The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

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It would be possible to adopt any mode of relief;
14 the same time retaining the duty ; but he
"rmidered that this plan must give rise to such a
.3ystem of frrail, and: that . it. would ei ord such
'opportunities fcir evasion, th.,,t if would- be hotel, on the
whole to class staves with raw'materials, and to permit
1.11 unlimited nurrt of themi for the use of coopers.
It 1611, of course, be - necessary to limit the
length of staves, so that they may not be
applied to other purposes, but without exceedingly
Ininute and vexatious regulations it will be
impossible to prevent the use of staves altogether for
Other purp-ses ; and we think it better to submit
to-that evasion than to establish minute and vexatiou,
regulations to pre%ent it.—(Cheers.) I hove that by
the remission of this duty we shall restore prosperity to
trade which finds employment for some of the most in-
.genioustend respectable artisansof this country—(Cheers.)
The Rouse, I hope,
I that we are justified in
will consu
kuig these articles out of the category of the timber
Mr. LABOITCHERE—Do you remove the duty alto-
tether ?
_ Sir ROBERT PEEL--Yes, we take it off altogether.
:te amounts to 39,000/. We diminish the temptation to
aud for ordinary purposes by making a simultaneous
l'ecluetion on all cabinet timber. I now come to the last

Mr. LABOUCHERE inquired what was the estimated
fterilice on all these articles.
Sir R. PEEL said, I think the los: on the whole of
these articles will be 320101.
others, is the I
that article which, of
of the country.
the
I now come
mostto
ilriportant to the prosperity
Hear,
hear)—and
come now to cotton-wool—(
cotton-
duty on
duty upon it. The present
is concerned,.
wool s, so far as the revenue -16ths of a penny a Pound'
cable to the whole amount of
amount,
an
It
and is about one-fifth of the total
of manufactures. u
assay available for the cotton-woolTnat dut3'
iimspinsarPtPeldils,
4 estimated, and
alt estimated, to add one-sixteenth to
the
whole cotton duty.nd
order to give the full amount
three-eightsoof a
penny
ta_pililow
v'piutrilposgente,d) firveea-s-soin;teetthitahts, 3.oin
six-sixteenths or i
duty
on
c';"°n-w(l°
average.
la be the total amount of
isu 4d.
alb. on the
cent.
when the price of cotton-wool
three.eighths of a Id. a I •
raw material. the
oil
the
value
of thesit
is a duty of nine perlf
price of cotton wool
iblateisnoat mdotre
.
amounting to- isa
three-eighths in,fal ibleepne or
f
than
3d. a lb" less than -12 f per cent.n3
on the value
severity on the coarse.
oneotthe - raW material. This duty.coarsest
as levied falls with peculiar , ,
Upon
the
the
Levi
of cotton.—.-(hear, near.)
hardly estimate
finer muslin& you
amount of duty, but theeacnoarser the fabric the higher
It is in respect to
.ia the amount
of duty.
the manufacture or that coarser cotton
that
the manufacturers of this country
are exposed to the South America and
most formidable competition in
es......(hear, hear.)
China, and &yen in our own colon_ i
Of course, in respect of the manufactured cotton of the
d
t nited States, we labour already
tage, from the ready access which the p
'atlases& to the raw material, and they are comp--
titors of ours in all the coarser descriptions of cotton.
upon this
Therefore, we conceive that to repeal. the duty
generally, there is no
article, and abolish it altogether, will be followed by the
hey best results. And, speaking
removaln- of other duties
doubt but that the abolition of theged duty on cotton will
tire additional claims for the
of trade is now
teat press equally upon articles csfgeneral consumptiion.
know it will be said that this branchwe
should not dis-
llourishing I but, at the same
the
teirarthe competition by whichtiinti
of other countries, and therefore
anufac-
home m
how we can best enable the
tar
cheers.) When we
Lsbeevin-erameutsbtycon-
er his
meet it.—(Loud
tens of thousands
enesider the thousands and
indebted for their
there are in this country who
axistence and continual employ
amount of it that
Ztbis artiele---when we consider the
into clothing—
meanr went to the manufacture
-1314411 Y manufactured in this country
there
is
for
when
consider the extent to
t -;._•4 is consider the vast consumption
1-
.14 that
inform_ when we
determination
lay we a . •
coming to the
re well advised in
vlllkh our manufacturers are engaged in this trade, I
f to, • .
article
'4,,0 olistirng all duty upon the commondloss
which the revenue
blit'lL(Cheers.) The estimated
of this tax—taking
of cotton-
tete sa'tain by the abolition
the revenue re-_
. account the amount
of
less than 680,000/.
(4teti uPon it last year, will not
further alterations
itteear, he ,it
Her Majestyb'seriG,overnment did not
thr4l to recommend to the House
reviewed the
cite: dude upon any other articlesa c)f this description.—
vviarioes duties levied by the
r' near.) We have closely and carefully.
and we have
duties
of those
sthe7_,4 ja detail the various departments
ts•
individual intereist
is,
but"is press most grievously Excise,
admitupon
n which of them
say
Itithout being bound to at
kilt .
aught to be removed,
facie case against
t 'kit of the resents a prima
and laughter.)
listf.T,ee : . DI P
shape.—(Cheers
we
.do not hesitate to
its
tig, ere is an article, a source of
peculiar
be open to .
.qu..., Vtieh does appear to us to
for its reduction,
it rttl". There has been no clamour
14it
there is
its
Present
si
al:'
revenue to the Ex-
t ~taieed
1, 4 true and I don't know whether we
had taken the duties
et 4 greater popularity if we
be the
consider it to
shuld not have
eut, s° greater
other articles; but we •
not—the removal
el% j °f the
Executive to select thoseor articles—whetheri oft4ni°l:s exist with respect to thelnuentf. _
1 d with the best
441111, "3' °Ti which is likely to be
-duty I am now r .
Government may
knit, The particular branch. of
Nt
hg to though the attention of the
he.
iore
,"e strictly been called to it,
more entitled
4 Sit d
demonstrate is one
Ne own, to
hitherto ad-
s I have
ve Non than many of the object I will undertake.
to
a duty
rted
s_
It is
Aug
respect'°---(Cheers and
laughter.)
have
aabiecte to which the Government,
but it is
I:11aq,, 4 to peculiar pressure '
meta
after great
"d ear selected by the not beeiai
Governl
will venture to
say i fill consideration. It is a dutyost
objectionable—be
hot"'s e° one will deny to be
which
ttterkt4e..4,a" latiehter)—and the renTnihveal
duty to
or,
1 41. ;rl,, with the best results.
transfer of property,
rat', is the duty on the free ,of which will
(Cheers.) 'This
I.
atkt!'r keel is tailed the auction dut3.
in each part 0
me ;.;)11 (buy is a duty which is
leviablewas levied for the
trat Wiled Kingdom. It is a duty whichhe
commencement
ti,
the
NZwith little discrimination at
duit v from which the
4aterican war, and it is a e
is completely.
ttith t't' property by any other means
dispose of his
pity ; hut if a party choose to. ,
distressed are
Itlretreerrty by auction he becomes subjercetto it. It is
t re a duty to which those
-ectiliari r
tka
... Y subjected. Can there
short
in a
ti of the principle of this duty, than that
it, several
bwehaoga
tae afte . -
the that enforced . ,
~.. after the Passing of law
exe . eater c.ondemna-
non r
-uPteses
respect to its opera
tulee , were made with
ktr the were
was originally passed
• eIY 1, astitan different .
AcR . thirty-twolaws grant-
When
duties.
'aetriptlon from the auction
examine
the t.,, .
there have been
to
jetu otnteissioners were appointed
.eare
since,
after the
P
_Xeise duties, some
Y they made.
this ,examinirig the whole of them,
auctionduty :
.. Tit ePert with respect to the'
the first
et e duty on auctions must be among
observe, all
aste4the taztes to be repealed,"
Now,under the di-
eeeti (flanded propertv which take place t from the
arletit)o4 °I. the Court of Chancery are - heel, n duty. It is a fact that there have
PleeetitearlY instances in which estates
order to be
t'ititl ill the Court of Chancery, in
tiut ,to the exemption from. the auction
have been
to t.' *N'hat is the practice now
filled with
I"ales f t ? Everynewspaper is
tdv 0 ek %tea
ertrseree t
by auction of landed property.._
1t i, e ns of sales . .
with. respect
tea xPostd fur sale, and the value of it is
theascertained,
highest
bitil general Understanding being that
~
__
_H..
eeteer shall be entitled to buy it '3' V
and
. the contract. The estate is not sold,.
The
pie ante of the law is defeated. The
e pro-
following
ur value of the property is ascertained by h
sale
is
14 ttirely
siLieltileg Probably on the following day theh
law
is e (I. bY private contract, and
t iedea of
supersedcd. To give an
general
re4liropelicy of this tax, let me look
the 1
It 1 ; 1 4 the year ending the Ist of Janutaory, 184011
phi 1e
thole arciOUnt of property exposed to auction,
__E.
11(4 l , e Excise was obliged to take an account, W"
thtit C 5 than 45,232,000/. In respect of the whole
_oil!'
4t, ~ there was the necessity for examination, and fine
tr:?!,lT,t accouists—the officers had exactly the sem
I;ll:.ritlsed for:sale it).
4., u.t.cle. to perform in respect
to
the propde
a..s
auction, aid which was not 501 ,l
win3uead with respect to property that was sold The totalas
e,r, 2342 t 'td).lect to the accounts of the Excise w
wilt
t'%et, and the total amount on which duty was paid.
million`l76B'°°°l. Consequently, there were thirty-st
eeera; °I property exposed to sale which wast
that 11‘ from the tax. Now are these two fac s
the °I. there being thirty-two exemptioas from.
reiliteli,stieti°l:l duty, and there being only eight
two "3
.4 which duty was levied—out of forty-
Millions
eonelusiv , cot of themselves almost a
The e Proof of the iropolicy of this tax ?
three PreBeat Commissioners of Excise reported,
Years .
the
aueti since, to the Treasury,
and more
tat • ah duty there was more trouble,
vacate that with
at qUestioni arc was
on account of attempts
Wq"--aesi"' "4 questions about exemption—there
tlaka RI
the
t.‘
t..1.,11,b1% with respect to this auction duty
""°,O of the; ext.tise revenue reran