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London, England, 1834-02-15 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1834.

Lord ALTHORP last night brought forward
his promised motion with respect to a part of
his financial measures for the present year. We
say a part, because it is evident that he has far-
ther measures in store, to be used according to
circumstances. His statement last night simply
refers to the total reduction of the house duty,
amounting to 1,200,0001. The window duty
is to remain, we suppose, for another year. His
Lordship stated, that the amount of the window
duty at present little exceeded what it was in
1792, notwithstanding the increased number of
jitlit<tgince that period.
the general statement of his Lordship may
be thus summed up :

The =Balance of Revenue over Expenditure,
,Ir',:ot•*Weklitli of January last amounts to £1,500,000
'Tketitititates of this year, in comparison
401Cthose of last year, will be reduced
lifkbalf a million. Therefore, to show
%..kb.e. amount of revenue over expenditure
cue-coming year, we must add to it
Met/hke taken on last year's expendi-
ture

£2,000,000
. - •
s Lordship anticipates an increase of
gee of the duty on tea, from the in-
-4:ooused consumption, from the opening of the
China trade, and the change in the manner of
rating.
The present amount of the
duty is
Under the new system it
will be 3 900,000

Say an increase of ...

. .£600,000

Altogether
But last year there was voted for the
Abolition of Slavery 20 millions, the
interest of which is

800,000

Leaving a surplui of Revenue over Ex-
penditure for the coming year., of
As it would be manifestly imprudent to cal-
culate on the whole amount of surplus being
realised, his Lordship reserves 600,0001.,
and proposes to give the public the benefit of
1,200,0001., being about the amount of the
house duty.
Lord ALTHORP thought there were other
taxes which might be more properly remitted
than the house tax ; but he sacrificed the latter
in preference, on account of its very great un-
popularity.
We could have wished the window tax to
2?ll3'Et e repealed rather than the house tax, as being
ore generally conducive to the public health ;
but, if we cannot have both, we must, we sup.
:poie, accept what we can get. As to the proposed
reduction in our expenditure of 500,000/.,

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that sum, we, perceive, is nearly made up
of the diminution in the Army and
Navy Estimates, the first being about 300,0001.,
and the latter 180,0001. Now these savings
are very well so far as they go ; but are there
no other departments susceptible of retrench-
ment ? Are there no unmerited pensions—no
overpaid services—that will bear overhauling
for the public benefit ? We suspect there
are ; and as we give Ministers full credit
for good intentions, we shall not press these
matters further.

It was reported in the course of yesterday
that some additional taxes were to be imposed
on gin, tobacco, &c., but the statement of last
night sets that rumour at rest for the present.

Ministers, since their accession to office,
have accomplished much in the way of re-
duction, having remitted taxes to the amount
of nearly four millions and a half ; but much
yet remains to be done. Some Members are of
opinion that the expenses of our establishments
ought to be reduced to the standard of 1792
the golden year of reference for political econo-
mists ; but with all due deference to these
patriots, we think they are quite in error.
The establishments of the country as well as its
resources, have amazingly increased since 1792,
and it is therefore idle to limit the expenses of
the present day to a period when the nation was
comparatively in its infancy.

How far the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER may realise the expected increase in the
duty on tea we cannot say ; but there are doubts
on the subject in well-informed quarters. How-
ever, as it is a matter of speculation founded on
previous consumption, v% e hope the result may
exceed the Noble Lord's anticipations.
Among other measures of relief in the con-
templation of Government—is one for the com-
mutation of tithes—another for the amendment
of the present system of the poor laws—and
some plans for ameliorating the condition of
Ireland, without any reduction of the revenue.
The sooner these things are done the better ;
and in accomplishing these, Ministers may
reasonably calculate on the support of every
well-wisher to his country.

Parliament has now been assembled nearly a
fortnight, and, with the exceptio❑ of the short
financial statement of Lord A LTHORP last night,
no public business of the slightest importance
has been transacted. We have had personal
matter and invective enough ; charges and re-
tractions ; threats of duels and retractions of
threats ; and notices of motions in aoundance :
but all the weighty business of the session is
allowed to sleep as quietly as if Parliament had
nothing to do. But five weeks more, and
Easter week interrupts their proceedings.
Then will begin the cuckoo note " at this
advanced period of the session ;" and then, ever
and anon, Members will drop motion after
motion, with all the indifference of the slug-
gard, who calleth out, " yet a little more sleep,
a little more slumber, a'little more folding of
the hands to sleep." Ministers have much to
do, but, unlike men in private life, they do not
attempt, by beginning their labour betimes, to
get through that much with even common acti-
vity. The labour of this session cannot be com-
pared either to that of the last or the session
before it, but still there is 'a vast number
of topics, which will excite lengthened speeches,
and require long and mature deliberation. In-
dependently of the 150 notices of last session,
and the private notices of the present, there are
Government measures sufficient to occupy the
two Houses till the middle of July. Tithes,
' Church Reform, Corporation Reform, Law Re-
form, Excise Reform, and Poor Laws for Ire-
land—independently of the foreign affairs,
motions of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY—
wiII require, at least, four months, yet not a
notice of motion on one of these topics is placed
on the books by any member of the Government.
More, it is true, was done in one month
at the end of last session, than was
done in three after the commencement,
but the Bills passed at the end had more the
appearance of being smuggled through the
House, as the Acts of Ministers, than as the
Acts of a discriminating and independent Le-
gislature. Tithes and Church reform especially
require serious consideration. What excuse can
there be for not bringing forward, before this,
two Bills which were introduced and discussed
last session, namely, the Local Courts and the
Imprisonment for Debt Bills ? These are both
ready made, and require little or no alteration.
By the way, we just see it announced, in the
votes of this morning, that the Solicitor-Gene-
ral has given notice of the Imprisonment for
Debt Bill for next week.
The stubbornness of the other House, and

its apathy to reform, render expedition in the
Commons more necessary than ever. A reform
Ministry cannot reckon on carrying any new
measure in the Lords—they cannot initiate any
thing there that savours of reform without the
dread of seeing it so cut, so mutilated, and so
robbed of its fair proportions, as to have
no more resemblance to the puny thing
enacted than a Patagonian has to
a pigmy. That place may now be called
the " Finish" (we use the term in no disre-
spectful sense), the workshop for giving polish
and elegance to the rough statue formed by
more vulgar hands. Let Ministers, therefore,
have work ready—let them press on the most
urgent measures of reform, and what from the
sanction of the Commons, and the good sense
of a vast number of the Peers, we despair not
of seeing reform in due time carried into every
department.

The affair of Mr. SHELL is now set at rest
by the report of the Committee, and the expla-
nation in the House last night. It has turned
out as we suspected, that some unguarded ex-
pressions had been made at a Club-house ; but
they were the expressions of a man who acknow-
ledged the frightful state of Ireland, and admitted
the necessity of some strong measures, without
stating what those measures were. Mr. SHELL'S

Total for the Naval Service. 1

For the Service of other Departments of

Government.
Army and Ordnance Departments (Con.
veyance of Troops, &c.)
Home Department (Convict Service)

Grand Total

J. R. G. GRAHAM.

4,181,534.

181,115
115,3.60

4,474,009

4,339,034

200,800
118,300

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T.IISI.:HARDY.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.
There was a great supply at this morning's market, and the
trade with the best Vegetables was somewhat brisk, but other
wise dull, at about last week's prices
s.d. s.d.
Potatoes (cwt.) 3 0 to 5 0
Ca'thages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0
Ditto White i 6 2 6
Ditto Red 2 0 511
Brocoli 1 0 2 6
Endive 1 0 '2 0
Horse ltadish(bundle) 3 0 5 0
Celery 0 6 101
Carrots (12bunches) 4 0 701
Turnips 2 0 4 0
Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3
Leeks 0 6 1 0
For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6
Filberts
Pine Apples (lb.)
Sea Kail (punnet) .., 1 0 1 6
Small Salad (punnet) 0 4 051

s. d, s• d•
Spinach (half-sieve) 0 6too 8
Apples 2 0 7 0
Pears 4 0 8 0
Quinces
Onions 2 0 3 0
SevilleOranges(loo) 8 0
114 0
Sweet Oranges 5 04 0
Lemons 7 0 13 0
Walnuts 1 0 2 0
Asparagus l5 0 20 0
Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 6 0
French ditto
French Walnuts 4 0 6 0
Spanish Hazlenuts
Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0
Turnip Greens (hush )0 7 0 9
Brocoli Sprouts... ......... 1 0

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 10 to £3 15
Kew Meadow Hay 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 4
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 6 4 10
Clover Hay 4 5 5 0
Oat Straw ..t 110to£1 12 I Wheat Straw... 112 116

SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 n 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Kye-grass Hay ..... „„ 4 0 4 4
Clover Hay (extra fine).....£5 0 „Generally ..„ 4 0 4 15
Oat Straw ... XI Bto .£1 12 I Wheat. Straw 1 12 1 14

HUN GERFORD.

.
Coarse Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10
New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 5
Useful Old Ditto
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 5 4 ..
Clover Hay 4 0 5 0
Oat Straw ... £1 6to X 1 8 1 Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13

The ladies are said to have been thrown into
a state of consternation by the recent appointment of a
number of lawyers in all parts of the kingdom " to register
the deeds of married women."