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London, England, 1841-10-07 00:00:00

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to vindicate himself from such charges. With respect
to his propcc:ai to raise the revenue to fifty millions, he
thought that estimate was one which would have been
borne out by the result.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was extremely inconvenient at all times to advert to
statements which had been made elsewhere, and that in-
convenience was increased when the explanation was

called for from a person who bad no opportunity of
teensulting the persen who was stated to have made the
statement. As•he had told the' Right Hon. Gentle-
man he had not seen the 'printed statement until the
Right Hon. Gentleman. hire shown- it -to 'him that-even-
ing, and as he had been. in the House ever 'since; he
bed had no opportunity of- consulting the patty who
was represented- to have made the statement: He would,
however, confess, that on reading that statement he un-
derstood it in a different sense "to that which the Right
lion. Gentleman attached to it. The word "deficiency"
had undoubtedly been used, but if the Right Hon. Gentle-
man would look to the report of that statement,
he would see that it was made as a reason why the Go-
vernment could not at present go into a full development
of their financial plans ; and it was stated that in addition
to the deficiency of two millions and a half there were
other great expenses connected with the Colonies which
the Government would be called upon to consider. It
the Right Hon. Gentleman had been in the House when
the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government
had replied to that Noble Lord lately at the head of the
Colonial Department, he would have heard a detailed
statement of what several of those expenses were. There
were also various expenses connected with China, which
they might also possibly incur, and it was to these fur-
ther . and additional expenses that the statement
complained of by the Right Hon. gentleman alluded.
Such he believed to be the bona fide construction of the
statement, and such was the explanation he offered to the
Right Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. F. T. BARING would not have asked for an ex-
planation if he had understood the statement in that
sense. He was satisfied with the Right Hon. Gentle-
man's explanation.
Sir R. PEEL believed that the explanation of his
Right Hon. Friend was correct. Althoughke had not had
an opportunity of consulting with the person who wee
represented to have made that statement, be
was satisfied ' that no impeachment had been
intended of ; the acentracy of the Right Honourable
Gentleman's estiniatelf in respect to the supplies and
ways and means of thipresenteyear. indeed his Right
lion. Friend, in, bringing forieard those estimates, had
expressly stated= that he hed-every.reason to believe that
the calculations-of the Right 1-fort. Gentleman were per-
fectly accaisatet s but he "(Sir R. reel) in the speech to
which his Right HeeneFriend had alluded, had stated
that there were other expenses besides those ofe the
•present year, which must 'be considered by the Govern-
ment. In particular, he had stated that they must ex-
pect an increased, expenditure in future years in
many of our colonies. He had 'mentioned particularly
the colony of New South Wales of an instance, and he
quoted the-despatch of the Noble Lord on the subject.
There had beeh 'demands from-New Zealand to the ex
.tent of between .80;000E and 90,000/.. He also men-.
tinned the expenses Lon .the civil establishment of the.
island we occupy in the Canton River. There also had
-been engagements entered- into with 'Native Princes of
'Africa, all of which would
.eanse considerable expense.'
ire (Sir R. Peel) was sure that the intention of his Noble
Friend with ressiecteo his conceptions of what the Right
lion. Gentleman hatTenid, was not to impeach the Right
-Hoe. Gentleman's accuracy, so far as the estimates of
ethe present yeae .were--concerned:, - There must, then'-
be elite for considering the means cf supplying: those.
expellees. He begged, in conclusion, to state that there
was no intmetion whatever to attribute to the Right
Hon. Gentleman any purpose of concealing what the
expenses of the present year were likely to be.
Lord PALMERST6N was glad of the explanation,
for the impression made on his mind was certainly the
same as that of his Right Hon. Friend. The emplane-
lion did show that what was stated might have referred
net only to the inquiry of his Right Honour-
able Friend into the estimate of expenses, but
to the :Vacuity Government must have to contend
with in fnrenieg estimates fur the future. He (Lord Pal-
merston) at Let wish to renew the discussion with re-
gard to the proronittion of Parliament, or the opinions
he had expressed on the discussion of those subjects
which engrossed tho public mind. He would only say
this much, that he shouid hope the Goverment would
feel that those were questions which they should come to
a decision upon. That it was not to be supposed that the
chapter of accidents would lead to such a change of cir-
cumstances as to dispense with their coming to any dis-
cussion upon such important matters. He trusted when
Parliament met again, that Government would be pre-
pared to state fully and fairly their intentions and opi-
nions upon the whole of those great, important ques-
tions of the commercial policy which had been dis-
cussed. With regard to the peculiar question of the
Corn-laws, he would entreat them to pursue it them-
selves. Public expectation would not be fulfilled if,
when they came again to Parliament, they should only
provide an alteration in the sliding scale. He was satis-
fied that even supposing the distress which now exists,
and which was in part denied, should have diminished,
that it would make no change in the expectation of the
public, that there should be a material alteration in the
_present system of the Corn-laws, unless that alteration
should be one which, whatever name might be given it.
would be a substantial and bona fide permission to introduce
corn at a moderate duty, be that duty a fixed one, or be
it in accordance with the sliding scale. Unless, he re-
peated, it be a substaptial permission to import corn at
a moderate duty, Gentlemen opposite need not perluade
themselves that• any change falling short of such expec-
tion would satisfy the public.
Sir R. PEEL:aaid that he had then no intention of en-
tering into a discussion of the Corn-laws. He had made
many protestations of a contrary determination; and he
did not intend at that late period of the Session to give
any disclosures as-to the views of the Government. He
would, however, assure the Noble Lord, that after an at-
tentive perusal of um- annals during the last five years,
and particularly' of our -financial annals, he did entirely
concur with the Noble Lord in thinking that to add an-
other Chapter to I`, the Chapter of Accidents" they had
already had--(Hearn hear, and laughter)— was a course
which it would be quite impossible for any Government
to adopt, with eredtt to themselves ur advantage to the
C(MOitty...4l/01141 Clie9 of Hear, hear," on the Ministe-
rial ksnnans.)- • -
The lieusetitesi.lAeljourned at Half-past Six •o'Clock
.till, toemorrow.
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PUBLEC—VELLING AT GLASGOW.