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means—had it not been for the speech we heard on Fri. questions which are not much to the purpose at present,
day night from my right hon, friend the member for the and I concur with the right hon. gentleman opposite
University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone.) I was one of the (Mr. Disraeli), when he said we need not employ our-
selves in disquisitions on directandindireettaxes, because,
colleagues of my right hon, friend when he brought for.
unhappily, we know that both to a great extent must be
ward his budget of 1853, and I was not only perfectly imposed upon and paid by the people. (Hear.) My right
quiescent, but I was warm, and I may say, an ardent hon. friend the member for the University of Oxford says
supporter of the plan which he then laid down. My that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is really endeavour-
right hon. friend says that the Chancellor of the Ex- ing to defeat that understanding which
vets come to in
chequer hastotally departedfrom 1853, that in the year 1860 we should see an end of the
the principles on which income tax. I hold it to be a very great point of public po-
that budget was founded—that he wishes as far as in licy to adhere to the expectation which was then held out.
him lies to destroy those principles, and that he wishes (Cheers.) I recollect how manygentlemen thei e were who
thought it would be possible towakea distinction between
to falsify the promise then held out in the most solemn
Permanent and precarious income; Iremember how many
manner that in the year 1860 the income tax should ceases
re wo objected to the successio n tax ; and I
These are grave charges—affecting not only the Chan. think, unless home overpowering necessity should arise,
oellor of the Exchequer, but affecting every one of the that the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1860 would not
members of that Cabinet of which my right hon. friend be justified in continuing in operation a tax which ought
was then the organ. None of the members of that Cabi-
ttoba i its a great weapon—the mostowerful financial
cease at the end of that year. (Cheers.) I am of opinion
t net who now remain in office having risen to defend the
weapon yea possess for a time of war.p (Hear.) The
budget, with the knowledge which they have of its experience of the last war has shown us this fact as
details and its r urpoie, it is incumbent upon me to die- strongly as did the experience of the French war. You
prove as far as I am able the charges which have been
collect an immense revenue by this means. It is perhaps
advanced by my right hon. friend. In doing so I only
a species of confiscation, because you take i
man that which he has at the moment, without inquiry
away from a
go so far as to say that I think it right to go at once into
committee of ways and means without assenting to the to enjoy it. But you take it as the means of obtaining
proposition of the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. national security in time of peril and of war, and you
Disraeli.) I concur generally in the principles on which are justified in so doing. You must either abandon the
the Chancellor of the Exchequer has founded his budget, tax after a certain time, or reconstruction,attemptitscoulda
c
Into all the details of his proposition I am not bound to
cwhich Idi on nao
satisfactory
a ti
sfbelieveact3 r anyy
raanner. lam therefore most
financial
abilities ac-
enter. lam still less bound to enter into ap m
articular desirous that the tax should come to an end in the year
vote of supply, because the question which the Chancel- 1860. (Cheers.) I confess I cannot see how the Chan-
c
lor of the Exchequer has brought forward, I believe in cellor of the Exchequer has interposed any obstacle in
ine. (Hear.)
conformity with the opinions of this house, is this, that the way of the termination of the tax at thattime. we shallfirst take into consideration the ways and means; Not only has he not done so, but in my opinion his ad-
ditin of in and in t two
that we shall endeavour to decide what is the prospect followingtwo yeaprs ence
—andthe hispresent proposalyear that further sums
at least of our revenue and expenditure, and what are should be levied on tea and sugar than are imposed in
specially
Now, sir, sir, it appears to me, and I think the house gene. to carry that budget into effect. (Che er
rally will concur in this opinion, that the Chancellor of fore us a return showing the amount of liabilities incurred
in respect of the war ; and according to
the Exchequer, in the present year, had no ordinary dift we shall have to pay in the ears 1857 that
-8-9 n date than
ficulties to contend with. He had upon him, in the first 6,000,0001. Exchequer bondys. The Chancellor of the
place, the obligation of checking, as far as he was able, Exchequer is pursuing that course because he has asked
c that inclination to extravagant expenditure, which, under us to assent to the payment of 2,000,0001. of these Ex-
the name of efficient establishments, is so strongly re- Lion
t g due in theresentear—a
P year—a o which we gave our unanimhas assent. PBesi osi-
des
commended by the military and naval departments. In these Exchequer bills we shall have to pay in respect to
the next place he had to consider the genera desire of the principal of the debt nu less than 9,250,0001. Al-
the country, founded upon what was, I think, a fair and together we shall have to pay in these three years the
equitable interpretation of the act which passed at the sum of 13,202,000/. Now, if we are to effect that ob-
Commencement of the war, that what is called "the war ject, I ask lo what means could the Chancellor of the
9d." should cease, not at the time at which the technical Exchequer resort except keeping up taxes somewhat
terms of the act bad fixed, but on the sth of April after higher than the act of Parliament would justify, and
the termination or actual conclusion of the war. In the thus obtaining means to do that which has never been
next place there rested upon him the obligation of endea- done before—that which my right hon. friend, the mem-
%tontine, as far as possible, not to place any obstacle in the bar for the University of Oxford, particularl recom-
way of the total abolition of the income tax in 1860. mends—namely, the
paying off of a considerabley portion
(Hear.) Besides all these obligations, there was another, of the debt of a war within a very short time after the
which, 1 bsheve, notwithstanding all that has been said, sommencement of that war. Therefore the policy
he was quite willing to perform as far as the condition of of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so far from
the finances would allow —the obligation not to press being in opposition to the plan of my right hon. friend
hardly upon the great articles of consumption, arol the member for the University of Oxford, is in direct
thus cramp the industry and fetter the means of the in- conformity with it. A part of the charge of ray right
duetrious clasees. Now this was the position of the hon. friend was, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ido not think he has has shown an indifference upon the subject ; that he was
done ill in proposing that "the war ninepence" should taxing those great articles of consumption, tea and sugar,
he at once abolished—that instead of fivepence, seven- without necessity. Now, I wholly deny that there was
pence should be for a certain period the limit of the anything tending to show such an indication on the part
income tax, and that arrangements should he made for of the Chancel or of the Exchequer. It was said, be-
paying off the debts which the country and Parliament sides, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had really
are bound to discharge. But what says my right hon. misrepresented the whole case, and that while he re-
friend the member for the university of Oxatiel ? I tarried that to which he had a right, and which bel netted
think the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in this situa- to the Exchequer, he talked of the taxes which were to
ti,' —that if he had proposed a very considerable reenis- be remitted as if they were the gift of the Government,
sloe of taxation, such remissions as have been prepoef d and that the G ,vernment were about to remit the sum of
in former years—it might have been said, " You are 11,900,0001. Now, it is obvious that the only fair course
parting wish the ways end means which furnish the re- which tile Cbancellor of the Exchequer can take is to lay
venue, and you veil thereby make it impossible to pro-
before the house and before committees of ways and
vide ter the cessation of the income tax at the end of three means and supply, the state of the country, to show them
what would be the operation of an act et Parliament,
yeers." If, on the other band, he had provided for the
due supply of the revenue, so teat after the three years
and to propose to them the scheme which he thought
by retaining in the bands of the Government those taxes beet for the country. It is not for him to say, "I grant to
the country 11,000,0901. of taxes. But I ask the house,
which must furnish that reveene, he would then obvi-
ou-ly have been open to the charge that be had not fil was there anything of that kind of boatting
lowed in the track of his predecess, re, which since 1842 in my right
h•inefriend's statement ? (Cheers.) You may inahe ob.
has so greatly relieved the trade and industry
of the jectiou to his statement—you may say there will be a
country. But what I should not have expected i., that deficiency in future years—you may dissent from his
these two charges, so opposite and so inconsistent, shouid Policy altogether ; hut I defy any wan to say that he
have come from the same person, have been u• tered by was guilty of boasting, or of any undue assumption,
the same voice and in the same speech in the course of I come n• xt to those duties which the Chancellor of the
one discussion. With regard te the remission of duties!, Exchequer proposes to keep up—the o tea and
it is obvious that the Cbancellor of the Exchequer could sugar—which he intends to keep up
at tootaxes grea n t an ex-
hardly make any great remission ctneistently with keep- cess. From representations which have been made to
big up the revenue, so as to be able to remit the income use by persons who are largely engaged in the tea trade,
tax in the year 1860. (Hear, hear.) It was prod Aimed whose petition I presented the other day, lam of opinion
in 1853, after a great deal of discussion had taken place, that he will gain iu the present year more than 1,000,0;01,
that two alternatives ware then open to the house—ihe beyond what the act of Parliament gives him. The
one, that of eudeavouring to reconstruct the income tax,
and make it more e ual and amount which he will obtain in the present year, ac-
q more just ; the other, that cording to the act Pof arliament, is 4,000,000/., but by
of not pretending to amend the tax which Mr. Pitt and his proposition he will receive 5,066,0001. In the year
Lord Lansdowne, and many , there, had denlared them 1858-9, tooter the act of parliament he would receive
selves in able to amend, and that without attempting to 3,200,0001., but by his arrangement the amount will be
amend the tax, you should consider it as a t-x for an ex- 4,550,0001. In the three years, instead ef receiving
traordinary, emergency, and provide for its cessation at a 10,400,0001., he will take 13,616,0001, being an increase
certain fixed period. Of these two alternatives the Par- in the duties on tea alone in the course of three years of
hal-tient, at the request cf the Government, and I believe, 3,216,000/. Now I think that is too much to impose
entirely concurring with the Government, adopted the upon an article so generally useful as tea, in the course
last. But then if you adopted this alternative, you must of three years, for the purpose of defraying the expenses
take care to supply the revenue—you must take care
of the war. I should wish, therefore, that either by
that if von arrive at the year 1360, these sources of adopting the proposal of the persons engaged in trade,
revenue may not have been so injured that you wilt find of having is. 4d. duty for each of the three years, or by
it a matter of positive necessity to keep up that tax. some similar scale, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
(Hear.) In the Sear 1345, when Sir R. Peel placed his , should -somewhat mitigate the pressure of that hex. And
alternative before us, he said, "The tax Iles now lasted on this subject I have to say that a statement has gone
for three years, and you may reduce it or allow the tax forth, apparently on the authority of the Chancellor of
to expire ; the half-year which is still due wiml furnish the Exchequer and the Secretary for the Treasury,
means by which you may provide for the requirements which is altogether erroneous. The Chancellor of the
of the year, but that is riot the course which 1 would re. Exchequer is supposed to have stated that the stocks of
commend ; the course which I recommend is, chat you sugar were unusually low, and that the same in effect
should take off many of our duties, that you should was tree as regarded tea.
lower ninny ethers which I think are injurious to the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
people of thin country. But if you do so, you mutt served that what he had stated was that difficulties at
preserve the income tax." The house chose to maintate, Canton rendered it probable that the future supply of
the income tax. Well, sir, that is very much our al- tea might be short. He
did not state that there was a
tentative at the present moment. It would have been low stock of tea.
utterly inconsistent in my right bun, friend the Chancel. Lord J. RUSSELL—There was an ambiguity in the
lit of the Exchequer—there would have been some ground phrase which has led to some mistake on that point. There
for the accusation of an insidious purpose on his part of is an unusually large stock of tea in London at the present
tune—l believe not less than 87,000,00 Jibs.—of which it is
breaking that promise which has been given for the abto
probable that 10,030,0001b5. will pay duty within a month
talon of the income tax—if he had come forward and
said, "Here are the tea and su ar duties which I can after the lat April. That being the case, the statement
part with at once—bare are many g,
other taxes of a most with regard to the small quantity of tea is not correct.
h p osal of the Chll of the Exchequer is o
injurious kind, and I will mat.; e a great remission." That duce tea duty from le;ance 90. tor is. 7d. law says thre-
at
would not. have been consistent with keeping faith with the reduction shall be 6d. per lb. The Chancellor of the
the public en the subject of the income tax. The ground Exchequer proposes a reduction of only 2d. Now Idu not
now taken is, that there is a departure from the policy think the benefit of that 2d. will go to the consumer. I be-
adopted 15 years ago—that of abolishing and reducing a have it will go to the wholesale and retail dealers, and that
vast number of small duties, thus simplifying the revenue such a small reduction will be of no advantage to tho con-
and collecting that revenue by means of fewer hands, sumer. (Hear.) I therefore hope that when we come to that
Now, I think my right hon. friend the member for the pairlit
endeavour
budget in ways and means, my right hon. friend
render that proposal more palatable and
University of Oxford, when be made that statement, gave Zeneficiaelavniorseirr,rohnaeoviuv pointed (tufa the
a very imperfect account of the policy adopted 15 years exaggerat•
ed and (Cheers.)sonaewhwa't
c
ago. It was a statement likely to be agreeable to the right hon. friend the member for the Wiivserositynloyf
hen. gentlemen opposite, whose cheers he appears to be Oxford, I will allude for a moment to his allegation that
somewhat desirous of obtaining. No doubt there the Chancellor of the Exchequer was treating us like child-
were propo'als to simplify the revenue—either to ab •lish ren. My right hoe. friend seems somewhat like au anxious
or to reduce to a very small amount a great number of mother, who, having a favourite child in the cradle, dreams
small duties. But that was not the principal merit of the that the child is falling over a precipice, and screams out in
affright for fear her beloved child should be lost. (Laugh-
and I think some part of that policy withbudget of Sir R. Peel—that was not its chi •f feature—
There was really so much pathos in my right hon.
small articles was of a questionable regard to many friend's statement, that nothing but a feeling of that kind
character. What I
—some, not maternal, but paternal feeling, with respect to
and others approved of in that budget—and Ima y count the budget of 1853—could have induced him to take what
my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequsr I conceive to be so discoloured and assiona a view of
amongst them, because ho has always admired the
prin, this subject of 'Silence and figures. (Lapughter.)te But as the
ciple of the great philosophers who have laid down the mother would fine her child in the cradle safe, and would
doctrines of free trade—what we approved of in that go back to bed in comfort, so I trust the division to-night,
budget was the principle laid down that there was to be whatever it may be, though it may be entirely against my
a great diminution of protective duties—(hear)—that right hon, friend's views, will find him delivered from that
degree abolished
differential duties were to a considerable dedelusion, and that his child is in safety and is not in that
—that protection would thus in a great gdegree be taken danger which his fears represented. (Laughter.) I come
away, and that the road would be open for amuch l now, having dealt with the allegation of my right hon.
arger friend, to a very serious part of this question, which Ido
and greater change. (Cheers.) At that ti
not think we can decide according to the proposition of the
my constituents came to me on the sub'ecameTreheanryopee-1 right hon. gentleman, and by the motion to-night, but
makers complained teat protection was taken fiche rope-
upon which I chnfessuclhfeel serious apprehensions anti look
the boot and shoe makers said they
wegualgdedh inve the regards rtoegathredsfuntuor ex.othm ensue y—l mean that par , whichf
protection for their industry ; persons en
ways and means, but the committee o
manufacture of straw plait in the midland counties said supply, sad the votes to be taken in it. I think we cannot
that their protection would be removed ; the fishermen ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to produce the esti-
in. the north who were engaged in the herring fishery mates for 1858 and 1859—it would be utterly unreasonable
made a similar complaint ; and numerous complaints of to do so ; but at the same time there is a question asked by the like nature were made by a number of otheritt srettro the right hon. gentleman opposite which was fairly raised
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, On the first night of
My answer to them was—and it was the answer which the budg t the Chancellor of the Exchequer told us what
Sir R. Peel himself in 1847 considered a just one—" All he prop,Sseeo,
these things must be taken together ; if protection is ing his
prepoNidonwshAtr wticlieuld be the consecikdoence of adopt-
broken in upon with regard to a number of articles ma- about 65 millions of expenditure,prese year.
millionsvreteolflarvee
nefactured by
toesartans, other protected interests must vhhite,oleavittg about 900 0001. of surplus ; but when my
finally be forced yield. It might be a natural policy ft bit 12
g Your
came down on a subsequent day ho said,
in the eyes of many; although I think a mistaken one,
will be 62,30n0te0(v1 be very much less in future years ; it
to protect all interests—to protect the shuttle as well theexpenditureof thol will not make you an estimate of
as the plough—to protect the fisherman along with the the estimate and ex pesnertaurs, but if yon will co aware it with
roof lElp, you will see that you
sugar planter. But if you apply the principles of free can haves margin of 3,000,000
can provide for the
trade, and take away protection from a number of smaller service according to the expendi•t'un3yoeful "But then,"
interests, you will bring down the destruction of the says the right hon. gentleman the memt 3.
er for Bucks, " if
whole Ilaterts." (Hear, hear.) I said to those who a that isle is so valuable, if the establish
Atestablishments in 1853 were
pled to rae, ~ D • - •
Don t complain that while you cannot sell sufficient to support the honour and security of thecountry,
your boots
why is it that we cannot have them for 1857? (a
and shoes, oryour ropes, at
protection
hoar.)
prices, YOU are obliwed to Why are we to postpone our Wisdom till 1858? ear'
pay an increased price for
is it
your corn ; becaute° 0
that we are to say we will be lavish in 1857, but illa
long the day
win a y u may depend upon it that before
shall be 'pendent and economical, that n Bwe
so wise, so everybody
must givasaytoo,rrainved when these protected interests will admit wo shall balance the income and expenditure"'
abolished the system of free trade, small monopolies being I will not revert to the estimates of 1853, but I cannot help,
cod will in time visttrtth the great principle of as the right hon, gentleman referred to them, referring to
and in sugar." Well, sir, that camee great dealers in corn my own extravagant estimates of 1818. Several gentlemen
great merit of the policy
of
1842 to pass, and the high in office complained of the extravagance of those esti-
with the question, and led to ~ a was that it firmly dealt mates. I have been looking at those estimates, and I find
the
principles of which
we
aizstoablishment of free that they amounted, for the army, navy, and ordnance, to
trade,
of us acknowledged at the oommencemrenvteoritrael—
y all, 17.11,00011., and d for. the militia to 15/000 Imadketitg
Parliament. Now I ask, has my right hoe. friend present 11
caen
and, taking. the whole
estimates—thehole amount was
the civil service, de- , contingencies—the w
these principles I Having been
53 496 511
, , 1. If I add to that the estimate for the collection
parted from a freeerader
all his life, has he in any way ignored this Polio er in-' of the revenue and the civil service superannuation
a new
augurated
policy ? Far from it ;he h 45 do 4,710,0001., there was a total of 58,206,511 h I find that
certainly should have been • • doe those extravagant estimates, which I was unable to perse-
tonothing of the kind. I ,_ . willing . .
Ido not concur • Vero in, which I was obliged to confess, not being of abso-
spare a good part of his hpe-ola with lute n •
' which he made with respect to t ecessity, I would not attempt to go on with in the
him in the observations
ace of the feelin of the
ghouse, were 5,018,030/. below the
fire insurance, the tax on which is most excessive and estimates e
with his observations not h •
o the present year. If that is the case I oppressive. (Hear.) (Hear.) Ido not agree _ . eIP thinking there I•in ' •
may be some re, uction the esti-
on the paper duty. I consider these duties f Excise to be mates of the pres t
They the Chanc ll en year. (Hear, hear.) Ido not blame
in themselves of a most injurious nature. (Cheers.) every Ch eor of the Exchequer. I know the tr mble
stop, and prevent, and decrease manufactures—tee y en- economy ri
anceo llor of the Exchequer has to enforce
hence prices ; and it is no consolation to be told, when the Chancellonr other departments ; but I say, butng
a page of Shales pere or of Milton has a tax upon the when we come to the Exchequer, that I cannot think,
paper before it ie printed, that the old woman in the cot- means, but to the questrnatinfai not of committee of ways and
tags is affected, a; :
and 'flJurionly affected, by the same im- to look sharply and vigilantly c.ornotittee of supply, we ought
post, inasmuch as the wrapper which contains her ounce year- The ministers for thaYitentaortthe estimates for the next
of tea is taxed also. Ste t
should be—r With respect to insurance to give for those estimates otherpthan: those ay
have reasons
ccllor of the
itExchequer has given. Therewmhaichlittheedeehtals-
and paper, I
a very small amount. I quite concur in the policy, al- thatlmsaLjnist
tfoyttoomheouthseattitieaem at present unyjustifiatele ;
most the necessity, of not touching upon these-large b;'it I trust that we are - tltrist that this is a period
sub-
jects of revenue, when the mind of the house and the e'
peace.,
I trust that those foolish goinghonstrilathie peace with Per-
mind
China—
mind of the country is fixed upon the income tax. (Hear.) (selaiSeers)--will rot be continued ; and hostilities
But lam sorry to find that the Chancellor of the Ex- seeing
that we have an alliance with France,ngtileese,,,
chequer pronounced a kind of panegyric on those taxes, 1848,gwhen I produced those estimates, was a nustt which,
in
as if they were meritorious ones. Ido not think it was considerable doubt—seeing that we have made peace ewith
necessary to disinter Arthur Young to give evidence on that great power which was lately our enemy, and that the

treaty of peace has fulfilled all the objects of the war, I such was the tendency of Mr. Glaistone's speech. Though and thirdly, ho hoped that the income tax would not bert
think that we are entitled to ask for peace estimates, and his arguments were inconsistent, his object was clear raised to 7d. in the pound until they knew that the expe-
that those estimates should be the foundation of what in enough; it was to induce the house to throw themselves into diture of the country indispensably required that such an
future years will be our establishment. (Hear.) Every one the hands of himself and his new associates. Bat it must addition should be made. Such was the practical good
has said, ever since the question of peace was under discus- be a fearful panic which would lead the house to do that. which ho believed would arise from that discussion. On
sion, ever Bimini t was known that the conferences at Paris It would require tenfold his talent and argumentative Friday last the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that it
were going to begin, that a considerable time must elapse, skill to induce the country to lose sight of the obliquity of would be impossible for them to bind themselves to the
and that a year would not be too much for Government to his political principles. (Cheers.) nn hat side of the possibility or probability even, of Parliament limiting the
reduce those establishments which were necessary in war, house he was regarded by many es ancandid enemy— income tax to 1860. Those were alarming words, and the
to reduce the number of men in the army and navy, But, on the other as a treacherous friend, and in spite of hit house ought to take the earliest opportunity of dispersing
the war being over, the prospect of peace being before us, I appeal to humanity, first for unnscesserily keeping up the that alarm by adopting the resolution of his right hon.
say I know not why we should not say what is good for duty on sugar, and then in favcur of its reduction, he friend. Unless the compact of 1853 were adhered to, the
1858-9 is good for 1857, why we should not come to a con- would find that the people of thiscountry considered him as confidence of the people of this country in that house would
elusion as to what our peace estimates should be, I shall an unsafeguide and a most unscrcpulousparasan. (Cheers.) be materially shaken if not destroyed. It was under those
listen with great interest to the statements which may be Mr. WHITESIDE was opposed to the retardation of the circumstances. and feeling strongly that they needed some
made by the Minister of the Crown as to the necessity for reduction of duty on tea and star, and considered such assurance with reference to the financial arrangements that
these estimates. As they stand at present, if we are to fol- a proposal a breach of common tonesty. The income tax the engagements entered into in 1853 should be carried out,
low the estimates, I believe as to the arithmetical cense- in Ireland was odious and revoleng to every men in the that he supported the resolution of his right hon. friend.
quences there is no difference, some 200,000/. or 300,000/. country. The amendment proposed to pledge the house He supported that resolution because in effect it amounted
may be in dispute, but we shallll be nearly 5,000,000/. short that it should be got rid of in 1860 ; but this the Chancel- to an instruction to the committee of ways and moans that
in the course of the next w three years. Well, Ido not lor of the Exchequer refused to accept. He thought that no budget would be satisfactory to that house and the
think it is a very reasonable thing to ask for the estimates Mr. Gladstone's speech on Friday night wasperfectly con- country unless it secured by proper adjustment of the
for the next two years—l do not think the Chancellor of sistent with his financial statement i 1853. it was said revenue and the expenditure, the fulfilment of the pledge
the Exchequer is bound to give them ; and, indeed, if he he had pointed out objections, tut had not shown how they so solemnly given, and which could not be departed from
had been disposed to act an ambiguous part, nothing would were to be removed ; nor was he called upon to do this un- without a breach of faith, and a violation of all the prin-
have been more easy than to say, ' I mean to cutdown two less " called in." (Laughter.) Be (Mr. Whiteside) adopted ciples of honour.
millions in the army, one million in the navy, and half a most of the statements of Lord John Russell, but those Mr. CARDWELL could not reconcile the speeches
million in the civil service estimates, and there y facts would lead him to an opposite conclusion.
ou have it." Why, every one knows that such a statement would not which had been delivered by the right hon. gentleman op-
be worth the piece of paper on which it was written, in ig- nodoubtthatthe right,
Si F. BARING said he had
that the resolution had not been well considered,as
Sir
called '
hon. gentlemen were into office they would soon showed
norance of what would be the circumstances of the future show the house how to cure the finance difficulty. All it secured no plain and intelligible result. When they
years• to which it would apply. Before we go into these es- these difficulties would then disappear, and the finances of talked about a probable deficiency, or a surplus in a future
ternates we are bound to have an account laid before us by the country would then become in a much more prosper-
the Minister of the Crown, with a statement of what is our our condition than those hon. gentlemen now seemed to bearuihe in
ciumeisntciln that,question
wa
sthat i mustd they
nidependmean
n roeri.
situation, foreign and domestic. Parliament has a right to think possible. He gave his cordial assent to the propo-
know what are the prospects of the country with regard to sals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as he understood just sat down said that their first object was the reduction
tytrheeeanreCxhtPmheeenyndtimtouurrsent•ot ? The rightgentleman who had
foreign powers—how we stand with regard to those two them There wee a singular omission in the amendment of the war 9,1. Why, that would be secured by going ill to
powers with whom we are at present in hostilities. They of the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckingham- committee ; because, having removed the war tax thereby,
have a right to know those circumstances before they vote shire—that was his intention with reference to the' war they could then proceed advantageously with the expeudi-
away the money of the people. I cannot accept the expla- income tax. Bat that was a most important point with ture. Unless they could bring down the military expendi-
nation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to• regard to the budget. Did be intend that that should be ture of the country to between 17,000,0001. and 18,000,0001.,
local burdens, that they have to a great extent been placed taken off or not taken off ? Unless they told the Chan- they must be in a deficiency. Had they a fair prospect
on the estimates of late years, becaese by far the greater cellor of the Exchequer what was the decision of the of accomplishing that object ? Lord Melbourne's esti-
part of theta au were placed in the estimates before house on that question, it was impossible for any man to mates were fourteen millions and a half. Sir Robert
1853, and the estimates of 1853 included the sums to which trame a financial arrangement. How came it that the Peel's when our relations with France were not satisfac-
the Chancellor of the Exchequer objects. I have therefore right hon. gentleman had not stated his intention in regard tory, and when the Oregon question caused much anxiety,
only to say, that now, with regard to the question inns- to that matter ? The same remark applied to the speech were 17 millions. Lord Derby's were 16, and the expendi-
diately before the house, I shall be ready to go into corn- of the right hon. gentleman the member for the University
bore under Lord Aberdeen's, the last year of peace, swelled
naittee of ways and means with the Chancellor of the Ex- of Oxford. He had not heard that hon. gentleman on any by anticipation of the coming war, barely. exceeded 16
chequer, keeping in view the policy, the justice, the good occasion give an opinion as to whether or not he was pre- millions. Was it then hepoless at a time of profound
faith, of looking to the cessation of the income tax in 1860. pared to take off the war income tax, (Hear.) His im- peace to reduce tho military expenditure. Lot those who
I willenot require larger concessions in respect to duties, to ression was that it was the intention of the right hon thought so vote for an increased tax. If they could as-
customs, or excise, or other taxes in the year 1857; but it
is not for that reason that I would give up the prospect for Pentleman to continue the war tax for at least another year.• sums a reduction for 1853-9, he could not see why they
could not effect such reduction this year, when the expen-
the future. When in the course of last century some emi-
, rent scientific men were sent from Paris in order to met. If that were net the intention of the right hon, gentleman
opposite, why did he not state it in his resolution ? Was diture was entirely under their control. It was a true
there some little difficulty in the two right hon, g maxim that of all plans the best was to spend little, and
sure a degree, when they had traversed Lapland andreach-
pitable sea, they put up a stone with the lines: men— a w e •
the late war to show that it
oil an inhos • tle wastht o stools between whom the war incons•3 taxgem-
to fall to the ground—oming to an understanding in
. Tthheeybehsatdofthaellextapexreisenweeasefthat which was the smallest.
Sistimushic tandem noble
Übi defuit orbis. respect to each other's views on that point? If the house was not great military establishments which made the
did not intend to affirm the budget of the Chancellor of the strength of a country. We had a small establishment,
That sir, cannot ba our position. I trust that the extension Exchequer, the war income-tax was a subject on which at France and Russia had large ones • yet, in the crisis of the
of commerce, theadoption °fright principles of finance, will any rate it ought to be frank and explicit—if they did 1,01, war, Russia was impoverished, and' Franco even suffering,
make a continued progress; I trust that the Chancellor of intend to take of the tax let the country clearly under- while England emse withsthe,
the occasion. What a moral
the Exchequer may be forced toteonnne his wishes for the stand what it was they did intend to do. He thought be- lesson we might learn from this ! For those reasons ho
moment to the present budget; I trust that the country will fore considering the resolution of the right hon. gentleman should vote for going into committee of ways and means.
see that that which has already produced such glorious it would be as well to ascertain what was the real position Mr. M. GIBSON expressed his concurrence generally in
fruits may in future have still greater results. I rejoice to of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in what state the sentiments of the noble lord the member for the city of
hear from him,'and I think whatever party hon. gentlemen their finances were. He thought the figures he would lay London, and supposed his suggestions might be taken in the
may belong to, we must all rejoice to hear from him such before the house would not be very far wrong. Now let light of a friendly communication to the Government to in-
prosperous accounts, especially of British shipping, at the them consider the reduction which the budget involved. duce there to alter their policy. But the noble 1 net finished his
present time. I trust that further measures of the same The first item was that of malt, on which there would be speech by recommending the house to vote for that policy.
wise and liberal kind, measures founded on no selfish ad- a loss of 2,200,000/. Then if the pled os were carried out And what was the question the house was called upon
vantage, upon no restrictive policy, upon no envious jea- in relation to the war income-tax they would take off to decide ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer wished the
lousy. ot foreign nations, but upon a policy which begin- 2,000,000/. more in reduine that tax from 7d. to sd. On house to go into committee of ways and moans, in order
rung with wisdom from yourselves ends with liberality,
to impose an income tax of 7d. for the next three years—
tea there wool I be a reduction'. to the extent of 1,500,000/. ;
justice, and bounty to allhnankind, I trust that that policy on coffee, of 135,000/. ;on sugar, of 750,0001. He con- to increase the duties upon tea and sugar—for the purpose
which my right hon. friend says was inaugurated 15 years
of providing funds for defraying the expenditure for the
from that 15,
TEcehxieveheidnegetothim'eartewaolaflsltaphsietedryeaediictions which the Chancellor of the
ago—l care not about the date, but I should put it further
public service during the current year. Tee right hon.
back, and should not forget the illustrious name of Huskis-
gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) objected to follow the
son--I trust that that policy thus inaugurated has still
course marked out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
taking
achieve, and that its success will '
greater to , induceo c
tori , to had make
ita m
wouldou nte amounted
bringt amountedo t7o2d ,10005w'
n0:50, Otoh6ooo/01..0-
,-; --1.•
and submitted a resolution, by way of emendinent. Now,
the nations of the earth to follow our exa•nple, and thus come for the ensuing year to 57,500,000/. Their expendi-
before the house consented to go into the matter suggested
unite us all iu the bonds of peace, of commerce, and of at udreefi,
deficiency
ns stated, erl,
staringfor 1857m-8
iwnatsh6esf,ocoeoo, Of 080,
0/. --7 t
,h e r e
.wa, srtehvue s_
0 '0 008/ of in that resolution, it must brat express an opinion, aye or
amity. (Cheers.)
no, as to the financial scheme of the Government. If the
rue ; but that was not all because if they proceeded on
Mr. BENTINCK, in a speech condemning the income to the next year without any proposition being math by house should decide against that scheme, it might then be
tax, said he was net prepared to vote either- for the motion the Chancellor of the Exchneyqur, they would then have a ' fairly called upon to express an opinion upon the substitute
of the Chancellor of the Exc or that of the right (facie:Ay of 9,0)0,000/. That was no common case, and proposed by the right hon. gentlernau. He would put the
gerdtd the speech of the right hen. matter into the smallest possible compass. He conceived
hon. gentleman the member chequerkinghamshire• As re- he thought the Minister who had those difficulties to meet
.University of Oxford, hethat those gentlemen who were fevourable to idling
for the
( Mgr.enlttleentutainnctkil;; tromugbhetr twhaesy°rfietfileticettel4 ON 000/ to the estimates for the situ. and navy beyond
he had suggested a th -) dt o
tthhaet greatest
e n y e consideration, o
tnhs ied eernaatisogne,mente especially
w hi
Whit
when
h e , , .
..
the amount in the year pnecedine the war—those eentle-
. i
. timed difficulties with reference to would have to fulfil wore not of his own contra.cting Bt
the budget without s❑ r 4'
men who were in favour of jure-wising the duties on tee and
b nisges,-mg a remedy. After consider- what was he to do if he had to meet those engagements,
the court adopted this year, of asking the house to and he was not allowedto raise revenue on some articles on sugaw—those tho were in favour of a :It-AN:M-
such.
in . .
' etm iee tax forth© tt' ' -vents
p, y ne me nex urea yeara— veto
."Ilium the proposition of the Chancellor of th
The right hon, gentleman ha .d his °pi-
e Exchequer as teas. e. .
before they had had an opportunit •
yor examiniee the oat'. mon, fairly and manfully met the difficulties by which he ,
'• forseine into committeef -e•• I ( Year, hear.)
e )
o wais an means. ea..
'Hates, he moved the adjournment of the debate'' •
until after was Corr ounded. But they were told that in doing so he rho3o, on the contrary, who considered the estimates too
the house ha i agreed • a
high—who thought the taxes on tea and sugar ought not to
in committee of supply to the army, had abandoned the principles of free trade. Now, coming
navy, and ordnance estimates.
ecceeetely to figures, was it true that the Chancellor of the be increased, and doubted whether sevenpence should be
placed on ineome—would vote against going iuto commit-
Mr. M. MILNES condemned the speech of the right Exchequer had abandoned his opinions of free trade.
tee. That was the 'obvious parliamentary way of expres-
hon. gentleman the member for the University of Oxford, (Hear, hear) ? Had he not adhered to direct taxation with
sine an opinion on the financial schouseof a government as
whose policy of 1853 was the cause of the present difficul- a view to remit the duties on such articles as tea, coffee,
a whole. If hon. gentlemen wanted to see a practical re-
ties that had been raised to the Chancellor of the Excite- and sugar, as far as the finances of the country would al-
suit, they would not accede to the suggestions thrown out
quor's statement. It therefore showed that it was better low him ? He (Sir F. Burin;) was told the prospect of
by the noble lord the member for the City of London and
for Chancellors of the Exchequer ta confine their policy to getting rid of the income tax in 1360 was by the finan dial
the right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth (Sir
the current year rather than deal in the prospectiv He scheme very remote. Now he was prepared to admit, both
F. Baring.) He had never seen any successfnl effort at re-
trusted that the reduction would not be carried too• f fur political
far reasons as well as on account of good faith, suctions
.
and again impair the resources of the country, should that it would be desirible, if possible, to get rid of the in-
'batty of proposing such reductions, and informing them
circumstances again render it necessary for her to take un come tax in 1860. It was net a peace tax, nor was it ea ui- si
erne of expenditure and taxation
i th• • • . generally that their sch
arms.
s 'ably levied. •
and he was
troll aif it did not come off
of parliament. Now came the
did n?t, meet the approval
Sir. J. T. TYRELL had never seen so strange a state of in 1860, the should not get i seta 11. But let them u> generally
was he so much opposes} to theplan of the Chan-
see things as rep/elect political perties since he entered the house derstand the position in which they should be placed in
justified r '• e 'his-
cellor of the Exchequer as to be inrectwein e h
in the year 1830. It was a most extreordinary spectacle to 1861. In 1861 they would have smug falling in from the
vote against it On the whole, e conscientiouslyir t be-
noble so many right hon. gentleman sitting ou so many dif- reduction on the interest of the National Debt to the ex-
Bayed the speech of the right hon. gentleman ie. a rope-
ferent benches. (Laughter.) In the firstplace there wasthe tent of 2,100,000/. Then in the same year there would
grade and reactionary complexion about it,.t (Hear.) h
noble lord the member for the City prched up behind the cease payments on account of the war to the amount of
right hon. gentleman talked of the roe grit yof the ern-
noble leader of the house. (Laughter.) Than there were 1,128,000/., or, comparing it with the charges for the year
try, of the increased exports and imports, in order to sir:.
right hon. gentlemen sitting below the gangway, of great 1858-9, they would have 2,500.000/., those sums logo- try,
the burden about to be imposed could be bona
boastedw.,of
ability and official habits. There was on that (the opposi. ther amounted to 4,700,000/. The amount which would
out much pressure. The right hon. gentleman
tion) side the right hon, gentleman the member for Backe not be chargeable in 1861. Now, that was a large
the foreign trade, but he said not a word of the condition.
with his brilliant talents ; and there were about him many Part of the 7,000,009/., which was the amount of
reet bed of the labour in;
of the home trade and of the g y ,
lion. gentlemen of great assiduity, perseverance and deter- the income tax to bo remitted in that year. in addition
classes. And that was a remarkabe omission, becaur by
miziation. All these hon, and right hon. gentlemenseemed to that, the tax on succession had not yet reached its
his pnancia,l scheme he proposed tolllaw a groat portion of
ready to fall upon the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) the maximum. They might reckon on 60 or 70,00 1. from
his increased revenue from the labo,,ring classes, for tea and
moment they fancied he had made a mistake, bat he (Sir J. that source. If they added those sums together, they must
sugar were the two art' e es of consumption next ' • the very
Tyrell) had the misfortune—misfortune, that was, sitting admit that the task to be performed in 1861 was not cpri o
necessaries of life. Although the resources of the country
where he did—to think that the noble viscount as yet had so formidable as sacrificing at one stroke 7,000,000/. of re-
were vast, arid although it hael been able to speed 76,000,9001.
made no mistake at all. Therighthou. gentleman theinem- venue. He admitted that there might be a deficit next year
in carrying on the war, he believed that at the present nio
bar for Oxford University heel entered the house this see- but he was at a 1-as to see how they were to enter ie to such
sion in a most gladiatorial spirit, He would hardly permit an arrangement in voting the estimates of the present year, meat a great body of the agricultural labourers and to
haeics had but little mewls,
titlesau asin4 the necessaries
the Speaker to take the chair before he showed himself in- The Chancellor of the Exchequer ha I said that we were not
of life, of purchasing those ar which were subjected to
dined, by the power of his eloquence, "to make the worse at present on a peace footing, and it was probable that next i
appear the better C 31180." He (Sir J. Tyrell) etas one of those year the expenditure might be reduced to such au arneunt as . the customs duties. lie had be m told of an agricultural
labourer with a wife an 1 fivechildren residing in thecounty
who thought there had been a gigantic fraud—af course, would bring it within the revenue of the next year. Thera
of Suffolk who was unable to purchase more than an ounce
he meant in a Parliamentary sense- (laughter and cheers) was very fair reason for believing that the expenditure
of tea p-r week, and yet the right hon. gentleman proposed
—attempted upon gentlemen who sat in that house. Ho might be reduced in future years. (Hear.) Ho believed
~ to add to the price of that )eor man's tea. The mechanic
(the hon. baronet) Lad tread with surprise— and be c t• I that it was very much the best policy to relieve ihe
er ain y
coun ay
earning 15, per week would, under the present scale of
disagreed with almost every word of it—the Conservative as much as possible from the burdens of heavy war estab-
duties, have to pay from 39. to 4s. per week. (Hear.) These
article in the, Quarterly Review; headed "The Prospects of lishments. (Hear, hear.) Reductions in such establishments
were the classes on which the right hon. gentleman pro-
the Country. • The publication of that article had been for ought, however, to he made with considerable care and carp
posed to lay additional burdens, and whom in the course of
a month; and there were marks about it which were con- lion, lest the probability would ba that the seeing would
his speech he had omitted altogether to mention. But the
elusive in his mind as to its parentage, It lauded the eight be more apparent than real, and would entail ultimate loss
. •, . right hon. gentleman had iutroduced other matters wholly
hon. gentlemen below the gangway for their great ability on the country. titheh that the Governmeut might
irrelevant. Was it necessary for the right hon, gentleman
in their official capacity. No doubt those gentlemen formed fairly be credited fo reductions which they had made,a
to say anything about the paper duty ? The fire isurance
a powerful section in the house, but fortunately—or un- and that they must be received as an earnest of their fu-
duty—or the duties on wine ? With respect to the paper
fortunately for them--they had no following in the cot
ture intentions on the subject. It might be asked, why not
duty he thought the right hon. gentleman had taken a mere
try. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman bit he was the at once effect these reductions? He was perfectly ready to
exciseinan's view of the question. The right hon. gentleman's
author of the article—of course hugged his pet budget of go into the question, and he tsted that as men of business
opinion was that books at a high price would not be mate-
-1853. Now that house had in it a great number of Chan- the house would consent to gore to the estimates. Abstract
really reduced, referring probably to 3-volume works, or
tellers of the Exchequer, (Laughter.) He did not know such as that before the house, did but little
works like ItPCulloch's Dictionary. When Sir R. Peel pro-
whether the noble lord the member for the City had filled good, and resolutions,he thought it would be much better if the house
Posed the repeal of the excise duties on glass, it was said that
that office, but he had filled almost every other, Lau. h
g . would ener ractically into the consideration of the best
decanters and glasses could not ricebtai. at lower prices.
ter.) Well, on the first night there debate,in h'moans
was a
4.,* g such economy as would admit of the
But the mere reducti 'on in the pof particular books was
many of these eminent members took a part ; ad he (Sir taking off the burden of the income tax in 13'30. (Hear.)
not the only view taken by advocates of the repeal of the ex-
J. Tyrell) must say that when he heard the speech of the Mr. WALPOLE agreed with the noble lord the
htse duly on paper any more then it was the view taken with
right hon, gentleman the member for Bucks, he felt, as a member for the city of London in the main objects
respect to glass. They wished for the repeal of the duties be-
humble Conservative, considerable alarm. (Laughter.) The which he haul in view, and the means by which he
cause they believed they stood in the way of the extension of
noble lord the loafer of the house had been accused of being sought to accomplish it, but differed most completely
sl-
importantmanufacturesebecause th, ypi even ted eruploymeut
fond of war, and of getting this country into scraes • but from him in the conclusion at which the noble lord had
aunt tended to increase pauperism and crime. And he would remind the house of the reception the noble lord arrived respecting the propriety of going into committee
though the right hon. gentleman would sneer at the paper
met with at Manchester. (Hear.) With the exception of on the estimates, He thought it would be the reverse
duty being a tax on knowledge a 'duty amounting to 80
the hon, member for that city, and one or two other gem- of all sound policy for the house to agree to the im-
per cent, on an or.linary school 'book or copy book, was in
tlemen, the Poeee Society seamed to have disappeared, position of the income tax of 7d. instead of scl, in the pound
reality a tax on knowledge, and was inconsistent with the
(Hear.) That party had also been silent on the present cc- for the years 1858, 1859, and 1860, without knowing the
efforts that were made to promote education. (Hear.) H©
casion, but he trusted the house would hear their views expenditure of the country. The expectation of the people
no >v came to consider the right hon gentleman's resolution.
before the debate closed. He supposed their silence was oc- of this country was that the war 9d, of the income tax
He went seine way with him, but he contended that if
casioned by a feeling that they wore opposed to the opinion should be repealed on the conclusion of the war. That ex-
they sanctioned the scheme proposed they would be laying
of the whole country, He (the lion. baronet) completely Pectation had been fulfilled by the announcement of the
the foundation of a deficiency in future years. They
agreed with the sentiments expressed by the late ear, Bro. Chancellor of the Exchequer of his intention to repeal that
should remember that they were settling- what should be
ttri r on, who he regretted no donor to see amongst them— portion of the obnoxious tax, and he trusted that there
the peace expenditure. It was quite clear the Government
( ear)—d :rid who on the noble lord's visit to Manchester, ex- would be no necessity for re-imposing that tax for many did not contemplate any groat reduction in the military
epfrehsisse n opinion that he (Lord Palmerston) deserved well years to come. The total repeal of the income tax in 1860 expenditure of the country. It had always been the prac
. his pn forcoming,forwarcl when he had been deserted was another expectation in which the public were fairly
rice at the conclusion of a war to endeavour to increase the
bya..former colleagues. (Cheers.) He (sirj, Tyren)hoped entitled to indulge. He was fully aware of the groat diffi-
military establishments beyond what they stood at pre-
with t before the house went into these nip-cheeso estimates culty which attended upon a transition state from'war to vious to the war, and beyond what the necessities of a
with which they were threatened, they would be favoured peace, and the difficulty with which war w
with the views of the gallant defender of Kars, and the could be placed upon a peace footin But establishments
had
12 monthspeace establishment required. That attempt was made in
the present instancy; but if the house did its duty, as it
gallant gentleman who sat beside him (Sir W. Codrington,) passed since the conclusion of the ge*ac
et and the Govern• had done on former occasions, they would compel the Go-
The late Duke of Wellington, when told that certain ment had been warned of the necesPsit
parties had deserted him, replied, " They all do that at to the systems of economy which had existed for
a speedy return vernment to bring down the expenditure to a peace stand:
existed previous to aid. They might talk of implied compacts, but, they could
some time, and some of them never come back again.” the war. In our naval and inilitery establishments what not bind future Parliaments; and if they were to lay down
Now, it would appear that there were right hon. and hon, was required was a system which'
would combine efficiency any arrangement of that kind, they had so lost their
gentlemen who were now very anxious to come leffihk. with economy. It was the want of
thea system combining ; character with the public that their promises for
(Loud laughter and cheers.) Not only their appetite for such qualities which had led to all disasters which the the future would not be believed. (Hear, hear, bear.)
debate, but their appetite for the good things of office, was army had undergone in the Crimea,What was required Bat it was quite clear that if they sanctioned the present
waxing worn.
force. The increase scale of expenditure, that sanction should be quoted by the
of the right hon gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) had left him in the estimates for the army
3navy, as copared with Government against them when the attempt was made to
(Sir 3.llTyrerl) in a perfectly incomprehensible position. those of 1853, was not less lia
1,000,0001. In the esti- enforce reduction. In 1816 the great Whig party did not
(Loud laughter.) He confessed that pro hac vice, his na• mates of the civil service there than
been also am most extFa' wait for two or three years after the war before theycalled
tural leader would be the noble lord the member for the ordinary increase There was no doubt included in the in- upon the Minister to bring down the expenditure to the
City; but clouds, heavily charged with the electricit f d ' •
y o crease estimates of 10,000,0001. for the present year pro- requirements of peace. The noble lord (Palmerston) was
electoral influences, lowered so darkly over every part of vision for the repayment of 2,000,000/. of Exchequer then Secretary W •andthe
at War ,
the house, that he scarcely knew what course to pursue, Bonds, a mode of raising strum hich his hon. friends London, Lord Lansdowne,Lord. -
member forßrougham,
He should therefore vote for the amendment, (Cheers.) on his side of the house hadstrongly objected to on the Sir J. Macintosh, and all the leaders of the Whigs urged
Mr. WILKINSON also supported the amendment, re. ground that it would entail the necessity of paying off the
upon him the very year after the close of the French war
marking that it was not very clear how the house had money at a time when it would be mostinconyenient— to bring down at once the expenditure to the altered cir-
come to be engagedin this anticipatory financial discussion, and also the sinking fund, and the interest of the war loans
cumstances of the country. The Government answered,
The right hon. gentleman !Mr. Gladstone) had gone iota but still beyond this there was a very large margin in which
as they did now, "We cannot immediately,a go back to a
the subject of the estimates ; but that was not the quote. considerable reductions might be effected. He thought
peace establishment after acceptt wale'. That reason, how-
diture how-
tion before the house. (Hear, hear.) Nor was his argu. that there existed a moral and virtual compact between ever,. the house refused to accepts nor c
believed, if the (Mr,
lE•
ment at all conclusive. It did not follow that the expen. that house and the country that the income tax should be
Gibson) accept it now. He
diture next year would be as great as was now found to be entirely taken off in 1860. The compact then made in
Id find that the came Governmentmilitary eat lb-
when pressed, they would e
h Russ. es
ild
necessary; and the revenue might conslierably recover 1853 would not have a legal force like that made at the lishinents that were sufficient before t e ianewaarr would
itself, by its natural elasticity, before the period arrived Union of Scotland or of Ireland but there were circurn-
be sufficient now that the war was over. (II ,
madeate)
when the right hon, gentleman said there would be a deficit. stances connected with the arrangement then made which
He thought the right hon. gentleman had clearlya
thescaeo out
(Hear, hear.) For his own part he (Mr. Wilkinson) would made it imperative upon the House of Commons to abide
his case, that if they were to acquiesce in 1 have preferred the retention of another ld. or 2d. of the by the terms of the cthen agreed to. The consi-
ompact
1 penditure now proposed by the Government, .
a that x.-
s which
income tax, so as to allow the reduction of the duties on ar- derations given on the part of the people in that arrange-
t ould be
should be adhered to during the entshincgroyaesaa,teaxwee
and,
tides of ordinary consumption. He would also have pre. ment, were the extension of the income ;ax to Ireland, its
necessary in 1858 and 1859 to vote ferred to see the duties on paper and insuranc„ removed, imposition upon all incomes between 1001. and 150/. a year,
Oxford had said, they ;would
as the right hon. ,member for
.. ,
..,
even at the expense of retaining a portion of the tax on and the consent to the tax upon successions. These bur-
• t oic w tah was com-
then see a gradual reversal of tha p 1 Yr n
incomes. At the same time he thought the Chancellor of dens had been borne b one party to the compact, but
menced in 1842 by the late Sir _
R. Peel. (" Oh, oh," from
rho Exchequer had been made the subject of a great deal now the Chancellor oft he Exchequer stood forward to con
said,
Mr. the Treasury benches,) The right hoe. gentleman
of unnecessary objurgation ; for with the exceptions he tend that there was nothing binding in the arrangement , Government in 1860 to carry
speech place it in the power of the..incomet
Hehy
had named the budget met with his approval. (Hear.) then entered into. The right hon, member for Portsmouth
853 and remit the tax.
out the compact of 1 ,
Mr. LIDDELL has listened with great pleasure to the and others had to, The
shore was no legal force in
they could make between
speech of the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks; the compact of 1853 ; but he (Mr. Walpole) felt strongly believed that by, no arrangement
1 AR tromote the true interests
this and 1860 cape a
but he confessed to feeling a great deal of apprehension when that the equities of the case were strongly in favour of
they P
to accomplish that object.
the country, could
the right hon. gentleman spoke of reductions. As to the the abolition of the tax at the time then fixed upon.
hopere-adjust the tax to make it
(Hear, hear.) They might
speech of theright hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Gladstone), This was not merely a Pecuniary matter—the honour
in its application, but in his view it would be a
wonderful as it was for ability he must acknowledge that of Parliament was at st k
a e ; and if there was one thing
. • more equal
thatportion of
t financial blunder to abandon our
he was not at times able clea'rl to understand the • ht which more than an
y e right other gave stability to their proceed- great .
thought, was more than the affluent
hon. gentleman's arguments. When the right hon. gentle- ings, it was the confidence which the people reposed in taxes, which, he
contribute' to the requirements of the
classes ought. to
man talked of the budget of 1853 ho would remind the its decisions. What were thestrongest arguments ad- state. He did not say they
should continue an exorbi-
house of the position in which we stood at the breaking duced against repealing the
grant to Maynoo- ? it
taut income tax, but wouldmaintain ho
out of the war. We sent out an army but that army not that the grant bad been f 11 itr duced in an
orma y n o
with
rate income tax as the .
the interests
very keystone of our commercial
periehed because we hail not sufficient stores accumulated act of Parliament, and that faith
must be kept the essential to
prosperity, and as e
beforehand • , and when at last, by dint of reckless extra- Publie. The erg that
which • 1
were good for one su e ware 1 b • eclasses, H therefore,
d as well as of the a aurine e,
vaerance we provided s
, tores, the mischief was done. He equally suited to the other. (Hear ) He agreed that there partied
himself by any compact in reference to the
therefore solemn]
y protested against falling back on the were disturbing causes which• interfere6' with the refused to bindin 1860, and would much rather, if the
removal of the tax
estimate of 1853. If the bitter experience of the late war fulfilment of a compact. The might
a disturbing dispensed with, remit an equivalent
sum
taught us nothing else it ought to have taught us the folly cause, and had it continueduntilwar was such
1860 it would have been amount could be
of the indirect taxes than partwith the '
to -' income tax. He
of keeping up au insufficient military and naval establish- impossible to hal) complied with the terms of the agree- objected to holding out the country expectations which
ment. He did not think that he should ham per the Go- ment of 1853. But he wanted to know why in the year would never be fulfilled, and he still more retr-
year objected
knew . . .
vernment or impede the services of the country b affirm-
y 1857, before they knew what the •
expenditure was to bo, •
Jested to be the advocate of a policy which he believed t i
ing the resolution,
they were to be called upon to continue a tax which by law - prejudicial to the best interests of the
be.
Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE criticised the resolution of Mr. they were bound to repeal if they could. (Hear.) The im- Ishouldwith the right hon, community.
Though he veto
Disraeli, and contended that a surplus could not be spread ition of he additional twopence in the pound could not ,•u harnshire against the Speaker leaving the chair, he
by possibility facilitate the Bu" 1 gwith h' in the other proposition. (" '
over future years. At the close of Mr. Gladst ' -
ono s speech departure of the tax in 1800
'' • could not go nu
he could not but ask what the right hon. gentleman really The abolition of the tax by the proposition of the Chan- oh," and laughter.) Thera was nothhi • • '
g inconsistent in
cellor of the Exceequer was
wanted ? In the course of nearly four hours he had raiseaan absolute impossibility. in this for there were in fact two distinct oositions
objection after objection, difficulty after difficulty, but it The proposed
(Hear.) tax of 7d. in the pound instead of involved, and, holding the opinionshe did,what
other
sd. would produce 7,h
-00,000/. instead of 5,000,030/. at the
led to no practical result, beyond, perhaps, exercising some
course could he take than te vote against the Speaker
of his younger constituents in dialootics. Ho could not reduced rate, and it would be far more difficult to provide leaving the chair, and afterstearde hen the right hoe.
imagine that Mr. Gladstone really believed the serious a substitute for seven millions than five millions of re- gentleman's motion was put . ' w substantive motion,
charge which he brought against tho Government of Mean. venue at the. end of 1850. (Hear, hear.) He thought voting against it? (" Oh " laughteraaasu from the Treasury
, and
cloning the principles of free trade. Nothing could be he could see great practical good that, the debate had
benches.) Hon. gentle benches might
more contrary to the course ureued by the present Chan- already produced.
t. He could perceive an altered tone with think this somewhat me°on
th.e Thai. y
ains,urbut it often hap-
cellor of the Exchequer. It was a strange argument from a reference to the es imate, as origin oily proposed, and also pened, he believed
th peculiar in
found themselves sepa-
with reference to the taxation about to be placed on the . , te,t even they
.. . ,
friends,
right hon. gentleman who got the country into a war when
rated in the •div. • mon Tubby from their political as
he • was in the Government, had then left the -Government, It did not r • •
people. aquae any great. sagacity to pre-
was the case the other evening the noble lord the
when
diet the amount'of good that would follow this discus-
and had then done all in his power to lower the lofty cony- diet
for Tiverton found himself with some thir,teen or
,
age and generous feeling of the country. (Cheers and "N
, No pion. First, that the tea duty would not be increased ;
i;sont
h cathUates would not stead as they wcro ; fourteen of his most ardent supporters voting with
310•1 Ile Was the house
9 at the times akci mud wort that secondly, t a

properly named, for Irishmen had no money to bribe el
ir-liobe7t Mr. DISRAELI remarked that he never expressed an and knew nothing about the subject to be inquired i
t satisfac- wish of the kind. He was quite astonished at the course He was only sorry to see an Irishman upon it at all.
a anxiety, Government had taken. He was not aware that any gentle- The motion was then agreed to, and the house adjoul
a exPendi- man on that side of the house had suggested such a course, at one o'slock.
e, swelled
and he entirely disapproved of it.
seeded 16
profound Sir C. WOOD said then of course he must beg the right Naval and Military Intelligence.'
hose who hon. gentleman's pardon. The right hon. member for the ----e----
could as- University of Oxford suggested it. [Mr. Gladstone was un- The Dako of Cambridge, as the General Command
why they deretoed to express his dissent from this statement.] There in-Chief, attended by his Aide-de-Camp and the Adjnt.
he *aspen-
General, lea town yesterday morning in order to maki
seemed to be a general concurrence on the subject, and his inspection of the whole of the troops in camp at Alders[
as a true
ittle, and noble friend (Lord J. Russell) got up and said they would His Royal Highness returned to town in the eveningr.
smallest, postpone going into committee of supply. That being so he
of
fa Yesterday eofsyotareirtdjuhaeayr
Marines
purpose
esooolinef
hbwiaotiatt
naoleinsosntihnoegf
pttahhreae
dpee
r-liasrteohnuatoamdt
i•sod livid
sec"
w that it thought they were bound to adhere to the course they had
made the taken. Having listened with some attention to the whole of . . lishment, silver medal, with a gratuity of 151., which had b
the debate, 'he must say he never heard a motion the
cis of the awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty to Cole Se
suffering, grounds for which were so feeble. He congratulated his Frederick J. Mills, Royal Marines, for long service
a moral right hon friend on the vote of the right hon. member for meritorious conduct. The battalion having been fori orisons he Manchester, who plainly told them he disentangled the into close column by Limit-Col. Anderson, the medal d means. presented to Sergeant Mills by Col. Second-Command
vote from the merits of the question. If the object of the aerally inE. Rea, Who said it was always a source of pleasure to 1
ho of Motion were to bring the hon. member for Bucks and the sent medals of this character, for although many men Ni :en in the right hon. member for the University into office together, decorated with medals for various services, yet but a
entto in- .he could understand it, but if it had any other object it paratively few had received one for long service and g
fished his seemed to him to be nothing in the world but a simple hin- conduct; the medal would therefore be looked upon i
`ledliey. , . certificate that the wearer had served his Queen and co
, orance of business. In committee of ways and means the try with honour and distinction. Sergeant Mills has b
upon
ished the expenditure might be settled, and the taxes adapted to upward:J. of 21 years in the service, 17 of which he
in order meet it, but instead of that, the house was wasting time been a non-commissioned officer. He served in SE
a years- in the discussion of abstract resolutions. Itevas said that under the late Lieut.-General Sir John Owen, KA;
)purpose the benefit of the discussion had been shown in the altered aanind
eadgaali.n ine China, for which he is decorated w
o for thealso served in the Baltic
;ht hon. tone of the Government upon the subject of the estimates, entitles him to a medal. ,_which likes
Clow the But he could not see how they could have changed. their The Cumberland, 70, was towed from Chatham to She
chequer, tone when they had never expressed an opinion on the mass yesterday by the African and Adder steamers for
• Now, subject. The member for the University of Oxford had purpose of being made ready for sea.
A new vessel, the Mersey, has just
nggestect
suggested that the Government had changed and diminish- at Chatham, andwhen 4O, been commend
1, aye Or
If the ea the estimates, since the beginning of the session. That frigates in the navy, her length over all being 336 fe
then be was not the fact. Those estimates as they now appeared and burden 3,726 tons. This frigate has been designed
ibstitute on the table were ready a week before the meeting of Par. Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy.
put the
awyilolfbalaisatoynoohare,dids
The Racoon, 21, screw-corvette, of 1,462 tons bur&
liament, and could have been distributed, if the forms of
meeived
acollmdmesepnactecdh,iannMel tibrtainggthetrutPe preiseet:erint ylve
nthline the house had allowed, two or three, days before the meet-
' beyond ing of Parliament. He believed 'that it would be found Mr. John H. Langley, first class engineer of the 21st
) gentle- that they heel been prepared so as to combine economy July, 1847,, late chief of the Agamemnon, has taken
tea and with efficiency. Ile must say that he was astonished at. the his appointment as inspector of machinery to the stet
a seven-
uld vote excitement of manner displayed by the right hon. gentle- squadron of reserve at Sheerness (holding a commando
rank). He joins the Edinburgh, 60-gen screw steam-sle man the member for Oxford University on a former occa-
r, hear.) The Iris, 26 gqns, Captain William Loring, CAI., b
rtes too sion. He had used language to the Chancellor of the Ex- Sheerness yesterday in tow of .the steam-vessel Guar
it not to chequer that it was hardly decent for one gentleman to use Lieutenant Commander Augustus G. E. Murray, for Por
ould be towards another. He had lectured his old colleagues, and month, there to await her final orders.
eawit- 6, screw steam gun-vessel, left Sheerly
ne ma-
xpres- he had said that he would not allow the,house to go into yesterday for Portsmouth.
committee without being fettered by an abstract resolu- The Dragon, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steatt4rigate, b
went as
deal re- tion which would prevent them giving a free and lure- been placed in the second class steam squadron of reser
own out stricted consideration of the subject then to be dire. at Sheerness, under charge of Captain Edward P. Halste
lon and cussed. He did trust, however, that the house would re- of the Edinburgh.
th (Sir ject both this resolution and that of the right honourable Commander J. S. Keatley was yesterday appointed I
ss at re- gentleman ; that they would vindicate their inde- the Board of Admiralty agent of mails on the Australia
reveal_ pendence, and that they would refuse to be fettered station.
them •in the exercise of their discretion and their judgment. The 55...2.1.e5a....,e5e5......,
ixasien Government were accused by the right hon. gentleman of
me the deserting the budget of 1853. He fully approved of that Country Markets.
Chan- budget, and he admitted that at the time it was introduced ing his there was a reasonable ground for the reduction of taxes
,
sly hes that it contained, and the hope of abolishing the income CHELMSFORD-Fns, 20.
retro- tax
which it held out. But was it possible that any bind- We had an average supply of wheat on offer to-day, be
) The ng compact could exist in such a matter altogether irre- much of it was in a very damp state, and the trade very dull
s. coun- spective of circumstances that might intervene between the the best qualities barely maintaining the last week's prise'
o show Pledge and the time for its fulfilment ? It was clear that Spring corn of all sorts without alteration, exceptingbeans (
o with- one Parliament could not bind its successors to follow a all kinds, which must be quoted is cheaper.
3ted of particular course altogether without regard to the circum- Wheat, white, old, per s. s. a. 0.
edition stances which might arise. The right hoe, gentleman him- qr. 34 72 I Oats, per qr
•ouring self, in introducing the budget of 1853, had expressly new 37 71 I Peas, Partridge 4l 4
use by guarded himself against it being supposed that either Par- red, old ..... 32 62 White 39 4
.tion of liament or Government would be bound, irrespective of new.... 32 62 Boiling
e and 39
s circumstances, to repeal the income tax in 1860. All that Barley 3: 44 Dun 37 3
10 very
he proposed to do, he said, was to place Parliament in such Chevalier 33 62 Beans, Tick 35 3
oantry
a situation that it might in 1560 take off the tax if it Grinding .. ........ 33 44
Harrow ticks 39 4
0,000/. thought fit. So he said then, and so he said now; and so Malt 73 77 1 Mazagan 34 5
nt me- said the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was now doing Chevalier ...... ....75 79
id me- nothing to render it difficult or impossible to take off the Ditto, n0w.„34 X
ease.
ssaries tax in 1860. All the difficulty, if there was any, was in- ' COLCHES-- TER- FEB. 21.
We had a moderate supply of wheat on offer to-day. bill
terposed by the resolution of the right hon. gentleman op-
3ted to
iltural Polite. The proposal which the Government was about to much of it was in a very bad state and nearly unsaleable.
make in committee was to pay off a portion in this year of Dry parcels at last week's prices. The supply of barley D
:minty
ounce the Treasury bonds, and every portitm they paid off would falling off, and the market closed rather dearer. Beans and
put them in a better position to put an end to the income
,posed peas in fair demand for seed at full prices, •
,h„i, tax in 1860. (Hear, hear.) It was therefore incorrect to
Prices to-day-were as follow :-Wheat white, 62s to 6811
say that what the Government ,were doing was in the
red, 50s to 60s• barley, 44s
. to 501 ;
small, 36s
to 28s ; beans,
ale of
slightest degree to perpetuate the income tax. He replied - '
These
mazagan, 34s to 36s • middle and small, 368 to 40x; peso,
to the statement of the right hon. gentleman the member
1 pro- to
383 to 45s : ' 38s to 42
for the University of Oxford as to the economy of Parlia- white, - grey, -4.
airteetheef went during the last 13 years, and said that during that
period taxation had increased 31 millions. The right hon. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received
!holl
,emany
gentleman when in office provided for the war expenses, in the port of London, from the following ports, from
ranee
partly by direct and partlybyindirecttaxation, viz., income Fob. 16 to Feb. 21, both inclusive.
paper
tax, malt, tea, sugar, and coffee, and it was on two of those
...
mere that an increase was now proposed. It was a wise discre-
man,s tion on the part of the right hon. gentleman not to place
I l.ll
mate- 1o 4 g 1 5
ei ~ ,s ett
A 4
~,,,
rs, or the whole expenses of the war on direct taxation, and it 4 x 14:1 was in pursuance of that policy that the Chancellor 01 the
---. —.-_._ ___ I pro; Exchequer had quoted Arthur Young, on whose principles
rColchester 62 90 680 - 15 47 406
I that the right hon. gentleman the member for the University
Harwich 3l - 11250 - - -- 256
rice, of Oxford had acted to a greater extent than the Chancellor Leigh
- - - - - 10 ---e
s ~,,•'s of the Exchequer ; and yet he had told the house that the
Malden 1 525 56 e 250 - 900 136(140
policy of the Government was a retrograde one, an 1 that it • _
feel-
was a departure from the budget of 1853. The tense was
with
KIRKCALDY-
is be-
FEB. 20.
on of
told that on a return to peace the country should come s
Is
and
back to her income as settled in 1853 ; but then how were To-day we had small supplies of grain. Sales reed
generally prices of wheat, barley, and oats were 6d to per
d al- P" y
me" th ?cl." in this to make u
year.pthe deficiencies of the war expenses to be
In 1853 the right hon. gentleman the `11.• higher*
,Ther •inember for the University of Oxford estimated the succcs- Wheat. Barley. j
Oats. 1 Beans.
-1-
•sion duties at 2 millions, but they had only produced half First 64s Od 42s Oa I 321 Od I Os 04,
o 30
r 4., a million, and the deficiency of lj million had to be made Second s3s Od 41s Od I
25s 0,1 , Os Od
- the up on spirit duties, so that so far from the arrangement of Third 32s Od 32s Od i 22s Ucl 1 Os Od
He 1853 being binding, there had been a deficiency to a large Oatmeal, 36s
to 38s per bag of 2801 b.
extent on that one item; besides which there had been a
tat iers'f deficiency of 2-.4 millions on the expenditure to be provided. -
i
yin (Hear, hear.) They had now to provide for the repayment COAL [MARKET,-FEB.- 23.
g
of Exchequer bonds, a war charge to the amount of 3i Primes of Coal per ton at the close of the market.
NeeY millions; and in order to meet it, it was proposed to de-
-1 be
sent /
fray it out of those of the war taxes, precisely as the right
s. d. WallsondAke.
one.ho gentleman the member for the University of Oxford s West Hartley _A 3 0 s ca.
.rae-
Bates'
tart' A similar occasion defrayed the war expenditure in Bebside's Hartley 14 3 Glosforth l4 0
• the November. Could it, 'therefore, be said that the Govern- Bell's Primrose l2 0 Russell's Hetton .......... 16 0
went, in the course they had proposed, were departing Hastings' Hartley l4 3 eat° wart's..... . ....... 17 9
)Pf"; from the budget of 1853 one jot more than the right hon. Davison's West Hartley 14 6 Riddell .... . ...... 14 0
iongridge's WstHartleyl4 3 Plummer ...... , g 6
ein gentleman did in 1854? 'The right hon. baronet, at great
North Percy Hartley ...13 0 asaham . ' .... ' ...... ''''' a
..................... 16 4
Bit length, defended the conduct of the Government, and de- 13 6 /radon
vied that it was a " quibble " between imposing and ranfield Moor
Go-
Canfield Moor Butes 13 6 tiraddyll .. ..
.16 0
rid; taking off taxes, and that if the, house went into corn- Walker Primrose l3 0 South Hetion.••••••••••"' . .17 - 3
uld mittee the whole of the estimates could be properly wyjam
.............
16 3.
considered, and explained, and adjusted to the re- gelywell
own
16 0 Cowpen Hartley ....„,„,14 6
lair quirements of the country. (Hear, hear.) The right hon-
ships at market... 66 j Sold.
for ourable baronet also defended his own conduct, as well 54 '
ir.) as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from the remarks that
se-__-_e_---_7-.......-..„...................
ant had been made by the right hon. gentleman the memberfor
the the University of Oxford, in the course of which he charged [ArovERTISBMENT.]--Holloway's Pills.--Aisother wens
to
the right hon. gentleman with having used language to the derful cure of Asthma.-Extract of a letter from Mrs.
Lord-street, Liverpool, to Professor Hello-
he country-such as was unbecoming ono gentleman sot Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to his assertions being Ann Jones
[ed contrary to fact, and likely to mislead the
tleman to an-
house and the way :-" , I
was seriously afflicted for five yeara with
,as other-(hear, hear)-and with a feeling of acrimony
such asthma, frequently expectorating blood, palpitation of
the heart, together with faintness and cold sweat. In
this state I continued for several months. I consulted
„, as was rarely witnessed in that house .( Hear, hear, and
7 cries of divide.) The right hon. baronet, amidst cries of
-' divide, defended his own conduct from the charge that had the faculty until all hope of relief vanished, when I was
3d
ar been made against it by the right hon. gentleman the mem- prevailed upon to give your pills a trial. Under their
t' ber for the University of Oxford, that he (Sir C. Wood) influence this terrible malady quickly disappeared, and ,
d wished to perpetuate the income tax, and he read extracts any health is now re established.-Sold by all medicine
; from his speeches relative to the question made on former vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway'
e occasions. The right hon. gentleman the member for the Establishments, 244, Strand, London ;and 80; Maiden'
'"
r. University of Oxford had objected to everything, and pro-
an increase on fire ins
posed nothing in return, except . incur- 'ane, New York ; by A. Stamps. Constantinople; it
itGaidicy, Smyrna • and E. Muir, Malta,
ante duties, on the paper duties, and on wine. The Chan- 1
a,
cellor of the Exchequer by his proposition did not pledge e +swag
d
Mrs. Fetherstone
,) the Government to abolish the income tax in 1860, but to
BIRTHS.
It put the finances of the country in such a position as to
render it possible. The most painful task for a Government Or A 1301 f.
was to reduce the estimates. And the same difficulty at-
tended reducing the establishments from war to peace as On the 221 inst ,
e
haugh of ' c t.l Ireland-
there as e,
there were to properly
•and efficiently increase them from s ' • t Tipper Tooting, Mrs. Jhße On the 22d nest., a • 4 Milano
peace to war. The estimates for the year depended on the at 91, Eaton-square,
OF A DAUGHTER.
_ circumstances of the time, and if the house went into com-
at Wilton-street, B
, iiiittee the Government would endeavour to justify them. On. the 21st inst.,___.nn elgrave-square, the
- It was the desire and object of the Government to pro- Hon. Mrs. Rowland wi
duce the estimates as low as was consistent with economy at 51, Cado
On the 21st inst., gau-Place, the wife of Robt.
and a due regard to the efficiency of the service. (Hear, Woodhouse, Esq.
i hear, and cries of divide.) He repudiated any contract MA RR IED.
or agreement on the part of the Government as to the
he 23d inst.,George'
abolition of the income tax in 1860; but the proposals On t
of e s, Hanover-street, Peter
of the Government, if followed, were likely to render Audley Lovell, Esq., uole-park, 'Wilts, to Mary Jane,
daughter of David Pugh, the
its-being accomplished both probable and easy. (Hear,
youngestdol, Montgomeryshire Esq., M.P., of Lien-
hear.) He - called on the house to reject the two pro-
crebYthe 21st inst at All'
positions before them, and to enable the house to go into on . . ..*2 - Souls', Langharn-place, Benjamin
w, Rieharason, esep
committee on the estimates. •, of 12, Hinde-street, Manchester-
uare to Mary youn e
Mr. GLADSTONE explained, He had no desire to use set
' f Mortlake, gst daughter of the late Edwd. Smith,
language to the Chancellor cf the Exchequer which one Esel.r.°Surrey.
gentleman ought not to use to another and if he had, he
DIED.
was very sorry for it. He reiterated his former statement,
On the 19th Janus
that the Chancellorof the Exchequer'was in error when he
Island, in the 26th 7, at the residence of her father, Turk's
said' he proposed to reduce taxation to the amount of
of Francis Ellis, Es 7ea of her age, Laura, the beloved wife
11,970,0001,, and quoted the passage ,in the Chancelloro
his
of the Hon. James hiis
cla 9ueen's Advocate, and eldest daughter
ick, of that island.
the Exchequer's reported speech in confirmation f 0 the 223 lust, ~
serious n -- as G statement. The statement he said contained very
D m ill B
ov e, art. , 5, Grosvenor-square, Sir Compton
to produce erro-errors on matters of fact, and were likelyOn the 23d inst. at 33, Burton-street, Henry Austen
menu impressions. said that Harrison, Esq aeed'6s
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
hen. On the 22d 2 ' 65.
occasion by the right on. rust ,at 16, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Edith Sophia,
the language used on a former
Chancellor of the Ex- infant daughter •'
• of Captain H. L. Layard.
gentleman did convey to his (the
chequer's) mind direct terms that he had the22d i
in order to On
nst., in Graceehurch-street, Mr. Edmund Pal.
in
advasetageto the lister, aged
scpport his argument and obtaia an undue
before the house a On the 21 71.
21st inst at 18, Sussex-place, Regent's-park, Chas •
reputation of the Government, laud
• t the report of Bradshaw
Stutfield, Esq., aged 62.
statement that was incorrect. Qa looking
•Af
found
the words which he used that occasionhe o nothing' _ On. the 20th inst., Mr. Lee Devereux, of 99, St. John-street ;
' t with truth in them, except the ex- Smithfield-bars, aged 60.
that was not consistent
hehal stated inadvertentlythat On the 20th inst at 5
. , Southampton-street, Fitzroy-sq
pression that he presumed
~
instead of stating that "tits M D • '
r. avid Levy, aged 85.
c he propose[ to remove,
"
following taxation would be removed •(Laughter,) From On the 21st inst., at Bath, the Rev. John Bramatane Stelae
the length at which he addressed the house on the occasion Of Forest Hall, Ungar, Essex, aged 84.
-
referred to, and hisdesire
•
.
-...
ho might have erred in not being sufficiently rel---------------.• _ ,
was necessary,
•1' 't (Laughter.) What he meant to say was the re- e _
cap loci .
1,0 DO • Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,
to the amountnemed would be for the en- N N -
mission of taxes
No.
ing year, whereas his right hon. friend had charged him of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,
suing year, whereas his right hon. friend had charged him of No. 112, Shrand, Printer, at T/t sun Office, No.
with saying that remission Would take place in the year. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
lie gonad, the house he 414 AO 40101 to take 409tht fer of Aliddle4exe Wlteticipy,
.FobrivArY 24, UN,
. .

Naval and kdilitary Intelligence.

The Dako of Cambridge, as the General Commanding' -
in-Chief, attended by his Aide-de-Camp and the Adjutant'
General, left town yesterday morning in order to make as
inspection of the whole of the troops in camp at Aldershot.
His Royal Highness returned to town in the evening. '
Yesterday the whole battalion of the Chatham division
of Royal Marines assembled on the parade-ground at Chat--
ham for the purpose of witnessing the presentation of a
silver medal, with a gratuity of 154, which had bean
awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty to Colour-Sergt.
Frederick J. Mills, Royal Marines, for long service and
meritorious conduct. The battalion having been formed
into close column by Limit-Col. Anderson, the medal was
presented to Sergeant Mills by Col. Second-Commandant •
E. Rea, Who said it was always a source of pleasure to pre-
sent medals of this character, for although many men were
decorated with medals for various services, yet but cent*
paratively few had received one for long service and '
conduct; the medal would therefore be looked upon as
certificate that the wearer had served his Queen and collo
try with honour and distinction. Sergeant Mills has bees,
upwarde of 21 years in the service, 17 of which he has
been a non-commissioned officer. He served in SEeilt
under the late Lieut.-General Sir John Owen li.ultev
and again in China, for which he is decorated with.,
a medal. He also served in the Baltic,
_which likewiee.
entitles him to a medal.
The Cumberland, 70, was towed from Chatham to Sheer-
ness yesterday by the African and Adder steamers for the
purpose of being made ready for sea.
A new vessel, the Mersey, 40, has just been commenced
at Chatham, and when completed will be one of the longest
frigates in the navy, her length over all being 336 feet.:
and burden 3,726 tons. This frigate has beet} designed by '
Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy.
The Racoon, 21, screw-corvette, of 1,462 tons burdsole,
commenced in May of last year, is being completed
all despatch, and will be Immo-lied during the present year.
Mr. John H. Langley, first class engineer of the 21st of
July, 1847, late chief of the Agamemnon, has taken tIP
his appointment as inspector of machinery to the steam
squadron of reserve at Sheerness (holding a commander's
rank). He joins the Edinburgh, GO-gun screw steam-ship.
The Iris, 26 guns, Captain William Loring, C. 8., left
Sheerness yesterday in tow of ,the steam-vessel Cuckoo
Lieutenant Commander Augustus G. E. Murray, for Ports.
month, there to await her final orders.
The Nimrod, 6, screw steam gun-vessel, left Sheerness
yesterday for Portsmouth.
The Dragon, 6 guns, paddle-wheel stem-frigate, be
been placed in the second class steam squadron of reserve
at Sheerness, under charge of Captain Edward P. Halsted,
of the Edinburgh.
CommanderKeatley was yestedaapointed 1/
the Board of Admiralty agent of mailsr ontheAustraliPa
station.

,RD—FEB. 20.
of wheat on offer to-day, but
state, and the trade very On;
Ltaining the last week's prices•
t alteration, exceptingboans OL
)(1 is cheaper.

a. 0.
30
Oats, per qr.
Peas, Partridge 4l 43
White 39 46
Boiling 39 46
Dun 37 33
Beans, Tiak 35 33
Harrow ticks 39 47
Mazagart ...... 34 56
Ditto, now 34' 37

COLCHESTER— FEL 21.
We had a moderate supply of wheat on offer to-day, but
much of it was in a very bad state and nearly unsaleable.
Dry parcels at last week's prices. The supply of barley ig
falling off, and the market closed rather dearer. Beans and
peas in fair demand for seed at full prices. •
Prices to-day-were as follow :—Wheat, white, 624 to 6SI;
red, 50s to 60s; barley, 44s to 501 ; oats, 22s to 284 ; beano,
Mazagan, 34s to 363; middle and small, 36s to 404; peas,
white, 38s to 43s ; grey, 38s to 420.

Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received
in the port of London, from the following n•ts, frog
Fub. 16 to Feb. 21, both inclusive.

s (1.
Gosforth l4 0;
Russell's Hetton l6 . 0
,i.thwart's ' .... , ..... .. 17 9
..Riddell .... . ....... 14 0
Plummer ..................15 6.
ieaham ............:........16 3
Barton ...... .:............14 3
Braddyll. .............:.:16. ..0 !I
Men Main l6 3.
Ouwtpeh.lnfeHtat7tle:.. ..
. 1147 - 64: -' '
;6 1 Bold
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