The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-26 00:00:00

LIMBPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM

Aiii4XIATION.

pul)lie met tin wa. held on Monday evening at
the iu•ie Ilall, fur the parpone of taking into considcrati'mt
w buil,act jimmied by the Cluturellor of the Exche-
quer. “nol of petstioninz. the !louse of Commons thereon.
Mr. I'll.lltl.ES 1:1/11tiltTSON was rattled to the chair,
and alter mating that the meeting tool been called to take
into rulli Ilk' (113111311,,e, hu.igrt
whi,h haul n stab atuatisiketion to thy couutry, and
they I.ul tint now umler ditfcriatt cireitutst. ttttt ttir the
('hane A'or but thought lit to nut away. clmughter and
Marrs.) They were suet to express an opinent on a mere
allortion---(apPlause) -4111 3 31111-114/tll budget —(.lppl.tuse)
and they count only act on the old maxim, that when a
suss muting say anything good of the dtmil tin-y must
nay nothit,... The 0144 Urn' W 413111131 of the Chan.
tailor, and bad nut the courage to fan. the Ilione of!
Cumulous. and tts,s their totes in favour of their budget.
They host rhostot the latter IVA of valour, whirl, is dn.
'return. suet sl to lathsr it at all. In •lus ion, he
IN at ti Irt t.IMgl I , ltla. of COIIIIUOII3 prumetsi to he
atisidt,l I.y tlw in, eting, which h.wialrraely biro .33/4/2 pub.
lie through SIN• mr•lium tithe newspapers. . .

Mr. IRII LT ALHIA nun'. forward to propow the And reap-
lotion. Ile said. that ,HAP this imyting was summoned,
Sir Cherie+ Wood had bee pile pdjtwaiiy clef t—he
n.teal Lona his titsanciid La'ouur., where, no doula, Itia
budget would follow him. (.• Hear. hear." and laughter.)
It might it thought a waste of titawr to hold u post otortent
e•araination, and display tlw morbid anatomy of thin
budget : it was, in short. slaying the slain. (Laughter.)
But if they consider. d that this budget, miserable alfair
though it was, dealt wish A 114114 alai princi-
ples, they might spend au hoar sin.• than ist considering
thow pant • which would have to he withal Ott some durable
priariplis. with a %kW to the general benefit of the people
ut lerg.. Ile ht•lieved the wwial progress of the nation,
th • h;.otiu,s., of the mat.,., and their progress in innin-
g' nee and t dunation. Oa a AIIUIVUA4II tera-
tb•n of
tlte aystent tasatimi, the setting free of the MM.
aa, of the pe 'plc, than on any other question. (Hear.)
Tb.• eh, nit 'ler had wonderful disco :cry that we
ran 46,000.001.1/. a year of taxes from excise, ems
tuna, -tamps, ae . without severe pressure. Ilad he ever
hand what wine the wages of the agrit ttltural labourer,
handloom weavers pour curates, clerks, &c.. and the
stilt in whirls the smaller trailestmai were all over the
country for any man to make such a statement at this
nine of clay, b.lokened a collimates. and un ignorance
which. in a ear ininister, mat discreditable
and samonlonalde. (Loud
.applause.) 'The speaker then
called um allot* to the prinespies prupoundill by the Finan-
cial Reform Association. which were HA effect, that a system
of taxation ought to be carried out by which every man,
woman, and child should be allowed to earn a living, with-
out nwtrietion, vilienatierer and whervier they pleased.,
(Apples..) 'lin. national hurtle n ought to be fairly koried
in progo ttion to th, amount of the means of those called on
to pay: not. a. at present. where the weight was laid on the
poor man, and al4 .cr proportion ..n the rich. (Applause.)
lie begged to mine, that the dissolution of the adlutinistra-
tnn, 041 A, this meeting ww+ sunintaned, affords to all now
awimbled the opportunity of I st.niming their opinion that
the ter. at embarrawin. ut of O. cabins t, which has long
been •uppern.il ow ins to the principles they professed. and
the personal (hornet, r it. f. h
as arisen from it. want
of ;wogress in a pmgressive age, and the utter ansimpetence
of .le financial iniuoter, both tin, defect.. heitia attributable
to tin total policy of a letting men for high ofticial station,
not en account of their Maio. but in deterrace to their
Lundy cilium ilium..
Mr. s.rEwAirr seconded the rerolution, which was car-
-6,4 unattiromalc.
r. .1. :•• proposed the woad resolution. and said it
dear the t'hancellor of the Exchequer was not a
n. .iitl.loltht Finauci Rennin Asociatimi Or be would hare
taiieu a mow comprehc•nsive • iew of taxation. He moved the
adoption of the petition, and proreednl to remark on the
Inachtal point. isintainial in it. Lord J. Russell would have
• n •unained if tw hoot nth r men who would go ou. Ilia
prneipo • were good, but not active. Ile hail surrounded
Iminclf with his relatives and Stride friend-, in•tead of
• ith the tint men of the country, and the result had been.
That the builatt brought forward a Ala Our which mule the
1, vie cry out to the ministry, " You must budge." klaccat
Mr. RAWLINS, jun..-seconded the resolution. Refer-
? COS t,t he tax, on know bilge. he ailvt rim! to the prosecution
az. *ilea al1111:101all. in the esent of it being
followed up, the country would hear the expense. of the pro-
kcution. The apeaker called attention to the Lou! tag, which
had be. it originated in feudal time+, cod which, if now fairly'
prolortioncil, would produce a large sum to the revenue.
111,- resolution wait put and adopted, after which a vote
if thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting broke
up .hurtly before ten o'clock.

CAsvolco Union llovsz.-8? John Walsham has
had an intt rliew with the marrivtratee at the house. mad has
hod the proposal of the able-bodied men before the poor
loe le atl, the remit of what e, that the full allowance of
breul aahttl for was grunted them on Sunday last. There,
are kw inmates this week than for severul weeks past, and'
."11thing ipoo on quietly and in good order.—/penich
nellll4l.