The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

and he professed to relieve them.—(Cheers and laugh'
ter) Except as to the mode of assessment a great deal
might b said in favour of retaining the tax' as
one to which people were already accustomed --
(A laugh) and to which existing interests
had accommodated themselves. The house property,
then, had already been taken off, the house
duty, and the brick duty, and therefore he
he
ref
think this property had a primary claim to
eel
Lie admitted that that mode of levying the tea TM cur
jectionable, as being levied on every oPelsif3g,
the admission of light or air, and, !ler'.
fore, producing disease. The present tsx
of
posed ou houses according to the number' "
windows, he proposed to abrogate altogether the pro...
mode of levying that tax, and to substitute for it '6 011,
levied upon the value thereof, and CO WI 10
to all new houses. The arse of a house was_
lj
test cf. its value, but its rental was, and be PrOf/ated
he
to levy instead of a window tax a tax uP°l34l _
estd
v:
value of the house, but applying it to all
houses, he proposed to modify it with regard eio
to
ape
under houses. A house in a fashionable EqUal! !I'uees
under this sy stew, pay more this'
in an unfashionable part of ihe town. The propostu'v ,
that upon all new housceunder the value of 201. ate'
should be exempt, but above that value they should 611
a certain per centage, that all above that should 0.001
certain per centsge. 'That all existing hour
t,
less value than 20/. a year should be eletnr,'
tv, bif at
that ail above 204 a year should psi
of their present amount of window-tax, that (4,4" oo
houses of greater value than 20/. a year, paYillg 13-ui of
window-tax, should ay two.thirds of that antes, .00
rate, and that now houses should pay a rate ?telt be
shilling in the pound. Upon shops and farm hotted of
proposed to impose a tax of 9d. in the pound in
ste'd by
Is. in the pound before the mouse-tax was reduse.,.4
Lord ALTIIOIIP. This would exempt the
st tar m-tiousee and the produce of the IletObe
be calculated would be 1,155,000 L; the lose owe
revenue being 700,000/. All reference to windoldi,
done away with, the objection, on sanitary groobteeer
done away with; all existing houses will be ,eitpoilest
great In
srox
erupt, or have their payment reduced one-thirck
proposed to deal with the duties on coffee, the re4;o4,
from which had fallen off 77,0001. This was octet ifee.
in a great measure, by adulteration et chicory with t:the
It had been swot, d that he had a direct interest eiljever
growth of chicory; he had only to say that hebdere
grew a root of chicory in his lif-, send he did not,pie
that any bad been grown upon an Here of letludiiir
puss smiot..—(A laugh.) He did not believe the, ,eagee,
lure of chicory diminished the consumption
.0., Awed
on the cos, trail, by lowering the price Ita.dr7 pot
coffee viltbir, the reach of many wilt) b
tn fore consumed it ; and be learned from gb'uti'
vial, chicory made coffee more palatable and mots sone
times. In America, where no duty exiiteci' this
baler
admixture took place, He believed that the floe'
must protect hisns.lf against adulteration; he rsig4
be
therefore, disposed to incur the odium jog)" eectodiumof
Excise duty on chicory, but he did propose to India on
evil by reducing the duty on coffee. The paella
foreign coffee was 6d. a lb., and on colonial 4d. et that Of
whilst the import or colonial coffee had increaseoe vrei,tee-
foreign coffee had diminished ; he did not think thehPe celoe
tion of this differential duty was of much value to (twice°
nial grower; he proposed, therefore, to reduce the_uti of Stli.
both, and to equalize them by imposing an equalrotion.°:
per lb., and to propose the same duty on the imr;t er"'
chicory. The loss of revenue would be 1.70,0001- Tbe- tin:tber:
cle to which he would allude was the duty on foreige bet`feer
Great complaints had been made by our shipowner*buil4°6
of being exposed to the competition, of the foreign
ego
who thed untaxed timber. This acted hardllaa tri oif'f(r
ships of an inferior class, and ne proposed to reduce Polio',
reign timber to one-halt its present amount; that
timber*l to
to
s*
upon sound timber to 10s., and upon rough ti;
he prope.sceuitursl
There was other items upon which
reduce the duty, and that was upon agjaritv `tb„al
seeds. This he believed was the will --sied4'„-f
the agriculturist exclusively paid. Upon eluveLni..64
grass seed alone there was a duty paid of srs9:_,';:-
3.5,000/. raised upon all seeds The presentseue"dZ
.ehrec,P;ti
upon foreign seeds, and 2s. 6d. upon colonial
posed to reduce the whole to a uniform rate distal:oi of
which would involve a loss to the reinvide
30,0001. Many propositions bad been - u
cast what were called the local u,"nuidPrs
land on the Consolidated Fund. Such a changek""c6ectSl
duce a social revelation, by the removal of all tue
local administration, it was to the magistrates, thetlejoantu
and the local boards, that the peace and safety of the bur,
was owing, and if they transferred the payment tit
but
,tti,eb
dens to the Government, they must have the rea
Ilion bt:
was one portion of these changes which be thong
etaken up the general revenue. and that was ta' °DrroPeer t
_ arge for the expenses of pauper lunatics. '4"; it ie;
leave the conduct of pauper lunatic asYluras,ls P,°rtee-rn °f
present, but to take upon the consolidated fun; sibe
the maintenance of pauper lunatics, taking 111)°-- t es' jiall
°tic duce
anent a large portion of the expensse, of coat,' isti ante re„„
that of these confined in private asYlarns pep
expense of the maintenance of these unfortuna.e Pt oro.'
lice 1(:),00/. eeclere
about the ordinary expense of the maintelut
nary pauper, he proposed to take a charge of 15°' were th,O
this head for the United Kingdom. Tbese subnlitt-
proposals which he should in due tittle July gpd House. In the month of
,„ Oh 8
°d
will b
would be a reduction of duty of 3'"'°
the
that added to the reductions which will be prOPSiem to
a gain to the community of 1,523.0001., but ibe g 0 ee-
revenue be estimated at only 1,130000 L Tas ct-gstral ifisas
the tran,fer of local rates was 1.50,000/., making ef:fart'foi
to the revenue of 1,2t10,00ut, leaving a surplus eat
years at
612'Ui- °l', the actual actual ,„);.°6
nextyear being only 150.001 e, being rb2,000..
year a surplus of 952.0001., of other year" ik'nittecttieC
He could net but expect that this Budget
quarters create etiseqepointment, but he did " 'htiop do, tjhe
intent to relieve, as he had been urgehdad p roposr:t
owners of land to a greater extent than 'en -
Last year he had relieved thern bY °f the
the stamp duty on deeds and by th reinovat ° ber oitA
bricks, and this year he 'reduced thee dutY l'imod-redau'-er
they employed in the erection of film buildings, I soy otb
the du .y on seeds. He did not know there was
folafin°l,ll
p nit tn which he need se• allut— re
a2"-
he should • propose Was kir the renewal of the ,n
trouble the coeirt A 'b d
of the stamp -duties in Ireland for three Ytearhe s' disco*.
was prepared, il the House wished
it, to postpone
stun o another opportunity.—( Hear, hear.)
I' lie resolut•
„rig the the,to
IiERRIES rose, and after compliment. „,r ions hawing been propo,ed from
.the ob'tesn'
el
cellor of the Exchequer upon the ability di.otraie fbr. the
stat emen ain
t'cl -Jed from the Government etoP'' r 00'
r - eu,
country to consider the important point whether they' tit
income-tax should be continued. He hoped olio
not be asked to come to a decision tonight, sad„nnoider...
the House ought to have until Friday next to
matter.