The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

that they now_ commenced the first year of
peace With exports three times greater than
the -exports were in 1816. The right hon-
ourable - gentleman' then referred -td the
imports of • grain, -Which were Much larger
than in 1855, when Russia felt a loss ill
that,trade of more than luilfot the trade with her
in' 1854. 'The trade was suspended in 1855, but in
1856, it increased in' expOi is • 'to • 1,208,000 ,quar.,
ters. 'the entrances and clearances of. shipping-
showed a considerable increase in 1856,0Ver that
of all preceding years, and as compared with-1855,,
shoWed tin increase .of .1,700,000 tons, or .19 per
cent., and 1,906,000 tons, in comparison with the
year 1853. To comfort those who thought that.
the shipping trade was to be ruined by th .1 repeal
of the nativation laws, he would state the total ton
none. In 1853 it amounted 'to 15 350,000 tens, but.
.
iri•lBss it fell to 15,367,000 tons, Which, ho',Vever,
rose last yerr to 17,974,000 tails: At the conelusion
of tho•wPr 200,000 to of shipping wcre relieved,•
and it was gratifying to find that that amount of
shipping had:gene back to the. ordinary trade of
eminti'y
.without.any perceptible injury result-
ing: The. number of emigrants that. left the
country. 1852, amounted to 868,764, whilst
during, the last, year , they only amounted to
176,554, which he thought spoke well of trade
and prosperity of the country. The three year's'
expenditure• of the .country dutiog the war,
including the loan to Sardinia, was £228 731,000, •
and - forthe ;same period of peace it was ,C152„813,000,
so that if they deducted tho three years 'of peace-
from the three' years of " War they Would
arrive at a close approximation of the tkpenses.
of the £76;398,000 Tile ritt reVeline.
for the three years of the war was £192,685,000,
including borrowed money, and if they deducted
from it the expenditure of three years' peace, there
would remain a surplus revenue Applicable to war
expenditure of 40,362,000. , The addition to the"
funded and unfunded debt-. was -£41,641,000,
and ,the surplus of war taxation was £40,3U,000-
We left a million in the Exeheemr. He,
.cal
culated the estimate :for the current year as
follows •: Interest •of fanded and Unfunded
debt, • £28,550,000 ; permanent charges on the
consolidated fund, '£l 707,000.; for the army,
including .£490,000 the`nallitia, /11:025',006; for
the' navy, 'including the .coast-guard, £8.109,000;
for the preventive service, .£965,000; civil service,
£725,000; collection of the revenue now brought into
the • Budget £4,215,000. superannuation of the lta-
venue department: £475,000, and he proposed to
take a vote towards the Persian war up to. April
next.: The total of the attpply,charges would he
£32,90i,000, which, added to the chargeof the debt
and unfunded' debt, would mike £632,240,000,;
independent of the repaymentaf the debt.. (Hear,
hear, hea.r) After- refeirlag to the loan of
two millions of exchequer Bonda of 1854,
payable in 1850, and a farther sum of 1280,000,
he 'said that the, total outlay, to be 'proiided
for was eatitnated at £03,226)000, including
live•saliftions• for the collection of the revenue,
,not charged in the _former yetm: The right hen.
gentleman then entered into the army and navy
estimates that have already been published,
whereas there *mild be a redaction Of seven nfl-,
liona, and compared them With- those . former
years, pointing out the increase .and decrease
in the, various items, and_ showing the altera-
tions and. additions it was intended to make.
in ,
,these departments. Ho next adverted
to the 'civil service, . and remarked • that in •
connection with that 'department he should have
to ask for a vote of £30,000 for new offidea. Ho
said that the Exchequer appeared to be in a sound
state,. -and remarked that there was'-'not that
danger. to the' Exchequer now from jol:hing
there Was, in former :times, but 'that the danger
came from the,desire Of philanthropic gentlemen.
Ile did not propose to abolish or reduce...the sue--
cession duty, the paper duty, or the insurance duty.
What he proposed in regard to the income tax
was to fix it as Sir Robert Peel fixed it originally,
namely, at 7d in the pound for three yeam ' In
regard to tea and sugar, he proposed that a More;
gradual reduction should take plane, and that-
they should, In 1861, fall back to the amount
originally proposed, namely—sugar' to .13s
and tea• to ls. The right honourable g.m-
-' genflordm concluded his speech, which had occu-
pied three he...1r,-; in the delivery, by moving that a
sum not exceeding £2,000,000 be granted to Her
Mv,jesty 'to pay off and lischarge ExcheqUer Bonds'
issued. under the previsions of the Act 17thNi.e.,,
chap. 23, aril. dated the Bth. of - May, 1854 'which
would be due and payable on the 8,,h of May, 1857.
The AiSciigsin upon the various' points in the
Achema postponed till they came more directly
'Leith:l'llle House.'

:The motion was agreed to after some remarks
and expl, nations from Mr. Gladstone, Sir F.
Baring►, the Chancellor.
,of the Exchequer, and
others. ,
Mr. W. Williams gave notice that. when .the
question of the income tax came before the House,
he should move to exempt all incomes under £l5O
a yetir.

lON 'AN SUBJECTS. ' •
The lonian Subjects' Commissions Bill was read a
second time.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS

Col. Dunne brought in a bill on. the subject.of Lunatic
Asylums in Ireland.
PASSING DUES ON SHIPPING ABOLITION BILL.
Mr. Lowe moved the second .reading of the Passing
Tolls on Shipping 'Abolition Bill.
Mr. Deedes said he had the authority of the Speaker
for saying that, so far as Itanisgate was concerned, the
bill ought to be treated as a private one, and 'sent to a
select committee.
Mr. Lindsay said it would be a great hardship upon
shipping ifltarusgate should be•omit•ted from the bill.
Mr. Lowe defended the bill, and said that he should
not object to it being sent to committee, if the Speaker
considered that such a step was necessary,
The Speaker said that, according to • the usago of the
house, the bill ought clearly to go before a select com-
mittee.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be sent to a select committee •
Col. Dunne obtained leave to bring in a bill to legalise
the appointment of officers in lunatic asylums in Ireland.
The house adjourned at twenty minutes past ten.