The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

ZIIE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL .REFORiIf

ASSOCIATION.

Since the last report several neW Members, resident in
Liverpool, have been enrolled, and some residing in different
Parts of the kingdom. 'Amongst the latter are Charles
liens of
sq., of London ; Colonel Clinton, of Royston,
1,-!' 'LS AL Paton, EAq ,of Dundee ; Copeman, jun.,
sq'. of the Norfolk News; and Mr. Alexander Graham, of
I:. Andrews. Amongst the correspondence read at the meeting
of the council on Thursday, was a letter from Sir Duncan
',bengal, expressing his concurrence in the views of the
apssociation respecting direct t2r.atiort, and referring to a
üblication of his Own on the subject, of which he forwarded a
copy.

THE CONTINENTAL FREE TRADERS. 1
A letter was ead from M. Corr-vander-Mten, President
tiof the Internatiornal Customs Reform Association at Brussels,
teefere,tesseint aliv?ly interest in the proceedings of the Financial
tbs of Liverpool ; directing attention to an article on
English anti-income taxation, and a translation of the filet
addressll of the Financial Reform Association thereon, contained
5,1 i: Ec3nontiste Beige, of the list inst. ; and urging an
ti 7,4 ° correspondence between the two associations. The
.ter also speaks in high terms of the services rendered by
Francis Boult at the late free trade coneress, and says
-"4t " the able document deposited by" that gentleman will
oappear in the 2nd volume of the proceedings, the first having
ft hPert published. and copies of it despatched to Mr. Neill,
Cot,•v Palate yard, Westminster, the London secretary. M.
ander-Maeren adds that the 131usse's committee is
enrag(l in " incessant battle with the coalesced protected
Thatitifacturers of Belgium," but want funds to carry 'on the
Fr more effectually ; and that the committees of Holland and
prei'ded over, respectively, by M. Van Besse, late
*eitti
s, s•er of Finance, and M. Michel Chevalier, are progressing
Pry satisfactorily.
THE ANTI-INCOME TAX AGITATION.
tlrc a reference to an article in the Times, of the 6th inst., on
uateti burd
Paper duty and the income tax, describing the latter as a
"' en" which must be got rid of before any other tax
4„.0 be reduced or repealed, and also to articles in the Morning
t,", 4tlas, and Liverpool Mercury, advocating sound
'4l4ciPles, andpointing out the mischievous tendency of the
ter °"ail. agitation, which read,—the
, from extracts were
1 ersation of teen Times, and its slavish aubserviency to
alit Desert
were very freely commented on. It was
vlct'hobsearvecl that the newspapers generally, on chiming in
th
'h. e •latilour for the repeal of the income tax. must either
sires
attl,ateal by remarkable disinterestedness or great stupidity,
t/lo slightest reflection must convince them that the way
j„,,i1„!,41, on the paper duty, which, for the sake of about a
"" e
nsof revenue, does mischief to the amount of many
•
th a just to take off the income tax. It was stated, on
ant'
of the proprietor of one of the Liverpool
a
4,°,11"it PaPers, that he paid £1,500 a year in paper duty alone ;
4irre was observed that such a sum as this niieht make all the
,enee between a paying and a losing concers,
*minks
Ice folly of the industrial and productive cl.asses
generally was
_
and
e eta. They
Parl'a were actually go'nte on their knees to beg
members of parliament to a. that which members of
Y
..aent were but too ready t.o do of their own accord-
1` o
`z to throw the-burden off their own shoulders, and place
I,eutt those of the people ; and this too, at a time when it
reLain
re
thquire a very eirong agitation to induce parliament to
tax
win despite of the opposition of the wealthier
Pushed .why it reached in a way such as could not be accom-
' b 7 any tether means.
The . PRIZE ESSAYS.
the rPspriety of offering prizes for the best essays showing
ease., revenue can be raised by direct taxation, provided the
valt; Art' sum can be raised, was again discussed. The only
v9bi" objection now urged against this great fiscal chance,
thq'4 Wccessary to secure perfect freedom to trade being
Vent of a practical plan. The two grand points to be
: Led"tt are, to know the income of the people, and how
it in the least inquisitorial and oppressive manner.
stbss,„' WkarlEieg men, it was suggested that this could be done
-"recoil" emPloyers, and that the wages book could be the
tax es-,`, Without the men having anything to do with the
•:ls„ie'cinector. To exhibit the incidence of the tax at present
than ' a Member submitted a statement, showiug that less
th a fifth of it is subject to misrepresentation. Thus, taking
et,‘: produce for 1856.7 to ba £16.000,000 ; schedule A,
tits'er'llip of land. yields £8,000.000 ; schedule B, oceelrls
at ti,°„,fatl, £1,000,000 ; schedule C, public funds, deducted
• 41a .""11( of England, £2,000,000 ; schedule E, public
rt.'7,ddeducted by the apartments £l,OOO 000 ; and schedule
s.:ioecir 0 ,‘, and professions, £4,000,000, of which at leastk
:°"0 comes from railwey, canal, and other joint stock
declared, al,ni,d is by thean deducted from dividends publicly
°snhissct was deferred for further consideration.
In refer RVCRIMEAN COMMISSIONERS,
•aiid co, etlP- to the Liverpool address to Sir Lim McNeil
-rTulloch, it was suggested that, inasmuch as Lord
ttyie/13Ti, whilst acknowledging the great value of their
eicrsi,z'a in the Crimea, has intimated that those
lare not or such a nature as to require Rey
**thst',„.°4lar recognition on the part of government,
t) ought to he some public testimonial, calculated
.../ttisuow
merits.the sense which the people entertain of their
s _
harticle in the Caledonian fife; cury of the 6,h inst., giving
7celllit of Colonel Tulloch's character and services, from
Pre.
..lvirat joining his regiment in India, 31 years ago, to the
ler' bat etlt period, was referred to. From this it appears that,
to s an ensign in the 45th foot, he bad ovens constructed
!°vide
precut soft bread, and exerted himself successfully to
fresh meat for the soldiers who had
,been fed for two
Prosnrs" bard biscuit and salt provisions tnat lie afterwards
euliated the removal of the gross injustice by which men
deppeel at a shilling a day got only tenpence, being paid in the
lallehelated currency of India ; that he subsequently, with
reliev°PPosition and difficulty, introduced the new system of
tegineents still followed and known as " Tulloch's
Yesrs` Ystern " under which regiments now pass three
Atht A" the Afediteranean, two or three in the West Indies,
r four in America, instead of completing their ten
ti;itt,")"'iga service, as many of them did alnaest exclusively,
tu
'eel*: 'jest Indies, to the all but total annihilation of the
at
All he was mainly instrumental in abolishing the
y* , sYstetu of feeding troops in the West indies, for five
Pro, e1i,,4?,,,the week, on salt provisions, when fresh meat was
on cheaper terms ; that he materially improved the *t„l7^ accommodation in the West Indies, and remodelled
staitern ; and that in these reforms he, as a matter
:IF aurae rsries had to encounter strenuous opposition from the East
l'rease,',.°ll3PanY, and from Ordnance, Commissariat, and
ottcers. For his crowning service to the British
betty n,20 the Crimea, the British Government has decided that
p 001":tentitled to any particular rervard:—it is for the British
hoti v° decide whether this is a just decision. In the mean-
nitro Bneerity of Ministers in the cause of army reform must
fur sttc than doubtful when they can find 1.10 befitting place
a Triatl as Colonel Tulloch.
..„ It THE DUCHY or 1. ANCASTEIL
, at„, 'at
ed that the ease of a person dismissed from ofTice
et,'ectiv; as he alleges,
- he endeavoured to make the audit an
°°es is about to be brought before the House of
I,,'St'oe ° If his allegations are correct, a person of high
"tilo3es borrowed the Duchy funds for his own private
. With the sanction of other officials.
"`t HOW TO OBTAIN A USELESS AUDIT.
cr was road from Mr. H. L. Korgan, the eminent
st "tket
ads 4,11'410 has been employed to investigate the recent
I°‘l's lite City of London Union. The following extract
very zealously the official mind must be bent on
arcing a efficient audit :—" I have a fine specimen
tl° -Triluaerit auditing in the books of the City of
siall•.a°ll;,:li,", andyet the Poor Law Board bas advertised
111,_ -"utter ho mbe either a barrister, a special
deer' an, attornvey or a solicitor in other words, it must be
41/ Who can know nothing of accounts."
•At Wag THE MANCHESTER FREE TRADERS.
kt rerearked as a sinular fact, that ate recent ather-
;:litt%jobte.e, Free Trade Hall, Manchester,t scarcely ag single
Pati I;) "One, was made to the great question of direct
-`lltl re) "ue only means by which the principles of the late
4,4t1134, it4.11111,.14,aw' League can be fully developed. A deputation
lees, Waste for the purpose of holding a conference on the
as suggested.
u the NAVAL DOCKYARD JOBBING.
"'et that"nes of the 2nd instant, there is a statement to the
the ,totti.he rtoyal Frederick, three decker, which has been
at Portsmouth for twenty years, and ready for
s'srlips tv-ij,sttn) but kept there to solve the question whether
aeep as long out of water as in it, is extensively
'a a at-3' 4rY rot, and is about to be lengthened and converted
e
its4stsilt-itato 130 gen ship ! This was cited as showing theft
thet
c:iie,tiosaYstene exposed in some of the earlier tractsre
the 'is still in operation. The secretary was directed
e4te.ntion of some member of Parliament to aisctosetda state-
•. • afo
Z6rick "gg'est an enquiry as to the cost of the Royal
Llv-
we; and also whether, as used to be the case, sundry
etc:ali; aP.Po.inted to her when her keel was first laid, and
eceiving pay from that day to this ?

, Th N •
Arlilati,3eurablaw, 11. ampshire Siatesman says :—" The word
to:licl R ; is not henceforth to be used. in this paper,
Ti 1-,•" 85 (lee; ,11.°111 the editorial pen, as a title to men. It
into
(lee ply into the ground that it better go entirely
1 ,
1\ i Lhe tr
Viscount
th 'l€rst,,,,-.`ell. pass °f Commons, on Tuesday. next, : , e °Derv". will move for a select committee to enquire into
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rj4o ACrtto°ll,o the. act 17 and 1S Vic. c. 102, ingtutled
• raf,i,7),, tre,uronsohdate and Amend the Laws relating to
• te4juers (41,-111;1, and
~ undue influence at elections of
tvill /IR of
thr,sarnament. On the motion for the second
illt,ttilliove tha; Cihburch-ratess Aobnodlition Lord Robert Cecil
time upon that day six
tfthatß; AIL Miallrealicill second
move on an early
people
itl I:041114d being had to .t'he circumstances of the pepl
/N that ' the Buppo tof religious teaching awl. worship
eou_. r
Ita.„t, is utrY by public endowments or parliamentary
the",,tiai . allyPracti incompatible with
.the claim tno
*tat 'regal llll all religious bodice have upon
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