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(From the rotes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commove...)
MONDAY, MARCH 13.
WAYS AND MEANS.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Question again proposed, " That towards raising the
Supply granted to her Majesty, the respective Duties in
Great Britain on Property, Profits, Professions, Trades, and
Offices, and the Stamp Duties in Ireland,; granted by two
Acts passed in the sixth year of her present Majesty,
and further continued by two Acts passed in the
eighth year of her present Majesty, shall be further:con-
tinued for a time to be limited :"—Amendment again pro-
posed, to leave out Pie words" to be limited," in order to
add the words " not exceeding one year," instead thereof :
Question put," That the words proposed to be left out stand
part of the Question." The Committee dividtl:
MAJORITT—AYES, 363.
Abdy, T. N. Ferguson, Sir R. More, Colonel
Acland, Sir T. Ffolliott, J. Napier, Joseph
Adair, R. shaft° Filmer, Sir E. Newdegate, N.
Adore, 'Viscount Fitzpatrick, J. W. Newry, Viscount
Adderley, C. R. Fitzroy, Henry Noel, Gerald J.
Alexander, N. Foley, John 11. S'orreys, Lord
Anson, Colonel Forbes, W illiam Norreys, Sir D.
Anson, Viscount Fordyce, A. D. Nugent, Sir Percy
Anstey, Thomas C. Forster, Mathew O'Brien, John
Archdall, Captain Fortescue, Chichester O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Armstrong, Sir A. Fortescue, J. W. O'Brien, Timothy
O'Connell, M. J.
Arundel, Earl of Fox, Richard M.
Ashley, Lord Fox, S. L. Ord, •W.
Bagsha, John Freestnn, Colonel Ossulston, Lord
vr
Bailey, Joseph Frown], C. !I. Oswald, Alexander
Bailey, Joseph, jan. Fuller, A. E. Owen, Sir
et, Lord A.
Badly, Henry Gibson, T. M. Pa et,
liaring,lll. B. Gladstone, W. E. Paget, Lord C.
Baring, F. T. Gordon, Admiral Paget, Lard George
Staring, Thomas Glyn, G. C. rainier, Robert
Baring, W. P. Goulburn, henry Palmer, Roundeil
Barnard, E. G. Gower, Leyesen Palmerston. Via.
Barrington, Lord Graham, Sir James Parker, J
Barron, Sir 11. Greene, Thomas Patten, John
Bell, Matthew Greufell, C. Pascoe Peel,;Sir Robert
Bellew, K. M. Grenfel , Charles W. Peel, Colonel
Berkeley, Captain ' Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Colonel
Birch, air Thomas Grey, Ralph W. Perfect, Robert
Illackall, S. W. Grosvenor, Lord R. Philips, Sir G. R.
Blakemore, R. Guest, Sir J. Pinney, W.
Bolling, William Haggitt, F.A. Plumptre,y. P.
Bourke, Richard S. Hale, R. B. Plowden, W. H.
Bouverie, E. P. Raiford, Sir N. Powell, Col.
Bowles, Admiral Hallyburton, Lord Power, Dr.
Boyle, Colonel Hamilton, G. A. Power, Nicholas
Bradley, Viscount Hamilton, Lord C. Powlett, Lord W.
Ilrand,lThomas Haste, Archibald Price, Sir H.
Broadley, Henry' Bay, Lord J. Prime, Richard
Brockman. E. D. Hayes, Sir E. Posey, P.
Brooke, Sir A. B. Hayter, W. G. Rawdon, Colonel
Brotherton, Joseph Ileadlam, T. E. Renton, John C.
Brown, W. Monld, James Repton, G. W. J.
Browne, R. D. lieathcoat, John Reynolds, John
Bruce, Lord E. Ileathcote, G. J. Itioardo, J. L.
Bruce, C. L. Ileathcote, Sir W. Rice, E. R.
• Ilulkeley, Sir R. B. Heneage, G. H. W. Rich, Henry
Buller, Sir J. T. Henley, J. W. Roberto, T. J.
Buller, Charles Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, John
Banbury, W. Heywood, James Rushout Captain
Sunbury, Edward Ilildyard, A. C. Russell,,L J.
Russell, Edward S.
Burghley, Lord Hill, Lord E.
Burke, Sir T. J. !lodges, T. L. Russell, F. C.
It, W. Hedges, T. Twisdem Screpe, G. P.
Buxtonusfelld, firE. Hogg, Sir J. W. Seymer, Henry Zer
1114111.11, D.• Hood, Sir A. Seymour, Lord
CE.
Campbell, W. F. Hope, Sir J. Shaft°, R.tD.
Cardwell, Edward Hope, Alexander Shell, R. L.
Carew,ff. P. Ilotham, Lord Shelburne, Earl of
Castlereagh, Visa Howard, C.W.G. Sheridan, R. N.
Cavendish. C. C. Howard, J. K. Shirley, E. J.
Cavendish, G. H. Howard, E. G. Simeon, John
Cavendish, W. G. Hughes, W. a• Blaney, R. A.
Cayley, Edward A. Hutt, William Smith, Vernon
Chaplin, W. J. Inglis, Sir, R. Smith, J. A.
Charteris, Francis ' Jermyn,',Earl Smith, M. Tucker
Chichester, Lord J. Jervis, Sir John Smollett, A.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Jerrie, John Somers,V. F.
Christy, Samuel Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville. Sir W.
Clay, Sir W. Jones, Captain Setheren, T. H. S.
Clements, Charles Keating, John Spearman, H. J.
Clerk Sir G. Keogh, William Stafford, Anti:nand
Clifford, Henry M. Keppel, G. T. Stanley, B. J.
Cobbold, John C. Kee, Richard Stansfleld, W. R.
Cochrane, A. Kildare, Marquis of Stanton, 'W.:II.
Cocks, Thomas 5. Knightley, Sir C. Staunton, Sir G.
Coke, Edward K. Knox, Colonel Sinai, Edward
Cole, H. A. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord J.
Colebrook', Sir T. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Henry
Coles, Henry B. Lemon, Sir Charles Start, fienry.O.
Conon'', Col. Lennard, T. B. Talbot, J. H.
Corbally, M. Z. Leslie, C. P. Taylor, Thomas B.
Corry, H. Lewis, Sir T. Tenison, E. K.
Cotton, W. H. Lewis, G. C. Torment, • . J.
Cowan, Lord Lincoln, Earllef Thesiger, Sir F.
Cowan, Charles Lindsay, Colonel Thoniely, Thomas
Cowper, W F. Littleton, E. E. Thornhill, G.
Craig, W. G. Loch, James Tollemache, F. I.
Cripps, William Locke, Joseph': Towneley, John
Cubitt, William Lockhart, A. E. Townley, It. G.
Currie, henry Lockhart, W. Town.shend, Captain
Currie, Raikes Lygon, General Train, George
Curteis, 11. B. Mackenzie, W. F. Trelawny, J. S.
Dalrymple, Captain Mackinnon, W. A. Trevor, G.
Darner, Colonel Macnarnara, Major Trollope, Sir J.
Davie, Sir H. kUNaghten, Sir E. Tinier, E.
Dawson, T. V. M'Taggart, Sir J. Tynte, Colonel
Hellion, J. E. It'Tayish, C. C. Vane, Lord 11.
Hod, J. W. Magan, W . IL 'Verner, Sir W.
Douro, Marquis of Mahon, O'Gorman Verney Sir H.
Drunilanrig, Tis. Mahon, Viscount Vesey, Bon. T.
Drummond, Henry Maitland, Thomas Villiers, Viscount
Drummond, H. H. Manners, Lord C. Villiers, Charles
Duff, George I. Manners,lLord G. Villiers, F. W.
Duncan, Viscount March, Earl of Vlvian, J. E.
Buncombe, O. Marshall, William Vyse, R. H.
Duncnft, John' Martin, C. W. Wall, C. B.
Dundas, Admiral Masternsan, John Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dundas, Sir David Matheson,'Alex. Ward, H. 0.
Dundas, George Matheson, Janice Watkins, Colonel
Dunne, F. P. Houle, Fox Welleeley..Lord C.
Int Pre, C G. Maxwell, lion. J. P. West, F. R.
Ebrington, Viscount Melgund, Tiscment Westhead, J.
Ellice, Edward Mena, Sir Henry Williamson, Sir H.
Ellice, E., JUD. Miles. W. Wilson, James
Elliot, John E. billnes, R. M. Wilson,:Mattliew
Estcourt, T. G. Monsen, William Wood, Sir Charles
Euston, Earl Moore, George li. Wrightson, W. S.
Evans,:William Morpeth, Viscount Wyld, James
Fornharn,lll. B. Morison, General Wyvlll, Marmadzke
Fellowes, E. Mostyn, E. M. L. TELLERS.
Fergus, John litilgrave, Earl Tnilioll, Henry
Ferguson, Col. Mundy, E.M. 11111, Lord M.

MINORITY—NOES, 136.
Adair, Hugh Z. Gooch. E. S. Pigott, Francis
Aglionby, 11. Goring, Charles Pilkingten, James
Alcock, Thomas Granby, Marctiiis of Raphael, Alexander
Anderson, Arthur Greenall, Gilbert Reid, Colonel
Arkwrlght, George Greene, John liendle.sham, Lord
Ilagge, W. Gwyn, newel Ricardo, 013M1111
Banker, G. Hall, Sir B. Richards, Richard
Benbove, John Ilardcastle, J. A. Robinson. George
Bennet, P. Henry, Alexander 'tech e, E. 11.
Hendrick, ford G. 711.1dyard, T. B. T. Ruffin-a, Francis
Ilarkeley, H. 'Hadley, C. Salwey, Celine!
Berkeley, Grantiey Holland, Robert Sanders, George
Blackstone, W. Hope, Henry T.
ficheSlelleld, William
Blake, M. J. Hernby, John Francis
Blewitt, R. J. Horsman, Edward Slbthorp, Colonel
Bewring, In . Humphery, Aid. Sidney, Thomas
Bremridge, Milian' Jackson, William Smith, J. Benjamin
Bright, John Jolliffe, Sir Vs/ G. 11. Spooner, Richard
Briars, It. Jones, Sir W.
Stanrd
Brown, Humphrey Kershaw, James r nleckland, y, Edward
Sir G.
Buck, 1.. W. King, Peter Jahn Stuart, Lord D.
Cabbell, B. B. Langston, J. 11. Stuart, J.
Clay, James Lascelles, E. Sullivan, Michael
Cobden, Richard Law, C. E. Tancred, H. W.
Codrington, Sir W. Lawleas,`Cecil Thicknease, Ralph
Collins, William Lowther, Henry Thorapson, Colonel
Compton, H. C. Liashington, Chitties Thompson, Ald.
Crawford, W. S. M'Gregor, John Thompson, George
Dashwood, G. IL Meagher, Thomas Tollemacho, John
Deering, Jolla P. Marshall, J. G. Turner, George
Denison, W. J. Matheson, Colonel Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Hiles, Philip W. S. WaddingtonaDavidl
Disrae.ll,ll3... Milton, Viscount Waddington, 11. S.
Dived., Edward Mitclsell, T. A. Wakley, Thomas
Duckworth, Sir J. Molesworth, Sir W. Walmsley. Air J.
Duke, Sir James Moody, C. A. Walpole, S. H.
Duncan, George Morris, David Walter, Joha
East, Sir J. B. Mowatt, Francis Waren, J T.
Evans, Sir De Lacy Munta, G. F. Williams, John
Ewart, William Neeld, John Willoughby, Sir 11.
Fagan, William Nugent, Lord Wood,. W. P.
Ferrer, James O'Flaherty, Anthony Worcester, Marquis
Fitzwilliam, G. W Osborne, Ralph Yorke, E.IT.
Floyer, John Packs, CW. , Yorke, IL R.
Fox, W. J. Pattison, J. truzas.
Galway, Viscount Pearson, Charles Hume, Joseph
Gardner, J. D. Pechell, Captain Hudson, George

THE PRESS ANTI THE BOARD
OF STAMPS AND TAXES.
We beg to direct the attention of our contemporaries
throughout the kingdom to the following extraordinary,
and, in our opinion, unwarrantable and illegal resolution
touching newspapers, arrived at by the Board of
Stamps and Taxes, Somerset House. We may as
well explain at once that we were somewhat sus
prised at the character of the account for advertisement
duty, presented last month by the Stamp-office against
the proprietors of the Yorkshirernan newspaper. In
that account we found an overcharge of no less
than" eighteen advertisements in the then current
month. Of course we requested an explanation from
the officials connected with the Stamp-office in this
city, when, to our surprise, we received information that
orders had been given from head-quarters to charge with
advertisement duty a great portion of our customary
sporting intelligence; that is to say, all " entries of
horses" for the various stakes throughout the country.
Perfectly persuaded of the illegality of this new imposi-
tion, we immediately placed ourselves in communica-
tion with Somerset House, representing the unwarrant-
able character of the surcharge, and claiming a remit-
tance of the duties upon the eighteen advertisements
alluded to. The following was the reply we received:—
" Stamps and Taxes, London, etk March, 1848.
" Sir,—The Board having had before them your letter
of the 28th tilt., in regard to notices relating to `entries
of horses for certain stakes I which appeared in the
Yorkshireman, having been charged with advertisement
duty for the month of January last; I am directed to state,
that the assessment to the advertisement duty has
been made on all similar notices, referring to races to
come wherever observed during the past year, but in
consideration of the charge having been made in your
case without previous notice, it will be remitted on this
occasion, but for the future it will be insisted on.
" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
".THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant Secretary.
" John Duncan, Esq."
Now, we should like very much to know what clause
in the Stamp Act authorises this new charge. The
" entries" in question are clearly mere matters of ordinary
intelligence. They are not prospective announcements
—and such alone are liable to the advertisement duty—
but simply announcements of events or " entries "
which are concluded and filled up before they are pub-
lished. We contend, therefore, that this new impost is
altogether illegal, and should be resisted by the Press
gene: ally throughout the country. This is not the first
time we have had to remonstrate against the new
edicts and regulations of Somerset House. Some
few months ago we received a circular intimating
that herafter all " reviews of book" were to be charged
with the advertisement duty; and it was only after the
strongest protests from ourselves and others that the
Board relinquished their illegal intentions. It is sin-
gular, too, that since the year 1832 (when the new
Newspaper Stamp Act was passed), all such sporting
information as we have alluded to has been passed
by the Stamp-office as not liable to advertisement duty.
It is now, therefore, very difficult to discover what has
come " over the spirit" of Somerset House. We request
the notice, however, of our contemporaries to this
matter ; and should the Stamp-office persist in their re-
solution, it would be well to consider the propriety of
appealing to a higher department of the Executive.—
Yorkshirenian.

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