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

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1' would be possible to adopt any mode of relief,
at the same time retaining the duty ; but he
considered that this plan must give rise to such a
system of fraud, and that it would afford such
opportunities for evasion, that it would be better on the
whole to class staves with raw materials, and to permit
an unlimited import of them for the use of coopers.
It
, wl,l, of course, be necessary to limit the
,ength
ot staves, so that they may not be
al)P4d to other purposes, but without exceedingly
Minute and vexatious regulations it will be
other purposes ;
impossible to prevent the use of staves altogether for
and we think it better to submit
to that evasion than to establish minute and vexatious
the to prevent it.—(Cheers.) I hope that by
he remission of this duty we shall restore prosperity to
Btrade which finds employment for some of the most in-
ilsand respectable artisans of this country—(Cheers.)
tak!ll'use, I hope, will consider that we are
duties, ustified in
ing the j
se articles out of the category of the timber

duty alto-
Mr. LAB
OUCIIERE—Do
getber ? I
off altogether.
we take it
temptation to
Sir ROBERT PEEL—Yes, we
remove the
diminish the
It arnounts to 39,0001.
fraud fur ordinary purposes b'Y
We
making a simultaneous
reduction
last
reduction on all cabinet timber.
article
of the 400
C. LA.BOIJCIIERE inquired
the amount ?
I come to t
loss on the whole said, I think the
41't1 odd items of export duties to be abolished
Sir R. PEEL
now come to
I
most
these articles will be 320,000 E
others, is the _
that article) which, of all
country. i
of
of
the
itallortatit to the prosperity
hear)—and
otton-
rot:tie now to cotton-wool—(Hear,
on duty
°
duty upon it. The present
concerned,apii.
That duty is orPted,
W°ol is, so far as the revenuerr is
b.l6ths of a. penny a pound.
cotton-wool
, andimp is
cable to the whole amount
of
total amount, s. It
and is about one-fifth of the
you
only available for the purpose
good reason,
reason, thates,in
i 3 estimated, and with go_o five sixteenths,
duty.
ought to add one-sixteenth t
the whole cotton
pound
of manufacture
order to give the full amount on
The • •
_, a penny a
Now
six-sixteenths or three-eights of
a lb. on the
cent.
when the price of cotton-wool
sis a
wstild be the total amount of duty4do.n cotton-wool.
average,
the
three-eighths of aI d.
material. If
not more
en the value of the raw a lb. i
has been of late
is a
duty
price of cotton wool is
" three-eighths oflb
rawduty of nine plefr
Id. per
than 3d. a lb.,
12-1
than
This duty
tatounting to not lessrnw
material. per cent.
141 the value of the its levied falls with peen
cotton.—(Hear, hear.) Upon the
descriptions of
the
peculiar severity on the coarsest
hardly estimate
can
hoer muslins you
higher
.- to
It is in respect
;ttrootint of duty, but the
tc,oarser the fabric the
1 the amount of
that
to
tr are exposed
and
the
manufacture ofda.t3h.at coarser cotton
the
the manufacturers of this Colin.
taost formidable competition
in South
of the
~.‘ilitla, and even in our own c
cotton
disadvan-
tage' course, in respect of the manufacturedunder
country
Americahear.)
disountry
iliteel States, we labour alreandy'
people of that country
qtße, from the ready access whic
and they
aref
cotton.
114sesii to the raw material, the great
this
repeal the duty upon the
tltors of ours in all the coarser descriptions o
Therefore, we conceive that to ,
followed by
generally, there
will
,ttile, and abolish it altogether, will be
doubtetYest results. And, speakingle
1 duty on cottonducea
but that the abolition of t
oval of other i
'ie additional claims for the removal
; roer general consumptiion.isnow
is no
that
press equally upon articles .
dis-
e we should not
Sourish,
know it will be said that this branch of trade
regard ; but, at the
whichsame
the
tlmit ' has been met btyeoa.
:,.gard the competition by
vtiZoehoC
of other countbreisets,
andenable the home -when we
turer t: Wtneeeetan it.—(Loud cheers.)
thousands
therefore
eoasider the thousands and tens. of
indebted for their
existence ear in this country are in we
inmuaanufac-
who
and continual employment
of it that
'r this article—wlaen we consider the
amount
into clothingf—r
il4s1,1111„tluallY manufactured in this country
there
extentis to
to the manufacture
it " we consider the vast consumption
the
I
Iviciiin that fora'—when we consideraged in this trade,
itt h 0111' Manufacturers are
e.
ng
to the determination
Ywe are well advised in coming
article of cotton-
of abolish
1 og all duty upon the common
00e.....(r,
ed loss which the revenuetax—taking
ii
..heers.) The estima.t
of this
revenuere_
1,,,.i. sustain by the abolition
of
the
ow.—
e'iu, account the amount
be less than 680,0
di ed l'Pon it last year, will not
Government did not
iiljettt, hear:hear) Her Majesty's
alterations
further
._
iti the
to recommend to the house any
this descriptionihe
(11,:,,tiLlities upon any other articles of
reviewed
have
ya .-''' near.) We have closely and carefullyandwe.
rietis duti •
the Excise,
duties
iiew . es levied by
of thoseinterests;
M la (let 1 the various departments
individual .
*hieh lare aj
I.a
upon
ttit
__,- --% most grievously _
which of them it is
lila. without bting bound to admit
not hesitate to say
against its
th t °light to be removed, we do
facie
case
laughter.)
t,a.t each of them Presents a primaaf( and
(Cheers
tiTe Ex-
ilutstenee in its Present shape.—
of revenue to
peculiar
there is all article a source
open to ,
Ne, which d 'tousto be
for its reduction,
~h,iteti,l4. _ oes appear
no
clamour
should not have
it is trile There has beenhether we
the
duties
otittti_ed, and I don't know •
had taken
to be the
fr,,,,1l greater popularity if we
consider it
'eine Sher• l • but we
articles—whether
tii_, artic es,
those
he removal
rao
4.1 the Xecutive to select
them or not—the ~, moor existed with respect to
with the best
fj , the d
re-
t;llutY en which is likely to be attended lam now ,
.11iitl. The particular branch of
duty Government may
:ectlZ to, though the attention of the
undertake be-
foi.elly,re strictly been called to it,
is Iwill
more entitled
d.
, .1, sit
hens,d to demonstrate
onel have hithertodaty
vrartiction
many of the objects
It is a beentl
),,;tt:tl to many
and laughter.) It
have noti; a
Etd,je te'Peet to which the Government
but it
great
taktt:teti to peculiar pressure,
after
to
and ter selected by the Government
I will venture
t 4" careful consideration. It is a dutyt
objectionable—
]be
~,Y, that no one will deny to be
removals of which
whichwill
l
,4`-tt:lees and laughter)—and the
_The duty to
or,
i:11,4t1 with the best results. 1'
✓ of property,
This
rat is the duty on the free transfer
duty.—(Cheers.)
pt of
queer What is called the auction
in each pa
tic,,,
ti._.
the
is leviable
levied for
the ".
4tY is a duty which
which,
, toted, xin
wasmerit
. gdoin It is a duty
commencement
rat time vvith tittle : discrimination at the c
from which the
otf the
lireeriesnlv andit
is a duty
is completely
,t4:l4fer of property by any other
b means,,
Drill,t4tPt ; but if a party cries--
b'ect to it. It
are
rt- .1 auction he becomes su J
th, I
distressed
rtkpe .
, ise who are
oudemna-
Peetii• 4 auction
to which these t.,4 141 , r Y subjected. Can there be eater c
short
a greater
• that in a
t'i,,j t. the Principle of this duty, tha
:x e after the passing of the law that enforced
its operation
itllllti vvere made with respect
W have been
ee the Act was originally passed thereat laws grant
into '1,11:41y less than thirty-two differ()
When . e duties.
Ith: exemption }'an
the auctio
to examinlene,
hit, °laraissioners were appointed
years
e,
after
made
the xcise duties, some they
of them,
this repot Wing the whole
auction
dutyf:r—s;
T 1-port with respect to the
among the
all
of ”
4, ditty on auctions must be
Now,
observe, .
ti 4 s'ne taxes to be repealed."
e under the di-
rp,et qtended property which take lace
from the
atieti.°4 of the Court of Chancery are exempthat
1 there have
bet I°4
duty. It is a fact - „ have been
pi 44 tilarty instances in which estates
order to be
„tcit;l ill the
4 Court of Chancery,
in
the auction
tlat,,, Le the exemption
from
with respect
to th What is the practice now .
filled with
is
4t, •e sales of estates? Every newspaperl d
property.
It'!ertiseraents of sales by auction of knits
eascertained,
then "Posed for sale, and the value of it • '
highest
the
Lidd!eneral understanding being that
it
by pri-
vat-'r shall be entitled to buy
sold, and
th: eontract. The estate is not
t ' intention of the law is defeated.b
the pro-
ng reptlee or value of the property is ascertained
thye
sale is
ding probably on the following day
the law
Is Qttl. bY private contract, and
an idea of
the eniultireliv
p ..: superseded. To give look to general4l
results- ()
eY
~ of this tax, let
of January, 18
of
hick In the year ending the Ist
to auction,
hole amount of property exposed
was
not 1,
the Excise was obliged to take an account,
0,
whole '
the
the 84 than 45,232,00 W. In respect of
it t there was the necessity for examination,andhe
same
et
ac teas
for
had exactly
rouble to perform in respect to the propertysehi, as
tlitit,lvertised for.sale by suction, and which was
no'lt'he total
ik:Y had with respect Property that was sold
Excise
was
41351114 subject to the accounts of the
was paid
eL,-'3,)°()01., and the total amount on which duty
'rt -ix
itC'7q,ooo/. Consequently, there were thirty-six
y was
ta,
'''''llS of property exposed to sale which
_ae
s—
tertipt from the tax. Now are these two f trom
14
that
af there being thirty-two exemptions i
eight
~,,, allction dut and there being only d—out of forty-
The_
two
Millions, not yof themselves almosttax u,
()oclusive proof of the impolicy of this
I.l,present Commissioners of Excise reported,that
ore,„
with
the ." Years since, to the Treasury
and more
tiatti4lietinn duty there ryas more trouble,
attempts
4t -ell'te questions arose, on account of
there
ws,"8"8i°1; and questions about exemption—there
duty
111 Moro trouble with
herepect teeth's auction
remaining.
44
tile Whole of
excise yorme