The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

THE BUDGET.

The honourable and Ultramontane member for
Dongarvan, who cannot be suspected of expressing
fay.urable opinions on •Ve measures of he govern-
ment, save so far as he may believe they are calcu-
lated to serve the country at large and himself as
no unimportant unit in the population—in writing
from London to his readers in the Cork Examiner

says:--
" From my knowledge of the feeling which exists
with respect to the financial scheme of the Chancellor,
I can asure you that it is one of the most popular
which I can remember, and that it has done a good
service to the cabinet from which it emanated,
" J. F. M."
This is, we are satisfied, an honest opinion—one
that Mr. Maguire felt he could safely express to
his constituents at Dungarvan as well as to the
supporters of the Cork Examiner.
The Carlow Sentinel has the following remarks
in a clever article in praise of the budget :
" As usual, a loud yell was raised by some Irish
members against the additional duty on Irish
spirits ; but although the distillers may complain,
they laugh in their sleeves, to borrow a homely
expression, as the additional duty will be charged
on their stock in bond, and it is the consumer who
will pay for it. Now, as whisky is not a necessary
of life, those who object to pay additionally for the
poisons vended in grog-shops, may either abstain
from it altogether, or resort to good ale—as our
forefathers Aid—or as the stalwart yeomanry of
England do to this day. There was no alternative
but an income tax, or a tax upon the poor man's
necessaries of life, tea or sugar ; and the Irish people
will not be sorry, until the times become more pros-
' perous, that Irish distillers should sell less whisky,
or add, at the expense of the public health, to the
already enormous fortunes which they have imper-
ceptibly amassed. The only argument against
equalising the duties ou spirits throughout the
three kingdoms was, that illicit distillation would
extend, and potteen distilleries overshadow the
land ; but Mr. Disraeli showed the absurdity of
this argument, by pointing out the moral status
which our countrymen were likely to attain, in a
country daily improving and becoming more pros-
p 'rolls. But we entertain no apprehensions of the
spread of illicit distillation, with a disciplined force
such as the Irish constabulary, whose local know-
ledge, intelligence, and vigilance will prove more
than a match for the potteen manufacture.rl7,
whether in Kerry, Donegal, or Mayo. PeoP
re and
therefore, prefer the interests of the country And
overgrasping cupidity of the Irish distil
the overworked professional man
the men.
brain from one year's end to anot the
Chancel-
chant, and the shopkeeper will. tilnac,ol‘
for the ways
whot, taxes his
for of the Exchequer for Aro:lido a
tax, which it is
and means,' without resor.tin,g
and utiexpectea emergencies. The
war, or on great
feature in the budget is the
admitted can only be justified
.durina a period of
most satisfactory
the compact entered into in 1853
dtsotone for the gradual reduction of the
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
b y adherencem r.
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income tax.
deserves great credit for having, under every
disadvantage, adhered to that arrangement. A
declining revenue and an increasing expenditure
would not tempt Mr. Disraeli to violate the com-
pact that had peen made with the nation."
DEATH OF DR. HARRISON.
We regret to announce the sudden death of this
gentleman, which occurred yesterday at his
residence in flume-street. He was Professor of
Anatomy in Trinity College, and a writer of
ouinence in this branch of his prcfcgaion, He was