The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-16 00:00:00

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MIL HUME, M.P., ON TAXATION AND
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

The adjourned meeting of the Merchant Company,
the ChllDe.f of Commerce, and others, to hear Mr. Hume,
Kr., on taxation and parliamentary reform, was held ou
Moeda' forewent, In the Merchant.' Nall, which, at the
beginiong of the proceedings, was not more that half filled,
and 11.611 never at any time crowded. Mr. Hume (who
arrived in li'linburgle on Saturday evening) was loudly
envie el ... he enter, il the hall, accompanied by Mr. James
'Wilson, Mr. J. F. Maefarlan, Mr. Duncan M'Laren, Mr. J.
11. Stott, Mr. John Johnstone, Mr. W. Cowan, Mr. It.
Walker, Mr. It. M. Graham, and several other mem-
bers of the Merchant Company. anal Chamber of Commerce.
On the motion of Mr. J. I'. Macfarlan, Mr. I% ttaosr,
Master et the Me rchaut Company, was called to the chair.
The 1'11.% I ItMAN, in order to explain the 'mottoes' of
the att. lidanee, stated that this was not, and never was in-
tended to 1.., considered as a meeting of the citizens of
Lilinhurgh, but it was .imply convened in consequence of
a letter town Mr. Hume, addressed to Mr. Maefarlan, re-
questing a conference with the ('hamber of Commerce,
with the view of ascertaining the sentiments of the
community with reference first, to the income and
property tix ; and second, what amount of parliamen-
tary iret.writ was likely to be satisfactory. Ile then
Mat. il, in r, gard to the income tax, that the Chamber of
Goren, an, and the Merchant (7umpany hail, in lack, sent a
nu mor,Al to the Lords of the 'rn•Asuey, representing that
they raw,-,d,-rid that tax to be essentially a war tax, which
should es ese anal determine as soon as the exigencies which
call. el toy its imposition had passed away. The question
was, whether the community of Edinburgh still entertained
the .anie setatiments.
Mr. II I'ME then rove to adder vs the meeting, and was
received with baud cheering. Ile said he was anxiety,
SO tusve the opinion of the meeting on the inencno-tax,
Mhe knew that the Merchant Company and the Cham-
ber of Commerce had agreed to a resolution some
time• a:so, expressing a very decided opinion on the
Subject. Ile was anxious to have this opinion, because
be atonal almost alone in the House of Commons in es-
rani to the views which he held on the subject of taxa-
ties. What he had done on the attempt to renew the tax
last year, hr had attempted in 1642. When Sir Robert
Pad first Introduced the bill, he (Mr. Ilume) stated to
him that it was both unjust and inquisitorial—that it
was contrary to the rules which had directed the levy-
ing of that tax in 1002, 1693, and 1691, when the first
projarty•tax was introduced into England, in the reign
of William and Mary. Then the principle bud down
was that wily property realised was subject to the tax.
At that time no less than Is. per pound was levied on
income arising from property— rind on incomes :arising
from pr.ah ne ssio—what he called variable incomes—a tax
way also levied, not on the amount of the income, but the
amount of the income wall capitalised, and the amount of
interest Arising from that capital was then taxed the same
as proper'''. (Hear, hear.) Thus variable or professional
humor, were placed on the same footing as certain incomes
arisine irons property. lie (Mr. Hume) pointed this out to
Sir Itotert that, when he stated that he only intended the
prep its tan of 1841 as a margin to enable him to carry out
the reforms lie intended in the way of tree trade, and he
thought it would lie better ,just to take up the tax as it had
bees bid down in 18111, and make as little alteration on it
as pos.ihie, considering that it was only a temporary mea-
sure. Ile (Mr. Hume) thought, therefore, that it would be
Very ungenerous in him to attempt anything which would
prevent the honourable baronet from carrying out these
measures of free trade to which he had become a convert,
and which he (Mr. Hume) had advocated all his life. Ile was,
therefore, restrained from proposing its reconsideration in
rill and Hers; but in the late session he divided the house
tin the very same question, and his motion was carried. The
motion carried was, that the property tax should be con-
tinued for one year, with the view of affording time to re-
via• the whole system of taxation ; because to take up one
tax separately was not for a country like this, levying
65,00,1f00r, a-year of taxation. They ought to act on such
principles in this question as they considered souud and
just, for too long had their legislation been only for a class—
at am- time for the benefit of the landed interest—at another
the manufacturing—at another the shipping—all pulling
against one another, and never considering that their interests
were identical. (Cheers.) These few observations would ex-
plain to them why he had taken the course he had adopted.
As be lett London extremely unwell, he did not intend to
have airy public meetings, except with his own constituents ;
lad, the refore, the present one was to be considered as
having been wholly occasioned by Mr. Macfarlane zeal to
ascertain for him (Mr. Hume) their opinion with regard to
the syste it of taxation, .and the other great and important
point—the reform of parliament. It appeared to him that
there was a great mistake with many clear-headed men on
this eubjeet. As a radical reformer, be was one who always
seashell to amend and not to destroy. It was a great mis-
take to confound the radical reformers with those violent
and wild men who did not know what was wanted. Our
proposition hail always been to amend the existing constitu-
tion—to overturn nothing which was within the letter of
She constitutiou—to get for the people the utmost amount
Of power comistent with the principles of that constitution
.--to have the House of Commons a representative assembly,
as it veil only at present Was not—and to obtain the best go-
vernment for the people which could be got. These were the
°hints which he and the other reformers who acted with I
him had ail along had, and it was on these points that this
Itctrieolis had now to speak out. There seemed to him to ,
lit a gri at want of moral confidence abroad—people dis-
teemed their own opinions—they were much divided in'
math r. of opinion and interest—they would not unite Loge-
they. The llouse of Commons should represent every clue
of awn, whatever their interests and opinions ; and the eon-
ailiatlol. must he varied according to the changes going or
in the country in the lapse of time. When their coasting.
bon was tinned, the landed interest was the predominant!
interest -A commanded everything; since then the popula- ;
tioa hal (lunged. We have become now a manufacturing
Country. That was now the largest interest. And how did ,
kr show that ? Because., whilst the number of individuals'
employed in this country on the land had stood stationary
for the la-t twenty or thirty years, they would find that all
the tare, increase in the population had been in the core. ~
menialand manufacturing interests. The constitution, :
therefor-, to answer the purpose of good government,
must be made to protect equally all interests. lie ,
I'm one who regretted exceedingly that the cons-1
interest was so oppreseed by the agricultural in-
West; and he was equally ready to say that be would ,
tegret if the agricultural interest were to be oppressed
1:01 the great commercial interest. To use rather a homely'
igastretieu —there was not a man among them—a menu-
tietaret —who did not wish to improve his machinery to
..the Itrestt st extent. Every man of whatever clase—whe-
mj_kr was in the cotton, linen, iron, or any other trade
ii;;;"gr'd object was to have the best machine and tools
1:orli with. Apply that to the House of Commons.
Homed COMMON was the timing machine of this
Xl7'—the machine for making laws and for carrying
j: "I i sad why should they not, on the same prin.
!. tbdemenr to make that machine the best possible
?LI!. enzymes, as they did all other machines? (Cheers.)
'.., an illustration which anybod might under-
--"a . tad that was the opinion he held. The reform
xt1.,., 'lease of COIIIIIIOOI lay at thoe bottom of all other
an tanits. Unless this was btained, they mialst
alt ,d''bt.'" say improvement in the laws, or in
a. ~4"46trltice of the laws ; end he was sure that
aiti4.'rt ef the country wanted improvement in the
y..., mration of the laws more than Scotland. (Hear,
.; le etel7 ow of their civil courts they had all the