quarter of it. We have not diminished a small proportion of the tax on cotton. We have proposed the absolute repeal of the tax, and, therefore, from the increased consumption of that article we cannot expect any benefit ; but we do hope that indirect and incidental effects will be produced, and will be the cause of increased consumption of many articles subject to duty, and by invigorating the industry and extending the commercial enterprise of the country, and by indirect channels, to supply that void which we cannot hope to supply by direct taxa tion. Sir, I believe that I have now executed the task which devolved on me.—(Cheers.) I have, however imperfectly, explained the views and intentions of her Majesty's Government with respect to the financial and commercial policy of the country. I trust the House will, as they did before, without now pronouncing any hasty or precipitate judgment, con sider comprehensively the whole of the plan we have offered, and will consider whether or not it will be for the interest of the country to adopt it ; and, after mature deliberation, my hope and belief is that the decision of the House will be in favour of the proposal which I have made. Whatever may be the decision of the House, at any rate we shall have the consolation of knowing that we have not sought popularity by evading the question of continued taxation.— (Hear, hear.) We have not acted in deference to any popular clamour, for we have selected taxes for reduction in respect to which there is no clamour and no agitation. I knew it r ill be said that the principle:: which I have laid down are capable of much further extension, and that I ought to have, in deference to those principles, made a still more extensive Tr irr T THE SLN- LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING t 4 'FERRI-7AR Y plates of glass having a layer between them, was as ten to one. The double plates prevented the passage of heat ; therefore, in encouraging the construction of double windows, we are taking measures to improve the health of the community. The Land Commission in Ireland has recently made its report. I received this report the day before yesterday. The Commissioners had not the slightest notion of the intentions of her Majesty's Government, but in that respect they say that few mea sures will contribute more to the comfort and improvement of the lower classes in Ireland than giving them the command of glass at a cheap rate. That observation proves how much the condition of the lower classes in Ire land will be improved by the reduction we propose to effect in the duty on glass. All parts of the United Kingdom will be benefited by it—lreland, Scotland, and England, will be equally benefited. Ireland will derive a direct benefit from the reduction of the duty on glass, and I do not see any reason why Ireland should not become the seat of a successful glass manufacture. If it should not, it will benefit by the reduction of the duty, which now amounts to between 200 and 300 per cent. This reduction will give to the people of Ireland, as well as the people of Great Britain, the command of an article essential to their convenience and comfort.—(Hear, hear.) In every point of view, whether we consider the amount of the duty, more than two hun dred per cent., or the restrictions which the levy ing of it imposes on the manufacturer, or the num berless purposes to which it may be applied, or the direct addition which it will make to the health and comfort, hope that the House will acquiesce in the recommendation of her Majesty's Go vernment, and select glass as one of the articles on which the Excise duty ought to be entirely abolished. The loss to the revenue from the reduction of the duty on glass would amount to 640,0002 I have now ex hausted the list of articles in respect of which her Majesty's Government intended to propose the re duction of existing taxes. I will now recal to the recollec tion of the House the estimate I made of the amount of revenue, assuming that the income-tax will be continued. I estimated that a surplus revenue, in case the income-tax is continued, would be available on the 6th April, amounting to 3,490,0001 I shall now recapitulate the estimate of the reductions which would arise from the reduction or repeal o the different duties which I enumerated. I mentioned them specifically before, as to their amount, bat I will now state the aggregate amount of reductions. The estimated loss of sugar, then is £1,300,000 The estimated loss on coal is The loss on the duty of minor articles im ported, being the raw materials of manu factures The estimated loss on cotton-wool The estimated loss on auction duty The estimated loss in glass . I include the loss on staves in the 320,0001 The total loss to revenue I am now speaking of the immediate loss—(Hear, hear)—if our reductions are sanctioned by the House, would be . very nearly absorbing the actual surplus from the in come •tax of 3,490,000/. I stated before, that in pro posing the continuation of the income-tax, wo pro posed it for the purpose of having a large surplus revenue, but I thought it right to appropriate the surplus, after defraying the recurs ieg ex penditure of the country, to the removal of those bur dens which pressed most heavily on the industry of the country ; and I conceive that the amount of reductions made fulfil that part of the pledge. Now, observe that I have taken no credit for the ultimate saving that will be certain to result by the reduction of the duty upon glass, for I do contend for it, that the result will be a very material saving. Observe also, that I have taken no credit for the increase of consumption that must follow the removal of the heavy duty on the articles of manufacture.—(Hear, hear.) This is an experiment, certainly, and I do not hesitate to say it is a bold experiment.—(Hear.) But, looking at the result of the experiment we made last year— (Cheers)—looking at what is now the state of the Customs' revenue after the reduction that has been made—seeing that the Customs' revenue on the sth of January, 1845, presents a surplus as compared with that of the same period last year, of a sum not less than 1,305,0001.—(Hear, hear)—after deduct ing the loss of 122,000/., which arose from cotton-wool last) year, and a sum of 61,0001. on sheeps' wool—the reduction on the revenue, after making this great experiment, will be 1,305,0001. —(Cheers.) I have already stated that I intend to call upon the House to continue the income-tax fora further limited period, because I have the most confident persua sion that the reductions made on the articles I have men tioned will be followed by the most beneficial re sults.—(Hear, hear.) When I proposed the continu ance of the income-tax, it was met by some objections. It was said that the country would be disappointed at the result, and that the increased amount of tax ation would tell unfavourably on the country. It was said that unless there was a reduction in the assessed taxes to an amount equivalent to the surplus, there would be dissatisfaction, and that at any rate there should be a diminution of some sort in the assessed taxes. Now, what is the fact? There is no reduction in the assessed taxes proposed; but look at the reductions that have been made in the other taxes of the country. There has been a small reduction of some 40,000/. or 50,000/. of the duties on carriages and horses, but that re• duction is traceable to the progress of railway conveyance ; and it is only extraordinary that the reduction has not been greater ; but if you exclude the operation of those other causes of reduction, my belief is that the net of assessed taxes during the operation of the income-tax has been greater than it was before. I say, it cannot be contended from the experience of the in come-tax, that it must of necessity diminish the revenue. Concurrently with its operation our revenue has increased. Remember this, and I don't conceal the fact, and it will enter into your consultations when you consider whether the income-tax shall be continued or not. Remember this—that during its operation, the revenue has so prospered that the receipts in the present year, independent of the income-tax, almost amounted to the expenditure of the country. Of course we might have avoided making this experiment we might have ap plied the surplus of the present year without tanking increased taxes ; but we propose the income-tax, not for the supplies of the year, but for the purpose of enabling us to make this great experi ment. In tho reduction of duties, the period for which we propose the income-tax will not exceed the period for which it was originally introduced. I cannot say when making this very extensive reduction—l will not say it might not have been a wiser course to give a longer period for the purpose of testing the efficacy of• the plan, but at the same time I think it natural that Parliament should ask to have the control over this tax for a period not greater than it was first proposed. We do not ask that the income-tax should endure for more than three years—for a less period I hope the House will not see the necessity for its continuance. At the expiration of three years I have a confident belief that that will have occurred which has now occurred, and that it will be competent for you to dispense with the income-tax altogether. I have such a confidence in the elasticity of the resources of the country that before three years shall have elapsed the revenue will have increased reduction of duty. But it is our object, while we estab lish the principle, at the same time viewing the state of society, and the magnitude of the interests involved —the consequences upon those interests, of a hasty and rash interference, our avowed object is to realise the utmost degree of good, without the disturbance or alarm of interests, which cannot be disturbed, and which can not be alarmed, without paralysing the industry of the country. Sir, I submit, therefore, this proposal on the part of her Majesty's Government to the judgment of this House. We have adopted it after careful consideration. We recommend it on the deliberate conviction that the sanction of it by this House will conduce to the extension of industry arid the encouragement of enterprise, and that the result of that extension of that industry and the result of the encouragement of that en• terprise to all classes of the country, whether directly connected with commerce or industry, be they manu facturing, be they agricultural, or be they not connected with any particular department of industry, our conviction is, that by the adoption of this proposal, industry and commerce will be immediately benefited, and that indirectly every class in this great community will find its welfare promoted. The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst great cheering from the Opposition benches. He spoke for three hours and a quarter. The question having been put, Sir ROBERT PEEL said he did not wish the House to affirm any proposition that night ; but he trusted that they would see the great importance, on account of m any b ranches of commerce, of pro ceeding as ea r l y as possible to the consideration of the vari ous proposals. He hoped they would be in a condition t o pronounce, on Monday, on the general outlines. Of course, the affirmation of the reso lution would not bind the House, but its adoption would enable the House to proceed at once' to take the sense of the House with respect to the pro- 0 1 posed alterations. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, considering the impor tance of the subjects which had been brought before the I House, he quite concurred in what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet. He would not ask for a day's delay beyond Monday ; and on that occasion he would take a general view of his proposals. The sugar duties formed a most important part of the plan, and one which he thought was open to much objection ; but he would say nothing on the subjeet till the debate on Monday night. Sir R. PEEL said it was desirable to proceed as soon as possible with all the articles except glass, which would require some previous communication with the manufacturers. Mr. LIDDELL was glad to hear that a reduction was to be , made in the duty on coals, but there were som e o b servat i ons made by the bi g ht H on . Baronet in which he could not con cur. Those observations were entered into with marked atten tion, and appeared to create no small sensation on the other side of the House ; but he could not allow them to pass unno ticed, because he was naturally jealous of his own honour and of the honour of those whom he represented —( Hear, hear. ) He could not but regret that the Right Hon. Baronet should have felt called upon to comment upon what he termed a com bination in the coal trade. in spite of the evidence which had been given, on a former occasion, by competent parties, a great misapprehension still prevailed on this subject ; but he would nevertheless content himself by disproving it in one single sentence, which he trusted would put an end to this I too general and unfortunate misapprehension. The Right lion. Baronet had presumed that this combination existed, but he certainly was in error. No such combination had ever to his knowledge existed, and if any Hon. Gentleman on the opposite side of the House would think proper to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the subject, he would gladly second Hear, hear. ) Lord HOWICK could not help expressing his satisfaction at finding the Right Hon. Baronet was now convinced that his present step was not quite so bad a move as he seemed to think it was last year, and the year before. His conviction, however, was, that if the coal-owners had sat quietly down under this tax till her Majesty's Government thought fit to repeal it, the year 1845 would not have been distinguished by its repeal. If any Hon. Member followed the advice of the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, he thought it could be distinctly proved that the combination not only did exist, but that it did a very serious injury to the City of London as well. He thought this could be proved, and proved to de monstration too. It was a combination adverse and contrary to every principle of fair trade, and it had not only been inju rious to the country, but to the parties who formed it. Com binations of masters were not less serious in their results than combinations of workmen were injurious to them. The strike of last year produced extreme suffering to the labourers in the collieries, and his conviction was, that the regulations which existed for the last few years had been attended with the very worst results to the coal-owners. Having said thus much, he should follow the wish of the Right Hon. Baronet, and avoid expressing any opinion till Monday upon the general character of the Budget. lint there was one point upon which he entertained a very strong opinion, and he could not, even at that moment, refrain from making a remark or two upon it. There was an insurmountable objection to the arrangement the Right Hon. Baronet proposed with regard to sugar. He could not help regretting that the Right Hon. Baronet had not fol lowed the same course—and he might have done so without any serious sacrifice of revenue —with regard to sugar he did to coal, lie did not agree in his maintaining a distinction be tween free-labour sugar and slave-grown sugar. The Right Hon. Baronet, while he was dealing with the Excise duties, might have removed the duty on bricks without very mate rially diminishing the resources at his command. But he did not mean to say thus much, hut he could not avoid protesting against the measure which admitted free-labour sugar at a much lower valuation than any other. It had produced much mischief, and he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would shortly see the necessity of repealing it. Mr. T. BARING, as the representative of a coal-mining district, could not suffer the reflections which had been made upon the coat-owners to pass unnoticed. But at the same time he must thank the Right Hen. Baronet for removing a tax which had pressed very severely on the whole body of coal owners. It was untrue that a combination had existed which allowed the foreigner to have an advantage over this country. There was no such thing as had been asserted as two prices. The fact was, the foreigner would not take the high-priced coal, and hence, probably, arose the mistake into which some Hon. Members h a d f a ll en. He could state positively that the foreigner did not, nor ever did, possess an advantage over the home consumer. Mr. HUME did not agree with what the Hon. Member said, for having been Chairman of a Committee appointed to in quire into some matters relating to the coal district, he could state that from the evidence which came before him he had every reason to believe in the existence of the alleged combi nation. He merely rose to say, that although the first part of the Right Honourable Baronet's speech required great consideration, his opinio n of the last part was fully made u ctuated p. He the R fully i agreed i n the principle which had aght Honourable Baronet, and he thought the selections the Right Hon. Baronet had made were most judicious. There was but one article to which he could object, and that was sugar. Th e window-tax pressed heavily on the country, but he agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that the repeal of the duty on glass would be attended with much more benefit than the remission of the window-tax. He trusted he should see the day when the Excise department would be alto gether abolished, and no other duties suffered to exist but those on malt and spirits, which might be transferred to some other department. After a few words from Mr. TURNER, Lord CLEMENTS expressed some regret that the Right Hon. Baronet had made no further reduction of the duties on timber. Such a step would be a great benefit to Ireland. It would enable them to build their habitations much cheaper than they did at present. Mr. H. HINDE did not wish to trouble the House with many remarks, but he could not help concurring had prod uced. He wished, in the .11 general expression of s a ti sfaction which t h e Right Hon. Baronet's speech a few words with referen ce to glass. lie agreed in the ex however, to say cle, but ba h c e k th o of n u h h e t c in Baronetg the oa duty gb o t n this to l a o r w t i of the manufac turer don auctioneers. Thi s , h e b e li eve d, would be attended with no beneficial result. M any persons i n pose the country pro stpttuhoeredceki r eßn w i i cgnoyhutol would be hand. i b ri If he did not, t h e property ee° reducing depreciat e d . u. o ccupation, but if th e An additiona l tax was to be im cured a livelihood by foll ow i ng th i s y compelled to relin gwa•eirsehsiutb.ject to this tax, th e y wou ld be THE PORTLAND VASE. On Thursday, a letter was received by Mr. Jardine, at the Bow street Police office, with an enclosure of 31., which the writer re quested he would apply to the payment of the sum awarded, in compensation, to the Trustees of the British Museum, and in de fault of which the young man who destroyed the Portland Vase and its glass case, had been committed to hard labour for two months. The sum was accordingly appropriated to this purpose, and the Governor of Tothill-fields prison received the authority of the ma. gistrate to discharge his prisoner, who immediately repaired to the European Coffee house, in Long.acre, where he previously resided, and at which, we believe, he is still located. From another source we learn that the offender, who de nies that his name is William Lloyd (the name by which he was known at the coffee-house, is a student at the Dublin University, which he entered as a pensioner, under the tui tion of Dr. Atkins, and at which he has at present a brother of considerable standing. Beyond this he gives no particu lars respecting himself and family, from a desire, as he stated when under examination, not to indict upon his relatives the pain of his disgrace. He says that his object in visiting Eng. land was merely to spend the vacation in viewing the principal exhibitions and other objeets of attraction in the metropolis ; and that having exhausted his means, it was his intention to have written to his friends for a remittance to enable him to return to Dublin. During the short period of his confinement, we understand, he felt very deeply the degradation to which he was exposed ; and, on more than one occasion, evinced rather a refractory die. position. Thursday morning he refused to comply with certain regulations of the prison, and having been consequently handled by one of the turnkeys, with the view of compelling submission, he raised his arm and struck him a violent blow over his ear. For this breach of order he was consigned to solitary confinement, with the additional restraint of a pair of handcuffs, and in thii position he was kept until the unexpected arrival of an order for his dismissal. Sir R. PEEL said, considering the period when the re , durtion would be made, the Government did not intend to allow a drawback on the stock in hand. Ba D ro r n . et li O h N a V d ReloNn consented t w e o d u t l o d ah modificationave rejoi ced o r ff the e e p r ßight epert y o tax, It was his wi s h th a t th e t ax s h ou ld b e made permanent inst ea d n of transitory. He regretted to hear that it was the intention hermili tary force the Government country. It to wquiteas augment unnecessaryan d ,a s - much as the exigencie s of the times did not call far the pro posed increase. Col. SIBTHORP regretted extremely that the Right Han. Baronet did not introduce, amongst his list of reductions, a re mission in the post-horse and hackney carriage duty. The post masters had been greatly injured by having to contend with the railways, which now communicated to all parts of the kingdom ; and he ( Colonel Sibthorp) thought] that it would but have been even-handed justice if, for the remission to be made in that duty, he bad added an equivalent to the duties borne by the system which had almost ruined them. Mr. ROEBUCK, although conceding that the benefits which the Right Hon. Baronet had proposed would meet with universal approbation, would not disguise the fact that these benefits were quite counterbalanced by the mischiefs arising from the operation of the income-tax and property-tax. Those mischiefs would be a great drawback in the general benefits accruing to the community from the remissions pro posed by the Right Hon. Baronet. This obnoxious law had been termed indifferently the property or the income-tax ; but he (Mr. Roebuck) observed a very great distinction between incomes derived from professional exertions, and those deriva ble from property. If the Right Hon. Baronet had but gone a step further, and modified that tax, then, indeed, his pro positions made that night would be hailed as a relief by the community. Still he gave the Right Hon. Baronet credit for a very great advance made in the right direction—the greatest advance he (Mr. Roebuck) had yet seen or had known of in the course of the Ministry's existence ; and while he thanked the Right Hon. Baronet for the good he had promised, he had felt it but right to point out a source of mischief which might have been avoided. Mr. WAKLEY said, that considering the very great good that had been promised them by the Right Hon. Baronet, he could not, for one, find one word of condemnation. He (Mr. Wakley) represented a large constituency in that metropolis, and in their names he could not refrain from expressing his extreme satisfaction at the propositions made that night by the Right Hon. Baronet. All the reductions he had promised had a direct tendency to relieve the poorer classes, and to promote the course of industry, and in promoting that, the Right Honourable Baronet did the greatest service to the country. He would not, therefore, as he had stated already, say one word in condemnation of any one of his pro positions, for he (Mr. Wakley) was but too much gratified for the good he proposed to the best interests of the working classes. He has never been heard to speak of the offence for which he was committed in other than terms of apparent contrition. Indeed, he talks of a willingness to give up his claim to pro. perty to which he is entitled, and to devote the remainder of his life to any pursuit by which he could be instrumental in affording reparation to the Museum for the mischief which, in an uncon. scious moment, he was the means of causing. Of the genuineness of all this it is as impossible to speak with certainty, as it is dangerous to offer an opinion. We can only say he wears the look of sincerity. If, in smashing one of the most precious relics of antiquity in the whole Museum, the delinquent sought notoriety, and knew, from the deplorable deficiency of the law, that he could thus obtain it without material personal punish ment (even if he failed in exciting commiaseration, by talking of unaccountable visitations, brought on by rash intemperante), we can only say that he has accomplished his object well, for never were the fraternity of " pennv.a.liners" more busy in their inqui ries, or the active artists of our illustrated periodicals more anxious in their endeavours to present to the world the very eyes, nose, and mouth, of any " mysterious" being who, of late years, has ex. cited public attention. and he trusted it was not too late now to give the subject their best attention. Lord DUNCAN rose to express his admiration of the Budget brought f irward by the Right Hou. Baronet, but he would re mind him that while he granted exemptions in the ease of the auction duty, there were instances in which persons should be equally exempted from the operation of the income-tax. Mr. CURTEIS thought that the country ought to have time to exhibit its opinion on the Budget, and to show whether they were for or against the Right Hon. Baronet They were taking the country by surprise, by only allowing them one post day to exhibit the feelings with which the Right Hon. Baronet's intentions would be received in the country. With respect to the property-tax, he had been one of the Commis sioners under that Act, and it was such an odious duty that he had made a vow that he should always vote against a continu ance of the tax ; and he was determined to divide the House on Monday, if supported but by twelve Hon. Members. He recommended the agricultural Gentlemen opposite to consider whether it would not be better to do away with the property or income-tax, rather than support the Right Hon. Baronet in the measure which he had that night brought forward. Mr. WARD observed that the Hun. Member who had spoken last had said that the country would he taken by surprise. He (Mr. W) thought it would, for certainly few had expected such a liberal measure from the Right Hon. Baronet. A measure founded on such sound principles --a measure embracing such a com prehensive view of the extended interests of this country, and intended to further its prosperity in such a degree, he did not expect; and therefore he (Mr. Ward) begged to add his evi dence to those whs had gone before him, as to the beneficial effects to be derived from the propositions of the Right Hon. Baronet. With respect to the sugar-duties, a difference of opinion might be expected ; but at present they had only to look to the schemes propounded as conferring benefits on the most widely-extended interests, and as acting upon the most important springs of industry. Mr. AGLIONBY considered that the benefits which would be conferred on the country were greater than any for many years past. One point only he would beg to submit with great deference (whether to be considered now or at a future period) was the duty on tea. He had been informed that the coarser qualities paid a much higher rate of duty in proportion than was exacted for the finer kinds, and this pressed particularly heavy upon the poorer classes of the community. He hoped the subject would be considered by the Right Hon. Baronet. Sir It. PEEL expressed himself gratified with the concur rence which had been so readily granted to the propositions he had made, by Hon. Members on both sides of the House. And with respect to the observation of one Hon. Member, that the country had been taken by - surprise, he (Sir R. Peel) was sure that the only part of his scheme to which any objection had been raised, viz., the income-tax, had been alluded to at the very commencement of the session, and therefore the country might have been prepared for it. He did not think that any material opposition, would be given to the remainder of his propositions. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the lion. Gentleman behind him (Mr. Curteis) might depend upon it that the income-tax would not be a measure enacted only for three years, but that it would be permanent for the rest of his life.—(Laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know whether it was intended to modify the income-tax, or to renew it in its present form ? Sir R. PEEL proposed to renew the tax as it at present stood. He did not wish to enter at any length on the subject, as by so doing be would but prolong a discussion which at pre sent was better avoided. Mr. E. BULLER was not so enthusiastically fond of the Budget as many of his Hon. Friends on that (the Liberal) side of the House appeared to be, fur he thought that the income tax would more than counterbalance the good which would be effected by the propositions of the Right Hon. Baronet. The Hon. Baronet stated, in proposing the income-tax, that it should only exist for three or five years, and now they were to renew it. There was an uncertainty now as to when it should cease, and he cautioned Hon. Members that, instead of a temporary tax, they would find it a permanent one. Let the Right Hon. Baronet not deceive himself in supposing that the reduction of duty would increase the demaeds for the articles on which such reduction had been made, to su,•h an extent that the revenue would not suffer, for after his experi ence of 1841, could he rely on the expectation that three millions of taxes would be made up in a three years' consump tion.—( Hear.) He warned Hon. Members therefore against being deceived by the fallacious expectations held out to them by the Hight Hon. Baronet. Mr. WA R BURTON could not agree in the sentiment ex pressed by the Hon. Member who had just sat down. It did appear to him (Mr. Warburton) that the income-tax was one which had not been felt as an oppressive one by any parties, and that it would not be in future.—(Hear, hear.) Surely every person should understand that all those whose income existed but for one year paid the tax but for one year.•_( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) And from those upon whom the tax war,' enforced, whose income was in perpetuity, all objection to the payment of it by that class vanished altogether.—(Laughter. ) Ho felt quite persuaded that any person who calmly considered this question must see that it never could have been intended to be permanent.—( Hear.) He now begged to mention what appeared to him to be a very important matter as connected with the announcement of the Right Hon. Baro net this evening. He meant with regard to the measure about to be proposed, affecting the duty on sugar. He entirely con • curred in all that had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, ex cept that port'on of his statement, for it appeared to him (Mr. W.) that the Right Hon. Baronet was going to give all the benefits of his proposed reduction on sugar to the grower, and not the consumer. As this question was to come again before the House, he would not further dwell upon it at present. Lord JOHN MANNERS spoke in favour of the Budget generally, and expressed his approval of the continuance of the income-tax in particular, as a sound and beneficial measure, for it would press heavily only on those who could afford to pay it. With regard to what had been said by the Hon. Member opposite upon the duties of the Income-tax Com missioners, ,he was not now prepared to answer upon that question ; but his opinion was, that the selection made of those officers was ,most Judicious and highly satisfactory to the country. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN believed that all classes of the community, agricultural as well as others, would derive material benefit from the reduction of the duty upon glass. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Sir Charles Napier, in reference to the amount of the navy estimates, said that the sum required for that branch of the public ser vice would be about 960,000 L, and the Gallant Officer might rest assured that it would be as judiciously and as economically applied as her Majesty's Government could suggest. Sir C. NAPIER begged to assure the Right Hon. Baronet that he did not mean to make this either a party or political question. All be looked for was that the Hon. Baronet would institute au investigation, with a view to discovering the best mode of providing the country ‘with an efficient steam naval force.—The House then resumed. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The motion for a commute, of supply was postponed tint Monday, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Nine. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAT.—AdmiraI Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, re-hoisted his flag on board the St. Vincent on Monday. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, left the harbour and an. chored at Spithead on Monday. Captain Rowley mustered and in. spected the crew the same day; she was paid in advance yester. day, and sailed to.day for the Brazils. The Medway royal mail steamer, having had her rudder repaired and copper examined, was undocked on Monday, and left for Southampton on Tuesday. The Duck lighter arrived yesterday from Chatham, with stores. It is not the intention of her Majesty to honour the Isle of Wight with a residence next autumn, her Majesty h,aving notified to Lady Isabella Blachford, that Osborne House would not be re. quired for the royal residence, and given up the contract for that mansion. The furniture removed from the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, has been packed up to be returned to that Palace. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Poictiers, Danny, from Bengal, off Falmouth, sailed Sept. 15, Cape Dec. 21 ; Earl Durham, Di c k son , f rom Madras, off Portsmouth, sailed Oct. 15, St. Helena Dec. 27 M‘Leod, Cooper, from Mauritius, off the Wight, sa il e d N ov. 14 ; Lady Feversham, Webster, from Madras, off Portland, sailed Oct. 3, St. Helena Dec. 18. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Helen, Potter, Dec. 18, from Ichaboe ; Marquis of Lorn, M urray , f rom London ; Skipton, 19th, Ichaboe ; George Henry Han riz•on, from Knysna ; Georgians, from Ichaboe ; Henry Thompson, from whaling, Pacific, 20th, from the South Seas ; Loire (H. F. M. S.) from Rio ; Emma, White, from Cal cutta ; Emma, Hartley, 21st, from Bombay •, Belle Creole, Purchase, from Mauritius; Thomas Jones, Hamilton, from Holland's Island; John Bartlett, from Ichaboe. Arrival in Simon's Bay—Hydrabad, Robertson, Dec- 19, from London to Hobart Town. Emerald, eer 17th, Sirius, Dto epartures from from Table m ß d a u , s 7 cr E a x g e g t , er, ipe D c e . l A B l t g h o , a l u sa a a y c — , 19th, all to Ichaboe c. : 2 l C:L f a ro n ni ticl D Arrival Arriva l in Lagoa Bay. fuerpi Departures t a 2 : loi t st u h. a r ,t es sio fr io o lc m al r ahß A i n gna l ce a 0 3 : :- :ea Batavia — Fran k l i n , riD n i ;el oe.. Caithness, s2c:t:6otlmtHtso D oo i‘un e irg c aa . ja 2 oli , n,aa t g o Mi Pilot, Globe, 31, to Bordeaux ; George, Rejan, Nov. 1, to China. Sir R. H. IN GLIS, while agreeing in the commendations passed upon the Right Hon. Baronet, could not help wishing that in a proposed continuance of the income-tax, only the salaries which exceeded 1501. should be affected by it. This would relieve a large proportion of the industrious class, who were least able to bear its pressure, frem the income tax ; and he also concurred in the observations made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, that it would be highly expedient were those exempted from the operation of the tax whose d e p en d en ce was solely on their daily exertions, or their healths, or on the popular applause. It was hard that pers„ns in public or commerc , al officys should pay the same tax THE BISHOP OF "ELY.—In answer to inquiries upon their incomes as if they had derived. them from land. It ti-as besterday at the Right Rev.- Prelate's residence in hard that the poorer classes should pay in the same proportion . bli o g v h e t r a -s e t gre ree e t, be it tter wa: stated that his Lordship - that the Duke of Northumberland or any other nobleman did , Nsas a toirl Zlltttoti 41 1 4 1221. 8P ! - )7 5% [9[7% 12 1 4 6 12 181 39 16 1 175 - 99% 236 30 5714 . 10 1 / 2 79 12 3 / 4 9 1 ,4 19 6 5 ' 5 q 604 66 126% 94 14 3 4 31/ 2 3 16 1 / 2 1. 16,c 63i ' 2;f 17 11 1 9 6 . 7 54 3, 106 53 5, 5 1 ; 2A -6) 45 427 g, % 13 QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a special jury.) BAKER V. LOWE. This was an Action brought .by the plaintiff, who is a sur geon, residing at Hampton, against the defendant, who is a half-pay officer, to recover a sum of 1931., for services per• formed by the plaintiff for the defendant in his professional capacity—also for medicine. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Sewell, were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Crowder conducted the defendant's case. It appeared that the defendant was attacked on the 16th of September, 1842, with spontaneous gangrene of the toe, 1 being this period about sixty-one years of age, and in pre vious rood health. At first he felt a severe pain, and in tour days Mr. Baker amputated the toe. Inflammation proceeded, and on the Gth of December Mr. Liston was called in, and ordered a soothing treatment, a stimulating one, con sisting of brandy and wine, having been used by Mr. Baker. The gangrene had extended so far, that the defendant lost his leg. Mr. Baker sent in his bill of 193/., but the defendant said that he lost his leg in consequence of the injudicious treatment of Mr. Baker. However, he offered to allow the plaintiff 941., which was refused. The principal interest resulted from the different opinions of the medical men who were examined. Mr. Liston, Mr. Partridge, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Bransby Cooper were examined on the part of the plaintiff; who indi cated some of them —more cautiously than others—that the application of stimuli was not improper treatment, and that the application of the knife was right where what was called " the line of demarcation" was properly marked. On . the part of th e d e f endant, Mr. Lawrenc e gave a decided opinion that a stimulating treatment was improper in this r case ; that it was always better to leave nature to throw off the diseased part, and that it was impossible for the line of demarcation to be sufficiently marked in four days to justify the use of the knife. Mr. Aston Key and Mr. Skey gave pretty nearly similar evidence. The foot of the unfortunate gentleman was in Court to assist the surgical gentlemen in their operations. Ilis Lone suir having summed up the evidence, The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 138/. 14s. ; also finding that there was no want of skill in the plaintiff. SPIRIT of th. PUBLIC JOURNALS. ?Rom THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Premier has taken a bold course. While he remains in office the income-tax must be continued. He has no alternative, except giving up the protectiv e s y s t em ; and as that wou ld, i n all ,probability, involve the imme diate relinquishment of office, it is to be avoided at all risks. On the whole, the most obvious inference, from a review of the statement of last night, is, that Sir Robert is painfully conscious of the failure of his financial schemes of the last three years. Nothing has been success ful but the income-tax, the imposition of which involved no financial ability beyond that which is every day displayed in the parish vestry —an estimate of the amount of income to be taxed, and of the percentage upon it which will yield the sum required. Even in this ho was far from accurate. The produce was estimated at considerably less than 4,000,000/.—it yielded more than 5,000,0001. Vast apparent changes were made in the tariff with the ostensible object of largely dimi nishing the cost of subsistence, and so increasing consumption as to revive the ordinary sources of revenue. At the end of three years the cost of subsistence is found not to be sen sibly affected ; and any increase in the consumption of taxed articles, and consequently of revenue, is traceable directly to causes which would equally have operated under any system of taxation not involving an entire stoppage of our foreign trade. As a general rule, wherever the tariff has been altered, the result h as been a loss of revenue. The duty on copper-ore smelted for home consumption, forms, we believe, the only exception. This, however, as it amounted merely to the removal of a prohibition, originally absurd, and which had long been found practically injurious to all concerned, and is, in reference to the great objects now in view, extremely trifling—would be unworthy of notice, were it not thus singular. A comparison of the tariff as it stood before and after the changes made in July, 1842, is sufficient to show that the reductions of duty were almost entirely upon articles (as, for instance, drugs and other things of a similar nature, used in medicine, and in various manufacturing processes) u p on th e pr i ce of which, to the ultimate consumer, the duty can never have more than a very slight effect. The inefficacy of such reductions, for the purpose of reducing prices, extending consumption, and so materially increasing the quantity of the article brought to char e, cannot indeed be better expressed than it was by Sir R. Peel himself, some years ago. "I know," he said in his speech on the Budget in 1830, "from experience, and it is easily proved with respect to several articles the duties on which have been reduced, that the benefit of the reduction is enjoyed by the dealers, and that the r emission I article does not decrease i n p r oportion to the r price ealic.e o . f n th o e . duty." Sir Robert's deductions, from 4‘ expeefitenn c b e e , '' correctmade fifteen years ago, have now been amply pros —not " easily, if we consider that the years time, and a good many millions of money—but, experiment has been conducted at the expense mon uot, of t it hr is to be hoped, sufficiently to convince all future n d n ol e b s t s e a r r j s, ,.. and T r h e e nde re r N a_ e n n y ne mor f e rom the ordinary of such ex periments thinecremaseeads.uresßutof notthheingpreis. sen t Government sources has mo r e clear than have not only had no s h are in p ro ducing such increase—that it has arisen solely from th e increased prosperity of the country, which has rera tufted from the recent extension of our trade with foreign countries—but that the increase from these sources would have been much larger, while the real burden upon the country would not have been materially greater, had no alterations whatever been made. In short, the " expository statement," lately published, furnishes conclusive proof that no modification of our system of indirect taxation which a Minister, supported by what are called the " protected interests," can possibly effect, will furnish the means of dispensing with an income-tax. " Protection" has now been continued to the point at which it renders the ordinary income of the country permanently inadequate to its expenditure. To rescue those whose interests are identified with " protection" from the growing influence of a sound commercial policy—to preserve the vicious and absurd ar rangement by Which the effective weight of our taxation upon the productive resources of the country is more than doubled, recourse must now of necessity be had to a direst tax, admitted to be unjust, because unequal in its operation, and necessarily attended with the exercise of arbitrary and inquisitorial powers which' nothing but the di a rest_n_ectm sity can justify in a count . ry such as G rea t trl tain. The result may not be inamedtatel,y 0/2110 us .ll UUL THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock . .......................... 212% 211% 211% 3 3 per Cent. Reduced ........... -.. 100 1 / 8 100 100 per Cent. Consols ................ 991 A% 99% New 3 1 4 per Cents ....... ... 1033.4% Long Annuities to expi re J an.ls6o 12 1-16% 1 12'` 1 1 / 8 Ditto 30 year s , O ct . 1 0, 1859... 11 74 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860... 11 13-16 South Sea St oc k Consols for A ccount.... ....... ....... 99%9:i 117 9 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 114 d.... 54 56 pm. 56 56 Ditto 500/. . PRICES OF FOREIGN ONE CLOSING FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 14 Cuba Bonds, 6 p er C ent 14 .. ... 433/4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 35 , 74 35r Ditto, Account 36 3534 35. Ditto, Deferred Sto c k 1 6 14 16,4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per C en t Ditto, Converted Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account — 3' Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account .•• French, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98N74 98 2 7 ii Ditto, 5 per Cent 99 l At 994 PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK . Binn PRICES. ....in. and Glouceste r . 100 .. 135 ... ...... ..... 136 Bristol and Exet er Ditto New.... . Bristol and Glou ces t er 3O ...... 59 60 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3 , i,36 3. Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley ......... 2 5 - Direct /8 /16 /2•• • Cornwall - Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junc. 214 SJ /4 Eastern - Conn.; les l4l. 163....... 171 36' Easteru Union lO Ditto Extension 31% Ely and Bedford ...... ... 1 ...... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension 2 / Great North of England-100 179 Ditto New. . .. Ditto New Great Western ... 80 ......178 176 ......... Ditto 1 / 4 Shares London and Birmin g h m (5 t0ck)......235 ........... Ditto, Quarters 2 London and Bright0 n ... 50 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d l O l /2 ............... London and S. Western 4 1 / 6 310d 79 . 2 ... ............ Ditto New 21,4 l2A3i Ditto New 2 . . 9%. London and Croydon, 13/. 15 s . 9d. 1941834 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and York 2 l /2 7 6 % Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Manchester and Birrnin. 40 Midland... 100 127 1262 Ditto New 2 81/2 Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ..... 95 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 24 .. . 48 Newcastle and Berwick 114 ..... .. 17 1 ,4 1614 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo ...... 121 North British Ditto New 1 North Kent Norwich and Brandon... 10 Oxford and Wo rces t er... 2% 2IS Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 214 7 67 8 7 1 4 694 South Devon South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 41 1 ,1 42 Ditto, No. 1 Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3 South Wales Trent Valley 2 .. 18 / 4 1 / Waterford and Kilk enny 1 .... York and North Midl an d 5 0 lO6 Ditto 1 ,4 Share 3 25 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens-. 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... ilb Orleans and B or d eaux... 2 6 - Paris and Orlean s ...... ... 20 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and e Nantes 1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ... RAILWAY CU SON. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, FEB. 12.—A collision of trains took place last night en the Brandling Junction Railway, the report of which excited considerable alarm in this town, until it was satis factorily ascertained that no lives were lost. It appears that the eight o'clock train from Gateshead to Sunderland was approaching Felling station, when the speed of the train was slackened to stop at the station; but before the train reached the sta. tion a smart shock was felt by the passengers, who were thrown from their seats, and a general rush was' made to get out of the carriages, the women screaming, and the men in a state of bewilderment. The line, it seems, is undergoing repair at this part, so that there is only one line in operation for a short distance. A long luggage train was coming in the op. posite direction from Brockley Whins, and was In the act of leaving the one line and crossing on to the other line, where the repairs are finished. The engine of the luggage train had just get on the other line, when the passenger train ran plump into the waggons next it, which were thrown off the line, piled one above another, and scattered on all sides by the shock. The engine of the passenger train was much broken, there being a large rent through which the fire tumbled on to the ground, and a general cry arose that the engine would burst, which added greatly to the prevailing consternation, every one endeavouring to get as far from it as possible. Had the Sunderland train from Gateshead been half a naibute earlier, the two engines would have Diet, and, frightful would have been the consequences. The engine of the luggage train, which has sustained no Injury, was immediately sent off to Gateshead to stop all trains leaving, and bring men to assist in clearing the line, the passengers being in the meantime accommodated in the station. In about half an hour afterwards the train from Sunderland ar. rived, and as it could not proceed for the ruins, it was emptied of its passengers, and those from Gateshead got in. This train, with the Gateshead passengers, left the Felling-station at ten minutes to ten o'clock, having been detained upwards of an hour and a half, and then it proceeded at a very slow pace, as it had to pass the York train, and there was also danger of meeting any other train from Brockley Whim. After reaching Brockley Whirrs, the speed of the train was increased, as there was then no danger of meeting any other engine between that place and Sunderland, where the passengers were landed in safety, at eleven o'clock. The men were a long time in clearing away the wreck of carriages, and the line was interrupted for several hours. Happily, a few slight bruises comprised the extent of injury sustained by any of the pas. sengers. Much blame is attached to the engineman of the Gates. head train, who says he did not see the red light attached to the luggago.train. However that may be, It was a fortunate circum. stance that he had slackened speed at the station, for otherwise the collision would doubtless have been fatal. FR IDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JAN. 7. The Right Hon. Sir Nicholas Conyngharn Tindal, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Thomas Tudor Trevor, of Guisborough, in the county of York, Gent.. to be one of the Perpetual Commis sioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be exe cuted by married women, under the Act passed for the abo lition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the North Riding of the county of York. WHITEHALL, JAN'. 16, 1845. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Sown's, of Wokingham, in the county of 13erks, Gent, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. IL Jones, wine merchant, Canterbury —second div. of 2 3 4 d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. R.. 1. Craneis, butcher, Maldon—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basing hall-street. ! J. Holland, grocer, Buxted—first div. of 2s. in the.pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. R. Williams, butter dealer, Bristol—first div. of as. 6d. in the pound, Feb. 17, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. R. Younghusband, brick-maker, Cheltenham —first div. o 3d. in the pound, Feb. 17, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. Law, draper, Reading—first div. of 3s. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. 11. R. Harraden, printseller, Cambridge—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall• street. G. Part, ale merchant, Upper Thames-street...first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, any 11 ednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. J. Bradshaw and G. Williams, woollen drapers, Maryle bone-street—third div. of lzr i d. in the pound, any Wednes day, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Baainghall-street, J. Woollam, silk throwster, St. Albans—first div. of Is. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basingh all- street. J. Lark, boot-maker, Seymour-street, Euston-square— second div. of 34d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. Chamberlain, linen draper, Peckham—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pen ! nell, Basinghall-street. W. Yuill, taller, Comhill—first dir. of 3s. 7 1 4 d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. IVhitmore, Basinghall-street. M. Thompson, ironmonger, Saffron Walden—first div. of 7s. 3 3 / 0. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Jardine, merchant, Liverpool —second div. of 23 d. in the pound, Feb. 20, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of 111 r. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Lock, tea dealer, Northampton —second and futal div. of 2d in the pound, Feb. 15, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. . , , __ ~ div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, Feb. 15, . . W. Morgan, senior, hardwaresian, Sant.dStwhittehienfaalimner Cg_ ja t n o e- stirrender ghall-street ee u t rt : turdays, at the office of ß Mr. Groom, A s. beh b u u rc ry n: A. L. Flint, warehouseman, Alderman bury, at the Court of a r Cox, Pinner's-ball, Old Broad-street. ...l t e } f 'e ß b. an 2s k ' ru a p t Bankruptcy. half-past one, a o nd cl y l arc ass h ign 2B e , e :i B o as n in e, innkeepaert,t.Nweervceastate-tshereet, Strand, Feb, 21, W zt . MarchAtiv.-Co,hanrisdtian, . 28, . ...„ . Court of Bank- Pennell, official assignee, B asing - hall -street • Pawn ruptcy. , --• ter and Co., Gray's Inn. J. White, leather seller, Great St. A ndrew-street, Seven dials, Feb. 26, at half-past two, and March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basal ghall ,aßn and p s e r \ t v - s e t e r k s e e , t ,s stone n a3 e - m rn a a r s k o e n t u . , d March 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Southampton Feb. m ilai er l 1 13 9 t r, je.eand u ; Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Paterson, Bo juvoerlideh-astrure,eit;olnefoeut iron -founder, t. Hull, Feb. 26, and March 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Feame, official assignee, Leeds ; Willi s and Co., Tokenho -yard, tondon ; Colbeck and Co., Hull ; Horsfall and Hanson, Leeds. W. How e ll, j un., bookseller, Liverpool, Feb. 25, and March 25, at eleven, Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assig nee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. J. Sanderson, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 25, and March 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caaenove, official assignee, ; Birch and Bramah, Great Winchester street, London ; Stockley and Thompson, Liverpool. F. J. Rawlings, cabinet maker, Cheltenham, Feb. 28, at twelve, and March 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Newbon and Evans, Doctors'-commons, London. S. Watson, stone-mason, Ilighbridge, Somersetahire, Feb. 26, at one, and April 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol. R. Hill, currier, Exeter, Feb. 25, and March 25, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assifs- London. Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter ; Terrell, Gray's Inn-square, and J. 111 4 William, hosier, Gloucester, Feb. 26,0:rt. M iller, 2 es, . April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol Distri , ct_ e c w . official assignee, Bristol ; Richards one, T am , l' Ap r ir ad, at J. Wicks, grocer, Bristol, F eb ' ' I , official 'assignee, Bris. tol ; Gray, Bristol. PRICE OF SUGAR. the Bristol District Court. Acre= , Brown 285.0 r Af l ur d : p ad er o cw SLlTtr ezdu. , for ors payable thereon on the in.. week en din g Fe b. 11, The Arag F e e P b rice of 18 13 4 r° 5, rtation thereof into Great Britain. of the Duties of Customs paid or pe (Dividends, .10, ) in our next) from this time forth the advocates of free ;trade need look for no effective commercial reform from the party now in power. In effect, it is now fairly con fessed to be impossible. Particular interests may be conciliated for a time by the removal ( un d er the shadow of the income-tax) of imposts appearing to bear more immediately and exclusively upon them ; but the real incubus —that which now alone cripples the gigantic manufacturing and commercial power of this conntry—the protective system—which every year will Inevitably render at once more deeply destructive and mere difficult to deal with—will be continued. Peel and protection are now one and indivisible, and an income-tax their neeessail , attendant. STANDARD.—Sir Robert Peel's financial statement last night was characterised by Members of the Opmeition as, in its propositions, "un expecte d , " " unhooked for, " surprising.," " bold," "gigantic "—and was generally admitteckby all to be sound in principle, and eminently promising of good to the industrious and humbler classes of society. The state ment otherwise a lucid and business-like detail, which rose into the higher order of eloquence only when the speaker had occasion to refer to the " magnificent economy "of the Queen—deserves all that was said of it by the Opposition speakers ; its propositions are indeed bold and gigantic, and directed principally to the permanent benefit of the humbler and industrious classes, amounting to the re d uc ti op o f near l y three milli ons and a halfof t axes, all pressingwitb undue weight upon the classes in question, while, concurrently with tis relief, the defensive establishments of the empire are to h be fully maintained, and the naval department augmented to the extent of 4,000 men. This is a proud and encouraging por trait of the British empire at this day ; and if we may so speak, the ar ti st who had to exhibit it to the view of - his fellow-subjects, gave the best proof of good taste in g his work to sp ea k f or i tself. Here is a reduction of allowin nearly three millions and a half of taxes, the greater part of they very old taxes, reduced at a stroke, not in submission to popular clamour, for there has been no clamour on the sub- Jed; not in pursuit of 'popularity, for the Minister was never so strong in Parliament or in the country ; not in concession to public distress, for the country enjoys un exampled prosperity; but, because the Minister can make the reduction with safety; and he can make the reduction with :safety, because his measures have, in three years of their operation, converted a deficit of more than three millions annually into a clear surplus of five millions; for so great will be the surplus on th sth of April. COURT CIRCULAR. ' Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yes terday at Cambridge House. A deputation in support of the Irish Great Western Rail way from D u bli n to Galway, consisting of the following f y. noblemen and gentl emen --T he Earl of - Devon, Lord Oran more, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Hon. Col. Butler, M.P., Mr. J. B. Martin, Mr. M. J. Blake, M.P., Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P., Mr. F. French, M.P., the O'Conor Don, M.P., Mr. P. S. Baker, M.P., Sir J. Burke, Mr. A. IL Lynch, Mr. G: Caulfield, Mr. Denis Kirwan, High Sheriff county of Galway, Mr. G. 0. Moore, High Sheriff Roscommon, Mr. Lachlan M'Lachlan, Mr. J. A. Joyce, Mr. R. M. Lynch, Rev. J. D'Arcy, Mr. J. B. Boothby, and Captain W. S. Moorson, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an -interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Committee of Canal Proprietors, the representatives of Canal Companies, had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. The deputation was headed by M r. W illiam Beckett, M.P., and Mr. Edmund Buckley, M.P. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, were received yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. G. D. Pennant had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. - 414