The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS April 3, Lord Shaftesbury moved
P. Resolution prayieg that the Queen may be graciously'
pleased to assume a title more in accordance than the
title of "Empress " with the history of the nation, and
With the loyalty and feelings of Her Majesty's most
faithful subjects. He said he proposed the Resolution
With regret, because he was unwilling to seem to place him-
self in opposition to the Crown, adorned as it now was by
so many virtues; but he was convinced that the title of
"Empress" attached to that of " Queen" was calculated
in some respect to make the latter title ridi-
culous. As it had been said that the opposition
to the measure proceeded from factious motives, he thought
it right that some one holding a posWou of indepeodence as
regards Party should come forward, and he maintained that
the great mass of the people of England repudiated the
word Empress," while it would not, In his opinion, be ac-
ceptable in India. The real and hospitality shown on the
occasion of the visit of the Prince of 'Wales to India were
shown to the son of the Queen and not to, the son of an
Empress, and he felt convincEd that if the people of this
country were polled, there would be found an overwhelming
rnaj srity against the assumption of the proposed title. Ile
did not deny that the natives of India would willingly concur
In a title which brought them more in connexion with the
British Crown, but it must be a title of assimilation and not of
distinction.
The Lord Chancellor said it appeared to him that the issue
Which had been raised was very much narrowed, for there
Was now no controversy as to the propriety of the assumption
of a title in addition to the present Royal titles, the only
(petition being whether the new title should be "Queen" or
'Empress," and he contended that the title of "Empress"
was more suited to the character of Her Majesty's rule over
India, as a great part of India was governed, not directly,
but indirectly, by the Queen. With respect to the sentiments
of the people of this country, he had always understood that
their opinions were to be gathered from their representatives
In the House of Commons, and, therefore, he must regard
Lord Shaftesbury's proposal as rather unjustifiable. The Bill
before the House of Lords implied that an addition
should be made to the Royal titles, and in that respect fol-
lowed in substance the measure passed in reference to the
Union with Ireland. It was also the intention of the Govern-
ment that the Proclamation to be issued under the Bill
should be strictly and literally in accordance with the
engagements given in the House of Commons, and should
declare that the proposed addition to the Royal style and
titles should be confined to India, and that in all writs, com-
missions, charters, and patents intended to operate in the
United Kingdom, the Royal style should continue as at pre-
sent. When the present measure went out to India, it
would bear to the people of that country the assurance that
their destinies were indissolubly united with the British
Empire.

deduction will be raised from £BO to £l2O. and it will be
applied to all incomes of £4OO and under. The total receipt
from this additional penny would be about £1,480,000, of
which £1,168,000 will come into this year's accounts, thus
raising the Revenue to £78,412,000, and converting the deficit
Of £BOO,OOO into a surplus of £368,000 The Revenue and
Expenditure for the coming year will therefore stand thus :
—Total amßue, £78,412,000 ; total Eu6%11010,478,044,01)0.
The Cliàiicèllör of the Exchequer concluded his speech by
'expressing his regret that it had fallen to his lot to propose
increased taiation, but he did not see how it could have
been avoided.

apo. I

In the desultory discussion which followed, Mr. Dodson
expressed his preference for a halfpenny Income• Tax. Mr.
Hubhard and Mr. Lewis spoke strongly against the proposal
to increase the Income-Tax. Mr Laing approved the scheme
of the Chancellor. Mr. Davies remarked that the House had
already sanctioned the big bill of the year, and this was as
good a w,l as ialy of meeting it. Mr. Monk thought the
difficulty could be met by a spirit duty. Mr. 14lands, Mr.
Anderson, and Mr. Mellor ra,de renvirks in favour of
ec .nouly : and Mr. Sandford, Colonel Beresford, Colonel B.
Leigh, Mr. Pell, and Sir IL Peek spoke in favour of the
Budget.

Tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer made a general reply,
and in deferenee to appeals from various members, agreed to
wijourn the further discussion of the Income-tax Resolution
until Thursday.
The 11,11 w then went into Committee on the Merchant
Shipping Bill.
On Clause 5, Mr. E Smith moved an amendment, subject-
ing foreign as well as British ships to the provisions for
detention on.account of unseawerthiness ; but, after some
discussion, it was negatived by 159 to 89. Subsequently,
however, on the point being revived in a different form
by Sir H. James, the Government promised to re-
consider it on report. On the motion of Mr. E Smith,
the time for appealing against the surveyor's order
for detention was extended from three to seven days Clause
6 was agreed to, and on Clause 6 nearly three•quarters of an
hour was wasted in motions to report progress. Two moved
by Mr. Julian Goldsmid and Mr. E. Jenkins were defeated
by 161 to 43, and by 198 to 29; but a third moved by Mr.
Biggar was agreed to, the Chancellor of the Exchequer re-
marking that as the House was evidently not to be allowed
to go on with its business the next best thing was to go to
bed.
The other business was disposed of, and the House ad-
journed at half-past one o'clock.

In the HoIISE OF LORDS, April, 4, the two mutiny Bills
were passed through their several stages, standing orders
having been suspended with that object. The Burgesses
(lcotland) Bill and the United Parishes (Scotland) Bill were
read a third time; and the Irish Peerage 13111 of Lord
Inchiquin was read a second time. The other business having
been disposed of, their Lordships adjourned.
Lord Selborne remarked that the Lord Chancellor, among In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. Barclay gave notice that on
all the arguments he used in favour of the Bill, had not May 2he would call attention to the relations between the
ventured on repeating the statement that the assumption Khedive and the Britisn Government and would move a reso-
of the title of "Empress " would check the progress of the lution.
Russians in the East, and Lord Selborne proceeded to say
that he was at a loss to understand why the Sovereign should The Marquis of Hartington put a question to the Prime
not retain, as she hitherto had done, the title of "Queen" Minister with regard to the conduct of public business pre-
in reference to India. He feared there might be some danger vious to the Easter recess, and after some conversation it
and no possible good in departing from the guarded and was arranged that private members assenting who had
es.reftd manner in which public documents had hitherto been notices of motion for Friday, the navy estimates should be
drawn up in India, where it was not under the title of taken on that day, and the motion which Mr. Fawcett had
" Empress" that the Queen had become endeared to the Placed on the paper, for an address to the Crown relating to
People. In that country foreign Powers, such as France and the Royal titles, on the Monday following, Mr. Disraeli ex-
Portugal, held possessions and it was not to be assumed that pressing a hope that the decision of the House would be pro.
the Queen of England code' be Empress over those Powers. nounced the same night.
It was said that the Government intended to localize the The first business of the evening was a controversy as to
title of "Empress," and that of itself was a proof that the the merits of Scotch and Irish whisky, or, as one of the
Government knew the title of "Empress "to be unpopular speakers called it, a "whisky war." It was originated by
In this country, and he objected on principle to any style Mr. O'Sullivan, who called attention to the practice, which
and title being given to her Majesty which could not be unis he alleged was sanctioned by the Government, of blending
venally applied, and thereby adulterating Irish whisky in bond with inferior
elle Bill was supported by Lord Midleton and Lord Fever- Scotch spirit, and he moved for a Select Committee to inquire
sham, and opposed by Lord Sandhurst, who declared that whether the practice is injurious to the public health, and
the 'proposed title could not be used with any propriety in whether the Government ought not to be empowered to de-
reference to the potentates of India. tam n all spirits in bond for the space of a twelvemonth.
Lord Rosebery also supported the amendment; but Lord Mr. Anderson, who moved an amendment to the effect
Ilarrowby contended that the fears of the Opposition were that " blending "is not "adulteration," and that facilities
utterly groundless, ought not to be prohibited to traders in British spirits which
Lord Carnarvon stated that the course which had been pur- are still allowed to traders in foreign wines, spirits, dec.,
sued on this question put it out of the power of the Govern- represented the motion as an attempt by the Irish distiller
fluent to decline going tea division. One great reason urged to obtain Government assistance in his competition with his
against the Bill was the absence of all mention of the Colo- more successful Scotch rival, and gave a terrible account of
ties, but he bad received no evidence of a desire on the part Irish whisky, which, he said, no man could drink unless he
of the Colonies to be included in the Bill He maintained had been weaned on it, and which required the blending
that the proposed title wee the only one that could be appro. with Scotch whisky to improve it.
priately assumed by the Queen as expressing her relation to Sir W. Lawson, in a humorous speech maintained that
India. It had been repeatedly stated that the title would good whisky did as much harm as bad whisky, or more,
be used not only in India, but would also be employed in and quoted the authority of Major O'Gorman and Baron
England—an assertion which had been shown to tie un- Dowse; and Sir R Anstruther drew a ludicrous picture of
remitted by the Lord Chancellor. The title of "Empress" the Select Committee condemned to taste every specimen of
would be evidence in India of the rule and powers of Eng- "blends," and certain to be down with delirium tremens
land before the time came for drawing up the Report.
_Lord Houghton pointed out that India was won by a body Sir P. O'Brien, Mr. M. Brooks, Dr. Ward, Mr. Sullivan,
of persons under the modest title of an English Company, Mr. Dunbar, and Sir J. M'Kentea supported the motion.
and, he asked why the title of the Queen, who had ruled India The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, though the
Since
the Government was transferred to the British Crown, primary duty of the Revenue Department was the collection
!mould now be changed. He believed the word " Empress " of the Revenue, it had always been the practice, where
r,O be alien to the spirit of the British nation, there was no harm to the Revenue, to permit manufacturers
crAfter an explanation from Lord Lawrence, the House to carry on their processes in bond. This particular practice
igld d, and Lord Shaftesibury's motion was negatived by dated from the time when the duties on all spirits were
equalized, and as he saw no necessity for putting a stop to
In reply to Lord Granville and Lord Selborne, who ex. it he objected to the Committee as a waste of time.
lile.rEnessed a doubt whether Her Majesty could by Proclamation Sir W. Cuninghame maintained the superiority of Scotch
.eritt the use of the new title to any particular locality, the whisky. Mr. Parnell and Mr. Callan made some remarks;
abhs , Chancellor said he thought that Her Majesty would be and Mr. Greene wound up the discussion by suggesting that
sad, 'rant' to do so. Be would, however, consider the point, a charge of some sort should be made for debates of this
zee , n the meantime, he thought it desirable that the Bill character, which were nothing less than an adverti,ement
"'lt'd Pass through Committee as it stood, of the wares of certain manufacturers.
wriTheee, Bill accordingly passed through Committee without On a division, the motion was negatived by 145 to 69, and
anal:neat, and their Lordships adjourned. Mr. Anderson withdrew his amendment.
In th
.nr. es—t— HOUSE OF CommoNs Sir W. "V. Harcourt asked the Sir J. Kennaway next called attention to the great de-
w within
''aJette being advised by Her Mini.ter's to assume the title dominions of the Seyyid of Zanzibar since the conclusion
13,f Empress of India it ,it w intended that such title should the Treaty
f
',:!_ employed in all public instruments and documents of visions for oth elBll3-; a
slaves also to the want of systematic pro-
liberated by her Majesty's cruastrv,
State
own set
thich the full statutory style and title of the Queen and moved a resolution calling on the Government to invite
forth, and Particularly in the case of writs of and assist the Seyyid to take such further steps as may be
autornons to Peers of Parliament writs for the election of necessary for the total suppression of the Slave Trade within
erntedmibeiof the House of COMMOIIS ; patents for time creation his dominions.
rne gi
Silts tes of the United Kingdom. Patents for appoint- After an unsuccessful attempt had been made to count out
Lord
to offices in the United Kingdom such as those of the House, the motion was supported by Sir R. Anstruther,
the law officers
of Ireland, Chancellor Of the Exchequer, and Mr. M. Stewart, and Mr. Bourke who was also inter-
. -ew officers, and the Judges of the United Kingdom; rupted by an attempt to count out), on behalf of the Govern-
Mstrumeiats relating to the appointment of Bishops in ment, admitted that the more the condition of the interior
England ; commissions for giving the Royal assent to Acts of Africa became known the more necessary it was to return
of Parliament; instruments relating to the summoning, to the traditional Slave Trade policy of the country, and if
prorogation, or dissolution of parliament; documents; we were strong-minded and resolute he did not doubt
anthorising the meeting of Convocation; commissions to that we should put down' the Slave Trade on the East
Justices of the Peace in the United Kingdom: Royal C Coast of Africa as we had already done on the
Missions for inquiry Cons-
India •patents and report into matters not relating to West Coast The eemand for labour along the coast
Army' for inventions ; commissions to officers in the I made the task very difficult, but we had made great progress,
the s_ : charters of Incorporation, or for other Purposes, in and among Other proofs of this he mentioned the Treaty of
nndeUrnited Kingdom, and other like instruments issuing , 1875 and the recent prohibition of the Slave Trade in certain
men the authority of the Crown' and, if to, in e hat ' portions of his &minions by :he Seyyid of Zanzibar. As to
titleno7 he proposed generally o limit the public use ,1 the ,' the Slave Trade by the lat,d routes, he looked to the opt nine
Its Empreas•to India and In ian affairs and to restrain " Ins of the interior by missionary efforts aed the like, and
application in respect of acts of State. ' ' , circumstances bad recently come before him to warrant in-
Mr _ . Disraeli: In the event alluded to by the hon. and dulgence is sanguine expectations on this point. The
!earned gentleman, the Imperial title would be used, as [have G wernment are considering whether it would be wise to
before mentioned, for the transaction of all affairs connected establish a Consulate and station at Mombaza.
With the Indian Empir , and for all communications ahroad. Alter some observations from Mr. Forster, Sir G. Campbell,
It would be used solely externally, and not for the internal Mr. Davis, and Captain Price, the motion was agreed to.
government of the country; and, with regard to the details '
referred to, they will be provided for in the Proclamation. Sir. 3. M'Kenna next drew attention to the operation of
(A laugh, and "Hear, hear.") the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, proving with numerous
statistics that the state of crime in Ireland is more satisfac-
The Chancellor of the Exchequer then proceeded to tory than in England and Scotland, and moved a Resolution
make his annual Financial Statement (the summary that the present condition of Ireland does not justify the re-
rwhich is thus given by Ihe Times)!—He began by remind- tention of the powers of that Act over so large a portion of
soy the Committee that in last 3 ear's Budget he had left he country as still remains subject to its provisions.
niniseolt with the narrow surplus of £eoo,ooo, from which he General Shute, on the other hand, cited the criminal sta-
naord t provide £60,000 for reduction of taxation, £lOO,OOl tistics to show that much of the crime in England is, corn-
leetthrieadouction of debt, and considerable supplementary muted by Irishmen.
s, esoecially for Irish education. To nest these he Mr. O'Connor Power declared that nothing bat fixity of
mtrusantel entirely to the growth of the revenue. and although tenure would put a stop to agrarian outrages, and the
People had thought him adventurous, his anticipations motion was also supported by Lord R. Montagu and Sir F.
Werescompletely justified by the results. The mere fact, how-
everO'Brien.
__,. a that he had been successful would not justify a Chan-
Sir DI Hicks-Beach thought the severity of the Peace Pro-
mode of the Exchequer in taking this course and the only
Mode in which what he had done last year could be servetion Act bad been exaggerated, and pointed out that
Justified tvas the position of information derived Irons his the Government last year had not asked for a re-
financial advisers which enabled him to make a certain for-
newel of the stringent powers which they found
east, The revenue of last year, estimated at £75,625,000 in existence. Since the passing of the Act some,
actually yielded £77,131,693, being an excess of £1,506,693 half-a-dozen counties had been restored to the , same
At the same time, the estimated expenditure of the last year position as the rest of Great Britain with excellent
475,622,000—the amount included in the Appropriation effect. • The Government anxiously desired that the 'rest of
i'all
Act was £77,002,896—and the actual expenditure was the country should be brought into the same condition and
£Z6,421,773, leaving an actual excess of nearly £900,000 over wished to withdraw all the Proclamations, but they were
the Budget Estimates. Consequently there was a surplus of bound to proceed with caution, and the recent agrarian
Revenue over Expenditure for the year just ended of 4710,000. murder showed a state of feeling which made this the more
The Chancellor then went into a minute comparison incumbent.
Of the estimated and actual figures both of the Revenue Mr. Butt thought there was nothing to complain of in the
and Expenditure of the last year. Ort Customs, for in. Irish Secretary's tone, but urged him to remove the Procla-
stance, there was an increase, but on Excise there was a mations as speedily as possible, though Mr. Butt believed
decrease; but, taking the two together, there was an aggro- that nothing but security of tenure would cure agrarian dis-
gate increase, and he mentioned also that the last quarter content.
'
of the year was unsatisfactory as compared with the pre- Sir J. 31'Kenna then offered to withdraw his motion, but
eecting quarters, and that the indication of trade just now Mr. Whalley refused to allow this course to be taken, and
we re not altogether satisfactory. The Supplementary Esti- ultimately the motion was disposed of by the "Previous
mates,
_o he said, including the votes for Irish Education, the Question."
-t",_ lice
_o Grant, and Navy Excess, dec., had been much larger After a short discussion on the Hyde-park Mounds, which
!, h_ expected, amounting to a million and a half,
was ultimately adjourned, the other business was disposed
Which,_however, was to some extent balanced by £420,000 of, and the House adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock.
Of savings. On the Army there had been a saving . -
of £lOO,OOO. The Chancellor of the Exchequer next
Made some remarks on the Debt. He stated that in future
It would appear in the Estimates under three heads—the
rermanent Debt, the interest on Local Loans, and the Tem-
Porary Debt—and enlarged en the importance of keeping
Plainly before the country and apart from the ordinary
Charges of the debt, such special and temporary charges as
the repayment of the Suez Canal Loan and the interest, ,tc ,
on Local Loans This year £150,000 would appear in the
Estimates ea penditure as charges for the Suez Loan,
and, of coarse, the repaym,nt by the Khedive would
,appear on the other side et the account as a payment
lento the Exctiegner. So also a charge of £ieo,ooo for Local
Loans would appear in the Estimates, and, by this new
system of accountieg, public attention, he hoped, would he
called ta the piogress of Local Laos, The Public Works
Loans Commissioners, he mentioned amid some laughter,
had, already received applications for Loans to the idneunt
,ct £11,000,C00. After some remarks on the Balances in the
4xohequer, which were now at £4,119,000—a very low point
the Chancellor next proceeded to the figures for next
Year and first, he stated the estimated Expenditure as

In the HoUsE OF COMMONS, April 5, Mr. Dixon, in moving
the second rtading of the Elementary Education Act (1870)
Amendment Bill, explained that its olj, ct was to carry out
direct compulsion in the agricultural districts, and that was
a measure about which there was a general concurrence. It
Was alremly carried out in our large towns. The Bill pro-
posed as the machinery for carrying out compulsion, school
boards or some representative body; this body would not
cost the counti y more than a penny in the plund, and any
one who would rtflact upon the probable uperation,of the
Bill would see that it was very unlikely that for some lime
tht re would be any transfers under it. There was no attach
made upon religious education in the elementary schools
in the country ; the subject was not referred to, and could
not be brought forward in any way as an emanation from the
Bill.

Mr. Sandford was opposed to compulsion as a principle,
and as compulsion was the main feature of the Bill he felt
It
muchtl em
hutea measure, upt riot,
hal
einbder familyT
liberty
voefwitths
etr
hes jueebbcjeteiscottnLm.
He
and believed that tnm nod()
and could best consult the in 5e..... of thaesfamil
from compulsion -being popular it was yin flan!
habitants of the large towns where it was in orce.
Further compulsion was dangerous, as interfering with
the labour market. `A hen the measure of the right hon.
member for Bradford (Mr. Forster) was introduced, he had
understood that the voluntary schools were to be sup-
plemented, not supplanted; but by the Bill they would be
gradually sapped and undermined, and in the course of a
few years swept away. When this was sought to be done,
the House had a right to ask which class of schools gave the
soundest teaching, and, he might add, the most religious
edudation ; and concluded that these were to be obtained in
the greatest degree in voluntary schools. Further than this
ha alluded to the expense of board schools, for instance tho e
of London, which cost the ratepayers a rate of 40. in the R.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. S. Morley had once felt an opposition to the principle
of compulsion, but from being a member of the School Board
for London since its commencement, he was able to testify to
the excellent results of the powers entrusted to that body.
While he believed that there had been instances in which
the London School Board had incurred some unnecessary
expense, he felt that they had given a. sound secular
teaching, and that they were solving the problem of educa-
tion.
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cnhd
Sir jlisucnoduerlfileaids,u plipro.r W.
Martin, Mr. Pell, Lord Frances Harvey, Mr. A. M'Arthur, and
Mr. Heygate took part.
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of opinion as to some parts of the Bill, there were little
or
none as to it main object. Ha agreed with those, who ob-
jected to imparting too high a system of education to children.
and was of opinion that it would be sufficient to impart such
a foundation as would enab'e those who desired it to fit
themselves for future advancement in the social scale.
With regard to the argument as to cost of school
boards, it education were a good thing, and it was proposed
to give it, it must cost something. Did not everything cost
nriney 7 If new roads were made they must pay somsthii g
to the highway board. (Hear, hear.) He cnisidered tin t
hon. gentlemen on the other side of the Houser had made a
great mistake on the question of local taxation. He did not
like local taxation an) more than they did, but so far as the
pressure affected the farmerr, he reminded them'that tt•e'
produce of the laud fetched more than it did wine. years
ago, cud there was no necessity for the outcry that had been I
raised against that form of taxation, the result of which '
ictriyo
nh
tab( la
tb et
he en y tco.
upludt s tchaer leel
ya ddeerasl
wo
tthh
oe
npeaorft yt
hiengrseuacthe
sat
pouost
questions of the day because of the ignorant outcry raised
cencerning it. If some other plan could he shown to be
betterws cothuholadoi al
htbilioarateradod:
ready
ctahodoaobal
eoepnt boards,iatao hutpht ee ash and dur tti
toi:seidawho t
2se adilt
Scru
ot:
and there we no complaint as to their Want 'of succeis
hlAtahisnmadttO the results of the Education Act, If it had been' a
plied only to this great city, its resuits had-been such that
his right hon. friend (Mr. Forst,r), and Partiameut must see
with great satisfaction the results which had beau prciduced.
flu exitress:d his regret that the Mil of the Govern-
ment had not been brought in before Easter, and
ei,treated him, when he determined what should be
tbe nature of the Government measure, to bear iri
mind the' tendency of this discusdon ; to remember that
compulsion can only be • carried out by sortie dia
tinct and definite mode, that they had already a distinct
and definite mode in the boronghswhichilich m t
had stood the thperotevesdt
of 11ve,7 experience, and
!_.

.. £27,700,000
Permantrot charge of Debt ..
160,000
Interest, .6.:c., on Local Loans .. , .
150,000
Charge of Suez Loan .. • •
1.590,000
Consolidated Fund charges
15,2 2,i100
Army
464,000
.. .. .. .
Army Purchase Commission ' 11,989,000
Navy .. , ,
13,309,000
.
Civil Services
• •
3,120,000
Post Office .. .. .
Collection ot Revenue (Customs and 'inland.) 2730,000
1,280,000
Telegraph Service ',Oollection of Revenue)
852,000
Packet Service " ''
.. .. .. . • • •
170,000
Repayment of Indian charges to War Office
100,000
Manchester Post Office .. -

--
Total Revenue for 1876-77 .. .. £78,014,000
The great augmentations, Sir Stafford remarked, occurred in
the Army and Navy, the necessity of which he regretted. but
which he regarded as indispensable in the interests of the
country. They had, however, been explained by the Ministers
responsible for them; but, in regard to the Civil Service, for
Which he was more peculiarlyvesponsible, Sir Stafford entered
Into an elaborate calculation, showing that, not only since
this Government came into office, but even taking a wider
range of twenty years, the entire increase in the Civil Service
expenses had occurred in the Education Grant, and in the
grants in aid of Local Taxation, and that there had been
savings on all other items. .Next, he stated the figures of the
Estimated Revenue, premising that they had been prepared
with care, hnd with a full consciousness that the state of
trade was not very flourishing. Thqy are as follows :
Customs • • • " • • .. £20,250,000
Excise •
• • . 27,650,000
Stamps •
• • 11,000,000
Land Tax and house Duty .. 2,500,000
Property and Income Tax 4,100,000
Post Whet, 5,950,000
Telegraph Service 1,325 000
Crown Lands 395,000
4,100,000
Miscellaneous • •

•• ••

- £77,270,000
:ue total anticipated Revenue for the year he put. there..
at £77,270 000 and, deducting this from the a, , ioited
elPeniliture of £78,044.000. there results a oeficiency i.O the
the°„,ini.lig year of £774,000. This be proposed further, to aug•
by exempting from the Domestic t ervants lax boys
'lien only employed on 'casual jobs, which he reckoned
wotild cost the Revenue some £26 (00; th‘t there is a
6etleioney of 4,0'0,000 ti) be faced. If the circumstances
I
were the same- as last year, the Chancel', r said he
t":"Ild have been ready to trust to the spring of
t 4 Revenue .to nrike up • this comparatively sintll.
; but that was not possible in present c.r-
tilrustances. Two alternatives presented themselves—
taxation or an interruption el the plan
redon the Neional Debt which was com-
-
year en°Pd . g Although admitting that 3 • t this latter
mum Ast
atv.,,, '4l" might he admiss,ble iu circumstances of extreine
Sir Stafford thought it would ill become the present
.ruverinsient, which had begun it, to tamper with the tinking
esPecially as to tamper with it would be, in fact, to
add °Y it He proposed, therefore, to meet the deficit by
Jtional taxation; and after examining the only two modes
11 he conceived were open to him—addiCon to the Spirit
er to the Income. Tax—he pronounced for the latter,
Tnlaroposed to the Committee to consent to raise the Income-
-1,7,b,7 one penny. With this he joined other proposals extend-
tiP423,l2resent remissions and deductions The line of exemp-
" Pe fixed at £ll5O, instead of at £100; the amount of

Co successful there, they could not do better than adopt it
lu the counties unless some better plan could be found which
would carry out more efficiently the educational system of
the country. (Cheers.)

Lord Sandon, who was received with Ministerial cheering,
alluded to the accusation of Mr. Bright of ignorance against
Conservative members.

Air.--Btikht said he spoke of the- !gnat-ince existing out of
doors on this subject.
Lotd Sandon regretted that he had misunderstood the
right hon. gentleman, but he thought he had understood
him to speak of the ignorance of Conservative members. The
real object of the Bill was to establish universal school,
boards, and he felt bound to oppose the principle of sucha
measure. No one had a stronger desire than himself to ex-
tend the benefits of education to the agricultural poor,.
1 but religious instruction was necessiry as well as secular,
and that would not be afforded in the b, st manner
by the school board system. Great doubts had sprung u 0
as to ahether the school board machinery was the best
that could b.a devised for educational purposes. He declined
to stale the details of the Government memure, and pro-
tested against tying up the great and valuable cause of
plpiVar'edilcatiOn with a system of universal boards. He
therefore felt bound to oppose the Bill before the House.
(Cheers.)
Mr. Dixon briefly replied, and the House divided :—For
the second reading, 160; against, 2SI; majority, 121. The
Bill was therefore rejected.
The Trade Union Act (1671)Amendment Bill passed through
committee, and the House adjourned.