The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-30 00:00:00

MAJOR BROWNRIGGE.

In reply to Mr. REYNOLDS,
Mr. NAPIER said the Government had received a
report from Major Brownrigge on the subject of ribbon-
ism, and is Dublin newspaper, in defiance of all previous
courtesy, had published its contents. The newspaper
knew more of his intentions on the subject than he did
himself; but he could assure the House that the Go-
vernment had not yet made up its mind on the subject of
the report.
The motion for the adjournment of the House was
then agreed to.
THE BUDGET.

The House having resolved itself into a Committee of 1
Ways and Means,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to
make his financial statement. He said—The chief
branch of the revenue having ceased by lapse of time,
and a eoniiderable deficiency having acMally ensued, it
would be incumbent on him, were there no other
reasons, to invite the consideration of the House
to the state of the finances. Of late years
commercial considerations were so mixed up
with the arrangement of public finances, and unhappily
political passion was so blended with all the points
of commercial controversy, that ho felt it presumptuous
to hope that on this occasion he would obtain the serious
and calm attention of the House on the great subject
which he was about to bring under their consideration.
When there was a cessation in a considerable source of
the revenue, and there was necessarily a consider-
able deficiency in the public income, one question
naturally., occurred to every one. What were the
Pt
el lit
lo" aea the
Practicable
means, and at the same time the most
or the most popular, or rather the least
most practicable, which could be adop-
foreign
raised by supplythe
deficiency? Now the revenue was
impo:te methods, by duties on articles of
cable and most likely manufacture, ,e by duties on articles of domestic
direct taxation, Which of these means was most practi-
nd largely by a system of
to obtain the consent of the coun-
try, in order to plat©firstthe
.finances in a satisfactory state?
In regard to the
abolition
and former sessions
of ncitosf, customs duties, ho did
had occurred' in the he aaid that observing what
aleat:ons duties would he a
with regard to the
not think any increase
in hear.)th From 1842 to
jEg
Plan'
been
the
financial condi-
imported continued reduc-
vlBersyl etchce°rlrreamg arkable feature
repealed or articles.reducedbduties
Lion of the country had
Onbafodrebigenen
In those
on coffee, timber, corn, wool, sugar, eee.
tentio n yeoafrsclut there
that period the total sum of customs dunes abolished
amounted to 9,000,000/. sterling. It would be shed'
sumptuous therefore to suppose he could
present House to supply the deficiency by the imposi-
tion of fresh import duties. Had he a more encourag-
ing prospect if be asked them to have recourse to a
duty on articles of domestic manufacture? Now, one
party in the House had advocated the repeal of the
Customs datiee, as a means of relieving the industry of
the country, and its saccess had been exemplified
by that roductlon of fee Curtorns duties which he had
jest mentioned. Thar© was also another party, Which,
if not so triumphant, was important from its numbers
an,' the enl and conviction with which it maintained its
op,nions, who asserted that the best method of relieving
cativo industry was to repeal the" Excise duties.
j No man was a more ardent supporter of that opinion
1 than the late Lord G. Bentinoli, it has received the