The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-03 00:00:00

LAND-TAX.

Sir WILLIAM HEATIICOTE presented a petition
from Basingstoke and several other places in the
county of Southampton, praying for relief from
the taxes on land and agricultural produce, and
stating that when the value of their produce was reduced
by taxation or adverse circumstances they were obliged
to keep their labourers and support them while the ma-
nufacturers were enabled to discharge them. On this
ground they conceived themselves entitled to relief.
MALT TAX.

Lord RENDLESHAM presented a petition from se-
veral places in the county of Suffolk, praying for a re-
peal of the malt-tax.
NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY (DISS

DEVIATION).
On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,
Mr. M. GIBSON moved that this Bill shifted be read
a second time that day fortnight. This Bill had been
reported against by the Board of Trade, and he thought
it ought not to be read a second time until the report of
the Board of Trade was before the House.
Lord JOCELYN seconded the motion.
Lord HOWICK thought the object of the Honourable
Member for Manchester would be met by the resolutions
of the Railway Committee, which would be presented
to-morrow. .

Mr. BROTHERTON said whether these resolutions
were passed or not, it could make little or no difference,
and thereforo he would have no objection to support th©
amendment. .

Mr. BARING—The course suggested by the Hon.
Member opposite was one that had not been adopted in
reference to any other Bill, and therefore he (Mr.
Baring) could not see why it should be adopted in re-
ference to this Bill. He conceived that all the purposes
would be answered by the resolutions of to-morrow.
Sir R. INGLIS was of opinion that the consideration
of the Bill should not be postponed for so long a time.
Mr. HAWES conceived that, as no other Bill would
be affected by the motion, no objection could be made
to it.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would bring forward
the Bill for a second reading in the usual course, for he
could not see why this Bill should not be placed in the
same position as others.
Mr. WODEHOUSE would beg leave to say be con-
ceived that, under all the circumstances, the postpone-
ment would be the most equitable course.
Mr. R. W. B. COLLETT—As the London'and York
Bill had passed sub silentio, he could not see why this
little Bill should not be permitted to pass in the same way,
Mr. GIBSON, after a few words, withdrew his amend.
ment.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Mr. WALLACE gave notice that ho would postpone
his motion with regard to sugar, which stood on the
paper for to-day.
OPENING OF LETTERS IN THE POST• OFFICE.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that immediately
after Easter, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill
to secure the inviolability of letters passing threw the
Post-office.—(Hear.)
Mr. SHIEL gave notice that he would on Tuesday
the 11th of March move a resolution expressing the
regret of the House that letters addressed to foreigners
residing in this country had been opened in the Post-
office without their knowledge or sanction, and that cer-
tain information with regard to the disturbances in the
Papal states should have been communicated to a foreign
power.—(Hear, hear.)
PROPERTY AND INC OME-TA X.
Mr. SPOONER gave notice that he would, in Com-
mittee on the Bill for the continuance of the property and
income-tax, move three clauses—one to enable all per-
sons to deduct from the profits of trade all sums of money
paid to their own families for the purpose of carrying on
the trade, which otherwise • would have been paid to
other persons.; also a clause to enable persons to deduct
the amount of their poor's-rates and other rates from
their income ; and a third clause, deducting the amount
of insurance upon life, and also the amount of expendi-
ture on articles necessary fur carrying on the trade,
though such articles might occasionally be used for other
purposes.

TOBACCO DUTIES.
Mr. HAWES wished to direct the attention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to a recommendation
which had been made, and to an expectation which was
generally entertained, that some alteration would be
made in the tobacco duties, and to ask if it was the in-
tention of the Government to make any such alterations?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
aware that great anxiety existed on the subject,
and was, therefore, much obliged to the Honour-
able Gentleman for having put to him the
question. He was aware that it had been re-
commended that a differential duty should be imposed,
so as to make a distinction between leaf tobacco
and the other sorts of tobacco. But he had to state that
it was not the intention of the Government to make any
alteration at present in the duties on tobacco.
TALLOW DUTIES.

Mr. POULETT SCROPE, seeing the Right Hon.
Baronet in his place, would put the question of which
he had given notice on Friday, on the subject of the
tallow duties. The present import-duty on foreign tallow
was 3s. 4d. the cwt., but there was also an export-duty
in Russia on leaving that country. There was a rumour
that the Russian Government was willing to take off the
export duty on tallow if the import duty were taken
off in this country. The duties united amounted to
15 or 20 per cent. on the value of the tallow imported.
In looking over the list of the 250 articles from which
it was proposed to remove the import duty, he
found tallow was omitted. There were, however,
a great many articles which were either infe•
rior sorts of tallow, or were used as substi-
tutes for that article from which the duty was to be re-
moved, such as, for instance, grease, which was
an inferior sort of tallow ; hogs'-lard, which was
swine tallow ; whale oils, animal oils, various
sorts of vegetable oils—all these were used as
substitutes for tallow in the manfacture of soap, and
some of them in the manufacture of candles ; and if
the duty were not removed from tallow, it would operate
as a serious burden upon the consumers of this article.
It was material, therefore, to ascertain if the Right Hon.
Gentleman purposed taking off the duty on tallow when
some arrangement should be come to with the Russian
Government on the subject, or if he had fully re-
nounced the idea of taking off the duty on tallow.
He wished, therefore, to ask if any negotiations were
going on with the Russian Government on the subject
of the removal of the export duty on tallow.
Sir H. PEEL said he hoped the Hon. Gentleman
would excuse him from giving any answer respecting the
intentions of the Government. He always objected to
answer any questions respecting the future exemption
from duty of articles of trade, as those answers tended
to produce great derangements of trade. With respect
to the question with which the Right Hon. Gentleman
concluded, he had to state, that no negotiations were
pending with Russia respecting the removal of the export
duty on tallow in that country, on condition of the re-
moval of the import duty here.