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in favour of not conceding the entire abolition of the
duty.
The noble lord, according to the information which
we have received, does not advocate this course on mere
considerations of revenue ; but is annoyed, if not in-
dignant, that the friends of total abolition should have
reintroduced the subject after it had been supposed to
be settled, for at least the present session, 'ey the
vote of the house which had that evening been come to
on Mr. Milner Gibson's amendment. There seems at
first sight to be some force in this ; but there will be
found to be none at all, if we only take a retrospective
view of the proceedings of the Legislature for a period
of ten or twelve weeks. The noble lord ought to
remember—the country has not forgotten—that Minis-
ters were beaten on this very question by a consider-
able majority, in a large house, and after the most ample
discussion. Mr. Milner Gibson then carried his motion
for a total repeal of the advertisement duty in the face
of the most strenuous opposition which Government
could offer to it. And the decision of the house was
ratified amid the universal and hearty plaudits of the
country.

On this point Ministers could labour under no mis-
conception; and they were bound, therefore, to have
yielded to public opinion so strongly and so, explicitly
expressed. They had no admissable reason to offer
for persisting in the retention of any part of a tax
which had been condemned by the solemn and delibe-
rate verdict of a full house. Had the question been one
which involved considerations of revenue, the case would
have been different ; but in this case there were no
financial considerations of any weight to induce Govern-
ment to disregard the wishes of the country. and to set
at nought the decision of the Legislature. The amount
which will be derived from the retention of the sixpence
duty will not, according even to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's own calculations, exceed 100,000/.—pro-
bably it will not be nearly so much. Surely, then, it
will not be pretended that, for so insignificant a sum As
that, Mr. Gladstone is justified in persisting in his six-
pence impost on advertisements, in disregard of public
feeling, and in the teeth of a direct resolution of the
house.

We do trust, for their own sakes, as well as for the
sake of the country, that neither the right hon. gentle-
man, nor the noble lord, will any longer persevere in
their opposition to the entire remission of the advertise-
ment duty. We fondly hope that Mr. Gladstone will
this evening determine on gracefully sacrificing his own
predilections to the wishes of the, house, three times re-
corded by specific divisions in less than three months.
He will raise himself much in public estimation should
he stand up this evening in his place in Parliament, and
in a frank and manly manner announce his acquiescence
in the decision to which the house came on two divisions
on Friday evening.
The right hon. gentleman, besides, must know, that
even if he should succeed, by a prodigal use of the ap-
pliances of Government, in getting the sixpence duty
restored, the question would not thereby be permanently
settled. It would only be for the session. Mr. Milner
Gibson would, in the supposed case, again bring forward
his motion next session, when there can be no question
it will, with the growing feeling in favour of entire
remission of the duty on advertisements, be carried in
opposition to any efforts which Ministers may make for
the retention of the sixpence impost.

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