The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OP COMMONS._

WWI) ty. - The Connerona ottembled for the first
time since the Eater recent. The chief business tenni-
meted was the Toting of lb. Clod Servico Estimates.
Notices of motion were given by Mr. Gregory mid ii'.
Pitman!, the t tioie selected by the latter gentleman
being the cotton dither. We should he,. wished to
one the salad in abler hands.
Tuziorma.—A gloom was thrown over the Howe of
Commona this evening by the announcement of the
death of Sir G. Cornewell Lewis. At the anggeatiew elf
Mr. Walpole the hones at ones adjourned. bad not mata
Lord Palmerston and Mr Dieraeli had paid due honours
to the right bon. gentleman. damaged, on behalf at
thole respective aides of the House.
WlTUrtunsr. —Sir G. Grey appointed Monday, tine
27th inst.. for the discussion on the manufacturing:
dieters. Sir Si. Pete moved the emoted reeding of hie
Serial, Bill. He staged that be had new aliened the
Bill in accordance with lb. report of the soommittee•
upon it, and it now .imply proposed to enact that.
where any clergyman load conacientioue objections to.
the reading of the herial service over a deceased penton,
the friends of the deemed might be at liberty to pro-
vide • minister of their own to cooduct the eeretnonial.
Lord R. Cecil moved, and MY. Hnnt emended, that the
Bill be read a second time that day mix months. The
House divided. There 'ere 96 for the second reading
and til against it—majority, 125. The aettouncomot
was received with great cheering by the oppofltion.
Mr. li Sheridan obtained leave to being a Hilt to •
facilitate the appointment of ripendary magistrates
In air., towns. and boroughs of 20,000 istabilente and,
spwards.
TIN —This being the great night of the Session
then, wan an antnueny large attendance of members;
Prime Alfred nod Trines lour of Home were present
in the nen gallery. Lord H. Cecil inquired if it were
true, as emerged. that Imre had been tent to
Liverpool by Oweerwment authority to watch private
!dockyard. and the proceedinga of persons reputed too he
' agents of the Confederates. Sir George Grey dada"'
that 'pies had been employed by Government, and
prooeedeol to give lois version of the affair. At twenty
minutes to five the Chancellor of the Exchequer roes to
make hie financial statement, observing that the pest
two year. had been !remelt with anxiety, and that the
Hour of COIUIIIOIII, while resolved to provide every-
thing that the security and honour of the country
mild demand, had also expressed • feeling in feyour of
reducing the taxatioe of the country; this desire be
acknowledged to be well foutoded. H. did not think
the outlay had " outrun public convietion." but it had
caused • great tension on lb* revenue. The account
to which he ens about to draw attention was a remark-
ably hopeful one, but there were specialities that must
In borne in mind. First, the wide sail deep distress in
Lancashire, to which county Eneffelonen were formerly
wont to point as one of the moat oinking isoltiowees of
Beitbob power : and secondly, the depressed cougfirtion
of Ireland. The right bon. gentleman prefased hie
statement with some long and most elaborate 'tarsals.
comparing the expenditure of various years, end going
into details which are far beyond the limits of a 'brie/
summary. He then went on to gay that the estimated
expenditure for the present year was, charge on fundedl
and untended debt, /26,300,0110; on ocidated fund,
/1,940,000 ; army. /15.060,000 ; navy, £I0:IA.000
revenue, t 4,721.000 ; inieoallaneose, £7,692,000,
with other minor particulars. The means pro-
posed for meeting these charges may be sum-
marised as follows: The eirthnated surplus
for 1863 is £3.700.000. Duty on chicory Is to be the
mune as coffee; clubs are to have spirit licenses; beer
licenses to persons hating licenses for spirits tub. raised
to ; brewers to be allowed to selfless than two dozen
betties of beer; carrier.' carts to pey is. 2.4., the duty
now rhotrzed on stage carriages. Ti.. Chancellor of the
Exchequer alas proteges to tax railway traffic SI per
cent., without dininction ; applies income.tax to the
proparty of an Corporate bodies ; and assimilates the
laws of charithe and legacies in Ireland to those of EMl-
lend. The penny charge on goods imported is to be
aboli-hed after the filot of July. The 1841. stamp on
bolls of ladinr is also to be aboliabed. With regard to
the incline-tax. he proposes to reduce it front ed. to 7d.,
and 7.1. to Si., end on iunrones under £2OO, E6O to be
elbowed. The tea duties to be reduced to is. inime-
diately. No alteration in sugar in contemploted. It is
stated that the Budget was well received by the House,
and we can easily unser., that the reduction of the in.
tame-tax, and the removal of • considerable portion of
the tea duties, will do moth to commend Mr. Glad.
Moses Budget to the general public, sod to take the
win-1 out of the sails of the Opposition, though, as
affirm. stand at present, it is not of mesh consequence
whether the Ditraelites assents, cement, or dissent,
proydal that the measures offered or supported by Go-
vernment are wound and reasonable in themeelyea. So
great was the public acutely to bear My Glad-
rated statement, that by 10 o'clock on Thursday
morning there were more persons in waiting to be
admitted into the Stranger.'
.Gallery than the

gallery would bold. It ap-pears that Many persons
who desired to hear the der•ila of the budget, but who
could not afford to be Away from their business eight or
ten hours before Mr. Speaker takes the chair, engaged
others to represent them during the day, exehanging
places with them in the afternoon. During two or
three previous day.. number ef permits having no very
pressing dntiee on their hands might be seen loitering
about the House ready to be engaged. forth. business of
the day. Any gentlemen haring • ticket of admission
to the gallery, on communicating hie wialtes to one of
the porters, was introduced to olui of these loiterer.,
and fore certain fee, varying from kali • guinea to be
crown, secured hie berries. to sit p•tientll in St.
81eplien'e-h•11 or elsewhere until such a part of the day
as might be convenient for his employe: to release