The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.

The annual general meeting of the governors o.f
5,
institution was-held in the Philadelphia Chambers' t,
Haekin's-hey, at two o'clock, for the purpose of transa,cg
ing the usual business, and electing officers for the enslirru;
year. There was a very considerable attendance.

chair was taken by the Rev. Rector Campbell. 011
The Chairman. expressed his gratification at being
to give his continued sanction to that excellent instittl ,0
,'
and at the same time to express his regret that,
pressure of other calla upon his time prevented hi a 1 of
attending the ordinary committee meetings. ri,empel
glad to find that the institution was flourishing, 00—.0
that by the blessing of God it would still coating'
flourish.
The Secretary, the,,Rev. Mr. Burton,, read the 013°11

-REPODT.
The period has again arrived in which it devolves ut to
the committee of the Liverpool Dispensaries to presell,ito,
the friends and supporters of this most excellent ies:tta
tion,.the annual report. It is gratifying to the cotelel,t,
to be enabledto state that the institution in every delTbi
ment, is in a satisfactory and efficient conditioe., to
number of patients relieved during the year amope'esiott
35,511 ; of which number, 27,655 received advice st
medicine at' the dispensaries ; and 7,856 were YiSiteao
their borne's., In comparing the number be 13atients.,0
have availed themselves of the benefits of the bisti V
tri
with that of the preceding year, a diminution will be 'te
of 1,894, a fact which induces the hope that during
past year the town has been, more exempt from cliseo
and the comforts of the labouring poor more numet°4
the institution having offered the usual facilities for the „,"
exercise of its charitable designs. The number of apPlic,l'eci
rejected, deemed undeserving of the benevolent 040
the dispensaries have in view, was no less than
The annual subscriptions have, through the indeP4ol
able exertions of the secretary, and various memberd
the committee, .inereased from- £1,627 ss, the ars'6.4l
derived from this source the previous year, to '.£1,7"6,4jitl
notwithstanding the loss of more than £6O, sustain Tbe
consequence.of deaths, removals, and other causes:, 113,
total receipts, however, show a decrease of £43 fis tryi
the amount for A D. 1855, being £3,098 9s 9d ;
past year .3,054 Ils 10d. There has been a falling o'd
donations to the extent of £776 18s 6d; but an increeejej
legacies to the amount of £777 10s, in which is faclutoo
the sum of £7OO awarded to this charity by the exec byre
of the late Mr: James Moon. The' committee oic/
invested £5OO, being a portion of the above legacieeir ty
a view to sustaining the permanent income °`
institution, conceiving it to be, whenever practicable,o.
legitimate use to which legacies Should be applied.„,s4
total expenditure for the past year amounts to gV
33 4d; a decrease on that of the previous one of £35 ly,i,erf
Owing to the diminution in the number of patients, '.03
has been a saving in drugs, leeches, &c., of £76 830.'01
had it not been for needeul repairs, and other unavot
too
expenses, a very considerable reduction would ;p
ben effected in the expenditure of the Cu
The average cost of each patient is about 16‘,.0
Notwithstanding this general satisfactory state ee
affairs of the institution, the past year shows hew dejesdf
ant it has been on uncertain sources of revenue. 4,fid
not been for the handsome legacy of £7OO, the deue'coe
in the receipts for the year would have been verfee
siderable. The amount derived from reliable e°ll,o
viz., subscriptions and interest on dock bonds, falls 'olo°
of the annual expenditure by more than £700,-4.;
indication of the necessity for renewed exertions 1, 00
behalf, on the part of the friends and supporters etol
most valuable charity; and the strong claim which'_r ye,('
upon the public for additional subscriptions. wl
who have the ability, be found unwilling to ackalroo
the claim, or to refuse their support ? You wheel oe t
dente has blessed with abundance ; who have riches yl
much more, than you use ; think of what hapPin,elosei
may be the authors, by bestowing on- this, and S. 1,
institutions, a portion of that wealth which Ye,tiotev,
presently leave to, you know not whom. And you w. 00;
only a competence of the good things of this life;
nothing superfluous in your comforts ; or, is any
fleb
achecation you may forego, to be compared in Value and
with "the blessing of those that were ready to ;Igoe;
but for the timely aid of Christian charity flowin,,,
such conduits of benevolence as that of " the re" "tj
dispensaries.
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The Treasurer, Mr. Francis Mill,. read the
statement of accounts, from which it appeared te;oo,,
expenditure, including the last year's debt, was a 'at;
£3,236 12s 11d, of which £2,585 3s 4d was the:a-elle'
outlay for dispensing purposes, &c. ; the receipts 'VI
hag £1,734 83, subscriptions £l3l 10s, the colleetirese;
churches and chapels were £3,054 Us 10d. The P'
debt was £lB2 Is ld. (01/te4

Mr. Waters moved that the report be ad
printed, and circulated in the usual manner. cal
Mr. 1). Clarke seconded the motion, and it W -
.
unanimously. roe
Mr. Joseph King moved that the thanks of the,
be accorded to the president, vice presidents, and
-
of the society.
d care
The motion was seconded by Mr. Whittle, 0-
unanimously.
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Mr. Carson moved, and the Rev. Mr. Burton se- ifb,
a vote of thanks to the honorary medical- officers)
was also carried. i'o
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Captain Bourne moved, and Mr. Booth seCond.e'A uo,
of thanks to the clergymen and ministers of rebal„,° osr
advocated the claims of the charity by annual ser`"
Ohl
The motion was carried. by On the motion of Mr. Manifold, seconded 0
Hyslop, the president, vice-presidents, committee,
offle?rs for the ensuing year, were appointed- he eild''o
Mr. R. A. Payne then moved a resolution tot ',",stirvg,
that in future a charge of Id be made to the „r•otV,I
relieved by the institution for 'medicines, teeth e%'„` 00
and bandaging, subject to such alteration or susPe"„p4
the law as the committee miehtirom time to time afeato
of. Mr. Payne advocated the resolution at some ecei
urging that in addition to the aid the funds would rodeeo
the change would help to create a spirit of self-dere be
among the poor using the dispensary, and wool'
acceptable change to most of them. .431ep
Mr.:Richard Johnson seconded the resolution, "
also supported at some length. nted.
After a shOrt conversation the motion was actor of
A vote of thanks was passed to the proprietors nof
room where the meetir, was held for kindlY
or
its use. the 11
Mr. Whittle brought forward a resolution for - for!4,
pose of discontinuing the system of canvassing osaro
offlce%of honorary medical attendant to the disPente3
and assimilating the mode of election to that adopt
the Southern Hospital. rOle.
- As, hoWever, it appeared that, by a standing4o 0;oF
such alteration could be made unless el govern","
present, Mr. Whittle withdrew his motion for the
The proceedings terminated with a vote of tb
the chairman. 1

PARLIAMENTARY ON DITS.—lt is stated in well .019
quarters that a very early movement will be rilleu-0,
English member on the present state of the elic,,„colilti
estates court in Ireland. It is understood that ardt
committees of the House of Commons which di,:,011
elude their labours last year will be reappointeu 01080,
instance, those on local dues on shipping, and the
mines. A committee on the subject of agricultawtollf
tics, and one on the Bank of England charter boord,
to be early certainties. The number of privntebeod
come before parliament exceed, by nearly one Ter
those of last year. There are, we hear, a good 13111 AI
and Scotch bills.
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MELANCHOLY TERMINATION OF A MARRIACI-,A000•1!
TION.—On Sunday last, John Stott, aged 28, h-
Mr. Wild, Moss Hey, Shaw, determined that hotid
keep his fifth marriage anniversary by a little if° piP
spree. Accordingly he got some drink. At he,,:olth.
in the evening he went to bed, apparently in foolcy
the morning he awoke about five o'c'ock, and With
something to drink. Nothing seemed wrong 10'e01
then ; but at half past six o'clock he was fellna
Yesterday Mr. Fferrand Dearden held an inque'
body, at the Duke of York Inn, Shaw, when akt
"Died from natural causes" was returned. COC°:I,II4
THE WAKEPIELD TOWN COUNCIL AND THE ..-C„ dO-1
—At the quarterly meeting of the Wakefield too'cojecur
held on Wednesday, in the Sessions House, the 5" 61"0
the income tax was introduced for disussion. 11018
man Boston m wed a resolution, to the effect thal to d
clerk should be la quested to prepare a petitiooo4
Majesty, requesting her to sanction the diseentl,Eits, vioel
the war tax, which should be sent to G. Sands at 'lO
M.P,— Mr. Alderman Harrison was of opinion *460
members of the council who had been foremost is seiit
Her Majesty in the prosecuting of the war, eti''reoe„'oo,'
object to pay for it; and thought that if ee"
with respect to the income tax emanated from tOOOlO9 l
it ought to be to the effect that the whole of ihel,-perol
should cease in 1860, as originally proposed. .7,0
further discussion, Alderman Boston's resolution"
unanimously.
,ara.,oe,
MAYHEWMa. THREATENED.—At the ,--Litiol•
street Police Court, on Tuesday, Mr. Davies, '3lllor,
Buckingham street, accompanied by Mr. Henri preltody
applied for a warrant or summons against the
writer of a letter, signed " Ned Salmon, tic' it no;
man," fur using threats against Mr, Mayhow•iret
recollected that, at the recent meeting of tic:elsllql-:
men, one of the speakers used violent and abas"tirg,ofi
towards Mr. Mayhew, tke originator of the tneeiadtil
Sty
letter in queslion purported to come from this jenercl
and, in the letter, which was of considerable to oeisPD
gros?ly personal and insulting, there were threr, 01°,0 •ol
to Mr. Mayhew that he might expect to be ,ppeltOsi,
some of the ticket of leave men, or garotted, if u-nedital- 6r
in attracting public attention towards the e-bild
ticket of leave criminals. Mr. Mayhew haviei,
cimen of the violence of the presumed writer ihreitot
was desirous of protecting himself against the •ped
out in the letter. Mr. Beadon having ascerteiletter
evidence was forthcoming to show that the 0,0
the handwriting of the person whose signatill"a
to it, declined to issue a warrant.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR MANSFIELD.

THE SHIP JAMES L. BOGART.

KIDNAPPING SAILO P. S.

CAUTION TO DRUNKEN WIVES.—A rather decent look-
ing' woman, named Jane Crosby, the wife of a master
joiner, living at 211 Grafton Street, Park, was changed
under the following circumstances. It appeared, that
On the previous day, the woman was brought before his
Worship on a charge of having pledged a silk mantle,
that was lent her by a lady, and on that occasion, her
husband (who is a respectable and intelligent man) gave
a frightful account of her conduct. He said, for years,'she
was a determined and most abominable drunkard. She
had nearly ruined him, having spent hundreds of pounds
of his money, She pledged and sold every article of
furniture in the house, and used to strip the children of
their clothes, which she sold for drink. On Tuesday, she
took one of the children, about four years of age, into
the cellar and stripped it, leaving the little creature in
a: Most frightful state, and had he not discovered
there is no doubt the child would have died of cold
and hunger. He tried all means to reclaim her, but
totally failed, and the present was his last resource. He
tried several times to make a settlement on her, but she
W,‘lld not accept anything. In consequence of the coin -
tlainant's statement, of which the above is but an outline,
„s Worship ordered Inspector Kehoe to make inquiry into
the circumstances, and that active officer, with his usual
ahilitY, procured a'mass of evidence, which went to show
the frightful depravity of the woman, her utter disregard
ni every thing except drink, and the shocking treatment
h°f stand,
children. The respectable character of the
a - and his sober and industrious habits were fully
ertained. The inspector gave a most harrowing
a'eontit of the appearance of the house and the children,
and declared that in the worst hell in Liverpool he had
never beheld such a scene. Mr. Mansfield said that in
17(3nsequenee of the statement made by the husband,
ebe hadl ordered the inquiry to be made. It was
;„"Itiug to find to what degradation drink would sink a
I
"nlatt• Ilad anything happened to the children, she
tliould have been sent for trial for manslaughter. He
such the best thing he could do to prevent her following
gell a horrible course of life, would be to put a rule of bail
deer,h of two good securities in the sum of £25 each, or in
Tri, twelve months' imprisonment.
LIME STREET " HOP." CAUTION TO YOUNG MEN.
Zwalter Wilson, a thin young man, dressed a la mode—
tinder collar, and so on, and one who evidently came
the denomination of "fast," and whose age
ha about 19, was brought up on a charge of
dose
embezzled the sum of £3O belonging to his ern-
tilers, Messrs. George Goore and Co., Rumford street.
sae prisoner was in the custody of Inspector Murphy, who
411(11' nu Saturday last, the prisoner was sent to Messrs.
isbianisltnn's to receive an account ; he was paid £6B, of
b„ £3O consisted of three ten p and notes. He was to
jj, an account to Messrs. Fox Brothers, Old Hall street.
sea Ding there, he alleged that he had lost the notes, and
yeti
to his office reporting the same. Bills were
:Hated, and the police were informed of the loss, and every
rich was made, but to no purpose. From information
1111. t;rt be (the inspector) obtained, be went to the shop of
,; Van Gruisen, Bold street, where he found the p ironer
ha Purchased a cornopean, for which he had paid £3 10s,
led in Payment he gave a £lO no.e, which turned out to
jo,°ne of the notes he had received in payment at Messrs.
163ustcree. When the inspector arrested him, he got £ll
6d on his and on asking him what he
had person,
th "a
with the other notes; he replied that he went
tea a hp," in Lime street, and then into the supper
teinl of the same establishment, where he changed the
weand lost the greater part of the money. He (the
ector) went to a photographic shop, and got 19s 6d
14101 the prisoner had paid for the likenesses of two girls.
eel:. eor.e
„., 6 Chore proved the facts so tar as he was cop-
al] and sail that about three months ago the prisoner
eged that he lost 450, and he was believed, and his father
oltertook to arrange it. A clerk from Messrs Johnston's
ee proved having paid the prisoner the money, and now
:e,ntified the note paid by the prisoner for the e 4 musical
gns_trulnent" as one of the notes that he gave him. He
tT,w it, because he had previously marked it. Mr. Mans-
it)_”aid the prosecutor had acted very properly in bring.
l_tPe case forward, and if merchants, generally, prose-
tiZt, their clerks who acted dishonestly, and hot allow
le4asty feelis to get the better of them, there would
.01 • h eft° by clerks, as they would have example
pums ment before them'. Mr. Clough (superintendent)
relit)! of the
said : This air, '
iS another instance of the frightful immo-
-,Ch ' hop" in Lime street, and another vicirn of
entntuts,,ad.ded to the crimes which, young men are induced
of
vie it in order to get money to attend this fearful sink
worshei Inspector Murphy said he begged to call his
had
,P's attention to the fact that the people at the hop"
sawn", anged two ten pound notes for the prisoner? and they
be Well aware that he could not have obtained those
truials. honestly. His worship committed the prisoner for

8
bs TEAL/NG FROM A NEWSROOM.—A well dressed young
named Frederick Williamson, was charged with
(:_'ing stolen a scarf, value LI , the property of Mr. Staines.
(1 Friday last complainant went into the newsroom in
street, and left his scarf in the usual place, but
en going out it was gone. This was about three, and at
li,rsut four it was pledged by the prisoner for 4s. The
aoner was sent for trial at the sessions.

it °LI Thursday week there appeared in our paper a detailed
‘°„rt of a case preferred at the police court, under the 147tTh
"u of 0.,e Morchants' Shipping Act, against a person namedo
k :1334' Ruclion, for having acted as a shipping master wit L
1 ,art instead of the r:
11:e°'e, and for seoding two men on board the James . ,
01,4;. 1 the recollection
tee,
r, obin Hood. The details must be quite
the reader. It was brought up by
kid 12,oftbe Board of Trade,e' for whom Mr. Tyndallt appeared,
telde`ne defendant was represented by Mr. Bluck.. The penalty
Pay 1' the act is £2O in case of conviction, or in default of
yetiaent three months' imprisonment. The case stoodl overm tor
TheallaY, in order to produce more Witnesses,m when Mr.
for
c der appeared for the prosecution,
tqlondant. After some preliminary6nodb erv.ations, the
lad Hag evidence was given before Mess4fs. M. ansfield
'ielie iii Aikin, who presided at the . police curt :
;tee °lainaeo was called, and said : I shipped on boardLeu the
18t4 B,,L,•,Bogart as able seaman, and was on board on the
°iglu T' 'January. I was made boatswain, and on that
/I', 0 hal 'aW a boat come alongside, and heard some
lie sects' and say "Is this the Robin Hood ?" and Campbell,,,
aatetnd mate, said "Yes, this is the Robin Hood." It
°at, ~-w° men for' you," cried the boatman. Ropes were pu
'ale'lld the men hauled on board. Christy and Vanderpool
IN then deck, and a,ked the first and second mates if the ship
Nit she it°hin Hood ? and they replied she was. They aske,d,
46 y-th" 18 bound for Antigua, and the reply was " Yes.
11111%,,re Went to the forec'astle, and told me they bad
keli—' for the Robin Hood, at Mr. Hudson's office. The
thip,lt ruornig told the first and second mate that they
kh-e''' for thee Robin Hood, and that she was ahead.
/IN mate then said, " Oh, I will give you Robin
4;,1,_ tp en,°°gh, " and at once took out his pistol
,t" 4 8 •hu,°K him, and that was the first of it. In reply.
~, tot Vick, the' witness said he had no objection to the ship,
'Naar .:I"°hile, as he is a native of Liverpool, (although.f
ita
tat th-em Wan.) The ship was in ballast trim. Can't say
Janei
4.60,,e boatman, or the Ballot's who hailed the ship.
vraC4Psori, a boardin -house keeper at 3 court, aul street,
IlatlelatHined and egaid : I know Charles Vanderpool. On
itit aYs the 18th of January, he went on board, and I was
or„,_,
Vic? the name of the ship was the ' Idas ;" Mr. Wilson,.
leitete'olfane, told me so, and wrote. the name of the ship on
~'.81„ i_PaPer, and that the ship was bound for New Orleans.
die t, s'e,,,'' objected to this line of evidence as not touching his
;,,id 0 t 'lie witness went on to say—l told Wilson the. man
ll'ittl°- want to go to New Orleans, and he replied he did. not
'a ttita' it Was an English ship. Mr. Bluck cross-examined
toNeil:t3"!,but elicited. nothing. Lucy Murphy corroborated the
ek,eekanaiuntetthwe last witless, whenhg.n Mr. Bluck asked for liberty
eqtehe would e
askbofatmen, Mr. Tyndall said, in that
wd'oeurnmen.i, to produce other wit-
-41
1 Athlr- Man sfieerldaseaida ? The witnesses ought to be called,
tt.i°
et
--e
ease terminate. Mr. Tyndall objected to the
I.°, I) 4 ef„witnesses under the act. The witnesses were allowedd
fl'id:e Zl'o_l and John Staab, a boatman, was called,
andan
iiiecanle
.kludson engaged him on the 18th of January,i_ugs
liii:e the cl')'th two coloured men, and put them and theirßogart.
ti at alt: °t ; and told him to go to the J. L. e
, the , ngside, but did not hail the ship, as ho knew her. On
,°° ttlid—eti objected to go on board, when witness told him to
tested d 'Peak to the mate and he did so. There was no line
1141'etIllee of
the men. ' Mr; Mansfield : 'Why did the man
tb. -g° on board 2 He said the ship was not that which
lhalt'Pl'ed for . i, •
N about , when witness told him to go on board and
did °let). t, 't.i and he did so, and then made no objection ;
ti. 4, t here was a line let down for the clothes. Witness
the g° on board the ship. Daniel Evans, the mate
)44,, last • '
tl,44eid witness, corroborated his statement. Mr.
, tew said :
14 a" oe d The case was an important one,
sh;leither L eubt the defendant bad acted without. a licence,
de' ditt u, troself nor his colleague (Mr. Aiken), had the
t..t„ ..et ~,, l''elati' euttY in deciding on it from the evidence. The
Ito,' alt 1 Pay Pay the full penalty of £2O, or go to gaol for
/14hpe a. Mr. Tyndall opplied for the costs, which his
yinlll aranted, allowi vsg per diem for the witnesses.
„, aelt naked
time"-H." 1 Mr. Tyndall
v‘r talentfor to make payrnentov ien A .
i%
tivtlett, that,aftottlimr
ehours. It was then ascertained from Ir.
and that
the usual time allowed for payment was one
Was allowed to the defendant.

TILE PATER DUTY.

DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.

On Wednesday, a numerous and influential deputation,
consisting of the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M. P. ; Mr.
John Hamilton, London ; Mr. Alderman Baldwin, Bir-
mingham ' • Mr. George Dawson, Birmingham ; Mr.
James H. Rawlins, Wrexham ; Mr. George Bucknall,
S roud ; Mr. Richard Moore, London ; John Watts,
Ph. D. ; Mr. James Hoppy, Mr. Win. Wickham, of
the Ballot Society ; ,Mr. George Stiff, Mr. Thomas Bain-
bridge, TAT. Edwin Walhouse, Mr. Joseph Hyde, Mr.
Charles Hill, Mr. T. Wilson, Mr. Charles Elt, Mr. Baxter
Langley, Mr. Plummer, for Mr. Ingram, M.P. ; Mr. W.
A. Smith, and the Rev. Robert Everest, waited upon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. T. M Gibson, in introducing the deputation, said
the gentlemen present were the representatives of the
society for removing the obstacles that existed towards
the mare extensive diffusion of knowledge, and for that
purpose were anxious for the removal of this particular tax
on the manufacture of paper. The object was to bring
under the attention of the government the necessity fur
dealing with this duty with a view to its repeat. They
took their position upon the broad principle of commercial
policy ; but hitherto their views had not been dealt
with in the same spirit. Committees of parliament had
considered the subject, and successive ministries, at
different periods, had held out expectations that this
duty would be dealt with, and they (the deputation)
thought that th" time had arrived when no further delay
should be permitted in forcing the matter on the atten-
tion of the government. Upon educational grounds
alone the question was one which entitled it to the best
consideration of the government. There certainly existed
obstacles to the extension of education, arising out of
religious differences of opinion which could not be easily
removed, but at the same time there were impediments
to education which might be removed, and amongst
these was this duty upon paper, which it was believed
could be removed without any injury to the finances of
the country.
Mr. Collett, the secretary to the Society for Promoting
the Abolition of the Taxes on Knowledge, then read the
following able and interesting
MEMORIAL.

" In bringing to your notice the arguments for the repeal of
the excise duty on paper, we have the advantage of the weight
both of precedent and authority. Not only was the excise
introduced into England at one of the most unfortunate periods
(of our history, and condemned by both parties in turn ; but of
late years political economists have been unanimous in laying
down that all excise is hurtful to the manufacture of the
article affected by it ; and that, by impeding the employ-
ment of capital, and narrowing the market for labour, it
tends to create distress, gradually ripening into pauperism and
crime.
"In obedience to these maxims, all excises have been abo-
lished, except those on intoxicating liquors ; the raw materials
of intexicating liquors; and upon the article paper.
"It is impossible to know what would be the natural state
of any manufacture which has been for so many years under
the withering influence of government superintendence and
exaction ; but some idea may be formed of the mischief done
by the tax on paper, if we recollect the dovelopement of the
manufacture since the duty was reduced.
" In 1835, the duty on first class paper was threepence per
pound, and the total amount of paper made in the United
Kingdom was—First class, 54,067,562 lbs ; second class,
16,587,025 lbs ; total, 70,654,587 lbs ; the gross revenue
being £833,822; the net ditto, £771,162. In 1855 the net
revenue was £1.031,808 ; the gross ditto, £1,123,561.
Which, at three halfpence and 3-10ths of a farthing per pound,
gives 171,209,295 pounds as the amount of paper manufac-
tured in the year 1853. Being an increase of 140 per cent.
on the amount made in 1835, 18 years before.
"An additional argument is to be found in the fact that,
for the last few years the duty has remained stationary—if we
should not rather say that it is retrograding—and this on the
face of the great increase in newspapers and periodical publica-
tions. The following table of the net revenue for the last five
years proves this :-1851, £928,876; 1852, £941,8.27;
1853, £1,049,661; 1854, £1,050,629; 1855, £1,047,430.
" When the duty was universally admitted to be a serious
hindrance to the manufacturer, and was consequently reduced,
the amount of paper produced was on the rise, as will be seen
from the following table of the net revenue for five years :-
1831, £701.149 ; 1832, £682,707 ; 1833, £715.743; 1834,
£748,478 ; 1835, £771,162.

"In 1839, an expedient was adopted for making up a
small but annual deficiency in the revenue, which has had
disastrous effects upon the poorer manufacturers of paper. An
addition of 5 per cent. was made to the duty, that is to say,
the duty of £l4 a ton, or three half pence a pound, was
raised to £l4 14s. per ton, or three halfpence and 3-10ths of
a farthing per pound. This 3-10ths of a farthing has ruined a
number of paper makers; how many, is a secret in the possession
of the excise ; what we know on the subject is, that the
number of the mills in England and Wales alone ascend as
high as 694 ; while, in a printed list, ftrnished to us by a
correspondent, and dated 1852, we count only 443 mills ; and
since the publication of that list, 89 of the manufacturers
named in it have been returned as non-existent by the post
office. This suggests a decrease of 340 or nearly 50 per cent.
in the number of the paper mills in England and Wales,
owing to the ingenuity of Sir Francis Baring. If, as is to he
hoped, the estimate is exaggerated, it will be easy for the
officers of excise to correct it. It is easy to see that the extra
3-10ths of a farthing would ruin the small capitalist. A mill
turning out eight tons per week, and realising a profit of three
hundred a year on 416 tons, would on the increase of duty
have to pay an extra sum of £291 4s. to the tax gatherer; and
would thus work without any profit, while it would be

impossible for the owner to increase the price of his paper.
This is exactly what has happened ; Mr. Baldwin, a paper
maker at Birmingharn,`wroto and published a letter to Lord
John Russell, in which he specified particular mills that would
be closed by this means—and his predictions worn actually
accomplished.

"So great is the number of paper makers verging towards
bankruptcy, and compelled to sell their paper under ita value
in order to meet the payment of duty, that respectable paper
makers aver that they can buy paper in the market as good as
their own, at a price lower than they can make it.

" The paper duty has been recognised from the beginning,
as a tax on knowledge, by the fact, that Bibles, prayer books,
and works published by the universities in the Latin, Greek,
Northern, and Oriental languages, are allowed the privilege of
a drawback by the Act of Anne. We know not why the
horn book of the artisan's child should be taxed, while the rare
books of the rich collegian are exempted, nor why a drawback
should be given to works which are always sure of a ready sale,
while the tax is exacted from works that no not pay theii
expenses. _

" If, on books, the fax is most unfair to authors ; on cheap
publications, and particularly on newspapers, it is most injuri-
ous to the public. Take for instance, a daily paper weighing
14 to the pound; supposing its circulation to be 20,000—that
gives 6,260,000 copies per annum, equal to 447,1421b5., or as
nearly as possible 202 tons, which, at £l4 14s. per ton, gives
an annual tax of £2,940. It is no longer a question whether
poor people aro to have newspapers; surely to take away
the author's fund is to condemn the poor to the perusal
of trash.

" There are other points which will require similar considera-
tion if the duty is to continue. The tax on the paper used in
packing is sometimes a considerable item, and we cannot see
why paper exported as wrappers for goods should not receive a

drawback as well as paper that is exported separately. The

private maker of envelopes has to pay a duty on the waste from
which an envelope maker who is a mill owner is exempt.

The waste is worth 419 per ton, and the tax £l4 14s,
These are, however, inequalities inherent in the nature of
the tax. There are otbers which are riot so easily accounted

" We know, sir, that the main question which we come
here to ask, is one on which, to use the words of your pre-
decessor on the very same subject, ' the lips of the
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minister who holds your unfortunate situation are sealed ;'
but we do venture to hope that yon will answer two very

simple questions on which official reserve certainly does not
compel silence-1. What is paper? 2. What is pasteboard ?
We are prepared to show that on Florentine buttons made

at the mill, of What is commonly considered brown paper,
no duty is paid, while the very eall4o substance, if it leave the
mill in sheets, or if, though made into buttons it be covered
with white paper, is charged with duty, and must therefore he

supposed to be. piper. We should like to be informed on the
best authority, whether that which is taxable paper or millboard
when it is a foot square, ceases to be so by being cut into discs,
and if so, how the covering of these discs with white, re-
invests them with the character of paper.
"A similar mystery exists in regard to pasteboard: The
Act requires that the pasteboard maker, not being a millowner
shall weigh his paper in the presence of an exciseman, and
shall, when his pasteboard is made, pay a duty on the increitsed
weight. We are informed that by some poetise not generally
understood, the addition of the paste actually diminishes the
weight of the paper; and that in Birmingham these is only ono
pasteboard maker with whom this i; not the case, and that all
the others, consequently, escape payment of the duty.
6' We earnestly recommend to your attention these argu-
ments as a small portion of the objections which may be made
to the retention of the only excise now remaining upon our
manufactures, except those on intoxicating liquors, or the raw
materials of intoxicating liquors.

Mr. Alderman Baldwin, having alluded to his own po-
sition with reference to the manufacture of paper in Bir-
mingham, and which afforded him the opportunities of
becoming practically acquainted with the operation of
the tax, said that, in his opinion, whoever was Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, by whom the repeal of the duty
would be effected, would be considered one of the wisest
and greatest financiers that the country had produced.
The repeal of this tax would be the means of affording a

vast increase to employment throughout the country. He
illustrated the hardship of the tax by stating a personal
fact, namely, that he paid £12,800, a duty which formed
2-sths of the price at which he sold his paper, so that he
had to work a powerful engine, consuming 100,000 tons
of coals, and employ 200 pairs of hands, and had to work
for twenty weeks to pay the duty alone. The operation
of this tax was most injurious, and placed this country
far below Germany and other continental states in the
manufacture of paper, and in those articles in which
paper was used. His position was that the remission of
the tax must act beneficially on the revenue of the country
because it would have the effect of increasing the amount
of employment, and consequently the amount of income
derived from exciseable articles. He then adverted to
the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers; which
had been attended with most beneficial results, and in
his own town there had been an increase in the number
of papers sold from 15,000 to 60,000. He contended
that the repeal of the duty would greatly benefit educa-
tion, and on a broad principle the reduction of duties
on various exciseable articles had operated beneficially
on the revenue of the country.
In reply to the Chancellor, he said the price of school
books was materially affected by the tax, and if its
repeal would not lower the price of cheap newspapers,
it would enable the proprietors to give a better article to
the public, which was the same thing.
Mr. Rawlings, Mr. Elt. Mr. Hyde, Mr. Watts, and
Mr. L.ngley bore testimony to the injurious effects of
the tax upon the interests of the trade, and the cause of
education.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply, remarked
that certainly some very strong facts bearing upon the
case had been brought forward, and the subject should
receive his consideration ; but at the same time he
might state that the present was not the most favour—
able moment for entertaining a subject upon the re-
mission of a duty that would entail a diminution of
revenue.
The deputation then retired.