The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

TILE SALE OF POISONS.

I's reply ben question from Mr. STANrotto,
NI, a REY said n hill had been prepared on this sub- !
jpet, but he believed its object was limited to the placing of
restrictions on the silk of arsenic.
REOISTRAIUS COl'ltT IN CALCUTTA.
Viscount JOCELYN wished to ascertain from the Presis
stint of the Board of Control whether in conformity with
tie ri.,cianecid.irions of the committee which sat last year
to inquire into the defalcations in the registrar's court, Cal-
ruqa, any steps had been taken for the purpose of making
pod the nwertaintsl deficiencies.
Sir J. 110111101:SE replied that in consequence of the
presentation of the report to which the noble lord re-
forred, is despatch wan sent out to India on the :id of July
last year ; and from a despatch which had been retired
Ord morning from India, dated the 27th of December, it
appeared that nieasunw hail !wen taken for carrying out
the oltiect of the inquiry.
T BUDfiIET.
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The house having resolved itself into a committee of
W7.11:,,t(71rat.:11.1.0R of the EXCIIFAIT ER prefaced
hi. statement of the financial condition and priest-art. of the
country by an announcement that all hi. tremens; and
ralculatirms were based upon the presumption that the re-
newal of tile income tax and Iri'.h stamp dude. would be
1,m:411.41 by die house. Loving panne margin to cover
passible error. in the estimate of totals for a financial
year which would not expire until the sth of April next,
be proceeded to .:ay-1 shall first of all give a probable
estimate of the income and expenditure up to the sth April
seat, and, sulwequently, a probable estimate of our income
and es peroliture for the year ending sth April, 11452. Sir,
the income which I estimated hot year a. that which would
probably be received wax 52,2)4.0001., and the actual
amount of elalaile tip to the sth January has been
!,.810.000/. I .10 not Mlie.e, front the means I have had
already of judging. that the present quarter will be
r. good as the corresponding quarter of last year,
the reduction it. the stamp duties having of tonne
not taken p1a.... in the early parts of the year, and
t ..r.10r.• Ido not hope that the inruete for the year
'Am.! the Stli April next will exceed 52,656,0001. It is,
however, a most gratifying circumstance to observe that
there is an increase in dyne items which are usually taken
are lorming the best tests of the comforts of the people.
(Ohm%) la April last I estimated the excise at 11,015,000/,
lug subsequently the brick duty ceased to he collerted, and
fla amount Ming deducted left the probable income from
the Carl. 13,49n,nu01. Takings not unresisinuble estimate
op to the sth ApUNlril neat, I think it will he increased by no
IMr• sum than ,1001. The estimated expenditure in last
y saes InidgetweadealtMl,oool., and there was %med. including
250.000.f0r the parehase of annuities of the equisalentcom-
issny an,l2ll,ooofl'.r naval mice .0,50,087,735/. Now the naval
earns was paid be fun. the sth of April, and does not appear in
the rstimntdexpetditure of the current year hut the latter
501.776.000/ The actual expeiuliture up to the sth of
January has bars 110,206,14:10/., and deluding the unclaimed
di. idends width form no part of the ordinary expenditure.
I believe that the expenditure up to the sth April w ill be less
than ''t,131,000/., showing that we have so administered the
public funds intrustisl to oar care, a. to have efferent a re-
duction of 610,00nt below the primate. The probable sur-
prise on the sth April nest will be 2,521.000/. I now
cow to the estimated intoner for the ensuing yew. Hun.
gentlthea will see that the receipt of enstonms up to the sth
sof January, as rather upward. of 20.400,000/. In the course
of the ensuing yen, the last risluetion of duty on colonial
sugar. and a birth. r rislitetion in the duty on foreign sugar
an pienianee of the art of ISIS will take place, nevertheless,
although die ;indulge reduction from this cause was bet
down in • former isMnate. at 330.0001., I feel fully justified
in Lather the rest of ti,- customs for the ensuing year at
about the same amount, na.n.ly, in round numbers about
Abionaavg. In the excise lam inclined to think that I
cannot ralculate on so large on amount as last year. The
main portion ..t the excise depends on duties derived front
malt and spirit.. Now en 1549 there woe a remarkably
favour:Oil. barley harvest, and consequently there
was a large amount of malt made, and spirits also. The
liarley of is. I am afraid, of an inferior quality, and
then 'hoc I do not think it will he possible to derive the
same amount of revenue from it. My hon. blend the
chairman of the excise is usually a most sanguine esti-
auger, hut it was with groat diffiCulty he allowed me to
state the probable estimate at 14,000:0001. On the strum*
Own. will be a furthet tiertase in the course of the
issuing year, because the Set passed last sessime did nut
come into operation until the 10th of October. The pro-
bahle amount of Mee from the reduction was estimated at
abort .100,000/. and experience has fully justified that coil-
mete Of course, in the quarter ending October sth people
delerred taking out stamps, in expectation of the reduction
on the 10th. but iu the quarter ending the 6th of January
the amount of stamp duty was 213,0001. less than in the
corresponding period of the former ear. So far an I Can
judge of the present quarter the tkenase is filly main-
tained, and, in point of fact, rather exceeded. and therefore
I believe the falling off cannot be leas than 250,000/, or
600,0001. in the year. and 250.11001. more next year. Allow-
ing that I take stamp. at 8.310,0001., the assessed,
tic , titers, and the property tat I take at the
amounts which I belies,- they will produce, namely,
tam*. 4,348,000/, and property tax, 6,3210,0001. Post-office
shout 10.000/. more taws last year, namely, 830.000/.
take the crown lands at the same vote an leer year. because.
whether any alteration he mule in the management or not,
gre r.uoilt will be last
the nab, and then fore I take
them the eame as but year, namely, 100,0001., and miscella-
neous receipt. at 262.000 i. The old stores are rather higher
than last year, namely, 430,000/, which gives me an income
altogether of 42.140,0001. I now come to the chalte—and
I think the home will probably hear with some satisfaction
of a decrease in a portion of the charge on the debt, arising
from • very large purchase of terminable annuities. That'
provides for the extinction of a certain amount of debt ; and
therefore, although • present charge is imposed on the
oonntry, yet we must ultimately derive • benefit from the
Ming in of these annuities. There will also be some
reduction in the charge of the consolidated fund. The
surge on the funded debt, including annuitic., will be
27,688,0001., and the charge for interest on Exchequer
Bills 404,000/ making together 28,002,0001. The charges
on the consolidated fund will be 2,600,000/, making the
af•a4a charge on the funded debt and consolidated fund,
taken together, 30,692,000 T. The charge fur the army,
eluding the commissariat department, I take at 6,593,94.51.;
foe the navy, at 6,537,055/ ; and for the ordnance, at
2,1121,1711 s There is here some reduction of expenditure ,•
bat. looktoir at these three estinithes—the army. navy, and
orinause—there would have been more, but for certain cir-
cumstances to which I shall allude hereafter, and c)..imree,
some permanent, for the %nett of soldiers and sailor., and
sem of a temporary nature, but there will be no reduction
aI doers. (Rowe hear, from the eamorvaiive benches) The

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