The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-05-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COIIMONS.

WOIDAT 161'. W. H. Iliariioposed s resolution to compel
the 00,ernmeol to declsre took paltry In regard to direct
taxation helms sanctioning the Budget twormal to redoes the
duty on sum which, If adopted. would Ina eny relief of local
taxation for the next two years. thus embarrassing any
suomading Chancellor f the Exchequer.

The Clemoatmot or tea Rummer ski the Ocerarnment
But would be introduced on Thursday They adhered to the
principle that reductloo of taxation on rich or poor .hou id go
on stmultaneously. Ile repudiated or y intention to bind the
hand. of the next Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he isitsoded
to be los own succonor, and with grim humour he added the
he would not do anything that mulct embarrass "O
exemplary an Individual " The proper' before the House
armed at the destrucuon of the MOW. and we. a "
insult" to the Oosernment, who regarded it is • vote of
censure. Threatening ember Illestere I crift, he Med
whether another fortnight was to be meted in " Melee Oct
and walking In mein." He claOned that the Budget was
deftreedly popular," mid he dracrihed the policy of the
Opposition no at rippine the poor to benefit the ; the poor,
he added, being ° neither Mots nor idiot.," would resent the
action of the Ormetion. who were unrooscsously dieting •
pit leo • hich they thereirss would be plunged.
Mr. Irawcarr predicted that se to local taxation it would
be found that it was not the forms but the hoes. occupier
who .equlred reie.
ahr Messer Loess Mind the Government with weirs at
°aught the decker of the Mom, rand amorted that the
remedy be had proposed In former, yean would preys meal
Meet to the Load and the town, with mbar the lion's share
of tbe relief of the town.
The debate ras adjourned till Thcroday.
Trainer. —Lora nand Hamilton'. proper/ that the nate
should purchar the Irith railway-e was nentraed hr 197 to 6.5.
WIMIISDAY.—The mood reading Of 111% JeCoh Bright'.
Women's DiesbillUe. Bill Es thrown or by 212 against 15S.
Thrall/MY.— Mr. S. CATS resumed the adjourned deb= no
Yr. W. H. Smith's motion on the subject of =aeon. The
nem of the opponent• of the motion were joined by Hr.
Liddell and Cr George Jenimurowho cooed...red it moleadlog
rad unwie Mr. Ward Hunt made a smart attack upoo the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. and, els a few minor members
had ventilated their orams.
Mr. Dorms mid the resolution asked the Ijorarnment to
pure nod see if they ooukl not rel eve the preentre f local
tasselon. TM answer of the Chancellor of Om Exchequer was
certainly exposed in language, and rafted In • manner that
we ham not been toed to in thi. bofts—(theers). But I look
upon It rather ean Indication of what may be the juvenile
ardour of war primitive assembly thou he. Inherited and we
hope may excel our Parliament here—(chre% and laeghter)
It la not every one that tas had the advantage of travellirg at
the mtipods—Gaughter)— and I was really glad to learn from
the experience of the Chancellor of the Exebegaer how, In •
Parliament of that klnd,lt might be thought wooteewy to meet
• dal= from aggrieved subjects of hew Mmety for moms relief
from unjust and oppreesive thistles. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer mid the marten of local taxation we. one they
were seal lug of with • he greater reihneesms era. • queers
foil r I horrible anomalies sad exemptioft—(tanghts). He mys
—What is to happen if you carry this resolution ?—(cheers).
The Chancellor of the Exchequer will tithe beck his &Aro
and will re-coned., It, awl will mve us • Budget which we
may uremia!). paso Ile my., you tell have another
crash • you will have mother fortnight pried In peeing be
and Ira—(hutes). Well, dr, eo far aa the public time wee
meted in the last crisis m are responsible only for on. Sort
hour, and, therefore, I look upon the exaggerated view of the
Chanallor of the Reneguer as • permal =Leek upon his
coriagus, hl. chief—(nben). 111. not the Ant attack that he
has mad* upon blnt—tchsers. The right bon. gentlemn (Or.
Gladstone) doe not want me to defend him. He bows it like
en loge- (leoghter and cheers). The hour will, perhaps,
arrive ohs he will Mee= etmeill with diabolic vettnyce
—(launter). Do not let us be diverted, for even a
moment, from the reel and serious quietist which
every member of this be.. will hare to nme( on the
hustints---(oppoeition cheer" and counter cheers). As
retards the interests of the w. rlsiog clam., what I the
quertion of this induction in the sutar duty of • torten( in
the pound, which, under the me fathers= estimate that
361b0. are coma= I on the average by every working men,
would mune to him Ski • ) ear—(a laugh)—wbet, I my, Is
this grossest compared, even Mere his Individual interests
are to awned, with the question cif local taxation 7—(oppod.
torn comes). Do th• government mean by the principle laid
down by the Chancellor of the Etches' osr that indirect teas
are paid by the poor end trent by the rich, and that In my
emission of taxes there mrot be a. equal dlveloo between
them ? Dom he man to deal with *pinta and tobacco upon
title principle' We ought to know them things - (hear,
hear). Now I un OD4 of thaws who do not grudge the work-
ing claire the way In Etleh they spend their money. No
solemn denunclaUon will ev r emanate from me upon this
riled. Ido not drink spirit. myself. I do not enoke—
(lmthter). I can, homver, easily memo. the =re may he
• great deal of preen in both—(3w' laoghter), ell I hope
and believe from what I know of the working cisme, that
their taste will purify and reins, and I think they are as
likely to purify and ralthe as aoy other clam. At prownt
there wee raised front 11,000.000 of the working clams
£30,000,000 out of the £90,0 0,000 constitoUng the Imperial
and local =aeon, end, condder.ll with Morena to their
Imo= of £400.090,000, there ea. no country In the world in
which the working clams were.. lightly tamed- 711, right
bon. gentleman seemed to think that he cube command the
sympathier of the working elms. by raisins one hrahlog •
pound on their sugar ; but be would tiod they woul Imy
that they did not care for that farthing phileathrophy, and
that East they wanted to know of the Coancellor of the
Exchequer end Ma colleagues wen their Intentions in regent
to the Master end Servant Act, ena to thom several other
question. which they cambered nemery to secure the
abundant prosperity they now enjoyed. The greater port ad
working clam require ino relief from Indirect =ern, but
they did require • moron of the Moms= and Mid from
the miler' cared by the terrible initicUon of the sw-in-
local =ration. W.th suck a my= before him
?ulna* Ceancellor of the Exchequer be deal to the appeals
of thoee the jOdice of whoae cleats he bed acknowledged
year. ago? Hs hoped the Prime Minister wodld by Ms
answer ease then from • cllvidon on this question—(launter
from the liberal benches). II he did not, he might dosed
upon it that a dividon would not be sraded—(chgers on both
eldest They knew well the quieten at stake, and the
tribunal to whoh they would soon apteal—fhem, bear). Ile
called urea the Goveroment to avail itself of the distemitioo
of the House to perform • great act of justice, and to parent
Ibis mem being looked upon wlth contempt and dastard—
(rod oppaeitio. efters.)
Kr. leanerroxa, who erss receive with cheers, he
could not thick It unnatural or extraordinary that the right
bon. gentlemen should take • faveurable vie• of the redo-
eon. ProbaMv he MA the beet of all reasons for regarding
lterthg &Mane to that of parental fondoen—(isugh-
ter). Bat there were hon. gentles.. on his own Ms of the
House who did noise regard it. I on refry not to me the
bon. and talent member far Busesx, the preent leader of the
masi.mmomo may, in hoe place, Seems I really hope that
he EU give tie the favour of his support against the motion,
tommucb a. the hon, member for Westminster or unity—not
by a mere vote, bet by • poeitive decimation of the bouts I.
terms—interpom between him sad the nallintloo of his
favourite project for the repent or reduction of the malt tax.
The right !rm. gentleman =entered they were jointer In
expectg the continued Insert of the revenue. We know,
that even the poor no atricultutol labourer In alleoet every
county in the kingdom ha, been rested by the 'drafting
wage, and thin opens the door for • seedy Increase of
our revenue. Now, there are two made of dealing
with the entire question of local taxation. One Wee that
described by air Robert Peel of drawing a draft on the Con-
solidated Fund, sod doing nothing else ; with which the right
bon. gentleman (Kr. Disraeli) sward to have good deal of
sympathy. Nothing I. more my than to provide by • grail*
I:411 for the payment of .ums out of the Consolidated Fund,
and leave everything else in the Inefficiency sad comfort.= in
which it now exists, weakening ail inductee's= to economy,
streagthening all =doormen= to osetrathation, end leaving
all the valuable old proctors of llogiish local government
without • care or • thought—(ore.). In our °pinto° it is
the abeolote duty of government to begin to endeavour to
Mona local taxation mlt exies, The Involve. the deter-
minatice of very large queerere as to the mode in which the
payern of local burdens ars to be governed and represented
with rem= to loml taxation, Lod as to the conseldattoo of •
good apes of management. both with respect to oresa and
the corselet°s of thes beer. As to the question of pecuniary
relief to I mat burdens we hays revered to deal with It this
year by the Weldon of exenspeou, and piecing
government property throughout the country trade
US and certen principle, as to liabibty to the rate
I Lora that my boo. read relent friend (Cot entco,tl. bemi ter that we will not shrink from making pot when
we and that In the proper order el dealing wit the sense
fade at this subject we me OA to yore= them—to give
elect to the views of pmliament for the ralle of the occupier.,
who bear the burden of the lost rate. Are there no partial
eafterned rept the occupiers? SIM la this peeler of the
armors al real proper). Are the owes. of real W
mi's% from the peewee amount r I local burden,?M% ller
not heard that allegation boldly made or arramentatsvely maw
tainted. Take thee.. lint of the toms and of the sestrop
specially, and let we ask II the omen of the red
ruler from local burdens? Them burden. In thernrr•U
ogierotion go to lemmas the value of the property of thee.
mere, and of that Income of value they do not °attribute
a single farthing. and the whole egret of that Increment will
he felt when their lessa are sett rradjustel. and when their
y receive • dieter nod reasillve bores,, of rah.
haar"'
Ir. Are they to receive, ant. the beneat which arises
the exaction of them rates which they do not pay ' • and.
frond, the benefit which is to arie from oatmeal Nods
given In alleviation of those rates., which an to form a double'
sconce of addition to their Income? I have distinctly told
the hon. gentle= that It will be part of our duty to del
with the question of relief from local burdens so far., the
occupier I. coteerned, butt must al. itell Um that it will be
the duty of any goverrintamt which yore...hes this merlon to
consider what change. are to be brought shout lathe punkt,on of
the owner., and not to allow oureelm, on the pretext of giving
relief 10th. racupier. whin taken at the best can only be tem-
porary, to make a sae preent and gift out of ths national re.
sources to the owner. of %be real property of the country (cheers).
B•thoul•I be sorry to ma any Mesiderabas portion of the
He.ee give the vote to Mich they wereinvited to theater that
when them wee over three minim of ilooseey available for m
meeton they thould demand that the whole of that remleion
.bould he Meowed in a manner that would make It amiable
let property rather than for the retie/ of labour—(ortes of
" Nono.") The propsition before them ram that, bring
riven itl,Soo.oio to property, they ebould glee the other
£1.600,100 to them who were burdened to the ex eat of oft
-
sloth, bred of to ti e labouring dame. who Ware bedewed
to the ratentof teremixtba or oft half —femora) As • rule
the luxuries of the wealthy ware altogether free, or eke eel
lightly taxed; but the luxuries of the poor—violet, tore." .
and bser, very heavily taxed; and they produced more
thao half of the revenue of the starry. if, eraold take the
ems of Mt, which wc. one of inherent difacuhy ; but tree
who recommended the rediaction of the duty did so at a time
when it woo impossible to cif.= it. When to. penny ...
taken oil the income-tax, why did not the advocate of the
reduction of the malt duty claim • referees for that duly?
If the malt tax could be redooed he .k Id be extremely
nod, but It should "beam be visor se • bury, end oshject
to oonsiderable taxation. While, then, it
In tax heavily the luxuries of the laboerios
Mould my to them that they would eat when to„ had the
unity relieve their Ms and Mrar. It was in elect oqui-
Meat to tell= them that they should receive no Mel In
taxation—(oerm) •
Ott the comtion being put the amendment we. pmmu, t
without • diradon, amid the often of the Liberal ftle of the
Fittleir.—Lerd C. J. HAeriMell moved for • Select Omelette
to lequit• Into the 10Ie Of Ills and property on the North BM
Core" and to report 00 the Mt means of averting the same.
Go • Myron the motion was negatived by 10fi to OS.
Lord G. BAMILTOII neat called attention to the Elan Jowl
Asbitration, and contended that the Oovernmest had caused
the Menem to the Emperor of Orteany to be drawn up in
sch • manse the ws wore certela to be wonted, and that
the Arbitrator had no choice but to decide against ao
Some deraftion followed; aft Mc Otaperowe cootsord
the they had acted for the ter, and that the chance of arbi-
tration was better than the chasm of war.
The rubject tro d
Progress was rawerMlT dtLbs vote for the Civil Service.

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Tbe Ordoesee Department ere oettbreebbil II"
Brothers, of Leedoeb. fee 52.000,000 ealsklp
*bolt 30e. per 1000.
The ember of elelsteate tebtelt lef t lAvorpeg diring
the math se Apt lad was 33,414, be* it bonus
al 3,897, me the ligrespattlei period al les4 Wm.