The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

ti ad that the audit, when cempleted,ie absolutely worthies+
in of er reapects, the auditors- lasing so traairdeleii that they
cannot discharge their chuiese tiffisieatly, and some of the
•most important public de eartmeats auditing their
owa walnuts. The remedief we Fug eeet for
votes conetderation are, Ist, a lteeenteo ‘Ftweerae
Coolutrritee: 'of the House of OtythrilOnS, • invested
F with sotl.4ent power s to „ bupeTintetld. efrcetively
birth the preparation of the estimates for the publie.Terviee
and their applicltion when vested'; 2edly, the enfercernent
of na honest and intelligible system of PUBLIC BOOKKEEI'-
*Ofrin lieu of the present junitile errnieteriee, entitled the
e"'Ffilenee .kceotinter and: th 3 oetablishment of a
,
ceiromen euetrive, an e ineteeenamit system of AttniT, such
,as previa.; in France, or e:her coautries. The reduction
of th 3 present anemone expenditure, of the country, and a
thorough reatifion of the mean; of meeeieg the neceesery
expen,es of fee,State, are else snbjec,s eminently weitehy
of your attention. At present the grew burden of ta.tecion
pre;sesapon commerce, mannfeeteres. and industry. wlllet
iealitedeeeeperty, which desires neaeier all iis value fora
their prosperity, escapes cemparetively untouched. Yoa,
;tee aware how the •ttsr, TAY, irtlyOlod. in the reign of
William 111., as a just equivalent f)r the eenditi ens on
'Whieh land was origittally held, hartieli fettered stway ;
stud 'nu e3t131: see heei menstroady titijiiet it is .111;t this
tax shenid new les in some places many shiilingn in others
onit ehe fraction of a farthing U.l the pound, iin other.;
. net. ine at ell. We believe it perfectly possible„ by an
eeptitabhl system or meetly TAx4TION, ab cue roots
'sea 'nectsn ie-etes aLogethea ' retii,heing only a
few of thorn, to ..Tanta the present eta Met of
rev ma.), or evert mirth greater smn, With
pr_RSOTO on the c ,uetey,' and at much sonaqv
cest ore than under the peesent system We els)
belieVethat if each a change were made, scare-sly any bounds
can be :set to the developmentof the netionelres mrcee which
it would permit, or to thee ben -fits'whieh twOuld Wee from
it to al' -claAies° bfehe'commanity. We therefiee commend
to yon meitr'escioas coosideraien the neaeseity of rigid
-ecorionry hi the riblit expenditure, and a coropleteriWsioit
of cur systent of taeatien.
We are of cipinion„ ,440 g;vel:.noient of. such an empire
as tees hal Cillitttl3ll94llll 'upon its hands -with eat turning
manuketereiiitgtiMeileepere int'eidditiOtt. In severe! of
eine publications wgit- ye exposed thk4eSte, the bungling,
and the -rpsb4lstvy'-wilicltlFeeta,-tre-ba- itreeparable from its
shipbUilding establishment; we are convinced that ita'i
menufactoriesas4Velelyrich, I) apooteli. Pembroke, Refold,
"ankbther places are cenducted oat peinciPle4e4hieli would
inTallihrf leirilteklAtiltrep-ey Ir> any- psiveveieoancere, the
exalts leeie.e,oeet pf alleleeppeadeeet with the expenses ; and
"4e-hold-that-if ell thitt is required to be done w,:re left to
6,,iii:tte e tpital„ and energy, under proper reso
.'.Arty, it Woald- he Intrch hg'..fee and -ifiifEri more cheaply
dens for government than by it. :We therefore euggest a
thoreeghinyestigetion into these mattere, as likely to .be.
atteeded with great natWAl advantage.
We trust tint, maintaining and ex:endiag the 'prioniples
of free trede, you will remove =till unjust restrictions and
abeil,isli all mon teci dies. - The excle siva peivilsgae of the
.Bank r rgl old ape ehese of the Hudeiu's Bee Company
will he brought wider your .consideralion Tie former
are injeeiliis to the cemmitnity, the latter are oppoeed alike
to law, desliCe and eound'ablenial, e:lfeizi a tionneed.
that various mea,,ii,es fetq(peemPreieelerieok.-.iiiile es will.
'be propounded in-she coaling session. Amongs'-, them, it
is to be hoped, wilt be oee to save the country the delay
intl'expinee of ea-eneattringloti, fortyto4, 0,4;4111_8 wile
ackaowledgeetheitaateilt tbeforee.tlie-magisteatee oanO tiler to:.
cheapen and simplify the conveyance ef reel nropartye
& third to avoid the loading of the. Statute Beek with acts
to repeal or amend. peers el: acts, py.ingladieg in the amend-
ing net alleateclie4it;S.of piece st o !tees es are intended'
to be retained, aped, abolishing all the. rest,. so that the
emendei act shall contain the whole law on that particular
subject Jr is rningured-that you will be asked to give a
dowry of Cio,ooo per annum, or some to her exerbitant
min to the -Princess Royal on her appreaceine mar-
riage. with the Prince
,of Prussia, We thick that
her Geacioue Majesty and her Princely Consort have
ample mains to provide.. dowries for their, own
ettildren e and we t;us, that you will reselutely-
opeose any propositien of this nature, We =lset,net, that
When asked, es asked you wil be, to Fo side an eetablish-
teent for the Prince of Weles, you wail e q lire what has
beeome of elle revenues z f the Ducthy of Oct n 'itealt during
his minority ; these maw have emounted to not much lees
than a million of money, and if it is ad gene, there would
be sores tottisfact;on in keowing whet has' been done w th
it. There are two other peints to which we would just
allude before condeding. ,The first is the. eustom wnich
the British Parliament alone, of all the legis'ative ass- Bi-
blies in the world, has of turning night ite..o ray, and of, en
transacting important affairs when many of its members
are slumbering in their seats. We would ask you whether
it is net reasonable to sun's° that the public business
would lee much better done before has efer dinner. The ,
eeeeene pot." 1,...11,A, 41112.--Err-rMers;cl tirufs y ••• .1-I[2.CAi
beta iit the habi, of thinking freele, and mpeeking beldly, we
have an especial objection, becauee it prohteite all allusion
in public petitions to seeeches delivered in debate by the
peoele'e representatives. We think it would be more to
their honour and the public advantage, if; instead of
claiming this exemption feota criticism, they gave their
censtituents the finest possible opportunity of ex-
pressing either praise or censure in petitions or
remonstrances respectfully worded, because if this pri-
vilege be denied them within the house, they will exer-
cise it, with an added grievance, • cut of doors.
In conclusion, gentlemen, we altogether discard the
notion, industriously circulated in certain quarters, that
you have,-fir the mist part, been returned to parliament
as supporrers of one inan,, pledged to support his policy,
fereign and domestic, whatever th'et may chance to be.
You are expected to act for your country, net for a
party—to look to measure., not to men. We entertain a
cinfideat hope that if the measures to be proposed by her
Majesty's Ministers are not such as you can coue&en-
tiausle support, you wilt oppose them, and look fir other
leaders. Of this we are assu• ed : never had any legisla-
ture such poser ftr good or evil, as that now placed in
your hands. May you exercise it wisely,and well, to the
advantage of our enntuol country, and the benefit of -all
the world.—By, order of theCetineil.
(31geed) ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, President.
Financial Reform Association,
6, York Buildiegs, Dale-street Liverpool, 1857.