The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-05 00:00:00

these r into practice. The right hen. gentleman had pro-
poyesi two scheme. of direct talution —the one being a house
tax, snot the other au income tax. The calculation was
that .4 3,1410,0u0 Komar*, 3,100,00') houw, would totally
emape the tag now propened to be imposed ; and the right
bon. gentleman, in referring to the laconic tax, entereil
into an estimate which suggested that that tax would
fin ate only in a sirniiar ratio upon the country.
Nu* he (Mr. lIcult•y) rc,;nriletl these prop oils as emu'
pletely subversive of public credit. Them proposal. wen'
neither EMT.) WPC kv than to relieve frionitaxatims the gnat
malority of the communit It wass not tinily that it they
legislated in this manner, they mild rely upon a revenue.
The right hon. gi isthmian hid said a good deal as to the
popular impatience of taxation bat present schism)*
was likely to alarm every one of these acme. interested is
the due prisersation of the politic er-ilit. Ile 'sad to ex-
lire. hi. a-tonidiment m the inform.ition commuitiented to
the Iniao• by rim right boo, gentlemen, in rApect to the ca.
tnwirdisiary claim of Inc),40011/, by the East India Comiskey.
lie bewail that some anti-factory explanalsoli would be gives
of a iirefemsil n long after the oeeurrence u the
civil:allances in which it we. 'cited ta have arisen.
Mr. MAl7filiFtiOlt h.sd heanl several extraordinary
statement+ from both sides of the house ; but the statements
and inlereses of the boa. gentlem.sn who hail just sit
down app etnet to him by far tie, mod' xtraurdioary. As
be (Mr. Mar !wino) viewed the question now faller, the
boom. he emeadre.l that the ni were two prupontlo '
that Coy should go hick to protectiim ; secondly, that they
ho, forward with that system of policy which had
bean to ably expounded that evening by the right lion.
gene...twin the Chaneellur of the Exchequer. Ile, fur one,
must caste.. that 1w hail lawn th. lighted to hear the
ape. eh and the station. at of the right Inns gentleman. lie
mould not sonceivi on what tenable ground. the hon. ;ten-
thenitii opposite (Mr. Motley) could suggest any iskk to the
pubic creilit iu Cola...pit:wit of the prey nt propnalv of
governnient. I.tn the whole, while lie reserved his
opiiiiiins on the ds-taiia, he road-lefts! the statement of the
right lion. gesitlemmi nunt sitisfartiory. The liuilget pre-
sented oti tne former 'we ...ion had, he thought, linen greatly
mismoderstioal by loorit sides sit the house and by' the coun-
try. awl Ire trwsted that un this justice would be
done to the right hon. gentleman.
Alderman SIDNEY did stoat ttuite uusler.t.ind the ansage-
Mut propiimil by Oil, right hon. gentleman, in nspert to
the linusi• tax, as it would affect shops. Ile should like to
know if the int vantage. noire rrialiin how-, in connexion with
alley. 'coedit Ire esti natal to wari•howas awl manufaetorie. ?
Ile appeaa .1 to the right ban. g. sideman sin titer he really
was pre par- st to routiiitte 11.1 it, pins, at state a tax inflict-
ing suet. great injustice U1..11 a large class of her Niji-ty's
liultpl.ta a. the idxspkiapers and he mouldask why ttecte
who hail not pant the wain-low tax were now to I, called
upon to ;ray the, new tax. For the how., hr orcupieil
paid at pre.. nt aid by the tax propomil to b. in-
stitute I by the right lion. gentleman he should h - Is:hayed
to, tie among. it. arty I'll. pier annum. A shop iu 1.011-
don in any or lit main street. Wr.i.,l rat +I at idosut
per annum, 30.0. of schieh fII ti. the
his.iins. ;Armin..., oust the To-main:an .Itd, tile house-
hold n-ut of the party ...drying lea the Inniiire.. 'l*
the dimikeeper Kul to !sty; and shy did the thanetilor of
the En. sewn r the shopkeeper out of all the other
chi.. • of tie nimnionity, and lay upon him a rating of 0.1
in the ;mum! s Ile aasith-.1 that the right Insn. gentleman
had m ale a,i inaprolteue•nt, upon hi. Winner prelionition—
(hew, hut Ice wsialsl certainly not stay lay his pre sent
Imlo-no- the agitation whirl, prevailed out of gloats iia this
sulnse t. (Ileisr, War.) As to the toff, duties, and the
prmon.sl of the wisonnivent to n elute this duty on coffee,
Owl , the duti• !einem% toff --• awl chirtiry, he could
VII the right lion. gentlimian that there wen- great olijec-
;nun to In. plan, and th it the whole trade would Ise tat-rot
to it. Ile am. to the right hot. gentleman wilether it
sus jwa that the whole tr ole .lisnild lie thrown into the
rant prwti.m they now stood with the poldie bye... Sabin
.1 th• law. The itioerusiient with which the right lam. gen-
t:email WA. roinneet-il, partially retard il f 1832 to 1010.
an art of lino gl 111., whirls prohildted thi s,,le elf ariees
rewnilitilin - they nlieuteit it by inuint un order of
the Treaotry, autliorising the dealen Dot only to keep ar-
imtidne2 cif, last to, mix them with the' niece ;
and th.-7 ought now to torwisli r whether tliiit nowt impolitia
miles shiosiil 1104 Iss• Isom. withilr.iwis. (Ilea, hear.)
With rel. -Ist to the Mewls, tics, he should off -r to it. /sod.
nuanis• its it. present most stoat awl unjust incidence
the pent untoloprotilioli4 opposition. (Cheers) Ile fully
ogre.,l wills the right Imo. weather for Stamford, that lithe
in.. •-tax was instow.l With it+ pr. wilt isiequalitits the
Ismi.laturis would Ire imiiining, not Only 1111.41 the linsent
Few ration. lout upon loess ray, a tea universally ackwsw.
Mfg. it to be at int, impolitic and unveil. (near, bear.)
Ms. W. III:1)W S, who was snarly inanilible. we under-
stood In refer at the heginniug to the harilshil. urea
arum IN of lags' in ;saying tlw income tan nom the valued
nonniii..l eel rmatal, w hen boas. oleduetisits. should
In. mail. for tooting-en. as. Ilul they sore made to pay
upon the whole of t.• mote) they wen- supposed to rieei•e
Irons their t. noel.. In tv.irert to the budget, hi. would say
that it was doe to the shiriwners that thi• fluty on nuttier
*mold N. reneivid it the atate of the revenue world alfard
it tl. arm hr ar) fur now they 'total in runipstition with
ever in it nn the earth, and it was, thcrefons,
It, duty of the legidat are Vs put them, as rat
a. pnunle, niimi the "sine Woking as to sainting:rot.
mot I wait with every other nation. (Hear, hear.)
lo I , r the n 4:sprained hi. ronlial approval of
the re ~,,, ral of the duties on roll4e. lepers the Imam tan
bi ihiulithol, although it might lee 14.11•111 m red the
Is .t .tiintitute tor the 11111114..., tab, but t•,p,rt....,1 hi.
ai,permatimt thi• re:naval of the tone impost. as
unequal, tool a. illation. to lb.• health of the roptilation
in eau-ing window. to he blocked up. If tire n•vi-nus•
could it, without any oslotitute for the produce ..r the
11,ft.h.11, La., it Would he all the to tier. Ile hit
that the and frank support which lb,y
ought to hare had' hail late's- seireelr gralth.ll In
11,. goy-crones.' by the hon. wend. r•oll !kit (rittatiinisterial)
soils of the lomoi Ml,) and he w 'err)' to GOO that
OP *Maly a prsq.“ll.oll we. Ito IN. 111,0114 ht forwanl by the
right loos. iin•sulac tor Startitoonl hod, would mierate iu
hi. ispis ~ i ~,, in a cheek to all progre.. awl a return to the
(statist or lOymeriegi•ditiosi.
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N./ lit' ANP. s oil that the shipping intent was
PM of the nowt important in the country, aid wen- by no
oiratis ut.stied with lb. rtate or the tax w hid, upon
IM 4.. .11soit sitteen year. ami he had mile
strai: iforts against the liouse.t.ix. aclitoolulge.l,
lum et. r, that the present jirmstsiti.ni in that re-
ispiti was • gr. at inipixorcnient upon the last One
petqamil by the t•luirt-Ilior of the Earliequer.
it-Ms-T.l Ile emu-urn-ft in the expediency of altering
wow of the of the !Wane Taz Act. lII'
would not v....win rollte altt- mat ;se oft property tax, but ob-
jected to the mospial awl unjust pressure of the Memo:
tat, anti the iiopositoroil procculitufs under it. Ile reservist
Ann-sell is to lb.- yours- he should pursue in regant to the
st-iii-rol items, hot hr ollerted to the toms.• tax altogether,
admitting it to he ait ant flout upou the last prolawal
by the l'imorellor 4,1 lit.' Exchequer.
Me. $ rAN F. /11.11 that rite consideration of grave
qr. stow, of great mt.-m.l to the emintry ought not to be
wilt. the qu.stion of keeping the ministry in "thee.
The , of the prriplo were upoii them. The right lam,
propounded his schcnie, anti it was for bin.
Inr-Mlo rs to emoiller whether that scheme was for
the benefit and tended to the welfare of the country,
and not whether it was calculated to It., ji the
• rr m thi it plan.* or not. ll.' hail listenisl
with gr. at stteiittoll to the spox-f.h of the l'kmeelliir
of the Est-hequer, and it appeared to him that the
right bin 'tenth Man had. eonUtilirrall what the witty T.11!..y-
-rand hoot a 111..1 woes.- than a .-rune—randy, a libintier.
(Ileac, hear.) What the •••sentail Mtn-mine war lietwein
ths propositi.oi now until.. Ity the right hoot. gentleman and
that • Inch li.ol brought torsi-ant gni the pre, lout
bv (Mr. Stauforill could by no ,'lint den-over. The ques-
tion was if the iiictwite ;Las war to be renewed for three
years whether it was t-. be renewed without nio-lititation,
without amelioration in the unjust nosh. of raising it. In
its present font. it it,.. mmitt unjust, and excryMaly knew
th g th, pngowal to renew it.,. a proposal for its perpetuity.
(11..4r, hear.) Ile wished to know in what mode tile right
Wm. gt-utlensaii proposed to rake the tax oo it. re-
new.it. Ile (Mr Stanford) thought the lion,- hid not
taken a proper view of the proposition made by
the honour.ittle gentleman (the l'lnineollor oY
the Ex. ligspitio that night, for then' was Warmly any
Screw, bets. en it and the limner statement, °lily in the
pre•ont one there aa. a little moor.- comnitm wo.r in the
tussle of leaving thre huts' tax, (Their, hear.) Ile (Mr.
ttianfor.ll asiiml if the country would tons- nt to the house
tan a lax which. he maintained, was intiiiittly mom un-
just than the window tax? lie had lived in tever.il of the
capitals of Europe. when' no window tax existed ; he had
compared thew. with this metrojtoli.., and he baud found that
tM-re wen., comparatively speaking, twico as many window+
in the honws .d this inetromois than them were in any
-..push in liiirope. Ilea,, hear.- and No, no.") He
thought the ,'.entry W.is better satisHett with the window
tan than it would hr with the propos:II buoys
tat they did not wish it in any new shape.
for. .1. it host been levied, it was a tan winch
fill on the middle flair's, and n.tt on the poor.
Ile thought, however, that the iniNone tax wow the moni-
st. r er.i•satire of this (smote,, and any surplus revenue
w..ut.l have been better applied to its motlificati.in. It was
eery unfair that the int:mite from prof,..tions awl trades
should pay at the *arse' rate as income. This was
now line *wood bu.lgct they had had this sear, and God
knew if thee would ant have a third, (I..tutliter.)
Mr. WAb LET thought it was quite clear that the hosing
had bet, in. it sit improt.d budget, and the improvement
was len owing to any agitation in the Marelettime reste
lout he to attributed to the ninooitiiiii -a
right
tb
how gentleman (the Chaticellor of the Exchequ hat re-
front his own fri.-n-lx and his ordinan. stipporters.
II- (Mr. Waidey) then-fon- approved of agitition, and be
eon...demi that in this, as in many other instanc.-s. it had
hen highly conducive to the interests of the community.
During tit- reverie in which he (Mr. Wakley) had been
indulging be hid barn doubtful as to whether the proposal
of the right lion. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, wen' r -ails a good nine: fee it appeared there was
soniething whitli hail given mortal otrenee to gentle-
Igen on tin. opposite side of the bows'. What was
this WAS it the budget ? Nu ; it was nut the
budget (hear, hear) hut it was the speech of
the right honourable gentleman, (Hear. hear.) It
was the spix-ch which he had delivered that night 'which
had vaned forth so much anger on the opisisite side. (I,oud
cite* of •• hear. hear.") In the budget there was liat little
that was new, but that which was now was eery good, 'rho
improvement which the right hun. gentleman had made on
his tirrt proposition fora house tax war moot ilveidetl. It
on. a highly btu, tidal alteration, and lit. (Xlr. Wakley)
had beau delightml to heat of it. lie knew out how it