The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-14 00:00:00

THE TARIFF.

Mr. BLEWITT said, that the Right Hon. Baronet had
acknowled4ed that he bad been treated with great courtesy by
that side of the House.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.")
Nov he was about to ask a question, to which, he hoped the
Right Hon. Baronet would give a courteous reply. He wished
to ask on what day he intended to bring forward the question
of the Tariff?

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He meant until the House should have consented to the prin-
ciple of the Bill.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—After the second reading?
Sir R. PEEL could not f.x the day ; but it was necessary
that he should feel assured that the Income Tax Bill would
pass befere he could bring forward the tariff. As soon as he
had that assurance he would bring on the discussion on the
question of the tar.ff, for he felt a greater interest than any
other person in having the question of the tariff settled as
speedily as possible.
Air. LABOUCHERE had heard with great regret the
statement of the Right Hon. Baronet. lie could not see any
necessity for pressing on the question of the income tax. Ile
deeply regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman, knowing the
present feeling of the country on the tariff, that he
should have put the House in such a position that
they could not discuss the question of the tariff
as speedily as they could desire, because the Right lion.
Baronet pressed on the income tax ; and they certainly must
discuss the prbrisions of the Biil on the income tax, which the
Right Hon. Barons proposed to introduce. He could not see
any reason for too Right non. Gentleman not proceeding 'at
once with the tariff, and after that should be settled, going on
with the income tax. If any ark' cool; place in the dis-
cussion of the tariff, he trusted that the country ',mid s.e

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that the responsibility of that delay rested only upon these who
refused to discuss the tariff until the income-tax Bill should
have been disposed of. Of what consequence could it be
whether the income tax was disposed of a week sooner or a
week later, but every day's unnecessary delay in settling the
question of the tariff would be productive of the
zreatest inconvenience to the eummercial and trading classes.
He regretted exceedingly the determination of the Right Hon.
Baronet, as he considered it was occasioning great and unneces-
sary delay, in the settlement of the important questions con-
nected with the tariff.
Sir R. PEEL (who spoke with his back to the Gallery, and
in a very low tone of voice), said that the Right Hon. Gentle-
man need have no apprehension that, when the income tax
was passed, the tariff would be delayed. He (Sir R. Peel)
attached as much importance to the reduction of the tariff as to
the pasting of the income tax. He felt bound in honour to
deal at once with the tariff; at d he should feel him-
self as much called upon to relinquish his situation
from a defeat on the tariff as on the income tax. Attaching,
as the Right Hon. Gentleman did, such importance to this
measure, he could not see how it could be benefited by pro-
longed discussion. There were a great number of articles in
the tariff, amounting to upwards of 200, and each separate
article would come under the consideration of the House.
—( Hear.) He (Sir Robert Peel) had great confidence
that when he came to the subject of the tariff,
he should remove many apprehensions not only of the manu-
facturer but the agriculturist also. He did not say there
would be no reduction in the cost of living, and there would be
an advantage to the community in general. None would he
injured by it. He thought to press on the tariff before the
income tax would be most inconvenient. On Monday he should
propose the first reading of the Income Tax Bill, and take Fri-
day for the second reading. He should proceed as speedily as
possible with the income tax, and as soon as the convenienee
of the House would allow, he shou:d proceed with the tariff.
He believed he should allay the apprehensions of the manu-
facturer, and although he reduced the duty on articles of foreign
manufacture, he wished to put a stop to smuggling, which
was the consequence of the present high duties.
LABOUCHERE could assure the Right Honourable
Baronet that nothing could be further from his ( Mr.
Labouchere's) intention than to impute any want
of sincerity to the Right Hon. Baronet. He never suspected
that the Right Hon. Baronet would, when the income tax was
-,assed, delay the tariff. But still he could not help feeling that
it would be much better to proceed with the tariff.
'the resolutions were then read and agreed to, and leave
given to bring in the Bill.
CARDIGAN ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The Sergeant-at-Arms announced to the House that Ow
Hon. Member for Mayo (Mr. M. Blake) vas taken into cus-
tody, as ordercd by the House, for non-attendance on this Com.
latttee.

In reply to ➢lr. BLEWIT f, it was stated that it was not
competent to have the Hon. NI cmber now discharged from cus-
tody on payment of the usual fees.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House Adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'Clock.