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London, England, 1850-07-24 00:00:00

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Wile reference to the probable rernueera.
price I should say, that for the protection of the agocol•
tural interest, ac far as I can possibly form a judgwe.,4e
if the price of wheat in this country, allowing for Its
catural oscillations, could be limited to some suctie_t
amount as between 549. and 585., I do not believe tna,,
it is for the interest of the agriculturist that it sbe.,°°!!
be higher." The average was now much under 405. t or,
ther ou the Right Hen. Baronet said :-"
the belief of my colleaguee is, that it is'importaut
this country, that it is cf the highest importa"e
yOU scald
welfare of all classes in this country, that
take care that the main sources of your suPPIY of c
while we
should be derived from domestic agriculture ;
My belief, a!is.
Sl
also feel that any additional price which you
may res
in effecting that object is an additional pore;
orgrour::,
which cannot be vindicated as a
obnonutbse
mlum to agriculture, but 'only
of its being advantageous to the country at log
rd
Those were the statements in 1842 which theY h!ei_h
from the Right Hon. Baronet. The protection vrt.hieer
he wished to give was not protection to aril Willies.
class. His belief and the belief of his collesgues
that it was important to this country, and to all elas-'1
that care should be taken that the main source of ooir.
supply of corn should be derived from domestic agr.icit
was litilutle ture—and that any additional price which
effecting that object would be counterbalanced by. 4
Itylgto
general gain in other respects. The words of the
lion. Baronet were, that it was essentially nceeetr the
give protection to domestic agriculture; and fro' id
weer)
official quotations which could be referred to, it
be seen that the increasing imports from foreign CO'ie
tries continued to depress, and would, ultimatelY,%°42,
hilate the productions of this country. In Juno, d
the Right Hon. Baronet brought in a Bill which gra4se
to her Majesty an income-tax on the property or
country for three years. The tax was to Crag) in Maid
1845, it was renewed from time to time, and it vt,o,
expire on the sth of April,
klember, between 1842 and 1851, bad introduced ethos
to effect the removal or the cessation of the tax on „low
important branches of our national industry. Ever
1851. He wished some lid'
since 1842 there had been a constant depression, not
only in grain, but in everythiug counected wt'tj'e
the landed interest. And to what
depression owing? To the importation of lye
produce. And this had worked agaies'ent of
tenant-farmer in twoi ways. It had also thrown
of peril n the
an
their employment an important class
this
nidsr
att
she:
ao od tended
n ne
den addt do poor-ratesi tt i
hoen andl
increaseburdenother b onut
rcrime.dtehnes . c o ! Afin t
brdelsoared
i end
some of the evils which had arisen from theli deP'-ate
at home caused by the importation of foreign °lll' 00-0'
tie, butter, cheese, and other articles from forciPec„king
tries. These he considered suffictent grounds for `-eesie
the remission for the cultivators of the soil. wh_leffeetrb.e)
Lion in 1851 was quite impossible to predict.
The imports of corn (wheat, barley, and oats) re
.ti the
three years ending 1849 were 18,514,249 qrs., imported
eight years from 1842 to 1849 the quantity ar-gbat
was not less than 206,422,739 qrs. He was afigro"'"
the Hon. Members for the West Riding and for 7i.;
chester would say there was no distress in the COont3lit
notwithstanding their ground of opposition to the,,,goe
proposed the other day was the distress of the %et'
But he Would ask, did any Hon. Member doubt r""?...
g the agriett Wet clssseemoe
istence of distress amon"
(Hear, hear.) He knew the Right 1-1011- Gentle-eh-01
could nut carry on the business of the country Iv"-cl
k at
certain impositions, but he called on him to 'Odra,
home, to encourage home trade and home Inanufi,cit, eon'
tco protect the cultivator of the soil, and to take i°'"„eete
sideration the pressure of this tax on the te-000
farmers. He trusted the Right Hon. G.3141°1211 would
acquiesce in the motion which he was about t° fd re'
before the Howe. If he should not do so be scoaßete---
new the application in another session of Parliantd bY
(Hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member 000°I°";t
jntohuoeuedirxat
iistHeetei
isseooaepunesn
sas.
Iyanbetle,,rbroyinteen—an(tcfbaeremres7 under Scheuti- 5
duties
that from and after the 20th Septern_AhertenThle---bell
ti
a-yoI
nAn
id,fNwhGCheael Laa
Gan
llant
Oberliroeunogfehwtt
Gentlemanha efl.ooEr
fwXat
wouldChr
forward
iEnh
beeQosi 151334:4
ce ttetb.4;mouotr.:o-1j
come under the consideration of the House- l'ree
and Gallant Gentleman must be aware that tereco"ne,letent-
one class from the income-tax would be „
with the principle on which it was levied. -ti."l tat •
under a certain sum were relieved, but when 5001100'
was. levied it must be paid by all classes of the C--eartv
city. It would be manifestly unjust to favour orie,:d the
cularuo class at the expense of another, and he Otis" tote
jlni. and Gallant Gentleman would not press big ei°oo'.
a.d r. BUCK trusted the subject would receive then:lo
eration of the Government before the conlo3ll:cfreat ott
of another session. No such injustice was icwe- on the
any other class in any country- in Europe se, ivae
tenant farmers of this country. He believed tieelochire
not a farmer who could not come forward and be •
that he had not gained a shilling. On the contralto.
was convinced that a great many had sunk Will, h°
third of their capital.—(Hear, hear.) It tombs -"lry
been some encouragement to the farmers if the 9.lliefed
meat had held out any prospect of relief; but he ue: bl
they would never obtain an atom of redress, elee't

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their own exertions.—(Cheers.) ___ ;
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Mr. NE WDEGATE said it appeared the seashtsoo' 1
about to close as it had commenced. The Itig":1 pier
Gentleman, in stating that the income-tax, Was -POO' 11
sally imposed, seemed to forget one remarkableho be
maly, namely—that the farmer must pay whereto),
made profits or not.—(Hear, hear.) When their wale
however, was brought before the House, it Waa, ses lie. ri
met by the sternest refusal to consider the anonis'e"reel 1
sition in which they are placed.—(Hear, hear? era'
had invested their capital to a large extewnserld-r:bpsr°; rity of laws which they did not supposeto gated; but yet the House of Commons refe, red:
dot
the slightest attention to their distress. Durinks I;:sdte •
cusion on the malt-tax, the Noble Lord at the the
the Government said he was not unprepared to goer'
agriculturists distressed by the change in The goer'
agriculturists 4
mai tariff; but, he hoped their distress would he ~,` boo' 0
tory. The Noble Lerd, however, did not sta'ael he
long he thought the depression likely to last, nor
en
',lle
bold out the least hope of anything being don-. Cosy .-
elate their sufferings.—(Hear, bear.) The (Alley tr 1
produce an impression upon the Government iveignss sw ' P
pressure from without, and ho believed it wouluoy dir 1
long before they would discover that they cane- seeiee I
tress large portions of the community and at thebesr./ t
time maintain the prosperity of others.—(Hear' f inib° 1
According to the statement of the Chancellor 1
Exchequer, he bad to deal with a surplus of 3 7u- gel'
. Le 0
but yet nothing had been done for the relief of,°„ deli , I
cultural class, except, indeed, the abolition or tSsetti" 1
on bricks, which was, in point of fact, rather !I'l,.
genus to the towns than to the agricultural distree-gliell t
Mr. WODEHOUSE said the position of the l'ip"i't se-
farmer was perfectly new, and when Parliament 13.ie pot••
t
sembled it must be fully considered, as well es ee, bier'
) sition of the landlord, and every one dependent trlr%h the
t
—Ulm, hear.) There never was a period in whfrie-r be;
agriculture of the country was exposed to great few
d
0
z ard, or one in which greater feelings of depress.°ooll t
alarm had been created by the inconsiderate leg ° bilya 1
which foresight and prudence might entirely ' , 1
averted.—(Hear.)
es telsl t
Mr. SPOONER said that tenant property W—ii,ss 0 I
1
on a principle which did not apply to any other °_.0006
property. The tax was levied according to the a''',. 04 t
of rent, and not the tenant's profit. Now the rel Pier../
t
no criterion of the profit obtained by the far° '
;shed 0 t
(Hear.) There was another point which be vi-eveche;
press on the attention of the Chancellor of the ; Bilk
quer, that was the propriety of introducing a 2h°rtii% to
authorising the Commissioners of the Proper*" the t t
hold meetings to hear appeals, and giving tenel.leostes°
right to appeal, for the purpose of showing that. in 001 1
of having gained during the last twelve menthe' t
have in reality been subjected to a considerable 1o00•100$
d
Tho gallery was cleared for a division, but none
place. On its being re-opened, tapet°
Mr. DIbIZAELI was stating his determination ee t
for the motion. After the alteration made in these tbll 1
on foreign corn, Parliament was bound to gil° cet- t
agriculturists not only ample, but complete. iage.ii-ecire
il
(Hear.) The objection of the Chancellor of the ..rlstie
quer that it would be impossible to pass a pi" ° lea'
subject this session was an idle objection. Such 6 009. l
sure, if introduced by the Government, would hedito'
ported by the Opposition, and there would be ne,4001! I
culty in passing it. He had not the slightest deemoola i
before the end of the session several public Bills e Or:
be introduced by the Government and successfuel,oloo' d
ried. In supporting the motion he was acting la Pawl". t
harmony with the principle he had always adsoei "if, the ' .
viz., that of er the alteration which bad been inreisst °.e t
duties onr
fcfeorteijstigunccoerntontoheopapgorritcuuniittuyrisshtsouoldf
the
/pity.-
doing
Kingdom.
in tba
speech M r
of. BRIGHT
th
e Hon.sa
Member
said that
on e
twouldhat
thes f
u p poiisreo ems - 0,5
I•
suffering some great injustice from the present
nireers t
t
(Cheers.) He was not surprised at the vociferirla; sOrf
of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. One would ei°311,:00,0,
pose that the farmer was at all times in the coneele 10
1
a beast of burden. The present mode of levying, nio the I
come-tax on the tenant-tarmers was adopted 'r- 061" 1
impossibility of ascertaining precisely what their Poor
were, inasmuch as they did not observe any vele.) $6 1
rate method of book-keeping—(Oh, and laughtehod ite'
believed it could be shown that the present inel r OP,
posed a smaller rate of taxation on the
!fellness t.b.j;
that paid by other perties. If the proposition Ill_eept-
the tenant-farmers should pay no income-tax at a 'it sow
theaositioo'
the other classes were to continue to pay it,
not only an extraordinary but an impudent Pro 2 oar°
—(Oh.) lion. Gentlemen opposite seemed to best dor,
that the end of the session was approachinge-Lie fo,,fr •
iug the recess it would be necessary to keep t"- y IV"' '
COr I, :
lowers together—and that as the Protectionist '
ote
nearly worn out,
.some other cry, like the Prescott first'
requisite. He was opposed to the income-ssaliiae
but he was now convinced of the propriety °'"
direct taxation. gee .er
The Marquis of GRANBY 'said the Hon. he tits;
was mitteken as to the grounds which, at s" esitiv
f asse co
the income-tax was first proposedo,nthe node ° ;00 g
tenant-farmers was adopted. At the time the -006,t";
tax was imposed the farmers were malting lsrgees'ee IA"-
and it was therefore an advantage to them to Rho gru
tax assessed on half their rents instead of en Lori°
but ahead' profits. At that time the corn-law existed,
it was repealed the condition of the farmers iveacbut °lit fir
and they were paying the tax nct on a refl.! her '0
lose.—(Bear.) He could assure the Hon. Ale° cd
,coon ,
Manchester that there was no fear of the prof
•
not being kept up in the country.—(Hear.) ed.-- 1
The House then divided, when there apPear 32
'For the motion ... ••• '" 50 '
Against it ... ... ... ••• ~.18
Majority against the motion ..., in.
GENERAL PRACTITIONERn3iII te.„e,
Mr. WYLI) moved for leave to bring in a ejeclini-ro
cot orate the general practitioners of surgeine geneAire
and midwifery. His object was to enable leo (ilia"'
practitioners on being incorporated to esattieti.
dates desirous of practising as geberal practlve ".
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