The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-06 00:00:00

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CO!TR tCT FOR COALS FOR BERMUDA.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 4th Dec., 1852.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord Iligh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, That on TUESDAY, the 21st
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
into Store at her M: jesty's Naval Yard at Bermuda a Cargo of
atout 400 Tons of

SIMPSON'S PONTOPS,
WINDSOR'S PONTOL'S,

COWEN'S QA.REFIELD COALS.

The Coals to be dispatched immediately.
A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. do Tender
will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor wi 1 any
be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender mu a be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accom-
panied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to
become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 1501. for
the due performance of the Contract.

GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION.-
The attention of gentlemen on the several establishments of
the public service, is respectfully directed to the peculiar advantages
offered to them by a system entitled Self-Protecting Policies, intro-
duced by the CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
whereby are secured in one policy-
1. The payment of a principal sum at a specified age.
2. An annuity to commence at that age.
3. The payment of a principal sum in the event of death, Ni hcnev e r
that may happen.
4. The full benefit of all sums paid, although the premiums should
at any time he discontinued.
5. Relief from the pa \ ment of premiums after a specified age.
6. Small periodical payMents of premiums so its to suit the con-
venience of the assured.
Every description of business in connexion with life assurance.
A Bonus of 21 per cent. was declared on the 16th June last.
For particulars and prospectuses, apply to
E. F. LEEKS, Sec.
2, Royal Exchange-buildings.

BETT'S PATENT BRANDY having been
now before the Public since 1825, the proaf of its excellence in
its use by discriminative consumers being continuous and increasing.
and its purity and excellence being vouched for by the HIGHEST
MEDICAL. AUTHORITIES, warrant Messrs J. T. BETTS and CO.
in inviting univer.al attention to it as an article of incomparable
merit. Their PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES are, at the same time,
elTective security to the public against the fraudulent substitution of
any interior article, whether as regards their PATENT BRANDY,
their celebrated Whiskey, " THE DEW OFF BEN NEVIS," or
their STANDARD Or' COGNAC BRANDY; either of which may be
o ,tained of respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants throughout the
kimdom ; or in quantities of not less than Two Gallons, from J. T.
BETTS and CO., Distillery, 7, Smithfleld-bars, London.

ATTIRE FOR JUVENILES AND OTRERS

IS best obtained at the establishment of E. MOSES
and SON, or at their Branch, New Oxford-street. corner of
Hart-street. Implicit attention is paid to all orders ; styles uniting
gentility, fashion, and comfort; workmanship which cannot be
equalled, and charges lower than any other Establishment,—are
some of the advantages secured. The best arrangements for the en-
suing Vacation are to be made at E. MOSES and SON'S. Their
Dress for young e entlemen provides a correct fit, irnp9shnr no re-
straint on juvenile exercises—hence its comfort and durability, its
elegance and utility. With the same precision Dress is provided for
Sportsmen, its cut being a peculiarity which E. MOSES and SON
have attained through long experience. and vast amounts of patron-
age; its make, elegance, strength, and cheapness, is appreciated by
all classes of Sportsmen. Infinite variety in WINTER DEISM the
newest materials and designs, the most comfortable and fashionable
order of attire, comprising Over-coats, Capes, Wrappers, &c , the ma-
terials being the best manufactured for this season Though great
advances have been realised on materials, E. MOSES and SUN'S
WINTER DRESS is offered at the same low prices.

EMIGRANTS
Are supplied with a complete OUTFIT, or with any portion of it, by
E. MOSES and SON. All classes of Emigrants, ladies or gentle-
men. cabin, intermediate, or steerage passengers, are presented with
the best and most suitable Goods and Clothing. The lowest prices
ars charged, and the most prompt and efiicient attention paid to all
o 'ders A distinct department is kept for Emigrants to select
their Outfits. All needful information respecting sailing of vessels,
t f f passage, &c., given on application, or sent post tree, with full
Lists of Outfits.

CAUTION.—E. MOSES" and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or "
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
NO CONNEXION WITH ANT OTIIE/L LIOUSE IN oft OUT. OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establist.ment, 154, 155, 156 and 157, Minories, 83,
84, 85, and btr, Aldgate, opposite We Church, all communicating.
London West-end Brfmcb, 185, 507, 508, New Cxford-street 1,2,
,n.i flart-ctreet, all oommunicating.
Bradford ( Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge street.

Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, natters, floaters Farriers, Boot
and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be
exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no ahatement can be made.
• the s;stablishments are closed from sunset Friday tc sunset on
,Aturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve n'elook.
A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the
Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea-
surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part
of the ki4gdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can bo bad, gratis,
On application.
tcl l'on parle Francais. I Qui si parla Italian.
Eller spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se babla Espanol.

WANDLE WATER AND SEWAGE COM
PANY, for the Supply of Water to the Metropolis South
of the Thames, at constant and high service. To be incorpora ed by
Act of Parliament, whereby the responsitrility of Shareholders will
be limited to the amount of their subscription.
Capital b 00,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit 10s. per Share.

TIIIISTENS.
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P.
The Hoe. P. J. Locke King, M•P•
George Stone, Eq., Lombard Street, Banker

AUDITORS.
Samuel Gurney, Jun., Esq., Lombard Street
Peter Rolt, Esq., M.P., Clement's Lane

DIRECTORS.
James Baring, Esq., Piccadilly, and Putney Heath, Surrey
William Blount, Esq., London Joint Stock Bank, and Oche 111

House, Gerrards Cross, Bucks
Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Westminster, and Tewkesbury
Thomas Chandler, Esq., Rotherhithe, Surrey
Edward Esdaile, Esq., City Saw Mills, Regent's Canal
William Maseres Fellowes, Esq., Dorset Square, Regent's Park, and
Reigate, Surrey
George D'Olier Gowan, Esq., Copthall Court, and Dulwich, Surrey
John Macgregor, Esq., M.P. (late Secretary of the Board of Trade),
Prince's Terrace, Hyde Park
Sir Charles Nightingale, Bart, Kingston, Surrey
The Hon. Hugh Rowley, Relgrave Square, and Wimbledon, Surrey
Charles Reynolds, Esq., Wellington Lodge, Carlshalton, Surrey
Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., Park Lane, and Maresfield
park, Sussex

ENGINEEZ.
F. P. Thompson, Esq., Water Works Chambers, Orange Street, Tra-
falgar Square

CONSULTING ENGINEEBB.
Messrs. Easton & Amos, Grovo, Southwark

BANIEIS.

The London Joint Stock Bank, Princes Street, and
Messrs. Martin, Stone, & Martin, Lombard Street

BROKE:IS.
Messrs. Shepherd & Sons, Threadneedle Street, City
Messrs. Carden & Whitehead, Exchange Buildings.
SOLICITOII.B.—Messrs Mullins and Paddison
SECRETARY.—Greenyllle Fletcher, Esq.
OFFICES.--No. 28, Cornhill.

A Bill embracing the proposed objects of the present Company was
before the last Parliament, when, after passing the Standing Orders
and the first and second reading, it was submitted to the Select
Committee on the Metropolis Water Supply. The Government and
the other Bills occupied the attention of the Committee till the latter
end of May, when this Bill was called on, and the evidence gone
into ; but from the improbability of being able to pass the Bill through
the /louse of Lords in that Parliament, and in order to avoid large
and useless expenditure, by the advice of Counsel, it was withdrawn,
upon the understanding that the same measure would be proceeded
with in the next Parliament.
The Metropolis Water Bill passed last Session removes all uncer-
tainty as to the extent of interference by the Legislature with regard
to Water Companies, thereby enabling the Promoters of this Under-
taking to frame their measures to meet all the requirements of the
New Act, and likewise to offer to the capitalist a perfectly secure
means of investment.
The Water of the River Wandle has long been celebrated for its
great purity, and its recent analysis by eminent chemists, fully con-
firm the high character given to it by the late Mr. Telford and Dr.
Rostock, in their examination by the Government Commissioners on
Water Supply.
Every Householder South of the Thames paying Water Rates, is
aware of the proposedarge for the present inferior and insufficient
supply. The rates of this Company will be upon a much
lower scale. It will thus be evident that upon the point of economy
alone, they must command the preference of consumers; but when
the purity of the water is considered, and that the :amply will be
constant and unlimited, all competition will necessarily be su-
perseded.
Although inordinate profits are not contemplated by th's Com-
pany, yet it is firmly believed, looking at the vast extent of the
Surrey Dietriet, and the daily increase of buildings there, that the
present undertaking will afford an immediate, sound, and steady
investment for capital, with every prospect that the maximum di-
vidend, now aliowett by the Legislature, namely, 101 per cent., will
be speedily attained ; proposals having already been made by largo
consumers, to take several millions of gallons daily.
After payment of the Deposit, no call will be made until an Act
be obtained, in which it will he provided that no Call shall exceed
U. per Share, or be made at more frequent intervals than three
months.
Applications for Shares to be made to the Brokers ; or to the
Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 28, Cornhill, where
the plans and models of Mr. Thompson's SUBTERRANEOUS RESER-
VOIRS may be seen, and detailed information obtained.
Bth November, 1852. GRENVILLE FLETCHER,
Secretary.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
To the Directors of the Waddle Water and sewage Company,

Gentlemen,-1 request you to allot me shares of 101. each,
in the above undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to me, and to sign the necessary
Deeds, and to pay when required the Deposit and Calls.
Dated this day of 1852.
Name in full ....... • •• • • • • • •
Trade or Profession • • • • •• •• ••
Address of Referee ••••• • • • •

FREE PORTS.—The seven principal ports of the Canary
lolanda won opened as free porta on the Mb, of October,

THE BUD GrE

(From the Times:)
After employing so many years of his life in at-
tacking the existing system of taxation, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchegner will be :fully prepared to
find his own scheme not universally acceptable.
Indeed, the best scheme in the World would come
with ill grace from a man so long identified with an
unpopular policy. But a budget is always safe to be
attacked—for, first, nobody likes paying taxes ;
then everybody has his hobbies on the subject; and
then there will always be, as there has been for the
last seven years, and as there is now, a strong party
resolved to upset the financier, if possible by fair
.means, if not, anyhow. These difficulties reach
their climax when the said financier has attempted

to do a great deal with a comparatively small sur-
plus, and has gone so far as to propose an actual
re-adjustment of our burdens. In that case, the
most dispassionate people begin to inquire how they
are affected, and to strike a balance between the
taxes to be laid on and those to be remitted Mr.

Disraeli's own friends will think themselves very
hardly used if the first result of their political suc-
cess is that they have, to pay more taxes ; and his
opponents will be still less disposed to accept a loss
at his hands. By consent of all financiers, no tax is
so fair as an inhabited house duty ; but when it
is considered that, under the proposed alteration, a
101. householder would have to pay 15s. as inha-
bited house-duty, and a 151. householder 11.25. 6d.,
it is easy to anticipate the opposition to be encoun-
tered. This class, too, besides its political power,
has a power of another, and nom' serious_mLi--1
a power of nonpayment. Everybody V:n Everybody
difficult it is to collect rates from small house-
holders. They are always in arrear—perpetually
increasing beyond the hope of recovery. Law, par-
ticularly English law, avails but little where the
stake is small. There is a proverb which tells us
the utmost we may hope for when we take the law
of a poor man. It is too vulgar for quotation, but
the meaning is that we shall get what we would
rather be without. This is the practical case of the
101. householder in the question of finance, and,
even if we try to evade the difficulty by allowing
the landlord to commute for the taxes of his tenants,
as he already can for the rate 3, we only bring a new
enemy into the field. But the difficulty is increased
by the simultaneous extension of the income-tax to
property at 501. a year and income at a 1001. In
a treatise on taxation we certainly should expect to
find two su.ch propositions advocatedtogether ; but in
practice we should wish for, at least, a good interval.
Abstractedly, no. _reason can be given why a man
with an estate in land worth 1,5001., or with 501. a
year in the Three per Cents., or in railway shares,
should not pay income-tax as well as the country
surgeon, or the curate, who just gets his 1501. a
year, and contributes to the existing income-tax ?
But, we repeat, justice is not always practicable in
taxation. It is a question of expediency, of possi-
bility, of the strength of classes—of their strength to
resist, as well as to bear—of their patience of their
honour, and other moral peculiarities. Will it be
possible to squeeze income out of merchants'
clerks and ' small tradesmen of 1001. a year ?
Hitherto we have admitted the justice of the pro-
posed extensions of taxes. As to another measure
of the Budget, there seems to be a very general
opinion, not of its injustice, but of its illegality.
The nation has long decided a tax to the fund-
holder, notwithstanding the clause in the act of
Parliameht which seems to protect him ; but then
it taxes the funds in common with all other proper-
ties and incomes. It lays no special duty on thein.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer seems to give up
this very proper scruple when he extends the in-
come-tax to Irish funds, but not to land in Ireland.
Surely he will see reason to set this right by includ-
Mg the Irish landlords in his scheme. There are
proprietors receiving incomes of fabulous amount
from the soil of Ireland in well-paid rents, and with
very little trouble : why should they not be made
to pay as well as the poor creatures who are to be
mulcted for their 100/. or 501. a-year in this
country ? This anomaly strikes one all the more,
because it is found in a budget which aims at
rigorous justice, to the disregard of serious practi-
cal considerations. It's only as a just budget that
it can be expected to make its way ; but the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer must come into court with
clean hands. He must deal justice all round, with-
out any exception. Let him tax the Irish land-
owner, and then our small shopkeepers and clerks
may perhaps submit to be shorn with the rest of
the flock. What is more, they may be compelled
to submit, however little they may like it ; for the
removal of the Irish exemption will entitle the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to all the support
Parliament can give him for the purpose.

(From the Morning Herald.)
We have now had time to learn, in a variety of
ways, what is the public feeling with reference to
the Budget. And we can say, with the utmost
sincerity, that we should hold ourselves most guilty
if we could present to the Ministry and its friends
a false or flattering view of the popular feeling.
Desiring, therefore, neither to delude ourselves or
any one else, we have carefully examined the
opinions which have been presented to us ; and we
report most faithfully the
result of one day's
search to have been—a large number of persons
greatly pleased with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer's plan ; one displeased with it as too favour-
able to the land, and unfavourable to the town
population ; and one lamenting that the Minister
had not repealed the whole of the malt tax, aug-
mentingto Supply the deficiency.
Unless, therefore, we have happened to fall in
the income-tax
with thirty or forty persons in the course of ten
hours who gave an erroneous impression of the
public opinion, we hold that the
question: is decided.
" The first day's poll," as far as we can learn the
result, is about 20 to 1 in favour of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer. And We should arrive at the
same conclusion from examining the various news-
papers. The daily journals of Saturday, even those
which are most opposed to Mr. Disraeli, are com-
pelled, apparently, to admit the various merits of
his scheme. The Daily News and Morning Adver-
tiser describe the plan to be of the boldest charac-
ter. The Morning Chronicle, the most inimical of
all to Mr. Disraeli personally, is forced to be, for
the moment, silent. As for the Times, it is in ex-
tasies with the whole scheme.
Unless, therefore,
mustil a r
sourceeci of strength and popu-
a
some sudden light should break in upon the people,
or some revolution take place in their
opinions, the
y accepted. And, if ac-
cepted,For observe the vari-
ous boons it confers on so may different classes.
1. The remission of lighthouse dues to the ship-
ping interest, a boon for which two such Liberals
budget
erpi tt ed
i o
itf 1-853
be already
the Government.
as Sir J. Duke and Mr. Clay felt bound to express
their instant gratitude.
2. Permission to the West Indian planters to
refine sugar in bond—a concession equal
ferential duty of Is. 6d per cwt.
3. The remission to the agriculturists of half the
duty on malt, and of the war duty on hops.
4. The concession to all trades and professions
of one-fourth of the present income tax paid by

them.
5. The concession to the fanners and poorer
clergy of a more just method of estimating their
income tax.
6. The concession, to all classes of more than
one-half the duty on tea ; which ;Fill reduce the
price of good tea, in three or four years, to 3s.
per lb .
Assuredly there has been no budget since the days
of " Prosperity Robinson," which has offered the
people any concessions like these. Sir Robert
:
Peel's tariff of 1842 was indeed a large measure
but what a price was exacted for it in a property
Whereas ail the
tax of five millions per annum
countervailing element in Mr. Disraeli's budget is
simply a raising the house tax So per cent., calcu-
lated to produce one million per annum. It seems,
therefore, to us, as it seemed on Friday night, that
this budget carries with it an assurance of success ;
and that success is calculated to root deeply in
popular opinion the whole system of the present
Administration. 4.

(From, the Morning Chronicle.)
Mr. Disraeli commenced his long financial expo-
sition with a declaration of his desire to dispose,
once for all, of every claim to preference or compen-
sation which could be urged on behalf of the so-
called suffering interests. Hereafter, lie said, we
shall be able to regard the community as a whole,
and to confine our attention to the purely econo-
mical reasons which ought to influence fiscal legis-
lation : but let the weights be at this point re-
adjusted, that we may all start fairly. It
is evident that the proposal to inaugurate
the establishment of an impartial policy, by the
concession of certain class privileges, tended to
reopen the whole controversy the termination of
which has been so repeatedly announced.
fair start took place when the removal of monopo-
lies left capital and industry free to exert their own
energies. The abolition of those restrictions which
amain is only a question of time and opportunity.

every class has a right to claim fiscal justice ; but
no peculiar boon can be conceded to those interests
which only complain that they are no longer unduly
favoured. He tauntingly challenged the opponents
whose principles he had professedly adopted, to
prove the sincerity of the regard which they profess
for the interests of the consumer. No Free-trader
will hesitate to respond to the appeal whenever a
practical opportunity for carrying out his principles
is afforded. The only question is, how consump-
tion is to be most effectually relieved, and what
relative priority is to be given to the rival classes
of consumers. A collector may have a genuine
love for art, without being eager to purchase the
first picture that comes in his way. With limited
funds at his disposal, he necessarily exercises the
right of choice : and he is particularly careful to
suspend his judgment when an offer is made by a
dealer whose motives are more than questionable.
Before Mr. Disraeli had fairly concluded his appeal
to the friends of the consumer, he turned round
to demand in a more conciliatory tone, the grati-
tude of the malt-producer. It is not, therefore,
solely to make malt cheaper that the tax is to be
reduced, but likewise—so, at least, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer wishes the agriculturists to be-
lieve—to make barley dearer. The framer of the
Budget has perhaps no definite opinion as to the
proportions in which the farmer and the beer-
drinker are to divide the spoils of the Exchequer.
In suggesting an objectionable motive for his pre-
ference of the malt duty to other indirect taxes
which might have been reduced or repealed, Mr.
Disraeli justifies unbiassed observers in at least
suspending their judgment in favour of a selection
;rat hv hist own adunission.,ja_Mt impartial. On

the expediency of the measure a acisiOn can only
be formed after full consideration, both of the
alternative schemes which might have been de-
vised, and of the accompanying arrangements of
the Budget. ' Grave objections exist both to the
details of the plan for modifying the duty, and to
the principles which are involved in the projected
assessment of the income-tax. At present it seems
doubtful whether any considerable portion of the
Government scheme is likely to be ratified. by
Parliament.

(From the Daily News.)
When Lord Thurlow was informed that Sir
John Scott, afterwards Lord Chancellor Eldon,
had employed nine hours in opening the indict-
ment against Hardy—" By heaven, sir " he ex-
claimed, " then there is no treason." Nine hours
were not required to state facts—they were
wanted chiefly for mystifying the jury ; and had
our Chancellor not thought more of mystifying
the public than that of explaining the facts of
our financial condition and expounding the policy
of the Cabinet, he would have been able to com-
press his speech into a fourth part of the time he
occupied on Friday. For nearly one hour he
dilated on the hardships of the shipping interests,
on prospective measures for its relief and pro-
spective committees of inquiry, leading possibly to
some improvement in pilotage and ballasting, and
to a relaxation of the old compulsory regulation to
have three-fourths of every ship's crew her Ma-
jesty's subjects—all points comparatively small
and quite foreign to the great theme he had in
hand. For another hour he expatiated on what he
did not mean to do for the West Indians and the
English landowners, the sum of which was that they
have no just ground of complaint :—yet, neverthe-
less, he means to permit sugar to be refined in bond,
at a great expense to the revenue, without any ade-
quate advantage either to the refiner or the public,
and proposes a reduction of the malt and hop duties,
to relieve the suffering agriculturists, who, as he
showed, have been benefited, not injured, by recent
legislation. The remainder of the five hours was oc-
cupied by the financial statement, and by sundry epi-
sodes on the condition of Ireland,—tho defence of
the country,—the advantage and necessity of keep-
ing up efficient establishments,—prospective admi-
nistrative reforms,—and on other topics that might
distract attention and prevent the house .from per-
ceiving how empty, meagre, unsatisfactory, vexa-
tious, and unjust are his long heralded financial
projects. Small as is the actual pecuniary relief he
proposes for the shipping interest—less than six-
pence per ton per annum—that sum appears in his
estimates for the year 1853-4, and calmot.reach the
shipping before the middle of the ensuing year ;
white, with the exception of salvage and the Admi-
ralty regulations, the other promised benefits await
the inquiries of committees yet to be appointed,
and of commissions not yet completed. Further,
to help the shipping and promote unrestricted
competition, he is to remit immediately a portion
of the Tea duties, 4d. per pound, on which he
expects the revenue will lose 400,000/. ; but he
overwhelms that by proposing to inflict on us at
once an additional House tax, which will yield

him I,loo,oool.—about three times as much.
The proposed reduction of the Hop duty will not
take place till 1854, for all the Hop duty of 1853
will be due before October Ist of that year, and
the Chancellor only includes the reduction ion the
revenue of 1854-5. Nominally, however, the re-
duction is to be made in conjunction with the re-
duction of the Malt Duty on October 1, 1853 ; and it
is somewhat remarkable that the maltsters, who have
no more reason to complain than any other manu-
facturers, are to be encouraged to extend their
operations by the promise of 1,000,0001. as draw-
back; while the hop growers, who do complain, are
to receive no drawback and no relief till 1854. All
his remissions of taxation therefore, with the ex-
ception of the tea duty, are prospective ; the in-
crease of taxation—cunningly kept out of view till
the house was warmed by the promises of prospec-
tive reductions—is at once to be carried into effect.
The sum of this wonderful Budget is a prospective
relief to the shipping interests, a permission to re-
fine sugar in bond, a present reduction of duty on
tea of 41d. per lb., and a prospective reduction in
all of ls. 21d.; a prospective reduction of the malt
and hop duties, and an immediate increase of the
house tax. Thereto is added some manipulations
of the property and income-tax that scarcely make
it more beautiful. Sir Robert Peel, to whom Mr.
Disraeli has been unluckily compared, did not
make much more than half as long a speech in
1842, when he changed the basis of our system of
taxation, abolished prohibition, reformed the tariff,
and restored a decaying revenue to health and a
discontented nation to prosperity.

(From the Morning Post.)
One of the greatest difficulties against which this
budget has to contend, in finding its way into pub-
lic favour, is unquestionably the exaggerated pro-
portions which the cloudy uncertainty of distance
had lent it while it loomed on our vision from the
dark shadows of the future. Then every man
shaped it according to his fancy, or his wants
rather. To one it appeared like a weasel—to an-
other like a camel—to a third it was " backed"
like a camel, and to the shipping interest it seemed
" very like a whale." Each of the gazers on the
coming cloud felt convinced that it contained all
that was necessary for " his interest," and there
were not a few who fearlessly announced their con-
victions that it would accomplish everything for
everybody's interest—that it would lighten the
burthens of all, without adding to those of any,
and tilt our million a-week of revenue would be
raised by means of a vastly diminished taxation,
brought about, in its turn, by some mysterious
process called a re-distribution of public burthens.
Under one or other or all of these illusions the
public mind laboured in a greater or less degree.
No one man, probably, who had
arrived at the
years of discretion, was, in his single judgment,
carried away by notions so preposterous
; but
the sympathy of general folly whirled him into
the common stream and down he went
with the rest in the heady
.current.
that theta.rdy
The diminution of the duty on. tea is a t and
judicious measure, and. assuming
growth of the tea plant is truly connected with the
limited breadth of soil on which that plant is grown,
then the gradual process by which the proposed
reduction is to be completely effected is also a wise
and prudent mode of effecting the object. The re-
newal of the income tax for three years, after the
remission of half the malt tax and half the excise
duty on hops, was
sity. The proposeda m. easure of unavoidable neces-
increase to the warlike forces
of the country will meet with universal, or at least
veryigeneral, approbation. Considering the armies
and fleets of Russia, America, and Austria—to say
nothing of France—and considering the vast extent
of our territory, an.d.the incredibly limited number
of our naval and military power, what is now pro-
posed, so far from being too much, is not enough
to meet the national requirements, much less to
fulfil the expectation of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer. There remains yet many points to be
examined, but we cannot go farther to-day. Op-
portunities will abundantly recur for the further
discussion of this budget, framed by a Conservative
Minister on the principles of Free trade.
The I

GLASS BOTTLE PRODUOTION.—In Castleford, the po-
pulation of which is only 2,200, the enormous number
of 41100 eau bottles are dailypanufacturod.